Class 08 Social Science History Civilising The Native Educating The Nation CBSE Questions & Answers

Class 8 · Social Science History Civilising The Native Educating The Nation

This is Social Science class 08 Social Science History Civilising the Native Educating the Nation CBSE Questions & Answers. There are 15 questions in this test with each question having around four answer choices.

Questions & Answers

1
Who as a part of the Scottish missionary toured the districts of Bengal and Bihar in the 1830s ?
  • A
    Andrew Fuller.
  • B
    William Carry
  • C
    William Adam
    Correct
  • D
    Francois Solvyn
2
A few important aspects about the education through a pathashala are given below. Pick out the one that is not TRUE with respect to a pathashala
  • A
    Classes were held under trees or even at gurus? home.
  • B
    Teaching was oral and the guru taught only the children of rich families.
    Correct
  • C
    There was no fixed fee , no printed books, no benches etc
  • D
    Mostly the shishyas stayed in the guru?s house and studied and had flexible timings according to the harvest time
3
Which year did the East India Company decide to improve the system of vernacular education?
  • A
    1800
  • B
    1860
  • C
    1854
    Correct
  • D
    1900
4
What was the important measure taken by the East India Company to improve the vernacular education?
  • A
    They closed down many local schools
  • B
    They appointed a number of government pandits incharge of schools and asked them to inspect the schools .
    Correct
  • C
    They introduced high fees and introduced grants
  • D
    They allowed only higher education neglecting primary education.
5
Name the poet who reacted against the introduction of Western education in India?
  • A
    Bishnu Dey
  • B
    Rabindranath Tagore
    Correct
  • C
    Amiya Chakravarthy
  • D
    Budhadev Bose
6
Who was of the opinion that Colonial education created sense of inferiority in the minds of Indians?
  • A
    Sarojini Naidu
  • B
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Correct
  • C
    Rabindranath Tagore
  • D
    Subhash Chandra Bose
7
Compelete the following words of Mahatma Gandhiji. Education in English __________Indians.
  • A
    Appreciated
  • B
    Encouraged
  • C
    Invigorated
  • D
    Crippled
    Correct
8
Some of the important points related to the ill effects of the Western education in India put forward by Mahatma Gandhi are given below. Pick out if any statement(s) that are not TRUE with respect to the views of GandhijiGandhiji felt there was poison in this education and it was sinful.Gandhiji wanted an education that could help Indians recover their sense of dignity and self-respect. Gandhiji urged the students to leave educational institutions in order to show to the British that Indians were no longer willing to be enslavedGandhiji strongly felt that Indian languages ought to be the medium of teachingGandhiji felt education in English crippled Indians, distanced them from their own surroundings.
  • A
    All are TRUE except (iii)
  • B
    All are TRUE
    Correct
  • C
    All are TRUE except (ii), (v)
  • D
    All are TRUE except (i)
9
The image given below depicts Mahatma Gandhi Rabindranath Tagore and a group of girls at Santiniketan in 1940. Identify the person sitting next to Mahatma Gandhi
Question 9 figure 1
  • A
    Kasturba Gandhi
    Correct
  • B
    Aruna Asif Ali
  • C
    Kalpana Dutta
  • D
    Sarojini Naidu
10
Complete the following sentence. Mahatma Gandhi felt that the_______________ ought to be the medium of teaching.
  • A
    Indian languages
    Correct
  • B
    Arabic
  • C
    English
  • D
    Sanskrit
11
Complete the following by choosing the most appropriate word from the list of options. Mahatma Gandhi believed that people had to work with their hands, learn a ____________ and know how different things operated. This would develop their mind and their capacity to understand.
  • A
    Trade
  • B
    Book
  • C
    Business
  • D
    Craft
    Correct
12
By education I mean all round drawing out of the best in child and man- body, mind and spirit. Literacy is neither the end of education nor even the beginning. Whose words are these?
  • A
    Sarojini Naidu
  • B
    Rabindranath Tagore
  • C
    Jawaharlal Nehru
  • D
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Correct
13
This image is the prayer hall of an important institution started by Rabindranatha Tagore in 1901. Name the institution.
Question 13 figure 1
  • A
    Santiniketan
    Correct
  • B
    Netaji Subhash Open university
  • C
    University of Madras
  • D
    Benaras Hindu University
14
This is the picture of a Class in progess in Santhiniketan in the 1930s. Name the person who started this famous institution in 1901.
Question 14 figure 1
  • A
    Sarojini Naidu
  • B
    Subhash Chandra Bose
  • C
    Mahatma Gandhi
  • D
    Rabindranath Tagore
    Correct
15
The experiences of a famous personality are given below. Identify this famous personality based on the clues given :He hated going to school The school appeared like a prison , for he could never do what he felt like doing When the other children listened to the teacher, his mind would wander away. On growing up he wanted to set up a school where the child was happy, free and creative - a school of self learning
  • A
    Gopalkrishna Gokhale
  • B
    Swami Vivekananda
  • C
    Mahatma Gandhi
  • D
    Rabindranath Tagore
    Correct