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Vivek Gulavani from Innisfree House School, Bengaluru
Subject :NSO    Class : Class 7

A student took an iron rod and a wooden rod and wrapped each of them in a piece of paper. These were then heated as shown. It was found that the paper around the iron rod does not burn whereas the one around the wooden rod catches fire. It is because


A Candle, in case of iron rod, is nearer to the paper
B Wood being a bad conductor of heat, takes away all the heat
C Iron being a good conductor of heat, conducts away the heat given to the paper
D Paper, in first case, is thicker.


could someone please explain the answer

Ans 1:

Medha Bhutani from Christ Academy, Bengaluru
Class : Class 9
ans is option C

Ans 2:

Parshti Bajpai from Modern Public School, ALWAR
Class : Class 7
Please explain it to me.

Ans 3:

Harshdeep roy from Bhavans School , Nagpur
Class : Class 7
answer is option c

Ans 4:

Aarnavi Mann from Scholars rosary Sr. Sec. School, Rohtak
Class : Class 8

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saikrishna from bharatiya vidhya bhavans public school, Hyderabad
Class : Class 9
can someone explain why?

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Praveen Rai from Lotus Valley International School, Noida
Class : Class 7

Ans 7:

Aadvik saini from Mvn sector 17, Faridabad
Class : Class 8
ans is option C

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Pradhyumna from J S S Public School, Bengaluru
Subject :NSO    Class : Class 4

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Sandipta Bhattacharjee from Sri Ram Narayan Singh Memorial High School, Kolkata
Class : Class 5
jk kj;

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Sandipta Bhattacharjee from Sri Ram Narayan Singh Memorial High School, Kolkata
Class : Class 5
Not kerwa its kewra. It is an extract that is distilled from the flower of the Pandanus plant. Kewra water is very similar to rosewater. It is used to flavour South Asian cuisine.

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SANAJY GOPAL BHARTARIYA from ST. FIDELIS COLLEGE, LUCKNOW
Subject :NSO    Class : Class 6

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VIJAYA SREYAS B from NARAYANA OLYMPIAD SCHOOL KUKATPALLY, HYDERABAD
Class : Class 6
As it goes up,kinetic energy decreases due to gravity while potential energy increases with height. As it comes down, kinetic energy increases due to gravity while potential energy decreases.

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Aarush Goyal from D.A.V Pblic school, Sector 14, Faridabad
Class : Class 6
it will be maximum near the ground

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SANAJY GOPAL BHARTARIYA from ST. FIDELIS COLLEGE, LUCKNOW
Subject :NSO    Class : Class 6

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Aarush Goyal from D.A.V Pblic school, Sector 14, Faridabad
Class : Class 6
it will be maximum near the ground

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Prasuk Jain from Modern Delhi Public School, Faridabad
Subject :NSO    Class : Class 7

Saurabh burned two different fibres X and Y in order to identify them. X smelt like burning paper while Y smelt like burning hair. Which of the following options correctly identifies the two fibres?


Ans 1:

Aksh singh from The asian school, Dehradun
Class : Class 7

Ans 2:

Ishaan Roy from Sri Chaitanya Techno School, Bengaluru
Class : Class 10

Ans 3: (Master Answer)

Admin from revisewise, Noida
Class : Class 1
The correct answer is C.

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Pulkit Gupta from Maxfort School, New Delhi
Subject :NSO    Class : Class 6

Ans 1:

Aditya Sai Kedarisetty from Sri Kumarans childrens Academy DKS, Bangalore
Class : Class 7
The answer is 'D' option, 'All of the above'. It is so because Air is not visible because it neither absorbs nor reflects light, it transmits whole of light. Dust particles in air is visible as they reflect light. Air is almost transparent substance. It is not dust to be visibile. It is air, it is completely transparent.

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Ishayu Mukherjee from Don Bosco Park Circus, Kolkata
Class : Class 6
The answer is wrong. The correct answer is D

Ans 3:

Ashwak from Cambridge, Jalandhar
Class : Class 8
Answer is D

Ans 4:

Aditya Sai Kedarisetty from Sri Kumarans childrens Academy DKS, Bangalore
Class : Class 7
@ashwak control your language

Ans 5:

Parth Kaushish from MDPS, Faridabad
Class : Class 6
its D come on two total mistakes in one test

Ans 6:

Anika Saha from New Town School, KOLKATA
Class : Class 6
ANS IS D

Ans 7:

niuv from meridian, Hyderabad
Class : Class 6
ANS IS D

Ans 8:

Devdarsh hero from HOLY GRACE, Mala
Class : Class 6
ans is D

Ans 9:

HARSHAL KUTE from cambridge school buldhana, Buldhana
Class : Class 6
ans is d

Ans 10:

AJAY LAHOTI from SPRINGDALES DUBAI, Dubai
Class : Class 6
I should be d

Ans 11:

Bhabani Prasad from Narayan School, Kolkata
Class : Class 6
D is the ans as air is matter and is very transparent.

Ans 12:

Ashwak from Cambridge, Jalandhar
Class : Class 8
What in the freaking world . I am surprised that these dumb idiots can even host international and national olympiads . Even a 5 year old could get the answer right . I won't be surprised if they give the answer 22 of the question 2 2 . I am telling you we are wasting money on these damn question papers

Ans 13:

Ashwak from Cambridge, Jalandhar
Class : Class 8
Explain this dumb question and an even dumber answer " Master Answer"

Ans 14:

Shruti Rajshree from NPS Indiranagar, Bengaluru
Class : Class 3
answer is B as given in the answers. there is a solution too

Ans 15:

Mihika Hivarekar from Global Indian International School, Pune
Class : Class 6

Ans 16:

Tanishtha from DPS, Greater Noida
Class : Class 7
ans is d

Ans 17:

Pratheek from Null, Null
Class : Class 4
Option D. All of the above.

Ans 18:

Advik from DPS Patna, Patna
Class : Class 4
its got to be ddddd!!

Ans 19:

Karthik from Euro, Bengaluru
Class : Class 7
ans is d

Ans 20:

khushi Joshi from Svkm , Mumbai
Class : Class 10
Ans is D as air is all of the above

Ans 21:

ARAMINTA SAHA from VIBGYOR HIGH BALEWADI, PUNE
Class : Class 6
ans is d because it is transparent which allows light to pass, it doesn't observe light but transmits all light

Ans 22:

Aarav Garg from DPS Greater Noida, Greater Noida
Class : Class 7
It should be d but they are telling its b.

Ans 23:

Aarnav Grover from Anand Niketan Shilaj, Ahmedabad
Class : Class 9
I think its D not B

Ans 24:

Hari Govind from Delhi Public School Chandigarh , Chandigarh
Class : Class 6
THE ANSWER IS D

Ans 25:

Mitra Maiti from Techno India Group Public School, Bolpur Prantik
Class : Class 6
It is true that air is a perfectly transparent object. It neither absorbs nor reflects light. It transmits whole of light. So, all the options are correct and answer is D.

Ans 26:

pranavramesh from sri chaitanya techno school, Chennai
Class : Class 6
sof the answer is ddd so many times i am really fed up of your wrong answers and that is really very shamful on you.

Ans 27:

Utkarsh Chakravarty from Pinnacle High International School, Mumbai
Class : Class 6
i mean except Satwik

Ans 28:

ARUNAV from DPS VINDHYANAGAR, VINDHYANAGAR
Class : Class 9
these days sof olympiad trainer has gone mad. in one test, i got 4 perfectly wrong question . and now this . this adds up to fivei do not know what is the problemans should be ddddddddd!!!!!

Ans 29:

Ayush Chauhan from Modern Public School, Bhiwadi
Class : Class 9
Answer is D

Ans 30:

satwik patnaik from DPS Rourkela, Rourkela
Class : Class 7
And is b

Ans 31:

Agrim Jai from Modern Bharakhamba, Delhi
Class : Class 7
D

Ans 32:

Arsh from Lahs, Gwalior
Class : Class 3
ans is d sof !!!!!!!!!!!!! ans is d

Ans 33:

Aadvik saini from Mvn sector 17, Faridabad
Class : Class 8
i agree with d

Ans 34:

Naisha from Brilliant public school b, Bilaspur
Class : Class 8
D

Ans 35:

Pratheek from Null, Null
Class : Class 4
Option D. All of the above.

Ans 36:

Mihika Hivarekar from Global Indian International School, Pune
Class : Class 6
CHILL PPL CHILL

Ans 37:

Utkarsh Chakravarty from Pinnacle High International School, Mumbai
Class : Class 6
I agree with everyone is Satwik because air trasparent it neither reflects nor absorbs light and trasmits whole of light So ans is D

Ans 38:

Thejaswini from Rajagiri, Chennai
Class : Class 7

Ans 39:

Tanishtha from DPS, Greater Noida
Class : Class 7
ans is d

Ans 40:

Siddharth from DPS, Jodhpur
Class : Class 9
The correct answer should be option D, All of these

Ans 41:

Sharmi Chowdhury from G.D Birla Centre For Education , Kolkata
Class : Class 7
Answer is d

Ans 42:

Aarush Laddha from NCFE, bengaluru
Class : Class 6
Answer is D as air it neither absorbs or reflects light,its almost transparent,it transmits the whole of light.

Ans 43:

kpks14 from RIMT World School, Chandigarh
Class : Class 7
d is the answer but the trainer is showing b as answer air reflects light that is why the sky is blue

Ans 44:

Videh Jain from Bluebells School International, Delhi
Class : Class 6
d is the ans

Ans 45:

arnav santosh shinde from new english school , landewadi
Class : Class 4
ANS IS D

Ans 46: (Master Answer)

Admin from revisewise, Noida
Class : Class 1

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Swati from Ryan, Bengaluru
Subject :NSO    Class : Class 8

Ans 1:

sk from psbb millennium school, Chennai
Class : Class 9

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N Sankar Narahari from Madhavakripa English Nursery and Higher Primary School, Manipal
Class : Class 7
everybody just copy and paste it, can anyone explain in an easier way

Ans 3:

Harsh Kant from Gyan Ganga Educational Academy, Raipur
Class : Class 9

Ans 4:

Sumedha Mishra from xyz, School, Pune
Class : Class 8

Ans 5:

chepz from abc school, pandikkad
Class : Class 10
The common error is to think that pressure at 0.4h above the surface of the reservoir of mercury is 0.4 times the atmospheric pressure. The pressure at p is caused by the weight of mercury above point P. Thus preesure at P is equal to : 0.6x 100000 = 60000 Pa

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N Sankar Narahari from Madhavakripa English Nursery and Higher Primary School, Manipal
Class : Class 7
answer is b

Ans 7:

Gokul Warrier M from SRI KUMARANS MALLASANDRA, BANGALORE
Class : Class 9

Ans 8: (Master Answer)

Admin from revisewise, Noida
Class : Class 1
The correct answer is B.

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Mihir Arora from dpsg, ghaziabad
Subject :NSO    Class : Class 3

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Malav patel from Navrachana school sama , Vadodara
Class : Class 4
A is the correct answer as 1 and 2 are correct

Ans 2: (Master Answer)

Admin from revisewise, Noida
Class : Class 1
The correct answer is A.

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Harshita.B from Narayana e techno school, Poonamalle
Subject :NSO    Class : Class 3

Ans 1: (Master Answer)

Admin from revisewise, Noida
Class : Class 1
The correct answer is D.

Ans 2:

Thaneesha from Radcliffe School, Kharghar
Class : Class 7
Y...I DONT UNDERSTAND SOOOOO....................TELL MEH!!

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Soham Yadav from Delhi Public School Rohini ,New Delhi, New Delhi
Class : Class 8
obviusly it will be d

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SHAUNAK from St Xaviers School, HAZARIBAG
Class : Class 3
The correct answer is D [friction].

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Ashwak from Cambridge, Jalandhar
Class : Class 8
I too

Ans 6:

Karangat house from Navy Children School, Payyannur
Class : Class 3

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Kimaya and Sanaya from Ekya School, Bengaluru
Subject :NSO    Class : Class 3

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Mahima g pillai from Arya central school, Trivandrum
Class : Class 6
A

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X Y
(A) Wool Silk
(B) Cotton Rayon
(C) Cotton Silk
(D) Silk Wool