ROUND 1: FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPT

1. Given that k2x2 + (2k + 3)y2 + 6x – 10y = 0, is an equation for a circle find the value of k.
ANSWER: k = 3, -1
2. Given that k2x2 - (4k + 3)y2 + 8x – 12y = 0, is an equation for a circle find the value of k.
ANSWER: k = -3, -1
3. Given that k2x2 + (4k + 5)y2 + 12x – 8y = 0, is an equation for a circle find the value of k.
ANSWER: k = 5, -1
4. Given that k2x2 + (4k + 12)y2 + 6x – 10y = 0, is an equation for a circle find the value of k.
ANSWER: k = 6, -2

Solve for x
1. 𝑥𝑥 = 224 Answer: x = 8
2. 𝑥𝑥 = 381 Answer: x = 27
3. 𝑥𝑥 = 480 Answer: x = 32
4. 𝑥𝑥 = 2384 Answer: x = 64

Preamble: Polyatomic ion is a group of two or more elements that stay together and act as though
they are one ion. Give the formula of the polyatomic ion given
1. Phosphate ion Answer: PO43-
2. Carbonate ion Answer: CO32-
3. Nitrate ion Answer: NO3-
4. Chlorate ion Answer: ClO3-

Give the solubility product (Ksp) expression for the given sparingly soluble salt in an aqueous
solution.
Aluminium carbonate Ksp = [Al3+]2 [CO32–]3
Silver phosphate Ksp = [Ag+]3 [PO43–]
Aluminum phosphate Ksp = [Al3+] [PO43–]
Lead iodide Ksp = [Pb2+] [I–]2

Preamble: Give one similarity in the sexual reproduction of moss & fern.

1. Sperms are flagellate

2. Embryo depends upon the gametophytic phase
3. Both show heteromorphic alternation of generation
4. An external source of water is required by the sperms to reach the archegonia
5. Oogamous mode of sexual reproduction (fertilization of non-motile female gamete with motile
gametes)
6. Female sex organs (archegonia) are flask-shape with a tubular neck and a swollen basal
venter.
Preamble: difference between the meiotic division of oogenesis and spermatogenesis
Oogenesis Spermatogenesis

Production Production of eggs from oogonia Production of sperm from

spermatogonia
Where the process Takes place inside the ovary in Takes place inside the testes in
take place females males

Period of growth Lengthy growth phase in oogonia The growth phase of

phase spermatogonia is short

Gametes motility Generates non-motile gametes Produces motile gametes

Preamble: convert the following temperatures

1. 27.00 ⁰C to kelvin Answer: 300.15 K
2. 350 K to celcius Answer: 77 ⁰C
3. 149 ⁰F to celcius Answer: 65.0 ⁰C
4. 25 ⁰C to fahrenheit Answer: 77 ⁰F

A spring of spring constant 7.0 N cm−1 and a spring of spring constant 5.0 N cm−1 are connected in
parallel. Find the extension of the parallel combination when a 56 N force is applied to it.
Ans: 𝟒. 𝟕 𝐜𝐦
A spring of spring constant 8 N cm−1 is connected in parallel with a second spring and a 48 N force
applied to the parallel combination produces an extension of 4.0 cm. Find the spring constant of the
second spring.
Ans: 𝟒 𝐍 𝐜𝐦−𝟏
Find the magnitude of the force that extends a parallel combination of a 12 N cm−1 spring and a
13 N cm−1 spring by 0.60 cm.
Ans: 𝟏𝟓 𝐍
A spring of spring constant 9.0 N cm−1 and a spring of spring constant 7.0 N cm−1 are connected in
parallel. Find the extension of the parallel combination when a 72 N force is applied to it.
Ans: 𝟒. 𝟓 𝐜𝐦
ROUND 2
1. Find the coordinates of the point of inflection of the cubic curve defined by y = x3 – 9x2 + 15x +
10
Answer: (3, 1)
2. Solve the trigonometric equation (2sinx – 1)(cosx – 1) = 0, for 0 < x < π/2.
Answer: x = π/6
3. determine the inverse of the rational function y = (3x + 2)/(x – 3)
Answer: y-1 = -(3x + 2)/(3 – x) or y-1 = (-3x – 2)/(-x + 3)

4. Which sugar is called an invert sugar.

Answer: Sucrose
5. Name the tissue that forms the cork in plants.
Answer: Phellogen
6. What name is given to the intermediate between bryophytes and gymnosperms?
Answer: Pteridophytes

7. Find the decay constant of a radioactive specimen whose activity decreases from 320 MBq to
20 MBq in 16 s.
Ans: 0.17 s −1
8. What is the period of the beats heard when a 275 Hz tuning fork and a 271 Hz tuning fork are
sounded together?
Ans: 0.25 s
9. Find the kinetic energy of a 4.00 kg object whose velocity is (12𝑖̂ − 5𝑗̂) m s −1.
Ans: 338 J

10. Calculate the mass of Urea required to prepare 0.25 moldm-3 aqueous solution.
Answer: 15 g
11. Helium, isobutyl alcohol, acetone and water. Arrange these molecules in order of increasing
boiling point.
Answer: Helium, acetone, water and isobutyl alcohol
12. How many lone pairs of electrons are on the central atom of the phosphorus pentachloride
molecule?
Answer: zero
Round 4: True or False
The given pair of quantities have the same dimensions
1. Torque and work Answer: True
2. Stress and energy Answer: False
3. Force and stress Answer: False
4. Force and work Answer: False

5. A measurement is precise if it is identical to the true value.

Answer: False
6. If a measurement is precise, then it is accurate.
Answer: False
7. In a set of precise measurements of the same quantity, the deviation of each result from the
mean of the measurements is small.
Answer: True
8. A measurement can have more accuracy but less precision and vice versa
Answer: True

9. Covalent bonds are formed between gases and liquids only

Answer: False
10. Polar covalent bonds are formed when a dipole is created between the atoms in a bond
Answer: True
11. A nonpolar bond is formed when two electrons are shared unequally between two atoms
Answer: False
12. A covalent bond arises from an electrostatic attraction of the nuclei of an atom for a shared
pair of electrons
Answer: True

Sodium will react with oxygen and forms an ionic compound.

13. Both oxygen and the two sodium are given stable octet by creating the ionic compound
Answer: True
14. The ionic compound has an overall neutral charge
Answer: True
15. The electrons are not equally shared between sodium and oxygen
Answer: True
16. In this compound, oxygen is the anion while the two sodium atoms are defined as cations
Answer: True

Preamble: Consider the following statement about a plane angle

17. It is a dimensionless quantity
Answer: True
18. It can be defined as the angle between two straight lines, that interest at a particular point
Answer: True
19. It can be defined as the radial projection made by a line segment onto a point in plane
Answer: True
20. It is defined as the ratio of the arc length to the radius of a circle
Answer: True
 21. The point A(-4, 5) is in the third quadrant
Answer: False
22. The point B(0, - 5) is in the fourth quadrant
Answer: False
23. The point C(-3, - 7) is in both the second and third quadrants.
Answer: False
24. The point B(-1, - 5) is in the third quadrant
Answer: True

Preamble: A string of length 𝟑 𝐦 is stretched between two fixed posts and plucked in the middle.
25. Standing waves on the string can include a wave of wavelength 5 m.
Ans: False
26. Standing waves on the string can include a wave of wavelength 6 m.
Ans: True
27. Standing waves on the string can include a wave of wavelength 3 m.
Ans: False
28. Standing waves on the string can include a wave of wavelength 2 m.
Ans: True

29. The power of a spherical mirror of focal length 1 m is 1 D. Answer: True

30. The power of a spherical mirror of focal length 2 m is 2 D. Answer:False
31. The power of a spherical mirror of focal length 0.2 m is 5 D. Answer: True
32. The power of a spherical mirror of focal length 2 m is 0.5 D. Answer: True
RIDDLES
1. I am a system of classification
2. I was first proposed by Theophrastus
3. I am a non-phylogenetic system of classification.
4. Carolus Linnaeus proposed me on basis of the presence or absence of some sexual characters like the
total number of stamens and carpels.
5. Aristotle on the other hand, used me for animals on the basis as anaima (invertebrate organisms with
the absence of blood) and enaima (vertebrates with the presence of red blood).
6. I am the classification system based on the presence or absence of few morphological or vegetative
characteristics.
Who am I?
Answer: Artificial System of Classification

1. I am one of the most important classes of organic compounds in living systems

2. I am made up of three different atoms
3. Due to my bonding structures, I am grouped into primary, secondary and tertiary
4. I am a derivative of an inorganic base
5. I am present in protein, vitamins, hormones etc
6. I am one of the classes of organic compounds that do not contain oxygen
7. I am used for water purification, medicine, insecticides, pesticides and an important component
of amino acids
8. I am a derived from ammonia
Who am I?
Amines / Amino group

1. I am a device
2. I am employed in a lots of household appliances including refrigerators, water coolers, and
heating and cooling systems.
3. In the refrigerator, I am designed to transfer heat from a working fluid to a secondary fluid or
the surrounding air
4. My working principle relies on the efficient heat transfer that occurs during phase changes
5. Forget the home appliances, I am an essential component of distillation
6. I am the device that turns a gas into a liquid using pressure
Who am I?
Answer: Condenser

1. I am a theory in mathematics
2. I was developed by an English mathematician, philosopher and logician
3. I am a branch of mathematics that deals with the study of chances and events uncertainty and
randomness
4. I provide the mathematical framework for analyzing and quantifying the likelihood of events
5. As part of my laws include the law of addition, law of multiplication, law of total probability
6. If something is impossible, my law says I am zero
7. I am a theory of events
Who am I?
Answer: Probability Theory