MATHEMATICS

CLASS VIII
TIME: 2Hrs
MM: 50

General Insructions:

1. Section A has 20 questions of 1 mark each.

2. Section B has 10 questions of 3 marks each.

Fill in the blanks:

1. A …………. is a product of 9a, 4ab, -2z
2. A monomial multiplied by a monomial always gives a ……………………..
3. The diagonals of a rhombus are ………………. ………………….. of one another.
4. Volume of cylinder = ……………………..
5. 1 m3= …………………. L
Multiple Choice Questions
Q6. The area of a rhombus whose diagonals are of lengths 10 cm and 8.2 cm is:
(a) 41 cm2 (b) 82 cm2 (c) 410 cm2 (d) 820 cm2
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Q7. Multiplication of monomials x², (–x)³, (–x) is equal to:
(a) x9 (b) x5 (c) x7 (d) x6
Q8. One angle of a quadrilateral is 150°and other three angles are equal. What is the measure of each
of these equal angles?
(a) 75° (b) 85° (c) 95° (d) 70°
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Q9. The height of a cylinder whose diameter is 140 cm and volume is 1.54 m

Q10. The ratio of speed of cycle 12 km per hour to the speed of scooter 36 km per hour is
(a) 1:2 (b) 1:3 (c) 1:4 (d) None of the
above

Q11. The percentage of 2:5

(a) 20% (b) 50% (c) 60% (d) 40%

Q12. The perimeter of a parallelogram whose parallel sides have lengths equal to 12 cm and 7 cm is:
(a) 21 (b)42cm (c) 19cm (d)38cm
Q13. The angles of a quadrilateral are in ratio 1:2:3:4. Which angle has the largest measure?
(a) 120° (b)144° (c) 98° (d) 36°
Q14. If 50% of students are good at science out of 20 students.Then the number of students good at
science is:
(a) 10 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) 11

Q15. If we add, 7xy + 5yz – 3zx, 4yz + 9zx – 4y and –3xz + 5x – 2xy, then the answer is:
(a) 5xy + 9yz +3zx + 5x – 4y (b) 5xy– 9yz +3zx – 5x – 4y
(c) 5xy + 10yz +3zx + 15x – 4y (d) 5xy + 10yz +3zx + 5x – 6y
Q16. 1000+200+500 is equal to
(a) 125 (b) 25 (c) 1/125 (d) 3
Q17. 700000000 is equal to:
(a) 7 × 108 (b) 7 × 107 (c) 7 × 106 (d)7 × 109
Q19 and Q20 contains STATEMENT-1 (Assertion) and STATEMENT -2 (Reason) has following
four choices (a), (b), (c) and ( d), only one of which is correct answer. Mark the correct answer.
(a)Statement -1 is true, Statement -2 is true; Statement 2 is the correct explanation for statement -1.
(b)Statement-1 is true, Statement -2 is true ; Statement -2 is not correct explanation for Statement -1.
(c)Statement -1 is true, Statement -2 is false.
(d)Statement -1 is false, Statement -2 is true
Q19. Assertion (A) – The common factor of x3 y2 and x4 y is x3 y.
Reasons (R) –The factorisation is defined as expressing or decomposing a number or an algebraic
expression as a product of its prime factors or irreducible factors.
Q20. Assertion (A) –15 books weigh 6 kg. 6 books weigh 2.6 Kg
Reasons (R) –A direct proportion shows the direct the relation between two quantities.

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Q21. The breadth of a rectangular garden is 3 of its length. If its perimeter is 40 m, find its
dimensions.
Q22. Solve for x: (4x2 – 100) ÷ 6(x + 5)
Q23. If each edge of a cube is doubled,
◦ how many times will its surface area increase?
◦ how many times will its volume increase?

Q24. Factorise: i) m4 –256 ii) 3m2+9m+6

Q25. Two persons could fit new windows in a house in 3 days.
(a) One of the persons fell ill before the work started. How long would the job take now?
(b) How many persons would be needed to fit the windows in one day?

Q26. A rectangular paper of with 14 cm is rolled along its width and a cylinder of radius 20 cm is
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formed. Find the volume of the cylinder. (π= 7 )

Q27. On a particular day, the sales (in rupees) of different items of a baker's shop are given below.

Draw a pie chart for this data.

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Q28. Case study based question

Check the given table, and give the correct answers to the following questions.
i)What is the total number of students for all ranges?
ii)How many students secured marks between 250 – 300?
iii)What is the upper limit in the given frequency distribution table?
iv)What is the size of the class interval?

Q29.

The given graph represents the total runs scored by two batsmen A and B, during each of the ten
different matches in the year 2007. Study the graph and answer the following questions.
(i) What information is given on the two axes?
(ii)Which line shows the runs scored by batsman A?
(iii) Were the run scored by them same in any match in 2007? If so,in which match?
(iv) Among the two batsmen, who is steadier? How do you judge it?

Q30.The shopkeeper is selling bed sheets of all sizes and cushion covers at his shop.
King size bed-sheet 280 cm x 280 cm, Queen size bed-sheet 240 cm x 200 cm
(i)What is the price of the Queen sized bed-sheet if shopkeeper charge Rs 2 for every 10
𝑐𝑚2 .
(ii) King sized bed-sheet is costlier from queen size by how much ?
(iii)What will be the radius if cylinder is formed by king sized bed-sheet ?