DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL JANKIPURAM LUCKNOW
SESSION 2024-2025: WORKSHEET
Subject: Social Science
Chapter: - REVISION
SHEET
Date: Name: Class/Sec VIII_______
General Instructions:
1. Question paper comprises of six Sections – A, B, C, D, E and F. There are 42 questions in the question paper. All
questions are compulsory.
2. Section A – Question no. 1 to27 are Questions of 1 mark each.
3. Section B – Question no. 28 to 31are questions carrying 2 marks each.
4. Section C – Question no. 32 to 34 are short answer type questions, carrying 3 marks each.
5. Section D – Question no. 35 to 38 are long answer type questions, carrying 4 marks each.
6. Section E – Question no. 39 to 41 are case based questions, carrying 5 marks each.
7. Section F – Question no. 42 is a map based, carrying 5 marks.
8. There is no overall choice in the question paper. However, an internal choice has been provided in few questions.
Only one of the choices in such questions has to be attempted.
9. In addition to this, separate instructions are given with each section and question, wherever necessary.
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Section -A (1×27=27)
1. Those with a scholarly knowledge of the language and culture of Asia were known as:
(a) Vernacular (b) Orientalists (c) Anglicists (d) Munshi
2. What would you call a person who knows several languages ?
(a) Biographer (b) Linguist (c) Biolinguist (d) Translator
3. A list of leaders are given below, identify the leader who is not considered as a Radical butModerate.
(a) Bipin Chandra Pal (b) Surendranath Banerjee
(c) Aurobindo Ghosh (d) Lala Lajpat Rai
4. Some important features of the Swadeshi Movement are given below:
Pick out the one that is not applicable to the Swadeshi Movement.
(a) They encouraged the ideas of self help.
(b) They boycotted British institutions and goods.
(c) Swadeshi movement stressed on the use of English language with minimal use of Indian
languages.
(d) The Swadeshi movement sought to oppose British rule.
5. Name the movement launched following the Partition of Bengal.
(a) Quit India Movement (b) Salt Satyagraha
(c) Swadeshi Movement (d) First war of Independence
6. The leader of Azad Hind Fauj was ……………
(a) Motilal Nehru (b) Lakshmi Swaminathan
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose (d) C.R.Das
7. Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed in …………..
(a) 1930 (b) 1931 (c) 1932 (d) 1933
8. In which state of India is Jamshedpur located?
(a) Bihar (b) Jharkhand (c) Odisha (d) Chattisgarh
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9. Population density refers to…..
(a) The number of skilled people in a country.
(b) The number of people living per square unit of area.
(c) The number of unskilled people in a country.
(d) The way in which people are spread across the earth’s surface.
10. A few factors on which the productivity of a nation’s human resources depends are given below.
Pick out the one that is not a factor.
(a) Health (b) Census
(c) Literacy (d) Possession of technical skills
11. The idea of the Public Interest Litigation was given by whom?
(a) President of India (b) Prime Minister of India
(c) Supreme Court of India (d) Parliament
12. How many courts are there at the apex level?
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 4
13. People believe that adivasis are -
(a) cunning, primitive and forward (b) exotic, primitive and backward
(c) extrovert, primitive and forward (d) exotic, modern and backward
14. A person or a group that can express themselves and their views strongly are -
(a) assertive (b) representative (c) forceful person (d) backward
15. During the ___ century, substantial numbers of Adivasis converted to Christianity.
(a) 18th (b) 20th (c) 17t h (d) 19th
16. Assertion (A): Bangalore has developed as the major IT centre in India.
Reason (R) : The Government of Karnataka was the first to pass and announce an IT Policy in
1992.
a) A is false, R is true
b) A is true, R is false
c) Both A and R are true
d) Both A and R are false
17. Assertion (A): People are nation’s greatest resource and asset.
Reason (R): it is people with their demand, knowledge and abilities that turn natural resource into
useful things.
a) A is false, R is true
b) A is true, R is false
c) Both A and R are true
d) Both A and R are false
18. Assertion (A):At the top is the Supreme Court that is located in New Delhi. The decisions made by
the Supreme Court are binding on all other courts in India.
Reason (R):In India, we have an integrated judicial system, meaning that the decisions made by
higher courts are binding on the lower courts.
i.) Only A is correct
ii.) Both A and R are wrong
iii.) Both A and R are right
iv.) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
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19. Assertion (A) : No one can be discriminated on the basis of caste, religion, sex or gender.
Reasons (R) : Article 15 states that a person can’t be discriminated on the basis of caste, religion,
sex or gender.
a) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
b) Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
c) Assertion is true but reason is false.
d) Both assertion and reason are false.
20. In which year did this incident take place?
21. Identify the incident.
22. What does this image try to explain?
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23. Why did he come to India?
24. The anglicists wanted to promote western education in India.
State whether the statement is True or False.
25. __________threw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly to protest against the Public Safety
Bill.
26. Circle the odd one out:- theft, harassment, honour, fraud
27. ‘The desire for equality, dignity and respect is not new.’ Justify the statement.
Section –B (2×4=8)
28. Match the following:
1) William Jones a) promotion of English education
2) Rabindranath Tagore b) respect for ancient cultures
c) learning in a natural environment
29. Name the two brothers involved in the Khilafat Movement.
30. Define: Census
31. ‘Reservation Policy tries to bring equality in the society.’ Give reason how does it do so.
Section-C (3×3=9)
32. What were the goals of the Muslim League?
33. State three factors needed to set up an industry.
OR
State industrial regions of India.
34. Define Laws. Mention the types of laws.
Section-D (4×4=16)
35. There were two great leaders who wanted to further ‘Indian Education.’
a) Who were these two leaders?
b) What were the similarities and differences in their thoughts?
36. ‘‘It takes a loud voice to make the deaf hear. Inquilab Zindabad.”
a) Who were the revolutionaries involved?
b) Why and when were they hanged?
OR
th
26 January would henceforth be observed as Independence Day.
a) Who made this decision?
b) Why did they take such a decision?
c) What was their ultimate goal?
d) Who was the President then?
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37. State four factors responsible for the uneven distribution of population.
38. The force is put on Ratham to perform the ritual of washing the feet of the priest and then bathing in
that water’
a) Which fundamental right is being violated in the case?
b) List one reason, why do you think, he used the law to file a complaint?
c) Which law is mentioned in the above question?
d) What does it state?
Section –E
39. Dadabhai Naoroji’s book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India offered a scathing criticism of the
economic impact of British rule. By the 1890s, many Indians began to raise questions about the
political style of the Congress. In Bengal, Maharashtra and Punjab, leaders such as Bipin Chandra
Pal, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Lala Lajpat Rai were beginning to explore more radical objectives and
methods. They criticised the Moderates for their “politics of prayers”and emphasised the importance
of self-reliance and constructive work. They argued that people must rely on their own strength not on
the 'good' intentions of the government; people must fight for swaraj. Tilak raised the slogan,
“Freedom is my birthright and I shall
have it!” In 1905, Viceroy Curzon partitioned Bengal. At that time Bengal was the biggest province of
British India and included Bihar and parts of Orissa. The British argued for dividing Bengal for
reasons of administrative convenience. But what did 'administrative convenience' mean? Whose
'convenience' did it represent? Clearly, it was closely tied to the interests of British officials and
businessmen. Even so, instead of removing the non-Bengali areas from the province, the government
separated East Bengal and merged it with Assam. Perhaps the main British motives were to curtail the
influence of Bengali politicians and to split the Bengali people. The partition of Bengal infuriated
people all over India. All sections of the Congress – the Moderates and the Radicals, as they may be
called –opposed it. Large public meetings and demonstrations were organised and novel methods of
mass protest developed.
The struggle that unfolded came to be known as the Swadeshi movement, strongest in Bengal but with
echoes elsewhere too – in deltaic Andhra for instance, it was known as the Vandemataram Movement.
The Swadeshi movement sought to oppose British rule and encourage the ideas of self-help, swadeshi
enterprise, national education, and use of Indian languages. To fight for swaraj, the radicals
advocated mass mobilisation and boycott of British institutions and goods. Some individuals also
began to suggest that 'revolutionary violence' would be necessary to overthrow British rule. The
opening decades of the twentieth century were marked by other developments as well. A group of
Muslim landlords and nawabs formed the All India Muslim League at Dacca in 1906. The League
supported the partition of Bengal. It desired separate electorates for Muslims, a demand conceded by
the government in 1909. Some seats in the councils were now reserved for Muslims who would be
elected by Muslim voters.
This tempted politicians to gather a following by distributing favours to their own religious groups.
Meanwhile, the Congress split in 1907. The Moderates were opposed to the use of boycott. They felt
that it involved the use of force. After the split, the Congress came to be dominated by the Moderates
with Tilak’s followers functioning from outside. The two groups reunited in December 1915. Next year,
the Congress and the Muslim League signed the historic Lucknow Pact and decided to work together
for representative government in the country.
a) Who wrote the book 'Poverty and Un-British Rule in India'? (1)
b) Who partitioned Bengal? And why did the British argue for? (2)
c) What was the result of the Partition of Bengal? And what was known as the Vandemataram
Movement? (2)
OR
a) Who supported the movement? (1)
b) What were their desires? (2)
c) When did the two parties unite? Which pact did they sign? (2)
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40. Industry refers to an economic activity that is concerned with production of goods, extraction of
minerals or the provision of services. Thus we have iron and steel industry (production of goods), coal
mining industry (extraction of coal) and tourism industry (service provider). Industries can be classified.On
the basis of raw materials, size and ownership. Raw Materials: Industries may be agro based, mineral
based, marine based and forest based depending on the type of raw materials they use. Agro based
industries use plant and animal based products as their raw materials. Food processing, vegetable oil,
cotton textile, dairy products and leather industries are examples of agro-based industries. Mineral based
industries are primary industries that use mineral ores as their raw materials. The products of these
industries feed other industries. Iron made from iron ore is the product of mineral based industry.
This is used as raw material for the manufacture of a number of other products, such as heavy machinery,
building materials and railway coaches. Marine based industries use products from the sea and oceans as
raw materials. Industries processing sea food or manufacturing fish oil are some examples. Forest based
industries utilise forest produce as raw materials. The industries associated with forests are pulp and paper,
pharmaceuticals, furniture and buildings.
a) Give two examples of Agro based industries. (1)
b) What are the raw materials used by Marine based industries? (1)
c) What does the term industry refer? (1)
d) What kind of products are used as raw materials by Agro based industries? (2)
41. Courts take decisions on a very large number of issues. They can decide that no teacher can beat a
student, or about the sharing of river waters between states, or they can punish people for particular
crimes. Broadly speaking, the work that the judiciary does can be divided into the following: Dispute
Resolution: The judicial system provides a mechanism for resolving disputes between citizens, between
citizens and the government, between two state governments and between the centre and state
governments. Judicial Review: As the final interpreter of the Constitution, the judiciary also has the
power to strike down particular laws passed by the Parliament if it believes that these are a violation
of the basic structure of the Constitution. This is called judicial review. Upholding the Law and
Enforcing Fundamental Rights: Every citizen of India can approach the Supreme Court or the High
Court if they believe that their Fundamental Rights have been violated.
a) Mention the primary functions of the judiciary in India. (3)
b) How does the judiciary safeguard citizens’ Fundamental Rights? (2)
Section- F (1×5=5)
42. Locate and label the following on the given map below:
a) Shantiniketan
b) Major industrial region in the south.
c) Where the Champaran Satyagraha took place.
d) State where the Chauri Chaura incident took place.
e) Place with high rates of population growth.
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