2010-2011
Category : General Instructions :
SENIOR
(8th, 9th & 10th Std.)
Do not open this booklet until you are told by your teacher to begin. You will have only 30 minutes working time for this contest. Attempt as many questions as possible. You might be UNABLE to attempt all the questions in the time allowed. Please use a ball point pen / ink pen / gel pen for writing the answers. However this is a suggestion only and not mandatory. All questions DO NOT carry equal marks. There is no negative marking for incorrect answers
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WORK AREA 1. 22 + 44 + 66 + 88 + 100 = ?
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In the figure, number 8 is obtained by adding the numbers directly below it. The other numbers in the top three rows can be obtained in the same way.
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42
8 5 x 6
The value of x is a) 5 b) 6 c) 7 d) 8 e) 9
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50% of 50% of 50% of 50 is a) 12.5 d) 62.5 b) 6.25 e) 1.25 c) 0.625
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(5 x 4 x 3 x 2) (5 x 4 x 3) = ? a) 1 d) 60 b) 2 e) 120 c) 20
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5.
5x5x5x 5 =? 5
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6.
101020 x 1100 = 100 x ?
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Four persons, Akshay, Brijesh, Chethan and Danny have a total of Rs.200 among themselves. Akshay and Brijesh have between them as much money as Chethan and Danny have between them. Akshay has more money than Brijesh. Chethan has only half the money that Danny has. Akshay has Rs.10/- more than what Danny has. Who has the most money? a) Akshay b) Brijesh c) Chethan d) Danny e) Shreyas
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A construction site has 27 workers of which are men and 2 are women. The contractor decides to change this ratio, in 3 3 1 which 4 will be men and 4 will be women. He cannot reduce the number of workers. So how many more women workers he should hire? a) 8 b) 9 c) 6 d) 5 e) 10
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9.
The smallest number which must be added to 955 to make it a perfect square is a) 4 b) 6 c) 15 d) 25 e) 30
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10. As a decimal number, 15.32% is equal to a) 0.01532 c) 1.532 b) 0.1532 d) 0.001532 3.040 x 3040 is 30.40 x 304.0 c) 1
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11. The value of a) 0.1 d) 10
b) 0.01 e) 100
12. 1354 + 2654 + 3954 + 1254 1254 = ?
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13.
101 + 102 + 103 + ..+ 110 = ?
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14. Rahul has three types of toys Trains, Cars, Puppies All his toys except 16 are Cars All his toys except 32 are Trains All his toys except 24 are Puppies
What is the number of Cars that Rahul has?
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WORK AREA 15. Exactly 180 seconds after midnight, the correct time is a) 12.03 pm b) 12.03 am c) 3 pm d) 3 am e) 11.05 am
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16. 1.8 m + 80 cms + 0.03 kms = ? a) 3.26 m c) 32.6 m b) 326 m d) 0.326 m
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17. Of the following numbers, which is closest in value to 2 ? a) 1.995 c) 2.01 b) 1.99 d) 2.1
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18.
81 x 81 = ?
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19. Mrs. Edward is proud that she is a good bargainer when she goes shopping. She selects a dress in a shop whose price tag reads like this: Original Price Rs.1300/-. Todays selling price: Rs.975/-. Mrs. Edward says that she is not satisfied with the discount and demands a discount of 20% on the original price. After much bargaining, the shop-keeper agrees to sell the dress at 20% discount on the original price. Now, which of the following statements about Mrs. Edward is correct? a) She gained from the bargain b) She lost in the bargain c) She neither gained nor lost in the bargain
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Original Price
Rs 1300/Todays selling price
Rs. 975/-
20. Ishanth Sharma bowls at a speed of 144 km per hour. If the distance the ball travels is 20 meters, then the time taken by it in seconds is a) 3
1
b) 4
c) 2
d) 5
e) 3
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WORK AREA 21. A family of 4 went to a restaurant whose menu card read like this. Starters per head: Rs. 80/- Main course per head: Rs. 250/Desserts per head: Rs. 70/- Service charge 15%. What was the total bill? a) Rs. 460/- b) Rs. 400 c) Rs.1840 d) Rs. 1800/Ans :
22. 2 3 5
4 =? 5 b) 1 5
1
(a) 1 4
c) 1 5
d) 1 2
e) 1 5
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23. 22% of 222 = ? a) 48.84 d) 4.884 b) 44 .84 e) 46.84 c) 4.484
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24. 1.85 x 1.5 = ? a) 2.775 d) 2.075 b) 2.225 e) 2.725 c) 2.75
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25.
The value of 1 +
2 2 + 2 5
1 2
in decimal terms is
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26. During 2nd world war, a jeep built by the Germans had to travel a distance of 20,000 miles in a month. Its top speed was 50 miles per hour. There were two drivers. For safety sake, they decided to get a spare wheel (in addition to the four wheels the jeep already had). During their entire journey, they rotated the wheels cleverly to ensure that all the five wheels run the equal distance. At the end of their journey, how many miles did each wheel run? a) 4,000 miles b) 5,000 miles c) 12,000 miles d) 14,000 miles e) 16,000 miles
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WORK AREA 27. 34652 x 432 = ?
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28. 6276992 = ? 8
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29. In the camp for preliminary rounds for Para-Olympics at the Cape Town, hundreds of athletes ran a 1000 meters race. Data of six athletes are collected and presented in a graph. Study the graph carefully and answer the questions below:
300
250
200 Time in seconds
150
Mahela Varnapura Tim Rose
100
Mohammed Nauman Pedro Pinto Yamomoto Nakabara Ji Sung Kyi
50
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
Distance in meters
i. Who finished first? ii. Who finished last?
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iii. What is the time clocked by the athlete who finished third? a) 190 b) 198 c) 225 d) 250
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e) 179
f ) 275
iv. Who maintained a constant speed throughout the race?
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v. At the mark of 300 meters, who was leading?
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vi. What is the time clocked by Tim Rose at the mark of 600 meters?
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30. Lowest Temperature in a calendar year was recorded across different zones near the North Pole. The data is given below in a table. Please study the table and answer the questions
Zone Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 3 Zone 4 Zone 5 Zone 6 Lowest Temperature 0 - 59 Cel 0 - 45 Cel 0 - 15 Cel 0 - 78 Cel 0 - 127 Cel 0 - 98 Cel
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Name the zones which recorded their lowest temperature below -500 Cel. Name the zones which recorded their 0 lowest temperature above -90 Cel?
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iii. Which zone recorded the lowest temperature? 31. If Frank walks to his office and rides his bicycle back home it takes him 90 mins. If he rides his bicycle both ways, it takes him 30 mins. What time would he take to make the trip to his office and back by walking both ways? (Assume that he walks at a constant speed and cycles at a constant speed)
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32. Rohan writes a 2 digit number on a black board. Sunny inserts the digit 5 between the two digits. The newly formed 3 digit number is 410 more than the original 2 digit number. When Sunny adds up all the 3 digits of the new number, he gets 12 as the sum. Rohan wants to find the difference between the two digits of original number that Ans : he wrote. What answer does he get? 33. Jennifer has 5 solid objects all of equal height "x". She has a Cube and a Pyramid both of them have square face with side length "x". Jennifer also has a Cone and a Cylinder both of them have a circular face with diameter "x". She has a Sphere too with diameter "x". Which object has the greatest volume?
a) Cube b) Pyramid c) Cone d) Cylinder e) Sphere
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34. If m is an odd number, which one of the following is an even number? a) m-2 b) m2 c) m2 2 d) (m-2)2 e) m2 m
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WORK AREA
35. Consider the four numbers a, b, c and d 1 b is greater than a by 5 1 b is less than c by and 6 1 d is greater than a by 2 1 If a+b+c+d = 9 , find the value of a 15
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36. Ted wrote a 4 digit number on a piece of paper and challenged Alex to guess it. All the digits were different. Alex
Is it 8935?
Ted
Two of the digits are correct but they are positioned wrongly
Could it be 7614?
My answer is the same as before
Is it 5398? Wow ! Two of the digits are correct and in the right places as well
Is it 4167? My answer is the same as just the previous one Is it 8165? None of the digits is correct What number did Ted write ?
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