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SCIENCE APTITUDE TEST (2016-17)

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CLASS
7
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(I) Mental Ability (20 Questions)
(II) Mathematics (30 Questions)
(III) Physics & Chemistry (34 Questions)
(IV) Biology (16 Questions)

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MENTAL ABILITY
1. If 4th Jan 2008 falls on Friday, which day of (a) (b)
the week is 4th Jan 2009?
(a) Monday (b) Friday (c) (d)
(c) Wednesday (d) Sunday
8. In a village one half of the population works in
2. Ram goes 12.5 km towards west from a the fields. Half of the people who do not work
certain point. Then after turning to his right in fields work in factories.
he again goes same distance. In the end he goes Select the appropriate diagram in which
25 km towards South-East. How far is he now shaded region best represents people working
from his starting point? in factories?
(a) 10 km (b) 20 km
(c) 15 km (d) 5 km (a) (b)
3. If ‘+’ means ‘x’, ‘x’ means ‘–’, ‘–’ means ‘  ’
and ‘  ’ means ‘+’, then 18  4 + 3 × 2 – 2 = ?
(a) 45 (b) 48 (c) (d)
(c) 29 (d) 39
4. Complete the sequence 4, 2, 5, 4, 7, 6, 10, 8, 9. Complete : JK : QR :: ........... : ...........
14, ? (a) ST : UV (b) WX : ZY
(a) 10 (b) 12 (c) CF : JL (d) BC : IJ
(c) 18 (d) 19 10. A dice has P, Q, R, S written in a clockwise
order on the adjacent faces and T & U at the
5. Lamp A is less bright than Lamp B;
top and bottom respectively. When R is at the
Lamp B is brighter than Lamp C; top, what will be at the bottom?
Lamp C is as bright as Lamp D; (a) Q (b) P
Lamp B is brighter than Lamp D; (c) R (d) U
Lamp D is brighter than Lamp A; Which lamp 11. If A is B’s brother, B is C’s sister and C is D’s
is the brightest? father, then D is A’s
(a) Lamp A (b) Lamp B (a) Brother (b) Sister
(c) Lamp C (d) Lamp D (c) Wife (d) None of these
6. Find the appropriate figure from the answer 12. In a certain code, “7 8 6” means “bring me
figures so that questions figures form a series. apple” and “9 5 8” means “ peel green apple”
and “6 4 5” means “bring green fruit”, which
of the following is the code for ‘me’?
(a) 8 (b) 6
(a) (b) (c) 7
(d) Can’t be determined
13. Four positions of a dice is given. The number
(c) (d)
oppoiste to 3 is
7. Find the missing figure.

(a) 2 (b) 3
(c) 4 (d) 6
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14. Which of the following represents the MATHEMATICS

relationship between “animals, elephants and
1. The value of |7| + |5| – |– 3|, where |.| is
lions”?
absolute value of an integer is____.
(a) 9 (b) 1
(a) (b) (c) 2 (d) 3
2. An insect crawls up 5 cm every second on a 60
cm vertical rod and then falls down 2cm over
(c) (d) the next second. How many seconds will it take
to climb the rod?
15. Which of the following numbers does not fit (a) 20 sec (b) 39 sec
in the given series?
(c) 60 sec (d) 30 sec
0, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28, 37, 45
3. A tank contains 500 litres of water. Due to a
(a) 0 (b) 21 small hole in the tank, the quantity of water is
(c) 37 (d) 45 decreasing at the rate of 9 litres every hour.
16. ‘True’ is related to ‘False’ as ‘float’ is related What will be the quantity of water in the tank
to____. after 10 hours?
(a) Swing (b) Swim (a) 410 litres (b) 491 litres
(c) Sink (d) Dive (c) 400 litres (d) 90 litres
17. In the sequence of numbers 5, 8, 13, X, 34, 55, 4. The average of the two middle rational number
89, the value of X is____.
4 1 2 5
(a) 29 (b) 23 if , , , are arranged in ascending order
7 3 3 9
(c) 21 (d) 20 is____.
18. If 5 men can build a wall in 12 days. How
many men can build it in 10 days? 4 71
(a) (b)
9 63
(a) 6 men (b) 7 men
(c) 8 men (d) 4 men 11 71
(c) (d)
19. Which one is the same as Basket, Pail and 18 126
Pan? 5. The value of [(– 4) × (– 9) ×(– 25)]  [(– 2) × (–
(a) Knife (b) Spoon 3) × (–5)] is____
(c) Fork (d) Bowl (a) 10 (b) 20
20. Find the odd number out. (c) 30 (d) 40
(a) 5 (b) 115
x
(c) 205 (d) 14 6. A fraction y can be expressed as a terminating

decimal if y has no prime factors other than___

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

4 7 8
7. The value of 3 2 4 is
5 10 15
(a) 68/15 (b) 331/30
(c) 27/10 (d) 325/30
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8. In the given number line, point M represents

7 1
which of the following fractional numbers? (c) (d)
6 6

5 3 7
13. Simplify : 4 2 3
2 8 8

2 6 145 24
(a) (b) (a) (b)
8 5 24 145

2 7 144
(c) (d) (c) (d) 8
3 10 25
9. What fraction of the figure is shaded? 14. The sum of Rs. 750 is distributed among A, B,
C and D in such a manner that A gets as much
as B and C together, B gets Rs. 125 more than
C, D gets as much as C. What is A’s share?
(a) Rs. 100 (b) Rs. 225
(c) Rs. 275 (d) Rs. 325
15. The total cost of three prizes is Rs. 2550. If the
th
3
value of second prize is   of the first prize
4
1 3
(a) (b)
4 8 1
and the value of 3rd prize is of the second
2
5 8 prize, then the value of the first prize is_____
(c) (d)
8 11
(a) Rs. 900 (b) Rs. 1500
10. The value of [2 – 3(2 – 3)–1]–1 is______ (c) Rs. 1200 (d) Rs. 450
–1 1 1
(a) (b) 16. In a family, the father took of the cake and
5 5 4
(c) – 5 (d) 5 he had 3 times as much as each of the other
members had. The total number of family
1 3
11. Express the value of 9  5 in its simplest members is
3 4
(a) 3 (b) 7
form:
(c) 10 (d) 12
4 1 17. The present age of A is twice to that of B, 30
(a) 5 (b) 9
7 12
1
years from now, age of A will be 1 times that
2 7 2
(c) 6 (d) 3
5 12 of B. The present ages of A and B (in years)
respectively, are___
1 (a) 60, 30 (b) 30, 60
1
1 (c) 40, 50 (d) 50, 40
1
12. The value of 1 is_____.
1 18. Two angles are complementary and congruent,
6
then measure of each of the angles is____.
(a) 90º (b) 45º
6 16
(a) (b) (c) 180º (d) 135º
11 11
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19. The angle between two hands of a clock at 4 : 28. The value of x, for which
30 pm is____ 5 x 18
 125   125  5
(a) 45º (b) 90º       is____
 8   8  2
(c) 180º (d) 60º
20. A student is constructing a triangle whose (a) 2 (b) 3
sides are 3 cm, 4 cm and 8cm, is this triangle (c) 1 (d) 9
possible?
5
(a) Yes (b) No  1  1
   
(c) Can’t say  2    8
(d) Data given is not complete 29. The value of  1 4  1  is___.
   
 2  4
21. The value of 36 coins of 10 p and 20 p is Rs.
6.60. The number of 20p coins is____
(a) 2 (b) 0
(a) 16 (b) 20
(c) 1 (d) – 1
(c) 30 (d) 32
30 Calculate the area of the shaded region of the
22. A man sold 10 eggs for 5 rupees and gained
following figure. ABCD is a rectangle having
20%. How many eggs did he buy for 5 rupees?
length 30 cm, breadth 20 cm. E, F and G are
(a) 12 (b) 14
midpoints of AB, CD and AD respectively.
(c) 25 (d) 16
23. Two numbers are in the ratio of 1 : 2. If 7 be
added to both, their ratio changes to 3 : 5. The
greater number is____.
(a) 28 (b) 32
(c) 36 (d) 25
24. By how much is a + 4a b + b4 more than a4 –
4 2 2

8a2b2 + b4? (a) 400 cm 2 (b) 450 cm 2

(a) 12a2 b2 (b) – 12a2b2 (c) 375 cm 2 (d) 325 cm 2
(c) 2a4 + 2b4 (d) 10a2 b2
PHYSICS & CHEMISTRY
25. If 2l – 3m = – 1 and lm = 20, then the value
1. Convert 5 km into meters?
of 4l2 + 9m2 is___
(a) 500 meters (b) 5000 meters
(a) 239 (b) 240
(c) 50000 meters (d) 50 meters
(c) 241 (d) 361
2. ____is a push or pull.
26. The value of (2.3 a b ) × (1.2 a2b4), when a = 1
5 2
(a) mass (b) speed
and b = 0.5 is____.
(c) force (d) time
(a) 0.011625 (b) 0.043125
3. Which of the following is NOT a conductor?
(c) 0.031825 (d) 0.041525
(a) copper (b) water
1
1 (c) rubber (d) aluminum
 1  3  
27.  6     =? 4. Electricity is the flow of                .
  2  
(a) load (b) electrons
2 5 (c) rays (d) insulators
(a) (b)
3 6

6 3
(c) (d)
5 2
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5. Which type of energy is given off by a fire? 13. Light from the sun has a range of wavelengths
that include
(a) visible spectrum. (b) infrared light
(c) ultraviolet light (d) all the above
14. Light does not pass through an object at all.
(a) opaque (b) translucent
(c) shiny (d) transparent
15. An example of light scattering is
(a) thermal (b) nuclear
(a) when the light travels through a lens.
(c) electrical (d) chemical
(b) when a light bounces off of a mirror.
6. An electric cell uses chemical reactions
(c) when the sky is blue.
to                             
(d) when the light bends as it travels through
(a) stop the flow of power
a lens.
(b) measure the amount of power
16. People should not swim in water during a
(c) produce an electrical current
lightening storm because
(d) create a short circuit
(a) water will heat up quickly and burn the
7. Thermal insulator is a material that... person.
(a) moves heat easily through the material. (b) water is an insulator and will bounce the
(b) reduces or prevents the transfer of heat. electricity off the water and hit the person.
(c) is flammable and can start fires. (c) water is a great conductor and allows the
(d) does not exist. electricity to travel quickly through it
shocking the person.
8. Which of these is the best conductor of
electricity? (d) water is reflective and will blind the person.
(a) Copper penny 17. Transfer of heat through a solid is called
(b) Glass rod (a) convection (b) conduction
(c) Plastic tubing (c) radiation (d) solar heating

(d) Cotton string 18. Sunita classified different material based on

9. If the bike covers 24 km in 2 hours then its their properties. Which of the following sets
average speed would be? are correctly matched?
Set Hard Opaque floats in lnsoluble in
(a) 24 km/hr (b) 12 km/hr water water
(c) 48 km/hr (d) 6 km/hr I. Sponge Butter Glass Honey
10. This is the force resulting from the pull of the Paper Marble
II. Steel Wooden Ice Mustard oil
earth on an object. board
(a) friction (b) gravity III. Lump of Glass Grass Sugar candy
Sugar
(c) nuclear (d) magnetic
IV Iron nail Thermocol Hair Glass powder
11. If you are at sea level, at what temperature
(a) II and IV (b) I and II
does water boil on the Kelvin scale?
(c) III and IV (d) All of these
(a) 0 K (b) 100 K
(c) 273 K (d) 373 K
19. Reem’s mother has done some preparation
for her ‘Birthday Party’. Which of the follow-
12. Which shows the freezing point of water in
ing changes can be reversed?
Fahrenheit, Celsius, and kelvin?
(a) 0°F,32°C,273K (b) 32°F,0°C,273K (a) Baking cake in an oven
(c) 273°F,0°C,32K (d) 32°F,273°C,0K (b) Burning of a candle
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(c) Rolling a ball of dough and baking it to 23. Jaya made a hole in the cap of a bottle and
make kulcha filled it with coloured water. She put a straw
(d) Blowing of a balloon through the hole and kept the bottle in a pan
20. Which of the following items has definite of very hot water.
volume and shape? She observed that water starts coming out
(a) Water of the bottle in the form of a fountain and
(b) Milk comes down when water cools down.
(c) Aluminium foil What does her experiment show?
(d) oxygen

(a) Air from the bottle comes out taking

21.
water with it

Which statements do you think is correct (b) Liquids expand on heating and contract
regarding the given changes? on cooling

(a) From X to Y the change is reversible (c) The water changes into vapours and
while Y to Z the change is irreversible. comes out the bottle

(b) From X to Y the change is irreversible (d) On heating, water vapours are con-
while Y to Z the change is reversible. verted into liquid which comes out of
the bottle.
(c) From X to Y and Y to Z the changes are
irreversible 24. Resham took three beakers X, Y and Z con-
taining cold, warm and hot water respec-
(d) From X to Y and Y to Z the changes are
tively as shown in the figure. She added two
reversible.
table spoons of sugar to each beaker and
22. Diksha prepared the given flowchart for sort- stirred the solutions. After two minutes she
ing the materials into different groups. Fill observed the following.
the blanks left by her from the given options
Choose the correct statement(s) that explains
her observations.

Cold Warm
water Water Hot Water
Sugar Sugar

(X) (Y) (Z)

(i) The solubility of sugar decreases with

increase in temperature.
(ii) The solubility of sugar increases with
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)
increase in temperature
(a) Glass Sugar Rubber Honey Petrol
(b) Sugar Rubber Glass Petrol Honey (iii) We can add some more sugar if we heat
(c) Rubber Glass Sugar Honey Petrol the water.
(d) Rubber Sugar Glass Honey Petrol (a) (i), (ii) and (iii) (b) (ii) and (iii)
(c) (i) and (iii) (d) (iii) only
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(a) Air contains dust particles
25. Jyoti burnt a candle. She collected the wax
and heating it again in a dish (b) Air contains oxygen.
(c) Air contains water vapour
Wax (d) Air contains carbon dioxide
28. Identify an undesirable change from the fol-
Candle Wax
lowing.
(a) Ripening of fruits
Burning of candle
Melting of wax (b) Occurrence of earthquakes
(c) Preparing starch by photosynthesis in
plants
Which of the following conclusions is cor-
(d) Evaporation of sea water
rect?
29. A needle and a knife belong to the same
(a) Burning of candle is a chemical change
group because:
while melting of wax is a physical
(a) they are transparent
change.
(b) they are hard and magnetic
(b) Both burning of candle and melting of
wax are physical changes. (c) they float on water
(c) Both burning of candle and melting of (d) They are poor conductors of heat
wax are chemical changes. 30. A flask filled partially with water is shown
(d) Burning of candle is a physical change below.
while melting of wax is a chemical
change.
26. Changes occurring in the figure are___

Which of the following figures shows the

(a) Permanent, permanent correct water level in the flask when tilted?
(b) Permanent, reversible
(c) Reversible,reversible
(d) Reversible, permanent (a)
27. Arjun conducted an experiment shown in
figure. What conclusion could you draw
from the observation?

(b)
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(c) Stirring increases solubility, decrease in

temperature decreases solubility
(d) Stirring decreases solubility, decreases
(c)
in temperature increases solubility

BIOLOGY
1. Atmosphere comprises of 78% :-
(a) oxygen gas
(d)
(b) hydrogen gas
(c) nitrogen gas
31. What kind of change is the making of a ring (d) carbondioxide gas
from pure gold? 2. A food chain includes
(a) Irreversible chemical change (a) producers and herbivores
(b) Irreversible physical change (b) producers and carnivores
(c) Reversible chemical change (c) producers and decomposers
(d) producers, herbivores and carnivores
(d) Reversible physical change
3. Normal range of breathing rate per minute in
32. Identify the chemical change from the fol-
an adult person at rest is
lowing
(a) 9 - 12, (b) 15 - 18,
(a) Heating of sugar (c) 21 - 24, (d) 30 – 33
(b) Dissolution of sugar 4. Which of the following is not required by plant
(c) Crystallization of sugar for food synthesis?
(d) Powdering of sugar (a) Water (b) Oxygen
33. A mixture contains tiny particles of three (c) Carbon dioxide
different substances P, Q and R. Which of (d) Chlorophyll
the following methods will be suitable for 5. The voice box is called
separation of components of the mixture
(a) epiglottis (b) glottis
Substances Properties of the particles
P, Q and R Same size and colour (c) larynx (d) vocal cords
P Heavy, insoluble and non-magnetic 6. The food material used to release energy in body
Q Light, insoluble and non-magnetic cells, which is considered as a biological fuel is
R Magnetic (a) Glucose (b) Vitamin
(a) Winnowing following by magnetic (c) Water (d) Minerals
separation
7. Observe the diagram and choose correct match
(b) Filtration followed by magnetic sepa-
for the options A,B & C :-
ration
(c) Sieving followed by sublimation
(d) hand picking followed by winnowing.
34. What conclusion can you draw from the fol-
lowing experiment?

(a) Stirring decreases solubility, increase

in temperature increase solubility
(b) Stirring increases solubility, increase in
temperature decrease solubility
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(a) A-saprophytes , B-herbivores ,C-insectivorous

13. Pulses are a good source of
(b) A-saprophytes,B- insectivorous,C- herbivores
(a) Carbohydrates (b) Fats
(c) A-saprophytes, B-insectivorous,C-parasitic
(c) Proteins (d) Vitamins
(d) A-producers,B-herbivores,C-insectivorous
14. What is scientific name of man ?
8. To test the presence of starch by iodine, the
(a) Rana tigrina
green leaf is first boiled in alcohol to
(b) Canis familaris
(a) Dissolve chlorophyll
(c) Felis domestica
(b) Remove starch
(d) Homo sapiens
(c) Make the leaf soft
15. A substance which kills bacteria in stomach
(d) Make the leaf transparent
(a) Water
9. Gastric juice contain enzyme
(b) Hydrochloric acid
(a) Lipase
(c) Sulphuric acid
(b) Amylase
(d) Citric acid
(c) Cellulase
16 . Which of the following carries malaria?
(d) Pepsin
(a) Bats
10. Water from undigested food is absorbed by
(b) Mosquitoes
(a) Small intestine (b) Large intestine
(c) Cockroaches
(c) Food pipe (d) Liver
(d) Earthworms
11. Utilization of digested food to obtain energy is
called
(a) Ingestion
(b) Digestion
(c) Absorption
(d) Assimilation
12. Silkworms feeds on leaves of
(a) Guava (b) Mulberry
(c) Mango (d) Banana
 ANSWER KEY
MENTAL ABILITY MATHEMATICS PHYSICS & CHEMISTRY BIOLOGY
. 1. D 1. A 21. C 1. B 21. A 1. C
2. B 2. B 22. A 2. C 22. C 2. D
3. C 3. A 23. A 3. C 23. B 3. B
4. A 4. D 24. A 4. B 24. B 4. B
5. B 5. C 25. C 5. A 25. A 5. C
6. B 6. C 26. B 6. C 26. A 6. A
7. D 7. B 27. C 7. B 27. C 7. C
8. A 8. B 28. C 8. A 28. B 8. A
9. D 9. B 29. D 9. B 29. B 9. D,A
10. B 10. B 30. B 10. B 30. B 10. B
11. D 11. D 11. D 31. D 11. D
12. C 12. B 12. B 32. A 12. B
13. C 13. D 13. D 33. A 13. C
14. C 14. D 14. A 34. C 14. D
15. C 15. C 15. C 15. B
16. C 16. C 16. C 16. B
17. C 17. A 17. B
18. A 18. B 18. A
19. D 19. A 19. D
20. A 20. B 20. C

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