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Class 11 History MCQs — Historical Legacy of Displacement & Colonization (NCERT Practice)
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CBSE History Practice Questions — Historical Legacy of Displacement (Class 11)
Introduction
The “Historical Legacy of Displacement and Colonization” is a key theme in Part D: Paths to Modernization – Theme 10: Displacing Indigenous Peoples of CBSE Class 11 History. It explores how European imperial expansion reshaped indigenous societies across continents, leading to the loss of land, livelihood, and cultural identity. This NCERT-aligned online MCQ practice test is designed to help students understand the long-term political, economic, and social effects of colonization, including how indigenous peoples resisted and reclaimed their rights.
The quiz consists of 60 exam-oriented multiple-choice questions based strictly on the NCERT Class 11 syllabus. Each question focuses on critical aspects such as settler colonialism, land dispossession, assimilation policies, cultural survival, and modern legal redress. With automatic scoring, per-question feedback, and a 60-minute timer, it provides an ideal environment for self-assessment and board exam preparation. Strengthen your conceptual understanding and analytical skills with this complete CBSE Class 11 History MCQ practice test on the lasting legacies of colonization.
Sample MCQs with Explanations
Q1. The term terra nullius, used during European colonization, meant:
A. Land held collectively by indigenous people
B. Land belonging to no one and open for occupation
C. Land reserved for native ownership
D. Land controlled by the church
✅ Answer: B. Land belonging to no one and open for occupation
Explanation: Terra nullius was a colonial legal doctrine used to deny indigenous ownership, justifying European settlement in Australia and other regions.
Q2. The Dawes Act (1887) in the United States aimed to:
A. Strengthen indigenous self-governance
B. Divide tribal lands into individual allotments
C. Prohibit land sales to settlers
D. Promote indigenous communal ownership
✅ Answer: B. Divide tribal lands into individual allotments
Explanation: The Dawes Act broke up tribal land into private plots, undermining collective landholding systems and accelerating dispossession.
Q3. Which 1992 court ruling in Australia recognized native land rights and overturned terra nullius?
A. Brown v. Board of Education
B. The Mabo Decision
C. The Dawes Case
D. Roe v. Wade
✅ Answer: B. The Mabo Decision
Explanation: The Mabo v. Queensland ruling acknowledged native title, legally rejecting the doctrine that denied Aboriginal land ownership.
Q4. Cultural suppression under colonization often involved:
A. Promoting indigenous languages
B. Encouraging local governance
C. Banning native customs, rituals, and languages
D. Restoring traditional institutions
✅ Answer: C. Banning native customs, rituals, and languages
Explanation: Colonizers suppressed indigenous cultural expressions to enforce assimilation and Western cultural dominance.
Q5. Which term best describes the cultural destruction of indigenous identity without physical extermination?
A. Ethnocide
B. Genocide
C. Assimilation
D. Secularization
✅ Answer: A. Ethnocide
Explanation: Ethnocide refers to the systematic erasure of cultural identity—through language loss, education, and religion—without necessarily killing the population.