Amity International GTSE Class IX Sample Papers : Global Talent Search Examination

Name of the Organisation : AMITY
Name of the Exam : Amity International GTSE Global Talent Search Examination
Document Type : Sample Papers
Class : IX
Subject : Science, Mathematics
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AMITY GTSE Examination Class IX Sample Papers

Question Paper of Amity International Olympiad GTSE Global Talent Search Examination Class IX Science & Maths Question Paper is now available in the official website of AMITY International

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Instructions to Candidates

01. This question paper has 40 objective questions. In addition to this question paper, you are also given an answer-sheet.
02. Read the instructions carefully for each section before attempting it.
03. For each correct answer 2 marks will be awarded and there is no negative marking.
04. On the answer-sheet, fill up all the entries carefully in the space provided, Only In Block Capital Letters.

05. Incomplete / incorrect / carelessly filled information may disqualify your candidature.
06. On the answer-sheet, use PENCIL / BLUE or BLACK BALL PEN.
07. No extra sheet will be provided for roughwork. Use the space available in the paper for your rough- work.
08. Use of calculator is not permitted.
09. No student is permitted to leave the examination hall before time is complete.
10. Use of unfair means shall invite cancellation of the test.

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Model Questions

Max Marks : 80
Time : 11:00 to 12:30 noon

Science

Each question has four alternatives marked (A), (B), (C) and (D), but only one of these alternatives is the correct answer.
1. One end of a strip is fastened between two layers of wood of a table, as shown. Its other is plucked so that it starts vibrating up and down (perpendicular or transverse to its length). The sound produced by this vibration is Strip vibrating up and down
(A) transverse in nature
(B) longitudinal in nature
(C) partly transverse and partly longitudinal
(D) neither purely transverse nor purely longitudinal

2. Calcium nitrate is an inorganic compound with formula Ca(NO3)2. This colourless salt absorbs moisture from the air and is commonly found as a tetrahydrate. It is mainly used as a component in fertilisers. How many molecules are present in 4.1 g of pure Ca(NO3)2 ? (Atomic mass of
Ca = 40)
(A) 15.055 × 1022
(B) 15.055 × 1021
(C) 15.055 × 1020
(D) 15.055 × 1019

3. A cell has been found in which there are three structures enclosed by double membranes. In which group will you assign this cell ?
(A) Animal cell
(B) Fungal cell
(C) Bacterial cell
(D) Plant cell

4. Which one of the following is prepared without using the process of fermentation ?
(A) Coffee powder
(B) Tea powder
(C) Bread
(D) Idli

5. When one person pushes a motorcar, it does not move at all. But two persons are able to push the same motorcar with an acceleration of 0.5 ms–2 along the horizontal surface and three persons are able to push it with an acceleration of 1.5 ms–2. If the mass of the motorcar is 800 kg, find the force of push of each person, assuming that each person pushes the motorcar with same force.
(A) 1200 N
(B) 1000 N
(C) 800 N
(D) 600 N

6. In the above question, the force of friction acting on the motor car would be
(A) 1350 N
(B) 1200 N
(C) 1250 N
(D) 1000 N

7. Which of the animal phyla are bilaterally symmetrical ?
(A) Mollusca and nematoda
(B) Annelida and cnidaria
(C) Porifera and platyhelminthes
(D) Cnidaria and porifera

8. Which one of the following solids cannot be converted into liquid by supplying more and more heat energy ?
(A) Gold
(B) Solid oxygen
(C) Ammonium chloride
(D) Diamond (form of carbon)

9. Tick-mark(?) the incorrect statement from the following.
(A) Some forms of life, especially bacteria, are poisoned by elemental oxygen
(B) Carbon dioxide, even in small concentration is toxic in nature
(C) Chlorine is a poisonous gas and was used for the first time in World War I by Germans
(D) Ozone (O3) is a poisonous gas

11. A body starts running towards a large convex mirror with a uniform speed v. His image appears to move towards the mirror with speed v? such that
(A) v > v? and v? decreases with uniform rate
(B) v > v? and v? is also uniform
(C) v > v? and v? is not uniform
(D) v = v?

12. A body P moves along a circle of radius R in a horizontal plane, whereas another body Q moves along a circle of radius r in a vertical plane such that R > r. If the work done by gravity on the two bodies be WP and WQ, respectively, then
(A) WP > WQ
(B) WP = WQ = 0
(C) WP = 0, but WQ ? 0
(D) No relation can be established as data are not sufficient

13. Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB) is a common and often deadly disease. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs, though it affects the other systems of the body, bones, joints and the skin. The typical symptoms of tuberculosis are chronic cough with blood-tinged sputum, fever, night sweats and weight loss. Tuberculosis is
(A) a bacterial disease
(B) a protozoan disease
(C) a viral disease
(D) a worm-infectious disease

14. Match the statement given in column I with those given in column II and tick-mark (?) the correct matching.
Column I Column II
(a) Farming system with minimal (i) crop or no use of chemicals as rotation fertilisers, herbicides, pesticides, etc.
(b) Growing of two or more crops (ii) intersimultaneously on the same cropping piece of land
(c) System of farming on a (iii) organic particular farm which includes farming crop production, raising of live stocks, etc.
(d) Growing two or more crops (iv) mixed in definite row patterns farming (e) Growing of two different (v) mixed crops on a piece of land in cropping pre-planned succession
(A) (a) – iii, (b) – v, (c) – iv, (d) – ii, (d) – i
(B) (a) – iii, (b) – v, (c) – iv, (d) – i, (e) – ii
(C) (a) – iii, (b) – iv, (c) – v, (d) – ii, (e) – i
(D) (a) – iii, (b) – iv, (c) – v, (d) – i, (e) – ii

15. The velocity of sound in air is 340 ms–1. At what minimum distance from a small hill should a person shout so that he can hear the echo of his shouting?
(A) 34 m
(B) 17 m
(C) 340 m
(D) 170 m

Mathematics

1. In the equation A 3 2 B 18 3 8 11 11 ? , the values of A and B are, respectively
(A) 9, 2
(B) 8, 2
(C) 7, 2
(D) 8, 4

2. All the sides of a triangle are increased by 10%. The percentage increase in the area of the triangle could be
(A) 21%
(B) 20%
(C) 25%
(D) 22.5%

In the following questions, each series follows its own regular pattern of numbers. Try to understand the pattern of numbers in each series and then find the missing number, which is also given as one of the four alternatives below each series.
5. 7, 14, 28, 49, 77, …?…, 154
(A) 112
(B) 108
(C) 105
(D) 119

6. 3, 6, 11, 18, 27, 38, …?…
(A) 55
(B) 53
(C) 51
(D) 49

7. A room is 7 m long and 5 m broad and the doors and windows in its walls occupy 5 m2. The cost of coveringthe remaining surface of the walls with fancy paper 75 cm wide, at the rate of Rs. 84 per piece of 13 m, is Rs. 784. Find the height of the room
(A) 4.5 m
(B) 4.0 m
(C) 3.5 m
(D) 3.0 m

8. Equilateral triangles ABC and A? B? C??are so placed that a regular hexagon DEFGHI is formed as their common area, shown below. If area of each equilateral triangle is 9 3 sq. cm, then the area of the hexagon DEFGHI is
(A) 9 3 sq cm
(B) 8 3 sq cm
(C) 6 3 sq cm
(D) 9 2 sq cm

9. What is the remainder when 27×3 – 9×2 – 3x + 8 is divided by 3x + 2 ?
(A) + 2
(B) – 2
(C) + 4
(D) – 4

In the following questions, the numbers in the cells of each square follow some rule. Find the number, which when replaced by the symbol ..?.., maintains the same rule.
10. (A) 26
(B) 19
(C) 17
(D) 10

11. (A) 90
(B) 88
(C) 86
(D) 84

12. AD and BC are the arcs of concentric circles with O as their common centre. If OA = AB, then the area of the figure ABCD is
(A) 3.5 ? cm2
(B) 3.0 ? cm2
(C) 2.0 ? cm2
(D) 1.5 ? cm2