ROUND 1: FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS

Preamble: Name one tissue layer found in stomach of humans. Name one of these layers
Answer: Mucosa
Submucosa
Muscularis Externa
Serosa

Preamble: For the given disease, name the hormone associated with it
1. Diabetes mellitus Answer: Insulin
2. Goitre Answer: Thyroxine
3. Diabetes Insipidus Answer: Antidiuretic hormone, ADH
4. Tetany Answer: Parathormone

Preamble: State the unit of the given physical quantity and give the S.I. base unit

1. Inductance Answer: Henry 𝐻 = 𝑘𝑔𝑚2 𝐴−2 𝑠 −2

2. Magnetic flux density Answer: Tesla 𝑇 = 𝑘𝑔𝑚2 𝐴−1 𝑠 −2
3. Capacitance Answer: Farad 𝐹 = 𝑘𝑔−1 𝑚−3 𝐴2 𝑠 −4
4. Electrical Resistance Answer: Henry Ω = 𝑘𝑔𝑚2 𝐴−2 𝑠 −1

Preamble: Two objects are released from the same point of height 100 m one after the other in an
interval of t1 seconds. Determine the vertical distance between the two objects t2 seconds after the
release of the second object.

1. t1 = 2 s t2 = 4 s Answer: 100 m
2. t1 = 1 s t2 = 3 s Answer: 75 m
3. t1 = 1 s t2 = 4 s Answer: 120 m
4. t1 = 2 s t2 = 5 s Answer: 225 m

Preamble: Give the systematic name of one isomer of a haloalkyne with the formula, C4H5I.
1. 1-iodo-1-butyne
2. 3-iodo-1-butyne
3. 4-iodo-1-butyne
4. 1-iodo-2-butyne
Preamble: Give the electron configuration of the central atom in the given specie or compound
1. Sulphuric acid Answer: 1s2 2s2 2p6
2. Sodium carbonate Answer: 1s2
3. Potassium permanganate Answer: 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6
4. Phosphoric acid Answer: 1s2 2s2 2p6

Preamble: Find the inverse of the matrix

1 −2 −3 2
1. 𝐴 = [ ] Answer: [ ]
2 −3 −2 1
−2 2 3/2 −1
2. 𝐵 = [ ] Answer: [ ]
4 3 2 −1
3 1 1 −1/2
3. 𝐶 = [ ] Answer: [ ]
4 2 −2 3/2
3 −2 −3 2
4. 𝐷 = [ ] Answer: [ ]
5 −3 −5 3

Preamble: Find the real value of x

1. 2 log 2 𝑥 − log 2 (𝑥 − 1) = 2 Answer: x = 2
2. 2 log 3 𝑥 − log 3 (𝑥 − 2) = 2 Answer: x = 3 or 6
3. 2 log 4 𝑥 − log 2 (𝑥 + 2) = 2 Answer: x = 20
4. 2 log 5 𝑥 − log 5 (𝑥 − 4) = 2 Answer: x = 5 or 20
ROUND 2: SPEEDRACE
1. Which part of the gynoecium determines the compatible nature of the pollen grain?
Answer: Stigma
2. What name is given to the type of pollination where by pollen grains from the anther is
transferred to the stigma of a different flower in the same plant?
Answer: Geitonogamy
3. What is secondary growth in roots?
Answer: Secondary growth in roots is defined as the growth that results from cell division in
the cambia or lateral meristems
4. if 90 mg of a sample of HCl of formula mass 36 is dissolved in 250 cm3 of distilled water.
Determine the pH of the HCl in solution.
Answer: 2
5. Determine the mas of Nickel that will be deposited when a solution of Ni(NO3)2 is
electrolysed between platinum electrodes using 0.10 F of electrolysis. [Ni = 58.7]
Answer: 2.4 g
6. The mass of 0.20 moles of a straight chain alkane is 22.8 g. Name the alkane.
Answer: Octane
3𝑥+4 𝐴 𝐵
7. If 𝑥 2−3𝑥+2 = 𝑥−1 + 𝑥−2. Find the value of A and B.

Answer: A = -7 and B = 10
8. If ABCD are the vertices of a parallelogram where A(6, 2), B(4, -1) and C(1, 3). Find the
coordinate of the vertex D.
Answer: D(3, 6)
9. The sum of the digits of a two digits number is 7. When the digits are reversed, the number
is 9 less than the original number. Find the number.
Answer: 43
10. What is the frequency of a photon whose energy is 66.3 eV? Given h = 6.6 x 10-34 Js
Answer: 1.6 x 1016 Hz
11. Find the gauge pressure 2m below the surface of water in a lake.
Answer: 20 kPa
12. A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance 20𝜇𝐹 is being charged by a voltage source whose potential
is changing at the rate of 3 V/s. what is the conduction current through the connecting wires
Answer: 60 µA
 ROUND 3: TRUE OR FALSE
1. Two different gases are at the same temperature, will have equal pressures
Answer: False
2. Two different gases are at the same temperature, will have the same average molecular
velocities
Answer: False
3. Two different gases are at the same temperature, will have the same kinetic energies of their
molecules?
Answer: False
4. Two different gases are at the same temperature, will have the same rms speed of their
molecules?
Answer: False

5. If two separate objects are in thermal equilibrium, then they have the same temperature.
Answer: True
6. If two separate objects are in thermal equilibrium, then they are in physical contact.
Answer: False
7. If two separate objects are in thermal equilibrium, then they are separated by a heat
conducting wall.
Answer: False
8. If two separate objects are in thermal equilibrium, will have a net energy transfer between
them to be zero.
Answer: True

Preamble: The given reaction is not affected by changes in volume

9. 𝑃𝐶𝑙5 (𝑔) ⇌ 𝑃𝐶𝑙3 (𝑔) + 𝐶𝑙2 (𝑔) Answer: False

10. 𝑁2 (𝑔) + 3 𝐻2 (𝑔) ⇌ 2 𝑁𝐻3 (𝑔) Answer: False
11. 𝑁2 (𝑔) + 𝑂2 (𝑔) ⇌ 2 𝑁𝑂 (𝑔) Answer: True
12. 𝑆𝑂2 𝐶𝑙2 (𝑔) ⇌ 𝑆𝑂2 (𝑔) + 𝐶𝑙2 (𝑔) Answer: False
 13. The bonds between atoms of the same elements are essentially covalent
Answer: True
14. Some organic molecules may form ions
Answer: True
15. The bonds within an organic ion are covalent
Answer: True
16. Some organic molecules are ionic
Answer: True

Preamble: In drosophilia, the sex is determined by

17. Whether the egg is fertilized or develops parthenogenetically. Answer: False
18. The ratio of the number of Y-chromosomes to the set of autosomes Answer: False
19. X and Y chromosomes Answer: False
20. The ratio of the X-chromosomes to the pair of autosomes Answer: False

21. The tomato fruit is a berry Answer: True

22. The apple fruit is a pome Answer: True
23. The palm tree fruit is a drupe Answer: False
24. The mango fruit is pome Answer: False

Preamble: In the interval 0 < x < π,

25. cos x is decreasing, Answer: True
26. sin x is increasing, Answer: False
27. tan x is increasing, Answer: False
28. sin x increases and decreases. Answer: True

29. -3 and 5 is x2 + 2x – 15 = 0 Answer: False

30. 4 and 7 is x2 – 11x + 28 = 0 Answer: True
31. -2 and – 6 is x2 + 8x + 12 = 0 Answer: True
32. 7 and -5 is x2 + 2x – 35 = 0 Answer: False
ROUND 4: RIDDLES
#1
I am a type of pollination
I am non-directional
Almost all gymnosperms experience me but few in angiosperms
I occur in flowers having a single ovule in every ovary and with numerous flowers packed in an
inflorescence
Flowers that experience me have light and dry pollen with no scent or nectar.
These flowers have stigmas designed for efficient pollen capture.
If I am the pollination type experienced by wheat, rice, maize and almost all grasses,
Then, who am I?
Answer: Wind Pollination or Anemophily

#2
I am an ion
I am a unipositive ion with many biological importance or functions
I some situations, I act as enzyme activators
I also participate in many reactions of glycolysis and Kreb’s cycle to produce ATP from glucose
Together with my sibling, we are responsible for the nerve signal transmissions
If I am a single letter cation of the alkali metal, then, who am I?
Answer: Potassium ion, K+

#3
We are an integral part of our daily lives.
We are a basic concept of mathematics.
We are of different types based on our unique properties
If you apply the basic fundamental arithmetic operations of us, the result is still us.
Moreover, we come across the interesting worlds of factors and multiples
We defined as the arithmetic value that is expressed using words, a symbol or a figure that
represents a quantity.
Our long list includes ordinal, consecutive, odd, even, natural, whole, integers, real, rational,
irrational etc
Who am I?
Answer: Numbers
#4
I am a phenomenon associated with light and sound waves
I am phenomenon used in astronomical measurements, radar and in modern navigation
I was first described in 1842 by an Austrian physicist as an explanation for differences in colours of
light emitted from observable stars
I am caused by the relative motion of an observer and a wave source.
I result in a shift, which depends on the velocity of the object in relationship to the observer: the
greater the velocity, the greater the shift.
I am the apparent change in pitch due to the motion of the sound source or the observer
Answer: Doppler effect