CBSE Class 9 History Peasants and Farmers MCQs

Question: Opium production in India was linked with British trade in

a) China

b) Middle east

c) Africa

d) France

Answer: China

Question: Factor in increased food grain production in post-1780 Britain was

a) simple innovations and new lands under cultivation

b) urbanisation

c) population expansion

d) radical innovations in technology

Answer: simple innovations and new lands under cultivation

Question: Agricultural Revolution first occurred in

a) England

b) France

c) USA

d) India

Answer: England

Question: What was a factor in British confiscation of opium produced in Central India and Rajasthan?

a) In order to retain British government's monopoly rights to trade in opium

b) Opium produced was of inferior quality

c) Many cultivators sold off their crop to local traders

d) Peasants refused to sell after taking advances.

Answer: In order to retain British government's monopoly rights to trade in opium

Question: Indian farmer was goaded into cultivation of opium by

a) system of advances

b) promise of high prices

c) revenue concessions

d) the village headman

Answer: system of advances

Question: In India the British encouraged cultivation of opium in

a) Bengal

b) Rajasthan

c) Central India

d) Madras

Answer: Bengal

Question: The first Opium War took place between

a) Britain and China (1837-1842)

b) China and European powers (1837-1842)

c) China and France (1837-1842)

d) Britain and China (1817-1837)

Answer: Britain and China (1837-1842)

Question: In the mid-18th century trade in opium with China was

a) illegal

b) legal

c) permit based

d) sanctioned by the English Parliament

Answer: illegal

Question: Opium in early 16th century China was introduced by

a) the Protuguese

b) the British

c) the Dutch

d) the French

Answer: the Protuguese

Question: Opium production in India was linked with British trade in

a) China

b) Middle east

c) Africa

d) France

Answer: China

Question: Two major commercial crops of early 19th century India

a) indigo and opium

b) tea and coffee

c) sugarcane and jute

d) rubber and cotton

Answer: indigo and opium

Question: Why in the 1930's America's dream of land of plenty turned into a nightmare?

a) Terrifying dust storms

b) Wheat prices fell rapidly after World War I

c) Collapse of exports

d) Because unsold stocks piled up

Answer: Terrifying dust storms

Question: For poorer farmers machines brought misery because of

a) indebtedness

b) banks gave loans

c) banks refused loans

d) displacement

Answer: indebtedness

Question: Who of the following said these words "Plant more wheat, wheat will win the war"?

a) President Wilson

b) President George Bush

c) President Rousavelt

d) President Thomas Jefferson

Answer: President Wilson

Question: During which of the following period did dramatic expansion of wheat production take place in the USA?

a) 1910-1920

b) 1850-1910

c) 1775-1830

d) 1830-1850

Answer: 1910-1920

Question: Which of the following was not a factor in America being a land of promise?

a) American-Indians could be used as labour

b) Animals hunted for skin and mountains mined for gold and minerals

c) Forest timber exploited for export

d) Wildness could be turned into cultivated fields

Answer: American-Indians could be used as labour

Question: To which of the following is Agrarian expansion in the USA closely connected?

a) Westward movement

b) Slave trade

c) American War of Independence (1775-1783)

d) Fertility of the soil

Answer: Westward movement

Question: Which of the following was a important factor in farmers investing in threshing machines?

a) To reduce dependence on labour

b) High wages demanded by labour

c) Insolence of labourers

d) Labour shortage

Answer: To reduce dependence on labour

Question: Who amongst the following gained most from enclosures?

a) Rich landowners

b) The poor

c) Traders

d) State

Answer: Rich landowners

Question: Due to enclosures

a) poor lost their customary rights

b) demand for agricultural labourers decreased

c) poor found gainful employment

d) work and income became stable

Answer: poor lost their customary rights

Question: Cultivation of which crops improved fertility of soil

a) turnip and clover

b) turnip and potatoes

c) fodder crops

d) wheat and maize

Answer: turnip and clover

Question: Factor in increased food grain production in post-1780 Britain was

a) simple innovations and new lands under cultivation

b) urbanisation

c) population expansion

d) radical innovations in technology

Answer: simple innovations and new lands under cultivation

Question: Unlike 16th century enclosures those in the 18th century were undertaken to

a) increase grain production

b) lacked state support

c) created by individuals

d) result of pressure from landowners

Answer: increase grain production

Question: 16th century enclosures were driven by

a) to improve breeding and expand wool production

b) desire to increase grain production

c) parliamentary legislation

d) land grab

Answer: to improve breeding and expand wool production

Question: Which of the following was not a feature of Common Land?

a) Villagers cultivated land and shared the produce

b) Here the poor fished in ponds, collected fuel, food and fodder

c) Commons helped sustain the meagre income of the poor

d) All villagers had access to the commons

Answer: Villagers cultivated land and shared the produce

Question: Strip cultivation was practiced by

a) peasants in England

b) tribals

c) nomadic pastoralists

d) shifting cultivators

Answer: peasants in England

Question: Which of the following was not a feature of strip cultivation?

a) Common land was divided into strips.

b) Strips were a mix of good and bad land.

c) Beginning of each year villagers were allocated a number of strips to cultivate.

d) Cultivable land around villages was divided into strips.

Answer: Common land was divided into strips.

Question: Before late 18th century English countryside was

a) open fields

b) enclosed

c) partitioned

d) common land

Answer: open fields

Question: Agricultural Revolution first occurred in

a) England

b) France

c) USA

d) India

Answer: England

Question: Captain Swing was a

a) mythical name

b) army chief

c) farmer

d) labourer

Answer: mythical name