Secondary School (English Medium) (5 to 8) कक्षा ८ - CBSE Question Bank Solutions

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Tipu’s sword was made of ______ steel.

Why did the Indian iron smelting industry decline in the nineteenth century

What helped TISCO expand steel production during the First World War?

State whether true or false:
Social reformers had to discard the ancient texts in order to argue for reform in social practises.

Why were Christian missionaries attacked by many people in the country? Would some people have supported them too? If so, for what reasons?

In the British period, what new opportunities opened up for people who came from castes that were regarded as “low”?

Why did Phule dedicate his book Gulamgiri to the American movement to free slaves?

What did Ambedkar want to achieve through the temple entry movement?

Why were Jyotirao Phule and Ramaswamy Naicker critical of the national movement? Did their criticism help the national struggle in any way?

What economic impact did the First World War have on India?

Discuss the various forms that the Non-Cooperation Movement took in different parts of India. How did the people understand Gandhiji?

Subjects that were placed on the Union List were ______, ______ and ______.

State whether true or false:
The Constituent Assembly was made up of members of the Congress party.

What did Dr Ambedkar mean when he said that “In politics we will have equality, and in social and economic life we will have inequality”?

Give one reason why English continued to be used in India after Independence.

State whether true or false:

In the first national election, only men were allowed to vote.

State whether true or false:

The British thought surveys were important for effective administration.

The demand for indigo increased in the late-eighteenth-century Britain because of ______ .

The international demand for indigo was affected by the discovery of ______.

The Champaran movement was against ______.