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(Chapter 12 Sample Test Paper 6
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Maximum marks: 60

General Instructions
1. All questions are compulsory.
2. The question paper consists of 25 questions divided into 4 sections A, B, C and D.
(i) Section A comprises of 10 multiple choice questions of 1 mark each.
(ii) Section B comprises of 7 questions of 2 marks each.
(iii) Section C comprises of 4 questions of 3 marks each.
(iv) Section D comprises of 4 questions of 6 marks each.
3. Use of calculator is not permitted.

Section A
Question number 1 to 10 are of 1 mark each. Each question is provided with four choices out of which only
one is correct. You have to choose the correct one.

1. A single discount equivalent to two successive discounts of 10% and 5% is:
(A) 15.5% (B) 15% (C) 14.5% (D) 14%
2. If the marked price of an article is ` 210 and the discount on it is 10%, its selling price is:
(A) ` 189 (B) ` 180 (C) ` 200 (D) ` 220
3. If the interest is compounded half-yearly, then to find the amount, we __________ the given time.
(A) half (B) double (C) triple (D) none of these
4. The angles of a quadrilateral are in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3 : 4. What type of a quadrilateral is formed?
(A) Parallelogram (B) Trapezium (C) Rhombus (D) Square
5. The number of edges in a hexahedron is:
(A) 10 (B) 11 (C) 12 (D) 14

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6. The side of a square whose area is 68 m is:
16
1 3 1 3
(A) 7 m (B) 7 m (C) 8m (D) 8m
4 4 4 4
7. Two cylinders have their radii in the ratio 2 : 3 and their heights in the ratio 3 : 4. The ratio of their
volumes is:
(A) 3 : 4 (B) 1 : 3 (C) 2 : 3 (D) 2 : 1
8. Without actual calculations, the quotient obtained when the sum of 68 and 86 is divided by 14 is:
(A) 14 (B) 13 (C) 12 (D) 11
9. The probability that a leap year selected at random will have 53 Mondays is:
1 1 2 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
7 53 7 53
10. A card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards. The probability of getting a club card is:

1 1 1 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 2 26 3

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