Here’s a helpful short story that illustrates how a student might use Viraf J. Dalal’s ICSE Chemistry for Class 8 to overcome a common struggle. Maya stared at the periodic table on her wall. It was 10 PM. Her ICSE Class 8 Chemistry exam was in two days, and she had hit a wall.

Maya smiled. She wrote confidently: Combination reaction. Iron + Oxygen → Iron(III) oxide. The increase in mass is due to the added oxygen from the air.

“It’s not cheating if you use it to understand ,” her mother said gently, handing her the worn-out copy of along with its solution guide.