REVISION SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT-II

Class 8 Social Studies

GEOGRAPHY
Chapter 5: Industries
1. Explain the following terms:
i.

Industry

ii. Smelting
iii. Industrial Region
iv. Industrial system
2. With the help of examples, mention the basis of classification of
industries.
3. Define the types into which the industries are grouped on the
basis of each of the following:
v. Size

ii. Ownership

iii. Raw material

4. Mention the reasons caused the successful set up of TISCO in

Sakchi?
5. Discuss the steps that can effectively reduce the risk of
industrial accidents?
6. What is the other name given to the emerging industries? Which
industries are included under this classification?
7. Why is steel called the backbone of modern industry?
8. Where was the first textile mill got successfully set up in India?
What was the reason of its success?
9. What are the factors that affect the location of industries in an
area?
10. Why was Ahmedabad referred to as the Manchester of India?

11. What are the similarities between the Silicon Valley in USA and
Bangalore in India?
12. What are the inputs, processes and outputs involved in the
production of steel?
13. What are the features that contribute to the success of Tata
Iron and Steel Company?
14. Discuss the factors that supported the development of the iron
and steel industry in Pittsburg.
15. Highlight the geographical factors that contributed to the
development of the Cotton textile industry in Osaka.
Chapter 6: Human Resources
1. When was the Ministry of Human Resource Development
established in India? What is the main aim of the ministry?
2. Explain the following terms:
a. Population distribution
c. Population density
e. Birth rate
g. Emigration
h. Death rate
i. Population pyramid

b.
d.
f.

Life expectancy
Population composition
Immigration

3. Mention the factors that lead to a high growth rate.

4.

Which are the factors that affect distribution of population?

5. Why are people the most important resource of a country?

6. What is the working age of people?
7. What will be the shape of the population pyramid for a country
that has a high birth rate and a high death rate?
8. Why do people prefer to live in plains than mountains?

9. Study the following population pyramid and answer the following

questions:
a. What does the broad base of
the pyramid indicate?
b. What does the broad middle
of the pyramid indicate about
the work age people of the
country?
c. What does the narrow top of
the pyramid indicate?

HISTORY
L-7(H) WEAVERS, IRON SMELTERS AND FACTORY OWNERS
1. Name some of the Indian Communities famous for weaving. Why did
handloom weaving in India survive even after British cotton cloth
flooded Indian markets?
2. The textile factory industry in India faced many problems at
first. Give reasons. What led to its development?
3. What is wootz steel? Why was it used for Tipu Sultans
legendary swords?
4. What is Bandanna?
5. Name given to cotton textiles of India by Europeans.
6. What kinds of cloth had a large market in Europe?
7. When and why Britain came to be known as the workshop of the
world?
8. How the East India Company did trade with India?
9. Why Handloom weaving did not completely die in India?
10. How was TISCO set up?

11. Why in most villages, the furnaces fell into disuse and the amount
of iron produced came down in India?
L- 9 (H) WOMEN, CASTE AND REFORM
Q 1 Define the following:
a) Female Suffrage b) sati c) Prarthana Samaj
Q 2 Answer the following:
a) What were the views of Periyar Ramaswamy about Hindu
Scriptures?
b) What were the social ideas given by Pandita Ramabai and Mumtaz
Ali?
c) What did Ambedkar want to achieve through the temple entry
movement?
d) In how many classes the Ancient Indian society was divided?
e) What was Guru Ghasidas movement known as?
f) Why did the poor people from villages start migrating to cities and
plantations?
g) How did the army help the Mahars?
h) Why people were not educating their girls in 19th century?
i) Who published Stripurushtulna and what it means?
j) Describe the contribution of Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar in
improving status of women.
k) What contribution was given by Sri Narayan Guru for the welfare
of scheduled castes?
l) Describe the contribution of Swami Dayanandji in improving the
condition of women.

CHAPTER 11 THE MAKING OF THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT

1. Write short notes on

a) The establishment of the INC.
b) The formation of the All India Muslim League.
2. State the demands of the Congress in its early or moderate
phase.
3. When and why was Bengal partitioned?
4. Why did Gandhiji choose to break the Salt Law? Describe the
Dandi March.
5. Describe the Quit India movement.
6. When and why was the Cabinet Mission sent to India?
7. Outline the causes, course and consequences of the Quit
India Movement.
8. What was the purpose of the Cabinet Mission?
9. Briefly describe the methods and withdrawal of the non
cooperation movement.
10. Why did dissatisfaction with the British rule intensify in the
1870s and 1880s?
11.
Freedom is my birthright and I shall have it. Who raised
this slogan? Which phase of the Congress did he represent?
12.
Who was responsible for the Partition of Bengal? Why was it
partitioned?
13.
When and where was a historic pact signed between the
Congress and the Muslim League? What did they both decide to
do?
14.
When did Indian National Congress demand Purna Swaraj?
15.
Describe the Lucknow pact.

CHAPTER 12 INDIA AFTER INDEPENDENCE

1. Define Constitution.
2. How many refugees came in India after partition?

3. When and why Constituent Assembly was set up?

4. What is Union List and name two subjects given in it?
5. Why did Potti Sriramulu die?
6. How Indian Constitution was framed?
7. What problems did India face immediately after independence?
8. What type of economy was adopted by India after
Independence? Explain.
9. When and why was the Planning Commission of India
established? Who heads this Commission?
10. What was the focus of Second Five Year Plan?
11. Write short notes on:
a. The mixed economy model adopted by India.
b. Establishment of Bhilai Steel Plant.
CIVICS
Chapter 7- Understanding Our Criminal Justice System
1. Enumerate the rights of an arrested person according to the
constitution and criminal laws of India.
2. What is an FIR? What information should be given in an FIR?
3. Name the four key players in the trial of a criminal case and
their role.
4. Article 21 of the Constitution mentions that if a persons life
or liberty is to be taken away, it can be done only by a

reasonable and fair legal process. List the conditions of a fair

trial.
5. What do you understand by the D.K. Basu Guidelines?
6. Explain the role of the police in a criminal investigation.
7. State two reasons why the government provides a lawyer to any
citizen who is unable to engage one.
8. State Article 22 of the constitution and criminal law.
9. While the courts are available for all in reality access to courts
has always been difficult for a vast majority of the poor in India.
In response to this what mechanism was devised by the Supreme
Court? Explain and give an example.

Topic- Civics L-8 Confronting Marginalisation

Q1. Multiple choice questions:
1. Article 15 of our Constitution states that _________.
a) Everyone is equal before law
b) Untouchability has been abolished.
c) None of the above
d) All the above
2. The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (prevention of
Atrocities) Act, was passes in ______.
a) 1987
b) 1985
c) 1988
d) 1989
Q2. Define the following:
a) Dalit b) Assertive c) ostracise d) confront
Q3. Answer the following:1. In which two ways have marginalised been drawn on Fundamental
rights?

2. What do you understand by cultural and educational rights?

Explain.
3. How has the reservation policy helped the Scheduled caste,
Scheduled Tribes and Backward Castes.?
4. Who are manual scavengers?
5. What does Article 17 of the constitution state?
6. What does the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
(Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 state?

L- 9 (C) PUBLIC

FACILITIES

Q 1 Define the terms:

a) Sanitation b) Public Facility d) Company.
Q 2 Answer the following:
a) Justify the statement The responsibility to provide Public
Facilities must be that of the Government.
b) From where does the government get the money for public
c)

facilities?
Why are most of the private hospitals and private schools located

in major cities and not in towns and rural areas?

d) How was the problem of water shortage reduced in Chennai and
Porto Alegre?
e) Why do you think there are so few cases of Private water supply in
the world?

Chapter - 10 Laws and SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. What do you mean by investment?

2. List some laws for the protection of the interests of

workers in India.
3. How does the law protect consumers?
4. What is the Minimum Wages Act? Why is it often violated in
India?
5. Examine the causes of the Bhopal Gas Disaster?
6. Since the Bhopal Gas Disaster, laws for protecting the
environment have become stricter. State two such laws
passed for the protection of the environment in Delhi.
7. Why is the Union Carbide plant still a danger to the public in
Bhopal?
8. Which Fundamental Right guaranteed by the Indian
Constitution seeks to protect children from exploitation?
9. Enumerate the features of the Child Labour Prevention Act, 2006.
10.
Why do foreign businesses set up their production facilities in
India?
11. Why do advanced countries relocate hazardous industries to
developing countries like India?
12.What is environment? How was it treated in earlier years?
What has been the change in perception?
MAP REVISION
Mark the following in a political map of India:
Map Work
i)
Place where TISCO is located.
ii) State in which one of the worst industrial disaster took place.
iii) Manchester of India.
iv) Indias first private sector steel plant in Jharkhand.
v) Steel producing centre in Chhattisgarh.
vi) Successful Milk Cooperative in Gujarat.
vii) City where the first successful mechanized textile mill was established.
viii) Chittranjan Locomotive plant in West Bengal
ix) Silicon valley of India.

x) The place where the first session of Congress was held.

xi) The place where the split in Congress occurred.
xii) The place where the Indian National Congress and All India Muslim
League signed a pact to work together.
xiii) The place where the Jallianawala Bagh Massacre occurred.
xiv)
xv)
xvi)
xvii)

The place where the Resolution for Purna Swaraj was adopted.
The place where Gandhiji broke the salt law.
The place where the Salt Satyagraha started.
The place where the incident occurred which led to the withdrawal of
the Noncooperation Movement.
xviii)First individual state formed on linguistic basis.
xix) Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. In Karnataka
xx) State having the highest literacy rate.
xxi) Major textile production centre in Maharashtra.
xxii) Major cement producing state in western India.
xxiii) Maruti Udyog Ltd. in Haryana
xxiv) Steel producing centre in Tamil Nadu.
xxv) First cotton textile unit in western India.
xxvi) Steel plant in Orissa.
xxvii) Steel plant in Andhra Pradesh.
Answers:
1. Jamshedpur in Jharkhand
2. Bhopal
3. Ahmedabad
4. Bokaro
5. Bhilai, India's first and main producer of steel rails, as well as a
major producer of wide steel
6. Amul is an Indian dairy cooperative, based at Anand in the state
of Gujarat, India .
7. Mumbai in 1854
8. Burdwan District(West Bengal)
9. Bangalore
10. Bombay (Mumbai)
11. Surat, Gujarat
12. Lucknow in 1916
13. Amritsar
14.

Lahore

15. coastal village of Dandi, located at a small town called Navsari,

in the state of Gujarat.
16. Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad 12 March, 1930
17. Chauri Chaura near Gorakhpour in Utar Padesh
18. Andhra Pradesh
19. Bangalore
20. Kerala
21. Mumbai
22. Maharashtra, Rajasthan or Gujarat
23. Gurgaon
24. Salem
25. Bombay
26. Bhushan Steel Ltd. In Meramandali (Distt Dhenkanal) in
Odisha
27. Vishakhapatnam