FOUNDATION BUILDER

TOPICWISE TEST- 2
CLASS : VIII
TIME : 2 HRS. MARKS : 180 (+3, –1)
DATE : 20/08/2022

Physics
1. A quantity to be measured is –30m/s. It is
(a) speed (b) velocity (c) both (d) none of these

2. Find the displacement in the following

B

4m 60o 4m

A C
(a) 8m (b) 4m (c) 2m (d) 6m

3. A man travels 7m towards East from his house, then 4m towards North, 11m towards south & finally
7 towards west. Find its displacement?
(a) 7m (b) 4m (c) 11m (d) 3m

4. The velocity of a bicycle, athlete & a car are 18km/hr, 7m/s, 2km/min respectively. Which of these is
fastest?
(a) Bicycle (b) Car (c) Athlete (d) None of these

5. A body travels with velocity v1 for time t1 second and with velocity v2 for time t2 seconds in the same
direction. Find the average velocity of the body
v t v t v t  v 2 t1 t1  t 2 t1  t 2
(a) 1 1 2 2 (b) 1 2 (c) (d)
t1  t 2 t1  t 2 v1t 1  v 2 t 2 v1t 2  v 2 t1

6. A car increases its speed from 20 km/h to 50 km/h in 10 seconds. Its acceleration is
(a) 30 m/s2 (b) 3 m/s2 (c) 18 m/s2 (d) 0.83 m/s2

7.

There is no friction between the block & the ground. Two equal and opposite forces are applied to
the block. The above is an example of
(a) Balanced forces (b) Unbalanced forces (c) Frictional forces (d) Normal forces

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8.

Suppose you are walking in the above manner from west to east. What is the direction of frictional
force acting on the bottom of your feet?
(a) East (b) West (c) North (d) South

9.

A block of mass 10 kg is kept on a surface. There is friction between the block & the surface. There
are four forces acting on the block. They are represented by arrows because they are vector quantities
what is the direction of frictional force acting on the block?
(Hint : Frictional force opposes the direction of ‘NET’ force)
(a) East (b) West (c) North (d) South

10. The force due to spring is defined as, Fspring  K x

Where K = spring constant
x = displacement from natural position

The spring constant is K  10N . The force due to spring is

m
(a) 10 N East (b) 30 N East (c) 10 N West (d) 30 N West

Comprehension
There is friction between the surface & the block. A force F is applied to the block. The limiting
friction (maximum friction) offered by the surface is 30 N. Answer (Q.12 – Q.15) based on the above
information

11. If F = 20 N, then what type of friction force is acting on the block?

(a) Sliding friction (b) Rolling friction (c) Static friction (d) Limiting friction

12. If F = 30 N, what type of friction force is acting an the block?

(a) Static friction (b) Sliding friction (c) Limiting friction (d) Both a & c

13. What can be the value of sliding friction from the values given below?
(a) 29 N (b) 30 N (c) 31 N (d) 32 N

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14. If F = 32 N, will the block move?
(a) No (b) Yes (c) May be (d) None of these

15. We have four containers filled with water as shown above. In all of the containers, the water is filled
upto a height of 10M.

PA : Pressure at A
PB: Pressure at B
PC: Pressure at C
PP: Pressure at D
Which of the following relation is correct?
(a) PA  PB  PC  PD (b) PA  PB  PC  PD (c) PA  PB  PC  PD (d) PA  PC  PB  PD

Chemistry
16. To produce cathode rays, conditions required are
(a) High voltage, high pressure (b) High voltage, low pressure
(c) Low voltage, high pressure (d) Low voltage, low pressure

17. e ratio in case of anode rays is maximum for

m
(a) Oxygen gas (b) Nitrogen gas (c) Helium gas (d) Hydrogen gas

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18. Number of neutrons in 19 K are
(a) 19 (b) 20 (c) 39 (d) 58

19. Maximum number of electrons in N-shell is

(a) 18 (b) 32 (c) 50 (d) 8

20. Electronic configuration of Calcium is

(a) 2, 8, 10 (b) 2, 10, 8 (c) 2, 8, 9, 1 (d) 2, 8, 8, 2

21. Electronic configuration of Al3 (atomic number of Al = 13) is

(a) 2, 8, 3 (b) 2, 8, 6 (c) 2, 8 (d) 2, 7, 4

22. Mass of electron is

(a) 1.675  10 27 kg (b) 1.673  10 27 kg (c) 9.1  10 31 kg (d) 0.00055 kg

23. The charge on the chemical entity having 16 protons, 16 neutrons 18 electrons is
(a) +1 (b) –1 (c) –2 (d) Zero

24. y
x A, yx  2A are two isotopes of an element A. Difference between the number of neutrons in the two
isotopes is
(a) 2x  2 (b) 2  2y (c) 2  x (d) 2

25. For potassium (K) atom, the 19th electron will occupy
(a) M-shell (b) L-shell (c) K-shell (d) N-shell

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26. The radius of nucleus is about
(a) 10 4 times that of an atom (b) 105 times that of an atom
(c) 1010 times that of an atom (d) 10 15 times that of an atom

27. The ratio between the number of neutrons in Si 30 & S32 is

(a) 8 : 7 (b) 1 : 1 (c) 15 : 16 (d) 7 : 8

28. When alpha rays strike a thin gold foil, most of them pass through the foil because
(a) Alpha rays are much heavier than electrons (b) Alpha rays are positively charged
(c) Alpha rays move with high velocity (d) Most part of an atom is empty

29. Oxygen has 3 isotopes 8 O16 , 8O17 , 8O18

Which isotopes has equal number of protons, electrons & neutrons
(a) 16
8 O (b) 178 O (c) 18
8 O (d) All of them

30. Pick out the isoelectronic species from the following

i) CH3 ii) H 3O  iii) CH3 iv) NH 3
(a) i & ii (b) i & iii (c) i & iv (d) ii, iii & iv

Mathematics
31. If x, y, z are real numbers then x 1 y  y 1z  z 1x  ?
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) None of these

 0.125 0.2
32. Find the value of  6561   3125 
(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) None of these

33. If x 200  3300 , then greatest possible integral value of x.

(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 2

34.  15  2 56 .
6 3
7 2 2  
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) – 2 (d) 2

 1 1 1 
35. If abc = 1, then find the value of  1
 1
 1 
 1 a  b 1 b  c 1 c  a 
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) None of these

36. If x  ya , y  z b and z  x c , then find the value of abc.

(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5 (d) None of these

37. If x  21 3  21/3 , find the value of 2x 3  6x .

(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 8 (d) 10
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 01 
38. Find 7 2 
 
(a) 49 (b) 7 (c) 1 (d) 14

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39. The degree of 3x 2  5x 3  7 is
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3

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40.  9p  5q   180pq is equivalent to
2 2 2 2
(a)  5p  9q  (b)  5p  9q  (c)  9p  5q  (d)  9p  6q 

41. If 4x 4  3x 3  3x 2  x  7 is divided by 1  2x then remainder will be:

57 59 53 55
(a) (b) (c) (d)
8 8 8 8

42. Factors of x 2  7x  12 are

(a)  x  3 x  4  (b)  x  3 x  4  (c)  x  3 x  4  (d)  x  3 x  4 

43. If a  b  c  13 and ab  bc  ca  50, find the value of a 2  b 2  c 2 .

(a) 69 (b) 68 (c) 67 (d) 66

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44. If x   6, then x 2  2 is
x x
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8

45. The H.C.F of two expressions is x and their L.C.M. is x 3  9x. If one of the expressions is x 2  3x,
then the other expression is
(a) x 2  3x (b) x 3  3x (c) x 2  9x (d) x 2  9x

Biology
46. Which crop is harvested in the month of March-April?
(a) Zaid crop (b) Rabi crop (c) Kharif crop (d) Paddy

47. Which crop is perennial?

(a) Palm (b) Carrot (c) Wheat (d) Turnip

48. What is prepared in the fields, provide a lot of hummus content in the soil and provide only small
amount of essential plant nutrients.
(a) Fertilizer (b) Pesticide (c) Herbicide (d) Manure

49. Weeds are manually removed with _____.

(a) Hoe (b) Khurpi (c) Sickle (d) Plough

50. Which crop is kharif crop?

(a) Soyabean & Wheat (b) Cotton & Bajra (c) Gram & Pea (d) Paddy & Mustard

51. Which neuron transmit impulses from central nervous system towards effectors (muscles or glands)?
(a) Motor neuron (b) Sensory neuron (c) Interneuron (d) Afferent neuron

52. What is three-layer membranous tissue that protects the brain and spinal cord?
(a) Connective tissue (b) Cranium (c) Meninges (d) Epithelial tissue

53. Which part of brain controls voluntary action, intelligence, hearing and sight?
(a) Cerebellum (b) Midbrain (c) Cerebrum (d) Medulla oblongata

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54. Spinal cord passes through the ______ of the vertebral column.
(a) Neural canal (b) Central canal (c) Foramen magnum (d) None of these

55. Which type of nervous system control involuntary activities?

(a) Somatic nervous system (b) Autonomic nervous system
(c) Peripheral nervous system (d) Central nervous system

56. Nerve mass in invertebrates is called _______.

(a) Brain (b) Ganglion (c) Neuron (d) Glial cell

57. The correct route of reflex arc is:

(a) Receptors, sensory fibres, grey matter and motor fibres
(b) Effectors, grey matter, motor fibres, sensory fibres and receptors
(c) Sensory fibres, grey matter, motor fibres, receptors and effectors
(d) Receptors, sensory fibres, grey matter, motor fibres and effectors

58. Chemicals released by the synaptic vesicle of neuron to conduct impulse is called ________.
(a) Hormone (b) Secretory chemical (c) Neurotransmitter (d) Insulin

59. Which type of irrigation is known as micro-irrigation?

(a) Sprinkle irrigation (b) Dhekli method (c) Drip irrigation (d) Moat method

60. Reflex action is monitored through ________.

(a) Spinal cord (b) Mid brain (c) Forebrain (d) Receptors

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