NSEJS Mock 2019

Hexagrammum16, Math-wiz, RudraRockstar, ELMOLivesLong

November 2019

1 The Instructions
1.1 You have 3 hours to attempt this examination.
1.2 There are 40 questions in this test, the first 10 being of Mathematics,
next 10 Physics, next 10 Chemistry and the final 10 Biology.
1.3 A correct answer to every question is worth +4 marks, while a
wrong answer fetches you a negative marking of -1. No marks are
deducted for not attempting any question.
1.4 We hope you attempt the examination honestly.
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2 The Questions
1. In a triangle ∆ABC, D, E, F lie on BC, CA, AB respectively such that AD, BE, CF are
concurrent at P . What is the total number of non-degenerate quadrilaterals (concave al-
lowed) formed by the points A, B, C, D, E, F, P ?

(A) 12 3333 (B) 9 3333 (C) 6 3333 (D) 20

2. England and Australia play the 5-match Ashes Test Series. Each match ends in a win, draw
or loss for a team. A draw doesn’t contribute to a team’s final position. In how many ways
can England win the series?

(A) 85 3333 (B) 80 3333 (C) 96 3333 (D) 40

3. For any natural number n, define p(n) to be the product of the digits in n (in base 10). Find
the last digit of:
1000
X
p(i)
i=1

(A) 0 3333 (B) 5 3333 (C) 9 3333 (D) 3

4. a, b, c are positive reals such that abc = 1. Find the minimum value of a + b + c + b2 c2 .
√ q
(A) 4 3333 (B) 2 3 3333 (C) 92 3 12 3333 (D) 3

5. ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral such that AB is a diameter of its circumcircle, and O is its
circumcentre. AB and CD intersect at M , AC and BD intersect at P , and Q is the foot of
the perpendicular from P to AB. If circumradius = 7, BD = 11, find the value of OQ × OM .

(A) 77 3333 (B) 70 3333 (C) 72 3333 (D) 49

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 6. If a, b, c are three real numbers satisfying a2 − b = b2 − c = c2 − a = 2 then find the sum of
all possible values of (a + b)(b + c)(c + a).

(A)1 3333 (B)8 3333 (C)64 3333 (D)57

7. A given right circular cone has a volume p, and the volume of the largest right circular cylin-
der that can be inscribed in that cone is q. Then p : q = ?

(A) 9:4 3333 (B) 8:3 3333 (C) 7:2 3333 (D) 2:1

8. In a triangle ∆ABC, AB = AC = x, BC = 1. The circumradius of this triangle is thrice the

inradius. What is the sum of possible values of x for which this situation is possible?

(A) 4 3333 (B) 4.5 3333 (C) 3.5 3333 (D) 3

9. What is the 2019th smallest number that cannot be expressed as the difference of two positive
perfect squares?

(A) 2019 3333 (B) 6065 3333 (C) 6066 3333 (D) 6067

10. Find the value of the following sum:

2019
X 2 i +1
i=2
i2 − 1

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(A) 2018 2020 33 (B) 2019 33 (C) 2018 2019 1009
2020 33 (D) 2019 2020

11. Suppose one day Earth started rotating about its own axis much faster, such that a person
weighing 60 kg at the poles finds his weight 58 kg at the Equator. At approximately what
height above the surface of the Earth should we then send a satellite such that it is geosta-
tionary?

(A) 20,000 km 3333 (B) 13,600 km 3333 (C) 42,400 km 3333 (D) 36,000 km

12. An open iron cubical box (R.D = 7.87) having uniform thickness of 1 cm and outer dimen-
sions 1 m is floating in a large vessel full of water. Now, water is taken from the vessel and
slowly poured into the box. What will be the height of the water inside the box when it
starts sinking?

(A) 98 cm 3333 (B) 99 cm 3333 (C) 63.8 cm 3333 (D) 78.6 cm

13. When an elastic beam of length l, width b and depth d is rigidly supported at both its ends
in a horizontal fashion, and loaded with a weight W at the centre, it sags by an amount
W l3
δ which is given by: δ = 4bd 3 Y . The quantity Y has the same dimensions as which of the

following quantities?

(A) Force 3333 (B) Energy 3333 (C) Surface Tension 3333 (D) Pressure

14. A block of mass m is kept on a floor of friction coefficient n. It is attached to a wall with
a horizontal spring, where k is the spring constant. The spring is stretched to a distance of
3mng
k . The spring is released. What is the maximum compression of the spring?

(A) mng/k 3333 (B) 3mng/2k 3333 (C) 2mng/k 3333 (D) 3mng/k

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15. In a coaxial straight cable, the central conductor and the outer conductor carry equal cur-
rents in opposite direction. Where is the magnetic field 0?

(A) Inside Inner Conductor (B) Between both Conductors (C) Outside Outer Conductor
(D) Either A or B

16. A solid object (denser than water or oil) of mass 60 g is hung from a spring balance and
completely immersed in water and and an unknown liquid. The readings in the two cases are
found to be 50 g and 40 g respectively. If the density of water is 1 g/cc, what is the density
of the liquid?

(A) 9:4 3333 (B) 8:3 3333 (C) 7:2 3333 (D) 2:1

17. A cylindrical container is filled with water and an equiconvex lens of Radius of Curvature
14cm is surmounted on it. A point source is placed at a distance of 21cm outside it on the
principal axis. What is the distance between the image and the point source? Take the
refractive index of water = 43 .

(A) ∞ 3333 (B) 91cm 3333 (C) 87cm 3333 (D) 95cm

18. There exists an equiconvex glass lens (µ = 32 ) whose radius of curvature of each surface is
10 cm. A point-sized body is placed 40 cm away from it, and starts moving parallel to the
principal axis towards the lens at a speed of 2 cm/s. Compute speed of image with respect
to the lens.

(A) 3/2 cm/s 3333 (B) 2 cm/s 3333 (C) 8/3 cm/s 3333 (D) 10/3 cm/s

19. Two weights of 10 kg and 20 kg mass respectively are hung to a pulley (radius 10 cm, smooth,
fixed, not free to rotate) with the help of a rope of length 1 m, mass 5 kg. What is the max-
imum possible magnitude of the initial acceleration of the weights? (Approximately)

(A) 1000/300 m/s2 333 (B) 1000/350 m/s2 333 (C) 1000/343 m/s2 333 (D) 1068/350 m/s2

20. Two identical metallic circular rings are placed such that any one of them passes through
the centre of the other. These rings intersect at points A and B. Now we take a third ring
of same material and cross-sectional area, and place it in such a way that it is tangent to
the two previous rings at C and D. The centres of all three rings are collinear. The rings
are welded together at A, B, C, D. What is the ratio of the equivalent resistance of the setup
when connected once across AB, and once across CD?

(A) 1:1 3333 (B) 3:2 3333 (C) 11:23 3333 (D) 13:27

21. A quantity of 0.1 g of anhydrous organic acid requires 22.22 ml of 0.1 N N aOH for neutral-
ization. 0.25 g of the hydrated acid requires 39.7 ml of the same alkali. What is the number
of moles of water of crystallisation per equivalent of the anhydrous acid?

(A) 1 3333 (B) 2 3333 (C) 0.5 3333 (D) 4

22. What is the minimum possible molecular mass of a triatomic molecule?

(A) 3 3333 (B) 11 3333 (C) 10 3333 (D) 18

23. Which of the following reactions is NOT an acid-base reaction?

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 (A) HN O3 + H2 SO4 → N O2+ + HSO4− + H2 O
(B) BF3 + : N H3 → F3 B − N H3
(C) CaC2 + 2H2 O → Ca(OH)2 + C2 H2
(D) CHs COOH + C2 H5 OH → CH3 COOC2 H5 + H2 O

24. Out of N aF and N aCl, which one has a higher melting point under identical pressure? (Se-
lect the most appropriate option)

(A) N aCl since it has higher molecular weight

(B) N aF , since F is more electronegative than Cl
(C) N aF , since F − is smaller than Cl− and hence N aF is better packed
(D) N aCl, since Cl− has a higher magnitude of electron gain enthalpy

25. When the following reaction is balanced, what is the sum of the stoichiometric coefficients
(all of them being integers and being pairwise coprime)?

N O + N aOH → N aN O2 + H2 O + N2 O

(A) 9 3333 (B) 7 3333 (C) 6 3333 (D) 10

26. The 1st and 2nd ionization energies of Beryllium are 900, 1750 kJ/mol respectively. If a
sample of 1g of Be absorbs 150 kJ energy, what is the percentage of Be ions having a charge
+2 in the sample of Beryllium after the energy was absorbed ?

(A)25 3333 (B)33 3333 (C)50 3333 (D)67

27. For the extraction of which metal are the following processes followed? Froth-Floatation,
Roasting, Smelting, Bessemerization, Electrorefining.

(A) Cu 3333 (B) Fe 3333 (C) Zn 3333 (D) Al

28. In organic chemistry, several Carbon atoms can join through covalent bonds to form rings
(and the incomplete valencies of the carbon atoms are filled in by H atoms, maximum 1 H
atom per C atom). Such a compound is a stable aromatic hydrocarbon, if all the C atoms
lie in a single plane, all C − C bond lengths are equal, and the angle between any 3 adjacent
carbon atoms must be 120◦ . How many aromatic hydrocarbons are possible having 10 atoms?

(A) 0 3333 (B) 1 3333 (C) 2 3333 (D) ∞

29. A mixture of two alkanes taken in 1 : 3 molar ratio required 19 mL of oxygen gas to be
completely combusted and produced 10 mL of CO2 gas. What are the two alkanes? (In
order)

(A) CH4 , C2 H6 3333 (B) CH4 , C3 H8 3333 (C) C2 H6 , CH4 3333 (D) C2 H6 , C3 H8

30. Which of the following compounds has single covalent bonds, multiple covalent bonds, coor-
dinate covalent bonds as well as ionic bonds?

(A) N H4 OH 3333 (B) N i(CO)4 3333 (C) N H4 CN O 3333 (D) CaC2

31. Which of the following insects use only one pair of wings for flying?

(A) Butterflies 3333 (B) Moths 3333 (C) Dragonflies 3333 (D) Beetles

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32. A hypothetical species of humans have 2 genetic varieties for females: XX and YY, while the
males are still XY. Considering the cause of colourblindness to be the same in this case, what
is the probability of the daughter of a colour-blind male and a normal (non-carrier) woman
bearing a colour-blind child?

1 3 5 1
(A) 16 3333 (B) 16 3333 (C) 32 3333 (D) 8

33. In frogs, the body proportion does not change with their growth. A frog that is twice as long
as another will be

(A) Fourfold lighter 33 (B) Of same mass 33 (C) Twofold heavier 33 (D) Eightfold heavier

34. Which of the following blood cells is likely to survive for about 3-4 months in the bloodstream?

(A) The largest blood cell, has a single large nucleus

(B) The blood cell, one of whose functions is closely related to Vitamin K
(C) The blood cell whose mature form does not possess a nucleus
(D) The blood cell involved in immunity

35. A prominent scientist announces that she is going to investigate the metabolic activities of
the causal agent of filariasis. Is she speaking the truth?

(A) No, since filariasis is caused by a virus, and a virus has no metabolic activities out-
side their host cell
(B) Yes, she is contributing a lot to pathology with her research
(C) No, since filariasis is a genetic disease and is not caused by any pathogen
(D) No, since filariasis is caused due to mineral deficiency and not by any pathogen

36. Which of the following organisms is likely to have the most recent common ancestor with
Rana Tigrina (Indian bullfrog)?

(A) Eusphyra Blochii (Winghead Shark) 3 (B) Petromyzon Marinus (Sea Lamprey) 3333
(C) Aythya Fuligula (Tufted Duck) 3 (D) Echinaster Sepositus (Mediterranean Red Sea Star)

37. The flowers of a species of plant can be either of the 3 colours: White, Red and Pink. All
such plants are either tall or short. Upon crossing a tall plant having red flowers with a short
plant having pink flowers, we get (in F1 progeny) an equal number of red and pink-flowered
plants, as well as an equal number of tall and short plants. Each of these plants are selfed
to give 4 sets of F2 progeny plants. Which of the following is NOT one of the possible
phenotypes for these sets?

(A) 3:1 3333 (B) 9:3:3:1 3333 (C) 6:3:3:2:1:1 3333 (D) 1:2:1

38. Which plant tissue will help a young plant survive the onslaught of a cyclone like Bulbul?

(A) Collenchyma 3333 (B) Sclerenchyma 3333 (C) Xylem 3333 (D) Phloem

39. Which of the following is the best way to conserve natural vegetation and wildlife?

(A) National Parks 3 (B) Bird Sanctuaries 3 (C) Botanical Gardens 3 (D) Biosphere Reserve

40. Early variants of which of the following cell organelles is most likely to possess a mesosome?

(A) Nucleus 3333 (B) Mitochondrion 3333 (C) Golgi Bodies 3333 (D) Lysosome

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