GOVERNM ENT OF WEST BENGAL

DIRECTORA TE OF SCHOOL EDUCATION

NATIONAL TALENT SEARCH EXAMINATION, 2012 & NATIONAL
MEANS-CUM-MERIT SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINAT ION, 2011
(STATE L EVEL)

(FOR STUDENTS STUDYING IN CLASS VIII)

Mental Ability Test
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Full Marks : 90
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Time: 90 minutes ( 11-00AM to 12-30 PM) ｾＺ＠ ｾ｡＠ fiif.ffj Ｈｾ＠ :> :>-oour ｣ｾ＠ ｾ＠ :> ｾＭｯ＠ firRtl)

lnstm ctions to Candidates ｾ｡＠ ｈ｣ｬｩＧＢ＼ｾＹＱ＠

Read the instructions carefull y before you start 2IV!rn m Cl?'G"lffil Ｂ｛ｃＧｦｾ＠ ｾｍ＠ 'R ｾ＠ ｾ＠ 1

answering the questions. Answers are to be g iven on a ｾｍｎｦｬｭＢ＾ｊＡ＠

separate Answer-Sheet prov ided.
1. In this Paper you are to answer 90 questions. '> I ｬＡｾ Ｂ＾ｦｊＡｯｬｽＺ［Ｌｕｾｭｍ ｬｾ＠
Each question carries one mark. You are to answer all ｾＧ＾＼Ｉｭ ｾ＠
the questions.

2. Find out the correct answer to an item given ｾ＠ 1 ｾ＠ Cl?'Gm ＮＡｾ＠ ｾ＠ G).®· 0 ＮＡＢ＼ｾ｀＠
in the test booklet out of a lternatives G). (B. 0 ｾ＠ ｾｭ＠ ｾ＠ ｣ｾ＠ • ｾ＠ ｾ＠ <11'<3 ｜ﾣＱ＼ｾ＠
and @) and put a cross-mark inside the circle Q9 ｭＹｦ･ｩＡｬｾ＠ ｾ ｾｭｬｲ＠
surrounding the corresponding correct answer to the item ｜ﾣｾ［ＡＢＧ＠ 0 'il'GI
in the A nswer-Sheet.
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Example: G). @. ＨｬＡｾＧ｢ﾷｭ ｬＩ＠
(Here 'b' is the correct answer.)
3. It may be presumed that the answer given by you ｾ＠ 1 C<lSRG m Cl?'Gm ｾ＠ <rtlf ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ Ql ｾ＠
in the first attempt is incorrect and you want to revise ｾ＠ ｜ﾣＱ＼ｾ＠ • m1U ｾ［＠ '\5C<l Ｇｬ ｾｖＧｬｒ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠
your answer. Blacken the circ le completely and then put ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ＧＱＢｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ <lS1TPI1 ｾ＠ '!1'<3 ｜ﾣＱ＼Ｂｾ＠ Ql
a cross-mark afresh ins ide the c ircle you thinkright. You
are not, however, permitted to revise your answer more
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than once in each case.
4. However, there will be no penalty marks for a s1 ｾｉｓｒｊｭ＾Ｄｦｻｬ｣＠
wrong answer. ｾ＠ c<lSR ｾ＠ ｾ＠ m '111
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5. You are to start recording answers with the
word 'start' from the Officer-in-Charge of your room/hall. ｜Ｙ｀ｃｩＧＨｭｾｑｬ＠
\b 1 ｾ＠ ｾ＠ 'lllf Ｍ｡ｾＬ＠ ｭｾ＠
6. You are to write your name a nd Roll No. in the
space provided for this purpose on the Answer-Sheet ＠ｾ ＱＵｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾｉ＠ ｾ＠ CWrl ＱＵｾ＠ 'lllf ｃＧＡｾ＠ <r1C<I
and Roll No. only on the cover-page of the Question '111 ｚｪＧＡｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ＢＡｾＭ ｉ＠
Book le t. Do not write your name m any part of the
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12. (a) Printer (Quest ions 21-30 )
(b) Author DIREC TION: In each of the questio ns 21 to 30,
(c) Reader some codes have been used to write words. Try to
(d) Publish er find out the rule of coding in each case and answer
as per directio n in the Answe r-Sheet by putting
13. (a) Nose a cross-mark (x) inside the circle of the
(b) Hand corresponding letter denoting your answer.
(c) Ear
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(d) Eye ｾｉ＠ $3 ｾ＠ "1WibHICrii1 ｾ＠
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14. (a) ETUF
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(b) GTSH
(c) BYXC If the word ' CITY' is coded as 'DJUZ' ,
21.
(d) LONM what should be the code for the word 'DOG'?

15. (a) EKH

(a) Jupiter
(b) Moon (b) KHC
(c) Venus (c) HPO
(d) Saturn (d) EPH
16. (a) ACDB
22. If ' DIP' is coded as ' CHO', what should
(b) MOPN
be the code for 'FOG'?
(c) SVUT
(d) QSTR (a) EPN
(b) NEP
17. (a) CEI
(b) QSX (c) ENF
(c) JLP (d) ECP
(d) MOS
23. If the word 'MILK' is coded as ' 13- 9-
18. (a) 37, 4, 9 12-11 ', what should be the code of 'RICE' ?
(b) 54,4, 13
(a) 9- 18-12- 5
(c) 22, 4, 5
(d) 34, 4, 8 (b) 18-9-3 -5
(c) 13-3-7 -10
19. (a) Pen
(b) Paper (d) 13-4-6- 8
(c) Pencil
24. If GROWTH = 579312, then THRO W= ?
(d) Print ' 2 7 q
(a) 12793
20. (a) Sodium
(b) 2 1793
(b) Zinc
(c) Carbon (c) 21973
(d) Silver (d) 21379

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 25. If PROMOTION = QSP 89, then (Questions 31-35)
DEMOTION=? DIRECTION: In each question below, the
(a) EFN 98 English alphabet or number series are written
exactly as one of the four alternatives. Find out the
(b) EGN 89
correct alternative in each case and put '(x)' mark
(c) OEM 89 inside the circle of the corresponding letter of
(d) EFN 89 , alternative on the Answer-Sheet.
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26. If HOTEL = 55, then BORE = ?
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(a) 40 ｾ＼｛Ｐ＠
(b) 35 'x' ｾ＠ 1ifrn ｾ＠ m Hofx1 ｾｉ｝＠
(c) 55
(d) 60
31. Sqrspti
(a) Sqrspit
27. If PUNJAB = QTOIBA, then
(b) Sqsrpti
CHANDIGARH = ?
(c) Sqrspti
(a) DGEMEHTHZTG -
(d) Sqrpsti
(b) DGBMEHHZSG
(c) EGBEMHFZTI 32. 20275946
(d) BIZDCJEBQI (a) 20275964
(b) 20725946
28. If 15789 = EGKPT and 2346 = ALUR,
then 23549 = ? (c) 20257694

(a) ALGTU (d) 20275946

(b) ALGRT 33. Lopzjlim

(c) ALEUT (a) Lozpjlim
(d) ALGUT (b) Lopzjlim
(c) Lopzjilm
29. If D = 4, then COVER= 63, then
BASIS=? (d) Lpozjlim
(a) 49 34. 24461489
(b) 54 (a) 24461489
(c) 55
(b) 24641489
(d) 50
(c) 24461498
30. If plant is green, Green is rain, Rain is (d) 24464189
water, Water is air, Air is Blue, then where the
fishes prefer to swim ? 35. Tilixvty
(a) Rain (a) Tiilxvty
(b) Plant (b) Tilixvty
(c) Air (c) Tilixivy
(d) Water (d) Tilxivty

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(Questions 36-40) 39. Which of the following pair.s studies
Chemistry and Civics?
DIRECTI ON: Read the following informatio n
(a) Kamal and Neena
carefully and answer the questions 36 to 40 based
(b) Lina and Manjusha
on it by putting a cross-mark (x) inside the circle of
(c) Lina and Arpan
the letter denoting your selected answer on the
(d) Manjusha and Neena
Answer-Sheet.
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(a) Kamal and Neena
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(b) Neena and Manjusha
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(c) Arpan and Lina
Five students Kamal, Lina, Manjusha, Neena (d) Manjusha and Lina
and Arpan study in Class XII; of these
(i) Kamal and Lina study Physics and (Questions 41-50)
Chemistry, DIRECTI ON: In each of the questions 41 to 50,
(ii) Manjusha and Lina study Physics and four componen ts are given. One of these four
Mathemati cs, shows the most essential componen t. Hence find
out the correct answer and put a cross-mark (x)
(iii) Neena and Kamal study Biology and inside the circle of the correspond ing letter in your
C hemistry, Answer-Sh eet.
(iv) Arpan and Lina study Anthropolo gy ｾＺ＠ 4 1 ｣ ｾ＠ ＵＰｾ＠ mffllg'>ftlTf.{ ｾｭ＠
and Civics, ｾ ｉ＠ <.!lv:R'f ｾ＠ <.!l<l'fU lg'>ftlTf.{ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾＹｊ｟＼ｻｉｧＧ＾ｦｴｬｔＮ＠ I
(v) Arpan and Neena study Chemistry ｾ ｾ ｾ＼ＮＡｬ ｾ ＹｦｑＡｾ ｾ＠
and Mathematics. ｾﾷｸｭ ｉ ｊ＠

36. Who among the students studies 41. In a desert it is necessary-

maximum number of subjects? ( a) Camel
(a) Arpan (b) Sand
(c) Watermelo n
(b) Neena
(d) Wind
(c) Lina
42. In newspaper it is necessary-
(d) Kamal
(a) Advertisem ent
37. Who among the students studies (b) Date
minimum number of subjects? (c) News
(a) Arpan (d) Editor
(b) Neena 43. It is necessarily fou nd in game-
(c) Kamal (a) Players
(d) Manjusha (b) Spectators
(c) Defeat
38. Who among the studentc; studies only four (d) Refree
subjects?
44. Danger always involves-
(a) Manjusha (a) Help
(b) Arpan (b) Attack
(c) Neena (c) Fear
(d) Kamal (d) Enem y

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 45. In debate it is necessary- 48. It is necessary in agriculture-
(a) Speaker (a) Labourer
(b) Audience / (b) Land
(c) Typist (c) Tractor
(d) Judge (d) Se6d
( 46. Disclosure always involves- 49. In election it is necessary-
..... (a) Agents (a) Conversing
f
(b) Display (b) Poster
(c) Exposition (c) Speech
(d) Secrets (d) Candidate

47. The most essential for a train is- 50. Most essentia l component of a class-
(a) Passenger (a) Teacher
(b) Dtiver (b) Student
(c) Engine (c) Bench
(d) Guard (d) Chalk

(Questions 51-60)
DIRECTION: In each of the questions 51 to 60, [f.lvf.cr : 51 ｾ＠ 60 9f<Rg ｾ＠ ZJcGJ<t>ltC\!i Clf'Gm
three out of four figures are a like in some respect miU ｾ＠ 'll:llJ ｾ＠ C<t>R "ill C<t>R ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ '{3
and one is different f rom others. Find out the odd ＼ＮＡｬＢｴ＾ｾｭ｣ ｾ ｾ ｾ＠
figure in each question and indicate your answer
by putting a cross-mark (x) inside the circle of the
n ｾ＠ "<t>Ul ｭｾ＠ ＢＧｾ ｾ ｾ＠ ＼ｾ＠ ｾ＠ m:llJ
Ｇｸｾｦｩｭｬﾷ｜ ｝＠
corresponding Jetter on the Answer-Sheet.

51.

0 X 0 X 0 X 0 X =
11 ?"'-11

(a) (b) (c) (d)

52.

1111 Ill Ill 1111 II 1111 I 111111

(a) (b) (c) (d)

53.

X X X X
(a) (b) (c) (d)

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 (Questions 61-7 0) 67. 544,5 09,47 4,439 ,?
DIRE CTIO N: Tn each of the questi ons 6 1 to 70 (a) 404
below, there is a numb er series with one term (b) 414
missin g shown by '?'. The term is given as one of
ＨｾＩ＠ 420
the alternatives among four numb ers given below
(d) 445
it. Find the term and indica te your answer by
putting a cross- mark (x) inside the circle of the 68. 5.2, 4.8. 4.4. 4, '?
corresponding letter in your Answ er Sheet. (a) 3
[f.ID(x1 : 6 1 ｣ｾ＠ 70 ｾ＠ ｾ＠ m'ff <.!l<llfU ｾ
(b) 3.3
Ｍ ｾ＠
ｾ＼ＮＡＩｬＤＹｦＱ｣Ｇ＿＠ (c) 3.5
ｾＹｦｬｲ＠ (d) 3.6
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\
69. 7, 12, 19. 28, 39,?
Ｇｸｾﾷｩ｝＠
(a) 52
61. I, 7,49, 343,? (b) 50
(a) 1222 (c) 5 1
(b) 2226 (d) 48
(c) 2401
70. Look carefu lly for the patter n, and then
(d) 2572
choos e which pair of numb ers comes next.
62. 53,52 , 49,44 ,37,? 28, 25, 5, 21, 18, 5, 14, ?
(a) 33 (a) 11,5
(b) 3 1 (b) 10, 7
(c) 29 (c) 11 , 8
(d) 28 (d) 5, 10
63. 13, 16, 22, 34,? (Ques tions 71-7 6)
(a) 52
DIRE CTIO N: Follow ing questions are based on
(b) 48 letter series. In each series some letters are
(c) 62 missin g. The missin g letters are given in the prope r
(d) 58 seque nce as one of the alternati ves. Find the
64. 2 I I I ? correc t altern ative in each case and put a cross-
' ' 2' 4' . mark (x) inside Lne circle of the corres ponding
I
(a) letter of altern atives on the A nswer -Shee t.
3
(b) I
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(c) I ｾ ｾ＼ＮＡｬｦ｣Ｇ＠
16
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(d) 32 ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾＹＨｑＡＮ＠ ｾ＠ Ｍｭｾ＠ 'x' ｾ＠ ｾ＠ <f.i'l i]
65. 22,2 1,23,2 2,24, 23,? 71. AC E--
(a) 22 (a) G K
(b) 24 (b) K P
(c) 25 (c) G I
(d) 26 (d) I K
66. 1.5, 2.3, 3. 1, 3.9,? 72. CDF G - -
(a) 4 .2 (a) HI
(b) 4.4 (b) I J
(c) 4.7 (c) KL
(d) 5.1 (d) MN

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 73. QSU - - 78. Statements: (i) All teachers are fathers.
(a) A B (ii) A ll boys are teachers.
(b) C I Conculsions:
(c) M N (a) All boys are fathers.
(d) WY (b) Some teachers are boys.
(c) No poy is a father.
74. ACFJ - - (d) Some fathers are boys.
_(a) P X
(b) u v 79. Statements: (i) All children are chairs.
(ii) All cats are children.
(c) P S
Conculsions:
(d) v z
(a) Some chairs are cats.
75. B- AB-ABB-B (b) Some children are cats.
(a) ABA (c) No cat is a chair.
(b) BBA (d) All cats are chairs.
(c) AA B 80. Statements: (i) All boys are beautiful.
(d) A BB (ii) All beautiful are lovely.
76. B C-B -A-CA Conculsions:
(a) B B C (a) Some lovely are boys.
(b) ABC (b) Some boys are lovely.
(c) B C A (c) All boys are lovely.
(d) All beautiful are not lovely.
(d) A C B
(Questions 81-85)
(Questions 77-80)
DIRECTION: The following chart represents the
DIRECTION: In each of the questions 77 to 80 grade awarded to 80 students in a school. Study
below, two statements [(i) and (ii)) are shown and the chart and answer the questions given below.
four conclusions (a, b, c and d) are given under Choose the correct answer from the four
them. The given statements may be contrary to the altemativeygiven below each question, then mark
universal opinion; even then you have to assume your answer in the Answer-Sheet as directed.
them as true. Then decide which conclusion on
the basis of given statements is logically valid
[f.!vflct : ｾ＠ DTiU ｾＡＢ＼ｬｕ＠ M'tliCitml 80 'l$l<l ｾ＠ ｾ＠
and put a cross-mark (x) inside the circle of the ｾ＠ ｣ｾ＠ (lf'{3m ｾ ｾ＠ • ｾ＠ ｬＡ＼ｦｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠
ｾｭｬｦＱ｜ｓ＠ ｾＸＡ､ｭＰｦＧｓ＠
corresponding letter in your Answer-Sheet.
151M ｾ＠ ｃｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ "'lt'8 I ｾＹｦｩ＠ ｭｾ＠
ｾＺ＠ ｾ＠ 77 ｾ＠｣ 80 ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ＠ｾ 1,1'u <IS@ ｦｲｯ［ｍｾ Ｍ ｾｭｊ＠
ｾ＠ [(i) '8 (ii)] ｬＡ ＼ｦｾ＠ ｾ＼ｉｓ｀＠ (a, b, c ｬＡ＼ｦｾ＠ D
d) ｾ＠ ｾ＠ (lf'{31ft ｾ ｉ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠
Ｚ＾ｊｴ＼ｦｬＤｾ ｬＧＺｳｴ｣＼＠ ｾｯｮ＠ ＱＡｾ＠ ｾｭ＠ ＼ｦｴｃＧＡ＠ｾ
tm:1 m ｾ＠ Ｑ ＱＡｾＹｦｩ＠ ｾ＠ ｾＹｦＧｎ＠ Ｇｻｦｵ＾ｩＢｬｾｉｂｃ＼＠ ｾ＠
ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ＼Ａｾ＠ ｾ＠ I!M<!!!f6t<ll ｭｾ＠ ｾ＠
ＭｭＺｾ＠ 'x' ｾｦｵｊｉ＠ I] c
77. Statements: (i) Ajay is an artist.
(ii) Artists are beautiful.
Conculsions: 81. How many students got 'A' grade?
(a) All beautiful persons are artists. (a) 12
(b) Ajay is beautiful. (b) 10
(c) Ajay i s not beautiful. (c) 11
(d) Beautiful persons are not artists. (d) 20

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 82. How many students got 'B' grade? 86. Jayanta gets 3 marks for each right sum
(a) 15 and loses 2 marks for each wrong sum. He
(b) 20 attempts 30 sums and obtains 40 marks. The
number of sums done correctly is
(c) 25 (a) 25
(d) 30 (b) 20
(c) 26
83. How many students got 'C' grade? (d) 27
(a) 30
87. Rupees 500 is divided among 50 boys and
(b) 35 girls so that each boy gets Rupees 8 and each girl
(c) 40 gels Rupees 18, then the number of girls is
(a) 8
(d) 50
(b) 10
(c) 11
84. How many students got 'D' grade?
(d) 12
(a) 15
(b) 18 88. A, B, C and D are playing cards. A and B
are partners. D faces towards North. If A faces
(c) 13 towards West, the n who faces towards South?
(d) 5 (a) C
(b) B
85. How many students got 'E' grade? (c) D
(a) 7 (d) A
(b) 6 89. If 8 x 5 = 20 and I 0 x 20 = I 00, then
(c) 4 50 X 12 = ?
(d) 2 (a) 600
(b) 1300
(Questions 86-90) (c) 900
(d) 700
DIRECTION: Read the questions carefully and
give the answer by putting a cross-mark (x) inside 90. If 'P' denotes '+ ', 'Q' denotes '-', 'R'
the circle of the letter denoting your selected denotes'-;..' and'S ' denotes 'x', then 18 S 36 R 12
answer on the Answer-Sheet. Q6P7= ? ./
(a) 115
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｣ｾＮ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ '61"1'i11'ilc<r> m ｭｾ＠ 'x' film (c) 25
ｾＧａｉ｝＠ (d) 75

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