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The actual test paper has 50 questions. Time allowed : 60 minutes. There are 3 sections: 10 questions in section I, 10 in section II and 30 in section III. SYLLABUS Section I (Mental Ability) : Real Numbers, Polynomials, Pair of Linear Equations in Two Variables, Quadratic Equations, Arithmetic Progressions, Triangles, Coordinate Geometry, Introduction to Trigonometry, Some Applications of Trigonometry, Circles, Constructions, Areas Related to Circles, Surface Areas and Volumes, Statistics, Probability. Section II (Logical and Analytical Reasoning) : Verbal and Non-verbal Reasoning. Section III (Computers and IT) : Basics of IT, Operating System, Word Processing Tool, Networking, Multimedia, MS-Power Point, HTML, Internet, MS-Excel, Hardware, Software, Input & Output Devices, Memory & Storage Devices. The actual test paper has 50 questions. Time allowed : 60 minutes. There are 2 sections: 15 questions in section I and 35 in section II. SYLLABUS Section I (Mental Ability) : Real Numbers, Polynomials, Pair of Linear Equations in Two Variables, Quadratic Equations, Arithmetic Progressions, Triangles, Coordinate Geometry, Introduction to Trigonometry, Some Applications of Trigonometry, Circles, Constructions, Areas Related to Circles, Surface Areas and Volumes, Statistics, Probability, Direction Sense Test, Mathematical operations, Number Ranking & Time Sequence Test, Coding-Decoding, Distance, Speed, Time and General Reasoning Based on Prescribed Syllabus. Section II (Science) : Chemical Reactions and Equations, Acids, Bases and Salts, Metals and Non-metals, Carbon and its Compounds, Periodic Classification of Elements, Life Processes, Reproduction in Organisms, Heredity and Evolution, Light-Reflection and Refraction, Human Eye and Colourful World, Electricity, Magnetic Effects of Electric Current, Sources of Energy, Our Environment and its Management. The actual test paper has 50 questions. Time allowed : 60 minutes. There are 3 sections: 20 questions in section I, 20 in section II and 10 in section III. SYLLABUS
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Section I (Logical Reasoning) : Direction Sense Test, Mathematical Operations, Number Ranking & Time Sequence Test, Coding-Decoding, Distance, Speed, Time and General Reasoning Based on Prescribed Syllabus. Section II (Mathematical Reasoning) : Real Numbers, Polynomials, Pair of Linear Equations in Two Variables, Quadratic Equations, Arithmetic Progressions, Triangles, Coordinate Geometry, Introduction to Trigonometry, Some Applications of Trigonometry, Circles, Constructions, Areas Related to Circles, Surface Areas and Volumes, Statistics, Probability. Section III (Everyday Mathematics) : The Syllabus of this section will be based on the syllabus of Mathematical Reasoning. The actual test paper consists of 50 questions. Time allowed : 60 minutes. There are 3 sections. SYLLABUS Section-I: Word and Structure Knowledge : Concord, Question forms, Tenses, Conditionals, Modals, Collocations, Phrasal verbs, Idioms, Homonyms and homophones, Words related to weather, Countries, Language and people, Global problems, etc. Section-II: Reading : Search for and retrieve information from various text types like Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc., Understand information presented in instruction manual format, Message format and others , Acquire broad understanding of and look for specific information in longer texts like editorials, Essays, etc., Make inferences from advanced texts Section-III: Spoken and Written Expression : Ability to understand situation-based variations in functions like Giving/accepting compliments, Agreeing, Disagreeing, Requesting, Seeking information, etc.
InadditiontotheaboveSyllabus, theNCOpapermayinclude QuestionsonlatestDevelopments/Upgradationincomputers.

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NationalCyberOlympiad
MENTALABILITY

1. Abagcontains5redballsandsomeblueballs.Iftheprobabilityofdrawingablueballisdoublethatof aredballthenthenumberofblueballsinthebagis (A) 10 (B) 5 (C) 8 (D) 7 2. Whichofthefollowingequationshavethesamegraph? 2 x - 9 I. y=x +3 II. y = III. x- 3 (A) IandIIonly (B) IandIIIonly (C) IIandIIIonly (D) Allofthese.

( x - 3)y = x 2 - 9

x 1 + = 1is 3. Thevalueoftherealnumberxsatisfying log9 x- log9 10 9 (A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 9 (D) 10

4. Thesumoffirst24termsofthesequencewhosenthtermis a n =3+ (A) 275 (B) 272 (C) 280

2 n,is 3 (D) 270.

LOGICAL&ANALYTICALREASONING 5. Inagroupoffivepeople,K,LandMareambitious,M,NandRarehonest,L,MandNareintelligentand K,MandRareindustrious.Amongthese,neitherindustriousnorambitiousperson(s)wouldinclude (A) Kalone (B) LandR (C) MandN (D) Nalone 6. Onanotherplanet,thelocalterminologyforearth,water,light,airandskyaresky,light,air,water andearthrespectively.Ifsomeoneisthirstythere,whatwouldhedrink? (A) Sky (B) Water (C) Air (D) Light. 7. Step1: Multiplyby2 Step2: Subtract1 Step3: Iflessthan10,jumptostep1andcontinuefromthereotherwiseproceedtostep4 Step4: Add7 Step5:Divideby2 Step6: Add2 Step7: Multiplyby2 Ifyoustartwithavalueof6thencalculate howmanytimes youhadtojumptostep1. (A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 3 (D) 0 8. A,B,C,D,E,FandGaremembersofafamilyconsistingoffouradultsandthreechildren,twoofwhom, FandGaregirls.AandDarebrothersandAisadoctor.Eisanengineermarriedtooneofthebrothers andhastwochildren.BismarriedtoDandGistheirchild.WhoisC? (A) Gsbrother (B) Fsfather (C) Esdaughter (D) Asson COMPUTERS&INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY 9. <SCRIPT>...</SCRIPT>tagcanbeplacedwithin_________. (A) Header (B) Body (C) Both(A)and(B) 10. Theprocessingspeedofacomputerismeasuredin (A) Megabyte (B) 16bit (C) Megahertz (D) Noneofthese (D) Milliseconds

11. WhileworkinginMSExcelcelladdress$A4inaformulameansitisa________. (A) Mixedcellreference (B) Absolutecellreference (C) Relativecellreference (D) Initialcellreference
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12. Whatisthefunctionofanoperatingsystem? (A) Managescomputersresourcesveryefficiently. (B) Takescareofschedulingjobsorexecution. (C) Managestheflowofdataandinstructions. (D) Allofthese. 13. InMSWord,settinguppagemarginsisdonethrough (A) Textformatting (B) Pageformatting (C) Textediting (D) Wordwrap 14. Namethesmallestaddressablesetofbitsofthecomputermemory. (A) Byte (B) Word (C) Pixel

(D) Digit

15. Whichofthefollowingisnotahardwarecomponent? (A) Mouse (B) LAN (C) Chip (D) Semiconductormemory.

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NationalScienceOlympiad
MENTALABILITY

1. Inanofficewith21staffmembers,1/3aremenand2/3arewomen.Toobtainastaffinwhich1/4are men,howmanywomenshouldbehired? (A) 7 (B) 5 (C) 3 (D) 2 2. Ajoggerdesirestorunacertaincoursein1/4lesstimethansheusuallytakesbywhatpercentmustshe increaseheraveragerunningspeedtoaccomplishthisgoal? 1 (A) 20% (B) 25% (C) 33 % (D) 50%. 3 3. Asalesmanmakesacommissionofxpercentonthefirst ` 2,000worthofsaleinanygivenmonthand ypercentonallfurthersalesduringthatmonth.Ifhemakes ` 700from` 4,000ofsalesinOctoberand hemakes ` 900from` 5,000ofsalesinNovember,whatisthevalueofx ? (A) 2% (B) 5% (C) 10% (D) 15%. 4. Amagicianwantstoshipamagicwandtothelocationofhisnextshow.Therectangularboxhehas availableforthispurposemeasures6incheswideby8incheslongby10incheshigh.Whatisthe longestcylindricalwandofnegligiblediameterthatcanbeshippedinthisbox? (A) 10inches (B) 8 2 inches (C) 8 3 inches (D) 10 2 inches 5. Thepriceofsugarincreased20percentin2000and10percentin2001.Byapproximatelywhatpercent wouldthepriceattheendof2001havetobedecreasedtorestorethepriceofthesugartoitspre2000price? (A) 40% (B) 32% (C) 30% (D) 24%. SCIENCE 6. Corneaisatransparentsphericalstructurewhich (A) Reflectslight (B) Scatterslight (C) Refractslight (D) Noneofthese.

7. Avirtualimageisformedbyaconcavemirrorwhenobjectisplaced (A) Betweenfocusandcentreofcurvature (B) BeyondC (C) Atinfinity (D) Betweenfocusandpole

8. Noheatlossoccursduringflowofchargeinsuperconductorsbecause (A) Speedofchargeisslowinit (B) Itisbadconductorofheat (C) Itofferszeroresistance (D) Itgeneratesverysmallvoltage 9. Howdoweknowthatfissionisn'tresponsibleforthesunsenergy ? (A) Fissiondoesn'tproduceenoughenergypergramoffuel (B) Iffissionweregoingoninthesun,thesunwouldexplode (C) Iffissionweregoingoninthesun,thesun'smasswouldincrease (D) Thereisn'tverymuchfissionablematerialinthesun. 10. Duringcalcinationoftheore (A) Theloweroxidesareconvertedintohigheroxides (B) Themetalgetsoxidisedtoitshighestoxide (C) Volatileimpuritiesareexpelled (D) SulphurpresentintheoreisconvertedintoSO 2 11. WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueregardingcastiron? (A) Itishardandbrittle. (B) Itcanbetempered. (C) Itcannotbewelded. (D) Itcontains45%ofcarbon 12. Whenthestopperofabottlecontainingcolourlessliquidwasremoved,thebottlegaveasmelllikethat ofvinegar.Theliquidinthebottlecouldbe: (A) Hydrochloricacidsolution (B) Sodiumhydroxidesolution (C) Aceticacidsolution (D) Saturatedsodiumbicarbonatesolution. 13. Lathyrismduetoconsumptionofkhesaridalischaracterisedby (A) Skeletaldeformationandthinningofcollagenfibres (B) Skeletaldeformities,diabetesmellitusandreproductivefailure (C) Retardedgrowth,precociouspubertyandrenaldysfunction (D) Cardiovascularabnormalities,mentalretardationanddelayedpuberty. 14. Whichoneyieldsmoreenergy? (A) Directburningofcowdung (B) Burningofbiogasderivedfromcowdung (C) Burningofmanurederivedfromcowdung (D) Burningofsemidecayedcowdung 15. Marktheincorrectmatch. Nutrient Deficiency (A) Iron Anaemia (B) VitaminB Beriberi 1 (C) VitaminB Pellagra 4 (D) VitaminC Scurvy Symptom DeficiencyofhaemoglobininR.B.C. Waterloggingofthetissue,paralysis Pigeonchest,lossofteeth Looseningofteeth,swellingandbleedingofgums

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LOGICALREASONING 1. Thereare6shortpiecesoflinkchain,eachhaving4links.Ittakes 10secondstocutalinkand25secondstowelditbacktogether. Whatistheshortestpossibletimetomakethelongestchain? (A) 175seconds (B) 210seconds (C) 150seconds (D) 60seconds 2. Whatshouldcomeattheplaceof?sothateverycolumnordiagonal hasthesamesum? (A) 19 (B) 12 (C) 13 (D) 15
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3. Achildwaslookingforhisfather.Hewent90metresintheEastbeforeturningtohisright.Hewent 20metresbeforeturningtohisrightagaintolookforhisfatherathisunclesplace30metresfromthis point.Hisfatherwasnotthere.Fromherehewent100metrestotheNorthbeforemeetinghisfatherin astreet.Howfardidthesonmeethisfatherfromthestartingpoint? (A) 80metres (B) 100metres (C) 140metres (D) 260metres 4. If+standsfordivision,standsforaddition,standsformultiplicationand standsforsubtraction, thenwhichofthefollowingequationsiscorrect? (A) 366+7 26=20 (B) 36 6+353=45 (C) 36+635 3=24 (D) 366+35 3=74 MATHEMATICAL REASONING 5. IfOisthecentreofthecircle,findthevalueofxinthefollowingfigure. (A) 75 (C) 65 (B) 40 (D) 90
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6. Whatisthecompletesolutiontotheequation|36x|=15? (A) x=2x =3 (B) x= 2x =3 (C) x=2x = 3

(D) x= 2x = 3
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7. Inthefiguregivenhere,AB>BC. Ifweassumethatm A=m C,itfollowsthatAB=BC.Thiscontradictsthegiven statementthatAB>BC.Whatconclusioncanbedrawnfromthiscontradiction? (A) m A=m B (B) m A m B (C) m A=m C (D) m A m C
2+ x 4)(2x 5)? 8. Whichpolynomialrepresents(3x 3 13x 2 13x +20 (A) 6x3 13x2 13x 20 (B) 6x 3 2 3 (C) 6x +13x +3x 20 (D) 6x +13x2 +3x +20

9.

2 x + 7 2 x 4 + 21x 3 + 35 x 2 37 x+ 46 = 4 2 x+ 7 4 (C) x 3 7 x 2 + 7 x 6 + 2 x+ 7

(A) x 3 + 7 x 2 7 x+ 6

(B) 2 x 3 +14 x 2 14 x+12

4 2 x+ 7

4 (D) x 3 + 7 x 2 7 x+ 6 + 2 x+ 7

10. Therearetwonumberswiththefollowingproperties. 1) Thesecondnumberis3morethanthefirstnumber. 2) Theproductofthetwonumbersis9morethantheirsum. Whichofthefollowingrepresentspossiblevaluesofthesetwonumbers? (A) 6,3 (B) 4,1 (C) 1,4 (D) 3,6 11. If i = 1, whatisthevalueofi4? (A) i (B) i (C) 1 (D) 1

12. Acoppersphereofdiameter18cmisdrawnintoawireofdiameter4mm.Findthelengthofthewire. (A) 240m (B) 242m (C) 243m (D) 245m EVERYDAYMATHEMATICS 13. Threeducksandtwoducklingsweigh32kg.Fourducksandthreeducklingsweigh44kg.Allducks weighthesameandallducklingsweighthesame.Whatistheweightoftwoducksandoneduckling? (A) 20kg (B) 40kg (C) 60kg (D) 64kg 14. Arectangularsheetofwoodhasfoursmallsquaresremovedfromthecorners.It 3 isthencuttomakeaboxthatis5cmby4cmwithavolumeof60cm .(Four piecesofsizeA4areremoved.)Findtheoriginalareaofthesheetofwood. (A) 200cmsq. (C) 96cmsq. (B) 110cmsq. (D) 100cmsq.
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15. Acerealcompanydecidedtoincreasetheheightofitsboxesby30percent andreducethewidthinordertomaintainthesamevolume. Initially,length=20cm,height=40cm,width=30cm Whatwillthenewwidthbeifthelengthstaysthesame? (A) 52cm (B) 20cm (C) 23.08cm (D) 23cm
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WORDANDSTRUCTUREKNOWLEDGE Direction(Q.No.1and2):Choosethemostsuitableword/phraseforeachblank. 1. Wehavetoletthelaw_____________andwaitforthecourtverdictinthismatter. (A) Takeitcourse (B) Makeitscourse (C) Takeacourse (D) Takeitscourse 2. Thiscolourhasgone_______________fashion. (A) Outfrom (B) From (C)Outof 3. Choosethecorrectspelling. (A) Pseudonym (B) Pseuodnym 4. Selectthecorrectphrase. (A)Takeitandleaveit (C)Takeitorleaveit (C)Pseudoname (B)Takeit orgiveit (D)Leaveitortakeit (D) Off (D) Seudonum

Direction(Q.No.5and6):Fillintheblanksinthefollowingsentencesbychoosingoneofthe fouroptionsgivenbelowthesentence. 5. Mr.Prasannais_____________________andheworksforawellknowncomputerfirm. (A) DarktallmanwithanMBAfromaGujarat (B) AtalldarkmanfromGujaratwithanMBA (C) AntalldarkmanfromGujaratwithaMBA (D) WithanMBAfromGujaratatalldarkman 6. TheDirectorwasso_______________histeamthathewasatalossforwords. (A) Angrywith (B) Angryby (C) Angryabout (D) Angryon 7. Readthesentencesgivenbelowdecideifthereisanerrorinoneoftheunderlinedparts, markedasA,BandC.Ifyes,markthatletter.Ifnoerror,markD. Hesaidthathewouldnotbeable/tocomewithallofus/becauseofhisunclesvisit/Noerror. (A) (B) (C) (D) Direction(Q.No.8to10):Readthepassagegivenbelowandthenanswerthequestionsthat follow. Onceuponatime,everybodydidscience,fortheirownamusementandexcitement.Allofus,as children,arescientiststootestingsubstancesonourtongues,discoveringgravity,peeringunder rocks,seeingpatternsinthestars,wonderingwhatmakesthenightscaryandtheskyblue. Partlybecausetheeducationalsystemhastaughtscienceonlyinareductionist,leftbrainstyleand partlybecauseofsocietysdemandsforpracticalapplicationsoftechnology,theromanceofscience fadesquicklyformostyoungsters.Thosewholovenaturebutdislikedissectingsmallanimalssoon learntoavoidhighschoolbiology.Studentswhoenrollinpsychologycourses,hopingtolearnsomething abouthowpeoplethinkandfeel,findthemselveslearningmoreaboutratsandstatisticsthanthey everwantedtoknow. 8. Accordingtotheauthor,allchildrenarescientistsbecause (A) Theyareamusedandexcitedbyscience. (B) Theyarecuriousaboutsomethings. (C) Theyaretaughtscienceinschool. (D) Enjoypeepingintothings,tastingandwondering.
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9. Childrendonotenjoyscienceinschoolbecause (A) Theyaremadetostudytechnology. (B) Theyareforcedtodissectanimals. (C) Itistaughtinaboringmanner. (D) Itisnottaughtinaromanticstyle. 10. Accordingtotheauthorapsychologycourseshouldfocuson (A) Thestudyofrats. (B) Problemsin statistics. (C) Ananalysisofnature. (D) Understandinghumanbeings. SPOKENANDWRITTENEXPRESSION Spok Direction(Q.No.11and12):Findonesentencetocompletetheparagraph. enandWritten 11. Namrata:Hey,comeon,letsgoandhavesomeicecreambeforethetest. Sujana:Sorry,Icant.Ihaveabadcold. Namrata:____________________________________ (A) Haveabiscuit. (B) Comeon,icecreamisgoodforacold. (C) Whatswrongwithyou? (D) Comeon,youcanstudylater. 12. Kartik:WeregoingtrekkingtotheNarmadavalley.Pleasecome. Nisha:IwishIcouldcome.________________________. (A) ThetripsoundsfantasticandIamsurewillbegreatfun. (B) TheNarmadaisariverthatmustbeseen. (C) ButmygrandparentswillbevisitingusandIhavetobehome. (D) Itwillbelovelytobewithallofyouforsomanydays. Direction(Q. No.13to 15):Youneedtoselectthetwo sentencesthatwill completethe paragraph.Lookatthechoicesgivenbelowandselectthebestoption. 13. Sentence1:Whatismeatforthebodyatoneageispoisonatanother. Sentence2: ________________________________________ Sentence3: ________________________________________ Sentence4:After50,thetoxicityofthesemetalscomesintoplayandcandamagecells,leading to diseases. P. Forexample,ironandcopperarenutrionallyessentialminerals. Q. Irondeficiencycanleadtoanaemiaandcoppermaintainshaircolourandisapartofseveral hormones. R. Butlargeramountsoftheirintakearegoodonlyforyoungerpeople. (A) QR (B) PR (C) PQ (D) QP 14. Sentence1:Ifthereisaneemorjamuntreeinyourbackyard,checkitregularlyandjustnotedown whentheyflowerandfruit. Sentence2: ________________________________ Sentence3: ________________________________ Sentence4:ThedatabaseisimportantasIndiahasseveralclimaticzonesandbiodiversity. P. TheNationalCentreforBiologicalSciencesplanstoropeinpeopleforcreatinganonlinedatabase onthelifecycleofplantspeciesacrossthecountry. Q. Youmaysoonrealizethatyouarenotjustwhilingtime,butcollectingdataforscientificresearch. R. Thereisnoinformation,however,thatshowswhenaspeciesflowersandfruitsinaparticular location. (A) PR (B) QP (C) PQ (D) QR 15. Sentence1:SatnamSinghdetestswheatchapattis. Sentence2: ________________________________ Sentence3: ________________________________ Sentence4: Heactuallysuffersfromadiseaseknownasceliacorwheatallergy. P. ThefouryearoldhailsfromasmallvillageinPunjab,fromAmbala. Q. Ifforcefed,heshoutsandcriesloudly. R. Theboyisnotthrowingatempertantrum,orsufferingfromanorexia. (A) PR (B) QP (C) PQ (D) QR

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2.FATHER'SNAME:Ifyourfather'snameisSATISHKUMARSHARMA,thenyoushouldwriteasfollows:
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4.CLASS IfyouareinClass 10,thenyoushould darkenasfollows:

5.ROLLNO. Ifyourrollno.is587, thenyoushouldwrite anddarkenthecircles asfollows:

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ANSWERS NationalCyber Olympiad 1. 4. 7. 10. 13. (A) (B) (D) (C) (A) 2. 5. 8. 11. 14. (C) (D) (D) (B) (B) 3. 6. 9. 12. 15. (D) (D) (C) (D) (B) National Science Olympiad 1. 4. 7. 10. 13. (C) (A) (D) (C) (A) 2. 5. 8. 11. 14. (C) (B) (C) (B) (B) 3. 6. 9. 12. 15. (D) (C) (D) (C) (C) International Mathematics Olympiad 1. (A) 2. (B) 3. (B) 4. (D) 5. (A) 6. (B) 7. (D) 8. (B) 9. (D) 10. (B) 11. (C) 12. (C) 13. (A) 14. (B) 15. (C) International English Olympiad 1. (D) 2. (C) 3. (A) 4. (C) 5. (B) 6. (A) 7. (C) 8. (D) 9. (C) 10. (D) 11. (B) 12. (C) 13. (B) 14. (B) 15. (D)

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