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CBSE Class 8 Social Studies Worksheet

History

1.
What revolutionized cotton textile weaving ?
2.
State True or False: The textiles industry of India faced many problems in the first few decades of its existence.
A) true B) false
3.
Describe De-urbanization?
4.
Fill in the blanks: In the eighteenth century, Indian ____________ was in demand in European markets.
5.
Fill in the blanks: On 10 May, the soldiers marched to the jail in Meerut, captured guns and ____________ and set fire to the buildings and properties of the British and declared war on the firangis.
6.
Who prophesied that the rule of the British would come to an end soon ?
7.
What led to serious conflicts in Delhi ?
8.
What was turned into a school, and shut down in 1877 ?
9.
Fill in the blanks: The remains of all other capitals can be seen on a visit to the modern city-state of ____________ .
10.
State True or False: Sepoys and peasants gather forces for the revolt that spread across the plains of north India in 1857.
A) true B) false
11.
Fill in the blanks: Eighty-five sepoys were dismissed from service and sentenced to ten years in ____________ for disobeying their officers after the death of Mangal Pandey.
12.
Explain Division of Presidencies.
13.
Fill in the blanks: A canal ran down the centre of ____________ .
14.
How many sepoys were dismissed from service for disobeying their officers after the death of Mangal Pandey ?
15.
State Yes or No: Tribal community who lived in the forests were considered to be wild and savage.
A) Yes B) No
16.
What was the symbol for Birsa Raj?
17.
Fill in the blanks: In the 1870s, the western walls of Shahjahanabad were broken to establish the ____________ and to allow the city to expand beyond the walls.
18.
Fill in the blanks: Some tribal community did odd ____________ in the villages, carrying loads or building roads, while others laboured in the fields of peasants and farmers.
19.
Fill in the blanks: Two architects, Edward Lutyens and Herbert Baker, were called on to design New Delhi and its ____________ .
20.
Fill in the blanks: When Birsa was released in 1897 he began touring the ____________ to gather support.

CBSE Class 8 Social Studies Worksheet

History

Answers

1.
Steam engine was invented by Richard Arkwright in 1786, this revolutionized cotton textile weaving.
2.
Option A

3.
Earlier centres of regional power collapsed when local rulers were defeated by the British and new centres of administration emerged, this process is often described as de-urbanization. 
4.
silk
5.
ammunition
6.
Ahmadullah Shah, a maulvi from Faizabad, prophesied that the rule of the British would come to an end soon.
7.
Celebrations and processions often led to serious conflicts in Delhi.
8.
The Delhi College was turned into a school, and shut down in 1877.
9.
Delhi
10.
Option A

11.
jail
12.
For administrative purposes, colonial India was divided into three Presidencies, which developed from the East India Company factories (trading posts) at Surat, Madras and Calcutta.
13.
Chandni Chowk
14.
Eighty-five sepoys were dismissed from service for disobeying their officers after the death of Mangal Pandey.
15.
Option A

16.
White Flag was the symbol for Birsa Raj.
17.
railway
18.
jobs
19.
buildings
20.
villages

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