Summative Assessment Semester II

Biology
Class: 8 Max Mks: 45
Time: 2 hrs
Chapters included are
4. Health and Hygiene
5. Pollution and Conservation
6. Food Production and Management I
7. Food Production and Management II
General Instructions:
All questions are compulsory
Questions 1 to 5 are multiple-choice questions and carry 1 mark each. Choose the appropriate option
and write the answer in the answer sheet.
Question 6 to 10 carry 1 mark each and must be answered in 1 or 2 sentences.
Questions 11 to 19 carry 2 marks each must be answered in 2 or 3 sentences.
Questions 20 to 23 carry 3 marks each and must be answered in 5 or 6 sentences.
Question 24 carries 5 marks and must be answered in 7 or 8 sentences.
1. First vaccine was produced by
(a) Pasteur
(b) A. Fleming
(c) Jenner
(d) Robert Hooke
2. Paper is a
(a) Biodegradable material
(b) Non-biodegradable material
(c) Conventional energy source
(d) All the above
3. Which of the following is not a food plant?
(a) Coir
(b) Cereals
(c) Pulses
(d) Vegetables

4. The process of loosening and turning the soil is called?

(a) Ploughing
(b) Threshing
(c) Broadcasting
(d) Winnowing
5. Yeast is used in/as
(a) Bread-making
(b) Medicines
(c) Fertilizer
(d) None of the above
6. Name one non-biodegradable waste.
7. Cholera is caused by ____________.
8. What do you mean by pollutant?
9. Quinine is obtained from ____________.
10. Name one weedicide.
11. Mention uses of thresher.
12. Name two examples of flesh-yielding animals.
13. Define agricultural practices.
14. Name three deficiency diseases.
15. 3Rs refer to ___________, ____________, ______________.
16. Give four examples of medicinal plants.
17. Define domestication.
18. Give two examples each of crop plants and horticultural plants.
19. (i) To conserve soil, __________ cultivation is practiced in hills.
(ii) Diseases of heart and kidney are due to ____________.

20. Mention the contributions of Louis Pasteur.

21. What is meant by natural resources with examples?
22. Write a brief note on the importance of microbes.
23. State the different ways in which fields are irrigated.
24. Give a list of useful products obtained from animals.