INTSO EDUCATION

SCIENCE TALENT SEARCH OLYMPIAD (STSO) 2015-16

STAGE - 2 TIME : 60 min.
CLASS : V Max. Marks : 50
Instructions:
= Fill the OMR sheet completely and carefully.
= Each question carries one mark and has only one correct answer. ¼ (one fourth) marks will be
deducted for indicating incorrect response of each question.
= The question paper contains 50 questions to be answered in 60 minutes.

PHYSICS
1. Earth pulls every object towards ___________ [ ]
1) centre of earth 2) surface of earth 3) oceans on earth 4) mountains on earth
2. __________ is amount of matter contained in a body [ ]
1) mass 2) weight 3) length 4) volume
3. SI unit of measuring length is _________ [ ]
1) millimetre 2) centimetre 3) metre 4) kilometre
4. Stretched spring possess ________ energy [ ]
1) kinetic energy 2) potential energy
3) both potential and kinetic energy 4) neither potential nor kinetic energy
5. Among the following, the correct way of representing length of pencil is _______ [ ]
1) 10 centimetres 2) ‘10’ centimetres 3) 10. centimetres 4) 10 centimetre
6. One litre is equal to __________ [ ]
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1) 100 ml 2) 1000 ml 3) 1000 cm 4) both 2 and 3
7. Potential energy is measured in __________ [ ]
1) newton 2) joule 3) joule / second 4) joule - second
8. The least measurement that can be measured by the centimetre scale is _______ [ ]
1) 1 cm 2) 10 mm 3) 1 m 4) 1 mm
9. Among the following, the unit which is not used to measure length of an object is [ ]
1) ton 2) yard 3) cubit 4) foot
10. Correct expression for kinetic energy is _________ [ ]
mV mV 2
1) mV2 2) 3) 4) 2mV2
2 2
11. Among the following, III class lever is [ ]
1) pliers 2) wheel barrow 3) human arm 4) bottle opener
12. The correct expression for mechanical advantage of a simple machine is [ ]
Load Effort
1) 2) 3) Load - Effort 4) Effort + Load
Effort Load
13. The force which is responsible to stop the vehicles on road is _________ [ ]
1) gravitational force 2) frictional force 3) magnetic force 4) tension force

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14. The lever in which effort is in middle is __________ [ ]
1) class I lever 2) class II lever 3) class III lever 4) class IV lever
15. Door knobs is an example to ________ [ ]
1) pulley 2) wheel and axle 3) wedge 4) screw
16. An unbalanced force can cause _________ [ ]
1) increase the speed 2) decrease the speed
3) change the direction of speed 4) all the above
17. Efficiency of ideal machine is ______ [ ]
1) 50% 2) 70% 3) 90% 4) 100%

CHEMISTRY
18. Argon, helium and oxygen are three different elements. They occur as gases in the air around us.
Oxygen reacts easily with a large number of elements like carbon, zinc but doesnot react with
gold. Read the above passage and identify the symbols of elements present in the above passage.
1) Ar, He, O, C, Zn, Au 2) HE, o, C, Zn, Au, Ar [ ]
3) O, c, AR, He, ZN, Au 4) ar, C, Zn, AU, He, O
19. Take four similar clean watch glasses pour 5 ml of clear [ ]
i) rain water ii) well water
iii) river water iv) sea water, separately in each of them.
Cover the watch glasses with a filter paper and place them either in sunshine or in oven till water
evaporates. In which of the water samples there will be maximum residue.
1) rain water 2) well water 3) river water 4) sea water
20. Choose the correct scientific term to represent the combined state of water in salts. [ ]
1) frozen water 2) water of crystallisation
3) water of salt 4) all the above
21. Which of the following forms are gaseous state of water [ ]
i) Cloud ii) Mist iii) Dew iv) Fog
1) i, ii, iii only 2) iii, iv only 3) i, ii, iv only 4) ii, iii, iv only
22. Sheetal has taken an empty bottle and fixed a deflated balloon on its mouth. She placed the bottle
in a container filled with hot water. After sometime, the balloon gets inflated. What could be the
most appropriate reason for this ? [ ]
1) Air when gets heated becomes heavier and rises up
2) Air when gets heated becomes lighter and settles down
3) Air when gets heated becomes heavier and settles down
4) Air when gets heated becomes lighter and rises up
23. Saurabh blew at a plastic toy windmill and then hold it under a tap from which water was drip-
ping. Which of the following was Saurabh trying to prove ? [ ]
1) That wind and flowing water possess energy
2) That his mouth and the tap possess energy
3) That his mouth and the water possess energy
4) That moving air and moving water does not possess energy
24. The boiling point of liquid nitrogen is [ ]
1) – 196 °C 2) – 209 °C 3) – 183 °C 4) – 186 °C

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25. There are two identification test for oxygen. [ ]
I) A wooden splinter burns in air but it burns rapidly in pure oxygen by forming gas X.
II) When oxygen gas is brought in contact with colourless nitrogen oxide brown fumes of gas Y is
formed
Identify gas X and Y respectively
1) CO, NO 2) CO2, NO2 3) CO2, NO 4) NO, NO2
26. Concentrated oxygen allows things to burn very rapidly. The fire that killed the appolo 1 crew in
a launch pad test, by giving no time to control the fire because the spaceship contained concen-
trated oxygen. Concentrated oxygen means [ ]
1) oxygen at high temperature 2) oxygen at high pressure
3) oxygen at more quantity 4) all the above
27. The deep sea divers carry oxygen cylinders for breathing. They use mixture of oxygen and another
gas X instead of nitrogen, name the gas ‘X’. [ ]
1) Hydrogen 2) Argon 3) Helium 4) Neon
28. The symbol of an element is the short hand representation of name of an element. There are few
important guidelines given by IUPAC to assign a symbol for an element. Some information is
given below. [ ]
S.No Element Symbol
1 Mercury A
2 B Sb
3 Sodium C
Choose the correct option to complete the above table.
A B C
1) MC Antimony Na
2) Hg Stibium Na
3) Hg Antimony So
4) Mr Stibium Na
29. A chemical formula represents the number of atoms of each element present in the given compound.
Then choose the correct statement from the following. [ ]
I) A formula unit of sodium chloride contains one chlorine atom and one atom of sodium
II) A molecule of Ammonium chloride contains four hydrogen atoms, one atom of nitrogen
and one atom of chlorine
III) A molecule of sulphuric acid contains one oxygen atom, one atom of sulphur and two atoms
of hydrogen.
1) I and II only 2) II and III only 3) I and III only 4) All are correct

30. S.NO Cation Anion Formula of compound

1 Calcium Chloride A
2 B Sulphate (NH4)2 SO4
3 Aluminium C AlPO4
Choose the correct option to complete the above table with A, B and C respectively.
A B C
1) CaCl Ammonium Phosphide
2) CaCl2 Ammonia Phosphide
3) CaCl2 Ammonium Phosphate
4) CaCl2 Ammonia Phosphite
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31. Identify the symbols which are given in the honour of scienctists [ ]
1) Cf 2) Rf 3) Pu 4) All
32. Among the following, an atomic equation is [ ]
1) 4HCl + O2 → 2H2O + 2Cl2 2) Mg + 2HCl + MgCl2 + H2
3) KClO3 → KCl + 3O 4) 2KClO3 → 2KCl + 3O2

33. The reactant 'X' in the reaction N 2 + X → NH 3 is [ ]

1) H2 2) O2 3) NH3 4) N2
34. The chemical formula of oxalate ion is [ ]
1) Cr2O7 −2 2) CrO4 −2 3) C 2O 4 −2 4) C2O7 −2

BIOLOGY
35. Identify the path travelled by a male gamete to reach ovule [ ]
1) Stigma → style → ovary 2) Ovary → style → stigma
3) Style → ovary → stigma 4) Style → stigma → ovary
36. Match the following . [ ]
Part - A Part - B
Sepal Protection
Petal X
Stamen Y
X, Y represents
1) X - Pollination, Y - Production of female gametes
2) X - Pollination, Y - Production of male gametes
3) X - Photosynthesis Y - Pollination
4) X - Fertilization Y - Pollination
37. Which part of a seed gives root system after germination [ ]
1) Cotyledons 2) Plumule 3) Radicle 4) Coleoptile

38.

The seed shown in this picture disperse by [ ]

1) Water 2) Wind 3) Animal 4) Explosion
39. Which of the following parts grow below the soil [ ]
1) Radicle 2) Plumule 3) Cotyledous 4) All the above
40. Identify the correct sequence of life cycle of a flowering plant [ ]
1) Seed → Fruit → Flower → Bud → Plant
2) Bud → Plant → Fruit → Flower → Seed
3) Bud → Flower → Fruit → Seed → Plant
4) Plant → Seed → Fruit → Flower → Bud
41. Identify the blood vessel which carries oxygenated blood to all parts of the body. [ ]
1) Pulmonary artery 2) Pulmonary Vein 3) Systemic aorta 4) Coronary artery

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42.

Observe the Picture of brain. [ ]

Which part of the brain controls heart beat
1) C 2) A & C 3) B 4) A & B
43. Which of the following is not an example of reflex action. [ ]
1) Coughing 2) Sneezing
3) Watering of the mouth 4) Eating
44. Largest external organ of the human body [ ]
1) Heart 2) Skin 3) Brain 4) Lungs
45. Observe the following flow chart of sound transmission [ ]

External year A B C

Internal year D E

B & E in the flow chart are

1) Stirrup & Brain 2) Anvil & Nerves 3) Hammer & Brain 4) Anvil & Brain
46. Dry Cough , mild fever, fatigue and excessive sweating are the symptoms of the following disease
1) Tuberculosis 2) Mumps 3) Measles 4) Small pox [ ]
47. Vitamin Deficiency disease [ ]
A X
D Rickets
C Y
X & Y represents
1) X - Night blindness Y - Scurvy 2) X - Goitre Y - Night blindness
3) X - Night blindness Y - Goitre 4) X - Anaemia Y - Goitre
48. Whcih of the following is not a communicable disease [ ]
1) Mumps 2) Obesity 3) Measles 4) Tuberculosis
49. Identify the adaptation shown by this animal [ ]
1) Possess more fat
2) Possess more RBC
3) Winter sleep
4) Good sense of smell
50. Which of the following animal living in desert never drink water in its life time [ ]
1) Desert lizard 2) Camel 3) Kangaroo rat 4) Fennex fox

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