CLASS - 8
ENGLISH – II
Textbook: -New Oxford Modern English
Publisher: -Oxford University Press
First Semester Examination:-
- A shot in the dark – Saki
- The sliver lining-ChamanNahal
- The World Renowned Nose - V.M Basheer
- Extreme Weather
- Dreaming of the Dawn Wall
- The Ant Lion-Judith Wright
Poems (First Semester):-
- When I heard the learned Astronomer-Walt Whitman(By Heart)
- Where the mind is without fear-Rabindranath Tagore(By Heart)
- On the Grasshopper and Cricket-John Keats(Detailed)
- Homeless-Vikram Seth(Detailed)
- Last Lesson of the afternoon-D.H Lawrence(Detailed)
Second Semester Examination: -
- A Boy’s Best Friend
- B. Wordsworth-V.S Naipaul
- A Helpless situation-Mark Twain
- Twelfth Night (or what you will)-William Shakespeare
Marcia Williams Twelfth Night
Poems (Second Semester)
- The West Wind-John Masefield(Detailed)
- Going for water-Robert Frost(By heart)
- Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat: T.S Eliot(Detailed)
- If-Rudyard Kipling(By heart)
- 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
- Chapter 1- Transport of Food and minerals in Animals and Plants1212
- Chapter 2- Growth Development and Reproduction in plants1212
- Chapter 3- Growth Development and Reproduction in Animals1212
- Assessment I (Based on Chapters- 1 to 3)0203
- Chapter 4:- Control and Co-ordination1010
- Assessment II (Based on Chapter 4)0202
Total50 51
Second Semester Examination:-
- Chapter 5- Health and Hygiene1010
- Assessment II (Based on Chapter 5) 0402
- Chapter 6- Pollution and Conservation1211
- Chapter 7- Food Production and Management I1010
- Chapter 8- Food Production and Management II1010
- 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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Second Semester Examination
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CLASS - 8
HISTORY &CIVICS
Text Book : Candid ICSE History & Civics
Publication : Evergreen
I SEMESTER EXAMINATION
HISTORY : Modern World Weightage
- Period of Transition (6)
- 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
- 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
- c) The Organs of Indian Government. (The Judiciary) (10)
- United Nations. (10)
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CLASS – 8
MORAL SCIENCE
Textbook: -Golden Light
Publisher: -Navdeep Publications
First Semester Examination: -
1 / Importance of praying2 / Religion
3 / Reading
4 / Busy-Body
5 / If A Wonderful Lesson
6 / Drug Addiction
7 / Leadership
Social Behavior
Second Semester Examination:-
8 / Patriotism9 / 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:-
- Hydrogen
- Carbon and its allotropes
- Fuels and combustion
Second Semester Examination:-
- Structure of an atom
- Transformation of substances
- 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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