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Sample Paper-2 for 4 Year Admission Test

Time : 3 Hrs. M.M. : 200

Read the following Instructions very carefully before you proceed.

1. The paper contains 40 Objective Type Questions divided into two sections: Section - I and Section - II.

2. Section I contains 10 Multiple Choice Questions based on Mental Aptitude. Each question has 4 choices
(A), (B), (C) and (D), out of which ONLY ONE CHOICE is correct.
Marking scheme [5 Marks for All Correct answers & 1 NEGATIVE MARKING for wrong answer]
3. Section II contains 30 Multiple Choice Questions. Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D), out of
which ONLY ONE CHOICE is correct.
Marking scheme [5 Marks for All Correct answers & 1 NEGATIVE MARKING for wrong answer]

SECTION - I
1. In a class of 60, where boys are twice that of girls, Ramya ranked 17th from the top. If there are 9 boys
ahead of Ramya, how many girls are after her in the rank ?
(A) 26 (B) 12 (C) 10 (D) 33

2. Fill in the missing letter in the following series :

S, V, Y, B, ?
(A) C (B) D (C) E (D) G

3. Paint : Artist : : Wood : ?

(A) Furniture (B) Forest (C) Fire (D) Carpenter

4. In an examination, Rama got more marks than Mohan but not as many as Meena. Meena got more
marks than Ganesh and Rupali. Ganesh got less marks than Mohan but his marks are not the lowest in
the group. Who is second in the descending order of marks?
(A) Meena (B) Rupali (C) Rama (D) None of these

5. If COUNTRY is coded in certain way as EMWLVPA, then ELECTORATE will be coded in the same
manner as :
(A) CJCEFQPYWC (B) CJGERQTYVG
(C) CNCERQPCRG (D) GJGAVMTYVC

6. Select the one which is different from the other three.

(A) Carrot (B) Radish (C) Potato (D) Brinjal

7. Select the one which is different from the other three :

(A) Sun (B) Universe (C) Moon (D) Earth
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8. One figure from the answer figures is to be selected such that it can be placed after the series of question
figures.

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

9. In the following question, four figures are given. The figure that does not fit with the rest of the
figures is :

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

10. In the following question, visualize the image of the correct item.

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

SECTION - II
11. The square of an integer is called a perfect square number. If x is a perfect square number, then its next
one is:
(A) x +1 (B) x2 + 1 (C) x2 + 2x + 1 (D) x 2 x 1

12. Unit digit in (264)102 + (264)103 is:

(A) 0 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8

13. In the given figure, O is the centre of circle.

If ABC 60 , then the value of x is :
(A) 45 (B) 50
(C) 30 (D) None of these

14. A man got 10% increase in his salary. If his new salary is Rs. 154000, find his original salary.
(A) Rs. 160000 (B) Rs. 150000 (C) Rs. 140000 (D) Rs. 130000

15. If the total angle sum of a polygon is 1080, then how many sides does the polygon has ?
(A) 8 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 16

1 1 1 1
16. The value of 1 1 1 . . . . . 1 is :
2 3 4 120
(A) 30 (B) 40.5 (C) 60.5 (D) 121
3 2
17. If P = 999, then the value of P( P 3P 3) 1 is :
(A) 1000 (B) 999 (C) 998 (D) 1002

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18. Simplify : 1
2
1
3
2
4
1
5
11 5 6 21
(A) 1 (B) 1 (C) 1 (D) 1
17 7 17 17

19. If 50% of (x y) = 30% of (x + y), then what percent of x is y ?

1
(A) 25% (B) 33 % (C) 40% (D) 400%
3
4
20. Evaluate : 20 12 3 729 81
5 3
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 0 (D) 2 2
21. The simple interest on a sum of money at 4% per annum for 2 years is Rs. 80. The compound interest in
the same sum for the same period is :
(A) Rs. 82.60 (B) Rs. 82.20 (C) Rs. 81.80 (D) Rs. 81.60

22. If 80% of A = 50% of B and B = x% of A, then the value of x is :

(A) 400 (B) 300 (C) 160 (D) 150

23. Find the diagonal of a cuboid 25 cm long, 20 cm wide and 4 cm high.

(A) 32 cm (B) 32.26 cm (C) 40 cm (D) 49 cm

24. If the sum of three consecutive odd natural numbers is 147, then the middle number is :
(A) 47 (B) 48 (C) 49 (D) 51
25. Find the value of A and B from the following :

(A) 7 and 4 (B) 7 and 2 (C)

2 and 6 (D) 4 and 7
2
26. An 85m long rod is divided into two parts. If one part is of other part, then the longer part (in
3
metres) is:
2
(A) 34 (B) 56 (C) 85 (D) 51
3
27. If (125)x = 3125, then the value of x is :
1 3 5 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 5 3 7
2
28. of three - fourth of a number is :
3
1 1
(A) of the Number (B) of the Number
2 3
8 17
(C) of the Number (D) of the Number
9 12

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29. ABCD is parallelogram in which diagonal AC and BD intersect at point O. If BAO 20,
COD 133 , then the value of ODC is :
(A) 25 (B) 22 (C) 35 (D) 27

1 1
30. If x 2 , then the value of x3 3 is :
x x
(A) 2 (B) 11 (C) 15 (D) 14

31. How many buckets of capacity 15 litres can be filled from a tank 4m long, 2m broad, 1.2 m high full of
water?
(A) 636 (B) 638 (C) 640 (D) 652

32. What is the area of a rhombus whose diagonals are of length 10 cm and 8.2 cm?
(A) 24 cm2 (B) 41 cm2 (C) 42 cm2 (D) 82 cm2

33. The smallest number by which 2646 must be multiplied to obtain a perfect square is :
(A) 6 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 5

34. A man bought 13 articles at Rs. 70 each, 15 at Rs. 60 each and 12 at Rs. 65 each. The average price of
each article is:
(A) Rs. 60.25 (B) Rs. 64.75 (C) Rs. 65.75 (D) Rs. 62.25

35. The volume of cube is 343 cm3. Find its total surface area.
(A) 196 cm2 (B) 294 cm2 (C) 343 cm2 (D)
98 cm2
36. Find the area of wall paper needed to cover the wall of a room 5m long, 2m wide and 3m high.
(A) 36 m2 (B) 42 m2 (C) 30 m2 (D) 48 m2

37. In ABC , A C and B A C . Then the measures of the angles of the triangles are :
(A) 45, 90, 45 (B) 30, 120, 30 (C) 40, 100, 40 (D) 35, 70, 35
(6.25)1/ 2 (0.0144)1/ 2 1
38. Simplify :
(0.027)1/ 3 (81)1/ 4
(A) 0.14 (B) 1.4 (C) 1 (D) 1.4

39. 70% of students in a school are boys and the number of girls in the school is 504. Find the number of
boys.
(A) 1136 (B) 1250 (C) 1176 (D) 1000

40. A tap fills a tank in 2 hours and another tap can fill it in 6 hours. If both the taps are opened together,
how long will it take to fill the tank?
(A) 90 minutes (B) 100 minutes (C) 120 minutes (D) 150 minutes.

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Answers to Sample Paper-2 for 4 Year Admission Test

Class VIII

SECTION - I

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

B C D C D D B C C A

SECTION - II

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

D A C C A C A A A C

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

D C B C A D C A D D

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

C B A B B B A D C A

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