ATOMIC ENERGY CENTRAL SCHOOL NO.

4 RAWATBHATA
Sample Paper Session End Examination 2017- 18
Time-2 ½ Hours CLASS- VIII , SOCIAL SCIENCE
Max .Marks: 80
General Instructions:
i) The question paper has 4 sections A ,B, C , D . All questions are compulsory.
ii) Marks are indicated against each question.
iii) Section A- is one word question.Each question carries one mark.
iv) Section B-2 Mark questions.Answer of the these questions should not exceed 30-40
words each.
v) Section C-3 mark questions. Answer of these questions should not exceed 50-60 words
each.
vi) Section D-4 mark questions.Answer of these questions should not exceed 80-90 words
each. Attach the map inside your answer book.
I. SECTION-A One mark questions. 1x6=6
1. Name the country which came to be known as the „‟workshop of the world‟‟.
2. Who found a reform association known as the Brahmo sabha (later known as the
Brahmo samaj).
3. Name the cash crops which was known as the Gloden Fibre.
4. Which of the industry which is often called the back bone of modern instdustry ?
5. Who investigate any complaints about the commission of a crime ?
6. Name the Article of the constitution which abolished the untouchability.
SECTION-B
Answer the following in 30-40 words:- (2x7=14)
1. What was the role of Dr. B.R Ambedkar for welfare of Dalit people ?
2. Who are the Agaria ?
3. What do you know about shifiting cultivation ?
4. What is agro based industry ? Give the two example of agro based industries.
5. Why are people considered a resource ?
6. What do you know about the Article of 15 of the constitution ?
7. What is the Role of Judge ?

II. SECTION –C (3X12=36)

Answer the following questions in 50 -60 words :-
1. How did the development of cotton industries in Britain affect textile producers in India
?
2. Why did Mahatma Gandhi want to teach children handicrafts ?
3. What were the different reasons people had not sending girls to school ?
4. What do you know about Dandi March ? Why did Gandhi choose to break the salt law ?
5. Name the main two fibre crops and name the climatic conditions required for their
growth.
6. Distinguish between primary activities and tertiary activities.
 7. Why cotton textile industry rapidly expanded in Mumbai ?
8. The world population has grown very rapidly. Why?
9. What do you know about the Bhopal gas tragedy? Do you think the victims of the
Bhopal gas tragedy got justice?Discuss .
10. Why are most of the private hospitals and private schools located in Major cities and not
in towns or rural areas ?
11. List two reasons why Adivasis are becoming increasingly marginalized.
12. Define the term as “compensation” and “witness.”

III. SECTION-D (4X6=24)

Answer the following question in 80-90 words :-
1. Describe more than four problems that the newly independent nation of India faced.
OR
What was the role of the planning commission ?
2. What is meant by the term industry ? Which are the main factors which influenced the
location of an industry ?
3. What is agriculture ? What are the disadvantage of shifting cultivation ?
4. Write why you think the constitution‟s safeguards to protect minority communities are
very important ?
5. According to the article of 22 of the constitution discuss the important Fundamental
Rights of every arrested person.
6.1 On the out line map of India marks the location of the following region .
A. Surat
B. Golconda
6.2 On the out line map of the world mark the location of the following region.
i- Coffee region Brazil
ii- Industrial Region Sydney

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SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER ( Session End Examination 2017-18)

Time: 3hrs CLASS-8, SCIENCE Max.Marks:80

SECTION-A

Multiple choice questions (1X10=10)

1. The SI unit of force is

(a) gram (b) kilogram (c) Newton (d) milligram
2. An electrolyte cell converts
(a) electrical energy into light energy (b) chemical energy into electrical energy
(c) chemical energy into light energy (d) electrical into chemical energy
3. Yeast is used in the production of
(a) alcohol (b) sugar (c) HCl (d) oxygen
4. Which of the following is used for road surfacing?
(a) Kerosene (b) Paraffin vax (c) petrol (d) Bitumin
5. Which of the following metal is present in liquid state at room temperature?
(a) Sodium (b) Aluminium (c) Mercury (d) Silver
6. Which of the following is not the planet of the solar system?
(a) Sirius (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Mars
7. Clouds can charge tall buildings by the process of
(a) friction (b) conduction (c) induction (d) gravitation
8. The force that w use while running is………………force.
(a) muscular (b) friction (c) gravitation (d) electrostatic
9. What will be the angle of incidence if the ray of light reflected back at an angle of 30º.
(a) 15º (b) 60º (c) 30º (d) 75º
10.Which of the following is a wind instrument?
(a) Flute (b) Guitar (c) Tabla (d) Jal Tarang

Fill in the blanks (1X10=10)

11.The north pole of a magnet……..the north pole of another magnet.

12.Sliding friction is ……..than static friction.
13.Shrillness of the sound is determined by the ………….of vibration.
14.The passage of electric current through a solution causes…………..effects.
15.When two bodies are rubbed against each other, they acquire………charges.
16.The size of pupil becomes ……………when you see in dim light.
17.The planet which appears red in colour is…….
18.Blue green algae fix……….in the soil to enrich the fertility of soil.
19.Metals produce………gas when they react with acids.
20.Least polluting fuel for vehicle is………..
 SECTION-B

Answer the following questions. (2X8=16)

21.Why the school bags with broader strips are preferred over bags with narrow strips?
22.Write two ways of increasing and decreasing friction.
23.Differentiate between regular and diffused reflection.
24.What are constellations? Name any two.
25. What are metalloids? Name any one.
26.Why makes the dough rise while preparing idli or dhokla?
27.Define lightening.
28.Name any two glands and the hormones produced by them in human body.
SECTION-C

Answer the following questions. (3X8=24)

29.How is the sex of the baby determined?

30.Explain why sportsmen use spikes in shoes?
31.Explain how the noise pollution is harmful to humans?
32.What circumstances lead to acid rain? What harms it can cause?
33.How does the increased level of nutrients in water affect the survival of the aquatic
organisms?
34.What are antibiotics? What precautions must be taken while taking antibiotics?
35.What is displacement reaction? Why iron displaces copper from its salt solution but
copper cannot displace iron from its salt solution?
36.Differentiate between metals and non metals.
SECTION-D

Answer the following questions. (5X4=20)

37. How was petroleum synthesized in nature? Write the names and uses of any three
constituents of petroleum.
38.What is electroplating? Explain the process of electroplating with the help of diagram.
39.Draw well labelled diagram of human eye. How can you take care of your eyes?
40.Differentiate between external and internal fertilization? Draw well labelled diagram
of human sperm.
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 ATOMIC ENERGY CENTRAL SCHOOL No. 4, RAWATBHATA
Sample Paper ( Session End Examination 2017-18)
Time – 3 Hours Class – VIII, English MM – 80
Instructions :
a.This paer is divided into four sections : A, B, C & D
b. All questions are compulsory .
c.Marks are indicated against questions.
Section A (Reading) 20 marks
1.Once there was a young Idu boy. He had no family except for an old cat. Each day the boy and his
cat walked many miles, looking for a home. Each night they curled up together and slept. But one
starry evening, the old cat died. The boy buried his friend next to an icy stream. Then he sat under a
tree and cried. What would he do? He had no family and no home.The boy cried for a very long
time. Suddenly, the sky filled with bright light. The boy held his breath. He was afraid to move. One
bright star fell to the ground. Slowly, the star took the shape of the old cat. It bent the head and
drank from the stream. It looked at the boy and smiled. As she jumped back into the sky, bits of the
cat‟s fur fell. As the Sun began to rise, the boy picked up the soft, warm fur. It glowed in his hands
like starlight. He carried the fur to the city and sold it. With the money, he bought a house. He
bought two young cats. He never forgot the star cat.. And he was never lonely again.
On the basis of your reading the above passage, answer the following questions. (1× 5= 5 marks)
a) Who was the Idu boy living with? Why he became sad?
b) What did the boy do after the cat‟s death?
c) What happened one night after the cat‟s death? Was it a miracle?
d) Why didn‟t the Idu boy feel lonely after meeting the cat from the sky?
e) Find a word from the passage which mean the same as the word given shining

2. When I fall asleep, I dream about what it would be like to have a rocket ship. If I had a rocket
ship, my first destination would be the Earth's moon, which is called Luna. When I got to Luna I
would jump all around. Because there is little gravity I would be able to jump very high. After I
finished jumping all over the moon, I would fly to Saturn and travel around Saturn's beautiful rings.
On my way to Saturn, I would try to avoid a number of asteroids. Asteroids are large pieces of rocks
and minerals. In my science class, I learned that it would take me almost my entire life to travel to
Pluto. Pluto is the last Planet in our solar system. Because it's so far from our Sun that it is super
cold. I wish I could see Pluto up close.
On the basis of your reading the above passage, answer the following questions. (1 × 5= 5 marks)
1. What is the name of Earth's Moon?
a) muna b) moona c) luna d) asteroid
2. Which of the following is true?
a) You wouldn't be able to jump on the moon.
b) The moon's gravity would allow you to jump high
c) The Earth has less gravity than its moon.
d) None of the above
3. What is a unique feature of Saturn?
a) it‟s a moon b) it has lots of water c) it is bright pink in colour d) it has a ring
4. What are asteroids made of?
a) Vitamins b) ice c) plastic d) rock
5. Find the opposite of the word „low‟ from the passage.

3. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: (10 Marks)
I came in contact with animals far more in prison than I had done outside. I had always been fond of
dogs, and had kept some, but I could never look after them properly as other matters claimed my
attention. In prison I was grateful for their company.Indins do not, as a rule, approve of animals as
household pets. It is remarkable that in spite of their general philosophy of nonviolence to animals ,
they are often singularly careless and unkind to them.
Even the cow, that a favoured animal, though looked up to and almost worshipped by
many Hindus and often the cause of riots is not treated kindly. Worship and kindliness do not
always go together .
Different countries have adopted different animals as symbols of their ambition or
character – the eagle of the United States of America and of Germany, the lion and bulldog of
England, the fighting cock of France, the bear of old Russia. How far do these patron animals mould
national character ?
a. Why could the author not take care of his pets ? 2
b. What do not always go together ? 2
c. As a rule who do not approve of animals as household pets ? 1
d. Patron animal of old Russia is --------------------------------- . 1
e. Find the opposite of „thankless‟ from the passage. 1
f. What did I come in contact with? 1
g. What was I fond of? 1
h. What did claim my attention? 1
Section B (Writing) 20 Marks
4. You are the CCA coordinator of your vidyalaya. Write a notice for your school notice board to
inform all the students that a drawing competition will be organized this Saturday as a part of Co-
curricular activities. ( 5 marks)
5.Yesterday, your school took you to an old age home in the city.You met and talked to a few
people there who expressed their sorrows and disappointments in life. Your heart is heavy and feels
that old people should be living with their children. Write a diary entry expressing your feelings in
not more than 80 to 100 words. (7 marks)

6. Write a letter to your father narrating him about your plan of celebrating the New Year‟s Day in
your school this time. (8 marks)

Section C (Grammar) 15 Marks

7.The following passage has not been edited.There is a word missing in each line.Write the missing
word along with the word which comes before it and the one that comes after as shown in the
example. ( ½ x6=3 marks)
Before Word After
There was a rich old man who ina palace . e.g. who lived in
There also lived nearby poor man in a hut. (a)---------------------------
He lived on crumbs of food given others.(b) -------------------------
But he cheerful and never complained.(c) ---------------------------
Once it so happened that poor man (d) --------------------------
Had nothing eat for a long while. So he (e) --------------------------
Went to the rich old man help. (f) ---------------------------
8) Write meaningful sentences arranging the words in proper order --: (1× 3 = 3 marks)
a)Policy/ is/ honesty/best/ the
b) shows/ correct/ watch/ the/ time
c) more/ vessel/ empty/ sounds

9) Change the sentences into indirect speech--: (1× 4 = 4marks)

SMITA: They have read the book.
RAHUL: I am not worried about that.
SMITA : What are you thinking then?
RAHUL : I want to read that book.
10.A. Complete he following with( in, at, on )
( 1x3=3 marks)
a. Do not sit ---------------- grass. It is wet.
b. What have you got ----------------- your bag ?
c. There is a small park ----------------- the top of the hill.
B. Write the correct forms of verbs .
a. I ---------------- (phone) you when I --------------- (get) home from school. 1
b. Make sentences using the following words : 1
i. motivation ii. Guidance
Section D (Literature) (25 Marks)
12. Choose any one of the two extracts given below and answer the questions that follow
(1x3=3 Marks)
a) The poet of earth is ceasing never:
On a lone winter evening when the frost
Has wrought a silence , from the stone there shtills
The cricket‟s song , in warmth increasing ever.
a.What is the poetry of earth ?
b.How does the poet describe a winter ?
c.Where and how does the cricket sing ?
b. When I set out for Lyonnesse
A hundred miles away,
The rime was on the spray;
And starlight lit my lonesomeness
When I set out for Lyonnesse
A hundred miles away.
a.How far was Lyonnesse from the poet‟s place?
b. What lit the poet‟s loneliness?
c.Give meaning of the word rime.

13).Who said this to whom and when? ( 1x2 = 2 marks)

a).‟You told me you‟d come by Christmas‟
b) „ Do you remember what my lasdt job was?‟
14) Answer any four of ther the following questions (2×4 = 8 marks)
a) What jobs did Hans Wolf and Jim Macpherson have when they were not soldiers?
b)What does „a cruel eye outworn‟ mean?
c) What was Stephen Hawking‟s message for disabled?
d) How did the doe save Penny‟s life?
e) Why did the grandmother ask the children not to kill the chuchundar?
15. Answer any four of the following questions in about 30 words each. (2x4= 8 marks)
a. Why had Velu run away from home?
b.What did Princess September do to ensure the safety of her pet ?
c.In what way is the forest pool different from the one which Ranji knew in the Rajputana desert?
d.What did Mrs. Sappleton say about the open window?
e.What is Duttada‟s reaction to the proposal of yajna?

15) “God should give human beings whatever they demand from Him time and again”. Extend your
agreement
or disagreement on the statement within 60-70 words with reference to the story „Jalebis‟. (4x1
=4marks)
Or
“We draw inspiration from the thing we like‟‟ . Comment on this statement with reference to the
lesson, “The Great Stone Face – 1”.
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