TRIAL CONTEST 2

ROUND 1
School 1
1. Which country has the highest life expectancy?
Ans Hong Kong
2. What is the most common surname in the United States?
Ans Smith
3. Who was the Ancient Greek God of the Sun?
Ans Apollo
4. How many minutes are in a full week?
Ans 10,080
5. Aureolin is a shade of what color?
Ans Yellow
6. How many faces does a Dodecahedron have?
Ans 12
7. What is the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet?
Ans Delta
8. What company was initially known as "Blue Ribbon Sports"?
Ans Nike

School 2
1. Where would you be if you were standing on the Spanish Steps?
Ans Rome
2. The capital of Bulgaria is
Ans Sofia
3. In which country would you find Mount Kilimanjaro?
Ans Tanzania
4. Halloween originated from what
Ans an ancient Irish festival.
5. What is the largest Spanish-speaking city in the world?
Ans Mexico City
6. Which country has the most islands?
Ans Sweden (270,000)
7. In Australia, what is commonly known as a bottle-o?
Ans An off-license/liquor store
8. Which is the only continent with land in all four hemispheres?
Ans Africa
Round 2(English& math)
LITERATURE

1. Apostrophe is when:
A. A character addresses an abstract idea or an inanimate object
B. A character speaks to the audience directly
C. A conversation occurs between two characters
D. A character delivers a soliloquy
Answer: A

2. Verisimilitude refers to:

A. The appearance of truth or reality in a work of literature
B. A sudden shift in the plot
C. The use of exaggerated language for effect
D. The process of revealing a character’s inner thoughts
Answer: A

3. Anachronism refers to:

A. A plot twist that changes the direction of the story
B. A time or event that is out of place in its historical context
C. A theme that explores timeless human experiences
D. A description of a timeless hero
Answer: B

4. Hubris refers to:

A. The pride that leads to the downfall of a character
B. The feeling of guilt that leads to redemption
C. The quest for knowledge
D. The self-discovery of a protagonist
Answer: A

ANTONYMS

5. The antonym of "acquiesce" is:

A. Agree
B. Refuse
C. Consent
D. Accept
Answer: B

6. The antonym of "noxious" is:

A. Harmful
B. Toxic
C. Pleasant
D. Deadly
Answer: C

7. The antonym of "mitigate" is:

A. Aggravate
B. Ease
C. Relieve
D. Lessen
Answer: A

8. The antonym of "verbose" is:

A. Wordy
B. Brief
C. Detailed
D. Complicated
Answer: B

Numaracy

1. The areas of two similar triangles ABC and DEF are 20 cm2 and 45 cm2 respectively. If
AB = 5 cm. then DE is equal to:
(a) 6.5 cm (b) 7.5 cm (c) 8.5 cm (d) 5.5 cm
2. In a triangle ABC, BC is produced to D so that CD = AC. If angle BAD = 111° and angle
ACB = 80°, then the measure of angle ABC is:
(a) 31° (b) 33° (c) 35° (d) 29°
3. A circular grass lawn of 35 metres in radius has a path 7 metres wide running around it
on the outside. Find the area of path.
(a) 1694 (b) 1700 (c) 1598 (d) None of these
4. A wire can be bent in the form of a circle of radius 56 cm. If it is bent in the form of a
square, then its area will be:
(a) 3520 (b) 6400 (c) 7744 (d) 8800
5. A boat travels upstream from B to A and downsteam from A to B in 3 hours. If the speed
of the boat in still water is 9 km/hr and the speed of the current is 3 km/hr, the distance
between A and B is
(a) 4 km (b) 8 km (c) 6 km (d) 12 km
 6. A motor boat can travel at 10 km/h in still water. It traveled 91 km downstream in a river
and then returned, taking altogether 20 hours. Find the rate of flow of the river.
(a) 6 km/hr (b) 5 km/hr (c) 8 km/hr (d) 3 km/hr
7. Find the sum of all numbers in between 10–50 excluding all those numbers, which are
divisible by 8. (Include 10 and 50 for counting.)
(a) 1070 (b) 1220 (c) 1320 (d) 1160
8. How many 3-digit numbers are completely divisible by 6?
(a) 149 (b) 150 (c) 151 (d) 166

Round 3
1. A swinging pendulum has its maximum acceleration at
(a) the bottom of the swing (b) the two extremities of the swing
(c) every point on the swing (d) no particular portion of the pendulum
2. A body is projected vertically upwards with a velocity of 96 ft/s. What is the total
time for which the body will remain in the air?
(a) 3 s (b) 6 s (c) 9 s (d) 12 s
3. An athlete diving off a high springboard can perform a variety of exercises in the air
before entering the water below. Which one of the following parameters will remain
constant during the fall?
(a) The athlete’s linear momentum
(b) The athlete’s moment of inertia
(c) The athlete’s kinetic energy
(d) The athlete’s angular momentum
4. Aqua-regia used by alchemists to separate silver and gold is a mixture of
(a) hydrochloric acid (concentrated) and nitric acid (concentrated)
(b) hydrochloric acid (concentrated) and sulphuric acid (concentrated)
(c) nitric acid (concentrated) and sulphuric acid (concentrated)
(d) hydrochloric acid (dilute) and sulphuric acid (dilute)
5. Nail polish remover contains
 (a) acetone (b) benzene (c) formaldehyde (d) acetic acid
6. What is anode mud ?
(a) Fan of anode
(b) Metal of anode
(c) Impurities collected at anode in electrolysis during purification of metals
(d) All of these
7. Which of the following is not a bird?
(a) Emu (b) Kiwi (c) Ostrich (d) Bat
8. The dead element present in the phloem is
(a) companion cells (b) phloem fibres
(c) phloem parenchyma (d) sieve tube
9. Girth of stem increases due to
(a) apical meristem (b) lateral meristem
(c) intercalary meristem (d) vertical meristem
10. In a bisexual flower, if androecium and gynoecium mature at different times, the
phenomenon is known as
(a) monogamy (b) herkogamy
(c) heterogamy (d) dichogamy

Round 4(one on one)

English

1. The climax of a story refers to:

A. The resolution of the main conflict
B. The turning point or moment of greatest tension
C. The introduction of the protagonist’s flaw
D. The moral or lesson at the end of the story
Answer: B

2. Picaresque literature involves:

A. A journey of self-discovery and personal growth
B. A story about a young hero facing life’s challenges
C. A tale of a roguish protagonist who lives by their wits
 D. A tragic hero’s inevitable downfall
Answer: C

MATHS

1. The sum of four numbers is 64. If you add 3 to the first number, 3 is subtracted from the
second number, the third is multiplied by 3 and the fourth is divided by 3, then all the results
are equal. What is the difference between the largest and the smallest of the original
numbers?
(a) 21 (b) 27 (c) 32 (d) Cannot be determined
2. Two circles of radii 10 cm and 8 cm. intersect and length of the common chord is 12 cm.
Find the distance between their centres.
(a) 13.8 cm (b) 13.29 cm (c) 13.2 cm (d) 12.19 cm

1. Science
Which one of the following genetic diseases is sex linked?
(a) Royal haemophilia (b) Tay-Sachs disease
(c) Cystic fibrosis (d) Hypertension
2. ………………………………. of the heart is the ability to contract spontaneously and at a
regular interval of time.
Ans: Automatic rhythmicity

General knowledge
1. Which river flows through the Grand Canyon?
ANS Colorado River
2. Where is Angel Falls, the world’s largest waterfall, located?
ANS Venezuela