1. Priya puts ₹500 into her bank account. Which integer shows this deposit?
- A+500
- B0
- C+5
- D−500
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Answer: A) +500
Money added to an account is shown with a positive integer, so a deposit of ₹500 is +500. A withdrawal would be negative.
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2. A freezer is at −15 °C and the kitchen is at 25 °C. What is the difference between the two temperatures?
- A35 °C
- B−10 °C
- C40 °C
- D10 °C
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Answer: C) 40 °C
From −15 up to 0 is 15 degrees, from 0 to 25 is 25 more. Difference = 15 + 25 = 40 °C. (10 wrongly treats −15 as +15.)
3. Which pair of lift moves brings it back to the floor it started from?
- AUp 4, then up 4
- BUp 4, then down 4
- CDown 4, then down 4
- DUp 4, then down 2
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Answer: B) Up 4, then down 4
(+4) + (−4) = 0, so the total change is zero and the lift ends where it began.
4. A tea stall earned ₹600 in the morning, paid ₹850 for milk and sugar, and earned ₹400 in the evening. What is the result for the day?
- AProfit of ₹1850
- BProfit of ₹150
- CLoss of ₹250
- DLoss of ₹150
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Answer: B) Profit of ₹150
600 − 850 = −250 after the payment, then −250 + 400 = +150. A profit of ₹150.
5. Ravi's ludo-style game has a rule: landing on a red square gives −3. He starts at 0 and lands on red squares 4 times and on a +5 star once. What is his score?
- A−17
- B+7
- C−7
- D+17
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Answer: C) −7
Four red squares: (−3) + (−3) + (−3) + (−3) = −12. Then −12 + 5 = −7. (+7 forgets the minus signs.)
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