WBBSE Class 10 History And Environment Chapter 5 Alternative Ideas And Initiatives MCQs

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Chapter 5 Alternative Ideas And Initiatives MCQs

Question 1. When did the pre-modern era of the Bengali printing press start?

  1. 1935
  2. 1835
  3. 1925
  4. 1850

Answer: 2. 1835

Question 2. The era of Bengali magazines started in

  1. 1872
  2. 1862
  3. 1852
  4. 1835

Answer: 3. 1852

Question 3. When was ‘Barnaparichay’ first published in the form of a book?

  1. 1850
  2. 1855
  3. 1860
  4. 1865

Answer: 2. 1855

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Question 4. Who is called ‘the pioneer of business in Bengali books’?

  1. Vidyasagar
  2. Rammohan
  3. Madhusudan
  4. Upendrakishore

Answer: 1. Vidyasagar

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Question 5. Under whose leadership was Digdarshan’s monthly magazine published?

  1. Raja Rammohan Roy
  2. Marshman
  3. David Hare
  4. Vidyasagar

Answer: 2. Marshman

Question 6. When was Sambad Kaumudi published?

  1. 1821 A.D.
  2. 1822 A.D.
  3. 1816 A.D.
  4. 1818 A.D.

Answer: 2. 1822 A.D.

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Question 7. In which language was Brahmanical magazine published?

  1. Persian
  2. Sanskrit
  3. Hindi
  4. English

Answer: 4. English

Question 8. Who was the father of Sukumar Roy?

  1. Upendra Kishor Roy Choudhury
  2. Mohit Chandra Sen
  3. Debendra Nath Tagore
  4. Rabindra Nath Tagore

Answer: 1. Upendra Kishor Roy Choudhury

Question 9. Who founded Shantiniketan?

  1. Ajit Kumar Chakraborty
  2. Mohit Chandra Sen
  3. Debendra Nath Tagore
  4. Rabindra Nath Tagore

Answer: 3. Rabindranath Tagore

Question 10. Who was the first Editor of the Bengal Gazette?

  1. Gangadhar Bhattacharya
  2. Marshman
  3. Rammohan Roy
  4. Prasanna Kumar Tagore

Answer: 1. Gangadhar Bhattacharya

Question 11. When did the publication of the Bengal Gazette newspaper start?

  1. 1810 A.D.
  2. 1815 A.D.
  3. 1816 A.D.
  4. 1818 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1816 A.D.

Question 12. What was the language of Digdarshan magazine?

  1. English
  2. Bengali
  3. Persian
  4. Hindi

Answer: 2. Bengali

Question 13. Who was the Editor of Mirat-ul-Akhbar?

  1. Ram Mohan Roy
  2. Vidyasagar
  3. Marshman
  4. Gangadhar Bhattacharya

Answer: 1. Ram Mohan Roy

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Question 14. What was the language of Mirat-ul-Akhbar?

  1. Hindi
  2. Arabic
  3. Persian
  4. Urdu

Answer: 3. Persian

Question 15. Who edited the Chandrika magazine?

  1. Marshman
  2. Rammohan Roy
  3. Surendranath Banerjee
  4. Manmohan Ghosh

Answer: 2. Rammohan Roy

Question 16. When did the publication of Chandrika magazine start?

  1. 1822 A.D.
  2. 1830 A.D.
  3. 1835 A.D.
  4. 1840 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1822 A.D.

Question 17. When did the publication of the magazine Somprakash start?

  1. 1857 A.D.
  2. 1858 A.D.
  3. 1859 A.D.
  4. 1860 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1859 A.D.

Question 18. What type of magazine was Somprakash?

  1. Daily
  2. Weekly
  3. Monthly
  4. Yearly

Answer: 2. Weekly

Question 19. Who was the editor of the magazine “Somprakash’?

  1. Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar
  2. Manmohan Ghosh
  3. Dwarkanath Tagore
  4. Surendranath Banerjee

Answer: 1. Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar

Question 20. Who passed the ‘Vernacular Press Act’?

  1. Lord Ripon
  2. Lord Lytton
  3. Lord Dalhousie
  4. Lord Cornwallis

Answer: 2. Lord Lytton

Question 21. When did the publication of Indian Mirror start?

  1. 1858 A.D.
  2. 1859A.D.
  3. 1860 A.D.
  4. 1861 A.D.

Answer: 4. 1861 A.D.

Question 22. Who edited the ‘Indian Mirror’?

  1. Debendranath Tagore
  2. Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar
  3. Rammohan Roy
  4. Shishir Kumar Ghosh

Answer: 1. Debendranath Tagore

Question 23. Who published ‘Sulabh Samachar’?

  1. Shishir Kumar Ghosh
  2. Keshab Chandra Sen
  3. Rammohan Roy
  4. Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar

Answer: 2. Keshab Chandra Sen

Question 24. When did the publication of ‘Amit Bazar Patrika start’?

  1. 1860 A.D.
  2. 1862 A.D.
  3. 1865 A.D.
  4. 1868 A.D.

Answer: 4. 1868 A.D.

Question 25. Who started the publication of the newspaper ‘Bangabasi’?

  1. Jogendranath Bose
  2. Surendranath Banerjee
  3. Debendranath Tagore
  4. Manmohan Ghosh

Answer: 1. Jogendranath Bose

Question 26. When did the publication of the newspaper Bangabasi start?

  1. 1880 A.D.
  2. 1881 A.D.
  3. 1882 A.D.
  4. 1889 A.D.

Answer: 2. 1881 A.D.

Question 27. Who edited Modern Review?

  1. Durga Prasad Mishra
  2. Abul Kalam Azad
  3. Surendranath Banerjee
  4. Manmohan Ghosh

Answer: 1. Durga Prasad Mishra

Question 28. When did the publication of ‘Al Hilal start?

  1. 1910 A.D.
  2. 1911 A.D.
  3. 1912 A.D.
  4. 1913 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1912 A.D.

Question 29. Who was the editor of ‘Al Hilal’?

  1. Syed Ahmed
  2. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
  3. Abul Kalam Azad
  4. Shaukat Ali

Answer: 3. Abul Kalam Azad

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Question 30. When did the publication of ‘Al Bilag start?

  1. 1910 A.D.
  2. 1912 A.D.
  3. 1913 A.D.
  4. 1915 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1913 A.D.

Question 31. Who started editing ‘Al Bilag’?

  1. Abul Kalam Azad
  2. Muhammad Ali
  3. Syed Ahmed
  4. Shaukat Ali

Answer: 1. Abul Kalam Azad

Question 32. Which of the following was the first newspaper of India?

  1. Somprakash
  2. Digdarshan
  3. The Bengal Gazette
  4. Calcutta Carrier

Answer: 3. The Bengal Gazette

Question 33. Who was the founder of the ‘Bengal Gazette’?

  1. James Augustus Hikki
  2. William Bolts
  3. Marshman
  4. Rammohan Roy

Answer: 1. James Augustus Hikki

Question 34. When did the publication of ‘The Bengal Gazette’ start?

  1. 1760 A.D.
  2. 1780A.D.
  3. 1785 A.D.
  4. 1790 A.D.

Answer: 2. 1780 A.D.

Question 35. When did the publication of Bombay Gazette start?

  1. 1816 A.D.
  2. 1818 A.D.
  3. 1857 A.D.
  4. 1885 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1816 A.D.

Question 36. Who was the Editor of ‘Calcutta General’?

  1. James Hikki
  2. James Buckingham
  3. Marshman
  4. William Bolts

Answer: 2. James Buckingham

Question 37. Who set up a printing press named ‘U.N. Roy and Sons in India?

  1. Sukumar Roy
  2. Satyajit Roy
  3. UpendraKishorRoyChoudhury
  4. Rabindranath Tagore

Answer: 3. Upendra Kishor Roy Choudhury

Question 38. When was ‘U.N. Roy and Sons Press’ established?

  1. 1910 A.D.
  2. 1911 A.D.
  3. 1912 A.D.
  4. 1913 A.D.

Answer: 4. 1913 A.D.

Question 39. When was ‘Calcutta Medical and Physical Society’ formed?

  1. 1847 A.D.
  2. 1850 A.D.
  3. 1853 A.D.
  4. 1858 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1847 A.D.

Question 40. When was Calcutta Medical College founded?

  1. 1835 A.D.
  2. 1840 A.D.
  3. 1845 A.D.
  4. 1850 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1835 A.D.

Question 41. When was an engineering college set up in Shibpur?

  1. 1840 A.D.
  2. 1847 A.D.
  3. 1850 A.D.
  4. 1857 A.D.

Answer: 2. 1847 A.D.

Question 42. When was the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science” founded?

  1. 1870 A.D.
  2. 1872 A.D.
  3. 1876 A.D.
  4. 1880 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1876 A.D.

Question 43. Who founded “The Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science”?

  1. Sukumar Roy
  2. Praffuila Chandra Roy
  3. Jagdish Chandra Basu
  4. Mahendra Lai Sarkar

Answer: 4. Mahendra Lai Sarkar

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Question 44. Who invented the principle “Celebrated Effect on Scattering of Light”?

  1. Sir C.V. Raman
  2. Jagadish Chandra Basu
  3. P.C. Roy
  4. Meghnad Saha

Answer: 1. Sir C.V. Raman

Question 45. When did Sir C.V. Raman get the Nobel Award?

  1. 1928 A.D.
  2. 1930 A.D.
  3. 1932 A.D.
  4. 1934 A.D.

Answer: 2. 1930 A.D.

Question 46. Who founded “Calcutta Science College”?

  1. C.V. Raman
  2. Meghnad Saha
  3. Satyendranath Bose
  4. Ashutosh Mukherjee

Answer: 4. Ashutosh Mukherjee

Question 47. When was “Calcutta Science College” established?

  1. 1901 A.D.
  2. 1902 A.D.
  3. 1904 A.D.
  4. 1906 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1904 A.D.

Question 48. Who founded the Bose Institute

  1. Satyendranath Bose
  2. Gyan Chandra Ghosh
  3. Gyanendra Mukherjee
  4. Jagdish Chandra Bose

Answer: 4. Jagdish Chandra Bose

Question 49. When was “Basu Vigyan Mandir” established?

  1. 1916 A.D.
  2. 1917 A.D.
  3. 1920 A.D.

Answer: 2. 1917 A.D.

Question 50. What is the other name of “Basu Vigyan Mandir”?

  1. Bose Institute
  2. Calcutta Medical College
  3. I.A.C.S.
  4. C.S.I.R.

Answer: 1. Bose Institute

Question 51. When was “Aligarh Scientific Society” established?

  1. 1938 A.D.
  2. 1944 A.D.
  3. 1942 A.D.
  4. 1864 A.D.

Answer: 4. 1864 A.D.

Question 52. Who founded the Aligarh Scientific Society?

  1. Birbal Sahni
  2. Nazir Ahmad
  3. Syed Ahmed Khan
  4. J.C. Bose

Answer: 3. Syed Ahmed Khan

Question 53. When was the ‘Jadavpur University Act passed?

  1. 1912 A.D.
  2. 1940 A.D.
  3. 1953 A.D.
  4. 1955 A.D.

Answer: 4.1955 A.D.

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Question 54. When was the first Madarsa established in Calcutta?

  1. 1772 A.D.
  2. 1775 A.D.
  3. 1781 A.D.
  4. 1784 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1781 A.D.

Question 55. Who founded Calcutta Madarsha?

  1. Warren Hastings
  2. Lord Cornwallis
  3. Lord Ripon
  4. Lord Lytton

Answer: 1. Warren Hastings

Question 56. Who founded a Sanskrit College in Banaras?

  1. Warren Hastings
  2. Radhakant Deb
  3. Jonathan Duncan
  4. David Hare

Answer: 3. Jonathan Duncan

Question 57. When was ‘Benaras Sanskrit College’ established?

  1. 1781 A.D.
  2. 1787 A.D.
  3. 1791 A.D.
  4. 1821 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1791 A.D.

Question 58. When was Hindu College founded in Calcutta?

  1. 1802 A.D.
  2. 1810 A.D.
  3. 1817 A.D.
  4. 1840 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1817 A.D.

Question 59. Under whose leadership was the Committee of Public Instruction formed?

  1. David Hare
  2. Wilson
  3. Rammohan Roy
  4. Sir Hyde East

Answer: 2. Wilson

Question 60. When was the Committee of Public Instruction founded?

  1. 1817 A.D.
  2. 1821 A.D.
  3. 1830 A.D.
  4. 1823 A.D.

Answer: 4. 1823 A.D.

Question 61. Who founded Brahmacharya Ashram at Shantiniketan?

  1. Dwarkanath Tagore
  2. Rabindranath Tagore
  3. Debendranath Tagore
  4. Prasanna Kumar Tagore

Answer: 2. Rabindranath Tagore

Question 62. Who founded Vishwa Bharati University?

  1. David Hare
  2. Rammohan Roy
  3. Vidyasagar
  4. Rabindranath Tagore

Answer: 4. Rabindranath Tagore

Question 63. When was ‘Vishwa Bharati University’ founded?

  1. 1863 A.D.
  2. 1901 A.D.
  3. 1921 A.D.
  4. 1922 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1921 A.D.

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Question 64. When was “Shantiniketan Ashram” founded?

  1. 1901 A.D.
  2. 1863 A.D.
  3. 1921 A.D.
  4. 1928 A.D.

Answer: 2. 1863 A.D.

Question 65. When was Rabindra Bhavan founded in ‘Vishwa Bharati University”?

  1. 1937 A.D.
  2. 1939 A.D.
  3. 1942 A.D.
  4. 1947 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1942 A.D.

Question 66. When did the publication of the India Gazette start?

  1. 1780 A.D.
  2. 1785 A.D.
  3. 1790 A.D.
  4. 1795 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1780 A.D.

Question 67. When did the publication of “Modern Review” start?

  1. 1870 A.D.
  2. 1875 A.D.
  3. 1879 A.D.
  4. 1885 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1879 A.D.

Chapter 5 Alternative Ideas And Initiatives Fill In The Blanks

Question 1. ________ declared freedom of the press in the year 1835.
Answer: Charles Metcalfe.

Question 2. __________ was the first English newspaper in Bengal.
Answer: Bengal Gazette.

Question 3. The readers could have easy access to knowledge because of _______.
Answer: The printing press.

Question 4. The university set up by Rabindranath Tagore was called _______.
Answer: Visva Bharati.

Question 5. ________ established the Indian Statistical Institute at Baranagar.
Answer: Prashanta Kumar Mahalanobis.

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Question 6. ________ was the founder of IACS.
Answer: Mahendra Lai Sarkar.

Question 7. The National Council of Education was set up in ______.
Answer: 1906.

Question 8. Against the publication of ______ Lord Lytton passed the Vernacular Press Act.
Answer: Somprakash.

Question 9. _______ published the Bengal Gazette.
Answer: James Augustus Hickki.

10. ______ bought the Hindu Patriot.
Answer: British Indian Association.

Question 11. Digdarshan was published under the leadership of ______.
Answer: Marshman.

Question 12. Bangadutta newspaper was published in ______.
Answer: 1830 A.D.

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Question 13. The editor of Indian Mirror was _______.
Answer: Keshab Chandra Sen.

Question 14. Amrit Bazar Patrika turned into a daily newspaper in ______.
Answer: 1851 A.D.

Question 15. Bangabasi magazine was published by _______.
Answer: Jogendranath Bose.

Question 16. _______ published the English magazine named Bengalee.
Answer: Surendra Nath Banerjee.

Question 17. Al Hilal magazine was published under the leadership of ______.
Answer: Abul Kalam Azad.

Question 18. Bombay Gazette was published in _______.
Answer: 1816 A.D.

Question 19. The founder of ‘U.N. Roy and Sons was ______.
Answer: Upendra Kishor Roy Choudhury.

Question 20. South Asia’s first printing press was established in ______.
Answer: 1913 A.D.

Question 21. Calcutta Medical College was founded in ______.
Answer: 1835 A.D.

Question 22. The founder of Bose Institute was ______.
Answer: Jagdish Chandra Bose.

Chapter 5 Alternative Ideas And Initiatives True Or False

Question 1. ‘Bengal Chemicals’ was set up by Jagdish Chandra Bose.
Answer: False

Question 2. Prof. C. V. Raman was associated with Calcutta Science College.
Answer: False

Question 3. Rabindranath Tagore was opposed to the colonial system of education.
Answer: True

Question 4. Shantiniketan Ashram was set up by Rabindranath Tagore.
Answer: True

Question 5. Sambad Kaumudi was published in Bengali language.
Answer: True

Question 6. Raja Rammohan Roy edited the magazine, Chandrika.
Answer: False

Question 7. Somprakash was a daily newspaper.
Answer: False

Question 8. Bengal Gazette was published in 1816 A.D.
Answer: True

Question 9. The publication of Bangadutta was started in 1857 A.D.
Answer: False

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Question 10. Somprakash was banned by the Vernacular Press Act.
Answer: True

Question 11. The publication of Indian Mirror was started in 1861 A.D.
Answer: True

Question 12. The language of the magazine Amrit Bazar Patrika was Bengali.
Answer: True

Question 13. The founder of ‘The Bengal Gazette’ was William Bolts.
Answer: False

Question 14. The editor of Calcutta General was James Augustus Hikki.
Answer: False

Question 15. The book Chheleder Ramayan was printed in Wood Block printing.
Answer: True

Question 16. The first printing press in South Asia was U.N. Roy and Sons.
Answer: True

Question 17. Upendra Kishor Roy Choudhury was the father of the printing press in India.
Answer: True

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Question 18. Calcutta Medical College was founded in 1847 A.D.
Answer: False

Question 19. Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science was established in 1876 A.D.
Answer: True

Question 20. C.S.I.R. was established in 1947 A.D.
Answer: False

Question 21. Shantiniketan Ashram was founded by Debendra Nath Tagore.
Answer: True

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