CBSE Class 8 Social Science Assignment Set 04

GEOGRAPHY

CH: 4 AGRICULTURE

Question 1. Extraction and production of natural resources are connected with ____________ activity.
Answer: Primary
In simple words: Primary activities involve direct extraction of natural resources from the earth.

Exam Tip: Remember that agriculture, fishing, and mining belong to the primary sector.

Question 2. Processing of natural resource is a ____________ activity.
Answer: Secondary
In simple words: Secondary activities transform raw materials into finished goods.

Exam Tip: Manufacturing and construction are classic examples of secondary activities.

Question 3. Service sector is a ____________ activity.
Answer: Tertiary
In simple words: Tertiary activities provide support services to the primary and secondary sectors.

Exam Tip: Transport, trade, and banking are tertiary activities.

Question 4. ____________ farming is practiced to meet the needs of the farmer's family.
Answer: Subsistence farming
In simple words: Subsistence agriculture is focused on self-sufficiency rather than market sale.

Exam Tip: Differentiate between subsistence farming (family use) and commercial farming (market sale).

Question 5. In ____________ agriculture the farmer cultivates a small plot of land.
Answer: Intensive subsistence farming
In simple words: Intensive subsistence involves high labor input on small plots to maximize yield.

Exam Tip: This type of farming is common in densely populated regions of monsoon Asia.

Question 6. Shifting cultivation is known as ____________ in Mexico.
Answer: Milpa
In simple words: Different regions have different local names for slash-and-burn agriculture.

Exam Tip: Learn local names such as Milpa (Mexico), Jhuming (North-east India), and Ladang (Malaysia).

Question 7. ____________ is known as the 'golden fiber'.
Answer: Jute
 

Exam Tip: Jute grows well in alluvial soils and tropical climates.

Question 8. In ____________ farming the land is used for growing food and fodder crops and rearing livestock.
Answer: Mixed farming
 

Exam Tip: Mixed farming provides multiple sources of income to farmers.

Question 9. ____________ is the major food crop of the world.
Answer: Rice
 

Exam Tip: Rice requires high temperature, high humidity, and annual rainfall above 100 cm.

Question 10. Cotton grows best on ____________ soil.
Answer: Black
 

Exam Tip: Black soil is also known as regur soil and retains moisture well.

Question 11. Maize is also known as ____________.
Answer: Corn
 

Exam Tip: Maize is used both as food and animal feed.

Question 12. ____________ and ____________ are examples for fibre crops.
Answer: Jute and Cotton
 

Exam Tip: Fibre crops provide raw materials for the textile industry.

Question 13. ____________ and ____________ are examples of beverage crops.
Answer: Tea and Coffee
 

Exam Tip: Beverage crops thrive in tropical and sub-tropical climates on hill slopes.

Question 14. ____________ grows best in well drain loamy soil.
Answer: Wheat
 

Exam Tip: Wheat requires moderate temperature and rainfall during growing season and bright sunshine at harvest.

Question 15. In ____________ farming natural pesticides and manures are used instead of chemicals.
Answer: Organic farming
 

Exam Tip: Organic farming avoids synthetic fertilizers to maintain soil health and ecological balance.

LN: 5 INDUSTRIES

Question 1. ____________ change raw materials into products of more value to people.
Answer: Manufacturing
 

Exam Tip: Manufacturing industries add economic value to raw materials.

Question 2. ____________ refers to an economic activity that is concerned with production of goods, extraction of minerals.
Answer: Industry
 

Exam Tip: Industries are categorized based on raw materials, size, and ownership.

Question 3. ____________ use plant and animal based products as their raw materials.
Answer: Agro based industries
 

Exam Tip: Food processing, cotton textile, and leather industry are agro-based.

Question 4. ____________ are primary industries that use mineral ores as their raw materials.
Answer: Mineral based industries
 

Exam Tip: Iron made from iron ore is the most common product of mineral-based industries.

Question 5. ____________ use products from the sea and oceans as raw materials.
Answer: Marine based industries
 

Exam Tip: Processing sea food and manufacturing fish oil are marine-based activities.

Question 6. ____________ utilize forest products as raw materials.
Answer: Forest based industries
 

Exam Tip: Paper, pharmaceuticals, and furniture industries depend on forests.

Question 7. ____________ industries produce large volume of products.
Answer: Large scale
 

Exam Tip: Iron and steel industry is a major large-scale industry.

Question 8. ____________ industries owned by individuals.
Answer: Private sector
 

Exam Tip: Private sector industries are operated by individuals or groups of individuals.

Question 9. ____________ industries are owned and operated by the producers or suppliers or both.
Answer: Co-operative sector
 

Exam Tip: Anand Milk Union Limited (AMUL) is a famous example of co-operative sector.

Question 10. ____________ are owned and operated by the state and individual.
Answer: Joint sector industries
 

Exam Tip: Oil India Limited is an example of a joint sector industry.

Question 11. ____________ leads to the development and growth of towns and cities.
Answer: Industrialization
 

Exam Tip: Urbanization often goes hand in hand with industrial growth.

Question 12. ____________ emerge when a number of industries locate close to each other and share the benefits of their closeness.
Answer: Industrial regions
 

Exam Tip: Mumbai-Pune cluster and Chota Nagpur industrial belt are major Indian examples.

Question 13. ____________ region is an example of industrial region.
Answer: Bangalore - Tamilnadu
 

Exam Tip: Known for IT and engineering industries.

Question 14. Industrial disasters occurred in Bhopal on ____________.
Answer: 3rd December 1984
 

Question 15. ____________ technology is an emerging industry.
Answer: Information
 

Exam Tip: Sunrise industries are also known as emerging industries.

Question 16. ____________ is a feeder industry.
Answer: Iron and steel industry
 

Exam Tip: Feeder industries provide products as raw materials for other industries.

Question 17. Emerging industries are also known as ____________ industry.
Answer: Sunrise industries
 

Exam Tip: Information technology and wellness are sunrise industries.

Question 18. ____________ give steel the ability to resist rust.
Answer: Alloys
 

Exam Tip: Steel is made by mixing iron with carbon and alloying elements like nickel and chromium.

Question 19. ____________ is called the backbone of modern industry.
Answer: Iron and steel industry
 

Exam Tip: Almost everything we use is either made of iron or steel or tools made from them.

Question 20. ____________ was started in 1907 at Sakchi.
Answer: Tisco
 

Exam Tip: TISCO stands for Tata Iron and Steel Company.

Question 21. ____________ is an important steel city of the U.S.A.
Answer: Pittsburgh
 

Exam Tip: Pittsburgh is a classic industrial city in Pennsylvania, USA.

Question 22. The term textile derived from the Latin word ____________ which means to ____________.
Answer: Texere, weave
 

Exam Tip: Textiles can be made from natural or man-made fibres.

Question 23. ____________ is the oldest industries in the world.
Answer: Cotton textile industry
 

Exam Tip: Hand spinning techniques and looms were used before industrialization.

Question 24. ____________ are the raw material of textile industry.
Answer: Fibres
 

Exam Tip: Fibres can be natural (cotton, wool, silk) or synthetic (nylon, polyester).

Question 25. The first textile mill in the country was established at ____________ near Kolkota in 1818.
Answer: Fort Gloster
 

Exam Tip: Fort Gloster was the early site for textile manufacturing in India.

Question 26. ____________ Manchester in India.
Answer: Ahmedabad
 

Question 27. ____________ Manchester in Japan.
Answer: Osaka
 

Exam Tip: Osaka is a major textile hub of Japan.

Question 28. ____________ industry deals in the storage, processing and distribution of information.
Answer: Information Technology
 

Exam Tip: IT industry is global and relies heavily on digital connectivity.

Question 29. Silicon Valley is located in ____________.
Answer: California
 

Exam Tip: Silicon Valley is the global center for high technology and innovation.

Question 30. ____________ is known as Silicon plateau.
Answer: Bangalore
 

Exam Tip: Bangalore is recognized as India's technology capital.

CH: HUMAN RESOURCES

Question 1. Almost ____________ of the world's people live in two continents Asia and Africa.
Answer: Three quarters
 

Exam Tip: Asia holds the largest share of global population.

Question 2. Average density of population in India is ____________ persons per square km.
Answer: 324
 

Exam Tip: Population density measures the number of people living per unit area.

Question 3. ____________ plains are the most densely populated areas of the world.
Answer: Ganga plains
 

Exam Tip: River valleys offer fertile soil and flat terrain favorable for settlement.

Question 4. ____________ refers to change in the number of people during a specific time.
Answer: Population change
 

Exam Tip: Population change is driven by births, deaths, and migration.

Question 5. The difference between the birth rate and the death rate of a country is called ____________.
Answer: Natural Growth Rate
 

Exam Tip: Natural growth rate excludes migration effects.

Question 6. ____________ means a person enters a new country.
Answer: Immigration
 

Exam Tip: Immigrants are people who arrive to settle in a foreign country.

Question 7. ____________ means a person leaves a country.
Answer: Emigration
 

Exam Tip: Emigrants exit their home country.

Question 8. ____________ is the movement of people in and out of an area.
Answer: Migration
 

Exam Tip: Migration can be internal within a country or international across borders.

Question 9. Ministry of Human Resources Development was created in ____________.
Answer: 1985
 

Exam Tip: This ministry aims to improve human capital through education and skill development.

Question 10. On 1999, the world population reached ____________ million.
Answer: 6 million (billion in modern context)
 

Exam Tip: Global population crossed 8 billion recently.

CIVICS

PUBLIC FACILITIES - CH: 9

Question 1. ____________ OF India recognizes the right to ____________ as being a part of the ____________ under Article 21.
Answer: Constitution, Water, Right to life
 

Exam Tip: Article 21 guarantees the protection of life and personal liberty.

Question 2. Water is essential for life and there should be ____________ to ____________ water.
Answer: access, life
 

Exam Tip: Universal access to safe drinking water is a fundamental human right.

Question 3. The essential facilities that need to be provided for everyone are known as ____________.
Answer: Public facilities
 

Exam Tip: Public facilities include healthcare, sanitation, electricity, and education.

Question 4. Providing Public facilities is the responsibility of the ____________.
Answer: government
 

Exam Tip: Governments fund these facilities through taxes collected from citizens.

Question 5. Responsibility and providing Public facilities can not be left into the hands of Private Sector as they operate for ____________.
Answer: Profit
 

Exam Tip: Private companies seek profit maximization, whereas public facilities aim for social welfare.

Question 6. Account of the expenses, the government makes on its programme is presented through the ____________.
Answer: Budget
 

Exam Tip: The annual budget outlines government revenues and expenditures.

Question 7. The main source of income of the government is ____________.
Answer: Tax
 

Exam Tip: Taxes include direct taxes (like income tax) and indirect taxes (like GST).

Question 8. The burden of short falls in the water supply, falls on the ____________.
Answer: Poor
 

Exam Tip: Wealthy households can afford bottled water or tankers during shortages.

Question 9. In urban areas, per person water supply is about ____________ per day - according to the standard set by urban water commission.
Answer: 135 litres
 

Question 10. Besides safe drinking water, ____________ is must in prevention of water bourne diseases. Public facilities relate to people's ____________.
Answer: Sanitation, Basic needs
 

Exam Tip: Proper sanitation prevents water contamination and deadly diseases like cholera.

CH: LAW AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

Question 1. An individual who buys goods for personal use is known as ____________.
Answer: Consumer
 

Exam Tip: Consumer protection laws safeguard buyers against exploitation.

Question 2. Money spent to purchase new machinery or building to be able to increase production in the future is known as ____________.
Answer: Investment
 

Exam Tip: Investment helps expand industrial capacity and output.

Question 3. The Supreme Court had ordered to all public transport vehicles to switch to ____________.
Answer: CNG
 

Exam Tip: CNG stands for Compressed Natural Gas, which burns cleaner than diesel or petrol.

Question 4. The full form of CNG is ____________.
Answer: Compressed natural gas
 

Exam Tip: Used to curb vehicular air pollution in metropolitan cities.

Question 5. The Bhopal gas tragedy took place in the year ____________.
Answer: 1984
 

Exam Tip: It remains one of the world's worst industrial disasters.

Question 6. ____________ was the poisonous gas leaked out from the UC plant.
Answer: Methyl - isocyanate
 

Exam Tip: Highly toxic MIC gas caused thousands of immediate casualties.

Question 7. The Right to healthy Environment now has become a part of the ____________.
Answer: Fundamental right
 

Exam Tip: The Supreme Court interpreted Article 21 to include the right to a clean environment.

HISTORY

CH: 12 INDIA AFTER INDEPENDENCE

Question 1. India became independent on ____________.
Answer: 15th August 1947
 

Exam Tip: India gained freedom after nearly two centuries of British colonial rule.

Question 2. Dr. B.R Ambedkar is respectfully referred to as ____________.
Answer: Babasaheb
 

Exam Tip: He served as the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constitution.

Question 3. Indian constitution came into effect on ____________.
Answer: 26th January 1950
 

Exam Tip: Celebrated annually as Republic Day.

Question 4. ____________ assassinated Gandhiji.
Answer: Nathuram Godse
 

Exam Tip: Gandhiji was assassinated on 30th January 1948.

Question 5. Indian Govt. set up a ____________ in ____________ for the economic development of the country.
Answer: Planning commission, 1950
 

Exam Tip: The Planning Commission formulated Five Year Plans for economic growth.

Question 6. The ____________ steel plant was set up with the help of the former ____________ in ____________.
Answer: Bhilai, Soviet unio, 1959
 

Exam Tip: Bhilai steel plant symbolized India-Soviet industrial cooperation.

Question 7. ____________ was the foreign minister of newly independent India.
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
 

Exam Tip: He also served as independent India's first Prime Minister.

Question 8. ____________ in ____________ is one of the world's largest slums.
Answer: Dharavi, Bombay
 

Exam Tip: Highlights rapid urbanization and housing challenges in big cities.

Question 9. ____________, the Gandhian leader who died fasting for a separate state for Telugu speakers.
Answer: Potti Sriramulu
 

Exam Tip: His death led to the creation of Andhra Pradesh on a linguistic basis.

Question 10. ____________ played an important role in framing the constitution.
Answer: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
 

Exam Tip: The Constituent Assembly took almost three years to complete the constitution.

Question 11. The ____________ plan focused on the development of ____________.
Answer: Second five year, industries
 

Exam Tip: The second plan emphasized heavy industries.

Question 12. On ____________ India celebrated sixty years of its existence as a free nation.
Answer: 15, August, 2007
 

Exam Tip: Marked India's diamond jubilee of independence.

Question 13. One of the main feature of the constitution was its adoption of ____________.
Answer: Universal adult franchise
 

Exam Tip: Every adult citizen received the right to vote regardless of wealth or gender.

Question 14. Followers of Gandhiji ideas and actions are known as ____________.
Answer: Gandhian
 

Exam Tip: Gandhian philosophy centers on truth, non-violence, and self-reliance.

Question 15. ____________ means the ____________.
Answer: Franchise, Right to vote
 

Exam Tip: Essential pillar of democratic governance.

Question 16. The ____________ was formed in 1945.
Answer: United nations, 1945
 

Question 17. The concept related to language is called ____________.
Answer: Linguistic
 

Exam Tip: Linguistic reorganization of states was a major post-independence challenge.

Question 18. ____________ was the first Prime Minister of Independent India.
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
 

Exam Tip: Authored books like 'Discovery of India'.

Question 19. The ____________ focused on the development of ____________.
Answer: 1st Five year plan, agriculture
 

Exam Tip: First plan addressed urgent food shortages after partition.

Question 20. On ____________ the entire nation mourned due to the assassination of Gandhiji.
Answer: 30, January 1948
 

Exam Tip: Nation paid solemn tribute to the Father of the Nation.

CH: 9 WOMEN CASTE AND REFORM

Question 1. Brahmo Samaj was founded by ____________.
Answer: Ram mohun Roy
 

Exam Tip: Founded in 1828 in Calcutta to fight social evils like Sati.

Question 2. Swami Dayanand Saraswati formed the reform association called ____________.
Answer: Arya Samaj
 

Exam Tip: Arya Samaj promoted Vedic values and education.

Question 3. ____________ started schools for Muslim girls in Patna and Calcutta.
Answer: Begum Rokeya Sakhawat
 

Exam Tip: Pioneer of Muslim women's education in India.

Question 4. ____________, a great scholar of Sanskrit formed a widow's home in Poona.
Answer: Pandita Ramabai
 

Exam Tip: Advocated tirelessly for women's emancipation.

Question 5. ____________ published a book Stripurushtulna.
Answer: Tarabai Shinde
 

Exam Tip: Critiqued patriarchal norms in 19th-century Maharashtra.

Question 6. ____________, a reformed from low caste Ezhavas of Kerala, proclaimed ideals of unity for his people.
Answer: Shri. Narayana Guru
 

Exam Tip: Famous slogan: 'One caste, one religion, one god for man'.

Question 7. ____________ started the self respect movement.
Answer: Periyar
 

Exam Tip: E.V. Ramasamy (Periyar) fought against caste discrimination.

Question 8. Satyashodak Samaj was formed by ____________.
Answer: Jyotirao Phule
 

Exam Tip: Founded in 1873 to secure rights for lower castes.

Question 9. Due to the efforts of ____________, British officials passed a law in 1856, permitting widow marriage.
Answer: Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar
 

Exam Tip: His scholarly efforts enabled the Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856.

Question 10. The Satnami movement of Central India was founded by ____________.
Answer: Ghasidas
 

Exam Tip: Worked to improve social status of leather workers.

CH: 11 THE MAKING OF NATIONAL MOVEMENT

Question 1. ____________ raised the slogan 'Freedom is my birthright and I shall have it'.
Answer: Balagangadhara Tilak
 

Exam Tip: Prominent extremist leader of the Indian National Congress.

Question 2. In 1905, ____________ partitioned Bengal.
Answer: Viceroy curzon
 

Exam Tip: Partition of Bengal sparked the Swadeshi movement.

Question 3. Swadeshi movement was known as ____________ movement in Andhra.
Answer: Vandemataram
 

Exam Tip: Songs like Vande Mataram inspired patriotic fervor.

Question 4. In 1919, Gandhiji gave a call for a satyagrah against the ____________ Act.
Answer: Rowlatt Act
 

Exam Tip: Rowlatt Act allowed detention of political prisoners without trial.

Question 5. ____________ movement was called off by Gandhiji in 1922 when a crowd of peasants set fire at a police station in Chawi - Chaura.
Answer: Non-cooperation
 

Question 6. In 1929, the congress demanded Purna Swaraj under presidentship of ____________.
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
 

Lahore session of Congress adopted complete independence as its goal.

Exam Tip: Lahore session of Congress adopted complete independence as its goal.

Question 7. ____________ served as free India's first Governor-General.
Answer: C. Rajagopalachari
 

Exam Tip: First Indian Governor-General of independent India.

Question 8. ____________ was also known as Badshah Khan.
Answer: khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
 

Exam Tip: Founder of Khudai Khidmatgars, also known as the Frontier Gandhi.

Question 9. During the ____________ movement, Gandhiji raised the slogan 'Do or Die'.
Answer: Quit India
 

Exam Tip: Launched in August 1942 demanding immediate end to British rule.

Question 10. Revolutionary nationalist ____________ was tried and executed at the age of 23.
Answer: Bhagat Singh
 

Question 11. ____________ formed the Indian National Army.
Answer: Subash Chandra Bose
 

Exam Tip: INA fought to free India with Japanese assistance.

Question 12. ____________ was found in Dacca in 1906.
Answer: All India Muslim League
 

Exam Tip: Formed by Muslim landowners and nawabs.