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NATIONAL LEVEL SCIENCE TALENT SEARCH EXAMINATION (UPDATED)

CLASS - 9
Question Paper Code : UN470

KEY

1. B 2. D 3. C 4. B 5. D 6. C 7. C 8. C 9. C 10. D

11. C 12. A 13. C 14. D 15. C 16. B 17. C 18. C 19. B 20. C

21. A 22. C 23. B 24. D 25. A 26. C 27. C 28. B 29. A 30. B

31. A 32. A 33. D 34. A 35. D 36. D 37. C 38. B 39. A 40. C

41. D 42. D 43. B 44. D 45. A 46. B 47. B 48. D 49. D 50. D

51. D 52. D 53. D 54. A 55. D 56. A 57. C 58. A 59. B 60. C

SOLUTIONS
MATHEMATICS
a2 + b2 + c2 + 2(ab + bc + ca) = 100
90 38 + 2(ab + bc + ca) = 100
01. (B) BAD = CAD =  45
2 2(ab + bc + ca) = 100 – 38 = 62
CAD 1 62
DAE = CAE = = 22 ° ab + bc + ca = = 31
2 2 2
1 But a3 + b3 + c3 – 3abc
BAE = BAD + DAE = 45° + 22 ° =
2 = (a + b + c)[a2 + b2 + c2 – (ab + bc + a)]
1 160 – 3abc = 10 [38 – 31]
67 °
2 160 – 70 = 3abc
02. (D) Given a + b + c = 10
90
Squaring on both sides abc = = 30
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03. (C) Given ABC = 90° = AC2 = AB2 + BC2 05. (D) Given BAC = 90°

A
15 cm  BC2 = AB2 + BC2 = 1002
D
41  BC = 100 cm
9 cm cm 28 cm
B
B 40 cm C

= 402 + 92 60 cm D
= 1600 + 81

AC = 1681 = 41 cm A C
In ACD, a = 41 cm, b = 28 cm & c = 15 cm
Let BD = x cm  DC = (100 – x) cm
a + b + c (41 + 28 + 15) cm Given perimeter of ABD = perimeter of
s= =
2 2 ACD

= 42 × 1 × 14 × 27 60  x  AD  80  100  x  AD
2
= 14 × 9 cm x + x = 180 – 60 = 120
2
= 126 cm BD = x = 60 cm
Area of the quadrilateral ABCD = (180 +
126)cm2 = 306 cm2 y-axis

2x  1
04. (B) Given p(x) =
x 2 B(–3,4)
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 2x  1  06. (C) x’-axis x-axis
2 1 A 3 O
 2x  1   x 2 
 p   2x  1
 x 2  2
x 2 y’-axis

4x  2 OB2 = AB2 + OA2 = 42 + 32 = 52

1
 x 2  DB = 5 units
2 x  1  2(x  2)
(x  2) 07. (C) Slant height(l) = 42  r 2

4x  2  x  2 (x  2 ) = 72  242
 
(x  2) ( 2x  1  2 x  4) = 25
Area of the sheet required for one cap
5x
 = rl
5
22
=x   7  25 cm2
7

= 550 cm2
Area of the sheet required for 10 caps =
5,500 cm2

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08. (C) 13. (C) Volume of the platform = Volume of the
80°
earth in the well
150° lbh1 = r2h2
x°
10.5 m × 8.8 × h1 =
In a parallelogram opposite angles are 11 3
equal 22 3.5 3.5 6
   12 m3
 B = D = 80° 72 2 21

In DEF, D + x = 150°
1
80° + x = 150°  h1 = 11 × 3.5 × 3 ×
10.5  8.8
x = 70°
5
10
09. (C) 11  35  30
A D C E B =
105 31  88 8 4
1
AD = AB  AB = 4(AD) = 1.25 metres
4
AB = 2(AC) 14. (D) Only option (D) is true

 2(AC) = 4(AD) 1 1 74 3 74 3

15. (C) y    2
x 7  4 3 7  4 3 7  (4 3)2
4(AD)
AC =
2
74 3
  74 3
AC = 2(AD) 49  48

1 1 x2  y2
 2 2  2 2
x y x y
O
10. (D) cm 10 cm
5
2 (x  y)2  2 xy

(xy)2

In AOC, ACO = 90°

(7  4 3  7  4 3 )2  2(1)

 AC2 = AO2 -OC2 = 625 – 100 12
= 196 – 2
 525
= 194
AC = 2AC =
16. (B) PTQ = 90° [ Angle in a semicircle]
2 525  4  525  2100 units
TQRS is a cyclic quadrilateral
11. (C) Diagonal of a parallelogram divides a
parallelogram into two triangles of equal  QTS + SRQ = 180°
area and two congruent triangles  x + y = PTQ + QTS + SRQ = 90° +
12. (A) (x – 1) is also a factor of f(x) × g(x) 180° = 270°

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 22. (C) 20212 + 4034 = 20212 + 4042 – 8
A
= x2 + 2x – 8 where x = 2021
G H
= (x + 4) (x – 2)
E F
17. (C) = (2021 + 4) (2021 – 2)
7.2 cm = (2025) × 2019
B C
23. (B) NLM = 72°
EF = 2 × GH = 3.6 cm x° = 180° – (72° + 48°)
BC = 2 × EF = 2 × 3.6 cm x° = 60°
 BC = 7.2 cm 24. (D) Height of the pyramid =
2
18. (C) Option (C) satisfies the given conditions 2  side 
(slant height) –  
 2 
S R

B = (13 cm2 ) – (5 cm)2

19. (B) A
= 12 cm
P Q
1
Given PA = AB = BR Volume of the pyramid = base area ×
3
1 height
Area of PSR = × 84 cm2 = 42 cm2
2 1 4
=  10  10  12 cm3
1 3
Area of PAS = of area of PSR
3
= 400 cm3
1
= × 42 cm2 25. (A) Given 2r = 220 cm
3
= 14 cm2 22
2× × r = 220 cm
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20. (C) (0,0), (–1,1), (1,1), (0,2) are four ordered
pairs satisfies the given condition that 7 1
x2020 + y2 = 2y r = 220 cm ×  = 35 cm
22 2

3 2

 6 3  6 Volume of the cylinder = r2h
21. (A) LHS =
 6 3  6 3  3 2  22
= × 35 × 35 × 63 cm3
7
   4 3   6  2
3 2
= 242550 cm3
 3  2  6  2  6  2

3 2  6  3
  6  3  2
3


4 3  6 2 
4

 12  6  18  12  18  6
=0
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 PHYSICS 31. (A) Power = 4.9 kW = 4900 Watt

26. (C) g = GM / R2 or M = g R2 / G. Cavendish Work done (30 min) = 4900 × 30 × 60 J

determined the value of G. If m is the mass of water in kg that is
27. (C) Mass of the automobile vehicle (m) = pumped out from a depth of 20 m in 30
1500 kg minutes, then total work done in minutes
= mgh = m × 9.8 × 20 J
Negative acceleration (a) = – 1.7 m/s2
 4900 × 30 × 60 = m × 9.8 × 20
Force needed to stop the vehicle (F) = ?
4900  30  60
Now, putting these values in the m  45 k l
equation F = m × a, we get 9.8  20

F = 1500 kg × (–1.7 m/s2) 32. (A) For a moving particle, if displacement

decreases with time, the body is moving
F = –2550 kg m/s2 towards its initial position.
F = – 2550 N 33. (D) The impulse delivered to the ball is equal
The negative value of the force indicates to its change in momentum. The
that it is acting in the direction opposite momentum of the ball was mv before
to the direction of motion. So, the hitting the wall and m(-v) after.
retarding force needed to stop the Therefore, the change in momentum is
vehicle is 2550 N. m(-v) – mv = –2mv, so the magnitude of
28. (B) Power depends upon the time taken in the momentum change (and the
doing the work. impulse) is 2mv.

Power (P) = Work done/Time = W/T. Both 34. (A) As the force and the displacement of the
the men have same mass and do the box and the mass upward are in the same
same work, but there is a difference in direction, the work done is positive as
time for reacing the same height there is an increase in potential energy.
35. (D) Mass of the earth = 6 × 1024 kg
W W
P1 = P2 = Radius of the earth = 6.4 × 103 km
15 20
G = 6.67 × 10–11 N m2 kg–2
P1 t2 20
or P = t = 15 = 4 / 3 Mass of a ball = 60 kg
2 1
m1m2
29. (A) As per the given distance-time graph, at F=G×
r2
P, the car moves with a constant speed.
At Q, the car is stationary. (The distance 6.67 ×10-11 × 6 ×1024 × 60
 F= = 586.2 N
remains the same). At R, the car moves (6.4 ×106 )2
with a constant speed. At S, the car
moves with a decreasing speed. At T, the
car moves with an increasing speed. So,
at point S, the car is moving with a
decreasing speed.
30. (B) F = ma

F
a
m
The mass, m, of an object needs to be
known.

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 CHEMISTRY 43. (B) Gram molecular weight of NaOH
= 23 + 16 + 1 = 40 g
36. (D) C + O2  CO2
Number of moles in 60 g of NaOH
The atomic mass of C is 12 g/mol.
60
The number of moles of C = = 1.5 moles
40
1.5g 44. (D) The zig-zag motion exhibited by the
  0.125 mol
12 g / mol particle is called Brownian motion.
1 mole of C reacts with 1 more of O2 45. (A) Symbol of tin is Sn. Symbol of uranium is
0.125 moles of C will react with 0.125 U, carbon is C and boron is B respectively.
moles of O2.
BIOLOGY
The molecular weight of O2 is 32 g/mol.
Mass of O2 = 0.125 mol × 32 g/mol = 4 g 46. (B) It helps in protein synthesis
37. (C) A saturated salt water solution on heating 47. (B) Mitochondria and ribosomes are present
dissolves some more solute, but on in all cells.
cooling again that extra solute dissolved 48. (D) Tendon made of collagen, connects
crystallizes out. But as no more salt is muscle to bone, capable of bearing
added, no change takes place. stress, is a tough connective tissue.
38. (B) Gram atomic weight of He = 4 g 49. (D) Undigested matter, unconsumed matter
Number of moles and waste products are all stores of
chemical energy that are not assimilated
Given weight of element 6.46 by subsequent trophic levels, and hence
 
Gram atomic weight 4 are lost to the environment.
= 1.615 moles 50. (D) When excess fertilisers containing
39. (A) A mixture of water and milk cannot be nitrates and phosphates are washed into
separated by filtration as both get mixed a river, the concentration of these
due to their miscibility and homogeneous nutrients will increase. They can be used
nature. the growth of algae and aquatic plants.
Eventually, an algal bloom develops on
A mixture of powdered salt and sugar can the surface but it will deprive submerged
be separated by fractional crystallisation. plants of sunlight. When the submered
Loading is a process that involves use plants die, they will be decomposed by
of alum. bacterial cells, which use up oxygen in
the river. Eventually, other organisms
Salt from sea water is obtained by
such as fish and aquatic animals will die.
evaporation.
51. (D) The skin is suitable as the first line of
40. (C) Boiling point of ethane = – 88°C. defence in the human body due to its
Temperature on Kelvin scale = cornified outer layer serves as an
Temperature on Celsius scale + 273.15 effective barrier to microorganisms,
Kelvin = – 88°C + 273.15 K = 185.15 K sweat from the sweat glands contains
41. (D) Molecules of both phosphorus (P4) and the enzyme lysozyme and the mucous
ammonia (NH3) are tetra-atomic. like nature of sebum traps
microorganisms. Mast cells produce
42. (D) Mixtures that are heterogeneous and histamine and macrophages help to fight
solid-in-liquid can be separated by infection.
filtration.

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52. (D) Coelenteron is the gastrovascular cavity
present in Cnidariant
53. (D) The lignified walls of the cell wall 57. (C) –
provide greater structural support to
prevent the xylem vessels from
collapsing. Mature xylem vessels also
lack protoplasm and cross walls
between cells to minimise obstruction 58. (A) Since one-half of the four hobbies are
to the flow of water up the stem. extreme sports, two of the bobbies are
Statement 1 is not a specific adaptation not extreme sports. It is not clear which
of the xylem because all plant cells have hobbies are kite sports or mountain
cellulose cell walls. sports.
54. (A) The red blood cell or erythrocyte 59. (B) Sum of digits 12:00 to 12:09 is 75
transports oxygen as oxyhaemoglobin
and carbon dioxide as carbamino Sum of digits 12:10 to 12:19 is 85
haemoglobin. Sum of digits 12:20 to 12:29 is 95
55. (D) The first line of defence in the human Sum of digits 12:30 to 12:39 is 105
body is the skin that provides a barrier
to the entry of any bacteria and the Sum of digits 12:40 to 12:49 is 115
mucous membrane and the cilia of the Sum of digits 12:50 to 12:59 is 125
tracheal epithelium helps to trap and
Hence, sum of all the digit 12:00 to 12:59
eliminate pathogens.
is 75 + 85 + 95 + 105 + 115 + 125 = 600.
CRITICAL THINKING 60. (C) Since, after every rest the exercise time
of the boy reduces by 2 minutes, his
exercise times are 15, 13, 11, 9, 7 and 5
which total up to 60 minutes. Since
between every two sessions, the boy
takes a rest of 2 minutes, the total rest
56. (A) required before he completes 60 minutes
of exercise is 10 minutes i.e. Option C.

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