Class-8th

TIME: 2 Hours30 Minutes Sample Paper M.M. 140

Test ID:- 200818

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16. Theman ……..… you saw yesterday, is Mr Pike.

a) That
b) Who
c) Whom
d) Which

17. I will never forget us .......... along the beach.

a) Walking
b) Walk
c) To walk
d) Having walked
18. Remember…….. your granny! She is missing you!
a) To call
b) Calling
c) Call
d) Having called
19. I regret ….....that the flight is delayed.
a) To say
b) Saying
c) Say
d) Having said
20. ………….the work, she laid down for rest.
a) To complete
b) Completing
c) Complete
d) Having completed
21. I have forgotten……… her a present for the birthday.
a) To buy
b) Buying
c) Buy
d) Having bought
22. ……… is believing.
a) To see
b) Seeing
c) See
d) Having seen
23.A.......... (drown) man catches at a straw.
a) To drown
b) Drown
c) Drowning
d) Having drowned
Choose the correct response to complete each relative clauses:
24. Joseph is an accomplished artist, .......... skills include painting and drawing.
a) Whom
b) Whose
c) Which
d) That
25. No amount of toys can make up for the love and attention ......... every child needs.
a) Where
b) How
c) Who
d) That
26. Divers at sites off Turkey have found the wrecks of vessels .......... date as far back as
the 23rd century BC.
a) When
b) Which
c) Where
d) Who
27. The distinctive style of Seljuk architecture can be seen in bridges, many of .......... are
still in use today.
a) Where
b) Which
c) That
d) Whom
28. Dr Brown, ..........lives next door, is my dentist.
a) Whose
b) That
c) Which
d) Who
29. This is the station.......... Emily met James.
a) What
b) Where
c) When
d) Why
30. Do you know the shop ..........Andrew picked me up?
a) Which
b) When
c) Where
d) Why

31. How many points will be on the face opposite to in face which contains 2
points?

(A) 1 (B) 5 (C) 4 (D) 6

32. Which number is on the face opposite to 6?

(A) 4 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

Directions to Solve (33– 35)

The following questions are based on the information given below:
All the opposite faces of a big cube are coloured with red, black and green colours.
After that is cut into 64 small equal cubes.
33. How many small cubes are there where one face is green and other one is either
black or red ?
(A) 28 (B) 8 (C) 16 (D)24
34. How many small cubes are there whose no faces are coloured ?
(A) 0 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 16
35. How many small cubes are there whose 3 faces are coloured ?
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 16 (D) 24
36. Choose the correct mirror image of the given figure (X) from amongst the
four alternatives.
 (X) (1) (2) (3) (4)
37. Choose the correct mirror image of the given figure (X) from amongst the
four alternatives.
38.

(X) (1) (2) (3) (4)

8. Choose the correct mirror image of the given figure (X) from amongst the
four alternatives.
39.

(X) (1) (2) (3) (4)

40. Choose the correct water image of the given figure (X) from amongst the
four alternatives.

10. Choose the correct water image of the given figure (X) from amongst the
four alternatives.
41.

11. Choose the correct water image of the given figure (X) from amongst the
four alternatives.
42.

12. Select the alternative which represents three out of the five alternative
figures which when fitted into each other would form a complete square.

43.

(A) 145 (B) 234 (C) 134

(D)235
13. Select the alternative which represents three out of the five alternative
figures which when fitted into each other would form a complete square.

44.

(A) 145 (B) 135 (C) 235

(D)234
14. Select the alternative which represents three out of the five alternative
45.
figures which when fitted into each other would form a complete square.
 (A)134 (B)124 (C)234
(D)345

46. On which date Raman Magsaysay Award presented annually?

(a)10 December (b) 31st August (c) 15 August (d) 26 January
47. Who was the first Indian to get Oscar Award?
(a) Devika Rani (b) Hargobind Khorana
(c) Bhanu Athaiya (d) A. R Rahman
48. On which date ‘NRI’ Day is observed annually?
(a) 1st Jan (b) 9th Feb (c) 11th March (d) 9th Jan
49. On which day ‘National Science Day’ is observed annually?
(a) 24 Feb (b) 26 feb (c) 28 feb (d) 24 Mar
50. What is the full form of ‘UNDP’ ?
(a) United Nations Development Programme
(b) University Direct Development Programme
(c) Unity Nation Direct Price
(d) None of these
51. In which state fragile blue pottery decorated with animal and bird motifs?
(a) Haryana (b) Rajasthan (c) Gujrat
(d) Punjab
52. Which is the biological name of ‘Rose’?
(a) Rose (b) Lilium (c) Allium cepa (d)
Nelumbo nucifera
53. What is the full form of ‘NATO?
(a) National Auto Training Organisation (b) New Acute Treaty
Organisation
(c) North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (d) North and Taken up office
54. Who has been awarded ‘Para sports person of year Award’?
(a) Bhavina Patel (b) Avani Lekhara (c) Sumit Antil (d) Parmod Bhagat
55. Which state host the 23rd hornbill Festival 2022?
(a) Assam (b) Nagaland (c) Mizoram (d) Manipur

56. Find the area of a square if the sum of the diagonals is 100cm.
(A) 100 √2 cm2 (B) 1250 cm2 (C) 125 cm2
(D) 5000 cm2
57. The area of a rhombus is 24 cm2 and one of its diagonals is 8cm. Its perimeter is?
 (A) 20cm (B) 24cm (C) 40cm (D) 4cm
58. The base of a solid cylinder of height 10cm has radius 7cm its total surface area is
(A) 176cm2 (B) 514cm2 (C) 154cm2 (D) 748cm2
59. If the height of a cone is halved and its radius is doubled, then its volume is
increased by
(A) 100% (B) 200% (C) 300% (D) 400%
60. A man can do a piece of work in 5 days, but with the help of his son, he can do it in
3 days. In what time can the son do it alone?
(A) 6 days (B) 7 days (C) 7 days (D) 8 days
61. 20 boys earn Rs. 1680 in 7 days, how much will 15 boys earn in 5 days?
(A) Rs. 750 (B) Rs. 800 (C) Rs. 850 (D) Rs. 900
62. A works 3 times as fast as B. If B can complete a work in 60 days then in how many
days can A and B together complete the same work?
(A) 20 (B) 12 (C) 15 (D) 30
63. 5 Men or 10 women can complete a job in 20 days. In how many days can 3 Men
and 4 Women complete it?
(A) 10 (B) 15 (C) 8 (D) 12
64. If 7 ×5 = 30625, then value of 𝑥, ( 𝑥 is an integer) .
(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 1
65. If (6𝑥) = 6 the value of 𝑥 is
(A) 1 (B) √6 (C) √6 (D) √6
66. If 6 = 36 and 3 = 729 then find 𝑥 − 𝑦
(A) 12 (B) 4 (C) 24 (D) 8
67. Find the value of (0.00243) + (0.0256)
(A) 0.083 (B) 0.073 (C) 0.091 (D) 0.081
68. The distance of a point 𝑝 −3,4 form origin is
( )
(A) 5 (B) 1 (C) 7 (D) None of
these
69. If (2𝑎 − 4,3𝑎 − 9) lie on y-axis the find the value of 𝑎
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
70. Ordinate of a point is negative in
(A) III and IV Quadrant (B) III Quadrant
(C) II and III Quadrant (D) IV Quadrant only

71. _________ is/are sensitive to bright light, and ______ are sensitive to dim light.
(a) rods, cones (b) cones, rods
(c) retina, rods and cones (d) lens, rods and cons
72. An object moves with speed 10m/s towards a fixed plane mirror, the image
(a) gets closer to mirror 10 m in each second.
(b) gets closer to object 20 m in each second.
(c) gets closer to mirror 20 m in each second.
(d) both a and b.
73. Choose the correct statement(s).
(a) Angel of incidence = angle of reflection , in regular reflection.
(b) Incident ray, reflected ray and normal all lie in the same plane
(c) In irregular reflection , angle of incidence is equal to angle of reflection.
(d) all of these
74. Dispersion is the phenomenon of
(a) Reflection of light
(b) Absorption of light
(c) Splitting of light
(d) Formation of blind spot
75. In television, the still images are flashed at rate _______so that the object appear
moving.
(a) Less than 16 images per second
(b) Less than 10 images per second
(c) More than 16 images per second
(d) Less than 5 images per second
76. Which of these is good conductor of electricity ?
(a)Plastic (b) Copper (c) Rubber
(d) all of these
77. Image of a real object formed by a plane mirror is
(a) of same size
(b) Laterally inverted
(c) at same distance from mirror
(d) All of these
78. The size of pupil is controlled by
(a) retina (b) Cornea (c) blind spot
(d) Iris
79. Select the wrong statement
(a) Retina of day birds have large number of rods than cones
(b) Owl has large cornea and large pupil
(c)eyes of butterflies are made up of thousand of little eyes.
(d) None of these
80. The process of transfer of charge from an object to earth is called.
(a) earthquake (b) Lighting (c)Earthing
(d) none of these

81. Pure water is not an electrolyte but conducts electricity on addition of

a. Glucose b. NaCl c. N2 d. O2
82. In which of the following case the deflection observed in the compass needle
Of the tester is more
a. Sea water b. Destilled water
c. Pure water d. Same in all the above cases
83. A negatively charged ion is called
 a. Cation b. Anion c. Electron d. Electrode

84. The process of purification of an impure metal is like:

a. electroplating a metal on the same type of metal
b. electroplating a metal on another type of metal
c. producing a chemical compound by electrolysis
d. decomposing a chemical compound by electrolysis.
85. What is the splitting of a compound using electricity called?
a. Electrolysis b. Electrolyte c. Electrokinesis d. Electrochemistry
86. Which of the following is an insulator?
a. Wood b. Iron c. Graphite d. Silver
87. Which of the following liquids is a bad conductor of electricity?
a. Lemon juice b. Vinegar c. Sea water d. Distilled water
88. Why is zinc better than tin for electro- plating a piece of iron in order to prevent it
from rusting?
a. Zinc is cheaper than tin.
b. Tin is toxic.
c. Zinc can prevent iron from coming into contact with water and air.
d. Rusting is prevented even when the zinc layer is broken.

89. What is iron coated with in order to protect it from corrosion and rust?
a. Tin b. Copper c. Zinc d. Mercury
90. What is current?
a. The flow of matter
b. The flow of electrons
c. The flow of protons
d. The flow of charge

91. In honey bee male produced from

(a) only sperm (c) unfertilized egg
(b) fertilized egg (d) none of them
92. Which life process is not necessary for life
(a) Respiration (c) Excretion
(b) digestion (d) Reproduction
93. What it is the full form of IVF
(a) In Vital fallopian tube (c) In Vivo fallopian tube
(b) In vitro fertilization (d) In Visible fertilization
94. The oviparous animals show
(a) Internal fertilization (c) External fertilization
(b)No fertilization (d) both (a) & (b)
95. The no. of eggs produce by aquatic organisms are_________ than terrestrial
organisms
(a) More (b) less (c)Equal (d) Can't Say
96. In the list of animals given below, dog is odd one out Hen, snake, frog, dog
 The reason for this is
(a) It undergoes internal fertilization (c) It is Oviparous
(b) It is Viviparous (d) It undergoes external fertilization

97. In human fertilization takes place in the

(a) sperm duct (b) Uterus (c)Fallopian duct
(d)Vagina
98. In human the correct sequence of events during reproduction is
(a) gamete formation, fertilization, zygote, Embryo, foetus
(b) fertilization, gamete formation, zygote, Embryo, foetus
(c) gamete formation ,fertilization, zygote foetus, Embryo
(d) gamete formation ,fertilization, Embryo zygote, foetus
99. If Iodine is absent in water than which process will not occurs in the life cycle of
frog.
(a) Gamete formation (b) Fertilization
(c) Tadpole formation (d) Metamorphosis
100. If is supposed to be that a 9 year old boy has reached 75% of his full height. If a
boy is 9 year old and 120 cm tall. At the end of the growth period he is likely to
be
(a) 130 cm (b) 160 cm (c) 180 cm (d) 110 cm.

101.The idea of widow remarriage was advocated by

(a) Dayanand Saraswati (b) Jyotirao Phule
(c) Periyar (d) Pandita Ramabai
102. The Satyashodhak Samaj association was founded by
(a) Mumtaz Ali (b) Periyar
(c) Jyotirao Phule (d) B.R. Ambedkar
103. Which of the reforms movement was founded by H.L.V. Derozio?
(a) Young Bengal (b) Brahmo Samaj
(c) Veda Samaj (d) Aligarh Movement
104. Who started schools for Muslim girls in Patna and Calcutta?
(a) Mumtaz Ali (b) Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
(c) Sayyid Ahmed Khan (d) None of these
105. What is coolie ship?
(a) Luggage lifter at railway platform (b) A ship that carried many Indians to
Mauritius
(c) Association of Coolies (d) None of the above
106. Widow Remarriage Act was passed in the year
(a) 1826 (b) 1856 (c) 1876 (d) 1886
107. In social environment, Marginalisation is due to :
(a) Different Language (b) Different Religion
(c) Minority (d) All of these
108. Niyamgiri is a scared mountain of?
(a) Adivasis (b) Religious people
(c) Both (a) & (b) (d) None of these
109. What literally means the original inhabitants?
(a) Adivasis (b) Minorities
(c) Ghetto (d) Devoid
110. The minorities are forced to live on the margins of economic and social development, this
is known as
(a) malnourished (b) marginalisation
(c) displaced (d) all of these
111. An area where the presence of the armed forces is considerable.
(a) Militarysed (b) Miletarised
(c) Melitarised (d) Militarised
112. A person who does not get adequate nutrition or food is known as:
(a) malnourished (b) nourished
(c) well-nourished (d) none of these
113. Which is the Article of Constitution that states that untouchability has been abolished?
(a) Article 16 (b) Article 18 (c) Article 28 (d) Article 17

114. Who wrote the poem on untouchability?

(a) Poet Chokhamela (b) Poet Surender Sharma
(c) Poet Maithali Sharan Gupta (d) Poetess Soyrabai
115. How does government ensure to end the inequity in the country?
(a) Through laws (b) Through reservations
(c) Both A and B (d) None of them

Maths
SECTION – B (Attempt any 5)
1. The curved surface area of a cylindrical pillar is 264m2 and its volume is 924 m3.
The ratio of its diameter to its height is
(A) 3 : 7 (B) 7 : 3 (C) 6 : 7 (D) 7 : 6
2. A man travel Ist 50 km at 25km/hr, next 40 km with 20km/hr and then 90 km at 15
km/hr. Then find his average speed for whole journey (km/hr)
(A) 15 km/hr (B) 18 km/hr (C) 19 km/hr (D) 20 km/hr
3. A 400m long train is running at a speed of 60 km/hr. Find time taken by train to
crosses a bridge of length 800m.
(A) 72 Sec. (B) 84 Sec. (C) 90 Sec. (D) 45 Sec.
4. Two cylinders of same volume have their radii in the ratio √3: 4. What will be the
ratio of their height.
(A) 16 : 3 (B) 3 : 4 (C) 9 : 16 (D) None of
these
5. Diagonals of a cube is √6cm then its lateral surface Area is.
(A) 6√6 cm2 (B) 36 cm2 (C) 12 cm2 (D) 8cm2

6. is equal to

(A) −4 (B) 4 (C) (D)

7. If 3 +3 = 90 then 𝑥 is equal to
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 0
8. A person leaves his house and travelling at 4 kmph reaches his office 10min late. If
he travelled at 6 kmph he would have reached 20 min early. Find the distance from
his house to the office.
(A) 3km (B) 4km (C) 16km (D) 6km

Physics
SECTION – B (Attempt any 5)
9. Two plane mirrors are inclined at an angle 800. If light falls at incidence angle
400 on first mirror , find angle of reflection from 2nd mirror.

(a) 400 (b) 500 (c)800 (d) none of these

10. Carrying an umbrella in thunder and storms is not a good idea because
(a) Metal rod of umbrella is good conductor of electricity.
(b) Umbrella will repel the charge
(c) Umbrella will neutralize the change
(d) None of these
11. Lighting rod
(a) Should be touched during thunderstorms
(b) provides easy route for transfer of charge to ground
(c) both a and b
(d) neither a nor b
12. Earthquake intensity is expressed in
(a) temperature of earth core
(b) terms of RICHTER scale
(c) KELVIN scale
(d) all of the above
13. Select the correct statement
(a) If A thunder storm occur there is always a possibility of cyclone
(b) Lighting rod has one end buried deep in ground
(c) plastic can’t conduct electricity
(d) all of these
14. When we comb our dry hair , the hair get straight sometimes, it is the perfect
example of
 (a) Conduction (b) Charging by rubbing
(c) heat transfer (d) Magnetism
15. AO is incident ray, OB is the reflected ray. If incident ray rotates by 100
towards the mirror (as shown in figure.) then
(i) angle between new reflected ray and normal decreases by 100
(ii) angle between new reflected ray and new incident ray increases by 200
(iii) angle between new reflected ray and new incident ray decreases by 200
(iv) angle between new reflected ray and normal increases by 100
(a) (i) and (ii) are correct
(b) (i) and (iii) are correct
(c) (ii) and (iv) are correct
(d) (iii) and (iv) are correct

16. Check the correct statement(s)

(i) Outermost layer of earth is not in one piece
(ii) Earthquakes can’t be predicted accurately
(iii) Seismograph does not contain any rod which can vibrate
(iv)During an earthquake disturbance occur deep inside the moon’s crust.
(a) (i) and (ii) only
(b) (i) , (ii) and (iv) only
(c) (ii) and (iii) only
(d) all are correct

Chemistry
SECTION – B (Attempt any 5)
17. Which of the following will not conduct electricity?
a. NaCl Solution b. Kerosene
c. Acidified water d. NaOH in water
18. During the electrolyte of acidified water the volume of H2 is V, how much volume
of O2 is collected and at which electrode?
a. 2V, positive b. V/2, negative c. V positive d. V/2,
negative
19. Solid is a bad conductor of electricity because
a. In solid state there are no ions present.
b. In solid state the ion are free to move
c. In solid state there are no electrons
d. In solid state the ions are not free to move
20. The process of electrolysis is used in
a. Gold plating b. Metallurgy c. Electric printing d. All of the above
21. Which of the following is a correct statement?
a. All metals are insulators
b. All liquids conduct electricity
c. All solids produces ions to conduct electricity
d. Sea water is a good conductor of electricity
22. During the electrolysis of CuSO4, solution sulphate ions move towards the
a. copper electrode.
b. anode.
c. cathode.
d. zinc electrode.
23. What is the process of depositing a layer of a desired metal on another
Material by passing electric current called?
a. Electrolysis b. Electroplating c. Chromium plating d. Galvanising
24. Which of the following statements is NOT correct?
a. The ions are free to move about in an electrolyte.
b. The solution which can form ions is used for electroplating.
c. Acids are bad conductors of electricity.
d. An electric bulb glows due to the heating effect of current.

Biology
SECTION – B (Attempt any 5)
25. Which endocrine gland is called as Master gland.
(a) testes (b) thyroid (c) Pituitary gland (d) Pancrease.
26. How many sex chromosomes are present in human
(a) 2 (b)23 (c) 46 (d) 1
27. Which element is necessary for blood formation?
(a) Iron (b) Iodine (c) Calcium (d) Magnesium
28. The deficiency of which hormone leads to salt unbalance
(a) Thyroxine (b) Insulin (c) Growth hormone (d) Adrenal hormone
29. Which of the following is correctly matched
(a) Thyroxine – Dwarfism (b) Insulin – diabetes
(c) Growth hormone – Salt imbalance (d) Adrenal hormone - Metamorphosis
30. Children between the ages of _________________ are called adolescents.
(a) 0-1 year (b) 8 – 10 years (C) 21-25 years (d)11 to 19 years
31. Reproductive age in women start when
(a) Menstruation start (b) breast start developing Increased
(c) Body weight (d) height Increased
32. The Changes which occur at adolescence are controlled by
(a) Enzyme (b) balanced diet
(c) Hormones (d) none of them

Social Science
SECTION – B (Attempt any 5)

33. What term means to exclude or banish an individual or a group?

(a) Dalit (b) S.C. (c) Ostracise (d) None of these

34. When did the Supreme Court ban the practice of manual scavenging?

(a) 2001 (b) 2002 (c) 2004 (d) 1993

35. Which Act is important for Adivasis?

(a) Act, 1989 (b) Act, 1990 (c) Act, 1991 (d) Act, 1996

36.The highest density of the population in the world is in

(a) Europe (b) South America (c) South central Asia (d) none of these

37. Movement of people in. and out of an area is called

(a) migration (b) death rate (c) birth rate (d) growth rate
38. Which of the following countries has slow growth rate of population?

(a) India (b) Pakistan (c) United Kingdom (d) Brazil

39. During which period did Ambedkar lead three temple entry movement?

(a) Between 1900 to 1927 (b) Between 1927 to 1935

(c) Between 1935 to 1940 (d) Between 1940 to 1945

40. The first Urdu novels began to be written from

(a) the late sixteenth century (b) the late seventeenth century

(c) the late eighteenth century (d) the late nineteeth century