AMITY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL,

SAKET CLASS 8, (2021-22)

SOCIAL SCIENCE – PA 5

Date: 19.1.22 Time: 45 Min

Total Marks: 20M

OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS – 8 Marks

1. Assertion: Bengal was the biggest province of British India and included Bihar and parts of Orissa. (1)
Reason: The British argued for dividing Bengal for it had a huge population.
(a) Assertion is true, Reason is also true and Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion
(b) Assertion is true, Reason is also true but Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion
(c) Assertion is true, Reason is false
(d) Assertion is false, Reason is true

2. Who established Natal Congress? (1)

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Balgangadhar Tilak
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai

3. Thousands of students left government controlled schools and colleges. Many lawyers gave up their practices.
British titles were surrendered and legislatures boycotted. People lit bonfires of foreign cloth.
Which of the following movement is referred to in the above passage? (1)
(a) Quit India Movement
(b) The Salt March
(c) Non-Cooperation Movement
(d) None of these

4. ___________ also has a legal right to get a free copy of the FIR from the police (1)
(a) Witness
(b) accused
(c) complainant
(d) prosecutor

5. Assertion: A fair trial ensures that Article 21 of the Indian Constitution is upheld (1)
Reason: Article 21 of the Indian Constitution states that a person's life /liberty can never be taken away.
(a) Assertion is true, Reason is also true and Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion
(b) Assertion is true, Reason is also true but Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion
(c) Assertion is true, Reason is false
(d) Assertion is false, Reason is true

6. A population pyramid (1)

(a) Shows the difference between the birth rate and death rate
(b) Shows the percent of males and females in a country with there are groups
(c) The number of years that an average person can expect to live
(d) Shows the structure of population with respect to their age
 7. Assertion: In 1804, the world’s population reached one billion. A hundred and fifty five years later, in 1959, the
world’s population reached 3 billion. This is often called population explosion. In 1999, 40 years later, the
population doubled to 6 billion.
Reason: The main reason for this growth was that with better food supplies and medicine, deaths were
reducing, while the number of births still remained fairly high. (1)

(a) Assertion is true, Reason is also true and Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion
(b) Assertion is true, Reason is also true but Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion
(c) Assertion is true, Reason is false
(d) Assertion is false, Reason is true

8. Match the following example of cities with correct factor affecting population distribution. (1)

Column I Column II
a. Topography i. Varanasi, Jerusalem and Vatican city are some examples
b. Climate ii. Osaka in Japan and Mumbai in India are two densely populated areas
c. Culture iii. mountains like Andes, Alps and Himalayas are sparsely populated
d. Economic iv. Sahara desert, polar regions of Russia, Canada and Antarctica

(a) a-ii, b-iii, c-iv, d-i

(b) a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv
(c) a-iii, b-iv, c-i, d-ii
(d) a-iv, b-i, c-iii, d-ii

SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS 12M

1. Identify the person in the picture and name the book written by him. (0.5+0.5=1)

2. The Government of India has a Ministry of Human Resource Development. Mention the year of its formation along
with its aim. (0.5+0.5=1)

3. What is the role of the judge in criminal justice system? (2)

4. What is FIR? Why is an FIR important? (1+1=2)

5. Mention the events by which people linked Non-Cooperation movement to local grievances. (3)

6. What do you understand with the term population change? Explain the factors responsible for the change in
population of any country. (1+2=3)