Directions (Q. Nos.

54-58) Words in capital letters in Column I are written in small letters in

a code language in Column II. Decode the language and find out the correct alternative for the
given letters in each questions.
Column I Column II Column I Column II
HERO tbfw BLUE eglt
JOIN bakp CIGAR vsqwp
LAZY nsvg WRIT wpxy
MINE pdkt VIRUS pzwoe
PART rwsx QUACK jqems
SAURY wveos PIRL wprg
54. Code for letters in the word TOIL are
(a) pxba (b) bpgn (c) bpxg (d) mpxg
55. Code for letters in the word COST are
(a) boqx (b) xqps (c) qost (d) xqnr
56. Code for letters in the word ULCER are
(a) ggwmr (b) teqwp (c) ktegp (d) egqtw
57. Code for letters in the word SINE are
(a) ptkl (b) toka (c) ptok (d) optb
58. Code for letters in the word ‘ARCH’ are
(a) frsq (b) wfsq (c) wqfp (d) sqfn
59. A and B are brothers. C and D are sisters. A’s son is D’s brother. How is B related to C?
(a) Brother (b) Father (c) Uncle (d) Son
Direction (Q. No. 60) Read the following information carefully and answer the question given
below.
‘A + B’ means ‘A’ is the daughter of ‘B’.
‘A – B’ means ‘A’ is the husband of ‘B’.
‘A × B’ means ‘A’ is the brother of ‘B’.
60. If P + Q – R, then which one of the following is true?
(a) R is the mother of P (b) R is the sister-in-law of P
(c) R is the aunt of P. (d) R is the mother-in-law of P

PHYSICS
61. An object is dropped from the top of a tower. Find distance covered by the object in 5th second.
(a) 125 m (b) 45 m (c) 5 cm (d) 10 m
62. Two cars A and B moving with uniform velocities of 60 km/ph and 80 km/ph respectively are
at points X and Y on a straight road 420 km apart. If the cars meet at a point P between X and
Y, the ratio of the distance Px and Py is :
(Assuming that cars are moving in opposite directions)
(a) 7 : 5 (b) 3 : 4 (c) 6 : 7 (d) 7 : 6

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6 3 . The units kg m–1 sec–2 may correspond to –
(a) Work done by a force (b) Pressure
(c) Energy per unit volume (d) (b) & (c) both
64. The angular acceleration of particle moving along a circular path with uniform speed is –
(a) Uniform but non-zero
(b) Zero
(c) Variable
(d) Such as cannot be predicate from the given information
65. A satellite of mass m revolves around the earth of radius R at a height x from its surface. If g is
the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the earth, the orbital speed of the satellite is-
1/ 2
gR gR 2 æ gR 2 ö
(a) gx (b) (c) (d) çç ÷÷
R–x R+x èR+xø

66. If g is the acceleration due to gravity on the earth's surface, the gain in the potential energy of an
object of mass m raised from the surface of the earth to a height equal to the radius R of the earth,
is-

1 1
(a) 2mgR (b) mgR (c) mgR (d) mgR
2 4

67. A body of mass m dropped from a height H reaches the ground with a speed of 1.2 gH . Then
work done by air friction :-
(a) –0.38 mgH (b) +0.38 mgH (c) –0.28 mgH (d) +0.28 mgH
68. A projectile attains a certain maximum height when projected from earth. If it is projected at the
same angle and with the same initial speed from the moon, where the acceleration due to gravity
is one-sixth that on earth, by what factor will be maximum height of the projectile increase ?

(a) 3 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 6

6 9 . The co-ordinates of a moving particle at anytime ‘t’ are given by x = at3 and y = bt3. The speed
of the particle at time ‘t’ is given by

(a) 3t a 2 + b2 (b) 3t 2 a 2 + b2 (c) t 2 a 2 + b2 (d) a2 + b2

7 0 . A student wants to test the laws of gravity on himself. He falls from a 320 m high building. Five
seconds after his fall a superman dives off the same building to save the student. What must be
initial velocity of the superman in order that he catches the student just before the ground is
reached ?
(a) 91.7 m/s (b) 125 m/s (c) zero (d) 20 m/s
7 1 . A goods train accelerating uniformly on a straight railway track, approaches an electric pole standing
on the side of track, its engine passes the pole with velocity u and the guard’s room passes with
velocity v. The middle wagon of the train passes the pole with a velocity.

u+v 1 æ u2 + v 2 ö
(a) (b) u2 + v 2 (c) uv (d) ç ÷
2 2 è 2 ø
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7 2 . A block of mass 4 kg is kept on ground. Coefficient of friction between block and the ground
is 0.80. An external force of magnitude 30 N is applied on block parallel to the ground. The
resultant force exerted by ground on block is -
(a) 40 N (b) 30N (c) 50 N (d) zero
7 3 . A body of mass M and moving with velocity u makes a head on-elastic collision with another
stationary body of m. If A = m/M, then the ratio (f) of the loss of energy of M to its initial energy
will be :-

A uA 4A
(a) f = A(A + 1)2 (b) f = (c) f = (d) f =
(A + 1)2 (A + 1)2 (A + 1)2
74. One gram of matter is completely transformed into energy. Energy released in kWh is :
(a) 9 × 1020 (b) 2.5 × 107 (c) 2.5 × 1010 (d) 4 × 1013
75. A body moves with velocity v, 2v and 3v in the first, second and third, one third distance of path
travelled. Its average speed is :-

æ 6ö æ 12 ö æ 18 ö æ 36 ö
(a) ç ÷ v (b) ç ÷ v (c) ç ÷ v (d) ç ÷ v
è 11 ø è 11 ø è 11 ø è 11 ø
76. Two cars A and B are travelling in the same direction with velocities v1 and v2 (v1 > v2). When the
car A is at a distance d behind of the car B, the driver of the car A applied the brake producing
a uniform retardation a. There will be no collision when

(V1 – V2 )2 V12 – V22 (V1 – V2 )2 V12 – V22

(a) d < (b) d < (c) d > (d) d >
2a 2a 2a 2a
7 7 . A spring of spring constant 5 × 103 N/m is strectched initially by 5cm from the unstretched
position. Then the work required to stretch it further by another 5 cm is
(a) 12.50 Nm (b) 18.75 Nm (c) 25.00 Nm (d) 6.25 Nm
7 8 . An object A of mass 2 kg is moving with a velocity of 3 m/s and collides head-on with an object B
of mass 1 kg moving in opposite direction with a velocity of 4 m/s. After collision, both objects
coalesce so that they move with a common velocity equal to

(a) 3 m/s (b) 2 m/s (c) 1 m/s (d) 2/3 m/s

7 9 . A body of mass 4 kg weighs 4.8 kg-wt when suspended in moving lift. The acceleration of the lift is
(a) 9.80 ms–2 downwards (b) 9.80 ms–2 upwards
(c) 1.96 ms–2 downwards (d) 1.96 ms–2 upwards
8 0 . A particle of mass 10 g moves along a circle of radius 6.4 cm with a constant tangential acceleration.
What is the magnitude of the acceleration if the kinetic energy of the particle becomes equal to
8 × 10–4 J by the end of the second revolution after the beginning of the motion?
(a) 0.1 m/s2 (b) 0.15 m/s 2 (c) 0.18 m/s 2 (d) 0.2 m/s2
8 1 . Variation of ‘g’ w.r.t. height or depth is correctly represented by

(a) (b) (c) (d)

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8 2 . On a planet (whose size is the same and mass 4 times as that of the earth), the energy needed to lift
a 2 kg mass vertically upwards through 2 m distance on the planet is (g = 10 m/s2 on the surface
of the earth)
(a) 16 joules (b) 160 joules (c) 32 joules (d) 320 joules
8 3 . If the radius of the earth were to be increased by a factor of 3, by what factor would its density
have to be changed to keep ‘g’ the same ?
(a) 3 (b) 1/3 (c) 6 (d) 1/6
84. The escape velocity from the earth’s surface is Ve. The velocity of a satellite while orbiting just
above the earth’s surface is V0. Then the relation between these velocities is
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(a) Ve = 2V0 (b) Ve = V0 (c) Ve = V0 (d) Ve = 2V0
2
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85. If ‘R’ is the radius of earth, the height at which the weight of a body becomes th of its weight on
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the surface of the earth is
R R
(a) 2R (b) R (c) (d)
2 4

CHEMISTRY
8 6 . The number of valence electrons in Magnesium is :
(a) 7 (b) 9 (c) 5 (d) 2
8 7 . Two elements A and B have 9 and 10 electrons in M–shell and N–shell respectively. The ratio of
their atomic numbers is :
(a) 2 : 3 (b) 3 : 4 (c) 3 : 2 (d) 1 : 2
8 8 . According to Thomson :
(a) negative charge of an atom is uniformly distributed throughout the atom.
(b) the volume occupied by positive charge is less than that occupied by the negative charge.
(c) electrons are embedded in the positive charge which is spread uniformly.
(d) none of the above
y y +1
89. x
A, x
A are two isotopes of element A. What is the difference between the number of neutrons
in the isotopes is ?
(a) 1–2y (b) 1–x (c) 1 (d) 2x–1
9 0 . Low pressure is maintained in the discharge tube to :
(a) increase the number of molecules
(b) increase ionisation of gas molecules
(c) decrease the velocity of the rays coming from the cathode
(d) all the above
9 1 . The ion of an element has 3 positive charge. Mass number of the atom is 27 and the number of
neutrons is 14. What is the number of electrons in the ion?
(a) 13 (b) 10 (c) 14 (d) 16

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9 2 . A, B, C and D are four gases. If the order of their critical temperature is D < B < C < A. Then, which
of the following gases has the highest boiling point?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D
9 3 . Addition of potassium nitrate to water results in :
(a) increase in freezing point (b) decrease in freezing point
(c) change in colour of ice (d) both (a) and (c)
9 4 . Identify the heterogeneous mixture among the following:
(a) Brine solution (b) Duralumin (c) Alnico (d) Smoke
9 5 . Which of the following is a pure substance?
(a) Duralumin (b) Magnalium (c) Bell metal (d) Magnesium
9 6 . Which of the following gases can be separated completely from a mixture by using water as
solvent?
(a) CO2 and O2 (b) N2 and NH3 (c) CO2 and NH3 (d) H2 and N2
9 7 . Identify the mixture which can be separated by magnetic separation method.
(a) chalk powder + sand (b) iron + sand
(c) common salt + sand (d) sulphur + sand
9 8 . Which among the following is true?
(a) Air is a bad conductor of heat and thermal expansion of solids is more than that of gases.
(b) Air is a good conductor of heat and thermal expansion of solids is less than that of gases.
(c) Air is a bad conductor of heat and thermal expansion of solids is less than that of gases.
(d) Air is a good conductor of heat and thermal expansion of solids is more than that of gases.
9 9 . An element has two isotopes with mass numbers 16 and 18 respectively. The average atomic
weight is 16.5u. The percentage abundance of these isotopes is ______ and _________ respectively.
(a) 75, 25 (b) 25, 75 (c) 50, 50 (d) 33.33, 66.67
1 0 0 . Which among the following are isobars?

(a) b
X a and b X a + 1 (b) b
X a and c X b (c) b
X a and b+1
Xa (d) b
X a and b–1
Y a –1

1 0 1 . The formula of Calcium phosphate is :

(a) Ca2PO4 (b) CaPO4 (c) Ca2(PO4)3 (d) Ca3(PO4)2
1 0 2 . The number of oxygen atoms present in 0.25 moles of magnesium perchlorate [Mg(ClO4)2] is :
(a) 4N (b) 8N (c) 6N (d) 2N
1 0 3 . If the rate of diffusion of a gas is r and its density is d, then under similar conditions of pressure
and temperture ______

1 1
(a) r µ d (b) r µ d (c) r µ (d) r µ
d d

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1 0 4 . Which among the following contains 43.4% of sodium by mass?
(a) Sodium bicarbonate (b) Sodium nitrate
(c) Sodium carbonate (d) Sodium chloride
1 0 5 . A mixture of red and blue ink can be separated by :
(a) distillation (b) fractional distillation
(c) filtration (d) chromatography
1 0 6 . Sterilization of medical equipments is made by :
(a) O3 (b) Cl2 (c) N2 (d) H2
1 0 7 . Evaporation causes :
(a) heating
(b) cooling
(c) neither heating nor cooling
(d) sometimes heating and sometimes cooling.
1 0 8 . Which of the following substances is unable to undergo sublimation?
(a) Camphor (b) Napthalene (c) Common salt (d) Dry ice
1 0 9 . The boiling point of water at the Kelvin scale is __________ .
(a) 173 K (b) 100 K (c) 272 K (d) 373.16 K
1 1 0 . Gases have :
(a) fixed shape (b) fixed volume
(c) both fixed shape and fixed volume (d) neither fixed shape nor fixed volume

BIOLOGY
111. When does pairing of homologous chromosomes occur in meiosis?
(a) Leptotene (b) Zygotene (c) Pachytene (d) Diplotene
112. To keep the vegetables fresh, the vendors regularly sprinkle water on the vegetables in their
basket. Which phenomenon can be observed in the above case?
(a) Endosmosis (b) Exosmosis (c) Endocytosis (d) Dehydration
113. Chlorophyll is present __________ .
(a) in the grana of chloroplasts (b) in the stroma of chloroplasts
(c) on the surface of chloroplasts (d) dispersed throughout the chloroplasts
114. Proteins are synthesised in the _________ .
(a) Centrosomes (b) Golgi bodies (c) Mitochondria (d) Ribosomes
115. Acrosome of sperm is formed by _________ .
(a) Lysosome (b) Mitochondria (c) Golgi body (d) Ribosome
116. Amoeba engulfs a bacterial cell. Once the bacterial cell has been digested, Amoeba will dispose of
indigestible materials by which of the following processes?
(a) Diffusion (b) Through gated channels in membrane proteins
(c) Exocytosis (d) Active transport
1 1 7 . Which one of the following plant tissues is not a simple permanent tissue?
(a) Xylem (b) Collenchyma (c) Sclerenchyma (d) Parenchyma

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1 1 8 . Identify W, X, Y, Z in the given diagram.

X
W

(a) W ® Lamellae, X ® Haversian Canal, Y ® Canaliculus, Z ® Lacuna

(b) W ® Lacuna, X ® Lamellae, Y ® Haversian Canal, Z ® Canaliculus
(c) W ® Lamellae, X ® Lacuna, Y ® Haversian Canal, Z ® Canaliculus
(d) W ® Haversian Canal, X ® Canaliculus, Y ® Lamellae, Z ® Lacuna
1 1 9 . Mammalian erythrocytes are ___________ .
(a) circular (b) biconcave (c) non-nucleated (d) all of the above
1 2 0 . Companion cells are usually seen associated with _______ .
(a) fibres (b) parenchyma (c) xylem vessels (d) sieve tubes

MATHEMATICS
121. If 13 – x 10 = 8 + 5 , then what is the value of x?
(a) –5 (b) –6 (c) –4 (d) –2

122. 11 11 11 ... 4 terms =

(a) 16
115 (b) 16
11 (c) 16
1114 (d) 16
1115
n
123. If 5 n = 125, then 5 64 = _________ .
1 1
(a) 25 (b) (c) 625 (d)
125 25
124. Express 0.34 + 0.34 as a single decimal.
(a) 0.6788 (b) 0.689 (c) 0.6878 (d) 0.687
125. The value of x in 3
4x - 7 - 5 = 0 is :-
(a) 33 (b) 44 (c) 55 (d) None of these
æ ö 1
126. If è x3 + 3 ø = 52, the value of x +
x x ( 1
) is
(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 13
1 2 7 . If (x5 – 9x2 + 12x – 14) is divided by (x – 3), the remainder is
(a) 184 (b) 56 (c) 2 (d) 25

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1 2 8 . Factorize the polynomial 8x3 –
64

æ 1 öæ 2 x 1 ö æ 1 öæ 2 x ö
(a) ç 2x – ÷ç 4x – + ÷ (b) ç 2x – ÷ ç 4x + – 16 ÷
è 4 øè 2 16 ø è 8 øè 2 ø

æ 1 öæ 2 1 x ö æ 1 öæ 2 x ö
(c) ç 2x – ÷ç 4x + + ÷ (d) ç 2x – ÷ç 4x + – 16 ÷
è 4 øè 16 2 ø è 4 øè 2 ø
129. x831 + y831 is always divisble by
(a) x – y (b) x2 + y2 (c) x + y (d) None of these
1 3 0 . The points (a, b + c), (b, c + a) and (c, a + b)
(a) are collinear (b) form a scalene triangle
(c) form an equilateral triangle (d) None of the above
1 3 1 . The radius of a circle with centre (–2, 3) is 5 units, then the point (2, 5) lies _______ .
(a) on the circle (b) inside the circle (c) outside the circle (d) None of the above

1 3 2 . The inclination of the line 3y – x + 24 = 0 , to the x-axis will be:

(a) 60° (b) 30° (c) 45° (d) 135°

133. The lines x – 2y + 3 = 0, 3x – y =1 and kx – y + 1 = 0 are concurrent. Find k.
1 3 5
(a) 1 (b) (c) (d)
2 2 2

134. MN is the arc of the circle with centre O. If ÐMOR = 100° and ÐNOR = 135°, then
1 1
ÐORN + ÐORM is ______________ .
2 4

1 1
(a) 22 ° (b) 40° (c) 125° (d) 21 °
2 4
135. In the following figure (not to scale), ÐBCD = 40°, ÐEDC = 35°, ÐCBF = 30° and ÐDEG = 40°.
Find ÐBAE

(a) 70° (b) 80° (c) 110° (d) 35°

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1 3 6 . In the given figure, AC is the diameter. AB and AD are equal chords. If ÐAED = 110°, then find
ÐBAD.

(a) 40° (b) 55° (c) 110° (d) 120°

1 3 7 . In the given figure, AB P DE and area of the parallelogram ABFD is 24 cm2. Find the area of DAEB.

(a) 8 cm2 (b) 12 cm2 (c) 10 cm2 (d) 14 cm2

1 3 8 . In the given figure, AB is the diameter of the circle with area p sq. units. Another circle is drawn
with C as centre, which is on the given circle and passing through A and B. Find the area of the
shaded region.

p 2p
(a) sq. units (b) sq. units (c) 1 sq. units (d) 1.2 sq. units
3 3
139. In the given figure, ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral, ÐABC = 70°, FG bisects ÐCFA, EG bisects
ÐDEB, ÐCE = 60° and ÐEGF = 90°. Find ÐHEC.

(a) 20° (c) 40° (c) 25° (d) 45°

1 4 0 . In the figure given below, find Ð Z :

A
y° 2°

110° x° 25°
E C
B D
(a) 40° (b) 110° (c) 45° (d) None of these
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1 4 1 . By which congruency property, the two triangles connected by the following figure are congruent
Ax
m cm
xc
C D

ycm
ycm
B
(a) SAS property (b) SSS property (c) RHS property (d) ASA property
1 4 2 . There is a staircase as shown in figure, connecting points A and B. Measurements of steps are
marked in the figure. Find the straight line distance between A and B

(a) 11 (b) 10 (c) 11 (d) 10

143. If ABCD is a parallelogram, then ÐA – ÐC
(a) 180° (b) 0° (c) 360° (d) 90°
144. In a square ABCD, its diagonals bisect at O. Then the triangle AOB is
(a) An equilateral triangle
(b) An isosceles but not right angled triangle
(c) A right angled but not an isosceles triangle
(d) An isosceles right angled triangle
145. In figure, XY is a line parallelogram to the side BC and DABC, BE || AC and CF || AB meet XY in
E and F respectively. Also EX = FY, then ar(DABE) is equal to
A

X Y
E F

B C
(a) ar(DABC) (b) ar(DACF)
(c) ar(DXEB) + ar(DYFC) (d) None of these
1 4 6 . In the given figure, P is a point in the interior of parallelogram ABCD. If the area of parallelogram
ABCD is 60 cm2, then area of DADP + area of DBPC =
D C

A B
(a) 15 cm 2 (b) 30 cm 2 (c) 45 cm 2 (d) 20 cm 2

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1 4 7 . If a sphere is placed inside a right circular cylinder so as to touch the top, base and the lateral
surface of the cylinder. If the radius of the sphere is R, the volume of the cylinder is :
4
(a) 2p R3 (b) 8p R3 (c) p R3 (d) None of these
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1 4 8 . A cylinder is circumscribed about a hemisphere and a cone is inscribed in the cylinder so as to
have its vertex at the centre of one end and the other end as its base. The volumes of the cylinder,
hemisphere and the cone are respectively in the ratio of:
(a) 3 : 3 : 2 (b) 3 : 2 : 1 (c) 1 : 2 : 3 (d) 2 : 3 : 1
1 4 9 . If the surface areas of two spheres are in the ratio 4 : 9, then the ratio of their volumes is :
(a) 8 : 25 (b) 8 : 26 (c) 8 : 27 (d) 8 : 28
150. The radius of base and the volume of a right circular cone are doubled. The ratio of the length
of the larger cone to that of the smaller cone is :
(a) 1 : 4 (b) 1 : 2 (c) 2 : 1 (d) 4 : 1

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