A2TS# 04

Performer’s Club

AKSHITA CHOUDHARY DIVYANSHI GAYAKWAD SIMRAN SINGH

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Instructions to Candidates
1. Write your Name, Date in the space provided on this cover page of question
paper.
2. The question paper contains space for your rough work. No additional sheet
will be provided for rough work.
3. The answer sheet, machine readable Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) is
provided separately.
4. Do not break the seals of the question paper booklet before being instructed
to do so by the invigilator.
5. Electronic Gadgets in any form are not allowed to be carried inside the
examination hall.

Pattern: This paper has 100 questions:

(i) Mental Ability: 50 Questions (ii) Maths: 10 Questions
(iii) Social: 20 Question (iv) Physics: 07 Questions
(v) Chemistry: 06 Question (vi) Biology: 07 Questions
(vii) Each question has four choices, out of which only one is the correct option.
(viii) 1 mark will be given for each correct answer. There is no negative marking.

Date: - 19.08.2018 Paper Code: QCTS-A2-NS#04

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SECTION – I MENTAL ABILITY

1. 8, 10, 14, 18, (.....), 34, 50, 66
(A) 24 (B) 25 (C) 26 (D) 27
2. 1, 2, 6, 24, (.....)
(A) 60 (B) 95 (C) 120 (D) 150
3. 2, 3, 8, 63, (.....)
(A) 1038 (B) 1998 (C) 3008 (D) 3968
4. 95, 115.5, 138, (.....), 189
(A) 154.5 (B) 162.5 (C) 164.5 (D) 166.5
5. 4, 10, (.....), 82, 244, 730
(A) 24 (B) 28 (C) 77 (D) 218
Directions : In each of the following questions, one term in the number series is wrong.
Find out the wrong term.
6. 380, 188, 92, 48, 20, 8, 2
(A) 188 (B) 92 (C) 48 (D) 20
7. 1, 3, 7, 15, 27, 63, 127
(A) 7 (B) 15 (C) 27 (D) 63
8. 5, 10, 17, 24, 37
(A) 10 (B) 17 (C) 24 (D) 37
9. 1, 3, 10, 21, 64, 129, 256, 778
(A) 10 (B) 21 (C) 129 (D) 256
10. 15, 16, 22, 29, 45, 70
(A) 16 (B) 22 (C) 45 (D) 70
11. _ bbca _ bcca _ ac _ a _ cb
(A) abcba (B) acbab (C) bacab (D) bcaab
12. _ bcc _ ac _ aabb _ ab _ cc
(A) aabca (B) abaca (C) bacab (D) bcaca
13. ab _ aa _ caab _ c _ abb _ c
(A) bbcaa (B) bcbca (C) cabac (D) cbbac
14. c _ baa _ aca _ cacab _ acac _ bca
(A) acbaa (B) bbcaa (C) bccab (D) cbaac

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15. _ aba _ cabc _ dcba _ bab _ a

(A) abdca (B) bcadc (C) abcdd (D) cbdaa
16. a _ cdaab _ cc _ daa _ bbb _ ccddd
(A) bdbda (B) bddca (C) dbbca (D) bbdac
Directions: (17 to 19) Find the missing term(s):
17. JXG, HTJ, FPN ?, BHY
(A) EKS (B) ELS (C) DLR (D) DLS
18. CYD, FTH, IOL, LJP?
(A) PET (B) OET (C) OEY (D) PEV
19. 2B, 4C, 8E, 14H,?
(A) 22L (B) 24L (C) 22K (D) 2M
Directions (20 to 22):
A cube is painted red in two adjacent surfaces and black on the surfaces opposite to red
surfaces and green on there mining faces. Now the cube is cut into sixty four smaller cubes of
equal size.
20. How many smaller cubes have less than three surface painted?
(A) 8 (B) 24 (C) 28 (D) 48
21. How many smaller cubes have three surface painted?
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 16 (D) 24
22. How many smaller cubes have at least one surface painted with green colour?
(A) 8 (B) 24 (C) 32 (D) 56
Directions: (23 to 24) In each of the following questions, a group of letters is given which
are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Below are given four alternatives containing
combinations of these numbers. Select that combination of numbers so that letters
arranged accordingly, form a meaningful word.
23. GANIME
1 2 34 56
(A) 1, 2, 4, 3, 6, 5 (B) 6, 3, 4, 1, 5, 2
(C) 5, 2, 1, 4, 3, 6 (D) 2, 5, 1, 4, 3, 6

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24. CELSMU
1 234 5 6
(A) 4, 6, 3, 5, 2, 1 (B) 5, 6, 4, 1, 3, 2
(C) 4, 6, 5, 2, 3, 1 (D) 5, 2, 3, 1, 6, 4
25. How many pair of letters are there in the word REPURCUSSION which have as
many letters between them in the word as in the alphabet ?
(A) Three (B) One (C) Four (D) Five
26. Select the series in which the letters skipped in between adjacent letters decrease
in order
(A) AGMRV (B) HNSWA (C) NSXCH (D) SYDHK
27. Which letter should be fourth to the right of twelfth from the right if the second half
of the alphabet series is reversed?
(A) J (B) K (C) L (D) M
28. Find which one word cannot be made from the letters of the given word
SUPERIMPOSABLE.
(A) SPIRE (B) REPTILE (C) POSSIBLE (D) REPOSURE
29. In the following number series how many8’s are there which are exactly divisible
by the numbers which are preceded and followed by it?
8 2 4 5 1 7 2 8 4 8 4 2 2 8 2 6 9 8 45 4 8 3 2 8 4 3 1 8 3
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
Direction : (30 to 40) Find the Missing term in the following figure
30.

(A) 33 (B) 145 (C) 135 (D) 18

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31.

(A) 678 (B) 769 (C) 824 (D) 937

32.
8 7 5
10 7 5
9 7 ?

(A) 2 (B) 5 (C) 1 (D) 25

33. What will become place in this box?
2 10 4
3 17 5
3 ? 4
(A) 16 (B) 15 (C) 12 (D) 14

34.

(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9

35.

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 5

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36.

(A) A (B) D (C) G (D) P

37.

(A) 0 (B) 5 (C) 10 (D) 15

38.

(A) Z (B) C (C) E (D) F

39.

(A) 42 (B) 36 (C) 6 (D) 4

40.

(A) 1 (B) -1 (C) -2 (D) 4

Directions: (41 to 42) The figure (X) given below is the unfolded position of a cubical
dice. In each of the following questions this unfolded figure is followed by four different
figures of dice. You have to select the figure which is identical to the figure (X).

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41.

(X) (A) (B) (C) (D)

42.

(X) (A) (B) (C) (D)

43. How many squares are there in the following figure?

(A) 5 (B) 9 (C) 7 (D) None of these

44. How many squares are there is the figure?

(A) 5 (B) 4 (C) 7 (D) None of these

45. How many squares does the figure have?

(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 9 (D)10

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46. How many cubes are there in the following figure?

(A) 6 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 8

Direction : (47 to 50)
A + B means ‘A is father of B’
A - B means ‘A is wife of B’
A × B means ‘A is brother of B’
A ‚ B means ‘A is daughter of B’
47. P ÷ R + S + Q, which of the following is true?
(A) P is daughter of Q (B) Q is aunt of P
(C) P is aunt of Q (D) P is mother of Q
48. If P - R + Q, which of the following is true
(A) P is mother of Q (B) Q is daughter of P
(C) P is aunt of Q (D) P is sister of Q
49. Sono, who is Dubey’s dauther, says to Preeti, “Your mother Shyama is the yougest
sister of my father, who is Brother of Prabhat”. How is Prabhat related to Preeti?
(A) Uncle (B) Father (C) Grandmohter (D) Father in law
50. Pointing towards a man in the photograph, Archana said, “He is the son of the only
son of my grandmother”. How is man related to Archana?
(A) Cousin (B) Nephew (C) Brother (D) Son

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SECTION – II MATHEMATICS
51. tan 5º tan 25º tan 30º tan 65º tan 85º = ?
1
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) (D) None of these
3
52. If in a triangle ABC, A and B are complementary, then tan C is:

(A)  (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 3

53. sec2 + cosec2  =
sec 2 
(A) (B) sec2  – cosec2 
cos ec 2 
cos 2 
(C) (D) sec2  . cosec2 
sin 2 
tan 2 A sec2 A
54.   _____________
cos 2 B cot 2 B
(A) cot2 A – cot2 B (B) tan2 A – tan2 B
tan 2 A
(C) (D) None
sec 2 A
55. If sin + sin2  = 1 then cos2  + cos4  =
sin  cos 2 
(A) 1 (B) (C) (D) one
cos 2  sin 
56. The value of cos2 17º – sin2 73º =
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) –1 (D) None
3 sin  tan   1
57. If  is an acute angle such that cos   , then 
5 2 tan 2 
16 1 3 160
(A) (B) (C) (D)
625 36 160 3

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8 (1  sin ) (1  sin )
58. If  is an acute angle such that tan2  = , then the value of is :
7 (1  cos ) (1  cos )

7 8 7 64
(A) (B) (C) (D)
8 7 4 49
5
59. The three angles of a quadrilateral are 60º, 60° and , Then the fourth angle is :
6
(A) 88º (B) 96º (C) 100º (D) 114º
60. C is an obtuse angle in ABC . If

3 1
sin (A + B) = and cos (A – B) = , then A =
2 2
1 1
(A) 7 (B) 52 (C) 90° (D) 45º
2 2
SECTION – III SOCIAL SCIENCE
61. Tripitakas are related to which religion?
(A) Buddhism (B) Jainism (C) Christianity (D) Hinduism
62. Mahavira was born in?
(A) Kashi (B) Ayodhya (C) Patliputra (D) Vaishali
63. Find odd one out
(A) Nanda Devi (B) Naga Parbat
(C) Anaimudi (D) Namcha Barwa
64. Who among the following was a great physician of Gupta period?
(A) Charak (B) Dhanvantari (C) Sushrut (D) Nagarjuna
65. Who among the following was referred as Devanam Piyadassi?
(A) Chandragupta Maurya (B) Bindusar
(C) Ashoka (D) SamudraGupta
66. Fourth Buddhist council was held at?
(A) Rajgrih (B) Patliputra (C) Vaishali (D) Kashmir

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67. Which among the following is the oldest landmass of India?

(A) Northern Plains (B) Peninsular Plateau
(C) Himalayas (D) None of these
68. Selucus Nicator was the general of?
(A) Philip (B) Alexander (C) Menander (D) Porus
69. Who discovered Harappa?
(A) R.D. Banerjee (B) S R Rao
(C) Dayaram Sahni (D) John Marshall
70. Which veda is considered as the origin of Indian classical music?
(A) Rigveda (B) Yajurveda (C) samaveda (D) Atharvaveda
71. Which deity was not worshipped by early vedic period?
(A) Indra (C) Sun (C) Nature (D) Brahma
72. Gayatri Mantra dedicated to which deity?

(A) Varuna (B) Savitri (C) Samaveda (D) Indra

73. Kalibangan is located at

(A) Gujarat (B) Rajasthan
(C)Himachal Pradesh (D) Punjab
74. When did Mauryan empire begin?
(A) 326 BC (B) 323 BC (C) 322 BC (D) 298 BC
75. Who was the main male God worshipped by Indus people?
(A) Indra (B) Vishnu (C) Brahma (D) Pashupati
76. The land frontier of India is about 15200 KM. Which of the following countries
shares the largest border length with India:
(A) Bangladesh (B) Pakistan (C) China (D) Nepal
77. Arrange the following Himalayan sub-divisions from west to east
I. Kashmir Himalayas II. Assam Himalayas
III. Kumaon Himalayas IV. Nepal Himalayas
(A) I,II,III,IV (B) IV,III,II,I (C) I,III,IV,II (D) II,III,IV,I

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78. Which two hills are located in the south-east of Eastern Ghats ?
(A) Mizo Hills and Patkai Hills (B) Shevroy Hills and Javadi Hills
(C) Patkai Hills and Naga Hills (D) Mizo Hills and Naga Hills
79. Which metals were mostly used to make the tools and weapons of Harappan
Civilization?
(A) Iron and Silver (B) Gold
(C) Copper and Bronze (D) Clay
80. Nalanda University was established during the reign of?
(A) Chandra Gupta II (B) Samudra Gupta
(C) Kumar Gupta (D) Skand Gupta

SECTION – IV PHYSICS
81. A person cannot see distinctly object kept beyond 2 m. This defect can be corrected
using a lens of power
(A) +0.5 D (B) -0.5 D (C) + 0.2 D (D) -0.2 D
82. Twinkling of stars is due to atmosphere:
(A) Dispersion of light by water droplets
(B) Refraction of light by different layers of varying refractive indices
(C) Scattering of light by dust particles
(D) Internal reflection of light by clouds
83. The clear sky appears blue because
(A) Blue light gets absorbed in the atmosphere
(B) Ultraviolet radiations are absorbed in the atmosphere
(C) Violet and blue lights get scattered more than lights of all other colours by the
atmosphere.
(D) Light of all other colours is scattered more than lights of all other colours by the
atmosphere.

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84. Which of the following statements is correct regarding the propagation of light of
different colours of white light in air?
(A) Red light moves fastest
(B) Blue light moves faster than green light
(C) All the colours of the white light move with the same speed.
(D) Yellow light moves with the mean speed as that of the red and the violet light
85. The danger signals installed at the top of tall building are red in colour. These can be
easily seen from a distance because among all other colours, the red light
(A) Is scattered the most by smoke or fog
(B) Is scattered the least by smoke or fog
(C) Is absorbed the most by smoke or fog
(D) Moves fastest in air
86. The bluish colour of water in deep sea is due to
(A) The presence of algae and other plants found in water
(B) Reflection of sky in water
(C) Scattering of light
(D) Absorption of light by the sea
87. Which of the following statement is correct
(A) A person with myopia can see distant objects clearly
(B) A person with hypermetropia can see nearby objects clearly
(C) A person with myopia can see nearby objects clearly
(D) A person with hypermetropia cannot see distant objects clearly

SECTION – V CHEMISTRY
88. Which of the following is an example of mixture?
(A) Sugar (B) Brass (C) CO2 (D) NO2
89. The correct formula for ammonium phosphate is

(A) N2 H6 PO4 (B)  NH3 3 PO4 (C)  NH 4 3 PO4 (D)  NH 4 2 PO4

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90. The formula for potassium permanganate is

(A) K 2 MnO4 (B) KMnO4 (C) K 2 Mn 2 O4 (D) KMn 2 O4
91. The number of atoms present in a molecule of element is known as its
(A) Valency (B) Atomicity
(C) Chemical formula (D) Symbol
92. In how many forms did the earlier Indian philosophers classify matter?
(A) 2 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 5
93. The formula of quicklime is
(A) Ca(OH)2 (B) CaCl2 (C) CaO (D) CaSO4

SECTION – VI BIOLOGY
94. Vertical growth in plants takes place by
(A) Lateral meristem (B) Apical meristem
(C) Intercalary meristem (D) None
95. In desert plants water loss is reduced due to presence of
(A) Stomata (B) Cuticl (C) Lignin (D) Suberin
96. Cartilage is absent in
(A) Nose (B) Ear (C) Kidney (D) Larynx
97. Which tissue has chloroplast in it?
(A) Collenchyma (B) Aerenchyma
(C) Chlorenchyma (D) Sclerenchyma
98. Which type of epithelium is responsible for absorbing digested matter?
(A) Squamous (B) Cuboidal (C) Columnar (D) Stratified
99. Movement or passage of food in intestine is controlled by
(A) Cardiac muscle (B) Smooth muscle
(C) Striated muscle (D) Nervous
100. Acetylcholine is a:
(A) Neurostimulator (B) Neuroinhibiton
(C) Both (D) None
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ROUGH WORK

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