FIITJEE

Samacheer Talent Recognition Drive

CLASS - 10
(10 going to 11th)
th

Time: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 300

IQ, MATHS, PHYSICS & CHEMISTRY

1. Caution: Question Paper CODE as given above MUST be correctly marked in the answer OMR sheet
before attempting the paper. Wrong CODE or no CODE will give wrong results.
2. Answers have to be marked on the OMR sheet.
3. The Question Paper contains blank spaces for your rough work. No additional sheets will be
provided for rough work.
4. Blank papers, clip boards, log tables, slide rule, calculator, cellular phones, pagers and electronic
devices, in any form, are not allowed
5. Write your Name, Reg. No. and Test Centre in the space provided at the bottom of this sheet.
6. You are advised to devote around 1 Hour on each Section as there will be minimum cutoff marks in
each Section for qualifying.
7. The question paper consists of 4 Sections:
Section - I.IQ (30 questions)
Section-II.Mathematics (30 questions)
Section -III.Physics (20 questions)
Section -IVChemistry (20 questions).

8. Each question carries +3 marks for correct answer and -1 mark for wrong answer.

Name of the Candidate :

Registration Number :
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STRD-2014 -CLASS - 10 -P 2 IQ, Maths, Phy & Chem

IQ Section I
Directions (Q.No. 1 5) Complete the given series.

1. 4, 9, 19, 34, 54,

(A) 79 (B) 74 (C) 89 (D) 83

2. 1, 9, 25, 49, .
(A) 64 (B) 56 (C) 71 (D) 81

3. 0, 3, 8, 15, ., 35
(A) 24 (B) 25 (C) 26 (D) 20

4. 1, 8, 27, 64, , 216

(A) 127 (B) 125 (C) 124 (D) 128

5. 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, , 28, 36

(A) 24 (B) 22 (C) 64 (D) 21

Directions (Q.No.6 to 9): These questions are based on the following Venn Diagram and answer the
questions given below.

The rectangle represents artists, the circle represents players and the triangle
represents doctors.

6. How many players are neither artists nor doctors?

(A) 20 (B) 10 (C) 25 (D) 45

7. How many doctors are both players and artists?

(A) 6 (B) 4 (C) 10 (D) 20

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8. How many doctors are neither players nor artists?

(A) 28 (B) 20 (C) 25 (D) 10

9. How many artists are players but not doctors?

(A) 20 (B) 25 (C) 28 (D) 10

Directions (Q,No. 10 - 13): In the following questions, group of four figures are given in questions. Out of
these four figures one figure is different, while three figures are similar in some way. Find out the different
figure (odd one out).

10.

11.

12.

13.

Directions (Q.No. 14 - 18): Read the information given below and answer the following questions.
(i) A, B, C, D, E and F are six members of a family.
(ii) One couple has parents and their children in the family.
(iii) A is the son of C and E is the daughter of A.
(iv) D is the daughter of F, who is the mother of E.

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14. Who are the male members in the family?

(A) A and C (B) C and F (C) A, B and D (D) D and F

15. Which of the following pairs is the parents of the children?

(A) BC (B) CF (C) BF (D) None of these

16. Which of the following pairs is the parents of the couple?

(A) AB (B) BC (C) AF (D) CF

17. How many female members are there in the family?

(A) Two (B) Three (C) Four (D) Cant be determined

18. What relationship of D and E bear to each other?

(A) Sister and brother (B) Mother and son
(C) Grandmother and granddaughter (D) Sisters

Directions (Q.No. 19 - 21): In the following questions, three are alike in certain way and so form a group.
Which is one that does not belong to that group.

19. (A) Lock-key (B) Motorcycle-fuel (C) Book-copy (D) River-water

20. (A) Food : Hunger (B) Water : Thirst (C) Air : suffocation (D) Talent : Education

21. (A) Stallion : Colt (B) Drake : Duck (C) Dog : Bitch (D) Drone : Bee

Directions (Q.No. 22 - 24): In each of the following questions, certain pairs of words are given out of which
the words in all pairs except one, bear a certain common relationship choose the pair in which the words
are differently related.

22. (A) Tripitaka : Buddhist (B) Temple : Hindu (C) Avesta : Parasi (D) Torah : Jew

23. (A) Whale : Mammal (B) Frog : Amphibian (C) Salamander : Insect (D) Snake : Reptile

24. (A) Donald : Comedy (B) Holmes : Suspense (C) Premchand : Novel (D) Robinson : Adventure

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25. If TEAM is coded as VGCO, then LIFE will be coded as

(A) NJGE (B) NLIH (C) NKHH (D) NKHG

26. In a certain code language, MAN is coded as NBO, then in the same code language TUL will be written as
(A) UVP (B) UWN (C) UVM (D) UMW

27. If the word CLERK is coded as EOIWQ, how would you code the word TABLE?
(A) VCDNG (B) VCDGN (C) VDFQK (D) VDFOK

28. If the word TRADE is coded as XVEHI, how the word PUBLIC should be coded?
(A) TYFMPG (B) SXEOLF (C) TYFPMG (D) SXLLOP

29. In a certain code, POLISH is written as MLIFPE, then DIG is the code for which word?
(A) GLJ (B) CHI (C) ECH (D) AFD

30. Choose the alternative which most closely resembles the mirror image of DBV8478

(A) (B) (C) (D)

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Mathematics Section II
II
1. Null set is a set which has ..
(A) finite number of elements (B) infinite number of elements
(C) no element (D) only one element

x +1
2. f ( x) = then f (1) + f (1) is
x2 +1
1 1
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) (D)
2 4
3. For any three sets A, B and C, A ( B C ) is .
(A)( A B) ( B C ) (B) ( A B) ( A C )
(C) A ( B C ) (D) ( A B ) ( B C )

4. If n( A) = 20, n( B ) = 30 and n( A B ) = 40, then n( A B ) is equal to ..

(A) 50 (B) 10 (C) 40 (D) 70

5. Given f ( x) = (1) x is a function from N to Z. Then the range of f is

(A) {1} (B) N (C) {1, 1} (D) Z

a4 3
6. If a1 , a2 , a3 ,..., an are in A.P., such that = , then the 13th term of the A.P. is .
a7 2
3
(A) (B) 0 (C) 12a1 (D) 14a1
2

a b
7. If a, b, c are in A.P. then is equal to ..
bc
a b a
(A) (B) (C) (D) 1
b c c

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8. The first term of an A.P. is 4, last term is 44, there are 7 terms. Hence their sum is
(A) 48 (B) 333 (C) 168 (D) 280

n
9. (2k 1) is
k =1

n(n + 1)
(A) k2 (B) (2k 1)2 (C) n2 (D)
2

1 1 1
10. If a, b, c are in A.P. then , , are in ..
bc ca ab
(A) not in A.P. (B) not in G.P (C) G.P. (D) A.P.

3 9 1 3
11. If = 3 . Find x ..
x 12 2 4
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 2 (D) 3
2

12. If ( 1 2 4) a = ( 10) then the value of a is

3

(A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 0 (D) 2

7 2 1 0
13. If A= and A + B = then the matrix B = ..
1 3 2 4
1 0 6 2 8 2 8 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
0 1 3 1 1 7 1 7

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14. Which one of the following is true for any two square matrices A and B of same order?
(A) ( AB )T = AT BT (B) ( AT B )T = AT BT (C) ( AB )T = BA (D) ( AB )T = BT AT

1 2
15. IfA= and A + B = O, then B is ..
3 4
1 2 1 2 1 2 1 0
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 4 3 4 3 4 0 1
16. In the adjoining figure, chords AB and CD intersect at P. If AB = 16
cm, PD = 8 cm, PC = 6 and AP > PB, then AP =
(A) 8 cm (B) 4 cm
(C) 12 cm (D) 6 cm

17. The sides of two similar triangles are in the ratio 2 : 3, then their areas are in the ratio .
(A) 9:4 (B) 4 : 9 (C) 2 : 3 (D) 3 : 2

AB BD


18. In figure, if = , B = 40 , and C = 60 , then
AC DC
BAD = ..........



(A) 30 (B) 50



(C) 80 (D) 40

19. In ABC , AD is a median and also bisects A. If AB = 16 cm, BC = 8 cm then AC = ? ......

(A) ( 4)2 (B) 8 (C) 42 (D) 2

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20. If a1 , a 2 , a 3 , ....., a 25 are in A.P. and a 3 + a 5 + a12 + a14 + a 21 + a 23 = 60, then a 2 + a 7 + a19 + a 24 =
(A) 30 (B) 40 (C) 120 (D) 180

21. The equation of a line with 3, 4 as intercept is .

(A) 3 x + 4 y = 7 (B) 4 x + 3 y = 7 (C) 4 x + 3 y = 12 (D) none of these

22. If m is the slope of 3 x + 4 y + 8 = 0, find 16m 2 .

(A) 12 (B) 8 (C) 16 (D) 9
1
23. Slope of line joining ( 6,13) and (3, a ) is , find a .
3
(A) 2 (B) 2 (C) 10 (D) 10

24. The angle of inclination of the line 3 x y + 2 = 0 is

(A) 90 (B) 0 (C) 30 (D) 60

25. The point of intersection of the straight lines 9 x y 2 = 0 and 2 x + y 9 = 0 is .

(A) (1, 7) (B) (7, 1) (C) (1, 7) (D) ( 1, 7)

26. A man is 28.5 m away from a tower. His eye level above the ground is 1.5 m. The angle of elevation of the


tower from his eyes is 45 . Then the height of the tower is ..
(A) 30 m (B) 27.5 m (C) 28.5 m (D) 27 m

1
27. sin 2 + = .........
1 + tan 2
(A) cos ec + cot cos ec 2 cot 2
2 2
(B)
(C) cot cos ec (D) sin cos
2 2 2 2

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28. tan 4 + tan 2 sec 4 + sec 2 = ........

(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 1 (D) 0

29. If cos ecA cot A = 3 then cos ec A + cot A = ..........

1 1
(A) (B) (C) 3 (D) 1
3 3

30. (cos 2 1) (cot 2 + 1) + 1 = ..............

(A) 1 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 0

Physics Section II
III
1. Select the correct statement
(A) The ratio of least counts of vernier calipers and screw gauge is 0.1
(B) In screw gauge, if the zero of the circular scale advances the reference line, the zero correction in positive.
(C) In screw gauge, the least count is independent of number of division on the circular scale
(D) none of the above

2. The mains constituent of LPG is

(A) Propane (B) methane (C) Butane (D) Ethane

3. Mass of a planet and radius of a planet are double that of earth. Acceleration due to gravity on the planet gp is
g
(A) g (B) (C) 2g (D) 8g
2
4. The most suitable material for making the core of an electromagnet is
(A) steel (B) iron (C) soft iron (D) aluminium

5. The direction of induced current is determined by

(A) Flemings right hand rule (B) Flemings left hand rule
(C) right hand screw rule (D) none of these

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6. The refractive index of glass and water respect to air are 3/2 and 4/3 respectively. The refractive index of glass with
respect to water is ..
(A) 8/9 (B) 9/8 (C) 1/12 (D) 2

7. If a convex lens forms a five fold magnified image on the screen at a distance of 160cm, find its focal length.
(A) 52 cm (B) 26.66 cm (C) 18 cm (D) 36 cm
2 2
8. A force F1 acting on a 2kg body produces an acceleration of 2m/s and the force F2 produce an acceleration of 4 m/s .
F2
Find
F1
(A) 1 : 3 (B) 3 : 1 (C) 1 : 2 (D) 2 : 1
2
9. A body of mass 2kg falls from a height of 19.6 m. On reaching the ground its momentum is (g = 9.8 m/s )
(A) 19.6 Ns (B) 39.2 Ns (C) 9.8 Ns (D) 78.4 Ns
-1
10. A 1kg shell is fired from a gun of mass 100 kg with a velocity 100 ms . The velocity of recoil of the gun is
-1 -1 -1 -1
a) 0.1 ms b) 0.5 ms c) 1 ms d) 2 ms

11. When a parallel beam of light falls on a plane mirror the beam after reflection
(A) remains parallel (B) becomes convergent (C) becomes divergent (D) either (A)or (B)

12. Which of the following produce an erect, magnified and virtual image.
(A) Plane mirror (B) Concave mirror (C) Convex mirror (D) Both 1 and 2

13. The radius of curvature of a convex mirror is 40 cm. Then its focal length is
(A) 20 cm (B) 40 cm (C) -20 cm (D) -40 cm

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14. An object 5 cm high is placed at a distance of 15 cm from a concave mirror of radius of curvature 20 cm. The height of
the image is cm
(A) 5 cm (B) 20 cm (C) 15 cm (D) 10 cm
sin i
15. During refraction of light, = constant. The value of constant depends upon
sin r
(A) pair of media (B) colour of incident light
(C) wavelength (D) all the above

16. 1 micro coulomb is equal to

-12 12 12
a) million electrons b) 6.25 x 10 electrons c) 6.25 x 10 electrons d) 16 x 10 electrons

17. The number of electrons flowing through a section of a conductor in one nanosecond, if the current through the
conductor is 0.75 A
6 6
a) 4687.5 million b) 625 x 10 c) 75 million d) 16 x 10

18. Two charges 8C and 6C are placed with a distance of separation d between them and exert a force of magnitude F on
each other. If a charge 8C is added to each of these and they are brought nearer by a distance d/3, the magnitude of
force between them will be
1 9 3 2
(A) F (B) F (C) F (D) F
3 4 2 3
19. The resistance of a conductor depends upon its
(A) length (B) radius (C) temperature (D) all the above

20. The effective resistance between A and B in the

given circuit is
(A) 20 (B) 7
(C) 3 (D) 6

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Chemistry Section IV
1. The volume occupied by 100g of CO2 at STP is
(A)22.4 L (B)11.2 L (C)50.9 L (D)25.4 L

2. Which of the following statements is incorrect?

(A) Neutralisation reactions are not redox reactions
(B) Simple displacement reactions are redox reactions
(C) Double displacement reactions are redox reactions
(D) Neutralisation reactions are exothermic reactions

3. How many moles of oxygen are present in 24.5g of sulphuric acid?

(A)1 (B)5 (C)4 (D)0.25

4. Which of the following is a colloid?

(A)Cloud (B)Sponge (C)Blood (D)All the above

5. The metal that cant displace hydrogen from dilute acids is

(A)Mg (B)K (C)Hg (D)Al

6. Tyndall effect is shown by

(A)NaCl mixed with water (B)CuSO4 mixed with water
(C)Ca(OH)2 mixed with water (D)Sugar mixed with water

7. Carbon compounds in which the carbon atoms are linked by only single bonds are said to be
(A)saturated (B)unsaturated (C)aromatic (D)b and c

8. Bronsted acid from the following is

-
(A)HCl (B)HSO4 (C)H2O (D)All the above

9. Number of electrons present in 18 ml of water (density 1g/ml) are

(A) 6.023 1023 (B) 6.023 1024 (C) 6.023 1025 (D) 6.023 1021

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H
10. P of 0.001M HCl is
(A) 1 (B)6 (C)3 (D)4

11. Oxidation state of Chromium in Potassium dichromate is

(A)+3 (B)+5 (C)+7 (D)+4

12. Which of the following is heaviest?

(A)0.1 moles of CO2 (B)0.5 moles of N 2
(C) 6.023 10 molecules of NH 3
22
(D) 6.023 1022 molecules of SO3

13. Concentration of ore by Froth floatation is generally employed for

(A)Oxide ores (B)Sulphide ores (C)Carbonate ores (D)Halide ores

O
||
14. The IUPAC name of CH 3 C CH 3 is
(a) Acetone (b) Propanone (c) Propanal (d) Propanoic Acid

15. Which among the following statements doesnt belong to modern periodic table?
(A)The table is based on Atomic numbers (B)Position of isotopes is justified.
(C)Position of Hydrogen is fixed. (D)A period starts with Alkali metal.

16. Fe 2 O3 + 2Al Al2 O3 + 2Fe. The above reaction is an example of

(a) combination reaction (b) double displacement reaction
(c) decomposition reaction (d) displacement reaction

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17. Which among the following statements doesnt belong to a homologous series?
(a) physical properties are same
(b) chemical properties remain same
(c) Have some common methods of preparation
(d) Consecutive molecules differ by 14 units of mass.

18. To which group and period does element X belong if its atomic number is 15?
(A)Group I and Period 2 (B)Group II and Period 2
(C)Group V and Period 3 (D)Group IV and Period 3

19. If the amount of substance dissolved is equal to Solubility, then the solution is
(A)Unsaturated (B)Saturated (C)Super saturated (D)Suspension

20. Metals react with acid and produce

(A)Hydrogen gas (B)Oxygen gas
(C)Carbon dioxide gas (D)No gas is produced

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SAMACHEER TALENT RECOGNITION DRIVE

CLASS - 10 - (10th going to 11th)
ANSWER KEY
IQ
1. A 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. D

6. C 7. B 8. A 9. A 10. C

11.C 12.A 13.A 14. A 15. D

16. B 17. C 18. D 19. C 20. D

21. A 22. B 23. C 24. C 25. D

26. C 27. C 28. C 29.D 30.D

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

6. B 7. D 8. C 9. C 10. D

11. B 12. D 13. C 14. D 15. B

16. C 17. B 18. D 19. C 20. B

21. C 22. D 23. C 24. D 25. C

26. A 27. B 28. D 29. B 30. D

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

6.B 7.B 8.D 9.B 10.C

11.A 12.B 13.A 14.D 15.A

16.C 17.A 18.C 19.D 20.D

Chemistry

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

6. C 7.A 8.D 9.B 10.C

11.C 12.B 13.B 14.B 15.C

16.D 17. A 18.C 19.B 20. A

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