Revisin Assignment 2

ASTER PUBLIC SCHOOL, KP-5,GREATER NOIDA(WEST)
SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSIGNMENT -2
(VIII)
Section A
Write the following in one-two sentence only:
1 Why were the tribals essentially called ‘people of the forest’?
2
Mention the various process through which water
is recycled in nature.
3 Correct the false statement and rewrite it:

The Fundamental Rights are enshrined in Part VI of our Constitution.
4 In pre-British days, India had a flourishing rural economy. Mention the two textile
industries for which India was famous?
5 Human beings are an important resource. Justify this statement.
6
Identify the above given image.

7 Why 26 January was chosen as the day to declare India a republic?
8 Name any two main centres of the textile industry in the late 18th century that became
deserted.
9 Hiren went to the Deccan Trap region where he saw black lava soil? Why is it called so?
10 Mention the two tribal groups of Chotanagpur region that took to settled agriculture in
the 19th century.
11 How many members should be present to transact the business of the Parliament?
12 Who wrote the play ‘Neel Darpan’?
13 Match the following options in Column I with those in Column II:
Column I Column II
1) Terrace and contour-bunding a) allowing the land to rest
2) Cover crops b) check the speed of water flow
3) Fallowing c) construction of banks across hill slopes
4) Rock dams d) to cover the bare ground
Choose from the options given below:
i) 1-b, 2-d, 3-c, 4-a
ii) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b, 4-d
iii) 1-a, 2-d, 3-c, 4-b
iv) 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b
14 There are 448 Articles in our Constitution. Under which Article, child labour is
prohibited?
15 Arrange the following in chronological order:
I. The Mahalwari System
II. Lord Warren Hasting, Governor-General
III. The Ryotwari System
IV. The Battle of Buxar
Choose the correct options:
A) III, IV, I, II
B) IV, II, I, III
C) I, III, II, IV
D)IV, I, III, II
Section B
Give very short answers to the following questions:
16 On what grounds can a candidate of Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha be disqualified?
17 Identify the types of farming practised in India:
(a) (b)
(c ) (d)
18 Do you agree that the distribution of population is highly uneven? Give reasons with
suitable examples.
19 Rights and duties are inter-related. Enumerate any two Fundamental Duties which all
citizens must perform.
Section C
Give short answers to the following questions:
20 Describe the types of economic activities with examples.
21 Suppose one of your relative wants to set up a cotton textile mill. What factors should
he consider regarding the location of the mill?
22 ‘The framers of our Constitution studied and incorporated the best features of various
constitution of the world.’ Enumerate some of these features which have been adopted
from the constitutions of other countries.
23 ‘The land revenue settlements introduced by the Company impoverished the peasants.’
Justify the given statement.
24 Khushi attended the MUN conference organised in her school. The delegates discussed
about shortage of freshwater and how the quality of water is getting degraded. Suggest
few measure that can be adopted to protect the available water resources.
Section D
Give long answers to the following questions:
25 ‘The tribals were traditionally a very close-knit community’. British rule led to many
changes in the tribal set-up. Were the tribals happy with these changes or not? Justify
your answer explaining the changes made by the British for the tribals of India in the
nineteenth century.
26 What are natural resources? Discuss the classification of natural resources
on the basis of their origin, development, renewability and distribution.
27
‘The Preamble is an introductory document which explains the
goals of the government’. While framing the constitution few main
principles were kept in mind. Explain in detail about some of these
guiding principles enshrined in the Preamble of our Indian
Constitution.
28 Draw a labelled diagram of soil profile. Describe the horizontal layers of soil profile.
29 Sam after application, got a visitor’s card to explore the Parliament of India. He was
amaze to see the Lok Sabha chamber and the Rajya Sabha chamber. An officer of the
house who escorted him, explained in detail about both the houses. Mention the difference
that Sam have observed with related to the two houses of Parliament of India.
Section E
Answer the following Source-based questions.
30 Read the given excerpt carefully and answer the questions given below:
Industrial development in India was very slow and erratic during British rule. No steps
were taken by the British to protect the nascent Indian industries. A policy of free trade
was followed and the import duty levied on foreign goods was very low. Thus indigenous
goods had to face stiff competition from the machine-made British goods. It was only
during the period of the First World War (1914-1918), when British industries were busy
meeting the demands of the military, that industries in India received major orders, both
from the domestic and the export market.
(i) Why indigenous goods had to face stiff competition from the machine-made British
goods?
(ii) Name any one wealthy businessman who helped in the industrialization of India
after 1850s.
(iii) When and why did Indian industries receive major orders in the domestic and
export market?
31 Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions given below:
The introduction of farm machinery helped to increase the crop production and brought
more area under cultivation. Agriculture provides not only food for human beings and
animals, but it is also the main source of raw material for industries, such as textiles, sugar
and oil. It also acts as a consumer of industrial products like farm machinery, fertilizers
and pesticides. The prosperity of the industrial sector depends upon agricultural
prosperity.
(i) Why there is a need to bring more area under cultivation?
(ii) What should a farmer do to increase crop production in his field?
(iii) ‘The prosperity of the industrial sector depends upon agricultural prosperity’.
Elucidate.
32 Observe the given images carefully and answer the questions given below:
(i) Why did Britain need indigo?

(ii) How did the British exploit the indigo cultivators?
(iii) Mention the indigo rebellion of 1859-60 in Bengal.
Section F
Map work
33 On the outline political map of India, mark and label the following with suitable
(a) symbols
i) The region where Permanent Settlement was introduced.
ii) The region where the Mahalwari system was introduced.
33 On the same political map of India, locate and label the following with suitable
(b) symbols
iii) Laterite soil in western India.
iv) Alluvial soil in north-east
v) Mountain soil in the north.

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SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSIGNMENT -2

3 Correct the false statement and rewrite it:

Identify the above given image.

(i) Why did Britain need indigo?

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