CBSE Class 8 Social Science Assignment Set C

MINERAL AND POWER RESOURCES

Question. __________ are naturally occurring substance that has a definite chemical composition.
Answer: Minerals

Question. _____________ is an example of minerals.
Answer: Salt

Question. Rocks from which minerals are mined are known as ___________.
Answer: Ores

Question. ________ minerals contain metal in raw form.
Answer: Metallic

Question. ___________ minerals contain iron.
Answer: Ferrous

Question. ____________ minerals do not contain metals.
Answer: Non-metallic

Question. __________ and __________ are examples of non – metallic minerals.
Answer: Limestone & Mica

Question. The process of taking out minerals from rocks buried under the earth’s surface is called ___________.
Answer: Mining 

Question. The process of taking out minerals from great depths through deep bores is known as __________.
Answer: Shaft mining 

Question. Deep wells are bored to take out minerals are called __________.
Answer: Drilling 

Question. ___________ is the process of digging out of minerals from shallow depths.
Answer: Quarrying 

Question. Rocks look blue in colour because of ______________ contains.
Answer: Copper 

Question. __________ minerals are found in Igneous and Metamorphic rocks,
Answer: Metallic 

Question. __________ Continent produce more than half of the world’s tin.
Answer: Asia 

Question. ___________ is the leading producer of iron – ore in the world.
Answer: Europe 

Question. _______________ has no known mineral deposit in it.
Answer: Switzerland 

Question. The oldest rocks in the world are in _____________.
Answer: Western Australia

Question. _______________ is the largest producer of high grade iron-ore in the world.
Answer: Brazil 

Question. Chile and Peru are leading producers of ________________.
Answer: Copper 

Question. Australia is the largest producer of _________________ in the world.
Answer: bauxite

Question. _____________is the largest producer and exporter of mica in the world.
Answer: India 

Question. _________________ in Karnataka has deposits of gold in India.
Answer: Kolar 

Question. __________________ used in the computer industry is obtained from quartz.
Answer: Silicon 

Question. _________________ Sources of energy have been in common use for a long time.
Answer: Conventional

Question. _________________ is an example of fossil fuel.
Answer: Coal

Question. Electricity from coal is called _________.
Answer: Thermal power

Question. Coal is also known as ____________.
Answer: Buried sunshine

Question. Petroleum is also known as _______________.
Answer: Black gold 

Question. Petroleum means __________.
Answer: Rock oil 

Question. _____________ was the first country in the world to develop hydro electricity.
Answer: Norway 

Question. The site of the world’s first solar and wind powered bus shelter is an ______________.
Answer: Scotland 

Question. Heat energy obtained from the earth is called _____________.
Answer: Geothermal energy 

Question. Energy generated from tides is called ________________.
Answer: Tidal energy 

Question. The first tidal energy station was built in _____________.
Answer: France 

Question. _______ is a fuel for cooking and lightning and produces huge amount of organic manure each year.
Answer: Biogas 

Question. ____________ energy is appropriate for coastal area.
Answer: Tidal 

Question. Silicon obtained from ______________.
Answer: Quartz 

Question. The greatest producers of nuclear power are _________ and ______________.
Answer: USA & Europe 

Question. _____________ is found in large quantities in the Monozite sands of Kerala.
Answer: Thorium 

Question. The nuclear power stations in India are located in _______________ in Tamil Nadu.
Answer: Kalpakkam

INDUSTRIES

Question. ____________change raw materials into products of more value to people.
Answer: Manufacturing 

Question. _________ refers to an economic activity that is concerned with production of goods, extraction of minerals.
Answer: Industry 

Question. _______ use plant and animal based products as their raw materials .
Answer: Agro based industries

Question. ________ are primary industries that use mineral ores as their raw materials.
Answer: Mineral based industries

Question. _________ use products from the sea and oceans as raw materials.
Answer: Marine based industries

Question. _________ utilize forest products as raw materials.
Answer: Forest based industries

Question. ___________ industries produce large volume of products.
Answer: Large scale 

Question. _______ industries owned by individuals.
Answer: Private sector 

Question. _________________ industries are owned and operated by the producers or suppliers or both.
Answer: Co-operative sector 

Question. ____________ are owned and operated by the state and individual.
Answer: Joint sector industries

Question. ___________ leads to the development and growth of towns and cities.
Answer: Industrialization 

Question. _______________ emerge when a number of industries locate close to each other and share the benefits of their closeness.
Answer: Industrial regions 

Question. ________________ region is an example of industrial region.
Answer: Bangalore - Tamilnadu

Question. Industrial disasters occurred in Bhopal on ___________.
Answer: 3^rd December 1984

Question. ___________ technology is an emerging industry.
Answer: Information 

Question. ____________ is a feeder industry.
Answer: Iron and steel industry

Question. Emerging industries are also known as _________ industry.
Answer: Sunrise industries 

Question. _______ give steel the ability to resist rust.
Answer: Alloys

Question. _____________ is called the backbone of modern industry.
Answer: Steel 

Question. ________ was started in 1907 at Sakchi.
Answer: Tisco 

Question. _________ is an important steel city of the U.S.A.
Answer: Pittsburgh 

Question. The term textile derived from the Latin word ________ which means to __________.
Answer: Texere, weave 

Question. ________________ is the oldest industries in the world.
Answer: Cotton textile industry

Question. _______________ are the raw material of textile industry.
Answer: Fibres 

Question. The first textile mill in the country was established at __________ near Kolkota in 1818.
Answer: Fort Gloster 

Question. ___________ Manchester in India.
Answer: Ahmedabad

Question. ________ Manchester in Japan.
Answer: Osaka

Question. _________ industry deals in the storage, processing and distribution of information.
Answer: Information Technology

Question. Silicon Valley is located in ___________.
Answer: California 

Question. ______________ is known as Silicon plateau.
Answer: Bangalore 

HUMAN RESOURCES.

Question. Almost _________ of the world’s people live in two continents Asia and Africa.
Answer: Three quarters 

Question. Average density of population in India is ______ persons per square km.
Answer: 324 

Question. _________ plains are the most densely populated areas of the world.
Answer: Ganga plains

Question. ___________ refers to change in the number of people during a specific time.
Answer: Population change 

Question. The difference between the birth rate and the death rate of a country is called ________.
Answer: Natural Growth Rate

Question. ___________ means a person enters a new country.
Answer: Immigration 

Question. __________________ means a person leaves a country.
Answer: Emigration 

Question. _____________________ is the movement of people in and out of an area.
Answer: Migration 

Question. Ministry of Human Resources Development was created in __________.
Answer: 1985 

Question. On 1999, the world population reached _________ million.
Answer: 6 million 

AGRICULTURE

Question. Extraction and production of natural resources are connected with ___________ activity.
Answer: Primary 

Question. Processing of natural resource is a ________ activity.
Answer: Secondary 

Question. Service sector is a ________ activity.
Answer: Tertiory 

Question. _________ farming is practiced to meet the needs of the farmer’s family.
Answer: Subsistence farming 

Question. In _______ agriculture the farmer cultivates a small plot of land.
Answer: Intensive subsistence farming

Question. Shifting cultivation is known as _________ in Mexico.
Answer: Milpa 

Question. ___________ is known as the ‘golden fiber’.
Answer: Jute 

Question. In __________________ farming the land is used for growing food and fodder crops and rearing livestock.
Answer: Mixed farming

Question. _____________ is the major food crop of the world.
Answer: Rice 

Question. Cotton grows best on soil_________.
Answer: Black

Question. Maize is also known as ____________.
Answer: Corn 

Question. _________________ and _________ are examples for fibre crops.
Answer: Jute and Cotton 

Question. _________________ and ____________ are examples of beverage crops.
Answer: Tea and Coffee 

Question. __________________ grows best in wall drain loamy soil.
Answer: Wheat 

Question. In __________________ farming natural pesticides and manures are used instead of chemicals.
Answer: Organic farming

CIVICS
LN: UNDERSTANDING CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

Question. According to the constitution, every individual charged of a crime has to be given a _____________.
Answer: Fair trail 

Question. According to the __________ of the constitution every person has a Fundamental Right to be ___________
Answer: Article 22, defended by a lawyer

Question. ________________ cannot inflict any form of punishment on a person even for petty offenses.
Answer: police 

Question. __________________ made in police custody cannot be used as evidence against the accused.
Answer: confessions 

Question. The ________________ represent the interest of the state.
Answer: Public prosecutor 

Question. The ____________________ cross examine the prosecution witness.
Answer: Defence lawyer 

Question. The ______________ gives his judgement on the basis of the evidence presented by the prosecution and the defence.
Answer: judge 

Question. After a person is arrested it is the ______________ that decides whether the accused person is guilty or not.
Answer: Court of law 

Question. The supreme court laid down guidelines that police must follow at the time of aFair trailrrest and they are called _________.
Answer: D.K.Basu Guidelines

Question. The law states that it is compulsory for an officer in charge of a police station to register an ___________ whenever a person gives information of a crime.
Answer: FIR 

Question. ________________ plays an important role in the system of justice.
Answer: Judge 

Question. The _______________should be given opportunity to ________________ the prosecution witness.
Answer: Defence Lawyer 

Question. The person who is tried by a court for a crime is called _____________.
Answer: Accused 

Question. An offence for which the police may arrest a person without the permission of the court is known as ________,
Answer: Cognizable offence 

Question. _______________ refers to the act of being kept in illegal custody by the police.
Answer: Detention 

Question. Any act that the law defines as a crime is called ____________.
Answer: Offence 

Question. ________________ refers to the person who is called upon in court to provide a first-hand account of what she/he has seen, heard or knows.
Answer: Witness 

LN: LAW AND JUSTICE

Question. An individual who buys goods for personal use is known as ______.
Answer: Consumer  

Question. Money spent to purchase new machinery or building to be able to increase production in the future is known as ___________.
Answer: Investment 

Question. The Supreme Court had ordered to all public transport vehicles to switch to __________.
Answer: CNG 

Question. The full form of CNG is ____________.
Answer: Compressed natural gas 

Question. The Bhopal gas tragedy took place in the year __________.
Answer: 1984 

Question. ____________ was the poisonous gas leaked out from the UC plant.
Answer: Methyl – isocyanite 

Question. The Right to healthy Environment now has become a part of the ___________.
Answer: Fundemental Rights 

LESSON: WOMEN AND REFORM

Fill in the blanks:

1. _____________ is considered the father of Indian Renaissance.

2. _____________ was the association set up by Raja Ram Mohan to campaign against social evils.

3. ____________ made sati illegal through an Act in 1829.

4. ______________ was the first Indian women to be called as Pandita.

5. ___________ was an Ashram founded by Pandita Ramabai for widows.

6. _________was a famous Muslim reformer .

7. ___________ were the first to take to western education.

8. ___________ was the newspaper started by Dadabai Naorji.

9. The most important landmark in girls’ education was the founding of a school in Calcutta.

10. __________ was the first woman teacher in modern Maharashtra.

11. _________ founded the Rajahmundry Association.

12. Veerasalingam was known as the _____________.

13. ______________ and ___________ formed Parthana Samaj.

14. _____________ was the founder of Arya Samaj.

15. Rassundari Devi’s autobiography is ___________________.

16. Raja Ram Mohan Roy’s _____________ rebelled against the tyrannical system of sati.

17. Sister Nivedita’s real name was ___________.

18. Gopai Hari Deshmukh was given the title of ____________.

 LESSON: CHALLENGING THE CASTE SYSTEM.

Fill in the blanks:

1. ____________________ was founded in 1902-03 by Sri Narayana Guru.

2. ____________________ was called the “loka Guru” by people of Kerala.

3. ______________ was called Periyar.

4. In 1944 the Justice Party was renamed as ___________________.

5. Self respect movement was started by ______________________.

6. Sathya Shadhak Samaj was started by _________________________.

7. ______________________ was the greatest crusader in the cause of the uplift of the lower castes.

8. Bahishkrit Hitkarini Sabha was started by ______________________.

9. ________________________ was elected Chairman of the Drafting Committee.

10. _____________ was the very respectable term coined by Gandhiji for untouchables 

LESSON: NATIONAL MOVEMENT

Fill in the blanks:

1. The Indian National Congress was set up in December ________.

2. The two principles of Satyagraha was _____________ and ________________.

3. The Vernacular Press Act introduced under viceroy ___________.

4. __________ was the first president of Indian National Congress.

5. ______________was the most outstanding extremist leader.

6. The ______________ and _____________ movement started against the partition of Bengal in 1905.

7. The ______________ aimed at use of Indian goods and promotion of indigenous industries.

8. The Muslim league was formed in December _________.

9. ____________ divided the province of Bengal into two parts.

10. ________________was the last viceroy in India.

11. ______________gave a call for ‘Do or Die’ in the civil Disobedience movement.

Question : What do you understand by conservation? Why is there an urgent need for resource conservation?

Question : Distinguish between biotic and abiotic resources.

Question : What can be the harmful results of indiscriminate use of resources?

Question : State some factors affecting soil formation.

Question : What are multipurpose River Valley projects? How are they useful?

Question : What is the difference between Tropical Evergreen Forest and Tropical Deciduous Forest?

Question : Where Mediterranean forest is found? What are its characteristics?

Question : Why hunting of wild animals and birds should be banned? Give three reasons.

Question : What was vernacular press act 1878?

Question : Mention any four sources of information of Modern Indian history, Briefly explain any one source.

Question : The third carnatic war ended the dreams of French Company in India”. Give three arguments in support of the statement.

Question : Mention three methods adopted by the East India company to collect taxes to meet their military and administrative expenses.

Question : Mention any three methods used by the British to suppress the Revolt of 1857.

Question : How did the policy of ‘Doctrine of Lapse’ create fear among Indian rulers?

Question : Highlight any three freedoms granted under the Right to Freedim.

Question : Briefly explain the three different procedures of amending the Constitution of India?

Question : What is the normal term of the Lok Sabha? Under which two conditions can it be changed?

Question : How does the Parliament control the financial matters of the Union Government of Indian?

Question : What are the resources? How are resources classified on the basis of renewability? Explain any three points of difference between them.

Question : How did the British policies destroy the Indian traditional industries.

HISTORY

LESSON‐1

Q.1 Explain Subsidiary Alliance.

Q.2 What was Doctrine of Lapse ?

Q.3 Who was supreme head of the administration under the British rule ?

Q.4 Who was the first Governor General to introduce several administrative reforms?

Q.5 Where and when was the first British factory established ?

Q.6 In which way was the Battle of Plassey significant for the British ?

Q.7 Haidar Ali and Tipu Sultan were the rulers of ____.

Q.8 Maratha kingdoms were located mainly in the___ part of India.

Q.9 What attracted European trading companies to India?

Q.10 Who was Auranzeb ?

LESSON-2

Q.11) What was Nij cultivation?

Q.12)Which system did Lord Cornwallis introduced in Bengal and why ?

Q.13)Who were Royats?

Q.14) In which places were the Mahalwari system introduced?

Q.15 What did Thomas Munro and Captain Read introduce and why?

Q.16 What did the British do to farmers and Zamindars when they failed to pay revenue?

Q.17 Bring out the difference between the Zamindari system and Ryotwari system?

Q.18 Growers of woad in Europe saw ______ as a crop which would provide competition to their earnings.

Q.19 The demand for indigo increased in late 18 century Britain because of _____.

Q.20) The international demand for indigo was effected by discovery of ____.

Q.21) The Champaran movement was against _____.

Lesson-3

Q.1) What do you mean bya) Revolt

b) Sepoy Mutiny

c) Kukas

Q.2) Which was the last territory to be annexed by the company?

Q.3) Who were the chief leaders of the revolt of 1857 ?

Q.4) List the main centres of the revolt of 1857.

Q.5) Mention the reasons due to which the revolt of 1857 failed ?

Q.6) What were the causes of the revolt of 1857 ?

Q.7) State the results of the revolt of 1857 ?

Q.8)Mark the centres of revolt ?

Lesson-4

Q.1) What do you mean by -

a) Urbanisation

b) Deurbanisation

Q.2) Name the capital city built by Shah Jahan ?

Q.3) Who designed British India's new capital Delhi ?

Q.4) What is the new name of the Viceregal Palace ?

Q.5) How did the old city of Delhi change under the British rule ?

Q.6) How did the partition in 1947 affect the life in Delhi ?

A. Do research work on General Elections of 2014 under the following sub headings:-

1. Analyse and stick pictures of the general election results held in Delhi in 2014.

2. What were the emerging trends in the voting pattern.

3. Name the main political parties contested the election and Paste their symbols.

4. Collect the material and picture for the research from various sources like newspaper, magazine, journals, T.V. , news channels.

B. Project: Topic:Banking –Lifelines of an Economy

Prepare a project file on given topic, under Sub topics:

(i) Role of Banking in Economic Development (ii) Collect current facts from Newspaper

C. Assignment: Answer the following questions.

1. Distinguish between Permanent, Mahalwari and Ryotwari system.

2. Differentiate between potential and individual resources. Give examples from your area for each.

3. Why are Fundamental rights considered as the soul of the Indian constitution? As a member of parliament, what amendments would you suggest to the constitution?

4. As a student what is your role towards conservation of forest, wild life and water as a resource.

5. List down the advantages and disadvantages of conventional sources and non -conventional sources of energy. Write some tips how you can save and conserve energy at home.

D. Map work: On an outline map of India mark the following

(i) Any 5 important bio- resources of our country. (ii) Major crops grown in India (iii) Types of soil. *write few lines about them.

E. collects innformation and prepare posters/ college / logos on the topics 'our responsibility' as a student or a good citizen