CLASS 8 PRACTICE TEST FOR 6 CHAPTERS

Practice  Test 

Class- 8                                            Subject - Maths                                     Marks : 45 marks  

Chapters - Time and Work, Percentage, Profit and Loss,Algebraic Expressions, Direct and Inverse variations and Linear Equations in one variable.                                    


Section A each carries 3 marks

  1. A tricycle is sold at a gain of 16%. Had it been sold for Rs 100 more, the gain would have been 20%. Find the C.P. of the tricycle.

  2. Ramesh bought two boxes for Rs 1300. He sold one box at a profit of 20% and the other box at a loss of 12%. If the selling price of both boxes is the same, find the cost price of each box.

  3. Balanced diet should contain 12% of proteins, 25% of fats and 63% of carbohydrates. If a child needs 2600 calories in this food daily, find in calories the amount of each of these in his daily food intake.

  4. A motorist travelled 122 kilometers before his first stop. If he had 10%of his journey to complete at this point, how long was the total ride?

  5. A, B and C working together can do a piece of work in 8 hours. A alone can do it in 20 hours and B alone can do it in 24 hours. In how many hours will C alone do the same work?

  6. A and B can polish the floors of a building in 10 days. A alone can do ¼th of it in 12 days. In how many days can B alone polish the floor?

  7. A cistern has two inlets A and B which can fill it in 12 hours and 15 hours respectively. An outlet can empty the full cistern in 10 hours. If all the three pipes are opened together in the empty cistern, how much time will they take to fill the cistern completely?

  8. The amount of extension in an elastic string varies directly as the weight hung on it. If a weight of 150 gm produces an extension of 2.9 cm, then what weight would produce an extension of 17.4 cm?

  9. In a hostel of 50 girls, there are food provisions for 40 days. If 30 more girls join the hostel, how long will these provisions last?

  10. Three spraying machines working together can finish painting a house in 60 minutes. How long will it take for 5 machines of the same capacity to do the same job?

  11. Find the following products and verify the results for x = -1, y = -2: (3x – 5y) (x + y)

  12. Simplify:  x² (x + 2y) (x – 3y)

  13. The numerator of a rational number is 3 less than the denominator. If the denominator is increased by 5 and the numerator by 2, we get the rational number 1/2. Find the rational number.

  14. I have Rs 1000 in ten and five rupee notes. If the number of ten rupee notes that I have is ten more than the number of five rupee notes, how many notes do I have in each denomination?

  15. I am currently 5 times as old as my son. In 6 years time, I will be three times as old as he will be then. What are our ages now?


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