Class 8

8th

Set B

Year 2014

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8th IMO - Set B 1

Logical Reasoning

1. In a certain code, the word COMEATONCE is written 6. Which of the following Venn diagrams best represents
as XLNVZGLMXV. In the same code, which of the the relationship amongst, "Fractions, Rational numbers
following would code OK? and Whole numbers"?
A. KL
B. LM A. B.
C. KM
D. LP

2. Count the number of circles in the

C. D.
given figure.
A. 16
B. 15
C. 17 7. There is a certain relationship between the figures
D. 18 P and Q & R and S. Identify the relationship and
find the missing figure.
3. There is a certain rule followed in figures P, Q and
R. Identify the rule and find the missing numbers
a & b respectively.
?
384 576 a P Q R S
96 144 b
A. B.
192 288 168
P Q R
A. 336, 84 C. D.
B. 676, 196
C. 484, 86
D. 576, 194 8. Identify the missing figure in the given figure
matrix.
4. Seven executives P, Q, R, S, T, U and W reach office
in a particular sequence. U reaches immediately
before P but does not immediately follow S. R is
the last one to reach office. T follows immediately
after P and is subsequently followed by W. Who
ranks fourth in the sequence of reaching office?
A. W
B. U ?
C. T
D. None of these
A.
5. Study the following arrangement carefully and answer
the question given below.
R B B DAP$ 3 T J Q 5 4 S * 1 L+ V 9 N M
B.
5 ÷ K 7 O
If each symbol is first converted into a numeral
and then all the numerals are converted into english
letters, how many converted english letters will be C.
there in the above arrangement of elements?
A. 15
B. 11
C. 12 D.
D. 13

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9. The three different positions of a dice are given 12. Select the correct mirror image of given below
below: combination.

2 3 6 NeWsPaPeR123456
3 6 5 1 3 1
Mirror
A. 654321RePaPsWeN
Which number is on the face opposite to 1? NeWsPaPeR123456
B.
A. 6 B. 2
C. 3 D. 5
C. 654321R P PsWeN
a e
D. 654321R PaPsW N
e e
10. There is a set of three figures X, Y and Z,
13. It is 3 o'clock in a watch. If the minute hand points
showing a sequence of folding of a piece of paper.
towards the North-East, then the hour hand will point
Figure (Z) shows the manner in which the folded
towards the .
paper has been cut. Choose the figure which would
A. South
most closely resemble the unfolded form of paper. B. South-West
C. North-West
D. South-East

14. If the first five words in the sentence, "Meeta Meets

Mysterious Meena Many Times" are rearranged in
X Y Z
the alphabetical order, then which will be the middle
word?
A. B. A. Meeta
B. Meena
C. Meets
D. Mysterious
C. D.
15. Shobha is the niece of Ashish. Ashish's mother is
Priya. Kamla is Priya's mother. Kamla's husband is
Hari. Krishna is the mother-in-law of Hari. How is
11. At the end of a business conference 15 people are Shobha related to Hari?
present. All shake hands with each other once. How A. Daughter
many handshakes will there be altogether? B. Great granddaughter
A. 120 B. 91 C. Grand niece
C. 110 D. 105 D. Great grandson's daughter

MATHEMATICAL REASONING

16. If (3.9268) 2 = 15.42, then find the value of x + 9 x − 4 5 x − 32 2 x − 3

18. Solve for x : + = −
154200. 28 3 9 35
A. 3926.8 A. 19 B. –19
B. 392.68 C. 29 D. –29
C. 39.268
D. 3.9268 19. The difference of the area of the
circumscribed and the inscribed
17. Which of the following do not vary directly?
square of a circle is 35 sq. cm. x
A. Speed of a vehicle and time taken to cover a fixed
distance. Find the area of the circle.
B. Number of days worked and amount of earnings. A. 55 sq. m
C. Number of books and their price. B. 70 sq. m
D. Number of units of current used and the amount C. 55 sq. cm
of charge for consumption. D. 70 sq. cm

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20. The value of 25. The perimeter of a rhombus is 146 cm and one of its
0 1/ 2 diagonal is 55 cm. Find the other diagonal and the
 125 
2/3  1   36 
  ÷  +  
 = area of the rhombus.
64   (625 / 256) −1/ 4   3 64  
  A. 24 cm, 660 cm2
9
A. B. 24 cm, 330 cm2
8
C. 48 cm, 660 cm2
6
B. D. 48 cm, 1320 cm2
5
4
C. 26. A rectangular block of wood has dimensions 24 cm
9
by 9 cm by 7 cm. It is cut up into bricks. Each brick
9
D. is a cube of side 3 cm. Find the largest number of
4
bricks that can be cut from the block.
21. By what least number 3600 be divided to make it A. 48
a perfect cube? B. 56
A. 9
C. 49
B. 50
C. 300 D. 52
D. 450
27. Simplify : (a + b)3 + (a – b)3 + 6a(a 2 – b 2)
22. Sneha cut the following figure out of a rectangular A. 8a2
cardboard of length 70 cm and breadth 50 cm. Find B. 8a2b
the area of the figure. C. 8a3b
44 cm 11 cm D. 8a3
19.8

cm

5.5 cm
.4

22 cm 28. If A : Rational numbers are always closed under division

cm

36.3 cm
26

41.9 cm and R : Division by zero is not defined, then .

37.1 cm A. Both A and R are true
36.3 c
m
B. Both A and R are false
cm

33 cm
35.2 cm

16.5 cm
38.5

C. A is true and R is false

11 cm 44 cm D. A is false and R is true
A. 2722.5 cm2
29. Two dice are tossed. The probability that the total
B. 2122 cm2
C. 2577 cm2 score is a prime number is .
D. 2257 cm2 1
A.
6
23. In the given figure, the angle
12 5
formed between the hour and 11 1 B.
10 2 12
minute hand is
A. 80° 9 3 1
C.
B. 40° 8 4 2
C. 60° 7 6 5
7
D. 30° D.
9
24. The number of chocolates in the three packets
30. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
P, Q and R are in the ratio of 2 : 3 : 4. The
A. A number is divisible by 3, if the sum of digits
total number of chocolates in the three packets is
divisible by 3.
270. Packet R sells 20 chocolates to packet P and
B. A number is divisible by 9, if the sum of its digits
10 chocolates to packet Q. After this sale, what is
is divisible by 9.
the ratio of chocolates in packets P : Q : R?
A. 8 : 9 : 10 C. A number is divisible by 4, if the number formed
B. 9 : 10 : 8 by its last two digits is divisible by 4.
C. 8 : 10 : 9 D. A number is divisible by 6, if the number is
D. 10 : 9 : 8 divisible by either 2 or 3.

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4 8th IMO - Set B
31. How many kg of pure salt must be added to 30 kg 1 1 1 1
of 2% solution of salt and water to increase it to a 33. Simplify: − a 2b 2 c + ab 2 c − abc 2 − cb 2 a 2 +
2 3 4 5
10% solution? 1 2 1 2 1
2 2 cb a − c ab + ca 2b
A. 2 kg B. 3 kg 6 7 8
3 3 7 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
1 2 A. ab c + a bc − abc + abc
C. 4 kg D. 6 kg 10 2 28 8
2 5 7 2 2 1 2 11 2 1 2
B. − a b c + ab c − abc + a bc
32. Which of the following pie charts represent the data 10 2 28 8
1 2 2 7 2 10 1
shown below? C. a b c + ab c − abc + abc 2
2
14 12 5 8
Number of students opting different subjects
D. None of these
Subject No. of students
English 45 34. The size of a red blood cell is 0.000007 m and the
size of a plant cell is 0.00001275 m. Compare these
Maths 60
two, which of the following is correct?
Physics 20
3
Chemistry 30 A. A red blood cell is approximately of the plant
cell in size. 4
Economics 10
1
Hindi 15 B. A red blood cell is approximately of the plant
cell in size. 4
C. A red blood cell is approximately half of the plant
cell in size.
30°

50°
40°
A.
30° 110°
B. 20° 120° D. A red blood cell is approximately equal to the
40°
60° plant cell in size.
50° 80° 90°

35. A card is drawn from a packet of 100 cards numbered

1 to 100. The probability of drawing a number which
is a square is
90° 90°
C. 120° D. 100° 1 9
30° 30° A. B.
50° 60° 60° 40° 20° 10 100
1 2
10° C. D.
100 100

EVERYDAY MATHeMATICS

36. A class starts at 10 a.m. and lasts till 1.27 p.m. Four 38. The price of tea being increased by 20%, a man
periods are held during this interval. After every reduces his consumption by 20%. By how much
period, 5 minutes are given free to the students. The percent will his expenses for tea be decreased?
exact duration of each period is A. 2%
A. 42 minutes B. 4%
B. 48 minutes C. 6%
C. 51 minutes D. 8%
D. 53 minutes
39. If a company sells a car with a marked price of
37. A man plants 15376 apple trees in his garden and ` 2,72,000 and gives a discount of 4% on ` 2,00,000
arranges them so that there are as many rows as and 2.5% on the remaining amount of ` 72,000,
there are apples trees in each row. The number of then the actual price charged by the company for
rows is the car is
A. 124 A. ` 2,50,000
B. 126 B. ` 2,55,000
C. 134 C. ` 2,60,100
D. 144 D. ` 2,62,200

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8th IMO - Set B 5
40. Ratio of the earnings of A and B is 4 : 7. If the 43. Sam invested ` 15,000 at 10% per annum for one
earnings of A increase by 50% and those of B year. If the interest is compounded half-yearly, then
decrease by 25%, the new ratio of their earnings the amount received by Sam at the end of the year
becomes 8 : 7. What are A's earnings? will be
A. ` 21,000 A. ` 16,500
B. ` 26,000 B. ` 16,525.50
C. ` 28,000 C. ` 16,537.50
D. Data inadequate D. ` 18,150

41. A train 150 m long is running with a speed of 44. Within a rectangular garden 10 m wide and 20 m
68 km/hr. In what time will it pass a man who is long, we wish to pave a walk around the borders of
running at 8 km/hr in the same direction in which uniform width so as to leave an area of 96 m2 for
the train is going? flowers. How wide should the walk be?
A. 6 sec A. 1 m
B. 10 sec B. 2 m
C. 9 sec C. 2.1 m
D. 12 sec D. 2.5 m

42. A can finish a work in 18 days and B can do the 45. Tickets numbered 1 to 30 are mixed up and then a
same work in half the time taken by A. Then, working ticket is drawn at random. What is the probability
together, what part of the same work they can finish that the ticket drawn bears a number which is a
in a day? multiple of 5?
1 1
A. A.
6 5
1 3
B. B.
9 5
2 2
C. C.
5 5
2 1
D. D.
7 4

Achievers Section

46. Find the sum of a, b, c, d, e, f, g and h. 47. Select the incorrect match.
A. Mean proportion If A : B = x : y, then
h g B:A=y:x
B. Equivalent ratio Each term in a ratio
multiplied/divided by
the same number.
C. Ratio Used to compare two or
a
more than two quantities.
b D. Proportion It is an equality relation
f
between two ratios.
e
c d 48. Find the numerical value of P : Q where
m + n −l n+l − m l +m−n
 xm   xn   xl 
P =  n × l  × m and
A. 720° x  x  x 

( ) ( ) ( )
1/( a − c ) 1/(b − a ) 1/( c −b )
B. 360° Q = x1/( a −b) × x1/(b − c ) × x1/(c − a )
C. 540° where a, b, c being all different.
A. 1 : 2 B. 2:1
D. 180°
C. 1 : 1 D. None of these

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6 8th IMO - Set B
49. If DE is internal bisector of ∠D, then find x & y C. 25°, 155°
respectively. D. 155°, 25°
G
x 50. Study the statements and choose the correct option.
F Statement-1 : The square root of certain decimals
A
are obtained by first changing the decimals into
35°
fractions with perfect squares as their numerators
E and denominators.
y Statement-2 : (26.1)2 lies between 400 and 900.
70° 25° A. Statement-1 is true and statement-2 is false.
B
C D
B. Statement-1 is false and statement-2 is true.
A. 30°, 150° C. Both statements 1 and 2 are false.
B. 20°, 120° D. Both statements 1 and 2 are true.

SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK

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