Class - 8 PDT TEST - 1: All The Best
Class - 8 PDT TEST - 1: All The Best
Class - 8 PDT TEST - 1: All The Best
A: General
• Once the exam has started, you are not allowed to leave the exam hall permanently until the end
of the session.
• This Question Paper contains Two Parts. Part A – Mathematics has 15 Single Answer
Questions, Part – B Physics, Chemistry and Biology has totally 15 Single Answer Questions.
B: Marking Scheme:
• All questions carry +1 mark for correct answer and no Negative mark for wrong answer.
Part – A
Mathematics
2. In a right angled triangle with the sides other than hypotenuse are 4 and 8. The area of the largest square that
can be inscribed in the triangle is
8 4 16 32
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 3 9 9
16 16
3. Mithun was asked what is of a certain fraction. By mistake he divided the fraction by and got an answer
17 17
33
that exceeded the correct answer by . The correct answer is
340
60 62 64 67
(A) (B) (C) (D)
87 85 85 85
a+b 2 1
4. If z = , where a = , b = , then z is equal to
a−b 5 2
(A) 9 (B) –9 (C) 10 (D) –10
7. The length and breadth of a rectangular field are integers. The area is numerically 9 more than the perimeter.
The perimeter is
(A) 24 (B) 32 (C) 36 (D) 40
8. ABCD is a trapezium in which ABC is an equilateral triangle with area 9 3 square units. If ∠ADC = 90°, the
area of the trapezium in square units is
15 3 27 3 35 3
(A) 12 3 (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2
10. Diagonals of a rhombus are 6 cm and 8 cm respectively. The sides will be equal to
(A) 3 cm (B) 4 cm (C) 5 cm (D) 6 cm
5 −1 5 +1
11. If + = a + b 5 , find a – b.
5 +1 5 −1
(A) 7 (B) 5 (C) 3 (D) 1
7 1
12. If 5 x y = 12 , where fractions are in their lowest terms, then x – y is equal to
x 13
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 7 (D) 9
3 x
13. The value of x for which the two rational numbers , are equivalent, is
7 42
(A) 18 (B) 15 (C) 12 (D) 10
2. The pressure at any point in a liquid at rest depends only on the depth and on the __________ of the liquid
(A) Density (B) Weight (C) Mass (D) Volume
3. If the relative density is of an object is equal to 1, the object when completely immersed in water
(A) Rises up to water surface (B) Sink in water
(C) Will be in equilibrium (D) It will float in all liquids
4. A block of mass 2 Kg is kept on a rough horizontal surface and µs = 0.5 and µk = 0.2. When a force of
magnitude 20N is applied horizontally, what will be the blocks acceleration?
2 2 2 2
(A) 4 m/s (B) 6 m/s (C) 0 m/s (D) 8 m/s
5. A man throws a block of mass 1 kg vertically up, the time of contact between the man’s hand and the block is
0.5 second and the block attains an initial velocity of 20 m/s. Then what is the Force applied by the man on the
2
block? (Take g=10 m/s )
(A) 40 N (B) 50 N (C) 60 N (D) 10 N
Chemistry
4. The process of separation of grain from the chaff after harvesting is known as
(A) Tilling (B) Threshing (C) Spraying (D) Weeding
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