Heliodyssey 2008
9th to 12th Sample Paper
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| 1. What is the speed of light? |
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| a. 122,000 miles per second |
b. 87,000 miles per second |
| c. 6,000 miles per second |
d. 186,000 miles per second |
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| 2. What is the Spectral Type of the Sun? |
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| a. B |
b. G |
| c. K |
d. M |
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| 3. The human brain is a complex mass of _______ and _______. |
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| a. Muscles, Nerves |
b. Lungs , Cerebrum |
| c. Nerve Cells, Nerve fibres |
d. None |
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| 4. What was the name of the first U.S. space station? |
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| a. Enterprise |
b. Galaxy I |
| c. Eagle Eye |
d. Skylab |
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| 5. How many birth days does the average man have? |
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| a. 1 |
b. 50 |
| c. 75 |
d. Can’t say |
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| 6. Which one of these Moon phases causes a spring tide on Earth? |
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| a. First Quarter |
b. Last Quarter |
| c. Gibbous |
d. New |
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| 7. Why have Rats survived all attempts to eradicate them? |
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| a. Rats are quick to avoid bait once found to have unpleasant effects. |
b. No poison exists to kill all rats. |
| c. Rats can recognize bait. |
d. Rats can communicate information about poisoned bait to each other. |
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| 8. Which is the largest moon in the solar system? |
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| a. Titan |
b. Callisto |
| c. Ganymede |
d. Triton |
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| 9. WRITER : PEN : : ________ : ________ |
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| a. NEEDLE : TAILOR |
b. ARTIST : BRUSH |
| c. PAINT : PAINTER |
d. TEACHER : CLASS |
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| 10. Which is the largest asteroid? |
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| a. Eros |
b. Pallas |
| c. Vesta |
d. Ceres |
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| 11. Cathy has six pairs of black gloves and six pairs of brown gloves in her drawer. In
complete darkness, how many gloves must she take from the drawer in order to be sure to get a pair that match? Think carefully!!
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| a. 6 |
b. 7 |
| c. 12 |
d. 13 |
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| 12. If car is 22, scooter is? |
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| a. 33 |
b. 44 |
| c. 11 |
d. 95 |
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| 13. When did James Watt invented the steam Engine? |
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| a. 1889 |
b. 1679 |
| c. 1907 |
d. 1765 |
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| 14. Which rays is used for ‘seeing” during Night? |
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| a. Ultra violet |
b. X-ray |
| c. Laser |
d. Infrared |
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| 15. Which living being was born in space for the first time in 1990? |
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| a. quail |
b. honey bee |
| c. monkey |
d. butterfly |
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| 16. While located on another planet of the Solar System, you are watching Earth move across the disk of the Sun, on which of the planets you cannot be situated on? |
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| a. Jupiter |
b. Saturn |
| c. Mars |
d. Venus |
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| 17. Which of the following will react with water very easily? |
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| a. Magnesium |
b. Iron |
| c. Sodium |
d. Silver |
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| 18. Who invented photography? |
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| a. Louis Daguerre |
b. Henry Cole |
| c. John Curtis |
d. Louis Caiker |
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| 19. Laws of electromagnetic induction were introduced by |
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| a. Fleming |
b. Ohm |
| c. Faraday |
d. Gilbert |
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| 20. If a current of 10 amperes flows through a bulb for 5 seconds, the charge flowing in coulombs is |
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| a. 50 |
b. 25 |
| c. 20 |
d. 10 |
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| 21. Photo chromatic glass contains a small amount of compound of |
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| a. Gold |
b. Platinum |
| c. Silver |
d. Copper |
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| 22. Malfunctioning of adrenal gland causes |
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| a. Typhoid |
b. Dysentery |
| c. Goiter |
d. Sores |
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| 23. To what extent does temperature fall as one goes up above the surface of the earth? |
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| a. -10o C |
b. -23o C |
| c. -108o C |
d. -62o C |
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| 24. Planet affects human destiny and personality by |
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| a. Gravity |
b. Radiation |
| c. Godly influence |
d. Don’t affect us |
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| 25. Who is responsible for child’s sex in humans? |
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| a. Male |
b. Female |
| c. God |
d. Diet and environment |
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