JAC Class 8 Model Question Paper 2023 English

JHARKHAND COUNCIL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING, RANCHI
FINAL TERM CLASS – 8
MODEL QUESTION PAPER
SUBJECT – ENGLISH
SESSION – 2022-23

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

• Total number of questions is 50.
• Each question carries 1 mark.
• Four options are given. Students are expected to select the most appropriate answer.
• All questions are compulsory.
• No marks will be deducted for wrong answer.
Q1. Of every two men sent up to the glacier, one is………….
a) A casualty b) retired c) suspended d) promoted

Q2. A bird had laid eggs:
a) Below the cornice in Keshav’s house
b) On the roof of Keshav’s house
c) In the garden
d) Above the cornice of Keshav’s house
Q3. What did Kali dislike?
a) Catching snake b) Going to school
c) Playing d) Jungle
Q4. Name two things that are not frozen in Siachen glacier.
a) Eggs, water b) Chocolate, oil
c) Onions, cold drinks d) Rum, kerosene

Q5. Name the two siblings in ‘The Naïve Friends’.
a) Keshav and Shreya b) Shyama and Krishna
c) Keshav and Shyama d) Shreya and Krishna
Q6. Dipa Karmakar is an Indian ……………..
a) Freestyle wrestler b) artistic gymnast

c) Badminton player d) shotput thrower
Q7. Whose bicycle was stolen?
a) Preksha b) Sneha c) Siddhartha d) Priya

Q8. What does the poet see on the way from Mysore to Ooty in the poem ‘A Heritage of
Trees’?
a) a man working in the field
b) a man grazing cattle
c) a man hunting animals
d) a man cutting a tree
Q9. Information and communication technology should be used…………..
a) irrationally b) judiciously c) carelessly d) excessively
Q10. What did Malala Yousafzai stand for?
a) education for poor people b) education for women
c) education for boy d) education for girls
Q11. Write the following in Possessive form: ‘The room of the children’.
a) The children’s room b)The childrens’ room
b) The childrens room d)The children room

Q12. A ……………….of fish

a) Litter b) brood c) pack d) school
Q13. .The past tense of ‘My mother draws water from the well,’ is:-
a) My mother is drawing water from the well.
b) My mother drew water from the well.
c) My mother has drawn water from the well.
d) My mother has been drawing water from the well.
Q14. Choose the grammatically correct sentence
a) I bash you if you will tell Ma.
b) I bash you if you tell Ma.
c) I’ll bash you if you will tell Ma.
d) I’ll bash you if you tell Ma.
Q15. ‘Continuous as the stars that shine.’
a) Personification b) pun c) simile d) metaphor
Q16. Choose the sentence which is in Present Perfect continuous tense:

a) She has been living here for five years.
b) She has lived here.
c) She had been living here for five years.

d) She is living here.
Q17. The correct punctuation of ‘how nice of you to visit me’ is:
a) How nice of you to visit me.
b) how nice of you to visit me!
c) How nice of you to visit me!
d) How nice of you to visit me?
Q18. Hari …………before the two boys…………...up.
a) woke, had written b) had written, woke
c) woke, wrote d) had written, had woken
Q19. “Punish the thief”, said the king.
What would be the indirect speech of the above direct speech?
a) The king said to punish the thief.
b) The king asked to punish the thief.
c) The king ordered them to punish the thief.
d) The king orders them to punish the thief.
Q20. We eat so that we………..live.
a) should b) must c) may d) might

Read the following extract carefully and choose the most appropriate answer for the
following questions:
You come to me like heaven’s caring arms.
I remember the war days when life was challenge and toil
Miles to walk, hours before sunrise,
Walking to take lessons from the saintly teacher near the temple.
Q21. Name the poem from which these lines have been taken.
a) My Mother b) Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening
c) Daffodils d) Bharat our Land
Q22. Who does ‘you’ refer to?
a) Poet’s sisters b) Poet’s mother c) the teacher d) poet’s brothers

Q23. Which war is being talked about in these lines?
a) World War I b) American Revolutionary War
c) Russia – Ukraine War d) World War II

Q24. Who is the poet?
a) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam b) William Wordsworth
c) Subramania Bharati d) Robert Frost
Q25. Find a figure of speech.
a) Like heaven’s caring hands b) I remember the war days
c) walking to take lessons d) You come to me
Read the following extract carefully and choose the most appropriate answer for the
following questions:
Once or twice, though you should fail,
If you would at last prevail,
Try, try again;
If we strive, ‘tis no disgrace
Though we do not win the race;
What should you do in the case?
Try, try again
Q26. Name the poet from which this extract has been taken.
a) Thomas Haig Palmer b) Neal Levin c) David Horsburgh d) Ruskin Bond
Q27. Write two rhyming words from the above stanza.
a) prevail-again b) fail-race c) disgrace-race d) once-twice
Q28. What is meant by ‘prevail’?
a) persist b) defeat c) attempt d) win
Q29. What is not a disgrace according to the poet?
a) losing b) winning c) prevailing d) appearing
Q30. What should we do if we want to win the race?
a) give up b) keep trying c) participating d) dreaming
Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:
Keshav had opened the latch but Shyama didn’t say that to Ma. She was scared that he might
get a beating. Keshav was afraid that Shyama might squeal. He hadn’t shown her the eggs, and
so didn’t trust her. Whether Shyama was silent out of love or because she was party to the

crime is a matter of some conjecture. Perhaps it was both. Ma scolded them and took them
inside the room. She latched the door and started fanning them softly. It was only two o’clock
in the afternoon and the hot summer wind was blowing outside. Soon, the two children were
sleeping soundly.

Q31. Name the chapter from where this extract has been taken.
a) King John and the Abbot of Canterbury b) The Naïve Friends
c) Siachen-The Place of wild Roses d) Kali and the Rat Snake
Q32. Which crime is Shyama talking about?
a) Saving the eggs b) feeding the birds
c) damaging the eggs d) disobeying parents
Q33. Find a word from the above passage which means ‘frightened’.
a) Squeal b) scolded c) conjecture d) scared
Q34. ‘The children were sleeping soundly.’ What does this sentence mean?
a) The children were not sleeping.
b) The children were making a noise.
c) The children were having a deep sleep.
d) The children were snoring.
Q35. Mention two qualities of the mother from the above passage.
a) Caring, loving b) harsh, cruel
c) rigid, careless d) quiet, insensitive

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
The next morning during assembly the Principal called Sneha to the dias and declared that she
had won the second prize of Rs. 1000!
“How come…!” Sneha was silenced by the thunderous applause. The Principal read out
Sneha’s essay to the school and declared that they would enforce Sneha’s rules right away.
“I am surprised. I had not even submitted my essay, so how could I have won the prize?” Sneha
said later as they slurped ice-creams.
“Didn’t I say the essay that I submitted would win?”
Q36. In which competition Sneha had won the second prize?
a) speech competition b) race
c) essay writing competition d) debate
Q37. Who is ‘I’ in the sentence ‘I am surprised.’?
a) Preksha b) Sneha c) Siddhartha d) Priya

Q38. Whose essay is being talked about in the sentence “Didn’t I say that the essay that I
submitted would win?”
a) Sneha’s b) Preksha’s c) Priya’s d) Siddhartha’s

Q39. Why was Sneha surprised?
a) because she was not good at studies
b) because she knew she would win.
c) because she was proud.
d) because she had not submitted the essay.
Q40. Who had submitted Sneha’s essay?
a) Sneha b) Preksha c) Siddhartha d) Priya
Complete the following Notice:
S.S. High school
Patamda, East Singhbhum
…………….(41)
……………..(42)
All …………..(43) house teams are hereby invited to participate in the Twenty – Twenty
Cricket Tournament to be held 5th November onwards, at the school ground.

The final match will be played on November 14, 2022. For more …………(44), please contact
the undersigned.

Sd/
(Rahul Singh)
…………….(45)
Q41.a) School Captain b) aspiring c) information d) NOTICE
Q42. a) November 03, 2022 b) information c) School Captain d) aspiring
Q43. a) information b) aspiring c) NOTICE d) School Captain
Q44. a) aspiring b) information c) School Captain d) NOTICE
Q45. a) School Captain b) information c) aspiring d) November
03,2022
Complete the following letter:
Hinoo Chowk,
Ranchi

September 20,2022

…………,(46)

A few days ago, I read a poem Bharat Our Land written by poet, Subramania Bharati. I learnt
that the mighty …………(47) is ours, the …………(48) Ganga is ours. The sacred Upanishads
are ours. The sunny golden land is ours. She’s ……….(49) Gallant warriors have lived here,
Buddha has preached his dhamma here.

With love,
……………..,(50)
Amisha

Q46.a) generous b) Yours affectionately c) Himavant d) My dear Ritesh
Q47. a) Himavant b) generous c) peerless c) Yours affectionately
Q48. a) My dear Ritesh b) generous c) Himavant d) peerless
Q49. a) generous b) Himavant c) peerless d) Yours affectionately
Q50. a) Yours affectionately b) generous c) Himavant d) My dear Ritesh

Answers

1 A 11 A 21 A 31 B 41 D
2 D 12 D 22 B 32 C 42 A
3 B 13 B 23 D 33 D 43 B
4 D 14 D 24 A 34 C 44 B
5 C 15 C 25 A 35 A 45 A
6 B 16 A 26 A 36 C 46 D
7 B 17 C 27 C 37 B 47 A
8 D 18 B 28 D 38 A 48 B
9 B 19 C 29 A 39 D 49 C
10 D 20 C 30 B 40 B 50 A

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