MATHEMATICS

Class : VII
Date : 23 November 2016
rd
Max Marks : 80
Time : 9:00 to 10:30 a.m.

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01. This question paper has 40 objective questions.

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before attempting it.
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awarded and there is no negative marking.
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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. Find the correct answer.

1. How many lines of symmetry can be drawn through a

regular hexagon ?
(A) 3 (B) 4
(C) 6 (D) 8
2. In which one of the following cases, a triangle cannot be
constructed ?
(A) When all the three sides of the triangle are given
(B) When two sides and the included angle of the triangle
are given
(C) When one side and any of the two angles of the
triangle are given
(D) When all the angles of the triangle are given
3. Which one of the following triangles is not possible ?
(A) Sides of the triangle are 6 cm, 8 cm and 10 cm
(B) Angles of the triangle are 65°, 75° and 40°
(C) Angles of the triangle are 90°, 35° and 65°
(D) Sides of the triangle are 10 cm, 15 cm and 20 cm
4. Three workers Ram, Shyam and Mohan are paid the
amounts according to the work done by each. Ram’s and
Shyam’s works are in the ratio 2 : 3. Shyam’s and
Mohan’s works are in the ratio 2 : 3. If Ram gets
Rs 2,000, then Mohan will get
(A) Rs 3,000 (B) Rs 3,500
(C) Rs 4,000 (D) Rs 4,500
5. Which statement is incorrect ?
(A) When 3897 is divided by 13, the remainder is 10
(B) When 3897 is divided by 11, the quotient is 354
(C) When 3897 is divided by 7, the remainder is 4
(D) When 3897 is divided by 15, the quotient is 259

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Maths - Class - 7, Nov. - 2016

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In four quarterly tests, Mohan secured the marks in
Hindi and English, as shown in the following double bar graphs
:

100

90

80

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

I II III IV
Quarterlies
Now answer the following three questions :
6. Find the average marks secured by Mohan in English.
(A) 87.5% (B) 88%
(C) 89% (D) 88.5%
7. Find the percentage increase in marks in English in fourth
quarterly test over the average marks in the first three
quarterly tests.
(A) 6.52% (B) 6.98%
(C) 6.0% (D) 9.2%
8. How many more average marks did Mohan got in Hindi
than in English ?
(A) 5.5% (B) 5.0%
(C) 4.5% (D) 4.0%
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Study the following figure carefully and answer the following
three questions :

F G
105° H
C
75°
B

E 60°
D A

9. CBA and GCB are, respectively,,

(A) 100° and 75° (B) 120° and 75°
(C) 100° and 80° (D) 120° and 80°
10. When the line segments CB and DA are extended, then
these will enclose an angle of
(A) 30° (B) 40°
(C) 45° (D) 50°
11. Which one of the following statements is incorrect about
the above diagram ?
(A) ABC is an isosceles triangle
(B) DCA and GCB are equal
(C) CBH has a magnitude of 65°
(D) Sum of the interior angles of the quadrilateral ABCD
is 360°
12. A trader sells 16 pairs of socks at the cost price of 20
pairs of socks. His profit is
(A) 40% (B) 331/3%
(C) 25% (D) 20%

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13. A person sells an article at a profit of 10%. Had he
purchased the article at 10% less and sold it for Rs 10
less, even then he would have made a profit of 20%. The
cost price of the article is
(A) Rs 450 (B) Rs 500
(C) Rs 600 (D) Rs 750
In a class of 40 students, the marks obtained in Mathematics
(out of 50) are as under :
45, 50, 48, 50, 42, 47, 45, 42, 44, 48, 49, 48, 49, 47,
41, 46, 48, 50, 48, 41, 42, 47, 50, 49, 48, 50, 47, 49,
48, 46, 44, 45, 45, 46, 44, 45, 47, 48, 45, 47
Now answer the following five questions :
14. The number of students getting more than 45 marks is
(A) 25 (B) 26
(C) 27 (D) 30
15. The number of students getting less than 45 marks is
(A) 13 (B) 10
(C) 8 (D) 7
16. The maximum number of the students getting the same
marks is
(A) 5 (B) 6
(C) 7 (D) 8
17. The average marks obtained by the students in the class
are
(A) 45.5 marks (B) 46.0 marks
(C) 46.5 marks (D) 47.0 marks
18. The number of students getting more than the average
marks is
(A) 22 (B) 23
(C) 25 (D) 26

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19. The numbers in the following figure indicate lengths in cm. The area of the
following figure is

80
4 B

C
4 10 A
25
E
18

8 D F 48

(A) 1625 cm2 (B) 1705 cm2

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20. In the above figure, if ABC and DEF are isosceles
triangles then the sides AB and DE are, respectively,
(A) 35 cm and 16 cm (B) 35 cm and 15 cm
(C) 25 cm and 16 cm (D) 25 cm and 15 cm
21. The perimeter of the figure of the above questions is
(A) 236 cm (B) 226 cm
(C) 216 cm (D) 228 cm
22. Which one of the following spreads of a paper dice is
different from the other three ?

5 3 3
(A) 1 6 2 (B) 1 5 2 6
4 4

3 3
(C) 5 1 6 2 (D) 2 5 1 6
4 4

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23. Match the statements of column I and names of solid
shapes given in column II tick-mark() the correct
matching, given as one of the four alternatives A, B, C and
D.
Column I Column II
(a) Two curved edges and no vertex (i) tetrahedron
(b) No edge and no vertex (ii) cone
(c) Four vertices, 6 edges and 4 faces (iii) cylinder
(d) Six vertices, 9 edges and 5 faces (iv) cube
(e) One curved edge, one curved face (v) sphere
and one vertex
(f) Twelve edges of equal lengths and (vi) triangular
6 faces prism
(A) (a) - ii, (b) - v, (c) - vi, (d) - i, (e) - iii, (f) - iv
(B) (a) - ii, (b) - v, (c) - i, (d) - vi, (e) - iii, (f) - iv
(C) (a) - iii, (b) - v, (c) - i, (d) - vi, (e) - ii, (f) - iv
(D) (a) - iii, (b) - v, (c) - vi, (d) - i, (e) - ii, (f) - iv
24. Which one of the following statements is not correct ?

(A) 22  2 4 (B) 23  2 4
4 2 4 3

x
(C) 20 = 40 (D) 23  29 if x = 3

25. Which one of the following statements is not correct ?

(A) 73 days are 20% of an year

5
(B) 18,000 seconds are of a day
24
(C) Three-eights of day are 9 hours

3
(D) is same as 17.75%
16

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26. What should be added to the sum of the following two
expressions so that the result is 2(x2 + 3x – 4) ?
(i) 3x2 – 8x + 9 and (ii) –4x2 + 16x – 19
(A) 3x2 – 2x + 2 (B) –3x2 – 2x + 2
(C) 3x2 + 2x – 2 (D) –3x2 + 2x – 2
27. Due to excess production, the cost price of sugar has
fallen by 16%. By what percent can a family increase the
consumption of sugar safely without affecting the budget?
(A) 16% (B) 17.5%
(C) 19% (D) 21%
28. The rate of interest is 6% per annum for first 2 years, 8%
per annum for the next 3 years and 10% per annum for the
period beyond 5 years. If a person gets Rs 2070 as
interest after 6 years, how much money did he deposit
6 years ago ?
(A) Rs 4,500 (B) Rs 4,600
(C) Rs 5,400 (D) Rs 4,800
29. When the sum of 15 and two-thirds of a number is
subtracted from three-fourths of the number, then the
result is same as when four-fifths of the number is
subtracted from five-sixth of the number. The number is

(A) 240 (B) 300

(C) 360 (D) 420

7 4 3 1 3
30. 4  2 1  8 
8 13 5 3 2

The above expression simplifies to

(A) 75 (B) 80
(C) 90 (D) 100
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31. The diagonal of a quadrilateral divide it to form four
congruent triangles. The quadrilateral may be

(A) either a square or a rectangle

(B) either a square or a rhombus

(C) either a rhombus or a parallelogram

(D) either a parallelogram or a rectangle

32. Which one of the following sets of sides of triangles

represents different triangle ?

(A) 17 cm, 15 cm and 8 cm

(B) 20 cm, 21 cm and 29 cm

(C) 7 cm, 24 cm and 25 cm

(D) 9 cm, 31 cm and 40 cm

33. Equal amounts are deposited in two banks A and B. In

bank A, the amount is deposited for four years at simple
interest of 9% per annum. In bank B, the amount is
deposited for 3.5 years at simple interest of 8% per
annum. If the difference of interests of the two banks is
Rs 1792, then the amount deposited in each bank is

(A) Rs 22,400 (B) Rs 22,800

(C) Rs 24,500 (D) Rs 24,400

34. Age of Sohan’s wife is 6 years more than three-fourths of

his age. The age of his son is one-third the age of his wife
and the age of his daughter is one-fourth of his age. If the
sum of the ages of all the four members of the family is
98 years then how old is Sohan ?

(A) 40 years (B) 44 years

(C) 48 years (D) 36 years

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In the following five questions, each digit of a number stands
for a particular alphabet in the given word (not in proper
sequence). Find the proper relation between each digit and
corresponding alphabet and then answer the questions that
follow.
Words Numbers
GOOD 5075
I N D IA 24347
GOLD 7850
L OAD 2875
RIDE 1947
SENDER 196379
35. Number 1 3 5 7 9 represents which one of the following
words (alphabets not necessarily in same sequence) ?
(A) S R O N E (B) D R O N E
(C) D R O M E (D) D R I N E
36. N A R E N D R A can be written by which one of the
following numbers (digits not necessarily in same
sequence) ?
(A) 9 7 3 1 2 3 1 4 (B) 1 2 3 1 2 3 7 9
(C) 7 7 3 3 1 1 2 2 (D) 4 7 1 7 2 3 4 2
37. The Indian S O L D I E R S are considered best in the
world. S O L D I E R S can be written by which one of the
following numbers (digits not necessarily in same
sequence) ?
(A) 1 9 8 7 5 5 6 6 (B) 9 8 7 6 5 5 4 1
(C) 4 5 6 1 2 7 8 9 (D) 1 4 5 6 6 7 8 9
38. The word G L I D E R S can be written by which one of
the following numbers (digits not necessarily in same
sequence) ?
(A) 1 9 0 8 3 6 7 (B) 9 8 1 0 4 7 6
(C) 1 0 4 5 7 8 9 (D) 9 7 6 1 0 2 8

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39. The number 2 3 4 5 6 represents which one of the
following words (alphabets not necessarily in same
sequence) ?
(A) N O I S E (B) S O N I A
(C) S N A I L (D) S O N A L
40. Arrange the following rational numbers in increasing order:

7 3 4 5 3
, , , ,
10 7 9 8 5

3 4 3 5 7
(A)    
7 9 5 8 10

3 5 3 7 4
(B)    
7 8 5 10 9

7 5 3 4 3
(C)    
10 8 5 9 7

7 4 3 5 3
(D)    
10 9 5 8 7

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ANSWERS CLASS VII MATHS (2016)

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

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