ny 7 D.A.V. PUBLIC SCHOOL 19 St Nap, each, Cera PRE-NOARD EXAMINATION POR THE ACADIEMIC YEAR 2023-24 SUBJECT: SCIENCE CLASS: VIII ‘TIME: 3 HOURS DATE :¢2.02.204 MAX, MARKS: 80 General Instruction 1. The question paper consists of five sections ~ Section Ay this question paper. All the questions are compulsory. Tntemal choice has been provided in some questions. A student has {0 attempt only one of the alternatives in such questions. 4 Section A consists of question numbers 1 {0 19. These questions are MCQs and Assertion-Reason B,C, D and B, There are 38 questions in questions. They earry one mark each, 4, Section B consists of question numbers 20 to 25. These are Short Answer questions which carry two marks each, '$. Section C consists of question numbers 26 to 31. These are Short Answer questions which carry three ‘marks each, 6 Section D consists of question numbers 32 to 34. These are Long Answer questions and carry five marks each, 7. Section E consists of question numbers 35 to 38. These are Case based Answer questions which carry four marks each, ‘8 Write the same serial number against your answers as given in the question paper. ‘SECTION-A 1. The hinges of the creaking doors are lubricated to 1 (@ clean them (D)reduce wear and tear _(¢) increase friction _(@) both (a) and () j ‘The statement which is incorrect is 1 (@) friction acts on a ball rolling around the ground. (©) friction acts on a boat moving on water. (©) friction acts on a bicycle moving on a smooth road. @ fiction does not act on a ball moving through air. Light from the Sun falling on a convex lens will converge at a point called 1 (@ centre of curvature (@) principal focus } (© radius of curvature (@ optical centre 4. Budding is observed in 1 Lamocbe TI. yeast. ‘Ml. bacteria TV hydra (@) both I and IV (W)both and IV () both Mand (4) both Land ‘5. The human eye forms the image of an object at its 1 (@) iris (eyelashes —_—_(¢) eye lens @retina 6. Conversion of dead plants into coal is called (@) extraction of coal (®) decomposition ; (©) carbonisation (@ destructive distillation 7. The male gonads among the following is { (@) ovary () penis (6 testes (@ wets 1 8. Hormone that controls metamorphosis in frogs is j (a) thyroxine (b) insulin (c) growth horm ‘ y 9. A medicine that is effective in killing or somrng te growth ofa decor i to treat the infection is called fib ab (a) antibody (b) antibiotic (© vaccine i 10. The microorganisms that can multiply only in other host organisms is eal (a) bacteria (b) virus (©) protozoa alee 11. The number of eggs produced in intemal fertilization is @) more than external fertilization (b) less than external fertit (© equal to external fertilization (@ mor or es than extemal tcatisa 12. The characteristic that is NOT relevant to an exhaustible natural rescue See ace (2) They are present in abundance () They take millions of years for theif (©) They generally cause pollution (@ They are present in limited quantityPage 2068 1 13. The necessary requirements fr combustion to tke place Is {@) fuel, nitrogen, ignition temperature (b) CO), water, oxygen (0) fhe, oxygen, water (4) fuel, oxygen, Ignition temperature "4. Anobjcctis placed at a disiance of 20cm fom a convex lene Focal length 20 em, ‘The image Will be formed (a) at infinity (b) at the centre of curvature (at fens (4) between lis focus and optical centre 1S. The strongest fibre ‘among the following is f@) rayon (©) nylon (©)acryton (A) silk ed Assertion (A) und the other labelled DE {he correct answers to thee question fromthe code (a, (b), 6) snd (4) as given below: (0) Both A and R are true and Ris the comer explanation of A, a.) Both A and R are tne and R is ‘not the correct explanation of A. (©) Ais tre but Ris false, (8) Ais false but R is true, 26. Assertion (A): Whit light splits i . Wo seven colours as it passes obliquely from a prism, 1 “ason (R)_ In a material medium, tight ‘ays of different colours propagate with different speeds, 17. Assertion (A): During electrolysis, the bubbles of a ‘gas may be formed near electrodes, 1 Reason (R) : The Passage of an el lectric current through an ionic solution does not cause a ‘chemical change. 18. Assertion (A): All human beings have 23 pairs ‘of chromosomes in each cel Reason (R)_: The human gametes do not have 23 Pairs of chromosomes. 19. Assertion (A): Water can 70. “The cell membrane of a cells called the pate of a cell” Justify. (ory How are chloroplasts different from chromoplasts in ther function? 21. (2) Name the electrodes that are made anode and cathode during the electroplating of copper on zine. (©) Name any two substances that help to increase the conduct. vty of a given liquid 2 22. Observe the given diagram carefully and answer the following questions: — m4 (@)It is often said, “Had there been no Faraday, there would have been no Electric (o) What type of energy transformation takes place in the given set up? Deseribe the role of micro-organisms in the fllowing cases: 2 | (2) Cleaning the environment (b) Energy production 2 *omplete the following able: (DISEASE [ CAUSATIVE ORGANISM | MODE OF TRANSMISSION] METHOD OF PREVENTION ] ‘ “wberculosis | (a) = o_____ ‘Anopheles mosquitogo Page 308 25.(@) How are calorific vale and efticleney of fel ate (9 each er? 2 (6) Complete burning of 10 ky of fel *X" produces $0,000 kt ‘of energy. Calculate the calorific valve of fel X°, SECTION =C th three points, 3 ascous foes are conser the best" Jay the given statement wil (OR) (a) Define Flame. 8) On the basis of your understanding about candle Mame, () The zone of complete combustion Gi) The roe of partial combustion of wax vapours Gai) The coldest zone of the candle flame A) The hottest zone of the eandle flame ne the following: 27.(@) Gymnasts rub their hands with chalk powder. Why? es {Py Festi enced fr so many octivies in ou daily ie, Write any eo applications oF fetion'n 3 our day-to-day life. oR (@ Friction gets affected by the nature of surface. How? &) Frcdon i unwanted in certain situations. Write any two disadvantages of fiction in our ay-to day Tie 28. (a) The normal human eye can comfortably see a book lying onthe table as wel as stars inthe sky. ‘Name this unique property ofthe eye. (The human eye exhibits the phenomenon of “X° due to whch it ean se image fora short duration ‘of time *Y°, even after the object is removed. Identify *X' and “Y". ()Paje’s father was not able to se the objects kept closer than 1m from his eyes leary, Name the defect of vision that he is suffering from? How ean it be corrected? 3 29, Differentiate between plant cell and animal cell on the basis of the three organelle. 3 530. Differentiate between metals and non-metals on the basis ofthe following chemical properties: 3 @ Reaction with oxygen Gi) Reaction with water (ji) Reaction with acid 31. India blessed with an abundance of sunlight, biomass and water. Due to rapid economic 3 development, growing population a strain is put on natural ron-tenewable resources present in India, (2) Suggest two natural renewable resources which India can use for energy production. (b) Suggest two strategies which India can use to protect environment and reduce isk of global ‘warming by overuse of coal and petrol. sect 432. (a) Gravitational force is called a non-contact force and muscular force a contact force. Why? (b) Give one reason to justify each of the following: (i) Equal forces ar applied on [Link] and a loaded truck but the car picks up the speed (Gi) The walls ofa plastic bottle tend to be deformed or e-ushed inwards ‘when te ote ra closed after pouring the steaming hot water init, ie ii is difficult to cut cloth with scissors that has blunt blades, (on j) Calculate the net force on an object A, two forees 20 N : 0 scien. : and 30 N are applied on it fom BY Cy ject B, if one fo P ‘ Gi Cafelate the net free on an bjs Bene ree 020s app a the other of 30N is applied fiom Wes! direction, applied from Bast direction (b) Give reason for the following: , exit Gi) Breathing becomes difficult on mountains. on age around Fee of cloth on hi head whenever they have 0 caryaged of 8 (WO Too persons are apply fares from the apposite nes of w moving cart. The cat til "wove wih the same ype a in the sae det, 38.40) Write the fimetions for the flowing: AW Orda Gy Utems (li) Temes ) Wei (b) Wentity and name ‘Darts marked (i) - (iv) in the given diayram, =) (il) (il) mu) 7 con a) r (2) Write the names of three reproductive pattems with an example foreach oo) ‘Adentify and name the parts marked as (A) to (D) in the given diagram. a} ° o--* me (=) When a magnesium ribbon is dipped into a copper sulphate solution, the colour of the solution fades away and the magnesium ribbon gets coated with the browm layer. 5 (G) Name the metal that gets deposited on the surface of magnesium ribbon, ) Name the type of reaction that had taken place. (Gi) Represent the reaction inthe form of a chemical equation, (©) Copper cannot displace zinc from zine sulphate solution. Give reason. (c) Arrange the following metals inthe order of their increasing reactivity: Gold, Iron, Lead, Tin (ony (a)Explain the steps involved in the extraction of metal from its ore. (b) Why is stainless steel preferred over iron? (c)Write the composition of duralumin alloy. ‘Question numbers 35 to 38 are Case Study based questions and contain five sub-parts each, You are \ expected to answer any four sub-parts in these questions, 35. Mansi passed a ray of light through lens *M” and it diverged alle refraction, When she passed a ray of light through lens *N’, it converged aller reffaction. Based on the observations made, answer the following questions: é (a) Identity the lens “M" and *N? veka ©, What happens tothe path of Hight as it passes through epticl centre of lens MO"? () Incase of lens °N’, where should Mansi place an objec sous to gt real image of same size like that of an object? (4) Caleulate the radius of eurvature ofa convex lens, if distance between its focus and optical centre is 20 em, (©) Define focal length i lens.age 808 36. Soham learnt in the sehoot that sound iva form of enetay and the taste cause of wll sounds fs ‘Vibvations. So, he took a simple pendulum of fength 1 metre sid allowed It to oncittate, He was confused why he could not hear any sound even when vibeations Were made by his pendulum, He ‘ised concer to his teacher, To this, hie teacher repllea that ix pendulum must be gnciltating, 'ews ‘haan 20 times in one second. So, the sound produced is inatible, ‘ (8) What are the sounds with frequency of vibeatons bela 20112 karown ax? (8) Mention the mutibte rane af frequency’ of sound for hima earn. (©) Apart fiom frequency, mention the ather faetoron which audibillty of sound depends, {c) Caen the time period of a simple pendulum whose frequency is 10 17. {€) How are frequency and piteh of a sound related to each other? 37. Daring the Biology’ class, the teacher explained the process of fusion of male gamete with the female fpamete wherein, she explained penetration of male gamete into the female gamete, Aishwarya was very inguistive and she wanted to know more about the penetration and structure of both the ‘gametes, So, the teacher decided to explain the process with the help of an informative video to all he stents, 4 (a) Define Fertilization, () Apart from oestrogen, name the other hormone secreted by ovaries. (©)A sperm containing *Y" chromosome fuses with an egg having “X’ chromosome, then a zygote is formed. What will be the sex of the foetus produced irom this zygote? {(@) When do ovaries become active in human females? (©) Enlist any two changes that occur in females during puberty. 38. Syuthetic fibres and plasties are made by humans through chemical synthesis. They are the results of extensive research by scientists to replicate naturally ocewring substance. Synthetic fibres account for ebout half of all fibre usage, with application in every field of Fibre and Textile Technology sithough they are non-biodegradable. Many synthetic polymers have been evaluated as potentially valuable end commercial products, four of them are nylon, polyester, acrylic and polyolepfin — ominste the market. Some plasties like melamine are mon: hazardous to environment than plastics like PVC. 4 (2) Select the articles which are non ~ biodegrable from the following, © paper Gi) wood (ii) dead plants (iv) nylon (») plastic bag (vi) peels of vegetables (b) Plastic is used for making a large variety of daily use les that are very attractive. But it is sdvised to avoid the use of plastic as far as possible. Why? (¢) Rohan is going for rock climbing, Why did he select nylon ropes instead of ropes made of cotton ot jue? (4) Name two different types of synthetic plastics, (c) Why is melamine used to make kitchenware? + End of the Page ——y |