Samacheer Talent Recognition Drive - Fiitjee Regional

1 Fiitjee Samacheer Talent Recognition Drive CLASS - 10 (10th going to 11th) Time: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 300 IQ, MATHS, PHYSICS & CHEMISTRY 1. Caution: Question paper CODE as given above MUST be correctly marked in the answer OMR sheet before attempting the paper . Wrong CODE or no CODE will give wrong results. 2. Answers have to be marked on the OMR sheet. 3. The Question paper contains blank spaces for your rough work. No additional sheets will be provided for rough work. 4. Blank papers, clip boards, log tables, slide rule, calculator, cellular phones, pagers and electronic devices, in any form, are not allowed 5. Write your Name, Reg. No. and Test Centre in the space provided at the bottom of this sheet. 6. You are advised to devote around 1 Hour on each Section as there will be minimum cutoff marks in each Section for qualifying.

2 7. The question paper consists of 4 Sections: Section - (30 questions) (30 questions) Section (20 questions) Section (20 questions). 8. Each question carries +3 marks for correct answer and -1 mark for wrong answer. Name of the Candidate : Registration Number : Date of Examination : Centre : STRD-2014 -CLASS - 10 -P 2 IQ, Maths, Phy & Chem Regional Head Quarters: : : : Fiitjee TOWERS, , First Lane, (Next Apex Plaza), Nungambakkam High Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai 600 034. IQ IQ IQ IQ Secti Secti Secti Secti I I I I Directions ( 1 5) Complete the given series.

3 1. 4, 9, 19, 34, 54, .. (A) 79 (B) 74 (C) 89 (D) 83 2. 1, 9, 25, 49, .. (A) 64 (B) 56 (C) 71 (D) 81 3. 0, 3, 8, 15, .., 35 (A) 24 (B) 25 (C) 26 (D) 20 4. 1, 8, 27, 64, .., 216 (A) 127 (B) 125 (C) 124 (D) 128 5. 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, .., 28, 36 (A) 24 (B) 22 (C) 64 (D) 21 Directions ( to 9): These questions are based on the following Venn Diagram and answer the questions given below. The rectangle represents artists, the circle represents players and the triangle represents doctors. 6. How many players are neither artists nor doctors? (A) 20 (B) 10 (C) 25 (D) 45 7. How many doctors are both players and artists? (A) 6 (B) 4 (C) 10 (D) 20 Space for rough work STRD-2014 -CLASS - 10 -P 3 IQ, Maths, Phy & Chem Regional Head Quarters: : : : Fiitjee TOWERS, , First Lane, (Next Apex Plaza), Nungambakkam High Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai 600 034.

4 8. How many doctors are neither players nor artists? (A) 28 (B) 20 (C) 25 (D) 10 9. How many artists are players but not doctors? (A) 20 (B) 25 (C) 28 (D) 10 Directions (Q,No. 10 - 13): In the following questions, group of four figures are given in questions. Out of these four figures one figure is different, while three figures are similar in some way. Find out the different figure (odd one out). 10. 11. 12. 13. Directions ( 14 - 18): Read the information given below and answer the following questions. (i) A, B, C, D, E and F are six members of a family. (ii) One couple has parents and their children in the family. (iii) A is the son of C and E is the daughter of A. (iv) D is the daughter of F, who is the mother of E. Space for rough work STRD-2014 -CLASS - 10 -P 4 IQ, Maths, Phy & Chem Regional Head Quarters: : : : Fiitjee TOWERS, , First Lane, (Next Apex Plaza), Nungambakkam High Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai 600 034.

5 14. Who are the male members in the family? (A) A and C (B) C and F (C) A, B and D (D) D and F 15. Which of the following pairs is the parents of the children? (A) BC (B) CF (C) BF (D) None of these 16. Which of the following pairs is the parents of the couple? (A) AB (B) BC (C) AF (D) CF 17. How many female members are there in the family? (A) Two (B) Three (C) Four (D) Can t be determined 18. What relationship of D and E bear to each other? (A) Sister and brother (B) Mother and son (C) Grandmother and granddaughter (D) Sisters Directions ( 19 - 21): In the following questions, three are alike in certain way and so form a group. Which is one that does not belong to that group. 19. (A) Lock-key (B) Motorcycle-fuel (C) Book-copy (D) River-water 20. (A) Food : Hunger (B) Water : Thirst (C) Air : suffocation (D) Talent : Education 21.

6 (A) Stallion : Colt (B) Drake : Duck (C) Dog : Bitch (D) Drone : Bee Directions ( 22 - 24): In each of the following questions, certain pairs of words are given out of which the words in all pairs except one, bear a certain common relationship choose the pair in which the words are differently related. 22. (A) Tripitaka : Buddhist (B) Temple : Hindu (C) Avesta : Parasi (D) Torah : Jew 23. (A) Whale : Mammal (B) Frog : Amphibian (C) Salamander : Insect (D) Snake : Reptile 24. (A) Donald : Comedy (B) Holmes : Suspense (C) Premchand : Novel (D) Robinson : Adventure Space for rough work STRD-2014 -CLASS - 10 -P 5 IQ, Maths, Phy & Chem Regional Head Quarters: : : : Fiitjee TOWERS, , First Lane, (Next Apex Plaza), Nungambakkam High Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai 600 034. 25. If TEAM is coded as VGCO , then LIFE will be coded as (A) NJGE (B) NLIH (C) NKHH (D) NKHG 26.

7 In a certain code language, MAN is coded as NBO , then in the same code language TUL will be written as (A) UVP (B) UWN (C) UVM (D) UMW 27. If the word CLERK is coded as EOIWQ , how would you code the word TABLE ? (A) VCDNG (B) VCDGN (C) VDFQK (D) VDFOK 28. If the word TRADE is coded as XVEHI , how the word PUBLIC should be coded? (A) TYFMPG (B) SXEOLF (C) TYFPMG (D) SXLLOP 29. In a certain code, POLISH is written as MLIFPE , then DIG is the code for which word? (A) GLJ (B) CHI (C) ECH (D) AFD 30. Choose the alternative which most closely resembles the mirror image of DBV8478 (A) (B) (C) (D) Space for rough work STRD-2014 -CLASS - 10 -P 6 IQ, Maths, Phy & Chem Regional Head Quarters: : : : Fiitjee TOWERS, , First Lane, (Next Apex Plaza), Nungambakkam High Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai 600 034.

8 Athe atics athe atics athe atics athe atics Secti Secti Secti Secti I I I IIIII 1. Null set is a set which has .. (A) finite number of elements (B) infinite number of elements (C) no element (D) only one element 2. 21( )1xf xx+=+ then (1)( 1)ff+ is .. (A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 12 (D) 14 3. For any three sets A, B and C, ()ABC is .. (A) ()()ABBC (B) ()()ABAC (C) ()ABC (D) ()()ABBC 4. If ( )20, ( ) 30n An B== and ()40,n AB = then ()n AB is equal to .. (A) 50 (B) 10 (C) 40 (D) 70 5. Given ( )( 1)xf x= is a function from N to Z.

9 Then the range of f is .. (A) {1} (B) N (C) {1, 1} (D) Z 6. If 123,, ,..,na a aa are in , such that 473,2aa= then the 13th term of the is .. (A) 32 (B) 0 (C) 112a (D) 114a 7. If , ,a b c are in then a bb c is equal to .. (A) ab (B) bc (C) ac (D) 1 Space for rough work STRD-2014 -CLASS - 10 -P 7 IQ, Maths, Phy & Chem Regional Head Quarters: : : : Fiitjee TOWERS, , First Lane, (Next Apex Plaza), Nungambakkam High Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai 600 034. 8. The first term of an is 4, last term is 44, there are 7 terms. Hence their sum is .. (A) 48 (B) 333 (C) 168 (D) 280 9. 1(21)nkk= is .. (A) 2k (B) 2(21)k (C) 2n (D) (1)2n n+ 10. If , ,a b c are in then 111,,bc ca ab are in .. (A) not in (B) not in (C) (D) 11.

10 If 391 4x = Find x .. (A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 2 (D) 3 12. If 2( 1 2 4)( 10)3a = then the value of a is .. (A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 0 (D) 2 13. If 7 21 3A = and 1024A B += then the matrix B= .. (A) 1 00 1 (B) 6231 (C) 8217 (D) 821 7 Space for rough work STRD-2014 -CLASS - 10 -P 8 IQ, Maths, Phy & Chem Regional Head Quarters: : : : Fiitjee TOWERS, , First Lane, (Next Apex Plaza), Nungambakkam High Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai 600 034. 14. Which one of the following is true for any two square matrices A and B of same order? (A) ()TTTABA B= (B) ()TTTTA BA B= (C) ()TABBA= (D) ()TTTABB A= 15. If 1234A = and ,A B O+= then B is .. (A) 1234 (B) 1234 (C) 1234 (D) 1 00 1 16.