HEM SHEELA MODEL SCHOOL

DURGAPUR
SAMPLE PAPER
MATHEMATICS
Time allowed:3 hours CLASS-VIII Maximum Marks: 80
General Instructions
1. All questions are compulsory
2. Section A has 18 MCQ’s and 02 Assertion- Reason based questions of 1 mark each.
3. Section B has 5 Very Short Answer (VSA)-type questions of 2 marks each.
4. Section C has 6 Short Answer (SA)-type questions of 3 marks each.
5. Section D has 8 Long Answer (LA)-type questions of 4 marks each.

SECTION – A
Answer the following questions:

1. 𝑎2 + 𝑏𝑐 + 𝑎𝑏 + 𝑎𝑐 = ?
(a) (𝑎 + 𝑏)(𝑎 + 𝑐) (b) (𝑎 + 𝑏)(𝑏 + 𝑐) (c) (𝑏 + 𝑐)(𝑐 + 𝑎) (d) 𝑎(𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐)
2. 𝑥 and 𝑦 vary inversely, when 𝑥 = 8 then 𝑦 = 8.What will be the value of 𝑦 when 𝑥 = 12.
(a) 10 (b) 4 (c) 48 (d) 15
3. The lengths of the parallel sides of a trapezium are 20 𝑐𝑚 and 12 𝑐𝑚 and its area is
128𝑐𝑚2 .The distance between the parallel sides is:
(a) 9 𝑐𝑚 (b) 7 𝑐𝑚 (c) 8 𝑐𝑚 (d) 12 𝑐𝑚.
4. The diagonal of a cube measures 3√3 𝑐𝑚.Its volume is:
(a) 8 𝑐𝑚3 (b) 16 𝑐𝑚3 (c) 27 𝑐𝑚2 (d) 27 𝑐𝑚3
5. In which of the following quadrants does the points A(−5, −5) lies?
(a) I (b) II (c) III (d) IV
6. The point where the 𝑥- axis and 𝑦- axis intersect is called the:
(a) Origin (b) Ordinate (c) Abscissa (d) Order pair
7. A die is thrown. What is the probability of getting 5?
1 6
(a) 1 (b) 6 (c) 1 (d) None of these
8. The area of the cardboard needed to make a box of size 12𝑐𝑚 × 8 𝑐𝑚 × 6 𝑐𝑚 will be
(a) 216 𝑐𝑚2 (b) 216 𝑐𝑚 (c) 432 𝑐𝑚 (d) 432 𝑐𝑚2
9. If 𝑟 is the radius and ℎ is height of the cylinder the volume will
(a) 𝜋𝑟 2 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 (b) 𝜋𝑟 2 ℎ 𝑠𝑞 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 (c) 2𝜋𝑟(𝑟 + ℎ) unit (d) None of this
2
10. Factor of 16𝑥 + 40𝑥 + 25 are
(a) (4𝑥 + 5)(4𝑥 + 5) (b) (4𝑥 + 5)(4𝑥 − 5) (c) (4𝑥 + 8)(4𝑥 + 6) (d) (5𝑥 + 4)(5𝑥 + 4)
11. The compound interest on ₹ 1000 at 10% for 2 years is
(a) ₹ 190 (b) ₹ 210 (c) ₹ 1210 (d) ₹ 200
12. Points (-4,0) and (7,0) lie on
(a) 𝑥-axis (b) 𝑦 - axis (c) Origin (d) III quadrant
13. In a square 𝑃𝑄𝑅𝑆, If 𝑃𝑄 = 2𝑥 + 7 𝑐𝑚 and 𝑄𝑅 = 3𝑥 − 5 𝑐𝑚 then
(a) 𝑥 = 4 (b) 𝑥 = 10 (c) 𝑥 = 8 (d) 𝑥 = 15
14. Find the amount on ₹ 5000 at the rate of 20% per annum for 18 months when interest is
compounded half yearly.
(a) ₹ 6644 (b) ₹ 6666 (c) ₹ 6000 (d) ₹6655
15. If 35% of the people residing in a locality are sikh then the central angle of the sector
representing the sikh community in the pie chart would be
(a) 108° (b) 115° (c) 126° (d) 135°
16. The probability of an event always lies between
1
(a) 0 and 2 (b) 0 and 1 (c) 0 and (d) -1 and 1
2
17. If 5 𝑘𝑔 wheat cost ₹ 60, then cost of 20 𝑘𝑔 wheat is
(a) ₹ 200 (b) ₹ 210 (c) ₹ 220 (d) ₹ 240
18. The diagonal of a quadrilateral is 10 𝑐𝑚 and the lengths of perpendiculars on it from the
opposite vertices are 8.5 𝑐𝑚 and 11.5 𝑐𝑚.The area of quadrilateral is
(a) 400 𝑐𝑚2 (b) 100 𝑐𝑚2 (c) 200 𝑐𝑚2 (d) 100 𝑐𝑚

19. Assertion (A): The floor of a room is a square of side 6 𝑚. Its height is 4 𝑚.The volume of
room is 142 𝑚3
Reason (R): Volume is calculated by multiplying length × width × height
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
20. Assertion (A): The diagonals of a square are equal to each other.
Reason (R): Opposite sides of a square are both parallel and equal in length.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
SECTION – B
1. Factorize: 3𝑥 5 − 48𝑥.
2. The surface area of a cube is 294 𝑐𝑚2 .Find the length of an edge of the cube.
3. Find the compound interest on ₹ 8500 for 2 years at 8% per annum.
4. A machine in a soft drink factory fills 1120 bottles in 7 hours. How many bottles will it fill in
6 hours?
5. In a single throw of a coin, what is the probability of getting a tail.

SECTION – C
1. A carpenter makes a letter-box which has a volume of 13400 𝑐𝑚3 . The base has an area of
670 𝑐𝑚2 , what is the height of the letter-box?
2. A letter is chosen from the word ‘PENCIL’, what is the probability that it is a vowel.
3. factorize: −5𝑥 2 − 𝑥 + 4.
4. A cylindrical pillar is 1 𝑚 in diameter and 4.2 𝑚 in height. Find the cost of white washing the
curved surface of the pillar at the rate of ₹ 15 per 𝑚2 .
5. What sum of money will amount to ₹ 3630 in two years at 10% per annum compound
interest?
6. If 1800 persons can finish the construction of a building in 40 days, how many persons are
needed to complete the construction of the building in 24 days?

SECTION – D
1. The parallel sides of a trapezium are 10 𝑐𝑚 and 20 𝑐𝑚; its nonparallel sides are equal, each
being 13 𝑐𝑚. Find the area of the trapezium.
2. The diameter of a roller is 84 𝑐𝑚 and its length is 120 𝑐𝑚. It takes 500 complete revolutions
to move once over to level playground. Find the area of the playground.
3. Construct a quadrilateral 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 in which 𝐴𝐵 = 6 𝑐𝑚, 𝐶𝐷 = 5 𝑐𝑚,𝐷𝐴 = 3.5 𝑐𝑚, ∠𝐶 = 120°
and ∠𝐷 = 75°.
4. The number of students in a hostel speaking different languages is given below. Present the
data in a pie chart.
Language Hindi English Marathi Tamil Bengali Total
Number of 40 10 8 8 6 72
students

5. Draw a histogram for the frequency distribution of the following data

Class 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35 35-40
interval
Frequency 80 160 540 100 780 260 320

6. On a graph paper, plot the points A(2,4), B(3,3), C(4,2) and D(5,4). Show that 𝐴𝐵𝐶 is a
straight line and ∆ 𝐴𝐶𝐷 is a triangle.
CASE STUDIES

7. The population of a certain city is 125000. If the annual birth rate is 3.3% and the annual
death rate is 1.3%, calculate the population after 3 years.
8. A beg contains 3 red balls, 5 black balls, and 4 white balls. A ball is drawn at random from the
beg. What is the probability that the ball drawn is:
a) White?
b) Red?
c) Black?
d) Not red?