SOSE STEM Practice Paper - Class 8 (Admission to Class 9)
Time: 2 Hours | Total Marks: 100
Section A: Mathematics (35 marks)
1. Simplify: (3/5 + 7/10 - 2/15)
2. Solve for x: 3x - 7 = 2x + 5
3. A train travels 120 km in 2 hours. What is its average speed?
4. Factorize: x^2 + 7x + 10
5. A rectangular park is 80 m long and 60 m wide. Find its area and perimeter.
6. If the ratio of boys to girls in a class is 3:4 and there are 21 boys, how many girls are there?
7. Convert 0.375 to a fraction in simplest form.
8. A number is divisible by both 2 and 3. Is it also divisible by 6? Give a reason.
9. The surface area of a cube is 150 cm². Find the length of one side.
10. What is the least common multiple (LCM) of 12 and 18?
Section B: Science (35 marks)
11. Which of the following is not a physical change?
a) Melting of ice
b) Burning of paper
c) Boiling of water
d) Dissolving salt in water
12. Which part of the cell controls its activities?
a) Cell wall
b) Cytoplasm
c) Nucleus
d) Mitochondria
13. What type of energy transformation takes place in an electric bulb?
SOSE STEM Practice Paper - Class 8 (Admission to Class 9)
Time: 2 Hours | Total Marks: 100
a) Chemical to Light
b) Electrical to Light
c) Mechanical to Electrical
d) Sound to Light
14. Which gas is necessary for photosynthesis?
a) Oxygen
b) Nitrogen
c) Carbon dioxide
d) Hydrogen
15. The SI unit of force is:
a) Joule
b) Newton
c) Pascal
d) Watt
16. Define refraction of light with an example.
17. Write two differences between metals and non-metals.
18. What is the function of the heart in the human body?
19. Explain the process of digestion in the stomach.
20. Describe the interdependence of plants and animals in an ecosystem.
Section C: Logical Reasoning (30 marks)
21. If in a code language, CAT = XZG, what is DOG in that code?
22. What comes next in the series: 2, 4, 8, 16, __?
23. A clock shows 3:15. What is the angle between the hour and minute hands?
SOSE STEM Practice Paper - Class 8 (Admission to Class 9)
Time: 2 Hours | Total Marks: 100
24. If A is the mother of B, and B is the sister of C, how is A related to C?
25. Find the odd one out: Apple, Banana, Carrot, Mango
26. Puzzle: Five students - Aryan, Bella, Chintu, Divya, and Ekta - are standing in a line.
- Aryan is not at either end.
- Chintu is between Aryan and Divya.
- Bella is to the left of Divya.
- Ekta is not next to Aryan.
Q26. Who is standing at the second position?
Q27. Who is at the extreme right?