Mathematics Examinations

New Approach to High School
Mathematics
Grade 9-12
Practice Multiple Choice Examination
More than 300 items
Ahmed Buseri (Asst. Prof.)
Dedicated to my Daughter Fileber Ahmed
January 2010
Bale Robe, Ethiopia
University Entrance- Mathematics (A.B) Mathematics for Grade 9-12
1. For any two sets A and B, ( A  B) is equal to
A. B/A C. A
B. B D. A/B
2. If A= [-1, 1] and B= [-2, 0), the A/B is equal to
A. (-1, 0] C. (0, 1]
B. [0, 1] D. [-1, 0]
3. If A  B   1, 0, 1and B  C  2,  1, 0, then B   A  C  is equal to:
A. 0,  1 C. 0,  1, 2
B.  1, 0, 1 D.  1, 0, 1, 2
4. Let A  d , e, ef  . Which of the following statement is true about A?
A. ef   A C. ef   A
B.  f   A D. e  A
5. Let A  1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 3 and B  1, 2,1, 2, 3, 2, 3, then which
of the following statements is true?
A. A/ B has only one element C. A  B  1, 2
B. 1, 2, 3 B D. 1, 3  A
6. For sets A , B and C, if AUC  x : x  Q,2  x  4 and
B  C  x  Q : 1  x  5, then what is  A  B  C ?
A. x  Q : 1  x  5 C. x  Q : 1  x  4
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B. x  Q : 1  x  4 D. x  Q : 1  x  5
7. In a certain school, there are 500 students. The numbers of members of
Mathematics and Physics clubs are 100 and 180 respectively. If 42
students are members of both clubs, what is the number of students that
are neither members of Mathematics club nor members of Physics club?
A. 304 C. 220
B. 395 D. 262
8. Which of the following sets is finite?
A. { x : x is integer less than 10}
B. { x : x is a real number between 0.5 and 0.6}
C. { x : x is a rational number between ½ and 1/3}
D. { x : x is a whole number less than 10, 000}
9. Given sets A and B such that A = {1,{1, 2}} and B= {2, {1, 2}}.
Then what is AB ?
A. {1, 2} C. 
B. {{1, 2}} D. {1, 2, {1,2}}
10. If ( A / B)  B  A , which of the following is always true?
A. B    C. B  A
B. A  B D. A  B

11. If A  B  1,2, A  B  1,2,3,4,5, then the symmetric difference of A and
B is equal to:
A. 1,2,3,4,5 C. 1,2
B. 3,4,5 D. 1,3,5
12. For any sets A and B, which of the following is NOT true?
A. ( A / B)  ( A  B)  A C. ( A / B)  ( B / A)  ( A  B) /( A  B)
B. A /( A  B )  A / B D. A  ( B / A)  A
13. The number of subsets of the set {x: x is an even integer and  1  x  3 } is
A. 32 C. 4
B. 8 D. 2
14. Let A  1, 2,3,3 and B  

1 , 3,2,3, then B / A is equal to
A. 
1 , 3,2 C. 3,2
B. 1 D. 
1
15. In a given universal set  , let A and B be sets. The simplified form of
( A  B)  ( A  B ) is:
A. A  B C. 

B. A  B D. 
16. Let A, B and C be sets such that A  C   and B  C. Then A( B / C ) is
equal to
A. A  B C. B
B. A  C D. A
17. In a class of 50 students, 15 play foot ball only, 10 play both football and
basket ball and 5 play neither football nor basket ball. How many
students play basket ball?
A. 25 C. 20
B. 30 D. 10
18. For any sets A and B, which of the following is NOT true?
A. A  ( B / A)  A C. ( A / B)  ( B / A)  ( A  B) /( A  B)
B. ( A / B)  ( A  B)  A D. None of the above
19. If A   2,1,0,1,2 and B  ( x, y) : x  A, y  Aandx  y  A, then of the
following is NOT true?
A. If x  A , then ( x, x)  B C. If ( x, y )  B , then ( y, x)  B
B. If x  A and y  A , then ( x, y )  B D. If ( x, y )  B , then y  x  A
20. If A  B and B  C for sets A, B and C, which of the following is
necessarily true?

A. A  C  C. B  ( A  C )  
B. A  C  D. A  C  
21. If A is the subset of B, then which of the following is always true?
A. A  B  A C. A / B  
B. A  B   B  D. A  B  B
22. Suppose A, B and C are sets such that A  B  C with
C  0, 1, 2, . . ., 9, C  B  2, 3, 5, 7and A  0, 4, 8.
Then which of the following is true?
A. B contains exactly six elements
B. C  A =The set of one digit odd integers
C. Every element of B  A is an even integer
D. Every element of C  A is prime
23. Out of 85 football players 20 play neither the national team nor the major
clubs. If 30 of the players play for the national team and 15 play for both
the national team and major clubs. What is the number of players
playing for the major clubs?
A.25 C. 45
B. 40 D. 65

24. If A={ x : x is a non-negative integer and x 3  x }, then the number of
proper subsets of A is:-
A. 3 C. 1
B. 7 D. 4
25. On the set of integers Z, let  be the binary operation defined by
a  b  a  b  2 . Which of the following is true about the operation  ?
A.  is a non-commutative binary operation
B. 0 is the identity element of Z with respect to 
C. -3 is the inverse of 7 with respect to 
D. (1  3)  (3  1) = 4
26. The operation  on the set s  a, b, cis defined as shown by the table
below. Which of the following is NOT true about  ?
 a b c
a c b a
b a c b
c a b c
A. b  c =c  b
B. (a  b)  c = (b  c)
C. Every element of S is the inverse of itself with respect to 
D.  is commutative

27. Which of the following statement is NOT true about binary operation 
defined on the set of rational numbers as a  b =2a + 2b-1?
A.  is commutative C.  is associative
B. 3  5 = (-2)  10 D. There is no identity element for 
28. For a  Q and b  Q each of the following are associative binary
operations on Q EXCEPT:
A. a  b  2b  1 C. a  b  a  b  1
1
B. a  b  3ab D. a  b  ab
2
29. Let the operation  and  be defined on the set of real numbers by:
ab
a b  and ab  (3a  b) 2 . What is the value of (2  6)(4  2) ?
2
A. 8 C. 169
B. 376 D. 121
30. The operation  on the set a, b, c is defined as shown in the adjacent
table. Which of the following is not true?
 a b c
a a b c
b b c a
c c a b

A. a is the identity element for the operation 
B. b is the inverse of itself
C.  is a binary operation on a, b, c
D. The operation  is commutative
31. Let  be a binary operation defined on the set S  a, b, cby the table
given below. Which of the following is a correct statement about  ?
 a b c
a c b a
b c a b
c a b c
A. S has no identity element with respect to 
B.  is commutative
C. b is the inverse of a
D. a is the inverse of c
5 4( x  3) x 2( x  1)
32. What is the solution set of    ?
3 3 3 3
1 
A.   C. 5
5 
1 
B. 3 D.  
3
33. Which of the following is the solutions et of the equation

xx  1  5x  x2x  1  x  1x  2 ?
1  1 
A.   C.  
3 2
 1  1
B.   D.  
 3  2
6  4x 2x  4
34. Which of the following inequalities is equivalent to   1 x ?
5 4
8
A. x  C. 4  6x  20  20x
7
8
B. x  D.  6x  20x  14
7
35. If x  2 , then which of the following is rational number?
1
x (x ) x3
2 3
A. 3
C.
x7
x2
1 1
4 2 3 2
x (x ) (x )
B. 5
D.
x3
x x4
2
( x 2 y 2 ) 1  (3 xy) 2
36. Which of the following is equal to ?
2 33  2 ( xy  2  x  2 y )
1 1
A. C. 
x  y3
3
x  y3
3
9 8
B. D.
2( x  y 3 )
3
9( x  y 3 )
3

37. Which of the following is NOT true?
19
A. 1.5  0.5  C. 0.4  0.2  0.08
18
B. 0.6  0.6 4 D. 4.6  2.3  2.3
1
38. If a  1.323323332... ; b  0.101101110... and  27 , then what is the
ac  bc
value of c ?
1 33
A. C.
33 100
B. 0.3 D. None of the above
39. The simplified form of 11  2 30 is:
A. 6 5 C. 6 5
B. 5 6 D. None of the above
40. Which of the following is an irrational number between 0.04 and 0.05?
32 2 1
A. C.
100 10
3 1
B. 0.045 D.
10
a c
41. If and are two equivalent rational numbers, such that a, b, c, d  0 ,
b d
then which of the following is NOT necessarily true?

a c
A.  1 C. ad  bc
b d
B. ac  bd D. None of the above
42. If x is a real number, which of the following is necessarily true?
A. x3  x x C. 3
x 2 3 x3  x
B. 3
x3 x6  x 2 D. 3
x6  x
43. Which of the following expressions is a perfect square?
A. ( x  1) 2  ( x  1) 2  x 2  1 C. ( x  1) 2  ( x  1) 2  2 x 2  2
B. ( x  1) 2  ( x  1) 2  2 x 2 D. ( x  1) 2  ( x  1) 2
1 2
A. 1. 0 3  1.00 3 C. 
5 11
3 5
B.   D. 6.05  6.05
4 7
45. Let a, b, and c be real number, then which of the following is
necessarily true?
A. For each a   , there is b   such that ab  1.
B. If a  b and c  0 , then ac  bc
C. If ac  bc , then a  b

D. If a is a rational number and b is an irrational number then
ab is an irrational number.
46. Let a, x, y be real numbers, a  0 , and p be a natural number. If
x  a p  a  p and y  a p  a  p , then which of the following is true?
A. x 2  y 2  4a p C. x 2  y 2  2a p
B. x 2  y 2  4 D. x 2  y 2  2 E. None of the above
47. Which of the following name can correctly be applied to the function
f ( x)  x 2 ?
A. Constant function C. Linear function
B. Absolute value function D. Quadratic function
2 5
48. Which of the following is equal to
2 5
A. 2 C.  9  4 5
B. -9 D. 9  4 5
49. Which of the following is a rational number?
2 5 5
A.  20 C.  2  
5
B. ( 3  2)  (2  3 ) D. (1  7 ) 2  (1  7 ) 2
50. Which of the following expressions is NOT a perfect square?

1
A. (m  1) 2  2n(m  1)  n 2 C.  x 2  3 x  3
4
2 1
B. 25b 2  60ab  9a 2 D. y 2  y
3 9
51. The range of the function is f ( x)  4 x 2  2 x  1 ?
5 1
A. (, ) C. (, )
4 4
5 1
B. ( , ) D. ( , )
4 4
 a 1 a  a 1
52. The simplest form of    is
 a 1 a  1 a 1
2
a 1
A. C. 1
1 a
1
B. D. -1
a 1
2
53. What is the factor form of x 5  x 4  6x 3 ?
A. x 2 x 2  x  6 C. x 3 x  2x  3
B. x 3 x 2  x  6 D. x 3 x  2x  3
54. For any real number a , which of the following is always true?
(a  1) 3 4  ( 2a ) 2
A.  a 2  2a  1 C. 4
a 1 a2 1
1
 1
B. a 0  1 D. a 2

a
55. If a   , then the simplified form of 3

125 20a 2 is

A. 10 a C. 10 5 a
B. 10a D. 10 5a
1
1
56. The simplified form of x when x  0,1 is:
1
x
x
1 1
A. C.
x 1 x 1
1 1
B. D.
1 x x 1
2 3 3 2
57. When Simplified is equal to
2 3
A. 6 C. 5
B. 5 6 D.  6
5 2
58. When the denominator of is rationalized it gives:
5 2
3  2 10 3  2 10
A. C.
3 3
7  2 10 7  2 10
B. D.
3 3
59. When the quotient 9.3  10 5   3  10 2  is written in standard notation it
will be
A. 3.1  10 7 C. 3.1  10 3

B. 3.1  10 3 D. 3.1  10 7
60. When  pq  yx 2   px  qy 2 is factorized, the result is
A.  pq  xy pq  xy C.  px  qy  px  qy 
B.  p 2  y 2 q 2  x 2  D.  p 2  y 2 q 2  x 2 
2
61. The simplified form of  126 is equal to:
7 2 2

A. 4 1  14  C.  2  3 14

B. 2 2  14  D. 2 14  4
62. Which of the following is possible value of z for which 4 x 2  12 3x  z 2 , is
a perfect square?
A. 6 3 C. 27
B. 3 3 D. 2 3
52 3 1
63. If x  , then x  is equal to
52 3 x
13 5 3
A. C.
27  20 3 26 3
6 74
B. D.
17 13

64. If a and b are real numbers such that a  b  0 , then which of the
following is true?
a
A. a 2  ab  a 2 C. 0  1
b
ab b
B. b  0 D. 1
2 a
2 3 3
65. Which of the following numbers is equal to  ?
3 2 3 2
3
A. 3 C.
2 3
B. 3  6 D. 3  3 6
66. Which of the following is an irrational number?
A. ( 3  2 ) 2  2 6 C. 3.020020002
B. 4 8 D. ( 2  3 2 )(3 2  2 )
67. Which of the following statements about numbers is true?
A. The product of two prime numbers is odd.
B. For a positive integers x, if x is not an integer, then x can be a
rational number.
C. The product of two irrational numbers is irrational.
D. The product of a rational and an irrational number can be rational

 343 y 6
68. Which of the following is equal to 0.01 2 3
1
?
1000
7y2 7y2
A.  C. 
10 100
7 10 y 2
B.  7 y 2 D. 
100
ab a 2ab
69. For a  b ,   2 is equal to
a  b b  a a  b2
b b
A. C.
ab ab
b
B. D. None of the above
ab
70. If a and b are non-zero real numbers such that a  b  c , then which of
the following is always true?
A. ab  c C. a  c
a ab bc
B. c D. 
b 2 2
71. Which of the following sets does not represent the set of all real numbers?
A. The set of all non-terminating, repeating decimals
B. The set of all decimal numbers
C. The set of rational or irrational numbers
D. B and C

a c
72. If a , b , c and d are integers such that b  0 , d  0 ,  , then which of
b d
a c 
the following is necessarily in the interval  ,  ?
b d 
ad  bc ad  bc
A. C.
bd 2bd
cd ac
B. D.
bd 2db
73. If u and v are real numbers and u  v  0 , then what is the simplified form
u  v u 2  2uv  v 2
of ?
uv u2  v2
A. u  v C. 1
uv
B. D. u  v
uv
74. Which of the following is not a perfect square?
A. a 2  4ab  4b 2 C. (a  2) 2  8a
B. a 2  2a  2 D. a 4  6a 2  9
75. If x and y are real numbers such that x  y , then what is the simplified
x3  y3 x 2  xy  y 2
form of  2 ?
x y x  2 xy  y 2
A. ( x  y ) 2 C. x 2  y 2
1 1
B. D.
( x  y) 2 x y

76. The expression 3

343  28 is equal to
A. 14 C. 7 2
B. 7 D. 14
77. For a  b  0 , let x  a  b and y  a  b . Which of the following is
x2 y2  ax2 y
equal to ?
x2  y
A. a  b C. a  b
ba
B. a  b  2 ab  a D.
2
78. What is simple name for ( y 3  2 y 2  y  2)  ( y  2) ; y  2 ?
A. ( y  1) 2 C. ( y  2)( y 2  1)
B. y 2  1 D. ( y  1)( y  2)
2 2
 1  1
79. What is the simplified form  x     x   ; x  0 ?
 x  x
1
A. x 2  C. 4x
x2
1
B. 4 D. x 
x

1 1

1 x y 1
80. If x  2 and y  , then  is equal to
3 y 1 3y
1 
x y x
15
A.  C.  1
2
6 6
B.  D.
5 5
81. Which of the following is true?
3.6  0.125 6
A.  75 C.  2.16  1
0.025  0.24 13
B. 1.456  10 2  0.1456 D. 0.45  0.4 5
82. Which of the following is the solution set of the inequality 2x  5  2 ?
 3 3 
A.   ,    ,   C. 
 2 2 
 7 3 
B.  D.   ,    ,  
 2 2 
 3x  0.5 y  6
83. What is the solution set of the system of equation? 
 2 x  y  4  2 y
A. (1,6) C. (1,6)
B. (2,0) D. (6,1)

84. Let Q be the set of rational numbers
Z be the set of integers and
S be the set of irrational numbers.
2
x 
Let t  S such that t  Z . If for any real numbers x, w    t  , then
2
t 
which of the following is NOT true?
A. If x  Q , then w  Q C. If x  Z , then w  Q
B. If w S , then x  S D. If x  Z , then t 2 w  Z
85. The solution set of the inequality 2  5x  7 is
9 9
A. (,1)  ( , ) C. ( , )
5 5
9 9
B. (1, ) D. (, )  (1, )
5 5
86. The solution set of the inequality 3  1  2x  7 is:
A. (,3) C. [3,1)
B. (1, ) D. (1,3]
87. The solution set of the inequality y  3  1 is:
A.  3,0 C.  4,3
B.  ,2   2,  D.  4,2

3 x  ay  7

88. If the simultaneous equation  has exactly one solution, then
2 x  5 y  b

which of the following is true about the values of a and b ?
15
A. a  and b is any real number
2
15
B. a  and b is any real number
2
15
C. a  and b  7 only
2
15
D. a  and b  7 only.
2
89. Suppose that a and b are constants, and (3, -1) is a solution of the system
ax  by  16
of equations  The value of a is equal to
 bx  3 y  0
A. -1 C. 5
B. -9 D. 1
90. The solution set of  6  11x  3  3 is
 9   9 6
A.  x :   x  0 C.  x :  x 
 11   11 11
 9 6  9 
B.  x :  x  D.  x :   x  0
 11 11  11 

91. Entrance tickets for a theatre cost 3 Birr for adults and 2 Birr for children.
If a family purchased 7 tickets for a total of cost 18Birr, how many
children were there?
A. 2 C. 5
B. 4 D. 3
92. The solution set of the inequality 2x  1  5 is:
A.  / (-2, 3) C.  /  2,3
B. [-2, 3] D.  2,3
93. The solution set of the inequality

1
2 x  5  3  4 x is
2 3
3 3
A. ( , ) C. (, )
2 2
9 9
B. (, ) D. ( , )
2 2
 x  ky  5
94. If the system of equations  has no solution, then the value of
2 x  y  9
k is:
1
A. 2 C.
2
1
B. -2 D. 
2

95. If 5 p  3q  4 and 3 p  2q  10 , then p  q is equal to
A. -4 C. 4
7
B. D. 0
3
x y x y
96. If the equation     2 z     z is solved for z provided that
y z   y x  
xy  0 , then z is equal to:
 2 x  y  x y
A. C.
x x y
y y x y
B. D.
x y x y
97. If a, b, and c represent three different digits from 1 to 9 then what is
abc
the greatest possible value of ?
abc
A. 2 C. 1
B. 3 D. None of the above
98. If 6 more than one-half of a number is two-thirds the number, then what
is the number?
A. 18 C. 24
B. 36 D. There is such a number

99. Meron bought 7 pens and 10 pencil for 22 Birr and Seada bought, similar
10 pens and 5 pencils for 17 Birr and 50 cents from the same shop. What
are the respective price of a pen and a pencil in Birr?
A. 1.10 and 1.40 C. 1.50 and 0.50
B. 1.00 and 1.50 D. 1.40 and 1.22
100. What is the solution set of x  2  2  1 ?

A. 2 2  1,1  
C. 1  2 2 ,1 

B. 2 2  1,1  
D. 2 2 ,1 
x y z x y
101. If   , then what is the value of ?
3 3 10 4x  z
1 5
A. C.
2 3
B. 7 D. 4
102. Three pencils and 2 rubbers cost 40 cents, and 2 pencils and 5
rubbers cost 67 cents. What is the cost of one pencil?
A. 11 cents C. 6 cents
B. 10 cents D. 5 cents
103. Which of the following is the truth set of the inequality x  3  2 ?
A. 1,5 C. x : 5  x  1
B. x : 1  x  5 D. x : x  5or5x  1

x
104. If f ( x)  and g ( x)  x  1 , then which of the following is true?
1 x
A. The domain of g  f x  x / x  1
B. The domain of  f  g x  x / x  1
2x  1
C. g  f x  
1 x
D. g  f  5 
1
2
105. Given f ( x)  ax  b, g ( x)  x 2  2 x and  f  g 2  1,  f  g  1  1 ,
2 x 3  3x 2  14 2x  7
A. f ( x) g ( x)  C. f x  
9 9
f
B.  1   D.  f  g 0  3
5
g  27
3 3x
106. If f ( x)  and f  g ( x)  , then which of the following is true
x 1 2 x
about g (x ) ?
2 6
A. g ( x )  C. g ( x) 
x 2 x
2
B. g ( x)  D. g ( x)  3 x
x 1

1
107. If f ( x)  x  and g ( x)  x , then which of the following is true?
x
1
A. Domain of f  g is x : x  0 C. f    f  x 
 x
2x 2  1
B. Domain of g  f is x : x  0 D. f x   g x 2
 
x
108. If A = 0,1,2,4,5, B= 0,1,2,3 and R is a relation from A to B such
 
that R  ( x, y ) : y  x  1 , then what is the range of R?
A. 0,1,2 C. 0,1,2,3
B. 1,2,5 D. 1,2,3
109. Let R  ( x, y) : y  3x  1 be a given relation. Which of the following
is not the inverse of R?
 
A. ( x, y) : y  3x  1
1
C. ( x, y ) : y  ( x  1)
 3 
B. ( x, y) : x  3 y  1 D. ( y, x) : x  3 y  1
110. Which of the following functions is an odd function?
A. f ( x)  x 3  7 C. f ( x)  x 3 ( x  1)
B. f ( x)  x  1 D. f ( x)  x 2 ( x  x 3 )

111. Suppose y  f (x) is symmetric with respect to the origin. Which of
the following is true about f (x) ?
A. f is even C. f ( x)  0
B. f is odd D. f is a reflection of itself on the x-axis
112. If f  (3,2), (0,4), (1,2), (1,5) and g  (1,3), (0,1), (2,4), (1,7), (2,0),
then which of the following is true?
A. ( g  f )( 3)  2 C. ( f  g )( 2)  0
B. f  g  (1,2), (0,5), (1,7) D.  2 f  g  (1,7), (0,9), (1,17)
3 3
113. Let f be a quadratic function such that f (0)  and f ( 1)  and,
4 4
1
f ( )  0 . Which of the following is true?
2
3
A. f ( x)  2 x 2  2 x 
4
3
B. f ( x)   x  x2
4
1
C. The axis of symmetry of the graph of f is the line x 
2
3
D. f ( x)  x 2  x 
4

114. Which of the following is an increasing function?
A. f ( x)   x 3  2 C. f ( x)  x 4 ; x  0
3
B. f ( x)   x 2 ; x  0 D. f ( x)  x5
7
115. If a  1 and (a  1) x  (a 2  1), then two which of the following set
does x belong?
A.  ,1 C.  , a  1
B. a  1,  D. 
116. If  1  a  1, then what is the number of solution of the quadratic
equation ax 2  2 x  a  0
A. 0 C. 1
B. 2 D. Infinite
117. The length of a rectangular plot of land is 5 meters longer than its
width. If the area of the plot is 300m2, what will be its perimeter?
A. 35m C. 90m
B. 60m D. 70m
x 1
118. The domain of f x   is
x 1
A.  ,1  1,  C.  ,1
B. [1, ) D. (,1]  1, 

If g x   2 x  3 and f  g  x   , then f x  is equal to

1
119.
4x  9
A. f x   C. f x  
1 1
2x  3 2 x  15
B. f  x   D. f x  
1 1
2 x  15 2x  3
120. If f ( x)  4x  5 and ( f  g )( x)  x , then what is g (x ) ?
4 x
A. g ( x)  C. g ( x)  4 x  5
5
1 5 5 x
B. g ( x)  x D. g ( x) 
4 4 4
121. Which of the following functions has exactly one zero?
A. f x   x 2  4 C. f x   x 2  1
B. f x   x  32  1 D. f  x    x  52
122. Which of the following is false about the quadratic function
y  2x  3  5 ?
2
A. Its graph is symmetric with respect to the line x  3
B. y  5 for every x in the domain
C. Its graph has a vertex  3,5
D. Its domain is the set of real numbers

123. Which of the following is true about the function f x   x 2  3x  1 ?
3 5
A. One of its zeros is
2
3
B. Its graph is symmetric about the line x 
2
C. f x  0 for 1  x  2
5 
D. The range of the function is  ,  
4 
124. If the vertex of the parabola represented by the graph of the equation
3 1
f ( x)  2 x 2  bx  c is at  ,  , then the value of b is
2 2
A. -5 C. 5
B. -6 D. 6
125. A farmer wishes to use 240 m of fencing to enclose a rectangular
region and subdivided the region into two smaller rectangles as
shown in the figure below. What is the maximum possible area of
the enclosed region?
A. 3600m2
B. 3200m2
C. 2400m2
D. 1225m2

1
126. Which of the following the NOT a property of y  x ? 3
A. The graph is symmetric with respect to the origin
B. The graph is decreasing
C. f (ab)  f (a) f (b)
D. Its range is 
127. Which of the following functions is strictly increasing in the interval
  
 ,  ?
 2 2
A. g ( x)  Sinx C. h( x)  Cscx
B. f ( x)  Cosx D. k ( x)  Cotx
128. The power function f ( x)  x 4 is symmetric with respect to
A. the line y  x C. the line y  0
B. the line x  0 D. the origin
129. Which of the following does NOT represent a power function?
A. C.
B. D.

130. A rocket fired up wards travel according to the equation
S (t )  864t  16t 2 .Where S (t ) is height (in feet) after t seconds. How
many seconds does it take for the rocket to reach maximum height?
A. 54 C. 18
B. 27 D. 9
131. A rectangular field bounded on one side by a river is to be fenced in
the remaining three sides using a fencing material covering a length
of 200m as shown in the figure below. What is the maximum area of
the rectangle that can be fenced?
A. 5000m2
B. 1000m2
C. 2000m2
D. 10,000m2
 1 
132. The inverse of the relation R  ( x, y ) / y  x  2 is:
 3 
A. ( x, y) / x  3 y  6 C. ( x, y) / y  3x  6
 
B. ( x, y) / y  3x  2
1
D. ( x, y ) / x  y  2
 3 

133. What is the domain of a relation R , given by

R  x, y  : y  x 2  1 and y3 
A.  1,3 B.  2,2 C.  2,2 D. [1,3)
134. Let R  x, y  / y  4x  6, x  1 and y  0. What element of R makes
f x, y   x  y maximum?

A. 1 2 ,4  3
B.  ,0 
2


C. 1,2 D. 1,0
135. If R  x, y  : y 2  x  1, then which of the following is true?
A. 3,2 belongs to R
B.  1,0 belongs to R
C. The domain of R is the set of all real numbers
D. The range of R is the set of all real numbers
136. Let A  0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. If
R  x, y  : x  A, y  A, and x  y is odd , then which of the
following statements is NOT true?
A. If x, y   R, then  y, x  R
B. If x, y   R, and  y, z   R, then x, z   R
C. If x, y   R, then x 2

, y2  R
D. None of the above

137. Give the function f ( x)  ( x  2) 2  1, which of the following is NOT
true?
A. f is neither even nor odd function
B. f :   [1, ) is a one to one correspondence
C. f is symmetric about the line x =2
D. f is decreasing on (,2)
138. If f ( x)  x 2  3 and g ( x)  4  x 2 , then which of the following is
true?
f
A. Domain of f  g is  C. Domain of is [-2, 2]
g
B. ( f .g )( x)  x 2 4  x 2  3 D. g  f  
139. If f ( x)  3x  2 and f ( g ( x))  5  3x 2 , then g (x ) is equal to:
A. 5  x 2 C. 1  x 2
B. 1  3 x 2 D. x 2  3
 1
 x  1 , ifx  3

140. Given functions f ( x)  x 2  x  3 and g ( x)   , then
 x 2  1, ifx  3


( g  f )( 2) is equal to
1
A. 26 B. 82 C. D. 3
4

141. Let f ( x)  3  x  5 . Then f 1 ( x) is equal to
A. x 2  2 C. ( x  3) 2  5
B. x 2  3 D. ( x  3) 2  5
142. If f ( x)  ax  b, and f  f ( x)  4x  1, then which of the following can
be a possible value of b ?
1
A. -2 B.  C. -1 D. 3
3
143. Let f x   x  1 and g x   1  x , then  f  g 1.01 is equal to
A. 0.02 B. 0.2 C. 0.11 D. 0.09
144. Which of the following is an onto function?
A. f :    defined by f ( x)  x 2
B. g :    defined by g ( x)  x  1
C. h :    defined by h( x)  2
D. k :    defined by k ( x)  3 x
 3x  1, if x  3
  3
145. If f ( x)   x 2  2, if  2  x  3 , then what is f    ?
 2 x  3, if x  2  2

1 11 21
A. B. 0 C.  D. 
4 2 4

146. If R is a relation given by R  ( x, y) / y  9  x 2 andy  2 x  1, then
which of the following is the domain of R 1 ?
A. [-7, 5] C. (-4, 2)
B. [-4, 2] D. (-7, 5)
147. Which of the following functions is neither even nor odd?
A. f ( x)  x 4 C. g ( x)  x  1
B. h( x)  2x 2  3 x D. k ( x)  x 5

2x  1 for x 1  1  x for x  1
 
148. If f ( x)   and g ( x)   , what is
3 x  2 for x 1  x  2 for x  1
 

the value of ( f  g )( 3) ?
A. Undefined C. -12
B. -8 D. -9
149. Let f :    be defined by f ( x)  2 x ,and
let g :    be defined by g ( x)  3 x  1 . Which of the following is
NOT true?
5 1
A. f  g is a one-to-one function C. ( f 1  g 1 )( x)  x
6 3
B. ( g  f )( x) is an on to function D. None of the above

150. Which of the following is not a function?
 1, if x is a rational number

A. f ( x)  
0, if x is an irratioanl number

B. ( x, y) : y 2  x  1  0
 1 
C. ( .3), ( 2 ,3), (0,3)
 2 
D. ( x, y) : x is your classmate and y is his / her father 
151. If R  ( x, y) : y  0,2 y  x  8, then at what point does the expression
y  3x attain a minimum value in R?
A. (-8, 0) C. (8, 0)
B. (0, 4) D. (14, 0)
152. Let g ( x)  3x  1 and ( f  g )( x)  9 x 2  6 x  1 . Which of the following
is a possible definition of function f ?
A. f ( x)  9 x 2  1 C. f ( x)  3x 2  2
B. ( x)  x 2  2 D. f ( x)  x 2  1
153. The vertex of the parabola whose equation is y   x 2  2 x  3 is at
A. (1, 4) C. (1, 2)
B. (1, 3) D. (0, 3)

1 1
154. The solution set of the equation  is
6 x6
1
x
A. {1} C. {6}
B. {1, 6} D. 
155. If x 2  2(c  1) x  8c  1 is a perfect square, then what is the value of c ?
A. 0 and 6 B. 0 and 3 C. -6 or 0 D. -6 or 6
156. Which one of the following is NOT true about the graph of the
function f ( x)  ax 2  c, a  0?
A. It is symmetric with respect to the line x  0
B. It is parabola which opens up ward if a  0
C. It lies above the X-axis for all a  0
D. It is a parabola with vertex 0, c 
157. What is the solution set of 2 x 2  x  6  0 ?
A. { x : x  -2 or x  3/2} C. { x : -2  x  3/2}
B. { x : x  -2 or x  3} D. { x : -2  x  3}
158. The range of the function f ( x)  4 x 2  2 x  1is
5 1
A. (, ] C. (, ]
4 4
5 1
B. [ ,  ) D. [ ,  )
4 4

159. A gravel path is to be formed around a rectangular pond dimensions
4m by 9m. If the path must have the same width all the way round,
and there is gravel which covers an area 48m2, how wide should the
path be?
A. 1.5 m C. 3.4 m
B. 8 m D. 5m
160. The set of all values of x for which the graph of the quadratic
function f ( x)  2 x 2  6 lies above the x-axis is
A. (, 3 ]  [ 3 , ) C. (,3)  ( 3 , )
B. [ 3 , 3] D. (3, 3 )
161. A garden set 180 plants in rows. Each row contains the same number
of plants. If there were 40 more plants in each row, the gardener
would need 6 fewer rows. How many rows were there originally?
A. 8 rows C. 9 rows
B. 7 rows D. 6 rows
162. What is the solution set of the inequality 4 x 2  4 x  1  0 ?
C.  / 1,2
1 1
A. (, )  ( , )
2 2
1 1
B.  D. ( , )
2 2

163. If k is constant and the equation x 2  2 x  k  0 has at most one real
roots, then what is the minimum value of k ?
A. 1 C. 0
B. -1 D. Does not exist
164. What is the product of the roots of 5 x 2  7 x  6  0 ?
7
A. -30 C. 
5
6 7
B.  D.
5 5
165. If the roots of the equation 2 x 2  7 x  4  0 are  and  , then the
1 1
value of  is
 1  1
A. 0 C. 11/5
B. -9/5 D. -11/5
166. The graph of g ( x)  ( x  2) 2 , can be obtained by shifting the graph of
f ( x)  x 2 two units in the direction of
A. negative x C. negative y
B. positive x D. positive y
167. One of the roots of the function f ( x)  x 2  2kx  12 is 3. What is the
other root?
A. -3 B. 3 C. -4 D. 4
168. A rectangular farm land has a perimeter of 82 meters and an area of
420 square meters. The length and width of the rectangle in meters
are
A. 27 and 14 C. 30 and 11
B. 21 and 20 D. 31 and 10
169. 5 years from now a boy’s age will be 2 times the square of what it was
5 years ago. How old is he now?
1
A. 7 years C. 7 years
2
B. 3 years D. 8 years
170. Let r1 and r2 be the roots of 7x2+6x+c = 0. If r1  2r2 , then which of
the following is NOT true?
8 8
A. c  C. r1 .r2 
7 49
2 2
B. r2  D. r1  r2  
7 7
171. If a and b are the roots of x 2  3x  2  0 , what is the value of
a2  b2 ?
A. 5 C. 10
B. 13 D. -13

172. If x 2  px  1  0 has two unequal real roots, then which of the
following is true about p ?
A.  2  p  2 C. p  2 or p  2
B. p  2  p  2 D. p  2  p  2
173. The solution of the inequality x 2  x  6  0 is:
A.  3,2 C.  ,3  2, 
B.  D. None of the above
x3 1
174. What are the values of x which satisfy the equation  0?
x2 x2
A.  1 6 C. 3 or -1
B.  1 5 D. 1 or -3
175. The area of a rectangular garden is 51m2. The length of the garden is
5
m longer than width. What is the width of the field?
2
A. 6m C. 7.5m
B. 6.5m D. 8m
x2 1
176. Which of the following is the solution set of the inequality 0
x2 1
A.  / 1,1 C. 
B. x : 1  x  1 D. x : x  1orx  1

 
177. If In ABC , a = 8cm , c= 12cm and m B   30 , then the area of the
 
triangle is:
A. 24sq. cm C. 9 3sq.cm
B. 12 3 sq. cm D. 48 sq. cm
178. The angle of elevation of the top of a mountain from the bottom of
building 90m high is 600. If the angle of elevation of the top of the
mountain from the top of building is 450, how high is the mountain:
A. 45(3  3 )m C. 30(1  3 )m
B. 120 3m D. 45(3  3 )m
179. Let  be an angle such that sin   d . Then which of the following is
NOT true?
 
A. cos(   )  d C.    n , then d =1
2 2
B.  1  d  1 D.   n  n z , then d=0
3
180. Csc ( ) s equal to
4
2 2
A. C.
3 2
2
B. 2 D. 
2

181. What is the reference angle of  575 0 ?
A. 550 B. 350 C. 750 D. 1450
182. Which of the following angles is NOT conterminal with 600?
7 5
A.  B. -6600 C. 7800 D. 
6 3
183. Which of the following is NOT true about the graph of f t   S int ?
A. It has no sharp corner
B. It crosses the horizontal axis more than once
C. It rises higher and higher as t gets larger
D. It is periodic
 2 3
184. If the point  ,  lies on the terminal side of angle  in

 3 3 
standard position, which of the following is true?
 3
A. Csc  C. Cot  2
2
 6 3
B. Sec  D. Cos  
2 2
185. If x is an acute angle and tan x = 3, then what is the value of Cosx ?
10
A. 10 C.
10
3 1
B. D.
5 5

186. In which of the following intervals are both the
Sine and Cos ine functions decreasing?
  5    3 
A.  ,  C.  , 
4 4  2 2 
  5   
B.  ,  D.  ,  
2 4  2 
187. Suppose cos  0.8 and , then tan  is equal to
4 4 3 3
A. B.  C. D.
5 5 5 4
188. Sin (430) is equal to:
A.  sin 20 C. sin 70
B. cos 20 D. cos 20
 3
189. What is the minimum value of sec x in the interval ( , ) ?
2 2
A. 1 C. -1
B. 2 D. No minimum value
1
A. sin  cos   sin 2  0 C. 1  cot 2   csc 2 
2
B. cos 2  2 sin 2   1 D. cos 2  1  2 cos 2 
191. 3 tan 930  sin 1200  cos1410 equals
A.  3 B. 0 C. 3 D. 2 3

192. If   190 , then which of the following is true about the signs of
sin  and tan  ?
A. sin  is negative and tan  is positive
B. sin  is positive and tan  is negative
C. both sin  and tan  are positive
D. both sin  and tan  are negative
193. From the top of a 10 m high building, a man observed two cars at
angles of depressions 300 and 450 due east. How far apart are the two
cars in meters?
10
A. 10  C. 10 3  10
3
10
B. 10  D. 10 3  10
3
194. The angle of elevation and the angle of depression of the top of
building from the foot and the top of a tower are 300 and 450
respectively. If the building is 20 meters high, then what is the
height of the tower?
1
A. 20(1  )m C. 20 3 m
3
B. 20(1  3) m D. 40 m

195. The complementary angle of 642336 is equal to
A. 25.51 C. 252636
B. 2423636 D. 25.61
196. Which of the following is equal to tan x for all values of x?
1 sin(  x )
A. C.
cot( 1) cos x
sin x
B. D. tan(  x)
cos(  x)
197. If Csct  0 and Sect  0 , to which quadrant does the angle belong?
A. II C. III
B. I D. IV
198. Which of the following statements is NOT true about function
f x  Cost ?
A. Its graph intersects the line y  t
B. It is increasing on the interval  ,2 
7 
C. Its graph intersects the t axis at   ,0 
2 
  
D. It forms one cycle in the interval  , 
 2 2
199. Which of the following angles is co terminal to -13700?
A. -200 B. 200 C. -700 D. 700

A. Cos360 0     Cos C. tan   90 0   tan 
B. Sin   180 0   Sin D. tan 360 0     tan 
201. Let A and B be co terminal angles in standard position. If
mB     radians, and 0  mA  2 , then what is the measure

23
3
of angle A in radians?
2 
A.   C.
3 3
4 5
B.   D.
3 3
202. Which of the following is true about the graph of y  tan x ?
3
A. x   is a vertical asymptote
2

B. y  is a horizontal asymptote
2
C. It is increasing on 0,  
  
D. It is decreasing on   , 
 2 2
203. Which of the following angles is co terminal with   120 0 ?
19 14
A.  B. C.  480 0 D. 850 0
6 3

19
204. The exact value of Cos  is
6
1 3
A. 0.866 B.  0.866 C.  D. 
2 2
205. If  is a second quadrant angle in standard position and its terminal
side lies on the line y  2 x , then what is the value of Sec ?
5
A.  5 C.
2
1
B. 5 D.
5
206. Which of the following is NOT equal with the rest?
A. sin 215 C.  sin 145
B. cos( 55) D.  cos125
207. Let p stands for " 2 is an irrational number " and let q stand for "2 is
an odd number ",then which of the following has truth value "true"?
A. p  q C. p  q
B. p  q D. q  p
208. Which of the following numerals is even number?
A. 12three C. 103seven
B. 122 five D. 221 four

209. What is the product? 12 three  242  five
A. 3415Eight C. 1805Eight
B. 2521Eight D. 3445Eight
210. If p, q and r are statements p, q and r have truth value "False",
then which of the following statement ahs truth value "True"?
A. p  q  r C. p  q  r
B. q   p  r  D.  p  q    p  r 
211. If 54 x six  x06ten , then the value of x is
A. 3 C. 5
B. 2 D. 4
A. 35six  6ten  210six C. 2002  fivex  403 five  1044  five
B. 32 four  23 four  121 four D. 32 five  42 four  2444 five
213. If p, q and r are propositions such that  p  r   q  p has
truth value "False", then which of the following has truth value
"False"?
A. r  p C. r
B. q D. p  q

214. Which of the following numerals succeeds the numeral 99TT Eleven ?
A. 99T 9Eleven C. 9T 00Eleven
B. T 000Eleven D. 9T11Eleven
215. What is the base ten equivalent of 301 four ?
A. 17 C. 47
B. 45 D. 49
216. Which of the following numerals is equal to
T 0twelve  E1twelve  50twelve  ?
A. 411twelve C. 401twelve
B. 114twelve D. 141twelve
217. 322 five  3 five is equal to
A. 104 five C. 103 five
B. 102 five D. 101 five
218. Which of the following numerals is the base ten equivalent
of 205.3six ?
A. 77.5 C. 77.3
B. 77.6 D. 77.2

219. The negation of "5>7 or 2 is prime " is
A. 5> 7 and 2 is prime C. 5  7 or 2 is not prime
B. 5  7 and 2 is not prime D. 5>7 or 2 is not prime
220. If  p  q   r is false then the values of p , q and r respectively are
A. F, T, F C. F, T, T
B. T, F, F D. T, F, T
221. The base ten equivalent of the number 214.3six is
A. 82.3 C. 83.3
B. 82.5 D. 83.8
222. 26eight  43eight is equal to
A. 2041eight C. 1382eight
B. 1402eight D. 1342eight
223. What is the digit a if 1a 4seven  323 five
A. 6 B. 5 C. 4 D. 3
224. In base twelve, let T and E represent ten and eleven respectively.
Which of the following is equal to 3T1twelve  1E 2twelve ?
A. 1TE twelve C. 20 E twelve
B. 1T 9twelve D. 199twelve

1
( )
225. Which of the following is the characteristic of log 400
?
A. -4 C. -2
B. -3 D. -1
3
226. What is the simplified form of log 81 2 ?
( )
2
10 3
A. C.
3 10
20 10
B. D. 
3 3
1
227. If log 2x  log 82  2 log 2 3 , what is the value of x ?
3
3 3
A. C.
2 2
2 2
B. D.
3 3
x
2
228. Which of the following is not true about f ( x)    ?
3
A. If x >0, then 0, f ( x)  1 C. The range of f is (0, )
B. If x  0, then f ( x)  1 D. f is increasing function
229. log 04.5 is equal to
1 1
A. B. C.  2 D. 2
2 2

A. If 0  a  b  1, then a x  b x for x  0
B. If 0  a  b  1, then a x  b x for x  0
C. If a  0, then the graph of y  a x is the mirror image of the graph
x
1
of y    in the y-axis.
a
D. If a  b  1, then a x  b x for x  0.
231. If a, b and x are real numbers, then which of the following
statements is true?
A. If a  b, then a x  b x for all x
B. If a x  b x , for x  0, then a  b
C. If 0  a  b  1 , then a x  b x for x  0
D. If a  1 and 0  b  1, the a x  b x for all x
232. If log y  0.7690 and log x  1.2310 , then which of the following is
NOT true?
A. y  100 x
B. The mantissa of the logarithm of the number xy is 0.5380.
C. The mantissa of the logarithm of the number y 2 is 0.4620
x
D. The characteristics of the logarithm of the number is -2.
y
233. Given that log 5  b , then log 54 is equal to
 b  1 
A. 2  C. 2  1
1 b  b 
 b   1
B. 2  D. 21  
 b 1  b
234. Which of the following is the solution of the
equation log (2x 2)  log 2x  3 ?
A. -2 and 4 C. 1 7
B. 1 7 D. 1 7 and 1 7
235. Which of the following is not true about the function f ( x)  1  3 x ?
A. Its y-intercept is 2 C. It is increasing function
B. Its range is (0, ) D. for x  0 , 1  f ( x)  2
x
1
236. Which of the following is the inverse of the function f ( x)    ?
3
C. g ( x)  log 3x 
1
A. g ( x)   log x
B. g ( x)  log 3(  x ) D. g ( x)  log 3x
The solution set of log 2x  log 4x  2 is

2
237.
A.  2 C.  2,2
B. 2 D. 4

238. The number of a bacteria colony was 100 at certain time. If each
bacterium breaks into two after one hour, then how many bacteria
are there after 5 hours?
A. 1000 C. 3000
B. 3,200 D. 4000
If log 2x  2 and log 64

y  2, then log y  log x equals to
2
yx 4y
239.
25
A. 0 C.
6
13 1
B. D. 
6 6
240. Given log 5  0.6990 , the mantissa of log 0.05 is
A. -2 C. -1
B. 0.3010 D. 0.6990
241. Suppose m  a y , n  a z and n  m t . Then t is equal to:
log na
A. C. log ma log na
log ma
B. n log ma D. log mn log nm
242. If log a4  2.4 , then log 64a is equal to
A. 1.25 C. 0.4
B. 2.5 D. 3.6

243. If log 2  b , then log (40.05) is equal to
b 1 1
A.  C.   b
2b 2
b2
B. D.  (1  4b)
2b
1
244. The solution set of the equation log 8x  log 8( x  2)  is
3
A. 4 C. 
14 
B.   D. 2
3
The solution set of the equation ( 5 ) x (5 x 1 )  0.2 is

2
245.
 1
A. 2,  C. 0,2
 2
 1
B. 0,  D. 0
 2
246. Which of the following is true if 0  a  b  1 ?
A. a x  b x for some x  0 C. a x  b x for all x  0
B. a x  b x for some x  0 D. a x  b x for some x  0
247. Let f ( x)  log x1 , then which of the following is true?

2
A. For each x  (0.1) , f ( x)  0 C. f is decreasing function
B. The domain of f is (, ) D. y=0 is an asymptote to the graph of f

248. If 2 x  3 y for positive real numbers x and y, then which of the
following is true?
A. x  y  1 C. x  y
B. x  y D. x  y
249. The solution set of log 4x  log (4x1)  2 log 34 is
9 
A. 2 C.  
8 
 9
B. 4 D. 4, 
 8
 
2 
 ( 0.027) 3  0.125 
 
250. Given log 2 00.3010 and log 3  0.4771 , then log  
is equal to
A. 0.5043 + (-2) C. -1.4057
B. -2.5943 D. 0.5943
60
251. Let 2  a 0.35 , 3  a 0.55 and 5  a 0.82 (Where a  0 ). If a x  10 , then the
a
value of x equals
A. 10.7 C. 10 1.07
B. 107 D. 0.107
x
252. If 8 x  16 y , then is equal to
y
3 1 4
A. 2 B. C. D.
4 2 3

253. If log 2a  x , then log 8 2 a is equal to
x 3x
A. C.
3x  3 x2
x2 6x
B. D.
x 1 x 1
254. If 10 2.1  101.8  ( 5 2 ) x , then what is the value of x ?
1
A. C. 4
2
B. 3 D. 6
255. Given that log 2  0.3010 and , which of the following is true?
A. log 1  0.1505 C. log 30  4.771
B. log 5  0.7781 D. log 4  0.6020
Let a>1. If log 8a  0.09 and log a 9  0.04 , then which of the following is
4
256.
equal to log 6a ?
A. 0.11 C. 0.13
B. 0.05 D. 0.17
257. Which of the following graph ahs at least on point of intersection
with y  log 2x ?
A. y  2 x C. y  x
B. y  x 2 D. y  2  x

258. If t 3
2 12
, where t>1, then what is the value of t?
3
A. 2 C. 2 4
1
B. D. 4
3
Let a  1. If log 8a  0.09 and log a 9  0.04 , then which of the following
4
259.
is equal log 6a ?
A. 0.11 C. 0.13
B. 0.05 D. 0.17
260. Let f x   log x1 . Then which of the following is true?

4
A. For each x  (0,1), f ( x)  0
B. The domain of f is  , 
C. f is decreasing function
D. y  0 is an asymptote to the graph of f
261. If log 20  1.3010 , then which of the following is NOT true?
1
A. log 20
 1.3010 C. log 4000  3.6020
B. log 0.2  1.6990 D. log 40  2.6020

262. The solution set of log 3x  log 9( x  24)  log 93 is equal to
A. 3 C.  27,3
B.  3,27 D. 27
263. Suppose log 72  a and log 57  b . Then log 07.002 is equal to
A. 3a  3b C.  2a  3b
B. 2a  3b D.  3a  3b
264. Which of the following is the solution set of the
5 x 9
1
equation 3 x2
 27  ?
 3
A.  2,3 B.  2 C.  D. 0,5
265. If log 5.24  0.7193, then which of the following is true?
A. log 5.24   719.3 C. log 5.24

 0.35965
B. The characteristic of log 0.0524 is -3 D. log 0.524524  2.1386
266. Which of the following statement is true about the function
y  log ax ?
A. Its range is the set of all real numbers
B. the X-axis is its horizontal asymptote
C. It is increasing for 0  a  1 .
D. For a  1, the graph is above the X-axis

267. If the variance of a population of 20 data values is 12, what is its
standard deviation?
A. 144 C. 0.6
B. 24 D. 2
268. If 99 people have a mean income of Birr 400, how much is the mean
income increased by the addition of a woman with an income of Birr
1500?
A. Birr 411 C. Birr 412
B. Birr 410 D. birr 413
269. The average (mean) score of a student in five subjects is 55. If the
scores in four of the subjects are 48, 52, 60 and 70. What is the mean
deviation of the scores in the five subjects?
A. 8 C. 6.4
B. 6 D. 2.5
270. Which of the following is NOT true about the probability of an event
E? A. If E is a sure event then p ( E )  1
B. If E is an impossible event, then p ( E )  0
C. If E is a non-empty event, then p ( E )  0
D. If E is not a sure event, then p ( E )  0.9

271. A three digit number starting with 2 is formed using digits 1, 2, 3, 4.
If repetition of digits is not allowed, then which of the following
formulas is the appropriate formula to calculate the number of such
numbers?
C (4,3)
A. C ( 4,3) C.
6
P (4,3)
B. P(4,3) D.
4
272. Two fair dice are thrown once. What is the probability of getting the
sum of the numbers on face up is 7?
1
A. C. 0
6
7 1
B. D.
36 2
273. The variance of numerical data is
A. the square of the median
B. the square of the standard deviation
C. the square of the mean
D. the square of the mean deviation

274. A librarian would like to arrange 15 books in a row. A better method
he has to use to find the number of all possible ways is:
A. Principle of combination C. Product Rule
B. Principle of permutation D. Sum Rule
275. In a final examination a student took five examinations and scored
56, 75, 60 and 48 in four of the subjects. If his average score is 63,
what was his score in the fifth subject?
A. 76 C. 0
B. 63 D. 8
* Below is given the frequency distribution function V:
V 1 2 3 4 5
f 6 5 4 3 2
Answer question 276 & 277
276. The median of the population function is:
A. 6 C. 2
B. 5 D. 1
277. What is the population variance?
A. 4 C. 2.1
B. 3 D. 1.75

278. A pair of fair dice is tossed. What is the probability of not getting a
sum 5 or 9?
2 7
A. C.
9 9
8 1
B. D.
9 9
279. If 1, 2, 3, 1 are the values of four members of a population function,
then which of the following is NOT true about the population?
A. The range of the population values is 2
B. If 3 is added to each value of the population, then the new
standard deviation will be increased by 4.
C. 50% of the population values are greater than both the median &
the mean vales.
11
D. The variance of the population values is
16
 Question number 280, 281& 282 refers to the following population distribution
function X
V -1 -2 1 4
f 5 2 3 6

280. The median of the population function X is
A. -2 C. 4
281. The variance of the population function X is
47 3
A. 5 C. 2
64 8
105
256
282. The range of the population function X is
A. 4 C. 5
283. What is the mean deviation for the set of data 3, 3, 6 correct to
two decimal places?
A. 1.33 C. 2.00
B. 1.41 D. 0.00
284. What is the probability of a sure event?
1
A. 1 C.
2
B. Un known D. 0
285. If Cn,3  56, then which of the following is the correct value of n ?
A. 6 B. 9 C. 8 D.7

286. The following data lists the age of eight students 12, 14, 13, 18, 14,
17, 13, 14. Which of the following is true about the data?
A. The least frequent variate is 13
B. The largest variate is 14
C. The range is 15
D. The height frequency is 3
287. There are 3 green, 5 yellow and 7 red cards of the same size, shape
and shuffled properly. If three cards are drawn at random, what is
the probability that they are green, yellow and red?
1 1
A. C.
35 5
3 3
B. D.
13 91
288. What is a sample space?
A. a repetition of random experiment
B. a number of successes in experiments
C. the set of all possible outcomes of an experiment
D. a subset of the possibility set of an experiment

289. A bag contains 3 fresh and 5 spoiled oranges of equal size. If three
oranges are to be drawn at random from the bag, what is the
probability that at least one of oranges is fresh?
15 45
A. C.
28 56
15 23
B. D.
56 38
290. A jar contains 3 red and 5 green balls identical in all aspects except
color. If two balls are drawn at random, then the probability that
the two balls drawn are NOT green is?
15 5
A. C.
28 16
9 3
B. D.
14 28
291. The mean score of 40 students was found to be 72.5. Later on, it was
observed that the score of one of the students was recorded as 68
instead of 60. What should be the correct mean score?
A. 64.5 C. 72.5
B. 72.3 D. 72.7

292. What is the total number of natural numbers that can be formed
using the digits 1, 2, 3 and 4, if no digit is repeated in any of the
numbers formed?
A. 16 C. 32
B. 24 D. 64
293. In a pack of ten books, there are geometry books while the rest are
books on algebra. If three books are drawn at random, what is the
probability that one of them is a geometry book and the others are
books on algebra?
2 21
A. C.
21 40
7 21
B. D.
10 100
5
 2
294. In the expression of  x 2   ,what is the fourth term?
 x
A.  80x C.  40x 4
B. 10 x D. 80 x 2
8
5 2 
295. What is the coefficient of  x  y  ?
2 5 
25
A.  C. -56
4
B.  350 D. -14
296. Two six faced fair dies are thrown once. What is the probability that
the difference of the two numbers shown up is 1?
1 5
A. C.
6 18
1 5
B. D.
3 36
297. From two male and three female students a committee of three
students is to be formed. What is the probability that one of them is
male?
3 3
A. C.
10 5
3 1
B. D.
20 3
298. Which of the following is NOT a part of descriptive statistics?
A. measuring average of a quantitative data
B. describing the data in chart or frequency table
C. making inference about a population from a sample of the
population.
D. measuring dispersion using rules like standard deviation of a
quantitative data.

n
 1
299. If the six term in the binomial expansion of  x   is a constant,
 x
then what is the value of n ?
A. 18 C. 10
B. 15 D.5
8
x 4 
300. The constant term in the expression of    is
2 x3 
A. 7 C. 72
B. 128 D. 64
The end

PART TWO: GEOMETRY
1. In a regular hexagonal pyramid, each side of the base is 6 cm and the lateral
edge is 8 cm. What is the volume of the pyramid?
A. 54 3 cm3 C. 108 21 cm3
B. 36 21 cm3 D. 6 21 cm3
2. ABCD is a parallelogram with AB = 7 cm, and AD = 8 cm. If m(DAB)  60 0 ,
what is the length of the diagonal AC?
A. 13 cm B. 113 cm C. 15 cm D. 57 cm
3. In the figure below, BC  AC and CD  AB and m(ABC )  30 0 . If BC = 6
cm then, what is AC + AD + DB?
A. 6 cm
B. 6( 3  1) cm
C. 6 3 cm
D. 12 3 cm
4. In the figure below, ABC is a right angled triangle (right angled at C).If
CD  AB , AC = 5 cm and CD = 4cm, what is the perimeter of ABC ?
A. 12 cm C. 20 cm
50 16
B. cm D. cm
3 3

5. In ABC , AB  AC and m(A)  20 0 . If D is a point on AC, such that
m(DBC )  60 0 , which of the following is NOT true?
A. AD  DB
B. m(BDC )  40 0
C. ADB is Isosceles
D. BD  DC

6. In the figure below, if AB  AC , and BD bisects ABC , then x  y is equal
to:
A. 1700
B. 1000
C. 2300
D. 2600
1
7. If the edge of a cube is cm long, what is its total surface area?
2
1 2 1 3 2
A. cm B. cm 2 C. cm D. 4cm 2
4 16 2
8. What is the lateral surface area of a regular square pyramid of height 6 m if
its base edge of length 16 m?
A. 192 m2 B. 320m2 C. 512m2 D. 576m2

9. The area of the upper and the lower bases of frustum of a pyramid are 3 sq.
units and 12 sq. units respectively. If the volume of the frustum is 42 cubic
units, then what is the height of the pyramid?
A. 12 units B. 9 units C. 6 units D. 15 units
10. In the following figure, AB  BD and ED  BD . Which of the given
additional conditions is NOT sufficient to conclude that ABC  EDC ?
A. a(ABC )  a (EDC )
B. AB  ED
C. BC  DC
D. AB  CD
11. In the following figure, AB // DC , DC , KC  KC , KD and KC are extended
to E and F respectively such that DE  CF , which of the following is true?
A. ADE  ADK
B. DKC  DFC
C. EKC  FKD
D. AEK  ABK

12. The length of a rectangular plot of land is 5 meters longer than its width. If
the area of the plot is 300 m2, what will be its perimeter?
A. 35 m B. 60 m C. 90 m D. 70 m
  
13. In the following figure, m( ABC )  m( FEC )  m( DCE )  90 0 ; AB = 6 cm; FE =
4 cm and BE = 12 cm, then which of the following is NOT true?
A. ABD  EFD
2
B. DC = 2 cm
5
C. DCE  BCD
4
D. CE = 4 cm
5
14. In the figure below AB  AC , DB  DC and m(BDC )  2m(A) . If
m(A)  70 0 , what is m(B ) ?
A.200 C. 550
B. 250 D. 350

15. In ABC , let D be on AB and let E be on BC such that BAC  BED. Then
which of the following is true?
A. BAC  BDE C. BAC  EBD
B. ABC  EBD D. ABC  DBE
16. A right prism has a rectangular base of length L and width W units. If its
height is h units long, then the lateral surface area of the prism is
A. 2h(L + W) C. LW +2h(L + W)
B. 2L(W + h) D. 2(LW + Lh +hW)
17. A hemisphere is extracted from the top of a right circular cylinder wood of
height 5 units and base radius 3 units. If the hemisphere has the same radius
as the base of the cylinder, then what is the volume of the remaining object
in cubic units?
A. 9 B. 39 C. 27 D. 15

18. In the figure below, if AE  CD and the sides are measured in cm, then
what is the area of the figure?
A. 10 cm2
B. 8cm2
C. 12cm2
25
D. cm2
2
19. In the figure below , let l be the perpendicular bisector of AB at M, and P
be a point on l not on AB . Which of the following can be used to show that
AMP  BMP ?
A. LA Theorem
B. ASA
C. SAS
D. HA Theorem

20. The following is a proof of the sine law based on the figure shown. CD and
BD are merely constructed to help in the proof. C denotes ACB .
Steps Justification
1 BD = a sin Sin (BCD ) = BD

BC
( BCD )
2 BD = c sin A BD
Sin ( A) =
AB
3 A sin ( BCD ) = Transitivity of
c sin A equality
4 a c -----------

sin A sin C
What is the justification for the 4th step?
A. Sines of supplementary angles are equal
B. m(BCD )  m(C )
C. BCD is an exterior angle
D. Sines of complementary angles are equal

21. The following is a proof to establish the theorem that says ″If a leg and
acute angle of one right angled triangle are congruent to the corresponding
parts of another right angled triangle, then the two triangles are congruent ″
ABC and FED , have right angles at B and E respectively.
Steps Justification
1 AB  FE AB = FE = 4 cm
2 A  F Given
3 B  E Both are right angles
4 ABC  FED Steps 1, 2, 3 and ----------
What are the justification for the last step?
A. AAS Theorem C. Hypotenuse – Acute (HA) Theorem
B. SAS Postulate D. Leg – Leg (LL) Theorem

22. What is the area of an isosceles triangle it its vertex angle is 120 0 and base
18 cm
A. 27 3 sq. cm B. 54 sq. cm C. 54 3 sq. cm D. 81 3 sq. cm
23. For ABC , shown below if AB<BC<AC, then which of the following
statement is true?
A. m(B)  m(C )
B. m(A)  m(C )
C. m(B)  m(A)
D. m(A)  m(B)
24. The regular pyramid in the figure above has square base of dimension 5 m
by 5 m. If the edge EB makes 450 with the diagonal DB , what is the volume
of pyramid?
125 2 3
A. m C. 125m3
6
125 3 3
B. 25m3 D. m
6

25. In ABC , the perpendiculars from the mid-point M of the side AB to the
other sides are congruent, and m(CAB)  40 0 . What is m(BCM ) ?
A. 500
B. 400
C. 1000
D. 600
26. In the figure below, BC // FE and AB // CD . If BC = 12, CD = 4 and ED = 5
units, then AB is equal to
A. 5.6 units
B. 7.4 units
C. 9.4 units
D. 9.6 units

27. A right pyramid, with a rectangular base of length 8 m and width 6m, has a
13 m long lateral edge. What is the volume of the pyramid in cubic meters?
A. 208 B. 192 C. 64 10 D. 160
28. A water tank is in the shape of a frustum of a right circular cone with radii
of bases 8 m and 4m. If its slant height is 5 m, then what is the capacity
(volume) of the tank in cubic meter?
320
A. 112 B. 128 C.  D. 64
3
29. In a figure below, ABC  ABD and CB  DB . Which of the following is
NOT true?
A. m(CEB)  m(DEB )
B. BCE  BDE
C. BD  BE
D. DE  CE

30. If a, b, and c are the lengths of the sides of a triangle the, which of the
following statement is NEVER true?
A. a = b = c B. a + b = c C. a + b > c D. a2 + c2 = b2
    
31. In the figure, m( BDE )  30 0 , m(CDE )  40 0 and BAD  CAD . If m( ACD )  x ,
then which of the following is necessarily true?
A. 10 0  x  30 0
B. 0 0  x  30 0
C. 30 0  x  40 0
D. 10 0  x  40 0
32. In the figure, AB  AC, AD  BC and BE  AC . Which of the following
statement is true?
A. ABD  ABE
B. AEB  CEB
C. AD.BC  BE.AC
D. AD.BD  BE.AE


33. If in ABC , BAC is obtuse, then which of the following is true?
A. The altitude drawn from B meets segment AC .
B. The altitude drawn from C meets segment AB .
C. The altitude drawn from A meets segment BC .
D. The circumference lies in the interior of the triangle.
1
34. If R is 1800 rotation about the origin and y  x  4 is an equation of a line
2
L, then which of the following is the equation of the image of L under R?
1
A. y  2 x  4 C. y   x  4
2
1
B. y  2 x  4 D. y  x4
2
35. A rhombus of side length 14 units has a diagonal whose length is equal to
either of its sides. What is its area in square units?
A. 196 3 C. 98 3
B. 196 D. 98

36. In the figure, the cords AC and BD intersects at E in the circle. O is the

center of the circle. If arc AB is 450 and m( AEB)  34 0 , then which of the
following is the measure of arc CD?
A. 680
B. 90
C. 230
0
1
D. 38
2
37. What is the volume of a cube whose diagonal has length 4 cm and makes
300 with its adjacent edge as shown in the figure below?
A. 24 3 cm3
B. 8 cm3
64
C. cm3
3 3
D. 12 3 cm3

38. If ABCD and EFGH are two parallelograms, then which of the following
statements is NOT necessarily true?
 
A. If BC  EF , CD  GH and A  E , then the parallelograms are congruent.
B. If AC  EG , Bˆ  Fˆ and ABˆ C  EGˆ F , then the parallelograms are
congruent.
C. If AC  EG , BD  FH and AB  EF , then the parallelograms are
congruent.
D. If AB  EF , BC  FG and the parallelograms have equal area, then they
are congruent.
39. The diameter of the base and height of a circular cone are found to be a
and 2b units long respectively. What is the formula for the volume V of the
cone?
2 1
A. V  a 2 b C. V  a 2 b
3 6
1 4
B. V  a 2 b D. V  a 2 b
3 3

40. What is the volume of a frustum of a cone whose radius ®, of its larger base
is twice that of the radius (r) of its smaller base and with height x  y  3 y ?
A. 10r 2 y
B. 20r 2 y
C. 5r 2 y
D. 4r 2 y
41. In the figure below ABCD is a parallelogram, where DE  BF . Which of
the following statements is NOT true?
A. EGC  FGA C. EG  FG
B. AG  CG D. CGF  CBF

42. Which of the following is the statement of the converse of the isosceles
triangle theorem? A. For an isosceles ABC , if AB  BC , then A  C . B.
For an isosceles ABC , if AB  BC , then the angle bisector of B bisects
AC . C. For an isosceles ABC , if A  C , then AB  BC . D. For an
isosceles ABC , if the angle bisector of B bisects AC then AB  BC In the
following figure, ABC  ACD , AD = 4 cm and DB = 12 cm. What is the
length of AC ?
A. 8 cm
B. 9 cm
C. 10 cm
D. 6 cm
43. In ABC , let m(A)  30 0 , m(B)  120 0 and BC = 9 cm. Then what is the
length of AC in cm?
A. 6 3 C. 18 3
B. 9 3 D. 36 3

44. In ABC AB= 21, BC = 14, and m(B)  60 0 , what is the length of AC ?
A. 7(13  3 3 ) C. 7 7
B. 7(13  6 3 ) D. 7
45. In the figure below let k  CD . Using the fact that ADB and CDB are
right angled we get the following:
c 2  (b  k ) 2  h 2
 (b  k ) 2  (a 2  k 2 )
 b 2  a 2 2bk
 . . .
Which of the following expressions can not be given as the next for c 2 ?
A. b 2  a 2  2ab cos 
B. b 2  a 2  2ab cos 
C. b 2  a 2  2ab cos 
D. b 2  a 2  2ab sin 

46. If in the figure, AB and CD bisects each other at O, then which of the
following is NOT necessarily true?
A. AOC  BOD
B. OC  OB
C. AC // BD
D. m( ACˆ D)  m(ODˆ B)
47. In the figure, AD  AF and ABˆ C  ACˆB . Which of the following is NOT
necessarily true?
A. CDA  BFA
B. BEF  CED
C. BGC is isosceles.
D. BCD  CBF

48. In the figure, ABCD is parallelogram E, F, G and H are mid-points of AB ,
AD , BC and DC respectively. Which of the following is NOT necessarily
true?
A. The lines EF and GH are parallel.
B. ABF  CBH
1
C. Area of CGH  area of ABCD.
8
D. AEF  CDB
49. If in the circle shown below, O is its center and PQ = OP = 4 cm, then
A. Area of OPQ is 4 3 cm2
12  
B. The perimeter of the shaded region is cm
3
4
C. Area of the shaded region is ( 2  3 3 ) cm2
3
8
D. Area of the sector determined by the arc PRQ is  cm2
3

50. The figure below represents a frustum formed from the base of a right
circular cone with diameter of base 18 cm and height 12 cm. If the ratio of
the heights of frustum and the cone is 1 : 2 , which of the following is the
volume of the frustum?
A. 228 cm3
B. 336 cm3
C. 183.5 cm3
D. 384 cm3
51. In the figure below, m(BAE )  m(EDC ) . If O is the circle containing the
points A, B, and C, then which of the following is true about the point D?
A. It lies on the circle O
B. It lies inside the circle O
C. It lies outside the circle O
D. None of the above

52. In ABC , the degree measure of its angles are x, y and z. If x + y = z, then
ABC is necessarily
A. Scalene B. Isosceles C. Right angled D. None of the above
53. If in the figure l1, l2, l3 and l4 are lines with l3 // l 4 , then which of the
following is NOT necessarily true?
A. x  z
B. z  y
C. m(AOC )  180 0  y  z  x
D. m(AOB )  y  z
54. The sum of the angles marked a, b, c, and d in the figure is
A. 2200
B. 2400
C. 2600
D. 3600

55. Let P and Q be two regular polygons of n sides such that the ratio of the
area of P
perimeter of P to the perimeter of Q is 1: 3. What is the ratio ?
area of Q
A. 1:3 B. 3:1 C. 1:9 D. None of the above
56. A circle is circumscribed about a square whose side is 8 cm long. What is
the area of the portion of the circle that is outside of the square?
A. 16(4   )cm 2 C. 32(  2)cm 2
B. 8(  2)cm 2 D. None of the above
57. Which of the following pairs is the result of the reflection of (4, 1) with
respect to the line y  x  1 ?
A. (0, 5) B. (-3, 4) C. -4, 3) D. (-1, 8)
58. A regular square pyramid is cut by a plane parallel to the base so that the
plane bisects the altitude of the pyramid. If the slant height of the pyramid
is 12 units and its lateral edge is 13 units long, then the volume of the
frustum in cubic units is:
175 119 175 119 2275

A. B. 325 C. D.
6 74 6

59. If the radius of a sphere is doubled, what happens to the surface area?
A. It becomes four times as large as the original surface area.
B. It becomes eight times as larger as the original surface area.
C. It is also doubled.
D. It is increased by four square units.
60. Given that ABC  PQR , which of the following is necessarily true?
A. BAC  QRP B. AC  PQ C. BCA  PRQ D. AB  QR
61. In the figure, AC  EB , AD  EC and AF  EC . Which of the following is
not true?
A. DAC  ECB C. BAD  BEC
B. BC  BF D. AB  EB
62. In parallelogram ABCD, AB = 8 units, BC = 7 units and m(ABC )  1350 .
What is the area of the parallelogram in square units?
A. 28 2 B. 28 C. 14 2 D. 56

63. In the figure below, ABC is equilateral triangle. If B is a point which
bisects AD , then m(ACD) is equal to:
A. 1200 C. 600
B. 900 D. 300
64. A glass in a shape of a frustum of a right circular cone has slanted height
10 cm and bases of radii 3cm and 9 cm. What is the volume of the glass in
cm3 ?
A. 192 B. 204 C. 240 D. 312
65. The volume of a pyramid that has a height of 8 m and a rectangular base of
dimension 6 m by 4 m is: A. 576 m3 B. 192m3 96m3 D. 64m3
66. In the figure below AD and BC intersects at E. If AEB  CED and AE = x,
BE = y, AB = 7.5, DE = 4, CE = 2 and CD = 5, then x 2  y 2 is equal to:
A. 6 C. 45
B. 36 D. 7.5

67. For the right angled triangle given below, BC = 18 cm, and m(A)  30 0 ,
then how long is AC ?
A. 18 3 cm C. 32 cm
18
B. 18 2 cm D. cm
3
68. An isosceles triangle has base side 10cm long and a vertex angle of 60 0 .
How long is the altitude from the vertex angle?
10 5
A. 3 B. 3 C. 10 3 D. 5 3
3 3
69. Given ABC with AB = 30 units, AC = 22 units and BC = 18 units, then
CosB is equal to:
11 54
A. C.
15 37
3 37
B. D.
5 54
70. In ABC , m(A)  30 0 , m(B)  450 and BC = 12 units. Then how long
is AC?
A. 12 2 units B. 6 2 units C. 6 6 units D. 12 3 units

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Practice Multiple Choice Examination

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Ahmed Buseri (Asst. Prof.)

Dedicated to my Daughter Fileber Ahmed

1. For any two sets A and B, ( A  B) is equal to

2. If A= [-1, 1] and B= [-2, 0), the A/B is equal to

3. If A  B   1, 0, 1and B  C  2,  1, 0, then B   A  C  is equal to:

4. Let A  d , e, ef  . Which of the following statement is true about A?

of the following statements is true?

A. A/ B has only one element C. A  B  1, 2

B. 1, 2, 3 B D. 1, 3  A

6. For sets A , B and C, if AUC  x : x  Q,2  x  4 and

B  C  x  Q : 1  x  5, then what is  A  B  C ?

7. In a certain school, there are 500 students. The numbers of members of

Mathematics and Physics clubs are 100 and 180 respectively. If 42

are neither members of Mathematics club nor members of Physics club?

8. Which of the following sets is finite?

A. { x : x is integer less than 10}

B. { x : x is a real number between 0.5 and 0.6}

C. { x : x is a rational number between ½ and 1/3}

D. { x : x is a whole number less than 10, 000}

Then what is AB ?

B. {{1, 2}} D. {1, 2, {1,2}}

10. If ( A / B)  B  A , which of the following is always true?

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11. If A  B  1,2, A  B  1,2,3,4,5, then the symmetric difference of A and

14. Let A  1, 2,3,3 and B  

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16. Let A, B and C be sets such that A  C   and B  C. Then A( B / C ) is

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B. ( A / B)  ( A  B)  A D. None of the above

19. If A   2,1,0,1,2 and B  ( x, y) : x  A, y  Aandx  y  A, then of the

following is NOT true?

B. If x  A and y  A , then ( x, y )  B D. If ( x, y )  B , then y  x  A

20. If A  B and B  C for sets A, B and C, which of the following is

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21. If A is the subset of B, then which of the following is always true?

22. Suppose A, B and C are sets such that A  B  C with

C  0, 1, 2, . . ., 9, C  B  2, 3, 5, 7and A  0, 4, 8.

Then which of the following is true?

A. B contains exactly six elements

B. C  A =The set of one digit odd integers

C. Every element of B  A is an even integer

D. Every element of C  A is prime

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24. If A={ x : x is a non-negative integer and x 3  x }, then the number of

proper subsets of A is:-

25. On the set of integers Z, let  be the binary operation defined by

a  b  a  b  2 . Which of the following is true about the operation  ?

A.  is a non-commutative binary operation

B. 0 is the identity element of Z with respect to 

C. -3 is the inverse of 7 with respect to 

below. Which of the following is NOT true about  ?

C. Every element of S is the inverse of itself with respect to 

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defined on the set of rational numbers as a  b =2a + 2b-1?

B. 3  5 = (-2)  10 D. There is no identity element for 

28. For a  Q and b  Q each of the following are associative binary

table. Which of the following is not true?

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A. a is the identity element for the operation 