10th Class SST MCQ Set 1

1. Question

When did the Jallianwalla Bagh incident take place?

On 13 April
On 15 August
On 27 October
On 10 March

2. Question

When did French troops landed in Vietnam?

1857
1858
1855
1860

3. Question

Why did General Dyer open fire at Jallianwala Bagh on 13th April 1919?

He wanted to enforce martial law very strictly in Amritsar
He wanted to create a feeling of terror and awe in the minds of Satyagrahis
He wanted to demoralize the local Congress leaders
He wanted to gain prominence in the eyes of the British government

4. Question

Why were the slogans demanding “Swatantra Bharat” important?

It showed the greatness of Mahatma Gandhi
They were going beyond their own locality and emotionally identifying with an all-India movement
They were a unifying force of the Non-Cooperation Movement
The various ways in which ‘Swaraj’ was interpreted by different people

5. Question

What was the demand of 1929 sessions of the Congress at Lahore?

Poorna Swaraj
Right to speech
Half authority
None of these

6. Question

Who led the Civil Disobedience in Peshawar?

Abdul Gaffar Khan
Mahatma Gandhi
Lala Lajpat Rai
Jawaharlal Nehru

7. Question

What do you mean by globalization?

An economic system that has emerged since the last 50 years
Trade, migration of people in search of work
Movement of capital
None of these

8. Question

Name the writer who was a descendant of indentured labour migrants and also got Nobel Prize?

V.S. Naipaul
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Ram Narain Tewary

9. Question

What was the first symbol of the factory system?

Jute
Cotton
Wheat
None of these

10. Question

Who invented the first steam engine?

James Watt
Newcomen
Richard Arkwright
None of these

11. Question

What do you mean by ‘Gomastha’?

An officer of the Company who acted as a go-between the Company and Indian traders
An officer of the East India Company who looked after the textile trade
A paid servant of the Company who supervised weavers, collected supplies and examined the quality of the cloth
None of these

12. Question

In which year Henry Patullo establish a Company?

1772
1775
1790
1770

13. Question

What do you mean by ‘fly shuttle’?

A mechanical device, used by weavers, moved by means of ropes and pulleys.
A mechanical device which increased production in factories
The device which places horizontal threads (the weft) into the vertical threads (the warp)
Both a and c

14. Question

What was the belief of the People in industrial cities about the black fog?

Air pollution
Bad tempers and dirty clothes
smoke-related illnesses
Both band c

15. Question

Name the first movie made by Dada Saheb Phalke?

Bombay
Poorv Aur Paschim
C.I.D
Raja Harishchandra

16. Question

Which one of them was the Presidency city in India?

Bombay
Ahmedabad
Delhi
None of them

17. Question

When was hand printing technology brought to Japan?

AD 768-770
AD 850-855
AD 659-670
AD 780-790

18. Question

What was the ‘Bengal Gazette’?

First English magazine
English Hindi mixed magazine
A weekly Bengali magazine
A weekly English magazine

19. Question

What was the first novel to be serialised in English?

Pickwick Papers
Hard Times
Pride and Prejudice
None of them

20. Question

Who was the author of Saraswati Vijayam?

Chandu Menon
Premchand
Potheri Kunjambu
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhay

10th Class SST MCQ Set 1