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
Identify the phenomenon by which a new set of the population is formed from the change in the frequency of some genes:
Q.2
Which of the following statements about carbon is/are correct?
A. It has a small atomic size. B. Its melting and boiling point is low as compared to other members of the group. C. It shows the electropositive character. D. It shows the maximum tendency of catenation.
Q.3
Olivia measured the focal length of a convex lens by focusing a parallel beam of yellow, violet and green colours at the principal axis. If fy, fv and fg are the respective focal lengths, then which among the following is the correct relation?
Q.4
In the following question, an assertion and a reason are given. Choose the correct option:
Assertion (A): A person, who has suffered from smallpox can be recommended for providing nursing care to the victims of smallpox than the person who hadn't suffered from smallpox.
Reason (R): The immune system of the person who had suffered from smallpox remembers the microbes causing smallpox and responds vigorously on the next encounter.
Q.5
Which of the following is obtained in its pure form by the reaction of sugar and sulphuric acid?
Q.6
Which one of the following elements is alloyed with iron to produce steel which can resist high temperatures and also have high hardness and abrasion resistance?
Q.7
What volume of hydrogen gas at 273 K and 1 atm pressure will be consumed in obtaining 21.6 g of boron (At. mass: 10.8) from the reduction of BCl3 by hydrogen?
Q.8
Why shouldn't we light a candle in a closed room with people?
Q.9
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.10
In the following question, an assertion and a reason are given. Choose the correct option:
Assertion: According to Döbereiner's, a group of three similar elements arranged in their increasing atomic weights show that the atomic weight of middle is equal to the arithmetic mean of the other two elements.
Reason: Atomic weight is equal to one-twelfth of the mass of a carbon atom.
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Answers to Sample Questions from CREST Olympiads:
Q.1
a
Q.2
d
Q.3
b
Q.4
a
Q.5
b
Q.6
b
Q.7
c
Q.8
d
Q.9
a
Q.10
b
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Answers to Sample Questions from CREST Olympiads:
Q.1 : a | Q.2 : d | Q.3 : b | Q.4 : a | Q.5 : b | Q.6 : b | Q.7 : c | Q.8 : d | Q.9 : a | Q.10 : b
