Secondary School (English Medium) (5 to 8) Class 8 - CBSE Question Bank Solutions for Social Science

Discuss those developments of the 1937−47 period that led to the creation of Pakistan.

What was the role of the Planning Commission?

Fill in the blanks:
Economic planning by which both the state and the private sector played a role in development was called a ________model.

How was the economic development of India visualised in the early decades after Independence?

Re-read excerpts from the judgment on the Olga Tellis vs Bombay Municipal Corporation case. Now write in your own words what the judges meant when they said that the Right to Livelihood was part of the Right to Life.

Write a story around the theme, ‘Justice delayed is justice denied.’

The following is a poster made by the Right to Food Campaign.
Read this poster and list the duties of the government to uphold the Right to Food.
How does the phrase “hungry stomachs, overflowing godowns! We will not accept it!!” used in the poster relate to the photo essay on the Right to food on page 61?

In a town called Peace Land, the supporters of the Fiesta football team learn that the supporters of the Jubilee football team in the nearby city about 40 km away have damaged the ground on which the Final between both teams is to be held the following day. A crowd of Fiesta fans armed with deadly weapons attacks the homes of the supporters of the Jubilee football team in the town. In the attack, 10 men are killed, 5 women are gravely hurt, many homes are destroyed and over 50 people injured.
Imagine that you and your classmates are now part of the criminal justice system. First divide the class into the following four groups of persons:
1.Defence lawyer
The column on the right provides a list of functions. Match these with the roles that are listed on the left. Have each group pick the functions that it needs to perform to bring justice to those who were affected by the violence of the Fiesta fans. In what order, will these functions be performed?

Now take the same situation but ask one student who is a supporter of the Fiesta Club to perform all the functions listed above. Do you think the victims would get justice if only one person performed all of the functions of the criminal justice system? Why not?
State two reasons why you believe that different persons need to play different roles as part of the criminal justice system.

Write one reason why you think the constitution’s safeguards to protect minority communities are very important?

Re-read the section on Minorities and marginalization. What do you understand by the term minority?

Distinguish between the following.
Conventional and non-conventional sources of energy

In what ways did the British change their policies as a result of the rebellion of 1857?

State whether true or false:
The Second Five Year Plan focussed on the development of heavy industry.

You are participating in a debate where you have to provide reasons to support the following statement: ‘Muslims are a marginalized community’. Using the data provided in this chapter, list two reasons that you would give.

Would you agree with the statement that economic marginalisation and social marginalisation are interlinked? Why?