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DRASRAC STSE Model Paper

Instructions :
(a) You have to mark your answers ONLY ON THE ANSWER SHEET provided.
(b) Your Answer sheet is evaluated by computer and hence handle it with utmost care.

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(c) Do not fold or make unnecessary markings on it.
(d) Use a BLACK INK PEN / BALL POINT PEN and darken the appropriate circle.

Format of Question Paper

The questions given are of three types:
** Q.Nos.1 to 80 are multiple choice, with only one correct answer. Blacken the appropriate circle completely corresponding to the correct answer (a/b/c/d) in the Answer sheet provided.

** Q.Nos. 81 to 120 are Assertion – Reason type questions. Blacken the appropriate circle completely corresponding to the correct answer (a/b/c/d) in the Answer sheet provided.

** Q.Nos. 121 to 150 are multiple choice, which may have more than one answer. Blacken the appropriate circle(s) completely corresponding to the correct answer(s) (a/b/c/d) in the Answer sheet. No credit for part of the answer.

Sample Questions

Section A
80 x 1 = 80 Marks
Each question given below is provided with four options of which only one option is correct. Blacken the correct one in the Answer sheet.

1. 9th term of the series 4, 7, 11, 17, 27, … is :
a) 305
b) 275
c) 410
d) 512

2. Number of ways of arranging 6 persons in a row so that two particular persons want to sit exactly in middle places :
a) 48
b) 24
c) 120
d) 720

3. If x = 6.8 and integral part of x is 6. Then the fractional part of 2x is :
a) 0.8
b) 0.4
c) 1.6
d) 0.6

4. 16 workers can dig a well of 800 feet deep in 10 days. Time taken by 24 workers to dig a well of 720 feet deep is :
a) 6 days
b) 6 ½ days
c) 8 days
d) 15 days

5. Sum of first n natural numbers is 10. Then sum of the cubes of those natural numbers is :
a) 200
b) 100
c) 360
d) 60

6.When bore well water is boiled, the vessels get a coating on them. called scales. This scaling can be removed by :
a) treating with soda
b) heating
c) treating with dilute acid
d) washing with soap

7. Ground water table can be increased by :
a) pumping water
b) digging wells
c) rain water harvesting
d) sinking bore wells

8.In the Periodic Table, a rough estimate of the % of the elements that are metallic is :
a) 25%
b) 78%
c) 99%
d) 50%

9. I have a 1 litre of a 22% solution of salt but I wish to make a 1 litre of 10 % solution. How can I do it:
a) 454.54 mL of solution and 545.46 mL water
b) 500 ml solution and 500 ml water
c) 22 ml solution and 978 ml water
d) 220 mL water and 300 mL solution

10 . Which of the following is a chemical change :
a) burning of paper
b) heating tin metal
c) dissolving KCl in water
d) spinning yarn

11. Sea water is very salty because
a) the salts on the earth get washed down into the sea
b) marine life produces salt
c) salts come from the sea shells
d) rain over the seas contains salts.

12. In solar system, the planet that has maximum number of moons is
a) Neptune
b) Jupiter
c) Saturn
d) Uranus

13. If the time-displacement graph of a particle is parallel to time axis, the velocity of the particle is
a) infinity
b) equal to acceleration of the particle
c) unity
d) zero

14. A thief stole a box full of articles of mass M and while carrying it on his head, he jumped from a wall of height h. Before the thief reaches the ground, he carried a load of weight.
a) M
b) Mg.
c) zero
d) Mg h

15. A man is standing in a boat in still water, if he walks towards the shore, the boat will
a) move away from shore
b) remain stationary
c) move towards the shore
d) sink.

16. When a graph is plotted between pressure along x-axis and reciprocal of the volume along y-axis, it is a
a) straight line passing through origin
b) straight line having an intercept on the y-axis.
c) straight line having an intercept on the x-axis.
d) Curve and not a straight line.

17. Among the following most common elements, the one with greatest density is
a) lead
b) gold
c) iron
d) silver

18. A real image, equal in size to the object, is obtained when the object is placed at the center of curvature in front of a
a) concave mirror
b) plane mirror
c) convex mirror
d) none of these

19. In a safety fuse, the temperature to which the wire gets heated is in inverse proportion to
a) radius of the wire
b) cube of the radius of the wire
c) square of the radius of the wire
d) fourth power of the radius of the wire.

20. The intensity of a magnetic field is defined as the force experienced by a
a) standard compass
b) unit positive charge
c) unit negative charge
d) unit north pole.

21. A magnetic field cannot exert any force on a
a) moving magnet
b) moving charge
c) stationary magnet
d) stationary charge

22. Choose the correct statement. That lines of force of magnet
a) do not intersect each other
b) always intersect with each other
c) cannot be mapped on a piece of paper
d) are real and not imaginary lines.

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