SAMUNDRA INSTITUTE OF MARITIME STUDIES LONAVLA

DNS ENTRANCE EXAM

Duration: 02 hrs Maximum Marks: 100

ENGLISH
Instructions: (i) Answer ALL questions. Each question carries 02 marks except Q.6 of English, which carries 10 marks (ii) There is no negative marking. (iii) Choose the most appropiate answer from A, B, C, D and mark the same in your answer sheet.

OPTIONS A Q. 1 Choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the one given Myth Q. 2 Choose the correct meaning of the idiom The failure of crops in successive years put the farmers in a tight spot. in a closed room in a small field in a difficult situation exuberant in a meadow truth falsehood fact story B C D

Q. 3 Q. 4

Pick out the word that has been misspelt

eminent

iminent

eloquent

The highlighted part of the sentence may or may not have errors. Choose the correct alternative to improve the sentence. Please report your findings when you return back from Delhi. you have returned from you return from you have returned back No improvement

Q. 5

Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentences Our car broke down and we were late. When we reached the venue .. the meeting started the meeting has started the meeting had started the meeting is going on

Q. 6

Writing skills (write about any one of the following in 100 words) Education in India how prepared are we to face the challenges of the outside world The world is changing in more ways than one. Write an essay about the advantage and disadvantage of a changing world

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DNS ENTRANCE EXAM
Duration: 02 hrs Maximum Marks: 100

PHYSICS

Sr. No. 1 2 3 4 3 4 5 6

Questions A Weightlessness experienced while orbiting the earth in spaceships is the result of A satellite which is geo-stationary in a particular orbit is taken to another orbit. Its distance from the centre of the earth in new orbit is 2 times that of the earlier orbit. The time period in the second orbit is, constant amplitude. If the temperature of the surrounding air increases but pressure remains constant, the sound produced will haveVelocity of waves in a string depends upon An electric field can deflect The potential energy of a particle executing S.H.M, at a distance x from a equilibrium position is propotional to Boyle's law is applicable in The empty space between the plates of a capacitor is filled by a liquid of dielectric constant K. The capacitance of capacitor A person standing in front of mirror finds his image larger than himself. This implies that the mirror is Mirages are observed in deserts due to phenomena of inertia 4.8 hrs B

Options C zero gravity 24 hrs D centre of gravity 24v2 hrs acceleration 48v2 hrs

length of the string X-rays vx isochoric process increases by a factor of K

square of the tension in the string Neutrons x isothermal process decreases by a factor of K

density of the surrounding a particles x

2

UQSERA Square root of the tension in the string rays x

3

isobaric process increases by a 2 factor of K cyllindrical with bulging side outwards

isotonic process decreases by a 2 factor of K

plane interference of light its specific resistance

convex

concave

total reflection of double reflection scattering of light light of light its radius its length current flowing through it

10

What is immaterial for an electric fuse?

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DNS ENTRANCE EXAM
Duration: 02 hrs Maximum Marks: 100

CHEMISTRY Sr.No. Question A 1 The preference of three unpaired electrons in a nitrogen atom can be explained by Pauli's exclusion principle inert gases B Aufbau principle Option C uncertainty principle halogens D Hunds rule

The elements with atomic number 2,10,18,36,54 and 86 are all

light metals

rare earths

3 4 5 6

The principal quantum number represents The Van der waals equation explains the behaviour of Equal volumes of all gases at the same temperature and pressure contain equal number of molecules.This statement is the direct consequence of Diamagnetism is exhibited by molecules

number of electrons distance of shape of the orbital that can be shifted number of sub shell electrons from the housing an electron to a high energy in a shell nucleus level Ideal gases real gases vapours non-real gases partial law of perfect gas law Charle's law Avogadro's law volume not attracted in a containing only carrying a positive containing unpaired magnetic field paired electrons charge electrons if bubbled through supports the lime water will turn combustion of it milky burning magnesium high specific gravity 1 value 13 extreme hardness 3 values 16 can be reduced high refractive index 5 values 10 all of the above are true purity 7 values 19

Carbon dioxide

8 9 10

Besides its use as a gem, diamond is used for cutting and drilling because of its When the azimuthal quantum number (l) is 3, 'm' can have The number of electrons in Al3+ is

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SAMUNDRA INSTITUTE OF MARITIME STUDIES LONAVLA

DNS ENTRANCE EXAM
Duration: 02 hrs Maximum Marks: 100

MATHS Sr. No. Questions A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Scalar triple product of three vectors The value of sin xcos x(sec x+cosec x) is Integral of e
(ax+b) 2 2 2 2

Options B AX(BXC) 4 /a e
(ax+b)

C A(BC) 1 a e
(ax+b)

D None of these 0 e
(ax+b)

A, B & C i.e. [A B C] is equal to

A( BXC) 2 e
(ax+b)

is (-7-24i) is

/(ax+b)

(ax+b)

The square root of the complex number

(3+4i) 2/5 18 logsecx 3/4 5p

(3-4i) 3/5 32 tanx.secx 3/5 10p 1

(3-4i) 1/5 48 sec x 4/5 25p 2

2

None 4/5 64 -cosec x none of these none 3

2

Choose a number at random from 1 to 5. What is the probability that the number chosen is even? The parabola y = 4ax passes through the point (2, -8), then the length of its Latus Rectum is Differential coefficient of cot x w.r.t. x is If tan =4/3,then sin is The area of circle centred at (1,2) and passing through (4,6) is The value of sin x + cos x +3sin xcos x is
6 6 2 2 2

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DNS ENTRANCE EXAM
Duration: 02 hrs Maximum Marks: 100

LOGIC

Sr.

Questions A B 320 abbab KDSM Brother 300 m

Options C 550 aabba JSMR Cousin 400 m Astronomy Sphere east to west 7.04 p.m. Water vapour D 2560 bbabb JCRN Brother -in-law 500 m Astrophysics Oblate spheroid equator to poles 7.04 a.m. Oxygen

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Find the wrong number in the series 5 ,10, 40, 80, 320, 550, 2560 Find missing letters a _ ba _ b_ b_ a _ b KORT is related to PJWO in the same way as FINR is related to..? Deepak said to Nitin ,"That boy playing football is the younger of the two brothers of the daughter of my father's wife." How is the boy playing football related to Deepak A train running at 40 km/hr passes a person riding parallel to the railway line in the same direction at 25 km/hr in 48 seconds. Find length of the train ? The study of heavenly bodies is known as The word used to describe the shape of earth is : The difference in the duration of day and night increases as one moves from : When it is 12 noon at Greenwich, what is the time at New York (740 W) ? The chemically inactive gas present in the atmosphere is :

80 abaab KCSM Son 200 m Atrology Flat west to east 4.56 p.m. Nitrogen

Astronautics Circle east and west of the prime meridian 4.50 a.m. Argon

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