39th HMT ENTRANCE EXAMINATION

PAPER-I EVERYDAY SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS

MATHEMATICS (25 Marks)

Q. 1 Fill in the blanks or tick (√) the correct answer. Answer all. Each question carries
One mark.

(a) Xm/n is equal to :

(i) Xm/Xn (ii) Xm x Xn (iii) n√Xm (iv) None

(b) The value of 163/4 is :

(i) 12 (ii) 4 (iii) 2 (iv) 8

(c) 450 are ……………. Radians.

(d) Sum and product of the roots of the quadratic equations ax2 + bx + c = 0
are …………. and …………..

(e) This slope of line 3x + y + 7 =0 is ……………….

(f) Two straight lines are parallel if and only if they have their slope
(i) Different (ii) Zero (iii) Same (iv) None

(g) Volume of a cone is given by the formula ………………

(h) Lateral surface area of a right circular cylinder is given by the

formula…...................

(i) If the diameter of the circle is equal to the side of a square then the ratio of
their areas is ……………………

(j) The radius of sphere is 4 cm then volume of the sphere is ………………

(k) Value of cos60 is:

(i) 1 (ii) √2 (iii) √½ (iv) ½

(l) Sin2 Ǿ + Cos2 Ǿ is equal to:

(i) 1 (ii) 2 (iii) ½ (iv) √ (3/2)

(m) Average are of 20 students in a class is 14 years. 5 students left the school
whose average age was 13 years. The new average age of the class is ……

(n) If (4)y+1 = 164 then value of y is:

(i) 4 (ii) 5 (iii) 2 (iv) None
 (o) (5.75)2 X (0.25)2 …………….

(p) 432 is divided into the ratio of 1/16 : 1/3 : 1/2, then the second part is
(i) 48 (ii) 144 (iii) 72 (iv) 216

(q) A man gets Rs.960 after the bank against his initial deposit of Rs.900.
Interest paid to him is Rs………………..

(r) The highest in the ratio 2:3, 3:4, 4:5, 5:6 is ……………

(s) A train 100 mtr long moving at a speed of 27 kmph will take ……………
sec to cross a bridge of the length 200 mtr.

(t) If in two triangles one pair of corresponding sides are proportional and the
included angles are equal then the two triangles are …………….

(u) The lengths of parallel sides of a parallelogram are a and b and its
perpendicular distance is h, then the area is ………………

(v) The marked price of an article is Rs.1280 and discount is 3.125% then the
selling price of the article is
(i) Rs.1200 (ii) Rs.1230 (iii) Rs.1240 (iv) None

(w) Length of a straight line joining two points A(x1, y1) and B(x2,y2)
is………………

(x) If a = 3 and b = 7, then the value of ab - ba is …….

(y) If tan Ǿ = cos Ǿ, then Ǿ = ……………….

PHYSICS (20 Marks)

Q. 3 Fill in the blanks or tick (√) the correct answer. Answer any TEN questions.
Each question carries TWO marks.

(a) ‘g’ acceleration due to gravity is …….at poles and …….. at equator.
(Minimum/Maximum)

(b) A particle is thrown upwards. When it attains the maximum height, its
kinetic energy will be ………… and potential energy will be …………
(Minimum/Maximum)

(c) Rate of doing work is called ………… and its unit is ………………
 (d) Every body in the universe attracts every other body with a force which
is…………….. proportional to the product of their masses and …………..
proportional to the square of the distance between them.
(Inversely/Directly)

(e) Time period of a simple pendulum is directly proportional to ……………

(f) The distance between two consecutive threads of a screw is called………..

(g) The process of collision of Hydrogen nuclei to form Helium is known

as………………

(h) A body is projected upwards with a velocity of 20 m/s. The maximum

height reached by the body will be ……………….. (Assume g = 10 m/s2).

(i) The surface area of hemisphere is given by the formula ………………..

(j) Sound travels slowest in :

(i) Solid (ii) Liquid (iii) Gas (iv) Solid and liquid both

(k) A car of mass 1200 kg takes a turn on a curved road of radius 180 m with
a speed of 6 m/s. Its centrifugal force will be
(i) 48 N (ii) 147 N (iii) 240 N (iv) 1440 N

(l) Log xm is
(i) m log x (ii) log x – log m (iii) log m /log x (iv) None

CHEMISTRY (5 Marks)

Q. 3 Fill in the blanks. Answer any FIVE. Each question carries ONE mark.

(a) Solute + ……………………….. = Solution

(b) Molecular weight of Sulfuric Acid is ………………..

(c) Bases turn ……………….litmus to …………………

(d) Diamond is the purest form of ………………….

(e) Cement is a manufactured from clay and ……………

(f) CO is a …………… gas.

(i) Useful (ii) Fire extinguisher (iii) Poisonous
 PART B

(50 MARKS)

MATHEMATICS (25 MARKS)

Answer any FIVE questions. Each question carries FIVE marks.

Q. 4 Show that √ [(1 + cos Ǿ) / (1- cos Ǿ)] = cosec Ǿ + cot Ǿ

Q. 5 Find the value of m in order that X4 - 2X3 + 3X2 –mX + 5 may be exactlydivisible
by X – 3.