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CBSE Solutions Class 8 English Beehive Prose
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Comprehension Check
Q1. Look at picture 1 and recall the opening lines of the original song in Hindi. Who is the singer? Who else do you see in this picture?
Answer: The original song is “Ae mere watan ke logon….” The singer is Lata Mangeshkar. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indira Gandhi, Bahadur Shah Zafar, Rani Laxmi Bai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Lala Lajpat Rai, Bhagat Singh, Subhash Chandra Bose and Mahatma Gandhi are also seen in the picture.
Q2. In Picture 2 what do you understand by the Company’s “superior weapons”?
Answer: East India Company has opperating a policy of “Divide and Rule.
Q3. Who is an artisan? Why do you think the artisans suffered? (picture 3)
Answer: An artisan is a skilled manual worker who crafts items that may be functional or strictly decorative. The artisans suffered because the British were extracting very high taxes from them, which ruined them economically. Moreover, machine-manufactured goods imported from Britain were sold extensively, which ruined the business of the artisans’ hand-made goods.
Q4. Which picture, according to you, reveals the first sparks of the fire of revolt?
Answer: The first sparks of the fire of revolt is revealed by picture 7 ‘The Sparks’.
Working with Text
Answer the following questions:
Q1. Do you think the Indian princes were short-sighted in their approach to the events of 1757?
Answer: Yes, the Indian princes were short-sighted in their approach to the events of 1757 as they failed to see and understand the bad intentions of the British rulers. The British slowly became virtual rulers who tried to capture the whole country by winning the confidence of princes and helping them win small battles against other local princes.
Q2. How did the East India Company subdue the Indian princes?
Answer: The East India company spread their wings in India to promote their trade. They supported one Indian Prince to finish the other. As a result power passed onto their hands.
Q3. Quote the words used by Ram Mohan Roy to say that every religion teaches the same principles.
Answer: The words of Raja Ram Mohan Roy were : “Cows are of different colours. But the colour of their milk is the same. Different teachers have different opinions but the essence of every religion is the same.”
Q4. In what ways did the British officers exploit Indians?
Answer: The British officers exploited Indians in many ways. They imposed heavy taxes on Indians farmers and reduced import duty on goods manufactured in England and imported to India. Even they cut the thumbs of expert artisans.
Q5. Name these people
(i) The ruler who fought pitched battles against the British and died fighting.
(ii) The person who wanted to reform the society.
(iii) The person who recommended the introduction of English education in India.
(iv) Two popular leaders who led the revolt (Choices may vary.)
Answer:
(i) Tipu of Mysore
(ii) Ram Mohan Roy
(iii) Macaulay
(iv) Sepoy Mangal Pande; Emperor Bahadur Shah; Tatya Tope; Kunwar Singh; Begum Hazrat Mahal; Maulvi Ahmedulla; Peshwa Nana Saheb
Q6. Mention the following.
(i) Two examples of social practices prevailing then.
(ii) Two oppressive policies of the British.
(iii) Two ways in which common people suffered.
(iv) Four reasons for the discontent that led to the 1857 War of Independence.
Answer: (i) Child-marriage and Untouchability.
(ii) To put the Indians in jails without any trial.
The company’s loot in Industrial sector.
(iii) By export of British machinery, the artisan were ruined By imposing heavy taxes,
Indian farmers had to abandon their fields.
(iv) Slow promotion to Indians, cutting the thumbs of artisans, greesed bullets, heavy
taxes, snatching of kingdoms from old rulers.
Working with Language
Q1. Change the following sentences into indirect speech.
(i) First man: We must educate our brothers.
Second man: And try to improve their material conditions.
Third man: For that we must convey our grievances to the British Parliament
The first man said that————————————————–
The second man added that———————————
—————————–The third man suggested that —————————
Answer: The first man said that they must educate their brothers.
The second man added that they must try to improve their material conditions.
The third man suggested that they must convey their grievances to the British Parliament.
(ii) First soldier: The white soldier gets huge pay, mansions and servants.
Second soldier: We get a pittance and slow promotions.
Third soldier: Who are the British to abolish our customs?
The first man said that ————————————-
The second soldier remarked that ——————————–
——————————————-third soldier asked ——————–
Answer: The first soldier said that the white soldier got huge pay, mansions and servants.
The second soldier remarked that they got a pittance and slow promotions.
The third soldier asked who the Britishers were to abolish their customs.
SPEAKING AND WRITING
Q1. Playact the role of farmers who have grievances against the policies of the government. Rewrite their ‘speech bubbles’ in dialogue form first.
Answer: First farmer : “The English are taking all my crops.”
Second farmer : “Even after taking all my crops they say I have arrears to pay. They threaten to send me to jail.”
First farmer : “Our cotton crop was sold at high price. Now the English force us to give it cheap to them.”
Second farmer : “Then the famines have broken our backs.”
First farmer : “Yes, there are no signs of rain this year too.”
Second farmer : “We grow food but we are dying of hunger.”
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