HYDERABAD KARNATAKA EDUCATION SOCIETY’S

NATIONAL ENGLISH MEDIUM PUBLIC SCHOOL

HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION
SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS (GRADE VII) TOTAL MARKS: 80 TIME: 3 HOURS
Instructions
:

 Write all answers in the answer booklet provided.

 Attempt all questions in order.
 Use a pencil for diagrams.
 Calculators are not allowed.
 Show all necessary workings.

SECTION A:
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (20 MARKS) (1 MARK EACH)
1.The sum of two rational numbers is:
A) Always rational B) Always irrational C) Sometimes rational D) None of these
2.The solution of the equation 3x-5=1 is
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4
3.What is the value of (0.9)2?
A) 1.8 B) 8.1 C) 0.81 D) 81
4.A quadrilateral has sides measuring 4 cm, 5 cm, 6 cm, and 7 cm. The sum of its interior angles is:
A) 360° B) 180° C) 540° D) 90°
5.If the cube of a number is 27, the number is:
A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 5
6.Which of the following represents a double bar graph?
A) A graph with one bar B) A graph with two sets of data C) A pie chart D) None of these
7.A rational number can be expressed as:
A) p/q B) √p C) p² D) None of these
8.Which of the following is an example of a quadrilateral?
A) Triangle B) Pentagon C) Rectangle D) Circle
9.The mean of the numbers 2, 4, 6, and 8 is:
A) 4 B) 5 C) 6 D) 7
10.A quadrilateral with one pair of parallel sides is called:
A) Rectangle B) Trapezium C) Rhombus D) None of these
11.The sum of the exterior angles of a quadrilateral is:
A) 360° B) 180° C) 540° D) 90°
12. Which of the following numbers is a perfect square?
A) 15 B) 20 C) 36 D) 50
13. Which of the following is a property of a rectangle?
A) All sides are equal B) Opposite sides are equal and parallel
C) Diagonals bisect at right angles D) None of these
14. The cube root of 64 is:
A) 2 B) 4 C) 6 D) 8
15.3 is the solution of
A) 2x+12=18 B) 3x-7=32 C)2y-6=2y+6 D)none
16.The unit digit of square of 189274 is
A) 2 B) 4 C) 6 D) 8
17.Cube of a odd number is
A) odd B) even C) both D) none
18.The probability of getting tail when a coin is tossed
A) 1/2 B) 1/4 C) 1/6 D) 1/8
19.The total number of outcomes when two coins are tossed simultaneously
A) 2 B) 4 C) 6 D) 8
20.The polygon with 10 sides is called
A) Pentagon B) Hexagon C) Heptagon D) Quadrilateral

SECTION B
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (16 MARKS) (2 MARKS EACH)
21.Calculate the square root of 144 and 256 by prime factorisation.
22.Write any two properties of parallelogram.
23. Find the number of sides of polygon whose each exterior angle measures 40 0.
24.Express 225 as sum of two consecutive integers.
25.Find the square root of 17.64 by long division method.
26.What is the probability of getting prime number when we roll a dice.
27. Find the square root of 100 and 169 by repeated subtraction
28. Write a Pythagorean triplet in which one of the number is 8.

SECTION C:
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (24 MARKS) (3 x 1=3)
29.Imagine the following data about the favourite types of pets among a group of 40 students:
 Dogs: 12 students
 Cats: 8 students
 Rabbits: 10 student
 Birds: 6 students
 Fish: 4 students
Based on the pie chart representing the favourite pets of students:
1. If the pie chart is divided into sections according to the number of students, what angle does the
section for Cats represent?
2. What percentage of students prefer Dogs?
3. Which pet type is the least favourite among the students?
30. a) What are regular polygons?
b) Name the regular polygon with 8 sides?
c)What is value of each exterior angle of regular polygon with 8 sides.
31.Solve the following linear equation
a)2x-5=9
b)3(2y-5) =2(2y+5)
c)x/2-1/5=x/3+1/4
32.Find the smallest number that must be multiplied to given numbers below to get perfect square
a)150 b)12 c)28
33. A gardener has 1000 plants. He wants to plant these in such a way that the number of rows and the
number of columns remain same. Find the minimum number of plants he needs more for this?
34. Name the quadrilaterals whose
a) All sides are equal b) Diagonals are quals c) Diagonals bisect each other at 90 0
35. Numbers 1 to 10 are written on ten separate slips (one number on one slip), kept in a box and mixed well.
One slip is chosen from the box without looking into it. What is the probability of.
(i) getting a number 6?
(ii) getting a number less than 6?
(iii) getting a number greater than 6?
36. Find x in the following figures

SECTION D:
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS (20 MARKS) (5 MARKS EACH)
37.Let’s consider the following data about the number of students who participated in sports in two different
years (2023 and 2024):
Sports 2023 2024
Basketball 30 40
Football 25 35
Cricket 20 30
Tennis 15 20
Question
1. Draw a double bar graph to represent the data above. Label the axes appropriately and include a
legend.
2. Based on the graph, which sport showed the highest increase in participation from 2023 to 2024?
38. Find value of x and y in the following figures.
(i) where ABCD is a parallelogram.

39. Find the square root of following numbers by long division method
a)2025 b)4761
40.Verify the commutative, associative and distributive property for subtraction of rational numbers(Take
1/3,2/5,1/4 as a, b and c)