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PART - 1 7. A semi-circle of diameter

One- Mark Question 1 unit sits at the top of a
MATHEMATICS semi-circle of diameter 1unit

1. Let r be a root of the equation x2 + 2x + 6 = 0. 2 units. The shaded

2unit
The value of (r + 2) (r + 3) (r + 4) (r + 5) is equal region inside the smaller
to :- semi-circle but outside the larger semi-circle is
(A) 51 (B) –51 called a lune. The area of the lune is :-
(C) –126 (D) 126
 3 3 
2. Let R be the set of all real numbers and let f be a (A)  (B) 
6 4 4 24
 1
function R to R such that f(x) +  x   f(1 – x) = 1,
 2 3  3 
(C)  (D) 
4 12 4 8
for all x  R. Then 2f(0) + 3f(1) is equal to.
(A) 2 (B) 0 8. The angle bisectors BD and CE of a triangle
ABC are divided by the incentre I in the ratio 3 :
(C) –2 (D) –4
2 and 2 : 1 respectively. Then the ratio in which
3. The sum of all positive integers n for which
I divides the angle bisector through A is :-
13  23  ....   2n 
3
(A) 3 : 1 (B) 11 : 4
is also an integer is :-
1  2  ....  n
2 2 2
(C) 6 : 5 (D) 7 : 4

(A) 8 (B) 9 9. Suppose S1 and S2 are two unequal circles; AB

and CD are the direct common tangents to these
(C) 15 (D) Infinite
circles. A transverse common tangent PQ cuts AB
4. Let x and y be two 2-digit numbers such that y is
in R and CD in S. If AB = 10, then RS is
obtained by reversing the digits of x. Suppose
A
they also satisfy x2 – y2 = m2 for some positive R
B
Q
integer m. The value of x + y + m is :-
(A) 88 (B) 112 P
D
(C) 144 (D) 154 C S

5. Let p(x) = x2 – 5x + a and q(x) = x2 – 3x + b, (A) 8 (B) 9

where a and b are positive integers. Suppose (C) 10 (D) 11
hcf(p(x), q(x)) = x – 1 and k(x) = cm (p(x), q(x)).
10. On the circle with center O, points A, B are
If the coefficient of the highest degree term of
k(x) is 1, the sum of the roots of (x – 1) + k(x) such that OA = AB. A point C is located on the
is :- tangent at B to the circle such A

(A) 4 (B) 5 that A and C are on the opposite B

O
sides of the line OB and F
(C) 6 (D) 7
6. In a quadrilateral ABCD, which is not a AB = BC. The line segement C

trapezium, it is known that DAB = ABC = 60°. AC intersects the circle again at F. Then the ratio
Moreover, CAB = CBD. Then :-
BOF : BOC is equal to :
(A) AB = BC + CD (B) AB = AD + CD
(A) 1 : 2 (B) 2 : 3
(C) AB = BC + AD (D) AB = AC + AD
(C) 3 : 4 (D) 4 : 5
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11. In a cinema hall, the charge per person is Rs. 17. A box, when hung from a spring balance shown a
200. On the first day, only 60% of the seats were reading of 50 kg. If the same box is hung from
filled. The owner decided to reduce the price by the same spring balance inside an evacuated
20% and there was in increase of 50% in the chamber, the reading on the scale will be :-
number of spectators on the next day. The (A) 50 kg because the mass of the box remains
percentage increase in the revenue on the second unchanged.
(B) 50 kg because the effect of the absence of the
day was :- atmosphere will be indentical on the box and
(A) 50 (B) 40 (C) 30 (D) 20 the spring balance.
12. The population of cattle in a farm increases so that (C) Less than 50 kg because the weight of the
column of air on the box will be absent.
the difference between the population in year 'n +
(D) More than 50 kg because the atmospheric
2' and that in year 'n' is proportional to population buoyancy force will be absent.
in year 'n + 1'. If the populations in year 2010, 18. Two possitively charged spheres of masses m1,
2011 & 2013 were 39, 60 and 123, respectively, and m2, are suspended from a common point at
then the population in 2012 was :- the ceiling by identical insulating massless strings
(A) 81 (B) 84 (C) 87 (D) 90 of length l. Charges on the two spheres are q1 and
13. The number of 6-digit numbers of the form ababab q2, respectively. At equilibrium both strings make
(in base 10) each of which is a product of exactly the same angle  with the vertical. Then
6 distinct primes is :- (A) q1m1 = q2m2 (B) m1 = m2
(A) 8 (B) 10 (C) 13 (D) 15 (C) m1 = m2sin  (D) q2m1 = q1m2
14. The houses on one side of a road are numbered 19. A box when dropped from a certain height reaches
using consecutive even numbers. The sum of the the ground with a speed v. When it skides from
numbers of all the houses in that row is 170. If rest from the same height down a rough inclined
plane inclined at in angle 45° to the horizontal, it
there are at least 6 houses in that row and a is the
reaches the ground with a speed v/3. The coefficient
number of the sixth house, then :-
of sliding friction between the box and the plane is
(A) 2  a  6 (B) 8  a  12 (aceleration due to gravity is 10 ms–2) :-
(C) 14  a  20 (D) 22  a  30
8 1 2 1
15. Suppose a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7 are integers such that (A) (B) (C) (D)
9 9 3 3
5 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 a7
      20. A thin paper cup filled with water does not catch
7 2! 3! 4! 5! 6! 7!
fire when placed over a flame. This is because
where 0  a < j for j = 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
(A) The water cuts off oxygen supply to the paper
The sum a2 + a3 + a4 + a5 + a6 + a7 is :-
cup
(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 11
(B) Water is an excellent conductor of heat
PHYSICS
(C) The paper cup does not become appreciable
16. In the following displacement (x) vs time (t) graph,
hotter than the wate it contain
at which among the points P, Q and R is the object's
speed increasing ? (D) Paper is a poor conductor of heat
x 21. Ice is used in a cooler in order to cool its contents.
P Which of the following will speed up the cooling
Q
(0, 0) t process
R (A) Wrap the ice in a metal foil
(B) Drain the water from the cooler periodically
(A) R only (B) P only (C) Put the ice as a single block
(C) Q and R only (D) P, Q, R (D) Crush the ice
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22. The angle of a prism is 60°. When light is incident 26. A bar magnet falls with its north pole pointing
at an angle of 60° on the prism, the angle of down through theaxis of a copper ring. When
emergence is 40°. The angle of incidence i for viewed from above, the current in the ring will
be :-
which the light ray will deviate the least is such
that :- (A) Clockwise while the magnet is above the plane
of the ring and counter clockwise while below
(A) i < 40° (B) 40° < i < 50°
the plane of the ring
(C) 50° < i < 60° (D) i > 60°
(B) Counter clockwise throughout
23. A concave lens made of material of refractive
(C) Counter clockwise while the magnet is above
index 1.6 is immersed in a medium of refractive
the plane of the ring, and clockwise while
index 2.0. The two surfaces of the concave lens
below the plane of the ring
have the same radius of curvature 0.2 m. The lens
(D) Clockwise throughout
will behave as a :-
27. Two ident ical bar m agne ts are held
(A) Divergent lens of focal length 0.4m
perpendicular to each other with a certain
(B) Divergent lens of focal length 0.5m
separation, as shown below. The area around
(C) Convergent lens of focal length 0.4m the magnets is divided into four zones
(D) Convergent lens of focal length 0.5m
24. A charged particle, initially at rest at O, when
III N S I
released follows atrajectory as shown. Such a
trajectory is possible in the presence of
N
II IV
S
O

(A) Electric field of constant magnitude and Given that there is a neutral point it is located in
varying direction (A) Zone I (B) Zone II
(B) Magnetic field of constant magnitude and (C) Zone III (D) Zone IV
varying direction 28. A large number of random snap shots using a
(C) Electric field of constant magnitude and camera are taken of a particle in simple harmonic
constant direction motion between x = –x0 and x = +x0 with origin
x = 0 as the mean position. A histogram of the
(D) Electric and magnetic fields of constant
total number of times the particle is recorded about
magnitudes and constant directions which are a given postion (Event no.) would most closely
parallel to each other resemble :-
25. Two equal charges of magnitude Q each are
Event no.

Event no.

placed at a dictance d apart. Their electrostatic

energy is E.A third charge –Q/2 is brough (A) (B)
–x0 0 x0 x –x0 0 x0 x
m idwa y be tway the se t wo charges . The
electrostatic energy of the system is now
Event no.

Event no.

(A) –2E (B) –E (C) (D)

(C) 0 (D) E –x0 0 x0 x –x0 0 x0 x
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29. In 1911, the physicist Ernest Rutherford discovered 35. The number of C-C sigma bonds in the compound
that atoms have a tiny, dense nucleus by shooting :-
positively charged particles at a very thin gold foil. O
A key physical property which led Rutherford to
use gold that it was :-
(A) Electrically conducting
(B) Highly malleable (A) 16 (B) 17
(C) Shiny (C) 18 (D) 11
(D) non-reactive 36. If the radius of the hydrogen atom is 53 pm, the
30. Consider the following statements
radius of the He+ ion is closest to :-
(i) All isotopes of an element have the same
(A) 108 pm (B) 81 pm
number of neutrons
(ii) Only one isotope of an element can be stable (C) 27 pm (D) 13 pm
and non-radioactive 37. The diamagnetic species is :-
(iii)All elements have isotope (A) NO (B) NO2
(iv) All isotopes of carbon can form chemical (C) O2 (D) CO2
compounds with Oxygen-16 38. The pH of 0.1 M aqueous solutions of NaCl,
The correct option regarding an isotope is
CH3COONa and NH4Cl will follow the order :-
(A) (iii) and (iv) only
(A) NaCl < CH3COONa < NH4Cl
(B) (ii), (iii) and (iii) only
(C) (i), (ii) and (iii) only (B) NH4Cl < NaCl < CH3COONa
(D) (i), (iii) and (iv) only (C) NH4Cl < CH3COONa < NaCl

CHEMISTRY (D) NaCl < NH4Cl < CH3COONa

31. The isoelectronic pair is :- 39. At room temperature the average speed of
(A) CO, N2 (B) O2, NO Helium is higher than that of Oxygen by a
(C) C2, HF (D) F2, HCl factor of :
32. The numbers of lone pairs and bond pairs in (A) 2 2 (B) 6 2
hydrazine are, respectively :-
(C) 8 (D) 6
(A) 2 and 4 (B) 2 and 6
40. Ammonia is NOT produced in the reaction of
(C) 2 and 5 (D) 1 and 5
(A) NH4Cl with KOH (B) AIlN with water
33. The volume of oxygen at STP required to burn
(C) NH4Cl with NaNO2 (D) NH4Cl with Ca(OH)2
2.4 g of carbon completely is :-
41. The number of isomers which are ethers and
(A) 1.12 L (B) 8.96 L
having the molecular formula C4H10O, is :
(C) 2.24 L (D) 4.48L
(A) 2 (B) 3
34. The species that exhibits the highest Rf value in a
(C) 4 (D) 5
thin layer chromatogram using a nonpolar solvant
42. The major product of the reaction of 2-butene
on a silica gel olate is :-
with alkaline KMnO4 solution is :

(A) (B) (A) (B)

N O OH

O
(C)  (D) (C) (D) OH
N
OH
OH
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43. Among the compounds I-IV, the compound 50. Which one of the following hormones is produced
having the lowest boiling point is : by the pancreas :
(A) Prolactin (B) Glucagon
OH OH (C) Leutinizing hormone (D) Epinephrine
I II
51. The stalk of a leaf is derived from which one of
the following types of plant tissue ?
OH
O (A) Sclerenchyma (B) Paranchyma
OH
III IV (C) Chlorenchyma (D) Collenchyma
52. Which of the following muscle types cannot be
(A) I (B) II (C) III (D) IV
used voluntarily :
44. Of the following reactions :
(A) Both striated and smooth
(i) A  B G° = 250 kJ mol–1
(B) Both cardiac andstriated
(ii) D  E G° = –100 kJ mol–1
(C) Both smooth and cardiac
(iii)F  G G° = –150 kJ mol–1 (D) Cardiac, striated and smooth
(iv) M  N G° = 150° kJ mol–1 53. The pulmonary artery carries :
the reaction with the largest equilibrium constant (A) deoxygenated bood to the lungs
is : (B) Oxygenated bood to the brain
(A) (i) (B) (ii) (C) (iii) (D) (iv) (C) Oxygenated blood to the lungs
45. The first ionization enthalpies for three elements (D) Deoxygenated blood to the kidney
are 1314, 1680, and 2080 kJ mol–1, respectively. 54. Both gout and kidney stone formation is caused by :
The correct sequence of the elements is : (A) Clacium oxalate (B) Uric acid
(A) O, F and Ne (B) F, O and Ne (C) Creatinine (D) Potassium chloride
(C) Ne, F and O (D) F, Ne and O 55. The auditory nerve gets its input from which of
BIOLOGY the following ?
46. Individuals of one kind occupying a particular (A) The sense cells of the cochlea
geographic area at a given time are called : (B) Vibration of the last ossicle
(A) Community (B) Population (C) Eustachian tube
(C) Species (D) Biome (D) Vibration of the tympanic membrane
47. What fraction of the assimilated energy is used 56. Which of the following organelles contain circular
in respiration by the herbivores : DNA :
(A) Peroxisomes and Mitochondria
(A) 10 percent (B) 60 percent
(B) Mitochondria and Golgi complex
(C) 30 percent (D) 80 percent
(C) Chloroplasts and Lysosomes
48. Athletes are often trained at high altitude because :
(D) Mitochondria and chloroplast
(A) Training at high altitude increase muscle mass
57. A reflex action does NOT involve :
(B) Training at high altitude increases the
(A) Neurons (B) Brain
number of red blood cells
(C) Spinal cord (D) Muscle fiber
(C) There is less change of an injury at high altitude 58. Which one of the following options is true in
(D) Athletes sweat less at high altitude photosynthesis :
49. In human brain two hemispheres connected by (A) CO2 is oxidized and H2O is reduced
bundle of fibres which is known as : (B) H2O is oxidized and CO2 is reduced
(A) Medulla oblongata (B) Cerebrum (C) Both CO2 and H2O are reduced
(C) Cerebellum (D) Corpus callosum (D) Both CO2 and H2O are oxidized
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59. Human mature red blood cells (RBCs) do NOT PHYSICS
contain :
66. A uniform square wooden sheet of side a has its
(A) Iron (B) Cytoplasm
(C) Mitochondria (D) Haemoglobin center of mass located at point O as shown in the
60. A person was saved from poisonous snake bite by figure on the left. A square portion of side b of this
antivenom injection. Which one of the following sheet is cut out to produce and L-shaped sheet as
immunity explans this form of protection ? shown in the figure on the right.
(A) Naturally acquired active immunity
a b
(B) Artifically acquired active immunity
(C) Naturally acquired passive immunity
(D) Artificially acquired passive immunity
P O
PART - 2
Two- Mark Question
The center of mass of the L-shaped sheet lies at
MATHEMATICS
the point P (in the diagram) when :
61. Let a, b, c be non-zero real numbers such that
a+ b + c = 0; let q = a2 + b2 + c2 and r = a4 + b4 + c4 Then : (A) a/b = ( 5  1) / 2 (B) a/b = ( 5  1) / 2
(A) q2 < 2r always
(B) q2 = 2r always (C) a/b = ( 3  1) /1 (D) a/b = ( 3  1) / 2
(C) q2 > 2r always
67. A machine is blowing soap bubbles of different
(D) q2 - 2r can take both positive and negative values
raddi filled with helium gas. It is found that if the
62. The value of
bubbles have a radius smaller than 1 cm, then
1947
1
 they sink to the floor in still air. Larger bubbles
n0 2 n  21947 float in the air. Assume that the thickness of the
is equal to :
soap film in all bubbles is uniform and equal.
487 1946 Assume that the density of soap solution is same as
(A) 945 (B)
2 2 947
that water (= 1000 kgm–3). The density of helium inside
1947 1948 the bubbles and air are 0.18 kg m–3, 1.23 km m–3
(C) (D)
2947 2947 resepectively. Then the thickness of the soap film
63. The number of integers a in the interval [1, 2014] of the bubbles is (note 1 m = 10–6m)
for which the system of equations
(A) 0.50  m (B) 1.50  m
x2 y2
x  y  a,  4
x 1 y 1 (C) 7.00  m (D) 3.50  m
has finitely many solutions is :
68. An aluminium piece of mass 50g initially at
(A) 0 (B) 1007 (C) 2013 (D) 2014
300°C is dipped quickly and taken out of 1kg
64. In a triangle ABC with A = 90°, P is a point on
of water, initially at 30°C. If the temperature
BC such that PA : PB = 3 : 4. If AB = 7 and
of the aluminium piece be 160°C, what is the
AC = 5 , then BP : PC is : temperature of the water then (Specific heat
(A) 2 : 1 (B) 4 : 3 (C) 4 : 5 (D) 8 : 7 capacities of aluminum and water are 900 JKg–
65. The number of all 3-digit numbers abc K–1 and 4200 Jkg–1K–1, respectively) :
1

(in base 10) for which

(a × b × c) + (a × b) + (b × c) + (c × a) + a + b + c = 29 (A) 165°C (B) 45°C
is :
(C) 31.5°C (D) 28.5°C
(A) 6 (B) 10 (C) 14 (D) 18
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69. A ray of light incident paralled to the base PQ of 73. Complete reaction of 2.0g of calcium (at. wt. = 40)
an isosceles right-angled triangular prism PQR with excess HCl produces 1.125 L of H 2 gas.
Complete reaction of the same quantity of another
suffers two successive total internal reflections at
metal "M" with excess HCl produces 1.85 L of
the faces PQ and AR before emerging reversed in
H2 gas under identical conditions. The equivalent
direction as shown : weight of "M" is closest to :

R
(A) 23 (B) 9 (C) 7 (D) 12
74. A compound X formed after heating coke with
lime react with water to give Y which on passing
over red hot iron at 873K produces Z. The
compound Z is :

Q P
(A) (B)
(A)  > 5 (B) 3 5

(C) 2  5 (D)   2 (C) (D)

70. Consider the circuit shown below where all
resistors are of 1k. 75. In the following reaction sequence
P Br
1. Alcoholic KOH 3. HgSO4 /dil.H2 SO4 , heat
X Br 2. NaNH2 X 4. Conc. HNO3 /H2SO4 Y
Ph
Q X and Y are, respectively :
If a current of magnitude 1 mA flows through the
O
resistor marked X, what is the potential difference
measured between point P and Q ?
—
(A) Ph——
— and
(A) 21 V (B) 68 V
NO2
(C) 55 V (D) 34 V
O
NH2
CHEMISTRY OH
71. 10 moles of a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen
(B) NO2
and
gases at a pressure of 1 atm at constant volume PH
NO2
and temperature, react to form 3.6 g of liquid water.
The pressure of the resulting mixture will be H2N
O
closest to : NH2

(A) 1.07 atm (B) 0.97 atm (C) OH and

PH
(C) 1.02 atm (D) 0.92 atm NO2

72. The amonia evolved from 2g of a compound in O

kjeldahl's estimation of nitrogen neutralizes 10 mL OH
of 2M H2SO4 solution. The weight percentage of (D) and
NH2
nitrogen in the compound is : PH
(A) 28 (B) 14 (C) 56 (D) 7 NO2
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BIOLOGY
79. Children suffering from phenylketonuria are given
76. In which of the following cellular compartment(s) food low in phenylalanine and supplemented with
do respiratory reactions occur ?
tyrosine. This is because they.
(A) cytoplasm and endoplasmic reticulum
(A) Are unable to utilize phenylalanine
(B) Mitochondria and Golgi complex
(B) Do not require phenylalanine
(C) Mitochondria and cytoplasm
(C) Have increased tyrosine anabolism
(D) Mitochondria only

77. A women heterozygous for color blindness marries (D) Have increased tyrosine catabolism
a color blind man. What be the ratios of carrier 80. Two bottles were half filled with water from
daughters, color blind daughters, normal sons and
Ganga ('P') and kaveri ('Q') and kept under
color blind sons in F1 generation ?
indentical airtight conditions for 5 days. The
(A) 1 : 2 : 2 : 1 (B) 2 : 1 : 1 : 2 oxygen was determined to be 2% in bottle ('P')

(C) 1 : 1 : 1 : 1 (D) 1 : 1 : 2 : 2 and 10% in bottle ('Q'). What could be the cause
of this difference ?
78. Two semi-permeable bags contains 2% sucrose
placed in two beakers, 'P' containing water and (A) Ganga is more polluted than kaveri
'Q' containing 10% socrose. Which one of the
(B) Both the rivers are equally polluted
following outcomes is true ?
(C) Kaveri is more polluted than Ganga
(A) Bag in 'P' becomes flaccid due to exosmosis
(D) Kaveri has more minerals than Ganga
(B) Bag in 'P' becomes turgid due to endosmossi

(C) Bag in 'Q' becomes turgid due to endosmosis

(D) Concentration of sucrose remain unchanged both