DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, GURGAON

SUBJECT- SOCIAL SCIENCE

CLASS VIII
TERM II, REVISION WORKSHEET -2

Choose the correct option:

1. The Indian National Army was raised by -
a) Chandra Shekhar Azad
b) Lala Lajpat Rai
c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
d) Subhash Chandra Bose
2. Assertion (A)- Agricultural Development refers to efforts made to increase farm
production in order to meet the growing demand of increasing population.
Reason (R )– Reducing the cropped area, the number of crops grown, using ancient
irrigation facilities, can increase agriculture development.
a) A is correct but R is wrong
b) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
c) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
d) A is wrong but R is correct
3. Jamshedpur was earlier known as -
a) Saaki
b) Kharkai
c) Sakchi
d) Kalimati

4. The Governor General who introduced the policy of ‘paramountcy’-

a) Lord Hastings
b) Lord Dalhousie
c) Lord Curzon
d) Lord Cornwallis

5. Which of the following best describes a marine based industry?

a) Industries depending on ores like Cement, iron and steel etc.
b) Industries that depend upon the primary products from forests for their raw materials
c) Industries depending on agricultural products ie plant and animal products
d) Industries that use products from the sea and oceans as raw materials

6. Which term means to exclude or banish an individual or a group?

a) Confront
b) Dispossess
c) Ostracise
d) Defend

7. Identify the personality from the given clues –

• He served as the president of the Congress in 1931
• Hailed from an impoverished peasant proprietor family of Gujarat.
• Played an important role in the negotiations for independence during 1945-47
a) Subhas Chandra Bose
b) Romesh Chandra Dutt
c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
d) C. Rajagopalachari

8. What is an industry?
Ans Industry refers to an economic activity that is concerned with production of
goods, extraction of minerals or the provision of services.

9. Explain the British policy of ‘The Doctrine of Lapse’

Ans:
• Lord Dalhousie devised the Doctrine of Lapse
• The doctrine declared that if an Indian ruler died without a male heir, his
kingdom would lapse – that is, become part of Company territory.
• Many kingdoms were annexed by applying this doctrine .eg- Satara, Udaipur,
Nagpur, Jhansi

10. Define the term federalism.

Ans
• This refers to the existence of more than one level of government in the country.
• In India we have the – central government, state government and the Panchayati
Raj

11. What was the role of Bhagat Singh in the fight for India’s freedom?
Ans
• Revolutionary nationalists such as Bhagat Singh, Chandra Sekhar Azad,
Sukhdev and others wanted to fight against the colonial rule through a
revolution of workers and peasants.
• They founded the HSRA – Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
• In 1928, He, Azad and Rajguru assassinated Saunders, a police officer who was
involved in the lathi charge that caused the death of Lala Lajpat Rai.
• In 1929, Bhagat Singh and BK Dutt threw a bomb in the Central Legislative
Assembly. The aim was not to kill but ‘to make the deaf hear’.
• He was executed on March 23,1931 at the age of 23.

12. List all the fundamental rights granted by the Constitution of India.
Ans
• Right to equality
• Right to freedom
• Right against exploitation
• Right to freedom of religion
• Cultural and educational rights
• Right to constitutional remedies

13. What is food security?

Ans Food security exists when all people, at all times, have access to sufficient, safe
and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active
and healthy life.
14. Read the extract and answer the questions that follow-

A body is unclean, they say

Only the soul is untainted
But the impurity of the body
Is born within the body
……by which ritual does the body become pure?

a) Who wrote the above poem? Soyrabai

b) Who was her husband? Famous bhakti poet Chokhamela
c) Which caste did she belong to? Mahar caste which was considered untouchables

15. On a political map of India, locate and label the following places-

a) Rourkela
b) Durgapur
c) Mysore
d) The place where Gandhiji violated the salt law