NTSE (Test Series)

PRACTICE TEST # 1
SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST (SAT)
Time : 2 Hrs. Max. Marks : 100
General instructions :
1. The question paper contains 100 questions, 40 questions from Science (1-40), 20 questions from Mathematics
(41-60), 40 questions from Social Science (61-100), each carries 1 mark.
2. Every correct answer will be awarded 1 mark. There will be no negative marking.

SCIENCE
Physics (Q.1 to 13)
1. Ohm's law is applicable for
(A) Metallic conductors of electricity (B) Semi conductors of electricity
(C) Both (A) & (B) (D) None of these
2. A pendulum is moving in a periodic motion with period T. If its length is increased by three times then time
period will -
(A) Increase by 4 times (B) Increase to 2 times
(C) Decrease by 4 times (D) Decrease to 2 times
3. After firing a bullet of mass 8 g, it is moved with a velocity of 4 ms –1. The kinetic Energy gained by this
bullet is
(A) 64 Joule (B) 6.4 Joule (C) 0.64 Joule (D) 0.064 Joule
4. If the distance between two bodies is reduced to half of its initial value, then the gravitational force between
them is
(A) Reduces to half of its initial value (B) Increases to 4 times of its initial value
(C) Increases by 2 times of its initial value (D) Decreases by 4 times of its initial value
5. A copper wire has a resistance of 8 ohm. The wire is stretched to double of its original length. Its new
resistance will be
(A) 8 ohm (B) 16 ohm (C) 32 ohm (D) 64 ohm
6. A 100 meter long train moving with constant speed of 90 km/h crosses a tunnel of 300 meter long. The
time taken by the train to cross the tunnel completely is
(A) 16 seconds (B) 8 seconds (C) 4 seconds (D) 2 seconds
7. Out of the following the best safety measure against lightning strikes is
(A) Stand on the terrace of a building (B) Take shelter under a tree
(C) Run across an open high ground (D) Take shelter inside a metal box
8. The velocity-time graph which represents a body is moving with zero-acceleration is

(A) (B) (C) (D)

9. A metallic conductor carries 800 mA current from left to right. It means that
(A) 5 × 1018 protons are flowing per sec from left to right
(B) 5 × 1018 electrons are flowing per sec from right to left
 (C) 8 × 102 electrons are flowing per sec from right to left.
(D) 5 × 1018 protons are flowing per sec from left to right & 5 × 1018 electrons are flowing per sec from
right to left.
10. If the five equal pieces of resistance wire having 5 resistance each is connected in parallel, then their
equivalent resistance will be_______
1
(A)  (B) 1 (C) 5  (D) 25 
5
11. Splitting of white light into its component is called
(A) Dispersion (B) Scattering
(C) Total internal Reflection (D) Spectrum
12. Which of the following defects can be rectified by using cylindrical lenses?
(A) Myopia (B) Presbyopia (C) Astigmatism (D) Hypermetropia
13. The strength of a magnetic field of magnet increases when-
(A) The number of magnetic lines of forces passing through a given area increases.
(B) Strength of the pole increases
(C) Distance between the magnetic pole
(D) Both (A) and (B)

Chemistry (Q.14 to 26)

14. Which gas is liberated on keeping the bleaching powder in air?
(A) H2 (B) O2 (C) Cl2 (D) CO2
15. Nylon threads are :
(A) Weaker and smooth (B) Burns with the smell of burning paper
(C) Fireproof (D) Highly tensile
16. In the given reaction :
HF(aq) + H2O() H3O+ (aq) + F–(aq)
What is the conjugate base of HF in this reaction?
(A) H2O() (B) F– (aq) (C) H3O+ (aq) (D) F2(g)
17. In which medium, the digestion of food in our stomach takes place?
(A) Acidic (B) Basic (C) Neutral (D) No change
18. The number of elements in a short period is :
(A) 2 (B) 8 (C) 18 (D) 32
19. Which among the following is /are true for catalysts :
(i) Catalysts are more active at certain temperature
(ii) Catalysts initiate the reaction.
(iii) Catalysts can increase the rate of reaction.
(iv) In reversible reactions, the rate of forward and backward reactions are equally affected by catalysts.
(A) All are true (B) (i), (ii), (iii) (C) (i), (iii), (iv) (D) (i), (ii), (iv)
20. AgNO3 + KCl  AgCl + KNO3
What type of reaction is shown above :
(A) Displacement reaction (B) Double displacement reaction
(C) Photolysis (D) Both (B) and (C)
21. To get relief from ant sting, which of the following can be used :
(A) Na2CO3 (B) NaHCO3 (C) CaCO3 (D) Mg(OH)2
22. Neon sign bulb and fluorescent tube glows because
(A) It consist of super energetic and super excited particles
 (B) It particle are present in the form of ionised gases
(C) Of presence of plasma
(D) All of the above
23. Which of the following is not a mixture?
(A) Blood (B) Gold coins (C) Saliva (D) Plutonium
24. 16g of SOx occupies 5.6 ltr at STP. The value of x is?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) None of these
25. As we move from top to bottom in a group in modern periodic table, generally atomic size of elements -
(A) increases (B) decreases (C) remains same (D) approaches zero
26. In Rutherford’s experiments, most of the particles
(A) passed through the foil (B) were absorbed by the foil
(C) combined with the foil (D) deflected by the foil

Biology (Q.27 to 40)

27. If a grass hopper is eaten by a frog, then the energy transfer will be from
(A) producer to decomposer (B) producer to primary consumer
(C) primary consumer to secondary consumer (D) secondary consumer to primary consumer
28. Dramatic changes of body features associated with puberty are mainly because of secretion of
(A) oestrogen from testes and testosterone from ovary
(B) estrogen from adrenal gland and testosterone from pituitary gland
(C) testosterone from testes and estrogen from ovary
(D) testosterone from thyroid gland and estrogen from pituitary gland
29. During deficiency of oxygen in tissues of human beings, pyruvic acid is converted into lactic acid in the
(A) cytoplasm (B) chloroplast (C) mitochondria (D) golgi body
30. Find out the false statement
(A) Aves are warm blooded, egg laying and have four chambered heart
(B) Aves have feather covered body, fore limbs are modified as wing and breathe through lungs
(C) Mammals are ovo-viviparous
(D) Fishes, amphibians and reptiles are oviparous
31. Pteridophyta do not have
(A) root (B) stem (C) flowers (D) leaves
32. Ozone - layer is getting depleted because of
(A) excessive use of automobiles
(B) excessive formation of industrial units
(C) excessive use of man-made compounds containing both fluorine and chlorine
(D) excessive deforestation
33. Disposable plastic plates should not be used because
(A) they are made of materials with light weight
(B) they are made of toxic materials
(C) they are made of biodegradable materials
(D) they are made of non-biodegradable materials
34. A doctor advised a person to take an injection of insulin because
(A) his blood pressure was low (B) his heart was beating slowly
(C) he was suffering from goitre (D) his sugar level in blood was high

35. Lack of oxygen in muscles often leads to cramps among cricketers. This results due to -
 (A) conversion of pyruvate to ethanol
(B) conversion of pyruvate to glucose
(C) non conversion of glucose to pyruvate
(D) conversion of pyruvate to lactic acid

36. Identify a member of porifera

(A) Spongilla (B) Euglena (C) Penicillium (D) Hydra

37. To solve the food problem of the country, which among the following is necessary?
(A) Increased production and storage of food grains
(B) Easy access of people to the food grain
(C) People should have money to purchase the grains
(D) All of the above

38. The amount of urine released by human body per day -

(A) 18 L (B) 1.8 L (C) 180 L (D) 1800 L

39. Alcohol when attack cerebrum of our brain, following which effect it shows -
(A) Murmuring start (B) Body posture disturbs
(C) Can’t see well (D) Start fighting

40. Choose the forms in which most plants absorb nitrogen

(i) Proteins (ii) Nitrates and Nitrites
(iii) Urea (iv) Atmospheric nitrogen
(A) (i) and (ii) (B) (ii) and (iii) (C) (iii) and (iv) (D) (i) and (iv)

MATHEMATICS
41. The 7th term of an AP is 5 times the first term and its 9th term exceeds twice the 4th term by 1. The first term
of the AP is -
(A) 151 (B) –39 (C) 3 (D) – 124

42. In the given Figure, the value of PXR is_______

(A) 580° (B) 100° (C) 95° (D) 120°

43. If radius of a right circular cylinder is increased by 10% and height is decreased by 10% its volume will
(A) increase by 9.8% (B) decrease by 9.8% (C) increase by 8.9% (D) decrease by 8.9%

66  66  66  66  66  66 56  56  56  56  56
44. If   5n then the value of n is ____________
26  26 36  36  36
(A) 6 (B) 0 (C) 12 (D) 7
45. The area (in sq. cm) of the largest circle that can be drawn inside a square of side 28 cm is
(A) 17248 (B) 784 (C) 8624 (D) 616

46. A boat is being rowed away from a cliff 150 m high. At the top of the cliff the angle of depression of the boat
changes from 60° to 45° in 2 minutes. The speed of the boat is:
(A) 2 km/hr (B) 1.9 km/hr (C) 2.4 km/hr (D) 3 km/hr

47. The area of a circular ring between two concentric circles of radii r and (r + h) units respectively is given
by:
(A)  (2r + h) h sq. units (B)  (r + h) h sq. units
(C)  (r + 2h) r sq. units (D)  (r – h) r sq. units

48. A tank can be filled by one tap in 20 minutes and by another in 25 minutes. Both the taps are kept open for
5 minutes and then the second is turned off. In how many minutes more is the tank completely filled?
1
(A) 6 (B) 11 (C) 12 (D) 17
2
49. There are four lines in a plane no two of which are parallel. The maximum number of points in which they
can intersect is:
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7

50. A balloon of radius r makes an angle α at the eye of an observer and the angle of elevation of its centre is β. The
height of its centre from the ground level is given by:
   
(A) r cos sec  (B) r cos  sec (C) r sin cosec  (D) r sin cosec
2 2 2 2

51. The area of the shaded portion where ABCD is a square of side 14 cm is

(A) 21 cm2 (B) 154 cm2 (C) 42 cm2 (D) 84 cm2

52. The probability of guessing the correct answer to a certain test question is x/12. If the probability of not
guessing the correct answer is 2/3, then x is equal to
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 6

53. Students of a class are made to stand in rows. If one student is extra in a row, there would be two rows less.
If one student is less in a row there would be three rows more. The number of students in the class are -
(A) 70 (B) 50 (C) 60 (D) 80

54. If 4 is a root of the quadratic equation x2 + px – 4 = 0 and the quadratic equation x2 + px + k = 0 has equal
roots, find the value of k,
3 7 2 9
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 4 9 4

55. ABC is a right angle triangle, right angled at C. If p is the length of the perpendicular from C to AB, AB = c and
BC = a and AC = b, then
 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
(A) 2
 2 2 (B) 2
 2 2 (C) 2
 2 2 (D) None of these
a b p p a b p a b

x sin  ysin 
56. If tan = and tan = . Find x / y.
1  x cos  1  ycos 
sin  sin  sin  sin 
(A) (B) (C) (D)
sin  sin  1  cos  1  cos 

57. If tangents PA and PB from a point P to a circle with centre O are inclined to each other at angle of 80o, then
POA is equal to,
(A) 50o (B) 60o (C) 70o (D) 80o

58. If h be the height and  the Semi-vertical angle of a right circular cone, then its volume is given by
1 3 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 1 3 3
(A) h tan  (B) h tan  (C) h tan  (D) h tan 
3 3 3 3

59. If x = a sec + b tan  and y = a tan  + b sec  prove that the value of x2 – y2 will be
(A) a2 – b2 (B) a2 + b2 (C) a2 + 1 (D) a2 – 1

 2  5
12 8 x
60. If 3
 (2  5) 2  then the value of x is __________.
(A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 10 (D) 12

SOCIAL SCIENCE
61. Demands for the new lungs in London related to
(A) Proper Space (B) Proper Housing (C) Greenery (D) All of these

62. Historians have identified secured silk routes, over land and by sea, knitting together vast regions of Asia,
and linking Asia with Europe and __________.
(A) Northern Africa (B) Southern Africa (C) Eastern Africa (D) Western Africa

63. What is Jikji?

(A) Oldest Book of Korea (B) Oldest Book of Japan
(C) Oldest Book of China (D) Oldest Book of Indonesia

64. Meyeli was a __________.

(A) Language (B) Prose (C) Novel (D) Literary Book

65. Vijay Hazare plays cricket for which cricket team

(A) Parsi Gymkhana (B) Bombay Gymkhana
(C) Muslim Gymkhana (D) Rest

66. Rational Dress society was started in England in which year?

(A) 1880 (B) 1881 (C) 1882 (D) 1883

67. Which crop was sown by Dhangars as a Dry Crop?

(A) Jowar (B) Ragi (C) Bajra (D) Maize

68. Bushel was a

(A) Currency (B) Tribe (C) Measure (D) Act
69. Bastar Kingdom was made a part of Chhattisgarh in
(A) 2000 (B) 2002 (C) 2001 (D) 1947

70. In 1860s Weavers were faced a problem of good quality raw cotton because of which war?
(A) American war of Independence (B) American war with French
(C) American war with Germany (D) American Civil War

71. The professions of the people of the Third estate were

(A) Lawyers and administrative officers (B) potters
(C) Butchers (D) writers

72. Paul Barnard was deeply inspired by land reforms of

(A) Chinese (B) French (C) Japanese (D) Indians

73. Allahabad–haldia stretch of the Ganga–Bhagirathi–Hooghly Rivers which is 1620 km long is

(A) National waterways–6 (B) National waterways–3
(C) National waterways–2 (D) National waterways–1

74. Who wanted to make Indians mentally retarded by spreading English education in India?
(A) Lord Macaulay (B) Lord William Bentick
(C) Lord Mount Baton (D) Lord Rippon

75. Which article of the constitution status that “Money Bills can only be presented in the Lok Sabha”?
(A) Article 107 (B) Article 106 (C) Article 100 (D) Article 109
76. The President appoints the Chief Justice of High Court after talking advice from
(A) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (B) Collegiums System
(C) The Governor (D) All of the above
77. The Executive committee of municipal corporation has the following members.
(A) Mayor, vice mayor, CEO, commissioner.
(B) Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Opposition leader in council, Seven other members
(C) Mayor, Deputy mayor, vice mayor, opposition leader in council.
(D) Mayor, CEO, commission, Deputy Mayor.
78. Major ‘copper’ producing district of Rajasthan is
(A) Bhilwara (B) Jhunjhunu (C) Nagaur (D) Tonk
79. An abstract idea or emotion which when used as a symbol to portray a theme with respect to a nation is
called
(A) An ideology (B) symbol (C) an allegory (D) a painted theme
80. The scholar who called the U.S. Vietnam war, as ‘the greatest threat to peace, to national self-
determination, and to international cooperation’ was
(A) Jean Paul Sartre (B) Noam Chomsky (C) Trieu Au (D) Phan Boi Chau
81. Bharat Mata, Painting was drawn by :
(A) Rabindranath Tagore (B) Nand Lal Basu
(C) Amrita Shergil (D) AbanindraNath Tagore

82. The class of peasants that faced brutal repression of Stalinism during collectivization was
(A) poor peasants (B) middle landowners
(C) kulaks (D) landless agriculturist

83. Helmuth’s father killed himself in the spring of 1945 because

 (A) He was depressed by Germany’s defeat in the Second World War
(B) He feared allied forces will mishandle him and his family
(C) He opposed the policies of Nazis
(D) He wanted to die because of the guilt of the crimes, which he had committed during Nazi rule in
Germany

84. The concept of seperate, soverign, national and state governments is known as
(A) unicameralism (B) federalism (C) aristocracy (D) oligarchy

85. Belgium was shifted from unitary form of government to federal form of government in 1993. What does it
mean?
(A) The regional governments were given constitutional powers and were not dependent on the central
government.
(B) The regional governments were under the control of the central government.
(C) Constitution prescribes that the Dutch and French ministers shall be equal in the central government.
(D) Community government will undertake the powers of the central government.

86. Who of the following athlete won silver medal in 200 meter race in Olympics – 1968 – Mexico?
(A) Peter Smith (B) Peter Norman (C) Peter Pan (D) Peter Carlos

87. The statement that is true regarding the feminist movement is

(A) It strengthens relationship between man and woman.
(B) It improves women’s role related to political mobilisation.
(C) It does not give much liberty to women in society.
(D) It does not provide equal opportunities for men and women.

88. Which of the following is special feature that distinguishes a pressure group from a political party?
(A) Political parties take political stance while pressure groups are not always concerned with political
issues.
(B) Pressure groups are confined to few people while Political Parties involves large number of people.
(C) Pressure groups do not seek to get into power while political parties do.
(D) Pressure groups do not seek to mobilise people politically while political parties do.

89. The false statement out of the following is

(A) Congress has been the longest ruling party of India.
(B) State parties play decisive role in case of Hung Parliament.
(C) Biju Janata Dal is a state party of Maharastra.
(D) Main ruling party in parliament is Bhartiya Janta Party.

90. Most of the established democracies face the __________________.

(A) Challenge of expansion. (B) Foundational challenge.
(C) Democratic challenge. (D) Deepening of Democracy

91. Who among the following imposed martial law in Poland in 1981?
(A) Marshal Tito (B) General Naseer (C) General Jaruzelski (D) Lech Walse

92. Identify the Chinese term used to denote Chinese Parliament ‘National People’s Congress’.
(A) Aung San Suu Kyi Dahui (B) Quanguo Renmin Quanguo
(C) Quanguo Renmin Daibiao Dahui (D) Dahui Daibiao Renmin Quanguo

93. The founder President of Adivasi Maha Sabha was

(A) Jaipal Singh (B) H. C. Mookherjee
(C) G. Durgabai Deshmukh (D) Baldev Singh
94. The authority that implements the Code of Conduct in the elections is
(A) President (B) Prime Minister
(C) Election Commission (D) Delimitation Officer

95. Political association occupying a definite territory, having an organized government and possessing power
to make domestic and foreign policies is known as
(A) State (B) Government (C) Parliament (D) Executive

96. Select right statement regarding biodiversity.

A. Biodiversity is maximum in forests.
B. It refers to only flora of a particular area.
C. It is related to various species of flora and fauna of a particular area
D. It represents the total number of individuals of particular species living in an area.
(A) A and B both are right (B) B and C both are right
(C) C and D both are right (D) A and C are right

97. Which one of the following is right option for ‘guls’ or ‘kuls’ Himalayan region?
(A) These are water bodies in western Himalayan region.
(B) These are water channels in western Himalayan region.
(C) These are diversion channels for agriculture in Himalayas.
(D) They were names of daughters of Himalayas.

98. Which one of the following group of states practice Jhum cultivation or shifting cultivation?
(A) Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh
(B) Punjab and Haryana
(C) Mizoram and Nagaland
(D) Uttaranchal and Sikkim

99. Jharia, Bokaro, Giridh and Karanpur are important coal fields of which one of the following states?
(A) Jharkhand (B) Bihar (C) Odisha (D) Chattisgharh

100. The following is the list of iron and steel plants located in various parts of India.
A. Vishakhapatnam B. Bhadravati C. Jamshedpur D. Salem
E. Rourkela F. Bokaro G. Vijayanagar H. Durgapur
Which one of the following represents iron & steel industries located outside the Chotanagpur region?
(A) A, D, G, H (B) B, C, F, G (C) A, B, D, G (D) B, E, G, H

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