CBSE Class 8 Social Studies Worksheet
History - How, When and Where
1.
Fill in the blanks: All the ____________ that were used in surveys are placed in the foreground to emphasize the scientific nature of the project.
2.
Fill in the blanks: In the early years of the ____________ century documents were carefully copied out and beautifully written by calligraphists.
3.
Fill in the blanks: In 1946 the ____________ government in India was trying to put down a mutiny that broke out on the ships of the Royal Indian Navy.
4.
State Yes or No: In 1946 the colonial government in India was trying to put down a mutiny that broke out on the ships of the Royal Indian Navy.
A)
Yes
B)
No
5.
Why did British came to India?
6.
State Yes or No: Leaders and reformers wrote to spread their ideas, poets and novelists wrote to express their feelings.
A)
Yes
B)
No
7.
Fill in the blanks: People in __________ did not begin drinking tea one fine day; they developed a taste for it over time.
8.
Fill in the blanks: The National Archives of India came up in the 1920s. When ____________ was built, the National Museum and the National Archives were both located close to the Viceregal Palace.
9.
Fill in the blanks: Leaders and ____________ wrote to spread their ideas, poets and novelists wrote to express their feelings.
10.
State Yes or No: Letters and memos that moved from one branch of the administration to another in the early years of the nineteenth century can still be read in the archives.
A)
Yes
B)
No
11.
State Yes or No: Historians have usually divided Indian history into ancient and modern.
A)
Yes
B)
No
12.
Fill in the blanks: In British representations the rebels appear as ____________, vicious and brutal.
13.
Fill in the blanks: The ____________ believed that a country had to be properly known before it could be effectively administered.
14.
Who published "A History of British India" and when?
15.
State Yes or No: By the middle of the nineteenth century, with the spread of printing, multiple copies of these records were printed as proceedings of each government department.
A)
Yes
B)
No
16.
Fill in the blanks: As printing spread, ____________ were published and issues were debated in public.
17.
State Yes or No: In British representations the rebels appear as greedy, vicious and brutal.
A)
Yes
B)
No
18.
What are the source of history?
19.
Who were asked to draw pictures of the specimens in 19th century ?
20.
State Yes or No: Local artists were asked to draw pictures of specimens in 18th century.
A)
Yes
B)
No
CBSE Class 8 Social Studies Worksheet
History - How, When and Where
Answers
1.
Instruments
2.
nineteenth
3.
Colonial
4.
Option A
5.
British came to conquer the country and establish their rule, subjugating local nawabs and rajas.
6.
Option A
7.
India
8.
New Delhi
9.
Reformers
10.
Option A
11.
Option B
12.
Greedy
13.
British
14.
In 1817, James Mill, a Scottish economist and political philosopher, published a massive three-volume work, a History of British India.
15.
Option A
16.
Newspapers
17.
Option A
18.
Source of history includes diaries of people, accounts of pilgrims and travellers, autobiographies of important personalities, and popular booklets that were sold in the local bazaars.
19.
Local artists were asked to draw pictures of the specimens in 19th century.
20.
Option B
