This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > Civics > Understanding Laws > Class 8 Civics Chapter 4 Understanding Laws – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 Civics Chapter 4 Understanding Laws Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the rule of law mean? A) Laws apply only to government officials. B) Laws apply equally to all citizens. C) Laws can discriminate based on gender. D) Laws are optional for wealthy individuals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Laws apply equally to all citizens. 2. Another word for fault is criticise A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. The most important provision among these was that all people are ..... before the law. A) Unequal. B) Discriminated. C) Injustice. D) Equal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Equal. 4. Sedition Act, 1870 was an example of arbitrariness existing in British India. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. Rule of Law is a distinctive feature of the Indian Constitution A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. In which year did the lawyers took the lead in drafting the domestic violence prevention and protecting bill A) 1997. B) 1996. C) 2002. D) 1999. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1999. 7. When the rowlatt act bill was introduced at the imperial legislative council of delhi? A) 10th march 1919. B) 10th may 1919. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 10th may 1919. 8. Every citizen is not above law. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. Law follows Certain Practices And Customs In Order To Deal With? A) Crime. B) Business. C) Property. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 10. When the SEDITION ACT was introduced A) 1870. B) 1871. C) 1999. D) 1919. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1870. 11. What is the process through which guilt must be established? A) Political debate. B) Public opinion. C) Judicial process. D) Media coverage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Judicial process. 12. Who introduced the Rule of Law in India? A) The Indian Constitution introduced the Rule of Law in India. B) Rule of Law means law is supreme and not the arbitrary will of any individual. C) Foreign rulers and ambassadors are not subject to the jurisdiction of the law of India. D) Parliament is the law making body in India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Indian Constitution introduced the Rule of Law in India. 13. Sedition Act was passed on A) 1870. B) 1871. C) 1919. D) 1121. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1870. 14. What can citizens do if they disagree with a law? A) They can express their concerns to Parliament. B) They must accept it without question. C) They can ignore it completely. D) They can create their own laws. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They can express their concerns to Parliament. 15. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It includes all women who live or have lived together in a shared household with the husband. 16. Rule of Law means. A) Law is Supreme. B) Everybody is equal before the law. C) Absence of arbitrary power. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 17. All people are ..... before the law. A) Nice. B) Equal. C) Not equal. D) Bad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Equal. 18. THE HEAD OF THE RULING PARTY IN THE ..... BECOMES THE PRIME MINISTER A) DISTRICT. B) LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. C) Lok Sabha. D) Assembly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lok Sabha. 19. What are the two types of rules introduced by British in colonial period A) ECONOMIC LAW. B) EVIDENCE ACT. C) BIOLOGICAL LAW. D) SEDICTION AND ROWLATT ACT. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) SEDICTION AND ROWLATT ACT. 20. What is one way that Parliament can become more accessible to the people? A) By reducing public meetings. B) By increasing the number of laws. C) By listening to citizen feedback. D) By limiting media coverage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By listening to citizen feedback. 21. The rowlatt act came in affect on A) 10 march, 1919. B) 13 february, 1919. C) 14 march 1990. D) And 26 november 2005. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10 march, 1919. 22. To protest Rowlatt Act bill Gandhi Ji started Rowlatt Satyagraha on A) 6th April. B) 4th April. C) 7th April. D) 5th April. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6th April. 23. Rowlatt act bill is also know as A) Anarchical and revolutionary crimes act. B) Anarchical and rebellious crimes act. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anarchical and revolutionary crimes act. 24. Hindu Succession Amendment Act, 2005 gives priority to daughter over son. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 25. THE LAW MAKING PROCESS INVOLVES ..... STAGES A) FIVE. B) THREE. C) TWO. D) SIX. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) THREE. 26. Democracy is a system of ..... A) Election. B) Government. C) Justice. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Government. 27. State one exception to Rule of law A) Foreign rulers and ambassadors are not subject to the jurisdiction of the law of India. B) The Indian Constitution introduced the Rule of Law in India. C) Rule of Law means law is supreme and not the arbitrary will of any individual. D) Parliament is the law making body in India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreign rulers and ambassadors are not subject to the jurisdiction of the law of India. 28. The role of citizens is very important in making new laws at every stage of the process. What are the mediums through which voice of people can be heard through? A) Local meetings. B) Radio broadcasts. C) TV reports. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 29. Which is the law-making body for the country? A) The Executive. B) The Judiciary. C) The Parliament. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Parliament. 30. THE NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR WOMEN WAS FORMED IN 1990 A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 31. Prime Minister can make new laws. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 32. Law in simple word means:-System of rules which is not important for Governing a civilized society or country. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 33. When the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act came into effect? A) The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act came into effect in 2006. B) There is no such act. C) It was there ever since the Constitution came into existence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act came into effect in 2006. 34. In India, Everybody is equal before the law. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 35. State true or false:-Our law gives special treatment for government officers and wealthy persons. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 36. Which Amendment allows female members to enjoy equal share in family property. A) Muslim Succession Amendment. B) Hindu Succession Amendment. C) Christian Succession Amendment. D) Jewish Succession Amendment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hindu Succession Amendment. 37. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Equal relationship. 38. When did the Rowlatt Act come into effect? A) On 10th august, 1916. B) On 10th January, 1918. C) On 10th February, 1917. D) On 10th March, 1919. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On 10th March, 1919. 39. People from the ..... segments of the society were more harshly punished. A) Lower. B) Higher. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lower. 40. IN THE USA, CIVIL RIGHT MOVEMENT LED TO CIVIL RIGHTS ACT IN 1964 A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 41. British had passed ..... in 1870. A) Sati Act. B) Rowlatt Act. C) Sedition Act. D) Simon Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sedition Act. 42. Domestic Violence: A) Revolt against the government. B) To control. C) Injury or harm caused by an adult male against women. D) Process of development. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Injury or harm caused by an adult male against women. 43. What is the main focus of Chapter 4 in CBSE Notes Class 8 Social Science Civics? A) Understanding the judicial system. B) Understanding the role of the President. C) Understanding laws and their implications. D) Understanding the history of laws. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Understanding laws and their implications. 44. Unpopular and controversial laws are criticized by the people. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 45. The Supreme Court acts as the ..... of the Constitution. A) Maker. B) Guardian. C) Guilty. D) Owner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Guardian. 46. Conditions attached to an agreement or statement is called ..... A) Assent. B) Provisions. C) Summon. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Provisions. 47. When did Jallianwala Bagh's massacre take place? A) 13 May. B) 13 April. C) 13 June. D) 13 March. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 13 April. 48. In which year the women got a satisfied solution for domestic violence and other problems faced by the women A) 2001. B) 1999. C) 2006. D) 1998. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2006. 49. Rowlatt Act was passed on 10th March 1919 by A) Sir James Rowlatt. B) Lord Chelmsford. C) Sir Sidney Rowlatt. D) Sir Williams Rowlatt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sir Sidney Rowlatt. 50. The court has the power to modify or cancel laws if it is against the spirit of the Constitution A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 51. When did the Rowlatt Act repealed A) 1922. B) 2002. C) 1999. D) 1919. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1922. 52. Which of the nationalist leader put into the jail through this act? A) Abdul Kalam Azad. B) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan. C) Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi. D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abdul Kalam Azad. 53. When the ROWLATT ACT introduced A) 2005. B) 1872. C) 1919. D) 2000. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1919. 54. Rosa Park, an African-American woman protested for being unseated by the white man on December 1, 1995. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 55. The ..... Government has turned rich agricultural land next to waterways into expressways in violations of all norms. A) Kerala. B) Uttar Pradesh. C) Andhra Pradesh. D) Bihar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Uttar Pradesh. 56. Colonial law was arbitrary A) Agree. B) Disagree. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agree. 57. THE PARLIAMENT OF INDIA CONSISTS OF ..... A) PRESIDENT, GOVERNOR, CHIEF MINISTER. B) LOK SABHA, RAJYA SABHA, PRESIDENT. C) SARPANCH, COLLECTOR, SHO. D) NONE OF THE THREE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) LOK SABHA, RAJYA SABHA, PRESIDENT. 58. To ensure the rule of law, the farmers made quite a few provisions in the ..... A) Parliament. B) Panchayat. C) Constitution. D) Court. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Constitution. 59. According to the Rowlatt Act A) Indians were tried in court. B) Indians could be arrested without a warrant. C) Indians were given fair and just treatment like the British. D) Only the British were tried by these special laws. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indians could be arrested without a warrant. 60. The Hindu Succession Amendment Act gave ..... the right to inherit an equal share of family property. A) Mothers and daughters. B) Mothers, daughters and sons. C) Sons only. D) Mothers and sons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mothers, daughters and sons. Next →Related QuizzesCivics QuizzesClass 8 QuizzesClass 8 Civics Chapter 4 Understanding Laws Quiz 2 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books