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NTERNATIONAL TALENT SEARCH EXAMINATION

2024 – 2025 PRACTICE PAPER

CLASS – VIII ( SCIENCE )


Set – A
1. The plant from which sugar can be obtained is
(A) Sugarcane (B) Rice
(C) Wheat (D) Soyabean

2. Timber producing tree is


(A) Teak (B) Banana
(C) Peepal (D) None of these

3. Bacteria commonly reproduces vegetatively by


(A) Binary fission (B) Conjugation
(C) Spore formation (D) Budding

4. Who discovered virus?


(A) Leeuwenhoek (B) De Candolle
(C) Ivanowski (D) Beijerinck

5. Which one among the following is a thermosetting plastic?


(A) PVC (B) PVA
(C) Bakelite (D) Polyethene

6. Which of the following is not a polymer?


(A) Wool (B) Cotton
(C) Leather (D) Fat

7. Which metal will replace copper from CuSO4 solution?


(A) Zn (B) Fe
(C) Mg (D) All of them

8. Arrange the metals A, B and C in order of decreasing reactivity keeping in view the following
reactions:
A  BSO4   ASO4  B
B  2CNO3 
B(NO3 )2  2C
A  C2O   AO  2C
(A) B > C > A (B) B > A > C
(C) A > C < B (D) A > B > C

9. The SI unit of force is


(A) Newton (B) kg wt
2
(C) Newton/m (D) Pascal

10. 1 kg wt equals
(A) 9.8 N (B) 98 N
(C) 980 N (D) 1 N

11. SI unit of force of friction is


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(A) N (B) kg wt
2
(C) kg m/s (D) none of these

12. The use of lubricants makes the surface


(A) smooth (B) rough
(C) very rough (D) none of these

13. Which group of vertebrates comprises the highest number of endangered species?
(A) Mammals (B) Fishes
(C) Birds (D) Reptiles

14. Special project(s) launched to protect endangered species is/are:


(A) Project tiger (B) Project elephant
(C) Project crocodile (D) All of these

15. Which of the following is a non-renewable resource?


(A) Sunlight (B) Air
(C) Water (D) Coal

16. Which of the following is NOT of petroleum origin?


(A) Petrol (B) Diesel
(C) Coke (D) LPG

17. Which of the following sound waves can not be heard by human?
(A) 20 Hz (B) 500 Hz
(C) 15 Hz (D) 15000 Hz

18. Which of the following statements is incorrect?


(A) Sound travels in straight lines (B) Sound travels as waves
(C) Sound is a form of energy (D) Sound travels faster in vacuum than in
air

19. What organelle in higher plant cells contains chlorophyll?


(A) Chloroplasts (B) Cytosol
(C) Secretory vesicles (D) Nucleus

20. Which is smallest of these four?


(A) Bacterium (B) Red blood cell
(C) Virus (D) Lymphocyte

21. One of the following is not a combustible substance. This one is :


(A) Alcohol (B) Hydrogen
(C) Asbestos (D) Chaff

22. Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas?


(A) CO2 (B) CH4
(C) O3 (D) N2

23. When electric current is passed through acidulated water, the gases produced are
(A) hydrogen and oxygen (B) hydrogen and ozone
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(C) oxygen and peroxide (D) none of these

24. The object to be electroplated is made


(A) cathode (B) anode
(C) cathode or anode (D) none of these

25. What are the small particles that make up matter?


(A) Charges (B) Electrons
(C) Atoms (D) Protons

26. Why are protons and electrons attracted to each other?


(A) Because protons have a positive charge and electrons have a negative charge.
(B) Because protons have a negative charge and electrons have a positive charge.
(C) Because they are both positively charged.
(D) Because they are both negatively charged.

27. Multiple fission is commonly found in:


(A) Amoeba (B) Paramecium
(C) Plasmodium (D) Yeast

28. External fertilization occurs:


(A) Inside female body (B) Outside female body
(C) Inside male body (D) Outside male body

29. Thyroid and adrenal glands secrete their hormones when they receive instructions
from………. gland through its hormones.
(A) Pituitary (B) Pineal
(C) Thymus (D) Pancreas

30. Menstrual cycle in women is controlled by:


(A) FSH (B) LH
(C) Progesterone (D) All of these

31. At which town/city river Yamuna has its most polluted zone?
(A) Delhi (B) Kanpur
(C) Varanasi (D) Nasik

32. Bleaching powder reacts with water to give …………………… which kills germs.
(A) H2 (B) O2
(C) O3 (D) Cl2

33. Which of the following types of mirror is used in the solar cooker?
(A) plane mirror (B) convex mirror
(C) concave mirror (D) none of these

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34. An incident ray makes an angle of 30 with a plane mirror. Then the angle of reflection is
0 0
(A) 30 (B) 60
0 0
(C) 45 (D) 80
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35. Light year is equal to


(A) 3  105 km (B) 9  1012 km
(C) 5  106 km (D) 3  1018 km

36. The star which appears stationary to us is


(A) Rigel (B) Ballatrix
(C) Polaris (D) Betelgeuse

37. The growth and production of flowering plants and vegetables is studied under:
(A) Horticulture (B) Agriculture
(C) Floriculture (D) None of these

38. Food preservation is done by addition of


(A) Microorganisms (B) Acids
(C) Water (D) Salt

39. Which of the following is a naturally occurring polymer?


(A) Polyethene (B) PVC
(C) Teflon (D) Protein

40. Which one of the following is not a noble metal?


(A) Gold (B) Platinum
(C) Iron (D) Silver

41. The unit of pressure used for meteorological purpose is called


(A) bar (B) Pascal
2
(C) kg wt. (D) N/m

42. Ball bearings are used to


(A) increase friction (B) decrease friction
(C) optimize friction (D) none of these

43. Which of the following is not a vanishing wild animal of India?


(A) Leopard (B) Nilgiri langur
(C) Sloth (D) Fox

44. Naphthalene balls are obtained from:


(A) Coke (B) Coal tar
(C) Coal gas (D) Bitumen

45. Ultrasonic waves are those waves:


(A) Which a man can hear (B) which a man cannot hear
(C) Which are of high velocity (D) which have high amplitude

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