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Social science quiz- grade 8

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

India, celebrated its 60th year of independence

a)

on August 15,2007

b)

on August 15,2009

c)

on january 26,2000

d)

on january 26,2005

2.

Who carries the responsibility of providing public facility to the people?

a)

Government

b)

Public

c)

Private organisations

d)

None of these

3.

Bengal was divided by the British in the year_________

a)

1900

b)

1857

c)

1957

d)

1905

4.

Most of the people usually prefer to live in this region:

a)

Equatorial forest area

b)

High mountains

c)

High altitude areas

d)

Plains

5.

Which is not the agro-based industry?

a)

Oil

b)

Textile

c)

Sugar

d)

Food processing

6.

The idea of widow remarriage was advocated by

a)

Dayanand Saraswati

b)

Pandita Ramabai

c)

Periyar

d)

Jyotirao Phule

7.

Movement of people in and out of an area is called______________.

a)

Death rate

b)

Migration

c)

Birth rate

d)

All of the above

8.

……………….. assassinated Gandhiji

a)

Nathuraine Godse

b)

Nathuram Vinayak Godse

c)

Nathubabu Godbole

d)

Nathsingh babu

9.

The fight for Purna Swaraj was fought under the presidentship of_________

a)

Mahatma Gandhi

b)

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

c)

C. Rajagopalachari

d)

Jawaharlal Nehru

10.

Fish is a product of the

a)

mineral-based industries

b)

agro-based industries

c)

forest-based industries

d)

marine-based industries

11.

______ was a book written by Jyotiba Phule.

a)

Abhyas

b)

Harijans of India

c)

Stripurushtulana

d)

Gulamgiri

12.

Brahmo Samaj was founded by _______.

a)

Ravindranath Tagore

b)

M C Mukherjee

c)

Raja Rammohan Roy

d)

Swami Vivekananda

13.

Ramkrishna Mission was founded by ______.

a)

A) Swami Vivekananda

b)

Swami Haridas

c)

Bhagini Nivedita

d)

Swami Harinanda

14.

___ has been called the backbone of the industry.

a)

diamond

b)

Petroleum

c)

Steel

d)

iron

15.

Women who died by burning themselves on the funeral pyre of their husbands were called ____

a)

Suhagan

b)

Mata

c)

Sati

d)

Devi