SECTION – I MAT

1. A milk vendor who sells milk at Rs. 10.50 per half a litre, find a milk can lying by the roadside unclaimed and
unattended. He picks up the milk can and tests the milk. He finds it fresh and of the same quality as the milk he
already has with him. He initially has 52 liters of milk, while the can that he finds has 13 litres. He mixes the two
quantities and sells at a reduced price but maintains his profit percentage. By what proportion does he decrease the
price per litre?
(a) (1/4)th (b) (1/5)th
(c) (1/6)th (d) (1/4)rd
2. A garrison of 900 soldiers had food stock sufficient for 30 days when the rate of consumption is 2.5 kg/day/solider.
After some days of consumption at the rate, 300 soldiers were transferred to another garrison and the balance food
lasted for 25 days for the remaining soldiers. If the rate of consumption of the remaining soldiers was 3.0
kg/day/solider, after how many days from the start, were the soldiers transferred?
(a) 12 (b) 10
(c) 8 (d) 15
3. Anil has 3 race horses, A, B and C. If A wins a race, Anil makes 15% of the money he has before the race. If B
wins, he makes 25%. If C wins, he makes 10% and if any of his horses lose, he loses 5% of the money he has before
the race. In each race he enters only 2 horses. On a certain day there are 4 races. B wins race 1 and race 3. A wins
race 2 and C wins race 4. He ends up with Rs. 16, 632. In Which race did Anil make the most money?
(a) race 1 (b) race 2
(c) race 3 (d) race 4
4. A and B started running simultaneously in the same direction from a certain point on a circular track. They met
each other for the third time after A covered 15 laps in 5 hours and 3 minutes. Instead, had they run in opposite
directions, after how many minutes will they meet each other for the Sixth time?
(a) 54 minutes (b) 60 minutes
1
(c) 73 /3 minutes (d) Either B or C
5. A, B and C are three taps connected to a tank. Time taken by C to fill tank is 9/2 times the time taken by A and B
to fill it. The time taken by A to fill it is 5/6 times the time taken by B and C to fill it. A, B and C take 20/11 hours
to fill it. Find the time taken by B to fill it.
1
(a) 3 (b) 5
3
2
(c) 6 (d) 10
3
6. P, Q and R are there pipes which can fill a tank in 6, 8 10 hours respectively. All the three are opened simultaneously
but P works at 1/3rd its normal rate for the first 3 hours and Q works at 1/4th the its normal rate for the first 2 hours.
In how many hours will tanks be filled?
12 19
(a) 3 hours (b) 1 hours
94 94
83 42
(c) 3 (d) 1 hours
94 94
7. A book shop owner sells three books A, B and C and incurs loss of 21%, 11% and 10% respectively. The overall
loss percentage on selling A and B books is 14.33% and that of the B and C books is 10.4%. Find the overall loss
percentage on selling the three books.
(a) 15% (b) 12.16%
(c) 13.4% (d) 10%
 SECTION – II MATHS
1. In the given figure, if BC  25 cm and BAD  CAD , then what will be the length of BD?

(a) 8 cm (b) 10 cm
(c) 6 cm (d) 9 cm
2. In the given figure, if ABC  90, BC  12cm, and CD = 8 cm, then the length of AD is____.

(a) 10cm (b) 12cm

(c) 9cm (d) 6cm
3. In the given figure(not to scale),A, B, C, D, E, and F are concyclic points, If ACF  350 and BDE  60 0 ,then
find BEA.

(a) 25° (b) 30°

(c) 35° (d) 40°
Direction: (r1 and r2 are radii and d is the distance between the centers of two circles). Match the values of Column
A with those of Column B.
4. Column A Column B
(Two Circles) (Number of Common Tangents)
(i) r1 =6cm, r2 =4cm, and d=7cm (A) 4
(ii) r1  4cm, r2  3cm, and d=8cm (B) 2
(iii) r1  5cm, r2  2cm, and d=3cm (C) 1
(iv) r1  9cm, r2  5cm, and d= 3cm (D) 0
(a) (i) – (A); (ii) – (B); (iii) – (D); (iv) – (C) (b) (i) – (C); (ii) – (A); (iii) – (D); (iv) – (B)
(c) (i) – (C); (ii) – (A); (iii) – (B); (iv) – (D) (d) (i) – (B); (ii) – (A); (iii) – (C); (iv) – (D)
5. Which of the following is true for linear equations 2 x  5 y  6 z  84 and 7 x  4 y  3z  96 ?
(a) x  y  z  6 (b) x  y  z  8
(c) x  y  z  10 (d) x  y  z  20
6. Column A Column B
(a1 x  b1 y  c1  0 and a2 x  b2 y  c2  0) (Number of Solutions)
a b
(i) 1  1 (A) infinite
a 2 b2
a b
(ii) 1  1 (B) Unique
a 2 b2
a b c
(iii) 1  1  1 (C) Zero
a 2 b2 c 2
 a1 b1 c1
(iv)   (D) Cannot be determined
a 2 b2 c 2
(a) (i) – (C); (ii) – (B); (iii) – (A); (iv) – (D) (b) (i) – (D); (ii) – (B); (iii) – (A); (iv) – (C)
(c) (i) – (B); (ii) – (D); (iii) – (C); (iv) – (A) (d) (i) – (D); (ii) – (B); (iii) – (C); (iv) – (A)
7. Find the value of 132  132  132  ...
(a) -11 (b) 12
(c) -12 (d) 11
8. If x  4 <2, then find the number of integer values of x .
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) 4
8x  5  8x  5
9. If  2 , then find the values of x .
8x  5  8x  5
25 13
(a) (b)
32 21
16 9
(c) (d)
25 11
10. Mr B sells his scooter to Mr P at 20% loss. Mr P sells it to Mr R at 15% loss. What is the difference in the cost
prices of Mr X and Mr R, if the loss of Mr P is Rs. 1050.
(a) Rs.2500 (b) Rs.2600
(c) Rs.2800 (d) Rs.2750
11. The base of a right pyramid is a regular hexagon of side 12 cm. If the slant height of the pyramid is 18 cm, then
find its vertical height in cm.
(a) 3 2 (b) 4 6
(c) 6 6 (d) 9 2
12. If n is a natural number, then 4  3 ends with a digit x . The number of possible values of x is ___.
n n

(a) 3 (b) 8
(c) 5 (d) 6
13. The LCM and the HCF of two number are 468 and 3, respectively. Find the minimum possible sum of the numbers.
(a) 165 (b) 129
(c) 75 (d) 60
14. The value of 1.285714  1.714285  _____ .
3 7
(a) (b)
4 8
7 3
(c) (d)
12 7
15. Find the sum of the first 50 terms of the sequence 7,77,777,…..
70 350 70 250
(a) (10 50  1)  (b) (10 50  1) 
81 9 81 9
35 50 175 35 50 225
(c) (10  1)  (d) (10  1) 
81 9 81 9
16. If ax  bx  cx  d is exactly divisible by x  1 and x  2 ,then which of the following is true?
3 2

(a) 3a  4b  d  0 (b) 8a  b  2d  0
(c) 5a  2b  3d  0 (d) 6a  2b  d  0
17. If f ( x  1)  x  5x  7, then find the remainder when f ( x ) is divided by x  3 .
2

(a) 20 (b) 21
(c) 22 (d) 23
18. Find the reminder when x is divided by x  5x  6 .
2014 2

(a) (32014  2 2014 ) x  (2 2015  32015 ) (b) (2 2014  32014 ) x  (3.2 2014  2.32014 )
(c) (32014  2 2014 ) x  (3.2 2014  2.32014 ) (d) (2 2014  32014 ) x  (2 2015  32015 )
19. The sum of 1  (1  2)  (1  2  3)  (1  2  3  4)  ...  (1  2  3  ...10) is _____.
(a) 220 (b) 215
(c) 210 (d) 205
20. A four-digit number is formed by using the digit 3,5,6,8 and 9 with repetition. If one number is selected from those
numbers, then what is the probability that it will be an odd number?
2 2
(a) (b)
3 5
1 3
(c) (d)
3 5
21. If a number is selected from the set of four-digit natural numbers, then what is the probability that the digits of the
numbers are any 4 consecutive natural numbers in any order?
16 15
(a) (b)
1125 1024
1 2
(c) (d)
1500 125
1 2
22. If cos  sin   , then find the value of ‘  ’ in circular measure.
3 3
c c
(a) (b)
6 3
c c
(c) (d)
4 2
23. There is a plot in the shape of an equilateral triangle. A flagstaff is erected at its centroid. Three ropes are tied to
the top of the flagstaff and the other ends are nailed at the three corners of the plot. The angle of elevation of the
top of the flagstaff at any vertex is 60 0 . What will be the height of the flagstaff (in meters), if the side of the plot
is 15 m?
15
(a) 15 3 (b)
3
15 3
(c) 15 (d)
2
24. Find the circumference of a circle, which passes through the origin (0,12) and (16,0)
(a) 40 units (b) 10 units
(c) 20 units (d) 15 units
25. In ABC , B(2,1), C (2, 5), AD  BC , and AD divides BC in the ratio 1:3. Find the equation of AD.
(a) y  2 (b) x  2
(c) x  y  3 (d) y  3
 SECTION – III SCIENCE
PHYSICS
1. An opaque circular disc of diameter 20cm is placed over a glass slab as shown in the figure. There is a mark x at
the bottom of the glass slab vertically down the centre of the circular disc, For a person to observe the mark from
 3
the upper surface, what should be the minimum height (in cm) of the glass slab?  a  g  
 2

(a) 5 5 (b) 5
(c) 10 (d) 2 5
2. A stone is dropped from the top of tall cliff and n seconds later another stone is thrown vertically downwards with
a velocity u. Then, the second stone overtakes the first, below the top of the cliff at a distance given by
2 2
  gn    u 
 nu    n   gn  
(a)   2 
(b)   2 
g g

2  (u  gn)  2  (u  gn) 
   
   
2 2
 u   
 n   gn   
g (u  gn) 
(c)   2 
g
(d)  
2 u   2  u 
  2  gn     2  gn  
   
3. When the thimble of a screw gauge is given 10 complete rotations, the tip of the screw advance 20 mm. when the
studs of the screw gauge are in contact, the 90th division of the head scale is on the index line.
What is the zero error of the instrument?
(a) 0.02mm (b) -0.2 mm
(c) 0.002 mm (d) 0.2 mm
4. Apparent frequency felt by the observer is changed from 250 Hz to 280 Hz when source of moving towards the
observer changes its speed from 10 m s -1 to x m s-1.(take velocity of sound in air =350 m s -1)
(a) 15 m s-1 (b) 30 m s-1
-1
(c) 46 m s (d) 46 km s-1
5. Two metal wire of length l and 3l and same of cross-section and of thermal conductivities  and 2 are joined
end-on-end such that the total length is 4l . If T1 and T2 are the temperature at either ends, what will be the
temperature at the junction?
T1  T2 T1 T2
(a) (b)
3
3T1  2T2 T2  2T1
(c) (d)
5 4
6. A transparent cube of density 0.2 g cm-3 floats in water. The thickness of the cube is 10 cm and the depth of the
water in the container is 17 cm. A mark at the bottom of the container is observed from air and it appears at a
distance of 20 cm from the upper surface of the transparent material. Obtain refractive index of the transparent
 4
material.   w  
 3
8 11
(a) (b)
7 8
3 3
(c) (d)
7 2
7. A man is standing on the top of a building 100m high. He throws two balls vertically, on at t=0 and other after a
time interval (less than 2 s). The later ball is thrown velocity of half the first. The vertical gap between first and
second ball is 15 m at t=2s. The gap is found to remain constant. The velocities with which the balls were thrown
are (Take g=10 ms-2).
(a) 20 ms-1, 10 ms-1 (b) 10ms-1, 5ms-1
(c) 16ms-1, 8ms-1 (d) 30ms-1, 15ms-1
 CHEMISTRY
1. In a 2.5 L flask at 27 C temperature, the pressure of a ideal gas was found to be 8 Atm. If 2.411023 molecules
0

of the same ideal gas are introduced into the above container, the temperature is changed to T2 and the pressure of
gas is found to be 10 atm then what would be the value of T2 .
(a) 253 K (b) 347 K
(c) 230 K (d) 370 K
2. The difference in energy of radiation emitted (or) absorbed during electronic transition is
(a) directly proportional to frequency (b) directly proportional to wavelength
(c) inversely proportional to frequency (d) inversely proportional to velocity of light
3. Identify the compound that exhibits maximum ionic character among the following:
(a) MgCl2 (b) BaCl 2
(c) NaCl (d) CsCl
4. Which of the following salts would produce only two type of radicals from undergiven ionic compounds?
(a) NaKCO3 (b) CaOCl2
(c) NH 4 HSO4 (d) Na( NH4 ) HPO4
5. X  CuSO4  XSO4  Cu,
Y  CuSO4  YSO4  Cu, in these reactions X and Y may be ________.
(a) Zn, Ag (b) Zn, Fe
(c) Fe, Ag (d) Ag, Al
6. Which of the following compounds on hydrolysis would produces methane?
(a) CaCN 2 (b) CaC2
(c) Al4C3 (d) SiC
7. Arrange the reaction given below in a proper sequence for the conversion of ethane to methane.
(1) treatment with sodium hydroxide (2) treatment with aqueous KOH
(3) treatment with NaOH  CaO (4) halogenation
(5) reaction with acidified K 2Cr2O7
(a) 51 4 2 3 (b) 4 2 51 3
(c) 5 3 2 1 4 (d) 4 51 2 3
 BIOLOGY
1. Ptyalin prefers ………………………………….. media?
(a) strongly acidic (b) slightly acidic
(c) slightly neutral (d) strongly alkaline
2. The loss of water in the form of water droplets is called:
(a) Transpiration (b) Guttation
(c) Evaporation (d) Bleeding
3. Wild strawberry is propagated by:
(a) Runners (b) Stolons
(c) Offsets (d) Suckers
4. In CAM plants, atmospheric CO2 fixation occurs during:
(a) day (b) night
(c) both day and night (d) never
5. Characters that are transmitted from parents to offspring during reproduction show:
(a) only similarities with parents (b) only variations with parents
(c) both similarities and variations with parents (d) neither similarities nor variations
6. Mastication is ______________?
(a) digestion (b) absorption
(c) assimilation (d) chewing
7. Leech is an example of:
(a) herbivore (b) carnivore
(c) sanguinivore (d) bloodivore
8. Hardest part of tooth is
(a) dentine (b) enamel
(c) pulp (d) none of these
9. The ascent of sap in plants takes place due to:
(a) root pressure (b) transpiration pull
(c) both a and b (d) osmosis
10. The number of chlorophyll molecules in a quantasome is:
(a) 280 (b) 200
(c)250 (d) 230
11. An example of higher plant parasite is __________?
(a) Cuscuta (b) Mangifera
(c) Agaricus (d) Pythium
12. The exchange of respiratory gases in the lung occurs in:
(a) Trachea (b) Alveoli
(c) Bronchiole (d) Bronchi
13. The layer of the heart wall that corresponds to the visceral pericardium is:
(a) endocardium (b) epicardium
(c) myocardium (d) serous pericardium
14. ATP composed of:
(a) adenine, ribose, phosphate (b) only adenine
(c) adenine and ribose (d) none of the above
15. In an electrocardiogram, the _____________ is produced by ventricular repolarization:
(a) P wave (b) QRS complex
(c) S-T segment (d) T wave
16. Which of the following statements in regard to the excretion by human kidneys is correct?
(a) Ascending limb of Loop of Henle is impermeable to electrolytes
(b) Descending limb of Loop of Henle is impermeable to water
(c) Distal convoluted tubule is incapable of reabsorbing HCO3-
(d) Nearly 99% of the glomerular filtrate is reabsorbed by the renal tubules
17. A heritable feature is a ______ and may have two or more variants called______:
(a) trait/characteristics (b) character/traits
(c) character/factors (d) trait/factors
18. The number of ATPs produced in non-cyclic photophosphorylation are:
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 4 (d) 3
19. ______ portions of chromosomes that stain lightly and only partially condensed?
 (a) Heterochromatin (b) Euchromatin
(c) Facultative chromatin (d) Constitutive
20. A diploid female plant and a tetraploid male plant are crossed. The ploidy of endosperm shall be:
(a) tetraploid (b) triploid
(c) diploid (d) pentaploid
21. Leaves are green because they:
(a) absorb green light (b) do not absorb but reflect green light
(c) utilize green light (d) absorb and reflect green light
22. How many microspore mother cell will produce 1000 microspores?
(a) 100 (b) 250
(c) 200 (d) 500
23. Which of the following levels of organization is arranged in the correct sequence from most to least inclusive?
(a) ecosystem, community, population, individual (b) community, ecosystem, individual, population
(c) individual, population, community, ecosystem (d) population, ecosystem, individual, community
24. In a cross between a homozygous recessive and a heterozygote, one half of the offspring will be:
(a) homozygous recessive (b) homozygous dominant
(c) cannot be determined with this information (d) none of the above
25. In Pigment System II, active chlorophyll is:
(a) P720 (b) P673
(c) P700 (d) P680
 SECTION – I MAT

1. B 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. C

6. C 7. B

SECTION – II MATH

Q.No. Answer. Q.No. Answer. Q.No. Answer. Q.No. Answer. Q.No. Answer.

1 (b) 6 (b) 11 (c) 16 (d) 21 (d)

2 (a) 7 (d) 12 (c) 17 (b) 22 (a)

3 (a) 8 (c) 13 (c) 18 (b) 23 (c)

4 (d) 9 (a) 14 (a) 19 (a) 24 (c)

5 (d) 10 (c) 15 (a) 20 (d) 25 (a)

SECTION – III SCIENCE

PHYSICS
1. (a) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (c) 5. (c)

6. (a) 7. (a)

CHEMISTRY
1. 6.023  1023 molecules correspond to 1 mole.
2.41  1023 molecules correspond to
2.41  10 23
  0.4 moles
6.023  10 23
Case (i) P1V1  n1 .R1 . T1
8(2.5)
8(2.5)  n1 (0.08).(300) n1 
(0.08)( 300)
n1  0.833 moles
Total moles, n2  0.833  0.4 , n2  1.233
Case (ii) P2V2  n2 R T2 10(2.5)  1.233 (0.08).T2 T2  253.4 K
c
2. Energy E  hv  E  h

1
That is, E v : E ,

3. CsCl is a compound in which the bond shows maximum ionic character. Since anions are same so, determining
factor would charge density on cation. More charge density means more covalent character in compound (or lesser
ionic character) According to Fajan’s rule, caesium has large size and lesser charge and hence shows maximum
ionic character.
 2
4. NaKCO3  Na   K   CO3
CaCl2  Ca 2  OCl   Cl 
 
NH 4 HSO4  NH 4  HSO4
(two types of radicals)
 
Na( NH ) HPO 4  Na   NH 4  HPO 4
5. Zn and Fe are more reactive than copper.
6. Aluminum carbide on hydrolysis produces methane.
Al4C3 + 12H2O 4Al(OH)4+3CH4
7. (i) Halogenation
(ii) Treatment with aqueous KOH
(iii) Reaction with acidified K 2Cr2O7
(iv) Treatment with sodium hydroxide
(v) Treatment with NaOH  CaO

BIOLOGY

1. (b) 2. (b) 3. (b) 4. (b) 5. (c)

6. (c) 7. (c) 8. (b) 9. (c) 10. (d)
11. (a) 12. (b) 13. (b) 14. (a) 15. (d)
16. (d) 17. (b) 18 (a) 19. (b) 20. (a)
21. (b) 22. (b) 23. (c) 24. (a) 25. (d)