QUESTION BANK

CITY MONTESSORI SCHOOL, CHOWK

CLASS VIII (Maths)
PERCENTAGE
Q1. In an examination 80% candidates passed in English and 85% candidates passed in Mathematics. If 73%
candidate passed in both the subjects, then what percent of candidates failed in both the subjects?
(a)8 (b)15 (c)27 (d)35
Q.2  Shikha’s income is 60% more than that of Shalu. What percent is Shalu’s income less than Shikha’s?
a)40% b)37.5% c) 45% d)50%
Q.3 After a 20% hike, the cost of Chinese Vase is Rs 2000. What was the original price of the object?
a) 2220 b)1900 d)1666.67 d)1800
Q.4 An alloy contains 32% copper, 40% nickel and rest zinc. Find the mass of the zinc in 1 kg of the alloy.
a)80% b)70% c)87.5% d)77.5%
Q.5 Expressing 220 % as fraction we get a) 11/25 b)12/25 c)11/5 d)12/5

PROFIT LOSS AND DISCOUNT

Q.1 200 kg of sugar was purchased at the rate of ` 15 per kg and sold at a profit of 5%. Compute the selling
price per kg.
(A) ` 18.25 (B) ` 13.85 (C) ` 15.75 (D) ` 31.50
Q2An article is at 10% more than the CP. If discount of 10% is allowed then which of the following is right?
a)1% gain b)1% loss c) no gain no loss) 1.1% lossS
Q3 If MP of a box is Rs 10 and a discount of 10% is allowed then what should be the sale price?
a) 10 b)9 c) 11 d) none of these
Q4The ratio of cost price and selling price is 4:5. The profit percent is
a)10% b) 20%c )25% d )30%
Q5 A cheater manipulated his weighing machine so that it shows 1kg for 970 grams. How much profit does
he get?
a) 300/97 % b)0.03% c )0.3% d)397/100 %

QUADRILATERAL
Q.1If an angle of a parallelogram is two-third of its adjacent angle, what is the smallest angle of the
parallelogram?
a)72 b) 80 c)108 d) 90 (degrees)
Q.2The four angles of a quadrilateral are as 3 : 5 : 7 : 9. then the measure of largest and the smallest
angle is
a) 120 b) 90 c) 45 d)65 (degrees)
Q3 In the given figure, the bisectors of angle A and angle B meet at point
P. What is measure of angle APB?
a)75 b)80 c) 90 d) 120 (degrees)

Q4 In a re-entrant quadrilateral measure of one of the angle is 210

degrees, the measure of the remaining three equal angles are
a)60 b)75 c)50 d)45 (degrees)
Q5 The angles of a quadrilateral are 110°, 72°, 55° and x°. Find the value of x.
a)120 b)150 c)145 d)123 (degrees)

SPECIAL TYPES OF QUADRILATERAL

Q.1Adjacent sides of a rectangle are in the ratio 5: 12, if the perimeter of the rectangle is 34 cm, find the
length of the diagonal. a) 2 b) 3 c) square root of 5 d) square root of 2
Q2 ABCD is parallelogram as shown in the figure.If AB=2AD an P id the
mid-point of AB, then angle CPD =
a) 135 b)45 c) 60 d)90 (degrees)
Q.3 In a parallelogram ABCD,if AB=2x+5, CD=y+1, AD=y+5 and BC = 3x-4
then the ratio of AB:BC is
a) 71:21 b) 12:11 c)31:35 d)4:7
Q.4

Q.5 The sum of the interior angles of a polygon is three times the sum of its exterior angles thenthe
number of sides of the polygon are
a) 5 b)7 c)8 d) 10

PROBABILITY
Q.1 The letters that form the word ALGEBRA are placed in a bowl. What is the probability of choosing a
letter other than “A”? 
a)2/7 b)5/49 c)5/7 d) 10/49
Q2 A bag has 4 red balls and 4 green balls, what is the probability of getting a red ball randomly?
A. 1/4 B. 1/8 C. 1/2 D. 0

Q.3. When two coins are tossed, then what is the probability of getting Tails for both the coins?
A. ½ B. ¼ C. ⅓ D. None of these

Q.4 A dice is thrown twice. What is the probability of getting two numbers whose product is even?

a)6/4 b)1/2 c)5/4 d)3/4

Q.5 What will be the value of P(not E) if P(E) = 0.07?

a) 0.90 b) 0.007 c)0.93 d)0.72