NURTURE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, DIBRUGARH

: (2023-24)
SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS CLASS: VIII DATE: /01/24
F.M.: 80 TIME: 3 HOURS

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
a) This question paper has 5 sections A-E.
b) All the questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice is provided in some
questions. A student is expected to attempt only one of these questions.
c) Section A has 20 questions carrying 01 mark each.
d) Section B has 9 questions carrying 2 mark each.
e) Section C has 8 questions carrying 3 marks each.
f) Section D has 2 question carrying 4 marks each.
g) Section E has 2 question carrying 5 marks each.

SECTION: A

1. Choose the correct answer: [20x01=20]

a. When the interest is compounded half yearly, then the time is….half year
i. 3n iii. n
ii. 2n iv. n/2
b. If P= 5000 and A= 5700, then CI is …..
i. 5000 iii. 700
ii. 5700 iv. 300
c. Speed of vehicle and time taken for travel vary
i. Inversely iii. Both directly and inversely
ii. Directly iv. None of these
d. Opposite angles may not be equal in a
i. Rhombus iii. Rectangle
ii. Kite iv. Square
e. The co-interior angles are not supplementary in a
i. Rhombus iii. Rectangle
ii. Square iv. Kite
f. The sum of any two sides of a triangle is always…… than/to the third side
i. Smaller iii. Equal
ii. Greater iv. May vary with the triangle.
g. In a parallelogram all …. are equal
i. Sides iii. Sides and angles
ii. Angles iv. None of these
h. The area of a square having side length 5cm is
i. 25 sq. cm iii. 225 sq. cm
ii. 125 sq. cm iv. 625 sq. cm
i. If the height of a trapezium is halved, it's area will decrease by
i. 2 times iii. 3 times
ii. 4 times iv. None of these
j. Number of faces of a polyhedron with 8 vertices and 12 edges :
i. 8 iii. 6
ii. 5 iv. 9
k. The volume of a cuboid of dimensions 12cm,10cm and 5cm :
i. 60 cubic cm iii. 120 cubic cm
ii. 600 cubic cm iv. None of these
l. If the radius of a cylinder is halved, then the curved surface area of the cylinder will
i. remain same iii. Become half
ii. Increase twice iv. None of these
m. 1 litre is equal to
i. 100cm3 iii. 1000 cm3
ii. 10 cm3 iv. 1 cm3
n. The minimum number of points required to draw a line graph is
i. 5 iii. 10
ii. 4 iv. 2
o. The point (-2,3) lies on
i. x-axis iii. Origin
ii. y-axis iv. None of these
p. The mathematician who discovered the Cartesian system of plotting is
i. Newton iii. Leibnitz
ii. Archimedes iv. Rene Descartes
q. Range of a data is always
i. Positive iii. Can be both positive and negative
ii. Negative iv. None of these
r. The range of the data 56,23,10,9 is
i. 45 iii. 09
ii. 47 iv. 56
s. The upper class limit of the class internal 40-60 is
i. 40 iii. 20
ii. 60 iv. None of these
t. If the volume of a cube is 343 cubic cm, then the length of the cube is
i. 11cm iii. 7cm
ii. 14cm iv. 17cm

SECTION: B [02x9=18]

2. Find the LSA and TSA of the cylinder with the radius 3.5m and height 10m.
OR
A cuboid of dimensions 12cm, 6cm and 3cm is melted to form a cube. Find the length of the cube.

3. The height of a trapezium is 7m and one of its base is 8m. If the area of trapezium is 154m 2, find the other base.
4. Construct a rectangle with sides 4 cm and 3cm.
5. A car was bought at Rs 250000 in 2020. Its value depreciated at the rate of 10% per annum. Find its value after
5 years.
6. A car travels 215 Km on 24 litres of petrol. How many kilometres will the car travel if it uses only 10 litres of
petrol?
7. A sum of Rs 5000 is borrowed at a rate of interest 10% per annum for 3 years. Find the simple interest on this
sum and the amount to be paid at the end of 3 years.
8. A shopkeeper allows a 5% discount on an article. The selling price is Rs 2800. Find the marked price of the
article.
9. If 7 taps can fill a tank in 5 hours, how many hours will 4 taps take to fill the same tank?
10. Two adjacent sides of a parallelogram are in the ratio 4:5. If the smaller side is 20 cm, find the perimeter of the
parallelogram.

11. Find the area of the figure:

SECTION: C [3×8=24]

12. The walls and ceiling of a room are to be plastered. The length, breadth and height of the room are 4.5m, 3m
and 350 cm respectively. Find the cost of plastering at the rate of Rs 8 per m 2.
13. Using Euler's Formula find:
i. V=6, F=8, E=?
ii. V=?, F=4, E=6
iii. V=12, F=?, E=30
14. If the volume of a room is 792 m3 and the area of the floor is 132 m3, find the height of the room.
15. In what time will Rs 64000 amount to Rs 68921 at 5% per annum, compound half-yearly?
16. How many bags of wheat can be emptied into a cylinder container of height 7m and base radius 2m, if the
volume required by each bag of wheat is 11m3.
17. The diagonals of a rhombus are in the ratio 2:3. If the area of the rhombus is 121.5cm 2, then find the lengths of
its diagonals.
18. In parallelogram ABCD, AB=5x-4, CD= 3x+6, AD= 2y+3, BC= 3y-5. Find the length of each side of the
parallelogram.
19. Six men working for 8 hours can assemble 36 machines.How many machines can be assembled by 4 men
working for 4 hours?

SECTION: D [2×4=08]

20. Draw a Cartesian plane and plot the following points: P(1,2), Q(0,0), R(3,4), (4,0)
21. Find the area of the figure:

SECTION: E [2×5=10]
22. Construct a quadrilateral PQRS with RS= 6cm, PQ= 7.8cm, RQ=3cm, SP= 5.5cm, angle S= 80. Write the steps
of construction.
23. The following table shows the wickets taken by Shami and Shiraj in 5 one day matches. Represent the data
using line graphs.

Match 1 2 3 4 5

Shami 3 0 2 4 4

Shiraj 1 5 3 0 1
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