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SESSION 2021 – 22

PRE-REGIONAL MATHEMATICAL
OLYMPIAD (PRMO), 2022
Time: 1 Hour. Exam Date : 10.11.2021 Maximum Marks : 30

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
A. General:
1. This Question Paper contains Sections-A : Mathematics
2. Question paper contains 30 Objective Type Questions.
3. Blank papers, clipboards, log tables, slide rules, calculators, cellular phones, pagers and electronic gadgets in
any form are NOT ALLOWED.
4. The answer sheet, a machine-gradable Objective Response Sheet (ORS), is provided separately.
5. Do not Tamper / mutilate the ORS or this booklet.
6. Mark your responses in the OMR sheet using only Blue/Black ball pen.
7. Do not break the seals of the question – paper booklet before instructed to do so by the invigilators.
8. No negative marking

B. Filling the top-half of the ORS:

9. Write your Form Number, Name and Father’s Name with pen in appropriate boxes. Do not write these any
where else.
10. Darken the appropriate bubbles below your Form Number with Blue/Black ball pen.

C. Question paper format and Marking scheme:

(i) For each question you will be awarded 1 marks if you darken only the bubble corresponding to the
correct answer and No negative marking

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1. The sum of integers lying between 1 and 100 and divisible by 3 or 5 or 7. is N Find [N]? (where [ ] represent
greatest integer function)
(A) 2.5 (B) 28
(C) 30 (D) 35

  n
2. Let n be a positive integer such that sin n
 cos n  . Than max value of n
2 2 2
(A) 8 (B) 6
(C) 12 (D) 16
3. Find the number of integer solutions to | |x| – 2020| < 5.
(A) 9 (B) 16
(C) 18 (D) 20
4. Let us call a sum of integers a cool sum if the first and last terms are 1 and each term differs from its
neighbors by at most 1. For example, 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 and 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 are cool sums.
The minimum number of terms required to write 2019 as a cool sum is
(A) 80 (B) 82
(C) 78 (D) 60
5. A alone would take 8 hrs more to complete the job than if both A and B worked together. If B worked alone,
1
he took 4 hrs more to complete the job than A and B worked together. What time would they take if both
2
A and B worked together?
9
(A) (B) 6
2
(C) 12 (D) 3
6. Number of positive integer solutions to the equation 12x + 5y = 125.
(A) 0 (B) 4
(C) 3 (D) 2
7. Let a and be real numbers such that a > b, 2 + 2 = 75 and 2–a + 2–b = 12–1. Find the value of 2a – b + 2.
a b

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(A) 4 (B)
4
(C) 16 (D) 8
8. In triangle ABC, if a = 2, B = 60° and C = 75°, and b  k , given find k
(A) 6 (B) 8
(C) 12 (D) 3
9. Let A = {a | a is a prime number and a < 31}. The number of rational numbers of the form a/b, where a and
b  A and a  b , is
(A) 42 (B) 60
(C) 45 (D) 90
3 5 7 k
10. If the sum  2  2  .. up to 20 terms is equal to . then k is equal to
1 1 2 1 2 3
2 2 2 2
210
(A) 12 (B) 10
(C) 120 (D) 6

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11. Let x and y be real numbers satisfying the inequality 5x 2  y 2  4xy  24  10x  1 . Find the value of x + y..
(A) 18 (B) 15
(C) 30 (D) 20
12. Using the vertices of a cube as vertices, how many triangular pyramids can be formed?
(A) 62 (B) 56
(C) 64 (D) 58
13. In the diagram below, ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral with AB = AC. The line FG is tangent to the circle at
the point C, and is parallel to BD. If AB = 6 and BC = 4, find the value of 3AE.

E D

G
B C
F

(A) 12 (B) 8
(C) 10 (D) 6
14. In the diagram below m the point D lies inside the triangle ABC such that BAD  BCD and BDC  90 .
Given that AB = 5 and BC = 6, and the point M is the midpoint of AC, find the value of 8 × DM2.

M
D

B C
(A) 24 (B) 28
(C) 20 (D) 22
15. The product of three prime numbers is five times the sum of these prime numbers and it is also divisible by 5.
Find these prime numbers sum = ?
(A) 12 (B) 14
(C) 16 (D) 18
16. Let  and  be the roots of the quadratic equation x2 + 2bx + b = 1. If the smallest of (  ) 2 holds when
b = k, find 2k
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 4 (D) 0
17. What is the least positive integer by which 2 . 3 . 4 . 53. 67 should be multiplied so that, the product is a
5 6 3

perfect square?
(A) 15 (B) 18
(C) 20 (D) 24
18. Let PQR be a triangle of area 1 cm2. Extend QR to X such that QR = RX; RP to Y such that RP = PY and
PQ to Z such that PQ = QZ. Find the area of XYZ .
(A) 9 (B) 7
(C) 6 (D) 5

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19. ABCD is a parallelogram with area 36 cm2. O is the intersection point of the diagonals of the parallelogram.
M is a point on DC. The intersection point of AM and BD is E and the intersection point of BM and AC is F.
The sum of the areas of the triangles AED and BFC is 12 cm2. What is the area of the quadrilateral EOFM?
(A) 2 (B) 3
(C) 6 (D) 8
20. In ABC , AB = 6, BC = 7 and CA = 8. Point D lies on BC and AD bisects BAC . POint E lies on AC and
BE bisects ABC . If the bisectors intersect at F, then the ratio AF : FD is ____.
(A) 4 (B) 8
(C) 2 (D) 1
21. The function f satisfies f(f(x)) = f(x + 2) – 3 for all integers x. If f(1) = 4, f(4) = 3, then f(5) equals
(A) 12 (B) 16
(C) 14 (D) 18
22. The number of values of a for which the function f(x) = cos 2x + 2a(1 + cosx) has a minumum value 1/2 is
(A) 4 (B) 1
(C) 2 (D) 8
23. Find the number of positive integers n, such that n  n  1  11
(A) 29 (B) 18
(C) 27 (D) 30
24. Let ABC be a triangle with A  90 AB = AC. Let D and E be points on the segment BC such that BD :
DE : EC = 3 : 5 : 4. If DAE  K  , find K
(A) 40 (B) 45
(C) 60 (D) 65
25. Let f(x) = x3 + ax2 + bx + c and g(x) = x3 + bx2 + cx + a, where a, b, c areintegers with c  0 . Suppose that
the following conditions hold:
a) f(1) = 0
b) The roots of g(x) are square of the roots of f(x). If the value of a2013 + b2013 + c2013 = – K. Find K.
(A) 4 (B) 2
(C) 1 (D) –2
26. Find all parts (x, y) of real numbers such that 16x 2  y  16x  y2  1
(A) 2 (B) 3
(C) 4 (D) 1
27. D, E, F are points on the sides BC, CA, AB respectively of ABC , such that AD, BE, CF are concurrent at
AP BP CP
P, find  
AD BE CF
(A) 3 (B) 4
(C) 2 (D) 1
28. If n be the number of 4-digit numbers (in base 10) having non-zero digits and which are divisible by 4 but not
8. Find [n/10], here [a] represents greatest integer less than or equal to a.
(A) 72 (B) 70
(C) 68 (D) 76
29. For anly real numbers a, b and c, find the smallest possible values that the following expression can take: 3a2
+ 27b2 + 5c2 – 18ab – 30c + 100
(A) 50 (B) 60
(C) 55 (D) 65

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30. Let ABCD be a parallelogram. Let E and F be midpoints of AB and BC respectively. The lines EC and FD
intersect in P and form four triangles APB, BPC, CPD and DPA. If the area of the parallelogram is 100 sq.
units, what is the maximum area in sq. units of a triangle among these four triangles?
(A) 40 (B) 60
(C) 35 (D) 45

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