Social Science Revision Worksheet Class VIII Choose the correct option: 1) Who was the first woman in the modern age to read the Vedas herself? (i) Rokeya Hossain (ii) Pandita Ramabai (iii) Haimabati Sen (iv) Savitribai Phule 2) When was the Sarda Act passed? (i) 1919 (ii) 1929 (iii) 1939 (iv) 1949 3) Which reformer worked for the cause of women’s rights? (i) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (ii) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (iii) Behramji Malabari (iv) all of these 4) Who was the founder of the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha? (i) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (ii) Keshab Chandra Sen (iii) Mahadev Ranade (iv) William Bentinck 5) Which movement was started by Periyar? (i) Quit India Movement (ii) Home Rule League Movement (iii) Self-Respect Movement (iv) Khilafat Movement 6) Who was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee formed to draft the Constitution of India? (i) Mahatma Gandhi (ii) Kandukuri Veeresalingam (iii) Dr B. R. Ambedkar (iv) Sri Narayan Guru 7) When did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre take place? (i) 1919 (ii) 1920 (iii) 1936 (iv) 1938 8) Who was the founder of the Forward Bloc? (i) Jawaharlal Nehru (ii) Subhash Chandra Bose (iii) Rabindranath Tagore (iv) Mahatma Gandhi 9) Who was the last Viceroy of British India? (i) Clement Attlee (ii) Lord Mountbatten (iii) Lord Curzon (iv) Lord Ripon 10) On what basis were the states in India reorganized? (i) religion (ii) caste (iii) region (iv) language 11) Where was the Bandung Conference held in 1955? (i) Malaysia (ii) Singapore (iii) Indonesia (iv) Vietnam 12) India is still fighting the challenges of (i) casteism (ii) illiteracy (iii) poverty (iv) all of these 13) One of these is an alluvial soil: (i) khadar (ii) red soil. (iii) laterite (iv) regur 14) The black lava soil of the Deccan Plateau is best for the cultivation of (i) rice. (ii) tea. (iii) cotton. (iv) wheat. 15) One of these does not help in soil conservation: (i) contour farming. (ii) over-cultivation. (iii) growing forest. (iv) crop rotation. 16) In USA and Canada this type of farming is common: (i) cooperative (ii) extensive (iii) subsistence (iv) collective 17) One area which is well-known for wheat cultivation: (i) Prairies (ii) Sahara (iii) Brazilian Plateau (iv) Pampas 18) One of these is a natural disaster: (i) terrorist attack (ii) road accident (iii) landslide (iv) plane crash 19) The Upper House of the Indian Parliament is also called the (i) Lok Sabha. (ii) Rajya Sabha. (iii) Vidhan Sabha. (iv) Vidhan Parishad. 20) The President can declare emergency due to (i) war. (ii) failure of constitutional machinery in a state. (iii) financial instability. (iv) all of these 21) The jurisdiction not enjoyed by the Supreme Court is (i) original jurisdiction. (ii) appellate jurisdiction. (iii) advisory jurisdiction. (iv) extra-territorial jurisdiction. 22) The retiring age for a Supreme Court judge is ______years. (i) 60 (ii) 62 (iii) 65 (iv) 68 23) An offence is a (i) violation of law. (ii) report filed at a police station. (iii) legal action. (iv) notice from a court to a person. 24) Which court has made it mandatory for the police to record FIRs? (i) High Court (ii) Sessions Court (iii) District Court (iv) Supreme Court 25) The untouchables were forced to take up ‘unclean’ occupations like (i) teaching. (ii) farming. (iii) trading. (iv) carrying night soil. 26) Which of these comes under affirmative action? (i) allowing manual scavenging (ii) reservation for SCs, STs and OBCs (iii) discriminating on the basis of caste (iv) practising untouchability 27) The Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act outlaws (i) the construction of toilets. (ii) employing manual scavengers. (iii) educating lower castes. (iv) none of these 28) The ministry which is responsible for implementing the National Scheme of Liberation and Rehabilitation of Scavengers and their Dependents is the (i) Ministry of Finance. (ii) Ministry for Women and Child Development. (iii) Ministry of Labour. (iv) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.