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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) : Sets, Relations and Functions, Mathematical Induction, Logarithms, Complex Numbers, Linear Inequations, Quadratic Equations, Sequences and Series, Trigonometry, Cartesian System of Rectangular Coordinates, Straight Lines and Family of Straight Lines, Circles, Conic Section, Permutations and Combinations, Binomial Theorem, Exponential and Logarithmic Series, Mathematical Logic, Statistics & Probability, Three Dimensional Geometry, Vectors, Stocks, Shares and Debentures, Average and Partition Values, Index Numbers, Matrices and Determinants, Limits, Differential Calculus, Integral Calculus. Section II (Logical and Analytical Reasoning) : Verbal and nonverbal reasoning. Section III (Computers and IT) : Programming in C++, Database Concepts, SQL, Boolean Algebra, Networking & Topologies, Network Security Concepts, Cyber ethics, Viruses and Antiviruses, Open Source Terminologies. The actual test paper has 50 questions. Time allowed : 60 minutes. There are 2 sections: 20 questions in section I and 30 in section II. SYLLABUS
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Section I (Mathematics) : Sets, Relations and Functions, Mathematical Induction, Logarithms, Complex Numbers, Linear Inequations, Quadratic Equations, Sequences and Series, Trigonometry, Cartesian System of Rectangular Coordinates, Straight Lines and Family of Straight Lines, Circles, Conic Section, Permutations and Combinations, Binomial Theorem, Exponential and Logarithmic Series, Mathematical Logic, Statistics & Probability, Three Dimensional Geometry, Vectors, Stocks, Shares and Debentures, Average and Partition Values, Index Numbers, Matrices and Determinants, Limits, Differential Calculus, Integral Calculus, Verbal and Nonverbal Reasoning. OR Section I (Biology) : Reproduction, Genetics and Evolution, Biology in Human Welfare, Biotechnology, Ecology. Section II (Physics & Chemistry) : Physics: Electricity and Magnetism, Electromagnetic Induction, AC, E.M. Waves, Optics, Modern Physics, Solids & Semiconductor Devices, Communication Systems. Chemistry: Solid State, Solutions, Electrochemistry, Chemical Kinetics, Surface Chemistry, General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements, p-Block Elements (Group 15 to 18), d- & fBlock Elements, Coordination Compounds, Haloalkanes and Haloarenes, Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers, Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids, Amines, Biomolecules, Polymers, Chemistry in Everyday Life. 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. Section I : Logical Reasoning, Section II : Mathematical Reasoning & Section III : Everyday Mathematics SYLLABUS

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Sets, Relations and Functions, Mathematical Induction, Logarithms, Complex Numbers, Linear Inequations, Quadratic Equations, Sequences and Series, Trigonometry, Cartesian System of Rectangular Coordinates, Straight Lines and Family of Straight Lines, Circles, Conic Section, Permutations and Combinations, Binomial Theorem, Exponential and Logarithmic Series, Mathematical Logic, Statistics & Probability, Three Dimensional Geometry, Vectors, Stocks, Shares and Debentures, Average and Partition Values, Index Numbers, Matrices and Determinants, Limits, Differential Calculus, Integral Calculus, Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning.

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NationalCyberOlympiad
MENTALABILITY (B) Exactlyfourrealsolutions (D) Complexroots 1 1 , q r is

1. Theequation 2 has (A) Atleastonerealsolution (C) Exactly twoirrational solutions

3(log x )2+log ( x) 5 2 2 - 4 x4 =

1 2. Therootsoftheequation x3+ ax2+ bx+c =0are p, q and r.Theequationwithrootsare p , (A) x4 +ax2 +b=0 (B) bx4 +ax2 +1=0 2 =0 (C) (x2 +ax+b) (D) Noneofthese
p 3. Find Lim tan + x x 0 4 (A) e

{ ( )}

1 x

(B) e2

(C) e3

(D) e 1

4. Thedomainofdefinitionofthefunction f ( x)= (A) [6, ) (B) ( - ,7) (7, )

1 ,where[. ]standsforgreatestintegerfunction, is [ x ] - 1 - 5 (C) ( -,7] [7, ) (D) Noneofthese

5. Ifthefunction f (x)increasesintheinterval(a, b)thenthefunction f( x ) = [f ( x )]2 (A) Increasesin(a, b) (B) Decreasesin(a, b) (C) Wecannotsaythat f(x)increasesordecreasesin(a, b) (D) Allofthese 6.

logt dt isequalto Lim p cos2tdt

x1 a x a

(A) p / 2

(B) 0

(C) 2 / p

(D) Doesnotexist

LOGICAL & ANALYTICAL REASONING 7. Inagroupofpersonsworkinginasoftwarecompany,6personscanoperateonDOS,15canoperateon windowsoperatingsystemand6canoperateonLinux.Inthatgroupnonecanoperateonanyother operatingsystem.If2personsinthegroupcanworkontwooperatingsystemsandonepersoncanwork onallthethree,thenhowmanypersonsarethereinthegroup? (A) 21 (B) 22 (C) 23 (D) 24 8. FourpersonsAlok,Bhupesh,ChanduandDineshhaveatotalofRs.100amongthemselves.Alokand BhupeshbetweenthemhaveasmuchmoneyasChanduandDineshbetweenthembutAlokhasmore moneythanBhupesh,andChanduhasonlyhalfthemoneythatDineshhas.AlokhasinfactRs.5more thanDinesh.Whohasthemostmoney? (A) Alok (B) Bhupesh (C) Chandu (D) Dinesh 9. Theletters L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S and T intheirorderaresubstitutedbynineintegers1to9butnotinthat order.4isassignedto P.Thedifferencebetween P and T is5.Thedifferencebetween N and T is3.What istheintegerassignedto N ? (A) 7 (B) 5 (C) 4 (D) 6 10. Whichoneofthefollowingfourlogicaldiagramsrepresentscorrectlytherelationshipbetweenmusicians, instrumentalistsandviolinists? (A) (B) (C) (D)

11. Sixroadsleadtoacountry.Theymaybeindicatedbyletters X, Y, Z anddigits1,2,3.Whenthereisstorm, Y isblocked.Whentherearefloods X,1and2willbeaffected.Whenroad1isblocked, Z alsoisblocked.At atimewhentherearefloodsandastormalsoblows,whichroad(s)canbeused? (A) Z and2 (B) Only Z (C) Only3 (D) Only Y
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12. Twoimportantcharacteristicsofahypothesisarethatitshouldbetestableandthatitshouldbestatedin amannerthatitcanberefuted.Whichoneofthefollowinghypothesis,fulfillsthesecharacteristics? (A) Intelligentpersonshavegoodmemory (B) Somebirdsareanimals (C) Somebusinessmenaredishonest (D) Allmenaremortal COMPUTERS&INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY 13. WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutC++aretrue Statement1: C++wasdevelopedbyBjarneStroustrupinearly1980s Statement2: C++providesfollowingtokens(smallestindividualunitinprogram):keywords,identifiers, literals,punctuator,operators Statement3: C++allowsfollowingliterals:integerconstant(Decimal,Octal,Hexadecimal),character constant,floatingconstant,stringliteral Statement4: C++providestwotypesofdatatypes:fundamentalandderiveddatatypes. Whichoftheabovestatementsaretrue? (A) 1and2only (B) 1only (C) 1,3and4only (D) Allofthese 14. Matchthefollowing Properties (1) AtotaldatarateofatleastseveralMbps (2) Spanentirecountries (3) Verylowerrorrates (4) Ownedbymultipleorganization (B) 1A,2B,3B,4A (D) 1A,2A,3B,4B Network (A) LAN (B) WAN

(A) 1A,2B,3A,4B (C) 1B,2B,3A,4A

15. Assertion(A): Antivirusprogramsprotectacomputerfromcomputervirus. Reason(R): Theseprogramsworkbyexaminingallthefilesonadisk,lookingforthetelltalesignatures ofviruscode (A) AistruebutRisfalse (B) BothAandRaretruebutRisnotthecorrectreasonofA (C) AandRaretrueandRisthecorrectexplanationofA (D) AisfalsebutRistrue

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NationalScienceOlympiad
MATHEMATICS

1. Alargewatermelonweighs20kgwith98%ofitsweightbeingwater.Itislefttostandinthesunandsome ofthewaterevaporatessothatnowonly95%ofitsweightiswater.Whatisitsreducedweight? (A) 17kg (B) 19.4kg (C) 10kg (D) 8kg 2. Fourbagsweretobeweighedbutthescalecouldweighonlyweightsinexcessof100kg.Ifthebagswere weighedinpairsandtheweightswerefoundtobe103,105,106,107and109,thentheweightofthe lightestbagis (A) 50kg (B) 51kg (C) 49kg (D) 52kg 3. AplanefliesfromAtoBandbackagainwithaconstantenginespeed.Turnaroundtimemaybeneglected.Will thetraveltimebemorewithawindofconstantspeedblowinginthedirectionfromAtoBthaninstillair? (A) Yes (B) No (C) Dependsontheengine (D) Insufficientdata 4. Givenfourpointsinspacewhicharenotinaplane,thenumberofplaneswhichareequidistantfromallthe fourpointsis (A) 7 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 6
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OR BIOLOGY 1. Gametophyticselfincompatibilitydiffersfromsporophyticselfincompatibilityinthat (A) Itallowsgerminationofpollens (B) Itoccursduetoincompatibilityofstigma (C) Itoccurs dueto incompatibilityof sporophytictissues (D) Itoccursduetoincompatibilityofpollens. 2. XOchromosomalabnormalityinhumanbeingscauses (A) Turnerssyndrome (B) Downs syndrome (C) Klinefelterssyndrome (D) Noneofthese. 3. Thebestdefinitionofanecosystemis (A) Theinterrelationshipbetweenproducers,consumersanddecomposersofanenvironment (B) Astablecoexistenceofdominantspeciesinanenvironment (C) Anaturalunitincludingplants,animalsandnonlivingconstituentoftheenvironment (D) Anumberofpopulationoforganismsofdifferentspecies 4. Themainreasonwhyantibioticscouldnotsolvealltheproblemsofbacteriamediateddiseasesis (A) Insensitivity of the individual following prolonged exposure to antibiotics (B) Inactivation of antibiotics by bacterial enzymes (C) Decreased efficiency of the immune system (D) The development of mutant strains resistant to antibiotics. PHYSICS & CHEMISTRY 5. Ametalx ispreparedbytheelectrolysisoffusedchlorides.Itreactswithhydrogentoformacolourless solidfromwhichhydrogenisreleasedontreatmentwithwater.Themetalis (A) Al (B) Ca (C) Cu (D) Zn 6. Mortarisamixtureof (A) Ca(OH) 2,SilicaandWater (C) CaOandSilica (B) CaCO 3andSiO 2 (D) CaCO 3,SiO 2andWater

7. Arayoflightpassesfromvacuumintoamediumofrefractiveindex m,theangleofincidenceisfoundtobe twicetheangleofrefraction.Thentheangleofincidenceis 1(m/2) 1(m/2) 1 m 1 (A) cos (B) 2cos (C) 2sin (D) 2sin (m/2) 8. Whatcausesthetailofthecomet? (A) Centrifugalforcepushesawaythegases (B) Lightergasesareleftbehindduringtheorbitalmotion (C) Tailofcometalwaysexistsbutbecomesvisiblenearthesun. (D) Theradiationpressurefromthesuncausesthetail 9. Arayoflightinaliquidofrefractiveindex1.4,approachestheboundarysurfacebetweentheliquidandair atanangleofincidencewhosesineis0.8.Whichofthefollowingstatementsiscorrectaboutthebehavior ofthelight ? (A) Itisimpossibletopredictthebehaviorofthelightrayonthebasisoftheinformationsupplied (B) Thesineoftheangleofrefractionoftheemergentraywillbelessthan0.8 (C) Theraywillbeinternallyreflected (D) Thesineoftheangleofrefractionoftheemergentraywillbegreaterthan0.8 10. Forthecircuitshowninfigure,whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue? (A) WithS 1 closed,V 1 =15V,V 2 =20V (B) WithS closed, V = V =25V 3 1 2 (C) WithS1 andS2 closed,V1 =V2 =0 (D) WithS1 andS3 closed,V1 =30V,V2 =20V.
CH 3 CH 3 CHCH 2 CCH 2 CH O
V =30V V 2=20V S3 S1 1 S2 + + C1=2pF C2=3pF

11. TheIUPACnameof

CH 3

is
CH 3

(A) 2,4dimethylhexanone3 (B) (C) 2,6dimethylhexanone4 (D)

2,6dimethylheptanone4 2,6dimethylheptanone5
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LOGICALREASONING 1. TheGoldenRectangleoftheancientGreekswasconsideredtohavethemostpleasingproportionofany rectangle.Theratioofwidth(w)toheight(h)oftherectangleisexpressedinthefollowingproportionand isshowninthedrawingbelow. w w = h 2 5 - 1

h

JasonisplanningtopaintarectangularmuralusingtheproportionsoftheGoldenRectangle.Ifthemural is15meterswide,howhighshoulditbe? (A) 1.6meters (B) 9.3meters (C) 16.5meters (D) 24.2meters 2. ThegiventableshowstheboilingpointsindegreesCelsiusfor somedifferentelements.Whichofthefollowingelementshave boilingpointsthatarelowerthan190C? (A) ChlorineandOxygen (B) Oxygenandnitrogen (C) Chlorine,helium,andhydrogen (D) Helium,hydrogen,andnitrogen
BOILINGPOINTSOFSOMEELEMENTS Element Chlorine Helium Hydrogen Nitrogen Oxygen BoilingPoint(inC) 34.6 269.0 252.9 195.8 183.0

1 300 , 3. Acertainradioactiveelementdecaysovertimeaccordingtotheequation y = A where A =the 2

numberofgramspresentinitiallyandt=timeinyears.If1000gramswerepresentinitially,howmany gramswillremainafter900years? (A) 500grams (B) 250grams (C) 125grams (D) 62.5grams 4. Whichisthefirstincorrectstepinsimplifying log4 Step1: log4 4 = log4 4 - log4 64 64 (A) Step1 (B) Step2
4 ? 64

Step2:=116 (C) Step3

Step3:=15
(D) Eachstepiscorrect

MATHEMATICAL REASONING
21and g(x)= x +3? 5. Whichexpressionrepresents f(g(x))if f (x)= x 2 +6x +8 2 +x +2 (A) x3 + 3x2 x 3 (B) x (C) x 2 +8 (D) x

6. Fromadeckofcardtwoaredrawn.Theprobabilitythatbothareofsamesuitis 1 4 2 1 (A) (B) (C) (D) 13 17 17 2 7. Onarecenttest,Jyotiwrotetheequation abouttheequationshewrote? (A) Theequationisalwaystrue (C) Theequationisnevertrue
2 x - 16 = x + 4. Whichofthefollowingstatementsiscorrect x - 4

(B) Theequationisalwaystrue,exceptwhen x =4 (D) Theequationissometimestruewhen x =4

8. Ifx isarealnumber,whichbestdescribesthevaluesof x forwhichtheinequality x > 0 istrue? (A) Allx >0 (B) Allx 0 (C) Allvaluesof x (D) Novaluesof x 9. Iftheequation y =2x isgraphed,whichofthefollowingvaluesof x wouldproduceapointclosesttothe xaxis? (A) 1/4 (B) 3/4 (C) 5/3 (D) 8/3
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2 y x 10. Thegraphof - = 1isahyperbola.Whichsetofequationsrepresentstheasymptotesofthe 3 2 hyperbolasgraph? 3 3 3 2 (A) y = x,y = - x (B) y = x,y = - x 2 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 (C) y = x,y = - x (D) y = x,y = - x 2 2 3 3
Y

11. Whatsystemofinequalitiesbestrepresentsthegraphshown? (A) y>2andy >x +1 (C) y < 2and y >x +1 (B) y>2andy <x +1 (D) y<2andy <x +1

5 4 3 2 1 0 543210 1 2 3 4 5 2 3 4 5 x

p/3

12. If

p/6

sinx cos x + sinx

dx =

k thenvalueof k equals 4

(A) p/12

(B) p/3

(C) p/2 EVERYDAY MATHEMATICS

(D) p/7

13. Mrs.Balladdecidedtoapplywallpaperononewallofherlivingroom. Adiagramoftherectangularwallwithitswindowisshown. 8ft 4ft window Arollofwallpapercoversapproximately30squarefeet.Whatisthe 8ft minimumnumberofrollsshewillhavetobuyinordertocoverthe entirewallexcludingthewindow? 24ft (A) 2rolls (B) 5rolls (C) 6rolls (D) 7rolls 14. Aboxcontains7largeredmarbles,5largeyellowmarbles,3smallredmarbles,and5smallyellow marbles.Ifamarbleisdrawnatrandom,whatistheprobabilitythatitisyellow,giventhatitisoneofthe largemarbles? (A) 5/12 (B) 7/20 (C) 5/8 (D) 1/5 15. Arestaurantmanagerbought20packagesofbagels.Somepackagescontained6bagelseach,andthe restcontained12bagelseach.Therewere168bagelsinall.Howmanypackagesof12bagelsdidthe managerbuy? (A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 12

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SAM PLEANSW ERSHEET

1.NAME:IfyournameisSACHITAIYER,thenyoushouldwriteasfollows:
S A C H I T A I Y E R

2.FATHER'SNAME:Ifyourfather'snameisSATISHKUMARSHARMA,thenyoushouldwriteasfollows:
S A T I S H K U M A R S H A R M A

SCHOOLCODE

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3.SCHOOLCODE Writeyourschoolcode i.e.ifyourschoolcode isMH0547darkenas follows:

4.CLASS IfyouareinClass 10,thenyoushould darkenasfollows:

CLASS

5.ROLLNO. Ifyourrollno.is587, thenyoushouldwrite anddarkenthecircles asfollows:

ROLLNO.

0
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6.GENDER Ifyouareaboy, thendarken Malecircle GENDER MALE FEMALE CORRECT waytodarken thecircle

W RONG waytodarken P thecircle

7. IfyourchoiceforAnswer1isC,thenyoushoulddarkenthecircleasfollows:

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MA RKYOURAN SWERSWITHH BPENC IL/BALLPOINTPEN(BLUE/B LACK)

ANSWERS 1. (A) 11. (C) 2. (D) 12. (A) 3. (B) 13. (D) : : : National Cyber Olympiad 4. (D) 5. (C) 6. (C) 7. (B) 14. (A) 15. (B) National Science Olympiad 1. (B) 2. (B) 3. (A) 4. (A) 1. (D) 2. (A) 3. (C) 4. (D) 5. (B) 6. (A) 7. (B) 8. (D) International M athematics Olympiad 4. (B) 5. (B) 6. (C) 7. (B) 14. (A) 15. (B) 8. (A) 9. (D) 10. (A)

MATHEMATICS BIOLOGY PHYSICS&CHEMISTRY 1. (B) 11. (B) 2. (D) 12. (B)

9. 8.

(C) (A)

10. (D) 9. (A)

11. (B) 10. (A)

3. (C) 13. (C)

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