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SCHOLARSHIP CLASS
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SECTION - I - MENTAL ABILITY - 20 Qns.
SECTION - II - SUBJECTIVE TEST - 60 Qns.
SECTION - III - GK & COMPUTER AWARENESS - 20 Qns.

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SECTION - I
MENTAL ABILITY
SINGLE ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
This section contains multiple choice questions. Each question
has 4 choices (1), (2), (3) and (4), out of which ONLY ONE
is correct. Each correct answer carries 4 marks. No negative
marks. Zero marks if not attempted.

1. If the word ‘CLERK’ is coded as ‘EOIWQ’, how would

you code the word ‘TABLE’ ?
1) VCDNG 2) VCDGIN 3) VDFQK 4) VDFOK
2. Directions: In the following question, three terms are
alike in some way and so form a group while one is
different from others. Identify the term that does not
belong to that group.
1) Pen 2) Pencil 3) Ball pen 4) Eraser
3. Calendar : Dates : : Dictionary : ?
1) Language 2) Sentences 3) Words 4) Vocabulary
4. Directions : Arrange the given words in an alphabetical
order and choose the one that comes first
1) Artist 2) Artificial
3) Astrology 4) Ascent
Directions : Complete the given series.
5. 5,9,17,29,45... ?
1) 60 2) 65 3) 70 4) 68
6. How many such 4s are there in the following number
series which are immediately preceded by an odd
number and immediately followed by an even number ?
1 2 3 4 2 3 4 1 3 4 4 2 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 1 3
2 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 4 1
1) Nil 2) One 3) Two 4) Three
Directions : Arrange the given words in a meaningful sequence
and choose the most appropriate sequence from the options given
below in the each question.
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7. 1) Maharashtra 2) Shirdi
3) World 4) Asia 5) District
1) (2), (1), (3), (4), (5) 2) (1), (2), (5), (4), (3)
3) (5), (1), (2), (4), (3) 4) (3), (2), (1), (4) (5)
8. P and Q are brothers, X and Y are sisters, son of P
is the brother of Y. How is Q related to X ?
1) Father 2) Brother 3) Daughter 4) Uncle

9. A man travels 4 km due North, then travels 6 km

due East and further travels 4 km due North. How
far he is from the starting point ?
1) 6 km 2) 14 km 3) 8 km 4) 10 km

10. In a row of plants, a plant is 16th from either end of

the row. How many trees are there in the row ?
1) 32 2) 30 3) 31 4) 16

11. 69 is divided into 3 parts such that the first number

is the arithmetic mean of the other two numbers. The
second number is 4 more than the third number. The
three numbers are
1) 23, 27 and 19 2) 21, 27 and 23
3) 23, 25 and 21 4) 19, 29 and 21

12. If A means ‘+’, B denotes -, C denotes x and D

means’  ’, then 18 C 14 A 6 B 16 D 4 is equal to
1) 63 2) 288 3) 254 4) 1208
13. How many times do the hands of a clock coincide in
a day ?
1) 24 2) 22 3) 21 4) 20
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14. Directions : In these questions, there are statements followed
by three conclusions. You have to take the given statements to
be true even, if they seem to be at variance from commonly
known facts and then decide, which of the given conclusions
logically follows from the given statements.

St atemen ts
Some benches are beads
All beads are flowers
No tree is a flower
Conclusions
I. Some trees are benches
II. Some trees are beads
III. No tree is a bead
1) Only I follows 2) Either I or II follows
3) Either II or III follows 4) Only III follows

Directions (Q.Nos. 15-18) These questions are based on the

following diagram. Answer the questions given below.

A B
1 2 5
Cricket 3 Hockey
4 6
7
Football
15. Which numeral represents the set of persons, who play
all three games ?
1) 3 2) 4 3) 6 4) 7

16. Which numeral represents the set of persons, who

play football and hockey but not cricket ?
1) 7 2) 2 3) 3 4) 6

17. Which numeral represents the set of persons, who

play cricket and hockey but not football ?
1) 2 2) 3 3) 1 4) 4
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18. Which numeral represents the set of persons, who
play hockey but neither cricket nor football ?
1) 5 2) 4 3) 6 4) 7

19. Among four friends, Senthil is twice the age of

Karthik. Gopi is one and a half times younger than
Karthik. Bala is six years elder to Karthik, but six
years younger to Senthil. Who is the eldest ?
1) Senthil 2) Karthik 3) Bala 4) Gopi

Directions: A letters is given in which some of the letters are

missing. The missing letters are given in that order as of the
alternatives below it. Choose the correct alternative.

20. _ _ a b a_b a_a b

1) a b b a b 2) a b b b
3) b a a b b 4) b b a b a

SECTION - II
SUBJECT TEST

21. ___________ force acts on the suspended body along

the string.
1) Friction 2) Tension
3) Magnetic force 4) Muscular force
22. Friction is proportional to
1) normal force 2) force
3) mass 4) none of these

23. The combination of two or more fibres is called

1) blending 2) bleeding 3) molding 4) melting

24. ___________ is used in making parachutes

1) Rayon 2) Nylon 3) Plastic 4) None of these
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25. Match the following
Group - A Group - B
1) Making into thin sheets A) Ductility
2) Shining materials B) Conductivity
3) Making into wires C) Sonority
4) Transmission of heat D) Lustrous
5) Making ringing sound E) Malleability

1) 1 - E; 2 - D; 3 - A; 4 - C; 5 - B
2) 1 - E; 2 - D; 3 - C; 4 - A; 5 - B
3) 1 - E; 2 - D; 3 - A; 4 - B; 5 - C
4) 1 - E; 2 - B; 3 - D; 4 - A; 5 - C

26. Match the following

Group - A Group - B
1) Gold A) thermometers
2) Iron B) electric wires
3) Aluminium C) Wrapping food
4) Carbon D) Jewellery
5) Copper E) Machinery
6) Mercury F) Fuel
1) 1 - D; 2 - E; 3 - C; 4 - F; 5 - A; 6 - B
2) 1 - D; 2 - E; 3 - F; 4 - C; 5 - B; 6 - A
3) 1 - D; 2 - E; 3 - F; 4 - B; 5 - A; 6 - C
4) 1 - D; 2 - E; 3 - C; 4 - F; 5 - B; 6 - A

27. The number of vibrations per second is called

1) wavelength 2) amplitude
3) frequency 4) none of these
28. The dark zone of candle is _________
1) blue 2) black 3) red 4) yellow
29. The process of depositing a layer of any desired
metal on another material by means of electrolysis
called
1) electrotyping 2) electrolysis
3) electroplating4 4) none of these
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30. The upper layer of the earth is called
1) Crust 2) Mantle
3) Inner core 4) Outer core
31. Match the following
Group - A Group - B
1. Polyester A) Kitchen ware
2. PET B) Artificial silk
3. Rayon C) Many monomers
4. Nylon D) Electric switches
5. Melamine E) Code 1
6. Polythene F) Popular dress material
7. Bakelite G) Stronger than any fibre

1) 1 - F; 2 - E; 3 - B; 4 - G; 5 - A; 6 - C; 7 - D
2) 1 - F; 2 - E; 3 - B; 4 - G; 5 - A; 6 - D; 7 - C
3) 1 - E; 2 - F; 3 - B; 4 - G; 5 - A; 6 - D; 7 - C
4) 1 - B; 2 - G; 3 - B; 4 - E; 5 - A; 6 - D; 7 - C

32. Coal fired power plants emits

1) magnesium 2) aluminium
3) mercury 4) silicon

33. ______ gas is released when potassium permanganate

is heated
1) Hydrogen 2) chlorine
3) Oxygen 4) Nitrogen

34. Increase in 2 in magnitude of richter scale means

........ times more destructive energy.
1) 100 2) 1000 3) 10 4) 10000

35. Erasing involves

1) a push 2) a pull 3) both 4) none of these

36. Synthetic fibres are made of

1) polymers 2) monomers
3) both A and B 4) none of these
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37. _____ is highly malleable
1) Gold 2) Iron 3) Sodium 4) Mercury

38. Magnesium oxide is

1) basic oxide 2) acidic oxide
3) neutral oxide 4) none of these

39. Sound is produced by...... bodies

1) vibrating 2) stable
3) undisturbed 4) none of these

40. The formula of potassium permanganate is

1) K 2 MnO4 2) KMnO4
3) MnO2 4) KClO3

41. Science is a tool for searching

1) Truths of nature 2) Amazing to think
3) Many problems 4) History of nature
42. Pseudopodia are present in
1) Elephant 2) Chlamydomonas
3) Amoeba 4) All the above
43. Protozoan is
1) Scabies mite 2) Spirogyra
3) Amoeba 4) Yeast
44. Food poisoning is due to consumption of
1) Fresh fruits 2) Spoiled food
3) Raw food 4) Bad air
45. Male reproductive system consists of
1) Fallopian tube 2) Testes
3) Uterus 4) Ovary
46. The gland responsible for control emotions is
1) Testes 2) Ovaries 3) Pituitary 4) Adrenal
47. These help in Pollination
1) Birds 2) Snakes 3) Insects 4) Earthworms
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48. The process of watering the plants is
1) Ploughing 2) Seedling 3) Manuring 4) Irrigation
49. In adolescents the reproductive organs produce
1) hormones 2) gametes
3) pollen grain 4) none
50. Bacteria stained by
1) Crystal violet 2) crystal blue
3) Saffron 4) Crimson red

51. Which of the following is true ?

1) N  W  Q  Z 2) N  Z  W  Q
3) W  N  Q  Z 4) N  W  Z  Q

x7 4
52. If  then x =
3 x  16 7
1) - 1 2) - 2 3) - 3 4) - 4
3 2
 2  25 
53. The value of      
 5  4
5 2 5 2
1) 2) 3) 4)
2 5 2 5
54. The standard form of 43800000
438
1) 438  108 2) 3) 438  105 4) 438  10 8
105
55. The cost of one pair of shoes is Rs 550, if 10 %
discount is allowed on, then the C.P. of shoes is
1) Rs 505 2) Rs 495 3) Rs 485 4) Rs 475
56. The cost of one pair of clothes is Rs 450. If 6% of
sales tax is allowed on it then the bill has to pay
1) Rs 577 2) Rs 477
3) Rs 467 4) Rs 423
57. If a, b, c are Pythagorean triplets then which of the
following is true ?
1) a 2  b 2  c 2 2) a 2  b 2  c 2
3) b  c  a
2 2 2 4) a 2  b 2  c 2
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58. 121 2 Is a ...... number
1) prime 2) odd 3) even 4) none
59. The mean of 9 observations is 45. If 24 is printed
wrongly as 42 then the correct mean is
1) 42 2) 44 3) 41 4) 43
60. Which of the following is not affected by smallest and
largest values of the observations ?
1) A.M 2) Median 3) Mean 4) None
61. If the cost of 65 packets of tea is Rs 2600, then the
cost of 75 packets of tea is
1) Rs 2000 2) Rs 3000
3) Rs 2500 4) Rs 3500

62. If A pump can take 5 hrs to fill a 50 lits of tank

then how much time it take to fill a 75 lits of tank
for the same pump ?
1 1 1
1) 7 hrs 2) 5 hrs 3) 6 hrs 4) 7 hrs
2 2 2

63. The formula involved in the product of 302  298

2 2
1)  a  b 2)  a  b 3)  a  b a  b 4) None

64. Which of the following is a monomial ?

3 5 2
1) 2x  3 2) xy 3) cx 2  dx  e 4) x y
4 7 3

65. Which of the following is Pythagorean triplet ?

1) (1, 2, 3) 2) (4, 5, 6)
3) (3, 4, 5) 4) (5, 6, 7)

66. The units digit of 123456 2

1) 6 2) 3 3) 8 4) 4

67. Increase in percent of 2 times of a number is

1) 200% 2) 100%
3) 300% 4) 50%
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4 3
68. times of a number is 4 greater than times of
5
the same number. Then number is
4
1) 20 2) 30 3) 60 4) 80
69. Factorize : ax + ay + bx + by
1)  x  a y  b 2)  x  y  a  b
3)  x  b y  a  4)  xy  ab
70. Common factors of 6xy, 9y 2
1) 3, y 2) 6, y2 3) 3, x, y 4) 3, x, y

71. The father of ___________ cartography was Gerardus

Mercat or
1) Iran 2) Indian 3) Greek 4) Dutch

72. It will get more warmer on the ___________ than the

regions near the poles
1) Arctic circle 2) Antarctic circle
3) Equator 4) Tropic of Cancer

73. The angle keeps increasing as we move towards the

_ __ __ _ __ __ _
1) Two poles 2) Tropic of Cancer only
3) Equator 4) Arctic circle only

74. Mukluks are ___________ of the Eskimos

1) Jackets 2) Sweaters
3) Boots 4) Helmets

75. Thorny forests grow in very ___________ areas.

1) Wet 2) Marshy 3) Semi wet 4) Dry

76. Kothagudem is in ___________ valley

1) Krishna 2) Ganga 3) Narmada 4) Godavari

77. Use of agricultural machinery made the agricultural

workers to work on ___________ basis
1) Monthly 2) Annual 3) Fort-night 4) Daily
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78. At the ___________level, there is a volunteer called

‘ASHA Worker’, who helps people in getting health
services.
1) Village 2) Mandal 3) Z.P 4) District

79. The First World War lasted for ___________ years.

1) 6 2) 5 3) 7 4) 3

80. ___________ is the head of the Government.

1) Prime Minister 2) President
3) Speaker 4) All the above

SECTION - III
COMPUTER AWARENESS AND GK

81. E v er y We b p ag e h as a u n i q ue a d dr e s s, c a ll e d
_ __ __ _ __ __ _
1) hyperlink 2) uniform resource locator
3) HTTP 4) map

82. When you use a search engine, you specify one or

more ________
1) keywords 2) web pages 3) sites 4) URLs

83. The Internet is open for

1) members 2) government agencies
3) university researchers 4) anyone who can access it

84. The 1s and 0s that CPUs can understand is called its

_ __ _ _ __ _ _
1) syntax 2) interrupt
3) interpreter 4) machine language

85. Clerks or other data entry personnel fill in a __________

1) filter 2) report
3) SQL 4) form
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86. Characters that are not used in calculations are usually
stored in a ________
1) database 2) text field
3) data field 4) binary field

87. The newest version of HTML is ____________

1) WML 2) XHTML 3) XML 4) XSL

88. Cursor is a __________

1) Pixel
2) Thin blinking line
3) Pointing device
4) Type of tool used only in Windows XP

89. Computer software includes _________

1) Application programs 2) Operating system Programs
3) Packaged programs 4) All of these

90. Which device can understand difference between data and

programs ?
1) Input device 2) Output device
3) Memory 4) Microprocessor

91. Bismillah Khan is related with the following instrument.

1) Violin 2) Sehnai
3) Veena 4) Tabla

92. Author of “ India Wins Freedom”

1) Subhas Chandra Bose
2) Chandra Sekhar Azad
3) Abul Kalam Azad
4) Alluri Seetha Rama Raju

93. Bhakranangal Project is on .... river?

1) Damodar 2) Sutlej
3) Mahanandi 4) Ganga
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94. WTO basically promotes

1) Financial support 2) Global peace
3) Unilateral Trade 4) Multi lateral trade

95. Survey of India is under the ministry of

1) Defence 2) Home affairs
3) Environment and forest 4) Science and technology

96. The state with longest coastline

1) Gujarath 2) Maharastra
3) Andhra Pradesh 4) Tamilnadu

97. First Indian to get nobel prize in peace.

1) Rabindranath Tagore 2) Sir. C V Raman
3) Abdul Kalam 4) Mother Theresa

98. World chess champian as on 23-11-2013.

1) Viswanathan Anand 2) Garry Casparov
3) Magnes Carlson 4) Rajiv Dixit

99. Wingless bird is

1) Kiwi 2) Ostrich
3) Albatross 4) Humming bird

100. Largest city in population in the world.

1) Mumbai 2) Tokyo
3) Italy 4) Mount Isa

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