MCQ Questions | Class 9 Social Science Chapter 6 | Peasants and Farmers with Answers

MCQ Questions for Class9 Social Science Chapter 6 Peasants and Farmers

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NCERT Solutions Class 9 Social Science History
Book:	National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)
Board:	Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)
Class:	9th
Subject:	Social Science History India and the Contemporary World I
Chapter:	6
Chapters Name:	Peasants and Farmers
Medium:	English

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Peasants and Farmers | Class 9 Social Science | NCERT Solutions

Q1.	In which year was the mechanical reaper invented?
	A.1830
	B.1831
	C.1832
	D.1833

Ans: 1831

Q2.	Which method of cultivation was adopted by the white settlers in the USA?
	A. shifting cultivation
	B. primitive cultivation
	C. intensive agriculture
	D. none of the above

Ans: shifting cultivation

Q3.	Which country was not involved in the triangular trade?
	A. England
	B. China
	C. India
	D. America

Ans: America

Q4.	Enclosures were seen as necessary to: (i) Plan crop rotation (ii) Make long term investment (iii) Allow the richer to expand the land under their control (iv) Produce more for market
	A. (i)
	B. (ii)
	C. (i), (iii), (iv)
	D. (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)

Ans: (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
Explaination:
Enclosures were seen necessary for all the above.

Q5.	Which type of crop was Trump?
	A. Cash crop
	B. Beverage crop
	C. Plantation crop
	D. Fodder crop

Ans: Fodder crop
Explaination:
Trump was a fodder crop for animals.

Q6.	Bushel was a measure of:
	A. volume
	B. capacity
	C. distance
	D. height

Ans: capacity
Explaination:
Bushel was a measure of capacity.

Q7.	What were Shillings?
	A. An English currency
	B. A French currency
	C. A unit used for measuring temperature
	D. A part of thresher

Ans: An English currency
Explaination:
An English currency is known as Shilling.

Q8.	Which country became the bread basket of the world?
	A. England
	B. America
	C. Japan
	D. France

Ans: America

Q9.	The white settlers swept into the Great Plains across the River Mississippi after the
	A. 1830s
	B. 1840s
	C. 1850s
	D. 1860s

Ans: 1860s

Q10.	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: both A and B

Q11.	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 cultivated fields
	B. Forest timber could be exported, animals hunted for skins, mountains mined for gold and Minerals
	C. Both (a) and (b)
	D. It was a committed policy of the US Government

Ans: Both (a) and (b)

Q12.	Which of these reasons led to a radical transformation of the landscape by the early 20th century?
	A. White Americans had moved westward
	B. Local tribes were displaced
	C. Entire landscape was carved into different agricultural belts in the USA
	D. All the above

Ans: All the above

Q13.	In the 19th century, the two major commercial crops India came to produce for the world Market were
	A. indigo
	B. opium
	C. maize
	D. both (a) and (b)

Ans: both (a) and (b)

Q14.	Name the US President who said “Plant more wheat, wheat will win the war.”
	A. President Roosevelt
	B. President Clinton
	C. President Bush
	D. President Wilson

Ans: President Wilson

Q15.	In 1831, Cyrus McCormick invented the first mechanical reaper. What was its most Important advantage?
	A. In could harvest 50 acres of wheat
	B. 500 acres of wheat could be harvested in two weeks
	C. It could cut grass on large areas
	D. It could prepare the ground for cultivation

Ans: 500 acres of wheat could be harvested in two weeks

Q16.	What did the settlers of the Great Plains realise after the 1930s?
	A. Using older methods of cultivation were better than modern machines
	B. Competition with other countries was not healthy
	C. They had to respect the ecological conditions of each region
	D. None of the above

Ans: They had to respect the ecological conditions of each region

Q17.	In 1839, who was sent by the Emperor to Canton as a Special Commissioner to stop the opium trade?
	A. I-tsing
	B. Lin Ze-xu
	C. Lao-Tsu
	D. None of the above

Ans: None of the above

Q18.	Enclosure were necessary to: (i) Make long term investment on land (ii) Plan crop rotation to improve the soil (iii) Allow rich landlord to expand the land under their control.
	A. (i) and (iii)
	B. (i) is correct
	C. (i), (ii) and (iii)
	D. Except (ii), (i) and (iii) are correct

Ans: (i), (ii) and (iii)
Explaination:
Enclosure was necessary for all the above.

Q19.	1. When did a farmer in north-west of England found his barn and haystack reduced to ashes by fire that started at a night?
	A. On 1^st, June, 1830
	B. On 28^th Aug., 1830
	C. On 28^th Oct., 1830
	D. On 28^th Nov., 1830

Ans: On 1^st, June, 1830
Explaination:
On 1^st June, 1830, a farmer in north-west of England found his born and haystack reduced to ashes by fire that started at night.