DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWTOWN

SESSION 2022 – 2023

FINAL EXAMINATION

CLASS: VIII FULL MARKS: 80

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS [SET A] TIME: 2 HOURS 30 MINUTES

General Instructions :
• The paper consists of four printed pages.
• Copy the question numbers carefully before answering the questions.
• Rough work wherever required should be shown.
• Reading time is 10 minutes.

SECTION – A
(Attempt all the questions from this section)

1. Choose the correct options from the following: [1 ×10]

i) Volume of the cube with edge 6 cm is _____.
A. 36 cm3 B. 216 cm3 C. 144 cm3 D. 122 cm3
ii) A fruit seller has 90 apples. He gave 20% of the apples to his friend. How many
apples are left with him?
A. 19 B. 108 C. 18 D. 72
iii) The letter which has both line symmetry and rotational symmetry of order
more than 1 is _____.
A. S B. M C. Y D. H
iv) If the length and breadth of a rectangle becomes thrice and twice of the
original length and breadth respectively, then the area becomes _____ times.
A. 8 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7
v) Simple interest on ₹1000 for 2 years at a rate of 8% per annum is _____.
A. ₹180 B. ₹160 C. ₹200 D. ₹1160
vi) The number 3*5 is divisible by 9 if the digit * is _____.
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3
vii) If A= {1} and B= {1,2,3}, then AႶB will be _____.
A. {1} B. {1,2} C. {1,2,3} D. {}
viii) The number of faces in a hexagonal prism is _____.
A. 2 B. 6 C. 4 D. 8

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 ix) Which of the following is not a two dimensional shape?
A. Square B. Circle C. Sphere D. Rectangle
x) The difference of a two digit number and the number obtained by reversing its
digits is always divisible by _____.
A. 11 B. 9 C. 1 D. 5

2. Answer the following questions: [2 ×5]

a) Each side of a rhombus is 15 cm and altitude is 5.5 cm. Find the area of
rhombus.
b) Find the total surface area of a cube of edge 10 cm.
c) Find the solution of the equation: 5x – 3 = 3x – 5.
d) What is the order of rotational symmetry of the alphabet Z? Also find its angle
of rotation?
e) An article was purchased for ₹ 2360 including GST of 18%. Find the price of
article before GST was added.
[3+3+4]
3.
a) If A= { 1, 2, 3, 4}, B = { 3, 4, 5, 6} and C= { 5, 6, 7, 8}, find A∪ ( B ∩ C ).
𝟏
b) Swati took a loan of ₹15360 against her insurance policy at the rate of 12𝟐 %

per annum compounded annually. Calculate the total compound interest

payable by her after 3 years.
c) A road roller takes 900 complete revolutions to level a road. Find the area
of the road levelled, if the diameter of the road roller is 126 cm and its length
is 2.5 m.

4.
[3+3+4]
a) The sum of two digit number and the number obtained by reversing the
order of its digit is 99. If the digits differ by 3, find the number.

b) Two candidates contested in an election. The

candidate who got 45% of the votes was defeated
by 321 votes. Find the total number of votes
polled, if no votes were invalid.

c) In the given figure, O is the centre of a circle.

Given, AB= 30 cm and
AC= 16cm . Find BC and OB of the figure below.

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 SECTION – B
(Attempt any four questions from this section)

5. [3+3+4]
a) The difference between increasing a number by 8% and decreasing it by 7% is
105. What is the number?
b) The length of the tangent drawn to a circle of diameter 10 cm, from a point P
outside the circle, is 12 cm. Find the distance of point P from the centre of the
circle.
c) Two cylinders of equal volume have their heights in the ratio 9:16. Find the
ratio of their radii.

6.
[3+3+4]
a) Factorize:20x2 + 30x – 4xy – 6y.
b) In what time will ₹64000 amount to ₹68921 at 5% per annum, interest being
compounded half yearly?
c) A cuboidal steel box measures 40 cm by 50 cm by 60 cm. Find the cost of the
steel required for making 10 such boxes if 1 sq.m of the steel sheet costs ₹50.

7. [3+3+4]
𝟏
a) Factorise : 81x4 - 𝟏𝟔

b) Find the solution set for the given inequation: 4(x – 3) < x + 3 , x ∈ W.
c) Three bedsheets are purchased for ₹450 each. One of them is sold at a loss of
10%. At what price should the other two bedsheets be sold so as to gain 20%
on the whole transaction?
8. [3+3+4]
a) Find the number of faces, vertices and edges in a pentagonal pyramid and
verify it by Euler’s theorem.
b) If n(A) = 25, n(B) = 16 and n(A∪ 𝐁) = 35, find n (𝐀 ∩ 𝐁).
c) A salesman offers a discount of 12% on the vacuum cleaner which is marked
₹5400 and still makes a profit of 8%. What is the cost price of vacuum cleaner?

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9. [3+3+4]
a) The perimeter of a semicircular protractor is 108 cm. Find its area.
b) If U = {3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}, A = {4, 5, 9, 10} and B = {3, 5, 9}, find the
following :
i) A′
ii) A – B
𝟏 𝟏
c) A is 10 years older than B. Five years ago, 𝟕 of A’s age was equal to 𝟓 of B’s
age. Find their present ages.

10. [3+3+4]
a) Factorize: z2 – 13z – 30
b) The dimensions of a cuboid are 16m by 11m by 8m . It is melted to form a
cylinder of radius 4m. What is the height of cylinder?
c) Solve the inequality and represent the solution on number line:
𝒙 𝒙
+2<𝟒 +3,x∈N
𝟐

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