DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, RANIPUR
MAP WORK CLASS VIII
Annual examination 2024-25
1 It was one of the last territories to be annexed by EEIC . Awadh
2 Sitaram Pande who composed the book Sepoy to subedar in Awadhi Bengal
was recruited in 1812 as a sepoy at this Native Army.
3 Sepoys mutinied in several places but it was beginning from this Meerut
place
4 Nana Saheb, the adopted son of the late Peshwa Baji Rao who lived Kanpur
near _______, gathered armed forces and expelled the British garrison
from the city.
5 Birjis Qadr, the son of the deposed Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, was Awadh
proclaimed the new Nawab of this province
6 A young soldier, Mangal Pandey, was hanged to death for attacking Barrackpore
his officers in _______________
7 Ahmadullah Shah, a maulvi from________, prophesied that the rule Faizabad original
of the British would come to an end soon. name Ayodhya
8 An old zamindar, Kunwar Singh, joined the rebel sepoys and battled Bihar
with the British for many months was from this place
9 Gandhi ji led a successful millworkers’ strike in 1918 at this place Ahmedabad
10 Orientalist were set up madrasa in_______ in 1781 to promote the Calcutta
study of Arabic, Persian and Islamic law
11 The Hindu College was established in______ in 1791 to encourage Banaras
the study of ancient Sanskrit text.
12 Monument to Warren Hastings, by Richard Westmacott, 1830, now in
Victoria Memorial in Calcutta
13 Rammohun Roy founded a reform association known as the Brahmo Calcutta.
Sabha (later known as the Brahmo Samaj) in
14 In the Telugu-speaking areas of the_______ Presidency, Madras(Chennai)
Veerasalingam Pantulu formed an association for widow remarriage.
15 Begums of Bhopal played a notable role in promoting education Aligarh
among women. They founded a primary school for girls at _______
16 Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain started schools for Muslim girls Patna
in______ and Calcutta.
17 Pandita Ramabai founded a widows’ home at_______ to provide Pune
shelter to widows
18 Madigas who belong to this state were experts at cleaning hides,
tanning them for use, and sewing sandals. Andhra Pradesh
19 Reform organisations of the Sikhs, the first Singh Sabhas were Amritsar
formed at________ in 1873 and at Lahore in 1879.
20 The Indian National Congress was established when 72 delegates Bombay(Mumbai)
from all over the country met at-------- in December 1885.
21 In 1905 Viceroy Curzon partitioned the biggest province of British Bengal
India.
