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SAMPLE PAPER 9
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) : Number Systems, Polynomials, Coordinate Geometry, Linear Equations
in Two Variables, Introduction to Euclid’s Geometry, Lines and Angles, Triangles, Quadrilaterals,
Areas of Parallelograms and Triangles, Circles, Constructions, Heron’s Formula, Surface Areas and
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Volumes, Statistics, Probability.
Section – II (Logical and Analytical Reasoning) : Problems Based on Figures, Find Odd
Numeral Out, Series Completion, Coding-Decoding, Mathematical Reasoning, Analytical Reasoning,
Mirror Images, Embedded Figures, Direction Sense Test, Cubes and Dice.
Section – III (Computers and IT) : Algorithms and Flowcharts in Programming, Visual Basic,
Animations, HTML, Internet and Viruses, MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-Power Point, Hardware, Software,
Input & Output Devices, Memory & Storage Devices, Flash, Networking.

The actual test paper has 50 questions. Time allowed : 60 minutes. There are 2 sections:
15 questions in section I and 35 in section II.
SYLLABUS
SOF Section – I (Mental Ability) : Number Systems, Polynomials, Coordinate Geometry, Linear Equations
in Two Variables, Introduction to Euclid’s Geometry, Lines and Angles, Triangles, Quadrilaterals,
Areas of Parallelograms and Triangles, Circles, Constructions, Heron’s Formula, Surface Areas and
Volumes, Statistics, Probability, Logical (Verbal and Non-verbal) and Analytical Reasoning.
Section – II (Science) : Motion, Force and Laws of Motion, Gravitation, Work and Energy, Sound,
Matter in Our Surroundings, Is Matter Around Us Pure, Atoms and Molecules, Structure of Atom,
Cell - The Fundamental Unit of Life, Tissues, Diversity in Living Organisms, Why Do We Fall Ill,
Natural Resources, Improvement in Food Resources.

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, Arithmetical
Reasoning, Problems on Cubes and Dice, Number Ranking & Time Sequence Test, Inserting Missing
SOF Character and General Reasoning Based on Prescribed Syllabus.
Section – II (Mathematical Reasoning) : Number Systems, Polynomials, Coordinate Geometry,
Linear Equations in Two Variables, Introduction to Euclid’s Geometry, Lines and Angles, Triangles,
Quadrilaterals, Areas of Parallelograms and Triangles, Circles, Constructions, Heron’s Formula, Surface
Areas and Volumes, Statistics, Probability.
Section – III (Everyday Mathematics) : The Syllabus of this section will be based on the
syllabus of Mathematical Reasoning.

The actual test paper has 50 questions. Time allowed : 60 minutes. There are 3 sections.
SYLLABUS
Section-I: Word and Structure Knowledge : Concord, Question forms, Tenses, Conditionals,
Modals, Reported speech. Collocations, Phrasal verbs, Idioms, Homonyms and homophones, Words
related to social cause, Travel, Workplace, etc.
Section-II: Reading : Search for and retrieve information from various text types like flyers,
Classifieds, Dictionaries, etc., Understand information presented in instruction manual format,
Message format and others. Acquire broad understanding of and look for specific information
in longer texts like editorials, Essays, etc.
Section-III: Spoken and Written Expression : Ability to understand situation-based variations
in functions like Giving advice, Stating preferences, Discussing probability, Making an offer, etc.
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MENTAL ABILITY
1. Two clocks are set at the same time, one is seen to gain 40 seconds and other to lose 50 seconds
in 24 hours. In how much time will they show a difference of 15 minutes?
(A) 90 days (B) 10 days (C) 90 hours (D) 10 hours.

2. Students of the psychology class in a college were getting ready to challenge and out­wit their new
lecturer on her first day of teaching but became dumb­founded when she asked them to find the
product of (x – a) (x – b) (x – c) (x – d).......(x – y)(x – z). What do you think is the answer?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) xn – (a) (b) (c) .......(z).
Q
3. In the given figure if PQR is an isosceles triangle and PSR is an equilateral triangle
and X = 26° then the value of Y ( in degrees) will be X
S
(A) 17° (B) 27° Y

(C) 37° (D) 47° P R

4. Each side of a rhombus is 5 cm and one of the diagonals is 8 cm. Calculate the length of another
diagonal and the area of the rhombus.
(A) 8 cm, 32 cm 2 (B) 6 cm, 24 cm 2 (C) 4 cm, 16 cm 2 (D) 7 cm, 28 cm 2 .
LOGICAL & ANALYTICAL REASONING
5. Step 1 : Add 4
Step 2 : Subtract 1
Step 3 : If less than 15, jump to step 1 and continue from there; otherwise proceed to step 4
Step 4 : Add 3
Step 5 : If greater than 18, subtract 2
If you start with a value of 1 and then apply the above instructions, what is the end result?
(A) 11 (B) 17 (C) 18 (D) 19.
6. On planet X, the local terminology for earth, water, light, air and sky are light, air, earth, sky and water
respectively. If someone is thirsty there, what would he drink?
(A) Sky (B) Water (C) Air (D) Light.
7. Consider the given Venn diagram.
The numbers in the Venn diagram indicate the number of persons reading the 3 12 14
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newspapers. The diagram is drawn after surveying 50 persons. 8 5
In a population of 10,000 how many can be expected to read at least two newspapers? 6
(A) 5000 (B) 6250 (C) 6000 (D) 5400.
8. Hari, Pinto, Oliver, Chris, and Tony drew different geometric figures: a circle,a pentagon, a trapezoid,
a hexagon, and an octagon. No persons's name begins with the same first letter as that person's
drawing. Chris, Pinto, and Tony drew figures with more than 4 sides. Chris drawing has the most
sides. Oliver's drawing has exactly one pair of parallel lines. What did Chris draw?
(A) Circle (B) Octagon (C) Hexagon (D) Pentagon

COMPUTERS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

9. In Visual Basic, Hour() function returns ____.

(A) An Integer specifying a whole number
(B) A whole number between 0 and 23
(C) The hour of the day (D) All of these
10. Which of the statements about HTML is incorrect ?
(A) Attribute names are not case sensitive (B) LINK defines the color of the unvisited link
(C) The line break element is a container element
(D) The default colouring of VLINK attribute is purple

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11. What does a disc fragmentor do?
(A) It is a utility program that facilitates compression of files so that they occupy less storage space
(B) It is a utility program that minimizes the time taken by the hard disk optical reader to read up ‘split’
files. It does so by rearranging the files and free space on your computer so that files are stored
in contiguous memory.
(C) It is a utility program that facilitates the backing up of the disk
(D) It is a utility program used for creating and editing text file.
12. What does OCR stand for?
(A) Optical Character Reader (B) Optical Character Recognition
(C) Operational Character Reader (D) Only Character Reader.
13. Match the following
1. Scanner A. Input Device
2. OCR B. Output Device
3. Light pen
4. Plotter
5. Printer
(A) 1A, 2B, 3A, 4B, 5A (B) 1A, 2A, 3A, 4B, 5B
(C) 1A, 2A, 3B, 4B, 5B (D) 1A, 2B, 3A, 4B, 5B .
14. The smallest unit of memory is
(A) 16 bytes (B) 8 bits (C) 1 kilobyte (D) 1 GB.

15. Which of the following symbols will be used to end the flowchart?

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

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MENTAL ABILITY
1. A person is standing on a staircase. He walks down 4 steps, up 3 steps, down 6 steps, up 2 steps,
up 9 steps, and down 2 steps. Where is he standing in relation to the step on which he started?
(A) 2 steps above (B) 1 step above (C) The same place (D) 1 step below.

2. The heights (in cm) of 9 students of a class are as follows:

155, 160, 145, 149, 150, 147, 152, 144, 148
Find the median of this data.
(A) 145 cm (B) 150 cm (C) 160 cm (D) 149 cm
3. A certain liquid fertilizer contains 10 percent mineral X by volume. If a farmer wishes to treat a crop with
3/4 of a litre of mineral X per acre, how many acres can be treated with 300 litres of the liquid fertilizer?
(A) 40 (B) 24 (C) 18 (D) 16.

4. Chandra spent 2/5 of her income of January for rent, and 3/4 of the remainder on other expenses.
If she put the remaining ` 180 in her savings account, how much was her income in January?
(A) ` 1,000 (B) ` 1,200 (C) ` 1,400 (D) ` 1,600.

5. The hollow sphere in which the circus motorcyclist performs his stunts has a diameter of 7 m. Find the
area available to the motorcyclist for riding.
(A) 154 m 2 (B) 160 m 2 (C) 272 m 2 (D) 616 m 2 .

SCIENCE
6. Elements having the same number of valence electrons in their atoms have
(A) Similar atomic sizes (B) Similar combining capacities
(C) Similar metallic character (D) Similar chemical properties.

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7. Suppose you are pushing a loaded shopping cart. Which of the following is true ?
(A) If action force always equals reaction force, you cannot move the cart because the cart pushes
you backward just as hard as you push forward on the cart
(B) You push the cart slightly harder than the cart pushes you backward, so the cart moves forward
(C) You push before the cart has time to react, so the cart moves forward
(D) You are in contact with the earth through your high­friction shoes, while the cart is free to roll on
its round wheels, so the cart moves.

8. The speed c of surface waves of wavelength l travelling in deep water is given by the equation
lg
c= where g is the acceleration due to gravity. Which one of the following options would give
2p
a straight line graph, given that f is the frequency of the waves ?
(A) f against l–1 (B) f against l (C) f against l2 (D) f 2 against l–1 .

9. For a particle executing simple harmonic motion, the equilibrium position is at x = 0 and the amplitude
at x = A. The kinetic energy of the particle will be equal to the potential energy
(A) At x = 0 (B) At x = A (C) At x = A/2
(D) When x is greater than A/2 but less than A.

10. What happens to the inertia of an object when its velocity is doubled ?
(A) The object’s inertia becomes 2 times greater
(B) The object’s inertia becomes 2 times greater
(C) The object’s inertia becomes 4 times greater
(D) The object’s inertia is unchanged.

11. Filtration as a method of separation can be used for mixtures that are
(A) homogeneous and liquid­in­gas mixtures
(B) heterogeneous and liquid­in­liquid mixtures
(C) homogeneous and solid­in­liquid mixtures
(D) heterogeneous and solid­in­liquid mixtures.

12. Molten sodium chloride conducts electricity due to the presence of

(A) Free molecules of NaCl (B) Free electrons
–
(C) Free Na+ and Cl ions (D) Free atoms of sodium and chlorine.

13. The given figure shows the anatomical structure of certain plant tissues.
If you are to label the parts marked 1, 2, 3 & 4 you would choose

(A) 1 ­ Tracheid, 2 ­ Tyloses, 3 ­ Parenchyma 1

(B) 1 ­ Parenchyma, 2 ­ Tracheid, 3 ­ Tyloses, 2

(C) 1 ­ Pit, 2 ­ Tracheid, 3 ­ Tyloses,
3
(D) None of these

14. Species X are chlorophyllous plants which are autotrophic in their mode of nutrition & may be
green, yellow, orange & red colour etc. Species X belongs to Y which are non­vascular plants and
whose plant body is not differentiated into true roots, stems & leaves and have unicellular and
nonjacketed sex organs. In the above passage species Y is
(A) Bryophyta (B) Thallophyta (C) Pteridophyta (D) Gymnosperms.
15. Refer the figure and identify from the marked alphabets (a, b, c,
d) which is responsible for the following functions. Endoplasmic
reticulum
(I) Means of localization of the chromosomes within the cell
a
(II) Selective barrier, allowing certain substances in or out of the Perinuclear space
nucleus b
c
(III) Means of sequestering many of the mRNA processing Heterochromatin
activities from the cytosol and separating nuclear and Chromatin net
d
cytoplasmic constituents Chromocentre

(A) a (B) b (C) c (D) a and d.

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LOGICAL REASONING
1. Apples, cherries and grapes are arranged on a platter in the following fashion:
?
opposite sectors contain fruit which is of equal value. To equal the value of
two bunches of grapes, how much fruit must be placed in the empty sector?

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

2. If L denotes ¸ , M denotes ×, P denotes + and Q denotes –, then which of the following statements is true?
3 173
(A) 32 P 8 L 16 Q 4 = – (B) 6 M 18 Q 26 L 13 P 7 = 13
2
38
(C) 11 M 34 L 17 Q 8 L 3 = (D) 9 P 9 L 9 Q 9 M 9 = – 71
3
2 1 4 3 6
2 3 4 7
3. Find the missing number :
584 694 ?

2 5 2 3
2
2 1
1
2

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

4. Complete the pattern. 6, 11, 21, 36, 56, (.....)

(A) 42 (B) 51 (C) 81 (D) 91

MATHEMATICAL REASONING
5. In the accompanying diagram, parallel lines l and m t
are cut by transversal t. 1 l
Which statement about angles 1 and 2 must be true? 2 m
(A) Ð1 @ Ð 2 (B) Ð1 is the complement of Ð 2
(C) Ð1 is the supplement of Ð 2 (D) Ð1 and Ð2 are right angles
N 21 O
6. What values of a and b make quadrilateral MNOP a parallelogram?
(A) a = 1, b = 5 (B) a = 5, b = 1 3 a – 2b 13
11 34 34 11
(C) a = ,b= (D) a = ,b=
7 7 7 7 M 4a + b P

C
7. For the quadrilateral shown below, what is m Ð a + m Ð c? c
B 95°
(A) 53° (B) 137°
32° D
(C) 180° (D) 233° a
A

8. If a cylindrical barrel measures 22 cm in diameter, how many cm will it roll in 8 revolutions along a
smooth surface?
(A) 121p cm (B) 168p cm (C) 176p cm (D) 228p cm
9. A right circular cone has radius 5 cm and height 8 cm.
What is the lateral surface area of the cone?
(A) 40p sq cm (B) 445p sq cm 8 cm

5 cm
(C) 5p 39 sq cm (D) 5p 89 sq cm

10. Figure ABCD is a kite. B

17 cm
10 cm
What is the area of figure ABCD, in square centimetres? 8 cm
A C
6 cm 15 cm
(A) 120 (B) 154 8 cm
10 cm
17 cm
(C) 168 (D) 336 D

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 5 cm
11. The four sides of this figure will be folded up and taped to make an open box.
What will be the volume of the box?
(A) 50 cm 3 (B) 75 cm 3
3
(C) 100 cm (D) 125 cm 3

12. What is value of x? B x

(A) 35° (B) 60°

(C) 85° (D) 95° 60° 25°
A C

EVERYDAY MATHEMATICS
13. One snail started from the dot. What side will it be on when it has crawled Side A
Side E
13/20 of the distance around the regular pentagon of equal sides?
(A) A (B) C
Side D
(C) D (D) E Side B

Side C

14. A rectangular kitchen table is three times as long as it is wide. If it was 3 m shorter and
3 m wider it would be a square. What are the dimensions of the rectangular table?
(A) 9 × 3 (B) 4 × 2
(C) 12 × 6 (D) 16 × 4
70 cm
15. Two carpenters decided to design desks for students at the Junior High
School. The dimensions of the desk are as shown. How much wood (in
30 cm
cm 2) would they need for 30 desks?
(A) 2700 cm 2 (B) 80000 cm 2
2 20 cm 20 cm
(C) 21000 cm (D) 81000 cm 2

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WORD AND STRUCTURE KNOWLEDGE

Direction (Q. No. 1 and 2) : Choose one suitable word/phrase for each blank. Make sure that you
choose the correct form of the word/phrase.
1. I am happy you are helping me with the assignment. This kind of work is not really my __________,
(A) Cup and sauce (B) Cup of tea (C) Cup of coffee (D) Tea cup

2. The discussion was by no means _______________. It went on for more than four hours!
(A) Cut and dried (B) Chopped and dried
(C) Cut and shredded (D) Dried and cut

3. Choose the correct spelling of the word.

(A) Believe (B) Beleive (C) Believ (D) Beleev

4. Choose the correct phrase.

(A) Down and up (B) Down and out (C) Down and town (D) Out and down

Direction (Q. No. 5 and 6) : Fill in the blanks using the correct word/phrase.
5. A class full of very good students means ________ failures for the teachers to worry about.
(A) Lesser (B) Less (C) Fewer (D) Less than

6. He seems to know a lot about you! How long have you ____________him?
(A) Known (B) Knew (C) Been knowing (D) Know

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7. Spot the error in the sentence.
Becoming a monitor / often means / to lose friends. No error
(A) (B) (C) (D)
8. Complete the conversation with the correct word.
Ravi: I think it’s really exciting to go to new places.
Teacher: What ____________ keep in mind if you are going to a new place.
(A) Do you have to (B) Can you (C) Have you to (D) Must you have to
9. Change the given direct sentence to indirect.
“Drive carefully!” Ram said to me.
(A) Ram said to me drive carefully. (B) Ram ordered me drive carefully.
(C) Ram told me to drive carefully. (D) None of the above.
READING
Direction (Q. No. 10 and 11) : Read the passage and answer the following questions.
The fly was finally hers. It had taken Mini hours to trap it, but now, exhausted, it buzzed and crashed
hopelessly around inside a pickle jar. Kneeling on a chair, she took a chapatti and spread it with a thick
layer of butter, wiping the knife clean against the edge of the dish, the way her mother used to and
savored her victory. She was again in control.
10. The event of trapping the fly is compared with _____________________________.
(A) The taste of chapati and butter (B) A war followed by celebrations
(C) A celebration by the victor (D) The defeat of the oppressed
11. Which of the following expressions would you use to describe Mini’s emotions after trapping the fly?
(A) On cloud ten (B) Under a cloud
(C) On cloud nine (D) Every dark cloud has a silver lining
SPOKEN AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION
Direction (Q. No. 12 and 13) : Find one sentence to complete the dialogue.
12. Teacher to student : I thought you had been doing your homework regularly? Why are you still so irregular
with your work?
(A) I will let your parents know that you have failed this year.
(B) I’m afraid, at this rate, I’ll have to give you a ‘D’ grade.
(C) I’m expecting you to earn a ‘D’ grade. (D) I think you will do well this year.
13. Manasa : Vinu, it’s the Maths class now! l forgot my book.
(A) Could you share your book with me today.
(B) Look here! Give me that book of yours!
(C) Can I buy a Maths book?
(D) Could I borrow your Maths notebook, please!
Direction (Q. No. 14 and 15) : You need to select the two sentences that will complete the paragraph.
Look at the choices given below and select the best option.
14. Sentence 1 : The blackbucks are mainly grazers and prefer to eat green fodder.
Sentence 2 : ________________________________________
Sentence 3 : ________________________________________
Sentence 4 : Unfortunately most of their habitats are being converted to agricultural fields and this is
forcing them to feed on crops.
P. This has restricted their distribution to areas that are close to cultivation.
Q. They also need to drink water twice a day so they do not live far from the source of water.
R. This gives rise to man­animal conflict and hundreds of them are being killed.
(A) PQ (B) QP (C) PR (D) RP
15. Sentence 1 : The Pageant’s Handbook of First Aid is a must for every home.
Sentence 2 : ________________________________________
Sentence 3 : ________________________________________
Sentence 4 : Then seal and send this post­paid cover back to us.
P. All you have to do is write the names of 14 friends who enjoy reading.
Q. And you can get it free, with no contest or prize to be won.
R. And we will rush you the booklet free of cost.
(A) PQ (B) QP (C) PR (D) QR

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 SAMPLE ANSWER SHEET
1. NAME : If your name is SACHIT A IYER, then you should write as follows :
S A C H I T A I Y E R

2. FATHER'S NAME : If your father's name is SATISH KUMAR SHARMA, then you should write as follows :
S A T I S H K U M A R S H A R M A

SCHOOL CODE 3. SCHOOL CODE

M H 0 5 4 7 Write your school code 4. CLASS 5. ROLL NO.
A A 0 0 0 i.e. if your school code If you are in Class If your roll no. is 587,
B B 1 1 1 1 is MH0547 darken as 10, then you should then you should write
C C 2 2 2 2 follows : darken as follows : and darken the circles
D D 3 3 3 3 as follows :
E E 4 4 4
CLASS ROLL NO.
F F 5 5 5
1 0 5 8 7
G G 6 6 6 6
H 7 7 7
Darken 0 0 0 0
the circle Darken 1 1 1 1
I I 8 8 8 8 the circle
2 2 2 2 2
J J 9 9 9 9
3 3 3 3 3
K K
4 4 4 4 4
L L
5 5 5 5
M
6 6 6 6 6
N N
7 7 7 7
O O 6. GENDER 8 8 8 8
P P If you are a boy,
9 9 9 9 9
Q Q then darken
R R Male circle
S S
T T GENDER
U U CORRECT WRONG
way to darken way to darken
V V MALE FEMALE
the circle the circle P ×
W W
X X
Y Y
Z Z
7. If your choice for Answer 1 is C, then you should darken the circle as follows : 1.

MARK YOUR ANSWERS WITH HB PENCIL/BALL POINT PEN (BLUE/BLACK)

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

ANSWERS

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1. (B) 2. (A) 3. (A) 1. (A) 2. (D) 3. (A) Olympiad Olympiad
4. (B) 5. (B) 6. (C) 4. (B) 5. (A) 6. (D) 1. (C) 2. (D) 3. (D) 1. (B) 2. (A) 3. (A)
7. (D) 8. (B) 9. (D) 7. (D) 8. (D) 9. (D) 4. (C) 5. (C) 6. (B) 4. (B) 5. (C) 6. (A)
10. (C) 11. (B) 12. (B) 10. (D) 11. (D) 12. (C) 7. (D) 8. (C) 9. (D) 7. (C) 8. (B) 9. (C)
13. (B) 14. (B) 15. (C) 13. (A) 14. (B) 15. (A) 10. (C) 11. (A) 12. (C) 10. (C) 11. (C) 12. (B)
13. (C) 14. (A) 15. (D) 13. (A) 14. (A) 15. (B)

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