Grade 8

Mock Practice paper

Marks 40
Time – 1 hour 15 mins

SECTION-A (10 X 1 =10)

1. If x and y are directly proportional and when x = 13, y = 39, which of the
following is not a possible pair of corresponding values of x and y ?
a)1 and 3 b)17 and 51 c)30 and 10 d)6 and 18

2. The discount per cent is calculated on the _________ price of an article.

3. When the interest is compounded half yearly, the number of conversion
periods in a year is four. Say True or False.
4. In a square ABCD, the diagonals meet at point O. The ∆AOB is
a)isosceles right triangle b) equilateral triangle c) isosceles triangle but not
right triangle d) scalene right triangle
5. A period of 4 hrs 30 mins is what percent of a day?
3 2
a) 18 4 % b)20% c)16 3 % d) 19%
6. The diagonals of a __________ intersect at right angles.
7. Rukmini has a farm land which is triangular in shape. What is the sum of all
the exterior angles taken in an order of the farm land?
a)90° b) 180 ° c)360° d) cannot be determined
8. Assuming a land to be unifromly fertile the area of the land and the yield on it
vary _________ with each other.
9. _________ is charged on the sale of an item by the government and is added
to the bill amount/selling price.
10. Which of the following is an equiangular and equilateral polygon?
a)Square b)Rectangle c) Rhombus d) Trapezium

SECTION – B (6 X 2 = 12)

11. In a scout camp, there is food provision for 300 cadets for 42 days. If 50 more
persons join the camp, for how many days will the provision last?
12. The marked price of a refrigerator is Rs 9700. If a GST of 6% is to be charged
on it , how much one has to pay to purchase the refrigerator?
13. An average urban Indian uses about 150 litres of water every day.
Activity Ltrs / Person everyday
Drinking 3
Cooking 4
Bathing 20

How much less percent of water is used in cooking in comparison to that used
for bathing ?
14. Arrange the following ratios in ascending order
2:3 ; 5:8 ; 40 :25
15. In rectangle PAIR, find ∠ARI, ∠RMI and ∠PMA

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16. Three bags contain 64.2 kg of sugar. The second bag contains 5 of the contents
1
of the first and the third contains 45 2 % of what there is in the second bag.
How much sugar is there in each bag?
OR
A shopkeeper was selling all his items at 25% discount. During the off season,
he offered 30% discount over and above the existing discount. If Pragya
bought a skirt which was marked for Rs 1,200, how much did she pay for it?

SECTION – C (6 X 3 =18)
17. Find the amount for Rs 12500 for 2 years compounded annually , the rate of
interest being 15% for the first year and 16% for the second year.

18. In 1975, the consumption of water for human use was about 3850 cu.km/year.
It increased to about 6000 cu.km/year in the year 2000. Find the per cent
increase in the consumption of water from 1975 to 2000. Also, find the annual
per cent increase in consumption (assuming water consumption increases
uniformly).

19. If 25 metres of cloth costs Rs 337.50, then

(i)What will be the cost of 40 metres of the same type of cloth?
(ii) What will be the length of the cloth bought for Rs 810?

20. Quadrilateral EFGH is a rectangle in which J is the point of intersection of the

diagonals. Find the length of the diagonals if JF = 8x + 4 and EG = 24x – 8.

21. The table shows the time four elevators take to travel various distances. Find
which elevator is fastest and which is slowest
 Which elevator is the fastest?
22. A store is having a 25% discount sale. Shwetha has a Rs 50 gift voucher and
wants to use it to buy a board game marked for Rs 320. Calculate the amount
Sheela would have to pay in each case. Which discount is beneficial to her?
OR
Devangi’s phone subscription charges for the period 17-02-09 to 16-03-09 were as
follows :
Period Amount in Rs Service tax %
17−02−09 to 23−02−09 199.75 12%
24−02−09 to 16−03−09 599.25 10%

Find the final bill amount,if 3 % education cess was also charged on service tax.