CBSE Class VIII Social Studies Solutions

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Q1.

Write T for True and F for False statements.

  1. The Santhals and the Mundas were hunter-gatherers.
  2. The British considered all tribal groups as wild, savage and uncivilized.
  3. The Indian Forests Act of 1878 gave the British government state monopoly over all forest lands.
  4. The Santhal rebellion was led by Kanhu and Sidhu.
  5. Birsa Munda was hanged publicly by the British.
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Q2.

Fill in the blanks.

  1. Shifting cultivation is also known as _________ and __________.
  2. The British wanted all tribal groups to become __________ cultivators.
  3. Dikus was the term used for __________ by tribals.
  4. In 1860, the __________ was begun by the British, in addition to house tax.
  5. The people of the Garo hills rose in revolt under __________.
  6. Birsa Munda was said to be attributed with ____________ powers and was looked upon as a ___________ by the tribal people.
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Q3.

Answer the following in one or few words.

  1. People who hunted animals and collected forest produce.
  2. People who moved from place to place along with their animals.
  3. A name by which the tribal groups of India are known as. 
  4. A type of cultivation in which people cultivated the land once and then left it fallow. 
  5. Leader of the Munda rebellion. 
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Q4.
Name some of the tribes whose occupation was herding and rearing animals.
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Q5.
What was the attitude of the British towards the settled tribes and the tribes living in the forest?
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