ISMART SAMPLE PAPER

FOR CLASS 8th

MOVING TO CLASS 9th (EXPLORE)
Test ID : 00000000
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Time : 90 min. M. Marks: 240
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The Test Consists (TOTAL 60 QUESTIONS)

SUBJECTS Qs. SYLLABUS
Section A : Reasoning General Reasoning
REASONING 10
Section B : Scholastic Aptitude
PHYSICS 12 Motion, Force & Friction, Pressure, Stars and Solar System
CHEMISTRY 11 Classification of Matter, Metals and Non Metals, Atomic
Structure
BIOLOGY 12 Crop production and management, Microorganisms, Cell
Structure & Function
MATHEMATICS 15 Identities, Number System, Polynomials Ratio & Proportion,
Square and Cube Roots, Exponents

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INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATE
 Each subject in this paper consists of multiple choice questions with only one correct answer. +4 marks will
be awarded for correct answer and –1 mark for wrong answer.

 Please read the instructions given for each question carefully and fill the correct answer against the
question numbers on the answer sheet in the respective subject.

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 4. There is a pole in a lake. One-half of the pole
REASONING is in the ground, another one-third of it is
covered by water, and 9 ft is out of the water.
1. What is the total length of the pole in ft?
A rich merchant had collected many gold
(A) 54 (B) 27
coins. He did not want anybody to know
(C) 35 (D) 42
about them. One day, his wife asked, “How
5. Find the logically consistent pair of
many gold coins do we have?”
sentences on the basis of the given
After pausing a moment, he replied, “Well! information.
If I divide the coins into two unequal Porridge is not sweet when served without
numbers, then 45 times the difference love
between the two numbers equals the A.Porridge is sweet
difference between the squares of the two B. Porridge is not sweet
numbers.” C. Porridge is served with love
The wife looked puzzled. Can you help the D. Porridge is served without love
merchant’s wife by finding out how many (A) BC (B) DA
gold coins they have? (C) DB (D) BD
(A) 45 (B) 25 6. In a code language, if BEAT is coded as
(C) 55 (D) 85
5642 and SWEET is coded as 66912, how
2. Robert: would you code TEASE?
“When I add 2 times my age 2 years from (A) 96162 (B) 56264
now to 3 times my age 3 years from now, I (C) 96625 (D) 55296
get 6 times my current age. How old will I 7. In a class, the names of boys are arranged
be 4 years from now?” alphabetically. Gaurav and Saurabh have 14
(A) 14 (B) 16 boys between them. If Gaurav is 37th from
(C) 17 (D) 20 the bottom, Saurabh would be at what
3. When the words COAT, CARD, BAKE, and position from the top?
TREE are written one below the other, the (A) 25th (B) 28th
word that is formed diagonally from left to (C) 27th (D) Can’t be
right is – determined
(A) cars (B) care
(C) cart (D) Cake
8. Directions : Following questions are based 10. Directions : Each of the following questions
on the information given below: has a matrix with a question mark in one
1. ‘P×Q’ means ‘P is the father of Q’ block. Replace the question mark by
2. ‘P–Q’ means ‘P is the sister of Q’ chossing the correct response from amongst
the alternatives given.
3. ‘P+Q’ means ‘P is the mother of Q’
4. ‘P÷Q’ means ‘P is the brother of Q’
Which of the following represents ‘J is the
son of F’?
(A) J ÷ R – T × F (B) J + R – T × F
(A) 11 (B) 9
(C) J ÷ M – N × F (D) None of these
(C) 7 (D) 5
9. Directions : The question below consist of a
Physics
question followed by two statements
11. At the maximum height of a body thrown
labelled as I and II. You have to decide if
these statements are sufficient to vertically up:
(A) velocity is not zero (B) acceleration is not
conclusively answer the question. Give your
answer as: but acceleration is zero but velocity is
(A) if statement I alone is sufficient to zero. zero.
(C) both acceleration (D) both acceleration
answer the question;
and velocity are and velocity are
(B) if statement II alone is sufficient to
zero. not zero.
answer the question;
12. A particle starts moving from rest with
(C) if statement I and II together are
uniform acceleration. It travels a distance X
needed to answer the question;
in the first three seconds and a distance Y in
(D) if statement I or II alone are sufficient next three seconds, then:
to answer the question; (A) Y = X (B) Y = 3X
(C) Y = 2X (D) Y = 4X
Who is older – Ritu or Situ? 13. The net force acting on a body of mass 1 kg
I. Situ was born in the year 1980 and is 5 moving with a uniform velocity of 5 ms–1 is :
years younger than Ritu’s brother. (A) 5 N (B) 0.2 N
II. Ritu is twice as older as her brother. (C) 0 N (D) None of these
(A) A (B) B 14. A driver accelerates his car first at the rate of
(C) C (D) D
1.8 m/s2 and then at the rate of 1.2 m/s2. The
 ratio of the forces exerted by the engines will (C) 8.46× 1015 km (D) 10.446 × 1011 km
be respectively equal to 20. The surface temperature of Saturn is
(A) 2 : 3 (B) 1 : 2 (A) –180°C (B) +180°C
(C) 2 : 1 (D) 3 : 2 (C) –160°C (D) +160°C
15. Frictional force exists in which of the 21. If the speed (or velocity) of an artificial
following cases _____ satellite orbiting at a height of 600 km above
(A) exists only for (B) exists only for the ground is 7.577 km/s, calculate its time
moving bodies bodies which are at period (𝜋 = , Radius of earth = 6400 km)
rest
(A) 1 hour 56 minutes (B) 0.5 hour 36
(C) exists for both none of these
(D)
47 seconds minutes 47
moving and non-
seconds
moving bodies
(C) 1 hour 36 minutes (D) 0.5 hour 56
16. Which of the following class of forces is
47 seconds minutes 47
different from others?
seconds
(A) pulling of a cart (B) stretching of a 22. At sea-level, atmospheric pressure is
coiled spring
(A) 76 cm of Hg (B) 0.76 cm of Hg
(C) kicking of a (D) electrical force
column column
football
(C) 76 m of Hg 76 cm of water
(D)
17. With the depth of a liquid, exerted
column column
pressure......
(A) decreases (B) ceases
(C) increases (D) no change
Chemistry
18. Which among the following will exert
maximum pressure when pushed with the 23. Which one of the following is a
same amount of force? heterogeneous mixture?
(A) An eraser of area 2 (B) A sharpened pencil (A) Liquid ammonia (B) Gun powder
cm2 tip (C) Sugar solution in (D) both (A) and (C)
(C) The blunt end of a (D) The rear portion of water
pencil a closed safety pin 24. What is the electronic configuration of
19. Calculate the distance travelled by light in calcium (Ca) ?
one year - (A) 2, 8, 2 (B) 2, 8, 8, 2
(A) 9.46 × 1012 km (B) 10.64 × 1012 km (C) 2, 8, 8, 1 (D) 2, 8, 8, 3
25. The mass number of an atom having 23 31. The element which should be stored in the
nucleons and 11 electrons is Kerosene oil is -
(A) 12 (B) 11 (A) phosphorus (B) Mercury
(C) 23 (D) None of these (C) Sodium (D) Calcium
26. Which of the following pairs are isobars? 32. Match the column I with column II and
(A) Oxygen and ozone (B) Ice and steam select correct option from the codes given
(C) Argon and (D) Hydrogen and below.
Potassium Tritium Column I Column II
27. Air is regarded as mixture because (a) A non-metal (i) Carbon
(A) Its pressure may (B) Its temperature essential for
vary may vary respiration
(C) Its volume changes (D) Its composition (b) A non-metal (ii) Silicon
with change in may vary which is a source
temperature/pressu of energy in sun
re (c) A non-metal (iii Oxygen
28. When hydrogen sulphide gas is passed which is good )
through a blue solution of copper sulphate, a conductor of
black precipitate of copper sulphide is electricity
formed. This is an example of ? (d) A non-metal used (iv Hydrog
(A) combination (B) displacement in semiconductors ) en
(A) (a)- (iii), (b)- (iv), (B) (a)-(i), (b)-(ii), (c)-
reaction reaction
(C) decomposition (D) double (c)- (i), (d)-(ii) (iv), (d)-(iii).
(C) (a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (D) (a)- (iv), (b)-(i),
reaction decomposition
reaction (c)-(i), (d)-(iv) (c)-(ii), (d)-(iii)
29. 33. Read the given statements and select the
Which one of the following metals does
occur in a free state correct option.
Statement 1: When sodium metal reacts
(A) Zn (Zinc) (B) Sn (Tin) with oxygen and water a lot of heat is
(C) Au (Gold) (D) Fe (Iron) generated.
30. What type of Ions do metals give - Statement 2: Sodium metal is stored in
(A) Positive ions (B) Negative ions kerosene
(C) Both (A) & (B) (D) Do not give ions (A) Both statements 1 (B) Both statements 1
 and 2 are true and and 2 are true but 40. The chemical substances which are secreted
statement 2 is the statement 2 is not from endocrine glands are called
correct explanation the correct (A) Puberty (B) Hormones
of statement 1. explanation of (C) Estrogen (D) Adolescence
statement 1. 41. Production of thyroxine requires
(C) Statement 1 is true (D) Both statements 1 (A) Sodium (B) Magnesium
and statement 2 is and 2 are false. (C) Iodine (D) Bromine
false 42. Larynx is also called
(A) Voice box (B) Sound box
Biology
(C) Black box (D) All of the above
34. 43. The first menstrual flow is called
Rhizobium bacteria
(A) Help in digestion (B) Help in nitrogen (A) Menstruation (B) Mensuration
fixation (C) Menarche (D) Menopause
(C) Cause diseases (D) All of the above 44. When a sperm containing Y chromosome
35. Microorganisms are found in fertilizes an egg with X chromosome, the
(A) Air (B) Water zygote develops into a ______child.
(C) Soil (D) All of these (A) Female (B) Either a male or
36. female
Bacteria are
(C) Male (D) No child
(A) Unicellular (B) Multicellular
45. Which of the following structure helps in
(C) Tissue (D) None of these
37. respiration in bacteria?
The study of Microorganisms is called : (A) mitochondria (B) ribosome
(A) Bryology (B) Mycology
(C) mesosomes (D) none of these
(C) Microbiology (D) Phycology
38. Which of the following structure is present
in bacteria? Mathematics
(A) Mesosomes
(C) Mitochondria
(B) Golgi bodies
(D) Chloroplast
46.
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The value of 0.6  0.7  0.8 is
39. (A) 21 (B) 19
Plough is a simple tool used for
(A) Weeding (B) Ploughing 10 9
(C) 7 (D) None of these
(C) Seed sowing (D) Both (A) and (B)
3
47. 4 2 6 8 (C) x  1 (D) x  1
HCF of , , , is
9 5 8 5 y y
(A) 1 (B) 2 53. 1 1
142 350 If a –  2 , then a 2  2 will be equal to :
a a
(C) 1 (D) 2 (A) 6 (B) 0
180 480 (C) 4 (D) None of
these
48.
0.127 is equal to 54. The value of 16.12– 8.92 is “
(A) 7 (B) 7 (A) 160 (B) 180
55 11 (C) 170 (D) None of these
(C) 2 (D) None of these 55. Factorise : (5x – 3) 2 – (5x – 3) – 20
55 (A) (5x + 8)(5x – 1) (B) (5x – 8)(5x + 1)
49.
 67.542   32.458 (C) (5x – 8)(5x – 1) (D) (5x + 8)(5x + 1)
2 2

The value of is 56. The LCM of the polynomials 8(x2 – 2x) (x –

67.542 – 32.458
(A) 1 (B) 10 6)2 and 2x(x2 – 4) (x – 6) 2 is ____ .
(A) 8(x2 – 4) (x2 – 6x)2 (B) 3
(C) 100 (D) None of these x – 4x) (x – 6) 2
50. (C) 8(x3
– 4x) (x – 6) 2 (D) 8x(x2 + 4) (x – 6)2
The rational form of 2.7435 is
(A) 27161 (B) 27 57. The value of x which satisfies the equation

9999 99 5 2
 is
(C) 27161 (D) 27161 x  6 3  2x
(A) 1/2 (B) 1/4
9900 9000
(C) 1/6 (D) 1/8
51. Factorise : x2 + (a + b + c) x + ab + bc
58. The sum of five consecutive odd natural
(A) (x + a) (x + b + c) (B) (x + b) (x + a + c)
numbers is 65. Find the sum of the extreme
(C) (x + c) (x + a + b) (D) None of these numbers.
52. (A) 26 (B) 30
x3  3x2  2 x
The rational expression in (C) 24 (D) 32
x 2 y  2 xy
59. Twelve years hence Ravi’s age will be nine
lowest terms is ____ .
times his age twelve years ago, find the
(A) x  2 (B) x  1
present age of Ravi.
y xy (A) 12 years (B) 15 years
(C) 18 years (D) 20 years
 60. 10 years ago I was ‘x’ years old. After 10 31. C
years, my age will be: 32. A
(A) (x + 20) years (B) (x – 20) years 33. B
34. B
(C) (x + 10) years (D) (x – 10) years.
35. D
36. A
Answer Key 37. C
1. A 38. A
2. C 39. B
3. D 40. B
4. A 41. C
5. C 42. A
6. C 43. C
7. D 44. C
8. D 45. C
9. C 46. C
10. A 47. C
11. B 48. A
12. B 49. C
13. C 50. C
14. D 51. B
15. C 52. C
16. D 53. A
17. C 54. B
18. B 55. B
19. A 56. C, 57. B, 58. A, 59. B, 60. A
20. A
21. C
22. A
23. B
24. B
25. C
26. C
27. D
28. D
29. C
30. A