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Class 8 Maths Question Paper

The document is an annual mathematics examination for class 8 consisting of 10 questions across 2 sections. It provides instructions to candidates regarding the exam format and duration. The questions cover a range of mathematics topics, including algebra, geometry, percentages and ratios. Candidates are asked to show working, solve equations, find lengths, areas and angles in geometric shapes, calculate rates and speeds, and perform other common mathematics calculations and proofs.

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Class 8 Maths Question Paper

The document is an annual mathematics examination for class 8 consisting of 10 questions across 2 sections. It provides instructions to candidates regarding the exam format and duration. The questions cover a range of mathematics topics, including algebra, geometry, percentages and ratios. Candidates are asked to show working, solve equations, find lengths, areas and angles in geometric shapes, calculate rates and speeds, and perform other common mathematics calculations and proofs.

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149, B. T.

Road, Kolkata - 700 058 Annual Examination 2013


Class: 8 Subject: Mathematics Instructions to candidates Do not copy the questions. Draw a margin on the left side of your answer script. Duration: 2 1 hours 2 Maximum Marks: 80

Do a proper numbering of your answers. Spend first fifteen minutes in reading the question paper. Answer all the questions.
Section- A (Attempt all questions) 3 2 1 : 2 and b : c = 4 : 3 , find 4 3 4 (i) a : b: c and (ii) a : c

1 a) If a : b = 1

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b) Factorise: x3 - x2 xy + x + y - 1

[3]

c) A car completes a journey of 315 km in 4

3 hrs. The first one-third of the journey was performed at 60 4 km/hr. Calculate the speed for the rest of the journey. [3]

2 a) What percent of 84 is 7? b) In ABC, A= (x+18)0, B= 2(x - 12)0 and C= ( show that it is an equilateral triangle. 3x - 3)0. Find each angle of the triangle and hence 2

[3]

[4]

c) Each side of a Rhombus is 10cm long and one of its diagonals measures 16 cm. Find the length of other diagonals. [3] 5 3 2 = x+2 x-2 x

3 i) Solve:

[3+3]

ii)

8 5 3 2 - = 34 , - = 13 x y x y

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b) Ramu has three times as much money as Kamal. If Ramu gives `750 to Kamal, then Kamal will have twice as much as left with Ram. How much they had each originally? [4] 4 a) Simplify: [4-2 (6-2)2] x 3-4 b) In the adjoining figure, area of ABC = 27 cm2 and EFBC. Find: i) Area of the parallelogram ABCF. ii) Area of rectangle BCDE E A D F

[3] [4]

c) Solve: 21x2 = 8x + 4

[3]

Section- B (Attempt any four questions) 5 a) A T.V. set was sold at a gain of 15%. Had it been sold for `375 more, the gain would have been 20%. Find the cost price of the set. [5] b) Construct an isosceles right angled triangle ABC such that its hypotenuse BC = 6 cm. [Write the steps of construction] [5]

6 a) After allowing a discount of 12% on the market price, a shopkeeper still gains 21%. By what percent is the market price above the cost price? [4] b) In the given figure, O is the centre of the circle. If ABC = 540, find ACB. Also if BCD = 430, find CBD A

[3]

540

O 430

C c) The base of an isosceles triangle is 12 cm and its perimeter is 32 cm. Find its area.
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[3]

7 a) Find the area of the shaded region. 17 cm


5 cm

[3]

9 cm

17 cm

5 cm

b) The Simple interest on a certain sum of money for 2 years at 5% is `1600. Find the amount due and the compound interest at the same rate after 3 years, interest compounded annually. [5] c) Find the third proportional to 4.5 and 6. [2]

8 a) In the adjoining figure ABCD is a square and CEB is an isosceles triangle in which EC = EB. Show that DCE ABE

9 cm

[4]
D C

b) Find the length of the longest pole that can be placed in a room 12 m long, 8 m broad and 9 m high. c) Apples are bought at 2 for a rupee and sold at 5 for `3. Find the gain percent.

[3] [3]

9 a) The speed of a boat in still water is 5 km/hr and the speed of the stream is 1 km/hr. The boat is rowed upstream for a certain distance and taken back to the starting point. Find the average speed of the whole journey. [4] b) The exterior angles of a pentagon are in the ratio 1:2:3:4:5. Find all the interior angles of the pentagon. c) Simplify: 3 x18 y-12 z3

[4] [2]

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10 a) Solve the equation graphically: 2x 3y = 4 and 3y x = 1 b) Find the area and perimeter of the shaded region.

[5]

[5]

21 cm

42 cm

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