CBSE Class 11 History Displacing Indigenous Peoples MCQs

Question : The natives of North America accepted citizenship of the USA by the _______ in 1954 CE
(a) Declaration of Indian Rights
(b) Declaration of British Rights
(c) Declaration of United States Rights
(d) Declaration of America Rights

Answer : A

Question : The subject of Anthropology was introduced in North America from the __
(a) 1820s
(b) 1830s
(c) 1840s
(d) 1850s

Answer : C

Question : Karl Marx described the American frontier as ‘the last positive capitalist utopia” in his book
(a) Grundrisse
(b) Das Kapital
(c) The Communist Manifesto
(d) The German Ideology

Answer : A

Question : The Native American tribe, which was forcibly evicted by US President Andrew Jackson, was __.
(a) Hopis
(b) Cherokees
(c) Metis
(d) Ottawas

Answer : B

Question : The natives of North America accepted citizenship of the USA by the _______ in 1954 CE
(a) Declaration of Indian Rights
(b) Declaration of British Rights
(c) Declaration of United States Rights
(d) Declaration of America Rights

Answer : A

Question :  The _______ began to arrive on the continent of Australia over forty thousand years ago.
(a) Aztecs
(b) Cherokees
(c) Aborigines
(d) Ottawas

Answer : C

Question :  The French Canadian rebellion occurred in the year:
(a) 1837
(b) 1838
(c) 1839
(d) 1840

Answer : A

Question :  Europeans wanted to cut down native forests and replace them with
(a) Sugarcane fields
(b) Rice fields
(c) Cornfields
(d) Cotton fields

Answer : C

Question :  Population of native people in America met to sharp decrease because
(a) They were deported to reservations
(b) They were not given rights of citizen
(c) They were made slaves
(d) They had to suffer inclement weather in so-called reservations and the atrocities exercised upon them by Europeans.

Answer : D

Question : The term Terra Nullius means:
(a) Land belonging to nobody
(b) Land belonging to natives
(c) Land belonging to the state
(d) Land of immigrants

Answer : A

Question : The _______ began to arrive on the continent of Australia over forty thousand years ago.
(a) Aztecs
(b) Cherokees
(c) Aborigines
(d) Ottawas

Answer : C

Question :  Britain recognized the USA as an independent country in
(a) 1781
(b) 1782
(c) 1783
(d) 1784

Answer : A

Question :  Europeans wanted to cut down native forests and replace them with
(a) Sugarcane fields
(b) Rice fields
(c) Cornfields
(d) Cottonfields

Answer : C

Question :  Natives were puzzled by the fact that the European traders sometimes gave them a lot of things in exchange for their goods, sometimes very little because
(a) They thought they are cheated
(b) They had no sense of market and fluctuation in demand and supply
(c) Europeans were clever people
(d) Prices were fluctuating every year.

Answer : B

Question :  Workers who provided cheap labour in Australia were -
(a) Chinese immigrants
(b) African slaves
(c) Australian aborigines
(d) Indian labourers

Answer : A

Question :  The Constitution Act in America, which accepted the existing aboriginal and treaty rights of the natives, was passed in the year
(a) 1984
(b) 1986
(c) 1982
(d) 1988

Answer : C

Question :  In Canada, the Metis revolted against the colonization of their land between
(a) 1869 and 1885
(b) 1870 and 1885
(c) 1871 and 1885
(d) 1872 and 1885

Answer : A

Question :  A number of native people became citizen of USA but on condition that
(a) They shall be given citizenship right
(b) They shall be treated at par with Europeans
(c) Their traditions shall not be interfered with and reservation shall be sustained
(d) They shall be provided with administrative jobs.

Answer : C

Question : Britain recognised the USA as an independent country inA.178
(a) 1781
(b) 1782
(c) 1783
(d) 1784

Answer : A