(NMTC- at SUB JUNIOR LEVEL VII & VIII Standards)

Saturday, 27th August 2016.

PART - A (2016)
Note : • Only one of the choices A.B.C.D. is correct for each question. Shade that alphabet of your
choice in the response sheet. (If you have any doubt in the method of answering. seek the guidance of
your supervisor).

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• For each correct response you get 1 mark ; for each incorrect response you lose marks
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1. On the square ABCD, point E lies on the side AD and F lies on BC so that BE = EF = FD = 30 cm.
The area of the square (in square cms) is
(A) 300 (B) 900 (C) 810 (D) None of these
Sol. Draw FG  DE
 DG = GE = a
Similarly draw EH  FB
FH = HB = a
 FG = AB
FG = 3a
In DGF = (30)2 = (a)2 + (3a)2
900 + a2 = 92
900 = 10a2
a2 = 90

a = 3 10

 3a = 9 10

Area of square = (side)2

9 10  2

81 × 10
810.

2. If 2016 = 2x3y5z7u where x, y, z, u are non negative integers, the value of x = y + 2016z + 3u is
(A) 10 (B) 11 (C) 12 (D) 13
x y z u
Sol. 2016 = 2 3 5 7
2016 = 25 × 32 × 50 × 71
 x=5
y=2
z=0
u=1
x + y + 2016z + 3u = 5 + 2 + 0 + 3 = 10.

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3. A is the area of triangle of sides 25, 25 and 30. B is the area of a triangle of sides 25, 25 and 40. Then
(A) A = B (B) A < B (C) A = 3B (D) A = 2B

Sol.

(AB)2 = (AD)2 + (BD)2 (PQ)2 = (PS)2 + (QS)2

(25)2 = (AD)2 + (15)2 (25)2 = (PS)2 + (20)2
625 = AD2 + 225 625 = PS2 + (400
AD2 = 400 PS2 = 225
AD = 20 PS = 15

1 1
Area of triangle A = v 30 × 20 = 300. Area of triangle B = × 40 × 15 = 300.
2 2
Area of triangle A = Area of triangle B.

4. A number on being divided by 5 leaves a remainder 2 and when divided by 7, leaves a remainder 4. The
remainder when the same number is divided by 5  7 is
(A) 20 (B) 23 (C) 32 (D) None of these
Sol. 5–2=7–4=3=k
Number = LCM (5, 7) – k
Number = LCM (5, 7) – 3
= 35 – 3 = 32

N 32
= = Remainder = 32. Ans.
35 35
5. The sum of three numbers is 204. If the ratio of the first to second is 2 : 3 and that of the second t otird
is 5 : 3. Then the second number is
(A) 60 (B) 65 (C) 58 (D) 90
Sol. a:b=2:3
b:c=5:3
a : b : c = 10 : 15 : 9
a + b + c = 204

15
b= × 204 = 15 × 6 = 90.
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6. Anirud goes to the vegetable market to buy onions. He carries money to buy 3 kg onions. But on
reaching the market he finds that the price of onion has increased by 20%. If he buys onions for the
money he has, the quantity he could buy is
(A) 2.5 kg (B) 2.2 kg (C) 2 kg (D) 2.8 kg
Sol. Let cost of price of 1 kig onion = 100 Rs.
CP of 3 kg onion = 300 Rs
 Money Anirud has = 300 Rs.
Price increases by 20%
 New price of 1 kg = 120 Rs.

300
Quantity he could by = = 2.5 kg.
120

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7. Two runners cover the same distance at the rate of 15 km per hour and 16 km per hour respectively.
The first runner took 16 minutes longer than the second to cover the distance. Then the distance (in
km) is
(A) 58 (B) 64 (C) 66 (D) 73
Sol. Speed of first runner (S1) = 15 km/hr
Speed of second runner (S2) = 16 km/hr
Time taken by second runner (t2) = x hrs

16 4
Time taken by first runner (t1) = x + x+ hrs.
60 15
D1 = D2

 4 
x × 16 =  x   × 15
 15 

x=4
Distance = 16 × x
= 16 × 4 = 64. Ans.

8. The total surface area of a cube is 600 cm2, The length of its diagonal in cms is

(A) 10 (B) 30 (C) 10 2 (D) 10 3

Sol. Total surface area of cube = 600 cm2

6 (side)2 = 600
(side)2 = 100
side = 10 cm

Length of diagonal = 3 × side

= 3 × 10 = 10 3 .

9. In the figure below the distance between any two horizontal or vertical dots is one unit. The area of the
triangle shown is

1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 3 4 6

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Sol. Area of trapezium EBCD = (DE + BC) × DC
2

1
(3 + 1) × 3 = 6 unit
2
1
Area of traingle ABC = × AC × BC
2
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 1 1
×1×1= unit
2 2
1
Area of triangle ADE = × DE × AD
2
1
× 3 × 4 = 6 unit
2

 1 1
 Area of triangle ABE =  6   – 6 = .
 2  2

10. The number of natural numbers less than 400 that are not divisible by 17 or 23 is
(A) 290 (B) 320 (C) 360 (D) 370
Sol. Multiples of 17 less than 400 = 23
Multiples of 23 less than 400 = 17
LCM of (17, 23) = 391
Multiples of 391 less than 400 = 1
Number of natural numbers less than 400
that are not divisible by
17 or 23 = 399 – (23 + 17 – 1)
399 – 39 = 360

11. If a is a % of b and b is b% of c, where a is a positive real number, then the value of c is

(A) 120 (B) 200 (C) 150 (D) 100

a b
Sol. a=  b and b = c
100 100

100 a = a × b
b = 100

b
b= c
100

100
100 = c
100
c = 100.

12. The sum of the reciprocals of all the positive integers that divide 24 is

7 1 5 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2
Sol. Factors of 24 is 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Sum of reciprocals =       
1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24

24  12  8  6  4  3  2  1 60 5
= = = .
24 24 2

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13. N is a positive integer and p, q are primes. If N = pq and + = , the value of N is
N p q

(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9

Sol. N = pq

1 1 1
+ =
N p q

1 1 1 1 1  1
+ =    1 =
pq p q p  q  q

1  1 q  1
=   =
p  q  q

1+q=p
 only possible value of q is 2.
 p=3
 N = pq = 3 × 2 = 6.

14. The number of two digits numbers that leave a remainder 1 when divided by 4 is
(A) 20 (B) 21 (C) 22 (D) 23
Sol. Number = 4n + 1 where n  3
n=3 4(3) + 1 = 12 + 1 = 13
n=4 4(4) + 1 = 16 + 1 = 17
. . .
. . .
. . .
n = 24 4(24) + 1 = 96 + 1 = 97
 No’s are 13, 17, ..... 97
Total numbers = 22.

15. If (a + b)2 + (b + c)2 + (c + d)2 = 4(ab + bc + cd), then

(A) a + b or b + c or c + d must be zero
(B) Two of a, b, c, d are zero and other two non zero
(C) a = b = c = d
(D) None of these
Sol. (a + b)2 + (b + c)2 + (c + d)2 = 4(ab + bc + cd)
a2 + b2 + 2ab + b2 + c2 + 2bc + c2 + d2 + 2cd = 4ab + 4bc + 4cd
a2 + b2 – 2ab + b2 + c2 – 2bc + c2 + d2 – 2cd = 0
(a – b)2 + (b – c)2 + (c – d)2 = 0
 a–b=0a=b
b–c=0b=c
c–d=0c=d
a = b = c = d.

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 PART - B
16. A race horse eats (3a + 2b) bags of oats every week. The number of weeks in which it can eat (12a2 –
7ab – 10b2) bags of oats is _________

12a2  7ab  10b2 12a2  15ab  8ab  10b2

Sol. bags of oats = =
(3a  2b) (3a  2b)

3a(4a  5b)  2b( 4a  5b) (3a  2b)  ( 4a  5b)

= = =4a – 5b.
(3a  2b) (3a  2b)

17. Choose 4 digit a, b, c, d from {2, 0, 1, 6} and form the number (10a + b)10c+d. For example, if a = 2, b =
0, c = 1, d = 6, we will get 1016.For all such choices of a,b,c,d the number of distinct numbers that will
be formed is ___________
(1) 2016 = 232 × 516. (2) 2061 = 2122 ×561.
(3) 2106 = 36 × 76 (4) 2160 = 360 × 760
(5) 26 = 2 × 13 (6) 2610 = 210 × 1310
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(7) (02) (8) 261
(9) 126 = 162 (10) 621 = 221 × 321
(11) 612 = 212 × 312 (12) 1260 = 2120 × 360
(13) 126 = 46 × 36 (14) 1062
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(15) 10 (16) 1662 = 2248
(17) 1626 = 2104 (18) 6120
(19) 6102 (20) 6201
(21) 6210 (22) 6012
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(23) 60
Total 23 distinct numbers formed.

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18. A fraction F becomes when its denominator is increased by 4 sand becomes when its nmerator
2 3

is decreased by 5. Then F equals __________

x
Sol. Let F=
y

x 1
=  2x = y + 4 ........(1)
y4 2

x5 1
=  3x – 15 = y  3x – y = 15 .........(2)
y 3

by equation (1) and (2)

3x – (2x – 4) = 15
x + 4 = 15
x = 11
y = 18

11
F= .
18

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19. The average of 5 consecutive positive integers starting with m is n. Then the average of 5 consecutive
integers starting with n is (in termss of m) is __________
m  (m  1)  (m  2)  (m  3)  (m  4)
n= =m+2
5
n=m+2
Average of 5 consecutive integers starting with n = n + 2 = m + 4. Ans.

20. Two boys came to Mahadevan and asked his age. Mahadevan told, “Delete all the vowels and repeated
letters from my name. Find the numerical value of the remaining letters (for example, D has value 4, G
has 7 etc.) Add all of them. Find the number got by interchanging its digits. Add boath the numbers.
That is my age” One boy ran away. The other boy calculated corretly. The age of Mahadevan is
__________
Sol. MHDVN
13 + 8 + 4 + 22 + 14 = 61 + 16 = 77. Ans.

24  24 32  32 42  2
21. If A = ; B = ; C =
2 4  2 4 3 2  3 2 4 2  2

A C
the integral part of is _________
B

24  24 25
Sol. A= 4 4 = = 28
2 2 2 3

32  32 32  2
B= = = 34
3 2  3 2 3 2  2

42  2
C= = 44 = 28
4 2  2

AC 28  28 29 512
= 4 = 4 = . Ans.
B 3 3 81

22. A six-digit number is formed using the digit 1, 1,2,2,3,3. The number of 6-digit numbers in which the 1s
are seprated by one digit, 2s are are separated by two digits and 3s are separated by 3 digits is
(1) 3 1 2 1 3 2 (2) 2 3 1 2 1 3
Ans. 2.

23. In the addition shown below, P, I, U are digits. The value of U is _________
PI + PI + PI + PI = UP
Sol. P + P + P + P = UP
4 × P = UP.
P
4
UP
P = 0, 1 or 2
But P  1 and p  0
(2) if P = 2
23
4
92
4 = 9. Ans.

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24. There are four cows, eigth hen, a fish, a crow, a girl and a boy in a garden. Outside the garden there is
one dog, a peacock and some cats. The number of legs of all of them inside the garden is equal that
outside the garden. The number of cats is __________
Sol. Inside garden = 4C + 8H + 1F1 + 1 crow + 1 g + 1 boy
legs in garden = legs outside garden
16 + 16 + 0 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 4 + 2 + 4 × C
38 – 6 = 4C

32
C= = 8. Ans.
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25. Two sides of a triangle are 8 cm and 5 cm. The length of the third side in cms is also an integer. The
number of such triangles is __________
Sol. 3rd side < 8 + 5 8 – 5 > 3rd side
3 < S < 13
so 9 integral values are possible. Ans.
26. If a2 – a – 10 = 0, then (a + 1) (a + 2) (a – 4) is _______

Sol. (a + 1) (a + 2) (a – 4) a2 – a – 10 = 0

= (a + 1) (a2 – 2a – 8)  a2 – a = 10.
= (a + 1) [a2 – a – 10 – a + 2]
= (a + 1) (– a + 2)
= – a2 – a + 2a + 2
= – (a2 – a – 2)
= – (10 – 2) = – 8. Ans.

27. There are 5 points on the circumference of circle. The number of chords which can be drawn joining
them is __________
Number of chords 
(1) drawn from point A = 4
(2) drawn from point B = 3
(3) drawn from point C = 2
(4) drawn from point D = 1
–––––––––
10. Ans.

28. Each side of an equillateral triangle is 3 cm longer than side of a square. The total perimeter of the
square and the triangle is 51 cm. Then the side of the triangle in cms is ________
Let side of square = x cm
then side of triangle = (x + 3) cm
A.T.Q 4 × x + 3 (x + 3) = 51
4x + 3x + 9 = 51
 7x = 42  x = 6 cm
side of  = x + 3 = 9 cm. Ans.

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29. The largest three digit number that is a multiple of 3 and 5 is __________

So largest 3 digit number multiple of 3 and 5 is 990. Ans.

30. Consider the sequence 0, 6, 24, 60, 120 .......... The 6th term of this sequence is _________
Sol. 0, 6, 24, 60, 120 ...........
= 13 – 1, 23 – 2, 33 – 3, 43 – 4, 53 – 5............
6th term = 63 – 6 = 210. Ans.

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