ICSE Class VIII History & Civics Solutions

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Q1.

Multiple choice questions:

  1. Name the country where the scholars took refuge after the siege of Constantinople.
    1. Spain
    2. England
    3. Germany
    4. Italy
  2. Who, among the following, was not a literary figure of the Renaissance period?
    1. Dante
    2. Thomas More
    3. Shakespeare
    4. Wordsworth
  3. The first real canal was built by:
    1. Telford
    2. Duke of Bridgewater
    3. Macadam
    4. Richard Arkwright
  4. Who invented the Spinning Jenny?
    1. Kay
    2. James Hargreaves
    3. Eli Whitney
    4. Samuel Crompton
  5. Whose name is associated with the Law of Gravitation?
    1. Copernicus
    2. Harvey
    3. Newton
    4. Galileo
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  1. (d) Italy
  2. (d) Wordsworth
  3. (a) Telford
  4. (b) James Hargreaves
  5. (c) Newton
Q2.

Fill in the blanks:

  1. The Ottoman Turks captured _____________ in the year _____________.
  2. Richard Roberts invented _____________.
  3. Vasco da Gama reached India in the year _____________.
  4. Copernicus gave the theory of _____________ and _____________ of the earth.
  5. Britain possessed ample quantity of coal and _____________.
  6. The first steam ship was _____________.
  7. America was named after the Italian adventurer _____________.
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  1. Constantinople, 1453 AD
  2. automatic weaving machine
  3. 1498 AD
  4. rotation of the earth on its axis, its motion around the sun
  5. iron
  6. Savannah
  7. Amerigo Vespucci
Q3.

Name the following:

  1. The person who started the Reformation Movement.
  2. The person who invented steam engine.
  3. The invention made by Samuel Crompton.
  4. The person who constructed a model locomotive.
  5. The person after whom America is named.
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  1. Martin Luther
  2. James Watt
  3. Mule
  4. William Murdock
  5. Amerigo Vespucci
Q4.

Mark the following statements as True or False:

  1. Renaissance started in Germany. 
  2. Vasco da Gama discovered the al-sea route to India.
  3. Prince Henry of Portugal encouraged navigation.
  4. George Stephenson developed modern railroad.
  5. Copernicus invented Cotton Gin.
  6. Renaissance helped in the growth of vernacular literature.
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  1. False
  2. True
  3. True
  4. True
  5. False
  6. True
Q5.

Match the columns:

  1. Kay
  2. Prince Henry
  3. Vasco da Gama
  4. Eli Whitney
  5. Richard Arkwright
  6. Leonardo da Vinci
  1. Discovered the all-sea route to India
  2. Flying Shuttle
  3. Cotton Gin
  4. Water Frame 
  5. Mona Lisa
  6. The Navigator
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  1. (b) Flying Shuttle
  2. (f) The navigator
  3. (a) discovered the all-sea route to India
  4. (c) Cottin Gin
  5. (d) Water Frame
  6. (e) Mona Lisa
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