MATHEMATICS

Class : VII

Max Marks : 80
Time : 9:00 to 10:30 a.m.

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Each question has four alternatives marked (A), (B), (C)
and (D), but only one of these alternatives is the correct
answer.
4 x 4 – 8  4 x1
1. The value of is
4 x 2
(A) 4 (B) 4x

(C) 24 (D) 14
In the following four questions, numbers in the cells of
each square follow some rule. Find the number, which
when replaced by the symbol ..?.., maintains the same
rule.

2. (A) 68

(B) 70

(C) 72

(D) 75

3. (A) 10

(B) 8

(C) 12

(D) 6

4. (A) 14

(B) 15

(C) 17

(D) 18

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5. (A) 12

(B) 14

(C) 15

(D) 16

1 1 1 1  1 1  1 
6.        1  
8 7 6 5  4 3  2 

The expression, after simplification, can be written as

27 29
(A) (B)
280 280

31 33
(C) (D)
280 280

7. A fancy article is sold at a profit of 40 %. If the cost price

as well as the selling price were Rs.50 less, then the profit

would have been 50 %. Find the cost price of the fancy

article.

(A) Rs. 250 (B) Rs. 300

(C) Rs. 400 (D) Rs. 500

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8. The length and the breadth of a plot of land are in the ratio
4 : 3. If the length were 10 % more and the breadth were
10 % less, then area would have decreased by 4800 sq. m.
Find the length of the plot of land.

(A) 1200 m (B) 800 m

(C) 600 m (D) 400 m

9. You are given the following 8 numbers and no number is

to be repeated for addition in the problem :

2, 9, 17, 29, 36, 45, 56, 61

How many numbers can be added to get a sum of 100 ?

(A) 6 (B) 5

(C) 4 (D) 3

10. Which one of the following equations is not correct ?

(L stands for litre)

(A) 1 m3 = 106 cm3 (B) 1 m2 = 106 mm2

(C) 1 m2 = 103 L (D) 1 L = 103 mm3

11. One of the angles of an acute-angled isosceles triangle is

80º. Which one of the following angles is not possible in
this triangle ?

(A) 20º (B) 50º

(C) 80º (D) 60º

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12. The paint in a certain container is sufficient to paint area

equal to 18.75 m2. How many bricks of dimensions

22.5 cm × 10 cm × 7.5 cm can be painted with this paint,

assuming no wastage ?

(A) 150 bricks (B) 100 bricks

(C) 250 bricks (D) 200 bricks

13. The rate of interest for first two years is 6 % per annum,

for the next three years is 8 % per annum and for a period

beyond five years 12 % per annum. If a person received

Rs. 23400 as interest after 8 years, find the money

deposited by him.

(A) Rs. 35,000 (B) Rs. 32,500

(C) Rs. 32,000 (D) Rs. 30,500

14. Triangles ABC and ABD are inscribed in a circle. If AC

bisects  DAB then CBD is equal to

(A) 40º

(B) 35º

(C) 30º

(D) 25º

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15. What should be added to the following expression such
that the result becomes 10 ?

 8 1 1 8 7 3 2 1 1
1 25  7 7  3 11  117  75  –  20  1 3  3 5  2 2 

(A) 0 (B) 1

(C) 2 (D) 3

3 1 2
16. In the equation 2  B  13 , the values of A and
A 3 3
B are, respectively

(A) 19, 6 (B) 19, 5

(C) 17, 6 (D) 17, 5

2

17. If a = 2 b = 4 c then the value of

a  b  c is
a 2  b 2  c2
equal to

1 1
(A) 3 (B) 2
2 3

3 2
(C) 1 (D) 1
4 5

18. Expression [ 4913 + 2197 + 3×289×13 + 3×169×17]

can be simplified as
(A) 28000 (B) 27850

(C) 27000 (D) 26850

19. In a certain code ‘SEVEN’ is written as 52624 and

‘TWELVE’ is written 872362. In the same code
‘ELEVEN’ will be written as

(A) 232625 (B) 232624

(C) 232524 (D) 232724

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20. Find the unknown numbers x and y such that the sum of
the numbers along each row, along each column and along
each diagonal of the grid is 81

(A) x = 25, y = 29

(B) x = 28, y = 25

(C) x = 29, y = 23

(D) x = 29, y = 24

21. Difference between two numbers is 30. If larger number is

increased by 20%, it becomes double the smaller number.
The smaller number is

(A) 30 (B) 45

(C) 50 (D) 60

22. ( ap2 + bq2 – bp2 – aq2 ) can be factorised as

(A) ( p – q ) ( p + q ) ( b – a )

(B) ( q + p ) ( q – p ) ( a – b )

(C) ( a + b ) ( p – q ) ( p + q )

(D) ( a – b ) ( p – q ) ( p + q )

 8 8 4 3 
23. Find 25 per cent of  2  4   1  4 .
 11 15 17 8 
(A) 8 (B) 2

(C) 1 (D) none of these

24. In which one of the following cases fractions have been

arranged in proper ascending order of their magnitudes ?
7 5 3 11 5 7 3 11
(A)    (B)   
15 12 5 18 12 15 5 18

7 5 11 3 5 7 11 3
(C)    (D)   
15 12 18 5 12 15 18 5

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25. Which same digit should be written in all the empty boxes
of the following grid so that the five-digit number so
formed becomes divisible by 9 as well as 11 ?

(A) 6 (B) 8
(C) 2 (D) 5
26. A train running at a speed of 72 km/hr crosses an electric
pole in 6 seconds and the platform of an unimportant
railway station in 33 seconds. The length of the platform
would be
(A) 480 m (B) 660 m
(C) 540 m (D) 440 m

75 165 x
27. If 175  325  x  y , then the value of y is

(A) 120 (B) 140

(C) 165 (D) 175

28. A trader marks selling price of his goods at 35 % higher

than their cost price. To attract the customers, he
announces a discount of 20 %. Find his profit.

(A) 8 % (B) 12 %

(C) 15 % (D) 7.5 %

29. Starting from his house in village A, a person has to reach

another village B to attend a function just in time. If he
plans to cycle at the speed of 8 km/hr, he would reach late
by 15 minutes. But if he plans to cycle at a speed of
10 km/hr, he would reach earlier by 15 minutes. The
distance between the two villages is
(A) 30 km (B) 25 km
(C) 20 km (D) 15 km

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30. Two persons P and Q walk between two positions A and
B, 4.2 km apart, starting from position A towards position
B. Speed of P is 3 km/hr and that of Q is 4 km/hr. Person
Q after reaching position B starts walking towards position
A and meets P at C.

The distance between positions A and C

(A) is 3.6 km (B) is 3.5 km

(C) is 3.2 km (D) cannot be calculated

31. The simple interest on a sum of money is 48% of its

principal, and the rate of interest is 75% of the number of
years for which the money is deposited. The rate of
interest is

(A) 9 % (B) 8 %

(C) 7.5 % (D) 6 %

32. A sells a new article to B at a profit of 20 %. B used the

article for one year and sold it to C at a loss of 20 %. If
C paid Rs. 3600 to B, then the cost price of the article for
A was

(A) Rs. 3600 (B) Rs. 3750

(C) Rs. 3850 (D) Rs. 4000

33. A contractor employed 30 labourers to finish a work in

25 days. After 4 days, 6 labourers left the job. In order to
finish the work in time, he raised the wages of labourers
and increased their working hours from 8 to 10.5.
Assuming all labourers work equally, the contractor will be
able to finish the work

(A) earlier by one day (B) late by one day

(C) late by 2 days (D) just in time

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34.Complete the following division and then find the values of
A, B, C, D and E

A B C D E

(A) 2 8 7 3 8

(B) 2 8 6 3 8

(C) 2 6 7 3 8

(D) 2 7 8 3 8

35. ABC is a right-angled triangle such that ABC = 90º. The

ratio of the sides AC and BC is 13 : 5. ABDE is rectangle
of perimeter 504 m and AB : DB is 4 : 3. Find the length
BC of the triangle.

(A) 90 m

(B) 75 m

(C) 60 m

(D) 50 m

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36. If the magnitude of the volume of a solid cube is 50%
more than the magnitude of its surface area then the length
of all the edges of such a cube is

(A) 120 units (B) 108 units

(C) 96 units (D) 72 units

37. The value of 3

8 83 8 is also equal to

(A) 24/3 (B) 27/3

(C) 25/3 (D) 25/9

38. Find the smallest number of 6 digits such that when it is

divided by 5, 6, 7 and 8, it leaves a remainder of 3, 4, 5
and 6, respectively.

(A) 100038 (B) 100398

(C) 1000758 (D) 100798

39. Forty per cent of total number of students in a class got

80% or more than 80% marks. Three-fourths of the
remaining students got marks between 60% and 79% and
the remaining students got less than 60% but above 50%.
If the number of students securing less than 60% marks is
18, then the total number of students in the class is

(A) 120 (B) 112

(C) 100 (D) 96

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40. Which one of the following figures (drawn by rotation) is
different from the other three.

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

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 ANSWERS : CLASS VII MATHS
1 D 2 B 3 B 4 C 5 D
6 B 7 A 8 B 9 C 10 D
11 D 12 D 13 B 14 C 15 C
16 A 17 B 18 C 19 B 20 C
21 B 22 D 23 D 24 B 25 D
26 C 27 B 28 A 29 C 30 A
31 D 32 B 33 A 34 A 35 C
36 B 37 C 38 D 39 A 40 B

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