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ENGLISH
1. The practice of marrying more than one husband at a time is: ____.
a) polygamy b) bigamy
c) polyandry d) polychotomy
2. ____World War II affected the contemporary society adversely.
a) A b) An
c) The d) None
3. So you are working very hard, ____________ ?
a) aren’t you? b) are you?
c) do you? d) don’t you?
4. The principal and secretary ________ highly impressed with overall
progress of the students.
a) were b) was
c) are d) is
5. I had bought an old house and got some men _________ it.
a) renovate b) renovated
c) to renovate d) none
6. She would certainly come to see me if weather____________.
a) remains fine b) remained fine
c) would be fine d) wouldn’t be fine
7. It’s high time that Nepali government ___ more in health sectors.
a) invest b) should invest
c) will invest d) invested
8. The passive of the sentence, “He will not speak a word.” is:
a) A word will not be spoken by him.
b) No word will be spoken by him.
c) A word will never be spoken by him.
d) All of the above
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9. He is sitting _____ an armchair and I am sitting _____ the chair.
a) in, on b) on, at
c) in, in d) with, by
10. Don’t get off the bus until it is ______.
a) station b) stationery
c) stationary d) None

PHYSICS
11. Which of the following is correct unit of gravitational constant?
a) m3 kg–1s–2 b) m3 kg–2s–1
c) m–3 kg–1s2 d) m–3 kg2s–1
12. A stone is dropped from the top of tower of height h. If it reaches the
ground in 5 seconds, find the height of tower. (Take g = 10 ms–2)
a) 125 m b) 12.5 m
c) 1.25 m d) 25 m
13. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
a) Work done may be positive, negative and zero.
b) Kinetic energy and potential energy are mechanical energy.
c) Rate of doing work is power.
d) Work, energy and power are vector quantities.
14. As we go from the equator to the poles, the value of g
a) Remains the same b) Decreases
c) Increases d) Decreases up to latitude of 45o
15. Density of brick is 2.5 gcm-3 and its mass is 1kg. How much water
does it displace when it is wholly immersed in water?
a) 200 cm3 b) 300 cm3
c) 400 cm3 d) 500 cm3
16. 40°C is equivalent to the Fahrenheit scale is
a) 40°F b) 72°F
c) 102°F d) 104°F

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17. A 5 kg mass requires 80J heat to raise its temperature by 10oC. Its
specific heat capacity in JKg-1°C-1 is
a) 8 b) 1.6
c) 40 d) 3.2
18. A person cannot see the distant objects clearly. What type of lens is
used to remove this defect?
a) Convex lens b) Concave lens
c) Coverging meniscus lens d) None of the above
19. What type of combination is done in domestic wiring?
a) Parallel combination b) Series combination
c) Closed combination d) Mixed combination
20. Velocity of sound in vacuum is
a) 332 ms-1 b) 3 × 108 ms-1
c) 0 ms -1 d) 100 ms-1

CHEMISTRY
21. Which of the following radical is not monovalent?
a) Iodide c) Cyanide
c) Bicarbonate d) Sulphite
22. Acid base reaction is basically
a) Single displacement reaction b) Addition reaction
c) Decomposition reaction d) Double displacement reaction
23. The immiscible liquids can be separated by:
a) Filtration b) Sublimation
c) Distillation d) Separating funnel
24. Which of the following gas is acidic in nature?
a) Hydrogen b) Nitrogen
c) Carbondioxide d) Ammonia
25. The least percentage of carbon is in:
a) Cast iron b) Wrought iron
c) Steel d) Stainless steel

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26. Which of the following is not an example of organic compound:
a) CHCl3 b) CCl4
b) CH3COOH d) H2CO3
27. Which of the following polymer material is used in the production of
thermocol?
a) Teflon b) Bakelite
c) Polystyrene d) Polythene
28. Water is:
a) Polar solvent b) Non-polar solvent
c) Universal solvent d) both (a) and (c)
29. Example of Lewis acid is
a) NH3 b) CN –
c) SnCl4 d) OH –
30. Which of the following is used in alcoholic drink?
a) Isopropyl alcohol b) Methyl alcohol
b) Ethyl alcohol c) all of above

MATHEMATICS
31. Let Na = {an : n is a natural number}, then N6  N8 is equal to
a) N2 b) N48
c) N8 d) N24
a–b
32. If a, b, c are in A.P, then equals
c–b
a
a) –1 b)
b
a
c) d) 1
c
33. If the line 2x – y +  = 0 is a diameter of the circle x2 + y2 + 6x – 6y + 5 =
0 then the value of 𝜶 is
a) 0 b) 3
c) 9 d) –9

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34. If A = 0
1 0 4
1 then A is
1 0
b) 0 0
1 1
a) 0 1

c) 
0 1
0
d) none of these
1
35. In a final step of the calculation, a student accidentally divided by
100 instead of multiplying by 100. What should he do to correct his
answer?
a) Multiply by 100 b) Multiply by 104
c) Divide by 100 d) Multiply by 103
36. If Sin + Cosec = 2 then Sin2 + Cosec2 is equal to
a) 1 b) 4
c) 2 d) 9
37. For a fixed sum of money for 10 years, which one of the following
scheme provides the maximum amount of interest during 10 years?
a) simple interest at the rate of 10% p.a.
b) compound interest at the rate of 10% p.a. compounded annually.
c) compound interest at the rate of 10% p.a. compounded half yearly.
d) compound interest at the rate of 10% p.a. compounded quarterly.

38. In the adjoining figure, ABCD is a rhombus. D C

If A = 70° then CDB =
a) 65° b) 55°
c) 35° d) 45° 70°
A B
39. A polynomial f(x) of degree m is divided a polynomial of degree n
such that n < m, then degree of the quotient is
a) m / n b) m – n
c) m + n d) n – m
P P+Q
40. If = 7 then =
Q P–Q
7 4
a) b)
8 3
3
c) d) None of these
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 BIOLOGY
41. Father of Ecosystem is ----
a) A.G. Tansley b) EP Odum
c) Hackel d) Reiter
42. Separation of Homologous chromosomes occurs in-
a) Anaphase-II b) Anaphase-I
c) Prophase-I d) Prophase-II
43. An example of alleles is
a) AB and Tt b) TT and Tt
c) T and t d) X and Y
44. The edible part of Cauliflower is-
a) Inflorescence b) Head
c) Thalamus d) Kernel
45. Transport of water and mineral in higher plants take place through
a) Tracheids b) Transfusion tissue
c) Companion cells d) Sieve elements
46. Aerial mode of adaptation is called
a. Volant b. aquatic
c. Arboreal d. Cursorial
47. The presence of pneumatic bone in birds….
a. To support body b. To make body light
c. To move d. To store oxygen
48. The coronary arteries carry blood to the:
a. Brian tissue b. Heart muscles
c. Liver cells d. Walls of alveolus
49. Which is water born disease?
a. Small Pox b. Malaria
c. Tuberculosis d. Cholera
50. Animals becoming active during twilight hours are called as
a. Crepuscular b. Diurnal
c. Nocturnal d. Gregarious

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Answer with Hints and Solutions

SET – I
1. c 2. d 3. b 4. d 5. c 6. b 7. a 8. b 9. a 10. c
11. a 12. a 13. d 14. c 15. c 16. d 17. b 18. b 19. a 20. c
21. d 22. d 23. d 24. c 25. b 26. d 27. c 28. d 29. c 30. b
31. d 32. a 33. c 34. a 35. b 36. c 37. d 38. b 39. b 40. b
41. a 42. a 43. b 44. a 45. a 46. a 47. b 48. b 49. d 50. a

|| PHYSICS ||
11. a) According to Newton's law of gravitation
GM1M2
F =
r2
G × kg × kg
or, kg × m × s–2 =
m2
 G = m3 kg–1s–2
𝟏 𝟏
12. a) h = 𝟐 gt2 == 𝟐 ×10 × 25= 125m
13. d) They are scalar quantities.
GM 1
14. c) g = 2 i.e g α 2 , R is greater for equator and less in pole, so
R R
g increases.
15. c) For wholly immersed case,
Volume of displaced water = Volume of brick
mass 1000
= = = 400 cm3
density 2.5
16. d) Here, C = 40°C
C F – 32
=
100 180

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 40 F – 32
or, =
100 180
or, F = 104°F
17. b) Q = ms
80 = 5 × s × 10
 s = 1.6
18. b) Concave lens, myopia
19. a) Parallel combination
In parallel combination each appliances can be put on and off
independently.
20. c) Sound wave is longitudinal wave. It can propagate through any type
of medium and in vacuum it becomes zero.

|| CHEMISTRY ||
21. d) Sulphite : Valency of sulphite (SO3- - ) is 2 .
22. d) Double displacement reaction : Most of the neutralization reactions
are also double displacement reaction.
23. d) Separating funnel: Separating funnel is used to separate the mixture
of two liquids which are immiscible. For example Oil and Water
can be separated by separating funnel.
24. c) Carbondioxide : Generally oxides of non metals are acidic in nature.
CO2 gives acid when dissolved in water and reacts with base or
alkali to give salt and water.
25. b) Wrought iron: it contains only 0.12 to 0.25% of carbon.
26. d) H2CO3
27. c) Polystyrene
28. d) both (a) and (c) : Water is universal solvent because it can dissolve
most of the solute and is also polar solvent.
29. c) SnCl4 : Lewis acid are the chemical species which has tendency to
accept loan pair of electron. SnCl4 can accept loan pair from other
so it is lewis acid.
30. b) Ethyl alcohol

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|| MATHEMATICS ||
31. d) N6 contains all multiples of 6 and N8 contains all multiples of 8. So,
N6  N8 = N24 which contains the common multiples of 6 and 8.
a–b
32. a) b–a=c–b =–1
c–b
33. b) The given line is a diameter of the given circle only if center
(–3, 3) lies on the line. So, 2(–3) – 3 +  = 0 i.e.  = 9.

A = 0 1 = I (identity matrix)

1 0
34. a)
A4 = (A)2 × (A)2 = (I × I) × (I × I) = I.
35. b) obvious
36. c) (Sin  + Cosec )2 = 4
Sin2 + Cosec2 + 2 = 4
Sin2 + Cosec2 = 2
37. d) compounded quarterly gives the highest amount of interest as
interest is converted to the principal quickly in comparison to the
other schemes.
38. b) x + x + 70° = 180°
x
2x = 180° – 70°
2x = 110° x
70°
x = 55°
39. b) obvious of laws of indices
P
+1
P+Q Q 7+1 4
40. b) = = =
P–Q P 7–1 3
–1
Q

|| BIOLOGY ||
41. a) • A.G Tansley coined the term “Ecosystem”.
• Hackel gave the correct definition of Ecology.
• Reiter coined the term ecology in the form of ooikiolous.

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42. b) • Prophase-I consists of 5 sub stages:
• Leptotene : Also called thin threaded or bouquet stage.
• Zygotene: Pairing of homologous chromosomes occurs.
• Pachytene: Crossing over takes place.
• Diplotene: Chiasmata formation occurs.
• Diakinesis: Terminalization of chiasmata occurs.
• Seperation of homologous chromes occurs in Anaphase-I.
• Centromere of each chromosome seperates in Anaphase-II.
43. b) • Allele – contrasting pair of characters. Eg tall and dwarf
44. a) • Cauliflower is the largest inflorescence.
45. a) • Tracheids helps in transportation of water and minerals
• companion cell helps in transport of carbohydrates from
outside the cells into the sieve tube elements.
• The main function of the sieve tube is transport of
carbohydrates, primarily sucrose, in the plant
46. a) • Aquatic is living in water
• Arboreal means spending the majority of lives in trees.
• Cursorial is adapted specially to run.
47. b) • Pneumatic bones are marrowless bones that make the body light
48. b) • Coronary is always related to heart.
49. d) • Small pox is viral disease cause by droplet infection.
• Malaria is protozonal disease transmitted by mosquito bite.
• Tuberculosis is bacterial disease transmitted by droplet
infection.
• Cholera is bacterial disease transmitted by contaminated water.
50. a) • Diurnal is active in day time.
• Nocturnal is active in night.
• Gregarious is living in flocks or loosely organized communities.

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