SAMPLE PAPER (2024-25)

CLASS VIII
MATHEMATICS
Time: 3 hours M.M.: 80
General Instructions:

1.This Question Paper has 5 Sections A ,B , C, D and E

2. Section A has 20 MCQs carrying 1 mark each.
3. Section B has 5 questions carrying 2 marks each.
4.Section C has 6 questions carrying 3 marks each.
5.Section D has 4 questions carrying 5 marks each.
6.Section E has 3 case based integrated units of assessment (4 marks each) with sub parts of the values
1 , 1 and 2 marks each respectively .
7.All Questions are compulsory. However , an internal choice in 2 questions of 2 marks , 2 questions of 3
marks and 2 questions of 5 marks has been provided. An internal choice has been provided in the 2 marks
question of Section E.
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8. Draw neat figures , wherever required. Take π = 7
, wherever required , if not stated.

SECTION – A
Section A consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each .
1. The distance of point P(4,5) from x-axis is
a) 4 units b) 5 units c) 1 unit d) 9 units
2. The square of 17 exceeds a multiple of ______ by 1.
a) 4 b) 3 c) 7 d) 8

3. Any line perpendicular to x- axis is parallel to

a) x- axis b) y-axis c) origin d) None
4. The line formed by joining the coordinates (2 , 2) , (4,4) , (6,6) will pass through
a) (2,0) b) (0 , 4 ) c) (0 , 0 ) d) (6 , 0)

5. The ordinate is also known as

a) Abscissa b) Origin c) y- coordinate d) x-coordinate
2 2
6. The value of (𝑝 + 𝑞) − (𝑝 − 𝑞) is
2 2 2 2
a) 4𝑝𝑞 b) − 4𝑝𝑞 c) 2𝑝 + 2𝑞 d) 2𝑝 − 2𝑞

7. 1m2 equal to _________

a) 100 cm2 b) 1000 cm2 c)10000 cm2 d) 10 cm2
8. The volume of a cube whose edge is 3x is
3 3 3 3
a) 27𝑥 b) 9𝑥 c) 6𝑥 d) 3𝑥

9. The cube root of 0.000064 is

a) 0.04 b) 0.004 c) 0.0004 d) 0.4

10. If the radius of a cylinder is tripled but its curved surface area is unchanged, then its
height will be
a) tripled b) constant c) one sixth d) one third

11. If a% is the discount percent on the marked price 𝑥, then the discount is
𝑥 𝑎 𝑥 100
a) 𝑎 ×100 b) 𝑥 ×100 c) 100 ×𝑎 d) 𝑥× 𝑎

12. If l II m and line t is the transversal , find the value of x

a) 50° b) 100° c) 120° d) 130°

13. If the cost price of an article is twice its selling price then the loss percent is
a) 100% b) 150% c) 50 % d) 200%

14. Both x and y vary directly with each other. When x is 10, y is 14, which of the following
is not a possible pair of corresponding values of x and y.
a) 25 and 35 b) 35 and 45 c) 35 and 49 d) 15 and 21

15. The value of 73 + 52 + 144 is

a) 10 b) 9 c) 8 d) 12

16. The smallest integer whose cube is equal to the number itself is
a) 1 b) 0 c) -1 d) any number

17. The smallest number which must be added to 710 to make it a perfect
cube is
a) 9 b) 10 c) 19 d) 11

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18. Factors of (𝑥 − 𝑥 − 6) are
a) (𝑥 − 3)(𝑥 − 2) c) (𝑥 + 3)(𝑥 + 2)
 b) (𝑥 + 3)(𝑥 − 2) d) (𝑥 − 3)(𝑥 + 2)

Directions : In the question number 19 and 20 , a statement of Assertion ( A ) is followed by a

statement of Reason ( R) . Choose the correct option

19. Assertion(A) : (6,8,10) is a Pythagorean triplet.

Reason(R): If 2m is the smallest even number, then( m, m2-1, m2+1)
represents a pythagorean triplet.

(a) Assertion and Reason both are correct statements and Reason is the correct explanation of
Assertion.
(b) Assertion and Reason both are correct statements but Reason is not the correct explanation
of Assertion.
(c) Assertion is correct statement but Reason is wrong statement.
(d) Assertion is wrong statement but Reason is correct statement.

20. Assertion (A) : The total surface area of a cube of side 5 cm is 150 sq. cm
2
Reason(R) : Total surface area of cube = 6 X (𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒)
(a) Assertion and Reason both are correct statements and Reason is the correct explanation of
Assertion.
(b) Assertion and Reason both are correct statements but Reason is not the correct explanation
of Assertion.
(c) Assertion is correct statement but Reason is wrong statement.
(d) Assertion is wrong statement but Reason is correct statement.

SECTION – B
Section B consists of 5 questions of 2 marks each .
21. (A) The ratio of the curved surface area and total surface area of a right circular cylinder
is 1:2 . Find the ratio of its height and radius.
OR
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(B) A cuboidal container carrying 7. 8 𝑚 concrete arrives at a job site. A platform of
width 5 m and height 2 m is being constructed at the site. Find the length of the platform
constructed from the amount of concrete?

22. By selling an article for ₹ 1,12,000 , a girl gains 40% . Find the cost price of the article.
3 3 3 3 3
(
23. (A) If 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 ) = 225 , find the value of (23 + 43 + 63 + 83 + 103)
OR
3 3 3
(B) Evaluate : 27 + 0. 008 + 0. 064

24. After selling 21 apples , a person loses a sum equal to the selling price of 4 apples , find
the loss%.
 25. Find the smallest number by which 384 must be divided so that it becomes a perfect
square.

SECTION – C
Section C consists of 6 questions of 3 marks each .
26. Find the area of the polygon ABCDE .

2 3
27. (A) Factorise : 18𝑝 𝑞 − 128𝑞
OR
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(B) Expand by using an identity : (3𝑥 − 2𝑦 − 7)

28. If PQ II RS , find ∠ 𝑄𝑇𝑆 .

29. (A) Sneha wishes to make a card for her friend’s birthday. She has a square shaped
envelope of area 10 cm2 (excluding flap of the envelope) . Find the maximum possible
side of the card (correct to two decimal places) required to fit in the envelope.
OR

(B) Find 99856 and hence find the value of 9. 9856 + 998. 56
30. The train moving at a speed of 75 km/hr covers a certain distance in 4.8 hours. What
should be the speed of the train to cover the same distance in 3 hours?
 31. Riya has a keen interest in numbers . Once she noticed 3072 steps in her smart watch.
She tried to make it a perfect cube by multiplying it by a certain smallest number . Find
the perfect cube and its cube root .

SECTION – D
Section D consists of 4 questions of 5 marks each .
32. (A) The thickness of a hollow metallic cylinder is 2 cm . It is 70 cm long with outer radius
of 14 cm . Find the volume of the metal used in making the cylinder , assuming that it is
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open at both the ends . Also , find its weight if the metal weighs 8 gm per 𝑐𝑚 .
OR
(B)External dimensions of a closed wooden box are in the ratio 5:4:3. If the cost of
2
painting its outer surface at the rate of ₹5 per 𝑑𝑚 is ₹11,750, find the dimensions of
the box in cm.

33. (A) If 𝑥 +
1
𝑥
4
= 9 , find the value of 𝑥 +
1
4
𝑥
.
OR
4 2 2 4
(B) Factorise : 9𝑎 − 24𝑎 𝑏 + 16𝑏 − 256

34. In the figure , BDE is a triangle and CD and AB are perpendiculars on BE . Show that
a) CD II EF
b) CDII AB
c) ABII EF
d) If ∠𝐶𝐵𝐷 = 30° , find ∠𝐶𝐸𝐷 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠𝐵𝐷𝐸.

35. The students of Anju’s class decided to raise money. Anju wanted to create a ratio for
finding the amount of money her class would make for different numbers of posters sold.
She knew they could raise ₹ 250 for every 60 posters sold.
a) How much money would Anju’s class make for selling 102 posters.
 b) Could Anju’s class exactly raise ₹ 2000? If so, how many posters would they need to
sell? If not, why?

SECTION – E
Section E consists of 3 case based questions of 4 marks each .

36. Rahul , a student of class 8 , was playing in a park situated near his house . While
playing , he saw a triangular portion of land where small kids can play . So , he decided
to find the coordinates on this triangular portion which are at points A , B and C .

On the basis of above information , answer the following :

a) Find the distance between points B and C .
b) What is the abscissa of point A ?
c) Find the area of ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 .
OR
Find the value of : Abscissa of C – Ordinate of B
37. Amazon is an American multinational technology company, engaged
in e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising and digital streaming. It is
considered one of the Big Five American technology companies.
The school administration of DAV has decided to leverage the Amazon electronic sale
to purchase Educom resources specifically for math education across classes 6th to
8th. Details of Educom sale given as follows:
 NUMBER OF EDUCOMS DISCOUNT OFFERED
11-20 10%
21-30 15%
31-40 20%
41-50 25%

The marked price of one Educom is ₹ 90,000.

Based on the above information, answer the following questions:
a) Find the discount if the school has purchased12 Educoms.
b) If the marked price of one Educom is 1 lakh, find the discount on 35 Educoms.
c) Calculate the selling price of Amazon, if the school has purchased 25 Educoms?
OR
Find the amount paid by school on purchasing of 50 Educoms?

38. Ram who aspires to be a civil engineer and aims to build resilient infrastructure visited
Egypt during his summer vacations and there he saw huge pyramids. Mesmerized by the
architecture involved in building them. At home he decided to create a model by
arranging square building blocks in a pyramid formation. He created the base of the
pyramid using the number of blocks same as the sum of the first eight consecutive odd
numbers. (moving from bottom to top, he arranges the blocks using the pattern n2,
(n-1)2,(n-2)2…..(n-7)2

Answer the following question (considering the base of the pyramid as level1)

a) Calculate the number of blocks used at the base of the pyramid.

b) Find the number of blocks used at the 6th level from bottom of the pyramid.

c) Find the sum of the number of blocks used at 2nd level and 7th level of the pyramid.