Sample Paper
For Students of Class- X (going to Class – XI)
Time Allowed : 180 Min. Maximum Marks : 150
Subject Question Type No. of Ques. Marking Scheme Total Marks
IQ MCQ Single Correct 30 +1,0 30
MCQ Single Correct 6 +3,-1 18
PHYSICS MCQ Multi Correct 4 +4,-2,0 16
Passage Type 1*2 MCQ Single Correct 2 +3,0 6
MCQ Single Correct 4 +3,-1 18
CHEMISTRY MCQ Multi Correct 3 +4,-2,0 16
Passage Type 1*2 MCQ Single Correct 2 +3,0 6
MCQ Single Correct 4 +3,-1 18
MATHEMATICS MCQ Multi Correct 3 +4,-2,0 16
Passage Type 1*2 MCQ Single Correct 2 +3,0 6
Total 150
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SECTION – I (IQ)
MCQ Single Correct
1. Rohit walked 20 metres towards South from point P, took a left turn and walked 15 metres again he
took a left turn and walked 20 metres. How far and in which direction is he from the starting point?
(A) 15 m, West (B) 15 m, East (C) 10 m, West (D) 25 m, East
1. B
2. K is 40 m South-West of L. If M is 40 m South-East of L, then M is in which direction of K?
(A) East (B) West
(C) North-East (D) South
2. A
3. Find the missing term.
2 4 8
4 C26 3 10 H70 5 6 J90 ?
5 4 6
(A) 2 (B) 3
(C) 4 (D) 5
3. C
4. At what time between 5 O’clock and 6 O’clock will the minute and the hour hand be perpendicular to each other?
9 5 10 7
(A) 5 hr 10 min. and again 5 hr 43 min. (B) 5 hr 10 min. and again 5 hr 43 min.
11 11 11 11
8 6
(C) 5 hr 10 min. and again 5 hr 43 min. (D) None of these
11 11
4. B
5. A and B can do a piece of work in 12 days, B and C in 15 days, C and A in 20 days. How long will each take
separately to do the same work?
(A) 10, 20, 30 (B) 30, 20, 60
(C) 30, 40, 60 (D) 20, 15, 40
5. B
6. Moin started to walking towards South and after covering 5 km then he turned to the left and cover 3 km. After
that he turned to the right and cover 5 km. Now towards which direction Moin is facing now?
(A) North-East (B) South
(C) North (D) South-East
6. B
7. What is the least number of cuts required to cut the cube into 24 identical pieces?
(A) 2 (B) 4
(C) 6 (D) 8
7. C
8. A, CD, GHI, ?, UVWXY
(A) LMNO (B) MNO
(C) MNOP (D) NOPQ
8. C
9. Choose the correct diagram given below which can best represent the following data.
Fruit, Apple, Golden Apple.
(A) (B)
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(C) (D)
9. A
10. Pointing towards a man in the photograph Archana said “He is the son of the only son of my grandmother”.
How is that man related to Archana?
(A) Brother (B) Cousin
(C) Uncle (D) Father
10. A
11. 4 April 1988 fell on Monday. What day of the week was 3 November 1987?
(A) Monday (B) Tuesday
(C) Wednesday (D) Friday
11. B
12. In this type of question, two numbers are given. These numbers are related to each other in some way.
Another number is also given. The candidate is required to find out the relationship between the first two
numbers and choose the number from the given alternatives, which bears the same relationship to the third
number, as the first two bear.
2 : 9 : : 64 : ?
(A) 125 (B) 257
(C) 422 (D) 600
12. B
13. If “DISTANCE” is coded as “ECNATSID”, then how will “UDOMETER” be coded?
(A) RETEOMDU (B) RETMEODU
(C) RETEMODU (D) RETMOEDU
13. C
14. In the question given below is a sequence in which some letters are missing from the choices. Select the choice
that gives the letters that can fill the blanks in the given sequence.
a_cd_c_a_da_d_b_
(A) bbdcbac (B) bbcdabc
(C) bacbbabc (D) bcdbabc
14. A
15. The second figure in the first unit of the problem figures bears a certain relationship to the first figure.
Similarly, one of the figures in the answer figures bears the same relationship to the first figure in the second
unit of the problem figures. You are therefore to locate the figure which would replace the question mark.
Problem Figures Answer Figures
?
1 2 3 4 (A) (B) (C) (D)
15. C
16. Find the Missing number.
(A) 9 (B) 6 3 1 4
(C) 3 (D) 7
5 4 7
2 8 ?
38 81 74
16. C
17. Pointing towards a person a man said to a woman. “His mother is the only daughter of your father”. How is the
woman related to that person?
(A) Aunty (B) Mother
(C) Son-in-law (D) None
17. B
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18. Mohan travels 7 km Eastwards and then he turns right and travelled 3 km and further turns right again and
travelled 11 km. How far is he from the starting point?
(A) 25 km (B) 15 km
(C) 5 km (D) None of these
18. C
19. DEVICE is coded as BAREXA and ORNATE is coded as ZVMESA, what VIDEO be coded as?
(A) RIBAZ (B) REBAZ (C) RBEAZ (D) ZABER
19. D
20. The following question is based on the following alphabet series.
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
If the first and second letters interchange their positions and similarly the third and the fourth letters, the fifth
and the sixth letters and so on, which letter will be the seventeenth from your right?
(A) F (B) H (C) I (D) J
20. C
21. If 4 pipes of same type can fill a tank in 2 hours 15 minutes, then how much time will 5 pipes of same type
take to fill the tank?
(A) 1hour and 30 min (B) hour and 48 min
(C) 1hour and 50 min (D) None of the above
21. B
Direction (22 to 24): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:
A Business School with six Professors L, M, N, O, P and Q has decided to implement a new scheme of course
management. Each Professor has to coordinate one course and support another course. This semester, O’s support
course is Finance, while three others have it in coordinator’s role. P and Q have Marketing as one of their subjects. Q
coordinates Operations, which is a support course for both N and P. Finance and IT are L’s subjects. Both L and O
have same subjects. Strategy is a support course for only one of the Professors.
22. Who coordinate the IT course?
(A) L (B) N
(C) O (D) None of these
22. C
23. Which course is supported by M?
(A) Operations (B) Strategy
(C) IT (D) Finance
23. B
24. Who among the following are coordinating the Finance course?
(A) L and N (B) N and O
(C) L, M and N (D) M, N and O
24. C
Directions (Q. 25 to 27): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Seven boy A, D, Y, U, P, Q and J live in three different buildings – Ashiana, Top-view and Ridge. Each of them is
flying kites of different colours i.e. red, green, blue, white, black, yellow and pink, (not necessarily in the given order).
Not more than three or less than two stay in any of the buildings. Q is flying a pink kite and lives in the same building
as only J. i.e. Ashiana. Y is flying a black kite and does not live in Ridge building. U does not live in the same building
as A or P and is flying a yellow coloured kite. D lives in Ridge building with only one more person and is flying a green
kite. None in the top-view building flies a white kite. P does not fly a blue kite. -
25. Who live in Ridge building?
(A) D, U (B) D, A, P
(C) Y, A, P (D) A, P
25. A
26. Who is flying the blue kite?
(A) A (B) J
(C) P (D) Data inadequate
26. A
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27. Who flies the red kite?
(A) A (B) J
(C) P (D) Data inadequate
27. C
Directions (Q. 28 to 30): In each question given below two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and
II. You have to take the two given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known
facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding
commonly known facts. Give Answer:
(A) if only conclusion I follows
(B) if only conclusion II follows
(C) if either I or II follows
(D) if neither I nor II follows
(E) if both I and II follow
28. Statement: I. Some pubs are cows.
II. No kitten are pubs.
Conclusions: I. No pubs are kitten.
II. Some cows are kitten.
28. A
29. Statements: I. Some cameras are radios.
II. Some statues are cameras.
Conclusions: I. Some radios are statues.
II. No radio is statue.
29. C
30. Statement: I. All gardens are schools.
II. All schools are colleges.
Conclusions: I. All gardens are colleges.
II. Some gardens are not colleges.
30. A
SECTION – II
(PHYSICS)
MCQ Single Correct
1. Six identical resistors are connected as shown in the figure. The equivalent resistance will be
R
P Q
R R
R
R
R
(A) Maximum between P and R (B) Maximum between Q and R
(C) Maximum between P and Q R (D) All are equal
1. C
2. A ray of light passes through four transparent media with refractive indices 1, 2 , 3 and 4 as shown in the
figure. The surfaces of all media are parallel. If the emergent ray CD is parallel to the incident ray AB, we
must have
D
1 2 3 4
B C
A
(A) 1 2 (B) 2 3
(C) 3 4 (D) 4 1
2. D
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3. When high energy alpha particle 4
2 He pass through nitrogen gas, an isotope of oxygen is formed with the
emission of particle named x. The nuclear reaction is 14
7 N 24 Ne 17
8 O x
. What is x?
(A) electron (B) Proton
(C) Neutron (D) Positron
3. B
4. The far point of a myopic person is 100 cm in front of the eye. What is the power of the lens required to
correct this problem?
(A) 1 D (B) 2 D
(C) 3 D (D) 0.5 D
4. A
5. The value of I will be : I 2
(A) 1 amp (B) 2 amp
2 2
(C) 3 amp (D) 4 amp 1.5V 2
5. A
6. A convex lens A of focal length 20 cm and a concave lens B of focal length 5 cm are kept along the same axis
with a distance d between them. If a parallel beam of light falling on A leaves B as a parallel beam, then the
distance d in cm will be
(A) 25 (B) 15
(C) 30 (D) 50
6. B
MCQ One or More than One Correct
7. If the focal length of objective and eye lens are 1.2 cm and 3 cm respectively and the object is put 1.25 cm
away from the objective lens and the final image is formed at infinity.
(A) Magnifying power of the microscope is 180 (B) Magnifying power of the microscope is 200
(C) Length of microscope is 30 cm (D) Length of microscope is 33 cm
7. BD
8. Two identical heater wires of equal length are first connected in series and then in parallel, the ratio of
(A) their resistance is 4 : 1
(B) their resistance is 2 : 1
(C) the heat produced in them is 1 : 2
(D) the heat produced in them is 1 : 4
8. A, D
9. Two wires made of same material have the same length but difference radius. They are connected in parallel
to a battery. The quantity that is not the same for the wire is
(A) Potential difference (B) Current
(C) Resistance (D) Conductivity
9. B, C
10. For a real-extended object, the image formed by a convex mirror will be
(A) real (B) virtual (C) erect (D) diminished
10. B, C, D
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Comprehension Type
Paragraph for question Nos. 11 to 12
Lens maker formulae gives relation between the focal length of a lens, material of the lens, shape of the lens and
1 2 1 1
medium in which it is placed. 1
F 1 R1 R2
Here, F is the focal length of lens. ‘1’ and ‘2’ are refractive index of medium in which lens
is placed and refractive index of lens. All distances are measured from optical centre and R1
direction in which incident rays is travelling is taken as positive and direction opposite to R2
incident ray is taken as negative.
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11. Find the focal length of equi-convex lens of radius of curvature ‘R’ and refractive index placed in air.
2
R
(A) (B) R (C) 0 (D) Infinite
2
11. B
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12. If the lens of previous question placed in medium of refractive index then focal length of lens is
3
(A) –4.5 R (B) 4.5 R (C) 4R (D) zero
12. C
SECTION – III
(CHEMISTRY)
MCQ Single Correct
1. Which of the following is a dibasic acid?
(A) HCl (B) H3PO2
(C) HNO3 (D) H2C2O4
1. D
2. Poling process is used for:
(A) The removal of Cu2O from Cu (B) The removal of Al2O3 from Al
(C) The removal of Na from Fe (D) All of these
2. A
3. Which of the following is the ore of a metal which belongs to group–14?
(A) Galena (B) Cinnabar
(C) Bauxite (D) Pyrolusite
3. A
4. Fe2 O3 2Al Al2 O3 2Fe
The above reaction is an example of a
(A) Combination reaction (B) Double displacement reaction
(C) Decomposition reaction (D) Displacement reaction
4. D
5. How many times a solution of pH = 3 be diluted to get a solution of pH = 6?
(A) 2 times (B) 10 times
(C) 100 times (D) 1000 times
5. D
6. Which of the following is most abundant metal in the earth’s crust?
(A) Cu (B) Zn
(C) Al (D) Fe
6. C
MCQ One or More than One Correct
7. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about dehydration of an Alcohol?
(A) Formation of water molecule
(B) Formation of an alkene
(C) Reaction of Alcohol in presence of conc. H2SO4
(D) Formation of an alkane
7. ABC
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8. Which among the following is true for C2H6 ?
(A) Polar (B) Non-polar (C) Saturated (D) Unsaturated
8. BC
9. The five successive ionization energies of an element are 800, 2427, 3658, 25024 and 32824 KJ mol1
respectively. The number of valence electron is
(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 1 (D) 2
9. A
10. The balanced net ionic equation for the reaction of aluminium sulphate and sodium hydroxide contains which
of the following terms?
3+ −
(A) 3Al (aq) (B) 6OH (aq)
− 3+
(C) 3OH (aq) (D) 2Al (aq)
10. B, D
Comprehension Type
Paragraph for question Nos. 11 to 12
Generally, esters are sweet-smelling substances. Esters are most commonly formed by the reaction of an
acid & an alcohol. Ethanoic acid reacts with absolute ethanol in the presence of an acid catalyst to given an
ester. These are used in making perfumes & as flavoring agents.
Acid
Ethanoic acid + Ethanol
A H2O .
11. Identify (A) in this reaction?
(A) CH3COC2H5 (B) CH3COOC2H5 (C) C2H5COOC2H5 (D) C2H5COOCH3
11. B
12. The backward reaction of esterification in presence of alkali is called-
(A) Reduction (B) Oxidation (C) Saponification (D) Addition
12. C
SECTION – IV
(MATHEMATICS)
MCQ Single Correct
2 3 6 4 2
1. If tanx + tan x + tan x =1 then the value of 2 cos x – 2 cos x + cos x equals to
(A) 1/2 (B) 2
(C) 1 (D) none of these
1. A
2. If the given diagram shows the graph of the polynomial f(x) ax 2 bx c, then
y
f x ax 2 bx c
x' O x
b D
2a , 4a
y'
(A) a 0,b 0 and c 0 (B) a 0,b 0 and c 0
(C) a 0,b 0 and c 0 (D) a 0,b 0 and c 0
2. A
3. If the value of a quadratic polynomial P(x) is 0 only at x = – 1 and P(–2) = 2, then the value of P(3) is :
(A) 32 (B) 35
(C) 36 (D) 24
3. A
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4. tan5o tan30o 4 tan85o is equal to
4
(A) (B) 4 3 (C) 1 (D) 4
3
4. A
5. Point R (h, k) divides line segment AB between axes in the ratio 1 : 2 where A lies on X-axis. Find the
equation of line.
(A) 2hx + ky = 3hk (B) 2kx + hy = 3hk (C) kx + hy = 2hk (D) 3hx + hy = 4hk
5. B
6. If one zero of the polynomial f(x) (k 2 4)x 2 13x 4k is reciprocal of the other, then k is equal to-
(A) 2 (B) -2 (C) 1 (D) -1
6. A
MCQ One or More than One Correct
7. Three circles each of radius r touch one another. The radius of the circle touching all the three circles is
2 3 r 2 3 r
(A) 2 3 r (B)
3
(C)
3
(D) 2 3 r
7. B, C
8. If loga b loga c
(A) b c if a 1 (B) b c if a 1 (C) b c if a 1 (D) b c if a 1
8. AC
9. The unit digit of 732n 1 272n1 can be, where n -
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8
9. BC
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10. If x 3 , then choose the correct statement
x
(A) the value of. x98 x92 x 45 x 39 2x 6 3 is 3
(B) the value of x 46 x 40 x35 x29 x7 x is 0
(C) x 6 1 0
(D) If we resolve the given equation in quadratic form, the roots are real and irrational.
10. BC
Comprehension Type
Paragraph for question Nos. 11 to 12
a1 a2 ... an
In an Arithmetic progression, the arithmetic mean of n numbers a1,a2 ...,an is defined as and
n
1
Geometric Progression of n numbers a1,a2 ,...,an is defined as a1,a 2 ,a3 ...an n for positive number and the relationship
between AM and GM is A.M. G.M .
11. If a 2b c 8 and a,b,c R then Max. value of a.b 2 .c
(A) 8 (B) 4 (C) 16 (D) 2
11. C
st st
12. In the A.P. 2,5,8,11...,299 , find the difference between A.M. of 1 and the last term and A.M. of 1 to last
terms.
(A) 0 (B) 150.5 (C) 301 (D) 15050
12. A
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