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PHYSICS

SECTION-I

1) The mass of a body is measured to be 12 kg on Earth. If it is taken to a planet having gravity

thrice the earth, the weight will be (g = 9.8 m/s2 on earth)

(1) 9.8 N
(2) 352.8 N
(3) 117.6 N
(4) 12 N

2) Acceleration due to gravity _________ with increase in height?

(1) increases
(2) decreases
(3) remain same
(4) none of these

3) A ball is thrown up vertically with a velocity of 50 m/s. What time would it take to reach the
highest point? (g = 10 m/s2)

(1) 5 sec
(2) 60 sec
(3) 40 sec
(4) .05 sec

4) Assertion (A) : Weight of a body on earth is equal to the force with which the body is attracted
towards the earth.
Reason (R) : Weight of a body is independent of the mass of the body.

(1) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

(2) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(3) A is true but R is false.
(4) A is false but R is true.

5) A body measures 10 kg on the surface of Earth. What will be its mass and weight when taken to
the centre of the Earth?

(1) 10 kg, 0 N
(2) 10 kg, 10 kg
(3) 0 kg, 0 N
(4) 0 kg, 10 N

6)

Match the column

Column-I Column-II
(A) Value of ‘g’ (on earth’s surface) (p) scalar quantity
(B) Weight (q) 9.8 m/s2
(C) Mass (r) 6.67 × 10–11 Nm2/ kg2
(D) Value of 'g' (at centre of earth's) (s) Vector quantity
(E) Value of ‘G’ (t) Zero
(1) A → r, B → s, C → t, D → q, E → p
(2) A → r, B → p, C → q, D → t, E → s
(3) A → t, B → s, C → p, D → q, E → r
(4) A → q, B → s, C → p, D → t, E → r

CHEMISTRY

SECTION-I

1) If you leave water in a glass and some molecules turn into a gas it is called

(1) Sublimation
(2) Evaporation
(3) Condensation
(4) Boiling

2) A flask containing a liquid X is heated until it boils as shown in the figure.

Choose the incorrect statement about the particles of the substance during this process.

(1) Energy is absorbed by particles in the liquid X.

(2) The particles lose kinetic energy.
Eventually, the particles throughout the liquid have enough energy to overcome the forces
(3)
holding them together.
(4) Both (1) and (2).

3) Assertion (A) : If a saturated solution at some particular temperature is heated, it becomes

unsaturated.
Reason (R) : The solubility decrease on heating in solids.

(1) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of the A.

(2) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of the A.
(3) A is true, but R is false.
(4) A is false, but R is true.

4) An organic compound 'X' has a melting point of

–33oC & a boiling point of 66oC. The physical state of substance 'X' at temperature –100oC, 0oC and
100oC are respectively.

(1) Solid, Liquid & Liquid

(2) Gas, Solid & Liquid
(3) Solid, Liquid & Gas
(4) Gas, Liquid & Liquid

5) The w/w % of 25 g of calcium hydroxide in 50 g of solvent is ________ %.

(1) 40
(2) 33.33
(3) 36.3
(4) 30

6) "Froth" is a type of colloid in which the dispersed phase and dispersion medium, respectively, are:

(1) Gas in Solid

(2) Liquid in Gas
(3) Gas in Liquid
(4) Solid in Liquid

7) Which of the following are physical changes?

(i) Melting of iron metal.
(ii) Rusting of iron.
(iii) Bending of an iron rod.
(iv) Drawing a wire of iron metal.

(1) (i), (ii) and (iii)

(2) (i), (ii) and (iv)
(3) (i), (iii) and (iv)
(4) (ii), (iii) and (iv)

BIOLOGY

SECTION-I

1) During a biology lesson, the teacher shows a model of the human ear and asks students to press
the outer part. She explains that it bends easily but returns to its original shape. Which tissue is
being described?

(1) Ligament
(2) Cartilage
(3) Bone
(4) Muscle

2) Ramesh is recovering from an infection. His blood report shows an increased number of a
particular type of blood cell that helps fight germs and protect the body from diseases. Which blood
component increased in his body?

(1) Red blood cells

(2) White blood cells
(3) Plasma
(4) Platelets

3) Charlie Chaplin quickly changes his facial expressions while acting. Which muscular tissue helps
him do this?

(1) Smooth muscle

(2) Skeletal muscle
(3) Cardiac muscle
(4) Involuntary muscle

4) Refer to the diagram of a neuron and answer the following questions respectively.

• Which labelled part contains Nissl’s granules?

• Which part receives impulses?
• Which part carries impulses away from the cell body?

(1) B, A, C
(2) B, F, A
(3) C, B, E
(4) B, C, F
5) Match the following:

Column A Column B
Prevents blood
1 Actin and Myosin a.
clotting
Layer covering
2 Heparin b.
axon
3 Myelin sheath c. Found in cartilage
4 Chondrocytes d. Found in bone
Proteins
responsible for
5 Osteoblast e.
muscle
contraction
(1) 1-e, 2-a, 3-b, 4-c, 5-d
(2) 1-a, 2-e, 3-b, 4-d, 5-c
(3) 1-e, 2-b, 3-a, 4-c, 5-d
(4) 1-e, 2-a, 3-c, 4-b, 5-d

6) Anjana prepares a sheet to show the functions of bones and muscles. Her list is as follows:
A. Bones protects internal organs.
B. Muscles help in movement and locomotion.
C. Bones provides support for muscle attachment.
D. Muscles serves as a reservoir for calcium.
Which function listed by Anjana is incorrect?

(1) A, B, C
(2) B and C
(3) Only C
(4) Only D

7) Ravi learns in science class that the muscles in the heart work all through life without getting
tired and are not under our control. Which type of muscle is found in the heart?

(1) Skeletal muscle

(2) Smooth muscle
(3) Cardiac muscle
(4) Voluntary muscle

ENGLISH

SECTION-I

1) Choose the correct option to fill in the blanks.

She invited all ______ students to bring ______ favorite books to class tomorrow so that everyone
could share ______ interesting stories with one another.

(1) the, their, some

(2) the, there, any
(3) those, her, little
(4) some, their, much

2) Choose the correct option to fill in the blanks.

You ______ always finish your homework on time, because it helps you understand the lessons better
and prepares you well for ______ exams.

(1) might, a
(2) can, an
(3) could, her
(4) should, your

3) Choose the correct option to fill in the blanks

Neither the coach nor the players _____ prepared for the sudden change in the game rules because
the list of rules ______ lost in the office somewhere.

(1) was, was

(2) were, was
(3) were, were
(4) was, were

4) Choose the correct option to find the error and the correction in the given sentence.
If the team had played with some more efforts, we can have won the match.

(1) Error – had, Correction – has

(2) Error – played, Correction – playing
(3) Error – can, Correction – could
(4) Error – won, Correction – win

5) Choose the correct option to find the error and the correction in the given sentence.
As his belongings has been stolen from the railway platform, he is going to the police station.

(1) Error – been, Correction – being

(2) Error – stolen, Correction – stealing
(3) Error – has, Correction – have
(4) Error – going, Correction – gone

6) Choose the correct option to find the error and the correction in the given sentence.
The telephone had been ringing for two hours before she answers it.

(1) Error – had, Correction – have

(2) Error – ringing, Correction – rung
(3) Error – been, Correction – being
(4) Error – answers, Correction – answered

7) Choose the correct option to transform the given sentence into indirect speech.
She said to her friend, “I am feeling tired because I have been studying for hours without taking any
break.”

She told her friend that she was feeling tired because she had been studying for hours without
(1)
taking any break.
(2) She told her friend that she is feeling tired because she has been studying for hours.
(3) She said to her friend that she was tired because she studied for hours.
(4) She told her friend she has been tired for hours.

8) Choose the correct option to transform the given sentence into indirect speech.
He said to them, “Do not waste time.”

(1) He told them not to waste time.

(2) He asked them to not waste time.
(3) He told them not waste time.
(4) He told them that do not waste time.

9) Choose the correct option to transform the given sentence into indirect speech.
The teacher said to the class, “Please keep your books on the table and listen carefully while I
explain the story.”

The teacher requested the class to keep their books on the table and listen carefully while she
(1)
explained the story.
(2) The teacher said the class keeping books on the table and listen carefully.
(3) The teacher asked the class keep their books on the table and listen carefully.
(4) The teacher told the class kept the books on the table and listen.

10) Select the correct option to complete the conversation between Raj and Anmol.
Raj: Amar, why did you not attend the Biology class yesterday?

(1) Raj asked Amar why he has not attended the Biology class the previous day.
(2) Raj asked Amar that why he has not attended the Biology class the previous day.
(3) Raj asked Amar why he had not attended the Biology class the previous day.
(4) Raj asked Amar why he has not attended the Biology class yesterday.

Common Content for Question No. 11 to 12

Choose the correct option to transform the dialogues into the narration given below.
Shopkeeper: Do you want a paper bag for these apples?
Meena: I forgot to bring my own bag.
The shopkeeper asked Meena (a) ________________. Meena replied politely that (b)_____ own bag.

11)

Options for (a)

(1) if she wanted a paper bag for those apples

(2) that she wants a paper bag for those apples
(3) that she wanted a paper bag for these apples
(4) if she was wanting a paper bag for those apples

12) Options for (b)

(1) she forgot to bring her

(2) she had forgotten to bring her
(3) she forgets to bring her
(4) she will forget to bring her

Common Content for Question No. 13 to 14

Read the following extract and answer the following questions:
He went on to narrate how he sometimes saw ghosts at night. “I am not easily frightened by these
things, sir. I am a brave fellow. But one horrible ghost of a woman which appears off and on at
midnight during the full moon... It is an ugly creature with matted hair and a shrivelled face, like a
skeleton holding a foetus in its arms.”(Iswaran the Storyteller)

13) According to the narrator, how does the horrible ghost of a woman look when it appears during
the full moon at midnight?

(1) It looks like a beautiful lady with flowers in her hair and a smiling face.
It is an ugly figure with matted hair and a shrivelled face like a skeleton holding a foetus in its
(2)
arms.
(3) It appears as a young woman wearing a white dress and singing softly.
(4) It looks like an ordinary woman carrying a lamp in her hands.

14) In the extract, when does the horrible ghost of a woman appear most often according to the
speaker?

(1) It appears during the day when the sun is shining brightly.
(2) It appears only in the rainy season during the afternoon.
(3) It appears off and on at midnight during the full moon.
(4) It appears every evening just after sunset.

15) Based on the given extract, complete the sentence given below.
The speaker of the above extract is ________ who started this narrative after _______ which was really
very ________.

(1) Mahendra, lunch, tasty

(2) Iswaran, bath, long
(3) Iswaran, dinner, delicious
(4) Mahendra, breakfast, tasteless

Common Content for Question No. 16 to 17

Read the following extract and answer the following questions:
The king was now thrown into deep thought. He didn’t want to lose the kingdom to someone else in
the next round of life. He needed time. So, he ordered the execution postponed to the next day and
talked in secret with his minister. “It’s not right for us to give over the kingdom to others in the next
life. Let’s go on the stake ourselves and we’ll be reborn as king and minister again. Holy men do not
tell lies,” he said, and the minister agreed. (In the Kingdom of Fools)

16) Why did the king decide to postpone the execution to the next day?

(1) Because he wanted to give the prisoner one more chance to escape.
Because he needed time to plan with his minister and didn’t want to lose the kingdom in the
(2)
next life.
(3) Because the weather was too bad for the execution to be carried out.
(4) Because the executioner was not available that day.

17) What was the king’s secret plan after speaking with his minister?

(1) To free the prisoner and send him away to another kingdom.
(2) To go on the stake themselves so they could be reborn as king and minister again.
(3) To hide the kingdom’s treasure so no one else could take it.
(4) To change the laws of the kingdom immediately.

18) “Holy men do not tell lies.” Who is holy man in the given sentence?

(1) The minister

(2) The disciple
(3) The King
(4) The guru

19) In ‘Iswaran the Storyteller’, how did Iswaran describe the mad elephant in his story?

(1) As a gentle giant who roamed peacefully in the village.

(2) As a huge beast that broke walls like matchsticks.
(3) As a trained animal used in festivals.
(4) As a shy creature hiding in the forest.

20) In the story ‘In the Kingdom of Fools’, what was the reason the disciple stayed on in the kingdom
of fools after the guru left?

(1) The disciple was very interested in learning the foolish ways of the kingdom.
(2) The disciple liked the cheap and good food available and wanted to enjoy it.
(3) The disciple wanted to live with the foolish king and his ministers.
(4) The disciple was not able to leave because he was imprisoned.

MENTAL ABILITY

SECTION-I

1) T is the son of Q, Q is the daughter of Z, Z is the husband of W and W is the mother of only son X.
How is X related to T ?
(1) Mother
(2) Son
(3) Father
(4) Uncle

2) In a family, there are six members A, B, C, D, E and F. A and B are a married couple, A being the
male member. D is the only son of C, who is the brother of A. E is the sister of D. B is the daughter-
in-law of F, whose husband has died. How is E related to C ?

(1) Sister
(2) Daughter
(3) Cousin
(4) Mother

3) If, A + B means A is the brother of B;

A – B means A is the sister of B;
A × B means A is the father of B.
Which of the following means that C is the son of M ?

(1) M – N × C + F
(2) F – C + N × M
(3) N + M – F × C
(4) M × N – C + F

4) 1. B5D means B is the father of D.

2. B9F means B is the sister of D.
3. B4D means B is the brother of D.
4. B3D means B is the wife of D.
Which of the following means F is the father-in-law of K?

(1) F3M5K9N
(2) F5M3K4N
(3) F9M4N3K
(4) F3M5N3K

5) Pointing to a boy, Namrata says "He is the son of my grandfather's only child." How is that boy
related to Namrata?

(1) Brother
(2) Cousin
(3) Uncle
(4) Data inadequate

6) Pointing to a man in a photograph, a woman says, "He is the only son of the only daughter-in-law
of my only son's father." How is the man related to the woman?

(1) Son
(2) Father
(3) Son-in-law
(4) Grandson

7) A sheet has been folded in the manner as shown in X, Y and Z respectively and punched/cut. You
have to choose from the alternatives how it will look when unfolded.

(X) (Y) (Z)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

8) Which pattern would appear if the square transparent sheet is folded along the dotted line?

(1)

(2)

(3)
(4)

9) Which pattern would appear if the square tranpsarent sheet is folded along the dotted line?

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

10) A piece of sheet is folded and cut and then unfolded. One of the four alternative figure marked
(1), (2), (3) and (4) exactly resembles the unfolded paper. Select the figure.

(1)

(2)

(3)
(4)
 ANSWER KEYS

PHYSICS

SECTION-I

Q. 1 2 3 4 5 6
A. 2 2 1 3 1 4

CHEMISTRY

SECTION-I

Q. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
A. 2 2 3 3 2 3 3

BIOLOGY

SECTION-I

Q. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
A. 2 2 2 1 1 4 3

ENGLISH

SECTION-I

Q. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
A. 1 4 2 3 3 4 1 1 1 3 1 2 2 3 3 2 2 4 2 2

MENTAL ABILITY

SECTION-I

Q. 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
A. 4 2 4 2 1 4 3 3 3 4
 SOLUTIONS

PHYSICS

1)

2)

Acceleration due to gravity decreases with increase in height.

3)

Given,
u = 50 m/s
v=0
using v = u + gt
0 = 50 –10 × t

t=

4)

Conceptual

5)

m = 10 kg
At centre of earth g = 0
∴ w = mg
Mass remains uncharged

6) A → q, B → s, C → p, D → t, E → r

CHEMISTRY

7)

Evaporation.

8)

The particles lose kinetic energy.

 9)

If a saturated solution at some particular temperature is heated, it becomes unsaturated.

The solubility increase on heating.

10) Substance exists as liquid between –33oC to 66oC (i.e at 0oC). At –100oC, it will be a solid
and at 100oC, it will be in gaseous state.

11)

w/w% =

=
= 33.33%

12) Conceptual understanding.

13) Physical changes are those in which no new substance is formed and easily returned to
their original form by physical process.

BIOLOGY

14) Cartilage is being described.

15) White blood cells component increased in his body

16) Skeletal muscle

17) B (Cell body) contains Nissl’s granules.

A (Dendrites) receive impulses.
C (Axon) carries impulses away from the cell body.

18) 1-e, 2-a, 3-b, 4-c, 5-d

19) Muscles produce blood cells.

20) Cardiac muscle is found in the heart.

ENGLISH

21) In the sentence, “the” specifies all students in a group, “their” matches plural subject
“students,” and “some” suits positive quantity of “interesting stories.”

22) In the sentence, “should” gives advice/obligation, and “your exams” means the listener’s
own exams.

23) With “Neither…nor,” verb agrees with the nearer subject (“players” → plural → “were”);
“list” is singular, so “was” is correct.

24) Past perfect (“had played”) needs past modal “could have won,” not present “can.”

25) “Belongings” is plural → use “have been stolen.”

26) Past perfect (“had been ringing”) needs past simple “answered” for the later action.

27) The change from direct to indirect speech is as: Present continuous → past continuous;
present perfect continuous → past perfect continuous.

28) For Negative imperative, we use → “told/asked + object + not to + verb”.

29) Imperative changes to “requested + object + to + verb,” with tense and pronoun
adjustments.

30) Past simple in direct becomes past perfect in indirect; “yesterday” → “the previous day.”

31) The changes are: Present → past; “these” → “those” in reported speech.

32) Past simple (“forgot”) changes to past perfect (“had forgotten”) in indirect speech.

33) The extract clearly describes the ghost as ugly, with matted hair, a shrivelled face,
skeleton-like appearance, and holding a foetus.

34) The ghost is said to appear “off and on at midnight during the full moon,” which is directly
mentioned in the passage.

35) The garish account of the supernatural narrative was begun by Iswaran after the dinner on
the auspicious day.
 36) The extract clearly says the king postponed the execution to discuss with his minister and
to ensure they would keep the kingdom in the next life.

37) The king and the minister agreed to go on the stake themselves in the belief that they
would be reborn with the same royal positions.

38) The guru is the holy man who came to save his disciple’s life who was to be executed.

39) Iswaran vividly described the mad elephant as powerful and destructive, breaking walls
easily.

40) The disciple decided to stay because food was cheap and good in the kingdom, despite the
guru warning him against staying.

MENTAL ABILITY

41)
X is uncle of T.

42) A is a male and married to B. So, A is the husband and B is the wife. C is the brother of A.
D is the son of C. E. who is the sister of D will be the daughter of C. B is the daughter-in-law of
F whose husband has died means F is the mother of A.
Clearly. E is the daughter of C.

43)

44)
45)

46) Woman's only son's father → Woman's husband

Son of woman daughter-in-law is woman's grandson.

47) By observation,

48)

By observation

49)

By observation

50) By observation,