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Instructions:
1) The duration of this test is 50 minutes and the test is meant
to be taken in one-go without any break(s).
2) This test has 25 uestions. !ach uestion carries " marks.
#rong answer $er uestion wi%% fetch -1 mark.
&) 'se of s%ide ru%e( %og tab%es and ca%cu%ators is not $ermitted.
") 'se the b%ank s$ace in the uestion $a$er for the rough
work.
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1) )onsider a%% $ossib%e se*en-digit binary numbers ha*ing four 1s
and three 0s. #hat is the sum of a%% such numbers+
(a) 1",0 (b) 1-15 (c) 1,"0 (d) 1.25 (e) 1/10
2) #hich of the cones can be formed from a sector of a circ%e of
radius 10 by a%igning the two straight sides+
(a) 0 cone with s%ant height of 10 and radius -
(b) 0 cone with height of 10 and radius -
(c) 0 cone with s%ant height of 10 and radius ,
(d) 0 cone with height of 10 and radius ,
(e) 0 cone with s%ant height of 10 and radius .
&) )onsider the sum of two numbers 1 and y whose sum ends in /.
#hich of the fo%%owing wi%% necessari%y end in /+
(a) 12- 3 y2- (b) 12, 3 y2, (c) 121& 3 y21& (d) 121. 3
y21. (e) 121/ 3 y21/
") Two straight roads 41 and 42 di*erge from a $oint 0 at an ang%e of
120 degrees. 4am starts wa%king from $oint 0 a%ong 41 at a uniform
s$eed of &km5hr. 6hyam starts wa%king at the same time from 0 a%ong
42 at a uniform s$eed of 2km5hr. They continue wa%king for " hours
a%ong the res$ecti*e roads and reach $oints 7 and ) on 41 and 42
res$ecti*e%y. There is a straight $ath connecting 7 and ). Then 4am
returns to $oint 0 after wa%king a%ong the %ine segments 7) and )0.
6hyam a%so returns to 0 after wa%king a%ong %ine segments )7 and
70. Their s$eeds remain unchanged. The time inter*a% (in hours)
between 4am8s and 6hyam8s return to the $oint 0 is
(a) (1091/ 3 2-)5& (b) (291/ 3 10)5& (c) (91/ 3 2-)5& (d)
(91/ 3 10)5& (e) none of the foregoing
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5) In a uadri%atera% 07):( the diagona%s 0) and 7: intersect at ;.
<et ;0 = 2( ;7 = 2( ;) = &( ;: = " and 07 = &. The area of the
uadri%atera% is
(a) 555" (b) 11,5. (c) 1,&512 (d) 22551- (e) none of the
foregoing
-) >or rea% 1 and y if f(1( y) = f(13y( 1) 3 f(1( 13y). Then f(1( 1-1)5f(1(
-1) eua%s
(a) ? (b) 1 (c) 25& (d) 2 (e) &52
,) The sum of a few (more than 2 and %ess than 100) consecuti*e
integers is found
to be 25&. There can be 2 *a%ues of the tota% number of terms. The
$ositi*e di@erence between these 2 *a%ues wi%% be
(a) 15 (b) 20 (c) 25 (d) &5 (e) "5
.) If a( b( c are greater than 1( then %oga5(%og(ab)) 3 %ogb5(%og(bc)) 3
%ogc5(%og(ca)) (is)
(a) a%ways greater than 1
(b) a%ways %ess than 2
(c) a%ways %ess than 1
(d) e1act%y 2 of the foregoing
(e) none of the foregoing
/) <et n be number of ways in which two adAacent face of a cube can
be chosen. Its faces are di*ided into four eua% suares and %et m be
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the number of ways in which two such adAacent suares can be
chosen. Then m =
(a) "n (b) -n (c) .n (d) /n (e) 12n
10) 0 *ertica% cy%inder *esse% contains water in it u$ to height of 9&
unit. The cy%inder is then ti%ted ti%% its a1is make &0 degrees with the
*ertica% and the %e*e% of water Aust co*ers the base of the *esse%. The
radius of the base of the *esse% is
(a) 1 (b) & (c) 9&52 (d) 259& (e) none of the foregoing
11) The workers in a factory $roduce widgets and whoosits. >or each
$roduct( $roduction time is constant and identica% for a%% workers(
but not necessari%y eua% for the two $roducts. In one hour( 100
workers can $roduce &00 widgets and 200 whoosits. In two hours( -0
workers can $roduce 2"0 widgets and &00 whoosits. In three hours(
50 workers can $roduce 150 widgets and m whoosits. Then m eua%s
a) 150 (b) 250 (c) &50 (d) "50 (e) none of the
foregoing
12) Bi*en the nine-sided regu%ar $o%ygon ( how
many distinct eui%atera% triang%es in the $%ane of the $o%ygon ha*e
at %east two *ertices in the set +
(a) &0 (b) && (c) &- (d) -- (e) ,2
1&) The *o%umes of sa%es of a $roduct de$ends u$on the discount 1C
gi*en on its sa%es as (1003&1)DE5"00( where E is the tota% *o%ume of
the $roduct for sa%e. The ma1imum $roFt that can be rea%iGed on the
sa%e of the $roduct corres$ond to the which *a%ue of 1+
(a) 20C (b) 25C (c) &&.&&C (d) "0C (e) 50C
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1") <et the system of euations iy H 1 = a(1-i) for i = 1( 2( & ha*e a
uniue so%ution. Then 1y eua%s
(a) & (b) 1 (c) a (d) 15a (e) 15&
15) 0 %arge cube is formed by stacking 2, unit cubes. 0 $%ane is
$er$endicu%ar to one of the interna% diagona%s of the %arge cube and
bisects that diagona%. The number of unit cubes that the $%ane
intersects is
(a) 21 (b) 1/ (c) 1. (d) 1- (e) 15
1-) <et be an acute ang%ed triang%e and be the a%titude
through . If and ( what is the distance between the
mid$oints of and +
(a) ".5 (b) & (c) 5 (d) ,.5 (d) "
1,) There are 2 kinds of mi%k $owder with di@erent fat and $rotein
contents. #hen these 2 kinds of mi%k $owder are mi1ed in *arious
$ro$ortion( the $rotein and fat concentration of the mi1tures was
found to be (5C( .C)( (-C( -C) and (.C( 1C) res$ecti*e%y. Then 1 =
(a) 2 (b) &.5 (c) " (d) ".5 (e) 5
1.) Two $oints 0(11(y1) and 7(12(y2) are chosen on the gra$h of f(1)
= %n(1)( with 0 I 11 I 12. The $oints ) and : trisect 07( with 0) I
)7. Through ) a horiGonta% %ine is drawn to cut the cur*e at !(1&(y&).
If 11 = 1 and 12 = 1000( then 1& is
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(a) 15100 (b) 1510 (c) 10 (d) 100 (e) none of the
foregoing
1/) The director of a marching band wishes to $%ace the members
into a formation that inc%udes a%% of them and has no unF%%ed
$ositions. If they are arranged in a suare formation( there are 5
members %eft o*er. The director rea%iGes that if he arranges the grou$
in a formation with , more rows than co%umns( there are no members
%eft o*er. The ma1imum number of members this band can ha*e
(a) is more than 500 (b) is %ess than 100 (c) is more than
100 but %ess than 200 (d) is more than &00 but %ess than "00
(e) is more than 200 but %ess than &00
20) 0 semicirc%e with radius 4 is contained in a suare whose sides
ha*e %ength 1 unit. The ma1imum *a%ue of 4 is
(a) 92 H 1 (b) (92 3 1)5" (c) 9& - 92 (d) (9- 3 2)5. (e) (9- -
92)52
21) 0 star-$o%ygon is drawn on a c%ock face by drawing a chord from
each number to the Ffth number counted c%ockwise from that
number. That is( chords are drawn from to from to from to
and so on( ending back at #hat is the degree measure of the
ang%e at each *erte1 in the star-$o%ygon+
(a) 2" (b) &- (c) "0 (d) -0 (e) none of the foregoing
22) >our friends bought a gift. Jad one of them not contributed in
turn( then others wou%d ha*e contributed w( 1( y( and G fraction of
money more than what they origina%%y contributed. Then 15(13w) 3 15
(131) 3 15(13y) 3 15(13G) (is)
(a) " (b) & (c) 2 (d) 1 (e) can not be determined
2&) #hen one of the two circ%es ha*ing the ratio of their radii as 1
(not eua% to 1) $ass through the centre of other circ%e( the %ength of
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common chord for the two cases are found to be eua%. Then 122 3
15122 =
(a) & (b) " (c) - (d) . (e) /
2") !ach day 2./ students are di*ided into 1, grou$s of 1,. Ko two
students are e*er in the same grou$ more than once. #hat is the
%argest number of days that this can be done+
(a) &- (b) &" (c) 2. (d) 22 (e) 1.
25) <et K be the %east $ositi*e integer such that when its %eftmost
digit is de%eted( the resu%ting integer is 152/ of K. Then which among
the fo%%owing about K is not true+
(a) K is di*isib%e by 5
(b) K is di*isib%e by e1act%y 2 $rime numbers
(c) The $ositi*e di@erence between K and sum of its di*isors is 205
(d) K can be written as the di@erence of 2 integer suares in 12 ways
(e) none of the foregoing
1) e 2) c 3) c 4) b 5) e 6) a 7) d 8 d 9) a 10)b 11)d 12)d 13)c 14)b 15)b
16)c 17)a 18 c 19)e 20)a 21)e 22)b 23)a 24)e 25)e
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