How to save mother earth
Q.1. There was a frantic effort to enclose lands in Britain because :
(a) From the mid-eighteenth century the English population multiplied four times from
7 million in 1750 to 30 millon in 1900.
(b) Britain was industrialising, more people began to live in urban areas, men from rural areas migrated to towns in search of jobs
(c) As population grew, more foodgrains were needed, so land was enclosed
(d) All the above
Ans. (d)
Q.2. The continuous movement of the pastoral communities helps in
(a) recovery of the pastures(b) prevention of their overuse
(c) reduction in the demand of houses (d) both A and B
Ans. (d)
Q.3. Before the late 18th and early 19th century common ground was in the English countryside
(a) Open and not partitioned into enclosed lands privately owned by landlords
(b) At the beginning of the year each villager was allocated a number of strips to cultivate; beyond these strips lay the common land
(c) Here the villagers pastured their cows, grazed sheep, collected firewood and fruit for food.
They fished in ponds, hunted rabbits in common forests
(d) All the above
Ans. (d)
Q.4. Which practice disappeared by 1800, drastically changing the lives of the labourers?
(a) Till 1800, the labourers lived with landowners, ate with their masters and helped them throughout the year doing various jobs
(b) Now they were paid wages and employed only during harvest times
(c) To increase their profits the landlords cut the amount they had to spend on their workers
(d) All the above
Ans. (d)
Q.5. The methods used to oust the Indian Americans were :
(a) numerous wars in which Indians were massacred and many villages burnt
(b) after defeat, the Indian Americans were forced to sign treaties to give up their lands and move westwards
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) peaceful negotiations
Ans. (c)
Q.6. Why did the white settlers want to push away the Indian Americans from their lands?
(a) The land possessed by the Indians could be turned into
(a) From the mid-eighteenth century the English population multiplied four times from
7 million in 1750 to 30 millon in 1900.
(b) Britain was industrialising, more people began to live in urban areas, men from rural areas migrated to towns in search of jobs
(c) As population grew, more foodgrains were needed, so land was enclosed
(d) All the above
Ans. (d)
Q.2. The continuous movement of the pastoral communities helps in
(a) recovery of the pastures(b) prevention of their overuse
(c) reduction in the demand of houses (d) both A and B
Ans. (d)
Q.3. Before the late 18th and early 19th century common ground was in the English countryside
(a) Open and not partitioned into enclosed lands privately owned by landlords
(b) At the beginning of the year each villager was allocated a number of strips to cultivate; beyond these strips lay the common land
(c) Here the villagers pastured their cows, grazed sheep, collected firewood and fruit for food.
They fished in ponds, hunted rabbits in common forests
(d) All the above
Ans. (d)
Q.4. Which practice disappeared by 1800, drastically changing the lives of the labourers?
(a) Till 1800, the labourers lived with landowners, ate with their masters and helped them throughout the year doing various jobs
(b) Now they were paid wages and employed only during harvest times
(c) To increase their profits the landlords cut the amount they had to spend on their workers
(d) All the above
Ans. (d)
Q.5. The methods used to oust the Indian Americans were :
(a) numerous wars in which Indians were massacred and many villages burnt
(b) after defeat, the Indian Americans were forced to sign treaties to give up their lands and move westwards
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) peaceful negotiations
Ans. (c)
Q.6. Why did the white settlers want to push away the Indian Americans from their lands?
(a) The land possessed by the Indians could be turned into