St Kabir Public School

Sector- 26, Chandigarh

SYLLABUS FOR PERIODIC TEST II AND ANNUAL EXAMINATION

CLASS VIII (2023 -24)

 ENGLISH
PERIODIC TEST II
READING COMPREHENSION: Through Unseen Passage
LITERATURE (MCB):
Prose- Unit 4A: The Lake that Flew Away
Poetry- Unit 3C: Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead
Literature Reader:
Prose- Chapter 2: The Two Brothers
Poetry- Chapter 11: Where the Mind is Without Fear

GRAMMAR:
Unit 9: Verbs: Active and Passive Voice
Unit 11: Adverbs and Degrees of Comparison
Unit 12: Prepositions
WRITING: Descriptive Paragraph (place/event) and Article Writing
ANNUAL EXAMINATION
READING COMPREHENSION: Through Unseen Passage
LITERATURE:
Coursebook –
Prose: Unit 4 A: The Lake that Flew Away
Unit 6 A: The Diary of a Young Girl
Unit 7 A: The Choice is Yours
Poetry-
Unit 3 C: Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead

Literature Reader:
Prose- Chapter 2: The Two Brothers
Chapter 12: Julius Caesar
Poetry- Chapter 11: Where the Mind is Without Fear
GRAMMAR:
Unit 1: Articles and Determiners
Unit 2: Verbs Expressing the Present
Unit 3: Verbs Expressing the Past
Unit 4: Verbs Expressing the Future
Unit 5: Verbs: Modals

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 Unit 7: Verbs: Non-finite Forms
Unit 8: Subject-Verb Agreement
Unit 9: Verbs: Active and Passive Voice
Unit 11: Adverbs and Degrees of Comparison
Unit 12: Prepositions
Unit 13 Conjunctions
Unit 14 Phrases and Clauses
Unit 16: Synthesis of Sentences
Unit 17: Direct and Indirect Speech
Adjectives: (Worksheet to be prepared)
Proverbs and Idioms

WRITING: Article Writing, Formal Letter (Letter to the Editor/

Letter of Complaint),
Descriptive Paragraph (person/place/event), Story Writing
 HINDI
PERIODIC TEST II
साहित्य
पाठ -10 चणना

व्याकरण
औपचारिक पत्र

नािा लेखन
वििाम वचह्न

समरूपी- विन्नार्थक शब्द(1 से 10 तक)

ANNUAL EXAMINATION
साहित्य

पाठ- 10 चणना
पाठ-11 गौिा
पाठ-13 कोवशश किने िालोों की (कविता)
पाठ-15 स्वच्छ िाित अवियान
पाठ-18 ठाकुि का कुआँ

व्याकरण
अपवठत गद्ाों श
पत्र (अनौपचारिक तर्ा औपचारिक)
अनुच्छेद लेखन

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संवाद लेखन
नािा लेखन
कािक
समास
विलोम शब्द
पयाथयिाची शब्द
मुहाििे
समरूपी- विन्नार्थक शब्द
पदबोंध
िणथ विच्छे द
सोंवध (स्वि सोंवध)
वििाम वचह्न
िाक्य विचाि(िचना के आधाि पि)
अव्यय ( विया विशेषण)
उपसगथ-प्रत्यय

 PUNJABI
PERIODIC TEST II

ਪਾਠ 1 - ਬਾਾਂਦਰ ਦੀ ਚਲਾਕੀ

ਪਾਠ 12 - ਪੰਜ ਦਰਰਆਵਾਾਂ ਦੀ ਧਰਤੀ

ਰਪਛੇਤਰ

ANNUAL EXAMINATION

ਪਾਠ 11 - ਬਾਾਂਦਰ ਦੀ ਚਲਾਕੀ

ਪਾਠ 12 - ਪੰਜ ਦਰਰਆਵਾਾਂ ਦੀ ਧਰਤੀ

ਪਾਠ 14 - ਚੰਗੀ ਆਦਤ

ਪਾਠ 16 - ਸੀੀ੍ ਰਾਰਬੰਦਰ ਨਾਥ ਟੈਗੋਰ

ਰਵਆਕਰਣ - ਰਪਛੇਤਰ , ਮੁਹਾਵਰੇ, ਅਖਾਣ, ਰਲੰ ਗ, ਵਚਨ , ਰਵਰੋਧੀ ਸ਼ਬਦ ,

ਸ਼ੁੁੱਧ - ਅਸ਼ੁੁੱਧ ਵਾਕਾਾਂ ਰਵੁੱਚ , ਸਾਰ,

ਪੁੱਤਰ, ਬੇਨਤੀ –ਪੁੱਤਰ , ਲੇ ਖ ,ਪਰਹਰਾ ਰਚਨਾ , ਰਵਸ਼ਰਾਮ ਰਚੰਨ , ਪਰਹਲੀ ਛਮਾਹੀ ਦੀ ਰਵਆਕਰਣ I

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 • MATHS
PERIODIC TEST II
Chapter 6: Percentage and its Application
Chapter 10: Factorisation

ANNUAL EXAMINATION
Chapter 2: Exponents and Powers (From Term I)
Chapter 6: Percentages and its applications.
Chapter 7: Compound Interest
Chapter 8: Direct and inverse Variation
Chapter 10: Factorisation
Chapter 11: Linear Equations in One Variable (From Term I)
Chapter 12: Understanding Quadrilaterals (From Term I)
Chapter 14: Visualising Solid Shapes
Chapter 15: Mensuration
Chapter 16: Data Handling (From Term I)
Chapter 17: Introduction to Graphs

 SCIENCE
PERIODIC TEST II
PHYSICS
Chapter 13: Sound
CHEMISTRY
Chapter 6: Combustion and Flame
BIOLOGY
Chapter 9: Reproduction in Animals till page no132 of the Prescribed book
(NEP edition- printed 2022-23)

ANNUAL EXAMINATION
PHYSICS
Chapter 13: Sound
Chapter 11: Force and Pressure
Chapter 12: Friction

CHEMISTRY
Chapter 3: Metals and Non-Metals (Page 63 to 69 of the Prescribed book, NEP –
Edition – printed 2022-2023
Chapter 6: Combustion and Flame
Chapter 14: Chemical Effects of Electric Current
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 Chapter 18: Pollution of Air and Water

BIOLOGY

Chapter 8: Cell Structure and Functions

Chapter 9: Reproduction in Animals
Chapter 10: Reaching the Age of Adolescence

 SOCIAL SCIENCE
PERIODIC TEST II
History:
Chapter 7: Civilising the “Native”, Educating the Nation
● The Tradition of Orientalism
● Grave errors of the East
● Education for Commerce

Geography:
Chapter 3: Agriculture
Civics:
Chapter 7: Understanding Marginalization

FINAL EXAMINATION:

History:
Chapter 5: When People Rebel (1857 and After)
Chapter 7: Civilising the “Native”, Educating the Nation
Chapter 9: The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947

Map Work (India Political)

Important sessions of INC (Madras 1927, Calcutta 1906, Nagpur 1920)
Geography:
Chapter 3: Agriculture
Chapter 4: Industries
Chapter 5: Human Resources (To be taken up as Subject Enrichment Activity)

Map Work (India Political)

Chapter 3: Agriculture: Major areas of rice and wheat; Largest producer of
sugarcane, tea, coffee, rubber, cotton, jute.
Chapter 4: Industries: Cotton textile industries (Mumbai, Kanpur, Surat,
Coimbatore) Iron and Steel Plants (Durgapur, Bokaro, Jamshedpur, Bhilai, Salem)
Software Technology Parks (Noida, Gandhinagar, Pune, Mumbai, Hyderabad,
Chennai, Bengaluru)

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 Chapter 5: Human Resources-The State having highest and lowest sex ratio,
density of population and literacy rate

Civics:
Chapter 4: Judiciary
Chapter 7: Understanding Marginalization
Chapter 8: Confronting Marginalization

 COMPUTER
PERIODIC TEST II
Chapter 8: Links and Frames in HTML
ANNUAL EXAMINATION
Chapter 6: Introduction to App Development
Chapter 7: Introduction to Robotics
Chapter 8: Links and Frames in HTML
Chapter 10: Emerging Technology

 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Formative Assessment Only
Chapter 7: Unusual Creatures
Chapter 8: Learn About Idioms 2
Chapter 12: Films for Early Teens

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