Chavara Public School

HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION 2023-"24

Class: VIII Time:3Hrs.

Max.Marks:80
MATHEMATICS

General Instructions:

This Question Paper has 5Sections A, B, C, Dand E.

Section Ahas 20 MCQs carrying 1 mark each.
Section Bhas 5questions carrying 2 marks each.
Section Chas 6questions carrying 3 marks each.
Section Dhas 4 questions carrying 5 marks each.
Section Ehas 3case based integrated units of assessment (4 marks each) with sub-parts of
the valuesof 1, 1and 2 marks each respectively.
Draw neat figures wherever required.
SECTIONA
(Section Aconsists of 20 questions of 1 mark each)
1. The nultiplicative inverse of the number (- 1) is
A. 0 B. -1 C.1 D. None of these
2. The solution of 2y + 9 = 4 is
9 -2 -5
A. ;2 B.
D.
3. How many diagonals does a triangle have?
A. 0 B.1 C. 2 D. 4
4. The unit digit in the square of the number 132 is
A. 1 B. 2 C.3 D.4
5. The smallest number by which 32 should be multiplied so as to get a perfect square
is
A. 2 B.3 C.4 D.8
6. Which of the following statement is false?
A. All the rectangles are parallelograms
B. All the squares are rectangles
C. All the parallelograms are rectangles
D. All the rhombuses are parallelograms
7. The value of *+)
A.
7
B. 7
18

8. Rita purchased a cycle for 1000 and sold it for 1200. Then her profit percentage is
A. 10% B. 12% C. 20% D. 40%
9. The rational number which isequal to its negative is
A. 0 B.1 C. -1 D. None of these
10. The quadrilateralwhose diagonals are perpendicular bisectors of each other
A. Rectangle B. Rhombus C. Parallelogram D. Trapezium
 11. Which ofthe following numbers is not a perfect cube?
A. 216 B. 1000 C. 128 D. 343
12. Cube root of 4913 is
A. 27 B.17 C.23 D.13
13. How many natural numbers lie between 362 and 372?
A. 36 B. 37 C. 72 D. 74
14. The measure of each exterior angle ofa regular polygon of9 sides is
A. 30° B. 40° C.60° D. 45°

15. The product of rational number -and its multiplicative inverse is

4
A. 0 B. 1 C.
25
16. The number 0 is not
A. an integer B. awhole number
C.a natural number D. arational number
3
17. 4# part of anumber is 5 more than its 2 part. This statement in the form of an
equation is
A. x 4
x=5 B.x
3
-5 4
3
+5 D. 4 x-5 =-x
3
18. The simple interest on 1000 for 2 years at 8% per annum is
A. 80 B.40C.120 D. 160
19. DIRECTION: In question numbers 19 and 20, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by
a statement of Reason (R). Choose the correctoption
Statement A (Assertion): ABCD isa rhombus such that zABC = 40°,then
LADC= 40°,
Statement R( Reason): In rhombus opposite angles are equal.
(a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is the correct
explanation of assertion (A)
(b) Both assertion (A)and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is not the correct
explanation of assertion (A)
(c) Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false but reason (R) is true.
20. Statement A (Assertion):If the marked price of an article is 1300 and discount is
10%. The sale price of thearticle is 1180.
Statement R( Reason) :The Sale Price of an article can be calculated by the
formula, Sale Price= Marked Price -Discount
(a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is the correct
explanation of assertion (A)
(b) Both assertion (A)and reason (R)are true and reason (R) 0s not the correct
explanation of assertion (A)
(c) Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A)is false but reason (R)is true.
 SECTION B
(Section B
consists of 5questions of 2 marks each.)
* -4
21. Solve:=
22. Find the length of the side of a square whose area is 31.36 m².
23. Finda Pythagorean triplet whose one member is 16.
24. Find the value of 'a' in the following figure:

3a 4a/

25. Simplify:xx2
7 16
5
x -28 9

SECTION C
(Section C
consists of 6 questions of 3 marks each)
26. Present age of Ashish and Vaibhav are in the ratio 3 :5. Six years from now the ratio
of their ages will be 5:7. Find their present ages.
27. Verify distributive property for a b=: 4 1 andc%
28. Find the cube root of 10648 by prime factorisation method.
29. The following figures are parallelograms. Find the values of x and y. Write the
properties used for finding the values of x and y.
()

(ii)
4y -3
D

3% /15cm

17cm C

30. Asc0oter was bought at {48,000. it's value depreciated at the rate of 8% per annum.
Find it's value after one year.
 31. Drawa histogram for the
following data:
Marks 0-10 10- 20 20-30 30- 40 40 -50 Total
No: of 5 11 8 9 40
students

SECTIOND
(Section Dconsists of 4questions of 5 marks each)
32. Two computers were purchased for 16,000 each. One was sold ata gain of 5% and
the other at a loss of 4%. Find the overall gain or loss percentage in the whole
transaction.
33. Find the least number which must be subtracted from 3250 soas to get a perfect
square. Write the perfect square number. Also find the square root of the perfect
square so obtained.
34. Harish tooka loan ofE72,000 from a bank. If the rate of interest is 10% per annum,
find the difference in amounts he would be paying after 1yyears if the interest is
i. Compounded annually
ii. Compounded half yearly.
35. Find the smallest number by which 64 should be multiplied so as to get a perfect
cube number. Write the perfect cube nmber and its cube root.
SECTIONE
(Section E consists of 3 case study based questions of 4 marks each)
36. Saurabh has a totalofR200 in coins of denominations1, E2 and 5. The number of
5 coins is 2 times the number of I2 coins. The total number of coins is 65.

Assume the number of 2 coins as x.

Write the number of {5 coins and 1 coins in terms of x. (1)
Form a linear equation for the given statement. (1)
ii. Find the number of coins of each denomination. (2)
37. The given histogram depicts the time taken by 55 students to reach schoo.

15

101

10 30 40 60

Time Lin minutes)

What is the size of each class interval? (1)
ii. Write the scale ony- axis. (1)
How many students take 20 minutes or more but less than 50 minutes to reach the
school? (2)
38. During Mathematics Lab Activity, each student was given four straws of lengths 8 cm,
8 cm, 5 cm and 5 cm to make different types of quadrilaterals.

i. How many types of quadrilaterals can be formed using these straws? (1)
iL. Name the types of quadrilaterals formed. (1)
ii. The measure of two angles of aquadrilateral are 110° and 100°. The remaining two
angles are equal. Find the measure of each of the remaining twoanges. (2)