PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA GACHIBOWLI, GPRA CAMPUS, HYD–32
SAMPLE PAPER 01 FOR PERIODIC TEST 02 EXAM (2023-24)
SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS MAX. MARKS : 40
CLASS : VIII DURATION : 1½ hr
General Instructions:
(i). All questions are compulsory.
(ii). This question paper contains 20 questions divided into five Sections A, B, C, D and E.
(iii). Section A comprises of 6 MCQs of 1 mark each. Section B comprises of 1 CCT question of 4
marks each which contains 4 MCQs. Section C comprises of 3 questions of 2 marks each.
Section D comprises of 4 questions of 3 marks each and Section E comprises of 3 questions of 4
marks each.
SECTION – A
Questions 1 to 6 carry 1 mark each.
1. The value of (-2/3)4 is equal to:
(a) 16/81 (b) 81/16 (c) -16/81 (d) 81/ −16
2. The volume of a cube is 64 cm3. Its surface area is
(a) 16 cm2 (b) 64 cm2 (c) 96 cm2 (d) 128 cm2
3. If the radius of a cylinder is tripled, but its curved surface area is unchanged, then its
height will be
(a) tripled (b) constant (c) one-sixth (d) one third
4. Sum of a – b + ab, b + c – bc and c – a – ac is
(a) 2c + ab – ac – bc (b) 2c – ab – ac – bc
(c) 2c + ab + ac + bc (d) 2c – ab + ac + bc
5. Area of a rectangle with length 4ab and breadth 6b2 is
(a) 24a2b2 (b) 24ab3 (c) 24ab2 (d) 24ab
6. The value of 1/(4)-2 is:
(a) 16 (b) 8 (c) 1/16 (d) 1/8
SECTION – B(CCT Questions)
Questions 7 to 10 carry 1 mark each.
CCT Question
Mary wants to decorate her Christmas tree. She wants to place the tree on a wooden box
covered with coloured paper with picture of Santa Claus on it (see the below figure). She
must know the exact quantity of paper to buy for this purpose. The box has length, breadth
and height as 80 cm, 40 cm and 20 cm respectively and she wants to use square sheets of
paper of side 40 cm for the decoration.
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Answer the following questions based on the above information:
7. Find the total surface area of the box.
(a) 11200 cm2 (b) 12000 cm2 (c) 12100 cm2 (d) none of these
8. Find the area of each sheet of the paper.
(a) 1600 cm2 (b) 1620 cm2 (c) 1610 cm2 (d) none of these
9. Find the number of sheets required.
(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 7 (d) 9
10. Find the volume of the box.
(a) 640 cm3 (b) 6400 cm3 (c) 64000 cm3 (d) none of these
SECTION – C
Questions 11 to 13 carry 2 marks each.
11. Add: 7xy + 5yz – 3zx, 4yz + 9zx – 4y , –3xz + 5x – 2xy.
12. Find the height of a cylinder whose radius is 7 cm and the total surface area is 968 cm2.
13. Simplify and write the answer in the exponential form: (4) 3 (5) 3 (5)3
SECTION – D
Questions 14 to 17 carry 3 marks each.
14. Simplify (a + b) (2a – 3b + c) – (2a – 3b) c.
25 t 4
15. Simplify: 3
5 10 t 8
16. Simplify the expressions and evaluate them as directed:
3y (2y – 7) – 3 (y – 4) – 63 for y = –2
17. A godown is in the form of a cuboid of measures 60 m × 40 m × 30 m. How many
cuboidal boxes can be stored in it if the volume of one box is 0.8 m3 ?
SECTION – E
Questions 18 to 20 carry 4 marks each.
18. Simplify: (i) (a + b) (c – d) + (a – b) (c + d) + 2 (ac + bd)
(ii) (1.5x – 4y)(1.5x + 4y + 3) – 4.5x + 12y
19. Express the following numbers in usual form.
(i) 5.325 × 10–6 (ii) 5.45 × 104 (iii) 7 × 10–8 (iv) 3.00201 × 109
20. A road roller takes 750 complete revolutions to move once over to level a road. Find the
area of the road if the diameter of a road roller is 84 cm and length is 1 m.
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