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

What would happen if there were no restrictions on the power of elected representatives?

In each of the following situations, identify the minority. Write one reason why you think it is important to respect the views of the minority in each of these situations.
(a) In a school with 30 teachers, 20 of them are male.
(b) In a city, 5 per cent of the population are Buddhists.
(c) In a factory mess for all employees, 80 per cent are vegetarians.
(d) In a class of 50 students, 40 belong to more well-off families.

The column on the left lists some of the key features of the Indian Constitution. In the other column write two sentences, in your own words, on why you think this feature is important:

Colour in the Following Countries in this Map
a) Colour India in Red
b)Colour Nepal in green
c) Colour Bangladesh in yellow

Colour in the Following Countries in this Map.
(a) Colour India in Red
(b) Colour Nepal in green
(c) Colour Bangladesh in yellow

Answer the following question.
Write any two reasons for land degradation today.

Answer the following question.
Why is land considered an important resource?

Answer the following question.
Name any three common minerals used by you everyday.

Answer the following questions.
What is an ore? Where are the ores of metallic minerals generally located?

Distinguish between the following.
Ferrous and non-ferrous minerals

Distinguish between the following.
Metallic and non-metallic minerals

Tick the correct answer.
Which one of the following is a leading producer of copper in the world?

Why does a democratic country need a Constitution?

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?