Medieval Indian History - Class 8 General Knowledge - Extra Questions

Who was Abdul Gaffar Khan?

Abdul Ghaffar Khan, (born 1890, Utmanzai, India—died Jan. 20, 1988, Peshawar, Pak.) the foremost 20th-century leader of the Pashtuns (Pakhtuns, or Pathans; a Muslim ethnic group of Pakistan and Afghanistan), who became a follower of Mahatma Gandhi and was called the “Frontier Gandhi.”



How did people initially view Napoleon Bonaparte? Why did their opinion change soon afterwards?

Initially, many people viewed Napoleon as a liberator who would bring freedom for them. 
However, soon their opinion changed because his armies emerged into an invading force.


How did the European thinkers influence the settlers?

People  migrated to America from Europe due to many reasons. They settled and formed the 13 colonies on the eastern part of the North American continent. The majority of the settlers were from England. These people were referred to as the Pilagrim Fathers.


SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTION 
Why did Karl Marx want to overthrow capitalism?

Karl Marx was dead against capitalism. He argued that industrial society was based on capitalism. Capitalists owned the capital invested in factories and the profit of capitalists was produced by workers. 

The conditions of workers could not improve as long as this profit was accumulated by private capitalists. Hence, it is essential to overthrow private capitalists. 

This would finally destroy the rule of private property. Marx wanted the workers to construct a radically socialist society where all property was socially controlled. This was the only way through which they would free themselves from capitalist exploitation.


Class 8 General Knowledge Extra Questions