Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan (VVM) 2016

Prathama Junior Group (Class VI, VII & VIII)

Model Question Paper
(for practice purposes only)

Time: 60 Min

Total number of questions: 100

Max Marks: 100

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01.

Circular motion is
(a) A periodic motion
(b) A linear motion

02.

A switch is used in an electrical circuit to

(a) Make and break the circuit
(b) Control the current in the circuit

03.

(c) Pressure is high.

(d) Pressure is low.

Sound of which of the following frequencies is inaudible to human?

(a) 30 Hz
(b) 1500 Hz

11.

(c) Black
(d) Dark red

It is difficult to walk on ice because

(a) Friction is high.
(b) Friction is low.

10.

(c) Magnetic energy to electrical energy

(d) Electrical energy to mechanical energy

To an astronaut, the outer space appears

(a) Dark blue
(b) White

09.

(c) Dark image

(d) Real image

A cell converts
(a) Electrical energy to chemical energy
(b) Chemical energy to electrical energy

08.

(c) 25 km
(d) 15 km

An Image that can be observed on a screen is

(a) Virtual image
(b) Bright image

07.

(c) 13.5 second

(d) 1.5 second

A car travels for 15 minutes with speed of 40 kmph and then for 10 minutes with 60 kmph.
Total distance travelled by the car is
(a) 20 km
(b) 100 km

06.

(c) Absorption of light

(d) Radiation of light

Time period of a simple pendulum is 1.5 second. How much time will it take to complete 9
oscillations?
(a) 12 second
(b) 9 second

05.

(c) Cool down the circuit

(d) To heat the circuit

We can see our image on a polished glossy surface because of

(a) Refraction of light
(b) Reflection of light

04.

(c) An oscillatory motion

(d) A non-accelerated motion

(c) 15000 Hz
(d) 30000 Hz

Acid rain is caused by

(a) Oxygen
(b) sulphur dioxide

(c) phosphorus pentaoxide

(d) silicon di oxide

12.

The density of water is maximum at

(a) 0oC
(b) 20C

13.

Which of the following is an alloy?

(a) silver
(b) gold

14.

(c) diffusion
(d) osmosis

A vendor bought toffee at 6 for a rupee. How many for a rupee must he sell to gain 20%
profit?
(a) 3
(b) 4

22.

(c) mosquito repellent

(d) petrol additive

The absorption of ink by a tissue paper involves

(a) viscosity
(b) capillary action

21.

(c) Safe and fit for drinking.

(d) used only for washing clothes

Tetraethyl lead is used as

(a) pain killer
(b) fire extinguisher

20.

(c) Basic
(d) Neutral

Potable water is the water which is

(a) Obtained from a river.
(b) Obtained from a lake.

19.

(c) Turmeric
(d) Baking soda

Bacteria in your mouth produce acids, so you should use toothpaste that is
(a) Acidic
(b) saline

18.

(c) Ammonia
(d) Nitrogen

Which of the following is an acid-base indicator?

(a) Vinegar
(b) Lime water

17.

(c) Adding more solute

(d) Cannot be made unsaturated

Aquatic animals like fish excrete their wastes in gaseous form as

(a) Oxygen
(b) Hydrogen

16.

(c) steel
(d) iron

A saturated solution can become unsaturated by

(a) Cooling
(b) Heating

15.

(c) 4oC
(d) 1oC

(c) 5
(d) 6

Two numbers are in the ratio 15:11 & their HCF is 13. Find the numbers.
(a) 194,140
(b) 190,144

(c) 195,143
(d) 192,142

23.

Abscissa of a point is positive in.

(a) I quadrant only
(b) I and III quadrant

24.

(c) I and IV quadrant

(d) In all quadrants

At what rate percent per annum will the simple interest on a sum of money be 2 th of the
5

amount in 10 years?
(a) 1%
(b) 2%
25.

Perpendicular sides of a right angled triangle are 12 and 16 cm. What is the area of a
semicircle drawn with the hypotenuse as the diameter?
(a) 314
(b) 154

26.

(c) 108.6
(d) 106.6

There are 50 balls in a container. Their average weight is 2 N. If the weight of the container be
included, the average increases by 0.05 N. So the weight of the container is .
(a) 2.2 N
(b) 2.3 N

31.

(c) 336
(d) 338

Average of prime numbers between 100 and 120 is .

(a) 111
(b) 109

30.

(c) 5
(d) 6

Sum of second even, fourth odd and first perfect square after 100 is ..
(a) 300
(b) 332

29.

(c) 480 m
(d) 500 m

The least number of complete years in which a sum of money put out at 20% compound
Interest, will be more than double is .
(a) 3
(b) 4

28.

(c) 616
(d) 100

800 m long train running with speed 75 kmph crosses a tunnel in 1 min. What is the length of
the tunnel?
(a) 260 m
(b) 450 m

27.

(c) 3%
(d) 4%

(c) 3 N
(d) 4.55 N

_________ was one of Indias major export industries till British dismantled and formally
banned it.
(a) Textiles
(b) Spices

(c) Shipbuilding
(d) Ayurveda

32.

Which of the following is NOT an important objective of Indias nuclear energy programme?
(a) Power Generation
(b) Agriculture

33.

Indias first satellite built by ISRO in 1975 was _______

(a) Aryabhatta
(b) Intelsat

34.

(c) Study of Stellar Evolution

(d) Physics

Cracking the complex functions and structures of Ribosome fetched an Indian scientist a
Nobel Prize. Who was he?
(a) C V Raman
(b) S Chandrasekhar

41.

(c) Har Govind Khurana

(d) C V Raman

Dr. Har Govind Khurana was awarded Nobel Prize for

(a) Studying Scattering Effect of Light
(b) Interpretation of Genetic Code

40.

(c) Alphonse Laveran

(d) Ronald Ross

Indian scientist to receive the Nobel Prize for study of Scattering Effect of Sunlight was
(a) S. Chandrasekhar
(b) M S Swaminathan

39.

(c) Uttarakhand
(d) Indian Ocean

This Indian origin scientist proved in 1897 the long suspected link between mosquitoes and
malaria.
(a) J C Bose
(b) Varahmihir

38.

(c) I T
(d) Jewellery

Dakshin Gangotri is in _______

(a) Antarctica
(b) Himalayas

37.

(c) Communication
(d) Spying

In last 10 years, which industry in India has grown at an average annual rate of 30%?
(a) Automobile
(b) e-Commerce

36.

(c) INSAT
(d) Edusat

India is the only third world country to develop its own ________ satellite.
(a) Weather monitoring
(b) Remote sensing

35.

(c) Medicine
(d) Nuclear Missile

(c) A P J Abdul Kalam

(d) Venkataraman Ramakrishan

Name the Indian regarded as the Father of Surgery.

(a) Charak
(b) Sushrut

(c) Dhanwantari
(d) Bhaskara-II

42.

Which ancient Indian scholar calculated most accurately, i.e. with a difference of only 3.5
minutes, the time required for the Earth to orbit the Sun?
(a) Brahmagupta
(b) Bhaskaracharya

43.

Famous scientists, Satyendra Nath Bose and Meghnad Saha were students of this scientist.
(a) J C Bose
(b) P C Ray

44.

(c) Homi Bhabha

(d) P C Ray

___________ came into news in connection with the discovery of what is popularly called the
God Particle.
(a) A P J Abdul Kalam
(b) Satyendra N Bose

50.

(c) Har Govind Khurana

(d) P C Ray

Which of the following scientists is credited to have founded the prestigious Institute of
Nuclear Physics in 1950?
(a) Meghnad Saha
(b) Satyendra N Bose

49.

(c) Homi Bhabha

(d) Anil Kakodkar

He was an Indian born Nobel Prize winner who did pioneering work on proteins and nucleic
acids. His father was a Patwari, an agriculture taxation clerk in British India. Name him.
(a) Anil Kakodkar
(b) Vijay Bhatkar

48.

(c) Satyendra N Bose

(d) Meghnad Saha

For his studies on the technique of casting coins in ancient India, the Numismatic Society of
India awarded the Nelson Wright Medal to which of these scientists?
(a) Meghnad Saha
(b) Birbal Sahni

47.

(c) P C Mahalanobis
(d) J C Bose

In 1892, who founded Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceutical Works, Indias first
pharmaceutical company?
(a) J C Bose
(b) P C Ray

46.

(c) Birbal Sahni

(d) P C Mahalanobis

Which of these scientists was the first to prove that even plants have feelings?
(a) Birbal Sahni
(b) Har Govind Khurana

45.

(c) Aryabhatta
(d) Kalidasa

(c) Homi Bhabha

(d) Anil Kakodkar

Dr. Salim Ali, the Birdman of India was a/an __________

(a) Ornithologist
(b) Palaeontologist

(c) Archaeologist
(d) Entomologist

51.

Who invented the technique for test tube fertilisation of an angiosperm?

(a) Dr Salim Ali
(b) Panchanan Maheshwari

52.

Who founded the Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding?

(a) Panchanan Maheshwari
(b) Salim Ali

53.

(c) Vainu Bappu

(d) V Kurien

The Missile Man of India, Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, specialized in

(a) Aerospace Engineering
(b) Aeronautical Engineering

60.

(c) Varghese Kurien

(d) Vainu Bappu

This famous geneticist is known as the man behind Indias Green Revolution.
(a) M S Swaminathan
(b) A P J Abdul Kalam

59.

(c) an instrumentation Engineer

(d) Biologist

Who engineered the White Revolution of India?

(a) M S Swaminathan
(b) Vikram Sarabhai

58.

(c) Trivandrum
(d) Thumba

Varghese Kurien, fondly remembered as The Milkman of India, was a

(a) Mechanical Engineer
(b) Zoologist

57.

(c) Varghese Kurien

(d) A P J Abdul Kalam

Indias first rocket launching station was set up at

(a) Balasore
(b) Sri Harikota

56.

(c) Homi J Bhabha

(d) B P Pal

Who of these is fondly remembered as the Father of Indian Space Programme?

(a) Homi J Bhabha
(b) Vikram Sarabhai

55.

(c) B P Pal
(d) Homi Bhabha

Who of the following is known as the main architect of Indian Atomic Energy Programme?
(a) Vikram Sarabhai
(b) J C Bose

54.

(c) B P Pal
(d) Vijay Bhatkar

(c) Astrophysics
(d) Nuclear Science

The famous Iron Pillar in Delhi has withstood corrosion for the last ______ years.
(a) 1500
(b) 1600

(c) 1650
(d) 1800

61.

How many elder sister/s APJ Abdul Kalam had?

(a) 1
(b) 2

62.

At Pamban Island Dr Kalams ancestral house was in the vicinity of which temple?
(a) Ramanathaswamy
(b) Venkaseshwar

63.

(c) His Teacher

(d) His friend

The date of birth of Dr Kalam is 15th day of October 1931. What was the day on this date?
(a) Monday
(b) Tuesday

70.

(c) Mark Spenser

(d) Einstien

Who told to Dr Kalam that thrift and self-control are sought because they create character?
(a) His father
(b) His mother

69.

(c) Oriental
(d) Pearson

In 1961 Dr Kalam saw a film The Absent-Minded Professor. Who was the actor of this film?
(a) Wd Eynn
(b) Ed Wynn

68.

(c) Pakir
(d) Abdul

Name publisher of the book Wings of Fire of APJ Abdul Kalam with Arun Tiwari
(a) University Press
(b) Tata McGraw Hill

67.

(c) John Canady

(d) Geroge Bush

What was the name of Kalams the great grand father

(a) Avul
(b) Jainulabdeen

66.

(c) Friend
(d) Brother in law

Dr Kalam visited whose house on 28 May 2005 during his visit to Switzerland.
(a) Newton
(b) Einstein

65.

(c) Badrinath
(d) Rameshwar

What relation Marakyar had with Dr Kalam?

(a) Brother
(b) Uncle

64.

(c) 3
(d) 4

(c) Thursday
(d) Sunday

The southernmost tip of the Pamban Island is

(a) Dhanushkodi
(b) Perumdur

(c) Puducherry
(d) Sriharikota

71.

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water, who said this
(a) Kalam
(b) Tagore

72.

To whom Dr Kalam gives credit for developing a fascination in him for the flying.
(a) Siva Subramania Iyer
(b) Father

73.

(c) Rameswaram
(d) Dhankavadi

Iyadurai Solomon was Dr Kalams teacher at

(a) Shwartz
(b) Rameswaram

80.

(c) Sardar Patel

(d) Bhagwan Budha

Where is Sethupaty Raja Palace situated?

(a) Ramnad town
(b) Chennai

79.

(c) Dairy farm

(d) House

Who is well known for policy of iron fist in a velvet glove

(a) Tagore
(b) Dr Kalam

78.

(c) 2010
(d) 2007

STR Manickam, a revolutionary nationalist was popular because of his owning a

(a) Huge library
(b) Swimming pool

77.

(c) Bachchan
(d) Mahadevi Verma

Which year Dr Kalams book you are born to blossom was published.
(a) 2008
(b) 2006

76.

(c) Ten Rupees

(d) Fifty Paise

Who is the author of Dr Kalams favourite poem Where the Mind is without fear and head is
held high...
(a) Dinkar
(b) Tagore

75.

(c) Mother
(d) Brother

How much APJ could earn by selling tamarind seeds during crisis days
(a) One anna
(b) One Rupee

74.

(c) Gandhi
(d) Nehru

(c) Dhankavadi
(d) Chennai

Who advised Dr Kalam that, Keep reading books, but you should learn to think for yourself.
(a) Tagore
(b) S Srinivasan

(c) STR Manickam

(d) Sarabhai

81.

Which of the following are the factors of (49p2+154p+121)?

(a) (p-1)(49p+121)
(b) (7p+11)(7p+11)

82.

Rohit ran 20% faster than Sunil. If Rohits speed was 30 km/hr, what was Sunils speed?
(a) 24 km/hr
(b) 25 km/hr

83.

(c) (155, 35)

(d) (60,130)

Choose the simple form of

(a) 25/4
(b) 25/6
89.

(c) 45 years
(d) 5x2 years

Find two positive numbers whose sum is 190 and the sum of their cubes is the least.
(a) (100, 90)
(b) (95, 95)

88.

(c) 112
(d) 224

A girl is now x years old and her father is 5x years old. How old will the father be when
the girl will be 3x years old?
(a) 15x years
(b) 7x years

87.

(c) 14
(d) 10

Two numbers are in ratio 2:7. If their LCM is 224, find the greater number.
(a) 32
(b) 56

86.

(c) 96
(d) 93

If a clock strikes 12 in 22 seconds, in how many seconds will it strike 6?

(a) 12
(b) 11

85.

(c) 36 km/hr
(d) 20 km/hr

A shopkeeper sells chocolates for Rs.6.50 and a toffee for Rs.2.00 each. If he earned total
Rs.836.50 by selling 209 chocolates and toffees, how many chocolates did he sell?
(a) 87
(b) 116

84.

(c) (7p+11)(7p-11)
(d) (p+1)(49p+121)

(c) 23/8
(d) 25/8

Out of 200 bags of apples, a wholesaler sells first 150 bags at a rate of Rs P per bag. For
remaining bags he offers a discount of 20% per bag. The total amount collected from this sale
is.
(a) Rs.190
(b) Rs.150 P

(c) Rs.150 P +40

(d) Rs.190 P

90.

A 30 litre mixture of milk and water has milk and water in ratio of 7:3. How much water
should be added to the mixture to make the ratio 3:7?
(a) 10 litre
(b) 20 litre

91.

Which one out of following contains starch?

(a) meat
(b) egg

92.

(c) gall bladder

(d) stomach

Silk is obtained from __.

(a) silk worms body
(b) silkworm cocoons

98.

(c) fungi and algae

(d) algae and mushrooms

Bile juice is stored in ____.

(a) liver
(b) pancreas

97.

(c) hip joint is movable but not the upper

jaw
(d) hip is hinge joint but upper jaw forms
ball and socket joint

Lichen is association between ___ and _____.

(a) fungi and protozoan
(b) algae and plants

96.

(c) shrubs are taller than the herbs but

shorter than the trees
(d) there is no difference in the height of
plants

Which of the following statements is correct?

(a) the hip joint is immovable but upper jaw
is freely movable
(b) the hip joint is ball and socket but upper
jaw is attached to skull by hinge joint

95.

(c) animal skin

(d) a nutritious meal

Which of the following statements is correct?

(a) herbs are shorter than trees but taller
than shrubs
(b) trees are shortest and shrubs the
tallest

94.

(c) sugar
(d) rice

What is jute?
(a) a kind of fibre from plant
(b) a name used for art of making cloth

93.

(c) 30 litre
(d) 40 litre

(c) shells of oysters

(d) eggs of silk moth

The blood loss can be stopped by the formation of clot. This is largely due to an enzyme
released by _______________
(a) platelets
(b) red blood cells

(c) white blood cells

(d) plasma

99.

A vision defect called farsightedness is _____.

(a) myopia
(b) hyperopia

100.

(c) cataract
(d) arthritis

Which of the following events are due to adrenalin?

(a) faster breathing; more blood to
digestive system
(b) slower heart beats; more blood to
skeletal muscles

(c) quicker heart beats; more blood to

skeletal muscles
(d) more blood to skeletal muscles and
digestive system