Aggarwal Corporate Heights, 3rd Floor, Plot No.

A - 7, Netaji Subhash Place,

Pitam Pura, Delhi - 110034 Phone: 011-45221190 - 93. Fax : 25222953

QUESTIONS
for
CLASS-VIII

MATHEMATICS
Topic-Rational Number
Objective Questions
1. Which of the following is not true ?
(A) rational numbers are closed under addition
(B) rational numbers are closed under subtraction
(C) rational numbers are closed under multiplication
(D) rational numbers are closed under division.
2. Multiplicative inverse of a negative rational number is
(A) a positive rational number. (B) a negative rational number
(C) 0 (D) 1
3. If x + 0 = 0 + x = x, which is rational number, then O is called
(A) identity for addition of rational numbers. (B) additive inverse of x.
(C) multiplicative inverse of x. (D) reciprocal of x.
3  7 
4. The reciprocal of  is
8  13 
104 104 21 21
(A) (B) (C) (D) 
21 21 104 104
5. The reciprocal of 0 is
(A) 1 (B) –1 (C) 0 (D) Not defined.
6. If y be the reciprocal of rational number x, then the reciprocal of y will be
x y
(A) x (B) y (C) (D)
y x
3 2
7. By how much is th of 52 lesser than rd of 99?
4 3
(A) 27 (B) 33 (C) 39 (D) 66
8. The number of all prime numbers less than 50 is
(A) 16 (B) 15 (C) 14 (D) 18
9. 4 + 4.44 + 44.4 + 4.04 + 444 = ?
(A) 472.88 (B) 495.22 (C) 500.88 (D) 577.2
10. (6.5  6.5 – 45.5 + 3.5  3.5) ?
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 9 (D) 10

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11. 6  0.25  0.75  0.3125  ?
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(A) 5.9375 (B) 4.2968 (C) 2.1250 (D) 2
12. 3.87  2.59  ?
(A) 1.20 (B) 1.2 (C) 1.27 (D) 1.28
3 2
13. Which of the following fractions lies between and ?
5 3
2 1 1 31
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 3 15 50
14. Which of the following is the smallest ?
15 8 11 7
(A) (B) (C) (D)
16 3 12 8
3 2 1
15. Arrangement of , , in the ascending order is
7 3 3
3 2 1 1 3 2 2 1 3 3 1 2
(A) , , (B) , , (C) , , (D) , ,
7 3 3 3 7 3 3 3 7 7 3 3
3 5
16. Which of the following fractions is greater than but less than ?
4 6
1 2 4 9
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 3 5 10
3 7 5
17. If p  , q  and r  , then
5 9 7
(A) p < q < r (B) q < r < p (C) p < r < q (D) r < q < p
3 1 3
18.  of ?
8 2 16
15 21 15 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
16 128 32 4
3 2 1
19. 2  2 1  ?
4 3 12
13 1 169
(A) (B) 1 (C) (D) None of these
16 4 144
2 3 1 7
20. 9  1 of 3  5 of  ?
9 11 7 9
1 32
(A) 1 (B) 8 (C) 8 (D) 9
4 81
2 3
21.  ?
3 5 2 1
 of 1
6 3 4
1 2
(A) (B) (C) 1 (D) 2
2 3
1 2 3 4 5 6
22. 999  999  999  999  999  999  ?
7 7 7 7 7 7
(A) 2997 (B) 5979 (C) 5997 (D) 5994
1  1  1 1  1 1 1  
23. 7   2  1   1      ?
2  4  4 2  2 3 6  

2 1 77
(A) (B) 1 (C) 4 (D) 1
9 2 288

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1 1

3 1 2 2 3 1 5
24.  2 of  3   ?
4 4 3 1 1 3 6

2 3
7 49 2 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
18 54 3 6
5
25. 4 ?
1
1
1
3
1
2
4
31 1 4 9
(A) (B) (C) (D) 1
40 8 9 31
 1  1  1  1  1 
26.  1  3  1  4  1  5  .......  1  99  1  100   ?
      
1 1 1 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
25 50 100 99
 1 1 1 1 1 
27.  1.4  4.7  7.10  10.13  13.16   ?
 
1 5 3 41
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 16 8 7280
1 1 1
28. If a   1 and b   1 , then c   ?
b c a
(A) 0 (B) 1/2 (C) 1 (D) 2
1 1 1 1
29.    .......  ?
1 2   2  3   3  4  100  101
1 100 101 9
(A) (B) (C) (D) 9
100 101 102 10
3 4
30. A boy read th of a book on one day and th of the remainder on another day. If there were 30 pages
8 5
unread, how many pages did the book contain ?
(A) 240 (B) 300 (C) 600 (D) None of these

ANSWER KEY
1. D 2. B 3. A 4. A
5. D 6. A 7. A 8. B
9. C 10. C 11. D 12. D
13. D 14. D 15. D 16. C
17. C 18. C 19. D 20. B
21. D 22. C 23. C 24. C
25. B 26. B 27. B 28. C
29. B 30. A

SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
A. Very Short Answer Questions (1 Mark)
1. __________ has no reciprocal.
1
2. Multiplicative inverse of 3 is __________.
3

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19 64 41
3. The greater among , , is_______
36 81 54
4. Reciprocal of ___________ is the number itself.
1 1 1 1 
5.      1  ..........
2 2 2 2 
B. Very Short Answer Questions (2 Marks)
1
1. Find the distance walked by a boy in 3 hours if he walks 2.250 km per hour.
4
6.5  4.7  6.5  5.3
2. Evaluate
1.3  7.9  1.3  6.9
3. By how much does the sum of 18.0495 and 34.9644 exceed the sum of 7.6752 and 24.87?
2 1 3 1 2
4. Simplify using properties    
5 4 5 2 5
2 1 2 1 2 1
5. Simplify using suitable identity     
5 3 3 6 8 3
C. Very Short Answer Questions (3 Marks)
5 4 3
1. Evaluate 1   0 
8 5 4
3  3 1 2
2. Evaluate 2   3  2  1 
4  5 2 3
4 1 3 2
3. Arrange in ascending order , , ,
5 2 8 3
4. Simplify and express in decimal form : 2.47  3.53  0.05
8 9 5 19
5. Arrange in ascending order of magnitude , , ,
21 28 12 84
D. Very Short Answer Questions (4 Marks)
1
1. Solve for x : x  2
1
1
1
3
4
 2    2 
 1 2 5  
 1  1  
2. 1     1    5  
 7 3 1  1   7  3 1  2 
 25    5  
3 3
3. The highest score in an innings was of the total and the next highest was of the remainder. If the
11 11
scores differ by 9, then find the total score.
3 4
4. David read of a book on one day and of the reaming on other day. If 60 pages left unread after the
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second day, find the total number of pages in the book.

2  3   1 13 5   
5. Simplify 3   2  3   2    1   
5  5   2 16 16   

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Pitam Pura, Delhi - 110034 Phone: 011-45221190 - 93. Fax : 25222953

QUESTIONS
for
CLASS-VIII

MATHEMATICS
Topic- Square root and Cube roots
Objective Questions
1. 1 2

 22  32  42  52  62  .....  92  102  ?

(A) 45 (B) –45 (C) –54 (D) –55

2 2
2. If  64    36   20  x , then x = ?

(A) 70 (B) 120 (C) 180 (D) 140

3. ?   88  42   16

(A) 3696 (B) 39660 (C) 43163 (D) 53361

4. If two numbers are in the ratio of 2 : 3 and the product of their H.C.F. and L.C.M. is 33750, then the sum of the
numbers is
(A) 250 (B) 325 (C) 375 (D) 425
2
5. 2500  961   ? 

(A) 81 (B) 3 (C) 6561 (D) 9

6. 535.9225  ?
(A) 23.45 (B) 28.25 (C) 23.15 (D) 24.15
9
7. 1 ?
16
3 1
(A) 1 (B) 1 (C) 1.125 (D) None of these
4 4
8
8. If 24 is approximately equal to 4.898, then is nearly equal to
3
(A) 0.544 (B) 1.333 (C) 1.633 (D) 2.666
1.21 0.9
9. ?
1.1 0.11
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 9 (D) 11
.0196
10.  0.2
?
(A) 0.49 (B) 0.7 (C) 4.9 (D) None of these
 0.081 0.484 2.5 
11. Square root of     is
 0.0064 6.25 12.1 
(A) 0.45 (B) 0.75 (C) 0.95 (D) 0.99

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12. Given 2  1.414 . The value of  
8  2 32  3 128  4 50 is

(A) 8.426 (B) 8.484 (C) 8.526 (D) 8.876

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13. If 3  1.732 , then the value of is
3
(A) 0.617 (B) 0.313 (C) 0.577 (D) 0.173
0.16
14. ?
0.4
2 5
(A) 0.2 (B) 0.02 (C) 0.632 (D)
5
15. A General of Army wants to form a solid square from 36562 armies. After arrangement, he found some armies
left. How many armies were left ?
(A) 36 (B) 65 (C) 81 (D) 97
16. 1250 oranges were distributed among a group of girls of a class. Each girl got twice as many oranges as the
number of girls in that group. The number of girls in the group was
(A) 25 (B) 45 (C) 50 (D) 100
17. Three-fifth of the square of a certain number is 126.15. What is the number ?
(A) 14.5 (B) 75.69 (C) 145 (D) 210.25
18. Which smallest number must be added to 2203 to get a perfect square ?
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 6 (D) 8
19. What is the smallest positive integer which when multiplied by 392, gives a perfect square ?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 6
20. The least perfect square number divisible by 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 is
(A) 900 (B) 1200 (C) 2500 (D) 3600
21. The least number to be substracted from 16800 to make it a perfect square, is
(A) 249 (B) 159 (C) 169 (D) 219
22. The least number by which 216 must be divided to make the result a perfect square is
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 9
23. The largest number of 5 digits, which is a perfect square, is
(A) 99999 (B) 99764 (C) 99976 (D) 99856
24. The smallest number of 4 digits, which is a perfect square, is
(A) 1000 (B) 1016 (C) 1024 (D) 1036

25. The value of 5  11  19  29  49 is

(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 7 (D) 9

26. Number of digits in the square root of 625686734489 is
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7
27. A group of students decided to collect as many paise from each member of the group as is the number of
members. If the total collection amounts to Rs. 22.09, the number of members in the group is
(A) 37 (B) 47 (C) 43 (D) 107
28. The length of diagonal of a square is 8 cm. The length of the side of the square is
(A) 2.8 cm (B) 1.414 cm (C) 5.64 cm (D) 2 cm

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29. 2  2  2  ........  ?
(A) 2 (B) 2 (C) 2 2 (D) 2  2
30. 0.4  ?
(A) 0.2 (B) 0.02 (C) 2 (D) 0.632

ANSWER KEY
1. D 2. D 3. D 4. C
5. B 6. C 7. B 8. C
9. B 10. A 11. A 12. B
13. C 14. C 15. C 16. A
17. A 18. C 19. A 20. D
21. B 22. C 23. D 24. C
25. A 26. C 27. B 28. C
29. B 30. D

SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
A. Very Short Answer Questions (1 Mark)
1. Which among the following is surely not a perfect square and why ?
9583, 7929, 49635, 46286
2. How many natural numbers are there between 472 and 482.
3. What is the value of 482 – 472 ?
4. What are the possible unit digits of the square root of a number which ends with the digit 9 ?
3 3
5. If 11 = 1331, find 1.331
B. Short Answer Questions (2 Marks)
1
1. If 2 = 1.414 then find the value of .
2
2. Find the sum of all odd numbers less than 50.
3. Find all possible Pythagorean triplet if one of its members is 24.
4. Find the square of 53 using identity.
5. Find the value of 54  6.
C. Long Answer Questions (3 Marks)
1. Find the sum of all two digit odd numbers.
2. By what least number should you multiply 3484 to get a perfect square number.
9.5  0.0085  18.9
3. Evaluate : .
0.0017  1.9  0.021
4. Find the number of digits in the square root of 974169. Also find its square root by long division method.
D. Long Answer Questions (4 Marks)
1. Find the two perfect square numbers nearest to the greatest 5 digit number.
2. Find the least perfect square number exactly divisible by each of 5, 6, 8, 9 and 15.

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3. Find the square root of correct up to two decimal places.
75
9
4. The product of two numbers is 1575 and their quotient is . Find the numbers.
7
5. A worker is paid Rs.120 for each day he works and is fined Rs.40 for each day he remains absent. If in 50
days, he earned Rs.3,600, find how many days did he remain absent.

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Pitam Pura, Delhi - 110034 Phone: 011-45221190 - 93. Fax : 25222953

QUESTIONS
for
CLASS-VIII

MATHEMATICS
Topic- Linear Equation in One Variable
Objective Questions
xb x b
1. If  , then x =
ab ab
(A) –b (B) b (C) –a (D) a
x2 1 2x  1
2. If  x , then x =
4 3 3
4
(A) –6 (B) 6 (C) 4 (D)
3
3. A man covers a distance of 15 km in 3 hours, partially by walking and partially by running. If he walks at 3
km/h and runs at 9 km/h, find the distance covered by running.
(A) 8 km (B) 9 km (C) 6 km (D) 12 km
4. The length of a rectangle is 15 cm more than its width. The perimeter is 150 cm. Find the area of the rectangle
(A) 1250 cm2 (B) 1350 cm2 (C) 1500 cm2 (D) 900 cm2
5. The ten’s digit of two digit number exceeds its unit digit by 4. If the ten’s digit and the unit’s digit are in the ratio
3 : 1, find the number
(A) 26 (B) 62 (C) 93 (D) 73
6. A boy has x coins of 50 paisa each, 2x coins of 25 paise each, 4 x coins of 10 paise each and 8 x coins of 5
paise each. Find the number of 5 paise coins if the value of all the coins is Rs. 9
(A) 50 (B) 60 (C) 40 (D) 20
7. 50 kg of an alloy of lead and tin contains 60% lead. How much lead must be melted into it to make the alloy
containing 75% lead ?
(A) 20 kg (B) 30 kg (C) 25 kg (D) 40 kg
8. Father’s present age is 3 times the sum of the ages of his two children. After 5 yrs his age will be two times
the sum of the ages of his two children. Find his present age.
(A) 45 yrs (B) 30 yrs (C) 36 yrs (D) 48 yrs
9. In a rational number, twice the numerator is two more than the denominator. If 3 is added to each, the
numerator and the denominator, the new fraction becomes 2/3. Find the original fraction.
3 5 7 9
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 8 12 16
10. A does half a much work as B in three fourth of the time. If together they take 18 days to complete the work,
how much time shall B take to do it ?
(A) 36 days (B) 40 days (C) 28 days (D) 30 days

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11. In covering a distance of 30 km. Abhay takes 2 hours more than Rahul. If Abhay doubles his speed, then he
would take 1 hour less than Rahul. Find Abhay’s speed
1
(A) 6 km/h (B) 7 km (C) 5 km/h (D) 4 km/h
2
12. A worker is paid 120 for each day he works and is fined Rs. 40 for each day he remains absent. If in 50 days,
he earned Rs. 3,600, find for how many days did he remain absent ?
(A) 15 (B) 35 (C) 12 (D) 18
13. The difference of two numbers is 20% of the larger number. If the smaller number is 12, the larger one is:
(A) 15 (B) 16 (C) 18 (D) 20
14. If 50 is subtracted from two-third of a number, the result is equal to sum of 40 and one-fourth of that number.
What is the number ?
(A) 174 (B) 216 (C) 246 (D) 336
1 1
15. If 2 is added to a number and the sum multiplied by 4 and 3 is added to the product and then dividing the
2 2
1
sum by 1 , the quotient become 25. What is the number ?
5
1 1 1 1
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5
2 2 2 2
16. Two numbers are such that the ratio between them is 4 : 7. If each is increased by 4, the ratio becomes 3 : 5.
The larger number is:
(A) 36 (B) 48 (C) 56 (D) 64
17. The ratio between the present ages of P and Q is 6 : 7. If Q is 4 years old than P, what will be the ratio of the
ages of P and Q after 4 years?
(A) 3 : 4 (B) 3 : 5 (C) 4 : 3 (D) None of these
18. The ratio between the school ages of Neelam and Shaan is 5 : 6 respectively. If the ratio between the one-
third age of Neelam and half of Shaan’s age is 5 : 9, then what is the school age of Shaan
(A) 25 years (B) 30 years (C) 36 years (D) Cannot be determined
19. A is two years older than B who is twice as old as C. If the total of the ages of A, B and C be 27, then how old
is B?
(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 10
20. The age of father 10 years ago was thrice the age of his son. Ten years hence, father’s age will be twice that
of his son. The ratio of their present ages is:
(A) 5: 2 (B) 7 : 3 (C) 9 : 2 (D) 13 : 4
21. The difference between a two-digit number and the number obtained by interchanging the positions of its
digits is 36. The digit at unit place is one-third of the digit at tens place in the original number. What is the
original number ?
(A) 64 (B) 73 (C) 84 (D) None of these
22. The denominator of a rational number is 3 more than its numerator. If the numerator is increased by 7 and the
denominator is decreased by 2, we obtained 2. The rational number is:
1 7 8 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 10 11 8
23. The difference of two numbers is 8 and 1/8th of their sum is 35. The numbers are
(A) 132, 140 (B) 128, 136 (C) 124, 132 (D) 136, 144

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24. A mixture of 40 litres of milk and water contains 10% water. How much water should be added to it so that
water may be 20% in the new mixture ?
(A) 2.5 l (B) 3.5 l (C) 4 l (D) 5 l
25. The ratio of boys and girls in a school is 3 : 2. When 6 more girls join, this ratio becomes 6 : 5. How many
boys are there in the school ?
(A) 24 (B) 36 (C) 42 (D) None of these
26. Three numbers are in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5. The sum of the largest and the smallest equals the sum of the third
and 52. The smallest number is
(A) 20 (B) 27 (C) 39 (D) 52
27. A man and a boy complete a work together in 24 days. If for the last 6 days man alone does the work then it is
completed in 26 days. How long the boy will take to complete the work alone ?
(A) 72 days (B) 20 days (C) 24 days (D) 36 days
28. A man completes 30 km of a journey at 6 km/hr and the remaining 40 km of the journey in 5 hours. His
average speed for the whole journey is
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(A) 6 km/hr (B) 7 km/hr (C) 7 km/hr (D) 8 km/hr
11 2
29. If a student walks from his house to school at 5 km/hr, he is late by 30 minutes. However, if he walks at 6
km/hr, he is late by 5 minutes only. The distance of his school from his house is
(A) 2.5 km (B) 3.6 km (C) 5.5 km (D) 12.5 km
30. A steamer goes downstream from one port to another in 4 hours. It covers the same distance upstream in 5
hours. If the speed of the stream is 2 km/hr, the distance between the two ports is
(A) 50 km (B) 60 km (C) 70 km (D) 80 km.

ANSWER KEY
1. C 2. A 3. B 4. B

5. B 6. C 7. B 8. A

9. C 10. D 11. C 12. A

13. A 14. B 15. B 16. C

17. D 18. D 19. D 20. B

21. D 22. D 23. D 24. D

25. D 26. C 27. B 28. B

29. D 30. D

SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
A. Very Short Answer Questions (1 Mark)
1. If three consecutive numbers add upto 51, find the greatest number.
2. If 2x + 3 = x – 1, find x
2
3. If  0.1  x  0.02, then x is __________.
x x
4. If   3 , find x
4 5
1 1
5. If x    x, then x = ___________.
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B. Short Answer Questions (2 Marks)
2 2

1. If
 36.54    3.46 
 40, find x.
x
3 2
2. The difference between th and th of a number is 28, find the number.
4 5
3. Find three consecutive integers, such that, the smallest integer plus one fifth of the next, minus half of the third
integer gives 9.
4. The cost of an article is 15% less than other. If their total cost is Rs.2775, find their cost.
5. How much water most be added to 300 litre of a solution so that it concentration change from 25% to 20%
C. Long Answer Questions (3 Marks)
1. A number increased by 62.5% gives 39. Frame a linear equation and solve for the required number.
2x  1 9
2. Solve for x : 
3x  2 10
3. Father’s present age is 3 times the sum of the ages of his two children. After 5 years his age will be two times
the sum of the ages of the two children. Find his present age.
2  2x  1 x 1
4. Solve for x :  0
9 2
5. In a two digit number, the digit in the unit place is 2 more than three times the digit in the tans place. If the sum
of the digits is 6, find the number.
D. Long Answer Questions (4 Marks)
1. A worker is paid 120 for each day he works and is fined Rs. 40 for each day he remains absent. If in 50 days,
he earned Rs. 3,600., find for how many days did he remain absent ?
1
2. Solve for x : x  2
1
1
1
3
4
3. In covering a distance of 30 km. Abhay takes 2 hours more than Rahul. If Abhay doubles his speed, then he
would take 1 hour less than Rahul. Find Abhay’s speed.
7x  1 1  1  x  10
4. Solve   2x  
4 3 2  3
5. A fast train takes 3 hours less than the slow train for a journey of 600 km. If the speed of the slow train is 10
km/h less than the fast train, find the speed of the slow train.
6. The length of the rectangle exceeds its breadth by 4 cm. If length and breadth are each increased by 3 cm,
the area of the new rectangle will be 81 cm2 more than that of the given rectangle. Find the length and breadth
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QUESTIONS
for
CLASS-VIII

MATHEMATICS
Topic- Understanding Quadrilateral
Objective Questions
1. A regular hexagon is inscribed in a circle of radius 10 cm. Length of each side of the hexagon is
(A) 10 3 cm (B) 10 2 cm (C) 10 cm (D) 20 cm
2. The least value of the interior angle of regular polygon is
(A) 600 (B) 450 (C) 720 (D) 360
3. Sum of the interior angles of a polygon is 16 right angle. Its number of sides is
(A) 8 (B) 16 (C) 14 (D) 10
4. Which of the following may be the sum of the angles of polygon ?
(A) 10000 (B) 14600 (C) 32 right angles (D) 13-right angles
5. The maximum value of each exterior angle of a regular polygon is
(A) 1350 (B) 1200 (C) 1500 (D) 1650
6. Each interior angle of a regular polygon is 1500. The polygon has
(A) 10 sides (B) 8 sides (C) 12 sides (D) None of these
7. The exterior and interior angles of a polygon are in the ratio 2 : 7. The number of sides of the polygon is
(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 15
8. Which of the following may be the interior angle of a regular polygon.
(A) 1700 (B) 1620 (C) 1530 (D) Both (A) and (B)
9. The exterior angle of a regular polygon is one third of its interior angle. The polygon has
(A) 8 sides (B) 9 sides (C) 10 sides (D) None of these
10. AB, BC and CD are three consecutive sides of a regular polygon. BAC = 200. The number of sides of the
polygon is
(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 12
11. In a quadrilateral ABCD, A : B : C : D = 3 : 4 : 5 : 6. Then ABCD is a
(A) Trapezium (B) Parallelogram (C) Rhombus (D) Kite
0
12. In a rhombus ABCD, half of A exceeds one-sixth of B by 50 . The larger of these angles is
(A) 1200 (B) 1000 (C) 1100 (D) 1300
13. Which of the following must be a square
(A) A rhombus whose adjacent angle are equal
(B) A rectangle whose adjacent side are equal
(C) Both (A) and (B)
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14. ABCD is a kite in which AB = AD and BC = CD. If ABD = 25 and BDC = 35 , then A – C is
(A) 300 (B) 200 (C) 350 (D) 400
15. PQRS is a parallelogram in which PR  QS. If PR = 8 cm and QS = 6 cm. Then PS is equal to
(A) 5 cm (B) 4 cm (C) 7 cm (D) 6 cm
16. ABCD is a square and PABQ is a rectangle. PRC is:

0 0 0 0
(A) 145 (B) 120 (C) 135 (D) 150
17. In the rectangle ABCD, sum of the diagonals is 52 cm. ‘O’ is the point of intersection of the diagonals and OE
 AB. If OE = 5 cm. The sides of the rectangle are
(A) 24 cm, 10 cm (B) 12 cm, 10 cm (C) 24 cm, 5 cm (D) 12 cm, 15 cm
18. The bisectors of the angles of a parallelogram, encloses a
(A) Parallelogram (B) Square (C) Rectangle (D) Rhombus
19. ABCD is a parallelogram and E and F are the centroids of triangles ABD and BCD respectively, then EF =
(A) AE (B) BE (C) CE (D) DE
20. Diagonals necessarily bisect opposite angles in
(A) rectangle (B) square (C) rhombus (D) both (B) and (C)
21. In a quadrilateral ABCD, A + C = 2(B + D). If A : C = 2 : 3 then A is equal to
(A) 1440 (B) 720 (C) 960 (D) 1000
22. In a rhombus ABCD, B = 600. If AC = 12 cm then BD =
(A) 12 3 cm (B) 12 2 cm (C) 24 cm (D) 18 cm
23. In a square ABCD, diagonals meet at ‘O’. P is a point on BC such that OB = BP. The POC is
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(A) 300 (B) 22 (C) 450 (D) None of these
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24. ABCD is a square and APB is an equilateral , AOB is:

(A) 600 (B) 750 (C) 900 (D) 650

25. ABCD is a parallelogram. Bisector of D meets AB at E such that AE = BE. Then DEC is
(A) 900 (B) 600 (C) 750 (D) 1200
26. In ABC, B = 900 and D is the mid-point of AC. If AB = 16 cm and BC = 12 cm then BD =
(A) 8 cm (B) 12 cm (C) 10 cm (D) 20 cm
27. ABCD is a kite with AB = BC and AD = CD. Which among the following is correct ?
(A) BD bisects B and D (B) BD bisects AC
(C) BD  AC (D) All of these
28. In quadrilateral ABCD AB || CD and AB = CD. Then ABCD is a
(A) Rectangle (B) Parallelogram (C) Trapezium (D) None of these

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29. ABCD is a quadrilateral. Bisectors of A, B, C and D form a quadrilateral PQRS. Which among the
following is true.
(A) PQRS is a rectangle (B) P + R = Q + S
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(C) P + R = 180 (D) PQRS is a parallelogram
30. ABCD is a rhombus. If AC = 10cm and BD = 24 cm, then perimeter of ABCD is
(A) 64 cm (B) 40 cm (C) 48 cm (D) 52 cm

ANSWER KEY
1. C 2. A 3. D 4. C
5. B 6. C 7. A 8. D
9. A 10. B 11. A 12. A
13. C 14. B 15. A 16. C
17. A 18. C 19. A 20. C
21. C 22. A 23. B 24. B
25. A 26. C 27. D 28. B
29. C 30. D

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QUESTIONS
for
CLASS-VIII

MATHEMATICS
Topic- Direct and Inverse Variation
Objective Questions
1. The volume of a sphere varies directly as the cube of its radius. If its volume is 36cm3 , then what is the volume of the
sphere when the diameter is doubled ?
3 3 3
(A) 576 cm (B) 216 cm (C) 144 cm (D) None of these
2. The monthly expenditure of a family of 9 members is ` 891. What will be the monthly expenditure, if the number of
family members increases by 3 ?
(A) 1296 (B) 1188 (C) 1456 (D) 1080
3. Frequency of vibration of a wire varies inversely with its length. The frequency is 220 Hz when the length of the wire is
120 m. Find the frequency when its length is 100 m.
(A) 216 Hz (B) 262 Hz (C) 280 Hz (D) 264 Hz
4. For 20 students, the mess bill for 12 days is Rs. 7000. In how many days will be mess charges be Rs.4900 for 8 students.
(A) 20 day (B) 21 days (C) 22 days (D) 23 days
5. In flow of current through a resistor varies directly with the p.d. across it. When p.d. across the resistor is 30 volts, the
flow of current through it is 5 A. What is the flow of current when the p.d. across it is 60 volts.
(A) 10 A (B) 2.5 A (C) 5 A (D) 20 A
6. 15 men can complete a work, working 8 hours a day in 30 days. Find the time taken by 30 men to complete 5 such work,
working 10 hours a day
(A) 30 days (B) 45 days (C) 60 days (D) 15 days
7. 20 men can lay a road of 50 km long in 10 days. In how many days can 15 men lay a road of 75 km long .
(A) 10 days (B) 20 days (C) 30 days (D) 40 days
8. In a vessel, the pressure of a gas varies directly with its temperature, if its volume is kept constant. When the pressure is
increased from 1 atm to 3 atm, then the temperature increases from 273 K to 'x' K. Then the value of x is
(A) 91 K (B) 546 K (C) 819 K (D) 900 K
9. 90 men can dig a well in 20 days. After they have worked for 5 days, how many more men should be employed so as to
complete the work in another 10 days.
(A) 45 (B) 60 (C) 57 (D) 80
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10. A varies directly with x . If x = 2 or 4, then A = 20. If x = 8, then A is
(A) 48 (B) 120 (C) 64 (D) 320
11. P varies inversely with y . If y = 2, then P = 40. If P = 20 then y is

(A) 8 (B) 8 (C) 4 (D) 2

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12. Force varies directly with acceleration. When force is 10 N, acceleration is 2 m/sec2. When acceleration is 4 ms , then
force is
(A) 30 N (B) 20 N (C) 40 N (D) 50 N
13. 40 men can finish a job in 6 days. In how many days can 60 men finish twice this job ?
(A) 8 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 4
14. In a family the consumption of power for 18 days is 120 units. How many units of power is consumed in the month of
November in the same rate :
(A) 180 units (B) 200 units (C) 220 units (D) 240 units
15. Given that x varies directly with the square of y, when x = 2, y is also 2. What will be the value of y when x is 8 ?
(A) 8 (B) 6 (C) 4 (D) 2
16. 40 % of a number is 60. Then 60% of this number is
(A) 40 (B) 60 (C) 90 (D) none of these
17. 2 farmers can plough a farm in 10 days working 8 hours a day. In how many days 5 farmers can plough 5 such farms
working 4 hours a day ?
(A) 20 (B) 30 (C) 36 (D) None of these
18. A man has enough money to buy 75 machines worth ` 200 each. How many machines can he buy if he gets a discount of
25 % on each machine ?
(A) 150 (B) 75 (C) 100 (D) 120
19. A car can finish a certain journey in 10 hours at a speed of 48 km/h. By how much should its speed be increased to finish
the journey in 8 hours ?
(A) 10 km/h (B) 12 km/h (C) 8 km/h (D) 15 km/h
20. Ramu goes to his school at an average speed of 12 m/s and reaches in 40 minutes. On a day he starts 10 minute late. To
reach the school in time, he must increase his speed by
(A) 5 m/s (B) 6 m/s (C) 4 m/s (D) 3 m/s
21. A shirt costs twice as much as a tie. If 5 shirts cost Rs. 1250, 2 shirts and 4 ties will cost
(A) Rs. 1050 (B) Rs. 1000
(C) Rs. 950 (D) None of the above
22. If 22.5 m of cloth cost Rs. 675, then 7 m of cloth will cost
(A) Rs. 210 (B) Rs. 270 (C) Rs. 180 (D) None of these
23. If on a scale of a map 4.2 cm will represent 2100 km, distance between two cities 5.2 cm apart on the map is
(A) 260 km (B) 26000 km (C) 26 km (D) None of these
24. An agent receives a commission of Rs 23 on a sale of Rs. 1000. His commission on sale of Rs. 50,000 is
(A) Rs. 1000 (B) Rs. 2300
(C) Rs 1150 (D) None of the these
25. In a party 8 bottles of mineral water were consumed by 5 persons. Number of bottles need for 80 persons is
(A) 1280 (B) 12.8 (C) 64 (D) None of these
26. Thickness of a bundle of 500 sheets of paper is 4 cm. Thickness of a bundle of 225 sheets of paper is
(A) 2.5 cm (B) 1.8 cm (C) 2.25 cm (D) None of these
27. A typist can type 400 words in half an hour. The number of words typed in 24 minutes is
(A) 160 (B) 640 (C) 320 (D) None of these
28. A job can be finished by 15 men in 35 days. The number of men needed to finish the job in 25 days is
(A) 21 (B) 35 (C) 15 (D) None of these

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29. A tank can be filled by 5 pipes in 48 minutes. If one pipe is out of order, time required to fill the tank is
(A) 48 min (B) 120 min (C) 60 min (D) None of these
30. A rope makes 140 rounds around a cylinder with diameter of base 14 cm. The number of times it will go round a cylinder
with diameter of base 10 cm is
(A) 400 (B) 19.6 (C) 1960 (D) None of these

ANSWER KEY
1. D 2. B 3. D 4. B
5. B 6. C 7. B 8. C
9. A 10. D 11. B 12. B
13. D 14. B 15. C 16. C
17. D 18. C 19. B 20. C
21. B 22. A 23. D 24. C
25. D 26. B 27. C 28. A
29. C 30. D

SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
A. Very Short Answer Questions (1 Mark)
1. 3/4 of a quantity is 600. What is that quantity ?
2. 52 Packets of 12 pencils each cost Rs.499.20. Find the cost of 65 packets of 10 pencils ?
3. 8 eggs can be bought for Rs.10.40. How many more eggs can be bought for Rs. 16.90 ?
4. 25 metres of cloth costs Rs.1575. How many metres of it can be bought for Rs. 2016 ?
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5. If 6 tankers can be filled by a pipe in 4 hrs, then how long does the pipe take to fill 4 such tankers ?
2
B. Short Answer Questions (2 Marks)
1. 280 quintals of wheat is yield from 6 hectares. How many hectares are required to yield 225 quintals ?
2. There is sufficient food for 400 soldiers for 20 days some soldiers left the place on the first day and then the food lasted
for 32 days. How many soldiers left the place ?
3. If 10 horses consume 18 bushels in 36 days, how long will 24 bushels last for 30 horses ?
4. 50 men can do a piece of work in 16 days. How many men will be required to do 2 such works on 20 days ?
5. 11 binders can bind 660 books in 12 days. How many books can be binded by 18 binders in 10 days?
C. Long Answer Questions (3 Marks)
1. A garrison of 750 men has provisions for 20 days. After 4 days 450 men joined with them. For how many days the same
provision will last ?
2. An agent gets a commission of Rs. 23 on a sale of Rs. 1000. How much commission will he get on a sale of Rs. 50,000 ?
3. A shirt costs twice as much as a tie. If 5 shirts cost Rs.1250, then how much 2 shirts and 4 ties will cost ?
4. On a scale of a map 4.2 cm represents 2100 km. Find the distance between two cities which are 5.2 cm apart on the map.
5. Ranjit has enough money to buy 50 articles costing Rs. 525 each of the cost if each item increases by Rs. 100, how many
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D. Long Answer Questions (5 Marks)
1. 2 farmers can plough a farm in 10 days working 8 hours a day. In how many days 5 farmers can plough 5 such farms
working 4 hours a day ?
2. A man has enough money to buy 75 machines worth ` 200 each. How many machines can he buy if he gets a discount of
25 % on each machine ?
3. Ramu goes to his school at an average speed of 12 m/s and reaches in 40 minutes. On a day he starts 10 minute late. To
reach the school in time, he must increase his speed by
4. A rope makes 140 rounds around a cylinder with diameter of base 14 cm. The number of times it will go round a cylinder
with diameter of base 10 cm is
5. 90 men can dig a well in 20 days. After they have worked for 5 days, how many more men should be employed so as to
complete the work in another 10 days.

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QUESTIONS
for
CLASS-VIII

MATHEMATICS
Topic- Comparing Quantities
Objective Questions
1. A's expenditure is 20% more than B's expenditure. B's expenditure is 30% less than C's expenditure. By what percentage
is A's expenditure less than C's expenditure ?
(A) 16% (B) 12% (C) 14 % (D) 18 %
2. The side of square ABCD is 20 % longer than the side of square PQRS. By what percentage is the area of ABCD more
than the area of PQRS ?
(A) 20 % (B) 24% (C) 40% (D) 44%
3. The price of an article increases by 10%, 15% and 20% in 3 consecutive weeks. What is the approximate overall
percentage increase for the 3 weeks ?
(A) 45% (B) 62% (C) 35 % (C) 52 %
4. Madan spends 50% of his income on household expenditure and 60% of the remaining on personal expenditure. Of the
remaining. He pays 50% towards income tax and saves the remaining. Rs. 1200. What is the personal expenditure of
Madan ?
(A) Rs. 1800 (B) Rs. 2400 (C) Rs. 3600 (D) Rs. 4800
5. A solution of 150 litres contains 60% of milk and the rest water. How much water must be added to the above solution
such that the resulting mixture contains 50% of water (in lts)
(A) 60 (B) 80 (C) 20 (D) 30
6. One litre of water is evaporated from 6 litres of a solution containing 5% salt. The percentage of salt in the remaining
solutions is :
4 5
(A) 4 % (B) 5 % (C) 5 % (D) 6%
9 7
7. Two numbers are less than a third number by 30 % and 37 % respectively. How much percent is the second number less
than the first ?
(A) 10% (B) 15% (C) 20% (D) 25 %
8. A period of 4 hrs 30 min is what percent of a day ?
3 2
(A) 18 % (B) 20% (C) 16 % (D) 19%
4 3
9. Fresh grapes contain 80% water while dry grapes contain 10 % water. If the weight of dry grapes is 250 kg, what was its
total weight when it was fresh ?
(A) 1000 g (B) 1100 kg (C) 1125 kg (D) 1225 kg
10. A man's wages were decreased by 50%. Again the reduced wages were increased by 50%. He has a loss of :
(A) 0% (B) 0.25% (C) 2.5% (D) 25%

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11. Nafees bought a computer system for Rs. 50,000. He sold it to Afroz at a loss of 4%. If Afroz sells it for Rs 49,680 to
Vishal, the profit percent earned by Afroz, is
(A) 4% (B) 4.5 % (C) 3.5 % (D) None of these
12. A wholesaler sells 20 pens for the marked price of 16 pens to a retailer. The retailer in turn sells them at marked price.
The retailer
(A) makes a profit of 25% (B) suffers a loss of 25%
(C) makes a profit of 15 % (D) none of these
13. Samuel bought two old scooters for Rs 22000. By selling one at a profit of 24% and the other at a loss of 20%, he neither
gains nor losses. The cost prices of the dearer of the two scooters is
(A) Rs 12,000 (B) Rs 10,000 (C) Rs 15,000 (D) None of these
14. The selling price of 20 articles is the same as the cost price of 16 articles. The retailer
(A) makes a profit of 25 % (B) suffers a loss of 25 %
(C) does not suffer any loss nor has any profit (D) none of these
15. A dealer buys an article listed for Rs. 1,600 and gets successive discounts of 10 % and 20%. He spends Rs 148 on
repairs. The selling price if he sells it at a profit of 21 % is
(A) Rs 1576 (B) Rs 1753 (C) Rs 1573 (D) none of these
16. The list price of an item is Rs 1200. After two successive discounts it is sold for Rs1,026. If the first discount is 10%. The
rate of second discount is
(A) 5% (B) 10 % (C) 15 % (D) none of these
17. A shopkeeper sold sugar at the same price as he purchased it. He however cheated by using a false weight which was
marked for 1 kg but actually weighed 950 grams. His profit percent is nearly
(A) 5.25 % (B) 6% (C) 6.25% (D) none of these
18. If an item is sold at a discount of 25%, the shopkeeper suffers a loss of 15%. If the cost price of the item was Rs 1500, its
marked price was
(A) Rs 1700 (B) Rs 1200 (C) Rs 1400 (D) None of these
19. A shopkeeper selling shirts offers discount by offering a free shirt on purchase of a particular number of shirts. If he
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wishes to offer a discount of 33 % then with how many shirts should he offer one free shirt
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(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) none of these
20. For a particular item discount series are offered as follows Series I : 10%, 12%, 14% Series II : 12%, 10%, 14% . The one
better for the customer is
(A) Series I (B) Series II
(C) both are equivalent (D) none of these
21. The ratio of the number of students studying in schools A, B and C is 5 : 6 : 8. If the number of students in each of the
schools is increased by 30%, 25% and 25% respectively, what will be the new ratio of the students in schools A, B and C
?
(A) 15 : 14 : 20 (B) 13 : 15 : 20 (C) 15 : 17 : 90 (D) none of these
1 2 2 1
22. Two numbers are in the ratio 1 : 2 . When each one of these is increased by 15, their ratio becomes 1 : 2 . The
2 3 3 2
larger of the numbers is :
(A) 27 (B) 36 (C) 48 (D) 64\
23. When 1 is added to each of the given two numbers, their ratio becomes 3 : 4 and when 5 is subtracted from each, the ratio
becomes 7 : 10. The numbers are
(A) 8 : 11 (B) 11 : 15 (C) 26 : 35 (D) 27 : 36

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24. A sum of money is divided among A, B and C in such a ways that to each rupee A gets, B gets 65 paise and C gets 35
paise. If C's share is Rs 28, the sum is :
(A) Rs 120 (B) Rs 140 (C) Rs 160 (D) Rs 180
25. A mixture contains milk and water in the ratio 5 : 1. On adding 5 litres of water, the ratio of milk to water becomes 5 : 2.
The quantity of milk in the original mixture is :
(A) 16 litres (B) 22.75 litres (C) 25 litres (D) 32.5 litres
26. A and B are two alloys of gold and copper prepared by mixing metals int he proportion 7 : 2 and 7 : 11 respectively. If
equal quantities of the alloy are melted to form a third alloy C, the proportion of gold and copper in C will be :
(A) 5 : 9 (B) 5 : 7 (C) 7 : 5 (D) 9 : 5
27. The speeds of three cars are in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5. The ratio between the time taken by them to travel a fixed distance, is :
(A) 3 : 4 : 5 (B) 5 : 4 : 3 (C) 12 : 15 : 20 (D) 20 : 15 : 12
28. The ratio between the ages of Kamala and Nisha is 6 : 5 and the sum of their ages is 44 years. The ratio of their ages after
8 years will be :
(A) 5 : 6 (B) 7 : 8 (C) 8 : 7 (D) 14 : 13
29. Mean proportional to 0.32 and 0.02 is :
(A) 0.8 (B) 0.08 (C) 0.008 (D) 0.4
30. The sum of squares of three numbers which are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4 is 725. What are these numbers?
(A) 10, 15, 20 (B) 14, 21, 28 (D) 20, 15, 30 (D) 20, 30, 40

ANSWER KEY
1. A 2. B 3. C 4. C
5. B 6. D 7. A 8. A
9. C 10. D 11. C 12. A
13. B 14. D 15. C 16. A
17. A 18. A 19. A 20. C
21. B 22. C 23. C 24. C
25. C 26. C 27. D 28. C
29. B 30. A

SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
A. Very Short Answer Questions (1 Mark)
1. If 23% of a is 46, then find a.
2. 72% of 25 students are good at Mathematics. How many are not good at it ?
3. A shopkeeper buys a toy for Rs 250 and sells it for Rs 285. Find his gain and gain percent.
4. A girl buys lemons at 4 for Rs 3 and sells them at 5 for Rs 4. How much percent loss or gain does she make ?
5. Express the ratio 5 : 4 as a percent.
B. Short Answer Questions (2 Marks)
1. A man loses 20% of his money. After spending 25% of the remainder, he has Rs 480.00 left. How much money did he
originally have ?
2. Rani’s weight is 25% that of Meena’s and 40% that of Tara’s. What percentage of Tara’s weight is Meena’s weight ?
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4. A toy was sold at a gain of 12%. Had it been sold for Rs 33 more, the gain would have been 14%. Find the cost price of
the toy ?
5. At a clearance sale, all goods are on sale at 45% discount. If I buy a skirt marked Rs 600, how much would I need to pay?
C. Long Answer Questions (3 Marks)
1. The value of a machine depreciates every year by 10%. What will be its value after 2 years if its present value is Rs
50,000 ?
2. Find the percent of pure gold in 22-carat gold, if 24 carat gold is hundred percent pure gold.
3. 200 kg of sugar was purchased at the rate of Rs 15 per kg and sold at a profit of 5%. Compute the profit and the selling
price per kg.
4. A man bought an article and sold it at a gain of 10%. If he had bought it at 20% less and sold it for Rs 10 more, he would
have made a profit of 40%. Find the C.P. of the article ?
5. A dealer buys an article for Rs 380. At what price must he mark it so that after allowing a discount of 5%, he still makes
a profit of 25% ?
D. Long Answer Questions (4 Marks)
1. A shopkeeper marks his goods at such a price that after allowing a discount of 12.5% for cash payment, he still makes a
profit of 10%. Find the marked price of an article which costs him Rs 245.
2. Three items are purchased at Rs 450 each. One of them is sold at a loss of 10%. At what price should the other two be
sold so as to gain 20% on the whole transaction? what is the gain % on these two items ?
3. A man bought TWO T.V. sets for Rs 42500. He sold one at a loss of 10% and other at a profit of 10%. if the selling price
of each T.V. set is same, determine the C.P. of each set.
4. A cistern can be filled by a tap in 6 hours and emptied by an outlet pipe in 8 hours. How long will it take to fill the cistern
if both the tap and the pipe are opened together ?
5. A pipe can fill a cistern in 6 hours. Due to a leak in the bottom it is filled in 7 hours. When the cistern in full, in how
much time will it be emptied by the leak ?

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QUESTIONS
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CLASS-VIII

MATHEMATICS
Topic- Algebra
Objective Questions
1 1
1. If x   11 , find the value of x 2  2
x x
(A) 118 (B) 119 (C) 120 (D) 121
1 1
2. If x 2  2
 1 , find the value of x 2  2
x x
(A) 5 (B)  5 (C)  6 (D) 6
2 2
3. If 9x  25y  181and xy = –6, find the value of 3x + 5y
(A)  1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
2 2 2
4. If a + b + c = 9, ab + bc + ca = 15, find a + b + c .
(A) 48 (B) 49 (C) 50 (D) 51
1 1
5. If 3x  x  5 find 81x 4  is
3 81x 4
(A) 727 (B) 728 (C) 729 (D) 730
1 1
6. If m   5 find m4  4 is
m m
(A) 727 (B) 728 (C) 729 (D) None of these
1 1
7. If a   4 , find a3  3 is
a a
(A) 72 (B) 74 (C) 76 (D) 78
2 2 2
8. Find ab + bc + ca if a + b + c = 10, a + b + c = 38
(A) 31 (B) 32 (C) 33 (D) 34
1 1
9. If x  then, find x 3  3
5x x
(A) 108 (B) 110 (C) 112 (D) 114
1
10. If a 2  5a  1  0 , find a 2  is
a2
(A) 23 (B) 24 (C) 25 (D) 26
3 3
11. If a + b = 10 and ab = 21, find the value of a + b
(A) 370 (B) 268 (C) 468 (D) 574

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1 1
12. If x 2  2
 98 , find the value of x 3  3
x x
(A)  870 (B)  770 (C)  680 (D) None of these
3 3
13. If 2x + 3y = 13 and xy = 6, find the value of 8x + 27y is
(A) 792 (B) 793 (C) 794 (D) 795
1 1
14. If x 4   194 , find x 2  2 
x4 x
(A) 14 (B) 16 (C) 18 (D) 20
2 2 2
15. If a + b + c = 0 and a + b + c = 16, find the value of ab + bc + ca
(A) 8 (B) –8 (C) 10 (D) –10
16. 0.76  0.76 + 0.76  0.48 + 0.24  0.24 =
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) None of these
7.83  7.83  1.17  1.17
17.
6.66
(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 10
2 2 2
18. If a  b  c  ab  bc  ca  0 , then
(A) a + b + c = 0 (B) a = b + c (C) a = b = c (D) a + b + c = 1
2 4 8
19. The product (1 – a) (1 + a) (1 + a ) (1 + a ) (1 + a ) is equal to
(A) 1 – a16 (B) 1 – a8 (C) 1 – a64 (D) 1

 
20. 5y 6y  3  4  3y  2y  4  simplifies to
  
(A) 5y (B) –5y (C) 5y2 (D) –5y2
21. The perimeter of an isosceles triangle is 8x2 + 5x + 9. If each equal side is 3x2 – x + 4, the third side is
(A) 2x2 + 7x + 1 (B) x2 – 7x – 1 (C) 2x2 – 7x – 1 (D) 2x2 + 7x – 1
22. Which among the following is a polynomial
5x 3x 3/2
(A) 1 (B) 4 (C) x 2  5x 3  1 (D) 9 x  3
x x
23. If x = 4a – b, y = 4a + b, then the value of  2x  3y    4x  5y  is equal to

(A) 24a + 10b (B) 16a – 24b (C) 24a – 10b (D) 24a + 16b
2
24. What must be added to 4x + 7x + 9 to make it a perfect square ?
(A) 3x (B) 6x (C) 7x (D) 5x
2 2 2
25. If a + b + c – 4a + 6b – 2c = –14 then the value of 2a + 3b + 4c is
(A) 1 (B) –1 (C) –2 (D) 2
2
26. The values of 2x – 4x + 1 is minimum at x =
1 3
(A) (B) –1 (C) 1 (D)
2 2
2 2
27. a  b  c    a  b  c  simplifies to

(A) 4ab – 4bc (B) 4ab + 4bc (C) 4bc – ca (D) 0

2 2 2
28. If x = 4, y = 3 and z = 2 then the value of 4x + y + 25z + 4xy – 10 yz – 20zx =
(A) –2 (B) 2 (C) –1 (D) 1
29. The product (3a + 5x) (5x – 3a) =
(A) 9a2 – 25x2 (B) 15a2 – 25 – x2 (C) 25x2 – 9a2 (D) 0

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30.  2a  b  a  2b    2a  b  a  2b  simplifies to
(A) 6ab (B) –6ab (C) 4a2 – b2 (D) a2 – 4b2.

ANSWER KEY
1. B 2. A 3. A 4. D
5. A 6. A 7. C 8. A
9. B 10. A 11. A 12. D
13. B 14. A 15. B 16. A
17. C 18. C 19. A 20. C
21. A 22. B 23. A 24. D
25. B 26. C 27. B 28. D
29. C 30. A

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QUESTIONS
for
CLASS-VIII

MATHEMATICS
Topic- Lines and Angles
Objective Questions
0 0
1. If AB||DE, EDC = 130 and ABC = 105 then BCD = ?

(A) 350 (B) 150 (C) 250 (D) 300

2. Bisectors of A and D of parallelogram ABCD meet at a point ‘P’ on BC. If PC = 5 cm and AP = 6 cm then
PD = ?
(A) 8 cm (B) 6 cm (C) 5 cm (D) 10 cm
0 0
3. In the given figure, AB||CD and BOD = 60 . If B – D = 10 then, D = ?

(A) 150 (B) 250 (C) 300 (D) 200

0 0
4. In the given figure ASBC and AI is the bisector of BAC. If SAI = 20 and B + C = 100 then B = ?

(A) 700 (B) 600 (C) 800 (D) None of these

0 0
5. In the given figure AB||CD and AB||EF. If ABC = 68 and BCE = 25 then CEF = ?

(A) 1470 (B) 1420 (C) 1370 (D) 1380

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0 0
6. If AB||DE, ABC = 110 and CDE = 112 then BCD = ?

(A) 480 (B) 420 (C) 520 (D) 380

7. In the given figure AB|DE, ABC = 1550 and CDE = 1350, then ref BCD = ?

(A) 700 (B) 2700 (C) 900 (D) 2900

8. In the given figure AB||CD. GP and HP are the bisector of BGH and GHD respectively. Then GPH is

(A) 900 (B) 600 (C) 800 (D) None of these

9. If the sides of an angle are parallel to the sides of another angle then angles are
(i) equal (ii) supplementary (iii) Complementary
(A) Only (i) (B) Both (i) and (ii) (C) Only (ii) (D) both (ii) and (iii)
10. In the given figure, x is greater than one fifth of a right angle, then

0 0 0 0
(A) y > 162 (B) y  162 (C) y  162 (D) y < 162
11. In the figure AB = AC, CH = CB and HK || BC. If the exterior angle CAX is1400 then the angle HCK is

(A) 450 (B) 300 (C) 500 (D) 400

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0 0
12. In the given figure PQ||RS PAB = 70 , ACS = 110 then BAC is

(A) 400 (B) 700 (C) 1100 (D) 300

13. In the adjoining figure AB || CD, 1 : 2 = 3 : 2 . Then 6 is

0 0 0 0
(A) 72 (B) 36 (C) 108 (D) 144
14. In a ABC if 2A = 3B = 6C then A, B, C are
(A) 300, 600, 900 (B) 900, 600, 300 (C) 300, 900, 600 (D) None of these
0 0 0
15. If the angle of a triangle are (x – 40) , (x – 20 ) and (1/2x – 10 ), then the smallest angle is:
1 
(A) (x – 400) (B)  x  100  (C) (x + 400) (D) (180 – x0)
2 
16. Which of the following are incorrect ?
(A) If two parallel lines are intersected by a transversal, then alternate angles are equal
(B) If two parallel lines are intersected by a transversal then sum of the interior angles on the same side of
transversal is 1800
(C) If two parallel lines intersected by a transversal then corresponding angles are equal
(D) None of these
17. If 1 = (120 – x)0 and 5 = 5x0, find the measures of 1 + 5

(A) 2000 (B) 1000 (C) 500 (D) 800

x0
18. In the figure if BA || DF, AD || FG, BAC = 650 and ACB = 550, then if FGH is x0 find
25

(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 8

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y 0  50
19. In the adjoining figure, it is given that A = 600. CE || BA and ECD = 650 then if ACB is y0, is equal
30
to

(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 4

20. ABCDE is a regular pentagon and the bisector of BAE meets CD at M. If the bisector of BCD meets AM at
P, find CPA

(A) 1340 (B) 740 (C) 1440 (D) 1540.

21. ABCD is a square and E is an exterior point such that E DC is an equilateral Δ. AEB is
(A) 75 (B) 30 (C) 60 (D) 15
22. ABCD is a quadrilateral with AB = CD. If diagonals meet at O and BO = DO then ABCD must be a
(A) parallelogram (B) rhombus (C) rectangle (D) trapezium
23. ABCD is a parallelogram, M is the midpoint of BD and BM bisects  B. Then AMB 
(A) 45o (B) 60o (C) 90o (D) 75o
24. In quadrilateral ABCD, A  C is two times B  D. If A  40o , then C 
(A) 60o (B) 80o (C) 120o (D) none of these
25. ABCD is a parallelogram and E is the midpoint of BC. DE and AB when produced meet at F. Then AF =
3 5
(A) AB (B) 2 AB (C) 3 AB (D) AB
2 4
26. ABCD is a parallelogram and E and F are the centroids of Δ ABD and Δ BCD respectively. Then EF =
(A) AE (B) BF (C) CE (D) DE
27. Diagonals necessarily bisect opposite angles in a
(A) rectangle (B) rhombus (C) parallelogram (D) isosceles trapper
28. One of the angles of a rhombus is 120. Its smaller diagonal is 12 cm. The longer diagonal is
(A) 18 cm (B) 12 2 cm (C) 12 3 cm (D) 15 cm
29. One of the diagonals of a quadrilateral bisect the other at 90o. It must be a
(A) rhombus (B) kite (C) square (D) none of these
30. Perimeter of a parallelogram is 36 cm. If longer side is 12 cm, then shorter side is
(A) 6 cm (B) 8 cm (C) 12 cm (D) 10 cm

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ANSWER KEY
1. C 2. A 3. B 4. A
5. C 6. B 7. D 8. A
9. B 10. D 11. B 12. A
13. A 14. B 15. B 16. D
17. A 18. B 19. C 20. C
21. B 22. A 23. C 24. D
25. B 26. A 27. B 28. C
29. B 30. A

SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
A. Very Short Answer Questions (1 Mark)
1. The angle between the bisectors of a linear pair is ________
2. The angle between the bisectors of a pair of cointerior angles of a pair of parallel line is ________
3. An exterior angle of a triangle is 108o and its interior opposite angle are in the ratio 4 : 5. The angles of the
triangle are ________
o o
4. In the figure, AB || CD. If  BAE = 45 and  DCE = 120 , then  CEA is ________

5. In the figure if AB || CD,  B = 65o and  F = 20o the value of ‘x’ is ________

0
6. The complete of 49 36 is ………………..
B. Short Answer Questions (2 Marks)
1. In the figure, BO and CO are respectively the bisectors as  B and  C. If  A = 80o and  ACO = 30o, then
find  BOC

2. Here BD internal bisector of B, CD external bisector of C,  D = 50o. BO external bisector of B, CO external of

C. Find  BOC
A
D
°
50
B
C

E F
O
3. In the following figure, x : y : z = 5 : 3 : 4, find  B

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4. In the following figure, arms BA and BC in  ABC are respectively parallel to arms ED and EF in  DEF. If
 ABC = 90o, find  DEF
E F
A


 D
B C
5. In the following figure, if AB = AC, find  A
A

130°
B C
6. Find the value of x in figure

x
3x 2x

C. Long Answer Questions (3 Marks)

1. In the following figure. PQ || RS, then find x
P Q
135°
T x
142°
R S
2. The bisectors of angles  ABC,  ACB of a triangle meet at O. If  B = 60o  C = 70o, then find  BOC
A

B C
3. In the following figure if a – 2b = 30o, then find the values of a and b.

a b
A B

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4. The side BC of a Δ ABC is produced, such that D is on ray BC. The bisector of  A meets BC. If  ABC =
60o,  ACD = 80o, then find  ALC
A

x° x°

B L C D
5. In the figure, PQ || RS. If  TRS = 105o,  PTR = 35o,  QPT = ao. Then find the value of a

S Q

a°
R P
30°

T
6. In figure AB divided  DAC in the ratio 1 : 2 and AB = DB. Then find the value of x

E
A
108°

x°
D B C
7. In the following figure, BD is internal bisector, CD is external bisector. If  A = 80o, find  D.
A
D

E
B C
8. In the following figure, BD, CD are bisectors of  EBC,  BCF, then find  D
A

80°
B C

E F
D

9. Find the value of x in the given figure

A

35°
x
45° 50°
B C

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QUESTIONS
for
CLASS-VIII

MATHEMATICS
Topic- Exponents
Objective Questions
x
1. If 4x  4x 1  24, then  2x  equals

(A) 5 5 (B) 5 (C) 25 5 (D) 125

x 2x
2 3 81
2. If      , then x =
3 2 16
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 1
mn
3. If a, m, n are positive integers, then  a
m n
is equal to

(A) a mn (B) a (C) a m/ n (D) 1

x y yx
x  y
4. If x  2 and y  4, then     
 y x
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 12 (D) 2
1/ 4
 1    2  1/3 
5. The value of m for which   2     7 m , is
  7   
  
1 1
(A)  (B) (C) 3 (D) 2
3 4
x 1 x 3
a b
6. If    then the value of x is :
b a
1 7
(A) (B) 1 (C) 2 (D)
2 2
7. If 9 x  2  240  9 x then x =
(A) 0.5 (B) 0.2 (C) 0.4 (D) 0.1
b c c a a b
8. x 
b c

 x c a  
 x a b  
2
 b 2 c 2
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) x (D) x a
9. If 55x 5  1 then the value of x is :
4
(A) 1 (B)  (C) 0 (D) 1
5

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1 1 1
10. If 2 x  3y  6  z then    ?
x y z
3 1
(A) 0 (B) 01 (C) (D) 
2 2
11. If x  ya , y  z b , z  x c then abc 
(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 1
x 4 x 2
12. 2 2  3 then x =
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) – 1 (D) – 2
n 5 3
9  3  27
13. If  27 then n = ?
3  814
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
n n 1
2 2
14. The value of is
2n 1  2n
5 3 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) 1
2 2 2
15.  2.4 10   8 10  
3 2

(A) 3  10 5 (B) 3  10 4 (C) 3  105 (D) 30

1 1 1
16. The value of yx z x
 z y xy
 x z
is
1 a a 1 a a 1 a  a yz
1
(A) (B) 0 (C) –1 (D) 1
2
5n  2  6  5n 1
17. The value of is
13  5n  2  5n 1
3 3 2 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 4 3 3
18. If p  x
mn
 y , q  x n   ym and r  x  m  yn , the value of pmn  q n   r m is
(A) – 1 (B) 1 (C) 0 (D) 2
2x 2y 2z
19. If a  b , b  c and c  a , the value of xyz is
(A) 6 (B) 1/4 (C) 1/8 (D) 1/6
x
1
20. If 10x  64, the value of 10 2 is
(A) 60 (B) 60 (C) 80 (D) 8
1
21. The value of 54  1250.25 is :
(A) 5 (B) 5 (C) 5 5 (D) 25
22.  2.4 10   8  10  
3 2

(A) 3  105 (B) 3  104 (C) 3  105 (D) 30

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2 4
 1 3  1 3
23.     
 216   27 
3 2 4 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 3 9 8
b c ca a b
24. x  b c

 x c a  
 x a b  
2
 b 2  c2
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) x (D) x a
1
25. If x 2  64 then x 3  x 0 is :
3 2
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) (D)
2 3
26. If x 2  2 then x 3 
(A) 2 (B) 2 2 (C) 3 2 (D) 4
1
27. x 1
 y 1  is equal to

xy xy
(A) xy (B) x + y (C) (D)
xy xy

28.  256 0.16  16 0.18 is equal to :

(A) 4 (B) 16 (C) 64 (D) none of these

2x  4 x 3
29. If 2  16 then x is :
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 16

ANSWER KEY
1. C 2. C 3. B 4. B
5. A 6. C 7. A 8. B
9. A 10. A 11. D 12. D
13. C 14. B 15. B 16. D
17. D 18. B 19. C 20. C
21. B 22. B 23. C 24. B
25. C 26. B 27. C 28. A
29. C
SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
A. Very Short Answer Questions (1 Mark)
1. Simplify  a  b   a 1  b 1
1
 
1
3 
1 o 2
2. Simplify 92  3 5   
 81 
3 3
25 2  2435
3. Simplify 5 4
16 4  8 3
4

4. Simplify 27 3  320.8  0.81

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2n n

27 3 8 6
5. Simplify n

18 2

B. Short Answer Questions (2 Marks)

1. If 3x 1  27  34 find x
9
2. If 27 x  find x
3x
5n 3  6  5n 1
3. Simplify:
9  5n  2 2  5n
3n  9n 1
4. Simplify:
3n 1  9n 1
m n n  m
 am   an   a 
5. Simplify:   n 
a          m 
  a  a 
C. Long Answer Questions (3 Marks)
a  b c b c a c  a b
 xa   xb   xc 
1. Simplify:  b    c    a 
x 
  x  x 
a 2  ab  b 2 b 2  bc  c 2 c2 ca  a 2
 xa   xb   xc 
2. Simplify:  b 
x    c    a 
  x  x 
3. If 9 x  2  240  9 x find x

4. If 4 x  2  2 x 1  0 , find x

5. If a x  b, b x  c and c z  a prove that xyz  1

D. Long Answer Questions (4 Marks)

1 1 1
1. Simplify: b a c a
 a b c b
 b c
1 x x 1 x x 1 x  x ac
2xz
2. If a x  b y  cz and b 2  ac, prove that y 
xz
3. If a  x m  n  y , b  x n    y m and c  x   m  yn then prove that a m  n  b n    c  m  1
1 1 1
4. If abc  1, prove that 1
 1
 1
1 a  b 1 b  c 1  c  a 1
2
 n 
9  3   3 2   27 n
n 2
  1
5. If
   , prove that m  n  1
3m 3
3 2 27

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QUESTIONS
for
CLASS-VIII

MATHEMATICS
Topic- Simple and Compound Interest
Objective Questions
1. A sum of money amounts Rs 2000 in 3 years and rs 2500 in 5 years at simple interest. Find the rate of
interest per annum.
1 1
(A) 33 % (B) 12 % (C) 25% (d) 20%
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2. What will be the compound interest on Rs 15625 for 3 years at 8% p.a., if the interest is compounded annually
?
(A) Rs 4805 (B) Rs 4508 (C) Rs 4580 (D) Rs 4058
3. The simple interest and compound interest on a certain sum for 2 years is Rs 1250 and Rs 1475 respectively.
Find the rate of interest.
(A) 36 % p.a. (B) 34 % p.a. (C) 32 % p.a. (D) 38% p.a.
4. A certain sum becomes 3 times itself in 4 years at compound interest. In how many years does it become 27
times itself ?
(A) 15 years (B) 12 years (C) 36 years (D) 21 years
5. Kalyan purchased an old bike for Rs 12000. If its cost after 2 years is Rs 11524.80, the rate of depreciation is
____
(A) 1 % p.a. (B) 4 % p.a. (C) 3% p.a. (D) 2% p.a.
2
6. A person borrowed a certain sum of money at 16 % p.a. compound interest. He cleared the debt by paying
3
rs 20825 at the end of 2 years. Find the sum borrowed.
(A) Rs 15300 (B) Rs 15800 (C) Rs 14300 (D) Rs 14800
7. A sum of Rs 5120 amounts to Rs 7290 in 3 years at compound interest. Find the rate of interest per annum ?
1 1 1 1
(A) 33 % (B) 12 % (C) 8 % (D) 17 %
3 2 3 2
8. A sum was split into three parts. The first part was lent at 10% p.a. for 4 years. The second part was lent at
20% p.a. for 6 years. The third part was lent at 30% p.a. for 5 years. Each part was lent at simple interest and
the same amount of simple interest was relized from each. Find the ratio of the first, second and third parts.
(A) 15 : 5 : 2 (B) 20 : 7 : 2 (C) 15 : 5 : 4 (D) 20 : 9 : 4
9. The simple interest and compound interest on a certain sum for 2 years are Rs 2400 and Rs 2640
respectively. The rates of interest (in % p.a.) for both are the same. The interest on the sum lent at compound
interest is compounded annually. Find the rate of interest (in % p.a.)
(A) 30 (B) 20 (C) 25 (D) 10

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10. A sum of Rs 2500 is invested for 2 years at 20% per annum, interest compounded half-yearly. Find the
compound interest
(A) Rs 3660.25 (B) Rs 1660.25 (C) Rs 1160.25 (D) Rs 1330
11. A sum is invested at compound interest payable annually. The interest in two successive years was
Rs 500 and Rs 540. The sum is
(A) Rs 3750 (B) Rs 5000 (C) Rs 5600 (D) Rs 6250
12. A sum of money amounts to Rs 6690 after 3 years and to Rs 10035 after 6 years on compound interest. The
sum is :
(A) Rs 4400 (B) Rs 4445 (C) Rs 4460 (D) Rs 4520
13. If the rate of interest be 4 % per annum for first year, 5% per annum for second year and 6% per annum for
third year, then the compound interest of Rs 10000 for 3 years will be :
(A) Rs 1575.20 (B) Rs 1600 (C) Rs 1620.80 (D) Rs 2000
14. The difference between simple and compound interest (compounded annually) on a sum of money for 2 years
at 10% per annum is Rs 65. The sum is
(A) Rs 6500 (B) Rs 6565 (C) Rs 65065 (D) Rs 65650
15. The difference between compound interest and simple interest at the same rate on Rs 5000 for 2 years is
Rs72. The rate of interest per annum is
(A) 6% (B) 8% (C) 10% (D) 12%
16. The compound interest on a certain sum of money for 2 years at 10 % per annum is Rs 420 . The simple
interest on the same sum at the same rate and for the same time will be :
(A) Rs 350 (B) Rs 375 (C) Rs 380 (D) Rs 400
17. The value of a machine depreciates every year at the rate of 10% on its value at the beginning of that year. If
the present value of the machine is Rs 7290, its worth 3 years ago was :
(A) Rs 9471 (B) Rs 8000 (C) Rs 10000 (D) Rs 7508.70
18. A money lender borrows money at 4 % p.a. and pays interest at the end of the year. He lends it at 6% p.a.
compound interest compounded half-yearly and receives the interest at the end of the year. Thus, he gains Rs
104.50 a year. The amount of money he borrows, is
(A) Rs 4500 (B) Rs 5000 (C) Rs 5500 (D) Rs 6000
19. The compound interest on Rs 31250 compounded annually for 3 years at the rate of 4 p.a. is
(A) Rs 3904 (B) Rs 3900 (C) Rs 3902 (D) none of these
20. The compound interest on Rs 10000 compounded half yearly for 1 year at the rate of 2 % p.a. is
(A) Rs 201 (B) Rs 2001 (C) Rs 200.1 (D) none of these
21. The time in which a sum of Rs 30000 amount to Rs 31827 at the rate of 6% pa compounded six-monthly is
1
(A) 1 years (B) 1 year (C) 2 years (D) none of these
2
1
22. A sum of invested for 1 years at the rate of 8% pa compounded semi-annually amounts to Rs 17576. The
2
sum is
(A) Rs 15000 (B) Rs 20000 (C) Rs 15625 (D) none of these
23. The time in which a sum of Rs 2,50,000 amount to Rs 2,65,302 at the rate of 4 % pa compounded six-monthly
is
(A) 6 months (B) 1 year
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24. The time in which a sum of Rs 30,000 will amount to Rs 31,827 at the rate of 12% pa compounded quarterly is
1
(A) 1 year (B) 1 years (C) 6 months (D) none of these
2
25. The time in which a sum of Rs 2,000 will yield a compound interest of Rs 205 at the rate of 20% pa
compounded quarterly is
1
(A) 1 years (B) 9 months (C) 6 months (D) none of these
2
26. Value of a car decreases at the rate of 5% every year. If its value is Rs 2,05,770 at the end of 3 years, its
original value was
(A) Rs 60,000 (B) Rs 1,20,000 (C) Rs 2,40,000 (D) none of these
27. Population of a city increases at the rate of 5% pa. If the population in 2000 was 1,76,400 then the population
in 1998 was
(A) 1,50,000 (B) 1,47,250 (C) 1,60,000 (D) none of these
28. The simple interest on a certain sum computes to Rs 600 in 3 years and the compound interest on the same
sum, at the same rate and for 2 years computes to Rs 410. Find the rate per cent.
(A) 5% (B) 6% (C) 7% (D) none of these
29. On a certain sum, the compound interest in two years amounts to Rs 2.256. If the rate of interest for
successive years are 8% and 10% respectively, find the sum.
(A) Rs 10000 (B) Rs 12000 (C) Rs 15000 (D) Rs 16000
30. The difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on Rs 9500 for 2 years is Rs 95 at the
same rate of interest per year. Find the rate of interest.
(A) 5% (B) 6% (C) 7% (D) 10%

SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

A. Short Answer Questions (2 Marks)

1. Find the compound interest on Rs 1000 for two years at 4% per annum.
2. Find the compound interest on Rs 10000 for 1 year at 20% per annum compounded quarterly.
3. Find the compound interest on Rs 12000 for 3 years at 10% per annum compounded annually.
4. In what time will Rs 800 amount to Rs 882 at 5% per annum compounded annually ?
5. The population of a village is 20000. If the annual birth rate is 4% and the annual death rate 2%, calculate the
population after two years.
6. A sum is invested at compound interest payable annually. The interest in two successive years was
Rs 500 and Rs 540. Find the sum.
B. Long Answer Questions (3 Marks)
1. Abhay lent Rs 8000 to his friend for 3 years at the rate of 5% per annum compound interest. What amount
does Abhay get after 3 years ?
2. Vijay obtains a loan of Rs 64000 against his fixed deposits. if the rate of interest be 2.5 paise per rupee per
annum, calculate the compound interest payable after 3 years.
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3. Simple interest on a sum of money for 3 years at 6 % per annum is Rs 2400. What will be the compound
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interest on that sum at the same rate for the same period ?
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5. Find the compound interest on Rs 1000 at the rate of 10% per annum for 18 months when interest is
compounded half-yearly.
6. Find the compound interest on Rs 320000 for one year at the rate of 20% per annum, if the interest is
compounded quarterly.
7. Ramesh deposited Rs 7500 in a bank which pays him 12% interest per annum compounded quarterly. What
is the amount which he receives after 9 months ?
D. Long Answer Questions (4 Marks)
1. Ram Singh buys a refrigerator for Rs 4000 on credit. The rate of interest for the first year is 5% and of the
second year is 15%. How much will it cost him if he pays the amount after two years ?
2. The bacteria in a culture grows by 10% in the first hour, decreases by 10% in the second hour and again
increases by 10% in the third hour. If the original count of the bacteria in a sample is 10000, find the bacterial
count at the end of 3 hours.
3. 10000 workers were employed to construct a river bridge in four years. At the end of first year, 10% workers
were retrenched. At the end of the second year, 5% of the workers at that time were retrenched. However to
complete the project in time, the number of workers was increased by 10% at the end of the third year. How
many workers were working during the fourth year ?
4. A factory increased its production of three wheelers from 80000 in 1999 to 92610 in 2002. Find the annual
rate of growth of production of three wheelers.
5. Given that Carbon – 14(C14) decays at a constant rate in such a way that it reduces to 50% in 5568 years.
Find the age of an old wooden piece in which the carbon is ony 12.5% of the original.

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QUESTIONS
for
CLASS-VIII

MATHEMATICS
Topic- Mensuration
Objective Questions
1. The perimeter of a rectangle is 60 m. If its length is twice its breadth, then its area is:
2 2 2 2
(A) 160 m (B) 180 m (C) 200 m (D) 220 m
2. The diagonal of a square is 4 2 cm. The diagonal of another square whose area is double that of the first
square is:
(A) 8 cm (B) 8 2 cm (C) 16 cm (D) 4 2 cm
3. If the radius of a circle is increased by 6%, then its area is increased by
(A) 0.36% (B) 3.6% (C) 12.36% (D) 36%
4. A circular garden has a circumference of 440 m. There is a 7m wide border inside the garden along its
periphery. The area of the border is
(A) 2918 m2 (B) 2921 m2 (C) 2924 m2 (D) 2926 m2
5. From a point within an equilateral triangle, perpendicular drawn to the three sides are 6 cm,
7 cm and 8 cm respectively. The length of each side of the triangle is
14 3
(A) 7 cm (B) 10.5 cm (C) 14 3 cm (D) cm
3
6. The radius of the wheel of a vehicle is 70 cm. The wheel makes 10 revolutions in 5 seconds. The speed of the
vehicle is:
(A) 29.46 km/hr (B) 31.68 km/hr (C) 36.25 km/hr (D) 37.72 km/hr
2
7. The area of a trapezium is 384 cm . If its parallel sides are in the ratio 3 : 5 and the perpendicular distance
between them is 12 cm, the smaller of the parallel sides is:
(A) 16 cm (B) 24 cm (C) 32 cm (D) 40 cm
8. A parallelogram has sides 60 m and 40 m and one of its diagonals is 80 m long. Its area is:
(A) 480 m2 (B) 320 m2 (C) 600 15 m2 (D) 450 15 m2
9. The maximum length of a pencil that can be kept in a rectangular pencil box of dimensions 8 cm 
6 cm  2 cm is:
(A) 2 13 cm (B) 2 14 cm (C) 2 26 cm (D) 10 2 cm
10. A wall 24 m long, 8 m high and 60 cm thick is made up of bricks, each measuring 24 cm  12 cm  8 cm, it
being given that 10% of the volume of the wall consists of mortar. How many bricks will be needed ?
(A) 50000 (B) 45000 (C) 40000 (D) 20000
11. A rectangular marble stone 28 cm wide and 5 cm thick weighs 112 kg. If 1 cubic cm of marble weighs 25 gm,
then the length of given stone is:
(A) 36 cm (B) 37.5 cm (C) 32 cm (D) 26.5 cm

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12. A swimming bath is 24 m long and 15 m broad. When a number of men dive into the bath, the height of water
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rises by 1 cm. If the average volume of water displaced by each man be 0.1 m , how many men are there in
the bath ?
(A) 32 (B) 36 (C) 42 (D) 46
13. A river 2 m deep and 45 m wide is running at the rate of 3 km/hr. The amount of water that runs into the sea
per minute, is:
(A) 4500 m3 (B) 27000 m3 (C) 3000 m3 (D) 2700 m3
14. A rectangular tank measuring (5 m  4.5 m  2.1 m) is dug in the centre of the field measuring 13.5 m  2.5 m.
The earth dug out is spread evenly over the remaining portion of the field. How much is the level of the field
raised ?
(A) 4 m (B) 4.1 m (C) 4.2 m (D) 4.3 m
15. If the areas of three adjacent faces of a cuboid are x, y, z respectively, then the volume of the cuboid is
(A) xyz (B) 2xyz (C) xyz (D) 3 xyz
16. Water flows into a tank 200 m  150 m through a rectangular pipe 1.5 m  1.25 m at the rate of 20 kmph. In
what time will the water rise by 2 metres ?
(A) 76 min (B) 80 min (C) 90 min (D) 96 min
17. A well with 10m inside diameter is dug 14 m deep. Earth taken out of it is spread all round to a width of 5m to
form an embankment. The height of the embankment is:
(A) 2.46 m (B) 3.56 m (C) 4.66 m (D) 5.76 m
18. Water flows out through a circular pipe whose internal diameter is 2 cm, at the rate of 6 metres per second
into a cylindrical tank, the radius of whose base is 60 cm. By how much will the level of water rise in 30
minutes ?
(A) 2 m (B) 3 m (C) 4 m (D) 5 m
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19. The curved surface of a cylindrical pillar is 264 m and its volume is 924 m . The ratio of its diameter to its
height is
(A) 7 : 3 (B) 3 : 7 (C) 7 : 6 (D) 6 : 7
3
20. 0.88 m of iron is melted and moulded in the form of iron rods, each of diameter 2cm and length 7m. How
many rods are formed ?
(A) 400 (B) 392 (C) 616 (D) 2000
21. The height of a cylinder is 80 cm and the diameter of its base is 7 cm. The whole surface area of the cylinder
is
(A) 1837 cm2 (B) 1760 cm2 (C) 1942 cm2 (D) 3080 cm2
22. A pipe of 2 inch diameter fills the water tank in 1 hour. If the diameter of the pipe is 4 inch, in what time will the
pipe fill the same tank ?
(A) 30 minutes (B) 45 minutes (C) 15 minutes (D) 10 minutes
23. Capacity of a cylindrical vessel is 25.872 litres. If the height of the cylinder is three times the radius of its base,
what is the area of the base ?
(A) 336 cm2 (B) 616 cm2 (C) 1232 cm2 (D) None of these
24. The length, breadth and height of a cuboid are in the ratio 6 : 5 : 4 and its whole surface area is 33300 cm2. Its
volume is:
(A) 45000 cm3 (B) 405000 cm3 (C) 455000 cm3 (D) Data insufficient
25. What part of a ditch 48 m long, 16.5 m broad and 4 m deep can be filled by the earth got by digging a
cylindrical tunnel of diameter 4 m and length 56 m?
(A) 1/9 (B) 2/9 (C) 7/9 (D) 8/9

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26. An agricultural field is in the form of a rectangle of length 20 m and width 14 m. A pit 6 m long, 3 m wide and
2.5 m deep is dug in a corner of the field and the earth taken out of the pit is spread uniformly over the
remaining area of the field. The level of the field has been raised by
(A) 15.16 cm (B) 16.17 cm (C) 17.18 cm (D) 18.19 cm
27. On increasing the radius of a circle by 75%, what percentage increase will be there in its perimeter ?
(A) 25% (B) 50% (C) 75% (D) 150%
28. A wheel makes 1000 revolutions in covering a distance of 88 km. The diameter of the wheel is:
(A) 14 m (B) 24 m (C) 28 m (D) 40 m
2
29. The area of a rhombus is 144 cm . One of its diagonals is twice the other. The length of the shorter diagonal
is:
(A) 12 cm (B) 6 2 cm (C) 6 cm (D) 24 cm
30. The cross-section of a canal is a trapezium in shape. If the canal is 10 m wide at the top and 6 m wide at the
bottom and the area of the cross-section is 640 m2, the length of the cross-section is:
(A) 40 m (B) 80 m (C) 160 m (D) 384 m

ANSWER KEY
1. C 2. A 3. C 4. D
5. C 6. B 7. B 8. C
9. C 10. B 11. C 12. B
13. A 14. C 15. C 16. D
17. C 18. B 19. A 20. A
21. A 22. C 23. B 24. B
25. B 26. C 27. C 28. C
29. A 30. B
SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
A. Very Short Answer Questions (1 Mark)
1. The cost of leveling a rectangular field at 85 paise per square metre is Rs.624.75. Find the cost of
fencing it at 75 paise per metre if its sides are in the ratio 5 : 3.
2. The perimeter of a triangle is 96 cm. If its sides are in the ratio 4 : 5 : 3, find its area.
3. The base of an isosceles triangle is 24cm and its area is 192 cm2. Find its perimeter.
4. The perimeter of a rhombus is 52cm. If one diagonal is 24cm, find its other diagonal and its area.
5. The ratio of the radii of two circles is 2 : 3. Find the ratio of their circumferences and also the ratio of
their areas.
B. Short Answer Questions (2 Marks)
1. The area of a rhombus is 216sq.cm. If one of its diagonal is 24cm, find its other diagonal, length of
its side and perimeter.
2. The longer side of a parallelogram is 54cm and the corresponding altitude is 16cm. If the altitude
corresponding to the shorter side is 24cm, find the perimeter of the parallelogram.
3. The wheel of a bicycle makes 140 revolutions per minute. If the diameter of the wheel in 60cm, find
the speed of the cycle in km/h.
4. There is a rectangular field of dimensions 10.5m and 7m. A circular well is present inside the field,
such that the area of the remaining field is 48.86sq.m. Find the radius of the well.

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5. A square of side 4cm is converted into a rhombus whose longer diagonal is 6cm. Find the other
diagonal and the area of the rhombus. By how much are is more than the area of the square.
C. Long Answer Questions (3 Marks)
1. In trapezium, the parallel sides are 7cm and 13cm. One of the non-parallel sides is 10cm and the
other is perpendicular to the parallel sides. Find its area.
2. A rectangular tank measuring (5m  4.5 m  2.1 m) is dug in the centre of the field measuring 13.5 m  2.5 m.
The earth dug out is spread evenly over the remaining portion of the field. How much is the level of the field
raised ?
3. A covered wooden box has the inner measures as 115 cm, 75 cm and 35 cm and the thickness of wood is 2.5
cm. Find the volume of the wood.
4. A rectangular water reservoir contains 42000 litres of water. If the length of reservoir is 6 m and its breadth is
3.5 m, then find the depth of the reservoir.
5. A river 2m deep and 45 m wide is running at the rate of 3 km/hr. Then find the amount of water that runs into
the sea per minute.
D. Long Answer Questions (4 Marks)
1. The inner circumference of a circular track is 220m. The track is 7m wide everywhere. Calculate the
cost of putting up a fence along the outer circle at the rate of Rs.2/- per metre and also find the cost
of making the road at Rs.3/- per m2.
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2. Two circle are drawn inside a big circle with diameters rd and rd of the diameter of the big
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circle as shown in the figure. If the diameter of the big circle is 18cm, find the area of the shaded
portion.

3. A bucket is raised from a well by means of a rope which is wound round a wheel of diameter 77cm.
Given that the bucket ascents in 1 minute 28 seconds with a uniform speed of 1.1 m/s. Calculate
the number of complete revolutions the wheel make in raising the bucket.
4. A well with 10 m inside diameter is dug 14 m deep. Earth taken out of it is spread all around to a width of 5 m
to form an embankment. Find the height of the embankment.
5. If the height of a cylinder is increased by 15% and the radius of the base is decreased by 10%, then by what
per cent will its curved surface area change ?