Summative Assessment II, 2014

Social Science
Class VIII
Max. Marks: 90 Time: 3 hrs

Q1. Match the following: (1 x 6 = 6)

a) Rammohun Roy i) Critical of the treatment of upper-caste Hindu women and widows
b) Dayanand Saraswati ii) Campaigned against the practise of sati
c) Veerasalingam Pantulu iii) Education for girls
d) Jyotirao Phule iv) Reforming Hinduism
e) Pandita Ramabai v) Supported widow remarriage
f) Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar vi) Critical of the caste system

Q2. Fill in the blanks: (1 x 7 = 7)

a) ________ committee examined the social, economic and educational status of the Muslim
community in India.
b) Economic, social, cultural and political factors work together to make certain groups in society feel
_____.
c) Manual scavenging job is mainly done by _____ women.
d) Throughout the world, water supply is a function of the _______.
e) Subjects on the Concurrent List were _________ and _________.
f) Tipus sword was made of_________ steel.

Q3. True or False (1 x 10 = 10)

a) At independence, the majority of Indians lived in villages.
b) Reformers got full support from all sections of the people of the country.
c) The Child Marriage Restraint Act was passed in1829.
d) Mahatma Gandhi thought that promotion of literacy was the most important aim of education.
e) The Public Prosecutor conducts the prosecution on behalf of the accused.
f) It is with the registration of an FIR that the police can begin their investigations into a crime.
g) The police are allowed to torture or beat or shoot anyone during investigation.
h) Markets everywhere tend to be exploitative of people.
i) The minimum wages are revised upwards every few years.
j) Indian constitution does not allow for the formation of workers unions.

Q4. Tick the correct answer: (1 x 5 = 5)

a) Silicon Valley is located in
(i) Bangalore (ii) California (iii) Ahmedabad
b) Which one of the following industries is known as sunrise industry?
(i) Iron and steel indstury (ii) Cotton textile (iii) Information technology
c) Golden fibre refers to
(i) tea (ii) cotton (iii) jute
d) Leading producers of coffee
(i) Brazil (ii) India (iii) Russia
e) Which does the term population distribution refer to?
(i) How population in a specified area changes over time.
(ii) The number of people who die in relation to the number of people born in a specified area.
(iii) The way in which people are spread across a given area.

Q5. Complete the following: (1 x 6 = 6)

a) Raw Materials: ___________ and __________
 b) End product: ___________ and __________
c) Tertiary Activities: ___________ and __________
d) Agro-based Industries: ___________ and __________
e) Cottage Industries: ___________ and __________
f) Co-operatives: ___________ and __________

Q6. Define any four (2 x 4 = 8)

a) Article 17 of the Constitution states that untouchability has been abolished. What does this mean?
b) Who are Adivasis?
c) Why did Phule dedicate his book Gulamgiri to the American movement to free slaves?
d) Why were people dissatisfied with British rule in the 1870s and 1880s?
e) What is food security?
f) What is the average density of population of India and the world?

Q7. Define any four (3 x 4 = 12)

a) What is Sulabh?
b) What are the several levels of crime listed in The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes
(Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989?
c) Why did the Indian iron smelting industry decline in the nineteenth century?
d) What economic impact did the First World War have on India?
e) What are the three types of activities?
f) What is population pyramid?

Q8. Answer any four (4 x 4 = 16)

a) What were the various demands made on forest land?
b) What information does an FIR contain?
c) Why did William Jones feel the need to study Indian history, philosophy and law?
d) How did the development of cotton industries in Britain affect textile producers in India?
e) Classify industry on the basis of ownership?
f) What is population change? Discuss the factors on which it depends.

Q9. Answer any four (5 x 4 = 20)

a) List any five types of laws framed by the government to protect the people - whether as workers,
consumers or producers - from exploitation in the market.
b) What are the conditions of a free trial?
c) (i) What was the role of the Planning Commission? (1.5)
(ii) How was the economic development of India visualised in the early decades after
Independence? (3.5)
d) (i) What things were brought in with British art? (2)
(ii) Why did some artists produce cheap popular prints? (3)
e) What are the various factors affecting the distribution of population?
f) (i) What are the factors affecting the location of industries? (3)
(ii) What is agricultural development? (2)