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34th ARYABHATTA INTER-SCHOOL MATHEMATICS COMPETITION – 2017

CLASS - VIII

Time Allowed: 2 Hours Max. Marks: 100

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Do not write your name on the questionnaire.

2. Write your roll no. on the questionnaire and the Answer Sheet in the space provided.
3. All the questions are compulsory.
4. Read questions carefully; think twice before you write the answer. No overwriting or cutting is
allowed on the Answer Sheet. Another copy of the questionnaire or answer sheet will not be
provided.
5. Do your rough work in the space provided in the questionnaire.
6. The questionnaire contains four sections. Section A contains 10 questions on Logical Reasoning of
1mark each, Section B contains 20 Multiple Choice Questions of 1 mark each, Section C contains 20
Free Response Type Questions of 2 marks each and Section D contains 10 Free Response Type
Questions of 3 marks each.
7. No working or descriptive answers of any question is to be given. Only the Answers are to be
written on the Separate Answer sheet provided to you.
8. Use Blue or Black pens to write the answer on the Answer Sheet.
9. Answers should be written clearly in the space provided on the Answer sheet.
10. Use of calculator is not allowed.
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 SECTION-A
Write the correct option (a, b, c or d) in the Answer sheet.

1. The alphabets a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h and i are assigned numbers 1 to 9 but not in that order. Number 6 is
assigned to alphabet f. The difference between f and c is 3 and the difference between e and c is 4. What
is the number assigned to ‘e’?
a) Neither 2 nor 3 b) either 2 or 3 c) neither 5 nor 7 d) either 5 or 7
2. If 8 ÷ 5 = 12564,9 ÷ 6 = 21681,3 ÷ 2 =
a) 827 b)89 c)927 d)98
3. In the following question some numbers are given in the shape of figures
÷ = 2 , ÷ = 5 , + = 7 , × = 18 ,What is the value of ?
a) 9 b)6 c)3 d)2
4. Which of the interchanges of sign(s) and numerals would make the following equation correct?
3+ 5− 2 = 4
a) + and - ; 2 and 3 b) + and - ; 2 and5 c) only + and - d) + and - ; 3 and5
5. The capital letters in each of the following words are coded and written in small letters on the right side of
each word. But these letters are not in order.
PROBLEM grcatsd
ROMAN cftxs
LAME fgat
BOLD gcdz
What would be the code for the word ‘MODE’ ?
a) tfzc b) ctfz c) ftcz d) ctaz

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6. Find the missing number :
50 1 7
111 11 10
435 111 ?
a) 20 b) 18 c) 16 d) 14
7. Five police booths A,B,C,D and E are situated in the following manner : A is 1 km East of D , B is 2
km South of E , C is 2 km South of A and E is 3 km West of D. Distance between A and E is
________km.

a) 2 b) 5 c) 3 d)4

8. P, Q, R and S are playing carom. P, R and S, Q are the partners. S is to the right of R who is facing West.
To which direction Q is facing?
a) East b) West c) North d) South
9. Next two numbers of the sequence: 28, 121, 35, 144, 42, 169, . . . are:
a) 49,196 b) 196,49 c) 56,199 d) 56,225
10. How many 9’s are there which come after 6 or a multiple of 3?
699969796979592989696999979896978
a) 7 b)9 c) 11 d) 6

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 SECTION-B
Write the correct option (a, b, c or d) in the Answer sheet.

11. The cost of diamond varies directly as the square of its weight. A diamond weighing 10 decigram costs
Rs. 8000. If it is broken into two pieces, whose weights are in the ratio of 3:2, then the loss incurred is
__________.
a) 3840 b) 3960 c) 4040 d) 4160
12. If the mean of 4,3,x+2,7 and 11 is 6 , the mean of the mode and the median of the data
13,4,3,5,x,7,11,15,10 is ______________.
(a) 0 b) 4 c) 5 d)3
( )
13. If the sum of digits of a number 10n − 1 is 4707 , where n is a natural number , then the value of n is :
a) 477 b) 523 c) 532 d) 704
14. Which of the following is equal to 1?
2 2

a)
0.0121
b)
0.0121
c)
( 0.011) d)
( 0.11)
2 2 2
1.21× 0.1 0.121 (1.1) ( 0.01) (11) 0.01
1
15. The number lies between the numbers :
1+ 5
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
a) and b) and c) and d) and
3 2 2 2 4 3 4 5
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16. A number when divided by 195 leaves a remainder 47. If the same number is divided by 15, then the
remainder will be __________.
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
2 2 2 2
17. If xy = 6 and x + x y + xy + y = 63 , then x + y is equal to :
a) 23 b)55 c) 69 d) 81
3
18. Let p = x 3 x 3 x 3 x , then p (in simplest form) is :
3
a) x2 b)
27
x2 c)
81
x 40 d) x

19. The average age of the boys in a class is ten years. The average age of girls in the class is eight years.
There are 50% more boys than girls in the class. Find the average age of the class (in years).
a) 8.4 b) 8.8 c) 9.2 d) 9.6
20. F is a point taken on side AD of a square ABCD. CE is drawn perpendicular to CF, meeting AB extended
to point E. If the area of CEF = 200cm 2 and area of the square ABCD is 256cm2 , then the length (in
cm) of BE is :
a) 10 b) 11 c) 12 d) 16
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21. Runs scored by B in a match are 10 more than the balls faced by A. The number of balls faced by B is 5
more than the runs scored by A. Together they scored 50 runs and B has faced 15 balls less than A. What
is the number of runs scored by A per ball?
a) 2.67 b) 2.33 c) 0.5 d) 0.33
22. An equilateral triangle and a regular hexagon has equal perimeters .If the area of the triangle is 12 sq. cm,
then the difference of their areas (in sq. cm) is _______.
a)2 b) 4 c) 6 d) 8
23. In a rhombus ABCD , ∠DAB = 60° and diagonals AC= d1 and BD= d 2 then d1 : d 2 is ______

a)1:2 b) 3 :1 c) 3 : 2 d) 2 3 :1
24. In a right triangle ABC , with right angle at C , AB = c , BC= a, CA=b and CL=p , where CL ⊥ AB, then
which one of the following is true:
1 a c b 1 c a 1 b c 1 a b
a) = + + b) = + c) = + d) = +
p bc ab ca p ab bc p ca ab p bc ca
25. In triangle ABC , AP = c, PC = b, PQ = a, AB = x and AB PQ , then :
B
Q

A P C
ab bc ac ac
a) x=a+ b) x = a + c) x = a + d) x = b +
c a b b
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26. The ratio of rates of doing work of P, Q and R is 3:4:5. If they completed a job working together, what
part of it did P complete?
a) ¼ b) 20/47 c) 1/3 d) None of these
27. ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral and ∠BCD = 2∠BAD . The angle made by the diagonal BD at the
centre(in degrees) is :
a) 100 b) 120 c)75 d) 150

28. What is the time when the hands of a clock coincides between 12:00 noon and 2:00 p.m. ?
5 5 5
a) 1: 05 p.m. b) 1: 06 p.m. c) 1: 07 p.m. d) 1: 05 p.m.
11 11 11
29. The volume and surface area of a cylindrical solid of radius ‘r’ units are V and S respectively. If the
V
height of the cylinder is 1 unit , thenis____________.
S
1 1  1 1  1 1 1 1
a) 1 −  b) 1 +  c) 1 −  d) 1 + 
2  r +1 2  r +1  2 r  2 r 
30. In a parallelogram ABCD, BP=PC. ( where P is a point on BC). Line DP intersects AC at Q and meets
side AB produced to X at R, then DQ: QP: PR is equal to _____________.

a)1:2:3 b) 1:3:2 c) 2:1:3 d) 3:2:1

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 SECTION-C
Write the Answers only in the space provided on the Answer sheet.

31. Vishal goes to a shop to buy a radio costing Rs.2568. The rate of sales tax is 7%. He tells the shopkeeper
to reduce the price of radio to such an extent that he has to pay Rs. 2568 inclusive of sales tax. Find the
reduction in the price of the radio.
2
32. A field is in the shape of a square with area 11 sq.m. Find the side of the field (in m) correct to two
3
places of decimal.
33. C

A O
D

E B
In the given figure ∠AOE = 65°, ∠AOB = 95°, then find ∠ACE + ∠ACB − ∠ECB.

x y z
34. If = = = 2 , then evaluate x3 + y 3 + z 3 .
2a − 3b 3b − 4c 4c − 2a
−2197 3 27 29
35. Find the value of 3 + + 4 .
1331 −512 49
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36. If –2 and 1 are zeros of the polynomial p( x) = x3 + 10 x 2 + px + q , then find the value of q 2 − p 2 .
37. The average of n numbers is ‘a’. If one of the number ‘y’ is replaced by ‘x’, the average becomes ‘b’.
Find the value of n.

38. Evaluate: 3 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + ...... + 53 .

39. Vessels A and B contain mixtures of milk and water. The ratios of milk and water in A and B are 4:5 and
3:1 respectively. In what ratio should the contents of A and B be drawn and mixed, to obtain a mixture
having milk and water in the ratio 3:2?
a b a+2 b +1
40. If 2 + 3 = 17 , 2 − 3 = 5 , then find the value of a + b .
2 2 2 2
41. Factorize: x − y + z − a + 2( xz + ay ) .
42. A sum triples in four years under compound interest at a certain rate of interest, interest being
compounded annually. In how many years it would take to become 9 times itself.
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 −2
2  −n 
9 × 3 ×  3 2  − 27 n
n

43. If   =
1
, then find the value of m – n .
3m 3
3 ×2 27
44. If x 2 − 1 is a factor of ax 4 − bx 3 + cx 2 + dx + e , then find the value of a + c + e .
45. If the digits of a three digit number are reversed, then the number so obtained is less than the original
number by 297. If the sum of the digits of the number is 8 and its ten’s digit has the least value, then find
the ten’s digit of the number.
 1
46. If there are n numbers of which one is 1 −  and all others are 1’s, then the arithmetic mean of these
 n
numbers is less than 1 by __________.
47. In the given figure, ∠A = 60°, ∠C = 40°, then find∠DBF − ∠DEF .
A

B F

C D E

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48. A cube of largest volume is carved out of a solid sphere. If V and v are volumes of the sphere and the
cube respectively, then find the ratio V:v ( in terms of π ) .
PQ
49. AB CD EF , BP DQ FR , AC = a, CE = b, CE is thrice of AC , then + 1 is _____ .
QR

B D
F

A C E P Q R

50. A sum takes two years to become 40% more under the simple interest at a certain rate of interest. If it was
lent at the same interest rate for the same time under compound interest, interest being compounded
annually, it would amount x% more than itself. Find x.
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 SECTION-D
Write the Answers only in the space provided on the Answer sheet.

51. With the vertices A, B and C of a triangle ABC as centres, arcs of radii 5cm each are cut off. If AB=14
cm, BC= 48 cm and CA=50 cm, then calculate the area of the remaining triangle (in sq.cm).
(use π = 3.14)
52. Two solutions of sulphuric acid are mixed in the ratio 2:3. The concentration of sulphuric acid in the first
and the second solutions are 10% and 20% respectively. Find the concentration of the sulphuric acid in
the final mixture.
6
2 3 3 2 a b
( 2
53. If a + b ) = (a 3
+b ) and ab ≠ 0, then find  +  .
b a
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54. A solid metal cylinder of height h cm and diameter 14 cm is melted and re-cast into two cones of the
same height in the proportion of 3:4 of volume. Find the percentage change in the surface area (excluding
the curved surfaces).

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55. If y = 5 − 2 6 + 10 − 2 21 then find the value of y + .
y
56. 15 men can complete a work in 210 days . They started the work but at the end of 10 days , 15 additional
men with double efficiency , were included. How many hours in all did they take to finish the work?

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57. Two trains are travelling in opposite direction at uniform speed 60 kmph and 50 kmph respectively. They
take 9 seconds to cross each .If the two trains had travelled in the same direction, then a passenger sitting
in the faster train would have overtaken the other train in 18 seconds. What is the difference of the lengths
of the trains (in metres).
58. A circular road is constructed outside a square field. The perimeter of the square filed is 200 ft. If the
width of the road is 7 2 ft and cost of construction is Rs.100 per sq. ft., find the lowest possible cost of
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construction of 50% of the total road.(use π = )
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59. Triangle ABC is an equilateral triangle with its sides equal to 6a units. AX is a line parallel to BC. P is a
point on AX. From P, a line is drawn to intersect AB, AC and BC produced in points Q, R and S
respectively. If PQ = QR = RS, then find the length of BR .

P A X

Q
R

B C S

60. A building is in the form of a cylinder surmounted by a hemispherical dome. The base diameter of the
1 3
dome is equal to 2/3 of the total height of the building. If it contains 67 m of air, then find the height
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22
of the building (in m). (use π = )
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