QUARTERLY ASSESSMENT I (2025–26)
Subject: Mathematics Class: 8 Section: ___ Date: ___ Time: 1 hr Marks: 40
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
This Question Paper has 5 Sections: A, B, C, D, and E.
Section A has 8 MCQs and 2 Assertion–Reason questions (1 mark each).
Section B has 3 questions carrying 2 marks each.
Section C has 2 questions carrying 3 marks each.
Section D has 2 questions carrying 5 marks each.
Section E has 2 case-based questions of 4 marks each.
SECTION A – 1 mark each (Total 10 marks)
1. If a:b = 3:5, then b is what fraction of a?
2. Which of the following is a prime number? (a) 21 (b) 29 (c) 33 (d) 51
3. The sum of the measures of angles in a triangle is: (a) 90° (b) 180° (c) 270° (d) 360°
4. The value of 7² − 5² is: (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) 24 (d) 49
5. The cube root of 343 is: (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) 11
6. The area of a square whose side is 9 cm is: (a) 18 cm² (b) 27 cm² (c) 81 cm² (d) 90 cm²
7. The reciprocal of 4/7 is: (a) 7/4 (b) 4/7 (c) 3/7 (d) 1/4
8. Which of these is a polygon? (a) Circle (b) Hexagon (c) Ellipse (d) None
9. Assertion (A): The diagonals of a rectangle are equal. Reason (R): A rectangle has all angles
equal to 90°.
10. Assertion (A): The sum of the first five odd numbers is 25. Reason (R): Sum of first n odd
numbers is n².
SECTION B – 2 marks each (Total 6 marks)
11. Simplify: 5x − 3(x − 4).
12. Find the perimeter of a rectangle whose length is 12 cm and breadth is 8 cm.
13. Solve for x: 2x + 7 = 15.
SECTION C – 3 marks each (Total 6 marks)
14. In parallelogram ABCD, ∠A = (4x + 10)° and ∠C = (2x + 20)°. Find the value of x and each
angle.
15. Simplify: (52 + 48) ÷ (15 − 5) × 2.
SECTION D – 5 marks each (Total 10 marks)
16. (a) A rectangular park is 50 m long and 30 m wide. How many meters of fencing will be
required? (b) A shopkeeper buys an article for ■1200 and sells it for ■1440. Find the profit and
profit percentage.
17. (i) In a triangle, the angles are in the ratio 2:3:4. Find each angle. (ii) The sum of two numbers is
50 and their difference is 10. Find the numbers.
SECTION E – Case-Based (4 marks each)
18. A water tank is in the shape of a cuboid of dimensions 4 m × 3 m × 2.5 m. (a) Find its capacity in
liters. (b) If the tank is half full, how many liters of water does it contain?
19. The population of Town A is 52,000 and Town B is 48,000. (a) Find the difference in population.
(b) What percentage is Town A's population greater than Town B's?
