Chapter 3: Glimpses of the Past

1. Glimpses of the past is written by ___?

  • Satyajit
  • S. D Sawant
  • Satyajit Ray
  • Amitav Ghosh
Answer
S. D Sawant

2. Who all are present in Picture-1?

  • Indira Gandhi
  • Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Lal Bahadur Shastri Ji
  • All of the above
Answer
All of the above

3. Who tried to end superstitions in India?

  • Tipu Sultan
  • Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  • Subhash Chandra Bose
  • All of the above
Answer
Raja Ram Mohan Roy

4. How did the Indians react to these conquests?

  • They thought peace would prevail now
  • God had sent the Britishers
  • That they have become slaves to the Englishmen
  • All of the above
Answer
All of the above

5. What was Raja Ram Mohan Roy fascinated by?

  • Science
  • Hindi
  • History
  • People
Answer
Science

6. Who is the singer singing in Picture-1?

  • Kanika Kapoor
  • Asha Bhosle
  • Lata Mangeshkar
  • Sunidhi Chauhan
Answer
Lata Mangeshkar

7. Which other methods did the Britishers invent to increase their profits?

  • No import duty on goods imported from England
  • No export duty on goods exported to England
  • Both a and b
  • None of the above
Answer
No import duty on goods imported from England

8. Education in India was in which language?

  • Sanskrit
  • Persian
  • Both A and B
  • None of these
Answer
Both A and B

9. What was Regulation III that was passed by the Britisher?

  • New land rules
  • Imprisoning any Indian without a trial in court
  • Both a and b
  • None of the above
Answer
Imprisoning any Indian without a trial in court

10. What were the social practices that were being preached by the religious leader?

  • Child Marriage
  • Untouchability
  • Inferiority towards women
  • All of the above
Answer
All of the above