Introduction to Community and Society

1. Who is a member of your family? o d) An unnecessary task

o a) Your teacher Answer: b) A responsibility that
o b) Your friend must be done
o c) Your parent 8. What do we call the people we trust and
o d) Your classmate spend time with?
Answer: c) Your parent o a) Neighbours
2. What is a community? o b) Friends
o a) A group of people living o c) Strangers
together o d) Teachers
o b) A place where only animals live Answer: b) Friends
o c) A place for shopping 9. Which of the following is part of family
o d) A school roles?
Answer: a) A group of people o a) Playing video games all day
living together o b) Helping with household chores
3. Which of these is a role of a family o c) Ignoring others
member? o d) Watching TV only
o a) Going to school Answer: b) Helping with
o b) Cooking food household chores
o c) Planting trees 10. What is the role of a teacher in the
o d) Cleaning the streets community?
Answer: b) Cooking food
4. Who can be your friend? o a) To guide and educate children
o a) Only people from your family o b) To play games
o b) Anyone you like and trust o c) To make rules in the house
o c) Only teachers o d) To sleep in class
o d) Only people who live in your Answer: a) To guide and educate
house children
Answer: b) Anyone you like and
trust
5. Which of these is a responsibility at
school?
o a) Making fun of classmates
o b) Listening to teachers
o c) Leaving the school early
o d) Ignoring homework
Answer: b) Listening to teachers
6. Which is an example of a community?
o a) Your family
o b) A group of students in a
classroom
o c) A group of people living in a
city
o d) A group of animals in the forest
Answer: c) A group of people
living in a city
7. What is a duty?
o a) Something fun to do
o b) A responsibility that must be
done
o c) A right you don’t need to follow
Our Earth
1. How many continents are there on o c) 5
Earth? o d) 6
o a) 5 Answer: c) 5
o b) 7 9. Which ocean is the smallest?
o c) 10 o a) Atlantic
o d) 6 o b) Arctic
Answer: b) 7 o c) Pacific
2. Which of the following is an ocean? o d) Indian
o a) Nile Answer: b) Arctic
o b) Amazon 10. Which direction is shown on the top of a
o c) Pacific map?
o d) Sahara
Answer: c) Pacific o a) South
3. Which continent is known for its large o b) West
deserts? o c) North
o a) Africa
o b) Europe o d) East
o c) Asia Answer: c) North
o d) North America
Answer: a) Africa
4. What is a map?
o a) A book with stories
o b) A drawing of a place from above
o c) A toy
o d) A way to measure time
Answer: b) A drawing of a place
from above
5. Which of these directions is opposite of
north?
o a) South
o b) West
o c) East
o d) North
Answer: a) South
6. Which continent is the largest?
o a) Africa
o b) Asia
o c) North America
o d) Europe
Answer: b) Asia
7. Which of these is NOT a continent?
o a) Europe
o b) India
o c) Africa
o d) Australia
Answer: b) India
8. The Earth is surrounded by how many
oceans?
o a) 3
o b) 4
History and Culture
1. What is a tradition? o d) Christopher Columbus
o a) A story about animals Answer: b) Mahatma Gandhi
o b) A new habit we create 8. Which of the following is NOT a
o c) A custom passed down through national symbol?
generations o a) National anthem
o d) Something that we throw away o b) National flag
Answer: c) A custom passed down o c) Family photo
through generations o d) National bird
2. Which of these is a national festival? Answer: c) Family photo
o a) Diwali 9. Which holiday celebrates the birth of
o b) Christmas Jesus Christ?
o c) Independence Day o a) Diwali
o d) Halloween o b) Eid
Answer: c) Independence Day o c) Christmas
3. What is a national symbol? o d) Thanksgiving
o a) A song we sing Answer: c) Christmas
o b) A holiday we celebrate 10. Why do we celebrate festivals?
o c) A flag or emblem representing
the country o a) To work more
o d) A favourite food o b) To rest and have fun
Answer: c) A flag or emblem o c) To clean our houses
representing the country
4. Which of these is a popular legend? o d) To eat all day
o a) A movie Answer: b) To rest and have fun
o b) A myth or historical story
o c) A current event
o d) A type of dance
Answer: b) A myth or historical
story
5. What do we call the day when a country
became free?
o a) National Day
o b) Independence Day
o c) Flag Day
o d) Labour Day
Answer: b) Independence Day
6. Which of the following is an example of
a cultural tradition?
o a) Going to school
o b) Decorating the house for a
festival
o c) Brushing your teeth
o d) Playing sports
Answer: b) Decorating the house
for a festival
7. Who is a leader who fought for freedom
in India?
o a) Abraham Lincoln
o b) Mahatma Gandhi
o c) Napoleon Bonaparte
Government and Citizenship
1. What is the government responsible o b) Helps keep the environment
for? clean
o a) Providing entertainment o c) Ignores others
o b) Making laws and keeping people o d) Takes only from others
safe Answer: b) Helps keep the
o c) Giving homework environment clean
o d) Selling toys 8. What is a law?
Answer: b) Making laws and o a) A suggestion
keeping people safe o b) A rule that must be followed
2. Which of these is a basic right of a o c) A game
citizen? o d) A fun activity
o a) Right to play video games all Answer: b) A rule that must be
day followed
o b) Right to education 9. Why do we need to respect our leaders?
o c) Right to ignore the laws o a) Because they are our role models
o d) Right to make others work o b) To have fun with them
Answer: b) Right to education o c) Because they are perfect
3. What is a citizen's duty? o d) To get rewards
o a) To be kind and follow the laws Answer: a) Because they are our
o b) To do nothing role models
o c) To ignore others 10. What happens if you break the law?
o d) To make decisions for the
country o a) Nothing happens
Answer: a) To be kind and follow o b) You get a reward
the laws o c) You could face punishment
4. Who helps make the laws in a country?
o a) Teachers o d) You get a holiday
o b) The police Answer: c) You could face
o c) The government punishment
o d) Friends
Answer: c) The government
5. What should you do to be a good
citizen?
o a) Disobey all rules
o b) Help others and follow the laws
o c) Ignore other people
o d) Only help yourself
Answer: b) Help others and follow
the laws
6. Who is the head of a country's
government?
o a) A teacher
o b) A judge
o c) The president or prime minister
o d) A student
Answer: c) The president or prime
minister
7. What does a good citizen do?
o a) Breaks the laws
Environment
1. What is a natural resource? 8. What can we do to save trees?
o a) A man-made object o a) Cut them all down
o b) Something found in nature, like o b) Plant more trees
water or air o c) Ignore them
o c) A type of toy o d) Burn forests
o d) A thing you can eat Answer: b) Plant more trees
Answer: b) Something found in 9. Why is the Earth’s environment
nature, like water or air important?
2. What can you do to keep the o a) For keeping animals happy
environment clean? o b) For keeping people healthy
o a) Throw litter on the ground o c) For playing games
o b) Plant trees and recycle o d) For cleaning your house
o c) Destroy forests Answer: b) For keeping people
o d) Use plastic bags everywhere healthy
Answer: b) Plant trees and recycle 10. What is pollution?
3. Which of these is a natural resource?
o a) Wood from trees o a) Making the air, water, and land
o b) Plastic dirty
o c) Toys o b) Cleaning the environment
o d) Computers o c) Planting trees
Answer: a) Wood from trees
4. Why is water important? o d) Reusing waste
o a) For cooking only Answer: a) Making the air, water,
o b) To play with and land dirty
o c) For drinking and growing plants
o d) To make paper
Answer: c) For drinking and
growing plants
5. Which of these is NOT a natural
resource?
o a) Water
o b) Oil
o c) Paper
o d) Coal
Answer: c) Paper
6. What happens when you litter?
o a) It makes the environment dirty
o b) It helps grow plants
o c) It creates food
o d) It makes everyone happy
Answer: a) It makes the
environment dirty
7. What is recycling?
o a) Throwing trash away
o b) Reusing materials to make new
products
o c) Burning waste
o d) Mixing trash with food
Answer: b) Reusing materials to
make new products
History (Ancient civilizations)
1. Which river was central to the o d) Yangtze and Mekong
development of ancient Egyptian Answer: c) Tigris and Euphrates
civilization? 8. Which civilization is known for its well-
o a) Tigris planned cities like Mohenjo-Daro and
o b) Euphrates Harappa?
o c) Nile o a) Indus Valley Civilization
o d) Indus o b) Roman Empire
Answer: c) Nile o c) Greek Civilization
2. Which writing system was used by the o d) Persian Empire
Sumerians in Mesopotamia? Answer: a) Indus Valley
o a) Hieroglyphics Civilization
o b) Cuneiform 9. What was the primary writing material
o c) Sanskrit used by ancient Egyptians?
o d) Greek Alphabet o a) Clay tablets
Answer: b) Cuneiform o b) Papyrus
3. The Great Bath is an important o c) Animal skins
archaeological feature found in which o d) Palm leaves
ancient civilization? Answer: b) Papyrus
o a) Mesopotamian 10. The Hanging Gardens, one of the Seven
o b) Egyptian Wonders of the Ancient World, was
o c) Indus Valley located in which city?
o d) Chinese
Answer: c) Indus Valley o a) Rome
4. Which of the following is considered one o b) Thebes
of the earliest known codes of law? o c) Babylon
o a) Hammurabi’s Code
o b) Justinian Code o d) Athens
o c) Napoleonic Code Answer: c) Babylon
o d) Magna Carta
Answer: a) Hammurabi’s Code
5. Which ancient civilization is credited
with inventing the wheel?
o a) Indus Valley
o b) Egyptian
o c) Mesopotamian
o d) Chinese
Answer: c) Mesopotamian
6. Which ancient Egyptian structure
served as a tomb for Pharaohs?
o a) Pyramid
o b) Ziggurat
o c) Acropolis
o d) Colosseum
Answer: a) Pyramid
7. Which two rivers were crucial to the
development of Mesopotamian
civilization?
o a) Indus and Ganges
o b) Nile and Amazon
o c) Tigris and Euphrates
History (Medieval history)
1. Which empire was ruled by o d) Paris
Charlemagne? Answer: b) Constantinople
o a) Byzantine Empire 8. Who was the first emperor of the
o b) Holy Roman Empire Mongol Empire?
o c) Ottoman Empire o a) Attila the Hun
o d) Persian Empire o b) Genghis Khan
Answer: b) Holy Roman Empire o c) Kublai Khan
2. The Silk Road connected which two o d) Timur
major regions? Answer: b) Genghis Khan
o a) Europe and Africa 9. Which empire is associated with the
o b) China and the Mediterranean construction of the Hagia Sophia?
o c) North America and Asia o a) Byzantine Empire
o d) Australia and India o b) Roman Empire
Answer: b) China and the o c) Ottoman Empire
Mediterranean o d) Persian Empire
3. Which of these was a major trading city Answer: a) Byzantine Empire
in the medieval Islamic world? 10. Which medieval European kingdom
o a) Mecca signed the Magna Carta in 1215?
o b) London
o c) Athens o a) France
o d) Rome o b) England
Answer: a) Mecca o c) Spain
4. Who led the Norman conquest of
England in 1066? o d) Germany
o a) Richard the Lionheart Answer: b) England
o b) William the Conqueror
o c) Henry VIII
o d) King John
Answer: b) William the Conqueror
5. The Crusades were fought primarily
between which two groups?
o a) Christians and Muslims
o b) Romans and Greeks
o c) Mongols and Chinese
o d) Vikings and Saxons
Answer: a) Christians and
Muslims
6. Which empire used the feudal system as
its primary form of government?
o a) Byzantine Empire
o b) Mongol Empire
o c) Medieval European Kingdoms
o d) Aztec Empire
Answer: c) Medieval European
Kingdoms
7. What was the capital of the Byzantine
Empire?
o a) Rome
o b) Constantinople
o c) Alexandria
History (Modern history)
1. Which country is considered the 8. Which nation dropped atomic bombs on
birthplace of the Industrial Revolution? Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
o a) France o a) Germany
o b) Germany o b) Soviet Union
o c) United Kingdom o c) United Kingdom
o d) United States o d) United States
Answer: c) United Kingdom Answer: d) United States
2. Which industry was the first to be 9. Which country was divided into North
industrialized? and South during the Cold War?
o a) Textile o a) Germany
o b) Iron and Steel o b) Vietnam
o c) Transportation o c) Korea
o d) Agriculture o d) China
Answer: a) Textile Answer: c) Korea
3. Which treaty ended World War I? 10. Which revolution led to the execution of
o a) Treaty of Paris King Louis XVI?
o b) Treaty of Versailles
o c) Treaty of Vienna o a) American Revolution
o d) Treaty of Tordesillas o b) Russian Revolution
Answer: b) Treaty of Versailles o c) French Revolution
4. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union
during World War II? o d) Chinese Revolution
o a) Lenin Answer: c) French Revolution
o b) Stalin
o c) Khrushchev
o d) Trotsky
Answer: b) Stalin
5. Which event led the United States to
enter World War II?
o a) D-Day
o b) Battle of Stalingrad
o c) Attack on Pearl Harbour
o d) Fall of France
Answer: c) Attack on Pearl
Harbour
6. Which independence leader used
nonviolent resistance to end British rule
in India?
o a) Nelson Mandela
o b) Mao Zedong
o c) Mahatma Gandhi
o d) Ho Chi Minh
Answer: c) Mahatma Gandhi
7. The Berlin Wall was built in which
year?
o a) 1945
o b) 1955
o c) 1961
o d) 1989
Answer: c) 1961
History (World history)
1. Which city is often considered the 8. Which explorer is credited with
birthplace of the Renaissance? discovering America in 1492?
o a) Rome o a) Ferdinand Magellan
o b) Florence o b) Marco Polo
o c) London o c) Christopher Columbus
o d) Paris o d) Vasco da Gama
Answer: b) Florence Answer: c) Christopher Columbus
2. Who painted the Mona Lisa? 9. The Protestant Reformation was
o a) Michelangelo initiated by which leader?
o b) Leonardo da Vinci o a) Henry VIII
o c) Raphael o b) Martin Luther
o d) Rembrandt o c) John Calvin
Answer: b) Leonardo da Vinci o d) Pope Leo X
3. Which European country led the early Answer: b) Martin Luther
colonization of the Americas? 10. Which war led to the independence of
o a) Germany the United States?
o b) Spain
o c) Netherlands o a) American Revolution
o d) Italy o b) French Revolution
Answer: b) Spain o c) Civil War
4. Which 20th-century conflict involved
the Allied and Axis powers? o d) Napoleonic Wars
o a) World War I Answer: a) American Revolution
o b) World War II
o c) Cold War
o d) Korean War
Answer: b) World War II
5. The Renaissance was a period of revival
in which fields?
o a) Art and Science
o b) Agriculture and Trade
o c) Military and Politics
o d) Religion and Mythology
Answer: a) Art and Science
6. Which event started World War I?
o a) The invasion of Poland
o b) The assassination of Archduke
Franz Ferdinand
o c) The bombing of Hiroshima
o d) The Treaty of Versailles
Answer: b) The assassination of
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
7. Which European country was the first
to establish colonies in Africa?
o a) France
o b) Portugal
o c) Belgium
o d) Germany
Answer: b) Portugal
History (National history)
1. Which event marked the beginning of o a) Swadeshi Movement
the American Revolution? o b) Quit India Movement
o a) Boston Tea Party o c) Civil Disobedience Movement
o b) Declaration of Independence o d) Non-Cooperation Movement
o c) Battle of Lexington and Concord Answer: d) Non-Cooperation
o d) French and Indian War Movement
Answer: c) Battle of Lexington 8. What was the main impact of the
and Concord Industrial Revolution?
2. Which document, adopted in 1776, o a) Growth of agriculture
declared the independence of the United o b) Expansion of industries and
States from Britain? urbanization
o a) U.S. Constitution o c) End of monarchy in Europe
o b) Declaration of Independence o d) Spread of feudalism
o c) Bill of Rights Answer: b) Expansion of
o d) Magna Carta industries and urbanization
Answer: b) Declaration of 9. Which revolution led to the
Independence establishment of a communist
3. Who was the primary author of the government in Russia in 1917?
Declaration of Independence? o a) Bolshevik Revolution
o a) George Washington o b) Glorious Revolution
o b) Thomas Jefferson o c) Industrial Revolution
o c) Benjamin Franklin o d) French Revolution
o d) John Adams Answer: a) Bolshevik Revolution
Answer: b) Thomas Jefferson 10. Who was the leader of the Bolshevik
4. Which slogan is associated with the Party during the Russian Revolution?
French Revolution?
o a) No taxation without o a) Karl Marx
representation o b) Vladimir Lenin
o b) Liberty, Equality, Fraternity o c) Joseph Stalin
o c) Workers of the world, unite! o d) Leon Trotsky
o d) Give me liberty or give me death Answer: b) Vladimir Lenin
Answer: b) Liberty, Equality,
Fraternity
5. Which event marked the beginning of
the French Revolution?
o a) Storming of the Bastille
o b) Execution of Louis XVI
o c) Reign of Terror
o d) Napoleon’s rise to power
Answer: a) Storming of the
Bastille
6. Which was the first major revolt against
British rule in India?
o a) Quit India Movement
o b) Civil Disobedience Movement
o c) Revolt of 1857
o d) Swadeshi Movement
Answer: c) Revolt of 1857
7. Which movement was led by Mahatma
Gandhi to resist British rule through
nonviolent means?
History (Contemporary history)
1. The Cold War was primarily between o d) NATO
which two superpowers? Answer: c) World Trade
o a) USA and USSR Organization (WTO)
o b) UK and Germany 8. Which country became the world's
o c) China and Japan largest democracy in 1947?
o d) France and Italy o a) China
Answer: a) USA and USSR o b) India
2. The Cuban Missile Crisis took place in o c) Brazil
which year? o d) South Africa
o a) 1950 Answer: b) India
o b) 1962 9. Which treaty led to the formation of the
o c) 1975 European Union (EU) in 1993?
o d) 1989 o a) Treaty of Versailles
Answer: b) 1962 o b) Maastricht Treaty
3. Which international organization was o c) Warsaw Pact
formed in 1945 to maintain world o d) Paris Agreement
peace? Answer: b) Maastricht Treaty
o a) NATO 10. Who was the first African-American
o b) United Nations President of the United States?
o c) Warsaw Pact
o d) European Union o a) Bill Clinton
Answer: b) United Nations o b) Barack Obama
4. Which country was divided into East o c) George W. Bush
and West during the Cold War? o d) Joe Biden
o a) Korea Answer: b) Barack Obama
o b) Germany
o c) Vietnam
o d) China
Answer: b) Germany
5. The 9/11 attacks in the US happened in
which year?
o a) 1999
o b) 2000
o c) 2001
o d) 2002
Answer: c) 2001
6. Which year marked the fall of the
Berlin Wall, symbolizing the end of the
Cold War?
o a) 1985
o b) 1989
o c) 1991
o d) 1993
Answer: b) 1989
7. Which international organization was
formed in 1995 to regulate global trade?
o a) IMF
o b) United Nations
o c) World Trade Organization
(WTO)