NTSE - SAT-2017...

Small cut pieces of soft stems are placed in growth medium with the following plant hormones. Which combination of plant hormones will show the slowest growth?

Which of the following demonstrate the characteristics of cardiac muscle cells?

An animal kept in a jar has the following features:

I. It is bilaterally symmetrical.
II. It has coelomic cavity.
III. The body is segmented.
IV. It has jointed appendages.

To which phylum does the animal belong?

Read the following statements and select the correct option.

Statement - I: Nostoc and Bacteria are prokaryotes.
Statement - II: Penicillium and Spirogyra are fungi.

You find a herbaceous flowering plant growing in your school garden having leaves with parallel venation.

Out of the following, choose the correct additional features the given plant would be possessing.

(I) It has no secondary vascular tissues.
(II) Its flower possesses three sepals.
(III) It possesses tap root.
(IV) Its embryo has 2 cotyledons.

Varieties of vegetables such as cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower have been produced from a wild cabbage species. Such process of producing new varieties of living organisms is called

Which of the following are pairs of analogous organs?

(I) Forelimbs of horse — Wings of bat
(II) Wings of bat — Wings of butterfly
(III) Forelimbs of horse — Wings of butterfly
(IV) Wings of bird — Wings of bat

Which of the following organisms is used as a biopesticide?

A tall plant (TT) is crossed with a dwarf plant (tt). All F₁ plants showed tall phenotype. Which of the following correctly defines a test cross?

Which of the following pairs of causative agent and type of disease are correct?

(I) Leishmania – Sleeping sickness
(II) Nematode – Elephantiasis
(III) Trypanosoma – Kala azar
(IV) Staphylococcus – Acne

Pancreatic juice contains more than one enzyme. Which among the following combinations is correct?

You discover a new species of a plant. You also discover that it produces motile sperms and dominant generation has diploid cells. It belongs to

At every 20 mintues, one bacterium divides into two. How many bacteria will be produced after two hours, if one starts with 10 bacteria?

A solution is a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances. Which of the following is a solution?

Which of the following statements is incorrect about graphite and diamond?

A compound 'X' reacts with a compound 'Y', to produce a colourless and odourless gas. The gas turns lime water milky. When 'X reacts with methanol in the presences of concentrated H₂SO₄, a sweet smelling substance is produced. The molecular formula of the compound 'X' is

A source produces sound waves under water. Waves travel through water and then into air. Which of the following statements about the frequency (f) and the wavelength (λ) is correct as sound passes from water to air?

The sum of all the possible remainders, which can be obtained when the cube of a natural number is divided by 9, is

When a polynomial p(x) is divided by (x – 1), the remainder is 3. When p(x) is divided by (x – 3), the remainder is 5. If r(x) is the remainder when p(x) is divided by (x – 1)(x – 3), then the value of r(–2) is

If the quadratic equation x² + bx + 72 = 0 has two distinct integer roots, then the number of all possible values for 'b' is

Shyam wants to make a solid brick shape structure from 400 wooden cubes of unit volume each. If the sides of the solid brick have the ratio 1 : 2 : 3, then the maximum number of cubes, which can be used, will be

On dividing 2272 as well as 875 by a 3-digit number N, we get the same remainder in each case. The sum of the digits of N is

The value(s) of k for which x² + 5kx + k² + 5 is exactly divisible by (x + 2) but not by (x + 3) is/are

The cost of two apples, three bananas and one coconut is Rs. 26. Also, the cost of three apples, two bananas and two coconuts is Rs. 35. Then, the cost of 12 apples, 13 bananas and 7 coconuts is

Arrange the developments related to European history in a chronological sequence.

I. Napoleon invaded Italy.
II. Unification of Italy.
III. Unification of Germany.
IV. Vienna Settlement.

Which of the following statements about Liberals in the 19^th century Europe are correct?

I. They favoured the Catholic Church.
II. They opposed dynastic rule with unlimited power.
III. They were democrats.
IV. They did not want any voting rights for women.

Which of the following statements are correct?

I. In the beginning Bombay was under the Portuguese control.
II. Control of Bombay passed onto the French in the 17^th century.
III. The Marathas replaced the French in Bombay.
IV. Bombay became the capital of the Presidency in early 19^th century.

Which of the following statements are correct?

I. The Chinese introduced printing.
II. The Buddhist missionaries introduced printing in Japan.
III. The Chinese developed printing to facilitate their expanding trade.
IV. Printing reached Europe through Italy.

Statement I: During the years of the Great Depression the economic crisis was worse in Germany.
Statement II: The President of the Weimar Republic had the power to impose emergency.

Statement I : The Forest Act of 1878 categorized some forests as 'reserved forests'.
Statement II : They were considered the best forests for people's use.

Statement I: Shifting cultivation was widely prevalent in different parts of India in the 19^th century.
Statement II: More and more people took to shifting cultivation when forest laws were enacted.

Statement I: Cricket emerged as a colonial game.
Statement II: Cricket was started in England.

Statement I: Mahatma Gandhi wished everyone had clothes to wear.
Statement II: He wanted everyone to wear the single loincloth as he did.

Statement I: The Spanish conquest of America was not a conventional military conquest.
Statement II: One of the most powerful weapon was the spread of smallpox.

Statement I: The silk routes led to trade and cultural links between distant parts of the world.
Statement II: Early Christian missionaries travelled to Asia through this route.

Statement I: The French used forced labour in Indo-China for building canals.
Statement II: Vietnam became a major exporter of rice in the world.

Match List I (Layers of Atmosphere) and List II (Characteristics) and select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Which of the following statements are correct?

I. Rann of Kachchh is formed by the recession of the sea.
II. Kuchaman, Sambhar and Didwana are salt water lakes.
III. The land to the east of Aravallis is known as Bagar.
IV. The fertile flood plains formed by small streams in Rajasthan are known as Rohi.

Match List I (Original Rock) with List II (Metamorphic Rock) and select the correct answer using the codes given below:

Match List I (Mineral Oil Refineries) with List II (States) and select the correct answer using the codes given below:

Match List I (Industries) with List II (Important Centers) and select the correct answer using the codes given below:

Which one of the following islands is closest to the equator?

Which of the following characteristics are true about plantation agriculture?

I. Generally plantation agriculture is considered as an example of subsistence farming.
II. Generally single crop is grown on a large area in plantation agriculture.
III. It has an interface of agriculture and industry.
IV. It uses capital intensive inputs.

Match List I (Vegetation zones) with List II (Mean Annual Temperature Range) and select the correct answer using the codes given below:

'In a democracy, the will of the people is supreme.' Which of the following statements concerning democracy in India best reflects this?

Which of the following statements about the Panchayati Raj Institutions after the Constitutional Amendment in 1992 are false?

I. Seats are reserved for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes in the elected bodies of the Panchayati Raj Institutions.
II. Elections to the Panchayati Raj Institutions are supervised by the Election Commission of India.
III. Elections to the Panchayati Raj Institutions are held regularly after every five years.
IV. Half of the seats in all the States are reserved for women.

Match List I (Political Systems) with List II (Nations) and select the correct answer using the codes given below:

Which of the following statements about the federal system in India are true?

I. The Constitution of India provides for a three-fold distribution of legislative powers between the Union and the State Government.
II. Both the Union and the State Governments can legislate on residuary subjects.
III. The Parliament cannot on its own change the power-sharing arrangement between the Union and the State Governments.
IV. The High Courts have no role in resolving disputes about the division of powers between the Union and the State Governments.

Which of the following groups of States/Union Territories has only one Lok Sabha constituency?

Which of the following statements best reflects the 'socialist' feature of the Preamble to the Constitution of India?

Which of the following statements about the Indian judiciary is true?

Which of the following Fundamental Rights includes the Right to Education?

Which of the following is NOT an indicator of economic development?

The poverty line in Dinanagar is set at Rs. 100 per capita per day. Five Hundred people live in Dinanagar of whom 50 earn Rs. 30 per capita per day and another 25 earn Rs. 80 per capita per day each. Everybody else earn more than Rs. 100 per day per capita. What is the minimum amount that the government of Dinanagar will have to spend to completely eradicate poverty?

The local telephone company sells me a landline connection only if I purchase a handset from them as well. Which of the following rights does this practice violate under the Consumer Protection Act 1986?

Match List-I (Type of Unemployment) with List-Il (Characteristics) and select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Suppose Indian farmers sell wheat at Rs. 50 per kg and the international price of wheat is Rs.40 per kg. What minimum rate of import duty must the Government of India impose on imported wheat, so that it does not adversely affect Indian farmers in the domestic market?

The wage rate of a worker in a country is Rs. 300 per day. Which of these person(s) would you consider unemployed?

(1) Ramu is willing to work at Rs. 300 a day, but cannot find work.
(2) Suresh is willing to work only at Rs. 400 a day or more, and cannot find work.
(3) Shanti stays at home because she has young children to look after.

Which of the following can be used as collateral in Indian banks to borrow money?

The total agricultural land in a village is 1200 hectares. This is distributed among 320 families who form four groups in the following pattern. It is assumed that the land is distributed equally within each group. Identify the group of small farmers.