DSL Mathematics Scholarship Exam Class VIII Sample Question Paper : dreamscholarsleague.com

Organisation : Dream Scholars League – DSL
Exam : Mathematics Scholarship Exam
Document Type : Sample Question Paper
Year : 2015
Category I: Class VIII

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Mathematics Scholarship Exam Class VIII Sample Question Paper :

General Instructions :
1. There are 60 questions. All questions are compulsory.
2. Shade the right answer in the OMR sheet provided A) B) C) D)
3. Time allotted is 60 minutes. Total Marks = 60 Marks

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Q.1) Which of the following is the correct matching figure of the given net?
Q.2) Which of the following figures shows the net of a cube of side 3 cm?
Q.3) The first natural number is ____.
A) 1
B) 0
C) -1
D) 2

Q.4) If 20 = 6 + 2x, then the value of x is ____.
A) 5
B) 7
C) 4
D) 1

Q.5) To construct a quadrilateral PQRS with PQ = 5 cm, QR = 7 cm, RS = SP = 6.2 cm and the diagonal PR = 9 cm, the steps involved are written below
(i) Draw a line PR = 9 cm.
(ii) With P as centre draw an arc with radius 5 cm.
(iii) With R as centre and radius 7 cm, draw an arc in the same side which intersects the arc at Q.
(iv) Join P and Q, Q and R, R and S, S and P. (v) With P as centre and radius 6.2 cm, draw an arc on the side of PR opposite to that of Q.
(vi) With R as centre and radius 6.2 cm, draw another arc on the same side which intersects the arc at S.
The correct sequence of the construction is ____.
A) i, ii, iii, vi, v, iv
B) i, ii, iii, iv, vi, v
C) iii, ii, i, v, vi, iv
D) i, ii, iii, v, vi, iv

Q.6) The record of a weather station shows that out of the past 250 consecutive days, its weather forecasts were correct 125 times. The probability that it was not correct on a given day is ____.
A) 0.7
B) 0.3
C) 0.5
D) 0.2

Q.7) The square of is ____.
A) 245 4/9
B) 245 5/9
C)9/4
D) 245

Q.8) The cube root of -27000 is ____.
A) 30
B) -30
C) 35
D) -35

Q.9) In an examination, 30 % candidates failed in English, 35% failed in Mathematics and 27 % failed in both the subjects. The percentage of total passed is ____.
A) 61 %
B) 65 %
C) 60 %
D) 62 %

Q.10) The degree of is ____.
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4

Q.11) A number abc is divisible by 9, if the sum of digits in it is a multiple of ____.
A) 2
B) 6
C) 9
D) 0

Q.13) If 7 : 18 : : x : 27, then the value of x is ____.
A) 10
B) 10.5
C) 1.23
D) 12.5

Q.14) The shaded portion in the figure below shows a circular path enclosed by two concentric circles. If the inner circumference of the path is 176 m and the uniform width of the circular path is 3.5 m, then the area of the path is ____ .
A) 654.5
B) 655.5
C) 653.5
D) 652.5

Q.15) The top view of the given figure is ____.
Q.16) The square of 1.5 is ____.
A) 1.69
B) 9.69
C) 2.25
D) 1.60

Q.19) A sum of Rs 64 is divided between Sita and Geeta such that 3 times Sita’s share is greater than 4 times Geeta’s share by Rs 10. Then the shares of Sita and Geeta are ____ respectively.
A) Rs 40 and Rs 24
B) Rs 34 and Rs 30
C) Rs 36 and Rs 28
D) Rs 38 and Rs 26

Q.20) Which of the following is a quadrilateral whose each angle is 90o?
A) Parallelogram
B) Rectangle
C) Rhombus
D) Kite

Q.21) To construct a parallelogram ABCD, whose two sides AB and AD are given as 5.5 cm and 4.5 cm respectively and its diagonal BD is 6.5 cm, the steps involved are written below: (i) Draw AB = 5.5 cm. (ii) Join A and D. (iii) With D as centre and radius equal to 5.5 cm draw an arc. (iv) Withcentre A and radius equal to 4.5 cm draw an arc. (v) With B as centre and radius equal to 6.5 cm, draw another arc which intersects the arc at D. (vi) With centre as B and radius equal to 4.5 cm draw another arc which intersects the previous arc at C. (vii) Join D and C, B and C. The correct sequence of the construction is ____.
A) i, v, iv, ii, iii, vi, vii
B) i, iv, vii, ii, iii, v, vi
C) i, iv, v, iii, ii, vii, vi
D) i, iv, v, ii, iii, vi, vii

Q.22) The marks obtained by 40 students in Mathematics are given below: 69, 59, 49, 39, 84, 68, 77, 48, 47, 57, 46, 41, 44, 67, 57, 45, 34, 36, 87, 89, 65, 41, 84, 78, 52, 49, 75, 37, 38, 42, 73, 31, 34, 37, 56, 59, 64, 85, 81 and 62. Based on the above data, the frequency of the class 60 – 70 is ____.
A) 6
B) 10
C) 5
D) 4

Q.23) The square root of 7744 is ____.
A) 81
B) 82
C) 80
D) 88

Q.24) The smallest number by which 552960 must be divided so that the quotient is a perfect cube is ____.
A) 11
B) 5
C) 4
D) 3

Q.25) Do the following activity:
(1) Think of any 3 digit number
(2) Make a new number by putting the digits in reverse order.
(3) Subtract the smaller number of the two from larger number
(4) Divide the above obtained number by 99 Then the remainder obtained is ____.
A) 11
B) 0
C) 4
D) 6