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Class XI
Q.1. Who established the new National Museum of the American Indians?
(a) American Indians
(b) Immigrated Americans
(c) Australians
(d) The British
Answer:
(a) American Indians
Exp: The new National Museum of the American Indians was established by American Indians themselves in order to establish their own identity and nativity.
Q.2. Match the Column-A with Column –B
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A- Settler |
B- Colonies |
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(a) The Dutch |
(i) South Africa |
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(b) The British |
(ii) Ireland |
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(c) the Europeans |
(iii) America |
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(d) the French |
(iv) Pondicherry |
(a) A- (i). B-(ii), C – (iii) , D- (iv)
(b) A-(ii), B-(i), C-(iii), D-(iv)
(c) A-(ii), B-(iii), C-(iv), D-(i)
(d) A-(iv), B-(iii), C-(i), D-(ii)
Answer:
(a) A- (i). B-(ii), C – (iii) , D- (iv).
Exp: The above table gives the names of the settlers and their colonies.
Q.3. The name ‘ America’ s derived from wich of the following names?
(a) Amerigo Vespucci
(b) Aromic
(c) Aromid
(d) Armric Hill
Answer:
(a) Amerigo Vespucci
Exp: He was an Italian merchant and explorer.
Q.4. The name ‘Canada’ is derived from which of the following names?
(a) Kanata
(b) Kanbha
(c) Kandiyork
(d) none of these
Answer:
(a) Kanata
Exp: The name ‘Canda’ comes from Kanata meaning ‘village’ in the language of the Huron-Iroquois, as heard by the explorer Jacques Cartier in 1535.
Q.5. The name ‘Australia’ is derived from which of the following names?
(a) austral
(b) Atralia
(c ) Aurastra
(d) Aturalia
Answer:
(a) austral
Exp: austral is Latin for ‘south’ is a sixteenth-century name for land in the Great Southern Ocean.
Q.6. Who discovered ‘New Zealand?
(a) Tasman Holland
(b) Thomas Harrfin
(c) Taamjing Hawai
(d) Regn Bertrand
Answer:
(a) Tasman Holland
Exp: The name NEW ZEALAND was given by Tasman of Holland, who was the first to sight these islands in 1642 .zee is Dutch for ‘sea’.
Q.7. How much area is covered by forest in Canada?
(a) 40%
(b) 35%
(c) 28%
(d) 10%
Answer:
(a) 40%
Exp: Oil gas and mineral resources are found in many areas.
Q.8. What is the meaning of “aborigine” ?
(a) native people of Australia
(b) native people of Kenya
(c ) native people of Sri Lanka
(d) native people of England
Answer:
(a) native people of Australia
Exp: In Latin, ab means “from” origine means “beginning”.
Q.9 What does the term “indigenous people” mean?
(a) People belonging naturally to a place
(b) people belonging to India
(c) People belonging to West Indies islands
(d) none of them
Answer:
(a) people belonging naturally to a place
Exp: In order to distinguish the native people from the immigrated people this term is used.
Q.10 How the native peoples of North and South America are known?
(a) American Indian
(b) Amerind
(c ) Amerindian
(d) all of them
Answer:
(d) all of them
Exp: When Columbus reached this country, he mistook the native people for Indians , that is why they are known as ‘Red Indians’.
Q.11 The earliest in habitants of North America from Asia over _________ years ago.
(a) 30, 000
(b) 20,000
(c) 25, 000
(d) 15,000
Answer:
(a) 30, 000
Exp: During the last Ice Age 10,000 years ago they moved further south.
Q.12 Where do the Hopis live?
(a) California
(b) New York
(c ) Washington
(d) London
Answer:
(a) California
Exp: They live near to Arizona also.
Q.13 When was Amerigo de Vespucci’s Travels published?
(a) 1508
(b) 1507
(c) 1509
(d) 1510
Answer:
(b) 1507
Exp: Amerigo Vespucci (1454 - 1512) was an Italian merchant, explorer and cartographer.
Q.14 Match the following
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Column -A |
Column-B |
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(a) 1497 |
(i) John Cabot reaches Newfoundland |
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(b) 1534 |
(ii) Jacques Cartier travels down the St Lawrence river |
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(c) 1607 |
(iii) British found the colony of Virginia |
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(d) 1620 |
(iv) British found Plymouth (in Massachusetts) |
(a) A- (i). B-(ii), C – (iii) , D- (iv)
(b) A-(ii), B-(i), C-(iii), D-(iv)
(c) A-(ii), B-(iii), C-(iv), D-(i)
(d) A-(iv), B-(iii), C-(i), D-(ii)
Answer:
(a) A- (i). B-(ii), C – (iii) , D- (iv).
Exp: These are all years and incidents
Q.15 Which of the following American Presisdent described the natives as „unfortunate race” ?
(a) Abraham Lincoln
(b) Thomas Jefferson
(c ) Bill Clinton
(d) George Bush
Answer:
(b) Thomas Jefferson
Exp: He was the third President of America.
Q.16 Which of the following philosopher told that the native should be admired as they were untouched by the corruptions of ‘civilisation’ ?
(a) Frederic Nietzsche
(b) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
(c) Karl Marx
(d) Collingwood
Answer:
(b) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Exp: He was a famous Philosopher at the time of the French Revolution. His popular writing is Confessions
Q.17 Which of the following poets described the natives as living ‘amid wilds/Where fancy hath small liberty to grace/The affections, to exalt them or refine’, ?
(a) CharlesDickens
(b) Eliot
(c) Rabindranath Tagore (d)William Wrodsworth
Answer:
(d)William Wrodsworth
Exp: His writings reflected the Romantic Age in English literature.
Q.18 Match the following
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Column -A |
Column -B |
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(a) French treaty with natives of Quebec |
(i) 1701 |
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(b) Quebec conquered by the British |
(ii) 1763 |
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(c) Quebec Act |
(iii) 1774 |
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(d) Canada Constitutional Act |
(iv) 1791 |
(a) A- (i). B-(ii), C – (iii) , D- (iv)
(b) A-(ii), B-(i), C-(iii), D-(iv)
(c) A-(ii), B-(iii), C-(iv), D-(i)
(d) A-(iv), B-(iii), C-(i), D-(ii)
Answer:
(a) A- (i). B-(ii), C – (iii) , D- (iv).
Exp: These are all years and incidents
Q.19 When did Britain recognise USA as an independent country?
(a) 1781
(b) 1718
(c ) 1758 (d)1788
Answer:
(a) 1781
Exp: Thirteen colonies were under the control of Britain.
Q.20 When did British give Mid-West to the USA ?
(a) 1783
(b) 1785
(c ) 1780
(d) 1781
Answer:
(a) 1783
Exp: Midwest is also known as the Midwestern United States refers to the north-central states of the United States of America.
Q.21 Match the following
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Column -A |
Column -B |
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(a) 1837 |
(i) French Canadian rebellion |
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(b) 1859 |
(ii) Canada Gold Rush |
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(c) 1869-85 |
(iii) Red River Rebellion by the Metis in Canada |
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(d) 1876 |
(iv) Canada Indians Act |
(a) A- (i). B-(ii), C – (iii) , D- (iv)
(b) A-(ii), B-(i), C-(iii), D-(iv)
(c) A-(ii), B-(iii), C-(iv), D-(i)
(d) A-(iv), B-(iii), C-(i), D-(ii)
Answer:
(a) A- (i). B-(ii), C – (iii) , D- (iv).
Exp: These are all years and incidents.
Q.22 Match the following
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Column -A |
Column -B |
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(a) 1803 |
(i) Louisiana purchased from France |
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(b) 1825-58 |
(ii) Natives in USA moved to reserves |
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(c) 1849 |
(iii) American Gold Rush |
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(d) 1861-65 |
(iv) American Civil War |
(a) A- (i). B-(ii), C – (iii) , D- (iv)
(b) A-(ii), B-(i), C-(iii), D-(iv)
(c) A-(ii), B-(iii), C-(iv), D-(i)
(d) A-(iv), B-(iii), C-(i), D-(ii)
Answer:
(a) A- (i). B-(ii), C – (iii) , D- (iv).
Exp: These are all years and incidents
Q.23 Match the following
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Column -A |
Column -B |
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(a) American Indian Wars |
(i) 1865-90 |
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(b) Transcontinental railway |
(ii) 1870 |
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(c) Bison almost exterminated in America |
(iii) 1890 |
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(d) ‘End’ of American frontier |
(iv) 1892 |
(a) A- (i). B-(ii), C – (iii) , D- (iv)
(b) A-(ii), B-(i), C-(iii), D-(iv)
(c) A-(ii), B-(iii), C-(iv), D-(i)
(d) A-(iv), B-(iii), C-(i), D-(ii)
Answer:
(a) A- (i). B-(ii), C – (iii) , D- (iv).
Exp: These are all years and incidents.
Q.24 Which of the following American President orderd the eviction of the Cherokees ?
(a) Abraham Lincoln
(b) Thomas Jefferson
(c ) Bill Clinton
(d) Andrew Jackson
Answer:
(d) Andrew Jackson
Exp: Nearly 15,000 Cherokees were evicted and most of them died.
Q.25 Which part of America witnessed the Gold Rush ?
(a) Nort America
(b) South America
(c) Midwest
(d) all of them
Answer:
(a) Nort America
Exp: In the 1840s, traces of gold were found in the USA, in California. This led to the building the ‘Gold Rush’ .
Q.26 When was the Indian Reorganisation Act was passed ?
(a) 1934 (b)1946
(c ) 1923
(d) 1917
Answer:
(a) 1934
Exp: White Americans felt sympathy for the natives who were being discouraged from the full exercise of their cultures and simultaneously denied the benefits f citizenship. This led to a landmark law in the USA, the Indian reorganisation Act of 1934, which gave natives in reservations the right to buy land and take loans.
Q.27 Match the following
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Column -A |
Column -B |
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(a) 1606 |
(i) Dutch travellers sight Australia |
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(b) 1642 |
(ii) Tasman lands on the island later named Tasmania |
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(c) 1770 |
(iii) James Cook reaches Botany Bay, named New South Wales |
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(d) 1788 |
(iv) British penal colony formed. Sydney founded |
(a) A- (i). B-(ii), C – (iii) , D- (iv)
(b) A-(ii), B-(i), C-(iii), D-(iv)
(c) A-(ii), B-(iii), C-(iv), D-(i)
(d) A-(iv), B-(iii), C-(i), D-(ii)
Answer:
(a) A- (i). B-(ii), C – (iii) , D- (iv).
Exp: These are all years and incidents.
Q.28 Match the following
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Column -A |
Column -B |
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(a) 1850 |
(i) Self-government granted to Australian colonies |
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(b) 1851 |
(ii) Chinese coolie immigration into Australia. (Stopped by law in 1855) |
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(c) 1851-1961 |
(iii) Gold Rush in Australia |
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(d) 1901 |
(iv) Formation of Federation of Australia |
(a) A- (i). B-(ii), C – (iii) , D- (iv)
(b) A-(ii), B-(i), C-(iii), D-(iv)
(c) A-(ii), B-(iii), C-(iv), D-(i)
(d) A-(iv), B-(iii), C-(i), D-(ii)
Answer:
(a) A- (i). B-(ii), C – (iii) , D- (iv).
Exp: These are all years and events.
Q.29 When was Canberra established as Capital in Australia?
(a) 1911
(b) 1912
(c ) 1914 (c ) 1915
Answer:
(a) 1911
Exp: The city is located in the Northen end of Austarlia.
Q.30 Which one of the follwing writer was a champion of tyhe rights of the Austarlian aborigines ?
(a) Judith Wright
(b) Collingwood
(c) John Abraham
(d) Bertrand Russel
Answer:
(a) Judith Wright
Exp: She wrote many moving poems about the loss created by keeping the white people and the natives apart.
Q.31 What do you mean by terra nullius ?
(a) land belonging to nobody
(b) land belonging to natives
(c ) land belonging to State
(d) land of farmers.
Answer:
(a) land belonging to nobody
Exp: The Government of Austarlia termed its land as terra nullius
Q.32 Match the following
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Column -A |
Column -B |
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(a) 1974 |
(i) ‘White Australia’ policy ends |
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(b) 1992 |
(ii) The Australian High Court (in the Mabo case) declares that terra nullius was legally invalid, |
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(c) 1995 |
(iii) The National Enquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their Families |
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(d) 1999 |
(iv) (26th May) ‘A National Sorry Day’ as apology for the children ‘lost’ from the 1820s to the 1970s |
(a) A- (i). B-(ii), C – (iii) , D- (iv)
(b) A-(ii), B-(i), C-(iii), D-(iv)
(c) A-(ii), B-(iii), C-(iv), D-(i)
(d) A-(iv), B-(iii), C-(i), D-(ii)
Answer:
(a) A- (i). B-(ii), C – (iii) , D- (iv).
Exp: These are all years and events in Austarlia.