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2 SECTION I (MENTAL ABILITY) Directions: (Question 1 2) Find the missing term in the given sequence (A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 12 (D) 5 2. S C T B V A Z C (A) X (B) Y (C) Z (D) A 3. Identify the wrong term in the given sequence (A) 7 (B) 33 (C) 74 (D) Identify the odd one (A) N (B) H (C) F (D) M 5. 8 : 28 = 15 : (A) 36 (B) 64 (C) 49 (D) B D A C : G I F H = N P M O :? (A) RSTU (B) SURT (C) SRUT (D) UTSR 7. If R A J E S H is coded as S B K F T I, then how is U R M I L A coded? (A) T Q L H K Z (B) V S N H M B (C) V S N J M B (D) B M J N S V 8. Observe the following chain of numbers carefully and answer the question If all the 2s and 6s are dropped, which number is exactly between the 11 th number from the left and the 15 th number from the right? (A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 7 9. In the diagram, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE? (A) There are some sportsmen who are neither boys nor non-urban and who do not play cricket also (B) All urban boys play cricket. (C) All urban boys are not sportsmen (D) All boys are either non-urban or cricketers or both Head Office: 9,Central Market West, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi [ 2 ]

3 10. Interchange the symbols and ; and the numbers 15 and 18. Find the correct alternative. (A) (20 10) + 15 = 25 (B) (25 3) + 18 = 93 (C) (40 4) 18 = 180 (D) (64 10) 15 = Find out the missing term ? (A) 14 (B) 16 (C) 18 (D) How many triangles are there in the adjacent figure? (A) 15 (B) 19 (C) 17 (D) In the adjacent figure, A, B, C and D are four persons stationed at the four corners of a square piece of plot. From the positions shown in the figure, C and A move diagonally to opposite corners and then walk one side each, clockwise direction and anticlockwise direction, respectively, along the sides. B and D move two sides each clockwise and anticlockwise, respectively. What is the new position of A? (A) Northern corner (B) Western corner (D) Southern corner (D) Eastern corner 14. A, B, C, D and E sit around a circular table and play Rummy. A is sitting one seat away to the left of C, and B is sitting one seat away to the right of C. Which of the following cannot be the correct seating arrangement of these persons either in clock wise or anticlockwise direction? (A) A B C D E (B) A D C E B (C) A B D C E (D) A E C D B Head Office: 9,Central Market West, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi [ 3 ]

4 Directions: (Questions 15-16) Identify the missing term (A) 391 (B) 251 (C) 363 (D) (A) 45 (B) 54 (C) 52 (D) A wooden cube is painted black on four adjoining faces and green on two opposite faces, i.e., top and bottom. It is then cut into 27 smaller, identical cubes. How many smaller cubes have only two of their faces painted black? (A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) If today is Friday, what will be the day after 100 years? (A) Saturday (B) Sunday (C) Monday (D) Wednesday 19. Anil introduces Mohan saying, He is the husband of the granddaughter of the father of my father and my father is the only son to his father. How is mohan related to Anil? (A) Son (B) Nephew (C) Brother-in-law (D) Son-in-law 20. Given that ACT AT = 1 1, find out which of the following numbers does not stand for CAT? (A) (B) (C) (D) Head Office: 9,Central Market West, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi [ 4 ]

5 21. A minute hand of a clock overtakes the hour hand at intervals of 63 minutes of correct time. How much time does the clock lose or gain per day? (A) min (B) min (C) min (D) min 22. For numbering the pages of an encyclopedia the printer used 2989 digits. How many pages did the book contains? (A) 924 (B) 996 (C) 1024 (D) 1009 Direction: (Question - 23) The figures given in the problem follow a pattern. Select an appropriate figure from the answer alternatives to continue the figure series Identify the odd figure (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 Head Office: 9,Central Market West, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi [ 5 ]

6 Complete the pattern in figure 1 by selecting one of the correct alternatives from A, B, C, and D. 27. Find the exact mirror image Head Office: 9,Central Market West, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi [ 6 ]

7 28. Figure X, given on the left hand side is folded to form a box. Choose the correct alternative from (A), (B), (C) and (D) the boxes that are similar to the box formed (A) 1 only (B) 1, 2 and 3 only (C) 2 and 3 only (D) 1, 2, 3 and Select three out of the following five alternative figures which together from one of the four alternative (A), (B), (C) or (D) and when fitted together will from a complete equilateral triangle. (A) 1, 2, 3 (B) 2, 3, 4 (C) 1, 2, 4 (D) 1, 2, Select three out of the following five alternative figures which together from one of the four alternative (A), (B), (C) or (D) and when fitted together will from a complete square (A) 1, 2, 3 (B) 2, 3, 4 (C) 1, 2, 5 (D) 1, 3, 4 Head Office: 9,Central Market West, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi [ 7 ]

8 SECTION II (SCIENCE) 31. If the mass of a body is 12.1 g and the density is 2.2 g/cc, its volume is (A) 5.5 cm 3 (B) 8 cc (C) 11 cc (D) 55 cc 32. Aluminium has a density of 2.7 g/cc. The mass of 15 cc of Aluminium is (A) 45 g (B) 40.5 g (C) 80 g (D) 100 g 33. A boat full of iron nails is floating on water in a lake. When the iron nails are removed, the water level (A) Rises (B) Falls (C) Remains the same (D) Nothing can be said 34. Two spherical balls of the same radius but of different masses, are dropped at the same time from the top of a tower 19.6 m high. When they are 1.6 m above the ground, the balls will possess the same (A) K.E. (B) P.E. (C) Momentum (D) None of these 35. Which of the following graphs best represents the graphical relation between momentum (P) and kinetic energy (k) for a body in motion? (A) (B) (C) (D) 36. No work is said to have been done when an object moves at an angle of with the direction of the force (A) 0º (B) 90º (C) 180º (D) Between 90º and 180º 37. Echo is produced due to (A) Reflection of sound (B) Refraction of sound (C) Resonance 38. The depth of the troughs of a wave is called its (D) None of these (A) Amplitude (B) Displacement (C) Frequency (D) None of these Head Office: 9,Central Market West, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi [ 8 ]

9 39. A body falling freely from a height of 10 m hits a floor. If it loses 20% of its energy during impact it rises to a height of (A) 8 m (B) 6 m (C) 4 m (D) 2 m 40. The percentage of kinetic energy of a moving particle imparted to a stationary particle of equal mass which it strikes is (A) 0 (B) 50% (C) 100% (D) 200% 41. The relative atomic masses of many elements are not whole numbers because (A) They cannot be determined very accurately (B) The atoms ionize during the determinations (C) Of the existence of isotopes 42. The size of the nucleus is approximately (D) Of the presence of impurities (A) m (B) m (C) 10 8 m (D) None of these 43. Amongst element X(2, 8, 6) and Y(2, 8, 8,) which is more reactive and why? (A) X because it is a metal (C) X because it has 6 valence electrons 44. The e/m value for cathode rays (A) Varies with the nature of the gas (C) Could not be determined by J.J. Thomsom 45. Which amongst the following statement is true? (A) rays are cathode rays (C) Protons make up the cathode rays (D) Electro magnetic radiations make up the cathode rays (B) Y because it is non metal (D) Y because it is gas (B) Does not vary with the nature of gas (D) Both (B) and (C) are correct (B) Electrons make up the cathode rays 46. Particle is emitted by 92 X 238 during radioactivity. The new specie Y should be. (A) 90 Y 234 (B) 90 Y 238 (C) 92 Y 234 (D) 94 Y moles of sulphate ions contains no. of sulphur atoms (A) (B) (C) (D) Head Office: 9,Central Market West, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi [ 9 ]

10 48. Calculate the number of sulphate ions in 100 ml of M H 2 SO 4 solution (A) (B) (C) (D) Find no. of moles of Ca atoms in 100 kg limestone. (CaCO 3 ). (A) 1000 mol (B) 100 mol (C) 10 mol (D) mol g of ozone gas has volume at standard temperature and pressure equals (A) L (B) 224 L (C) L (D) ml 51. Azolla a type of an aquatic fern, is used as a biofertiliser in a paddy field due to its ability to fix the atmospheric nitrogen. This is possible because of (A) Association with algae (C) Association with cyanobacterium 52. Reptilian feature of Archaeopteryx is (A) U-shaped furcula (C) Feathers with barbules 53. Match the following A (i) Pore bearing animals (ii) Diploblastic (iii) Metameric segmentation (iv) Jointed leg (v) Soft bodied animals (vi) Spiny skinned animals (B) Association with fungi (D) Association with bacterium (B) Presence of abdominal ribs (D) Presence of a beak B (a) Arthropoda (b) Coelenterata (c) Porifera (d) Echinodermata (e) Mollusca (f) Annelida (A) (i) (c), (ii) (b), (iii) (f), (iv) (a), (v) (e), (vi) (d) (B) (i) (c), (ii) (i), (iii) (b), (iv) (d), (v) (f), (vi) (e) (C) (i) (a), (ii) (b), (iii) (c), (iv) (d), (e) (v), (vi) (f) (D) (i) (c), (ii) (d) (iii) (a), (iv) (v), (e) (b), (vi) (f) Head Office: 9,Central Market West, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi [ 10 ]

of ozone 56. Which of the following is the use of lichens in case of pollution?

11 54. AIDS virus has. (A) Single-stranded DNA (B) Double stranded DNA (C) Single stranded RNA (D) Double-stranded RNA 55. Ozone hole refers to (A) Hole in ozone layer (B) Reduction in thickness of ozone layer in the stratosphere (C) Reduction in thickness of ozone layer in the troposphere (D) Increase in concentration of ozone 56. Which of the following is the use of lichens in case of pollution? (A) They treat the pollute water (B) They act as bioindicators of pollution (C) They promote pollution (D) Lichens are not related with pollution 57. Portuguese man of war is a (A) Colonial monomorphic coelenterate (B) Polymorphic coelenterate (C) Coral (D) Sea anemone 58. The following figure shows four animals (a), (b), (c) and (d). Select the correct answer with respecti to a common characteristic of two of these animals (A) (a) and (d) have cindoblasts for self-defence (B) (c) and (d) have true coelom (C) (a) and (b) respire mainly through body wall (D) (b) and (c) show radial symmetry Head Office: 9,Central Market West, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi [ 11 ]

12 59. Ravi visited a blood donation camp in a village. In spite of a syringe being available in the camp, he purchased a new syringe from a chemist. There he saw the doctor sterilizing the syringe before it is being administered to other people. In the camp, he also cam to know that he is a universal donor. (i) He took that precaution against an infections disease/s. Identify it/them. (ii) Why did th doctor sterilize the syrings? (iii) What is the blood group of Ravi? (A) (i) = AIDS; (ii) = to avoid infections, (iii) = O + (B) (i) = AIDS; (ii) = to avoid infections, (iii) = AB + (C) (i) = plague; (ii) = to avoid infections, (iii) = AB + (D) (i) = hepatitis; (ii) = to avid infections, (iii) = O+ 60. Greenhouse effect is caused by excess of which gas in the atmosphere? (A) Ozone (B) Carbon dioxide (C) Nitrogen (D) Oxygen Head Office: 9,Central Market West, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi [ 12 ]

13 SECTION III (MATHEMATICS) 61. The distance between the graph of the equations x = 3 and x = 2 is (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) The graph of the linear equation 2x y = 4 cuts x-axis at (A) (2, 0) (B) ( 2, 0) (C) (0, 4) (D) (0, 4) 63. In a rhombus ABCD, if ACB 40º, then ADB (A) 70º (B) 45º (C) 50º (D) 60º 64. In a parallelogram ABCD, if DAB 75º and DBC 60º, then BDC (A) 75º (B) 60º (C) 45º (D) 55º 65. The figure formed by joining the mid-points of the adjacent sides of a square is a (A) Rhombus (B) Square (C) Rectangle (D) Parallelogram 66. A triangle and a parallelogram are on the same base and between the same parallels. The ratio of the areas of triangle and parallelogram is (A) 1 : 1 (B) 1 : 2 (C) 2 : 1 (D) 1 : A, B, C, D are mid-points of sides of parallelogram PQRS. If ar (PQRS) = 36 cm 2, then ar (ABCD) = (A) 24 cm 2 (B) 18 cm 2 (C) 30 cm 2 (D) 36 cm The mid-points of the sides of a triangle ABC along with any of the vertices as the fourth point make a parallelogram of area equal to (A) ar ( ABC ) (B) 1 ar( ABC ) (C) 1 ar( ABC ) (D) 1 ar( ABC ) If the length of a chord of a circle is 16 cm and is at a distance of 15 cm from the centre of the circle, then the radius of the circle is (A) 15 cm (B) 16 cm (C) 17 cm (D) 34 cm 70. One chord of a circle is known to be 10 cm. The radius of this circle must be (A) 5 cm (C) Greater than or equal to 5 cm (B) Greater than 5 cm (D) Less than 5 cm Head Office: 9,Central Market West, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi [ 13 ]

14 71. The chord of a circle is equal to its radius. The angle subtended by this chord at the minor arc of the circle is (A) 60º (B) 75º (C) 120º (D) 150º 72. If each edge of a cube, of volume V, is doubled, then the volume of the new cube is (A) 2 V (B) 4 V (C) 6 V (D) 8V 73. The length of the longest rod that can be fitted in a cubical vessel of edge 10 cm long, is (A) 10 cm (B) 10 2 cm (C) 10 3 cm (D) 20 cm 74. If the height of a cylinder is doubled and radius remains the same, then volume will be (A) Doubled (B) Halved (C) Same (D) Four times 75. Vertical cross-section of a right circular cylinder is always a (A) Square (B) Rectangle (C) Rhombus (D) Trapezium 76. The area of the curved surface of a cone of radius 2r and slant height 2 l, is (A) rl (B) 2 rl (C) 1 2 rl (D) ( r l) r 77. The difference between the highest and lowest values of the observations is called (A) Frequency (B) Mean (C) Range (D) Class-intervals 78. For which set of numbers do the mean, median and model all have the same value? (A) 2, 2, 2, 2, 4 (B) 1, 3, 3, 3, 5 (C) 1, 1, 2, 5, 6 (D) 1, 1, 1, 2, The algebraic sum of the deviations of a set of n values from their mean is (A) 0 (B) n 1 (C) n (D) n Two coins are tossed simultaneously. The probability of getting atmost one head is (A) 1 4 (B) 3 4 (C) 1 2 (D) 1 4 Head Office: 9,Central Market West, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi [ 14 ]

15 step to success TALENT SEARCH EXAMINATION SAMPLE PAPER CLASS 9 th ST RESPONSE SHEET Section I Section II Section - III Head Office: 9,Central Market West, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi [ 15 ] 30 60

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