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SAMPLE PAPER
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INSTRUCTIONS :
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This paper contains 30 questions divided in 2 Sections. 3 marks will be awarded for correct answer
and –1 for wrong answer.
Section A : Mental Aptitude (15 Questions)
Section B : Scholastic Aptitude (15 Questions)
Sample paper is designed in a way to give a fair idea to a student about the pattern of paper and the type
of questions which will be asked in the actual test.
Number of questions, total marks, difficulty level of questions and time allotted for the paper might vary
in the actual test.
Child may use this sample paper as a practice paper to get accustomed to the pattern of actual test.
SECTION–A (MAT)
MENTAL APTITUDE
1.
Find the next figure ?
(a) 15:30 hrs
(b) 17:10 hrs
Question Figures
(c) 16:10 hrs
(d) None of these
4.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
5.
Answer Figures
(a)
(b)
6.
10, 21, 40, 83, 162, ?
(a) 233
(b) 235
(c) 329
(d) 339
If 10 – 2 = 98, 12 ÷ 4 = 36, what is 11×2?
(a) 240
(b) 260
(c) 242
(d) 222
Robin says, “If Jai gives me Rs. 40, he
will have half as much as Atul, but if Atul
(c)
(d)
gives me Rs. 40, then the three of us
will all have the same amount.” What is
2.
A rat runs 20 m towards East and turns
to right, runs 10 m and turns to right,
runs 9 m and again turns to left, runs 5
m and turns to left, runs 12 m and finally
turns to left and runs 6 m. Now which
direction is the rat facing ?
(a) East
(c) North
3.
(b) West
(d) North-east
The train for Lucknow leaves every two
and a half hour from New Delhi Railway
Station. An announcement was made
at the station that the train for Lucknow
had left 40 minutes ago and the next
train will leave at 18:00 hrs. At what
time was the announcement made ?
the total amount of money that Robin,
Jai and Atul have between them ?
7.
(a) Rs. 240
(b) Rs. 320
(c) Rs. 360
(d) Rs. 420
Since prices of mangoes decreased by
25%, I can purchase 4 mangoes more
for Rs. 60. What is the original price of
one mango ?
(a) Rs.
(c) Rs. 5
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8.
From the following diagram find the
value of Y.
12.
4
5
Y
120
30
6
(a) 24
(c) 20
9.
(b) 25
(d) 30
13.
Lakshya hosts “Valedictory function”
every year to felicitate its students. At
the party, every 2 guests used a bowl of
rice between them, every 3 guests used
a bowl of dal between them and every 4
used a bowl of meat between them.
There were altogether 6500 bowls. How
many guests wer e there at the
function?
(a) 6000
(b) 2400
(c) 9000
(d) 1200
Count the number of rectangles in the
given figure.
On a certain planet, there are nine
months in a year, and seven days in a
week (which are same as the weekdays
on the earth). The alternate months
have 29 and 30 days, (starting with 29
days). In a leap year, 2 days are added
to the third, the sixth and the ninth
month. If 3rd of the first month is a
Tuesday and if it is leap year, 10 of the
(a) 8
(b) 17
(c) 18
(d) 20
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7th month will be a
(a) Sunday
(b) Monday
(c) Friday
(d) Wednesday
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10.
14.
2
6 20 4
12 25 64
6
11.
2
10 ?
(a) 6
(b) 8
(c) 10
(d) 12
15.
At the end of a dinner party, all the eight
people present shake hands with each
other once. How many hand shakes will
there be altogether ?
(a) 8
(b) 16
(c) 28
(d) 64
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(a) 25
(b) 125
(c) 156
(d) 625
If a scooterist drives at the rate of 24
km/hr, he reaches the destination 5
minutes too late. If he drives at the rate
of 30 km/hr, he reaches his
destination 4 minutes too soon. His
destination is
(a) 12 km away
(b) 15 km away
(c) 10 km away
(d) 18 km away
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SECTION–B (SAT)
SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST
16.
If a charged body attracts another body,
23.
then charge on the other body
depends on
(a) must be negative
(a) how fast it is raised
(b) must be positive
(b) strength of the man
(c) must be zero
(c) the height to which it is raised
(d) may be negative or positive or zero
17.
Work done in raising a box on a platform
Mass
per
unit
volume
(d) none of these
is
called_________of a substance
3
24.
-
9 2 ¸ (243)
2
3
simplifies to
(a) Specific Gravity
(b) Density
10
(c) Gravity
(d) None of these
18.
19.
1
(a) 331 m/sec
(b) 231 m/sec
(c) 400 m/sec
(d) 500 m/sec
25.
From kinematics, equation of motion S =
The sum of two numbers is 20; their
reciprocals is
(a) S = ut -
1 2
at
2
(a)
(b) S = ut +
1 2
at
2
(c) 2
26.
1
10
(b) 4
(d)
1
2
A lady has only 25 paise and 50-paise
(d) None of these
coins in her purse. She has a total of
The reaction 2Na + Cl2 ® 2NaCl is an
120 coins and the total amount is Rs.
50. The number of coins of each type in
her purse, respectively, is
(a) combination reaction
(b) decomposition reaction
(c) displacement reaction
(d) double decomposition reaction
22.
(d) 319
product is 40. The sum of their
example of
21.
(b) 3 3
(c) 3 3
Velocity of sound in air is
(c) Both (a) and (b)
20.
19
(a) 3 3
27.
(a) 90, 30
(b) 60, 60
(c) 40, 80
(d) 70, 50
The value of
The steam engine was invented by
(a) James Watt
(b) Joule
(c) Newcommen
(d) Newton
Energy cannot be measured in
(a) Newton
(b) Joule
(c) kWh
(d) erg
is
(a) 8
(b)
1
8
(c) 230
(d)
1
230
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28.
A driver accelerates his car first at the rate
30.
2
of 1.8 m/s and then at the rate of
2
29.
Who was the famous emperor of the
Kushan Dynasty?
1.2 m/s . The ratio of the forces exerted by
(a) Bindusar
the engines will be respectively equal to
(b) Kanishka
(a) 2 : 3
(b) 1 : 2
(c) Rajendra Chola
(c) 2 : 1
(d) 3 : 2
(d) Pulakeshin-II
Steppe grassland is found in
(a) S. Africa
(b) Australia
(c) Russia
(d) None of these
ANSWER KEY
1. (d)
2. (c)
3. (c)
4. (c)
5. (c)
6. (c)
7. (c)
8. (c)
9. (b)
10. (b)
11. (c)
12. (a)
13. (c)
14. (d)
15. (d)
16. (d)
17. (b)
18. (a)
19. (b)
20. (a)
21. (c)
22. (a)
23. (c)
24. (b)
25. (d)
26. (c)
27. (b)
28. (d)
29. (c)
30. (b)
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