SUMMER VACATION ASSIGNMENT (MAY-JUNE 2015)
CLASS VIII
ENGLISH
Writing/Creative Skills
1. Watch any four movies related to the History or War.
2. Write a review based on any four movies related to the History or War.
HINDI
मात्रा व ऱेख सुधार के लऱए कम से कम 15 ऩष्ृ ठ (A-4 आकार के) ऱेखन का अभ्यास करें साथ
ही उन शब्दों को भी छाॉटें जजनका उच्चारण करने में आऩको कठठनाई है |
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20 मुहावरे – अथथ व वाक्य सठहत |
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ऱेखक ऩररचय – हररशॊकर ऩरसाई |
FRENCH
Biodiversity
Explain the biodiversity of France in French. (200 words)-Hand written
MATHEMATICS
General Instructions:
 Submit your work in a file/folder with a cover page.
 Use the perforated sheets or ruled sheets for section – B
 Present your work neatly and as creatively as possible.
 Work out the rough calculation on the right side of each sheet
(ruled/perforated) as per requirement.
 Question numbers 1 to 25 in Section-A are multiple choice questions where you
are to select one correct option out of the given four in the Holiday home work
sheet itself.
Section – A ( Multiple choice questions)
Q1. A bus started from bus stand at 8.00am, and after 30 minutes staying at destination, it returned
back to the bus stand. The destination is 27 miles from the bus stand. The speed of the bus is 18mph.
In return journey bus travels with 50% fast speed. At what time it returns to the bus stand?
(a) 10:30 am
(b) 10.00 am
(c) 11.00 am
(d) 11.30 am
Q2. A person was fined for exceeding the speed limit by 10mph. Another person was also fined for
exceeding the same speed limit by twice the same. If the second person was traveling at a speed of
35 mph, find the speed limit.
a) 20 mph
b) 15 mph
c) 18 mph
d) 12 mph
Q3. There are 200 questions on a 3 hr examination. Among these questions are 50 Mathematics
problems. It is suggested that twice as much time be spent on each math problem as for each other
question. How many minutes should be spent on Mathematics problems?
a) 36
b) 72
c) 60
d) 100
Q4. In a certain school, 40% of the senior class students is taking Physics, 30% is taking Chemistry and
10% is taking both. If 40 students are enrolled in the senior class, how many students are taking
neither Physics nor Chemistry?
a) 12
b) 10
c) 13
d) 16
Q5. A boy was asked to find the value of 7/12 of a sum of money. Instead of multiplying the sum by
7/12 he divided it by 7/12 and thus his answer exceeded the correct Answer By Rs.95. Find the
correct answer.
a) Rs.20
b) Rs.25
c) Rs.48
d) Rs.49
Q6. A high school has a strange principal. On the first day, he has his students perform an odd opening
day ceremony: There are one thousand lockers and one thousand students in the school. The
principal asks the first student to go to every locker and open it. Then he has the second student go
to every second locker and close it. The third goes to every third locker and, if it is closed, he opens
it, and if it is open, he closes it. The fourth student does this to every fourth locker, and so on. After
the process is completed with the thousandth student, how many lockers are open?
a) 32
b) 33
c) 31
d) 34
Q7. Four people need to cross a rickety bridge at night. Unfortunately, they have only one torch and the
bridge is too dangerous to cross without one. The bridge is only strong enough to support two
people at a time. Not all people take the same time to cross the bridge. Times for each person: 1 min,
2 mins, 7 mins and 10 mins. What is the shortest time needed for all four of them to cross the
bridge?
a) 32 mins
b) 18 mins
c) 16 mins
d) 17 mins
Q8. Two old friends, Jack and Bill, meet after a long time. Three kids Jack: Hey, how are you man?
Bill: Not bad, got married and I have three kids now. Jack: That’s awesome. How old are they?
Bill: The product of their ages is 72 and the sum of their ages is the same as your birth date.
Jack: Cool… But I still don’t know. Bill: My eldest kid just started taking piano lessons.
Jack: Oh now I get it. How old are Bill’s kids?
a) 1,2,3
b) 3,4,6
c) 3,3,6
d) 3,3,8
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Q9. David gets on the elevator at the 11 floor of a building and rides up at the rate of 57 floors per
minute. At the same time, Albert gets on an elevator at the 51st floor of the same building and rides
down at the rate of 63 floors per minute. If they continue travelling at these rates, then at which
floor will their paths cross ?
a) 30
b) 19
c) 16
d) 31
Q10.Free notebooks were distributed equally among children of a class. The number of notebooks
each child got was one – eighth of the number of children. Had the number of children been half,
each child would have got 16 notebooks. Total how many notebooks were distributed?
a) 530
b) 419
c) 516
d) 512
Q11. In a regular week, there are 5 working days and for each day, the working hours are 8. A man gets
Rs. 2.40 per hour for regular work and Rs. 3.20 per hours for overtime. If he earns Rs. 432 in 4 weeks,
then how many hours does he work for ?
a) 153
b) 175
c) 174
d) 170
Q12. One-third of Rahul's savings in National Savings Certificate is equal to one-half of his savings in
Public Provident Fund. If he has Rs. 1,50,000 as total savings, how much has he saved in Public
Provident Fund ?
a) Rs.20,000
b) Rs.30,000
c) Rs.14000
d) 17000
Q13. There are two examinations rooms A and B. If 10 students are sent from A to B, then the number
of students in each room is the same. If 20 candidates are sent from B to A, then the number of
students in A is double the number of students in B. The number of students in room A is:
a) 130
b) 190
c) 160
d) 100
Q14. A watch which gains uniformly is 2 minutes low at noon on Monday and is 4 min. 48 sec fast at 2
p.m. on the following Monday. When was it correct?
a) 2 p.m. on Tuesday b) 2 p.m. on Wednesday c) 3 p.m. on Thursday 160
d) 1 p.m. on
Friday
Q15. Rasik walked 20 m towards north. Then he turned right and walks 30 m. Then he turns right and
walks 35 m. Then he turns left and walks 15 m. Finally he turns left and walks 15 m. In which
direction and how many metres is he from the starting position?
a) 15 m West
b) 30 m East
c) 30 m West
d) 45 m East
Q16. Two cars start from the opposite places of a main road, 150 km apart. First car runs for 25 km and
takes a right turn and then runs 15 km. It then turns left and then runs for another 25 km and then
takes the direction back to reach the main road. In the mean time, due to minor break down the
other car has run only 35 km along the main road. What would be the distance between two cars at
this point?
a) 65 km
b) 75 km
c) 80 km
d) 85 km
Q17. The length and breadth of a room are 8 m and 6 m respectively. A cat runs along all the four walls
and finally along a diagonal order to catch a rat. How much total distance is covered by the cat?
a) 13
b) 19
c) 36
d) 38
Q18. A grocer has a sale of Rs. 6435, Rs. 6927, Rs. 6855, Rs. 7230 and Rs. 6562 for 5 consecutive months.
How much sale must he have in the sixth month so that he gets an average sale of Rs. 6500?
a) Rs4991
b) Rs5991
c) Rs.6001
d) Rs.6991
Q19. The captain of a cricket team of 11 members is 26 years old and the wicket keeper is 3 years older.
If the ages of these two are excluded, the average age of the remaining players is one year less than
the average age of the whole team. What is the average age of the team?
a) 23 years
b) 24 years
c) 25years
d) 38years
Q20. In Arun's opinion, his weight is greater than 65 kg but less than 72 kg. His brother does not agree
with Arun and he thinks that Arun's weight is greater than 60 kg but less than 70 kg. His mother's
view is that his weight cannot be greater than 68 kg. If all are them are correct in their estimation,
what is the average of different probable weights of Arun?
a) 67kg
b) 68kg
c) 69kg
d) 70kg
Q21. On dividing a number by 357, we get 39 as remainder. On dividing the same number 17, what will
be
the remainder?
a) 0
b) 3
c) 5
Q22. How many times in a day, the hands of a clock are straight?
a) 22
b) 24
c) 44
d) 11
d) 48
Q23.
a) 8
b) 14
c) 9
d)
10
Q24.
a) 8
b) 6
c) 9
d) 10
Q25.
a) 121
b) 100
c) 169
d) 16
Section – B
Q1. Solve the following equations
a) 5 x  17 = 7  6 x
b)
c) 15  y  4  2 y  9  5 y  6  0
6x  1 x  3

4
8
d)
5x  7
9
3x
Q2. A number consists of a two digits whose sum is 12.If 18 is added to the number, the digits are
reversed. Find the number.
Q3. The sum of three consecutive multiples of 7 is 777.Find these multiples.
Q4. Ankita has a total of Rs.760 as currency notes in the denominations of Rs.50, Rs.20 and Rs.10. The
ratio of the number of Rs.50 notes and Rs.20 notes is 3 : 5. If she has a total of 25 notes, how many
notes of each denomination she has?
3
2
Q5. Find five rational numbers between
and
.
11
11
Q6.Using appropriate properties, find:
7 2 1 2 4
  
a) 
11 5 13 5 11
b)
6 3 1 3 5

  
13 7 15 7 9
Q7. Represent the following rational numbers on the number line.
2
1
a)
b) 3
11
5
Q8.Find the value of
45  43
44
2
2
  3
Q9. Find the multiplicative inverse of    

3
 2 
Q10. Simplify
2 3 x 2 y 4
a)
16 x 2 y 1
b) 0.001 X 104 X 10-4
5
c)
25 xy 3 z 5
10 x 3 y 2
Q11.Find the value of x in the following:
7
3
3 3 3
a)        
2 2 2
x2
7
x2
 343
b)  7    7 
  4  5
c) 
 

 5   4 
3
6
4


 5 
2 x 1
Q12. In an auditorium, 300 tickets were sold. The total sale of tickets was Rs, 1250. If the tickets were
of two
denominations of Rs. 2.50 and Rs. 5. How many of each denomination were sold?
SCIENCE
Physics: Make Power point Presentation on the topic Friction ( its causes, types, factors
affecting friction, advantages and disadvantages) ( Minimum 15 Slides ) it should also include
examples, diagrams , flowchart & Viva will be conducted on the basis of Presentation. Mail the
slides to [email protected]
Chemistry: Make Power point Presentation on the topic Metals, Nonmetals & Metalloids
(Minimum 15 Slides) it should also include diagrams, flowchart & Viva will be conducted on the
basis of Presentation. Mail the slides to [email protected]
Biology: Prepare a project file on Topic Cell & its Organelles which should also include the
concept of
1. What is cell?
2. Cell theory
3. Types of cell
4. Parts of cell
5. Cell Division
Source of information: Internet and Reference Books
It should also include diagrams, flowchart & Viva will be conducted on the basis of
Presentation.
SOCIAL SCIENCE
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Students are supposed to write a report on the Tribal living in India today. Find out
about their customs and ways of living, and how their lives have changed in the last 5
years after the independence.
COMPUTERS
Create a Power Point Presentation on “Use of Computer in Today’s World”.
The presentation should contain:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
10 areas where computers are used.
Each area should be represented by at least 4-5 pics or a video as a part of the
presentation.
The field description should not be more than a slide.
Overall for each field there should be one page of information and 1 page with 4-5
pictures or a video.
The slide show should be on a particular theme with the font and the background color
in contrast.
The total number of slides should not be less than 20.
One done the presentation can be mailed to me on [email protected] or can
also be brought in a pen drive.
Make sure that the mailed presentation has the pic and videos attached.