AUTUMN VACATION TASK-2024

SUB- Geography
CLASS- VIII

Q1. Explain all types of resources with examples.

Q2. What are the steps for conservation of resources?
Q3. What do you mean by land use? Explain the factors of land use.
Q4. What do you mean by landslides and what are its causes and consequences?
Q5. Explain the factors of soil formation.
Q6. Write down the steps of water conservation.
Q7. What do you mean by agricultural development? Explain the steps required for
agricultural development.
Q8. Explain the types of farming.

HISTORY

1. What is the Role of the Judiciary? Explain.

2. Write a story around the theme, ‘Justice delayed is justice denied’.
3. Describe the structure of the judicial system in India. Explain the roles and
functions of each level of courts, including the Supreme Court, High Courts, and
District Courts, and discuss how they work together to ensure justice.
4. Explain the full procedure for how new laws are made in India. Describe each step
in the legislative process, from the initial proposal of a bill to its approval and
implementation, including the roles of various government bodies involved.
5. Analyse the Revolt of 1857, covering its causes, key events, major leaders, and
consequences.
6. How did sepoy mutiny impact future resistance movements against British rule in
India?
 Computer Project
Class VIII
Instruction

Note: Before starting the project work you are requested to go through all the instructions very
carefully.
1. Answers must be written by student’s own hand writing.
2. Use either or A4 size paper to write all the answers.
3. If a student used A4 size paper for writing all the answers then he/ she has to submit the
project within channel file.
4. Following orders must be maintained to arranged the pages of the project
i) Page No.1 contained: School Name, “subject: Computer Project” year, student’s name, class,
section, roll number, student’s signature.
ii)Page No.2 contained: index (All the project questions with the answers page numbers).
iii) Page No.3 contained: Acknowledgement.
iv) From page No.4 to end page contained: Question then answer, one after another by
maintaining the Serial order of the project.

Computer Project

1. Write a Python program to convert temperatures to and from Celsius and Fahrenheit.
[ Formula : c/5 = f-32/9 [ where c = temperature in celsius and f = temperature in
fahrenheit ]
2. Print the following series:
1 8 27 64 125………..N
3. Write a Python program to find the median of three values.
Expected Output:
Input first number :15
Input second number :26
Input third number : 29
The median is 26.0
4. Write a Python program to sum of two given integers. However, if the sum is between 15
to 20 it will return 20.
5. Write a python program to count the number of even and odd numbers from a series of
numbers.
 Subject-Physics Class-VIII

1. Why do kabaddi players rub their hands with soil?

2. Jay heard sound of thunder bolt 7 second after he saw flash of lightning.
How far is he from the place where lightning occurs? (Speed of sound = 330 m/s)
3. It is difficult to cut cloth using a pair of scissors with blunt blades. Explain.
4. What are the harms of noise pollution?
5. State the differences between ultrasonic sound and infrasonic sound?
6. A string musical instrument was first plucked with a force of smaller magnitude
and then with a force of greater magnitude. In which case would the instrument
produce a louder sound?
7. When we speak and hear, does any part of our body vibrate? Name them.
8. We have learnt that vibration is necessary for producing sound. Explain why the
sound produced by every vibrating body cannot be heard by us.
9. If we push the book on the table, it stops after sometime. Why?
10. Why are the worn out tyres discarded?
11. Give some examples to show that friction produces heat.
12. Why are the soles of shoes and tyres of vehicles grooved?
13. Why are lubricants applied between the moving parts of a machine?
14. People often rub their hands in winter. Why?
15. Why do sea divers wear specially designed suits?
 Mathematics
3 3 1 3 1 3
Q1. Using appropriate properties find : x (− ) + x − x
8 7 6 2 14 8

Q-2. The ratio of two sides of a parallelogram is 3 : 5& its perimeter is 48 cm. Find the length of the
sides of the parallelogram.
37
Q-3. Find the square root of 111 .
49

Q-4. Simple interest on a sum of money for three years at 6 ¼ % per annum is Rs 2400. What is the
sum ?
2 4
Q-5. Find four rational numbers between and .
3 5

Q-6. Expand: ( 5x2 + 4z ) 2 using a suitable identity.

(2x+3)− ( 5x−7) −8
Q7. Solve : =
(6𝑥+11) 3

Q8. If 7 x+2 = 2450 - 7 x , then find the value of x.

Q9. Evaluate using suitable algebraic identities. i) 103 X 98 ii) 1022
Q10. Write any three properties of a parallelogram. Write the special properties of rhombus, rectangle

& square

Q11. Length of one of the parallel sides of a trapezium is x m. The other parallel side is 2 m more than

twice this side. The area is 80 sq.m . Find the length of the parallel sides of the trapezium if its

height is 5 m.

Q12. Kamala borrowed Rs. 26,400 from a bank to buy a scooter at the rate of 15% per annum

compounded yearly. What amount will she pay to clear the loan at the end of 2 years and 4

months?

Q13. Factorize the following:

i) 121 b2 - 88 bc + 16 c2 ii) 4 x4 y4 + 1 iii) 25 a2 – 4 b2 + 28 bc – 49 c2

iv) x4 - (y + z)4 v) b2 - 10 b + 21

Q14. If one-fourth of a number is more than its one-fifth by 13, then find the number
Q15. Two numbers are in the ratio 4 : 3 . Find the numbers if sum of their squares is 625.

Q16. Find the cube root of 46656 by prime factorization method

Q17 . What discount % should a salesman give on an article marked Rs 350 to sell it for Rs 322 ?

Q18. . When a die is thrown, list the outcomes of getting a number which is a multiple of 2. What is the
probability of getting a multiple of 2 ?

Q19. If √2𝑁 − 17= 27, then find the value of N.

Q-20. Find the smallest number by which 4851 must be divided to make it a perfect square

Q-21. Sum of two numbers is 500. If 10% of one is same as 15% of other, then find both the numbers.
Q22. The weight of a person first increased by 20% & then decreased by 20%. What was the initial

weight of his body if the final weight is 72 kg ?

Q-23. The population of a place increased to 54000in 2003 at a rate of 5% per annum. Find the

population in 2001.

Q24. Three consecutive integers are taken and each of them is multiplied by 10.

If sum of the new numbers is 150, then find three integers.

Q25. A shopkeeper purchased two refrigerators for Rs 15000 each. She sold one at a loss of 5% and

the other at a profit of 12%. Find the selling price of both the refrigerators and also overall profit%.

Q26. A cycle is sold for Rs 1485 at a profit of 8%. Find its cost price. At price should it be sold to make

20% profit?

Q27. Find the ratio of 25 m to 3.75 km.

Q28. Convert 1.5 : 0.75 to percentage.

Q29. A picnic is arranged for students of class-VIII. Girls are 30% of the total number of students. If

there are 28 boys then find the total number of students in the class.

Q30. Find the selling price of a table fan which is bought for Rs 560 and sold at a profit of 15%.

Q31. Find the amount and the compound interest on Rs 10000 for 18 months at 10% per annum,
compounded annually.

Q32. How many sides does a regular polygon has if each of its interior angle is 165 0 ?
ii) Two adjacent angles of a parallelogram are in the ratio 3 : 2 . Find the measure of each angle
of the parallelogram.
7
Q33. Solve : 5x - 2 ( 2x -7 ) = 2 ( 3x – 1 ) +
2

Q34. Add: 4a – 7ab + 3b + 12 and 12a – 9ab + 5b – 3.

Q35. Factorise : 6 xy – 4y + 6 – 9x
Q36. Divide : (5p2 - 25p + 20 ) by ( p - 1).
Q37. Factorise completely i) p4- 81 ii) 4x2 – 8x + 4
 SAINIK SCHOOL BHUBANESWAR

AUTUMN VACATION TASK

CLASS- VIII SUBJECT -BIOLOGY

• What is conservation? Explain the importance of conservation.

• Does soil erosion affect the fertility of soil? How?
• What is deforestation?
• Illustrate the consequences of deforestation.
• Prepare a colourful drawing showing deforestation and its impact.
 SAINIK SCHOOL BHUBANESWAR

VACATION TASK

Class- VIII SUB- CHEMISTRY 2024-25

1. Join the free ends of the tester together for a moment. This completes the circuit of the
tester and the bulb should glow. However, if the bulb does not glow, it means that the tester is
not working. Can you think of the possible reasons? Is it possible that the connections are
loose? Or, the bulb is fused? Or, your cells are used up? Check that all the connections are
tight. If they are, then replace the bulb with another bulb. Now test if the tester is working or not.
If it is still not working then replace the cells with fresh cells.

2. Collect a few small plastic or rubber caps of discarded bottles and clean them. Pour one
teaspoon of lemon juice or vinegar in one cap. Bring your tester over this cap and let the ends of
the tester dip into lemon juice or vinegar as shown in Fig. 14.1. Take care that the ends are not
more than 1 cm apart but at the same time do not touch each other. Does the bulb of the tester
glow? Does lemon juice or vinegar conduct electricity? How would you classify lemon juice or
vinegar—a good conductor or a poor conductor?

3. Take the tray from inside a discarded matchbox. Wrap an electric wire a few times
around the tray. Place a small compass needle inside it. Now connect one free end of the wire
to the terminal of a battery.Leave the other end free. Take another piece of wire and connect it
to the other terminal of the battery (Fig. 14.2).Join the free ends of two wires momentarily. The
compass needle should show deflection. Your tester with two free ends of the wire is ready.
Now repeat Activity 14.2 using this tester. Do you find a deflection in the compass
needle the moment you dip the free ends of the tester in lemon juice?
Take out the ends of the tester from the lemon juice, dip them in water and then wipe them dry.
Repeat the activity with other liquids such as tap water, vegetable oil, milk, honey. (Remember
to wash and wipe the ends of tester after testing each liquid). In each case observe whether the
magnetic needle shows deflection or not. Record your observations in Table 14.1.

4. Take about two teaspoonfuls of distilled water in a clean and dry plastic or rubber cap of
a bottle. (You may obtain distilled water from your school science lab. You may also get distilled
water from a medical store or a doctor or a nurse). Use the tester to test whether distilled water
conducts electricity or not. What do you find? Does distilled water conduct electricity? Now
dissolve a pinch of common salt in distilled water. Again test. What do you conclude this time?

5. Jake three clean plastic or rubber caps of bottles. Pour about two teaspoonfuls of
distilled water in each of them. Add a few drops of lemon juice or dilute hydrochloric acid to
distilled water in one cap. Now in the second cap containing distilled water, add a few drops of a
base such as caustic soda or potassium iodide. Add a little sugar to the distilled water in the
third cap and dissolve it. Test which solutions conduct electricity and which do not. What results
do you obtain?

6. Take out carbon rods carefully from two discarded cells. Clean their metal caps with
sand paper. Wrap copper wires around the metal caps of the carbon rods and join them to a
battery (Fig. 14.3). We call these two rods electrodes. (Instead of carbon rods, you may take
two iron nails about 6 cm long.) Pour a cupful of water in a glass/ plastic bowl. Add a
teaspoonful of salt or a few drops of lemon juice to water to make it more conducting. Now
immerse the electrodes in this solution. Make sure that the metal caps of the carbon rods are
outside the water. Wait for 3-4 minutes. Observe the electrodes carefully. Do you notice any gas
bubbles near the electrodes? Can we call the change taking place in the solution a chemical
change? Recall the definition of a chemical change that you learnt in Class VII.
7. We will need copper sulphate and two copper plates of size around 10 cm x 4 cm. Take
250 ml. of distilled water in a clean and dry beaker. Dissolve two teaspoonfuls of copper
sulphate in it. Add a few drops of dilute sulphuric acid to copper sulphate solution to make it
more conducting. Clean copper plates with sand paper. Now rinse them with water and dry
them. Connect the copper plates to the terminals of a battery and immerse them in copper
sulphate solution (Fig. 14.4).

Allow the current to pass for about 15 minutes. Now remove the electrodes from the solution
and look at them carefully. Do you find any difference in any one of them? Do you find a coating
over it? What colour is the coating? Note down the terminal of the battery with which this
electrode is connected.
Solution 1:
In this activity, if the bulb does not glow, it means that either the connections of the circuit are
loose or the bulb is fused or cells are used up. If the tester is working, it can be used to test the
materials, i.e., whether it is a conductor or non-conductor of electricity.

Solution 2:
In this activity the bulb glows which shows that lemon juice and vinegar both conducts
electricity, hence they are good conductors of electricity.

Solution 3.

Thus, lemon juice, vinegar, tap water, milk, curd and water, and soda are good conductors of
electricity while vegetable oil, honey, kerosene oil, and distilled water are poor conductors of
electricity or insulators.

Solution 4:
If the tester is put in distilled water, the bulb of the tester does not glow. This shows that distilled
water does not conduct electricity. But when salt is dissolved in distilled water and again tested,
the bulb glows which shows that water containing salts conduct electricity. Thus water which is
free of salts are poor conductors while water with salts is a good conductor of electricity.

Solution 5:
First and second cap with acid and base respectively, conducts electricity whereas third cap
having sugar dissolved in distilled water do not conduct electricity.

Solution 6:
On passing electric current through the conducting solution of lemon juice and water, chemical
reaction takes place. Water is dissociated into its constituent gases, i.e., hydrogen and oxygen.
Oxygen bubbles are formed on the electrode connected to the positive terminal of the battery
and hydrogen bubbles are formed on the other electrode. Changes of colour of solutions may
occur depending on what solution and electrodes are used. This process is known as chemical
effects of current.

Solution 7:
After removing the electrodes from the solution, we find that copper metal gets deposited on the
plate at the negative of the battery. It is concluded that when electric current is passed through
the copper sulphate solution, copper sulphate dissociates into copper and sulphate. The free
copper gets deposited on the plate acting as cathode. Gradually, a layer of copper builds up on
the plate. This process is known as electroplating.
 AUTUMN VACATION TASK
SAINIK SCHOOL,BHUBANESWAR
CLASS – VIII A
SUBJECT – ODIA

1. ନି ବିଷୟ ଗୁଡକ
ି ର ଗୁଡିକର କର l

ବୃ ମାହା

େରାଗୀେସବା

ଡାକମୁନସି

ସୁନା େନଉଳ

ବଶି ଓ ବି ାମି

ଦଶହରା େଭଟି

2. ନି ବିଷୟ ଗୁଡିକେର ବ େଲଖ l

ପରି େବଶ ଦୂ ଷଣ ,ଦୁ ଗାପୂଜା ,ଦୀପାବଳି , ବି ାନର ବରଦାନ, ଛା ଓ ରାଜନୀତି ,

ଗଣମା ମ ଓ ଆଜିର ସମାଜ ,ଇ ରେନଟ ଓ ଆଜିର ଶି ା ବ ବ ା ,ନାରୀଶି ା ,ଆଦଶ
ବିଦ ାଥୀ ,ପେରାପକାର, େମା ିୟ ଶି କ/ଶି ୟି ୀ,ଓଡ଼ିଶାେର ବନ ା ସମସ ା ଓ ତାର
ତିକାର ,ଛା ଜୀବନେର ପଯ ଟନର ଭୂମି କା

3. ମନରୁ ଭାବି ପଚାଶଟି ଯୁ ଶ େଲଖ l

4. ମନରୁ ଭାବି ପଚାଶଟି ଶ ର ବିପରୀତ ଶ େଲଖ l

5. ମନରୁ ଭାବି ପଚାଶଟି ଶ ର ତିଶ େଲଖ l

 AUTUMN VACATION TASK
SAINIK SCHOOL,BHUBANESWAR
CLASS – VIII B
SUBJECT – LOWER ODIA
1) ନି ବିଷୟଗୁଡିକୁ େଦଖେଲଖ ଓ ବିଷୟ ଆଧାରି ତ ଚି କର I
କ) ତୁ ଳସୀ ଦୁ ଇ ପ ରୁ ବାେସ

ଖ) ତୁ ମ ପରି େଛାଟ ପି ଲାଟିଏ

ଗ) ସବୁ ସୁ ର

ଘ) ସାହାଯ ର ସୁଫଳ

ଙ) ଟିକି ଫୁ ଲଟିର ବାସ

ଚ) ସାନ ସି ନା ଦାନ ତା ମହାନ

ଛ) ଜାତୀୟ କବି ବୀରକିେଶାର

ଜ) ଅେନକ ଫୁ ଲର ମାଳଟିଏ

ଝ) ବଣ ଓ ବଣି

ଞ) ବି ବୀ ବକସି ଜଗବ ୁ

2) ନି ବିଷୟ ଗଡ
ୁ ିକେର ମନରୁ ଭାବି େଲଖ I
ଆମ ବିଦ ାଳୟ ,େମା ିୟ ସା ,େମା ିୟ ଶି କ/ଶି ୟି ୀ ,େମା ଜୀବନର ଲ ,ଦୁଗାପୂଜା
,ଦୀପାବଳି , ାଧୀନତା ଦିବସ
 SAINIK SCHOOL BHUBANESWAR 2024-25
AUTUMN VACATION TASK

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CLASS - VIII
HIGHER HINDI
1. ‘सुदामा चररत’ कविता को सचचत्र लऱखिए I
2. उपसर्ग और प्रत्यय की पररभाषा बताते हुए ककनहहीं दस उपसर्ों और प्रत्ययों को
उदाहरण सहहत लऱखिए l
3. निम्िलऱखित विषयों पर पत्र लऱखिए -
(क) ठीं ड से बचिे की सऱाह दे ते हुए छोटे भाई को l
(ि) छुट्हटयों में अपिे आिे की सूचिा दे ते हुए मामा जी को l
4. निम्िलऱखित विषयों पर अिुच्छे द लऱखिए -
 समय पाऱि
 विऻाि के चमत्कार
5. दक
ु ािदार और ग्राहक के मध्य सींिाद लऱखिए I
6. निम्िलऱखित विषयों से सींबींचित आकषगक विऻापि तैयार कीजजए -
 बेटह बचाओ :बेटह पढ़ाओ
 िऺृ ारोपण का सींदेश दे ते हुए l
7. साइककऱ के सभी हहस्सों का िाम दशागते हुए एक आकषगक चचत्र बिाइए और
पुडुकोट्टई के महहऱाओीं के जीिि में साइककऱ आींदोऱि से आए बदऱािों और उसके
महत्त्ि को ऱर्भर् 150 शब्दों में लऱखिए l
8. कोई एक स्िरचचत कविता या कहािी लऱखिए I

Dr GN Pandey
 VACATION TASK 2024
CLASS-VIII
LOWER HINDI

1. अनुच्छे द लिखिए-

क. मेरा लमत्र

ि. प्रदष
ू ण की समस्या

ग. मेरा आवास (Hostel)

घ. मेरा घर

ङ. पस्
ु तकािय

2. लमर्च का मजा कववता को सचर्त्र लिखिए।

3. मीरा बहन और बाघ पाठ के 10 MCQ प्रश्न लिखिए।

4. स्वरचर्त िेि लििें।( For school magazine)

5. पढाए गए पाठों में से कोई 25 शब्द तीन-तीन बार लिखिए।

6. ककसी कहानी को चर्त्रकथा रूप में लिखिए ।

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 SAINIK SCHOOL BHUBANESWAR
LIBRARY VACATION TASK-CLASS VIII

1. Write a Book Review of your favourite book read from the School Library. Use A4 sheet for the activity.
Draw border and write neatly.

2. Identify the following Boundary Lines and name the countries

A. Durand Line
B. Hindenburg line
C. line of control
D. Line of Actual Control
E. International Date Line
F. Mason-Dixon Line
G. Marginal Line
H. McMahon Line
I. Medicine Line
J. Maginot line
K. Oder Neisse Line
L. Radcliffe Line
M. Siegfried Line

3 Find out the following planet Superlatives and write the names of the planet belongs to the superlatives
A. Terrestrial Planets
B . Jovian Planet
C. Largest, most massive planet
D. Fastest orbiting planet
E Least massive planet
F. Veiled planet
G. Greatest average density
H. Planet with strongest magnetic field
I. Hottest planet
J. No moons
K Deepest Ocean
L. Greatest amount of liquid surface water