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Saturday, 9 September 2017
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)
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
Question 1: What is coalition government?
Answer:
① 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)
Question 1: What impact did Bahadur Shah Zafar support to the rebellion have on the people and the ruling families?
Answer:
⑴ 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.
⑵ 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.
⑶ Nanasaheb gathered arm forces and expelled the British Garrison from the city.
⑷ Birjis Qadr was proclaimed the new Nawab. He too acknowledged the suzernity of Bahadur Shah.
⑸ 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 - Civics - Indian Constitution - Provisions of Constitution (#cbseNotes)
Provisions of Constitution
CBSE Class 8 - Civics - Indian Constitution
Provision | Source |
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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
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.
① The Preamble
② 25 Parts covering 448 articles
③ 12 Schedules and
④ 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:
① Written Constitution
② Lengthy document
③ Drawn from different sources
④ A Federal Polity with unitary bias
⑤ Single citizenship
⑥ More flexible than rigid
⑦ A Democratic Republic
⑧ Balance between Judicial Supremacy and parliamentary
⑨ Universal adult franchise
⑩ Secular state
⑪ provision of provision of fundamental rights
⑫ Principles for a welfare state
⑬ Incorporation of fundamental duties
⑭ Emergency provisions
⑮ Protection of minorities
⑯ 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
MCQs based on NCERT Class 8 - Our Pasts III Chapter
① ___________ introduced 'Doctrine of Lapse'
ⓐ Lord Dalhousie
ⓑ Robert Clive
ⓒ Warren Hastings
② Who led the East India Company in the Battle of Plassey?
ⓐ Warren Hastings
ⓑ Mir Jafar
ⓒ Robert Clive
③ When was the Battle of Plassey fought?
ⓐ 1757
ⓑ 1857
ⓒ 1774

Tuesday, 7 March 2017
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
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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
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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
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
Q & A based on NCERT chapter
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
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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:
- Permanent Settlement was introduced by Eas India Company in 1793.
- By the terms of the settlement, the rajas and taluqdars were recognised as zamindars.
- Zamindars would collect rent from the peasants and pay revenue to the Company.
- It would ensure a regular flow of revenue into the Company’s coffers and encourage the zamindars to invest in improving the land.
- 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)
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
Short Q & A
Q1: Name any two industrial cities that grew rapidly in Britain n the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries.
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.
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
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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.
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.
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