DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL,BANGALORE SOUTH

SA1 SAMPLE PAPER -2014

SUBJECT-MATHS
CLASS-VIII
MAX.MARKS:90

General Instructions:
All questions are compulsory.
Questions of Section A carry 1 mark each.
Questions of Section B carry 2 marks each.
Questions of Section C carry 3 marks each.
Questions of Section D carry 4 marks each

SECTION-A
I Choose the correct answers.

1. If - = , then z is equal to
a) − b) − c) d)

2. If of a number is 10 less than the original number, then the number is

a) 30 b) 15 c) 10 d) 27

3. Name the quadrilateral which is equiangular but not equilateral.

a) Rectangle b) Square c) Rhombus d) Parallelogram

4. Find ‘x’ in 1:4::x:20

a) 20 b) 15 c) 5 d) 4

5. Which of the following can be the square of a natural number ‘n’?

a) Sum of the squares of first ’ n’ natural numbers.
b) Sum of first (n-1) natural numbers.
c) Sum of first n natural numbers .
d) Sum of first ‘n’ odd natural numbers.
6. = is satisfied by

) x=1 or x=2 b) only x=1 c) only x=2 d) x=0

7. If 20 men complete a piece of work in 12 days.How long will 40 men to do the

Same piece of work?

a) 15 b) 6 c) 5 d) 10
8. Which of the following is the number of non-perfect square numbers between
the squares of the numbers n and n+1?
a) n+1 b) n c) 2n d) 2n+1

SECTION-B

9. Find the value of missing angles x,y and z in the given figure

800 x

y z

10. What do we get on subtracting from its multiplicative inverse and the result
is added to ?
11. Aman’s mother is four times as old as Aman. Twenty years later, she will be
just twice as old as Aman will be then.Find the present age of Aman.

12. Construct a rhombus MUST with MS = 5.6cm and TU = 6.5cm.

13. Reenu types 540 words during half an hour. How many words would she
type in 8 mins?

14. Find the square of 125 without actual multiplication.

SECTION-C
15. Fill in the blanks
a) The product of a rational number and its reciprocal is _______
b) The reciprocal of a negative rational number is__________
c) zero has ______ reciprocal.
16. Two numbers are such that the ratio between them is 3:5. If each is increased
 by 10, the ratio between the new numbers so formed is 5:7. Find the original
numbers.
17. Construct a quadrilateral ABCD, where AB=4cm, BC=5cm,CD=6.5cm and
‫ے‬B=1050 and ‫ے‬C=800.

18. How many diagonals does each of the following have?

a) A convex quadrilateral
b) A regular hexagon
c) A triangle

19. The difference between two angles is 200. If these angles are
complementary, find the angles.

20. If x:y=12:8 varies inversely.then find y1 when x1=16

21. Write a Pythagorean triplet whose one member is 14 and verify.

22. The sides of a triangle taken in order, are each 3cm longer than the preceding
side. If the perimeter of the triangle is 81cm find the length of its sides.

23. Acar takes 2 hrs to reach a destination by travelling at 60km/hr. How long
will it take while travelling at 80km/hr?

24. Write atleast three differences of direct & inverse variations.

SECTION-D
25. a)Express the square of 21 as the sum of two consecutive integers.

b) Can we say that square numbers can only have even number of zeroes at
the end? Illustrate with examples.
26. A jeep travels 165 km in 5 hrs
i) How long will it take to travel 400 km?
ii) How far will it travel in 6.5 hrs?
27. Construct a quadrilateral SHOW. Where
SH=3.5cm,HO=6.5cm,‫ے‬S=750,‫ے‬H=1050 and ‫ے‬O=1200
28.
G A

N T

O C

OCTN is an isosceles trapezium. NTAG is a square on the side NT.Prove that

GOCA is also an isosceles trapezium.

29. A man left one-third of his property to his son, one-fourth to his daughter and
the remaining Rs20,000to his wife. How much money did the man leave?

30. Solve: a) = +

31. a) The product of two numbers is − . If one of the numbers is − , find the
other.
a) Verify whether the given statement is true or false.
- 9 ÷ = ÷ - 9
32. A wheel with 25 teeth drives another wheel with 15 teeth. If the first wheel
makes 30 revolutions per second, how many revolutions per second does the
second wheel makes?
33. From a ribbon which is 22m long, two pieces of lengths 5 m and 3 m are
cut off. What is the length of the remaining ribbon?

34. a) The sum of two angles of a quadrilateral is 1500 and the other angles are in
the ratio 2:3, find the two angles of the quadrilateral.

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