CBSE Class 8 Social Studies Worksheet
History - Tribals, Dikus and the Vision of a Golden Age
1.
Fill in the blanks: Jhum cultivation was done on small patches of ____________, mostly in forests.
2.
What did British officials decided for jhum cultivators?
3.
How tribal people considered market and commerce as?
4.
Fill in the blanks: ____________ Kandha women in Orissa take home pandanus leaves from the forest to make plates.
5.
Fill in the blanks: Tribal community ate fruits and roots collected from the forest and cooked food with the ____________ they extracted from the seeds of the sal and mahua.
6.
What did Birsa wanted from the people?
7.
State Yes or No: Jhum cultivators used the axe to cut trees and the hoe to scratch the soil in order to prepare it for cultivation.
A)
Yes
B)
No
8.
Fill in the blanks: Birsa went to the local ____________ school, and listened to the sermons of missionaries.
9.
Fill in the blanks: Movement by Birsa showed once again that the tribal people had the capacity to protest against ____________ and express their anger against colonial rule.
10.
Fill in the blanks: Tribal community considered moneylender and trader as evil outsiders and the cause of their ____________ .
11.
Fill in the blanks: Cocoons were exported to Burdwan or ____________ where they were sold at five times the price.
12.
State Yes or No: Tribal community disobeyed the new rules, continued with practices that were declared illegal, and at times rose in open rebellion with britishers.
A)
Yes
B)
No
13.
State Yes or No: Settled plough cultivation is not easy in areas where water is scarce and the soil is dry.
A)
Yes
B)
No
14.
Fill in the blanks: In the eighteenth century, Indian ____________ was in demand in European markets.
15.
Who were considered to be wild and savage ?
16.
State Yes or No: Market and commerce often meant debt and poverty for tribal people.
A)
Yes
B)
No
17.
State Yes or No: Facing widespread protests, the British had to ultimately allow jhum cultivators the right to carry on shifting cultivation in some parts of the forest.
A)
Yes
B)
No
18.
Where did Shifting cultivators were found in 18th century?
19.
State Yes or No: Birsa wore the sacred thread, and began to value the importance of purity and piety.
A)
Yes
B)
No
20.
What did movements of Birsa showed British officials?
CBSE Class 8 Social Studies Worksheet
History - Tribals, Dikus and the Vision of a Golden Age
Answers
1.
land
2.
British decided that they would give jhum cultivators small patches of land in the forests and allow them to cultivate these on the condition that those who lived in the villages would have to provide labour to the Forest Department and look after the forests.
3.
Market and commerce often meant debt and poverty for tribal people.
4.
Dongria
5.
oil
6.
Birsa also wanted people to once again work on their land, settle down and cultivate their fields.
7.
Option A
8.
missionary
9.
injustice
10.
misery
11.
Gaya
12.
Option A
13.
Option A
14.
silk
15.
Tribal community who lived in the forests were considered to be wild and savage.
16.
Option A
17.
Option A
18.
Shifting cultivators were found in the hilly and forested tracts of north-east and central India.
19.
Option A
20.
Movement by Birsa showed once again that the tribal people had the capacity to protest against injustice and express their anger against colonial rule.
