Q Viii

STD : VIII ENGLISH
DATE :04-04-2020 SECOND SEMESTER EXAM, 2019-20 MARKS : 50
Q.I A) Read the following passage and answer the question given below :- (5)
Neurosurgery is another recent speciality to have received recognition

since the early 1900s. It is concerned with the treatment of disorders of the
nervous system. Neurosurgeons operate on the brain, the spin or nerves. They
can treat patients of all age, from the new-born to elderly, who have suffered a
stroke.Harvey cushing (1869-1939) is considered to be the father of modern
neurological surgery. In the early part of the 20th century, he developed basic
techniques and instruments for operating on the brain as a distinct surgical
speciality. Cushing dramatically reduced the mortality rate for neurosurgery from
90% to less than 10% By the time of his retirement in 1937, he had successfully
removed more than 2000 tumours. The main reason that mortality rates had
been so high before, was blood loss. Among Cushing’s significant achievements
are methods he developed to stem this blood loss by inventing a clip called
‘silver clip’ or ‘Cushing clip’.Thus Neurosurgery is one the most cutting edges in
the world of surgery and medicine.
i) What do neurosurgery operate upon and on body parts? (1)

ii) What did Dr Harvey Cushing develop in the early 20 th century? (1)
iii) What method did Dr Harvey Cushing develop to arrest blood loss ? (1)
iv) Neurosurgery has one of the most cutting edges in the world of surgery
and medicine. Justify this statement. (2)
B) Read the passage and answer the questions given below. (5)
It is good to remember that England gave Ramanujan such honours as were

possible. The Royal Society elected him a Fellow at the age of thirty . Trinity also
elected him a Fellow in the same year. He was the first Indian to be given either
of these distinctions. He was amiably grateful. But he soon become ill. Hardy
used to visit him, as he lay dying in hospital at Putney. It was on one of those
visits that there happened the incident of the taxi cab number. Hardey had gone
out to Putney by taxi as usual, his chosen method of conveyance. He went into
the room where Ramanujan was lying. Hardy, always clumsy about introducing a
conversation, said, probably without a greeting and certainly as his first remark:
“The number of my taxi cab was 1729. It seemed to me rather a dull number.”
To which Ramanujan replied : “No, Hardey! It is a very interesting number: It is
the smallest number expressible as the sum of two cubes in two different ways.”
It was difficult, in war time, to move Ramanujan to a kinder climate. He died of
tuberculosis, back in Madras, two years after the war
i)Why did Ramanujan found the number 1729 very interesting? (1)
ii)Why had Ramanujan to be hospitalized? (1)

iii At what age was he elected as a Fellow? (1)
iv)Frame sentences using the given words: a)conveyance b)amiable (2)
Q2. Read the passage and answer the given questions given below: (5)
1)Complete the following. (2)
i) ’Cream ice’ was available to …………………..
ii) By the 1700s, ice cream had made it to ………………….
iii) Thomas Jefferson even crafted his own recipe for …………….. ice cream.
iv)An ice cream merchant at the St louis World Fair invented the ………..
Ice cream , in some form has been around for thousands of years. The ancient
Greeks mixed snow with honey and fruit as early as 500 B.C. Marco Polo in his
travels to China is said to have brought back a recipe for something close to
sherbet. ”Cream Ice, “as it was originally called in England, seems to have a
royal luxury, possibly available only to aristocrats. It wasn’t until 1660 that all
Europeans could enjoy ice cream. By the 1700s, ice cream had made it to
America. Records show that both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson
enjoyed ice cream. Thomas Jefferson even crafted his own recipe for vanilla ice
cream. Dolly Madison served strawberry ice cream at her husband’s second
inaugural banquet at the White House. In the middle and late 1800s, ice cream
production in the United States increased due to technological advancements
such as electricity, freezing, refrigeration, and new milk homogenization
techniques. In 1904, an ice cream merchant at the St. Louis World Fair invented
the ice cream cone. When he ran out of dishes to serve his ice cream , he used
one of his zalabis – crisp rolled up waffles, to hold the ice cream . His customers
loved it and hence the ice cream was born.
2) Prepare a word register of 4 words related to ice cream. (1)
3) What was the main reason ice cream production increased in America? (2)
Q3A. Read the poem and answer the questions given below. (5)
So work the honey-bees, creatures that by a rule in nature teach
The art of order to a peopled kingdom,
They have a king and officers of sorts;
Where some, like magistrates, correct at home;
Others , like merchants, venture trade abroad;
Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings;

Make boot upon the summer’s velvet buds;
Which pillage they with merry march bring home
To the tent royal of their emperor.
i)What does honey bees teach us? (1)
ii)Which pillage they with merry march bring home. What does the underlined
word mean? (2)
iii)pick out an example of ‘Inversion ’from the extract. (2)
B) Write the para phrase of the poem ‘The Bees’ (5)
Q4. Do as directed (15)
1. The sun is the brightest star (change the degree of comparison)

2. The electrician tested the fire alarm (change the voice)
3. Frame sentences of your own using the homophone ‘one’
4. Neurosurgeons operate on the brain (Add a question tag)
5. The lady said, “My son hasn’t eaten breakfast? (change into reported
speech)
6. Use the word as a noun and as an adjective ‘patient’
7. Your word of praise are my greatest reward (Begin the sentence with no
other)
8. mantriji said maharaj pundit shahanes visit to our court is an open
challenge(punctuate the sentence)
9. She has no money to take home(rewrite as an interrogative sentence by
beginning the sentence with-Does)
10. But I have a small request (Add question tag)
11. All of them came and looted us (state whether it is a simple, complex or
compound)
12. Trinity supported unorthodox talent (change the voice)
13. They treat patiemts who have suffered a stroke (identify the main and
subordinate clause)
14. The smiths are planning a trip to Norway (frame WH question to get the
underlined answers)
15. We……… TV when it started to rain (to watch).(use correct tense of verb
and fill in the blank.)
Q.5A. A brilliant student from your school has won a mathematics Quiz at the
National level. (5)
Frame8 to 10 question to interview him/her when the school felicitates him/her.
B. A post student of your school has cleared his UPSC examination and being (5)
an IAS officer has been appointed as a Collector of your district. Write a formal
letter to invite him to your school to share the story of his success at a special
function

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STD : VIII ENGLISH

DATE :04-04-2020 SECOND SEMESTER EXAM, 2019-20 MARKS : 50

Neurosurgery is another recent speciality to have received recognition

i) What do neurosurgery operate upon and on body parts? (1)

It is good to remember that England gave Ramanujan such honours as were

ii)Why had Ramanujan to be hospitalized? (1)

iv)Frame sentences using the given words: a)conveyance b)amiable (2)

1)Complete the following. (2)

i) ’Cream ice’ was available to …………………..

ii) By the 1700s, ice cream had made it to ………………….

2) Prepare a word register of 4 words related to ice cream. (1)

So work the honey-bees, creatures that by a rule in nature teach

The art of order to a peopled kingdom,

They have a king and officers of sorts;

Where some, like magistrates, correct at home;

Others , like merchants, venture trade abroad;

Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings;

Which pillage they with merry march bring home

To the tent royal of their emperor.

i)What does honey bees teach us? (1)

iii)pick out an example of ‘Inversion ’from the extract. (2)

B) Write the para phrase of the poem ‘The Bees’ (5)

Q4. Do as directed (15)

1. The sun is the brightest star (change the degree of comparison)

Frame8 to 10 question to interview him/her when the school felicitates him/her.

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