ARMY PUBLIC SCHOOL BOLARUM
ANNUAL EXAMINATION ( 2023-24)
CLASS – VIII
DATESHEET ,SYLLABUS &
QUESTION PAPER PATTERN
Dear Parent
Please find the date sheet, question paper pattern and syllabus for Annual
Examination.
*23/2/24 will be a preparatory holiday.
* 21/2/24 and 22/2/24 school will function full day.
* Non exam days will be holidays.
* Exam days will be half days(i.e., 7.30 to 11.30)
DATE SHEET FOR ANNUAL EXAMINATION
DATE DAY VIII
21-02-2024 WEDNESDAY COMPUTER
22-02-2024 THURSDAY GK
SOCIAL
24 -02- 2024 SATURDAY
SCIENCE
28– 02-2024 WEDNESDAY SCIENCE
01-03-2024 FRIDAY SANSKRIT
04-03-2024 MONDAY ENGLISH
06-03-2024 WEDNESDAY HINDI
09-03-2024 SATURDAY MATHS
SUBJECT CHAPTERS
ENGLISH Reading : Unseen Passage (Discursive and Factual)
Writing:1. Letter writing (Formal letter : letter to editor, Informal letter)
2. Diary Entry
3. Story writing
Grammar:
Ls. 9 Tenses
Ls.12 Phrases and Clauses
Ls. 14 Active and Passive
Ls.16 Reported Speech
Integrated grammar - Editing
Literature: Honeydew
Prose:
Ls -4. Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of Memory
L5- The Summit within
Ls-6 This is Jody' s Fawn
Ls-7 A visit to Cambridge
Ls- 8 A Short Monsoon Diary
Poem:
The School Boy
The Last Bargain
On the Grasshopper and Cricket
Supplementary Reader: It So Happened
Ls -3 The Selfish Giant
Ls – 4 The Treasure Within
Ls – 6 The Fight
Ls - 7 Jalebis
SECTION-A (READING-20 MARKS)
QN1. DISCURSIVE PASSAGE: (10 MARKS) OBJECTIVE TYPE
QUESTIONS
QN2. FACTUAL PASSAGE: (10 MARKS) OBJECTIVE TYPE
QUESTIONS
SECTION-B (GRAMMAR AND WRITING-20 MARKS)
[Link] 3 MARKS (OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS)
QN4. GRAMMAR 3 MARKS (OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS)
QN5. GRAMMAR 4 MARKS (OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS)
[Link] WRITING SKILL OF 80-100 WORDS (5 MARKS)
[Link] WRITING SKILL OF 100-120 WORDS (5 MARKS)
SECTION C - LITERATURE (40 MARKS)
QN8.A) RTC (PROSE) OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS (5 MARKS)
B) RTC (POEM) OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS (5 MARKS)
[Link] ANSWER QUESTIONS (4 QUESTIONS FROM MAIN
READER - 40-50 WORDS) (3X4=12 MARKS)
[Link] ANSWER QUESTIONS (2 QUESTIONS FROM
SUPPLEMENTARY READER - 40-50 WORDS) (3X2=6 MARKS)
[Link] ANSWER QUESTION - 1 QUESTION FROM MAIN READER
– 100-120 WORDS (6 MARKS)
[Link] ANSWER QUESTION - 1 QUESTION FROM
SUPPLEMENTARY READER – 100-120 WORDS (6 MARKS)
HINDI पाठ्यपुस्तक वसंत :
1.अकबरी लोटा 2.सुदामा चररत
3.जहााँ पहहया है 4.कबीर की साखियााँ
5.लाि की चूहियााँ 6.सूर के पद
7.पानी की कहानी 8.बाज और सााँप
पूरक पुस्तक (भारत की खोज ):
1. अंहतम दौर-1 2.अंहतम दौर- 2 3.तनाव
व्याकरण:
1.मुहावरे 2. समास ( हिगु, िं ि)
3. स्वर संहि 4. कारक
5. हवलोम शब्द (20-40 ) 6. शब्दार्थ और भाषा की बात
रचनात्मक लेखन:
1.पत्र (औपचाररक , अनौपचाररक )
2.अनुच्छेद
3.हचत्र वर्थन
4.संवाद
अपठित बोध
अपठित गद्यां श
अंक ववभाजन --कुल अंक 80
खंड – क
अपहित गद्ां श - 1x5=5 (2) = 10 अंक ( बहुठिकल्पी )
खंड – ख
भाषा / व्यावहाररक व्याकरर् , शब्दार्थ --- बहुहवकल्पी 1x20=20 अंक
खंड – ग :- पाठ्यपुस्तक (वसंत)
प्रश्नोत्तर (गद् से) 3+3 =6 अंक
रचनात्मक प्रश्न (गद् से) =4अंक
प्रश्नोत्तर (पद् से) 3+2 =5 अंक
पूरक पुस्तक =5 अंक
पहित गद्ां श - 1x5=5(बहुहवकल्पी)
पहित पद्ांश - 1x5=5(बहुहवकल्पी)
खंड घ :- (लेखन)
अनुच्छेद लेिन (तीन में से एक) =5 अंक
पत्र लेिन (दो में से एक ) =5 अंक
संवाद लेिन =5 अंक
हचत्र लेिन =5 अंक
*सभी पाि ध्यान पूवथक पढ़े । पािों के बीच से भी प्रश्न पूछे जा सकते हैं ।
MATHEMATICS
1. CHAPTER 4: DATA HANDLING (12M)
2. CHAPTER 6: CUBES AND CUBE ROOTS (10M)
[Link] 7:COMPAIRING QUANTITIES (12M)
4. CHAPTER 8: ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSION AND IDENTITIES
(12M)
5. CHAPTER 9: MENSURATION
(12M)
6. CHAPTER 10: EXPONENTS AND POWERS (10M)
7. CHAPTER 12: FACTORISATION (12M)
PATTERN-
[Link] ‘S 15Q X 1 MARK =15
2.V. V SHORT
QUESTION
15Q X 1 MARK =15
3. VERY SHORT
QUESTION
8Q X 2 MARK =16
[Link] QUESTION
6Q X 3 MARK =18
[Link] QUESTION
2Q X 4 MARK =8
[Link] STUDY
QUESTION
2Q X 4 MARKS=8
TOTAL=80
SCIENCE CHAPTERS
Ch 4 Combustion and flame.
Ch 6 Reproduction in animals.
Ch 8 Force and pressure.
Ch10 Sound.
Ch 11 Chemical effects of electric current.
Ch 12 some natural phenomena.
Ch 13 Light.
Question Paper Pattern
Section A – Objective Type Questions – 20 Marks
Section B – Very Short Answer Questions – 12 Marks
Section C – Short Answer Questions – 21 Marks
Section D - Long Answer Question – 15 Marks
Section E – Case based Study Question – 12 Marks
GEOGRAPHY: RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL L 3 AGRICULTURE
SCIENCE L 4 INDUSTRIES
L5 HUMAN RESOURCES
CIVICS: SOCIAL AND POLITICAL LIFE III
L 3 PARLIAMENT AND THE MAKING OF LAWS
L4 JUDICIARY
HISTORY: OUR PASTS III
L 5 WHEN PEOPLE REBEL 1857 AND AFTER
L7 WOMEN, CASTE AND REFORM
L8 THE MAKING OF THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT: 1870s-1947
QUESTION PAPER PATTERN – 80 MARKS
1 MARK 20 QUESTIONS (OBJECTIVE 1 X 20 = 20
QUES) MARKS
2 MARKS 4 QUESTIONS (VERY SHORT 2 X 4= 8 MARKS
ANSWER)
3 MARKS 5 QUESTIONS (SHORT ANSWER) 3 X 5 = 15
MARKS
4 MARKS 3 QUESTIONS (SOURCE BASED 4X3 = 12 MARKS
QUES)
5 MARKS 4 QUESTIONS (LONG ANS) 5 X 4 = 20
MARKS
5 MARKS 1 QUESTION (IDENTIFICATION 5X1 = 5 MARKS
AND LOCATION)
SANSKRIT *पाठ्यपुस्तकः
पाठ – 5 कण्टकेनैव कण्टकम्
पाठ – 9 सप्तभगिन्यः
पाठ – 10 नीगिनवनीम्
पाठ- 11 सागवत्री बाई फुले
पाठ- 14 आयय भट:
*व्याकरण 40M
*अपगठि िद्ाांश, सांख्या – 51 – 100, िम् धािु (पञ्चलकार), सगन्ध(वगृ ि,
अयागि)
अंक विभाजन 80M
शब्िार्य - 10M समानर्य क पि – 5M
गवशेषण गवशेष्य - 5M गवपरीिार्य कपि -5M
ररक्तस्र्ान - 5M अपगठि िद्ाांश – 10M
प्रश्नोत्तर - 10M सांख्या- - 10M
सगन्ध - 10M धािु- -- 10M
COMPUTER
CHAPTER-1 COMPUTER NETWORK
CHAPTER- 6: E COMMERCE AND BLOGGING
CHAPTER- 8: APP DEVELOPMENT
Question Paper Pattern
MCQ (10M)
FILL IN THE BLANKS (6M)
SHORT ANSWERS (2X2=4M)
GENERAL
KNOWLEDGE CHAPTERS
35- Indian Global Tech Executives
36- Milestone in Medication
37- Measuring Instruments
38- Great Mathematicians
41- The power of India
42- Sobriquets of Cities
43- The United Nations
46- Intelligence Agencies
47- Common Wealth Games
53- The World of Drama
Total- 30M
MCQ- 5M
Fill in the Blanks - 5M
Match the following - 5M
Identification of Picture- 5M
True and False - 5M
Answer in one word- 5M
