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SAMPLE PAPER

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) : Squares and square roots, Cubes and cube roots, Exponents and radicals, Algebra-identities,
Division of algebraic expressions, Linear equations, Applications of percentage, Parallel lines, Special types of quadrilaterals,
Construction of quadrilaterals, Chords of a circle, Angle properties of a circle, Areas of rectilinear figures, Circumference and
area of a circle, Volumes and surface areas, Statistics.
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) : Technologies development of computation and computers, Hardcore of a computer,
How computer languages work, How viruses and anti viruses software s work, MS-Word creating documents, Professional
documents in MS-Word, Mail merge in MS-Word, MS-Excel, Charts in MS-Excel 2000, Power Point (Microsoft 2000), Html,
World Wide Web (WWW), Electronic mail.

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) : Number Systems, Polynomials, Coordinate Geometry, Linear Equations in Two Variables,
Introduction to Euclid s Geometry, Lines and Angles, Triangles, Quadrilaterals, Areas of Parallelograms and Triangles, Circles,
Constructions, Heron s Formula, Surface Areas and Volumes, Statistics, Probability.
Section II (Science) : Motion, Force and Laws of Motion, Gravitation, Work and Energy, Sound, Matter in Our Surroundings,
Atoms and Molecules, Is Matter Around Us Pure, Structure of the Atom, The Fundamental Unit of Life, Tissues, Diversity in
Living Organisms, Why Do We Fall Ill, Natural Resources, Imporvement in Food 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) : Mathematical operations, Series completion, Arithmetical Reasoning, Problems on
cubes and dice, Number ranking & Time sequence Test, Inserting missing character and general reasoning based on prescribed
syllabus.
Section II (Mathematical reasoning) : Irrational Numbers, Polynomials, Ratio and Proportions, Linear Equation in Two
Variables, Percentage and its applications, Compound Interest, Lines, angles and triangles, Congruence of triangles, Inequalities
in triangle, Parallelograms, Areas, Trigonometry, Mensuration of plane and solid figures, Statistics.
Section III (Everyday Mathematics) : The Syllabus of this section will be based on the syllabus of Mathematical
Reasoning.

NationalCyberOlympiad
MENTALABILITY
1. How manyspokesarethereinthewheelofasportscarifanytwospokesformanangleof15?
(A) 12
(B) 15
(C) 22
(D) 24
2. Twoclocksaresetatthesametime,oneisseentogain40secondsandothertolose50seconds
in24hours.Inhowmuchtimewilltheyshowadifferenceof15minutes?
(A) 90days
(B) 10days
(C) 90hours
(D) 10hours.
3. Agirlwasgiventwocandlesbyherfatherforherbirthdayandwastoldthatonecandlewouldburn
forsixhoursandtheother,fourhours.Aftertheywerebothlitandallowedtoburnforsometime,
thegirlnoticedthatonecandlewastwiceaslongastheother.Stateforhowlongthecandleshad
beenburningtogether?
(A) 2hours
(B) 3hours
(C) 4hours
(D) 5hours.
4. Studentsofthepsychologyclassinacollegeweregettingreadytochallengeandoutwittheirnew
lectureronherfirstdayofteachingbutbecamedumbfoundedwhensheaskedthemtofindthe
productof(xa)(xb)(xc)(xd).......(xy)(xz).Whatdoyouthinkistheanswer?
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) xn (a)(b)(c).......(z).
5. InthegivenfigureifPQRisanisoscelestriangleandPSRisanequilateraltriangle
andX=26thenthevalueofY(indegrees)willbe
(A) 17
(B) 27
(C) 37
(D) 47

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6. To convert a given temperature in

CelsiusscaletoFahrenheitscale,the
followingflowchartisgenerated.
Isthegeneratedflowchartcorrect?
(A) Yes
(C) Cantsay

Obtainthe
valueofC

START

Calculate

c
F=9 5 +32

WritethevalueofF

STOP

(B) No
(D) Informationisincomplete.

7. Inwhichofthefollowingquadrilaterals,thediagonalsmustbeequal?
(A) Parallelogram
(B) Trapezium
(C) Rhombus

(D) Square.

8. Eachsideofarhombusis5cmandoneofthediagonalsis8cm.Calculatethelengthofanother
diagonalandtheareaoftherhombus.
(A) 8cm,32cm2
(B) 6cm,24cm2
(C) 4cm,16cm2

(D) 7cm,28cm2 .

LOGICAL&ANALYTICALREASONING
9. Acountryhassixseaports,E,F,G,H,IandJ,whereshipsonlyrunfrom:
EtoF,FtoE,FtoG,GtoH,HtoF
Hto I,J to E,J to I,J to G,Ito H
Passengerscantransfertodifferentshipsattheports.IfportG isclosed,whichofthefollowingtrips
isimpossiblebyship?
(A) JtoE
(B) EtoH
(C) HtoI
(D) JtoI.
10. Step1:Add4
Step2:Subtract1
Step3:Iflessthan15,jumptostep1andcontinuefromthereotherwiseproceedtostep4
Step4:Add3
Step5:Ifgreaterthan18,subtract2
Ifyoustartwithavalueof1andthenapplytheaboveinstructions,whatistheendresult?
(A) 11
(B) 17
(C) 18
(D) 19.
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11. OnplanetX,thelocalterminologyforearth,water,light,airandskyarelight,air,earth,skyandwater
respectively.Ifsomeoneisthirstythere,whatwouldhedrink?
(A) Sky
(B) Water
(C) Air
(D) Light.
12. ConsiderthegivenVenndiagram.
ThenumbersintheVenndiagramindicatethenumberofpersonsreading
thenewspapers.Thediagramisdrawnaftersurveying50persons.
Inapopulationof10,000howmanycanbeexpectedtoreadatleast
two newspapers?
(A) 5000
(B) 6250
(C) 6000
(D) 5400.
13. Considerthegivendiagram.
Whichoneofthefourdirectionsofmovementasshownbyarrows(a),
(b),(c)and(d)iswrong?
(A) DirectionoftherotationoftheSun
(B) DirectionoftherevolutionoftheEarth
(C) DirectionoftherotationoftheEarth
(D) DirectionoftherevolutionoftheMoon.

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COMPUTERS&INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY
14. Matchthefollowing
SetI(isequalto)
1. 1Kilobyte
2. 1Megabyte
3. 1Gigabyte
4. 1Terabyte
(A) 1A,2C,3D,4B
(C) 1C,2A,3B,4D

SetII
A. 1024bytes
B. 1024GB
C. 1024KB
D. 1024MB
(B) 1B,2D,3A,4C
(D) 1D,2B,3C,4A.

15. Incomputerscience,byinformationwemean
(A) Anyoutputcomingoutfromcomputer
(C) Areportprintedbythecomputer

(B) Processeddataputinanintelligentform
(D) Pluralofdata.

16. Whatdoesadiscfragmentordo?
(A) Itisautilityprogramthatfacilitatescompressionoffilessothattheyoccupylessstoragespace
(B) Itisautilityprogramthatminimizesthetimetakenbytheharddiskopticalreadertoreadupsplit
files.Itdoessobyrearrangingthefilesandfreespaceonyourcomputersothatfilesarestored
incontiguousmemory.
(C) Itisautilityprogramthatfacilitatesthebackingupofthedisk
(D) Itisautilityprogramusedforcreatingandeditingtextfile.
17. WhatdoesOCRstandfor?
(A) OpticalCharacterReader
(C) OperationalCharacterReader
18. Matchthefollowing
1. Scanner
2. OCR
3. Lightpen
4. Plotter
5. Printer
(A) 1A,2B,3A,4B,5A
(C) 1A,2A,3B,4B,5B
19. Thesmallestunitofmemoryis
(A) 16bytes
(B) 8bits

(B) OpticalCharacterRecognition
(D) OnlyCharacterReader.
A. InputDevice
B. OutputDevice

(B) 1A,2A,3A,4B,5B
(D) 1A,2B,3A,4B,5B.
(C) 1kilobyte

(D) 1GB.

20. Thetermoperatingsystemrefersto
(A) Asetofprogramswhichcontrolscomputerworking
(B) Thewayacomputeroperatorworks
(C) Conversionofhighlevellanguageintomachinecode
(D) Thewayafloppydiskdriveoperates .
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NationalScienceOlympiad
MENTALABILITY
1. Apersonisstandingonastaircase.Hewalksdown4steps,up3steps,down6steps,up2steps,
up9steps,anddown2steps.Whereishestandinginrelationtothesteponwhichhestarted?
(A) 2stepsabove
(B) 1stepabove
(C) Thesameplace
(D) 1stepbelow.
2. Onacertainday,anewsvendorbeganthedaywithPpapers.Betweenopeningandnoon,hesold
40percentofthepapers,andbetweennoonandclosing,hesold60percentofthepaperswhich
remained.WhatpercentoftheoriginalPpapersdidhesell?
(A) 0%
(B) 20%
(C) 24%
(D) 76%.
3. Acertainliquidfertilizercontains10percentmineralXbyvolume.Ifafarmerwishestotreatacrop
with3/4ofalitreofmineralXperacre,howmanyacrescanbetreatedwith300litresoftheliquid
fertilizer?
(A) 40
(B) 24
(C) 18
(D) 16.
4. Chandraspent2/5ofherincomeofJanuaryforrent,and3/4oftheremainderonotherexpenses.
IfsheputtheremainingRs.180inhersavingsaccount,howmuchwasherincomeinJanuary?
(A) Rs.1,000
(B) Rs.1,200
(C) Rs.1,400
(D) Rs.1,600.
5. Ifthenumeratorofafractionisdecreased25percentandthedenominatorofthatfractionisincreased
25percent,thenthedifferencebetweentheresultingandtheoriginalfractionsrepresentwhatpercentage
decrease?
(A) 40%
(B) 45%
(C) 50%
(D) 60%.
SCIENCE
6. Supposeyouarepushingaloadedshoppingcart.Whichofthefollowingistrue?
(A) Ifactionforcealwaysequalsreactionforce,youcannotmovethecartbecausethecartpushes
youbackwardjustashard asyoupushforwardonthecart
(B) Youpushthecartslightlyharderthanthecartpushesyoubackward,sothecartmovesforward
(C) Youpushbeforethecarthastimetoreact,so thecartmovesforward
(D) Youareincontactwiththeearththroughyourhighfrictionshoes,whilethecartisfreetorollon
itsroundwheels,sothecartmoves.
7. Thespeedcofsurfacewavesofwavelength l travellingindeepwaterisgivenbytheequation
lg
wheregistheaccelerationduetogravity.Whichoneofthefollowingoptionswouldgive
2p
astraightlinegraph,giventhatfisthefrequencyofthewaves?
(A) fagainst l1
(B) fagainst l
(C) fagainst l2
(D) f2 against l1.
c=

8. Foraparticleexecutingsimpleharmonicmotion,theequilibriumpositionisat x =0andtheamplitude
atx=A.Thekineticenergyoftheparticlewillbeequaltothepotentialenergy
(A) Atx=0
(B) Atx=A
(C)
Atx=A/2
(D) WhenxisgreaterthanA/2butlessthanA.
9. Elementshavingthesamenumberofvalenceelectronsintheiratomshave
(A) Similaratomicsizes
(B) Similarcombiningcapacities
(C) Similarmetalliccharacter
(D) Similarchemical properties.
10. Whathappenstotheinertiaofanobjectwhenitsvelocityisdoubled?
(A) Theobjectsinertiabecomes 2 timesgreater
(B) Theobjectsinertiabecomes2timesgreater
(C) Theobjectsinertiabecomes4timesgreater
(D) Theobjectsinertiais unchanged.
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11. IfapieceofrockisbroughtfromthemoontotheEarth,its
(A) Volume,densityandweightwillremainthesameasitwasonthemoon
(B) Volumeandweightwillremainthesameasitwasonthemoon
(C) Densityandweightwillremainthesameasitwasonthemoon
(D) Volumeanddensitywillremainthesameasitwasonthemoon.
12. Newtonsfirstlawisbasedinpartontheworkof
(A) Dalton
(B) Davy
(C) Galileo

(D) Joule.

13. Ascomparedtocovalentcompounds,electrovalentcompoundsgenerallyhave
(A) Lowmeltingpointsandlowboilingpoints
(B) Lowmeltingpointsandhighboilingpoints
(C) Highmeltingpointsandlowboilingpoints
(D) Highmelting pointsandhigh boilingpoints.
14. Whichofthefollowingstatementsisincorrect?
(A) Thechargeonanelectronandonaprotonareequalandopposite
(B) Neutronhasnocharge
(C) Electronsandprotonshavethesameweight.
(D) Themassofaprotonandaneutronarenearlyidentical.
15. Moltensodiumchlorideconductselectricityduetothepresenceof
(A) FreemoleculesofNaCl
(B) Free electrons

(C) FreeNa+ andCl ions

(D) Freeatomsofsodiumandchlorine.
16. Whichofthefollowingisusedtocontrolonlyairpollution?
(A) Wetscrubber
(B) Cyclonecollectors
(C) Electrostatic precipitators
(D) Allofthese
17. Thegivenfigureshowstheanatomicalstructureofcertainplanttissues.Ifyouare
tolablethepartsmarked1,2,3&4youwouldchoose
1

(A) 1Tracheid,2Pit,3Tyloses,4Parenchyma
(B) 1Parenchyma,2Tracheid,3Tyloses,4Pit
(C) 1Pit,2Tracheid,3Tyloses,4Parenchyma
(D) 1Tyloses,2Parenchyma,3Pit,4Tracheid.

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3
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18. Species X are chlorophyllous plants which are autotrophic in their mode of nutrition & may be
green,yellow,orange&redcolouretc.SpeciesXbelongstoYwhicharenonvascularplantsand
whose plantbody is not differentiatedinto true roots, stems& leaves and haveunicellular and
nonjacketedsexorgans.IntheabovepassagespeciesY is
(A) Bryophyta
(B) Thallophyta
(C) Pteridophyta
(D)
Gymnosperms.
19. Whichofthefollowingstatementsiswrong?
(A) Anatomanditsionhaveunequalnumberofprotons.
(B) Thesizeofananionisbiggerthanthatofthecorrespondingatom.
(C) Anatomiselectricallyneutral.
(D) Thesizeofacationissmallerthanthatofthecorrespondingatom.
20. Referthefigureandidentifyfromthemarkedalphabets(a,b,c,d)whichisresponsibleforthefollowing
functions.
Endoplasmic
(I) Meansoflocalizationofthechromosomeswithinthecell
reticulum
(II) Selectivebarrier,allowingcertain substancesinoroutofthe
a
nucleus
Perinuclearspace
(III) MeansofsequesteringmanyofthemRNAprocessingactivities
b
c
from the cytosol and separating nuclear and cytoplasmic
Heterochromatin
constituents
Chromatinnet
d
(A) a
(B) b
Chromocentre
(C) c
(D) aandd.
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LOGICALREASONING
1. Apples, cherries and grapes are arranged on a platter in the following
fashion: opposite sectors contain fruit which is of equal value.To equal
thevalueoftwobunchesofgrapes,howmuchfruitmustbeplacedinthe
emptysector?
(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

2. There are twenty people working in an office. The first group of five works between 8.00A.M. and
2.00P.M.Thesecondgroupoftenworksbetween10.00A.M.and4.00P.M.Andthethirdgroupoffive
worksbetween12noonand6.00P.M.Therearethreecomputersintheofficewhichalltheemployees
frequentlyuse. During which of the followinghours are the computers likely tobe used most?
(A) 10.00A.M.12noon
(B) 12noon 2.00P.M.
(C) 1.00P.M.3.00P.M.
(D) 2.00P.M.4.00P.M.
3. IfLdenotes ,Mdenotes,Pdenotes+andQdenotes,thenwhichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?
173
3
(A) 32P8L16Q4=
(B) 6M18Q26L13P7=
13
2
38
(C) 11M34L17Q8L3=
(D) 9P9L9Q9M9=71
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4. Astudentgot twiceasmanysumswrong ashegotright.If heattempted48sumsin all,howmany
did he solve correctly?
(A) 12
(B) 16
(C) 24
(D) 18
5. Find the missing number :

584

(A) 937

(B) 824

694

(C) 769

(D) 678

6. Inacertaincode,256meansyouaregood637 meanswearebadand358meansgoodand
bad. Which of the following represents and in that code?
(A) 2
(B) 5
(C) 8
(D) 3
7. Completethepattern.6,11,21,36,56,(.....)
(A) 42
(B) 51
(C) 81

(D) 91

MATHEMATICAL REASONING
8. In the accompanying diagram, parallel lines l and m
are cut by transversal t.
Which statement about angles 1 and 2 must be true?
(A) 1 @ 2
(C) 1isthesupplementof 2

(B) 1isthecomplementof 2
(D) 1and 2 areright angles

9. Whatvalues of a and b makequadrilateral MNOP a parallelogram?

(A) a=1, b =5
(B) a=5, b =1

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(C) a=
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(D) a=
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10. For thequadrilateral shownbelow, whatis m a + m c?

(A) 53
(B) 137
(C) 180
(D) 233

3 a2b

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4a+b

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11. If a cylindrical barrel measures 22 cm in diameter, how many cm will it roll in 8 revolutions along a
smooth surface?
(A) 121p cm
(B) 168p cm
(C) 176p cm
(D) 228p cm
12. A rightcircular cone has radius5 cm and height8 cm.
What is the lateralsurface area of the cone?
(A) 40p sq cm
(B) 445p sqcm
(C) 5p

39 sq cm

(D) 5p

8cm
5cm

89 sq cm
B

13. Figure ABCD is akite.

Whatis thearea offigure ABCD, insquare centimetres?

(A) 120
(C) 168

17cm

10cm

(B) 154
(D) 336

8cm
C

6cm

10cm

15cm
8cm
17cm
D
5cm

14. Thefour sides of this figure will be folded up and taped to make an open box.
What will be the volume of the box?
(A) 50cm3
(B) 75cm3
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(C) 100cm
(D) 125cm3
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15. Look at the given coordinate grid.

PointsRandSwillbeaddedtothegridtoformrectanglePQRSwith
anareaof20squareunits.Whichorderedpairscouldbethecoordinates
ofpoints R and S?

(A) (5,1)and(1,1)

(B) (5,2)and(1,2)
(C) (5,3)and(1,3)
(D) (5,4)and(1,4)
16. What is value of x?

17.

B x

(A) 35

(B) 60

(C) 85

(D) 95

60

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Which graph shows y = x2?

y

(A)

(B)

(C)

y
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EVERYDAY MATHEMATICS
18. One snail started from the dot. What side will it be on when it has crawled
13/20 ofthe distancearound the regular pentagon ofequal sides?
(A) A
(B) C
(C) D
(D) E

SideA

SideE

SideD

SideB
SideC

19. Arectangularkitchentableisthreetimesaslongasitiswide.Ifitwas3mshorter
and 3 m wider it would be a square. What are the dimensions of the rectangular
table?
(A) 93
(B) 42
(C) 126
(D) 164
20. Two carpenters decided to design desks for students at the Junior High
School.Thedimensionsofthedeskareasshown.Howmuchwood(incm2)
would they need for 30 desks?
(A) 2700cm2
(B) 80000cm2
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(C) 21000cm
(D) 81000cm2
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30cm

20cm

20cm

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