Class 08 Social Science History Ruling The Countryside CBSE Questions & Answers

Class 8 · Social Science History Ruling The Countryside

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

Questions & Answers

1
The picture shows an indigo factory, located near the indigo fields. After harvest, the women usually carry the indigo plant to a fermenting storage vessel to manufacture the dye. Name this storage unit used for fermenting the indigo leaves
Question 1 figure 1
  • A
    Barrel
  • B
    Drum
  • C
    Vat
    Correct
  • D
    Cask
2
The picture shows a Vat beater. What does a Vat beater do ?
Question 2 figure 1
  • A
    A Vat beater carries the indigo plants to the big vats
  • B
    A Vat beater stirs the indigo solution in the vat by standing waist deep water for over eight hours.
    Correct
  • C
    A Vat beater beats the indigo plant and extracts the leaves
  • D
    A vat beater owns an indigo factory
3
A process to make indigo pulp is given below. Fill up the missing link from the choices given so that the cycle is complete from the harvest till ready for sale : Step-1 : After harvest the indigo plant is taken to the vats in the factory Step-2 : Leaves removed and soaked in warm water for fermenting Step-3 : _________________Step-4 : When liquid turn green and then blue , lime water added to the vat Step-5 : Liquid drained off and the muddy sediment , the indigo pulp pressed and dried for sale.
  • A
    Workers Press and mould the indigo pulp
  • B
    Workers stamp and cut the pressed indigo pulp.
  • C
    Rotten leaves taken out , solution stirred with paddles by Vat beaters
    Correct
  • D
    Women carried indigo plant to the factory .
4
Initially the peasants were tempted by the loans, but soon they realized how harsh the system was. Why ?
  • A
    The British said the quality of the indigo not upto the mark .
  • B
    The price they got for the indigo was very low and the cycle of loans never ended.
    Correct
  • C
    Peasants preferred to cultivate rice and were to forced to cultivate indigo in good yielding lands.
  • D
    Many landlords stopped cultivation of indigo as they were forced to sign up contracts and take loans.
5
Why, after an indigo harvest, the land could not be sown with rice?
  • A
    Many colonies were set up along the canals and hence not suitable for crop cultivation.
  • B
    British wanted only the cultivation of indigo and no other crops as only indigo cultivation was profitable.
  • C
    The cultivation of indigo made the soil infertile and hence not suitable for rice cultivation
    Correct
  • D
    The climate was not suitable for rice cultivation.
6
What happened on 20th March 1860, with respect to the indigo cultivation?
  • A
    Thousands of ryots refused to grow indigo and started a rebellion.
    Correct
  • B
    The price of indigo was increased by the British to encourage more cultivation
  • C
    Thousands of ryots started fresh new cultivation of indigo.
  • D
    There was a very good harvest on indigo
7
Some reasons for the Blue Rebellion are given below. Which one among the options is not a valid one.
  • A
    The local zamindars and the village headmen convinced the peasants that indigo cultivation made the land fertile and not barren .
    Correct
  • B
    Ryots refused to pay rents to the planters
  • C
    Ryots attacked indigo factories armed with swords and spears, bows and arrows
  • D
    Those who worked for the planters were socially boycotted and the agents of planters beaten up.
8
Who are called gomasthas ?
  • A
    Landlords
  • B
    Zamindars
  • C
    Agents of planters who came and collected rent
    Correct
  • D
    Agents of British officers
9
Name the magistrate who issued notice in Barasat, stating that ryots would not be compelled to accept indigo contracts?
  • A
    Lord Dalhousie
  • B
    Thomas Munroe
  • C
    Ashley Eden
    Correct
  • D
    Hadji Mulla
10
I would rather beg than sow Indigo. Name the Indigo cultivator who said these words to the President of the Indigo Commission?
  • A
    Seton Karr
  • B
    Thomas Munro
  • C
    Ashley Eden
  • D
    Hadji Mulla
    Correct
11
From the given map, identify the place marked in red with the help of the clue given :This place in Bihar witnessed a massive uprising against the British indigo planters under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi
Question 11 figure 1
  • A
    Champaran
    Correct
  • B
    Calcutta
  • C
    Ahmedabad
  • D
    Amritsar
12
Who was the great national leader who supported the agitation of Indigo planters?
  • A
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Correct
  • B
    Sarojini Naidu
  • C
    Jawaharlal Nehru
  • D
    Gopalakrishna Gokhale
13
From the given list of names, pick out the name of the novel written by Dinabandhu Mitra highlighting the plight of the indigo planters.
  • A
    Poda Mahehshvar
  • B
    Neel Darpan
    Correct
  • C
    Nabin Tapasvini
  • D
    Lilavati
14
This image is a pictorial representation of all the stages of indigo production in the French slave plantations of an important island. Which island is this ?
Question 14 figure 1
  • A
    Ritchie?s Archipelago
  • B
    Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • C
    Kangaroo Islands
  • D
    Caribbean Islands
    Correct
15
Select the name of the French missionary who travelled to the Caribbean islands and wrote extensively about the region and slave indigo workers.
  • A
    Jean Baptiste Labat
    Correct
  • B
    Paolo Boccone
  • C
    Charles Plumier
  • D
    Victor Hugues