BMA'sTalent & Olympiad Exams Resource Book Class VII - Mathematics

• In an office the working hours are

10:30 a.m. to 5:30p.m. and in between
30 minutes are spent for lunch. Find the
ratio of office hours to the time spent
• In an election between two candidates,
the candidate who gets 30% of the votes
polled is defeated by 15000 votes. What
is the number of votes polled for the

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for lunch. winning candidate?
(A) 7 : 30 (B) 1 : 14 (C) 14 : 1 (D) 30: 7 (A) 37 500 (B) 30000
Which of the following is the condition for (C) 26250 (D) 11250
two ratios to be equal? In 2003, Indian cricket team played 60
(A) Product of means is equal to games and won 30% of the games
played. After a phenomenal winning
antecedents.
streak, this team raised its average to
(B) Product of extremes is equal to con- 50%. How many games did the team win
sequents. in a row to attain this average?
(C) Antecedents are equal to conse- (A) 36 (B) 24
quents. (C) 48 (D) 12

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(D) Product of means is equal to A pudding is made of 200 g sugar, 800 g
product of extremes. eggs, 600 g flour and 200 g dry fruits.
What percent of sugar is present in the

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If 20: 5 : : p : 1, what is the value of p?

(A) i (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 1

whole pudding?

(A) 11i% (B) 163%

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What is the mean proportion of

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25 : 20 :: 20: 16?
(C) 6 .:!_ % (D) 32_%
(A) 25 (B) 20 (C) 16 (D) 100 4 2
A boy has enough money to buy 20 Which of the following statements is
books. If each book costs 25 paise less, wrong?
he could buy two more books and still (A) Jill + 625 =80% of 1200- 320
have 70 paise left. How much money (B) 5Y2 of 240 = 150% of 880

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does the boy have? (C) 25% of 50 = 0.125
(A) ~ 16 (B) ~ 24 (C) ~ 48 (D) ~ 36 (D) 150 g is 20% of a kg
When a number is reduced by 4, it 35% population of a town are men and
becomes 80% of itself. Find the number.

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40% are women. If the number of
(A) 20 (B) 30 (C) 40 (D) 50 children is 20,000, what is the number of
women?
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If 2 2 % of a number is 0.2, what will be (A) 3200 (B) 30,050

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120% of it? (C) 32000 (D) 31500
(A) 10.8 (B) 4.8 (C) 9.6 (D) 12.4 A student has to secure 40% marks to
pass. He got 40 marks and failed by 40
The number of seats for admission is
increased by 1 0% every year. If the marks. What is the maximum number of
marks?
number of seats in 2001 was 400, what
was the number of seats in 2003? (A) 400 (B) 300
(A) 824 (B) 484 (C) 500 (D) 480 (C) 200 (D) 100

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Jl BMA's Talent & Olympiad Exams Resource Book Class VII - Mathematics

• After a deduction of 5% from a certain

sum and then 10% from the remainder,
a sum of ~ 171 is left. What was the
original sum?
(A) ~ 200 (B) ~ 250 (C) ~ 150 (D) ~ 300
A man purchased a bag of rice
containing 70 kg for < 175. He sold it at
the rate of~ 2.75 per kg. Find the profit
or loss%.
(A) 12% loss (B) 10% gain
The C.P. of 25 articles is equal to the S.P. (C) 12% gain (D) 10% loss
of 20 articles. What is the gain%? Sneha bought a purse for ~ 480. She sold
(A) 25% (B) 20% (C) 30% (D) 50% it to Neha at a gain of 6-;}% and Neha
The value of a machine depreciates every sold it to Devi at a gain of 10%. How much

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year by 5%. If the present value of the did Devi pay for it?
machine is~ 100000, what will be its value (A) ~ 561 (B) ~ 560 (C) ~ 550 (D) ~ 525
after two years? On what sum of money lent at 9% per

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(A) ~ 100050 (B) ~ 90250 annum for 6 years does the S.l. amount
(C) ~ 99250 (D) ~ 96150 to~ 810?
(A) ~ 1000 (B) ~ 1500
By selling an article for ~ 600 a man loses
20%. At what price should he sell it in
(C) <1200 (D) <1600
order to gain 25%? At what rate of interest per annum will a
sum double itself in 8 years?
(A) ~ 800 (B) ~ 750
(C) ~937.50 (D) ~ 1 000
(A) 25% (B) 6 ~%
What profit percent is made by selling
an article at a certain price if by selling at 2
(C) 12 ~ %
t!h
(D) 3s%
of that price results in a loss of 10%?
The S.l. on a certain sum is 16 over 25 of
(A) 20% (B) 15% (C) 25% (D) 10% the sum. Find rate percent and t ime, if
11 oranges are bought for ~ 10 and 10 both are equal.

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oranges are sold for ~ 11. Find the gain (A) 8%, 8 years (B) 16%, 16 years
(or) loss percent. (C) 10%, 10 years (D) 12%, 12 years
(A) 21% loss (B) 11% gain A milkman borrowed ~ 2500 from two
(C) 21% gain (D) 11 % loss money lenders. For one loan, he paid 5%
A man buys a radio for~ 600 and sells it p.a. and for the other, he paid 7% p.a. The
at a gain of 25%. What is the S.P of the total interest paid after two years was
radio? ~ 275. Calculate the money he borrowed
at 7% interest.
(A) ~ 700 (B) ~ 750
(C) ~ 900 (D) <1000 (A) <1875 (B) < 1000
(C) ~ 625 (D) ~ 1200
A shopkeeper sold two watches for
< 425 each, gaining 10% on one and Of a certain sum, j rd is invested at 3%,
losing 10% on the other. Which of the ilh at 6% and the rest at 8%. If the S.l. for
following is true? 2 years from all these investments
(A) He gains 1%. amounts to~ 600, what was the original
(B) He loses 1 %. sum?
(C) Either (A) or (B) (A) ~ 2000 (B) ~ 3000
(D) Neither (A) nor (B) (C) <4000 (D) < 5000

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BMA'sTalent & Olympiad Exams Resource Book Class VII - Mathematics

A certain sum of money lent out at a

certain rate of interest per annum,
doubles itself in 10 years. In how many
years will it triple itself?
• Ashok sells a room heater for f 322,
1th
gaining G of its cost price. What is his
gain percent ?

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(A) 20 years (B) 16 years (A) 13~% (B) 15~% (C) 16~% (D) 17~%
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(C) 12 years (D) 10 years
A sum of money at simple interest
A sum was invested at S.l at a certain
doubles itself in 8 years 4 months. What
rate for 4 years. Had it been invested at
is the time for which it triples itself?
2% higher rate, it would have fetched ~
56 more. Find the sum. (A) 18 years 6 months
(B) 16 years

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8 months
(A) ~ 500 (B) ~ 600 (C) ~ 700 (D) ~ 800
(C) 15 years 8 months
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The S.l on a sum of money is 9 of the (D) 16 years 10 months
principal and the number of years is Guru and Chiru borrowed ( 2250 and
equal to the rate percent per annum. ~ 2500 respectively at the same rate of
Find the rate percent. simple interest for 3 years. If the interest

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paid by Chiru is ( 45 more than that paid
1 1 1 1
(A) 2 3 % (B) 3 3 % (C) 4 2 % (D) 3 2 % by Guru, what is the rate of interest per
annum?
If ~ 85 amounts to ~ 95 in 3 years, what
(A) 3% p.a. (B) 4% p.a.
will ~ 102 amount to in 5 years at the
(C) 5% p.a. (D) 6% p.a.

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same rate?
(A)~ 120 (B)~ 104 (C)~ 116(D) ~ 122 How many times will the sum get
multiplied in 10 years at 20% per annum

~WMt.l1 fii·'·1M 1·"M1i'·'rff I rate of interest?

0 If 2A = 3B = 4C, what is the value of

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

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A: B:C?

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In how many years does a certain sum
(A) 2 : 3 : 4 (B) 4 : 3 : 2
(C) 3 : 4 : 6 (D) 6 : 4 : 3 amount to three times the principal at

A certain sum of money amounts to

of itse lf in 5 years. What is the rate
t the rate of 163%?
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(A) 12 years

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(B) 8 years
percent per annum? (C) 4 years (D) 16 years
(A) 5% (B) 7% (C) 9% (D) 12% Divide ( 8000 into two parts so that the
The ratio of copper and zinc in an alloy S.l on the first part for 5 years at 12% per
is 7: 8.1fthe weight of zinc is 9.6 kg, what annum is equal to S.l on the second part
is the weight of copper in the alloy? for 2 years at 18% per annum.

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(A) 9.4 kg (B) 8.8 kg (A) ( 2000, ( 6000 (B) ( 5000, ~ 3000
(C) 8.4 kg (D) 4.8 kg (C) ~ 4000, ( 4000 (D) ( 3000, ~ 5000
In an examination, 96%ofthecandidates Find the principal if S.l. is f 31.50, time
passed and 50 failed. What is the number 1
period is 1 years and rate percent per
of candidates who appeared for the 4
1
examination? annum is 54 %.
(A) 1520 (B) 1250
(A) ( 460 (B) ( 430
(C) 1530 (D) 1350
(C) ~ 480 (D) ~ 4800

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