Section- A

What career best fits my personality? Take less than five minutes to complete this test. You will encounter 15 sets of four pictures that show specific work activity. Choose a work activity that appeals you the most based on your interest and NOT ON status or money associated with it. You have to imagine performing the activity and put a TICK if you like and a CROSS if you dont like doing the activity. Please take care to tick and cross only ONE ACTIVITY each as shown in the e ample below

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1! "oes o idation affect the mass of a penny# a! $o% because penny is coated b! $o% because penny is not a metal c! Yes% because penny has low weight d! Yes% because pennys electrons on the surface react with air &! "oes paper contain carbon# a! $o% Carbon is present only in atmosphere b! Yes% paper is present in air so it will be present in paper also c! Yes% because paper is biodegradable d! Yes% because paper is made of cellulose '! The following is a product of spontaneous combustion a! (elting of metals

b! )eaction when acid is put on water c! *urning of calories d! +ire crackers ,! The e ample for physical behavior in plants a! Their tendency to grow towards light b! They bit with branches when intruders approach them c! They sleep with a groaning sound at night d! They lie flat on the earth when they die

5! Your friend is working in chemistry lab and has spilled acid on his hands. -hat is the immediate treatment you should give to your friend a! -ash the hands with cold water b! .pply anti burn cream/ like *urnol! on the affected areas c!$eutrali0e the affect with applying sodium bicarbonate on it d! -ait for help from the lab attender or your teacher in charge 1! 2tate true or false The boiling point of one liter of water is different from the boiling point of two liters of water a! b! True +alse 3! -hich of the following chemical is used in saniti0ers a! Chlorine b! +erous ammonium 2ulphate c! Copper 2ulphate d! 4ydrogen sulphide 5! "oes gas dissolve in a li6uid faster under low pressure a! Yes% because the gas molecules gain more kinetic energy b! Yes% at low pressure the li6uids itself behave as gas molecules c! $o% the temperature remains the same even when the pressure s reduced

d! $o% 7 dont know the reason 8! )usting of nail is the following process a! Chemical Change b! Physical change c! *oth chemical and physical change d! $either physical nor Chemical change 19! -hich of the following elements is a (etal# a! 2 b! 2e c! :a d! 7 11!-hich of the following items will be attracted to the north pole of a permanent magnet by a magnetic force a! The north pole of another permanent magnet b! . piece of iron that is not a permanent magnet c! . positively charged glass rod d! . negatively charged rubber rod 1&! .s you go down into a well; your weight a! 7ncreases slightly b! decreases slightly c! )emains e actly the same d! $one of the above 1'! -hich of the following is primarily composed of Calcium Carbonate a!+ish scales b! 2hark Teeth c!<yester 2hell d! -hale bones 1,! :lass is a very brittle substance which breaks with the slight application of force. The material used to cut glass is therefore

a! Platinum b! =uart0 c! "iamond d! 7ron 15! The blue colour of the clear sky and its fading blueness towards the sun in the sky is due to a! )eflection of light more near the sun b! "ispersion of light c! 2cattering of light d! (ultiple refraction through the atmosphere 11! -hich is the most effective mode of communication a! Cables with copper lining b! <ptical +ibers c! )adio waves d! (icrowaves 13! -hich of the following is used as an e plosive# a! PCl' b! 4g< c! :raphene Cynide d! $itroglycerine 15! -hen an ant bites a person which irritating chemical is in>ected in the persons body# a! .cetic .cid b! Citric .cid c! +ormic acid d! Tartaric .cid 18!You enter a room on the bed there are & dogs; , cats; 1 giraffe; 5 pigs. There are also ' chickens flying around and one duck. 4ow many legs are standing in the room a!& b! , c! 55 d! 51

&9!?ightning strikes earths surface though air is a very bad conductor of electricity. :ive reasons.

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Clouds are neutrally charged and earth being a hugely negative charged attracts the clouds with very large force od attraction. Tall building@trees reach out very close to the clouds compared to others. .nd hence there is more chances of lightning which gets attracted to these buildings or trees. Aarth is a huge source of negative charge. 4ence the positive charge on the clouds gets attracted and get neutrali0ed leading to lightning striking the ground. ?ightning heats up the air rapidly which forms vapour and this conducts electricity to the ground. &1! 4ow many times a minute B hours hands will meet together in a "ay/&, hrs!. a!&, b!1& c!'& d!&&

&&. Customer needs '9C discount . *ut shopkeeper gives &9C and 19C successively. Then a!Customer got less profit than what he needed. b!Customer got more profit than what he needed. c!Customer gets what he needed. d!none. &'. . Person is climbing a wall of 19 meters. +or every minute he is climbing 1 meters up and slipping , meters down. .fter how many minutes he may reach the top# a!19 b!'9 c!&5 d!'&

&,. Three friends divided some bullets e6ually. .fter all of them shot , bullets each the total number of bullets remaining is e6ual to the bullets each had after division. +ind the original number divided. a!15 b!&1 c!15 d!'9

&5. There is a 59m long army platoon marching ahead. The last person in the platoon wants to give a letter to the first person leading the platoon. 2o while the platoon is marching he runs ahead; reaches the first person and hands over the letter to him and without stopping he runs and comes back to his original position. 7n the meantime the whole platoon has moved ahead by 59m. .ssuming that he ran the whole distance with uniform speed; The distance covered by the last person/in meters! in that time is DDDDDDDDDD a!199 b!35 c!1&9.31 d!159

&1. 7f you take a marker B start from a corner on a cube; what is the ma imum number of edges you can trace across if you never trace across the same edge twice; never remove the marker from the cube; B never trace anywhere on the cube; e cept for the corners B edges# a!1& b!8 c!3 d!1

&3. . certain street has 1999 buildings. . signEmaker is contracted to number the houses from 1 to 1999. 4ow many 0eroes will he need# a!199 b!18& c!&99 d!135

&5. There are 8 coins. <ut of which one is odd one i.e weights less or more than the other 5. 4ow many minimum iterations of weighing are re6uired to find odd coin; whether it weights less or more# a!1 b!' c!5 d!5

&8. Fipul was studying for his e aminations and the lights went off. 7t was around 1G99 .(. 4e lighted two uniform candles of e6ual length but one thicker than the other. The thick candle is supposed to last si hours and the thin one two hours less. -hen he finally went to sleep; the thick candle was twice as long as the thin one. +or how long did Fipul study in candle light# a!1 hr b!& hrs c!&.5 hrs d!' hrs

'9. . person wanted to withdraw H rupees and Y paise from the bank. *ut the cashier made a mistake and gave him Y rupees and H paise. $either the person nor the cashier noticed that. .fter spending &9 paise; the person counts the money; and to his surprise; he has double the amount he wanted to withdraw. Then find H and Y. /1 )upee I 199 Paise!. a!HI&9; YI&9 b!HI&,; YI&5 c!HI&5; YI59 d!HI&1; YI5' '1. 2ashi ranked si teenth from the top and twenty ninth from the bottom among those who passed an e amination. 2i boys did not participate in the Competition and five failed in the e amination. Then how many students were there in the class. a!,, b!59 c!55 d!5,

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Section- C
1! :iven a situation where you and your friends are walking past a very densely populated area. You notice a man with a high profile dress code slowly snatching away a hand purse going unEnoticed through the crowds. You even observe that the person herself is not aware that the purse has been stolen. -hat would you do in this situation a! Tell your friends about it; and dont care whether they believe you or not b! )un through the crowd and catch the culprit. c! shout out loud for help and make people aware of hat you saw d! look around for a cop to catch hold of the culprit &! There is a trip being arranged at the school to go to -onder ?a. This is the final year of your stay in school@college. .ll your friends have decided to go. .t home you have not discussed about this because recently you overheard a discussion between your parents that they wont let anyone from home go from home

go on a trip because of the recent bu00 about a road accident with school students in it. You have won a cash pri0e of )s. 1599 from a pro>ect e hibition recently which is unknown to your parents. -hat will you do# a! Tell at home there is a educational trip arranged in school for free but utili0e the money won in the e hibition to go to -onder ?a b! Tell them about the cash pri0e you won and not about the trip. *ut arrange a call from friends residence asking whether they know about the trip arranged and create a sympathetic situation c! Tell your parents about the cash pri0e and re6uest them to allow you to go for the trip. *ut agree to go only when your parents are <K with this. d!2omehow convince your parents that it is a free trip and everyone are going for the trip% use the money to give to the school

'! You are around a circle of friends who would love to play pranks in their free time. You always en>oyed with them for the mere sake of fun. Then one day you came across a article in a social website/ +*! on how people are sometimes adversely affected by it. 7t not only has a short term effect but sometimes prolongs to conse6uences that will affect them for the rest of their life. 2o you decided not to play prank . *ut for the un of it you decide not to play prank on unknown people and those who ou think will get affected. -hat will be your response to this. a! 2ince having fun should be a part of life; you agree to it b! You be very particular about not hurting anyones feeling but have fun as you would never want to break this friendship c! You agree to this but do not want to be a part of this d! You do not agree to it as you feel that you may accidently or without reali0ing hurt ones feeling though you have been strong in keeping up the morale.

,! $owadays there is this tradition of giving birthday bumps. -hat is your opinion on this. a! 7t is >ust for the sake of fun and does not intend to hurt anybodys feeling b! 7t is one way of trying to make our buddys birthday a memorable one c! 7 dont understand why punches and kicks. 7f it is important to make it a memorable one then why not try pouring water; tell them to try &99 hundred pushups etc. d! This would be the most weird e perience a person can have. Kicks and punches form their own friends at their back. 5! You have been on a trip to an unknown country@island where you come across a ritual. 7n order to get a man ready to face the real world; after the age of 15 he is given a dagger; pail of water and put into the pit of venomous snakes. 4e should not only survive this task but also has to kill all the snakes. This has been their tradition for long time. -hat do you have to say about rituals like these

a! 2ince childhood; he would have e perienced this happening to his tribe. 2o it will not affect him much b! <ne should not be forced to follow a ritual which he@she does not believe in. c! 2ince tasks like these will make you courageous and prepare you to face even more difficult situations in life you agree to it. d! )ituals like these can be dangerous. 2ince it is for your own good of developing survival skills; which is essential for your living environment; you agree to this.

1!You have a student who is from a single parent family. The student must work to attend college. 4owever; the >ob is interfering with the students performance and several assignments have not been turned in. You have determined that a L"M is all the student can make when a counselor informs you that the student need a LCM to 6ualify for an academic scholarship. -hat do you do#

/a! .ccording to the school handbook; inform the e amination department about specific situation that the student is going through. *ut there is no guarantee that the AH.( department will favor the student. /b!"ont immediately assume that the student is not capable or eligible for getting C grade. Nse appropriate compliance and consult other colleagues. /c!Contact the school principal for help /d!"ont spread the news to employees or others who do not have responsibility over the matter. (ake your own decision based on your view on the student 3! You are around a circle of friends who would love to play pranks in their free time. You always en>oyed with them for the mere sake of fun. Then one day you came across a article in a social website/ +*! on how people are sometimes adversely affected by it. 7t not only has a short term effect but sometimes prolongs to conse6uences that will affect them for the rest of their life. 2o you decided not to play prank . *ut for the un of it you decide not to play prank on unknown people and those who ou think will get affected. -hat will be your response to this. a! 2ince having fun should be a part of life; you agree to it b! You be very particular about not hurting anyones feeling but have fun as you would never want to break this friendship

c! You agree to this but do not want to be a part of this d! You do not agree to it as you feel that you may accidently or without reali0ing hurt ones feeling though you have been strong in keeping up the morale.

5! $owadays there is this tradition of giving birthday bumps. -hat is your opinion on this. a! 7t is >ust for the sake of fun and does not intend to hurt anybodys feeling b! 7t is one way of trying to make our buddys birthday a memorable one c! 7 dont understand why punches and kicks. 7f it is important to make it a memorable one then why not try pouring water; tell them to try &99 hundred pushups etc. d! This would be the most weird e perience a person can have. Kicks and punches form their own friends at their back. 8! You have been on a trip to an unknown country@island where you come across a ritual. 7n order to get a man ready to face the real world; after the age of 15 he is given a dagger; pail of water and put into the pit of venomous snakes. 4e should not only survive this task but also has to kill all the snakes. This has been their tradition for long time. -hat do you have to say about rituals like these a! 2ince childhood; he would have e perienced this happening to his tribe. 2o it will not affect him much b! <ne should not be forced to follow a ritual which he@she does not believe in. c! 2ince tasks like these will make you courageous and prepare you to face even more difficult situations in life you agree to it. d! )ituals like these can be dangerous. 2ince it is for your own good of developing survival skills; which is essential for your living environment; you agree to this.

19. . group of 5 candidates are given a task to complete for a >ob. The approach towards completing the >ob is not given importance only the end product is e pected to have high standards with minimum time spent on completing the task . if you were one among them and would badly need this >ob. /a! *elive in your skill or talent work on the given task alone and finish without caring about the time it takes to complete it. /b! *e 6uick enough to gather as much information about this among your friends as relatives finish the task within given time. /c! 2ince the method is not important will consult professionals to get the best solutions in minimum time.

/d! slowly complete the given task with patience and precision because you belive in hard work and not smart work 1!. . national level entrance e am was conducted for awarding scholarship to eligible candidates you fortunately are a cousin of the authorities who are organi0ing this event. -hat would you do if he approaches you with the 6uestion paper and your family is in great need of this scholarship# 11!. <n L -orlds Anvironment "ayM our class visited lalbagh. -e en>oyed our visit; where we heard discussion on interesting L :lobal wormingM issues. -hen we left lalbagh house; one thing ama0ed us. -hy did our class teacher have to arrange chairs for us and why did she serve all of us candies on spending her money though she is prethy strict in class. /a! 2he regrets her behavior and by doing this she wanted to prove herself unnocent. /b! 2he wanted to be an e ample to help other in whatever way possible without having the superiority feeling. /C! she is looking forward for a huge personal favour from us in future. 2o he wants us to feel good before asking favour. /d! she wants to play safe as she is a aware that her behavior in class may reach the Principle and can be troublesome for her.

1&!. 7f en>oy visiting friends and relatives with my parents. "uring our last visit; something very unpleasant happened. -e were visiting with fiends who served us many good things to eat. LTake as much as you likeM said the maid L 7 prepared this all for youM 7 took her advice and helped myself to generous portions of everything offered. (y father got very angry at me; and 7 could not see why. 7s it. /a! Permitted for a guest to eat as much as he likes of everything offered as sign of respect and love one has towards them /b! Permitted to eat whatever is offered; whether you like it or not; but to accept politely and to limit 6uantities. /c! Permitted to eat everything as you are un e pected guest and preparations are meant for you pre planned by them. /d! Permitted to eat whatever is offered because if we consume in limit 6uantities then they may feel bad that the 6uality@taste was not good. 2o you accept whatever they offer to you.