SOF IMO Test Paper-01_(08-10-2023)

IMO International Mathematics Olympiad

FOUNDATION
Class 9th

DURATION:
DURATION 1 HOUR
: 90 Minutes M.MARKS: 60

General Instructions:

1. Immediately fill in the particulars on this page of the test booklet.

2. The test is of 60 minutes duration.

3. The test booklet consists of three section Logical Reasoning (15), Mathematical Reasoning (20), Everyday
Mathematics (10), Achievers Section (5) .

4. This Paper consists of all Objective Type Questions.

5. Each Question in a Achiever Section carries 3 Marks and all other question carry 1 mark each. No negative marking
is there.

Test Syllabus
Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning, Rational Numbers, Squares and Square Roots, Cubes and Cube Roots, Exponents
and Powers, Comparing Quantities, Algebraic Expressions and Identities, Linear Equations in One Variable,
Understanding Quadrilaterals, Constructions, Mensuration, Visualising Solid Shapes, Data Handling, Direct and
Inverse Variations, Factorisation, Introduction to Graphs, Playing with Numbers, Higher Order Thinking Questions
(As Per Upper Syllabus)

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Logical Reasoning 8. Select the combination of letters that when

sequentially placed in the blanks will create a
1. Pointing to a woman in a photograph, a man says, repetitive pattern.
“She is the grandmother of the son of my daughter in- c_bba_cab_ac_ab_ac
law’s mother-in-law.” How is the woman related to (A) a:c:b:c:b (B) a:b:c:b:c
the man? (C) b:a:b:c:c (D) b:c:a:c:b
(A) Mother (B) Sister
(C) Mother-in-law (D) Wife 9. P is the brother of Q and R. S is R’s mother. T is P’s
father. Which of the following statements cannot be
2. Find the odd one out. true?
(A) 18 : 108 (B) 42 : 132 (A) T is Q’s husband
(C) 22 : 112 (D) 26 : 156 (B) S is P’s sister
(C) Q is R’s brother -in – law
3. Which of the following Venn diagrams best (D) T is S’s wife
represents the relationship amongst, ‘State, Country
and Village’? 10. From among the given options, select the word which
CANNOT be formed using the letters of the given
(A) (B) word.
DAUGHTER
(A) HURT (B) GET
(C) TOUGH (D) DATE
(C) (D)
11. Select the number from the among the given options
that can replace the question mark (?) in the following
4. Select the option that is related to the third term in the series. 69, 55, 26, 13, ?
(A) 5 (B) 4
same way as the second term is related to the first
(C) 3 (D) 6
term.
Lawyer : Court :: Beautician : ?
12. Four letter clusters have been given, out of which
(A) House (B) Ship three are alike in some manner and one is different.
(C) Class (D) Parlour
Select the odd one.
(A) IKJL (B) MNPO
5. Select the number from among the given options that
(C) ACBD (D) EGFH
can replace the question mark (?) in the following
table.
13. Find the number of triangles in the diagram given
below:
5 4 3
6 5 4
7 6 5
384 245 ?

(A) 269 (B) 249

(C) 144 (D) 244 (A) 30 (B) 31
(C) 3 (D) 29
6. Select the option that is related to the third letter
cluster in the same way as the second letter cluster is 14. The positions of Preethi and Rohan in a row are 14th
related to the first letter cluster. from the left and 9th from the right respectively. If
RAMO : SCPS :: VXMJ they interchange their places, then Rohan will be 21st
(A) WZPN (B) WQPN from the right, find the position of Preethi from the
(C) WQZN (D) WPZN left now and the total number of persons in the row.
(A) 26, 34 (B) 28, 32
(C) 34, 26 (D) 24, 38
7. If all the special characters are dropped from the
below arrangement, which of the following will be the 15. Select the letter cluster that can replace the question
10th to the right of X ? mark (?) in the following series.
3X!IBO#F45*1K2$8R8%Z BZA, DYC, FXE, HWG, ?
(A) 8 (B) R (A) JUH (B) JVH
(C) S (D) 2 (C) KVI (D) JVI
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Mathematical Reasoning 16  2n +1 – 4  2n
23. Simplify:
2 1 3 16  2n + 2 – 2  2n +2
16. Simplify: + 3+ 2 − 5+ 2
√5+√3 √ √ √ √
(A) 1 (B) 0
(A) 3 (B) 2 1 1
(C) 4 (D) 0 (C) (D)
11 2

17. Two dice are tossed. The probability that the total
score is a prime number is 24. In the given figure, if AB = 7.5cm, BC = 5cm and CA
1 5 = 6.3 cm. Then external angles in ascending order are
(A) (B)
6 12
1 7
(C) (D)
12 9

18. Two metallic right circular cones having their heights

4.1 cm and 4.3 cm respectively and the radii of their
bases 2.1 cm each, have been melted together and
recast into a sphere. Find the diameter of the sphere.
(A) 1 < 2 < 3
(A) 2.1cm (B) 3.5 cm
(C) 4.2 cm (D) 6.2cm (B) 2 < 1 < 3
(C) 3 <2 <1
19. What values of ‘a’ and ‘b’ make quadrilateral MNOP (D) 3 <1 < 2
a parallelogram?

25. ABCD is a parallelogram. Find the sum of x,y and z.

(A) a = 1, b = 5
(B) a = 5, b =1
11 34
(C) a = ,b = (A) 80º (B) 70º
7 7
34 11 (C) 100º (D) 180º
(D) a = ,b =
7 7
26. If the volume and surface area of a sphere are
20. If (x + 7, 3) = (5, 6 + y), then the values of x and y numerically equal, then its radius is
respectively are
(A) 1cm (B) 2cm
(A) 2, 3 (B) –3, –3
(C) –2, –3 (D) 0, 3 (C) 3cm (D) 4cm

21. Find the remainder when p(y) = y3 + y2 + 2y + 3 is 27. ABCD is a rectangle with O as any point in its
divided by y + 2. interior. If ar (AOD) = 3cm2 and ar (BOC) = 6cm2,
(A) 1 (B) 3 then area of rectangle ABCD is
(C) 4 (D) – 5
(A) 9cm2 (B) 12cm2
22. D and E are the mid-points of the sides AB and AC, (C) 15cm2 (D) 18cm2
respectively of ABC. DE is produced to F. To prove
that CF is equal and parallel to DA, we need an
28. If AD is median of ABC and P is a point on AC such
additional information which is
that ar (ADP): ar (ABD) = 4 : 5,
(A) DAE = EFC
(B) AE = EF then ar (PDC) :ar (ABC) is
(C) DE = EF (A) 1 : 10 (B) 10 : 1
(D) ADE = ECF (C) 1 : 3 (D) 3 : 1
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29. In the given figure, AEDF is a cyclic quadrilateral. 35. The length of a room is double the breadth. The cost
The values of x and y respectively are of colouring the ceilling at Rs. 25 per square meter is
Rs. 5,000 and the cost of painting the four walls at Rs.
240 per square meter is Rs. 64,800. Find the height of
the room.
(A) 4.5m (B) 4m
(C) 3.5m (D) 5m

Everyday Mathematics
36. One-third of the boys and one-half of the girls of a college
(A) 79º, 47º (B) 89º, 37º participated in a social work project. If the number of
(C) 89º, 47º (D) 79º, 37º students who participated is 300 out of which 100 are boys,
then what is the number of students in the college?
(A) 500 (B) 600
30. O is the centre of the circle having radius 5cm. AB
(C) 700 (D) 800
and AC are two chords such that AB = AC = 6cm. If
OA meets BC at P, then OP ____.
37. The population of a town is increased from 1,75,000 to
2,62,500 in a decade. The average percent increase of
population per year is _____.
(A) 4.37% (B) 5%
(C) 6% (D) 50%
38. Krishna sells his watch at a loss of 3 %. If he had sold it for
(A) 3.6 cm (B) 1.4 cm Rs. 168.75 more he would have gained 12%. What will be
(C) 2 cm (D) 3 cm his gain or loss percentage if he sells it for Rs.1550?
(A) 30% loss
(B) 37.7% profit
31. The sides of a triangle are 11cm, 15cm and 16cm. Then
altitude to the largest side is ____. (C) 42.3% loss
(D) 61.7% profit
15 7
(A) 30 7cm (B) cm
2
39. If the average of ‘m’ numbers is ‘a’, and on adding ‘x’ to
15 7 the ‘m’ numbers, the average of the 1+m numbers is ‘b’.
(C) cm (D) 30cm
4 then find the value of ‘x’.
5 (A) m (b–a) + b (B) m (b + a) + a
32. Amit thinks of a number and subtracts from it. She
2 (C) m (a – b) + a (D) m (b – a) + a
multiplies the result by 8. The result now obtained is
3 times the same number she thought of. What is the 40. Three – fifth of Aman’s salary is equal to Bhavesh’s salary
number? and seven – Eleventh of Bhavesh’s salary is equal to
(A) 2 (B) 4 Charlie’s salary. The sum of the salary of all of them is Rs.
(C) 6 (D) 8 5559. Which of the following is the salary of each?
(A) 2805, 1683, 1071
3 (B) 2203, 1792, 1862
33. A person travels from A to B at a speed of 24 𝑘𝑚𝑝ℎ
1 (C) 2612, 3122, 1241
and comes back from B to A at a speed of 1 kmph. (D) 1782, 1628, 1071
3
Find his average speed for the whole journey
(A) 0.49 m/s (B) 2.3 m/s 41. A can do a job in 20 days, B in 30 days, and C in 60 days.
(C) 0.98 m/s (D) 0.21 m/s If A is helped by B and C every third day. How long will it
take for them to complete the job?
(A) 15 days
34. The base of an isosceles triangle measures 24cm and its
area is 192cm2 . Find its perimeter. (B) 10 days
(A) 64cm (B) 46cm (C) 20 days
(C) 84cm (D) 54cm (D) 12 days
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42. If a value is increased twice successively by 37%, then what 47. Consider the following data.
is the net percentage increase in that value? 𝑥𝑖 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
(A) 82.39% (B) 81.69% 𝑓𝑖 1 3 4 8 10 3 1
(C) 85.39% (D) 87.69% Match the columns:
Column I Column II
43. When the integer n is divided by 7, the remainder is 3. What (i) Mean of the data is (p) 16
is the remainder if 5n is divided by 7? (ii) Median of the data is (q) 15
(A) 3 (B) 1 (iii) Mode of the data is (r) 15.2
(C) 0 (D) 2 (A) (i) → (r), (ii) → (q), (iii) → (p)
(B) (i) → (r), (ii) → (p), (iii) → (q)
(C) (i) → (q), (ii) → (r), (iii) → (p)
44. What is the average of the first 15 whole numbers?
(D) None of these
(A) 8 (B) 7
48. In the adjoining figure, AC+AB = 5AD and AC - AD = 8.
(C) 105 (D) 15
Then the area of rectangle ABCD is

45. If a + b –c = 12 and a2 + b2 + c2 = 110, which among the

following relations is true?
(A) ab + bc + ca = 3
(B) ab + bc – ca = 17
(A) 36 (B) 50
(C) ab – bc + ca = 17
(C) 60 (D) 75
(D) ab – bc – ca = 17

49. The length of the ladder is exactly equal to the height of the
Achievers Section wall it is leaning against. If lower end of the ladder is kept
46. Fill in the blanks and select the correct option. on a stool of height 3m and the stool is kept 9 m away from
(P) Any point lying on x-axis is of the form ____. the wall, the upper end of the ladder coincides with the top
of the wall. Then the height of the wall is
(Q) The abscissa of a point on y-axis is ____.
(A) 12m (B) 15m
(R) The point at which the two coordinate axes meet is
called the ____. (C) 18m (D) 11m
(S) The perpendicular distance of the point (4, 5) from
x-axis is ____. 50. A man travels three-fifth of a distance AB at a speed of 3a,
(T) The perpendicular distance of the point (3, 7) from and the remaining at a speed 2b. if he goes from B to A and
y-axis is ____. return at a speed 5c in the same time, then
(P) (Q) (R) (S) (T) (A) a + b = c
(A) (0,y) 1 origin 5 3 1 1 1
(B) + =
(B) (x, 0) 0 origin 5 3 a b c
(C) (x, 0) 0 origin 3 5 1 1 2
(C) + =
(D) (0, y) 1 origin 3 5 a b c
(D) None of these
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 Answer key
1. (A) 26. (C)
2. (D) 27. (D)
3. (A) 28. (A)
4. (D) 29. (B)
5. (C) 30. (B)
6. (A) 31. (C)
7. (A) 32. (B)
8. (A) 33. (A)
9. (A) 34. (A)
10. (C) 35. (A)
11. (B) 36. (C)
12. (B) 37. (B)
13. (C) 38. (B)
14. (A) 39. (A)
15. (D) 40. (A)
16. (D) 41. (A)
17. (B) 42. (D)
18. (C) 43. (B)
19. (B) 44. (B)
20. (C) 45. (D)
21. (D) 46. (B)
22. (C) 47. (A)
23. (D) 48. (C)
24. (C) 49. (B)
25. (D) 50. (B)

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 HINT AND SOLUTIONS
Logical Reasoning
1. (A) Let Son be consider as Boy
Woman is grandmother of Boy
Boy is son of man’s daughter in law’s mother-in-
law Total Student = 21 + 14 – 1 = 34
Boy is Son of man’s Wife. Position of Preeti from left = 34 – 9 + 1 = 26th
Hence Woman is mother of the man.
15. (D)
2. (D) B ⎯⎯ →D ⎯⎯ →F ⎯⎯ →H ⎯⎯ →J
+2 +2 +2 +2
1+8=9, 4 + 2= 9 , 2+2=4
–1
–1 –1 –1
1+ 0 + 8 = 9, 1+3+2=6, 1+1+2=4 Z ⎯⎯→ Y ⎯⎯ → ⎯⎯ → W ⎯⎯ →V
+2 +2 +2 +2
A ⎯⎯ →C ⎯⎯ →E ⎯⎯ →G ⎯⎯ →I
3. (A) So, JVI will complete the series

4. (D) Mathematical Reasoning

Lawyer : court:: Beautician : Parlour
16. (D)
On rationalisation, we get zero.
5. (C)
5 + 62 + 73 = 5 + 36 + 343 = 384 17. (B)
4 + 52+ 63 = 4 + 25 + 216 = 245 Favourable outcomes are
3 + 42 +53 = 3 + 16 + 125 = 144 {(1, 1) , (1, 2), (2,1), (1,4), (2, 3), (3,2), (4, 1), (1,6)
(2, 5), (3, 4), (4, 3), (5, 2), (6,1), (5,6), (6,5)},
6. (A) Total outcomes = 36
15 5
Probability = =
36 12

18. (C)
Hence “WZPN” is code for word “VXMJ”. 4 3
 rc2 (h1 + h2) = rs
3
7. (A)  diameter = 2rs = 4.2 cm.
If we drop all special characters from series we get
3XIBOF451K 28R8Z 19. (B)
Hence ‘8’ is 10th form to right of ‘x’ Opposite sides are equal
 a = 5, b = 1.
8. (A)
20. (C)
x + 7 = 5, 3 = 6 + y .
9. (A)
21. (D)
10. (C) Remainder = p (–2) = –5

22. (C)
11. (B) (1 × 3) + 1 = 4 We need DE = EF for
(2 × 6) + 1 = 13 Proving ADE  CFE (by S.A.S)
(5 × 5) + 1 = 26
(6 × 9) + 1 =55 23. (D)
2n + 2 (8 –1) 1
=
12. (B) 2n + 2 (16 – 2 ) 2

24. (C)
13. (C)
C > B> A
(Angle opposite to larger side is greater.)
14. (A)
 3 < 2 < 1

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25. (D) BP2 = 52 – x2,
Z = 30º (Alternate Angle) and , AB2= BP2 + AP2
 x+ y +30º = 180º on solving, we get
x = 1.4 cm.
26. (C)
4 3 31. (C)
r = 4 r2 Find area using heron’s formula,
3
r=3 We get area = 30 7
1
27. (D)
Area = 16 altitude = 30 7
2
15
 altitude = 7cm.
4

32. (B)
 5
 x – 2  8 = 3x
 
1
Ar  AOB + ar  BOC = ar (ABCD) On solving x = 4
2
 ar (ABCD) = 18cm2
33. (A)
28. (A) Total distance
Average speed =
Total time
3 110
2 kmph = m/s
4 36  4
1 40
1 kmph = m/s
3 36  3
Let distance = d (in m)
d  36  4 d  3  36 36  43d
Total time = + =
Let ar (ADP) = 4x 110 40 440
Ar (ABD) = 5x 2d  440
Average speed = = 0.49m/s
Median divide a triangle in two equal parts. 36  49d
So, ar (PDC) = x
34. (A)
29. (B) Let equal sides be a, a
BEA = 180º– (35º +54º) Using heron’s formula
x = CED = 180º – {180º – (35º + 54º)} We get a= 20cm
x= 89º So, perimeter = 20 + 20 + 24 = 64cm
y = 180º – (x + 54º)
= 37° 35. (A)
Let breadth x meter, length = 2x meters.
30. (B)  (2x) × (x) × 25 = 5000  x =10
and, 2(2x + x) × height × 240 = 64,800
 height = 4.5 cm
Everyday Mathematics
36. (C)
Boys Girls
1 1
ABOC is a kite of boys = 100, of girls = 200
3 2
Diagonals of kite are perpendicular to each other Boys = 300 Girls = 400
Let OP = x , AP = 5–x Total students = 300 + 400 = 700.
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37. (B) 43. (B)
( 2,62,500 –1,75000) 100 in 10 years N = 7k +3
1,75,000 5N = 5×7k + 15
= 5% per year. So, remainder on dividing 15 by 7 is 1.

38. (B) 44. (B)

15% of CP = 168. 75 n(n + 1)
Sum of first n natural number =
CP = 1125 2
1550 –1125 14 15
% profit = 100 0 + 1 +2 +……. +14 =
1125 2
= 37.7% profit. = 105
105
Average = =7
39. (A) 15
ma + x
b=
m +1 45. (D)
 x = m (b – a) + b. (a + b –c)2 = a2 + b2 +c2 +2ab –2bc –2ca
We get. ab – bc –ca = 17
40. (A) Achiever Section
Let salaries of Aman, Bhavesh and Charlie are A, B
and C respectively 46. (B)
3 5 (P) and x -axis, y – coordinate = 0
A = BA = B So (x, o)
5 3
7 (Q) abscissa on y-axis = 0
B=C (R) origin
11
 A + B+ C = 5559 (S) perpendicular distance from
5 7 x-axis = ordinate = 5
B+B+ B = 5559 B = 1683
3 11 (T) perpendicular distance from
A = 2805, C = 1071 y-axis = abscissa = 3

41. (A) 47. (A)

Let total work = 60 unit
Mean =
 xi fi = 15.2
Work done by A in one day = 3 unit  fi
Work done by B in one day = 2 unit
15th teram + 16th term
Work done by C in one day = 1 unit Median = = 15
2
Work done in 3 days = (3 + 3+ 3 + 2 + 1) unit Mode = highest frequent data = 16.
= 12 unit
Hence, number of days required 48. (C)
60
=3× days = 15 days.
12

42. (D)
137 137
New value =  Using Pythagoras theorem,
100 100
2 x2 + (4x –8)2 = (x+8)2
 137 
 100  –1  x=5 cm
% increase =   100 . Area = AB × BC
1
= 87.69%
= (4x5 – 8) × 5 = 60 cm2
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49. (B) 50. (B)
3 2
AB AB
5 AB
+5 =
3a 2a 5C
1 1 1
 + =
a b c

x2= (x–3)2 + 92
 x=15m.
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