MATHEMATICS

1. Simplify: (2^(-2) + 3^(-1))^(-1)

a) 12/7 b) 7/12 c) 12/5 d) 5/12
2. If x/2 = y/3 = z/5 and x + y + z = 100, what is y?
a) 20 b) 30 c) 50 d) 10
3. A number increased by 25% gives 125. What is the number?
a) 100 b) 150 c) 95 d) 105
4. How many diagonals does a pentagon have?
a) 5 b) 6 c) 8 d) 10
5. Factorize: 16x² - 25y²
a) (4x - 5y)². b) (4x + 5y)(4x - 5y)
c) (8x - 5y)(2x + 5y) d) (16x - 25y)(x + y)
6. Cost Price is ₹250. Loss is 15%. What is the Selling Price?
a) ₹212.50 b) ₹210.00 c) ₹215.50 d) ₹237.50
7. Volume of a cube is 729 cm³. What is the length of its diagonal?
a) 9√2 cm b) 9√3 cm c) 18 cm d) 27 cm
8. If 3^x = 81, what is 4^(x-1)?
a) 8 b) 16 c) 32 d) 64
9. Find Simple Interest on ₹2000 for 3 years at 5% per annum.
a) ₹300 b) ₹350 c) ₹400 d) ₹250
10. Angles of a triangle are in ratio 1:2:3. What is the largest angle?
a) 30° b) 60° c) 90° d) 120°
11. Sum of digits of a two-digit number is 10. If we add 18, the digits reverse. The number is?
a) 37 b) 46 c) 64 d) 73
12. Difference between CI and SI on ₹10,000 for 2 years is ₹64. Rate of interest is?
a) 7% b) 8% c) 9% d) 10%
13. A man rows 12 km/h in still water. Current speed is 3 km/h. Time to row 30 km downstream?
a) 2 hours b) 2.5 hours c) 3 hours d) 3.5 hours
14. A hollow iron sphere has inner radius 3 cm and outer radius 5 cm. Its volume is? (Use π=22/7)
a) 410.67 cm³ b) 410.66 cm³ b) 415.67 cm³ b) 420.67 cm³
15. If x + 1/x = 5, what is x² + 1/x²?
a) 23 b) 25 c) 27 d) 10
16. Area of a rhombus is 120 cm². One diagonal is 24 cm. What is its perimeter?
a) 52 cm b) 56 cm c) 60 cm d) 64 cm
17. After 15% discount, a radio is sold for ₹2040. Its Marked Price was?
a) ₹2,200 b) ₹2,300 c) ₹2,400 d) ₹2,500
18. Mean of 15 numbers is 12. If the number 20 is removed, the new mean is?
a) 10.5 b) 11 c) 11.5 d) 12
19. If a = 2 + √3, what is a² + 1/a²?
a) 12 b) 14 c) 16 d) 18
20. Two concentric circles have circumferences 44 cm and 88 cm. Width of the ring is? (Use π=22/7)
a) 5 cm b) 7 cm c) 10 cm d) 14 cm
21. In 60 litres mixture, milk:water = 2:1. How much water to add to make it 1:2?
a) 40 litres b) 50 litres c) 60 litres d) 70 litres
22. ₹10,000 invested for 3 years at 10% p.a. compound interest. How much more interest earned in
Year 3 than in Year 2?
a) ₹100 b) ₹110 c) ₹210 d) ₹1,100
23. If a + b + c = 0, what is the value of (a²/bc) + (b²/ca) + (c²/ab)?
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3
24. A and B can do a work in 12 days. B and C in 15 days. C and A in 20 days. In how many days can A
alone do it?
a) 20 days b) 25 days c) 30 days d) 35 days
25. A trader marks goods 40% above cost price but allows 20% discount for cash. His net profit
percent is?
a) 12% b) 15% c) 20% d) 24%
26. If x = 3 + 2√2, what is √x - 1/√x?
a) 1 b) 2 c) √2 d) 2√2
27. Ages of A and B are in ratio 5:7. Eight years ago, the ratio was 7:13. Present age of B is?
a) 28 years b) 32 years c) 42 years d) 48 years
28. A man walks a distance and rides back in 6.5 hours. He could walk both ways in 10 hours. How
long to ride both ways?
a) 2 hours b) 3 hours c) 3.5 hours d) 4 hours
29. Average score of girls is 80, boys is 75. Class average is 78. What is the ratio of boys to girls?
a) 1:2 b) 2:3 c) 3:2 d) 2:1
30. If a/(b+c) = b/(c+a) = c/(a+b) = k, and a+b+c ≠ 0, then k = ?
a) 0 b) 1/2 c) 1 d) 2
SCIENCE
31. A ball is dropped from a height of 20 m. What will be its speed just before hitting the ground?
(Take g = 10 m/s²)
a) 10 m/s b) 15 m/s c) 20 m/s d) 40 m/s
32. A current of 2 A flows through a wire for 5 seconds. How much charge flows through the wire?
a) 0.4 C b) 7 C c) 10 C d) 12 C
33. In which direction does frictional force act when a book slides on a table?
a) Same as the motion b) Opposite to the motion
c) Perpendicular to the surface d) Downward
34. Which one of the following situations shows work being done against gravity?
a) A book lying on a table b) A person holding a bucket still
c) A person lifting a bag upward d) A train moving on a level track
35. A machine does 500 J of work in 10 seconds. What is its power?
a) 50 W b) 5 W c) 5000 W d) 100 W
36. An object moves in a circular path at constant speed. Which statement is true?
a) Velocity is constant b) Acceleration is zero
c) Direction of motion keeps changing d) No force acts on the object
37. Why do we feel lighter while swimming in water?
a) Gravity is less in water b) Water reduces body weight
c) Water exerts upward buoyant force d) Muscles become stronger
38. Which of the following statements about magnetic field lines is true?
a) They intersect each other b) They start from south and end at north
c) They are parallel to each other d) They never cross each other
39. A freely falling object accelerates because of:
a) Inertia b) Magnetic force c) Gravitational force d) Friction
40. Which of these quantities remains constant during uniform circular motion?
a) Speed b) Velocity c) Acceleration d) Direction
41. Which of the following is a compound?
a) Iron b) Salt (NaCl) c) Air d) Brass
42. Which element is always present in acids?
a) Oxygen b) Hydrogen c) Nitrogen d) Carbon
43. Which of the following metals is liquid at room temperature?
a) Aluminium b) Mercury c) Sodium d) Calcium
44. Which gas turns lime water milky?
a) Oxygen b) Hydrogen c) Carbon dioxide d) Nitrogen
45. The chemical formula of quick lime is:
a) CaCO₃ b) Ca(OH)₂ c) CaO d) CaCl₂
46. The metal used in making filaments of electric bulbs is:
a) Copper b) Aluminium c) Tungsten d) Iron
47. Which of these is not an allotrope of carbon?
a) Diamond b) Graphite c) Charcoal d) Quartz
48. Which of the following indicators is used in titration of acids and bases?
a) Litmus b) Methyl orange c) Phenolphthalein d) Both (b) and (c)
49. Which law states that “Mass is neither created nor destroyed in a chemical reaction”?
a) Law of definite proportions b) Law of multiple proportions
c) Law of conservation of mass d) Law of constant energy
50. Which gas is commonly known as laughing gas?
a) Carbon monoxide b) Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
c) Nitrogen dioxide d) Sulphur dioxide
51. A cell with 80% salt concentration (cytoplasm) is kept in a solution with 20% salt concentration.
The direction of movement of water will be,
a) From solution to cell because external solution is hypotonic
b) From cell to solution because external solution is hypertonic. 20% NaCl
c) From solution to cell because cytoplasm is hypotonic 80%NaCl
d) Water moves in both direction. NAcl Cl

52. Which of the following incorrectly matches an organelle with its function?
a. Ribosome - Protein synthesis
b. Chloroplast – Photosynthesis
c. Plant vacuole – Storage of vacuole
d. Mitochondria- Anerobic respiration
e. Lysosome- cell cleaning
f. Golgi apparatus – Modification of materials
g. Nucleus – store house of Genetic material
a) None of above b) only a c) only d d) only e
53. Following are the pictures of some classical examples of Fungus. Identify the option with
correctly named fungus.

A B C
a) A- Aspergillus, B- Yeast, C- Agaricus
b) A- Penicillium, B- Aspergillus, C- Agaricus
c) A- Aspergillus, B- Penicillium, C- Agaricus
d) A- Agaricus, B- Aspergillus, C- Penicillium
54. Which of the following microbe fixes nitrogen in root nodules of Legumes?
a) Blue green algae b) Rhizobium c) Lactobacillus d) Spirogyra
55. Which of the following is the discovery of Louis Pasteur in the field of Microbiology?
a) Antibiotic production b) Vaccine for small pox
c) Fermentation d) All the above
56. Which of the following is a eukaryotic cell with cell wall?
a) Amoeba and Bacteria b) Amoeba and Fungus
c) Plant and fungus d) Animal and plant
57. Assertion (A): Amoeba is an example to a Prokaryotic cell.
Reason (R): In Amoeba, the nucleus is well defined with nuclear material enclosed by the
presence of two nuclear membranes.
a) Both Assertion and Reason are true. Reason is the right explanation for Assertion.
b) Both Assertion and Reason are true. R is not the right explanation for Assertion.
c) Assertion is false and Reason is true.
d) Assertion is true, Reason is false.
58. The tissue that lines the blood vessels, air sacs or alveoli in the lungs, epidermis of skin and
kidney tubules is made of,
a) Epithelial tissue b) Muscular tissue c) Connective tissue d) Meristematic tissue
59. Choose the micro and macronutrients from the following.
a) Micronutrients- B, Mn
Macronutrients- N, P, K
b) Micronutrients- B, P, N
Macronutrients- Ca, K, Mn
c) Micronutrients- Cu, N, C
Macronutrients- N, P, Mb
d) Micronutrients- Mb, K, N
Macronutrients- Mn, Mg, K
60. Choose the CORRECT statements from the following.
a) Protozoan microbes cause many familiar diseases, such as malaria and kalaazar
b) Experiments and field studies suggest that a loss of diversity may lead to a loss of ecological stability.
c) Plants are multicellular eukaryotes with cell Walls and are autotrophs that use chlorophyll for
photosynthesis.
d) All the above