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CLASS: VII

1) I don’t have ________________ much time for reading _______________ I would like to.

a) as/as,

b) more/than

c) so/that

d) too/that

2) The children won’t go to sleep ___________________ we leave a light on outside their bedroom.

a) except

b) otherwise

c) unless

d) but

3) I’ve always __________________you as my best friend.

a) regarded

b) thought

c) meant

d) supposed

4) The book______________of ten chapters, each one covering a different topic.

a) comprises

b) includes

c) consists

d) contains

5) What type of sentence is the following? Please give me another slice of

watermelon

a) declarative

b) exclamatory

c) imperative

d) interrogative

6) What is the adverbial phrase in the sentence below? After school the teacher grades papers

a) after school

b) the teacher

c) grades papers

d) none of the above

7) Identify the part of speech of the capitalized word - I work HARD on my school projects

a) conjunction

b) adverb

c) noun

d) adjective

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8) Identify the two verbs in the sentence and indicate if they are transitive or intransitive

No one likes people who complain all the time

a) likes/transitive complain/intransitive

b) likes/intransitive complain/ intransitive

c) people/intransitive who/transitive

d) all/intransitive who/transitive

9) Fill in the blanks with appropriate conjunction

The power went out _______we couldn’t watch the movie

a) and

b) for

c) so

d) yet

10) The following are examples of - girl, writer, country, language, city

a) proper noun

b) common noun

c) collective noun

d) abstract noun

11) India is marching ahead of others in technology.

a) Progressing

b) destroying

c) Jumping

d) Growing

12) Opposite of the word confident:

a) unconfident

b) diffident

c) no confident

d) disconfident

13) ____________he said didn’t please us.

a) That

b) Which

c) What

d) When

14) He insist ___________I be there.

a) if

b) that

c) as if

d) to

15) The meeting dragged for too long unnecessarily.

a) went off

b) went on

c) went of

d) went away

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16) I would have read the letter, if I __________it was from you.

a) know

b) had known

c) knew

d) would know

17) Rita gave me_____ one rupee note.

a) an

b) as

c) a

d) at

18) Let me _____this problem.

a) solve

b) to solve

c) solved

d) solving

19) She came here _____the mission.

a) discuss

b) discussed

c) discussing

d) to discuss

20) Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence.

The doctor made an initial examination of the patient.

a) complete

b) first

c) incomplete

d) discharge

21) The animals which digest their food in two steps are called

a) ruminants

b) herbivores

c) carnivores

d) omnivores

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22) The instrument used to measure speed in vehicles

a) Odometer

b) Barometer

c) Thermometer

d) Speedometer

23) Which of the following is a mixture?

a) Air

b) Table Salt

c) Chalk Powder

d) Washing Soda

24) Which of these is a bad conductor of heat?

a) Wood

b) Gold

c) Copper

d) Stainless steel

25) Humidity is measured by using

a) Thermometer

b) Rain Gauge

c) Hygrometer

d) All of these

26) The dome shaped muscle beneath the lungs is called

a) Alveoli

b) Diaphragm

c) Trachea

d) Bronchioles

27) Other than leaves stomata are found in

e) Young stems

f) Roots

g) Bark of the tree

h) Flowers

28) The functional unit of kidneys is called the

a) Neurons

b) Nephrons

c) Tendons

d) Axons

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29) The process of removal of metabolic wastes from the body is called

a) Respiration

b) Nutrition

c) Excretion

d) Translocation

30) Pollination in flowers with bright colour and nectar takes place by

a) Water

b) Wind

c) Insects

d) All of these

31) Removal of top soil by wind or water is called

a) Percolation

b) Deforestation

c) Erosion

d) Weathering

32) Which of these is bitter to taste and soapy to touch?

a) Bases

b) Acids

c) Litmus

d) Vinegar

33) The purest form of water

a) Sea Water

b) Rain Water

c) Tap Water

d) River Water

34) The magnifying glass is a type of

a) Concave Lens

b) Convex Lens

c) Convex mirror

d) Concave mirror

35) Which of the following metal is used to make a fuse wire?

a) Tin

b) Lead

c) Iron

d) Gold

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36) Which of the following is good sources of roughage

a) Milk , meat, soya bean, grains

b) Egg , curd , pulses , fruit juice

c) Broccoli, fruits , carrot , spinach

d) onion ,yoghurt, cheese ,pulses

37) Which of the following statement is correct

(i) synthetic cloth easily absorbs sweat

(ii) silk is prepared from cocoon of silkworm

(iii) terry cot is made from cotton blended with jute fiber

a) i only

b) ii only

c) ii & i

d) i, ii & ii

38) Which of the following condition at night makes it warmer

a) When the sky is clear without clouds

b) When sky is cloudy

c) When humidity is low

d) When wind blows faster

39) Identify the correct match.

Types of teeth Function

a) Incisors biting and cutting

b) Canines crushing and grinding

c) Molars and premolars piercing and tearing

d) Molars smaller than premolars

40) From which of the four chambers of ruminant stomach semi digested food is moved back to the

mouth

a) Rumen

b) Abomasum

c) Omasum

d) All of these

41) Spinning is done by

a) charka

b) takli

c) both a and b

d) none of these

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42) Pseudopodia helps in the ingestion of food in

a) Snake

b) amoeba

c) earthworm

d) paramecium

43) The fungus seen in the rotten bread

a) mushroom

b) rhizopus

c) yeast

d) rhizobium

44) The red colour pigment seen in the blood

a) Hemoglobin

b) Myoglobin

c) Globulin

d) Tubulin

45) The humans are able to produce sound because of the presence of

a) trachea

b) pharynx

c) larynx

d) tongue

46) The largest bone in the human body

a) thigh bone

b) hand bone

c) back bone

d) ear bone

47) The long summer sleep of animals is known as

a) migration

b) aestivation

c) hibernation

d) camouflage

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48) Which of the following type of feet are adapted to run on flat ground and grip the prey.

(i) (ii) (iii)

a) i

b) i and ii

c) ii and iii

d) none of these

49) Rain water harvesting is an important method of

a) Treating sewage water

b) Recycling water from factories

c) Raising ground water level

d) None of these

50) Side view mirrors are

a) concave mirror

b) convex mirror

c) concave or convex mirror

d) plane mirror

51) One of the base angles of an isosceles triangle is 72, then the vertical angle is.

a) 36

b) 28

c) 48

d) 72

52) Which of the following numbers has no reciprocal ?

a) 1

b) -1

c) 0

d) −1

2

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53) Start with the integer -8 add 12 to it ,multiply the product by -4 and divide by +16the

resultant integer is _____

a) -16

b) - 8

c) - 4

d) - 1

54) _________ is the probability of getting a number greater than 6 when a dice is thrown

a) 1

6

b) 0

c) 1

3

d) 1

55) The length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with other two sides 3cm and 4cm is

a) 5cm

b) 6cm

c) 7cm

d) 8cm

56) Four fifth of a number is more than three fourth of a number by 5.then the required number is

a) 1

b) 10

c) 50

d) 100

57) A triangle in which two altitudes of the triangle are two of its sides is a/an

a) Equilateral triangle

b) Isosceles triangle

c) Acute triangle

d) Right triangle

58) The number of conditions to check congruency in triangle is

a) 4

b) 3

c) 5

d) 6

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59) Which of the following is the greatest ?

a) 0.3

b) 1

3

c) 3%

d) 1: 5

60) The pair of supplementary angles is

a) 30,60

b) 159,21

c) 45.45

d) 163,27

61) The longest side in the triangle PQR, right angled at P is

a) PQ

b) QR

c) RP

d) Can’t be determined

62) The angles of a triangle are in the ratio 1:2:6. The triangle is

a) An acute angled triangle

b) An obtuse angled triangle

c) A right angled triangle

d) An equiangular triangle

63) The mean age of 25 students in a class is 12 .If the teacher’s age is included, the mean age increases

by 1. The teacher’s age is

a) 24

b) 38

c) 30

d) 48

64) Bob sold his watch for 190, thus bearing a loss of 5% .the cost price of the watch is

a) 237.50

b) 220

c) 210

d) 200

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65) (−1)6 × (−1)5 results in a

a) Positive integer

b) Negative integer

c) 0

d) none of these

66) We can draw __________ perpendicular(s) from a point on a line

a) Two

b) One

c) Three

d) Infinite

67) When n = - 2 the value of expression 5𝑛2 − 2 𝑖𝑠

a) 18

b) -22

c) -18

d) none of these

68) The number of vertices in a cylinder is

a) 0

b) 1

c) 2

d) 4

69) The difference of 5x-8y and 2x-3y is

a) 5x+3y

b) 5y-3x

c) 5x-3y

d) 3x-5y

70) Each face of a cuboid is a

a) Triangle

b) Square

c) Rectangle

d) None of these

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71) The multiplicative inverse of −1

3 is

a) 3

b) -3

c) 1

3

d) none of these

72) (−3

4)

0

= ?

a) −4

3

b) 3

4

c) 0

d) 1

73) 8% Of a number is 6.What is the number?

a) 48

b) 96

c) 75

d) 60

74) The radius of a wheel is 7cm .In covering 44km, how many revolutions will it make?

a) 2000

b) 10000

c) 500000

d) 100000

75) Each diagonal of a square is 12cm long .Its area is

a) 144𝑐𝑚2

b) 72𝑐𝑚2

c) 36 𝑐𝑚2

d) none of these

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76) A square has

a) One line of symmetry

b) Two lines of symmetry

c) Three lines of symmetry

d) Four lines of symmetry

77) A car can cover a distance of 306 km on 36 liters of petrol. How far can it travel in 14 liters of petrol?

a) 119km

b) 136km

c) 109km

d) 124km

78) If the base of a triangle is halved and altitude doubled then its area is

a) doubled

b) halved

c) same

d) tripled

79) An expression which contains three terms is called a

a) Monomial

b) Binomial

c) Trinomial

d) none of these

80) What should be added to 36.85 to get 53.57?

a) 16.82

b) 16.72

c) 15.72

d) 15.82

81) Paradise Regained was written by

a) John Keats

b) Enid Blyton,

c) Shakespeare

d) John Milton

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82) The most populous country in the world is

a) Russia

b) India

c) China

d) Europe

83) The lightest known metal is

a) Mercury

b) Lithium

c) Sodium

d) Magnesium

84) The country whose national Anthem has only music but no words is

a) Spain

b) Saudi Arabia

c) México

d) Libya

85) The oldest of the Vedic literature is

a) Sama Veda

b) Yajur Veda

c) Adharva Veda

d) Rig Veda

86) One among the following is not a Harry potter story.

a) Chamber of Secrets

b) The Philosophers Stone

c) Naked truth

d) Half Blood Prince

87) Which of the following ecosystem covers the largest area of earth’s surface?

a) desert ecosystem

b) grassland ecosystem

c) mountain ecosystem

d) marine ecosystem

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88) Who among the following is the Guardian of the Public Purse in India?

a) The Controller and Auditor General of India

b) The President

c) The Finance Minister

d) The Prime Minister

89) How many dimensions does a semicircle feature?

a) 1

b) 2

c) 3

d) 4

90) The land of mid night sun

a) Canada

b) Norway

c) Denmark

d) France

91) Who was the first woman to become the president of the UN General Assembly?

a) Sirimavo Bandaranaike

b) Margaret Thatcher

c) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

d) Indira Gandhi

92) Killer Whale is actually a kind of

a) Dolphin

b) Shark

c) Whale

d) Fish

93) This planet does not spin on its axis like other planet but rather spins in a barrel sort of formation

a) Saturn

b) Uranus

c) Jupiter

d) Mercury

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94) He represented Australia at four Olympic Games, but was born in India. His name is

a) James Mason

b) Dean Butler

c) Russel Ford

d) Eric Pearce

95) It is the largest joint in the human body. It is a hinge joint.

a) Shoulder

b) Wrist

c) Knee

d) Elbow

96) Which is the deepest spot in the Pacific Ocean?

a) Tonga Trench

b) Java Trench

c) Eurasian Basin

d) Mariana Trench

97) Who is the current Secretary General of the United Nation?

a) Nelson Mandela

b) Ban Ki-Moon

c) Kofi Annan

d) Shashi Tharoor

98) Which of the following crops helps in Nitrogen fixation?

a) Rice

b) Wheat

c) Beans

d) Maize

99. What is the term used to describe a right – handed bowler delivering balls from the right side of the

wicket?

a) over the wicket

b) under the wicket

c) around the wicket

d) behind the wicket

100. Who was the Chairman of the committee which wrote the Indian Constitution?

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a) Jawaharlal Nehru

b) Mahatma Gandhi

c) Subhash Chandra Bose

d) B.R Ambedkar