NCERT Class 8 History Our-Pasts-III Full Book Test Mock Test
This full-book test draws 32 questions from every one of the 8 chapters in the NCERT Class 8 Our-Pasts-III textbook, in chapter order. Chapter tests tell you whether you remember a chapter you have just read; this one tells you what survives once the whole book is behind you, which is the harder and more useful question. Every item is set from the book text and carries a full explanation, so a wrong answer points you back to the exact chapter to revise. Use it as a revision check before school exams, or as a base-building drill if you are preparing for UPSC, SSC or a state PCS, where NCERT is the standard starting text. No negative marking.
Duration
32 mins
Questions
32 MCQs
Total Marks
32 pts
Negative
0 per wrong
Topics Covered in This Paper
Sample Questions
Q1.According to the chapter, why did older histories make debates about dates so important?
- ABecause dates were the only thing that could be printed cheaply
- BBecause early historians had no access to any source other than calendars
- CBecause they were accounts of battles, big events, rulers and their policies, for which specific dates can be determined
- DBecause the British administration ordered historians to record dates
Q2.The chapter argues that history is essentially about:
- AEvents for which a single precise date can always be fixed
- BMemorising the exact years in which rulers were crowned and battles were fought
- CChanges that occur over time, found by comparing how things were in the past with how they are now
- DThe lives of Governor-Generals and Viceroys alone
Q3.Which conviction of the British produced an administrative culture of memos, notings and reports?
- AThat written orders were cheaper to send than messengers
- BThat every instruction, plan, policy decision and investigation had to be clearly written up so it could be studied and debated
- CThat printing presses had to be kept fully employed
- DThat Indian officials could not be trusted to speak the truth
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