The City SchoolNorth Nazimabad Girls Campus

Revision Worksheet- History Class 8 Name:_________________________________________Sec:_______Date:______________

Topic: The Road to Independence-1Section A

Q-1 Identify the personalities and write what are they famous for?

Personality:_________________ Personality:______________ Personality:_____________ Famous for:________________ Famous for:_______________ Famous for:________________________________________ ________________________ __________________________ Q-2 Use source 4.33 on textbook page 85 to explain the reason why Congress and Muslim League showed support for British in the WWI?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Q-3 Use source 4.50 and 4.52 on textbook page 93 and interpret the aim of Montagu declaration and Jinnah’s meeting with Lord Montagu.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Section BQ1- What do you know about Theosophical Society?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Q-2- Why Communism spread so quickly?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Q-3- Justify Chairman Mao as the Saviour of China.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Q-4- Discuss the impact of World War-1 on the Indian subcontinent.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Q-5-Evaluate in detail the changing role of Indian National Congress since it was established. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The City SchoolNorth Nazimabad Girls Campus

Revision Worksheet- History Class 8 Name:_________________________________________Sec:_______Date:______________

Topic: The Road to Independence-IISection A

Q-1 For each of the sources given above identify the correct event and explain the reason why did this event take place?Source1: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Source 2:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Source 3:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Q-2 Use Source 5.43 from textbook page 113 to explain why British lose interest in India? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Section BQ-1 Why did Jinnah disapprove of Gandhi’s methods?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Q-2 Evaluate Ataturk’s role towards the modernization of Turkey and the abolishment of the Ottoman Caliphate.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Q-3 What were the aims of Round Table Conferences and what were the reasons for its failure? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The City School

North Nazimabad Girls Campus Revision Worksheet- History Class 8

Name:_________________________________________Sec:_______Date:______________Topic: The coming of Pakistan

Section A

Q-1 For each of the sources given above identify the correct event and explain the reason why did this event take place?Source1:

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Q-2 Use source 7.23 from the textbook page 137 to deduce the reasons why many people believe that British should not leave India suddenly?_____________________________________________________________________________________

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Q-3 Use source 7.29 from the textbook page 140 and explain the reason suggested in the source that caused India to oppose the idea of separate Pakistan.

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Source BQ-1 a- Why was Simla Conference called? What was the outcome?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________b- What were the reasons for the outbreak of the Second World War?

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________c- The British changed their mind and started thinking about partition because of rioting which threatened to turn into a civil war. Do you agree? Give reasons to explain your answer.

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