Gurukul Kurukshetra

Entrance Exam Class:VIII

1. The question paper consists of four Sections – A, B, C, D.

2. All questions are compulsory.

3. There is no overall no choice.

4. All sub-questions under the main question carry equal marks.

5. Rough work, if required may be done on the last few pages of this
question booklet, provided for the purpose.

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 Section – A (Science)
1. Fill in the Blanks: (5
(a) The other organism from which food is derived by the parasite is called _______.
(b) The teeth which help in biting the food in humans are the _______.
(c) During respiration, when energy is released, ______ and ______ are also produced.
(d) Two useful things that are circulated in all animals are ______ and ______.
(e) A farmer treats the soil of his field with lime when the soil has _______ nature.
2. Answer the following questions: (5
(a) Why do organisms need to take food?
(b) The organism deriving its food from dead and decaying plant and animals.
(c) Where is the bile produced? Which component of the food does it help to digest?
(d) Which part of the digestive canal is involved in killing of bacteria of food?
(e) Why we get muscle cramps after heavy exercise?
Section – B (Mathematics)
1. Fill in the blanks: (5
(a) The next number in the pattern – 62, - 37, - 12 is _______.
(b) 4.7 + 1000 = _____
(c) In natural numbers, x – 5 = - 5 has ______ solution
(d) The reciprocal of ______ does not exist.
(e) Perimeter of a regular polygon = Length of one side ______
2. True / False (5
(a) Product of two negative integers is a negative integer.
(b) 1 is the only number which is its own reciprocal.
(c) 4x – 5 = 7 does not have an integer as its solutions.
(d) Every natural number is a rational number, but every rational number need not be a natural
number.
(e) If perimeters of two parallelograms are equal, then their areas are also equal.
3. Answer the following questions: (5
(a) Write a positive integer and a negative integer whose sum is a negative integer.

(b) The normal body temperature is 98.6 . When Savitri was ill, her temperature rose to 103.1 /
How many degrees above normal was that?
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(c) 12 subtracted from twice of a number gives 3.

(d) Write a positive integer and a negative integer whose sum is a positive integer.

(e) The length of two sides of an isosceles triangles are 9 cm and 20 cm. What is the perimeter of
the triangle? Give reason.

Section – C (Social Science)

(a) ______ occupied Delhi in 1414. He laid the foundation of the ______ dynasty.

(b) Early man used to lead a _______ lifestyle in search of food.

(c) The _____ has the highest density of road transport in the world.

(d) An area in which the vegetation comprises of trees is called a ______

(e) The periodic between AD 1206 and 1526 in the history of India is known as the period of the
_______.

2. Short answer questions: (5

(a) What was the language of administration under the Delhi Sultans?
(b) What do you mean by a settlement?

(c) What do you understand by communication?

(d) Which are the three broad categories of natural vegetation?

(e) From which country did Ibn Battuta travel to India?

Section – D (English) (20 1 = 20)

Direction (1 – 2): Fill the blanks with proper tense form from the given options:

1. When Diya got the call, she _____ in her office.

2. She ____ her entire childhood in the woods.

Direction (3 – 5): Select the option which identifies the verb in the sentence:

3. There are books on the shelf.

4. Turn to your right.

5. Kids are playing cricket in the garden.

Direction (6 – 8): Write the correct antonyms of the following words:

7. comfort

8. demand

Direction (9 – 10): Fill the blanks by using suitable preposition:

9. When we get ready for dinner, I have to take my books__________ the table.

10. Every weekend, we put the trash can ________________ for garbage collection.

Direction (11 – 15): Find the blanks with suitable words (Nouns):

11. A swarm of ______ are flying all around.

12. A ______ of musicians were performing.

13. Farmers keep a _______ of buffaloes.

14. A ______ of girls could be seen here always.

15. The house was on the target by a gang of _______

Direction (16 – 20): Fill in the blanks using the opposite gender of the noun given in the
bracket:

16. She likes the _______ of this movie. (hero)

17. It is a ritual to ride a _____ during the wedding procession. (horse)

18. Farmers keep the ______ for the production of egg. (cock)

19. The ______ didn’t respond the call. (waitress)

20. The ______ killed the wild beast easily. (huntress)

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