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About TBI : The 'Tata Building India School Essay Competition' is one of the key initiatives undertaken by the Tata group of companies to motivate the youth of India towards thinking about nation building. This essay competition provides a unique platform to encourage young leaders of tomorrow to express themselves, on a host of subjects related to nation building. Instituted in 2006, as an English language competition in 6 cities with 1 lakh students from class 6 to 12, the competition has now become India's largest essay writing competition. In 2009-10, the competition has attracted over 2 million students in 100 cities across 6 languages. The idea of the competition is very well received by both students and the teaching fraternity reflected by the overwhelming response from participating schools and students. It is the belief of the Tata group of companies that the young minds of the country if ignited positively can bring greater glory to the nation.

As you may be aware, the Tata group of companies has been undertaking a number of initiatives for youth to express their ideas and showcase their talent. One key initiative to inspire young minds towards nation building is the countrywide Tata Building India School Essay Competition for students of class 6 to 12 which has been running successfully in the last four years.

Started in 2006 with 6 cities and 1 lakh students in English language, the competition has grown manifold to become India’s largest school essay competition. With the tremendous response that we have received each year, we are now launching the 5th edition of the competition in the current year 2010-11 and plan to reach nearly 3 million students in over 5000 schools across 8 languages covering around 150 cities. The national winners of previous editions also got the opportunity to meet and interact with the past President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and the current President of India, Mrs. Pratibha Patil and the Vice President Mr. Hamid Ansari in New Delhi.

Doodle 4 Google 2010

At Google we like to have a little bit of fun with our corporate logo by redesigning it from time to time. This Google 'doodle' is a fun way for us to celebrate different events and people. Doodle for Google is a competition where we invite young people to design the Google logo in their very own style based on a different theme.

This Year’s Theme: My Dream for India

This year we’re calling all young doodlers in India to draw their doodle based on the theme - My Dream for India.

We want you to fast forward to the future and capture your image of what you think India will be like 20 years from today.

• A cleaner, greener India
• Freedom from poverty
• Education for all
• The world’s center of technology
• Better roads, futuristic cities

Sample Paper Bihar Board Class XII Physics

(Set-1)

1. S. I. unit of flux is
(A) Ohm
(B) Weber
(C) Tesla
(D) None
2.The relation between geometric length (L _g) and magnetic length ( L_m) is–
(A) L_m=5/6L _g
(B) L_m=6/5L _g
(C) L_m=L _g
(D) L_m=2L _g

3.Reflactic index of glasses and water are3/2 and 4/ 3 respectively for say of light going to water for glan, the critical only will be
(A) sin-1 8/9
(B) sin-1 9/8
(C) sin-1 3/4
(D) sin-1 2/3

4. The modulation Index in amplitude modulation is–
(A) Always zero
(B) Between 0 & 1
(C) Between 1 & ∞
(D) None of these
5.Air bulbla inside water shines due to?
(A) Reflection
(B) Reflution
(C) T.I.R.
(D) None of these
6. When a dielectric in introduced into the gap of a parallel plate capacitor, the capacitance of the capacitor :
(A) Decreases
(B) Increases
(C) Remains same
(D) None of these

Sample Paper Bihar Board Class XII Biology

(Set-1)

1. GM Plants are useful in
(A) increasing crop yield
(B) producing disease resistant plants
(C) increasing drought resistant plants
(D) all of these

2. The theory of Origin of Species by natural selection was proposed by—
(A) Charles Darwin
(B) Lamarck
(C) Ernst Hacckel
(D) Malthu

3.An enzyme used to cut DNA—
(A) Pectinase
(B) Ligase
(C) Restriction endonuclease
(D) Lysozyme

4.What is the position of a tiger in a food cha in shown below ?
(Grass → Deer → Tiger)
(A)Producer
(B) Primary Consumer
(C)Secondary Consumer
(D) Decomposer

5.Replcation of DNA needs
(A)DNA Ligase
(B) DNA Ploymerase
(C) DNA Polymerase and DNA Ligase
(D)Translocase and RNA Polymerase

6.Dudhwa National Park is situated in
(A) Assam
(B) U. P.
(C) Gujarat
(D) West Bengal

7.Seeds of fruits are transformed
(A) Corolla
(B) style
(C) wall of avary
(D) ovule

Sample Paper Bihar Board Class XII Chemistry

(Set-1)

1.The oxidation state of Nickel in [Ni(CO)4] is :
((A) 1
(B) 3
(C) 0
(D) 2

2.If dispersed phase is liquid and dispersion medium is solid, the colloid is known as:-
((A) A Sol
(B) A gel
(C) An emulsion
(D) A foam

3.Which of the following is not a condensation polymer :
((A) Glyptal
(B) Nylon – 6, 6
(C) Dacron
(D) PTFE

4.The reaction of Cl2 with hot NaOH gives
((A) NaCl, NaClO3
(B) NaCl
(C) NaCl, NaOCl
(D) NaClO3

5.The unit of rate constant of First order reaction is
((A) Time -1
(B) Mole liter -1 sec -1
(C) Liter mole -1 sec -1
(D) Liter mole -1 sec

Sample Paper Bihar Board Class XII Mathematics

(Set-1)

1. Derivative of X ^x with respect to x is
(A) x^x (log x + 1)
(B) x / x^x–1
(C) x. x^x
(D) (1 + log x)

2. The radius of a circle is increasing at the rate of 0.7 cm/s. What is the rate of increase of its circumference ?
(A) 2π cm/s
(B) 0.7 π cm/s
(C) 1.7π cm/s
(D) None of these

3. If x = a cos θ, y = b sin θ then find dy/dx =
(A) -b/a* cotθ
(B) 0
(C) b/a* tanθ
(D) -b/a* tanθ

4.ƒ1-sinx/cosx dx =

(A) tan x – sec x + c
(B) None of these
(C) tan x + sec x + c
(D) sec x – tan x + c

5.If E and F are events such that P (E/F) = P (F/E) then
(A) P (E) = P (F)
(B) E = F
(C) E ⊂ F but E ≠ F
(D) E ∩ F = φ

6. If P and Q are symmetric matrices of same order then PQ – QP is a
(A) Zero Matrix
(B) Identity Matrix
(C) Skew-symmetric Matrix
(D) Symmetric Matrix

Indian Army

The Indian Army invites applications from unmarried male who have passed 10+2 examination with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics subjects and fulfill the eligibility conditions for the grant of Permanent Commission in the Indian Army.

• Total Posts: 85
• Pay Scale: Rs.15600-39100 plus Grade Pay Rs.5400
• Age: Min 16 years and half & Max 19 and half years
• Qualification: 10+2 (PCM) with 70% marks.
• Physical Standard: Min. height 152 cm and weight 42 kg., better eye 6/6 and worst eye 6/18

Parent Advocates for CCE

The Central Board of Secondary Education would like to initiate training of Parent Advocates to develop a band of qualified parent advocates in CCE. Parents of students studying in schools affiliated to CBSE can apply by submitting the following proforma online. The selected lot of parents will be identified and contacted by the CBSE.

PROFORMA

The qualities that the Board is looking for volunteers who have excellent communication skills in English as well as in Hindi, a keenness to learn and share information with understanding and a belief in the basic principles of CCE which address both the `Continuous’ and `Comprehensive’ aspects of learning, growth and holistic development.

National Informatics Olympiad (NIO)

The Central Board of Secondary Education will be conducting the National Informatics Olympiad in collaboration with the Indian Association for Research in Computing Science (IARCS), Mumbai, across the country and abroad. The examination for the same will be held in two stages. The examination will be open to all the students of classes VIII to XII studying in CBSE schools as well as other Boards in the country.

The first stage examination consisting of the Zonal Informatics Olympiad will be held on Saturday, November 20, 2010 between 10.00 am and 01.00 pm. The examination will be a written examination to test the aptitude of the students, their logical competence, problem-solving skills, and critical thinking.

STAGE 2: The candidates who qualify in the first stage examination as per the norms prescribed by the selection committee will appear in the second stage examination to be held on Saturday, January 22, 2011 which will be based on programming skills.

Selected candidates will be called for intensive training for the final selection of the candidates for the International Olympiad.

The Board is planning to conduct the examination in about 40 centres across the country and abroad. Each of these centres will have a coordinator cum Centre Superintendent who will be responsible for the conduct of the examinations. The list of centres is put up on the CBSE Website: www.cbse.nic.in as well as on the Olympiad website: www.iarcs.org.in. Please select the nearest examination centre from the list given and forward the list of candidates desirous of participating in the first stage examination to the coordinator along with the examination fee as per the enclosed proforma on or before 15th Oct, 2010. (The list of participants and bank draft need not be sent to the CBSE as the centre will be forwarding the list to the CBSE subsequently). The fee for each participant will be Rs. 100/- (Rupees hundred only). A consolidated demand draft for all the participants of your school may be drawn in favour of Secretary, CBSE, Delhi.

Sample Paper Bihar Board Class XII Sociology

(Set-1)

1-Tana Bhagat Movement is associated with:
(A) Backward Caste
(B) Dalit
(C) Tribe
(D) All of the above

2- Who was the chairman of Mandal Commission?
(A) B.P. Mandal
(B) M. L. Mandal
(C) V. P. Mandal
(D) None of the above

3- Which of the following characteristics is not related to Tribal economy?
(A) Profiting
(B) Barter
(C) Subsistence
(D) Division of Labor

4-Which of the following is not a characteristics of tribe?
(A) Collection of families
(B) Common language
(C) Endogamous
(D) Untouchable

5-According to census reports of 2001 the village population of India is approximately:
(A) 56%
(B) 65%
(C) 62%
(D) 80%

6- 'Uncle' comes under which category of Kinship?
(A) Primary
(B) Secondary
(C) Tertiary
(D) None of the above

7-When the New National Population Policy was announced?
(A) 1999
(B) 2000
(C) 2001
(D) 2002

Sample Paper Bihar Board Class XII Sociology

(Set-2)

1- In which state christen population is more than other?
(A) Maharastra
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Karla
(D) Andhra Pradesh

2- Which is the dangerous for Indian society?
(A) Communalism
(B) Regionalism
(C) Casteism
(D) All above

3- Who has said–Caste is closed class.
(A)Max Weber
(B) Maclaver and page
(C) Resley
(D) Majumdar and Madan

4- Which tribal society is matriarchal?
(A) Garo
(B) Munda
(C) Santhal
(D) Not any one

5- Which type of family is suitable for agriculture?
(A) Nuclear Family
(B) Joint Family
(C) Extendent Family
(D) All above

6- Indian National Congress established on:-
(A) 1857
(B) 1905
(C) 1869
(D) 1885

Sample Paper Bihar Board Class XII Psychology

(Set-1)

1. Which factor influences more inaptitude formation ?
(A) Caste
(B) Age
(C) Intelligence
(D) Family

2. The latest system of clarification of Psychological disorder ?
(A) WHO
(B) DSM-III R
(C) DSM-IV
(D) ICD-9

3. Prejudice is a type of ?
(A) Attitude
(B) Instinct) Emotion
(D) Motivation

5. Stress is :
(A) An independent variable
(B) A dependent Variable
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) An intervening variable

6.T.A.T. of Personality measurement is a type of ?
(A) Questionnaire
(B) Self-report inventory
(C) Projective test
(D) Paper-pencil test

7. According to Psychologist the range of average I.Q. is ?
(A) 110-120
(B) 90-110
(C) 105-115
(D) 120-140

8. Which Psychologist defined intelligence as an abstract thinking ?
(A) Munn
(B) Spearman
(C) Terman
(D) Wechsler

CBSE plans aptitude test after Class X Board exam

The Central Board of School Education CBSE has decided to hold an optional “Proficiency test” for the students of Class X in June 2010, said board chairman Vineet Joshi in Lucknow on Thursday. Joshi was at Millennium School in the city to attend a workshop held for CBSE principals who had come from about 60 schools across the state. The workshop is on the new pattern of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE).

Marks dead, CBSE Std X revolution on

Spending hours tracing the evolution of modern India's political landscape may not appeal to many 15-year-olds. But Michelle Oraa Ali, a Class X Sardar Patel Vidyalaya student, who says she usually "hates" studying, "loved" her social science assignment. She traced changes in Indian politics - from the years of undisputed Congress rule to today's coalition era - not through text-books, but veteran cartoonist R K Laxman's works.

Ali is part of the first batch of an estimated one million Class X Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) students who don't have to appear for next year's Board examination. Instead, their performance will be evaluated throughout the year, using innovative activities where students are encouraged to experiment and express themselves, along with traditional pen-paper tests - a combination labelled as Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE).

Sample Paper Bihar Board Class XII Political Science

(Set-1)

1. Which one of the following is correctly matched ?
(A) V.P. Singh - U.P.A
(B) Man Mohan Singh - National Front
(C) A.B. Vajpayee - NDA
(D) Indra Kumar Gujral - Left Front

2. Which among the following is NOT an outcome of the disintegration of the USSR ?
(A) End of the ideological war between the USA and USSR
(B) Emergence of Unipolar world order
(C) Birth of CIS
(D) Crisis in the Middle East

3. The currency of European Union is :
(A) Dollar
(B) Rupees
(C) Euro
(D) None of these

4.How many member of the security council have the right to veto ?
(A) 15
(B) 5
(C) 10
(D) 20

5.Which among the following statements is True ?
(A) All the countries in South Asia are democratic
(B) Nepal is a country with a monarchy
(C) SAARC came into existence in 1985
(D) Bhutan is a Republic

6.Who is the Secretary General of the UNO ?
(A) Man Mohan Singh
(B) Ban-Kee-Moon
(C) Barak Obama
(D) Madhav Nepal

Sample Paper Bihar Board Class XII Philosophy

(Set-1)

1. Applied ethics is :
(A) Practical ethics
(B) Metaethics
(C) Normative ethics
(D) All of the above

2. Generally, the entire surrounding of our existence is known as :
(A) Material objects
(B) Energy
(C) Environment
(D) All of the above

3- Mind-body relation is explained by :
(A) Parallelism
(B) Interactions
(C) Pre-established harmony
(D) All the above

4- The theory of innate ideas has been refuted by :
(A) Berkeley
(B) Kant
(C) Locke)
(D) Spinoza

5. Rationalism accepts the—method in acquiring knowledge :
(A) Deductive
(B) Inductive
(C) Both
(D) Neither

6. Epistemological idealism accepts :
(A) Object is independent of the subject
(B) Object is dependent on the subject
(C) Object and subject are neutral
(D) None of the above

7. New realism is connected with which philosophers ?
(A) Moore
(B) Russell
(C) Perry
(D) All of them

8. 'Esse est percipli' is the statement of :
(A) Berkeley
(B) Locke
(C) Kant
(D) Hume

Sample Paper Bihar Board Class XII History

(Set-1)

1. Which famous saint was born in Talwandi ?
(A) Mira
(B) Kabir
(C) Gurunanak
(D)Raidas

2. Who was the greatest ruler of Vijay Nagar empire ?

3. Who was the regent of Akbar ?
(A) Bairam Khan
(B) Abdul Rahim
(C) Munim Khan
(D) Faizi

4. Who wrote 'Aain-A-Akbari' :
(A) Babar
(B)Faizi
(C) Abdul Fazal
(D) Badauni

5. The fourth Buddha summit was held in the region of :
(A) Ajatshatru
(B) Kanishka
(C)Ashoka
(D) Kalashoka

6. Who wrote Mahabharata ?
(A) Valmiki
(B) Manu
C) Yagyavalakya
(D)Ved Vyas

7. Which ruler is called 'Napoleon of India' ?
(A) Ashoka
(B) Samudragupta
(C) Akbar
(D) Aurangzeb

Sample Paper Bihar Board Class XII History

(Set-2)

1. In serial texts Vajji has been called :
(A) Contedeary
(B) Republic
(C) Monarchy
(D) all

2. The literal meaning of 'Jama Pada' is :
(A) Where people made their houses
(B) where people keep there feet
(C) Where people keep their cattle's.
(D) None of these

3. Punch marked coins were made of :
(A) Gold
(B) Silver
(C) Copper
(D) Both B and C

4- The Kalinga state of the Mauryan time was situated in :
(A) Present northern Orissa
(B) Present eastern Orissa
(C) Present western Orissa
(D) Present southern Orissa

5. Where the Buddhism propagated by Ashoka could not prevaic?
(A) Japan
(B) Syria
(C) Britan
(D) Srilanka

6. The designation of the Kalinga conquest is found on :
(A) Xth inscription
(B) XI Inscription
(C) XIIth inscription
(D) XII Inscription

7. The town patliputra was founded by :
(A) Azatshatru
(B) Bimbisara
(C) Udaya Bhadra
(D) Mundak

Sample Paper Bihar Board Class XII Geography

(Set-1)

1. In the twentieth century itself the population of the world has increased.
(A) Two times
(B) Four times
(C) Five times
(D) Ten times

2. Asia's largest slum is
(A) Howrah(Kolkata)
(B) Kankarbagh (Patna)
(C) Dharavi (Mumbai)
(D) Mukherjee Nagar (Delhi)

3. Livestock farming is called
(A) Factory farming
(B) Truck farming
(C) Mixed farming
(D) Dairy farming

4. Which one of the following is a tertiary activity ?
(A) Agriculture
(B) Pastoralist
(C) Trading
(D) Hunting

5. The "Big Inch" pipe line transports
(A) Water
(B) Milk
(C) Liquid Petroleum Gas
(D) Petroleum

6. Which one of the following is not a plantation crop ?
(A) Rice
(B) Sugarcane
(C) Cotton
(D) Coffee

7. Which one of the following scholars introduced the concept of Human Development ?
(A) Dr. Abul Kalam
(B) Prof. Amatya Sen
(C) Dr. Mahabub-ul-Haq
(D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

8.Who introduced the concept ''slope and go determined" ?
(A) Ritter
(B) Ratgel
(C) Taylor
(D) Humbolt

9. According to census 2001, the metropolitan cities in India are
(A) 30
(B) 35
(C) 40
(D) 45

10. In how many zones has the Indian Railways system been divided ?
(A) – 9
(B) – 12
(C) – 16
(D) – 14

Sample Paper Bihar Board Class XII Economics

(Set-1)

1- Which one is true?
(A) GNP = GDP + Depreciation (B) NNP = GNP + Depreciation
(C) NNP = GNP – Depreciation) (D) GNP = NNP – Depreciation

2- Which one of the following is included in flow?
(A) Consumption) (B) Investment (C) income (D) All the above

3- Price of commodity is determined at a point where–
(A) almond exceeds (B) Supply exceeds
(C) demand equals supply (D) None of these

4-For every market which condition has to be fulfilled for firm's equilibrium?
(A) AR = MC (B) MR = MC
(C) Me should cut MR from below (D) both b and C

5- In which market AR = MR
(A) monopoly (B) monopolistic competition
(C) both a and b (D) Perfect competition

6- With the increases in Production the difference between total fixed cost:
(A) remains constant (B) increases
(C) decreases (D) both increase and decreases

7- If the price of the goods rises say 40% and Supply increases by only 15% the supply of goods will be:
(A) Higher elastic (B) Elastic
(C) Inelastic (D) Perfectly inelastic