CLASS VIII

ENGLISH

BHAI PARMANAND VIDYA MANDIR

1. Write two self-composed poems in a creative and rhythmic manner. Use as many poetic devices as you can and express your emotions with clarity and originality. The topics are a) We, the humans…. b) Nature is beautiful.

2. Write two short stories on the below given topics in an imaginative and creative manner. The word limit for the same is 100 to 150 words. a) Three friends find a bag of money………… (continue it with further) b) ‘It is better late than never’

3. Read all the novels given below and learn to comprehend the theme of each novel.

Learn as many new words as you can and try to use them in your daily routine. a) Emma by Jane Austin

b) The diary of a young girl by Anne Frank c) The murder of the Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie d) The book thief by Markus Zusak e) Othello by William Shakespeare

4. Read the novel ' The Tales of Oscar Wilde' and write the answers the following questions.

a) Write the character sketches of the following characters in about 80-100 words: i) Happy Prince ii) Swallow iii) The School boy iv)Nightingale v) Professor’s daughter vi)The Star Child b) Mention the two ways in which the Happy Prince helped his countrymen. c) What made the Swallow decide to stay with the Happy Prince forever? d) What broke the heart of the Happy Prince? e) What happened to the Happy Prince and the Swallow at the end of the story? f) Why was the Student so unhappy? g) How did the Nightingale make the red rose? h) What was student’s opinion of Love at the end of the story? i) How was the beauty of the Star-child harmful to him? j) How did the Star-child treat his mother? k) What was the Star-child’s punishment?

4. Do the first three questions (A,B and C) of UNIT 23, Unseen passages, from Mastering Grammar 8 . (Pg 157)

5. Do the first two questions (A and B) of UNIT 25, Notice Writing, from Mastering

Grammar 8. (Pg 167)

6. Do the first four questions (A,B,C and D) of UNIT 33, Editing, from Mastering Grammar 8. (Pg 196)

*Do all the work neatly in loose sheets and put them in a transparent clear bag.

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MATHS

(a) Solve NCERT exemplar questions Unit-1 Rational nos.( Q1-Q25), Assignment work :

Data handling(Q1-Q35), Linear Equations in one variable (Q1-Q25) in assignment notebook( with solutions) (b) Solve the following questions in maths assignment notebook. (1 Mark)

1. Write the reciprocal of (-3/8) × (-7/13).

2. Write the multiplicative and additive inverse of -2/7

3. Write the class size of class interval “15-25”.

4. What are the possible outcomes in case of tossing two coins?

5. What is the additive identity and multiplicative identity?

6. In a throw of a dice, what is the probability of getting the number 7?

7. What is the reciprocal of zero?

8. What is the product of multiplicative inverse and additive inverse of-3 ?

9. What is Upper limit of class 30-35 ?

10. Write the Class mark of the class “5-10”

11. What is the sum of upper and lower limit of class interval 60-70?

12. Is 216 a perfect cube?

13. Is it true that a cube of a number can end with two zeros?

14. A number ends with 8, What will be unit’s digit in the cube of this number?

15. If x/y is the additive inverse of c/d. Then, what is x/y – c/d = ?

(2 Marks)

16. What number should be added to 2/7 to get 5/4?

17. What number should be subtracted from 2/5 to get 5/6?

18. Find 3 rational numbers between 4/5and 2/5

19. Find 4 rational numbers between -1/2 and 5/4

20. What is the reciprocal of (-3/8) × (-2/7) ?

21. Give two examples each of commutativity and associativity in rational numbers

22. Simplify (i) (2/3 x 15/16) – (7/12 x -24/35)

(ii)(5/7 x -14/15) + (-8/15 x 3/16) – (2/9 x-27/16) 23. A die is thrown. What is the probability that the number 2 will appear on the upper face?

24. A die is thrown. What is the probability that the number comes up is even?

25. A coin is tossed. What is the probability that head will come up?

26. The present age of father is four times the age of his son. After 10years, age of father will

become three times the age of his son. Find their present ages.

(3 Marks)

27. In a two-digit number, digit in units place is twice the digit in tens place. If 27 is added to it,

digits are reversed. Find the number.

28. The sum of two rational numbers is -5 . If one of them is −116 , find the other.

29. The sum of four consecutive integers is 266. What are the integers?

30. The weight (in kg ) of 40 persons are given below 53,55,55,49,64,60,63,57,59,55,42,51,50,52,44,46,49,52, 45,52,40,45,52,52,56,64,49,54,48,45,48,45,62,50,52,40,44,55,58,50 Prepare a frequency distribution table with class intervals 40-45 and so on, and then represent

the data in form of histogram 31.Verify the following statements, a) (3/4 × -11/5) × 2/7 = 3/4 × (-11/5 × 2/7) b) 5/9 (5/6 + -4/9) = (5/9 x 5/6) + (15/19 x -4/9)

(4 Marks)

32. Draw a pie chart to represent the following data showing the people

subscribing to different newapapers in zone.

33. By taking X = -5/2,Y=3/4 and Z=-7/6,verify that

a) X × (Y+Z)= X×Y = X × Z

b) X(Y-Z)=X × Y – X × Z

34. The following data gives the number of Hindi and English books bought by a

library during the year:

Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Hindi 350 400 520 600 650

English 300 380 400 450 600

(a) In which year the difference in the purchases of two language books was minimum? (b) In which year the difference in the purchases of two language books was maximum?

Draw the double bar graph.

35. On a particular day the sales (in rupees) of different items of a baker’s shop are given

below:

Ordinary bread : 320

Fruit bread : 80

Cakes and pastries: 160

Biscuits : 120

Others : 40

Draw a pie chart for this data

36. Re arrange suitably and find the sum in each case:

a) 5/3 + 11/2 + (-9/4) + (-8/3) + (-7/2)

Newspaper TOI HT Pioneer The Hindu

Malayala

Manorama

Amount

(in Rs)

24000 24000 18000 58000 20000

b) -4/7 + 7/6 + 2/7 + 3 + (-11/6)

37. An unbiased die is thrown . What is the probability of getting

a) an even number

b) a multiple of 3

c) a number less than 5

d) a number between 3 and 6

38.Two dice are thrown simultaneously . Find the probability of getting

a) an even number as the sum

b) sum as the prime number

c) a doublet of even number

d) sum as the multiple of 3

39. A steamer goes downstream from one point to another in 7 hours. It covers the same distance upstream in 8 hours. If the speed of stream be 2 km/hr, find the speed of the steamer in still water and the distance between the ports.

40. The perimeter of a rectangle is 240cm. If its length is increased by 10% and breadth is decreased by 20%, we get the same perimeter. Find the length and breadth.

I. OPEN-ENDED PROJECT Search for a creative working model based on the application of Mathematics in Daily Life and bring synopsis of the model.

II. Solve 5 Sudoku of level 2 from any of the newspaper and paste on A4 size sheet

III. VEDIC MATHS

Solve the sums in this worksheet only

1 2563

11 5896

21 562=

X 45

X 6542

2 7896

12 9875

22 452=

X15

X 3692

3 1265

13 7895

23 592=

X 59

x 2145

4 3265

14 5789

24 752=

X 36

x 2487

5 7896

15 69854 ÷ 541 25 252=

X 201

6 1879 16 85214 ÷ 258 26 652=

X 325

7 6932

17 23654 ÷ 325 27 582=

X 469

8 5879

18 65983 ÷ 428 28 522=

X 628

9 4587

19 78952 ÷ 125 29 952=

X 1583

10 2560

20 56987 ÷ 602 30 552=

X 4569

SCIENCE

1. The agricultural scientists disease resistent varities of wheat and some other cereals. They also provided a new technique for their cultivation. Find out more and make a report about the work of agricutltural scientists on new varities of seeds and new technique of cultivation which are helpful to increaseproduction of crop enormously.

2. Visit families in your area and conduct a survey enquiring about the kind of clothes they use

and the reason for their choice.

3. (a) Visit your colony and enquire about the measures they adopt to conserve energy. Write a

report on the information you have got. (b) Find out what does PCRA stands for ? What role does it play for conserving petrol

and diesal?

4. (a) You must have heard of forest fires. Find out what is forest fire? How do they occur? Are they natural or man-made? How can we prevent forest fires?What are the effects on the environment and the forest dwller by the forest fire?

(b) there are some seeds that can only be geminated after a forest fire. Find out about them and collect some pictures related to it. Summarize your finding on an A4 sized sheet.

5. Note: Prepare synopsis on topic: “Swacchh Bharat” for science exhibition including

aim, objective, material required, plan of action, phenomena involved. It should be working and creative.

6. Answer The Following Questions.

Unit 1 (crop production and management) 1. Despite favourable climatic conditions, a farmer’s crop failed to give good yield. Give

the possible reasons for this. 2. Which activity of the farmer can promote growth of earthworms and microbes in the

field? How? 3. Beera, wants to practice crop rotation in his field. Suggest a Rabi crop and a Kharif crop

which will replenish his field with nitrogen. Which crop replenishes nitrogen and why? 4. Name the practice followed for large scale rearing of farm animals. (b) What facilities are

provided to farm animals? 5. Name the tool used with a tractor for sowing seeds in a field. (b) What are the advantages

of using this tool?

Unit 2 (Synthetic Fibres And Plastics) 1. Plastic is used for making a large variety of articles of daily use and these articles are

very attractive. But it is advised to avoid the use of plastic as far as possible. Why? 2. A bucket made of plastic does not rust like a bucket made of iron. Why? 3. Rohit took with him some nylon ropes, when he was going for rock climbing. Can you

tell why he selected nylon ropes instead of ropes made of cotton or jute? 4. PVC (polyvinyl chloride) is a thermoplastic and is used for making toys, chappals, etc.

Bakelite is a thermosetting plastic and is used for making electrical switches, handles of various utensils, etc. Can you write the major difference between these two types of plastics?

5. Despite being very useful it is advised to restrict the use of plastic. Why is it so? Can you suggest some methods to limit its consumption?

Unit 3 (coal and petroleum)

1. We say fossil fuels will last only for a few hundred years. Comment. 2. We read in newspapers that burning of fuels is a major cause of global warming. Explain

why. 3. Imagine that all the exhaustible natural resources are exhausted by human activities. Do

you think survival of living beings would be possible? If yes, why? If not, why not? 4. Why petrol is exhaustible natural resource, whereas sunlight is not? Explain. 5. Coal reserves are said to be enough to last for another hundred years. Do you think we

need to worry in such case? Why or why not?

SOCIAL SCIENCE

1. The Mundas under Birsa Munda rebelled against British rule. Find out more about him and Write on a A-4 Size sheet. 2. Mark the following places on Map book:

• World land use ( page no 5) • India land use ( page no 7) • World Soil( page no 9) • India Soil(page no 11) • Factories of the European countries in India( page no 63) • India in 1765 ( page no 65 )

3. Make a Project on The Parliament of India. 4. Do Assignments of History, Civics and Geography uploaded on school website. (To be done on file sheets)

SANSKRIT

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CHINESE

ALL WORK IS TO BE DONE ON A4 SIZE PLAIN SHEETS

Ques 1. Write Chinese Characters and pinyin with tonemarks of any 10 colours . (can refer to Pg 166)

Ques 2. Paste picture of your favourite celebrity . Write Chinese Characters and pinyin with tonemarks of the various body parts . (refer to Pg 172)

NOTE: Homework of all subjects should be

submitted on 27th June,2017 to the class teacher

in their respective classes between 8:00am to

9:30am