Class – VIII Assertion and Reason Questions

Geography Chapter 1 Resources

i.) A is correct but R is wrong

ii.) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
iii.) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
iv.) A is wrong but R is correct

1.) Assertion (A)- Resources could become economically valuable.

Reason (R)- if resources are patented and sold by a medical firm tomorrow
Answer :- ii. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

2.) Assertion (A)- Time and technology are two important factors that can change
substances into resources
Reason (R) – Time and technology are related to the needs of the people. People
themselves are the most important resource
Answer :- ii. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

3.) Assertion (A)- People themselves are the most important resource
Reason (R)- People get ideas, knowledge, inventions and discoveries that lead to
the creation of more resources.
Answer :- ii. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

Ch-2 Land, Soil, Water, Natural Vegetation and Wildlife Resources

1.) Assertion (A)- in different parts of the world there is uneven distribution of
population.
Reason (R)-There is varied characteristics of land, water and climate.
Answer :- i. A is correct but R is wrong

2.) Assertion (A)- Land degradation, landslides, soil erosion, desertification are the
major threats to the environment
Reason (R)- People started encroaching the common lands to build up commercial
areas, housing complexes in the urban areas and to expand the agricultural land in
the rural areas.
Answer :- iii. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

3.) Assertion (A)- Soil is made up of organic matter, minerals and weathered rocks
found on the earth.
Reason (R)-The right mix of salt and organic matter make the soil fertile.

Answer:- i. A is correct but R is wrong

 Civics
Chapter 1 The Indian Constitution

1.) Assertion (A)- Today most countries in the world have a Constitution. While all
democratic countries are likely to have a Constitution
Reason (R )- Between December 1946 and November 1949, the Constituent
Assembly drafted a constitution for independent India.
Answer :- ii. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

2.) Assertion (A)-In countries that have adopted a democratic form of government or
polity
Reason (R)-In a democracy, king choose our leaders so that they can exercise
power responsibly on our behalf
Answer :- i. A is correct but R is wrong

Chapter 2 Understanding Secularism

1.) Assertion (A)-the most important aspect of secularism is its separation of

religion from State power
Reason (R)-Indian State does not enforce any particular religion nor take away the
religious freedom of individuals.
Answer:-ii. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

3.) Assertion (A)-In February 2004, France passed a law banning students from
wearing any conspicuous religious or political signs or symbols such as the Islamic
headscarf, the Jewish skullcap, or large Christian crosses
Reason (R)-the strict separation between religion and the State in American
secularism, in Indian secularism the State can intervene in religious affairs
Answer:-iii. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
 History

Chapter 1 How When and Where

Assertion (A) and reason (R). Mark as per the codes provided below.
(a) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is correct but R is wrong.
(d) A is wrong but R is correct.

Q. 1. Assertion (A): These histories began with the rule of the first Governor-General, Warren
Hastings and ended with the last Viceroy, Lord Mountbatten.
Reason(R): All the dates in these history books were linked to these personalities – to their
activities, policies, achievements.

Ans. Option (a) is correct.

Q.2. Assertion(A): Leaders and reformers wrote to spread their ideas, poets and novelists
wrote to express their feelings.
Reason(R): In the villages, revenue surveys were conducted. The effort was to know the
topography, the soil quality, the flora, the fauna, the local histories, and the cropping pattern
– all the facts seen as necessary to know about to administer the region.
Ans. Option (b) is correct.

Chapter 2 From Trade to Territory – The Company Establishes Power

Q. 1. Assertion(A): The Company tried continuously to press for more concessions

and manipulate existing privileges granted by Aurangzeb’s Farman, the right to
duty-free trade.
Reason (R): Siraj-ud-daulah refused to grant the Company concessions and
demanded large tributes for the right to trade and denied the right to mint coins and
stopped it from extending its fortifications.
Ans. Option (b) is correct.

Q. 2. Assertion(A): Governor-General Warren Hastings introduced several administrative

reforms in the sphere of justice.
Reason (R): In 1772 a new system of justice was established and each district have two courts
– a criminal court (faujdari adalat) and a civil court (diwani adalat).
Ans. Option (a) is correct.