Class 8

SAMPLE PAPER 01

SECTION 01 LOGICAL REASONING

Directions (1-4): Study the following information carefully and
answer the question given below-
Payal, Honey, Amit, Birju, Deepak, Riya and Firoz are sitting
around a circular table, facing the centre. Riya is not second to
the left of Deepak and Deepak is not an immediate neighbor of
Birju. Amit is third to the right of Firoz. Birju is second to the
left of Firoz.
1. Who is second to the right of Payal?
(A)Deepak
(B)Honey
(C)Riya
(D)Amit
Ans: A

2. Who is on the immediate left of Firoz?

(A)Payal
(B)Riya
(C)Deepak
(D)Data inadequate
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Ans: A

3. Who is on the immediate right of Deepak?

(A)Amit
(B)Firoz
(C)Honey
(D)Payal
Ans: C

4. Who is sitting between the Riya and Payal?

(A)Birju
(B)Honey
(C)Firoz
(D)Amit
Ans: A

5. In a certain code RAIN is written as 8$% 6 and MORE is

written as 7#8@. How is REMAIN written in that code?
(A) 8@7$%6
(B) 7@#$%6
(C) #@&$%6
(D) #@7$%6
Ans: A

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6. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so
form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to the
group?
(A) Rose
(B) Marigold
(C) Lotus
(D) Hibiscus
Ans: C
Out of all these only lotus grow in mud.

7. If it is possible to make only one meaningful word from the

first, the fifth, the seventh, the eighth and the eleventh letters of
the word DEPARTMENTAL, first letter of the word is your
answer.
(A) A
(B) D
(C) R
(D) None of these
Ans: B
First, fifth, seventh, the eighth and 11th letters of the word
DEPARTMENTAL are D, R, M, E and A. The word
formed with these letters is DREAM. The first letter of this
word is D.

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8. How many such digits are there in the number 57692483,
which after rearranging the digits of the number in descending
order from left to right will remain at the same position as before
the rearrangement?
(A) None
(B) One
(C) Two
(D) Three
Ans: B

9. Five friends were travelling by train between stations A and

B. Each one gets down at a different station one after the other.
Nitin gets down before Lata and Shikha but not before Sunil.
Anil is not the last to get down. Who got down first from the
train?
(A) Sunil
(B) Nitin
(C) Shikha
(D) Cannot be determined
Ans: D

10. Directions (Q. 10 to 11): In problem figures (A), (B), (C)

and (D), there is a definite relationship between (A) and
(B). From amongst the answer figures, choose which one
is (D) which has the same relationship as with (C).
Problem figures

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A B C D

Answer figures

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

(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
Ans: D
The second figure is the inner figure of the first figure and also
contains same figure inside it.

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11. A B C D

Answer figures

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

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

12. Looking at the photograph of a man, Pooja said “His father

is the husband of my father’s only daughter”. How is the man
in the photograph related to Pooja?

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 (A) Nephew
(B) Son
(C) Cousin
(D) Uncle
Ans: B

13. If  means “walk”,  means “stand”, means “run” and 

means “sit”, how many times does the following sequence of
commands require sitting?

(A) 4
(B) 3
(C) 5
(D) 6
Ans: D

14. The next term of the series 3 F 6 G 11 I 18 L is

(A) 21 O
(B) 27 P
(C) 27 O
(D) 25 N
Ans: B
+0 +1 +2 +3
3F 6G 11I 18L 27P

+2 +5 +7 +9

15. The next group of alphabets for the given letter series is
POQ SRT VUW
(A) YXA
(B) YXZ
(C) ZXY
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 (D) ZYX
Ans: B
POQ SRT VUW YXZ

SECTION02 MATHEMATICAL REASONING

16. A conical tent of given capacity has to be constructed. The
ratio of the height to the radius of the base for the minimum
amount of canvas required for the tent is:
(A) 1: 2 (B) 2: 1
(C) 1: 2 (D) 2 : 1
Ans: D

17. If x + y + z = 1 and x, y, z are positive real numbers, then the

least value of  1x  1  1y  1  1z  1 is:
   

(A) 4
(B) 8
(C) 16
(D) None of the above
Ans: D
In any case, since x, y, z >1,
1 1 1
, ,  1 (i.e. negative)
x y z

(–) × (–) × (–) = – (negative quantity)

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18. Let x, y and z be distinct integers. x and y are odd and
positive, and z is even and positive. Which one of the
following statements cannot be true?
(A) y(x – z)2 is even
(B) y2(x – z) is odd
(C) y(x – z) is odd
(D) z(x – y)2 is even
Ans: A
Check the answer choices basis the fact that:
Odd × Odd = Odd
Odd × Even = Even
Even × Even = Even

19. A certain city has a circular wall around it, and this wall has
four gates pointing north, south, east and west. A house
stands outside the city, 3 km north of the north gate, and it
can just be seen from a point 9 km east of the south gate.
What is the diameter of the wall that surrounds the city?
(A) 6 km (B) 9 km
(C) 12 km (D) None of these
Ans: B

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 APS and AOC are similar triangles.
Where OC = r
r 9
 
r3 81  2r  3
2

Now use the options. Hence, the diameter is 9 km.

20. A can complete a piece of work in 4 days. B takes double

the time taken by A, C takes double that of B, and D takes
double that of C to complete the same task. They are paired
in groups of two each. One pair takes two-thirds the time
needed by the second pair to complete the work. Which is
the first pair?
(A) A and B (B) A and C
(C) B and C (D) A and D
Ans: D
Work done in one day by A, B, C and D are
1 1 1 1
, ,
4 8 16
and 32 respectively.
Using answer choices, we note that the pair of B and C does
3 1 1 9
16
of work in one day; the pair of A and D does  
4 32 32
of
the work in one day.
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Hence, A and D take 9
days.
16 32
B and C take 3

6
days.
Hence, the first pair must comprise of A and D.

21. Three classes X, Y and Z take an algebra test.

The average score in class X is 83.
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 The average score in class Y is 76.
The average score in class Z is 85.
The average score of all students in classes X and Y together
is 79.
The average score of all students in classes Y and Z together
is 81.
What is the average for all the three classes?
(A) 81 (B) 81.5
(C) 82 (D) 84.5
Ans: B
Let the number of students in classes X, Y and Z be a, b and
c respectively. Then,
Total of X = 83a
Total of Y = 76b
Total of Z = 85c

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22. All the page numbers from a book are added, beginning at
page 1. However, one page number was added twice by
mistake. The sum obtained was 1000. Which page number
was added twice?
(A) 44 (B) 45
(C) 10 (D) 12
Ans: C
Let the total number of pages in the book be n.
Let page number x be repeated.

23. For a Fibonacci sequence, from the third term onwards, each
term in the sequence is the sum of the previous two terms in
that sequence. If the difference in squares of 7th and 6th
terms of this sequence is 517, what is the 10th term of this
sequence?
(A) 147
(B) 76
(C) 123
(D) Cannot be determined
Ans: C
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 Let the 6th and the 7th terms be x and y.
Then 8th term = x + y
Also y2 – x2 = 517
(y + x)(y – x) = 517 = 47 × 11
So y + x = 47
y – x = 11
Taking y = 29 and x = 18, we have 8th term = 47, 9th term =
47 + 29 = 76 and 10th term = 76 + 47 = 123.

24. A set of consecutive positive integers beginning with 1 is

written on the blackboard. A student came along and erased
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one number. The average of the remaining numbers is 35 17 .
What was the number erased?
(A) 7 (B) 8
(C) 9 (D) None of these
Ans: A
Let the highest number be n and x be the number erased.

Here, the denominator (n – 1) must be a multiple of 17.

For n – 1 = 68
69(70)
x
n = 69, we have 2
68

602
17

x = 602×68–69×35 = 2415–2408 = 7.
Hence, n = 69 and x = 7 satisfy the above conditions.

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DIRECTIONS for questions 25 and 26:
Read the information given below and answer the question.
A truck travelled from town A to town B over several days.
During the first day, it covered 1/p of the total distance, where p
is a natural number. During the second day, it travelled 1/q of
the remaining distance, where q is a natural number. During the
third day, it travelled 1/p of the distance remaining after the
second day, and during the fourth day, 1/q of the distance
remaining after third day. By the end of the fourth day the truck
had travelled 3/4 of the distance between A and B:
25. The value of p + q is:
(A) 4 (B) 5
(C) 6 (D) 7
Ans: D

Which is satisfied when p = 4 and q = 3. Short cut: Since it is

given that distance travelled is 3/4 and p and q are natural
numbers, the distance has to be a multiple of 7.

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26. If the total distance is 100 kilometres, the minimum distance
that can be covered on day 1 is ____ kilometres.
(A) 25 (B) 30
(C) 33 (D) 35
Ans: A
Distance will be minimum when p is maximum.
For p = 4
Distance = 100
4
 25

27. ABCD is a rectangle with AD = 10. P is a point on BC such

that ∠APD = 90°. If DP = 8 then the length of BP is
(A) 6.4 (B) 5.2
(C) 4.8 (D) 3.6
Ans: D

28. ABCD is a quadrilateral. The diagonals of ABCD intersect

at the point P. The area of the triangles APD and BPC are 27
and 12 respectively. If the areas of the triangles APB and
CPD are equal then the area of triangle APB is
(A) 21 (B) 18
(C) 16 (D) 15
Ans: B

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Let the height of the Δ APD be h1 and the height of Δ BPC be
h2 Let the length of DP be b1 and the length of BP be b2

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Direction (29 – 30): A, B, C, D, E and F are six positive
integers such that B + C + D + E = 4A C + F = 3A C + D + E =
2F F = 2D E + F = 2C + 1
If A is a prime number between 12 and 20, then
29. The value of C is
(A) 23 (B) 21
(C) 19 (D) 17
Ans: A
It is given that:
B + C + D + E = 4A … (i) C + F = 3A … (ii) C + D + E = 2F
… (iii) F = 2D … (iv) E + F = 2C + 1 … (v) From equations
(iii) and (iv), we get, C + E = 3D … (vi) From equations (iv)
and (v) we get,
E = 2C − 2D + 1 … (vii)
∴3C – 2D + 1 = 3D
∴3C + 1 = 5D … (viii)
∴From equation (iv) we get 3C + 1 = 5F/2 ∴(6C + 2 )/5 = F
… (ix)
∴From equations (ix) and (ii) we get, 11C + 2 = 15A … (x) It
is given that A is a prime number between 12 and 20.
∴A can have the values 13 or 17 or 19
∵A, B, C, D, E and F are all positive integers.
∴From equation (x), we get integer value for C only when A
is 17.
∴A = 17 and C = 23 Substituting the value of C in equation
(ix), we get, F = 28 From equation (viii), we get D = 14 From
equation (vii), we get E = 19 And from equation (i), we get B
= 12

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 ∵The value of C is 23, Hence, option A.

30. The value of F is

(A) 14 (B) 16
(C) 20 (D) 28
Ans: D
From the solution of the first question of the set we get that
the value of F is 28.

31. Which of the following must be true?

(A) D is the lowest integer and D = 14
(B) C is the greatest integer and C = 23
(C) B is the lowest integer and B = 12
(D) F is the greatest integer and F = 24
Ans: C
Referring to the solution of the first question of the set, we get
that only the statement: “B is the lowest integer and B = 12‟
is true.

32. A rectangular sheet of paper, when halved by folding it at

the midpoint of its longer side, results in a rectangle, whose
longer and shorter sides are in the same proportion as the longer
and shorter sides of the original rectangle. If the shorter side of
the original rectangle is 2, what is the area of the smaller
rectangle?

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 (A) 4 2
(B) 2 2
(C) 2
(D) None of the above
Ans: B

In original rectangle ratio  2x

2
In Smaller rectangle ratio 
 x
 2 

x 2
Given 
2 x
x2 2
2
x
Area of smaller rectangle 
2
2  x  2 2 sq. units

a b x
33. If  
b c c  a ab
r then r cannot take any value except.
1
(A) 2
(B) –1
1 1
(C) 2
or  1 (D) 
2
or  1

Ans: B

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34. If the lengths of diagonals DF, AG and CE of the cube
shown in the adjoining figure are equal to the three sides of a
triangle, then the radius of the circle circumscribing that
triangle will be
G F

C
B
E

D A

(A) Equal to the side of cube

(B) 3 times the side of the cube
1
(C) times the side of the cube
3

(D) Impossible to find from the given information.

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Ans: A
DF, AG and CE are body diagonals of cube.
Let the side of cube = a
Therefore body diagonal is a 3

side
Circum radius for equilateral triangle 
3
a 3
Therefore a
3

35. Alord got an order from a garment manufacturer for 480

Denim Shirts. He brought 12 sewing machines and appointed
some expert tailors to do the job. However, many didn’t report
to duty. As a result, each of those who did, had to stitch 32 more
shirts than originally planned by Alord, with equal distribution
of work. How many tailors had been appointed earlier and how
many had not reported for work?
(A) 12, 4 (B) 10, 3
(C) 10, 4 (D) None of these
Ans: C
Let x be the number of tailors initial appointed. Let n be the
number of shirts that had to be stitched by each tailor initially.
Let y be the number of tailors who did not come.
x × n = 480.
(x – y)(n + 32) = 480
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 SECTION03 EVERY DAY MATHEMATICS
36. 273 – 272 – 271 is the same as
(A) 269 (B) 270
(C) 271 (D) 272
Ans: C
273 – 272 – 271 = 271 (22 – 2 – 1) = 271
(4 – 2 – 1) = 271.

Direction: Q. 37 and 38 are based on the given data:

There were a hundred schools in a town. Of these, the number of
schools having a play – ground was 30, and these schools had
neither a library nor a laboratory. The number of schools having
a laboratory alone was twice the number of those having a
library only. The number of schools having a laboratory as well
as a library was one fourth the number of those having a
laboratory alone. The number of schools having either a
laboratory or a library or both was 35.
37. How many schools had none of the three viz., laboratory,
library or play – ground?
(A) 20 (B) 5
(C) 30 (D) 35
Ans: D

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 It is given that x + 2x + x/2 = 35.
Hence x =10.
Total number of schools that had at least one of the three = 30
+ 10 + 20 + 5 = 65. Hence the number of schools having none
of them = 100 – 65 = 35.

38. What was the ratio of schools having laboratory to those

having library?
(A) 1: 2 (B) 5: 3
(C) 2: 1 (D) 2: 3
Ans: B

It is given that x + 2x + x/2 = 35.

Hence x =10.

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Number of schools having library = 15. And number of schools
having laboratory = 25. Hence the ratio = 25 : 15 = 5 : 3.

39. Three machines, A, B and C can be used to produce a

product. Machine A will take 60 hours to produce a million
units. Machine B is twice as fast as Machine A. Machine C
will take the same amount of time to produce a million units
as A and B running together. How much time will be
required to produce a million units if all the three machines
are used simultaneously?
(A) 12 hours (B) 10 hours
(C) 8 hours (D) 6 hour
Ans: B
B being twice as fast as A, will take half of time of A to
produce a million units i.e. = 30 hrs.
Since, Machine C takes the same amount of time as A & B
running together,
1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
   or     .
C A B A B C A B
2 2 1
   .
60 30 10

Hence, it will take 10 hours.

40. Let Y = minimum of {(x+2), (3–x)}. What is the maximum

value of Y for 0 x 1?
(A) 1.0 (B) 1.5
(C) 3.1 (D) 2.5
Ans: D
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 For Y to be maximum,
x+2=3–x
 x = 0.5
Maximum value of Y = x + 2 = 2.5.

41. A bug crawls along a number line, starting at –2 It crawls to

– 6, Turns around and crawls to 5. How many units does the
bug crawl altogether?
(A) 9 (B) 11
(C) 6 (D) 15
Ans: D
Crawling from – 2 to – 6 takes it a distance of 4 units. Add 4
and 11 to get 15

42. Let ABC  24 and ABD  20 . What is the smallest possible

o o

degree measure for angle CBD?

(A) 0 (B) 2
(C) 4 (D) 12
Ans: C
ABD and ABC share ray AB. In order to minimize the value of
CBD , D should be located between A and C. ABC  ABD  CBD

, so CBD  4 .

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43. The product of the numbers is 9. The reciprocal of one of
these numbers is 4 times the reciprocal of the other number.
What is the sum of the two numbers?
10 20
(A) 3
(B) 3

(C) 7 (D) 15
2

Ans: D
Let the number equal x and y. From the information given in
the problem, two equations can be written:
xy = 9
1  1
 4 
x  y

Therefore, 4x = y
Replacing y with 4x in the equation.
4x2 = 9
So x  23 and y would then be 4  23  6
3 15
The sum would be 2
6
2

44. In a bag of marbles, 23 of the marbles are blue and the rest are
red, If the number of red marbles is doubled and the number
of blue marbles stays the same, what fraction of the marbles
will be red?
2 3
(A) 5
(B) 7

3 4
(C) 7
(D) 7

Ans: D

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 Assume that there are 5 total marbles in bag. The actual
number does not matter, since all we care about is the ratios,
and the only operation performed on the marbles in the bag is
doubling.
There are 3 blue marbles in the bag and 2 red marbles. If you
double the amount or red marbles, there will still be 3 blue
marbles but now there will be 4 red marbles.

45. An iterative average of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 is

computed the following way. Arrange the five numbers in
some order. Find the mean of the first number. What is the
difference between the largest and smallest possible values
that can be obtained using this procedure?
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(A) 16
(B) 2
17
(C) 8
(D) 3
Ans: C
The minimum and maximum can be achieved with the orders
5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
9 15 23 31 9 15 23 31
5, 4,3,2,1  ,3,2,1  ,2,1  ,1  5, 4,3,2,1  ,3,2,1  ,2,1  ,1 
2 4 8 16 2 4 8 16

The difference between the two is

65 31 34 17
  
16 16 16 8

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SECTION04 ACHIEVER SECTION
46. Chubby makes nonstandard checkerboards that have 31
squares on each side. The checkerboards have a black square
in every corner and alternate red and black squares along
every row and column. How many black squares are there
on such a checkerboard?
(A) 480 (B) 481
(C) 482 (D) 483
Ans: B
There are 15 rows with 15 black tiles, and 16 rows with 16
black tiles, so the answer is
152 + 162 = 225 + 256 = 481

47. The sum of the first m positive odd integers is 212 more than
the sum of the positive even integers. What is the sum of all
possible values of n?
(A) 225 (B) 256
(C) 258 (D) 259
Ans: A

48. Suppose [a b] denotes the average of a and b, and (a b c)

denotes the average of a, b, and c. What is {{1 1 0}[1 0]0}
2 5
(A) 9
(B) 18
1 7
(C) 3
(D) 18

Ans: D

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 Average 1, 1, and 0 to get 23 . Average 0, and 1, get 12 . Average
2 1 7
, , and 0, to get .
3 2 18

49. The players on basketball team made some three-point,

shots, some two-point shots, and some one-point free
throws. They scored as many points with two-point shots as
with three-point shots. Their number of successful free
throws was one more their number of successful two-point
shots. The team’s total score was 61 points. How many free
throws did they make?
(A) 13 (B) 14
(C) 15 (D) 16
Ans: A
Suppose there were x three-point shots, y two-point shots, and
x one-point shots. Then we get the following system of
equation:
3x = 2y ...(1)
z=y+1 ...(2)
3x + 2y + z = 61 ...(3)
The value we are looking for is z, which is easily found to be
z = 13.

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50. How many even integers are there between 200 and 700
whose digits are all different and come from the set
{1,2,5,7,8,9}?
(A) 12 (B) 20
(C) 72 (D) 120
Ans: A
We split into cases of the hundreds digits being 2 or 5. If the
hundred digits is 2, then the digits must be 8 in order for the
number to be even and then there are 4 remaining choice (1,5,7,9)
for the tens digit, giving 1×1×4 = 4 possibilities. Similarly, there
are 1×2×4 = 8 possibilities for the 5 case, giving a total or 4 + 8
= 12 possibilities.

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