ASSOCIATION OF MATHEMATICS TEACHERS OF INDIA

Screening Test – Bhaskara Contest

(NMTC – Junior 9th and 10th grades)
Saturday, 7th October 2023
Note:
1. Fill in the Response Sheet with your Name, Class and the Institution through which you
appear, in the specified places, in CAPITAL letters.
2. Diagrams given are only Visual aids; they are not drawn to scale.
3. You may use separate sheets to do rough work.
4. Use of Electronic gadgets such as Calculator, Mobile Phone or Computer is not
permitted.
5. Duration of the Test: 2 pm to 4 pm (2 hours).

PART – A
1. In ΔABC, ∠A = 90° and I is the incentre. The perpendicular distance of I from BC is 8 . Then
AI is equal to

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2. x and y are real numbers such that 7 – 16y = 0 and 4 – 49y = 0, then the value of (y – x) is

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5. ABCD is a rectangle in which AB = 8, AD = 9. E is on AD such that DE = 4. H is on BC such that
BH = 6. EC and AH cut at G. GF is drawn perpendicular to AD produced. Then GF =

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7. An arithmetical progression has positive terms. The ratio of the difference of the 4th and 8th
term to 15th term is 4/15 and the square of the difference of the 4th and the 1st term is 225.
Which term of the series is 2015 ?

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9. The number of numbers of the form 30a0b03 where a, b are digits which are divisible by 13
is

10. Two circles with centres A and B and radius 2 touch each other externally at C . A third circle
with centre C and radius 2 meets the other two at D, E. Then area ABDE is

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PART B

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3𝑥−4 3𝑥−4
16. The sum of all the roots of the equation 3 −7=2 3
17. Let D,E,F be the midpoint of the sides BC, CA and AB respectively of triangle ABC. AB = 16,
BC = 21 and CA = 19. The circum-circles of the triangles BDF and CDE cut at P other than D.
Then ∠BPC =___ .
18.If cosθ(tanθ + 2)(2tanθ + 1) = asecθ + bsinθ , then a + b is equal to ________.
19. m, n are natural numbers. The number of pairs (m, n) for which m2 + n2 + 2mn – 2013 m –
2013n – 2014 = 0 is __________
20.
21. a, b, c, d, e are real numbers such that a + 4b + 9c + 16d + 25e = 1, 4a + 9b + 16c + 25d + 36e
= 8, 9a + 16b + 25c + 36d + 49e = 23. Then the value of a + b + c + d + e is _____.
22. n is a natural number. It is given that (n + 20) + (n + 21) + ......+ (n + 100) is a perfect square.
Then the least value of n is __________.
23. Each term of a sequence is the sum of its preceding two terms from the third term onwards.
The second term of the sequence is –1 and the 10th term is 29. The first term is ____ .
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25. In the adjoining figure, OA and OB are two perpendicular radii. With A as centre and AO as
radius, an arc is drawn to cut the circle at C. BC cuts OA at D. If ∠ADC = x, then x = ______.

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26. When x is real, the greatest possible value of 10 – 100 is _________.
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27. The number of integers n for which 𝑛 − 51𝑛 + 50 is negative is ____.
28. When 265 is divided by a two digit number the remainder is 5. The number of such two
digit number is ___________.
29. The number of two digit numbers that are less than the sum of the squares of their digits by
11 and exceed twice the product of their digits by 5 is ___.
30.