Understanding Laws Class 8 MCQs Questions with Answers
Choose the correct answer:
Question 1.
When did Jallianwala Bagh’s massacre take place?
(a) 13 April
(b) 13 March
(c) 13 May
(d) 13 June
Answer
Answer: (a) 13 April
Question 2.
Where is Jallianwala Bagh located?
(a) Amritsar
(b) Delhi
(c) Agra
(d) Dehradun
Answer
Answer: (a) Amritsar
Question 3.
When did the Rowlatt Act come into effect?
(a) On 10th February, 1917
(b) On 10th January, 1918
(c) On 10th March, 1919
(d) On 20th April, 1920
Answer
Answer: (c) On 10th March, 1919
Question 4.
Who gave the order to fire in Jallianwala Bagh on innocent people protesting calmly?
(a) General Dyer
(b) Dr. Satyapal
(c) Dr. Saifuddin Kichlew
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) General Dyer
Question 5.
What is the violence free relationship where husband and wife are equal with each other and they enjoy equal rights?
(a) Equal relationship
(b) Discriminated relationship
(c) Evolution
(d) All of these
Answer
Answer: (a) Equal relationship
Question 6.
Law on Domestic Violence was made in this year
(a) 2005
(b) 2006
(c) 2007
(d) 2008
Answer
Answer: (a) 2005
Question 7.
Who was the Afro-American woman who refused to give her seat to a white man in 1955?
(a) Rosy Peter
(b) Rosa Parks
(c) Rosymary
(d) Rose Jose
Answer
Answer: (b) Rosa Parks
Match the following:
| Column A | Column B |
| (a) Domestic Violence | (i) Disapprove of a Person or thing |
| (b) Colonies | (ii) Guilty of criminal offense |
| (c) Convict | (iii) Quarrel between Husband and Wife |
| (d) Criticise | (iv) Country under Foreign Ryles |
Answer
Answer:
| Column A | Column B |
| (a) Domestic Violence | (iii) Quarrel between Husband and Wife |
| (b) Colonies | (iv) Country under Foreign Ryles |
| (c) Convict | (ii) Guilty of criminal offense |
| (d) Criticise | (i) Disapprove of a Person or thing |
Write (T) for true and (F) for false:
1. The most important provision in our constitution is all persons in independent India are equal in the eyes of law.
Answer
Answer: True
2. Our law gives special treatment for government officers and wealthy persons.
Answer
Answer: False
3. Colonial law was arbitrary.
Answer
Answer: True
4. Hindu Succession Amendment Act, 2005 gives priority to daughter over son.
Answer
Answer: False
5. Prime Minister can make new laws.
Answer
Answer: False
6. Sedition Act, 1870 was an example of arbitrariness existing in British India.
Answer
Answer: True
7. Rosa Park, an African-American woman protested for being unseated by the white man on December 1, 1995.
Answer
Answer: True
Fill in the blanks:
1. ……………… activities are done against the law.
Answer
Answer: Illegal
2. Evolution is the process of ……………… from a simple to complex form.
Answer
Answer: development
3. The Parliament is the ……………… which makes the new rules.
Answer
Answer: Institution
4. The Court has the power of ……………… to modify or cancel laws.
Answer
Answer: judicial review
5. Dr. Satyapal and Dr. Saifuddin Kichlew were ……………… on 10 April 1919.
Answer
Answer: arrested
6. The Parliament consists of Rajya Sabha and ………………
Answer
Answer: Lok Sabha
