Class 8th Social Science MCQ

Q1. Reservations plays an important role in safeguarding the interests of ___.
1. Dalits.
2. Adivasis.
3. Both a and b.
4. None of these.

Ans: 3. Both a and b.
Q2. Marginalization is linked to:
1. Experiencing disadvantages
2. Prejudices
3. Powerless
4. All of these

Ans: 4. All of these
Q3. A stated course of action that provides direction for the future, sets goals to be achieved or lays out principles or
guidelines to be followed and acted upon.
1. Policy
2. Programme
3. Strategy
4. Budget

Ans: 1. Policy
Q4. Who needs to constantly work to bring equality and dignity for all?
1. Government.
2. People.
3. None of them.
4. Both of them.

Ans: 4. Both of them.
Q5. Reservations play an important role in providing social justice to:
1. Adivasis
2. Dalits
3. Muslims
4. Both (a) and (b)

Ans: 4. Both (a) and (b)
Q6. The well known Bhakti poet Chokhamela was from:
1. Sixteenth century.
2. Seventeenth century.
3. Fifteenth century.
4. Fourteenth century.

Ans: 4. Fourteenth century.
Q7. The areas where tribal originally lived and continue to stay in these fields:
1. Ancestors
2. Encroachers
3. Both (a) & (b)
4. All of these
Ans: 2. Encroachers
Q8. Which Act is important for Adivasis?
1. Act, 1989
2. Act, 1990
3. Act, 1991
4. Act, 1996

Ans: 1. Act, 1989
Q9. _____ has been abolished according to Article 17.
1. Poverty
2. Education
3. Crime
4. Untouchability

Ans: 4. Untouchability
Q10. In social environment, Marginalization is due to:
1. Different Language.
2. Different Religion.
3. Minority.
4. All of these.

Ans: 4. All of these.
Q11. Militarised means:
1. Presence of Minor Group.
2. Presence of Major group.
3. Presence of Adivasis.
4. Presence of armed force.

Ans: 4. Presence of armed force.
Q12. A person or a group that can express themselves and their views strongly are:
1. Assertive
2. Representative
3. Forceful person
4. None of these

Ans: 1. Assertive
Q13. Who was Kabir by caste?
1. Weaver
2. Kumhar
3. Barber
4. Mason

Ans: 1. Weaver
Q14. ______ faces discrimination in their daily lives, mostly in rural India.
1. Dalits
2. Parsis
3. Brahmins
4. Vaishyas

Ans: 1. Dalits
Q15. Which is the Article of Constitution that states that untouchability has been abolished?
1. Article 16
2. Article 18
3. Article 28
4. Article 17

Ans: 4. Article 17
Q16. How many percent of India’s population is Adivasi?
1. Around 8%
2. About 10%
3. About 4%
4. About 6%

Ans: 1. Around 8%
Q17. What term means to exclude or banish an individual or a group?
1. Dalit.
2. Scheduled caste.
3. Ostracise.
4. None of the above.

Ans: 3. Ostracise.
Q18. Which type of poems Kabir wrote?
1. Bhakti tradition.
2. Veer Ras.
3. Revolutionary.
4. None of these.

Ans: 1. Bhakti tradition.
Q19. Meaning of Manual Scavenging?
1. Cleaning of cities.
2. Carrying Human excreta on heads.
3. Both a and b.
4. None of these.

Ans: 2. Carrying Human excreta on heads.
Q20. Untouchability is abolished under which article of the Constitution?
1. Article 17
2. Article 15
3. Article 19
4. Article 14

Ans: 1. Article 17
Q21. What do you understand by manual scavenging?
1. Work of scavenging by machine.
2. Work of scavenging by hand.
3. Work of scavenging by power.
4. None of these.

Ans: 2. Work of scavenging by hand.
Q22. Who are Bhangis and Pakhis.
1. Manual Scavengers.
2. Schedule Tribes.
3. Illiterates.
4. Below Poverty Line.

Ans: 1. Manual Scavengers.
Q23. ___ of Indian Constitution states that no citizen shall be discriminated against on the basis of religion.
1. Article 5
2. Article 10
3. Article 15
4. Article 4

Ans: 3. Article 15
Q24. Do Adivasi live close to the forest?
1. No
2. May be
3. Yes
4. Can’t say

Ans: 3. Yes
Q25. 1835 onwards, Adivasis from Jharkhand & adjoining areas moved in India & the world’s like:
1. Mauritius
2. Caribbean
3. Australia
4. All of these

Ans: 4. All of these
Q26. Why do we need safeguards?
1. To protect the state.
2. To protect the society.
3. To protect the rich people.
4. To protect minority community.

Ans: 4. To protect minority community.
Q27. The act passed in 2006.
1. The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act.
2. The Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act.
3. The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
4. Dalits Act.

Ans: 1. The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act.
Q28. Bhakti poet Chokhamela belonged to ____ caste.
1. Mahar
2. Kumhar
3. Bhil
4. Gujjar

Ans: 1. Mahar
Q29. Who out of the following are facing inequalities due to marginalization?
1. Dalits
2. Women
3. Adivasis
4. All of the above

Ans: 4. All of the above
Q30. Which article of the Constitution notes that no citizenof India shall be discriminated against on the basis of
religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth.
1. Article 18
2. Article 15
3. Article 16
4. Article 17

Ans: 2. Article 15
Q31. _______ is a Minority religious group.
1. Hinduism
2. Shaivism
3. Mahars
4. Parsi

Ans: 4. Parsi
Q32. What do you mean by Ostracise?
1. Banish Individual or group.
2. Banish Caste.
3. Banish religion.
4. None of these.

Ans: 1. Banish Individual or group.
Q33. Who was the religious minorities in India?
1. Sikh
2. Muslim
3. Jain
4. All of these

Ans: 3. Jain
Q34. The forest or tribal people living in their aboriginal state the lifestyle are known as:
1. Invoke
2. Dalits
3. Adivasis
4. None of these

Ans: 3. Adivasis
Q35. Marginalization results in:
1. Low social status.
2. Not equal access of Eduation.
3. Both (a) & (b).
4. None of these.

Ans: 3. Both (a) & (b).
Q36. Which Act states that this Act is meant to undo the historical injustices meted out to forest dwelling populations
in not recognising their rights to land and resources.
1. The Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act.
2. The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
3. Dalits Act.
4. The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act.

Ans: 4. The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act.
Q37. Which encroachers were pointed out by CK Janu.
1. Paper mill owner.
2. Timber Merchant.
3. Both a and b.
4. None of these.

Ans: 3. Both a and b.
Q38. When did the Supreme Court ban the practice of manual scavenging?
1. 2001
2. 2002
3. 2004
4. 1993

Ans: 4. 1993
Q39. Who wrote the poem on untouchability?
1. Poet Chokhamela.
2. Poet Surender Sharma.
3. Poet Maithali Sharan Gupta.
4. Poetess Soyrabai.

Ans: 4. Poetess Soyrabai.
Q40. Dalits can invoke their ____ if they feel they are being marginalised.
1. Constitution.
2. Article 15.
3. Fundamental Rights.
4. Police Complaint.

Ans: 3. Fundamental Rights.
Q41. How does the government ensure to end the inequity in the country?
1. Through laws.
2. Through reservations.
3. Both (a) & (b).
4. None of the above.

Ans: 3. Both (a) & (b).
Q42. ___________ refers to the practice of removing human and animal waste/ excreta using brooms, tin plates, and
baskts from dry latrines.
1. Manual scavenging.
2. Rag pickers.
3. Sweepers.
4. Dalits.

Ans: 1. Manual scavenging.
Q43. Reservation Policy is adopted by the government for the benefits of:
1. Scheduled castes.
2. Backward classes.
3. Scheduled tribes.
4. All of the the above.

Ans: 4. All of the the above.
Q44. People believing that adivasis are:
1. Cunning, primitive and forward.
2. Exotic, primitive and backward.
3. Extrovert, primitive and forward.
4. Exotic, modern and backward.

Ans: 2. Exotic, primitive and backward.
Q45. Do Muslims have equal access to basic amenities?
1. yes
2. May be
3. No
4. Can’t not

Ans: 3. No
Q46. The term which means broken is:
1. Jain
2. Dalit
3. Adivasi
4. Muslims

Ans: 2. Dalit
Q47. What are the fundamental rights in the constitution that are treated with dignity and equality?
1. Right to Equality.
2. Right to freedom.
3. Both (a) & (b).
4. None of these.

Ans: 3. Both (a) & (b).
Q48. In which year did the government passed the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry
Latrines (Prohibition) Act.
1. In 1991
2. In 1992
3. In 1993
4. In 1990

Ans: 3. In 1993
Q49. What is meant by the term ‘Assertive’?
1. Those never express themselves.
2. Those oppose every concept.
3. Those express themselves strongly.
4. None of these.

Ans: 3. Those express themselves strongly.