NTD Sample Paper of Physics

ENGLISH

Complete the sentences by choosing the most appropriate word, from the given lettered choices (A to D) below each.

1. Almost everyone has trouble ______ at one time or another.

A. sleeping

B. for sleeping

C. sleep

D. slept

Each question below consists of a related pair of words, followed by five lettered pairs of words. Select the lettered pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair.

2. PAGE: BOOK::

A. sailors: crew

B. petal: flower

C. leaf: stalk

D. singers: chorus

Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters.

3. PARTICULAR:

A. general

B. widespread

C. diffused

D. common

Choose the word most similar in meaning to the capitalized ones.

4. CHANGE:

A. alter

B. church

C. complete

D. decide

E. agree

Read the passage to answer question 5-6

In the late seventeenth century, a transformationbegan that would make coffee one of the most popular drinks in Europe. The coffeehouse-meeting place of bankers, dissidents, artists, merchants, poets, wits, and rogues was in some ways the cradle of modern Europe. Coffee would change, in less than a century, from the drink of a few princes and a few paupers to the chief social beverage of the rising middle class.

1. The word “transformation” is closest in meaning to:

A. trend

B. event

C. change

D. custom

2. The word “rogues” refers to a type of:

A. beverage

B. person

C. book

D. coffee

QUANTITATIVE

1. 18 ÷ 0.04 =?

A. 4.5

B. 45

C. 450

D. 4,500

E. 45,000

2. What is 0.1 percent expressed as a decimal?

A. 0.001

B. 0.01

C. 0.1

D. 1

E. 10.0

3. Evaluate, if a = -3, and b = -1.

A. -29

B. 29

C. -25

D. 25

E. 83

4. A coat is on sale for Rs.120 after a discount of 20 percent. Find the original price.

A. Rs. 96

B. Rs.144

C. Rs.150

D. Rs.180

E. Rs.140

PEDAGOGY

1. Teaching strategy in which learner actually engages in resolving problems is called:

A. Small group discussion

B. Interactive teaching

C. Expository teaching

D. Inquiry teaching

2. The easiest way to foster personal relationship with students is:

A. Coming to class 5 to 10 minutes early

B. Starting a dialogue

C. Learning their names

D. Giving them prizes

COMPUTERS

1. Loading of operating system in a personal computer is called:

A. Booting

B. Prompting

C. Interrupting

D. Paging

2. How will you define ‘Internet’ in the simplest way?

A. very large network

B. global network of networks

C. network of computers in a city

D. all of the above

SUBJECT

1. Astronomers can tell whether a star is approaching or receding from the earth by the

A. Absorption spectra of the star

B. Doppler shift of the starlight

C. Brightness of the starlight

D. Temperature of the star

2. A battery of emf V volt is connected in series with a coil of inductance L and resistance R at the instant t = 0. The current in the circuit when t = 2τ where τ is the time constant of the circuit is (base of natural logarithm = e)

A. (V/R)[1– (1/e)]

B. (V/R (1/e)

C. (V/R)[1– (1/e)]

D. (V/R)(1/e)]

E. 2e(V/R)