CENSUS BASED STATE ACHIEVEMENT SURVEY MODEL QUESTION PAPER
SCHOOL NAME:-
CLASS: 8 SUB: ENGLISH TIME: 45 MINUTES
Q I. Four alternatives are given below for each question. Choose the best one decode it in the OMR
sheet. (18×1=18)
1. Who named the school 'Shantinikeatan'?
A. C. F. Andrews B. Students C. Teachers D. Rabindranath Tagore
2. ‘Wind sighing' is
A. Personification B. Simile C. Metaphor D. Alliteration
3. Sir C.V.Raman was born in the year
A. 1988 B. 1888 C. 1907 D. 1990
4. People like the Bee because
A. It is clever B. It sits on the opening flower
C. It works hard D. They got honey from it.
5. The two boys in the story are
A. Good friends B. Brothers C. Neighbours D. Classmates
6. The poem ‘No men are foreign' gives us a message about : A. Universal childhood B. Universal parenthood
C. Univ D. Universal brotherhood
7. Papuer women means
A. Rich women B. Slave women C. Poor women D. Fair women
8. The creature mentioned in the poem is
A. A snail B. Cricket C. An oyster D. A centipede
9. “The darling of our hearts” refers to
A. Anadaniketan B. Bharatiniketan C. ‘Shantinikeatan D. Vidyaniketan
10. Raman effect was discovered after seeing the wonderful blue of the A. Mediterranean sea B. Arebian sea C. Red sea D. Caspian sea
11. “Only we grown ups are silly”. The question tag to this statement is
A. Are we? B. Isn’t it? C. Aren’t we? D. Is it?
12. Who was a town Beadle?
A. Mr. Muble B. Mr.Bumble C. Mr.Pumble D. Mr.Oliver
13. Give the negative form of the word ‘popular’
A. Irpopular B. Unpopular C. Impopular. D. Dispopular
14. Choose the similar pronunciation as the word ‘formers’ is
A. Forever B. Farmer C. For D. Formore
15. Write the past tense form of ‘happen’
A. Happens B. Happened C. Happen D. Had
16. Write the noun form of the word ‘suggest’
A. Suggestion B. Suggested C. Growth D. Birth
17. Make a compound word for ‘boy
A. Post B. Class C. Map D. Hood
18. Write the opposite word for ‘weak’
A. Strong B. Week C. Happy D. Sad
Q II. Answer the following questions choose the best answer ( 6×2=12)
19. Fill in the blanks.
Last I went to a shop to a pair of trousers.
A. Weak, week B. By, buy C. Week, buy D. By, weak
20. Complete the lines :
Beauty is seen
the birds.
A.In the sunlight, the trees B. In the night, wind sighing
C. Or dancing for their harvest D. Anything in earnest
21. Match the correct articles and choose the correct code given below
1 Ramayana a. An
2 Sun b. A
3 MLA c. The
4 dog d. The e. An
A. 1-c, 2-a, 3-d, 4-e B. 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b C. 1-e, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d
D. 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b
22. How long did Raman work at Calcutta university
A. Raman as a professor in Calcutta he worked for five years
B. He was a professor in England
C. He was not professor in Calcutta university
D. Raman as a professor in Calcutta university he worked for fifteen years
23. Match the rhyming words
A B
1. Hour a. Bee
2. Cell b. Flower
3. Skill. c. Shell
4. Play d. Shill
e. Everyday
24. The helping verbs of past tense are
A. Am is are, do, does, have, has, have, has, have been, has been
B. Was, were, did, had, has, had been
C. Will, shall, will be, shall be, will be
D. May-might, shall-should, can-could, must
