Question Paper Stream- SA Part-1 Mathematics ‘Question Number: Suppose the quadratic polynomial P(x} = ax? + bx + ¢ has positive coefficients a, b,¢ in atithmetic progression in that order. If P(X) = 0 has integer roots @ and f. then @+ 8 +af equals Ao} B.S C7 D. 14 Question Number : 2 The number of digits in the decimal expansion of 16554° is A 16 B. It Cc. 1S D1 Question Number : 3 Let ¢ be real number such that t2'= at +b for some positive integers a and b, Then for any choice of positive integers @ and b, t? is never equal to Wr+3 -D. 6t+5 Al 443 B 8r+5 ‘Question Number : 4 Consider the equation (1 + a +b)? = 3(1 + a? + b?), where @,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 (a5) D. there is exactly one solution pair (a,b) Question Number : 8 Let dy, dy, (yoo D@ non-zero real numbers such thet Gy Fag t+ yo = 0. Then A. Ei8a, 2% > 0 and Lia, 2-4 <0 B. Lia, 2% = 0 and EHP a2 BO a 199, 24 = 0 and L290, 2-41 < 0 D. the sign of Za, 2% or L382 a, 27% depends on the choice of @,'s‘Question Number ; 6 Let ABCD be a trapezium. in which AB is parallel to CD. AB = LL. BC = 4. CD = 6 and DA = 3. The distance between AB and CD is A C B. 24 D. aot determinable with the data Wwe @ Question Number :7 The points A, B, C, D, E ave marked on the circumference of a cirele in clockwise diection such that 2ABC = 130°end ZCDE = 110°. The measure of 2ACE in degrees is A. 50° B. 60° ‘ c. 70° D. 80° Question Number : 8 Thue circles of radii 1. 2 and 3 units respectively touch each other extemally in the plane, The circumradins of the triangle formed by joining the centers of the circles is ALLS B.2 C25 DS Question Number : 9 Let P bea point inside a triangle ABC with 2ABC = 90°. Let P, and Py be the images of P under seflection in AB and BC respectively. The distance between the cireumeenters of triangles ABC and P,PP, is AB APYBP+CP A> Be ——. 2 3 , ac ABLBC+AC a> Bn ‘Question Number #10 Let @ and b be wo positive real numbers such that a+ 2b < 4, Let Ay and A, be. respectively. the areas of circles with radii ab? and b?. Then the maximum , Ais possible value of & is 1 x 1 1 a Jk => b+ A 16 B 4 16V2 22Question Number: 11 ‘There are two candles of same length and same size. Both of them burn at uniform rate. The first one bums in 5 hours and the second one burns in 3 hours. Both the candles ave lit together. After how niay minutes the length of the first candle is times that of the othe: A390 B. 120 C135 D, 150 (Question Number : 12 Consider a cuboid all of whose edges are integers and whose base is a square, Suppose the sum 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.S Cu D.36 ‘Question Number; 13 ‘ Let Ay, Az, Am be non-empty subsets of [1,2,3, ....100} satisfying the following conditions: (1) the mumbers [4y), [4a] | are distinet: 2) Ay, Ages Amare painwise disjoint. (Here [A] denotes the number of elements in the set A.) Then the maximum possible value of m is A.13 B.14 cis D.16 Question Number: 14 The number of all 2-digit numbers n,sueh that 1 is equal to the sum of the square of digit in its tens place and the eube of the digit in units place is AO Bl C2 D4 ‘Question Number : 15 Let f be a function defined on the set of all positive integers such that FY) = F(X) + 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 ¢.33 D.34