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Study Important Questions for Class 8 Social Science Chapter 9 – The Making of the

National Movement 1870s - 1947


Very Short Answer Questions: (1 Marks)
1. Fill in the Blanks:
(i) ______ authored the book Poverty and Un-British Rule.

(iii) In August____ , the quit India movement started.

(iv) The ______leaders did not believe in extreme actions.

2. State True and False.


(i) The Simon commission had two Indian representatives.

(ii) Subhash Chandra Bose was not a moderate leader.

(iii) After the partition of Bengal the swadeshi movement started.

(iv) The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place in Amritsar.

6. What was the demand of Muslim League in 1940?

7. What was the misconception in the mind of the leaders of the Congress during
British India?

8. Who were called “Lal-Bal-Pal”?

10. Who was A.O.Hume? What was his role in the history of India?

12. Discuss the demands of the Congress when it was newly formed.

13. Why did the British divide Bengal?

20. Why were the people dissatisfied with British rule?

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