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The actual test paper has 50 questions.Time allowed : 60 minutes.There are 2 sections: 15 questions in section I and 35 in section II. SYLLABUS Section I (Mental ability) : Rational numbers, Operation on rational numbers, Decimal representation of rational numbers, Exponents and powers, Direct and inverse variations, Comparing quantities, Algebraic expression, Factorization of algebraic expressions, Linear equation in one variable, More about triangles, Congruent triangles, Quadrilaterals, Circles, Mensuration, Statistics, Arithmetic Ability, Squares and square roots, Cubes and cube roots, Problem based on figures, Find odd numeral out, Series completion, Coding-decoding, Mathematical reasoning, Analytical reasoning, Mirror images, Embedded figures. Section II (Science) : Crop Production and Management, Microorganisms, Synthetic Fibres and Plastics, Metals and Non-metals, Coal and Petroleum, Combustion and Flame, Conservation of Plants and Animals, Cell, Reproduction in Animals, Force and Pressure, Friction, Sound, Chemical Effects of Electric Current, Some Natural Phenomena, Light, Stars and Solar System, Pollution of Air and Water.

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1. Acontestbeganatnoononedayandended1000minuteslater.Atwhattimedidthecontestend? (A) 10:00p.m. (B) Midnight (C) 2:30a.m. (D) 4:40a.m. 2. Whichofthefollowingsetsofwholenumbershasthelargestaverage? (A) Multiplesof2between1and101 (B) Multiplesof3between1and101 (C) Multiplesof4between1and101 (D) Multiplesof5between1and101. 3. Beenausedacalculatortofindtheproduct0.0752.56.Sheforgottoenterthedecimalpoints.The calculatorshowed19200.IfBeenahadenteredthedecimalpointscorrectly,theanswerwouldhave been (A) 0.0192 (C) 1.92 (B) 0.192 (D) 19.2

4. Twocyclists,k kmapart,andstartingatthesametime,wouldbetogetherinr hoursiftheytravelledin thesamedirection,butwouldpasseachotherin t hoursiftheytravelledinoppositedirections.Theratio ofthespeedofthefastercyclisttothatofthesloweris (A)

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5. Theshadedareaformedbythetwointersectingperpendicular rectangles,insquareunitsis (A) 23 (C) 44 (B) 38 (D) 46

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SCIENCE 6. ABriefHistoryofTimeisthetitleofabookwrittenby (A) AlbertEinstein (B) StephenHawking (C) HendrickLorentz (D) IsaacNewton 7. Whichofthefollowingcanproduceavirtualimage? (A) Planemirror (B) Concavelens (C) Convexlens (D) Allofthese 8. Whenaglassrodisrubbedwithapieceofsilkcloth (A) Bothclothandtherodacquirepositivecharge (B) Rodbecomespositivelychargedwhiletheclothhasanegativecharge (C) Rodbecomesnegativelychargedwhiletheclothhasapositivecharge (D) Bothclothandtherodacquirenegativecharge. 9. Abodyimmersedinafluidexperiencsanupwardthrustwhichdependson (A) Theweightofthefluiddisplacedbyit (C) Themassofthebody (B) Thevolumeofthebody (D) Allofthese.

10. Aconcavemirrormaybeusedinallexceptoneofthefollowing.Thisis (A) Amagnifyingmirror (B) Atorchreflector (C) Areflectingtelescope (D) Acarrearviewmirror
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11. Howdoestheeyechangeinordertofocusonnearordistantobjects? (A) Thelensmovesinorout (B) Theretinamovesinorout (C) Theirischangescolour (D) Thelenscontractsorrelaxes 12. WhenCuisexposedtomoistairforalongtime,whichofthefollowingisformed? (A) Cu(OH) (B) CuCO 2 3 (C) Both(A)and(B) (D) Cu O 2 13. Whichofthefollowingstatementsistruewithrespecttodiamond? (A) Thecarbonatomsareconnectedtoeachotherbymetallicbonds. (B) Inthediamondcrystal,thecarbonatomsareverylooselypacked. (C) Eachcarbonatominthecrystalissurroundedbyfourothersatthecornersofaregulartetrahedron. (D) Itisaverysoftsubstance. 14. UnderIndianspaceprogramme,theabbreviationGSLVstandsfor (A) GeosynchronousSatelliteLaunchVehicle (B) GlobalSatelliteLinkVehicle (C) GeostationarySolarLightVehicle (D) GeostationarySatelliteLinkVehicle 15. IftherewerenoorganiclifeontheEarth,theamountofoxygenintheatmospherewill (A) Remainunchanged (B) Beapproximatelyhundredpercent (C) Bealmostnil (D) Beapproximatelyfiftypercent 16. Avaccineisusuallygiven (A) Atanytime (B) Atthetimediseasecausinggermsenterthebody (C) Beforethesymptomsofthediseaseappear (D) Afterthediseasehasappeared 17. Marktheoddoneout. (A) Cholera (C) Polio

(B) Tuberculosis (D) Nightblindness

18. Somebasicstepsareneededinagriculturalpractice.WhichofthefollowinggivenasA,B,C,Disthe rightsequence? (1) Preparationofthesoil (2) Harvesting (3) Irrigation (4) Broadcasting (5) Tilling (6) Weeding (7) Manuring. (A) 1,5,4,7,6,3,2 (B) 1,3,5,6,4,2,7 (C) 1,3,5,2,4,6,7 (D) 1,5,6,2,4,7,3

19. Theprocessshowninthegivenfigureis (A) Cleavage (B) Fertilization (C) Assimilation (D) Budding.

20. Whichofthefollowingisnottrue? (A) BurningofcoalrelasesSO . 2 (B) Acidrainisharmfultocrops. (C) CNGisacleanfuel. (D) IncompletecombustionofcoalrelasesO . 2
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ANSWERS National Science Olympiad 4. (A) 5. (B) 6. (B) 7. (B) 14. (A) 15. (A) 16. (C) 17. (D)

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