Venkateshwar International School
Sector-18, Dwarka, New Delhi-78
SAT
Class VIII
Time Allowed: 1 hr 15mins
English__________
Total M.M-60
Math ___________
Science __________ Total (60) ________
Name of student ________________________________
School Code ___________________________________
Class _________________________________________
Section-A (English)
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M.M-20
Read the comprehension and answer the questions that follow:
Persuasion is the art of convincing someone to agree with your point of view. According to the
ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, there are three basic tools of persuasion: ethos, pathos, and
logos. Ethos is a speaker‟s way of convincing the audience that she is a credible source. An
audience will consider a speaker credible if she seems trustworthy, reliable, and sincere. This
can be done in many ways. For example, a speaker can develop ethos by explaining how much
experience or education she has in the field. After all, you would be more likely to listen to advice
about how to take care of your teeth from a dentist than a firefighter. A speaker can also create
ethos by convincing the audience that she is a good person who has their best interests at heart.
If an audience cannot trust you, you will not be able to persuade them.
Pathos is a speaker‟s way of connecting with an audience‟s emotions. For example, a speaker
who is trying to convince an audience to vote for him might say that he alone can save the
country from a terrible war. These words are intended to fill the audience with fear, thus making
them want to vote for him. Similarly, a charity organization that helps animals might show an
audience pictures of injured dogs and cats. These images are intended to fill the viewers with
pity. If the audience feels bad for the animals, they will be more likely to donate money.
Logos is the use of facts, information, statistics, or other evidence to make your argument more
convincing. An audience will be more likely to believe you if you have data to back up your
claims. For example, a commercial for soap might tell you that laboratory tests have shown that
their soap kills all 7,000,000 of the bacteria living on your hands right now. This piece of
information might make you more likely to buy their brand of soap. Presenting this evidence is
much more convincing than simply saying “our soap is the best!” Use of logos can also increase
a speaker‟s ethos; the more facts a speaker includes in his argument, the more likely you are to
think that he is educated and trustworthy.
Although ethos, pathos, and logos all have their strengths, they are often most effective when
they are used together. Indeed, most speakers use a combination of ethos, pathos, and logos
to persuade their audiences. The next time you listen to a speech, watch a commercial, or listen
to a friend try to convince you to lend him some money, be on the lookout for these ancient
Greek tools of persuasion.
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i) Gareth is running for mayor. He tells his audience: “Under our current mayor, there have been
15,000 new cases of unemployment. If he stays in office, who knows how many more people will
lose their jobs? The number could go up even higher. When I was the CEO of Magnatech, I
helped to create over 1,000 new jobs. I can do the same thing for this city if you vote for me.”
Which form of persuasion is Gareth using here?
I. pathos
(a) I only
(c) II and III only
II. logos
III. ethos
(b) I and II only
(d) I, II, and III
ii) Amy is trying to convince her mother to buy her a pair of $200 shoes. She says: “Mom, the shoes
I have are really old and ugly. If I don‟t get these new shoes, everyone at school is going to laugh
at me. I will be so embarrassed that I will want to die.” What form of persuasion is Amy using
here?
(a) pathos
(b) ethos
(c) logos
(d) a combination of ethos, pathos, and logo
2. Choose the most appropriate pair of words to complete the sentences :
i. Many biologists have attempted to ____ the conditions on earth before life evolved in
order to answer questions about the ____ of biological molecules.
(a) mimic – fitness
(b) standardize - shapes
(c) replicate - reactions
(d) simulate-origin
ii. Harding was unable to ____ the results of the survey; although entirely unexpected, the
figures were obtained by a market research firm with a ____ reputation.
(a) accept – peerless
(b) discount – impeccable
(c) fault - mediocre
(d) believe – fine
3. Give one word substitution for the expression given below:
A great lover of books
(a) nomad
(b) ardent
(c) bibliophile
(d) librarian
4. Select the sentence with correctly used commas.
(a) Will your dad take us to the museum, or shall we drive ourselves?
(b) Will your dad take us to the museum or shall we drive ourselves?
(c) Will, your dad take us to the museum, or shall we drive ourselves?
(d) Will your dad drive us to the museum or, shall we drive ourselves?
5. Which of these is an example of onomatopoeia?
(a) chrome
(b) novella
(c) haiku
(d) buzz
6. Select the correctly spelt word :
(a) Benefitted
(b) Benifited
(d) Benefeted
(c) Benefited
7. Find the analogy:
i. University : Institution : : Mayor : _______ ?
(a) Official
(b) Law
(c) Town
ii. Book : _______ : : Comb : Tooth
(a) title
(b) library
(c) page
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(d) Councilman
(d) knowledge
8. Read the entire sentence carefully and ask yourself whether the underlined portion is correct
or whether it needs to be revised. Read choices (a) through (d), replacing the underlined part
with each answer choice to determine which revision results in a sentence that is most
correct.
Laura Ingalls Wilder published her first book and she was sixty-five years old then.
(a) when she was sixty-five years old then.
(b) when she was sixty-five.
(c) at age sixty-five years old.
(d) upon the reaching of sixty-five year.
9. From the given alternatives, choose the option which best expresses the sentence in active
voice I was constantly being asked for money.
(a) I was constantly asking for money.
(b) They constantly asked for money.
(c) I constantly asked them for money.
(d) They were constantly asking me for money.
10.Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition:
Munich lies 530 metres ___________ the sea level.
(a) across
(b) on
(c) over
(d) above
11. Arrange P,Q, R, S to make a meaningful comprehension:
P: this process also reduces the amount of waste going into landfills.
Q: For making this work we put used materials in a landfill, it is developed and made
into new items.
R: Lastly, as a result it also helps to bring prices down on items that are made from
using recycled waste.
S: Recycling is the term used to describe an alternative form of getting rid of used materials.
(a) RSQP
(b) SPQR
(c) SRQP
(d) SQPR
12. Find the antonym of the following: MISER
(a) selfish
(b) spendthrift
(c) magpie
(d) egotistic
13. These jumbled words can be arranged to form which correct sentence ?
nectar/bees//in search of/fly/many/miles
(a) Bees of nectar fly in search of many miles.
(b) Many miles fly bees in search of nectar.
(c) Nectar fly many miles in search of bees.
(d) Bees fly many miles in search of nectar.
14. Choose the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idioms
i. He is out and out a revolutionary.
(a) no more.
(b) deadly against
(c) thoroughly
ii. The headmaster took him to task for his unpunctuality.
(a) beyond control
(b) scolded him for
(c) finds favour with
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(d) in favour of
(d) punished him
15. Find the sentence that is closest in meaning to the one given .
French is the only language other than English spoken on five continents.
(a) French and English are the only languages that are spoken on five continents.
(b) Unlike French, English is spoken on five continents.
(c) French and English are spoken widely in official and commercial circles.
(d) Worldwide, French is the most widely taught second language after English.
16.Choose the correct response to complete each sentence.
I … English tea. Is it good?
(a) have drunk
(b) drink
(c) „ve never drunk
(d) am drinking
17. In each question below a sentence is broken into five or six parts. Join these parts to make a
meaningful sentence. The correct order of parts is the answer.
1. at 2. it 3. take
4. once
5. away
(a)14352
(b) 43215
(c) 32514
(d) 53214
18. From the given alternatives, choose the most appropriate sentence that best suits the given
sentence in Indirect speech.
I said to him, “ Why are you working so hard?”
(a) I asked him why he had been working so hard.
(b) I asked him why he been working so hard.
(c) I asked him why he was working so hard.
(d) I asked him why was he working so hard.
19. Select the most appropriate preposition from the list to complete the sentence.
It’s not difficult to sympathize ________ an unfortunate man.
(a) for
(b) at
(c) with
(d) to
20. Read the whole paragraph and select the appropriate word to complete the sentence.
The formerly ____ waters of the lake have been polluted so that the fish are no longer visible
from the surface.
(a) muddy
(b) tranquil
(c) lucid
(d) still
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SAT
Class- VIII
Section- B (Mathematics)
M.M.-20
Name of the student _______________
School Code ____________
Q1) A man went 10 km towards South then turned East and covered 10 km and turned to the
right. Again after 10 km he turned to left and covered 10 km to reach the destination. How
far and in which direction is he to his starting point?
a) 10√2 km, South east
b) 20√2 km, South west
c) 20√2 km, South east
d) 10√2 km, South west
Q2) There is a five digit number .The fourth digit is 4 greater than the second digit, while third
digit is 3 less than the second digit. The first digit is thrice the last digit. There are three
pairs whose sum is 11.Find the numbers.
a) 35291
b) 65292
c) 63072
d) 95293
Q3) An 8 m high pole is 9 m away from a building. If the distance between the top of the pole
and the top of the building is 15m, find the height of the building.
a) 15 m
b) 20 m
c) 25 m
d) 32 m
Q4) Find the mean of 25 numbers such that the mean of first 10 numbers is 13 and the mean
of the remaining numbers is 18.
a) 17
b) 16
c) 20
d) 22
Q5) 1, 0, 5, 8,17, 24, 37, …….
a) 46
b) 43
c) 40
d) 48
Q6) Simplify :
(5 ˣ 20÷ 4-5) of (3-3 ˣ 2-6)
a) -170
b) -180
c) -160
d) None of the above
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Q7) If the circle with center O has area 9π, what is area of equilateral triangle ABC?
a) 9√3
b) 12√3
c) 24
d)18
Q8) What is the number which when increased by 12.4 % gives 2248.
a) 2000
b) 2200
c) 2100
d) 2250
Q9) A hall is of length 16m, breadth 14m & height 5m . Calculate the no of persons that can be
accommodated in the hall, assuming 3.5m3 of air is required for each person.
a) 330 persons
b) 310 persons
c) 300 persons
d) None of the above
Q10) A card is chosen at random from an ordinary deck of playing cards. The probability that
the chosen card is a diamond is?
a)
b)
1
2
𝟏
𝟒
c)
11
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d) None of the above
Q11) The diameter of Jupiter is 1.42984 × 108 m and that of Pluto is 2.32 × 106 m .Find the
difference between their diameters.
a) 1.40664 × 108 m
b) 1.40662 × 108 m
c) 1.40663 × 108 m
d) 1.40669 × 108 m
Q12) A number is increased by 20% and then decreased by 20%.The net increase or decrease
percent will be?
a) 2 %
b) 3%
c) 4%
d) None of the above
Q13) A can do a piece of work in 30 days and B alone can do it in 20 days. They work together
for 4 days and then B leaves the job. In how many days will A finish the remaining work?
a) 25 days
b) 20 days
c) 15 days
d) 18 days
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Q14) RS II TU and
respectively.
RPA =45o
PBU = 110o ,find the value of x and y
and
a)165o,15o
b) 65o, 135o
c) 135o,65o
d) 55o,145o
Q15) The rates of simple interest in Canara Bank and Punjab & Sind Bank are in the ratio 5:4.
A person wants to deposit his total savings in two banks in such a way that he received
equal half yearly interest from both. He should deposit the savings in Canara Bank and
Punjab & Sind Bank in the ratio:
a) 2 : 5
c) 4 : 5
b) 5 : 2
d) 5 : 4
Q16) By selling 44 articles, a shopkeeper makes a profit equal to the cost price of 11 articles.
His gain % is:
a) 30%
c) 20%
b) 25%
d) None of the above
Q17) A cow is tied to a pole, fixed to the midpoint of a side of a square field of dimensions
40mˣ40m , by means of 14 m long rope. Find the area in which the cow can graze?
a) 408 m2
c) 208 m2
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b) 308 m
d) None of the above
Q18) If it was Saturday on 17th December, 1982. What will be the day on 22nd December,
1984?
a) Monday
c) Wednesday
b) Tuesday
d) Sunday
Q19) In which type of triangle, circumcentre, in centre and centroid coincides?
a) Isosceles triangle
c) Right Angled Triangle
b) Equilateral Triangle
d) Any type of triangle
Q20) The distance between city A and B is 510 km. Two cars begin their journey from these
cities and move directly towards each other. From city A, the car is moving at speed of 100
km per hour and from city B ,the car is moving at a speed of 70 km per hour. Assuming the
cars start at the same time, find how far is their meeting point from A.
a) 400 km
c) 350 km
b) 300 km
d) None of the above
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SAT
Class- VIII
Section- C (Science)
M.M.-20
Name of the student _______________
School Code ____________
1. Rohan wants to test whether a white object or a black object would heat up faster in the
Sun. The picture shows you his experiment which uses three thermomeners 1,2,and 3.
These thermometers were left out in the Sun for 30 minutes.
Which of the following statements is true?
(a) Thermometer 1 reads the same as thermometer 3
(b) Thermometer 2 shows a higher temperature than thermometer 3
(c) Thermometer 3 shows higher temperature than thermometer 1.
(d) Thermometer 1 reads the same as thermometer 2.
2. Which of the following graphs does NOT represent constant speed?
3. The bulb in the circuit given there does not glow. Which labeled part is responsible for this?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
4. The factor which contributes to the development of cyclones is / are _________________
(i) Wind Speed
(ii) Temperature
(iii) Humidity
(a) Only (i)
(b) (ii) & (iii) only
(c) (i) & (iii) only
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(d) All of these
5. In the diagram shown below, paper clips are attracted to the two poles of a bar magnet.
The polarity of ends X and Y are ______________
(a) N-pole and S-pole
(b) N-pole and N-pole
(c) S-pole and S-pole
(d) S-pole and N-pole
6. Miss Megha is 20 cm away from the plane mirror. If she moves few steps closer to the
mirror. What will happen to the image size in the mirror?
(a) The size of image will decrease.
(b) The size of image will increase.
(c) The size of image will be same.
(d) Cannot say.
7. Reena prepared several Venn diagrams to find relations between different types of
changes. Which Venn diagram made by Reena is correct?
8. Observe the given flow chart carefully and mark the option that best represents I,II, III and IV.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
I
Mineral
Mineral
Salt
Base
II
Base
Salt
Base
Salt
III
Salt
Base
Acetic acid
Mineral
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IV
Acetic acid
Acetic acid
Mineral
Acetic acid
9. Statement I : We should plant eucalyptus trees along all sewage ponds.
Statement II : Eucalyptus trees absorb all Surplus waste water rapidly and release pure
water vapour into the atmosphere
(a) Both statements I and II are true and statement II is the correct explanation of statement I.
(b) Both statements I and II are true but statement II is not the correct explanation of statement I.
(c) Statements I is true but statement II is false.
(d) Both statements I AND III are false.
10. A group of students of class 7th were performing an experiment. Among them a student
poured alcohol on a plant continuously for a long time. The plant could not prepare food
on its own any more. Which of the following statements explains the reason behind it?
(a) Alcohol absorbed all the food prepared by the plant.
(b) Alcohol does not let the plant absorb carbon dioxide from the air.
(c) Alcohol dissolved all the minerals present in the plant.
(d) Alcohol dissolved the chlorophyll present in the plant.
11. Ravi was given four liquids, 1,2,3, and 4. He took each liquid at a time and poured some
of it in four beakers filled with water. He observed the following___________
Liquid 1 + water gives immiscible liquid, Liquid 2+ water gives miscible liquid
Liquid 3 + water gives immiscible liquid, Liquid 4+ water gives miscible liquid
What could liquids 1,2,3, and 4 respectively be?
(1)
(a) Ink
(b) Kerosene
(c) Mustard oil
(d) Milk
(2)
(3)
(4)
juice
milk
milk
ink
milk
ink
kerosene
juice
kerosene
mustard oil
ink
kerosene
12. Sita and Gita are two sisters staying in different cities. Both were gifted an iron statue
by their brother. Sita has to take a lot of care to maintain the shine of the statue, however
Gita does not need to make such efforts. This is because ________
I. Sita stays in Mumbai
II. Gita stays in Mumbai
III. The humid weather of Mumbai makes the statue prone to rusting
IV. Gita stays in Jaipur
Which of the above reason is / are correct?
(a) I, II and III
(b) I, III and IV (c) II and III only
(d) II and IV only
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13. The plants living in deserts need to reduce the loss of water because water is very scarce
in deserts. Which of the following is an adaptation developed by the desert plants to
manage the above situation?
(a) They have lots of branches and leaves.
(b) They do no shed leaves in the summer
(c) They develop roots which come above the ground
(d) Their leaves are modified into spines.
14. The children employed in the silk industry face certain problems that include respiratory
disorders, hearing problems, blisters and open wounds, etc,. what do you think is the
main cause of their respiratory problems?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
cramped damp, dark and poorly ventilated work space.
Loud, deafening music playing in the background.
Inhalation of vapours from the boiling cocoons and the diesel used to run machines.
Checking of the hot water to see whether the silk threads have loosened enough to be
removed from the cocoons.
15. Match column I with II and select the correct option from the codes given below:
Column –I
Column – II
(a) Red eyed frog
(i) Long and strong claws
(b) New world monkey
(ii) Migrate to warmer regions
(c) Polar bear
(iii) Sticky pads on its feet
(d) Siberian cranes
(iv) Long tail
(a) a (i) b(ii) c (iii) d (iv)
(b) a (iv) b(iii) c (ii) d (i)
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(b) a (iii) b (iv) c (i) d (ii)
(d) a (ii) b (iii) c (i) d (iv)
Cool to wear
absorbs water easily
soft to touch
Creases easily
can be washed and ironed easily
The above properties describe which of the following fabrics?
(a) Cotton
(b) Silk
(c) Wool
(d) Nylon
17. Which of the following statements are incorrect?
(i) Diurnal animals are active during the day.
(ii) Humus is the top soil containing small rocks.
(iii) Soil is the topmost layer of the Earth crust.
(iv) Alluvial and loamy soil are not suitable for growing crops.
(a) (i) & (ii)
(b) (ii) & (iii)
(c) (iii) & (iv)
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(d) (i) & (iv)
18. Match column I with column II and select the correct option from the codes given below.
Column –I
Column – II
(a) Ovary
(i) Lowermost swollen part of pistil
(b) Filament
(ii) Slender stalk of the stamen
(c) Style
(iii) numerous small bead like structures
(d) Ovule
(iv) knob – like structure on the top stamen
(e) Anther
(v) The middle part of the carpel through which
pollens reach to the ovary.
(b) a (i) b(ii) c(iii) d(iv) e(v)
(c) a(iv) b(v)c(ii)d(iii)e(i)
(b) a (i) b(ii) c (v) d (iii) e (iv)
(d) a (iii) b(v) c (iii) d (i) e (iv)
19. Bactrian camels found in the Gobi desert of Mongolia have thick fur as compared to the
camels found in the Thar desert of Rajasthan. Identify the reason for this from the
following given options.
(a) Bactrian camels drink more water than camels of Thar desert.
(b) Bactrian camels have developed thick fur to protect themselves from low temperature
(c) Bactrian camels have developed thick fur to protect themselves from high temperature
(d) Bactrian camels have thick fat in their hump.
20. Why do you think seeds and fruits need to be dispersed away from the mother plant?
(a) They may fall within the shade of the mother plant and not get enough sunlight
(b) They may not get enough food and moisture from the soil near the mother plant.
(c) There may be too many seeds in a small area near the mother plant.
(d) Any of these things may happen and prevent the growth of new healthy plant.
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