FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT – III

MONTH – NOVEMBER

CLASS – VIII th

TIME:-1 Hour M.M. – 20Marks

1) All questions are compulsory.

2) Marks are indicated against each question.

3) Paper is divided into 4 sections

a) Reading

b) Writing

c) Grammar

d) Literature

READING

A 1. Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions. (1X5=5)

Once a fisherman caught a very big fish in his net. When he cut it open, he found a lovely diamond ring
in it. He thought of presenting this ring to the king who he hoped would give him a big reward. So, he
took the ring and reached the king’s palace. He presented the ring to the king, and said, “My Lord, I
found it inside a fish when I cut it open.”

As soon as the King saw the ring he remembered everything – Kanwa Muni’s cottage, the beautiful
Shakuntala, his marriage with her, and the ring he had given her at the time of parting. How sorry the
king was to have treated Shakuntala so badly. He at once sent messengers in all directions to try to find
Shakuntala, but in vain.

At last the king himself went out to find her. One day, as he was riding through the forest, he saw a
handsome boy, boldly playing with a lioness and her cub. His name was Bharat ‘That he is a brave boy.
He looks like me. He must be my own son, “ said the king to himself.

(1) Who was the boy playing with?

(a) With his friends

(b) With his toys

(c) With a lioness and her cub

(d) With a tiger

(2)How did the king treat Shakuntala?

(a) Badly

(b) Lovingly

(c) Boldly

(d) Kindly

(3) Where did the fisherman find the ring?

(a) In his boat

(b) Inside a fish

(c) In his fish net

(d) In a forest

(4) Where did the King’s man find Shakuntala?

(a) Nowhere

(b) In a forest

(c) In Kanwa Muni’s cottage

(d) In a cave

(2) Which wound in the passage means ‘lovely’?

(a) Brave

(b) Beautiful

(c) Diamond

(d) Palace

WRITING

B 1. Write a paragraph by using hints given about Kofi Annan. (100 words)

 General of United Nations.

 Nobel prize winner in 2001

GRAMMER

C 1. Fill in the blanks with the future perfect tense of the verbs in the brackets. ½ + ½ =1
(a) Phone me after 9 o’ clock…………………..dinner by them.

(b) We’re late. The film……………………………….. (Start) by the time we get to the cinema.

C 2. Change each structure into a comparative structure ½+½=1

(a) If the house is big, the price is high.

(b) As he earned more money, he spent it more on useless things.

C 3. Complete the sentences by supplying the right preposition and the – ing form of the verbs given in
the brackets. ½ + ½ = 1

(a) Meena insisted …………………………….. (pay) the bill though we protested.

(b) The Doctor warned Rohit ……………………………….. (take) too many antibiotics.

C 4. Use proper (otherwise & but) clauses and fill in the blanks. ½+½=1

(a) Please return my book …………………………….I shall complain to the teacher.

(b) I am studying hard ……………………………….. her brother is lazy.

LITERATURE

D 1. Answer the questions in short.

(A) why Attila was the cause of disappointment for the family? 1

(B) Why younger brother was afraid of elder brother? 1

(C) Who was Ranga? 1

D 2. What was the difference between the attitude of the two brothers towards studies. Justify your
answer with example.
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT – III

MONTH – NOVEMBER

CLASS – VIII th

TIME:-1 Hour M.M. – 20Marks

1) All questions are compulsory.

2) Marks are indicated against each question.

3) Paper is divided into 4 sections

a) Reading

b) Writing

c) Grammar

d) Literature

READING

A 1. In spite of all the honours that are heaped upon him. Pasteur, as has been said, remained simple at
heart. Perhaps, the imagery of his boyhood days, when he drew the familiar scenes of his birth place,
and the longing to be a great artist, though after his sixteenth year he abandoned the brush for ever like
every artist worth, he put his whole soul and energy into his work, and it was this energy that in the end
wore him out. For to him each sufferer was something more than just a case that was to be cured he
looked upon the fight against hydrophobia as a battle, and he was absorbed in his determination to win.
The sight of injured children, particularly, moved him to an indescribable extent. He suffered with his
patients, and yet he would not deny himself a share in that suffering. His greatest grief was when sheer
physical exhaustion made him give up his active work

Choose the correct option to answer each question (1X5=5)

1. What did Pasteur never forget all his life?

(a) The honours heaped on him

(b) His work as a scientist

(c) His work as an artist

(d) The imagery of his boyhood days.

2. What is the one great quality of every artist?

(a) He is simple at heart

(b) He is God-feating

(c) He is puts all his soul and energy into his work.

(d) He practices Gospal virtues.

3. How did Pasteur view those who suffered from diseases?

(a) He viewed them as hopeless cases.

(b) He viewed them as ordinary patients.

(c) He viewed them as cases that had to be cured.

(d) He viewed them as good sources of income.

4. Why did Pasteur give up his active work?

(a) Because of complete physical exhaustion.

(b) Because of extreme old age.

(c) Because of his interest in painting

(d) Because of his love for dogs

5. Find from the passage a word which means ‘to give up’?

(a) Abandon

(b) Wore

(c) Hydrophobia

(d) Exhaustion

WRITING

B 1. Given below in a newspaper report on the state of cancer prevailing in India. You have been asked
to deliver a special on ‘Cancer – A silent Killer during World Health Day celebrations. Taking information
from the clipping given below, write the speed in about 150 words

In India, cities are more cancer prone than rural areas. In the early 1990’s, we expected one out of 10 –
15 urban Indians to get cancer in their lifetime, that is every second or third family would have to face
this disease. This is party due ti high levels of benzene in the air and also that the metros are exposed to
high levels of pesticides in their foods. In order to check the steady growth of cancer in the country the
government shall have to give priority to preventive action.

GRAMMER
G 1. Complete the following head lines by choosing the correct answer from the options given below:

(i) PM leaves for Moscow:-

PM……………………on Thursday according to reports from the Prime Minister’s office.

(a) Will leave for Moscow

(b) Have leave for Moscow

(c) Has left for Moscow

(d) Are leaving for Moscow

(ii) Clashes kill 20 in Nandigram clashes between two warring groups………………Nandigram in West
Bengal.

(a) Kills 20 people

(b) Killed 20 people

(c) Has been killed 20 people

(d) Have been killed 20 people

G 2. Fill in the blanks choosing the correct option: ½ + ½ =1

(1) Hillary Clinton is ………………………………(a/the/an) 67 th U.S. Secretary of state.

(2) She embarked ……………………………(on/in/at/for) a career in law graduating from Yale Law School .

G 3. Reaarange the following sentences. ½ + ½ =1

(1) Put into/as the/ at low/ baby / can/ he/ is/ as soon/ water/ toddle/ tide.

(2) Long enough/ the mother/ him/ does not/ to weary/ there/ leave/him

G 4. Choose the right option ½ + ½ =1

(1) Brer Rabbit…………………………..(dedicated/ had decided) gardening was too much hard work.

(2) The most vulnerable agricultural systems………………….(care/ have been) the rain – fed uplands &
lowlands that from 80% of total rice land.
LITERATURE

Q 1. Short questions

(a) Why did the poet go to the dentist? How could she have avoided it? 1

(b) Why does the schoolboy whine when he goes to school? 1

(c) What habit of the mother was it that jarred upon Harold? 1

Long Questions

Q 2. What happens at the first lesson in musketry? How does the Professor gain or loss by it?
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT – III

MONTH – NOVEMBER

CLASS – VIII th

TIME:-1 Hour M.M. – 20Marks

1) All questions are compulsory.

2) Marks are indicated against each question.

3) Paper is divided into 4 sections

a) Reading

b) Writing

c) Grammar

d) Literature

READING
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT – III

MONTH – NOVEMBER

CLASS – X th

TIME:-1 Hour M.M. – 20Marks

1) All questions are compulsory.

2) Marks are indicated against each question.

3) Paper is divided into 4 sections

a) Reading

b) Writing

c) Grammar

d) Literature

READING