SAMPLE QUESTIONS

MATHEMATICS
Class 7
1) 999 × 999 = 999000 - ?
(A) 9999
(B) 1000
(C) 999
(D) 998
Correct Answer :C

2) A point N is shown on the number line. Starting from N, if you move 7 units to the right, 12 to
the left and again 6 to the right, where would you finally end up?

(A) at 1
(B) between -3 and -4
(C) between 2 and 3
(D) between -5 and –6

Correct Answer :B

3) Which of the following can be the sum of angles P and Q of a triangle PQR obtuse angled at
R?
(A) 100
(B) 900
(C) 1050
(D) 1600

Correct Answer :A

4)12 inches equals 1 foot. How many square inches would amount to 1 square foot?

(A) 12 square inches (B) 100 square inches

(C) 120 square inches (D) 144 square inches

Correct Answer :D
5)Which of the following has the same value as 183?
(A) 3 x 18
(B) 6 x 6 x 6 x 3 x 3 x 3
(C) 18 + 18 + 18
(D) 6 x 3 x 3 x 3

Correct Answer :B

6) Rajni noted down a friend's phone number as 246807 without realizing that she had
interchanged two digits. This number exceeds the actual number by almost 6000. What is the
actual phone number?
(A) 248607
(B) 240867
(C) 247806
(D) 264807

Correct Answer :B

7)The above figure is rotated 90º clockwise. What does it look like after the rotation?

Correct Answer :B
8) The bar graph below shows the approximate profits made by 4 different companies - K, L, M
and N. K made more profit than M, L made the most and N made less profit than any other.
About how much profit (in crores) did M make?

(A) 30
(B) 40
(C) 50
(D) 65

Correct Answer :B

9) Kevin wants to replace the * in the number 65 * 34 with a digit so that the resulting number is
divisible by 4. Which of the following is true?
(A) He can replace it with any digit, the resulting number will be divisible by 4 anyway.
(B) He should replace it with 4 only.
(C) He should replace it with either 2 or 4.
(D) No matter what digit he chooses, the resulting number can never be divisible by 4.

Correct Answer :D

10) 8 children have to share two thirds of a watermelon equally. What part of the whole
watermelon would each child get?
(A) 2⁄3 ÷ 8
(B) 8 ÷ 2⁄3
(C) 2⁄3 x 8
(D) 8 ÷ 3⁄2

Correct Answer :A

11) A school has 3068 students. What is the strength of the school rounded to the nearest 10,
100 and 1000?
(A) 3060, 3070 and 3000 respectively
(B) 3070, 3000 and 3000 respectively
(C) 3070, 3100 and 3000 respectively
(D) 3070, 3100 and 4000 respectively

Correct Answer :C
12) Number P is obtained on multiplying a whole number M by 5 and then adding 6.

What will be the remainder when P is divided by 5?

(A) 1 (B) 5
(C) 6 (D) (cannot be determined unless the number is known)

Correct Answer :A
13)

Correct Answer :C
14)

(A) 76
(B) 60
(C) 85
(D) 47
Correct Answer :D

15) 67 is equal to
(A) 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6
(B) 6 X 6 X 6 X 6 X 6 X 6 X 6
(C) 7 + 7 + 7 + 7 +7 + 7
(D) 7 X 7 X 7 X 7 X 7 X 7

Correct Answer :B
16) A prime number is a number which has exactly two factors - 1 and itself.
Suhanisays,"The only even prime number is 2". Is she right?
(A) No, because there are other even prime numbers.
(B) No, because 2 is neither prime nor composite.
(C) Yes, because all other even numbers are divisible by 2 also.
(D) Yes, because all other even numbers are multiples of 4.
Correct Answer :C

17)The shape shown here is formed by putting together 15 identical square tiles, each of side 1
unit.

Ekta, Meghna and Preyal were asked to change the shape in such a way that
the PERIMETER INCREASES by 2 units. Shown here are the arrangements made by them.

18)Who has changed the shape correctly as required?

(A) Only Ekta
(B) Only Meghna
(C) Both Ekta and Meghna
(D) Both Ekta and Preyal
Correct Answer :D

19)In the game of chess, a knight can only move in a particular way. One single 'move' of a
knight consists of one step in a horizontal or vertical direction, and then one step diagonally.
Shown above are the eight possible positions where a knight might end up after one 'move',
starting from the position indicated.

A knight was placed at the bottom left corner on a chessboard. In how many moves might
it reach the position marked 'X'?

(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5

Correct Answer :C

20) 56 hundredths is equal to

(A) 0.56 tenths
(B) 5.6 tenths
(C) 560 tenths
(D) 5600 tenths

Correct Answer :B

21) A conical cup can hold exactly 3 times the volume of sand that a cylindrical cup holds. What
can be said about the volume of the cylindrical cup?

(A) It will be 3 times the volume of the conical cup.

(B) It will be 1/3rd the volume of the conical cup.
(C) It will be 9 times the volume of the conical cup.
(D) It depends on the rate at which sand is filled.

Correct Answer :B
22) Interchanging which two digits (among the options given) will result in the MAXIMUM
increase in the value of the number 456789 ?
(A) 5 and 9
(B) 4 and 5
(C) 8 and 9
(D) 6 and 7
Correct Answer :B

23) Harsh deposited 20000 rupees in his bank account. A drop of water fell on the slip and
smudged a part of it. The slip looks like this now.

What is the number of 100 rupee notes he deposited?

(A) 7 (B) 70 (C) 700 (D) 7000

Correct Answer :B

24) A piece of paper has a square portion, with a flap in the shape of an EQUILATERAL
triangle on each of its sides.

If all the triangular flaps are folded inwards, what will it look like?

Correct Answer :A
25) Which of the following will necessarily be a negative number for ANY two
NEGATIVE numbers m and n?

(A) m + n (B) m – n
(C) m X n (D) m÷n

Correct Answer : A
26) a and b are two numbers such that a + b = 20.

Which of the following is NECESSARILY true about the values of a and b?

(A) a < b, because a comes before b.
(B) a has to be equal to b, so a = 10 and b = 10.
(C) a has to be equal to b, so a = 20 and b = 20.
(D) None of the above is necessarily true.

Correct Answer : D

27) Given below is a table showing the performance of tennis player Lleyton Hewitt in Grand
Slam tournaments.

In which year did he play in a Grand Slam final for the first time? (Study the legend carefully)
(A) 1997
(B) 2001
(C) 2004
(D) 2005

Correct Answer : B

28)The Least Common Multiple (LCM) of three numbers - 15, 30, 45 is the same as the
(A) LCM of 15 and 30.
(B) LCM of 15 and 45.
(C) LCM of 30 and 45.
(D) (It cannot be the same as the LCM of any 2 of the 3 given numbers.)

Correct Answer : C
29) Three identical circles have to be arranged in such a way that when their centres are joined,
an equilateral triangle is formed.

Which of these could the arrangement be?

A B C D

Correct Answer : C

30) Two magazines, Student's Digest and Learner's Playground, have the same annual
subscription rate. Student's Digest announces the following discount on their
magazine's annual subscription rate.

Looking at this advertisement, their competitor, Learner's Playground, decided to give a

discount that was slightly more than the one on Student's Digest. What could be the discount
that they offer on their annual subscription rate?
(A) 3% (B) 25% (C) 33% (D) 40% Correct Answer : D

31) For a straight line n to be perpendicular to another line m,

(A) n only has to pass through the midpoint of m.
(B) n only has to intersect m at an angle of 90o.
(C) n must pass through the midpoint of m and also make an angle of 90 o with it.
(D) the distance between the two lines must remain constant throughout.

Two sheets of different sizes were shaded as shown.

In the company Educational Solutions, the ratio of the employees using a laptop computer to
those not using one was 1:3 in the year 2005. In 2006, the number of employees using a
laptop as well as those not using it doubled. What was the ratio of the employees using a laptop
to those not using one in 2006?
(A) 1:12 (B) 1:6 (C) 1:3 (D) 2:3

Correct Answer : C
32)

Padma, Sridevi and Nishchal were given these numbers and were asked to write whatever
came to their mind about them.

Padma: ''They are four different numbers 85, 23, 84 and 225.''
Sridevi: ''They are two different numbers 85.23 and 84.225.''
Nishchal: ''They are two different numbers and 84.225>85.23 because 225>23.''

Who is correct?
(A) Only Nishchal (B) Only Sridevi (C) Both Sridevi and Nishchal
(D) Both Padma and Nishchal

33) What percentage of the figure below is shaded?

(A) 4.6% (B) 40% (C) 66.7% (D) 75%

Correct Answer : C
34) Two magazines, Student's Digest and Learner's Playground, have the same annual
subscription rate. Student's Digest announces the following discount on their
magazine's annual subscription rate.

Looking at this advertisement, their competitor, Learner's Playground, decided to give a

discount that was slightly more than the one on Student's Digest. What could be the discount
that they offer on their annual subscription rate?
(A) 3% (B) 25% (C) 33% (D) 40%
Correct Answer : D

35) If the grey rectangle is cut out from the larger rectangle shown here, what will be the change
in the perimeter of the shape?

(A) It will decrease by 18 units.

(B) It will decrease by 26 units.
(C) It will increase by 8 units.
(D) It will increase by 10 units.
Correct Answer : D
36) In the United States of America, the dollar is the main currency. A dollar is equal to
10 dimes and a dime is equal to 10 cents. Shilpa has 23.20 US dollars in her purse. Which of
the following could she have?

(A) 2300 dimes (B) 23 dollars and 20 dimes

(C) 23 dollars and 2 dimes (D) 23 dollars and 2 cents
Correct Answer : C

37)For a negative integer n, what can be said about the value of n2 - 2n?
(A) It will definitely be equal to 0.
(B) It will definitely be a positive integer.
(C) It will definitely be a negative integer.
(D) It can either be positive or negative integer. We can't be sure about it.

Correct Answer : B

38) A rectangle is divided into two equal parts and a circle is divided into four equal parts. One
part of the rectangle is shaded.

How many parts of the circle should be shaded so that both the figures have the same fraction
shaded?
(A) one (B) two
(C) (We cannot say anything as the two shapes are different.)
(D) (We cannot say anything as the number of parts are different.)

Correct Answer : B

39) Number P is obtained on multiplying a whole number M by 5 and then adding 6.

What will be the remainder when P is divided by 5?

(A) 1 (B) 5
(C) 6 (D) (cannot be determined unless the number is known)

Correct Answer : A
40)

The two tiles shown above have been arranged in various ways as shown below.

Which of the shapes have the same area?

(A) only shapes 1 and 2 (B) only shapes 2 and 3

(C) only shapes 1, 2 and 3 (D) all the shapes have the same area

Correct Answer : C
41) Archana, Preeti, Kaushik and Chirag scored the following number of points in a quiz contest.

Who scored more points than Chirag but less points than Archana?
(A) onlyArchana
(B) only Kaushik
(C) both Kaushik and Archana
(D) both Preeti and Kaushik

42)I bought an audio CD that has a compilation of songs of three movies.

∙ Total number of songs in the CD are thirteen.

∙ Movies 2 and 3 have equal number of songs.
∙ All the movies have more than three songs.

How many songs does Movie 1 have?

(A) 2 songs
(B) 4 songs
(C) 5 songs
(D) 7 songs
43) Kanthi bought 5 books for a certain sum. The average price she paid for one book was Rs.
150.

Which of these could NOT have been the price of one of these books?
(A) Rs. 20
(B) Rs. 145.50
(C) Rs. 500
(D) Rs. 800

44) What is the area of the shaded part?

(A)
42.5 m2
(B) 212.5 m2
(C) 225 m2
(D) 5312.5 m2

Correct Answer : C

45) Two numbers are said to be co-prime if they have no common factor other than 1.
Which of the following pairs of numbers are co-prime?
(A) 13, 26
(B) 22, 45
(C) 24, 48
(D) 26, 40

Correct Answer : B
 46) The following graph shows Vinit's journey as he cycled from his home to a park, 4
kilometres away in 800 seconds.

Which of these can be said based on this graph?

(A) He didn't stop anywhere in his journey.
(B) He stopped at a place in between for 50 seconds.
(C) He travelled at the same speed throughout his journey.
(D) He covered half the distance from home to park in 400 seconds.

Correct Answer : B

47) Which of the following multiplications would give 934605 as the answer?
(Hint: You need not actually multiply the numbers.)

(A) 21 x 23 x 43 x 45 (B) 25 x 26 x 41 x 43 (C) 10 x 15 x 25 x 30

(D) 12 x 17 x 19 x 20

Correct Answer : A
48) 60% of which of the following figures has been shaded?

(A) only Figure 1 (B) only Figure 2

(C) only Figures 2 and 3
(D) only Figures 1 and 3
(B) Correct Answer : C
 49) 9 identical squares were used to form shape 1.

3 squares were removed from the top right corner of shape 1 as shown here to form shape
2 and shape 3.

The perimeters of which of the shapes will be equal?

(A) Shape 1 and Shape 2

(B) Shape 1 and Shape 3
(C) Shape 2 and Shape 3
(D) No two shapes have the same perimeter.

Correct Answer : A

50) A number is a multiple of both 5 and 6. What can be said about this number?
(A) It will be divisible by 2 and 3 but not by 5.
(B) It will be divisible by 2 and 5 but not by 3.
(C) It will be divisible by all, 2, 3 and 5.
(D) It will be divisible by neither 2, 3 or 5.

Correct Answer : C
51) Which of these figures has ONLY ONE PAIR of parallel lines?

Correct Answer : A

52) Given below is the price of one litre of diesel.

Sukhbir Singh filled 28 litres of diesel in his truck. The amount he would have paid would be
closest to
(A) Rs. 600.
(B) Rs. 750.
(C) Rs. 900.
(D) Rs. 1050.

Correct Answer : C

53) Some numbers are represented on the number line here.

Which of them is represented INCORRECTLY?

(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D
 Correct Answer : D

54) Geeta has x marbles. Rohan has 50 marbles more than Geeta. If Rohan's marbles
are doubled, how many marbles will he have?

(A) 2x (B)x+50 (C)2x+50 (D)2x+100

Correct Answer : D
55) Jaya has drawn a triangle with two of its angles equal.

What can be said with CERTAINTY about the third angle of that triangle?
(A)It must be equal to the other two angles.
(B)It must be an obtuse angle.
(C) It must be a right angle.
(D)(None of these can be said with certainty.)
Correct Answer :D

56) Two lines l and m, in the same plane, are NOT parallel to each other.

What can be said about them?

(A) They will always intersect each other at 90 o.
(B) They will intersect each other in one and only one point.
(C) They can intersect each other in more than one point in that plane.
(D) We can't say for sure whether they will intersect each other or not.

Correct Answer :B

57) What number could come in the box to make the above number sentence true?
(A) 0
(B) 0.5
(C) 0.09
(D) 0.001

Correct Answer :C

58)What number is 23 less than -11?

(A) -34
(B) -12
(C) 12
(D) 34

Correct Answer :A
59) Rounding 484 to the nearest tens will give
(A) 500.
(B) 490.
(C) 480.
(D) 450.

60)If 2x + 10 = 24, 4x is equal to

(A) 8.
(B) 14.
(C) 28.
(D) 56.

Correct Answer :C

61) Rashi and Priya had a race one evening. Their friend Jitu had to record the time. Both,
Rashi and Priya, started the race at the same time, but Jitu forgot to note the starting time.
However he noted the ending time which is as shown here.

Which of these CANNOT be found out from this?

(A) Who won the race - Rashi or Priya?
(B) What was the time taken by Rashi to finish the race?
(C) Who, amongst the two, finished the race before 6:23 PM?
(D) What was the difference in the time taken by Rashi and Priya to finish the race?

Correct Answer : B
 62) For a negative integer n, what can be said about the value of n2 - 2n?
(A) It will definitely be equal to 0.
(B) It will definitely be a positive integer.
(C) It will definitely be a negative integer.
(D) It can either be positive or negative integer. We can't be sure about it.

Correct Answer : B

63) Two lines form an angle as shown in the figure above. Priyam, Brinda, Jaspreet and
Mayank were asked to modify the figure such that the angle between the lines did not change.
Shown below is the way they modified the figure.

Who modified the figure correctly?

(A) onlyMayank
(B) only Priyam
(C) only Priyam and Jaspreet
(D) only Priyam, Brinda and Jaspreet

Correct Answer : D
64)
'Any number multiplied by 1 results in the number itself.''

Which of these expressions correctly represents the statement given above?

(A) only 1
(B) only 3
(C) only 3 and 4
(D) all - 1, 2, 3 and 4
65)All the children of a class were asked to choose between the cartoon shows 'Shin
Chan' and 'Tom and Jerry'.The ratio of children who selected the cartoon 'Shin Chan' to
those who selected the cartoon 'Tom and Jerry', was 3:1.

If 45 kids selected 'Shin Chan', how many students are there in the class totally?

(A) 15 (B) 45
(C) 60 (D) 135

Correct Answer : C

66) The shape shown below is formed by putting together 15 identical square tiles, each of side
1 unit.

Preeti, Komal and Bindya were asked to remove one tile from different positions. Shown below
are the arrangements made by them after removal of tiles. Whose shape will have a perimeter
different from that of the original shape?

(A) only Preeti's

(B) only Komal's
(C) only Bindya's
(D) all of them
Correct Answer : B

67) 2 + 34 is equal to
(A) 2 + 3 + 4
(B) 2 + (3 × 4)
(C) 2 + (3 × 3 × 3 × 3)
(D) 2 + (3 + 3 + 3 + 3)
Correct Answer : C
68) What is the perimeter of the triangle shown below?
(A) 3 (p + q + r) cm
(B) (p + q + r) cm
(C) (p × q × r) cm
(D) 3 (p× q × r) cm

Correct Answer : B
69)

What will the shape look like when viewed from top?

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

Correct Answer : B
 70) 6 stuffed monkeys can be balanced by 4 stuffed tigers.

How many stuffed tigers will be required to balance 9 stuffed monkeys?

(A) 1
(B) 6
(C) 7
(D) 13.5
Correct Answer : B
71) All integers which are between -40 and -20 are DEFINITELY
(A) less than -10.
(B) less than -30.
(C) greater than -10.
(D) greater than -30.
Correct Answer : A

72) Which of these can be the sum of three consecutive natural numbers?
(A) 55
(B) 56
(C) 57
(D) 58

Correct Answer : C
 73)Which of the following is the correct representation of 1/4 on a 'number line'?

Correct Answer : B

74) Which point marked on the number line below would be -20?

(A) A.
(B) B.
(C) C.
(D) D.

Correct Answer : B
 75) The graph below shows the temperature forecast of two cities, Delhi and Chennai,
for the next 5 days.

Which of the following is likely as per the forecast?

(A) Both cities would record their least temperatures on Thursday.
(B) Both cities would record their highest temperatures on the same day.
(C) In Delhi, the maximum increase in temperature as compared to the previous day
would be on Friday.
(D) Temperatures in Delhi would increase everyday over these 5 days whereas they
would decrease in Chennai.

Manu is twice as tall as Pina.

If Pina's height is h cms, what would Manu's height
be (in cms)?
• 76) Which of the following can be the sum of angles P and Q of a triangle
PQR obtuse angled at R?
(A) 100 (B) 900 (C) 1050 (D) 1600

• Correct Answer :A

• 77) Rajni noted down a friend's phone number as 246807 without realizing
that she had interchanged two digits. This number exceeds the actual number
by almost 6000. What is the actual phone number?
(A) 248607 (B) 240867 (C) 247806 (D) 264807

• Correct Answer :B
 • 78) 72,81,90,99 …… is a series of numbers following a certain pattern.
Which of the following numbers will be in this series?

• A) 336 B) 409 C) 600 D) 783

• ANSWER D

79) Which of the following numbers will decrease by 300 when the 7 in it is
replaced by 4

a) 3079 b) 4637 c) 5743 d) 7340

ANSWER C

80) 23095 PEOPLE WERE PRESENT IN A STADIUM TO WATCH A

FOOTBALL MATCH. Which of the following is its nearest approximation of the
number of people in the stadium?

a) 20 thousand b) 23 thousand c) 24thoousand d) 30 thousand

ANSWER B

81) What must beaded to 10xy to get 6y

a) -4x b) -4xy c) 6y-10xy d) 4

ANSWER C

82) If x is reduced by 25% the result will be

a) 0.25x b) 25x c) 0.75x d) 75x

ANSWER C

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