AP 8th Class Social History Bits 1st Lesson How, When and Where
I. Choose the correct answer.
Question 1.
The National Archives of India came up in:
A) 1920
B) 1910
C) 1935
D) 1915
Answer:
A) 1920
Question 2.
Those who are specialised in art of beautiful writing:
A) Literate
B) Caligraphists
C) Artists
D) None
Answer:
B) Caligraphists
Question 3.
Who was the last Viceroy of India?
A) Lord Irwin
B) Lord Canning
C) Lord Harding
D) Lord Mountbatten
Answer:
D) Lord Mountbatten
Question 4.
How did many historians refer British period in India as?
A) Modern
B) Colonial
C) Political subjugation
D) None of these
Answer:
B) Colonial
Question 5.
At present about what Historians do not write?
A) How people earned their livelihood
B) What was produced
C) How markets came up
D) Kings and battles
Answer:
D) Kings and battles
Question 6.
What do you mean by Colonisation?
A) Conquest of one country by another
B) Subjugation of two country by another country
C) Subjugation of one country by another
D) None of these
Answer:
C) Subjugation of one country by another
Question 7.
Who produced first map of India?
A) James Mill
B) James Rennel
C) William
D) None of these
Answer:
B) James Rennel
Question 8.
Where was National Archives in India located?
A) Mumbai
B) Madras
C) Delhi
D) None of these
Answer:
C) Delhi
Question 9.
Who was Warren Hastings?
A) Last Governor General
C) First Indian Governor General
B) First Governor General
D) None of these
Answer:
B) First Governor General
Question 10.
What do you moan by Survey?
A) A study of Animals
B) A study or investigation of important
C) A study of birds
D) None of these facts
Answer:
B) A study or investigation of important
Question 11.
Which year James Mill published ‘A History of British India?
A) 1817
B) 1896
C) 1853
D) 1800
Answer:
A) 1817
Question 12.
What is Renaissance?
A) Re-marriage
B) Re-birth
C) Re-appointment
D) All of these
Answer:
B) Re-birth
Question 13.
Who was James Mill?
A) Indian
B) Scottish economist
C) British economist
D) None of these
Answer:
B) Scottish economist
Question 14.
A History of British India was written by
A) Charles Darwin
B) James Mill
C) Albert Einstein
D) Thomas Hardy
Answer:
B) James Mill
Question 15.
The first Governor-General of India was
A) Lord Dathousie
B) Lord Mountbattern
C) Lord William Bentinck
D) Warren Hastings
Answer:
D) Warren Hastings
Question 16.
Census operations are held
A) every five years
B) every seven years
C) every ten years
D) Once in a year
Answer:
C) every ten years
Question 17.
Who was the Scottish economist and political philosopher during 1817?
A) Wellesely
B) James Princep
C) Canning
D) James
Answer:
D) James
Question 18.
Other the keeping Records, the practice which became common in colonial administration
A) Editing
B) Reading
C) Surveying
D) Competing
Answer:
C) Surveying
Question 19.
The first Governor General of India
A) Lord DaRiousie
B) Lord Canning
C) Warren Hastings
D) William Bentinck
Answer:
C) Warren Hastings
Question 20.
The British thought that surveys were important.
A) For effective judgement
B) To write history
C) For effective administration
D) None of these
Answer:
C) For effective administration
Question 21.
Historians refer to British period in India as
A) Colonial
B) Political subjugation
C) Economical exploitation
D) Modern
Answer:
A) Colonial
Question 22.
The last viceroy of India was
A) Lord Dalhousie
B) Lord Canning
C) William Bentinck
D) Lord Mountbatten
Answer:
D) Lord Mountbatten
Question 23.
Calligraphists are
A) Specialist in the art of music
B) Specialist in painting
C) Specialist in beautiful writing
D) Specialist in public speaking
Answer:
C) Specialist in beautiful writing
Question 24.
Which of the following were not the sources of information of the British administration?
A) Diaries of Indians
B) Reports
C) Notes
D) Memos
Answer:
A) Diaries of Indians
Question 25.
Census means
A) Official enumeration of population for every 3 years.
B) Official enumeration of population for every 5 years.
C) Official enumeration of population for every 6 years.
D) Official enumeration of population for every 10 years.
Answer:
D) Official enumeration of population for every 10 years.
Question 26.
Historians of present do not write about
A) What was produced in the past
B) How markets came up
C) Kings and battles
D) How people earned livelihood
Answer:
B) How markets came up
Question 27.
The British preserve official documents because
A) Their copies can be used in modern times
B) One can study them if they are preserved.
C) Documents reveal how the nation developed at the time.
D) All these
Answer:
D) All these
Question 28.
James Rennel produceed the first map
A) 1830
B) 1785
C) 1885
D) 1782
Answer:
D) 1782
Question 29.
Some historians divided Indian History into
A) Medieval, Modern, Ancient
B) Ancient, Medieval, Modern
C) Modern, Ancient, Medieval
D) Medieval, Ancient, Modern
Answer:
B) Ancient, Medieval, Modern
Question 30.
Scottish ecoriomist and political philosopher during 1817.
A) Canning
B) James Mill
C) Bentinck
D) Wellesley
Answer:
B) James Mill
Question 31.
Contemporary means
A) The tern/used to the future period
B) The term used to the present period
C) The term used to the past period
D) None of the these
Answer:
B) The term used to the present period
Question 32.
Which of the following is NOT the period of division of Indian History by James Mill.
A) Muslim
B) Christian
C) Hindu
D) British
Answer:
B) Christian
Question 33.
While writing History, Historians divide it into different chapters, to
A) associate the events separately
B) remember dates easily
C) give each chapters some coherence
D) bring a neet presentation
Answer:
C) give each chapters some coherence
Question 34.
The National Archieves of India came up in the
A) 1920s
B) 1940s
C) 1930s
D) 1910s
Answer:
A) 1920s
II. Fill in the blanks.
1. _________ is certainly about changes that occur over time.
Answer: History
2. If we want to compare the past with the present we refer to time, we talk of _________ and _________
Answer: before, after
3. Lipton tea advertisement was introduced in the year _________
Answer: 1922
4. When we write history, or a story, we divide it into _________
Answer: chapters
5. James Mill divided Indian History into _________ periods.
Answer: Three
6. According to James Mill, Indian History is divided into _________ Muslim and _________
Answer: Hindu, British
7. The British believed that the act of _________ was important to make a history.
Answer: Writing
8. The British setup _________ attached to all administrative institutions.
Answer: records rooms
9. _________ are those who specialised in the art of beautiful writing.
Answer: Calligraphists
10. The British collected custard apple specimens in the year _________
Answer: 1770
11. The Modern period was associated with the _________ of all the forces of modernity.
Answer: growth
12. These are established to preserve important records _________ and _________
Answer: Archieves, Museums
13. In _________ the colonial government in India was trying to put down a mutiny.
Answer: 1946
14. A History of British India was written by _________
Answer: james Mill
15. James Mill felt that all Asian Societies were at a _________ than Europe.
Answer: lower level of civilisation
16. The last viceroy of British India was _________
Answer: Lord Mountbatten
17. In Mill’s idea of history, the period before British rule was one of _________
Answer: drakness
18. History has been associated with _________ and _________
Answer: dates, events
19. Rennel was asked by _________ to produce maps of Hindustan.
Answer: Robert clive
20. _________ means the country or territory which is under another country’s domination.
Answer: Colony
21. _________ reveal the progress made by country in the past.
Answer: The Preserved documents
22. Lord Curzon was a _________ of India.
Answer: Governor General
23. Prince Arthur was given the title _________
Answer: Duke of Connaudht
24. The British resident at the Court of Poona concluded a treaty in the year _________
Answer: 1790
25. James Mill thought that, before British came to India, _________ and _________ despots ruled the country.
Answer: Hindu,Muslim
26. British produced the first map by _________
Answer: James Rannel
27. First map of India was madef in _________
Answer: 1790
28. The colonial government gave much importance to the practice of _________
Answer: surveying
29. Historians have usually divided Indian history into ancient, and_________
Answer: medieval-modem
30. A History of British India is a massive work of _________
Answer: three-volumes
III. Match the following.
Question 1 .
| Group – A | Group – B |
| 1. James Mill | A) The first Governor General of India |
| 2. Warren Hastings | B) Scholars who write histories |
| 3. Calligraphists | C) A Scotish economist and political leader |
| 4. Historians | D) The earlier period of the history |
| 5. Ancient handwriting | E) Expert in writing documents with beautiful |
Answer:
| Group – A | Group – B |
| 1. James Mill | C) A Scotish economist and political leader |
| 2. Warren Hastings | A) The first Governor General of India |
| 3. Calligraphists | E) Expert in writing documents with beautiful |
| 4. Historians | B) Scholars who write histories |
| 5. Ancient handwriting | D) The earlier period of the history |
Question 2.
| Group – A | Group – B |
| 1. Historical documents are kept here | A) Museum |
| 2. An exhibition of historical records are kept | B) Colonisation |
| 3. Surveys | C) Archives |
| 4. Victory of countries | D) Conducted by British |
Answer:
| Group – A | Group – B |
| 1. Historical documents are kept here | C) Archives |
| 2. An exhibition of historical records are kept | A) Museum |
| 3. Surveys | D) Conducted by British |
| 4. Victory of countries | B) Colonisation |
Question 4.
| Group – A | Group – B |
| 1. James Mill | A) Earlier period of History |
| 2. New Delhi | B) First Governor General |
| 3. Mountbatten | C) A History of British India |
| 4. Warren Hastings | D) Last viceroy |
| 5. Ancient | E) National Archieves |
| F) British period |
Answer:
| Group – A | Group – B |
| 1. James Mill | E) National Archieves |
| 2. New Delhi | D) Last viceroy |
| 3. Mountbatten | B) First Governor General |
| 4. Warren Hastings | A) Earlier period of History |
| 5. Ancient | C) A History of British India |