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Monthly Test - January 2021

Subject : History and Geography Geography = 30 %
History = 65 %
Class : 8 .....… Handwriting = 05 %
Duration : 2 periods Total = 100 %
Date.:………………………..
Candidate's name : ................................................… Admission no.:………………

Answer all the questions.

GEOGRAPHY
PART - I

(1) Underline the most suitable answer.

(i) The equatorial diameter is longer by ------------------------ than the polar diameter.
(a) 62 km (b) 15 km (c) 42 km (d) 4 km

(ii) When the time on the Prime Meridian is 12.00 noon, the time on the International Date
Line is
(a) 6.00 p.m. (b) 6.00 a.m. (c) 12 midnight. (d) 1.00 p.m.

(iii) When the Sun is directly over the Equator on the 23rd of September, it is called the
(a) Spring Equinox. (b) Autumnal Equinox.
(c) Winter Solstice. (d) Summer solstice.

(iv) When the Sun is over the ------------------------, the day time is longer in the Northern
Hemisphere.
(a) Tropic of Cancer (b) Tropic of Capricorn
(c) Arctic Circle (d) Antarctic Circle

(v) The atmosphere is held by the Earth due to its

(a) favourable gases. (b) prevalence of water.
(c) intermediate temperature. (d) gravitational pull.
[Total = 5 marks]
GEOGRAPHY
PART - II

(1) Mark ‘ right’ () or ‘wrong ().

(i) The speed of the revolution of the Earth is 29.8 km per second. ( )
(ii) The circles of latitudes become bigger towards the poles. ( )
(iii) The Earth rotates around the Sun. ( )
(iv) Seasonal changes can be seen only in the countries located between the tropics. ( )
(v) Atmosphere controls the temperature on the surface of the Earth. ( )
[Total = 5 marks]

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(2) Fill in the following blanks about the Earth.

The Earth has an area of (i) --------------------------------. It is the (ii) ------------------------------
planet from the Sun. The average surface temperature on the Earth is (iii) ----------------------------.
It takes (iv) --------------------------- to complete one rotation and (v) ------------------------------ to
complete one revolution.
[Total = 5 marks]
(3) (i) Name the two types of latitudes.
(a) --------------------------------------------------------------------
(b) --------------------------------------------------------------------
(2 marks)
(ii) Name the two types of longitudes.
(a) --------------------------------------------------------------------
(b) --------------------------------------------------------------------
(2 marks)
(iii) Briefly explain how countries in the East and West are affected by the rotation of the Earth
from West to East.
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(3 marks)
[Total = 7 marks]
(4) Write two facts about the International Date Line.
(i) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(ii) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Total = 2 marks]

(5) Match A with B and record your answer in the grid provided.

A B
(i) Day time is longer (a) Spring
(ii) Temperature gradually decreases (b) Winter
(iii) Human activities are limited (c) Summer
(iv) Sets in Northern Hemisphere in March (d) Autumn

(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

[Total = 4 marks]

(6) State one economic activity where people directly use water for.
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[ Total = 2 marks]
[Total = 30 marks]

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HISTORY
PART - I
(1) Underline the most suitable answer.
(i) ------------------------------- are religious buildings.
(a) Palaces (b) Alms houses (c) Fortresses (d) Hospitals

(ii) According to literary sources, ------------------------- was the first dagoba constructed in Sri
Lanka.
(a) Mahathupa (b) Seruwavila
(c) Thuparamaya (d) Jethaawanaramaya

(iii) ------------------------------ is a dagoba constructed by King Walagamba.

(a) Abhayagiriya (b) Mirisawetiya
(c) Thuparamaya (d) Yudanganawa

(iv) Hulannuge is an example for a

(a) Chethiyagara. (b) Cave temple. (c) Image house. (d) Vahalkada.

(v) The Kandyan Kingdom was established towards the end of the --------------------------
century.
(a) 6th (b) 13th (c) 15th (d) 19th
[Total = 5 marks]

HISTORY
PART - II
(1) Mark ‘right’ () or wrong ().
(i) Architecture is the study of creating statues. ( )
(ii) Rajagala is an example for a temple monastery. ( )
(iii) The first king of the Kandyan Kingdom was Jayaweera Bandara. ( )
(iv) King Wimaladharmasooriya II brought upasampada from Burma to Sri Lanka. ( )
(v) There had been trade relationships between India and the Kandyan Kingdom,
in the past. ( )

[Total = 5 marks]

(2) Match the following correctly and record the answers in the grid.
Religious building Most remarkable
(i) Bodhigara (a) Medirigiriya
(ii) Chethiyagara (b) Kantaka chethiya
(iii) Vahalkada (c) Tholuwila
(iv) Devala (d) Nillakkagama
(v) Image house of Gandhakuti tradition (e) Polonnaruwa

(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)

[Total 2×5 = 10 marks]

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(3) Write two facts about Vaijayantha Prasadaya.

(i) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(ii) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Total = 4 marks]

(4) (i) Name two types of statues constructed during the Anuradhapura period and mention
where they could be seen.
Statue Place
(a) ----------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------
(b) ----------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------
(4 marks)
(ii) Write two artistic creations carved at the entrance to buildings.
(a) --------------------------------------------------------------------
(b) --------------------------------------------------------------------
(4 marks)
(iii) Name two places where frescoes can be seen in Sri Lanka.
(a) --------------------------------------------------------------------
(b) --------------------------------------------------------------------
(4 marks)
[Total = 12 marks]

(5) (i) Write three different types of natural features that protect the Kandyan Kingdom.
(a) --------------------------------------------------------------------
(b) --------------------------------------------------------------------
(c) --------------------------------------------------------------------
(3 marks)
(ii) What two reasons made King Seethawaka Rajasinghe unpopular among the elite in Kandy?
(a) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(b) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(4 marks)
(iii) Give two reasons for the following facts about agriculture in Kandy.
(a) Used rain water - ---------------------------------------------------------------------
(b) Terraced cultivation - ---------------------------------------------------------------------
(4 marks)
(iv) Give two reasons as to why King Keerthi Sri Rajasinghe was respected by the Kandyans.
(a) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(b) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(4 marks)
(v) Briefly explain ‘Udarata Givisuma’.
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(4 marks)
[Total = 19 marks]

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(6) Fill in the following blanks correctly.

(i) Konappu Bandara was baptized as ------------------------------------------.
(ii) Prince Maha Asthana became the king of Kandy as -----------------------------------------.
(iii) The last Sinhla king of Sri Lanka was ----------------------------------------------.
(iv) --------------------------------------- was the first King of the Nayakkar Dynasty.
(v) King Keerthi Sri Rajasinghe had been only -------------------------------------- years when he
became the king of Kandy.
(vi) --------------------------------------- was the first Englishman to come to Sri Lanka.
(vii) --------------------------------------- was crowned as King Sri Wickrama Rajasinghe.
(viii) Gravets were the guard posts established during the time of the ---------------------------------.
(ix) The main livelihood of the people in the Kandyan Kingdom was -------------------------------.
(x) In ----------------------------------------- marriage, the bride was taken to the bridegroom’s
house.
[Total = 10 marks]

END
Ref : KA/AP

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