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CBSE Class 8 Social Studies Worksheet

History - When People Rebel

1.
State True or False: Bahadur Shah Jafar wrote letters to all the chiefs and rulers of the country to come forward and organize a confederacy of Indian states to fight the British .
A) true B) false
2.
Who was defeated and killed in June 1858 ?
3.
State True or False: After 1857 revolt, It was decided by British government that instead of recruiting soldiers from Awadh, Bihar, central India and south India, more soldiers would be recruited from among the Gurkhas, Sikhs and Pathans.
A) true B) false
4.
What did Indians began to feel about British in 1850?
5.
What did British decided after 1857 war regarding custom religions?
6.
Fill in the blanks: In 1856, Governor-General Canning decided that ____________ would be the last Mughal king and after his death none of his descendants would be recognized as kings they would just be called princes.
7.
Fill in the blanks: Soldiers on 10 May forced their way into the palace and proclaimed ____________ as their leader.
8.
Fill in the blanks: On 10 May, the soldiers marched to the jail in Meerut and released the imprisoned ____________ .
9.
State True or False: By the mid-eighteenth century, nawabs and rajas had seen their power erode.
A) true B) false
10.
State True or False: On the evening of 4 July 1857, over 3,000 rebels came from Bareilly, crossed the river Jamuna, entered Delhi, and attacked the British cavalry posts.
A) true B) false
11.
What happened if people failed to pay back their loans to the moneylenders?
12.
Fill in the blanks: The ____________ passed a new Act in 1858 and transferred the powers of the East India Company to the British Crown in order to ensure a more responsible management of Indian affairs.
13.
Who helped the emperor of the Qing dynasty to put down the Taiping Rebellion ?
14.
Fill in the blanks: The Governor-General of India was given the title of ____________, that is, a personal representative of the Crown.
15.
State True or False: Bahadur Shah Jafar was not quite willing to challenge the mighty British power but the soldiers persisted.
A) true B) false
16.
State True or False: Unnerved by the scale of the upheaval, the Company decided to repress the revolt with all its might.
A) true B) false
17.
Fill in the blanks: In 1850, a new law was passed to make conversion to ____________ easier.
18.
Who was the adopted son of the late Peshwa Baji Rao?
19.
When did Bahadur Shah Zafar died ?
20.
Fill in the blanks: In 1850, many Indians began to feel that the British were destroying their ____________, their social customs and their traditional way of life. 

CBSE Class 8 Social Studies Worksheet

History - When People Rebel

Answers

1.
Option A

2.
Rani Lakshmibai was defeated and killed in June 1858.
3.
Option A

4.
In 1850, many Indians began to feel that the British were destroying their religion, their social customs and their traditional way of life.
5.
After 1857 revolt, the British decided to respect the customary religious and social practices of the people in India.
6.
Bahadur Shah Zafar
7.
Bahadur Shah Zafar
8.
sepoys
9.
Option A
10.
Option B

11.
Many people failed to pay back their loans to the moneylenders and gradually lost the lands they had tilled for generations.
12.
British Parliament
13.
The British and French armed forces operating in China helped the emperor of the Qing dynasty to put down the Taiping Rebellion.
14.
Viceroy
15.
Option A
16.
Option A

17.
Christianity
18.
Nana Saheb was the adopted son of the late Peshwa Baji Rao.
19.
Bahadur Shah Zafar died in the Rangoon jail in November 1862.
20.
religion
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