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 National Merit Scholarship Exam
2020

Important Instructions
❖ This is a sample question paper containing a total of 15 MCQs questions.

❖ There are 5 questions from each Science, math and Mental Ability.

❖ The Actual Exam will consist of a total 45 MCQs questions, 15 ques. from each subject.

❖ There is no negative marking.

Science
1. Match the following with correct response.

(i) Rate of change of velocity motion (A) Uniform circular

(ii) Rate of change of displacement (B) Velocity

(iii) Rate of change of distance (C) Acceleration

(iv) Rate of change of speed in circular path (D) Speed

(1) i-A, ii-C, iii-B, iv-D

(2) i-C, ii-B, iii-D, iv-A

(3) i-D, ii-A, iii-C, iv-B

(4) i-B, ii-D, iii-A, iv-C

2. Which of the following gives both direction and magnitude?

(1) Unit Scalar

(2) Scalar
 (3) Unit Vector

(4) Vector

3. Which will not give a stable solution even when stirred for sometime?

(1) Milk in water

(2) Common salt in water

(3) Egg albumin in water

(4) Sugar in water

4. Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium are examples of

(1) Micro-nutrients and Macro-nutrients

(2) Micro-nutrients

(3) Fertilizers

(4) Macro-nutrients

5. Which of the following is absent in plant cell?

(1) Cell membrane

(2) Vacuole

(3) Mitochondria

(4) Centriole

Mathematics
6. The value of x3 + y3 + 15xy - 125 when x+ y = 5 is

(1) 0

(2) 3

(3) 1

(4) 2
7. Which of the following points lie on the line y = 3x – 4 ?

(1) (2, 2)

(2) (4, 12)

(3) (5, 15)

(4) (3, 9)

8. A polynomial of degree ____ is called a linear polynomial.

(1) 1

(2) 2

(3) 3

(4) 0

9. An exterior angle of a triangle is 80° and the interior opposite angles are in the ratio 1 : 3. Measure of each

interior opposite angle is :

(1) 30°, 60°

(2) 20°, 60°

(3) 30°, 90°

(4) 40°, 120°

10. If triangle ABC is obtuse angled and ∠C is obtuse, then

(1) AB < BC

(2) AB = BC

(3) AB > BC

(4) AC > AB
 Mental Abiltiy
11. The average of 16 numbers is 30. If each number is multiplied by 1.5, what will be the new average?

(1) 35

(2) 40

(3) 45

(4) 50

12. Sports is related to Logo in the same way as Nation is related to

(1) Emblem

(2) Animal

(3) Ruler

(4) Anthem

13. A and B start walking from the same point. A foes North and covers 3 km; then turns right and covers 4 km.

B goes west and covers 5 km, then turns right and covers 3 kms. How far apart are they from each other ?

(1) 10 km

(2) 9 km

(3) 8 km

(4) 5 km

14. Complete the given pattern.

6, 11, 21, 36, 56, ( ? )

(1) 42

(2) 51

(3) 81

(4) 91
15. A toothed wheel of diameter 50 cm is attached to a smaller wheel of diameter 30 cm. How many

revolutions will the smaller wheel make when the larger one makes 15 revolutions?

(1) 18

(2) 20

(3) 25

(4) 30

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