WorksheetsGr 8 His Ch 1- How When and Where
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 21mins
What is this image about?
about Portuguese traders
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Brshmans offering the Shastras to Britannia, frontispiece to the first map produced by James Rennel,1782
about French traders
1. A person who studies the past is known as_____
A. Historian
B. Scientist
C. Astrologist
D. Astronomer
History is the study of the past.
True
False
Why is it important to study history? Because:
A. To know the basic nature of the society
B. We can know about how the present evolved.
C.Learn about past experiences so that we can mould our future
D. All of the above
History is generally divided into ________________ time periods.
two
four
three
five
Dates in history are expressed in two terms:
BC and AD
AD and AC
BC and BD
DC and AD
Records of the past are arranged in which order?
A. Mathematical
B. Chronological
C. Geometrical
D. None of the above
Who was the First Governor General of India
Warren Hastings
Lord Mountbatten
Wellesley
Dalhousie
Who is the writer of 'A History of British India'?
Robert
Renner
James mill
Williams
Documents were carefully copied out and beautifully written by -
Goldsmith
Official
Binder
Calligrapher
Rennel was asked by.............. to produce maps of Hindustan.
Lord Mountbatten
Warren Hastings
Robert Clive
Munro
In which city National Archives of India located -
Jaipur
Bengaluru
New Delhi
Amritsar
.............. Introduced the culture of recording everything.
Mughal kings
British rulers
Persian rulers
Turkish kings
What do you mean by Colonisation?
The battle between the countries
The subjugation of two countries by another country.
The subjugation of one country by another.
Conquest.
What do you mean by Census?
Official enumeration of the population after every 10 years.
Official enumeration of the population after every 12 years.
Official enumeration of the population after every 14 years.
Official enumeration of the population after every 16 years.
Who was the last Viceroy of India?
Lord Irwin
Lord Canning
Lord Harding
Lord Mountbatten
Who were the Calligraphists?
Write official accounts.
Person specialised in art and paintings.
Person specialised in the art of beautiful hand-writing.
Illustrate manuscripts.
State True Or False.
The British thought surveys were very important for effective administration.
True
False
Who produced the first map of India?
James Mill
James Rennel
James William
None of these
Which were not the sources of information of the British administration?
Memos
Reports
Notes
Diaries of Indians.
Who were the Calligraphists?
Write official accounts.
Person specialised in art and paintings.
Person specialised in the art of beautiful hand-writing.
Illustrate manuscripts.
Autobiographies are account of people written by whom?
Historians
Calligraphists
By other people
Themselves
State True or False.
James mill divided Indian history into three periods- Hindu, Muslim and Christian.
True
False
State true and false.
Official documents help us understand what the people of country think.
True
False
What is the ‘modern period’ associated with?
The modern period in India is associated with the establishment of British colonial rule and the fight we put up against it.
It covers the socio-cultural change that came about in India under the influence of the British.
Both a and b
None of the above
James Mill wrote a book in
1817
1718
2021
1818
James Mill's book was named
A History of British India
The History of Modern India
History of British
A History of Britishers
Colonisation leads to which changes in a country?
Political
Economic
Both a and b
Liguistic
What did the British believe?
Writing was important
Surveys were important
Administration should be done according to the Bible
Both a and b
What is history?
matters related to people
Changes that took over a period of time
Study of planets and solar systems
In 1817, James Mill published a massive three-volume book titled___________
A History of India
A History of ancient India
A History of British India
Historians divided Indian history into
Ancient, medieval and modern
Hindu, Muslim and British
Old and New
Calligraphist are people__________
specialized in making handicrafts
specialized in the art of writing
specialized in painting
Census operations were held every _______ years.
2
5
10
In which year James Mill, a Scottish economist and political philosopher, published a massive three-volume work, A History of British India
1818
1817
1814
1820
Identify the person in this picture
Warren Hasting
Lord Mountbatten
James Mill
James Rennel
Mill thought that all Asian societies were at a lower level of civilisation than_______
Europe
Africa
America
India
WHERE DID BRITISH STORE THEIR WRITTEN RECORDS?
record room
underground
WHAT WAS CONDUCTED IN ORDER TO MAP THE ENTIRE COUNTRY?
wars
surveys
WHO WERE APPOINTED TO COPY THE RECORDS?
calligraphist
ministers
WHAT DO WE CALL THE PERIOD WHEN THE SUBJUCATION OF ONE COUNTRY BY ANOTHER LEADS TO CULTURAL AND POLITICAL CHANGES?
divide and rule
colonisation
