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BALVANTRAY MEHTA VIDYA BHAWAN (ASMA) GK–II New Delhi -110048

SUMMER BREAK HOMEWORK (2019-20)

Class VIII

Dear Children

Summer Vacation is a time full of fun and frolic, going for picnics, playing for

long hours, exploring new places and much more. But dear children, there is a

lot more to do to make your vacation more interesting and meaningful. We

have planned some interesting activities for you. So get ready to enjoy your

summer vacation!

Learning is fun.

Complete all the activities during the vacation.

• Original drawings/illustrations and creative use of material will be

appreciated.

• Parents are requested to guide the children to complete the task on their

own. Good children make glad parents.

• Children take up certain responsibilities and enjoy the holidays with your

family.

• Go for walks with your family, you will realize you have two of the god’s

greatest gifts NATURE and YOUR FAMILY. Thank God for these gifts.

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• Help your parents, grandparents and even your younger brothers and

sisters.

• Play outdoor games, go for cycling, hide and seek, anything that wi llmake

you run.

• On TV watch animal planet, discovery channel, national geographic etc.

• Use the MAGIC WORDS…… PLEASE, SORRY, THANK YOU, EXCUSE

ME.

HAVE A FUN FILLED VACATION!

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English

1. Make a Story board on Movie Maker/ PPT.

Suggested Tales

i) The Greedy Brahmins- Tenali Raman story

ii) After twenty years by O Henry

iii) The Tempest By William Shakespeare

iv) The Merchant of Venice

2. Make a wind chime on any author/ poet from your Coursebook.

3. Watch at least five English movies and write reviews on your favourite movies.

Suggested Movies:

i) The Help

ii) The Sound of Music

iii) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

iv) The Karate Kid

v) The Secret Garden

vi) The Avengers (Any series)

vii) Wonder

viii) The Forbidden Kingdom

4. Write articles, poems, riddles, brain-teasers, limericks, jokes for the school magazine.

5. Pick up five words from the dictionary daily, write their meanings and also frame sentences of

the words.

6. Read the following novels and prepare a book jacket on any one, also write a review on your

favourite novel.

i) The Invisible Man (HG Wells)

ii) Canterville Ghost (Oscar Wilde)

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iii) Don Quixote

iv)Zero to One (Peter Thief)

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Hindi

श्रवण कौशल -----

प्रश्न (1) आप इंटरनेट अथवा पररवार में अपने माता-पपता, दादा-दादी, नाना-नानी से कहानी

सनुें और उससे प्राप्त शशक्षा को व्याकरण की कॉपी में शलखिए |

वाचन कौशल -----

प्रश्न (2) ननम्नशलखित में से ककसी एक पवषय पर भाषण अथवा वाद-पववाद तयैार कर अवकाश

के बाद कक्षा में सनुाएँ :--

क ननैतक मलू्यों का महत्त्व ि पवश्व में बढ़ता भारत का प्रभाव ग अनेकता में एकता,हहन्द की पवशषेता

रचनात्मक लेिन कौशल -----

प्रश्न (3) ननम्नशलखित पवषयों पर अनचु्छेद व्याकरण की कॉपी में शलखिए :--

क सचंार के आधनुनक साधन ि यहद मैं भारत का प्रधानमतं्री होता

प्रश्न (4) हहन्दी के ककसी एक लेिक या लेखिका के बारे में सचचत्र जानकारी एकत्रत्रत करके ए-3

साइज़ शीट पर शलखिए |

जन्म और मतृ्य ु साहहत्त्यक रचनाएँ

प्रश्न (5) ‘हहन्दी भाषा का महत्त्व’ पवषय पर आकषषक पोस्टर ए-3 साइज़ शीट पर बनाएँ | _____________________________________________________________________________________

Maths

( I). The heights (in cm) of 22 students were recorded as under:

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125, 132, 138, 144, 142, 136, 134, 125, 135, 130, 126, 132, 135, 142, 143,

128, 126, 136, 135, 130, 130, 133

Prepare a frequency distribution table, taking equal class intervals and

starting from 125-130, where 130 is not included.

(II). Evaluate the cube root:

1. ∛64 2. ∛343 3. ∛729 4. ∛1728 5. ∛9261

6. ∛4096 7. ∛8000 8. ∛27000 9. ∛-216 10. ∛-512

11. ∛-1331 12. ∛(27/64) 13. ∛(125/216)

14. ∛(-27/125) 15. ∛(-64/343) 16. ∛1331 17. ∛(64 × 729)

18. ∛(729/1000 ) 19. ∛(-512/343) 20. ∛6859

(III). . Find the smallest number by which 11979 must be multiplied so that the product is a

perfect cube.

(IV). Find the smallest number by which 33275 must be divided so that the quotient is a perfect

cube.

(V). Without adding, find the sum:

(i) (1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 11)

(ii) (1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 11 + 13 + 15 + 17 + 19)

(iii) (1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 11 + 13 + 15 + 17 + 19 + 21 + 23)

(VI). Write a Pythagorean triplet whose smallest member is

(i) 6 (ii) 14 (iii) 16 (iv) 20

(VII). Fill in the blanks:

(i) The square of an even number is …………………

(ii) The square of an odd number is …………………

(iii) The square of a proper fraction is ………………… than the given

fraction.

(iv) n² = the sum of first n ………………… natural number.

(VIII). Find the least number that must be added to 6412 to make it a

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perfect square.

(IX) . Find the greatest number of four digits which is a perfect square.

( X).Find the Square Root

(i)66.4225 (ii)0.4225 (iii)0.9 × 1.6 (iv) 5329 (v) 16384.

(XI).Use the identity (a+b)2 solve

(i) (6a + 4b)2

(ii) (ab + xy)2

(iii) (4z +7y)2

(iv) (0.5 p +0.6q)2

(v) (2xy +7)2

Activity : Collect Data

1.Runs scored by your favourite cricket player prepare

histogram on it.

2.Prepare pie chart { Runs scored by different cricketers in IPL}

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ससं्कृत

1. ककम,् अस्मद्, यषु्मद्, इन शब्दों के रूपों को अपनी कक्षाकायषपतु्स्तका (IN CLASS

WORK COPY) में शलिकर उन्हें याद करें ।

2. पठ्, अस,् कृ- धातओु ंके पाचंो लकारों के रूपों को अपनी कक्षाकायषपतु्स्तका (IN

CLASS WORK COPY) में शलिकर उन्हें याद करें ।

3. उपपदपवभत्तत का प्रयोग कर 10 वातय शलखिए।

4. इकाई परीक्षा 1 के पाठ्यक्रम को याद करें।

SCIENCE

General Instructions:-

The written activities are to be done on A4 size sheets.

TOPIC –Growth in Agriculture

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The following activities have been planned for the students during their summer break to enhance

their knowledge about modern techniques in agriculture.

Activity 1 : Colorful poster Roll no.1 to 10

Make a colorful poster along with a catchy slogan to depict the condition of farmers in India and

the related safety measures taken by the Government.

Activity 2: Make a calendar titled Agricultural implements for the year 2019. Choose 12 different

agricultural implements for the 12 months. Include the following detail on each page :Colorful

picture and name of agriculture implements , its usage at large. . Roll no. 11 to 20

Activity 3 :Prepare a Brochure on “Digital Farming” Roll no.21 to 30

Collect information about initiatives taken by Govt. under Digital India plan for the development of

Agricultural activities with related pictures.

Activity 4: Make a scrap file on the topic “Harvest festivals of India” Roll no.31 to 41

It should include—Name of seasonal crops, states, culture, special requirements of crops related to

Harvest festival, methods adopted by local farmers to increase the crop yield. Paste related

pictures.

Make a Power Point Presentation of 10-15 slides titled “Smart Agriculture”

Include –use of advanced technology, smart irrigation techniques and information collected from

farm field (if possible) ,mention Govt. initiative and development schemes.

PPT is compulsory for the whole class.

Q Write a report on ‘ conservation of biodiversity’ is essential for the life on earth and for

human beings specially.

Q MAKE YOUR DIGITAL PHOTOS

Materials and Equipment

computer

Adobe Photoshop

your favorite photo

color printer

photo quality printing paper

Experimental Procedure

1. On your desktop, create a new folder called "My Photo Experiment" and place a copy of your favorite photo in the folder (like puppy.jpg).

2. Open the photo in Adobe Photoshop. 3. Click on "File" and "Save for Web..." from the file menu. A dialog box should appear

showing your image in a new window. Choose the "4-Up" tab from the top of the window:

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4. Four copies of your photo should appear in the window. One copy will be your original, and there will be three more copies of your photo in GIF file format.

5. Next you will make a series of changes to the settings in each frame. You will change the number of colors in each frame to a different value by clicking on the drop down menu on

the right side of the screen:

Make your STEM science toys of your choice from the following topic (do any one)

a) Make your own bath salts

b) DNA Model

c) Balloon car

d) Tower crane building with T.

The Link is https://in pinterestcom/utwep/stem-activities-middle school

SOCIAL SCIENCE

HISTORY (in a file)

ROLL NO. 1 TO 25

1) Make a project on' Changes in Art and Architecture under the colonial rule’:-

(a) Art, Painting, literature, Theatre, Music, Dance etc.

(b) Architecture Grand structures made by British, commercial centre , monuments etc.

This is to be done in a project file, also paste pictures relevant to the topic and make it in a

presentable form.

ROLL NO. 25 TO 43

2) Refer to the internet and your text book of history and study the topic 'Marginalized

groups and social justice'. Make a project using the following points:Forms of social

inequality -Caste System, Untouchability, Adivasis etc

a) How social status affects Economics status?

b) Social justice and the Indian constitution

c) Laws to help the marginalized

POL.SC. ( in a file)

1) Make a project on 'Indian secularism known as Tolerance’:-

Refer to the internet your text book of political science and some books written by eminent

authors like Sita Ram Goel , etc and study the topic 'Indian secularism known as

Tolerance’.

This is to be done in a project file, also paste pictures relevant to the topic and make it in a

presentable form

GEOGRAPHY ( in a file)

https://in/

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1) Do a case study on' Soil Degradation and Conservation measures’, used in India , through

relevant newspaper articles.

This is to be done in a project file, also paste pictures relevant to the topic and make it in a

presentable form

REVISE U.T-I SYLLABUS AS WELL ALL THE MAP WORK

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COMPUTER

Revise and learn all questions of the following chapters: Chapter 1: Networking Concepts

Chapter 2: Windows Moviemaker

Make a movie in movie maker software on topic Cyber Safety

Or

Make a movie in movie maker software on topic Artificial Intelligence

Or

Make a movie in movie maker software on topic Our School.

Do the following Revision assignments from chapter 1 and chaper2 given to

students.

Chapter 1: Networking Concepts

Q1. Name the type of network used in the following cases:

1. In an office

2. In different offices of an organization in the same city

3. In various cities in a country

4. In a university

Q2. Look at the network in the figure and answer the given questions.

1. What is the network shown in the figure called?

2. Where is such a kind of network used?

3. What is the transmission medium used in this type of network?

4. Can you use this network for connecting two offices in different cities?

Q3. What is a node?

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Q4. What are the disadvantages of network?

Q5. What do you mean by Server?

Chapter 1: Networking Concepts

Q1.What is the difference between internet and intranet?

Q2. Define Home page.

Q3. What do you mean by TCP/IP?

Q4. What do you mean by HTTP?

Q5. Define IMAP and POP.

Q6. Define the following Terms:

SMTP

FTP

URL

DNS

IP address

Hyperlink

PAN

Web portal

Hyper media

LAN

Q7. Differentiate between web page and website.

Chapter 2: Windows Moviemaker

Q1. What are the features of window movie maker?

Q2. Which audio/video formats does Window Movie Maker supports?

Q3. Differentiate between Title and Credits.

Q4. Can we apply visual effects on the Title?

Q5. What is the use of Fit to music option present on the project tab in Audio group?