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SHAHEEN PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL

GASIYAR HAWAL , SRINAGAR

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT 2024

ClASS:- 8th Marks:- 50

SUBJECT:-S.S.T. Time:- 2 hours

Q1. Long answer type questions:- ( do any four)

I. Write one reason why do you think the constitutions safe guards to project
minority communities are very important?
II. Why do you think there is so far few cases of private water supply in the
world?
III. What objections did the sepoys have to the new cartridges that they were
asked to use?
IV. How didi the knowledge of ancient texts help the reformers promote new
laws?
V. What did Ambedkar want to achieve through the temple entry movement?
4*5=20

Q2.Short answer type questions :- ( do any five)

I. What economics impact did the first world war have on India?
II. Why land considered on important resources?
III. Why cotton textile rapidly expanded in Mumbai?
IV. Why are most of the private hospitals and private school located in major
cities and not in towns or rural area?
V. List two reasons why Adivasis are becoming increasingly marginalized?
VI. What were the different reasons people had for not sending girls to school?
5*3=15

Q3.very short type questions:- do any three

I. What social ideas did the following people support.


a. Rammohan Roy
b. Ishwarchandra vidyasagar.
c. Veerasalingam pantulu.
II. What did the Muslim league resolution of 1940 ask for?
III. What is meant by the term ‘Industry’?
IV. Suggest three ways to conserve water? 3*2=6

Q4. Objective type questions :-

I. Which one of the following is not a factor of soil formation?


a. Time
b. Soil texture
c. Organic matter

2. Which one of the following methods is most appropriate to check soil erosion on
steep slopes?

a. Shetter belts

b. Mulching

c. Terrace cultivation

3. Horticulture means:-

a. Growing of fruits and vegetables

b. Private farming

c. Growing of wheat

4.Golden fibre refers to

a. Tea

b. Cotton

c. Jute

5. Leading producers of coffee

a. Brazil

b.India

c. Russia. (5)

Q5. State whether true or false.

a. When the British captured Bengal they framed many new laws to regulate
the rules regarding marriage, adoption inheritance of property,
etc________.
b. Social reformers had to discard the ancient texts in order to argue for
reform in social practices ______.
c. Reformers got full support from all sections of the people of the country
______.
d. The Child Marriage Restraint Act was passed in 1824______. (4)

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