ESAKI VIDYAASHRAM SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
Tenkasi
PERIODIC TEST 3
Class 08 - Mathematics
Time Allowed: 1 hour and 30 minutes Maximum Marks: 40
Section A
1. The distance between school and house of a girl is given by 5 cm in a picture, using the scale 1 cm : 5 km. Find [1]
the actual distance between the two places?
a) 20 km b) 25 km
c) 5 km d) 10 km
2. Which of the following 3-dimensional figures has the top, side and front as triangles? [1]
a) b)
c) d)
3. The number of faces in a square prism is ________. [1]
a) 8 b) 6
c) 4 d) 7
4. Euler’s formula for any polyhedron, where F stands for the number of faces, V stands for the number of vertices [1]
and E stands for the number of edges is ________.
a) F - V - E = 2 b) F - V + E = 2
c) F + V + E = 2 d) F + V - E = 2
5. The distance between City A and City B on a map is given as 6 cm. If the scale represents 1 cm = 200 km, then [1]
find the actual distance between City A and City B.
a) 1200 km b) 700 km
c) 200 km d) 1002 km
6. The cost of bus tickets for 5 people for a journey was ₹ 95. What is the number of tickets that can be bought for [1]
₹ 342 for the same journey?
a) 20 b) 18
c) 28 d) 16
7. A loaded truck travels 14 km in 25 minutes. If the speed remains the same, how far can it travel in 5 hours? [1]
a) 162 km b) 166 km
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c) 168 km d) 156 km
8. There are 100 students in a hostel. Food provision for them is for 20 days. How long will these provisions last, if [1]
25 more students join the group?
a) 20 b) 12
c) 18 d) 16
9. If a train is moving at a uniform speed of 75 km/hour, find the time required to cover the distance of 300 km. [1]
a) 2 hours b) 5 hours
c) 3 hours d) 4 hours
10. Both x and y vary directly with each other and when x is 10, y is 14, which of the following is not a possible pair [1]
of corresponding values of x and y?
a) 35 and 49 b) 15 and 21
c) 35 and 25 d) 25 and 35
Section B
11. For the given solid draw the side view and front view? [2]
12. How long will a boy take to run around a square field of side 35m, if he runs at a speed of 9 km/hr? [2]
13. A car covers a distance in 40 minutes with an average speed of 60 km/h. What should be the average speed to [2]
cover the same distance in 25 minutes?
Section C
14. Draw a front view, side view and a top view of a nut as shown in the figure: [3]
15. Verify whether the following represents direct variation. [3]
x 10 8 20 4
y 25 20 50 10
16. Observe the following table and find if the variables (here x and y) are in inverse proportion. [3]
x 100 200 300 400
y 60 30 20 15
Section D
17. Find the volume of a rectangular prism that is 16 cm long, 9 cm high and 4 cm wide. [5]
18. Construct a rhombus ABCD with AB=7.5 cm and one angle 70 degree. [5]
19. Read the text carefully and answer the questions: [5]
Varun started his journey at 8 AM by car From Delhi to Gwalior. The average speed of car was 50 km/hr.
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After 1 hr he passed through a big temple and after two hour he was at Faridabad. After driving 150 km he
crossed Mathura city . After 4 hrs he stopped at hotel Surya for lunch. Finally after journey of 7 hrs Varun
reached Gwalior at 3 PM.
(a) What was the distance of temple from Delhi?
a) 100 km b) 50 km
c) 250 km d) 200 km
(b) What was the distance of hotel Surya from Delhi?
a) 250 km b) 100 km
c) 200 km d) 50 km
(c) What was the distance of Faridabad from Delhi?
a) 50 km b) 100 km
c) 250 km d) 200 km
(d) Total distance travelled by Varun was ________ km.
(e) After drive of 5 hrs, Varun was 200 km away from Delhi.
a) True b) False
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