Galaxy: Class VII

UNIT 2: Commercial Mathematics

Worksheet: Multiple Choice Questions

Choose the correct answer.

1. Express the ratio in its lowest terms.
a. 32 :37 b. 13 : 4 c. 21 : 31 d. None of these

2. In a village there are 840 men and children, of which are children. Find
the ratio of children is to men.
a. 41 : 15 b. 15 : 41 c. 3 : 1 d. None of these

3. The price of a mango has increased from ₹ 15 to ₹ 20. If the original price of
mango was ₹ 21, what would be the increased price when it increases with the
same ratio?
a. ₹ 23 b. ₹ 25 c. ₹ 28 d. None of these

4. The age of a person and his son are in the ratio 3:1 and the son is 10 years old.
What will be the ratio of their ages 10 years later?
a. 3:1 b. 4:3 c. 5:3 d. 2:1

5. If ₹ 310 is divided in three parts in the ratio , then what will be

the value of the largest part?
a. ₹ 150 b. ₹ 100 c. ₹ 60 d. None of these

6. A, B and C invested ₹ 30,000, ₹ 40,000 and ₹ 60,000 respectively in a

business. If they made a profit of ₹ 27,300 and the share of profit is
proportional to their investments, what would be the share of profit of B?
a. ₹ 12600 b. ₹ 8400 c. ₹ 6300 d. None of these

7. Arrange the ratios 2:5, 3:4, 4:5 and 5:8 in ascending order.
a. 2:5, 3:4, 4:5, 5:8 b. 2:5, 5:8, 4:5, 3:4
c. 2:5, 5:8, 3:4, 4:5 d. none of these

8. The ratio of Nitrogen to Oxygen in the air by weights is 7:2. If the ratio of
weights of equal volume of Nitrogen to Oxygen is 7:8, find the ratio of Nitrogen
to Oxygen in the air by volume.
a. 5:1 b. 3:1 c. 2:1 d. 4:1

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9. Find the value of x if 12, x and 507 are in continued proportion.
a. 78 b. 64 c. 56 d. none of these

10. The height and base of a right triangle are in the ratio12 : 5. If the base is
10cm, find its area.
a. 100 sq cm b. 120 sq cm
c. 144 sq cm d. none of these

11. The cost of 20 pencils is ₹ 65. What is the cost of 7 such pencils?
a. ₹18 b. ₹ 20 c. ₹ 22.75 d. none of these
12. 4 men and 3 women can earn ₹ 14400 in 12 days. How much money will be
earned in 7 days by 2 men and 5 women?
a. ₹15100 b. ₹16200
c. ₹ 17300 d. ₹18200

13. A can do a piece of work in 15 days and B can do the same work in 21 days.
They started together and after 5 days, A left the work. How many days will B
take to complete the remaining work?
a. 9 days b. 8 days
c. 7 days d. none of these

14. Tap A and B together take 30 minutes to fill a tank. Tap A requires 21 minutes
to fill th of the tank. How long will tap B take to fill the tank completely?
a. 4 hrs b. 3 hrs c. 3 hrs d. 2hrs

15. A car is travelling at 50km/h covers a distance 175km and took another 1 hrs to
cover 100km.Calculate the average speed of the car for the whole journey.
a. 65km/h b. 60km/h
c. 55km/h d. none of these

16. A train travelling at a speed 72km/h and crosses a pole in 10 sec. How long the
train will take to cross a bridge of 100m long.
a. 12 sec b. 13 sec c. 14 sec d. 15 sec

17. Two trains are running on parallel rail tracks in the same direction, average
speed of the first train is 108km/h and that of the second train is rd of the first

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 train. The lengths of the trains are 470m and 530m respectively. Calculate how
much time the first train will take to overtake the second.
a. 100 sec b. 120 sec c. 140 sec d. none of these

18. The average score of a cricketer in five matches is 42. The score of the
same cricketer in the sixth match is zero. What is the average score of the
cricketer in six matches?
a. 7 b. 35 c. 42 d. none of these

19. Given the numbers 7, 11, 13, 19, and 23. Find the average of the numbers
when each number is doubled.
a. 14.6 b. 20.4 c. 29.2 d. none of these

20. The mean of 5, 15, 25, 35, 45 and x is 30. Calculate the value of x.
a. 40 b. 45 c. 50 d. 55

21. Convert 11.25% into decimal.

a. 0.1125 b. 1.125 c. 11.25 d. none of these

22. Express 9 % as ratio.

a. 39 : 100 b. 39 : 400 c. 39 : 500 d. none of these

23. In an examination of 250 marks, the pass mark is 34%. If a student gets
170 marks then find the % marks obtained by the student over the pass
marks.
a. 20% b. 30% c. 34% d. 68%

24. In a locality of 650 population 130 are school students. What is the % of
population not going to school?
a. 40% b. 60% c. 70% d. 80%

25. The ratio of male and female in a community is . What is the % of

female in the community?
a. 52% b. 51% c. 50% d. none of these

26. Find the value of x in :x::x:

a. 12 b. 2 c. 1 d. none of these

27. After selling 1365 apples the seller finds that 2.5% apples are left with him.
Calculate the total number of apples.
a. 1600 b. 1520 c. 1400 d. 1380

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28. A person spends 50% of his monthly income in household expenses, 25%
of the remainder in other personal necessities and 60% of the rest in his
savings. Find his income, if the amount he saves per month is ₹ 6795.
a. ₹ 39300 b. ₹ 37500 c. ₹ 36000 d. ₹ 30200

29. A seller bought books at the rate of 9 books for ₹ 297 and sold the books with a
10% profit. What is the selling price of a book?
a. ₹ 36.30 b. ₹ 36.20 c. ₹ 36.10 d. none of these

30. The cost price of an article is ₹ 276 and it is sold for ₹ 289.80. Find the %
of profit.
a. 7% b. 5% c. 3% d. 2%

31. In a village 12% are children, 42% are women and rest are men. What is
the ratio of children:men:women?
a. 12:31:42 b. 6:24:35 c. 6:23:21 d. none of these

32. The value of a share of a Company A is 79% of that of a share of the

Company B. The price of a share of the Company B is ₹ 810. Calculate
the price of a share of Company A.
a. ₹ 659.10 b. ₹ 653.70
c. ₹ 642.60 d. ₹ 639.90

33. What is to be multiplied to a given number so that the number is increased

by 20%?
a. 1.2 b. 1.5 c. 2 d. none of these

34. A square field has its side as 120 ft. If the side of the square is reduced by
10%, what is the perimeter of the field now?
a. 480ft b. 432ft c. 400ft d. none of these

35. In a group of 50 children the ratio of girls : boys is 13 : 12.15 more boys join the
group. What is the % decrease of the girls now in the group?
a. 18% b. 15% c. 12% d. 10%

36. A shopkeeper sells noodles at ₹ 16 per packet. He keeps 28% as his profit. At
what price per packet did he buy noodles?
a. ₹ 10 b. ₹ 11 c. ₹ 12 d. ₹ 12.50

37. The discount offered on an article with marked price ₹ 362 is 20%. Find the
selling price.
a. ₹ 289.60 b. ₹ 290.40 c. ₹ 294.20 d. none of these

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38. ₹ 2200 is invested for 3 years at the rate of simple interest 2.5% per month.
Calculate the amount.
a. ₹ 3820 b. ₹ 4180 c. ₹4460 d. none of these

39. A sum of money trebles itself in 16 years. Find the rate of simple interest.
a. 10.5% b. 11.5% c. 12.5% d. none of these

40. A sum of money amounts to ₹ 695 in 3 years and ₹ 955 in 7 years.

What is the rate of simple interest per annum?
a. 16% b. 15% c. 14% d. 13%

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