History - Class 8

Q1. Fill in the blanks.

                         i.        ____________ is a Marathi newspaper edited by Tilak.

                        ii.        The Indian National Congress was established when ___ delegates from all over the country met at Bombay in December _________.

                       iii.        A group of Muslim ____________ and ____________ formed the All India Muslim League at Dacca in ___________.

                       iv.        The __________ Act curbed fundamental rights such as the freedom of expression and strengthened police powers.

                        v.        Mahatma Gandhi abruptly called off the ________________________ when in February 1922 a crowd of peasants set fire to a police station in Chauri Chaura.

                       vi.        Quit India movement started in ___________________.

vii.        ____________________________ was a radical nationalist.

 

Q2. True/False

                         i.        The Moderates were opposed to the use of boycott. _______

                        ii.        The Simon Commission had many Indian representatives. ________

                       iii.        Jallianwala Bagh massacre was inflicted by General Dyer in Amritsar on Baisakhi day (13 April). ________

                       iv.        Swadeshi movement started before the partition of Bengal. _________

                       v.        Mohammad Ali Jinnah became the major spokesperson for the demand for Pakistan. ________

                     vi.        Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, also known as Badshah Khan was the founder of the Khudai Khidmatgars. _________

 

Q3. Who was the viceroy in 1905?

 

Q4. Who was Dinshaw Wacha?

 

Q5. Who gave the slogan “do or die”?

Or

Who raised the slogan "do or die"?

 

Q6. What does RSS stand for?

 

Q7. Name the newspaper edited by Balgangadhar Tilak.

 

Q8. What does HSRA stand for?

 

Q9. When was Muslim League formed?

 

Q10. Name three places where Gandhiji started local movement.

Or

Write the places of intervention of Gandhiji in local movements.

 

Q11. When did the congress split and reunited?

 

Q12. Who was the viceroy of India at the time of partition of Bengal?

 

Q13. What was the Swadeshi Movement known as in deltaic Andhra?

 

Q14. Name the three leading members of radical group.

Or

Mention any three members of the Radical group.

Or

Who were the three main leaders of Radical group?

 

Q15. Who raised the slogan “Freedom is my birthright and I shall have it!”?

 

Q16. Who were the leaders of Khilafat Movement?

Or

Who were the leaders of the Khilafat agitation?

 

Q17. What does 'Punjab wrongs' refer to?

 

Q18. Who was Chitta Ranjan Das?

 

Q19. What does 'Punjab wrong' refer to?