Class 9th History Chapter – 6 Peasant and Farmers MCQ with answer

(1) Opium was exported from India to :

A. China
B. Rome
C. U.K.
D. Portugal

Answer – (A) China

(2) 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

Answer – (A) shifting cultivation

(3) In which year was the mechanical reaper invented ?

A. 1830
B. 1831
C. 1832
D. 1833

Answer – (B) 1831

(4) Which country became the bread basket of the world ?

A. England
B. America
C. Japan
D. France

Answer – (B) America

(5) 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

Answer – (C) Both A and B

(6) 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

Answer – (D) President Wilson

(7) 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

Answer – (D) All the above

(8) 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

Answer – (B) 500 acres of wheat could be harvested in two weeks

(9) Which country was not involved in the triangular trade ?

A. England
B. China
C. India
D. America

Answer – (D) America

(10) 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

Answer – (C) They had to respect the ecological conditions of each region

(11) 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

Answer – (D) both A and B

(12) 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

Answer – (D) None of the above

(13) The white settlers swept into the Great Plains across the River Mississippi after the

A. 1830s
B. 1840s
C. 1850s
D. 1860s

Answer – (D) 1860s

(14) 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

Answer – (D) both A and B

(15) What did the enclosure imply ?

A. It meant green fields
B. Piece of land enclosed from all sides
C. It meant open fields
D. Vast area of marshy land

Answer – (B) Piece of land enclosed from all sides