Comparing Quantities Class 8 MCQ Maths Chapter 8

MCQ on Comparing Quantities for Class 8

Class 8 Maths Chapter 8 Comparing Quantities MCQ

MCQ of Comparing Quantities Class 8

I. Choose the correct answer.

Question 1.
In a class there are 80 girls and 60 boys studying, then ratio of boys and girls is _________
A) 80 : 60
B) 3 : 4
C) 4 : 3
D) none
Answer:
B) 3 : 4

Question 2.
In a venture of 12 acres, 80% land kept vaccant and remaining was built up area. Then the difference between open and built up area is ________ acres.
A) 9.6
B) 2.4
C) 7.2
D) 4.8
Answer:
C) 7.2

Question 3.
Ratio of 10m and 5km ________ is.
A) 1 : 2
B) 1 : 500
C) 2 : 1
D) 5000 : 1
Answer:
B) 1 : 500

Question 4.
Percentages equal to the ratio 4 : 5 is ________ .
A) 80%
B) 60%
C) 45%
D) 125%
Answer:
A) 80%

Question 5.
Ratio, equal to 75% is ________ .
A) \(\frac{4}{3}\)
B) 2 : 3
C) 1 : 2
D) 3 : 4
Answer:
D) 3 : 4

Question 6.
Formula for discount / rebate is ________ .
A) Sale price – Marked price
B) \(\frac{\text { Marked price }- \text { Sale price }}{2}\)
C) Marked price – Sale price
D) Marked price + Sale price
Answer:
C) Marked price – Sale price

Comparing Quantities Class 8 MCQ Maths Chapter 8

Question 7.
Marked price of a shirt is ₹ 380/- and discount is 20%. If 5% GST is also levied, then the cost price of shirt = __________ .(GST is on selling price / sale price only)
A) ₹ 304/-
B) ₹ 319.20
C) ₹ 323/-
D) ₹ 327/-
Answer:
B) ₹ 319.20

Question 8.
After getting 16% discount, a saree was bought at Rs 504/-. Then the marked price of saree = __________ .
A) ₹ 585/-
B) ₹ 600/-
C) ₹ 604/-
D) none
Answer:
B) ₹ 600/-

Question 9.
Discount or Rebate is always calculated on __________ .
A) Market price
B) Marked price
C) Selling price
D) Any of above
Answer:
B) Marked price

Question 10.
40% of 80 students in a class got distinction marks. So, how many of them got below distinction marks ?
A) 32
B) 80
C) 40
D) 48
Answer:
D) 48

Question 11.
An item is marked at ₹ 4800/-and 10%, 5%, 2% successive discounts are offered during festive season. Then the sale price will be __________ . (Rounded to rupee)
A) ₹ 4022
B) ₹ 4122
C) ₹ 4320
D) ₹ 4104
Answer:
A) ₹ 4022

Question 12.
An item was marked at ₹ 1040/- and sold at ₹ 884/-. So, Rebate percentage is __________ %
A) 18
B) 20
C) 22
D) 15
Answer:
D) 15

Comparing Quantities Class 8 MCQ Maths Chapter 8

Question 13.
A Lehanga was bought for ₹ 1584/-after availing 12% discount. Then its marked price was __________ .
A) ₹ 2160/-
B) ₹ 1800/-
C) ₹ 584/-
D) ₹ 2800/-
Answer:
B) ₹ 1800/-

Question 14.
100 mangoes were bought for ₹ 1200, 20 of them were spoiled remaining were marked as ₹ 1500/- and offered 20% discount. Then the profit / loss is _________ .
A) zero profit
B) 200 profit
C) 300 loss
D) none
Answer:
A) zero profit

Question 15.
A gift item was sold at ₹ 300 by gaining ₹ 20. So, cost price of gift item was
A)₹ 20
B) ₹ 280
C) ₹ 320
D) ₹ 240
Answer:
B) ₹ 280

Question 16.
Roja bought an item for ₹ 784 including 12% GST. So, the amount goes to Govt, in the way of GST is __________ .
A) 7₹ 00
B) ₹ 772
C) ₹ 84
D) ₹ 184
Answer:
C) ₹ 84

Question 17.
Sale price of ear-pads after getting 20% discount is Rs 1600. Then the amount of discount will be __________ .
A) 400
B) 2000
C) 1620
D) 3200
Answer:
A) 400

Question 18.
After a hike of 22% in salary, employee receives Rs 107360 p.m; Before hike, his salary was Rs __________ .
A) 91000
B) 90360
C) 19360
D) 88000
Answer:
D) 88000

Comparing Quantities Class 8 MCQ Maths Chapter 8

Question 19.
Asha bought a dress material for Rs 2300/- and paid 600, towards stitching charges. She is expecting 10% profit on sales. Then the selling price would be __________
A) Rs 3190
B) Rs 2900
C) Rs 3130
D) none of the above
Answer:
A) Rs 3190

Question 20.
What would be the simple interest for a period of 4 years at a rate of 4% on 4000 loan?
A) ₹ 4640
B) ₹ 640
C) ₹ 4880
D) ₹ 4444
Answer:
B) ₹ 640

For the following A, R type questions from 21 to 26.
Choose the answer from following options.
A) Both ‘A’ and ‘R’ are correct and ‘R’ is correct explanation on ‘A’
B) Both ‘A’ and ‘R’ are true but ‘R’ is not correct explanation on ‘A’.
C) ‘A’ is true but ‘R’ is false.
D) ‘A’ is false but ‘R’ is correct.

Question 21.
Assertion (A) : The ratio of 50 m to 1 km is 1 : 20.
Reason (R) : A ratio is comparison ol two quantities in same units.
Answer:
A) Both ‘A’ and ‘R’ are correct and ‘R’ is correct explanation on ‘A’

Question 22.
Assertion (A) : Out of 50 students in a class 30 are girls and boys : girls = 2 : 3
Reason (R) : Out of 30 teachers 20 are females, then female, male teacher ratio is 2 : 1
Answer:
B) Both ‘A’ and ‘R’ are true but ‘R’ is not correct explanation on ‘A’.

Question 23.
Assertion (A) : In a trade, the ratio of cost price and selling price are 2 : 3 and the profit made is 1500.
Reason (R) : In the above trade, cost price, selling price would be 3000 and 4500.
Answer:
A) Both ‘A’ and ‘R’ are correct and ‘R’ is correct explanation on ‘A’

Question 24.
Assertion (A) : 20% discount on a marked price 1500 is le4s than 50% discount of 800.
Reason (R) : Discount = \(\frac{\text { Marked price } \times \text { Rate of discount }}{100}\)
Answer:
A) Both ‘A’ and ‘R’ are correct and ‘R’ is correct explanation on ‘A’

Comparing Quantities Class 8 MCQ Maths Chapter 8

Question 25.
Assertion (A) : 30% profit on cost price of 600 is less than 20% loss of 400.
Reason (R) : Profit or loss = \(\frac{\mathrm{CP} \times \text { Percentage of loss / profit }}{100}\)
Answer:
D) ‘A’ is false but ‘R’ is correct.

Question 26.
Assertion (A) : Simple interest on 1500 @ 5% for 2 years is 150/-
Reason (R) : Formula for simple interest is P(1 + \(\frac{\mathrm{R}}{100}\))n.
Answer:
C) ‘A’ is true but ‘R’ is false.

Question 27.
Satya buys a toy for Rs. 150 and sells it for Rs. 375. What is his.profit or loss percentage ?
A) 250% loss
B) 250% profit
C) 150% loss
D) 150% profit
Answer:
D) 150% profit

Question 28.
What is the compound interest on Rs. 2,000 for 2 years at 5% per annum compounded annually ?
A) Rs. 200
B) Rs. 205
C) Rs. 2,200
D) Rs. 2,205
Answer:
B) Rs. 205

Question 29.
Veena borrowed Rs. 10,000 from her uncle at 4.5% interest, compounded yearly.
How much interest should she pay at the end of first years ?
A) Rs. 45
B) Rs. 450
C) Rs. 1000
D) Rs.,4500
Answer:
B) Rs. 450

Question 30.
Marked price – sales price _________
A) Discount
B) Discount percent
C) Profit
D) Profit percent
Answer:
A) Discount

Comparing Quantities Class 8 MCQ Maths Chapter 8

Question 31.
10% of 10 = ________
A) 100
B) 20
C) 10
D) 1
Answer:
D) 1

Question 32.
What is the value of (30% of 120) + (120% of 30)?
A) 90
B) 72
C) 60
D) 36
Answer:
B) 72

Question 33.
Sammu purchased a smart phone at a cost of Rs. 16500. After verifying the bill she came to know that the total cost includes a VAT of 10%. What is the base price of the phone excluding the VAT?
A) Rs. 1650
B) Rs. 14850
C) Rs. 15000
D) Rs. 18150
Answer:
C) Rs. 15000

II. Fill in the blanks.

1. Formula for simple interest I = _________ .
Answer:
I = \(\frac{\text { PTR }}{100}\)

2. Formula for compound interest = _________ .
Answer:
CI = P(1 + \(\frac{\mathrm{R}}{100}\))n – P

3. If interest is compounded quarterly, then the value of ‘n’ for 3 years in C.I formula is _________ .
Answer:
n = 12

4. The amount to be paid at the end of 2 years on Rs 2400 at 5% compounded annually is _________ .
Answer:
Rs 2646/-

5. SI on 4000/- @ 6% for 2 years is _________ .
Answer:
Rs 480/-

Comparing Quantities Class 8 MCQ Maths Chapter 8

6. Additional expenses made after buying an item are called _________ .
Answer:
over head charges

7. Discounts are always calculated on _________ .
Answer:
marked price

8. Profit or loss should always be calcu-lated on _________ .
Answer:
Cost price

9. Selling price ₹ 480 and discount ₹ 30, then marked price would be _________ .
Answer:
510

10. Value of discount 12% discount on marked price of ₹ 1200 is _________ .
Answer:
144

11. Formula for percentage of profit is _________ .
Answer:
% of profit = \(\frac{\text { Profit }}{\text { Cost price }}\) × 100

12. Cost price of an item is ₹ 4800 and 15% loss was booked, then sale price of it is _________ .
Answer:
4080 /-

Comparing Quantities Class 8 MCQ Maths Chapter 8

13. Population of a village is 5400, popu-lation grows at 3%, then population after 2 years is _________ (round it)
Answer:
5729 (rounded)

14. The sales tax on an item sold at Rs 980 @ 4% is _________ .
Answer:
Rs 39.20/-

15. A motor cycle worth ₹ 79000/- depre-ciated by 5%, then its worth after 1 year will be ________ .
Answer:
Rs 75050/-

III. Match the following.

Question 1.

A B
1) \(\frac{\text { PTR }}{100}\) a) Simple Interest
2) A = P(1 + \(\frac{\mathrm{R}}{100}\))n b) Discount
3) Marked price – Selling price c) ‘n’ is number of times interest compounded
4) Negative rate of interest d) 80%
5) 4 : 5 e) Depreciation

Answer:
(1, a) (2, c) (3, b) (4, e) (5, d)

A B
1) \(\frac{\text { PTR }}{100}\) a) Simple Interest
2) A = P(1 + \(\frac{\mathrm{R}}{100}\))n c) ‘n’ is number of times interest compounded
3) Marked price – Selling price b) Discount
4) Negative rate of interest e) Depreciation
5) 4 : 5 d) 80%

Comparing Quantities Class 8 MCQ Maths Chapter 8

Question 2.

A B
1) Sales tax on 1550 @ 3% a) 1050/-
2) 40% rebate on ₹ 3200, then Sale price b) 4.10/-
3) SI @ 12% on 10000/- for 3 years c) 46.50/-
4) Cl @ 10% on 500 for 2 years d) 1920/-
5) 4% of 40 + 5% of 50 e) 360/-

Answer:
(1, c) (2, d) (3, e) (4, a) (5, b)

A B
1) Sales tax on 1550 @ 3% c) 46.50/-
2) 40% rebate on ₹ 3200, then Sale price d) 1920/-
3) SI @ 12% on 10000/- for 3 years e) 360/-
4) Cl @ 10% on 500 for 2 years a) 1050/-
5) 4% of 40 + 5% of 50 b) 4.10/-

Class 8 Maths MCQ

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