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Sample Paper of Class-VIII

Class VIII :
Time : 3 Hrs.
Maximum Marks : 80

English

Instructions :
1. This paper consists of 4 sections : A, B, C & D.
2. Attempt all questions.
3. Do not write anything on the question paper.
4. All the answers must be correctly numbered as in the question paper and written in the answer sheet provided to you.
5. Ensure that questions of each section are answered together.
6. Read each question carefully and follow the given instructions.
7. Strictly adhere to the word limit given with each question. Marks will be deducted for exceeding the word limit.

Section – A : (Reading) :
1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
The Pencil Maker took the pencil aside, just before putting it into the box.
“There are five things you need to know”, he told the pencil, “before I send
you out into the world. Always remember them and never forget, and you
will become the best pencil you can be”.

5 “One : You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself
to be held in Someone’s hand”.
“Two : You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, but you’ll
need it to become a better pencil”.
“Three : You will be able to correct any mistakes you might make”.

10 “Four : The most important part of you will always be what’s inside”. “And Five : On every surface you are used on, you must leave your mark.
No matter what the condition is, you must continue to write”.
The pencil understood and promised to remember, and went into the box with a purpose in its heart.

15 Now replace yourself with the pencil. Always remember those five things,
and you will become the best person you can be.
One : You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself
to be held in God’s hand and allow other human beings to access you for the many gifts you possess.

1.1 On the basis of your reading of the above passage, answer the following questions.
(a) How many things did the pencil promise to remember?
(b) How can we do many great things?
(c) How can we become a stronger person?
(d) What is the most important part of a person?
(e) What must we continue to do?
(f) What is the message at the end of the passage?

1.2 Fill in the blanks with one words only
The pencil maker (a) __________ the pencil that in order to become the (b) __________, it must undergo (c) __________ from time to time and leave a (d) __________ on every surface it is used on.

1.3 Find the words in the passage that mean the following :
(a) a short story with a moral / message (Lines 25-28) – __________ (b) to give support (Lines 25-28) – __________

2. Read the poem given below and fill in the blanks :
Foolish Questions :
Where can a man buy a cap for his knee?
Or a key for the lock of his hair?
And can his eyes be called a school?
I would think there are pupils there!
What jewels are found in the crown of his head,
And who walks on the bridge of his nose?
Can he use, in building the roof of his mouth,
The nails on the ends of his toes?
Can the crook of his elbow be sent to jail.
If it can, well then, what did it do?
And how does he sharpen his shoulder blades?
I’ll be hanged if I know – do you?

(a) A man’s eyes can be called a school becasuse __________.
(b) The poet wants to know who can easily walk on the __________.
(c) The nails of his toes cannot be used to build the __________.
(d) The Crook of his elbow cannot be sent to jail because __________.
(e) __________ is the antonym of ‘lost’. (Pick out the word from the poem)

3. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions by choosing the most appropriate option from those given below :
Napoleon once suggested, “Give me good mothers, I will give you a great nation” Women are considered to be future makers. But if we turn the pages of history, we will find that women have never had an equal share in anything and have mostly remained at the receiving end, except for a few civilizations. In spite of all this, the role a women plays in societies can’t be ruled out.
(a) Mark the incorrect option.
(i) Women are the future makers.
(ii) Women have an equal share in everything.
(iii) Women are wiser than men.
(iv) Women are victim of many social evils.

(b) The role a women plays in society can’t be ruled out What does the statement mean?
(i) Women don’t do much work.
(ii) Women are considered inferior in the society.
(iii) Women are equal to men.
(iv) Women have an important role in society.

(c) What unique quality does a women have?
(i) Beauty
(ii) Brain
(iii) Patience
(iv) None of these

(d) Female infanticide is a social evil that snatches from a girl even the right to
(i) study
(ii) play
(iii) work
(iv) live

(e) Find a word from the passage that means the same as wicked.
(i) competence
(ii) heinous
(iii) chauvinist
(iv) inferior

Science & Technology

Section – A :
1. A prominent constellation, looking like a distorted form of the letter W or M, is the
(a) Cassiopeia
(b) Big dipper
(c) Orion
(d) Ursa minor

2. The maximum displacement of a vibrating body, on either side of its mean position, is known as its
(a) frequency
(b) loudness
(c) amplitude
(d) pitch

3. A substance, that can be used to purify water from its suspended impurities, is
(a) Alum
(b) Phosphorus
(c) Sodium
(d) Zinc

4. Brass
(a) Is an alloy of (copper+tin)
(b) Is an alloy of (iron+carbon)
(c) Is an alloy of (copper+zinc)
(d) Is a pure metal

5. Name a metal which occurs in its native or elemental stage.
6. Name the periodic comet that appears again and again at intervals of (nearly) 76 years.
7. There may be many explosion and noises taking place in the outer space but we normally do not hear them why?
8. Define the term :
‘Relative refractive index’.

9. Fill in the blanks :
Domestic sewage promotes the growth of __________ and __________ which use up lots of oxygen dissolved in water and reduce its amount in it.
10. Name the property of silver which makes it suitable for decorating food stuff.
12. Differentiate between metals and non-metals on the basis of the following physical properties :
(A) Thermal conductivity (B) Ductility
13. (a) Define the term reactivity?
(b) Which of the two, Calcium or Mercury, is more reactive?
14. Identify the constellation given below. Write the name given to the stars F and G of this constellation.
15. Name the part of the eye that
(A) Is responsible for the characteristic colour of the human eye
(B) Controls the amount of light entering the eye.

Social Science

1. Which one of the following is an example of metallic mineral?
(a) Silver
(b) Lime Stone
(c) Sulphur
(d) Coal

2. In which type of farming farmers use all modern techniques of agriculture to obtain maximum production from limited area.
(a) Extensive agriculture
(b) Plantation agriculture
(c) Intensive agriculture
(d) Shifting agriculture

3. Which of the following statement is true about joint sector.
(a) The ownership and management is in the hands of the government
(b) It is owned and managed by an individual, family or a corporate body
(c) It is owned and managed by a group of people belonging to a corporate sector.
(d) It is owned and managed by the government and private sector. both.

4. Which one of the following states has the moderate density of population?
(a) Arunachal Pradesh
(b) Bihar
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Chhattisgarh

5. Who among the following started Shuddhi Movement?
(a) Jyotiba Phule
(b) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(c) Mahatama Gandhi
(d) Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar

6. Which part of Delhi was selected for building the new capital of India by the Britishers?
(a) Civil lines
(b) Khyber Pass
(c) Raisina Hills
(d) Delhi Contonement.

7. Resolution for Purna Swaraj was passed in which Session of the Congress?
(a) Surat Session 1907
(b) Lahore Session 1929
(c) Nagpur Session 1925
(d) Calcutta Session 1906

8. In case the office of the President of India falls vacant, who takes over the responsibility to officiate as President?
(a) Chief of Army staff of India
(b) Vice President of India
(c) Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India
(d) Prime Minister of India

9. Who preside over a Lok Adalat?
(a) The Session judge
(b) The District judge
(c) The Metropolitan Magistrate
(d) A Retired judge

10. Which Union Territory of India has the highest percentage of population of Scheduled Tribes?
(a) Andeman & Nicobar
(b) Daman and DIU
(c) Lakshdeep
(d) Dadra & Nagar Haveli