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7th Presented by
SILVER ZONE
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Olympiad of Organized by
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New Delhi, India
F O U N D A T I O N
Question Paper Cum Answer Sheet
CLASS - 7 Duration : 40 Minutes Total Questions : 40 Maximum Marks :100

SCIENCE 2nd Level

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1. The following animal is well adapted to live 4. Carbohydrates that plants synthesize during
in: photosynthesis are made up of:
(A) Carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen
(B) Carbon, oxygen and nitrogen
(C) Carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
(D) Nitrogen, oxygen and hydrogen
(A) Polar regions (B) Desert (E) None of these
(C) Tropical forest (D) Grassland 5. Which one of the following statements is
(E) None of these incorrect?
2. Which of the following is waste water? (A) Wool is an animal fibre
(A) Water trickling from a damaged tap. (B) Woollen fabrics protect us from cold
(B) Water coming out of a shower.
(C) Water flowing in a river. (C) Llama is a wool yielding animal
(D) Water coming out of a laundry. (D) Wool is obtained from the fleece of sheep
(E) None of these (E) None of these
3. Which one of the following kinds of 6. Choose the incorrect match from the
relationship does the rhizobium bacteria following.
and leguminous plant have? (A) 5°C = 41°F
(A) Symbiotic relationship (B) 15°C = 59°F
(B) Mutual relationship
(C) 30°C = 86°F
(C) Parasite-host relationship
(D) All of these (D) 35°C = 94°F
(E) None of these (E) None of these

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7. Which one of the following statements is 12. Choose the correct statement from the
incorrect about oesophagus? following.
(A) Oesophagus is a tube which connects (A) Pulmonary vein brings oxygenated
the mouth to the stomach blood form the lungs into the right atrium
(B) Oesophagus is commonly known as (B) When the left ventricle contracts, it pumps
food pipe oxygenated blood into the main artery
(C) Villi present in oesophagus secretes (C) When the right atrium contracts, the
HCL which helps in the digestion of food deoxygenated blood is pushed into left
(D) Oesophagus carries partially digested ventricle
food from the mouth to the stomach (D) When the right ventricle contracts, it
(E) None of these pumps oxygenated blood into the lungs
8. Mooga and Tassar are different varieties of: (E) None of these
(A) silk 13. Products of a neutralization reaction are:
(B) cotton (A) an acid and a base
(C) nylon (B) an acid and a salt
(D) flax (C) a base and a salt
(E) None of these (D) a salt and water
(E) None of these
9. An amoeba uses its pseudopodia:
(A) to move only 14. Which of the following is a unisexual flower?
(B) to catch food particle only (A) Rose
(B) Mustard
(C) to digest food only
(C) Hibiscus
(D) both (A) and (B) (D) Petunia
(E) None of these (E) None of these
10. Who of the following is correct? 15. Every food chain in the forest starts with:
Rajesh: A white object absorbs more heat (A) plants (B) insects
radiations than a black object. (C) worms (D) animals
Raman: A black object absorbs more heat (E) None of these
radiations than a white object. 16. Why melting of ice is known as a physical
Ram: Every hot object emits invisible heat change not a chemical change?
rays in all directions. (A) Because no new substance are formed
(A) Rajesh and Raman in this change and the change can be
(B) Raman and Ram reversed
(C) Rajesh and Ram (B) Because molecules of the substance
changes
(D) All of them
(C) Because colour of the new substance
(E) None of these
is changed
11. Look at the following diagram and choose (D) It is a chemical change because
the correct option. physical state of the substance changed
P (E) None of these
Q
17. Organisms, which live in or near the host
and obtain their nutrition from the host, are
R
called:
(A) parasites
(A) P = Nostrils, Q = Trachea and R = Lung
(B) heterotrophs
(B) P = Nostrils, Q = Bronchus and R = Lung
(C) autotrophs
(C) P = Trachea, Q = Alveoli and R = Lung
(D) saprophytes
(D) P = Trachea, Q = Bronchus and R = Lung
(E) None of these
(E) None of these

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18. In the following distance-time graph, motion 23. An electric wire connected in a circuit gets
of three vehicles A, B and C has been shown. heated up when current is allowed to flow
Choose the correct statement. through it . This is due to
A (A) heating effect of current
(B) chemical effect of current
B (C) magnetic effect of current
C (D) optical effect of current
Distance

(E) None of these

24. What has been shown in the following
figure?
Time
(A) All three vehicles are moving with
non-uniform speed
(B) Vehicle C is moving with the maximum
speed White light
(C) All the vehicles are in rest beam
(D) Vehicle A is moving with the constant
(A) Reflection of white light
speed (B) Scattering of white light
(E) None of these (C) Dispersion of white light
19. Choose the incorrect match. (D) Diffuse reflection of white light
(A) Formic acid – Ant's sting (E) None of these
(B) Acetic acid – Vinegar 25. Which one of the following best describes a
(C) Tartaric acid – Tamarind tornado?
(D) Oxalic acid – Lemon (A) A high speed wind which blows from
(E) None of these land to ocean
(B) A high speed wind blowing from north
20. Which one of the following statements is
pole to south pole and accompanied by
incorrect about a chemical change?
heavy rains
(A) Heat may be given out but never absorbed
(C) The wind which blows from ocean to
(B) Sound may be produced land during summer season
(C) A colour change may take place (D) It is a violent, twisted funnel of high
(D) A gas may be evolved speed wind
(E) None of these (E) None of these
21. Which one of the following briefly describes 26. Why the uppermost layer of soil is dark in
the tropical climate? colour?
(A) Hot and humid (A) Because of the presence of rocks and
(B) Cold and humid pebbles
(C) Hot and dry (B) Because of the presence of humus
(D) Cold and wet and minerals
(C) Because of the presence of clay and silt
(E) None of these
(D) All of these
22. Most of the freshwater on earth is found in: (E) None of these
(A) frozen state
27. Which one of the following parts of a mango
(B) liquid state plant contains vascular tissues?
(C) gaseous state (A) Root (B) Stem
(D) all of these (C) Leaf (D) All of these
(E) none of these (E) None of these

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28. Which one of the following statements is 34. In which one of the following plants
incorrect? pollination is done by wind?
(A) Vegetative propagation is a method of (A) Grass (B) Maize
asexual reproduction (C) Rice (D) All of these
(E) None of these
(B) Budding is a method of sexual reproduction
(C) Fragmentation is a method of asexual 35. An example of oscillatory motion is:
reproduction (A) motion of a cycle wheel
(B) movement of a car on a straight road
(D) Spore formation is a method of (C) motion of earth around the sun
asexual reproduction (D) motion of a swing.
(E) None of these (E) None of these
29. Which one of the following activities causes 36. An insect covers 10 meters distance in 20
soil pollution? seconds. Find the speed of the insect in
(A) Dumping of waste materials like plastics km/h.
and polythene bags in soil (A) 1 km/h (B) 1.8 km/h
(B) Dumping industrial waste in soil (C) 3 km/h (D) 2.8 km/h
(C) Acid rain (E) None of these
(D) All of these
(E) None of these 37. The following circuit diagram contains:
30. Look at the following diagram and choose
the correct option.
A
B
C (A) A cell, a bulb and a closed switch
(A) A = Kidney, B = Ureter and C = Urinary (B) A battery, a bulb and a closed switch
bladder (C) A battery, a bulb and an open switch
(B) A = Kidney, B = Urethra and C = Urinary (D) A cell, a bulb and an open switch
bladder (E) None of these
(C) A = Kidney, B = Renal artery and C = 38. Which one of the following would you prefer
Urinary bladder to use while reading small letters found in a
(D) A = Kidney, B = Renal vein C = Urinary dictionary?
bladder (A) concave mirror (B) concave lens
(E) None of these (C) convex mirror (D) convex lens
31. In lungs, the exchange of gases between the (E) None of these
air and blood takes place across the walls of 39. Which one of the following does not cause
the: depletion of water table?
(A) Trachea (B) Bronchus (A) Increase in population
(C) Larynx (D) Alveoli (B) Industrial and agricultural activities
(E) None of these (C) Deforestation
32. Name the extremely thin blood vessels which (D) Flood
(E) None of these
connect arteries to veins.
(A) Pulmonary artery 40. Which of the following statements is correct?
(B) Pulmonary vein (A) A cockroach has spiracles on the sides
(C) Capillaries of its body and tracheae throughout
(D) All of these inside its body
(E) None of these (B) A cockroach has tracheae on the sides
of its body and spiracles throughout
33. Which three parts a pistil made of? inside its body
(A) Stigma, style and filament (C) Both tracheae and spiracles are found
(B) Anther, filament and ovary only on the sides of the body of a cockroach
(C) Stigma, style and ovary (D) Both tracheae and spiracles are found
(D) Sepals, petals and ovary only inside the body of a cockroach
(E) None of these (E) None of these

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INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIAD OF SCIENCE 2015 (LEVEL 2) - CLASS - 7
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