MAHARISHI VIDYA MANDIR SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL, CHENNAI -31.

ACADEMIC YEAR 2023 - 2024

WORKSHEET – I
ANSWER KEY
STD: VIII SUBJECT: SOCIAL SCIENCE
I CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER:
1. c. Sawai Jai Singh
2. c. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
3. d. Renewable and non-renewable
4. b. Allahabad
5. b. Nepal
6. a. Not wasting paper
7. d. Mangalore
8. c. Human made Resources
9. c. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
10. a. Right to Equality

II FILL UP THE BLANKS:

1. Abbakka Chowta
2. Utility
3. Constituent Assembly
4. Marthanda Varma
5. Air
6. Panchayati Raj
7. Chatrapathi Shivaji
8. Human resources, Human made resources and Natural resources.
9. Democratic
10. Human resource development.

III ANSWER IN BRIEF:

1. The physical factors affecting the presence of localized resources are terrain,
altitude and climate.
2. The term federalism refers to the existence of more than one level of Government
in the country i.e. the government at the centre and state level.
3. Colonialism was a policy or practice of a powerful country violently and forcibly
occupying another country and taking control of it. The colonializing country
claimed the land as its own and started ruling the people of that land and forcing
its beliefs, laws and practices.
4. Human-made resources have been created by human beings, whereas natural
resources are provided by nature.
5. On the basis of their distribution, resources are classified into ubiquitous and
localized.

IV ANSWER IN SHORT:
1. In 1719, Jai Singh launched a project of building observatories in Delhi, Mathura,
Benares, Ujjain and Amber. These were built to predict astronomical events like
solar and lunar eclipses. His observations were remarkably accurate, the
techniques and even superior to those used by the European astronomers.
The observatory was named as Jantar Mantar.
2. Since we live on the earth, it is our duty to practice sustainable development. We
can do this by ensuring that:
A. The usage of renewable resources is sustainable.
B. The diversity of life on earth is maintained.
C. The damage caused to nature by our activities is as low as possible.
3. A. Right to Equality
B. Right to Freedom
C. Right against Exploitation
D. Right to Freedom of Religion
E. Cultural and Education Rights
F. Right to Constitutional Remedies.
 4. Actual resources are those resources whose location and quantity are known and
we have the technology to exploit and use them, example mineral deposits of Chota
Nagpur Plateau.
5. A constitution is a set of fundamental laws and basic principles according to which
a state or country is governed. A constitution gives certain powers to the government,
while also indicating the limits of those powers. In addition, the process of law making
and the rights and duties of the citizens are laid out clearly. Therefore the Constitution
forms the basic guidelines for the functioning of any democracy.

V ANSWER IN DETAIL:

1. Naval accomplishment of Kanhoji Angre:-

a. Levied taxes on merchant navy ships and captured them if they didn’t pay.
b. Kanhoji headed 26 forts
c. Established township at Alibaug and issued his own silver currency
d. Employed Europeans to command his vessels
e. Commanded over 100 warships and thousands of sailors.

2. Resource conservation is the concept of using resources carefully so that they do

not end up quickly. The future generations also need the resources, but we keep using
them at a fast pace, they may end up thus posing problems for the future. We should
use resources in such a balanced way that we satisfy our needs as well as conserve
them for future. This concept is called sustainable development.

3. a. The country was made up of several different communities who spoke different
languages, practiced different religions and had distinct cultures.
b. At the time the constitution was being written, the country was going through
considerable turmoil.
c. The socio-economic condition of the vast mass of people appeared dismal.
d. Poverty was another major challenge.
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