Secondary School (English Medium) (5 to 8) इयत्ता ८ - CBSE Question Bank Solutions

Look at the wordings of the two documents given below. The first column is from the 1990 Nepal Constitution. The second column is from the more recent interim Constitution of Nepal.

What is the difference in who exercises ‘Executive Power’ in the above two Constitutions of Nepal? Keeping this in mind, why do you think Nepal needs a new Constitution today?

List the different types of religious practice that you find in your neighborhood. This could be different forms of prayer, worship of different gods, sacred sites, different kinds of religious music and singing etc. Does this indicate freedom of religious practice?

Why do you think our national movement supported the idea that all adults have a right to vote?

Write in your own words what you understand by the term the ‘rule of law’. In your response include a fictitious or real example of a violation of the rule of law.

State two reasons why historians refute the claim that the British introduced the rule of law in India.

Write in your own words two or more sentences of what you understand by the word ‘marginalisation’.

Answer the following question.
Why are resources distributed unequally over the Earth?

Do you think water in Chennai is available to and affordable by all? Discuss.

Answer the following question.
Why are human resources important?

Tick the correct answer.
Which one of the following is a human-made resource?

Complete the statement.  
Non-renewable resources are

State whether true or false:
James Mill divided Indian history into three periods − Hindu, Muslim, Christian.

What is the problem with the periodisation of the Indian history that James Mill offers?

Fill in the blanks:
The British conquest of Bengal began with the Battle of __________.

State whether true or false:

The Mughal empire became stronger in the eighteenth century.

What attracted European trading companies to India?

What were the areas of conflict between the Bengal nawabs and the East India Company?

How did the assumption of Diwani benefit the East India Company?

Describe the main features of the Permanent Settlement. 

Answer the following question.
What is agriculture?