SHIVAJI GROUP OF INSTITUTIONS a) science b) mathematics c) Sanskrit

TERM – I ( Model Paper – A ) 12) he was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in…
Subject-English Literature
Class- 8 ICSE a) 1930 b) 1980 c) 1970
[A] Multiple choice question [20] 13) C.V. Raman's father was a professor of..
1[A] Multiple choice question [20 ] a) mathematics b) Sanskrit c) physics
1) Who wanted to be a sailor ? 14) In which age CV Raman published his first research paper ?
a) A lad b) a girl c) a fairy a) 18 b) 19 c) 20
2) what do you know of sailing? Who said this line? 15) Who offered Palit Chair to CV Raman?
a) mother b) father c) fairy a) Ashutosh Mukherjee b) Ashutosh Pandey c) Jai Prasad
3) Lad was a son of….. 16) Ashutosh Mukherjee was a …..
a) farmer b) king c) shopkeeper a) vice chancellor b) a manager c) a principal
4) boy's name was …. 17) Palm tree was standing on….
a) Jon b) John c) Johan a) one leg b) two legs c) no legs
5) where did he go with heavy heart ? 18) Palm tree wants to fly…
a) farm b) sea c) land a) in the sky b) on road c) over sea
6) One day Jon ran over a tiny green…. 19) Palm tree thinks that his leaves are….
a) Turtle b) Lizard c) Snake a) wings (b) Hands (c) fans
7) where did Jon set the turtle? 20) The palm tree is racing with the….
a) on head b) on palm c) on back a) stars b) other trees c) planets
8) Turtle turned into a ….. [B] Very short answer type questions- [5]
a) fairy b) giant c) witch
1. Answer the following- ( attempt any five )
9) what did the fairy give to Jon ? a) Why did the Sailor try to pull John’s cap off his head?
a) a cap b) a stick c) a book
b) How did Jon spend his time on land and on the water?
c) Why did Jon want to give the fairy man back the wind cap?
10) C.V. Raman was born in.. d) What did Jagdish Mehra state about CV Raman?
a) Trichinopoly b) Tiruanantpuram c) America e) What does the tree achieve in the dream?
f) Describe the tree.
11) C.V. Raman has a significance impact on the development of…
 2. Fill in the blanks with suitable words- [5] a) What does ‘He’ refer to in this line?
[ CV Raman , a lad ,a thousand , seven, Rabindranath Tagor ] b) How does wings mean here ?
a) It had been raining for …………. years . c) Write the name of the poem and poet ?
b) …………forests had been crushed under the rain. d) What he wishes to do.
c) …………wanted to be a sailor. [D] Long answer type question- [5]
d) …………was an Indian physicist.
Answer the following with reference to context-
e) Palm tree is composed by……… .
One day, he had been walking behind the plough,
[C] Short answer type questions- [10] a) Who had been walking behind the plough.
b) Why he went to plough.
1. Answer the following- ( any four )
c) What does ‘He’ refer to in this line?
a) Do you think it was a good name for Jon to be called captain
Turtle?
[E] Read the passage carefully and find the answers of the questions
b) What was the full name of CV Raman, for what was he awarded
given below :- [10]
with the Nobel Prize?
c) How did CV Raman come across the idea of Raman effect? It had been raining for seven years; thousands upon thousands of days
d) Write the theme of the poem Palm tree. compounded and filled from one end to the other with rain, with the drum
e) How did Margot realise that she was different from other and gush of water, with the sweet crystal fall of showers and the concussion
children on the planet ? of storms so heavy there were tidal waves coming over the islands. A
thousand forests had been crushed under the rain and grown up a thousand
[D] Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statement. [5] times to be crushed again. And this was the way life was forever on the
a) CV Raman was born in Allahabad. planet Venus, and this was the schoolroom of the children of the rocket men
b) A lad wanted to be a farmer. and women who had come to a raining world to set up civilization and live
c) One day the boy was walking behind the pool. out their lives.
d) Turtle turned into a ghost.
e) The Fairy gave the lad a magic stick. (a) Why & What had been happening for seven years?
2. Write meaning of these words- [5] (b) What were coming over the islands?
a) Squall (c) What had been crushed under the rain and grown up a thousand
b) Blazing times to be crushed again?
c) Urge (d) Write down about the planet Venus? Why people can’t stay in
d) Impeccable the planet?
e) Sigh (e) Where were children?
3. Answer the following with reference to context- [5]
He thinks they are wings”