DAV PUBLIC SCHOOL, BRS NAGAR, LUDHIANA

HOLIDAYS HOMEWORK

CLASS: VIII

SUBJECT: ENGLISH

Instruction: Prepare your language file by using A4 coloured sheets to do work.

Read any English newspaper and cut and paste any five articles of your choice.

Cut and paste five letters to the editor (different dates) from ‘Letters to Editors’ column of the newspaper.

Make a glossary from Chapter 4, 5, 6, 8 (Father’s Help, My mother, The Luncheon, The Undeserved Reward) of English Literature book. Pick 10-15 words from each chapter and write their word meanings.

Extract information about the life of any 4-5 eminent personalities and write bio sketch of each one about 100 words.

Identify any two persons in your family, relatives or in neighborhood who have struggled to achieve their goals in life and interview them on the basis of the points given below. Write minimum 6 dialogues.

(- childhood - source of inspiration-hurdles-way by which hurdles were crossed-FEELINGS about achievement – any future plans)

Read any one book authored by any of the following and write its summary in about 100-150 words.

Ruskin Bond

Leo Tolstoy

Sudha Murthy

Solve the following in BBC Compacta

Module 1 (W.S. 1,2,4)

Module 2 (W.S. 6, 8, 9)

Module 3 (W.S. 10, 11, 12)

SUBJECT: HINDI

SUBJECT: SCIENCE

  1. Make a collage on causes of air pollution in scrap book.
  2. a). Name the place where massive earthquake took place on 25th April, 2015

b).What was the magnitude of earthquake?

c). Try to find out the problems faced by people living in that region and enlist in scrapbook.

  1. On the map of India, mark two biosphere reserves, two national parks and two wild life sanctuaries. (Paste map in Scrap Book)
  2. Why there is need to celebrate days like World Environment Day? Why such celebrations were not required in the past? What are your suggestions to do on this particular day? (note in scrap book)
  3. Pick a planet from the eight listed planets. Collect as much information about this planet as you can find. Prepare a report in your scrap book writing detail about discovery of the planet, its special feature (if any).
  4. Value based questions:

Raman lives in a coastal village. He is the son of a fisherman wherever any unwanted animal comes in the net, instead of killing it; he puts it back in the sea.

  1. What would have happened, had he killed these animals?
  2. Give one reason to justify that Raman’s action in environment friendly.
  3. How can you contribute in the preservation of flora and fauna around you? Mention any two steps.

SUBJECT: SOCIAL SCIENCE

  1. Make a project on the use of resources in our day to day life. Also suggest ways to reduce their wastage.
  2. Paste pictures of plants with medicinal value and write about their importance in your Scrap-book.
  3. Make a scrap book on ‘Heroes of the revolt of 1857’ and write about their contribution in brief.
  4. Write daily news headlines related to national, international, social sports etc in scarp book (at least 5 news)
  5. Map Activity: Fill in the political map of world

Rainfall – Areas of heavy rainfall, Areas of low rainfall

Distribution of natural vegetation

On the outline political map of India, name and locate the a). Main centers of the Revolt of 1857

SUBJECT: PUNJABI

SUBJECT: MATHS

(Chapter – 1)Square and Square Roots

  1. Find the smallest number by which 180 must be multiplied so that it becomes a perfect square. Also find the square root of the perfect square so obtained.
  2. Find the square root of:
  1. 5.774409
  2. 0.00053361
  1. The area of a square field is square metres. Find the length of one side of the field.
  2. 5929 students are sitting in an auditorium in such a way that there are as many students in a row as there are rows in the auditorium. How many rows are there in the auditorium?
  3. Find the least number which must be subtracted from 2361 to make it a perfect square.
  4. Find the least number which must be subtracted from 2361 to make it a perfect square.
  5. Find the least number which must be added to 4931 to make it a perfect square.
  6. Find the square root of the following by method of long division:
  1. 2304, 84100, 54756, 390625, 1234321, 3226694416
  1. Find the greatest number of six digits which is a perfect square.
  2. Find the least number of four digits which is a perfect square.
  3. Which of the following triplets are Pythagorean:
  1. (1, 2, 3), (3, 4, 5), (6, 8, 10)

Chapter – 2 (Cube and Cube Roots)

  1. What is the smallest number by which 625 must be multiplied so that the product is a perfect cube?
  2. Find cube root of : a). -226981 b). -175616
  3. Find the volume of a cube, one face of which has an area of 81m2
  4. Volume of a cubical box is 13.824 cubic meters. Find the length of each edge of cube.
  5. Prove that if a number is tripled, then its cube is 27 times the cube of the given number.
  6. Solve: a). b).
  7. Find the cube root of: a). -0.064 b). 4.096
  8. Find the volume of a cube whose surface area is 150m2
  9. Find the units digit in the cube root of:
  1. 226981, 13824, 571787
  1. Find cube root using estimation:
  1. 10648, 15625

Chapter – 4 (Direct and Inverse)

  1. x and y are in direct variation of y = 10 when x = 5, then value of y when x = 10 is:
  1. 2b. 5c. 10d. 20
  1. If two quantities x and y are related to each other in such a way that xy is a constant, then x and y are said to be in ______variation.
  2. If 12m of a uniform iron rod weights 42kg, what will be the weight of 6m of the same rod?
  3. A certain number of men could do a piece of work in 60 days. If there were eight more men, it could be finished in 10 days less. Find the number of men in the beginning.
  4. A motor bike travels 210km in 30 litres of petrol. How far it would travels in 7 litres of petrol?
  5. If a man is running at 15 km/hr crosses a bridge in 5 minutes, then find the length of bridge.
  6. A man on riding crosses a bridge in 5 minutes when riding is being done at 15km/hr. Find the length of the bridge.
  7. If 21 cows eat that much as 15 buffaloes, how many cows will eat that much as 105 buffaloes?
  8. If a box of sweets is divided among 24 children, they will get 5 sweets each. How many would each get, if number of the children is reduced by 4?
  9. A train crosses a platform 100m long in 60 seconds at a speed of 45km/hr. Find the time taken by the train to cross an electric pole.
  10. A train of length 150m takes 40.5 seconds to cross a tunnel of length 300m. Find the speed of train in km/hr.
  11. If 12 carpenters can make 480 chairs in 24 days. How many carpenters can make 1000 chairs in 24 days?
  12. Walking at the ¾ of his usual speed a man is late by 2 ½ hours. Find his usual time.

Chapter – 7 (Algebraic Identities)

  1. Using suitable identity evaluate:
  1. (10.5)2
  2. 103 x 97
  3. (95)2
  1. Simplify: a). (x + )2 b). (p2q2 – r2s2) c). (a2 + b2)(a2 – b2) d). (x – y – z )2

e). (2p – 3q + 4r)2

3. Find the product:

a. (a + b) (a2 – ab + b2)

b. (a – b) (a2 + ab + b2)

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