NCERT Class 8 Social Science Chapter 2 India’s Long Road to Independence Test Mock Test
This free online test covers Chapter 2, India’s Long Road to Independence, from the NCERT Class 8 Exploring Society India and Beyond Part II textbook. The 30 questions are written directly from the chapter — definitions, processes, worked examples and the points the book italicises — so a score here tells you how much of the chapter actually stuck, not how well you guess. Each answer carries an explanation that says why the right option is right and why the other three fail, which is where most of the learning happens. Attempt it after your first read of the chapter, then again before the exam. There is no negative marking, and you can review the full solution the moment you submit.
Duration
30 mins
Questions
30 MCQs
Total Marks
30 pts
Negative
0 per wrong
Topics Covered in This Paper
Sample Questions
Q1.After 1858, how were the territories of British India governed?
- AIn the Queen's name by the Secretary of State for India, based in London, and the Viceroy, her representative in India, also known as Governor General
- BBy an elected council of Indian princes meeting annually at Calcutta
- CBy the Indian National Congress, which passed resolutions the Crown accepted
- DBy the East India Company under a fresh royal charter granted by Queen Victoria
Q2.What is the connection between Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel Anandamath and India's National Song?
- AThe novel was published in 1875 and the poem written into it in 1882, when Tagore set it to music
- BThe novel was banned by the British, so its poem was never sung in public
- CThe novel described the Swadeshi Movement of 1905 and its closing poem became the national anthem
- DThe novel, published in 1882 and set amid the Sannyasi Rebellion and the 1770 Bengal famine, contains the poem Bande Mataram, composed earlier in 1875, which the Constituent Assembly adopted as India's National Song in 1950
Q3.How did the Indian National Congress begin, and what was its early stance?
- ALaunched in 1885 with its first session in Bombay and 72 delegates, it expressed full faith in the providential character of British rule and unswerving allegiance to the Crown, calling for dialogue and reforms
- BLaunched in 1906 at Dhaka to defend the interests of a single community
- CLaunched in 1885 by Queen Victoria's proclamation as an advisory body of princes
- DLaunched in 1885 at Calcutta, it demanded complete independence from its very first session
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