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Wednesday 6 September 2017

CBSE Class 8 - History - Chapter 2: From Trade to Territory - COLONISATION OF INDIA (Timelines) (#cbseNotes)

Chapter 2: From Trade to Territory
COLONISATION OF INDIA (Timelines)

CBSE Class 8 - History -   Chapter 2: From Trade to Territory - COLONISATION OF INDIA (Timelines) (#cbseNotes)


1. 1498: Vasco da gama discovered a new trade route

2. 1600: East India company formed

3. 1602: Dutch east India company formed

4. 1664: French east India company formed

5. 1774-1763: Anglo carnatic wars

Monday 31 July 2017

CBSE CLASS 8 - Chapter 3 Civics - Why do we need a parliament ( Q and A) (#cbseNotes)

Why do we need a parliament?

NCERT - Chapter 3 - Civics
Questions and Answers 
CBSE CLASS 8 - Chapter 3 Civics - Why do we need a parliament ( Q and A) (#cbseNotes)



Question 1: What is coalition government?

Answer:
Often times in the recent past it has been difficult for a single political party to get the majority that is required to form the government.

② They then join together with different political parties who are interested in similar concern to form, what is known as a coalition government.


Sunday 16 July 2017

CBSE Class 8: Our Pasts III - Chapter 5 - When people Rebel 1857 and After (Long Q and A) (#cbseNotes)

When people Rebel 1857 and After(History Notes - Long Q & A)

CBSE Class 8: Our Pasts III - Chapter 5 - When people Rebel 1857 and After (Long Q and A) (#cbseNotes)


Question 1: What impact did Bahadur Shah Zafar support to the rebellion have on the people and the ruling families?

Answer:
Bahadur Shah Zafar support to the rebellion boosted the moral of the Indian people. It gave them courage, hope and confidence to get together against the East India Company rule.

Regiment after regiment mutinied. People of the towns and villages also rose up in rebellion with their local leaders, zamindars and chiefs to fight against the British.

Nanasaheb gathered arm forces and expelled the British Garrison from the city.

Birjis Qadr was proclaimed the new Nawab. He too acknowledged the suzernity of Bahadur Shah.

In Jhansi, Rani Lakshmi Bai joined the rebel sepoys and fought the British along with Tantia Tope, the general of Nana Saheb.


Friday 14 July 2017

CBSE Class 8 - History - Ch 5 - When People Rebel (Assignment) (#cbseNotes)

CBSE Class 8 - Science Periodic Test-1 (2017-18)  (#cbseNotes)

CBSE Class 8 - History - Ch 5 - When People Rebel (Assignment



CBSE Class 8 - Civics - Indian Constitution - Provisions of Constitution (#cbseNotes)

Provisions of Constitution

CBSE Class 8 - Civics - Indian Constitution

CBSE Class 8 - Civics - Indian Constitution - Provisions of Constitution (#cbseNotes)



Provision Source
Republic French constitution
Independence of Judiciary USA constitution
Judiciary review
President as the executive head USA constitution
President as the supreme commander of the Armed forces USA constitution
Vice-President as the ex-officio chairman of the Council of States USA constitution
Fundamental rights USA constitution
Preamble USA constitution

Sunday 2 July 2017

CBSE Class 8 - Social Science - Indian Constitution - Salient Features (#cbseNotes)

Salient Features of the Constitution

CBSE Class 8 - Social Science - Indian Constitution - Salient Features (#cbseNotes)

T
he Indian Constitution closely follows the British parliamentary model but differs from it in one important respect that is the Constitution is supreme, not the parliament. The Indian courts are vested with authority to act as a judge on the constitutionality of any law passed by parliament.


The present constitution consists of the following:
The Preamble
25 Parts covering 448 articles
12 Schedules and
5 Appendices containing the Panchayats and schedule XI (Articles 243 G)

The parliament of India adopted the constitution on 26th November 1949. The constitution became fully operational with effect from 26th January 1950.

In September 2016, there has been 101st amendment (GST Bill) to the Constitution of India. The salient features of Indian constitution are listed as follows:

Written Constitution
Lengthy document
Drawn from different sources
A Federal Polity with unitary bias
Single citizenship
More flexible than rigid
A Democratic Republic
Balance between Judicial Supremacy and parliamentary
Universal adult franchise
Secular state
provision of provision of fundamental rights
Principles for a welfare state
Incorporation of fundamental duties
Emergency provisions
Protection of minorities
Provision for autonomous organisation


Wednesday 19 April 2017

CBSE Class 8 - Our Pasts III - CH2 - From Trade to Territory (MCQs) (#cbsenotes)

From Trade to Territory 

CBSE Class 8 - Our Pasts III - CH2 - From Trade to Territory (MCQs) (#cbsenotes)

MCQs based on NCERT Class 8 - Our Pasts III Chapter 


___________ introduced 'Doctrine of Lapse'

Lord Dalhousie
Robert Clive
Warren Hastings


Who led the East India Company in the Battle of Plassey?

Warren Hastings
Mir Jafar
Robert Clive


When was the Battle of Plassey fought?

1757
1857
1774

Wednesday 16 November 2016

Class 8 Our Pasts - Chapter 5 - When People Rebel- 1857 and After (Worksheet)

When People Rebel- 1857 and After


Worksheet based on NCERT Class 8 Our Pasts Chapter 5   
Rani Laxmi Bai - Statue
(image credits: Wikimedia)
Read Poem


Worksheet


Fill in the blanks.

1. When soldiers as a group disobey their officers in the army, it is called ___________.


2. In 1849, Governor-General announced that after the death of ______________, the family of the king would be shifted out of the Red Fort and given another place in Delhi to reside in.


3. In 1856, Governor-General _________ decided that Bahadur Shah Zafar would be the last Mughal king.


4. Subedar Sitaram, a sepoy in the Bengal Native Army, served the English for 48 years and retired in 1860. He published his memoirs under the title _______________.

Tuesday 4 October 2016

Class 8 - Our Pasts3 - When People Rebel 1857 and After (Q and A)

When People Rebel 1857 and After


Begum Hazrat Mahal (Awadh)
Women like Rani Laxmi Bai, Hazrat Mahal took an active part in 1857 revolt.

Q & A based on NCERT Chapter


Q1: What was the state of Nawabs and Kings during mid-eighteenth century?

Answer:
ⓐ Nawabs and kings had seen their power erode.
ⓑ They gradually lost their authority and honour.
ⓒ Their freedom have been reduced and their forces were disbanded.
ⓓ Their revenues and territories taken away by stages.


Q2: What was the demand of Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi that was refused by the British?

Answer: After the death of her husband, Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi wanted the East India Company to recognise her adopted son as the heir to the kingdom. This demand was refused by the British. Finally, the Company annexed the kingdom as per the Doctrine of Lapse.


Q3: What plea of Nan Saheb was turned down by the East India Company?

Answer: Nana Saheb was the adopted son of Peshwa Baji Rao II. He pleaded that he would be given his father’s pension when the latter died. However, the Company, confident of its superiority and military powers, turned down his plea.


Q4: Who was the Governor General when Awadh was annexed in 1856?

Answer: Dalhousie


Q5: How was Awadh annexed by the East India company?

Answer: In 1801, a subsidiary alliance was imposed on Awadh. In 1856 it was taken over by the company on the pretext of misgovernace and poor administration.


Thursday 28 April 2016

CBSE Class 8 - Geography - LAND, SOIL, WATER, NATURAL VEGETATION AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES (NCERT Chapter Solutions)

LAND, SOIL, WATER, NATURAL VEGETATION AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES

CBSE Class 8 - Geography - LAND, SOIL, WATER, NATURAL VEGETATION AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES (NCERT Chapter Solutions)

NCERT Chapter Solutions and other Q & A



Q1. Which are the two main climatic factors responsible for soil formation?

Answer: Temperature and rainfall


Q2: Write any two reasons for land degradation today.

Answer:

  i. deforestation,
  ii. overgrazing,
  iii. overuse of chemical feritilisers or pesticides,
  iv. landslides and floods
  v. urbanization on arable land


Q3: Why is land considered an important resource?

Answer: Land is considered as an important resource because:

i. it provides habitation to a wide variety of flora and fauna.
ii. We use it for various purposes such as agriculture, forestry, mining, building houses and roads, and setting up industries.


Q4: What type of land is sparsely populated or uninhabitated?

Answer: The land having rugged topography, steep slopes of the mountains, low-lying areas susceptible to water logging, desert areas, thick forested areas are normally sparsely populated or uninhabited.


Q5: Name any two steps that government has taken to conserve plants and animals.

Answer: Two steps taken by the government to conserve plants and animals:
i. Setting up national parks, wildlife sanctuaries and biosphere reserves to protect natural vegetation and wildlife. e.g. the Kaziranga National Park in Assam.

ii. Ban on killing or hunting of animals lions, tigers, deer, great Indian bustards and peacocks.

iii. Prohibited trade of the species of plants and animals protected under the international agreement CITES.

Friday 22 April 2016

CBSE Class 8 - Civics - Chapter 1: The Indian Constitution (Questions and Answers)

Chapter: The Indian Constitution

CBSE Class 8 - Civics - Chapter 1: The Indian Constitution (Questions and Answers)

Q & A based on NCERT chapter




       Want to download the latest Constitution of India document (March 4, 2016). Click here.


Q1: What is a constitution?

Answer: A constitution is document consisting of basic rules or principles according to which the people of a country are governed.


Q2: What purposes are served by Indian Constitution?

Answer: The constitution serves several purposes such as:

  (i)  It lays out certain ideals which form the basis of kind of country we aspire to live in.
  (ii) It helps serve basic set of rules to govern the nation.
  (iii) It defines the nature of political system. It provides guidelines how government should be elected and its machinery should work.
  (iv)  It ensures that a dominant group does not use its power against other, less powerful people or groups.


Q3: Name the national goals laid out by our constitution.

Answer: Democracy, Secularism and Socialism.


Q4: In which of the following situations is a minister misusing his power:

a) refuses to sanction a project of his ministry for sound technical reasons;
b) threatens to send his security staff to rough up his neighbour.
c) calls up the police station asking them not to register a complaint that is likely to be filed against his relative.

Answer: Case (b) and (c) where the minister is misusing his power.


Q5: How does Indian constitution guarantees the right to equality to all citizens?

Answer: The Indian Constitution guarantees the right to equality to all persons and says that no citizen can be discriminated against on grounds of religion, race, caste, gender, and place of birth. It is a Fundamental right.

Sunday 6 December 2015

CBSE Class 8 - Our Pasts - Ch3 - Ruling The Country Side (NCERT Solution)

Ruling The Country Side

CBSE Class 8 - Our Pasts - Ch3 - Ruling The Country Side (NCERT Solution)
Nil Darpan - A famous Bengali play written by Dinbandhu Mitra.
The play talks about NilBidroha or The Blue Rebellion or Indigo Revolt

NCERT Chapter Q & A


Q1: Match the following:
(a) ryot (i) village
(b) mahal (ii) peasant
(c) nij (iii) cultivation on ryot’s lands
(d) ryoti (iv) cultivation on planter’s own land

Answer: 
  (a) ryot - peasant
  (b) mahal - village
  (c) nij - cultivation on planter’s own land
  (d) ryoti - cultivation on planter’s own land


Q2: Fill in the blanks:

(a) Growers of woad in Europe saw __________ as a crop which would provide competition to their earnings.
(b) The demand for indigo increased in lateeighteenth-century Britain because of __________.
(c) The international demand for indigo was affected by the discovery of __________.
(d) The Champaran movement was against __________.

Answer: (a) indigo
  (b) industrialisation which expanded cotton production and created demand for cloth dyes.
  (c) synthetic dyes
  (d) indigo planters


Q3: Describe the main features of the Permanent Settlement.

Answer:

  1.  Permanent Settlement was introduced by Eas India Company in 1793.
  2.  By the terms of the settlement, the rajas and taluqdars were recognised as zamindars.
  3.  Zamindars would collect rent from the peasants and pay revenue to the Company.
  4. It would ensure a regular flow of revenue into the Company’s coffers and encourage the zamindars to invest in improving the land.
  5. But this settlement created problems. Zamindars found revenue rates were too high and they found it difficult to pay.


Monday 4 November 2013

Modern India History (GK Quiz-8)

Modern India History
(GK Quiz-8)
Modern India History (GK Quiz-8)

Q1: In which year Vasco da Gama arrived at Calicut, India?

(a) 1398
(b) 1495
(c) 1496
(d) 1498


Q2: In which Year of the Battle of Plassey was fought?
(a) 1557
(b) 1657
(c) 1757
(d) 1857


Q3: Hyder Ali was the ruler of which of the following state?
(a) Hyderabad
(b) Mysore
(c) Cochi
(d) Bengal


Q4: The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) resulted in the defeat of the which of the following forces.
(a) American
(b) British
(c) French
(d) Russian


Saturday 2 March 2013

CBSE Class 8 - Our Pasts iii - CH6 - Colonialism and the City

Colonialism and the City

The Story of an Imperial Capital
CBSE Class 8 - Our Pasts iii - CH6 - Colonialism and the City
Vijay Chowk on Republic Day

Short Q & A

Q1: Name any two industrial cities that grew rapidly in Britain n the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries.

Answer: Leeds and Manchester 


Q2: Name the three Presidency cities of Colonial India in the late eighteenth century. Write their present names as well.

Answer: Calcutta (Kolkata), Bombay (Mumbai) and Madras (Chennai)


Q3: What is Urbanisation?

Answer: Urbanisation is the process by which more and more people begin to reside in towns and
cities. 


Q4: What is de-urbanisation?

Answer: It is the process by which more and more people begin recede away or leave the cities due to decline or decay of big cities or due to political reasons.


Q5: Name the Indian cities which were de-urbanised during the nineteenth century.

Answer: Machlipatnam, Surat and Seringapatam


Friday 13 July 2012

Watch Wonders of The World

Watch Wonders of The World

Google initiated a new education project called the World Wonders Project. It offers various monumental sites of historical, architectural and natural interest. It includes monuments, memorials, cathedrals, castles, landscapes.



Along with a 3D street view, there is ample information available to enrich your knowledge. The only caveat is, currently no Indian site is covered. Hope we shall see it very soon.

Wednesday 23 May 2012

Class 8 - Our Pasts III - CH2 - From Trade to Territory #class8-history #eduvictors

NCERT Chapter Solution and other Q & A

Elizabeth-1
(The Unmarried Queen)
(source:wikipedia)
Queen Elizabeth-I set the new trading empire for the English. A number of  'chartered' companies were established during Elizabeth's reign:
  • the Eastland Company to trade with Scandinavia, and the Baltic in 1579;
  • the Levant Company to trade with the Ottoman Empire in 1581;
  • the Africa Company to trade in slaves, in 1588; and
  • the East India Company traded with India in 1600.

Tuesday 1 May 2012

Class 8 - Geography - Ch1 - Resources

Q1: Why are resources distributed unequally over the earth?
Answer: The distribution of resources is unequal because the physical factors like terrain, climate and altitude differ so much over the earth.

Q2: What is resource conservation?
Answer: Careful and judicious use of resources and giving them time to get renewed is called resource conservation.


Concept Map on Types of resources

Q3: Why are human resources important?
Answer: People as human resources are important because they can make the best uses of nature to create more resources by applying knowledge, skills and technology.


Saturday 28 April 2012

Class 8- History - Ch1 - How, When and Where (NCERT Solutions)


Q1. State whether true or false:
(a) James Mill divided Indian history into three periods – Hindu, Muslim, Christian.
(b) Official documents help us understand what the people of the country think.
(c) The British thought surveys were important for effective administration.


Answer:
(a) False (James Mill divided Indian history into three periods - Hindu, Muslim and British)
(b) False
(c) True

Q2. What is the problem with the periodisation of Indian history that James Mill offers?

Answer:  James Mill divided the period of Indian History into communal lines. He had the wrong notion about the achievements of Indians during the ancient and medieval period. According to him  all sorts of developments and progress made by Indians were due to colonial rule. He depicted a prejudiced version of Indian history.


Tuesday 24 April 2012

NTSE SAT Quiz-8 (Social Studies)

NTSE/CTET/Class7/Class8 (Social Studies)
1. Article 17 of the constitution of India provides for
(a) equality before law.
(b) equality of opportunity in matters of public employment.
(c) abolition of titles.
(d) abolition of untouchability.

2. How many permanent members are there in UN Security Council?
(a) Three
(b) Four
(c) Five
(d) Six

3. Social Contract Theory was advocated by
(a) Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau.
(b) Plato, Aristotle and Hegel.
(c) Mill, Bentham and Plato.
(d) Locke, Mill and Hegel.