VIVEKANANDA KENDRA VIDYALAYA,NALBARI

A Senior Secondary Co-Educational School

(Affiliated to CBSE, New Delhi)
Affiliation No. 230079

Entrance Test For admission to Class XI (Science)-2023-24

[Syllabus: General Science, Mathematics, Reasoning& General Awareness]

Time:3 hrs. Test Booklet

Max.Marks:100 CODE:A

Name in full:
Registration No.:

Signature of Invigilator:………………………………………………Date:………..

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Marks Obtained:
Maths(30) Phy(15) Chem(15) Bio(15) Eng(10) Reasoning(10) General Total(100)
Awareness(5)

Signature of Head Examiner: Date:………

General instruction to the Candidates:
1. The booklet consists of total 7sections of questions from different areas/subjects.
2.The question paper consists of very short questions, short questions and long questions type
questions.
3.All the questions are compulsory.
4.Students will write the answer in the question paper itself in the space provided.
5.Rough work extra pages will be provided in the question paper.
6. There is no negative marking for wrong answer.

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A MATHEMATICS 30
1 One card is drawfrom a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Calculate the probability 1
that the card will be a king.
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2. Find the discriminant of the quadratic equation 2 x2 – 4x + 3 = 0. 1

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3 Find the distance between the points (2 , 3 ) and (4 , 1). 1

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4. Find the first term and common difference of the A.P: 3, 8, 13, 18, ….. 1
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5 Find the value of sin 2 77° + cos277° . 1

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6 Given that HCF ( 306 , 657 ) = 9 , find LCM ( 306 , 657 ) . 1

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7 Find the value of k so that the quadratic equation kx (x – 2) + 6 = 0 has two equal 2
roots
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8 Determine the AP whose 3rd term is 5 and the 7th term is 9. 2

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9 Check whether 301 is a term of the list of numbers 5, 11, 17, 23, ….. 2
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 10. Find the roots of the quadratic equation 6x2 – x – 2 = 0. 2
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11 Find two consecutive odd positive integers, sum of whose squares is 290. 2
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12 Two concentric circles are of radii 5 cm and 3 cm. Find the length of the chord of the 2
larger circle which touches the smaller circle.
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13 Two cubes each of volume 64 cm3are joined end to end. Find the total surface area of 3
the resulting cuboids.
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14. The altitude of a right triangle is 7 cm less than its base. If the hypotenuse is 13 cm, 3
find the other two sides.
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15 The angle of elevation of the top of a building from the foot of tower is 300 and the 3
angle of elevation of the top of the tower from the foot of the building is 600. If the
tower is 50 m high, find the height of the building.
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 16 Prove that: ( sin A + cosec A )2 + ( cos A + sec A ) 2 = 7 + tan2A + cot2A. 3
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B PHYSICS 15
1 The resistance of the conductor is R. If its length is doubled, then what is the value of 1
new resistance?
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2 Name a device that helps to maintain a potential difference between across a 1

conductor.
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3 Why are copper wires used as connecting wires? 1

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4 At what place of the magnet are the magnetic field lines denser ? 1
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 5 How is the direction of magnetic field at a point determined ? 1
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6 State two properties of magnetic lines of force? 2

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7 Define the unit of current. Calculate the number of electrons constituting one 2
coulomb of charge.
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8 n resistors each of resistance R are first connected in series and then in parallel. What 3
is the ratio of the total effective resistance of the circuit in series combination and
parallel combination ?
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9 Why and when does a current carrying conductor kept in a magnetic field experience 3
force? List the factors on which direction of this force depends?
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C CHEMISTRY 15
1 Write the chemical formula of methane. 1
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2 State the law of Modern Periodic table. 1

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 3 Draw the electron dot structure of hydrogen. 1
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4 Write the next higher order homologous of C3H6. 1

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5 Howthe atomic size variesalong a period? 1

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6 Besides gallium, which other elements have since been discovered that were left by 2
Mendeleev in his Periodic Table? (any two)
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7 An atom has electronic configuration 2, 8. 2

(a) What is the atomic number of this element?

(b)To which of the following elements would it be chemically similar?

(Atomic numbers are given in parentheses)

N(7), F(9), P(15), Ar(18)

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8 Calcium is an element with Z =20 3

(a) Is it a metal or a non metal?

(b) Will its size be bigger or smaller than that of potassium?

(c) Write the formula of its chloride.

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 9 How would tendency to gain electrons change as you go down in a group? 3
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D BIOLOGY 15
1 Name a plant that has lost the capacity to produce seed. How can it reproduce? 1
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2 Mention the modes of reproduction used by 1

(a) Amoeba

(b) Planaria
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3 Name 2 organisms in which sex determination is regulated by environmental factors. 1

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4 What are two main components of our environment? 1

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5 In F1 generation what does F1 stand for ? 1

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6 Name the kind of organisms that reproduce by spore formation. How will an 2
organism be benefitted if it reproduces through spores?
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 7 Depletion of ozone in the ozone layer is a cause for our worry. Why? 2
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8 Why is vegetative propagation practiced for growing some types of plants? 3

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9 Why did Mendel choose pea plant for his experimentation? 3

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E ENGLISH 10
1 1x3=3
Fill in the blanks.
Every employee needs to consider himself/herself as part of a team for a business to
function smoothly. If one (a) ________ to become a team player, one needs to give
the highest priority (b) ________ one's team the highest priority. Learn to give credit
instead of taking (c) ________. Team Spirit is highly important.

2 The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write 1x4=4
the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet against the correct
question number.
CorrectionError
Madhubani Painting is one in the many traditional Indian (a) ____ ____
art forms. It is but known as Mithila or Godhna Paintings. (b) ____ ____
This art developed by Mithila or Madhubani district of (c) ____ ____
Bihar or then spread to villages around Madhubani. (d) ____ ____

3 Rearrange the words/ phrases given below to form meaningful sentences. 1x3=3

i. doctor / for / got / to / his / months / services / Gandhiji/ a / volunteer / six

ii. no / difference / makes / it / you / if / someone else / asked / to do it
iii. work and play / things / different / parents see / as two

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F REASONING 10
1 ‘Lead’ is related to ‘Pencil’ in the same way as ‘Ink’ is related to 2
a. Bottle b. Pen c. Stamp d. Colour

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2 What should come next in the following letter series based on English alphabet? 2
CEA IKG OQM ?
a. STW b. WUS c. SWU d. UWS

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3 In a certain code GIVEN is written as MDVJH. How is SHARK written in that code? 2
a. JSAIT b. JQAIT c. TIAQJ d. JQBTI

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4 Town D is towards East of town F. Town B is towards North of town D. Town H is 2
towards South of town B. Towards which direction is town H from town F?
a. East b. South-East c. North-East d. Data inadequate

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5 In a family there are 6 members P, Q, R, X, Y and Z. R is the sister of Z. X is the
father of P and grandfather of Z. Q is the brother of Y’s husband. There are three
brothers, one mother and two fathers.
Who is the mother of R?
a. Q b. Z c. Y d. X

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G GENERAL AWARNESS 5
1 The total number of products to get GI tag from Assam till now (August 2022)? 1
[A] 7
[B] 8
[C] 9
[D] 11
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2 Atal Tunnel, which was seen in the news recently, is located in which state/UT? 1
[A] Himachal Pradesh
[B] Arunachal Pradesh
[C] Sikkim
[D] Uttarakhand
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3 Mission Parvarish’ is associated with which state? 1

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 [A] Uttar Pradesh
[B] Assam
[C] Bihar
[D] Odisha
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4 Gyanodaya Godda’, is a school education initiative of which state? 1

[A] Assam
[B] West Bengal
[C] Jharkhand
[D] Bihar
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5 Name the first Indian National Park declared as World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1
1985.
[A] Corbett National Park
[B] Kaziranga National Park
[C] Manas National Park
[D] Kaibul Lamjaou National Park
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