NBSE Class 8 Syllabus 2023

DIVISION OF TOPICS/CHAPTERS FOR PHASE-WISE CLASS VIII PROMOTION
EXAMINATION 2022

ENGLISH

PHASE I 40 marks
Prose: 26 marks
1. The Best Christmas Present in the World
2. The Tsunami
3. Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of Memory
Poetry: 14marks
1. The Ant and the Cricket (adopted from Aesop’s fables)
2. Macavity : The Mystery Cat –T.S. Eliot

PHASE II 40 marks
Prose: 24 marks
1. A Visit to Cambridge
2. The Great Stone face I
3. The Great Stone Face II
Poetry: 16marks
1. The Last Bargain- Rabindranath Tagore
2. The School Boy- William Blake

GRAMMAR

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

HINDI

PHASE- I 40 marks
Prose: 17 marks
1. Papa ne do nibandh likhe
2. Bahane ki bimari
3. Van sampada evam sanrakshan
4. Raajbhasha hindi
Poetry : 8 marks
1. Hum sab suman ek upavan ke
2. Pushpa ki abhilasha
Grammar: 9 marks
Letter writing: 6marks

PHASE II 40 marks
Prose 18 marks
1. Football ke khilari
2. Karat-karat abhyas ke
3. Namak
4. Panch parmeshvar
Poetry 7 marks
1. Nar ho, na niraash karo man ko
Grammar 9 marks
Translation 6 marks

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) 18 Marks
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

SCIENCE
PHASE I 40 marks
Chapter
1. Crop Production and Management 4 marks
3. Synthetic Fibres and Plastic 4 marks
5. Coal and Petroleum 4 marks
8. Cell-Structure and Functions 5 marks
10. Reaching the Age of Adolescence 4marks
11. Force and Pressure 5 marks
13. Sound 6 marks
17. Stars and the Solar System 3 marks
18. Pollution of Air and Water 5 marks

PHASE II 40 marks
Chapter
2. Micro-organisms: Friend and Foe 4 marks
4. Materials: Metals and Non-metals 6 marks
6. Combustion and Flame 4 marks
7. Conservation of Plants and Animals 4 marks
9. Reproduction in Animals 6 marks
12. Friction 4 marks
14. Chemical Effects of Electric Eurrent 5 marks
15. Some Natural Phenomenon 3 marks
16. Light 4 marks

MATHEMATICS

PHASE I 40 marks
Chapter
1. Rational Numbers 3 marks
2. Linear Equations in One Variable 6 marks
3. Understanding Quadrilaterals 9 marks
4. Practical Geometry 3 marks
5. Data Handling 8 marks
6. Squares and Square Roots 5 marks
9. Algebraic Expressions and Identities 6 marks

PHASE II 40 marks
7. Cubes and Cube Roots 2 mark
8. Comparing Quantities 8 marks
10. Visualising Solid Spheres 2 marks
11. Mensuration 10 marks
12. Exponents and Powers 4 marks
13. Direct and Inverse Proportions 4 marks
14. Factorisation` 5 marks
15. Introduction to Graphs 3 marks
16. Playing with Numbers 2 marks