CES ENGLISH MEDIUM HIGH SCHOOL YADGIRI

FIRST SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT

SUB: ENGLISH CLASS:8TH DATE:26/09/2022
TIME:1:30HRS MARKS:80
QI) Four alternatives are given below. Choose the right answer 1x6=6
1) The first risers in Ashram
a) Tagore b) birds c) C. F. Andrews d) Choristers
2) “Fish out of water” means
a) feels uncomfortable b) feels comfortable c) fish coming out of water d) catching fish
3) Bee builds her cell
a) beautifully b) strongly c) skillfully d) neatly
4) The white boy had hazel eyes. “hazel means
a)reddish-brown b)pale brown C)yellowish-brown d)bluish brown
5) The extract ‘The Boy Who Asked For More’ is written by
a) Daniel Miller b) Charles Dickens c) A.L. Hendricks d) C.F. Andrews
6) If we take up arms against each other
a) there will be war b) there will be destruction
c)there will be fire and dust in hell d) we defile the earth

Q II) Answer the following questions in two or three sentences 2X7=14

1) What were Shantiniketan boys famous for? When do they play?
2) List out the things where beauty can be seen during the day.
3) Why had Raman’s relatives ask Raman to take up Arts subjects ? How did Raman react to it?
4) Why does the poet call the bee busy?
5) What made the narrator think that the black boy could be the son of a servant or a classmate of the
white boy?
6) What was the punishment that Oliver got asking for more?
7) Do you agree with the poet that we should wage no war? How do you justify that?

QIII) Quote from memory ‘ BEAUTY’ 1X4=4

QIV) Read the following extract and answer the questions below 1X3=3
1) “ I have admitted you to the Institute because of your character”
a) Who said this?
b) To whom it was said?
c)Why did Raman give admission to the candidate ?

QV) Fill in the blanks with the appropriate prefixes choosing from the ones given. 0.5X2=1
1. The school reopens on ……….. 2. Terrorists are ……… social.

QVI) Write summary of Poem ‘No Men are Foreign’

1X3=3
QV) Underline the word that does not belong to the group in each case. 1X2=2
1.farmer, former, doctor, teacher’
2.ate, swallowed, smelt, gulped
3.miserable, sad, agile, sorrowful
4.quickly, hastily, rudely, immediately

QVI) Write a letter You are Rohit/Rohini, monitor of class VIII in CES Public school, yadgiri.
Write a letter to your principal asking him to arrange for special coaching in Mathematics.
Give reasons why you need this. 1X4=4

QVII) Write an essay about ‘’My nation my pride’’ 1X3=3