DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, GURGAON

SUBJECT- SOCIAL SCIENCE

CLASS VIII
TERM II, REVISION WORKSHEET 1

Choose the correct option:

1. Identify the crop with the help of following information
(I) It is the major food crop of the world.
(II) It needs high temperature, high humidity and rainfall.
(III) It grows best in alluvial clayey soil which can retain water.
Options:
a) Wheat
b) Maize
c) Rice
d) Millets

2. The Simon Commission was boycotted in India because:

a) it supported the Muslim League.
b) Congress felt that people deserved swaraj.
c) there was no Indian member in the Commission.
d) Lala Lajpat Rai was killed in a lathi-charge.

3. Given below are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Read the
statements and choose the correct option.
Assertion (A) – Indian business groups reaped fabulous profits from World War I.
Reason (R) – The war caused decline of imports from other countries into India.
a) (A) is correct, but (R) is wrong.
b) (A) is wrong, but (R) is correct.
c) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
d) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

4. Article 17 of the Indian Constitution has abolished which one of the following practices?
a) Human Trafficking
b) Begging
c) Untouchability
d) Child labour

5. Steel Authority of India Ltd is an example of

a) Private Sector Industry
b) Public Sector Industry
c) Joint Sector Industry
d) Cooperative Sector Industry

6. Read the following extract and answer the following questions.

In 1919 Gandhiji gave a call for a satyagraha against the Rowlatt Act that the British had just
passed. Gandhiji asked the Indian people to observe 6 April, 1919 s a day of non-violent
opposition to this Act, as a day of “humiliation and prayer” and hartal. Satyagraha sabhas were
setup to launch the movement. The Rowlatt satyagraha turned out to be the first all-India
struggle against the British government. The British government took brutal measures to
suppress it.
(i) What was the main objective of the Rowlatt satyagraha?
Ans) To protest against the repressive Rowlatt Act and demand the withdrawal of the Rowlatt
Act.

(ii) Which Fundamental Right was curbed according to the Rowlatt Act?
Ans) Right to Freedom (Freedom of speech and expression)

(iii) Which event took place on 13 April,1919 during the Rowlatt satyagraha and became a
symbol of British repression?
Ans) The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, where British troops fired on unarmed Indian civilians.

(iv) True/ False

The Rowlatt satyagraha was largely restricted to cities. True

7. Read the following extract and answer the following questions.

Before 1947, there was only one iron and steel plant in the country- TISCO. It was privately
owned. After independence the government took the initiative and set up several iron and steel
plants. TISCO was started in 1907 at Sakchi near the confluence of the rivers Subarnarekha and
Kharkai in Jharkhand.

(i) Why Iron and steel industry is known as feeder industry?

Ans) As its products are used as raw material for other industries.

(ii) What is the full form of TISCO?

Ans) Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited

(iii) Which are the four main iron and steel producing states of India?
Ans) West Bengal, Jharkhand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh

(iv) State any one locational advantage of setting up of TISCO at Jamshedpur.

Ans) i) The Kharkai and Subarnarekha rivers ensured sufficient water supply.
ii) It was close to iron ore, coal and manganese deposits. TISCO gets coal from Jharia
coalfields, iron ore, limestone, dolomite and manganese from Orissa and Chhattisgarh.
iii) Close to Kolkata which provided a large market.
iv) It was only 32 km away from Kalimati station on the Bengal-Nagpur railway line.

8. Enumerate the provisions ensuring equality for Indian citizens as specified in the Indian
Constitution under the Right to Equality.
Ans) i) All persons are equal before law.
ii) No citizen can be discriminated against on the basis of their religion, caste or sex.
iii) Every person has access to all public places including playgrounds, hotels, shops etc.
iv) The practice of untouchability has been banned.

9. Compare a farm in India with a farm in the USA under the following categories-
a) Size
 b) Machinery used for cultivation
c) Storage
Ans) India-i) Farm holdings are small of about 1.5 hectares average.
ii) The farmers use traditional method of bullocks or take a tractor on rent for ploughing and
tube wells are used for irrigating fields.
iii) The farmers lack storage facilities and they are forced to sell the produce even when the
market is not favourable to them.
USA
i) The average farm size in USA is about 250 hectares.
ii) The farmers use tractors, seed drills, leveller, combined harvester and thresher to perform
various agricultural operations.
iii) Grains are stored in automated grain storage or despatched to market agencies.
10. Enlist the points of observation put forward by Adivasi activist, C.K Janu.
Ans)
a) C.K Janu, an Adivasi activist has pointed out that one of the violators of the
Constitutional rights guaranteed to tribal people are governments in the various states of
India.
b) The State government allows non-tribal encroachers in the form of timber merchants,
paper mills etc.to exploit tribal lands and forcibly evict tribal people from their traditional
forests in the process of declaring forests as reserved or as sanctuaries.
c) She noted that in cases where tribals have already been evicted and cannot go back to
their lands, they must be compensated.
d) The government must draw up plans and policies for them to live and work elsewhere.

11. Mention any five measures that the industries can adopt to minimize the risk of industrial
disasters.
Ans) Risk Reduction Measures
1. Densely populated residential areas should be separated far away from the residential
areas.
2. People staying in the vicinity of industries should be aware of the storage of toxins or
hazardous substances and their possible effects in case if an accident occurs.
3. Fire warning and fighting system should be improved.
4. Storage capacity of toxic substances should be limited.
5. Pollution dispersion qualities in the industries should be improved.
12. Write a short note on the Anglo- Maratha wars.
a) The Marathas were subdued in a series of wars. In the first war that ended in 1782
with the treaty of Salbai, there was no clear victor.
b) The second Anglo-Maratha war (1803-05) resulted in the British gaining Orissa and
the territories north of the Yamuna river including Agra and Delhi.
c) Finally, the third Anglo-Maratha war of 1817-19 crushed Maratha power. The Peshwa
was removed and sent away to Bithur near Kanpur with a pension.
d)The Company now had complete control over the territories south of the Vindhyas.
 13. On a political map of India, locate and label the following-
a) Salem
b) The place where Jallianwala massacre occurred
c) Calcutta
d) The place where the session of Indian National Congress was held in 1927.