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apeejay.edu Summative Assessment I Class VIII Question Paper 2016-17 : School Pitampura

Name of the Institute : Apeejay School Pitampura
Name of the Examination : Summative Assessment
Subject : All Subjects
Document Type : Previous Question Paper
Year : 2016 -2017
Class : VIII STD

Summative Assessment I Class VIII Question Paper

Subject: English
Time allotted : 2.45hrs.
General Instructions :
This paper is divided in four sections
Section A: Reading
Section B: Writing

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Section C: Grammar
Section D: Literature
Attempt all questions
2. Do not write anything in the question paper
3. Answer the questions in each section before going on to the next section
4. All the answers must be correctly numbered as in the question paper and written in the answer sheet provided to you.
5. Adhere to the word limit given with each question.
6. Read each question paper carefully and follow the instructions.

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Section – A : READING (16MARKS) – Speech by Kofi Anan (8 marks)
1 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Ladies and Gentlemen.

2 Today’s real borders are not between nations, but between powerful and powerless, free and fettered, privileged and humiliated. Today, no walls can separate humanitarian or human rights crises in one part of the world from national security crises in another.

3 Scientists tell us that world of nature is so small and interdependent that a butterfly flapping its wings in the Amazon rainforest can generate a violent storm on the other side of the earth.

Questions & Answers: (8 Marks)
1. What are the old and young aware of? 2
2. What is the ‘Butterfly Effect’? 2
3. ‘The 20th century was perhaps the deadliest in human history ….’ What evidence do you find in the extract to support this statement? 1
4 find synonyms of : 2
a)fortunate( Para 2) b) impractical( Para 6)
5 What message does the speaker wish to convey? 1

Subject : General Knowledge
Time Duration : 1 Hour
Maximum Marks : 50

General Instructions: All the questions are compulsory. Write the answers in the given space. Marks for each question are indicated against them.
1. Which modification in the aquatic plants prevents their decay? (1)
2. Name a plant that takes 10 years to flower and then dies. (1)
3. Which bird has waterproof feathers? (1)
4. Name the National bird of New Zealand. (1)
5. Name of the Pea family grown extensively as a fodder plant. (1)
6. What is Paragliding? (1)
7. Name the National Sport of Japan. (1)
8. What are the two isotopes of Uranium? (1)
9. What is Mass Defect? (1)
10. What do we name a doctor who is an Eye Specialist? (1)

11. Give the full form of: (2)
a) HTTP-
b)URL

12. Name the Directors of the following movies: (2)
a) “ Kaagaz ke phool”-
b) “ Roja”-

13. Name the following Cartoon Characters: (2)
a) The youngest character of baby Looney Tunes on Cartoon Network
b) The dog who is a friend of Mickey Mouse

14. Write the names of the Parliaments situated in the following countries: (3)
a) Bangladesh
b) Iceland
c) Spain

15. Name the various branches of Science: (3×1=3)
a) The study of trees
b) The study of mountains
c) The scientific study of birds

Subject : Mathematics
Time allowed : 3 hrs
Max marks : 80
General Instructions :
** All questions are compulsory.
** Q1-Q5 carry 1 mark each.
** Q6-Q15 carry 2 marks each.
** Q16-Q25 carry 3 marks each.
** Q26-Q30 carry 5 marks each.

Q1. Find the additive inverse and multiplicative inverse of (- 4/ 3).
Q2. Is 1327 a perfect square? Why or why not?
Q3. Find the ratio of 10kg to 800g.
Q4. How many non – square numbers lie between (28) 2 and (29) 2 ?
Q5. Find the product of 2a, -3bc 2 , 4a 2 b, 5abc.
Q6. Subtract (3x 2 + 4x – 7) from (9x 2 – 5x – 3).
Q7. Solve: 3(x + 2) = 2(7x – 1)
Q8. The price of a toy decreased from Rs.250 to Rs.230. Find the % decrease in the price.
Q9. Check if 24000 is a perfect cube or not.
Q10. How many sides does a regular polygon have if the measure of an interior angle is 108° ?

Subject : Science
Time Allowed : 3 hr
Maximum Marks : 80
General Instructions :
1. Marks for each question are indicated against it.
2. Attempt all the questions in proper sequence
3. Draw neat diagrams wherever required.

1. Answer the following questions: (1×10=10)
a. What is fallow? 1
b. Where is harvester used? 1
c. Name the microorganism that causes yellow mosaic of okra. 1
d. How is artificial silk obtained? 1
e. Immersion rods for heating liquids are made up of metallic substances, why? 1
f. It is a pity that even protected forests are not safe. Justify the statement. 1
g. Define electrostatic force. 1
h. What is static friction? 1
i. Where is larynx located in human body? 1
j. The lower the frequency of vibration, the higher is the pitch. Do you agree with the statement? If not then what will be the correct statement? 1

2. When are weedicides sprayed? 2
3. Do microorganisms cause diseases in animals? Justify by an example. 2
4. It is advised not to wear synthetic clothes while working in the kitchen, why? 2
5. Mention any two uses of non metals. 2
6. What do you understand by the term migration? 2
7. Give two reasons to justify that friction is an evil.2
8. Mention any two effects that force can cause to an object.2
9. An object oscillates 21 times in 3 seconds, what will be its frequency? 2
10. Why are lubricants used between the moving parts of a machine? 2

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