CLASS

10 SAMPLE PAPER

NationalCyberOlympiad
The actual test paper has 50 questions. Time allowed : 60 minutes. There are 3 sections, 15 questions in section I, 15 in
section II and 20 in section III.
SYLLABUS
Section I (Mental Ability) : Number system, Introduction to irrational numbers, Algebra, Factorization of polynomials,
Ratio and proportion, Linear equations in two variables, Percentage, Profit and loss, Discount, Compound interest, Cost
of living index, Sales tax, Banking, Lines and angles, Congruence, Inequalities in a triangle, Concurrent lines in a triangle,
Parallelograms, Areas, Construction, Trigonometric ratios, Plane figures, Solids, Polynomials, Quadratic equations.
Section II (Logical and Analytical Reasoning) : Problems based on figures, Find odd numeral out, Series completion,
Coding-decoding, Mathematical reasoning, Analytical reasoning, Mirror images, Embedded figures, Direction sense test,
Cubes and dice.
Section III (Computers and IT) : Computer system An overview, Computer software, Communication technology,
MS-Windows ,MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-Power Point.

NationalScienceOlympiad
The actual test paper has 50 questions. Time allowed : 60 minutes. There are 2 sections, 20 questions in section I and 30
in section II.
SYLLABUS
Section I (Mental ability) : Real Numbers, Polynomials, Pair of Linear Equations in Two Variables, Quadratic Equations,
Arithmetic Progressions, Triangles, Coordinate Geometry, Introduction to Trigonometry, Some Applications of Trigonometry,
Circles, Constructions, Areas Related to Circles, Surface Areas and Volumes, Statistics, Probability.
Section II (Science) : Chemical Reactions and Equations; Acids, Bases and Salts; Metals and Non-metals; Carbon
and its Compounds; Periodic Classification of Elements; Life Processes; Control and Coordination; How do Organisms
Reproduce?; Heredity and Evolution; Light Reflection and Refraction; Human Eye and Colourful World; Electricity;
Magnetic Effects of Electric Current; Sources of Energy; Our Environment; Management of Natural Resources.

The actual test paper has 50 questions. Time allowed : 60 minutes. There are 3 sections, 20 questions in section I, 20 in
section II and 10 in section III.
SYLLABUS
Section I (Logical Reasoning) : Direction sense test, Mathematical operations, Number ranking & Time sequence
Test, Coding-Decoding, Distance, Speed, Time and general reasoning based on prescribed syllabus.
Section II (Mathematical Reasoning) : Linear Equations in Two Variables, Polynomials, Rational Expressions,
Quadratic Equations, Arithmetic Progression (AP), Similar triangles, Circles and their properties, Trigonometric identities
and problems related to height and distance, Surface areas and volumes of solid figures, Coordinate geometry.
Section III (Everyday Mathematics) : The Syllabus of this section will be based on the syllabus of Mathematical
Reasoning.
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MENTALABILITY
1. Thevalueoftan5tan25tan30tan65tan85is
1 2 5
(A) 3 (B) (C) (D)
3 3 3

2. Abagcontains5redballsandsomeblueballs.Iftheprobabilityofdrawingablueballisdoublethatof
aredballthenthenumberofblueballsinthebagis
(A) 10 (B) 5 (C) 8 (D) 7

3. Acylinderopenatbothendshasradius5/p cmandheight12cm.IfA and B arediametricallyopposite

pointslyingonthetopandbottomrims.TheshortestdistancebetweenA andB is
(A) 13cm (B) 17cm
2
(C) 1210 cm
p
(D) ( )
122 + 10 cm
p

4. Whichofthefollowingequationshavethesamegraph?
x2 - 9
I. y=x+3 II. y = III. ( x - 3)y = x 2 - 9
x- 3
(A) IandIIonly (B) IandIIIonly
(C) IIandIIIonly (D) Allofthese.

x 1
5. Thevalueoftherealnumberxsatisfying log9 x- log9 + = 1is
10 9
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 9 (D) 10

6. Twonumbersareintheratioof3 :5.If8isaddedtoeachnumber,theratiobecomes2:3.Whatarethe
numbers?
(A) 24and40 (B) 20and30 (C) 32and42 (D) 35and45

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7. Thesumoffirst24termsofthesequencewhosenthtermis an =3+ n,is
3
(A) 275 (B) 272 (C) 280 (D) 270.

8. Theratioofthevolumeofacubetothatofaspherewhichexactlyfitsinsidethecubeis
(A) 6: p (B) p :6 (C) p :12 (D) 12: p

LOGICAL&ANALYTICALREASONING
9. Inagroupoffivepeople,K,LandMareambitious,M,NandRarehonest,L,MandNareintelligentand
K,MandRareindustrious.Amongthese,neitherindustriousnorambitiousperson(s)wouldinclude
(A) Kalone (B) LandR (C) MandN (D) Nalone

10. Onanotherplanet,thelocalterminologyforearth,water,light,airandskyaresky,light,air,water
andearthrespectively.Ifsomeoneisthirstythere,whatwouldhedrink?
(A) Sky (B) Water (C) Air (D) Light.

11. Theyieldversusfertilizerinputisshowninthegivengraph:
Yield
Considerthefollowingstatementsbasedonthisgraph: B(MaximumPoint)
50
1. YieldrateiszeroatBandC.
C(SaddlePoint)
2. Thereisnoyieldwithnofertilizerinput. 20
A
3. TheyieldisminimumatD. 8
4. TheyieldisneitherminimumnormaximumatC. 0
1 5 10 15 D
Whichoftheabovestatementsarecorrect?
(A) 1,2and4 (B) 3and4 (C) 2and3 (D) 1,3and4

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12. Step1: Multiplyby2
Step2:Subtract1
Step3:Iflessthan10,jumptostep1andcontinuefromthereotherwiseproceedtostep4
Step4: Add7
Step5: Divideby2
Step6:Add2
Step7: Multiplyby2
Ifyoustartwithavalueof6thencalculatehowmanytimes youhadtojumptostep1.
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 3 (D) 0

13. A,B,C,D,E,FandGaremembersofafamilyconsistingoffouradultsandthreechildren,twoofwhom,
FandGaregirls.AandDarebrothersandAisadoctor.Eisanengineermarriedtooneofthebrothers
andhastwochildren.BismarriedtoDandGistheirchild.WhoisC?
(A) Gsbrother (B) Fsfather
(C) Esdaughter (D) Asson

COMPUTERS&INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY
14. Whichofthefollowinghighlevellanguageis NOT suitableforgeneratingordevelopingadatafile?
(A) BASIC (B) FORTRAN
(C) COBOL (D) PASCAL

15. Theprocessingspeedofacomputerismeasuredin
(A) Megabyte (B) 16bit
(C) Megahertz (D) Milliseconds

16. Whichofthefollowingfeaturesdistinguishesadatabasefilefromamerecollectionofdata
(A) Databaseenablesdatatobeorganisedforeffectiveusemuchfaster
(B) Itorganisesdatainrowsandcolumns
(C) Itgivesreferencenametoeachfilecreated
(D) Itprovidessearchfacility

17. Eachcommandisfollowedbyameaning,matchthem.
Command Meaning
1. STEP A. Tobranchunconditionallyoutofthenormalprogramsequencetoaspecifiedline
number.
2. SWAP B. Toterminateprogramexecutionandreturntocommandlevel.
3. STOP C. Toexchangethevaluesoftwovariables.
4. GOTO D. TospecifythecounterincrementforeachloopinFORNEXTstatement.
(A) 1B,2C,3D,4A (B) 1A,2B,3C,4D
(C) 1D,2A,3B,4C (D) Noneofthese.

18. IfXrepresentsShwetacanreadandYrepresentsShwetacanwrite,thenwriteintermsofX,X ,Y
and Y thefollowingstatements:
(i) Shwetacanreadbutcannotwrite
(ii) Shwetacannotreadorwrite
(A) X Y , X Y (B) X Y, X Y
(C) X Y, X Y (D) Noneofthese.

19. Namethesmallestaddressablesetofbitsofthecomputermemory.
(A) Byte (B) Word
(C) Pixel (D) Digit

20. Whichofthefollowingisnotahardwarecomponent?
(A) Mouse (B) LAN
(C) Chip (D) Semiconductormemory.

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MENTALABILITY
1. Inanofficewith21staffmembers,1/3aremenand2/3arewomen.Toobtainastaffinwhich1/4are
men,howmanywomenshouldbehired?
(A) 7 (B) 5 (C) 3 (D) 2
2. Ajoggerdesirestorunacertaincoursein1/4lesstimethansheusuallytakesbywhatpercentmustshe
increaseheraveragerunningspeedtoaccomplishthisgoal?
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(A) 20% (B) 25% (C) 33 % (D) 50%.
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3. AsalesmanmakesacommissionofxpercentonthefirstRs.2,000worthofsaleinanygivenmonthand
ypercentonallfurthersalesduringthatmonth.IfhemakesRs.700fromRs.4,000ofsalesinOctober
andhemakesRs.900fromRs.5,000ofsalesinNovember,whatisthevalueofx?
(A) 2% (B) 5% (C) 10% (D) 15%.
4. Amagicianwantstoshipamagicwandtothelocationofhisnextshow.Therectangularboxhehas
availableforthispurposemeasures6incheswideby8incheslongby10incheshigh.Whatisthe
longestcylindricalwandofnegligiblediameterthatcanbeshippedinthisbox?
(A) 10inches (B) 8 2 inches (C) 8 3 inches (D) 10 2 inches
5. Thepriceofsugarincreased20percentin2000and10percentin2001.Byapproximatelywhatpercent
wouldthepriceattheendof2001havetobedecreasedtorestorethepriceofthesugartoitspre2000price?
(A) 40% (B) 35% (C) 30% (D) 24%.

SCIENCE
6. IftheMoonweretwiceasmassiveasitisnow,andithasstayedinthesameorbitalradiusaboutthe
Earthasithasnow,itsneworbitalperiod(intermsofitscurrentorbitalperiodT)wouldbe,
T T
(A) T (B) (C) (D) 2T
2 4

7. Avirtualimageisformedbyaconcavemirrorwhenobjectisplaced
(A) Betweenfocusandcentreofcurvature
(B) BeyondC (C) Atinfinity (D) Behindthemirror

8. Noheatlossoccursduringflowofchargeinsuperconductorsbecause
(A) Speedofchargeisslowinit (B) Itisbadconductorofheat
(C) Itofferszeroresistance (D) Itgeneratesverysmallvoltage

9. Howdoweknowthatfissionisn'tresponsibleforthesunsenergy?
(A) Fissiondoesn'tproduceenoughenergypergramoffuel
(B) Iffissionweregoingoninthesun,thesunwouldexplode
(C) Iffissionweregoingoninthesun,thesun'smasswouldincrease
(D) Thereisn'tverymuchfissionablematerialinthesun.

10. Whichofthefollowinggroupsofinstrumentsisrequiredtohavecommunicationlinebetweentwotelevision
relaycentres ?
(A) Microwavelink,boosterrelay,satellite
(B) Radiotelescope,microwavelink,boosterrelay,telephone
(C) Microwavelink,telephone,boosterrelay,satellite
(D) Allofthese

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11. Inacircularcoilofwireifthecurrentisflowingintheanticlockwisedirection,
thefacewillbenorthpole.Whenthereisnocurrentinthecoil,ifthenorth
poleisbroughtnearthecoil,duringthattime,thecurrentinducedinthecoil NS
willbe
(A) Clockwise
(B) Anticlockwise
(C) Thecurrentwillbeinthesamedirectionwhetherthenorthpoleisbrought G
nearortakenaway
(D) (A)and(C)arecorrect

12. Duringcalcinationoftheore
(A) Theloweroxidesareconvertedintohigheroxides
(B) Themetalgetsoxidisedtoitshighestoxide
(C) Volatileimpuritiesareexpelled
(D) SulphurpresentintheoreisconvertedintoSO2

13. WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueregardingiron?
(A) Itishardandbrittle. (B) Itcanbetempered.
(C) Itcannotbewelded. (D) Itcontains45%ofcarbon

14. Heatingofrubberwithsulphurisknownas
(A) Galvanisation (B) Sulphonation
(C) Vulcanisation (D) Bessemerisation

15. ThegasevolvedinBhopaltragedywas
(A) CO (B) CO2 (C) Methylisocyanate (D) N2

16. Whichofthefollowinggasesformsastablecomplexcompound(leadingtodeath)withhaemoglobinof
thehumanblood?
(A) Oxygen (B) Carbondioxide
(C) Carbonmonoxide (D) Nitrogen

17. WhencopperisheatedwithconcentratedH2SO
4 theproductsobtainedare
(A) CuSO4 +H2 (B) CuSO4 +SO2 +H2
(C) CuSO4 +SO2 +H2O
(D) CuO+SO3 +H2

18. Lathyrismduetoconsumptionofkhesaridalischaracterisedby
(A) Skeletaldeformationandthinningofcollagenfibres
(B) Skeletaldeformities,diabetesmellitusandreproductivefailure
(C) Retardedgrowth,precociouspubertyandrenaldysfunction
(D) Cardiovascularabnormalities,mentalretardationanddelayedpuberty.
19. Whichoneyieldsmoreenergy?
(A) Directburningofcowdung
(B) Burningofbiogasderivedfromcowdung
(C) Burningofmanurederivedfromcowdung
(D) Burningofsemidecayedcowdung

20. Marktheincorrectmatch.
Nutrient Deficiency Symptom
(A) Iron Anaemia DeficiencyofhaemoglobininR.B.C.
(B) VitaminB1 Beriberi Waterloggingofthetissue,paralysis
(C) VitaminB4 Pellagra Pigeonchest,lossofteeth
(D) VitaminC Scurvy Looseningofteeth,swellingandbleedingofgums

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 LOGICALREASONING
1. Thereare6shortpiecesoflinkchain,eachhaving4links.Ittakes
10secondstocutalinkand25secondstowelditbacktogether.
Whatistheshortestpossibletimetomakethelongestchain?
(A) 175seconds (B) 210seconds
(C) 150seconds (D) 60seconds
2. Whatshouldcomeattheplaceof?sothateverycolumnordiagonal 3
hasthesamesum? 19 17
16 7 18
(A) 19 (B) 12 2 1
? 5 11
(C) 13 (D) 15 4 6
10 8 9
13 14
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MagicHexagon

3. PointsAandBonamapare12kmapartifyoufollowthepath.A
troop of boy scouts leaves pointA at 11:00 a.m.They are all B
carryingpacksandtravel3km/hruntiltheyreachpointCat12:45.
IftheywanttoreachpointBby2:00,howfastwilltheyhaveto
C
go?
A
(A) 5.4km/hr (B) 6.75km/hr
(C) 5.25km/hr (D) 1.75km/hr
4. Achildwaslookingforhisfather.Hewent90metresintheEastbeforeturningtohisright.Hewent
20metresbeforeturningtohisrightagaintolookforhisfatherathisunclesplace30metresfromthis
point.Hisfatherwasnotthere.Fromherehewent100metrestotheNorthbeforemeetinghisfatherin
astreet.Howfardidthesonmeethisfatherfromthestartingpoint?
(A) 80metres (B) 100metres (C) 140metres (D) 260metres
5. IfDELHIiscodedas73541andCALCUTTAas82589662,howcanCALICUTbecoded?
(A) 5279431 (B) 5978213 (C) 8251896 (D) 8543691
6. If1stOctoberisSunday,then1stNovemberwillbe
(A) Monday (B) Tuesday (C) Wednesday (D) Thursday
7. If+standsfordivision,standsforaddition,standsformultiplicationand standsforsubtraction,
thenwhichofthefollowingequationsiscorrect?
(A) 366+7 26=20 (B) 36 6+353=45
(C) 36+635 3=24 (D) 366+35 3=74
MATHEMATICAL REASONING
B D
8. IfOisthecentreofthecircle,findthevalueofxinthefollowingfigure.

(A) 75 (B) 40
40

(C) 65 (D) 90 O
65 x
A C

A B
9. ParallelogramABCDisshownintheadjoiningfigure.Whichpairoftriangles
canbeestablishedtobecongruenttoprovethat DAB @ BCD?
(A) D ADC and D BCD (B) D AED and D BEC E

(C) D DAB and D BCD (D) D DEC and D BEA

D C

10. Whatisthecompletesolutiontotheequation|36x|=15?
(A) x=2x=3 (B) x=2x =3
(C) x=2x =3 (D) x=2x =3
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11. Inthefiguregivenhere,AB>BC. A
Ifweassumethatm A=m C,itfollowsthatAB=BC.Thiscontradictsthegiven
statementthatAB>BC.Whatconclusioncanbedrawnfromthiscontradiction?
(A) m A=mB (B) m A m B
(C) m A=m C (D) m A m C B
C

12. Whichpolynomialrepresents(3x2 +x 4)(2x 5)?

(A) 6x3 13x2 13x20 (B) 6x3 13x2 13x+20
(C) 6x3 +13x2 +3x20 (D) 6x3 +13x2 +3x +20

13. 2 x + 7 2 x 4 + 21x 3 + 35 x 2 37 x+ 46 =
4 4
(A) x 3 + 7 x 2 7 x+ 6 (B) 2 x 3 +14 x 2 14 x+12
2 x+ 7 2 x+ 7
4 4
(C) x 3 7 x 2 + 7 x 6 + (D) x 3 + 7 x 2 7 x+ 6 +
2 x+ 7 2 x+ 7
14. Therearetwonumberswiththefollowingproperties.
1) Thesecondnumberis3morethanthefirstnumber.
2) Theproductofthetwonumbersis9morethantheirsum.
Whichofthefollowingrepresentspossiblevaluesofthesetwonumbers?
(A) 6,3 (B) 4,1 (C) 1,4 (D) 3,6

15. If i = 1, whatisthevalueofi4?
(A) i (B) i (C) 1 (D) 1

16. Acoppersphereofdiameter18cmisdrawnintoawireofdiameter4mm.Findthelengthofthewire.
(A) 240m (B) 242m (C) 243m (D) 245m

17. Whatisthe nthterminthearithmeticseriesgivenbelow?

3+7+11+15+19...
(A) 4n (B) 3+4n (C) 2n+1 (D) 4n1
EVERYDAY MATHEMATICS
18. Threeducksandtwoducklingsweigh32kg.Fourducksandthreeducklingsweigh44kg.Allducks
weighthesameandallducklingsweighthesame.Whatistheweightoftwoducksandoneduckling?
(A) 20kg. (B) 40kg.
(C) 60kg. (D) 64kg.

19. A rectangularsheet of wood hasfour small squares removedfrom the A3

corners.Itisthencuttomakeaboxthatis5cmby4cmwithavolumeof
60cm3.(FourpiecesofsizeA4areremoved.)
Findtheoriginalareaofthesheetofwood. 5cm A1 A2

(A) 200cmsq. (B) 110cmsq.

4cm
(C) 96cmsq. (D) 100cmsq.
A4

20. Acerealcompanydecidedtoincreasetheheightofitsboxesby30percent
andreducethewidthinordertomaintainthesamevolume.
h
Initially,length=20cm,height=40cm,width=30cm
Whatwillthenewwidthbeifthelengthstaysthesame?
(A) 52cm (B) 20cm
(C) 23.08cm (D) 23cm w

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 SAMPLEANSWERSHEET
1.NAME: IfyournameisSACHITAIYER,thenyoushouldwriteasfollows:
S A C H I T A I Y E R

2.FATHER'SNAME:Ifyourfather'snameisSATISHKUMARSHARMA,thenyoushouldwriteasfollows:
S A T I S H K U M A R S H A R M A

SCHOOLCODE 3.SCHOOLCODE
M H 0 5 4 7 Writeyourschoolcode 4.CLASS 5.ROLLNO.
A A 0 0 0 i.e.ifyourschoolcode IfyouareinClass Ifyourrollno.is587,
B B 1 1 1 1 isMH0547darkenas 10,thenyoushould thenyoushouldwrite
C C 2 2 2 2 follows: darkenasfollows: anddarkenthecircles
D D 3 3 3 3 asfollows:
E E 4 4 4
CLASS ROLLNO.
F F 5 5 5
1 0 5 8 7
G G 6 6 6 6
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Darken 0 0 0 0
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L L
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N N
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O O 6.GENDER 8 8 8 8
P P Ifyouareaboy,
9 9 9 9 9
Q Q thendarken
R R Malecircle
S S
T T GENDER
U U CORRECT WRONG
waytodarken waytodarken
V V MALE FEMALE
thecircle thecircle P
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7. IfyourchoiceforAnswer1isC,thenyoushoulddarkenthecircleasfollows: 1.
Darkenthecircle
MARKYOURANSWERSWITHHBPENCIL/BALLPOINTPEN(BLUE/BLACK)

ANSWERS
National Cyber Olympiad
1. (B) 2. (A) 3. (D) 4. (C) 5. (D) 6. (A) 7. (B) 8. (A) 9. (D) 10. (D)
11. (B) 12. (D) 13. (D) 14. (B) 15. (C) 16. (A) 17. (D) 18. (A) 19. (A) 20. (B)
National Science Olympiad
1. (A) 2. (C) 3. (A) 4. (A) 5. (D) 6. (A) 7. (D) 8. (C) 9. (D) 10. (A)
11. (B) 12. (C) 13. (B) 14. (C) 15. (C) 16. (C) 17. (C) 18. (A) 19. (B) 20. (C)
International Mathematics Olympiad
1. (A) 2. (B) 3. (A) 4. (B) 5. (C) 6. (C) 7. (D) 8. (A) 9. (C) 10. (B)
11. (D) 12. (B) 13. (D) 14. (B) 15. (C) 16. (C) 17. (D) 18. (A) 19. (B) 20. (C)

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