ANNUAL EXAMINATION, 2017-

2017-18
SCIENCE
Time : 3 hrs. Class – VIII M.M. : 80
Date – 19.02.2018 (Monday)
Name of the student ___________________________________________________ Section _____

General Instructions :
• Read the instructions carefully.
• All questions are compulsory.
• The question paper comprises section A and section B. Section A carries
descriptive type question and section B carries multiple choice questions.
• Write the answers in sequence.
• Draw diagram wherever required.

SECTION-A
Q.1 What does the loudness of a sound depend on? (1)
Q.2 Why is the cutting edge of a knife made sharp? (1)
Q.3 Explain how a piece of styrofoam gets charged when it is rubbed with a piece (2)
of paper?
Q.4 Why is it easier pierce a sheaf of papers with sharp pin than with a blunt pin? (2)
Q.5 Why does a paper cup containing water not burn when placed over a flame? (2)
Q.6 a) Why are metals good conductors of electricity? (2+1)
b) A metal is released in the electrolysis of salt. At which electrode will it be
deposited?
Q.7 Write three uses of electrolysis. (3)
Q.8 Akshay is a student of class VIII. One day, when he was coming from his (3)
school, he saw that an old man was finding it difficult to cross a busy road. An
old man was unable to see the nearer objects. Akshay helped the old man to
cross the road.
a) Name the defect of vision an old man was suffering?
b) Name the lens used to correct this defect of vision.
c) What value is exhibited by Akshay?
Q.9 a) What are renewable resources? Give one example. (3)
b) How do forests protect the soil?
Q.10 Draw a well labelled diagram of ANY ONE of the following : (3)
a) Operations at waterworks
b) Structure of a plant cell

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Q.11 What are the functions of the Botanical Survey, Zoological Survey and Forest (3)
Survey of India?
Q.12 a) Why do we stain specimens before viewing them under a microscope? (1+2)
b) Name the four types of animal tissue.
Q.13 a) Why is the nucleus called the control room of the cell? (2+1)
b) Mention one function of the ground tissue in stems.
Q.14 Mention three disadvantages of using coal as a fuel. (3)
OR
a) Why should the ignition temperature of a fuel not be below room (1)
temperature?
b) Define calorific value of a fuel with one example. (2)
Q.15 What is a streamlined body? How is it helpful for a body to have such a (1+2)
shape?
Q.16 Label the parts given below from 1 to 6 and answer the questions. (3+1+1)
(4)
(1)
(2) (6)

(3) (5)

a) Give the suitable heading of the given diagram.

b) What is the name of the coiled tube in the inner ear?
Q.17 With the help of a diagram, describe a gold-leaf electroscope. (2+3)
Q.18 a) How is the light entering the eye controlled? (3+2)
b) State the laws of reflection of light.
Q.19 What is shifting cultivation? What impact does it have on forests? (5)
OR
Write briefly about the stages in the formation of coal.
Q.20 a) What do you mean by potable water? (1+2+2)
b) How does carbon monoxide affect us?
c) What is the advantage of using CNG in preference to petrol or diesel in
automobiles?
Q.21 a) What does ‘sustainable utilisation’ of natural resources mean? (1)
b) Write briefly about the Chipko Andolan. (4)

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 SECTION-B
Q.22 Sound travels – (1)
a) the fastest in air b) the fastest in vacuum
c) faster in solids than in air d) faster in air than in water
Q.23 Women are more high-pitched than men because their vocal cords (1)
a) are thicker b) are shorter c) are tauter d) vibrate less
Q.24 If a plastic ruler is used to connect the disc of a charged electroscope, A, with (1)
that of an uncharged electroscope, B, the -
a) divergence of the leaves of A decreases
b) divergence of the leaves of A remains the same
c) leaves of B also diverge
d) divergence of the leaves of A increases
Q.25 In the electrolysis of potassium iodide, iodine is formed at the (1)
a) anode b) cathode c) cell d) electrolyte
Q.26 The splitting of light into its component colours on refraction is called (1)
a) wavelength b) spectrum of white light
c) dispersion of light d) scattering of light
Q.27 Natural gas is used to produce (1)
a) coke b) biodiesel c) coal tar d) carbon black
Q.28 Reverse osmosis is used for the purification of (1)
a) air b) water c) air as well as water d) neither air nor water
Q.29 The Gir national park aims at saving (1)
a) elephants b) tigers c) leopards d) lions
Q.30 The main constituent of coal gas is (1)
a) carbon b) hydrogen c) nitrogen d) oxygen
Q.31 The brain & spinal cord are made up of (1)
a) nervous tissue b) epithelial tissue
c) muscular tissue d) connective tissue
Q.32 Which of the following is not true? (1)
a) friction helps us walk b) friction wears down machine parts
c) friction produces heat d) friction helps a ship move through water
Q.33 Gravitational force acts (1)
a) only between the sun & the planets moving around it
b) only between the earth & the bodies on it
c) between all bodies in the universe
d) only between the sun and the earth

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