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IPEC SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST 2019

(IPEC Scholarship-Cum-Admission Test)
For
[CLASS - 10]
(For X to XI Moving Students)

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS

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General:
1. This booklet is your Question Paper.
2. The Question paper, (IQ), consists 30 Single Choice Question. Each Question has four choices
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(A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.
3. Blank spaces and blank pages are provided in this booklet for your rough work. No additional sheets
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will be provided for rough work.
4. Blank papers, clipboards, log tables, slide rules, calculators, cellular phones, pagers and electronic
gadgets are NOT allowed inside the examination hall.
5. The answer sheet, a machine-readable Optical Response Sheet (ORS) is provided separately
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B. Filling in the OMR
6. On the OMR, write in ink your Name, Enrollment No., Examination date and put your signature in the
appropriate boxes.
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7. On the OMR, for Each Question number, darken ONLY Right bubble with Blue/ Black ball point
pen only corresponding to what you consider to be the most appropriate answer, from among the
choices.
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C. Marking Scheme
8. (i) For each question you will be awarded 3 marks if you have darkened correct bubble corresponding
to the right answer.
(ii) In case you have not darkened any bubble you will be awarded 0 mark for that question.
(iii) Negative mark : –1 marks is given for each incorrect answer.
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 PART-I [IQ]
[ONLY ONE IS CORRECT TYPE]
This Part contains 30 Single choice questions. Each question has four choices(A), (B), (C) and (D) out of
which Only one is correct.

Directions (Question 1 to 2) : In each of the following questions, a number series is given with
on term missing. Choose the correct alternative that will continue the same pattern and replace
the question mark in the given series.
1. 2, 15, 41, 80, ?
(A) 111 (B) 120 (C) 121 (D) 132
2. 6, 17, 39, 72, ?
(A) 83 (B) 94 (C) 116 (D) 127
Directions (Question 3 to 4) : In each of the following questions, various terms of an alpha-
bet series are given with one or more terms missing as shown by (?). Choose the missing
terms out of the given alternatives.
3. Y, B , T, G, O , ?
(A) N (B) M (C) L (D) K
4. C , Z , F, X , I, V, L , T, O , ? , ?
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(A) O, P (B) P, Q (C) R, R (D) S, R
Directions (Question 5 to 6) : In each of the following questions, one term in the number
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series is wrong. Find out the wrong term.
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5. 56, 58, 62, 70, 84, 118, 182
(A)58 (B) 62 (C) 84 (D)118
6. 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 96
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(A)4 (B) 32 (C) 64 (D)96
Directions (Question 7) : In the following questions, there is a certain relationship between
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two given words on one side of : : and one word is given on another side of : : while another
word is to be found from the given alternatives,having the same relation with this word as the
words of the given pair bear. Choose the correct alternative.
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7. Conference : Chairman : : Newspaper : ?

(A) Reporter (B) Distributor (C) Printer (D) Editor
8. Pointing to the woman in the picture, Rajiv said, “Her mother has only one grandchild whose
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mother is my wife, “ How is the woman in the picture related to Rajiv?

(A) Cousin (B) wife (C) sister (D) Data inadequate
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9. A man walk 30 metres towards south. Then, turning to his right, he walks 30 metres Then,
turning to his left, he walks 20 metres, Again, he turns to his left and walks 30 metres. How
far is he from his initial position?
(A) 20 metres (B) 30 metres (C) 60 metres (D) None of these
10. In a certain code, TELEPHONE is written as ENOHPELET. How is ALIGATOR written in that
code?
(A) ROTAGILA (B) ROTAGAIL (C) ROTAGILE (D) ROTEGILA
11. In a certain code, INACTIVE is written as VITCANIE. How is COMPUTER written in the same
code?
(A) PMOCRETU (B) ETUPMOCR (C) UTEPMOCR (D) MOCPETUR
12. A dice is thrown four times and its four different positions are shown below. Find the number
on the face opposite the face showning 2.

6 2 3 1
2 4 3 4 5 4 3 2

(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6
Directions : In the following question, you are given a combination of alphabets followed
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by four alternatives (a),(b),(c) and (d), choose the alternative which most closely resembles
the mirror image of the given combination.
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(A) (B) (C) (D)
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Directions (Question 60): In each of the following questions, select the alternative figure
which is embeded in the given fig. (X).
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(X) (A) (B) (C) (D)

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 Directions (Question 15 to 16) : In each of the following letter series, some of the letters
are missing which are given in that order as one of the alternatives below it. Choose the
correct alternative .
15. aab ___ ab ___ cabcca ___ bcab ___ c
(A) bbc (B) bbab (C) cabc (D) cbab
16. ccbab ___ caa ___ bccc ___a___
(A) babb (B) bbba (C) baab (D) babc
Directions (Question 17) : Given below are four possible membership schemes. In each
case, mark the one you feel appropriate description of the three listed items.
17. Some of the cricket players are tennis players, some tennis players are hockey players, no
cricket player is a hockey player.
Which of the following diagrams correctly represents the above statements?

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

Directions (Questions 18 to 22) : Study the following information carefully and answer the
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questions given below :
(i) A,B,C,D,E,F and G are seven persons wearing a different colour shirt – white, red, black,
green, yellow, blue and violet and a different colour trousers – blue, red, white, black, cream,
yellow and indigo. The persons, colour of the shirt and colour of the trousers above are not
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necessarily in the same order , No. person is wearing shirt and trousers of same colour.
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(ii) B is wearing red colour shirt and is not wearing cream or yellow colour trousers. D is wear-
ing given colour shirt and indigo colour trousers. Colour of A’s shirt and F’s trousers is same
colour of E”s shirt and C”s trousers is same. G is wearing blue shirt and E is wearing blue
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trousers. F is not wearing any yellow dress. A is not wearing a white shirt. Red and blue is not
the combination of shirt and trousers of any of the persons.
18. What is the colour of B’s trousers ?
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(A) White (B) Indigo (C) Red (D) Data inadequate
19. What is the colour of A’s trousers?
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(A) Cream (B) Blue (C) Data inadequate (D) None of these
20. What is the colour of F”s shirt?
(A) Green (B) Blue (C) Violet (D) Data inadequate
21. What is the colour of G’s trousers?
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(A) Indigo (B) white (C) cream (D) red

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22. Who wears violet colour shirt?
(A) C (B) F (C) C or F (D) Data inadequate
Direction (Question 23 To 24) : In each of the following questions, a number series is given
with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative that will continue the same pattern and
replace the question mark in the given series.
23. 4,12,36,108,?
(A) 144 (B) 216 (C) 304 (D) 324

24.
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4, 6, 9, 13 , ?
2
1 1 3
(A) 17 (B) 19 (C) 20 (D) 22
2 4 4
Direction (Question 25 to 26) : In each of the following questions, vaious terms of an alphabet
series are given with one or more terms missing as shown by (?). Choose the missing terms
out of the given alternatives.
25. A, B, N, C, D, O, E, F, P, ?, ?, ?
(A) G, H, I (B) G, H, J (C) G, H, Q (D) J, K, L
26. A, B, B, D, C, F, D, H, E, ?, ?
(A) E,F (B) F,G (C) F,I (D) J,F
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Direction (Question 27) : There is a certain relation between two given words on one side of
: : and one word is given an another side of : : while another word is to be found from the given
alternatives, having the same relation with this word as the given pair has, select the best
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alternative.
27. Current : Circuit : : Earth : ?
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(A) Planet (B) Solar system (C) Orbit (D) Path

Direction (Question 28) : In the following questions, five words have been given out of which
four are alike in some manner, while the fifth one is different . Choose out the odd one.
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28. (A) cow (B) Deer (C) Donkey (D) Rhinocero
Direction (Question 29 to 30) : Read the following information carefully and answer the ques-
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tions given below it :
Seven friends Kamla, Manish, Rohit, Amit, Gaurav, Pritam and priya are sitting in a circle. Kamla,
Manish, Rohit, Amit, Pritam and Priya are sitting at equal distances from each other Rohit is
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sitting two places right of Pritam, who is sitting one place right of Amit, Kamla forms an angle of
90 degree from Gaurav and an angle of 120 degree from Manish, Manish is just opposite Priya
and is sitting on the left of Gaurav.
29. Who is the only person sitting between Rohit and Manish ?
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(A) Pritam (B) Amit (C) Gaurav (D) Kamla

30. Gaurav is not sitting at equal distances from
(A) Rohit and Pritam (B) Amit and Kamla
(C) Manish and Pritam (D) All of the above
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 PART-I [PHYSICS]
[ONLY ONE IS CORRECT TYPE]
This Part contains 15 Single choice questions. Each question has four choices(A), (B), (C) and (D) out of
which Only one is correct.

31. If the value of current following in a lamp is reduced by 1% then power will be reduced by:
(A) 0.01% (B) 1% (C) 2% (D) 4%
32. One milligram of matter converted into energy will give:

(A) 90Joule (B) 9×103Joule (C) 9×105Joule (D) 9×1010Joule

33. A current of 4.8 A is following through a conductor. The number of electrons passing through
any cross section per second is:
39. Which of the following phenomena of light are involved in the formation of rainbow?
(A) Reflection, Refraction and dispersion
(B) Refraction, dispersion and total internal reflection
(C) Refraction, dispersion and internal reflection
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(D) Dispersion, scattering and total internal reflection
40. An object is placed at a distant of 1.50 m from a screen and a convex lens placed in between
produces an image magnified 4 times on the screen. What is the focal length of the lens.
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(A) 0.24 m (B) 0.12 m (C) 0.48 m (D) 0.36 m
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41. Choose the correct statement related to the image formed by a plane mirror.
(A) A plane mirror always form a real image
(B)The image formed by a plane mirror may be magnified or diminished
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(C)The image formed by a plane mirror is always unmagnified but inverted
(D) The image formed by a plane mirror is always unmagnified and erect
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42. The focal length of a concave mirror is f and the Distance of the object to the principal focus is
p.
Then the ratio of the size of the image to the size Object is
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(A) f/p (B) p/f (C) fp (D)  pf 

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43. An object is placed 30 cm from a convex lens. a real image is formed 20 cm from the lens. Find
the focal length of the lens.
(A) 8 cm (B) 10 cm (C) 12 cm (D) 14 cm
44. If the nuclei of masses ‘x’and ‘y’fused together to form a nucleus of mass ‘m’, which accompanied
the release of some energy. Then:

(A) x + y > m (B) x + y < m (C) x + y = m (D) x – y = m

45. The diagram below shows two incident rays P and Q which emerge as parallel rays R and S.
The appropriate device used in the box A is:

P
R

Q S

(A) convex lens (B) concave lens (C) prism (D) concave mirror
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 PART-II [CHEMISTRY]
[ONLY ONE IS CORRECT TYPE]
This Part contains 15 Single choice questions. Each question has four choices(A), (B), (C) and (D) out of
which Only one is correct.

46. Which of the following is the most active metal?

(A) Al (B) K (C) Na (D) Mg
47. pH of 0.1 M H2SO4 will be:
(A) 1 (B) 13 (C) 2 (D) between 0 and 1
48. Which of the following pH values corresponds to that of basic solution?
(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 7 (D) 9
49. The IUPAC name of the following compound is
CH3C(CH3)2— CH = CH2
(A) 3, 3, 3 - trimethyl propene - 1 (B) 1, 1, 1 - trimethyl - 3 propene
(C) 3, 3 - dimethyl butene - 1 (D) 1, 1 - dimethyl 3 - butane
50. Chemically, detergents are
(A) sodium or potassium salt of higher fatty acids (B) polymers
(C) Sodium salts of sulphonic acids (D) polyamides
51. The covalency of nitrogen in ammonium ion is :
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(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 2
54. In the given equation ‘x’stands for:
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2 Al  (x) H 2 SO4  Al2  SO4 3  3H 2
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(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 1 (D) 5
55. Which of the following is a combustion reaction?
(A) Boiling of water (B) Melting of wax (C) Buring of petrol (D) None
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56. Which of the following compound is not a base?
(A) KOH (B) ZnO (C) Al(OH)3 (D) NaCl
57. Brine is aquous solution of :
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(A) KCl (B) LiCl (C) MgCl2 (D) NaCl
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60. Gypsum is an ore of :
(A) Magnesium (B) Calcium (C) Sodium (D) Aluminium

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 PART-III [MATHEMATICS]
[ONLY ONE IS CORRECT TYPE]
This Part contains 15 Single choice questions. Each question has four choices(A), (B), (C) and (D) out of
which Only one is correct.

61. An irrational number is

(A) A terminating and nonrepeating decimal (B) A nonterminating and non repeating decimal
(C) A terminating and repeating decimal (D) A nonterminating and repeating decimal
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62. The value of 4  is
1
1
1
3
1
2
4
(A) 40/31 (B) 4/9 (C)1/8 (D) 31/40
63. Which of the following expressions is a rational expression?
x2  3
3 2
(A) x  3 x  5 x  11 (B)
2 x 1
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5 x2  6 x  7 2 x2  4 x  5
(C) (D)
x 3 x 2
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1  2x 1  2x P Q
and Q 
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64. If P = then =
1  2x 1 2x PQ

(A)
4x
(B)
1  4 x2
(C) 
4x
(D) 
1  4 x 
2

1  4 x2 1  4 x2
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4x 4x
5 1 2 3
65. When x , x  ,1   2 are multiplied, the product is a polynomial of degree,— —
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x x x
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 4 (D) 3
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66.. Let a1 , a2 ...... and b1 , b2 ,.... be arithmetic progressions such that a 1 =25, b 1=75 and
a100+b100=100. Find the sum of the first one hundred terms of the progression a1+b1, a2+b2,…
(A) 50500 (B) 10000 (C) 100 (D) 0
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67. If the roots of   are equal in magnitude but opposite in sign, then the product of
xa xb c
the roots is:

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  a2  b2   a2  b2  ab a2  b2

(A)   
(B)   (C) (D)
 2   4  2 2
69. If D(3,–1), E(2,6) and F(–5,7) are the midpoints of the sides of  ABC , the area of the triangle
is
(A) 96 sq units (B) 24 sq units (C) 48 sq units (D) 50 sq units
74. A hollow sphere of internal and external diameters 4 cm and 8 cm respectively is melted into a
cone of base diameter 8 cm. Find the height of the cone.
(A) 14 cm (B) 12cm (C) 16 cm (D) none
75. One of the properties of Mode is
(A) Not easy to calculate (B) It is not affected by greatest and least values
(C) Algebraic (D) Difference of greatest and least values

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