QP Juniors 2019 PDF Teaching Mathematics 4
QP Juniors 2019 PDF Teaching Mathematics 4
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SectionA:DiamondintheRough
TypeofQuestions:MCQ MaxMarks:20
MarkingScheme:Boomerang MinMarks:-4
JafarhasmanagedtotrickAladdinintohisevilandviciousplan
ofobtainingthepoweroftheGeniebysendinghiminsidethe
CaveofWonders.UnawareofJafar'splan,Aladdinpromisesto
bringhimthemagiclamp.TogetthemagiclamptheCaveof
WondersorTiger'sCavetesttheintelligenceofthepersonthat
entersinit.GoingfurtherintothecaveAladdinfindshimself
surroundedbyvariouschallengesfromtimetotime.Let'ssee
whetherAladdinsurvivesthecave'stestornot.
Q1:Aladdinissearchingforthelampandduringhissearch,hecomesacrossadoorguard-
edbyaspirit.Inordertogetpastthedoor,thespiritchallengedAladdininagameofchess.
Thechessboardbeingoldisbrokeninto4pieceseachofsize3by3.Apartfromthat,some
squaresareofthewrongcolourwithjithsquareoftheithrowofk-thpieceoftheboardhas
colouraki.ThespiritwantsAladdintochangethecolourofsomesquaresinsuchaway
thatherecolourstheminimumnumberofsquaresandtheobtainedpiecesformavalid
chessboard.Everysquarehasadifferentcolourfromeachoftheneighbouringsidebyside
squaresinavalidboard.Itssizeshouldbe6by6.Aladdincanmovethepiecesbuthe
cannotrotateandflipthem.
WhatistheminimumnumberofcoloursAladdinshouldrecolourtoobtainavalid
chessboardandgetpastthedoor?
Q2:AbuisAladdin'spetmonkeyandaboveallishisbestfriend.Ontheirwaytofindthe
lampandwerepassingoveraLavalakethroughawoodenbridge.Abu,mischievousas
alwaysstartedjumpingonthebridgeside-ropesandsuddenlyhisfootslipsandhelanded
ontoa5x5squarematrixBfloatingonthelava.Inordertokeephisbalance,Abutransforms
thegivenmatrixtoanothermatrixAusinganoperationT:Chooseanytwoneighbouring
numbersandaddthesameinteger(x)tothem.IfmatrixBistransformedfrommatrixA,find
thenumberx?
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