NCERT MCQ Questions for Class 8 English Honeydew Prose with Answers PDF Free Download based on the major ideas and themes presented in the textbook as per the CBSE new test pattern are available here. This will help you learn and test your understanding of the chapters. Students can also take a free test of Class 8 English Multiple Choice Questions. Each question has four possibilities, each of which is followed by the correct response. These MCQ Questions were chosen in accordance with the most recent CBSE exam format.
Q1.What was Regulation III that was passed by the Britisher?
(1) New land rules
(2) Imprisoning any Indian without a trial in court
(3) Both a and b
(4) None of the above
Answer
Answer: Imprisoning any Indian without a trial in court
Q2.Under Regulation III of the British rulers
(1) Indians were to pay higher taxes
(2) British goods became cheap
(3) cotton-wearers became poor
(4) Indians could be jailed without trial in a court.
Answer
Answer: Indians could be jailed without trial in a court.
Q3.Who was extending its power in 18th century India?
(1) East India company
(2) British East India Company
(3) Indian National Congress
(4) None of them
Answer
Answer: British East India Company.
Q4.Who tried to end superstitions in India?
(1) Tipu Sultan
(2) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(3) Subhash Chandra Bose
(4) All of the above
Answer
Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Q5.What did the British impose on the Indian farmers?
(1) Heavy taxes
(2) Service taxes
(3) Regulation II
(4) Regulation III
Answer
Answer: Heavy taxes
Q6.The companys conquests from — to —
(1) 1757-1857
(2) 1857-1949
(3) 1757-1949
(4) 1757-1849
Answer
Answer: 1757-1849.
Q7.Who all are present in Picture1?
(1) Indira Gandhi
(2) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
(3) Lal Bahadur Shastri Ji
(4) All of the above
Answer
Answer: All of the above
Q8.Which Englishman reported the plight of India to England?
(1) Babington Macaulay
(2) General Bentinck
(3) William Jones
(4) Simon John
Answer
Answer: General Bentinck
Q9.Now we have become slaves of foreigners! – who are we here?
(1) Bangladeshis
(2) Indian
(3) Pakistanis
(4) All of them
Answer
Answer: Indians.
Q10.Who was told that the grease on the bullet they have to bite is made from the fat of cows and pigs?
(1) Brahmin soldiers
(2) Sepoys in Bengal
(3) Tipu
(4) All of the above
Answer
Answer: Brahmin soldiers
Q11.What were the reasons behind the prospering British?
(1) Company’s loot
(2) Killing of Indians
(3) Divide and rule policy
(4) Missionary zeal
Answer
Answer: Company’s loot
Q12.All the misery in the world is due to whom?
(1) Men
(2) Woman
(3) Child
(4) Priest
Answer
Answer: Woman.
Q13.What was the situation of Indian cotton weavers?
(1) Miserable
(2) Good
(3) Flamboyant
(4) Not known
Answer
Answer: Miserable
Q14.Who killed the adjutant of his regiment?
(1) Bentinck
(2) Mangal Pandey
(3) Macaulay
(4) Kunwar Singh
Answer
Answer: Mangal Pandey
Q15.Between 1822 and 1836, how many Indians died of starvation?
(1) Ten thousand
(2) Twenty lakh
(3) Fifty lakh
(4) Fifteen lakh
Answer
Answer: Fifteen lakh.
Q16.Which other methods did the Britishers invent to increase their profits?
(1) No import duty on goods imported from England
(2) No export duty on goods exported to England
(3) Both a and b
(4) None of the above
Answer
Answer: No import duty on goods imported from England
Q17.In the year 1765, in India
(1) The British Govt, ruled most of the country
(2) East India Company ruled most parts of India
(3) Indian princes ruled most of the country
(4) The Mughals ruled the whole country
Answer
Answer: Indian princes ruled most of the country
Q18.Ram Mohan Roy born and died in the year —
(1) 1727-1833
(2) 1772-1830
(3) 1772-1833
(4) 1733-1872
Answer
Answer: 1772-1833.
Q19.Who is the singer singing in Picture1?
(1) Asha Bhosle
(2) Lata Mangeshkar
(3) Sunidhi Chauhan
(4) Kanika Kapoor
Answer
Answer: Lata Mangeshkar
Q20.The worst sufferers under the British rule were
(1) who served in East India Company
(2) the business community
(3) the religious leaders
(4) the poor farmers and artisans
Answer
Answer: the poor farmers and artisans
Q21.Name the wife of Ram Mohan Roy
(1) Maya
(2) Bela
(3) Geeta
(4) Uma
Answer
Answer: Uma.
Q22.Knowledge should be —— and scientific.
(1) Mutual
(2) Practical
(3) Moral
(4) None of these
Answer
Answer: Practical.
Q23.In which year the newspapers had been stopped by the British?
(1)1823
(2)1832
(3)1932
(4)1923
Answer
Answer: 1823.
Q25.From 1757 to 1849, there was no peace in India because
(1) the Indian Princes kept fighting each other
(2) the East India Company was cruel
(3) Tipu Sultan fought the British
(4) there were Hindu-Muslim riots
Answer
Answer: the Indian Princes kept fighting each other
Q26.The business community welcomed the British because
(1) they liked Europeans
(2) they disliked their own countrymen
(3) the British rule had brought a degree of peace
(4) they were afraid of the British
Answer
Answer: the British rule had brought a degree of peace
Q28.In the early nineteenth century Raja Ram Mohan Roy was
(1) an able fighter
(2) an important reformer
(3) a great religious person
(4) a great king
Answer
Answer: an important reformer
Q30.Between 1822 and 1836 people died of starvation in India.
(1) ten thousand
(2) fifteen lakh
(3) fifty thousand
(4) forty lakh
Answer
Answer: fifteen lakh
Q31.What was the value of the British goods exported to India in 1829?
(1) Five crores
(2) Six crores
(3) Seven crores
(4) Eight crores
Answer
Answer: Seven crores
Q32.How does the speaker explain the problem to his wife?
(1) By giving the example of cows and milk
(2) By giving the example of great leader
(3) By giving the example of religious leaders
(4) By giving the example of different teachers
Answer
Answer: By giving the example of cows and milk