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Pre Nurture and Career Foundation Division

CLASS VIII
PROFICIENCY TEST # 2 DATE : 13 - 05 - 2018
TARGET : SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS OLYMPIADS
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY
1. Duration of Test is 2 Hours and Questions Paper Contains 90 Questions. Total marks are 120.

2. The questions appearing in the paper are based on Mental Ability, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics.

3. Student can not use calculators or any other material in the examination hall.

4. Student must abide by the instructions issued during the examination, by the invigilators or the centre incharge.

5. Before attempting the question paper ensure that it contains all the pages and that no question is missing.

6. There is no negative marking for wrong answer.

7. A candidate has to write his / her answers in the OMR sheet by darkening the appropriate bubble with the help of

Blue / Black Ball Point Pen only as the correct answer(s) of the question attempted.

8. Use of Pencil and whitener is strictly prohibited.

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9. If red is called butter, butter is called soap, soap
MENTAL ABILITY is called ink, ink is called honey, which of the
This section contains 15 questions. Q.1 to Q.10 following is used for washing clothes?
carry 1 mark each. Q.11 to Q.15 carry 2 marks (1) Honey (2) Butter
each. (3) Red (4) Ink
1. If TAP is coded as SZO, then how is FREEZE Direction (Q.10 & Q.11) : In a code
coded ? 'rem tur dimi wee' means 'my pencil was stolen'
(1) ATSSTS (2) EQDDYD 'soz rem legh ner' means 'your pencil is here'
(3) ESDDYD (4) ESDDZD 'rem zet tur legh' means 'blue pencil was here'
2. If JOSEPH is coded as FKOALD, then
'dimi rem tur soz' means 'your pencil was stolen'
GEORGE will be coded as
10. Code for the word 'here' is ?
(1) CAKNCA (2) HAKNCA
(3) CBKNCA (4) CALNCA (1) tur (2) ner (3) dimi (4) legh
3. If TOGETHER is coded an RQEGRJCT, then 11. Code for 'Blue pencil is stolen' ?
PAROLE will be written as. (1) Zet rem ner dimi (2) Na legh tur zat
(1) RYPQGJ (2) RCPQJG (3) Dimi rem soz ner (4) zet legh tur rem
(3) NCPQNG (4) NCPQJG 12. EXCURTION is coded as CXEURTNOI,
4. If INACTIVE is coded on VITCANIE, How is SCIENTIST, will be coded as ?
COMPUTER written in that code? (1) TSIICSNTE (2) ICSNTETSI
(1) UTEPMUCR (2) MOCPETUR (3) ICSENTTSI (4) ICSNTEJST
(3) ETUPMOCR (4) PMOCRETU
13. If D=4, COVER = 63, then BASIS = ?
Direction (Q.5 & Q.6) : In a certain code language
(1) 49 (2) 50 (3) 54 (4) 55
'in jee loo' means 'you did it'
14. If PALAM = 43, then SANTACRUZ = ?
'joo ip am' means 'how are things'
'loo sam' means 'you sing' (1) 75 (2) 85 (3) 120 (4) 123
'am pee joo' means 'things are sweet' 15. If 'fee see pee' means "Drink fruit juice",
5. Which of the following is the code for 'how'? 'see kee lee' means "juice is sweet",
(1) joo 'lee ree mee' mean "He is intelligel"
(2) ip which word mean "Sweet"?
(3) am (1) see (2) kee (3) lee (4) pee
(4) cannot be determined
6. What is the code for "you sing sweet"? PHYSICS
(1) loo sam am
This section contains 15 questions. Q.16 to Q.25
(2) loo pee joo
carry 1 mark each. Q.26 to Q.30 carry 2 marks
(3) pee sam loo
each.
(4) cannot be determined
7. If AT = 20, BAT=40, then CAT will be equal to ? 16. Liquid pressure at a point in a liquid does not
(1) 30 (2) 50 (3) 60 (4) 70 depend on the
8. If White is called blue, blue is called red, red is (1) Density of the liquid.
called yellow, yellow, called green, green is (2) Shape of the vessel in which the liquid is
called black, black called violet, what is the
kept.
colour of human blood?
(1) Red (2) Green (3) Depth of the point from the surface.
(3) Yellow (4) Violet (4) Acceleration due to gravity.

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17. A block of mass of 2 kg with dimensions 5 cm 23. An object of uniform density is allowed to float
× 20 cm × 10 cm respectively. The ratio of on water kept in a beaker. The object has
minimum to maximum pressure is? triangular cross-section as shown in the figure.
(1) 1 : 1 (2) 1 : 2 If the water pressure measured at the three
(3) 1 : 4 (4) 4 : 1 points A, B and C below the object are PA, PB
and PC respectively, then
18. Which of the following are examples of using
streamlined shape to reduce friction?
I. Air craft II. Lorry
III. Rocket IV. Fish
(1) I, II and III only (2) I, III and IV only
(3) II, III and IV only (4) I, II, III and IV

1 A B C
19. A nail has area 2 cm2 at one end and cm2
100
at the other end. A force of 1 kg wt is applied (1) PA > PB > PC
on the first end. Calculate the pressure acting (2) PA < PB < PC
on the wall. (Q gwt = 980 dyne)
(3) PA = PB = PC
(1) 49 × 104 dyne cm–2
(4) PA = PC < PB
(2) 98 × 106 dyne cm–2
24. Assertion : It is difficult to stop bleeding from
(3) 196 × 107 dyne cm–2
a cut in the body at high altitudes.
(4) 98 × 107 dyne cm–2
Reason : The atmospheric pressure at high
20. A liquid of density 12 kg m–3 exerts a pressure
altitude is lesser than the blood pressure.
of 600 Pa at a point inside a liquid. What is
height of column above that point? (1) Both assertion and reason are correct and
reason is the correct explanation of
[g = 10 ms–2]
assertion.
(1) 3 m (2) 4 m (3) 5 m (4) 6 m
(2) Both assertion and reason are true but reason
21. What is the relative density of a substance with
is not the correct explanation of assertion.
density 2000 kg/m3 with respect to water of
density 1000 kg/m3 ? (3) Assertion is true but reason is false.

(1) 2 kg/m3 (2) 0.5 kg/m3 (4) Assertion is false but reason is true.
(3) 2 (4) 0.5 25. A stone which has a mass of 12 g and a density
22. A student listed applications of some principles of 3 g cm–3, is lowered into 20 cm3 of water in
as follows. a measuring cylinder. What will be the new
reading on the measuring cylinder?
Submarines Lactometers Hydrometers Barometers
p q r s (1) 20 cm3
Identify the applications of Archimedes' (2) 24 cm3
principle from the list.
(3) 40 cm3
(1) Only p, q and r (2) Only q, r and s
(3) Only r, s and p (4) Only q, p and s (4) 16 cm3

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26. An object of density d is completely immersed 29. A cube of side 0.2 m rests on the floor, as
in three different liquids of densities d1, d2 and shown. Given that the cube has a mass of 50
d3 upto same depth such that d3 < d1 < d2 < d. kg, the pressure exerted by the cube on the
Pressure on the object floor is ________. (Take g = 10 N kg–1)
(1) 25 Nm–2

d1 d2 (2) 250 Nm–2

50 kg
(3) 1250 Nm–2
I II 0.2 m
(4) 12500 Nm –2
30. A cube of side ‘a’ rests on the floor as shown
d3 in the given figure. Given that the pressure
exerted by this cube on the floor is P, what is
III
the pressure exerted by another cube of the
(1) will be greatest in liquid I
same material of side 4a ?
(2) will be greatest in liquid II
(3) will be greatest in liquid III (Take g = 10 N kg–1)
(4) will be same in all the cases
(1) P
27. When we press the bulb of a dropper with its
nozzle kept in water, air in the dropper is seen (2) 2P
to escape in the form of bubbles. Once we (3) 4P
release the pressure on the bulb, water gets a 4a
(4) 16P
filled in the dropper. The rise of water in the
dropper is due to
CHEMISTRY
(1) Pressure of water
(2) Gravity of earth This section contains 15 questions. Q.31 to Q.40
(3) Shape of rubber bulb carry 1 mark each. Q.41 to Q.45 carry 2 marks
(4) Atmospheric pressure each.
28. The diagram shows a mercury barometer. What
happens to the column height h when the 31. Which of the following types of glass accounts
mercury barometer is placed at moon's for about 90% of manufactured glass?
surface? (1) Potash - lime silica glass

(2) Soda - lime silica glass

(3) Potash - lead silica glass

(4) Soda - lead silica glass

h
32. An element A is soft and can be cut with a
knife. It is very reactive and is found in
combined state only. Identify the element from
the following.
(1) h = 760 mm of Hg
(2) h > 760 mm of Hg (1) Mg (2) Ca
(3) h = 0
(3) P (4) Na
(4) Cannot be detected
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33. Study the given table carefully and choose the 38. Assertion (A): Gold threads are used in silk
incorrect match. sarees.
Reason (R): Gold is highly ductile in nature.
S. Object/ Malleability Conductor of
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the
No. Material electricity
O correct reason of (A).
I. Iron nail P
II. Coal piece P O (2) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the not
III. Aluminium P P correct reason of (A).
block (3) (A) is true but (R) is false.
IV. Pencil lead O P
(4) (A) is false but (R) is true.
(1) I and II only (2) II and III only 39. Arrange the steps in a sequence for the
manufacture of cement in dry process.
(3) I, III and IV only (4) All of these
(a) Rotation in kiln
34. Glass is a mixture of
(b) Pulverisation
(1) metallic silicates
(c) Addition of gypsum
(2) metallic acetates (d) Heating to high temperature (1500ºC to
(3) non-metallic silicates 1600ºC)

(4) non-metallic acetates (1) badc (2) cbad (3) bcda (4) bcad
40. Latex obtained from hevea plant has following
35. What kind of synthetic rubbers are commonly
composition
known as thiokol?
(1) 50-60% rubber + 40-50% water.
(1) Polyurethane rubbers
(2) 30-40% rubber + 60-70% water.
(2) Polysulphide rubbers (3) 80-90% rubber + 10-20% water.
(3) Fluorocarbon rubbers (4) None of these
(4) None of these 41. —CH
( 2 —C=CH—CH 2— )n
|
36. Which of the following substances does not Cl
form a curdy precipitate when it is added to The following structure represents
hard water? (1) Poly isoprene (2) Chloroprene

(1) Potassium salt of fatty acid (3) Neoprene (4) Isoprene

42. In the soap micelles,
(2) Sodium salt of fatty acid
(1) the ionic end of soap is on the surface of
(3) Sodium lauryl sulphate the cluster while the carbon chain is in the
(4) None of these interior of the cluster.
37. Which type of glass is used in hot water bottles? (2) the ionic end of soap is in the interior of
the cluster and the carbon chain is out of
(1) Safety glass
the cluster.
(2) Photo chromic glass (3) both ionic end and carbon chain are in the
(3) Glass fibres interior of the cluster.

(4) Glass wool (4) both ionic end and carbon chain are on the
surface of cluster.

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43. Some properties about a substance are given 47. The question below is based on analogy type.
below. Weedicide : Butachlor ::___(i)__ : Bordeux
(i) It is made from white clay. mixture (i) refers to
(ii) It is used as insulators for high tension (1) Nematocide (2) Rodenticide
electric cables. (3) Weedicide (4) Fungicide
(iii)It was first made in china. 48. Which of the following species can be used
for Composite fish culture?
The properties given above represents which
of the following substance? (1) Rohu + Mrigal

(1) Ceramics (2) Cement (2) Silver carp + Catla

(3) Porcelain (4) Teracotta (3) Silver carp + Mrigal
44. The possible elements representing A, B, C, D (4) Both (1) and (3)
respectively are 49. Which of the following are pure exotic breeds?
(i) Tharparker (ii) Brown swiss
Element
(iii) Holstein - Friesian (iv) Sahiwal
(1) (i) and (iii) (2) (ii) and (iii)
Metals Non-Metals
(3) (iii) and (iv) (4) (ii) and (iv)
Physical state Physical
50. Zinc phosphide is used to kill
Solid Liquid Liquid Gaseous
(1) Bacteria (2) Rodent
A B C D
(3) Insect (4) Fungi
A B C D
51. Read the given statements
(1) Copper, Iodine, Fluorine, Fro mine
(i) N.E. Borlaug is the father of white revolution
(2) Iron, Bromine, Nitrogen, Sodium
in India.
(3) Magnesium, Mercury, Bromine, Oxygen (ii) Worker bee is a fertile female.
(4) Carbon dioxide, Nitrogen, Carbon, (iii) Honey contain dextrose and starch
Chlorine (iv) Rinderpest is a common disease of poultry
45. Which type of glass can be described by birds.
following features? Which of the given statements are incorect
(a) Made by using lead oxide as flux. (1) (i) and (v) (2) (i), (ii), (v)
(b) It sparkles. (3) Only (i) (4) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(c) It is used for making high quality glass ware. 52. Match column I with column II and select the
(1) Lead crystal glass (2) Boro silicate glass correct option from the codes given below.
(3) Flint glass (4) Both (1) and (3) Column - I Column - II
BIOLOGY (a) Insecticide (i) Fumigant
This section contains 15 questions. Q.46 to Q.55
(b) Gundhi bug (ii) Malathion
carry 1 mark each. Q.56 to Q.60 carry 2 marks (c) High yielding (iii) Plant breeding
variety
each.
(d) Ethylene (iv) Paddy
46. What is true about weeds
dibromide
(1) All plants other than crops are weeds
(2) Some weeds can be eaten by us (1) (a)-ii, (b)-iv, (c)-i, (d)-iii
(3) The best time for the removal of weeds is (2) (a)-iii, (b)-ii, (c)-i, (d)-iv
before they produce flowers and seeds (3) (a)-ii, (b)-iv, (c)-iii, (d)-i
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53. In which of the following agricultural methods, 56. Study the given flow chart carefully and fill
the nutrient needs of one crop are fulfilled by the missing terms.
the other crop ? Agriculture
= Ground nut , = Rice
= Wheat , = Soyabeans
(i) Animal
husbandry

(1) (2) Horticulture Olericulture (iii)

Production (ii) Production

of fruits & of flowers
vegetables
(3) (4)

54. Which of the following is the correct sequence Cattle Poultry (iv) (v)
of use of the above given tools in the farming
agricultural practices ?
Rearing Rearing Rearing Rearing
of cattle of birds of fishes of honey
bee

(1) (i) Production of vegetable, (ii) Floriculture,

(a) (iii) Agronomy, (iv) Pisciculture, (v)
Apiculture
(2) (i) Agronomy, (ii) Floriculture, (iii)
Production of fruit, (iv) Silviculture, (v)
Sericulture
(3) (i) Agronomy, (ii) Production of vegetable
(b)
(iii) Silviculture, (iv) Pisciculture, (v)
Apiculture
(4) (i) Agronomy, (ii) Production of vegetable
(iii) Floriculture, (iv) Pisciculture, (v)
Apiculture
57. Select the correct sequence of words to fill up
(c) the blanks in the given paragraph.
Rearing of_________for the production of raw
silk is called_________. Silk is the product of
_________glands of larva of silkworm. Silk is
chemically a__________which is obtained from
(d)
_________in which pupa stage is present.
(1) Bombyx mori, salivary, sericulture, cocoon,
(1) a, b, c, d (2) d, c, b, a
protein
(3) d, b, a, c (4) c, a, d, b.
(2) Sericulture, silkworm, salivary, protein,
55. Integrated cultivation system include all except
cocoon
(1) Breeding livestock on oil palm plantation.
(2) Breeding small fishes in paddy fields. (3) Bombyx mori, sericulture, salivary, protein,
cocoon
(3) Planting many types of crops and breeding
livestock on a small area. (4) Silkworm, sericulture, protein, salivary,
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58. Given below are statements about the harmful
effects of weeds on crop plants. x 14
62. If 1+ = , then 'x' is equal to
(i) They interfere in harvesting 169 13
(ii) They help crop plants to grow healthily
(1) 1 (2) 13
(iii)They compete with crop plants for water,
nutrients, space and light. (3) 27 (4) None of these
(iv)They affect plant growth. 63. The cube of a number 'p' is nine times of 'p',
Choose the correct combination of statements than find 'p' where p ¹ 0 & p ¹ –3
(1) i, iii, iv (2) iii only
(1) 8 (2) 2 (3) 4 (4) 3
(3) iii, iv (4) i, ii, iii, iv
59. Give one word for the following statements 64. Which of the following number becomes a
(i) The process of separation grains from the perfect cube when we divide it by 2?
chaff – A (1) 120 (2) 250
(ii) The process of removal of weed from the
(3) 600 (4) None of these
crop – B
(iii) These are the chemicals substances used 65. The square of a proper fraction is always ____
to repel insects – C than itself.
(iv) Surplus stock of grains which is preserved (1) Less
for emergencies – D
(2) Greater
(1) A - Winnowing, B - Weeding, C-Silos,
D - Threshing (3) Can't be determined
(2) A - Threshing, B - Weeding, C-Buffer stock, (4) None of these
D - Silos
66. The cube root of 110592 is
(3) A - Threshing, B - Weeding, C-Biocides,
D - Buffer stock (1) 44 (2) 38 (3) 58 (4) 48
(4) A - Threshing, B - Winnowing, C-Biocides, 67. What should be added to 2714 to make the
D - Buffer stock
sum a perfect cube?
60. Which of the following method of weed
control is ecofriendly. (1) 10 (2) 517 (3) 30 (4) 150
(i) Prevention of parthenium weed by growing
68. The value of 117 2 - 1082 is
cassia plant
(ii) Removal of hydrilla by carp fish (1) 55 (2) 45 (3) 35 (4) 65
(iii) Uprooting weeds by khurpi
(iv) Spraying 2,4-D in field p
69. If p and q, are perfect squares, then is
(1) (i), (ii) & (iv) (2) (i), (ii), (iii) & (iv) q
(3) (i), (ii) & (iii) (4) (i) & (iii)
always a rational number. Is this a true
MATHEMATICS statement?
This section contains 30 questions. Q.61 to Q.80 (1) Yes (except zero)
carry 1 mark each. Q.81 to Q.90 carry 2 marks (2) No
each.
(3) Can't be determined
61. If 6084 = 78 , then the value of
(4) None of these
60.84 + 0.6084 + 0.006084 + 0.00006084
is 70. Which of the following is not a perfect square?
(1) 86.658 (2) 8.6658 (1) 16384 (2) 23857
(3) 0.86658 (4) 866.58 (3) 18496 (4) 11025

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71. 9.261 = ? 82. The square root of (8 + 2 15 ) is
(1) 2.1 (2) 3.1
(1) ( 2 + 6) (2) 5+ 3
(3) 4.1 (4) None of these
(3) 2( 3 + 5 5) (4) 2 + 6
32 + 48
72. =?
8 + 12 12
83. Value of 3 4 is
125
(1) 2 (2) 2 (3) 4 (4) 8
3 2 4 2
(x + 2)(y + 3) (1) 1 (2) 1 (3) 1 (4) 2
73. If x * y * z = , the value of 5 5 5 5
(z + 1) 84. If p and q are perfect squares (q ¹ 0) then which
of the following is false ?
(6 * 15 * 3) is
(1) 2 (2) 3 (1) p´q = p´ q
(3) 4 (4) 6
p p
(2) =
74. 3
0.000729 = ? q q
(1) 0.03 (2) 0.3
(3) p+q = p + q
(3) 3 (4) None of these
75. If 'n' is a perfect cube, then every prime factor (4) None of these
of 'n' occur______. 85. Find the least number which when added to
(1) one time (2) two times 3488 makes it a perfect square?
(3) three times (4) four times (1) 112 (2) 7
76. If 3(x – 2) = 507, then 'x' can be
2
(3) 110 (4) None of these
(1) 13 (2) 12 (3) 15 (4) 14 86. Find the divisor, given that the dividend is 2200
77. The unit digit of the square of a one digit natural remainder is 13 & the divisor is one third of
number is equal to the unit's digit of the cube the quotient?
of the number as well as unit's digits of number (1) 25 (2) 27
itself. How many such numbers are there? (3) 24 (4) 81
(1) 2 (2) 4 (3) 5 (4) 3 87. When twice a non-zero positive number is
78. If 'n' leaves a remainder '1' when divided by divided by its cube root, the quotient is obtained
'2', then the remainder when n3 is divided by 2 as 32. If the cube of the number is divided by
is the number itself then the quotient is
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 0 (4) 3 (1) 64 (2) 32
79. By what least number 675 be multiplied to (3) 8 (4) 4096
obtain a number which is a perfect cube?
88. If 3 5 + 125 = 17.88 then find the value of
(1) 5 (2) 6 (3) 7 (4) 8

80. 80 + 6 5 .
248 + 51 + 169
(1) 13.41 (2) 20.46 (3) 21.66 (4) 22.35
(1) 14 (2) 16 (3) 16.6 (4) 18.8
89. The least number which must be added to
1
1 1 1200, so that the sum is a perfect square is
81. The value of + (0.0001) 2 - (1000) 3 is (1) 52 (2) 25 (3) 35 (4) 45
4
90. The hypotenuse of a right angled triangle with
1 1 its legs of length 3x and 4x is
(1) (2) (3) –8.39 (4) –9.49
2 4 (1) 5x (2) 10x (3) 7x (4) 24x

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