STS Sample Paper
1. The Eiffel Tower has a mass of 10,000,000 kg. A 100:1 scale model of the tower
made from the same material will have a mass of
a. 100,000 kg
b. 10,000 kg
c. 100 kg
d. 10 kg
2. A person travels from city A to city B with a speed of 40 mph and returns with a
speed of 60 mph. What is his average round-trip speed?
a. 100 mph
b. 48 mph
c. 10 mph
d. None of these
3. An insect is climbing up a 30 ft. vertical wall. Starting from the bottom it climbs up
3 ft. during the day and slips down 2 ft. at night. In how many days will it reach the
top of the wall?
a. 31 days
b. 29 days
c. 28 days
d. 27 days
4. The weight of a closed jar is W while the flies inside it are flying around. What will
be the weight of the jar if the flies settle down inside the jar?
a. Equal to W
b. Less than W
c. More than W
d. Equal to 2W
5. A person carrying a cup of water with floating ice steps into an elevator. If the
elevator accelerates upward, the ice will
a. Float higher
b. Sink deeper
c. Stay at the same level
d. Float at middle
6. Which of the following is not the unit of time
a. Parallactic second
b. Micro Second
c. Leap year
d. Solar day
7. An air bubble in water will act like a
a. convex lens
b. convex mirror
c. concave lens
d. concave mirror
8. A solid ball of metal has a spherical cavity inside it. When the ball is heated the
volume of the cavity will
a. Increase
b. Decrease
c. Remain unaffected
d. Have its shape changed
9. . The basic reason for the extraordinary sparkle of suitably cut diamond is that
a. it has well defined cleavage planes
b. it has a very high transparency
c. it is very hard
d. it has a very high refractive index
10. Brightness of bulb depends on voltage or current?
a. Current
b. Voltage
c. Both A & B
d. None
11. Which of the compound termed as slaked lime?
a. Calcium oxide
b. Calcium hydroxide
c. Calcium carbonate
d. Calcium Bicarbonate
12. The ratio of mass of hydrogen to the mass of oxygen in water is always____
a. 2 : 1 b. 1 : 2 c. 1 : 8 d. 8 : 1
13. Which of the following statement is true about graphite and diamond?
a. Have same crystal structure
b. Have same degree of hardness
c. Have same electric conductivity
d. Can undergo same chemical reaction
14. A chemical process in which substance react with oxygen to give heat is
called_______
b. a. Combustion
c. b. Evaporation
d. c. Reduction
e. d. None of above
15. Trees in tropical rain forest usually grow very tall and straight to compete for
survival. Which of the following abiotic factor is most likely the trees competing for-
a. Sunlight b. Carbon dioxide c. humidity d. all the above
16. Name the nutrient that acts as an insulator in our body
a. Vitamins b. Proteins c. Carbohydrates d. Fats
17. Out of the following who has more pulse rate-
a. Man b. Woman c. Child d. Old person
18. Which order of the food chain shown below is correct –
a. Phytoplankton Small Shark Big Shark Zooplankton
b. Zooplankton Phytoplankton Small Shark Big Shark
c. Small Shark Big Shark Phytoplankton Zooplankton
d. Phytoplankton Zooplankton Small Shark Big Shark
19. Of the following, the rock that is most resistant to both chemical and mechanical
weathering is:
a. shale b. limestone c. marble d. quartzite
20.. Which of the following energy sources does NOT originally come from the Sun?
a. wind b. Ocean thermal energy conversion c. geothermal d. hydroelectric
21. The age of the earth can be estimated by
a. Thickness of the rocks
b. Changes in radioactive minerals
c. Amount of salt present in sea water
d. Amount of erosion
22.. A girl observes that on 21st December at 12 o’clock noon a flag pole outside her
home casts no shadow. Her home must be latitude line known as
a. Tropic of Capricorn
b. Equator
c. Antarctic circle
d. Tropic of cancer
23. Two distinct circles can intersect at most at 2 points. Three distinct circles can
intersect almost at 6 points. Then at most at how many points can 5 distinct circles
intersect?
a. 20 b. 30 c. 25 d. 50
24. Leena has thin sheet of paper measuring 20cm X 30 cm . She repeatedly folds
her paper in half by folding along the shorter line of symmetry. She finishes when
she has a rectangle with area 75cm2 what is the perimeter of her final rectangle?
a. 50cm b. 75cm. c. 70cm d. 35 cm.
25. Meera and her daughters Siya and Riya have the same birthdate. Today Meera is
32yrs old and Siya is 4 yrs. Old and Riya is 1 yr. old. How old will Meera when her
age is the sum of the ages of Siya and Riya?
a. 40 yrs. b. 75 yrs. c. 59 yrs. d. 60 yrs.
26. A bird sits on the top of a lamp post. The angle of depression from the bird to the
feet of an observer standing away from the lamp post is of 30⸰. The distance from
the bird to the observer is 25metres. How tall is the lamp post?
a. 14.34 cm b. 12.5 cm c. 20.48cm d.17.5cm
27. A solid cylinder of iron having radius of the circular base is 2cm and height 9cm
is melted and turn into sphere. Then what will be the radius of the sphere so
formed?
a. 6cm b. 4cm c. 3cm d. 5 cm