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Time : 90 Minutes Max. Marks

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Please read the instructions carefully. You are allotted 5 minutes specifically for this purpose.

This question paper contains 60 questions. Physics (Q. No. 1 to 15), Chemistry (Q. No. 16 to 30),
Mathematics (Q. No. 31 to 55) & Biology (Q. No. 56 to 60).

PHYSICS
1. The velocity (v) of a particle is related to time (t) elapsed as v = kt, where k = 4 m/s2.
What is the distance traveled in 2 seconds?
(a) 4 m (b) 8 m
(c) 12 m (d) 16

2. A student cycles from his house to the school situated at a distance of 1.2 km. He
covers first 700 m at a speed of 7 m/s and the next 500 m at a speed of 5 m/s. What is
his average speed?
(a) 12 m/s (b) 7 m/s
(c) 6 m/s (d) 5 m/s

3. The range of a projectile when launched at angle q is same as when launched at angle
2q. What is the value of q?
(a) 15o (b) 30o
o
(c) 45 (d) 60o

4. A body is projected horizontally from the top of a tower with initial velocity 18 m/s. It
hits the ground at angle 45o. What is the vertical component of velocity when it strikes
the ground?
(a) 9 m/s (b) 9 2 m/s
(c) 18 m/s (d) 18 2 m/s

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5. A projectile has vx= 20 m/s and vy = 10 m/s, what will be the angle made by the velocity
of the body with the vertical?
(a) tan-1(2.0) (b) tan-1(1.5)
(c) tan-1(1.0) (d) tan-1(0.5)
6. What is the least velocity at which a ball can be thrown through a distance 40 m?
(a) 5 m/s (b) 10 m/s
(c) 15 m/s (d) 20 m/s
7. The ceiling of a hall is 25 m. What is the maximum distance at which a ball can be
thrown inside the hall?
(a) 25 m (b) 50 m
(c) 75 m (d) 100 m

8. The distance traveled by a body dropped from the top of a tower is proportional to
(A) mass of the body (b) weight of the body
(c) height of tower (d) square of time elapsed

9. A bullet is fired horizontally with a velocity of 200 m/s. If acceleration due to gravity
is 10 m/s2, in first second it will fall through a height of
(a) 5 m (b) 10 m
(c) 20 m (d) 200 m

10. Two bullets are fired horizontally with different velocities from the same height. Which
will reach the ground first?
(a) slower one (b) Faster one
(c) Both will reach simultaneously (d) It cannot be predicted
11. In case of a projectile, what is the angle between the instantaneous velocity and
acceleration at the highest point?
(a) zero (b) 45o
(c) 90o (d) 180o
12. A particle moves in a plane with uniform acceleration having direction different than
that of the instantaneous velocity. What is the nature of trajectory?
(a) Straight line (b) Parabola
(c) circle (d) ellipse
13. A train starts from rest and acquires a speed v with uniform acceleration a. Then it
comes to stop with uniform retardation b. What will be the average velocity of the train?
ab a+b
(a) (b)
a+b ab
v
(c) (d) none
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14. The equation of motion of a projectile is y = 12x - x 2 . The horizontal component of
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velocity is 3 m/s. Given that g = 10 m/s2, what is the range of the projectile?
(a) 12.4 m (b) 21.6 m
(c) 30.6 m (d) 36.0 m

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15. A projectile is fired with velocity u making angle q with the horizontal. What is the
change in velocity when it is at the highest point?
(a) u cos q (b) u
(c) u sin q (d) (u cos q - u)

CHEMISTRY
16. According to the following equation,
K2Cr2O7 + 4H2SO4 ® K2SO4 + Cr2(SO4)3 + 4H2O + 3[O]
the equivalent mass of K2Cr2O7 is
(a) molecular msss/3 (b) molecular mass/6
(c) molecular mass (d) molecular mass/12
17. A molal solution is one that contains one mole of the solute in
(a) 1000 g of the solvent (b) one litre of the solvent
(c) one litre of the solution (d) 22.4 litre of the solvent

18. In alkaline conditions, KMnO4 reacts as follows,

2KMnO4 + 2KOH ® 2K2MnO4 + H2O + [O]
Therefore its equivalent mass will be
(a) 31.6 (b) 52.7
(c) 72.0 (d) 158.0

19. For the preparation of one litre of N/10 solution of H2SO4, we need
(a) 9.8 g (b) 4.9 g
(c) 10 g (d) 98 g

20. 0.1 N solution of dibasic acid can be prepared by dissolving 0.45 g of the acid in water and
diluting to 100 mL. The molecular mass of the acid is
(A) 45 (b) 90
(c) 135 (d) 180

21. When 10 mL of 10 M solution of H2SO4 and 100 mL of 1 M solution of NaOH are mixed, the
resulting solution will be
(a) acidic (b) neutral
(c) alkaline (d) cannot be predicted

22. Which one of these solutions has the higher normality?

(a) 8g KOH per 100 mL (b) 0.5 M H2SO4
(c) 6 g of NaOH per 100 mL (d) 1.0N H3PO4

23. 1 g of metal required 50 mL of 0.5 N HCl to dissolve it. The equivalent mass of the metal is
(a) 25 (b) 50
(c) 20 (d) 40

24. The equivalent mass of phosphoric acid (H3PO4) is 49. It behaves as __ acid.
(a) monobasic (b) dibasic
(c) tribasic (d) tetrabasic

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25. Equivalent mass of KMnO4, when it is converted to MnSO4, is

(a) M/5 (b) M/3
(c) M/6 (d) M/2

26. 5 mL of 1.0 N HCl, 20 mL of N/2 H2SO4 and 30 mL of N/3 HNO3 are mixed together and
volume made to one litre. The normality of the resulting solution is
(a) N/5 (b) N/10
(c) N/20 (d) N/40

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27. 100 mL solution consists 4 g caustic soda. The normality of the solution is
(a) 1.0 (b) 0.1
(c) 0.5 (d) 4.0

28. The molar concentration of the chloride ion in the solution obtained by mixing 300 mL of 3.0
M NaCl and 200 mL of 4.0 M solution of BaCl2 is
(a) 1.6 M (b) 1.8 M
(c) 5.0 M (d) 0.5 M

29. The number of moles of KMnO4 that will needed to react with one mole of sulphite ion in acidic
solution is
(a) 2/5 (b) 3/5
(c) 4/5 (d) 1

30. The equivalent weight of KIO3 in the reaction,

2Cr(OH)3 + OH- + KIO3 ® 2CrO 24 - + 5H 2 O + KI is
molecular weight
(a) molecular weight (b)
3
molecular weight molecular weight
(c) (d)
6 2

MATHEMATICS
31. If the equation x2 + 4x + k = 0 has real and distinct roots, then
(a) k < 4 (b) k > 4
(c) k ³ 4 (d) k £ 4

32. If ax2 + bx + c = 0 has equal roots, then c =

b b
(a) - (b)
2a 2a
-b 2 b2
(c) (d)
4a 4a

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33. The nature of roots of the quadratic equation x2 – 3x – 10 = 0 is

(a) real and equal (b) real and distinct
(c) imaginary (d) none

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34. The roots of quadratic equation 2x2 – x + = 0 are
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1 1 1 1
(a) , (b) ,
4 4 4 2
1 1 1 1
(c) - , - (d) - ,
4 4 4 2

35. The values of two consecutive positive integers, sum of whose squares is 365 are
(a) 15 and 16 (b) 13 and 14
(c) 12 and 13 (d) none

36. The altitude of a right triangle is 7 cm less than its base. If the hypotenuse is 13 cm,
then the value of other two sides =
(a) 5 cm and 12 cm (b) 6 cm and 4 cm
(c) -4 cm and 12 cm (d) 8 cm and 15 cm

37. A train travels 360 km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 5 km/h more, it would
have taken 1 hour less of the same journey. Then the speed of the train is
(a) 50 km/h (b) 30 km/h
(c) 40 km/h (d) 60 km/h

38. An express train takes 1 hour less than a passenger train to travel 132 km. If the average
speed of the express train is 11 km/h more than that of the passenger train. Find the
average speed of the two trains.
(a) 33 km/h, 44 km/h (b) 44 km/h, 55 km/h
(c) 40 km/h, 50 km/h (d) none

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39. Sum of the areas of two squares is 468 m2. If the difference of their perimeter is 24 m,
then the sides of the two squares
(a) 18 m, 12 m (b) 18 m, 14 m
(c) 14 m, 12 m (d) 14 m, 10 m

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40. Two water taps together can fill a tank is 9 hours. The tap of large diameter takes 10
8
hours less than the smaller one to fill the tank separately. Then time taken by each tap
to fill the tank separately
(a) 25 hours, 35 hours (b) 25 hours, 10 hours
(c) 15 hours, 35 hours (d) 15 hours, 25 hours

41. The sum of reciprocals of Ayushi’s age (in years) 3 years ago and 5 years from now is
1
. Find her present age.
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(a) 6 years (b) 9 years
(c) 5 years (d) 7 years

42. The sum of the ages of a father and his son is 45 years. Five years ago, the product of
their ages (in years) was 124. Determine their present ages.
(a) 36 years, 9 years (b) 30 years, 15 years
(c) 35 years, 10 years (d) none
43. The common difference and next 3rd term of the A. P. are
3, -2, –7, –12, …
(a) –5, –22 (b) –5, –27
(c) –5, –7 (d) –7, –5

44. The common difference and next two terms of the A. P. are
5 2
-1, - , - ……
6 3
1 1 1 1 1 1
(a) , - , - (b) ,- ,-
6 2 3 6 3 6
1 1 1
(c) - , , - (d) none of these
2 6 2
45. Choose the A. P. from the following
1 1 1 1
(a) 3, 6, 12, 24, … . (b) , , , ,......
2 4 6 8
(c) 10, 10 + 25, 10 + 26, 10 + 27 , … (d) 12, 52, 72, 73, ….

46. The 12th and 24th term of an A. P. 9, 13, 17, 21, … are
(a) 53, 101 (b) 101, 53
(c) 43, 91 (d) 91, 43

47. The first term of an A. P. is -7 and common difference 5. Then the 18th and general
term are
(a) 78, 5n – 12 (b) 87, 12n – 5

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(c) 68, 5n – 12 (d) none

48. Which term of the sequence –1, 3, 7, 11, … . is 95?

(a) 24 (b) 25
(c) 26 (d) 27
1 1 3
49. Which term of the sequence 20,19 ,18 ,17 , … is first negative term?
4 2 4
(a) 28th (b) 27th
(c) 26th (d) 29th
50. If cos ecA = 10 , then the value of cos A and tan A are
1 3 1 1
(a) , (b) ,
3 10 10 3
3 1 1
(c) , (d) ,3
10 3 3

a 2 - b2
51. If sin q = then the value of sec A and cot A are
a 2 + b2
2ab 2ab a 2 + b2 a 2 - b2
(a) 2 2 , 2 2 (b) 2 2 ,
a +b a -b a -b 2ab
a +b
2 2
2ab
(c) 2 2 , 2 2 (d) none
a -b a -b

1 sin A
52. If cosec A = 2, then the value of + is
tan A 1 + cos A
(a) 1 (b) -1
(c) 0 (d) 2

cos30o + sin 60o

53. The value of is
1 + cos 60o + sin 30o
2 3
(a) (b)
3 2
1 2
(c) (d) -
3 3

5sin 2 30 + cos 2 45 - 4 tan 2 30

54. The value of is
2sin 30o cos30o + tan 45o
(a)
6
5
(
2- 3 ) (b)
5
6
2- 3( )
(c)
5
6
2+ 3( ) (d)
5
6
(
3+ 2 )
55. The value of 2 ( cos 4 60o + sin 4 30o ) - ( tan 2 60o + cot 2 45o ) + 3sec 2 30o is
1 1
(a) (b)
4 2

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1 1
(c) (d)
6 6

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BIOLOGY
56. Who is known as “father of Taxonomy”?
(a) Theophrastus (b) Aristotle
(c) Mendel (d) Linnaeus

57. Kingdom Monera tell us about

(a) Bacteria (b) Fungi
(c) Protozoa (d) Virus

58. Who classified the living organisms into five kingdoms?

(a) Haeckel (b) Whittacker
(c) Darwin (d) Mendel

59. Which is the smallest unit of classification?

(a) Order (b) Families
(c) Genes (d) Species

60. What Whittaker did not include in his scheme of classification?

(a) Algae (b) Fungi
(c) Protozoa (d) Virus

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NARAYANA IIT Academy

CPT – 7 (IX Integrated)
TEST DATE : 19 JULY 2009

ANSWERS

1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (b) 4. (c) 5. (a)

6. (d) 7. (d) 8. (d) 9. (a) 10. (c)

11. (c) 12. (b) 13. (c) 14. (b) 15. (c)

16. (a) 17. (a) 18. (d) 19. (b) 20. (b)

21. (a) 22. (c) 23. (d) 24. (c) 25. (a)

26. (d) 27. (a) 28. (c) 29. (a) 30. (c)

31. (a) 32. (d) 33. (b) 34. (a) 35. (b)

36. (a) 37. (c) 38. (a) 39. (a) 40. (d)

41. (d) 42. (a) 43. (b) 44. (a) 45. (d)

46. (a) 47. (a) 48. (b) 49. (a) 50. (c)

51. (c) 52. (d) 53. (b) 54. (b) 55. (a)

56. (d) 57. (a) 58. (b) 59. (d) 60. (d)

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