CBSE - Peasants and Farmers

1 PEASANTS AND FARMERS What was Chinese Emperor’s order about the use of opium in China? (1) The British were allowed to sell opium in China (2) The Chinese Emperor told his people to cultivate more and more opium (3) The Emperor had forbidden its production and sale except for medicinal purposes (4) None of the above

2 PEASANTS AND FARMERS The Manchus were (1) Chinese rulers (2) Roman rulers (3) Indian rulers (4) Portuguese rulers

3 PEASANTS AND FARMERS In 1839, who was sent by the Emperor to Canton as a Special Commissioner to stop the opium trade? (1) I-tsing (2) Lin Ze-xu (3) Lao-Tsu (4) None of the above

4 PEASANTS AND FARMERS How much land did the wheat barons possess at this time in the USA? (1) 1000-2000 acres of land (2) 2000-3000 acres of land (3) 3000-4000 acres of land (4) 4000-5000 acres of land

5 PEASANTS AND FARMERS What was the result of the ‘Opium War’ (1837-42)? (1) China was forced to accept the humiliating terms of the subsequent treaties signed (2) It had to legalise the opium trade (3) It had to open up China to foreign merchants (4) All the above

6 PEASANTS AND FARMERS Why were the Confucian rulers of China, the Manchus, suspicious of all foreign Merchants? (1) The British were buying tea at very low rates (2) They feared that the British would interfere in local politics and disrupt their authority (3) China was self-sufficient and did not want to trade with any country (4) All the above

7 PEASANTS AND FARMERS Which one of these is not the correct option for the cause of the Great Agrarian Depression in the USA? (1) Production had declined rapidly (2) Storehouses overflowed with grain (3) Vast amount of corn and wheat were turned into animal feed (4) Wheat prices fell and export markets collapsed

8 PEASANTS AND FARMERS what were the reasons of the dust storms? (1) Early 1930s were years of persistent drought (2) The wind blew with ferocious speed (3) The entire landscape had been ploughed over, stripped of all the grass that held ittogether. (4) All the above

9 PEASANTS AND FARMERS The Great Agrarian Depression of the 1930s was caused by (1) overproduction of wheat (2) fall of wheat production (3) rise in the price of wheat (4) overproduction of rice

10 PEASANTS AND FARMERS which practice disappeared by 1800, drastically changing the lives of the labourers? (1) Till 1800, the labourers lived with landowners, ate with their masters and helped themthroughout the year doing various jobs (2) Now they were paid wages and employed only during harvest times (3) To increase their profits the landlords cut the amount they had to spend on their workers (4) All the above