VIII.History.Chapter 8.The Modern World

Chapter 8
Text Book Questions/Answers
The Modern World. 
A. Tick the correct option.
1.Modern period of Indian history began in the-
(a) sixteenth century                                                    (b) seventeenth century
(c) eighteenth century                                                  (d) nineteenth century
Answer:- (c) eighteenth century 
2.The call 'You give me blood, i'll give you freedom' was given by-
(a) Subhash Chandra Bose                                           (b)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai                                                          (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer:- (a) Subhash Chandra Bose
3.In which language was the newspaper Kesari published?
(a) Hindi                                                                          (b) Gujarati
(c) Marathi                                                                    (d) Urdu
Answer:- (c) Marathi
4.Which one of the following  was a major factor in strengthening the national movement in India?
(a) The establishment of Indian National Congress.
(b) Discontentment  among the masses against the colonial power.
(c) Partition of India in 1947
(d) Spread the education and awareness.
Answer:- (b) Discontentment among the masses against the colonial power.
5The book Unhappy Indian was written by-
(a) Bankim Chandra                                                      (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai                                                         (d) Sarojini Naidu
Answer:- (c) Lala Lajpat Rai
Note: the redone written word in answer is the right option.

B.Fill in the blanks.
1. Land revenue settlements are an important source of literary information.
2. Collection of Gandhiji`s writings has been preserved and displayed at Gandhi Smriti.
3. The Indian National Congress was established in 1885.
4. The Revolt of 1857 was ruthlessly suppressed by British or Colonial Power.
5. The Morely- Minto  reforms were introduced in 1909.
Note : the redone written word is the filling.

C.Match the following.
1. Amrita Bazar Patrika   (c) Bengali 
2. My Experiments with Truth. (e) Mahatma Gandhi
3.Simon Commision Report. (d)1929
4.Transfer of power to the British Crown.(b)1858
5.Freedom is our birth right.(a) Balgangadhar Tilak
Note : the redone written word is the right matching.

D.Answer the following Questions.

Question.1.What type of information do we get from official records?

Answer.1. We get very useful information from the official records that are usually written such as Morly Minto reforms (1909) Government of India Act (1935) and reports of Simon Commission 1929.

These are important sources as to know about the political,social and economic  condition of Indians during British period.
Question.2.How do letters,writings and speeches provide information ?Give reasons.
Answer.2.Letters,writings and speeches provide information about political,economic,social condtion of India during British India.
Slogans like ‘Freedom is our birth’ slogan given by Bal Gangadhar tilak  give information about our freedom fighters and tell the story of our struggle against the British.
Q.3.Mention any five major events related to the freedom struggle of India.
Answer.3.Sepoys along with Indians fought the Great Revolt of 1857.
b.Gandhi launched many mass movements as Non Cooperation Movement,Salt Satyagrah,Quit India Movement. .
c.Subhash Chandra Bose slogan was Dilli Calo,it was given to his organisation Azad Hind Fauz..
d.Bal Gangadhar raised the slogan of Swraj and he founded the Swadeshi Movement in 1904-1905
e.British left India with transferring the power to Indians through India Independence Act..
Question.4.Explain any five major sources of information of the Modern period.

Answer.4.The main sources of information of the modern period are as follows.

(a)British documents Morly Minto reforms (1909) Government of India Act (1935) 

and reports of Simon Commission 1929 

(b)Many books

(c)Letters,Writing,Speeches as 'Freedom is our birth right'and  'You give me blood and I will give you freedom 'etc.

(d)Newspapers as London Times(Jhon Walter),Kesari (Tilak) and Bombay Times.

(e)Administrative reports of the government

(f)Internet or database

(g)Old buildings and artifacts are Victoria Terminus, Mumbai, Gateway of India, Victoria Memorial Kolkata,President House,New Delhi.
Q.5.Enumerate the steps taken by the East India company to establish their rule in India ?Answer.5.East India company started establishing its trading posts in Surat.
It started taking advantages of political instability of the British.
Soon by defeating the local rulers it became all in all to establish its rule in India.
Finally after the success in suppressing the  Great Revolt of 1857 the power came into the hand of the British crown. 
Thus British our masters. 

Chapter 8.

The Modern World

Inside Questions/Answers.

Quest.When did the last great Mughal ruler take last breath?

Answer The great Mughal ruler Aurangzeb breathed his last in 1707

Quest.When was the power transferred into the hands of British crown?

Answer The power was transferred into the hands of the British crown in 1858

Quest.In whose leadership,we Indians got independence?

Answer Under leadership of Mahatma Gandhi,we Indians got independence.

Quest.What are the sources to know about modern period?

Answer There are two kinds of sources of information.

a.Literary Sources 

b.Archaeological Sources

Literary sources - All written records are known as literary sources .e.g.Book, Stories,Autobiographic/ biographies,

i British paper – as Morly-Minto Reforms,Government of India Act,the report of Simon Commission etc. 

ii.Letters Writings,Specters  

iii.Newspaper

Archaeological Sources - Old buildings,artifacts,books inspiration in archaeology 

e.g.British liberary London,Victoria Terminus,Mumbai,Gateway of India,Victoria Memorial Kolkata,President House,New Delhi.

Quest.Who founded the London Times and Kesari?

Answer Bal Gangadhar Tilak founded the London Times and Kesari in Marathi.

Quest.When was the Vernacular Press Act passed?

Answer The Vernacular Press Act was passed in 1878.

Quest.Which were our newspapers published in modern India?

Answer The newspapers published in our modern India were the London Times and Vernacular.

Quest.When was the final transfer of the power to the Indians?

Answer The British forces to transfer the power to Indian in 25^th August 1947.

Quest.Which were the important changes that took place in the world?

Answer Many noticeable changes that took place in the world war

Quest  Where is Gandhi Smiriti located?

Answer Gandhi Smiriti is located in Rajghat in new Delhi.It is one of the biggest museums on Mahatma Gandhi which has a library sixty thousand books and six thousand original photos

Quest Which period does the ancient India history include?

Answer The Ancient India history includes the period of the pre-historic age (Stone Age)to age of civilization.

Quest When did the control of India came into the hands of the British crown?

Answer In 1885 the control of India came into the hands of the British crown.

     Quest Name the newspaper that was started by Tilak?

Answer Kesari.

     Quest What type of information do we get from official records?

Answer We get very useful information from the official records that are usually written such as Morly Minto reforms (1909) 

Government of India Act (1935) 

and reports of Simon Commission 1929 are important sources as to know about the political of Indians during British period. 

Quest Line the main sources of information of the Modern period. Explain any two sources briefly.

Answer The main sources of information of the modern period are a.literary and b.archaeological.
a.literary

(a)British documents

(b)Many books

(c)Letters, Writing, Speeches etc.

(d)Newspapers

(e)Administrative reports of the government

(f)Internet or database
b.archaeological.

(g)Old buildings and artifacts are people

The two sources are explained here:-

(h) British Document

(i) Many books

(a)British Document-The British ruled over India for almost two hundred years record of reforms Morly - Minto Reforms (1909) etc.

(b)Many books- Many books Written and printed during this period are preserved in public and private libraries.

     Quest Do you think that the British, a foreign power had the right to suppress writings in regional languages in India?

Answer I think that the power the foreign power had no rights to dis support our fundamental rights to expression. 

Our Constitution provides us the fundamental power that enables us to express ourselves freely through speeches and writings.

As we know that the British have passed  the unjustified Vernacular Press Act in 1878 to repress our constitutional rights freedom of speech.

That is why the British integrated in our natural and constitutional rights unnecessary .It not satisfy.