Session 4: Invention of Automobiles (Post World War II)
Unit 1: History and Evolution of Automobiles
Textual Question-Answers
Check Your Progress
A. Fill in the blanks
1. A very popular model from Ford was named …………………
Ans: Model T
2. The Big Three of the car industry, namely General Motors, Fordand Chrysler set out to design big fast, moving cars for the ……………….. roads.
Ans: American
3. The first cars imported in India were in …………………….
Ans: 1920
4. ……………….. and ………………… were the two dominant modelsof cars on the Indian roads till 1983.
Ans: Ambassador and Fiat
5. In 1983, the Government of India started Maruti Udyog incollaboration with ……………………….. of Japan.
Ans: Suzuki
6. The first Indian car which is cheapest in the world is ………………….
Ans: Nano
B. Multiple choice questions
1. In which year was the first car imported in India?
(a) 1920
(b) 1942
(c) 1970
(d) None of the above
Ans: (a) 1920
2. Which of these is the first car manufactured in India?(a) Ambassador
(b) Fiat
(c) Nano
(d) Padmini
Ans: (b) Fiat
3. Which city is referred to as the “Detroit of India”?
(a) Pune
(b) Gurugram
(c) Chennai
(d) Delhi
Ans: (c) Chennai
4. In which year was the India company Premier Automobilesfounded?
(a) 1940
(b) 1944
(c) 1960
(d) 1970
Ans: (b) 1944
