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CBSE Class 8 Social Studies Worksheet

History - India after independence

1.
Fill in the blanks: In politics, all Indians will have equality and in social and ____________ all Indians will have inequality as per the constitution. 
2.
State True or False: One member of the Constituent Assembly, H.J Khandekar, argued, it was the upper castes who were responsible for the Harijans being unfit today. 
A) true B) false
3.
Fill in the blanks: In 1966, the state of Punjab was also divided into Punjab and ____________. 
4.
Fill in the blanks: On 15 August 2007, India celebrated ____________ of its existence as a free nation. 
5.
State True or False: According to Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel, linguistic states have not threatened the unity of India. 
A) true B) false
6.
How was Bombay divided in 1966?
7.
Fill in the blanks: At Independence, the vast majority of Indians lived in the ____________. 
8.
State True or False: Hindi had been imposed on South India, in the way that Urdu was imposed on East Pakistan or Sinhala on northern Sri Lanka. 
A) true B) false
9.
State True or False: The rich had been deprived of modern health care and education, while their lands and forests had been taken away by more powerful outsiders. 
A) true B) false
10.
State True or False: Dr B.R Ambedkar was Chairman of the Drafting Committee, and under his supervision, the document was finalised 
A) true B) false
11.
Who was of the opinion that India could not and must not become a Hindu Pakistan?
12.
What happened with tribals after partition?
13.
Fill in the blanks: A state ceased to be a ____________ as and when its prince agreed to a merger with India or Pakistan or was defeated.
14.
State True or False: Many members believed that the English language should leave India with the British rulers. 
A) true B) false
15.
State True or False: Dr B.R Ambedkar (1891-1956), respectfully referred to as Babasaheb, belonged to a Marathi-speaking Dalit family. 
A) true B) false
16.
What was the life of factory workers in cities?
17.
Why did government set up a Planning Commission?
18.
State True or False: Hindu temples, previously open to only the higher castes, were thrown open to all, including the former untouchables. 
A) true B) false
19.
Fill in the blanks: Pakistan is a country created explicitly to protect and further the interests of a particular religious community the ____________. 
20.
State True or False: In 1950, the government set up a Planning Commission to help design and execute suitable policies for economic development. 
A) true B) false

CBSE Class 8 Social Studies Worksheet

History - India after independence

Answers

1.
Economic life
2.
Option A

3.
Haryana
4.
Sixty years
5.
Option A

6.
In 1960, the bilingual state of Bombay was divided into separate states for Marathi and Gujarati speakers. 
7.
Villages
8.
Option A
9.
Option B
10.
Option A

11.
The Indian Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, was of the opinion that India could not and must not become a Hindu Pakistan 
12.
The tribals had been deprived of modern health care and education, while their lands and forests had been taken away by more powerful outsiders. 
13.
Princely state
14.
Option A
15.
Option A

16.
In the cities, factory workers lived in crowded slums with little access to education or health care. 
17.
In 1950, the government set up a Planning Commission to help design and execute suitable policies for economic development. 
18.
Option A

19.
Muslims
20.
Option A

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