PRE UPPER PRIMARY SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINATION (STD. 8TH), FEBRUARY 2020

PRE UPPER PRIMARY SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINATION (STD. 8TH), FEBRUARY 2020

 Paper No. I             Medium: English      Time: 1:30 to 3:00

Pages: 16      First Language and Mathematics     Total Marks: 150

SECTION – I

Q. 1-3: Read the following extract and answer the given questions:

Baseball began in the United States in the early 1800s. Some people believe that Abner Double day invented the game. Others think that baseball came from an old British sport called rounders. Baseball and rounders are very similar However in rounders, the field players throw the ball right at runner. If the ball hits the runner, he or she is out. In baseball, a field player just touches the ball to the base or the running player to get the player out. 

Today’s baseball players use special equipment’s to help to prevent injuries. Field players wear baseball gloves to protect their hands. The catcher wears a metal mask, a chest protector and shin guards. Batters wear plastic helmets to protect their heads.

Today’s baseball players use special equipment’s to help to prevent injuries. Field players wear baseball gloves to protect their hands. The catcher wears a metal mask, a chest protector and shin guards. Batters wear plastic helmets to protect their heads.

Every spring in the United States, people of all ages play baseball at local baseball fields. It’s no wonder that baseball is called the national past time of the United States.

Q. 1. Which of the following statements informs us about how baseball originated, as per the passage?

1) It was derived from cricket.

2) It was invented by an unknown sportsman.

3) It is probably derived from a British game called rounders.

4) None of these

Ans – 3) It is probably derived from a British game called rounders.  

Q. 2. Which of the given statements are incorrect as per the passage?

(a) Batters wear special gloves to protect their hands.

(b) Catchers wear masks and chest protectors.

(c) Fielders wear shin guards to protect their legs.

(d) Umpires wear metal masks on their faces.

1) a, c and d 

2) a, c, and d

3) b and c 

4) only b

Ans – 2) a, c, and d

Q. 3. Choose two correct statements related to baseball and rounders.

1) Today’s baseball players use special equipments to help to prevent injuries.

2) To make a batter out in baseball, the ball must hit him when he is running between bases.

3) To make a batter out in rounders, the ball needs to touch the base or the player while he is running.

4) People of all ages play baseball at local baseball fields.

Ans – 1) & 3)  OR  2) & 3)   OR  3 & 4

Question 4-6: Read the following poem and answer the questions:

From breakfast on through all the day

At home among my friends I stay,

But every night I go abroad

Afar into the land of Nod.

All by myself I have to go,

With none to tell me what to do

All alone beside the streams

Ans up the mountain-sides of dreams.

The strangest things are these for me,

Both things to eat and things to see,

And many frightening sights abroad

Till morning in the land of Nod.

Q. 4. ‘But every night I go abroad,

  Afar into the land of Nod.’

  The above lines means ................

1) That the poet physically goes abroad every night.

2) That every night poet goes abroad in his dreams.

3) That every night the poet goes abroad with his friends.

4) That every night the poet goes to the park with Nod.

Ans – 2) That every night poet goes abroad in his dreams

Q. 5. Why was the trip to the land of Nod a difficulty? 

1) There was no one to guide him

2) He had to go abroad at night

3) Poet’s friends were there to help him

4) He had to climb up mountains

Ans – 1) There was no one to guide him

Q. 6. The rhyming scheme of the 1st stanza of the poem is …………………

1) a d b c

2) a b a b

3) a b c d

4) a a b b

Ans – 4) a a b b

Q. 7. Choose the correct pair of noun form.

a) Summarize

b) Summary

c) Summation

d) Summarily

1) (a, b)

2) (c, d)

3) (b, c)

4) (b, d)

Ans – 3) (b, c)

Q. 8. Fill in the blank with suitable modal auxiliary which denotes ‘ability’.

 The baby ………………… walks without difficulty.

1) must

2) may

3) should

4) can

Ans – 4) can

Q. 9. Pick out the correct passive voice of the following sentence.

 You will have finished this work by tomorrow.

1) This work will have been finished by you tomorrow

2) This work will have being finished by you tomorrow 

3) This work will be finished by you tomorrow

4) This work will finish tomorrow

Ans – 1) This work will have been finished by you tomorrow

Q. 10.  Which one of the following pair is not a word register of ‘forest’

a) Buildings

b) Animals

c) Trees

d) Play ground

1) (a, b)

2) (c, d)

3) (a, d)

4) (b, c)

Ans – 3) (a, d)

Q. 11. Choose two examples of ‘Personification’.

1) Ministers are the pillars of the state

2) Laughter holding back her sides

3) The hills rejoice and clap their hands

4) She wept oceans of tears

Ans – 2) Laughter holding back her sides   &  3) The hills rejoice and clap their hands

Q. 12.  Pick out of antonyms for the given word ‘Violent’.

a) Gentle

b) Tame

c) Non-violent

d) Humble

1) (a, b) 

2) (b, c)

3) (c, d)

4) (a, c) 

Ans – 4) (a, c)

Q. 13.  She said, “you were wrong dad.”

    Complete the indirect form by choosing the correct option.

    She said to her dad that …………………..

1) He had been wrong

2) He were wrong

3) He would be wrong

4) He was being wrong

Ans – 1) He had been wrong

Q. 14.  Choose the incorrect pair of code-mixing.

1) Ghat-pass

2) Tekdi-mountain

3) Buruz-tower

4) Darwaza-door

Ans – 2) Tekdi-mountain

Q. 15. Identify the sentence that contains the correct positive degree of comparison.

   Rangoli is one of the most beautiful art forms of India.

1) No other art form of India is as beautiful as Rangoli

2) Rangoli is as beautiful as any other art form of India

3) Very Few art forms of India are as Beautiful as Rangoli

4) No other art form of India is more beautiful than Rangoli

Ans – 3) Very Few art forms of India are as Beautiful as Rangoli

Q. 16-18: Study the letter and answer the questions

Class VIII

Mile stone school,

Nagpur-28

15th January 2017

To

The Librarian,

Milestone school.

Nagpur-28.

Subject – Thank giving for providing facilities.

Sir,

Thank you very much for kindly making the home reading facility available to us. We are really grateful that you are going to wait back one hour after school just for us. We can now read books of our choice at a stretch. Thanking you for your encouragement.

We promise to abide by the library rules and handle the books with great care.

Students of Std VIII

Q. 16.  Choose two correct alternatives.

Students thank their Librarian.

1) For making available the home reading facility

2) For giving the order to handle the books carefully

3) For discouraging students to read the books

4) For getting facility to read books of their choice at a stretch

Ans – 1) For making available the home reading facility  &  4) For getting facility to read books of their choice at a stretch

Q. 17. The problems faced by students before getting facilities from Librarian are …………………

A) Non availability of home reading books

B) Library used to be closed after school

C) Bools were available on large fees.

1) A and C correct

2) B and C correct

3) A and B correct

4) A, B, C correct

Ans – 3) A and B correct

Q. 18. Which one of the subscription will be the most appropriate for the given letter?

1) Yours lovingly

2) Yours true friend

3) Yours affectionately

4) Yours sincerely

Ans – 4) Yours sincerely

Q. 19-20: Observe and read the advertisement and answer the given questions.

Q. 19.  Free eye checkup and treatment is not provided at which center? 

1) Community Health Center

2) Primary Health Center

3) Regional Institute Ophthalmology

4) Secondary Health Center

Ans – 4) Secondary Health Center

Q. 20.  Problems in vision may occur due to certain disease.

    Choose the correct pair for vision problem.

a) Glaucoma

b) Diabetes

c) Heart problem

d) Chicken Pox

1) (b, c)

2) (a, b)

3) (c, d)

4) (a, d)

Ans – 2) (a, b)

Q. 21.  ‘Safety on road is safe tea at home’.

    The above slogan means ………………… .

1) To have tea at a halt on the road

2) Road side tea keeps the driver safe

3) To have tea while driving

4) To drive safety on the roads

Ans – 4) To drive safety on the roads

Q. 22.  Identity the sentence which is in the past continuous tense.

1) The policeman is catching the thief

2) She passed the examination last year

3) The dog was barking continuously at strangers

4) The phone had been ringing for a long time

Ans – 3) The dog was barking continuously at strangers

Q. 23. Use the correct question tag for the following sentence.

   The Persians were not ready for battle, …………………..?

1) Were they 

2) Weren’t they

3) Was they

4) Won’t they

Ans – 1) Were they

Q. 24.  Pick out the correct meaning of the following phrase.

    The soldiers laid down their arms.

1) Surrendered

2) Put their arms on the ground

3) Refused to obey orders

4) Put the arms is their place

Ans – 1) Surrendered 

Q. 25.  Synthesis the given sentences and choose the correct alternative.

    The officers stood straight. The officers listened carefully to their commander.

1) The officers stood not only straight but also listened carefully to their commander

2) The officers not only stood straight but also listened carefully to their commander

3) Not only the officers stood straight but listened carefully to their commander

4) The officers not only stood straight and listened but also carefully to their commander

Ans – 2) The officers not only stood straight but also listened carefully to their commander