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 British
3. 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.