National Level Science Talent Search Examination (NSTSE) Class 3 Sample Paper
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Class : 3 Mathematics
1. Study the following.
  + =   12
       +  =   16
   + =   10
How much does a book cost ?
(A)  4 (B)  6 (C)  12 (D)  16
2. Observe the following. How much does each banana
cost ?
 +  +  =  30 ; + +  =  28 ;
 +  +  =  18 ;
(A)  5 (B)  8 (C)  10 (D)  18
3. Which of the following is the multiplication sentence
for the group in the figure ?
(A) 5 × 1 = 5 (B) 5 × 2 = 10
(C) 5 × 4 = 20 (D) 5 × 3 = 15
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4. What is the missing number ?
30 45 28 35
60 90 56 ?
(A) 50 (B) 65 (C) 70 (D) 86
5. Bhanu wants to go to the swimming pool from his
house.
If he took the longest route shown in the given figure,
how many metres would he travel ?
(A) 1139 m (B) 1082 m (C) 1100 m (D) 1174 m
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Class : 3 General Science
6. Find the odd one.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
7. Sania has a jug of orange juice. of 15 liters capacity. She
poured all the orange juice into 3 of the 6 containers as
shown below.
4 l 3 l
1 l 5 l
6 l
2 l
P Q R S T U
The 3 containers Sania used are
(A) P, Q, S (B) Q, R, S (C) S, T, U (D) Q, S, T
8. What do you know from the given experiment ?
Beaker
Candle
(A) Air moves things. (B) Air is needed for burning.
(C) Air occupies space. (D) Air has weight.
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9. Which of the following on burning gives out heat and
energy ?
(A) (B)
Granite
(C) (D)
10. Which labelled part of the plant can grow into a fruit ?
(A) P (B) Q (C) R (D) S
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Class - 3 Critical Thinking
11. Find the value of 
+ + + + + + = 3
(A) 7 (B) 6 (C) 5 (D) 4
12. How many apples is equal to weight of papaya ?
?
(A) _ (B) _ (C) _ (D) _
13. Which animal is not seen in the shadow ?
(A) (B)
(C) (D)
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14. Three fishes need to be caught to make 10. How many
no. of groups in 3’s can be made to make 10.
1 3 4 2 3
4 5 1 7
(A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 5
15. Which picture shows the longest rope ?
(A) (B) (C) (D) All are equal
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