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Gr 8 His Ch 1- How When and Where

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is this image about?

a)

about Portuguese traders

b)

Advertisement help in creating new taste

c)

Brshmans offering the Shastras to Britannia, frontispiece to the first map produced by James Rennel,1782

d)

about French traders

2.

1. A person who studies the past is known as_____

a)

A. Historian

b)

B. Scientist

c)

C. Astrologist

d)

D. Astronomer

3.

History is the study of the past.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Why is it important to study history? Because:

a)

A. To know the basic nature of the society

b)

B. We can know about how the present evolved.

c)

C.Learn about past experiences so that we can mould our future

d)

D. All of the above

5.

History is generally divided into ________________ time periods.

a)

two

b)

four

c)

three

d)

five

6.

Dates in history are expressed in two terms:

a)

BC and AD

b)

AD and AC

c)

BC and BD

d)

DC and AD

7.

Records of the past are arranged in which order?

a)

A. Mathematical

b)

B. Chronological

c)

C. Geometrical

d)

D. None of the above

8.

Who was the First Governor General of India

a)

Warren Hastings

b)

Lord Mountbatten

c)

Wellesley

d)

Dalhousie

9.

Who is the writer of 'A History of British India'?

a)

Robert

b)

Renner

c)

James mill

d)

Williams

10.

Documents were carefully copied out and beautifully written by -

a)

Goldsmith

b)

Official

c)

Binder

d)

Calligrapher

11.

Rennel was asked by.............. to produce maps of Hindustan.

a)

Lord Mountbatten

b)

Warren Hastings

c)

Robert Clive

d)

Munro

12.

In which city National Archives of India located -

a)

Jaipur

b)

Bengaluru

c)

New Delhi

d)

Amritsar

13.

.............. Introduced the culture of recording everything.

a)

Mughal kings

b)

British rulers

c)

Persian rulers

d)

Turkish kings

14.

What do you mean by Colonisation?

a)

The battle between the countries

b)

The subjugation of two countries by another country.

c)

The subjugation of one country by another.

d)

Conquest.

15.

What do you mean by Census?

a)

Official enumeration of the population after every 10 years.

b)

Official enumeration of the population after every 12 years.

c)

Official enumeration of the population after every 14 years.

d)

Official enumeration of the population after every 16 years.

16.

Who was the last Viceroy of India?

a)

Lord Irwin

b)

Lord Canning

c)

Lord Harding

d)

Lord Mountbatten

17.

Who were the Calligraphists?

a)

Write official accounts.

b)

Person specialised in art and paintings.

c)

Person specialised in the art of beautiful hand-writing.

d)

Illustrate manuscripts.

18.

State True Or False.

The British thought surveys were very important for effective administration.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Who produced the first map of India?

a)

James Mill

b)

James Rennel

c)

James William

d)

None of these

20.

Which were not the sources of information of the British administration?

a)

Memos

b)

Reports

c)

Notes

d)

Diaries of Indians.

21.

Who were the Calligraphists?

a)

Write official accounts.

b)

Person specialised in art and paintings.

c)

Person specialised in the art of beautiful hand-writing.

d)

Illustrate manuscripts.

22.

Autobiographies are account of people written by whom?

a)

Historians

b)

Calligraphists

c)

By other people

d)

Themselves

23.

State True or False.

James mill divided Indian history into three periods- Hindu, Muslim and Christian.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

State true and false.

Official documents help us understand what the people of country think.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

What is the ‘modern period’ associated with?

a)

The modern period in India is associated with the establishment of British colonial rule and the fight we put up against it.

b)

It covers the socio-cultural change that came about in India under the influence of the British.

c)

Both a and b

d)

None of the above

26.

James Mill wrote a book in

a)

1817

b)

1718

c)

2021

d)

1818

27.

James Mill's book was named

a)

A History of British India

b)

The History of Modern India

c)

History of British

d)

A History of Britishers

28.

Colonisation leads to which changes in a country?

a)

Political

b)

Economic

c)

Both a and b

d)

Liguistic

29.

What did the British believe?

a)

Writing was important

b)

Surveys were important

c)

Administration should be done according to the Bible

d)

Both a and b

30.

What is history?

a)

matters related to people

b)

Changes that took over a period of time

c)

Study of planets and solar systems

31.

In 1817, James Mill published a massive three-volume book titled___________

a)

A History of India

b)

A History of ancient India

c)

A History of British India

32.

Historians divided Indian history into

a)

Ancient, medieval and modern

b)

Hindu, Muslim and British

c)

Old and New

33.

Calligraphist are people__________

a)

specialized in making handicrafts

b)

specialized in the art of writing

c)

specialized in painting

34.

Census operations were held every _______ years.

a)

2

b)

5

c)

10

35.

In which year James Mill, a Scottish economist and political philosopher, published a massive three-volume work, A History of British India

a)

1818

b)

1817

c)

1814

d)

1820

36.

Identify the person in this picture

a)

Warren Hasting

b)

Lord Mountbatten

c)

James Mill

d)

James Rennel

37.

Mill thought that all Asian societies were at a lower level of civilisation than_______

a)

Europe

b)

Africa

c)

America

d)

India

38.

WHERE DID BRITISH STORE THEIR WRITTEN RECORDS?

a)

record room

b)

underground

39.

WHAT WAS CONDUCTED IN ORDER TO MAP THE ENTIRE COUNTRY?

a)

wars

b)

surveys

40.

WHO WERE APPOINTED TO COPY THE RECORDS?

a)

calligraphist

b)

ministers

41.

WHAT DO WE CALL THE PERIOD WHEN THE SUBJUCATION OF ONE COUNTRY BY ANOTHER LEADS TO CULTURAL AND POLITICAL CHANGES?

a)

divide and rule

b)

colonisation