Class VI- ASSET Exam Sample questions

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| Class 6 | English

1) The market is open on all days, other than Sundays and holidays. Which of the words means ''other than''?

A. accept	B. except
C. expect	D. although

Correct Answer : B
2) Choose the option which has NO spelling mistake.

A. I have limited expirience in driving a four wheeler.	B. The drive was pleasant and a good exprience for us.
C. Drivers need to have a year's expierence to work with us.	D. Experience tells us that insurance is a must for all vehicles.

Correct Answer : D

3) ''After a huge fight, Neeti and Sheel had a heart-to-heart talk. Soon they resolved all their misunderstandings.''
Replace the expression ''had a heart-to-heart talk'' with the MOST SUITABLE option.

A. talked in soft tones with each other for a long time	B. decided to stop fighting and become friends again
C. honestly discussed their problems with each other	D. began to talk about other things to avoid getting angry

Correct Answer : C

4) Which of the following sentences reflects the meaning of ''Absence makes the heart grow fonder''?

A. When Farokh and Tanu are allowed to be absent from school, they feel happy and cheerful.	B. To keep our heart always healthy and happy, all fatty foods should be absent in our diet.
C. Young people are mostly fond of things that their friends have, even if they do not have them.	D. Manveen and Aasma used to fight, now they live in different cities and miss each other greatly.

Correct Answer : D

5) ''There were so many mistakes in my report that I had to start from scratch!''
What does ''to start from scratch'' mean as used in the sentence above?

A. to start cutting out errors	B. to correct all the mistakes
C. to rewrite the untidy parts	D. to redo something completely

Correct Answer : D

6) Which of these sentences HAS a GRAMMATICAL ERROR?

A. There are many children's parks in our city.	B. The number of buses on the road are high.
C. We cross the road only at the zebra crossing.	D. People like to buy clothes that are fashionable.

Correct Answer : B

7) Complete the sentence given below with the OPPOSITE of ''vanish'' as it is used here.
I thought that the new detergent would make the stains on my clothes vanish. But to my dismay, I saw them _________ again once the clothes were dry.

A. lighter	B. strong
C. appear	D. invisible

Correct Answer : C

8) Which of the following words has the same sound of ''i'' as in ''wrist''?

A. first	B. kind
C. stick	D. fright

Correct Answer : C

| Class 6 | Maths

1) 10 - 4 ÷ ½ + 2 equals

A. 4	B. 5
C. 10	D. 14

Correct Answer : A

2) Tapan thinks of a number, doubles it and adds 50 to the answer. He gets the answer 120. What was Tapan's original number?

A. 290	B. 70
C. 35	D. 20

Correct Answer : C

3)A prime number is a number, which is not completely divisible by any number except 1 and itself. 
Using only the information in the table given here, which of the given numbers can we say with CERTAINTY, IS NOT a prime? 

63

83

91

A. only 63	B. only 83
C. only 91	D. 63 and 91

Correct Answer : D

4) In Vidyamandir School, the duration of each period in the Junior Section is 20 minutes and in the Senior Section it is 35 minutes. Both bells ring together when School starts at 10:30 am. The next time they ring together is at lunch time. At what time does lunch break start?

A. 12:50 pm	B. 12 noon
C. 11:40 am	D. 12:30 am

Correct Answer : A

5) The length of each side of each SMALL square in this grid is 4 cm. The area of this grid (in square cm) will be

A. 4	B. 8
C. 16	D. 64

Correct Answer : D

6) 4160 ÷  20 is equal to

A. 28	B. 208
C. 280	D. 2800

Correct Answer : B

7) How much does the box weigh?

A. 2 kg 5 g	B. 2 kg 50 g
C. 2 kg 500 g	D. 3 kg 500 g

Correct Answer : C

8) Prashant cuts a watermelon into 12 equal slices and eats 4 of them. If he was to have the same portion of the watermelon for himself with the minimum number of cuts, he should have made

A. three equal slices and taken one.	B. four equal slices and taken one.
C. six equal slices and taken two.	D. five equal slices and taken two.

Correct Answer : A

9) Between 1 and 50 (excluding both these) how many numbers are there which will leave a remainder 1 when divided by 4?

A. 10	B. 12
C. 13	D. 15

Correct Answer : B

10) One thousandth part of 60 is

A. 0.006	B. 0.60
C. 6.00	D. 0.06

Correct Answer : D

11) 654312 and 76536 are both divisible by 8. Which of the following might NOT be divisible by 8?

A. 654312 + 76536	B. 654312 -- 76536
C. 654312 x 76536	D. 654312 ÷ 76536

Correct Answer : D

12) A cuboidal block is made up of smaller blocks as shown.

If the shaded blocks are removed, we can say that:

A. 5% of the solid is removed	B. 20% of the solid is removed
C. 25% of the solid is removed	D. 75% of the solid is removed.

Correct Answer : B

13) This is a special cube, which has numbers from 1 to 6 marked on its six faces. (Each number is marked on exactly one face.) Also, the sum of each pair of opposite faces is the same.  

The number which can come on the face marked '?' is

A. 4 or 5	B. 2 or 5
C. 2 or 6	D. 4 or 6

Correct Answer : B

14) Two identical mangoes and a 250 g weight balance a 1 kilo weight on the other pan of a weighing scale. What is the weight of each mango?

A. 375 g	B. 750 g
C. 500 g	D. 250 g

Correct Answer : A

15) A number when rounded to the nearest 100 gives 1200. When rounded to the nearest 10, it gives 1250. What could the number be?

A. 1205	B. 1242
C. 1247	D. 1265

Correct Answer : C

16) The area of which of these is different from the other three?

A.	B.
C.	D.

Correct Answer : C

17) What symbol comes in the empty box to make the following statement true?

113 + 113 + 113 + 113 + 113 + 113  113 - 113 = 113 X 4

A. +	B. -
C. ÷	D. none of the above

Correct Answer : B

| Class 6 | Science

1) Which of the following is/are method(s) of preserving food?

1. freezing of vegetables
2. making pickle with mangoes
3. making sauces with tomatoes
4. washing and cutting vegetables

A. only 2	B. only 2 and 3
C. only 1, 2 and 3	D. all of them

Correct Answer : C

2) Ashok took two identical potted plants and kept them in the garden. He watered one plant regularly, but did not water the second plant at all. He noted all the changes he observed in both the plants for 15 days.
Ashok conducted this activity to understand

A. if plants need sunlight to grow.	B. if plants need water to grow.
C. if the second plant needed water to grow.	D. if plants need air to grow.

Correct Answer : B

3) Which of the following 'life processes' is seen in animals but not in plants?

A. movement	B. reproduction
C. growth	D. Nourishment

Correct Answer : A

4) Some sharks have the ability to detect blood even in very tiny quantities from more than a kilometre away.
They use one of the following senses for this. Which of the following could it be?

A. hearing	B. sight
C. smell	D. touch

Correct Answer : C

5) Shyam learnt at school that leaves have pores called 'stomata' on them. On his way back home, he collected a variety of leaves. But he was unable to see the pores.
Which of these instruments will help Shyam see the pores?

A	B.
C.	D.

Correct Answer : B

6) The best way to measure the exact length of this irregular solid (around the edge) is:

A. by using a metre scale.	B. by using a formula.
C. by using a piece of string.	D. by using a piece of string and a metre scale.

Correct Answer : D

7) A box with some heavy objects has to be moved from one place to another. Which of these would be the easiest way to move the box?

these would be the easiest way to move the box?

A. Pushing	B. Pulling
C. Rolling over cylindrical blocks	D. carrying

Correct Answer : C

8) The concept that matches the definition 'the amount of matter in a substance' is

A. weight	B. mass
C. kilogram	D. gravitational force

Correct Answer : B

9) Mohan went to a picnic spot. There was a little lake surrounded by trees. He found a lot of people boating around in diesel boats. After a joy ride, when he sat down to relax on the bank of the lake, he observed a lot of dead fish. The MOST LIKELY reason for the dead fish is

A. The fish were old and therefore died.	B. Fish cannot live in places having too many visitors.
C. Fish cannot live in polluted waters.	D. There was not enough water in the lake for the fish.

Correct Answer : C

10) Bhoomi looked up at the night sky for 30 minutes. She saw something moving slowly in the sky. At the end of 30 minutes, she could still see this object, but its position had changed. Which of the following could it be?

1. a shooting star
2. a satellite
3. the Moon
4. a cloud

A. only 1	B. only 2 or 4
C. only 2, 3 or 4	D. all - 1, 2, 3 and 4

Correct Answer : C

11) Which of these is a chemical reaction?

A. Breaking a piece of chalk.	B. Dissolving sugar in water.
C. Slicing a piece of cork.	D. Rusting of iron.

Correct Answer : D

12) Ram gives his dog a piece of bread to eat. The dog picks it up and starts eating. Which organ system of the dog is in action right now?

A. digestive system	B. respiratory system
C. nervous system	D. skeletal system

Correct Answer : A

13) The volume of the object immersed in water is

A. 10 ml	B. 20 ml
C. 30 ml	D. 40 ml

Correct Answer : A

14) In the simple electric circuit shown, the light will glow when ?in the picture corresponds to
 

A. copper	B. rubber
C. cork	D. Plastic

Correct Answer : A

15) Preeti rubs her palms together. She feels them becoming warmer. This happens because:

A. her palm is a good heat insulator.	B. the friction between her palms produces heat.
C. there is increased blood circulation in the palm.	D. her body is heated.

Correct Answer : B

16) Which of these number plates will still show a valid number when seen in a mirror?

A. 3081	B. 2901
C. 8011	D. 3663

Correct Answer : C