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(Syllabus of the Test : Science & Mathematics of Class VIII)

Time : 2 Hrs. Test Booklet Code : A

Max. Marks : 360

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Q. 12 : In the Question Booklet is : Which one is known as ‘black gold’?
(Answer Sheet)
(1) Old gold Q.12.    
(2) Petroleum
(3) Silver
(4) Coal
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Integrated Classroom Course for Olympiads & Class IX - 2018 Sample Paper

SCIENCE
Choose the correct answer :
1. In which of the following cases, does a net zero 7. The planet Venus is also called
force act on the object?
(1) Evening star (2) Morning star
(1) A ball rolling on the ground
(3) Great bear (4) Both (1) and (2)
(2) A car taking a turn
8. Match the following instruments with their
(3) A speeding bus respective ‘vibrating sound producing parts’.
(4) A bicycle moving straight with constant speed a. Guitar (i) Air column
2. Friction between two surfaces in contact increases b. Dholak (ii) Stretched membrane
when c. Mouth organ (iii) Stretched string
(1) A layer of grease is applied between them (1) a(ii), b(iii), c(i) (2) a(iii), b(ii), c(i)
(2) They are pressed harder against each other (3) a(iii), b(i), c(ii) (4) a(i), b(ii), c(iii)
(3) They move over each other 9. Identify the sound wave with least shrillness.
(4) They are pulled apart
3. Which of the following sounds can be heard by us? (1)
(1) Sound of a pendulum making 15 oscillations
every second
(2) Sound of a string vibrating 50 times in 5 seconds.
(3) Sound of our heart beating 75 times every minute (2)

(4) Sound of a body vibrating 75 times every second

4. The process of transferring of charge from a
charged object to the earth is called
(3)
(1) Lightning (2) Earthing
(3) Charging (4) Insulating
(4)
5. When we say that a person has brown eyes, then
the colour of which part of eye are we referring to 10. The increase in magnitude of 2 on Richter scale
exactly? means

(1) Iris (2) Pupil (1) The earthquake is now 1000 times more
destructive
(3) Cornea (4) Ciliary muscles
(2) The earthquake is now 10 times more
6. A compass needle kept on a table aligns in the destructive
north-south direction. Which of the following forces
is responsible for this? (3) The earthquake is now 1000 times less
destructive
(1) Electrostatic force (2) Magnetic force
(4) The earthquake is now 10 times less
(3) Frictional force (4) Weak nuclear force destructive

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11. ____________ is the brightest planet in the night 15. In which of the following cases will the L.E.D.
sky. glow?
(1) Venus (2) Mars L.E.D. L.E.D.
(3) Jupiter (4) Saturn + – + –
12. In which of the following cases will the ground exert
maximum friction on the wooden box? (1) (2)

Push Motion about Sugar solution Distilled water

(1) Empty to start

L.E.D. L.E.D.
Push 2 kg Motion about + – + –
(2) sand to start

(3) (4)
Push Motion
(3) Empty
Oil Sea water

Push 2 kg Motion 16. The correct increasing order of chemical reactivities

(4) sand of the given metals is
(1) Fe < Cu < Zn (2) Zn < Fe < Cu
13. A pendulum A completes 25 oscillations in
30 seconds, and pendulum B completes (3) Cu < Zn < Fe (4) Cu < Fe < Zn
30 oscillations in 25 seconds. The ratio of the time 17. Consider the following statements :
periods of A and B is
Statement 1 : Iron is a metal present in human body.
(1) 25 : 36 (2) 36 : 25
Statement 2 : Magnesium is an important metal
(3) 1 : 1 (4) 5 : 6 present in plants.
14. Two plane mirrors are inclined at an angle of 70°. Choose the correct option.
For a ray of light, incident on mirror 1 as shown,
(1) Statement 1 is correct, statement 2 is incorrect
its angle of reflection from mirror 2 is
(2) Statement 2 is correct, statement 1 is incorrect

2 (3) Both the statements are correct

(4) Both the statements are incorrect
Light 18. PCRA is associated with
(1) Pests control

70° 40° (2) Pollution control

1 (3) Petroleum conservation

(4) Forest conservation
(1) Greater than its angle of reflection at mirror 1 19. Which of the following substances will take
(2) Lesser than its angle of reflection at mirror 1 maximum time for degradation?
(3) Equal to 70° (1) Paper (2) Wood
(4) Greater than 40° (3) Wool (4) Cotton

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20. Match the following : 25. The colour of the hottest zone of a candle flame is
Column I Column II (1) Yellow (2) Black
a. Paraffin wax (i) Perfumes (3) Blue (4) Green
b. Coal tar (ii) Extraction of metals 26. A plastic ‘X’ is used as the coating of the uniforms
of firemen. Plastic ‘X’ and its type respectively are
c. Coke (iii) Fire extinguisher
(1) Melamine and thermosetting
d. Sodium (iv) Ointments
bicarbonate (2) Bakelite and thermosetting
(3) Melamine and thermoplastic
(1) a(iv), b(i), c(ii), d(iii) (2) a(ii), b(iii), c(iv), d(i)
(4) Bakelite and thermoplastic
(3) a(i), b(iv), c(ii), d(iii) (4) a(iv), b(iii), c(ii), d(i)
27. A black coloured substance ‘X’ is obtained from
21. Read the following statements carefully.
petroleum refining and is used in road surfacing.
(i) Rayon is used for making parachutes and Substance ‘X’ is
ropes for rock climbing (1) Bitumen (2) Coal-tar
(ii) Bakelite is a synthetic fibre (3) Paraffin (4) Coke
(iii) Naphthalene balls are obtained from coal tar 28. Which of the following substances cannot be used
Which of the above statement(s) is/are incorrect? as a fire extinguisher?
(1) Only (iii) (2) Both (i) & (ii) (1) Carbon dioxide (2) Hydrogen

(3) Both (i) & (iii) (4) Both (ii) & (iii) (3) Water (4) Sand
29. When the head of safety match is struck against
22. An element 'X' reacts with oxygen to form its oxide
the rubbing surface, one of the form of phosphorus
which dissolved in water to produce 'Y'. Y turns
gets converted to the other form of phosphorus.
blue litmus paper red. X & Y respectively are
Identify the two forms of phosphorus involved in the
(1) Ca & Ca(OH)2 (2) S & H2SO3 conversion
(3) Fe & H2SO4 (4) Cu & Cu (OH)2 (1) Red phosphorus to white phosphorus
23. When a copper vessel is exposed to moist air for (2) White phosphorus to red phosphorus
long, it acquires a coating, the colour of coating (3) Red phosphorus to yellow phosphorus
and the substance present in coating respectively
(4) Yellow phosphorus to red phosphorus
are
30. It is not advisable to wear synthetic clothes while
(1) Black and Cu(OH)2 + CuCO3
cooking because
(2) Green and Cu(OH)2 + CuCO3 (1) They are too expensive
(3) Black and Cu2O + CuCO3 (2) They catch fire easily
(4) Green and Cu2O + CuCO3 (3) They are heat resistant
24. Which of the following statements is incorect? (4) They are non biodegradable
(1) All metals are hard solids with no exception 31. Which of the following are rabi crops?
(2) All non-metals are bad conductors of electricity (1) Maize, soyabean and wheat
except graphite (2) Wheat, pea and mustard
(3) Metals are generally good conductors of heat (3) Groundnut, soyabean and linseed
(4) Carbon is a non-metal (4) Pea, maize and wheat

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32. Which of the following is a common food Choose the correct option.
preservative? (1) Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false
(1) Hydrochloric acid (2) Both the statements are false
(2) Sulphuric acid (3) Both the statements are true
(3) Sodium hydroxide (4) Statement 2 is true and statement 1 is false
(4) Sodium benzoate 37. Which of the following are the examples of fauna of
33. Refer the diagram and identify the part where Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve?
female gametes ova are produced. a. Cheetal
A
b. Arjun
c. Leopard

C B (1) a, b & c (2) a & c only

(3) c only (4) a only

D 38. Select the correct sequence of the stages of binary

fission taking place in Amoeba.
(1) A (2) B
(1)   
(3) C (4) D
34. Match the following :
(2)   
Column I Column II
a. Cholera (i) Viruses
(3)  
b. Tuberculosis (ii) Bacteria
c. Citrus canker
(4)  
d. Measles
e. Polio 39. 'X' and 'Y' are the hormones secreted in both males
and females. ‘X’ requires iodine for its synthesis
(1) a, b, e(ii) & c, d(i)
and absence of 'Y' results in diabetes. 'X' and 'Y'
(2) a, b, c(ii) & d, e(i) respectively, are
(3) a, b, c(i) & d, e(ii) (1) Growth hormone and thyroxine
(4) a, d, e(ii) & b, c(i) (2) Adrenaline and insulin
35. Which of the following structures is observed in (3) Thyroxine and adrenaline
onion cells but not in human cheek cells?
(4) Thyroxine and insulin
(1) Nucleus (2) Cytoplasm
40. Which of the following diseases can spread from a
(3) Cell membrane (4) Cell wall diseased person to a healthy person?
36. Statement 1 : Reforestation is restocking of the (1) Goitre
destroyed forests.
(2) Tuberculosis
Statement 2 : Deforestation can lead to
(3) Diabetes
desertification.
(4) Asthma

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41. In how many animal(s) given in the box, the young 43. Pinky uprooted a crop plant and noticed that there
ones look(s) very different from the adults? are nodules in its roots. Which of the following plants
it may be?
Cow, Hen, Butterfly, Silkmoth, Dog,
(1) Pea (2) Wheat
Human, Frog, Mosquito
(3) Mustard (4) Paddy
(1) One (2) Three
44. Match the following columns and select the correct
(3) Four (4) Seven
option.
42. Which of the following statement(s) is/are
Column I Column II
incorrect?
a. White blood cell (i) Long and branched
(i) Arjun and chinkara are flora and fauna,
respectively of a biosphere reserve b. Red blood cell (ii) Spherical shaped

(ii) A group of population which are unable to c. Nerve cell (iii) Spindle shaped
interbreed is called species d. Muscle cell (iv) Irregular shaped
(iii) Desertification is the conversion of desert into (1) a(iii), b(ii), c(i), d(iv)
fertile land (2) a(iv), b(ii), c(i), d(iii)
(iv) Clearing of forests for other purposes is called
(3) a(iv), b(ii), c(iii), d(i)
deforestation
(4) a(iii), b(i), c(ii), d(iv)
(1) (ii) only
45. In India, all of the following crops are generally
(2) (iii) only harvested in the month of March, except
(3) (ii) & (iii) (1) Wheat (2) Maize
(4) (i) & (iv)
(3) Mustard (4) Gram

MATHEMATICS
46. Multiplicative inverse of a positive rational number is 49. A unique quadrilateral cannot be constructed if
(1) A negative rational number (1) 3 angles and their 2 included sides are given
(2) A positive rational number
(2) 3 sides and both diagonals are given
(3) 0
(3) 2 sides and 2 angles are given
(4) 1
(4) All the 4 sides and one diagonal are given
47. If x = 0.235, then the value of 12x + 1 is
50. Working hours of 10 days of an employee are as
(1) 3.8 (2) 3.82
follows
(3) 3.7 (4) 3.72
10, 5, 7, 4, 8, 6, 7, 6, 4, 3
48. If each interior angle of a regular polygon is 120°,
The average working hours of the employee are
then the polygon is
(1) 4.9 (2) 5.9
(1) Triangle (2) Pentagon
(3) 6.1 (4) 6
(3) Hexagon (4) Nonagon

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51. The one's digit of the cube of 34 equals 58. In the given figure, DCB equals
(1) 15° D C
(1) 2 (2) 8
(2) 45° 90°
(3) 6 (4) 4
(3) 30°
x y2 2
(4) 60° 90° 135°
52. One of the factors of  is
8 9 1 1 A B
59. If and are in inverse proportion, then a and b
a b
x y x y
(1)  (2)  are
2 3 2 3
(1) In direct proportion
x y xy
(3)  (4)  (2) In inverse proportion
4 3 2 2 3
(3) Neither in direct nor in inverse proportion
53. The probability of getting a multiple of 7 when a die
(4) Sometimes in direct and sometimes in inverse
is rolled is
proportion
1 1 60. The coordinates of the point of intersection of the
(1) (2)
3 7 x-axis and the y-axis are

(3) 0 (4) 1 (1) (0, –1) (2) (0, 0)

(3) (1, 1) (4) (1, 0)
54. Expanded form of (5x – 7y)2 is
61. If 6A + B2 = 97, where A and B are the digits, then
(1) 25x2 – 49y2
the values of A and B respectively are
(2) 25x2 – 49y2 + 70xy (1) 5 and 3 (2) 3 and 5
(3) 25x2 + 49y2 + 70xy (3) 2 and 3 (4) 5 and 4
(4) 25x2 + 49y2 – 70xy 62. Height of a tower is 200 m and this tower is
represented by 2 cm on a map. The scale used for
55. The marked price of an article is ` 60 and it is sold the map is
for ` 54. The discount rate is
(1) 100 : 1 (2) 1 : 1000
(1) 95% (2) 11.1%
(3) 1 : 100 (4) 1 : 10000
(3) 19% (4) 10% 63. Which of the following is not a perfect square?
56. Area of a trapezium is 220 cm2
and its height is (1) 1225 (2) 5929
4 cm. If one of the parallel sides is 97 cm, then
(3) 5103 (4) 8281
the other parallel side is
64. Sahil types 300 words in 15 minutes. The number
(1) 47 cm (2) 13 cm
of words he would type in one hour is
(3) 20 cm (4) 23 cm
(1) 900 (2) 1000
2
–
⎛ 1 ⎞ 3 (3) 1200 (4) 600
57. The value of ⎜ ⎟ is
⎝ 27 ⎠ 65. A rectangular tank 25 m long and 20 m wide
contains 1250 cubic metre of water, then the depth
1 1 of the tank is
(1) (2)
3 9
(1) 1.32 m (2) 1.72 m
(3) 3 (4) 9 (3) 2 m (4) 2.5 m

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66. (a + b)2 + (a – b)2 – (a + b)(a – b) is 72. If (x – 7)(x – p) = x2 – 12x + 35, then the value of
(1) a2 – b2 (2) a2 + 3b2 p is equal to
(3) a2 + 2b2 (4) 2a2 + 2b2 (1) 2 (2) 7
67. A number whose fifth part when increased by 4 is (3) 5 (4) – 5
equal to its fourth part diminished by 10, is
73. If a number is divisible by 9 and 15, then it is
(1) 90 (2) 180
always divisible by
(3) 260 (4) 280
(1) 30 (2) 45
68. The side view of the given solid is
(3) 135 (4) 27
Top
74. A sum of money is to be distributed among A, B,
C and D in proportion 9 : 7 : 13 : 5. If C gets
Side ` 2400 more than D, then the sum of shares of B
and C is
Front
(1) ` 3000 (2) ` 4000
(3) ` 5000 (4) ` 6000
(1) (2) 75. If 6p + 6p–1 = 252, then the value of p is
(1) 5 (2) 2
(3) 4 (4) 3
(3) (4) 76. The number of diagonals in a polygon of (n + 1)
sides is

69. In a pie-chart, if a component is represented by a n(n  3) (n  1) (n  2)

(1) (2)
sector of angle 90°, then the percentage of the 2 2
component value in the total is
(1) 24% (2) 20% n(n  2) n(n  1)
(3) (4)
(3) 28% (4) 25% 2 2

70. Observe the pattern : 77. A streamer goes downstream from one point to
12 + 22 + 22 = 32 another in 9 hours. It covers the same distance
upstream in 11 hours. If the speed of stream be
52 + 62 + 302 = 312
3 km/hr, then the distance between the points is
192 + x + y = z
(1) 288 km (2) 297 km
Here, the values of x, y and z respectively are
(1) 192, 212, 3802 (2) 202, 202, 212 (3) 270 km (4) 279 km

(3) 202, 212, 3812 (4) 202, 3802, 3812 78. The value of
71. Of the two square fields, the area of one is ⎡ ⎤
⎢ 21  11  25 ⎥ × [(3 × 8 – 4) ÷ 4] is
–1
1 hectare while the area of the other one is greater ⎣ ⎦
by 1%. The difference in their areas is
(1) 100 m2 (2) 201 m2 (1) 5 (2) 0
(3) 101 m2 (4) 202 m2 (3) 25 (4) 1

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79. The given figure consists of x faces. The value of x is (1) 400 (2) 198
(1) 8 (3) 100 (4) 286
(2) 10 86. From a bag containing 15 red balls, 12 green balls,
18 black balls and 9 blue balls, a ball is drawn at
(3) 12
random. If the probability of drawing that specific
(4) 14 5
80. Which of the following is/are closed under coloured ball is , then ball of which colour has
18
subtraction? been drawn?
a. Integers (1) Red (2) Green
b. Natural numbers (3) Black (4) Blue
c. Rational numbers 87. Manju starts for her school at 8:16 a.m. on her
bicycle. If she travels at a speed of 12 km/h, then she
d. Whole numbers
reaches her school late by 7 minutes but on travelling
(1) a, b & c (2) b & d at 18 km/h, she reaches the school
(3) a & c (4) b, c & d 10 minutes early. At what time does the school start?
81. The quotient when 10001000 is divided by 200200 is (1) 8:30 a.m. (2) 8:56 a.m.

(1) 1000800 · 5200 (2) 1000200 · 5800 (3) 9:00 a.m. (4) 8:45 a.m.
88. Which of the following options contains 1 simple
(3) 1000700 · 5200 (4) 1000900 · 5200
closed curve, 1 regular polygon, 1 convex polygon
82. Which of the following are in ascending order? and 1 concave polygon?
4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4
(1) , , , (2) , , , (1) , , ,
5 7 5 3 3 5 7 5
1 2 4 3 1 4 3 2
(3) , , , (4) , , , (2) , , ,
3 5 5 7 3 5 7 5
1 1
83. If x   8 (x  0), then the value of x 4  4 is (3) , , ,
x x
(1) 1056 (2) 98
(3) 983 (4) 4354 (4) , , ,
84. Ishika bought a car for ` 450000. Next year its price 89. The difference between compound interest and
decreased by 12% and further next year it simple interest on the sum of ` 7500 for 2 years
decreased by 15%. In the two years overall at the same rate of interest is ` 108. The rate of
decrease percent in the price of the car is interest per annum is
(1) 27% (2) 23.4% (1) 6% (2) 8%
(3) 25.2% (4) 20% (3) 12% (4) 15%

85. A general wishes to draw up his 36581 soldiers in 90. Square root of abcdefghi, where a … i are digits,
will contain x digits. The value of x is
the form of a square. After arranging them, he finds
that some of them are left over. Number of soldiers (1) 3 (2) 4
left during the arrangement is (3) 5 (4) 6

  

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Answers

1. (4) 19. (2) 37. (2) 55. (4) 73. (2)

2. (2) 20. (1) 38. (2) 56. (2) 74. (4)
3. (4) 21. (2) 39. (4) 57. (4) 75. (4)
4. (2) 22. (2) 40. (2) 58. (2) 76. (2)
5. (1) 23. (2) 41. (3) 59. (2) 77. (2)
6. (2) 24. (1) 42. (3) 60. (2) 78. (4)
7. (4) 25. (3) 43. (1) 61. (1) 79. (1)
8. (2) 26. (1) 44. (2) 62. (4) 80. (3)
9. (3) 27. (1) 45. (2) 63. (3) 81. (1)
10. (1) 28. (2) 46. (2) 64. (3) 82. (2)
11. (1) 29. (1) 47. (2) 65. (4) 83. (4)
12. (2) 30. (2) 48. (3) 66. (2) 84. (3)
13. (2) 31. (2) 49. (3) 67. (4) 85. (3)
14. (2) 32. (4) 50. (4) 68. (3) 86. (1)
15. (4) 33. (2) 51. (4) 69. (4) 87. (3)
16. (4) 34. (2) 52. (4) 70. (4) 88. (3)
17. (3) 35. (4) 53. (3) 71. (1) 89. (3)
18. (3) 36. (3) 54. (4) 72. (3) 90. (3)