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EIGHTH CLASS MODEL PAPER (AP)
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT - 1
GENERAL SCIENCE (Biology)

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PAPER - II (English Medium)

Time: 2 Hrs. 45 Min.

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Instructions:
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15 minutes allotted for reading the question paper.
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Answer All the questions.
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Answers for questions under PART - A should written in a separate answer booklet.

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This question paper consists of 4 sections and 33 questions.
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There is an internal choice in Section - III.

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Time: 2 Hrs.
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Write answers neatly and legibly.

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ii) Each question carries 1 mark.
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What are micro organisms?

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What are the diseases that transmitted by contaminated water?
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What is meant by external fertilization?

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Who discovered cell first time?

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ii) Each question carries 2 marks.
What would happen if all the organisms stop the process of reproduction?
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What questions will you pose to know diversity in cells?

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Kavitha found a tadpole in a pond. She collected it carefully and put it in an aquarium supposing it as a
fish. After some days what did she find and why?

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What are scientific methods? Write the steps involved in a scientist’s work.
Visit the veterinary hospital and prepare a list of any four cattle diseases by asking questions to doctor.

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Note: i) Answer All questions.
SECTION - III
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ii) Each question carries 4 marks.
iii) Each question has an internal choice.
10. a) What is the way to find out solutions for the problems in scientific way?

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b) Distinguish between Uni cellular and Multi cellular organisms.
11. a) If you want to observe Lactobacillus bacterium in your laboratory, what are the materials required to
conduct the experiment? Write the procedure of the experiment.

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b) Take three bowls and mark as A, B, C. Pour lukewarm milk in bowl A, hot milk in bowl B, cold milk

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in bowl C. Add one tea spoon full of curd or buttermilk in three bowls and stir them slightly. Cover

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the bowls with lids. Keep the bowls undisturbed for five to six hours. In which bowl milk turned into
curd? Give your reasons.

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12. a) Collect information from your library or from other sources like internet and discuss the life cycle of
honeybees in the symposium at your school.

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b) Make an album of scientists and their discoveries related to micro organisms.

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13. a) Sketch the diagrams of male and female reproductive systems.

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b) Make sketches of animal and plant cells which you observe under microscope.

Time: 30 Min.

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Write capital letter (A, B, C, D) showing the correct answer for the following questions in the
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14. The primary and fundamental step in scientific thinking is ..... ( )
A) Experimentation
C) Thinking
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D) Questioning

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15. ‘That fellow every year retracts what he wrote the year before’ this was remarked by ( )
A) Albert Einstein
C) Aristotle
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D) Louis Pasteur

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16. The word Science comes from ( )

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A) Sense B) Since C) Scientia D) Science

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17. Kavitha observed same size of cells both in large onion and small onion. She got a doubt. Which

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question is suitable to clarify her doubt? ( )

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A) Is there any relation between the growth of onion and size of the cell?

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B) Why do the cells in the small onion not grow fast?

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C) If the size of the cell is equal, why some onions appear very big in size?
D) Why are the cells not big in a large onion?

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18. Identify the pair of unicellular organisms below.
A) Paramoecium - Leech B) Leech - Cockroach
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C) Paramoecium - Cockroach D) Amoeba - Paramoecium

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19. Antibiotics are used to kill the micro organisms which cause diseases. Antibiotics are prepared from
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A) Algae B) Protozoan C) Bacteria D) Fungi
20. Legume plants have root nodules. Rhizobium bacteria are present in the root nodules. The bacterium

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provides nitrates to the plant, which gives shelter to the bacterium. This relationship is called ...... ( )
B) Autotrophic Nutrition
C) Correlation

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21. Read the names of diseases given below.
Small pox, Hepatitis, Mumps, Tetanus, Whooping cough.... The common comparision between these
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diseases?

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A) All are caused by bacteria

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B) Vaccines are discovered for all the above diseases

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C) They occur only in adults
D) All are skin diseases

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22. You want to give suggestions to your villagers for the prevention of diseases. Which of the following is
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A) Drink safe and clean water

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B) Keep the surrounding environment clean
C) Should not eat contaminated food

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D) All the above

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23. Which of the below said organs are not related to female reproductive system ( )
A) Uterus
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B) Ovary C) Seminal duct D) Fallopian tubes
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24. History of Science was written by ..........

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25. Vaccine for polio was discovered by ..........
26. Preservation method of milk is called ..........

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27. The scientist associated with Anthrax disease ..........

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28. Larvae of frog is called ..........
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III. Match the following.

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29. Protozoa

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30. Cell wall

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B) Amoeba
C) Cheek cell

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32. Nucleus
33. Largest egg
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D) Onion cell
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Writer: M.S.N.Murthy

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