ICSE_SCHOLARSHIP_MODEL_QP_2025
ICSE_SCHOLARSHIP_MODEL_QP_2025
ICSE_SCHOLARSHIP_MODEL_QP_2025
(PHYSICS / CHEMISTRY
APGET SCHOLARSHIP 2025-26
MATHEMATICS / BIOLOGY)
(FOR ICSE SYLLABUS)
1. A force of acts on a body of mass for starting from rest. What is its momentum
now ?
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2. A batsman hits back at ball straight in the direction of the bowler without changing its initial speed of
. If the mass of the ball is , find the impulse imparted to the ball. (Assume linear
motion of the ball)
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3. A gun fires a ball of horizontally from a cliff of height . It falls on the ground at a
distance of from the bottom of the cliff. The recoil velocity of the gun is (take,
)
(a) . (b) (c) (d)
4. A force of is applied on an object of mass placed on a rough surface having coefficient of
friction equal to . Work done by applied force in is
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5. A brick moves along -axis. Its acceleration as a
function of its position is shown in figure. What is the net
work performed on the brick by the force causing the
acceleration as the brick moves from to ?
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
6. A bullet of mass is moving with a speed of . It strikes a target and is brought to rest
after piercing into it. Calculate the average force of resistance offered by the target.
(a) (b) (c) (d)
7. A body of mass lifted at a height of from the surface of earth. The potential energy of the
body at given height, is [take, ]
(a) (b) (c) (d)
8. A one kilowatt motor is used to pump water from a well deep. The quantity of water pumped
out per second is nearly
(a) (b) (c) (d)
9. On centigrade or Celsius scale ( ) , the temperature of a body increases by . The increase in
emperature on Fahrenheit scale ( ) is
(a) (b) (c) (d)
10. Three rods made of the same material and having the same cross-
section have been joined as shown in the figure. Each rod is of
the same length. The left and right ends are kept at and ,
respectively. The temperature of the junction of the three rods
will be
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
11. of ice at is mixed with of water at in a container. The resulting
temperature is . Heat of fusion of ice is (given, specific heat of water is )
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
12. Two cars moving in opposite directions approach each other with speed of and ,
respectively. The driver of the first car blows a horn having a frequency , then the frequency
heard by the driver of the second car is [velocity of sound is
(a) (b) (c) (d)
13. Twenty million electrons reaches from point to point in two micro
second as shown in the figure. Direction and magnitude of the current
is
(a) from to (b) from to
(c) A from to (d) A from to
14. The current in a wire varies with time according to the equation , where is in ampere and
is in second. The quantity of charge which passes through a cross-section of the wire during the
time to is
(a) (b) (c) (d)
15. The resistance of a long wire is . Its length is increased by by stretching the wire
uniformly The resistance of wire will change to
(a) (b) (c) (d)
16. The equivalent resistance of resistors each of same resistance when connected in series is . If the
same resistances are connected in parallel, the equivalent resistances will be
(a) (b) (c) (d)
17. The internal resistance of a cell which gives a current of A through a resistance of is
(a) (b) (c) (d)
18. When a charged particle moves perpendicular to the region of magnetic field, then
(a) magnitude of its velocity keeps on changing (b) velocity of particle remains constant
(c) direction of momentum keeps on changing (d) kinetic energy of particle keeps on changing
19. If two parallel current-carrying conductors placed apart in vacuum are placed such that each
carries current, then there is a force of
(a) per metre of length (b) per metre of length
(c) per metre of length (d) per metre of length
20. A moving coil galvanometer is an instrument which
(a) is used to measure EMF
(b) is used to measure potential difference
(c) is used to measure resistance
(d) is a deflection instrument which gives a deflection when a current flows through its coil
21. A concave mirror has a radius of curvature of . The image of a object formed in mirror is
times the size of the object. How far is the mirror from the object?
(a) (b) (c) (d)15cm
22. When an object lying in a denser medium is observed from rare medium, then real depth of object is
(a) more than that observed (b) less than that observed
(c) equals to observed depth (d) depends on angle of vision
e de h
23. The ratio is equal to
e de h
(a) refractive index of denser medium with respect to air
(b) refractive index of denser medium with respect to rarer medium
(c) refractive index of rare medium with respect to air
(d) refractive index of rare medium with respect to denser medium
24. Mass of nucleus is
(a) equal to mass of nucleons (b) more than mass of nucleons
(c) less than mass of nucleons (d) may be more or less, depends on size of nucleus
25. Binding energy ( ) is
(a) energy required to separate nucleus from its atoms
(b) energy required to break a nucleus into its nucleons
(c) energy required to remove all electrons of the atom
(d) energy required to break an atom into electrons, protons and neutrons
26. Among the period-2 element, the element which has high electron affinity is
(a) Lithium (b) Carbon (c) Chlorine (d) Fluorine
27. Ionisation potential increases over a period from left to right because the:
(a) Atomic radius and nuclear charge increases
(b) Atomic radius and nuclear charge decreases
(c) Atomic radius increases and nuclear charge decreases
(d) Atomic radius decreases and nuclear charge increases
28. Element M forms a chloride with the formula which is a solid with high melting point. M
wou d mos ike y be i he g ou i which …….. is ced.
(a) Na (b) Mg (c) Al (d) Si
29. The molecule which contains a triple covalent bond is:
(a) Ammonia (b) Methane (c) Water (d) Nitrogen
30. The acid which contains four hydrogen atoms is
(a) Formic (b) Sulphuric (c) Nitric (d) Acetic-acid
31. When red litmus solution is treated with HNO3, the color of red litmus solution changes to
(a) Blue (b) Purple (c) No color change (d) Green
32. Which of the following contains maximum number of molecules:
(a) 4 g of (b) 4 g of (c) 4 g of (d) 4 g of
33. A gas cylinder of capacity of 20 is filled with gas X the mass of which is 10 g. when the same
cylinder is filled with hydrogen gas at the same temperature and pressure the mass of the hydrogen is
2g, hence the relative molecular mass of the gas is:
(a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 15 (d) 20
34. Oxygen oxidizes ethyne to carbon dioxide and water as shown by the equation:
What volume of ethyne gas at s.t.p is required to produce 8.4 of carbon dioxide at STP?
[H=1, C=12, O=16]
(a) 4.2 (b) 5.6 (c) 3.7 (d) 7.2
35. Identify the weak electrolyte from the following:
(a) Sodium chloride solution (b) Dilute hydrochloric acid
(c) Dilute sulphuric acid (d) Aq. Acetic acid
36. Match the following in column A with the correct answer from the choice given in column B:
Column A Column B
1. Ammonium hydroxide (i) Contains only ions
2. Dilute hydrochloric acid (ii) Contains only molecules
3. Carbon tetrachloride (iii) Contains ions and molecules
(a) ( ) ( ) () (b) ( ) () ( )
(c) () ( ) ( ) (d) ( ) () ( )
37. The metal other than aluminium, which has a strong affinity for oxygen is:
(a) Copper (b) Magnesium (c) Silver (d) Gold
38. Brass is an alloy of:
(a) Copper and tin (b) Copper and zinc
(c) Zinc and lead (d) Lead and tin
39. Name the gas produced when excess ammonia reacts with chlorine.
(a) (b) (c) (d)
40. Lead nitrate decomposes on heating to give:
(a) NO (b) (c) (d)
41. Identify the gas evolved when sulphur reacts with concentrated nitric acid
(a) (b) (c) (d)
42. In the given equation : Identify the role played by conc.
56. The sum and product of the roots of the equation are equal, then the value of is
(a) (b) (c) (d)
57. The present ages of X and Y are represented in the ratio as 6: 4. Five years ago their ages were in the
ratio 5 : 3. What are their present ages?
(a) 25 and 15 year (b) 26 and 16 years (c) 28 and 18 years (d) 30 and 20 years
58. For which value of p given ratios will be equal (3p-5):2 and 1:(8p-6)
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) none of these
59. If (x+3) is a factor of , then the value of a is
(a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 4 (d) 6
2 2
60. If x + a is a common factor of expressions f(x) = x + px + q and g(x) = x + mx + n; Then find the
value of a.
(a) (b) (c) (d) none of these