Below you will find MCQ Questions of Work, Life and Leisure Class 10 History Free PDF Download that will help you in gaining good marks in the examinations and also cracking competitive exams. These Class 10 MCQ Questions with answers will widen your skills and understand concepts in a better manner. MCQ Questions for Class 10 History Work, Life and Leisure with answers 1. Which of the following industries did not exist in London before the First World War? (a) Clothing and footwear, wood and furniture (b) Metals and engineering, printing and stationery (c) Precision products like surgical instruments, watches, objects of precious metals (d) Motor cars and electrical goods ► (d) Motor cars and electrical goods 2. The city of Calcutta in the 19th century India amazed and confused writers and many others because : (a) It was city full of opportunities — for trade and commerce, education and jobs (b) It was full of cheats, poverty, poor quality housing, confusion of caste, and gender and religious identities in the city (c) It offered a series of contrasting images and experiences – wealth and poverty, splendour and dirt, opportunities and disappointments (d) All of the above ► (d) All of the above 3. Who were the philanthropists? (a) People who wanted to stop crime, and work for social upliftment (b) People who worked for social upliftment and charity, donating time and money for the purpose (c) People who wanted a hard-working, orderly labour force (d) People who worried about law and order ► (b) People who worked for social upliftment and charity, donating time and money for the purpose 4. Which of the following were the features of urban life in the cities in the 19th century? (a) Excessive noise pollution (b) Air and water pollution due to large quantities of refuse and waste products (c) Destruction of natural features or transformation due to factories, housing and other institutions (d) All of the above ► (d) All of the above 5. ‘Temperance Movement’ was : (a) An attempt by the social reformers aimed at reducing consumption of alcoholic drinks amongst the upper classes (b) A reform movement led by the rich to stop drinking on the streets (c) A middle-class led social reform movement in Britain and USA, aimed at reducing alcoholism amongst the working classes (d) None of the above ► (c) A middle-class led social reform movement in Britain and USA, aimed at reducing alcoholism amongst the working classes 6. How can we prove the popularity of the underground railway in London? (a) By newspapers praising its services (b) By increase in the number of passengers travelling in them, losing their fear of travelling underground (c) On 10th January 1863, 10,000 passengers were carried in trains running every ten minutes, by 1880, 40 million passengers were carried a year. (d) Both (b) and (c) ► (d) Both (b) and (c) 7. Which of the following statements are correct about Charles Booth’s survey? (a) The poor were expected to die “in a workhouse, hospital or lunatic asylum” (b) The life expectancy of the poor was 29 years, the gentry and middle-class had life expectancy of 55 years (c) One-fifth population of London (1 million Londoners) were very poor (d) All of the above ► (d) All of the above 8. The underground railway was not very popular in the beginning. The reasons were : (a) They were considered a menace to health – a mixture of sulphur, coal, dust and foul fumes (b) To make two miles of railway, 900 houses had to be destroyed; this led to a massive displacement of the poor (c) Many writers like Charles Dicknes thought that the iron monsters added to the mess and unhealthiness (d) All of the above ► (d) All of the above 9. The congestion in the 19th century industrial city led to a yearning for : (a) A clean country air, a holiday home in the countryside for the rich (b) Making ‘new lungs’, for the city, a Green Belt around London (c) Building of the garden city, with common gender spaces, beautiful views, full of plants and trees (d) All of the above ► (d) All of the above 10. The various steps taken to clear up London were : (a) Large blocks of apartments were built, like in Berlin and New York (b) Localities were decongested and open spaces were left to reduce the pollution and, constructing landscape of the city. (c) Rent control was introduced during the First World War (d) All of the above ► (d) All of the above 11. The working class people spent their holidays and leisure time in the late 18th century: (a) In singing and dancing at home (b) Meeting in pubs for a drink, exchanging news and sometimes organising a political action (c) By getting drunk in streets and indulging in fights (d) In visiting museums ► (b) Meeting in pubs for a drink, exchanging news and sometimes organising a political action 12. Name the entertainment which became the great mass entertainment for mixed audiences by the early 20th century (a) Holidays by the seaside (b) Travelling to historical places in England (c) The cinema (d) The theatre ► (c) The cinema 13. The premier city in India in the 19th century was (a) Calcutta (b) Madras (c) Bombay (d) Surat ► (c) Bombay 14. The main reasons why people migrated to Bombay in the 19th century were : (a) Bombay became the capital of the Bombay presidency in 1819 (b) The growth of trade in cotton and opium, led to a large number of artisans, traders and bankers and shopkeepers settling in Bombay (c) The establishment of textile mills in 1864, invited fresh migrants to Bombay (d) Both (b) and (c) ► (d) Both (b) and (c) 15. Which statement does not describe correctly conditions in a chawl? (a) People of every caste and community lived amicably in the chawls (b) People had to keep the windows of their rooms closed, due to proximity of filthy gutters, privies, buffalo stables etc. (c) One room tenements, because of high rents, are shared by relatives, or caste fellows (d) Streets were used for cooking, washing, sleeping and for different types of leisure activities ► (a) People of every caste and community lived amicably in the chawls 16. “Reclamation” means : (a) To take back land from the rich and build multistoreyed buildings on them (b) To reclaim the land sold to the rich, to take away their bungalows and build for the poor (c) To force the ‘haves’ to donate their land to the ‘have-nots’ (d) To reclaim marshy or submerged areas or other wasteland for settlements, cultivation or other use ► (d) To reclaim marshy or submerged areas or other wasteland for settlements, cultivation or other use 17. How could the problem of scarcity of land in Bombay be solved? (a) By building high-rise buildings (b) Through population control (c) Through massive reclamation projects (d) By stopping migration to Bombay and sending people to their original homes ► (c) Through massive reclamation projects 18. Which Indian city was the first to get a smoke nuisance legislation? (a) Bombay in 1800 (b) Madras in 1863 (c) Calcutta in 1863 (d) Bombay in 1863 ► (c) Calcutta in 1863 19. The rice mills of Tolleygunge tackled the problem of pollution by (a) Reclaiming marshy lands and building factories on them to prevent smog (b) Not allowing railways to bring coal to them (c) Burning rice husks instead of coal in 1920 (d) Controlling smoke through legislation ► (c) Burning rice husks instead of coal in 1920 20. Which of the following statements supports the view that Calcutta has a long history of air pollution? (a) It is built on marshy land, the resulting fog combined with smoke from industries pollutes the air (b) It has a huge population that depends on dung and wood as fuel in their daily life (c) Industries and use of steam engines running on coal, cause air pollution (d) All of the above ► (d) All of the above 21. Who finally controlled industrial smoke in Calcutta? (a) The Bengal government through legislation (b) The inspectors of Bengal Smoke Nuisance Commission (c) The factory owners themselves by using alternatives to coal (d) All the above ► (b) The inspectors of Bengal Smoke Nuisance Commission 22. The London poor exploded in a riot in 1886, because : (a) They demanded relief from the terrible conditions of poverty (b) The police had dispersed their peaceful march from Deptford to London (c) The shopkeepers had not supported them (d) A severe winter in 1886 had brought all outside work to a standstill and added to the misery and poverty of the London poor ► (d) A severe winter in 1886 had brought all outside work to a standstill and added to the misery and poverty of the London poor 23. he very first section of the underground railways in the world was opened on 10 January, 1863 between which two stations of London? (a) Bombay to Thane (b) London to Paris (c) Leeds to Manchester (d) Paddington to Farrington St. ► (d) Paddington to Farrington St. 24. Inspite of all the problems, why are people attracted to cities? (a) Cities offer a life full of variety and excitement (b) Cities are attractive because they offer freedom and opportunity to migrants (c) They offer new routes to social and economic mobility to millions who make them their home (d) Both (b) and (c) ► (d) Both (b) and (c) 25. The very first section of the underground railways the world was opened on 10 January, 1863 between which two stations of London? (a) Farrington street to Bakers station (b) Paddington street to Farrington street (c) Paddington street to Bakers station (d) None of these ► (b) Paddington street to Farrington street 26. Which one of the following is not a Presidency city? (a) Bombay (b) Calcutta (c) Kanpur (d) Madras ► (c) Kanpur 27. Bombay passed into British hands as dowry in the marriage of Britain’s King Charles II to which one of the following? (a) A French princess (b) A Portuguese princess (c) A Mughal princess (d) A Dutch princess ► (b) A Portuguese princess