Class VIII - Final Examinations - History & Civics - 2016-2017

08.03.2017

Final Examination - 2016-2017
Class VIII

HISTORY & CIVICS

Time : 2 Hrs Full Marks: 80

• ANSWER ANY FOUR QUESTIONS FROM PART-I
• ATTEMPT ALL QUESTIONS FROM PART-II
• DO NOT WRITE ANSWERS HAPHAZARDLY
• NUMBER YOUR ANSWERS PROPERLY 
• MARKS WILL BE DEDUCTED FOR SPELLING MISTAKES AND GRAMMATICAL ERRORS
• NEATNESS WILL BE REWARDED

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PART-I (32 Marks)

A.1. In reference to the Age of Revolution, answer the following questions:

1. Write about the significance of the American Revolution?
2. What were the economic factors that caused the resentment of the Third Estate?

2. 

1. Whose brain child was NAM?
2. When did the first meeting of NAM take place?
3. Name the leaders who supported it?
4. Give any two important features of NAM.

3. In reference to The India's Foreign Policy, answer the following questions:

1. What are the main aims and Objectives of SAARC?
2. Write a short note on the two wings of SAARC.

4. In reference to the Harrapan Civilization, answer the following questions

1. The importance of the seals found. Give any four points. 
2. Discuss the social life of the people.

5. In reference to the United Nations Organization and Specialized agencies of the UN, answer the following questions:

1. How was India benefited from the UN?
2. What are the aims of the WHO? When was WHO established.

PART-II (48 Marks)

B. Answer briefly: (2x5=10)

1. Battle of Gettysburg
2. Emancipation Proclamation
3. Napoleonic Code
4. The Rock Edict XII of Ashoka
5. The Great Bath

C. Briefly answer the following questions: (15)

1. Name the seal found in the Harrapan Civilisation. (3)
2. Who was Rakhaldas Banerjee? (2)
3. Name the four philosophers who inspired the Third Estate. (4)
4. What did the National Assembly framed? (2)
5. Name the two books which had considerable influence on the American Civil war? (2)
6. Who modeled Panchasheel? When and where did the first meeting of SAARC take place? (2)

D. Give the importance of the following dates: (1x6=6)

1. 1789
2. 1871
3. 1969
4. 1821
5. 1921
6. 1945

E. Name the authors of the following books/treatise and the importance of each: (2x3=6)

1. Indica
2. Arthashastro
3. Mudrarakshasa

F. Write the full form of: (1x6=6)

1. ASEAN
2. ECOSOC
3. FAO
4. ILO
5. UNESCO
6. NAM

G. Write the name of the personalities: (1x5=5)

1. Iron Man of Germany
2. Seceded from USA to form Confederate States
3. Lateran Treaty
4. Supported NAM
5. India of South Asian Organization was floated.

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