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CBSE Class 8 Social Studies Worksheet

History - The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947

1.
State True or False: The Extremist leaders felt that the British had respect for the ideals of freedom and justice, and so they would accept the just demands of Indians. 
A) true B) false
2.
Fill in the blanks: In coastal ____________ and interior Tamil Nadu, liquor shops were picketed against the high land revenue demand of the British.
3.
Who were the leaders of Congress?
4.
State True or False: The imports of foreign cloth fell drastically between 1920 and 1922 due to Non-Corporation movement. 
A) true B) false
5.
State True or False: After 1919 the struggle against British rule gradually became a mass movement, involving peasants, tribals, students and women in large numbers and occasionally factory workers as well.
A) true B) false
6.
State True or False: Using Gandhiji name, tribals and peasants undertook actions that did not conform to Gandhian ideals. 
A) true B) false
7.
Fill in the blanks: The Moderate leaders published ____________, wrote articles, and showed how British rule was leading to the economic ruin of the country.
8.
Fill in the blanks: The First World War altered the economic and political situation in ____________.
9.
Fill in the blanks: Revolutionary nationalists such as ____________ and his comrades wanted to fight colonial rule and the rich exploiting classes through a revolution of workers and peasants.
10.
State True or False: In 1919 Gandhiji gave a call for a Satyagraha against the Rowlatt Act that the British had just passed. 
A) true B) false
11.
Fill in the blanks: The Moderate leaders published ____________, wrote articles, and showed how British rule was leading to the economic ruin of the country. 
12.
Fill in the blanks: The Congress split in ____________.
13.
Fill in the blanks: ____________ worked with the idea that the people should be sovereign a modern consciousness and a key feature of nationalism.
14.
Who were decided to boycott the Simon Commission?
15.
State True or False: The Congress's rejection of the Muslim League desire to form a joint CongressLeague government in the United Provinces in 1937 also annoyed the League. 
A) true B) false
16.
State True or False: Women from diverse backgrounds participated in the Dandi March. 
A) true B) false
17.
State True or False: Publicist means someone who publicises an idea by circulating information, writing reports, speaking at meetings. 
A) true B) false
18.
State True or False: Picket means people protesting outside a building or shop to prevent others from entering. 
A) true B) false
19.
State True or False: In April 1819 there were a number of demonstrations and hartals in the country and the government used brutal measures to suppress them. 
A) true B) false
20.
State True or False: The literal meaning of sarvajanik is of or for all the people (sarva = all + Janik = of the people). 
A) true B) false

CBSE Class 8 Social Studies Worksheet

History - The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947

Answers

1.
Option B

2.
Andhra
3.
The early leadership of Congress were Dadabhai Naoroji, Pherozeshah Mehta, Badruddin Tyabji, WC Bonnerji, Surendranath Banerji, Romesh Chandra Dutt, S Subramania Iyer, among others was largely from Bombay and Calcutta. 
4.
Option A
5.
Option A
6.
Option A

7.
Salt
8.
Africa
9.
England
10.
Option A

11.
After the failure of the Cabinet Mission, the Muslim League decided on mass agitation for winning its Pakistan demand. 
12.
In Punjab, the Akali agitation of the Sikhs sought to remove corrupt Mahants supported by the British from their gurdwaras. 
13.
Salt Satyagraha
14.
All political groups decided to boycott the Simon Commission. 
15.
Option B
16.
Option A
17.
Option A
18.
Option A
19.
Option B
20.
Option A
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