MCQ Questions for Class 8 Civics: Ch 9 Public Facilities
1. ____ has one of the largest number of cases of diseases such as diarrhoea, dysentery, cholera
(a) Japan
(b) India
(c) China
(d) Pakistan
► (b) India
2. The burden of shortfalls in water supply falls mostly on the
(a) Poor
(b) Rich
(c) Politician
(d) Lawyers
► (a) Poor
3. Which of the following is not the essential goods
(a) Sugar
(b) Car
(c) Kerosene
(d) Food grains
► (b) Car
4. Which areas in Chennai faces severe water shortages?
(a) Madipakkam
(b) Mtylapore
(c) Slums near Saidapet
(d) All these areas
► (d) All these areas
5. How can we prevent water related diseases?
(a) By using pond water
(b) By using clean and safe water
(c) By using boring water
(d) All of these
► (b) By using clean and safe water
6. Who carries the responsibility of providing public facility to the people?
(a) Government
(b) Public
(c) Private organisation
(d) None of these
► (a) Government
7. What is the main sources of water?
(a) Municipal water
(b) Borewell
(c) River water
(d) All of these
► (d) All of these
8. Equity in the schooling facilities available to all children is an important aspect of
(a) Right to school
(b) Right to safety
(c) Right to education
(d) Right to life
► (c) Right to education
9. Right to ______ is a Fundamental Right.
(a) unhygienic drinking water
(b) safe drinking water
(c) contaminated drinking water
(d) drinking water
► (b) safe drinking water
10. Which of the following is most important public transport?
(a) Aeroplane
(b) Boat
(c) Buses
(d) Cars
► (c) Buses
11. What are Public facilities?
(a) Essential facilities
(b) Non Essential facilities
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
► (a) Essential facilities
12. Where from the government gets funds for providing Public facility?
(a) Income Tax collected from the people
(b) Fines collected from the people
(c) Other taxes collected from the people
(d) All of these
► (d) All of these
13. Which of the following is a water related disease?
(a) Plague
(b) Eye flu
(c) Cholera
(d) All of these
► (c) Cholera
14. Which facility, besides safe drinking water, is necessary to prevent water-borne disease?
(a) Sanitation
(b) Transport
(c) Road
(d) All of these
► (a) Sanitation
15. Public facilities are so important, someone must carry the responsibility of providing these to the people. This "someone" is the
(a) Government
(b) Court
(c) Politicians
(d) Judge
► (a) Government