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44. The sum of 5 consecutive even numbers is 140. Find the greatest number amongst Class - VIII Full Marks - 100 Time - 2 Hours
them. Instructions
a) 24 b) 28 c) 31 d) 32 1. There are 50 questions of marks 2 each
45. The present age of Karan is 58 years and that of Vikas is 14 years. In how many years 2. Put tick ( ) mark on the correct alternative against each question in your answer sheet.
will Karan be thrice as old as Vikas ? 3. There is no negative marking.
a) 6 years b) 10 years c) 8 years d) 12 years
46. Two numbers are in the ratio 5 : 7. If 18 is subtracted from each number, then their
1. Which of the following is not a rational number ?
ratio becomes 8 :13. Find the sum of the numbers.
a) 120 b) 160 c) 170 d) 190 0 7
a) 3 b) 50 c) 1 d) 17
47. Which of the following interchanges of signs would make the given equation true ?
2. The sum of two number is 81. it one number is ( 45 )th of the other, then the number are
16` 2 + 9 x 12 - 3 = 81
a) 54, 27 b) 45, 36 c) 42, 39 d) 58, 23
a) x and ` b) - and ` c) x and + d) + and - 3 5
3. What should be subtracted from (1 + 10 ) to get ?
48. Which of the following words CANNOT be formed by using the letters of the given 6
word ? 9 5
a) 20 b) 75 c) 27 d) 8
CONCENTRATE
4. A teacher has 54 books, after giving three books to each student, he is left with 9
a) TREAT b) TRAIN c) CONCERN d) CENTRE
books. How many students are there in the class ?
49. In a division, the divisor is 12 times the quotient and 5 times the remainder. If the
a) 20 b) 18 c) 15 d) 25
remainder is 48, then dividend is -
5. A two-digit number is less than 20. The sum of the digits is double that their product.
a) 240 b) 576 c) 4800 d) 4848
What is the number ?
50. The size of a red blood cell is 0.000007m and the size of a plant cell is 0.00001275m.
a) 12 b) 15 c) 13 D) 11
Find the ratio of the size of red blood cell to that of plant cell.
6. The number of sides of a regular polygon whose each exterior angle has a measure of
a) 13 :56 b) 28 : 51 c) 31 : 39 d) 22 : 31 o
60 is ---------
a) 7 b) 6 c) 11 d) 9
7. ABCD is a rhombus in which the attitude from D to side AB bisects AB. Then <A
And <B respectively are -
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a) 60 , 120 b) 120 , 60 c) 80 , 100 d) 100 o, 80 o
8. The angles of a quadrilateral are in the ratio 3 : 7 : 6 : 4. The sum of the greatest and
the smallest angle is o
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a) 120 b) 70 c) 180 d) 95
9. In a survey of 500 students, it is found that 380 like cricket while the rest dislike it.
From these students, one is chosen at random. The probability that the chosen student
dislike cricket is -
9 6 3 6
a) 25 b) 25 c) 25 d) 25
10. The mid-value of a class-interval is called its
A) Class-limit b) Class-mark c) Frequency d) Class-interval

11. If 2 + x =3, then x = ---------.

a) 1 b) 7 c) 7 d) 49
12. If the three numbers are in the ratio 3:4:7, So that the sum of their squares is 1184.
Find the numbers respectively.
a) 12, 16, 28 b) 28, 12, 16 c) 28, 16, 12 d) 16, 12, 28
 13. A teacher arranges his students in rows to from a square. He finds that in doing so, 29. Which of the following values are equal ?
45 students are left out. If the total number of students be 4945, then find the number P. 14 Q. 40
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of students in each row. R. 0 S. 4
a) 70 b) 60 c) 50 d) 45 a) P and Q b) Q and R c) P and R d) P and S
14. How many cubes of side 3cm can be cut from a cube of side 9cm ? 30. The cell of bacteria doubles it self after every 1 hour. How many cells will there be
a) 7 b) 15 c) 27 d) 14 after 8 hours ?
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15. The cube of a two digit number will contain - a) 200 times of the original c) 2 times of the original
a) 4 digit b) 5 digit c) 6 digit d) 4, 5 or 6 digit c) 210 times of the original d) 26 times of the original
16. Atul made a cube of plasticine. Length, breadth and height of the cuboid are 25cm, 31. If x and y vary inversely as each other, and x = 12 when y = 10. Find y When x =20.
25cm and 50cm. How many minimum such cuboids he needs to make a perfect cube ? a) 5 b) 8 c) 9 d) 6
a) 4 b) 20 c) 12 d) 25 32. 56men can do a piece of work in 42days. How many men will do the same work in
17. (0.5% of 250)+(0.8% of 120) = ? 14days ?
a) 1.85 b) 2.21 c) 1.92 d) 2.42 a) 140 b) 170 c) 168 D) 132
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18. If x% of y is 100 and y% of z is 200, then 33. In 15days, the earth picks up 1.2 x 10 kg of dust from the atmosphere. In how many
x
a) z = 3x b) z = x4 c) z = 2x d) z = 3 days it will pick up 4.8 x 108 kg of dust ?
19. A book was sold for Rs 27.50 with a profit of 10% . If it was sold for Rs. 25.75, then a) 50 b) 40 c) 60 d) 100
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what would have been the percentage of profit or loss ? 34. The factors of 3x + 11x + 6 3 are -
a) Loss, 3% b) Profit, 2% c) profit, 3% d) loss, 2% a) (x - 3 3)( 3x + 2) b) (x - 3 3)( 3x -2)
2 2 c) (x + 3 3)( 3x -2) d) (x + 3 3)( 3x +2)
20. If 3x+4y=18 and xy=6, then find the value of 9x + 16y.
a) 180 b) 144 c) 324 d) 170 35. (-8, 0) lies on -
a) Positive x-axis b) Negative x-axis
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21. If x 2+ 1x 2 =7, then find the value of x + x c) Positive y-axis d) Negative y-axis
a) 3 b) 53 c) 61 d) 63 36. The point (5, 2) is at a distance of -------- unit from y-axis.
4 2 4 a) 2 b) 5 c) 3 d) 7
22. What should be added to x -3x + 7x -5 to get 2x + 6x -4 ?
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a) x4+ 4x 2-31x +2 b) x4+2x 2+4x +1 37. The number (10 - 1) is divisible by 11 for ------ .
c) x3+3x2- 4x + 31 d) x4 +3x 2- x +1 a) n E N b) odd values of n
23. Number of faces, vertices edge in the rectangular prism are respectively - c) Even values of n d) n is the multiple of 11
a) 4, 6, 8 b) 7, 5, 12 c) 6, 5, 7 d) 6, 8, 12 38. The largest natural number by which the product of three consecutive even natural
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24. The ratio of areas of two squares, if diagonal of one is double the diagonal of the numbers is always divisible, is -
other, is - a) 16 b) 24 c) 48 d) 96
a) 3 : 2 b) 4 : 1 c) 3 : 1 d) 4 : 3 39. There is a certain relationship between the words on the either side of :: . Select a
25. The edges of a cuboid are in the ratio 1:2:3 and its volume is 1296cu m. Find its word from the options which will replace the '?' .
length, breadth and height. AMT : COV :: LUT : ?
a) 4m., 8m., 12m., b) 5m., 10m., 15m. a) MUV b) NWV c) MVU d) NWU
c) 6m., 12m., 18m. d) None of these 40. If BEAUTY is written as CFBTSX, then how will FLOWER be coded in that
26. A room has a length 8m. and breadth 6m. If the cost of painting its four walls at the language ?
rate of Rs. 80 per m 2 is Rs. 11200, find the height of the room. a) EKNVDQ b) EKNXFS c) GMPVDQ d) GMPXFS
a) 5m b) 6m. c) 8m. d) 10m. 41. A rat runs 13m. towards South-East. Then it runs 4m. towards South. Then, it turns
1999 right and runs 5m., again it turns right and runs 4m. How far is rat now from the
27. The value of 2 2001 + 2 is - starting position ?
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2 -2 a) 14m b) 13m c) 12m d) 6m
1000+1
a) 2 b) 10/3 c) 2 d) 10 42. Which of the following rational numbers does not lie on the number line between the
numbers 15 4 and 2 ?
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28. When simplified, (x-1+y-1 ) is equal to
xy a) 25 b) 35 c) 45 d) 13
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a) x + y b) x + y c) xy d) xy