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 GRADE – 8

HOLIDAY HOMEWORK

ELA

1. Imagine you want to organize a charity event at school. Write an application to the
Principal seeking permission for the event.

2. “Technology in Education” – Discuss the role of technology in modern-day education in

100 to 120 words.

Submission Details:

• Complete the work in your ELA notebook.

• Ensure neat handwriting and proper formatting.

HINDI

निर्देश –
निम्िनिनित कार्य व्र्ाकरण पंनिका में करें |
व्याकरण-

 श्रनु तसमनिन्िार्यक (21 से 39)

 अिेक शब्दों के निए एक शब्द (41 से 80)

 अिेकार्ी शब्द (31 से 40)

 महु ावरे (61 से 90)

रचिात्मक लेखि :-

 पत्र िेिि –

औपचाररक पत्र संख्र्ा-6

अिौपचाररक पत्र संख्र्ा - 4, 5

 अिच्ु छे द िेिि संख्र्ा- 3, 9

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 ICT

Note: - Please follow the instructions carefully.

1. Complete the ICT Homework in the class work copy only.

2. Holiday Homework must be properly labelled in the copy.
3. Write the questions in the copy with Black Pen.
4. Draw the finishing line after completing every question.
5. Don’t copy from Internet. Use your own logic to solve the questions.

Write the Python programs:

1. Print the first 10 natural numbers using for loop.

2. To print a multiplication table of a given number. Accept the number from user.
3. To calculate the sum of all the odd numbers within the given range. Accept the range from
user.
4. To print all the even numbers within the given range. Accept the number from user.
5. To print the numbers from 100 to 1 using while loop.

MATHEMATICS
Chapter - Time and Work
1. A can complete a piece of work in 10 days, and B can complete the same work in 15 days.
How many days will it take for A and B to complete the work together?

2. A can do a piece of work in 18 days, B can do it in 12 days, and C can do it in 9 days. If all
three work together, how many days will they take to finish the work?

3. Two pipes can fill a tank in 10 hours and 15 hours, respectively. If both pipes are opened
together, how long will it take to fill the tank?

4. A can do a piece of work in 16 days, and B can do the same work in 24 days. They start
working together but after 4 days, A leaves. How many more days will B take to finish the
work?

5. If 12 men can complete a work in 8 days, how many men are required to complete the
same work in 6 days?

Chapter- Construction of Quadrilaterals

6. Construct a quadrilateral PQRS where:

PQ = 6.5 cm,

QR = 5.5 cm,

RS = 7 cm,

PS = 6 cm, and diagonals PR = 8.5 cm and QS = 9 cm.

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7. Construct a parallelogram ABCD where:

AB = 6 cm,

BC = 4 cm, and

diagonal AC = 7 cm.

8. Construct a rectangle EFGH where:

Length EF = 8 cm, and

Breadth FG = 5 cm.

9. Draw a trapezium ABCD in which AB∥DC, AB=7 cm, BC=5 cm, AD=6.5 cm and B=∠60° ?

Chapter- Area of Trapezium and polygons.

10. The parallel sides of a trapezium are 12 cm and 8 cm, and the non-parallel sides are 6 cm
and 5 cm. If the height is 7 cm, find the perimeter and area.

11. The diagonals of a rhombus are 10 cm and 8 cm. Find its area.

12. The area of a trapezium is 84 cm², and the lengths of the parallel sides are 12 cm and 16
cm. Find the height.

13. A field is in the shape of a trapezium with parallel sides of 20 m and 30 m, and height 15
m. A rectangular section of 200 m² is removed from the field. Find the remaining area of
the field.

14. A parallelogram has a base of 14 cm and a height of 10 cm. Find its area.

Chapter - Three Dimensional Figure

15. Find the number of faces, edges, and vertices of:

(a) A triangular prism

(b) A square pyramid

(c) Cube

(d) Cuboid

(e) Cylinder

(f) Cone

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 SCIENCE

1. What do you mean by electric discharge? How does it occurs?

2. What safety measures should be taken during lightning and thunderstorm?

3. Which kind of material is used to transfer charges from one body to another?

4. During construction of a building, the lightning conductor was a little shorter and cannot
be buried in the ground. Would the lightning conductor be still effective? Explain.

5. Describe the different methods of charging an object.

6. Define the term agricultural practices and also state the important steps taken during crop
production.

7. State the advantages of levelling.

8. What do you mean by the term crop rotation?

9. Mention the factors on which the frequency of irrigation process depends.

10. Explain the benefits of using modern agricultural tools.

11. What is LED? Why is it preferred to other type of bulbs?

12. Do distilled water conduct electricity? What will happen if we add sugar to it and then
salt to it? Explain.

13. Define good conductors and poor conductors or insulators.

14. Which effect of current causes the bulb to glow?

15. Name the three effects of electric current.

SANSKRIT

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 SOCIAL SCIENCE

I. Name the following:

1. The book written by Dadabhai Naoroji criticizing the economic impact of the British
rule.
2. This Act is enacted in an effort to silence those who were critical of the British
Government.
3. This retired British official, played a major role in the foundation of the Indian
National Congress.
4. In 1905, he partitioned Bengal-
5. This Marathi newspaper edited by Tilak became one of the strongest critics of
British rule.
6. The three main exponents of the Radical Group of the Congress popularly known
as ‘Lal, Bal and Pal’-

II. Answer the following questions in two-three points or as directed:

1. Enlist the political associations that came into being in the 1870s and 1880s.

2. Why was there a furore over the attempt of the British Government to introduce the
Ilbert Bill?

3. How can we transform our population into a productive ‘Human Resource’?

4. Why did the Radical leaders of the Congress criticize the Moderates?

5. Elucidate the real motives of the British for partitioning Bengal in 1905.

6. Prepare a short case study on the topic mentioned below: -

Exploring the Plight of Manual Scavengers: A Research Study on the Challenges

and Suffering Faced by Sanitation Workers in India

NOTE: All Mathematics homework must be completed in your designated Homework

Notebooks.

 If no specific instructions are provided, complete homework assignments in your

notebooks.

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