SUBJECT- SOCIAL SCIENCE

STD VIII AUGUST ASSIGNMENT

CHAPTER 4 (C) UNDERSTANDING LAWS
Q.1. Multiple Choice Question:i. Which one of the following makes laws for the country?
a) The government

b) The Parliament

c) The Supreme Court

d) None of the above

ii. Domestic violence refers to _________ caused by an adult male, usually the husband
against his wife.
a) An injury

b) Threat to harm

c) Threat of injury

d) All of them

iii. Historians have disputed the claim on several grounds that the British colonialists
introduced the rule of law in India.
a) The colonial law was arbitrary
b) The Indian nationalists played a prominent role in the development of the legal sphere
in British India
c) Both (a) and (b)

d) None of these

Q.2.Fill in the blanks:i. The rule of law means that all laws apply equally to all ________ of the country.
ii. Any crime or violation of law has a specific __________ and a process through which
the ________ of the person has to be established.
iii. It is a clear case of ___________ of law, if a government official helps his son to go into
hiding to escape jail sentence.
iv. The ___________ law was arbitrary.
v. Any person protesting or criticising the British government could be arrested without trial
under ____________ Act of 1870.
vi. According to the Hindu Succession Amendment Act 2005,_______, ______________
and their _________ can get an equal share of family property.
vii. In ______,the Protection of Women from Domestic violence Act came into effect.

viii. In a democracy, citizens can express their unwillingness to accept ___________ laws
framed by the Parliament.

Supreme Court of India

The Indian Judicial System has the Supreme Court of India at its helm, which at present is
located only in the capital city of Delhi, without any benches in any part of the nation, and is
presided by the Chief Justice of India.
The Supreme Court of India has many Benches for the litigation, and this apex court is not
only the final court of permissible Appeal, but also deals with interstate matters, and matters
comprising of more than one state, and the matters between the Union Government and any
one or more states, as the matters on its original side. The President of India can always seek
consultation and guidance including the opinion of the apex court and its judges. This court
also has powers to punish anybody for its own contempt.
The largest bench of the Supreme Court of India is called the Constitution Bench and
comprises of 5 or 7 judges, depending on the importance attached of the matters before it, as
well as the work load of the court.
The apex court comprises only of various benches comprising of the Divisional benches of 2
and 3 judges, and the Full benches of 3 or 5 judges.
The Appeals to this court are allowed from the High Court, only after the matter is deemed to
be important enough on the point of law or on the subject of the constitution of the nation,
and is certified as such by the relevant High Court.
In the absence of any certificate from the High Court, a person may, with the leave of the
apex court, appeal to this court, by filing a Special Leave Petition before the court.
A person or body may also file a Writ against the violation of Fundamental Rights granted
under the Constitution of India, with the permission of the apex court.
Certain writs are allowed to be instituted in the apex court directly, against the orders of the
Courts of the Court Martial, and the Central Administrative Tribunals.

SUBJECT- SOCIAL SCIENCE

STD VIII AUGUST ASSIGNMENT

CHAPTER 5 (C) THE JUDICIARY
Q.1. Multiple Choice Question:i. The work of the judiciary is
a) Dispute resolution

b) Judicial review

c) Upholding the law and enforcing the Fundamental Rights

d) All the above

ii. ______________________ is the highest judicial authority in India.

a) The Supreme Court

b) The High Courts

c) The District Courts

d) None of these

iii. Our judicial system includes

a) The Supreme Court

b) The High Courts

c) The District/subordinate Courts

d) All the above

iv. The Supreme Court consists of a Chief Justice and

a) 19 other judges

b) 25 other judges

c) 29 other judges

d) 30 other judges

v. Separation of power means that other branches of the State cannot interfere in the work of the
Judiciary.
a) The legislature

b) The executive

c) Both (a) and (b)

d) None of these

Q.2. Fill in the blanks:1. The decisions made by the __________ Court are binding on all other courts in India.
2. The ___________ Court of India was established on 26th January 1950.
3. _________ plays an important role in protecting the Fundamental Rights of citizens.
4. High Court is the __________ court of the state.
5. The ____________ of India appoints the Chief Justice of India.
6. Currently, there are ______ High Courts in India.
7. India has an ______________ judicial system, means that the decisions made by the higher
courts are binding on the lower courts.

8. Any __________or _____________can file a PIL on behalf of the people whose right
have been violated.
9. PIL can be filed by writing a letter or telegram to the ______ Court or the ________
Court.
10. The Constituent Assembly of India had envisioned a system of courts with an
______________ judiciary as a key feature of Indian democracy.

THE INDIAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM

Courts Structure:
India has a quasi-federal structure with 29 States further sub-divided into about 601 administrative
Districts. The Judicial system however has a unified structure. The Supreme Court, the High Courts and
the lower Courts constitute a single Judiciary. Broadly there is a three - tier division.
Each District has a District Court and each State a High Court. The Supreme Court of India is the Apex
Court. Each State has its own laws constituting Courts subordinate to the District Courts. Besides, a
number of judicial Tribunals have been set up in specialized areas. The significant Tribunals are:
Company Law Board; Monopolistic and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission; Securities Appellate
Tribunal; Consumer Protection Forum; Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction; Customs and
Excise Control Tribunal; Tax Tribunal; etc. These Tribunals function under the supervisory jurisdiction
of the High Court where they may be situated

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STD VIII AUGUST ASSIGNMENT
CHAPTER 5(H) WHEN PEOPLE REBEL: 1857 AND AFTER
Q.1. Fill in the blanks:i. In the mid-eighteenth century,_______ and ________ lost their authority and honour.
ii. In 1856, _________ was annexed by the British on the pretext of mis governance.
iii. ______________________ was the last Mughal king.
iv. In 1856, Governor-General __________ declared that Bahadur Shah Zafar would be the
last Mughal king, thus bringing an end to Mughal empire.
v. In those days, crossing the sea meant losing ones __________ and ________.
vi. In 1850, a new law made conversion to ______________ easier.
vii. The conversion law allowed Indians converted to Christianity inherit their __________
property.
viii. On 29th March, _______________ was hanged to death for attacking British officers
in Barrackpore.
ix. Bahadur Shah Zafar died in the _________ jail in November 1862.
x. In 1858, British Parliament passed an Act and transferred the powers of East India Company
to the British ________ .
Q.2. Name the following:i. She wanted the Company to recognise her adopted son as the heir of the kingdom.
ii. He pleaded that he be given his fathers pension .
iii. The Mughal king whose name was removed from the coins minted by the Company.
iv. A massive rebellion that started in May 1857.
v. Their land and property was confiscated.

The Indian Rebellion of 1857

The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of sepoys of the East India Company's army on 10 May
1857, in the town of Meerut, and soon escalated into other mutinies and civilian rebellions largely in
the upper Gangetic plain and central India, with the major hostilities confined to present-day Uttar
Pradesh, Bihar, northern Madhya Pradesh, and the Delhi region.[3] The rebellion posed a considerable
threat to Company power in that region,[4] and was contained only with the fall of Gwalior on 20 June
1858.[3] The rebellion is also known as India's First War of Independence, the Great Rebellion,
the Indian Mutiny, the Revolt of 1857, the Uprising of 1857, the Sepoy Rebellion and the Sepoy
Mutiny. The Mutiny was a result of various grievances. However the flashpoint was reached when the
soldiers were asked to bite off the paper cartridges for their rifles which they believed were greased with
animal fat, namely beef and pork. This was, and is, against the religious beliefs of Hindus and Muslims,
respectively. Other regions of Company-controlled India such as Bengal, the Bombay Presidency, and
the Madras Presidency remained largely calm.[3] In Punjab, the Sikh princes backed the Company by
providing soldiers and support.[3] The large princely states of Hyderabad, Mysore, Travancore,
and Kashmir, as well as the smaller ones of Rajputana, did not join the rebellion.[5] In some regions, such
as Oudh, the rebellion took on the attributes of a patriotic revolt against European presence.[6] Maratha
leaders, such as Lakshmibai, the Rani of Jhansi, became folk heroes in the nationalist movement in
India half a century later;[3] however, they themselves "generated no coherent ideology" for a new order.
[7]
The rebellion led to the dissolution of the East India Company in 1858. It also led the British to
reorganize the army, the financial system and the administration in India.[8] India was thereafter directly
governed by the crown as the new British Raj.[5]

The Rebellion at Lucknow