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Important Questions on History

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Map Reading.

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In the given diagram, water body is located at a level:

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Starting from Anand's house, the school bus takes a right turn and covers 3 km. Then, it takes a left turn and covers 2 km. Finally, it
takes a right turn again and covers 4 km to reach the school. On reaching the school, the bus faces southeast. In which direction was
the bus facing when it left Anand's house?
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Map Reading.

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In the given diagram, for a person to travel from railway station to temple, one will have to move in ________ direction.

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From the following, identify the correct statements relating to indentured labour migration from India.  

I. In the nineteenth century, thousands of Indian labourers went to work in plantations, mines, and road and railway construction projects around the world.  

II. Most of the indentured labour came from present-day regions of northern and western India such as Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat and Rajasthan.  

III. The indentured network which has often been described as a ‘new system of slavery' for the labourers found the most pathetic and terrible conditions of living and working on their arrival in places like the Caribbean Islands, Mauritius, Fiji, Ceylon and Malaya.  

IV. Some indentured labourers found innovative ways of expressing themselves by blending their own cultural ethos with that of the new place. 

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Map Reading.

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With reference to the diagram, choose the correct statement.

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Which of the following has the maximum slope?
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Which of the following explains the symbols and colour used on a map?     

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In nineteenth-century _____ has been described as a ‘new system of slavery'. (bonded / indenture)
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Look at the given map of a city.

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Which is further South, the primary school or the Sr. Secondary School?

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Look at the given map of a city.

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Draw a short street route from Library to the bus depot.

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European powers met in _____ to complete the carving up of Africa between them in 1885. (Berlin / New York)
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Africa had abundant land and a relatively small population.

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The Corn Laws were British trade laws to regulate the _____.

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Harsh starts walking straight facing south. After 15 metres he turned to his right, walked 19 metres and turns to his left. Again after walking a distance of 5 metres he turned to his left. Which direction is he facing now?
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_____ migrants went to Ceylon and Malaya. (Rajasthan / Tamil)

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Look at the given map of a city. Mark a green ‘X’ at the intersection of Road ‘C’ and Nehru Road, Green ‘Y’ at the intersection of Gandhi Road and Road A.

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The contracts of indentured labourers in India, promised return travel to India only after they had worked _____ years on their employer’s plantation. (seven / five)
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In 1885 the European powers met in which city to divide Africa among them?
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Which of the following changes forced Indians to migrate as indentured worker in the mid-nineteenth century?

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The expansion of trade in the late 19th century also led to