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

Keeping the Sudha Goel case in mind, tick the sentences that are true and correct the ones that are false.

If they do not like the Supreme Court verdict, the accused can go back again to the Trial Court.

Why do you think the introduction of Public interest Litigation (PIL) in the 1980s is a significant step in ensuring access to justice for all?

Make sentences with each of the glossary words given on the next page.

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.Judge
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.

In the storyboard you read about how Helen hopes to make a movie on the Adivasi story. Can you help her by developing a short story on adivasis? 

Re-read the story on Rathnam as well as the provisions of the 1989 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Now list one reason why you think he used this law to file a complaint.

Why do Adivasi activists, including C.K. Janu, believe that Adivasis can also use this 1989 Act to fight against dispossession? Is there anything specific in the provisions of the Act that allows her to believe this?

How is the sale of water by farmers to water dealers in Chennai affecting the local people? Do you think local people can object to such exploitation of ground water? Can the government do anything in this regard?

Data on some of the public facilities are collected as part of the Census. Discuss with your teacher when and how the census is conducted.

Private educational institutions − schools, colleges, universities, technical and vocational training institutes are coming up in our country in a big way. On the other hand, educational institutes run by the government are becoming relatively less important. What do you think would be the impact of this? Discuss.

Write a paragraph on the various roles of the government that you have read about in this unit.

What do you think the famous cartoonist R.K. Laxman is trying to convey in this cartoon? How does it relate to the 2006 law that you read about on page 123?

Answer the following questions.
Name two regions rich in natural gas resources.

Answer the following question.
Which sources of energy would you suggest for

(a) Rural areas

(b) Coastal areas

(c) Arid regions

Give reason.
Environmental aspects must be carefully looked into before building huge dams.

Give reasons.
Most industries are concentrated around coal mines.

Give reason.
Petroleum is referred to as “black gold”.

Distinguish between the following.
Biogas and natural gas

Tick the correct answer.
Leading producer of coffee 

How did the British succeed in securing the submission of the rebel landowners of Awadh?