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Class:- VIII (I.C.S.E) Date : 26 Aug 2023
MATHEMATICS
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Max. Marks : 40 Time : 90 Minutes
SECTION-A 10M

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1. If x   4 , find the value of x 2  2
x x
(a) 16 (b) 18 (c) 12 (d) None

2. Find the sum of the given expression 5 x 2  3 x  8, 4 x  7  2 x 2 and 6  2 x  2 x 2

(a) 2 x  3 y  z (b) x  2 y  3 z (c) 9 x  6 y  4 z (d) 5 x 2  5 x  5

3. Probability of getting more than 2 heads when a pair of coins is tossed.

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(a) 1 (b) (c) (d) 0
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4. Degree of the polynomial 4 x 4  0 x 3  (0  2) x 5  5 x  7 is

(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 7

5. The coefficient of x 2 y 2 in x 2  4 xy  y 2

(a) 4 (b) -1 (c) 4 (d) 0

6.  
Find the coefficient of x 2 in 2 x 2  5 7  3 x 2 
(a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 1 (d) 8
7. Probability of getting a non-red ball from a bag containing 4 red, 5 blue and 3 black balls is
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(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 3 4 12
8. Which of the following pair of terms are like terms?

(a) x 2 y and 3xy 2 (b) x 2 y and 5y 2 x 2 (c) xyz and 7zxy (d) x3 y and x 2 y

9. In a jar, there are 8 yellow balls, 10 red balls, 13 blue balls, and 15 black balls. One ball is randomly
taken out from the jar. The ball, which is taken out of the jar, is least likely to be of which colour?
(a) Red (b) Blue (c) Yellow (d) Black
10. Multiply (3 x  2 y )(3x  2 y )

(a) 9 x 2  4 y 2  12 xy (b) 18 x 2  2 y 2  10 xy (c) 9 x 2  4 y 2  8 xy (d) 9 x 2  6 y 3  12 xy

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 SECTION-B 15M
11. T/F
(i) In tossing a coin getting head or tail are equally likely events.
(ii) Probability of an event E satisfies 0  P ( E )  1 .

(iii) An event which never happens is called sure event.

(iv) Total number of outcomes when two dice are rolled together  6  6 .
(v) An algebraic expression having only one term is called a monomial.

(vi) (a  b) 2  2ab  a 2  b 2 .

12. Subtract the sum of 3 x 2  5 xy  7 y 2  3 and 2 x 2  4 xy  3 y 2  7 from 9 x 2  8 xy  11 y 2 .

13. Divide:
3 2 3 6
(i) 39 pq 2 r 5 by 24 p 3 q 3 r (ii) a b by a 3b 2
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14. What must be added to 5 x 2  3 x  1 to get 3 x 3  7 x 2  8?
15. Two fair coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of Getting only
(i) One head (ii) Getting at least one head (iii) Getting two heads

SECTION-C 15M
16. Divide:

(i) 6 x3  x 2  26 x  25 by 3 x  7 (ii) 12 x3  17 x 2  26 x  18 by 3 x 2  2 x  5

17. Using suitable identities, evaluate the following:

(i) 1052 (ii) 97 2 (iii) 201 199 (iv) 87 2  132 (v) 105  107

18. Solve any five questions from the list below.

A card is drawn from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards. Find the probability of:

(i) neither a heart nor a red king

(ii) a king of red colour

(iii) a king or a queen

(iv) a non-face cards

(v) a black face cards

(vi) a non-ace

(vii) non-face card of black colour

(viii) neither a spade nor a jack