NCO LEVEL-1 Booklet For Class-VIII
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Class 810th Year 2010 Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) Class 8 | 10th NCO - 2010 2 MENTAL ABILITY 1. Niti has learned 21 of the 84 songs in her piano playbook. What percent of the total number of songs in the playbook has Niti learnt ? (A) 75% (B) 63% (C) 25% (D) 21% E 2. In the adjoining figure, ABC is a straight line. The value of x, is ___ . (A) 50° D (B) 62° 115° (C) 70° x° 33° 36° (D) 82° A B C 3. Abhay made a straight cut through a circular rubber band and then laid the rubber band flat, as shown in the figure. cut Which measure corresponds to the length of the cut rubber band ? ? (A) Chord (B) Circumference (C) Diameter (D) Radius 4. What shape makes up the base and the faces of the figure shown below ? (A) (B) (C) (D) 5. x% of 250 + 25% of 68 = 67, then the value of x is _____. (A) 10 (B) 15 (C) 20 (D) 25 DIRECTION (6 7) : Study the graph carefully and answer the questions given below it. 7016 5832 4203 (in thousand tonnes) 3465 2500 2413 Wheat Import 2000 1811 1974 1981 1976 1971 1973 1975 1982 1970 Years 6. What is the total wheat import during all the given years (in thousand tonnes)? (A) 27420 (B) 28240 (C) 29240 (D) 28420 7. The import in 1976 was approximately how many times that of the year 1971 ? (A) 0.31 (B) 1.68 (C) 2.41 (D) 3.22 8. How many 8's are there in the following number series which are exactly divisible by its immediately preceding number and also divisible by immediately succeeding number ? 8 2 4 5 1 7 2 8 4 8 4 2 2 8 2 6 9 8 4 5 4 8 3 2 8 4 3 1 8 3 (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) Class 8 | 10th NCO - 2010 3 9. The figure given below shows the tent that Sara bought to go on a camping trip. 5 f ee t 3 feet t ee 5 f ? How wide is the entire opening along the bottom of the tent ? (A) 4 feet (B) 5 feet (C) 6 feet (D) 8 feet 10. Varun is climbing steps to the top of a monument. After climbing 15 steps, Varun stops to tie his shoe laces. If there are 75 steps in the monument, what percent of the total number of steps has Varun climbed when he stops to tie his shoe laces ? (A) 90% (B) 60% (C) 20% (D) 5% 11. Aryan is building a rectangular box. What is the volume of Aryan's rectangular box ? KEY (A) 13 cubic cm (B) 24 cubic cm = 1 cubic cm (C) 48 cubic cm (D) 72 cubic cm 12. A group of 1200 persons consisting of captains and soldiers are travelling in a train. For every 15 soldiers there is one captain. The number of captains in the group is ______ . (A) 85 (B) 80 (C) 75 (D) 9 2 1 1 7 13. If 15 × 3 + 6 = 11 + x , then the value of x is ____. 3 6 3 18 5 4 7 (A) 39 (B) 137 (C) 29 (D) 44 5 9 9 9 9 14. In the figure shown here, BDEC is a rectangle. ABC and DEF are 3 cm B C A 2 straight lines. The area, in cm , of the whole figure is ___ . 8 cm (A) 120 (B) 128 F (C) 136 (D) 142 D 10 cm E 11 cm 15. Vidhi is creating a 3letter code using the letters A, B and C. She has decided that each letter will only be used once in the code. How many different 3letter codes can Vidhi create ? (A) 3 (B) 6 (C) 9 (D) 12 LOGICAL AND ANALYTICAL REASONING 16. Sunita is taller than Suman who is shorter than Soni. Suchitra is taller than Surabhi but shorter than Suman. Sunita is taller than Soni. Who among the following is the shortest ? (A) Soni (B) Suman (C) Suchitra (D) Surabhi 17. B is to the Southwest of A, C is to the East of B and Southeast of A and D is to the North of C in line with B and A. In which direction of A is D located ? (A) North (B) East (C) Southeast (D) Northeast Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) Class 8 | 10th NCO - 2010 4 18. 425 is related to 2 in the same way as 613 is related to ____ . (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 19. Which one of the following represents "stone, water, fire" ? (A) (B) (C) (D) 20. (i) Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are seated in a circle facing the centre. (ii) D is between B and G, and F is between A and H. (iii) E is second to the right of A. Which of the following is A's position ? (A) Left of F (B) Right of F (C) Left of E (D) Cannot be determined 21. In a class of students, Ravi occupies 5 th position from top and 25 th from the bottom in a test. How many students are there in the class ? (A) 30 (B) 28 (C) 29 (D) 25 22. Out of the given words, which word can be formed using the alphabets of the word "REGRESSION"? (A) RAIN (B) GREEN (C) AGREE (D) GREASE 23. Find the odd one out. 7, 28, 63, 124, 215, 342, 511 (A) 7 (B) 28 (C) 124 (D) 215 24. A clock is set right at 5 a.m. The clock loses 16 minutes in 24 hours. What will be the right time when the clock indicates 5 a.m. the next day ? (A) 4 : 44 p.m. (B) 4 : 44 a.m. (C) 5 p.m. (D) 12.30 p.m. × × ¸× ¸ × 25. Complete the given series : + + + = + = + = % 0 ¸ × ¸ × 0 0 ¸ × 0 % × (A) + = % (B) + = % (C) % = + (D) + = ¸ DIRECTION : In the question given below are two statements, followed by 4 conclusions lettered (A), (B), (C) and (D). You have to take the two given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from the commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements. 26. Statements : All novels are stories. All stories are songs. Conclusions : (A) All novels are songs (B) Some novels are songs (C) Some songs are novels (D) All stories are not songs Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) Class 8 | 10th NCO - 2010 5 27. Study the given diagram carefully and answer the question. 1 Youths in villages 5 7 4 Unemployed youths 6 3 2 Educated Uneducated unemployed youths in villages are represented by ___. (A) 5 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 7 28. If ‘¸’ means ‘–’, ‘–’ means ‘×’, ‘×’ means ‘+’ and ‘+’ means ‘¸’, then 20 × 60 ¸ 40 – 20 + 10 = (A) 40 (B) 0 (C) 80 (D) 60 29. Complete the figure by choosing the correct option figure. (A) (B) ? (C) (D) 30. How many triangles are there in the adjoining figure ? (A) 12 (B) 14 (C) 15 (D) 13 COMPUTERS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 31. Constants consisting of only alphabets are called ____ . (A) String Constants (B) Word Constants (C) Sentence Constants (D) None of these 32. A method of erasing magnetic media and the removal of remnants of previously recorded signals is called ____ . (A) Debug (B) Degauss (C) Default (D) Deram 33. What is a cookie ? (A) Cooking software (B) Website (C) Hacker file (D) Internet information file 34. Which of following operators can be used as exponential operator in Basic ? (A) * (B) ^ (C) (D) @ 35. To see line number 20 of a BASIC program, I can give the command ____ . (A) SEE 20 (B) LIST 20 (C) WRITE 20 (D) SHOW 20 36. To play Sound and Music files from your computer, you require ____ . (A) Speakers (B) Sound Card (C) A program to play media (D) All of the above Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) Class 8 | 10th NCO - 2010 6 37. The following steps are used to ____ . (i) Open Microsoft Word and the document you wish to modify. (ii) Highlight the text you wish to have double spaced or select all. (iii) Rightclick the selected text and click Format. (iv) Click Paragraph. (v) In the Paragraph window under spacing change from Single to Double and then click OK. (A) To double space or change the spacing of text in Microsoft Word (B) To mail merge (C) To edit text (D) To change format of paragraph 38. Which of the following is not a keyboard layout ? (A) QWERTY (B) Maltron (C) Sholes (D) Dvorak 39. What does DBMS stand for ? (A) Digital Base Mapping System (B) Data Base Management System (C) Data Borrowing and Movement Software (D) Data Base Manipulation Software 40. ARPANET system is ____ . (A) Advanced Reduction Project Agency of U.S. Department of Defence (B) Advanced Research Project Agency of U.S. Department of Defence (C) Advanced Redundant Project Agent of U.S. Department of Defence (D) Advanced Research Proposal Agency of U.S. Department of Defence 41. Match the following. Column I Column II (Technology) (Name of Computer) p. Vacuum Tubes (i) IBM 360 q. Integrated Circuits (ii) ATLAS r. Transistors (iii) ICL 2900 s. Very Large Scale Integration (iv) ENIAC (A) p(iv), q(i), r(ii), s(iii) (B) p(i), q(ii), r(iii), s(iv) (C) p(ii), q(iii), r(iv), s(i) (D) p(iii), q(ii), r(iv), s(i) 42. =SUM(A1 : A3) will ______ . (A) Add the values of A1 through A3 (B) Compare values of A1 and A3 (C) Divide values of A1 by A2 (D) Average the values of A1 and A3 43. Which of the below is not a type of DVD drive ? (A) DVDRD (B) DVDRW (C) DVD+RW (D) DVD–RAM 44. The command RT 90 in LOGO, will turn the turtle by _____ . (A) 90 degrees (B) 90 radians (C) 90 minutes (D) 90 seconds Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) Class 8 | 10th NCO - 2010 7 45. Which of the following is a star network ? (A) (B) (C) (D) 46. Match the following. Column I Column II (a) CLS (i) Check a condition and take suitable action (b) PRINT (ii) Print on paper (c) LPRINT (iii) Clear the screen (d) IF THEN ELSE (iv) Display a message on the screen (A) a (i), b (ii), c (iii), d (iv) (B) a (iii), b (iv), c (ii), d (i) (C) a (iv), b (ii), c (i), d (iii) (D) a (ii), b (iv), c (i), d (iii) 47. Which of these is not a type of live communication ? (A) Chat (B) Email (C) Instant Messaging (D) IRC 48. The unit of time used to measure the speed of RAM is (A) Nanobytes (B) Nanopixels (C) Nanoseconds (D) Nanomoles 49. How many keys does the standard Windows US keyboard with numpad have ? (A) 74 (B) 84 (C) 94 (D) 104 50. Which of these is a type of memory that cannot have information rewritten to it ? (A) DRAM (B) RAM (C) ROM (D) SRAM SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) Class 8 11th Year 2011 Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) Class 8 | 11th NCO - 2011 2 MENTAL ABILITY 1. Which list contains numbers that are arranged in order from least to greatest? 2 2 2 2 9 7 5 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 (A) , , , (B) , , , (C) , , , (D) , , , 3 5 7 9 2 2 2 2 2 3 5 7 9 7 5 3 2. In some science fiction movies, "Warp 2" is defined as 10 times the speed of light. The speed of light is approximately 186,000 miles per second. Which of the following represents Warp 2 in scientific notation ? (A) 1.86 × 10 4 (B) 1.86 × 10 6 (C) 18.6 × 10 4 (D) 18.6 × 10 6 3. A school opened in 1998 with 42 eighth grade students. The given Eighth Grade Enrollment table shows the increase in the number of eighth graders. Number of What is the rate of increase in the number of eight graders at the Year Students school? 1998 42 (A) 17 students/year 1999 59 (B) 23 students/year 2000 76 (C) 42 students/year 2001 93 (D) 51 students/year 4. A swimming pool is being filled with water at a rate of 1 inch/minute. The owners started filling the pool at 6:00 a.m. What time was it when the water got 6 feet deep ? (1 feet = 12 inches) (A) 6:06 a.m. (B) 7:06 a.m. (C) 7:00 a.m. (D) 7:12 a.m. 5. In a football game, a team lost 13 points on one play, gained 7 on the next and lost 3 on the third. What is their position (gain or loss) from their original position ? (A) Loss of 3 points (B) Loss of 9 points (C) Gain of 3 points (D) Gain of 17 points 6. Jill is putting a tile floor in her kitchen. She needs 52 tiles to cover the whole floor. There are 24 tiles in a box. A box costs ` 23.95. Individual tiles cost ` 2.95. Sales tax is 5%. How much will 52 tiles cost approximately, including sales tax? (A) ` 50 (B) ` 57 (C) ` 60 (D) ` 63 7. The given figure represents a net of a cube. Each face of the cube is xunits wide. Which formula can be used to find a, the combined area of the top and bottom faces of the cube? Bottom Top x Face Face 1 2 (A) a = x (B) a = x 2 6 (C) a = 2x 2 (D) a = 4x 2 8. A square with side lengths z was cut from a rectangle to form the y y polygon as shown here. Which expression represents the perimeter of the polygon ? z x (A) 2x + 4y + 2z (B) 2x + 4y + 3z (C) 2x + 4y + 4z (D) 2x + 4y + 6z Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) Class 8 | 11th NCO - 2011 3 9. Mr. Das Gupta teaches three drama classes. · The first class has 24 students. · The second class has 30 students. · The third class has 18 students. Mr. Das Gupta wants to divide each class into groups so that every group in every class has the same number of students and there are no students left over. What is the maximum number of students that he can put into each group ? (A) 8 (B) 6 (C) 4 (D) 2 1 10. Mohit travelled 225 km in 4 hours. Raj travelled the same distance at an average speed that was 2 10 km per hour faster than Mohit's average speed. What was the number of hours it took Raj to travel 225 km ? 1 1 3 2 (A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 3 (D) 4 4 4 4 5 11. Parul made the stack of blocks shown in the adjoining figure. Which of the following figures shows the front view of the stack of blocks ? S id n t e F ro (A) (B) (C) (D) 12. A rose garden is in the shape of a circle with a circumference of approximately 37.7 m. Which of the following is the closest to the diameter of the rose garden? (Use p = 3.14) (A) 6.0 m (B) 11.8 m (C) 12.0 m (D) 18.9 m 13. The graph shows the number of basketball Basketball Titles Won titles won by the boys team and the girls team 18 Number of Titles Won 16 for three different school teams. 14 Based on the data in the graph, which of the 12 Boys following statements is true ? 10 (A) The F.P.S teams together have won the greatest 8 Girls total number of basketball titles 6 (B) The girls L.P.S team has won exactly twice as 4 many titles as the G.P.S boys and girls teams 2 together 0 F.P.S L.P.S G.P.S (C) The girls F.P.S team has won more titles than the girls L.P.S team (D) The L.P.S teams together have won the greatest total number of basketball titles 14. Which of the following is equivalent to the expression given below ? ( 6 + 6 - 9 6 + 5 6 ) 2 (A) 12 (B) 24 (C) 144 (D) –24 15. The diagram shows a triangle and some of its dimensions. What 20 cm is the value of t ? 30° (A) 25 (B) 30 t cm 15 cm 60° (C) 35 (D) 40 Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) Class 8 | 11th NCO - 2011 4 LOGICAL AND ANALYTICAL REASONING 16. The given question contains problem figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Select a figure from the options which will continue the same series as given in the problem figures. Problem Figures ? 1 2 3 4 5 (A) (B) (C) (D) 17. A series is established if one of given options is placed in place of the sign ?. Which figure should be placed here ? Problem Figures ? 1 2 3 4 5 (A) (B) (C) (D) 18. Complete the missing portion of the given pattern by selecting from the given options. (A) (B) (C) (D) ? 19. Choose from the options in which the Figure (X) is embedded. (A) (B) (C) (D) Fig. (X ) 20. The given question consists of sets of figures 1, 2, 3 and 4. There is a definite relationship between figures 1 and 2. Establish a similar relationship between figures 3 and 4 by selecting a suitable figure from the options which would replace the sign of question mark (?) in figure (4). Problem Figures (A) (B) ? (C) (D) 1 2 3 4 21. Which letter will be sixth to the left of the nineteenth letter from the right end of the English alphabet? (A) M (B) N (C) B (D) Y Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) Class 8 | 11th NCO - 2011 5 22. A painter is given a task to paint a cubical box with six different colours for different faces of the cube. The detailed account of it is given as : (a) Red face should lie between yellow and brown faces. (b) Green face should be adjacent to the silver face. (c) Pink face should lie adjacent to the green face. (d) Yellow face should lie opposite to the brown one. (e) Silver and pink faces should lie opposite to each other. The face opposite to red is _____ . (A) Yellow (B) Green (C) Pink (D) Silver 23. Out of the five given figures, four are similar in a certain way. Which figure is not like the other four? 1 2 3 4 5 (A) (B) (C) (D) 24. How many dots lie opposite the face having three dots, when the given figure is folded to form a cube ? (A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 25. How many triangles are there in the following figure ? (A) 26 (B) 28 (C) 22 (D) None of these P 26. Choose the correct mirror image of the figure (x) if a mirror is placed along PQ. (A) (B) (C) (D) Fig. (x) Q 27. A figure marked on a transparent sheet is given here. Which option resembles the figure obtained by folding the transparent sheet along the dotted line ? Transparent Sheet (A) (B) (C) (D) 28. Four of the following five pairs of alphabets and numerals have same relationship between their elements as in the case of the pair PROBLEM : 2948375 and hence form a group. Which one does not belong to the group ? (A) BORE : 8497 (B) MOEP : 5972 (C) LBOR : 3849 (D) OMEP : 4572 Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) Class 8 | 11th NCO - 2011 6 29. In a certain code 'TRADE' is written as '7%#94' and PREY is written as '$%48'. How is 'ARTERY' written in that code ? (A) 9#7%#8 (B) 9#%7#8 (C) #%74%8 (D) 9%#7%8 30. Complete the series given below. 1, 6, 40, 276 __ ?_ (A) 2168 (B) 2272 (C) 468 (D) 9612 COMPUTERS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 31. Device needed for communication between computers using telephone network is ____ . (A) Modem (B) Printer (C) CDROM (D) Plotter 32. Which hardware does each computer need to communicate on the Internet ? (A) UPS (B) Modem (C) Printer (D) Speakers 33. Which technology is used in compact discs ? (A) Mechanical (B) Electrical (C) Laser (D) None of these 34. A Pixel is _____ . (A) A computer program that draws picture (B) A picture stored in secondary memory (C) The smallest resolvable part of a picture (D) None of these 35. Mohit set up a page for the school magazine. The text did not quite fill the page as shown in Figure 1. He made two changes and the result was Figure 2. What two changes were made ? Sporting Talent Sporting Talent The school has seen success in many The school has seen success in many sports this year. First place was gained sports this year. First place was gained in the regional swimming, athletics and tennis. The Boys’ Soccer team in the regional swimming, athletics and narrowly lost in the Grand Final as did tennis. The Boys’ Soccer team narrowly the Girls’ Netball team. The school’s lost in the Grand Final as did the Girls’ successes are due to the hard work of Netball team. The school’s successes the students and coaches. are due to the hard work of the students and coaches. Figure 1 Figure 2 (A) Line spacing increased and text justified (B) Right margin decreased and text centred (C) Bottom margin decreased and text justified (D) Bottom margin decreased and text centred 36. The formula bar displays what was entered in cell F2. Why did the error message #NAME? appear in cell F2? (A) There should be parentheses around B2 : E2. (B) The equals sign should be deleted from the formula. (C) There should be a plus sign in the formula instead of a colon. (D) You can only use the count function to count down a column. 37. Which of the following is a programming language ? (A) Lotus (B) Pascal (C) MSExcel (D) Netscape 38. Before submitting your work you want to find words spelt incorrectly. Which one of the following options would you use ? (A) Thesaurus (B) Spell checker (C) Grammar Checker (D) Find and Replace Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) Class 8 | 11th NCO - 2011 7 39. You are setting the timings for a slideshow. Which slide will stay on the screen for the least time? Sydney Landmarks Harbour Bridge Opera House Palm Beach 00:06 1 00:05 2 00:02 3 00:03 4 (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 40. The screen shows the details of a folder. The headings are missing from the top of each column. Which of the following shows the correct order of the column headings ? (A) Name, Size, Date Modified, Type (B) Type, Size, Name, Date Modified (C) Date Modified, Size, Name, Type (D) Name, Size, Type, Date Modified 41. What is the correct HTML tag for inserting a line break ? (A) <lb> (B) <break> (C) <br> (D) <ol> 42. A program neither replicates nor copies itself, but does damage or compromises the security of the computer. Typically it relies on someone emailing it to you; it does not email itself. It may arrive in the form of a joke program or software of some sort. This is known as a _____. (A) Joke Program (B) Worm (C) Trojan (D) Hoax 43. Each layer of a Flash movie is divided into ____. (A) Ruler Units (B) Animation (C) Frames (D) Keyframes 44. What is the file extension supported by Flash ? (A) .flash (B) .fla (C) .fl (D) .flx 45. The contents of digital certificates are ____. (A) The business address and digital signature (B) The name of the organisation/individual (C) Public key, serial no. and expiry date (D) All of these 46. The cursor is positioned at X as shown. X Which key should be pressed to move the cursor Muscular and Skeletal Systems to the cell containing the word 'Skeleton'? Muscle Skeleton Tendon (A) Enter (B) Control Bone Cartilage Ligament (C) Shift (D) Tab 47. Paper spreadsheets can have all the same advantages as an electronic spreadsheet except which of the following ? (A) Accuracy (B) Speed (C) Headings (D) Rows and columns Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) Class 8 | 11th NCO - 2011 8 48. You want to format the heading voltage with the same alignment as the heading current. Which icon will give the same alignment ? (A) (B) (C) (D) A 49. What has been done to image 1 to produce image 2 ? (A) Flip vertical (B) Flip Horizontal (C) Rotate Left 90° (D) Rotate Right 90° Image 1 Image 2 50. The <TITLE> tag is a/an _______ element. (A) Empty (B) Container (C) Null (D) Tag SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) Class 8 12th Set A Year 2012 Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) 2 12th NCO - Set-A MENTAL ABILITY (0.75)3 1. The square root of + [0.75 + (0.75)2 + 1] is _______. 1 − 0.75 (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 2. What is the area of the inner equilateral triangle if the side of the outermost square is 'a' , if BD is twice of EF ? (ABCD is a square) 3 3a 2 3 3a 2 (A) (B) 32 64 5 3a 2 3a 2 (C) (D) 32 16 3. The ratio between the number of passengers travelling by Ist and IInd class between the two railway stations is 1 : 50, whereas the ratio of Ist and IInd class fares between the same stations is 3 : 1. If on a particular day, ` 1325 were collected from the passengers travelling between these stations by these classes, then what was the amount collected from the IInd class passengers ? (A) ` 750 (B) ` 850 (C) ` 1000 (D) ` 1250 4. In the given figure AB = AC, BC = CD and DE || BC. Find the measure of ∠x. (A) 54° (B) 61° (C) 58° (D) 72° 7 5 x −1y 2 x −3 y 5 5. Simplify : 2 −4 ÷ 2 −3 x y x y (A) 0 (B) –1 (C) xy (D) x 4y 2 6. There is a question followed by three statements. While answering the question, you may or may not require the data provided in all the statements. You have to read, the question and the three statements and then decide whether the question can be answered with any one or two of the statements or all the three statements are required to answer the question. Mr. Gupta borrowed a sum of money on compound interest. What will be the amount to be repaid if he is repaying the entire amount at the end of 2 years? I. The rate of interest is 5 p.c.p.a. II. Simple interest fetched on the same amount in one year is ` 600. III. The amount borrowed is 10 times the simple interest in 2 years. (A) I only (B) III only (C) I or II only (D) None of these 7. In the given figure, what percent of the circle is occupied by sector C. C D 120° 1 2 (A) 33 3 % (B) 22 9 % 100° 80° 2 7 60° B (C) 16 % (D) 27 % A 3 9 Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) 12th NCO - Set-A 3 8. A black disc has the numeral 1 written on one side and the numeral 2 on the other. A coloured disc has the numeral 3 on one side and the numeral 4 on the other. Each face is equally likely to appear. Both the discs are tossed together. Match the corresponding probabilities. Column-I Column-II (a) Probability of getting the faces marked 1 and 3 (i) 1/2 (b) Probability that the sum of the two numbers will be 5 (ii) 1/4 (c) Probability that the sum of the two numbers will be 4 (iii) 0 (d) Probability that the sum of the two numbers will be 7 (A) (a) → (i), (b) → (ii), (c) → (ii), (d) → (iii) (B) (a) → (ii), (b) → (i), (c) → (ii), (d) → (iii) (C) (a) → (i), (b) → (i), (c) → (ii), (d) → (iii) (D) (a) → (i), (b) → (ii), (c) → (iii), (d) → (iii) 1 9. The average weight of three boys P, Q and R is 54 kg, while the average weight of three boys Q, S 3 and T is 53 kg. What is the average weight of P, Q, R, S and T ? (A) 52.4 kg (B) 53.2 kg (C) 53.8 kg (D) Data inadequate 10. P can complete a work in 12 days working 8 hours a day. Q can complete the same work in 8 days working 10 hours a day. If both P and Q work together, working 8 hours a day, in how many days can they complete the work? 5 6 5 6 (A) 5 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 6 11 11 11 11 Logical and Analytical Reasoning 11. Find the missing number amongst the given options at the place of sign of interrogation (?). (A) 25 (B) 28 (C) 35 (D) 38 12. Select the figure that can be formed by joining the figures given in box marked (X). (A) (B) (C) (D) 13. If 'SWAMINATHAN' is coded as 'NAHTANIMAWS' in a certain code language, how would you code 'SIRNAME' in that language? (A) EMARNIS (B) EMNARIS (C) EMANRIS (D) None of these 14. If 'A + B' means that A is the father of B; 'A – B' means that A is the wife of B; 'A × B' means that A is the brother of B; 'A ÷ B' means that A is the daughter of B. Then, which of the following is true for P ÷ R + S + Q ? (A) P is the daughter of Q (B) Q is the aunt of P (C) P is the aunt of Q (D) P is the mother of Q 15. If A # B means B is at 1 metre to the right of A; A $ B means B is at 1 metre to the North of A; A * B means B is at 1 metre to the left of A; A £ B means B is at 1 metre to the South of A and first person from the left is facing North, then according to P # R $ A * U, in which direction is U with respect to P? (A) East (B) West (C) North (D) South Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) 4 12th NCO - Set-A 16. Use the following notations to answer the question below : A " B means 'add B to A' A ' B means 'subtract B from A' A @ B means 'divide A by B' A * B means 'multiply A by B' The profit percentage of a commodity is worked out by multiplying the quotient of the difference between the amount of the sale price and the total expenses and divided by the amount of total expenses by 100. If the sale price of an article is (S), the total expenses is equal to the sum of the cost price (C), transportation cost (T), labour charges (L), which of the following expressions would indicate the profit percentage? (A) [{S"(C' L' T)} * (C" L" T) @ 100] (B) [{S'(C" L" T)} @ (C" L" T) * 100] (C) [{S'(C" L" T)} @ (C" L" T) @ 100] (D) [{S – (C + L + T)} ÷ (C + L + T)] × 100 17. A cube is coloured orange on one face, pink on the opposite face, brown on one face and silver on a face adjacent to the brown face. The other two faces are left uncoloured. It is then cut into 125 smaller cubes of equal sizes. How many cubes are coloured silver on one face, orange or pink on another face and have four uncoloured faces ? (A) 8 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 16 18. Choose out of these four figures which shows the correct water-image of the figure given on right. (A) (B) (C) (D) 19. How many triangles are there in the following figure ? (A) 25 (B) 20 (C) 36 (D) None of these 20. Choose the correct mirror image from the given options of the figure (X) if mirror is placed vertically left. (A) (B) (C) (D) Figure (X) computers and information technology DIRECTION (21 & 22) : Study the Adobe Flash CS3 Toolbox and answer the questions that follow. 21. ‘a’ is the __________ and ‘d’ is the __________ tool. (A) Lasso, Ink bottle (B) Free transform, Ink bottle (C) Eyedropper, Paint bucket (D) Lasso, Paint bucket 22. The tool ‘c’ is the _________ tool. (A) Ink bottle (B) Brush (C) Pen (D) Color Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) 12th NCO - Set-A 5 23. In internet terminology, RSS stands for _______. (A) Rich Site Summary (B) Really Simple Syndication (C) Real Slide Show (D) Both (A) and (B) are correct 24. Which of the following is used to display the given output? (A) <html> (B) <html> NCO2012 <body> <body> <SUP>NCO</SUP>2012 NCO<SUP>2012</SUP> </body> </body> </html> </html> (C) <html> (D) <html> <body> <body> <SUP>NCO 2012 <SUP>NCO 2012</SUP> </body> </body> </html> </html> 25. In the given image, the highlighted area is the main control center of the MS-Access 2007 database. This area is called the ____. (A) Office Button (B) Quick Access Toolbar (C) Navigation Pane (D) MS Access Table 26. The network topology shown in the given picture is ________. (A) Bus topology (B) Star topology (C) Ring topology (D) Mesh topology 27. Match the MS-PowerPoint 2007 tools with the operations they perform: Column-I Column-II I. A a. Align text within a text box II. b. Specify the line spacing to use III. c. Fill the selected shape with a solid color, gradient, picture or texture IV. d. Change the orientation of text to vertical, horizontal, etc. V e. Convert text to a smart art graphic (A) I – a, II – d, III – e, IV – b, V – c (B) I – a, II – b, III – c, IV – d, V – e (C) I – d, II – a, III – e, IV – b, V – c (D) I – d, II – a, III – b, IV – e, V – c Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) 6 12th NCO - Set-A 28. The MS-Word 2007 menu popup shown in the given image is used to ____. (A) Change the document background (B) Change the color of the text in the selected document (C) Highlight selected text (D) All of these 29. In MS-Word 2007 which tab should be used to set the language option from English (United States) to English (UK)? (A) Page Layout (B) View (C) Design (D) Review 30. In MS-PowerPoint 2007, which tab is used to set time to advance slides? (A) Insert (B) Design (C) Animations (D) Slide Show DIRECTION (31 & 32) : Given below is a table in MS-Excel 2007. Answer the questions that follow: 31. The formula ‘=AVERAGE(B2, F2)’ was entered in the cell G2. This formula will calculate the average of which subjects? (A) Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Computer (B) Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology (C) Mathematics and Computer (D) Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Computer 32. The formula to calculate the average of all subjects should be _______. (A) = AVERAGE(G2) (B) =AVERAGE(B2, F2) (C) =AVERAGE(B2 : F2) (D) =AVERAGE(B2 : G2) 33. The input device needed for interpreting data from the given image is ________. (A) MICR Reader (B) OMR Reader (C) Barcode Reader (D) None of these 34. Which of the following is not true for the <BR> tag in HTML? (A) It breaks the line. (B) It is a container tag. (C) It displays the text from the next line. (D) It does not give any space between the two lines. 35. In Adobe Flash CS3, the following image displays the _________. (A) Toolbox (B) The Properties Inspector (C) Timeline (D) Stage 36. Which tag is used to change the background color of the webpage? (A) <COLOR> (B) <BACKCOLOR> (C) <IMAGECOLOR> (D) <BGCOLOR> Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) 12th NCO - Set-A 7 37. Match the following keystrokes with corresponding operations in Adobe Flash CS3: Column-I Column-II I. + a. To insert a new frame II. + + b. To create a new movie III. + c. To remove a frame IV. d. To hide/show Timeline window V. e. To execute Flash File/Test Movie (A) I – b, II – e, III – d, IV – c, V – a (B) I – d, II – e, III – b, IV – c, V – a (C) I – b, II – d, III – e, IV – a, V – c (D) I – d, II – e, III – b, IV – a, V – c 38. Which of the following HTML code should be used to display text in Red color? (A) <FONT COLOR =“#990000”> (B) <FONT COLOR =“#FF00FF”> (C) <FONT COLOR =“#FF0000”> (D) <FONT COLOR =“#0000FF”> 39. What is the name given to the extra window ‘A’ which opens up when you go to some website? (A) Microsoft Window (B) Browser Window (C) Pop-up Window (D) Movie Window 40. Which of the following is a disadvantage of a network? (A) High Speed of transmission of files (B) Inability to run application programs in case of server faults (C) Cost efficient (D) Easy sharing of resources 41. In MS-Access 2007, what is the name given to the highlighted area in the given picture? (A) Tabbed Ribbon (B) Standard Toolbar (C) Office Button (D) Quick Access Toolbar 42. Which feature of MS-Word 2007 can be used to insert double line below text as shown in the figure? (A) Bold (B) Underline (C) Strikethrough (D) Double Strikethrough Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) 8 12th NCO - Set-A 43. Which MS-Word 2007 tab is used to Switch ON/OFF – Synchronous Scrolling between two documents? (A) Home (B) Page Layout (C) View (D) Design 44. What happens when in MS-Excel, you forget to put an equal to (=) before a formula? (A) ###### is displayed in the cell. (B) #REF! is displayed in the cell. (C) The formula is displayed as it is in the cell. (D) The formula is still executed and its results are displayed in the cell. 45. In MS-PowerPoint 2007, the is available in the ________ tab. (A) Slide Master (B) Home (C) Insert (D) View 46. In which of the following is MICR widely used? (A) Used in banking business to read and store cheque numbers accurately. (B) To capture product information in shops and stores. (C) As an input device for data entry like reading exam answers for multiple choice questions. (D) Conversion of scanned images of handwritten text to machine encoded text. 47. The resolution of a typical SVGA monitor is _____. (A) 100 × 200 pixels (B) 200 × 100 pixels (C) 250 × 200 pixels (D) 1024 × 768 pixels 48. What information do you get when you see this image in an incoming e-mail? (A) The e-mail has been sent to several people. (B) This is a News Item. (C) The e-mail is from a known contact. (D) The e-mail contains an attachment. 49. Which of the following statements is correct ? (A) 1 MB = 1024 x 1024 x 1024 bytes (B) 1 MB = 2 x 1024 bytes (C) 1 KB = 1024 x 1024 bytes (D) 1 GB = 1024 x 1024 x 1024 bytes 50. Example of Boot virus is ________. (A) Danish Boot (B) Devil.941 (C) Disk Killer (D) All of these SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) Class 8 13th Set A Year 2013 Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) 2 13th NCO - Set-A MENTAL ABILITY 2 3 1 1 2 −3 −3 −3 −4 1. Simplify : 1 − ÷ ÷ 1 × × 3 −1 × 6 −1 3 2 4 3 3 (A) 1534 (B) 1539 (C) 1359 (D) 1539 2048 2048 2048 2408 2. The cost of levelling and turfing a square lawn at ` 2.50 per m2 is ` 13322.50. Find the cost of fencing it at ` 5 per metre. (A) ` 568 (B) ` 1460 (C) ` 625 (D) ` 540 3. The distance between two stations is 340 km. Two trains start simultaneously from these stations on parallel tracks to cross each other. The speed of one of them is greater than that of the other by 5 km/hr. If the distance between the two trains after 2 hours of their start is 30 km, find the speed of each train. (A) 57 km/hr, 62 km/hr (B) 65 km/hr, 70 km/hr (C) 75 km/hr, 80 km/hr (D) 85 km/hr, 90 km/hr 4. Three numbers are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4 to one another. The sum of their cubes is 0.334125. Find the numbers. (A) 8, 12, 16 (B) 6, 9, 12 (C) 3, 4.5, 6 (D) 10, 15, 20 5. In the given figure (not drawn to scale), ABCD is a parallelogram, BEC is an isosceles triangle with BC = BE, FDCE and ADG are straight lines, AB = AC. Find values of x and y respectively. G y D C E F 36° x A B (A) 90°, 30° (B) 72°, 36° (C) 30°, 90° (D) 36°, 72° 6. A pair of articles was bought for ` 37.40 at a discount of 15%. What must be the marked price of each of the articles? (A) ` 11 (B) ` 22 (C) ` 33 (D) ` 44 7. The wheel of a motorcycle, 70 cm in diameter, makes 40 revolutions in every 10 seconds. What is the speed of the motorcycle in km/hr? (A) 22.32 (B) 27.68 (C) 31.68 (D) 36.24 8. The pie chart shows the profit made by a company in the first 4 months of the year. The total amount of profit made in the 4 months was ` 80000. How much profit did the company make in February? April January 22% 26% February March 27% 25% (A) ` 20800 (B) ` 17600 (C) ` 21600 (D) ` 20000 Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) 13th NCO - Set-A 3 9. There is 60% increase in an amount in 6 years at simple interest. What will be the compound interest of ` 12,000 after 3 years at the same rate? (A) ` 2160 (B) ` 3120 (C) ` 6240 (D) None of these 10. Two unbiased coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of getting at most one head. (A) 1/4 (B) 1/2 (C) 3/4 (D) 1/3 Logical and analytical reasoning 11. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word CHILDREN each of which has as many letters between them in the word as there are between then in the English alphabet? (A) Three (B) Five (C) Four (D) Two 12. In a certain code 'ALIVE' is written as 'WFHBM'. How is 'VALUE' written in that code? (A) VFMWB (B) VFKWB (C) WBAVF (D) WBKVF 13. If 'L' means '×', 'M' means '+', 'N' means '÷' and 'P' means '–', then 14 N 2 L 7 P 25 M 1 = ? (A) –25 (B) –23 (C) 25 (D) 24 14. If in each number 1 is subtracted from the middle digit and then the first and the second digits are interchanged, then which number will be third, arranged in descending order? 389 476 635 847 568 (A) 389 (B) 568 (C) 635 (D) 847 15. Pointing to a woman in a photograph, a man says, "She is the mother of my daughter-in-law's husband's only sister." How is the woman related to the man? (A) Wife (B) Mother (C) Sister (D) Daughter 16. Select a figure which will continue the same series as established by the five Problem Figures. Problem Figures (A) (B) (C) (D) 17. In which of the following figures the fig. (X) is exactly embedded? Fig. (X) (A) (B) (C) (D) 18. Select a figure which when placed in the blank space of fig. (X) would complete the pattern. (A) (B) ? (C) (D) Fig. (X) Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) 4 13th NCO - Set-A 19. There is a definite relationship between figures 1 and 2. Establish the similar relationship between figures 3 and 4 by selecting a suitable figure from the option figure that would replace the question mark (?) in fig. (4) Problem Figures ? 1 2 3 4 (A) (B) (C) (D) 20. There is given a matrix of certain characters. These characters follow a certain trend, row-wise or column-wise. Find out this trend and choose the missing character from the given options. 8 17 33 12 5 29 10 13 ? (A) 9 (B) 23 (C) 33 (D) 43 Computers AND information technology 21. In the Select Browse Object menu in MS-Word 2010, which of the following should be selected if you want to browse the document by heading? (A) (B) (C) (D) 22. Given below is a sample HTML code. What would be the title of the web browser window? <html> <head> <title>Sports</title> <title>Day</title> <title>01 Jun, 2013</title> <title>New Delhi</title> </head> <body> <p>Today was our sports day. <p>We enjoyed watching the various sports. </body> </html> (A) Today was our sports day (B) Sports (C) Sports Day (D) Sports Day 01 Jun, 2013 New Delhi 23. Which of the following HTML code will add the background NCO2013.jpg to the whole webpage? (A) <BODY BACKGROUND =”NCO2013.jpg”> NCO 2013 </BODY> (B) < BACKGROUND =”NCO2013.jpg”> NCO 2013 </BACKGROUND> (C) <HEAD=”NCO2013.jpg”> NCO 2013 </HEAD> (D) <PAGEBACKGROUND =”NCO2013.jpg”> NCO 2013 </PAGEBACKGROUND> 24. PCMCIA cards are generally credit card sized devices. These cards are commonly used in laptop devices. What are these cards used for? (A) Adding additional RAM / ROM to a computer (B) Modem cards (C) Portable disk drives (D) All of these Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) 13th NCO - Set-A 5 25. Which one of the following standards supports hot plugging? (A) PCI (B) USB (C) Wishbone (D) Plug and Play 26. _______ is a geographical location which provides wireless broadband access to mobile visitors. ________ are used to provide access to these broadband services. (A) Wi-Fi, Hotspot (B) Access Point, Hotspot (C) Roaming, Wi-Fi (D) Hotspot, Access Point 27. Find the odd one out. (A) Kobo Mini (B) Google Nexus (C) Kindle (D) Nook Simple Touch 28. Memory Stick Micro, Memory Stick PRO and Memory Stick PRO DUO are all memory card products from which of the following manufacturers? (A) Toshiba (B) Secure Digital (SD) (C) Fuji (D) Sony 29. In Flash CS6, which of the following options is displayed when the Lasso Tool is invoked? (A) Magic Wand (B) Magic Wand Settings (C) Polygon Mode (D) All of these 30. In Flash CS6, which of the following is one of the two text options found by default when inserting text using the Text tool? (A) Regular Text (B) Classic Text (C) Linear Text (D) Decorate Text 31. Which of the following is not an advantage of a Database Management System? (A) Controls Data Inconsistency (B) Facilitates Sharing Data (C) Increases Data Redundancy (D) Maintains Integrity 32. In the given table, all cells are highlighted in which marks are greater than or equal to 20 or less than or equal to 10. Which feature of MS-Excel 2010 can be used to highlight cells like this? A B C 1 Roll No Name Maths 2 1 Aaditya 20 3 2 Aditi 19 4 3 Ajay 20 5 4 Aman 18 6 5 Amar 18 7 6 Amit 17 8 7 Anoushka 15 9 8 Anura 15 10 9 Aryaman 12 11 10 Aryan 10 12 (A) Conditional Formatting → Highlight Cells Rules (B) Conditional Formatting → Top/Bottom Rules → Top 10 Items (C) Data tab → Data Validation in Data Group (D) Data tab → What-If Analysis in Data Group 33. In MS-PowerPoint 2010, Reveal, Honeycomb, Ripple, Shred, Ferris Wheel, etc. are all types of ________. (A) Custom Animations (B) Slide Transitions (C) SmartArt Designs (D) Slide Designs 34. A type of port developed by IBM for connecting a mouse or keyboard to a PC is ______. (A) RJ-45 (B) PS/2 (C) USB (D) VGA Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) 6 13th NCO - Set-A 35. In MS-Word 2010, for precise margin adjustments, you can see the exact measurements on the ruler by holding down ______ key while you drag the Indentation markers like shown in the given figure. (A) Shift (B) Ctrl (C) Alt (D) Tab 36. A piano style keyboard is known as _________. (A) Dvorak (B) Braille (C) MIDI (D) QWERT 37. ________ was the first national commercial online service to offer internet access to its subscribers. (A) AOL (B) Prodigy (C) MCI mail (D) Delphi 38. Which of the following organizations discusses the technical and operational problems on internet? (A) ISOC (B) IAB (C) IETF (D) CA 39. In the given diagram, which type of database has been shown? (A) Hierarchical (B) Relational (C) Network (D) All of these 40. Which of the following icon displays the list of fields on which the table is indexed in MS-Access 2010? (A) (B) (C) (D) 41. In which of the given tabs in Flash CS6 you will find 'snapping' option? (A) View (B) Modify (C) Window (D) Control 42. What will be the output shown in the browser for the given HTML code? <p>This is a static web page, for viewing details<br>about the school.</p> (A) This is a static web page, (B) This is a static web page, for viewing details for viewing details <br>about the school. about the school. (C) This is a static web page, for viewing details about the school. (D) Error as <br> tag doesn’t have a closing tag. 43. <font size="number"> specifies the size of the text in HTML. What is the range of the "number"? (A) 1 to 6 (B) 1 to 7 (C) 1 to 8 (D) 1 to 10 44. A2DP, EDR, LE are terms associated with ________. (A) Wi-Fi (B) Bluetooth (C) Processor (D) GPS systems 45. A non-volatile Random Access Memory where data is stored as magnetic storage elements is _______. (A) DRAM (B) SRAM (C) Flash memory (D) MRAM Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) 13th NCO - Set-A 7 AChIEvErS' SECTIoN 46. In a bulleted list, you want to insert a new line in MS-Word 2010. However, when you insert a new line, you do not want the bullet to be inserted on the new line. What should you do? (A) Instead of pressing Enter , press Ctrl + Enter (B) Instead of pressing Enter , press Shift + Enter (C) Instead of pressing Enter , do a click + Enter (D) Instead of pressing Enter , press Alt + Enter 47. In an MS-Access 2010 table, how will you show the Totals row? (A) Double click on the table column header (B) Click Home tab→Totals (in the Records group) (C) Right click on a column header and click Show Totals (D) All of these 48. Which of the following is a highly configurable text-based web browser? (A) Chrome (B) Lynx (C) Mosaic (D) FireFox 49. LANtastic, NetWare, VINES, LAN manager are examples of ________. (A) Local Area Network (B) Network Operating System (C) Network Topologies (D) Network Models 50. Which of the following is the latest game released by Rovio developed by 5 Ants game recently? (A) Tiny thief (B) Angry birds (C) Farmville (D) Star wars SPACE FoR RoUgH WoRK Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) Class 8 13th Set B Year 2013 Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) 2 13th NCO - Set-B MENTAL ABILITY 1. Find the value of x. −3 4 1 1 − 4 × ÷ 4 −2 = − (410 x + 1) 4 2 −3 (A) − (B) 4 (C) (D) 0 5 5 2. Find the value of 1 correct upto 2 decimal places. 5 5 (A) 2.29 (B) 2.28 (C) 2.30 (D) 2.27 3. A metallic rectangular cuboid of dimensions 4 cm × 6 cm × 8 cm is melted and some more metal is added to make it a cube, the measure of whose side is an integer. What is the minimum volume of metal to be added and what is the edge of the cube? (A) 41 cm3, 2 cm (B) 32 cm3, 7 cm (C) 16 cm3, 8 cm (D) 24 cm3, 6 cm 6 x 2 + 13 x − 4 12 x 2 + 5 x − 2 4. Solve for x : = 2x + 5 4x + 3 (A) –1 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 0 5. A new kitchenware is sold by a manufacturer, who makes a profit of 20%. The wholesaler who buys it makes a profit of 25% on selling it to the retailer. Due to heavy competition, the retailer incurs a loss of 5%, when he sells each item for ` 47.50. What was the selling price of the manufacturer? (A) ` 32 (B) ` 40 (C) ` 50 (D) ` 48 6. Which of the following statements is true for a rhombus? (A) It has only two pair of equal sides. (B) Two of its angles are at right angles. (C) Its diagonals bisect each other at right angles. (D) It is always a square. 7. A group of pupils were asked to choose their favourite game. The pie Squash chart shows their preferences. What is the ratio of the number of pupils 3% Tennis who chose the most popular game to the number of pupils who chose 10% 4 the least popular game? 25 Basketball (A) 12 : 7 Table Tennis Badminton (B) 14 : 5 23% (C) 16 : 1 (D) 15 : 1 8. Which of the following statements is true? (i) a(b + c) = ab + ac is the distributive law for all rational numbers a, b and c. (ii) The rational number 1 is the multiplicative identity for rational numbers. (iii) Additive inverse of rational number a is c if a × c = 1 b d b d (A) Only (i) and (iii) (B) Only (i) and (ii) (C) Only (ii) and (iii) (D) All of these 9. The area of a circular field is 13.86 hectares. Find the cost of fencing it at the rate of ` 4.40 per metre. (A) ` 1385 (B) ` 5808 (C) ` 44100 (D) ` 6819 Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) 13th NCO - Set-B 3 10. In the given figure (not drawn to scale), ABCD is a parallelogram, ADF is an isosceles triangle with AD = AF, FAB and EDC are straight lines. Find y. (A) 112° (B) 102° (C) 132° (D) 110° Logical and analytical reasoning 11. The given question consists of two sets of figures. There is a definite relationship between figures 1 and 2. Establish a similar relationship between figures 3 and 4 by selecting a suitable figure from the options that would replace the question mark (?) in figure (4). (A) (B) (C) (D) 12. Number of cubes required to make this solid is ___________. (A) 27 (B) 26 (C) 29 (D) 28 13. In the given figure, triangle represents the men, rectangle represents the employed and ellipse represents the teachers, find out the number 9 in the figure which represents men teachers who are not employed. 6 1 5 (A) 1 2 3 4 (B) 3 7 (C) 7 8 (D) 8 14. In the given question, select a figure from amongst the options, which when placed in the blank space of fig. (X) would complete the pattern. (A) (B) ? (C) (D) Fig. (X) 15. Select a figure from amongst the options which will continue the series established by the four Problem Figures. (A) (B) (C) (D) Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) 4 13th NCO - Set-B 16. Arrange these words in a most meaningful order such as the sequence of occurrence of events and then choose the correct sequence accordingly. 1. Travel 2. Destination 3. Payment 4. Berth/Seat number 5. Reservation 6. Availability of berth/seat of reservation (A) 6, 2, 5, 4, 3, 1 (B) 5, 3, 4, 1, 6, 2 (C) 2, 6, 3, 5, 4, 1 (D) 1, 2, 5, 4, 3, 6 17. P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, Y and Z are sitting around a circle facing the centre. V is second to the left of P who is third to the left of Y. S is fourth to the left of P. T is third to the right of Q who is to the immediate right of V. W is fourth to the right of Z. Who is second to the right of Z? (A) Q (B) P (C) W (D) Data inadequate 18. Mohit walked 20 metres towards North, took a left turn and walked 10 metres, then he took a right turn and walked 20 metres, again he took a right turn and walked 10 metres. How far is he now from the starting point? (A) 20 metres (B) 30 metres (C) 40 metres (D) Can't be determined 19. The net of a dice is shown. Which of the following dice cannot be formed using the net? (A) (B) (C) (D) 20. Pointing to a photograph, a woman says, "This man's son's sister is my mother". How is the woman related to the man in the photograph? (A) Daughter (B) Mother (C) Grand-daughter (D) Mother-in-law Computers AND information technology 21. Identify the type of plotter described here. m Uses paper or any other medium. m The medium is held on both sides at the edges by pinch wheels. m These wheels move the paper back and forth to produce. (A) Drum Plotter (B) Micrographic Plotter (C) Inkjet Plotter (D) Flatbed Plotter 22. In Flash CS6, which of the following options of the Brush tool is used to paint behind the strokes and the fills in the same layer? (A) Paint Fills (B) Paint Selection (C) Paint Inside (D) Paint Behind 23. Which of the following inserts an embedded object in MS-Word 2010? (A) (B) (C) (D) 24. In MS-Word 2010, the Building Blocks Organizer is found in _________. (A) Cross-reference (B) Shapes (C) WordArt (D) Quick Parts 25. Which of the following is not a type of SRAM? (A) Async SRAM (B) DO SRAM (C) Sync SRAM (D) Pipeline Burst SRAM Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) 13th NCO - Set-B 5 26. rohit wants to move the columns for Hindi and Maths marks after the Science marks in the given list of marks. He has not been using tables in MS-Word 2010. How does he select the columns as shown in the given image to move them to the desired position? roll No. Name English Hindi Maths science Total 1 Aaditya 17 10 20 19 66 2 Aditi 15 12 19 19 65 3 Ajay 20 15 19 20 74 4 Aman 19 15 18 18 70 5 Amar 18 17 18 18 71 Ctrl Alt (A) + Click and select each item (B) + Click to select a word or a passage (C) Alt + Drag and select the desired text (D) shift + Click to select the desired text row-wise 27. In MS-Excel 2010, how will you make a copy of the current worksheet in the same file without changing any existing references? Ctrl (A) Hold the key. Click on the worksheet tab and drag it to the left or right. Leave the mouse and the key when done. (B) Select the contents of the current file. Copy to clipboard and paste in the desired worksheet. (C) Export the contents as a .CSV file. Go to the desired worksheet and then paste the contents in it. (D) You cannot make a copy of a worksheet in the same file in MS-Excel 2010. 28. select the INCorrECT match. (A) Tablet Speakers – (B) Portable Scanner – (C) Magnetic Stripe Reader – (D) Laptop Fingerprint Scanner – 29. In MS-PowerPoint 2010, ‘Moderate Effect – orange, Accent 6’ is a _________. (A) Quick Style (B) Shape Effect (C) Presentation Theme (D) Transition Effect 30. In MS-PowerPoint 2010, which of the following operations allow you to specify the file format of information that is being pasted from some other file or some other application? (A) Paste as Hyperlink (B) Paste Special (C) Paste (D) All of these 31. In MS-Word 2010, which of the following objects appear as balloons in the margins of a document being edited? (A) Comments (B) Moved text (C) Format Changes (D) All of these 32. Which of the following is a Business software? (A) Payroll System (B) MS-Access (C) MS-PowerPoint (D) Sybase Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) 6 13th NCO - Set-B 33. Match the following symbols to the operations they perform in MS-Access 2010. Column-I Column-II (i) (a) Create a blank query in the Design View (ii) (b) Insert or create portions of a database (iii) (c) Query Wizard (iv) (d) Switch to Design View (v) (e) Create Macros (A) (i)–(d), (ii)–(b), (iii)–(c), (iv)–(a), (v)–(e) (B) (i)–(d), (ii)–(c), (iii)–(b), (iv)–(e), (v)–(a) (C) (i)–(b), (ii)–(d), (iii)–(c), (iv)–(e), (v)–(a) (D) (i)–(b), (ii)–(d), (iii)–(e), (iv)–(a), (v)–(c) 34. What is the output of the given HTML code? <html> <head> <title>National Cyber Olympiad 2013</title> </head> <body> <table border="2"> <tr> <td>Row 2, Column 1</td> <td>Row 2, Column 2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Row 1, Column 1</td> <td>Row 1, Column 2</td> </tr> </table> </body> </html> Row 1, Column 1 Row 1, Column 2 Row 2, Column 2 Row 1, Column 1 (A) (B) Row 2, Column 1 Row 2, Column 2 Row 2, Column 1 Row 1, Column 2 Row 1, Column 1 Row 1, Column 2 Row 2, Column 1 Row 2, Column 2 (C) (D) Row 2, Column 1 Row 2, Column 2 Row 1, Column 1 Row 1, Column 2 35. Find the odd one out. (A) DropBox (B) Lotus Notes (C) SpiderOak (D) ZumoDrive 36. In MS-Access 2010, is used to _______. (A) Represent database view of the table (B) Define how data in tables is related (C) Represent pivot table view (D) Represent property sheet 37. In Flash CS6, the minimum value for zooming out on the Stage is ____%; the maximum value for zooming in is _______%. (A) 4, 1000 (B) 8, 2000 (C) 16, 3000 (D) 4, 2000 Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) 13th NCO - Set-B 7 38. If the size attribute is not defined within the <font> tag in HTML, then the default size is _____. (A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 39. What is Google chromecast? (A) A dongle that allows computers and wireless devices to stream video to a TV over a wireless network (B) Google’s new web browser (C) A 3D video technology (D) Google’s chatting software 40. Identify the given icon of MS-Excel 2010. (A) Text to Columns (B) Remove Duplicates (C) Data Validation (D) Consolidate 41. DDR3 is a type of RAM. What does DDR stand for? (A) Differential Data Rate (B) Double Data Rate (C) Dual Data Rate (D) Double Dual Rate 42. The given icon in MS-PowerPoint 2010 is for ______. (A) Removing unwanted portions of the picture (B) Setting the brightness for an image (C) Scaling an image (D) Cropping an image 43. In the Animations gallery, entrance effects icons are coloured ______ and exit effects icons are coloured _______ in MS-PowerPoint 2010. (A) Green, Red (B) Red, Green (C) Red, Yellow (D) Green, Yellow 44. In the following text, formatting marks has been displayed by show/hide option in MS-Word 2010. What is the meaning of the formatting mark in the highlighted portion of the paragraph? (A) There is an error in the line. (B) It represents tab pressed. (C) It represents hidden text. (D) It is the last line of the paragraph. 45. Match the following keyboard shortcuts with respect to MS-Excel 2010. Column-I Column-II (a) Ctrl+Up arrow (i) Display Autocomplete list (b) Ctrl+PgUp (ii) Select entire column (c) Alt+Down arrow (iii) Move to cell located in the previous worksheet of that workbook (d) Ctrl+Space (iv) Move to First occupied cell above in the same column that is either preceded or followed by a blank cell (A) (a)–(i), (b)–(iii), (c)–(ii), (d)–(iv) (B) (a)–(ii), (b)–(iii), (c)–(i), (d)–(iv) (C) (a)–(iv), (b)–(i), (c)–(iii), (d)–(ii) (D) (a)–(iv), (b)–(iii), (c)–(i), (d)–(ii) Achievers' section 46. Which of the following tasks cannot be done in the Edit Photo Album dialog of MS-PowerPoint 2010? (A) Change the orders of pictures to be added in the photo album (B) Adjust picture brightness, orientation, etc (C) Adding Slide Background and Animations (D) Change the layout of pictures, the shapes of their frames and a setting a theme for the photo album Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) 8 13th NCO - Set-B 47. Match the following terms with their definitions. Column-I Column-II (i) Extranet (a) A set of rules that computers use to communicate with each other across a network. (ii) Intranet (b) A semi-private network that also uses internet protocols and technologies and extended to be used by associates of an organization besides its employees. (iii) Packet (c) A private network that is used to share information amongst the employees of an organization. (iv) Protocol (d) Information is broken into these when passed from one computer system to another. (A) (i)–(b), (ii)–(c), (iii)–(d), (iv)–(a) (B) (i)–(d), (ii)–(c), (iii)–(a), (iv)–(b) (C) (i)–(c), (ii)–(d), (iii)–(b), (iv)–(a) (D) (i)–(d), (ii)–(c), (iii)–(b), (iv)–(a) 48. __________ is a set of routine, protocols and tools for building software applications. (A) API (B) TCP/IP (C) OSI (D) IDE 49. ________ changes the color and ________changes the transparency of the instance in Flash CS6. (A) Alpha, Tint (B) Tint, Alpha (C) Color Pallete, Opaque (D) Brightness, Tint 50. What steps will you follow to put a border around specific cells in MS-Excel 2010? (A) Home tab → Cells group → Format → Format Cells → Border (B) Insert tab → Text group → Format Cells → Border (C) View tab → Filter group → Format Cells → Border (D) Insert tab → Alignment group → Format Cells → Border SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) Class 8 14th Set A Year 2014 Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) 14th NCO - Set-A 2 Logical Reasoning 1. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word BROADCAST each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet? A. None B. One C. Two A. D. Three 2. A is the mother of D and sister of B. B has a daughter C, who is married to F. G is the husband of A. How is G related to D? B. A. Husband B. Son C. Father C. D. Uncle 3. Choose the correct mirror image of the given figure (X) from amongst the four options. D. 6. In the following question, two rows of numbers are given. The resultant number in each row is to be worked out separately based on the following rules A. and the question below the rows of numbers is to be answered. The operations of numbers progress from left to right. Rules : B. (i) If a two-digit odd number is followed by a two- digit odd number they are to be added. (ii) If a two-digit even number is followed by a two- C. digit odd number which is a perfect square, the even number is to be subtracted from the odd number. (iii) If a three-digit number is followed by a two-digit D. number the first number is to be divided by the second number. (iv) If a prime number is followed by an even number 4. Arun travels 8 km towards the North, turns left and the two are to be added. travels 3 km and then again turns right and covers (v) If an even number is followed by another even another 4 km and then turns right and travels another number the two are to be multiplied. 3 km. How far is he from the starting point? 345 23 X A. 11 km 45 17 81 B. 12 km If X is the resultant of the second row, what is the resultant of the first row? C. 15 km D. 18 km A. 285 B. 33 5. Select a figure from the given options in which the C. 135 figure (X) is exactly embedded as one of its part. D. 34 Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) 14th NCO - Set-A 3 7. Find out how will the figure (X) look like after 10. How many triangles are there in the given figure? rotation? A. 12 B. 10 C. 9 A. D. 11 11. There are two Problem Figures followed by options. The two problem figures have some common B. characteristics. Select the option which has the same characteristics. Problem Figures C. A. D. B. 8. How many 9's are there in the number series which are followed by 2 or 3 or 4 or 5? 939294959592090929394959699989492939495969 C. 99899999293 A. 12 B. 10 D. C. 18 D. 17 12. Four different positions of a dice are shown below. What number is opposite to face 3? 9. Select the figure from the options in which the Fig. (X) is exactly embedded as one of its part. 2 5 6 3 3 6 2 4 3 1 5 1 (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) Fig. (X) A. 3 B. 2 C. 6 A. D. 4 13. Six friends A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting around the hexagonal table each at one corner facing the B. centre of the table. A is second to the left of F. B is the neighbour of C and D. E is second to the left of D. Which of the following is sitting to the immediate right of E? C. A. C B. B D. C. D D. F Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) 14th NCO - Set-A 4 14. Select a figure from the options which will continue the 15. Three different positions X, Y and Z of a dice are same series as established in the Problem Figures. shown in the figures given below. Which numbers are Problem Figures hidden behind the numbers 6 and 5 in the position Z? ? 1 2 3 4 5 A. B. A. 1 and 4 B. 1 and 3 C. D. C. 4 and 3 D. 1 and 2 Computers and information technology 16. Identify the following. A. Merge & Center B. Wrap Text C. Cell Style D. Bottom Align 19. While using tables, how would you forbid table rows to be split across pages in a MS-Word 2010 document when you have already selected the current table? A. Right Click, then click Table Properties. Use the Table tab and uncheck “Allow row to break across – It has a separate communications link from each pages”. computer to a centralised computer. B. Right Click, then click Table Properties. Use the – If the central computer fails, then entire network Table tab, click options and uncheck “Allow row becomes inoperable. to break across pages”. A. Ring topology C. Right Click, then click Table Properties. Use the B. Bus topology Row tab and uncheck “Allow row to break across C. Star topology pages”. D. Mesh topology D. Right Click, then click Split Cells. 17. Social networking can be harmful and confusing if 20. In HTML, when you increase the cellpadding, it _________. increases the ___________. A. You accidentally post sensitive information that A. Distance between cell wall and cell content will be seen by many different people B. Softness of your site B. You need to set numerous options to protect your privacy C. Space between cells C. It becomes addictive and you tend to spend D. Color of document more than required time on social networks 21. Which of the following is a robotic data storage device and make them an alternative for “real-life” that can automatically load and unload optical discs communication and can provide terabytes (TB) and petabytes (PB) D. All of these of tertiary storage? 18. Identify the given icon of MS-Word 2010. A. Optical jukebox B. Ipad C. Ipod D. DVD player Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) 14th NCO - Set-A 5 22. Which of the following tabs should you click to 27. Match the MS-Word 2010 keyboard shortcuts given accomplish the given tasks in MS-Word 2010? in Column-I with their corresponding tasks in – Track all the changes made to the document. Column-II. – Select Language option. Column-I Column-II – Suggest other words with a similar meaning to (a) + D (i) Open Find and the word you have selected. A. Review tab Replace dialog box B. View tab (b) + Alt + (ii) Open Apply Styles C. References tab task pane D. Page Layout tab S + 23. Select the INCORRECT match. A. 1 Petabyte = 1024 Terabytes (c) + (iii) Open Font dialog box B. 1 Zettabyte = 1024 Exabytes C. 1 Exabyte = 1024 Petabytes + S D. 1 Yottabyte = 1024 Exabytes (d) + H (iv) Open or close Styles 24. Which of the following statements is correct task pane about HTML tags and their attributes? A. (a)-(iii),(b)-(iv),(c)-(ii),(d)-(i) A. It is not possible to create link within current document. B. (a)-(i),(b)-(ii),(c)-(iv),(d)-(iii) B. Cellspacing is an attribute of <table> tag. C. (a)-(iv),(b)-(i),(c)-(ii),(d)-(iii) C. Align is an attribute of <a> tag. D. (a)-(ii),(b)-(iii),(c)-(i),(d)-(iv) D. All of these 28. Which of the following is a correct keyboard shortcut for hiding panels in Flash CS6? 25. What is the output of the given HTML code? <dl> A. F6 <dt>Coffee</dt> <dd>- black hot drink</dd> B. F4 <dt>Milk</dt> <dd>- white cold drink</dd> </dl> C. F9 A. Coffee - black hot drink Milk- white cold drink D. F8 B. Coffee - black hot drink Milk 29. Which of the following types of presentation views is - white cold drink depicted in the given figure that is used to rearrange C. Coffee the slides in MS-Powerpoint 2010? black hot drink Milk white cold drink 1 2 3 4 5 D. Coffee - black hot drink Milk 6 - white cold drink 26. Which of the following secondary storage devices A. allows to read and write information multiple times, but with the write operation being much slower than the read operation? B. A. CD-RW C. B. Flash memory C. CD-R D. D. Both A and B Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) 14th NCO - Set-A 6 30. The given set of options is present on _____ group 36. Which of the following icons is used to open the of ______ tab in MS-Access 2010 respectively. Query Wizard in MS-Access 2010? A. A. Tables, Create B. Queries, Create C. Forms, Create B. D. Reports, Create 31. Which of the following is a mobile call app for Android, launched on 5th August, 2014 that allows C. users to make free calls over 2G networks including landline numbers? A. Nanu D. B. Viber C. Facetime 37. Anu wants to get the printout from the color laser D. Skype printer connected to her dad's computer by wiring 32. Which of the following statements is incorrect the two computers together but without a hub or about the secondary memory? switch. Which of the following options will help her A. It is also known as auxiliary memory. to accomplish this task? B. Floppy disk, hard disk, flash drive, etc. are examples A. Patch cable of secondary storage devices. B. Multicolor cable C. The CPU can directly access the secondary memory C. Ethernet cable while processing information. D. Straight cable D. All of these 38. Identify the following. 33. Which of the following options is used to combine the selected cells into one larger cell and then centers – It is the page, that automatically gets loaded when the data into the new combined cell in MS-Excel web browser starts. 2010? – It is the introductory page of a website that contains navigation buttons and hyperlinks to the related A. resources that guides users to the key areas of the website. B. A. Web page C. B. Home page C. Start page D. D. Information page 39. The ______ computer worm first discovered and 34. Customising settings of which of the following will researched by eEye Digital Security employees was have the greatest effect on your ability to read text observed on the internet on 13th July, 2001. on your computer screen in Windows 7? A. Backgrounds A. Code Red B. Clear Type B. Kaja C. Aero glass effects C. KakWorm D. Gadgets D. Ping Pong 35. What would be the output of the given function, if 40. In Windows 7, ____ measures the performance of key the value in cell A1 is 400 in MS-Excel 2010? subsystems of the PC including the display adapter, = IF(AND(1<A1, A1<100), A1, "Data range has been memory, CPU and hard disk. exceeded.") A. Disk Up A. 400 B. Action B. A1 C. Performance Manager C. Data range has been exceeded. D. #Num! D. Windows Experience Index Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) 14th NCO - Set-A 7 41. Which of the following keyboard shortcuts is used 44. Which of the following icons is used to insert the to add a new comment in MS-PowerPoint 2010? table of figures in MS-Word 2010? A. Alt + R + G A. B. Alt + R + C B. C. Alt + R + T D. Alt + + C C. 42. Flash CS6 offers variety of drawing modes in which D. ( ) we can draw our images, objects like oval, rectangle, lines etc. Which of the following is the default drawing mode for Adobe Flash CS6? 45. Which of the following tools is a Lasso tool in A. Merge Drawing mode Flash CS6? B. Primitive Drawing mode C. Object Drawing mode A. D. All of these 43. Which of the following is an iPhone app, that allows B. you to turn your favorite selfies or any other images as new stickers that you can send to your friends? A. Emoji C. B. Imoji C. Smoji D. D. Hmoji Achievers Section 46. What would be the output of the given HTML B. I. Item one code? II. Item two <ol type="I"> III. Item three <li>Item one</li> IV. Item four <li>Item two</li> i. Item 4.1 <li>Item three</li> ii. Item 4.2 <li>Item four iii. Item 4.3 <ol type="i"> V. Item Five <li>Item 4.1</li> <li>Item 4.2</li> I. Item one II. Item two C. <li>Item 4.3</li> III. Item three IV. Item four </ol> </li> i. Item 4.1 <li>Item Five</li> ii. Item 4.2 </ol> iii. Item 4.3 A. I. Item one V. Item Five II. Item two III. Item three D. I. Item one II. Item two IV. Item four III. Item three IV. Item four i. Item 4.1 i. Item 4.1 ii. Item 4.2 ii. Item 4.2 iii. Item 4.3 iii. Item 4.3 V. Item Five 5. Item Five Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) 14th NCO - Set-A 8 47. Which of the following steps is correct to make graphical 49. Which of the following output is CORRECT if objects invisible, if they do not have wrapping set to you type a formula, = COUNTIF(A1:D4, "NCO") 'In Line with text' in MS-Word 2010? in the active cell of the given screenshot of A. Picture tools → Format tab → Select picture → MS-Excel 2010? click on invisible option A B C D B. Picture tools → Format tab → Picture styles group 1 1 2 3 4 2 NCO "NCO" → click on invisible option 3 8 Nco nco 5 C. Home tab → Editing group → Select → Select 4 7 6 objects → click on invisible option 5 D. Home tab → Editing group → Select → Selection A. 4 pane → click on eye icon available next to object B. 1 to make it invisible C. 3 48. Which of the following options shows the functions D. 2 of the icons marked by 1, 2 and 3 in MS-PowerPoint 2010? 50. Given below is a set of options displayed when we click on _____ in Styles window in MS-Word 2010. A 1. 2. 3. A. 1 - Change how text is aligned within the text box 2 - Change the text orientation 3 - Convert text to a SmartArt graphic B. 1 - Change the text orientation 2 - Change how text is aligned within the text box 3 - Convert text to a SmartArt graphic C. 1 - Convert text to a SmartArt graphic 2 - Change the text orientation A. 3 - Change how text is aligned within the text box B. D. 1 - Change how text is aligned within the text box C. 2 - Convert text to a SmartArt graphic 3 - Change the text orientation D. Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) Class 8 14th Set B Year 2014 Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) 14th NCO - Set-B 2 Logical Reasoning 1. A bus starts from point 'S' and runs 10 km towards North. It takes a right turn and runs 15 km. It now A. runs 6 km after taking a left turn. It finally takes a left turn, runs 15 km and stops at point 'T'. How far is point 'T' with respect to point 'S'? B. A. 15 km B. 16 km C. 20 km C. D. 25 km 2. How many such pairs of digits are there in the number 95137248 each of which has as many digits between D. them in the number as when they are arranged in ascending order? 7. There is a certain relationship between fig. (i) and (ii). A. One Establish the same relationship between fig. (iii) and B. Two (iv) by selecting the figure from the options which C. Three would replace the (?) in Fig. (iv). D. None 3. Pointing towards a lady, Arun said, "This girl is the ? wife of the grandson of my mother". Who is Arun to the girl? (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) A. Husband B. Father-in-law A. C. Father D. Grandfather B. 4. Select the missing number from the given options. ? 6 126 14 C. 62 30 A. 336 D. B. 428 C. 254 D. 330 8. Select a figure from the options, which when placed in the blank space of fig. (X) would complete the 5. If 'JUNE' is written as 'PQRS' and 'AUGUST' is pattern. written as 'WQFQMN'. How can 'GUEST' be written in this same coding language? A. ? A. FQSMN B. FQSNM C. FQTMN B. D. FPSMN Fig. (X) 6. Select a figure from the options which will continue the same series as established in the Problem Figures. C. Problem figures D. Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) 14th NCO - Set-B 3 9. The two problem figures have some common 12. Select the odd one out. characteristics. Select the answer figure which has A. 1975 – 1579 the same characteristics. B. 3152 – 5321 Problem Figures C. 4283 – 8432 D. 7319 – 9731 13. Which of the following venn diagrams depicts the A. relationship amongst Plums, Apples and Fruits ? B. A. C. D. B. 10. If '×' means '+', '÷' means '–', '+' means '÷' and '–' means '×', then what should be the value of the given C. equation? 40 × 4 ÷ 70 + 10 – 2 = ? A. 15 D. B. 30 C. 4 D. 33 14. Which of the following words can be formed from the letters of the given word? 11. Which of the following figures shown below, when SOMNAMBULISM folded along the dotted lines, will form a pyramid shaped box with a rectangular base? A. BIOME B. BASAL A. C. SOUL D. NAMES 15. How many 7s are there in the following series which B. are preceded by even number and followed by odd number. 876 78675679761677688697687 C. A. Nil B. One D. C. Two D. Three Computers and information technology 16. Which of the following input devices is a flat board 17. Windows create _______ files as it runs applications. which contains a grid of buttons with a wide range Excess of these files may slowdown the computer. of functions and is best to use when there is a need of faster processing of data? A. Library B. Temporary A. Concept keyboard B. Touchpad C. Virtual C. Mouse D. Virus D. Projection keyboard Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) 14th NCO - Set-B 4 18. Which of the following is the main circuit board found B. A storage device is a hardware component that in computers that holds many of the crucial components writes data to and reads data from a storage of the system such as CPU and memory? medium. C. ROM loses its data when you turn off the A. computer. D. Hard disks can be divided into one or more logical B. disks called partitions. 23. In HTML, ______ tag defines a hyperlink, which is used to link from one page to another. C. A. <link> B. <a> C. <access> D. <hyp> D. 24. Which of the following statements is incorrect about Watermark with respect to MS-Word 2010? 19. If the capacity of a floppy disk is 1.44 MB then it can store upto ______ bytes. A. It is present under Page Background group of Page Layout tab. A. 1.44 × 1024 B. 1.44 × 1024 × 1024 B. It inserts ghosted text behind the content on the C. 1.44 × 1024 × 1024 × 1024 page. D. 1.44 × 1024 × 1024 × 1024 × 1024 C. There are two layouts for a picture watermark : Diagonal and Horizontal. 20. While working with a file, Ananya selected a text and D. You can also insert a picture as a watermark. Ctrl + pressed + = keys. Which of the following 25. Match the keyboard shortcuts given in Column-I with will be the result of this action on the selected text tasks performed by them in Column-II with respect in MS-Word 2010? to Flash CS6. A. The font size of selected text will be increased. Column-I Column-II B. Selected text will be converted to superscript. C. Selected text will be converted to subscript. (a) Ctrl + F2 (i) To open the Project D. Selected text will get highlighted. window 21. Identify the storage medium by the description given (b) Shift + F8 (ii) To show or hide the below. panels – It is the most popular storage medium for large data sets accessed sequentially. (c) F4 (iii) To show or hide the – It consists of vertical columns called frames and toolbox horizontal rows called tracks. A. (a) - (ii), (b) - (iii), (c) - (i) – It separates records by blank spaces called inter- B. (a) - (i), (b) - (iii), (c) - (ii) record gaps (IRG) to identify different pieces of C. (a) - (iii), (b) - (i), (c) - (ii) data. D. (a) - (ii), (b) - (i), (c) - (iii) A. Floppy disk 26. Comments are the additional text or information which B. Hard disk are not displayed by the browser. With comments you C. Magnetic tape can place notifications and reminders in your HTML D. Flash drive code. Which of the following options will be used to add comments in an HTML document? 22. Which of the following statements is incorrect A. <!-- Write your comments here --> about memory and storage devices? B. <-- !Write your comments here! --> A. Cache memory makes memory transfer rates higher C. <-- Write your comments here --> and thus raises the speed of the processor. D. <-- Write your comments here !--> Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) 14th NCO - Set-B 5 27. Given below is a snapshot of Navigation pane, which 31. T h e g i v e n i m a g e o c c u r s i n _ _ _ _ _ _ _ t a b o f gets activated whenever you click on the Find button MS-PowerPoint 2010. present under Editing group of Home tab in MS-Word 2010. The area marked as X in the given image browse the _______. Slide Slides Per Orientation Page A. Home B. Slide Show C. Handout Master D. Review 32. Observe the given snapshot of an Animation template carefully and identify the name of the template with A. Headings in your document respect to Flash CS6. B. Pages in your document Preview: C. Results from your current search D. Bold words in your document 28. The function of the given image in MS-Word 2010 is to _______. A. Animated Button Highlight B. Animated Button Text Glow A. Show a machine translation in a web browser C. Random Movement Brownian B. Show a translation from local and online services D. Random Movement Organic in the research pane 33. Select the INCORRECT match of MS-Access 2010 C. Point to a word or select a phrase to view a quick icons with their names. translation D. View the translation in equation and tables A. – Table Design 29. Which of the following options is used to adjust the spacing among characters in MS-PowerPoint B. – Datasheet View 2010? C. – Design View A. B. AV D. – Query Wizard C. Aa 34. Which of the following is NOT a third generation computer? D. A. VAX 9000 30. Which of the following statements is incorrect B. IBM 360/370 with respect to MS-Excel 2010 functions? C. CDC 6600 D. PDP-11 A. COUNT( ) function counts the number of cells in a range that contains number. 35. Which of the following was the first widely available B. Both, NOW( ) and TODAY( ) is used to display networking system for microcomputers which became the current time. popular in 1980s for office automation tasks? C. The ROUND( ) function is used to round a number A. ARPANET to a specified number of digits. B. ARCNET D. CONCATENATE( ) function is used to join several C. NSFNET strings into one text string. D. Intergalactic Computer Network Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) 14th NCO - Set-B 6 36. Observe the given screenshot carefully and identify 39. It is an entertainment app that helps the parents to what does the areas marked as P and Q represents keep their kids away from phones or tablets. Vibration, respectively with respect to Flash CS6? electric buzz, multi touch etc are some of its main features. P Q A. Edit Scene, Edit Symbols B. Edit Symbols, Edit Scene C. Onion Skin, Onion Skin Outlines D. Onion Skin Outlines, Onion Skin A. Shock app 37. The Properties that are available for each field are B. Erasable app determined by the data type you select for the field. C. Electric Screen Observe the field properties which are shown in the D. Electrical Shock given snapshot. General Lookup 40. What will be the output of the following function Field Size Long Integer in MS-Excel 2010? New Values Increment =ROUNDDOWN( 31.5,-1) Format A. 31 Caption B. 30 Indexed Yes (No Duplicates) C. –31 Smart Tags D. 32 Text Align General 41. Which of the following statements is CORRECT Which of the following data type's properties are about 'Sneakernet'? shown here with respect to MS-Access 2010? A. Transferring computer files between computers by A. Number physically moving removable media such as CDs, B. AutoNumber flash drives. C. Text B. Unauthorised access of information from a wireless D. Date/Time device. C. The process of converting data in a form so that 38. Match the computer worms given in Column-I with an unauthorised person can not understand it. their behaviour given in Column-II. D. A private computer network in which multiple Column-I Column-II PCs are connected to each other. (a) SQL Slammer (i) Spread through 42. Which of the following companies has launched e-mail with text like "Satellite Radius", a multimode laptop series that "I send you this file provides 360° "Flip-and-Fold" convertible design? in order to have A. Asus your advice". B. Toshiba (b) Cabir (ii) Caused global C. Panasonic Internet slowdown. D. Dell (c) Sircam (iii) First computer worm designed to infect 43. Select the incorrect match. mobile phones. A. World’s fastest super computer - Tianhe-2 A. (a) - (iii), (b) - (i), (c) - (ii) (TH-2) B. (a) - (i), (b) - (ii), (c) - (iii) B. Example of Hard disk - Floppy disk C. Notebook - MacBook Pro C. (a) - (ii), (b) - (i), (c) - (iii) D. Search Engine - Lycos D. (a) - (ii), (b) - (iii), (c) - (i) Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) 14th NCO - Set-B 7 44. Ashima has placed lots of items on her system's window → click on Customize button → select desktop and to minimize the time to access those the 'Desktop' checkbox → OK items, she has performed some steps to display them D. Right click the taskbar → Properties → go to Start directly from the taskbar. Which of the following is a Menu tab in 'Toolbar and Start Menu Properties' correct order of steps performed by her to access window → click on Customize button → select desktop items from taskbar in Windows 7? the 'Desktop' checkbox → OK A. Right click the taskbar → Properties → go to 45. This type of virus can encrypt its code in different Toolbars tab in 'Taskbar and Start Menu Properties' ways so that it appears differently in each infection. window → select the 'Desktop' checkbox → OK Tequila is its example. B. Right click the taskbar → Properties → go to Start Menu tab in 'Toolbar and Start Menu Properties' A. Stealth window → select the 'Desktop' checkbox → OK B. Macro C. Right click the taskbar → Properties → go to C. Polymorphic Taskbar tab in 'Toolbar and Start Menu Properties' D. Boot Achievers Section 46. Identify the view by the description given below with 48. Disha has created a database in MS-Access 2010, respect to MS-Word 2010. where two tables have some fields in common, so – We can collapse and expand the sub documents. she wants to embed the datasheet from one table into another. Which of the following options can be used – In this view it is very easy to increase or decrease by her for this purpose in MS-Access 2010? the level of selected item. – This view occurs in view tab. A. A. B. B. C. C. D. D. 49. Rearrange the steps given below to insert a motion tween in Flash CS6, first and last steps are given for 47. Sanya has created a worksheet, wherein she has used you. value of one cell into other cells. Now she wants to First : Draw a shape at Frame 1 know that what cells are affected by the value of (i) Drag the playhead to a new frame and reposition currently selected cell. Which of the following is your object a correct order of steps to do so in MS-Excel (ii) Select the shape and convert it to a symbol 2010? (iii) Go to Insert tab → Motion tween A. Select the cell → Formulas tab → Calculation group → click on Trace Dependents Last: Press Ctrl + to play the tween. B. Select the cell → Formulas tab → Formula Auditing group → click on Trace Dependents A. (ii) → (iii) → (i) C. Select the cell → Data tab → Data Tools group B. (i) → (iii) → (ii) → click on Trace Dependents C. (iii) → (i) → (ii) D. Select the cell → Data tab → Calculation group D. (iii) → (ii) → (i) → click on Trace Dependents Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) 14th NCO - Set-B 8 50. What would be the output of given HTML code? B. banana <html> fruits <body> banana <select> apple <optgroup label="fruits"> vegetables potato <option value="banana">banana</option> lady finger <option value="apple">apple</option> </optgroup> C. banana <optgroup label="vegetables"> fruits <option value="potato">potato</option> banana <option value="lady finger">lady finger</option> apple </optgroup> vegetables </select> potato lady finger </body> </html> D. banana A. banana fruits fruits banana banana apple apple vegetables vegetables potato potato lady finger lady finger SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) ANSWER KEYS 10TH NCO 1. (C) 2. (D) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (C) 6. (C) 7. (D) 8. (D) 9. (D) 10. (C) 11. (D) 12. (C) 13. (D) 14. (C) 15. (B) 16. (D) 17. (D) 18. (A) 19. (A) 20. (B) 21. (C) 22. (B) 23. (B) 24. (B) 25. (A) 26. (A) 27. (B) 28. (B) 29. (D) 30. (B) 31. (A) 32. (B) 33. (D) 34. (B) 35. (B) 36. (D) 37. (A) 38. (C) 39. (B) 40. (B) 41. (A) 42. (A) 43. (A) 44. (A) 45. (A) 46. (B) 47. (B) 48. (C) 49. (D) 50. (C) 11TH NCO 1. (D) 2. (B) 3. (A) 4. (D) 5. (B) 6. (D) 7. (C) 8. (C) 9. (B) 10. (C) 11. (B) 12. (C) 13. (D) 14. (B) 15. (A) 16. (D) 17. (C) 18. (C) 19. (B) 20. (A) 21. (C) 22. (B) 23. (B) 24. (D) 25. (D) 26. (D) 27. (D) 28. (B) 29. (C) 30. (B) 31. (A) 32. (B) 33. (C) 34. (C) 35. (A) 36. (A) 37. (B) 38. (B) 39. (C) 40. (D) 41. (C) 42. (C) 43. (C) 44. (B) 45. (D) 46. (D) 47. (B) 48. (B) 49. (D) 50. (B) 12TH NCO SET A 1. (B) 2. (D) 3. (D) 4. (C) 5. (D) 6. (D) 7. (A) 8. (B) 9. (D) 10. (A) 11. (D) 12. (B) 13. (C) 14. (C) 15. (C) 16. (B) 17. (A) 18. (B) 19. (D) 20. (B) 21. (D) 22. (B) 23. (D) 24. (B) 25. (C) 26. (A) 27. (D) 28. (B) 29. (D) 30. (C) 31. (C) 32. (C) 33. (C) 34. (B) 35. (B) 36. (D) 37. (C) 38. (C) 39. (C) 40. (B) 41. (D) 42. (B) 43. (C) 44. (C) 45. (D) 46. (A) 47. (D) 48. (D) 49. (D) 50. (D) SET B 1. (D) 2. (A) 3. (D) 4. (C) 5. (B) 6. (C) 7. (D) 8. (D) 9. (A) 10. (C) 11. (C) 12. (D) 13. (C) 14. (D) 15. (D) 16. (D) 17. (D) 18. (B) 19. (B) 20. (C) 21. (D) 22. (C) 23. (C) 24. (B) 25. (C) 26. (A) 27. (C) 28. (B) 29. (A) 30. (B) 31. (C) 32. (B) 33. (A) 34. (A) 35. (D) 36. (D) 37. (B) 38. (B) 39. (A) 40. (C) 41. (A) 42. (D) 43. (A) 44. (C) 45. (A) 46. (C) 47. (C) 48. (B) 49. (B) 50. (C) 13TH NCO SET A 1. (B) 2. (B) 3. (C) 4. (C) 5. (D) 6. (B) 7. (C) 8. (C) 9. (D) 10. (C) 11. (C) 12. (B) 13. (C) 14. (B) 15. (A) 16. (D) 17. (D) 18. (B) 19. (C) 20. (C) 21. (C) 22. (B) 23. (A) 24. (D) 25. (B) 26. (D) 27. (B) 28. (D) 29. (D) 30. (B) 31. (C) 32. (A) 33. (B) 34. (B) 35. (C) 36. (C) 37. (D) 38. (C) 39. (C) 40. (A) 41. (A) 42. (B) 43. (B) 44. (B) 45. (D) 46. (B) 47. (B) 48. (B) 49. (B) 50. (A) SET B 1. (D) 2. (B) 3. (D) 4. (B) 5. (B) 6. (C) 7. (C) 8. (B) 9. (B) 10. (A) 11. (B) 12. (B) 13. (C) 14. (C) 15. (B) 16. (C) 17. (A) 18. (C) 19. (D) 20. (C) 21. (B) 22. (D) 23. (C) 24. (D) 25. (B) 26. (C) 27. (A) 28. (D) 29. (A) 30. (B) 31. (D) 32. (A) 33. (B) 34. (D) 35. (B) 36. (B) 37. (D) 38. (B) 39. (A) 40. (B) 41. (B) 42. (A) 43. (A) 44. (C) 45. (D) 46. (C) 47. (A) 48. (A) 49. (B) 50. (A) 14TH NCO SET A 1. (D) 2. (C) 3. (D) 4. (B) 5. (C) 6. (D) 7. (C) 8. (D) 9. (D) 10. (B) 11. (C) 12. (D) 13. (D) 14. (C) 15. (B) 16. (C) 17. (D) 18. (B) 19. (C) 20. (A) 21. (A) 22. (A) 23. (D) 24. (B) 25. (B) 26. (D) 27. (A) 28. (B) 29. (C) 30. (C) 31. (A) 32. (C) 33. (C) 34. (B) 35. (C) 36. (B) 37. (C) 38. (B) 39. (A) 40. (D) 41. (B) 42. (A) 43. (B) 44. (C) 45. (B) 46. (B) 47. (D) 48. (B) 49. (C) 50. (B) SET B 1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (B) 4. (C) 5. (A) 6. (D) 7. (C) 8. (B) 9. (D) 10. (B) 11. (D) 12. (A) 13. (B) 14. (C) 15. (D) 16. (A) 17. (B) 18. (C) 19. (B) 20. (C) 21. (C) 22. (C) 23. (B) 24. (C) 25. (C) 26. (A) 27. (C) 28. (C) 29. (B) 30. (B) 31. (C) 32. (C) 33. (D) 34. (A) 35. (B) 36. (A) 37. (B) 38. (D) 39. (C) 40. (B) 41. (A) 42. (B) 43. (B) 44. (A) 45. (C) 46. (A) 47. (B) 48. (B) 49. (A) 50. (B) Copyright©2015. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF)
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