JAC Class 8 Model Question Paper 2024 English

JHARKHAND COUNCIL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING, RANCHI
MODEL SET
Class VIII
SESSION 2023-24

SUBJECT – ENGLISH TIME- 1.00 Hr 50 Marks

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:-
1) All the questions are compulsory
2) Total number of questions is 50
3) Each question carries 1 mark.
4) No marks will be deducted for wrong answer.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Where did the birds lay their eggs?
a) on the roof of the house .
b) below the cornice in keshav's house.
c) above the cornice of keshav‟ s house
d) None of the above.

2. Who was keshav's sister?
a) Kali
b) Shyama
c) Deepa
d) Mitali

3. What is Kali's father?
a) postman
b) bus conductor.
c) Snake-catcher.
d) farmer

4. Two things that are not frozen in Siachen Glacier.
a) Rum, Kerosene
b) water, oil.
c). eggs, water
d). Potatos, cold drinks

5. Sakahi Malik is an Indian
a) Gymnast
b) Badminton player
C) Freestyle Wrestler.
d) Boxer

6. In which restaurant did Hari start working
a) Raman Eating House

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b) Sri Krishna Eating House
c) Sri Vishnu Eating House
d) None of the above.

7. Why was King John a bad King?
a) because he was cruel.
b) because he was harsh
c) because he did not care about his subjects
d) All of the above

8. Whose bicycle was stolen.
a) Priya
b) Sneha
c) Preksha
d) Dipa

9. Who has composed the Poem 'Bharat our land‟
a) W. B. Yeats
b) Subramania Bharati
c) P. B. Shelly
d) Robert Frost

10. „Environmental children's organization‟ was started by
a) a ) Malala Yousafzai
b) Severn Suzuki
c) Kailash Satyarthi
d) Sakshi Malik

11. A __________________ of puppy.

a) pack
b) brood
c) litter
d) Shoal

12. The Indirect speech of …... She said, “I go to school daily” is,
a) She said that she goes to school daily.
b) She said that I went to school daily.
c) she said that I will go to school daily.
d) She said that she is going to school daily.

13. Which sentence is in Simple present Tense.
a) Rita drinks milk.
b) Rita drank milk.
c) Rita will drink milk.

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d) None of the above.
14. The Indirect speech of…… He said to us, "Are you going to school?" is
a) He asked us whether we were going to school.
b) He said to us that we were going to school
c) He asked us whether we are going to school
d) None of the above.

15. The possessive form of „the coat of the shepherd‟
a) the shepherd‟s coat
b) the shepherd coat
c) the shepherds‟ coat
d) the coat

16. _____________________ God bless you!
a) may
b) should
c) can
d) could

17. ____________________you have a long and a happy life!
a) should
b) must
c) can
d) may

18. Which sentence is in present perfect continuous tense.
a) Birds are flying in the sky.
b) A man had been flying in the sky for the last one year.
c) A man has been flying in the sky since morning.
d) Birds were flying in the sky.

19. „How brave you are!‟
The given sentence is an example of _________________
a) Assertive sentence
b) Interrogative sentence
c) Exclamatory sentence
d) Negative sentence

20. Use the correct relative pronoun in the given sentence-
Sahil and Ravi ____________ were best friends are meeting after ten years.
a) which
b) that
c) who
d) whom

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Read the following extract and answer the question given below:-

Baby ate a microchip
Then grabbed a bottle, took a slip
He swallowed it made a beep
And now he‟s thinking pretty deep

21. The given lines are from the poem__________
a) Daffodiles
b) Bharat our Land
c) c). Baby Ate a Microchip
d) My Mother

22. This poem is composed by________________
a) P. B Shelly
b) Ruskin Bond
c) Neal Levin
d) W. B Yeats

23. What did the baby eat?
a) candy
b) biscuits
c) microchip
d) sweets

24. The baby made a ______________ sound when he ate the microchip .
a) Peep
b) deep
c) beep
d) Keep

25 The synonym of snatched is
a) swallowed
b) microchip.
c) c)pretty
d) grabbed

Read the following extract carefully and choose the most appropriate answer for the
following questions.

I wander'd lonely as a cloud,
That floats on high o‟er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd
A host of golden daffodils;

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Beside the lake beneath the trees,
fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

26. Name the poem from where these lines have been taken.
a) My Mother
b) Daffodils
c) A Heritage of Trees
d) Bharat our Land.

27. Who has composed these lines.
a) Neal levin
b) William Wordsworth
c) W. B. Yeats.
d) P.B. Shelly

28. The Poet is wandering lonely as a _______________
a) a ) crowd
b) cloud
c) bird
d) kite

29. The daffodils were_____________
a) a ) wandering lonely
b) wandering
c) c. fluttering & dancing
d) d. None of the above.

30. The synonym of the word flying is
a) beside
b) wandering
c) fluttering
d) beneath

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:

Kali walked along the thorny forest track, as slowly as he could. He was on his way to
school. Kali's father was one of the most famous Snake- catchers of the Irula tribe. He had
caught over à 100 cobras this monsoon and bought many good things for the family .The
Snake cooperative paid Rs 150 for each poisonous snake.

31. Name the chapter from where this extract has been taken
a) A New Religion
b) The Flying Machine
c) Kali and the Rat snake
d) The Naive Friends

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32. What did Kali dislike?
a) going to school
b) catching birds
c) catching snakes
d) Playing

33. Kali belongs to___________
a) Irula tribe
b) Nirula tribe
c) old tribe
d) None of the above.

34. How much was paid for catching each poisionous snake?
a) Rs 100
b) Rs 150
c) Rs. 500
d) Rs. 1000

35. The synonym of the word 'Popular' is
a) thorny
b) track
c) poisionous
d) famous

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow-

Sakshi Malik is an Indian freestyle wrestler from Rohtak district. Haryana Her father is a bus
conductor and mother, a supervisor at a local anganwadi. She began training in wrestling at
the age of 12 under a coach, Ishwar Dahiya, at an akhara in chhotu Ram Satidum, Rohtak.

36. This Passage is about
a) Chhotu Ram
b) Ishwar Dahiya
c) Sakshi Malik
a) d None of the above.

37. Sakahi Malik is from ________________
a) Rohtak district.
b) Ranchi district
c) Khunti district
d) Pakur district

38. What is her father?

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a) a wrestler
b) a coach
c) a bus conductor.
d) a teacher

39. Who was Sakshi's coach.
a) Ishwar Dahiya
b) Dipa Karmakar
c) Saina Nehwal
d) P.V. Sindhu

40. The given Passage is from the chapter
a) A New Religion
b) The Naive friends.
c) Champion women
a) d). Kali and the Rat Snake

Complete the following Notice

Janta High School
Murma, Mandar

___________(41)__________

___________(42)____________

DEBATE COMPETITION"

All the ________(43)______ are thereby informed that our school is going to
__________(44) ____________ a 'Debate. Competition on 25th september, 2023 from
12:00 pm to 02:00 pm in school aciditorium. The subject is „Giving is better than receiving‟.
Those who are interested to participate may give their name to the undersigned.
Amit Kumar
_______(45)________

Truing briving
41.
a) information
b) Rules
c) NOTICE
d) Captain

42.
a) 20 September 2023
b) aspiring

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c) debate
d) auditorium

43.
a) Head boy
b) students
c) Head girl
d) teachers.

44.
a) information
b) invite
c) participate
d) organise

45.
a) Teacher
b) Students
c) Head Boy
d) Parents

complete the following letter.

Netaji Nagar,
Kantatoli, Ranchi
5 Sep, 2023

___________(46)_________________

I am glad to receive your letter. It's long since we _____________(47)___________ I have
just come back from my village. I was there for seven days It was a very nice
_____(48)____________.
I invite you to come to my village during the coming summer vacation. I hope you will
accept my__________ (49)_______________

your ______(50)______ friend

Arman.

46.
a) Respected Raman
b) Dear Raman
c) yours faithfully
d) Kind Raman

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47.
a) meeting
b) meet
c) met
d) made

48.
a) invite
b) thankyou
c) generous
d) experience

49.
a) invite
b) invitation.
c) invited
d) was invited

50.
a) loving
b) lovingly
c) obediently
d) faithfully

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JHARKHAND COUNCIL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING, RANCHI
MODEL SET ANSWER KEY
Class VIII
SESSION 2023-24
SUBJECT – ENGLISH
1c 36 c
2b 37 a
3c 38 c
4a 39 a
5c 40 c
6b 41 c
7d 42 a
8b 43 b
9b 44 d
10 b 45 c
11 c 46 b
12 a 47 c
13 a 48 d
14 a 49 b
15 a 50 a
16 a
17 d
18 c
19 c
20 c
21 c
22 c
23 c
24 c
25 d
26 b
27 b
28 b
29 c
30 c
31 c
32 a
33 a
34 b
35 d
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