Name : _________________________

Class : __________________________
ACTSAT ID : ____________________

Section-A (Mental Ability)

1. Replace the question mark (?) in the following number and four LLB among the candidate. At least one MBA
series with suitable option. 3, 3, 4.5, 9, 22.5,? candidate is selected, of the six selected candidates
(a) 27.3 (b) 24 exactly one must be an M.Tech candidate. If two MBBS
candidates are elected, then which of the following
(c) 55 (d) 67.5 statements can be TRUE?
2. _st_tr_srs_r_srst_
(a) One MBA and one LLB candidate are selected.
(a) ttssrr (b) tsrtsr
(b) Three LLB candidate are selected.
(c) strtrs (d) tstttr
(c) Only one MBA and two LLB candidates are elected.
3. Prateek travelled from a point A to B, a distance of 12
(d) One M.Tech and three LLB Candidate are selected.
km. He turned right and travelled 8 km and reached
point C. From that point took right turn and travelled 7. All student are young; some young are short; all short
6 km, and reached point D. How far is he away from the are stout; most tout are clever; all clever are courageous,
starting point? then which of the following is most definitely false?

(a) 10 km (b) 12 km (a) Some students are stout

(c) 13 km (d) 14 km (b) Some young are courageous
4. When the clock shows 20 minutes past 11 O’clock, what (c) Most stout are courageous
is the angle between the two hands of the clock? (d) All stout are courageous
(a) 110∞ (b) 120∞ 8. Instructions for
(c) 130∞ (d) 140∞ A, B, C and D are to be seated in a row. But C and D
5. Directions: In each of the questions below are given cannot be together. Also B cannot be at the third place.
four statements followed by four conclusions numbered Which of the following must be false?
I, II, III & IV. You have to take the given statements to be (a) A is at the first place
true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly
(b) A is at the second place
known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide
which of the given conclusions logically follows from (c) A is at the third place
the given statements disregarding commonly known (d) The forth place
facts. 9. If A is not at the third place, then which of the following
Statements: options does C have?
Some pencils are kites. (a) The first place (b) The second place
Some kites are desks. (c) The first and third place (d) Any of the places
10. Inspector arrested three persons- Kalia, Raza, Shera - on
All desks are jungles.
suspicion, in a theft case. It was found the one among
All jungles are mountains these three was the thief. During the interrogation their
Conclusions: replies were as follows.
I. Some mountains are pencils. Raza: I am not the thief. Either Kalia or Sh era is the
II. Some jungles are pencils. thief.
III. Some mountains are desks. Kalia: I am not the thief. Raza is the thief.
IV. Some jungles are kites. Shera: I am not the thief. Raza is not the thief.
(a) Only I and III follow If exactly one person among them always speaks the
(b) Only I, II and III follow truth, another always speaks lies and the third alternate
(c) Only III and IV follow between the truth and lies, then who is the thief?
(d) Only II, III and IV follow (a) Kalia (b) Shera
6. Ten candidates appear for an interview and six of them (c) Raza (d) Cannot be determined
are elected. There are two M.Tech , two MBA , two MBBS
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Section-B (Physics)

1. Two blocks of mass 2.9 kg and 1.9 kg as suspended force of 50 N is applied horizontally as shown in the
from a rigid support S by two inextensible wires each figure. The tension T in the string will be
of length 1m (see Figure) The upper wire has negligible
mass and the lower wire has a uniform mass of 0.2 kg/m. 5 kg T 10 kg 50 N
The whole system of blocks, wires and support have an
upward acceleration of 0.2 m/s2. The acceleration due to 50
gravity is 9.8 m/s 2 . (a) N (b) 25 N
3
S 100
(c) 50 N (d) N
3
5. If a wire of resistance 1 W is stretched to double its
length, then its resistance will become
2.9 kg
1
(a) W (b) 2 W
2
1
1.9 kg (c) W (d) 4 W
4
The tension at the midpoint of the lower wire is 6. Two heater wires of equal length are first connected in
series S then in parallel with a battery. The ratio of heat
(a) 20 N (c) 30 N produced in the two cases is:
(b) 50 N (d) 40 N
(a) 2 : 1 (b) 1 : 2
2. The acceleration due to gravity near the surface of a
(c) 4 : 1 (d) 1 : 4
planet of radius R and density d is proportional to
7. The period of periodic wave is 0.02 s at a particular
d2
(a) (b) dR2 position, there is a crest at t = 0. A trough appears at
R
d this position at t = 0. At what value of t will the next
(b) dR (d) trough appear at this position?
R2
3. Consider the following statements about the blocks (a) 0.005 s (b) 0.01 s
shown in the diagram that are being pushed by a (c) 0.015 s (d) 0.02 s
constant force on a frictionless table
8. Sound wave of a wavelength l is seeing with velocity v
in a medium into another medium in which velocity is
uv. The wavelength in 2 nd medium is
F 3 kg (a) 4 l (b) l
2 kg
1 kg l
(c) (d) 16 l
4
9. The image of the moon is formed by a concave mirror
whose radius of curvature is 4.8 m at a time when
A. All blocks move with the same acceleration distance from the moon is 2.4 ¥ 108 m. If the diameter
B. The net force on each block is the same which of of the image is 2.2 cm the diameter of the moon is
these statements are/is correct (a) 1.1 ¥ 106 m (b) 2.2 ¥ 106 m
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(a) A only (b) B only (c) 2.2 ¥ 10 m (d) 2.2 ¥ 1010 m
(c) Both A and B (d) Neither A nor B 10. Two bodies of mass 1 kg and 4 kg posses equal
4. Two blocks of mass 5 kg and 10 kg respectively are momentum. The ratio of their kinetic energy is
connected by a massless string as shown in the figure. (a) 4 : 1 (b) 1 : 4
The whole system is kept on a frictionless surface. A (c) 2 : 1 (d) 1 : 2

Section-C (Chemistry)
1. Which of the following species is/are isoelectronic with 2. Which of the following are not ionic?
Neon?
+ (i) AlCl3 (ii) CaCl2
(i) N3- (ii) Mg2
(iii) MgCl2 (iv) LiCl
+ +
(iii) K (iv) Ca2 (a) (i) and (iv) (b) (i) and (ii)
(a) only (iv) (b) only (ii) (d) (ii) and (iii) (d) (iii) and (iv)
(c) both (i) & (ii) (d) both (i) and (iii)

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3. Arrange the following solutions in increasing hydronium (c) Solubility stays the same
ion concentration. The solutions are: (d) None of these
(P) 0.1 M HCI (Q) 0.1 M H2SO4 7. Tyndall effect depends upon the
(R) 0.001 M NH4OH(S) (S) 0.001 M Ca(OH)2 (a) Charge on the colloidal particles
The correct order will be (b) Difference between the refractive indices of dis-
(a) P > Q > R > S (b) Q > P > R > S persed phase and dispersion medium
(c) S > R > Q > P (d) S > R > P > Q (c) Size of the colloidal particles
4. In one litre of pure water, 44.4 g of calcium chloride is (d) Magnitude of the charge
dissolved. The number of ions in one mL of the resultant 8. The aim of crystalization is:
solution is: (a) To collect solvent or solute
(a) 7.23 ¥ 10 23
(b) 7.23 ¥ 10 20 (b) To collect solute in the form of crystals.
(c) To collect both solvent and solute
(c) 4 82 ¥ 1023 (d) 4 82 ¥ 1020
(d) To collect solvent
5. When four dilute solutions of (I) vinegar, (II) common
9. Which of the following components does not get
salt, (III) caustic soda and (iv) baking soda are tested
separated by chromatographic technique?
with universal indicator which will be the correct
observation (a) Salt from sea water
(a) I-Green, II-Violet, III-Blue, IV-Red (b) Pigments from natural colours
(b) I-Green, II-Blue, III-Violet, IV-Red (c) Colours in a dye
(c) I-Red, II-Green, III-Violet, IV-Blue (d) Drugs from blood
(d) I-Red, II-Violet, III-Green, IV-Blue 10. Artificial rain, is based on the principle of
6. For most gases, what happens to the solubility as the (a) Emulsification (b) peptization
temperature increases? (c) Tyndall effect (d) Coagulation
(a) Solubility increase
(b) Solubility decreases

Section-D (Mathematics)

1. Triangle formed by the lines y = 0, 4x + 3y = 12 and 4x D

- 3y = -12 is : (3y–1)cm (2x + 6)cm
(a) An equilateral triangle (b) A scalene triangle A C
(c) Triangle not possible (d) An isosceles triangle
9 6 10 cm 11 cm
2. If a = ,b = then B
11 - 2 3 3
(a) a > b (b) a < b (a) 6 (b) 8
3 37
(c) a = b (d) a = (c) (d) 5
2 6
3. Six years ago, the ratio of the ages of Kunal and Sagar 6. What will be the value of k if 2100 - 299 - 298 + 297 =
was 6 : 5, Four years hence, the ratio of their ages will be K.297
11 : 10. What is Sagar’s age at present? (a) 1 (b) 2
(a) 10 years (b) 12 years (c) 3 (d) 4
(c) 14 years (d) 16 years 7. If the centroid of the triangle formed by the points (a,
4. Find the value of (256)0.16 ¥ (256)0.09 b), (b, c) and (c, a) is at the origin, then a3 + b3 + c3 is
(a) 4 (b) 16 equal to
(c) 64 (d) 256.25 (a) abc (b) o
5. In the given figure if DADC @ DCBA then x + y is equal to (c) a + b + c (d) 3abc

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1 (a) 1 (b) 2
8. If x = , the value of x3 - 2x2 - 7x + 5 equals
2- 3 (c) -1 (d) 0
(a) 0 (b) -5 10. In DABC, the points B and C are (-3, 1) and (0, -2)
(c) 5 (d) 3 respectively. If the centroid of this triangle is the origin,
9. If x, y, and z are real numbers such that then the coordinates of A are
x2 1 Ê 7 1ˆ
+ y 2 + z2 = ( xy + yz + z) - , then possible value of (a) Á , ˜ (b) (4,0)
2 2 Ë 2 2¯
x + y - 2z is
(c) (1, 2) (d) (3, 1)

Section-E (Biology)

1. Most of the water, in mature plants cells occurs chiefly 7. Cork cambium is a
in which of the following? (a) Secondary meristem (b) Intercalary meristem
(a) Nucleus (b) Cell wall (c) Primary meristem (d) Apical meristem
(c) Vacuoles (d) Cytoplasm 8. What will happen to an animal cell placed in a salt water
2. The nucleolus is the site of formation of: solution?
(a) ribosomes (b) peroxisomes (a)The cell will shrink
(c) chromosomes (d) spindle fibres (b)The cell will expand
3. Cilia and flagella possess: (c)The cell will burst
(a) Similar size and structure (d)The cell will shrink and then expand and then
shrink again
(b) Dissimilar size and structure
9. What happen in meiosis division?
(c) Similar structure but dissimilar size
(d) Similar size but dissimilar structure (a) Pairing of homologous chromosomes
4. Ligaments and tendons are formed of: (b) Chiasmata formation
(c) Crossing over
(a) Epithelial tissue (b) Muscular tissue
(d) All of these
(c) Cartilage (d) Connective tissue
10. Few characteristics are given below. Find the name of
5. The lymph serves to:
the phylum to which given characteristics belongs to:
(a) Transport oxygen to brain
(i) Body is segmented.
(b) Transport CO2 to lungs
(ii) They have jointed appendages
(c) return the interstitial fluid to the blood
(iii) Body can be differentiated into head, thorax and
(d) return the WBCs and RBCs to lymph nodes abdomen.
6. The membrane lining the intestine is made up of (a) Annelida (b) Arthropoda
(a) Columnar epithelium (c) Nematoda (d) Platyhelminthes
(b) Cuboidal epithelium
(c) Stratified squamous epithelium
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Answer Key
Class 9th ACT SAT SET-2
MAT

1. (d) 2. (d) 3. (a) 4. (d) 5. (c) 6. (c) 7. (d)

8. (a) 9. (c) 10. (c)

Physics

1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (a) 5. (d) 6. (d) 7. (b)

8. (a) 9. (b) 10. (c)

Chemistry

1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (d) 5. (c) 6. (b) 7. (b)

8. (b) 9. (a) 10. (d)

Maths

1. (d) 2. (a) 3. (d) 4. (a) 5. (a) 6. (c) 7. (d)

8. (d) 9. (d) 10. (d)

Biology

1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (d) 5. (c) 6. (a) 7. (a)

8. (a) 9. (d) 10. (b)

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