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

Answer the following question.
Name the fibre crops and name the climatic conditions required for their growth.

Tick the correct answer.
Horticulture means

Tick the correct answer.
Golden fibre refers to

Distinguish between the following.
Subsistence farming and intensive farming

State whether true or false:
Cocoons were bought from the Santhals and sold by the traders at five times the purchase price.

State whether true or false:
The British wanted to preserve the tribal way of life.

How did the powers of tribal chiefs change under colonial rule?

Fill in the blanks:
(a) The first structure to successfully use the dome was called the __________.
(b) The two architects who designed New Delhi and Shahjahanabad were __________ and _____________.

Who lived in the “white” areas in cities such as Madras?

Why did the British choose to hold a grand Durbar in Delhi although it was not the capital?

How did the Old City of Delhi change under the British rule?

How did the Partition affect life in Delhi?

Who are the Agarias?

Fill in the blanks:

Tipu’s sword was made of ______ steel.

Why did the Indian iron smelting industry decline in the nineteenth century

What helped TISCO expand steel production during the First World War?

State whether true or false:
Social reformers had to discard the ancient texts in order to argue for reform in social practises.

Why were Christian missionaries attacked by many people in the country? Would some people have supported them too? If so, for what reasons?

In the British period, what new opportunities opened up for people who came from castes that were regarded as “low”?

Why did Phule dedicate his book Gulamgiri to the American movement to free slaves?