KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGTHAN

PRACTICE PAPER (2023-24)

MATHEMATICS
CLASS: VIII[HALF YEARLY]
Time Allowed: 2 Hours 30 Minutes Maximum Marks: 60
General Instructions:
1. This Question paper contains- five sections A, B, C, D and E. Each section is compulsory. However, there
are internal choices in some questions.
2. Section A has 14 MCQ’s of 1 mark each.
3. Section B has 4 Very Short Answer type questions of 2 marks each.
4. Section C has 5 Short Answer (SA) type questions of 3 marks each.
5. Section D has 3 Long Answer (LA) type questions of 5 marks each.
6. Section E has 2 sources based /case based/passage based/integrated units of assessment (4 marks each) with
sub parts.

SECTION- A
(Multiple Choice Questions)
Each question carries 1 mark

1  4 1  4
1. The property allows to compute   6   as   6   is
3  3 3  3
(A) Commutative (B) Associative (C) Distributive (D) Closure
 2  3   5 
   
3  5  6 
2.

2 9 9 2
(A) (B) (C)  (D)
7 10 10 7

3. The value of x for which the expressions 3x – 4 and 2x + 1 become equal is

(A) –3 (B) 0 (C) 5 (D) 1

4. Value of x for x 
4
x  10 is
5
(A) 5 (B) 80 (C) 20 (D) 40

5. The sum of the measures of the external angles of any polygon is

(A) 180° (B) 240° (C) 120° (D) 360°

6. The minimum interior angle possible for a regular polygon is

(A) 120° (B) 60° (C) 90° (D) 360°

7. A bag has 5 red balls and 3 green balls. (The balls are identical in all respects other than colour). A ball is
drawn from the bag without looking into the bag. The probability of getting a red is
5 3 7 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
8 8 8 2
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8. The probability of getting a multiple of 2 when a dice is rolled is
1 1 2 1
( A) (B) (C) (D)
3 4 3 2

9. To complete the pattern given below the numbers in the blanks will be
72 = 49
672 = 4489
6672 = 444889
66672 = 44448889
666672 = 4444488889
6666672 = 4444 _ _ _ 88889

(A)4,4,4 (B)4,8,4 (C) 4,8,8 (D) 4,4,8

10. The squares of which of the following would be odd numbers?

(i) 431 (ii) 2826 (iii) 7779 (iv) 82004

(A)(iii) & (iv) (B) (i) & (iii) (C) (ii) & (iii) (D) (i) & (iv)

11. The smallest number by which the number 675 must be multiplied to obtain a perfect cube
(A) 3 (B) 7 (C) 5 (D) 11

12. Cube root of 13824 is

(A) 24 (B) 34 (C) 44 (D) 42

13. Percentage for the ratios 2 : 3 is

(A) 64.66% (B) 66.66% (C) 66.56% (D) 66%

14. 72% of 25 students are interested in mathematics. The number of students not interested in mathematics is
(A) 9 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 7

Section –B
[This section comprises of very short answer type questions (VSA) of 2 marks each]

 2 3 15  14
15. Find :    .
5 7 16 9

5x 2x
16. If 4 , then find the numerical value of 2x – 7.
3 5

17. The measures of two adjacent angles of a parallelogram are in the ratio 3 : 2. Find the measure of each of
the angles of the parallelogram.

18. Find the smallest multiple of 2352 which is a perfect square also find the square root of the new number.

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 Section – C
[This section comprises of short answer type questions (SA) of 3 marks each]

8x 17 5x
19. Solve the following linear equation: x  7    .
3 6 2

20 . In the given figure ABCD is a parallelogram, find the values of x and y.

21. The number of students in a hostel, speaking different languages is given below.
Display the data in a pie chart.
Language Hindi English Marathi Tamil Bengali Total
Number of 40 12 9 7 4 72
students

22. 2025 plants are to be planted in a garden in such a way that each row contains as many plants as the
number of rows. Find the number of rows and the number of plants in each row.

23. Write a Pythagorean triplet whose one member is 16.

Section –D
[This section comprises of long answer type questions (LA) of 5 marks each]

24. Simplify and solve the following linear equations :

6x  1 x 3
(i) 3(5z – 7) – 2(9z – 11) = 4(8z – 13) – 17 (ii) 1 
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25. Fill in the blanks (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) in the second column to complete the properties :
Quadrilateral Properties
Parallelogram: (1) Opposite sides are equal.
A quadrilateral with (2) Opposite angles are ________. (i)
each pair of opposite (3) Diagonals bisect one another.
sides parallel.
Rhombus: (1) All the properties of a parallelogram.
A parallelogram with sides (2) Diagonals are __________ (ii)
of equal length. to each other.
Rectangle: (1) All the properties of a parallelogram.
A parallelogram (2) Each of the angles is a ________ (iii)
with a right angle. (3) Diagonals are equal.

Square: A rectangle All the properties of a parallelogram,

with sides of equal rhombus and a_________ (iv)
length.

Kite: A quadrilateral (1) The diagonals are perpendicular to one another

with exactly two pairs (2) One of the diagonals __________ (v) the
of equal consecutive other.
sides (3) In the figure m  B = m  D but m  A ≠ m  C.

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26. The population of a village was 20,000 in the year 2019. It increased at the rate of 5% p.a. Find the
population at the end of the year 2022.
Section –E
[This section comprises of 2 case- study/passage based questions of 4 marks each with sub parts. ]

27. In the given pie chart gives the marks scored in an examination by a student in
Hindi, English, Mathematics, Social Science and Science. If the total marks obtained
by the students were 540, answer the following questions.
(i) Find marks scored in each subject.
(ii) Examine whether the sum of the marks
obtained in Social Science and Mathematics
is more than that in Science and Hindi.

28.

Radha enters a shopping mall to purchase a frock. The list price of a frock was ₹220. A discount of 20% was
announced on sales. What is the
(i) amount of discount , and
(ii) sale price ?

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 ANSWERS
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1. (B) Associative 2. (C)  3. (C) 5 4. (D) 40
10
5 1
5. (D) 360° 6. (B) 60° 7. (A) 8. (D)
8 2
9. (D) 4,4,8 10. (B) (i) & (iii) 11. (C) 5 12. (A) 24
1 13
13. (B) 66.66% 14. (D) 7 15. 16. 
2 19
17. 108°; 72° 18. 3, 84 19. x = –5 20. x = 3; y = 13;

21. 22. 45 23. (16, 63, 65) 24.(i) z = 2 (ii) x = – 1

25.(i) equal (ii) perpendicular (iii) right angle (iv) rectangle (v) bisects 26. 23153
27. (i) Marks scored in Mathematics = 135
Marks scored in Social Science = = 97.5
Marks scored in science = 120
Marks scored in Hindi = 105
Marks scored in English = 82.5
(ii) Yes
28. (i) ₹ 44 (ii) ₹ 176