UNIFIED COUNCIL

A n I SO 9 0 0 1 : 2015 Ce r t i f i e d Or g a n i sa t i o n

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NATIONAL LEVEL SCIENCE TALENT SEARCH EXAMINATION (UPDATED)

CLASS - 6
Question Paper Code : UN456

KEY

1. C 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. D 6. C 7. B 8. A 9. B 10. A

11. C 12. D 13. B 14. B 15. D 16. A 17. C 18. C 19. D 20. D

21. C 22. D 23. B 24. B 25. B 26. B 27. B 28. D 29. B 30. A

31. C 32. B 33. C 34. A 35. D 36. B 37. B 38. B 39. B 40. C

41. B 42. A 43. D 44. D 45. B 46. C 47. C 48. C 49. B 50. B

51. B 52. D 53. A 54. A 55. B 56. A 57. D 58. A 59. B 60. D

EXPLANATIONS

MATHEMATICS
2. (D) 1,56,156 is divisible by 1001
 1,56,156 is divisible by 7,11 & 13
2 2
1. (C) 1+ =1+ last two digits are divisible by 56 =
3 3 ×5
1+ 1+ 1,56,156 is divisible by 4
 5 + 4  93
  1,56,156 sum of digits is divisible by ‘3’
 5 
= 1,56,156 is divisible by 3
2
=1+ 3. (A) Given 5x – 3x = 7,000
3 + 5
  2x = 7,000
 3 
2×3 x= 3,500
=1+
8  Income of vanitha = 5x = 5 × 3,500
3 7 = 17,500
=1+ =
4 4 4. (B) 97,510 – 10579 = 86,931
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5. (D) O < – 6 is not correct 14. (B) 5012 – 2 × 501 × 499 + 4992
6. (C) Fifth prime number = 11 = 2,51,001 – 4,99,998 + 2,49,001
6th composite number = 12 =4
 Required sum = 11 + 12 = 23
15. (D) 2 1794 3 2139 3 4899
7. (B) vertex 3 897 23 713 23 1633
8. (A) Pentagon 13 299 31 71
9. (B) Let the two equal angles be ‘x’ 23
x + x = 180°  1794 = 2 × 3 × 13 × 23
2x = 180°
2139 = 3 × 23 × 31
x = 90°
 Each equal angle = 90° 4899 = 3 × 23 × 71
10. (A) The given figure has two line symmetries  HCF = 3 × 23 = 69
(OR) Verity from Options. 69 is the greatest
number that divides the given three
numbers

 13 x 5 13 z 
16. (A) LHS =   y 
 4 14 10 
11. (C) M, M + 2, M + 4 are prime number then  11 13 y 12 z 
 x  
M=3  2 7 5 
 M + 10 = 3 + 10 = 13
13 x 5 13 z 11 x 13 y 12 z
12. (D) Let length be a metres =  y + + +
4 14 10 2 7 5
a  13 x 11 x   13 y 5 y   12 z 13 z 
 Breadth = metres = + +  +  
2  4 2   7 14   5 10 

 a  13 x + 22 x   26 y  5 y   24 z  13 z 
 2  a +  = x metres [ given] = + + 
 2  4   14   10 

2(2a + a) 35 x 21 y 11 z
= x metres = + +
2 4 14 10
 3a = x metres 35 x 3 y 11 z
= + +
4 2 10
x metres
a=
3 1 1
17. (C) LHS = x  xy2 z4  54 x2 yz
 15  3
 Area = l × b = a × a  
2  10 

x x 1 2 2 1
=   m = x  xy2 z4  54 x2 yz
3 3 2 3 3
x2 = 12 x y3 z5
4

= mts2
18 18. (C) The cost of (3 + 2 + 4) pens + (4 + 3
+ 2) pencils + (2 + 4 + 3) erasers
5 1 3 6
13. (B)    = 43 + 43 + 49
11 2 4 7
 The cost of a pens + 9 pencils + 9
6 3 1 5
   erasers = 135
7 4 2 11
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  cost of one pen + one pencil + one 29. (B) The filament in an electric bulb gets
135 heated up to a high temperature and
eraser = ` = ` 15 starts glowing to give out light and heat.
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30. (A) Number of coins = 9
19. (D) Required sum = 101 + 149 = 250
Total thickness = 1.4 cm = 14 mm
20. (D) 360°
21. (C) 2018 negative integers, zero & 2019 14
So, thickness of one coin = = 1.55 mm
positive integers put together 9
= 2018 + 1 + 2019 31. (C) The size of the image formed by a plane
mirror is equal to the size of the object.
= 4038
32. (B) When electric current flows through the
22. (D) Hypotenuse in the longest side in a
following appliances, electrical energy
right angled triangle is converted to heat energy in a water
23. (B) (7x + 5y) heater, sound energy in a CD player, light
energy in a bulb and mechanical energy
5 x 25 1 in a fan.
24. (B) = 
6 3 2
33. (C) When only switch 2 (S2) is closed, bulbs
5x = 25 Y and Z will glow. Bulb X cannot glow as
x=5 S1 is open.

25. (B)
12 students
3 in their position. Similarly, the opening
 = 12 + 12 + 12 + × 12
4
= 36 + 9 = 45
PHYSICS
26. (B) A simple circuit with one bulb and two
cells glows the brightest.
27. (B) The lengths of three different wires are:
J : 12 cm = 0.12 m ; K : 2.8 m
L : 203 mm = 0.203 m
The arrangement of the given wires
from the longest to the shortest are K,
L, J.
28. (D) In a glow worm the energy produced
during a chemical reaction in its body is
released in the form of light only.
An electric bulb glows, when the
filament attains very high temperature
due to the passage of current.
Due to the powerful reactions taking
place in the sun the energy produced by
the sun consists light and heat.
34. (A) The hands of a clock are fixed at a point
and show movement without a change
and closing of flowers.
35. (D) All the given sources of light are man
made.
CHEMISTRY
36. (B) The hardened POP cannot be brought
back to the powder form. So, it is
irreversible.
37. (B) Among all the items, only the towel is
made up of one material. It is usually
cotton so that it is able to absorb water
easily.
38. (B) The correct order of the separation
process is to add water first to dissolve
the salt, then filter to obtain the sand
and finally evaporate the filtrate to
obtain the dissolved salt.
Options (A), (C) and (D) : State the
wrong order of separation for the given
mixtures.
39. (B) Condensation is the change in the
state of matter from the gas into liquid
droplets.

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40. (C) The transparency of an object is the
ability of the object to allow light to pass
through. We can see through objects 46. (C)
that allow light to pass through but
cannot see through objects that do not 47. (C)
allow light to pass through.
48. (C)
The absorbency of an object is the ability
of the object to absorb liquid. 49. (B)
BIOLOGY
Lion is a carnivore. It is a secondary
consumer.
Proteins are body building foods.
Juices are made from fruits of plants.
Cotton bolls are fruits of a cotton plant.

The flexibility of an object is the ability 50. (B) The part marked X in the given figure is
of the object to be bent without tendril.
breaking. 51. (B) The type of joint shown in the given
The strength of an object is the ability figure is ball and socket.
of the object to support heavy loads 52. (D) Broccoli, cheese and yogurt contains
without breaking. mineral calcium.
41. (B) Only winnowing (X) needs air for the 53. (A) Plants adapted to grow in water are
process of separation. While threshing called hydrophytes.
(Y) and sieving (Z) do not need air while
54. (A) Monkey live on trees. It uses its
they are carried out.
opposable thumb, strong arms and
42. (A) The making of a ring from pure gold is a prehensile tail to climb trees. Its brown
reversible change while making of a fur aids for protection and camouflage.
statue from wood is an irreversible
change. 55. (B) Stomata are the tiny pores present on
the underside of leaf.
43. (D) Water cycle involves processes like
evaporation, condensation and CRITICAL THINKING
precipitation. Conduction process is
related to heat not water cycle.
44. (D) Sugar being soluble in water will form a 56. (A) =
sugar solution. During filtration, the sand
will be separated by the filter paper as 57. (D) DAD = 414 ABD = 184
residue while sugar solution will pass
through. During distillation pure water AHD = 124 HAB = 812
can be collected leaving the sugar  BHD = 284
crystals separate.
12  11
A filter paper is used for separating solid 58. (A)  66 matches
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particles from a liquid. Distillation is  12 teams participates in basketball
used to obtain a pure form of liquid from
league.
a solution.
59. (B) 28 ways the word QUIZ be spelt.
45. (B) The cardboard and writing pad are made
from same material i.e., wood. The 60. (D) 1 day = 24 hrs.
scissors is usually made up of metal or
plastic and metal. The cutting plier is 100
= 4 days 4 hr remaining.
made up of metal. 24
He came back 12 0’ clock. So, he leave
home to attend the camp is
12 – 4 = 8 am.

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