Velammal Vidhyashram, Surapet, Chennai 66.

STD VIII - HOLIDAY HOMEWORK, OCTOBER 2011

ENGLISH
Answer any three :
1. Prepare an Album.
i) Select any three sports personalities of different Sports/Games.
ii) Collect pictures about them .
iii) Write in your own words about the hardships faced by them, and how they overcame, to
emerge victorious.
2. Write a conversation between your role model(in your family) and yourself .What are the
questions you would like to pose to them and what inspirations would like to take from them ?
3. Would you consider Gandhiji and Martin Luther King as leaders of their time .If so why , and
if not , why not?
4. Prepare a comic tale with a moral in the form of a booklet. Paste relevant pictures and write dialogues
to make it interesting.
5.Read the life history of any one solider/Jawan /Paramilitary cop who has sacrificed their life for our
well being(Countrymen). How do you compare their life with ours .Do you now consider we are truly
blessed to lead protected and comfortable life. Pen down your thoughts and views on this in 200 words.
TAMIL
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*Teachings/Principles
*Contribution to mankind
*Major learning from their life.
Lifestyle-Martin Luther King
*Teachings/Principles
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II LANG HINDI
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III LANG - HINDI
I. Draw the pictures of crane and golden fish and write 5 sentences about it.
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f y [ ksa
II. Write the story of Where is my glass. And also prepare spectacles with cardboard
and colour it : See the pg. no. 44 of your Hindi Book u ku h d h , su d
III Write 20 words of letter vaFor example j ax e ax
IV i ii i i; Make words from the given box:
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c / k Q
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Write and learn the poem: . d kB d k ?kksM k
VI. f o f HkUu i f {k; ksa v kSj t ku o j ksa d h c ksf y ; ksa d ks f y f [ k,
Write the sounds of following birds and animals.
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III LANG FRENCH
Do the following exercises:
Page number 14
th
and 15
th
of the French book DONDO
Phrases usuelles pour la salle da classe (usual phrases used in the classroom)
a) Formules de politesse. (forms of politeness)
b) La discipline. (discipline)
c) La lecture. (the lecture or reading)
MATHS
1) A money pouch contains Rs.700. There are equal number of 25 paisa coins, 50 paisa coins
and one rupee coins. How many 25 paisa, 50 paisa, 1 rupee coins are there in all?
2) How many squares are there in the following figure?
How did you find it. Explain the process
3) 25 dots are arranged in a square formation in 5 rows and 5 columns. Now just connect 12
of these dots with st.lines to form a perfect cross which have 5 dots inside it and 8 dots
outside it?
4) Can you write 31 using only digit 3 five times?
5) Can you make 2 squares and 4 right angled triangle using only 8 straight lines?
6) The following equation is wrong: 101 - 102 = 1
Move one numeral to make it correct
7) Solve the following: to find the values of the given alphabets
ABCDEF 3 = BCDEFA
8) Two friends have a nice meal together, and the bill is $25
The friends pay $15 each, which the Waiter gives to the Cashier
The Cashier hands back $5 to the Waiter
The Waiter keeps $3 as a tip and hands back $1 each
So, the friends paid $14 each for the meal, for a total of $28. The Waiter has $3, and
that makes $31. Where did the other dollar come from?
9) There are five squares (one 3x3 and four 1x1) formed with 20 matchsticks, as shown in the
illustration. Move two matchstick to get seven squares. Overlapping or breaking of matchsticks or
"loose ends" are not allowed.
SCIENCE
1. Amoeba reproduces through asexual process
a) Budding b) Binary Fission c) Binary Fusion
2. Name the hormone that prepare the body to meet emergency situations.
a) Adrenaline Hormone b) Thyroxin Hormone c) Insulin
3. Name the First Test Tube Baby.
4. Name the First Cloned Sheep
5. Name the Fertilization in Fishes.
6. Complete the following
Animal Young one
Human Baby
Cat
Dog
Butterfly
Chick
Cow
Frog
7. Name the Reproduction of the Following organism.
8. Classify the Following into Oviparous and Viviparous
9. Fill in the missing terms to complete the Life cycle of Frog
10. Where do you find Adams apple?
11. Which period of your Life span do you call Adolescence?
12. Why is it illegal to determine the sex of an unborn child?
13. From your neighborhood conduct a survey on the kind of salt used by them ,such as rock salt to
iodized powdered salt .Is it essential for people living in coastal region to use iodized salt? If not why ?
Prepare a Survey report in the given format.
Sl.no No. of family
members in family
Usage of
rock
salt/iodized
salt
Frequency
of usage of
sea food
No. of Cases
with
(Goiter/Swelling
in the neck) in
the family
Any other
observations
Inference from the Survey :________________________________________________
14. What are the merits and demerits of cloning ?
15.Is cloning restricted to animals ?Support your answer.
SOCIAL
I CONCEPT: 1 INTRODUCTION OF 1857 REVOLT
DEFINE THE TERM REVOLUTION :-
HOW WAS THE 1857 REVOLT DESCRIBED BY THE HISTORIANS AS
1] I2]
III] CONCEPT: CAUSES FOR THE 1857REVOLT
WRITE THE VARIOUS CAUSES FOR THE REVOLT
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III. CONCEPT: POLITICAL CAUSE:
1] NAME THE POLICIES WHICH WAS INTRODUCED BY LORD WELLESLEY MADE
GREAT RESENTMENT AMONG THE PEOPLE.
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2 ] NAME THE STATES WHICH WERE ANNEXED BY THE DOCTRINE OF LAPSE
1-------- ------- 2 ------------- 3 --------------------- 4 ------------- 5 ----------
1848 1849 1852 1853 1854
3] INDIANS WERE EXCLUDED FROMHIGH---------------AND --------------------.
4] THE HIGHEST POST OF INDIAN IN THE ARMY WAS ------------------.
5] THE HIGHEST POST OF INDIAN IN THE CIVIL SERVICE WAS --------------------
.
IV] CONCEPT: ECONOMIC CAUSE
COMPLETE THE SENTENCE
1. THE PRIMARY MOTIVE OF THE POLITICAL DOMINATION OF INDIA BY THE BRITISH
WAS------------------------------------------------------------.
2. THE ------------------------UTILISED THEIR POLITICAL POWER FOR EXPLOITING THE
ECONOMIC RESOURCES AND WEALTH OF INDIA.
3. THE TRADE INTEREST OF BRITISH RESULTED IN THE DESTRUCTION OF INDIAN-------
--------
ECONOMIC
CAUSES
4. THE REVENUE POLICIES OF BRITISH DESTROYED THE -----------------------
5. MACHINE MADE ENGLAND GOODS FLOODED IN--------------------------------.
WRITE THE CAUSE FOR ALL THESE EFFECTS BELOW
V. CONCEPT: SOCIAL & RELIGIOUS CAUSE
1) FIND OUT THE SERIOUS CAUSE OF DISCONTENTMENT AMONG ALL CLASSES
OF INDIANS.
SOCIAL CAUSE
2) HOW DID THE ABOLITION OF SOCIAL EVILS HURT THE HINDUS FEELINGS?
3) HOW DID CHARTER ACT OF 1813 MAKE THE INDIANS FEAR ON BRITISH?
VI] CONCEPT MILITARY CAUSE
LISTOUT THE IMPARTIAL ACTIONS OF BRITISH ON INDIANS BY USING GIVEN
CLUES
COTTAGE
INDUSTRIES
DECLINED IN
INDIA
UNEMPLOY
MENT
EXISTED
INDIA
BECAME THE
MARKET
MACHINEMADE
GOODS
MILITARY
CAUSE
1
2
3
4
5
6
CLUES:
(1.AVADH 2.BEARD 3.CIVILIANS 4.1856 ORDER 5.SALARY 6.BHATTA)
VII. CONCEPT: IMMEDIATE CAUSE
FIND OUT ME.
1. I was made up of cow & pig fat. Who am I ?
2. I was introduced in the year 1856 in the army
3. I refused to touch the rifle because I worship Goddess Gomatha
4. I refused to touch the rifle because I hate pig -
VIII. THE SPREAD OF REVOLT
IX CONCEPT: REVOLT OF 1857 -58
MARK THE FOLLOWING PLACES IN THE OUTLINE MAP OF INDIA
DELHI, MEERUT, BAREILLY, LUCKNOW, KANPUR, ARRAH, CHAURS, KHASIS,
JHANSI, JABALPUR, GWALIOR, VELLORE, BARRACKPORE, TRAVANCORE,
TIRUNELVELI
Mangal
Pandey
Which regiment
he belonged to?
Whom he killed?
Why did he ask
other comrades
to revolt?
What happened
to him?
Who was he?
X concept The Leaders of REVOLT OF 1857 -58
BELOW IS THE LIST OF FAMOUS LEADERS FILL IN THE ANSWERS IN
THE REQUIRED FIELD
LEADER OF THE
REVOLT
PLACE WERE THE REVOLT TOOK PLACE SUPRESSION OF THE
REVOLT
JHANSI RANI LAKSHMI
B
NANA SAHEB
KUNWAR SINGH
BHAKAT KHA
HAZRAT MAHAL
XI CONCEPT Failure of REVOLT OF 1857 -58
WRITE DOWN THE CAUSES FOR THE FAILURE OF THE REVOLT
XII CONCEPT: CHANGES AFTER 1857
1. NAME THE IMPORTANT EVENT WHICH WAS THE RESULT OF 1857
REVOLT.
2. WRITE THE PROVISIONS OF 1858 QUEENS PROCLAMATION
Causes for the
failure of the
Revolt
XIII+Topic Heroes of REVOLT OF 1857 -58
Identify the heroes!
ACTIVITY NO 24
XIII Compare the1857 Revolt with the Russian , French American
revolution .