Practicing with Kerala Syllabus 8th Standard Social Science Question Paper and Annual Exam Question Paper 2023-24 will help students prepare effectively for their upcoming exams.
Class 8 Social Science Annual Exam Question Paper 2023-24 Kerala Syllabus
Time: 2½ Hours
Marks: 40
Answer all questions from 1 to 4. Each carries 1 score. (4 × 1 = 4)
Question 1.
Who is known as the father of Economics?
a) Gandhiji
b) Adam Smith
c) Karl Marx
d) DadabhaiNaoroji
Answer:
b) Adam Smith
Question 2.
Identify the ruler of the Haryanka dynasty.
a) Bimbisaran
b) Shishunagan
c) Kalashokan
d) Mahapadmanandhan
Answer:
a) Bimbisaran
Question 3.
Identify the tax on land mentioned in Arthashastra.
a) Udagabhaga
b) Bali
c) Bhaga
d) Shulka
Answer:
c) Bhaga
Question 4.
Identify the World Watershed day.
a) March 22
b) December 5
c) June 5
d) February 2
Answer:
d) February 2
Answer all questions from 5 to 7. Each carries 2 score. (3 × 2 = 6)
Question 5.
What information about the life of early humans do we get from the cave paintings?
Answer:
Cave painting gives the following information about the early man.
- Earlymangatheredfoodbyhuntinganimals.
- Early man engaged in entertainment.
- Earlyman interacted with animals.
- Early man had artistic expertise-.
Question 6.
Complete the following table.
| Moovendans | Capitals |
| The Cheras | Muchiri |
| The Pandyas | a) _______ |
| b) _______ |
Answer:
a) Madurai
b) The Cholas
Question 7.
What are small scale maps? Give an example.
Answer:
Maps showing only the important information of larger areas are called small-scale maps.
Example: Atlas maps, Wall maps
Question 8.
Answer the following questions related to rocks.
(i) Which type of rocks are known as primary rocks?
(ii) Give an example for sedimentary rock.
(iii) Which type of rocks are mostly found in Kerala?
Answer:
i) Igneous rocks,
ii) Sandstone, Limestone.
iii) Metamorphic rocks.
Question 9.
What do you mean by social control? Write any two features of social control.
Answer:
Social control means the pressure and interventions exerted by each social group over its members in order to ensure and sustain a safe environment.
Features of social control
- In every society, there are certain commonly accepted standards of behaviour.
- Society establishes suitable social institutions for the regulation of behaviour and socialisation of its members.
- Social control is formally implemented through systems such as police, court, prison and military.
- Society has institutions and systems to control, prevent of punish those who do not adhere to social control.
Question 10.
How does global warming become a threat to the life forms?
Answer:
Global warming leads to the following problems in the economy.
- Sea level may rise as a result of melting of polar ice.
- Destruction in the coastal ecosystem may lead to problems such as food crisis, large-scale migration, etc
- Leads to the depletion of many species of plants and animals in the ecosystem.
Question 11.
Mention the geographical characteristics of Kerala which may cause the flood to become a natural disaster.
Answer:
- The topography of Kerala is divided into Highland, Midland and Lowland
- Kerala has a topography that slopes from east to west
- Moreover, the presence of 44 rivers and other waterbodies
- Excess rainfall
Question 12.
Write the features of family as a social group.
Answer:
- Elevated group consciousness
- Familiar people.
- Common ways of acting
- Satisfies the needs of the members
- Influences Personality.
- Small Group.
Answer any 2 from questions 13 to 15 . Each carries 4 score. (2 × 4 = 8)
Question 13.
What are the activities helpful in collecting and storing the surface runoff?
Answer:
Surface runoff water can be stored in the following ways:
- Conservation of wetlands
- Protection of forests
- Terrace farming
- Mulching
- Construction of check dams
- Construction of mud walls
- Digging rainwater percolation pits.
Question 14.
What is Green Revolution? Mention the achievements in Indian agricultural sector as a result of Green Revolution.
Answer:
The completion ofthe first and second Five Year Plans could not solve India’s food deficiency. It led to an all-out effort to achieve self-sufficiency in food and progress in agriculture. There occurred a quantum jump in food output and a transformation in agriculture in two stages (1960-70and 1970-80) known as the ‘Green Revolution’. Green Revolution was made possible through the use of high-yielding seeds, improved irrigation, fertilisers, insecticides and agriculture finance at low- interest rates. The increased food output, especially in wheat and rice, ended our dependence on foreigners and achieved self sufficiency.
Question 15.
Arrange the items in column ‘B’ with appropriate items in column ‘A’.
Answer:
| A | B |
| Natural sinks of surface | Water Wetlands |
| The surface of the water-rich part beneath the ground | Water table |
| The water stored beneath the ground | Underground water |
| Shallow tube well dug in sandy regions | Filter point wells |
Answer any 2 from questions 16 to 18. Each carries 5 score. (2 × 5 = 10)
Question 16.
Give an account of the impact of the flood that occurred in Kerala during 2018
Answer:
- To manage the excess wafer in the reservoirs, 37 dams were opened
- It took away hundreds of lives.
- This caused considerable flooding in 13 out of the 14 districts.
- It had a devastating effect on all the sectors.
- The agricultural sector was wholly affected by the floods.
- The land, environment as well as lifeforms, including man, were subjected to flood.
Question 17.
Write the aims of NITI Aayog.
Answer:
- To bring down government participation in industrial and service sectors
- To un utilise the services of the dominant middle class for sustainable economic growth.
- To improve agriculture production by practising mixed farming.
- To make use of the services of non resident Indians for economic and technological growth.
- To convert the cities into secure living centres using modem technology.
- To equip the nation to face global transformation and market forces.
Question 18.
Explain the characteristics of troposphere.
Answer:
- This layer extends up to about 90 Km from the surface of the earth and lies close to the earth.
- The height of the troposphere is higher in the equatorial regions because of strong convection here, (about 18 Km)
- Almost all the weather and climatic phenomena, such as cloud formation, rain, snow, wind, thunder and lightning, etc., take place in this layer.
- In the troposphere, the temperature decreases at a uniform rate of 10 Celsius for every 165 metres of altitude. This is called the Normal Lapse Rate.
- The zone of transition above the troposphere is called the tropopause.