CLASS 8 HISTORY CHAPTER 1 VERY SHORT QUESTIONS
Very Short Answer Questions
Q. 1. How important are dates?
Ans. Dates tell about the events, kings and their policies and battles which occurred at a particular time.
Q. 2. What is history?
Ans. History is a record of people, places and changes that occur over time.
Q. 3. What is the importance of history?
Ans. The study of history is very important to us. It tells about the past of the present.
Q. 4. Who was the first Governor-General of India?
Ans. The first Governor-General of India was Warren Hastings.
Q. 5. Who was the last Governor-General of India?
Ans. The last Governor-General of India was Lord Mountbatten.
Q. 6. Who was James Mill?
Ans. James Mill was a Scottish economist and political philosopher.
Q. 7. Write the name of the book which was published by James Mill?
Ans. James Mill published a massive—three volume work, i.e., A History of British India.
Q. 8. What do you mean by colonisation?
Ans. When the subjugation of one country by another leads to political, economic, social and cultural changes, that is known as colonisation.
Q. 9. How did historians divide Indian history?
Ans. The historians divided Indian history into ‘ancient’, ‘medieval’ and ‘modern’.
Q. 10. Name the types of surveys.
Ans. The types of surveys were: botanical surveys, zoological surveys, archaeological surveys, anthropological surveys and forest surveys.
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