EXAM PORTION

2020-21
Subject: Mathematics Grade: VIII

Name of the Prescribed Textbook: Mathematics (Textbook for Class VIII)

Name of the Publisher: NCERT
ISBN No. of the textbook: 978-81-7450-814-0

Exam Name Lesson Name Rationale for the selection of portion

Periodic Test  Chapter 1: Rational Numbers NA
1  Chapter 2: Linear Equation in One Variable
 Chapter 5: Data Handling
 Chapter 6: Squares and Square Roots

Half Yearly  Chapter 1: Rational Numbers NA

Examination  Chapter 2: Linear Equation in One Variable
 Chapter 5: Data Handling
 Chapter 6: Squares and Square Roots
 Chapter 3: Understanding Quadrilaterals
 Chapter 4: Practical Geometry
 Chapter 7: Cubes and Cube Roots
 Chapter 8: Comparing Quantities

Periodic Test  Chapter 9: Algebraic Expression and NA

2 Identities
 Chapter 10: Visualising Solid Shapes
 Chapter 11: Mensuration
 Chapter 12: Exponents and Powers

Yearly Portion from Term I  As per the assessment guide, 30%

Examination  Chapter 2: Linear Equation in One Variable
 Chapter 3: Understanding Quadrilaterals
 Chapter 6: Squares and Square Roots
Portion from Term II
 Chapter 9: Algebraic Expression and
Identities
 Chapter 10: Visualising Solid Shapes
 Chapter 11: Mensuration
 Chapter 12: Exponents and Powers
 Chapter 13: Direct and Inverse
Proportions
 Chapter 14: Factorisation
 Chapter 15: Introduction to Graph
 Chapter 16: Playing with Numbers
portion of term 1 is assessed in
term 2.
 For the same, chapter 2 (Linear
Equation in One Variable), chapter
3 (Understanding Quadrilaterals)
and chapter 6 (Squares and Square
Roots) are selected from Term 1.
The concepts learned in these three
lessons in grade 8 form the base to
study different concepts of Algebra
and Geometry and their application
in higher grades.
 Chapter 17 – Sets (Learning
Resource) is not included for
assessment

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 EXAM PORTION
2020-21
Subject: Hindi Grade: VIII

Name of the Prescribed Textbook: खंड ‘ग’ (पाठ)

Name of the Publisher: NCERT
ISBN No: 978-81-7450-817-1
Name of the Prescribed Grammar book: व्याकरण लतिका- 8
Name of the Publisher: मधब
ु न
ISBN No: 978-81-259-5362-3

विशेष सूचना-
1. इन परीक्षाओं में वसंि भाग- 3, व्याकरण लतिका- 8 और लतनिंग ररसोसस- 8 िीनों पुस्िकों पर
आधाररि प्रश्न पूछे जाएँगे |
2. पाठ्यपुस्िक के सारे पाठों को परीक्षा में शाममल ककया जाए, यह अतनवायस नहीं है | क्योंकक इससे
छात्रों पर अनावश्यक मानमसक दबाव बनिा है | इसमलए इस Exam Portion में तनम्नमलखखि पाठ
को सम्म्ममलि नहीं ककया गया है -
िसंत भाग- 3
14. अकबरी लोटा

Exam Name Chapter Name

Periodic Test 1 खंड ‘क’ (अपठित बोध)
 अपठठि काव्यांश

खंड ‘ख’ (व्याकरण)

 पयासयवाची
 अनेकार्सक शब्द
 अनुस्वार
 अनुनामसक
 संज्ञा
 वचन
 ववशेषण
 शब्द-शोधन

खंड ‘ग’ (पाि)

1. ध्वतन

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 2. लाख की चड़ू ियाँ
3. बस की यात्रा

खंड ‘घ’ (सज

ृ नात्मक लेखन)
 अनुच्छे द
 पत्र (अनौपचाररक / औपचाररक)
 सूचना

Half Yearly Examination खंड ‘क’ (अपठित बोध)

 अपठठि गदयांश
 अपठठि काव्यांश

खंड ‘ख’ (व्याकरण)

 ववलोम शब्द
 अनेकार्सक शब्द
 श्रतु िसममभन्नार्सक शब्द
 नुक्िा
 ‘र’ के ववमभन्न रूप
 वणस-ववच्छे द
 संधध
 उपसगस
 कारक
 किया
 वाक्य-ववचार (भेद- अर्स के आधार पर)
 ववरामधचह्न

खंड ‘ग’ (पाि)

4. दीवानों की हस्िी
6. भगवान के डाककए
7. क्या तनराश हुआ जाए
8. यह सबसे कठठन समय नहीं
9. कबीर की साखखयाँ

खंड ‘घ’ (सज

ृ नात्मक लेखन)
 अनुच्छे द

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  पत्र (अनौपचाररक / औपचाररक)
 संवाद
 धचत्र-वणसन
 ववज्ञापन

Periodic Test 2 खंड ‘क’ (अपठित बोध)

 अपठठि गदयांश

खंड ‘ख’ (व्याकरण)

 पयासयवाची शब्द
 ववलोम शब्द
 लोकोम्क्ियाँ
 वणस-ववच्छे द
 प्रत्यय
 काल
 वाक्य-शोधन

खंड ‘ग’ (पाि)

10. कामचोर
11. जब मसनेमा ने बोलना सीखा
12. सुदामा चररि

खंड ‘घ’ (सज

ृ नात्मक लेखन)
 तनबंध / आत्मकर्ा
 संवाद

Yearly Examination For Portion from Term 1:

Grade 8 Yearly 5. धचठियों की अनूठी दतु नया
Examination
8. यह सबसे कठठन समय नहीं
(30% of First Term)
9. कबीर की साखखयाँ

Portion from Term 2:

खंड ‘क’ (अपठित बोध)
 अपठठि गदयांश
 अपठठि काव्यांश

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खंड ‘ख’ (व्याकरण)
 वाक्यांश के मलए एक शब्द
 अनेकार्सक शब्द
 श्रतु िसममभन्नार्सक शब्द
 मुहावरे
 वणस-ववच्छे द
 पदबंध
 उपसगस
 समास
 मलंग
 वाच्य
 अव्यय
 वाक्य-ववचार (भेद- रचना के आधार पर)

खंड ‘ग’ (पाि)

13. जहाँ पठहया है
15. सूर के पद
16. पानी की कहानी
17. बाज और साँप
18. टोपी

खंड ‘घ’ (सज

ृ नात्मक लेखन)
 अनच्
ु छे द
 पत्र (अनौपचाररक / औपचाररक)
 संवाद
 सच
ू ना
 ववज्ञापन

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 Term Portion
2019-20
Subject: Computer Grade: 8

Exam Name Subject Chapter Name Rationale for the selection of portion
Periodic Computer Chapter 4: Writing Blogs and Creating  Topics form a progression till
Test 1 Websites grade 10.
(Theory and
Practical)

Half Yearly Computer Chapter 2:Inside Internet  Topics form a progression till
Examination Chapter 4: Writing Blogs and Creating grade 10.
(Theory and Websites
Practical) Chapter 5:Innovation and Creativity:
Integrated Activities
Chapter 8: BASIC Programming

Periodic Computer Chapter 4: Writing Blogs and Creating  Topics form a progression till
Test 2 Websites grade 10.
(Theory and Chapter 9: Introduction to Database
Practical) and DBMS

For Grade 8 Computer Portion from Term 1:  Blog creation is an important

Yearly Chapter 2:Inside Internet skill required in 21st century.
Examination Chapter 8: BASIC Programming Moreover it can be used as
(30% of integration with other
First Term) subjects.
(Theory and  Inside Internet forms a
Practical) progression in higher grades.
Portion from Term 2:  Topics form a progression till
Chapter 6: Binary Number Chapter 3: grade 10.
Social Networking
System: Bits and Bytes
Chapter 7: System configuration and
Troubleshooting
Chapter 9: Introduction to Database
and DBMS
 EXAM PORTION
2020-21
Subject: English Grade: VIII

Name of the Prescribed Textbook:

 Literature: Honeydew (NCERT) ISBN 978 – 7450 – 821 – 8
 Grammar: New Enjoying Grammar (Orient BlackSwan) ISBN 978-81-250-5281-4

Rationale for the selection of

Exam Name Chapter Name
portion
Periodic Test Literature  Lesson 1. The Best Christmas
1 Present in the World
 The Ant and the Cricket (Poem)
 Lesson 2. The Tsunami
 Geography Lesson (Poem)
Grammar  1. The Simple Present and the
Present Continuous Tenses
 2. The Present Perfect and the
Present Perfect Continuous
Tenses
 3. The Simple Past and the Past
Continuous Tenses
 4. The Past Perfect and the Past
Perfect Continuous Tenses
 5. Expressing Future Time
Composition  Persuasive Writing
 Informal Letter Writing
 Reflective Essay
Note -Dictionary skills, related vocabulary and idioms, spelling, antonyms, punctuation, rhyming words and
rhyme scheme, suffixes/prefixes, figures of speech (Simile, metaphor, personification) Imagery, tone,
mood, , fixed expressions, phrasal verbs, word stress, connotations, collocations, compound words, archaic
words, adjectives associated with animals (like canine, feline), American and British usages, same words as
different parts of speech, historic present (Any of these may be asked for exam)

Half Yearly Literature  Lesson Chapter 3. Glimpses of Those lessons assessed in the
Examination the Past periodic test 1 are not included
 Macavity: The Mystery Cat in Half Yearly Examination
(Poem) except the grammar topics.
 Lesson 4. Bepin Choudhury’s
Lapse of Memory
 The Last Bargain (Poem)
 Lesson 5. The Summit Within

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 Grammar  1. The Simple Present and the
Present Continuous Tenses
 2. The Present Perfect and the
Present Perfect Continuous
Tenses
 3. The Simple Past and the Past
Continuous Tenses
 4. The Past Perfect and the Past
Perfect Continuous Tenses
 5. Expressing Future Time
 6. Modal Auxiliaries
 7. Positions of Adverbs
 8. Finite and Non-Finite Verbs
 9. Infinitives
 10. Gerunds
 11. Participles
Composition  Letter to the Editor
 Descriptive Writing (Person/
Place)
 Autobiography Writing
Note - Dictionary skills, related vocabulary and idioms, spelling, antonyms, punctuation, rhyming words
and rhyme scheme, suffixes/prefixes, figures of speech (Simile, metaphor, personification) Imagery, tone,
mood, , fixed expressions, phrasal verbs, word stress, connotations, collocations, compound words, archaic
words, adjectives associated with animals (like canine, feline), American and British usages, same words as
different parts of speech, historic present (Any of these may be asked for exam)

Periodic Test Literature  The School Boy (Poem)

2  Lesson 6. This is Jody’s Fawn
 Lesson 7. A Visit to Cambridge
 When I set out for Lyonnesse
(Poem)
Grammar  12. Subject-Verb Agreement
 13. Active and Passive Voice
 14. Using Nouns and Prepositions
 15. Using Adjectives and
Prepositions
 16. Prepositional Verbs and
Phrasal Verbs
Composition  Report Writing
 Story Writing
 Formal Letter Writing (Complaint)
Note - Dictionary skills, related vocabulary and idioms, spelling, antonyms, punctuation, rhyming words
and rhyme scheme, suffixes/prefixes, figures of speech (Simile, metaphor, personification) Imagery, tone,
mood, , fixed expressions, phrasal verbs, word stress, connotations, collocations, compound words, archaic
words, adjectives associated with animals (like canine, feline), American and British usages, same words as
different parts of speech, historic present (Any of these may be asked for exam)

Yearly Literature Portion from Term 2: Those lessons assessed in the

Examination  Lesson 8. A Short Monsoon periodic test 2 are not
Diary included in Yearly Examination
 On the Grasshopper and the Ant except the grammar topics.
(Poem) 30% of the first term syllabus

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  Lesson 9. The Great Stone Face - assessed.
I
 Lesson 10. The Great Stone Face
– II
Grammar Portion from Term 2:
 12. Subject-Verb Agreement
 13. Active and Passive Voice
 14. Using Nouns and Prepositions
 15. Using Adjectives and
Prepositions
 16. Prepositional Verbs and
Phrasal Verbs
 17. Noun Clauses
 18. Relative Clauses
 19. Reduced Relative Clauses
 20. Adverbial Clauses
 21. Conditionals
 22. Direct and Indirect Speech
 23. Sentence Linkers
 24. Punctuation 1
 25. Punctuation 2
Composition Portion from Term 2:
 Diary Entry
 Formal Letter Writing (Complaint)
 Story Writing
For Grade 8 Literature Portion from Term 1:
Yearly  Lesson 1. The Best Christmas
Examination Present in the World
(30% of First  The Ant and the Cricket (Poem)
Term)  Lesson 2. The Tsunami
Grammar Portion from Term 1:
 6. Modal Auxiliaries
 8. Finite and Non-finite Verbs
 11. Participles
Composition  Speech Writing
 Reflective Essay
 Debate Writing
Note - Dictionary skills, related vocabulary and idioms, spelling, antonyms, punctuation, rhyming words
and rhyme scheme, suffixes/prefixes, figures of speech (Simile, metaphor, personification) Imagery, tone,
mood, , fixed expressions, phrasal verbs, word stress, connotations, collocations, compound words, archaic
words, adjectives associated with animals (like canine, feline), American and British usages, same words as
different parts of speech, historic present (Any of these may be asked for exam)

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 EXAM PORTION
2020-21
Subject: Science Grade: VIII

Name of the Prescribed Textbook: Science Textbook for Class VIII

Name of the Publisher: NCERT

Rationale for the selection of

Exam Name Chapter Name
portion
Periodic Test 1  Chapter 1: Crop Production and  As per the assessment guide,
Management 30% portion from term 1 is
 Chapter 2: Microorganisms : Friend And assessed in term 2.
Foe  For the same, Chapter 4
 Chapter 4: Materials: Metals and Non- (Materials: Metals and Non-
metals metals), Chapter 8 (Cell:
 Chapter 11: Force and Pressure Structure and Function) and
Chapter 16 (Light) are selected
Half Yearly  Chapter 1: Crop Production and from term 1. The concepts
Examination Management learnt in these chapters in
 Chapter 2: Microorganisms : Friend And grade 8 form the base to study
Foe concepts in Grade 9 and 10.
 Chapter 4: Materials: Metals and Non-
metals
 Chapter 11: Force and Pressure
 Chapter 3: Synthetic Fibre and Plastics
 Chapter 5: Coal and Petroleum
 Chapter 8: Cell: Structure and Function
 Chapter 15: Some Natural Phenomena
 Chapter 16: Light

Periodic Test 2  Chapter 7: Conservation of Plants and

Animals
 Chapter 13: Sound
 Chapter 14: Chemical Effect of Electric
Current
 Chapter 17: Stars and the Solar System

Yearly Examination Portion from Term 1:

 Chapter 4: Materials: Metals and Non-
metals
 Chapter 8: Cell: Structure and Function
 Chapter 16: Light

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Portion from Term 2:
 Chapter 6: Combustion and Flame
 Chapter 7: Conservation of Plants and
Animals
 Chapter 12: Friction
 Chapter 13: Sound
 Chapter 14: Chemical Effect of Electric
Current
 Chapter 17: Stars and the Solar System
 Chapter 9 : Reproduction in Animals
 Chapter 10: Reaching the Age of
Adolescence
 Chapter 18: Pollution of Air and Water

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 EXAM PORTION
2020-21
Subject: Social Science Grade: VIII

Name of the Prescribed Textbook: Our Pasts- III, Social and Political Life- III, Resources and
Development
Name of the Publisher: NCERT

Exam Name Subject Chapter Name Rationale for the selection of

portion
Periodic History (Our  Chapter 1: How, When and  Chapter 2: From Trade to
Test 1 Pasts- III) Where Territory The Company
 Chapter 3: Ruling the Countryside Establishes Power is assessed
in Term II. Therefore, it is not
included here.
Social and  Chapter 1: The Indian  Chapter 3: Why do we need
Political Life Constitution a Parliament? is assessed in
(Social and  Chapter 2: Understanding Term II. Therefore, it is not
Political Life- III) Secularism included here.

Geography  Chapter 1: Resources

(Resources and  Chapter 2: Land, Soil, Water,
Development) Natural Vegetation and Wildlife
Resources

Half Yearly History (Our  Chapter 3: Ruling the Countryside
Examination Pasts- III)  Chapter 4: Tribals, Dikus and the
Vision of a Golden Age
 Chapter 5: When People Rebel
1857 and after
Social and  Chapter 2: Understanding
Political Life Secularism
(Social and  Chapter 4: Understanding Laws
Political Life- III)  Chapter 5: Judiciary
Geography  Chapter 1: Resources
(Resources and  Chapter 2: Land, Soil, Water,
Development) Natural Vegetation and Wildlife
Resources
 Chapter 3: Minerals and Power
 Chapter 1: How, When and
Where is assessed in Periodic
Test 1. Therefore, it is not
assessed here.
 Chapter 2: From Trade to
Territory - The Company
Establishes Power is assessed
in Term II. Therefore, it is not
included here.
 Chapter 1: The Indian
Constitution and Chapter 3:
Why do we need a
Parliament? are assessed in
Term II. Therefore, these
chapters are not included
here.

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Periodic History (Our  Chapter 6: Weavers, Iron

Test 2 Pasts- III) Smelters and Factory Owners
Chapter 7: Civilising the “Native”,
Educating the Nation
Social and  Chapter 6: Understanding Our
Political Life Criminal Justice System
(Social and  Chapter 7: Understanding
Political Life- III) Marginalisation

Geography  Chapter 4: Agriculture

(Resources and  Chapter 5: Industries
Development)

For Grade 8 History (Our Portion from Term 1:  Chapter 2: From Trade to
Yearly Pasts- III)  Chapter 2: From Trade to Territory The Company
Examination Territory The Company Establishes Power and
(30% of Establishes Power Chapter 5: When People Rebel
First Term)  Chapter 5: When People Rebel 1857 and after- As per vertical
1857 and after progression, Chapter2 and
Chapter 5 lend to Chapter 3:
Nationalism in India, in Grade
X
Portion from Term 2: Chapters 6 and 7 are assessed in
 Chapter 8: Women, Caste and Periodic Test 2. Therefore, these
Reform chapters are not assessed here.
 Chapter 9: The Making of the
National Movement: 1870s-1947
 Chapter 10: India after
Independence
Social and Portion from Term 1:  Chapter 1: The Indian
Political Life  Chapter 1: The Indian Constitution and Chapter 3:
(Social and Constitution Why do we need a
Political Life- III)  Chapter 3: Why do we need a Parliament? - As per vertical
Parliament? progression, Chapter 1: The
Indian Constitution and
Chapter 3: Constitutional
Design lend to Chapter 5:
Working of Institutions, in
grade IX.
Portion from Term 2: Chapters 6 and 7 are assessed in
 Chapter 8: Confronting Periodic Test 2. Therefore, these
Marginalisation chapters are not assessed here.
 Chapter 9: Public Facilities
 Chapter 10: Law and Social
Justice
Geography Portion from Term 1:  Chapter 2: Land, Soil, Water,
(Resources and  Chapter 2: Land, Soil, Water, Natural Vegetation and
Development) Natural Vegetation and Wildlife Wildlife Resources - As per
Resources vertical progression, Chapter

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 Chapter 3: Minerals and Power
Resources
Portion from Term 2:
 Chapter 6: Human Resources
2 lends to Chapter 5: Natural
Vegetation and Wildlife, in
Grade IX and Chapter 3:
Mineral and Power
Resources lends to Chapter
5: Minerals and Energy
Resources, in Grade X.
Chapters 4 and 5 are assessed in
Periodic Test 2. Therefore, these
chapters are not assessed here.