St.Charles School.Yercaud

Date: Time:1Hour

Class:VIII Social Marks:30

Formative Assessment-1

I .Choose the correct answer (4)

1…………………… are the valuable sources of information about the British period.

(a)Law Court (b)Lengendary People

(c)Records and official documents (d)School Books

2.The British organized census operation after every ………….. years

(a)nine (b)ten (c)eight (d)seven

3.Which of the following is not an ubiquitious resources

(a)sunlight (b)air (c)gold (d)water

4.Under which category of resources,can wind and water be put

(a)non-renewable resource (b)biological resources

(c)continuous flow resource (d)human resource

II .Fill in the blanks (4)

1. Important literary sources for modern India comprices of …………….. and ……………..

2. Conservation of natural resources is essential for ………………….3. Indian reformers led major protest againt the ……………………….

4. III .True or False (4)1. The Survey of India was set up in Calcutta.2. Western education and social legislations were negative changes

introduced by the British3. Resources that are confined to a local region are called ubiquitous

resources.4. Potential resources are resources which exist in a region but are

not fully developed due to lack of technical know-how.

IV .Answer in one word. (2)

1. What is an archive?(or)Mention the importance of oral history.

2. What is sustainable development?(or)Give 2 examples of abiotic resources.

V .Short answer question. (6)

1.Which factor gave rise to the Indian National Movement?

(or)

Why did the British build record rooms in their offices?

2.Differentiate between biotic and abiotic resources

(or)

In which two ways are resources classified based on availability?Explain with eg

VI .Long Answers. (10)

1.Describe any 3 developments which took place in the modern period.

2.List out 4 principles of sustainable development.