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Kerala Talent Olympiad Exam - Class 8 Sample Questions

Below are 50 sample multiple-choice questions based on the Class 8 syllabus, covering Class 7 topics and the first two chapters of Class 8, aligned with Kerala State Syllabus and CBSE NCERT Syllabus.

1. What is the value of $-8 + 12 - 5$?

2. The product of $-6$ and $4$ is:

3. If the temperature drops by $7^\circ$C and then rises by $3^\circ$C, the net change is:

4. Solve: $(-9) \div (-3)$

5. What is $3/4 + 2/3$?

6. Convert $0.75$ to a fraction in its simplest form.

7. If $1/2$ of a number is $6$, what is the number?

8. Multiply: $2.5 \times 1.2$

9. The mean of $4, 6, 8, 10$ is:

10. In a bar graph, the height of each bar represents:

11. The mode of the data set $3, 5, 5, 7, 8$ is:

12. The median of $2, 4, 6, 8, 10$ is:

13. Solve for $x$: $3x + 4 = 19$

14. If $2x = 10$, what is $x$?

15. A number increased by $7$ equals $15$. What is the number?

16. Solve: $4(x - 2) = 8$

17. The sum of complementary angles is:

18. If two angles are supplementary and one is $70^\circ$, the other is:

19. The angle formed by a transversal with parallel lines is:

20. Vertically opposite angles are:

21. The angle sum property of a triangle states that the sum of its angles is:

22. In a triangle, if one angle is $50^\circ$ and another is $60^\circ$, the third angle is:

23. In a right-angled triangle, the Pythagoras theorem applies to sides where:

24. The exterior angle of a triangle is equal to the sum of:

25. Which criterion ensures triangle congruence if two sides and the included angle are equal?

26. In congruent triangles, corresponding angles are:

27. RHS congruence is used for triangles that are:

28. If a shirt costs ₹400 and is sold at a 20% discount, the selling price is:

29. The simple interest on ₹2000 at 5% per annum for 3 years is:

30. If 2 pencils cost ₹10, how much will 5 pencils cost?

31. The additive inverse of $-4/5$ is:

32. A rational number between $1/2$ and $3/4$ is:

33. On the number line, $-3/2$ lies:

34. To construct a triangle, the minimum number of measurements required is:

35. Which tool is used to draw a line segment of a specific length?

36. To construct a $60^\circ$ angle, you primarily use:

37. The area of a rectangle with length 8 cm and width 5 cm is:

38. The circumference of a circle with radius 7 cm is (use $\pi \approx 22/7$):

39. Simplify: $3x + 2x - 5x$

40. The degree of the polynomial $4x^2 + 3x + 1$ is:

41. Simplify: $3^2 \times 3^3$

42. Express $0.00064$ in standard form.

43. A square has how many lines of symmetry?

44. Rotational symmetry of order 2 means the shape looks the same after a rotation of:

45. The number of faces in a cube is:

46. The net of a cylinder consists of:

47. The multiplicative inverse of $-2/3$ is:

48. A rational number between $2/5$ and $3/5$ is:

49. Solve for $x$: $5x - 7 = 13$

50. If $3x + 9 = 0$, what is $x$?