ARMY PUBLIC SCHOOL SHILLONG

ANNUAL EXAMINATION 2022-23

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS
CLASS: VIII
Time: 2 Hour 30minutes Maximum Marks: 80
General instructions:
• All questions are compulsory. There are thirty-nine questions in all.
• The question paper is divided into five sections.
• Section A has 20 questions of 1 mark each, section B has 8 questions of 2 marks each,
section C has 4 questions of 3 marks each, section D has 5 questions of 4 marks each
and section E has 2 questions of 6 marks each.
• There is no overall choice in the question paper. However internal choice has been
provided in few questions of section B,C and D.
SECTION: A
Fill in the blanks:
1) The perimeter of a parallelogram whose parallel sides have lengths equal to 12 cm and 7cm 1
is __________.
a) 21cm b) 42cm c) 19cm d) 38cm
2) _________ gives the number of times a particular entry occurs. 1
a) Organisation of data b) Collection of Data
c) Representation of Data d)Frequency distribution table
3) A polynomial contains _______ number of terms. 1
a) One b) Two c) Three d) Any
4) A cuboid has ______ pairs of identical faces. 1
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5
5) 1000 + 200 + 50 is equal to ______. 1
a) 125 b) 25 c) 1/125 d) 3
State true or false:
6) Pictorial representation of data using symbols is known as Bar graph. 1
7) A square is a 3D shape. 1
8) If x and y are inversely proportional, then xy=constant. 1
9) A graph that displays data that changes continuously over periods of time is called 1
histograph.
10) A cone has one vertex. 1
 Choose the correct option:
11) Each of the angles of a square is_____________. 1
a) Acute angle b) Right angle c) Obtuse angle d) 180 degree
12) The volume of a cuboid with length, breadth and height as 5x, 3x2 and 7x4 respectively is: 1
a) 105x7 b) 105x2 c)105x4 d) 105x
13) The side-view of a cone appears as: 1
a) Circle b) Square c) Rectangle d) Triangle
14) The area of a rhombus is 240 cm2 and one of the diagonals is 16 cm. Find the other 1
diagonal.
a) 16 cm b) 20 cm c) 30 cm d) 36 cm
-2
15) The multiplicative inverse of 7 is: 1
2 2
a) 7 b) 7 c) 1/7 d) 1/7
3 3 2
16) The common factor of a b and ab is: 1
2 2 2 2
a) a b b) ab c) a b d) ab
2 2
17) The factorisation of 12a b+15ab gives: 1
a) 3ab(4ab+5) b) 3ab(4a+5b) c) 3a(4a+5b) d) 3b(4a + 5b)
18) Which point lies only on y-axis? 1
a) (-2,0) b) (2,0) c) (0,-2) d) (2,-2)
19) The number 2146587 is divisible by: 1
a) 7 b) 3 c) 11 d) None of the above
20) The generalised form of 129 is: 1
a) 100+90+2 b) 100+20+9 c) 100+2+9 d) None of the above
SECTION: B
21) A tetrahedron has 4 vertices and 6 edges. Find the number of faces it has. 2
22) Factorize : (10x – 25) ÷ (2x - 5) OR a2 + 8a + 16 2
23) In the given figure, ABCD is a parallelogram. Find x. 2

24) A flooring tile has the shape of a parallelogram whose base is 24 cm and the corresponding 2
height is 10 cm. How many such tiles are required to cover a floor of area 1080 m2?

25) Find the value of : (3-1 × 9-1) ÷ 3-2 2

26) Find x so that (-5)x+1 × (-5)5 = (-5)7 2
27) The following line graph shows the yearly sales figures for a manufacturing company. 2

(a) What were the sales in (i) 2002 (ii) 2006?

(b) Compute the difference between sales in 2002 and 2006.
28) Find the values of P and Q from the given addition problem 2

SECTION: C
29) Subtract: 3a (a + b + c ) – 2 b (a – b + c) from 4c ( – a + b + c ) 3
30) In a stack there are 5 books each of thickness 20 mm and 5 paper sheets each of thickness 3
0.016mm. What is the total thickness of the stack?

31) A farmer has enough food to feed 20 animals in his cattle for 6 days. How long would the 3
food last if there were 10 more animals in his cattle?
OR
A photograph of a bacteria enlarged 50,000 times attains a length of 5 cm, as shown in the
diagram. What is the actual length of the bacteria? If the photograph is enlarged 20,000
times only, what would be its enlarged length?

32) Factorise : 12xy(9x2–16y2) ÷ 4xy(3x+4y) 3

SECTION : D
33) The opposite angles of a parallelogram are (3x + 5)° and (61 – x)°. Find the measure of 4
four angles.

34) A closed cylindrical tank of radius 7cm and height 5m is made from a sheet of metal. If the 4
breadth of the rectangular sheet is 10m, then find the length of the sheet.
OR
The internal measures of a room are 12m × 8m × 4m. Find the total cost of white washing
all four walls of a room if the cost of white washing is Rs 5 per sq m.
35) Draw a line passing through (2,3) and (3,2). Find the coordinates of the points at which this 4
line meets the x- axis and y- axis.
OR

Use the tables below to draw linear graphs:

The number of days a hillside city received snow in different years.

Year 2006 2007 2008 2009

Days 10 8 14 9
4
36) Evaluate : (2xy) × (x2y/4) × (x2) × (y2) when x = 2, and y = -1.

37) Factorise the following using the identities : 4

a) 25m2 + 30m + 9 b) 9x2y2 – 16
SECTION: E
38) A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning (3+3)
environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Sheela goes to
school at an average speed of 12km/hr in 20min and Syna goes to school by motor cycle at
an average speed of 40km/hr. Sheela wants to reach her school in 15minutes.

Answer the following questions :

i) What should be the average speed of Sheela to reach school in 15min?
ii) What is the distance of school from Sheela's house?

39) The following pie chart depicts the percentage of students, nationwide. (3+3)

What is the percentage of : i) Indian students ii) African students