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Sample Paper-3 for 4 Year Admission Test

Time : 3 Hrs. M.M. : 200

Read the following Instructions very carefully before you proceed.

1. The paper contains 40 Objective Type Questions divided into two sections: Section - I and Section - II.

2. Section I contains 10 Multiple Choice Questions based on Mental Aptitude. Each question has 4 choices
(A), (B), (C) and (D), out of which ONLY ONE CHOICE is correct.
Marking scheme [5 Marks for All Correct answers & 1 NEGATIVE MARKING for wrong answer]
3. Section II contains 30 Multiple Choice Questions. Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D), out of
which ONLY ONE CHOICE is correct.
Marking scheme [5 Marks for All Correct answers & 1 NEGATIVE MARKING for wrong answer]

SECTION - I

1. In a certain code language, if the word "REASON" is coded as TGCQML, then "MANUAL" is coded
as :
(A) OCPWCN (B) OCPSYJ (C) OCPSJY (D) OCPNCW

2. If "EXAMINATION" = 121 and "PAPER" = 25, then what is the value of "TREASURE" ?
(A) 64 (B) 360 (C) 290 (E) 81

3. Prashant is seventeenth from the right end of the row and Vijay is fourteenth from the left end of the
row. If Rajneesh is fourth to the right of Prashant and third to the left of Vijay, how many persons are
there in the row?
(A) 17 (B) 19 (C) 23 (D) 38

4.

(A) 6 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 10

5. Shiva travels 10 m towards West. He turns left and travels 15 m. Again he turns to his left and walks
10 m further. Finally, he walks 13 m towards North and then stops. At what vertical distance is he
from his house ?
(A) 13 m (B) 15 m (C) 28 m (D) 2m

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6. How is my mother's mother's daughter-in-law's daughter related to me ?

(A) Sister (B) Mother (C) Niece (D) Cousin

7. 9025 ? 3 8000 232

(A) 240 (B) 307 (C) 180 (D) 210

8. At what angle are the hands of a clock inclined at 20 minutes past 7 ?

(A) 80 (B) 90 (C) 100 (D) 120

9.

What is the number on the face opposite 6 ?

(A) 5 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 1

10. Transparent Sheet :

Response Sheet :

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

SECTION - II
Paragraph for Questions 11 - 13
An article was marked at Rs.2000. After providing a discount of 45%, a profit of 10% was made. Answer the
following:

11. What was the selling price of the article?

(A) Rs.1500 (B) Rs.1200 (C) Rs.1400 (D) None of these

12. What was the cost price of the article?

(A) Rs.1000 (B) Rs.1100 (C) Rs.1200 (D) Rs.1300

13. What was the amount of profit he earned?

(A) Rs.400 (B) Rs.200 (C) Rs.100 (D) Rs.50

Paragraph for Questions 14 - 15

ABCD is a square of side length 14 cm.

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ar IV ar III
14. Find the ratio of .
ar I ar II
2 4 6 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
11 11 11 11
ar II ar I
15. Find the ratio of .
ar of ABCD
11 4 13 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
14 14 14 14
406
16. The units digit of 257 is :
(A) 7 (B) 9 (C) 3 (D) 1

17. The greatest number that can divide 545 and 726 by leaving remainder 5 and 6 respectively is :
(A) 90 (B) 180 (C) 45 (D) 60

18. If a 1 2 x,b 2 x 3 and c 2 , then a 3 b3 c3 =

(A) 3 1 2 x 2 x 3 (B) 6 1 2 x 2 x 3
(C) 9 1 2 x 2 x 3 (D) 2 x 31 2 x 2

19. In ACD, BE || CD and A : ABE : D 3 : 4 : 5. Find A .

(A) 42 (B) 48
(C) 45 (D) None of these

20. Simplify: 78 25 5 5 3 12 2 6
(A) 102 (B) 78 (C) 0 (D) 58

15 35 21 5 2
21. If N
32 5 7
, then 2N 3 7 is equal to :

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 0 (D) 1

22.
If 3a 2 5ab 7b 2 : 3b 2 5bc 7c 2 is equal to : (a, b, c are in continued proportion)

(A) b:c (B) a:c (C) a:b (D) None of these

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23.
b a a b c b b c
x
ca ac
1 x x 1 x x 1 x
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) x a b c (D) None of these

24. A man sells an article at a profit of 25%. If he had bought it in 20% less and sold it for Rs.10.50 less,
he would have gained 30%. Then the cost price of the article is :
(A) Rs.40 (B) Rs.30 (C) Rs.20 (D) Rs.50

25. The price of a jewel, passing through three hands, rises on the whole by 65%. If the first and the second
seller earned 20% and 25% profit respectively, then the percentage profit earned by the third seller is :
(A) 20 (B) 10 (C) 5 (D) 15

26. Which of the following numbers can be expressed as the sum of squares of two positive integers, as well
as three positive integers?
(A) 75 (B) 192 (C) 250 (D) 100

27. A shopkeeper blends two varieties of tea costing Rs. 18 and Rs. 13 per 100 gms in the ratio 7 : 3. He
sells the blended variety at the rate of Rs 18.15 per 100 gm. His percentage gain in the transaction is:
(A) 8% (B) 12% (C) 15% (D) 10%

28. A says to B, I was four times as old as you were when I was as old as you are. If the sum of their present
ages is 33, then the present ages of A and B respectively are:
(A) 18 years, 15 years (B) 21 years, 12 years
(C) 24 years, 9 years (D) 27 years. 6 years

1 3 4
29. The value of the expression after simplification is :
11 2 30 7 2 10 8 4 3
(A) + 30 (B) 2 10 (C) 1 (D) 0

30. From 20L filled with milk, 2L of milk is removed and replaced with 2L water. From this mixture, again
2L of solution is removed and replaced two more times. Find the ratio of milk to total volume of
container after the end of the operation.
9 81 27 729
(A) (B) (C) (D)
10 100 100 1000

31. How many times in a day does hour and minute hand coincide i.e. makes zero degree between each
other?
(A) 12 (B) 24 (C) 30 (D) 22

Paragraph for Questions 32 - 35

On a round track of length 2000 m, A and B are running in the same direction. A runs at a speed of 200 m/s, B at
a speed of 2200 m/s. They start from the same point P.

32. After how much time A and B would meet for the first time ?
(A) 10 sec (B) 3 sec (C) 4 sec (D) 1 sec

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33. At what time from beginning would they meet at opposite (diametrically) points for the 1st time ?
(A) 5 sec (B) 3 sec (C) 1 sec (D) 10 sec

34. At what time would they meet at the starting point P?

(A) 8 sec (B) 7 sec (C) 4 sec (D) 10 sec

35. After how much time they will meet again for the first time, when A would have completed one round of
the track ?
(A) 11 sec (B) 9 sec (C) 8 sec (D) 7 sec

Paragraph for Questions 36 - 38

A can complete a work in 120 days, B can complete it in 60 days, C can complete it in 40 days, D can
complete it in 30 days.

36. In how many days A and B working together can complete the work ?
(A) 40 (B) 30 (C) 20 (D) 10

37. In how many days A and C working together can complete the work ?
(A) 100 (B) 90 (C) 80 (D) 30

38. In how many days A, B, C, D can complete the task, working together?
(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 14 (D) 16

Paragraph for Questions 39 - 40

A tangent to a circle is a line intersecting the circle at exactly one point, the
point is called point of contact. ABC is tangent to the circle and B is point
of contact.

Theorem 1: Radius from the centre of the circle to the point of contact is perpendicular to the tangent line
(here OB is perpendicular to AC).

Theorem 2: Tangents to a circle from an external point are equal (here AB = AC)

Using the above paragraph, solve the following questions :

39. ABC is a right angled triangle with AB 3cm. A circle is touching its
sides AB and AC with centre O and diameter BD. BD = 2 cm. Find length
of CD.
3
(A) 1 (B)
4
1
(C) (D) None of these
4
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40. Find area of triangle ABC.

27 27 27
(A) (B) (C) 25 (D)
2 8 4

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Answers to Sample Paper-3 for 4 Year Admission Test

Class VIII

SECTION - I

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

B A C B D D B C A C

SECTION - II

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

D A C D A B B B C B

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

C B B D B C D B D D

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

D D A D A A D B C B

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