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M. Prakash Academy Entrance Examination 2015

Standard VIII
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April 2015.

Time: 10.00 am to 12.30 pm

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Total marks: 200

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Mathematics
Q1. Virat runs twice as fast as he walks. He travels from his house to school
by walking some distance and by running some distance. On Monday his
walking time is twice his running time and reaches the school in 30 minutes.
On Tuesday his running time is twice his walking time. Find the time in
minutes he takes to reach the school on Tuesday.
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35
can be written in the form 16
=2+
where x, y
Q2. The fraction 35
16
1
x+
y
are natural numbers. Find (x + y)2 .
Q3. Let n = 10025 25. Let S denote the sum of the digits of n. Find the
smallest natural number k such that S + k is a perfect square.
Q4. If 1.236 1015 5.23 1014 = a.bc 10k where a, b, c are digits from
1 to 9 and k is a natural number. Find (a + b + c + k).
Q5. Two adults have their birthday on the same day. On a particular
birthday the product of their ages is 770. Find the sum of their ages on
that birthday.
Q6. Mohit bought a number of balls. He was required to pay 5% tax on his
purchase. If he did not have to pay the tax he could have bought 3 more
balls in the total amount he had spent. How many balls did Mohit buy?
Q7. Two candles of length one feet each start burning at the same time.
One of the candles will burn down in 40 hours and the other in 24 hours. If
after H hours one of the candle has length 3 times the length of the other
candle, find H.
Q8. 125 small cubes of size 1 1 1 are put together to form a cube of
size 5 5 5. Two cubes of size 1 1 1 are said to be neighbours if they
are placed such that their one face of size 1 1 touches each other. Find
the number of 1 1 1 cubes having exactly four neighbours.
(Note that a cube has 8 vertices, 12 edges and 6 faces.)

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Q9. In ABC, three points P1 , P2 , P3 are placed on segment BC and
each joined to vertex A. The resulting figure contains all together 10 triangles. Find the total number of triangles present in the figure if 12 points
P1 , P2 , , P11 , P12 are placed on segment BC and each is joined to vertex A.
A

P1

P2

P3

Q10. As shown in the figure 2ABCD is a square and EBC is an equilateral triangle. Find the measure of DAE.
A

Q11.A polygon A1 A2 A3 ........A10 of 10 sides is inscribed in a circle, that is

all the vertices lie on the circumference of the same circle. All the 10 sides
are of equal length. Let M be the center of the circle.
Find the measure of A3 A1 A2 .
A10
A1

A9

A2

A8
M

A3

A7

A6

A4
A5

Q12. In ABC D is on segment BC such that BD = x and DC = 2x.

M is the midpoint of segment AC. If area of ABD is 26 units find the
area of BM A.

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Q13. In ABC, D is the foot of the altitude from A on segment BC. If

AD = 24, AC = 30 and BC = 28. Find AB.
A

Q14. As shown in the figure mDAC = x , mBCE = y and

1
(x + y z).
mABC = z . Find 12

D
A

z
B

C
y
E

Q15. I have a 14 digit interesting number. The sum of its any three consecutive digits is same. If its first digit is 4, its 5th digit is 7 and the sum of
its all digits is 79 then find the sum of its last 4 digits.
Q16. Let n = (7584)2 + 4(7584)(1208) + 4(1208)2 . Find the smallest value
of the natural number m such that the product of m and n is a perfect cube.
Q17. Let m be the largest divisor of 723 other than itself. Let n be the
largest divisor of 754 other than itself. If L.C.M. of m and n = pa q b rc where
p, q, r are distinct prime numbers then find the value of a + b + c.
(Note that the largest divisor of 103 other than 103 is 500).
Q18. We define a new operation as given below.
a b = a2 + b. For example, 8 5 = 82 + 5 = 69.
If n is a natural number and p is a prime number then find the smallest
value of p satisfying 8 p = n 6.

Q19. Find the value of (2 20 + 4 8)(6 2 45).

Q20. If a2 b2 = 132 and a + b = 22 then find the value of a + b2 .

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Q21. As shown in the following figure equilateral triangle of size 1 is formed
using 3 match sticks. To form an equilateral triangle of size 3 with all the
equilateral triangle of size 1 inside it we require 18 match sticks. Find the
total number of match sticks required to construct a size 6 equilateral triangle with all the equilteral triangle of size 1 inside it.

Q22. Consider the 8-digit number 3681m42n where m and n are digits
from 0 to 9. Find the value of m2 + n if given 8-digit number is divisible by
72.
Q23. Find the value of 100(1 81 )(1 91 )(1

1
)........(1
10

1
).
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Q24. Integer k is 4th power of another integer. If 18 is a factor of k then

k
.
find the smallest value of 18
Q25. Club G has several members. Average age of members of G increases
by one year if either five members each 9 year old leave G or new five members each 17 year old join G. Find the present number of members in G.

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Science
Q26. To find the percentage of an element in a particular compound, the
following steps are followed:
weight of the element
The % of an element in a compound =
100
molecular weight of compound
[For example : Molecular weight of H2 O : 2 atomic weight of Hydrogen
(1) + 1 atomic weight of oxygen (16) = 18.
2
100 = 11.11%]
Percentage of Hydrogen in water = 18

The molecular formula of Ammonium nitrate is N H4 N O3 . Find the percentage of Nitrogen in Ammonium nitrate.
[Atomic weights: Hydrogen:1; Oxygen:16; Nitrogen:14]

Q27. Calcium cyanamide is used for killing weeds in onion fields. Amount
of Calcium cyanamide required for 1 hectare of land is 2.5 Kg. A field is 500
m long and 400 m broad. The total amount of Calcium cyanamide needed
for the field is K 103 gm. What is the value of K?
(1hectare = 10, 000 sq.m)
Q28. Following is a list of some elements, compounds and mixtures. If
the number of elements in the list is X , number of compounds is Y and
number of mixtures is Z , find (X + Y - Z).
Sodium, Caustic soda, Common salt, sugar, stainless steel, magnesium,
gold, acetic acid, washing soda, tea, oxygen, water vapour, mercury, manganese, potassium permanganate, air, glucose.
Q29. Specific heat of Iron is 0.0125 cal/Kg C and of glass is 0.2 cal/Kg C.
Then heat in calories required to raise the tempetature of 2.5 Kg of glass
through 2 C will also raise the temperature of A Kg of iron through 1 C.
What is the value of A?
Q30. Read the following information and solve the problem based on it.
Experiment-1: 10ml of sample A of Hydrochloric acid completely neutralises 10 ml of sample C of Sodium hydroxide.
Experiment-2: 10 ml of sample B of Hydrochloric acid completely neutralises 20 ml of sample C of Sodium hydroxide.
The strength of sample B of Hydrochloric acid is K/10 times the strength
of sample A of Hydrochloric acid. What is the value of K?

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Q31. Read the following information and solve the problem based on it.
Experiment-1: 10ml of sample A of Hydrochloric acid completely neutralises 10 ml of sample C of Sodium hydroxide.
Experiment-2: 10 ml of sample B of Hydrochloric acid completely neutralises 20 ml of sample C of Sodium hydroxide.
If 40 ml of sample A of Hydrochloric acid and 25 ml of sample B of
Hydrochoric acid are mixed, the mixture will neutralise S ml of sample C
of Sodium hydroxide. What is the value of S?
Q32. Iron forms two oxides with oxygen. Their formulae are F eO and
F e2 O3 . The valency of oxygen is 2. If the valency of Iron in F eO is P
and the valency of Iron in Fe2 O3 is Q, find the value of [(Q - P) 10 ].

Q33. A is a shiny grey solid. It burns in air with a brilliant white light
and forms a compound which is white powder. On adding this powder to
water we get a solution, which turns red litmus blue.
Identify A from the given table and write the number assigned to it.
Substance Assigned Number
Graphite
12
Lead
82
Sandstone
60
Magnesium
24
Brass
59

Q34. Following is a list of some oxides. Write the sum total of the valencies
of all the elements associated with oxygen in these oxides.
a) M gO
b) CuO
c) SO3
d) CO2
Q35. The amount of heat energy produced on complete combustion of 1 Kg
fuel is called as a calorific value of the fuel. It is expressed in Kilojoules/Kg.
One gram of cow dung cake produces 8 Kilojoules of heat energy. 6.25
Kg of cow dung cakes equals 1 kg of Methane in calorific value. The amount
of heat energy produced on complete combustion of 300 gm of Methane gas
equals Y 103 kilojoules. What is the value of Y?
Q36. Weight is the force exerted by earths gravity on an object. An object
weighs 98 N on earth. What will be its mass(in Kg) if it is carried by an
astronaut to the moon?
(g = 9.8m/s2 ).

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Q37. A ray of light is incident on a plane mirror and forms an angle of 67.5
degrees with the plane of the mirror. Find the angle between incident ray
and reflected ray.
Q38. A man is standing on a ground. He walks 12 m to the east, then
turns and walks 12 m to the north, then turns again and walks 7 m to the
west and stops. What is the straight line distance between his original and
final position? Express your answer in meter.
Q39. An object is placed at some distance from a plane mirror. Let D
be the distance between the object and its image. The object now begins
to move towards the mirror with constant speed of 30 cm/s. Calculate the
rate at which D changes with time. This is called relative velocity between
the object and its image. Express your answer in cm/s.
Q40. The figure below shows a beam of light from a torch shining on a
tennis ball. Imagine a shadow is cast on the screen.

Distance between Torch and Ball (TB) = 3 feet.

Distance between Ball and Screen (BS) = 5 feet.
Total distance between Torch and the Screen (TS) = 8 ft.
Consider the following cases:
1. Position of torch is fixed. TB increases to 4 ft.; while TS doesnt change
2. Position of torch is fixed. TB decreases to 1 ft.; while TS remains unchanged
3. Position of torch and ball is fixed; BS increases to 6 ft.
4. Position of torch and ball is fixed; BS decreases to 3 ft.
Choose the cases in which the shadow becomes larger. Add the distance
between the ball and the screen (BS) for all those cases. Write the sum in
your bubble sheet.