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IJSO (Stage-I)
Subject : Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics & Biology
DPP - 3
Time : 1 Hr. No. of Questions : 40 Max. Marks : 120

SUBJECT : PHYSICS
TOPIC : FORCE AND LAWS OF MOTION

1. A thief stole a box full of valuable articles of weight w and while carrying it on his back, he jumped
down a wall of height h from the ground. Before he reached the ground, he experienced a load of
(A) 2W (B) W (C) W/2 (D) Zero

2. A body of mass 5 kg is suspended by the string making angles 60° and 30° with the horizontal

(a) T1 = 25 N (b) T2 = 25 N (c) T1 = N (d) T2 = 25 3 N

(A) a, b (B) a, d (C) c, d (D) b, c

3. A balloon of gross weight w Newton is falling vertically downward with a constant acceleration a(<g).
The magnitude of the air resistance is :
 a  a a
(A) w (B) w  1 +  (C) w  1 −  (D) w
 g  g g

4. A force on a particle of 200 g displaces it through a distance of 400 cm in 2 s. If the particle is

initially at rest then magnitude of the force will be:
(A) 0.1 N (B) 0.2 N (C) 0.3 N (D) 0.4 N

5. In the figure shown, the pulleys and strings are massless. The acceleration of the block of mass 4m just
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after the system is released from rest is ( = sin–1 )
5

2g 2g 5g 5g
(A) downward (B) upwards (C) upwards (D) downwards
5 5 11 11

6. A person sitting in an open car moving at constant velocity throws a ball vertically up into air. The ball falls
(A) Outside the car (B) In the car ahead of the person
(C) In the car to the side of the person (D) Exactly in the hand which threw it up

7. A ball of mass 500g initially at rest is struck with a bat. The bat is in contact with ball for 0.1 sec. The
ball acquires a velocity of 4 m/s. The average force exerted on the ball is :
(A) 5N (B) 15N (C) 10N (D) 20N

8. A bird weighs 2 kg and is inside a closed cage of 1 kg. If it starts flying, then what is the weight of the
bird and cage assembly?
(A) 1.5 kg (B) 2.5 kg (C) 3 kg (C) 4 kg
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9. A block of mass M is pulled along a horizontal frictionless surface by a rope of mass m. If a force P is
applied at the free end of the rope, the force exerted by the rope on the block is :
Pm Pm PM
(A) (B) (C) P (D)
M+m M−m M+m

A force vector applied on a mass is represented as F = 6 i − 8 j + 10k and accelerates with 1 m/s . What
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will be the mass of the body?
(A) 10 2 kg (B) 2 10 kg (C) 10 kg (D) 20 kg

SUBJECT : CHEMISTRY
TOPIC : PERIODIC TABLE

Paragraph for Question Nos. 11 to 14

The I. E.1 and the I.E.2 in kJ mol–1 of a faw elements designated by P, Q, R, S are shown below :
Element I.E.1 I.E.2
P 2372 5251
Q 520 7300
R 900 1760
S 1680 3380
Based on the above information, answer the following questions :

11. Which represents a noble gas?

(A) P (B) Q (C) R (D) S

12. Which of the elements is likely to be reactive non-metal?

(A) P (B) Q (C) R (D) S

13. Which of the following valence electron experience maximum effective nuclear charge?
(A) 4s1 (B) 4p1 (C) 3d1 (D) 2p1

14. Which of the above elements forms a stable binary halide of the formula MX2?
(A) P (B) Q (C) R (D) S

15. The number of elements present in fifth period is :

(A) 18 (B) 32 (C) 8 (D) 24

16. Which of the following sequence represents atomic number of only representative elements?
(A) 55, 12, 48, 53 (B) 13, 33, 54, 83 (C) 3, 33, 53, 87 (D) 22, 33, 55, 66

17. The correct values of ionization enthalpies (in kJ mol–1) of Si, P, Cl and S respectively are :
(A) 786, 1012, 999, 1256 (B) 1012, 786, 999, 1256
(C) 786, 1012, 1256, 999 (D) 786, 999, 1012, 1256

18. The atomic numbers of the metallic and non-metallic elements which are liquid at room temperature
respectively are :
(A) 55, 87 (B) 33, 87 (C) 35, 80 (D) 80, 35

19. The single bond covalent radius of P is 0.11 nm. The single bond covalent radius of Cl will be :
(A) smaller than P (B) greater than P (C) same as P (D) twice of P

20. Sodium generally does not shown oxidation state of + 2, because of its :
(A) High first ionisation potential. (B) High second ionisation potential.
(C) Large ionic radius (D) High electronegativity.

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SUBJECT : MATHEMATICS
TOPIC : COORDINATE GEOMETRY

21. If P divides AB internally in the ratio m : n & Q divides AB externally in the ratio m : n then
(A) AP, AB & AQ are in H.P. (B) AP, AB & AQ are in G.P.
(C) AP, AB & AQ are in A.P. (D) None of these

22. If two vertices joining the hypotenuse of a right angled triangle are (0, 0) and (3, 4), then the length of
the median through the vertex having right angle is-
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 5/2 (D) 7/2

23. A triangle ABC with vertices A (– 1, 0), B (– 2, 3/4) & C (– 3, – 7/6) has its orthocenter H. Then the
orthocenter of triangle BCH will be :
(A) (– 3, – 2) (B) (1, 3) (C) (– 1, 2) (D) none of these

24. If the middle points of the sides BC, CA and AB of the triangle ABC be (1, 3), (5, 7) and (– 5, 7)
respectively then the equation of the side AB is
(A) x – y – 2 = 0 (B) x – y + 12 = 0 (C) x – y – 12 = 0 (D) None of these

25. Equation of the line passing through the point (1, – 1) and perpendicular to the line 2x – 3y = 5 is -
(A) 3x + 2y – 1 = 0 (B) 2x + 3y + 1 = 0 (C) 3x + 2y – 3 = 0 (D) 3x + 2y + 5 = 0

26. Equation of a straight line passing through the origin and making with x − axis an angle twice the size of
the angle made by the line y = (0.2) x with the x − axis, is :
(A) y = (0.4) x (B) y = (5/12) x (C) 6y − 5x = 0 (D) none of these

27. The equation of a line passing through the origin and the point (a cos , a sin ) is-
(A) y = x sin  (B) y = x tan (C) y = x cos  (D) y = x cot 

28. The points which trisect the line segment joining the points (0, 0) and (9, 12) are
(A) (3, 4), (6, 8) (B) (8, 6), (0, 2) (C) (1, 3) (2, 5) (D) (4, 0), (0, 3)

29. If (3, – 4) and (–6, 5) are the extremities of the diagonal of a parallelogram and (–2, 1) is its third
vertex, then its fourth vertex is -
(A) (–1, 0) (B) (–1, 1) (C) (0, –1) (D) (0, 1)

30. If the line passing through the points (4, 3) and (2, ) is perpendicular to the line y = 2x + 3, then  is
equal to
(A) 4 (B) – 4 (C) 1 (D) – 1

SUBJECT : BIOLOGY
TOPIC : PLANT TISSUE

31. In embryonic stage, cells are

(A) Collenchymatous (B) Sclerenchymatous (C) Meristematic (D) Parenchymatous
32. Which of the following is an example of primary meristem
(A) Phellogen (B) Vascular cambium of root
(C) Inter fascicular cambium (D) Intra fascicular cambium
33. Which of the following are examples of lateral meristems
(A) Fascicular vascular cambium (B) Inter-fascicular cambium
(C) Cork cambium (D) All of the above
34. Example(s) of primary permanent tissue(s) is/are
(A) Parenchyma (B) Collenchyma (C) Sclerenchyma (D) All of the above

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35. Which of the following statement(s) is/are true about parenchyma?
(A) The cells are generally isodiametric
(B) The cells may either be closely packed or have intercellular spaces.
(C) It performs various functions like photosynthesis, storage & secretion.
(D) All of the above

36. Which of the following tissue provides mechanical support to the growing parts of the plant such as
young stem and petiole of a leaf?
(A) Parenchyma (B) Collenchyma (C) Sclereids (D) Fibres

37. When a meristematic tissue "Intra fascicular cambium" is present inside a vascular bundle, the vascular
bundle is called
(A) Conjoint (B) Open (C) Closed (D) Radial

38. In which plant vascular bundles are scattered in ground tissue and each vascular bundle is surrounded by
sclerenchymatous bundle sheath
(A) Maize (B) Sunflower (C) Gram (D) Ficus

39. The root of a mango tree is identified from the root of a banana plant by the presence of
(A) Exarch xylem (B) 2-4 xylem bundles
(C) > 6 xylem bundles (D) Large & well-developed pith

40. During the secondary growth of plant stem in dicot plants, vascular cambium cuts off cells more
(A) Towards centre (B) Towards periphery
(C) Both A and B (D) None of these

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