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ITSE Class 8 syllabus

The ITSE Class 8 syllabus for 2026-27, subject by subject: 319 topics to work through. On SkillStar, Class 8 children also get 6 mock tests marked instantly and sample papers to download.

Class
Class 8 (Grade 8)
Syllabus years
2026-27
Topics
319
Mock tests
6
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ITSE Class 8 syllabus 2026-27

General Awareness

  • National and international news: Recognise important recent events in India and other countries using suitable child-friendly reports. Discuss simple examples of government announcements or public initiatives. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.
  • Sports events and achievements: Identify major sports, competitions and well-known sporting achievements. Relate a player or team to the sport they play. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.
  • Awards and honours: Recognise important national and international awards, including the Bharat Ratna, Nobel Prizes and Oscars. Learn what an award honours using suitable examples. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.
  • Recent science and technology: Discuss simple examples of discoveries, inventions and useful new technology from reliable reports. Explain how an innovation can affect everyday life. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.
  • Economic news: Recognise that prices, jobs and government economic decisions can appear in the news. Begin with simple examples before introducing terms such as inflation or GDP. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.
  • Ancient civilisations: Locate and recognise the Indus Valley, Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilisations. Use simple stories and pictures to compare where and how people lived. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.
  • Indian dynasties and empires: Recognise the names and broad historical place of the Maurya, Gupta, Chola and Mughal dynasties. Connect each with suitable landmarks or achievements. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.
  • India's freedom movement: Learn about colonial rule and the independence movement through suitable stories. Recognise the Non-Cooperation, Civil Disobedience and Quit India movements and associated leaders. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.
  • World history and historical figures: Recognise broad ideas behind the Industrial Revolution, World Wars and Cold War using age-appropriate explanations. Connect important historical personalities with their contributions. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.
  • Landforms and climate: Identify mountains, plateaus, rivers and oceans on pictures or simple maps. Compare broad climate zones and the weather conditions associated with them. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.
  • People, resources and occupations: Discuss where people live and the resources and work found in different regions. Introduce population distribution through simple comparisons. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.
  • Continents and countries: Identify continents and familiar countries on a map or globe. Recognise some major physical features and broad climate differences. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.
  • India's physical geography: Identify the Himalayas, plateaus, coastal plains and major rivers, lakes and forests of India using a simple map. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.
  • States and Union Territories: Recognise India's states and Union Territories and match selected ones with capitals, cultural features and landmarks using current reference material. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.
  • The Constitution and citizenship: Understand the Constitution as a set of basic rules for the country. Introduce rights, duties and guiding principles using familiar child-level examples. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.
  • National government and Parliament: Recognise the roles of Parliament, the Lok Sabha, the Rajya Sabha, the President, Prime Minister and Council of Ministers. Use simple examples of public decision-making. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.
  • Courts and justice: Recognise the Supreme Court, High Courts and other courts as parts of the justice system. Discuss fairness and settling disagreements through suitable examples. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.
  • State and local government: Recognise state governments, Panchayats and municipalities. Connect their work with familiar services in villages, towns and cities. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.
  • Constitutional changes and public schemes: Understand in simple terms that constitutional rules can be amended. Recognise examples of public schemes and government initiatives using current reliable sources. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.
  • Basic economic terms: Introduce production, spending and economic change through everyday examples. Gradually connect these ideas with GDP, inflation, deflation, recession and different economic systems. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.
  • Economic reforms: Recognise liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation as changes in how an economy works. Begin with simple comparisons involving businesses and trade. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.
  • Agriculture, industry and services: Sort familiar jobs and products into agriculture, industry and services. Recognise that government initiatives can support each sector. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.
  • Budgets and development planning: Understand a budget as a plan for earning and spending money. Connect a simple home or class budget with the broader idea of a government budget and development plan. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.
  • Force, motion and energy: Recognise pushes, pulls, movement and simple energy uses in everyday activities. Introduce work and power through suitable concrete examples. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.
  • Electricity and magnets: Recognise familiar uses of electricity and magnets. Discuss basic effects and safe everyday applications without handling live electrical equipment. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.
  • Light and simple optics: Recognise reflection, refraction and lenses through mirrors, water and safe optical examples. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.
  • Matter and chemical changes: Identify familiar materials as forms of matter and compare simple properties. Introduce elements, compounds, mixtures and chemical reactions through suitable examples. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.
  • Human body, health and disease: Recognise major body parts and simple functions. Connect healthy habits with preventing common illnesses and understanding why we sometimes need medical help. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.
  • Plants and animals in nature: Recognise broad groups of plants and animals using familiar examples. Compare their basic features and needs. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.
  • Ecosystems and conservation: Describe simple relationships between living things and their surroundings. Discuss biodiversity, pollution, conservation and using resources carefully. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.
  • Indian and international literature: Recognise selected classic and contemporary books and their authors. Use suitable Indian and international examples for the child's reading level. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.
  • Life stories and biographies: Distinguish a biography from an autobiography through simple examples. Connect a known person's life story with their contribution. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.
  • Books and literary awards: Recognise that some books receive major literary awards or become widely read. Use age-suitable examples from current reliable references. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.
  • Monuments and cultural traditions: Recognise important monuments, historical places, festivals, dances and traditions. Connect each with its region or cultural setting. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.
  • Inventions and discoveries: Match familiar inventions or discoveries with the people associated with them. Discuss how they changed everyday life. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.
  • Important days and historical events: Recognise significant national and international observances and selected historical dates. Explain what an observance commemorates using simple examples. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.
  • International organisations and agreements: Recognise the UN, WTO, IMF and World Bank and their broad purposes. Introduce treaties as agreements between countries through suitable examples. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.
  • Reading and revising general awareness: Use suitable news, reference books and NCERT material with adult support. Keep simple notes, try short quizzes and revisit changing current-affairs information regularly. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 8.

English

  • Interjections: Choose words such as wow, ouch, oh and hurrah to express a feeling. Punctuate them appropriately in a sentence. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Coordinating conjunctions: Join equal words, phrases or clauses using conjunctions such as and, but, or and so. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Subordinating conjunctions: Use because, although, if and when to connect a dependent clause with a main clause. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Common and proper nouns: Distinguish general names from particular names. Use capital letters for proper nouns. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Collective nouns: Recognise and use words that name groups of people, animals or things. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Abstract nouns: Identify nouns for ideas, qualities and feelings rather than physical objects. Use them meaningfully in sentences. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Countable and uncountable nouns: Distinguish nouns that can be counted individually from mass nouns. Choose appropriate forms in sentences. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Possessive nouns: Use an apostrophe to show ownership with singular and plural nouns. Distinguish possession from an ordinary plural. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Gender of nouns: Distinguish masculine, feminine, neuter and common-gender nouns using accurate, familiar examples. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Personal pronouns: Choose appropriate subject and object pronouns such as I/me, he/him and they/them in sentences. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Possessive words: Use possessive forms to show ownership. Distinguish words placed before nouns, such as my, from forms used alone, such as mine. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Demonstratives: Use this, that, these and those correctly according to number and distance in context. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Question words: Choose suitable question words in context. Distinguish pronoun uses of who or what from words asking about place, time or manner. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Action verbs: Identify action words and use an appropriate verb to describe what a person or thing does. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Forms of be: Use is, am, are, was and were correctly to describe a subject or its state. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Helping verbs: Recognise auxiliary verbs such as have, has, had, will and shall and use them with a main verb. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Simple present tense: Use the simple present to describe habits, regular events and general facts. Form suitable positive, negative and question sentences. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Simple past tense: Use the simple past to describe completed actions. Choose suitable regular or irregular past forms. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Simple future tense: Use appropriate future forms to describe actions that will happen later. Construct clear statements, negatives and questions. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Present continuous tense: Use am, is or are with the ing form to describe an action in progress now or around the present. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Past continuous tense: Use was or were with the ing form to describe an action in progress at a past time. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Subject–verb agreement: Choose a verb that agrees with its subject in number and person. Find and correct common agreement mistakes. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Irregular verb forms: Recognise and use familiar verbs whose past forms do not follow the regular ed pattern. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Adjectives of quality, quantity and number: Choose adjectives that describe a quality, an amount or a number. Identify what each adjective tells us about its noun. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Demonstrative adjectives: Use this, that, these and those before nouns to identify the intended person or thing. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Degrees of comparison: Use positive, comparative and superlative adjective forms appropriately. Compare two or more nouns without mixing the forms. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Order of adjectives: Arrange multiple adjectives in a natural sequence before a noun, using suitable size, colour, shape and material examples. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Definite and indefinite articles: Choose a, an or the according to sound, meaning and whether the reference is specific. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Omitting articles: Recognise contexts in which an article is not required and avoid adding an unnecessary article. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Adverbs of manner: Use adverbs such as quickly or slowly to describe how an action happens. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Adverbs of time: Use suitable adverbs to tell when an action happens and distinguish them from other time expressions. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Adverbs of place: Use suitable adverbs to tell where an action happens. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Adverbs of frequency: Use always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely and never to express how often an action happens. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Adverbs of degree: Use suitable adverbs to show the strength or extent of a quality or action. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Forming adverbs: Form suitable adverbs from adjectives, including common ly patterns, and recognise important exceptions. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Comparing adverbs: Use positive, comparative and superlative adverb forms to compare how actions happen. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Kinds of sentences: Recognise and form statements, questions, commands and exclamations. Match punctuation to the sentence's purpose. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Sentence structure: Build complete sentences with a clear subject, verb and appropriate object or complement. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Compound sentences: Join suitable independent clauses using an appropriate coordinating conjunction. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Prepositions of place: Use in, on, at, beside, between, over, under and other suitable forms to describe location. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Prepositions of time: Choose suitable prepositions such as before, after, during, until, in, on or at for time references. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Prepositions of direction: Use to, from, into, out of and related forms to describe a path or direction. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Prepositional phrases: Recognise a preposition and its complement and use the resulting phrase accurately in a sentence. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • End punctuation: Use full stops, question marks and exclamation marks according to a sentence's purpose. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Commas: Use commas accurately in suitable lists, dates, adjective sequences, introductory expressions and clause combinations for this class. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Quotation marks: Punctuate direct speech and short quotations with appropriate quotation marks. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Apostrophes: Use apostrophes in contractions and to show possession. Avoid confusing either use with ordinary plural endings. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Capital letters: Use capitals for sentence beginnings, proper nouns and the pronoun I, with other conventions appropriate to the class. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Synonyms and antonyms: Choose words with similar or opposite meanings while preserving the intended meaning in context. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Homophones: Distinguish words that sound alike but differ in spelling or meaning and select the correct word in context. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Prefixes and suffixes: Use familiar prefixes such as un, re and pre and suffixes such as ful, less and ly to form words and interpret their meanings. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Reading comprehension: Read a suitable story or passage and answer who, what, where, when, why and how questions using evidence from the text. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Inference and context clues: Use details in a passage to infer an unstated idea and work out an unfamiliar word's meaning. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Writing complete sentences: Write clear and varied sentences from prompts while maintaining correct word order and meaning. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Paragraph writing: Organise a paragraph around one main idea with connected supporting details. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Story writing: Create or complete a simple story with a clear beginning, middle and end. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Descriptive writing: Describe a person, place, object, setting or event with relevant and precise details. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Diary entries: Write a suitable personal diary entry using an appropriate voice and format. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Friendly letters: Write a simple friendly letter with suitable greeting, message and closing. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Correlative conjunctions: Use paired conjunctions such as either/or, neither/nor and both/and with balanced sentence structures. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Relative pronouns: Use who, whom, whose, which and that to connect a relative clause to the noun it describes. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Pronoun agreement: Choose a pronoun that clearly refers to its antecedent and agrees appropriately in number and meaning. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Indefinite pronouns: Use somebody, anybody, nobody, everyone and related indefinite pronouns accurately in context. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Transitive and intransitive verbs: Distinguish a verb that takes an object from one that does not in a given sentence. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Modal verbs: Use can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will and would to express suitable meanings such as ability, permission, advice and possibility. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Position of adjectives: Place adjectives correctly before nouns or after appropriate linking verbs. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Position of adverbs: Place an adverb appropriately within a sentence without changing the intended meaning. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Complex sentences: Combine a main clause with an appropriate dependent clause to express relationships clearly. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Direct and reported speech: Recognise quoted and reported speech and transform simple statements appropriately. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Active and passive voice: Recognise the doer and receiver of an action and transform suitable sentences between active and passive voice. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Multi-word prepositions: Use combinations such as in front of and on top of to express a precise relationship. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Colons and semicolons: Recognise the different purposes of a colon and a semicolon and apply them in suitable sentences. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Idioms and phrases: Recognise common idiomatic expressions and explain their contextual meaning rather than reading them literally. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Proverbs: Explain the meaning of a familiar saying and choose a situation in which it is appropriate. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Narrative writing: Describe a sequence of events coherently, using suitable time links and a consistent point of view. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Report writing: Write a simple factual report about an event or experience with a clear order and relevant details. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Future continuous tense: Use will be with an ing form to describe an action expected to be in progress at a future time. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Present perfect tense: Use have or has with a past participle to connect a past action or experience with the present. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Past perfect tense: Use had with a past participle to show that one past action happened before another. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Future perfect tense: Use will have with a past participle to show completion before a stated future time. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Present perfect continuous tense: Use have or has been with an ing form to describe an action continuing from the past towards the present. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Past perfect continuous tense: Use had been with an ing form to describe an action continuing up to a past reference point. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • Future perfect continuous tense: Use will have been with an ing form to describe an action's duration up to a future reference point. Practise using examples suitable for Class 8.
  • English script: Recognise the Latin or Roman script used for written English and distinguish a script from a language. Revise the script-identification question assessed in the official Class 8 past paper.

Mathematics

  • Operations and properties of rational numbers: Calculate with rational numbers and use commutative, associative and distributive laws, additive inverses, reciprocals and appropriate identities. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 8.
  • Rational numbers on the number line: Represent rational numbers on a number line and find additional rational numbers between any two given ones. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 8.
  • Linear equations in one variable: Solve equations with a variable on one or both sides and simplify suitable equations reducible to linear form. Apply them to contextual problems. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 8.
  • Polygons and their angles: Classify polygons and quadrilaterals and use interior or exterior angle sums to find unknown angles. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 8.
  • Properties of special quadrilaterals: Compare parallelograms, rectangles, rhombi and squares using side, angle and diagonal properties. A general parallelogram has bisecting diagonals, which need not meet at right angles. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 8.
  • Factorising algebraic expressions: Factorise by common factors and suitable identities and use factors when dividing expressions. Identify and correct common factorisation errors. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 8.
  • Terms, factors and coefficients: Identify terms, factors, coefficients, monomials, binomials, polynomials and like or unlike terms. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 8.
  • Operations on algebraic expressions: Add, subtract, multiply and divide suitable algebraic expressions with integer coefficients and avoid common invalid simplifications. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 8.
  • Algebraic identities: Use and explain standard algebraic identities, including square expansions and the difference of two squares. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 8.
  • Cubes and cube roots: Find cubes and use prime factors to find cube roots of suitable numbers up to three digits. Estimate a nearby cube root when appropriate. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 8.
  • Estimating roots: Estimate square or cube roots by comparing nearby perfect squares or cubes and progressively narrowing the value. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 8.
  • Negative exponents: Interpret negative integer exponents and use exponent laws consistently when converting or simplifying expressions. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 8.
  • Laws of exponents: Use appropriate exponent laws for multiplication, division and powers of powers and explain them through patterns. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 8.
  • Standard form of numbers: Express suitable large or small numbers in standard form using powers of ten. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 8.
  • Squares and square roots: Explore square-number patterns and find square roots by prime factorisation or division within the source's limits of four digits or two decimal places. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 8.
  • Areas of trapezia and polygons: Find a trapezium's area and split a suitable polygon into simpler shapes to calculate its area. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 8.
  • Volumes of cubes, cuboids and cylinders: Use unit cubes and the appropriate formula to calculate volume and distinguish volume from capacity. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 8.
  • Surface areas of cubes, cuboids and cylinders: Calculate suitable total or curved surface areas by identifying and adding the exposed faces or surfaces. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 8.
  • Solid representations and Euler's relation: Relate two-dimensional views or nets to solid shapes. Count vertices, edges and faces of suitable polyhedra and verify Euler's relation. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 8.
  • Chance and probability: Describe the chance of familiar events and calculate appropriate simple probabilities from possible outcomes. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 8.
  • Histograms and pie charts: Read, construct and compare suitable histograms or circle graphs and interpret what they show about data. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 8.
  • Statistical data and graphs: Organise suitable data and choose or interpret an appropriate graphical representation. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 8.
  • Percentages and change: Calculate percentage increases, reductions and comparisons using the original quantity as the base. Revise the sales and household-budget questions assessed in the official Class 8 past paper.
  • Direct proportion: Recognise when the ratio between two nonzero quantities stays constant. Practise the direct-variation relationship assessed in the official past paper.
  • Inverse proportion: Recognise inverse variation by checking for a constant product of paired values. Compare the tables assessed in the official Class 8 past paper.
  • Reading intersections of graphs: Read coordinates at the intersections of a line and a curve and interpret them as simultaneous solutions. Revise the graph assessed in the official Class 8 past paper.
  • Regular polygons and inscribed circles: Relate the apothem, circumradius and side length of a regular polygon using right triangles. Revise the circle inscribed in a regular hexagon assessed in the official past paper.
  • Divisibility and remainders: Use place value and divisibility rules, including the rule for 11, and track successive quotient-and-remainder steps. Revise the numerical puzzles assessed in the official past paper.

Hindi

  • भाषा और व्याकरण: Explain what language and grammar do and recognise suitable forms or types of language and grammar. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • स्वर और व्यंजन: Recognise, pronounce and write Hindi vowels and consonants and classify familiar letters correctly. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • उच्चारण और वर्ण वर्गीकरण: Classify Hindi sounds and letters and practise accurate pronunciation. Recognise the role of semi-vowel sounds and conjunct letters where included for the class. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • व्यक्तिवाचक और जातिवाचक संज्ञा: Distinguish a particular person's, place's or thing's name from the general name of a class. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • भाववाचक संज्ञा: Identify Hindi nouns that name a feeling, quality or state and use them in meaningful sentences. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • पुल्लिंग और स्त्रीलिंग: Identify masculine and feminine Hindi nouns and use or change familiar forms accurately in sentences. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • एकवचन और बहुवचन: Recognise singular and plural Hindi nouns and change suitable forms while keeping the sentence consistent. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • पुरुषवाचक सर्वनाम: Use suitable personal pronouns such as मैं, हम, तुम, आप and वह in place of nouns. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • निश्चयवाचक सर्वनाम: Use suitable definite pronouns to point to an identified person or thing in context. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • अनिश्चयवाचक सर्वनाम: Choose suitable indefinite pronouns when the person or thing is not specifically identified. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम: Use appropriate Hindi interrogative pronouns to ask about an unknown person or thing. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • संबंधवाचक सर्वनाम: Use words such as जो and जिसका to connect a pronoun with the related person or thing in a sentence. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • सर्वनाम का लिंग और वचन: Select pronoun forms that fit the reference and the sentence and avoid unclear or inconsistent reference. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • गुणवाचक विशेषण: Identify adjectives that describe a quality and choose one that fits the noun and intended meaning. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • संख्यावाचक विशेषण: Use Hindi adjectives that express a definite or indefinite number in an appropriate noun phrase. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • परिमाणवाचक विशेषण: Choose adjectives such as थोड़ा, अधिक or पूरा to describe an amount appropriately. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • विशेषण का सही प्रयोग: Use the appropriate form and position of a Hindi adjective and explain its relationship with the word it describes. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • सकर्मक और अकर्मक क्रिया: Distinguish a Hindi verb used with an object from one that does not need an object in the given context. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • वर्तमान काल: Recognise and use appropriate Hindi verb forms for present actions or states in meaningful sentences. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • भूतकाल: Recognise and use appropriate Hindi verb forms to describe actions or states in the past. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • भविष्यत काल: Recognise and use appropriate Hindi verb forms to describe future actions or states. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • काल के रूप और प्रयोग: Compare suitable tense forms and keep time references consistent across a Hindi sentence or passage. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • क्रिया विशेषण: Identify Hindi words that describe an action's manner, time, place or degree and use them appropriately. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • संबंधबोधक अव्यय: Use suitable Hindi relational words or expressions to connect a noun or pronoun with another part of the sentence. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय: Join suitable Hindi words or clauses with appropriate conjunctions. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • विस्मयादिबोधक अव्यय: Recognise and use suitable Hindi expressions of feeling with appropriate meaning and punctuation. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • कर्तृवाच्य: Recognise a Hindi construction in which the subject has the doer's role and explain its grammatical relationships. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • कर्मवाच्य: Recognise a Hindi passive construction and transform a suitable sentence while preserving its meaning. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • भाववाच्य: Recognise a suitable Hindi impersonal construction and distinguish it from ordinary active and passive forms. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • सरल वाक्य रचना: Arrange Hindi words into a meaningful simple sentence with suitable subject, object and verb order. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • संयुक्त वाक्य: Join suitable independent Hindi clauses to form a meaningful compound sentence. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • मिश्र वाक्य: Form a Hindi sentence containing a main clause and a suitable subordinate clause. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • वाक्य विचार: Identify a sentence's main parts and check whether its word order and grammatical relationships express the intended meaning. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • अव्ययीभाव समास: Identify an indeclinable compound and explain its meaning and formation through suitable examples. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • तत्पुरुष समास: Identify a suitable tatpurush compound and explain the relationship between its members through vigraha. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • द्वंद्व समास: Recognise a compound whose members are coordinated and explain it through an appropriate vigraha. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • बहुव्रीहि समास: Recognise a compound referring to something beyond its literal members and explain its meaning through vigraha. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • उपसर्ग: Identify suitable Hindi and Sanskrit-derived prefixes and explain how adding a prefix changes a word's meaning. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • प्रत्यय: Identify suitable Hindi and Sanskrit-derived suffixes and use them to form meaningful derived words. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • मुहावरों का अर्थ और प्रयोग: Explain the contextual meaning of a familiar Hindi idiom and use it naturally in a suitable sentence. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • लोकोक्तियाँ: Explain the meaning of a Hindi proverb and choose a situation in which it can be used appropriately. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • अपठित गद्यांश: Read an unseen Hindi prose passage, identify its main ideas and answer questions using evidence from the text. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • अपठित पद्यांश: Read a suitable unseen Hindi poem and explain its meaning, important expressions and the evidence for an answer. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 8.
  • पर्यायवाची शब्द: प्रसंग के अनुसार समान या मिलते-जुलते अर्थ वाले शब्द पहचानें। आधिकारिक पुराने प्रश्नपत्र में दिए जल, वन और अन्य शब्दों से अभ्यास करें।
  • विलोम शब्द: दिए गए शब्द के विपरीत अर्थ वाला उपयुक्त शब्द चुनें और एक से अधिक संभावित उत्तर होने पर प्रसंग देखें। आधिकारिक पुराने प्रश्नपत्र के उदाहरणों से पुनरावृत्ति करें।
  • उपमा अलंकार: उपमेय, उपमान और तुलना सूचक शब्द की सहायता से उपमा पहचानें। आधिकारिक पुराने प्रश्नपत्र की कबीर-पंक्ति पर अभ्यास करें।
  • अनुप्रास अलंकार: व्यंजन-ध्वनि की पुनरावृत्ति से बनने वाला अनुप्रास पहचानें। आधिकारिक पुराने प्रश्नपत्र में दिए मुदित महीपति के उदाहरण से अभ्यास करें।
  • व्यंजन संधि: व्यंजनों के मेल से होने वाले ध्वनि-परिवर्तन समझें और संधि-विच्छेद करें। आधिकारिक पुराने प्रश्नपत्र में दिए उन्नति जैसे उदाहरणों की पुनरावृत्ति करें।
  • निपात: वाक्य में बल, निषेध या अन्य भाव जोड़ने वाले निपात पहचानें। आधिकारिक पुराने प्रश्नपत्र में दिए नहीं के प्रयोग को संदर्भ सहित समझें।

Computer

  • Computer functions and uses: Explain a computer's input, processing, output and storage functions and recognise useful applications in everyday fields. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Evolution of computers: Describe important stages in computer development and the broad idea of computer generations. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Classification of computers: Compare personal computers, workstations, servers, mainframes and supercomputers by purpose or scale, including other categories specified for the class. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • CPU and motherboard: Explain the roles of the processor and motherboard and how they connect with other components in a computer system. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Computer memory: Explain the purpose of working memory and distinguish suitable RAM and ROM concepts at the depth required for the class. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Primary and secondary storage: Compare suitable memory and storage types, including HDDs, SSDs, USB drives, optical discs and cloud storage, and interpret basic capacities. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Input devices: Identify keyboard, mouse, scanner, joystick and microphone uses and choose a suitable input device for a task. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Output devices: Compare suitable monitor, printer and speaker types, including LCD/LED displays and inkjet/laser printers when specified. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Hardware and software: Distinguish physical equipment from software and compare system software with application software using suitable examples. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Functions of an operating system: Explain how an operating system manages hardware, programs, files and the user interface. Recognise suitable Windows, macOS and Linux examples. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Types of operating systems: Compare single-user, multi-user, batch, time-sharing and real-time systems using suitable examples. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Creating and organising files: Create, save, open, rename and organise suitable files and folders and understand basic file extensions or formats. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Directories and file systems: Explain the relationship between files, directories and a file system and use a consistent organisation structure. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Styles, templates and themes: Use document styles, templates or themes to keep formatting consistent and make suitable changes. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Page layout and document structure: Use suitable margins, orientation, page size, headers, footers, columns, sections or page breaks to organise a document. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Images and tables in documents: Insert and format suitable pictures, tables, charts or hyperlinks in a word-processing document. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Reviewing and collaborating on documents: Use suitable spelling or grammar checks, comments, tracked changes or sharing tools to review a document responsibly. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Document protection and permissions: Compare documents or control suitable editing permissions and explain how document protection supports collaboration. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Spreadsheet cells and data: Identify cells, rows, columns and worksheets and enter or format suitable data. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Spreadsheet formulae and basic functions: Create appropriate arithmetic formulae and use suitable functions such as SUM, AVERAGE or COUNT to calculate from cell data. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Conditional and lookup functions: Use suitable IF, COUNTIF or VLOOKUP examples to calculate or retrieve information from a worksheet. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Spreadsheet charts: Choose, create and customise a suitable chart to present worksheet data accurately. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Pivot tables and pivot charts: Summarise suitable data with a pivot table or chart and interpret the resulting groups or totals. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Sorting, filtering and data exchange: Sort or filter a suitable data set and import or export data while keeping its structure consistent. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Data validation and conditional formatting: Restrict suitable input values and apply rules that highlight particular data conditions. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Creating presentation slides: Create an organised presentation with suitable layouts, text, images and consistent design. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Slide masters and themes: Use a slide master or presentation theme to keep layouts, fonts and visual elements consistent. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Transitions and animations: Use suitable slide transitions or object animations to support a presentation's message. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Audio and video in slides: Embed or link suitable audio and video and explain the difference between the two approaches. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Delivering and sharing presentations: Prepare and deliver a clear presentation and review suitable slides, notes, printouts or handouts. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Internet and web browsers: Explain the basic purpose of the internet and use a browser or URL to visit an appropriate website. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • IP addresses, DNS and web protocols: Explain the roles of an IP address, DNS, URLs, ISPs and suitable web protocols and distinguish the internet from the World Wide Web. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Searching and evaluating web sources: Choose useful search keywords or appropriate advanced techniques and evaluate the credibility of the information found. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Online communication: Compare suitable email, instant messaging, forums, social platforms and video-call tools and use them responsibly in age-appropriate tasks. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Cloud collaboration: Explain the purpose of shared cloud files and suitable collaboration tools and work together on a controlled sample task. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Cloud services: Explain the broad purpose of cloud computing and recognise suitable examples of hosted storage or services. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Drawing and editing pictures: Use suitable drawing tools, shapes, brushes, colours and text to create or edit a simple digital picture. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Image formats and resolution: Compare suitable image file formats and explain how resolution affects a digital image's use or appearance. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Audio recording and editing: Record, trim, arrange or mix suitable audio clips using appropriate editing software. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Video editing: Trim, join or arrange suitable video clips and apply appropriate transitions or effects to communicate a clear idea. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Creating a multimedia project: Combine appropriate text, pictures, audio, video or animation in a coherent presentation, short film or digital story. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Algorithms, flowcharts and pseudocode: Describe a solution as ordered steps and represent it with a suitable flowchart or pseudocode. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Programming variables and operators: Use appropriate variables, data types, operators and expressions in a simple program. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Selection and repetition: Use suitable conditional branches and loops to control a program's behaviour and explain the path it follows. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Block-based programming: Use suitable control, motion and event blocks in Scratch, Blockly or a similar environment to build an interactive animation or game. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Simple text-based programs: Use an appropriate text-based language such as Python to write, run and debug a short program with suitable syntax and commands. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • HTML structure and content: Create a suitable HTML page using meaningful structure and add appropriate text, links, images or tables. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • CSS styling and layout: Apply suitable CSS rules to control a web page's appearance and layout. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Multi-page websites and forms: Connect suitable web pages with navigation and add an appropriate form or structured content. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • JavaScript interactivity: Use a suitable simple script to respond to input, validate a form or update page content. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Recognising online threats: Recognise suitable malware, phishing, scams or other online threats and choose sensible defensive actions. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Antivirus, firewalls and encryption: Compare the basic defensive purposes of antivirus software, a firewall and encryption without treating any one measure as complete protection. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Digital citizenship and intellectual property: Respect other people's work, copyright and licences and avoid plagiarism. Use and share digital resources responsibly. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Digital footprints and privacy: Explain how online activity leaves a record and consider suitable privacy choices before sharing content. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Integrated computer projects: Combine appropriate skills in a practical project such as a newsletter, presentation, website, game or database application and share tasks responsibly with a group. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 8.
  • Word-processing macros: Recognise a macro as a saved sequence of commands that can automate a repeated word-processing task. Revise the concept assessed in the official Class 8 past paper, using safe, trusted examples.

Science

  • Crop production overview: Relate the major stages of crop production to the needs of a growing plant. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Preparing soil for crops: Explain suitable soil-preparation tasks and why loosening or improving the soil supports crop growth. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Sowing and crop care: Describe suitable seed selection, sowing and early crop-care practices. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Manure and fertilisers: Compare suitable manure and fertiliser roles and explain why crop nutrients must be supplied responsibly. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Irrigation: Compare suitable ways of supplying water to crops and explain why timing or water conservation matters. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Weeds and crop protection: Recognise weeds and explain suitable methods of limiting competition or protecting a crop. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Harvesting and crop storage: Describe suitable harvesting, threshing and storage practices and explain how they protect the crop. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Animal husbandry: Explain the purpose and basic responsible practices of raising animals for useful products. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Types and habitats of microorganisms: Recognise suitable groups of microorganisms and compare places or conditions in which they live. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Useful microorganisms: Explain suitable microbial roles in food production, medicine, agriculture or environmental cleaning. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Harmful microorganisms and food spoilage: Explain suitable disease or spoilage examples and relate preservation to controlling harmful microbial growth. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Synthetic fibres: Compare suitable rayon, nylon, polyester and acrylic properties and uses. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Plastics and the environment: Compare suitable plastic types and uses and explain their environmental impacts and responsible handling. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Metal and non-metal properties: Compare suitable physical or chemical properties and uses of metals and non-metals. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Reactions of metals and non-metals: Explain suitable reactions with oxygen, water, acids or bases and compare their evidence. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Coal, petroleum and natural gas: Explain the broad origin or uses of fossil fuels and the need to conserve exhaustible resources. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Renewable and non-renewable resources: Classify suitable air, water, soil, mineral and fossil-fuel resources and explain why responsible use is still needed. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Combustion and flames: Compare suitable combustion types and identify parts or characteristics of a flame. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Fuels, energy and pollution: Compare fuel quality or calorific value and explain suitable pollution effects of burning fuels. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Biodiversity and conservation: Explain suitable ecosystem, flora and fauna concepts and describe protection of forests and wildlife. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Protected areas: Compare suitable national parks, sanctuaries and biosphere reserves and explain their conservation roles. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Threatened species and migration: Explain the purpose of the Red Data Book and suitable examples of protecting threatened or migrating species. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Forests and paper recycling: Relate paper use or recycling to forest conservation and explain suitable resource-saving choices. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Cell structure: plant and animal cells: Compare the overall organisation of suitable plant and animal cells and identify their major structures. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • The nucleus: Explain the nucleus's role in suitable cell functions and distinguish it from surrounding cell structures. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Cell boundaries and walls: Compare suitable cell membranes and cell walls and relate structure to protection or movement of materials. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Mitochondria and chloroplasts: Compare suitable energy-related functions of mitochondria and chloroplasts in plant or animal cells. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Cell transport and storage structures: Explain suitable roles of the endoplasmic reticulum or vacuoles and relate them to transport or storage within a cell. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells: Distinguish cells with different internal organisation and explain the basic structural distinction. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Asexual reproduction: Compare suitable binary-fission, budding, fragmentation or regeneration examples without assuming every method applies to every organism. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Sexual reproduction in animals: Explain suitable reproductive organs, fertilisation and embryo development using accurate, age-appropriate biology. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Adolescence and puberty: Explain appropriate physical changes, secondary sexual characteristics and the role of hormones during puberty. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Reproductive health and hygiene: Explain suitable health, hygiene and responsible-care concepts relating to puberty and reproduction using accurate, age-appropriate biology. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Contact and non-contact forces: Classify suitable contact or non-contact forces and explain their effects on motion or shape. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Pressure in daily life: Explain pressure as force per unit area at the appropriate level and compare suitable air or water pressure examples. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Pressure in fluids: Explain suitable liquid-pressure or atmospheric-pressure observations and their practical applications. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Types and effects of friction: Compare static, sliding, rolling or fluid friction and explain factors, benefits, disadvantages and ways of changing friction. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Sound waves and their properties: Explain sound production and propagation through a medium and relate frequency, amplitude, time period or speed to suitable observations. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Reflection and absorption of sound: Explain suitable echoes, reverberation, absorption or echolocation examples and their applications. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Hearing and sound qualities: Relate hearing to the ear and distinguish suitable pitch, loudness and quality examples. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Conductors and insulators: Compare suitable materials that conduct or resist electric current through safe, low-voltage examples. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Chemical effects of current: Compare good and poor conductors and explain suitable electrolysis or electroplating observations and uses. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Electric charges and lightning: Explain charging by rubbing, interactions between charges and suitable lightning-safety ideas. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Earthquakes and seismic observation: Describe suitable earthquake causes or effects and the purposes of a seismograph or seismic-zone information. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Reflection and mirrors: Explain reflection using a suitable plane mirror and relate an object to its image, including lateral inversion where appropriate. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Regular and diffused reflection: Compare reflection from smooth and rough surfaces and explain why both obey the laws of reflection. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Mirrors and lenses: Compare suitable concave and convex mirrors or lenses and relate them to image formation or optical instruments. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • The eye and vision: Explain suitable eye structures, care and common vision-correction ideas at the class's level. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • The Solar System: Identify suitable planets, moons, asteroids, comets and the Sun and compare their basic characteristics. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Moon phases: Explain the observed sequence of Moon phases, including new moon, full moon, waxing and waning. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Stars and constellations: Recognise suitable star or constellation patterns and distinguish them from Solar System objects. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Meteors, comets and satellites: Distinguish suitable meteors, meteoroids, comets and artificial satellites and explain their broad characteristics or uses. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Air and water pollution: Compare suitable sources and effects, including acid rain, warming or ozone effects where specified, and explain conservation or purification measures. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Water purification: Compare suitable sedimentation, filtration or boiling examples and distinguish removing visible dirt from making water safe to drink. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Water conservation: Explain why water must be used carefully and describe suitable ways to reduce waste and protect supplies. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 8.
  • Newton's second law: Relate force, mass and acceleration, including apparent weight in an accelerating lift. Revise the force calculations assessed in the official Class 8 past paper.
  • Oscillation graphs: Read amplitude and time information from displacement graphs. Revise the pendulum graph and distinguish maximum displacement from the full peak-to-peak distance.
  • Resistance in electric circuits: Calculate equivalent resistance in a simple parallel circuit and interpret voltage–current graph slopes. Revise how a metallic wire's resistance changes with temperature in the official past paper.
  • Electrical power and fuse ratings: Use power, voltage and current relationships to compare the fuse ratings offered in a textbook problem. Revise the official past-paper calculation while distinguishing it from the requirements of actual electrical installation.
  • Black holes: Explain why light from inside a black hole's event horizon cannot escape. Revise the concept assessed in the official Class 8 past paper.
  • Measuring astronomical distances: Interpret a light-year as a unit of distance and convert between common distance units. Revise the light-year question in the official past paper.
  • Hydrocarbon formulae: Recognise the general formulae for simple acyclic alkanes and monoalkenes. Practise the symbolic carbon–hydrogen relationships assessed in the official past paper.
  • Balancing combustion equations: Balance complete hydrocarbon combustion equations by conserving carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms. Practise both numerical coefficients and the alkane formula used in the official past paper.
  • Common metal ores: Recognise common metal ores and distinguish bauxite, galena and cryolite using their chemical composition. Revise the hydrated aluminium oxide formula assessed in the official past paper.

About the ITSE exam

Eligibility and subjects

ITSE is open to Classes 1–10 from recognised government and private schools, including CBSE, ICSE and state boards. Choose one or more subjects: MTSE Mathematics, STSE Science, ETSE English, CTSE Computer/Cyber, HTSE Hindi and GTSE General Awareness. SkillStar is independent of ITSE.

Exam format and marking

The organiser specifies an OMR-based paper of 45 multiple-choice questions in 60 minutes, with +4 for a correct answer and −1 for a wrong answer (180 maximum marks). Exams are held at common centres within districts; the allotted centre and time appear on the admit card. Preparation follows the official class-specific syllabus PDFs below, which retain their original printed session. SkillStar's reviewed past papers may contain fewer scored questions when source items are defective or ambiguous; each playable test states its count and adjusted maximum marks.

Important dates for 2026–27

The official schedule is tentative. Applications opened on 21 April 2026; the extended deadline is 15 November 2026. Examination dates are 20, 25 and 27 December 2026. Admit cards are scheduled for 15 and 23 December, depending on the examination date. The allotted centre, date and time must be checked on the admit card. Result: 24 March 2027; scholarship distribution: April–May 2027 at schools. Verified on 3 November 2026.

Registration and application fees

Apply through the school or directly on the official website. The published fee is ₹300 for one subject, ₹550 for two, ₹800 for three, ₹1,050 for four, ₹1,300 for five and ₹1,550 for all six. Online registration asks for an active email/mobile number, recent photograph and Aadhaar number. These are ITSE registration fees, separate from SkillStar access. For offline applications, collect the form from school and return the completed form and fee to the principal's office.

Awards and organiser contact

The organiser lists participation certificates, school medals and school cash prizes of ₹1,000–₹10,000, with at least three school-level cash-prize recipients per school as stated in the FAQ. Advertised national awards include a laptop + ₹50,000, note pad + ₹25,000, smart tablet + ₹10,000, digital watch + ₹5,000 and scientific calculators. ITSE advertises 9,000 award recipients and a ₹25-crore overall scholarship pool; terms and eligibility are the organiser's responsibility. India office: 146-0, 2nd Floor, Hastsal, Vikaspuri, New Delhi 110018. Helplines: +91 9472696867 and +91 9599890121.

Official forms and general downloads

Official brochure, sample application form and sample OMR sheet. These are organiser documents and may retain older printed dates; use the live Important Dates page for the current schedule.

Official practice-paper availability

All six class/subject Practice Paper pages were checked on 3 November 2026 and showed no practice papers. Official sample papers are provided separately below.

MTSE — Mathematics: syllabus and past papers

Class 8 official syllabus and original previous-year PDFs remain available. Reviewed 2025–26 paper is now playable as “ITSE 2025-26 MTSE - Class 8”: 39/45 questions, 156 maximum marks, 60 minutes, +4/−1. Original questions 2, 4, 5, 6, 15, 32 are omitted; item-specific reasons and assumptions are recorded in the test source note. Retained answers independently checked. No 2025–26 official answer key is linked on the Class 8 source page (checked 5 November 2026); attached 2024–25 keys and older papers remain unreviewed. Four source diagrams retained, with the sales chart reused for four questions. A labelled review note explains its scale/label mismatch. Six revision lessons added from assessed paper concepts.

MTSE — Mathematics: official sample papers

Available official sample sets for Class 8, preserving the organiser's set numbers. These are original source files, including diagrams; questions and answers have not been checked individually or converted into playable tests.

STSE — Science: syllabus and past papers

Class 8 official syllabus and original previous-year PDFs remain available. Reviewed 2025–26 paper is now playable as “ITSE 2025-26 STSE - Class 8”: 38/45 questions, 152 maximum marks, 60 minutes, +4/−1. Original questions 13, 22, 25, 30, 31, 39, 43 are omitted; item-specific reasons and assumptions are recorded in the test source note. Retained answers independently checked. No 2025–26 official answer key is linked on the Class 8 source page (checked 5 November 2026); attached 2024–25 keys and older papers remain unreviewed. Six source diagrams retained. Nine revision lessons added for concepts assessed in the source paper, including force, oscillation graphs, electricity, astronomy and hydrocarbon calculations.

STSE — Science: official sample papers

Available official sample sets for Class 8, preserving the organiser's set numbers. These are original source files, including diagrams; questions and answers have not been checked individually or converted into playable tests.

ETSE — English: syllabus and past papers

Class 8 official syllabus and original previous-year PDFs remain available. Reviewed 2025–26 paper is now playable as “ITSE 2025-26 ETSE - Class 8”: 37/45 questions, 148 maximum marks, 60 minutes, +4/−1. Original questions 4, 15, 20, 23, 35, 36, 38, 40 are omitted; item-specific reasons and assumptions are recorded in the test source note. Retained answers independently checked. No 2025–26 official answer key is linked on the Class 8 source page (checked 5 November 2026); attached 2024–25 keys and older papers remain unreviewed. Original Wordsworth poem preserved; dependent question context is repeated where needed. One English-script revision lesson added from the assessed paper.

ETSE — English: official sample papers

Available official sample sets for Class 8, preserving the organiser's set numbers. These are original source files, including diagrams; questions and answers have not been checked individually or converted into playable tests.

CTSE — Computer / Cyber: syllabus and past papers

Class 8 official syllabus and original previous-year PDFs remain available. Reviewed 2025–26 paper is now playable as “ITSE 2025-26 CTSE - Class 8”: 38/45 questions, 152 maximum marks, 60 minutes, +4/−1. Original questions 6, 15, 16, 18, 27, 32, 38 are omitted; item-specific reasons and assumptions are recorded in the test source note. Retained answers independently checked. No 2025–26 official answer key is linked on the Class 8 source page (checked 5 November 2026); attached 2024–25 keys and older papers remain unreviewed. Overlapping navigation methods, absent LAN hardware, audio-codec ambiguity and incomplete image syntax are among the documented exclusions. One word-processing macros revision lesson added.

CTSE — Computer / Cyber: official sample papers

Available official sample sets for Class 8, preserving the organiser's set numbers. These are original source files, including diagrams; questions and answers have not been checked individually or converted into playable tests.

HTSE — Hindi: syllabus and past papers

Class 8 official syllabus and original previous-year PDFs remain available. Reviewed 2025–26 paper is now playable as “ITSE 2025-26 HTSE - Class 8”: 39/45 questions, 156 maximum marks, 60 minutes, +4/−1. Original questions 5, 6, 19, 21, 26, 27 are omitted; item-specific reasons and assumptions are recorded in the test source note. Retained answers independently checked. No 2025–26 official answer key is linked on the Class 8 source page (checked 5 November 2026); attached 2024–25 keys and older papers remain unreviewed. Original passage preserved; alternative spellings, classifications and multiple valid synonyms/antonyms are documented. Six vocabulary, figure-of-speech, sandhi and particle revision lessons added.

HTSE — Hindi: official sample papers

Available official sample sets for Class 8, preserving the organiser's set numbers. These are original source files, including diagrams; questions and answers have not been checked individually or converted into playable tests.

GTSE — General Awareness: syllabus and past papers

Class 8 official syllabus and original previous-year PDFs remain available. Reviewed 2025–26 paper is now playable as “ITSE 2025-26 GTSE - Class 8”: 41/45 questions, 164 maximum marks, 60 minutes, +4/−1. Original questions 6, 26, 28, 34 are omitted; item-specific reasons and assumptions are recorded in the test source note. Retained answers independently checked. No 2025–26 official answer key is linked on the Class 8 source page (checked 5 November 2026); attached 2024–25 keys and older papers remain unreviewed. Zero Hour procedure, Kyoto signature date, RBI bankers' bank meaning and undated rice ranking are documented. Dated sports/award facts checked against official sources. ITSE's common General Awareness syllabus applies to all classes.

GTSE — General Awareness: official sample papers

Available official sample sets for Class 8, preserving the organiser's set numbers. These are original source files, including diagrams; questions and answers have not been checked individually or converted into playable tests. Unavailable on the organiser's site: Official Sample Paper — Set 4; Official Sample Paper — Set 5; Official Sample Paper — Set 6; Official Sample Paper — Set 7; Official Sample Paper — Set 8; Official Sample Paper — Set 9; Official Sample Paper — Set 10. These file links currently redirect to the homepage.

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ITSE Class 8: questions parents ask

What is in the ITSE Class 8 syllabus for 2026-27?
319 topics in General Awareness, English, Mathematics, Hindi, Computer and Science, laid out subject by subject on this page. On SkillStar your child can tick off each topic as they learn it.
Are there ITSE Class 8 mock tests on SkillStar?
Yes, 6 mock tests. Each one is marked the moment your child finishes, with a question-by-question review, and can be taken again as often as they like.
Can I download ITSE Class 8 papers?
Yes. The ITSE Downloads tab on SkillStar has 180 files for this class.
How does my child start ITSE Class 8 practice?
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Is SkillStar the official ITSE website?
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