Industries — Social Studies STD 8 — Question

Write a short note on displacement of the Adivasis.

Explain why the Ganga plains have high population density and polar regions have low population density?

What are the seven rights stated in the Indian constitution?

Why should we obey the laws?

What reasons can you think of Shivaji’s Surat sack? List the outcomes of this Surat sack and discuss them with your class.

How did the British East India Company transform from a trading company into a ruling power in India?

In what way was the administration of the Company different from that of Indian rulers?

What are the main functions of the Parliament?

Can you think of examples of surveys in your world today?
Think about how toy companies get information about what young people enjoy playing with or how the government finds out about the number of young people In school. What can a historian derive from such surveys?

Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:The Nawab complains
In 1733 the Nawab of Bengal said this about the English traders: When they first came into the country they petitioned the then government in a humble manner for liberty to purchase a spot of ground to build a factory house upon, which was no sooner granted but they built a strong fort, surrounded it with a ditch which has communication with the river and mounted a great number of guns upon the walls. They have enticed several merchants and others to go and take protection under them and they collect a revenue which amounts to TM 100,000 … they rob and plunder and carry great number of the king’s subjects of both sexes into slavery into their own country.

1. Initially, what was the intention of English traders?
2. How did their activities indicate their aim to gain control over the area?
3. Who said these lines and about whom?