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Test Questions
Q: 1- Which number should come next in the following series:
1,1,2,3,5,8,13
Answer:

21

Q: 2- Maria, who is sixteen years old, is four times as old as her brother. How old will Maria
be when she is twice as old as her brother?
Answer:

24

Q: 3- Choose the number that is 1/4 of 1/2 of 1/5 of 200?

Answer:

Q: 4- Mohsin needs 13 bottles of water from the store. Mohsin can only carry 3 at a time.
What is the minimum number of trips Mohsin needs to make to the store?
Answer:

Q: 5- How can you calculate cross-sectional area of a cylinder (circle)?

Answer:

x R2

where, R = Radius of the circle

Q: 6- What is the chemical formula of soda ash?

Answer:

Na2CO3

Q: 7- what is Newtons 3rd law of motion?

Answer:

To every action, there is always an equal and opposite reaction.

Q: 8- What is pH? What is its range from highly acidic to highly basic?
Answer:

Measure of hydrogen ions concentration is known as pH. pH range is from 1-

14. A pH of 1 is highly acidic and of 6 is weak acid. pH of 7 is neutral. pH of 8 is a

weak base and of 14 is a strong base.
Q: 9- what is the value of Sin 900?
Answer:

1.

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Q: 10- What is the relationship between electric current, voltage and resistance. What is its
mathematical form?
Answer:

Voltage is directly proportional to current, V=I x R

Q: 11- Why do wet clothes dry slowly on a rainy day?

Answer: On a rainy day the atmosphere air contains more water vapour than on a dry day and
hence evaporation is slower.
Q: 12- Why do tea cools down more quickly in a plate than a cup?
Answer: In a plate evaporation takes place more rapidly than in a cup.
Q: 13- Why does a substance thrown up come to the ground?
Answer: Because of the gravitational force of the earth.
Q: 14- What happens to iron when it rusts?
Answer: It reacts with the oxygen of the air and forms iron-oxide which is the rust.
Q: 15- . How would you differentiate between welding and soldering?
Answer: Welding is the joining of metals by raising the temperature of the metals to fuse
them together by melting their ends. Soldering is the joining of metals with the help of an
alloy called solder.
Q: 16- An iron nail floats on mercury but sinks in water. Give reasons.
Answer: The specific density of iron is lower than of mercury, hence it floats on mercury,
while it is higher than that of water, and hence it sinks in water.
Q: 17- Define Kinetic energy and Potential energy.
Answer: Energy due to motion of the body is called a kinetic energy. While energy due to
position of a body is known as potential energy.
Q: 18- what are the 3 phases of matter?
Answer: 1.Solid

2.Liquid

3.Gas

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Q: 19- what are the modes of heat transfer?
Answer: 1.Conduction

2.Convection

3.Radiation

Q: 20- what is the molecular formula and the molecular weight of carbon dioxide?
Answer:

Formula= CO2

mol.weight = 44

Q: 21-

Answer: (-1, 4)
Q: 22- Find the value of x if: 2x-25 = -15
Answer:

Q: 23- Solve: 1/4 25/100 =?

Answer: ZERO
Q: 24-Solve: 30% of 1200 =?
Answer: 360

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Q: 25- Why can a petrol fire not be extinguished by throwing water on it?
Answer: The heat of the petrol fire is so intense that the water thrown on it gets evaporated
and decomposed. Hence it is not effective in extinguishing the petrol fire.
Q: 26- It is advisable to work electric appliances when they are earthed suitably. Why?
Answer: In case of short-circuiting, the current passes to the earth without harming the user,
if an electrical appliance is properly earthed.
Q: 27- What is Fermentation? Give example.
Answer: A process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler
substances. E.g. break down of sugar into alcohol.
Q: 28- Define pressure.
Answer: Force acting on a body per unit area is called as pressure.
Q: 29- What is Boyles law:
Answer: At constant temperature, Volume is inversely proportional to pressure.
Q: 30- Simplest device to measure temperature in our daily life is?
Answer: Thermometer