GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL DIRECTORATE OF SCHOOL EDUCATION CENTRALLY SPONSORED NATIONAL MEANS-CUM-MERIT SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINATION, 2022 (FOR STUDENTS STUDYING IN CLASS VIII) Mental Ability Test aiabis atanP iets aah Class- VIII Code State Code Roll No. 1 Year Cade Centre Cade Serial No Full Marks : 90 Time: 90 minutes (10-30 AM to 12 Noon) Instructions to Candidates Read the instructions carefully before you start answering the questions. Answers are to be given on a OMR Answer-Shect provided. 1, In this Paper you are to answer 90 questions. Bach question carties I(one) mark. You are to answer all the questions. 2. Before you proceed to mark in the OMR Answer-Sheet find out the correct answer from the four alternatives (a), (b),(c) and (A) against each question in, the Question Booklet. Darken the circle with a Black Ball Point Pen, to the corresponding corect answer for the item in the OMR Answer-Sheet. @o@ (Here *b’ is the correct answer.) Example: @) 3. If more than one circle is encoded or darken against a particular answer, itwill be treated as a wrong, 4. There will be no penalty marks or negative marking for a wrong answer 5. You are to start recording answers with the ‘start’ instruction from the Officer-in-Charge of your roonvall. 6. You are to write your Name and Roll No. in thespace provided with for this purpose onthe OMR. Answer-Sheet. You must encode your Roll No. in the OMR Answer-Sheet. 7. TheOMR Answer-Sheet should be handed over to the Invigilator before leaving the Examination Hall You may take away the used Question Booklet after completion of the examination, 23879 atin: 30 AWE 90 HIAB (se 30-obT care Hae 3201) Asa SGA HAIN CS ITS POM ea PTR TST | Vere 6c. Seance foe Ae | 31 ata cid sof eesta Sea frie a! ‘afSB aicata SH > (ae) | He atesta es fos Bre | al erieieg afe atest brat HBray SEA (a), (b), (GR @) Ate aie Beas ere frm eT, Bence Be wat ean Bexarane eae AICS Foe ICN Sea TAH CA BISI ELS Seat | (SA ‘b’ HBS Bea |) Ol Gat FE ses aes caf re Bfeeeat ei Bes eee eat A 8 Clear ie HEU CB | @| atsrerecneae wiltetse neta ee ila el eel Bea Ge Beat 1 6.6m. ots. Bereta MME ICT AM, aT rea Farce wpa ae Feat | 1 aabstene aisles eile aalaRaCe ame, Saar SAMs | TaRS aelotats ater SA cme ara Please Turn OverMENTAL ABILITY TEST (Questions 1—10) 5. (a) Patna (ata) DIRECTION: In each of the questions (6) Kanpur (rx) 1 to 10, there are four items, three of which (© Lucknow (tem) are alike by some means or other while one is (@) Lahore (aire) out of the class. Find out the odd item and give the answer by filling the circle of the letter denoting your selected answer on the OM. Answer-Sheet 6 (@) Glass (a) (b) Bottle (cate) (ea 110) . (c) Tap (=) (fries = 1 cates 10 oe atcereRD exeet brat ca 24 (@) Bucket (arate) Hie, Tors AL cereal At caTEATSICs MEAS Ca RBI ale | AR wietAl ae “THIS wea we Sead fdr eral ae O.MLR. Searicas FMB Je xe aca coma Vea Fee eat |] 7. (a) Light year (wire) 1. (a) 73 (b) Day (fm) (b) 53 (©) Decade (re) © 59 (@) Minute (RiP) @ 87 8. (@) Valley (Reel) 2 (@) 427 (b) River (i) (b) 396 (©) Mountain (42) © 671 (@) Dam) @ 264 9. (a) Ears (@”) 3. (a) ACEG (6) KMoQ (b) Hands (75) (©) SUWX © Eyes (or) (@ IKMO (d) Fingers (sg) 4. (a) Chocolate (vzaeeib) 10. (a) 19 (b) Biscuit (fg3) (b) 49 (c) Bread (ate) © 64 (@) Cake (@#) @ 16 (3)(Questions 11—20) ing questions are based on letter series. In each series some letters are missing. The missing letters are given in the proper sequence as one of the alternative. Find the correct alternative in each case and mark the right alternative on the O.M.R. Answer- Sheet (est 1120) (Rot : aces see ora colt acere ATSB atest Ry wea wate! vad Recta vaites eee Sepae Ae Salepiea AleTe SIE! AEH atest ade Rel <1 eza O.M.R. Beavice Mie ga aa aa corals Baa Rete wat I] 11. a_bbe_aab_cca_bbee {a) bach (b) acba (©) abba (a) caba 12. be_b_c¢_b_ecb (a) ebeb (b) bbeb (©) ebbe (@) bebe 13. aby @ (b) acbb © abac (@) abba 14. __be_« (a) bbbee (b) baaba (©) abcbb (a) abbeo 15, 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. mnonopqopars. (@) ogrst (b) mnopq (© qrstu (@) parst __stt_tt_its_ (a) tsst (b) tsts (©) sstt (d) ttst gfe_ig_cii_fei_gf_ii (a) ifige (b) ifgie © cifgi (@) figie PX_p4_xpp_p_p_4 (@) ppaxq (b) ppxqp © paxap (@) ppaxp pil_o_p_Il_o____Iloo (@) lippoo (b) ollpio (©) loopil (@) loiopi ew___e_vtt_s {a) ttveev (b) etvvte © tweety (d) ttvevt(Questions 21—30) DIRECTION: In each of the following questions, a number of series is given with one of the terms missing. Choose the correct alternative in the position (?) that will continue the same pattern and answer on the O.M.R. Answer-Sheet by filling the circle. (ei 21—30) (Reet: From af eres cH cate ace eT RUT STH HOT ATR ART HTC BAAS ( 2) Hee Base Saad O.M.R. Saxons ARS TS at SIS Cons Sea PPS eat |) 21. 8,24, 12, 36, 18, 54,2 (@) 24 (b) 108 © 27 @ 72 22, 3,7, 10,17,27,? (@) 37 (b) 40 © 47 @ 44 23, 1,5, 14,30, 55,7 @ 80 &) 91 (c) 101 @ 95 24, 7,10, 8, 11,9, 12,? @ 13 (b) 12 © @ 10 (s] 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 5,6,9, 14, 21,2 (@) 25 (b) 27 © 30 @ 32 71, 55, 46, 42, ? (a) 38 (b) 39 © 40 @) 41 4,9, 20, 43, 90, ? (@) 180 (b) 182 (©) 179 @ 185 3, 8, 11, 19, 30, 49, ? (@ 87 (b) 79 ©7 @) 73 3,5, 10, 12, 24, 26, ? (a) 52 (b) 30 © 2 (d) 48 2,3, 5,6, 7,9, 10, 11, 13,? @ 12 (b) 15 © 14 @ 16(Questions 31—45) DIRECTIO! in each of the questions 31 to 45 a figure or a set of figure is given, each of which bears certain numbers following a certain pattern, You have to decipher this pattern and accordingly find the missing number in the figure and denoting your selected answer on O.M.R. Answer-Sheet. (ei 31—45) [fret : 3145 ony aft aes coon fox aT) MS foe iste PE ey ACH Beet EA CHET SIR! GB AOC Gea AEC Gat FAB ‘er ACHE | COMI SIE BAB FIP Gal aoe Beat OMAR. Sears FRB Ze ya ora tax fee <1) 31. 18 27 45 24 36 60 YY (a 11 9 () 8 @6 12 (a) 3 ) 4 ©@o @ 5 (6] 33. 34. 84| 14[12 (a) 21 ) 16 © 81 (d) 61 81 18/9 16 | 25 36 | 64 a1 10| 2 @u (b) 14 OB @ 15 @7 b) 3 © 2 @4 12 8 2 |"(a) 17 (b) 20 (©) 27 @ 30 37. 45 10 (@ 80 (b) 54 (©) 44 @) 98 38. eo 2{ 210 \s 3{ 858 \43 5/ (a) 70 (b) 780 (©) 440 (d) 540 7 \ | 7 39. 3 | 8 5 2 [+ [aso] 3 [6 |?) 3 2 5 1 | (a) 653 (b) 563 (c) 15 (d) 90 40. (40) (ay 3 (10) ( (25) Ne AP ae ® @) @ (a) 24 (b) 31 (c) 23 (d) 47 41. Al Bi ic 1B) || |b ic |D [E 12 18) 2 (a) 20 (b) 21 (c) 23 (d) 24 (7)Q SQ fa) 50 ») 123 (©) 275 (@ 84 (a) 249 (b) 321 (©) 285 @ 341 20 15 fa) 22 (b) 20 © 18 (@ 24 (8) (d) 6 (Questions 46—50) DIRECTION: Study the figure carefully and answer the questions from 46-50, The triangle represents doctors, the circle represents players and the ractangle represents artists (et 46—S0) (Frew + Ftewa afb Steet wea crea! ara (46-50) Hats etterais Bea wie | fA" (triangle) rea (doctors)-ca afefafay =a7@, Fe (circle) CARS (players)}-om see sam SHTETRE (ractangle) F8) (artists)-ca ae oR I] 46. How many doctors are both players and artists? POET CSS, CUAATE 6 FI IR? (a) 6 &) 8 4 @347. How many artists are players? woerl Melee citeitalye sil cace Alea 2 (a) 30 (b) 29 © 8 (d) 17 48. How many artists are neither players nor doctors? oer FB), celta VoL @) (b) © @ 52. ©) (d) o}A\O (a) ) © 53. Bia Oo Pq o (a) © @54, (@d) HDA fa) ) © @ DIRECTION: In each of the following Questions select a figure from the four alternatives which placed in the blank space of figure would complete the pattern, Indicate your answer by filling the circle of the letter denoting your selected answer on the O.MR. (Pe : Sita 61 cece 85 oefe seefeia “Tate ola Faere Bea cece cD Rice amie Bele map ace ol eH aa Fil Seat O.MLR. Saaetcas Fie ge @ L_( ) r| 55, 60. @ (b) © @ (Questions 6185) 56. (a) Answer-Sheet (es 6185) 57. “i i \ INS ose ea corals Baa Fade Scat |] 61. (a) (b) © @ z 58, @ ) © @ © @) | [10]@R (by \ oz) @BL) 63. ? AN @| ZA % | Z ©| 2 @| Z @ (by : é OBd @ — (1) 66. 67. @ © © @ @ © © @ Q e @ |e ) ©|% @68. ? @ | ) © @ 69. ? @ ) © @ 70. ? @ ©) © @ [12] 7m. 72. 73. @ A oF © @ by NI fa) of @ 477. M AN ni @ f\ (by @ ) R © / @ K/ © nS oA NY 78. 7. yw ? (WY) Ssae4 wo od A wfB c A S © yy @ WS oz o 76. 79. (a) (b) (© @ [13]50. 7 NPN IN, A FS n'a ? | 7 @ [+ ) fist 7 © {ey @ Key 81 PD vlelo> [sit] 4] @ 0 © @ 82. [N]NU/ + TN) PAA} {LA} @ & © @ 83. mn >| *|@| du @ ) © @ 4 TTAIO|? ojcuc @ © @ 85. + (ei]|[iei)) 2 Sieeaie @ % © @ (Questions 86—90) DIRECTION: In each of the questions 86 to 90 same codes have been used to write words. Try to find out the rule of coding in each case and answer as per direction in the OM. Answer-Sheet. (eat 86—90) (Prev ¢ 86 cara 90 one area ete te rere ery fey Hew saad eet aaME! af cre seen Pani empraly Selx OB Beat wae vfs Desi OM.R. Seaeicrs HRB Ge a4 Se conta Bea fine eat 1] 86. In a coding system TIE=34, NOW=52 then what will be code for WA. aa aCe grt TIE=34, NOW=52, wie WAX=? 4 Cee BUS? (a) 47 (b) 46 (©) 48 (d) 45 [14]87. Ina certain code ‘PLAY’ is written as *TPEC’. How could ‘GAME’ be written in that code? ‘it GeRAT ARENA PLAY’ “TREC? at BH, TR GAME’ 8 RI (a) KEQA (b) KIQE (©) KAQI @ KEQ 88. If 1 is coded as F, 2 as P, 3 as X, 4.as Z, 5 as B, 6 as W, 7 as L, 8 as U and 9 as D. How would 853417 be coded in that code? fF CHICA ARTS ARAL 1 CF, 2. P, 3 FX4AGZ5 SB 6FW, TEL SOUR 9 ce D RIB, OLA 853417- RI BS (a) UBDXZF (b) UBXDFL, (©) UBXZFL (d) UDXZFL [1s] If = 27, then PET =? xf B= 5 ee, HEN = 27 &, oe (a) 28 (b) 52 © 41 @ 31 90. If cloud is called white, white is called rain, rain is called green, green is called air, air is called blue and blue is called water, where will the birds fly? aff cloud c& white +I =, white rain Cae) | He etesta Sex fos Bre AI aeivice aff ates vist eta Bee (a), (b), (c) 8 (d) celts Hie Veal care Fiat 6.4821K4, Caanre Bike ral 6. Bs, Caer AaS Beas AAT IOS ATM SSA THATS CA BIS SHS Sea | wen @ @ OO (aa ‘b’ fe Bex |) 21 CoB FIRE 208 wee cal gre BREA wa bas Tr aS 81 ICA ANTS IPT IRL G1 Atrecmaaifigate wiieliee re Ce iis el eel ea Ge Beat 6.8, Bia. Beara FRE EIA AN, aT area Face SEPTIC As Feat | a1 Fabs leme alga ict aPC S45. 8, Dear ernie [ieqwearrial arses Gl Fiat CS FCAT Please Turn Over(2)Mathematics Lo If may THQ T+ Te nnto and n=\7-y7- to 05 , then. 2. The simplified value of (0:362)° -(0-01)° (0-362)" + 0-00362 +-(0-0001) (a) 0-352 (b) 0-262 (©) 0-252 (d) 0-632 3. The salary of a man is decreased by 50% and then in the next year itis increased by 60%, then the resultant increment of his salary is (a) 10% (b) 15% (©) -20% (a) 28% 4, In a four-digit number 4x56, x is unknown. The number is divisible by 33. Then the value of x is (a) 3 (b) 4 © 5 @ 6 5. With an average speed of 40 kn/hour, a train reaches the destination on time. If it runs with average speed 35km/hour, it is late by 15 mins, The length of the total journey is (a) 30km (b) 180km (©) 40km (d@) 70km (3) (0362) * (0362) ora (a) 0-352 (b) 0-262 (c) 0-252 (d) 0-632 oon? + 0-00362 + (0-0001) 3, 6 Zn, this is (a) an oxidation reaction. (b) a reduction reaction (©) a combustion reaction. (4) an endothermic reaction. 34. Fuse wire is made of (a) Tron and Nickel (b) Lead and Nickel (© Lead and Tin (@) Tin and Iron 30. SpIOCRCAR atacers Bey Botte ae (a) Grae ces (b) Grae Fierscaetey (©) cBrenifere rene (d) 45° seme 31, yt 4a SIAR FIED eee, Wier CHER CTA AI eR eee? (a) writer (b) Steere Sit (©) 64 (@) sierra 32, cite vine Ricecera aca1 Rie Aa cen ‘spieate Reatea ios Bea? (a) GIRS BID (b) Fie we (©) SaRARF I Ae (d) are as 33. Zn** + 2° —> Zn, a8 so (a) Bras fafa) (b) faeraet fafa (©) em fafa (a) wien feferat 34, ReSe wis Dols a (a) eR) Fram ara (b) Beit Rice ata (© Fare Ba eat @ Bae wy war (9)35. The number of electrons present in ‘L? shell of Cl, is (a) 2 7 O8 @7 36. What will be the volume of Oxygen formed if 120 ml. of Hydrogen is obtained during the electrolysis of water? (a) 60 ml. (b) 120 ml. (©) 200 ml. (@) 240 ml. 37. Number of Covalent bonds in Carbon- tetrachloride molecule is fa) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 38. The main greenhouse gas is (a) Methane (b) Water vapour (©) Nitrous oxide (@) Carbon dioxide 35. SCL, a8 ‘L’ so Bafge aA I (2 (b) 7 © 8 @ 17 36, Gers CfoeAeaes Bevin QeVIOECTS HITT 120 ml. Ber SR TE Beoie SPR CETTE SEA SS 7 (a) 60 ml. (b) 120 ml. (©) 200 ml (d) 240 ml. 37, BAR CODSARS BES AACE THA AT (a) 1 (b) 2 ©3 @4 38. 2am fa a TT a (a) Bee (b) Bre I [13]History 56. ‘Permanent Settlement’ was introduced by (a) Lord Canning (b) Lord Wellesley (©) Lord Cornwallis (d) Lord Wavel 57. The first session of the Indian National Congress was presided by (a) Surendranath Bandyopadhyay (b) Womesh Chandra Banerj (c) Rashbehari Ghosh (d) Dadabhai Naoroji 58. The author of the book*Chaitanya- charitamrita’ was (a) Brindaban Das (b) Rup Goswami (©) Krishnadas Kabiraj (@) Sanatan Goswami 59. ‘Dhaka Anushilan Samity’ established by (a) Aurobindo Ghosh (b) Pulinbehari Das (©) Ullaskar Dutta (@) Hemchandra Kanungo was 60, Telengana peasant movement was occurred in (a) Hyderabad (b) Andhra Pradesh (©) Tamilnadu (@) Karnataka 61. ‘Dual System of Government’ was abolished in (a) 1765 A.D, (b) 1773 AD. (©) 1772 AD. (@) 1776 AD. 56. ‘Terai amae’ aeea et (a) Fe aR (b) AS eo (0) aE eter @ Fe creer 57, STE SN Sea aes SATA weiafoy FoRT (a) serie aeroteteoTa (b) Tarba are (©) arifeerat care (a) rATSRR oT (a) Pas a (b) set cores (©) Fem sears (@) Fare otra 58. 59, viel Slee HRS soe corer (a) wae cae (b) aeraal as (c) Capea we (A) cae eC 60. COTTA FAs BICMET BHT (a) @etsir (b) Saeed (©) eiftentgre (@) sore G1, Tae APH RIA BIA LB (a) 1765 Ree (b) 1773 fore (©) 1772 RIF (d) 1776 RBI [14]62. ‘Jatiya Mela’ or ‘Hindu Mela’ was initiated by 63. 64. 65. 66. is 67. (a) Debendra Nath Tagore (b) Raja Rammohan Roy (c) Swami Vivekananda (a) Nabagopal Mitra The editor of “Hindu Patriot’ was (a) Harishchandra Mukherjee (b) Surendranath Bandyopadhyay (c) Iswarchandra Vidyasagar (@) James Augustus Hicky “Mahalwari’ system was introduced in (a) Eastern India (b) South and South-West India (©) North and North-West India (@) Punjab Who was known as ‘Frontier Gandhi"? (a) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (© Chittaranjan Das (@) Aurobindo Ghosh The Upper House of Indian Parliament (a) Rajya Sabha (b) Lok Sabha (©) Bidhan Sabha (@) Bidhan Parishad “‘Alai Darwaja’ was built by (a) Sher Shah (b) Alauddin Khalji (c) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq (@) Muhammad bin Tughlug [15] 62. 65. 66. 67. ‘ota cra at Rey ce we ear (a) crcaeentl digs (b) are acme ata (co) al Reserre (a) aecstiotl Fee 5. ey aD? afta armen feerel (a) efartoar exes (b) eset eerie (6) ave Ferries (@) core WAIT BS ‘seen? ) efter cerry (©) Biante creer ) crater creer 78, Fre wee ee Bareif¥A aa aIe ze @ ae (b) aah (c) Baa a (2) BR AA (17)79. Sue} Canal is an arti which connects the (a) Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean (b) Indian Ocean and Red Sea (©) Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea (d) Indian Ocean and Atlantic Ocean al waterway 80. ‘International Court of Justice’ is located in city. (a) Amsterdam (b) New York (©) The Hague (d) Venice 81. Primary waves passes through (a) Gaseous (b) Solid (©) Liquid (d) All of the above 82. Who first invent ‘Continental Drift Theory"? (a) Pichon (b) Wilson (©) Alfred Wegner (4) Parker 83. sil’ is found in (a) Igneous rock (b) Sedimentary rock (c) Metamorphic rock (4) All of the above 84. Monsoon wind is a type of (a) Local wind (b) Planetary wind (©) Periodical wind (@) Irregular wind [18] 79, se AB Reote wert we TET eB We ware (a) Siena wep 6 eters TePHTACE (b) wise wePHA S chee HICH (©) Benin 6 cee Fine @) Sine wept @ BibeIP SE wePIACE 80. “sreeifee foram sae! (a) wtb (b) fie Be (©) Han @) cof ea 81, ates a eRe RE ates ATE (a) 05 (b) #4 ©) a (A) Bora HeeBR 82. “Ele wrga aay aw! wT (a) ret (b) Beri (© Sees sear (@) atta 83. “Sar ore aT (a) Sica Fan (b) aterfere Feite (c) siarefae Fete (d) Bocas Heehbees, 84. ‘Ge ay a aseiets (a) ate eh (b) Fre ary, (©) arate ary, @) sae ay85. The rainfall is measured by (a) Seismograph (b) Raingauge (©) Barometer (@) Hygrometer 86. The home made by Eskimo in winter season is called (a) Igloo (b) Tupi (©) Kayak (d) Harpoon 87. In which year ‘Chipko Movement’ was held? (a) 1960 (b) 1963 (©) 1970 (@) 1973 88. The main river in Nepal is (a) Kaligandok (b) Meghna (c) Irrawaddy (4) Manas 89. “The Slaughter House’ of the world is (a) Chicago (b) Duluth (©) Patna (@) Bafello 90. The grazing land of Pampas grassland is known as (a) Granchako (b) Estensia (c) Lanos (@) Matograsso [19] 85. 86. 87. 88. 89, 90. BBs aeatet at ae (a) Bricatstior (b) corer (©) awreafibres (a) eReenibIea ofarcaera Fwstain SPAS (a) Bom (b) Bere (c) ore (@) ea “Betcet stermer! He Htc Refer? (a) 1960 (b) 1963 (©) 1970 (@) 1973 raieers sate A Be (a) HaIes (b) ore (©) Rares (d) aR “afettta aria (a) Freeat (b) yaa (©) aia @) dere arma getghiet stable BPs Al BI (a) STE (b) aoa (©) ote (@) wriSpace for Rough Work [20]