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The actual test paper has 50 questions. Time allowed : 60 minutes. There are 3 sections: 15 questions in section I, 15 in section II and 20 in section III. SYLLABUS Section I (Mental Ability) : Rational Numbers, Operation on Rational Numbers, Decimal Representation of Rational Numbers, Exponents, Direct and Inverse Variations, Percentage and Its Application, Algebraic Expression, Factorization of Algebraic Expressions, Linear Equation in One Variable, More About Triangles, Congruent Triangles, Quadrilaterals, Circles, Area of Rectangular Paths, Surface Area and Volumes, Statistics, Squares and Square Roots, Cubes and Cube Roots. Section II (Logical and Analytical Reasoning) : Problem Based on Figures, Find Odd Numeral Out, Series Completion, Coding-Decoding, Mathematical Reasoning, Analytical Reasoning, Mirror Images, Embedded Figures. Section III (Computers and IT) : Internet & Viruses, HTML, Flash, MS-Access, Networking, MS-Word, MS-Power Point, 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
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Section I (Mental Ability) : Rational Numbers, Operation on Rational Numbers, Decimal Representation of Rational Numbers, Exponents and Powers, Direct and Inverse Variations, Comparing Quantities, Algebraic Expression, Factorization of Algebraic Expressions, Linear Equation in One Variable, More About Triangles, Congruent Triangles, Quadrilaterals, Circles, Mensuration, Statistics, Arithmetic Ability, Squares and Square Roots, Cubes and Cube Roots, Problem Based on Figures, Find Odd Numeral Out, Series Completion, Coding-Decoding, Mathematical Reasoning, Analytical Reasoning, Mirror Images, Embedded Figures. Section II (Science) : Crop Production and Management, Microorganisms, Synthetic Fibres and Plastics, Metals and Non-metals, Coal and Petroleum, Combustion and Flame, Conservation of Plants and Animals, Cell, Reproduction in Animals, Force and Pressure, Friction, Sound, Chemical Effects of Electric Current, Some Natural Phenomena, Light, Stars and Solar System, Pollution of Air and Water. 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) : Mathematical Operations, Series Completion, Direction Sense Test, Analytical Reasoning, Problems on Cubes and Dice, Number Ranking & Time Sequence Test and General Reasoning Based on Prescribed Syllabus. Section II (Mathematical Reasoning) : Squares and Square Roots, Cubes and Cube Roots, Exponents and Radicals, Comparing Quantities, Algebraic Identities, Polynomials, Equations in One Variable, Parallel Lines, Special Types of Quadrilaterals and Their Constructions, Mensuration, Arithmetic Ability, Data Handling. 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 : Prepositional phrases, Participle phrases, Tenses, Question tags, Conditionals, Reported speech. Spellings, Collocations, Phrasal verbs, Idioms, Homonyms and homophones, Words related to leisure, Household items/issues, Social causes, Outdoor locations and activities, etc. Section-II: Reading : Search for and retrieve information from various text types like News reports, Blurb, 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. Section-III: Spoken and Written Expression : Ability to understand situation-based variations in functions like requesting, Giving information, Expressing surprise, etc.

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NationalCyberOlympiad
MENTALABILITY
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1. Inthestarshapeshowninfigure,thesumoftheanglesmarkedatthecorners A, B, C, D, E is (A) 90 (B) 135 (C) 180 (D) 140

2. Theageofamanissameashiswifesagewiththedigitsreversed.Thensumoftheiragesis99and themanis9yearsolderthanhiswife.Howoldistheman? (A) 50 (B) 49 (C) 54 (D) 44 3. Intheadjoiningfigure, AOBandCOD arethediametersofacircle.

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4. Acylinderandaconehavethesameheightandthesameradiusofthebase.Theratiobetweenthe volumesofthecylinderandtheconeis (A) 1:3 (B) 3:1 (C) 1:2 (D) 2:1 LOGICAL&ANALYTICALREASONING 5. IfinacertaincodeSANDisVDQGandBIRDisELUG,thenwhatisthecodeforLOVE? (A) PRYG (B) ORTG (C) NPUH (D) ORYH 6. Thenumberoftimesinadaythehourhandandtheminutehandofaclockareatrightanglesis (A) 44 (B) 48 (C) 24 (D) 12. 7. Whichoneofthefollowingdiagramscorrectlyrepresentstherelationshipamongtennisfans,cricket playersandstudents? (A) (B) (C) (D)

8. A,B,C,D,EandF,notnecessarilyinthatorder,aresittingonsixchairsregularlyplacedarounda roundtable.ItisobservedthatAisbetweenDandF,CisoppositeD,DandEarenotonneighbouring chairs.ThepersonsittingoppositeBis (A) A (B) D (C) E (D) F COMPUTERS&INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY 9. Whichofthefollowingis INCORRECT? (A) <hr> (C) <B>BoldText</B> (B) <HR> (D) Allofthese

10. ComputersusethesevendigitcodecalledASCII.WhatdoesASCIIstandfor? (A) AmericanStandardCodeforInformationInterchange (B) AssociationofSoftwareCodingandInformationInstitute (C) AmericanStandardComputingandInformationInstitute (D) AmericanScientistsConventionforInformationInterchange. 11. HowmanysheetsarethereinExcelWorkbookbydefault? (A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4
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13. ModernComputersdonotworkwithdecimalnumbers.Insteadtheyprocessbinarynumbers,groups of0sand1sbecause (A) Electronicdevicesaremostreliablewhendesignedfortwostate(binary)operation (B) Binarycircuitsaresimple (C) Memoryisonlypossibleforbinarynumbers (D) Withdecimalnumbers,thecircuitsarecomplexandcostly 14. WhatarethecolumnsinaMicrosoftAccesstablecalled? (A) Rows (B) Records (C) Fields 15. Debugisatermdenoting (A) Errorcorrectionprocess (C) Faultdetectioninequipment

(D) Columns

(B) Writingofinstructionsindevelopinganewprogram (D) Determiningusefullife

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NationalScienceOlympiad
MENTALABILITY

1. Acontestbeganatnoononedayandended1000minuteslater.Atwhattimedidthecontestend? (A) 10:00p.m. (B) Midnight (C) 2:30a.m. (D) 4:40a.m. 2. Whichofthefollowingsetsofwholenumbershasthelargestaverage? (A) Multiplesof2between1and101 (B) Multiplesof3between1and101 (C) Multiplesof4between1and101 (D) Multiplesof5between1and101. 3. Beenausedacalculatortofindtheproduct0.0752.56.Sheforgottoenterthedecimalpoints.The calculatorshowed19200.IfBeenahadenteredthedecimalpointscorrectly,theanswerwouldhave been (A) 0.0192 (B) 0.192 (C) 1.92 (D) 19.2 4. Twocyclists,k kmapart,andstartingatthesametime,wouldbetogetherinr hoursiftheytravelledin thesamedirection,butwouldpasseachotherin t hoursiftheytravelledinoppositedirections.Theratio ofthespeedofthefastercyclisttothatofthesloweris r +t r r +t r (A) (B) (C) (D) r - t r -t r t 5. Theshadedareaformedbythetwointersectingperpendicular rectangles,insquareunitsis (A) 23 (B) 38 (C) 44 (D) 46
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SCIENCE 6. ABriefHistoryofTimeisthetitleofabookwrittenby (A) AlbertEinstein (B) StephenHawking (C) HendrickLorentz (D) IsaacNewton
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7. Whichofthefollowingcanproduceavirtualimage? (A) Planemirror (B) Concavelens (C) Convexlens

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8. Whenaglassrodisrubbedwithapieceofsilkcloth (A) Bothclothandtherodacquirepositivecharge (B) Rodbecomespositivelychargedwhiletheclothhasanegativecharge (C) Rodbecomesnegativelychargedwhiletheclothhasapositivecharge (D) Bothclothandtherodacquirenegativecharge. 9. Abodyimmersedinafluidexperiencsanupwardthrustwhichdependson (A) Theweightofthefluiddisplacedbyit (B) Thevolumeofthebody (C) Themassofthebody (D) Allofthese. 10. WhenCuisexposedtomoistairforalongtime,whichofthefollowingisformed? (A) Cu(OH) (B) CuCO (C) Both(A)and(B) (D) Cu O 2 3 2 11. Whichofthefollowingstatementsistruewithrespecttodiamond? (A) Thecarbonatomsareconnectedtoeachotherbymetallicbonds. (B) Inthediamondcrystal,thecarbonatomsareverylooselypacked. (C) Eachcarbonatominthecrystalissurroundedbyfourothersatthecornersofaregulartetrahedron. (D) Itisaverysoftsubstance. 12. Whichofthefollowingisanacuteinfectionofthesmallintestinecausedbyabacterium? (A) Cholera (B) Tuberculosis (C) Polio (D) Nightblindness 13. Somebasicstepsareneededinagriculturalpractice.WhichofthefollowinggivenasA,B,C,Disthe rightsequence? (1) Preparationofthesoil (2) Harvesting (3) Irrigation (4) Broadcasting (5) Tilling (6) Weeding (7) Manuring. (A) 1,5,4,7,3,6,2 (B) 1,3,5,6,4,2,7 (C) 1,3,5,2,4,6,7 (D) 1,5,6,2,4,7,3 14. Theprocessshowninthegivenfigureis (A) Cleavage (B) Fertilization (C) Assimilation (D) Budding. 15. Whichofthefollowingisnottrue? (A) BurningofcoalrelasesSO . 2 (C) CNGisacleanfuel.

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LOGICALREASONING 1. Whatisthenumberyoustartedwith? (A) 5 (B) 45 (C) 56

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3. Ais40mSouthwestofB.Cis40mSouthEastofB.ThenCisinwhichdirectionofA? (A) East (B) West (C) Northeast (D) South 4. Countthenumberofcubesinthefiguregivenhere. (A) 14 (C) 12 (B) 15 (D) 20 MATHEMATICAL REASONING
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8. Whichpropertyisusedintheequationgivenbelow? 12(x+4)=12x+48 (A) AssociativePropertyofAddition (B) CommutativePropertyofAddition (C) DistributiveProperty (D) ReflexiveProperty 9. Whichofthefollowingequationsillustratestheinversepropertyofmultiplication? 1 (A) 5 = 1 (B) 51=5 (C) 50=0 (D) 55=25 5 10. Arighttriangleshypotenusehaslength5units.Ifoneleghaslength2units,whatisthelengthofthe otherleg? (A) 3 (B)
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11. Thesumofanumber(n)and14is72.Whichequationshowsthisrelationship? (A) 14+n =72 (B) 72n=14 (C) 14n=72 (D) 72+n =14

12. Findthevalueofx 9x + 7 x- 2 - x- = 36 2 7 (A) 9 (B) 18 (C) 5 EVERYDAY MATHEMATICS 13. DennistheMenaceisthinkingoftwonumbers.Theirgreatestcommonfactoris6.Theirleastcommon multipleis36.Oneofthenumbersis12.Whatistheothernumber? (A) 18 (B) 16 (C) 6 (D) 24
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14. FarmerRamuputasquarefencearoundhisvegetablegardentokeepthedeerfromeatinghiscorn. Onesidewas10minlength.Ifthepostswereplaced2mapart,howmanypostsdidheuse? (A) 16 (B) 20 (C) 10 (D) 15 15. Anita passed around a basket of strawberries to the girls at her party. Before the party she ate 5 strawberriesandgaveafriend3.Eightgirlsarrivedattheparty.Thefirstgirltookastrawberry,the secondgirltook3strawberries,thethirdgirltook5strawberriesandsoon.Afterthelastgirltookher strawberries,thebasketwasempty.Howmanystrawberrieswerethereinthebasketatthebeginning? (A) 72 (B) 60 (C) 65 (D) 45

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WORDANDSTRUCTUREKNOWLEDGE
1. Choose the odd pair. (A) Annoy : Irritate (C) Spectator:Onlooker (B) Comprehend : Understand (D) Reserve: Supply

2. The thief walked away with the diamond crown on display. No one stopped him because he was .thedirectorofthemuseum. (A) Contacting (B) Impersonating (C) Implanting (D) Contradicting 3. The transmission of the Presidents speech remained ____ interrupted. (A) Mis (B) Dis (C) Un (D) Non 4. Given beloware pairsof sentences,marked P andQ. Ineachcase, oneor both sentences couldbe rightorwrong. Usethefollowing codetoindicateyouranswer. IfbothPandQareright,tickA(++) IfPisrightandQiswrong,tickB(+) IfPiswrongandQisright,tickC(+) IfbothPandQarewrong,tickD() P: The old abandoned building was being burnt to the ground last night. Q: The police suspect that the fire was causeddue to short circuit. (A) (++) (B) (+) (C) (+) (D) () Directions(Q.No.5&6):Findtheincorrectpartandmarkitinyouranswersheet. 5. The papersare increasing/ full of stories /of mindless violence./No error. (A) (B) (C)(D) 6. TheTaj Residency/ is not as expensive than/ the Four Seasons Hotel./ No error. (A) (B) (C) (D) 7. MayaandAnandforfiveyears. (A) Hasbeen married (B) Havebeenmarried (C) Aremarried (D) Ismarried

READING
Direction(Q.No. 8to10): Readthefollowingpassageandanswerthequestions thatfollow. Thegreatest threatto lifeonEarth todaycomes fromglobal warming.Thisis causeddue tomultiple factors including human activity. It happens when greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, water vapour, nitrousoxide,andmethane)trapheatandlightfromthesunintheearthsatmosphere,whichincreases theoveralltemperatureonEarth.Thisimpactspeople,animals,andplants.Manywhocannottakethe change,die.Globalwarmingisaffectingmanypartsoftheworld,particularlyseacoasts.Peopleliving onislands and in coastal areas are therefore atrisk as the polarice caps and sea levels rise.
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8. Selectthe statementthat is false, according to the passage. (A) Life onEarth is threatenedonlyby global warming. (B) Global warming threatens human beings who live on islands. (C) When the overall temperature on Earth rises the sea level will also increase. (D) Creatures which cannot adapt to higher temperatures will become extinct. 9. Many cannot take the change. Here change refers to changes in (A) Lifestyle (B) Food habits (C) Temperature (D) Health issues 10. People living in coastal areas are affected by (A) Green house gases (B) Human actions (C) Rise in sea levels (D) Rise in temperature

SPOKENANDWRITTENEXPRESSION
Direction(Q.No.11to13):Sentences1and3aregiven.Sentence2ismissing.Findtherightsentence forsentence 2. 11. Sona : Hema,I notice your tennis serve ismuchbetter these days. Hema: Sona:Your effortshave not been wasted.There is a remarkable improvementin your game. (A) Yes, I think Ivefinally mastered the technique, though it took months of practice. (B) Servingwell is anart that canbe mastered. (C) I saw a doctor because I was suffering from tennis elbow. (D) In tennis one has to focus on ones serving action. 12. Mala:IwaslookingforabirthdaypresentformynephewbutIdidnthavemuchluck.Doyouhaveany bright ideas? Jhansi:.. Mala : I didthink about it, but I felt I should take some troubleand choose something useful. (A) Somemusic,maybe? (B) One need not buy a present for everyone. (C) You could justgive him some money. (D) Buying a present is somethingthat only the young enjoy. 13. Sentence 1 :A trained memory is an immense asset, particularly in public life. Sentence2: Sentence 3 : Many ofthese systems,still used today were perfectedby the Greeks. (A) The basic principle is toconcentrate the mind on whateveryouwantto memorize. (B) Ancient Greeks encouraged studentsto cultivate their memory. (C) Memorytraining systems are not very difficult to master. (D) Agood memoryis anadvantage. Direction(Q.No.14and15):Sentences1and4aregiven.Sentence2and3aremissing.Selecttwo sentences thatwill completethe paragraph. 14. Sentence 1 : Todays world is full of gizmos and gadgetsunimaginable to people thirty years ago. Sentence2: Sentence3: Sentence 4 : However, keepingabreast of technology seems a difficult job by itself considering the pace atwhich new gadgetsappearon themarket. (A) The markets cater to this section andkeep bringing out products that cater to their taste. (B) Students and the youth like tokeep abreast of technology. (C) Who would have imagined aworld ofcell phones and ipods? (A) AC (B) BA (C)BC (D)CA 15. Sentence 1 : Disposal of household waste is a daunting task for local authorities. Sentence2: Sentence3:.. Sentence 4 :One way to reduce wastethereforeis to segregate degradableand nonbiodegradable waste at its source. (A) Effortsshould bemadeto recycle household waste. (B) They cannot just dump waste in landfills. (C) This is because household waste contains many materials and substances which are extremely harmful to the environment. (A) BC (B)AB
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ANSWERS National Cyber Olympiad 1. 4. 7. 10. 13. (C) (B) (A) (A) (A) 2. 5. 8. 11. 14. (C) (D) (D) (B) (C) 3. 6. 9. 12. 15. (C) (A) (B) (B) (A) National Science Olympiad 1. 4. 7. 10. 13. (D) (A) (D) (C) (A) 2. 5. 8. 11. 14. (D) (B) (B) (C) (B) 3. 6. 9. 12. 15. (B) (B) (A) (A) (D) International Mathematics Olympiad 1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (A) 4. (B) 5. (B) 6. (C) 7. (C) 8. (C) 9. (A) 10. (B) 11. (A) 12. (A) 13. (A) 14. (B) 15. (A) International English Olympiad 1. (D) 2. (B) 3. (C) 4. (C) 5. (A) 6. (B) 7. (B) 8. (A) 9. (C) 10. (C) 11. (A) 12. (C) 13. (B) 14. (B) 15. (A)

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