CLASS : 8

Class – 8 Mathematics - 1
01. The number 'x' was multiplied by 0.5 and the product
divided by 3. The result was squared and 1 added to it.
The final result was 26. What was the value of number
'x' ?
(A) 42 (B) 30 (C) 24 (D) 18
1 + 0.1
1  0.01
02. Select the approximate value of

(A) 1.32 (B) 1.13 (C) 1.61 (D) 1.46

03. Select the sum of interior angles of a pentagon.
(A) 720° (B) 630° (C) 540° (D) 450°
04. A certain sum amounts 3220 in 3 years (at simple
interest) and to 3640 in 6 years (at simple interest),
find the sum.
(A) 2900 (B) 3100
(C) 3000 (D) 2800
05. If 675 × K is a perfect cube, then select the value of K.
(A) 8 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 9
06. If x + y = 17 and x2 + y2 = 157, what is the value of xy ?

(A) 17  4 114 (B) 66

(C) 48  167 (D) 122
07. Volume of a cuboid is 105 cm 3 and its breadth and
height are 5 cm and 3 cm respectively. Find its surface
area.
(A) 170 cm2 (B) 142 cm2
(C) 162 cm2 (D) 168 cm2

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08. Which option has the same value as 10 + 104 ?

(A) 1.001 × 104 (B) 8.0 × 104
(C) 4.0 × 101 (D) 1.01 × 104
09. A shopkeeper fixes the marked price of an item 40%
above its cost price. What is the percentage of discount
should be allowed to gain 19% ?
(A) 30% (B) 20% (C) 15% (D) 25%
2 1
10. A worker makes a toy every hour. If he works for 5
3 3
hours, then how many toys will he make ?

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(A) 11 toys (B) 8 toys
4

1
(C) 13 toys (D) 11 toys
4
11. Factorise xy (z2 + 1) + z (x2 + y2).
(A) (yz + x) (zx + y) (B) (zx + y) (xy + z)
(C) (xy + z) (yz + x) (D) (x2 + y2) (z + x)
12. The sides of a triangle are 12 cm, 16 cm and 20 cm.
What is the measure of the altitude to the largest side ?
(A) 7 cm (B) 12.4 cm
(C) 9.6 cm (D) 16.5 cm
13. Select the LCM of 5a2bc3 and 4ab2c.
(A) 20a2b2c3 (B) 40a3b2c3
(C) 20abc (D) abc

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14. If 50% of (x – y) = 30% of (x + y), what percent of ‘x’ is

‘y’ ?
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(A) 25% (B) 33 (C) 40% (D) 400%
3
15. Two adjacent angles of a parallelogram are (2x + 25°)
and (3x – 15°). Choose the angle of this parallelogram.
(A) 89° (B) 92° (C) 99° (D) 93°

1 x+1
16. If 1 + = , then what does ‘x’ equal to ?
x x
(A) 1 or 2 only (B) 1 and 0 only
(C) +1 or –1 only (D) any number except 0

252 × 72 × x
17. If = 6 , then find the value of x.
48 × 315
(A) 5 (B) 150 (C) 15 (D) 25
18. Which is the net of a cube ?

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

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19. A van travels 350 km in 5 hours. How far can it travel

in 3 hours ?
(A) 140 km (B) 210 km
(C) 100 km (D) 180 km
20. What is the least integer ‘n’ greater than 1 for which
the square root of ‘n’, the cube root of ‘n’, and the
fourth root of ‘n’ are all integers ?
(A) 12 (B) 2196
(C) 1296 (D) 4096

 1 6 
Choose the simplest form of   2 .
 x3 x 9
21.

 x  3  x  3
1 1
(A) (B)

 x5   x9 
(C)  2  (D)  2 
 x 9   x 9 
22. The sum of two non zero rational numbers is 4 times
their product. What is the sum of the reciprocals of
those two numbers ?
(A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 8

If 2 x 
1 1
23. = 3, find the value of 16 x 4 +
2x 16 x 4
(A) 11 (B) 117 (C) 121 (D) 119

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24. What is the circumference of a circle whose area is

2020 square metres ?
(A) 312.56 m (B) 344.12 m
(C) 282.48 m (D) 274.96 m
25. How many measurements are required to construct a
quadrilateral ?
(A) 5 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 2

ORP = 35° and P, O and Q are collinear. What is the

26. ‘O’ is the centre in the circle as shown in the figure.

measure of RQO.
R

°
35
P O Q

(A) 55° (B) 35° (C) 105° (D) 70°

x2 x+5
x+4 x3
27. Find ‘x’ if = .

(A) –2 (B) 0 (C) –1 (D) 3

28. Three consecutive numbers such that twice the first
number, 3 times the second number and 4 times the
third number together make 191. Find the least
number of these consecutive numbers ?
(A) 18 (B) 21 (C) 19 (D) 20

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Find the value of  0.000064  4  0.04  4

5 5
29.
(A) 2010 (B) 210 × 10–10
(C) 2–10 × 1010 (D) 2–10 × 10–10
30. find the value of

 1  1  1  1 
1

 1  2  1  3  1  4  ........  1  1000  
3

     

 1 3
1

(C)   (D)
1 3
 10 
(A) 10 (B)
10 10

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Class – 8 Mathematics - 2

31. Which of the following are perfect squares ?

(A) 42 + 53 + 64 + 7 (B) 45 + 55 + 76
(C) 44 + 54 + 64 + 25 (D) 44 + 55 + 66 + 3
32. Which of the following factorisations are correct ?
(A) 27K – 5K2 = K(27 – 5K)
(B) 6y2 – 12y = 6y(y – 2)
(C) 16x – 4x2 = 4x(4 – x2)
(D) 121x2 – 22x = 11x(11x – 2)
33. ABCD is a quadrilateral, if AC and BD bisect each other
and AC = BD then ABCD is a
(A) square (B) rectangle
(C) parallelogram (D) rhombus
34. Which of the following are the net of the given solid ?

(A) (B)

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(C) (D)

35. Which of the following is equal x3 ?

x2
(A) x x (B)
x

(C) x  x (D) x

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Class – 8 Reasoning

36. Which option replaces the question mark ?

PQRS , UWYA , DGJM , ? , HMRW

(A) FHJL (B) QUYC

(C) QTWZ (D) FJNR
37. Sushant is a cardiologist who has patients booked in
for Monday through Friday next week. Lunae is booked
3 days before Martis. Mercurii is booked 1 day after
Lunae. Martis is booked 1 day before Lovis. Veneris is
booked 1 day after Mercurii . Lovis is booked 2 days
after Saturni. Lunae is booked on Monday. On which
day does Sushant have a double booking ?
(A) Wednesday (B) Tuesday
(C) Thursday (D) Monday
38. 165135 is to PEACE as 1215225 is to :
(A) LEAD (B) LOVE
(C) LOOP (D) AURAS
39. Observe the following venn diagram and answer the
given question.

1
Doctors
5 6 2 3 Professors
4 Married People

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Which number indicates doctors who are not married ?

(A) 6 (B) 4 (C) 2 (D) 1
40. Out of the given 5 images, one image is not same as
the other 4. Which is it ?

+ +
+
+ +
1 2 3 4 5
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 2 (D) 5
41. Choose the option which closely resembles the paper
cutting of the given figure.

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

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42. Which cube cannot be made from the given net ?

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

43. About which line AB or CD or PQ would the reflection

of image 1 lead to the same as image 2 ?

P Q
C

+
D
A B
image 1 image 2

(A) AB (B) PQ
(C) CD (D) Both AB and PQ

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44. Anil walked from X to Y in the East 12 feet. Then he

turned to the right and walked 4 feet. Again he turned
to the right and walked 15 feet. How far is he from X ?
(A) 5 feet (B) 15 feet
(C) 24 feet (D) 16 feet
45. Which two pieces are used to produce the design X ?

(X)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

(A) 4 and 6 (B) 7 and 8

(C) 3 and 5 (D) 1 and 2

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Class – 8 Critical Thinking

46. Which of the following water tanks will fill up first ?

1
2
4 3

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

47. Exactly six persons from amongst five boys – A, B, C, D,
E and four girls – P, Q, R, S are to sit in six chairs, which
are arranged in a row from left to right, and the others
must stand. The following conditions are to be adhered
to while making the arrangement.
(i) No two girls sit in adjacent seats.
(ii) Exactly three boys should be among those who
are seated in these six chairs.
(iii) A and P are seated next to each other.
(iv) If E sits, then R also sits and vice versa, but they
do not sit next to each other.
(v) If P or R sits, then Q will stand.
Which of the following is not valid arrangement
of persons sitting from left to right.
(A) P, A, E, S, C, R (B) A, P, E, S, C, R
(C) S, E, P, A, R, D (D) B, R, E, A, P, Q

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48. How many pages lie between the first page of the purple
book and the last page of the green book ?
1. The purple book has 220 pages , the yellow book
has 200 pages, and the green book 210 pages.
2. The three books are placed side by side, like below.

B
B M
B
M M A
A A

(A) 200 (B) 202 (C) 420 (D) 430

49. Statement-1 : Battery X lasts longer than Battery Y.
Statement-2 : Battery Y doesn't last as long as Battery Z.
Statement-3 : Battery Z lasts longer than X.
If the first two statements are true, then the third
statement is :
(A) True (B) False
(C) Uncertain (D) None of these

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50. You have to decide whether the data provided in the

statements are sufficient to answer the question.
Read both the statements and give answer.
What is the code for 'is' in the code language ?
I. In the code language, 'She He It' means 'pen is blue'.
II. In the same code language, 'It Is Are' means 'this
is wonderful'.
(A) The data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer
the question, while the data in statement II alone
are not sufficient to answer the question;
(B) The data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer
the question, while the data in statement I alone are
not sufficient to answer the question;
(C) The data either in statement I alone or in statement
II alone are sufficient to answer the question;
(D) The data in both statements I and II together are not
necessary to answer the question.

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