POOL OF QUESTIONS:

EASY:
1. The unit of work in the mks system is known as Joule (J) and the unit of work in the cgs
system is erg. How many ergs are there in one joule?
A. 106
B. 107

C. 105
D. 104

ANS. B. 107
2. PC or personal computer is a small, single-computer without any extensive peripherals
and storage. Personal computers are classified in what category?
A. Microcomputer
B. Minicomputer

C. Mainframe computer
D. Supercomputer

ANS. A. Microcomputer
3. Find the value of sin (270+B).
A. SinB
B. -SinB

C. CosB
D. -CosB

Ans. CosB
SOLN:

4. Light year is a unit of

A. Time
B. Distance

C. Light
D. Intensity of Light

ANS. B. Distance
5. How many terms of progression 3,5, 7,9 must be taken in order that their sum will
be 2600?
Ans. 50
SOLN:

6. This law states that If the temperature remains constant, the product of the pressure
and volume is constant.
A. Charles Law
B. Ideal Gas Law
C. Boyles Law
D. Gay-Lussac Law
Ans. C. Boyles Law
7. The base radius of a right circular cone is 4 m. while its slant height is 10 m. What is
the surface area?
Ans. 125.7 m2
SOLN:

8. Find the sum of 4 geometric means between 160 and 5.

A.130
B. 140
Ans. C. 150

C. 150
D. 160

9. If cscA=7/3, find tan A.

Ans.

3
2 10

SOLN:

10. What is the maximum value of y if y=x3-x?

Ans. y=0.385
SOLN:

11. It is a rectangular array of real numbers arranged in m rows and n columns.

Ans. Matrix

AVERAGE
1. It is easier to roll a stone up a sloping road than to lift it vertical upwards because
A. work done in rolling is more than in lifting
B. work done in lifting the stone is equal to rolling it
C. work done in both is same but the rate of doing work is less in rolling
D. work done in rolling a stone is less than in lifting it
ANS. D.
2. John is as old as Peter was four years ago. In two years, Johns age will be eleven more
than half of Peters age. How old is John now?
Ans. 24 yrs. Old

3. One liter of a 40% sugar solution is mixed with 4 liters of a 25% sugar solution. What
is the percentage of sugar in the new mixture?
Ans. 28%
SOLN:

4. From which of the following persons the symbol of equality, =, originated?

A. Robert Recorde

B. Thomas Harriot

C. Leonhard Euler

D. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

ANS. A. Robert Recorde

5. An investment ofP200,000 earns 10% per annum compounded bi-monthly. How much
will it earn in 6 yrs.
Ans. Php 162626

6. The sides of a triangle are 8 cm, 10 cm and 14 cm. Determine the radius of the
circumscribing circle.
Ans. 7.14 cm

7. If sin3A=cos6B then
A. A+B = 90
B. A+2B=30
ANS. B. A+2B=30

C. A+B=180
D. None of these

8. A surveyor measures the angle of elevation of the top of a perpendicular building as

19. He moves 120 m. nearer the building and finds the angle of elevation is now 47.
Determine the height of the building.
ANS. 60.86m.

9. Find the second derivative of y=x(x+1)3 when x=1

ANS. 36

10. Evaluate the integral of 4sin6xcos4xdx using lower limit = 0 and upper limit = 2
ANS. 0.07363

11. The prefix nano is opposite to

A. mega
B. giga

C. tera
D. hexa

ANS. B
DIFFICULT
1. Find the value of A between 270 and 360 if 2sin2A-sinA=1.
A. 320
B. 300

C. 330
D. 310

Ans. 330

2. Find the distance between the lines, 3x+y-12=0 and 3x+y-4=0

8
ANS. 10 units

3. How fast is the volume of a sphere changing when the radius is 20 cm. If the radius is
changing at the rate of one mm per sec.
ANS. 502.7 cm3/s

4. Find the 6th term of (3x-4y)8

A. 148,288x3y5
B. -548 x2y5

C. -154,288x3y5
D. -1,548,288x3y5

ANS. D. -1548288x3y5

5. Find the area bounded by the parabola x2-4x+12y-20=0 and the x-axis between x=1,
x=2
ANS. A=1.97

6. A 16 gram mass is moving at 30cm/sec while a 4 gram mass is moving in an opposite

direction at 50 cm/sec. They collide head on and stick together. What is their velocity
after collision?
ANS. 0.14 m/s

7. It is a locus of a point which moves so that it is always equidistant to a fixed point

called focus and to a fixed straight line called directrix.
ANS. PARABOLA
8. A fencing is limited to 20ft length. What is the maximum rectangular area that can be
fenced in using two perpendicular corner sides of an existing wall?
ANS. 100ft2

9. A and B working together can finish painting a house in 6 days. A working alone can
finish it in 5 days less than B. How long will it take each of them to finish the work alone?
ANS. 10, 15

10. The tens digit of a number is 3 less than the units digit. If the number is divided by
the sum of the digits, the quotient is 4 and the remainder is 3. What is the original
number?
ANS. 47

11. Mercury is commonly used as a thermometric fluid rather than water because
A. specific heat of mercury is less than water
B. specific heat of mercury is more than water
C. mercury has greater visibility than water
D. density of mercury is more than the water

ANS. C
12. If two bodies of different masses, initially at rest, are acted upon by the same force
for the same time, then the both bodies acquire the same
A. Velocity
B. Momentum

C. Acceleration
D. Kinetic Energy

ANS. B
CLINCHER
1. Find the fraction such that if 2 is subtracted from its terms it becomes , but if 4 is
added to its terms it becomes .
ANS. 5/14

2. In how many ways can 6 distinct books be arranged in a bookshelf?

ANS. 720

3. If the sides of a parallelogram and an included angle are 6,10 and 100 respectively,
find the length of the shorter diagonal.
A. 10.63
B.10.37

C.10.73
D.10.23

ANS. C.10.73

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