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HIS - Advent of the Europeans

8th Standard Social Science - HIS - Advent of the Europeans Model Question Paper

HIS - Advent of the Europeans Model Question Paper

8th Standard

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Social Science

Time : 01:30:00 Hrs
Total Marks : 50
    5 x 1 = 5

  1. Who laid the foundation of Portuguese power in India?

    (a)

    Vasco da Gama

    (b)

    Bartholomew Diaz

    (c)

    Alfonso de Albuquerque

    (d)

    Almeida

  2. Sir William Hawkins belonged to________.

    (a)

    Portugal

    (b)

    Spain

    (c)

    England

    (d)

    France

  3. Who among the following Europeans were the last to come India as traders?

    (a)

    The British

    (b)

    The French

    (c)

    The Danish

    (d)

    The Portuguese

  4. When did the calendar of madras records publish?

    (a)

    1916

    (b)

    1917

    (c)

    1949

    (d)

    1935

  5. _________ was the most important and prosperous french settlement in india

    (a)

    Surat

    (b)

    Masulipatnam

    (c)

    pondicherry

    (d)

    Mahe

    6. 5 x 1 = 5

  6. National Archives of India (NAI) is located in ________.

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    New Delhi

  7. The Mughal Emperor _________permitted the English to trade in India.

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    Jahangir

  8. ______ the King of Denmark issued a charter to create Danish East India company.

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    Christian IV

  9. ________ founded the first french factory in india.

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    Caron

  10. _______ sailed towards india, following by vascoda gama.

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    Pedro Alvares cabral

    11. 5 x 1 = 5

  11. Auto biography is one of the written sources.

    (a) True
    (b) False

  12. Ananda Rangam was a translator served under British.

    (a) True
    (b) False

  13. The place where historical documents are preserved is called archives.

    (a) True
    (b) False

  14. The National museum was established in 1949 in india

    (a) True
    (b) False

  15. Dimonds were exported from pulicat to the western countries.

    (a) True
    (b) False
    16. 5 x 1 = 5

  16. The Dutch

    17. (1)

    St. Louis fort

  17. The French

    18. (2)

    1602

  18. Pulicat   

    19. (3)

    1664

  19. Calcutta 

    20. (4)

    Geldria fort

  20. pondicherry 

    21. (5)

    william fort
    2 x 2 = 4

  21. Give a short note on Archives?

  22. Why Prince Henry is called ‘Henry the Navigator’?

    23. 2 x 3 = 6

  23. Give an account of the sources of Modern India.

  24. How did the British establish their trading centres in India?

    25. 2 x 5 = 10

  25. How did the fall of Constantinople affect the European nations?

  26. How did the french establish their trading centres in india?

    27. 1 x 10 = 10

  27. On the river map of India, mark the following trading centres of the Europeans.
    1) Calicut
    2) Cochin
    3) Madras
    4) Pondicherry
    5) Surat
    6) Chinsura
    7) Pulicat
    8) Calcutta

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