Confronting Marginalisation — Social Studies STD 8 — Question

Take up a small research study to assess the types of renewable resources in your region; you may discuss with your teacher the geographical area of your study and sources to access information that you may need. What has been the change in their status over time? Make a small report that identifies the reasons for the change and what may be done.

How does population pyramid help in understanding the population of the country?

You are a historian studying the resistance of regional kingdoms against the Delhi Sultanate. Analyse why the Eastern Ganga kingdom and the Hoysalas were able to resist for so long, using ewdence from the chapter.

Which Fundamental Rights will the following situations violate?
(a) If a 13 year old child is working in a factory manufacturing carpets.
(b) If a politician in one state decides to not allow labourers from other states to work in his state.
(c) If a group of people are not given permission to open a Telugu medium school in Kerala.
(d) If the government decides not to promote an officer of the armed forces for being a woman.

What were the factors that were kept in mind by the drafting committee while drafting the constitution?

“Indians” funded their own subjugation.” What does this mean in the context of British infrastructure projects in India like the railway and telegraph networks?

Role-play: Enact a historical discussion between a British official an Indian personality like Dadabhai Naoroji on the British Colonial rule in India.

Describe subsistence farming and its types in detail.

After the British conquest of Bengal, Calcutta grew from a small village to a big city. Find out about the culture, architecture and the life of Europeans and Indians of the city during the colonial period.

Which two important factors can change substances into resources?