GREEN LAND CONVENT SCHOOL

Phase -II, Dugri, Ludhiana

Half Yearly Examination (September, 2024)
Name : _________
M.M:80
Subject: Mathematics Time : 3 Hrs.
Class:VIII Section:_____________ Roll no.: ______

General Instructions:
 This question paper consists of 38 questions.
 Section A consists of 20 questions carrying 1 mark each.
 Section B consists of 5 questions carrying 2 marks each.
 Section C consists of 6 questions carrying 3 marks each.
 Section D consists of 4 questions carrying 5 marks each.
 Section E consists of 3 questions carrying 4 marks each

Section A (1X 20=20)

1.How many numbers are lying between 72 and 82?
a) 14 b) 18 c) 12 d) 0
2. Pictorial representation of data using symbols is known as:
a) Bar graph b) Pictograph c) Pie chart d) None of these
3. A perfect cube does not end with _____ zeros.
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
4. The cube of an odd number is always
(a) odd number (b) even number (c) prime number (d) none of these
5. Discount is reduction given on _____________ price .
a) Cost Price b) Marked Price c) Selling Price d) Rate of Interest
6. The Pythagorean triplets whose smallest number is 10:
a) 10, 16, 25 b) 5, 4, 6 c) 10, 25, 17 d) 10, 24, 26
7. Zero is the identity for _______________ of rational numbers.
a) addition b) subtraction c) division d) multiplication
8. The square of which of the following would be odd number?
(a) 431 (b) 272 (c) 1234 (d) 7928
9. Which of the following is a linear expression ?
(a) z 2+ 3 (b) x 3- 4 (c) y-3 (d) 5
10. The ratio of 10m to 10 km is:
a) 1/10 b) 1/100 c) 1/1000 d) 1000
11. An item marked at Rs. 840 is sold for Rs. 714. The discount % is:
a) 10% b) 15% c) 20% d) 25%
12. How many diagonals does a hexagon have ?
a) 3 b) 6 c) 9 d) 10
2 10
13. The solution of + x = is:
7 7
10 1 2 3
a) b) c) d)
7 5 4 7
14. Three consecutive integers add up to 51. The integers are:
a) 16,17,18 b) 15,16,17 c) 17,18,19 d) 18,19,20

15. If ∠A and ∠C are two opposite angles of a parallelogram, then:

a) ∠A > ∠C b) ∠A = ∠C c) ∠A < ∠C
16. If ∠A and ∠B are two adjacent angles of a parallelogram. If ∠A = 70°, then ∠B = ?
d) None of the above

a) 70° b) 90° c) 110° d) 180°

17. Each of the angles of a square is:
a) Acute angle b) Right angle c) Obtuse angle d) 180 degrees
18. By what number should 81 be divided to get a perfect cube?
a) 7 b) 9 c) 3 d) 1
Assertion and Reason
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false but R is True
19.Assertion (A) : (-6) – (-8) = -6+ 8 =2 which is an integer .
Reason (R) : Integers are closed under integers.
20.Assertion: 343 is a perfect cube.
Reason:The perfect cube is the result of multiplying the same integer three times.
Section – B ( 2X5 = 10)
21. Find the square roots of 144 by the method of repeated subtraction.
22. Find the smallest number by which 2880 must be divided so that the quotient is a perfect
cube .
23 The price of a TV is ₹ 65,000. The sales tax charged on it is at the rate of 12%. Find the
amount that Ritu will have to pay if she buys it.
24.Find the solution : 6a + 20 = 44.
25. Find the number of sides of a regular polygon whose each interior angle is of 24°
Or
Find the measure of all four angles of a parallelogram whose two adjacent angles are of measure
0 0
( 4 x+ 2) ∧(3 x−4) .
Section- C (3X 6= 18)
26. The number of students in a hostel speaking different languages is given below. Display the
data in a pie chart.

27. Find the cube root of 91125 by prime factorisation method.. .

28. A jacket was sold for ₹ 1,120 after allowing a discount of 20%. Find the marked price of the
jacket .
29. Find x,y,z in Parallelogram ABCD
30. Rahul purchased marble idols for ₹ 5600 which includes GST of 12% What is the price of
marble idols before GST was added ?
31. Find the least number which must be multiplied to 2952 each of the following numbers to get
a perfect square. Also, find the square root of the perfect square so obtained.
Section – D (4X 5 = 20 )
32. Find the compound interest on ₹12000 for 3 years at 10% per annum compounded annually.
33 . In the above figure, both RISK and CLUE are parallelograms. Find the value of x.

Or
NICE is a rectangle and its diagonals bisect each other at D. If ND = 4x + 3 and DE = 2x + 5

find the value of x .

34. Simplify and solve the following linear equation
12(3m-6) – 3(2m– 5)+ (m-7) +2=0
35. Volume of a cubical box is 32768 cubic cm. Find the length of one side and area of one
face.
Section - E (4 X 3 =12 )
CASE STUDY ( Q 36 to 38 )
36. It is common that government revises fares from time to time based on various factors such
as taxes, economy and inflation, for various vehicles like auto-rickshaw, taxis and radio cab etc.
The auto and Taxi charge in a city comprise of fixed charge and the charge for the distance
covered. Few situations are given below in the form questions. Answer the following questions.

Q. 1. If the fixed charge in a city is ₹x and charge per km is ₹5

and total fare is ₹60 then find the linear equation for the journey of 10 km.
Q. 2. In the above question, what is the value of fixed charge?
Q. 3. If in a city a person has to pay ₹110 for a journey of 15 km and fixed charge is ₹20 then
what is the charge per km is?
Q. 4. According to the given equation: 2x + 17 = 85, if ₹17 is the fixed charge and the total fare
is ₹85 for a journey of 2km then what is the charge per kilometre?
37. Students of a class voted for their favourite colour and a pie chart was prepared based on the
data collected.
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1.Which colour received of the votes?
5
2. If 400 students voted in all then find the number of students voted for all colours .
38.A snowflake is formed when water molecules join together to make a rigid
shape. The water molecules combine more molecules, they extend and form a rigidcrystalline
structure i.e., hexagon shape. Sometimes we can see snowflakes with12 sides, when two
snowflakes grow together. Consider a regular hexagon and answer the following questions:

(i) What is the sum of measure of its exterior angles a, b, c, d, e, f ? 1

(ii) Is a = b = c = d = e = f? Why? 1
(iii)What is the measure of each (a) Exterior angle (b) Interior angle 1
(iv) Is a rectangle a regular polygon? Why? 1