D.a.V. Centre For Academic Excellence
d.a.V. centre for academic excellenced.a.v. college managing committeeChitra Gupta Road, Paharganj, New Delhi-110055Session : 2017 - 18sample question paperswithScheme of Markingclass - VIII(Term - I & II)contentsSubjectPage ors115.English Course 'A'136.Hindi (Higher)547.Sanskrit858.Science & Technology1249.Mathematics18710. Social Science24011. Dharam Shiksha (Hindi)29312. Dharam Shiksha (English)31513. Punjabi34114. Hindi Lower361[1]Downloaded fromjsuniltutorial.weebly.com
ForewordEvaluation is a very important and integral part of an educational System. Justas teaching, learning is a continuous process, so is the Evaluation. Evaluation helpsus to identify the shortcomings in teaching-learning process, thus enabling us tobring about the much needed changes in the methodology of teaching. Evaluationprocess does not limit us to evaluate only the students, but it encompasses teachers,syllabus and carriculum as well.Written Examination (Pen and Paper Test) is one technique which helps usin the process of evaluation. Question papers play a vital role in this process. Itis, therefore, absolutely essential that the question papers are student friendly,catering to the needs of different strata of students i.e. briliant, average and belowaverage students. The question papers have to be balanced so that these effectivelytest the learning outcomes specified for different subjects.The common examination of students of Class VIII in all DAV Public Schoolsis conducted to bring about uniformity in the academic standards of all DAV PublicSchools spread throughout the length and breadth of India, and it has proveda great success. As a consequence, the academic standards of our schools at theSecondary stage are bound to improve further.In order to enable the teachers and students to prepare well for the AnnualExamination at the end of the academic session 2017-18, the DAV Centre forAcademic Excellence provides Sample Question Papers. It is hoped that thesesample question papers will certainly improve the classroom transaction of thesubject matter in our schools. These Sample Question Papers have been preparedby practicing teachers of DAV Public Schools under the guidance of experiencedresource persons in workshops conducted by the DAV Centre for AcademicExcellence.I express my gratitude to Ms. Kshipra Verma, E.O, DAVCAE and all theexperts who very ably guided our teachers in the workshops organised by thedepartment. I would also thank the Regional Directors and the Principals of DAVPublic Schools who had sent their teachers to contribute in these workshops.I am confident that the students and teachers will use these Sample QuestionPapers in teaching-learning process and thus help the students to do well in theAnnual Examination to be held in February-March 2018.Punam SuriChairmanDAV Centre for Academic Excellence[3]Downloaded fromjsuniltutorial.weebly.com
PrefaceI am pleased to place before the students and teachers these Sample QuestionPapers for Class VIII (Term - I & II). As you know, the DAV Centre for AcademicExcellence has been holding common examination in class VIII of DAV PublicSchools besides helping schools in other academic spheres. The presentation ofSample Question Papers has been of immense help to the students as it introducesthem to test tasks, based on various instructional objectives. It also helps them toknow the art of answering a question. On the whole the student will get an insightof how he/she has to plan his/her studies so that he is able to perform well in theexamination.These Sample Question Papers will help the teachers to modify their teaching approach in the classroom which needs to be in agreement with the objectiveslaid. These will also help the teachers to improve their own testing materials.I am sure, this document will be quite useful to all its users.I thank the resource persons and the school teachers for their contribution indesigning and developing these Sample Question Papers.Suggestions for further improvement are most welcome.Secretary[4]Downloaded fromjsuniltutorial.weebly.com
IntroductionThe DAV Centre for Academic Excellence has been making all efforts toachieve the objectives laid out for the department. One of the objective is to bringabout a uniformity in the standard of education in DAV Public Schools spreadthroughout the length and breadth of India. We know that our Public Schools,situated as they are, cater to the needs of different strata of society and it is, thereforea difficult task to maintain the same standard of teaching in all these institutions.However, one such activity that has helped us in bringing about some uniformityin the standard of education is the system of common examination.The DAV Centre for Academic Excellence provides common Question PapersClass-VIII in all DAV Public Schools. Examination is held in all the schools as perthe date sheet issued by the department. Since there is Semester System as per theCBSE guidelines, accordingly the Sample Question Papers are prepared semesterwise and compiled in this document.The main tool in the written examination is the Question Paper. If the questionpaper is not designed properly, the test will give a totally incorrect conclusion. Andin this whole process the casualty will only be the student. It has been observedthat the question papers in general suffer from the following infirmities : The questions mostly require recall of information and as such encouragememorisation. Abilities like understanding and application of knowledge are seldomtested. The questions are vaguely worded. As a result the student is not clear aboutthe quality of answer required. Question paper does not cover the whole course.[5]Downloaded fromjsuniltutorial.weebly.com
Options are provided in the question paper which provide scope for thestudents to pick and choose.In order to remove the above infirmities and administer a good and balancedquestion paper to the students, efforts are made to incorporate the following in thequestions paper :(i)Introduction of question that measures a single learning outcome.(ii)Incorporating some test tasks as would test all the abilities like knowledgeunderstanding, application & skill appropriately.(iii) Including questions that (a) are within the scope of syllabus.(b) are within the comprehension level of points.(c) can be solved within a reasonable length of time.(d) are worded in a clear, simple and unambiguous language.(e) use appropriate directional words.Hence for setting a good question paper, a great deal of planning prior tothe actual writing of questions is required. The major steps in the planning/preparation of a good and balanced question paper are :(i)Preparation of the design : it lays down the chief dimensions of the questionpaper. Weightage to learning objectives, weightage to content, weightageto form of questions, weightage to difficulty level-all are decided underthe head 'design'. Moreover through written examination it is the cognitivedomain, representing the intellectual area of the pupils, that gets evaluated.This domain involves the development of the abilities of knowledge,understanding (comprehension), application (expression) and skill. Thepaper setter assigns marks to each in view of its importance.In order to cover maximum course content the paper setter has to prepare alarge number of questions of various types. These types include Very Short[6]Downloaded fromjsuniltutorial.weebly.com
Answer Questions, Short Answer Questions and Long Answer Questions.(ii)Preparation of blue print : The design is then followed by thepreparation of a blue print. It reveals the actual picture of the questionpaper. The blue print gives the placement of questions in respect of :(a) the objective to be tested by each.(b) the content area to be covered by each.(c) the form of question suitable for testing.It may be noted that blue print of each question paper is unique and shouldbe carefully prepared however design of question paper is static.(iii) Preparation of questions : Preparation of an appropriate questions isan art and requires knowledge of objectives and their specifications, amastery over the subject matter and the skill of framing questions. Thepaper setter, while framing a question should keep in mind that (a) It is based on a well defined specific objective.(b) It is related to a specific content area.(c) It is at the desired level of the difficulty.(d) It is well worded so as to be within the comprehension of the studentsand can be done within a reasonable length of time.(e) Its language is clear, simple and unambiguous.(f) It uses appropriate directional words.(iv) Editing the question paper : The editing and assembling of a question paperis of crucial importance. The arrangement of question in a question papershould be from easy to difficult. Similarly Very Short Answer type questionsshould appear first to be followed by Short Answer Type and Long AnswerType questions.(v)Preparation of marking scheme/hints to solution : This is very essential as it(a) reduces the subjectivity in scoring. (b) ensures uniformity in scoring whena number of evaluators are involved and (c) gives the paper setter a clear[7]Downloaded fromjsuniltutorial.weebly.com
idea of how the pupils will react while answering the questions. However, allteachers must understand that Marking Scheme is just a guideline to bringuniformly in evaluation.(vi) Preparation of question-wise analysis : It helps the paper setterto know the strength and weakness of his/her question paper. Italso enables the paper setter to reconcile the question paper withthe blue print. The questions are, therefore, analysed in terms of :(a) objectives tested by the questions.(b) specification on which the question is based.(c) topic covered by the questions.(d) form of the questions.(e) estimated difficulty level.Sample question papersUse of Sample Question Papers by students :The Sample Question Papers indicate the pattern of the question paperswhich the pupils will have to face in the forthcoming examinations. These will alsohelp the students to know how to answer a question. Understanding a questionand then answering it, is a technique which students need to know.Use of Sample Question Papers by the teachers :The material presented herein may provide sufficient help to the teachers inbringing improvement in the techniques and tools of evaluation. It will help theteachers in : understanding the objective of teaching a particular course. teaching various topics keeping in mind the learning objectives. framing appropriate questions. developing appropriate marking schemes for the question papers.[8]Downloaded fromjsuniltutorial.weebly.com
The Sample Question Papers along with guidelines for their evaluation printedherein were designed and developed in the workshops, held at the office of DAVCMC. Subject resource persons helped and guided the participating teachers indeveloping these question papers. This year Eight workshops were held to developthe Sample Question Papers for Classes-VIII, in all the subjects. It is a matter ofimmence pleasure and satisfaction that more than 60 teachers participated in theseworkshops. For Punjabi and Dharam Shiksha (English Medium), workshops wereheld in Patiala and Hyderabad respectively.I am highly grateful to Shri Mohan Lal, Vice-President, DAV Centre forAcademic Excellence for sparing his valuable time to address and guide theparticipating teachers on different days of workshops and acquaint them with themethodology used in designing & framing the Sample Question Papers.I convey my thanks to all the resource persons for their able guidance withoutwhich preparation of a good, balanced Sample Question Paper in a particularsubject would not have been possible. My thanks are also due to the Ms. KshipraVerma, E.O, DAVCAE & staff working in the DAV Centre of Academic Excellencefor their devoted and dedicated work.Dr. Nisha PeshinDirector (Academics)[9]Downloaded fromjsuniltutorial.weebly.com
DesignedandDevelopedbyDirector (Academics)D.A.V. centre foracademic excellencein a workshopheld atworkshop schedule's :(DAV College Managing Committee)Chitragupta Road, Pahar Ganj,New Delhi - 110 055[ 10 ]Downloaded fromjsuniltutorial.weebly.com
english - course 'a'(term - I)DESIGN Max. Marks : 100Time : 3 HoursI.Weightage of learning objectives :ObjectivesReadingWritingGrammarLiteratureTotal% of Marks20%20%25%35%100Marks20202535100II. Weightage to form of questions :Type of QuestionsLASA ISA IIVSATotalNo. of Questions0301 (7 parts)011116Marks21200455100III. Weightage to Content :S. No.Name of Unit1Section - A (Reading) [1-3]2Section - B (Writing) [4-6]34Marks202025Section - C (Grammar) [7-12]Section - D (Literature) [13-16]Total35100IV. Scheme of options : Choice in Q. 4, 5, 13 & 16V. Scheme of Section s: A, B, C & DVI. Weightage to difficulty level :1. Difficult questions: 19%3. Easy questions: 35%2.Average questions: 46 %VII. Expected length of answers to different types of questions & time management :S.Types of QuestionsNo.1 Long Answer (LA)2 Short Answer (SA-I) (SA-II)3Expected length ofAnswer120-150 words30-40 words, 50 wordsExpected time foreach question / type75 minutes50 minutess10-20 words55 minutesVery Short Answer (VSA)[ 13 ]Downloaded fromjsuniltutorial.weebly.com
(class - viii)english(term - I)blue print Max. Marks : 100Time : 3 HoursS. No.of theQuestionsLASA ISA IIVSATotal1.2.3.Section - A (Reading)---100505204.5.6.Section - B 1.12.13.14.15.16.Section - C (Grammar)--Section - D (Literature)0503 6 - 1802 1 - 2-0505-Total21200455Types of QuestionsSummary :Long Answer (LA) 03Short Answer (SA I) (30-40) 01Short Answer (SA II) (50) 01Very Short Answer (VSA) 11 16Total[ 14 ]Downloaded fromjsuniltutorial.weebly.com
ENGLISH - COURSE 'A'term - 1Time Allowed : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100General Instructions :1. This paper consists of four sections : A, B, C & D2. Attempt all questions.3. Do not write anything in the question paper.4. All the answers must be correctly numbered as in the question paper and written inthe answer sheet provided to you.5. Ensure that questions of each section are answered together.6. Read each question carefully and follow the instructions.7. Strictly adhere to the word limit given with each question. Marks will be deducted forexceeding the word limit.Section - A (Reading)1. Read the following passage carefully :(20 Marks)10Florence Nightingale laid the foundation of modern nursing by organisingit on a scientific basis. She is better known throughout the world as 'TheLady with the Lamp'. Florence Nightingale was a wonderful personalitywho rejecting the comforts and luxuries of homely life, dedicated herselfto the selfless service of the sick and the wounded with a missionary zeal.During the Crimean war (1854-1856), she came to British army hospital atScutari in Turkey from Italy as a member of the 40 member nursing team. Shedid a very commendable job at this hospital and improved the condition ofthe hospital, spending her own money. She cared more about the woundedthan about her own comforts. Being busy in the service of others she alsohad to take much trouble. By her dedication to the service of the patients inthe hospital, she brought a new ray of hope to them. While visiting patientsat night, she used to hold a lamp in her hand and so she came to be knownas "The Lady with the Lamp'. She founded a nursing school at London's St.Thomas's Hospital and also encouraged British women to join the medicalprofession.(1)[ 15 ]Downloaded fromjsuniltutorial.weebly.com
Florence Nightingale was born in Florence (Italy) in 1820. Her parentswanted her to lead a happy, comfortable domestic life but she made it knownthat instead she wanted to serve mankind. Her parents had ultimately tobow before the indomitable will of their daughter. Florence Nightingalereceived training in Nursing in Germany and France. She is known forher reforms in the British hospitals which lacked in even basic facilities.Florence Nightingale died in London in 1910, at the ripe age of 90.(2)Florence Nightingale was an embodiment of sacrifice and compassionand her noble life will always inspire the people of the world of selflessservice.(3)1.1. Answer the following questions briefly.(a) Highlight florence Nightingale's contribution to modern nursing.1(b) With the help of an example prove florence Nightingale 'missionaryzeal'.2(c) She was known as 'The Lady with the lamp' because .1(d) Florence Nightingale went against the wishes of her parents.Explain.2(e) Why did she need to reform British hospitals?1(f) How does the life of florence Nightingale inspire us?11.2. Find words from the passage which mean the same as the following.1 2(a) Worthy of praise (para 1)(b) a feeling of sympathy (para 3)2. Read the following poem carefully :5The Paper BoatsDay by day I float my paper boats one byone down the running stream.In big black letters I write my name on them andname of the village where I liveI hope that someone in some village or landwill find them and know who I am.I load my little boats with shiuli flowers fromour garden.And hope that these blooms of the dawn will[ 16 ]Downloaded fromjsuniltutorial.weebly.com
be carried safely to land in the night.I launch my paper boats and look up intothe sky.And all the little clouds sitting therewhite bulging sails.I know not what playmate of mine in thesky sends them down the air to racewith my boats!When night comes I bury my face in my armsand dream that my paper boats float onand on under midnight stars.– Rabindranath TagoreFill in the blanks with one word or a phrase from the poem only tocomplete the passage given below.The poet everyday (a) his paper boats down the runningstream. He writes his and his village name on the boats hoping thatsomeone in some village or land will find them and (b) whohe is. He even loads (c) in his boats hoping that they willbe carried safely to (d) . He compares the little clouds with(e) . At night he buries his face in his arms and dreams that hispaper boats are floating safely under midnight stars.53. Read the following passage carefully :Dance - A Divine ArtDance is an expression of emotions natural to man. It is a medium to givevent to feelings of joy, sorrow, anger, bliss and many more. Indian danceinterprets philosophical ideals, myths and legends that grow out of thenature worship. Bharata Natyam - the most common classical art of Indiacomes from Tamil Nadu in South India. Its principles and techniques hadbeen codified in Bharat "Natyashastra" about 1800 years ago. The wordBharata as used in this form of classical dance is believed to be composed ofthe first syllables of each of its three main elements - Bhava or mood, Ragaor melody and Tala or rhythm. 'Natyam' is the continuation of both dancingand acting.[ 17 ]Downloaded fromjsuniltutorial.weebly.com
Bharata Natyam is a sophisticated dance art of Tamil Nadu. Visually it isdynamic and a very precise style of dance. A variety of movements withan emphasis on mudras are typical of this style. The basic postures arebalanced positions with stretches that give it a linear quality. The styleprojects an amazingly equal measure of beauty and strength, of slow andfast, or pure dance and mime. It is a style that lends itself to both solo andgroup performances.The dance is not only an art and a source of enjoyment, but also a therapy.This form of exercise is interesting, symmetrical and increases supplenessand strength. This Indian classical dance is performed barefoot. The processof dancing is like having regular acupressure treatment. It has been foundthat dance helps to contribute to the conservation of nutrients. The eyemovement improves Myopia and the whole process improves Ne
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