Scholarship Aptitude Test

CLASS 9th

DURATION:: 60
DURATION 90Minutes
Minutes M.MARKS: 160

Topics Covered
Physics: Motion, Force and Laws of Motion
Chemistry: Matter in Our Surroundings, Is Matter Around Us Pure, Atoms and Molecules, Structure of Atom
Biology: The Fundamental Unit of Life, Tissues
Mathematics: Number System, Polynomials, Coordinate Geometry, Linear Equations in 2 Variables, Lines &
Angles, Probability
MAT: Logical Reasoning, Aptitude

General Instructions:
1. Immediately fill in the particulars on this page of the test booklet.
2. The test is of 60 minutes duration.
3. The test booklet consists of 40 questions. The maximum marks are 160.
4. All questions are compulsory.
5. There is only one correct response for each questions.
6. Each correct answer will give 4 marks and there will be no negative marking for any wrong answer.
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 PHYSICS
1. State of rest and state of motions are— 5. If the particle completes one rotation along a circular
(A) Equal (B) Unequal track having radius 14 m in 44 seconds then the value
(C) None of these (D) Can not say. of speed it’s speed is_______.
(A) 1 m/s (B) 2 m/s
2. Which object has greater inertia. (C) 3 m/s (D) 4 m/s
(A) Rubber ball
(B) Gas cylinder 6. The area of speed time graph is________.
(C) Bicycle (A) Distance (B) Acceleration
(D) Truck (C) Velocity (D) Speed

7. You can derive first equation of kinematics is from

3. Momentum of the object is depend on____.
the formula of______.
(A) Mass
(A) Distance
(B) Velocity
(B) Speed
(C) Mass and velocity
(C) Acceleration
(D) Force. (D) Velocity

4. According to third law of motion, Action and
reactions are happened at ______.
(A) Same time
(B) At different time
(C) Action happened first and then reaction.
(D) Reaction happened first and then action.
8. Which of the following is the example of uniform
motion.
(A) Zig-zag motion of butterfly
(B) Motion of aero plane before take off
(C) Motion of periods of soldiers.
(D) Motion of fan after switch off.

CHEMISTRY
9. The mass of a molecule of water is 13. Assertion : Liquids diffuse less easily as compared
(A) 3 × 10–26 kg to gases.
(B) 3 × 10–25 kg Reason : Intermolecular forces are greater in gases.
(C) 1.5 × 10–26 kg (A) Both A and R are individually true and R is
(D) 2.5 × 10–26 kg the correct explanation of A:
(B) Both A and R are individually true but R is
10. Select the incorrect match. not the correct explanation of A
(1) N2O4-Dinitrogen tetroxide (C) A is true but R is False
(2) HCl-Hydrogen chloride (D) A is false but R is true
(3) CO-Carbon dioxide
(4) PCl5 – Phosphorus trichloride 14. Evaporation is directly proportional to
(A) 1 and 2 (B) 3 and 4 1. humidity 2. surface area
(C) 1 and 3 (D) 2 and 4 3. temperature 4. wind speed
(A) 1 and 4 (B) 2 and 3
11. Iodized common salt is (C) 3 and 4 (D) 2, 3 and 4
(A) homogeneous mixture
(B) heterogeneous mixture 15. Which of the following has the same number of
(C) pure substance electrons as an oxide ion (O2–)?
(D) element (A) K+ (B) Mg2+
–
(C) Cl (D) S2–
12. Which of the following upon shaking with water
will not form a true solution? 16. An atom X achieves a stable electron structure by
(A) Alum becoming an ion with formula X2–. What is a
(B) Common salt possible electronic configuration of ion X2–?
(C) Albumin (A) 2 (B) 2, 2
(D) Sucrose (C) 2, 6 (D) 2, 8, 8

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 BIOLOGY
17. Platelets are source of 21. Identify the 2 label part
(A) Fibrinogen (B) Calcium
(C) Thromboplastin (D) Haemoglobin

18. Animal tissue that is most prevalent in the human

body is …………….
(A) Epithelial tissue (B) Connective tissue
(C) Muscular tissue (D) Nervous tissue
(A) Outer membrane (B) Inner membrane
19. You move your hands, legs, and other organs while (C) Mitochondria (D) Matrix
working and running. Which of the following
statements is true? 22. Inner lining of the respiratory tract has …………..
(A) Smooth muscles contract and pull the ligament (A) Columnar Epithelium
to move the bones (B) Ciliated Epithelium
(B) Smooth muscles contract and pull the tendons (C) Stratified Epithelium
to move the bones (D) None of the above
(C) Skeletal muscles contract and pull the ligament
to move the bones 23. Leucoplast contain
(D) Skeletal muscles contract and pull the tendon to (A) Starch (B) Haemoglobin
move the bones (C) Chlorophyll (D) All the above

20. Histamine secreting cells are found in 24. During which of the following processes meiosis is
(A) Connective tissue observed
(B) Lungs (A) Seed germination (B) Gametogenesis
(C) Muscular tissue (C) Fertilization (D) All of the above
(D) Nervous tissue

MATHEMATICS
 1 30. In the adjoining figure, what is the value of y° ?
25. If x = 2 + 3 , then  x +  equals
 x
(A) −2 3 (B) 2
(C) 4 (D) 4−2 3

26. If (x + 2) and (x – 1) are factors of the polynomial

p(x) = x3 + 10x2 + mx + n, then
(A) m = 5, n = – 3 (B) m = 7, n = – 18
(C) m = 17, n = – 8 (D) m = 23, n = – 19 (A) 36 (B) 54
(C) 63 (D) 72
27. Any point on the y-axis is of the form
(A) (x, y) (B) (0, y)
(C) (x, 0) (D) (y, y) 31. Quotient of two irrationals need not be an
irrational?
28. The point which lies on the y-axis at a distance of (A) True
5 units in the negative direction of the y-axis is (B) False
(A) (– 5, 0) (B) (0, – 5)
(C) Can’t be determined
(C) (5, 0) (D) (0, 5)
(D) None of the above
29. Two coins are tossed simultaneously. What is the
probability of getting atleast one head? 32. When p(x) = x3 + ax2 + 2x + a is divided by
1 1 (x + a), the remainder is
(A) (B)
4 2 (A) 0 (B) a
2 3 (C) – a (D) 2a
(C) (D)
3 4
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 MAT
33. Choose the missing terms out of the given 37. A vegetable merchant is asked how many
alternatives Z, X, S, I, R, R, ?, ? vegetables he is having in his bag, then he replied
(A) G, I (B) J, I that all are brinjal except eight, all are tomatoes
(C) J, K (D) K, M except eight, then how many vegetables he is
having in his bag
(A) 12 (B) 16
34. Pointing to a man in a photograph. Ravi said. "His
mother's only daughter is my mother." How is Ravi (C) 20 (D) 24
related to that man?
(A) Wife 38. 5 cats eat 5 mice in 5 minutes, then in how many
(B) Sister minutes 2 cat will eat 2 mice?
(C) Niece (A) 1 min (B) 2 min
(D) Nephew (C) 5 min (D) 10 min

35. Chinnu was born two years after his father's 39. Consider the statement true: There are books in
marriage. His mother is five years younger than his each library. Which of the following statements is
father but 20 years older than Chinnu who is 10 definitely true?
years old. At what age did the father get married? (A) Libraries are for books only.
(A) 23 years (B) Books are only in the libraries.
(B) 24 years (C) There are no readers in some libraries.
(C) 25 years (D) None of a library is without books.
(D) 28 years
40. A watch which gains 5 seconds in 3 minutes was
36. If train is called bus, bus is called tractor, tractor is set right at 7 a.m. in the afternoon of the same day,
called car, car is called scooter, scooter is called when the watch indicated quarter past 4 o'clock,
bicycle, bicycle is called moped, which is used to the true time is:
plough a field? (A) 1 p.m. (B) 2 p.m.
(A) Bus (B) Car (C) 3 p.m. (D) 4 p.m.
(C) Train (D) Tractor

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