This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > Civics > Law And Social Justice > Class 8 Civics Chapter 10 Law And Social Justice – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 Civics Chapter 10 Law And Social Justice Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The constitution lays down that no child between the age of ..... years shall be employed to work in any factory or mine A) 12-17. B) 14-16. C) 15-18. D) 14-18. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 14-18. 2. New law on environment was introduced due to A) Bhopal gas tragedy. B) UC factory tragedy. C) Both (a) & (b). D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bhopal gas tragedy. 3. No child below the age of ..... years shall be employed to work in any factory or mines. A) 20. B) 12. C) 18. D) 14. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 14. 4. It is not mandatory for every commodity sold to bear the weight, date of manufacture and date of expiry. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. Where the government budget is presented? A) At the Rashtrapati bhawan. B) At the parliament. C) At the income tax office. D) At the Supreme court. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At the parliament. 6. In which Court Case did the Supreme Court hold that the Right to Life is a fundamental Right? A) Subhash Kumar vs State of Bihar. B) Subhash Kumar vs The state of Madhya Pradesh. C) Sandesh Kumar Vats was State of Madhya Pradesh. D) Sandesh Kumar Vats State of Bihar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subhash Kumar vs State of Bihar. 7. A:Bussiness workers might deny workers their rights and not pay them wagesR:They want to make the highest profit possible A) Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion. B) Assertion and the Reason are correct but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion. C) Assertion is true but the Reason is false. D) The statement of the Assertion is false but the Reason is true. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion. 8. What is a worker's worth? A) The amount they are paid. B) The number of hours they work. C) The value in the eyes of the industry. D) The skills they possess. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The value in the eyes of the industry. 9. If a Factory will be relocated 100 km from its original site. What will be the disadvantage? A) Workers will get lower pay. B) Enviroment will get polluted. C) More vehicles will travel there producing Noise Pollution. D) Workers will lose their Jobs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Workers will lose their Jobs. 10. Which Union bargains and Negotiates between the employer on behalf of its memebers? A) Union Carbide. B) Workers Union. C) Wage Control and Effective employment of Workers Union ( WCEEW). D) Wage Enforcing control and Safety Course Rules and employment workers Union ( WE SCREW). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Workers Union. 11. Union Carbide, an American Company, produced soaps. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. Which institution in India ensures that laws are properly followed? A) Judiciary. B) Private companies. C) Media. D) Social workers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Judiciary. 13. The law against child labour was implemented in A) 2012. B) 2001. C) 2006. D) 2005. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2006. 14. In which year midday meal programme were started? A) 2004. B) 2008. C) 2010. D) 2006. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2004. 15. According to the 2011 Census, there are ..... child workers employed in various hazardous sectors A) 3.75 million. B) 4 million. C) 5 million. D) 4.25 million. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4 million. 16. In which year, Parliament amended the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, banning the employment of children below the age of 14 years in all occupations. A) 2019. B) 2017. C) 2016. D) 1986. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2016. 17. WHICH COMPANY TOOK OVER THE FACTORY OF UC? A) AIZAZ CHEMICALS. B) DOW CHEMICAL. C) APPLE. D) DO CHEMICAL. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) DOW CHEMICAL. 18. Union Carbide set up their factory in India because A) The government permitted them to do so. B) Labour in India was cheap. C) There were not too many overhead costs. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 19. What is meant by a minimum wage? A) A certain amount less than which a worker cannot be paid. B) A wage that is related to the workers rights. C) A wage that is revised periodically. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 20. Anyone found violating the law of child labour must be penalized with a punishment ranging from a jail term of how long? A) 6 months to 2 years. B) 7 months to 2 years. C) 3 months to 2 years. D) 9 months to 2 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6 months to 2 years. 21. In which year was PENCIL implimented?? A) 2013. B) 2001. C) 2017. D) 2015. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2017. 22. What does the Right against Exploitation guarantee? A) No one can be employed in hazardous jobs. B) All workers must be paid equally. C) Everyone has the right to free education. D) No one can be forced to work for low wages. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No one can be forced to work for low wages. 23. The ..... has to ensure that these laws are implemented. A) Judiciary. B) Government. C) President. D) Defence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Government. 24. What did the Union Carbide's Bhopal plant produce? A) Pesticides. B) Fertilisers. C) Both (a) and (b). D) Neither (a) or (b). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pesticides. 25. A:There is a law on minimum wagesR:to ensure that the Employer gets maximum profit A) Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion. B) The Assertion and the Reason are correct but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion. C) Assertion is true but the Reason is false. D) The statement of the Assertion is false but the Reason is true. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assertion is true but the Reason is false. 26. Name of the deadly gas that caused the tragedy in Bhopal A) Methyl-isocyanite. B) Hydrogen Bromide. C) Hydrogen Sulfide. D) Arsenic pentafluoride. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Methyl-isocyanite. 27. Market has basically ..... parties. A) Three. B) Four. C) One. D) Two. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Three. 28. A:The Child Labour act stated that no Child aged 14-18 will work in a hazardous occupationR:More than 4 million children worked in hazardous occupations A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation Of A. B) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation Of A. C) A is true, R is False. D) A is False, R is true. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation Of A. 29. Which of these social groups is not part if the marginalised A) Traders. B) Slaves. C) Manual scavengers. D) The aborgines. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Traders. 30. Which is an example of a boycott? A) Convincing your family and friends to support a new product. B) Refusing to purchase a product to support a cause. C) Giving a friend helpful advice. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Refusing to purchase a product to support a cause. 31. The law against child labor was implemented in law was implemented against child labor A) 2003. B) 2001. C) 2006. D) 2005. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2006. 32. A:People use the contaminated wells around the UC FactoryR:There is so much unemployment in India A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation Of A. B) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation Of A. C) A is true, R is false. D) A is False, R is true. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation Of A. 33. The term used for event in which large large number of losses occur to life and property:The word used for phenomenon in which life and property are damaged in large numbers A) Poisonous toxic. B) Toxic toxic. C) Disaster disaster. D) Vulneraable discriminator. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Disaster disaster. 34. Union Carbide manufactured A) Cyanide. B) Carbon monoxide. C) Methane. D) Methyl isocyanite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Methyl isocyanite. 35. What is a protest? A) The act of supporting your favorite sports team. B) The separation of different racial groups in a country, community, or establishment. C) A statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something. 36. What is the term used for a ten-year old child working in a factory? A) Child labour. B) Factory worker. C) Baldar. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Child labour. 37. The monthly minimum wages have been fixed for every state which are updated now and then. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 38. Act of breaking law means A) Violation. B) Breaking of fundamental rights. C) Both (a) & (b). D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Breaking of fundamental rights. 39. In 1984, how was the environment treated? A) As a free entity, but the use was restricted by the Article 21 which include the right to life. B) As a free entity, but the use was restricted by the Factories. C) As a free entity, the use wasn't restricted by anyone. D) As a free entity, but the use was restricted by the government. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As a free entity, the use wasn't restricted by anyone. 40. What does the term 'minimum wage' mean? A) The lowest wage an employer can legally pay a worker. B) The wage only rich people get. C) The salary of government employees. D) The profit a company earns. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The lowest wage an employer can legally pay a worker. 41. Power looms are small looms with ..... looms A) 6-7. B) 5-8. C) 4-6. D) 3-5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4-6. 42. What was the government's negligence during the Bhopal gas tragedy? A) Not recognizing the plant as hazardous. B) Shifting the plant to a safer location. C) Providing too many safety regulations. D) Increasing the number of inspectors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not recognizing the plant as hazardous. 43. Which of the following events took place in 2 December 1984? A) The Supreme Court had ordered all public transport vehicles using diesel were to switch to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). B) The government amended the Child Labour Prevention Act. C) Bhopal Gas Tragedy. D) The Supreme Court held that the Right to Life is a Fundamental Right under Article 21 of the Constitution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bhopal Gas Tragedy. 44. Why do foreign companies come to India.Give reasons A) For labour (as Labour in India is cheap and helps in cost cutting). B) Higher safety measures and working conditions (This prevents accidents and extra expenditure). C) For labour (as Labour in India is costly but has high skill standards). D) Higher safety measures and working conditions (This provides optimum working conditions making people inclined to work in the factory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For labour (as Labour in India is cheap and helps in cost cutting). 45. What is The full form of NCLP? (Write first letter of each word in caps) A) International child labour project. B) No child labour project. C) National child labour project. D) Natural child labour project. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) National child labour project. 46. Why minimum wages act is important A) It is important for the worker to have a minimum amount for his or her and family's livelihood. B) To keep them working. C) None of these. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is important for the worker to have a minimum amount for his or her and family's livelihood. 47. A:Lower working conditions including lower safety measuresR:It is one of the ways of cutting costs done by companies A) Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion. B) The Assertion and the Reason are correct but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion. C) Assertion is true but the Reason is false. D) The statement of the Assertion is false but the Reason is true. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion. 48. Which of these is a reason for the high levels of toxic substance in the air in Delhi? A) Cars have switched from CNG to Diesel. B) There has been a sharp increase in cars in Delhi. C) The Bhopal gas tragedy carried high level of toxic substances with the help of the air flowing to the West. D) Due to the Increase in the factories particularly in Pakistan and Bangladesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There has been a sharp increase in cars in Delhi. 49. Union Carbide is an A) European company. B) American company. C) Australian company. D) African company. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) American company. 50. What is the relationship between producers, consumers, and workers? A) They are all equally responsible for market conditions. B) They only focus on their own interests. C) They should be governed in a non-exploitative manner. D) They have no connection to each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They should be governed in a non-exploitative manner. 51. When was the Child Labour act amended by the government? A) 2016. B) 2007. C) 2021. D) 1986. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2016. 52. Ship-breaking is another hazardous industry that is growing rapidly where? A) East Asia. B) North Asia. C) West Asia. D) South Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) South Asia. 53. According to the 2011 census, over ..... million n children in India aged between 5 and 14 work in various occupations including hazardous ones. A) 3. B) 4. C) 9. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4. 54. What does Article 21 of the Constitution guarantee? A) Right to free speech. B) Right to property. C) Right to a pollution-free environment. D) Right to education. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Right to a pollution-free environment. 55. A:Union Carbide set up its plant in IndiaR:foreign companies come to India is for cheap labour A) Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion. B) The Assertion and the Reason are correct but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion. C) Assertion is true but the Reason is false. D) The statement of the Assertion is false but the Reason is true. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion. 56. What was the attitude of employers towards worker safety after the Bhopal tragedy? A) They increased wages. B) They improved working conditions. C) They were callous and negligent. D) They prioritized safety. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were callous and negligent. 57. The Minimum Wages Act was passed to: A) Give everyone a wage. B) To protect the rights of the workers. C) To protect workers from exploitation. D) Both answer options 2&3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both answer options 2&3. 58. Who is a consumer? A) An induvidual who buys goods for personal use and not for resale. B) A person who eats lot of food. C) A person who sells goods in bulk. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An induvidual who buys goods for personal use and not for resale. 59. Which of the following are hazardous industries? A) Pesticides. B) Asbestos producing. C) Ship breaking. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 60. What is the minimum age for employment according to child labour laws? A) 16 years. B) 21 years. C) 14 years. D) 18 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 14 years. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesCivics QuizzesClass 8 QuizzesClass 8 Civics Chapter 10 Law And Social Justice Quiz 1Class 8 Civics Chapter 10 Law And Social Justice Quiz 3 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books