DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL

NERUL, NAVI MUMBAI

​Online Assessment February-March 2021
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Class: VIII Marks- 80
Subject: Mathematics Duration – 3hrs
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This question paper consists of 2 parts and 36 questions. No. of pages- 8

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Instructions:
1. This question paper contains two parts A and B.
2. Both Part A and Part B have internal choices.

Part – A:
1. It consists of two sections- I and II.
2. Section I has 16 questions of 1 mark each. Internal choice is provided in 5 questions.
3. Section II has 4 questions on case study. Each case study has 5 case-based sub-parts.
An examinee is to attempt any 4 out of 5 sub-parts.
Part – B:
1. Question No 21 to 26 are Very Short Answer Type questions of 2 mark each,
2. Question No 27 to 33 are Short Answer Type questions of 3 marks each
3. Question No 34 to 36 are Long Answer Type questions of 5 marks each.
4. Internal choice is provided in 2 questions of 2 marks, 2 questions of 3 marks and 1
question of 5 marks.
5. Students have to be ready with their ​Geometrical instruments​ and ​2 Graph sheets​, all
questions have to be attempted on ruled sheets.
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 PART A
​Section I 

Q.1 Factorization is the reverse process of _________. (1) 

Q.2 The solution of the equation ax + b = 0 is _________. (1) 
OR 
2
​Is​ x + x = 3x – 10 an example of a linear equation? 
Q.3 The difference between the amount returned and the money borrowed is   
called ___. (1) 
3
Q.4 If A’s one day’s work is 20 ,then A can finish the work in __ days. (1)   
Q.5 If the opposite angles of a quadrilateral are equal then it is a ________. (1) 
Q.6 Each of the two parallel sides of a trapezium is called its height/base. (1) 
Q.7 4(side)​2 ​shows formula for ______ surface area of a cube. (1) 
​OR 
​The formula to show a diagonal of a cuboid is________. 
Q.8 In grouping of data, the mid value of a class interval is called its _____. (1) 
Q.9 What will be the signs of coordinates of a point in the Y’OX region of a  
graph. (1) 
​OR 
​( -, + ) lies in the ________ quadrant on a graph. 
Q.10 When a line graph is a whole unbroken line, it is called a _____ graph . (1) 
Q.11 The equation representing the x-axis is ______. (1) 
​OR 
The abscissa of a point is its distance from the _____- axis. 
Q.12 A ‘five rupee’ coin is a shape of a _______. (1) 
Q.13 If ABCD is a square, find the value of ‘a’ when AB=(2a - 3)cm and  
BC=5cm. (1) 
r t
Q.14 What does the formula P (1 − 100 ) show, where P is present population   
of a town, r is the rate per annum and t is the time in years. (1) 
Q.15 The value of x for which the expressions 3x – 4 and 2x + 1 becomes equal  
is ______. (1) 
Q.16 Give the factors of ( xy – pq + qy – px ). (1) 
 
​OR 
 
​On factorizing (15 +2axy² + 3ay² + 10x), we get ______ and ______ as the   
factors. 
 
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 ​Section II 
Attempt any four sub parts of the Case study based question. Each sub part 
carries 1 mark 
​Case Study 1 
Q.17​ Rahul, a shopkeeper has boxes with measure 2m × 1m × 0.5m which can  
be covered with three different colours of tarpaulin cloth which are in  
demand. 
Cost of Red cloth, Green cloth and Blue cloth per sq.m is Rs.20, Rs.50 and  
Rs.100 respectively. 
a) If a customer needs a box to be covered totally in red cloth, he needs   
to spend: (1) 
i. Rs. 70 iii. Rs.30 
ii. Rs. 140 iv. Rs.180 
b) If a customer needs a box to be covered all side walls only in blue cloth, 
he needs to spend: (1) 
i. Rs. 350 iii. Rs.30 
ii. Rs. 700 iv. Rs.300 
c) A customer wanted to see how much space does a box occupies,   
Rahul told him: (1) 
i. Rs. 100 iii. 1 cu.m 
ii. 1 sq.cm iv. 10 sq.m 
d) If a customer needs two boxes to be covered totally, one in green cloth  
and one in blue cloth, he needs to spend: (1) 
i. Rs.2500 iii. Rs.1500 
ii. Rs. 250 iv. Rs. 1050 
e) After selling some boxes, Rahul is left with red cloth which can cover a   
box only from bottom and four walls, this will cost: (1)   
i. Rs.250 iii. Rs.500 
ii. Rs.50 iv. Rs.100 
​Case Study 2 
​Q.18 ​A small investor wanted to deposit Rs.10000 in a bank. The bank had two  
schemes either the deposit for 2 years at 5% or for 1 year at 6% as per their  
policies​.  
a) The simple interest on half of the deposit in first option yields: (1) 
i. Rs. 2500 iii. Rs.250 
ii. Rs. 5250 iv. Rs.500 
 
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 b) The amount on one-fourth of the deposit as per the second option  
when compounded annually: (1) 
i. Rs. 3650 iii. Rs.2500 
ii. Rs. 2650 iv. Rs.2600 
c) Considering the above two sub-parts, the investor wanted to compare 
the interests from part (a) and part (b) (1) 
i. 3 : 10 iii. 106 : 105 
ii. 105 : 106 iv. 10 : 3 
d) The investor gets a difference of _____ in the annual interest, if he 
invests his deposit equally in both the options given by bank on SI. (1) 
i. Rs. 150 iii. Rs.50 
ii. Rs. 200 iv. Rs.500 
e) The investor would get a compound interest of _____on the full 
deposit in the first scheme: (1) 
i. Rs.1525 iii. Rs.1050 
ii. Rs.1625 iv. Rs.1025 
 
​ ase Study 3 
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​Q.19 ​An architect designed a building in a shape of a trapezium whose parallel   
sides of lengths 10m and 16m are at a distance of 6m from each other. 
a) The builder wanted to know the areas of two congruent triangles 
formed in sq. m : (1) 
i. 9 iii. 16 
ii. 18 iv. 6 
b) What is the area of the rectangle where the workers would have to put  
glass windows? (1)   
i. 9 iii. 16 
ii. 18 iv. 60 
c) The length of the window pane to seal the glass around the rectangular  
portion is ____ m. (1) 
i. 12 iii. 16 
ii. 10 iv. 32 
d) The area of the entire building will be ______ sq. m : (1) 
i. 42 iii. 78 
ii. 16 iv. 32 
 
 
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e) The architect doubled the height of the building due to some ceiling  
issues. Then what will be the new area of the building? (1) 
i. It will be doubled iii. Data is insufficient to find  
ii. It will be the same iv. It will be Four times.  
​Case Study 4   
​ ​Q.20  

 
Four aircraft companies with flights labelled as I,II,III and IV have one flight  
each to take off from a city. The Controller was asked about the coordinates  
of the flights as per their departures. 
a) He read the graph and gave _______ as coordinates about flight I. (1) 
i. (I, 0) ii. (I, 10) iii. (I, 10:30pm) iv. (I,10am)  
b) Coordinates of the flight which is taking off after 12 midnight: (1) 
i. (I, 11pm) ii. (II, 11pm) iii. (IV, 1:30am) iv. (II,12am) 
c) Difference between the timings of Flights III and IV: (1) 
i. 4Hrs ii. 3Hrs iii. 3½ Hrs iv. 1Hr 
d) Flight I got delayed by 2 Hrs because of some technical issues. The changed 
schedule for it is______. (1) 
i. 12am ii. 12:30am iii. 12:15am iv. 1am 
e) The flight_____ takes off at 2:30am. (1) 
i. II ii. I iii. IV iv. None of these. 
 
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 ​PART B 
​All questions are compulsory. In case of internal choices, attempt any one only. 
Q.21 ​ actorize the following expressions:
F (2) 
(a) 54m​3​n + 81m​4​n​2 
(b) p​2​ - 29p - 132   
​
​ t what rate percent will a sum of Rs. 1000 amount to Rs. 1102.50 in 2 years   
Q.22 A
at compound interest?​ (2) 
​OR 
​On the construction work of a flyover bridge there are 500 workers   
working at present. The number of workers is increased by 25% every   
year. Find the number of workers 2 years ago.   
 
Q.23 T​ wo diagonals of a rectangle EFGH are of length (25x – 3)cm and  
(20x + 2)cm. If their intersection point is O, find the lengths of OH   
and OE.​ (2) 
Q.24 ​Mohan wants to buy a trapezium shaped field. Its side along the river is   
parallel to and twice the side along the road. If the area of this field is  
10500 m​2​ and the perpendicular distance between the two parallel sides is   
100 m, find the length of the side along the river. (2) 
Q.25​ ​There are two solid boxes as shown in the adjoining figure. Which box 
occupies the lesser capacity? Explain. (2) 
 
a a 
a a   
   
2a  a 
  OR   
​ hich box has larger lateral surface area? 
W
 
 

​7cm  
7cm ​7cm 
  7cm 
7cm   
   
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Q.26​ ​Locate ​the points A(3,0), B(0,0) and C(3,4) on a graph sheet taking  
suitable axes. What kind of figure will you get on joining the points in  
order? (2) 
Q.27 ​Factorise: 
4x​2​ – (x – y)​2​ ​
OR​ ​ 21​b2​​ – 88bc + 16​c2​​
1 (3) 
Q.28​ ​Twenty one cylindrical pillars with diameter 0.50 m and height 4 m are to be   
cleaned. What will be the cost of cleaning at the rate of Rs. 2.50 per m² ? (3) 
     
Q.29​ ​Ratio of a​ ​diagonal of a rectangle to its smaller side is 5 : 2. Find the ratio of its  
longer side to the smaller side. (3) 
 
(x−1)(x−2)(x2 −9x+14)
Q.30​ ​Simplify :​ (x−7)(x2 −3x+2)
(​ 3) 
 
y−2 y−1
Q.31 ​Solve for y: 3y – 3 ​=4– 4 (​ 3) 
 
Q.32 ​A can do a piece of work in 10 hours while B can do it in 15 hours. If A,  
B and C working together can finish it in 4 hours, in how many hours can C   
alone finish the work? (3) 
​OR 
​A can do a piece of work in 4 hours; B and C together can do it in 3 hours,  
while A and C together can do it in 2 hours. How long will B alone take to   
do it?   
Q.33 ​Find the area of a trapezium whose parallel sides of lengths 30 cm and 12   
cm are at a distance of 6 cm from each other. Calculate this area by finding  
first the sum of the areas of two congruent triangles and one rectangle. (3)   
 
Q.34 ​Anushka and Arushi have equal amount of money. Anushka gave one-  
third of her money as a gift to Arushi. Then Arushi spent half the money  
she had for the party. If the remaining money in Arushi’s pocket is  
Rs.1500, find the sum gifted by Anushka. (5)
 
 
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Q.35 I​ n a sample of 20 people the amounts of money with them were found to be  
as follows: 
114, 108, 101, 98, 101, 109, 117, 119, 126, 131, 136, 143, 156, 168, 182, 195,   
207, 219, 235, 118. 
Draw the histogram of the frequency distribution (taking one of the class   
intervals as 50-100).​ ​(5)    

Q.36 ​Draw a line graph for the following information showing the colours  

favoured by a group of people. (5) 

Colours Yellow Pink Blue Green Orange
No. of People 16 20 30 26 34
   
​OR 
​ ook at the line graph below and answer the questions that follow. 
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1. What information does this graph give? 

2. How many hotdogs were sold more on Thursday than on Monday? 

3. On which days did the sale remain the same? 

4. What is the ratio of total sales to the sum of sales on Monday and Friday? 
5. What is the percentage of sales on Monday with respect to sales on Thursday? 
 
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