GURU HARKRISHAN PUBLIC SCHOOL

MAY UNIT TEST - 2015-16

M.M.-20

CLASS-8th
SUB.Social Science
TIME-1
Hour
Note- Attempt all questions.
1
Explain the term Archive.
2
2
Why do the people of Nepal want a new Constitution ?
2
3
What is Resources conservation.
2
4
Who was James Mill ?
2
5
When did the Indian National Congress make the demand for a
Constituent
Assemble ?
2
6
Why does a democratic country need a constitution ?
3
7
How will the information historians get from old newspapers be
different from that in police report ?
3
8
Differentiate between ubiquitous and localised resources.
4

GURU HARKRISHAN PUBLIC SCHOOL

MAY UNIT TEST - 2015-16
M.M.-20

CLASS-8th
SUB.Social Science
TIME-1
Hour
Note- Attempt all questions.
1
Explain the term Archive.
2
2
Why do the people of Nepal want a new Constitution ?
2
3
What is Resources conservation.
2
4
Who was James Mill ?
2
5
When did the Indian National Congress make the demand for a
Constituent
Assemble ?
2
6
Why does a democratic country need a constitution ?
3
7
How will the information historians get from old newspapers be
different from that in police report ?
3
8
Differentiate between ubiquitous and localised resources.
4

CLASS-8th
SUB.Social Science
Hour

GURU HARKRISHAN PUBLIC SCHOOL

MAY UNIT TEST - 2015-16
M.M.-20
TIME-1

Note- Attempt all questions.

1
Explain the term Archive.
2
2
Why do the people of Nepal want a new Constitution ?
2
3
What is Resources conservation.
2
4
Who was James Mill ?
2
5
When did the Indian National Congress make the demand for a
Constituent
Assemble ?
2
6
Why does a democratic country need a constitution ?
3
7
How will the information historians get from old newspapers be
different from that in police report ?
3
8
Differentiate between ubiquitous and localised resources.
4
GURU HARKRISHAN PUBLIC SCHOOL
MAY UNIT TEST - 2015-16
CLASS-8th
M.M.-20
SUB.-Social Science
TIME-1
Hour
Note- Attempt all questions.
1. Explain the term Medieval.
2
2. Why do you understand by the term constitutive Provide one
example ?
2
3. What is meant by sustainable development ?
2
4. Who wrote A History of British India.
2
5. When did the Indian National Congress make the demand for a
Constituent
Assemble ?
2
6. Why does a democratic country need a constitution ?
3
7. Differentiate between Potential & Actual resources ?
3
8. What is a Problem with the periodization of Indian history that James
Mill offers .
4

GURU HARKRISHAN PUBLIC SCHOOL

MAY UNIT TEST - 2015-16

CLASS-8th
SUB.-Social Science
Hour
Note- Attempt all questions.
1 Explain the term Medieval.
2
2 Why do you understand by the term constitutive Provide one
example ?
2

M.M.-20
TIME-1

3 What is meant by sustainable development ?

2
4 Who wrote A History of British India.
2
5 When did the Indian National Congress make the demand for a
Constituent
Assemble ?
2
6 Why does a democratic country need a constitution ?
3
7 Differentiate between Potential & Actual resources ?
3
8 What is a Problem with the periodization of Indian history that James
Mill offers .
4

GURU HARKRISHAN PUBLIC SCHOOL

MAY UNIT TEST - 2015-16

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CLASS-8th
M.M.-20
SUB.-Social Science
TIME-1
Hour
Note- Attempt all questions.
Explain the term Medieval.
2
Why do you understand by the term constitutive Provide one
example ?
2
What is meant by sustainable development ?
2
Who wrote A History of British India.
2
When did the Indian National Congress make the demand for a
Constituent
Assemble ?
2
Why does a democratic country need a constitution ?
3
Differentiate between Potential & Actual resources ?
3
What is a Problem with the periodization of Indian history that James
Mill offers .
4

Class 8th Social Science

Lession-1 (History), (Civics), (Geography)
Difficult Words for the month of April-2015
Historian
Debate
Periodization
Ancient
General
Utility
Technology
discoveries
Sustainable
Development
Distribution
Renewable
Non-renewable
Potential-resources
Ubiquitous
Stock
Patent
Majesty
Exclusively
Trafficking
Pilgrims
Christian
Effective
Supreme-power
Simultaneously
Majority
Lord Dalhousie
assembly

Museums
Established
Consumption
Chapattis
Census
Federalism
Panchayati-raj
Universal
Adult-franchise
Parliamentary
Consensus
Secularism
Representative
Suffrage
Equal-opportunity
Equally
Executive
Modern
Travellers
Auto-biographies
Conservation
Origin
Constitution
Surveys
Minorities
Charles Darwin
Constituent

Specialized
Surveying
Comment
Governor
Zamindari
Diaries
Calligraphist
archives
Survey
Subjugation
Colonization
Medieval
Personalities
Official
Records
Colonial
Value
Medicine
Physical
Localised
Guarantees
Prohibits
Administration
Discriminated
Worth-mentioning
Fundamental
William Bentinck

Patent: it means the exclusive right over an idea or invention.

Technology: it is the application of latest knowledge and skill in doing or making things.
Stock of resources: it is the amount of resources available for use.
Sustainable development: carefully utilising resources so that besides meeting the
requirement of the present, also takes care of future generation.
Medieval: it refers to periods to which the features of modern society dont exist.

Colonization: it is the process in which one country subjugates and other and thus bring
political and social culture changes.
Subjugation: gaining control over a country.
Survey: the act of examining and recording the measurement features of an area or a land to
prepare or plan for it.
Archives: a place where historical documents or records of government or organization