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QUANTUM POTENTIAL TEST - 2023


[Quality Nurturer & Mind Utilizer Test for Potential Enhancement]

(IPEC Scholarship-Cum-Admission Test)


For
CLASS - X
(For X to XI Moving Students)
PAPER - I
Time : 2 Hrs. Maximum Marks : 150
Please read the instructions carefully. You are allotted 5 minutes specifically for this purpose.

INSTRUCTIONS
1. The booklet is your Question Paper. Do not break the seal of this booklet before being instructed to do so
by the invigilator.

2. Blank spaces and blank pages are provided in the question paper for your rough work. No additional
sheets will be provided for rough work.

3. Blank papers, clipboards, log tables, slide rules, calculators, cameras, cellular phones, pagers and electronic
gadgets are NOT allowed inside the examination hall.

4. The answer sheet, a machine-readable Optical Response Sheet (ORS), is provided separately.

5. On breaking the seal of the booklet check that it contains 11 pages and all the 50 questions.

6. A candidate has to write his / her answers in the ORS sheet by darkening the appropriate bubble with the
help of Black/Blue ball point pen as the correct answer of the question attempted.

7. Question Paper Format :

This question paper consists of Two Parts.

Part - I: Mental Ability - 25 Questions

Part - II: Mathematics - 25 Questions

8. Marking Scheme :
Each question carries +3 marks for correct answer and zero for wrong answer.

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PART - I [Mental Ability]
[SINGLE CORRECT TYPE]
Each question has four choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which only one is correct.

1. If in a certain code language ‘POTENTIAL’ is written as ‘OPSFMUHBK’, how would ‘WINDOW’


be written in the same code?
(A) XVJMENV (B) VJMENX (C) JKLMNO (D) JMVNXE

2. Some words are translated from an artifical language below


‘Ja Ta’ is ‘Good Morning’
‘Ta Lu’ is ‘Nice Morning’
‘No Pa’ is ‘Heavy Silk’
‘Pa Lu’ is ‘Nice Silk’
Which words could possibly mean ‘Good sikl’?
(A) Ja Pa (B) No Pa (C) Pa Lu (D) Ja Lu

3. Find out the missing characters in the following figure.

-3 20 -13

7 ? -20

10 -13 -7

(A) 33 (B) 7 (C) 6 (D) 7

4. Which group of letters is different from others?


(A) AZBY (B) CXDW (C) IFJU (D) FUJQ

5. Find the next number in the given sequence.


1, 4, 3, 16, 5, 36, 7, ?
(A) 8 (B) 64 (C) 54 (D) 81

6. In the following letter sequence, some of the letters are missing. These are given in order as
one of the alternatives below. Chose the correct alternative.
a_cd_b_ _a_cd
(A) bacdb (B) bdcab (C) caadb (D) bbbda

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7. Find the number in the position of question mark.

4 3 2
5 3 5 1 1
6 1 2 8 3 3 1
7 2 8 4 3
9 ? 3

(A) 7 (B) 6 (C) 3 (D) 9

8. Which number will replace the question mark?

9 1 5

4 8 3

2 ? 7

(A) 9 (B) 8 (C) 7 (D) 6

9. Find the next number in the sequence


2, 22, 3, 36, 4, 52, 5, ?
(A) 66 (B) 68 (C) 70 (D) 72

10. Which number will replace the question mark?

(A) 14 (B) 16 (C) 15 (D) 13

11. In the questions, if 5 + 3 + 2 = 151022 and 5 + 4 + 5 = 202541, then how 9 + 2 + 4 = ?


(A) 183652 (B) 523618 (C) 136825 (D) 183625

12. Identify which among the pieces giving below will not be required to complete the square

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(H) (I) (J) (K)


(A) K (B) H (C) J (D) I

Directions (Q.Nos. 13-14): Read the statement carefully and then choose the best answer from
the given options.
13. Statement: In case of the outstanding candidates, the condition of previous experience of
social work may be waived by the admission committee for MA (social work).
Conclusions
(A) Some of the students for MA (social work) will have previous experience of social work.
(B) Some of the students for MA (social work) wil not have previous experience of social
work
(C) Both (A) and (B) follow
(D) Neither (A) nor (B) follows

14. Statement: Though in terms of number of schools, the eductational system has very much
expanded but most of them are not sufficiently equipped and not able to touch the high water
mark in education.
Conclusions
(A) Now, it is not necessary to open new schools
(B) We should provide good teachers and equipments to existing schools now onwards
(C) Both (A) and (B) follow
(D) Neither (A) nor (B) follows

15. Identify which would among the pieces given will not be required to complete the triangular
pattern shown below.

(p) (q) ( r) (s)


(A) p (B) q (C) r (D) s

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16. Identify which alternative will replace the question mark.

(A) 16 (B) 17 (C) 28 (D) 26

17. On the basis of the two positions of a dice, which number will appear on the face opposite
the number 3.

(A) 6 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 5

18. If the given figure is folded a form a box, which the boxes(?)

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


19. On the basis of the four positions of a dice given below, find the colour of the face opposite
‘pink’.

(A) Green (B) Blue (C) Red (D) Yellow

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20. Find the odd figure out, from given alternatives.

(A) Only (i) (B) Only (ii) (C) Only (iii) (D) (iii) and (iv)

21. In the given figure, the circle represents teacher, the square represents educated people and
rectangle represents students. How many people are educated, students and who are
teacher also?

(A) 12 (B) 9 (C) 8 (D) 5


22. Identify that which alternatives will replace the questions mark?

(A) J (B) O (C) K (D) M

23. A parrot files from East and fly 18km then turn 135o anti-clockwise and flew 9km, then turn
45o clockwise and flew 27km. Now, in which direction parrot is from starting point?
(A) North (B) North-West (B) North-East (D) East-South

24. In five friends Amit and Nidhi are elder than Manish. Nikunj is elder only Manish but younger
than Nidhi. Vimal is oldest among them, who is third from the top?
(A) Amit (B) Either Nidhi or Amit
(C) Nidhi (D) Cannot be determined

25. In covering a distance of 30km, Abhay takes 2h more than Sameer. If Abhay doubles his
speed, then he would take 1h less than Sameer. Find Abhay’s speed?
(A) 5 km/h (B) 6 km/h (C) 5.25 km/h (D) 7.65 km/h

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PART - II [Mathematics]
[SINGLE CORRECT TYPE]
Each question has four choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which only one is correct.

26. A number N is divisible by 6 but not divisible by 4. Which of the following will not be an
integer?
(A) N/3 (B) N/2 (C) N/6 (D) N/12

27. If a, b, c and d are distinct integers in the range 10 to 15 (both inclusive), the greatest value of
 a  b  c  d is ___
(A) 750 (B) 731 (C) 700 (D) 729

28. If x 2  bx  c  0 has equal integral roots then


(A) b and c are integers
(B) b anc c are even integers
(C) b is an even integer and c is a perfect square of a positive integer
(D) 1 and 3 both

29. Find the numerical value of c if the expession xy  3x  5y  c can be factorized


(A) 9 (B) 15 (C) 15 (D) 9

30. What is the radius of the circumcircle of a triangle whose sides are 30cm, 36cm and 30cm
in length
(A) 18cm (B) 18.25cm (C) 18.50cm (D) 18.75cm

31. In the figure given below CD, AE and BF are one third of their respective sides. It follows that
AN2 : N2N1 : N1D = 3 : 3 : 1 and similarly for liens BE and CF. Then the area of triangle N1N2N3
is A

N2 E
F
N3 N1
B D C
1 1 1 1
(A) ABC (B) ABC (C) ABC (D) ABC
7 6 9 10

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32. If the product of n positive real numbers is unity, then their sum is necessarily
1
(A) A multiple of n (B) Equal to n  (C) Never less than n (D) A positive integer
n
33. Consider the figure given below:

S
8 5
10
B C

ABC is divided into four parts by straight lines from two of its vertices. The areas of the
three triangular parts are 8 sq units, 5 sq units and 10 sq units. What is the area of the
remaining part S (in sq units)?
(A) 32 (B) 40 (C) 54 (D) None of these

34. Let a, b, x, y be real numbers such that a2 + b2 = 81, x2 + y2 = 121 and ax + by = 99, then set
of all possible values of ay  bx is

 9  9
(A)  0,  (B)  0,  (C) {0} (D) None of these
 11  11 

35. If (a + b + c + d + e + f + g + h + i)2 is expanded and simplified, how many different terms are
in the find answer:
(A) 45 (B) 36 (C) 22 (D) 28

36. If tan x  tan 2 x  1 , then the value of tan 4 x  2 tan 3 x  tan 2 x  2 tan x  1 is:
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

37. The sides of a triangle are given by b 2  c 2 , c 2  a 2 , a 2  b 2 . Where a , b, c  0 , then


the area of the triangle equals:
1 2 2 2 2 1 4
(A) b c  c a  a 2b 2 (B) a  b4  c 4
2 2
3 3
(C) a 2b 2  b 2 c 2  c 2 a 2 (D)  bc  ca  ab 
2 2

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38. In a triangle ABC, angle A is twice of angle B. Which of the following is correct.
(A) b 2  ac (B) a 2  b  b  c  (C) a 2  b 2  b  a  c  (D) None of these

39. ABC is right angled triangle with right angle at B, AC = 2cm, BC = 1cm and BD  AC , then
area of rectangle with BD as one of its diagonal is
3 3 3 3 3 3 9 3
(A) cm (B) cm (C) cm (D) cm
4 2 16 16

40. Suppose the quadratic polynomial p  x   ax 2  bx  c has positive coefficients a, b, c in

arthmetic progression in that order. If p  x   0 has integer roots  and  then     


equals __
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 7 (D) 14

41. Let P be a point inside a triangle ABC with ABC  90o . Let P1 and P2 be the images of P
under refflection in AB and BC respectively. The distance between the circumcentre of
triangle ABC and P1PP2 is -
AB AP  BP  CP AC AB  BC  AC
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 3 2 2
xi
42. The mean of a discrete frequency distribution f ; i  1, 2, ....., n is given by
i

n n

 fi xi 1 n  fi xi fx i i

(B)  f i xi
i 1 i 1
(A)  f (C) n (D) n
n i 1
i
x
i 1
i i
i 1

xi  25
43. If ui ,  f i ui  200 and  f i  200 and  f i  100 , then x is equal to
10
(A) 27 (B) 25 (C) 30 (D) 35

44. Arithmetic mean of n observations is m. If two observations 0 and m are added, then the new
mean will be :

m nm  n  1 m
(A) m (B) (C) (D)
n 1 n 1 n2
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45. Find the number of real value of x of this equation (x + 2) (x + 3) (x + 8) (x + 12) = 4x2
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) None of these

46. Consider a circle with unit radius. There are seven adjacent sectors, S 1, S2, S3, ....S7, in the
circle such that their total are is 1/8th of the area of the circle. Further, the area of the jth
sector is twice that of the  j  1 th sector, for j = 2,....7. What is the angle, in radians,
subtended by the arc of S1 at the centre of the circle?
   
(A) (B) (C) (D)
508 2040 1016 1524

47. What is the remainder when 2100 is divided by 101?


(A) 1 (B) 100 (C) 99 (D) None of these

Total number of real solution of this equation  6  x    8  x   16


4 4
48.
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

49. Let ABC be an isosceles triangle with AB = AC. Suppose that the angle bisector of B
meets AC at D and BC = BD + AD. Determine A .
(A) 120o (B) 100o (C) 105o (D) 110o

50. In a quadrilateral ABCD, AB = DC and AB  DC . A line segment is drawn joining B and F a


point on AD produced. If the point of intersection of BF and CD is E such that E is mid-
point of CD and ar  AED   7cm2 , then ar  CEF  
(A) 7 cm2 (B) 14 cm2 (C) 9 cm2 (D) None of these

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Code:102

QUANTUM POTENTIAL TEST - 2023


[Quality Nurturer & Mind Utilizer Test for Potential Enhancement]

(IPEC Scholarship-Cum-Admission Test)


For
CLASS - X
(For X to XI Moving Students)
Time : 3 Hrs.
PAPER - II Maximum Marks : 255
Please read the instructions carefully. You are allotted 5 minutes specifically for this purpose.

INSTRUCTIONS
1. The booklet is your Question Paper. Do not break the seal of this booklet before being instructed to do so
by the invigilator.

2. Blank spaces and blank pages are provided in the question paper for your rough work. No additional
sheets will be provided for rough work.

3. Blank papers, clipboards, log tables, slide rules, calculators, cameras, cellular phones, pagers and electronic
gadgets are NOT allowed inside the examination hall.

4. The answer sheet, a machine-readable Optical Response Sheet (ORS), is provided separately.

5. On breaking the seal of the booklet check that it contains 16 pages and all the 75 questions.

6. A candidate has to write his / her answers in the ORS sheet by darkening the appropriate bubble with the
help of Black/Blue ball point pen as the correct answer of the question attempted.

7. Question Paper Format :

This question paper consists of Three Parts.

Part - I: Physics - 25 Questions

Part - II: Chemistry - 25 Questions

Part - III: Mathematics - 25 Questions

8. Marking Scheme :
Please see the marking scheme as mentioned in all sections.

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PART -I [Physics]
[SECTION - I]
[SINGLE CORRECT TYPE]
This section contains 15 Multiple Choice Questions. Each question has four choices
(A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.
[Marking Scheme : +3 marks for correct answer and -1 for wrong answer]

1. A heating coil takes 8 minutes to boil a quantity of water electrically. Now the heating coil is cut
into two equal parts which are joined in parallel to each other. This parallel combination will heat
the same quantity of water in
(A) 1 min (B) 4 min (C) 2 min (D) 12 min
I
2. The current in the circuit is
(A) 4A (B) 2A 8V 12 12
(C) 1A (D) 0.5A
12

3. In the given figure, the electron enters into the magnetic filed. Y
It deflects in which direction? X X X
e
(A) positive x-direction (B) negative x - direction X X
(C) positive y-direction (D) negative y-direction X X X
X
4. A wire of resistance ‘R’ is bent into a circular ring of radius r. Equivalent resistance
x
between two point ‘x’ and ‘y’ on its circumference. When angle xoy is 
o
can be given by
y
R R 4
(A)  2    (B)  2    (C) R  2    (D)  2   
4 2 2 R

5. Magnetic field produced in a solenoid depends upon


(A) Number of turns per unit length in coil (B) magnitude of current in coil
(C) material used as core (D) All of the above

6. Two square metal plates ‘A’ and ‘B’ are of same thickness and same material.
The side of B is twice that of A. These are connected in Series as shown
t t
RA
in fig. The value of A B
RB is I

(A) 1 : 2 (B) 2 : 1 (C) 3 : 1 (D) 1 : 1

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7. If an electron enters a magnetic field with its velocity pointing in the same direction as the
magnetic field then
(A) The electron will turn towards right
(B) The electron will turn towards left
(C) the velocity of the electron will increase
(D) The velocity of the electron will remain unchanged

8. Two wires of same length and material have, radius r and 2r. The ratio of their resistances is
(A) 1 : 2 (B) 1 : 1 (C) 1 : 4 (D) 4 : 1

9. In the circuit given below, the percentage change in the total heat 3 9

dissipated per unit time on closing the switch S is


(A) 50% increase (B) 50% decrease
2 4
(C) 100% increase (D) 75% increase
20V

10. When a charged particle enters a uniform magnetic field then which of the following paths are
possible?
(A) Straight line (B) Circular (C) Helical (D) All of these

11. In the given figure i  0.25 A , then the value ‘R’ will be
i 60
R 20 

12
10

(A) 48 (B) 12 (C) 120 (D) 42

12. If the reading of ammeter A1 in figure is 2.4A, what will the ammeters A2 and A3 read? Neglect
the resistance of the ammeters.
20
A1
A3
10
A2
30
(A) 1.6 A, 4.0 A (B) 1.8 A, 4.0 A (C) 2.0 A, 4.2 A (D) None of these

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13. Two equal bar magnets are kept as shown in the figure. The direction of resultant magnetic field
indicated by the arrow head at the point P is (approximately)

P S N
S

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


C B

14. Two equal electric currents are flowing perpendicular to each other as shown O I
in figure. AB and CD are perpendicular to each other and symmetrically
placed with respect to the currents. Where do we expect the resultant magnetic A D
field to be zero? I
(A) on AB (B) on CD (C) on both AB and CD (D) on both OD and OB

75 y
15. In the following figure ammeter and voltmeters read 2A and 120 volts A x
respectively. Resistance of voltmeter is
V
(A) 100 (B) 200 (C) 300 (D) 400

[SECTION - II]
[COMPREHENSION TYPE]
This section contains 2 Comprehension (5 Multiple Choice Questions).
Each question has four choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is
correct.
[Marking Scheme : +4 marks for correct answer and -1 for wrong answer]

Passage # 1
A science learner wired three identical resistors of resistance 6 , two switches, an am-
meter , a voltmeter and a 12V cell into the circuit shown below:

S1
A V

S2

16. She took readings on the meters with swich S1 closed and swicth S 2 open. She then closed
S 2 also and read the meter again. What will be the changes in reading of Ammeter and voltme-
ter respectively.
(A) Increased, Decreased (B) Decreased, Increased
(C) Increased, Increased (D) Decreased, Decreased

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17. If ammeter and voltmeter are ideal. Find the reading of voltmeter if S1 & S 2 are closed
(A) 12V (B) 8V (C) 9V (D) 6V

18. If ammeter and voltmetres are ideal. Find the reading of ammetre if S1 is closed and S2 is open
(A) 4 A (B) 2 A (C) 1 A (D) none of these

Passage # 2
Consider a conductor of variable cross section in which is flowing from section 1 to 2.

2
1
v

19. If current passing through 1 is I1 and current passing through 2 is I 2 . Then


(A) I1  I 2 (B) I1  I 2 (C) I1  I 2 (D) None of these

20. If drift velocity of electron at 1 is vd1 and at 2 is vd2 . Then

(A) vd1  vd 2 (B) vd1  vd2 (C) vd1  vd 2 (D) None of these

[SECTION - III]
[INTEGER TYPE]
This section contains 5 Subjective Questions. The answer to each of the questions
is a single digits integer, ranging from 0 to 9 (both inclusive)
[Marking Scheme: +4 marks for correct answer and 0 for wrong answer]

21. A circuit consists of six identical resistors as shown in figure.


The two resistance less wires are added as indicated by the
dotted lines. Find the ratio of equivalent resistances between A B
the terminals A and B before and after this addition of wires

B
22. A wire is bent in the form of circle of radius 2m. Resistance per unit length of 90
o

1 A
wire is  / m . Battery of 6V is connected between A and B. Find the current

(in A) through the battery. 6v

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23. A thick wire is stretched so that its length becomes two times. Assuming that there is no change
in its density. What is the ratio of change in resistance of wire to the initial resistance of wire.

24. In the circuit shown in figure find the current (in A) drawn from the cell.
3 2

8 4
9v

2 2

25. If a rod has resistance 4 and if it is turned as half circle then find the resistance (in  )along
diameter.

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PART - II [Chemistry]
[SECTION - I]
[SINGLE CORRECT TYPE]
This section contains 15 Multiple Choice Questions. Each question has four choices
(A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.
[Marking Scheme : +3 marks for correct answer and -1 for wrong answer]

26. Match column I with Column II and select the correct answer from the given codes.
Column I Column II
(P) Limestone is heated (i) Electrolysis
(Q) Magnesium wire is burnt in air (ii) Decomposition
(R) White ppt. of silver chloride is formed (iii) Combination reaction
when silver nitrate is added to sodium
chloride solution
(S) Electricity is passed through acidulated (iv) Double displacement reaction
water
(A) P-(iv), Q-(ii), R-(i), S-(iii) (B) P-(ii), Q-(iii), R-(iv), S-(i)
(C) P-(ii), Q-(iv), (R)-(iii), S-(i) (D) P-(i), Q-(ii), R-(iv), S-(iii)

27. Read the given statements and mark the correct option.
Statement 1: A solution of pH = 1 has hydrogen ion concentration 3 times than that of
solution of pH = 3.
1
Statement 2 : pH   log
H3 O 
(A) Both statements 1 and 2 are true and statement 2 is the correct explanation of statement 1.
(B) Both statements 1 and 2 are true but statement 2 is not the correct explanation of
statement 1
(C) Statement 1 is true but statement 2 is false.
(D) Both statements 1 and 2 are false

28. While demonstrating acid base reactions, Ms. Prabha, a science teacher added sodium
oxide to HCl until it was in excess. Which of the following graphs correctly represents the
change in pH? pH
pH

(A) 14 (B) 14

7 7

0 0 Mass of Na2 O
Mass of Na2 O
added added
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pH pH

14 14
(C) (D)
7 7

0 0 Mass of Na2 O
Mass of Na2 O
added added

29. A non-metal X is an important constituent of our food. It forms two oxides Y and Z. Y is toxic
and causes suffocation and even death while Z is responsible for global warming. Identify X,
Y and Z.
(A) X = C, Y = CO, Z = CO2 (B) X = S, Y = SO2, Z = SO3
(C) X = P, Y = P2O3, Z = P2O5 (D) X =O, Y = O2, Z = O3

30. In which of the following beakers reaction will take place?

Cu Fe

(I) FeSO4 (II) FeSO4


Solution Solution

Zn Al

(III) FeSO4 (IV) FeSO4


Solution Solution

(A) I and III only (B) I and IV only (C) II and IV only (D) III and IV only

31. Observe the given reaction carefully and identify (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv).

(ii)

CuO + H2 Cu + H2 O
(i) (iv)

(iii)
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(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(A) Undergoes oxidation Oxidation Reduction Undergoes reduction
(B) Reducing agent Reduction Oxidation Oxidising agent
(C) Oxidising agent Oxidation Reduction Reducing agent
(D) Undergoes reduction Reduction Oxidation Undergoes oxidation

32. Which one of the following oxides gives pink colour with phenolphthalein indicator in aqueous
solutions?
(A) N2O (B) NO (C) CaO (D) CO2

33. Solder is an alloy of


(A) Cu + Zn (B) Pb + Sn (C) Pb + Sb (D) Cu + Sn

34. Which of the following is a chemical change?


(A) Melting of ice (B) Dissolving salt in water
(C) Rusting of iron (D) Boiling of water into steam

35. Identify the correct oxidant and reductant in the following reaction:
PbS  4H2O2   PbSO4  4H2O
(A) PbS - Oxidant, H2O2 - Reductant (B) PbS - Reductant, PbSO4 - Oxidant
(C) PbS - Reductant, H2O2 - Oxidant (D) H2O2 - Oxidant, H2O - Reductant

36. Which one is a redox reaction?


(A) HCl  AgNO3  AgCl  HNO3 (B) NaBr  HCl  NaCl  HBr
(C) Na 2O  H2 SO 4  Na 2 SO 4  H2O (D) H2  Br2  2HBr

37. The shining finish to the walls is given by


(A) calcium oxide (B) calcium carbonate
(C) calcium hydroxide (D) carbon dioxide

38. The discomfort caused by indigestion due to over eating can be cured by taking
(A) vinegar (B) lemon juice (C) baking soda (D) caustic soda

39. P is an aqueous solution of acid and Q is an aqueous solution of base. When these two are
diluted separately, then
(A) pH of P increases while that of Q decreases till neutralisation.
(B) pH of P decreases while that of Q increases till neutralisation.
(C) pH of both P and Q decrease.
(D) pH of both P and Q increase

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40. Study the given table carefully.

S.No Metal Reaction with dilute HCl


1 P No change
2 Q temperature of reaction mixture rises.
3 R Reaction is explosive
4 S Some gas bubbles are seen

Metals P, Q, R and S could be respectively


(A) K, Al, Na and Cu (B) Cu, Pb, Na and Al
(C) Ag, Al, Na and Pb (D) Cu, Ca, K and Na

[SECTION - II]
[COMPREHENSION TYPE]
This section contains 2 Comprehension (5 Multiple Choice Questions).
Each question has four choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is
correct.
[Marking Scheme : +4 marks for correct answer and -1 for wrong answer]

Passage # I
Calcium carbonate on reacting with an acid gives a gas which when passed through a
solution X gives the carbonate back. On the other hand, a gas Y, that is obtained at anode
during electrolysis of brine is passed on dry X, it gives a compound Z, used for disinfecting
drinking water.
41. What is X?
(A) CaO (B) Ca(OH)2 (C) Ca(HCO3)2 (D) NaOH

42. What is Y?
(A) H2 (B) Cl2 (C) CO2 (D) None of these

43. What is Z?
(A) Cl2 (B) Alum (C) CaOCl2 (D) NaOCl
Passage # II
When a green solid P was heated, it turned into a black solid Q and a colourless gas X was
given off. On passing gas X over heated carbon, another colourless gas Y was formed. Gas
Y burned in oxygen to reform gas X.
44. Name gases X and Y.
(A) CO, O2 (B) CO2, CO (C) CO2, NO (D) O2, H2

45. Identify P and Q


(A) CuCO3, CuO (B) Cu2(CO3)3, Cu2O (C) CaCO3, CaO (D) CuO, CO2

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[SECTION - III]
[INTEGER TYPE]
This section contains 5 Subjective Questions. The answer to each of the questions
is a single digits integer, ranging from 0 to 9 (both inclusive)
[Marking Scheme: +4 marks for correct answer and 0 for wrong answer]

46. The composition of aqua-regia is x parts of concentrated HCl and y parts of concentrated
HNO3. Then the value of x 2  y 2 is

47. If the molecules of water present in one molecules of gypsum is x. Then the value of
2019x  2018
is
2020

48. 2KClO3  s  
 2KCl  s   3O2  g  ; How many moles of KClO3 are required to produce 4.5
moles of O2?

49. aMg3N2  bH2 O  cMg  OH2  dNH3

bc
when the equation is balanced. Then what will be the value of ?
ad
50. Given the balanced equation: 2Al s   6H  aq  2Al3  aq  3H2
when two moles of Al(s) completely react, what is the total number of moles of electrons
transferred from Al(s) to H aq ?

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PART - III [Mathematics]
[SECTION - I]
[SINGLE CORRECT TYPE]
This section contains 15 Multiple Choice Questions. Each question has four choices
(A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.
[Marking Scheme : +3 marks for correct answer and -1 for wrong answer]

51. A two-digit number is K times the sum of its digits. When these numbers are interchanged, it
equals N multiplied by the sum of digits. Which of the following is equal to N?
(A) K-11 (B) 99-K (C) 11-K (D) K-99
5 2007      2008
52. Let ,  are roots of x 2  3x  5  0 then value of is
 2006  2006

5
(A) 5 (B) 3 (C) 15 (D)
3

53. Consider a circle with unit radius. There are seven adjacent sectors, S 1, S2, S3, ....S7, in the
circle such that their total are is 1/8th of the area of the circle. Further, the area of the jth
sector is twice that of the  j  1 th sector, for j = 2,....7. What is the angle, in radians,
subtended by the arc of S1 at the centre of the circle?
   
(A) (B) (C) (D)
508 2040 1016 1524

54. The digits of a three-digit number A are written in the reverse order to form another three-digit
number B. If B > A and B-A is perfectly divisible by 7, then which of the following is
necessarily true?
(A) 100 < A < 299 (B) 106 < A < 305 (C) 112 < A < 311 (D) 118 < A < 317

55. Let x  4  4  4  4  ...... , then x equals

 13  1   13  1 
(A) 3 (B)  2  (C)  2  (D) 13
   
56. What is the remainder when 2100 is divided by 101?
(A) 1 (B) 100 (C) 99 (D) None of these

x 2  ax  1 is a factor of ax  bx  c then
3
57.
(A) a + b = c (B) a2 = c2 (C) a2 + c = 0 (D) None of these

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58. If xyz + xy + yz + xz + x + y + z = 384 where x, y, z are +ve integers, then find the value of
x + y + z ___
(A) 20 (B) 17 (C) 25 (D) 15

2
59. If sin x  sin x  1, then the value of cos12 x  3cos10 x  3cos8 x  cos6 x  1 is equal to:
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C)  1 (D) 2

60.
2 2
 2 2 2 2

If the length of sides of the triangle ABC satisfy, 2 bc  ca  ab  b c  c a  a b  3abc,
then triangle ABC is
(A) Right angled (B) Isosceles (C) Equilateral (D) None of these

61. Let ABC be an isosceles triangle with AB = AC. Suppose that the angle bisector of B
meets AC at D and BC = BD + AD. Determine A .
(A) 120o (B) 100o (C) 105o (D) 110o

62. In a quadrilateral ABCD, AB = DC and AB  DC . A line segment is drawn joining B and F a


point on AD produced. If the point of intersection of BF and CD is E such that E is mid-
point of CD and ar  AED   7cm2 , then ar  CEF  
(A) 7 cm2 (B) 14 cm2 (C) 9 cm2 (D) None of these

63. A pole stands vertically, inside a triangular park ABC . If the angle of elevationof the top of
the pole from each corner of the parak is same, then in ABC the foot of the pole is at the
(A) centroid (B) circumcentre (C) incentre (D) orthocentre

64. If f  x   x 4  ax 3  bx 2  cx  d and f 1  10, f  2   20,f  3   30 , what is the value of

f 12   f  8 
10
(A) 1022 (B) 1990 (C) 2000 (D) 1984

65. If the mean of x1 and x2 is M 1 , and that of x1 , x2 , x3 , x4 is M 2 the mean of ax1 , ax1.x3 / a, x4 / a is

M1  M 2 aM 1   M 2 / a 
(A) (B)
2 2

(C)
1
2a
 a  1 M
2
1  2M 2  (D)
1
2a

2  a 2  1 M 1  2M 2 
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[SECTION - II]
[COMPREHENSION TYPE]
This section contains 2 Comprehension (5 Multiple Choice Questions).
Each question has four choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is
correct.
[Marking Scheme : +4 marks for correct answer and -1 for wrong answer]

Passage # I
Directons for questions (41-43) : Read the passage below and solve the questions based on
it.
The graph of y = f(x) is given as

Following are the four graphs:

(1) (2) (3) (4)

66. Which of the following defines graph (1)?


(A) f  x   1 (B) f  x  1 (C) f  x   1 (D) f  x  1

67. Which of the following defines graph (2)?


(A) f  x   1 (B) f  x  1 (C) f  x   1 (D) None of these

68. Which of the following defines graph (3)?


(A) f  x  (B) f  x  1 (C) f  x   1 (D) f  x  1

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Passage # II
Rohan purchased some pens, pencils and erasers for his young brothers and sisters for the
ensuing examinations. He had to buy at least 11 pieces of each items in a manner that the
number number of pens purchased be more than the number of pencils, which is more than
the number of erasers. He purchased a total of 38 pieces.
69. How many erasers did Rohan purchase?
(A) 11 (B) 10 (C) 8 (D) Cannot be determined

70. If each eraser costs Rs 3, each pencil Rs 2 each pen Rs 10, what is the maximum amount
that Rohan could have spent?
(A) 207 (B) 255 (C) 288 (D) 300

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[INTEGER TYPE]
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is a single digits integer, ranging from 0 to 9 (both inclusive)
[Marking Scheme: +4 marks for correct answer and 0 for wrong answer]

n  1
2

71. The number of natural numbers n such that is an integer, is


n7

72. The last digit of the LCM of 32003


 
 1 and 32003  1 is 

73. The number of integers a, b, c for which a2  b2  8c  3 is

Total number of real solution of this equation  6  x    8  x   16


4 4
74.

75. 418  1  687194a6735 , then the value of a is

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