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Anil, Mukesh and Lila started off with a game according to which the loser of the game distributes half of his money amongst the other two in the ratio of the money they are holding. If after playing three rounds, lila ends up with rs. 150, Mukesh ends up with rs. 100 and Anil ends up with rs. 50, find the total amount of money they were holding initially. a. 600 b. 450 c. 300 d. cannot be determined If a^x = b^y = c^z, then which of the following equals abc^ [ xyz / (xy + yz + xz) ] a. a^x + b^y + c^z b. abc^(xyz) c. a^x.b^y.c^z d. a^x or b^y or c^z If the length and breadth of a rectangle are increased by 5 cms each, then the area changes from 36 to 60 sq. cms. What is the percentage change in the perimeter of the rectangle? a. 12.5% b. 7% c. 5% d. data inconsistent How many three digit numbers are there such that one of the digits is the arithmetic mean of the other two? a. 120 b. 112 c. 121 d. 129 A circle A of radius 10 cm is inscribed in an equilateral triangle XYZ. Another circle B of radius 6 cm is drawn such that it is concentric of circle A. If a third circle C is drawn in such a way that it touches circle A internally and B touches C internally, then the radius of the circle C is a. 8 cm b. 10 cm c. 7 cm d. cannot be determined In a right circular cone of vertical angle of 60 and height of 6 cm, a sphere of maximum volume is inserted. If the radius of this sphere is 2.3 cm, find the volume of the cone. a. 18 b. 15 c. 24 d. cannot be determined 6 men and 3 women working 8 hours per day can complete a tailoring job in 4 days. The same job can be completed by 3 men and 6 women in 4 days working 7 hours a day. 16 boys, working 6 hours a day can complete the job in 7 days. In how many days can 2 women, 2 men and four boys complete the job working 8 hours a day? a. 7 b. 8 c. 5 d. 6 The sum of first natural numbers is a. If (n+1) is added to a it becomes 2a, then the value of a + n would be a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6 A four digit number can be expressed as a sum of two positive perfect cubes in two different ways. It has a total of 8 factors. Find the sum of the digits of the number. a. 13 b. 15 c. 17 d. 19

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11. Let fn+1(x) = fn(x) + 1 if n is a multiple of 3 = fn(x) 1 otherwise. If f1 (1) = 0, then what is f50 (1) ? a. -18 b. -16 c. -17 d. none of these

12. If a^b + b^a = 145 and a,b are positive integers, then how many such pairs are possible? a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. none of these 13. Gaurav and his nine friends went to Archana and Darchana cinema complex which had two cinema theatres. All of them went to either of the two theatres. If Gaurav went to one of the theatre, what is the probability that he went to Archana theatre along with some specified two of his friends? a. 1/8 b. 1/3 c. d. 1023/1024 14. Calvin, an avid sci-fi movie addict, bought a ticket for 'Gremlins' three weeks in advance but later he planned to sell his ticket and make some money. He intially quoted a huge premium expecting to make a handsome profit but finally managed to sell only at a mere third of what he had quoted. In the process, Calvin's expected profit diminished by 80%. How many rupees did he finally make for every rupee that he had spent initially? a. 1.5 b. 1 c. 1.33 d. 2.66 15. How many 4-digit numbers can be formed in such a way that the number 34 is a part of the number and the number formed by reading together all the digits to the right of 34 is always less than 34? a. 213 b. 214 c. 215 d. 225 16. A circle is inscribed in a trapezium whose two non-parallel sides are 10 cm and 12 cm long. Find the length of the line joining the mid-points of non-parallel sides. a. 8 b. 10 c. 11 d. none of these 17. If (a+b+c+d+e)/(v+w+x+y+z) = N, where a,b,c,d,e are fice consecutive even integers and v,w,x,y,z are five consecutive odd integeres. If v = a + 1 and n represents a natural number, then which of the following is the most suitable value of N? a. n+2/n+2.5 b. n+3/n+4 c. n+2/n+3 d. n+4/n+5 18. In how many ways is it possible to choose a white square and a black square on a chessboard so that the squares must not lie in the same row or column? a. 56 b. 896 c. 60 d. 768 19. The first term of a certain decreasing G.P is 1 and the sum of infinite number of the terms of the G.P is V. What would be the sum of the infinite terms of the G.P which is formed by the squares of the terms of the initial progression? a. V^2 b. 1/1-V^2 c. V^2/1-2V d. V^2/2V-1 20. The value of 1/(1x3x5) + 1/(3x5x7) + 1/(5x7x9) + ... + 1/(13x15x17) is a. 8/85 b. 35/429 c. 7/85 d. 11/133

Section II Each question carries two marks. 21. T is an 8-digit number of which 7 digits are zero. If T^2 has 16 digits, then how many different values of T are possible? a. 3 b. 5 c. 6 d. 7 22. A question paper has three sectins I, II and III, each containing 5 questions. In how many ways can a candidate answer the paper, if a total of 9 questions have to be answered satisfying the condition that at least two questions have to be answered from each section and the number of questions attempted in Section I must be more than that in any other section? a. 1000 b. 1100 c. 1500 d. 2500 23. If x = 50^99 99!, then which of the following is true? a. x is a positive integer b. x is a negative integer c. x is zero d. none

24. What is the length of the side of a square inscribed in a regular hexagon of side 2? a.3 + 1 b. 6 - 2 3 c. 2 + 3 d4 - 3 25. A square is inscribed in a quarter of a circle in a manner that two of its adjacent vertices lie on the radii at an equal distance from the centre, while the other two vertices lie on the circular area. If the square has sides of length x, then the radius of the circle is a. 16x / (+4) b. 2x/ c. x2.5 d. x2 26. If the roots of the quadratic equation ax^2 + bx + c = 0 are in the ratio m:n then a. m.n.a = (m+n)^2.c b. m.n.b^2 = (m+n)^2.a.c c. m.n.b = (m+b)^2.a.b d. m.n.a^2 = (m+n)^2.c.b 27. Given a set of rays in a plane, we define a reversal as the operation of reversing preceisely one ray and obtaining a new set of n rays. If n = 2001 and if k reversals are performed such that all rays are reversed, then a possible value of k is a. 4000 b. 4002 c. 2011 d. 1999 28. In a class of 80 boys (having 1 to 80 as their roll numbers), every boy having an odd roll number bought as many chocolates as his roll number and every boy having an even roll number bought as many chocolates as the square of his roll number. If all the chocolates are collected from all the boys and are distributed equally among them, how many chocolates are left undistributed? a. 0 b. 20 c. 60 d. none of these 29. Let S denote the infinite sum 2 + 5x + 9x^2 + 14x^3 + 20x^4 + .... , where 0<x<1 . Then S equals a. 2x/ (1-x)^3 b. 2-x/ (1+x)^3 c. 2+x/(1-x)^3 d. 2+x/(1+x)^3 30. In 2050, the number system has been changed to a different number system than the decimal where the base n is less than or equal to 10. If Dirk Gently, a worker received thrice his actual wage when the two digits of his wage was reversed. Find the decimal equivalent of his correct wage. a. 12 b. 36 c. 13 d. 35

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