BVM GLOBAL @ BENGALURU

SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL

Class 8
SST Worksheet
History
The nationalist movement – 1885 to 1919
1. After 1857, the feeling of nationalism grew as Indians became more aware of the country’s rich
cultural __________________.
2. In ___________, AO Hume started the Indian National Congress.
3. __________________ members like Gopala Krishna Gokale believed in gradual reforms.
4. __________________ members like Lokamanya Tilak and Lala Lajpat Rai demanded swaraj.
5. In 1905, __________________ partitioned Bengal into two to divide Hindus and Muslims.
6. The __________________ Session of the Congress in 1906, demanded swaraj or self-rule.
7. The divide between the __________________ and __________________, led to a split in the
Congress in 1907.
8. The __________________, divided Hindus and Muslims by creating a separate electorate for the
Muslims.
9. Some Muslim leaders feared that their community would not have a share of the government in
independent India and started the __________________ in 1906.
10. In 1911, at the Coronation Durbar in Delhi, Bengal was reunited and the capital shifted from Calcutta
to __________________.
11. The __________________ of 1916 was signed between the Congress and the Muslim League
demanding home rule.
12. __________________ were started by Tilak and Annie Besant in 1950-1960.
13. The __________________ were announced in 1918 and the Government of India Act was passed in
1919.

Define:

1. Nationalism
2. Ilbert Bill
3. Boycott Movement
4. Home rule
5. Swadeshi

Struggle for Independence – 1919 to 1947

1. In 1919, the British government passed the __________________ which led to the Jallianwala Bagh
Massacre.
2. In 1920-1921, the __________________ and __________________ were launched.
3. In 1923, Motilal Nehru and CR Das started the __________________ Party and won many seats in
the Central Legislative Assembly.
4. The British Government appointed the __________________ in 1927 to take decisions on self-
government for India which had no Indians.
5. In the 1929, __________________ Session the Congress declared Purna Swaraj as its goal.
6. Gandhi started the __________________ in 1930 with the historic Salt March to Dandi.
7. In 1937, the Congress contested the elections and won in 9 out of 11 provinces.
8. The __________________ sent to secure India’s cooperation in the Second World War failed as it
refused to accept the Congress's demand for Dominion Status to India.
9. In August 1942, the Congress announced the __________________.
10. After the Second World War, the __________________ Party came to power in England and agreed
to Indian independence.

Define:

1. Khadi
2. Dominion
3. Satyagraha
4. Constitution

Geography

Agriculture

1. __________________ farming refers to the practice of farming in which herdsmen move from one to
another.
2. A small area of forest is cleared by cutting down all the trees and the areas is burnt. This type of
agriculture is called __________________.
3. Slash and burn agriculture is called ___________ in Mexico, Jhum in India, ___________ in Brazil,
___________ in Congo, and ___________ in Indonesia and Malaysia.
4. __________________ farming is carried out by farmers to satisfy the needs of their family alone.
5. When the farmers practice herding to meet their personal needs, it is called __________________
subsistence agriculture.
6. __________________ refers to raising livestock for meat or wool in privately owned land along with
the use of some public land.
7. The rearing of cattle on a large scale in the outskirts of cities to meet the demand for milk and other
products is called __________________.
8. __________________ and __________________ are the major crop of the world.
9. Around ____% of India’s population is dependent on agriculture.
10. __________________ strives to increase food security.
 11. The size of an average land holding in India is ____ hectares.
12. The efforts taken by the government brought about the __________________ in India in the 1960s.

Define:

1. Thresher
2. Relief
3. Plantation

Industries

1. The process of making the raw materials into finished goods with help of machines in factories is
called __________________.
2. Organised production of goods or services is called __________________.
3. __________sector industries are owned, managed, and controlled by the state or central government.
4. __________sector industries are owned, managed, and controlled by individuals or groups of
individuals.
5. __________sector industries are owned, managed, and controlled jointly by private firms and
government agencies.
6. __________sector industries are owned managed and controlled by a group of people belonging to a
cooperative society.
7. __________________ firms are big companies that operate from several countries.
8. __________________ industries derive their raw materials from the agricultural sectors.
9. __________________ industries get their raw materials from minerals which are then processed and
turned into finished products.
10. __________________ industries utilise products from the seas and oceans as raw materials.
11. __________________ industries acquire their raw material from animals like sheep, goats and cattle.
12. __________________ industries obtain their raw materials from shrubs, herbs, grasses, and trees in
the forests.
13. Cottage industries are also known as village industries or __________________ industries.
14. The industrial system consists of _______________, _______________, and _______________.
15. Industrialised regions of the world are highly ________________and ________________populated.

Define:

1. Raw material
2. Capital
3. Value addition
 Human Resources

1. __________________ means the ability to know, understand, and accomplish a task with dexterity.
2. __________________ can be referred to as the labour input into the production process.
3. The way in which the people are spread over the surface of the Earth is known as
__________________.
4. ____% of the world’s people live in just 10 countries and nearly ____% world’s population lives in
the northern hemisphere.
5. More than one-third of the world’s population is concentrated in ____________and ___________.
6. __________________ is the number of people living per square unit of area. It is generally
expressed as persons per square kilometer.
7. India’s population density as a whole is 382 people per square kilometer.
8. __________________ is the measure of the number of live births per 1000 people.
9. __________________ is the measure of the number of deaths per 1000 people.
10. __________________ is the difference between the birth and death rate of a country.
11. __________________ refers to the movement of people in and out of an area.
12. A comparison of age groups below 15 years and above 65 years is used to calculate the
__________________ of a country.
13. __________________ is defined as the number of females per 1000 males.
14. __________________ at birth is defined as the average number of years to be lived by a group of
people born in the same year.
15. According to the UN, __________________ is the ability to read and write with a certain level of
understanding.

Define:

1. Demographic scientist
2. Census
3. Productivity

Civics

The Union Legislature – the Parliament

1. India’s union legislature is known as the __________________.

2. The parliament holds its sessions at __________________ or Parliament House in New Delhi.
3. In the __________________ form of government, the executive is answerable to the legislature.
4. In the __________________ form of government, the president is directly elected by the people and
hence wields great power.
5. For the purpose of elections, the country is divided into several __________________.
6. The __________________ system ensures that only the voter knows for whom he or she has voted.
 7. The __________________ is the presiding officer of the Lok Sabha.
8. The __________________ over the Rajya Sabha.
9. The upper house or the council of states, that is Rajya Sabha can have upto ____ members.
10. One of the most important functions of the legislature is to keep a check on the ________________.
11. The period after the question hour and before the beginning of the rest of the day's work is called the
__________________.
12. The government can be dismissed by the parliament by passing a __________________.
13. The vice president of India is also the speaker of the __________________.

Define:

1. Deadlock
2. Adjournment motion
3. Impeach
4. Question hour

The Union Executive

1. The position of the President is that of a __________________.

2. The __________________ is the supreme commander of the armed forces.
3. The vice president is the __________________ chairperson of the Rajya Sabha.
4. The __________________ is the most powerful person of the government.
5. The prime minister and the cabinet ministers collectively form the __________________.
6. The union budget is prepared by the __________________.
7. The job of a __________________ is to respond to citizens request for information under RTI Act.

Define:

1. Ordinance
2. Promulgation
3. Portfolio

The Judiciary

1. The constitution provides for the independence of the judges and the separation of the
__________________ from the __________________.
2. The Indian judiciary is single, integrated and __________________.
3. The Supreme Court is the highest court in India with the __________________ as its head.
4. The Chief Justice of India is appointed by the __________________ of India.
5. The retirement age of the judges of the Supreme Court is ____ years.
6. The __________________ advises the president and the council of ministers, on the matters of
constitutional issues or issues of public importance.
 7. The Supreme court has the power to issue __________________.
8. __________________ means people’s court.
9. The first Lok Adalat was held in __________________ in 1985.

Define:

1. Appellate
2. Jurisdiction
3. Civil dispute
4. Criminal dispute