PROBLEM SOLVING ASSESSMENT

Class VIII

Time Allowed: Two Hours Maximum Marks: 60

This Test Booklet contains **** pages. Do not open this Test Booklet until you are asked to do so.

Important Instructions:

1. The Answer Sheet is inside this Test Booklet. When you are directed to open the Test Booklet, take out the Answer Sheet and fill in the particulars on Side 1 and Side 2 carefully with blue/black ball point pen only.

2. The Test Booklet contains 60 questions divided into three sections A, B and C. A candidate is required to attempt all the three Sections. There are 24 questions in Section A,18 questions in Section B and 18 questions in Section C.

Section A: Language Conventions (Questions 1 to 24) To be attempted either from English Language or from Hindi Language.

Section B: Qualitative Reasoning (Questions 25 to 42), Section C: Quantitative Reasoning (Questions 43 to 60)

3. All the three Sections contain Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs). Some of these questions are passage based MCQs whereas others are stand alone MCQs. Each of these questions has four options out of which only ONE option is correct. A candidate has to select the correct option and fill the corresponding number in the Answer Sheet against the question.

4. Each Question carries one mark. For each correct response, the candidate will get one mark. There is no negative marking for any of the questions and un attempted question earns no marks.

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7. Use blue/black ball point pen only for writing particulars on this page and writing or marking responses on Answer Sheet.

8. The candidates should ensure that the Answer Sheet is not folded or damaged. Do not make any stray marks on the Answer Sheet.

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10. IN CASE OF ANY DOUBT, QUESTION IN ENGLISH WILL BE TREATED AS FINAL

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SECTION A

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SECTION A (LANGUAGE CONVENTIONS)

ENGLISH

Note: This section of the question paper contains 24 questions in English Language. A student is required to attempt all the 24 questions.

(Question 1- 6: Read the following passage carefully and select the option you consider the most appropriate for the question.)

1.According to Greek mythology, Atlas was a Titan of enormous strength. After being defeated by the god Zeus, Atlas was forced to carry the earth and the sky for an eternity. In depictions of Atlas, he is shown as a stooped figure carrying the globe on his shoulders. Because of his association with the globe, maps began to be decorated with this image of Atlas.

2. Accordingly, the word atlas became a nickname for a collection of maps. Today, an atlas refers to any book that consists of a bound collection of maps. For example, an atlas can be made up of maps of the countries of the world or of the states of the United States. Sometimes an atlas will also contain graphs and charts with other statistical information about the culture, religion, climate, or government of the population of a given area.

Q1. Atlas supported the earth and the sky because he was

a) a Titan of enormous strength b) punished after losing to Zeus

c) associated with maps and globes d) a slave to the god Zeus

Q2. Which of the following people or groups might use an atlas?

a) a group of explorers on the Nile River

b) a backpacker planning a tour of Europe

c) army generals preparing for battle

d) all the above

Q3) Which of the following conjunctions could be used in place of the conjunction Accordingly in paragraph 2?

a) As a result

b) Consequently

c) both a & b

d) Although

(Questions 9 to 15 ) In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled with appropriate words. Choose the correct alternative out of the given options:

Q9. Which of the following is not a synonym of jealous?

a) envious

b) resentful

c) grudging

d) passionate

Q10. That which can be approached is _______

a) reproach

b) accessible

c) inaccessible

d) easy

Q11.belief is a noun form whereas believe is _________

a) adverb

b) adjective

c) verb

d) pronoun

Q12. Passive voice for The cat ate the food will be:

a) The food is eaten by the cat.

b) The food was eaten by the cat.

c) The food has been eaten by the cat.

d) The food had been eaten by the cat.

Q13. Change into indirect speech:

Ankush said to Arun, Did you break the glass?

a) Ankush asked Arun if he broke the glass.

b) Ankush said to Arun that he broke the glass.

c) Ankush asked Arun that he broke the glass.

d) Ankush asked Arun if he had broken the glass.

Q14. Lata sings like a nightingale.

This sentence is an example of:

a) metaphor

b) simile

c) personification

d) rhyme

Q15. Which part of the sentence is incorrect?

Shakespeare was a greatest dramatist.

a) was

b) a

c) greatest

d) dramatist

(Questions 21 to 24) From the options given below in each sentence, select the one to fill in the blank appropriately-

Q21. Put in a good word for means __________

a) praise

b) criticize

c) back bite

d) ignore

22. He is not the one to defeat easily.

a) except

b) expect

c) accept

d) tolerate

23. The .was discovered by the police.

a) sin

b) crime

c)