NMS Vijayalakshmi Sanjeevimalayan Kalviyagam

(A Unit of NMS Sa. Vellaichamy Nadar Kalloori Peravai)

Nagamalai Pudukottai, Madurai – 625019

Periodic Assessment – I (2023 – 2024)

Grade: VIII Subject: SOCIAL
Date: Marks: 40

General instructions:

I. Read all the questions properly before answering.

II. PART – A carries 1 mark each. Answer all the questions.
III. PART – B carries 1 mark each. Answer all the questions.
IV. PART – C carries 1 mark each. Match all the questions.
V. PART – D carries 2 marks each. Answer any five questions.
VI. PART – E carries 5 marks each. Answer any one questions.
VII. PART – F carries 1 mark each. Answer all the questions.

PART – A (10)

I. Choose the correct options:

1. Thomas Roe got certain trading rights for the EEIC from the Mughal emperor,
a) Akbar b) Farrukhsiyar c) Jahangir
2. a deep love for one’s motherland
a) nationalism b) federalism c) communalism
3. the founder of India’s earliest newspaper
a) Annie Besant b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy c) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
4. The Chipko Andolan was a movement against
a) hunting b) air pollution c) deforestation
5. Most of these resources can be renewed through a cyclic-flow process or a
reproductive process
a) renewable resources b) non-renewable resources c) finite resources
6. Non-renewable resources can only be exploited if
a) they exist in sufficiently large amounts.
b) they replenish in a shorter time period.
c) they are spread all over the world.
7. Vardhaneni Rosamma was a woman from rural Andhra Pradesh who led the
a) Chipko Movement b) anti-caste movement c) anti-liquor campaign
 8. The Fundamental Rights are
a) not inviolable rights b) inviolable rights c) rights that can be infringed
9. Name the section of our Constitution that states that the Union of India is a sovereign,
socialist, secular, democratic republic.
a) the Preamble b) the Prelude c) the Preface
10. An aspect of human resources that can be considered in determining their
importance.
a) There must be enough human beings to exploit the natural resources.
b) They must have the techniques to utilise resources in the best possible manner
c) Both a and b.

PART – B (5)
II. Answer the following in one sentence.
1. Give the full form of EEIC.
2. What was the name of the book written by Tarabai Shinde?
3. Define a resource.
4. What are abiotic resources?
5. Define Dowry.

PART – C (5)
III. Match the following:

Column A Column B

a) bullion i) A state which does not have a religion

and all religions are treated equally

b) enlightened ii) a renewable resource

c) tides iii) having a rational, modern and well-

informed outlook

d) forest iv) a potential resource

e) secular v) gold or silver in bulk before coining

A) a-ii, b-iv, c-i, d-iii, e-v

B) a-v, b-iii, c-iv, d-ii, e-i
C) a-iii, b-v, c-iv, d-i, e-ii
D) a-iv, b-i, c-iii, d-v, e-ii
 PART – D (10)
IV. Answer the following questions in brief: (any 5)
1. Mention any two films made on the modern period of Indian History.
2. What is the relation between a colony and an imperialist country?
3. Name any three characteristics of a resource.
4. What factors determine the actual use of resources?
5. What is a ‘constitution’?
6. When was the Salt Tax imposed by the British government?
PART – E (5)
V. Answer the following questions in detail: (any 1)
1. Describe the political changes that took place under colonial rule in India.
2. Differentiate between renewable and non-renewable resources.
3. What do you know about the Anti-liquor Campaign of 1991, in Andhra Pradesh?

PART – F
VI. Read the following passage and answer the questions. (5)
A major development in world history was the Industrial Revolution, which
began in England in the mid – eighteenth century. It subsequently spread to other
parts of Europe. It was marked by new inventions such as steam engine, power loom
and cotton gin. Through voyages of discovery, Europeans got to know about vast
areas all over the world which could provide them with cheap raw material and
labour, besides serving as markets for their finished products. The race for capturing
these new, unexplored areas resulted in the establishment of various colonies of
European powers in different parts of the world. Thus, new geographical areas
emerged.
Questions.
1. What was the major development in world history?
2. What are the other new inventions marked by?
3. What do Europeans got to know through voyages of discovery?
4. Where did it subsequently spread to?
5. When and where did the Industrial Revolution began?

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