Impact of Technology on Livelihoods – 8th Class Social Bits 8th Lesson 

Impact of Technology on Livelihoods – 8th Class Social Bits 8th Lesson

 

Question 1.
There was a tremendous change in the method of production during the ………….. centuries.
A) 18th, 19th
B) 15th, 16th
C) 11th, 12th
D) 8th, 9th
Answer:
A) 18th, 19th

Question 2.
When a new machine or method of production is created for the first time, it is called a/an ……………….
A) discovery
B) invention
C) opening
D) beginning
Answer:
B) invention

Question 3.
In India, when …………… were first introduced, people thought that they would lose their jobs.
A) machines
B) engines
C) cranes
D) computers
Answer:
D) computers

Question 4.
………….. goods were produced mostly for self and some for the market.
A) Industrial
B) Agricultural
C) Mining
D) Electrical
Answer:
B) Agricultural

Question 5.
……………. run on electricity or diesel were used to draw water.
A) Machines
B) Generators
C) Pump sets
D) Buckets
Answer:
C) Pump sets

Question 6.
After independence, the government began building ………………
A) temples
B) palaces
C) farmhouses
D) dams
Answer:
D) dams

Question 7.
………….. began to be used for transportation and many agricultural operations.
A) Rickshaws
B) Tractors
C) Trucks
D) Cars
Answer:
B) Tractors

Question 8.
Use of agricultural machinery made the agricultural workers to work on ………….. basis.
A) monthly
B) annual
C) fort-night
D) daily
Answer:
D) daily

Question 9.
Creation of a new machine or production procedure for the first time.
A) knowing
B) invention
C) finding
D) all the above
Answer:
B) invention

Question 10.
This is used instead of Rubber
A) Fibre
B) Plastic
C) German Silver
D) Silver
Answer:
B) Plastic

Question 11.
This is introduced by Henry Ford to speed up the manufacturing of cars in America.
A) Assembly
B) Assembly express
C) Assembly line
D) Third assembly
Answer:
C) Assembly line

Question 12.
Agricutural system at the time of independence is
A) extensive
B) podu agriculture
C) intensive
D) traditional agriculture
Answer:
D) traditional agriculture

Question 13.
The change in agriculture after independence
A) improvement in irrigation facilities
B) encouraging the usage of Borewells
C) using motor pumps that are run by electricity or diesel
D) all the above
Answer:
D) all the above

Question 14.
Combined Harvestor means
A) It harvests the crop
B) it threshes the crop
C) It cleans the grain from chaff
D) All the above
Answer:
D) All the above

Question 15.
Use of CH saves the crop from the vagaries of weather in the coastal states.
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Odisha
C) Both A & B
D) None
Answer:
C) Both A & B

Question 16.
According to a 2003 study of CH its charge is about Rs. ……………….. per day.
A) 1000 – 1200
B) 1100 – 1400
C) 1300 – 1500
D) 1400 – 1600
Answer:
B) 1100 – 1400

Question 17.
CH harvests paddy fields of about one acre in ………….. hour.
A) one
B) 1/2 an
C) 3/4 th
D) 1/4 th
Answer:
A) one

Question 18.
The number of workers (in crores) in different sections of the textile industry.
A) 5
B) 10
C) 15
D) 20
Answer:
B) 10

Question 19.
From this year, there is an increase in the share of textile production through mills.
A) 1970
B) 1975
C) 1777
D) 1980
Answer:
D) 1980

Question 20.
The number of employees in Powerlooms.
A) 50 lakh
B) 60 lakh
C) 70 lakh
D) 80 lakh
Answer:
B) 60 lakh

Question 21.
The number of working handlooms in India in 1988 in lakhs.
A) 30
B) 32
C) 33
D) 35
Answer:
C) 33

Question 22.
The number of working handlooms in India in 2009-10 in lakhs.
A) 24
B) 26
C) 28
D) 30
Answer:
A) 24

Question 23.
The amount of cloth produced per worker in power looms is about times higher than in handlooms because of the use of mechanised technology.
A) 5
B) 6
C) 7
D) 9
Answer:
B) 6

Question 24.
There were only land phones in India up to
A) 1989
B) 1990
C) 1991
D) 1992
Answer:
B) 1990

Question 25.
All over India, mobile phones have grown from 50 lakhs subscribers in 2001 to over ……………. crores subscribers by May 2012.
A) 9.9
B) 92.9
C) 95.9
D) 98.4
Answer:
B) 92.9

Question 26.
The mobile connections are …………….. times more than landlines.
A) 20
B) 30
C) 40
D) 50
Answer:
A) 20

Question 27.
Mobile phones were introduced in
A) 1990
B) 1995
C) 1996
D) 1997
Answer:
B) 1995

Question 28.
Between these years, persons receiving the call and persons making the call were required to pay
A) 1995 – 2002
B) 1996 – 2003
C) 2002 – 2007
D) 2007 – 2009
Answer:
A) 1995 – 2002

Question 29.
In 1994, if somebody wished to talk on a landline phone for 3 mts to a person 500 kms away, one had to spend Rs. …………
A) 20
B) 25
C) 28
D) 30
Answer:
C) 28

Question 30.
The mobile handsets produced in India are now exporting to more than …………. countries around the world.
A) 50
B) 60
C) 70
D) 80
Answer:
D) 80

Question 31.
Think of all the complicated machinery and technology used nowadays – in space explorations, in factories, in transport, and so on.
Pick the correct comment.
A) Machinery and technology are complicated.
B) Even though they are complicated, they lead the world to development.
C) Both A and B
D) None of the above
Answer:
B) Even though they are complicated, they lead the world to development.

Question 32.
Combined Harvester (CH) is one of the important machines used for paddy harvest. It harvests the crop, threshes and cleans the grain from the chaff.
Pick the correct comment.
A) CH is an important machine but not works well.
B) CH is used in all harvests.
C) CH affects the rural opportunities of labour.
D) All the above
Answer:
C) CH affects the rural opportunities of labour.

Question 33.
Whenever you talk on your mobile phone, switch on the TV or work on your computer, you are using the
A) latest technology
B) very latest technology
C) old traditional technology
D) all the above
Answer:
B) very latest technology

Question 34.
Suppose there are 250 agricultural labourers in a village which has 1000 acres of paddy, if a Combined Harvester is used, it will complete the work in 55 days working 18 hours every day. But each one of the 250 workers will lose days of employment.
A) 50
B) 60
C) 70
D) 80
Answer:
D) 80

Question 35.
A major difference between a Powerloom Unit and a Mill producing cloth is the scale of operation.
Which one has a large scale of operation?
A) Powerloom unit
B) Mill
C) Both A and B
D) Don’t know
Answer:
B) Mill

Question 36.
In the 1980s there are only land phones. But now we have cell phones. This is a …………….. change.
A) Structural
B) Technological
C) Social
D) Traditional
Answer:
B) Technological

Question 37.
The reason for an increase in agricultural products
A) latest technology in agriculture
B) using agricultural machines
C) improvement of irrigational facilities
D) all the above
Answer:
D) all the above

Question 38.
‘Cell phone / Mobile is an important device in our life.’
A) But it kills our leisure.
B) But it spoils our work.
C) But it disturbs the relations in the society.
D) All the above
Answer:
D) All the above

Question 39.
Henry Ford of ………………. started the Assembly Line method of production to produce more cars quickly.
A) Canada
B) Britain
C) the U.S.A.
D) China
Answer:
C) the U.S.A.

Question 40.
Plastic is used instead of
A) rubber
B) copper
C) gold
D) platinum
Answer:
A) rubber

Question 41.
An example of the latest technology
A) Space research
B) Industries
C) Transport
D) All the above
Answer:
D) All the above

Question 42.
In the 19th century these opposed power looms in England.
A) labour
B) peasants
C) craft persons
D) all the above
Answer:
C) craft persons

Question 43.
This creates more employment in India after agriculture.
A) textile industry
B) jute industry
C) tea industry
D) sugar industry
Answer:
A) textile industry

Question 44.
The introduced power looms in India.
A) British
B) French
C) Dutch
D) Portuguese
Answer:
A) British

Question 45.
High quality of clothes are produced by
A) Handlooms
B) Mills
C) Artists
D) Hand skill
Answer:
B) Mills

Question 46.
The main problem faced by the workers in power looms
A) Food insecurity, malnutrition
B) Anaemia, T.B.
C) Asthma, gynaecological illness among women
D) All the above
Answer:
D) All the above

Question 47.
This influences the service sector
A) technological knowledge changes
B) economic progress
C) industries
D) none
Answer:
A) technological knowledge changes