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FAS / ENGLISH (184) / CLASS VIII / SAMPLE PAPER ANNUAL EXAMINATION / 2021-22

Time: 2 Hrs. M.M. 40

SECTION A – READING (10 Marks)

I) Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

1. Garbage cans are not magical portals. Trash does not disappear when you toss it in a can. Yet, the
average American throws away an estimated 1,600 pounds of waste each year. If there are no magic
garbage fairies, where does all that trash go? There are four methods to managing waste: recycling,
landfilling, composting, and incinerating. Each method has its strengths and weaknesses. Let's take a
quick look at each.
2. Recycling is the process of turning waste into new materials. Recycling can reduce pollution, save
materials, and lower energy use. Yet, some argue that recycling wastes energy. They believe that
collecting, processing, and converting waste uses more energy than it saves. Still, most people agree
that recycling is better for the planet than landfilling.
3. Landfilling is the oldest method of managing waste. Landfilling is when people bury garbage in a
hole. Over time the practice of landfilling has advanced. Garbage is compacted before it is thrown into
the hole. In this way more garbage can fit in each landfill. Large liners are placed in the bottom of
landfills so that toxic garbage juice doesn't get into the ground water. Sadly, these liners don't always
work. Landfills may pollute the local water supply. Not to mention that all of that garbage stinks.
Nobody wants to live next to a landfill. This makes it hard to find new locations for landfills.
4. As landfill space increases, interest in composting grows. Compositing is when people pile up organic
matter, such as food waste, and allow it to decompose. The product of this decomposition is compost.
Compost can be added to the soil to make the soil richer and better for growing crops. While
composting is easy to do onsite somewhere, like home or school, it's hard to do after the garbage gets
all mixed up. This is because plastic and other inorganic materials must be removed from the compost
pile or they will pollute the soil.
5. One thing that is easier to do is burning garbage. There are two main ways to incinerate waste. The
first is to create or harvest a fuel from the waste, such as methane gas, and burn the fuel. The second
is to burn the waste directly. The heat from the incineration process can boil water, which can power
steam generators. Unfortunately, burning garbage pollutes the air. Also, some critics worry that
incinerators destroy valuable resources that could be recycled.

A. Attempt any five out of six questions given below. 1x5

i. What are the four methods of managing waste? 1
ii. How is recycling beneficial for the environment? 1
iii. Which is the oldest method of managing waste? 1
iv. Why are large liners placed at the bottom of landfills? 1
v. Why is it hard to find new locations for landfills? 1
vi. Find a synonym for the word ‘burn’ (para 5) from the passage. 1

II)

1. Ever since she burst into the scene by making it to the 1980 Moscow Olympics as a 16- year old, P.T.
Usha’s tall deeds have exemplified Indian sporting excellence. The sprint queen was so consistent for
well over a decade that she was truly the flag bearer who helped countrymen live the dream of rare
sporting excellence in the international arena. Hailing from a remote village called Payyoli, Usha
became an icon for sport lovers. She made the nation swell with pride, every time she stepped on to
the track. She gave unalloyed joy to her fans when she became the first Indian woman to make an
Olympic final.

2. Usha’s greatest moment was also the most shattering in her life as she was pushed to the fourth
place in the 400 metres hurdles final at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. The Romanian Christina
Cojocaru won the bronze medal. Usha lost by an agonizing 1/100th of a second.

3. Several girls born during the 1980s were named after the golden girl. It serves as an eloquent
testimony to the love and affection many people had for Usha.

4. Usha’s reign as the Asian sprint queen was highlighted by her snapping up five gold medals and a
bronze at the 1985 Jakarta Asian Track and Field Meet followed by a sensational four gold medals and
one silver haul at the Seoul Asian Games the following year.

5. Well, champions are forever and Usha will always be the yardstick by which any woman athlete will
be measured in this country.

B. Attempt any five out of six questions given below.

i. Complete the sentence - PT Usha entered the Moscow Olympics at the tender age of ______. 1
ii. What had happened at the Los Angeles Olympics? 1
iii. What tells us that Usha was loved by the people? 1
iv. How many medals did Usha win at the Jakarta Asian Track and Field Meet? 1
v. Find an antonym for the word ‘adulterated’ (para 1) from the passage. 1
vi. Find a synonym for the word ‘breaking’ (para 2) from the passage. 1

SECTION B - WRITING AND GRAMMAR (10 Marks)

III) Attempt any one of the following two questions. 5

You are Ashish Jain of VIII-C Oxford Public School, Delhi. While playing in the basketball court, you lost
your Science practical register. Draft a notice, regarding the same and announce a suitable reward to
the finder.

OR
This Thursday, Russia carried an all-out invasion of Ukraine by land, air and sea, the biggest attack by
one state against another in Europe since World War Two. In this context, write an article on the ‘Ill–
effects of Wars on Humanity’. (Word Limit: 120-150)

IV) The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the incorrect
word and the correction as given in the example against the correct blank number in your answer
sheet. 1x3

Incorrect Correct

I had to went out despite the went go

heavy rain over get some medicine. (a) _______ ________

Therefore, the symptoms were not as (b) _______ ________

clear as they were at the morning, (c) _______ ________

yet I wanted to consult the doctor.

V) Do as directed and write the answers in your answer scripts. 1x2

1. Rubina said to me, “We are going to London next month.” (Write in Indirect speech)
2. Who teaches you English? (Change it into passive voice)

SECTION C – LITERATURE (20 Marks)

VI) Answer any six of the following in about 30-40 words. 2x6

1. Why was Jody unwilling to have Mill-wheel with him?

2. Mention two things that are not clear from the height. Answer in context of the poem ‘Geography
Lesson’.
3. Did the prospect of meeting Stephen Hawking make the writer nervous? Explain.
4. How did the giant realise that spring has visited in his garden?
5.Why was the little song bird surprised?
6. How did Vera explain the hasty exit of Mr. Framton Nuttel?
7. What did Munna (the narrator) do to escape punishment in the lesson “Jalebis”?

VII) Answer any two of the following in about 60-80 words. 2x4
1. Why was the giant surprised to see the winter in one corner of his garden? What did the giant
realise after witnessing this unusual event?
2. Write character sketch of the young boy from the lesson ‘Jalebis’. What are some qualities that
can be learnt from him?
3. What did Mrs. Sappleton say about the open window? What effect did it have on Mr. Nuttel?

Answer Key
I)
A. i. recycling, landfilling, composting, and incinerating
ii. Recycling can reduce pollution, save materials, and lower energy use.
iii. Landfilling is the oldest method of managing waste.
iv. Large liners are placed in the bottom of landfills so that toxic garbage juice doesn't get into the
ground water.
v. Nobody wishes to live near a stinking landfill and this makes it difficult to find a landfill site.
vi. incinerate

II)
B. i. sixteen
ii. Usha was pushed to the fourth place in the 400 metres hurdles final at the 1984 Los Angeles
Olympics. The Romanian Christina Cojocaru won the bronze medal. Usha lost by an agonizing
1/100th of a second.
iii. Several girls born during the 1980s were named after the golden girl.
iv. six
v. unalloyed
vi. shattering

III) Format- 1, Content-2, Expression-2

IV) Incorrect Correct
a) Over to
b) Therefore Although
c) At in

V)
1.Rubina told me that they were going to London the coming month.
2.By whom are you taught English?
VI
1. Jody was unwilling to have Mill-wheel with him. Because if the fawn was dead, he could not have
his disappointment seen. And if the fawn was there, the meeting would be so secret that he could
not share it.

2.The height provides us with a broader perspective of human civilization. It was not clear why men
have built walls around countries to separate them from each other and why men on earth find
reasons to hate each other.

3.The prospect of meeting Stephen Hawking made the writer nervous because Stephen Hawking was
a brilliant scientist. He was the writer of a world-renowned book “A Brief History of Time”. He
became the descendant of Isaac Newton at the University of Cambridge. The thought of meeting a
great personality, made the writer nervous.

4. One morning, the Giant heard music from outside. It was a little linnet singing outside his window.
Hail and north wind had stopped. He could smell fragrance of flowers. He was over-joyed.

5.The little song bird was surprised to see how ruthlessly Princess September treated him one day.
She carried him over to a cage, popped him in and shut the door on him. He became speechless. For
a moment he could think nothing.

6. The girl framed a story that Framton had a horror of dogs because he was once hunted into a
cemetery somewhere on the banks of the Ganges by a pack of dogs and had to spend the night in a
newly dug grave with the creature, snarling and grinning and foaming just above him.

7.The teacher informed the students that he would collect the fee during recess. The narrator was so
scared that he lifted his bag and went to Kumbelpur railway station.

VII

1.The giant's garden was not completely free of winter. In the farthest corner of the garden, there was
still winter. A young boy stood there. He cried and wandered around. The boy was so small that he
couldn't climb up despite the tree's branches were tilted down. The moment he seated the child on
the tree, it bloomed. He realized it was selfish of him to forbid the children from entering the garden.

2. The narrator was a boy of about 10 or 12 years of age. He was a dedicated and honest student. The
narrator won the scholarship as he was one of the most promising students. He has never been
punished. He was soft hearted, religious and generous. He distributed jalebis among children and
beggars. He had firm belief in God and his miracles. He used to say Namaz. The narrator pleaded God
to help him in his difficult times. He said that he memorized the entire namaz and he was a devoted
servant, so he needed a favour from almighty to arrange fee amount for him.

3. Mrs. Sappleton inquired Mr. Nuttel if he didn’t mind the open window as she was waiting for her
husband and brothers to come directly from shooting as they used to come from the same way. They
had gone out for snipe in the marshes that day, so she was worried that they may make mess over the
carpets. This looked very ghastly to Mr. Nuttel. He thought that Mrs. Sappleton was behaving like that
due to the trauma she has experienced.