DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, JAIPUR

SECOND TERM EXAMINATION (2023-24)

CLASS – VIII SET- 1
SUBJECT- MATHEMATICS

Time allowed: 3 Hours Maximum marks: 80

Name: Roll No: Section:

General Instructions:

i) This question paper contains - five sections A, B, C, D and E. Each section is

compulsory. However, there are internal choices in some of the questions.

ii) In Section A – Question Numbers 1 to 18 are Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

and Question Numbers 19 and 20 are Assertion – Reason based questions of 1 mark
each. In Section B Question Numbers 21 to 25 are Very Short Answers (VSA) type
questions of 2 marks each. In Section C – Question Numbers 26 to 31 are Short
Answer (SA) type questions, carrying 3 marks each. In Section D – Question
Numbers 32 to 35 are Long Answer (LA) type questions carrying 5 marks each. In
Section E – Question Numbers 36 to 38 are source based/passage based/case-based
questions of 4 marks each with sub-parts.

SECTION - A
1. Find the solution of 2x + 3 = 7

(a) 2 (b) –2 (c) 3 (d) 5

2. If x – coordinate of a point is zero, then this point always lies:

(a) I quadrant (b) II quadrant (c) x – axis (d) y – axis

3. Value of (23 )2 is given by:

(a) 64 (b) 32 (c) 12 (d) 128

4. Value of (30 × 20 ) × 50 is:

(a) 1 (b) 25 (c) 2 (d) 0

5. The volume of rectangular box whose length, breadth and height are 2p, 4q, 8r respectively is:
:(a) 14pqr (b) 2p + 4q + 8r (c) 64pqr (d) 64

6. The value of expression 5n – 2, when n = −2 is:

(a) – 12 (b) 8 (c) 1 (d) – 8

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7. On simplifying (a + b – 3) – (b – a +3) + (a – b + 3) the result is:

(a) a – b + 3 (b) a – b – 3 (c) 3a – b – 3 (d) 3a + b + 3

8. The area of the given below figure is:

(a) 45 cm2 (b) 11 cm2 (c) 49 cm2 (d) 150 cm2

9. The area of the triangle in the given figure is:

(a) 98 cm2 (b) 77 cm2 (c) 49 cm2 (d) 63 cm2

10. The multiplicative inverse for the expression 7−2 is:

1 1
(a) 72 (b) 7 (c) (d) 7
72

11. 22 × 23 × 24 can be expressed as:

(a) 224 (b) 2−5 (c) 29 (d) 2−9

12. 64 in exponential form is:

1
(a) 26 (b)164 (c) 82 (d) 24

13. If 15 oranges cost ₹ 70, then the cost of 39 oranges is:

(a) ₹180 (b) ₹182 (c) ₹ 190 (d) ₹195

14. Point (0, 4) lies on / in the:

(a) I quadrant (b) II quadrant (c) x – axis (d) y – axis

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15. Factor of 4p2 – 9q2 are:

(a) (4p + 9q)(4p – 9q) (b) (2p + 3q)(2p – 3q)

(c) (2p – 3q)(2p – 3q) (d) (4p + 9q)(4p + 9q)

16. The incorrect mathematical statement is:

(a) 4(x – 5) = 4x – 20 (b) 3𝑥 + 2𝑥 = 5𝑥 2

(c) 𝑥(3𝑥 + 2) = 3𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 (d) 2𝑥 + 3𝑥 = 5𝑥

17. On dividing 63𝑎2 𝑏 4 𝑐 6 by 7𝑎2 𝑏 2 𝑐 3 we get:

(a) 9𝑎2 𝑏 4 𝑐 6 (b) 9𝑏 2 𝑐 6 (c) 9𝑏 2 𝑐 3 (d) 9𝑎2 𝑐 3

18. Abscissa of the all the points on x – axis is:

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) –1 (d) any number

Questions number 19 and 20 are Assertion and Reasoned based questions carrying 1 mark
each. Two statements are given, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other is labelled as Reason
(R). Select the correct answer to these question from the option given below.

(a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is the correct explanation of

assertion (A)

(b) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is not the correct explanation of

assertion (A)

(c) Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.

(d) Assertion (A) is false but reason (R) is true.

19. Assertion (A): If x and y are in direct proportion then we can say x ∝ y.

Reason (R) : If we increase the speed of car, then time taken to reach the destination

decreases, so it is direct proportion.

20. Assertion (A): The area of a quadrilateral is the half the product of its diagonal and sum of

height of two triangles.

1
Reason (R) : Area of a triangle = 2 × length of any side × height

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 SECTION – B
21. Factorise: 6xy – 4y + 6 – 9x

22. Add: p (p – q), q (q – r) and r (r – p)

OR

Simplify 3y (2y – 7) – 3(y – 4) – 63 and find its value for y = –2

23. The area of a rhombus is 240 cm2 and one the diagonals is 16 cm. Find the other diagonal.

24. A machine in a soft drink factory fills 960 bottles in six hours. How many bottles will it fill
in five hours?

OR

If a box of sweets is divided among 24 children, they will get 5 sweets each. How many
would each get, if the number of the children is reduced by 4?

25. Solve and verify the following:

8
3m = 5m –
5

SECTION – C
26. Draw the graph for the following table of values, with suitable scales on the axes.
Interest on deposit for a year:

Deposit (in ₹) 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000

Simple Interest (in ₹) 325 650 975 1300 1625

27. Subtract : 3a(a + b +c) – 2b( a – b + c) from 4c(– a + b + c)

OR

Multiply : (2𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 − 5 ) by (3𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 + 4 )

28. Simplify and write the laws applied:

25 ×𝑡 −4
5−3 ×10 × 𝑡 −8

29. A school has 8 periods a day each of 45 minutes duration. How long would each period be, if
the school has 9 periods a day, assuming the number of school hours to be the same?

30. Factorise: 4𝑦 2 − 12𝑦 + 9

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31. A cuboid is of dimension 60 cm × 54 cm × 30 cm. How many small cubes with side 6 cm can
be placed in the given cuboid?

OR
Water is pouring into a cuboidal reservoir at the rate of 60 litres per minute. If the volume of
reservoir is 108 𝑚3 , find the number of hours it will take to fill the reservoir.

SECTION - D
32. (i) Find the least number that must be added to 1300 so as to get a perfect square. Also find 3
the square root of the perfect square.

(ii) Find a Pythagorean triplet in which one member is 12.

2
OR
(i) Find the smallest square number which is divisible by each of the number 6, 9 and 15. 3
(ii) Find the square root of 100 by repeated subtraction. 2

33. The internal measures of a cuboidal room are 12 m × 8 m × 4 m. Find the total cost of
whitewashing all four walls of a room, if the cost of white washing is ₹ 5 per 𝑚2 . What will
be the cost of white washing if the ceiling of the room will also be whitewashed?

OR
It costs ₹ 2200 to paint the inner curved surface of a cylindrical vessel 10 m deep. If the cost of
painting is at the rate of ₹ 20 per m2, find (i) inner curved surface area of the vessel, (ii) radius
22
of the base, (iii) capacity of the vessel. (Use 𝜋 = )
7

34. 1200 soldiers in a fort had enough food for 28 days. After 4 days, some soldiers were sent to
another fort and thus the food lasted for 32 more days. How many soldiers left the fort?

35. Divide 44(𝑥 4 − 5𝑥 3 − 24𝑥 2 ) by 11𝑥( 𝑥 − 8)

SECTION - E
36. Shyam has donated some amount to CM relief fund. The amount of donation is represented by
5𝑦 (2𝑦 − 6) – 2 (𝑦 − 3) − 60. His friend Hari gets motivated by him and he also donated an
amount represented by 𝑦 (𝑦 − 3) + 2. Based on this statement answer the following:
1
(i) What is the coefficient of 𝑦 in the amount donated by Shyam?

(ii) The total amount donated by both of them (write in terms of algebraic expression). 2

(iii) The amount donated by Shyam is what kind of polynomial (in terms of number of terms 1
of a polynomial)?

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37. The following line graph shows the yearly sales figure for a manufacturing company in year
2002-2006:

Based on the line graph answer the following questions:

1
(i) What were the sales in (a) 2002 (b) 2006

(ii) What were the sales in (a) 2003 (b) 2005 1

OR

Compute the difference between the sales in 2004 and 2006.

(iii) In which year was there the greatest difference between the sales as compared to the 2
previous year ?

38. Math Club supports classroom learning, enrich their skills with higher order thinking, and
prepare students for future Math Competitions. Students might play games that use math or
use math to create works of art or makeup puzzles and riddles that use math as part of the
solution. Two students Vinay and Hemant measure the perimeter and width of a rectangular
field as 15 cm and 4.5 cm with the help of measuring tape.

Based on above information

1
(i) Find the length of the rectangular field.
1
(ii) Find area of the above field.

(iii) Find the ratio of length and breadth of the rectangle. 2

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