Winter Holiday Home Work-2014Class VIII

English - 1- Read the stories of' The Taming of the shrew' and' King Lear' , Given in the book 'More Tales from Shakespeare', and mark the answers of the questions in the book itself.

2- Read the newspaper and good story books to improve your vocabulary .

Hindi -Sanskrit -French – Conjuguez les verbes suivants au présent , passé composé , futur proche , futur simple et passé récent :- Connaître , faire , vouloir , être , avoir , aller , venir , boire, écrire , pouvoir .

German – The student should draw a diagrammatic map of DC - from main gate to auditorium .

Please write a conversation between 2 people giving directions from main gate to the auditorium .

Mathematics -

1 ( I ) Classify the following as Monomial, Binomial and Trinomial. ( a ) 2y – 3y2 + 4z2 ( b ) 0.2x – 0.3y ( c )2000

2 From a standard pack of 52 playing cards, find the probability of:( a ) drawing a queen( b ) getting a red card.

3 Construct a square whose side is of length 5.2cm

4 Simplify and find its value for x = 1, and y = --2y ( x2 + 2 ) – x ( y + x ) + x2 ( -y – 2 )

5 Two adjacent sides of a rectangle are 3x2 -5y2 and 7x2 –xy. Find its perimeter.

6 Construct a quadrilateral ABCD where AB=4.6cm, BC= 5.3cm, A 600, B = 1000,

C =1200.

7 Construct a TRAPEZIUM ABCD, whereAB = 5.5cm, AD = 4.5cm, A =650 and CD = 4cm

8 The data given below shows the number of persons visiting a mall during a particular weekDay : MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT Number of personsVisited : 30 40 60 10 80 20

Represent this data by a pie chart.

9 A die is thrown. Find the probability of getting( I ) a prime number (II) a multiple of 3 ( III ) an odd number

10 Construct if possible, a quadrilateral ABCD given AB = 6cm , BC = 7cm, CD = 3cm, AD = 5.5cm,and AC =11cm. Give reason for not being able to construct it, if you cannot.

11 Simplify:2ab( 3ab – 5b ) – 2a( 5b - 3)

12 Subtract the sum of 5ab2 –2b2 + ab and 7ab2 – 8b2 from the sum of 9ab2 – ab and 3ab2 – 2ab.

13 Construct a quadrilateral ABCD where AB = 6 cm, BC = 4cm, CD = 4cm ,∠ C= 900 and∠B= 950 .

14 Construct a rhombus MNOP with side 4.8cm and one angle as 1100.

15 The data given below shows the number of students opting different subjects in a college SUBJECT : ENG MATHS PHY CHE BIO COMMERSE NO OF STUDENTS : 45 60 20 30 10 15

Represent this data by a pie chart.

16 What must be added to -7xy + 3y2 -13x2y2 to get –x2y2 + 5y2 – 3xy

17 The sides of a rectangle are 2x+y unit and 3y-2x unit. Find its perimeter.

18 Find the product of ( 2x – y) and ( 3x + y2 )

19 Solve using Identities:( a ) ( 5a + 2b )2

( b ) ( x – 2y )2

20 The weights ( in kg ) of 20 students is given below:

35, 40 , 50, 38, 45, 52, 33, 48, 54, 37, 40, 55, 39, 47, 50, 48, 54, 59, 44, 55Prepare a frequency distribution table by taking a class interval of 0 – 10.

21 Construct a rectangle ABCD whose sides are 4cm and 2cm

22 Construct a quadrilateral ABCD in which AB = 4cm, BC = 6cm, CD =5cm, DA = 3.5cm and diagonal AC = 7cm.

Physics –

Chemistry - THE DALY COLLEGE, INDORE

Holiday assignment

CLASS VIII

SUBJECT –CHEMISTRY

NAME:……………………………………… SECTION……………………………..

Q.1Explain how water control fires?

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Q.2 What would you do when the clothes of a person catches fire? Explain.

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Q.3 How will you control fire generated by electrical appliances? Give reason also.

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Q.4 Why do we see this device in most of the public places? What is it’s use?

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Q.5 Draw a well abeled diagram of a flame.

Biology –

Q1. Give one word answer to the following-

1. Eggs are produced here.

2. Animals reproduce by laying eggs

3. Primary sex organ of human male

4. Site of fertilization

5. Reproduction by one parent only

6. Foetal develops here

7. Type of fertilization in hen 8. Two parents reproduce by this method

9. Formed after fusion of gametes

10. Fusion of gametes

Q 2. Draw a well labeled diagram of the following-

a. Life cycle of frog b. human male reproductive system

Q 3. Give two differences between zygote and foetus.

Q 4. What is metamorphosis? Give examples.

Q 5. Differentiate between the modes of reproduction. (Three differences at least).

Q6. Explain the process of reproduction in fish.

Q7. Practice all questions given in the exercise at the end of the lesson.

History & Civics –

Chapter -9 Women Caste and Reforms (History) Make a flash on any Social Reforms, their contribution in society and culture and Difficult Words distributed in the class.Geography –

Case study on TISCO (Under the following headings)

1. Location2. Favourable factors for location3. Raw materials4. Electricity5. Labour6. Transport and communication network