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CLASS – VIII SUBJECT – ENGLISH MM-60
TIME: 120 MINUTES
SECTION A Reading comprehension 15 MARKS
SECTION B Writing Skills / Grammar 15 MARKS
SECTION C Literature 30 MARKS
Section A [15 Marks]
Q 1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that
Next to water, tea is the most commonly consumed beverage in the
world. This is a good news because tea offers important health benefits.
Its benefits were first discovered by the Chinese Emperor Shen Nung
who declared that it gave one vigour of body, contentment of mind and
determination of purpose. Today there is ample proof that tea in its
many forms possesses a number of health benefits from supporting the
immune, system to reducing the risk of cancer, to helping prevent tooth
decay.
What makes tea such a healthy drink ? The star compounds are called
catechins. Those are antioxidants, that help prevent cell damage by
harmful molecules called free radicals.
Tea can be black, green and red and is derived from a warm-weather
evergreen tree known as Camelia Sinensis. The more processing, tea
leaves undergo, the darker they become. Green tea is the least
processed tea. It is simply steamed quickly and offers the maximum
healing powers because it isn’t fermented. It also helps prevent tooth
decay and aids weight loss.
Questions:
1.​The most commonly consumed beverage in the world
is…………… 1M
2.​Benefits of tea were first discovered by……………………………1M

3.​Tea turns out to be a healthy drink due to the presence
of……………………1M
4.​Green tea leaves offer maximum healing powers because it
is……………1M

5.​The word to the last para which means the same as helps
is………………?1M
6.​What is known as camelia Sinensis? 1M
7.​What are the health benefits of Tea? What makes tea such a healthy
drink? 2M
Q 2. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that
Books are very useful to us. They are the best companion of man. They
never cheat the reader. Books are a good source of knowledge. We get
knowledge on different subjects. We can read books. We can read
books of our taste. They enlighten our hearts and make us bold to face
the realities and difficulties of life. We can find everything in books. By
reading books, we can be in the company of great writers of the past.
We can make this world a better place to live in. Books are the life-blood
of great master-minds. We can never deny their utility.
1.​What is useful to us?1M
2.​Whom do they never cheat?1M
3.​Whose best companions are books?1M
4.​What are the books a source of?1M
5.​On which subject can we get knowledge?1M
6.​What is the role of Books in our life? 2M
Section B [15 Marks]
Q3.Complete any three of the following passage by choosing the most
appropriate options from the ones given below
Many people make use of their free time to help others. They are called
Volunteers. Maggie goes to a zoo (a) _____ Saturday where she is a
Volunteer. She has to get up very early and drive to the zoo. During the
winter it is still dark and cold when she arrives (b) _____ her destination.
Her favorite animals are the pandas (c) _____ were gifted by the
Chinese government. She is always delighted (d) _____ she offers help
to their keeper
(a) (i) one (ii) last (iii) every (iv) either
(b) (i) at (ii) in (iii) to (iv) for

(c) (i) they (ii) what (iii) those (iv) which
(d) (i) when (ii) unless (iii) so that (iv) and then
Q4.Rewrite any two of the following sentences putting the Verbs given
against them in the appropriate Passive Voice form :
1. She …………. up by her aunt. (bring)

2. Invitation cards …………. to all her friends. (send)
3. You will …………. to the feast. (invite)
Q5. To friend inviting to spend vacation 5M
You are Ramesh living at ABC Janakpuri, Delhi. Write a letter to your
friend inviting him to come to Delhi during the vacation. Mention a few
attractions that you want both of you to visit.
OR
You are Rqjat Mittal of Sarvodaya Senior Secondary School, Vikas
Nagar, Delhi You do not have the facility of learning computers in your
school. Write a letter to the Principal of your school requesting him to
provide the facility to the students of the school.
Q6. Write a Paragraph in about 100-150 words on any one of the
following topics:- 5M
a) How I Celebrated My Birthday, b) My nation my pride
SECTION C [30 Marks]
Q7. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that
The first day of monsoon mist. And it’s strange how all the birds fall
silent as the mist comes climbing up the hill. Perhaps that’s what
makes the mist so melancholy; not only does it conceal the hills, it
blankets them in silence too. Only an hour ago the trees were ringing
with birdsong. And now the forest is deathly still as though it were
midnight.
Through the mist Bijju is calling to his sister. I can hear him running
about on the hillside but I cannot see him.
Question:
1.​Write the name of the chapter from which above extract has been
taken? 1M
2.​Why do the birds fall silent? 1M
3.​To whom Bijju is calling? 1M
4.​Who is the author of the text? 1M
OR
When the walking tour was done, I rushed to a phone booth and, almost

tearing the cord so it could reach me outside, phoned Stephen
Hawking’s house. There was his assistant on the line and I told him I
had come in a wheelchair from India (perhaps he thought I had
propelled myself all the way) to write about my travels in Britain. I had to
see Professor Hawking — even ten minutes would do. “Half an hour,“ he

said. “From three-thirty to four.”
And suddenly I felt weak all over. Growing up disabled, you get fed up
with people asking you to be brave, as if you have a courage account on
which you are too lazy to draw a cheque. The only thing that makes you
stronger is seeing somebody like you, achieving something huge. Then
you know how much is possible and you reach out further than you ever
thought you could.
Question:
1.​When the walking tour was done, where did I rush?
2.​Who is the author of the story?
Complete the following sentences.
3.I had to see___________even ten minutes would do. “Half an
hour,“ he said. “From three-thirty to four
4. Growing up disabled, __________asking you to be brave, as if
you have a courage account on which you are too lazy to draw a
cheque.
Q8. Read the stanza given below and answer the questions that
The poetry of earth is never dead:
When all the birds are faint with the hot sun,
And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run
From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead,
That is the grasshopper’s — he takes the lead
In summer luxury — he has never done
With his delights, for when tired out with fun
He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed.
Question:
1.​Find in the poem lines that match the following.
The grasshopper’s happiness never comes to an end. 1M
2.​Write the name of the poet amd the poem. 2M
3.​ What will run From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead?
1M
OR

How can the bird that is born for joy,
Sit in a cage and sing.
How can a child when fears annoy,
But droop his tender wing,
And forget his youthful spring.

Question:
1.Write the name of the poet amd the poem. 2M
2.Who can forget his youthful spring? 1M
3. Why can't the bird sing? 1M
Q9. Answer any five questions in 20-30 words. (2*5=10 marks)
1.​What are the three qualities that played a major role in the author’s
climb?
2.​Did he at the same time feel very excited? If so, why?
3.​Why did the grandmother ask the children not to kill the
Chuchundar?
4.​What had happened to Jody’s father?
5.​Did the prospect of meeting Stephen Hawking make the writer
nervous? If so, why?
6.​What signs do we find in Nature which show that the monsoons
are about to end?
7.​What were the “symbols of reverence” left by members of the team
on Everest?
Q10. Answer any three questions in 20-30 words: (2*3= 6 marks)
1.Why were travellers attracted towards India?
2.What were the coins ‘saying’ to him?
3. Between Ranji and the other boy, who is trying to start a quarrel?
Give a reason for your answer.
4. Why were they named after the months of the year?
Q11. Answer any One questions in 80-100 words (1*6= 6 marks)
1.​Write a short note on the character of the schoolboy in Jalebis
2.​In the fight between Ranji and Suraj, who was the winner?

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