MCQ Questions for Class 8 Civics: Ch 4 Understanding Laws
1. What are civil cases?
(a) Related to taxes
(b) Related to property
(c) Related to contract
(d) All of the above
► (d) All of the above
2. What is violation of law?
(a) Crime against the law
(b) To make new law
(c) To remove one law
(d) None of these
► (a) Crime against the law
3. What are criminal cases?
(a) Related to taxes
(b) Related to property
(c) Related to criminal
(d) None of these
► (c) Related to criminal
4. 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
► (c) On 10th March, 1919
5. Who made the law?
(a) Laws are made by president
(b) Laws are made by prime minister
(c) Laws are made by sovereign power
(d) None of these
► (c) Laws are made by sovereign power
6. Who makes laws for a country?
(a) Representatives in the court
(b) Representatives in the Parliament
(c) Representatives in the Red fort
(d) None of these
► (b) Representatives in the Parliament
7. What is rule of law?
(a) To balance wealth
(b) To maintain the situation
(c) To maintain the price
(d) None of these
► (b) To maintain the situation
8. Who introduced the rule of law in India?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Mughals
(c) British colonialists
(d) None of these
► (c) British colonialists
9. Name the lady involved in the rise of Civil Right Movement in US?
(a) Sarojini Naidu
(b) Indira Gandhi
(c) Rosa Parks
(d) None of these
► (c) Rosa Parks
10. Which Act has expanded the meaning of term ‘domestic’ in terms of law?
(a) Domestic Violence Act
(b) Rowlatt Act
(c) Salt Act
(d) None of these
► (a) Domestic Violence Act
11. When did the Jallianwala Bagh accident took place?
(a) 15 April
(b) 20 April
(c) 13 April
(d) None of these
► (c) 13 April
12. What was the Rowlatt Act?
(a) To control migrants
(b) To control revolutionary activities
(c) To control wealth of Indian
(d) None of these
► (b) To control revolutionary activities
13. What was the Sedition Act 1870?
(a) Rowlatt act
(b) Arbitrary act
(c) Protection against British
(d) None of these
► (b) Arbitrary act
14. Where is Jallianwala Bagh located?
(a) Amritsar
(b) Delhi
(c) Agra
(d) Dehradun
► (a) Amritsar
15. 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
► (a) General Dyer
16. Law on Domestic Violence was made in this year
(a) 2005
(b) 2006
(c) 2007
(d) 2008
► (a) 2005
17. What do you mean by the term ‘domestic’ in ‘Domestic violence’?
(a) House in which people live
(b) House in which people do not live
(c) A house where a nuclear family lives
(d) It includes all women who live or have lived together in a shared household with the husband.
► (d) It includes all women who live or have lived together in a shared household with the husband.
18. What do you mean by the Domestic violence?
(a) Injury and abuse
(b) Threat of injury
(c) Physical beating
(d) All of these
► (d) All of these