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Total Question : 50
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9 th

iOS INTERNATIONAL
Olympiad of
Science
2017-2018
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sections.
6. Section-A: Science (30 questions); Section-B: Mental Ability and Reasoning (10 questions);
Section –C: Scholar’s Zone (10 questions).
7. Each question of Section-A carries 1.5 marks; Section-B, 2.5 marks each; and that of
Scholar’s Zone, 3 marks each.
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 Section–A (Science)

1. The opening and closing of stomatal pores in the leaves is 7. Blue litmus paper is dipped in a solution, it remains blue.
controlled by the: What is the nature of the solution?
A. Xylem vessels A. Definitely basic
B. Phloem vessels B. Definitely neutral
C. Guard cells C. Either basic or neutral
D. Chlorophyll D. Either neutral or acidic
E. None of these E. None of these

2. More heat is produced in an electric circuit when: 8. In which part of our respiratory system, blood absorbs
oxygen?
A. Magnitude of the current flowing in the circuit is
increased. A. Alveoli
B. Connecting wires of the circuit are replaced with B. Bronchus
the wire of higher resistances.
C. Bronchioles
C. Magnitude of the current flowing in the circuit is
D. Villi
decreased
E. None of these
D. Both A and B
E. None of these 9. What will happen when an iron object is kept immersed
in the copper sulphate solution?
3. Pollen tube is formed:
A. No chemical reaction will take place.
A. before pollination B. after fertilisation
B. Chemical reaction will take place and iron
C. after pollination D. All of these sulphate and copper oxide will form as the products.
E. None of these C. Chemical reaction will take place and iron
sulphate and copper will form as the products.
4. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
D. All of these
A. Silkworms are caterpillars of silk moth.
E. None of these
B. In India, sheeps are generally reared for obtaining
wool. 10. Which among the following types of soil is best to grow
C. The rearing of silkworms for obtaining silk is lentil?
called sericulture. A. Loamy soil that drains water easily.
D. In the process of obtaining wool form fleece, B. Clayey soil that has very good water holding
scouring is done after sorting. capacity.
E. None of these C. Loamy soil that has very good water holding
capacity.
5. A car moves with a speed of 87 km/h for 20 minutes and
then with a speed of 76 km/h for the next 15 minutes. The D. Sandy soil that drains water easily.
total distance covered by the car is: E. None of these
A. 25 km B. 32 km 11. Which adaptation in polar bear does not help it to live in
C. 45 km D. 48 km polar regions?
E. None of these A. Its white colour.
6. Convert 80 C into Fahrenheit.
o
B. Thick layer of fur on its body.
A. 122oF B. 130oF C. Thick layer of fat under its skin.
C. 176oF D. 180oF D. Its strong sense of smell.
E. None of these E. None of these

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12. Which one of the following statements is correct? 18. Spirogyra reproduces by fragmentation. What will happen
if a spirogyra becomes mature and its body breaks into four
A. Respiration occurs in all green plants.
fragments?
B. Without oxygen, process of respiration cannot be
performed. A. Each fragment will grow into a new spirogyra

C. The process of respiration does not include breathing. B. All fragments will rejoin to become a new spirogyra

D. Cellular respiration does not take place inside the C. Parent spirogyra will lose the ability to reproduce
cells. D. First two fragments will rejoin to form a male
E. None of these spirogyra and other two fragments will rejoin to
form a female spirogyra
13. Yeast is used in wine and beer industries because it respires
E. None of these
A. aerobically producing oxygen.
19. Name the part of our digestive system which has been
B. aerobically producing alcohol. shown in the figure given below.
C. anaerobically producing alcohol.
D. anaerobically producing CO2.
E. None of these

14. Which among the following is a basic salt?

A. NaCl
B. NH4Cl A. Stomach B. Gall Bladder
C. (NH4)2SO4 C. Small intestine D. Large intestine
D. Na2CO3 E. None of these
E. None of these
20. Higher kinetic energy of the molecules of a body is
15. Which of the following acts as tubes or pipes through observed in which of the following cases?
which blood flows? A. When temperature of the body is 0°C
A. Veins B. When temperature of the body is 4°C
B. Arteries C. When temperature of the body is 32°C
C. Capillaries D. When temperature of the body is 180°C
D. All of these E. None of these
E. None of these
21. A simple pendulum takes 36 s to complete 20 oscillations.
16. Which one of the following statements is correct? What is the time-period of this pendulum?

A. A fuse works on heating effect of current A. 0.6 s

B. A fuse works on chemical effect of current B. 2.4 s
C. A fuse works on magnetic effect of current C. 1.8 s
D. All of these D. 3.2 s
E. None of these E. None of these

17. Which among the following organisms can increase its 22. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
population without reproduction? A. Some plants depends on other plants for their food.
A. Grass plants B. The plants having leaves of colour other than
B. Small insects green cannot perform photosynthesis.
C. Worms C. Algae can prepare their own food by photosynthesis.
D. Amoeba D. Chlorophyll can absorb the energy from sunlight.
E. None of these E. None of these

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23. Pulmonary vein is connected to: 27. Which of the following statements is correct?
A. Top side of the left atrium A. Water shortage is a problem faced by only people
B. Top side of the right atrium living in rural areas.

C. Both left and right atrium B. The total water of the world remains constant.

D. Top side of right ventricle C. Rapid growth of industries is not responsible for
water shortage.
E. None of these
D. Groundwater is the ultimate source of water.
24. When air is filled into a balloon with our mouth, the balloon E. None of these
gets inflated. This observation shows that:
28. Which of the following statements is correct?
A. Warm air is lighter than cold air.
A. An ecosystem does not include living things.
B. Air molecules are very small and invisible to the
naked eyes. B. An ecosystem does not include non-living things.
C. Air exerts pressure. C. A food chain in the forest ecosystem does not
include secondary consumers.
D. Air is colourless.
D. All food chains in a forest are interlinked to form
E. None of these
a food web.
25. Which type of animals can be found in canopy of forest? E. None of these
A. Insects B. Birds 29. Which among the following cities of India is the most
C. Mammals D. All of these vulnerable to cyclone?
E. None of these A. Puri B. Amritsar
26. When an object is placed at a far off distance from a C. Srinagar D. New Delhi
concave mirror, the image formed is: E. None of these
A. real, inverted and smaller than the object 30. The system of a network of pipes used for taking away
B. virtual, erect and smaller than the object wastewater from homes or public buildings to the treatment
C. virtual, erect and larger than the object plant is known as.

D. real, inverted and larger than the object A. sewers B. sewerage

E. None of these C. transport system D. treatment plant
E. None of these

Section–B (Mental Ability and Reasoning)

31. What comes in place of the question mark (?)? A. 32

Antiseptic : Germs : : Antidote : ? B. 55
A. Allergy B. Poison C. 31
C. Wound D. Infection D. 65
E. None of these E. None of these

32. Find the missing number. 33. A man is facing South. He turns 135o in the anti-clockwise
direction and then 180o in the clockwise direction. Which
3 5 direction is he facing now?
8 ? 9 4 A. North-East B. North-West
9 56 28 8 C. South-East D. South-West
5 6 E. None of these

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34. In a certain code, BASIC is written as DDULE. How is C. 54 D. 55
LEADER written in that code?
E. None of these
A. NGCFGT B. NHCGGU
38. Aman is 16th from the left end in a row of boys and Vivek is
C. OGDFHT D. OHDGHU 18th from the right end. Gagan is 11th from Aman towards
E. None of these the right and 3rd from Vivek towards the right end. How
many boys are there in the row?
35. Find the missing number.
A. 40 B. 41
4 9 7 C. 42 D. 43

5 96 6 7 81 3 E. None of these
9 ? 4
39. Which is the third number to the left of the number which
9 8 4
is exactly in the middle of the following sequence of
numbers?
A. 48 B. 63
123456789246897531987654321
C. 40 D. 65
A. 3 B. 4
E. None of these
C. 5 D. 6
36. If X is brother of son of Y’s son, then how X is related to
Y? E. None of these

A. Brother B. Cousin 40. If P denotes ÷, Q denotes ×, R denotes + and S denotes –,

then what is the value of 18 Q 12 P 4 R 5 S 6 ?
C. Grandson D. Son
E. None of these A. 53 B. 59
C. 63 D. 65
37. Find the missing term in the series given below.
13, 32, 24, 43, 35, ?, 46, 65, 57, 76 E. None of these

A. 45 B. 52

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 Section–C (Scholar’s Zone)

41. Which combination of statements is incorrect? 44. Choose the correct combination of terms to fill in the table
i. If speed of a car is 72 km/h, then it will cover the below to make it complete.
distance of 2 m in each second. Solution Indicator Colour
ii. If a car moves first 15 min with the speed of 20 km/h HCl China rose Magenta
and next 15 min with speed of 60 km/h, the total
H2SO4 Turmeric P
distance covered by the car will be 25 km.
iii. A car will take 5 h moving with the speed of 6 m/s to NaOH Phenolphthalein Q
cover the distance of 240 km. R China rose S
iv. A car will take 4.5 h to cover the distance of 270 km, T
Ca(OH)2 Red
if it moves with the speed of 60 km/h.
v. If a train takes 3 hours to cover the distance of 150 A. P-Pink, Q-Pink, R-Mg(OH)2, S-Yellow, T-Turmeric
km, its speed will be 50 m/s.
B. P-Yellow, Q-Pink, R-HNO3, S-Green, T-Turmeric
A. i, ii and iv B. ii, iii and iv
C. P-Yellow, Q-Pink, R-Mg(OH)2, S-Green, T-Turmeric
C. iii, iv and v D. i, ii, iii and v
D. P-Yellow, Q-Pink, R-Mg(OH)2, S-Red, T-China
E. None of these rose
42. Look at the following figure and choose the incorrect E. None of these
combination of statements.
45. Which combination of statements is correct?
P i. Exhaled air will turn lime water milky more
L appreciably than inhaled air.
N M
ii. During exhalation, the rib cage moves downward
O and inwards.
iii. During inhalation, the diaphragm moves
Q downwards.
i. L brings oxygenated blood from lungs into M. iv. The process of respiration does not occur in aquatic
ii. N brings deoxygenated blood from all the body plants.
organs into Q. v. Respiration in plants does not involve exchange of
iii. P takes oxygenated blood from Q to lungs. gases.
iv. N takes deoxygenated blood from Q to lungs. A. i, ii and iii B. iii, iv and v
v. Deoxygenated blood goes to lungs from Q through M.
C. i, ii and iv D. ii and iv
A. i, ii and iii B. ii, iii and v
E. None of these
C. ii, iv and v D. i, iv and v
E. None of these 46. Fill in the blanks with correct combination of words.
The L of a pendulum depends on the M of
43. Match the following.
the pendulum and not on the N of the pendulum.
a. Concave mirror i. used for side view in vehicles If O of a pendulum is increases its time-perod
b. Convex mirror ii. magnifying glass will P .
c. Convex lens iii. used in telescope A. L-amplitude, M-time-period, N-length, O-amplitude,
d. Concave lens iv. used as shaving mirror P-increase
e. Prism v. dispersion of light B. L-time-period, M-length, N-amplitude, O-length,
A. a → iv, b → i, c → ii, d → iii, e → v P-decrease
B. a → iv, b → iii, c → i, d → ii, e → v C. L-time-period, M-amplitude, N-length, O-length,
P-increase
C. a → iv, b → i, c → iii, d → ii, e → v
D. a → iv, b → i, c → iii, d → v, e → ii D. L-time-period, M-length, N-amplitude, O-length,
P-increase
E. None of these
E. None of these

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47. Which combination of statements is correct about the bird 49. Look at the following figure and choose the correct
given below? combination of statements.
P

R S

T
i. The bird shown above is Siberian crane and it is a Q
migratory bird.
i. P acts as a pipe. It brings food from mouth to
ii. They migrate from North pole to South pole in winter. stomach but no digestion of food takes place in it.
iii. Its normal habitat is Siberia. ii. Q is the organ where complete digestion of food
iv. They migrate to other places to escape extremely takes place.
cold winter condition. iii. R secrets pancreatic juice which breaks fats into
fatty acids and glycerol.
v. If they once migrated, they never returned to their
original habitat. iv. S is the organ where absorption of digested food
takes place.
A. i, ii, iii and iv B. i, iii, iv and v
v. Food first enters into T then goes into S for final
C. i, iii and iv D. ii, iii and v digestion.
E. None of these A. i and ii only B. ii, iii and iv
C. i, iv and v D. ii and iii only
48. Fill in the blanks with correct combination of words.
If a piece of P wire is dipped in Q solution, it gets E. None of these
coated with R and colour of the solution changes 50. Match the following.
to S due to the formation of T .
a. plasma i. blood vessels
A. P-silver, Q-copper nitrate, R-copper, S-bluish,
b. RBC ii. carry oxygen
T-silver nitrate
c. WBC iii. helps in clotting of blood
B. P-silver, Q-copper nitrate, R-silver, S-reddish,
d. platelets iv. fight infection
T-copper nitrate
e. arteries v. liquid part of blood
C. P-copper, Q-silver nitrate, R-silver, S-bluish,
A. a → i, b → ii, c → iv, d → iii, e → v
T-copper nitrate
B. a → v, b → ii, c → iv, d → i, e → iii
D. P-copper, Q-silver nitrate, R-silver, S-bluish,
T-copper sulphate C. a → v, b → iii, c → iv, d → ii, e → i
E. None of these D. a → v, b → ii, c → iv, d → iii, e → i
E. None of these

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 ANSWERS
INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIAD OF SCIENCE 2017 (LEVEL 2)
CLASS 7
1. (C) 2. (D) 3. (C) 4. (D) 5. (D) 6. (C) 7. (C) 8. (A) 9. (C) 10. (A)
11. (E) 12. (A) 13. (C) 14. (D) 15. (D) 16. (A) 17. (E) 18. (A) 19. (D) 20. (D)
21. (C) 22. (B) 23. (A) 24. (C) 25. (D) 26. (A) 27. (B) 28. (D) 29. (A) 30. (B)
31. (B) 32. (B) 33. (D) 34. (B) 35. (A) 36. (C) 37. (C) 38. (B) 39. (B) 40. (A)
41. (D) 42. (B) 43. (A) 44. (C) 45. (A) 46. (D) 47. (C) 48. (C) 49. (A) 50. (D)