STD 8 Maths Total Marks : 80

Time : 3 hour
Term 1 maths

section A

* Choose The Right Answer From The Given Options.[1 Marks Each] [18]
1. Which of the following statements is always true?
(A) is a rational number between x and y.
x−y

(B) is a rational number between x and y.

x+y

(C) is a rational number between x and y.

x×y

(D) is a rational number between x and y.

x÷y

2. 1 is the __________ for rational numbers.

(A) Multiplicative (B) Addition of zero (C) Additive identity (D) None of these
identity

3. Which of the following expressions shows that rational numbers are

associative under multiplication:
(A) 2

3
×(
−6

7
×
3

5
) = (
2

3
×
−6

7
) ×
3

5
(B) 2

3
×(
−6

7
×
3

5
) =
2

3
×(
3

5
×
−6

7
)

(C) 2

3
×(
−6

7
×
3

5
) = (
3

5
×
2

3
) ×
−6

7
(D) ( 2

3
×
−6

7
) ×
3

5
= (
−6

7
×
2

3
) ×
3

4. If 8x - 3 = 25 + 17x, then x is:

(A) a fraction. (B) an integer. (C) a rational (D) cannot be solved.
number.

5. What is the solution of the given equation: 3(x - 3) = 4(2x + 4)

(A) 5 (B) 20 (C) 30 (D) -5
6. The closed curve which is also a polygon is:

(A)

(B)

(C)

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 (D)
7. In the quadrilateral ABCD, the diagonals AC and BD are equal and
perpendicular to each other. What type of a quadrilateral is ABCD?
(A) A square (B) A parallelogram (C) A rhombus (D) A trapezium
8. How many sides does a regular polygon have if the measure of an exterior
angle is 24º ?
(A) 6 (B) 9 (C) 15 (D) 12
9. The sum of angles of a concave quadrilateral is:
(A) more than 360° (B) less than 360° (C) equal to 360° (D) twice of 360°
10. Observe the following bar graph carefully and answer the following questions:

The total number of books is:

(A) 1200 (B) 1400 (C) 1600 (D) 1800
11. Tick the correct answer in the following:
In a spinning wheel, there are 3 white and 5 green sectors. It is spinned. What
is the probability of getting a green sector?
(A) 5

3
(B) 5

8
(C) 1

5
(D) 3

12. How many nonsquare numbers he between the pair of numbers 362 and 372?
(A) 36 (B) 37 (C) 74 (D) 72
13. Which of the following can be the square of a natural number ‘n’?
(A) Sum of the squares of first n natural numbers.
(B) Sum of the first n natural numbers.
(C) Sum of first (n – 1) natural numbers.

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 (D) Sum of first ‘n’ odd natural numbers.
14. The cube root of 13824 is __________.
(A) 16 (B) 24 (C) 25 (D) 36
15. What.is the value of 73 - 63?
(A) 126 (B) 25 (C) 127 (D) 128
16. (?)% of 320 is 48?
(A) 25% (B) 15% (C) 14% (D) 9%
17. Tick (✓) the correct answer in the following:
A man buys an article for Rs. 150 and makes overhead expenses which are 10%
of the cost price. At what price must he sell it to gain 20%?
(A) Rs. 182 (B) Rs. 192 (C) Rs. 198 (D) Rs. 208
18. Find the simple interest on Rs. 1000 for 2 years at 8% per annum.
(A) Rs. 80 (B) Rs. 40 (C) Rs. 120 (D) Rs. 160

* a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). [2]

Choose the correct option.
19. Directions: In the following questions, the Assertions (A) and Reason(s) (R)
have been put forward. Read both the statements carefully and choose the
correct alternative from the following:
Assertion (A): Two adjacent sides of a rectangle are equal. The name of the
quadrilateral is square
Reason (R): a square is a quadrilateral with four right angles
a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c. A is true but R is false.
d. A is false but R is true.
20. Directions: In the following questions, the Assertions (A) and Reason(s) (R)
have been put forward. Read both the statements carefully and choose the
correct alternative from the following:
Assertion (A): The number of zeros in the square of the number 100 is 4.
Reasons (R): The number of zeros at the end of the number obtained, by
multiplying the number from 1 to 100 will be.
a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c. A is true but R is false.
d. A is false but R is true.

section B

* Questions With Calculation.[2 Marks Each] [16]

21. Solve: 6x+1
+1 =
x−3

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22. Consider the parallelogram. Find the degree values of the unknowns x, y, z.

.
23. The figure RUNS is a parallelogram. Find x and y. (Length is in cm.)

24. Numbers 1 to 10 are written on ten separate slips (one number on one slip),
kept in a box and mixed well. One slip is chosen from the box without looking
into it. What is the probability of getting a number greater than 6?
25. Find the least number which must be added to 1825 so as to get a perfect
square. Also find the square root of the perfect square so obtained.
26. Parikshit makes a cuboid of plasticine of sides 5 cm, 2 cm, 5 cm. How many such
cuboids will he need to form a cube?
27. The price of a TV is ₹ 13,000. The sales tax charged on it is at the rate of 12%.
Find the amount that Vinod will have to pay if he buys it.
28. Verify the property x × (y × z) = (x × y) × z of rational numbers by using:
x = 1, y =
−1

2
and z =
1

section C

* Questions With Calculation.[3 Marks Each] [21]

29. Solve the linear equation: m−
m−1
= 1−
m−2

2 3

30. The adjacent figure HOPE is a parallelogram. Find the angle measures x, y and z.
State the properties you use to find them.

31. In the below figure both RISK and CLUE are parallelograms. Find the values of x.

32. Write a Pythagorean triplet whose one number is 16

33. In a Laboratory, the count of bacteria in a certain experiment was increasing at
the rate of 2.5% per hour. Find the bacteria at the end of 2 hours if the count

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 was initially 5,06,000.
34. Divide the sum of 65
and 8
by their difference.
12 3

35. The weekly wages (in rupees) of 28 workers of a factory are given below:
668, 610, 642, 658, 668, 620, 719, 720, 700, 690, 710, 642, 672, 654, 692, 706,
718, 702, 704, 678, 615, 640, 680, 716, 705, 615, 636, 656.
Construct a frequency table with equal class intervals, taking the first of the
class intervals as 610-630, where 630 is not included.

section D

* Questions With Calculation.[5 Marks Each] [15]

36. On a particular day, the sales (in rupees) of different items of a baker’s shop are
given below.
ordinary bread 320

fruit bread 80

cakes and pastries 160

biscuits 120

others 40

Total 720
Draw a pie chart for this data
37. Find the least number which must be subtracted from 1989 so as to get a perfect
square. Also find the square root of the perfect square so obtained.
38. A dealer bought two tables for Rs. 3120. He sold one of them at a loss of 15%
and other at a gain of 36%. Then he found that each tables was sold for the
same price, find the cost price of each table.

* Questions With Calculation.[4 Marks Each] [4]

39. The population of a place increased to 54,000 in 2003 at a rate of 5% per annum.
(i) Find the population in 2001.
(ii) What would be its population in 2005?

* Case study based questions [4]

40. A gardener has 1000 plants. He wants to plant these in such a way that the
number of rows and the number of columns remain same. Find the minimum
number of plants he needs more for this.
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