CLASS - 8

ENGLISH – II

Textbook: -New Oxford Modern English

Publisher: -Oxford University Press

First Semester Examination:-

  1. A shot in the dark – Saki
  2. The sliver lining-ChamanNahal
  3. The World Renowned Nose - V.M Basheer
  4. Extreme Weather
  5. Dreaming of the Dawn Wall
  6. The Ant Lion-Judith Wright

Poems (First Semester):-

  1. When I heard the learned Astronomer-Walt Whitman(By Heart)
  2. Where the mind is without fear-Rabindranath Tagore(By Heart)
  3. On the Grasshopper and Cricket-John Keats(Detailed)
  4. Homeless-Vikram Seth(Detailed)
  5. Last Lesson of the afternoon-D.H Lawrence(Detailed)

Second Semester Examination: -

  1. A Boy’s Best Friend
  2. B. Wordsworth-V.S Naipaul
  3. A Helpless situation-Mark Twain
  4. Twelfth Night (or what you will)-William Shakespeare

Marcia Williams Twelfth Night

Poems (Second Semester)

  1. The West Wind-John Masefield(Detailed)
  2. Going for water-Robert Frost(By heart)
  3. Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat: T.S Eliot(Detailed)
  4. If-Rudyard Kipling(By heart)
  5. The Inchcape Rock-Robert Southey(Detailed)

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CLASS – 8

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Textbook : Know and grow with Derek.

Publisher : Pearson

First Semester Examination :- Page no. 1 to 42 (Including current affair Q.1 to 250)

Second Semester Examination :- Page no. 43 to 79

(Including current affair Q.251 to 500)

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CLASS – 8

BIOLOGY

Textbook: -Biology Today

Publisher: -Cordova Publications

First Semester Examination:-

Weightage Periods

  1. Chapter 1- Transport of Food and minerals in Animals and Plants1212
  2. Chapter 2- Growth Development and Reproduction in plants1212
  3. Chapter 3- Growth Development and Reproduction in Animals1212
  1. Assessment I (Based on Chapters- 1 to 3)0203
  2. Chapter 4:- Control and Co-ordination1010
  3. Assessment II (Based on Chapter 4)0202

Total50 51

Second Semester Examination:-
  1. Chapter 5- Health and Hygiene1010
  2. Assessment II (Based on Chapter 5) 0402
  3. Chapter 6- Pollution and Conservation1211
  4. Chapter 7- Food Production and Management I1010
  5. Chapter 8- Food Production and Management II1010
  6. Assessment III (Based on Chapters- 6 to 8)0402

Total 50 45

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CLASS - 8

HINDI - I

Textbook: - VyakaranLatika

Publisher: - Madhubun

First Semester Examination:-

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Second Semester Examination

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CLASS - 8

HINDI - II

Textbook: - Gyanoday

Publisher: - FK Publishers

First Semester Examination:-

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ikB 4& flusek

ikB 5& vkRecy

ikB 6& rkjksa dh nqfu;k

ikB 7& Hkkjrek¡ ds jktnqykjsdforkLearn by heart

ikB 8& NksVktknwxj

ikB 10& egkHkkjr dh dFkk

ikB 11& usoys dh lh[k

ikB 12& Bqdjknks ;k I;kjdjks ^HkkokFkZ*

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Second Semester Examination

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ikB 14& lquysckiw ;s iSxkedforkLearn by heart

ikB 15& Hkkjr dh lkaLd`frd ,drk

ikB 17& l`f’V

ikB 19& uhfropu] nksgs] HkkokFkZ

ikB 20& jsy ;k=k

ikB 21& fdldksueu d:¡ eSaLearn by heart

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CLASS - 8

HISTORY &CIVICS

Text Book : Candid ICSE History & Civics

Publication : Evergreen

I SEMESTER EXAMINATION

HISTORY : Modern World Weightage

  1. Period of Transition (6)
  2. a) The Growth of Nationalism (The French Revolution) (6)

b) The Growth of Nationalism. (The American War of Independence) (6)

c) The Growth of Nationalism. (The American Civil War) (6)

3. India in the Eighteenth Century. (6)

CIVICS

  1. a) The Organs of IndianGovernent. (The Legiseature) (10)

b)The Organs of Indian Government. (The Union Executive) (10)

SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION

HISTORY : Modern World

4.Traders to Rulers (6)

5.British Policies and Impacts (6)

6.The great uprising of 1857 (6)

7.Socio – Religious Reforms (6)

8.India’s Struggle for freedom (6)

CIVICS

  1. c) The Organs of Indian Government. (The Judiciary) (10)
  2. United Nations. (10)

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CLASS – 8

MORAL SCIENCE

Textbook: -Golden Light

Publisher: -Navdeep Publications

First Semester Examination: -

1 / Importance of praying
2 / Religion
3 / Reading
4 / Busy-Body
5 / If A Wonderful Lesson
6 / Drug Addiction
7 / Leadership
Social Behavior

Second Semester Examination:-

8 / Patriotism
9 / Your Aim
10 / Count Your Blessings
11 / Compassion
12 / A Balanced personality
13 / Dignity of Labour
14 / On growing Up
Etiquette

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CLASS – 8

PHYSICS

Textbook: - ICSE Physics

Publisher: - FRANK EMU BOOKS

First Semester Examination: -Weightage Periods

Chapter – 1, 2 & 3

1. The Universe1506

2. Light1512

3. Heat2012

Total5030

Second Semester Examination:-

Chapter – 4, 5, 6 & 7

4. More about Solids, Liquids and Gases1009

5. Energy1510

6. Static Electricity & Flow of charge1008

7. Magnetism and Electricity1511

Total 5038

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CLASS -8

GEOGRAPHY

Textbook: -Kriti’s Geography-8

Publisher: -KritiPrakashan

First Semester Examination:-

Chapter No.Name of Chapters

1Practical Geography

3Weather and Climate

4Temperature

5Atmospheric Pressure

6Winds

7Moisture in Atmosphere

8Europe: Location & Physical Features

9Europe: Climate and Natural Vegetation

10Europe: Resources and their Utilization

Map of Europe: Physical features, Natural Regions (Climate and Vegetation)

Note: Chapter 2 (Omitted from Syllabus)

Second Semester Examination:-

Chapter No.Name of Chapters

11Asia: Physical features

12Asia: Climate and Natural Vegetation

13Asia: Agriculture

1India: Location and Physical features

2India: Climate and Natural Vegetation

3India: Case Studies

4Man- Made Disasters and their Management

5Environmental Population

Map of Asia: Physical Features, Natural Vegetation, Climatic Regions

Map of India: Physical features

Note: Chapter 14 (Omitted from Syllabus)

Question Paper Pattern ICSE

60% of the question:- From the given exercises

40% of the question:- From outside the given exercise but from the lesson given in the book

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CLASS – 8

COMPUTER

Text book: -Syntex 8

Publisher: -Kips World Publishing

First Semester Examination:-

S. No.Chapter’s Name

1.Networking Concepts

2. Log On to Access

3.Working with Table

4.Working with Queries

5. Adobe Photoshop CS3

6.More on Photoshop

Second Semester Examination

S. No.Chapter’s Name

7.Introduction to Java and Blue J

8. Decision Control Structure

9. Understanding HTML

10.Using List to Creating a Table

11.Surfing Internet

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CLASS – 8

CHEMISTRY

Textbook: - Innovative Chemistry for ICSE schools

Publisher: -Good Luck Publishers

First Semester Examination:-

  1. Hydrogen
  2. Carbon and its allotropes
  3. Fuels and combustion

Second Semester Examination:-

  1. Structure of an atom
  2. Transformation of substances
  3. Metals and nonmetals

Setting of the question paper

60% of the questions from the exercises of chapters and 40% questions from the chapters

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SYLLABUS FOR CLASS VIII

SUBJECT :- MATHEMATICS

FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION :-

1-Rational Numbers

2-Exponents

3-Squares and Square Roots

4-Cubes and Cube Root

5-Playing with Numbers

6-Operations on Algebraic Expressions

7-Factorisation

8-Linear Equations

9-Percentage

14-Polygons

15-Quadrilaterals

21-Data Handling

25-Graphs

SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION:-

10-Profit and Loss

11-Compound Interest

12-Direct and Inverse Proportions

13-Time and Work

16-Parallelogram

17-Construction of Quadrilaterals

18-Area of a Trapezium and a Polygon

19-Three Dimensional Figures

20-Volume and surface Area of Solids

22-Constructing an Interpreting Bar Graphs

23-Pie Charts

24-Probability

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CLASS-8

SANSKRIT

Textbook: -Divyam

Publisher: -RachnaSagar Pvt. Ltd.

First Semester Examination: -

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II semester

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15 vfoLej.kh;kxksok;k=k

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