STEPS … Don’t matriculate without it

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

MAT SAMPLE PAPER

ANSWERS KEY

1. (D) 2. (C) 3. (B) 4. (C) 5. (D) 6. (A) 7. (A) 8. (B)

9. (A) 10. (D) 11. (B) 12. (D) 13. (B) 14. (C) 15. (D) 16. (C)

17. (A) 18. (A) 19. (B) 20. (D) 21. (A) 22. (B) 23. (A) 24. (C)

25. (B) 26. (A) 27. (D) 28. (B) 29. (B) 30. (B) 31. (A) 32. (A)

33. (B) 34. (C) 35. (D) 36. (D) 37. (B) 38. (C) 39. (C) 40. (C)

41. (C) 42. (A) 43. (A) 44. (B) 45. (B) 46. (D) 47. (B) 48. (C)

49. (C) 50. (B) 51. (A) 52. (B) 53. (C) 54. (A) 55. (D) 56. (B)

57. (D) 58. (A) 59. (A) 60. (B) 61. (A) 62. (C) 63. (D) 64. (C)

65. (D) 66. (B) 67. (C) 68. (C) 69. (B) 70. (C) 71. (B) 72. (C)

73. (A) 74. (D) 75. (D) 76. (A) 77. (B) 78. (B) 79. (A) 80. (D)

81. (A) 82. (D) 83. (D) 84. (A) 85. (C) 86. (C) 87. (D) 88. (C)

89. (D) 90. (D) 91. (B) 92. (C) 93. (B) 94. (B) 95. (B) 96. (B)

97. (D) 98. (A) 99. (B) 100. (C)

EXPLANAT IONS

1. 3 ? 1=3 1?3=3 3? 3=9 3 ? 9 = 27 9 ? 27 = 243

2. + 24, + 44, + 70, + 102, + 140, ? 252 + 140 = 392
2 2 2 2 2
3. –1(1 ), -4(2 ), -9(3 ), - 16(4 ), -25(5 ) ? 39 – 25 = 14
4. +4, +8, +16, +32, +64 ? 11 + 4 = 15
5. Take alternate series i.e. 1, 3, 7, _, 21
1 + 2 = 3, 3 + 4 = 7, 7 + 6 = 13, 13 + 8 = 21 So, the answer is 13
6. ?2 – 1, ?2 + 1, ? 2 – 1, ?2 + 1 ? 37 ? 2 + 1 = 75
7. Take alternate series i.e. 5, 9, 13, _
5 + 4 = 9, 9 + 4 = 13, 13 + 4 = 17
8. +22, +3 2, +42, + 52 ? 55 + 6 2 = 55 + 36 = 91
9. Adding 18, 1, 9 ? 53 + 18 = 71
10. 18 ? 2 = 36, 12 ? 2 = 24, 8 ? 2 = 16
2 2 2
11. Clearly 42 = 6 + 6 72 = 8 + 8 110 = 10 + 10 So, answer is (B)
12. Clearly 57 = 13 ?4 + 5, 33 = 7 ? 4 + 5 73 = 17 ? 4 + 5 So, answer is (D)
2 2 2
13. Clearly 20 = 4 + 4, 56 = 7 + 7 132 = 11 + 11 So, answer is (B)
3 3 3
14. Clearly 6 = 2 – 2, 60 = 4 – 4 120 = 5 – 5 So, answer is (C)
15. Clearly 9 = 1 ? 4 + 5 13 = 2 ? 4 + 5 25 = 5 ? 4 + 5 So, answer is (D)
1
STEPS__________________________________________________________
H.O: SCF - 3, Sarabha Nagar. Mkt., Ludhiana. Tel. 2461411, 5014137
www.stepsedu.com
 STEPS … Don’t matriculate without it
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
16. Here series is ab ab ab ab ab ab
17. Here series is ab aa bb aa aa bb bb aa
18. Here series is abc bca cab ……. So, answer is baabc
19. Here series is a bb ccc dddd eeeee So, answer is bcddee
20. Here series is aa bb aa bb …. So, solution is babab
21. Here series is 00 11 00 11 …. So, answer is 101
22. Here series is 002 002 002… So, answer is 2002
23. Here series is 10 100 1000 10000 So answer is 1010
24. Here series is 122 122 122 So answer is 121221
25. Here series is 12 1122 111222 So answer is 12122
26.
A 2x B 3x C x D

Here total distance i.e. AD = 78 km

So 2x + 3x + x = 78 km
Hence x = 13 and BC= 3x = 39 km
27. Let the first story has x pages
8 stories will have x + x + 3 + x + 6 +x + 9 + 12 + x +15 + x + 18 + x + 21 pages
= 8x + 84 pages
8x + 84 = 124
x=5
28 Sixth story will have x+15=20 pages
29. Volume of compartment =4x8x5
Volume of ice cube =2x2x2
No of cubes=4x8x8/2x2x2=20
31. 5 boys – 5 pages – 5 minutes
5 boys – 1 page – 1/5 minutes
1 boy – 1 page – 1 minute
so correct answer choice is 1.
32. Let Income of sham is 100
Then Income of Ram is 125
Percentage by which Sham’s income is less (125- 100)/125x100
33. mother’s age is always twic e of daughter’s age.
34. Third choice gives the correct answer i.e. (15÷3)x30=150
35. 5 coins of 1 p[aise=5 paise
1 coin of 5 paise=5 paise
4 coins of 10 paise=40 paise
2 coins of 25 paise =50 paise
Total 100 paise
36. All choices except (4) Rocks ar e living things. So correct answer is 4 (Rocks)
37. All choices except 2(Riots) are naturally occurring events. So correct answer is 2(Riots)
38. All are places where people reside except hospital. Therefore correct answer is (3)

2
STEPS__________________________________________________________
H.O: SCF - 3, Sarabha Nagar. Mkt., Ludhiana. Tel. 2461411, 5014137
www.stepsedu.com
 STEPS … Don’t matriculate without it
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
Questions 39 to 42: A ll these problems can be solved using EJOTY method
41. Difference between first and third, fourth and second digit is one . In choice (A) difference between E & G is
one and difference between S & T is also one .So third choice is correct answer
42. Sec ond digit is difference between the first and third digit
8 is not difference between C & R .So (A) is correct answer
44. Sum of first and second digit is 9
45. This does not contain all prime numbers
51. In second column and second row, first and third numbers add up to give 155. So, answer is choice 1.
52. All the numbers are multiples of 11, 12, 13 or 14.
53. 7 + 5 = 12. Interchanging the digits, we get 21
8 + 9 = 17. Interchanging the digits, we get 71
So, 20 + 25 = 45. Interchanging t he digits, we get 54
54. Starting from 1, all the numbers are obtained by adding or multiplying by2.
55.
2x1=2 5 x 6 =30 7 x 8 = 56
4 x 5 =20 3 x 4 = 12 8 x 9 = 72
9 x 10 = 90 2 x 3= 6 6 x 7 = 42

56. 7 + 5 = 12. Interchanging the digits, we get 21

8 + 9 = 17. Interchanging the digits, we get 71
So, 20 + 25 = 45. Interchanging the digits, we get 54
57. 3 x 4 = 12 and 12t h letter is L
th
1 x 17 = 17 and 17 letter is Q
th
5 X 4 = 20 and 20 letter is T
59. 25 x 4 = 100 and 100 divided by 10 = 10 ( middle number)
12 x 3 = 36 and 36 divided by 10 gives remainder 6 ( middle number)
2 x 32 = 64 and 64 divided by 10 gives remainder 4 ( middle number)
60. 3 x 4 = 12. Interchanging the digits, we get 21
5 x7 = 35. Interchanging the digits, we get 53
So, 9 x 7 = 63. Interchanging the digits, we get 36
2 3 2 2
76. 121 = 11 9=3 hence 11 + 3 = 14 Similarly 49 = 7 81 = 9 So 7 + 9 = 16 is answer
77. Middle Term is product of sum of digits of first term and sum of digits second term
45=(3+6) x (2+3).Therefore correct answer is B =40 =(2+8 ) x (2+2)
79. Pythagorean triplets . Correct answer is (1 )
80. number in the bracket is obtained by multiplying the numbers outside the bracket.
So correct answer is choice 4.

For Questions 81 to 85: Put operators at correct places and solve.

86. In third figure there should be 4 arrows.
88. triangle in third figure should not be darkened.
89. smaller circle in fourth figure should not be fully darkened.
90. direction of arrows in fourth figure is not right.
91. number of circles in next figure should be 5. so, correct answer is 2.
94. number of ellipses in next figure should be 4. so, correct answer is 2.
3
STEPS__________________________________________________________
H.O: SCF - 3, Sarabha Nagar. Mkt., Ludhiana. Tel. 2461411, 5014137
www.stepsedu.com