CBSE Sample Paper Class 7 Maths Half Yearly Set 1

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS CLASS : VII MAX. MARKS : 80

DURATION : 3 HRS

General Instructions:
(i). All questions are compulsory.
(ii). This question paper contains 40 questions divided into four Sections A, B, C and D.
(iii). Section A comprises of 20 questions of 1 mark each. Section B comprises of 6 questions of 2
marks each. Section C comprises of 8 questions of 3 marks each and Section D comprises of 6
questions of 4 marks each.
(iv). There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in two questions of 2
marks each, two questions of 3 marks each and two questions of 4 marks each. You have to attempt
only one of the alternatives in all such questions.
(v). Use of Calculators is not permitted

SECTION – A
Questions 1 to 20 carry 1 mark each.
1. The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 17 cm long. If one of the remaining two sides is 8 cm in
length, then the length of the other side is
(a) 15 cm (b) 12 cm (c) 13 cm (d) none of these.

2. In triangles ABC and PQR, B = 90°, AC = 8 cm, AB = 3 cm, P = 90°, PR = 3 cm, QR = 8 cm

By which congruence rule the triangles are congruent ?
(a) SAS (b) RHS (c) ASS (d) none of these

3. A school team won 6 games this year against 4 games won last year. What is the per cent
increase?
(a) 75% (b) 50% (c) 60% (d) none of these

4. The number of illiterate persons in a country decreased from 150 lakhs to 100 lakhs in 10 years.
What is the percentage of decrease?
(a) 30% (b) 50% (c) 33 % (d) none of these

5. Find the angle, which is equal to its complement.

(a) 30o (b) 25o (c) 35o (d) 45o
6. If two adjacent angles are supplementary, then they form _________ .
(a) Corresponding angles (b) vertically opposite angles
(c) a linear pair of angles (d) a ray

7. Write the statements “One third of a number plus 5 is 8” in the form of equations:
1 1
(a) 3m + 5 = 8 (b) m + 5 = 8 (c) m + 5 = 8 (d) m + 8 = 5
3 3
8. The mean of the first seven natural number is _______ .
(a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 4

9. The value of 1.3 x 3.1 is

(a) 403 (b) 0.403 (c) 4.03 (d) 0.0403

10. – 6 ÷( – 3 ) gives
(a) – 9 (b) 2 (c) – 2 (d) 3
11. Solve: 3n + 7 = 25

12. Evaluate: (–31) ÷ [(–30) + (–1)]

13. Express 7 rupees 7 paise as rupees using decimals.

14. Find the value of 0.5 ÷ 1000

15. A school team won 6 games this year against 4 games won last year. What is the percent
increase?

16. Find the angle which is equal to its supplement.

17. What is the side included between the angles M and N of ΔMNP?

18. Find the value of the unknown exterior angle x in the below diagrams:

19. Find the ratio of 9 m to 27 cm

20. Ashish studies for 4 hours, 5 hours and 3 hours respectively on three consecutive days. How
many hours does he study daily on an average?

SECTION – B
Questions 21 to 26 carry 2 marks each.

21. The temperature at 12 noon was 10°C above zero. If it decreases at the rate of 2°C per hour until
midnight, at what time would the temperature be 8°C below zero? What would be the
temperature at mid-night?
OR
Evaluate each of the following:
(a) [(–36) ÷ 12] ÷ 3 (b) [(– 6) + 5)] ÷ [(–2) + 1]

22. Find the values of the angles x, y, and z in the given figure:

23. If ΔDEF  ΔBCA, write the part(s) of ΔBCA that correspond to (i)  E (ii) EF (iii)  F (iv) DF

24. PQR is a triangle right angled at P. If PQ = 10 cm and PR = 24 cm, find QR.

25. The length of a rectangle is 7.1 cm and its breadth is 2.5 cm. What is the area of the rectangle?

26. Solve the following equations.

(a) 10 = 4 + 3(t + 2) (b) 28 = 4 + 3(t + 5)
OR
The sum of three times a number and 11 is 32. Find the number.

SECTION – C
Questions 27 to 34 carry 3 marks each.

27. The marks (out of 100) obtained by a group of students in a science test are 85, 76, 90, 85, 39,
48, 56, 95, 81 and 75. Find the:
(i) Range of the marks obtained.
(ii) Mean marks obtained by the group.
(iii)What you will do to get good marks?

28. Find the value of x in each of the following figures if l || m.

OR
In the below figure, if PQ||ST then find the value of x + y.

29. If Meena gives an interest of Rs 45 for one year at 9% rate p.a.. What is the sum she has
borrowed?

30. Solve (a) 4 (m + 3) = 18 (b) – 2(x + 3) = 5

1 1
31. Sushant reads part of a book in 1 hour. How much part of the book will he read in 2 hours?
3 5
OR
Find: (i) 36 ÷ 0.2 (ii) 3.25 ÷ 0.5 (iii) 30.94 ÷ 0.7
32. In the below figure, AB and CD bisect each other at O. Prove that (ii) ΔAOC  ΔBOD (ii) AC =
BD

33. Find the values of the unknowns x and y in the following diagrams:

34. The foot of a ladder is 6 m away from its wall and its top reaches a window 8 m above the
ground, (a) Find the length of the ladder. (b) If the ladder is shifted in such a way that its foot is 8
m away from the wall, to what height does its top reach?
OR
Two poles of 10 m and 15 m stand upright on a plane ground. If the distance between the tops is
13 m, find the distance between their feet.

SECTION – D
Questions 35 to 40 carry 4 marks each.

35. A certain sum of money was lent under the following repayment scheme based on Simple
Interest:
8% per annum for the initial 2 years
9.5% per annum for the next 4 years
11% per annum for the next 2 years
12% per annum after the first 8 years
Find the amount which a sum of ` 9000 taken for 12 years becomes at the end of 12 years.
OR
A shopkeeper earns a profit of Re 1 by selling one pen and incurs a loss of 40 paise per pencil
while selling pencils of her old stock. (i) In a particular month she incurs a loss of Rs 5. In this
period, she sold 45 pens. How many pencils did she sell in this period? (ii) In the next month she
earns neither profit nor loss. If she sold 70 pens, how many pencils did she sell?

36. The length of a rectangle is two times its width. The perimeter of the rectangle is 180 cm. Find
the dimensions of the rectangle and also find its area.
OR
In a certain examination, a total of 3768 students secured first division in the years 2006 and
2007. The number of first division in 2007 exceeded those in 2006 by 34. How many students
got first division in 2006?
37. In the below figure, BD and CE are altitudes of ΔABC such that BD = CE.
(i) State the three pairs of equal parts in ΔCBD and ΔBCE.
(ii) Is ΔCBD  ΔBCE? Why or why not?
(iii) Is  DCB =  EBC? Why or why not?

38. In the below figure, l, m and n are parallel lines, and the lines p and q are also parallel. Find the
values of a, b and c.

39. Sana and Fatima participated in an apple race. The race was conducted in 6 parts. In the first
part, Sana won by 10 seconds. In the second part she lost by 1 minute, then won by 20 seconds in
the third part and lost by 25 seconds in the fourth part, she lost by 37 seconds in the fifth part and
won by 12 seconds in the last part. Who won the race finally?

40. The students of Class VII have to choose one club from Music, Dance, Yoga, Dramatics, Fine
arts and Electronics clubs. The data given below shows the choices made by girls and boys of the
class. Study the table and answer the questions that follow:
Clubs Girls Boys
Music 15 12
Dance 24 16
Yoga 10 8
Dramatics 19 17
Fine Arts 27 11
Electronics 21 30

(a) Draw a double bar graph using appropriate scale to depict the above data.
(b) How many students are there in Class VII?
(c) For which club the difference between boys and girls is the least?
(d) For which club is the difference between boys and girls the maximum?
 CBSE Sample Paper Class 7 Maths Half Yearly Set 2

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS CLASS : VII MAX. MARKS : 80

DURATION : 3 HRS

General Instructions:
(i). All questions are compulsory.
(ii). This question paper contains 40 questions divided into four Sections A, B, C and D.
(iii). Section A comprises of 20 questions of 1 mark each. Section B comprises of 6 questions of 2
marks each. Section C comprises of 8 questions of 3 marks each and Section D comprises of 6
questions of 4 marks each.
(iv). There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in two questions of 2
marks each, two questions of 3 marks each and two questions of 4 marks each. You have to attempt
only one of the alternatives in all such questions.
(v). Use of Calculators is not permitted

SECTION – A
Questions 1 to 20 carry 1 mark each.
1. The acute angles of right triangle are in the ratio 2 : 1. Find the measure of each of these angles.
(a) 550 and 350 (b) 600 and 300 (c) 500 and 400 (d) 450 and 450

2. If ABC and DEF are congruent triangles such that A = 470 and E = 830, then C=
(a) 500 (b) 600 (c) 700 (d) 800

3. Find the ratio of 50 paise to Rs 5

(a) 10 : 1 (b) 1 : 10 (c) 1 : 5 (d) none of these

4. 72% of 25 students are good in hindi, how many are not good in hindi?
(a) 16 (b) 14 (c) 18 (d) 7

5. The difference in the measures of two complementary angles is 12o. Find the measures of the
angles.
(a) 51o and 49o (b) 51o and 39o (c) 60o and 30o (d) 50o and 40o

6. If two angles are supplementary then the sum of their measures is ___________ .
(a) 900 (b) 180 0 (c) 3600 (d) 450

7. Which is a solution of the equation x + 4 = 6

(a) x = 2 (b) x = 3 (c) x = 4 (d) x = 6

8. The mean of the first five whole number is _______ .

(a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 4

9. The value of 26.3  1000 is

(a) 0.0263 (b) 0.2630 (c) 26300 (d) 26.300

10. – 8 x 10 x 9 is equal to
(a) 27 (b) – 27 (c) – 720 (d) 720

11. Find the value of (–3) × (–6) × (–2) × (–1)

12. Find the mean of the first five whole numbers.
13. Find the average of 4.2, 3.8 and 7.6

14. Express 4 kg 8 g in kg.

15. Which angle is included between the sides DE and EF of ΔDEF?

16. Write the angle opposite to the side LM of  LMN.

17. The difference in the measures of two complementary angles is 120. Find the measures of the
angles.

18. Solve: 8y = 36

1
19. Write as per cent.
3

20. Find the ratio of 30 days to 36 hours.

SECTION – B
Questions 21 to 26 carry 2 marks each.

21. Find the values of the angles a, b, c and d in the given figure lines l || m, p || q:

22. In the below figure, if y is five times x, find the value of z.

23. Harmeet purchased 3.5kg of potatoes at the rate of Rs.13.75 per kg. How much money should
she pay in nearest rupees?

24. Find a number, such that one fourth of the number is 3 more than 7.
OR
Find a number, such that when I subtracted 11 from twice a number, the result was 15.

25. If ΔABC  ΔPQR under the correspondence ABC ↔ RQP, write all the corresponding
congruent parts of the triangles.
26. Find: (a) 125 ÷ (–25) (b) 80 ÷ (–5)
OR
Write two integers which are smaller than – 5 but their difference is – 5.

SECTION – C
Questions 27 to 34 carry 3 marks each.

27. Find the value of x in the following figures:

28. In the below figure, AB = AC and AD is the bisector of  BAC. Prove that (i) ΔADB  ΔADC
(ii)  B =  C

29. Find the values of the angles x, y, and z in each of the following:

OR
In the adjoining figure, name the following pairs of angles.
(i) Obtuse vertically opposite angles
(ii) Adjacent complementary angles
(iii) Adjacent angles that do not form a linear pair

30. Raju’s father’s age is 5 years more than three times Raju’s age. Find Raju’s age, if his father is
44 years old.
31. The ages in years of 10 teachers of a school are:
32, 41, 28, 54, 35, 26, 23, 33, 38, 40
(i) What is the age of the oldest teacher and that of the youngest teacher?
(ii) What is the range of the ages of the teachers?
(iii) What is the mean age of these teachers?

32. Juhi sells a washing machine for Rs 13,500. She loses 20% in the bargain. What was the price at
which she bought it?

33. An elevator descends into a mine shaft at the rate of 6 m/min. If the descent starts from 10 m
above the ground level, how long will it take to reach – 350 m.

34. Saili plants 4 saplings, in a row, in her garden. The distance between two adjacent saplings is
3
m. Find the distance between the first and the last sapling.
4
OR
1
In the morning, a milkman filled 5 L of milk in his can. He sold to Renu, Kamla and Renuka
2
3 7 1
L each; to Shadma he sold L; and to Jassi he gave 1 L. How much milk is left in the can?
4 8 2

SECTION – D
Questions 35 to 40 carry 4 marks each.

35. Look at the below figure, read the conversation between brother and sister. If she answers the
riddle correctly how ever will she pay for the pencils?

36. In the below figure, ray AZ bisects  DAB as well as  DCB.

(i) State the three pairs of equal parts in triangles BAC and DAC.
(ii) Is ΔBAC  ΔDAC? Give reasons.
(iii) Is AB = AD? Justify your answer.
(iv) Is CD = CB? Give reasons.
 OR
In the below figure, BD and CE are altitudes of ΔABC such that BD = CE.
(i) State the three pairs of equal parts in ΔCBD and ΔBCE.
(ii) Is ΔCBD  ΔBCE? Why or why not?
(iii) Is  DCB =  EBC? Why or why not?

37. Three persons Amar, Akbar and Anthony invested different amounts in a fixed deposit scheme
for one year at the rate of 12% per annum and earned a total interest of ` 3,240 at the end of the
year. If the amount invested by Akbar is ` 5000 more than the amount invested by Amar and the
amount invested by Anthony is ` 2000 more than the amount invested by Akbar, what is the
amount invested by Akbar?
OR
A certain sum of money was lent under the following repayment scheme based on Simple
Interest:
8% per annum for the initial 2 years
9.5% per annum for the next 4 years
11% per annum for the next 2 years
12% per annum after the first 8 years
If a person repaid ` 22,500 after 10 years of borrowing a loan, at 10% per annum simple interest
find out what amount did he take as a loan?

38. In the below figure, two parallel lines l and m are cut by two transversals n and p. Find the values
of x and y.

39. Find the unknown length x in the following figures

40. The data given below shows the production of motor bikes in a factory for some months of two
consecutive years.
Months 2008 2007
Feb 2700 2800
May 3200 4500
August 6000 4800
October 5000 4800
December 4200 5200

Study the table given above and answer the following questions:
(a) Draw a double bar graph using appropriate scale to depict the above information and compare
them.
(b) In which year was the total output the maximum?
(c) Find the mean production for the year 2007.
(d) For which month was the difference between the production for the two years the maximum?
 CBSE Sample Paper Class 7 Maths Half Yearly Set 4

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS CLASS : VII MAX. MARKS : 80

DURATION : 3 HRS

General Instructions:
(i). All questions are compulsory.
(ii). This question paper contains 30 questions divided into four Sections A, B, C and D.
(iii). Section A comprises of 6 questions of 1 mark each. Section B comprises of 6 questions of 2
marks each. Section C comprises of 10 questions of 3 marks each and Section D comprises of 8
questions of 4 marks each.
(iv). Use of Calculators is not permitted

SECTION – A

1. Solve: 3n + 7 = 25

2. Evaluate: [(– 6) + 5)] ÷ [(–2) + 1]

3. Express 7 rupees 7 paise as rupees using decimals.

4. Find the angle which is equal to its supplement.

5. Find the ratio of 9 m to 27 cm

6. Ashish studies for 4 hours, 5 hours and 3 hours respectively on three consecutive days. How
many hours does he study daily on an average?

SECTION – B

7. The length of a rectangle is 7.1 cm and its breadth is 2.5 cm. What is the area of the rectangle?

8. The number of illiterate persons in a country decreased from 150 lakhs to 100 lakhs in 10 years.
What is the percentage of decrease?

9. Find the values of the angles x, y, and z in the given figure:

10. The median of observations 11, 12, 14, 18, x + 2, 20, 22, 25, 61 arranged in ascending order is
21. Find the value of x.
11. If ΔDEF  ΔBCA, write the part(s) of ΔBCA that correspond to (i)  E (ii) EF (iii)  F (iv) DF

12. PQR is a triangle right angled at P. If PQ = 10 cm and PR = 24 cm, find QR.

SECTION – C

13. The marks (out of 100) obtained by a group of students in a science test are 85, 76, 90, 85, 39,
48, 56, 95, 81 and 75. Find the:
(i) Range of the marks obtained.
(ii) Mean marks obtained by the group.
(iii)What you will do to get good marks?

14. Find the value of x in each of the following figures if l || m.

15. In the below figure, if PQ||ST then find the value of x + y.

16. Maya, Madhura and Mohsina are friends studying in the same class. In a class test in geography,
Maya got 16 out of 25. Madhura got 20. Their average score was 19. How much did Mohsina
score?

17. The temperature at 12 noon was 10°C above zero. If it decreases at the rate of 2°C per hour until
midnight, at what time would the temperature be 8°C below zero? What would be the
temperature at mid-night?

18. Selling price of a toy car is Rs 540. If the profit made by shopkeeper is 20%, what is the cost
price of this toy?
19. Solve (a) 4 (m + 3) = 18 (b) – 2(x + 3) = 5

1 1
20. Sushant reads part of a book in 1 hour. How much part of the book will he read in 2 hours?
3 5
21. In the below figure, AB and CD bisect each other at O. Prove that (ii) ΔAOC  ΔBOD (ii) AC =
BD

22. Two poles of 10 m and 15 m stand upright on a plane ground. If the distance between the tops is
13 m, find the distance between their feet.

SECTION – D

23. Manoj donates Rs. 2000 to a school, the interest on which is to be used for awarding 5
scholarships of equal value every year. If the donator earns an interest of 10% per annum, find
the value of each scholarship. What value depicted from this?

24. The foot of a ladder is 6 m away from its wall and its top reaches a window 8 m above the
ground, (a) Find the length of the ladder. (b) If the ladder is shifted in such a way that its foot is 8
m away from the wall, to what height does its top reach?

25. The length of a rectangle is two times its width. The perimeter of the rectangle is 180 cm. Find
the dimensions of the rectangle and also find its area.

26. In the below figure, BD and CE are altitudes of ΔABC such that BD = CE.
(i) State the three pairs of equal parts in ΔCBD and ΔBCE.
(ii) Is ΔCBD  ΔBCE? Why or why not?
(iii) Is  DCB =  EBC? Why or why not?
27. A shopkeeper earns a profit of Re 1 by selling one pen and incurs a loss of 40 paise per pencil
while selling pencils of her old stock. (i) In a particular month she incurs a loss of Rs 5. In this
period, she sold 45 pens. How many pencils did she sell in this period? (ii) In the next month she
earns neither profit nor loss. If she sold 70 pens, how many pencils did she sell?

28. It takes 17 full specific type of trees to make one tonne of paper. If there are 221 such trees in a
forest, then (i) what fraction of forest will be used to make; (a) 5 tonnes of paper. (b) 10 tonnes
7
of paper. (ii) To save part of the forest how much of paper we have to save.
13

29. Find the values of the unknowns x and y in the following diagrams:

30. Two hundred students of 6th and 7th class were asked to name their favourite colour so as to
decide upon what should be the colour of their School Building. The results are shown in the
following table. Represent the given data on a bar graph.
Favourite Colour Red Green Blue Yellow Orange
Number of Students 43 19 55 49 34
Answer the following questions with the help of the bar graph:
(i) Which is the most preferred colour and which is the least preferred?
(ii) How many colours are there in all? What are they?
 CBSE Sample Paper Class 7 Maths Half Yearly Set 6

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS CLASS : VII MAX. MARKS : 80

DURATION : 3 HRS

General Instructions:
(i). All questions are compulsory.
(ii). This question paper contains 40 questions divided into four Sections A, B, C and D.
(iii). Section A comprises of 20 questions of 1 mark each. Section B comprises of 6 questions of 2
marks each. Section C comprises of 8 questions of 3 marks each and Section D comprises of 6
questions of 4 marks each.
(iv). There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in two questions of 2
marks each, two questions of 3 marks each and two questions of 4 marks each. You have to attempt
only one of the alternatives in all such questions.
(v). Use of Calculators is not permitted

SECTION – A
Questions 1 to 20 carry 1 mark each.

1. In a DABC, A = 350 and B = 650, then the measure of C is

(a) 500 (b) 800 (c) 300 (d) 600
2. In triangles DEF and PQR, E = 80º, F = 30º, EF = 5 cm, P = 80º, PQ = 5 cm, R = 30º, By
which congruence rule the triangles are congruent ?
(a) SAS (b) RHS (c) ASS (d) none of these

3. Out of 15,000 voters in a constituency, 60% voted. Find the number of voters who did not vote.
(a) 9000 (b) 6000 (c) 3000 (d) none of these

4. Meeta saves Rs 400 from her salary. If this is 10% of her salary. What is her salary?
(a) 4000 (b) 6000 (c) 3000 (d) none of these

5. Identify which of the following pairs of angles are complementary

(a) 65º, 115º (b) 63º, 27º (c) 112º, 68º (d) 130º, 50º

6. If two angles are complementary, then the sum of their measures is __________.
(a) 450 (b) 1800 (c) 900 (d) 3600

7. Which is a solution of the equation 2x = 12

(a) x = 2 (b) x = 3 (c) x = 4 (d) x = 6

8. The median of the first ten natural number is _______ .

(a) 2.5 (b) 5.5 (c) 3.5 (d) 4.5

9. The value of 43.07 x 100 is

(a) 4.307 (b) 4307 (c) 43.07 (d) 430.7

10. Which of the following statement is true

(a) 7 – 4 = 4 – 7 (b) 7 – 4 > 4 – 7 (c) 7 – 4 < 4 – 7 (d) 7 – 4 = – 3

11. Solve: y + 4 = – 4
12. Find the median of the data: 24, 36, 46, 17, 18, 25, 35
13. Evaluate: (–31) ÷ [(–30) + (–1)]

3
14. Find 12 
4

15. Find the ratio of 15 kg to 210 g

16. Out of 25 children in a class, 15 are girls. What is the percentage of girls?

17. It is to be established by RHS congruence rule that ΔABC  ΔRPQ. What additional
information is needed, if it is given that  B =  P = 90º and AB = RP?

18. Express 7 rupees 7 paise as rupees using decimals.

19. Find the angle, which is equal to its complement.

20. Find angle x in the adjoining figure:

SECTION – B
Questions 21 to 26 carry 2 marks each.

21. Solve: 12p – 5 = 25

OR
3p
Solve: 6
4

22. Find the values of the angles x, y, and z in the given figure:

23. There are four containers that are arranged in the ascending order of their heights. If the height of
7
the smallest container given in the figure is expressed as x  10.5 cm. Find the height of the
15
largest container.
24. Find: (a) (–36) ÷ (– 4) (b) (–201) ÷ (–3)
OR
Find the product, using suitable properties: 26 × (– 48) + (– 48) × (–36)

25. If ΔABC  ΔFED under the correspondence ABC ↔ FED, write all the corresponding
congruent parts of the triangles.
26.  ABC is right-angled at C. If AC = 5 cm and BC = 12 cm find the length of AB.

SECTION – C
Questions 27 to 34 carry 3 marks each.

27. The runs scored in a cricket match by 11 players is as follows:

6, 15, 120, 50, 100, 80, 10, 15, 8, 10, 15
Find the mean, mode and median of this data.

28. In the adjoining figure, identify:

(i) Five pairs of adjacent angles. (ii) Three linear pairs.
(iii) Two pairs of vertically opposite angles.

OR

In the adjoining figure, p || q. Find the unknown angles.

29. In the below figure, AB = AC and D is the mid-point of BC . Prove that (i) ΔADB  ΔADC
(ii)  B =  C

30. In the below figure, ray AZ bisects  DAB as well as  DCB.

(i) State the three pairs of equal parts in triangles BAC and DAC.
 (ii) Is ΔBAC  ΔDAC? Give reasons.
(iii) Is AB = AD? Justify your answer.

OR
In the below figure, ABC is an isosceles triangle with AB = AC and AD is one of its altitudes.
(i) State the three pairs of equal parts in ΔADB and ΔADC.
(ii) Is ΔADB  ΔADC? Why or why not?
(iii) Is  B =  C? Why or why not?

31. It takes 17 full specific types of trees to make one tonne of paper. If there are 221 such trees in a
forest, then (i) what fraction of forest will be used to make; (a) 5 tonnes of paper. (b) 10 tonnes
7
of paper. (ii) To save part of the forest how much of paper we have to save.
13

32. In a furniture shop, 24 tables were bought at the rate of ` 450 per table. The shopkeeper sold 16
of them at the rate of ` 600 per table and the remaining at the rate of 400 per table. Find her gain
or loss percent.

33. People of Sundargram planted a total of 102 trees in the village garden. Some of the trees were
fruit trees. The number of non-fruit trees were two more than three times the number of fruit
trees. What was the number of fruit trees planted?

34. A certain freezing process requires that room temperature be lowered from 40°C at the rate of
5°C every hour. What will be the room temperature 10 hours after the process begins?

SECTION – D
Questions 35 to 40 carry 4 marks each.

35. In a test (+5) marks are given for every correct answer and (–2) marks are given for every
incorrect answer. (i) Radhika answered all the questions and scored 30 marks though she got 10
correct answers. (ii) Jay also answered all the questions and scored (–12) marks though he got 4
correct answers. How many incorrect answers had they attempted?
36. Points A and B are on the opposite edges of a pond as shown in below figure. To find the
distance between the two points, the surveyor makes a right-angled triangle as shown. Find the
distance AB.

OR
A tree is broken at a height of 5 m from the ground and its top touches the ground at a distance of
12 m from the base of the tree. Find the original height of the tree.

37. A memorial trust donates ` 5,00,000 to a school, the interest on which is to be used for awarding
3 scholarships to students obtaining first three positions in the school examination every year. If
the donation earns an interest of 12 per cent per annum and the values of the second and third
scholarships are ` 20,000 and ` 15,000 respectively, find out the value of the first scholarship.

38. Solve the riddle “What is too much fun for one, enough for two, and means nothing to three?”
The answer to this is hidden in the equations given below.
If 4c = 16, then c = ?
If 4e + 8 = 20, then e = ?
If 2r – 3 = 7, then r = ?
If 3t + 8 = 29, then t = ?
If 2s + 4 = 4s, then s = ?
To get the answer substitute the numbers for the letters it equals in the following:
e
, , , , ,
2 3 4 5 7

39. A man travelled two fifth of his journey by train, one-third by bus, one-fourth by car and the
remaining 3 km on foot. What is the length of his total journey?
OR
4
A square and an equilateral triangle have a side in common. If side of triangle is cm long, find
3
the perimeter of figure formed.
40. The table below gives the flavours of ice cream liked by children (boys and girls) of a society.
Study the table and answer the following questions:
Flavours Vanilla Chocolate Strawberry Mango Butterscotch
Boys 4 9 3 8 13
Girls 8 12 7 9 10
(a) Draw a double bar graph using appropriate scale to represent the above information.
(b) Which flavour is liked the most by the boys?
(c) How many girls are there in all?
(d) Find the ratio of children who like strawberry flavour to vanilla flavour of ice cream.
 CBSE Sample Paper Class 7 Maths Half Yearly Set 8

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS CLASS : VII MAX. MARKS : 80

DURATION : 3 HRS

General Instructions:
(i). All questions are compulsory.
(ii). This question paper contains 40 questions divided into four Sections A, B, C and D.
(iii). Section A comprises of 20 questions of 1 mark each. Section B comprises of 6 questions of 2
marks each. Section C comprises of 8 questions of 3 marks each and Section D comprises of 6
questions of 4 marks each.
(iv). There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in two questions of 2
marks each, two questions of 3 marks each and two questions of 4 marks each. You have to attempt
only one of the alternatives in all such questions.
(v). Use of Calculators is not permitted

SECTION – A
Questions 1 to 20 carry 1 mark each.
1. The acute angles of right triangle are in the ratio 2 : 1. Find the measure of each of these angles.
(a) 550 and 350 (b) 600 and 300 (c) 500 and 400 (d) 450 and 450

2. If ABC and DEF are congruent triangles such that A = 470 and E = 830, then C=
(a) 500 (b) 600 (c) 700 (d) 800

3. Find the ratio of 50 paise to Rs 5

(a) 10 : 1 (b) 1 : 10 (c) 1 : 5 (d) none of these

4. 72% of 25 students are good in hindi, how many are not good in hindi?
(a) 16 (b) 14 (c) 18 (d) 7

5. The difference in the measures of two complementary angles is 12o. Find the measures of the
angles.
(a) 51o and 49o (b) 51o and 39o (c) 60o and 30o (d) 50o and 40o

6. If two angles are supplementary then the sum of their measures is ___________ .
(a) 900 (b) 180 0 (c) 3600 (d) 450

7. Which is a solution of the equation x + 4 = 6

(a) x = 2 (b) x = 3 (c) x = 4 (d) x = 6

8. The mean of the first five whole number is _______ .

(a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 4

9. The value of 26.3  1000 is

(a) 0.0263 (b) 0.2630 (c) 26300 (d) 26.300

10. – 8 x 10 x 9 is equal to
(a) 27 (b) – 27 (c) – 720 (d) 720

11. Find the value of (–3) × (–6) × (–2) × (–1)

12. Find the mean of the first five whole numbers.
13. Find the average of 4.2, 3.8 and 7.6

14. Express 4 kg 8 g in kg.

15. Which angle is included between the sides DE and EF of ΔDEF?

16. Write the angle opposite to the side LM of  LMN.

17. The difference in the measures of two complementary angles is 120. Find the measures of the
angles.

18. Solve: 8y = 36

1
19. Write as per cent.
3

20. Find the ratio of 30 days to 36 hours.

SECTION – B
Questions 21 to 26 carry 2 marks each.

21. Find the values of the angles a, b, c and d in the given figure lines l || m, p || q:

22. In the below figure, if y is five times x, find the value of z.

23. Harmeet purchased 3.5kg of potatoes at the rate of Rs.13.75 per kg. How much money should
she pay in nearest rupees?

24. Find a number, such that one fourth of the number is 3 more than 7.
OR
Find a number, such that when I subtracted 11 from twice a number, the result was 15.

25. If ΔABC  ΔPQR under the correspondence ABC ↔ RQP, write all the corresponding
congruent parts of the triangles.
26. Find: (a) 125 ÷ (–25) (b) 80 ÷ (–5)
OR
Write two integers which are smaller than – 5 but their difference is – 5.

SECTION – C
Questions 27 to 34 carry 3 marks each.

27. Find the value of x in the following figures:

28. In the below figure, AB = AC and AD is the bisector of  BAC. Prove that (i) ΔADB  ΔADC
(ii)  B =  C

29. Find the values of the angles x, y, and z in each of the following:

OR
In the adjoining figure, name the following pairs of angles.
(i) Obtuse vertically opposite angles
(ii) Adjacent complementary angles
(iii) Adjacent angles that do not form a linear pair

30. Raju’s father’s age is 5 years more than three times Raju’s age. Find Raju’s age, if his father is
44 years old.
31. The ages in years of 10 teachers of a school are:
32, 41, 28, 54, 35, 26, 23, 33, 38, 40
(i) What is the age of the oldest teacher and that of the youngest teacher?
(ii) What is the range of the ages of the teachers?
(iii) What is the mean age of these teachers?

32. Juhi sells a washing machine for Rs 13,500. She loses 20% in the bargain. What was the price at
which she bought it?

33. An elevator descends into a mine shaft at the rate of 6 m/min. If the descent starts from 10 m
above the ground level, how long will it take to reach – 350 m.

34. Saili plants 4 saplings, in a row, in her garden. The distance between two adjacent saplings is
3
m. Find the distance between the first and the last sapling.
4
OR
1
In the morning, a milkman filled 5 L of milk in his can. He sold to Renu, Kamla and Renuka
2
3 7 1
L each; to Shadma he sold L; and to Jassi he gave 1 L. How much milk is left in the can?
4 8 2

SECTION – D
Questions 35 to 40 carry 4 marks each.

35. Look at the below figure, read the conversation between brother and sister. If she answers the
riddle correctly how ever will she pay for the pencils?

36. In the below figure, ray AZ bisects  DAB as well as  DCB.

(i) State the three pairs of equal parts in triangles BAC and DAC.
(ii) Is ΔBAC  ΔDAC? Give reasons.
(iii) Is AB = AD? Justify your answer.
(iv) Is CD = CB? Give reasons.
 OR
In the below figure, BD and CE are altitudes of ΔABC such that BD = CE.
(i) State the three pairs of equal parts in ΔCBD and ΔBCE.
(ii) Is ΔCBD  ΔBCE? Why or why not?
(iii) Is  DCB =  EBC? Why or why not?

37. Three persons Amar, Akbar and Anthony invested different amounts in a fixed deposit scheme
for one year at the rate of 12% per annum and earned a total interest of ` 3,240 at the end of the
year. If the amount invested by Akbar is ` 5000 more than the amount invested by Amar and the
amount invested by Anthony is ` 2000 more than the amount invested by Akbar, what is the
amount invested by Akbar?
OR
A certain sum of money was lent under the following repayment scheme based on Simple
Interest:
8% per annum for the initial 2 years
9.5% per annum for the next 4 years
11% per annum for the next 2 years
12% per annum after the first 8 years
If a person repaid ` 22,500 after 10 years of borrowing a loan, at 10% per annum simple interest
find out what amount did he take as a loan?

38. In the below figure, two parallel lines l and m are cut by two transversals n and p. Find the values
of x and y.

39. Find the unknown length x in the following figures

40. The data given below shows the production of motor bikes in a factory for some months of two
consecutive years.
Months 2008 2007
Feb 2700 2800
May 3200 4500
August 6000 4800
October 5000 4800
December 4200 5200

Study the table given above and answer the following questions:
(a) Draw a double bar graph using appropriate scale to depict the above information and compare
them.
(b) In which year was the total output the maximum?
(c) Find the mean production for the year 2007.
(d) For which month was the difference between the production for the two years the maximum?
 CBSE Sample Paper Class 7 Maths Half Yearly Set 9

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS CLASS : VII MAX. MARKS : 80

DURATION : 3 HRS

General Instructions:
(i). All questions are compulsory.
(ii). This question paper contains 40 questions divided into four Sections A, B, C and D.
(iii). Section A comprises of 20 questions of 1 mark each. Section B comprises of 6 questions of 2
marks each. Section C comprises of 8 questions of 3 marks each and Section D comprises of 6
questions of 4 marks each.
(iv). There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in two questions of 2
marks each, two questions of 3 marks each and two questions of 4 marks each. You have to attempt
only one of the alternatives in all such questions.
(v). Use of Calculators is not permitted

SECTION – A
Questions 1 to 20 carry 1 mark each.

1. In a DABC, A = 350 and B = 650, then the measure of C is

(a) 500 (b) 800 (c) 300 (d) 600
2. In triangles DEF and PQR, E = 80º, F = 30º, EF = 5 cm, P = 80º, PQ = 5 cm, R = 30º, By
which congruence rule the triangles are congruent ?
(a) SAS (b) RHS (c) ASS (d) none of these

3. Out of 15,000 voters in a constituency, 60% voted. Find the number of voters who did not vote.
(a) 9000 (b) 6000 (c) 3000 (d) none of these

4. Meeta saves Rs 400 from her salary. If this is 10% of her salary. What is her salary?
(a) 4000 (b) 6000 (c) 3000 (d) none of these

5. Identify which of the following pairs of angles are complementary

(a) 65º, 115º (b) 63º, 27º (c) 112º, 68º (d) 130º, 50º

6. If two angles are complementary, then the sum of their measures is __________.
(a) 450 (b) 1800 (c) 900 (d) 3600

7. Which is a solution of the equation 2x = 12

(a) x = 2 (b) x = 3 (c) x = 4 (d) x = 6

8. The median of the first ten natural number is _______ .

(a) 2.5 (b) 5.5 (c) 3.5 (d) 4.5

9. The value of 43.07 x 100 is

(a) 4.307 (b) 4307 (c) 43.07 (d) 430.7

10. Which of the following statement is true

(a) 7 – 4 = 4 – 7 (b) 7 – 4 > 4 – 7 (c) 7 – 4 < 4 – 7 (d) 7 – 4 = – 3

11. Solve: y + 4 = – 4
12. Find the median of the data: 24, 36, 46, 17, 18, 25, 35
13. Evaluate: (–31) ÷ [(–30) + (–1)]

3
14. Find 12 
4

15. Find the ratio of 15 kg to 210 g

16. Out of 25 children in a class, 15 are girls. What is the percentage of girls?

17. It is to be established by RHS congruence rule that ΔABC  ΔRPQ. What additional
information is needed, if it is given that  B =  P = 90º and AB = RP?

18. Express 7 rupees 7 paise as rupees using decimals.

19. Find the angle, which is equal to its complement.

20. Find angle x in the adjoining figure:

SECTION – B
Questions 21 to 26 carry 2 marks each.

21. Solve: 12p – 5 = 25

OR
3p
Solve: 6
4

22. Find the values of the angles x, y, and z in the given figure:

23. There are four containers that are arranged in the ascending order of their heights. If the height of
7
the smallest container given in the figure is expressed as x  10.5 cm. Find the height of the
15
largest container.
24. Find: (a) (–36) ÷ (– 4) (b) (–201) ÷ (–3)
OR
Find the product, using suitable properties: 26 × (– 48) + (– 48) × (–36)

25. If ΔABC  ΔFED under the correspondence ABC ↔ FED, write all the corresponding
congruent parts of the triangles.
26.  ABC is right-angled at C. If AC = 5 cm and BC = 12 cm find the length of AB.

SECTION – C
Questions 27 to 34 carry 3 marks each.

27. The runs scored in a cricket match by 11 players is as follows:

6, 15, 120, 50, 100, 80, 10, 15, 8, 10, 15
Find the mean, mode and median of this data.

28. In the adjoining figure, identify:

(i) Five pairs of adjacent angles. (ii) Three linear pairs.
(iii) Two pairs of vertically opposite angles.

OR

In the adjoining figure, p || q. Find the unknown angles.

29. In the below figure, AB = AC and D is the mid-point of BC . Prove that (i) ΔADB  ΔADC
(ii)  B =  C

30. In the below figure, ray AZ bisects  DAB as well as  DCB.

(i) State the three pairs of equal parts in triangles BAC and DAC.
 (ii) Is ΔBAC  ΔDAC? Give reasons.
(iii) Is AB = AD? Justify your answer.

OR
In the below figure, ABC is an isosceles triangle with AB = AC and AD is one of its altitudes.
(i) State the three pairs of equal parts in ΔADB and ΔADC.
(ii) Is ΔADB  ΔADC? Why or why not?
(iii) Is  B =  C? Why or why not?

31. It takes 17 full specific types of trees to make one tonne of paper. If there are 221 such trees in a
forest, then (i) what fraction of forest will be used to make; (a) 5 tonnes of paper. (b) 10 tonnes
7
of paper. (ii) To save part of the forest how much of paper we have to save.
13

32. In a furniture shop, 24 tables were bought at the rate of ` 450 per table. The shopkeeper sold 16
of them at the rate of ` 600 per table and the remaining at the rate of 400 per table. Find her gain
or loss percent.

33. People of Sundargram planted a total of 102 trees in the village garden. Some of the trees were
fruit trees. The number of non-fruit trees were two more than three times the number of fruit
trees. What was the number of fruit trees planted?

34. A certain freezing process requires that room temperature be lowered from 40°C at the rate of
5°C every hour. What will be the room temperature 10 hours after the process begins?

SECTION – D
Questions 35 to 40 carry 4 marks each.

35. In a test (+5) marks are given for every correct answer and (–2) marks are given for every
incorrect answer. (i) Radhika answered all the questions and scored 30 marks though she got 10
correct answers. (ii) Jay also answered all the questions and scored (–12) marks though he got 4
correct answers. How many incorrect answers had they attempted?
36. Points A and B are on the opposite edges of a pond as shown in below figure. To find the
distance between the two points, the surveyor makes a right-angled triangle as shown. Find the
distance AB.

OR
A tree is broken at a height of 5 m from the ground and its top touches the ground at a distance of
12 m from the base of the tree. Find the original height of the tree.

37. A memorial trust donates ` 5,00,000 to a school, the interest on which is to be used for awarding
3 scholarships to students obtaining first three positions in the school examination every year. If
the donation earns an interest of 12 per cent per annum and the values of the second and third
scholarships are ` 20,000 and ` 15,000 respectively, find out the value of the first scholarship.

38. Solve the riddle “What is too much fun for one, enough for two, and means nothing to three?”
The answer to this is hidden in the equations given below.
If 4c = 16, then c = ?
If 4e + 8 = 20, then e = ?
If 2r – 3 = 7, then r = ?
If 3t + 8 = 29, then t = ?
If 2s + 4 = 4s, then s = ?
To get the answer substitute the numbers for the letters it equals in the following:
e
, , , , ,
2 3 4 5 7

39. A man travelled two fifth of his journey by train, one-third by bus, one-fourth by car and the
remaining 3 km on foot. What is the length of his total journey?
OR
4
A square and an equilateral triangle have a side in common. If side of triangle is cm long, find
3
the perimeter of figure formed.
40. The table below gives the flavours of ice cream liked by children (boys and girls) of a society.
Study the table and answer the following questions:
Flavours Vanilla Chocolate Strawberry Mango Butterscotch
Boys 4 9 3 8 13
Girls 8 12 7 9 10
(a) Draw a double bar graph using appropriate scale to represent the above information.
(b) Which flavour is liked the most by the boys?
(c) How many girls are there in all?
(d) Find the ratio of children who like strawberry flavour to vanilla flavour of ice cream.