CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION (CBSE)

Half Yearly Examination Portion 2022-23

GRADE 8
ENGLISH

UNITS SUB-UNITS
 Prose 1: Rashid's School at Okhla
 Prose 2: After Twenty Years
Prose – Literature Reader
 Prose 3: The Postmaster
 Prose 4: A Tiger in the School

 Poem 1: The Geography Lesson

Poem – Literature Reader  Poem 2: The Listeners
 Poem 3: The Tree in Season

 Unit 1: Going Places

Course book  Unit 2: Making Sense of the World
 Unit 3: Challenges at School

 Unit 1: My Favourite Places

 Unit 2: Taste and Smell: What is it like to live without
Workbook
t?
 Unit 3: Abraham Lincoln's school says

 Jumbled Sentences
 Phrases and Clauses
Grammar  Passive voice (Workbook)
 Conditional Clauses (with if and without if) (Course
book)

 Letter Writing - Informal and Formal

 Notice Writing
Writing Skills  Long composition: Article writing
 Long composition: Speech
 Comprehension

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 PHYSICS

UNITS  SUB-UNITS 
 Force - A push or a pull
 Causes and Effects of Force 
 Types of Force with examples 
Unit 1: Force and Pressure 
 Pressure as Force per unit area 
 Pressure exerted by liquids and gases 
 Atmospheric Pressure 
 Frictional Force 
 Factors affecting Friction 
 Types of Friction
Unit 2: Friction 
 Advantages and Disadvantages of
Friction 
 Fluid Friction 
 Production of Sound 
 Sound produced by Humans 
 Propagation of Sound 
Unit 3: Sound   Human ear  
 Characteristics of Sound Wave 
 Differentiate between Noise
and Music 
 To measure the weight of an object 
 To study the variation of pressure
exerted by a liquid with depth
 To prove that sliding friction depends on
Practical
the nature of surfaces in contact 
 To construct a toy phone
 To produce sounds of different
frequencies

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 CHEMISTRY 

UNITS  SUB-UNITS 
 Synthetic fibres 
 Types and Characteristics of Synthetic fibres 
Unit 1:
 Thermoplastics and Thermosetting Plastics 
Synthetic Fibres and
 Characteristics of Plastics 
Plastics 
 Uses of Plastics 
 Plastic and the environment 
 Metals and Nonmetals 
 Physical Properties of metals and non-metals 
Unit 2: Materials:
 Chemical Properties of metals and non-metals 
Metals and Non –
 Displacement Reactions 
 Metals 
 Uses of Metals and Nonmetals 
 Metals in animal and plant body 
 Natural Resources 
 Fossil Fuels 
 Coal and its Formation, Production of Coal 
 Useful products of coal 
Unit 3: Coal and  Petroleum and its Formation 
Petroleum   Extraction & Refining of Petroleum 
 Uses of Petroleum Products 
 Compressed Natural Gas 
 Environmental Effects of combustion 
 Meeting Energy Crisis 
 Measuring strength of fibres 
 Reactivity of metals in terms of reactions with salt
Practical 
solutions 
 Reactivity of Metals with Acids and Bases 

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BIOLOGY

UNITS  SUB-UNITS 
 Agricultural practices, Basic practices of Crop Production-:
Preparation of soil  
 Sowing 
Unit 1: Crop
 Manures and Fertilizers 
Production and
 Advantages of Manure and Crop Rotation 
Management 
 Irrigation – Sources, Traditional and Modern methods) 
 
 Protection from Weeds 
 Harvesting and Storage 
 Animal Husbandry 
 Deforestation and its causes  
 Consequences of Deforestation   
 Conservation of forest and wildlife   
Unit-2: Conservation
 Biosphere Reserves    
of Plants and
 Flora and fauna  
Animals 
 Endemic species 
  
Red Data Book 
  
Migration 
  
 Wildlife Sanctuary & National parks 
 Recycling of paper 
 Reforestation 
 Microorganisms: Algae, Fungi Protozoa, Bacteria &
Virus, where do microorganisms live 
 Friendly Microorganisms  
Unit-  Increasing Soil Fertility 
3:  Microorganisms:  Cleaning the Environment  
Friend and Foe   Commercial and Medicinal use of microorganisms 
                     Vaccines 
 Disease causing organisms in humans, plants, and animals 
 Food Preservation 
 Nitrogen fixation and Nitrogen cycle 
Unit-4: Pollution of  Air pollution and its causes
Air and Water  Water pollution and its causes
 To observe and identify microorganism from permanent slides
of microorganisms.
Practical  
 To observe soil microorganisms from temporary slides.
 To study fermentation in yeasts & observe permanent slides. 

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 HISTORY

UNITS SUB-UNITS
 Importance of dates in History
Chapter 1- How,  How do we periodise History?
when and where  Surveys become important
 Sources of History
 Arrival of East India Company in India
 Establishment of East India Company in India - How
trade led to battles
Chapter 2- From
 Expansion of the East India Company's Rule in India
Trade to Territory
Setting up a New Administration
 Map interpretation and Map marking Expansion of
British power in India
Chapter 3- Ruling  The Company acquires the Diwani Rights
the Countryside  The Blue Rebellion & After
 How did Tribal groups live?
Chapter 4- Tribals,
 How did Colonial Rule Affect Tribal lives?
Dikusand the vision
 Forest Laws & their impact
of a Golden Age
 Closer look -The Tribal Revolt - Birsa Munda
 Policies & the People
 Through the eyes of the People
 A mutiny becomes a popular Rebellion
Chapter 5 - When
 The Company Fights back
People Rebel
 Aftermath of the Rebellion
 Map Work: Outline map of India- Locate Centres or
places of the Revolt in 1857
Chapter 6 -
Weavers, Iron  Weavers, Iron smelters and Factory owners
smelters and  The sword of Tipu Sultan and Wootz steel.
Factory owners.

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 GEOGRAPHY

UNITS SUB-UNITS
 Meaning of resources
 Types of resources
Unit 1. Resources
 Conserving resources
 Principles of sustainable Development
 Land and Land use
 A Study on Land Slide
 Soil and Factors of Soil Formation
 Conservation of Land Resources
Unit 2. Land, Soil,  Degradation of Soil and Conservation Measures
Natural Vegetation Water, Problems of Water Availability
and Wildlife  Conservation of Water Resources
Resources  Natural Vegetation and Wildlife
 Distribution of Natural Vegetation
 Conservation of Natural Vegetation and Wildlife
 Map Work: Outline map of India-Locate National
parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries
 Mineral and Types of Minerals
 Distribution of Minerals
 Uses of Minerals, Conservation of Minerals
Unit 3. Mineral and  Power Resources
Power Resources  Conventional Sources of Power
 Non- Conventional Sources of Power
 Map Work: World Map-Distribution of Mineral oil,
Coal, Iron, Copper, and bauxite

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 POLITICAL SCIENCE

UNITS SUB-UNITS
UNIT 1: THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION AND SECULARISM
 Need for a Constitution
Chapter 1 - The
 The Indian Constitutional key features
Indian Constitution
 Fundamental rights in the Indian constitution
 What is Secularism?
Chapter 2 -
 Why is it important to separate Religion from the
Understanding
State?
Secularism
 Indian Secularism
UNIT 2: PARLIAMENT AND MAKING OF LAWS
Chapter 3: Why do  Why should people decide?
we need a  People and their Representatives
Parliament?  The Role of the Parliament
 Application of Laws
Chapter 4 -
 New Laws
Understanding Laws
 Unpopular and Controversial Laws
Unit 3: The Judiciary
 What is the role of Judiciary?
 What is an Independent Judiciary?
Chapter 5-Judiciary  What is the structure of Courts in India?
 Different branches of the legal system.

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 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 

UNITS  SUB-UNITS 
• What is 'Artificial Intelligence' or AI?
• Meaning of Artificial Intelligence: Definition
• Philosophy of AI
• Artificial Intelligence versus Human Intelligence
• Types of Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Narrow Intelligence
(ANI), Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
• Is there another way to classify AI,
Unit 1: Excite  • What contributes to AI
• AI Technique
• Programming without and with AI
• Fields related to Artificial Intelligence
• Applications of AI
• Limitations of AI today
• Three domains of AI

• Relating Artificial Intelligence to our everyday life

• Everyday influences of Artificial Intelligence
• Relevance of AI in our lives
• Applications of AI
• Smart Living: Smart homes to smart cities
Unit 2: Relate
• Smart Living: How can smart homes connect to smart
cities?
• Smart Living: Data for smart homes

• Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

• Appreciating the complexity of social issues:
• Social issues may be interlinked and integrated across SDGs
Unit 3: Purpose • Appreciating the complexity of social issues:
• Social Issues can be inter-sectional to one or more SDGs
• Using AI to help achieve SDGs

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 Course B – Hindi 2nd Language

UNITS SUB-UNITS
व्याकरण  संज्ञा
 स्वर संधि
 उपसर्ग प्रत्यय
 मुहावरे (1 से 20 तक )

लेखन  धवज्ञापन लेखन
 औपचाररक
 धचत्र वणगन
 संवाद लेखन
 अनुच्छेद लेखन
अपठित पद्यां श  अपधित र्द्ां श

कहानी संचय  प्रायधित का पुरस्कार

 नहले पर दहला
 र् ं व के र्ुणी राम
 चीफ की दावत
 अनोखा सेनापधत
वसंत  ध्वधन
 धचधियों की अनूिी दु धनया
 क्या धनराश हुआ जाए
 भर्वान के डाधकए
 दीवानों की हस्ती
 बस की यात्रा
 यह सबसे कधिन समय नहीं है
 कबीर की साखखय ं
 लाख की चू धिय ं

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 Marathi

UNITS SUB-UNITS

कविता ८. आपलय रयष्ट्रध्वज

पाठ ९. प्रयणी सांग्रहयलययची सहल

पाठ १०. अशी असयवी मैत्री

कविता ११. झयडे लयवूयय

नयम
सववनयम
वचन बदलय
समयनयर्थी शब्द

व्याकरण ठवरुद्धयर्थी शब्द

MATHEMATICS

UNITS SUB-UNITS
 Natural numbers and whole numbers, integers, rational
numbers
 Integers and rational numbers
 Property of rational number for a given operation -
Unit-1 Rational
commutative, associative, distributive
Numbers
 Role of zero and 1
 Additive and multiplicative inverse
 Representing rational numbers on a number line.
 Finding rational numbers between two given rational
numbers.
 Linear equations
 Solving equations which have linear expressions on one side
Unit-2 Linear
and numbers on the other side.
Equation in
 Applications- word problems
One Variable
 Solving equations having variables on both sides.
 Application - word problems.
 Reducing a given equation to linear form

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 Continued…

 Simple curve, simple closed curve, polygon, convex polygon,

Unit-3 Understanding concave polygon, regular and irregular polygon
Quadrilaterals  Polygons
 Special quadrilaterals - trapezium, parallelogram, kite.
 Special parallelograms - Rhombus and rectangle
 Construction of quadrilaterals using scale and compass –
o when four sides and one diagonal are given.
Unit-4 Practical
o when two diagonals and three sides are given.
Geometry
o when two adjacent sides and three angles are given.
o when three sides and two included angles are given.
o when other special properties are known.
 Pictograph, bar graph, double bar graph.
 Frequency distribution table for ungrouped and grouped
Unit-5 Data Handling data.
 Histogram
 Pie chart for a given data.
 Probability
 Square numbers and its properties
Unit-6 Square and
 Pythagorean triplet.
Square Roots
 Finding the square roots through repeated subtraction, prime
factorisation, and division method.
Unit-7 Cube and Cube  Cubes and perfect cubes
Roots  Finding cube roots through prime factorization method and
estimation
 Express a quantity in ratio form and as percentage
 Finding the Increase or Decrease Percent
 Estimation in percentages
Unit-8 Comparing
 Cost price, selling price, profit, loss and profit and loss
Quantities
percentage
 Finding Discount on cost or selling price
 Compound Interest
 Application of compound interest in real life

Unit 1: Memory Drawing

Art Unit 2: Charcoal

Unit 2: Charcoal Painting

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