INDIAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL KUWAIT

FIRST MID- TERM

CLASS – 8 SUBJECT – SOCIAL SCIENCE

SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER

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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
1. All questions are compulsory – attempt all questions.
2. Section – A consists of two parts – Multiple Choice Questions and Match the following.
3. Section – B questions are short answer questions carry 2 marks each. Answers to these
should not exceed 40 words each.
4. Section – C
5. Section – D
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Section – A
I) Multiple Choice Questions. 1x10 = 10
Choose the correct option
1. What helped the English East India Company to enjoy sole rights to trade with the East?
A. The farman issued by Mughal emperor Aurangazeb
B. Setting up English factory and fort William in Kalikata
C. Mastery and control over the Indian Ocean trade routes in the beginning of the 18 th
century.
D. The charter obtained from queen Elizabeth in 1600 CE

2. The East India Company got Diwani of Bengal province in 1765

A. After the Battle of Buxar
B. After the Battle of Panipat
C. After the Battle of Plassey
D. After the Battle of Murshidabad

3. Arrange the following events in the chronological order:

I. Second War with the Marathas
II. Rule of Haider Ali in Mysore
III. Rule of Murshid Quli Khan
IV. Rani Chennamma arrested for leading anti-British resistance
Choose the correct option:
A. III, II, I, IV
B. II, IV, III, I
C. I, IV, III, II
D. III, II, IV, I

4. The Regulating Act of 1773 gave the task of collecting revenue and taxes to
A. Quazi
 B. Pandit
C. Collector
D. Sepoy

5. Which of the following is correctly matched?

Column – I Column – II
A. Federalism India has 2 levels of government
B. Separation of Powers The Constitution divides the State into 3 organs.
C. Freedom to practice any Right to equality
profession
D. secularism The State can promote a religion

6. identify the Fundamental Duty of an Indian from the following statements:

A. To follow, practice and propagate any religion
B. To establish own educational institutions to preserve and develop culture
C. To develop scientific temper, humanism, spirit of enquiry and reform.
D. To assemble peacefully and form associations

7. The Constitution of India does not guarantee

A. The Fundamental Rights
B. Safeguards of misuse of authority by leaders
C. Sharing and separation of powers
D. Presidential form of government

8. Identify the resource with the help of following information:

I. Their quality and quantity are known
II. They are being used in the present
III. Such resources are surveyed and mapped
Choose the correct option
A. Biotic Resources
B. Exhaustible Resources
C. Localized Resources
D. Actual Resources

9. Which of the following description is not correct?

A. Ubiquitous Resources – They are found everywhere.
B. Inexhaustible Resources – They are not exhausted even after continuous use.
C. Natural Resources – They are developed by humans through knowledge, ideas and
technology.
D. Abiotic Resources – They are non-living in nature.

10. Which type of resource is coal?

A. Exhaustible
B. Biotic
C. Human made
D. Ubiquitous
II. Match the following: Choose the correct option and write the answers on your booklet:
11. Potential Resources
12. The Battle of Plassey, 1757
13. Secularism
14. Livestock/ cattle
15. Anglo – Mysore War, 1799
1x5=5
a) Biotic Resources.
b) Tipu Sultan was killed defending his capital
Srirangapatnam.
c) The country has more than one level of
government.
d) There is no appropriate technology to utilize these
resources.
e) Robert Clive led the army against Nawab
Sirajuddaulah.
f) The State has no religion, nor it promotes any
religion.
g) The Subsidiary Alliance.

Section – B
Briefly answer the following questions. 2 x 5 = 10
16. What steps did Tipu Sultan take to stop the East India Company spread its power in south of
India? [any two points]
17. Briefly describe how the Maratha Confederacy was organized.
18. Why do we need a constitution? Give two reasons.
19. Describe the Parliamentary form of government.
20. What are natural resources? Define with two examples.
Section – C
Answer the following in short 3 x 5 = 15
21. Briefly describe how the East India Company interfered with the princely states in India.
22. How does the Indian Constitution separate the powers of the State? Explain.
23. Briefly state the Fundamental Rights under the Right to Freedom.
24. Differentiate between renewable and non-renewable resources.
25. What is meant by human made resources? Explain with appropriate examples.
Section – D
Answer the following questions in detail 5 x 2 = 10
26. Describe the Administration set – up by the Governor General Warren Hastings.
27. What is conservation of resources? Why do we need conservation of resources? Give four
reasons.
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