Question Paper Stream- SA Part-1 Mathematics Question Number: 1 Suppose the quadratic polynomial P(x) = ax? + by + ¢ has positive coefficients a,b,c in asithmetic progression in that order. If P(x) = 0 has integer roots @ and f. then @ +B +a equals B.S 7 D. 14 Question Number : 2 The number of digits in the decimal expansion of 1655!® is A. 16 B17 ©. 1s D. 19 Question Number : 3 Let t be real number such that ¢2'= at +b for some positive integers @ and b. Then for any choice of positive integers @ and b, ¢? is never equal to P es a A. 4t+3 B. 8 +5 C. 10r+3 9 -D. 6t4+5 Question Number : 4 Consider the equation (1 + a + b)? = 3(1 + a? +b). where a,b are real numbers. Then A. there is no solution pair (a,b) B, there are infinitely many solution pairs (a. b) C. there are exactly two solution pairs (@, 5) D. there is exactly one solution pair (a,b) Quest Let dy, @z,"*, yoo be nonzero real numbers stich that Ay +A, + + Ai99 Then > yO) a: 2% > O and Lia, 27% < 0 B. Yifa, 2% 2 0 and Lia, 2-1 20 co ao - F182, 2 = 0 and Y2%a, 2- D. the sign of LPP a, 2% or LAP a, 27" depends on the choice of a;'sLet ABCD be a wapezium., in which AB is parallelto CD, AB = 11. BC = 4. CD = 6 and DA = 3. The distance between AB and CD is B. 24 D. not determinable with the data Question Number :7 The points A, B, C, D, E are marked on the ci cumference of a circle in clockwise direction such that ZABC = 130°and ZCDE = 110°. The measure of 2ACE in degrees is A. 50° B. 60° ‘ e. 70° D. 80° Question Number : 8 Three circles of radii 1. 2 and 3 units respectively touch each other extemally in the plane, The cireumradins of the triangle formed by joining the centers of the circles is ALS D.3 Question Number : 9 Let P bea point inside a triangle ABC with ZABC = 90°, Let P, and P, be the images of P under reflection in AB and BC respectively. The distance between the cireumcenters of triangles ABC and P,PP, is APABPACP AGT Ba ABLEC+AC D. 2 Question Number : 10 Let @ and b be two positive real numbers such that a+ 2b <4, Let Ay and Az be, respectively. the areas of circles with radii a@b? and b?. Then the maxinnun ; AL possible value of 4 isQuestion Number : 11 There are two candles of same length and same size. Both of them bum at uniform rate. The first one bums in 5 hours and the second one bus in 3 hours. Both the candles are lit together. After how many minures the length of the first candle is 3 times that of the other? A,90 B. 120 C135 D, 140 Q jon Number : 12 Consider a cuboid all of whose edges are integers and whose base is a square. Suppose the stm of all its edges is numerically equal to the sum of the areas of all its six faces, Then the sum of all its edges is ALR B.18 C4 D.36 Question Number ; 13 Let Ay, Ags, Am be nonempty subsets of {1,2,3, ...100} satisfying the following conditions: (1) the numbers JA), [A2l,.., [Am are distinct 2) Ay, Ages Amare pairwise disjoint. (Here [A] denotes the number of elements in the set 4.) Then the maximum possible value of m is A.13 B14 cls D.16 Question Number : 14 The number of all 2-digit numbers n,such that 1 is equal to the sum of the square of digit in its tens place and the cube of the digit in units place is AO Bal D4 Question Number : 15 Let f bea function defined on the set of all positive integers such that LOY) = f(&) + FV) for all positive integers x,y. If f(12) = 24 and f(8) = 15. the value of f (48) is A.3l B. 32 C.33 D.34