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SAMPLE
PAPER
 MENTAL ABILITY
1. In which figure both the lines are perpendicular to each other ?
R
P
A C
W W X M N
E
(A) J (B) (C) (D)
B P Q
Q D
T

1
2. Pia divided a pizza into 8 equal pieces. John ate of a piece. What fraction of the pizza did John
2
eat ?
1 1 11
(A) (B) (C) 4 (D)
16 8 2

3. Ms. Meera takes 15 minutes to drive from her house to the store. Which is the best estimate of the
distance from her house to the store?
(A) 105 km (B) 5 km (C) 20 cm (D) 200 km

4. + = 3216, + = 2304, find the value of + .

(A) 4128 (B) 4218 (C) 4812 (D) 4821

5. Ashok wrote the pattern shown below.

4, 16, 64, 256, ____
Which rule describes the pattern ?
(A) Add 4 (B) Add 12 (C) Multiply by 4 (D) Multiply by 8

6. The given table shows some of the snack items sold at a football Snacks for sale
game. What is the order of the items in the table from the least Popcorn............................` 68.50
expensive to the most expensive? Soda..................................` 28.00
(A) Chips, soda, icecream, popcorn, hot dog Chips.................................` 25.00
(B) Popcorn, hot dog, soda, chips, icecream Icecream...........................` 50.00
Hot dog..............................` 82.50
(C) Icecream, hot dog, chips, soda, popcorn
(D) Popcorn, soda, chips, icecream, hot dog.

7. A loaded trailer truck weighs 26,643 kilograms. When the trailer truck is empty, it weighs 10,547
kilograms. About how much does the load weigh ?
(A) 14,000 kilograms (B) 16,000 kilograms (C) 18,000 kilograms (D) 36,000 kilograms

8. Monika decided to bake cookies on Saturday morning. She started getting the ingredients out at
8:20. It took 1 hour to make the batter and bake the cookies. What time was it when she finished
making cookies?

12 1 12 1 12 1 12 1
11 11 11 11
10 2 10 2 10 2 10 2
9 3 9 3 9 3 9 3
(A) 8 4 (B) 8 4 (C) 8 4 (D) 8 4
7 6 5 7 6 5 7 6 5 7 6 5

13th NSO | Level­I | Class 5 2 Set­B

9. Which of the given statements is false?
1 2 1 3 1 5 1 4
(A) = (B) = (C) = (D) =
5 10 3 9 5 25 3 9

10. I have 4 sides.

I have only one pair of parallel sides.
I have more than one right angle.
What shape am I?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

11. The school photographer plans to place 360 photos on 24 pages of a school yearbook. If he places
the same number of photos on each page, how many photos will the school photographer place
on each page?
(A) 13 (B) 14 (C) 15 (D) 16

12. What is the smallest number of squares that must be added so that the A
line AB becomes a line of symmetry ?
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
B
(D) 5

Figure ­1 Figure ­ 2
13. There are four bike tracks in Garland Park. Figure­2
shows one of the bike tracks. Figure­1 shows the 1 km
1 km
distances of all bike tracks. Which bike track
does Figure­2 show ? 0.5 km 1.5 km

(A) Coaster (B) Twister 2 km

(C) River run (D) Wood way

14. Which of the following letters belong to the given monogram ?

(A) OSTU (B) OSIE
(C) OSTY (D) OSIZ

15. Look at the given pattern.

? ?

Which of the following figures will fill the boxes to complete the given pattern ?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

SCIENCE
16. Two planets in our solar system have volcanoes. One is Earth, other is _____.
(A) Saturn (B) Mercury (C) Neptune (D) Venus

Set­B 3 13th NSO | Level­I | Class 5

17. Which of the children's descriptions given below are considered to be inherited traits?
Child's name Description
Savita Has short hair
Ritu Has blue eyes
Megha Has pierced ear­lobe
Gita Has straight hair
(A) Savita and Ritu (B) Ritu and Gita (C) Savita and Megha (D) Megha and Gita

18. In the given food web, which organism is both a prey (being eaten) and a predator (feeds on other
organisms)?
Caterpillar
(A) Hen
(B) Hawk Grass Hen Hawk
(C) Caterpillar
(D) Grasshopper Grasshopper

19. On Earth, green plants are useful and needed by animals as they ____.
(i) Provide shelter. (ii) Are food producers.
(iii) Produce oxygen. (iv) Produce carbon dioxide.
(A) (i) & (iv) (B) (i), (ii) & (iii) (C) (ii), (iii) & (iv) (D) (i), (ii), (iii) & (iv)

20. A group of students are building a model of an ecosystem. Which of the following organisms should
the students select as a decomposer?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

21. Which of the following is NOT a good cooking practice ?

(A) Washing vegetables after peeling and cutting (B) Washing vegetables before peeling and cutting
(C) Over cooking the food (D) Both (A) & (C)

22. The change in appearance of foxes in different seasons

is due to _____.
(A) Mimicry
(B) Camouflage
(C) Hibernation
Fox in Summer Fox in Winter
(D) Adaptation

23. Which one of the following is NOT a mammal?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

24. Which of the following is NOT a correct match ?

(A) Butter, ghee – Source of minerals (B) Bread, rice, potato – Source of carbohydrates
(C) Fish, milk, eggs – Source of proteins (D) Green vegetables – Source of vitamins

13th NSO | Level­I | Class 5 4 Set­B

25. Which one of the following represents Y in the given flow chart ? Water
(A) Ice
Gas
(B) Snow Solid
Example
(C) Steam Liquid
Y
(D) Hailstone

26. Shweta and Farheen are growing girls. Shweta takes lots of fried food like samosas, pakoras and
also sweets and chocolates etc. Whereas, Farheen takes iron deficient diet. Which of the following
disorders are they likely to suffer from respectively?
(A) Anaemia and Marasmus (B) Night blindness and Obesity
(C) Obesity and Marasmus (D) Obesity and Anaemia

27. In the night time, Urvashi observes that some stars appear to shine more brightly than the others.
Which of the following can be a possible reason for her observation?
(A) The bigger the star, the brighter it will be. (B) Some of these stars are nearer to Earth.
(C) The stars are illuminating some special light effects.
(D) Some stars can shine more brightly than the others.

28. The given figure shows a factory located along a river. What will be
its effect on the environment ?
(A) Animals from other places will migrate to the riverside.
(B) Plants by riverside will flourish excessively.
(C) Aquatic organisms living in the river will get destroyed.
(D) Animals which drink river water will show better health.

29. Refer the given figure to answer the following question.

A student added a small ball to a graduated cylinder containing 10 millilitres
of water. What is the volume of the ball?
mL mL
25 25
(A) 5 ml 20 20
15 15
(B) 10 ml 10 10
5 5
(C) 15 ml
(D) 20 ml

30. Which of the following is a major source of calcium?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

31. Which of the following is NOT a renewable resource?

(A) Solar energy (B) Tidal energy (C) Electrical energy (D) Wind energy

32. Seeds which have wings and tufts of hair on them are dispersed by ____.
(A) Explosion (B) Air (C) Water (D) Animals

33. The hottest planet in the solar system is ____.

(A) Earth (B) Uranus (C) Neptune (D) Mercury

Set­B 5 13th NSO | Level­I | Class 5

34. In an experiment, a plant was placed in red
Plant
coloured water as shown in the figure 'a'. At the
end of the day, the stem and a leaf were cut and
Beaker Red coloured
the red colour was seen as shown in the figure
water Red colour
'b'. Which of the following statements are correct
regarding this observation ? a b
(i) The stem stores water. (ii) The roots take in water.
(iii) The leaves use water to make food.
(iv) The stem sends water from the roots to the leaves.
(A) (i) & (ii) (B) (ii) & (iv) (C) (i) & (iii) (D) (ii) & (iii)

35. What causes droplets of water to appear on the outside of Ice

the glass of water?
(A) Overflowing of water from the glass Water Water droplets

(B) Melting of ice in the glass

(C) Condensation of water vapours in the surrounding air
(D) None of these

36. Which one of the following match is NOT correct?

Part of flower Function
(A) Petal Attracts insects for pollination
(B) Ovule Develops into seeds
(C) Stem Holds and supports the flower
(D) Stigma Produces pollen grains

37. Use the figure given below to answer the question that follows.
If you are standing on the Earth where the small arrow is pointing, which picture shows how the
Moon would look like ?
Moon
(A) (B)
Sunlight

(C) (D) Earth

38. Which one of the following groups of living things obtain their food directly from plants?
(A) Sheep, monkey and squirrel (B) Caterpillar, cat and snail
(C) Chicken, lizard and butterfly (D) Spider, grasshopper and rabbit

39. What will happen to the paper clips in the given figure ?
(A) The paper clips will be attracted towards the magnet.
(B) Nothing will happen because the paper clips are Paper clips
Magnet
not magnetic.
(C) Nothing will happen because the magnet is not
Tracing paper
strong enough to attract the paper clips.
(D) Nothing will happen because the tracing paper prevents the magnetic force from passing through.

13th NSO | Level­I | Class 5 6 Set­B

40. Which one of the following actions does NOT help to conserve water?
(A) Collecting rainwater to wash floors (B) Washing dishes under a running tap
(C) Using recycled water to cool factory machines
(D) Watering plants using water which was used to rinse rice

41. Study the given Venn diagram. Which one of the animals Animals that
lay eggs
P, Q, R or S is a hawk?
(A) P Q
R Animals that
Animals with
(B) Q 2 legs eat plants only
P S
(C) R
(D) S

42. A sudden movement of Earth's crust is called ____.

(A) Avalanche (B) Landslide (C) Earthquake (D) Tsunami

43. When we see more than half of the Moon, it is called ____.
(A) New Moon (B) Gibbous Moon (C) Crescent Moon (D) Full Moon

44. A group of students has to prepare a school project on food chain. They gathered the given images
for the same. What should be the right order for placing them in the food chain?
(A) a®b®c®d
(B) a®c®b®d
(C) a®b«d®c
b
(D) a d
c a b c d

45. At which of the following temperatures the water will start boiling?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

46. Identify P, Q and R in the given figure and select the correct option.

P
R
Q

P Q R
(A) Condensation Freezing Melting
(B) Evaporation Melting Freezing
(C) Condensation Evaporation Freezing
(D) Evaporation Condensation Melting

Set­B 7 13th NSO | Level­I | Class 5

47. Which of the following phenomena depicts loss of water from the plants due to evaporation?
(A) Transpiration (B) Precipitation (C) Condensation (D) Respiration

48. Ragini is prone to mild infections and is frequently falling ill. Doctor says that her immunity has
decreased due to nutrient deficiency and advices her to take citrus fruits like tomatoes, lemons,
oranges in her diet. Which of the following can be the deficient nutrient?
(A) Vitamin C (B) Vitamin K (C) Vitamin D (D) Vitamin E

49. Priyanka sprayed 2 pieces of bread with water and put

each into a plastic bag. She sealed the bags tightly. Then Mould
she put one bag into the freezer and the other was left
on a table near the kitchen window. 5 days later, she took
the bag out of the freezer and compared it to the one on X Y
the table. The given figure shows what she saw. From freezer On table

Which of the following was Priyanka trying to find out ?

(A) Mould requires air to grow. (B) Mould requires light to grow.
(C) Mould requires water to grow. (D) Mould requires warmth to grow.

Muscle
50. In the given figure X is a ____.
X
(A) Ligament
(B) Tendon
(C) Joint Bone

(D) Girdle

SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK

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 ANSWER KEYS

1. (C) 2. (A) 3. (B) 4. (A) 5. (C) 6. (A) 7. (B)

8. (B) 9. (D) 10. (B) 11. (C) 12. (D) 13. (C) 14. (A)
15. (A) 16. (D) 17. (B) 18. (A) 19. (B) 20. (C) 21. (D)
22. (D) 23. (C) 24. (A) 25. (C) 26. (D) 27. (B) 28. (C)
29. (A) 30. (C) 31. (C) 32. (B) 33. (D) 34. (B) 35. (C)
36. (D) 37. (A) 38. (A) 39. (A) 40. (B) 41. (B) 42. (C)
43. (B) 44. (D) 45. (D) 46. (C) 47. (A) 48. (A) 49. (D)
50. (B)