Class 8 - Sample Question Paper (Mathematics) SA-I

Time allowed: 3 hours Maximum marks: 80

General Instructions:
(i)
All questions are compulsory.
(ii)
The question paper consists of 34 questions divided into four sections A, B, C
and D.
(iii) Section A contains 10 questions of 1 mark each, which are multiple choice type
questions, section B contains 8 questions of 2 marks each, section C contains 10
questions of 3 marks each and section D contains 6 questions of 4 marks each.
(iv) There is no overall choice in the paper.
(v)
Use of calculators is not permitted.
Section A
Question numbers from 1 to 10 are of one mark each.
1. Number of integers between
a)
b)
c)
d)

and

1
2
0
Infinitely many

2.

then
a)
b) 5
c) 6
d)

3. The angle sum of a convex polygon with sides 10 is

a) 1800
b) 1260
c) 1440
d) 1080
4. Number of sides of a regular polygon with each of its exterior angle
a) 10
b) 11
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c) 9
d) 8
5. The number of independent measurements required to construct a unique
quadrilateral is
a) 3
b) 4
c) 5
d) 6
6. Which of the following gives the relationship between the whole and its part of the
given data?
a) Pie chart
b) Pictograph
c) Bar graph
d) Histogram
7. The area of a square plot is
a) 43 m
b) 34 m
c) 53 m
d) 54 m

. The side of the square plot is

8. The smallest number by which 351 is divided to make it a perfect cube is

a) 2
b) 13
c) 6
d) 9
9.
a)
b)
c)
d)
10.

then
a) 20
b)

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c) 10
d)
Section B
Question numbers from 11 to 18 are of two marks each
11. Solve: (

12. Write five rational numbers that are greater than

13. How many sides does a regular polygon have if each of its interior angles is 150?
14. When a die is thrown, list the outcomes of an event of getting (i) composite number
(ii) Prime number.
15. Find the least number which must be subtracted from 4000 so as to get a perfect
square.
16. Find the cube root of 91125.
17. Factorize:

18. Factorize:

Section C
Question numbers from 19 to 28 are of three marks each
19. Evaluate

20. Find five rational numbers between

21. The perimeter of a rectangle is

)
and
and its breadth is

Find its length.

22. One of the two digits of a two digit number is three times the other digit. If you
interchange the digits of this two-digit number and add the resulting number to the
original number, you get 88. What is the original number?

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23. Find in the figure shown.

24. In the parallelogram

Find the angles

and

25. The number of marks scored by a student in different subjects in an examination is

given below. Display the data in a pie chart.
Subject
Sanskrit Hindi
English
Mathematics Science
Social
Marks
70
60
80
95
90
85
26. Write a Pythagorean triplet in which one member is 15.
27. Find the smallest square number that is divisible by each of the numbers 4, 9 and
10.
28. Construct a rhombus whose diagonals are 5.2 cm and 6.4 cm long.

Section D
Question numbers from 29 to 34 are of four marks each
29. Deveshi has a total of Rs 590 as currency notes in the denominations of Rs 50, Rs 20
and Rs 10. The ratio of the number of Rs 50 notes and Rs 20 notes is 3:5. If she has a
total of 25 notes, how many notes of each denomination she has?
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30. Draw a histogram for the data given below taking the classes 800 -810, 810
830, 835, 890, 810, 835, 836, 869, 845, 898, 890, 820, 860, 832, 833, 855, 845,
804, 808, 812, 840, 885, 835, 835, 836, 878, 840, 868, 890, 806, 840

31. One-half of Meeras age two years from now plus one-third of her age three years
ago is twenty years. Find how old is she now?
32. Construct a quadrilateral ABCD where
and

= 3.5 cm,

= 6.5 cm,

33. A gardener has 1000 plants. He wants to plant these in such a way that the number
of rows and the number of columns remain same. Find the minimum number of
plants he needs more for this.
34. Factorize:
(i)
(ii)

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