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DIWALI ASSIGNMENT (8TH CLASS - PHYSICS)

FORCE & FRICTION

1. Match Column-I with Column-II
Colu mn-I Column-II
(a) A child running to catch the school bus (i) Force can make a stationary object to move
(b) A man blowing a balloon (ii) Force can stop a moving object
(c) A woman pushing a table (iii) Force can change the shape of an object
(d) A cricketer catching a ball (iv) Force can make an object move faster
2. A block of weight 5N is placed on a horizontal table. A person pushes the block from top by exerting a downward force
of 3N on it. Find the force exerted by the table on the block.

3N

5N

3. An object of mass 2 kg is sliding with a constant velocity of 4 m s–1 on a frictionless horizontal table. Calculate the
force required to keep the object moving with the same velocity.
4. A 17th century scientist observed that for frictionless surfaces X and Y, a ball released from the top reaches the top on the
other side.
If 'Z' is also a frictionless surface, how far would a ball roll when released from the top of the inclined surface ?

h 

X Y Z
5. A force of 5 N produces an acceleration of 8 m s–2 on a mass m1 and an acceleration of 24 m s–2 on a mass m2. What
acceleration (in m s–2) would the same force provide if both the masses are tied together ?
6. A constant force acting on a body of mass 3.0 kg change s its speed from 2.0 m s –1 to 3.5 m s –1 i n
25 s. The direction of the motion of the body remains unchanged. What is the magnitude of the force
(in newton) ?
7. The driver of a three-wheeler moving with a speed of 36 km/h sees a child standing in the middle of the road and
brings his vehicle to rest in 4.0 s just in time to save the child. What is the average retarding force on the vehicle ? The
mass of the three-wheeler is 400 kg and the mass of the driver is 60 kg.
8. A constant force acts on an object of mass 5 kg for a duration of 2 s. It increases the object’s velocity from 3 m s–1 to 7 m
s–1. If the force was applied for a duration of 5 s, what would be the final velocity of the object ?
9. A vehicle of 100 kg is moving with a velocity of 5 m/s. To stop it in 1/10 s, the required force in opposite direction is,

10. Write the factors on which the static friction between two surfaces depends on.

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THRUST & PRESSURE
1. The two thigh bones (femurs), each of cross-sectional area 10 cm2 support the upper part of a human body of mass 40
kg. Estimate the total pressure sustained by both the femurs.(Given g = 10 m s–2)
2. Write the relation between pascal and newton.
3. The vessels shown below all contain water to the same height. Rank them according to the pressure exerted by the
water on the vessel bottoms, least to greatest.

4. What is the principle of fluid pressure that is used in hydraulic brakes or lifts.
5. Two vessels A and B have the same base area and contain water to the same height, but the mass of water in A is four
times that in B. The ratio of the liquid thrust at the base of A to that at the base of B is

H
A B

 
6. A girl stands on a box having 60 cm length, 40 cm breadth and 20 cm height in three ways. Calculate minimum and
maximum pressure exerted?
7. As air bubble rises from bottom to the top of a water tank, the size of the bubble increases. Explain the reason.
8. Why is mercury a convenient liquid to use in a barometer ?
9. The diagram shows a mercury barometer. What happens to the column height h when the mercury barometer is taken
up in a balloon ?

Hh

10. State pascal's law.

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WAVES & SOUND
1. Explain why the crack of thunder is heard few seconds after the lightning flash.
2. Match column-I with column-II
Colu mn-I Column-II
(a) String vibration (i) Tabla
(b) Membrane vibration (ii) Bicycle bell
(c) Vibration of air (iii) Sitar
(d) Vibration of plate (iv) Flute
3. In the diagram below, what does the interval PQ represents.

Displacement Q
P time

4. Water waves in the sea are observed to have a wavelength of 300m and a frequency of 0.07 Hz.
What is the speed of these waves?
5. A sound wave has a wavelength of 3.0 m. What is the distance from a compression center to the adjacent rarefaction
center?
6. A fire whistle emits a tone of 170 Hz. Take the speed of sound in air to be 340 m/s. What is the wavelength of this
sound?
7. The membrane of a drum vibrates to produce sound. Similarly the string of a sitar vibrates to produce sound. Based on
these two examples answer the following question. Which part of a whistle vibrates to produce sound ?
8. A sound wave has a frequency of 1 kHz and wave-length 25 cm, to travel 2.2 km it takes ____ seconds
9. When we change feeble sound to loud sound we increase its _____
10. Take the speed of sound to be 340 m/s. A thunder clap is heard about 3 s after the lightning is seen. How far is the
source of both light and sound?

CHEMICAL EFFECT OF CURRENT

1. How can we convert distilled water to a good conductor?
2. Match Column-I with Column-II and select the correct option form codes given below.
Column-I Column-II
(a) Insulator (i) Prevents rusting
(b) Conductor (ii) Pure water
(c) Electroplating (iii) Copper wire
3. Why are metals good conductors of electricity?

4. Why is solid NaCI a bad conductor of electricity?

5. What is an electrolyte?
6. How many leads does an LED have?
7. The longer end of LED is always connected to the ................ terminal of the battery
8. Negatively charged electrode is known as ______
9. Name the process by which an electrolyte is decomposed with the help of electricity.
10. What are the gases produced When electric current is passed through acidulated water?
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DIWALI ASSIGNMENT (8TH CLASS - CHEMISTRY)

MAN MADE MATERIALS

1. Write the uses of Nylon
2. Explain any two type of synthetic fibre
3. Write equation to obtain PET
4. Write three example of man-made polymer
5. Which polymer used in making floor tile
6. How rayon is prepared
7. Which polymer is used as non-stick coating for cooking utensils?
8. Define the following with example
(1) Thermoplastics (2) Thermosetting plastics
9. What are biodegradable? Give example
10. Write three difference between rayon and nylon

METALS AND NONMETALS

1. Write two properties of sodium

2. Name two oxide which are neutral ?
3. Define malleability and name the most malleable metal
4. Name the most abundant metal in the earth crust?
5. Define the following
(1) Ductility (2) Sonority (3) Conductivity
6. Why Aluminium is used for making cooking utensils.
7. Write the reaction of the following metals with water ?
(1) Sodium (2) Potassium (3) Magnesium
8. Write any two chemical properties of metals
9. Which non-metal is a good conductor of electricity ?
10. Write any four metals which are less reactive than hydrogen ?

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FUELS AND ITS COMBUSTION

1. Explain types of combustion

2. Draw and explain flame structure
3. Write equation for soda acid fire extinguisher
4. Write five properties of an ideal fuel?
5. Define calorific value
6. Hydrogen gas has the highest calorific value i.e. 150kJ/kg. yet it is not used as a fuel. give reason
7. Name two condition in which water cannot be used as fire extinguisher
8. Match column 'A' with column 'B' as regard to characteristic of a flame and its zone.
a. Dark inner zone 1. Hottest part (No carbon)
b. Blue zone 2. Partial decomposition
c. Luminous zone 3. Unburnt vapours of wax
d. Non-luminous zone 4. Complete combustion
9. Write two difference between solid, liquid and gaseous fuel
10. In L.P.G. cylinder, how the gas is liquefied

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DIWALI ASSIGNMENT (8TH CLASS - MATHS)

CHAPTER
1 Number System

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1. If 2 = x + , then value of x is ?
1
1
1
3
4
1
2. The sum of the additive inverse and multiplicative inverse of is ?
2
6 48
3. If  , then x = ..................
5 x
2 1
4  8 
4. The rational number by which   be divided to get   is
3  15 
5. The value of |3–10| is ?
P Q Q 1
6. What is the value of if  ?
P –Q P 4
0.46 – 0.046
7. Simplify:
0.0046  46
5 3
8. What number should be added to so as to get ?
6 2

1095
9. when expressed in simplest form is ?
1168
10. What is the total number of prime numbers less than 70?
11. How many numbers between 400 and 600 begin with or end with a digit of 5?
12. If (64)2 – (36)2 = 20z, the value of z is :

(469 + 174)2 – (469 – 174)2

13. is equal to :
469 × 174

p
14. 0.36 expressed in the form of equals :
q

15. The value of (0.2  0.3  0.4  0.9  0.39) is :

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Squares & Square

CHAPTER
2 Roots
1. The square root of 64009 is ?

2. The value of 10  25  108  154  225 is ?

 625 14 11 
3.     is equal to
 11 25 196 

4. The square root of (2722 – 1282) is :

5. The digit in the unit's place in the square root of 15876 is :

6. 0.01  0.0064 =?

(0.03)2  (0.21) 2  (0.065)2

7. The value of is ?
(0.003) 2  (0.021)2  (0.0065)2
8. The least number of 4 digits which is a perfect square, is :
9. The value of (56)2 – (55)2 is ?
10. The value of (11111)2 is ?

11. Evaluate: 41 – 21  19 – 9

12. The square root of 0.4 is :

13. The greatest four digit perfect square number is :
14. The value of (13 + 23 + 33)1/2 is ?

0.361
15. ?
0.00169

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Cubes & Cube Roots

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1. 3 4 ?
125
2. The largest four digit number which is a perfect cube, is :

3. By what least number 675 be multiplied to obtain a number which is a perfect cube?

4. Which is the least number which when multiplied by 392, the product is the complete cube ?

5. What is the least number by which 8640 is divided the, quotient as a complete cube number?

6. The value of (– 1728) 1/3 is ?

7. If the volume of a cube is 512 cu. metres, what is the length of one side of the cube ?

(52) 3 – (42)3
8. =?
52  52  52  42  42  42
(73) 3  (53) 3
9. =?
73  73 – 73  53  53  53
10. The cube root of .000216 is :

93
11. If x = 3 2 , then value of x is :
125
12. A number is 64 times of the square of its reciprocal. The number is :

13. Divide the number 26244 by the smallest number so that the quotient is a perfect cube, so the smallest number is :

14. The smallest number by which 137592 should be multiply to make it perfect cube.

15. The volumes of two cubes are in the ratio of 343 : 1331, the ratio of their edges is.

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Exponents & Powers

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1. The value of ( 8 ) 3 is ?
4
–
 32  5
2. The value of   is ?
 243 
(a b) ( b c ) ( c a )
 xa   xb   xc 
3.  b · c  · a  ?
x  x  x 
4. The value of 4–3/2 is ?
1
5. The value of is ?
49 –1 / 2
6. If 22x+2 = 23x–1 then the value of x is ?
7. The value of (510)0 is ?
2 4
– –
 1  3  1  3
8.  216    ?
   27 
9. (1000)7  1018 = ?
10. 2n+4 – 2n+2 = 3, then n is equal to
11. If 5(x + 3) = (25)(3x – 4), then the value of x is :

y
12. Find the value of x × y if 5 x .2 = 100

13. Find the value of 27+2a ÷ 33a+11 for a = –4

14. Value of (256)0.16× (256)0.09 is
45  45  45 65  65  65  65
15. If   2 n then the value of positive integer n will be
35  35 25  25  25

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Algebraic Expressions,
Identities and Factorisation

1. What must be added to x3 + 3x – 8 to get 3x3 + x2 + 6 ?

2. What must be subtracted from x3 – 3x2 + 5x – 1 to get 2x3 + x2 – 4x + 2 ?
3. A factor of x3 – 1 is ?
2 3
4. The product of xy by xz is ?
3 2
5. Divide 8x2 y2 – 6xy2 + 10 x2y3 by 2xy
6. The product of (x2 + 3x + 5) and (x2 – 1) is ?
7. The value of the product (3x2 – 5x + 6) and (–8x3) when x = 0 is ?
8. What must be added to x2 + 5x – 6 to get x3 – x2 + 3x – 2 ?
9. The factor of 1 – p3 are ?
10. The factors of 15x2 –26x + 8 are ?
11. The value of 25x2 + 16y2 + 40xy at x = 1 and y = – 1 is ?
1 1
12. If x   6 then x2 + 2 = _________
x x

1 1
13. If x2 + = 79 then x + = _____________
x2 x
14. If 3x – 7y = 10 and xy = – 1 then the value of 9x2 + 49y2 is ?
15. If 2x + y = 5 then 4x + 2y is equal to

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Linear Equations in
One Variable
x 5 x 3 1
1. The solution of   is ?
2 5 2
2x  2 3
2. The solution of  is ?
3x  1 2
3 3
3. th of a number when multiplied by th of the same number make 324. The number is ?
4 4
1
4. Twenty years ago, my age was rd of what it is now. My present age is ?
3
2
5. If of a number is 20 less than the original number, then the number is ?
3
6. If the angles of a triangle are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4, then the difference between the greatest and smallest angles is ?
x
7. If 2   4 , then the value of x is ?
3
8. If 9 –7x=5 –3x, then the value of x is ?
9. Sum of two numbers is 35 and their difference is 13. Then the numbers are ?
6p  9 2p  9
10. Given that  , find the value of p
3 5
5
11. Kiran scored 80 marks in his science test which is of the total marks. What are th total marks for the test ?
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12. Given that 5x – 2 (6 + 7x) = 15, then value of x is ?
3x  4
13. Given that  2 , find the value of x
4x  3
2 7
14. The solution of linear equation x  1  is ?
3 3
Z  6 Z  3 5Z  4
15. Solve :  
4 5 8

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Lines And Angles,

Quadrilaterals
1. A larger angle is 14° more than its complementary angle, then the larger angle is?
2. If AOB is a straight line, then the value of x is?
D C
(x – 30°)
(2x + 50°) x°
A O B
3. In the adjacent figure, COD is a right angle. AOC and BOD are in the ratio of 3 : 2. Thus BOD measures:
C D

A O B

4. In the figure, the value of y is?

A F

5y° O 4y°
B E
9y°

C D

5. In the figure x = 30°. The value of y?

2x° 5y°

6. Two supplementary angles differ by 34°. Then the angles are?

7. In the given figure, y =
y
x 55°
z

8. In the given measure, measure of b and x are :

x
b
90°

9. If AB = QR, BC = PR and CA = PQ, then what is the relation between triangle ABC and triangle PQR?
10. In ABC, AB = AC and B = 50°. Then C is equal to.
11. The length of the diagonals of a rhombus are 16 cm and 12 cm. The side of the rhombus is ?
12. The length of a side of a rhombus is 5m and one of its diagonals is of length 8 m. The length of the other diagonal is ?
13. If an angle of a parallelogram is two-third of its adjacent angle, the smallest angle of the parallelogram is :-

14. In the given figure, ABCD is a parallelogram in which DAB = 75° and DBC = 60° then, BDC is equal to:
D C

75° 60°
A B

15. Three angles of a quadrilateral are of magnitudes 80°, 95° and 120°. The magnitude of the fourth angle is :-

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DIWALI ASSIGNMENT (8TH CLASS - BIOLOGY)

CELL
1. The term 'protoplasm' was given by ______
2. Who defined protoplasm as a physical basis of life ______
3. Golgi apparatus is absent in ______
4. Dictyosomes are ______
5. Major function of Golgi body is ______
6. Ribosome was discovered by ______
7. The smallest organelles in a cell are ______
8. Chloroplasts are considered as self-replicating units as they contain ______

9. When green tomatoes turn red then ______

1 0 . Most cells lacking chloroplasts do not have ______

1 1 . Spindle fibres are made up of ______

MICROORGANISM
1. The most ancient group of organisms on the earth is ______
2. The bacteria which commonly lives in animal and human intestine ______
3. Which algae are considered as ancestors of land plants ______
4. Yeast differs from bacteria ______
5. Penicillin is obtained from ______
6. Which organism among the following is used as air pollution indicators ______
7. In Blue green algae, the structure specialised for nitrogen fixation is ______
8. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is ______
9. Yeast contains maximum amount of ______
1 0 . Study of fungi is known as ______
1 1 . Mycorrhizae are ______

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CONSERVATION OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS

1. An ecosystem consists of ______

2. Afforestation means ______
3. Deforestation causes ______
4. Chipko movement is concerned with ______
5. Kaziranga National Park is famous for ______
6. Lions are found in ______
7. Animals and plants are best protected in ______
8. Which of the following animal is killed for oil and blubber ______
9. The black rhino is killed for its ______
1 0 . Wildlife is destroyed mostly by ______
1 1 . Species found in a particular region are______ to that area.

CROP PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT

1. What do you call the place where crops are grown ______
2. Transferring and combination of desirable characteristic features into plants and multiplying them is
called ______
3. The advantage of ploughing is ______
4. Eutrophication means ______
5. The common weed which grows along with every crop is ______
6. N2 fixing micro-organisms can be found in ______
7. Which of the crops would enrich the soil with nitrogen ______
8. Nitrogen-fixing bacteria can be found in ______