NBSE Class 8 Syllabus 2024

PHASE-I & II CLASS VIII PROMOTION EXAMINATION 2023
(Division of topics/chapters is for assessment purpose only)

ENGLISH

PHASE I 40 marks
Prose: 25marks
1. The Best Christmas Present in the World
2. The Tsunami
3. Glimpses of the Past
4. Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of Memory
Poetry: 15 marks
1. The Ant and the Cricket (adopted from Aesop’s fables)
2. Geography Lesson –Zulfikar Ghose

PHASE II 40 marks
Prose: 25 marks
1. The Summit within
2. This is Jody’s Fawn
3. A Visit to Cambridge
4. A Short Monsoon Diary
Poetry: 15 marks
1. The Last Bargain- Rabindranath Tagore
2. The School Boy- William Blake
3. On the Grasshopper and Cricket-John Keats

GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION
PHASE I 40 marks
Grammar: 20 marks
1. The Phrase and the Clause
2. Sentences- Simple,Compound and Complex
3. Noun Clauses
4. Adjective Clauses
5. Adverb Clauses
6. Active and Passive Voice
Composition: 20 marks
1. Comprehension
2. Writing Essays

PHASE II 40 marks
Grammar: 20 marks
1. Punctuation
2. Tenses and their uses I
3. Tenses and their uses II
4. Tenses and their uses III
5. Vocabulary
6. Phrasal verbs and Idiomatic Expressions
Composition: 20 marks
1. Writing Notices
2. Writing Messages and Emails
3. Writing Letters

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HINDI

PHASE I 40 marks
Prose 18 marks
1. Papa ne do nibandh likhe
2. Bahane ki bimari
3. Van sampada evam sanrakshan
4. Raajbhasha hindi
Poetry 11 marks
1. Hum sab suman ek upavan ke
2. Pushpa ki abhilasha
Grammar 7 marks
Translation 4 marks

PHASE II 40 marks
Prose 17 marks
1. Football ke khilari
2. Karat-karat abhyas ke
3. Namak
4. Panch parmeshvar
Poetry 4 marks
1. Nar ho, na niraash karo man ko
Grammar 11 marks
Translation 2 marks
Letter writing 6 marks

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SOCIAL SCIENCES

PHASE-I 40 marks
Unit – I History (Our Past) 22 marks

Chapter- 1 : Establishment of Company Power
Chapter-2 : Administrative Structure, Growth of Colonial Army and Civilian
Administration
Chapter-3 : Colonialism – Agriculture, Society and Industries
Chapter-4 : The Revolt of 1857 – 58
Chapter-5 : British Rule and Urban Change

Unit – II Geography (Resources and Development) 9 marks
Chapter-10 Agriculture
Chapter-11 Industries

Unit-III Social and Political Life (Rule of Law and Social Justice) 9 marks
Chapter-15 : Constitution-Its Role and Need of Laws
Chapter-16 : The Judiciary

PHASE- II 40 marks

Unit – I History (Our Past) 18marks
Chapter-6 : Education and Social Reforms
Chapter-7 : Changes in the Arts : Painting, Literature and Architecture
Chapter-8 : India after Independence
Chapter-9 : Nagas after Indian Independence

Unit – II Geography (Resources and Development) 13 marks
Chapter-12 : Human Resources
Chapter-13 : Mountains and Rivers of Nagaland
Chapter-14 : Natural and Man-made Disasters

Unit-III Social and Political Life (Rule of Law and Social Justice) 9 marks
Chapter-17 : Social Justice and the Marginalised
Chapter-18 : Economic Presence of the Government

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MATHEMATICS

Phase I Marks: 40
Chapter No. Name of Chapter Marks
1. Rational Numbers 2
2. Linear Equations in One Variable 6
3. Understanding Quadrilaterals 8
5. Squares and Square Roots 9
7. Comparing Quantities 8
8. Algebraic Expressions and Identities 7
Total: 40

Phase II Marks: 40
Chapter No. Name of Chapter Marks
4. Data Handling 8
6. Cubes and Cube Roots 4
9. Mensuration 9
10. Exponents and Powers 4
11. Direct and Inverse Proportions 4
12. Factorisation 6
13. Introduction to Graphs 5
Total: 40

SCIENCE

Phase I External 40 marks
Chapter No:
1. Crop Production and Management 5 marks
3. Coal and Petroleum 5 marks
6. Reproduction in Animals 5 marks
7. Reaching the Age of Adolescence 6 marks
8. Force and Pressure 7 marks
10. Sound 6 marks
11. Chemical Effects of Electric Current 6 marks

Phase II External 40 marks
Chapter No:
2. Micro-organisms: Friend and Foe 7 marks
4. Combustion and Flame 6 marks
5. Conservation of Plants and Animals 7 marks
9. Friction 7 marks
12. Some Natural Phenomena 7 marks
13. Light 6 marks

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ENGLISH

PHASE-I
Weightage to different forms of questions
Unit Details of Types of Marks No. of No. of Total
Topics/Sections questions for each questions Question/Marks Marks
question
1 Prose MCQ 1 3 3x1=3 3
SA-I 2 3 3x2=6 6
SA-II 3 1 1x3=3 3
SA-III 4 2 2x4=8 8
LA-I 5 1 1x5=5 5
2 Poetry MCQ 1 2 2x1=2 2
SA-I 2 2 2x2=4 4
SA-III 4 1 1x4=4 4
LA-I 5 1 1x5=5 5
Total 16 40

PHASE-II
Weightage to different forms of questions
Unit Details of Types of Marks for No. of No. of Total
Topics/Sections questions each questions Question/ Marks
question Marks
1 Prose MCQ 1 3 3x1=3 3
SA-I 2 3 3x2=6 6
SA-II 3 1 1x3=3 3
SA-III 4 2 2x4=8 8
LA-I 5 1 1x5=5 5
2 Poetry MCQ 1 2 2x1=2 2
SA-I 2 2 2x2=4 4
SA-III 4 1 1x4=4 4
LA-I 5 1 1x5=5 5
Total 16 40

Weightage level of questions:
Sl. No. Difficulty Level Percentage (%) Marks
1. Easy 30 12
2. Average 55 22
3. Difficult 15 6
Total 100 40

GRAMMAR

PHASE-I & II
Weightage to different forms of questions
Unit Details of Types of Marks No. of Marks Total
Topics/Sections questions for each questions Marks
question
1 Grammar and MCQ 1 5 5x1 =5 5
Composition VSA 1 5 5x1 =5 5
SA-I 2 5 5x2 =10 10
LA-I 5 2 2x5 =10 10
LA-II 10 1 1x10=10 10
Total 18 40

Weightage level of questions:
Sl. No. Difficulty Level Percentage (%) Marks
1. Easy 30 12
2. Average 55 22
3. Difficult 15 6
Total 100 40

HINDI

Weightage to different forms of questions:
Phase I
Sl . No. Topics types of Qs Marks for No. of Qs Marks Total
each question marks
1 Prose MCQ 1 4 4x1=4 18
VSA 1 4 4x1=4
SA I 2 2 2x2=4
SA II 3 2 2x3=6
2 Poetry MCQ 1 1 1x1=1 11
VSA 1 2 2x1=2
SA I 2 4 4x2=8
3 Grammar MCQ/VSA 1 7 7x1=7 11
Translation MCQ/VSA 1 4 4x1=4
Total 30 40

Phase II
Sl . No. Topics Types of Marks for No. of Qs Marks Total
Qs each question marks
1 Prose MCQ 1 4 4x1=4 17
VSA 1 3 3x1=3
SA I 2 2 2x2=4

SA II 3 2 2x3=6
2 Poetry MCQ 1 1 1x1=1 4
VSA 1 1 1x1=1
SA I 2 1 1x2=2
3 Grammar MCQ/VSA 1 11 11x1=11
Translation MCQ/VSA 1 2 2x1=2 19
Letter LA I 1 1x6=6
Writing

Sl.no. Forms of Questions Marks for No. of Total
each question Questions marks
1. Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) 1 28 28
2. Very Short Answer (VSA) 1 16 16
3. Short Answer (SA I) 2 9 18
4. Short Answer (SA II) 3 4 12
5. Long Answer (LA I) 6 1 6

Total 58 80

2. Weightage level of questions
Sl.no Level Percentage Marks
1. Easy 35 28
2. Average 35 28
3. Difficult 30 24

Scheme of options:
There will be no overall choice. However, internal choice shall be provided in 1 (one)
question of 6 marks.

SOCIAL SCIENCES

PHASE-I & II
Weightage to different forms of questions:

Sl. Forms of questions Marks for each No. of questions Total marks
no. question
1. MCQ 1 7 7
2. VSA 1 6 6
3. SA-I 2 5 10
4. SA-II 3 3 9
5. LA 4 2 8
Total 23 40

Weightage level of questions:
Sl. No. Difficulty Level Percentage (%) Marks
1. Easy 30 12
2. Average 50 20
3. Difficult 20 8
Total 100 40

SCIENCE
PHASE-I & II
1. Weightage to different forms of questions:
Sl. No. Forms of questions Marks for No. of Total marks
each question questions
1. MCQ 1 5 5
2. Fill in the Blanks/True or false 1 4 4
3. VSA 1 4 4
4. SA-I 2 5 10
5. SA-II 3 3 9
6. LA 4 2 8
Total 23 40

2. Weightage level of questions:
Sl. No. Difficulty Level Percentage (%) Marks
1. Easy 30 12
2. Average 55 22
3. Difficult 15 6
Total 100 40

MATHEMATICS
Weightage to different forms of questions for both Phase I and Phase II :

Sl. No Forms of Q’s Marks per Q No. of Q’s Total mark
1. MCQ 1 5 5
2. SA I 2 4 8
3. SA II 3 5 15
4. LA 4 3 12
Total : 17 40

Scheme of options:
1. Internal choice shall be provided in any 2 (two) questions of 3 marks in Section C,
and any 2 (two) questions of 4 marks in Section D.
2. The options for the internal choice are to be set from the same unit with the same
difficulty level.
3. Minimum 10% of the questions will be unfamiliar, either in the way they are framed
and/or their context, which tests the core capacities/competencies.

Level-wise allocation of questions:
Sl. No. Estimated difficulty level Percentage Marks
1. Easy 35% 14
2. Average 50% 20
3. Difficult 15% 6

Phase I Marks: 40
Chapter No. Name of Chapter Marks
1. Rational Numbers 2
2. Linear Equations in One Variable 6
3. Understanding Quadrilaterals 8
5. Squares and Square Roots 9
7. Comparing Quantities 8
8. Algebraic Expressions and Identities 7
Total: 40

Phase II Marks: 40
Chapter No. Name of Chapter Marks
4. Data Handling 8
6. Cubes and Cube Roots 4
9. Mensuration 9
10. Exponents and Powers 4
11. Direct and Inverse Proportions 4
12. Factorisation 6
13. Introduction to Graphs 5
Total: 40