Kerala Class 8 First Term Question Paper 2025 Social Science

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SAMAGRASHIKSHA KERALA
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT -TERM r 2025-26
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Time • 1 1/2 Hours
Standard : VIll
Total Score 40

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• The first Fifteen minutes is given as cool off time.
Read the questions and instructions carefully and write the answers.
• Answer the questions considering score and time.
Attempt any one qUestion from each section having choice. .

Answer the questions from I to 4..Each carries 1 score. 4)
1. The hints of a revolt are given below. Identify the revolt.
• An armed rebellion against the British in 1899.
This tribal revolt is known as Ulgulan.
A) Kol Rebellion B) Poligar Rebellion
C) Neelam Peasant Revolt D) Munda Rebellion
2. Anange the items in column 'B' appropriate to column 'A' and choose the correct combinations
from the options given below.

a. David Ricardo i Theory of Surplus Value
b. J.A.Schumpeter ii The Drain Theory
c. Dadabhai Naoroji iii Theory of Rent
d. Karl Marx iv Creative Destruction

A) a- ii, b- iii, c- i, d- iv B) a- iii, b- ii, c- iv, d -i
C) a- iii, b- iv, c- ii, d -i D) a - iv, b - iii, c- i, d - ii
3. Statement I
Following the Winter Solstice, the apparent movement of the Sun from the Tropic of
Capricorn to the Tropic of Cancer is known as Utharayanam.
StatementIl
Following the Summer Solstice, the apparent movement of Sun from the Tropiclof
Capricorn to the Tropic of Cancer is known as Dakshinayanam.
Analyse the above statements and choose the correct answer from the options given below.
A) Both the Statements are correct B) Statement I only is correct
C) Statement Il only is correct D) Both the Statements are not correct

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Identify the person fronÄthe.hints given below.
Fought against child nullTiage.
'Arya Mahila Satnaj' was established
'Sharada Sadan' was stattcd for the rehabilitationof widows.
A) Pandita Ramabai B) Annie Besant
C) Savitribai Phule D) Kittur Rani Chennamma
Answer the questions from 5 to 7 in two or more sentences. Each carries 2 score.

(A) Observe the world map and identify the line of longitude marked as 'P'. Explain the
characteristics of this line.
1800

OR
(B) Estimate the local time at 150West and 150 East longitudes,when the Greenwich
Mean Time is 8 am.

15 0 West. 00 150 East.

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6. Complete the flow chart related to the time linc of Fundamental Rights.

Magna Carta

Declaration of I-luman Rights after the
French Revolution

7. 'A' and 'B' are friends. 'A' built a house and 'B' bought a luxury car. What kind of needs are
fulfilled in both cases?
Answer the questions from 8 to 11 in three or more sentences. Each carries 3 score.
(4 x 3 = 12)
) Who described the Right to ConstitutionalRemedies as the heart and soul of the
Indian Constitution? Mention the ways to restore the Right to Constitutional Remedies.
OR
(B) The Right to Education Act is different from Cultural and Educational Rights. Elucidate.
9. Name the Viceroy who partitioned Bengal. How did the partition of Bengal strengthen
the Swadeshi Movement?
10. Explain the significanceof Gandhian economic thoughts in contemporary India.
11. Name the different seasons and explain the characteristicsof any one of them.
Answer the questions 12 and 13 in four or more sentences. Each carries 4 score.

12 (A) How did the Permanent Land Revenue Settlement and Ryotwari System affect Indian
farmers?
OR
(B) The Neelam Peasant Revolt of 1859 in Bengal was the most important agrarian revolt
against the British colonial rule. Explain the circumstances that led to this revolt.
13. Explain the circumstancesthat led to strengthen Indian Nationalism based on the
given hints.
Hints:
Economic policy
Western Education

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Answer the questions 14 and IS in (let/iil. carries 5 score.
14. (2 x 5- 10)
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy initiated the Social re fijrms in
India. Explain the major
activities of Raja Rani Mohan Roy in social reform movcmcnt.
OR
(B) The Revolt of 1857 was an organized rebellion in India against the British.
Analyse the revolt based on the following hints.
Hints:
The Doctrine of Lapse
Dissatisfaction of the Indian Soldiers
15. Cornpare the Sununer Solstice and Winter Solstice.

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