Academic Session 2022-23

Practice Worksheet
Class: VIII
Subject: Social Science

General Instructions:

1. All questions are compulsory.

2. The time given at the head of this Paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.
3. All working, including rough work, must be clearly shown and must be done on the same
sheet as the rest of the answer.
Section - A

Q.1 Multiple Choice Questions:

(1) Those with a knowledge of the language and culture of Asia were known as-
(a) Orientalists (b) Anglicists (c) Vernacular (d) Munshi
(2) The Arms Act was passed in?
(a) 1872 (b) 1874 (c) 1876 (d)1878
(3) Marathi Newspaper that was edited by Tilak?
(a) Hindu Kesari (b) Amrita Bazar Patrika (c) The Hindu (d) Kesari
(4) Arrange the following events in chronological order:
(i) Quit India (ii) Ilbert bill
(iii) Simon Commission (iv) Surat split
(a) (iv), (ii), (i),(iii) (b) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) (c) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i) (d) (ii), (iv), (iii), (i)
(5) Who wrote the book “Poverty and Unbritish rule of India”?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (c) J. L. Nehru (d) Dada Bhai Naoroji
(6) Who started the journal Asiatic Researches?
(a) Max Mullar (b) William Jones (c) Mahatama Gandhi (d) Lord Macaulay
(7) Which one of the following is the natural fibre/s used in the textile industry?
(a)Nylon (b) Rayon (c) Cotton (d) Polyster
(8) Industries which use products from water bodies as their raw materials:
(a) Agro based industries (b)Marine based industries
(c) Mineral based industries (d) Forest based industries
(9) Fort Gloster is located in
(a) Pittusburgh (b) Gujarat (c) West Bengal (d) California

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(10) What is natural growth rate :
(a) Decrease of infancy rate (b) Increase of death rate
(c) Difference between death rate and birth rate (d) None of these
(11) Average density of population in India is _______ persons per square km-
(a) 382 (b) 384 (c) 386 (d) 388
(12) Which of the following are Public sector industry?
(i)Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (ii) Steel Authority of India limited
(iii) Anand Milk Udyog Limited (iv) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
(a)(i) , (ii), (iii) only (b) (i),(ii), (iv) only (c)(ii), (iii), (iv) only (d) (i), (iii), (iv) only
(13) Which of the following is the work of judiciary –
(a) Judicial Review (b) Making Laws (c) Arresting Criminal (d) Execute laws
(14) Every year budget is presented in___________
(a) Parliament (b) Supreme Court (c) President’s House (d) None of these
(15) What are some public facilities essential for everyone?
(a) Electricity (b) Public Transport (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these
(16) What are the main source of water for the poor people?
(a) Bottled Water (b) Municipal water (c) Water tanker (d) Private Bore Well
(17) Mumbai suburban ____________ is well functioning public transport system.
(a) Waterways (b) Roadways (c) Railways (d) None of these
(18) Which one of the following is not a civil case?
(a) Kidnapping (b) Divorce
(c) Disputes over property (d) Dispute between landlord and Tenant
(19) Assertion (A) – Water is essential for life and good health.
Reason (R) – There have been several court cases in which both the High court and the Supreme
Court have held that Right to safe drinking water is a Fundamental Right.
(i) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(ii)Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(iii) (A) is true but (R) is false
(iv) (R) is true but (A) is false
(20) Assertion (A) – The Lucknow Pact was signed between Congress and All India Muslim League.
Reason (R) – Both the parties decided to work together for the representative government in the
country.
(i) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(ii)Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(iii) (A) is true but (R) is false
(iv) (R) is true but (A) is false

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 Section – B

Q.1 Answer the given questions in one word-

(i) Who had renounced his knighthood to express his pain and anger due to Jallianwal Bagh Massacre?

(ii) Who is the present chief justice of the Supreme Court of India?

(iii) Under which article ‘Right to Education is mentioned”?

(iv) What do you mean by the term “Textile”?

Q.2 Define the following terms:

(i) Council (ii) Death rate (iii) Population Pyramid (iv) Universal Access

Section – C

High order thinking Skill

Q.1 “Mahatma Gandhi thought that English education had enslaved Indians”. What could be the
reasons behind this?

Q.2 “Most of the private hospitals in our country are located in major cities not in rural areas.” Do you
agree with this? Give reasons in support of your view.

Q.3 Elaborate on geographical factors of population distribution.

Q.4 Which city of India is known as steel city of India? Give reasons
Q.5 Look at the picture and answer the given question:

(a) What does the above picture show?

(b) Where was the iron and steel industry located before 1800 A.D?
(c) “After 1950, iron and steel industry began to be located on large areas of flat land near sea
port” Why

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 Section – D

Answer the questions briefly:

Q.1 Give an account on Civil Disobedience Movement.

Q.2 In which year and by whom was Non-Cooperation movement initiated? What activities had taken
place and why was it called off?

Q.3 How does government play crucial role in making public facilities available for people?

Q.4 Differentiate between Private Sector industries and Joint Sector industries.
Q.5 What is meant by Industry? Make a flow chart to represent different locational factors for setting
up any industry.

Section – E
Answer the questions in detail:

Q.1 Identify the picture answer the given questions

(a) Name the personality? Which group of congress did he belong to?
(b) Mention any four ways in which the group which he belong to propose
the struggle against British rule (4M)

Q.2 “In India we have Integrated judiciary system”. Give reasons in favour
of the given statement

Section – F
Q.1 On the given map of India mark and label-
(a) State in which Chauri Chaura incident took place.
(b) State in which Salt Satyagraha took place.
(c) State where Bal Ganga Dhar Tilak started Ganpati Utsav.
(d) State from which Bipin Chandra Pal belonged to.

Q.2 On the given map of India mark and label

(a) State with highest population.
(b) State with lowest population .
(c) Any one place where steel producing center located.
(d) The second largest textile city of India .

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