SET NO - 1

Roll No. Candidates must write the Set No. on

the title page of the answer book.

DAV PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ODISHA ZONE

HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION ( 2022-23)
 Please check that this question paper contains 6 printed pages.
 Set number given on the right hand side of the question paper should be written on the
title page of the answer book by the candidate.
 Check that this question paper contains 33 questions.
 Write down the Serial Number of the question in the left side of the margin before
attempting it.
 15 minutes time has been allotted to read this question paper. The question paper will
be distributed 15 minutes prior to the commencement of the examination. The students
will read the question paper only and will not write any answer on the answer script
during this period.

CLASS- VIII
SUB : MATHEMATICS
Time Allowed: 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 80
General instructions:
1. This question paper contains two parts: A and B.
PART – A
 It consists of two sections I and II.
 Section I: Question No.1to10 are Objective Type / Very Short Answer Type
Questions of 1 mark each. Internal choice is provided in 3 questions.
 Section II: Question No. 11 and 12 are case study-based questions. Each case study
has 5 case-based sub-parts. An examinee is to attempt any 4 out of 5 sub-parts.
PART-B
 Section III: Question no.13 to 21 are short answer type -1 questions of 2 marks each.
 Section IV: Question no. 22 to 29 are short answer type -2 questions of 3 marks each.
 Section V : Question no. 30 to 33 are long answer type questions of 5 marks each.
2. Both Part A and Part B have internal choices.
3. Internal choices is provided in 3 questions of 2 marks, two questions of 3 marks and
1 question of 5 marks
4. Please write the serial no of this question as per question paper before attempting the
question.
5. In questions of Constructions/ Graph, the drawing should be neat, clean and exactly as
per given measurements. Use ruler and compass only.

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 PART-A
SECTION-I (1 x 10 = 10)

1. Find the Pythagorean Triplet whose smallest number is 6.

2. How many non-square numbers lie between 122 and 132?
3 3
3. 𝐸𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑒 √0.027- √0.008 .
4. Find the rate of GST if an article marked at ₹ 5000 is sold for ₹ 5900.
OR
A person pays ₹ 2800 for a cooler marked at ₹ 3500. Find the discount percent
offered.
1 1
5. Evaluate the given product using suitable identity: (p² + ) (p² - )
6 6
2
6. Simplify using identity: (𝑥 − 7)
OR
Evaluate (48)2 by using suitable identity.
7. In the figure, l ∥ m. If ∠1 = 55°, find ∠ 2 and ∠3.

8. In the given figure AB ∥ CD and PR is the bisector of ∠APQ. If ∠𝑅𝑃𝑄 = 380 , find
the measure of ∠PQD.

9. Find the coordinates of the point where the horizontal line and the vertical line
intersect.
OR
Find the x-coordinate of any point lying on the y-axis.
10. Verify Euler’s Formula for a polyhedron having 8 faces, 12 edges and 6 vertices.

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 SECTION-II (4 x 2 =8)
CASE BASED QUESTION:
Case study questions are compulsory. Attempt any four sub-parts of the
question. Each sub-part carries 1 mark.
11. Students of a school collected provisions like rice, pulses etc. for the flood affected
people of Odisha. These provisions were packed in six cubical cartons each of side
measuring 30 cm.

i) The volume of each small cubical carton is

a) 2.7 m3 b) 0.27 m3 c) 7.2 m3 d) 0.027 m3
ii) Length of the diagonal of the cubical carton is
a) 30√3cm b) 60√3cm c) 90√3cm d) 3√65 cm
iii) The surface area of each cubical box is
a) 0.54 m2 b) 0.36 m2 c) 0.09 m2 d) 2.5 m2
iv) Volume of total cartons packed is
a) 0.162 m3 b) 3.24 m3 c) 32.4 m3 d) 0.324 m3
v) Name the solid formed by joining six cubes end to end.
a) cone b) cuboid c) cube d) cylinder
12. Mukesh is a Class VIII student residing in a village. One day, he went to a city
Hospital along with his grandfather for general check-up. From there he visited three
places- School, Library and Police Station. After returning to his village, he plotted
a graph by taking Hospital as origin and marked three places on the graph as per his
direction of movement and distance. The graph is shown below:

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 i) What are the coordinates of School?
a) (3,2) b) (2,3) c) (3,5) d) (5,3)
ii) What are the coordinates of Police Station?
a) (2,0) b) (0,2) c) (2,2) d) (0,0)
iii) Distance between the School and Police Station is
a) 2 units b)3 units c) 4 units d)5 units
iv) What are the coordinates of Library?
a) (2,6) b) (2, −6) c) (6, −2) d) (6,2)
v) Distance between the Hospital to School is

a) 5 units b) 3 units c) 2 units d) √13 units

PART - B
SECTION-III (2x9=18)

13. Evaluate: √64 + √0.0064 + √0.0441.

14. A labourer gets ₹ 675 for 9 days work. How many days should he work to get
₹ 900?
15. Find the marked price of a washing machine which is sold for ₹ 8400 after allowing
a discount of 16%.
OR
By selling 35 greeting cards, a shopkeeper loses an amount equal to the selling price
of five greeting cards. Find the loss percent.

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16. Factorise : x2- 4x- 45
OR
Factorise : 3a³ + 6a²b + 3ab²

17. In the figure, transversal TU intersects PQ and RS at V and W respectively. For

which value of x is 𝑃𝑄 ‖ 𝑅𝑆

18. If 3𝑥 − 4𝑦 =10 and 𝑥𝑦 = −1, find the value of 9𝑥2 + 16𝑦2.

1 1
19. If 𝑥 2 + = 6, find the value of 𝑥 4 + .
𝑥2 𝑥4

20. Find the smallest number by which 1375 should be multiplied so that the quotient is
a perfect cube.
OR
33
Evaluate: √288 √72√27.
3

21. Find the volume of a cube whose surface area is 600cm2.

SECTION-IV (3x8=24)
22. Find the least number that must be added to 1500 so as to get a perfect square. Also
find the square root of the perfect square.
OR
Find the least square number which is exactly divisible by 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8.
23. Three numbers are in the ratio 3:4:5. The sum of their cubes is 27000. Find the
numbers.
24. In a fort, 300 men had provisions for 90 days. After 20 days, 50 men left the fort.
How long would the food last at the same rate ?
OR
Rachet starts his journey to a certain place by car at 9 a.m and reaches the place at
1p.m. If he drives the car at a speed of 30km/hr, by how much should he increase
the speed so that he can reach the place by 12 noon?

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25. Ankit sold two jeans for ₹ 990 each. On one he gained 10% and on other he lost
10%. Find his gain or loss percent in the whole transaction.
26. Preeti allows 8% discount on the marked price of the suits and still makes a profit
of 15% . If her gain over the sale of a suit is ₹156, find the marked price of a suit.
27. Draw a line segment AB of length 7 cm and find a point P on it such that AP:PB=2:3
28. In the diagram given below, 𝑃𝑄̅̅̅̅ ∥ 𝑂𝐿.
̅̅̅̅̅ Is 𝑂𝐿
̅̅̅̅ ∥ 𝑆𝑇
̅̅̅̅ ? Give reasons.

29. The parallel sides of a trapezium are 20cm and 10 cm. Its non-parallel sides are both
equal, each being 13cm. Find the area of the trapezium.

SECTION-V (5x4=20)

30. The area of a square field is 5184 m2. A rectangular field whose length is twice its
breadth, has its perimeter equal to the perimeter of the given field. Find the area of
this rectangular field.
31. A train 270m long is running at 80km/hr. How much time will it take to cross a
platform 130m long?
32. a) If 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 12 and 𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 + 𝑐 2 = 64, find the value of 𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏𝑐 + 𝑐𝑎.
1 17 1
b) If p + = , find the value of (𝑝 − ) .
p 4 𝑝

33. The volume of a right circular cylinder is 448𝜋 cm3 and height 7cm. Find the lateral
surface area and total surface area.
OR
An iron pipe is 21m long and its exterior diameter is 8cm. If the thickness of the pipe
is 1cm and iron weight is 8g/cm3, find the weight of pipe.

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