Class: VIII August Monthly test with Blueprint and Answer key

 BLUE PRINT FOR AUGUST MONTHLY TEST 

CLASS – VIII          SUB – MATHEMATICS              MAX MARKS: 20         

CH. NO	CHAPTER	MCQ 1Mark	VSA     1 Mark	SA-1 2 Mark	SA-2 & CCT    3 Mark	LA       4 Mark	TOTAL
1	RATIONAL NUMBERS		(1)1	_		-	(1)1
2	LINEAR EQUATIONS IN ONE VARIABLE	(1)1		(1)2			(2)3
3	UNDERSTANDING QUADRILATERALS	(2)2			_		(2)2
4	DATA HANDLING	(1)1			(1)3	(1)4	(3)8
5	SQUARE & SQUARE ROOTS	(1)1	(2)2		(1)3		(4)6
		(5)5	(3)3	(1)2	(2)6	(1)4	(12) 20

Subject: Maths		Class: VIII August Monthly test  Max. Marks: 20
	GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: All the Questions are compulsory The Question paper consists of 12 questions divided in to five sections. Section A contains 5 questions of each1 marks. (MCQ) Section B contains 3 questions of each 1 marks. (VSA) Section C contains 1 questions of each 2 marks. (SA1) Section D contains 2 questions each carries 3 marks.(SA2 & Case based study) Section E contains 1 questions each carries 4 marks.(LA)
	SECTION:A (1 x 5 = 5 Marks)
Q1	The angle sum of a convex polygon with number of sides ‘n’ is    (a) (n-2) x 180°    (b) n x 180°      (c) (n-2) x 90°     (d) (n-3) x 180°
Q2	Solve the following: 2y+4=10    (a) 1             (b)  2          (c) 3            (d) 6
Q3	How many sides does a regular polygon have, if the measure of an exterior angle is 24° ?            (a) 10             (b) 15               (c) 20            (d) 24
Q4	What will be the unit digit of the squares of the number 799?            (a) 3                       (b) 0                           (c) 1                       (d) 9
Q5	For which of these would you use a histogram to show the data: (a) The number of letters for different areas in a postman’s bag. (b) The number cassettes produced by 5 companies. (c) The number of passengers boarding trains from 7.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. at a  Station.          (d) None of these.
	SECTION:B (1 x 3 = 3 Marks)
Q6	How many numbers lie between squares of the numbers 12 and 13 ?
Q7	Express 49 as the sum of 7 odd numbers.
Q8	Write 2 rational numbers greater than -2.
	SECTION:C (1 x 2 = 2 Marks)
Q9	Solve the Equation 5x+9 = 5+3x
	SECTION:D ( 3 x 2 = 6 Marks )
Q10	Find the squares of the number 32 using identity
Q11	Case Study –  The number of hours for which students of a particular class watched television during holidays is shown through the given graph. Answer the following: (i) For how many hours did the maximum number of students watch T.V.? (ii) How many students watched TV for less than 4 hours? (iii) How many students spent more than 5 hours in watching TV?
	SECTION:E ( 1 x 4 = 4 Marks )
Q12	A group of 360 people were asked to vote for their favourite season from the three  seasons rainy, winter and summer. (i) Which season got the most votes? (ii) Find the central angle of each sector. (iii) Draw a pie chart to show this information.

AUGUST MONTHLY TEST 

CLASS : 8         SUBJECT : MATHS             ANSWER KEY

I. CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER (5 X 1 = 5)

1) (a) (n-2) x 180°    

2) (c) 3   

3  (b) 15 

4) (c) 1

5) (c) The number of passengers boarding trains from 7.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. at a station

SECTION –B

II Very short answer (3 X 1 = 3)

6) 24

7) 1+3+5+7+9+11+13

8) -1,1

SECTION –C

III SHORT ANSWER -1 (1 x 2 = 2)

9) 5x+9=5+3x

      5x-3x=5-9

      2x= -4

      X= -2

              SECTION –D

IV SHORT ANSWER -2 (3 x 2 = 6)

10) 322  = (30+2)2 =900+120+4=1024

11) (i) 4-5 hours (ii) 34 (iii) 14 

                SECTION –E

V LONG  ANSWER (1 x 4 = 4)

12) (i) winter (ii) 90,120,150