DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, SUSHANT LOK

MODEL TEST PAPER

FINAL ASSESSMENT (2023-24)
CLASS VIII
MATHEMATICS

Time: 3 hours M.M.: 80

General Instructions:
 This question paper contains five sections A, B, C,D and E. Each section is compulsory. However, there are
internal choices in some questions. Read the questions carefully.
 Section A has 18 MCQ’s and 02 Assertion -Reason based questions of 1 mark each.
 Section B has 3 case-based questions of 4 marks each.
 Section C has 5 questions of 2 marks each.
 Section D has 6 questions of 3 marks each.
 Section E has 4 questions of 5 marks each.

SECTION-A (1×20 =20)

Q.1 The value of √144 + √1.44 is ?
(A) 24 (B) 9 (C) 13.2 (D) 1.32
Q.2 The factors of 4 y 2 – 12 y + 9 are
(A)( 2 y +3 )2 (B) ( 2 y−3 )2 (C) ( 2 y−3 ) ( 2 y +3 ) (D) 3 ( 4 y 2+ 6 ab2 )
Q.3 The number of coordinate axes is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
Q.4 If 6 cows graze a field completely in 28 days, how long will 14 cows take to completely graze the same field?
(A) 20 (B) 18 (C) 10 (D) 12
Q.5 A letter is chosen from the word ‘RECTANGLE’. The probability of getting a vowel is
2 1 1 4
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 3 9 3
2 pq
Q.6 The value of 5 pq−12 pq+ +6 pq
3
−pq pq
(A) 5 pq (B) −5 pq (C) (D)
3 3
Q.7 The volume of a cuboid whose length, breadth and height are 2a, 3a and 4a is
(A) 24 a2 (B) 4 a2 (C) 24 (D) 24 a3
Q.8 The point of intersection of X axis and Y axis is called
(A) linear Graph (B) Pie Chart (C) Origin (D) bar Graph
Q.9 10 men can dig a trench in 15 days. How long will 3 men take?
(A) 50 days (B) 60 days (C) 100 days (D) 75 days
2
−6 a b 2
∧65 b a
Q.10 Product of the monomials 5 is
36
−13 4 13 4 −13 3 3 13 3 3
(A) ab (B) ab (C) a b (D) a b
6 6 6 6
Q.11 Find the side of a cube whose surface area is 600 sq. cm
(A) 10 m (B) 100 m (C) 10 cm (D) 100 cm
Q.12 A point which lies on both the axes is
(A) (1,1) (B) (0,0) (C) (1,0) (D) (0,1)
Q.13 The solution of which of the following equations is neither a fraction nor an integer.
(A) 3x + 2 = 5x + 2 (B) 4x – 18 = 2 (C) 4x + 7 = x + 2 (D) 5x – 8 = x + 4
2 2
Q.14 The expression to be added to p − 8p + 11 to get 3p − 2p + 6 is

(A) p2 +6 p+5 (B) 2 p 2+ 6 p−5 (C) 2 p 2+ 6 p +5 (D) 8 p−2 q

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Q.15 How many 3 cm cubes can be cut out of a cube of edge 18 cm?
(A) 36 (B) 216 (C) 5 (D) 6

√
Q.16 3 =¿
6
25
5 2 5 9
(A) (B) (C) (D)
9 9 2 5
Q.17 The standard form of a linear equation in one variable x is
(A) ax + b = 0 (B) ax2 + bx + c = 0
3 2
(C) ax + bx + cx + d = 0 (D) ax + by = 0
Q.18 The probability of a certain event is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 0 (D) 3

ASSERTION -REASON BASED QUESTIONS

In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Choose the
correct answer out of the following choices.
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false but R is true.
Q.19 Assertion (A) : The non square numbers between the pair of numbers 500² and 501² are 1001
Reasons (R) : There are 2 n non square numbers between the square of two consecutive numbers n∧¿
(n+1).
Q.20 Assertion (A) : If x = ky, then k = 4 when y = 4, x = 8
Reason (R) : A direct proportion shows the direct relation between two quantities. An inverse
proportion shows inverse or indirect relation between two quantities.
SECTION-B (4×3 =12)

Q.21 Mohan has a box of colored pens. He takes a pen at random from box. The probability that he will take
a red pen is 0.4. If the box contains a total of 50 pens of blue, green and red color and there are 15 blue pens
and 15 green pens. Based on the given information, answer the following questions.
(i) Probability that Mohan does not take red pen
3 4 2 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 5 5 5
(ii) The number of red pens in the box are
(A)15 (B) 20 (C) 25 (D) 30
(iii) The probability of blue pens is
(A) 0.6 (B) 0.5 (C) 0.4 (D) 0.3
(iv) The probability of green pens is
(A) 0.6 (B) 0.5 (C) 0.4 (D) 0.3

Q.22 To develop critical and analyzing skills amongst her children, maths teacher showed her students a video of
3D objects & asked the students to identify the 3D object. One such video was of PWD workers
constructing road using road roller. The cylindrical road roller made of iron was 1m long. Its diameter was
28 m.
(i) What is the radius of road roller?
(A) 27 m (B) 36 m (C) 14 m ( D) 28 m
(ii) What is the Curved Surface Area of road roller?
(A) 88 cm2 (B) 176 cm2 (C) 720 cm2 (D) 88 m2
(iii) The Total Surface Area of road roller is
(A) 1320 m2 (B) 1098 m2 (C) 500 m2 (D) 1523 m2
(iv) The circumference of the two circles is
(A) 88 cm2 (B) 176 cm2 (C) 720 cm2 (D) 88 m2
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Q23. In a PG House, the food provision for 20 persons is for 10 days.
.
(i) Number of days food lasts and number of persons are
(A) Inversely Proprtional (B) Directly proportional
(C) Sometimes directly sometimes inversely (D) None of them

(ii) if there were 5 more persons in that PG house, the good provision will last for
(A) 6 days (B) 8 days (C) 4 days (D) 12 days
(iii) Number of persons if food last for 4 days
(A) 20 (B) 10 (C) 50 (D) 30
(iv ) if there were 10 persons left in that PG house, the good provision will last for
(A) 6 days (B) 20 days (C) 14 days (D) 12 days
SECTION-C (2×5 =10)
Q.24 Solve the equation:3 ( 3 x+5 )+ 5 (2 x – 9 ) =3 ( 4 x – 3 ) −15
Q.25 In a class there are 22 students who like tea, and 18 students who like coffee. What is the probability that a
student likes tea?
Q.26 Samuel has a cylinder of TSA 1728π square units. Find the height of the cylinder if the radius of the base of
the circle is 24 units.
Q.27 Factorise: p2 + q2 + 5a(p2 + q2)
Q.28 For an experiment in science, Vikram and Rohit grew one plant each under similar lab conditions. Their
heights were measured at the end of each week for 5 weeks, the result is shown by the follow:
(i) Write height of plant A after 2 weeks.
(ii) Write height of plant B after 5 weeks.

SECTION - D (3×6 =18)

Q.29 Two people could fit new windows in a house in 3 days.
(i) How are Men and Work proportional to each other?
(ii) One of the people fell ill before work started. How long would the job take now?
(iii) How many people would be needed to fit the window in one day?

Q.30 Find the value of √ 1+3 √ 1+ 4 √ 1+ 35

Or
The diagonals of a rhombus are 7.5 cm and 12 cm. Find its area.

Q.31 Draw a graph to represent multiples of 3 by taking numbers on X axis and its multiples on Y axis.

Number (x) 1 2 3 4
Multiple (3x) 3 6 9 12

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 p+ 1 p−1 1+2 p
Q.32 Solve the equation: − =
5 3 2

Or
y 1 y 1
− = +
2 2 3 4

Q.33 If (3 p+5 q)units ,(9 p+q )units ,( p+ 14 q),∧(5 p−6 q)units are the length of the sides of a quadrilateral
field, then find the perimeter of the quadrilateral field.

Q.34 (i) Factorise: (a+ b)2−4 ab

(ii) Factorise: 8 a 3−2 a2
2
(iii) Expand: ( √ 3 x−√ 5 y )

SECTION-E (5×4 =20)

Q.35 Simplify: a ( b−c ) +b ( c−a ) +c ( a−b ) (2+3)

(ii) Simplify and evaluate if m = -1, n = 0 and p = 1,

2 2 2
3 m ( 2 m−3 n )−2 n ( 3 n−2 p )+ 3 p ( 2 p+ 3 m)

Or

Q.35 (i) What should be subtracted from 3 x 2 y 2 +2 xy 2−5 xy+ y 2−2 x2 ¿ get 2 x 2+3 y 2−2 x 2 y 2 −5 x y 2
(ii) Find the sum of the products ( a+ 2 b¿(2 a−b) ) and (3 a+ b ¿(3 b−2 a).

Q.36. (i) An aquarium is in the form of a cuboid whose external measures are 80 cm × 30 cm × 40 cm. The base,
side faces and back face are to be covered with colored paper. Find the area of the paper needed? (2+3)

(ii) The area of a trapezium is 34 sq cm and the length of one of the parallel sides is 10 cm and its height is
4 cm. Find the length of the other parallel side.

Or

Q.36 (i) A open cylindrical tank of radius 14 m and height 3 m is made from a sheet of metal. How much sheet of
metal is required?

(ii) The perimeter of the floor of a hall is 250 m. If the height is 4 m, find the cost of painting the four walls at
the rate of Rs. 12 per square meter.

Q.37 Factorise: (i) x 2−15+2 x

2 2
(ii) 36−a −b −2 ab (2+3)

Or
Q.37 (i) Divide : 10 x ( 6 x +21 ) by 5 (2 x +7)
(ii) Divide: z ( 5 z 2−80 ) by 5 z ( z + 4 )

Q.38 On a particular day, the sales (in Rupees) of different items of a baker’s shop are given below:

Items Ordinary Fruit Bread Cakes and Biscuits Others

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 Bread Pastries

Sale in (Rupees) 320 80 160 120 40

Or

Q.38. The given pie chart shows the result of a survey carried out to find modes of travel used by children to go to
school. Study the pie chart and answer the following questions:

i. What is the most common mode of transport?

ii. What fraction of children travel by car?
iii. If 18 children travel by car, how many children took part in the survey?
iv. How many students travelled by cycle?
v. Which other mode of transport is used by same number as of cycle users.

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