History - Class 8

Q1. Fill in the blanks.

                           i.        In 1850, a new law was passed to make conversion to __________ easier.

                         ii.        The revolt of 1857 started from __________.

                        iii.        Bahadur Shah Zafar died in the ____________ jail in November 1862.

                        iv.        The British had regained control of the country by the end of _______.

                         v.        Laws were passed to stop the practice of sati and to encourage the remarriage of _______________.

                        vi.        _____________ fought a guerrilla war against British with the support of many tribal and peasant leaders.

          vii.        Tantia Tope was the general of _________________.

 

Q2. True/False

                          i.        In the countryside peasants and zamindars resented the high taxes and the rigid methods of revenue collection. _______

                         ii.        Nana Saheb, the adopted son of the late Peshwa Baji Rao, gathered armed forces and expelled the British garrison from the city. _______

                        iii.        Sitaram Pande served the English for 8 years and retired in 1860. ________

                        iv.        Ahmadullah Shah came to Lucknow to fight the British. _______

                         v.        Hong Xiuquan was the follower of Christianity. ________

                        vi.        Zinat Mahal was the wife of Nana Saheb. ________

 

Q3. Who was the last Peshwa?

 

Q4. Who led the revolt in Kanpur?

 

Q5. Who was the mother of Birjis Qadr?

 

Q6. Who was the leader of the mutiny as proclaimed by the sepoys?

 

Q7. Who translated the memoirs of Sitaram Pande into English?

 

Q8. Who was the son of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah?

 

Q9. Name the country where the Indian Sepoys were asked to go through the sea route.

 

Q10. Under what pretext did the British annex Awadh?

 

Q11. Who wrote the book Majha Pravaas?

 

Q12. When was Mangal Pandey hanged to death and why?

 

Q13. What was the first step taken by the company towards ending the Mughal dynasty?

 

Q14. What rumour spread among the sepoys of the Meerut regiment about the new cartridges?

 

Q15. Who took charge of a large force of fighters who came to Delhi?

 

Q16. What is mutiny?

 

Q17. Who was ’Viceroy’?

 

Q18. What was Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah's prophecy?