MCQ for Class 8 English Glimpses of the Past
Class 8 English students should refer to the following multiple-choice questions with answers for Glimpses of the Past in standard 8. These MCQ questions with answers for Grade 8 English will come in exams and help you to score good marks
Glimpses of the Past MCQ Questions Class 8 English with Answers
Question. The business community welcomed the British because
(a) they liked Europeans
(b) they disliked their own countrymen
(c) the British rule had brought a degree of peace
(d) they were afraid of the British
Answer : C
Question. With its superior weapons, the _____________ was extending its power in 18th century India.
(a) British East India Company
(b) British West India Company
(c) British North India Company
(d) British India Company
Answer : A
Question. All the misery in the world is due to whom?
(a) Men
(b) Woman
(c) Child
(d) Priest
Answer : B
Question. Who started the newspapers that were stopped by the Britishers in 1823?
(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(b) Tipu
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) None of the Above
Answer : A
Question. Between 1822 and 1836 ___ people died of starvation in India.
(a) ten thousand
(b) fifteen lakh
(c) fifty thousand
(d) forty lakh
Answer : B
Question. What was the source of discontent that was brewing in the East India Company’s army?
(a) Mansions for the English
(b) Slow promotions
(c) Pittance
(d) All of the Above
Answer : D
Question. What was Regulation III that was passed by the Britisher?
(a) New land rules
(b) Imprisoning any Indian without a trial in court
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of the above
Answer : B
Question. How did the Indians react to these conquests?
(a) They thought peace would prevail now
(b) God had sent the Britishers
(c) That they have become slaves to the Englishmen
(d) All of the above
Answer : D
Question. Which language did the Britishers want to change the Education to?
(a) Sanskrit
(b) English
(c) Perisan
(d) Hindi
Answer : B
Question. What did the British impose on the Indian farmers?
(a) Heavy taxes
(b) Service taxes
(c) Regulation II
(d) Regulation III
Answer : A
Question. Where did the sepoys march to?
(a) Delhi
(b) Meerut
(c) Bengal
(d) Bihar
Answer : A
Question. Who tried to end superstitions in India?
(a) Tipu Sultan
(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) All of the above
Answer : B
Question. What was Raja Ram Mohan Roy fascinated by?
(a) Science
(b) Hindi
(c) History
(d) People
Answer : A
Question. Which Englishman reported the plight of India to England?
(a) Babington Macaulay
(b) General Bentinck
(c) William Jones
(d) Simon John
Answer : B
Question. Now we have become slaves of foreigners!’ – who are ‘we’ here?
(a) Bangladeshis
(b) Indian
(c) Pakistanis
(d) All of them
Answer : B
Question. Which other methods did the Britishers invent to increase their profits?
(a) No import duty on goods imported from England
(b) No export duty on goods exported to England
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of the above
Answer : A
Question. Who was the great ruler of Mysore?
(a) Dayamand Saraswati
(b) Bahadur Shah
(c) Tipu
(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Answer : C
Question. Who was told that the grease on the bullet they have to bite is made from the fat of cows and pigs?
(a) Brahmin soldiers
(b) Sepoys in Bengal
(c) Tipu
(d) All of the above
Answer : A
Question. Who did Azmulla Khan want their leader to be in this war of Independence?
(a) Tipu
(a) Tatya Tope
(a) Kunwar Singh
D. Peshwa Nana Saheb
Answer : D
Question. What was the situation of Indian cotton weavers?
(a) Miserable
(b) Good
(c) Flamboyant
(d) Not known
Answer : A
Question. Who killed the adjutant of his regiment?
(a) Bentinck
(b) Mangal Pandey
(c) Macaulay
(d) Kunwar Singh
Answer : B
Question. Education in India was in which language?
(a) Sanskrit
(b) Persian
(c) Both A and B
(d) None of these
Answer : C
Question. Who killed the adjutant of his regiment?
(a) Bentinck
(b) Mangal Pandey
(c) Macaulay
(d) Kunwar Singh
Answer : B
Question. What were the social practices that were being preached by the religious leader?
(a) Child Marriage
(b) Untouchability
(c) Inferiority towards women
(d) All of the above
Answer : D
Question. Who all are present in Picture-1?
(a) Indira Gandhi
(b) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Lal Bahadur Shastri Ji
(d) All of the above
Answer : D
Question. In which year the newspapers had been stopped by the British?
(a) 1823
(b) 1832
(c) 1932
(d) 1923
Answer : A
Question. In the year 1765, in India
(a) The British Govt, ruled most of the country
(b) East India Company ruled most parts of India
(c) Indian princes ruled most of the country
(d) The Mughals ruled the whole country
Answer: C
Question. Where did the leader Maulvi Ahmedulla belong to?
(a) Bengal
(b) Faizabad
(c) Allahabad
(d) Bihar
Answer : B
Question. First war of Independence in ——–
(a) 1857
(b) 1957
(c) 1757
(d) 1947
Answer : A
Question. The worst sufferers under the British rule were
(a) who served in East India Company
(b) the business community
(c) the religious leaders
(d) the poor farmers and artisans
Answer : D
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