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1 1 1
 1   a c   1   b a   1   c b 
1.  x a b  . x b  c  . x c  a   __________ .
     
     
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) a + b + c (D) (a – b + c)2

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2. The value of       
1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9
is ______.
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 4

3. The value of k for which (x + 2) is a factor of (x + 1)7 + (3x + k)3 is _______.

(A) –7 (B) 7 (C) –1 (D) –6 –3(7/3)

4 4
 1  1
3   4 
4 3
4. The square root of   2  2 is _______.
 1  1
3   4 
 4  3
7 5 12 1
(A) 5 (B) 5 (C) 5 (D) 5
12 12 13 6

5. If p = (2 – a), then the value of a 3 + 6ap + p3 – 8, is _______.

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

6. (m – n)6 – 8 m3 =
(A) {(m – n)3 + 4 m} {(m – n)3 – 2m2}
(B) {(m – n)3 – (2m)3} {(m – n)3 + (m3)}
(C) {(m – n)2 – 2m} {(m – n)4 + (m – n)2 2m + 4m2}
(D) None of these

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7. Given that x = 2 is a solution of x3 – 7x + 6 = 0. The other solutions are _______.

(A) –1 , 3 (B) 1, –3 (C) 1, –2 (D) –1, –2

8. The average age of eleven members of a cricket team reduces by 2 when two players of ages 30 and
32 leave the team and two new players of equal age join it. The age of each of the newcomers is
_______.
(A) 20 years (B) 62 years (C) 12 years (D) 22 years

1 a b
9. The number of ways of writing the number in the form  (a, b are integers) is _______.
15 3 5
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) Finitely many (D) Infinitely many

10. In the given figure, BO, CO are the angle bisectors of external angles of  ABC. Then  BOC is
______.

1 1 1 1
(A) 900  A (B) 900  A (C) 1800  A (D) 1800  A
2 2 2 2

11. The angle between the internal and the external bisectors of an angle of a triangle is _____.
(A) 900 (B) 180 0 (C) 270 0 (D) 300

12. The diagonals AC and BD of a parallelogram ABCD intersect each other at O. PQ is a line through
O which meets BC at P and AD at Q. If ar (quad. ABPQ) = k ar (Parallelogram ABCD), then k =

1 1
(A) (B) 4 (C) 3 (D)
2 4

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13. In the given figure, angles subtended by chords AC and BC at the centre O of the circle are 550 and
155 0 respectively. Find  ACB

(A) 150 0 (B) 750 (C) 620 (D) 600

14. Two circles intersect at two points A and B. AD and AC are diameters of the two circles, then, which
of the following step is wrong in order to prove that B lies on the line segment DC ?

(P) Join AB
(Q)  ABD = 900 and  ABC = 900
(Angles in a semi-circle of two circles)
(R)  ABD +  ABC = 3600
(S) DBC is a straight line segment. Hence B lies on the line segment DC.
(A) P (B) Q (C) R (D) S

15. PQ and RS are two parallel chords of a circle in the given figure. If lines RP and SQ (produced)
intersect at O, then OP = ________

(A) PR (B) RS (C) OQ (D) QS

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16. Squares ABCD and EFGH are congruent, AB = 10 cm and G is the centre of square ABCD. The area
of the shaded region in the plane is ________.

(A) 75 cm2 (B) 100 cm2 (C) 125 cm2 (D) 175 cm2

17. C1 is a circle of radius 6 cm, C2 is a circle of radius 8 cm. Jyoti wants the two circles to touch
tangentially. She knows that there are two possibilities for the distance between their centres. What
are these two distances ?
(A) 3 cm and 4 cm (B) 2 cm and 8 cm (C) 2 cm and 14 cm (D) 6 cm and 8 cm

18. A hemispherical bowl is filled to the brim with a beverage, The contents of the bowl are transferred
into a cylindrical vessel whose radius is 50% more than its height. If the diameter is same for both
the bowl and the cylinder, then the amount of the beverage that can be poured from the bowl into the
cylindrical vessel is _______.
2 1
(A) 66 % (B) 78 % (C) 100 % (D) None of these
3 2

19. If the radius of the base of a right circular cylinder is halved, keeping the height same, what is the
ratio of the volume of the reduced cylinder to that of the original one ?
(A) 1 : 2 (B) 1 : 4 (C) 1 : 8 (D) 8 : 1

20. The mean marks scored by 40 students was found to be 60. Later it was observed that a score of 48
was misread as 84. Then the correct mean is _______.
(A) 58 (B) 58.2 (C) 59.1 (D) 5

21. The average of n numbers X1, X2, X3,………, Xn is A. If X1 is replaced by (X + a) X1, X2 is replaced
by (X + a) X2,……., then the new average is _________.
( n  1) A  X n nA( n  1)  X n
(A) (X + a ) A (B) (C) (D) None of these
n n

22. The greatest number of four digits which is divisible by 15,25,40 and 75 is:
(A) 9000 (B) 9400 (C) 9600 (D) 9800

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23. A 150 metres long train crosses a man walking at the speed of 6 km/hr in the opposite direction in 6
seconds. The speed of the train in km/hr is ________.
(A) 66 (B) 84 (C) 96 (D) 106

24. Eight people are planning to share equally the cost of a rental car. If one person withdraws from the
arrangement and the others share equally the entire rental of the car, then the share of each of the
remaining persons is increased by ______ of the original share
1 1 1 7
(A) (B) (C) (D)
9 8 7 8

25. A frog has fallen into a well of depth 88m. It climbs 12m during the day but slips down 8m during
the night. How many days does it take to reach the top the first time ?
(A) 22 (B) 20 (C) 21 (D) 19

26. The value of a b a b a......... is

 a, b  0 
23 13 12 14
(A) a b (B) None (C) a b (D) a b

27. FRIEND is coded as HUMJTK, how is CANDLE written in that code?

(A) EDRIRL (B) DCQHQV (C) ESJFME (D) None of these

28. The length of longest rod that can be placed in a room 20m long, 16m broad and 12m high, is
(A) 20m (B) 16.4 m (C) 48 m (D) 28.2m

29. Suppose that the roots of the following equation are equal:
 a  b  x2   b  c  x   c  a   0
Which of the following options is correct?
(A) a  c  2b (B) a  c  b (C) b  c  a (D) b + c = 2a

30. Find the missing number

41 ?
21 16

35 40
14 42

(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 15 (D) None of these

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31. The values of a and b for which the following system of linear equations has infinite number of
solutions:
2x – 3y = 7
(a + b) x – (a + b – 3)y – (4a + b) = 0
(A) a = –5 b = –1 (B) a = – 5 b = 2 (C) a = –15 b= 3 (D) a = 5 b = 1

32. The area of a rectangle gets reduced by 80 sq. units if its length is reduced by 5 units and the breadth
is increased by 2 units. If we increase the length by 10 units and decrease the breadth by 5 units, the
area is increased by 50 square units. Then the sum of length and breadth of the rectangle is
(A) 70 (B) 80 (C) 90 (D) 100

mnb 2
33. If the roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 are in the ratio m : n, Then the value of 2
is
ac  m  n 
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

34. If the roots of the equation x2 – px + q = 0 differ by unity then then value of p2 – 4q is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

35. In figure, D and E trisect BC and ABC is a right-angled triangle. If 8AE2 = 3AC2 + kAD2 then
value of k is
A

B D E C

(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 2

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36. The area of the shaded portion (given that ABCD is a rectangle) is
A B

2
3
8

D C
12
9 7
(A) (B) 2 (C) (D) none of these
5 5

2sin 68 2 cot15 3tan 45 tan 20 tan 40 tan 50 tan 70
37. The value of  
cos 22 5 tan 75 5
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 1

8 8
sin4  cos4  1 sin  cos 
38. If   , then  3 is equal to
a b ab a3 b
1 1 3
(A) 3
(B) 2 (C)  a  b  (D) none of these
a  b   a  b
39. If sin + cos = p then the value of sin2 + cos4 is.
2
2 2 P2 1  P2  1 
(A) P (B) P – 1 (C) (D) 1   
2  2 

40. (a2  b2)3 + (b2  c2)3 + (c2  a2)3. = k  a  b  a  b  b  c  b  c  c  a  c  a  Then the value of k is
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 2 (D) none of these

41. P(x) is a degree 2 polynomial in x. It leaves remainder 5 on division by (x  1) and remainder 2 on

division by (x + 2). then the remainder when P(x) is divided by (x  1) (x + 2) is
(A) x + 4 (B) 2x + 3 (C) x –3 (D) none of these

42. If a = 23  3, b = 2  3  5, c = 3n  5 and LCM (a, b, c) = 23  32  5, then n =

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

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43. The smallest rational number by which should be multiplied so that its decimal expansion
3
terminates after one place of decimal, is
3 1 3
(A) (B) (C) 3 (D)
10 10 100

44. In the trapezium ABCD, AB || CD and AB = 2 CD. If the area of AOB = 84 cm2,
then the area of  COD is
(A) 21 cm2 (B) 25 cm2 (C) 27 cm2 (D) 29 cm2

45. The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 6 m more than the twice of the shortest side. If the third side is
2m less than the hypotenuse, then the length of longest side of the triangle is (in m)
(A) 24 (B) 26 (C) 28 (D) 29

x 2 x 2 5
46. Let , β be the roots of   where > β, then   5 
x 2 x 2 6
(A) 10 (B) 0 (C) 8 (D) 4

47. In a joint family, there are father, mother, 3 married sons and one unmarried daughter. Of the sons,
two have 2 daughters each, and one has a son. How many female members are there in the family ?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 6 (D) 9

48. B is the husband of P. Q is the only grandson of E, who is wife of D and mother-in-law of P. How is
B related to D ?
(A) Nephew (B) Cousin (C) Son-in-law (D) Son

49. In the given figure, x and y are

(A) x  70 o , y  37o (B) x  37 o , y  70 o

(C) x  y  117 o (D) x  y  100 o

50. In certain code, DEAF is written as 3587, and FILE is written as 7465. How is IDEAL written in that
code?
(A) 43568 (B) 43586 (C) 63548 (D) 48536

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