Uttarakhand Board Class 8 Question Paper 2022 English

Annual Examination 2021-22 Class VIII Subject-English Time: 2.5 hrs Max. Marks - 80 Note - All questions are compulsory. Marks are given against each question. Q.1 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below. All these thoughts led me to question myself as to why people,.climb mountains. It is not easy to answer the question. The simplest answer would be, as others have said, "Because it is there." It presents great difficulties. Man takes delight in overcoming obstacles. The obstacles in climbing a mountain are physical. A climb ta a summrt means endurance, persistence and Wlll power. The demonstration of these physical qualities is no doubt exhilarating, s it was tor me also. i. What did the writer question himself? ii. What kinds of obstacles are in climbing a mountain? i11. What does it means to climb a summit? V Where the paragraph is taken from? Name the lesson. V. When does man take delight? Write an application to principal of your school for three days sick leave. 10 Q.2 Write an eight lines poem from your textbook "Honeydew"? 10 Q.3 Write a short essay on any one of the following topics. 10 Q.4 (A) My school (B) A rainy day (C) My best teacher (D) My favourite book Answer the following questions. 15 Q.5 In what ways did the British officers exploit Indians? II Why did Bepin Babu change his mind about meeting Chunilal? What was the result of this meeting? II. Why wa t still winter in one corner ofthe garden? IV. How many daughters did the royal couple have? V. Why didn't he pay the school fees on the day he brought money to scho 1? Q.6 Fill in the blanks with suitable preposition. docs. He has come _school. (from, at, by ) II The frog jumped the pond. (in, into, on ) III. The book is thetable. (in, at, on) IV. There is a cobw the field. (on, in, above ) V. A bird is flying my head. (on, upon, over )

Q.7 Rearrange the following words to make a meaningful sentence. Singing he/is/song/a. 1. Book/the/lies/the/on/table. Sat/he/a/on/stool IV. The/walked/around/the/man/house. A/cow/l/saw/n/the/field. Q.8 Find out True or False from each of the following statements. The children used to go and play in the Giant's garden (True False) The Cornish ogre was the enemy of the Giant. (True False) The King and Queen of Siam had many daughters. (True False) IV. Rajni did not find the pool in the forest. (True/ False) (True V. The parrot of princess September was lying dead at the bottom of its golden cage. Faise) Q.9 Translate the following Hindi sentences into English. II III IV. V. sentences into Hindi. Q. 10 Translate the following English docs. I. She does not play chess. They are doing their homework. He has taken his break fast . IV. Did the peon ring the bell? V. She goes to market.