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CBSE Class 8 Social Studies Worksheet

Civics - Understanding Laws

1.
Who has the power to modify or cancel laws if it finds that they don't adhere to the Constitution?
2.
State Yes or No: No one will dispute the necessity for some rules to keep the public space open so that people can walk on the pavements easily. 
A) true B) false
3.
State Yes or No: Abuse of the woman can also include verbal, sexual and economic abuse. 
A) true B) false
4.
State Yes or No: The Protection of men from Domestic Violence Act 2005 extends the understanding of the term domestic to include all women who live or have lived together in a shared household with the male member who is perpetrating the violence.
A) true B) false
5.
State Yes or No: When a large number of people begin to feel that a wrong law has been passed, then there is pressure on the Parliament to change this law. 
A) true B) false
6.
What has been enacted to control Indian population?
7.
Fill in the blanks: One also cannot deny that ____________ and vendors provide essential services cheaply and efficiently to the millions living in a large city. 
8.
Fill in the blanks: An important role of Parliament is to be sensitive to the problems faced by ____________. 
9.
State Yes or No: People who think that the law is not fair can approach the president to decide on the issue. 
A) true B) false
10.
Which groups took the lead of domestic violence bill?
11.
Fill in the blanks: From establishing the need for a new law to its being passed, at every stage of the process the ____________ of the citizen is a crucial element. 
12.
State Yes or No: People might criticise law, hold public meetings, write about it in newspapers, report to TV news channels etc. 
A) true B) false
13.
Who has the power to modify laws?
14.
Fill in the blanks: The issue of domestic violence was brought to the attention of the ____________ and the process adopted for this issue to become law. 
15.
Fill in the blanks: People might criticise law, hold public meetings, write about it in ____________, report to TV news channels etc. 
16.
Fill in the blanks: By the end of the nineteenth century, the Indian legal profession began to use ____________ to defend the legal rights of Indians. 
17.
What did the Indian nationalists do against the arbitrary laws of British?
18.
State Yes or No: If the law favours one group and disregards the other it will be controversial and lead to conflict.
A) true B) false
19.
Fill in the blanks: All laws apply equally to all citizens of the ____________ and no one can be above the law. 
20.
State Yes or No: From establishing the need for a new law to its being passed, at every stage of the process the voice of the citizen is a crucial element. 
A) true B) false

CBSE Class 8 Social Studies Worksheet

Civics - Understanding Laws

Answers

1.
The court has the power to modify or cancel laws if it finds that they don't adhere to the Constitution. 
2.
Option A
3.
Option A
4.
Option B
5.
Option A

6.
New laws have been enacted to control pollution and provide employment. 
7.
Hawkers
8.
People
9.
Option B

10.
Lawyers Collective, a group of lawyers, law students and activities, after nation-wide consultations took the lead in drafting the Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection). 
11.
Voice
12.
Option A

13.
The parliament has the power to modify or cancel laws it finds that they don't adhere to the constitution. 
14.
Parliament
15.
Newspapers
16.
Law
17.
 Indian nationalist began protesting and criticising this arbitrary use of authority by the British. They 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 the law as including ideas of justice. By the end of 19th century, Indian legal profession also began emerging and demanded respect in colonial courts. 
18.
Option A

19.
Country
20.
Option A
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