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

State whether true or false:
At independence, the majority of Indians lived in villages.

Dalhousie implemented the Doctrine of ______.

Maratha kingdoms were located mainly in the ______ part of India.

State whether true or false:

The English East India Company was the only European company that traded with India.

State whether true or false:

The British did not introduce administrative changes in the territories they conquered.

The method of sowing seeds in jhum cultivation is known as ______.

The tribal chiefs got ______ titles in central India under the British land settlements.

Tribals went to work in the ______ of Assam and the ______ in Bihar. 

India’s textile exports declined in the ______ century. 

India’s textile exports declined in the ______ century. 

State whether true or false:

The 1854 Despatch on education was in favour of English being introduced as a medium of higher education in India.

State whether true or false:

Rabindranath Tagore felt that children ought to be subjected to strict discipline.

Will the government intervene if some religious group says that their religion allows them to practise infanticide? Give reasons for your answer.

Complete the following table:

Find out some examples of different views within the same religion.

This poster alongside highlights the need for ‘Peace’. It says, “Peace is a never-ending process… It cannot ignore our differences or overlook our common interests.” Write in your own words what you think the above sentences are trying to convey? How does it relate to the need for religious tolerance?
This chapter had three drawings on religious tolerance made by students of your age.
Design your own poster on religious tolerance for your peers.

In this 2004 map of Parliamentary constituencies alongside, roughly identify the constituencies in your State. What is the name of the MP from your constituency? How many MPs does your state have? Why are certain constituencies coloured green while others are coloured blue?

Re-read the storyboard on how a new law on domestic violence got passed. Describe in your own words the different ways in which women’s groups worked to make this happen. 

Re-read the list of Fundamental Rights provided in chapter 1. How do you think the Right to Constitutional Remedies connects to the idea of judicial review?

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. Police 
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.