Sample Paper

X to XI Moving
Time: 2 Hours | Max. Marks: 100
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Science, 21 to 35 pertain to Mathematics, 36 to 50 belong to Social Science and 50-100 are on Mental
Ability.
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 Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)
01. An electric bulb allows a maximum current of 05. Two lamps, one rated 40 W – 240 V and the other
62.5 mA, when it is operated at 240 V. Calculate 60 W – 240 V are connected in parallel to 240 V
its wattage. supply. What current is drawn from the supply
(1) 15 watt (2) 30 watt line?
(1) 0.216 A (2) 0.416 A
(3) 40 watt (4) 60 watt
(3) 0.616 A (4) 0.816 A
02. The resistance whose V-I graph is given below is 06. The power of a concave lens is –2D. Find its focal
length
(1) 0.3 m (2) 0.4 m
(3) 0.5 m (4) 0.6 m
07. Two thin lenses of power +5D and –3D are placed
in contact. Find the power of the combination.
(1) +1D (2) +2D
(3) +3D (4) +4D
08. Aluminium is used for making cooking utensils.
5 3 5 2
(1)  (2)  (3)  (4)  Which of the following properties of aluminium
3 5 2 5 are responsible for the same?
03. In the adjoining circuit, the power dissipated (i) Good thermal conductivity
across 16 resistance is 3 watt. Find the power (ii) Good electrical conductivity
delivered across 4 resistance. (iii) Ductility
(iv) High melting point
(1) (i) and (ii) (2) (i) and (iii)
(3) (ii) and (iii) (4) (i) and (iv)
09. When Ag is exposed to air it gets a black coating
of
(1) 2 watt (2) 4 watt (1) AgNO3 (2) Ag2S
(3) Ag2O (4) Ag2CO3
(3) 16 watt (4) 12 watt
10. In terms of acidic strength, which one of the
04. In the adjoining circuit, the power delivered in following is in the correct increasing order?
8 resistor in 9 watt. What is the power (1) Water < Acetic acid < Hydrochloric acid
dissipated in 12 resistor.. (2) Water < Hydrochloric acid < Acetic acid
(3) Acetic acid < Water < Hydrochloric acid
(4) Hydrochloric acid < Water < Acetic acid
11. Tomato is a natural source of which acid?
(1) Acetic acid (2) Citric acid
(3) Tartaric acid (4) Oxalic acid
(1) 2 watt (2) 4 watt
(3) 6 watt (4) 8 watt

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12. Which of the following are exothermic processes? 20. Absorption of water from the soil through the roots
is increased when:
(i) Reaction of water with quick lime
(1) Transpiration is increased
(ii) Dilution of an acid
(2) Photosynthesis is increased
(iii) Evaporation of water
(3) Respiration is increased
(iv) Sublimation of camphor (crystals)
(4) Transpiration is decreased
(1) (i) and (ii) (2) (ii) and (iii)
21. Two circles of radii 1 cm, intersect such that the
(3) (i) and (iv) (4) (ii) and (iv) circumference of each one passes through the
13. Which property of metals is used for making bells centre of the other. what is the area of the
and strings of musical instruments like Sitar and intersecting region?
Violin?
(1) Sonorousness (2) Malleability  3 2 3
(1)  (2) 
(3) Ductility (4) Conductivity 3 4 3 2
14. What is formed when zinc reacts with sodium
hydroxide? 4 3 2 3
(1) Zinc hydroxide and sodium (3)  (4) 
3 2 3 2
(2) Sodium zincate and hydrogen gas
22. What is the distance in cm between two parallel
(3) Sodium zinc-oxide and hydrogen gas
chords of lengths 32 cm and 24 cm in a circle of
(4) Sodium zincate and water
radius 20 cm?
15. How many X chromosomes are present in a male?
(1) 1 or 7 (2) 2 or 14
(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 2 (4) 4
16. The embryo gets nutrition from the mother’s blood (3) 4 or 28 (4) 3 or 21
with the help of a special tissue called 23. The length of a ladder is exactly equal to the height
(1) Uterus (2) Placenta of the wall it is learning against. If lower end of
the ladder is kept on a stool of height 3m and the
(3) Ovary (4) All of these stool is kept 9m away from the wall, the upper
17. Dialysis is meant for which of the following organ? end of the ladder coincides with the top of the wall.
(1) Kidney (2) Gall bladder Then the height of the wall is:
(3) Lung (4) Liver
(1) 12 m (2) 15 m
18. A reflex arc in man is best described as movement
of stimuli from: (3) 18 m (4) 11 m
(1) Receptor cell  Sensory neuron  Relaying 24. In the adjoining figure AC + AB = 5AD and
neuron  Effector muscles AC – AD = 8. then the area of the rectangle ABCD
is
(2) Receptor cell  Efferent nerve  Relaying
neuron  Muscles of the body
(3) Receptor cell  Spinal cord  Motor (1) 36
neuron  Relaying neuron (2) 50
(4) Receptor cell  Synapse  Motor neuron (3) 60
 Relaying neuron (4) Cannot be answered
19. Chemical messengers are
(1) Hormones (2) Enzymes
(3) Vitamins (4) Nucleic acids
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25. PQRS is a square. SR is a tangent (at point S) to 28. Find the value(s) of k for which the equation
the circle with centre O and TR = OS. Then the x2 + 5kx + 16 = 0 has no real roots
ratio of area of the circle to the area of the square
5 5 8 8
is (1) –  k  (2)   k 
3 8 3 3
8 8 3 3
(3)   k  (4) – k
5 5 8 8
29. Find the number of natural numbers between 101
and 999 which are divisible by both 2 and 5.
(1) 72 (2) 82 (3) 99 (4) 89
30. The sum of first n terms of an A.P. is 5n2 + 3n. If
its mth term is 168, find the value of m.
(1) 17 (2) 11 (3) 14 (4) 16
31. If two vertices of an equilateral triangle be (0, 0),
(3, 3) , then the third vertex:

(1) (2 3, 0) or (3, 3)
 11 3 7
(1) (2) (3) (4) (2) (0, 2 3) or(3,  3)
3 7  11
26. If  & B are the zeros of the quadratic polynomial (3) (2, 2 3) or(6, 2 3)
f(x) = x2 – px + q, then find the value of  2  B2 (4) (2, 2 3) or( 6, 2 3)

(1) 2p2 – 2q (2) p2 – 2q 32. If  is an acute angle and 0 90 , then the
value of sec  :
(3) 4p2 – 2q (4) p – 2q2
27. Find the value(s) of k for which the system of (1) sec  = 1 (2) sec   1
equations (3) sec   1 (4) Both (1) & (3)
kx – y = 2 33. In a triangle ABC if A & B are
6x – 2y = 3 complementary then tan C:
have unique solutions. (1) 0 (2) undefined
(1) k  3 (2) k = 3 1
(3) 1 (4)
(3) k = 4 (4) k2 3
34. (1  cot   cos ec) (1  tan   sec ) 
(1) –1 (2) –2 (3) 3 (4) 2

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35. In the diagram given below 41. ______ in the Mahanadi basin integrates the
ABD  CDB  PQD  90 conservation of water with flood control.
If AB : CD = 3 : 1, the ratio of CD : PQ is (1) Krishna Raja Sagara project
(2) Tehri project
(3) Hirakud project
(4) Bhakra Nangal project
42. In the Sutlej-Beas river basin, the ______ water is
being used both for hydel power production and
irrigation.
(1) 3 : 1 (2) 1 : 3 (1) Nagarjuna Sagar project
(3) 4 : 3 (4) 3 : 4 (2) Sardar Sarovar project
36. The Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act was (3) Kallanai project
implemented in _____, with various provisions (4) Bhakra Nangal project
for protecting habitats. 43. Which of the following statements is true about
(1) 1972 (2) 1975 Satyagraha?
(1) Satyagrah is not a physical force
(3) 1971 (4) 1974
(2) It is the weapon of the weak
37. Which of the following animals were gravely (3) A Satyagrah does not inflict pain on the
threatened, and the Central Government adversary
announced several projects for protecting them? (4) Option (1) and (3)
(1) Kashmir stag 44. The first political experiment in liberal democracy
(2) The Asiatic lion took place in __________ .
(1) Germany (2) France
(3) One-horned rhinoceros
(3) Italy (4) Great Britain
(4) All of the above
45. Which of the following statements about the Civil
38. Manas Tiger Reserve is located in ____. Code of 1804, usually known as the Napoleonic
(1) Tamil Nadu (2) Kerala Code, are true?
(3) Assam (4) Orissa (1) Secured the Right to Property
39. Which of the following is located in the state of (2) Established Equality before the Law
Rajasthan? (3) Removed all privileges based on birth
(1) Corbett National Park (4) All of the above
(2) Bandhavgarh National Park 46. The idea of La Patrie means ________ .
(3) Periyar Tiger Reserve (1) Motherland (2) Fatherland
(4) Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary (3) Citizens (4) Monarchy
40. _______ has the largest area under permanent
forests, constituting 75 per cent of its total forest
area.
(1) Orissa (2) Madhya Pradesh
(3) Chhattisgarh (4) Assam
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47. Which of the following statements about the effect
of the Non-cooperation Movement are true?
(1) The import of foreign cloth halved between
1921 and 1922
(2) In many places, merchants and traders refused
to trade in foreign goods or finance foreign
trade
(3) Production of Indian textile mills and
handlooms went up
(4) All of the above
48. What was one of the main reasons behind
Mahatma Gandhi’s decision to take up the Khilafat
issue?
(1) To bring more unity among Hindus and
Muslims
(2) To bring more unity among Hindus and
Christians
(3) To bring more unity among Christians and
Muslims
(4) None of the above
49. When many countries of Europe came together to
form the European Union, _ _ _ _ _ was chosen
as its headquarters.
(1) Brussels (2) Paris
(3) London (4) Zurich
50. The amended Constitution of Belgium prescribed
that the number of ________ and French-speaking
ministers shall be equal in the Central
Government.
(1) Italian (2) German
(3) English (4) Dutch

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 Mental Ability Test (MAT)
Directions (51 to 54): Each question consists of four Directions (60 to 61): In each question there are circles.
groups. One set is different from the other three in Certain numbers are given inside/outside the
some way. Find out the different set - circles according to a particular rule. In each
51. (1) NMRQ (2) FEIH question one of the circles has a (?) mark inside it.
Choose the correct answer to fill in the space
(3) SRWV (4) HGLK
marked (?) from the given alternatives.
52. (1) ATLER (2) TALER
(3) TALEN (4) LATER
53. (1) M.S. DHONI
(2) SACHIN TENDULKAR 60.
(3) VISWANATHAN ANAND
(4) SHANE WARNE (1) 9 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4
54. (1) MERCURY
(2) IRON
(3) ZINC
61.
(4) COPPER
Directions (55 to 59): In the following questions there
is a letter series with one term missing shown by (1) 2 (2) 5
(?). Find this term.
(3) 7 (4) 31
55. GIK, EGI, (?), ACE, YAC
Directions (62 to 64): These questions are based on
(1) ECG (2) CEG letter series in which some of the letters are
(3) GCE (4) EGC missing. The missing letters are given in the proper
56. ABYZ, ADWZ, (?), AHSZ sequence in one of the alternatives among the four
(1) AFUZ given under each question. Find out the correct
(2) AUFZ alternatives for each question.
(3) ZFUA 62. a ___ ___ ab ___ aa ___ ___ bb
(4) ZUFA (1) abbab
57. OBDR, (?), SZBV, UYAX, WXZZ (2) ababa
(1) WUWZ (2) YTVB (3) baabb
(3) ASVD (4) QACT (4) None of these
58. VTRP, NLJH, FDBZ, XVTR, (?) 63. nc ___ ddc ___ nn ___ d ___ d ___ nn
(1) JLPN (2) LJPN (1) dnccd (2) dndcc
(3) NPLJ (4) PNLJ (3) dncdc (4) ddnad
59. BDFH, DFHJ, (?), HJLN, JLND 64. ab ___ cba ___ bccb ___ a ___ cc ___ aa ___ c
(1) JLNR (2) FHJL (1) bcacbb (2) caabbb
(3) JLRN (4) HJLN (3) caabcb (4) cbaccc
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Directions (65 to 69): Out of nine cells of a square 69.
one cell is left blank, and in the rest of the cells
numbers are written which follows some rules. Get
the rule and find out the proper option for the blank
cell (?).

(1) RQ (2) RT (3) PR (4) RP

65. 70. Six girls are sitting in a circle facing toward the
centre. Sarita is sitting to the left of Kamla and
right to Radha, is just opposite to Shilpi. Shilpi is
sitting left to Saroj but right to Shobha. Who is
sitting in between Radha and Shilpi.
(1) Saroj (2) Sarita
(3) Shobha (4) Kamla
(1) 72 (2) 12 (3) 18 (4) 13
71. If in the above question the position of girls Saroj
66. and Sarita change their position. Similarly Shobha
and Radha also change their positions. In new
positions who is sitting right to the Sarita ?
(1) Saroj (2) Shobha
(3) Kamla (4) Shilpi
Directions (72 to 76): The following questions are
based on the arrangement of alphabets in the form
(1) 18 (2) 54 (3) 81 (4) 15 of a pyramid. In each question there is some
relationship between the two sets of letters on the
67. left of the (::). The same relationship exists
between the two terms on the right of which one
is missing. Find the missing one from the given
alternatives.

(1) 6 (2) 9 (3) 15 (4) 18

68.
72. ABD : ADB :: AEI : ?
(1) AIE (2) EAI
(3) IEA (4) AEI
73. AES : AIW :: ? : CHN
(1) CKS (2) CFL
(1) 31 (2) 30 (3) 10 (4) 08 (3) CFT (4) CBF
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74. EFLK : ? :: GEKM : GIOM 81. How many pairs of letters are there in the word
(1) IHON (2) HOIN 'NURSING' which have as many letters between
(3) IHNO (4) HION them as in the alphabet?
75. ? : HXVH :: GSUG : GWUG (1) One (2) Three
(1) FRTF (2) FRFT (3) Five (4) Six
(3) TFRT (4) FKTF 82. Arrange the given words Alphabetical Order and
choose the one that comes first.
76. JKTU : ? :: JLUW : PNUS
(1) Science (2) Scrutiny
(1) POVU (2) POUV
(3) Scripture (4) Scramble
(3) OVUP (4) VOUP
83. He total age of Amar, Akbar and Anthony is 80
Direction (77 to 79): Each of the following questions years. What was the total of their ages three years
is based on the following information. ago?
A # B means B is at 1 metre to the right of A. (1) 71 years (2) 72 years
A $ B means B is at 1 metre to the North of A. (3) 74 years (4) 77 years
A * B means B is at 1 metre to the left of A. 84. Two bus tickets from city A to B and three tickets
A @ B means B is at 1 metre to the south of A. from city A to C cost `77 but three tickets from
In each question the first person from the left is city A to B and two tickets from city A to C cost
facing North. `73. What are the fares for cities B and C from A?
77. According to X @ B * P, P is in which direction (1) `4, `23 (2) `13, `17
with respect to X? (3) `15, `14 (4) `17, `13
(1) North (2) South 85. An institute organised a fete and 1/5 of the girls
(3) North-East (4) South-West and 1/8 of the boys participated in the same. What
78. According to M # N $ T, T is in which direction fraction of the total number of students took part
with respect to M? in the fete ?
(1) North-West (2) North-East (1) 2/13 (2) 13/40
(3) South-West (4) South-East (3) Data inadequate (4) None of these
79. According to P # R $ A * U, in which direction is 86. A, B, C, D and E play a game of cards. A says to
U with respect to P? B, "If you give me three cards, you will have as
(1) East (2) West many as E has and if I give you three cards, you
will have as many as D has." A and B together
(3) North (4) South have 10 cards more than what D and E together
80. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W have. If B has two cards more than what C has
X Y Z. and the total number of cards is 133, how many
Which letter in this alphabet is the eighth letter to cards does B have ?
the right of the letter and which is the tenth letter (1) 22 (2) 23
to the left of the last but one letter of the alphabet? (3) 25 (4) 35
(1) X (2) W
(3) I (4) H
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87. Which of the following diagrams indicates the best 93. If + stands for ‘division’, × stands for ‘addition’,
relation between Paper, Stationery and Ink ? – stands for ‘multiplication’ and ÷ stands for
subtraction, then which of the following equations
is correct?
(1) (2) (1) 36 × 6 + 7 ÷ 2 – 6 = 20.
(2) 36 + 6 – 3 × 5 ÷ 3 = 24.
(3) 36 ÷ 6 + 3 × 5 – 3 = 45.
(3) (4) (4) 36 – 6 + 3 × 5 ÷ 3 = 74.
94. The following number series follows a particular
88. In a town of 500 people, 285 read Hindu and 212 pattern. One of the numbers in the given series is
read Indian Express and 127 read Times of India, wrong. Identify the wrong number:
20 read Hindu and Times of India and 29 read
Hindu and Indian Express and 35 read Times of 3, 15, 63, 129, 1023, 4095
India and Indian Express . 50 read no newspaper. (1) 15 (2) 63
Then how many read only one paper ? (3) 129 (4) 4095
(1) 123 (2) 231 (3) 312 (4) 321 95. Rohit at a wedding asked to find the seating
89. Pointing out a man receiving the prize, Malaika arrangement of the guests. There are eight guests,
said, “He is the brother of my uncle’s daughter.” named Mrs. Hudson, John, Azhar, Sunita, Amber,
Who is the man to Malaika? Rajesh, Mahima and Vishal, who are supposed to
(1) Son (2) Brother-in-law sit in two rows of four chairs each, facing each
other. The following information was provided:
(3) Nephew (4) Cousin
Amber is between Mrs. Hudson and Vishal, but
90. Pointing to a girl in the picture, Salman said, “Her
mother’s brother is the only son of my mother’s just opposite to John. Rajesh is at one end of a
father.” How is the girl’s mother related to Salman line and is just next in the right of the John; or
if the girl is not the real sister of Salman? Rajesh is just after John. Mahima, who is sitting
(1) Sister (2) Aunt at one end of a row, just diagonally opposite to
(3) Grandmother (4) None of these Mrs. Hudson (who is at the other end of the
91. B is the father of Q. B has only two children. Q is opposite row).
the brother of R. R is the daughter of P. A is the Which of the following statements is/are definitely
granddaughter of P. S is the father of A. How is S
related to Q? true ?
(1) Son (2) Son-in-law I. Vishal is just next to Amber.
(3) Brother (4) Brother-in-law II. Azhar is just near Vishal.
92. One morning after sunrise, Vimal started to walk. III. Mahima is either next or opposite to Sunita
During this walk he met Stephen who was coming IV. Sunita is diagonally opposite to Rajesh.
from the opposite direction. Vimal watches the (1) Only I and III
shadow of Stephen to the right of him (Vimal). To (2) Only II and IV
Which direction Vimal was facing?
(3) Only III
(1) East (2) West
(4) Only I, III and IV
(3) South (4) Data inadequate
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Direction (Questions 96 to 97): Read the following 99. ‘BUILD’ is related to ‘CAWRQ’ such that the
passage and answer the questions given below: letters having reflection symmetry with respect to
In the administrative structure of an academic a mirror. Placed on the right side at the same
institution, the highest body is the Executive positions. Which among the following pairs bears
Council (EC). There are Academic Programme the same relationship ?
Committee (APC), Finance Committee (FC), (1) EARTH : NPOQX
Planning Division (PD) who have to report to the (2) CROWN : DABCM
EC. The Vice Chancellor chairs the APC, FC and (3) HOUSE : TRASHE
PD while the chancellor chairs the EC. The
Schools of Studies(Science/Humanities/Social (4) LAUGH : GHTZL
Science/Commerce /Education/Engineering and [Link] old couple with memory issues had forgotten
Technology) come under the jurisdiction of APC. their anniversary and were trying to recollect the
96. The faculty members of the School of Commerce date. The lady clearly remembers that they got
report to the: married in the month of February of the year 1955.
(1) APC (2) FC The man clearly remembers that he celebrated his
(3) PD (4) EC 21st birthday in the same year, and it was Thursday,
97. Which among the following statement is correct the 3rd of February, as a bachelor. The lady then
in respect of hierarchy ? remembers that they definitely got married before
(1) EC, APC and PD are at the same level the 13th of February. The man knew it had to be a
(2) APC, PD and FC are at the same level weekend, Since he was working on other days
from Monday to Friday. The lady and the man then
(3) EC, APC and FC are at the same level agreed that it was a Sunday. Help them find the
(4) APC is above EC which is above FC and PD date of their wedding which was in the year 1955?
98. In the following question, five statements have (1) 5th of February
been provided which are to be considered as true, (2) 6th of February
even if they do not corroborate our real life
experiences. These are followed by four (3) 8th of February
conclusions as the alternatives. Now in the given (4) 12th of February
statements, which one among the four conclusions
is definitely false.
Statements:
Some donuts are dumb.
Some dumbs are sweets.
All sweets are tall.
No tall is a donut.
All donuts are sugar.
(1) Some sweets are sugar
(2) Some sugars are not dumb
(3) Some dumbs are tall
(4) Some talls are dumb

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ANSWER KEY

01. (1) 02. (2) 03. (4) 04. (3) 05. (2) 06. (3) 07. (2)
08. (4) 09. (2) 10. (1) 11. (4) 12. (1) 13. (1) 14. (2)
15. (2) 16. (2) 17. (1) 18. (1) 19. (1) 20. (1) 21. (4)
22. (3) 23. (2) 24. (3) 25. (1) 26. (2) 27. (1) 28. (3)
29. (4) 30. (1) 31. (2) 32. (3) 33. (2) 34. (4) 35. (3)
36. (1) 37. (4) 38. (3) 39. (4) 40. (2) 41. (3) 42. (4)
43. (4) 44. (2) 45. (4) 46. (2) 47. (4) 48. (1) 49. (1)
50. (4) 51. (2) 52. (3) 53. (3) 54. (1) 55. (2) 56. (1)
57. (4) 58. (4) 59. (2) 60. (3) 61. (1) 62. (4) 63. (3)
64. (2) 65. (4) 66. (1) 67. (4) 68. (1) 69. (2) 70. (1)
71. (2) 72. (1) 73. (2) 74. (4) 75. (1) 76. (1) 77. (4)
78. (2) 79. (3) 80. (2) 81. (2) 82. (1) 83. (1) 84. (2)
85. (3) 86. (3) 87. (1) 88. (4) 89. (4) 90. (2) 91. (4)
92. (3) 93. (4) 94. (3) 95. (1) 96. (1) 97. (2) 98. (1)
99. (4) 100. (2)

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