KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA GACHIBOWLI, GPRA CAMPUS, HYD–32

SAMPLE PAPER TEST 03 FOR SESSION ENDING EXAM (2022-23)

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS MAX. MARKS: 60

CLASS : VIII DURATION: 2½ HRS
General Instruction:
(i) All the questions are compulsory.
(ii) The question paper consists of 27 questions divided into 4 sections A, B, C, and D.
(iii) Section A comprises of 10 questions of 1 mark each. Section B comprises of 6 questions of 2
marks each. Section C comprises of 6 questions of 3 marks each. Section D comprises of 5
questions of 4 marks each.
(iv) Use of calculators is not permitted.
SECTION – A (1 mark)

1. How much will an item cost if 10% discount is given on the marked price Rs 100
(a) 90 (b) 110 (c) 95 (d) 85

2. What is the length of the side of a square whose area is 441 cm2 ?
(a) 21 (b) 22 (c) 20 (d) 12

3. The length of the shadow of a 3m high pole at a certain time of the day is 3.6 m. What is the
length of the height of another pole whose shadow at that time is 54 m long?
(a) 30 m (b) 40 m (c) 45 m (d) none of these

4. The area of triangle is’ xy’ where’ x’ is length and ‘y’ is breadth. If the length of rectangle is
increased by 5 units and breadth is decreased by 3 units, the new area of rectangle will be
(a) (x – y)(x + 3) (b) xy+15 (c) (x + 5)(y – 3) (d) xy + 5 – 3

5. The surface area of a cuboid is

(a) 2(lb + bh + lh) (b) 3(lb + bh + lh) (c) 2(lb – bh – lh) (d) 3(lb – bh – lh)

6. The curved surface area of a cylinder of height 14 cm is 88 cm2. The diameter of its circular base
is
(a) 5cm (b) 4cm (c) 3cm (d) 2cm

7. Charge of an electron is 0.000,000,000,000,000,000,16 coulomb and in exponential form it can

be written as _________________________ .
(a) 16 x 10-18 coulomb (b) 1.6 x 10-21 coulomb
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(c) 1.6 x 10 coulomb (d) 16 x 10-21 coulomb
1
 3  1  1  1 
8. The value of       is
 4   4  
3 3 8 8
(a) (b) (c) (d)
8 8 3 3

9. A car can cover a distance of 522 km on 36 litres of petrol. How far can it travel on 14 litres of
petrol?
(a) 230 km (b) 232 km (c) 203 km (d) none of these

10. Factors of 10x2 – 18x3 + 14x4 is

(a) 2x2(7x2 – 9x + 5) (b) x2(14x2 – 18x + 10)
3 2
(c) 2x(7x – 9x + 5x) (d) none of these

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 SECTION – B(2 marks)

5 26
11. Solve: 2 y   y
3 3

12. Find the square root of 1296

13. If 60% people in a city like cricket, 30% like football and the remaining like other games, then
what per cent of the people like other games? If the total number of people are 50 lakh, find the
exact number who like each type of game.

14. The area of a trapezium shaped field is 480 m2, the distance between two parallel sides is 15 m
and one of the parallel side is 20 m. Find the other parallel side.

15. Find m so that (–2)m – 1 × (–2)5 = –128

16. A machine in a soft drink factory fills 840 bottles in six hours. How many bottles will it fill in
five hours?

SECTION – C(3 marks)

3t  2 2t  3 2
17. Solve:   t
4 3 3

18. The population of a city was 20,000 in the year 1997. It increased at the rate of 5% p.a. Find the
population at the end of the year 2000.

19. Add:
(i) p ( p – q), q ( q – r) and r ( r – p)
(ii) Add: 2x (z – x – y) and 2y (z – y – x)

35  105 125

20. Simplify:
57  65

21. Factorise the expressions and divide them as directed.

(i) 44(x4 – 5x3 – 24x2) ÷ 11x (x – 8) (ii) z(5z2 – 80) ÷ 5z(z + 4)

22. Factorise the following expressions.

(i) p4 – 81 (ii) p2 + 6p – 16

SECTION – D(4 marks)

23. Simplify.
(i) (x2 – 5) (x + 5) + 25
(ii) (a + b) (c – d) + (a – b) (c + d) + 2 (ac + bd)

24. Find the least number which must be added to each of the following numbers so as to get a
perfect square. Also find the square root of the perfect square so obtained.
(i) 525 (ii) 1750

25. A train is moving at a uniform speed of 75 km/hour.

(i) How far will it travel in 20 minutes?
(ii) Find the time required to cover a distance of 250 km.

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26. Mohan purchased two cylinders for his Maths Project. He marked first cylinder as 'A'and second
one as 'B' with marker pen. He wants to fill sand in two cylinders and also wants to wrap with
orange paper around the curved surface of two cylinders as shown in the below figure. Diameter
of cylinder A is 7 cm, and the height is 14 cm. Diameter of cylinder B is 14 cm and height is 7
cm.

Answer the following questions based on the above information:

(i) Find the area of orange paper in Cylinder A and B.
(ii) Find the volume of sand in Cylinder A and B.

27. The following table gives the sides of square (in cm) and its area (in cm2).
Side of Square (in cm) 2 3 4 5 6
Area of Square (in cm2) 4 9 16 25 36
Plot a graph to show the data. Is it linear?

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