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10 th

iOS INTERNATIONAL
Olympiad of
Science
2018-2019
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 Section–A
Section–A(Science)
(Science)

1. In which one of the following states of matter intermolecular 9. Which one of the following is a tetratomic molecule?
forces between the molecules are strong, but not enough A. CaCO3 B. H2O
to keep them together in a fixed position?
C. C2H2 D. CCl4
A. Solid B. Liquid E. None of these
C. Gas D. Plasma
10. Which of the following is not a cell organelle?
E. None of these
A. Mitochondria B. Ribosome
2. 450 g of a solution contains 25 g of salt. Find the percentage
C. Golgi body D. Microsome
of salt by mass in the solution.
E. None of these
A. 5.25 % B. 5%
C. 5.5 % D. 5.75 % 11. Who proposed the fluid mosaic model of cell membrane?
E. None of these A. Singer and Nicolson
B. Watson and Crick
3. Which of the following is heterogeneous in nature?
C. Robert Hook
A. True solution B. Colloid
D. Robert Brown
C. Suspension D. Both B and C
E. None of these
E. None of these
12. In human being, malarial parasites grow and multiply in?
4. A mixture of water and benzene can be separated by using:
A. liver and RBC
A. filtration methods
B. stomach and WBC
B. separating funnel methods
C. lung and platelets
C. centrifugation method
D. brain and stomach
D. chromatography
E. None of these
E. None of these
13. The meristematic tissue which are found at the base of
5. The number of atoms of oxygen present in 24 g of oxygen leaves or internode is called:
gas is:
A. apical meristems
A. 5.2 × 1023 atoms
B. lateral meristems
B. 9.03 × 1023 atoms
C. intercalary meristems
C. 5.8 × 1024 atoms
D. All of these
D. 9.4 × 1024 atoms
E. None of these
E. None of these
14. One branch which grows very long as compared to the
6. 16 g of water is equal to ______ moles.
other branches of cell body of a neuron is known as:
A. 1.21 B. 1.92
A. dendron B. axon
C. 0.89 D. 8.88
C. dendrite D. synapse
E. None of these
E. None of these
7. Calculate the mass of water which contains the same
15. Which one of the following is not a class of the subphylum
number of molecules as are contained in 60 g of oxygen.
vertebrata?
A. 60.8 g B. 30.75 g
A. Cyclostomata B. Echinodermata
C. 33.75 g D. 67.5 g
C. Chondrichthyes D. Reptilia
E. None of these
E. None of these
8. The chemical formula for ferric carbonate is:
16. Which one of the following is incorrectly paired?
A. FeCO3 B. Fe2CO3
A. Ascaris – Arthropoda
C. Fe2(CO3)2 D. Fe2(CO3)3
B. Sponges – Porifera
E. None of these C. Tapeworm – Platyhelminthes
D. Leech – Annelida
E. None of these

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17. Who among the following discovered vaccine for 23. A bus starts from rest and attains a speed of 36 km h–1 in
smallpox? 10 minutes while moving with uniform acceleration. What
A. Louis Pasteur is the acceleration of the bus?
B. Edward Jenner A. – 0.0167 m/s2 B. 0. 75 m/s2
C. Charles Darwin C. – 0.27 m/s2 D. + 0.0167 m/s2
D. Gregor Mendel E. None of these
E. None of these 24. A force of 5 N gives a mass M1, an acceleration equal to
18. Which of the following is an abiotic component of the 8 m/s2 and M2, an acceleration equal to 24 m/s2. What is
environment? the acceleration if both the masses are tied together and
same force is applied on them?
A. Plants
A. 16 m/s2 B. 6 m/s2
B. Animals
C. 12 m/s2 D. 4 m/s2
C. Microorganisms
E. None of these
D. Water
E. None of these 25. A body of mass 300 g kept at rest breaks into two parts
due to internal forces. One part of mass 200 g is found to
19. The atmosphere of the Earth is heated by radiations which move at a speed of 12 m/s towards the east. What will be
are mainly: the velocity of the other part?
A. radiated by the Sun A. 24 m/s towards west
B. radiated by the land B. 12 m/s towards west
C. radiated by the water C. 24 m/s towards north
D. radiated by the land and water D. 12 m/s towards south
E. None of these E. None of these
20. Which of the following bee is commonly known as the 26. A metallic sphere of mass 2 kg and volume 2.5 × 10-4 m3
rock bee? is completely immersed in water. Find the buoyant force
A. Apis cerana indica exerted by water on the sphere. Density of water = 1000
B. Apis dorsata kg/m3:
C. Apis florea A. 1.50 N
D. All of these B. 3.25 N
E. None of these C. 0.75 N
D. 2.45 N
21. A particle is taken to a height of 2Re above the Earth's
E. None of these
surface, where Re is the radius of the Earth. If it is dropped
from this height, what would be its acceleration? 27. A player kicks a ball of mass 500 g placed at the centre of
A. 5.1 m/s 2 the field. The ball leaves his foot with a speed of 12 m/s.
Find the work done by the player on the ball.
B. 0.1 m/s2
C. 2.4 m/s2 A. 36 J B. 75 J
D. 3.2 m/s2 C. 65 J D. 31 J
E. None of these E. None of these

22. The mass of Earth is 6 × 1024 kg and the mass of an other 28. The time period of a vibrating body is 0.05 s. The frequency
planet is 7.4 × 1022 kg. If the distance between the Earth of waves it emits is:
and the other planet is 3.84 × 105 km, find the force of A. 2 Hz B. 20 Hz
attraction between them. C. 100 Hz D. 300 Hz
A. 4.01 × 1020 N B. 3.31 × 1020 N E. None of these
C. 5.23 × 1020 N D. 2.01 × 1020 N
E. None of these

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29. A child pulls a block on a horizontal surface by applying 30. Sound waves travel in air with a speed of about 340 m/s.
a force of 15 N at an angle of 60°. Find the work done in What is the wavelength of sound whose frequency is 500
pulling the block by a distance of 20 meters. hertz?
A. 120 joules B. 130 joules A. 1.23 m B. 0.10 m
C. 140 joules D. 150 joules C. 2.35 m D. 5.23 m
E. None of these E. None of these

Section–B (Reasoning and Aptitude)

31. Find out the wrong term in the series given below. 34. If A weighs 45 kg, what will be the weight of all five articles
2, 2, 8, 5, 28, 10, 65, 17 together?
A. 2 B. 5 A. 110 kg B. 98.5 kg
C. 8 D. 17 C. 77 kg D. 102.5 kg
E. None of these E. None of these

32. If '÷' stands for 'greater than', '×' stands for 'addition', '+' 35. If it is possible to make a meaningful word with the
stands for 'division', '–' stands for 'equal to', '>' stands for second, the fourth, the sixth and the eighth letters of the
'multiplication', '=' stands for 'less than' and '<' stands for word 'ATMOSPHERE', what will be the third letter of that
'minus', then which of the following alternatives is correct? word? If more than one such words can be formed give
'X' as the answer and if no such word can be formed, give
A. 5>2<1–3×4×1
'Y' as the answer.
B. 5 < 2 × 1 + 3 > 4 × 1 – 20
A. E B. O
C. 5>2×1–3>4<1
C. T D. X
D. 5+2×1=3+4>1
E. Y
E. None of these
Direction for questions 33 and 34: Study the following 36. Pointing towards a person in a photograph, Raj said, 'he is
information and answer the questions given below it: the husband of the mother of my mother’s brother'. How
A blacksmith has five iron articles A, B, C, D and E, each the person is related to Raj?
having a different weight. A. Father B. Maternal uncle
i. A weighs twice as much as B. C. Grandfather D. Maternal grandfather
ii. B weighs four and a half times as much as C. E. None of these
iii. C weighs half as much as D.
37. A villager went to meet his uncle in another village situated
iv. D weighs half as much as E.
5 km away in the north-east direction of his own village.
v. E weighs less than A but more than C. From there he came to meet his father-in-law living in a
33. Which of the following is the lightest in weight? village situated 4 km in the south of his uncle's village.
How far away and in what direction is he now from his
A. A B. B
village?
C. C D. D
A. 3 km in the North B. 3 km in the East
E. E
C. 4 km in the East D. 4 km in the West
E. None of these

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38. Find the missing number. A. 18 B. 12
4 3 5 1 C. 16 D. 51
4 7 4 3 E. None of these
5 2 6 7 40. In a certain language “LONDON” is coded as “QNFPPQ”.
84 41 149 ? What will be the code for the “MUMBAI” in that language?
A. WODKOC B. WODOCK
A. 113 B 22
C. WODOKC D. OWDOKC
C. 32 D. 47
E. None of these
E. None of these

39. Find the missing number.

5 7 4 8
8 6 7 4
3 7 6 6
20 16 10 ?

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 Section–C (Scholar’s Zone)

41. Two substances, A and B were made to react to form a 44. The diagram shown below represents model of an
third substance, A2B according to the following reaction atom proposed by one of the famous scientist. Which
2A + B → A2B combination of statements is correct with respect to this
model?
Which combination of statements concerning this
reaction is incorrect?
i. The product A2B shows the properties of substances
A and B.
ii. The product A2B will always have a fixed
composition.
iii. The product so formed cannot be classified as a
compound. i. The model was proposed by J. J. Thomson.
iv. The product so formed is an element. ii. The mass of the atom is assumed to be uniformly
distributed over the atom.
v. The product A2B can not be separated into its
constituents A and B by simple physical means. iii. The positive charge is assumed to be uniformly
distributed over the atom.
A. i, ii and iii only
iv. The positive and negative charges are equal in
B. ii, iii and iv only
magnitude as such an atom is electrically neutral.
C. i, iii and iv only
v. The electrons attract each other to stabilise the
D. i, iii and v only atom.
E. None of these A. i and iii only
42. Molecular formula of which set of compounds is correct? B. i, iii and v only
i. Copper (II) bromide → CuBr5 C. ii, iv and v only
ii. Aluminium (III) nitrate → Al(NO3 ) 3 D. i, ii, iii and iv only
iii. Calcium (II) phosphate → Ca(PO4 )2 E. None of these
iv. Iron (III) sulphide → Fe2S3 45. Which combination of statements is correct with respect
v. Mercury (II) chloride → HgCl2 to the figure given below?
vi. Magnesium (II) acetate → MgCH2COO
A. i, ii and v only
B. i, iii and vi only
C. ii, iv and v only
D iii, iv and vi only
E. None of these
i. It is a cell organelle named as golgi apparatus.
43. Which combination of terms for P, Q, R and S will make
ii. It is formed by stacks of flattened membranes called
the following paragraph correct? cisternae.
An object of mass P travelling in a straight iii. Usually the plant cells contain smaller mitochondria
line with velocity of Q collides with and sticks which is called dictyosomes.
to a stationary wooden block of mass R . After
iv. Convex forming face of golgi apparatus receives
the collision they combine and move together with the
vesicles from mitochondria.
velocity of S in the same straight line.
v. It helps in the formation of lysosomes.
A. P→3 kg, Q→10 m/s, R→5 kg, S→5/3 m/s
A. i, ii and v only
B. P→1 kg, Q→30 m/s, R→5 kg, S→5/3 m/s
B. i and ii only
C. P→1 kg, Q→10 m/s, R→8 kg, S→5/3 m/s
C. i, ii, iii and iv only
D. P→1 kg, Q→10 m/s, R→5 kg, S→5/3 m/s
D. ii, iv and v only
E. None of these
E. None of these

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46. Match the column A with the column B 48. Which of the following is the characteristics of arthropoda?
Column A Column B i. The body is bilaterally symmetrical and segmented.
a. Fluid connective tissue i. Subcutaneous layer ii. The body cavity is a pseudocoelom.
b. Filling of space inside ii. Cartilage iii. They have jointed appendages.
the organs iv. They possess a hard exoskeleton made up of chitin.
c. Striated muscle iii. Voluntary muscle v. They possess mouth but no anus.
d. Adipose tissue iv. Areolar tissue A. i, ii and v only B. i, iii and iv only
e. Surface of joints v. Blood C. iii, iv and v only D. ii, iii and iv only
f. Stratified squamous vi. Skin E. None of these
epithelium
49. If a car weighing P is moving with the velocity of Q , to
A. a→v, b→i, c→ii, d→iv, e→iii, f→vi stop that car R of work is needed to be done.
B. a→v, b→iv, c→iii, d→i, e→ii, f→vi A.  →1500 kg, Q→60 km/h, R→150000 J
P
C. a→iv, b→v, c→iii, d→ii, e→i, f→vi B. P→1500 kg, Q→50 km/h, R→208333.3 J
D. a→v, b→iv, c→ii, d→vi, e→iii, f→i C. P→1700 kg, Q→60 km/h, R→208333.3 J
E. None of these D. P→1500 kg, Q→60 km/h, R→600000 J
47. Match the following: E. None of these
a. Thallophyta i. Liverwort 50. Read the following statements.
b. Bryophyta ii. Fern i. In transverse waves, the particles of the medium
c. Pteridophyta iii. Spirogyra vibrate at right angles to the direction of wave.
d. Gymnosperm iv. Wheat ii. Transverse waves consist of crests and troughs.
e. Angiosperm v. Pine iii. Transverse waves can propagate through all types
A. a → ii, b → i, c → iii, d → v, e → iv of media.
B. a → iii, b → i, c → ii, d → iv, e → v iv. In transverse waves, the distance between the two
C. a → iii, b → ii, c → i, d → v, e → iv consecutive crests or between the two consecutive
troughs is equal to one wavelength.
D. a → iii, b → i, c → ii, d → v, e → iv
Choose the correct combination of statements.
E. None of these
A. i, ii and iii only B. i, iii and iv only
C. i, ii and iv only D. ii, iii and iv only
E. None of these

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