Civics - Class 8

Q1. When was the Hindu Succession Act revised?

 

Q2. What was Sedition Act of 1870?

 

Q3. What are the important changes introduced by the Hindu Succession Amendment Act 2005?

 

Q4. Mention the year of Jallianwala Bagh massacre. Who gave the order to shoot the protestors?

 

Q5. How is new law introduced in Parliament?

Or

In what form is the law introduced and where?

 

Q6. State one reason why you think the Sedition Act of 1870 was arbitrary?

 

Q7. Mention some of the common laws that govern us.

 

Q8. Write a short note on Rowlatt Act.

Or

What was Rowlatt Act?

Or

Explain the provisions of Rowlatt Act. How did Indians react to it?

 

Q9. How was the system of law during ancient times in India?

Or

State the procedure of making law in ancient times.

 

Q10. Describe the ‘Rule of Law’.

 

Q11. Describe the ways in which the citizens can express their views in relation to laws made in the Parliament.

 

Q12. Elaborate the arguments given by the historians against the British rule of law in India.

Or

State two reasons why historians refute the claim that the British introduced the rule of law in India.

 

Q13. Write in your own words what you understand by the following sentence on page 44-45: They also began fighting for greater equality and wanted to change the idea of law from a set of rules that they were forced to obey, to law as including ideas of justice.