Standard: IX BRAIN O’ THON Time: 90 Minutes
Marks: 100 Mock Examination 2024
Instruction: Answer sheet will be evaluated by the OMR, for each question you have to select only
one answer, if you select more than one and mark them your answer will not be considered.
01. ________ all her efforts she could not please her family.
a) Inspite of b) Nevertheless c) Although d) However
02. Performing daily chores without any fatigue is
a) Mental wellness b) Dynamic Ability c) Physical fitness d) None of these
03. A balanced diet should normally be able to provide about
a) 2,500 calories per day b) 3,500 calories per day
c) 4,000 calories per day d) 3,000 calories per day
04. Who is considered the father of graph theory and authored the famous
1736 paper "The Seven Bridges of Konigsberg"?
a) Carl Friedrich Gauss b) Albert Einstein
c) Isaac Newton d) Leonhard EulerIf
05. MACHINE is coded as 197914152011, how will you code DANGER?
a) 11720161124 b) 1372091125
c) 10720131124 d) 13720101125
06. A stage which concludes major career reassessments is called
a) exploration stage b) growth stage
c) mid career crisis sub stage d) maintenance stage
07. When you swallow, what structure prevents food from entering the trachea?
a) Esophagus b) Tonsils c) Epiglottis d) Tongue
08. Which of the following is a structured programming technique that graphically
represents the detailed steps required to solve a program?
a) Objectoriented programming b) Pseudocode
c) Flowchart d) Topdown design
09. Which of the following diagrams indicates the best relation between Iron,
Lead and Nitrogen ?
a) b) c) d)
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10. Which of the following is not commonly considered to be part of the public
health function of community pharmacists?
a) Health promotion b) Compounding c) Diabetes testing d) Signposting
11. The International Atomic Energy Agency's headquarters are in
a) Geneva b) Vienna c) Paris d) Washington
12. Radiation inversions are at their most powerful when
a) skies are overcast b) skies are partly cloudy
c) precipitation is falling d) skies are clear
13. Which state is most famous for its Wangala Festival or 100 Drums Festival?
a) Meghalaya b) Assam c) West Bengal d) Arunachal Pradesh
14. Which of the following methods is INCORRECT to preserve food materials?
a) Keeping the food at low temperature.
b) Keeping the food in airtight container
c) Salting and sugaring
d) Keeping it in water and high room temperature.
15. In the English Alphabet, how many letters are between the 10th letter from
left and the 6th letter from right?
a) 9 b) 4 c) 10 d) 5
16. Who is the famous Indian author of "The God of Small Things," which won the
Man Booker Prize in 1997?
a) Arundhati Roy b) Chetan Bhagat c) Jhumpa Lahiri d) Vikram Seth
17. Which of the following system is established on the basis of direct election?
a) Block Committee b) Zilla Parishad c) Gram Panchayat d) Both a and b
18. A person who is not pleased by anything is called
a) Antiquarian b) Fastidious c) Precarious d) Cranky
19. Find out which of the figures (1), (2), (3) and (4) can be formed
from the pieces given in figure (X).
(x)
(1) (2) (3) (4)
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
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20. Which of the following is a benefit of conducting a job analysis?
a) Laying the foundation for performance appraisal
b) Laying the foundation for safety and health
c) Laying the foundation for employee hiring
d) All of these
21. How many panchayati raj posts are reserved for women at all levels?
a) 1\3 b) 1\2 c) 2\3 d) 1\4
22. Who among the following has written the book "Cricket My Style"?
a) Sunil Gavaskar b) Anil Kumble c) Kapil dev d) Sachin Tendulkar
23. Who among the following has bagged the gold in women’s javelin throws in
Hangzhou in the Asian Games 2023?
a) Annu Rani b) Parul Chaudhary c) Dilhani Lekamge d) Lyu Huihui
24. Which of the following is the smallest visual element on a video monitor?
a) Character b) Pixel c) Byte d) Bit
25. What is the full form of ASI in history? (Passage Question)
a) Assurance Services International b) Association of Surgeons of India
c) Annual Survey of Industries d) Archaeological Survey of India
26. The dress code for Sikhs was prescribed by
a) Guru Nanak Dev b) Guru Gobind Singh
c) Guru Tegh Bahadur Singh d) Guru Ram Das
27. Which Article of the Indian Constitution grants special autonomous
status to Jammu and Kashmir?
a) Article 370 b) Article 356 c) Article 42 d) Article 44
28. Find the number of triangles in the given figure.
a) 10 b) 12 c) 14 d) 16
29. Malaria's causative agent is
a) Plasmodium b) Trypanosoma c) Leishmania d) Bacillus
30. Which of the following hormones corrects a hyperglycemic state?
a) Insulin b) Glucagon c) Epinephrine d) Cortisol
31. Which among the following team was first winner of "World Cup Hockey"?
a) Spain b) France c) UK d) Pakistan
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32. Which literary work is known for its opening line, "It was the best of times,
it was the worst of times"?
a) "MobyDick" by Herman Melville b) "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
c) "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens d) "War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy
33. Chocolate was once considered a drink until the Victorian era. When was the
first chocolate bar introduced to the world?
a) 1828 b) 1831 c) 1825 d) There is no sure data
34. Who holds the power to remove the President of India from office?
a) The Prime Minister b) Parliament
c) The Rajya Sabha d) The Chief Justice of India
35. The 100 metre hurdles in a track and field event with spaced obstacles. It is
run in lanes in which hurdles are placed so that athletes alternate between
sprinting and jumping. How many hurdles are there in each lane?
a) 6 b) 8 c) 10 d) 12
36. If a polyhedron has 6 vertices and 12 edges. What is the number of faces it has?
a) 6 b) 8 c) 12 d) 18
37. Which of the following is both a human and fundamental right under the
Constitution of India?
a) Right to Work b) Right to Freedom c) Right to Information d) Right to Education
38. Threat Analysis Group’s (TAG) mission is a part of which tech company?
a) Google b) Microsoft c) Apple d) Meta 7 9 8
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39. Find the missing number from the given responses?
a) 17 b) 23 c) 47 d) 73 5 7 6
16 32 ?
40. Use of disposable syringes is usually to prevent
a) Rabies b) Cancer c) AIDS d) None of these
41. Which city hosted the ‘Conference on International Security 2022’?
a) New Delhi b) Colombo c) Moscow d) Dhaka
42. Which one of the following is not a chemical preservative found in food?
a) Sulphur dioxide b) Sodium Hydrogen c) Sodium nitrate d) Carbon dioxide
43. Calcium, iron, potassium, iodine, and common salt are examples of
a) Proteins b) Vitamins c) Fats d) Minerals
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44. "You can pick up the craft, you may learn to sketch and draw in institutes,
but no one can teach anyone how to make a good cartoon," says __________.
a) Uday Shanker b) R.K. Laxman (Passage Question)
c) James Gillray d) Thomas Rowlandson
45. In Rutherford scattering experiments, where did alpha particles come from?
a) Hydrogen nucleus b) Argon nucleus c) Helium nuclei d) None of these
46. The ability to maintain equilibrium when stationery or moving:
a) Accuracy b) Flexibility c) Balance d) Agility
47. Statistical calculations and preparation of Table and Graphs can be done using
a) Adobe Photoshop b) Excel c) Notepad d) Power Point
48. The maximum effort made to lift a weight is called:
a) Explosive strength b) Endurance c) Speed d) Maximum Strength
49. What doesn't belong to this food group?
a) Chocolate Milk b) Cream cheese c) Ice Cream d) Salad dressing
50. The polynomial of type ax² + bx + c, a = 0 is of type?
a) Biquadratic b) Quadratic c) Cubic d) Linear
51. Select the alternative which represents three out of the five alternative figures
which when fitted into each other would form a complete square.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
a) 135 b) 345 c) 123 d) 124
52. In October 2023, which of the following states conducted a socioeconomic
survey of the state’s five indigenous Muslim communities?
a) Uttar Pradesh b) Assam c) Bihar d) Odisha
53. Which Indian state recently launched a dedicated ‘Tourism Policy 2021ʹ?
a) Haryana b) Sikkim c) Jharkhand d) Assam
54. What is Salt Lake Stadium's alternate name?
a) Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan b) Bharat Bharti Stadium
c) Eden Gardens d) Indira Gandhi Stadium
55. The area to which a species is biologically adopted to live is known as
a) Habitat b) Succession c) Community d) Niche
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56. Stanzas do not include which of the following?
a) Couplet b) Tercet c) Pun d) Quatrain
57. In George Orwell's novel "1984," what is the totalitarian regime called?
a) Oceania b) Eurasia c) Eastasia d) Big Brother
58. What was the name of the Italian artist that created the Mona Lisa?
a) Michelangelo b) Sandro Botticelli c) Leonardo da Vinci d) Tiziano Vecelli
59. What is the term for a temporary storage area that compensates for differences
in data rate and data flow between devices?
a) Buffer b) Bus c) Channel d) Modem
60. Quadrilateral ABCD angles are measured in the ratio 1:2:3:4. Then which of the
following is true?
a) AC = BD b) AD || BC c) AB || DC d) None of these
61. The Radius of the Cylinder whose lateral surface area is 704cm² and height 8cm is
a) 6 cm b) 4 cm c) 8 cm d) 14 cm
62. In the following question, select the number 4 8 12
which can be placed at the sign of question
mark (?) from the given alternatives? 38 56 ?
a) 72 b) 78 c) 108 d) 90
9 6 11 6 11 13
63. Kurukshetra is located in modern India at
a) Himachal Pradesh b) Haryana c) Uttar Pradesh d) Punjab
64. Scurvy is caused due to the deficiency of
a) Vitamin A b) Vitamin B c) Vitamin C d) Vitamin D
65. Market and manufacturing globalisation has greatly increased.
a) Employee turnover b) The quality of products and services
c) The prices of products and services d) International competition
66. According to UK businesses, which state offers the best operating environment?
a) Mumbai b) Pune c) New Delhi d) Chennai
67. How many color dots make up one color pixel on a screen?
a) 265 b) 16 c) 8 d) 3
68. Dactyl gram is related with:
a) Finger print b) Teleprinter c) Cereals d) Perambulator
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69. Which one of the following diseases is also known as “Salmonella enterica
serotype Typhi”
a) Malaria b) Typhoid c) Yellow fever d) Diarrhoea
70. The type of fruit obtained from a multicarpillary apocarpous gynoecium is
a) Multiple b) Composite c) Simple d) Aggregate
71. Prisms and Pyramids are:
a) Polygons b) Cubes c) Polyhedrons d) Spherical shapes
72. How many chapters are there in Bhagavad Gita?
a) 12 b) 15 c) 18 d) 21
73. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has collaborated with which
country to explore the Venus and the dark side of the moon?
a) USA b) Japan c) Australia d) Russia
74. Smog is made up of
a) Snow and Fog b) Snow and Dust c) Smoke and Fog d) Sulphur and Fog
75. The people who are attracted to career, involving verbal activities rather than
physical activities are classified as
a) enterprising oriented b) investigation oriented
c) social orientation d) conventional orientation
76. Which number replaces the question mark?
a) 2 b) 4 c) 6 d) 8
77. When he_____. P : did not know, Q : he was nervous and,
R : heard the hue and cry at midnight, S : what to do :
The Proper sequence should be:
a) RQPS b) QSPR c) SQPR d) PQRS
78. What is the name of the government of India think tank that succeeded
the Planning Commission?
a) NITI dharma b) NITI Shashan c) NITI Aayog d) NITI Vakya
79. Which of the following is not a healthy habit?
a) Going to bed late b) Reading books or magazines while lying down
c) Overthinking of problems d) All of these
80. ‘Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium’ is located in which state?
a) Gujarat b) Odisha c) Jharkhand d) Bihar
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81. Geostationary satellite revolves at_______.
a) Any height b) Fixed height
c) Height above pole d) Height which depends upon its mass
82. Which stream animal is an indicator of poor water quality?
a) a black fly larva b) a caddis fly larvaa c) May fly larva d) a riffle beetle
83. Bluetooth technology allows
a) Land line phone to mobile phone communication
b) Wireless communication between equipments
c) Signal transmission on mobile phones only
d) Satellite television communication
84. In the Mahabharata, what is the name of the celestial weapon that Arjuna
receives from Lord Shiva?
a) Sudarshana Chakra b) Brahmastra c) Pashupatastra d) Agneyastra
85. What is the fulform of PDF?
a) Printed Document Format b) Public Document Format
c) Portable Document Format d) Published Document Format
86. Who among the following has been appointed as CEO of PayU?
a) Anirban Mukherjee b) Amrish Rau
b) Vijay Shekhar Sharma d) Sameer Nigam
87. In a triangle, the median divides it into two parts
a) Congruent triangles b) Isosceles triangles
c) Right triangles d) Triangles of equal area
88. What would happen if all the fungi and other decomposers disappeared?
a) nothing b) the air would be cleaner
c) bodies of dead plants and animals would pile up
d) soil would have more nutrients
89. Which legendary Indian sitar player and composer is known for popularizing
Indian classical music in the West?
a) Zakir Hussain b) Ravi Shankar c) Lata Mangeshkar d) Ali Akbar Khan
90. If the earth's attractive power suddenly decreases to Zero, a man standing
on it will____.
a) fly up b) slide along the surface
c) move out tangentially d) stand unaffected
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91. The process of adding, changing, and deleting file records on a regular basis is
known as
a) Restructuring b) Upgrading c) Updating d) Renewing
92. Which process is used to remove dirt and sand from waste water?
a) Aeration b) Chlorination c) Sedimentation d) Flocculation
93. San Marino is one of the world's tiniest countries. Its constitution, adopted in
1600, is the world's oldest still in force constitution. Which country surrounds it?
a) Germany b) Italy c) Spain d) France
94. A trader mixes 26 kg of rice at Rs. 20 per kg with 30 kg of rice of other variety
at Rs. 36 per kg and sells the mixture at Rs. 30 per kg. His profit percent is :
a) No profit, no loss b) 5% c) 8% d) 10%
95. Which state is set to set up world’s largest jungle safari park across
10,000 acres?
a) Tamil Nadu b) Madhya Pradesh c) Haryana d) Nagaland
96. Two regular Polygons are such that the ratio between their number of
sides is 1:2 and the ratio of measures of their interior angles is 3:4. The number
of sides of each Polygon is
a) 5, 10 b) 6, 12 c) 4, 8 d) 2, 3
97. Which number replaces the
question mark?
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
98. What is the term for a word that joins words or groups of words
together in a sentence?
a) Verb b) Adjective c) Conjunction d) Preposition
99. The product of two numbers is 9375 and the quotient, when the larger one is
divided by the smaller, is 15. The sum of the numbers is:
a) 380 b) 395 c) 400 d) 425
100. Extreme old age when a man behaves like a fool
a) Imbecility b) Senility c) Dotage d) Superannuation
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