CBSE Class 7 Mathematics Data Handling MCQs

Question. The pointer on the spinner below can stop on any of the 3 areas - red, yellow or blue, when spun.
What are the chances of the pointer stopping on red on the first try on this spinner?

(a) certain
(b) 50%
(c) 25%
(d) impossible

Answer : C

Question. Ram walks into a room that had 2 fans. The room has one switchboard with 10 switches - each operating a different light or fan. Ram does not know which switch is for what. What is the GREATEST number of switches he may have to try before any ONE of the fans gets switched on?
(a) 2
(b) 8
(c) 9
(d) 10

Answer : C

Question. The length of a side of the regular polygon shown below is (x + 1) units. What is its perimeter in the same units?

(a) 4x + 1
(b) x + 5
(c) 5x + 1
(d) 5x + 5 

Answer : D

Question. If 23 + x = 23 and 23.y = 23 , then x - y equals
(a) -1
(b) 1
(c) 0
(d) 2³

Answer : A

Question. Renu is 4 years old and her sister Keya is 8 years old. Which of the following would be the correct way to find Keya's age when Renu is y years old?
(a) y²
(b) 2y
(c) y + 4 
(d) 4y

Answer : C

Question. What should be added to 995 to get the smallest 4-digit number divisible by 11?
(a) 2
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 11

Answer : C

Question. If the sum of two consecutive odd numbers is 10000, what is the smaller of the two?
(a) 1
(b) 4999
(c) 5000
(d) 9999

Answer : B

Question. See the weighing below with some identical cubes marked 'Z'. 

(a) 15 g
(b) 25 g
(c) 30 g
(d) 50 g

Answer : C

Question. Which of these equations has 0 as the solution?
(a) x + 4 = 7 - x
(b) 7x = 7
(c) 2x + 3 = x - 3
(d) 2x + 1 = 1 + 3x

Answer : D

Question. Zarina finds that if she multiplies her age by itself and decreases it by 110, the result equals her age. How can she write this taking 'z' as her age?
(a) 2z/110 = z
(b) Z²- 110 = z
(c) Z²- 110z = 2
(d) 2z - 110 = z

Answer : B

Question. This is what Laxman sees on his computer screen while printing a document. The total size of the document is shown in kilobytes (KB). Assuming the size of each page is the same, about how many kilobytes may have already been printed?

(a) 120 KB
(b) 250 KB
(c) 400 KB
(d) 1575 KB

Answer : B

Question. Tina's age is 3 years less than twice the age of her brother Ronak. If R represents the age of Ronak, then what is Tina's age?

(a) 2-3R
(b) 3 - 2R
(c) 2R - 3
(d) 3 + 2R

Answer : C

Question. What is the MINIMUM number of straight cuts required to cut a cylindrical log into 8 pieces?
(Hint: The cuts have to be straight but can be in any direction)

(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 5
(d) 8

Answer : B

Question. If 2 + x = 12, the value of x2 is
(a) 20
(b) 28
(c) 100
(d) 196

Answer : C

Question. Mallika and Kishore have the same number of marbles. To have 100 marbles, they must pool their marbles together and then get 25 more. Which equation represents the above relationship?"
(a) 50x = 100
(b) 25x2 = 100
(c) 25 + x2 = 100
(d) 25 + 2x = 100

Answer : D

Question. Akbar, Praneet, Sujata and Bharati are playing a board game in which it is possible to earn points and lose points. The scorecard so far is given below. Study the scorecard and answer the questions. According to the scorecard, what is Praneet's total score at present?

(a) 13
(b) 6
(c) 1
(d) -1

Answer : D

Question. Study the probability line shown below to answer the question that follows. The line below shows the chances that a certain event has of occurring. For instance, the event 'The sun will rise in the East tomorrow' is certain to happen and therefore fits in position T. Which of the following events fits in position Q of the probability line?

(a) This year, November will come after December
(b) If you put your finger on a map of India with your eyes closed, it will touch Kerala
(c) Year 2008 will have 366 days
(d) Delhi will record a temperature of over 40⁰C on at least one day next year

Answer : B

Question. Study the pie chart below to answer the question. All the high school students of Green Earth School voted to elect their School Pupil Leader from four candidates - Manoj David, Prarthana Barua, Rahul Bose and Shenaz Patel. The pie chart here shows the vote distribution among the four candidates.
Which of the following statements is true?

(a) A quarter of the students voted for Shehnaz
(b) A quarter of the students voted for Shehnaz
(c) Manoj alone got more votes than Rahul and Shehnaz put together
(d) Almost 3 quarters of the students want either Manoj or Prarthana to be the School Pupil Leader

Answer : D

Question. Study the pie chart below to answer the question. All the high school students of Green Earth School voted to elect their School Pupil Leader from four candidates - Manoj David, Prarthana Barua, Rahul Bose and Shenaz Patel. The pie chart here shows the vote distribution among the four candidates.
What percent of the students who voted do NOT want Prarthana Barua as the School Pupil Leader?

(a) Below 50%
(b) Between 50% and 60%
(c) Exactly 75%
(d) Between 75% and 90%

Answer : A

Question. In which of the following cases will the five rings form a single, straight chain when Ring 1 and Ring 2 are pulled in opposite directions as indicated?

Answer : B

Question. Shown below is Nazneen’s partially filled report card. Study it and answer the question.
What was Nazneen's overall percentage (of all five subjects together) in Term 2?

(a) 84%
(b) 82%
(c) 75%
(d) 21%

Answer : B

Question. Grades are given for each subject at the end of the year according to the percentage of marks (P) in that subject. The specifications for assigning the grades are given below:

(a) A1
(b) A2
(c) B1
(d) B2

Answer : A

Question. 23095 people were present in a stadium to watch a football match. Which of the following is the nearest approximation of the number of people in the stadium?
(a) 20 thousand
(b) 23 thousand
(c) 24 thousand
(d) 30 thousand 

Answer : B

Question. Five rotten mangoes, each weighing 1unit, were removed- from a box full of mangoes and replaced with 3 fresh mangoes. The weight of each fresh mango was double the weight of a rotten mango. What happened to the weight of the box as compared to the start, when it had the rotten mangoes?
(a) It increased by 6 units
(b) It increased by 3 units
(c) It decreased by 2 unit
(d) It increased by 1 unit

Answer : D

Question. According to the survey, which of the following is NOT among the 4 most popular animals?

(a) dolphin
(b) lion
(c) tiger
(d) horse

Answer : B

Question. Here is a graphical representation of the result of the survey. Which animal is represented by letter 'T' in the graph?

(a) snake
(b) chimpanzee
(c) elephant
(d) lion

Answer : A

Question. See the table below giving some information about various models of Maruti.
Which of these statements is TRUE according to the information in the table?

(a) The cheapest Maruti 800 model costs Rs. 2,23,690.
(b) No Maruti car with AC is available for less than Rs 3 lakhs.
(c) Of the cars mentioned here, the non-metallic Zen LX -- Bharat II is the most expensive.
(d) The non-metallic coloured cars of a particular model are cheaper than the metallic coloured ones of the same model.  

Answer : D

Question. Meenu has yoga classes every Saturday. What is the MAXIMUM number of yoga classes that Meenu could have in a year? (Assume that the year is not a leap year)
(a) 48
(b) 50
(c) 52
(d) 53

Answer : D

Question. Akbar, Praneet, Sujata and Bharati are playing a board game in which it is possible to earn points and lose points. The scorecard so far is given below. Study the scorecard and answer the question. According to the rules of the game, if at the end of the game two players have the same winning score, the one who has fewer minus points will be declared the winner. If the game ends at the stage shown above, who would be the winner?

(a) Akbar
(b) Praneet
(c) Sujata
(d) Bharati

Answer : D

Question. Study the probability line shown below to answer the question that follows. The line below shows the chances that a certain event has of occurring. For instance, the event 'The sun will rise in the East tomorrow' is certain to happen and therefore fits in position T. On the probability line, where does the event ‘If a 1-rupee coin is tossed, it will come up heads' fit in?

(a) Position Q
(b) Position R
(c) Position S
(d) Position T

Answer : B

Question. The diagram below shows that there are 6 possible ways to choose 1 main dish, 1 fruit and 1 drink for breakfast out of 2 different main dishes, 1 fruit and 3 different drinks that are offered. How many possible choices would there be if there were 4 different main dishes, 3 different fruits and 4 drinks to choose from?

(a) 11
(b) 18
(c) 30
(d) 48

Answer : D

Question. The table below gives some data about the sunrise and sunset timings in a city on 3 days in May. How many hours after sunset on Monday the 24th, does the sun rise on Tuesday?

(a) 10 hours 57 minutes
(b) 10 hours 59 minutes
(c) 13 hours 2 minutes
(d) 13 hours 2 minutes

Answer : A

Question. From the point of view of the number of runs scored, which was the worst over for INDIA?

(a) 43
(b) 37
(c) 33
(d) 30

Answer : B

Question. Which of these could have been  Australia's score when their first wicket fell?

(a) 4
(b) 12
(c) 13
(d) 27

Answer : B

Question. In which 10-over period did Australia lose 3 wickets in quick succession?

(a) 10 to 20
(b) 20 to 30
(c) 30 to 40
(d) 40 to 50

Answer : A

Question. The price of gold varies from day to day. The table below gives the price of 10 grams of gold in Mumbai on certain dates in the months of August and September 2004. With the price of gold on Sept 2 as the base, the price on August 24 is said to be +20. With the same base, what is the price of gold on August 17?

(a) 250
(b) -250
(c) 150
(d) -150

Answer : D

Question. 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

Answer : B

Question. In a survey to identify the popularity of different flavours of potato chips amongst children, a group of children were asked about their favourite flavour of chips. Their response is depicted in the pie chart given. Study it and answer the question. How many children were there in the group?

(a) 28
(b) 50
(c) 60
(d) 80

Answer : D

Question. In a survey to identify the popularity of different flavours of potato chips amongst children, a group of children were asked about their favourite flavour of chips. Their response is depicted in the pie chart given. Study it and answer the question. What percentage of children in the group chose Onion Cream flavour?

(a) 5%
(b) 10%
(c) 15%
(d) 22%

Answer : C

Question. In a survey to identify the popularity of different flavours of potato chips amongst children, a group of children were asked about their favouriteflavour of chips. Their response is depicted in the pie chart given. Study it and answer the question.

(a) 1:09
(b) 1:12
(c) 1:15
(d) 2:15

Answer : A

Question. 5000 people in a city were asked to name their favourite English newspaper. The result is shown in the following pie chart.
Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?

(a) A quarter of the people polled prefer the Indian Express.
(b) More than 50% people prefer Indian Express or Times of India.
(c) The number of people who prefer the Times of India is double those who prefer the Hindustan Times.
(d) Among those polled, about 2000 prefer the Times of India.

Answer : C

Question. Some students of class 7 have worked on surveying average food intake by students of their class. The findings are given in table
What is the average food intake of fruit and fruit product as listed for boys and girls?

(a) 120
(b) 130
(c) 140
(d) 150

Answer : B

Question. See the number chart shown.
If we choose any number from the first three rows of this chart and call it m, the number just below it will be

(a) m + 1
(b) m + 7
(c) m x 7
(d) 8m

Answer : B

Question.Which of the following is the mean of first five natural numbers ?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5

Question. Which of the following is the mode of the data 1,1,2,4,3,2,1,2,2,4 ?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4

Question. An unbiased die is tossed once. Which of the following is the probability of getting an even number?
(a) 1
(b) 1/ 2
(c) 1/ 3
(d) 1/ 4

Question. A container contains 3 red & 4 black balls. If one ball is selected at random from the container, what is the probability that it is black?
(a) 3/7
(b) 4/7
(c) 1
(d) zero

Study the following graph & answer the following questions? 

Question. Which class has the maximum number of children ?
(a) V
(b) VI
(c) VII
(d) VIII 

Question. Which class has the minimum number of children ?
(a) IX
(b) X
(c) VII
(d) VIII

Question. Which of the following is the ratio of students of class VI to the students of class VIII ?
(a) 4
(b) 5:6
(c) 6:5
(d) VIII

Question. A number is selected at random from the first five natural numbers. Find the probability that the number is a prime?
(a) 3/7
(b) 4/7
(c) 3/5
(d) 2/5