Class 8 English Chapter 3 Question Answers - Glimpses of the Past

Q1: What did the Santhals do in 1855?
Ans: The Santhals rose in rebellion and massacred Europeans and their supporters.

Q2: Who is an artisan? Why do you think the artisans suffered?
Ans: An Artisan is a craftsperson. The thumbs of expert artisans were cut to prevent them from making replicas of items made by them.

Q3: Mention Two oppressive policies of the British.
Ans: Any Indian could be sent to jail without trial and exporting British Goods to India was spoiling the business of India.

Q4: What was Regulation III? When was it passed?
Ans: Regulation III meant that an Indian could be jailed without trial in a court. It was passed in 1818.

Q5: Give one method as how did the British make more profits in business in India?
Ans: British charged heavy taxes and made more profits in business in India.

Q6: What did Macaulay suggest in 1835?
Ans: In 1835, Englishman Macaulay suggested that Indians should be taught through the English language.

Q7: Mention two examples of evil social practices prevailing during British rule.
Ans: Two examples of evil social practices prevailing in India were the belief that who-so-ever crosses the seas loses his religion and all the misery in the world is due to women.

Q8: Give one reason for the uprising of the revolt of 1857.
Ans: The news that the bullet which soldiers had to bite was made of cow’s and pig’s fat led to the uprising of the revolt of 1857.

Q9: How did the English education help the English?
Ans: The English education produced clerks who worked under the British.

Q10: What helped the Bast India Company to overpower Indian princes?
Ans: Indian princes were always engaged in fighting with one another. The rivalries paved the way for the East India Company to overpower Indian princes.

Q11: Why did Ram Mohan Roy go to England? What did he tell the British there?
Ans: Ram Mohan Roy went to England to see what made the British so powerful. There he told them that they (Indians) accepted them as rulers and they must accept them (Indians) as subjects. He also reminded them of the responsibility a ruler owed to his subjects.

Q12: Who was Tipu Sultan? What happened to him?
Ans: Tipu Sultan was a far-seeing ruler of Mysore. He was dead against the British and their policies. He fought them till he died fighting.

Q13: Give three reasons that helped the British to subdue Indian princes.
Ans: Three reasons that helped the British to subdue Indian princes were the short-sightedness of Indian Princes, taking help of British rulers to help them against their rivalries and the superstitious beliefs of the Indians.

Q14: Mention the person who tried to reform the society.
Ans: The person who tried to reform the society was Raja Ram Mohan Roy.

Q15: What was Regulation III?
Ans: In 1818, the British had passed Regulation III. Under this Regulation, an Indian could be jailed without trial in a court.

Q16: What helped the East India Company to subdue the Indian Princess one by one?
Ans: The rivalries among the Indian princes helped the East India Company to subdue them one by one.