Winter Break Holiday Homework 2014
Class -VIII
S.ST.
1.Write a brief note on Supreme court and its funtions.
2.Write short note on
a.Arya samaj b.Prarthana samaj c.Brahmo samaj
Ramabai
d.Temple entry movement e.Gulamgiri f.Pandita
3.English education has enslave us .-explain.
4.Mention the difference between large scale industries and small scale industries .
5.Draw a political map of India and locate the following :
a.Jamshedpur b.Calicut c.Area where lives the Agarias.
d.place where Tipu sultan ruled.
SCIENCE
1. Sound travels fastest in
(a) steel
(c)
water
(b) Air
(d)
vacuum.
2. which of the following is a member of solar system
(a)
alpha centuri
(c)
ursa major
(b)
Titan
(d)
sirius
3. Which of the following does not give flame on burning
(a)
Kerosene
(c)
Candle
(b)
LPG
(d)
Coke
4. Which of the following is not star
(a)
Sun
(c)
Shooting Star
(b) Alpha Century
(d)
Sirius
Fill in the blanks
5. -------------------- National park is first reserve forest in India.
6. Fire produced by oil can’t be controlled by ………..
7. The planet is appears reddish in color is …………….
State True or False
8. Joule per meter is the unit of calorific value.
9. Red data book keeps the record of human population.
10. IERS is an artificial satellite of Jupiter.
11. There are nine planets in solar system.
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING
12. Name the largest planet of solar system. In which direction it rotates about its axis.
13. What is constellation? Name any four constellations.
14. List any four sources of noise pollution in your surroundings.
15. Make labeled diagram of a candle flame.
16. identify the parts which vibrates to produce sound in the following instruments
(a) Dholak
(b)
sitar
(c)
flute.
17. Match The Following
(a) Outer Planet
Mars
(b) Jupiter
Star
(c) Sun
Shooting Star
(d) Ursa Major
Neptune
(e) Meteors
Great Bear
(f) Titan
Satellite
(g) Red Planet
Largest Planet
Mathematics
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Write Euler’s formula.
Can a polyhedron have 10 faces, 20 edges and 15 vertices?
Write the formula of for area of a rhombus, square; rectangle and triangle.
Write the formula of for surface of a cylinder, cube, cuboid and a sphere.
find the value of (a)
(30+ 4-2 ) x 22
(b)
( 2-1 x 4-1 ) / 2 -2
6. Add the following.
(a) ab-cd , bc-ca , ca – ab
(b) l2 + n2 , m2+ n2, n2 +l2 , 2lm + 2mn + 2nl
7. A company packages its milk powder in cylindrical container whose base has a diameter of 14 cm
and height 20 cm. Company places a label around the surface of container. If label is 2 cm from
top and bottom. What is the area of label and volume of container?
8. Simplify the following
(a) (a2 – b2 ) 2
(b)
(2x +5 )2 – ( 2x -5 )2
9. The floor of a building consists of 3000 tiles which are shaped in form of a rhombus having
diagonals 45 and 30 cm. find total cost of polishing the floor if cost is Rs 4 per square meter.
10. Show that :
5
2
2
(a) (3x +7) – 84x = (3x – 7)
(b) (a- b) ( a + b) + ( b-c) ( b + c) + ( c-a) ( c + a) = 0

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