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LOYOLA ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE

MODEL QUESTION PAPER

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Section 1: English
1. A board of directors refused a new proposal. 7. Find the compound word that can be formed from
(Which word is a collective noun?) these four words:
(A) refused (B) board of directors GREEN, HOPPER, GRASS, GROUND
(C) new (D) proposal (A) groundgrass (B) grasshopper
(C) greenhopper (D) greenground
2. Choose the correct pronoun from the options to
fill up the blank: 8. The word 'internet' is a word formed by blending
It is really kind of .................... to help me. two words. Which of the following are they?
(A) you (B) your (A) inter + net
(C) yours (D) None of the above (B) interpersonal + network
(C) interconnected + network
3. Fill in the blanks with correct present tense forms
of the verb from the given options: (D) international + network
At the moment, the child ……..(play) in the 9. The clipped word “auto” is the shortened form of
garden. ............. (Choose from the options below to fill
(A) playing (B) plays up the blank with the correct answer)
(C) is playing (D) has been playing (A) autocrat (B) automaton
(C) autopsy (D) automobile
4. Choose the best preposition to fill in the blank in
the following sentence: 10. In the following sentence, find out which part of
The Chief told them to divide the money........... the sentence has an error. If there is no mistake,
the four volunteers. the answer is 'No error'
(A) between (B) among The Cabinet Ministers and the Prime Minister
(C) to (D) for (A) / was at the airport (B) / to receive the foreign
dignitary. (C) / no error (D)
5. Ancient India had .................. university named
(A) The Cabinet Ministers and the Prime
Nalanda. (Choose the correct article to fill up the
Minister
blank)
(B) was at the airport
(A) a (B) an
(C) to receive the foreign dignitary.
(C) the (D) No article
(D) No error
6. There are 12 .................. (sheep) in this farm.
(Choose the correct plural form of the
Noun to fill up the blank)
(A) sheeps (B) sheepes
(C) sheep (D) sheepies

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 Section 2: Mathematics

11. All students in a class are grouped into two 16. Find the volume of a cuboid whose length,
houses, Green and Yellow. The Green house breadth and height are 9ab units, 7ab units and
7a3b3 units respectively.
collected 5 7 kg of used newspaper this week.
20 (A) 23a5b4 (B) 23a5b5
The Yellow house collected 3 kg more. How
4 (C) 441a5b5 (D) 441a5b4
many kilograms of used newspaper did they
17. John bought a second-hand car for Rs 3,50,000.
collect altogether this week?
Repairing it cost him Rs 87,500. If he wants to
9 9
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(A) 20 kg 6
(B) 20 kg sell it and make a profit of 24% on his investment,
what should be the selling price of the car?
(C) 8 9 kg (D) 13 9 kg
20 20 (A) Rs 5,42,500 (B) Rs 2,66,000
12. How many rational numbers are there (C) Rs 3,32,000 (D) Rs 5,42,950
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between and with 20 as their denominator?
80 60 18. The value of a bike depreciates every year by
(A) 2 (B) 10 10%. If its present value is Rs 58,000, then what
(C) 9 (D) 11 will be its value after 3 years?

13. Write the Pythagorean triplet whose one member (A) Rs 40,354 (B) Rs 42,282
is 14. (C) Rs 39,282 (D) Rs 43,354
(A) (14, 48, 50) (B) (6, 10, 14) 19. Tap A can fill a cistern in 4 hours and tap B can
(C) (12, 13, 14) (D) (14, 84, 85) empty the full cistern in 6 hours. If both the taps
are opened together in an empty cistern, then in
14. What is the sum of 19 + 21 + 23 + …...+ 49? how much time will the cistern be filled?
(A) 540 (B) 576 (A) 12 hours (B) 2 hours
(C) 544 (D) 625 (C) 24 hours (D) 4 hours
15. If a – b = 3 and ab = 5, find the value of a3 – b3. 1
20. A train covers a distance of 75 km in 3 hours.
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(A) 155 (B) 14 1
How much distance will it cover in 5 hours.
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(C) 15 (D) 72 (A) 125 km (B) 100 km
(C) 150 km (D) 200 km
Section 3: Science
21. Refractive index of glass with respect to 23. When a body is heated by 10oC, its temperature
0
refractive index of water is 9/8. The refractive changes by.............. F
index of water is 4/3. What is the speed of light in (A) 10 (B) 20
glass?
(C) 40 (D) 50
(A) 3 ? 108 m/s (B) 2 ? 108 m/s
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24. A correct statement among the following is
(C) 2.5 ? 10 m/s (D) 1.5 ? 10 m/s
(A) Nitric acid present in our stomach helps in
22. If a body rotates with a speed of 96 RPM the digestion of food materials.
(revolutions per minute) its angular speed in rad/s (B) Sodium hydroxide is used for making
is bathing soaps.
(A) 9.6 p
rad/s (B) 10 rad/s (C) Hydrochloric acid is called the king of acids
(C) 19.2 rad/s (D) 19.2 p
rad/s (D) Magnesium hydroxide is used as an antacid
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25. Latin name and symbol of tin, antimony and 28. Which one of the following is not a characteristic
tungsten are respectively of bacteriophage?
(A) Plumbum – Pb, Stannum – Sn (A) It cannot live without a living host.
and Wolfram – W (B) It contains DNA
(B) Stibium - Sb , Wolfram -W (C) It can infect bacteria
and Plumbum – Pb
(D) It cannot be crystallized
(C) Stannum – Sn, Stibium – Sb
and Wolfram -W 29. Bryophytes are amphibious plants, because
(D) Wolfram – W, Stannum -Sn (A) They live both in water as well as on land
and Plumbum – Sb (B) They live as parasites as well as saprophytes
26. Heating a block of gold is considered a ............. (C) They live as autotrophs as well as
change heterotrophs
(A) Physical change (D) They need land for living and water for
reproduction.
(B) Chemical change
(C) Physical and chemical change 30. Eyes are called as biological clock of the body.
(D) Neutral change Why?
(A) They are watching clock and giving signals
27. In our body the transport system consists of many to look after the works.
components. What type of organization it is?
(B) They are recognizing night and day times.
(A) cellular level of organization
(C) They are responsible for sleep and wake
(B) tissue level of organization cycle.
(C) organ level of organization (D) They are responsible for detecting light and
(D) organ system level of organization. darkness.

Section 4: Logical Reasoning

31. The missing number in the sequence: 33. If ‘+’ means ‘-’ ; ‘- means ‘×’; ‘×’ means ‘÷’; ‘÷’
2, 7, 22, 67,..........?............ means ‘+’ ; means then the value of
(A) 202 (B) 134 (100 - 2 + 60 ÷ 56) is
(C) 89 (D) 214
(A) 12 (B) 40
32. Choose the number suitable for the place (C) 14 (D) 6
indicated by ?
34. Select the appropriate Venn diagram representing
3 4 9 4 4
4 5 3 3 Dogs, Rabbits, Rats:

648 958 ?

2 1 2 1 2 3
2 1 2
(P ) (Q) (R)

(A) 986 (B) 698

(C) 896 (D) 566

(S) (T)

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 (A) Diagram (P) (B) Diagram (Q) 38. In the English alphabets, the letter fifth to be left
(C) Diagram (T) (D) Diagram (R) of seventeenth letter from the right end is.............
(A) R (B) G
35. Pick the odd man out:
(C) F (D) E
(A) aB EF ij (B) cD GH kl
(C) tU WX ab (D) gH KL op 39. Find the similar relationship between R and S as
the one given in figure P and Q.
36. Code for 'WEST' is 'ZHVW', select code for
'SOUTH'
(A) VQWVJ (B) VRXWK (P) (Q) (R) (S)

(C) UQWVJ (D) HTUOS

37. The next term in the sequence:

5, 64, 25, 32, 125, 16,...........?............ (A) (B) (C) (D)

(A) 8 (B) 625

40. If 3+7 = 103721 and 6+5 = 116530 then 9+4 =?
(C) 225 (D) 525
(A) 139436 (B) 369413
(C) 133694 (D) 361394

Section 5: General Knowledge

41. Which European capital city's name means 44. Which country's old name is not matched
'Merchant's Harbour'? correctly?
(A) Amsterdam (B) Copenhagen (A) Thailand – Siam
(C) Stockholm (D) London (B) Myanmar – Burma
(C) Cambodia – Formosa
42. Who was the first batsman to be given out by
Third Umpire? (D) Zambia – Northern Rhodesia
(A) Jayasuriya (B) Brian Lara 45. The ancestral place of American Vice-President
(C) Sachin Tendulkar (D) Allen Border Kamala Harris is Thulasendrapuram in
Tamilnadu. In which district is it located?
43. Which musical instrument did Bismillah Khan
(A) Thanjavur (B) Tiruvarur
play?
(C) Tiruvannamalai (D) Tiruchirapalli
(A) Shehnai (B) Sitar
(C) Tabla (D) Sarangi

Section 6: Extrapolative Questions

46. The radii of two cylinders are in the ratio5 : 3 and sum when the interest is compounded annually.
their heights are in the ratio 9 : 7. Find the ratio of (A) Rs 22000 (B) Rs 10000
their curved surface areas. (C) Rs. 20000 (D) Rs 12000
(A) 7 : 15 (B) 15 : 63 48. Assertion : Fuse is a strip of alloy wire which is
(C) 63 : 10 (D) 15 : 7 made up of lead and tin
47. The difference between the compound interest Reason (1): lead-tin alloy has high resistance
and the simple interest on a certain sum of money Reason (2): lead-tin alloy has low melting point
at 20% per annum for 2 years is Rs 880. Find the
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 (A) Both Assertion, Reason 1 & Reason 2 are (A) Lime water turns milky
true and Reason 1 & Reason 2 are the correct (B) Lime water turns milky in the beginning and
explanation of Assertion A. after passing excess carbon dioxide
(B) Both Assertion, Reason 1 & Reason 2 are becomes a clear solution.
true but Reason 1 is the correct explanation (C) Lime water turns milky and the white
for the assertion . precipitate formed will not dissolve on
(C) Both Assertion, Reason 1 & Reason 2 are passing excess carbon dioxide through it.
true but Reason 2 is the correct explanation (D) No visible change occurs at room
of the Assertion . temperature, but on heating lime water turns
(D) Assertion is not true but Reason1 & Reason milky.
2 are true 50. We are sitting in a chair for an hour and doing
49. The correct observation for the experiment work in computer, to collect a cup of water, if we
shown in this diagram are turn back suddenly there is a chance of sudden
spark of pain at the back our body. What is the
reason for sudden pain?
i. Muscular fatigue ii. Rigor-mortis
iii. muscle tear iv. muscle pull
(A) i and ii only (B) ii and iii only
(C) i and iii only (D) iii and iv only

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