Revision

Revision

Class 8

Chapter: 2 Colonisation of India (Page no. 24-25) Chapter: 4 Tribal Communities and Colonialism (Page no. 36-37)

Multiple Choice

The Royal charter was issued by

• Vasco-da -Gama

• Queen Elizabeth I

• None of these

Multiple Choice

The battle of Buxar fought in the year

• 1864

• 1757

• 1764

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In 1772................. became the Governor General of Bengal.

• Robert Clive

• Warren Hastings

• Lord Dalhousie

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Nildarpan a was a Bangali play written by…………………

• Bankim Chandra Chatarjee

• Subramania Bharti

• Dinabandhu Mitra

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The Adivasis in India are

• 67.7 million

• 65.5 million

• 70 million

Short answer His chps 3& 7

Whay was east India company in need of money?

• to bear the cost of maintaining the administrative structure

• meet the war expenses

• for funds to buying Indian goods for exporting to England

Why did British need Indigo? Why was its cultivation encouraged in India?

Popular dye- used in English textile industry

By the end of 18th century -expansion of cotton production in England- rise in demand for indigo

Multiple Choice

Vasco da Gama was the first European to reach India in

• 1496

• 1497

• 1498

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British Ambassador, Thomas Roe, met emperor

• Shah Jahan

• Jahangir

• Aurangazeb

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The first ...................was established by Cowasjee Nanabhoy in India.

• cotton mill

• silk factory

• steel mill

What was the domestic system?

• Came to satisfy the growing demand of cloth

• units were located at houses in houses

• raw materials were supplied by merchants

• finished items were also collected by merchants

How was Indian textiles classified for the purpose of trade

• Muslin- all delicately woven fabrics

• Khassa/ cossaes- coarser variety

• calico- the fabric that Portuguese took back to Europe

• chintz- printed cotton- with wooden blocks or painted with pen.

Why were cities like Murshidabad and Dacca depopulated after the arrival of the British?

• The ruin of Indian handicrafts led to desertion of many specialised towns.

• That's how cities like Murshidabad and Dacca were de-populated and de-urbanised.

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Discuss the Industrial revolution in England

• 19th century industrial revolution increased the production in England

• Inventions led to factory system

• shift to production by machines increased the production

• cheap and efficiant mass production

Multiple Choice

The kookaburra or laughing jackass is an

• Australian bird

• American bird

• African bird

Multiple Choice

Mediterranean forests are very dense

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Minerals at shallow depths are taken out by removing the surface layer with the help of this method.

• shaft mining

• open-cast mining

• drilling

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Fossil fuels are the main sources of

• renewable energy

• non-renewable energy

• geothermal energy

The main minerals found in India.

• Iron ore - Odisha, Jharkhand

• Bauxite- ore of aluminum Odisha, Jharkhand

• Mica- India is the largest producer and exporter Odisha, Jharkhand

• Manganese: Mharashtra, Madhya Pradesh

• Limestone: used in iron and steel and cement industries. Bihar, Odisha

Nuclear energy

• produced by the nuclear fission.

• Important countries- Japan, UK, Russia, Germany, Sweden, Canada India and Ukraine

• In India: uranium- Rajasthan and Jharkhand

• Thorium: Kerala

• Nuclear power stations- Narora in UP, Tarapur in MH, Kota in RJ, Kakrapur in GJ, Kaiga in KA

Extraction of minerals

• mining- Diagram

• Quarrying

• Open- pit or open cast mining

• shaft mining

• drilling

Multiple Choice

Coffee plant is a native of

• India

• Ethiopia

• England

Multiple Choice

Largest producer of Maize

• USA

• India

• China

Multiple Choice

Maize originated in

• South America

• Australia

• Latin America

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a salient feature of our Constitution?

• Federalism

• separation of powers

• monarch as head of the state

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PIL was evolved by the Supreme Court in the early

• 1970's

• 1980's

• 1990's

Multiple Choice

Lok Adalats are also known as

• High Courts

• Supreme Courts

• People's Courts

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Which of the following holds true about the advisory jurisdiction of the Supreme Court?

• The Supreme Court decides only criminal cases

• The Supreme Court advises the President on constitutional issues

• The President bound to follow the advice of the Supreme Court.

Multiple Choice

Access to water is part of Article...............of the Constitution

• 22

• 21

• 39

Multiple Choice

There is no inequality in water supply.

• True

• False

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Who is responsible for providing public services to all the people

• The government of our counrty

• non-governmental organisations

• the industrialists or moneyed class of any country