NCERT Class 7 Social Science Chapter 5 India, a Home to Many Test Mock Test
This free online test covers Chapter 5, India, a Home to Many, from the NCERT Class 7 Exploring Society India and Beyond Part II textbook. The 30 questions are written directly from the chapter — definitions, processes, worked examples and the points the book italicises — so a score here tells you how much of the chapter actually stuck, not how well you guess. Each answer carries an explanation that says why the right option is right and why the other three fail, which is where most of the learning happens. Attempt it after your first read of the chapter, then again before the exam. There is no negative marking, and you can review the full solution the moment you submit.
Duration
30 mins
Questions
30 MCQs
Total Marks
30 pts
Negative
0 per wrong
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Sample Questions
Q1.The phrase vasudhaiva kutumbakam, quoted from the Hitopadesha at the start of the chapter, means:
- AMay all creatures be happy
- BThis is mine, that is not mine
- CA guest is like God
- DThe whole world is family
Q2.According to some scholars cited in the chapter, when and how did the Bene Israel reach India?
- AIn the 4th century CE, travelling eastward along trade routes to the Malabar coast
- BAround 175 BCE from the ancient Kingdom of Israel, after their ship was caught in a storm and wrecked near the Konkan coast
- CBetween the 12th and 19th centuries, sailing directly to Cochin to trade in spices
- DIn the 8th century, fleeing the Islamic conquest of Persia and landing in Gujarat
Q3.What does the chapter say the Bene Israel retained after their shipwreck, and how large did the community become?
- AThey lost their holy books but remembered their prayer, that there is only one God, and grew to over 25,000 shortly after independence, the largest Jewish community in India
- BThey kept their holy books but abandoned their prayers, becoming the smallest Jewish community in India
- CThey lost their holy books and their prayers, and had to relearn their faith from the Jews of Cochin
- DThey saved all their holy books and grew to over 25,000 shortly after independence
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