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Number Sense : Back and Forth Counting, Ones and Tens

1
Computation Operations : Addition, Subtraction, Comparison
Patterns : Patterns
Money, Time and Calendar : Money, Time and Calendar
Length, Weight and Comparison : Measurement
Geometrical Shapes : Identification of Geometrical Figures
Reasoning and Aptitude : Mental Aptitude

1. Which of the following numbers is the largest? 6. How many sides does a hexagon have ?
(A) 5 (B) 8 (A) 3 (B) 4
(C) 3 (D) 11 (C) 5 (D) 6
2. Which of the following shapes has four sides? 7. How many hours are in a day ?
(A) circle (B) triangle (A) 12 (B) 24
(C) square (D) hexagon (C) 36 (D) 48
3. Which of the following numbers is odd ? 8. Which of the following numbers is a multiple of
(A) 4 (B) 6 both 4 and 5 ?
(C) 8 (D) 9 (A) 12 (B) 15
(C) 20 (D) 25
4. 6 tens + 5 tens + 14 ones =_____
(A) 114 (B) 1114 9. 8 + 6 + 8 - 3 = ?
(C) 124 (D) None of these (A) 19 (B) 10
(C) 14 (D) 13
5. Which of the following numbers is divisible by
both 2 and 3 ? 10. Which of the following numbers is the smallest ?
(A) 6 (B) 8 (A) -5 (B) -3
(C) 10 (D) 15 (C) 0 (D) 2

SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK

ANSWERS
(1) D (2) C (3) D (4) C (5) D (6) D (7) B (8) C (9) A (10) A
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SYLLABUS OF MATHEMATICS OLYMPIAD CLASS

Number Sense : Ones, Tens and Hundreds

2
Computation Operations : Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Comparison
Patterns : Patterns
Money, Time and Calendar : Money, Time and Calendar
Length, Weight and Comparison : Measurement
Geometrical Shapes : Geometrical Figures
Reasoning and Aptitude : Mental Aptitude

1. What is the place value of digit 9 in 569873 ? 7. Which one of the following options has horizontal
(A) 9873 (B) 900 lines ?
(C) 9000 (D) 90
(A) (B)
2. Add the numbers given in the box.
25 (C) (D)
31
35 8. Which one of the following is not a rectangle?
(A) 90 (B) 94 (A) (B)
(C) 98 (D) 91

3. Williams has 15 pens. He gives 5 pens to Steve and (C) (D)

6 pens to Jack. How many pens have left with him
now ?
(A) 4 (B) 9
9. Continue the pattern:
(C) 5 (D) 8

4. Which one of the following is not correct ?

(A) 556 > 567 (B) 554 < 555 (A) (B)
(C) 598 = 598 (D) 452 > 450

5. Steve has 6 twenty rupees note. How much money

(C) (D) All the above
he has?
(A) 120 rupees (B) 100 rupees 10. What will come in the blank on following correct order
(C) 115 rupees (D) 118 rupees of the given figures?

6. A travels a distance of 56 km and B travels a distance

of 39 km. Who travels the longer distance and by
(A) (B)
how much ?
(A) A by 17 km (B) A by 19 km
(C) B by 19 km (D) A by 20 km (C) (D) All the above

SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK

ANSWERS
(1) C (2) D (3) A (4) A (5) A (6) A (7) A (8) B (9) B (10) B
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Numbers and Their Operations : Number Sense and Numeration, Addition and Subtraction,
CLASS

3
Multiplication and Division
Parts and Wholes : Fractions
Money, Time and Calendar : Time and Calendar, Money, Unitary Method
Length, Weight and Comparison : Measurement
Geometry : Geometrical Shapes
Pictograph and Bar Graph : Data Handling
Reasoning and Aptitude : Reasoning and Aptitude

1. There are four prime numbers between 1 and 10 and 7. What would be the total cost of 4 pens and 5 erasers?
again four prime numbers between 10 and 20. How Pens: ₹ 21 each Erasers: ₹ 5 each
many prime numbers are there between 91 and 100 ?
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 3 (D) 4

2. How many hundreds are there in 7308 ? (A) ₹ 110 (B) ₹ 111
(A) Zero (B) Three (C) ₹ 112 (D) ₹ 109
(C) Eight (D) Seven
8. Add 65 m 38 cm and 26 m 45 cm.
3. Which one of the following numbers will replace the (A) 91 m 83 cm (B) 98 m 13 cm
question mark (?) in the number sentence given (C) 159 m 27 cm (D) 113 m 46 cm
below ?
137 – 49 = 24 + ? 9. How many line segments are required to make the
(A) 65 (B) 64 alphabet W ?
(C) 62 (D) 63 (A) 6 (B) 4
(C) 3 (D) 5
4. The remainder and the quotient in the given division
are: (341 ÷ 12) 10. Some notebooks are equally distributed among
(A) 5 and 37 (B) 5 and 29 5 students in a week as given below. If one symbol
(C) 4 and 34 (D) 5 and 28 represents 2 notebooks, how many notebooks did
each student get after the week ?
5. In which of the following figures, the fraction
represented by shaded circles is equal to1/5 ?
(A) (B)

(C) (D)

6. When 3 hours 56 minutes is subtracted from

10 : 45 pm, the new time is:
(A) 6 : 39 pm (B) 6 : 49 pm (A) 4 (B) 5
(C) 5: 39 pm (D) 4 : 29 pm (C) 6 (D) 8

SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK

ANSWERS
(1) A (2) B (3) B (4) D (5) B (6) B (7) D (8) A (9) B (10) A
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Numbers and Their Operations : Number Sense and Numeration, Roman numerals,
CLASS

4
Addition and Subtraction, Multiplication and Division
Parts and Wholes : Fractions and decimals
Money and Unitary Method : Money, Unitary Method
Geometry : Geometrical Shapes
Area and Its Boundary : Perimeter and Area
Graphical Representation of Data : Data Handling
Reasoning and Aptitude : Reasoning and Aptitude

1. Successor of 66998 is: 8. Which one of the following is not a ray in the given
(A) 66997 (B) 66998 figure ?
(C) 66999 (D) 66990

2. Find the two missing numbers in the number series

given below.
84, 75, 66, ? , 48, 39, ?
(A) AD (B) BD
(A) 54, 33 (B) 57, 30
(C) AE (D) EF
(C) 51, 37 (D) 53, 32

3. Sum of place value and face value of 7 in the number 9. The shapes given below are:
8708 is:
(A) 708 (B) 807
(C) 700 (D) 707
(A) triangles (B) quadrilaterals
4. The sum of two numbers is 52149. If one of them is (C) polygons (D) pentagons
14732, then find the other number.
(A) 37417 (B) 39557 10. Given line graph tells us about Maria’s body weight in
kilograms for 5 months.
(C) 35527 (D) 38687

5. Which one of the following is a pair of like fractions ?

(A) 3/17, 17/3 (B) 12/8, 16/10
(C) 4/17, 14/17 (D) 14/21, 14/22

6. Three paise is equal to:

(A) ₹ 1/3 (B) ₹ 3/100
(C) ₹ 1/300 (D) ₹ 3.0

7. Susan’s father bought 7 boxes of soda for a party.

There were 28 cans in each box. How many cans
of soda did her father buy altogether ?
(A) 186 (B) 196 In which month, Maria’s body weight was the lowest ?
(C) 112 (D) 206 (A) January (B) February
(C) April (D) May

SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK

ANSWERS
(1) C (2) B (3) D (4) A (5) C (6) B (7) B (8) D (9) C (10) B
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Numbers and Their Operations : Number Sense and Numeration, Numbers in Operations,
CLASS

5
Factors and Multiples
Parts and Wholes : Fractions and decimals
Percentage, Ratio and Proportion : Percentage, Ratio and Proportion/ Time and Distance
Geometry and Measurement : Measurement Geometry
Graphical Representation of Data : Data Handling
Algebra : Introduction to Algebra

1. Sixteen crore sixteen lakh sixteen thousand 7. How long does a lorry take to travel 228 km at the
six hundred sixteen is: speed of 60 km/h ?
(A) 16,16,16,616 (B) 1,61,61,61,616 (A) 3 hours 12 minutes (B) 3 hours 24 minutes
(C) 1,61,61,61,61,616 (D) 6,16,16,616 (C) 3 hours 48 minutes (D) 4 hours 6 minutes
2. Roman numerals for the greatest three digit even 8. Which one of the following clocks shows the time
number is: 15 minutes to 6 ?
(A) CMXCVIII (B) CMLXXXIX (A) (B)
(C) CMXXVIII (D) CMLXVIII
3. Find the missing number.
2567209 + 0 + 63125 = ? + 2567209
(C) (D)
(A) 0 (B) 2567209
(C) 63125 (D) 2630334
4. When 14th multiple of 9 is divided by 6th multiple
of 21, the result is: 9. How many rectangular plots of land (30 m × 15 m)
(A) 2 (B) 1 can be cut from a square field of side 300 m long ?
(C) 3 (D) 7 (A) 100 (B) 300
(C) 200 (D) 400
5. What per cent of 7 litres is 70 millilitres ?
(A) 0.1% (B) 1% 10. What per cent of a rupee is 4 paise ?
(C) 10% (D) 0.01% (A) 8% (B) 40%
(C) 4% (D) 20%
6. Simple Interest on ₹ 600 for 6 years at 6% per
annum is:
(A) ₹ 324 (B) ₹ 360
(C) ₹ 180 (D) ₹ 216

SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK

ANSWERS
(1) A (2) A (3) C (4) B (5) B (6) D (7) C (8) B (9) C (10) C
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Number Systems : Numbers and Their Operations Factors and Multiples
CLASS

6
Parts and Wholes : Fractions and decimals
Algebra, Ratio and Proportion : Algebra, Ratio and Proportion
Geometry and Mensuration : Mensuration Geometry
Graphical Representation of Data : Data Handling
Sets and Their Representations : Introduction to Sets

1. In 4,869,052,147 the digit 8 stands for: 7. A car travels for 3 hours and covers a distance
(A) eight million (B) eighty million at the speed of 80 km/h. If it travels at the speed
(C) eight hundred million (D) 8 billion of 96 km/h, then how much time will it take to cover
the same distance ?
2. Find the sum of A, B and C in the given Magic Square (A) 2 hours (B) 2 ¹⁄ hours
where the sum of the numbers in every horizontal line, (C) 2 ²⁄ hours (D) 3 hours
vertical line and diagonal remain same.
8. The difference of 124° and 35° is a/an:
(A) obtuse angle (B) right angle
(C) acute angle (D) zero angle
9. Find the cost of fencing a semicircular garden of
(A) 17 (B) 11
radius 14 m, at the rate of ₹ 12 per metre
(C) 12 (D) 14 (use π = 22/7).
3. The integer which is 5 more than {(–6) + (–3)} is: (A) ₹ 812 (B) ₹ 778
(A) -3 (B) -4 (C) ₹ 642 (D) ₹ 864
(C) 5 (D) -2 10. The following pie chart shows the favourite games
4. Which of the following pairs is not a pair of of 240 students of a school.
co-primes ?
How many more students
(A) (43, 45) (B) (7, 8)
have Football as their
(C) (3, 5) (D) (9, 15) favourite game than that
5. Product of the following multiplication is: of Volleyball ?
7213.4098 × 1000
(A) 72.134098 (B) 721340.98 (B) 36
(A) 48
(C) 7.2134098 (D) 7213409.8 (C) 42 (D) 58
6. A boy has 120 pens out of which 3/5 are red pens
and 7/12 of red pens are gel pens. How many gel
pens does the boy have ?
(A) 48 (B) 60
(C) 42 (D) 36

SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK

ANSWERS
(1) C (2) C (3) B (4) D (5) D (6) C (7) B (8) C (9) D (10) A
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Numbers and Their Operations : Integers, Simplifying Arithmetic Expressions, Fractions and
CLASS

7
Decimals, Rational Numbers, Exponents
Algebra : Algebraic Expressions, Algebraic Identities & Linear Equations
Ratio and its Applications : Ratio and Proportion, Percentage, Profit and Loss, Simple and
Compound Interests
Geometry and Mensuration : Lines and Angles, Triangles, Quadrilaterals, Solid Shapes,
Perimeter, Area of Closed Figures
Data Handling : Terms related to data and Graphical representation of data, Chance and Probability
Reasoning and Aptitude : Reasoning and Aptitude

1. The next number in the pattern – 34, – 21, – 8, 5, 6. Which one of the two fractions is greater
____ is -7/8 or -6/7 ?
(A) 17 (B) 18 (A) -7/-8 (B) -6/7
(C) 19 (D) 20 (C) both are equal (D) cannot compare

2. Which one among the following is correct ? 7. Which one among the following statements is true ?
(A) (5 + 5)5 = 55 + 55 (B) 35 < 53 (A) 65 > 56 (B) 212 < 123
6 4
(C) one billion = 10 9
(D) one hour = 3600 minutes (C) 4 > 6 (D) 36 < 63
2
3. The factors of the term –30xy are. 8. Find the value of the following expression at
(A) – 5 × 2 × 3 × x × y (B) – 6 × 5x2 y a = – 2 and b = – 3. a3 + 3b2 – 3ab + 5ab2.
(C) – 2 × 3 × 5 × x × y × y (D) None of these (A) -75 (B) -89
(C) 39 (D) 68
4. What should be added to each term of the ratio 3 : 8
so that it may become equal to 2 : 3 ? 9. Find the compound interest on 2,000 for 2 years at
(A) 17 (B) 12 10% per annum compounded annually.
(C) 7 (D) 22 (A) ₹ 350 (B) ₹ 2450
(C) ₹ 2350 (D) ₹ 420
5. If the selling price is doubled, the profit quadruples.
Find the profit percent. 10. If the range of 10 observations is 68 and its lowest
(A) 125% (B) 50% score of the data is 34 then find the highest score
(C) 75% (D) 100% of the data.
(A) 68 (B) 86
(C) 102 (D) 112

SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK

ANSWERS
(1) B (2) C (3) C (4) C (5) B (6) B (7) C (8) B (9) D (10) C
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Numbers and Their Operations : Integers, Simplifying Arithmetic Expressions, Fractions and
CLASS

8
Decimals, Rational Numbers and Exponents
Algebra : Algebraic Expressions, Algebraic Identities & Linear Equations
Ratio and its Applications : Ratio and Proportion, Percentage, Profit and Loss, Simple and
Compound Interests
Geometry and Mensuration : Lines and Angles, Triangles, Quadrilaterals, Solid Shapes,
Perimeter, Area of Closed Figures
Data Handling : Terms related to data and Graphical representation of data, Chance and Probability

1. Factorize the following expression: 6. The chart used to depict the division of a total into
(2a + 3b + c)2 – 20a – 10c – 30b + 21. sub-portions is know as:
(A) (2a + 3b + c – 7) (2a + 3b + c – 3) (A) Bar graph (B) Line graph
(B) (2a – 3b + c + 7) (2a – 3b + c – 3) (C) Linear graph (D) Pie graph
(C) (2a + 3b – c – 7) (2a + 3b + c – 7) 7. If x + 4/x = 4, find the value of x3 + 4/x3.
(D) (a + 3b + c – 7) (a + 3b + c – 3) (A) 8 (B) 16
2. Find the solution set of (C) 8¹⁄ (D) 16¹⁄
8m + 16 ≥ – 48 and – 11 m + 27 ≤ –28.
8. Y is to the west of X and north of W. R is to the
(A) – 8 ≤ m ≤ 8 (B) – 6 ≤ m < 5
southeast of Y and to the northwest of Q, who is to
(C) – 8 ≤ m ≤ 5 (D) – 6 ≤ m ≤ –5 the east of W. R is in which direction of W ?
3. In a parallelogram PQRS, the bisectors of ∠P and ∠Q (A) South (B) West
meet at M. Find ∠PMQ . (C) North-East (D) South-East
(A) 45° (B) 90° 9. Which of the following can never be the measure of
(C) 30° (D) 60° exterior angles of a regular polygon ?
(A) 20° (B) 27°
4. A is thrice as good as B and therefore is able to finish
a work in 80 days less than B. Find the number of (C) 36° (D) 72°
days required to complete the work if they are working 10. The quantity of petrol filled in a car and the cost of
together. petrol are given in the following table. Find the cost
(A) 20 days (B) 30 days of 24 litres of petrol using a linear graph.
(C) 32 days (D) 40 days
5. A cuboidal tank is made by digging earth whose
length is 4 metre, breadth is 3 metre and height is
2.5 metre. Find the length of its diagonal. (A) ₹ 1000 (B) ₹ 1200
(A) 5.59 m (B) 6.2 m (C) ₹ 1500 (D) ₹ 2400
(C) 7.5 m (D) 7.12 m

SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK

ANSWERS
(1) A (2) C (3) B (4) B (5) A (6) D (7) B (8) C (9) B (10) B
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Real Numbers : Irrational Numbers, Real numbers and their Decimal expansions, Operation
CLASS

9
on real Numbers, Laws of Exponents for real numbers
Algebra & Co-ordinate geometry : Polynomials in one variable, Zeroes of a polynomial,
Factorization of Polynomials, Logarithms, Linear equation in two variables, Graph of Linear
equation in two variables, Solution of Linear Equations, Co-ordinate geometry
Geometry : Lines and angles, Triangles, Quadrilaterals, Circles
Statistics and Probability : Measures of Dispersion, Mean, Median and mode,
Probability of an Event
Applied Mathematics : Mensuration, Word Problems Based On Mathematics
Reasoning and Aptitude : Reasoning and Aptitude
4 6 9 12
1. If A = √13 – √5 and B = √17 – √13 , then _____ 6. Find the least value from √2, √3, √5, √7
(A) A > B (B) A < B (A) √2
4
(B) √3
6

(C) A = B (D) A < 2B (C) √5

9
(D) 12√7
3 3 3
2. 78 – 33 – 45 is equal to 7. The difference of the mean of first five prime numbers
(A) 347490 (B) 247280 to the mean of first 5 multiples of 3 is ________
(C) 387490 (D) 387280 (A) 9 (B) 5.6
(C) 2.8 (D) 3.4
3. In a △ABC, if ∠A – ∠B = 35° and ∠C – ∠B = 34°
then 8. The radius of the circle, in which an equilateral
(A) ∠A = 71° (B) ∠B = 72° triangle of side 16 cm is inscribed, is ______
(C) ∠A + ∠B = 109° (D) ∠A + ∠C = 142° (A) 8√3 / 3 cm (B) 16√3 / 3 cm
(C) 8√3 cm (D) 2√3 / 3 cm
4. Let (k - 1) be the mid point and ‘m’ be the lower class
limit of a class in a continuous frequency distribution. 9. In a game of shooting if a person hits a target 7 times
The upper class-limit of the class is _____ and missed it by 28 times then probability that he
(A) (k – 1) – m (B) (k – 1) + m missed the target is ______
(C) 2(k – 1) – m (D) 2(k + 1) – m (A) 1/5 (B) 4/5
(C) 1/4 (D) 2/5
5. In what proportion water be mixed with pure milk
in order to make a profit of 20 % by selling it at cost 10. Arjun spends 70% of his income. If his income is
price ? increased by 30% and also his expenditure is
(A) 2 : 3 (B) 1 : 5 increased by 45%, then percentage of his savings
(C) 3 : 4 (D) 4 : 3 is ______.
(A) Increased by 95% (B) Increased by 15%
(C) Decreased by 5% (D) Decreased by 95%

SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK

ANSWERS
(1) A (2) A (3) C (4) C (5) B (6) D (7) D (8) A (9) B (10) C
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Number System & Sequence and Series : Rational and Irrational Numbers, Arithmetic
CLASS

10
Progression
Algebra & Co-ordinate geometry : Polynomials, Pair of Linear equations in two variables,
Quadratic equation, Distance Formula, Section Formula
Geometry : Similar figures, Similarity of Triangles, Circles, Tangent to a circle
Trigonometry : Trigonometry, Height and Distance
Statistics and Probability : Mean, Mode and Median of grouped Data, Probability of Events
Mensuration : Surface Area and Volume
Reasoning and Aptitude : Reasoning and Aptitude

1. The largest number that divides 588, 1999 and 1650 6. If Sin (α + β) = 1 then Cos (α – β) can be reduced
leaving remainders 3, 10 and 12 respectively is ______ to ____
(A) 117 (B) 109 (A) Sin 2β (B) Cos 2β
(C) 27 (D) 43 (C) Sin α (D) Cos β
2. A polynomial of degree n has ______ 7. The angle of elevation of a cloud from a point 90m above
(A) two zeroes (B) n zeroes a lake is 30° and the angle of depression of the reflection
(C) atleast n zeroes (D) atmost n zeroes of cloud in the lake is 60°. Find the height of the cloud.
(A) 90 m (B) 120 m
3. The points (– 5, 0), (0, 4) and (5, 1) are the vertices of (C) 180 m (D) 45 m
a ______
(A) right triangle (B) isosceles triangle 8. If x < y < 2x and the mean and the median of x, y
and 2x are 18 and 15 respectively, then the value
(C) equilateral triangle (D) scalene triangle
of x is _______
2
4. Find the solution set of a + 21 + 8a > 0 (A) 10 (B) 11
(A) (– ∞ , ∞ ) (B) (4, ∞) (C) 12 (D) 13
(C) (-4, ∞) (D) (– 4, 4)
9. Find the missing character from among the given
5. In the shown figure, an equilateral triangle QRT alternatives.
surmounts square PQRS. Find the value of x + y.

(A) J15 (B) K8

(C) K15 (D) L10
4 3 2
10. If the polynomial x – 6x + 16x – 25x + 10 is divided
2
by another polynomial x – 2x + k, the remainder
comes out to be x + a. Find the values of k and a.
(A) 100° (B) 110° (A) 5, – 5 (B) – 5, 5
(C) 120° (D) 150° (C) 5, – 7 (D) 7, – 5

SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK

ANSWERS
(1) B (2) D (3) D (4) B (5) D (6) A (7) C (8) D (9) B (10) A
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Sets & Functions : Sets, Relations and Functions, Trigonometric functions
CLASS

11
Algebra : Complex number, Sequence and series, Permutation and combination, Inequality,
Quadratic equation
Co-ordinate Geometry : Straight lines, Conic Sections
Calculus : Limits and derivatives
Statistics and Probability : Measures of Dispersion, Range, Mean Deviation, Variance and
Standard Deviation, Analysis of frequency Distribution, probability
Reasoning and Aptitude : Reasoning and Aptitude

1. The set (AՍBՍC) Ո (AՈB’ՈC’)’ Ո C’ is equal to _____. 5. Let two fair six-faced dice A and B be thrown
(A) BՈC’ (B) AՈC simultaneously. If E1 is the event that die A shows
up four, E2 is the event that die B shows up two and
(C) B’ՈC’ (D) BՈC
E3 is the event that the sum of numbers on both dice
2. The value of the expression is odd, then which one of the following statements
3(sinθ – cosθ)4 + 6(sinθ + cosθ)2 + 4(sin6θ + cos6θ) is is not true ?
(A) 11 (B) 12 (A) E1, E2 and E3 are independent
(C) 13 (D) 0 (B) E1 and E3 are independent
(C) E2 and E3 are independent
3. Let S denotes the sum of the series (D) E1 and E2 are independent
1+ 8/2! + 21/3! + 40/4! + 65/5! +............, then______.
(A) S < 8 (B) S > 12 6. Rajan got married 8 years ago. His present age is
(C) 8 < S < 12 (D) 12 < S < 16 6/5 times his age at the time of his marriage.
Rajan’s sister was 10 years younger to him at the
4. In the given figure (not drawn to scale), a circle with time of his marriage. The present age of Rajan’s
centre O passes through A, B, C and D. sister is
PDOB is a straight line and PAT is a tangent to the (A) 32 years (B) 36 years
circle. If ∠AOB = 112° and AD = DC, then find∠APO (C) 38 years (D) 40 years
and ∠ACB respectively.
2
7. lim n(√n +4-n) is equal to ________.
n ∞
(A) e (B) 1
(C) 2 (D) e2

8. For a positively skewed distribution, mean is always

(A) 20°, 60° (B) 28°, 56° (A) Less than the median (B) Less than the mode
(C) 22°, 56° (D) 38°, 68° (C) Greater than the mode (D) Difficult to tell

SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK

ANSWERS
(1) A (2) C (3) C (4) C (5) A (6) C (7) C (8) C
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Relations and Functions : Sets, Types of Relations, Types of Functions, Binary Operations,
CLASS

12
Inverse Trigonometric functions
Algebra : Matrices and Determinants
Vectors & 3D : Vector algebra and Three dimensional geometry
Calculus : Applications of Derivatives, Integrals, Definite Integrals, Application of Integrals,
Differential Equation
Linear programming : Linear Programming Problem
Probability : Independent Events, Conditional Probability, Multiplication Theorem on Probability,
Bayes' Theorem, Theorem of total Probability, Variables and Standard Deviation
Reasoning and Aptitude : Reasoning and Aptitude

1. The set of points of discontinuity of the function 6. The ratio in which the line joining (1, 2, 3) and
f(x) = log(x) is (–3, 4, – 5) is divided by xy plane is:
(A) {0} (B) {1, – 1} (A) 5 : 3 (B) 2 : 3
(C) {–∞,∞} (D) None of these (C) 3 : 2 (D) 3 : 5

2. The function f(x) =1/x on its domain is: 7. The area bounded by the parabola
(A) Increasing function (B) Decreasing function y2 = 4ax and x2 = 4ay is
(C) Identity function (D) Constant function (A) 8a2/3 (B) 16a2/3
(C) 8a3 (D) None of these
3. The value of c in Lagrange's theorem for the function
2 2
f(x) = log sinx in the interval [π/6,5π/6] is: 8. ∫ log(x +√x + a ).dx is equal to
(A) π/3 (B) π/2 (A) xlog(x + √x2 + a2 ) + √x2 + a2 + c
(C) π/4 (D) None of these (B) xlog(x + √x2 + a2 ) – 2 √x2 + a2 + c
(C) x.log(x + √x2 + a2 ) – √x2 + a2 + c
4. If P(A) = 0.3, P(B) = 0.6, P(B/A) = 0.5, then P(A∪B) = (D) None of these
(A) 0.60 (B) 0.15
(C) 0.75 (D) 0.65

5. If x 3 7 = 0, then x is equal to:

2 x 2
7 6 x
(A) 2 (B) 7
(C) -9 (D) All of these

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