CBSE Class 8 English Question Paper Set 06

CBSE Class 8 English Question Paper Set F.You can download the past year question papers in pdf format with solutions from the links below. The students should practice the question papers of last year which will help them to understand the pattern on the papers and will help them to practice for the exams. You can download the question papers for last 10 years free by clicking links below. Refer to the extract below and download the full pdf file of question papers below.

SECTION A- READING

Q1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Today budgies- often called love birds in India- are the most popular pet birds in the world. All the adored cage birds of today are the descendents of parrot. They are one of the smallest of the world’s 330 parrot species which have come down from a plucky little bird in rural Australia. Some appear to be about 30 cm long from tail tip to crown, with bulbous, fluffy foreheads, barrel chests and deep-set eyes. Their colours are striking; vivid shades of blue, grey and green as well as violet and white. Most startling of all are the yolk- yellow birds, called Lutinas that are like splashes of luminous paint. The first colour mutations in captive birds were blue and yellow. Today, breeders raise birds with rainbow of colours. Lovebirds stay near water when it’s dry, but when there’s a lot of rain they spread out. They are sometimes seen nestling on top of tall eucalyptus trees. While some of the caged varieties would have difficulty flying across a room, wild budgies travel hundreds of kilometers at speeds of upto50 kilometers per hour to seek seed and water. Even in prolonged droughts, the budgie has an extraordinary ability to withstand dehydration. When deprived of water, budgies can reportedly exist with little weight loss for more than a month at an average air temperature of 30 degrees. At 20 degrees, some can apparently survive indefinitely, provided they are getting some moisture from food.

I. Answer the following: 

i. What are the physical features of budgies?

ii. What is the other name for yolk-yellow birds?

iii. Under what conditions budgies can survive indefinitely without water?

II. Complete the summary given below using information from the passage. Use only one word in each of the blank: 

Budgies, referred to as (a)______________ in India, belong to rural Australia. They have the distinction of

being one of the most (b) _________________ birds in the world. The most striking feature of this bird is its

(c) ____________________ . Today, breeders have been raising them with a rainbow of colours. While

some of the caged varieties find it (d) ______________ to fly, even across a room, the wild varieties of love

birds can cover large distances in (e) ____________ of seed and water.

III. Find words/phrases from the passage which mean the same as the following :

i. A person or animal coming from a specific ancestor

ii. Caged or imprisoned

iii. Caused to continue longer

iv. An abnormal loss of water from the body

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