VIBGYOR HIGH

Sample Paper
AY 2022-2023
HISTORY & CIVICS
Grade: VIII Max. Marks : 80
Date : dd/mm/2022 Time Allowed: 2 hour
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INSTRUCTIONS:
• Answers to this paper must be written on the paper provided separately.
• You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes.
• This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.
• The time given at the head of this paper is the time allowed for writing the
answers.
• The intended marks for the questions or parts of questions are given alongside
the questions.
• Attempt all questions from Part I (Compulsory)
• A total of five questions are to be attempted from Part II, two out of three
questions from Section A and three out of five questions from Section B.
• The intended marks for the questions or parts of questions are given in
brackets [ ]
• This question paper contains 7 printed pages.
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PART 1 (30 marks)

Attempt all questions from this section

Question 1. Choose the correct option: [16]
(i) Which treaty granted the English East India Company the [1]
right to collect revenue from Bihar, Bengal and Orissa?
a) Treaty of Madras
b) Treaty of Allahabad
c) Treaty of Kanpur

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d) Treaty of Banaras

(ii) Identify the revenue system introduced by Lord Cornwallis to [1]

ensure a steady and stable inflow of revenue.
a) Mahalwari System
b) Ryotwari System
c) Permanent Settlement
d) Wood’s Despatch

(iii) Who founded the Satyashodhak Samaj in 1873? [1]

a) Jyotiba Phule
b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
d) Swami Vivekanand

(iv) __________ started the Aligarh Movement. [1]

a) M.G. Ranade
b) Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan
c) R.G. Bhandarkar
d) Sri Narayan Guru

(v) When was Bengal partitioned? [1]

a) 1905
b) 1906
c) 1907
d) 1908

(vi) Identify the odd one out. [1]

a) Dadabhai Naoroji
b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
c) Surendranath Banerjee
d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

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(vii) Which incident marked the end of Non-Cooperation [1]
Movement?
a) Rowlatt Act Implementation
b) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
c) Chauri Chaura
d) Santhal Revolt

(viii) Satyagraha is based on the twin principles of [1]

_____________ and non-violence.
a) truth
b) kindness
c) compassion
d) generosity

(ix) Who took the famous oath, ‘Give me blood and I will give you [1]
freedom’?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Subhash Chandra Bose
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Rash Behari Bose

(x) When did the Constitution of India come into force? [1]
a) 26th November 1949
b) 26th January 1950
c) 9th December 1946
d) 26th January 1949

(xi) Name the chief administrative organ of the UN. [1]

a) General Assembly
b) Secretariat
c) International Court of Justice
d) Trusteeship Council

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 (xii) When is United Nations’ Day celebrated? [1]
a) 21st June
b) 22nd July
c) 24th October
d) 22nd March

(xiii) Where are the headquarters of the UN located? [1]

a) New York City
b) Geneva
c) Hague
d) Chicago

(xiv) What is the full form of UNICEF? [1]

a) United Nations Children’s Fund
b) United Nations Child Fund
c) United Nations Child Care Fund
d) United Nations Integrated Children’s Emergency Fund

(xv) In which part of the Constitution are the Directive Principles [1]
included?
a) Part I
b) Part II
c) Part III
d) Part IV

(xvi) What is the maximum strength of the Rajya Sabha? [1]

a) 550
b) 250
c) 350
d) 450

Question 2. Answer the following questions. [14]

(i) Why did the Indian peasants begin to grow cash crops? [2]
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 (ii) Mention any two evil social practices against which the Arya [2]
Samaj launched a relentless struggle.
(iii) Mention any two objectives of the Muslim League? [2]
(iv) Name the Ali brothers who launched the Khilafat Movement. [2]
(v) In which year was the Quit India Movement launched and [2]
what was the mantra given by Gandhiji to the people of
India?
(vi) Write any two points of difference between the Fundamental [2]
Rights and Directive Principles.
(vii) What is meant by General Elections? [2]

PART 2 (50 Marks)

Section A (CIVICS)
Attempt any two questions from this section

Question 3. With reference to the WHO answer the following: [10]

(i) In which year was the WHO established and where are its [3]
headquarters located? Which day is observed as the World
Health Day?
(ii) Describe the activities carried out by the WHO. [3]
(iii) Mention any four projects supported by the WHO. [4]

Question 4. With reference to the concept of a ‘Welfare State’, [10]

answer the following questions:
(i) What is meant by a ‘Welfare State’? [3]
(ii) Explain any three measures taken by the government to [3]
establish social equality and justice.
(iii) Mention any four government schemes aimed at social [4]
upliftment of the poor.

Question 5. With reference to the process of elections in India, [10]

answer the following:
(i) Define Elections. Who is the head of the Election [3]
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 Commission and who appoints them?
(ii) State two points of difference between Mid-term election and [3]
By-election.
(iii) Distinguish between Direct Elections and Indirect Elections. [4]

Section - B (HISTORY)
Attempt any three questions from this section
Question 6. With reference to the British policies and their impact in [10]
India, answer the following questions:
(i) Why did the British Government introduce Western education [3]
in India?
(ii) How did the railways prove beneficial to the British? [3]
(iii) Explain how the improved transport and communication [4]
system proved beneficial for the Indians.

Question 7. With reference to Indian Renaissance: Social and [10]

Religious reformers in India, write a short note on the
following:
(i) Raja Ram Mohan Roy’s religious ideas. [3]
(ii) Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar’s contribution in the field of [3]
education.
(iii) Reform Movement in South India. [4]

Question 8. With reference to the first phase of the Indian National [10]
Movement, answer the following:
(i) Briefly explain the significance of the Lucknow Session [3]
(1916) of the Congress.
(ii) Name any three Assertive Nationalist leaders. [3]
(iii) Distinguish between the Early and Assertive Nationalists. [4]

Question 9. With reference to Gandhi and the movements launched [10]

by him, answer the following questions:
(i) What were his views on Hindu - Muslim unity? [3]
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 (ii) Write a short note on the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. [3]
(iii) What did the Non-Cooperation Movement entail? [4]

Question 10. With reference to the Indian National Movement, answer [10]
the following:

(i) Identify the leader in the above picture. Name the political [3]
party established by him and the army that he commanded.
(ii) What were the objectives of the political party established by [3]
him?
(iii) Why do Indians still respect and revere him? [4]

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