Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing
SAMPLE PAPER HST SCIENCE TEST
Sample Paper HST SCIENCE TEST
Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing
PAPER DIVISION HST SCIENCE TEST
1 2 3 4 5 ENGLISH PHYSICS CHEMISTRY PEDAGOGICAL SKILLS BIOLOGY (BOTANY + ZOOLOGY) / MATHEMATICS Total 23 22 22 10 % % % %
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Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing
ENGLISH Complete the sentences by choosing the most appropriate word, from the given lettered choices (A to D) below each.
1. He was very polite _______ me. A. B. C. D. to with on for
2. He _______ in Karachi when I last saw him. A. B. C. D. will be living was living lives will live
Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters.
3. SIMULATED: A. B. C. D. real contrived unassuming false
4. BENEFIT: A. B. C. D. help favor avail harm
Identify the word or phrase that needs to be changed for the sentence to be correct:
5. Yesterday one of the teacher was called by the principal. A B C D 6. Ali finds it difficult to put his idea into words. A B C D
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Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing
Choose the word most similar in meaning to the capitalized ones.
7. DESPAIR: A. B. C. D. 8. LOVELY: A. B. C. D. beautiful simple modern proud dejection confidence encouragement expectation
Read the passage to answer the question 9-10
It is important that we should develop an attitude of objective and clear thinking in the study of science. It will open and enlarge our minds which are the very soul of science. Experiments and research work have brought about great advancement in science. Therefore, we must realize that science is a creative activity. 9. Objective and clear thinking make the study of science: A. B. C. D. Easier Difficult Fruitful Enjoyable [Link] and research work are: A. B. C. D. Different Related Unrelated Opposite
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Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing
PHYSICS
[Link] the temperature of a solid increases, its specific heat: A. B. C. D. increases decreases increases, then decreases remains the same [Link] is the chief method of energy transfer: A. B. C. D. from from from from the Sun to an Earth satellite a gas flame to water in a teakettle a soldering iron to metals being soldered water to an ice cube floating in it
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Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing
CHEMISTRY
[Link] rate of a chemical reaction is: A. B. C. D. determined from a balanced chemical equation the change in concentration of products and reactants in a certain amount of time not possible to determine experimentally expressed in units of time
[Link] neutralization: A. B. C. D. the base is neutralized the acid is neutralized a salt is formed all of the above
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Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing
PEDAGOGICAL SKILLS
[Link] students have strengths and through _____ teachers can utilize their strengths to enhance learning. A. B. C. D. punishment fine better interpersonal skills discouragement
[Link] children get equal chances of learning if: A. B. C. D. Teaching strategies are kept same Teaching strategies are varied Teaching strategies are very rigid Both A & C
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Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing
BIOLOGY
[Link] of menstrual cycle in old age is called: A. B. C. D. Andropause Menopause Gametopause All of the above [Link] ratio of Mendels Law of independent assortment is: A. B. C. D. 3 1 9 8 : : : : 1 2:1 [Link] 2:2
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Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing
MATHEMATICS
[Link] has 3 pens and Faheem has 2 pens. In how many ways can they exchange a pen? A. B. C. D. 20. 2 6 4 3
d (tan x) = ? dx
A. B. C. D. Cosx Sinx Sec 2 x Tanx
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Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing
ANSWER KEY
Q #. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Right Choice A B A D B E A A C B E A B D C B B C B C
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