Winter Assignment for Class 8th
(Provisional)
(Session 2014 – 2015)
English
Q1. Describe Swami’s brave front in “The Dark Office Room”.
Q2. Give an account of the stories of devils and ghosts that Swami had heard in
his life.
Q3. Discuss the fake story of the young man in ‘Huck Meets The Duke And
The King’.
Q4. What lesson did you get from the story ‘Huck Meets the Duke…….’?
Q5. What is the main idea expressed by John Masefield in ‘The West Wind’?
Q6. Write a character sketch of Swami in ‘A Hero’.
Q7. Find out the figures of speech in the following stanza:
Bangle sellers are we who bear
Our shining loads to the temple fair
Who will buy these delicate, bright
Rainbow – tinted cirles of light?
Lustrous to kens of radiant lives
For happy daughters and happy wives.
Q8. Describe your Mollycoddle and also tell us about what good has come to
you through him/her.
Q9. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate tense of the verb given in the
brackets:
There is one problem that we …… (be). For the past one hour the two
……… (sit). Quietly discussing their problem, Ram ……….. (take) a long
sip of drink before he began his story. He _____ (say) that he had to give a
background before he came to the problem he ____ (be) in the present case.
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Q10. Write the meanings of the following proverbs:
a. A friend’s eye is a good mirror.
b. A good example is the best sermon.
c. A monkey in silk is a monkey no less.
d. Don’t judge a book by its cover.
e. A new broom sweeps clean.
Q11. Find out the meanings in sentences of the following phrases. Use them
in sentence:
a. At arm’s length
c. At dagger’s drawn
b. Above board
d. Bag and baggage
Q12. Change the voice:
a. Does he pluck flowers?
b. Can anybody cure me?
c. He is cheating us.
d. The peon had already opened the gate.
e. She washes my clothes.
f. He has sold his car.
g. Was she not cleaning the room?
h. Am I writing a letter?
Q13. Read the paragraph and insert punctuation marks and capital letters
at appropriate places.
tonight after school we have our final football game of the season our
coach mr. raman stated I want all of you to play your best and fair he game
started we knew if we didn’t play aggressively we would lose at half time
our opponents were ahead by two shortly after we managed to tie the game
dinesh our caption called a time out we gathered around our coach and he
said you can do it play smart we didn’t want to let our coach or four down
jus then dinesh kicked the ball the crowd went wild the ball went through
the net just then the buzzer went to signal the end of the game.
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Q14. Unhealthy eating habits are creating havoc with the health of children.
Write a speech on the importance of eating the right kind of food and the
importance of following regular eating habits.
Q15. Write a letter of application in response to an advertisement for a job.
Remember to keep to the correct format of a formal letter. Your letter
should contain details of your qualifications, the reason why you think you
are suited for the job, previous experience, if any. End your letter with a
request for a personal interview.
Q16. Write the past, past participle, present participle of the following
strong verbs:
a. Arise
e. Fly
i. Sink
b. Bear
f. Forsake
j. Slide
c. Choose
g. Ride
k. Swear
d. Draw
h. Shrink
l. Tear
Q17. Make sentences using the following words:(Use a Dictionary)
a. Cataclysm
f. Checkers
k. Honorary
b. Connoisseur
g. Muck
l. Waif
c. Hoopla
h. Aftermath
m. Deluge
d. Herculean
i. Magnanimous
n. Debilitate
e. Exgration
j. Euthanasia
o. Sadist
Mathematics
Q1. Find the perimeter of the rectangle whose length is 40m and a diagonal is
41m.
Q2. A man bought a computer for ` 30,000 and due to a defect had to sell it for
`25,500. Find the profit or loss percent.
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Q3. The sides of a triangle ABC are 6cm, 4.5cm and 7.5cm. Is this triangle a
right angled triangle? If so, which side is the hypotenuse?
Q4. Express the following ratios as percents:
a. 7:12
b.
9:5
c.
5:7
Q5. In a right angled triangle, the two acute angles are in the ratio 3:2. Find the
acute angles.
Q6. A staircase 13m long is placed against a wall in such a way that the foot of
the staircase is 5m away from the wall. Find how high the top of the
staircase reaches on the wall.
Q7. If ∠ = 2, ∠ = 9
∠ = , then find x and hence find the angles
of the triangle.
Q8. Add the following expressions by horizontal method.
2x+y – z , 5x – 3y + 3z , – 2 x + y – 5z
Q9. What should be added to 4a2b2 – 6ab to make 7a2b2 + 14ab?
Q10. Simply:
– 4(2x+3) – 5(1 – 2x)
Q11. In an examination, 95% of the candidates passed and 1140 failed. How
many candidates appeared in the examination?
Q12. A man sells an article at a gain of 10%. If he had bought it for 10% less
and sold it for `10 more, he would have gained 25%. Find the cost price
of the article.
Q13. What principal will earn an interest of `3240 at 9% per annum in 5 years?
Q14. ABC is an isosceles triangle with AB=AC, AD ⊥ BC.
Prove that
∆ABD≅∆ACD.
Q15. A hall of dimension 25m×20m has a path 1.5m wide all around it inside it.
Find the cost of painting the path with black colour at the rate of `20 per
square metre.
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Q16. In ∆’s ABC and DEF, AB=DF and ∠BAC=∠FDE.
What additional
information is required to show the congruence by SAS congruence rule?
Q17. The base of a parallelogram is four times its height. If the area is 900m2,
find the base and height of the parallelogram.
Q18. A piece of wire in the form of a rectangle 14cm×8cm is reshaped and bent
to form a circle. Find the radius of the circle so formed.
Q19. A wheel has a radius of 35cm. How many revolutions will it make to
cover 11km?
Q20. O is the mid – point of line segment AB. If ∠A=∠B, prove that ∆AOC ≅
.
Q21. ABC is a right – angled triangle at A. AD is perpendicular to BC. If
AB=15cm, BC=17cm and AC=8cm, find the area of ∆ABC. Also, find
the length of AD.
Q22. Ten years ago, the father was six times as old as his daughter. After ten
years, he will be twice as old as his daughter. Determine their present
ages.
Q23. Solve the following equation:
3x+2(x+2)=20 – (2x – 5)
Q24. Form an equation in each of the following cases:
a. If 3 is added to one-third of x, you get 30.
b. The age of father is 4 years more than three times the age of his son.
Father’s age is 40 years.
Q25. Find the mean of first ten prime numbers.
Q26. The rainfall (in mm) in a city on 7 days of a certain week was recorded as
below:
Day
Mon Tue Wed Thru Fri
Sat
Sun
Rainfall (in mm)
05
25
13
12
32
18
00
a. Find the mean rainfall for the week.
b. On how many days was the rainfall less than the mean rainfall?
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Q27. Height (in cm) of 25 students are given below:
160, 168, 165, 163, 161, 165, 166, 162, 163, 165, 160, 163, 167, 164, 163,
162, 163, 165, 165, 161, 165, 162, 164, 165, 168
Find the mode of their height.
Q28. In an annual examination, the marks secured by students in mathematics is
as per data given below:
Marks
No.of Students
30–39 40–49 50–59 60–69 70–79 80–89 90–99
10
5
6
3
6
7
3
Represent the above data with the help of bar graph.
Q29. The following table shows the weight of 42 players:
Weight (in kg)
48
50
52
54
58
61
No. of Players
14
13
3
2
6
4
Find the median and mean weights. Using empirical formula, calculate its
mode.
Q30. The runs scored in a cricket match by 11 players are as below:
25, 18 , 22, 95, 85, 25 , 70, 25, 31, 41, 3
Find the mean, mode and median
Social Science
History
Q1.
Which cosmopolitan cities became famous in the 18th century and why?
Q2.
Write a short note on Mongols.
Q3.
Who was Kabir? What were his teachings?
Q4.
Draw a politual map of Akbar’s reign.
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Q5.
Draw the pie chart of Kashmiri rulers from medieval period to modern
period.
Q6.
Draw a flow chart along with the pictures of the important gardens laid
by Mughals in Kashmir.
Q7.
Write a short note on Jama Masjid, Srinagar.
Q8.
Write a short note on “Habba Khatoon”.
Q9.
How did Islam spread in Kashmir?
Q10. Write a note on Gompas in Ladakh.
Civics
Q11. Write a note on women literacy.
Q12. Write a brief description about Nelson Mandela.
Q13. According to you “Is women equality being observed in the society?”
Explain.
Q14. According to your opinion is bargaining necessary. Why or why not?
Q15. Make a collage of famous brands.
Q16. Is online shopping cure or curse? Give suggestions.
Geography
Q17. How many settlement patterns do you know about? Define them briefly.
Q18. What is Greenhouse Effect? Why is it becoming a global concern?
Q19. Explain the four processes of water cycle in detail.
Also draw the
necessary diagram.
Q20. Describe the Flora and Fauna of Sahara Desert.
Q21. What is the lifestyle and occupation of people staying in Ladakh?
Q22. Describe the climatic conditions of Ladakh and the Sahara Desert.
Q23. What are the various forms of precipitation? Explain any four.
Q24. How do animals survive in harsh winters of Ladakh?
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Q25. What is musk deer hunted for? Why is musk considered to be the most
precious?
Q26. Draw a political map of Jammu and Kashmir.
Q27. What are the various factors which have helped the prairies become the
“Granary of the World”?
Q28. Write a short note on “Temperate Grasslands”.
Q29. Why is it so that airways are most often used to carry out relief
operations?
Q30. What are the main characteristics of Urban Settlements?
Science
Q1.
Explain heating effect of current.
Q2.
Draw an electric circuit.
Q3.
What are the uses of magnetic effect of current?
Q4.
Describe the impact of Cyclone on human life and property.
Q5.
What are Westerlies and how are they caused?
Q6.
Name five Medicinal Plants which we get from forests and also write
their medicinal value.
Q7.
Explain how forests increase rainfall and bring down the temperature.
Q8.
What impact does deforestation have on environment?
Q9.
Explain how the waste water from your house is carried away.
Q10. What do you understand by ‘Periodic Events’? Explain with the help of
example?
Q11. When a body is said to be in non-uniform motion. Explain with suitable
example.
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Q12. A car takes 20 minutes to cover a distance of 10km and takes 15 minutes
to cover another distance of 10km. Find its average speed. Also plot a
distance – time graph for the same body.
Q13. How do organisms reproduce through spore formation? Draw diagrams
also.
Q14. Describe what happens when pollen grains reach stigma.
Q15. Explain how dispersal or scattering of seeds occurs.
Q16. What do you mean by osmosis? Explain how roots absorb water from the
soil.
Q17. Describe in brief the function of white blood cells (WBC’s).
Q18. Explain the process of dialysis.
Q19. Explain complete working of human heart with the help of a diagram.
Q20. Explain how acids are formed.
Q21. Write short notes on the uses of Acids, Bases and Salts.
Q22. Explain the process of Rusting.
Q23. Explain different types of chemical reactions. Give examples.
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Note:
The students are required to do all the winter assignments on
Punch Sheets.
The date of submission of the assignment shall be communicated
to you in the month of February, 2015.
The students shall have to appear in the T2 test in March, 2015 as
per the Govt. order. The paper shall be set from the T2 portion of
the syllabus only.
Coordinator
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Winter Assignment for Class 8th (New Class Work)
Session 2015
English
:
Complete all the topics related to Chapter No. 1
Maths
:
Complete the topic Linear Equations
Science
:
Complete the Chapter ‘Microorganisms’.
History
:
Complete Chapter No. 1
Geo
:
Complete Chapter No. 1
Urdu
:
Kashmiri
:
Complete Chapter No. 1
Computer
:
Collect details about wireless technologies
(with PPT)
Diary Writing:
Write a personal diary on daily basis. The best
diary writer will be awarded with a certificate.
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