PISA Questions prepared by Rolgin Jose K ,TGT English JNV Kadapa,AP for Class VIII English

PISA Questions prepared by Rolgin Jose K ,TGT English JNV Kadapa,AP

01.                                                                 Preparation of PISA like Question Items       

SL ML RL Domain: RL	Subject ENGLISH	VI VII VIII IX X Class:   VIII
Topics: No man’s land	Chapter/Unit: THE BEST CHRISTMAS PRESENT IN THE WORLD	Age group: 15-17
Description of Item: Y Text Image Table Graph Map Poem	Expected Competencies: Read the paragraph  and answer the following question.	Learning Outcome: (As per NCERT) Will get to learn more about concept.
Language: ENGLISH	Source of Material used NCERT and Internet	Expected Time: 5 minutes

Examples of Expected Competencies:

Scientific literacy:

• Explaining phenomena scientifically;

• Evaluating and designing scientific enquiry; and

• Interpreting data and evidence scientifically.

Mathematics Literacy:

●                  Formulate

●                  Employ

●                  Interpret

●                  Evaluate

Reading Literacy:

●                  Understand the piece of Text

●                  Able to interpret within the given situation

●                  Use critical/logical reasoning

●                  Apply and arrive at Conclusions

Types of Questions MCQ MCQ with Open Ended text y Open Ended Text	Level of Question: Difficult	Credit Pattern: Full Credit: 2 Half Credit 1 Nil Credit: 0
	Total Credit:

Description of Answer Key and Credits:

Answer: It’s a land that does not belong to any country but  used as a boundary line between two countries. 2 credits if answer matches the correct option. 1 Credit if the student writes “It’s a land that separates two countries.” 0 credit if answer is wrong.

QUESTION:

“By this time there were dozens of them walking towards us across no man’s

land and not a rifle between them.”

What do you understand by ‘No man’s Land”?

02.Preparation of PISA like Question Items                                                      

SL ML RL Domain: RL	Subject: ENGLISH	VI VII VIII IX X Class:   VIII
Topics: He knew all about England	Chapter/Unit: THE BEST CHRISTMAS PRESENT IN THE WORLD	Age group: 15-17
Description of Item: Y Text Image Table Graph Map Poem	Expected Competencies: Read the paragraph  and answer the following question.	Learning Outcome: (As per NCERT) Will get to learn more about concept.
Language: ENGLISH	Source of Material used NCERT and Internet	Expected Time: 5 minutes

Examples of Expected Competencies:

Scientific literacy:

• Explaining phenomena scientifically;

• Evaluating and designing scientific enquiry; and

• Interpreting data and evidence scientifically.

Mathematics Literacy:

●                  Formulate

●                  Employ

●                  Interpret

●                  Evaluate

Reading Literacy:

●                  Understand the piece of Text

●                  Able to interpret within the given situation

●                  Use critical/logical reasoning

●                  Apply and arrive at Conclusions

Types of Questions MCQ MCQ with Open Ended text Y Open Ended Text	Level of Question: Difficult	Credit Pattern: Full Credit: 2 Half Credit 1 Nil Credit: 0
	Total Credit:

Description of Answer Key and Credits:

Answer: Though he was  a German he liked England.He didn’ want to fight in the war. 2 credits if answer matches the correct option. 1 Credit if the student writes “He loved England.” 0 credit if answer is wrong.

QUESTION:

“He spoke almost perfect English. But it turned out that he had never set foot in Dorset, never even been to England. He had learned all he knew of England from school, and from reading books in English. His favourite writer was Thomas Hardy, his favourite book Far from the Madding Crowd. So out there in no man’s land we talked of Bathsheba and Gabriel Oak and Sergeant Troy and Dorset.”

The  favourite book of Hans Wolf was  Far from the Madding Crowd  written by  Thomas Hardy.He knew  many things about English also  though he was a German.

What do you infer about his personality.

03.Preparation of PISA like Question Items                                                      

SL ML RL Domain: RL	Subject: ENGLISH	VI VII VIII IX X Class:   VIII
Topics: WINTER	Chapter/Unit: THE ANT AND THE CRICKET	Age group: 15-17
Description of Item: Text Image Table Graph Map Y Poem	Expected Competencies: Read the poem   and answer the following question.	Learning Outcome: (As per NCERT) Will get to learn more about concept.
Language: ENGLISH	Source of Material used NCERT and Internet	Expected Time: 5 minutes

Examples of Expected Competencies:

Scientific literacy:

• Explaining phenomena scientifically;

• Evaluating and designing scientific enquiry; and

• Interpreting data and evidence scientifically.

Mathematics Literacy:

●                  Formulate

●                  Employ

●                  Interpret

●                  Evaluate

Reading Literacy:

●                  Understand the piece of Text

●                  Able to interpret within the given situation

●                  Use critical/logical reasoning

●                  Apply and arrive at Conclusions

Types of Questions MCQ MCQ with Open Ended text y Open Ended Text	Level of Question: Difficult	Credit Pattern: Full Credit: 2 Half Credit 1 Nil Credit: 0
	Total Credit:

Description of Answer Key and Credits:

Answer:To protect themselves from extreme winter  as cold will penetrate through the pores on the leaves . 2 credits if answer matches the correct option. 1 Credit if the student writes “To protect themselves from extreme winter.” 0 credit if answer is wrong.

QUESTION:

Not a crumb to be found

On the snow-covered ground;

Not a flower could he see,

Not a leaf on a tree

Why do you think the  trees shed their leaves during winter?               

04.Preparation of PISA like Question Items                                                      

SL ML RL Domain: RL	Subject: ENGLISH	VI VII VIII IX X Class:   VIII
Topics: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL	Chapter/Unit: BEPIN CHOUDARY’S LAPSE OF MEMORY	Age group: 15-17
Description of Item: y Text Image Table Graph Map Poem	Expected Competencies: Read the text   and answer the following question.	Learning Outcome: (As per NCERT) Will get to learn more about concept.
Language: ENGLISH	Source of Material used NCERT and Internet	Expected Time: 5 minutes

Examples of Expected Competencies:

Scientific literacy:

• Explaining phenomena scientifically;

• Evaluating and designing scientific enquiry; and

• Interpreting data and evidence scientifically.

Mathematics Literacy:

●                  Formulate

●                  Employ

●                  Interpret

●                  Evaluate

Reading Literacy:

●                  Understand the piece of Text

●                  Able to interpret within the given situation

●                  Use critical/logical reasoning

●                  Apply and arrive at Conclusions

Types of Questions MCQ MCQ with Open Ended text Y Open Ended Text	Level of Question: Average	Credit Pattern: Full Credit: 2 Half Credit 1 Nil Credit: 0
	Total Credit:

Description of Answer Key and Credits:

Answer:The matter should be considered immediately and secretely without showing to the public 2 credits if answer matches the correct option. 1 Credit if the student writes “The matter is very urgently to be  considered.” 0 credit if answer is wrong.

QUESTION:

Above the name it said ‘Urgent and Confidential’. In spite of his condition, Bepin Babu had a feeling that he ought to go through the letter. He tore open the envelope and took out the letter.

Explain the term‘Urgent and Confidential’

05.Preparation of PISA like Question Items                                                      

SL ML RL Domain: RL	Subject: ENGLISH	VI VII VIII IX X Class:   VIII
Topics: FREEDOM	Chapter/Unit: THE LAST BARGAIN	Age group: 15-17
Description of Item: Text Image Table Graph Map Y Poem	Expected Competencies: Read the poem   and answer the following question.	Learning Outcome: (As per NCERT) Will get to learn more about concept.
Language: ENGLISH	Source of Material used NCERT and Internet	Expected Time: 5 minutes

Examples of Expected Competencies:

Scientific literacy:

• Explaining phenomena scientifically;

• Evaluating and designing scientific enquiry; and

• Interpreting data and evidence scientifically.

Mathematics Literacy:

●                  Formulate

●                  Employ

●                  Interpret

●                  Evaluate

Reading Literacy:

●                  Understand the piece of Text

●                  Able to interpret within the given situation

●                  Use critical/logical reasoning

●                  Apply and arrive at Conclusions

Types of Questions MCQ MCQ with Open Ended text y Open Ended Text	Level of Question: Difficult	Credit Pattern: Full Credit: 2 Half Credit 0 Nil Credit: 0
	Total Credit:

Description of Answer Key and Credits:

Answer:When chains of money,power,beauty etc do not bind him ,the boy says that he is a free man 2 credits if answer matches the correct option. 0 credit if answer is wrong.

QUESTION:

He raised his head and seemed to know me and said,

“I hire you with nothing.”

From henceforward that bargain struck in child’s play

made me a free man.

What does the boy say that made him a free man?

06.Preparation of PISA like Question Items                                                      

SL ML RL Domain: RL	Subject: ENGLISH	VI VII VIII IX X Class:   VIII
Topics: CLIMBING SUMMIT	Chapter/Unit: THE SUMMIT WITHIN	Age group: 15-17
Description of Item: y Text Image Table Graph Map Poem	Expected Competencies: Read the text   and answer the following question.	Learning Outcome: (As per NCERT) Will get to learn more about concept.
Language: ENGLISH	Source of Material used NCERT and Internet	Expected Time: 5 minutes

Examples of Expected Competencies:

Scientific literacy:

• Explaining phenomena scientifically;

• Evaluating and designing scientific enquiry; and

• Interpreting data and evidence scientifically.

Mathematics Literacy:

●                  Formulate

●                  Employ

●                  Interpret

●                  Evaluate

Reading Literacy:

●                  Understand the piece of Text

●                  Able to interpret within the given situation

●                  Use critical/logical reasoning

●                  Apply and arrive at Conclusions

Types of Questions MCQ MCQ with Open Ended text Y Open Ended Text	Level of Question: Difficult	Credit Pattern: Full Credit: 2 Half Credit 1 Nil Credit: 0
	Total Credit:

Description of Answer Key and Credits:

Answer:It makes you closer to God,makes you famous  and you get  a sense of fulfillment. 2 credits if answer matches the correct option. 1 Credit if the student writes “It makes you famous” 0 credit if answer is wrong.

QUESTION:

The experience of climbing to the summit changes you completely.

What changes take place after climbing the summit?

07.Preparation of PISA like Question Items                                                      

SL ML RL Domain: RL	Subject: ENGLISH	VI VII VIII IX X Class:   VIII
Topics:SCHOOL LIFE	Chapter/Unit: THE SCHOOL BOY	Age group: 15-17
Description of Item: Text Image Table Graph Map Y Poem	Expected Competencies: Read the poem   and answer the following question.	Learning Outcome: (As per NCERT) Will get to learn more about concept.
Language: ENGLISH	Source of Material used NCERT and Internet	Expected Time: 5 minutes

Examples of Expected Competencies:

Scientific literacy:

• Explaining phenomena scientifically;

• Evaluating and designing scientific enquiry; and

• Interpreting data and evidence scientifically.

Mathematics Literacy:

●                  Formulate

●                  Employ

●                  Interpret

●                  Evaluate

Reading Literacy:

●                  Understand the piece of Text

●                  Able to interpret within the given situation

●                  Use critical/logical reasoning

●                  Apply and arrive at Conclusions

Types of Questions MCQ MCQ with Open Ended text y Open Ended Text	Level of Question: Easy	Credit Pattern: Full Credit: 2 Half Credit 0 Nil Credit: 0
	Total Credit:

Description of Answer Key and Credits:

Answer: It must be joyful  without any fear or dismay. 2 credits if answer matches the correct option. 0 credit if answer is wrong.

QUESTION:

How shall the summer arise in joy,

Or the summer fruits appear?

How should a school life be according to the poet?

08.Preparation of PISA like Question Items                                                      

SL ML RL Domain: RL	Subject: ENGLISH	VI VII VIII IX X Class:   VIII
Topics: LOOKING AFTER THE FAWN	Chapter/Unit: THIS IS JODY’S FAWN	Age group: 15-17
Description of Item: y Text Image Table Graph Map Poem	Expected Competencies: Read the text   and answer the following question.	Learning Outcome: (As per NCERT) Will get to learn more about concept.
Language: ENGLISH	Source of Material used NCERT and Internet	Expected Time: 5 minutes

Examples of Expected Competencies:

Scientific literacy:

• Explaining phenomena scientifically;

• Evaluating and designing scientific enquiry; and

• Interpreting data and evidence scientifically.

Mathematics Literacy:

●                  Formulate

●                  Employ

●                  Interpret

●                  Evaluate

Reading Literacy:

●                  Understand the piece of Text

●                  Able to interpret within the given situation

●                  Use critical/logical reasoning

●                  Apply and arrive at Conclusions

Types of Questions MCQ MCQ with Open Ended text Y Open Ended Text	Level of Question: Easy	Credit Pattern: Full Credit: 2 Half Credit 0 Nil Credit: 0
	Total Credit:

Description of Answer Key and Credits:

Answer:The fawn wants him to carry him in his hand.  2 credits if answer matches the correct option. 0 Credit if the student writes any other answer. 0 credit if answer is wrong.

QUESTION:

He started away slowly.

The fawn stared after him.

What does the fawn want from Jody?

09.Preparation of PISA like Question Items                                                      

SL ML RL Domain: RL	Subject: ENGLISH	VI VII VIII IX X Class:   VIII
Topics: THE BODY IS IRRELEVENT	Chapter/Unit: A VISIT TO CAMBRIDGE	Age group: 15-17
Description of Item: y Text Image Table Graph Map Poem	Expected Competencies: Read the text   and answer the following question.	Learning Outcome: (As per NCERT) Will get to learn more about concept.
Language: ENGLISH	Source of Material used NCERT and Internet	Expected Time: 5 minutes

Examples of Expected Competencies:

Scientific literacy:

• Explaining phenomena scientifically;

• Evaluating and designing scientific enquiry; and

• Interpreting data and evidence scientifically.

Mathematics Literacy:

●                  Formulate

●                  Employ

●                  Interpret

●                  Evaluate

Reading Literacy:

●                  Understand the piece of Text

●                  Able to interpret within the given situation

●                  Use critical/logical reasoning

●                  Apply and arrive at Conclusions

Types of Questions MCQ MCQ with Open Ended text Y Open Ended Text	Level of Question: Difficult	Credit Pattern: Full Credit: 2 Half Credit 1 Nil Credit: 0
	Total Credit:

Description of Answer Key and Credits:

Answer:The internal quality is enough to attain anything in the world  2 credits if answer matches the correct option. 1 Credit if the student writes “Body is only an accessory” 0 credit if answer is wrong.

QUESTION:

Before you, like a lantern whose walls are worn so thin you glimpse only the light inside, is the

incandescence of a man. The body, almost irrelevant, exists only like a case made of shadows. So that I, no believer in eternal souls, know that this is what each of us is; everything else an accessory.

Explain “The body, almost irrelevant, exists only like a case made of shadows”

10.Preparation of PISA like Question Items                                                      

SL ML RL Domain: RL	Subject: ENGLISH	VI VII VIII IX X Class:   VIII
Topics: ANIMALS ENTERING VILLAGES	Chapter/Unit: A SHORT MONSOON DIARY	Age group: 15-17
Description of Item: y Text Image Table Graph Map Poem	Expected Competencies: Read the text   and answer the following question.	Learning Outcome: (As per NCERT) Will get to learn more about concept.
Language: ENGLISH	Source of Material used NCERT and Internet	Expected Time: 5 minutes

Examples of Expected Competencies:

Scientific literacy:

• Explaining phenomena scientifically;

• Evaluating and designing scientific enquiry; and

• Interpreting data and evidence scientifically.

Mathematics Literacy:

●                  Formulate

●                  Employ

●                  Interpret

●                  Evaluate

Reading Literacy:

●                  Understand the piece of Text

●                  Able to interpret within the given situation

●                  Use critical/logical reasoning

●                  Apply and arrive at Conclusions

Types of Questions MCQ MCQ with Open Ended text Y Open Ended Text	Level of Question: Average	Credit Pattern: Full Credit: 2 Half Credit 1 Nil Credit: 0
	Total Credit:

Description of Answer Key and Credits:

Answer:When food is very scarce in the forest leopard is forced to enter the village for food.  2 credits if answer matches the correct option. 1 Credit if the student writes “Leopard enters the village for food” 0 credit if answer is wrong.

QUESTION:

Yesterday afternoon the leopard lifted  a dog from near the quarter below the school. In the evening it attacked one of Bijju’s cows but fled at the approach of

Bijju’s mother, who came screaming imprecations.

Why do you think leopard come to villages?