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NationalCyberOlympiad
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 areas 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) : History of computers: A review, Components of computer system: Hardware, Software, Virus infection, MS-Word, Introduction to spreadsheet: Lotus 123, Introduction to MS-Excel, Introduction to database: Foxpro, Html, Network at a glance and internet, Multimedia.

NationalScienceOlympiad
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
Section I (Mental ability) : Rational Numbers, Linear Equations in One Variable, Understanding Quadrilaterals, Practical Geometry, Data Handling, Squares and Square Roots, Cubes and Cube Roots, Comparing Quantities, Algebraic Expressions and Indentities, Visualising Solid Shapes, Mensuration, Exponents and Powers, Direct and Inverse Proportions, Factorisation, Introduction to Graphs, Playing with Numbers. Section II (Science) : Crop Production and Management, Microorganisms : Friend and Foe, Synthetic Fibres and Plastics, Materials : Metals and Non-metals, Coal and Petroleum, Combustion and Flame, Conservation of Plants and Animals, Cell Structure and Functions, Reproduction in Animals, Reaching the Age of Adolescence, Force and Pressure, Friction, Sound, Chemical Effects of Electric Current, Some Natural Phenomena, Light, Stars and the 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
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, Profit, loss and discounts, Algebraic identities, Polynomials, Equations in one Variable, Parallel Lines, Special types of Quadrilaterals and their constructions, Circles, Areas, Surface Areas, Volumes, Statistics. Section III (Everyday Mathematics) : The Syllabus of this section will be based on the syllabus of Mathematical Reasoning.

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MENTALABILITY 1. Inthestarshapeshowninfigure,thesumoftheanglesmarkedatthecorners A, B, C, D, E is (A) 90 (B) 135 (C) 180 (D) 140
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2. Anacuteangleisananglewhosemeasureisbetween0and90. Usingtheraysinthediagram,howmanydifferentacuteanglescanbeformed? (A) 12 (B) 9 (C) 15 (D) 10

3. Theageofamanissameashiswifesagewiththedigitsreversed.Thensumoftheiragesis99and themanis9yearsolderthanhiswife.Howoldistheman? (A) 50 (B) 49 (C) 54 (D) 44

Cycle 138 60 Car 90 72 Bus Walk

4. 50studentsfromacertaincolonyattendapublicschool.Withthehelpof thegivenpiechart,findthetotalnumberofstudentswhowalktoschool. (A) 12 (B) 10 (C) 18 (D) 8

2 5. TotalareaofquadrilateralABCD is20cm andoffsetsonBD are2cm

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and3cm.ThelengthofBD is (A) 5cm (C) 8cm

(B) 6cm (D) 10cm

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6. Intheadjoiningfigure, AOBandCOD arethediametersofacircle.

o If ADO=55 then OCB is 1 (A) 27
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(C) 55

(D) 35.

7. Howmanysmallcubeswithedgesof10cmcanbejustaccommodatedinacubicalboxof1medge? (A) 10 (B) 100 (C) 1000 (D) 10000

8. Acylinderandaconehavethesameheightandthesameradiusofthebase.Theratiobetweenthe volumesofthecylinderandtheconeis (A) 1:3 (B) 3:1 (C) 1:2 (D) 2:1 LOGICAL&ANALYTICALREASONING 9. IfinacertaincodeSANDisVDQGandBIRDisELUG,thenwhatisthecodeforLOVE? (A) PRYG (B) ORTG (C) NPUH (D) ORYH 10. Asurveywasconductedonasampleof1000personswithreferenceto theirknowledgeofEnglish,FrenchandGerman.Theresultsofthesurvey are presented in the given Venn diagram.The ratio of the number of personswhodonotknowanyofthethreelanguagestothosewhoknow allthethreelanguagesis 1 1 (A) (B) 27 35
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11. Thenumberoftimesinadaythehourhandandtheminutehandofaclockareatrightanglesis (A) 44 (B) 48 (C) 24 (D) 12. 12. Whichoneofthefollowingdiagramscorrectlyrepresentstherelationshipamongtennisfans,cricket playersandstudents? (A) (B) (C) (D)

13. A,B,C,D,EandF,notnecessarilyinthatorder,aresittingonsixchairsregularlyplacedarounda roundtable.ItisobservedthatAisbetweenDandF,CisoppositeD,DandEarenotonneighbouring chairs.ThepersonsittingoppositeBis (A) A (B) D (C) E (D) F COMPUTERS&INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY 14. Whodefinedthebinarysystem? (A) A.N.D.Leibniz (C) Newton (B) Pascal (D) Aristotle

15. ComputersusethesevendigitcodecalledASCII.WhatdoesASCIIstandfor? (A) AmericanStandardCodeforInformationInterchange (B) AssociationofSoftwareCodingandInformationInstitute (C) AmericanStandardComputingandInformationInstitute (D) AmericanScientistsConventionforInformationInterchange. 16. Matchthefollowing BinaryNumber 1. 1010101 2. 101011 3. 11111 4. 10001011 (A) 1B,2D,3A,4C (C) 1C,2B,3C,4A

Correspondingdecimalnumber A. 31 B. 85 C. 139 D. 43 (B) 1D,2A,3B,4D (D) 1A,2C,3D,4B

17. Whatistheadditionof101010with111111 ? (A) 1101001 (C) 1111001

(B) 1001001 (D) 1100001

18. ModernComputersdonotworkwithdecimalnumbers.Insteadtheyprocessbinarynumbers,groups of0sand1sbecause (A) Electronicdevicesaremostreliablewhendesignedfortwostate(binary)operation (B) Binarycircuitsaresimple (C) Memoryisonlypossibleforbinarynumbers (D) Withdecimalnumbers,thecircuitsarecomplexandcostly 19. ThefirstIndiananalogcomputerwasassembledbyIndianStatisticalInstitute(ISI)ofCalcuttain (A) 1953 (B) 1946 (C) 1950 (D) 1963 20. Debugisatermdenoting (A) Errorcorrectionprocesss (B) Writingofinstructionsindevelopinganewprogram (C) Faultdetectioninequipment (D) Determiningusefullife
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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 (C) 44 (B) 38 (D) 46
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SCIENCE 6. ABriefHistoryofTimeisthetitleofabookwrittenby (A) AlbertEinstein (C) HendrickLorentz (B) StephenHawking (D) IsaacNewton

7. Whichofthefollowingcanproduceavirtualimage? (A) Planemirror (C) Convexlens (B) Concavelens (D) Allofthese

8. Abarmagnet marked withpolesNandSisfreelysuspended.ThentheendmarkedNwouldpointtowards (A) Thesouthmagneticpoleoftheearth (B) Thesouthgeographicpoleoftheearth (C) Thenorthmagneticpoleoftheearth (D) Thenorthgeographicpoleoftheearth 9. Abodyimmersedinafluidexperiencsanupwardthrustwhichdependson (A) Theweightofthefluiddisplacedbyit (B) Thevolumeofthebody (C) Themassofthebody (D) Allofthese. 10. Aconcavemirrormaybeusedinallexceptoneofthefollowing.Thisis (A) Amagnifyingmirror (B) Atorchreflector (C) Areflectingtelescope (D) Acarrearviewmirror
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11. Howdoestheeyechangeinordertofocusonnearordistantobjects? (A) Thelensmovesinorout (B) Theretinamovesinorout (C) Theirischangescolour (D) Thelensbulgesorrelaxes 12. WhenCuisexposedtomoistairforalongtime,whichofthefollowingisformed? (A) Cu(OH) (B) CuCO 2 3 (C) Both(A)and(B) (D) Cu O 2 13. Whichofthefollowingstatementsistruewithrespecttodiamond? (A) Thecarbonatomsareconnectedtoeachotherbymetallicbonds. (B) Inthediamondcrystal,thecarbonatomsareverylooselypacked. (C) Eachcarbonatominthecrystalissurroundedbyfourothersatthecornersofaregulartetrahedron. (D) Itisaverysoftsubstance. 14. UnderIndianspaceprogramme,theabbreviationGSLVstandsfor (A) GeosynchronousSatelliteLaunchVehicle (B) GlobalSatelliteLinkVehicle (C) GeostationarySolarLightVehicle (D) GeostationarySatelliteLinkVehicle 15. IftherewerenoorganiclifeontheEarth,theamountofoxygenintheatmospherewill (A) Remainunchanged (B) Beapproximatelyhundredpercent (C) Bealmostnil (D) Beapproximatelyfiftypercent 16. Avaccineisusuallygiven (A) Atanytime (B) Atthetimediseasecausinggermsenterthebody (C) Beforethesymptomsofthediseaseappear (D) Afterthediseasehasappeared 17. Marktheoddoneout. (A) Cholera (C) Polio

(B) Tuberculosis (D) Nightblindness

18. Somebasicstepsareneededinagriculturalpractice.WhichofthefollowinggivenasA,B,C,Disthe rightsequence? (1) Preparationofthesoil (2) Harvesting (3) Irrigation (4) Broadcasting (5) Tilling (6) Weeding (7) Manuring. (A) 1,5,4,7,6,3,2 (B) 1,3,5,6,4,2,7 (C) 1,3,5,2,4,6,7 (D) 1,5,6,2,4,7,3

19. Theprocessshowninthegivenfigureis (A) Cleavage (B) Fertilization (C) Assimilation (D) Budding.

20. Whichofthefollowingisnottrue? (A) BurningofcoalrelasesSO . 2 (B) Acidrainisharmfultocrops. (C) CNGisacleanfuel. (D) IncompletecombustionofcoalrelasesO . 2
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LOGICALREASONING 1. Whatisthenumberyoustartedwith? (A) 5 (B) 45 (C) 56

Divideby3 Multiplyby0.10 ?

(D) 25
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2. Oneterminthenumberseriesiswrong.Findoutthewrongterm. 24,27,31,33,36 (A) 24 (B) 27 (C) 31 (D) 33

3. Ais40mSouthwestofB.Cis40mSouthEastofB.ThenCisinwhichdirectionofA? (A) East (B) West (C) Northeast (D) South 4. Themaximumnumberofsquaresinthefollowingfigureis (A) 14 (B) 13 (C) 10 (D) 9

5. Standingonaplatform,AmittoldSunitathatAligarhwasmorethantenkilometresbutlessthanfifteen kilometresfromthere.Sunitaknewthatitwasmorethantwelvebutlessthanfourteenkilometresfrom there.Ifbothofthemwerecorrect,whichofthefollowingcouldbethedistanceofAligarhfromthe platform? (A) 11km (B) 12km (C) 13km (D) 14km

6. IfthedaybeforeyesterdaywasSaturday,whatdaywillfallonthedayaftertomorrow? (A) Friday (B) Thursday (C) Wednesday (D) Tuesday 7. Countthenumberofcubesinthefiguregivenhere. (A) 14 (C) 12 (B) 15 (D) 20

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9. Whatisthevolumeoftherectangularsolidshownbelow? (A) 10cubiccm (C) 30cubiccm (B) 25cubiccm (D) 62cubiccm

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10. Whatisthevalueofxif3x+2=7? (A) x=6 (B) x=3 (C) x=3 (D) x=6
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11. WhatistheareaoftrapezoidQRST insquareunits? (A) 22 (C) 38 (B) 27 (D) 48

12. Mr.Guptamadeascaledrawingofhisoffice. 1 cm=3m 2 Thewidthofthescaledrawingoftheofficeis2cm. Whatistheactualwidth,inmetres,ofMr.Guptasoffice? (A) 3 (B) 6 (C) 9 (D) 12

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13. Whichpropertyisusedintheequationgivenbelow? 12(x+4)=12x+48 (A) AssociativePropertyofAddition (C) DistributiveProperty (B) CommutativePropertyofAddition (D) ReflexiveProperty

14. Whichofthefollowingequationsillustratestheinversepropertyofmultiplication? 1 (A) 5 = 1 (B) 51=5 (C) 50=0 (D) 55=25 5 15. Arighttriangleshypotenusehaslength5units.Ifoneleghaslength2units,whatisthelengthofthe otherleg? (A) 3 (B)
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16. Thesumofanumber(n)and14is72.Whichequationshowsthisrelationship? (A) 14+n =72 (B) 72n=14 (C) 14n=72 (D) 72+n =14
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17. Oisthecentreofthecircle.Findthevalueofx? (A) 45 (C) 60 (B) 90 (D) 30.

EVERYDAY MATHEMATICS 18. DennistheMenaceisthinkingoftwonumbers.Theirgreatestcommonfactoris6.Theirleastcommon multipleis36.Oneofthenumbersis12.Whatistheothernumber? (A) 18 (B) 16 (C) 6 (D) 24 19. FarmerRamuputasquarefencearoundhisvegetablegardentokeepthedeerfromeatinghiscorn. Onesidewas10minlength.Ifthepostswereplaced2mapart,howmanypostsdidheuse? (A) 16 (B) 20 (C) 10 (D) 15 20. 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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ANSWERS 1. (C) 11. (A) 1. (D) 11. (D) 1. (B) 11. (C) 2. (D) 12. (A) 2. (D) 12. (C) 2. (C) 12. (D) 3. (C) 13. (D) 3. (B) 13. (C) 3. (A) 13. (C) 4. (B) 14. (A) National Cyber Olympiad 5. (C) 6. (C) 7. (C) 15. (A) 16. (A) 17. (A) 8. (B) 18. (A) 8. (A) 18. (A) 8. (B) 18. (A) 9. (D) 19. (C) 9. (A) 19. (B) 9. (C) 19. (B) 10. (C) 20. (A) 10. (D) 20. (D) 10. (C) 20. (A)

National Science Olympiad 4. (A) 5. (B) 6. (B) 7. (D) 14. (A) 15. (A) 16. (C) 17. (D) International Mathematics Olympiad 4. (A) 5. (C) 6. (C) 7. (B) 14. (A) 15. (B) 16. (A) 17. (A)

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