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Grade 8 Revision Worksheet His, Geo,Spl

Total questions: 90

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_________may occur due to negligence or deliberate actions of humans.

a)

Man-made disasters

b)

Biological Disasters

c)

Fire-related Disasters

d)

None of the above

2.

Which of these is awareness taken at home for fire safety

a)

Be aware of your building’s evacuation plan.

b)

Get training in fire safety.

c)

Have first-aid kits.

d)

All of the above

3.

The worst industrial disaster took place in:

a)

Korba chimney collapse, 2009

b)

Bombay docks explosion, 1944

c)

Bhopal gas tragedy, 1984

d)

Chasnala mining disaster, 1975

4.

Tropical cyclones are called_______in the Atlantic Ocean, __________ in the western Pacific Ocean and ________ in the Indian Ocean

a)

hurricanes, typhoons, cyclones

b)

cyclones, typhoons, hurricanes

c)

cyclones, hurricanes, typhoons

d)

None of the above

5.

An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale is called

a)

minor

b)

moderate

c)

strong

d)

massive

6.

What kind of resource is this?

a)

Human Resource

b)

Capital Resource

c)

Natural Resource

7.

What is a Natural Resource?

a)

Things we can get from nature.

b)

Goods made by people that are used to make other goods.

c)

The people who do the work or labor.

d)

The money that we use to buy things.

8.

Natural resources are classified into various types on the basis of: (SELECT the incorrect one)

a)

Distribution

b)

Development

c)

Origin

d)

Destruction

9.

Anything that can be used to satisfy human needs is a:

a)

Thing

b)

value

c)

Resource

d)

Utility

10.

Which one of the following does not make substance a resources?

a)

Utility

b)

Value

c)

Quantity

11.

Which one of the following is a man made resources?

a)

Medicine for cancer treatment

b)

Spring water

c)

Tropical forests

12.

Those resources whose amount or quantity is known are called :

a)

Natural resources

b)

Actual resources

c)

Potential resources

d)

Renewable resources

13.

Which one of the resource is universal?

a)

Wind

b)

Petroleum

c)

Coal

d)

Natural gas

14.

A naturally occurring substance that has a definite chemical composition is a

a)

Ore

b)

Mineral

c)

Rock

d)

Rock formations

15.

The ______________ in your food and _______________ in your pencil are also minerals.

a)

Salt, Graphite

b)

Salt, Led

c)

Magnesium, Led

d)

Graphite, Magnesium

16.

__________ is an aggregate of one or more minerals but without definite composition of constituent of mineral

a)

magnesium

b)

phosphorus

c)

rock

d)

ore

17.

What division of Minerals contain metal in raw form ?

a)

Mettalic minerals

b)

Non mettalic minerals

c)

Coal

d)

Phosphorus

18.

Which of these are metals ?

a)

LImestone

b)

Bauxite

c)

Gypsum

d)

Phosphorous

19.

What continent is the leading producer of iron-ore in the world ?

a)

Asia

b)

Europe

c)

Africa

d)

North America

20.

______________ is the largest producer of high grade iron-ore in the world.

a)

Argentina

b)

Bolivia

c)

Columbia

d)

Brazil

21.

The continent that is the largest producer of Bauxite

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

Australia

d)

South America

22.

Largest producer and exporter of MICA

a)

India

b)

Myanmar

c)

Bolivia

d)

China

23.

A popular ecofriendly automobile fuel as it causes less pollution than petroleum and diesel.

a)

LPG

b)

CNG

c)

Diesel

d)

gasoline

24.
Slash and burn' agriculture is known as …………….. in north-eastern states.
a)
Jhumming
b)
Podu
c)
Valre
d)
Khil
25.
Which of the following is a Rbi crop?
a)
Rice
b)
Maize
c)
Wheat
d)
Cotton
26.
Which of the following is the largest producer of Groundnut?
a)
Karnataka
b)
Gujarat
c)
Assam
d)
Andhra Pradesh
27.
The largest producer and consumer fo the pulses in the world is ….
a)
Russia
b)
India
c)
China
d)
Japan
28.

Which is not a primary activity?

a)

Agriculture

b)

Fishing

c)

Manufacturing

d)

Gathering

29.

Type of farming practised to meet the needs of farmer's family is ------- farming

a)

Commercial

b)

Shifting cultivation

c)

Subsistence

d)

Mixed

30.

What is growing of grapes called?

a)

Viticulture

b)

Sericulture

c)

Agriculture

d)

Horticulture

31.

Banking is an example of ----- activity

a)

Secondary

b)

Primary

c)

Tertiary

d)

None of the above

32.

In ------ farming , land is used for growing food and fodder crops and rearing livestock

a)

Mixed

b)

Plantations

c)

Subsistence

d)

None of the above

33.

In India shifting cultivation is called ------

a)

Ladang

b)

Jhumming

c)

Milpa

d)

Roca

34.
Which of the folloiwng types of agriculture is done in densely populated areas
a)
Intensive subsistence farming
b)
Primitive Subsistence Farming
c)
Plantation Agriculture
d)
Commercial Agriculture
35.

In Sahara Desert, ___ takes place.

a)

shifting cultivation

b)

nomadic herding

c)

heavy rains

d)

horticulture

36.

The rights provided by constitution are called:

a)

a) Governmental Rights

b)

b) Optional Rights

c)

(c) Economic Rights

d)

(d) Fundamental Rights

37.

Who is the architect of the Indian Constitution?

a)

Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar

b)

Mahatma Gandhi

38.

Who was president of Constituent Assembly?

a)

Dr Br Ambedkar

b)

Dr Rajendar Prasad

c)

Maulana Azad

d)

Sardar Pate

39.

On 12th March, 1930, Salt Satyagraha started from Sabarmati Ashram to-

a)

Delhi

b)

Dandi

c)

Dehradun

d)

Dubagunta

40.

How many Schedules are contained in the Constitution of India?

a)

13 schedules

b)

14 schedules

c)

12 schedules

d)

11 schedules

41.

On which date the Indian Constitution came into effect

a)

On 26 November 1949

b)

On 26 January 1950

c)

On 26 September 1949

d)

On 26th March 1950

42.

How many fundamental rights are given in Indian Constitution

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

None of these

43.

A formal change to the Constitution.....

a)

amendment

b)

veto

c)

term

d)

bill

44.

Which branch of Parliament makes the laws?

a)

Legislative

b)

Judicial

c)

Executive

d)

Constitution

45.

What do you mean by secular state?

a)

Don’t have any official religion

b)

b. Don’t have any king

c)

c. Don’t have any preamble

d)

d. None of these

46.

Who appoint chief justice of India?

a)

Prime Minister

b)

President

c)

Chief Minister

d)

Governor of India

47.

We have judicial system to :-

a)

To enforce the rule law

b)

To provide freedom

c)

To provide food

d)

None of these

48.

The Supreme court was established on :-

a)

1950

b)

1949

c)

1962

d)

1980

49.

'A group of girl is harassed by a group of boys' is comes under :-

a)

Civil Law

b)

Social law

c)

Economical law

d)

Criminal law

50.

What is the procedure of removal of Judges called ?

a)

Impeachment

b)

Judicial Review

c)

Collegiality

d)

Contempt of Court

51.

To increase to justice' supreme Court devised :-

a)

FIR

b)

PIL

c)

Both a and b

d)

None of these

52.
Judiciary settles ___________.
a)
In india
b)
Prime minister s schedule 
c)
Disputes
d)
Rule of law
53.

To be appointed as a judge of Supreme Court, a person should have been an advocate of a High Court for at least ___ years.

a)

5

b)

10

c)

15

d)

20

54.

We have a Judicial system -

a)

To enforce the Law

b)

To provide freedom

c)

To execute laws

d)

To make Laws

55.

The correct age of retirement of a Supreme Court Judge is -

a)

50 years

b)

55 years

c)

60 years

d)

65 years

56.

Which court is at the apex level?

a)

High court

b)

District court

c)

Lower court

d)

Supreme Court

57.

The full form of PIL is ___________

a)

Public Interest Liability

b)

Paper Intermediate Layout

c)

Public Interest Litigation

58.

The schedule tribes are also known as

a)

Dalits

b)

Adivasis

c)

OBC

d)

None of these

59.

Adivasis are particularly numerous in states of -

a)

rajasthan

b)

odisha

c)

jharkhand

d)

all the above

60.

Marginalisation means

a)

At the centre of thing

b)

Forced to occupy the side

c)

To be with all the people

d)

All of the above

61.

According to the CENSUS of 2001_____________are 13.4 percent of the population and are considered to be a marginalised community

a)

JAINS

b)

CHRISTIANS

c)

PARSIS

d)

MUSLIMS

62.

The government in addition to providing certain facilities has also made law/policy called_________________policy

a)

ADJUSTMENT

b)

RESERVATION

c)

COMMITTMENT

d)

JUSTICE

63.

What is the full form of "ST"

a)

Scheduled Tribes

b)

Social Tribals

c)

Scheduled Troop

d)

Social troop

64.

What is the full form of "SC"

a)

Scheduled Class

b)

Special Class

c)

Scheduled Caste

d)

Special Caste

65.

Who formulated Doctrine of Lapse?

a)

Lord Dalhousie

b)

Robert Clive

c)

Lord cornwallis

66.

_____ granted a Charter to East India Company in early 1600s in order to trade with India.

a)

Queen Elizabeth I

b)

Queen Victoria

c)

King George V

d)

Queen Elizabeth II

67.

This nawab of Bengal asked the English East India Company to remove all its fortifications in Calcutta

a)

Murshid Quli Khan

b)

Siraj-ud-Daulah

c)

Alivardi Khan

d)

Shuja-ud-Din

68.

This governor-General introduced the system of Subsidiary Alliance

a)

Robert Clive

b)

Warren Hastings

c)

Lord Wellesley

d)

Lord Dalhousie

69.

The capital of the kingdom of Mysore was

a)

Plassey

b)

Seringapatam

c)

Nagpur

d)

Awadh

70.

WHO FLED AND SEEKED SHELTER OF SHUJA - UD DAULAH, THE NAWAB OF AWADH ?

a)

SHAH ALAM II

b)

SIRAJ UD DAULAH

c)

MIR QASIM

d)

MIR JAFAR

71.

When does Battle of Plassey Taken place

a)

22 October 1764

b)

4 May 1799

c)

23 June 1757

d)

19 July 1765

72.

Who passed a policy called " Doctrine of Lapse"?

a)

Warren Hastings

b)

Lord Dalhousie

c)

Lord Wellesley

d)

Robert Clive

73.

When was the Dual System of governance in Bengal ended?

a)

1770

b)

1756

c)

1717

d)

1772

74.

THE EEIC ESTABLISHED ITS FIRST FACTORY IN _______

a)

BOMBAY

b)

SURAT

c)

JAIPUR

d)

BANARAS

e)

NAGALAND

75.

Subsidiary Alliance was introduced by _____

a)

Lord Mountbatten

b)

ROBERT cLIVE

c)

William Bentick

d)

Lord Wellesley

76.

WHO WAS THE FATHER OF TIPU SULTAN ?

a)

HYDER SHAH

b)

HYDER ALI

c)

FARRUKHSYER

d)

SHAH ALAM II

77.

The Khonds lived in

a)

Karnataka

b)

Madhya Pradesh

c)

Bihar

d)

Odisha

78.

Santhals tribe rose in revolt in the year

a)

1900

b)

1855

c)

1920

d)

1930

79.

From which of the following tribal class Birsa belongs to?

a)

Santhals

b)

Munda

c)

Oraons

d)

Khonds

80.

Who were considered as Dikus?

a)

The Tribals

b)

The Farmers

c)

The Britishers

d)

The Brahmans

81.

Who recommended the English education act in 1835 ?

a)

Lord Macaulay

b)

Lord Bentinck

c)

Lord Dalhousie

d)

James mill

82.

When was the woods dispatch passed?

a)

1852

b)

1854

c)

1856

d)

1876

83.

Name the new education system envisioned by Mahatma Gandhi ?

a)

National council of Education

b)

Arya Samaj

c)

Nai Talim

d)

Satya Sodhak samaj

84.

............ means local language or dialect .

a)

Madarsa

b)

Orientation

c)

Vernacular

d)

Rudimentary

85.

The.......... made English the medium of instruction for Institutes of Higher Education.

a)

Charter Act of 1813

b)

English Education Act 1835

c)

Charter Act of 1833

d)

Wood's Dispatch

86.

Lord Macaulay was ............... ,who felt Indians needed to be civilised.

a)

Orientalist

b)

Social reformer

c)

Civil servant

d)

Anglicist

87.

The Maharaja of Baroda set up this university

a)

Sayajirao University

b)

Aligarh Muslim University.

c)

Bombay University

d)

Calcutta University

88.

Maktabs are also known as

a)

Pathashalas

b)

Nai Talim

c)

Persian Schools

d)

Madrasas

89.

Rani Laxmi bai was related to which state

a)

Awadh

b)

Gwalior

c)

Nagpur

d)

Jhansi

90.

The Company regime in India came to end in

a)

1858

b)

1845

c)

1850

d)

1865

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