8 MODEL TEST PAPER

CFOR PRACTICE)

Time Allowed :3 Hours] [Maximum Marks : 80

General Instructions: See CBSE Sample Question Paper 2025.
SECTION A
Section Aconsists of 20 questions of 1 mark each.
0.1. The values of aand b in the following factor tree are:

(a) 42, 21 (b) 21, 42 (c) 10, 12 (d) 12, 10

0.2. The number of zeroesfor the given graph is

(-4, 0)) -2, 0) (2, 0)

0 X
3 1 1 3 4
1

T(0, - 2)
3

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

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 The roots of the quadratic equation - 2ax -(4b -a) =0are
2b (b) a-b, a - 2b (c) at2b (d) 2a + b, 2a - b
(a) a+b, a+
condition for which the system of equations
Q.4. The
ax + by +c= 0
and Ix + my + 1 = 0

has unique solution is

(a) al bm (b) am#bl (c) am = bl (d) al = bm
0.5. The points(-2,-1), (1, 0), (4, 3) and (1, 2) are the vertices of a parallelogram taken in order.
The point of intersection of its diagonals is
(a) (-1, 1) (b) (-2, 2) (c) (1, 1) (d) (2, 2)
0.6. The sum of the arithmetic progression:2, 4, 6, ., 200 is
(a) 1010 (b) 10001 (c) 10100 (d) 10010
the ratio 2:3.
0.7. A point Pdivides the line segment joining the points A(2, -5) and B(5, 2) in
The quadrant in which point P lies is
(b) Quadrant II (c) Quadrant III (d) Quadrant IV
(a) Quadrant I
AD AE
Q.8. In AABC, DE || BC then
DB EC
(a) By Basic Proportionality theorem (b) By AA similarity criterion
(c) By SSS similarity criterion (d) By SAS similarity criterion
Q.9. In the figure, there are two concentric circles with centre O and
radii 5 cm and 3 cm. PT and PT' are two tangents drawn tothese
circles from an external point P. If PT = 12 cm, then the length
of PT' (in cm) is
(a) 13 cm (b) 40 cm

(c) 4/10 cm (d) 10/2 cm

Q.10. The area of theshaded portion in the given figure is

7cm
1cm

(a) 49 Sq. units (b) 36 T Sq. units (c) T Sq. units (d) 15 n Sq. units

Q.11. If sin = 1
and 0 is acute, then (3 cos 0 4 cos 0) is equal to
2

(a) 0 1 (c) (d) -1

(b) 6
2

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 Q.12. In AABC right angled at B, what is the value ofsin (A +C)?
(a) 0 (b) (c) (d) I
2
Q.13. The angle of elevation of the top of the tower from a point 10m away fron its base is s0e
The height of the tower is
(a) 30 m (b) 10/3 (c) 3/10 m (d) 10 m
Q.14. The area of shaded region is 22
Use n
A 7

4 C m

4cm

(a) 4 cm² (b) 8 cm? (c) 4.57 cm? (d) 442 cm

Q.15. In the given figure, ABCD is a flower bed. The length of
wire required to fence the flower
bed on all sides if OA = 21 m and OC= 14 m is
Take =
B

14 m

D
21 m
(a) 69 m (b) 96 m (c) 56 m (d) 42 m
Q.16. The probabilityof getting letter 'C' in the word
SUCCESS is
(a) 1
7 (b)
() 4 (d)
Q.17. The probability of getting a perfect
number between l and 100 is
2
(a) (b) 25
49 49 (c) (d)
98 4
O.18. The median of the following data is
10 20 30 40 50
2 3 2 3 1
(a) 20 (b) 30 (c) 40 (d) 50
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 pIRECTIONS:In the aquestion numbers 19and 20, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed
Na statement of Reason (R). Choose the correct option from the following options:
o) BothAssertion (A) and Reason (R) aretrue and Reason (R)is the correctexplanation ot
Assertion(A).
Both assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation
of Assertion(A).
i Assertion (4) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
d) Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.
0.19. Assertion (A): The longest rod that can be placed in a box of size 15 cm 15 cm 15 cm
is 15/3 cm.
Reason (R) : Diagonal of a cube with side 'a' is av3
020. Assertion (A): Sum of all even numbers from 1 to 100 is 2550.

Reason (R) : In an A.P., sum of nterms i.e., S, = (2a +(n -l)d]

SECTION B
Section B consists of 5 questions of 2 marks each.
Q.21. Prove that 7 + 5 is irrational.
Q.22. In given figure AABC~ ADEF. AP bisects ZCAB and DObisects ZFDE.
C

A B E
Prove that :
AP AB
(a)
DQ DE
(b) ACAP ~ AFDO.
23. In figure, AOB is a diameter of acircle with centre Oand AC is a tangent to the circle at A.
If ZBOC= 130°,then find ZACO.
A

130°
B

Q.24. (A) If J3 sin =cos 0, then find the value of 3 cOs3 cos0+20+2cos 0
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 Or
1
(B) If tan (A + B) = 1and tan (A - B) = 0°<A+ B<90°, A> B, then find the values of
V3
A and B.
Q.25. (A) Find the area of the shaded region in the given figure.

14 cm:

cm

Or
(B) A car has two wipers which do not overlap. Each wiper has a blade of
length 21 cm
sweeping through an angle 120°. Find the total area cleaned at each sweep of the blades.
Take t=
SECTION C
Section C consists of 6 questions of 3 marks each.
Q.26. Find the largest number of four digits that is exactly divisible by 12, 15, 18
and 27.
Q.27. If a and Bare the zeroes of thepolynomial x-5x +6, then find the
polynomial whose zeroes
1 1
are and
B2
Q.28. (A) A part of monthly hostel charges is fixed and the remaining depends on
days one has taken food in the mess. When a student A takes food thenumber of
for 20 days she has
to pay 1000 as hostel charges whereas a
student B, who takes food for 26 days, pays
71180 as hostel charges. Find the fixed charges and the cost of
food per day.
Or
(B) Solve: + -2
b
ax - by =a'-b?
Q.29. (A) In figure, a circle is inscribed in a quadrilateral ABCD in which ZB =
90°. If AD= 23 cm,
AB=29 cm and DS = 5 cm, find the radius (r) of the circle.
A

R/ B

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 Or
(B) In figure, the incircle of AABC touches the sides BC, CAand AB at D, Eand respec
tively. Show that
AF + BD + CE = AE + BF + CD= 1
(Perimeter of AABC)
2

B D

tan +sec -1
Q.30. Prove that: = Sec + tan 0
tan - sec +1

0.31. Find the mean of the following data:

Class 1400 -1550 1550 1700 1700- 1850 1850-2000
6 13 25 10
Frequency
SECTION D
Section D consists of 4 questions of 5 markseach.
Q.32. Two water taps together can fill atank in 6 hours. The tap of larger diameter takes
9 hours less than the smaller one to fill the tank separately. Find the time in which each tap
can separately fill the tank.
Q.33. AD and PM are medians of triangles ABC and PQR respectively where ABC - APQR.
AB AD
Provethat:
PO PM

If AB : PO = 4:5 and AD: PM=4:k, find the value of k.

Q.34. (4) Asolid iron pole consists of acylinder of height 220 cm and base diameter 24 cm, which
is surmounted by the another cylinder of height 60cm and radius &cm. Find mass of
the pole, given that 1 cm' of iron has approximately &g mass. [Use r 3.14]
Or

(B) Afarmer wants to dig awell either in the form of cuboid of dimensions l mxI mx7
mor in the form of cylinder of diameter Imand 7mdeep. The rate to dig the well is
50/m. Find the cost to dig both wells.

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Q.35. Pocket expenses of the students of aclass in a college are shown in the
distribution : following frequency
Pocket expenses in () Number of students
0-200 33
2000 -- 400 74
400 -600 170
600 -800 88
800 - 1000 76
1000 1200 44
1200 - 1400 25
Find the median and mode for the above data.

SECTION E
Section E consists of 3 case study based questions of 4 marks each.
Q.36. Saheb standing on ahorizontal plane finds a bird flying at a
at an elevation of 30°. Abhav standing on the roof of distance of 200 m from him
50 m high building, find the angle of
elevation of the same bird to be 45°. Salheb and Abhav are on
opposite sides of the bird.

Abhav

Saheb

Based on above information, answer the

(i) Draw a well labelled diagram.
following questions :
(1)
(ü) (A) Find the height at which the bird is
flying from the ground. (2)
Or
(B) What is the distance of Saheb from
the building on the horizontal ?
(iii) Find the distance of Abhav from bird.
[Use /2 = 1.414] (1)
Q.37. Ayush starts walking from his house to office. Instead of
to bank, from there to his daughter's school
going to the office directly, he goes
and then reaches the office.
Assume that all distances covered are in straight lines. Also, the house is
(5.8), school at (13, 14) and office at (13, 26) and situated at (2,4), bankar
coordinates are in km.
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 28 Office

26 13, 26)
24

22+
20+
18

16 CNDCL
School
14+ 13. 14)
12+ aAN

10 Bank

8+
(5, 8)
6+
House
4 (2, 4)

2+

3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15
1 2

(1)
(i) What is the distance between house and bank ?
and School. Find
(1) As Ayush was getting late so he hired a taxi in the middle of Bank
the coordinates of the location from where he hired the taxi. (1)
ofice ?
(7) (A) How much distance is travelled by Ayush from his house to his
(2)
Or
(B) How much less distance would be covered by Ayush if he goes to his office
directly ?
e00. In Mathematics, relations can be expressed in various ways. The matchstick patterns are
based on linear relations. Different strategies can be used to calculate the number of match
sticks used in different figures.
One such pattern isshown below.Observe the pattern and answer the tollowing questions
using Arithmetic Progression :

Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3

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 (i) Write the A.P. for the number of triangles used in the figures. Also, write the nth term
of this A.P. (1)
(i1) Which figure has 61 matchsticks ? (1)
(iii) (A) How many matchsticks are required to make same pattern of 10 figures ? (2)
Or
(B) A student forms 25 figures of same pattern. Find the number of matchsticks used
by him in the middle most figure.

ANSWERS

1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (c) 4. (b) 5. (c)

6. (c) 7. (d) 8. (a) 9. (c) 10. (c)
11. (a) 12. (d) 13. (b) 14. (c) 15. (a)
16. (b) 17. (a) 18. (b) 19. (a) 20. (a)

24. (4)v3
23. 40°
2
Or
() A=(37] ib-(74) and

k
25. (A) 462 cm Or (B) 924 cm² 26. (A) 9720 27. [36x 13x + 1]
36

28. Fixed charges=400, Cost of food per day=730 Or X= a, y=b

29. 11 cm 31. Mean = 1733.33 (approx.)
32. Time taken by tap of larger diameter =9 hours
Time taken by tap of smaller diameter = 18 hours
33. k =5 34. (A)892.262 kg Or (B) 350, 275
35. Median = 574.12 and Mode = 507.87
36. (i) Bird

200
m

45° F Abhav

Building
30°
A
Saheb B

(ii) (A) 100 m Or (B) 50(2/3 + 1) m, (iii) 70.7 m

37. () 5 km, (ii)(9, 11), (ii) (A)27 km Or (B)2 km less
38. (i) 44, 6, 8; 2n + 2, (ii) 8th figure, (iii) (A) 435 matchsticks Or (B) 96 matchsticks

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