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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 questions. Each question carries +4 marks on answering
correctly.
3) Each wrong answer attracts penalty of negative 1 mark.
4) Use of slide rule, log tables and calculators is not permitted.
5) Use the blank space in the question paper for the rough work.
(1) Sarah and Neha start running simultaneously from the diametrically opposite ends
of a circular track towards each other at 15km/h and 25km/h respectively. After every 10
minutes their speed reduces to half of their current speeds. If the length of the circular
track is 1500 m, how many times will Sarah and Neha meet on the track?
(A) 6
(B) 9
(C) 11
(D) 7
(E) 8
(B) 1.25
(C) 1.5
(D) 2
(B) 8
(C) 7
(D) 0
(E) 11
(4) Let p(x) = x^2 + 40. Then for any two positive integers i and j where i > j, is p(i) +
p(j) a composite number?
(X) p(i) p(j) is not a composite number
(Y) p(2i) + p(2j) is a composite number
Solution: (by Implex)
p(i) p(j) is not a composite number
=>i^2-j^2 is a prime as i ,j are positive integers and i >j, ( i^2-j^2) can't be 1
=>(i+j)(i-j)= prime
so i-j=1
let p be the prime so i=(p+1)/2
j=(p-1)/2
clearly p is not 2 hence all p is odd
p(i) + p(j)=80 +(p^2+1)/2
now p^2=6k+1 ( can be easily proved) [ p(p-1)(p+1) is divisible by 6 now p is a prime so p^2-1=6k
p^2=6k+1, for any prime p greater than 3]
therefore
p(i) + p(j)=80 +(p^2+1)/2
becomes
80+(6k+2)/2=81+3k=3(27+k)
so not a prime => can be answered by using X
now, p(2i) + p(2j) is a composite number
4(i^2+j^2+20) is composite
now i and j can be anything
can't make any conclusions
(B) 4
(C) 10
(D) 5
(E) 9/2
(B) 9
(C) 8
(D) 5
(E) 7
(A) 9
(B) 10
(C) 11
(D) 8
(E) 12
(B) 12
(C) 15
(D) 20
Solution:
{(1, 2), (3, 4), (5, 6)} is one pairing of 3 pairs.
Keeping (1, 2) as constant we can have {(3, 5), (4, 6)} or {(3, 6), (4, 5)}
for (1, 2) we have 3 set of pairs to map.
(E) 27
For (1, x) where x varies from 2 to 6 we will have in all 5*3 = 15 pairing.
=> choice is the right answer
Directions for questions 11 to 12 :
The cost of 1 kg of sugar is Rs 20 while the cost of 1 litre of pure milk is Rs 15. Sweetened
milk is prepared by adding a fixed amount of sugar in a litre of milk.
(11) If the cost of sweetened milk is Rs 15 per kg, then it can be concluded that the
weight of x litre pure milk is y kg more than a litre of sweetened milk where (x, y) is
(A) (4, 5)
(B) (4, 3)
(C) (5, 3)
(D) (2, 1)
(E) (3, 2)
(B) 1.04 kg
(C) 1.10 kg
(D) 1 kg
This is sitter;
=> choice (D) is the right answer
Directions for questions 13 to 14 :
A point X is taken on a circle having its centre at O and a chord is drawn at an angle 50
to OX clockwise to cut the circle at Y. Again a chord is drawn at an angle 50 to OY
clockwise and this process continues until a chord in subsequent process intersects the
circle at X.
(13) After how many revolution(s) of the circle, the process is completed?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 4
(D) 8
(E) 9
(B) 6
(C) 7
(D) 8
(E) 9
Solution:(by Implex)
clealry the first 4 chords won't intersect
the fifth chord cuts the first
teh sixth cuts the first and second
seventh cuts second and third
eighth cuts third and fourth
ninth cuts fourth and fifth
so 9 internal intersections
what is
Solution:
Clearly, 0 < b < 1 => a < -1 (always). Thus, a < 0 < b < 1 < 1/b
=> choice (D) is the right answer
(16) A wooden cube unit on a side is painted red on all six faces and then cut into
unit cubes. Exactly one-fourth of the total number of faces of the unit cubes are red.
What is ?
(A) 4
(B) 3
(C) 2
(D) 6
(B) 6
(C) 4.5
(D) 4
(E) 7.5
(19) A round table has radius . Six rectangular place mats are placed on the table. Each
place mat has width and length as shown. They are positioned so that each mat has
two corners on the edge of the table, these two corners being end points of the same side
of length . Further, the mats are positioned so that the inner corners each touch an
inner corner of an adjacent mat. What is ?
(20) The number of values of k for which the roots of the equation kx^3 + 2x^2 3x + 1
= 0 are in harmonic progression is
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 3
(21) Vineet attends an IPL game in Delhi and estimates that there are 50,000 fans in
attendance. Rahul attends an IPL game in Bangalore and estimates that there are
60,000 fans in attendance. A league official who knows the actual numbers attending the
two games note that:
(B) 11,000
(E) 22,000
Solution:
Actual attendance in Delhi can at least be 45, 000
Actual attendance in Bangalore can at most be 60, 000/(0.9) = 66, 666
=> choice (E) is the right answer
Directions for questions 22 to 25 :
A Latin square of order n is an arrangement of n symbols in n rows and n columns such
that each symbol appears exactly once in each row and each column. For example, two
Latin squares of order three are shown below.
L=
0
1
2
1
2
0
2
0
1
M=
1
2
0
0
1
2
2
0
1
Two Latin squares of order n are said to be orthogonal if, upon superimposition of one
on the other, each of the n possible ordered pairs of symbols appears in exactly one cell.
For example, the Latin squares L and M, as shown above, are orthogonal since
superimposing M on L, we get the structure:
01
12
20
10
21
02
22
00
11
Where in each cell the first entry comes from L and the second entry comes from M.
Note that each of the nine possible ordered pairs 00, 01, 02, 10, 11, 12, 20, 21, 22,
appears exactly once in each cell. This shows that L and M are orthogonal.
(22) The number of distinct Latin squares of order three, with symbols 0, 1, 2 each of
which is orthogonal to both L and M shown above is
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C)
(D)
(E) 6
(23) The numbers of distinct Latin squares of order four, with symbols 0, 1, 2, 3 that can
be formed by completing the following incomplete structure equals
0
2
1
2
3
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C)
(D)
(E) 24
1
0
3
2
2
3
0
1
3
2
1
0
x
q
2
1
y
r
3
0
z
s
1
2
w
t
0
3
Here each of x, y, z, w, q, r, s, t belongs to the set {0, 1, 2, 3}. If the two Latin squares are
orthogonal, then x equals
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C)
(D)
(25) Suppose we have two Latin squares P and Q which are orthogonal. Both P and Q
are of order n(>2) and both of them have the symbols 0, 1, . . . , n 1. Now suppose,
a new square R is formed from Q by replacing the symbols 0, 1, 2 in Q by 1, 2, 0
respectively and keeping the other symbols in Q unchanged. Then the P and R are
orthogonal Latin squares
(A) For no choice of n (> 2)
(C) Only for even n (> 2)
(E) None of the above