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MATHEMATICS
SUBJECTIVE MOCK TEST(VIII-CBSE) DATE : 24-12-2023
Maximum Marks : 60 Time : 3 Hrs.
General Instruction:
(i) All the questions are compulsory.
(ii) The question paper consists of 27 questions divided into 4 sections A, B, C, and D.
(iii) Section A comprises of 10 questions of 1 mark each. Section B comprises of 6 questions of 2
marks each. Section C comprises of 6 questions of 3 marks each. Section D comprises of 5
questions of 4 marks each.
(iv) Use of calculators is not permitted.
SECTION – A (1 mark)
3x 5 1
1. Find the solution of
2x 1 3
(a) 2 (b) –2 (c) 3 (d) none of these
2. Rahul bought a sweater and saved Rs 20 when a discount of 25% was given. What was the price
of the sweater before the discount?
(a) Rs 30 (b) Rs 40 (c) Rs 60 (d) Rs 80
3. Area of rectangle of length’ 3x’ and breadth ‘5y ‘is
(a) 3x + 5y (b) 15xy (c)15x (d)15y
4. If 52 men can do a piece of work in 35 days, in how many days 28 men will do it?
(a) 65 days (b) 75 days (c) 80 days (d) none of these
5. Two cubes each of edge 12 cm are joined. The surface area of new cuboid is
(a) 140 cm2 (b) 1440 cm2 (c) 144 cm2 (d) 72 cm2
6. The curved surface area of cylinder of height ‘h’ and base radius ‘r’ is
1
(a) 2rh (b) rh (c) rh (d) none of these
2
2 2 2
1 1 1
7. The value of is
2 3 4
61 144
(a) (b) (c) 29 (d) none of these
144 61
8. The standard form of 9,030,000,000 is given by ______________ .
(a) 9.03 x 109 (b) 90.3 x 107 (c) 903 x 106 (d) 9.03 x 10-9
9. If 25 metres of cloth costs of Rs. 1575, how many metres of it can be bought for Rs. 2016?
(a) 30 m (b) 32 m (c) 36 m (d) none of these
10. Factors of a2 + 8a+ 16 are:
(a) (a + 4)(a – 4) (b) (a + 4)(a + 4)
(c) (a + 4)(4 – a) (d) (a – 4)(a – 4)
SECTION – B(2 marks)
2x 7x
11. Solve: 1 3
3 15
12. Find the square root of 6400.
13. If Chameli had Rs 600 left after spending 75% of her money, how much did she have in the
beginning?
14. Find the height of a cylinder whose radius is 7 cm and the total surface area is 968 cm2.
15. Find the value of m for which 5m ÷ 5– 3 = 55.
16. In a model of a ship, the mast is 9 cm high, while the mast of the actual ship is 12 m high. If the
length of the ship is 28 m, how long is the model ship?
SECTION – C(3 marks)
17. Simplify and solve : 15(y – 4) –2(y – 9) + 5(y + 6) = 0
18. Find the buying price of each of the following when 5% ST is added on the purchase of
(a) A towel at Rs 50
(b) Two bars of soap at Rs 35 each
(c) 5 kg of flour at Rs 15 per kg
19. Add
(i) 5m (3 – m) and 6m2 – 13m
(ii) 4y (3y2 + 5y – 7) and 2 (y3 – 4y2 + 5)
25 t 4
20. Simplify: 3 (t 0)
5 10 t 8
21. The following table gives the quantity of petrol and its cost.
No. of Litres of petrol 10 15 20 25
Cost of petrol in Rs 500 750 1000 1250
Plot a graph to show the data.
22. Factorise the following expressions.
(i) a4 – b4 (ii) q2 – 10q + 21
SECTION – D(4 marks)
23. The students of Class VIII of a school donated Rs 2401 in all, for Prime Minister’s National
Relief Fund. Each student donated as many rupees as the number of students in the class. Find
the number of students in the class and also find the donated amount of each student.
OR
A shop gives 20% discount. What would the scale price of each of these be?
(a) A dress marked at Rs. 120
(b) A pair of shoes marked at Rs. 750
(c) A bag marked at Rs. 250
24. Simplify.
(i) (x + y)(2x + y) + (x + 2y)(x – y)
(ii) (x + y)(x2 – xy + y2)
25. Two persons could fit new windows in a house in 3 days.
(i) One of the persons fell ill before the work started. How long would the job take now?
(ii) How many persons would be needed to fit the windows in one day?
26. Mary wants to decorate her Christmas tree. She wants to place the tree on a wooden box covered
with coloured paper with picture of Santa Claus on it (see the below figure). She must know the
exact quantity of paper to buy for this purpose. The box has length, breadth and height as 80 cm,
40 cm and 20 cm respectively and she wants to use square sheets of paper of side 40 cm for the
decoration.
Answer the following questions based on the above information:
(i) Find the total surface area of the box.
(ii) Find the area of each sheet of the paper.
(iii) Find the volume of the box.
27. Factorise the expressions and divide them as directed.
(5p2 – 25p + 20) ÷ (p – 1)
OR
(y2 + 7y + 10) (y + 5)
