Class: VIII Social Science

A.Answer the following in brief 1x 6 = 6

1. What is hydroelectricity?

2. Define soil profile.

3. What are national parks?

4. who discovered India ?

5. What was the Doctrine of Lapse?

6. Why do people protest?

B. Answer the following in about 25 words: 2x8=16

1. what does the preamble to the Constitution contains?

2. Why is our constitution known as the living document?

3. What do you mean by Mercantilism?

4. When was the treaty of Allahabad signed? Which rulers signed it?

5. What steps did card Lord Cornwallis take to consolidate the British system of administration.

6. where are coniferous forests found in India?

7. What factors determine land use of an area?

8. Why is there water scarcity in the world?

C. Short answer type question: 3X6 = 18

1. Why are all parts of the world not inhabited the same way?

2. What are the three main the things that indicate risk levels towards wildlife?

3. Explain in brief the tropical forests.

4. What were the main clauses of the subsidiary Alliance system?

5. What were the results of the second and third Anglo – Mysore Wars?

6. Elaborate on any three features of the Indian Constitution.

D. Essay type questions: 5x2=10

1. What steps can be taken towards forest conservation?

2. How did the battle of Buxar prove to be a turning point in the history of India?

CLASS- ENGLISH

PM:50

answer the questions that

81. Read the

follow. passage and

Just before darkness fell, December 3, 1971, The Pakistani air force bombed mine Indian air bases in the
north and the weat, including those at Amretcar, Agra and Srinagar. The Third Indo-Pak ignited. with this
air strike Pakistan was named the formal aggre ssor. But the conflict had been inevitable. Two weeks'
earlier, Indian forces had moved into defensive positions Pakistan "border and established operational
bases inside Pakistan in preparation for an assalt assault on Dhaka scheduled for Becember 4, temed to
take advantage moon.

of the full Two December 6, Indira Gandhi, days later, on the Prime Minister of India, stood up in
parliament and announced Indian recognition of independent Bangladesh to wild acclaim and
Bangladeshi was in She also explained that combined Indian Mukhli Bahini forces East Pakistan.
Meanwhile the US President dispatch Fleet, ud were fighting the december a task force of 9, Nexon, US
Seventh by a muclear warship, the Enterprise, the Bay of Bengal.

(A) Complete the following statements: (i) The Third Indo-Pak (1) The US Swath war Fleet was was
started when.. Led by The Enlisprise