CBSE
Class VIII Social Science
Time: 2½ hours Total MARKS: 75
General Instructions:
i. All questions are compulsory.
ii. Marks for each question are indicated against the question.
iii. In each section, questions from serial number 1 to 5 are multiple choice questions
(MCQs) of 1 mark each. Every MCQ is provided with four alternatives. Write the
correct alternative in your answer book.
iv. Questions from serial number 6 to 10 are 2 marks questions.
v. Questions 11 and 12 for History and Civics section are for 5 marks.
vi. Question 11 and 12 of the Geography section is for 3 marks, while Question 13 is for
4 marks.
SECTION A
History
Question 1 – What was the Portuguese-origin term for Indian textiles? [1]
a) Calicoe
b) Calico
c) Kalico
d) Kalick
Question 2 – The central dome of the VICEROY’s Palace built by the British was influenced
by [1]
a) Gothic architecture
b) Rajput acrchitecture
c) Buddhist stupa
d) Bengali roof architectural style
Question 3 – What was the name of the journal started by William Jones, Henry Thomas
Colebrooke and Nathaniel Halhead? [1]
a) Asiatic Journal
b) Asiatick Researches
c) Asian Affairs
d) Asian Chronicle
Question 4 – Which famous Indian reformer used the ancient texts to suggest that widows
could remarry? [1]
a) G. K. Gokhale
b) G. G. Agarkar
c) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
d) Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar
Question 5 – The 1878 legislation which disallowed Indians from possessing arms was
called [1]
a) The Possession of Weapons Act
b) The Arms Possession Act
c) The Arms Act
d) The Weapons Act
Question 6 – Elaborate on the jamdani style of weaving. [2]
Question 7 – What is ‘picketing’? [2]
Question 8 – What is ‘Spinning Jenny’? [2]
Question 9 – Mention two features of the Subsidiary Alliance System. [2]
Question 10 – Do you think it is right to periodise Indian History into Hindu, Muslim and
the British period? Why? [2]
Question 11 – Explain the ideological standpoint of the non-Brahmin movement. [5]
Question 12 – Explain the differences between Gandhi and Tagore on the point of
education. [5]
Question 13 – Discuss four methods by which soil can be conserved. [4]