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Social Studies - 8th

Q (1): Pair the correct option: Coal mines
(a) Bakarwal (b) Hazaribagh (c) Raniganj (d) Maharashtra
Q (2): State True or False. Shifting cultivators were found in plains.
(a) True (b) False
Q (3): Fill in the blank: The _____ of Kashmir reared goats.
(a) Mundas (b) Bakarwal (c) Gaddis (d) Khonds
The political aim of the Birsa Movement was to drive away:
Q (4): Choose the correct option: The political aim of the Birsa Movement was to drive away:
(a) The moneylenders (b) Missionaries
(c) Hindu landlords and the government (d) All of them
Q (5): Choose the correct option: Tribals were recruited in large numbers to work in: (A) tea
plantations of Assam (B) coal mines in Jharkhand (C) iron mining (D) road
construction
(a) A,B (b) A,C (c) C,D (d) A,D
Q (6): Fill in the Blanks. ________ cultivation is also known as shifting cultivation.
(a) Jhum (b) Baigas (c) Verrier Elwin (d) Forests
Q (7): Choose the correct option: The dikus were known as ______.
(a) Outsiders (b) Mediators (c) Insiders (d) Locals
Q (8): What was the cause of establishing forest villages by the forest department?
(a) The forest department established forest villages to prepare them for the war.
(b) The forest department established forest villages in order to take taxes.
(c) The forest department established forest villages in order to bound the people.
(d) The forest department established forest villages in order to ensure a regular supply of
cheap labour.
Q (9): State whether true or false: Birsa urged his followers to purify themselves, give up
drinking liquor and stop believing in witchcraft and sorcery.
(a) True (b) False
Q (10): Choose the correct option: Baigas from central India:
(a) Were reluctant to work for others
(b) Considered themselves as the people of forest
(c) Was below their dignity to work as labour
(d) All of them
Q (11): Who were pastoralists?
(a) The pastoralists were people who used to live on forest products only.
(b) The pastoralists were people who moved to one place to another according to the seaso
(c) The pastoralists were people who moved to one place to another to do farming.
(d) The pastoralists were people who moved with their herds of cattle or sheep according to
seasons.
Q (12): True or false: The British wanted to preserve the tribal way of life.
(a) True (b) False

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Q (13): Fill in the Blanks. The British wanted tribal groups to __________ and become
________ cultivators.
(a) Jhum (b) Baigas (c) Verrier Elwin (d) S
Q (14): State True or False. Dongria Kandha women in Odisha, take home pandanus leaves
from forests to make plates.
(a) True (b) False
Q (15): Who are tribals?
(a) Tribals, known as adivasis or aboriginals, were the original inhabitants of small forests in
western, central, southern, eastern and north-eastern parts of the country who
were well educated.
(b) Tribals were the original inhabitants of small forests in western, central, southern, easter
and north-eastern parts of the country.
(c) Tribals, known as adivasis or aboriginals, were the original inhabitants of vast forests in
western, central, southern, eastern and north-eastern parts of the country.
(d) Tribals, known as adivasis or aboriginals, were the original inhabitants of vast forests in
western, central, southern, eastern, north-eastern, south-western and
north-western parts of the country.
Q (16): What is Santhal Hul?
(a) A movement by Santhals for liberation was known as Santhal Hul.
(b) A movement by Mundas for liberation was known as Santhal Hul.
(c) A movement by Santhals for confinement was known as Santhal Hul.
(d) A movement by Santhals for getting educated was known as Santhal Hul.
Q (17): Fill in the blank: The _____ were not ready to work as labourers.
(a) Baigas (b) Dikus (c) Mundas (d) Khonds
Q (18): How did the traders and moneylenders become important in tribal society?
(a) Tribal groups often needed to buy and sell produces in order to get the goods that were n
produced within the forest locality. This led to their dependence on moneylender.
(b) Tribal groups often needed to buy and sell produces in order to get the goods that were n
produced within the forest locality. This led to their dependence on Britishers.
(c) Tribal groups often needed to buy and sell produces in order to get the goods that were n
produced within the forest locality. So they always purchased goods from
moneylender.
(d) Tribal groups often needed to buy and sell produces in order to get the goods that were n
produced within the forest locality. So they sold goods to moneylender.
Q (19): Pair the correct option: A tribal group who were shepherds
(a) Gaddis (b) Birsa (c) Labadis (d) Khond
Q (20): Fill in the blanks: Pus was also the time for ______ and ______.
(a) Dances, marriages (b) Sowing, reaping
(c) Reaping, cultivation (d) Cultivation, dances
Q (21): Fill in the blanks: For the tribals, markets and commerce often meant _____ and
____.
(a) Debt, poverty (b) Debt, abundance (c) Poverty, assets (d) Credit, pover
Q (22): Pair the correct option: Khasi
(a) Cultivators (b) Wood collectors (c) A tribal group (d) Hunterers

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Q (23): Who were hunters and gatherers?

(a) Hunters and gatherers were tribal groups who lived by doing shifting cultivation.
(b) Hunters and gatherers were tribal groups who lived by eating fruits only.
(c) Hunters and gatherers were tribal groups who lived by doing farming.
(d) Hunters and gatherers were tribal groups who lived by hunting animals and gathering fore
produce.
Q (24): What did Birsa Movement aim at?
(a) The aim of Birsa Movement was to drive out missionaries, money lenders, Hindu landlords
and government and set up a Munda Raj with Birsa as its head.
(b) The aim of Birsa Movement was to bring in missionaries, money lenders, Hindu landlords
and government and set up a Birsa Raj with Birsa as its head.
(c) The aim of Birsa Movement was to drive out missionaries, money lenders, British landlords
and government and set up a Birsa Raj with Birsa as its head.
(d) The aim of Birsa Movement was to bring in missionaries, money lenders, Hindu landlords
and government and set up a Munda Raj with Birsa as its head.
Q (25): Define the term: Fallow land
(a) Fallow land is a field left cultivated for a while so that soil cannot recover fertility.
(b) Fallow land is a field left cultivated for a while so that soil can recover fertility.
(c) Fallow land is a field left uncultivated for a while so that soil can recover fertility.
(d) Fallow land is a field left uncultivated for a while so that soil can not recover fertility.
Q (26): Fill in the blank: The ______ of central India were reluctant to do work for others.
(a) Gujjars (b) Baigas (c) Khonds (d) Mundas
Q (27): State true or false: Reserved forests produced timber which the Britishers wanted.
(a) True (b) False
Q (28): When did Birsa Munda die?
(a) Birsa Munda died of cholera in 1900. (b) Birsa Munda died of cholera in 1903.
(c) Birsa Munda died of cholera in 1909. (d) Birsa Munda died of cholera in 1919.
Q (29): What do you mean by the term 'Hul'?
(a) The term 'Hul' refers to freedom struggle in Santhali dialect.
(b) The term 'Hul' refers to freedom struggle in Mundas dialect.
(c) The term 'Hul' refers to freedom struggle in Khonds.
(d) The term 'Hul' refers to freedom struggle in Baigas.
Q (30): What kind of cultivation by cutting trees and burning vegetation?
(a) Kind of cultivation was done by cutting trees and burning vegetation was non-shifting
cultivation.
(b) Kind of cultivation was done by cutting trees and burning vegetation was hunting.
(c) Kind of cultivation was done by cutting trees and burning vegetation was farming.
(d) Kind of cultivation was done by cutting trees and burning vegetation was shifting
cultivation.
Q (31): Name some tribal groups which herded animals.
(a) Van Gujjars of Punjab hills, Labadis of Andhra Pradesh, Gaddis of Kullu, Bakarwals of
Kashmir.
(b) Van Gujjars of Madhya Pradesh, Labadis of Andhra Pradesh, Gaddis of Kullu, Bakarwals of
Kashmir.
(c) Van Gujjars of Punjab hills, Labadis of Madhya Pradesh, Gaddis of Kashmir, Bakarwals of
Kashmir.

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(d) Van Gujjars of Madhya Pradesh , Labadis of Andhra Pradesh, Gaddis of Kashmir,
Bakarwals of Kashmir.
Q (32): Fill in the blank: Verrier Elwin was the British ____.
(a) Anthropologist (b) Geologist (c) Hunter (d) General
Q (33): State true or false: The Labadis lived in Punjab hills.
(a) True (b) False
Q (34): Fill in the blanks: The method of sowing seeds in jhum cultivation is known as
_______.
(a) Land (b) Wild and Savage
(c) Tea Plantation, Coal Mines (d) Broadcasting or Scattering
Q (35): Fill in the blanks: Tribals went to work in the ____ of Assam and the ____ in Bihar.
(a) Tea plantations, coal mines (b) Coal mines, tea plantations
(c) Plantations, coal mines (d) Coal mines, farms
Q (36): Fill in the Blanks. The British declared that forest were ________ property.
(a) Reserved (b) Unreserved (c) Britishers (d) Indian
Q (37): Choose the correct option: The Gaddis of Kulu were _______.
(a) Cattle Herders (b) Cultivators (c) Shepherds (d) Peasants
Q (38): Name the tribals of Orissa.
(a) Mundas were the tribals of Orissa. (b) Khonds were the tribals of Orissa.
(c) Gondas were the tribals of Orissa. (d) Santhals were the tribals of Orissa.
Q (39): Fill in the blank: Khond supplied _____ and _____ flowers.
(a) Kusum, Palash (b) Rose, Kusum (c) Palash, Rose (d) Kusum, Su
Q (40): What type of tribals did Britishers not like?
(a) Britishers did not like farming tribals. (b) Britishers did not like forest tribals.
(c) Britishers did not like civilized tribals. (d) Britishers did not like uncivilized tribals.
Q (41): Choose the correct option: Kusum and Palash flowers are used for:
(a) Extracting oil from seeds (b) Colouring clothes and leather
(c) Cooking and making food (d) All of them
Q (42): What are the two types of tribals?
(a) Two types of tribals are Nomadic communities and Pastoral communities.
(b) Two types of tribals are Nomadic communities and Vaishnav communities.
(c) Two types of tribals are Santhali communities and Pastoral communities.
(d) Two types of tribals are Vaishnav communities and Santhali communities.
Q (43): Fill in the blank: Hazaribagh was an area where the Santhals reared ______.
(a) Cattles (b) Sheeps (c) Cocoons (d) Goats
Q (44): State whether true or false: The British wanted to preserve the tribal way of life.
(a) True (b) False
Q (45): When was Birsa born in India?
(a) Birsa born in India in mid-1970s. (b) Birsa born in India in mid-1870s.

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(c) Birsa born in India in mid-1860s. (d) Birsa born in India in mid-1890s.
Q (46): Choose the correct option: Shifting cultivation is found in: (A) Central India (B) NE
states (C) Orissa (D) Madhya Pradesh
(a) A, D (b) A,B (c) A,C (d) B,D
Q (47): How did the tribal people view markets and the traders?
Q (48): Fill in the blank: Birsa was born in a family of _____.
(a) Khonds (b) Gonds (c) Baigas (d) Mundas
Q (49): Pair the correct option: A tribal group of Orissa
(a) Baigas (b) Dongria Kandh (c) Gujjar (d) Labadis
Q (50): State whether true or false: Jhum cultivators plough the land and sow seeds.
(a) True (b) False

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