Section 1: Chemical Reactions and Equations, Acids, Bases and Salts, Metals and Non-metals, Carbon and its Compounds, Periodic Classification of Elements, Life Processes, Reproduction in Organisms, Heredity and Evolution, Light-Reflection and Refraction, Human Eye and Colourful World, Electricity, Magnetic Effects of Electric Current, Sources of Energy, Our Environment and its Management.
Achievers Section: Higher Order Thinking Questions - Syllabus as per Section 1
In the following question, an assertion and a reason are given. Choose the correct option:
Assertion (A): In any food chain, the number of organisms in any trophic level should always be less than that in its previous trophic level. Reason (R): Only 10 percent of total energy present in a trophic level is transferred to the next trophic level in any food chain.
Q.2
If I1 is the first ionization potential, I2 is the second ionization potential, I3 is the third ionization potential and I4 is the fourth ionization potential of an element, then which of the following has the least value?
Q.3
Which of the following statements is correct regarding the grafting process?
Q.4
Length and diameters of four wires of same material are given below. The resistance of which of the following wires will be minimum?
Q.5
An air bubble in a glass slab (μ = 3/2) is 6 cm deep when viewed from one face and 3 cm deep when viewed from the opposite face. Determine the thickness of the slab:
Q.6
When SO2 is passed through a solution of K2Cr2O7 turns green. Which of the following correctly shows the change in the oxidation state of chromium and sulphur?
Q.7
Identify the correct sequence of fractions obtained when petroleum is subjected to fractional distillation:
Lubricating oil
Petrol
Petroleum ether
Diesel oil
Q.8
Match List I (Vegetative propagation type) with List II (Example):
Column I (Vegetative propagation type)
Column II (Example)
1.
Tuber eye
a.
Garlic
2.
Bulb
b.
Rose
3.
Cutting
c.
Potato
4.
Plantlets at margins of leaves
d.
Bryophyllum
Q.9
In the following question, an assertion and a reason are given. Choose the correct option:
Assertion: In a simple electric circuit, the positive terminal of the battery is a point of lowest potential.
Reason: The electronic current flow in a circuit is from a point of highest potential to a point of lowest potential.
Q.10
Match column I with column II and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Column I
Column II
1.
Element with a smallest atomic radius
a.
Ca
2.
Element with the largest atomic radius
b.
F
3.
Element with the highest electron affinity
c.
Cl
Your Score: 0/10
Answers to Sample Questions from CREST Olympiads:
Q.1
a
Q.2
a
Q.3
d
Q.4
c
Q.5
b
Q.6
b
Q.7
c
Q.8
b
Q.9
c
Q.10
b
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Answers to Sample Questions from CREST Olympiads:
Q.1 : a | Q.2 : a | Q.3 : d | Q.4 : c | Q.5 : b | Q.6 : b | Q.7 : c | Q.8 : b | Q.9 : c | Q.10 : b
