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NationalCyberOlympiad
The actual test paper has 50 questions. Time allowed : 60 minutes. There are 3 sections, 15 questions in section I, 15 in section II and 20 in section III.

SYLLABUS
Section I (Mental Ability) : Number system, Introduction to irrational numbers, Algebra, Factorization of polynomials, Ratio and proportion, Linear equations in two variables, Percentage, Profit and loss, Discount, Compound interest, Cost of living index, Sales tax, Banking, Lines and angles, Congruence, Inequalities in a triangle, Concurrent lines in a triangle, Parallelograms, Areas, Construction, Trigonometric ratios, Plane figures, Solids, Polynomials, Quadratic equations. Section II (Logical and Analytical Reasoning) : Problems based on figures, Find odd numeral out, Series completion, Coding-decoding, Mathematical reasoning, Analytical reasoning, Mirror images, Embedded figures, Direction sense test, Cubes and dice. Section III (Computers and IT) : Computer system An overview, Computer software, Communication technology, MS-Windows ,MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-Power Point.

NationalScienceOlympiad
The actual test paper has 50 questions. Time allowed : 60 minutes. There are 2 sections, 20 questions in section I and 30 in section II.

SYLLABUS
Section I (Mental ability) : Real Numbers, Polynomials, Pair of Linear Equations in Two Variables, Quadratic Equations, Arithmetic Progressions, Triangles, Coordinate Geometry, Introduction to Trigonometry, Some Applications of Trigonometry, Circles, Constructions, Areas Related to Circles, Surface Areas and Volumes, Statistics, Probability. Section II (Science) : Chemical Reactions and Equations; Acids, Bases and Salts; Metals and Non-metals; Carbon and its Compounds; Periodic Classification of Elements; Life Processes; Control and Coordination; How do Organisms Reproduce?; Heredity and Evolution; Light Reflection and Refraction; Human Eye and Colourful World; Electricity; Magnetic Effects of Electric Current; Sources of Energy; Our Environment; Management of Natural Resources.

The actual test paper has 50 questions. Time allowed : 60 minutes. There are 3 sections, 20 questions in section I, 20 in section II and 10 in section III.

SYLLABUS
Section I (Logical Reasoning) : Direction sense test, Mathematical operations, Number ranking & Time sequence Test, Coding-Decoding, Distance, Speed, Time and general reasoning based on prescribed syllabus. Section II (Mathematical Reasoning) : Linear Equations in Two Variables, Polynomials, Rational Expressions, Quadratic Equations, Arithmetic Progression (AP), Similar triangles, Circles and their properties, Trigonometric identities and problems related to height and distance, Surface areas and volumes of solid figures, Coordinate geometry. Section III (Everyday Mathematics) : The Syllabus of this section will be based on the syllabus of Mathematical Reasoning.

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MENTALABILITY 1. Thevalueoftan5tan25tan30tan65tan85is 1 2 (A) 3 (B) (C) 3 3
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2. Abagcontains5redballsandsomeblueballs.Iftheprobabilityofdrawingablueballisdoublethatof aredballthenthenumberofblueballsinthebagis (A) 10 (B) 5 (C) 8 (D) 7 3. Acylinderopenatbothendshasradius5/p cmandheight12cm.IfA and B arediametricallyopposite pointslyingonthetopandbottomrims.TheshortestdistancebetweenA andB is (A) 13cm (B) 17cm (C) 1210 cm p (D)
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4. Whichofthefollowingequationshavethesamegraph? 2 x - 9 I. y=x+3 II. y = III. x- 3 (A) IandIIonly (B) IandIIIonly (C) IIandIIIonly (D) Allofthese.

( x - 3)y = x 2 - 9

x 1 + = 1is 5. Thevalueoftherealnumberxsatisfying log9 x- log9 10 9 (A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 9 (D) 10

6. Twonumbersareintheratioof3 :5.If8isaddedtoeachnumber,theratiobecomes2:3.Whatarethe numbers? (A) 24and40 (B) 20and30 (C) 32and42 (D) 35and45 7. Thesumoffirst24termsofthesequencewhosenthtermis a n =3+ (A) 275 (B) 272 (C) 280 (D) 270.
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8. Theratioofthevolumeofacubetothatofaspherewhichexactlyfitsinsidethecubeis (A) 6: p (B) p :6 (C) p :12 (D) 12: p LOGICAL&ANALYTICALREASONING 9. Inagroupoffivepeople,K,LandMareambitious,M,NandRarehonest,L,MandNareintelligentand K,MandRareindustrious.Amongthese,neitherindustriousnorambitiousperson(s)wouldinclude (A) Kalone (B) LandR (C) MandN (D) Nalone 10. Onanotherplanet,thelocalterminologyforearth,water,light,airandskyaresky,light,air,water andearthrespectively.Ifsomeoneisthirstythere,whatwouldhedrink? (A) Sky (B) Water (C) Air (D) Light. 11. Theyieldversusfertilizerinputisshowninthegivengraph: Yield Considerthefollowingstatementsbasedonthisgraph: 50 1. YieldrateiszeroatBandC. 20 2. Thereisnoyieldwithnofertilizerinput. A 3. TheyieldisminimumatD. 8 0 4. TheyieldisneitherminimumnormaximumatC. 1 Whichoftheabovestatementsarecorrect? (A) 1,2and4 (B) 3and4 (C) 2and3 (D) 1,3and4
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12. Step1: Multiplyby2 Step2:Subtract1 Step3:Iflessthan10,jumptostep1andcontinuefromthereotherwiseproceedtostep4 Step4: Add7 Step5: Divideby2 Step6:Add2 Step7: Multiplyby2 Ifyoustartwithavalueof6thencalculatehowmanytimes youhadtojumptostep1. (A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 3 (D) 0 13. A,B,C,D,E,FandGaremembersofafamilyconsistingoffouradultsandthreechildren,twoofwhom, FandGaregirls.AandDarebrothersandAisadoctor.Eisanengineermarriedtooneofthebrothers andhastwochildren.BismarriedtoDandGistheirchild.WhoisC? (A) Gsbrother (B) Fsfather (C) Esdaughter (D) Asson COMPUTERS&INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY 14. Whichofthefollowinghighlevellanguageis NOT suitableforgeneratingordevelopingadatafile? (A) BASIC (B) FORTRAN (C) COBOL (D) PASCAL 15. Theprocessingspeedofacomputerismeasuredin (A) Megabyte (B) 16bit (C) Megahertz (D) Milliseconds 16. Whichofthefollowingfeaturesdistinguishesadatabasefilefromamerecollectionofdata (A) Databaseenablesdatatobeorganisedforeffectiveusemuchfaster (B) Itorganisesdatainrowsandcolumns (C) Itgivesreferencenametoeachfilecreated (D) Itprovidessearchfacility 17. Eachcommandisfollowedbyameaning,matchthem. Command Meaning 1. STEP A. Tobranchunconditionallyoutofthenormalprogramsequencetoaspecifiedline number. 2. SWAP B. Toterminateprogramexecutionandreturntocommandlevel. 3. STOP C. Toexchangethevaluesoftwovariables. 4. GOTO D. TospecifythecounterincrementforeachloopinFORNEXTstatement. (A) 1B,2C,3D,4A (B) 1A,2B,3C,4D (C) 1D,2A,3B,4C (D) Noneofthese. 18. IfXrepresentsShwetacanreadandYrepresentsShwetacanwrite,thenwriteintermsofX,X ,Y and Y thefollowingstatements: (i) Shwetacanreadbutcannotwrite (ii) Shwetacannotreadorwrite (A) X Y , X Y (B) X Y, X Y (C) X Y, X Y (D) Noneofthese. 19. Namethesmallestaddressablesetofbitsofthecomputermemory. (A) Byte (B) Word (C) Pixel (D) Digit 20. Whichofthefollowingisnotahardwarecomponent? (A) Mouse (B) LAN (C) Chip (D) Semiconductormemory.
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MENTALABILITY 1. Inanofficewith21staffmembers,1/3aremenand2/3arewomen.Toobtainastaffinwhich1/4are men,howmanywomenshouldbehired? (A) 7 (B) 5 (C) 3 (D) 2 2. Ajoggerdesirestorunacertaincoursein1/4lesstimethansheusuallytakesbywhatpercentmustshe increaseheraveragerunningspeedtoaccomplishthisgoal? 1 (A) 20% (B) 25% (C) 33 % (D) 50%. 3 3. AsalesmanmakesacommissionofxpercentonthefirstRs.2,000worthofsaleinanygivenmonthand ypercentonallfurthersalesduringthatmonth.IfhemakesRs.700fromRs.4,000ofsalesinOctober andhemakesRs.900fromRs.5,000ofsalesinNovember,whatisthevalueofx? (A) 2% (B) 5% (C) 10% (D) 15%. 4. Amagicianwantstoshipamagicwandtothelocationofhisnextshow.Therectangularboxhehas availableforthispurposemeasures6incheswideby8incheslongby10incheshigh.Whatisthe longestcylindricalwandofnegligiblediameterthatcanbeshippedinthisbox? (A) 10inches (B) 8 2 inches (C) 8 3 inches (D) 10 2 inches 5. Thepriceofsugarincreased20percentin2000and10percentin2001.Byapproximatelywhatpercent wouldthepriceattheendof2001havetobedecreasedtorestorethepriceofthesugartoitspre2000price? (A) 40% (B) 35% (C) 30% SCIENCE 6. IftheMoonweretwiceasmassiveasitisnow,andithasstayedinthesameorbitalradiusaboutthe Earthasithasnow,itsneworbitalperiod(intermsofitscurrentorbitalperiodT)wouldbe, T T (A) T (B) (C) (D) 2T 2 4 7. Avirtualimageisformedbyaconcavemirrorwhenobjectisplaced (A) Betweenfocusandcentreofcurvature (B) BeyondC (C) Atinfinity (D) Behindthemirror (D) 24%.

8. Noheatlossoccursduringflowofchargeinsuperconductorsbecause (A) Speedofchargeisslowinit (C) Itofferszeroresistance (B) Itisbadconductorofheat (D) Itgeneratesverysmallvoltage

9. Howdoweknowthatfissionisn'tresponsibleforthesunsenergy? (A) Fissiondoesn'tproduceenoughenergypergramoffuel (B) Iffissionweregoingoninthesun,thesunwouldexplode (C) Iffissionweregoingoninthesun,thesun'smasswouldincrease (D) Thereisn'tverymuchfissionablematerialinthesun. 10. Whichofthefollowinggroupsofinstrumentsisrequiredtohavecommunicationlinebetweentwotelevision relaycentres ? (A) Microwavelink,boosterrelay,satellite (B) Radiotelescope,microwavelink,boosterrelay,telephone (C) Microwavelink,telephone,boosterrelay,satellite (D) Allofthese
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11. Inacircularcoilofwireifthecurrentisflowingintheanticlockwisedirection, thefacewillbenorthpole.Whenthereisnocurrentinthecoil,ifthenorth poleisbroughtnearthecoil,duringthattime,thecurrentinducedinthecoil willbe (A) Clockwise (B) Anticlockwise (C) Thecurrentwillbeinthesamedirectionwhetherthenorthpoleisbrought nearortakenaway (D) (A)and(C)arecorrect 12. Duringcalcinationoftheore (A) Theloweroxidesareconvertedintohigheroxides (B) Themetalgetsoxidisedtoitshighestoxide (C) Volatileimpuritiesareexpelled (D) SulphurpresentintheoreisconvertedintoSO 2 13. WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueregardingiron? (A) Itishardandbrittle. (B) Itcanbetempered. (C) Itcannotbewelded. (D) Itcontains45%ofcarbon 14. Heatingofrubberwithsulphurisknownas (A) Galvanisation (B) Sulphonation (C) Vulcanisation (D) Bessemerisation 15. ThegasevolvedinBhopaltragedywas (A) CO (B) CO (C) Methylisocyanate 2

NS

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16. Whichofthefollowinggasesformsastablecomplexcompound(leadingtodeath)withhaemoglobinof thehumanblood? (A) Oxygen (B) Carbondioxide (C) Carbonmonoxide (D) Nitrogen 17. WhencopperisheatedwithconcentratedH 2SO 4 theproductsobtainedare (A) CuSO (B) CuSO 4 +H 2 4 +SO 2 +H 2 (C) CuSO +SO +H O (D) CuO+SO +H 4 2 2 3 2 18. Lathyrismduetoconsumptionofkhesaridalischaracterisedby (A) Skeletaldeformationandthinningofcollagenfibres (B) Skeletaldeformities,diabetesmellitusandreproductivefailure (C) Retardedgrowth,precociouspubertyandrenaldysfunction (D) Cardiovascularabnormalities,mentalretardationanddelayedpuberty. 19. Whichoneyieldsmoreenergy? (A) Directburningofcowdung (B) Burningofbiogasderivedfromcowdung (C) Burningofmanurederivedfromcowdung (D) Burningofsemidecayedcowdung 20. Marktheincorrectmatch. Nutrient Deficiency (A) Iron Anaemia (B) VitaminB Beriberi 1 (C) VitaminB Pellagra 4 (D) VitaminC Scurvy Symptom DeficiencyofhaemoglobininR.B.C. Waterloggingofthetissue,paralysis Pigeonchest,lossofteeth Looseningofteeth,swellingandbleedingofgums

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LOGICALREASONING 1. Thereare6shortpiecesoflinkchain,eachhaving4links.Ittakes 10secondstocutalinkand25secondstowelditbacktogether. Whatistheshortestpossibletimetomakethelongestchain? (A) 175seconds (B) 210seconds (C) 150seconds (D) 60seconds 2. Whatshouldcomeattheplaceof?sothateverycolumnordiagonal hasthesamesum? (A) 19 (B) 12 (C) 13 (D) 15
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3. PointsAandBonamapare12kmapartifyoufollowthepath.A troop of boy scouts leaves pointA at 11:00 a.m.They are all carryingpacksandtravel3km/hruntiltheyreachpointCat12:45. IftheywanttoreachpointBby2:00,howfastwilltheyhaveto go? A (A) 5.4km/hr (B) 6.75km/hr (C) 5.25km/hr (D) 1.75km/hr

4. Achildwaslookingforhisfather.Hewent90metresintheEastbeforeturningtohisright.Hewent 20metresbeforeturningtohisrightagaintolookforhisfatherathisunclesplace30metresfromthis point.Hisfatherwasnotthere.Fromherehewent100metrestotheNorthbeforemeetinghisfatherin astreet.Howfardidthesonmeethisfatherfromthestartingpoint? (A) 80metres (B) 100metres (C) 140metres (D) 260metres 5. IfDELHIiscodedas73541andCALCUTTAas82589662,howcanCALICUTbecoded? (A) 5279431 (B) 5978213 (C) 8251896 (D) 8543691 6. If1stOctoberisSunday,then1stNovemberwillbe (A) Monday (B) Tuesday (C) Wednesday (D) Thursday

7. If+standsfordivision,standsforaddition,standsformultiplicationand standsforsubtraction, thenwhichofthefollowingequationsiscorrect? (A) 366+7 26=20 (B) 36 6+353=45 (C) 36+635 3=24 (D) 366+35 3=74 MATHEMATICAL REASONING 8. IfOisthecentreofthecircle,findthevalueofxinthefollowingfigure. (A) 75 (C) 65 (B) 40 (D) 90
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9. ParallelogramABCDisshownintheadjoiningfigure.Whichpairoftriangles canbeestablishedtobecongruenttoprovethat DAB @ BCD? (A) D ADC and D BCD (B) D AED and D BEC (C) D DAB and D BCD (D) D DEC and D BEA
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10. Whatisthecompletesolutiontotheequation|36x|=15? (A) x=2x=3 (B) x=2x =3 (C) x=2x =3 (D) x=2x =3
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11. Inthefiguregivenhere,AB>BC. Ifweassumethatm A=m C,itfollowsthatAB=BC.Thiscontradictsthegiven statementthatAB>BC.Whatconclusioncanbedrawnfromthiscontradiction? (A) m A=mB (B) m A m B (C) m A=m C (D) m A m C 12. Whichpolynomialrepresents(3x2 +x 4)(2x 5)? 3 2 (A) 6x 13x 13x20 (B) 6x3 13x2 13x+20 2 +3x +20 (C) 6x3 +13x2 +3x20 (D) 6x3 +13x 13. 2 x + 7 2 x 4 + 21x 3 + 35 x 2 37 x+ 46 =
4 (A) x 3 + 7 x 2 7 x+ 6 2 x+ 7 4 (C) x 3 7 x 2 + 7 x 6 + 2 x+ 7

(B) 2 x 3 +14 x 2 14 x+12

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4 (D) x 3 + 7 x 2 7 x+ 6 + 2 x+ 7

14. Therearetwonumberswiththefollowingproperties. 1) Thesecondnumberis3morethanthefirstnumber. 2) Theproductofthetwonumbersis9morethantheirsum. Whichofthefollowingrepresentspossiblevaluesofthesetwonumbers? (A) 6,3 (B) 4,1 (C) 1,4 (D) 3,6

15. If i = 1, whatisthevalueofi4? (A) i (B) i

(C) 1

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16. Acoppersphereofdiameter18cmisdrawnintoawireofdiameter4mm.Findthelengthofthewire. (A) 240m (B) 242m (C) 243m (D) 245m 17. Whatisthe nthterminthearithmeticseriesgivenbelow? (A) 4n 3+7+11+15+19... (B) 3+4n (C) 2n+1 EVERYDAY MATHEMATICS 18. Threeducksandtwoducklingsweigh32kg.Fourducksandthreeducklingsweigh44kg.Allducks weighthesameandallducklingsweighthesame.Whatistheweightoftwoducksandoneduckling? (A) 20kg. (B) 40kg. (C) 60kg. (D) 64kg. 19. A rectangularsheet of wood hasfour small squares removedfrom the corners.Itisthencuttomakeaboxthatis5cmby4cmwithavolumeof 3 60cm .(FourpiecesofsizeA4areremoved.) Findtheoriginalareaofthesheetofwood. (A) 200cmsq. (C) 96cmsq.
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20. Acerealcompanydecidedtoincreasetheheightofitsboxesby30percent andreducethewidthinordertomaintainthesamevolume. Initially,length=20cm,height=40cm,width=30cm Whatwillthenewwidthbeifthelengthstaysthesame? (A) 52cm (B) 20cm (C) 23.08cm (D) 23cm
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ANSWERS 1. (B) 11. (B) 1. (A) 11. (B) 1. (A) 11. (D) 2. (A) 12. (D) 2. (C) 12. (C) 2. (B) 12. (B) 3. (D) 13. (D) 3. (A) 13. (B) 3. (A) 13. (D) National Cyber Olympiad 5. (D) 6. (A) 7. (B) 15. (C) 16. (A) 17. (D) National Science Olympiad 4. (A) 5. (D) 6. (A) 7. (D) 14. (C) 15. (C) 16. (C) 17. (C) International Mathematics Olympiad 4. (B) 5. (C) 6. (C) 7. (D) 14. (B) 15. (C) 16. (C) 17. (D) 4. (C) 14. (B) 8. (A) 18. (A) 8. (C) 18. (A) 8. (A) 18. (A) 9. (D) 19. (A) 9. (D) 19. (B) 9. (C) 19. (B) 10. (D) 20. (B) 10. (A) 20. (C) 10. (B) 20. (C)

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