Maharashtra State Board · Class 10 · History Chapter 8
Tourism and History Worksheet
Practise the history of travel, types of tourism, heritage conservation and tourism-related careers. This worksheet combines quick questions, a passage on Bhilar and longer explanations, followed by a complete answer key.
About the chapter: People have travelled for pilgrimage, trade, education and exploration for centuries. Their accounts help historians understand places and societies. Today, travel to forts, monuments, natural sites and cultural events can support learning and livelihoods when destinations are managed responsibly.
This Class 10 History Chapter 8 worksheet covers early travellers, organised tourism, different reasons for travel, Bhilar's Village of Books and the care of heritage sites. Questions carrying an exam month and year are marked in the worksheet; other questions are identified as textbook or board-pattern practice.
What is inside the Tourism and History worksheet?
MCQs and objective questions
Eight MCQs cover Thomas Cook, Bhilar, travellers, maps, Maza Pravas, Lonar, MTDC and heritage walks. Other objective questions test the meanings of agro-tourism and natural heritage.
Wrong pairs, map and table
Correct mismatched tourist places, heritage types and historical figures. Complete a concept map of tourism with examples, a travel timeline and a table comparing international, historical, health and special-event tourism.
Short notes and reasons
Write notes on the tradition of travelling, Marco Polo, agro-tourism and monument conservation. Explain increased travel, precautions at heritage sites, local employment and the value of heritage walks.
Passage and long answers
Read a passage about Bhilar, the Village of Books. Detailed answers cover tourism careers, types of tourism, preserving heritage, the development of organised travel and Maharashtra's tourist places and economic benefits.
Board questions and chapter practice
The worksheet marks its Bhilar MCQ with March 2024. A passage on Bhilar is marked July 2025, while a question about increased travel to and from India is marked July 2023. Some March 2026 items are labelled “Board pattern” in the worksheet, so check the printed label beside each question rather than assuming every dated practice item has the same status.
Strong answers link tourism to history, place and responsible behaviour. For example, a visitor learns about a fort through its structures and a reliable guide. The same visit may support local workers, but careless tourism could damage the evidence that makes the site historically valuable.
How to revise with this worksheet
- Make a traveller and contribution list. Connect names such as Marco Polo, Gerardus Mercator and Thomas Cook with their work or role in travel history.
- Attempt the objective sections. Finish the MCQs and wrong pairs without checking the key. Correct each wrong location or category clearly.
- Complete the tourism table. For each type, write its purpose and a suitable example, such as visiting a fort for historical tourism.
- Explain with practical examples. In questions on livelihoods or conservation, identify the people or sites affected and show how tourism produces the stated effect.
- Check your answers after finishing. Use the complete key to correct missing facts and improve the sequence of your longer responses.
Bhilar passage tip: The passage supplies the village's name and the kinds of literature available there. For the opinion question, explain how the Village of Books connects reading, visitors and local participation instead of merely repeating its nickname.
Important Chapter 8 topics
- Travel in the past: Understand pilgrimage, trade, education and the value of travellers' descriptions as historical sources.
- Organised tourism: Revise Thomas Cook's role and the changes brought by transport and communication.
- Types of tourism: Prepare purposes and examples for historical, geographic, health, agro, sports, international and special-event tourism.
- Heritage care: Know why monuments and natural places must be protected from damage and how visitors can help.
- Local livelihoods: Explain how guides, transport providers, hotels, artisans and food businesses can benefit from responsible tourism.
Answer key and chapter solutions
The worksheet includes a complete answer key after its 36 questions. Attempt every section independently before comparing your responses. For long answers, check whether you have explained the purpose, supplied suitable examples and addressed every part of the question.
Continue with Chapter 8 solutions
Use the Tourism and History Class 10 solutions for textbook exercise answers and further explanation. You can also browse all Maharashtra State Board Class 10 History solutions.
Frequently asked questions
How many questions are in the Tourism and History worksheet?
It contains 36 questions and a complete answer key. The sections include MCQs, corrected pairs, a concept map, timeline and table, short notes, reasons, a passage, brief answers and detailed answers.
Does this Chapter 8 worksheet include board questions?
Selected questions have an exam month and year printed beside them. Textbook, board-style and board-pattern items also provide practice. Read the wording of each label in the worksheet to identify the question type.
Why is Bhilar called the Village of Books?
Bhilar near Mahabaleshwar hosts a reading initiative in which participating households maintain books for visitors. The worksheet's passage asks you to explain how the project adds a literary experience to tourism.
What did Thomas Cook contribute to tourism?
Thomas Cook organised group travel by railway and later developed a travel agency selling tourist tickets. His work is an important example in the chapter's account of organised commercial tourism.
What is agro-tourism?
Agro-tourism allows visitors to experience farms and rural life. They may observe cultivation, learn about farming practices and enjoy local food. It can also provide supplementary income for farmers and other local workers.
How are historical and health tourism different?
Historical tourism centres on places connected with the past, such as forts and monuments. Health tourism involves travel for treatment or wellness, such as medical care, yoga or other therapies. Give a purpose and example for each in a comparison answer.
Why do heritage walks support conservation?
A heritage walk helps people learn accurate stories about buildings and places while visiting them. Understanding their value can encourage respectful behaviour, public awareness and support for their protection.
How does tourism create jobs for local people?
Visitors spend money on transport, accommodation, food, guiding, photographs and local products. This can support drivers, hotel workers, guides, artisans, vendors and other services in and around a destination.
Where can I find the Chapter 8 textbook solutions?
Open the Tourism and History solutions page. The Class 10 History solutions collection lists the other chapters.
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