Class 8 DAV SA1 Literature Sample Paper

SA1 DAV LITERATURE Sample Paper

Q.12 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow by choosing the most appropriate option.(4M)

My Mother! You come to me like heaven’s caring arms,

I remember the war days when life was challenge and toil ---- Miles to walk, hours before sunshine.

(a) Who are ‘you’ and ‘me’ in the above lines?

(i) poet’s mother and poet

(ii)poet and poet’s mother

(iii) poet and grandmother

(iv)poet and brother

(b) What does ‘war days ‘refer to here?

(i) World War-I

(ii) India- Pakistan War

(iii) India- China War

(iv) World War-II

(c) Why did the poet have to walk so much, early in the morning?

(i) to learn Arabic

(ii) to fetch milk from the market

(iii)to take lessons from the saintly teacher (iv) both (i) and (iii)

(d) Name the poem and the poet.

(i) ‘ My Mother ‘ by Ruskin Bond (ii) ‘My Mother ‘ by A.P.J .Abdul Kalam

(iii) ‘My Mother ‘ by Leo Tolstoy (iv) ‘My Mother ‘ by R.K. Narayan

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Q.13 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow by choosing the most appropriate option.(4M)

Teach us to bear the yoke in youth, With steadfastness and careful truth;

That in our times, thy grace may give That truth whereby the Nationslive.

(a) What yoke is the poet referring to?

(i)unafraid (ii) happiness (iii) responsibilities (iv) none of the above

(b) What does the poet mean by ‘careful truth’?

(i) firmness (ii) sadness (iii)resoluteness (iv) to speak the truth and not hurt others

(c) ‘Steadfastness’ in the second line means__________________

(i)firmness and resoluteness(ii)happy and unafraid (iii) very bold (iv)focus

(d) Name the poem and the poet.

(i) ‘The Children’s Song’ by Joseph Rudyard Kipling

(ii) ‘The Children’s Song’ by Isaac Asimov

(iii) ‘The Children’s Song’ by Alexander Pope

(iv) ‘The Children’s Song’ by R.K.Narayan

Q.14 Answer any four questions given below in about 30-40 words each.(2x4=8M)

(a) Why did the King dress like a commoner when he went to meet the hermit?

(b) What was the complication in the geography sector of Margie’s teacher?

(c) Why was granny confined to bed? Why did she feel it as ‘a brief season in hell?’

(d) How did Swami’s father react when his son told him that he was not going to school? What was mother’s reaction?

(e) What pain is the poet Abdul Kalam talking about and how did he overcome it?

Q.15 Answer the following questions in about 30-40 words. (2x2=4M)

(a) What type of people does the poet wish the children to become?

(b) Describe Swami’s feeling when he felt that he was the ‘worst perjurer ‘on the earth.

Q.16 Imagine you are the King. You were quite excited and satisfied after getting answers for your three questions. Write a letter thanking the hermit by expressing your feelings of gratitude for his words of wisdom  1in about 80-90 words.