SANT NIRANKARI PUBLIC SCHOOL, GOVINDPURI

CLASS- VIII

SESSION (2020-21)

Assignment-3

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

1) Don’t go outside to take the printout. Just copy the assignment from your android phone. 2) Do the assignment from the stationery available at your home like rough papers/ notebook/ register sheets etc separately for each subject CAREFULLY. You can take help of your elders/Internet in case you are not able to understand. You can also contact your subject teacher if required.

3) It is mandatory to do the assignment as the same will be marked for your Internal Assessment.

5) Don’t panic. Eat healthy food, be safe and happy.

ASSIGNMENT-3

SUBJECT-ENGLISH

CLASS VIII

Chapter: The Tsunami (Literature)

Topic: Adjectives (Degree of comparison)

Q1. Read the following passage and answer the following questions:

Ignesious was the manager of a cooperative society in Katchall. His wife woke him

up at 6 a.m. because she felt an earthquake. Ignesious carefully took his

television set off its table and put it down on the ground so that it would not fall

and break. Then the family rushed out of the house.

When the tremors stopped, they saw the sea rising. In the chaos and confusion,

two of his children caught hold of the hands of their mother’s father and mother’s

brother, and rushed in the opposite direction. He never saw them again. His wife

was also swept away. Only the three other children who came with him were

saved.

i) Where did Ignesious work?

ii) What did Ignesious do first when his wiofe felt an earthquake at 6 am?

iii) Whom did he lose that day?

iv) Who were saved from Tsunami?

v) Find out 2 abstract nouns and 2 proper nouns from the passage.

Q2. Read the following passage and answer the following questions:

Along India’s Cuddalore coast, where thousands of people perished, buffaloes,

goats and dogs were found unharmed. The Yala National Park in Sri Lanka is

home to a variety of animals including elephants, leopards, and 130 species of

birds. Sixty visitors were washed

away from the Patanangala beach inside the park; but no animal carcasses were

found, except for two water buffaloes. About an hour before the tsunami hit,

people at Yala National Park had observed three elephants running away from the

Patanangala beach.

A Sri Lankan gentleman who lives on the coast near Galle said his two dogs would

not go for their daily run on the beach. “They are usually excited to go on this

outing,” he said. But on that day they refused to go, and most probably saved his

life.

i) Where is the Yala National Park?

ii) For whom Yala National Park is home for?

iii) Why do you thuink no animal carcasses were found there?

iv) Who were washed away from the Patanangala beach inside the park?

Q3. Fill in the blanks with suitable degree of Adjectives:

i) He is ______ than his neighbor. (rich)

ii) The bride was much _________ than the groom. (young)

iii) The offer was too ___________ to be true. (good)

iv) Jane was the _________ player of the team (good)

v) Shakespeare was the _________ writer of English era. (great)

ASSIGNMENT- 3

CLASS-VIII SUBJECT- MATHEMATICS

CHAPTER 1 RATIONAL NUMBERS

Q.1 Define the following terms: i. Rational number

ii. Whole number iii. Natural number

Q.2 Express -3/5 as a rational number with the denominator 30. Q.3 Express -42/98 as a rational number with denominator 7. Q4. Express -14/49 rational number in standard form. Q5. Which of the two following rational number is greater in the given pair 2/3 or 3/4 Q6. Write one example of-

i. Closure property of multiplication ii. Associative property of addition and multiplication

ASSIGNMENT-3

SUBJECT-SOCIAL STUDIES

CLASS VIII

Topic: Constitution and Need For Law (CIVICS)

Q1. Define the following terms:

Preamble, Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Duties

Q2. Fill in the blanks:

a. The ___________ gives us information about the composition of

government.

b. A _____________ is an introduction to the constitution.

c. The ___________ is responsible for implementing law.

d. All citizens are _________ before the law.

Q3. Write True or False:

a. The Indian Constitution is in a written form.

b. A republic is a state where the head of a state is a hereditary ruler.

c. Indian citizens participate in the governance of their country by exerecising

their right to Franchise.

d. The Preamble can be directly enforced by law.

e. Prohibition of liquor is a part of our fundamental duties.

Q4. Write the six fundamental rights given to every Indian citizen.

Q5. Give examples of Fundamental Duties that you should follow in your day to

day life.

Q6. What is a Constitution?

ASSIGNMENT- 3 (2020-21)

CLASS VIII SUBJECT: SCIENCE

Multiple choice type questions : - 1. Seed drill is used to a) sow the seed b) remove the weeds c) remove the pest d) mix manure in the soil 2. 2, 4- D is a a) Pesticide b) Insecticide c) Fungicide d) Weedicide 3. Examples of Kharif crops are a) Wheat and maize b) Gram & Maize c) Paddy and Maize c) All of these 4. Wheat and Gram belongs to a) Rabi crops b) Kharif Crops c) Both of these d) None of these 5. Rabi crops are sown in a) March, April b) May, June c) October, November d) Any time 6. Weedicides are used to destroy :

a) insects b) weeds c) pests d) none of these 7. Separating grains from chaff is called a) winnowing b) weeding c) tilling d) harvesting 8. Combines are used for : a) sowing of seedsb) harvesting the cropsc) threshing d) both (b) & (c) 9. Wedds are the : a) main crop plants b) Insects and pests c) unwanted plants growing along the crop d) Chemicals 10) The process of watering plant is called a) sowing b) manuring c) tilling d) irrigation Fill in the blanks : 11) Seed drill is used for _____ of seeds.

12) Tilling of the soil is also called _________ .

13) The most common weedicides is _______________ .

14) The economical methods of irrigation are ____ and _____

15) A common pesticide is __________ .

16) Manures __________ the water holding capacity of the soil.

17) Millet (Bajra) etc , belongs to the __________ crops.

18) The process of formation of food by green plants is called ________. Matching Skills : 19)

Column A Column B

i) Urea

ii) Combine

iii) Silos

iv) Seed drill

v) Irrigation

vi) Tilling

a) Sowing of seeds

b) Storage of grains

c) Harvesting and Threshing

d) Fertiliser

e) Preparation of soil

f) Sprinkler system

20)

Column A Column B

i) A pesticide

ii) A weedicide

a) Irrigation

b) Seed drill

iii) Rahat

iv) Sowing of seeds

v) Loosening of soil

c) Hoe

d) BHC

e) 2, 4-D

Skill Based Questions :

21) a)Draw a diagram of a plaugh and label the following parts .

i) Ploughshaft ii) Ploughshare

b) Write the function of plough .

c) Name the animals which are used to draw the plough.

22) a) Draw a labelled diagram of a hoe.

b) Write the function of a hoe.

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