CTET Social SCIENCE Previous Paper 9

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CTET Social SCIENCE Previous Paper 9

• 1. Ahmedabad is a hub of cotton textile industry.
  Which of the following is one of the factors for
  flourishing textile industries in Ahmedabad?
• It is situated close to cotton growing area
• Industrial Policy of the Indian Government
• Availability of cheap labour-force
• Its easy access to the Tuticorin Port
• 2. Plantations, a type of commercial farming,
  require a large amount of
• Land and capital
• Only capital
• Land labour
• Labour and capital
• 3. Blackfoot Indian is a
• Native tribe of North America
• Plantation worker in Cuba
• Migrant Indian in Canada
• Disease prevalent in Nicobar Islands
• 4. Vultures in the Indian subcontinent started
  dying of kidney failure shortly after scavenging
  livestock treated with

British Parliament?
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• A member of the British Cabinet was appointed
  Secretary of State for India
• The land and property of prominent Hindu and
  Muslim citizens who supported the revolt were
  confiscated
• Pathan and Sikh soldiers were banned from joining
  the British Indian Army
• All ruling chiefs of the country were warned that
  military action would be taken against them if
  they support any rebellion
• 7. In 1720, the British Government enacted a
  legislation called the Calico Act to (a) Ban the
  use of printed cotton textiles-Chintz-in England
• Promote Calico industry in England
• Produce Calico textiles in England
• Punish rebels from Calcutta
• 8. Which type of rainfall is represented in the
  diagram given below?
• Orographic rainfall
• Conventional rainfall
• Frontal rainfall
• Cyclonic rainfall
• 9. In nuclear power plants, electricity is
  generated through the process of
• Nuclear fission
• Nuclear collision

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• (d) Leather works
• 12. Muhammad-Bin-Tughlaq shifted his capital from
  Delhi to Daulatabad
• To control his empire effectively as Daulatabad
  was centrally located
• As he was not getting revenue from North India
• To escape from Mongols
• To punish Southern rulers
• 13. The division of the period of Indian History
  into Ancient, Medieval and Modern also has
  problems. Which of the following is one of the
  problem in it?
• The concept has been borrowed from the West where
  Modern period was associated with science.
• Tripartite division reflects gradual growth of
  the Indian State
• Three periods ate insufficient to describe Indian
  History
• Indian History seems to have clear lines of
  distinction between Ancient and Medieval and
  Medieval and Modern period
• 14. The East India Company set up a factory in
  Bengal on the banks of Hugli in 1651 to
• Establish a base from which the factors could
  operate
• Buy Indigo (Neel) from local farmers to send it
  to England
• Manufacture cotton textiles for exporting to
  England
• Buy spices for sending them to England

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• 17. Which one of the following Sultans used the
  Banjaras to transport grains to the city markers?
• (a) Alauddin-Khilji (b)Muhammad-Bin-Tughlaq
• Balban
• Firoz Shah Tughlaq
• 18. Bidri was
• An inlay work in copper and silver done by the
  artisans of Bidar
• A type of cotton textile produced in Bidar
• A type of copperware produced in Bidar
• A type of silk textile produced in Bidar
• 19. Tribal people do not keep written records of
  their past. How do present-day historians write
  tribal history?
• Using oral traditions
• Using natural traditions
• Using tribal mythologies
• Using archaeological sources
• 20. Pietra dura was a
• Style of decoration of buildings

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• (d) Calcutta, Madras and Banaras
• 23. Chera chieftains ruled in twelfth century in
  the area presently lying in
• Chhattisgarh/Madhya Pradesh
• Uttarakhand/Uttar Pradesh
• Punjab/Haryana
• Jharkhand/Bihar
• 24. Which of the following combinations of
  kingdoms was engaged in tripartite struggle?
• Rashtrakuta, Pala, Gurjar-Pratihara
• Pala, Chola, Gurjar-Pratihara
• Chola, Rashtrakuta, Pala
• Pala, Pallava, Rashtrakuta
• 25. Who of the following was impeached by the
  Britain Parliament?
• Warren Hastings
• TB Macaulay
• Cornwallis
• Charles Clive

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• (d) Historians write history
• 29. Why did Jatis emerge within Varnas, which
  became the basis to organize Indian society?
• Due to gradual expansion in social and economic
  needs of the people, people with new skill-sets
  were required
• There was a problem in integrating tribal people
  into Varna system
• Jatis and Varnas are one and the same
• Fierce opposition against Varna system gave way
  to development of Jatis
• 30. Which of the following tribal societies was
  divided into khels?
• Ahom
• Santhal
• Bhil
• Gond