FACULTY RECRUITMENT TEST

CATEGORY-E

Formal School Education/VI, VII, VIII / Foundation for KVPY,

NSEJS, NTSE, Senior Olympiads, JEE Main & JEE Advanced

Science
PAPER A
Time: 60 Minutes.

Maximum Marks: 40

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Marks:
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Instructions:
Attempt all questions.
This question paper has 2 Sections A & B. Each question of Section - A carries 2 marks and
that of Section B carries 4 marks each.
Calculators and log tables are not permitted

SECTION A
1.

Find the focal length and nature of lens which should be placed in contact with a lens of focal length
10 cm so that the power of the combination becomes 5D.

2.

An object of mass 5 kg from rest through a vertical distance of 20 m and reaches a velocity of 10 m/s.
2
How much work is done by the push of the air on the object? (g = 10 m/s )

3.

Two planets of radii in the ratio 2 : 3 are made from the material of density in the ratio 3 : 2. What is
the ratio of acceleration due to gravity g1/g2 at the surface of two planets?

4.

What are radioisotopes? What is the use of CO 60 and I 131?

5.

Write down the electronic configuration of Vanadium.

6.

What will be the ozonolysis product of cyclohexane?

7.

Give one word / term for the following; with respect to cellular respiration.
(a) An oxidized coenzyme
(b) The end product of glycolysis
(c) An enzyme that utilizes the proton-motive force of chemiosmosis
(d) The final electron acceptor in electron transport chain.

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8.

Different cells are isolated from different tissue of the same species of an eukaryotic organism. The
total DNA content of each cell is measured, with the following results:
Cell Sample
Total DNA content, in nanograms
A
5.1 0.2
B
2.4 0.1
C
6.7 0.1
D
9.8 0.2
E
2.7 0.2
Assign each type from the sample to the following cell types:
(i) skin cell in G1 phase
(ii) Lung cell in G2 phase
(iii) skin cell in S phase
(iv) Mature sperm cell
(v) Mature egg cell

9.

On what basis are Echinoderms considered to be closely related to the Chordates than to the nonchordates?

10.

Which class of Phylum Chordata comprises of homothermal animals? Explain the term homotherms.

SECTIONB
11.

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, calculate the orbital speed of the satellite.

12.

An object is placed at a distance of 40 cm from a convex spherical mirror of radius of curvature 20

cm. At what distance from the object should a plane mirror be placed so that the image in the
spherical mirror and plane mirror may be in one plane?

13.

What is displacement reaction? Explain with example. Also write down the reactivity series of the
metals.

14.

Calculate the enthalpy of the following reaction.

CH2=CH2(g) + H2(g) CH3CH3 (g)
The bond energies of (H), (C), C=C, and HH are 99, 83, 147 and 104 Kcal respectively.

15.

Phylogeny is the evolution history of a species.

(a) The evolution of a species is dependent on changes in the genome of the species. Identify two
mechanisms of genetic change, and explain how each affects genetic variation.
(b) Describe two types of evidence that can be used to determine the phylogeny of organisms.
Discuss one strength of each type of evidence you described.

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