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You are not allowed to leave the Examination Hall before the end of the test.

INSTRUCTIONS

Name of theCandidate

Father’s Name

Enrollment No.

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For Class VIII Students

A. General Instructions1. This booklet is your Question paper containing 45 questions.

All questions are compulsory.Scientific aptitude (15Q), Mathematics (15Q), General Science (15Q)

2. +4 for correct answer , No negative for Wrong attempted3. Blank papers, clipboards, log tables, slide rules, calculators, cellular

phones, pagers, and electronic gadgets in any form are not allowed tobe carried inside the examination hall.

4. Fill in the boxes provided below on this page and also write yourName & Enrollment No. In the space provided.

5. The answer sheet, a machine-readable (OMR), is provided separately.6. DO NOT TAMPER WITH/ MUTILATE THE OMR OR THE BOOKLET.7. Do not open the question-paper booklet before being instructed to do so

by the invigilators.B. Filling the OMR8. On the Response sheet, write in Black Ball Point Pen, your name, your

Enrollment No.and Name of the Centre. Do not write these anywhereelse.

9. Rough spaces are provided for rough work inside the question paper. Noadditional sheets will be provided for rough work.

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SCIENTIFIC APTITUDE01. Find the missing term in the following series.

2, 5, 9, ?, 20, 27(a) 16(b) 18(c) 24(d) 14

02. If ‘light’ is called ‘morning’, ‘morning’ is called ‘dark’, ‘dark’ is called ‘night’, ‘night’ is called‘sunshine’ and ‘sunshine’ is called ‘dusk’; when do we ‘sleep’ ?(a) Dark(b) Night(c) Dusk(d) Sunshine

03. Rachana ranks seventh from the top and twenty sixth from the bottom in a class. How many studentsare there in the class ?(a) 30(b) 31(c) 35(d) 32

04. If ‘+’ means ‘-’, ‘-’ means ‘ ’, ‘ ’ means ‘ ’, and ‘ ’ means ‘+’, then what is the value of? 40 360 24 4 18

(a) 118(b) 82(c) 72(d) 90

05. A, B and C are sisters. D is the brother of E and E is the daughter of B. How is A related to D ?(a) Sister(b) Cousin(c) Niece(d) Aunt

06. Gita walks 14 metres towards west, then turns to her right and walks 14 metres and then turns toher left and walks 10 metres. Again turning to her left she walks 14 metres. What is the shortestdistance (in metres) between his starting point and the present position ?(a) 10(b) 24(c) 28(d) 38

07. Ram, Mohan and Hari can do a work in 15 days, 6 days and 10 days respectively. All the three cantogether finish three times of that work in(a) 21 days(b) 18 days(c) 9 days(d) 15 days




08. If ax = by = cz, then x : y : z =?(a) a : b : c

(b) 1 1 1: :

a b c

(c) bc : ac : ab

(d) Both (b) & (c)09. The transmission lines should not be stretched more tightly between the towers because _______.

(a) Expansion takes place in winter(b) Expansion takes place in summer and contraction takes place in winter(c) Expansion and contraction do not depend on temperature.(d) Contraction takes place in summer.

10. Which of the following items has definite volume and shape ?(a) Water vapour(b) Milk(c) Aluminium foil(d) Oxygen

11. Refer to the given Venn diagram and select the correct option regarding energy resources. X Y

(a) Coal PetroleumEnergy

resources

Non-conventional

resources

X

Y

(b) Water Petroleum(c) Coal Solar radiations(d) Wind Petroleum

12. Ritu has 500 cm3 of oxygen in a small tank and she wants to transfer all of it to another container.Which of the following containers would be able to hold all the oxygen gas ?(a) R only

P QR

3volume 250cm 3volume 400cm 3volume 550cm

(b) Q and R(c) P, Q and R(d) None of these

13. A science teacher took her students out for a practical activity to teach them more about the aquaticplants. She showed the students an underwater leaf and told that underwater leaves do not havewaxy waterproof coating. She asked them the reason for the same. Given below are the replies ofthe students :Student P : Unwaxed leaf surface can float easily.Student Q : Unwaxed leaf surface facilitates gaseous exchange between the plant and water.Student R : Unwaxed leaf surface can reduce transpiration.Student S : Unwaxed leaf surface can transport water.Which of these students correctly replied ?(a) Student S(b) Student R(c) Student P(d) Student Q




14.

The arrows in the diagram above show the movement of ____.(a) Air in the plant(b) Food to all parts of the plant(c) Water to all parts of the plant(d) Carbon dioxide to all parts of the plant

15.

The given figure shows the longitudinal section of two flowers of the same type. Study the followingstatements with reference to the given figure.(i) Z and U shows self pollination, whereas Y shows cross pollination.(ii) W, X and Z show transfer of pollen grains that will result in fruit formation.(iii) Z shows self pollination, while X shows cross pollination.(iv) X and Z show pollination that will result in fruit formation.(v) W, X and Y show cross pollination.Which of the given statements are true or false ?(a) (i) and (iv) are true; (ii), (iii) and (v) are false.(b) Only (v) is true; rest are false.(c) (i), (ii), (iii) and (v) are true; (iv) alone is false.(d) (i), (ii) and (v) are false; (iii) and (iv) are true.

MATHEMATICS16. If

x1x =

21 , then

22

x4x4 is equal to -

(a) 7(b) –7(c) 9(d) –9

17. If

x1x = 4, then

44

x1x is equal to -

(a) 196(b) 194(c) 192(d) 190




18. If the sum of one-half and one-fifth of a number exceeds one-third of that number by 7 31 , the

number is(a) 15(b) 18(c) 20(d) 30

19. If doubling a number and adding 20 to the result gives the same answer as multiplying thenumber by 8 and taking away 4 from the product, the number is:(a) 2(b) 3(c) 4(d) 6

20. 0064.001.0 = ?

(a) 0.03

(b) 0.3

(c) 0.42

(d) None21. Least perfect square of 6 digits is -

(a) 998000(b) 998001(c) 998002(d) None of these

22. For a given data mean and mode are 24, 21. Then the median is :(a) 22(b) 23(c) 24(d) 21

23. Naveen purchases 11 knives for Rs. 10 and sells them at the rate 10 knives for Rs. 11. He earnsa profit of :(a) 21%(b) 15%(c) 11%(d) 20%

24. The simple interest on a certain sum for 6 years at 14% per annum is Rs. 470.40. The sum is :(a) Rs. 720(b) Rs. 650(c) Rs. 480(d) Rs. 560




25. In the given figure, ABCD is a trapezium in which AB = 7 cm, AD = BC = 5 cm, DC = x cm and thedistance between AB and DC is 4 cm then the value of x is :(a) 16 cm(b) 13 cm(c) 19 cm

D Cx cm

M

5cm

5cm

A B7 cm

L

4cm

(d) Cannot be determined26. In the adjoining figure ABCD is a parallelogram, then the measure of x is :

(a) 45°(b) 60°(c) 90°

D

A B

60°

E F C

O

30°

60°x°

(d) 135°

27. In the adjoining figure ABCD is a parallelogram and X, Y are mid-points of side AB and DCrespectively. Then the measure of x is :

(a) 45° D Y C

A X B60°

80°x°

(b) 120°

(c) 75°

(d) None of these28. What is the probability of getting a sum 9 from two throws of a dice?

(a) 61

(b) 81

(c) 91

(d) 121

29. From a pack of 52 cards, one card is drawn at random. What is the probability that the carddrawn is a ten or a spade ?

(a) 134

(b) 41

(c) 131

(d) 261

30. Cylinder can also be called as(a) Triangular prism(b) Circular prism(c) Irregular prism(d) None of these




GENERAL SCIENCE31. A ball of mass 100g moving at a speed of 112ms strikes another ball of mass 200 g at rest. After

the collision both the balls stick to each other and move with a common velocity. Find the commonvelocity.

(a) 14ms

(b) 15ms

(c) 17ms

(d) None of these32. Compressions and rarefactions are formed in ______.

(a) Longitudinal wave(b) transverse wave(c) Both (a) and (b)(d) None of these

33. The SI unit of surface charge density is __________

(a) 2Ccm

(b) 2A m

(c) 2Acm

(d) 2Cm

34. If the distance between two succesive compressions of a sound wave is 16 cm, then the distancebetween a compression and the next rarefaction is __________.(a) 16 cm(b) 32 cm(c) 4 cm(d) 8 cm

35. Find the magnitude of the force applied to a block of mass 5 kg at rest, if it moves 36 m in the first6 sec. Neglect the force of friction.(a) 10 N(b) 20 N(c) 30 N(d) 40 N

36. Thermosetting polymers are(a) cross linked polymers

(b) do not melt on heating

(c) during heating it hardens irreversibly

(d) all are correct




37. Non-stick teflon coated cookwares are generally recommended to heart patients because

(a) non-stick cookwares do not absorb water

(b) non-stick cookwares do not absorb oil

(c) non-stick cookwares cook faster

(d) non-stick cookwares are biodegradable.

38. The non-metal used in vulcanization of rubber is

(a) sulphur

(b) carbon

(c) phosporus

(d) nitrogen

39. The correct order of increasing chemical reactivity is

(a) Zn Fe Mg K

(b) Fe Mg Zn K

(c) Fe Mg K Zn

(d) Fe Zn Mg K

40. Which of the following is not a property of aluminium ?

(a) Good conductor of heat and electricity

(b) It is malleable

(c) It is heavy

(d) It is ductile.

41. LSD drug is extracted from a -

(a) Algae

(b) Fungi

(c) Virus

(d) Bacteria

42. Which of the following algae produce Agar-agar?

(a) Gelidium

(b) Gracilaria

(c) Both a and b

(d) None of these




43. Match the items of :

Column A Column B

(A) Platelets (1) attach bone with muscle

(B) Neuron (2) locomotion

(C) Tendon (3) blood coagulation

(D) Striated muscle (4) respond to stimuli

Which of the following is correct?

(a) (A-2), (B-3), (C-4), (D-1)

(b) (A-3), (B-4), (C-1), (D-2)

(c) (A-4), (B-1), (C-2), (D-3

(d) (A-1), (B-2), (C-3), (D-4)

44. Polar bears are facing a threat to their existence due to

(a) scarcity of food.

(b) slow reproduction rate,

(c) deforestation.

(d) global warming.

45. Which of the following phenomena is commonly reffered as 'cell drinking'?

(a) Exocytosis

(b) Pinocytosis

(c) Endocytosis

(d) Phagocytosis

I must confess I am jealous of the term atom; forthough it is very easy to talk of atoms, it is very

difficult to form a clear idea of their natureMichael Faraday




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