Glorious Public School Adarsh Gaon (Chhawani Line) Ghazipur
Glorious Public School Adarsh Gaon (Chhawani Line) Ghazipur
Glorious Public School Adarsh Gaon (Chhawani Line) Ghazipur
Summative Assesment ll
Session 2017-18
Sub- Social
Class- 8th
Time: 2 Hours
M.M:30
(g) Write the name of five cities which located on the bank of river Ganga?
A B
(ii) How did the knowledge of ancient texts helps the reformes promote new laws.
(iv) Name any three common minerals used by you every day?
Instruction : First 15 minutes are allotted for the candidates to read the question
paper.
Section A
1. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below it :
Socrates went round the town on foot and talked to people. The Athenians began
to look for his familiar figure in the streets and to say to their friends, Yes, thats
Socrates, come along and talk to him. After sometimes Socrates became famous
as a teacher. He wandered along the roads and stood in the market places, talking
to anyone who cared to greet him. His listeners were often confused after they had
argued with him or answered his questions. Socrates told his countrymen that
everyone must learn to think for himself, so that by using his reason he would
have the power to see what was right, just, true and beautiful, and so shape his
own conduct.
He wanted Athens to be a perfect state. He told everyone, both his pupils and his
other followers; that this could only happen if every citizen educated his own
mind to see what was right and noble.
(a) Why did Socrates wander along the streets and stand in the market
places?
(b) How, according to Socrates, should man use his reason?
4. Read the following piece of poetry and answer the questions given below it :
Glad of all weathers,
Still seeming best,
Upward or downward Motion thy rest;
(a) What is the state of the fountain in every weather?
(b) What lesson does the poet want to give us in the above stanza?
5. Write four lines from one of the poems given in your text-book. (Do not copy out
lines given in this question paper).
Section B
7. (a) Choose the correct preposition from the ones given below the sentence to
fill in the blanks :
He has been chargedtheft. (of, with, for)
i may be slow said the tortorise but i can win the race
Or
Write a letter to your friend telling him about your school. Give reasons for your
liking or disliking it. (Do not write your Name and Roll No.)
Points are given below for each topic to develop the composition :
(a) My Father
(v) Conclusion
(v) Conclusion
11. Read the following passage arefully and answer the question set thereon:
Punctuality is the soul of business. If a man oens his shop latr than the apoointed
time his customers will go away to other shops to make purchases.
So also, when a trader comes to a railway station, only a few minutes before the
departure of a train, in which his merchandise is to be booked. he causes much
inconveniene not only to himself but also to other persons with whom he has to deal.
Similry, if a school boy comes to school late, he misses his lessons for the time being
and if he goes on indulginsg in the habit, he becomes unsuccessful in the examination at
the end of the year.
It is, therefore, justly said that most of the failures in the examinations of the present day
ae due to the want of habit of punctuality in our boys.
(ii) Whom does a businessman who is not punctual, cause inconvenience to?