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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) : 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.

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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? n (A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) x (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

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

8. Eachsideofarhombusis5cmandoneofthediagonalsis8cm.Calculatethelengthofanother diagonalandtheareaoftherhombus. 2 2 (A) 8cm,32cm (B) 6cm,24cm

2 (C) 4cm,16cm 2 (D) 7cm,28cm .

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. 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. (B) Processeddataputinanintelligentform (D) Pluralofdata.
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15. Incomputerscience,byinformationwemean (A) Anyoutputcomingoutfromcomputer (C) Areportprintedbythecomputer

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

(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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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 travellingindeepwaterisgivenbytheequation lg wheregistheaccelerationduetogravity.Whichoneofthefollowingoptionswouldgive 2 p astraightlinegraph,giventhatfisthefrequencyofthewaves? (A) fagainst 1 (B) fagainst (C) fagainst 2 (D) f2 against 1. 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
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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) (C) (B) (D)
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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 3 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 :
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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
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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) 121 cm (B) 168 cm (C) 176 cm (D) 228 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
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13. Figure ABCD is akite. Whatis thearea offigure ABCD, insquare centimetres? (A) 120 (C) 168 (B) 154 (D) 336

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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
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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 2 School.Thedimensionsofthedeskareasshown.Howmuchwood(incm ) would they need for 30 desks? 2 2 (A) 2700cm (B) 80000cm 2 2 (C) 21000cm (D) 81000cm
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ANSWERS 1. (D) 11. (C) 1. (A) 11. (D) 1. (C) 11. (C) 2. (B) 12. (D) 2. (D) 12. (C) 2. (B) 12. (D) 3. (B) 13. (C) 3. (A) 13. (D) 3. (D) 13. (C) 4. (A) 14. (A) National Cyber Olympiad 5. (A) 6. (A) 7. (D) 15. (B) 16. (B) 17. (B) 8. (B) 18. (B) 8. (D) 18. (B) 8. (C) 18. (C) 9. (B) 19. (B) 9. (D) 19. (A) 9. (B) 19. (A) 10. (B) 20. (A) 10. (D) 20. (A) 10. (D) 20. (D)

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