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CBSE Class 8 Social Studies Worksheet

History - Colonialism and the city

1.
Fill in the blanks: Many refer to the period from 1830 to 1857 as a period of the ____________ .
2.
When did Bombay began to grow?
3.
Which cities were deurbanized during the nineteenth century ?
4.
What changed the social milieu of Delhi after 1947 partition ?
5.
Fill in the blanks: A map of the mid-nineteenth century showed at least a hundred such havelis, which were large walled compounds with ____________, courtyards and fountains.
6.
What did refugees forced to do during 1947 partition?
7.
State True or False: There was no place higher than Jama Masjid mosque within the Delhi.
A) true B) false
8.
Fill in the blanks: New Delhi was constructed as a 10-square-mile city on ____________ Hill, south of the existing city.
9.
Fill in the blanks: The Partition of India in 1947 led to a massive transfer of ____________ on both sides of the new border.
10.
Why did Refugees roamed the streets of Shahjahanabad during 1947 partition?
11.
Fill in the blanks: The features of government buildings were borrowed from different periods of India's ____________, but the overall look was Classical Greece (fifth century BCE).
12.
Fill in the blanks: Even in the mid-nineteenth century ____________ haveli had several structures within it, and included housing for the cart drivers, tent pitchers, torchbearers, as well as for accountants, clerks and household servants.
13.
State True or False: New Delhi represent a sense of law and order, in contrast to the chaos of Old Delhi.
A) true B) false
14.
State True or False: The modern city as we know it today developed only after 1811 when Delhi became the capital of British India.
A) true B) false
15.
What was meant for the women of the household in Haveli?
16.
State True or False: In the past, Mughal Delhi famed canals had brought not only fresh drinking water to homes, but also water for other domestic uses.
A) true B) false
17.
State True or False: At the end of the nineteenth century, the Shahjahani drains were closed and a new system of open surface drains was introduced.
A) true B) false
18.
Fill in the blanks: The British began living in the sprawling Civil Lines area that came up in the north, away from the ____________ in the Walled City after 1857.
19.
Who was unwilling to spend money on a good drainage system ?
20.
State True or False: The Mughal aristocracy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries lived in grand mansions called havelis.
A) true B) false

CBSE Class 8 Social Studies Worksheet

History - Colonialism and the city

Answers

1.
Delhi renaissance
2.
The city of Bombay began to grow when the East India Company started using Bombay as its main port in western India.
3.
Cities such as Machlipatnam, Surat and Seringapatam were deurbanized during the nineteenth century.
4.
The large migration from Punjab changed the social milieu of Delhi after 1947 partition.
5.
mansions
6.
During 1947 partition, Refugees forced Muslims to leave or sell their properties.
7.
Option A

8.
Raisina
9.
populations
10.
During 1947 partition, Refugees roamed the streets of Shahjahanabad, searching for empty homes to occupy.
11.
imperial history
12.
Qamr-al-din Khans
13.
Option A
14.
Option B

15.
The inner courtyard in haveli with its pavilions and rooms was meant for the women of the household.
16.
Option A
17.
Option A

18.
Indians
19.
At the end of the nineteenth century, The Delhi Municipal Committee was unwilling to spend money on a good drainage system.
20.
Option A
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