CBSE Class 8 Social Science Assignment Set F

History: Our Pasts - III (Part 1) For Class 8

1 How, When and Where

Q 1 With what did the British historians associate the modern period?

Q 2 How can you define history?

Q 3 What do you understand by the term „colonialism‟?

Q 4 Who was the first Governor-General of India?

Q 5 Which person produced the first map of India under the British?

Q 6 How can you describe History in common perspective?

Q 7 What was the usual method of writing history used by the historians earlier?

Q 8 What according to James Mills was the level of civilization of Asian societies?

Q 9 What is the work of James Mill known as?

Q 10 How many policemen refused to take food during the police strike in Delhi in 1946?

Q 11 Where was the National Museum and National Archives built?

Q 12 Who was Prince Arthur?

Q 13 What was the symbol of British power as shown in frontispiece by James Rennel?

Q 14 What efforts were made by the British to preserve important documents? Marks 

Q 15 Who are calligraphists? How were they important in the early nineteenth century?

Q 16 Why did the practice of surveying become important under the British?

Q 17 Why were the official records not always helpful to understand the psyche of the people?

Q 18 Do you know the reason behind the use of dates in history?

Q 19 Are the official records the best source of our information?

Q 20 Besides the official records, what are the other literary sources?

Q 21 Describe the advertisement of Lipton tea created in 1922?

Q 22 What were the features of the modern era in Europe?

Q 23 Fill in the blanks

(i) In the earlier years of the nineteenth century the documents were carefully………. and beautifully written by…………………….

(ii) In 1946 the colonial………… in India was trying to put down the mutiny broke out on the ships of………………………………...

Q 24 Why did the British carry out botanical surveys in India?

Q 25 The events related to a period or person are a necessary factor in reading and writing History rather than dates. Why?

Q 26 The Periodisation of Indian History made by James Mill during 1817 was unjustified. Why?

Q 27 Which method of Periodisation was followed by the most of the English Historians to write Indian History? Why was that
method of Periodisation not perfect for India?

Q 28 Describe the way in which the British started an important procedure of writing History? Marks (3)

Q 29 How did the invention of the printing press help in spreading news and information?

Q 30 James Rennel was supporter of British Rule in India. Discuss.

Q 31 Who was James Mill? What was his perception about British rule?

Q 32 Why did the British set up record rooms attached to all administrative institutions?

Q 33 Read the source given and answer the questions:

Newspapers provide accounts of the movements in different parts of the country. Here is a report of a police strike in 1946. More than 2000 policemen in Delhi refused to take their food on Thursday morning as a protest against their low salaries and the bad quality of food supplied to them from the Police Lines kitchen.
As the news spread to the other police stations, the men there also refused to take food … One of the strikers said: “The food supplied to us from the Police Lines kitchen is not fit for human consumption. Even cattle would not eat the chapattis and dal which we have to eat.”

1. Do you remember the source of this literary evidence?

2. To which event this source is related?

3. What was the grievance of the policemen?

4. What is the importance of this type of literary sources?

Q 34 Answer the following questions related to this picture: (1+2+1)

1. Who is depicted in this picture?

2. Why are old advertisements important to us?

3. What does this advertisement suggest?

Please refer to attached file for CBSE Class 8 Social Science Practice Assignment