GEM INTERNATIONAL SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL - PALLADAM

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HISTORY (CHAPTER -1) – HOW, WHEN AND WHERE?
GRADE - VIII DATE:
NAME: ___________________.
I. Choose the correct option:
1. Who was the last Viceory of India?
(a) Lord Canning (b) Lord Mountbatten (c) Lord Wellesley.
2. The National Archives of India came up in the _________________.
(a) 1920s (b) 1910s (c) 1930s.
3. Which of the following is NOT the period of division of Indian History by James Mill?
(a) Hindus (b) Sikhs (c) Muslims.
4. Practice of Surveying became common under the ______________ administration.
(a) Mughal (b) Sultanate (c) British.
5. Surveys were important to the British for__________________.
(a) Writing history (b) effective Judgment (c) effective Administration.
6. Which is NOT the Source of describing history?
(a) Diaries of People (b) Conversation between two people
(c) Accounts of pilgrims and travelers.
7. Which one of the following sources do historians used in writing about the last 250 years of India
history?
(a) Official records of the French administration.
(b) Official records of the British administration.
(c) Official records of the Church administration.
8. What was the important suggestion made by James Mill to the British?
(a) British should conquer all the territories in India to ensure the enlightenment and happiness of
Indian People.
(b)Introduction of European manners and western education will lower the level of Indian.
(c)With Religious tolerance, caste taboos and other superstitious practices only India can progress.
II. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words to complete each sentence:
1. In ____________________the colonial government in India was trying to put down a mutiny that broke out
on the ships of Royal Indian Navy.
2. ________________ helps us understand what people of the country through their customs,
language, cultures and religious beliefs think.
3. James Mill divided the Indian history into _______________ parts.
4. _______________ suggested the British should conquer all the territories in India.
III.In the question given below, there are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R).
Read the statements and select the correct option.
Assertion: India became colony of England in 18th century.
Reason : The main purpose of colonization for the imperialist country was to derive maximum
benefit for itself by exploiting the economy of its colony.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.

IV. Observe the picture given below and answer the questions that follow:

(i) What type of sources are found in National Archives of India?

___________________________________________________________________________.
(ii)When did it come up?
__________________________________________________________________________.
(iii)Where is it located?
__________________________________________________________________________.
(iv) Who is the father of National Archives?
__________________________________________________________________________.
V. Identify the Pictures and write names of the person:-
1.____________________. 2.________________________. 3._________________.

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