Brilliant Public School ,

Sitamarhi

Class -VIII

Matematics
Sitamarhi Talent Search
Session : 2012-13

Rajopatti,Dumra Road,Sitamarhi(Bihar),Pin-843301
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CLASS VIII MATHEMATICS
Time: 3 hrs. Full Marks: 150

Choose the correct answer:

1) By selling a table for Rs.330 a trader gains 10%. Find the cost price of the table.

(a) Rs.320 (b) Rs.300 (c) Rs.430 (d) Rs.430

2) A dealer buys a wrist watch for Rs.225 and spends RS.15 on its repairs. If he sells the same for RS.300, find his
profit percent.

(a) 75% (b) 60%(c) 25% (d) 20%

3) Malvika gets 98 marks in her exams. This amounts to 56% of the total marks. What are the maximum marks?

(a) 175 (b) 150 (c) 200 (d) 160

4) Akhil has to pay 4% sales tax in addition to the price of a certain article. Find the price of the article, if he pays
Rs.260 in all.

(a) Rs.220 (b) Rs.250 (c) Rs.256 (d) Rs.200

5) 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?

(a) Rs.40,500 (b) Rs.40,050 (c) Rs.40,000 (d) Rs.45,000

6) Aby lent Rs.8,000 to his friend for 3 years at the rate of 5% per annum compounded annually. What amount does
Aby get afer 3 years?

(a) Rs.9,000 (b) Rs.9,200 (c)Rs.9,216 (d) Rs.9,261

7) Find the amount on Rs.4,096 at the rate of 12 ½% per annum for 18 months compounded half-yearly.

(a) Rs.5,000 (b) Rs.4,913 (c) Rs.4,931 Rs.5,832

8) The present population of a town is 28,000. If it increases at the rate of 5% per annum, what will be its
population after 2 years?

(a) 30,000 (b) 30,800 (c) 30,870 (d) 30,870

9) A defective briefcase costing RS.800 is being sold at a loss of 8%. If the price is further reduced by 5%, find its
selling price.

(a) Rs.689.20 (b) Rs.699.20 (c) Rs.787 (d) Rs.698

10) At a sale, a skirt marked Rs.600, is sold at 45% discount. What amount should the customer pay for it?

(a) Rs.555 (b) Rs.330 (c) Rs.300 (d) Rs.320

11) Find the compound interest on Rs.1,000 for 2 years at 4% per annum compounded annually.

(a) Rs. 81.60 (b) Rs.80 (c) Rs.1,081.60 (d) Rs.1,080

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12) In what time will Rs.800 amount to Rs.882 at 5% per annum compounded annually?

(a) 3 years (b) 2 years (c) 2 ½ years (d) 1 ½ years

13) After allowing a discount of 12% on the marked price of an article, it is sold for Rs.880. Find its marked price.

(a) Rs.892 (b) Rs. 900 (c) Rs.1,000 (d) Rs.990

14) If a man were to sell a watch for Rs.720, he would lose 25%. What must he sell it for, to gain 25%?

(a) Rs.1,200 (b) Rs.960 (c) Rs.1,000 (d) Rs. 900

15) If the cost price of 18 mangoes is the same as the selling price of 16 mangoes, find the gain percent.

(a) 15% (b) 12.5% (c0 15.5% (d) 12%

16. Minimum points required to have a line is

a) 1 b) 2 c ) 3 d) 4
17. Is every chord of a circle also a diameter
a) Yes b) no
18. Number of line segments passes through a point
a)2 b)1 c) infinitely many

19. Diameter of a circle is ---- its radius .

a) Twice b) Thrice c) Same d) None of these
20. The largest chord in a circle
a) Radius b) Diameter c) segment
21. The distance around a circle
a) Chord b) segment c) circumference
22. How many divisions does an angle lead to
a) 2 b) 1 c)3
23. Two distinct lines meeting at a point are called
a) Intersecting lines b) parallel lines c) none of these
24. Two sides with a common end point are called
a) Opposite sides b) adjacent sides c) parallel sides
25. The interior of a curve together with its boundary is called
a) Interior b) region c) closed curve

26.What is the value of  

„m‟, if 5 2 m = 57   2
?
a) 5 b) -2 c) -7 d) 2

27.2 x (-2) – 4 = _________

a) ½ b) 2 c) -2 d) 27

  5   3
8 8

28.     = ______
 3   5 
 5  3
16 16

a) 0 b) 1 c)   d)  
 3   5 
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29. If = 2a , then „a‟ =______
256

a) -8 b) 8 c) 16 d) 2

13 19 x
4 4 5
30. If      =   , then the value of „x‟ is
5 5 4
a) 13 b) 19 c) 6 d) - 6

31. Standard form of 0 . 00003125 is

a) 3.125 x 10-6 b) 3.125 x 10-5 c) 3.1 x 10-5 d) 3 x 10-5

2
 x  y  z
3 4

32.         = _______
 y  z   x
x2 yz xy xz
a) b) 2 c) 2 d)
yz x z y2
6 0
 3  0   3  2 
33.        = __________
 2    2  
4
4
a) 1 b) 0 c)  3
 
4
d)  
 2 7

34. 30  50  5
= _____

a)16 b) -1 c) 1 d) 0

 
35. 2 0  3 0 2 0  3 0 = ___________ 
a) 5 b) -1 c) 1 d) 0

36. 30  20  50 = _________

a) 30 b) 1 c) none of these

0 0 0
2 2 2
37.          ________
3 5 7

2 4
a) 1 b) 2 c) d)
3 35
2 2
 p
0
p 3 6
38. If      , what is the value of   ?
q 2 5 q

16 9 36 81
a) b) c) d)
81 4 25 16

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3 5 x2
7 7 7
39. Find the value of „ x‟ such that       
3 3 3

a) -8 b) 8 c) -6 d) 6

 1  1  1  1  1  1 
40.           _______
 2   3  4  

1 1
a) 81 b) 9 c) d)
9 81
41. Lateral surface area of a cylinder
a) πr²h b) 2πrh c) 2πr[r+h]
42. Total surface area of a cylinder
a) 2πrh b) 2πr²h c) 2πr[r+h]
43. When the radius is doubled surface area of a cylinder increases by ___ times .
a) 2 b) 4 c) 6 d) 8
44. When the height is doubled the lateral surface area of a cylinder increases by ---- times .
a) 2 b) 4 c) 6 d) 8
45. There are 2 cuboid boxes having measurements 60x40x50 and 50x50x50 .Which box requires
the lesser amount of material to make .
a) 60 x 40 x 50 b) 50x50x50 c) both same .
46. Surface area of a cube having side 6cm
a) 6 b) 6² c) 6³ d) none of these
47. Total surface area of a cuboid includes the area of
a) 4 faces b) 2 faces c) 6 faces d) 3 faces
48. Ratio between the lateral area and base area of a cuboid
a) 1:2 b) 2: 1 c) 4:1 d) 1:4

49. Lateral surface area of a cuboid

a) Base area x height b) Base perimeter x height c) volume/2
50. Two cubes each with side b are joined to form a cuboid . What is the surface area of this
Cuboid
a) 12b² b)10b² c) 18b² d) none of these .
51. Base perimeter of a room is 34m and the height of the room is 10m . Find the area of the
four side walls .
a) 34x10 m² b) 2x34x10 m² c)34x10x10 m² d)none of these.
52. The curved surface area of a cylinder is 100πm². Length of the cylinder is 10 m . Find its
Radius .
a) 10m b) 5m c) 20m d) none of these

53. A parallelogram with sides of equal length.

a)rectangle b)rhombus c)kite d)triangle.

54. The adjacent angles in a parallelogram are

a)equal b)90degree c)supplementary d)complementry
55. Name the polygon having 10 sides.
a)Decagon b)heptagon c)octagon d)nonagon

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56. The angle sum of a convex polygon with 12 sides is
a)1080degree b)1800 degree c)3600degree d)180degree

57. The sum of the measures of the external angles of any polygon is
a)90degree b)180degree c)360degree d)270degree

58. Interior angle of a regular pentagon is

a)180degree b)720degree c)360degree d)108degree

59. Measure of each exterior angle of a regular polygon of 12 sides is

a)20degree b)30degree c)15degree d)168degree

60. Sum of the angles of a hexagon is

a)180degree b)720degree c)360degree d)1080degree

61. The number of sides of a regular polygon whose each exterior angle has a measure
of 30degree
a)8 b)12 c)7 d)6

62. Adjacent angles of a parallelogram are 2x and 3x.Which are the angles?
a)72 and 108degrees b)36and72degrees c144 and 216degrees
d)72 and 180degree.

63. The opposite angles of a parallelogram are

a)supplementary b)complementary c)equal d)unequal.

64. Find the range of first five prime numbers.

Ans: (a) 2 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) 11 (e) 10

65.. For the class interval 15-20, what is the class width.
Ans: (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4 (3) 2 (e) 1

66. In a set of observations 33,35,36,35,34,35,34,33,35,36. What is the mode.

Ans: (a) 33 (b) 14 (c) 36 (c) 35 (e) 10

67. What is the probability of getting a head when a coin is tossed once.
Ans: (a) 1/2 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 1/4 (e) 0

68. What are the outcomes when a die is thrown.

Ans: (a) 2,3,6 (b) 4,5,6 (c) 1,2,3,5 (d) 1,2,3,4,5
(e) 1,2,3,4,5,6

69. In a set of observation 10,20,30,10,40,10,20,10,30,20,10,40 what is the frequency of the observation 10.
Ans: (a)1 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) 5 (e) 4

70. The blood group of six students are recorded as

Group A+ B+ O+
No of Students 1 2 3
Find the central angle made by A+ blood group.
Ans: (a) 60° (b) 120° (c) 180° (d) 360°
71. The no of tallies with respect to a choice is llll llll lll . Find the frequency of the choice.
(a)10 (b)11 (c)12 (d)13 (e) 14

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72. What is the lower limit of the class interval 10-20.
Ans : (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 15 (d) 5 (e)none

73. Add ab-bc+cd and 2ab-2bc-cd

Ans : (a) ab+2cd (b) 3ab+bc (c) 3ab-2bc (d ) 3ab-3bc (e) 2ab+2cd

74. Subtract 2x³-x²+4x+6 from x³+5x²-4x+6

Ans: (a) x³+6x²-8x (b) -8x+6x²-x³ (c) 12+4x²+3x³ (d) 3x³+6x²-8x

75. Find the product of 5a²b, -3b²c, -4ac²

Ans: (a)100abc (b)60ab²c (c)60a²b²c² (d) 60a³b³c³ (e) - 60a²b²c²

76. What is the degree of the polynomial 8-11x

Ans: (a) 0 (b) 1 (c)2 (d) 3 (e) none

77. Multiply the monomials a³,½a²,-100a. Find the value for a=-1
Ans: (a) 100 (b) -100 (c) 50 (d) -50 (e) none

78. Simplify a(a-b) + b(a-b)

Ans: (a) ab (b) a²+b² (c) a²-b² (d) a²+2ab+c² (e) a²-2ab+c²

79. Find the expanded form of (2x+½ y)²

Ans: (a) 4x²+4xy+¼ y² (b) 4x²+2xy+¼ y² (c) 4x²+2xy+½y² (d) 4x²+2xy+¼

80. Write the polynomial 4x-6x²+3-8x³ in standard form.

Ans: (a) -8x³-6x²+4x+3 (b) 3+4x-6x²-8x³ (c) 3 (d) 3+4x-6x²+x³ (e) none

81. Find the product of b², b , 4b , 6b°

Ans: (a) 6b (b) 4b (c) 24b (d)1 (e) 0

82..What is the numerical coefficient in the product of 3a²b and -4ab²c

Ans: (a) a³b³c (b) a,b,c (c) 3,-4 (d) -12 (e) 12

83. The volume of a cube whose edge is 6a is

a) 36a3 b) 216 a3 c) 170 a3 d) 216 a6
84. An oil tin measures 20cm x 30cm x 40cm. If 1 square meter of tin costs Rs 25, the cost of 10 such tins will
be
a) Rs 13 b)Rs 6 c)Rs 130 d) Rs 60
85. If the surface area of a cube is 150 sq.cm. then its volume will be
a) 5cm3 b) 25cm3 c) 30 cm3 d) 125cm3
86. The volume of a cuboid whose length, breadth and height are in the ratio 3:1:2 is
a) l x b b) 6b3 c) 8 l3 d) 8 b3
87. The total surface area of a cylinder whose height is twice the radius is
a) 6r2 b) 82r c) 362r d) 81r2
88. The volume of the earth dug out from a well of 20m depth and 2.1m radius will be
a) 300m3 b) 277.2 m3 c) 27.72 m3 d) 2772m3
89. If the volume of a cylinder is 1408 cm3 and its height is 7cm then its lateral surface area is
a) 8cm2 b) 754cm2 c) 352 cm2 d) None of these
90. If the radius of the base of cylinder is 7cm and its total surface area is 968 cm2 then the height of cylinder
will be
a) 22cm b) 150cm c) 105 cm d) 15cm
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91. The lateral surface area of the cylindrical wire 10.5m long and radius 5mm will be
a) 0.33m2 b) 0.45m2 c) 0.82 m2 d) 330m2
92. The radius of a roller is 35cm. length of the roller is 2m. How much area will the roller cover in 50
revolutions
a) 3850005cm2 b) 220 m2 c) 200 m2 d) 7700 cm2

93. The length of cuboid is 4 times its breadth and the height is half of length if breadth is 6cm then volume is
16 3 16 8
a) 8b3 b) b c) d)
3 3b3 b3

94. The coefficient of x in -17xyz is

a) 17 b) -17 c)-17y d) -17yz

95. An example for trinomial is

a) 3xy+3z b) 3x³ y³ z³ c) x³ d) x+y+z

96. On subtracting 5x² -4y² +6y from 7x² -4y² +4y +3 we get

a) 12x²-8y²+10y+3 b) 2x²-2y+3 c) 2x²-2y

d) -2x²+2y-3

97. The length, breadth and height of a rectangular box are m²n, np², pm respectively. Its volume is

a) m²n+np²+pm b) m³n³p³ c) 3mnp d) m³n²p³

98. A monomial multiplied by a monomial always gives

a) monomial b) binomial c) trinomial d) a constant

99. 3x²yz and 9[x/3]²yz are

a) binomials b) trinomials c) like terms d) unlike terms

100. The numerical coefficient of (-m) x (17n) x (-2) is

a) 34 b) -34 c)-2 d) -17

101. The product of (2a-5) (2a-5) is

a) 4a+25 b) 4a²-20a+25 c) 4a²+25 d) 4a²+20a-25

102. (4pq+3q)² - (4pq-3q)² is

a) 48pq² b) 9q² c) 16p²q² d) None of the above

103. 78 x 82 is

a) 6400 b) 6936 c) 6396 d) None of the above

104. If Cost Price of an article is Rs 5000 and selling price is Rs 6000, then the profit % is
a) 10% b) 15% c) 20% d) 25%

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105. If the cost price is Rs. 4500 and gain is 5%, then the SP is

a) Rs 4700 b) Rs 4725 c) Rs 4750 d) Rs 4775

106. If the selling price of 10 articles is equal to the cost price of 11 articles, then the gain % is

a) 5% b) 7% c) 10% d) 15%

107. Bananas are bought at the rate of 4 for Rs. 3. At what rate must they be sold to get a gain of 20% for each
banana?

a) Rs 0.50 b) Rs 0.75 c) Rs 0.85 d) Rs 0.90

108. The Compound Interest on Rs 10,000 for 3 years at 2% per annum is

a) Rs 600 b) Rs 610.20 c) Rs 612.08 d) None of the above

109. The Present Population of a town is 45,800. If it increases by 7% annually, then the population after three
years is

a) 50,000 b) 52,380 c) 57,000 d) None of the above

110. The Compound interest is

a) always less than the simple interest

b) always equal to the simple interest
c) always greater than simple interest
d) always greater than or equal to simple interest.

111. In case of Compound interest, the principal

a) increases every year b) remains same c) decreases every year

d) increase for the first year and then decreases

112. The formula for calculating the amount of „P‟ in „n‟ years at r % per annum compounded yearly is

a) P [ 1+ R/100 ] b) P [ 1+ R/100] ⁿ c) P [ 1- R/100 ]

d) P [ 1- R/100] ⁿ
113. The correct relationship is

a) M.P = S.P – Discount

b) S.P = M. P – Discount
c) M.P + S.P = Discount
d) None of the above

114. The square of 75 is

a) 5265 b) 5625 c) 6255 d) 6525

115. The approximate value of . √3 up to three places of decimal is

a) 1.723 b) 17.230 c) 0.173 d) 1.732

116. The square root of 0.0324 is

a) 0.18 b) 0.018 c) 0.012 d) 0.128

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117. The square root of 9801 is
a) 91 b) 93 c) 89 d) 99
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118. The square root of 3
2
a) 4 b) 10 c) 1 d) 2

119. √0.81 x √0.25 x √100 =

a) 4.5 b) 0.45 c) 0.045 d) 45
2 2
120. Value of square root of 2 + 1.5 is
a) 3.5 b) 0.35 c) 2.25 d) 2.5

121. If √114.49 = 10.7 then the value of √ 0.0000011449 =

a) 0.00107 b) 0.0107 c) 0.107 d) None

122. The square root of 0.09 is

a) 0.03 b) 0.3 c) 0.003 d) 3.0

123. Area of a square plot is 2401sqm. Then the side of the square plot is
a) 41m b) 49m c) 39m d) 31m

124. The smallest number by which 9408 must be divided so that the quotient is a perfect square is
a) 2 b) 3 c) 7 d) None
125. The value of cube root of is

a) -7 b) -8 c) -13
d) 9
9 13 -8 7
126. The cube root of -27
is
-64
a) -3 b) -4 c) 3d) 4
4 3 4 3
127. √3 5832 is
a) 28 b) 26 c) 18 d) None of these

128. If 3x4x3x4x3x4=1728 then cube root of 1728 is

a) 3 b) 4 c) 12 d) 22

129. If the volume of a cube is 512 cm then 3the length of its side is
a) 9 b) 8 c) 12 d) 18

130. Find the cube root of 0.027

0.001
a) 3 b)3c) 3
d) None
10 100
3
131. √1331 x √1000
3 =

a) 1100 b) 110 c) 11 d) 101

132. The smallest number by which 72 must be multiplied to obtain a perfect cube is
a) 2 b) 3 c) 5 d) 7

133. The smallest number by which 135 must be divided to obtain a perfect cube is
a) 5 b) 2 c) 3 d) 7

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134. The cube root of 64000 is
a) 400 b) 40 c) 64 d) 80

135. The arithmetic mean of first five multiples of 5 is

a)20 b)15 c)25 d)30

136. The representation of a statistical data by picture symbol is known as

a)histogram b)pictograph c)piechart d)bargraph

136. The letters of the word “PROBABILITY” are placed in a bag. One letter is taken
at random. What is the probability that the letter picked up is „B‟.
1 11 2
a) b)1 c) d)
11 2 11

137. Find mode for the given data: 5,3,7,6,3,2,4,10,8,6,1.

a)3 b)6 c)5 d)3 and 6

138. The maximum value and minimum value of probability of an event is

a)0 and 1 b)0 and 10 c)-1 and 1 d)None

139. The average of two numbers is 20. If one number is „A‟,then the other number is
a)20 –A b)A -20 c)40 –A d)A -40

1 2
140. In a certain experiment, the probability of the event A is , event B is , event C
3 5
1 1
is , event D is . Which event has more chance to happen.
2 4
a)event A b)event B c)event C d)event D

141. The median of the given data : 2,-5,0,1,-2,7,-5 is

a) -5 b)0 c) -2 d)1

142. The mean of a certain group 10,3,8,x,5 is 6. Find the value of „x‟.
a)4 b)3 c)6 d)5

143. Numbers 1 to 100 are written on hundred separate slips kept in a box and well
shuffled. One slip is chosen at random. What is the probability of getting a number containing 7.
10 11 19 18
a) b) c) d)
100 100 100 100

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ANSWERS
1) b
2) c
3) a
4) b
5) a
6) d
7) b
8) c
9) b
10) b
11) a
12) b
13) c
14) a
15) b
16) b
17) b
18) c
19)a
20) b
21)c
22)c
23) a
24) b
25) b
26. c
27. a
28. b
29. a
30. c
31. b
32. b
33. a
34. c
35. d
36. b
37. b
38. d
39. c
40. a

41) b
42) c
43) b
44) a
45) c
46) c
47) c
48) c
49) b
50) b
51) a
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52) b
53. b
54. c
55. a
56 b
57 c
58. d
59. b
60. b
61. b
62. a
63. c
64. a
65. b
66. c
67. a
68. e
69. d
70. a
71. d
72. b
73. d
74. b
75. d
76. b
77. d
78. e
79. b
80. a
81. c
82. d
83. b
84. c
85. d
86. b
87. a
88. b
89. c
90. d
91. a
92. b
93.a
94. d
95. d
96. b
97. d
98. a
99. c
100. a
101. b
102. a
103. c
104. c
105. b 1
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106. c
107. d
108. c
109. d
110. d
111. b
112. b
113. d
114. b,
115. d,
116. a,
117. d,
118.d,
119. a,
120. d,
121. a,
122. b,
123. b,
124. b
125. d,
126. a,
127.. c,
128. c,
129.b,
130. a,
131. b,
132. b,
133. a,
134. b
135. b
136. b
137. d
138. d
139. a
140. c
141. c
142. b
143. a

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