GMS-MA: 2024
Summative Assessment
Class: 8th Max. Marks: 50
Subject: Mathematics Time: 2hours 30 Minutes
General Instructions:
i. Read the question paper carefully and answer legibly.
ii. All questions are compulsory.
iii. The question paper consists of 25 questions and all questions of 2 marks each.
1. The value of (½) ÷ (⅗) is equal to:
3/10 3/5 6/5 5/6
2. The value of (-10/3) (-15/2) (17/19) 0 is:
0 22.6 20 190
3. Which of the following is commutative for rational numbers?
Addition and Addition and Addition and
None of these
subtraction Multiplication division
4. What should be subtracted from -⅔ to get -1?
1/3 -1/3 2/3 -2/3
5. The perimeter of a rectangular swimming pool is 154 m. Its length is 2 m more
than twice its breadth. What are the length and the breadth of the pool?
25, 52 50,52 52, 54 50,54
6. Sum of two numbers be 95. If one exceeds the other by 15, find the numbers
40 and 55 15 and 80 35 and 60 None of these
7. Pythagorean triplet is in the form of
m, m2 +1, m2-1 2m, m2 +1, m2-1 m, m +1, m2-1 2m, m2 +1, m-1
8. Find the smallest square number that is divisible by each of the numbers
4, 9 and 10.
625 900 1000 None of these
2
9. Find the length of the side of a square whose area = 625 m
20 15 25 30
10. A gardener has 1000 plants. He wants to plant these in such a way that the number
of rows and the number of columns remain the same. Find the minimum number of plants
he needs more for this.
21 22 23 24
11. Parikshit makes a cuboid of plasticine of sides 5 cm, 2 cm, 5 cm. How many such
cuboids will be needed to form a cube?
20 25 30 35
12. Find the smallest number by which 704 must be divided to obtain a perfect cube.
9 11 13 15
13. (y – x) (y + x) is equal to which of the following:
y2 – yx yx – x2 y2 – x2 x2 – y2
14. Which is the common factor of 5xy, 3pqr and 40xyz?
1 2 3 4
15. The factorisation of 4y2- 12y + 9 is
(2y + 3) (2y + 3) (2y - 3) (2y - 3) (2y - 3)2 Both b and c
16. Find the side of cube whose surface area 600 cm2
4 6 8 10
17. Find the height of a cuboid whose base area is 180 cm2 and volume is 900 cm2.
5cm 7cm 9cm 18cm
18. Volume of a cylinder with base radius = r and height = h, is:
2rh r2h 2r (r + h) r2
19. What is the height of a cylinder whose radius is 7 cm and the total surface area is
968 cm2 is:
15 17 19 21
20. Express the 0.0000000000085 numbers in standard form:
85 1-13 0.85 10-13 8.5 10-12 851012
21. Which of the following = (100 - 990) 100?
100 1000 9900 99000
22. The value of (34)3 is:
3 312 37 3-12
23. Which of the following is a binomial
4x2 a+6 a+6+c None of these
24. The coefficient of xy is
1 0 -1 None of these
25. If 8 men can do piece of work in 20 days, in how many days could 20 men
do the same work?
6 days 8 days 10 days 12 days
