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

Describe in your own words one painting from this chapter which suggests that the British were more powerful than Indians. How does the artist depict this?

In what way did the British history paintings in India reflect the attitudes of imperial conquerors?

Why were people dissatisfied with British rule in the 1870s and 1880s?

Who did the Indian National Congress wish to speak for?

Who were the Moderates? How did they propose to struggle against British rule?

How was the politics of the Radicals within the Congress different from that of the Moderates?

Name three problems that the newly independent nation of India faced.

State whether true or false:
At independence, the majority of Indians lived in villages.

Dalhousie implemented the Doctrine of ______.

Maratha kingdoms were located mainly in the ______ part of India.

State whether true or false:

The English East India Company was the only European company that traded with India.

State whether true or false:

The British did not introduce administrative changes in the territories they conquered.

The method of sowing seeds in jhum cultivation is known as ______.

The tribal chiefs got ______ titles in central India under the British land settlements.

Tribals went to work in the ______ of Assam and the ______ in Bihar. 

India’s textile exports declined in the ______ century. 

India’s textile exports declined in the ______ century. 

State whether true or false:

The 1854 Despatch on education was in favour of English being introduced as a medium of higher education in India.

State whether true or false:

Rabindranath Tagore felt that children ought to be subjected to strict discipline.

Will the government intervene if some religious group says that their religion allows them to practise infanticide? Give reasons for your answer.