Annual assessment for Class 8 students under CBSE, focusing on advanced concepts in core subjects to prepare for higher secondary education.

CBSE Class 8 Annual Assessment

Official 2025-26 syllabus extracted from https://www.cbse.gov.in/cbsenew/curriculum.html

Mathematics

Rational numbers

Linear equations in one variable

Understanding quadrilaterals

Practical geometry

Data handling

Squares and square roots

Cubes and cube roots

Comparing quantities

Algebraic expressions and identities

Visualizing solid shapes

Mensuration

Exponents and powers

Direct and inverse proportions

Factorisation

Introduction to graphs

Playing with numbers

Mathematics (Class 8)

Science

Crop production and management

Microorganisms: friend and foe

Coal and petroleum

Combustion and flame

Conservation of plants and animals

Reproduction in animals

Reaching the age of adolescence

Force and pressure

Friction

Sound

Chemical effects of electric current

Some natural phenomena

Light

Stars and the solar system

Pollution of air and water

Science (Class 8)

Social Science

How, when and where

From trade to territory: the Company establishes power

Ruling the countryside

Tribals, dikus and the vision of a golden age

1857 revolt

Civilising the native, educating the nation

Women, caste and reform

The making of the national movement (1870s-1947)

History: Our Pasts III

Resources

Land, soil, water, natural vegetation and wildlife resources

Mineral and power resources

Agriculture

Industries

Human resources

Geography: Resources and Development

The Indian Constitution

Understanding secularism

Parliament and the making of laws

Judiciary

Understanding marginalisation

Confronting marginalisation

Public facilities

Law and social justice

Civics: Social and Political Life III

English

Prose, poetry and supplementary readers

Reading comprehension

Grammar: tenses, voice, modals, reported speech, conditionals

Writing: formal/informal letter, paragraph, story, dialogue completion

English (Honeydew / It So Happened)

Hindi / Second Language

पाठ्यपुस्तकों के अध्याय

व्याकरण: समास, अलंकार, रस, छंद

अपठित गद्यांश

निबंध, पत्र, संवाद

Hindi (Vasant / Bharat Ki Khoj / Sanshipt Budhcharit)

CBSE Class 8 Annual Assessment Syllabus 2025, 2026 and more: Subjects, Topics, and What to Study