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SUBJECT:
SOCIAL SCIENCE
CLASS
: VIII
SYLLABUS
: PERIODIC 1
SECTION A : HISTORY
Answer
the following questions briefly
(3 marks each)
Q1. What was the cause behind the Anglo-Mysore
wars?
Q2. Why was it more profitable to grown commercial
crops?
Q3. What was the long-term effect of the
permanent settlement?
Q4. Name a few causes of the Peasant revolt.
Answer the following questions in
detail
(5 marks each)
Q1. How were the Ryotwari and Mahalwari
settlements different from the Permanent settlement.
Q2. What happened during the Anglo- Maratha
Wars that overturned the luck of the British?
SECTION B: GEOGRAPHY
Answer the following questions
briefly
(3 marks each)
Q1. Classify resources on the basis of their
origin. Give examples.
Q2. Distinguish between potential and actual
resources.
Q3. Explain the factors on which productivity
depends.
Answer the following questions in
detail
(5 marks each)
Q1. Classify resources on the basis of their
renewability. Give examples.
Q2. What do you mean by sustainable
development? What is its importance and how can we achieve it ?
Q3. Uranium deposits of Ladakh are a potential
resource. Justify.
SECTION
C: POLITICAL SCIENCE
Answer the following questions
briefly (3 marks each)
Q1. What do you understand by the concept of
Rule of Law?
Q2. What is the importance of constitution?
Q3. Why is the Preamble so important to the
Constitution?
Q4. How have the ideals of the Constitution
been adopted in practice?
Answer the following questions in
detail
(5 marks each)
Q1. “ Right to religion reflects the secular
nature of the Indian Constitution”. Comment.
Q2, Write a brief note on the fundamental duties
in the Indian Constitution.
