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ANNUAL EXAMINATION (2023-24)

SAMPLE PAPER -II
Subject: Mathematics Max. Marks: 60
Grade: VIII Time: 2hr 30min
Name: Section: Roll
No:
General Instructions:
• Questions in Section A (Q1 to Q10) carry 1 mark each
• Questions in Section B (Q11 to 18) carry 2 marks each
• Questions in Section C (Q19 to Q24) carry 3 marks each
• Questions in Section D (Q25 to Q28) carry 4 marks each
• The question paper consists of 7 printed pages.

SECTION A (10x1=10)
I. Multiple Choice Questions:
1. If the weight of 12 sheets of thick paper is 40 grams, how many sheets of the same paper
would weigh
a. 7502500 grams? b.800
c. 850 d.950
2. The difference between two whole numbers is 66. The ratio of the two numbers is 2: 5.
The two numbers are
a. 60,6 b.100 ,33
c. 110,44 d.99,33
3. Three consecutive integers add up to 51. The integers are

a. 16,17,18 15,16,17
c. 17,18,19 18,19,20
4. The factors of 49p2 − 36 are
a. (7p + 6)2 b. (7p−6)2
c. (7p − 6) (7p + 6) d. (7p + 6) (7p + 6)

5. Divide as directed: 52pqr (p + q) (q + r) (r + p) ÷104pq (q + r) (r + p)

a. (p + q)/2 b. (r + p)/2
c. r(p + q)/2 D p (p + q)/2

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6. What is the value of (22 + 32 + 42)0?

a. 9 b.0

c. 1 d. 14

7. A person got a 10% increase in his salary. If his salary was Rs. 50000, then the new salary
is:
a. 55000 b.60000

c. 45000 d.65000

8. The diagonals of a rectangle are 2x + 1 and 3x – 1, respectively. Find the value of x.

a. 1 b.2
c. 3 d.4
9. If a cuboidal box has height, length and width as 20 cm, 15 cm and 10 cm respectively.
Then its total surface area is:
a. 1100 cm2 b. 1200 cm2
c. 1300 cm2 d. 1400 cm2

10. The point (-5, 2) is nearer to:

a. x-axis b. y-axis
c. origin d. Both x and y axis

SECTION B (8 x 2 = 16)

11. A contractor undertook a contract to complete a part of a stadium in 9 months with a team
of 560 persons. Later, it was required to complete the job in 5 months. How many extra
persons should he employ to complete the work?

12. Solve the following Equation and Find the value of x.

13. i) Factorize am2 + bm2 + bn2 + an2

ii) Is (b+1) (ab − 1) is the factorisation of ab2+b(a−1) −1 OR ab2+(a−1) b−1
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14. i) The volume of the Earth is approximately 7.67 × 10–7 times the volume of the Sun.
Express this figure in usual form.

ii) Fill in the blanks

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15. An average Urban Indian uses about 150 L of water every day.

1. What per cent of water is used for bathing and sanitation together per day?
2. How much less per cent of water is used for cooking in comparison to that used for
bathing?
3. What per cent of water- is used for drinking, cooking, and gardening together?

16. The given figure shows a parallelogram WORK.

i) Find x
ii) Find all the angles of the parallelogram.

17. The coordinates of point A, B , C and D are given as follows. Answer the following.
A (-1, 2), B (-4, 0) and C (0, 3) and D (2,5)
i) Find the abscissa of point A + ordinate of point D.
ii) Write location of point B.

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 iii) Write the location of point C.
iv) Write the quadrant of point A
18. The angles of a quadrilateral are in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3 : 4. Find the angles of the
quadrilateral.
SECTION C (6 x 3 = 18)
19.
A worker is paid Rs 139.20 for 3 days.
(i) What will he get in the month of June (In Rs)?
(ii) For how many days will he be working for Rs 696?

20. Factorise completely:

i) kp + 3k + mp + 3m
ii) u2 – 9u – 10
21. i) If p3 x p x = p9, find x
y
ii) if ( 7 2) = 710 , find y
iii)If 100a x 1000b = 10w then find w

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iv)Evaluate
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22. Peter has Rs 10,000 to invest in a savings account for 2 years. He finds the information
shown in figure 22.1.

Answer the following,

i) How much amount will he get after 2 years, if he chooses Bonus Saver Account?
ii) Find the amount he will get in Fixed Rate Account after 2 years.
iii) For an investment of 2 years, which account is better and why?

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In the following figure of a ship, ABDH and CEFG are two parallelograms.

i) Find the value of x.

ii) Find the value of y.
iii) Find the value of z.

Find the value of w.

24 Blue print of a garden is shown in figure. It features a right angled triangle flowerbed and
the remaining area of garden will be covered by grass.

i) Find the area of ABCDEF.

ii) Find the area of flower bed.
iii) Find the area of grass.

SECTION D (4 x 4 = 16)
25.
i) In a two-digit number, digit in units place is twice the digit in tens place. If 27
is added to it, digits are reversed. Find the number.
ii) Two cars A and B are 500 km apart and moving directly towards each other as
shown in figure-23.1. Assuming that the cars start moving at the same time.

If Car A is moving at a speed of x km/hour and the car B is moving at 20 km/hour less
than the speed of car A. Find the speed of car B.
ii) Both cars A and B meet at point Y in 2 hours. Write the linear equation of distance
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 covered by both cars A and B.
iii) Find the speed of car A and car B.

26. i) Calculate the amount and compound interest on Rs 10,800 for 3 years at 12 ½ % per
annum compounded annually.
ii) A dining table is purchased for Rs. 3200 and sold at a gain of 6%. If a customer pays
sales tax at the rate of 5%. How much does the customer pay in all for the table?

27. Rahil made a cardboard cubical box of volume 2744 cm3. He wants to paint the entire box
to decorate it.
i) Find each side of the cubical box.
ii) Find the area of the base of the cubical box to be painted?
iii) If the cost painting is 12 dhs per cm2, find the total amount to be paid.
28. A manufacturer of post cards decides to experiment with cards of different shapes. The
cards should be rectangles with an area of 120 cm2.

i) Complete the given table

ii) Draw a suitable graph of completed table

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