ARYAMAN VIKRAM BIRLA INSTITUTE OF LEARNING
SAMPLE PAPER
CLASS: VIII TIME: 3 HOURS
SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS FULL MARKS: 80
General Instructions:
1. Section A carries 20 questions of 1 mark each.
2. Section B carries 5 questions of 2 marks each.
3. Section C carries 6 questions of 3 marks each.
4. Section D carries 4 questions of 5 marks each.
Section E carries 3 questions of 4 marks
SECTION A
Choose the correct option:
1 −156 1
The rational number 312 in standard form is
(a) −3/4 (b) 3/4 (c) 1/2 (d) -1/2
2 8 4 3 8 4 8 3 1
Name the property used: x ( + )=( x )+( x )
7 5 5 7 5 7 5
(a) Associative (b) Distributive
(c) Commutative (d) None of these.
3 Which of the following is not a linear equation in one variable? 1
(a) 33z+5=22 (b) 33(x+y)=44 (c) 33x+5=0 (d)33y+5=0
4 Which of the following is a Pythagorean triplet whose smallest member is 8. 1
(a) 6,8,10 (b) 8,9,10 (c) 8,15,17 (d) 8,18,28
5 What is the maximum interior angle possible for a regular polygon? 1
(a)30° (b) 60° (c) 90° (d) 120°
6 Two adjacent angles of a quadrilateral measures 130° and 40°.What is the sum of the 1
measures of the other two angles?
(a)190° (b) 180° (c) 90° (d) 360°
7 Which of the following is not a perfect cube? 1
(a) 216 (b) 1000 (c) 243 (d) 1331
8 1
9 What is the reciprocal of -5 ? 1
−1 1
5 (b) 1 (c) 5 (d) 5 .
10 Which among the following is the solution of the equation : 2 𝑥 − 3 = 7 ? 1
2 (b) -2 (c) 5 (d)-5.
11 The value of (–2)2x3-1 is 1
(a) 32 (b) 64 (c) – 32 (d) – 64
12 Linear equation in one variable has
(a) only one variable with any power. (b) only one term with a variable.
(c) only one variable with power 1. (d) only constant term.
13 Which of the following is Hardy- Ramanujan Number? 1
1724 (b) 1725 (c) 1727 (d) 1729.
14 What is the probability of getting 5 on throwing a dice? 1
(a)1/6 (b) 2/3 (c) ½ (d) None of these
15 If 8x – 3 = 25 +17x, then x is 1
(a) a fraction (b) an integer (c) a rational number (d) cannot be solved
16 How many numbers lie between squares of 12 and 13 ? 1
21 (b) 23 (c) 22 (d) 24.
17 Which of the following numbers has 9 as its cube root ? 1
343 (b) 729 (c) 629 (d) 512.
18 How many sides does a decagon have?
(a) 8 (b) 9 (d) 10 (d) 11.
Assertion Reason based questions
In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a
statement of Reason(R). Choose the correct answer out of the following
choices.
(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.
19 Assertion(A): The solution of the equation 3(x-4)=12 is 8. 1
Reason(R): There are 3 solutions of a linear equation in one
20 Assertion (A): 22 whole numbers lie between 112 and 122 . 1
Reason(R): There are ‘2n’ whole numbers between (n)2 and (n+1) 2 .
SECTION B
21 Form a linear equation from the given statement and solve the equation to find 2
the number: ‘When 5 is added to twice a number, it gives 11.’
22 Find the measure of each exterior angle of a regular polygon of 9 sides. 2
23 Find the square root of 81 x 25 by prime factorisation method. 2
24 Identify all the quadrilaterals that have four sides of equal length. 2
25 Find the perimeter of parallelogram PQRS with PQ=12 cm, QR=7 cm. 2
SECTION C
26 1 1 1 3
Solve: 3 𝑥 × 5 4 = 172
27 6 5 3
Multiply the product of and by the reciprocal of their product.
5 12
28 In the figure given below, find x : 3
29 3
30 17( 2−𝑥) −5(𝑥+12) 3
Solve for x: =8.
1−7𝑥
31 7 −3 7 5 3
(a) Evaluate: 5 x 12 + 5 x 12
(b) Write 2 rational numbers smaller than -2.
SECTION D
32 The opposite angles of a parallelogram are (3x + 5)° and (61 – x)°. Find 5
the measure of the four angles.
33 Find the smallest square number that is divisible by each of the numbers 8, 15 5
and 20.
34 Find the cube roots of the following numbers : 5
1.728 (b) 64000
35 Evaluate: 5
(a)
(b)
SECTION E
36 There are 2000 children in a school. For a P.T. drill they have to stand in such a 4
manner that the number of rows is equal to number of columns.
(a) How many more students were needed for this arrangement?
(b) What is the number of students forming a square?
Find the number of children in each row of square.
37 A playground in the town is in the form of a kite. The perimeter is 106 metres. 4
If one of its sides is 23 metres, what are the lengths of other three sides?
38 Adjoining pie chart gives the expenditure (in percentage) on various items and 4
savings of a family during a month.
(i) On which item, the expenditure was maximum?
(ii) Expenditure on which item is equal to the total savings of the family?
(iii) If the monthly savings of the family is Rs. 3000, what is the monthly
expenditure on clothes?