Class 8 Mathematics – Test Paper (80 Marks)
Time: 3 Hours
Section A – MCQs (1 mark each = 10 marks)
1. The value of 2■³ is: (a) 8 (b) 1/8 (c) -8 (d) 1/2
2. How many diagonals does a hexagon have? (a) 9 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 3
3. Which of the following is a solution of 3x + 5 = 20? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
4. The square of 125 ends with digit: (a) 25 (b) 75 (c) 00 (d) 50
5. The cube of an odd number is always: (a) Even (b) Odd (c) Prime (d) None
6. Median of 2, 5, 7, 9, 10 is: (a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 6 (d) 9
7. Which of the following is a rational number? (a) √2 (b) π (c) -5/7 (d) √3
8. The exterior angle of a regular pentagon is: (a) 60° (b) 72° (c) 90° (d) 108°
9. Value of (10■ ÷ 10³) × 10² is: (a) 10■ (b) 10² (c) 10■ (d) 10¹■
10. The cube root of 1331 is: (a) 11 (b) 13 (c) 9 (d) 7
Section B – Short Answer Questions (2 marks each = 16 marks)
11. Simplify: (3■ × 3■²) ÷ 3
12. Solve: 5x – 7 = 18
13. Find the length of each side of a square whose area is 784 cm²
14. Write the first three cube numbers. Verify that the cube of 2 is 8
15. A die is thrown once. Find probability of (i) an even number (ii) a number less than 3
16. Write in standard form: 0.0000235
17. Find the mean of 10, 15, 20, 25, 30
18. Express -7/21 in standard form of rational numbers
Section C – Short Answer Questions (3 marks each = 18 marks)
19. The sum of two consecutive integers is 45. Find the numbers
20. Find the square root of 2025 by long division method
21. Find the cube root of 17576 using prime factorisation
22. A card is drawn from a pack of 52. Find probability of (i) a king (ii) a red card (iii) a black queen
23. A quadrilateral has angles in the ratio 2:3:4:5. Find each angle
24. Construct a frequency table for: 5, 7, 10, 5, 7, 10, 5, 7, 10, 5. Find the mode
Section D – Long Answer Questions (4 marks each = 16 marks)
25. Solve: 2x + 3/2 = 7/2
26. A square field has area 324 m². A rectangular field has length 27 m, breadth 12 m. Whose area
is greater and by how much?
27. A bag contains 5 red, 4 blue, 3 green balls. Find probability of (i) red (ii) green (iii) not blue (iv)
red or green
28. A cube has volume 9261 cm³. Find its side length and surface area
Section E – Long Answer Questions (5 marks each = 20 marks)
29. The following table shows the marks obtained by 40 students. Prepare a histogram and find the
mode:
Marks: 0–10 | 10–20 | 20–30 | 30–40 | 40–50
Students: 5 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 4
30. The diagonal of a rectangle is 25 cm and one side 24 cm. Find (i) other side (ii) area (iii)
perimeter
31. A car travels 60 km at a certain speed. If speed had been 20 km/h more, time would be 30 min
less. Find the speed
32. The marks of 20 students are: 7, 8, 10, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 15, 15, 16, 17, 18, 18, 19, 20, 20, 20,
22, 25. Prepare a frequency table (class size 5) and find (i) mean (ii) median
