Model Test Paper: Data Handling (Class 7)
Instructions
Attempt all questions.
Show all workings where required.
Marks allotted are indicated for each question.
Section A: Objective Type Questions (1 mark each)
1. The range of the data set 15, 21, 18, 24, 30 is:
a) 15
b) 18
c) 10
d) 12
2. What is the mode of the following numbers: 16, 18, 21, 18, 16, 16, 20?
3. The mean of 8, 12, 16, 4 is:
a) 8
b) 10
c) 12
d) 14
4. Which representation is best for comparing categories visually?
a) Pie chart
b) Bar graph
c) Line graph
d) Table
5. If the probability of drawing a red marble from a bag is 2/5, which statement is true?
a) There are more red marbles than total marbles.
b) The probability is certain.
c) The probability is less than 1.
d) The probability is more than 1.
Section B: Fill in the Blanks (1 mark each)
1. The difference between the highest and lowest values of a data set is called the ____________.
2. In a bar graph, the __________ of each bar shows the frequency.
3. The median of 7, 12, 10, 15, 18 is ____________.
4. Data that is not grouped is called __________ data.
5. The probability of an impossible event is __________.
Section C: Short Answer Questions (2 marks each)
1. Calculate the mean of the following marks: 12, 15, 10, 13, 15.
2. Find the median of this data set: 25, 13, 18, 20, 22.
3. From the numbers 6, 6, 8, 10, 6, 9, find the mode.
4. The following are the ages (in years) of 8 students: 12, 12, 14, 13, 15, 11, 13, 13. What is the
range of the ages?
5. On a Sunday, 40 children watched television for 2, 3, 1, 3, 2, 2, 3, 4, 2, 1 hours respectively.
Prepare a frequency distribution table for this data.
Section D: Word Problems (3 marks each)
1. The marks obtained in Mathematics by 10 students are: 56, 60, 72, 43, 57, 69, 44, 61, 58,
55. Calculate the mean, median and range [1] [2] .
2. The number of children in five different classes is given below:
27, 34, 30, 28, 36
Represent the data using a bar graph.
3. In a bag, there are 4 blue and 6 green marbles. One marble is picked at random. What is the
probability of getting a green marble?
4. The following data shows the runs scored by a cricketer in 7 innings: 56, 34, 47, 65, 79, 42,
34. Find the mode and median of the runs.
5. The production of wheat (in tonnes) from two states in five years is as follows:
State A: 200, 250, 230, 260, 240
State B: 180, 220, 200, 210, 230
Illustrate the data using a double bar graph and find in which year the difference in
production was maximum.
Section E: Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (4 marks each)
1. The heights (in cm) of 10 students are: 150, 148, 147, 149, 151, 146, 150, 152, 147, 149.
(a) Arrange the data in ascending order.
(b) Find the mean, mode and median.
(c) What is the range?
2. A bag contains red, blue and yellow balls. If the probability of drawing a red ball is 2/8, a
blue ball is 3/8, and the rest are yellow balls, how many yellow balls are there in the bag?
3. The table below gives the number of books read by students of Grade VII in a month:
6, 8, 5, 7, 9, 8, 6, 7, 5, 6, 8, 10
(a) Prepare a frequency table.
(b) Find the mean and mode.
4. In a survey, students were asked what sport they liked. The data collected is as follows:
Cricket: 18, Football: 10, Basketball: 7, Badminton: 5, Hockey: 3
(a) Draw a bar graph to represent the data.
(b) Which sport is most/least popular?
Best of Luck!
This paper covers the concepts of data collection, organization, measures of central tendency
(mean, median, mode), range, probability, tabular and graphical representation, and real-life
application problems as per the Class 7 syllabus [3] [4] [5] .
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