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KABIR SCHOOL 2020-21

CLASS :VIIl SUBJECT : SS
TOPIC : H-1 HOW ,WHEN AND WHERE(PS -SOLUTION)

TICK THE CORRECT OPTION-

1. Who was the last Viceroy of India?

(a) Lord Canning
(b) Lord Mountbatten
(c) dtipon
(d) Lord Wellesley

2.Which of the following is NOT the period of division of Indian History by James Mill?
(a) Hindu
(b) Muslim
(c) Christians
(d) Sikhs

3.The British thought surveys were important for

(a) writing history
(b) effective judgement
(c) effective administration
(d) none of these

4.Which is NOT the source of describing history.?

(a) Diaries of people
(b) Conversation between two people
(c) Accounts of pilgrims and travellers
(d) Autobiographies of important personalities

5.The National Archives of* India came up in the

(a) 1910s
(b) 1920s
(c) 1930s
(d) 1940s

STATE WHETHER THE STATEMENTS ARE TRUE OR FALSE-

1. Curzon was a Governor General of India.True

2. James Mill published a newspaper in 1817.False
3. We need to divide history into different periods. True
4. The British came to India to know about its great culture.False
5. History deals with changes that occur over time.True

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FILL IN THE BLANKS:

1. The last Viceroy of British India was______________.(Lord Mountbatten)

2. James Rennel prepared the_________ in 1782. (first map)
3. Historians have tried to divide history into ancient,medieval and _________.(modern.)
4. The British thought __________ were important for effective administration.(surveys)
5. Robert Clive asked _________to prepare a map of Hindustan. (James Rennel)

NAME THE FOLLOWING-

1.Surveys conducted in the village_____________.(revenue survey)

2.First governor-general of India_______________.(Warren Hastings)
3.The arrangements of events and days in the order of their occurrence _______________.
(Chronology)
4.A Scottish economist and a political philosopher___________(James Mill.)
5.Officially counting the people_____________(census )

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING-

1. What are the events that are usually recorded in history books?
A -The events that are usually recorded are wars, crowning of kings and events related to kingdoms
and the lives of rulers.

2. Why did the British preserve official documents?

A- The preserved documents reveal the progress made by country in the past. One can study the
notes and reports which were prepared in the past.

3. What do official records not tell?

A-Official records do not tell what other people in the country felt, and what lay behind their actions.

4. Why do we try and divide history into different periods?

A-We do so in order to capture the characteristics of a time, its central features as they appear to us.

5. What evil practices, according to James Mill, dominated the Indian social life before the British
came to India?
A-According to James Mill, the evil practices that dominated to the Indian social life were religious
intolerance, caste taboos and superstitious practices.

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