GRAND TEST - 1

CLASS VIII - TERM - 3

TIME : 2Hrs Max.Marks : 80

ANSWER ALL THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS . EACH CARRIES 5 MARKS :
1. The age of the employees of a company are given below.
Age (in years) 19 21 23 25 27 29 31
Number of persons 13 15 20 18 16 17 13

MATHEMATICS
Find the Mean (Assumed Mean Method), Median and Mode.
2. The average height of 20 students in a class was calculated as 160 cm. On
verification it was found that one reading was wrongly recorded as 132 cm
instead of 152 cm. Find the correct Mean height.

3. The following table shows the performance of 150 candidates in an

Intelligence test. Draw a histogram and frequency polygon for this
distribution

Intelligent Quotient 55-70 70-85 85-100 100-115 115-130 130-145

Number of candidates 20 40 30 35 10 15

4. The percentage of various categories of workers in a state are given in

following table
Category of Agricultural Industrial Commercial
Cultivators Others
workers labours Workers Workers
Percentage 40% 25% 12.5% 10% 12.5%
Represent the information given above in the form of a pie chart.
5. A rectangular field is of dimension 40 m by 30 m. What distance is saved by
walking diagonally across the field?
6. Choose the correct answer
(i) The point of concurrency of the medians of a triangle is known as
(A) incentre (B) circle centre (C) orthocentre (D) centroid
(ii) The point of concurrency of the altitudes of a triangle is known as
(A) incentre (B) circle centre (C) orthocentre (D) centroid
(iii) The point of concurrency of the angle bisectors of a triangle is known as
(A) incentre (B) circle centre (C) orthocentre (D) centroid
(iv) The point of concurrency of the perpendicualar bisectors of a triangle is
known as
(A) incentre (B) circumcentre (C) orthocentre (D) centroid
(v) In any triangle ABC , Circumcentre (O) , Centroid (G) and Orthocentre
(H) always lie on one straight line, which is called as ________
 GRAND TEST - 1
CLASS VIII - TERM - 3

TIME : 2Hrs Max.Marks : 80

7. A tap A can fill a drum in 10 minutes. A second tap B can fill in 20 minutes.
A third tap C can empty in 15 minutes. If initially the drum is empty, find
when it will be full if all taps are opened together?

8. Three men A, B and C can complete a job in 8, 12 and 16 days respectively.

A and B work together for 3 days; then B leaves and C joins. In how many
days, can A and C finish the work?

9. A can finish a job in 20 days and B can complete it in 30 days. They work
together and finish the job. If Rs. 600 is paid as wages, find the share of each.

10. Eighty machines can produce 4,800 identical mobiles in 6 hours. How many
mobiles can one machine produce in one hour? How many mobiles would 25
machines produce in 5 hours?

11. The cost price of a refrigerator is Rs.16,800. Ranjith wants to buy the
refrigerator at 0% finance scheme paying 3 E.M.I. in advance. A processing
fee of 3% is also collected from Ranjith. Find the E.M.I. and the total amount
paid by him for a period of 24 months.

12. Vaideesh deposits Rs. 500 at the beginning of every month for 5 years in a
post office. If the rate of interest is 7.5%, find the amount he will receive at
the end of 5 years.

13. The present value of an oil engine is Rs. 14,580. What was the worth of the
engine 3 years before if the value depreciates at the rate of 10% every year?

14. Sujatha borrows Rs. 12,500 at 12% per annum for 3 years at simple interest
and Radhika borrows the same amount for the same period at 10% per annum
compounded annually. Who pays more interest and by how much?

15. In how much time will a sum of Rs. 1600 amount to Rs. 1852.20 at 5% per
annum compound interest.

16. A T.V. with marked price Rs. 11,500 is sold at 10% discount. Due to festival
season, the shop keeper allows a further discount of 5%. Find the net selling
price of the T.V.

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