Sample Question Paper (2020-21)- 2 | English Honeydew Class 8 PDF Download

Class - VIII
Science Theory
TIME: 3 Hrs.
M.M: 80

General Instructions : 
(i) The questions paper is divided into three sections :
Section A: Reading 20 marks
Section B: Writing and Grammar 30 marks
Section C: Literature 30 marks
(ii) All questions are Compulsory.
(iii) You may attempt any section at a time.
(iv) All questions of that particular section must be attempted in the correct order.
(v) Marks are indicated against each question.

Section A: Reading

Q.1. Read the following passage carefully: 
People moan about poverty as a great evil and it seems to be an accepted belief than if people had plenty of money, they would be happy, and get more out of life. As a rule there is more genuine satisfaction in life and more is obtained from life in the humble cottage of the poor man than in the palace of rich men, who are attended by servants and governesses at a later stage. At the same time I am glad to think they do not know what they have missed.
It is because I know how sweet and happy and pure the home of honest poverty is, how free from perplexing care and social envies and jealousies, how loving , and united the members are in the common interest of supporting the family that I sympathize with the rich man’s boy and congratulate the poor men’s son. It is for these reasons that from the ranks of the poor so many strong eminent selfreliant men have always sprung. If you read the list of the “Immortals who were not born to die.” you will find that most of them have been poor
(i) What is the popular motion about poverty?
Ans: The popular notion about poverty is that it is a great evil.
(ii) Where can one get more genuine satisfaction in life?
Ans: One can get more genuine satisfaction in life in the humble cottage of the poor man.
(iii) Why does the author pity the rich man’s boy?
Ans: The author pities the rich man’s boy because he does not know the sweetness, happiness and purity of honest poverty.
(iv) How has the author compared rich with poor?
Ans: The author feels that genuine satisfaction is obtained from life in the humble cottage of the poor than in the palace of rich men.
(v) What is his conclusion?
Ans: The members of a poor family are united, loving and share a common interest in being supportive to each other. The rich boy does not know these pleasures.
(vi) People moan about poverty. (Frame a wh _ type question?
Ans: (a) perplexed (b) self-reliant
(vii) Find out other words in the passage with similar meanings to:
(a) Confusion
(b). Self dependent.
Ans: What do people moan about?

Q.2. Read the passage below and answer the questions that follows :
Childhood obesity rates have sky-rocketed in recent years. This trend is worrisome because it greatly increases children’s risk for remaining obese in adulthood, which in turn increases their risk for other health related issues such as high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, cancer diabetes, and respiratory problems which might increase risk of premature death as adults.
Obesity can be the stage for problems too. Obese children are more likely to suffer from low self esteem, depression, anxiety and social ostracism.
It is, therefore, extremely important for parents to see that their children live a healthy lifestyle. Healthy lifestyle includes eating nutritious meals, getting plenty of exercise and adequate sleep every day. These positive health habits will help children grow strong, stay healthy, and decrease the likelihood of obesity.
Healthy diet and adequate exercise are important in preventing Type II diabetes in childhood as well as obesity. Diabetes is a metabolic disease in which the body cells can’t properly break down the sugars from food. The body then starts accumulating the sugars in the bloodstream instead and ultimately stresses out the kidneys, heart, circulatory system, and eyes. Insulin, which is created in the pancreas, is the chemical that breaks down blood sugar. In Type II diabetes, the body does not produce enough insulin to deal with all the sugars coming into the body. This medical condition is termed as “adultonset diabetes’ because the disorder primarily affects adults with poor eating and activity habits.
This trend sometimes has an adverse impact on others. In contrast to those who overeat and don’t get enough exercise, other children become obsessed with over-controlling their food intake and start over exercising.
Media too can sometimes play havoc. By constantly exposing children to a barrage of perfect, photoshopped bodies on television and magazines, children get tempted to imitate those images and go on a strict diet plan. Overemphasis on extreme thinness can again put children at risk of poor self-esteem, unhealthy exercise patterns, and eating disorders such as anorexia.
Children who practice healthy eating and exercise regularly since their childhood tend to maintain a healthy lifestyle through adulthood. It is imperative for parents to teach children to choose healthy food in preference to junk food and also eat in modest portions.

(i) Answer the following questions :
(a) What concern is the writer expressing in the above article?
Ans: Concern for the growing obesity rates and allied problems/risks.
(b) Why does the writer insist that a healthy lifestyle should be adopted right from one’s childhood?
Ans: Then the chances of remaining obese during adulthood are reduced.
(c) Which two factors impact children negatively?
Ans: Being overweight and being underweight.
(d) How does media influence children?
Ans: By showing picture perfect bodies of celebrities, children want to imitate them and go on strict diet.

(ii) complete the following statements in one word phrase :
(a) By saying obesity rate have  ______the writer implies that they have increased drastically.
Ans: sky-rocketed
(b) Both overweight and underweight children tend to suffer from __________.
Ans: low self esteem/inferiority complex
(c) Obesity can lead to ______________, ______________including premature death in adulthood.
Ans: high blood pressure, diabetes, heart problems, cancer, stroke (any two)
(d) Type II diabetes can be prevented ___________________and _______________.
Ans: healthy eating, exercising

Q.3. Read the following conversation between Ram and Shyam. then as Shyam, write a message for Kamal using 35 words:
Ram: May I speak to Kamal.
Shyam: He is not at home.
Ra : Then please ask him to bring my English note book to school tomorrow as it has to be submitted to the teacher.
Shyam: Who is sp eaking?
Ram: I am his friend Ram.
Ans: MESSAGE
2 November, 20XX 5.30 p.m.
Kamal,
Your friend Ram telephoned. He has asked you to take his English note book to school tomorrow as he has to submit it to the teacher.
Shyam

Q.4. Pollution has become a great problem. It is becoming the cause of many diseases. Write an article on the harmful effects of pollution in about 100-200 words
OR
Rahul is entrusted with a topic “Slow and Steady wins the race”, he has to deliver a speech at school during the morning assembly. Make a fair draft writing his views.
Ans: Pollution
Deepak
(Class VII)
Pollution has become a big problem. The material prosperity and technological advancement has been responsible for sound, air and water pollution. Mushrooming up of industries and domestic waste pollutes air and water. The industrial waste also makes the agricultural fields infertile. Cutting of forests and conversion of agricultural land into residential areas are becoming a major cause of pollution. Increase in vehicles is also a leading reason to add to the problem and people are forced to wear masks. The temperature is increasing globally, glaciers and icebergs are melting, disturbing the seasonal cycle. We are the ones who are responsible for this pollution, so we should only take the steps to reduce it. We should have chimneys in industries which let out clear smoke. Industrial waste should be treated before being thrown into the rivers and the vehicles should be tested from time to time. Pollution, if not stopped, can at least be reduced to certain extent.
OR
Respected Principal, teachers and my dear friends. Wish you all a very happy good morning. Here I am, Rahul, before you to say a few words on the topic “Slow and Steady wins the race”. The maxim holds the essence of life. It is well said that we must learn to work hard constantly with determination, courage and patience. Slow progress should not make us impatient and difficulties should not discourage us. Anything that is done in haste is only meant for undoing.
Every great achievement, in order to be lasting, must be gradual in its progress. We forget that there is no royal road to success. The meteoric rise of Hitler and his subsequent fall may be compared to the slow rise to eminence of Lincoln after decades of toil. No doubt, the lofty character of Lincoln continues to be admired by the posterity. The city of Rome which finally became the wonder of the civilized world, must have consisted originally of a few houses and huts; and it was only slow degrees that it became famous.
Those who begin to run fast from the outset in the race competition, get tired midway and lose the race. On the other hand, those who run slowly and steadily win the race in the end. Our civilization itself is nothing but the result of slow and steady progress in the field of science and technology. So let all of us vow. We will remain slow but constant until we achieve our destination.
Thank You.

Section B : Writing and Grammar 

Q.5. Read the outlines of a story given below. Write it in full using these outlines and your own ideas. Assign a suitable title to it:
Outlines:-A small boy—live with mother — develops the habit of stealing — Mother does not check — develops the habit when grows — caught — punished.
OR
Complete the story on the basis of the given beginning :
Ramu was a porter. He was a very honest boy. One day an old man hired him to carry the luggage to his house. On reaching his home the old man gave Ramu............... .
Ans: Habit of Stealing
There was a boy named Rahul who lived in a small house with his mother in the city of Karnal. When he was about 7-8 years old, he developed the habit of stealing things in his class from other children’s bags and pencil boxes.
Rahul’s mother, even after seeing his box, did not ask from where did he get the expensive pencils, erasers and pens. She was rather happy to see that her son never demanded such things from her. Time passed on and gradually Rahul started stealing more things from his friends and classmates. He did not even hesitate to steal money. He started enjoying his life more than he could actually afford to, and this habit made him a perfect thief. Once when he entered one house to steal the things, he was caught red handed and was handed over to the police. He was badly beaten by the police and when he was asked that why and how did he become a thief, he blamed his mother by saying that if she had stopped him from the very childhood, he would had not be a thief.
OR
Rs. 100 for his labour. Ramu charged only Rs. 90 for that much work Since neither of them had any change, the old man told him to keep the money. Later on, in the evening, Ramu came back to return Rs. 10 to the old man. The old man was touched by the boy’s honesty. He wanted to help Ramu in some way or the other. He asked him to stay with him. Ramu stayed in his house and started working as the old man’s caretaker. He looked after the members of the family, cleaned the house, did gardening, etc. The old man was very happy seeing his dedication towards work so he helped Ramu to pursue his education. After finishing all the household chores Ramu used to sit to study. He worked so hard that he finally became a police officer. Till date he is indebted to the old man for his gratitude but the reality is that it’s his honesty that had made him earn this position in life.

Q.6. Some suffix are given in the box. Add suitable suffix to the word given in the bracket and complete the sentences.
ness, less, able, ily
(i) The fire fighter was ______________(fear) as he ran into the burning house to save the family.
Ans: fearless
(ii) She was able to complete the work _________(easy).
Ans: easily
(iii) I have a teddy bear which is so cute and  ______________(love).
Ans: lovable
(iv) My friend Meena is always so nice to people. The best thing about her is her ________(kind).
Ans: kindness.

Q.7. In the passage given below one word has been omitted in each line. Supply missing word along with the word that comes ‘before’ and ‘after ’ it :

Ans:

Q.8. Re-arrange the following words and phrases to make meaningful sentences :
(i) The/body/sleep is/essential/a good night’s/for
Ans: A good night’s sleep is essential for the body.
(ii) To/catch/people/get/sleep/cold/7 hours/who/less then/of/are/likely
Ans: People who get less than 7 hours of sleep are likely to catch cold.
(iii) Loss of/may also/appetite/they/experience
Ans: They may also experience loss of appetite.
(iv) Sleep deeply/comfortable/hence to/clothes/relax/and/wear/one must
Ans: Hence to relax one must wear comfortable clothes and sleep deeply.

Section C : Literature

Q.9. Read the following stanza carefully and answer the questions given below:
But to go to school in a summer morn,
O’ it drives all joy away under a cruel eye outworn
The little ones spend the day,
In sighing and dismay.
(i) What drives away all the joy?
Ans: Going to school in a summer morning drives way all the joy.
(ii) What does  ‘cruel eye outworn’ refer to?
Ans: It refers to the teachers and uninspiring life at school.
(iii) How do the little ones spend the day?
Ans: The little ones spends the day sighing sadly.
(iv) Name the poem and the poet?
Ans: The poem is ‘The School Boy ’ by William Blake.

Q.10. Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow :
The physical conquest of a mountain is only one part of the achievement. There is more to it than that. It is followed by the sense of fulfillment. There is a satisfaction of deep urge to rise above one’s surroundings. It is the eternal love of adventure in man. The experience is not merely physical. It is emotional. It is spiritual.
(i) What is only one part of the achievement?
Ans: The physical conquest of mountain is only one part of the achievement.
(ii) What satisfaction does man get after the physical conquest of a mountain?
Ans: Man gets a sense of fulfilment and satisfaction of rising above one’s surroundings.
(iii) What is the experience other than physical?
Ans: The Experience is emotional as well as spiritual other than physical.
(iv) Pick out the word from the passage which means the same as ‘ever lasting’?
Ans: Eternal

Q.11. Answer any four of the following questions :
(i) What do winter and summer season suggest in the poem in the Grasshopper and cricket?
Ans: Winter and summer suggest here symbolically. Winter is the symbol of sadness, grief and loneliness in one’s life. Summer is the symbol of happiness.
(ii) Describe the surrounding where the child was playing.
Ans: It was a beach side, the sun glistened on the sand, the sea waves broke waywardly and an innocent child was playing with shells.
(iii) What does the author’s grandmother ask him not to kill ? Why?
Ans: The author ’s grandmother asked him not to kill chuchundars because they are lucky and bring money. The author got the cheque on the very same day.
(iv) How did the people of the valley welcome the General?
Ans: The people of the valley thought the General to be the likeness of the Great Stone Face so they left their work and proceeded to the spot where the great banquet had been prepared, soldiers stood on guard, flags waved and the crowd roared.
(v) What made the poet proclaim Ernest was the Stone face ?
Ans: The poet heard Ernest’s address to the people. He felt that Ernest’s own life and character were a nobler kind of poetry than he had ever written. He saw white clouds around the Stone Face and white hair on Ernest’s head. He could not help declaring that Ernest himself was the Stone Face.

Q.12. Answer any four of the following questions:
(i) What tasks, do you think, were aligned to the dog and the ox?
Ans: The dog was assigned the task of carrying and fetching things. The ox was asked to carry the yoke on his neck and thereby plough the field.
(ii) What wonderful sight did the Giant see?
Ans: The Giant saw that the children had crept inside through the hole, trees were covered with blossoms, the birds were flying and the flowers were looking up. It was a lovely scene.
(iii) What was Princess September’s reaction to the loss of her parrot?
Ans: Princess September was heart-broken at the loss of her parrot. She cried and wept bitterly for a long time, due to intense grief she experienced.
(iv) What did Ranji find difficult to explain at home?
Ans: Ranji found it difficult to explain the cuts and bruises that showed on his face leg and arms. It was difficult to conceal the fact that he had been in an unusually violent fight and his mother insisted him to stay indoors.
(v) Give two reasons for why didn’t the boy take the coins advice?
Ans: The boy didn’t take the coins advice because he came from a good family and he realised that the money was meant for his fees.

Q.13. Answer any one of the following:
Write briefly the incident of Gathgergold’s return to the valley.
Begin like this : My name is Gathergold. I left the valley of the Great Stone Face fifty years ago. I am now going back home. Will the people of the valley welcome me ? Do they know that I am very rich?
OR
Do you think Jaya is a brave and sensitive child with a sense of humour. Find instances of her courage, kind nature and humour in the text.
Ans: My name is Gathergold. I left my home and the valley of the Great Stone Face fifty years back in pursuit of wealth.
I have been successful and earned a lot of money. I am rich now and going back to the valley. But will the people of the valley welcome me or will they condone me for leaving the home. Will they accept me and allow me to be a part of the valley.
I will try my best. May be they would respect me because of my wealth. Yes, I will tell them how rich I became and surely that would make them respect me and accept me back.
Or
Yes, Jaya is definitely a brave and sensitive child with a sense of humour. She can live alone and guide someone else like Velu.
Some examples are cited below.
COURAGE “What do you think you’re doing ? Grazing cows ? If you stand around in the middle of the road like that, you’ll be chutney ?” “She walked really fast.”
KIND NATURE “Chey! What do you think I am ? A dog ? I only take untouched food. Here, some more, catch! “She threw him a vada.”
HUMOUR “If you’re not careful, you’ll soon be counting bars there.”
“So you’ve been following me around without even knowing my name. Jaya.”
“You think he buys it for show ?”
“I don’t have time to waste, like, you.”