G. D.

GOENKA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

DATE :/09/2023 TERM – I TIME :3 HOURS

CLASS : VIII/ DIV : ___ SUBJECT :SAMPLE PAPER MAX. MARKS :80
TOTAL NO. OF PAGES :
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Name : ____________________________________________________ Roll No. : ________

MAXIMUM
SECTION
MARKS
SECTION – A 20
SECTION – B 10
SECTION - C 18
SECTION –D 20
SECTION – E 12
TOTAL 80
General Instructions:
• This Question Paper has 5 Sections A-E.
• Section A has 20 MCQs carrying 1 mark each
• Section B has 5 questions carrying 2 marks each.
• Section C has 6 questions carrying 3 marks each.
• Section D has 4 questions carrying 5 marks each.
• Section E has 3 case based integrated units of assessment (4 marks each) with sub-parts of
the values of 1, 1 and 2 marks each respectively.
• All Questions are compulsory. However internal choices are provided in some questions

SECTION – A
Choose the correct option. (1 mark each)
1) What should be subtracted from -2/3 to get -1? (1)

a) 1/3 b) -1/3 c) 2/3 d) 0

2) The sum of the additive inverse and multiplicative inverse of 2 is (1)
____________.

a) 3/2 b) -3/2 c) 1/2 d) -1/2

3) What number should be subtracted from both the terms of the ratio 15:19 in (1)
order to make it 3:4?
a) 4 b) 3 c) 2 d) 6
4) The difference between the two numbers is 30. If the bigger number is x, then (1)
what is the smaller number?
a) x – 30 b) 30 -x c) 30x d) none of these

5) Three consecutive integers add up to 51. The integers are

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 a) 16,17,18 a) 15,16,17 a) 17,18,19 a)18,19,20 (1)

6) The value of x for which the expressions 3x – 4 and 2x + 1 become equal is (1)
a) -3 b) 0 c) 5 d) 3
7) The value of 4 3√1000 is ______ (1)

a) 400 b) 40 c) 10 d) 4

Answer the following question based on the given pie chart.

8) If 400 students voted in all, then how many did vote ‘Others’ colour as their (1)
favourite?
a) 6 b) 20 c) 24 d) 40
9) What is the probability of choosing a vowel from the alphabet? (1)
a) 21/26 b) 5/26 c) 1/26 d) 3/26
10) 16. If two adjacent angles of a parallelogram are (5x – 5)o and (10x + 35)o, then (1)
the ratio of these angles is ________.
a) 1:3 b) 2:3 c) 1:4 d) 1:2
-2
11) The value of (2/5) is: (1)
a) 4/5 b) 4/25 c) 25/4 d) 5/2
12) The standard form for 0.000064 is (1)
a) 64 × 104 b) 64 × 10-4 c) 6.4 × 105 d) 6.4 × 10-5
13) How many natural numbers lie between 52 and 62? (1)
a) 9 b) 10 c) 11 d) 12
2 2 2 2
14) Which among 43 , 67 , 52 , 59 would end with digit 1? (1)
a) 432 b) 672 c) 522 d) 592
15) By which number should 1058 be divided so that the resulting number is a (1)
perfect square?
a) 6 b) 5 c) 2 d) 3
16) Which of the following numbers is a perfect cube (1)
a) 243 b)216 c) 392 d) 864
17) A quadrilateral whose all sides, diagonals and angles are equal is a (1)
a) square b) trapezium c) rectangle d) rhombus
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18) 36. Length of one of the diagonals of a rectangle whose sides are 10 cm and 24 (1)
cm is
a) 25 cm b) 20 cm c) 26 cm d) 35 cm
19) Assertion (A) – The measures of two angles of a quadrilateral are 110° and 100″. (1)
The remaining two angles are equal. The measure of each of the remaining two
angles is 45`.
Reason (R) – Quadrilaterals are composed of two triangles. Seeing as we know
the sum of the interior angles of a triangle is 180°, it follows that the sum of the
interior angles of a quadrilateral is 360°.
a) Both A and R are b) Both A and R c) A is true but R is d) A is false but R
true and R is the are true but R is false is true
correct explanation not the correct
of A explanation of A
20) Assertion (A) – The root of the equation 5x/3 = 30 is 18 (1)

Reason (R) – The value of the variable which makes left hand side equal to right
hand side in the given equation is called the solution or the root of the equation
a) Both A and R are b) Both A and R c) A is true but R is d) A is false but
true and R is the are true but R is false R is true
correct explanation not the correct
of A explanation of A

SECTION – B (SHORT ANSWER)

Solve the following. ( 2 marks each)
21) Simplify the following by using suitable property. Also name the property. (2)

[(½) × (¼)] + [(½) × 6]

22) Can a right triangle with sides 6cm, 10cm and 8cm be formed? Give reason. (2)

OR

What will be the number of unit squares on each side of a square graph paper
if the total number of unit squares is 256?
23) Find the share of A when Rs 25 is divided between A and B so that A gets Rs. 8 (2)
more than B.
24) Given a parallelogram ABCD. Complete each statement along with the property (2)
used.

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 (i) AD = …… (ii) ∠DCB = ……

(iii) OC = …… (iv) m ∠DAB + m ∠CDA = ……

25) Find the least perfect cube which is exactly divisible by each of the number 4,6 (2)
and 9

OR

Find the cube root of 4096

SECTION – C (LONG ANSWER – I)

Solve the following ( 3 marks each)
26) 7/11 of all the money in Hamid’s bank account is ₹ 77,000. How much money (3)
does Hamid have in his bank account?
27) Is 9720 a perfect cube? If not, find the smallest number by which it should be (3)
divided to get a perfect cube.

OR

Three numbers are in the ratio 1:2:3 and the sum of their cubes is 4500. Find
the numbers.
28) Construct Rhombus BEND BN = 5.6 cm and DE = 6.5 cm (3)

29) What is the least number that should be added to 6200 to make it a perfect (3)
square?
OR
Is 176 a perfect square? If not, find the smallest number by which it should be
multiplied to get a perfect square.
30) In the given figure, ABCD and BDCE are parallelograms with common base DC. If (3)
BC ⊥ BD, then find ∠BEC .

.
31) Find the value of (7-1 – 8-1) -1 – (3-1 – 4-1)-1 (3)
SECTION – D (LONG ANSWER - II)
Solve the following. ( 5marks each)
32) a) After 12 years, Kanwar shall be 3 times as old as he was 4 years ago. Find his (5)
present age.

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 2𝑦−3 1
b) Solve: 4𝑦+5 = 3

OR
a) Three consecutive integers are such that when they are taken in increasing
order and multiplied by 2, 3 and 4, respectively, they add up to 74. Find these
numbers.

b) (5z – 7) – 2(9z – 11) = 4(8z – 13)

33) a) Construct Square BEST where BE = 7.5 cm. (5)
b) Quadrilateral GOLD where OL = 7.5 cm,GL = 6 cm GD = 6 cm LD = 5 cm OD =
10 cm

OR

a)Quadrilateral DEAR DE = 4 cm,EA = 5 cm AR= 4.5 cm,∠E = 60°,∠A = 90°

b)A parallelogram OKAY where OK = 5.5 cm and KA = 4.2 cm.

34) The weights (in kg) of 30 students of a class are: 39, 38, 36, 38, 40, 42, 43, 44, (5)
33, 33, 31, 45, 46, 38, 37, 31, 30, 39, 41, 41, 46, 36, 35, 34, 39, 43, 32, 37, 29, 26.

Prepare a frequency distribution table and histogram using one class interval as
(30 – 35).
35) a) Express the following numbers in standard form. (5)
i) 85000000
ii) 31860000000

b) In a stack, there are 5 books, each having a thickness of 20 mm and 5 paper

sheets, each having a thickness of 0.016 mm. What is the total thickness of the
stack?
SECTION – E(CASE BASED STUDY)
Solve the following. ( 4 marks each)
36) 2/5 of total number of students of a school come by car while ¼ of students
come by bus to school. All the other students walk to school of which 1/3 walk
on their own and the rest are escorted by their parents. 224 students come to
school walking on their own
a) How many students study in that school? (2)
b) Find the number of students coming by car. (1)
c) Find the number of students coming by bus. (1)

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37)

The following pie chart represents the distribution of proteins in parts of the
human body.
a) What is the ratio of the distribution of proteins in the muscles to that of (1)
proteins in the bones?
b) Where is the distribution of protein the least? (1)
c) What is the central angle of the sector (in the above pie chart) representing skin (2)
and bones together?
38) The adjacent figure HOPE is a parallelogram. Find the angle measures x, y and z.
State the properties you use to find them.

a) Find the measure of y (1)

b) Find the measure of z (1)
c) Find the measure of x.Which property will you use to find it? (2)

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