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    Class – VIII Assertion and Reason Questions

    Geography Chapter 1 Resources

    i.) A is correct but R is wrong


    ii.) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
    iii.) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
    iv.) A is wrong but R is correct

    1.) Assertion (A)- Resources could become economically valuable.


    Reason (R)- if resources are patented and sold by a medical firm tomorrow
    Answer :- ii. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

    2.) Assertion (A)- Time and technology are two important factors that can change
    substances into resources
    Reason (R) – Time and technology are related to the needs of the people. People
    themselves are the most important resource
    Answer :- ii. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

    3.) Assertion (A)- People themselves are the most important resource
    Reason (R)- People get ideas, knowledge, inventions and discoveries that lead to
    the creation of more resources.
    Answer :- ii. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

    Ch-2 Land, Soil, Water, Natural Vegetation and Wildlife Resources

    1.) Assertion (A)- in different parts of the world there is uneven distribution of
    population.
    Reason (R)-There is varied characteristics of land, water and climate.
    Answer :- i. A is correct but R is wrong

    2.) Assertion (A)- Land degradation, landslides, soil erosion, desertification are the
    major threats to the environment
    Reason (R)- People started encroaching the common lands to build up commercial
    areas, housing complexes in the urban areas and to expand the agricultural land in
    the rural areas.
    Answer :- iii. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

    3.) Assertion (A)- Soil is made up of organic matter, minerals and weathered rocks
    found on the earth.
    Reason (R)-The right mix of salt and organic matter make the soil fertile.

    Answer:- i. A is correct but R is wrong


    Civics
    Chapter 1 The Indian Constitution

    1.) Assertion (A)- Today most countries in the world have a Constitution. While all
    democratic countries are likely to have a Constitution
    Reason (R )- Between December 1946 and November 1949, the Constituent
    Assembly drafted a constitution for independent India.
    Answer :- ii. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

    2.) Assertion (A)-In countries that have adopted a democratic form of government or
    polity
    Reason (R)-In a democracy, king choose our leaders so that they can exercise
    power responsibly on our behalf
    Answer :- i. A is correct but R is wrong

    Chapter 2 Understanding Secularism

    1.) Assertion (A)-the most important aspect of secularism is its separation of


    religion from State power
    Reason (R)-Indian State does not enforce any particular religion nor take away the
    religious freedom of individuals.
    Answer:-ii. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

    3.) Assertion (A)-In February 2004, France passed a law banning students from
    wearing any conspicuous religious or political signs or symbols such as the Islamic
    headscarf, the Jewish skullcap, or large Christian crosses
    Reason (R)-the strict separation between religion and the State in American
    secularism, in Indian secularism the State can intervene in religious affairs
    Answer:-iii. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
    History

    Chapter 1 How When and Where

    Assertion (A) and reason (R). Mark as per the codes provided below.
    (a) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
    (b) Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A.
    (c) A is correct but R is wrong.
    (d) A is wrong but R is correct.

    Q. 1. Assertion (A): These histories began with the rule of the first Governor-General, Warren
    Hastings and ended with the last Viceroy, Lord Mountbatten.
    Reason(R): All the dates in these history books were linked to these personalities – to their
    activities, policies, achievements.

    Ans. Option (a) is correct.

    Q.2. Assertion(A): Leaders and reformers wrote to spread their ideas, poets and novelists
    wrote to express their feelings.
    Reason(R): In the villages, revenue surveys were conducted. The effort was to know the
    topography, the soil quality, the flora, the fauna, the local histories, and the cropping pattern
    – all the facts seen as necessary to know about to administer the region.
    Ans. Option (b) is correct.

    Chapter 2 From Trade to Territory – The Company Establishes Power

    Q. 1. Assertion(A): The Company tried continuously to press for more concessions


    and manipulate existing privileges granted by Aurangzeb’s Farman, the right to
    duty-free trade.
    Reason (R): Siraj-ud-daulah refused to grant the Company concessions and
    demanded large tributes for the right to trade and denied the right to mint coins and
    stopped it from extending its fortifications.
    Ans. Option (b) is correct.

    Q. 2. Assertion(A): Governor-General Warren Hastings introduced several administrative


    reforms in the sphere of justice.
    Reason (R): In 1772 a new system of justice was established and each district have two courts
    – a criminal court (faujdari adalat) and a civil court (diwani adalat).
    Ans. Option (a) is correct.

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