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x A) 0 (B) 1
L Find the value of y:
'v --Lq 2
c) - (D\ -7662
2v l 7986
E) None of these
A) -2or1 (B) 4or2
6 Find the value of a3 + b3 + c3-3abc, where
C) -1or4 (D) 2 or- 1 a + b + c = 5 and ab + bc + ca = 10'
E) None of these (A) - 2s (B) 2s
(c) - 7s (D) 7s
The number -.,/5Yis (E) None of these
2
: J.r
,t. ^tr
:
l .) 011_

(A) rationa I(B) irrationa I

(A) 1024 (B) 2s6
(C) prime (D) composite (c) s12 (D) 16

(E) None of these (E) None of these

8 logrlogrlogo64 is equal to
3
3. Solve: +
(rzsl '' 1ozsl '. (a) '
A
I
(B) 0
(A) 13 (B) 1s
2 -.
C L (D) log2
(c) - 3es (D) - 4s4
E N one of these
(E) None of these
9 lf the perpendicular distance of a point
4 lf rrr:3 + 2nD and n: l, then what p from the x-axis is 8 units and the foot
m of the perpendicular lies on the negative
will be the value of m2 + n2? direction of x-axis, then the point p
(A) 28 (B) 30
has _.
(A) xcoordinate=-10
(c) 34 (D) 36
(B) ycoordinate=8only
(E) None of these
(C) y coordinate = -8 only
5 Solve: (l - m)3 + (m- l)'; where
- n)3 + (n (D) ycoordinate=8or-8
(l -m) = 11, (m-n) =-22and(n-l) =rr (E) None of these

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10. The point at which two coordinate (A) 68' (B) 70"
axes 18. Find thc
meet is called the _. (c) 12" (D) 74" expressior
(A) a bsc iss a (B) origin (E) None of these 2(cosa60".r
(C) ordinate (D) quadra nt 15. ln a APQR, PT is the median through P 3 sec230'
(E) None of these and S is the mid point of PT.QS I
produced meets PR in M, then PM = (A)
11. How many solutions are possible for the ,
equation 3x+ 4y =7 where x and y are g
(A) PR (B) 2PR (c)
natural numbers?
(A) one (B) two
,
en en (E) None c
(C) three (D) four
1c1 I 101 f
(E) None of these 19. lf tan x =a
(E) None of these
16. ln the shown figure ABC is an isosceles find the vi
12. A point on the x-axis is of the form
triangle in which AB = AC. AEDC is a (A)
n:
P I

'
W tv,*l (s) (0, v) parallelogram. ll
ICDF = 7O" and zepE = ntl
(c) (x,0) (D) (0, x) 100", then find zFBA . P'-l
(B)
(E) None of these Al, 0

13. ln the fitu re given below, if MN ll PQana (c)

0
IMNO: and zepo
115"
p'-1
= 122", then find
the value of zNop .
(D)fi
(l tJ (' l)
P
(A) 30" (B) 40" (E) None o
N l2t"
(c) s0' (D) 60"
20. lf sin2x = -
\I
I l(r" (E) None of these 1

17. Two concentric circles with centre

l-cotr
() O of.I - aot_ \
have P, Q, R, S as the points of
(A) 48" (B) 60' intersection with the line / as shown in (A) 1
(c) s8' (D) 65" the figure. lf PS = 16 cm and QR = 12 cm (B)-1
(E) None of these then the length of (c) :
14. ln the figure given below, PQR is a
triangle in which Ze- 2lR. S is a point (D)
on side QR such that PS bisects lepR J
(E) None o'
and PQ = RS. QT is the bisector of ZQ. P s

The measure of _QI,R is

21. The mean <
51.2.
P (A) PQ is 3 cm
(B) PR is 12 cm x I
t'
(C) SQ is 14 cm l0 l9
(D) RS is 4 cm 30 6a-j
(E) None of these 50 l4
10 6a-
a S
R
90 20

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ind the frequency of 70.

18. Find the value of the following F

expression:
(A) 26 (B) 34
(cl 42 (D) so
2(cosa60" + sina30') - (tan'z60" + cot245') +
(E) None of these
3 sec'z30'
I
22. Positive integers from 1to 55 (both 1 and
(A)
, (B)
I 55 are included) are arranged in five
groups of 11 each. Find the highest
s possible average of the medians of these
(c) (D) 4
five groups.
4
(E) None of these (Al 27 (B) 38
(c) 32 (D) 44
19. lf tan x =otan y and sin x= B sin y, then (E) None of these
find the value of sec2x.
23. The sum of the deviations of a set of n
(A}B 1
values ar, a2........ an measured from 55
(r- l is -
20 and the sum of deviations of the

rat tl,
*l values from 52 is 60. Find the mean of
(r- I the observations.
o^ -t (A) 48.s
tct
"0'I (B) s2.o
(c) ss.0
(D) o^ *l (D) s6.5
tll (E) None of these
(E) None of these
Direction for Q. no. 24-25: Following
20. lf sin2x - 2lanl0" , then find the value frequency distribution gives the weights of
I + tan'l0o 48 students of a class:
1 cotrx
werghls in Kg Nurber of Students
of r+
where 0' < x < 90'.
"otr, 3l 35
(A) 1
(B)-1 36 40 5

I 4t 45 1,1
(c) ; ,1G50 9

(D) st 55 6
]
(E) None of these 56 60 12

21. The mean of the following distribution is The probability that weight of a student in the
5t.2. class is:

x f 24. atmost 50 kg is

10 l9 (A) I (B) l
8 E
30 6a+5
50
10
34
8a+2
(c) j (D) !
l6 16
90 20 (E) None of these

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25. more than 45 kg is _. (A) 310

32. ln each <
(B) 280
9
some of
(A) (B) (c) 2e0 are giver
* 16
(D\ 770 alternati
1
(c) (D) (E) None of these correct a
21 * b-b-bb.
(E) None of these
29. The ratio of the number of students in
two classrooms P and Q is 4:5 (A) bbbbb
26. Find the area of the shaded region respectively. lf 8 students shift from P to (B) bbaaa
where each circle is of radius 14 cm as Q, the new ratio becomes 4 : 7. Now how (C) ababa
many students must shift from Q to P in (D) aabaa
shown in the figure. Taken=2 order for the final ratio to become 7 : 4?
7 (E) abaaa
(Al 27 (B) 18 33. How manl
lcl 24 (D) 36 in the wo
(E) None of these has as m;
30. The area of the base of a right cone is the word
2464 cm'1 and its curved surface area is (A) None
3080 cm'z. Find the height of the cone. (B) One
(L) lwo
2l
(A) 672 cml (D) Three
7
(B) 700 cn' (E) More t
(A) 14 cm
(C) cm' Direction Ior I
6,+6 (B) 21 cm
questions giv
(D) zzs cm: (C) 3s cm statements fo
(E) None of these (D) 28 cm numbered l, ll,
27. A rectangular tank is 225 m by 81 m at (E) None of these given statemen
the base. With what speed must the to be at va ria
water flow into it through an aperture Section-B (Reasoning and Aptitude) facts. Read alltl
90 cm by 30 cm so that the level may which of the,
be raised by 20 cm in 5 hours? 31. How many number of parallelograms are follow(s) fro r

(A) 6700 m/hr there in this figure? disregarding co

(Bl 2700 m/hr 34. Statements
(c) s400m/hr All planets;
(D) 6000m/hr All stars a re
(E) None of these All aste ro ids
28. The ratio of the monthly incomes of Some moon
Swapnesh and Anagpal is 3 :4 and the (A) 16 Conclusions.
ratio of their monthly expenditures is (B) 18 l. All aster
4 : 5. lf Anagpal saves ?400 per month, (c) 14 ll. All aste r
which of the following cannot be the (D) 17 lll. All moor
savings of Swapnesh? (in t/month) (E) None of these lV Some ro

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(A) None f o .c* s

32. ln each of the following letter
series'
(B) OnlY I follows
which
some of the letters are missing (C) OnlY ll follows
are given in that order as one of the (D) OnlY either lor ll follows
alteinatives below it' Choose the (E) Only lll follows
correct a ltern ative'
b-b-bb--bbb-bb-b 35. Stotementsi
Some meras are calculators'
ca
(A) bbbbba
Some calculators are dia ries
(B) bbaa a b
All notebooks are d iaries
(C) ababab
All d ia ries are comPuters'
(D) aa baab
(E) abaaaa Conclusions.
l. Some notebooks are calculators'
33. How many such Pairs of letters a re there ll. Some calculators are computers'
in the word BOARDING each o f which
lll. All notebooks are comPuters'
has as manY letters between them
in
the word as in the English alPhabet?
lV Some diaries are cameras'

(A) None (A) None follows

(B) one (B) OnlY ll follows
(C) Two (C) OnlY lll follows
(D) Three (D) Both lland lll follow
(E) More tha n three
(E) OnlY I follows
no. 36-37i StudY the following
Direction lorQ. no' 34-35: ln ea ch of the Direction lor Q.
carefullY to an swer these
questions given below there are four information
ns questions.
statements followed bY four co nclu sio
numbered l, ll, lll and lV' You have t o take
the i. 'P x Q' means'P is brother of Q
given statements to be true even if they seem ii. 'P - Q' means'P is sister of Q'
io be at variance from commonly known iil. 'P + Q' means'P is mother of C
decide
facts. Read all the conclusions and then 'P + Q' means 'P is father of Q'
which of the given conclusions logically the
from the given statements 36. Which of the following means 'M is
follow(s) daughter of R'?
disregarding commonlY known facts' (B) R+DxM
(A) R-DxM
34. Stotementsi (C) M-JxR+T (D) R+M-r
All pla nets are stars' (E) None of these
All stars are asteroids' the
All asteroids are moons'
37. Which of the following means 'K is
maternal uncle of W?
Some moons are rocks'
(A) K-J+W
Conclusions.
(B) KxJ+W
l. All asteroids are Planets
(C) KxJ+W
ll. All asteroids are stars'
(D) W+JxK
lll. All moons are stars'
(E) None of these
lV Some rocks are stars'

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(A) None follows

32. ln each of the followinB letter series,
(B) Only I follows
some of the letters are missing which
(C) Only ll follows
are given in that order as one of the
alternatives below it. Choose the (D) Only either lor llfollows
correct a ltern ative. (E) Only lll follows
b-b-bb--bbb-bb-b 35. Stotementsl
(A) bbbbba Some ca meras are calculators.
(B) bbaaa b Some ca lcu lators are d ia ries.

(C) ababab All note books are diaries

(D) aabaab All d ia ries are computers.
(E) abaaaa Conclusions:
33. How many such pairs of letters are there l. Some notebooks are calculators.
in the word BOARDING each of which ll. Some calculators are computers.
has as many letters between them in lll. All notebooks are computers.
the word as in the English alphabet? lV Some diaries are cameras.
(A) None (A) None follows
(B) one (B) Only ll follows
(C) Two (C) Only lll follows
(D) Three (D) Both lland lll follow
(E) More than three (E) Only I follows
for Q. no. 34-35: ln each of the Direction for Q. no. 36-37: Study the following
Direction
questions given below there are four information carefully to answer these
statements followed by four conclusions questions.
rumbered l, ll, lll and lV. You have to take the i. 'P x Q' means 'P is brother of Q'.
: iven statements to be true even if they seem 'P - Q' means 'P is sister of Q'.
:c be at variance from commonly known 'P + Q' means 'P is mother of Q'
'acts. Read allthe conclusions and then decide
'P + Q' means 'P is father of Q'.
,..hich of the given conclusions logically
': llow(s) from the given statements 35. Which of the following means 'M is the
: sregarding commonly known facts. daughter of R'?
Stdtementsi (A) R+DxM (B) R+DxM
All p la nets are stars. (C) M-JxR+T (D) R+ IVI -T
All stars are asteroids. (E) None of these
All asteroids are moons. 37. Which of the following means 'K is the
Some moons are rocks. maternal uncle of W?
Conclusions'. (A) K-J+W
L All asteroids are planets. (B) KxJ+W
All asteroids are sta rs (C) KxJ+W
All moons are stars. (D) W+JxK
Some rocks are stars. (E) None of these

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(A) 1s (B) 18
Direction lorno. 38-40: Study the following
Q. (A) 17 cm
information carefully and answer the (c) 20 (D) 22
questions given below: (E) None of these (L) t:\t cr
(E) None c
B Q, R, S, T, V and W are sitting around a circle 43. tf ll1 -
I
: J: , then find the value of .19. When yor
facing the centre. V is second to the left of P ln
and second to the right of W. T is third to the (m72 + m66 + mto + m36 + 62a + m6 + 2) nu mber li
right of Q and is not an immediate neighbour (A) o (B) 1 198. Hou
of V. S is third to the right of R. (c) 2 (D) 3 numbers
(E) None of these increased
38. Who is to the immediate left of S? d igits?
(A) v (B) r 44. ln an isosceles APQR, PQ = PR. A circle
(A) 70
(c) a (D) w passing through Q and touching PR at its
middle point, intersects PQ at M. Then (c) 77
(E) None of these (E) None o
PM: PQis
39. Who is third to the left of V? (A) 1:4 (B) 2 : 3
(A) r (B) s (c) 1:3 (D) 1:2
(c) w (D) R (E) None of these
(E) None of these
45. How many isosceles triangles with
40. ln which of the following groups the first integer sides are possible such that sum
person is sitting between the second and of its two of the side is 15?
the third persons? (A) e (B) 10
(A) RPa (B) rws (c) 11 (D) 12
(C) QPR (D) AVS (E) None of these
(E) None of these 46. A number when divided by a divisor
leaves a remainder of 24. When thrice
Section-C (Scholar's Zone) the original number is divided by the
same divisor, the remainder is 35. Find
the value of the divisor.
41. tf
7't 2 (A) 43 (B) ss
j" 2" +7 (c) 4s (D) 37
(El 42
Then find the value of x. 47. lf a and b are positive numbers such that
(A) 3 ab = b' and b = 9a, then find the value of
B 4 aob8,
C 5
(A) :" (B) e''
D 6
E N one of these
(c) :'' (D) e''
None (E) of these
42. A set of consecutive positive integers
beginning with 1is written on a 48. The base of a right pyramid is an
blackboard. A student comes along and equilateral side of side 2{)\ I cm. lf the
erase one number. The average of the total surface area of the pyramid is
remaining numbers is z:]. What was l08oJ3sq cm, its vertical height is,
1l
the number erased ?

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(A) 17 cm (B) ro'5cm 50. What will be the value of x in the square
(C) r 2.,6 cm (D) of side 15 cm given below?
24 cm
(E) None of these B
49. When you reverse the digits of the
number 123, the number increases by
198. How many such three-digit .r- i''
numbers are possible which are
increased by 198 on reversing their 9
digits ?
l) C
(A) 70 (B) 63
(c) 77 (D) s6 (A) 2.0 cm (B) 2.s cm
(E) None of these (C) 3.0 cm (D) 3.5 cm
(E) None of these

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(c) x-3,
(E) None

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Section-A (Mathematics) (A) 30
(c)
Which one of the following statements t..5 31
1
is co rrect?
tet l*' \ lvl\
.lx + .,i lJ (E) None
11. ln a fract
(A) n is not a rational number
by 13 anc
(B) n'is an irrational number (c) -x -:..ir -.[ \
7, it beco
lcl 3.2325325325. ,.. is equal to Eql
(D) All the above
9990 (D) + :"6, -.,r5 - ] decrease

(E) None of these

(E) None of these decreaser

2 Find the value of 11291o 'u x l27lo " 6 74' - 293 -

45r is equal to will be th,
(A) 289710 lB) 287e47 and den
(A) ,5 (B) 3\6
(c) 32682s (D) 267e3s fra ction ?
(cl 27 (D) 81
(E) None of these -. (A) 1
(E) None of these (c) 3
7 x = - 5 and y = 3 is a solution of the
1 , linear equation: (E) None r

3 Solve: +
(r:s1 ', (sr:y', (z+:1 ', (A) 3x-2y=2r (B) 2x-3Y=-zt' 12. Find the rr
(C) 4y -3x=27 (D) 3y-4x=-11 7 is divide
(A\ 71,4 (B) s2 (E) None of these (A) 7
(c) 376 (D) -110 (c) 28
(E) None of these 8 ln the graph as shown, the equation of (E) None r
the line / is__.
_l 13. ln the giv
4 lf K=7+1J3andM= K , then what will Y-axis
RQ inte rs
be the value of K2 + M'z? 4 respective
(A) 184 (B) e7 3
I

2 +
(C) 194 (D) il2\6
(E) None of these
1
:
x-ax ts
-4 -3 -2 1. 1234 P
t:
5 Which one of the following is not a -1
polynomial? -2
R
\ f !x
(A) -4
19 x' x 'i3

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(A) b6 (B) 136'

(A) x=-3 (B) Y=-3
(D) 120"
(c) x-3=0 (D) y-3=0 (c) 712'
(E) None of these
(E) None of these
14. ln a APQR , il tP lQ:24' and
e '*[:).'*lil.'*(;]. +
IR tQ : 12" , then
--.
(A) tP+2lQ:158"
99
log
100 (B) 3tP zlR:96'
(A) 0 (B) -1 (c) 2tR tQ:62"
(c) -2 (D) 2 (D) lP lQ + tR -'71'
(E) None of these (E) None of these
10. lf log 2 = 0.3010, then the number of 15. ln a parallelogram ABCD, if P is the mid-
digits in 2'oo is ---. point of side BC such that lBAP =
(A) 30 (B) 2e
(c) 31 (D) 32 .u oe.e, then
f|
(E) None of these (A) 7:2 (B) 2:1
11. ln a fraction if numerator is increased (c) 3:2 (D) a:1
by 13 and denominator is increased by (E) None of these
l0
7, it becomes , and if denominator is 16. ln the given figure, if
decreased by 5 and numerator is 2IAOC' - jtCOBand IAOB = 105",then
1 f ind rACB.
decreased bY 3, it becomes 3 Wh at
will be the difference of the numerator
and denominator of the original
fra ction ?
(A) 1 (B) 2
(c) 3 (D) 4
(E) None of these ('
2x'!- 5x + (A) 717' (B) 127.s"
12. Find the remainder when 3x3 +
(c) t22.5' (D) 11e'
7 is divided bY (x - 3).
(E) None of these
(A) 7 (B) 84
(c) 2s (D) e1 17. PQRS is an isosceles trapezium such that
rf (E) None of these PA I I RS. lf
ZPSR = 72', then IQPS
equals to
13. ln the given figure, I ll m and PQ and
RQ intersect I and m at S, T and U, V a
respectively. Find the value of x.

T a R
S S
(A) 108" (B) 144'
P
82' \ (D) 118"
(c) 77"
ti (E) None of these
R

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18. ln a IABC, ritht angled at and if AB

B = (A) l7.t 8 25. The infor
9 cm and AC - BC = 3cm, then
(B) r7.- students
I below:
(A) cos A = (c) tsla
(D) I a.z: Marks
(B) sec C: ! (E) None of these
I 20
(C) coscc A + tan C: , 22. A bag contains 27 balls out of which x
are white. lf nine more white balls are 21-10
){ put in the bag, then probability of
(D) 2sinAcosA=; ,11-60
drdwing a white ball becomes thrice.
(E) None of these Find the value of x. 6l -80

19. Which one among the following has a (A) 3 (B) 6 8l- t00
different va lue? (c) e (D) 12
(E) None of these ind the mc
2 cos'30" - L, 1 - 2 sinr 3O", cosr 30" - sin2 F

I tan: lloo 23. The mean of the following distribution (A) 68.28
30" is 50. (B) 68.33
I + tanr 30o
(c) 6e.48
(A) 2cos'z30"- 1 (D) 6s.46
x f'
(B) 1-2 sin'?30" (E) None of
(C) cos'z30'- sin, 30" l0 29
30 5a+9 26. 4 men and
,r, I tanr 30" 50 +1
' l+tanr l0o 70 7a 15
work. They
(E) None of these 90 l4 in 4 days. Al
110 12
20. lf e is an acute angle and 4 cosg+4r[ were rncreE
sin0 =8sin0 cos0+u.'6, then which F ind the va lue of 'a' more work
one among the following is correct? (A) 6 work is to b
T; (B) 8 how many
(A) increased ?
'ino-ll2 (c) e
(A) 12
(D) 12
(c) 8
tB) c,.,s 0 :1 (E) None of these
(E) None of t
(c) e:30. 24. Three biased coins are tossed 12OO 27. Three solid
times simultaneously. The partial solid cu bes o
(D) tane :J3 outcomes are given in the table below. a cube. tf t|
(E) None of these cubes of typ
OutcoD're No tail One tail T$o tails
2L. lt xr, x2,......,....x* a re k va lues of va ria b le and tfrcm r
Frequency 180 320 x latera I su rf
x such that I(x, - 3) :156 and formed.
The dice of the occurrence of two tails was (A) 625 cm:
thrice that of all tails. Find x. (B) 864 cm:
I(*, 9) :90, then the value of mean (A) 4so (B) s2s (C) 576 cm:
il
(c) 300 (D) 600 (D) 784 cm:
ts
(E) None of these (E) None of tr

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25. The information of marks of 100 28. lf in a triangle, the sum of any two sides
students in an examination is given exceeds the third side by 18 cm, then its
below: area is

Marks N urber of Students (A) 36J3 cm'

I -20 5 (B) -.
81."6 cm'

2t-40 t4 (C) s4J.l cnrl

41-60 25 (D) 721.i cn'

61 -lto -19 (E) None of th ese
8l - r00 t7 29, The water for a factory is stored in a
hemispherical tank whose diameter is
Find the mode of the data 21 m. The tank already has 75 kilolitres
(A) 68.28 of water. Water is pumped into the tank
(B) 68.33 to fill to its capacity. Calculate the volume
(c) 69.48 of water pumped into the tank,
(D) 6e.46
(E) None of these
26. 4 men and 10 women were put on a
[r.*",:tt] a

(A) 2350.50 m3
work. They completed I rd of the work
(B) 2425.50 m3
in 4 days. After this 2 men and 2 women
(C) 2300.25 ml
were increased. They completed th (D) 2400.25 ml
;
more work in 2 days. lf the remaining (E) None of these
work is to be completed in 3 days, then 30. A goat is tied to a corner of a
how many more women must be
rectangular house of dimensions
increased ?
(A) 12 (B) 10 10mx5m x 10 m with a rope 15 m
(c) 8 (D) 18 long. lt cannot graze inside the house
(E) None of these but can graze outside it as far as it is
permitted by the rope. Find the total
27. Three solid cubes of type A and three
solid cubes of type B are melted to form area it can graze (in m'z). ir"k"n:?l
a cube. lf the lengths of diagonals of \7
cubes of type A and type B are -+\ icm
and t\6cm respectively, then find the (A) --t
7
lateral surface area of the cube so
formed. (B) ss0
(A) 625 cm'z I'
(B) 864 cm'? (C) olx
7
(C) 576 cm'7
(D) 784 cm'7 (D) 6s0
(E) None of these (E) None of these

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Conclusions.
football and
Section-B (Reason ing and Aptitude) Some Plates are jugs'
defeated Sach i
l. do not play b,
31. 'RT' is related to 'VX' and 'BD' is
relat ed ll. Some Pots are tablets' lV ada n and P
to 'fff',in the same waY as'KM' is lll. Some Plates are tablets basketball. Nit
related to: (A) None follows while Sagar d<
(A) NP (B) OnlY I follows who play ches
(B) oR (C) OnlY ll follows or volleyball. I
(c) oa (D) OnlY lll follows the volleyball 1

(E) onlY ll and lll follow play hockey.

(D) PR
(E) None of these 35. Stotementsl 38. Name t
of All chairs are rings ' football.
Direction for Q. no. 32-33: On the basis
a nswer
(A) Sach i
the inf ormation Pr ovided below, Some rings are stlcks'
All sticks are bra nches'
(B) Rohit
these questions:
(C) Rohit
Six oeople A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting on Conclusions:
(D) Rohit
irtL'"rorna in a hexagonal shape' All the L Some branches are chairs' (E) None
sideiof the hexagon so formed are of same ll. Some branches are rings'
iength. A is not adjacent to B or c' D is not lll. Some sticks are chairs' 39. Who pla
to c or E, B and C are adjacent' F is (A) None follows (A) Sa chl
"Jjl."nt
in the middle of D and C' (c) Nitin
(B) OnlY I follows
(E) None
32. Which of the following is not a correct (C) OnlY ll follows
neighbour Pair? (D) OnlY lll follows 40. Among I

(A) A and F (E) Only land ll follow d iffere nt

(B) D and F shorter

36. ln a certain code language,'253'means shorter I
(C) B and E lbooks old','545' means 'man is old' tallest?
(D) C and F
"t"
and '378' means 'buY good books'' What (A) S
(E) None of these sta nds for 'are' in that code?
(B) P
(A) 2 (B) 4
33. Who is Placed opposite to B?
(c)
(A) F (B) c (c) s (D) 6 R
(D) Data
(c) A (D) D (E) None of these
(E) Nont
(E) None of these 37. ln the following letter series, some
of
the letters are missing which are given
Direction lor Q. no. 34-35: ln each of the in that order as one of the alternatives
Sect
question; given below there are three
statements followed by three conclusions
below it. Choose the correct
41. During;
alternative.
numbered l, ll and lll. You have to take the a ba-cbaac-aa-ba
Prithvi,
given statements to be true even if they seem average
[o be at variance from commonly known (A) ccbb (B) cabc more tl
iacts. Read all the conclusions and then decide (C) cbcb (D) bbcc fewer tl
*frilf, ot the given conclusions logically (E) None of these many a!
follow(s) f rom the given statem ents and Risl"
Direction Ior Q. no. 38-39: Study the foll owing betwe e
disregarding commonlY known facts.
information carefully to answer the given Prithvi I
34. Stotementsi question. (A) s3
hockey'
Some ta blets are jugs. Madan and Rohit are in the same team of (c) s1
Parth defeated Rohit in badminton but lost
to
Some jugs are Pots. (E) Non
Sachin in tennis. Nitin teams with Sagar
in
All pots are Plates.

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football and with Sachin in hockey. Rohit

defeated Sach in in chess. Those who play cricket
42. lt K = L7 + 12^12, then what will be the
do not play badminton, volleyball or tennis. value of K', K '. ?
Madan and Parth are in opposite teams of (A) 0 (B) 1
basketball. Nitin represents his state in cricket (c) 2 (D) 4
while Sagar does so at the district level. Boys
who play chess do not play football, basketball (E) lJr
or volleyball. Madan and Parth are together in
43. The altitudes of an acute angled
the volleyballteam. Boys who play football also
play hockey. triangle PQR are 10 cm, 12 cm and 15
cm. What will be the semiperimeter of
38. Name the boys who do not play the triangle PQR?
football.
(A) Sachin, Nitin r,O. J I 20'/7
{A) -: 7 crn (B) L^111
(B) Rohit, Sagar 7
(C) Rohit, Sach in
e0j7 Itl0ri 7
(D) Rohit, Nitin (c) clI (D) - cltl
7 1
(E) None of these
(E) None of t hese
39. Who plays both hockey and tennis?
(A) Sachin (B) Rohit 44. If a = 1 and au*, - 3ak + 2 = 4k is true for
(C) Nitin (D) Parrh all natural numbers k, then a, equals
(E) None of these to ____.
(A) 3']1 - 50 (B) 3,0 + 50
40. Among P, Q, R, S and T each having a (C) 3'z5 - 50 (D) 3'z5 + 50
different height. Q is taller than S. T is (E) None of these
shorter than P. R is taller than Q but
shorter than T. Who among them is the 45. Let S be a set of different positive integers
ta llest? having n elements such that every
(A) S element n of S satisfies the following
B P conditions:
C R l: 1000< n < 1300
D D ata inadeq u ate ll: Every digit in n is an odd natural number
E N one of these
Then how many elements of S are
divisible by 3?
Section-C (Scholar's Zone)
A) 8 (B) e
j1. During an ODI match, Hardik, Rishabh, c) 10 (D) 12
Prithvi, Ajinkya and Suresh scored an E) None of these
average of 39 runs. Ajinkya scored 7 46. A shop stores x kg of wheat. The first
more than Suresh. Suresh scored 9 customer buys half of this amount plus
fewer than Hardik. Rishabh scored as
half a kg of wheat. The second customer
many as Ajinkya and Suresh combined;
buys half of the remaining amount plus
and Rishabh and Prithvi scored 110 runs
between them, How many runs did half a kg of wheat. Then the third
Prithvi score? customer also buys half of the remaining
(A) s3 (B) s7
amount plus half a kg of wheat.
Thereafter, no wheat is left in the shop.
(c) s1 (D) 47
Which of the following best describes
(E) None of these
the value of x.

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A 3<x<6 (A) 137

B 6<x<8 (B) 141
C 8<x<10 (c) 12s
10<x<12 (D) 83
,OM
D
E None of these (E) None of these
47. The perimeter of a square is same as the 49. Let that M
PQRS be a rectangle such Internatir
perimeter of an equilateral triangle. Let and N are points on RS and QR
S be the area of the circle circumscribed respectively and area of triangles PMS, Mathe
around the square and F be the area of MRN and PQN are 32 cm'z, 18 cm2 and
the circle circumscribed about the 0rganized I
50 cm'? respectively. Find the area
equilateral triangle. Find the ratio of S
of APN,IN . QUESTION
to F.
(A) 40 cm'? Duration :50 M
q l\.1 (B) 72 cm'?
(A)
' 16 {B)
--l (C) 96 cm'z
jJ6 )1 (D) 60 cm'?
(c) (D) (E) None of these 1 lfxandy
ti -
(E) None of these 50. lf (pz - q'z) sin q + 2pq cos 0 = p'z + q2, then G-.'i-l
48. Let the ,rrn i I
written
find the value of tan 0. E=
f, rn(n+l)(m+2) tnt l(p
jpq -q') (B)
2p ln -q I and y.
ll (A) x=7,
in its lowest terms beh . Find the value
ofa+b. tct l(n'
rpq
q )
(o)
i(p' q (c) x=7,
(E) None
(E) None of these
2 Find the t
1535 and
gbl*(F(*(*<a<a<.<.c</ 5andTrr
(A) 4s
(c) ss
(E) None r

3. How ma
possible i

(A) 0
(C) lnfinit
(E) None
4 lf x= ., l

find the v

(A) :+., r'

(c) 1

(E) None

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ioM'18
!nternational Olympiad of
Mathematics SIUFE
fouNoATrol{
Organized by Silverzone Foundation TISI PAPEB fYPE

QUESTION PAPER cc
Maximum Mark:100 LEYEL I
Duration r 60 Minut6

Section-A (Mathematics)

1 lf x and y are rational numbers such that 5 lf the polynomial P(x) = 12*: - 5*2 + 39x +
9 is divided by 3x + 2, then the remainder
tlnta9 = . r Jl , find the values of x is
J4 J] l 105
(A) (B)
and y. -. 9 --
(A) x=z,y=+ (B) x=3,Y=4
(c) x=7,y=3 (D) x=4,y=7 (c) 205
e
(D) n0lt I

(E) None of these (E) None of these

2 Find the greatest number which divides 6 lf {3 - 2x) and (5x + 8) are factors of (- 10x'?
1535 and L222 leaving the remainders + hx - k), then the values of h and k are

5 and 7 respectively. respectively

(A) - l and 24 (B) l and 24
(A) 4s (B) 3s
(C) -1and-24 (D) land-24
(c) ss (D) e0
(E) None of these
(E) None of these
7 lf log,,,x log,,,Vx = 6log, l0, then what
3 How many rational numbers are can be the value of x ?
l_Rt,,,uLlt,
possible in between .
(A) {B) |
5oot 5urt * ' ' I00
(A) o (B) 1
(C) Infinite
(E) None of these
(D) 5001 (c)
(E)
#
None of these
(D) 1

4 lf x : J7 ,45 and y: tr[7 + uG. then *

8 If
los :lngl2l. th"n the relation
find the value of (.' y'+ oo,G) log y logll
betweenxandyis
(A) :+Jrs (B) o
(a) *:Jv (B) x']=y
(c) 1 (D) r'rJt5
(C) x=y' (D) x=2y
(E) None of these (E) None of these

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9 lf the point (- 4, 9) lies on the line 4y

- 15. ln the fi,
quadrila'
11x + a = 0, then find the value of l{.
s
.1 PS = QR.

(A) - s0 (B) - 100 (-) R

P

(c) so (D) 1oo

(E) None of these
(A) e0"
10. Which among the following is not a
(B) 11s" s
solution of the equation
(c) 1oo' (A) 70"
]x Zr' (c) 100'
' 2 3' l9-0?
5x+2v (D) 110'
(E) None of these (E) None
(A) (- 8, ee) (B) (- 6,120)
14. ln the figure given below AD and BE 17. From the
(c) (- 4,21) (D) (- 2, - 18) values of
(E) None of these
intersect at c such that AC = CD,
IAIIC - 70. ald ICED:95'. then find
11. The gra p h of 1-ts*1, .+s is a line IBAC IEDC.
P

25
L
s
(A) parallel to x-axis at a distance of 10 0ar,
units from the origin. (-' I)
(B) parallel to y-axis at a distance of 10 S

u nits from the origin.

B
(C) parallel to x-axis at a distance of 20 (A) x=s, 1
(A) 2s'
units from the origin. (C) x=8,,,
(B) 3s'
(D) parallel to y-axis at a distance of 20 (E) None c
units from the origin.
(c) s0'
(D) 60' 18. lf 4tan0 = -r
(E) None of these
(E) Cannot be determined 4sin0
12. What will be the area of the triangle of:-Co\(l-
J
formed by the line 9x + 4y = 36 with both 15. ln a triangle, other than an equilateral
of the axis? triangle, angle opposite to the largest (A) 1
(A) 9 sq units side is always
(B) 18 sq units (A) smaller than
)
j of a right angle.
(c) -
8
(C) 27 sq units
(E) None o
(D) 36 sq u nits (B) greaterthan ] ofa rightangle. 19. lf sin e + co!
(E) None of these
(C) greater than a right angle. sin12 6 + gg5
13. ln the figure given below, rectangle PQRS
(D) smaller than
I
(A) 6
and triangle PTQ are inscribed in the , of a right angle.
circle with centre O. lf IPTQ : 15", then (E) None of these (c) j
find leOR . 2
(E) None ol

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16. ln the figure given below, PQRS is a 20. Find the value of the following
quadrilateral in which PQ ll RS and expression:
PS = QR. lf tP = tt0", then find zQ. 2(coso60'+ sln'30")- (tan'z60'+ cot'z45") +
3 sec230'
P a rl
(A) ; (B)
+

I
(c) 1
(D) 4
S R (E) None of these
(A) 70" (B) 8s"
(c) 21. The mean of the following frequency
(D) 140'
100"
distribution is 62.8 and the sum of all
(E) None of these frequencies is 50. Compute the missing
17. From the figure given below, find the frequ e ncies f, and fr'
values of x and y.
Class Intcn"l FrequencJ,

020 )
P

20-40 I
1' 0
."i '1_
.\. I' .10 6t) l0

60 30 t.

.{r lto- l 0t) 1

R
S 100- 120 8

Total 50
A) x=s,y=6 (B) x=6,Y=5
C) x=8,Y=5 (D) x=s,Y=3 (A) 8 and 12 (B) 9 and 11
E) None of these (C) 14 and 6 (D) 1s and 5
18. lf 4tan0 = 3, then what will be the value (E) None of these
4sin0 - 7 cos0 22. Calculate the median for the following
of 3cosO 8sin0
7
data:

(A) 1 (B) 1 ivktrks ohtairted

3 1
Below l0 6

(c) 1 (D) q Belou, 20 l5

ti 1
(E) None of these Belo\\'30 29

9. lf sin cosec0 = 2, then find the value of

e+ Belorv 40 .11

sinr20 + cosecl50 . Below 50 60

(A) 6 (B) Belorv 60 70

T
(A) 30 (B) 31
(c) -l2 (D) 8
(c) 3s (D) 33
(E) None of these (E) None of these

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23. A box contains 45 balls out of which x 30, A conta it

are white. lf three more white balls are th is conti
put in the box, the probability of drawing
4cm 14 cm out and I
a white ball becomes a. rina the value was fu rth
l6
of x. of milk i
't'ii'
(A) e (B) 12 10 cm
(A) 38.s2
(c) 1s (D) 18 (A) 225.52 cm') (B) 157.30 cm'?
(c) 42.58
(E) None of these (C) 165.94 cm'? (D) 241.30 cm'?
(E) None
(E) None of these
24. Consider the mortality table given
b elow: 27. Water flows in a tank of 110 m x 100 m Section-B
at the base, through a pipe whose
Agc (in ycars) Nunber ot pcrsons suniring cross-section is 2 dm by 2.5 dm at the 31. Count th
or.rt ol'a samplc ol one nilli(nr
speed of 12 km per hour. ln how many figure givr
60 tTltt,l hours, the water will be 6 m deep in the
6l l:560
6) 9(X)lJ tank?
6l -5
9l{0 (A) 70 hours (B) 90hours
.1050
(C) 110 hours (D) 130hours
6,1
6-i I7.10
(E) None of these
The probability that a person 'aged 62'
will live for 3 years is 28. Two solid spheres made of the same
(A) 2s
metal have weights 11840 gm and 1480
(A)
1365
(B)
6278
gm, respectively. Find the radius of the (cl 27
4504 2730 (E)
smaller sphere, if the diameter of the None r

2730 I larger sphere is 10 cm, 32. ln a certai

(c)
62.7I
(D) ;+ (A) 2.5 cm (B) 4.0 cm ,FTJBBNM
(E) None of these (C) 5.0 cm (D) 10.0 cm that code:
25. lf xr, xrt ..........t x* are k values of variable (E) None of these (A) zsFlcJ

ltx ()):121 29. A contractor undertakes to do a piece (B) ZSFG[-

x such that and
(c)
of work in 36 days and employs 15 men zsFGEr
to work t hours a day. But altet 24 (D) ZSFE H(
Itr, t:l:80. then the value of mean 3
(E) YIREHS
days, he finds that only th of the work
ls i 33. ln a row ol
(A) 20.27 (B) 21.2:r has been finished. He then employs 3 eleventh
is
more men. For how many hours a day to the right
(c) 2lA (D) 22-
should all the men now work together the left en(
(E) None of these
to finish the work on time? there in th
25. ln the adjoining figure given below, find (A) t hours (B) 10 hours (A) 2e
the area of the shaded region. [Take n = (c) 30
3.741 (C) 11 hours (o) o1 hours (E) None o
(E) None of these

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30. A container has 50 litres of milk. From 34. What will come next in the series given
this container 6litres of milk was taken below?
out and replaced by water. The process 1,2 t23 1,23 4 1,23 45 123 45 6 1.23 45 67 1.23 45
1,

was further repeated twice. The volume (A) 1 (B) s

of milk in the container after that is (c) 6 (D) 2
(E) None of these
(A) 38.s2 / (B) 43.7 4t 35. Among P, Q, R, S and T, each having
lc) 42.68 t (D) 3e.8s / different weight, R is heavier than only
(E) None of these P. S is lighter than q and heavier than
T. Who among them is the heaviest?
Section-B ( easoning and Aptitude)
(A) a (B) P
31. Count the number of triangles in the (C) S (D) Data inadequate
figure given below: (E) None of these
Direction for Q.36-37;ln each of the questions
below are given four statements followed by
four conclusions numbered l, ll, lll and lV. You
have to take the given statements to be true
to be at variance from
even if they seem
commonly known facts. Read all the
(A) 2s B)6 conclusions and then decide which of the
(c) 27 (D) 28 given conclusions logically follows from the
(E) None of these given statements disregarding commonly
known facts.
32. ln a certain code'CONCISE'is written as
'FTJBBNM'. How is'FISHERY' written in 36. Stdtements:
that code? Some roses are flowers.
(A) ZSFIGJT All leaves are p la nts.
(B) ZSFGIHR Some f lowers are b uds.
(C) ZSFG EH R All buds are leaves.
(D) ZSFEHGR
Con clu sio n:
(E) YIREHSF
l. Some plants are flowers.
3. ln a row of children facing North, Bharat ll. Some roses are buds.
iseleventh from the right end and is third
lll, No leaves are roses.
to the right of Samir who is fifteenth f rom
lV No roses are buds.
the left end. Total how many children are
(A) Only I follows
there in the row?
(B) Only land ll follow
(A) 2e (B) 28
(C) Only I and either ll or lV follow
(c) 30 lD) 27 (D) Only either ll or lV follows
(E) None of these
(E) None of these

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37. Stdtements: 40. lf 'R - x Q', how is J related to

P+J R?
43. tf k:28 -
Some books are journa ls. (A) Son/daughter (B) Nephew
All jou rna ls are papers.
value of k
(C) Niece (D) Grandson
All cards are boa rds. (E) None of these
(A)
2*r-:
Some pa pers are cards. 1

Conclusion:
Section-C (Scholar's Zone)
(c)
3-\l
l. Some papers are books.
41. Consider the cube given below:
ll. Some papers are boards.
S (E) None c
lll. Some boards are journals.
44. lf m and n
lV. Some boards are books. P R
that
(A) Only I and ll follow
(B) Only I follows
T
-nf,, . nr ,

N
(C) Only l, lland lllfollow
then find tl
(D) All l, ll, lll and lV follow M
(E) None of these ofthe cube
NR, MS and PT are the diagona ls (A) 140
38. lf 'P' means 'divided by','R'means whose volume is 1728 cm3. lf a triangle is (c) 118
'multiplied by', 'T' means 'added to'and constructed whose three sides are same as (E) None o
'W'means'subtracted f rom', then the measure of the sides NR, MS and PT,
45. The numb€
then what will be the radius of the circle
into two fi
circumscribing that triangle?
60T48P8W6R9=? (A) 11
(A) 12 cm (B) 12rE cm (c) 8
(A) 12 (B) 6l! (E) None o
23
(C) 2aJ3 cm (D) 24cm
l (E) None of these 45. Suppose I
(c) 40
2
(D) 24
named zer
42. A trapezium PQRS is shown in the figure
(E) None of these zen, 10 ze
given below:
number of
lor Q.39-40t Read the following
Direction x y'
a can pay a t
information carefully and answer the Z
(A) 200
questions which follow: 7
x (c) 2s0
A x B' means A is father of B'. (E) None of
. A + B' means A is daughter of B'
iii A = B' means A is mother of B'. R

iv A - B' means A is brother of B'. lf area of the trapezium PQRS where

39. lf 'P + Q + R x T', how is T related to Q?
PS II O.n is 162 cmz, then what will be the
valueofz(wherex=2y)?
(A) Aunt (B) Sister
(C) Brother (D) Grandson (A) zJ+: .," (B) .,6s .,"
(E) None of these (c) 2.,,6s .'r., (D)
"8i.,"
(E) None of these

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43. lf k:28 + 16J3, then what will be the 47. Both the average and median of a set
r',
of 5 distinct natural numbers equal 20,
value of kl; k ? lf the smallest number in the set is 10
less than half of the largest number,
[A) ' v' (B] what is the largest possible number in
22 the set?
(c)rfi,- (D)J"E
,
(A) 34
(c) 38
(B) 36
(D) 40
(r) rrrone of these (E) None of these
44, lf m and n are positive real numbers such 48. How many three digit natural numbers
that are possible such that the product of
their digits is a natural number less
.n4, * nn6 = 332 and -.uG - nr6::::,
than or equal to 7?
then find the value sf l llrr + n) . (A) 22 (B) 28
5
(c) 2s (D) 30
(A) 140 (B) 133 (E) None of these
(c) 118 (D) 14s
49. How many isosceles triangles with
(E) None of these
integer sides are possible such that sum
45. The number of ways 576 can be resolved of its two of the sides is 19 ?
into two factors is (A) 12 (B) 10
(A) 11
(c) 8
(B) 13
(D) 10
(c) s (D) 1s
(E) None of these
(E) None of these
50. For real numbersx,yandzil 4x2 +9y2 +22
,16. Suppose that you have a currency
3
named zen in three denominations 1 = 108 and 3xV + +zx:54, then
1Vz
zen, 10 zens and 500 zens. Find the
number of different ways so that you
find the value of xz +y2 +22.
can pay a bill of 1240 zens.
(A) 4e (B) s2
(A) 200 (B) 22s
(c) s4 (D) 60
(c) 2s0 (D) 300
(E) None of these

(E) None of these

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