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Vijay Talent Search Exam X Question Paper
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(4) There are 200 questions in this test. All are compulsory.
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(9) Every correct answer will be awarded one mark.
Class X Sample Question
** Students who are moving to Class XI in 2018
Mental Ability Test – MAT
1. Some translated words in an artificial Language (in which the word order is not necessarily same) are given below
mie pie sie good person sing
pie sie rie sing good lyrics
tie rie sie love good lyrics
What is the translation for “person love lyrics”?
(a) pie tie rie
(b) tie rie sie
(c) rie mie tie
(d) sie mie pie
2. In the given sequence, some letters are missing. Which of the given options can fill the blanks in the correct order from left to right? ab_ab_aaa_bbaaa_bbbb
(a) abab
(b) abba
(c) aabb
(d) baba
5. If A, B, C, D are distinct decimal digits, then which of the following options is correct?
(a) A = 3 B = 7 C = 5 D = 9
(b) A = 2 B = 3 C = 6 D = 5
(c) A = 3 B = 8 C = 6 D = 5
(d) A = 2 B = 3 C = 5 D = 7
7. Choose appropriate option from given altematives such that the relationship defined by ‘:’ is preserved.
PNIJ : LIFC and VTRP :______
(a) ROLI
(b) SOLH
(c) RPOM
(d) DMEN
8. A coin is in a fixed position. Another identical coin is rolled around the edge of the first one. How many complete revolutions will be made by the revolving coin before it reaches its starting position ?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
9. If South-East becomes North; and North-East becomes West; then West becomes
(a) North-East
(b) South-East
(c) North-West
(d) South-West
10. A cube is 6 cm in length, breadth and height. It is painted red on two opposite faces, black on the other two opposite faces and green on the left over faces. It is then cut into 216 cubes of side 1 cm. How many small cubes have no face painted?
(a) 16
(b) 8
(c) 64
(d) 24
11. Find the odd-one out of the following terms :
EF22, JK42, GH24, VW90, IJ38
(a) EF22
(b) GH24
(c) IJ38
(d) VW90
12. Choose the conclusions which logically follow from the given statements.
Statement :
All the pens are papers ;
All the papers are boats ;
Some birds are boats
Conclusions:
(A) Some boats are pens
(B) Some birds are papers
(C) None of the pens are birds
(a) Only A and B
(b) Only A
(c) Only C
(d) Only A and C
13. How many quadrilaterals are there in the given figure?
(a) 10
(b) 11
(c) 12
(d) 13
14. Which of the following alternatives will fit in place of ‘M’?
255, 3610, 4915, M, 8125
(a) 5100
(b) 5420
(c) 6420
(d) 6422
15. Which of the following alternatives will fit in place of ‘M’?
L6, O8, R11, M, X25, A42, D75
(a) U15
(b) U16
(c) W14
(d) U14
Language Comprehensive Test – LCT
Direction (Questions 51-55) :
Read the following passage and answer the questions based on it. Choose the most appropriate answer.
It is taken for granted by the advocates of oriental learning that no native of this country can possibly, attain more than a mere smattering of English. They do not attempt to prove this. But they perpetually insinuate it.
They designate the education which their opponents recommend as a mere spelling-book education. They assume it as undeniable that the question is between a profound knowledge of Indian and Arabic literature and science on the one side, and superficial knowledge of the rudiments of English on the other.
51. The writer feels that the advocates of oriental learning are
(a) cautiously open to the idea of English education.
(b) aware of the tyranny of English education.
(c) irrational in their views about English education.
(d) aware of the politics of English education
52. Which of the following ideas does the writer have a problem with?
(a) Some natives are proficient in discussing complex topics
(b) knowledge of English is pitched against that of Indian and Arabic literature.
(c) Foreigners can read and enjoy some of the difficult English writings.
(d) Learning English for an Indian can be easier than learning Greek for an Englishman
53. The foreigner discussed in the passage is
(a) an Arab
(b) a Greek
(c) an Indian
(d) an Englishman
54. Which of the following sentences best captures the main argument of the writer?
(a) Many Indians are capable of using English like any Englishman.
(b) Learning English is as difficult as learning any other foreign language.
(c) The importance of English education needs to be recognised by the supporters of oriental learning.
(d) An Indian can learn English in half the time taken by an Englishman to learn Greek.
55. According to the author, it is easier for
(a) Indians to have a profound knowledge of Arabic literature and science than learn English.
(b) Indians to learn Sanskrit than for Englishmen to appreciate Greek literature.
(c) foreigners to learn Indian language than for Indians to learn foreign languages.
(d) Indian to appreciate English literature than for Englishmen to appreciate Greek literature.
Direction (Questions 66-67) :
The following five sentences come from a paragraph. The first and the last sentences are given.
Choose the right order in which the three sentences (PQR) should appear to complete the paragraph.
S1- A man who possesses a strong will and firm determination finds all difficulties solved.
S2- ___________________________________________________
S3- ___________________________________________________
S4- ___________________________________________________
S5- It is therefore, the man who labours hard with a strong resolution and an unshaken will, who achieves success and makes his fortune.
P : Such a man goes on working hard and even if he fails he is never downcast.
Q : In turn failures make him all the more determined and resolute and he persists in his task till he attains the desired success.
R : To him there are a thousand ways open to steer clear of all dangers and difficulties.
66. Choose from the options given below :
(a) RPQ
(b) PRQ
(c) QRP
(d) PQR
67. S1- Film theory is an academic discipline that aims to explore the essence of cinema and provides conceptual frameworks for understanding a film’s relationship to reality, other arts, individual viewers, and society at large.
S2- ___________________________________________________
S3- ___________________________________________________
S4- ___________________________________________________
S5- Film review, on the other hand, is the way in which critics assess a film’s overall quality and determine whether or not they think the film is worth recommending to viewers.
P: Film theory incorporates various aspects of filmmaking, including analysis and review.
Q: One way of analysing films is by the shot-by-shot analysis, though that is typically used only for small clips or scenes.
R: Film analysis is the process of analysing a film in terms of mise-en-scene, cinematography, sound and editing.
Choose from the options given below:
(a) PQR
(b) QRP
(c) PRQ
(d) RQP
Scholastic Aptitude Test – SAT
1. Small cut pieces of soft stems are placed in growth medium with following plant hormones. which combination of plant hormones will show slowest growth?
(a) Auxin + Cytokinin
(b) Gibberellins + Auxin
(c) Gibberellins + Cytokinin
(d) Abscisic Acid + Auxin
2. Which one of the following demonstrates the characteristics of cardiac muscle cells?
(a) Involuntary and multinucleated
(b) Unbranched and uninucleated
(c) Cylindrical and uninucleated
(d) Unbranched and involuntary
3. From the given figure identify the part of human brain controlling most of the involuntary actions:
(a) A & B
(b) B & C
(c) C & D
(d) D & A
4. An animal kept in a jar has the following features.
(I) It is bilaterally symmetrical.
(II) It has coelomic cavity
(III) The body is segmented
(IV) It has jointed appendages.
To which phylum does the animal belong to?
(a) Arthropoda
(b) Annelida
(c) Platyhelminthes
(d) Mollusca
5. Read the following statements and select the correct option.
Statement – I : Nostoc and Bacteria are prokaryotes.
Statement – II : Penicillium and Spirogyra are fungi.
(a) Only statement I is true
(b) Only statement II is true
(c) Both statements I and II are true
(d) Both statements I and II are false
6. You find a herbaceous flowering plant growing in your school garden having leaves with parallel venation. Choose the correct additional features the given plant would be possessing.
(I) It has no secondary vascular tissues.
(II) Its flower possesses three sepals.
(III) It possesses tap root.
(IV) Its embryo has 2 cotyledons.
(a) (I) and (II)
(b) (I) and (III)
(c) (II) and (IV)
(d) (III) and (IV)
7. Varieties of vegetables such as cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower have been produced from a wild cabbage species. Such process of producing new varieties of living organisms is called.
(a) Natural selection
(b) Artificial selection
(c) Speciation
(d) Genetic drift
8. Which of the following are pairs of analogous organs?
(I) Forelimbs of horse – Wings of bat
(II) Wings of bat – Wings of butterfly
(III) Forelimbs of horse – Wings of butterfly
(IV) Wings of bird – Wings of bat
(a) (I) and (II)
(b) (II) and (IV)
(c) (III) and (IV)
(d) (II) and (III)
9. Which of the following organisms is used as a biopesticide?
(a) Azolla
(b) Anabaena
(c) Rhizobium
(d) Trichoderma
11. Which one of the following pairs of causative agent and type of disease are correct?
(I) Leishmania – Sleeping sickness
(II) Nematode – Elephantiasis
(III) Trypanosoma – Kala azar
(IV) Staphylococcus – Acne
(a) (I) and (II)
(b) (II) and (III)
(c) (II) and (IV)
(d) (III) and (IV)
12. Pancreatic juice contains more than one enzyme. which among the following combination is correct?
(a) Pepsin and Lipase
(b) Amylase and Pepsin
(c) Pepsin and Trypsin
(d) Trypsin and Lipase
13. You discover a new species of a plant. You also discover that it produces motile sperms and dominant generation has diploid cells. It belongs to
(a) Bryophyte
(b) Angiosperm
(c) Gymnosperm
(d) Pteridophyte
14. At every 20 minutes, one bacterium divides into two. How many bacteria will be produced after two hours, if one starts with 10 bacteria?
(a) 25 X 10
(b) 25 X 105
(c) 26 X 10
(d) 26 X 106
15. The metal (M) forms an oxide, M2O3. The formula of its nitride will be
(a) M2N3
(b) MN
(c) M2N
(d) M3N2