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4th IMO - 2010
SECTION I : LOGICAL REASONING
1. If the positions of the fifth and twelfth letters of the word GLORIFICATIONS are interchanged, and
likewise the positions of the fourth and fourteenth letters, the third and tenth letters, the second
and eleventh letters and the first and the thirteenth letters are interchanged, which of the following
will be the twelfth letter from the right end?
(A) I (B) O (C) R (D) T
2. In a row of boys, Samrat is seventh from the left and Rohit is twelfth from the right. If they interchange
their positions, Samrat becomes twentysecond from the left. How many boys are there in the row?
(A) 19 (B) 31 (C) 33 (D) 38
3. If L stands for +, M stands for –, N stands for ×, P stands for ¸, then 14 N 10 L 42 P 2 M 8 = ?
(A) 153 (B) 216 (C) 248 (D) 251
4. Deepa moved a distance of 75 metres towards the north. She then turned to the left and walked
25 metres, again turned to the left and walk 80 metres and finally turned to the right at an angle
of 45°. In which direction was she moving finally?
(A) Northeast (B) Northwest (C) South (D) Southwest
5. What number should replace the question mark in the given figures ?
9 6 7
13 36 ?
2 5 9 18 8 15
(A) 41 (B) 32 (C) 45 (D) 48
6. There is a set of five figures marked P, Q, R, S and T called as problem figures. Select a figure among
the four options, which will continue the series established by the five problem figures.
Problem Figures
?
P Q R S T
(A) (B) (C) (D)
7. How many triangles are contained in the given figure?
(A) 18 (B) 12 (C) 16 (D) None of these
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8. Complete the given series : 23, 48, 99, 203, 413, ___
?__
(A) 927 (B) 837 (C) 937 (D) 437
9. Choose from the given options, the box that will be formed when figure X is folded.
+
Fig. (X)
(A) (B) (C) (D)
10. Sasha was facing east. She walked 20 metres. Turning left she moved 15 metres and then turning

right moved 25 metres. Finally, she turned right and moved 15 metres more. How far is she from
her starting point?
(A) 25 metres (B) 35 metres (C) 50 metres (D) 45 metres
11. Which one of the following Venn diagrams correctly illustrates the relationship among the classes:
Elephants, Wolves, Animals?
(A) (B) (C) (D)
12. Find the missing number in the given set of numbers.
25 17 38 18 89 16

6 8 ?
(A) 13 (B) 15 (C) 17 (D) 19
13. If the first and second letters in the word DEPRESSION were interchanged, also the third and the

fourth letters, the fifth and sixth letters and so on, which of the following would be the seventh letter
from the right?
(A) R (B) O (C) S (D) P
14. If eye is called hand, hand is called mouth, mouth is called ear, ear is called nose and nose is called
tongue, with which of the following would a person hear?
(A) Eye (B) Mouth (C) Nose (D) Ear
15. If P denotes ¸, Q denotes ×, R denotes + and S denotes –, then the value of 18 Q 12 P 4 R 5 S 6
is _____ .
(A) 36 (B) 53 (C) 59 (D) 65
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16. There is a set of four figures marked P, Q, R and S called as Problem figures. Select a figure from

the four alternatives which will continue the series established by the four problem figures.
Problem F igures
P Q R S
(A) (B) (C) (D)
17. Between two ends of a bookshelf in your study, five of your favourite puzzle books are displaced.
If you decide to arrange these five books in every possible combination and move just one book
every minute, how long would it take you to do so?
(A) One hour (B) Two hours (C) Three hours (D) Four hours
DIRECTION (18 19) : Read the information carefully given below and answer the following questions:
In a group of five boys P, Q, R, S and T, P and R are good in English and Maths, Q and R are good in English
and General Knowledge, T and S are good in Science and Drawing, Q and S are good in Drawing and
General Knowledge, while T is good in Drawing, Maths and Science.
18. Who is good in English, Drawing and General Knowledge ?
(A) P (B) Q (C) T (D) R
19. Who is good in English and Maths but weak in General Knowledge ?
(A) T (B) Q (C) P (D) S
20. If you count 21 letters in the English alphabet from the end and 20 letters from the beginning, which
letter will exactly appear in the middle of the sequence thus formed?
(A) N (B) L (C) K (D) M
SECTION II : MATHEMATICAL REASONING
21. Two alarm clocks ring their alarms at regular intervals of 50 seconds and 48 seconds respectively.
If they first beep together at 12 noon, at what time will they beep together again ?
(A) 12:20 p.m. (B) 12:12 p.m. (C) 12:11 p.m. (D) None of these
22. Solve for x and y :

2 3 17 5 1
+ = ; + = 2
3 x + 2y 3 x – 2y 5 3 x + 2y 3 x – 2 y
1 1
(A) x = 1, y = 3 (B) x = –2, y = 1 (C) x = 1, y = 1 (D) x = , y =
5 5
23. If tan A + cot A = 4, then tan 4 A + cot 4 A is equal to ______ .
(A) 196 (B) 194 (C) 192 (D) 190
24. For x 2 + 2x + 5 to be a factor of x 4 + px 2 + q, the value of p and q respectively must be ____.
(A) –2, 5 (B) 5, 25 (C) 10, 20 (D) 6, 25

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25. Match the column:
1. In DABC and DPQR , (a) AA similarity criterion

AB AC
= , Ð A = Ð P
PQ PR
2. In DABC and DPQR, (b) SAS similarity criterion
ÐA = ÐP, ÐB = ÐQ
Þ DABC ~ DPQR
3. In DABC and DPQR, (c) SSS similarity criterion
AB AC BC
= =
PQ PR QR
Þ DABC ~ DPQR
4. In DABC, DE || BC (d) BPT
AD AE
Þ =
BD CE
(A) 1 ® a, 2 ® b, 3 ® c, 4 ® d (B) 1 ® d, 2 ® a, 3 ® c, 4 ® b

(C) 1 ® b, 2 ® a, 3 ® c, 4 ® d (D) 1 ® c, 2 ® b, 3 ® d, 4 ® a
26. The mean and median of 100 items are 50 and 52 respectively. The value of the largest item is 100.
It was later found that it is 110 not 100. The true mean and median are _____.
(A) 50.10, 52 (B) 50, 52 (C) 50.20, 52 (D) None of these
27. If sec A + tan A = x, then tan A =

2 1 x 2 - 1 2 x
(A) (B) (C) (D)
x 2x 2 x x 2 - 1
28. Two friends were discussing their marks in an examination. While doing so they realized that both
the numbers had the same prime factors, although one got a score which had two more factors than
the other. If their marks are represented by one of the options given below, which of the following
options would correctly represent the number of marks they got?
(A) 30, 60 (B) 20, 80 (C) 40, 80 (D) 20, 60
29. If sinq and cosq are the roots of the equation ax 2 – bx + c = 0, then a, b, c satisfy the relation ____.

(A) b 2 – a 2 = 2ac (B) a 2 – b 2 = 2ac (C) a 2 + b 2 = c 2 (D) a 2 + b 2 = 2ac
30. Find the mode of the given data :

Classes Frequencies
10 - 15 30
15 - 20 45
20 - 25 75
25 - 30 35
30 - 35 25
35 - 40 15
Total 225
(A) 22.89 (B) 15.68 (C) 20.35 (D) 22.14

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31. In the given figure, AD = 3 cm, AE = 5 cm, BD = 4 cm, CE = 4 cm, A
CF = 2 cm, BF = 2.5 cm, then

D
(A) DE || BC
E
(B) DF || AC
(C) EF || AB
B C
(D) None of these F
32. The median of a given frequency distribution is found graphically with the help of ____.
(A) Histogram (B) Ogive (C) Bar Graph (D) None of these
33. The value of q will be _____ , if sin 2q = 1 – cos 2q.

(A) 45° (B) 30° (C) 60° (D) All of these
34. Match the column :

(1) 2x + 3y = 40 (a) Coincident lines
6x + 5y = 10
(2) 2x + 3y = 40 (b) Intersecting lines
6x + 9y = 50
(3) 2x + 3y = 10 (c) Parallel lines
4x + 6y = 20
(A) 1 ® a, 2 ® b, 3 ® c (B) 1 ® b, 2 ® a, 3 ® c (C) 1 ® b, 2 ® c, 3 ® a (D) 1 ® c, 2 ® a, 3 ® b
35. The HCF and LCM of two numbers are 33 and 264 respectively. When the first number is divided
by 2 the quotient is 33. The other number is _____.
(A) 66 (B) 130 (C) 132 (D) 196
36. Find the missing frequencies in the given frequency distribution if it is given that the mean is 1.46.
Variables 0 1 2 3 4 5 Total
Frequency 46 ? ? 25 10 5 200
(A) 76, 36 (B) 37, 38 (C) 76, 38 (D) 70, 38
37. If one zero of the polynomial 5z 2 + 13z – p is reciprocal of the other, then p is ____
(A) 4 (B) –5 (C) 1 (D) –8
38. In the given figure, ABC is a triangle and GHED is a rectangle. BC = 12 cm, HE = 6 cm, FC = BF
and altitude AF is 24 cm. The area of the rectangle is _____.
A
2
(A) 56 cm
(B) 54 cm 2
D E
2
(C) 60 cm
B G F H C
(D) 72 cm 2
39. Evaluate : cos 2 20° + cos 2 70° + sin 48° sec 42° + cos 40° cosec 50°.

(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 0

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40. There are two positive numbers such that sum of twice the first and thrice the second is 39, while
the sum of thrice the first and twice the second is 36. The larger of the two is _____.
(A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 10
SECTION III : EVERYDAY MATHEMATICS
41. P can do a piece of work in 10 days. Q can do it in 24 days. If R also works with them then it takes
only 6 days to complete the whole work. In how many days R alone can complete the whole work?
(A) 25 (B) 40 (C) 50 (D) 75
42. 1854 seats in a theatre form a perfect square except for five seats at the back. The number of seats
in each row is _____.
(A) 42 (B) 43 (C) 47 (D) 48
43. The average weight of Meenu, Binu and Dia is 45 kg. If the average weight of Meenu and Binu is
40 kg and the average weight of Binu and Dia is 43 kg, then the weight of Binu is _____.
(A) 17 kg (B) 20 kg (C) 26 kg (D) 31 kg
44. A boat goes 40 km upstream in 8 hours and 36 km downstream in 6 hours. The speed of the boat

in standing water is _____.
(A) 6.5 km/hr (B) 6 km/hr (C) 5.5 km/hr (D) 5 km/hr
45. If 20 typists can type 480 pages in 6 hours, how many pages will be typed by 25 typists in 4 hours?
(A) 256 (B) 576 (C) 900 (D) 400
46. A dealer buys 200 quintals of wheat at ` 1200 per quintal. He spends ` 10,000 on transportation and
storage. Then he sells the wheat at ` 13 per kg. His profit percentage is _____.
(A) 4% (B) 5% (C) 6% (D) 7%
47. A student who secures 20% marks in an examination fails by 30 marks. Another student who secures
32% marks gets 42 marks more than those required to pass. The percentage of marks required to
pass is ______.
(A) 20% (B) 25% (C) 28% (D) 30%
48. A sum is being lent at 20% p.a. compound interest. What is the ratio of increase in amount of 4 th
year to 5 th year?
(A) 4 : 5 (B) 5 : 4 (C) 5 : 6 (D) Can't be determined
49. Pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 10 hours and 15 hours respectively. When a third pipe C which
works as an outlet pipe is also open then the cistern can be filled in 18 hours. The outlet pipe can
empty a full cistern in _____.
(A) 12 hours (B) 8 hours (C) 9 hours (D) 14 hours
50. By selling 8 bananas, a fruit seller gains the selling price of 1 banana. His gain per cent is ____.
2 1 2
(A) 12% (B) 14 % (C) 14 % (D) 16 %
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Section I : Logical Reasoning

1. Using first, third, sixth and seventh digits of the number 9 3 4 2 6 1 8 5, one time each, how many
numbers of two digits are possible which are perfect squares of a number. What is that number? If
two such numbers are possible then answer 11, if no such number is possible then answer zero.
(A) 0 (B) 7 (C) 9 (D) 11
2. If 323 × 41 = 14323; 137 × 72 = 27731 and 48 × 87 = 7884, then 34 × 75 = ?

(A) 5743 (B) 7534 (C) 2550 (D) 4357
3. There is a matrix followed by four answer figures. In the matrix there are
eight designs and one space is left blank as shown by a question mark.
Find which answer figures will replace the question mark.
(A) (B)
?
(C) (D)
4. If the expressions ‘E < J ≤ H > Z’, ‘H ≤ Y’ and ‘E > F’ are true, which of the following conclusions
will be definitely false ?
(A) F < Y (B) Y > E (C) F < H (D) All are true
5. Six people A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting on the ground in a hexagonal shape. All the sides of
the hexagon so formed are of same length. A is not adjacent to B or C; D is not adjacent to
C or E; B and C are adjacent; F is in the middle of D and C.
Which of the following is not a correct neighbour pair?
(A) A and F (B) D and F (C) B and E (D) C and F
6. In a shop, there were 4 dolls of different heights A, B, C and D. D is neither as tall as A nor as
short as C. B is shorter than D but taller than C. If Mani wants to purchase the tallest doll, which
one should she purchase ?
(A) Only A (B) Only D (C) Either A or D (D) Either B or D
7. Find the missing number in the adjoining figure.

T S
W 3 15 D
10 ?
J P
T G
(A) 5 (B) 9 (C) 11 (D) 13
8. Select a figure from amongst the four alternatives, which when placed in the blank space of the
given figure would complete the pattern.
(A) (B) (C) (D)

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9. In a row of 40 boys, Satish was shifted 10 places to the right of Rohan and Kewal was shifted 10
places to the left of Vilas. If Vilas was twenty-sixth from the left and there were three boys between
Kewal and Satish after shifting, what was the position of Rohan in the row ?
(A) 10th from the right end (B) 10th from the left end
(C) 39 from the right end
th
(D) Data inadequate
10. ‘+’ stands for division, ‘÷’ stands for multiplication, ‘×’ stands for subtraction and ‘–’ stands for
addition. Which one of the following equations is correct ?
(A) 18 ÷ 6 – 7 + 5 × 2 = 20 (B) 18 + 6 ÷ 7 × 5 – 2 = 18
(C) 18 × 6 + 7 ÷ 5 – 2 = 16 (D) 18 ÷ 6 × 7 + 5 – 2 = 22
11. At a farm, there are hens, cows, bullocks and keepers to look after them. There are 69 heads less
than legs. The number of cows is double than that of the bullocks but the number of cows and
hens is the same. There is one keeper per 10 birds and cattle. The total number of hens plus cows
and bullocks and their keepers does not exceed 50. How many cows are there ?
(A) 10 (B) 14 (C) 16 (D) 12
12. All the faces of a cube are painted with blue colour. Then it is cut into 125 small equal cubes.
How many small cubes will be formed having no face coloured ?
(A) 27 (B) 8 (C) 16 (D) 24
13. In a certain code language, ‘123’ means ‘bright little boy’, ‘145’ means ‘tall big boy’ and ‘637’ means
‘beautiful little flower’. Which digit in that language means ‘bright’ ?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
14. Which letter will be sixth to the left of the nineteenth letter from the right end of the English
alphabet series ?
(A) M (B) N (C) X (D) None of these
15. If animals that live on land and the animals that live in water are represented by two big circles
and animals that live both in water and on land are represented by a small circle, the combination
of these three can be best represented as _____.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
16. Find the figure from the options which will continue the series established by the problem
figures.
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
17. Rohit walked 25 m towards south. Then he turned to his left and walked 20 m. He then turned to
his left and walked 25 m. He again turned right and walked 15 m. At what distance is he from the
starting point and in which direction ?
(A) 35 m East (B) 35 m North (C) 40 m East (D) 60 m East

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18. The adjoining diagram represents those students who play cricket, football and kabaddi. Study the
diagram and identify the students who play all the three games.
Kabaddi
A B C
D E F
Football G
Cricket
(A) A + B + C (B) G + E (C) D + E + G (D) D
19. In the adjoining figure, find out how the figure will look like after rotation.

(A) (B) (C) (D)
20. In the adjoining figure, count the number of triangles and squares.
(A) 23 triangles, 7 squares
(B) 18 triangles, 8 squares
(C) 20 triangles, 8 squares
(D) None of these
Section II : Mathematical reasoning
21. A set of numbers consists of four 5’s, six 7’s, ten 9’s, eleven 12’s, three 13’s, two 14’s. The
approximate difference between mean and median of this set of numbers is _____.
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 5 (D) 4
22. In the given figure, ABCD and AEFG are squares. Then in DAGE and DADC which of the following
holds ?
E
A B
F
G
D C
GF AC
(A) = (B) CF = AF (C) AF = AC (D) None of these
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23. An equilateral triangle is inscribed in a circle of circumference equal to perimeter of a square with
side 22 cm. Find its side.
(A) 7 3 cm (B) 14 cm (C) 14 3 cm (D) 17 cm
24. L.C.M. of two prime numbers x and y (x > y) is 161. The value of 3y – x is _____.
(A) – 2 (B) – 1 (C) 1 (D) 2
25. If a quadratic polynomial of the form x2 + ax + b has no linear term and the constant term is
negative, then _____.
(A) One of the zeroes is reciprocal of the other. (B) One of the zeroes is negative of the other.
(C) One of the zeroes is twice of the other. (D) One of the zeroes is half of the other.
26. Find the values of x and y in the given rectangle if its length is cube root of 2197 and width is
one less than the fourth multiple of first prime number. x + 3y
(A) 6, 1
3x + y
(B) 3, 2
(C) 4, 1
(D) 13, 7
27. If l is the last term, d is the common difference and ‘s’ is the sum of n terms of an A.P. be connected
by the equation 8ds = (d + 2l)2, then d = _____.
(A) a (B) 2a (C) 3a (D) –a
28. A bridge across a river makes an angle of 30° with the river bank (Fig. given). If the length of the
bridge across the river is sum of the arithmetic progression 5, 10, 15, ....., 55, what is the width
of the river ?
(A) 160 m (B) 150 m (C) 165 m (D) 155 m
29. If (2, –2), (–2, 1) and (5, 2) are vertices of a right angled triangle, then the area of the triangle is
_____.
(A) 12.5 sq. units (B) 22.5 sq. units (C) 12 sq. units (D) 20 sq. units
30. A number is chosen at random among the first 120 natural numbers. The probability of the number
chosen being a multiple of 5 is _____.
(A) 1/5 (B) 1/6 (C) 1/7 (D) 1/9
31. If area of a parallelogram with sides ‘l’ and ‘b’ is ‘A’ and that of a rectangle with sides ‘l’ and ‘b’
is ‘B’, then _____.
(A) A < B (B) A = B (C) A > B (D) None of these
32. If the roots of a quadratic equation are  , −  , then the equation is _____.
p q
q p
(A) qx2 – (q2 + p 2)x – pq = 0 (B) pqx2 – (p 2 – q2)x – pq = 0
(C) px2 – (p 2 + 1)x + p = 0 (D) p 2x2 – (p 2 – q2)x – pq = 0

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33. If x = 7 − 5 , y = 5 − 3 , z = 3 − 7 , then find the value of x3 + y3 + z3 – 2xyz.

(A) − 4 5 − 12 3 + 7 (B) − 4 5 + 2 3 + 2 7 (C) 4 5 + 12 3 + 2 7 (D) 4 5 − 12 3 + 7
34. A hemispherical container with radius 6 cm contains 325 ml of milk. Calculate the volume of milk
that is needed to fill the container completely. (p = 3.142)
(A) 117.45 ml (B) 107.40 ml (C) 127.45 ml (D) 127 ml
35. Without using trigonometric tables, evaluate the following :

cos2 20° + cos2 70°
+ 2 cosec2 58° – 2 cot 58° tan 32° – 4 tan 13° tan 37° tan 45° tan 53° tan 77°
sec2 50° − cot 2 40°
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) – 1 (D) – 2
36. If x, y and z are real numbers such that x + y + z = 5 and xy + yz + zx = 3, what is the largest
value that x can have ?
5 13
(A) (B) 19 (C) (D) None of these
3 3
37. If 3 + 5 + 7 + ..... + n terms 2

= Volume of cylinder with diameter 7 units and height units , then the
5 + 8 + 11 + ..... + 10 terms 11
value of n is _____.
(A) 35 (B) 36 (C) 37 (D) 40
38. A bag contains tickets marked with numbers 179, 180, 172, 127, 155, 115, 143, 122, 175, 222, 232,
162, 112, 132, 192, 182, 174, 132, 32, 131. A ticket is drawn at random. Find the probability that
the ticket drawn has an even digit at ten’s place.
(A) 7/19 (B) 3/20 (C) 7/20 (D) 6/19
39. Point A is on x-axis, point B is on y-axis and the point P lies on line segment AB, such that
P= ( )
(2n + 1)2 − (2n − 1)2 , 3 50n + 5 n ; where n = 2 and AP : PB = 5 : 3. Find the coordinates of
points A and B.
 32 
(B) ( 3, 0 ),  0,
32 
(D)  , 0  , ( 0, 3 )
32
(A)  , 0  ,( 0, 8 ) (C) (4, 0), (0, 3)
3  3  3 
40. In the right triangle shown here, AB + AD = BC + CD, if AB = x, BC = h and CD = d, then x is

equal to _____.
A
C D
hd 1
(A) (B) d – h (C) h + d (D) h
2h + d 2
Section III : Everyday Mathematics
41. A girl calculates that the probability of her winning the first prize in a lottery is 0.08. If 6000 tickets
are sold, how many tickets has she bought ?
(A) 40 (B) 240 (C) 480 (D) 750

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42. Raghav buys a watch for ` 1,20,000. He pays half of the amount in cash and agrees to pay the
balance in 12 annual instalments of ` 5000 each. If the rate of interest is 12% and he pays with
the instalment the interest due on the unpaid amount, find the total cost of the watch.
(A) 1,27,750 (B) 1,27,000 (C) 1,28,000 (D) None of these
43. A, B and C start at the same time in the same direction to run around a circular stadium. A
completes a round in 252 seconds, B in 308 seconds and C in 198 seconds, all starting at the
same point. After what time will they meet again at the starting point ?
(A) 26 minutes 18 seconds (B) 42 minutes 36 seconds
(C) 45 minutes (D) 46 minutes 12 seconds
44. Assume that a mango and its seed, both are spherical. The radius of the seed is 2/5 of the thickness
of the pulp. The seed lies exactly at the centre of the fruit. What per cent of the total volume of
the mango is its pulp ?
(A) 90% (B) 92% (C) 97.66% (D) 93%
45. One fourth of a herd of cows is in the forest. Twice the square root of the herd has gone
to mountains, and of the remaining, 15 are on the bank of a river. The total number of cows
is ____.
(A) 6 (B) 100 (C) 63 (D) 36
46. Vidushi and Sanya distributed ` 100 each in charity. Vidushi distributes money to 5 more people
than Sanya and Sanya gives ` 1 more than Vidushi to each person. How many people are recipients
of the charity ?
47. Rahman bought 30 stamps consisting of 20 paise and 30 paise stamps. Given that the stamps cost
` 7.80 altogether, how many 20 paise stamps did he buy ?
(A) 12 (B) 14 (C) 16 (D) 18
3 2
48. To win an election, a candidate needs of the votes cast. If, after of the votes have been
4 3
5
counted, a candidate has of what he needs, then what part of the remaining ratio does he still
6
need ?
1 1 1 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
10 8 4 8
49. Raju has 64 small cubes of 1 cm3. He wants to arrange all of them in a cuboidal shape, such that
the surface area will be minimum. What is the diagonal of this larger cuboid ?
(A) 4 3 cm (B) 2 3 cm (C) 4 cm (D) 2 cm
50. The Gurgaon office of Microsoft has 1500 executives. Of these 900 subscribe to the Hindustan
Times and 750 subscribe to The Hindu. 150 subscribe to both Hindustan Times and The Hindu.
If an executive is picked at random, what is the probability that he has subscribed to Hindustan
Times?
2 3 4 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 5 5 5

Class 10
6th
SET A
Year 2012

2 6th IMO - SET A
1. Some of the letters are missing which are given in that order as one of the options below it.
Choose the correct option.
a __ n __ b __ __ ncb __ __ ncb
(A) abbbcc (B) abcbcb (C) abcaba (D) bcabab
2. Two ladies and two men are playing bridge a card game and seated at North, East, South and West
of a table. No lady is facing East. Persons sitting opposite to each other are not of the same sex.
One man is facing South. Which directions are the two ladies facing?
(A) East and West (B) South and East (C) North and West (D) North and East
3. If 'sand' is called 'air', 'air' is called 'plateau', 'plateau' is called 'well', 'well' is called 'island' and
'island' is called 'sky', then from where will a woman draw water?
(A) Well (B) Island (C) Sky (D) Air
4. K is brother of N and X, Y is the mother of N, and Z is the father of K. Which of the following
statements is not definitely true ?
(A) K is the son of Z (B) Y is the wife of Z (C) X is the son of Y (D) Z is the father of X
5. Read the following information carefully and answer the question given below.
(i) There are five types of cards viz. A, B, C, D and E. There are three cards of each type. These
are to be inserted in envelopes of three colours - Red, Yellow and Brown. There are five
envelopes of each colour.
(ii) B, D and E type cards are inserted in red envelopes. A, B and C type cards are to be inserted
in yellow envelopes and C, D and E type cards are to be inserted in brown envelopes.
(iii) Two cards each of B and D type are inserted in red envelopes.
Which of the following combinations of colour of the envelope and the number of cards is definitely
correct in respect of E - type cards?
(A) Red-1, Yellow- 2 (B) Yellow -1, Brown-2 (C) Red - 1, Brown-2 (D) None of these
6. The given question is based on the symbols/numeric/alphabets as given below:

A & f t Y↑ P Q n * M ≠ r @ Z & C £ ? 8 7 R u V B e
If the first half of the above series is written in the reverse order, then which letter/symbol will be
7 th letter from the left of 15th letter from right end.
(A) M (B) n (C) f (D) Q
7. If means '×', D means '+', means '+', means '–', means '=', means 'more' and means
'less', then which one of the options is incorrect?
(A) 10 3 7 4D2 5 5 (B) 10 3 15 D 3 5 7 9 2
(C) 10 7 5 9D3 4 2 8 2 (D) 10 4 8D4 7 8 2 5
8. At an office where an interview was conducted to select persons for clerical posts, they came to
know that out of 20 persons, 12 knew only typing and 5 knew only shorthand and the rest knew
both typing and shorthand. Which of the following diagrams represents this fact?
(A) (B) (C) (D)

6th IMO - SET A 3
9. Find the missing number from amongst the given options at the 4 5 3 2 0
place of sign of interrogation (?). 7 3 4 4 21
(A) 34 (B) 42 6 4 4 5 22
(C) 44 9
(D) 45 6 5 5 ?
10. A college starts from 10 a.m. and continues till 1.30 p.m. In this duration there are 5 periods. If 5
minutes are provided before each period to leave the room and enter the other, then what is the
duration of each period?
(A) 41 mins (B) 38 mins (C) 40 mins (D) 42 mins
11. If in each of the following groups of numbers, last two digits are interchanged and after that they
are arranged in descending order, then what will be the first digit of the middle group?
257, 491, 623, 846, 738
(A) 7 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 6
12. In a certain code language,

(i) 'pit na som' means 'bring me water'; (ii) 'na jo tod' means 'water is life';
(iii) 'tub od pit' means 'give me toy'; (iv) 'jo lin kot' means 'life and death';
Which of the following represents 'is' in that language ?
(A) jo (B) na (C) tod (D) lin
13. How many triangles are there in the figure below?
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 10
14. The question consists of a set of three figures X, Y and Z showing a sequence of folding of a
piece of paper. Fig. (Z) shows the manner in which the folded paper has been cut. These three
figures are followed by options from which you have to choose a figure which would most closely
resemble the unfolded form of fig. (Z).
X Y Z
(A) (B) (C) (D)
15. Which of the following options does not have the same relationship between them as is there between
DH : EG ?
(A) VZ : XY (B) LP : MO (C) BG : CF (D) QT : RS
16. Find the missing term. F I

(A) 10 D M
(B) 13
4 ?
(C) 12
6 9
(D) 14

4 6th IMO - SET A
17. Select a figure from the options which satisfies the same conditions of placement of the dots as
in figure (X) ?
(A) (B) (C) (D)
18. On a peculiar clock shown here, the hands move in an unusual way. Discover the system as
revealed from the five positions, (i to v) shown below, and find the next position to be formed in
fig (vi) from the options given below.
1 1
10 10
9 3 3 9 3 ?
5 7 6 8
6 6
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi)
2 10 10 12
10
(A) 9 (B) 3 (C) 9 3 (D)
9
6 6
19. Machine 'A' produces 60% cloth and remaining is produced on machine 'B'. 25% of each machine's
production is defective. Choose the diagram that best represents the situation. The shaded portion
depicts defective cloth.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
20. Select a figure from the options, which is not embedded in the given figure (X).
(A) (B) (C) (D)


3/2
x y z  a 2 x 2 + b2 y 2 + c 2 z 2 
21. If = = , then   = _______ .
a b c 3 3 3
 a x + b y + c z 
xyz xyz xyz ( xyz )2

(A) (B) (C) (D)
abc abc (abc )2 abc

6th IMO - SET A 5
22. A sports club has 130 members. An increase of 10% in the number of men and 20% in the number
of women brought up the membership to 148. How many men and women were there originally?
(A) 90 men, 40 women (B) 80 men, 50 women (C) 60 men, 70 women (D) 50 men, 80 women
23. Radhika draws the figure of an aeroplane as given in the figure. Here the
wings ABCD and GHIF forms a parallelogram. The tail DEF is an isosceles
triangle, the cockpit CKI is a semi-circle and middle-part DCIF is a square.
The measurements (in cms) are given in the figure. The area of the plane
figure if BP ^ CD and HQ ^ FI is _____.
(A) 97.24 cm2 (B) 98.14 cm2

(C) 96.82 cm2 (D) 90 cm2
24. The average of five consecutive natural numbers is m. If the next three natural numbers are also
included, how much more than m will the average of these 8 numbers be ?
(A) 1 (B) 1.4 (C) 1.5 (D) 2
25. How many sides does a regular polygon have, whose interior angle is eight times its exterior
angle ?
(A) 16 (B) 24 (C) 18 (D) 20
26. In the given figure, BD is the diameter of the circle with centre O,
∠COD = 92° and ∠ABD = 65°. Then y equals ______.
(A) 65°
(B) 46°
(C) 44°
(D) 21°
27. The incomes of A, B and C are in the ratio 7 : 9 : 12 and their spendings are in the ratio
8 : 9 : 15. If A saves (1/4)th of his income, then the savings of A, B and C are in the ratio _____.
(A) 56 : 99 : 69 (B) 69 : 56 : 99 (C) 99 : 56 : 69 (D) 99 : 69 : 56
28. The given pie chart shows the hourly distribution of all the major activities of a student.
Find the difference between the time (in percent) the students
spends in games and sleeping. Also, what is the difference
in time (in hours) spent in school and in homework.
(A) 30%, 2 hrs
(B) 40%, 3 hrs
(C) 25%, 4 hrs
(D) None of these
29. A conical vessel of radius 6 cm and height 8 cm is filled with

water. A sphere is lowered into the water and its size is such
that when it touches the sides of the conical vessel, it is just
immersed. How much water will remain in the cone after the
overflow ?
(A) 188.57 cm3 (B) 160 cm3
(C) 181.30 cm3 (D) 175.46 cm3

6 6th IMO - SET A
30. A circle of radius 'r' has been inscribed in a triangle of area A. If the semi-perimeter of the triangle
be S, then ____.
S A A2
(A) S = Ar (B) r 2 = (C) r = (D) r =
A S S
31. A group of girls planned a picnic. The budget for food was ` 2400. Due to illness, 10 girls could
not go to the picnic and cost of food for each girl increased by ` 8. How many girls had planned
the picnic?
(A) 60 (B) 50 (C) 65 (D) 57
32. There are two examination rooms A and B. If 10 candidates are sent from A to B, the number of
students in each room is the same. If 20 candidates are sent from B to A, the number of students
in A is double the number of students in B. Find the number of students in each room.
(A) A = 60, B = 40 (B) A = 110, B = 60 (C) A = 95, B = 70 (D) A = 100, B = 80
33. A number x is selected from the numbers 1, 2 & 3 and then a second number y is randomly selected
from the numbers 1, 4 & 9. What is the probability that the product xy of the two numbers will be
less than 9?
5 9 2 7
(A) (B) (C) (D)
9 10 9 10
34. The given diagram represents some beams which supports part of a roof. E
If AC = 8 metres, ∠BAC = 60°, ∠ACD = 30°, ∠ADC = 90° and ∠CAE = 90°, then
the length of the beam AD is ______. A D
(A) 5 cm 60°
(B) 8 cm 8
30°
(C) 4 cm
(D) 12 cm B C
35. The sum of n terms of the three arithmetical progressions are S1, S2 and S3. The first term of each
is unity and the common differences are 1, 2 and 3 respectively, then _____.
(A) S1 + S 3 = 2S 2 (B) S1 – S 3 = S 2 (C) S1 + S 2 = S 3 (D) S1 + S 3 = S 2
36. Three men, four women and six children can complete a work in seven days. A woman does double
the work a man does and a child does half the work a man does. How many women alone can
complete the work in 7 days ?
(A) 14 (B) 8 (C) 7 (D) 12
37. In the adjoining figure, M is the midpoint of BC and AE is half

of BE, then AD is _____.
(A) 12.44 cm
(B) 17.36 cm
(C) 16.27 cm
(D) 15.65 cm
7 5
38. If 47.2506 = 4 A + + 2C + + 6E, then the value of 5A + 3B + 6C + D + 3E is ______.
B D
(A) 53.6003 (B) 53.603 (C) 153.6003 (D) 213.0003
39. Kruti took a loan at simple interest at 6 % in the first year with an increase of 0.5 % in each
subsequent year. She paid ` 3375 as interest after 4 years. How much loan did she take?
(A) ` 12500 (B) ` 15800 (C) ` 33250 (D) ` 30000

6th IMO - SET A 7
40. What is more favourable for a buyer - discount series P of 20%, 15% and 10% or a discount series
Q of 25%, 12% and 8% ?
(A) P (B) Q (C) Both (P) and (Q) (D) None of these

41. Garima purchased a briefcase with an additional 10% discount on the reduced price after deducting
20% on the labelled price. If the labelled price was ` 1400, at what price did she purchase the
briefcase?
(A) ` 980 (B) ` 1008 (C) ` 1056 (D) ` 1120
42. A plot of land in the form of a rectangle has a dimension 240 m × 180 m. A drainlet 10 m wide is
dug all around it (on the outside) and the earth dug out is evenly spread over the plot, increasing
its surface level by 25 cm. The depth of the drainlet is _______.
(A) 1.375 m (B) 1.5 m (C) 1.227 m (D) None of these
43. There are three pipes fitted in a tank. First two pipes when operated simultaneously, fill the tank
in the same time as filled by the third pipe alone. The second pipe fills the tank 7 hours faster
than the first pipe and 3 hours slower than the third pipe. The approximate time required by each
pipe to fill the tank simultaneously is _____.
1 1 1
(A) 12 hrs, 7 hrs, 3 hrs (B) 15 hrs, 8 hrs, 5 hrs
2 2 2
(C) 15 hrs, 10 hrs, 6 hrs (D) 35 hrs, 30 hrs, 26 hrs
44. Two customers are visiting a particular shop in the same week (Monday to Saturday). Each is
equally likely to visit the shop on any one day as one another. Find the probability that both will
visit the shop on (i) the same day, (ii) consecutive days.
1 3 1 5 1 5 1 3
(A) , (B) , (C) , (D) ,
6 18 5 18 6 18 5 18
45. A cake of 6 cm radius is divided into 3 sectors with central angles 120°, 150° and 90° respectively.
The ratio of the areas of the three sectors is ____.
(A) 4 : 3 : 5 (B) 5 : 3 : 4 (C) 3 : 4 : 5 (D) 4 : 5 : 3
46. A, B and C starts cycling around a circular path in the same direction at same time. The
circumference of the path is 2400 m. If the speed of A is 300 m/min, speed of B is 480 m/min and C is
150 m/min and they start from the same point, then after what time interval they will be together
at the starting point ?
2 1 1 2
(A) 1 hrs (B) 1 hrs (C) 3 hrs (D) 3 hrs
3 3 3 3
47. A trader marks his goods at 20% above the cost price. He sold half the stock at the marked price,
one quarter at a discount of 20% on the marked price and the rest at a discount of 40% on the
marked price. His total gain is ______.
(A) 2 % (B) 4.5 % (C) 13.5 % (D) 15 %
48. Mohit went from Delhi to Shimla via Chandigarh by car. The distance from Delhi to Chandigarh is
3/4 times the distance from Chandigarh to Shimla. The average speed from Delhi to Chandigarh
was one and a half times that from Chandigarh to Shimla. If the average speed for the entire
journey was 49 km/hr, what was the average speed from Chandigarh to Shimla ?
(A) 39.2 km/hr (B) 63 km/hr (C) 42 km/hr (D) 35 km/hr

8 6th IMO - SET A
49. In a Printing House, machine P can print one lakh books in 8 hours, machine Q can print the same
number of books in 10 hours while machine R can print them in 12 hours. All the machines are started at
9 a.m. While machine P is closed at 11 a.m. and the remaining two machines complete the work.
Approximately at what time will the work be finished ?
(A) 11 : 30 a.m. (B) 12 noon (C) 12 : 30 p.m. (D) 1 p.m.
50. A railway half ticket costs half the full fare. But, the reservation charges are the same on the half
ticket as on the full ticket. One reserved first class full ticket from Mumbai to Ahmedabad costs
` 216 while one full and one half reserved ticket costs ` 327. What is the value of the first class
full ticket and what is the reservation charge respectively?
(A) ` 3, ` 210 (B) ` 210, ` 210 (C) ` 6, ` 220 (D) ` 210, ` 6
SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK

Class 10
6th
SET B
Year 2012

2 6th IMO - SET B
1. Find the water image of the given combination.

DL2CA34
L2 A 4 L 2 A 4 L A 42 2L A4
(A) D C 3 (B) D C 3 (C) D C 3 (D) D C 3
2. The different positions of a dice has been shown. What digit will be opposite to digit 4?
(A) 6 (B) 1 (C) 5 (D) 2
3. Find out the figure from amongst the options which can be formed from the pieces given in
Fig. (X).
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4. Find out the wrong term in the given number series.

1236, 2346, 3456, 4566, 5686
(A) 1236 (B) 3456 (C) 4566 (D) 5686
5. Read the following letter-number sequence carefully and answer the question.
J K P D F G H 6 9 2 8 Q E M 7 4 3 Z Y B T 5 4 2 3
If all the odd numbers are dropped from the above sequence, which of the following element would
be seventh to the right of twelfth element from the right end?
(A) B (B) Z (C) Y (D) 4
6. Mohit walks 6 km to the east and then turns to the south and walks 5 km. Again he turns to the
east and walks 6 km. Next, he turns northwards and walks 10 km. How far is he now from his
starting point?
(A) 5 km (B) 12 km (C) 13 km (D) 17 km
7. Eight friends P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting around a circle facing the centre. V is third to
the right of Q and is second to the left of R. Q is second to the left of T and on the immediate
right of S. U is between Q and T. P is not on the left of R.
Which of the following is the correct position of W?
(A) On the immediate left of V (B) On the immediate right of V
(C) Between U and V (D) On the immediate right of R
8. Pointing to a photograph a woman says : "He is the only son of the wife of my husband's father".
How is the man related to the woman?
(A) Son (B) Son-in-law (C) Brother-in-law (D) Husband

6th IMO - SET B 3
9. Which of the following option figures will continue the same series as established by the Problem
Figures?
+ + + + + +
(A) + (B) (C) + (D) +
+ + +
10. Find the mirror image of Fig. (X) from amongst options, if the mirror is placed to the right of
Fig. (X).
(A) (B) (C) (D)
11. In a certain code language 'you require more concentration' is written as 'tig seeg loog roog'; 'stress
require for arithmetic' is written as 'miya lota loog kota'; 'non-verbal is more easy' is written as
'seeg yoog beeg laa' and 'stress more on non-verbal' is written as 'seeg mota yoog miya'. Then
what is the code for 'require'?
(A) yoog (B) loog (C) miya (D) seeg
12. Following question is based on the 5 three-digit numbers given below:

517 394 823 976 465
If the position of the first and the second digits in each of the above numbers are interchanged,
which of the following will be the third digit of the highest number?
(A) 7 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 6
13. Nihal is taller than Sumit, who is shorter than Rohit. Vipin is taller than Akash. Anshu is shorter
than Vivek. Neither Vipin nor Vivek is the tallest. If Rohit is standing second in decreasing order
of height, who will stand in the middle in the group of these seven persons?
(A) Vipin (B) Vipin or Vivek (C) Anshu (D) Can't be determined
14. Fig. (i) & (ii) of the Problem Figures bears a certain relationship. Select a Fig. (iii) from the options
which bears the same relationship to the Fig. (iv) of the Problem Figures.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
15. How many pairs of letters are there in the word GOALKEEPER which have the same number of
letters between them as in English alphabet?
(A) Five (B) Four (C) Seven (D) Six

4 6th IMO - SET B
16. In the question, two Problems Figures, followed by four Answer Figures (A), (B), (C) and (D) are
given. The two Problem Figures have some common characteristics/features. Find out one figure
out of the four Answer Figures which has the same features/characteristics.
Problem Figures
+ ×
(A) (B) (C) (D)
+ +
17. Select a figure from the options which completes the Fig. (X)?
(A) (B) (C) (D)
18. The question is based on the following information:

'A @ B' means 'A is added to B'. 'A * B' means 'A is multiplied by B'.
'A # B' means 'A is divided by B'. 'A $ B' means 'B' is subtracted from A'.
In the question below, some information is given. You have to find out which expression correctly
represents the statement.
Number of boys (B) in a class is equal to one-fourth of three times the number of girls (G) in the
class.
(A) B = (3 # G) * 4 (B) B = (3 * G) @ 4 (C) B = (3 * G) # 4 (D) B = (3 $ G) # 4
19. '2' is subtracted from each odd digit and '1' is added to each even digit in the number 7652348.
Which of the following will be the sum of the second digit from the right and the third digit from
the left of the new number thus formed?
(A) 10 (B) 8 (C) 4 (D) 6
20. The question below is based on the given diagram. You have to take the given diagram to be true
even if it seems to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given
options logically follows the given diagram.
Population
BPO earning
A E
employees more than
C
` 10,000 per
D
month
B Graduate
population
Which of the following represents the population which is graduate, employed in BPO and earning
more than ` 10,000 a month?
(A) Only C (B) C and D (C) A, C and D (D) Only B

6th IMO - SET B 5
21. H.C.F. of 3240, 3600 and a third number is 36 and their L.C.M. is 2 4 × 35 × 52 × 72. The third number
is ______.
(A) 22 × 35 × 72 (B) 22 × 53 × 72 (C) 25 × 52 × 72 (D) 23 × 35 × 72
22. In the given figure, BC = AC = AD, ∠EAD = 81°. Find the value of x.
(A) 45° (B) 54° (C) 63° (D) 36°
23. If x = 21/3 + 2–1/3, then the value of 2x 3 – 6x will be ______.

(A) 5 (B) –5 (C) 1 (D) 0
3
24. If cosq = , find the value of cotq + cosecq.
5
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 0
25. The following table gives weekly wages in rupees of workers in a certain commercial organization.
The frequency of class 49 - 52 is missing. It is known that the mean of the frequency distribution
is 47.2. Find the missing frequency.
Weekly wages (`) 40 - 43 43 - 46 46 - 49 49 - 52 52 - 55
Number of workers 31 58 60 ? 27
(A) 40 (B) 38 (C) 44 (D) 42
26. ABCD is a parallelogram. The diagonals AC and BD intersect at a point O. If E, F, G, and H are
the mid-points of AO, DO, CO and BO respectively, then the ratio of (EF + FG + GH + HE) to
(AD + DC + CB + BA) is _____.
(A) 1 : 1 (B) 1 : 2 (C) 1 : 3 (D) 1 : 4
27. If the 3rd and 7th terms of an A.P. are 17 and 27 respectively. Find the first term of the A.P.
28. What must be subtracted from the polynomial f(x) = x4 + 2x 3 – 13x 2 – 12x + 21 so that the resulting
polynomial is exactly divisible by x 2 – 4x + 3?
(A) 2x – 3 (B) 2x + 3 (C) x + 3 (D) 3x – 2
29. If –5 is a root of the quadratic equation 2x 2 + px – 15 = 0 and the quadratic equation

p(x 2 + x) + k = 0 has equal roots, find the value of k.
4 7 7 8
(A) (B) (C) (D)
7 4 8 7
30. In the given figure, AB is diameter of the circle. C and D lie on the semicircle. If ∠ABC = 65° and
∠CAD = 45°, then ∠DCA is ______.
(A) 45° (B) 25° (C) 20° (D) 10°

6 6th IMO - SET B
31. Find the value of a for which the following system of equations has infinitely many solutions.
2x + 3y = 7
(a – 1)x + (a + 2)y = 3a
(A) a = 4 (B) a = 7 (C) a = 5 (D) a = 6
32. In the given figure, ∠A = ∠CED. Find the value of x.
(A) 8 cm (B) 5 cm (C) 7 cm (D) 6 cm
33. If 5 5 × 53 ÷ 5 −3/2 = 5 a +2 , then the value of a is ______.

(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 9 (D) 16
34. If x be a rational number and y be an irrational number, then _____.

(A) Both x + y and xy are necessarily irrational.
(B) Both x + y and xy are necessarily rational.
(C) xy is necessarily irrational, but x + y can be either rational or irrational.
(D) x + y is necessarily irrational, but xy can be either rational or irrational.
35. If the sum of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial f(t) = kt 2 + 2t + 3k is equal to their product,
find the value of k.
2
(A) 5 (B) − (C) 7 (D) 0
3
3 cosec2 θ − cot 2 θ
36. If sin θ = , find .
4 sec2 θ − 1
7 5 2 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 3 3 3
37. The following is the distribution of height of students of a certain class in a certain city.
Height (in cms) 160 - 162 163 - 165 166 - 168 169 - 171 172 - 174
Number of students 15 118 142 127 18
Find the median height.
(A) 172.94 (B) 161.36 (C) 150.53 (D) 167.13
38. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

12
(A) The value of tan A is always less than 1. (B) sec A = , for some value of angle A.
5
4
(C) sinq = , for some angle q . (D) cot A is the product of cot and A.
3
39. Two dice are tossed. The probability that the total score is a prime number is _____.
1 5 1 7
(A) (B) (C) (D)
6 12 2 9

6th IMO - SET B 7
40. A spherical ball of lead 6 cm in radius is melted and recast into three spherical balls. The radii of
two of these balls are 3 cm and 4 cm. What is the radius of the third ball?
(A) 4.5 cm (B) 5 cm (C) 6 cm (D) 7 cm
41. Shubham travels 760 km to his home partly by train and partly by car. He takes 8 hours if he
travels 160 km by train and the rest by car. He takes 12 minutes more if he travels 240 km by
train and the rest by car. Find the speed of the train and the car respectively (in km/hr).
(A) 40, 80 (B) 60, 120 (C) 80, 100 (D) 100, 120
42. Titan sells a wrist watch to a wholesaler making a profit of 10%. The wholesaler, in turn, sells it
to the retailer making a profit of 10%. A customer purchases it by paying ` 990. Thus the profit
3
of retailer is 2 % . What is the cost incurred by the Titan to produce it?
11
(A) ` 768 (B) ` 750 (C) ` 800 (D) ` 820
43. A cell-phone is available for ` 2500 cash or ` 520 cash down payments followed by 4 equal monthly
instalments. If the rate of interest charged is 25% per annum, calculate the monthly instalment.
(A) ` 520 (B) ` 480 (C) ` 550 (D) None of these
44. A well with 14 m inside diameter is dugout 15 m deep. The earth taken out of it has been
evenly spread all around it to a width of 21 m to form an embankment. What is the height of the
embankment?
(A) 2 m (B) 1 m (C) 3 m (D) 4 m
45. Two trains starting at the same time from two stations 300 km apart and going in opposite directions,
cross each other at a distance of 160 km from one of them. The ratio of their speeds is _____.
(A) 7 : 9 (B) 16 : 20 (C) 8 : 7 (D) None of these
46. The monthly salary of Megha and Beena together is ` 28,000. The salary of Megha and Beena is
increased by 25% and 12.5% respectively, then the new salary of Beena becomes 120% of the new
salary of Megha. The new (or increased) salary of Megha is ______.
(A) ` 15,000 (B) ` 18,000 (C) ` 14,000 (D) ` 16,000
47. Latika, Garima and Priya are three sisters. Latika and Garima are twins. The sum of the ages of
Latika and Garima is same as that of Priya alone. Three years earlier the ratio of age of Latika
and Priya was 2 : 7. What will be the age of Garima 3 years hence?
(A) 21 years (B) 16 years (C) 8 years (D) 12 years
48. Two pencils are 24 cm and 42 cm. If we want to make them of equal size then minimum number
of similar pencils is _____.
49. I know a two digit number, but when its digits interchanges their places, we get another two digit
number. But when these two digit numbers are added, it amounts to 99. Further if I just consider the
difference between these numbers, it comes out to be 45. What is the number which I know?
(A) 27 (B) 38 (C) 72 (D) Data insufficient

8 6th IMO - SET B
50. Samay has a right circular cylinder which he inserted completely into a right circular cone of height
30 cm. The vertical angle of the cone is 60° and the diameter of the cylinder is 8 3 cm. What is
the volume of the cone?
3000
(A) π cm3 (B) 3000p cm3 (C) 4860p cm3 (D) Can't be determined
7

Class 10
7th
SET A
Year 2013

2 7th IMO - Set A
logical reasoning
1. Choose the correct option that will continue the same

pattern and replace the question mark in the given
series.
3, 12, 27, 48, 75, 108, ?
A. 147
B. 162
C. 183 A.
D. 192
2. In a certain code, PLEADING is written as FMHCQMFB.

B.
How is SHOULDER written in that code?
A. KCDQTIPV
B. QDCKVPIT
C.
C. QDCKTIPV
D. TIPVQDCK
3. Q's mother is sister of P and daughter of M. S is

D.
daughter of P and sister of T. How is M related to
T?
A. Aunt 6. Find the number of triangles in the given figure.
B. Father
C. Sister
D. Maternal Grandfather or Maternal Grandmother
4. Read the following information carefully and answer A. 12

the question that follows : B. 15
C. 14
(i) Five friends P, Q, R, S and T travelled to
D. None of these
five different cities; Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi,
Bangalore and Hyderabad by different modes 7. The door of Aditya's house faces East. From the
of transport; Bus, Train, Aeroplane, Car and back side of his house, he walks straight 50 metres,
Boat from Mumbai. then turns to the right and walks 50 metres again.
(ii) The person who travelled to Delhi did not travel Finally, he turns towards left and stops after walking
by boat. 25 metres. Now, Aditya is in which direction from
(iii) R went to Bangalore by car and Q went to the starting point ?
Kolkata by aeroplane. A. South-east
(iv) S travelled by boat whereas T travelled by train.
B. North-east
(v) Mumbai is not connected by bus to Delhi and
C. West
Chennai.
Which of the following combinations of place and D. North-west
mode is not correct ? 8. Forty boys are standing in a row facing the North.
A. Delhi-Train Arun is eleventh from the left and Deepak is thirty-
B. Kolkata-Aeroplane first from the right end of the row. How far will
C. Hyderabad-Car Shreya, who is third to the right of Arun in the row,
D. Chennai-Boat be from Deepak ?
5. The given question consists of five figures marked A. 2nd

P, Q, R, S and T called the Problem Figures. Select a B. 3rd
figure from the options which will continue the same C. 4th
D. 5th
series as established by the five Problem Figures.

7th IMO - Set A 3
9. If 'Q' denotes '+', 'J' denotes '×', 'T' denotes '–' and 15. If the third, fourth, fifth, seventh and tenth letters of
'K' denotes '÷', then 30 K 2 Q 3 J 6 T 5 = ? the word PERSONALITY forms a meaningful word
A. 18 then first letter of the word is the answer. If no word
B. 28 is possible, then 'X' is the answer and if more than
C. 31 one such word is formed, then 'M' is the answer.
D. 103 A. R
B. X
10. Which of the following is the mirror image of C. O
the given word, if the mirror is placed vertically D. M
left?
N otification 16. Find the missing character.
A. T S
B. D
W 3 15
C.
D.
J 10 ? P
11. Find out how many such pairs of letters are there in the T G
given word each of which has as many letters between
them in the word as in the English alphabet. A. 5
ADVERTISEMENT B. 9
C. 11
A. Three
D. 13
B. Four
C. Five 17. The number of cubes required to make the given
D. More than five figure is ______.
12. The triangle represents females, rectangle represents
housewife and circle represents school teachers, then
the number representing females who are school
teachers but unmarried is
A. 31
B. 32
A. 2 C. 33
B. 4 D. 34
C. 3
D. 8 18. Select the figure from the options which is embedded
in the given Fig. (X).
13. How many 8's are there in the following number series
each of which is exactly divisible by its immediately
preceding and also divisible by its immediately
succeeding number?
824517284842282698454832843183
A. 1 A.
B. 4
C. 3
D. 2 B.

14. Choose the group which is different from the rest.
A. MEWGN C.

B. PBQTX
C. DRYSN
D. CGHKV D.


4 7th IMO - Set A
19. In the given question, two rows of numbers are A. 48
given. The resultant number in each row is to be B. 69
worked out separately based on the following rules C. 75
and the question below the rows of numbers is to be D. 96
answered. The operations of numbers progress from
left to right. 20. Which of the following options will complete the
figure matrix?
Rules
I. If an odd number is followed by a two-digit even
number, then they are to be added.
II. If an odd number is followed by a two-digit odd
number, then the second number is to be subtracted
from the first number.
III. If an even number is followed by a number which
is a perfect square of a number, then the second
number is to be divided by the first number. A.
IV. If an even number is followed by a two-digit even
number, then the first number is to be multiplied
by the second number. B.

13 11 4
17 13 12 C.

If the resultant of the first set of numbers is multiplied
by the resultant of the second set of numbers, what will
D.
be the outcome?
MATHEMATICAL REASONING
21. If one root of the equation a(b – c)x2 + b(c – a)x + 24. ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. AE is drawn parallel
c(a – b) = 0 is 1, then the other root is ___. to CD and BA is produced. If ∠ ABC = 92° and
b (c − a ) a (b − c) ∠FAE = 20°, then ∠BCD =
A. B.
a (b − c) c ( a − b)
a (b − c) c ( a − b)
C. D.
b (c − a ) a (b − c)
22. If H.C.F of (x – 5)(x2 – x – a) and (x – 4) (x2 – 2x – b) is

A. 88°
(x – 4)(x – 5), find the values of a and b
B. 108°
respectively.
C. 115°
A. 15, 18 D. 72°
B. 10, 7
C. –8, 10 25. If xcos3q + ysin3q = sinqcosq and xcosq = ysinq, then
D. 12, 15 x2 + y 2 =
A. 0
23. What is the sum of an A.P. whose first term is a, the
B. 4
second term is b and the last term is c?
C. 1
(b + c − 2a )(a + c) D. 2
A.
2(b − a )
(b + c + a)(a + c) 26. Find the coordinates of the points which trisect the
B. line joining (–3, 5) and (6, –7).
2b − a
2(a + c)(b − c + 2a ) A. (0, 1) and (3, –3)
C.
b+a B. (–1, –1) and (0, 3)
D. (b + c − 2a )(a − c) C. (2, 0) and (1, 1)
b+a D. (2, 2) and (0, 1)

7th IMO - Set A 5
31. The product of 12% of an integer and 20% of the

x8 − a 8
27. Express in lowest terms : 6 next integer is 61.2. Find the integer.
x − a6
2 2 2 2 A. 50
( x + a )( x − a ) B. –51
A.
( x 2 + ax + a 2 )2 C. 63
( x 2 + a 2 )( x 4 + a 4 ) D. Both A and B
B.
( x 2 + ax + a 2 )( x 2 − ax + a 2 ) 32. Find the values of p and q respectively for which
2 2 4
( x + a )( x + a ) 4 the following system of linear equations has infinite
C. solutions.
( x 2 − ax + a 2 )2
2x + 3y = 7
( x 2 + a 2 )( x 4 + a 4 ) (p + q)x + (2p – q)y = 21
D.
( x 2 + ax − a 2 )( x 2 − ax + a 2 ) A. 2, 6
B. –7, 3
28. Express as a rational expression. C. –3, –5
1 1 2 4 D. 5, 1
− − −
x − 1 x + 1 x2 + 1 x4 + 1
33. Find the value of x in the given figure, where O is
(3 x 2 − 14)
A. the centre of the circle.
x2 − 1
( x 2 + 3)
B.
x4 + 1
8
C.
( x − 1)
8
2( x + 4)
D.
x +1 A. 80°
29. A point D is on the side BC of an equilateral DABC B. 160°
1 C. 100°
such that DC = BC. Then AD 2 = D. 105°
4
A. 13 CD2
B. 9 AB2 34. If sinq + cosq = 2 sin(90° – q), then cotq =
C. 6 CD2 A. 1
D. 12 BC 2
B. 2 −1
30. In the given figure, AB, EF and CD are parallel lines. C. 2 +1
Given that EG = 5 cm, GC = 10 cm and DC = 18 cm, D. –1
then EF =
A. 9 cm 35. Find k, so that 4k + 8, k3 + 3k + 6 and 3k2 + 4k + 4
B. 25 cm are three successive terms of an A.P.
C. 13 cm A. 0 B. 2
D. 16 cm C. –1 D. Both A and B
EVERYDAY MATHeMATICS
36. A lot of 24 bulbs contains 25% defective bulbs. A 37. The mean height of the 10 girls of a class is 1.4 m
bulb is drawn at random from the lot. It is found and the mean height of the 30 boys of the class is
to be not defective and it is not put back. Now, one 1.45 m. Find the approximate mean height of the 40
bulb is drawn at random from the rest. What is the students of the class.
probability that this bulb is not defective?
A. 1.39 m
A. 18/23
B. 1.46 m
B. 15/24
C. 1.42 m
C. 17/23
D. 20/23 D. 1.44 m

6 7th IMO - Set A
38. A man sold a chair and a table together for ` 760 C. 4.2 m
thereby making a profit of 25% on chair and 10% D. 3.6 m
on table. By selling them together for ` 767.50,
42. A person can row boat at the rate of 5 km/hr in
he would have made a profit of 10% on chair and
still water. He takes thrice as much time in going
25% on table. Find the cost price of the table.
40 km upstream as in going 40 km downstream. Find
A. ` 300 the speed of the stream.
B. ` 315
A. 3.4 km/hr
C. ` 325
B. 2 km/hr
D. ` 350
C. 5 km/hr
39. 15 pastries and 12 biscuit packets have been donated D. 2.5 km/hr
for a school fete. These are to be packed in several
43. A man repays a loan of ` 3250 by paying ` 20 in
smaller identical boxes with the same number of
the first month and then increases the payment by
pastries and biscuit packets in each. How many biscuit
` 15 every month. How long will it take him to
packets and how many pastries respectively will each
clear the loan?
box contain?
A. 60 months
A. 3, 3
B. 20 months
B. 3, 4
C. 15 months
C. 4, 5
D. 25 months
D. 5, 4
44. A tree 12 m high, is broken by the wind in such a
40. A person was asked to state his age in years. His
way that its top touches the ground and makes an
reply was, "Take my age three years hence, multiply
angle 60° with the ground. At what height from the
it by 3 and then subtract three times my age three
bottom the tree is broken by the wind?
years ago and you will know how old I am." What
was the age of the person? A. 5.569 m
B. 1.732 m
A. 18 years
C. 5.916 m
B. 20 years
D. 2.456 m
C. 24 years
D. 32 years 45. Along a yard 225 metres long, 26 trees are planted
at equal distances, one tree being at each end of the
41. A girl of height 90 cm is walking away from the
yard. What is the distance between two consecutive
base of a lamp-post at a speed of 1.2 m/sec. If the
trees?
lamp is 3.6 m above the ground, find the length of
her shadow after 4 seconds. A. 8 metres
B. 9 metres
A. 1.6 m
C. 10 metres
B. 1.4 m
D. 15 metres
Achievers Section
46. There is a question and two statements numbered I statement II alone are not sufficient to answer
and II given below it. You have to decide whether the question.
the data provided in the statements is/are sufficient B. If the data in statement II alone are sufficient
to answer the given question. to answer the question, while the data in
What is the volume of a cube? statement I alone are not sufficient to answer
I. The area of each face of the cube is 64 square the question.
metres. C. If the data either in statement I or in statement
II. The length of one side of the cube is 8 metres. II alone are sufficient to answer the question.
A. If the data in statement I alone are sufficient D. If the data even in both statements I and II together
to answer the question, while the data in are not sufficient to answer the question.

7th IMO - Set A 7
3
47. Which of the following options hold? (iv) a4 + b4 = (d) −
2
Statement 1 : Let x =
p
be a rational number, such A. (i)→(b), (ii)→(a), (iii)→(d), (iv)→(c)
q B. (i)→(d), (ii)→(b), (iii)→(c), (iv)→(a)
that the prime factorisation of q is not of the form C. (i)→(b), (ii)→(d), (iii)→(c), (iv)→(a)
2m × 5n , where m, n are non-negative integers. Then, D. (i)→(b), (ii)→(d), (iii)→(a), (iv)→(c)
x has a decimal expansion which is non terminating
repeating. 49. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
A. The abscissa of every point on y-axis is zero.
Statement 2 : 64 is a terminating repeating.
455 B. The ordinate of a point is its perpendicular
A. Statement 1 is true but statement 2 is false. distance from x-axis.
B. Statement 1 is false but statement 2 is true. C. The coordinates of any point on y-axis are of
C. Both the statements is true. the form (0, y).
D. Both the statements is false. D. If points A(x1, y 1), B(x 2, y 2) and C(x 3, y 3) are
collinear, then
48. Match the column-I with column-II. x1(y 2 – y 3) + x 2(y1 – y 3) + x 3(y1 – y 2) = 0.
If a and b are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial
50. Fill in the blank :
f(x) = x2 – 3x – 2, then
______ times the sum of the squares of the sides
Column-I Column-II of a triangle is equal to four times the sum of the
4 17 − 1 squares of the medians of the triangle.
(i) a2b + ab2 = (a)
4 A. Two
1 1
(ii) + = (b) –6 B. Three
α β
C. Five
(iii) α − β + 1 = (c) 161
2αβ D. One and half

Class 10
7th
SET B
Year 2013

2 7th IMO - Set B
logical reasoning
1. A person is asked to put in a basket one apple when 4. The following question consist of a set of three figures
ordered ‘One’, one guava when ordered ‘Two’, one X, Y and Z showing a sequence of folding of a piece
orange when ordered ‘Three’ and is asked to take out of paper. Figure (Z) shows the manner in which the
from the basket one apple and one guava both when folded paper has been cut. Choose a figure from the
ordered ‘Four’. given options which would most closely resemble the
The order sequence executed by the person is as unfolded form of paper.
follows:
1 2 3 3 2 1 4 2 3 1 4 2 2 3 3 1 4 1 1 3 2 3 4
How many fruits will be there in the basket at the
end of the above order sequence?
A. 10
B. 11 A.
C. 12
D. 13
2. Select a figure from amongst the given options which B.

will continue the series as established by the five
problem figures.
Problem Figures C.
D.
A. 5. Five children were administered psychological tests to

know their intellectual levels. In the report, psychologists
pointed out that the child P is less intelligent than
B. the child Q. The child R is less intelligent than the
child S. The child Q is less intelligent than the child
R and child P is more intelligent than the child T.
C. Which child is the most intelligent?
A. P
B. Q
D. C. S
D. T
3. Choose the Venn diagram which best illustrates the 6. A square field PQRS of side 90 m is so located that
relationship amongst three given classes its diagonal PR is from north to south and the corner
"Teacher, Graduate, Player". Q is to the west of S. Rohan and Rahul start walking
along the sides from Q and R respectively in the
A. clockwise and anti-clockwise directions with speeds
of 8 km/hr and 10 km/hr respectively. Where shall
they cross each other the second time?
A. PQ
B. B. QR
C. PS
D. None of these
C.
7. If the positions corresponding to the multiples of 5
in the English alphabet are replaced by symbols and
that of multiples of 7 by digits, how many letters will
D.
be left?

7th IMO - Set B 3
A. 15 12. There is a definite relationship between figures 1 and 2.

B. 17 Establish a similar relationship between figures 3 and
C. 18 4 by selecting a suitable figure that would replace the
D. 21 question mark (?) in figure (4).
8. In the following question, a set of figures is carrying

certain numbers. Assuming that the numbers in each set
follow a similar pattern, find the missing number.
A.
A. 2
B. 3 B.
C. 4
D. 5
C.
9. What number is opposite to 3, if four different positions
of a dice are shown below?
D.
13. Examine the following relationships among members

of a family of six persons—A, B, C, D, E and F.
A. 6 1. The number of males equals that of females.
B. 4
2. A and E are sons of F.
C. 3
D. 2 3. D is the mother of two, one boy and one girl.
4. B is the son of A.
10. In the following question, find out how will the
5. There is one married couple in the family at
Figure (X) look like after rotation?
present.
Which one of the following is true from the above
information?
Figure (X) A. A, B and C are all females.
A. B. A is the husband of D.
C. D is the grand daughter of F.
D. E and F are children of D.
B. 14. Select the correct mirror image of Figure (X).
C. A.
D. Figure (X)
B.
11. Between two book-ends in your study are displayed
your five favourite puzzle books. If you decide to
arrange the five books in every possible combination
and move just one book every minute, how long would C.
it take you?
A. 1 hour
B. 2 hours
D.
C. 3 hours
D. 4 hours

4 7th IMO - Set B
15. If + means ÷ , ÷ means –, – means ×, × means +, then A. R
12 + 6 ÷ 3 – 2 × 8 = B. U
A. –2 C. T
B. 2 D. Information insufficient
C. 4
19. Study the given information carefully to answer the
D. 8
following question.
16. In a class, among the passed students, Amisha is M K K I D N E T T Q O B F H AA G T U U X W L S R I
twenty-second from the top and Sajal, who is 5 ranks Each of these letters gets a numerical value based
below Amisha, is thirty-fourth from the bottom. All on its position in the above arrangement, such as,
the students from the class appeared for the exam. 1 for M, 2 for K, 4 for I and so on.
If the ratio of the students who passed in the exam Value of A is exactly equal to the total value of
to those who failed is 4 : 1 in that class, how many
which of the following pairs?
students are there in the class?
1. DO
A. 60
2. QE
B. 75
C. 90 3. MH
D. Data inadequate A. Only 1
B. Only 2
17. If SCOTLAND is written as 12345678, LOAN is C. Only 3
written as 1435, LOTS is written as 8124, DAN is D. Both 1 and 3
written as 537 and SON is written as 458, then what
will be the code for ‘C’? 20. In the given figure, if the centres of all the circles
A. 0 are joined by horizontal and vertical lines, then find
B. 4 the number of squares that can be formed.
C. 5
D. 6
18. A family consists of six members P, Q, R, S, T and U.

There are two married couples. Q is a doctor and the
father of T. U is grandfather of R and is a contractor.
S is grandmother of T and is a housewife. There is A. 16
one doctor, one contractor, one nurse, one housewife B. 17
and two students in the family. C. 18
Who is the sister/brother of T? D. 14
Mathematical reasoning
21. ABCD is a quadrilateral with right angles at A and 22. The value of
C. Points E and F are on the diagonal AC such 2 2 2
xl xm xn
that DE and BF are both perpendicular to AC. If l +m ´ m+ n ´ n+l =
2 2 2
AE = 3 cm, DE = 5 cm and CE = 7 cm then the length xm xn xl
of BF is _______ cm. A. 2
B. –1
C. 0
D. 1
23. If (aa + b)–2 + (ab + b)–2 = 1, where a, b are the

roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0, then ac (ac + 2) = _____
A. b2
A. 3.2 2
B. 3.4 B. b3
C. 4 C. 2b
D. 4.2
D. b2

7th IMO - Set B 5
24. Two candidates attempt to solve a quadratic equation 29. I f A i s 1 / 4 o f a c o m p l e t e r e v o l u t i o n , t h e n

of the form x 2 + px + q = 0. One starts with a wrong æ 3 + 2 cos A ö÷-3 æ 1+ 2 sin A ö-3
çç ÷ ç ÷÷ =
value of p and finds the roots to be 2 and 6. The çè 1- 2 sin A ÷ø + ççè
3 - 2 cos A ÷ø
other starts with a wrong value of q and finds the
roots to be 2 and –9. Find the correct roots. A. 1
A. 2, 6 B. 3
B. 2, –9 C. 0
C. 4, 8 D. –1
D. –3, –4
30. The sums of n terms of two arithmetic series are in the
25. In the diagram, PQ and QR are tangents to the circle, 7n +1
ratio of . Find the ratio of their 11th terms.
with centre O at P and R respectively. Find the value 4n + 27
of x. A. 4:3
B. 5:4
C. 7:4
D. None of these
31. Points A(6, 6), B(2, 3) and C(4, 7) are the vertices
of a triangle which is _______.
A. Right angled
A. 25° B. Acute angled
C. Obtuse angled
B. 30°
D. None of these
C. 55°
D. 65° 32. If cosec q – sin q = a3 and sec q – cos q = b 3, then
a 2 b 2 (a 2 + b 2) =
26. Let Sn denote the sum of the first ‘n’ terms of an A.P. and
A. 1
S2n = 3Sn. Then the ratio S3n is to Sn is equal to_____. B. –1
A. 4 : 2 C. 2
B. 6 : 1 D. 0
C. 8 : 2
D. 3 : 1 33. Each observation in a raw data is first multiplied
by 3, then 6 is added. It is then divided by 3 and
27. The L.C.M. of two numbers is 45 times their H.C.F. If one subsequently reduced by 6, then ____
of the numbers is 125 and the sum of H.C.F. and L.C.M. A. The new mean is equal to the original mean.
is 1150, then the sum of two numbers is _____. B. The new mean is 4 more than the original mean.
A. 215 C. The new mean is 4 less than the original mean.
B. 220 D. The new mean is 2 more than the original mean.
C. 225
34. If N is the sum of first 13986 prime numbers, then
D. 350
N is always divisible by
28. ABCD is a trapezium, in which AD||BC, E and F A. 6
are the mid-points of AB and CD respectively, then B. 4
EF is C. 8
D. None of these
( AD + BC )
A. 35. In a right triangle ABC is right-angled at B. If P and
2
Q are points on the sides AB and BC respectively,
( AB + CD) then
B.
2 A. AQ2 + CP2 = 2(AC2 + PQ2)
DF ´ CF
C. B. 2(AQ2 + CP2) = AC2 + PQ2
AE ´ BE
C. AQ2 + CP2 = AC2 + PQ2
D. AD + EF + BC 1
D. AQ + CP = (AC + PQ)
2 2

6 7th IMO - Set B
everyday Mathematics
36. Bag I contains 4 chips numbered 1, 3, 5 and 7 41. An elephant of length 4 m is at one corner of a
respectively. Bag II contains 3 chips numbered 2, 4 rectangular cage 16 m × 30 m and facing towards
and 6 respectively. A chip is drawn at random from the diagonally opposite corner. If the elephant starts
each bag. Find the probability that the sum of the moving towards the diagonally opposite corner it
two chips drawn is odd. takes 15 seconds to reach the opposite corner. Find
A. 7/12 the speed of the elephant.
B. 0 A. 1 m/s
C. 1 B. 2 m/s
D. 5/12 C. 1.87 m/s
37. The income of a bank on the n th day is ` (n 2 + 2) D. None of these
and the expenditure of the bank on the n th day is 42. A box contains 25 tickets, numbered 1, 2, 3, …, 25.
` (2n + 1). A ticket is drawn and then another ticket is drawn
Also income = expenditure + savings without replacement. Find the probability that both
In how many days his total savings will be ` 1240? tickets will show odd numbers.
A. 10 37
A.
B. 12 50
C. 15
13
D. 16 B.
50
38. A test has 50 questions. A student scores 1 mark 13
C.
1 25
for a correct answer, - for a wrong answer, and
3 D. None of these
1
- for not attempting a question. If the net score
6 43. Ayesha’s father was 38 years of age when she was
of a student is 32, the number of questions answered born while her mother was 36 years old when her
wrongly by that student cannot be less than brother four years younger to her was born. What is
A. 6 the difference between the ages of her parents?
B. 12 A. 2 years
B. 4 years
C. 3
C. 6 years
D. 9 D. 8 years
39. A kite is flown with a thread of 250 m length. If 1
the thread is assumed to be stretched and makes an 44. 33 % of a man’s daily output is equal to 50% of a
3
angle of 60° with the horizontal, then the height of second man’s daily output. If the second man turns
the kite above the ground is (approx.) _____. out 1500 screws daily, then the first man’s output in
A. 216.50 m terms of making screws is ______.
B. 215.25 m A. 500
C. 212.25 m B. 1000
D. 210.25 m C. 2000
40. A tank 4 m long, 2.5 m wide and 1.5 m deep is dug D. 2250
in a field 31 m long and 10 m wide. If the earth dug 45. A man bought some fruits at the rate of 16 for
out is evenly spread out over the field, the rise in ` 24 and sold them at the rate of 8 for ` 18. What
level of the field is _____. is the profit percent?
A. 3.1 cm A. 25%
B. 4.8 cm B. 40%
C. 5 cm
C. 50%
D. 6.2 cm D. 60%

7th IMO - Set B 7
ACHIEVERS SECTION
46. There are six faces in a cube. Rajeev fix one cube on 48. A plane left 40 minutes late due to bad weather and in
each of the faces. The dimensions of all the cubes are order to reach its destination, 1600 km away in time, it
same. What is the ratio of total surface area of the had to increase its speed by 400 km/hr from its usual
newly formed solid to the area of a single cube? speed. Find the usual speed of the plane.
A. 7:1 A. 600 km/hr B. 750 km/hr
B. 6:1 C. 800 km/hr D. None of these
C. 5:1
49. Which of the following is correct?
D. 41 : 9
1 1 1
Statement I : If a, b, c are in A.P., then , ,
47. In the given figure, a circle is inscribed in a are also in A.P. bc ca ab
q u a d r i l a t e r a l A BCD i n w h i c h ∠ B = 9 0 ° . I f
AD = 23 cm, AB = 29 cm, BC = 25 cm and DS = 5 cm, Statement II : If a constant number is added to
then match the columns. each term of an A.P., then the resulting pattern of
numbers is also an A.P.
A. Both statement I and statement II are true
and statement II is the correct explanation of
statement I.
B. Both statement I and statement II are true but
statement II is not the correct explanation of
statement I.
C. Statement I is true but statement II is false.
D. Statement I is false but statement II is true.
Column-I Column-II
(a) AQ (p) 19 cm 50. For the following grouped frequency distribution,
(b) radius, r (q) 14 cm which of the following options is INCORRECT?
(c) CD (r) 18 cm Class 3-6 6-9 9-12 12-15 15-18 18-21 21-24
(d) PC (s) 11 cm Frequency 2 5 10 23 21 12 3
A. (a) → r, (b) → s, (c) → p, (d) → q A. Lower limit of modal class is 12

B. (a) → r, (b) → p, (c) → s, (d) → q B. Frequency of the class preceding the modal
C. (a) → r, (b) → q, (c) → s, (d) → p class = 10
C. Mode = 14.6 and width of the modal class is 4
D. (a) → p, (b) → q, (c) → r, (d) → s D. All of these

Class 10
8th
Set A
Year 2014

2 8th IMO - Set A
logical reasoning
1. Two rows of numbers are given. The resultant number 3. A dealer sold six cars – M, N, O, P, Q and R– during
in each row is to be worked out separately based on a period of Monday to Saturday, one car on each
the following rules and the question below the rows day.
of numbers is to be answered. The operations of (i) The car O was sold at least before three cars.
numbers progress from left to right. (ii) The car R was sold on Tuesday.
Rules: (iii) Both the cars N and Q were sold at least before
(i)
If an even number is followed by another even one car.
number, they are to be added. (iv) The car P was sold immediately after the car O.
(ii) If an even number is followed by a prime number, (v) At least four cars were sold after the car Q.
they are to be multiplied. If Mr. Jindal is purchased a car sold on Wednesday,
(iii) If an odd number is followed by an even number, then the car purchased by him is
the even number is to be subtracted from the odd A. M
number. B. N
(iv) If an odd number is followed by another odd C. O
number, the first number is to be added to the D. P
square of the second number.
4. 'X + Y means 'Y is brother of X'; 'X × Y' means 'Y
(v) If an even number is followed by a composite odd
is husband of X'; 'X – Y' means 'X is mother of Y';
number, the even number is to be divided by the
and 'X ÷ Y' means 'X is father of Y'. Then which of
odd number.
the following expressions indicates 'P is grandmother
36 13 39 of T'?
77 30 7
A. Q – P + R ÷ T
Which will be the outcome if the resultant of the second
B. P×Q÷R–T
row is divided by the resultant of the first row?
C. P × Q ÷ R + T
A. 12
D. P+Q÷R–T
B. 16
C. 8 5. A trader in order to code the cost price of an article
D. 6 used the letters of psicholazy in the form of '0
to 9' respectively. If an article was sold for ` 1015.58
2. The given square grid shows the plan of a playground. to earn the 16% gain, then which of the following
The bench is North of the toy car. code stands for cost price?
A. AIL.HP
Bench R
B. AIL.HS
C. ZYA.HO
D. ZAO.OP
Q Slide
6. Find the missing figure from the options which will
continue the series in given Problem Figures.
Toy-car P
S Swing See-saw
The town council wants to plant a tree in the playground.

A. B.
The location of the tree is to be North of the swing
and South-West of the slide. Identify the position
where the tree will be planted.
A. P B. Q C. D.
C. R D. S

8th IMO - Set A 3
7. An enterprising businessman earns an income of ` 1 12. Count the number of circles used to draw the given
on the first day of his business. On every subsequent figure.
day, he earns an income which is just double of
that made on the previous day. On the 10th day of
business, his income is _______.
A. ` 29
B. ` 210
C. ` 10
D. ` 102
8. There is a certain rule followed in all the three figures.

Identify the rule and find the missing number. A. 20 B. 21
C. 25 D. 17
13. Select the figure from the options in which Fig.(X) is

exactly embedded as one of its part.
A. 6 B. 90
C. 540 D. 60
9. Identify the wrong figure in the given series. A. B.

C. D.

A. Q B. S
14. There are three figures X, Y and Z showing a
C. R D. T
sequence of folding of a sheet of paper. Figure (Z)
10. In a shop, the items were arranged in a shelf shows the manner in which the folded sheet has
consisting of six rows. Biscuits are arranged above been cut. Select the figure from the options which
tins of chocolates but below the rows of packets would resemble the unfolded form of paper.
of chips, cakes are at the bottom and the bottles of
peppermints are below the chocolates. The topmost
row had the display of jam bottles. Where exactly
are the bottles of peppermints from the top?
A. 2nd B. 3rd
C. 4th D. 5th
A. B.
11. There is a certain relationship between figures
P and Q. Identify the same relationship between
figures R and S and find the missing figure from C. D.
the options.

15. A cube of side 10 cm is coloured red with a 2

cm wide green strip along all the sides on all the
faces. The cube is cut into 125 smallest cubes of
equal size. How many cubes have at least two
green faces?
A. B.
A. 8
B. 27
C. D. C. 44
D. 63

4 8th IMO - Set A
mathematical Reasoning
16. The given figure is created by using the arcs of 20. In the given figure (not drawn to scale), OABC is a
quadrants with radii 1 cm, 2 cm and 3 cm. Find the quadrilateral with ABC on horizontal ground and O
total area of the shaded region. (Take p = 3.14) is vertically above A. M is the mid-point of BC. If
∠BAC = 90°, AB = AC = 16 cm and OA = 12 cm,
calculate the length of OB.
A. 31.93 cm2 B. 15.96 cm2

C. 63.84 cm2 D. 13.68 cm2
17. In the given figure (not drawn to scale), AG is parallel

2
to CD and AG = CD. The point B on AC is such
7
2
that BC = AC . If the line BG meets AD at F and
7
the line through C is parallel to BG which meets AD
FG A. 25 cm B. 15 cm
at E, then find the value of .
EC C. 20 cm D. 28 cm
21. The given figure shows sector OAB with centre O

and radius 54 cm. Another circle XYZ with centre P,
is enclosed by the sector OAB. If ∠AOB = 60°. Find
the area of OXPY.
1 3
A. B.
7 7
4 2
C. D.
7 7
18. In the given figure (not drawn to scale), BD is a

diameter of the circle with centre O. C and A are
two points on the circle. BA and CD, when produced,
meet at E. If ∠DOC = 60° and ∠ABD = 23°, then A. 161 cm2 B. 461 cm2
find ∠OBC. C. 324 cm2 D. 561.2 cm2
22. If two zeroes of the polynomial x 4 – 6x 3 – 26x 2

+ 138x – 35 are 2 − 3 and 2 + 3 , then find all the
zeros.
A. –5, 7
A. 60° B. 30° B. –7, 5
C. 45° D. 67° C. 3, –5
D. 5, –3
19. Which of the following have non-terminating repeating
decimal? 23. Solve : (sin4 q – cos4 q + 1) cosec2q
2 2 A. 1
A. B.
25 7 B. –2
231 1323 C. 2
C. 2 2 D. 3 2
2 ×5 ×7 6 × (35) D. 0

8th IMO - Set A 5
24. What is the value of the median of the data using 28. Swati folded the three corners of a triangle. She
the graph in the figure given below, of less than managed to measure four of the angles as shown
ogive and more than ogive? below before breaking her protractor. She needs help
to figure out what the named angles are. Help her
find f , g and h.
f g h
A. 52° 44° 47°
A. 8 B. 4
B. 44° 52° 47°
C. 5 D. 17.5
C. 44° 47° 52°
25. The number of zeroes for the given graph is ____. D. 47° 44° 52°
29. Kunal arranged some metal blocks at the bottom of

a tank as seen in the figure below. Then he filled
the 30 cm by 25 cm by 25 cm tank with water. If
each block is 4 cm long, 3 cm wide and 5 cm tall,
then how much water is needed to fill the tank to
80% of the tank's height?
A. 3 B. 2
C. 4 D. 1
26. Find the mode (approx.) from the given frequency

distribution.
Expenditure on food Number of
(in `) in a month workers A. 15000 cm3 B. 2280 cm3
300-309 10 C. 12720 cm3 D. 16470 cm3
310-319 20
30. A number is chosen at random from 1 to 120. The
320-329 24 probability of the number chosen being a multiple
330-339 38 of 3 and 15 both is _____.
340-349 48 A. 1/15 B. 1/16
350-359 27 C. 1/17 D. 1/19
360-369 17
31. In the given figure, TAS is a tangent to the circle, with
370-379 6
centre O, at the point A. If ∠OBA = 32°, then find
Total 190
the values of x and y respectively.
A. 336.41 B. 307.20
C. 343.22 D. 342.72
2
27. If the roots of the quadratic equation x + px + q = 0
are tan 30° and tan 15° respectively, then the value
of 2 + q – p is ______.
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2 A. 32°, 58° B. 58°, 48°
D. 3 C. 58°, 58° D. 42°, 58°

6 8th IMO - Set A
32. In the given graph, line APB meets the x-axis 34. If x 2 + px + q = 0 and x 2 + qx + p = 0 have a common
at A and y-axis at B. P is the point (–4, 2) and root, then ______.
AP : PB = 1 : 2. Find the coordinates of A and B A. p = q
respectively.
B. 1+p+q=0
C. p + q = 0
D. Both A and B
35. If the area of the triangle given below is 20 sq. units,

then what are the co-ordinates of point C?
A. (–5, 0), (0, 5) B. (–6, 0), (0, 6)

C. (–6, 0), (0, 5) D. (6, –6), (–6, 6)
33. Let S n denote the sum of the first 'n' terms of an A.P.
S 2n = 3S n. Then, the ratio S3n /S n is equal to _____.
A. 4  40 
A.  0,  B. (a2 + b2, 0)
a
B. 6
C. 8  20   40 
C.  , 0  D.  , 0 
b b
D. 10
Everyday mathematics
36. A man walks a distance of 48 km in a given time. 40. The members in a welfare committee decided to collect
If he walks 2 km an hour faster, he will perform as many paise from each member of the committee
the journey 4 hours before. Find his normal rate of as is the number of members. If the total collection
walking. amounts to ` 96.04, then the number of members in
A. 4 km/hr B. 6 km/hr the committee is _______.
C. 3 km/hr D. 8 km/hr A. 84 B. 98
C. 102 D. 92
37. Mohan ate half a pizza on Monday. He ate half of
what was left on Tuesday and so on. He followed 41. A company produces on an average 4000 items per
this pattern for one week. How much of the pizza month for the first 3 months. How many items it
would he have eaten during the week? must produce on an average per month over the next
A. 99.22% B. 95% 9 months, to average 4375 items per month over the
whole?
C. 98.22% D. 100%
A. 4500 B. 4600
38. The price of commodity X increases by 40 paise every C. 4680 D. 4710
year, while the price of commodity Y increases by 15
paise every year. If in 2014 the price of commodity 42. A housewife saved ` 2.50 in buying an item on sale.
X was ` 4.20 and that of Y was ` 6.30, in which If she spent ` 25 for the item, then how much percent
year commodity X will cost 40 paise more than the she saved in the transaction approximately?
commodity Y? A. 8% B. 9%
A. 2024 B. 2021 C. 10% D. 11%
C. 2022 D. 2023
43. Rajeev buys goods worth ` 6650. He gets a rebate
39. The total monthly salary of 4 men and 2 women is of 6% on it. After getting the rebate, he pays sales
` 46,000. If a woman earns ` 500 more than a man, tax @ 10%. Find the amount he will have to pay for
what is the monthly salary of a woman? the goods.
A. ` 6500 B. ` 7500 A. ` 6876.10 B. ` 6999.20
C. ` 8000 D. ` 9000 C. ` 6654 D. ` 7000

8th IMO - Set A 7
44. Twenty women can do a work in sixteen days and 45. A sum of money is borrowed and paid back in
sixteen men can complete the same work in fifteen two annual installments of ` 882 each allowing
days. What is the ratio between the capacity of a man 5% compound interest. The sum borrowed was
and a woman? _______.
A. 3 : 4 B. 4:3 A. ` 1620 B. ` 1640
C. 5 : 3 D. Data inadequate C. ` 1680 D. ` 1700
Achievers section
46. Which of the following statements is true? (ii) The fee charged every month by a school from
Statement-1 : The area of the equilateral triangle classes I to XII, when the monthly fee for class I
described on the hypotenuse of a right angled triangle is ` 250 and it increases by ` 50 for the next
is equal to the sum of the areas of the equilateral higher class.
triangles described on the other two sides of the (iii) The amount of money in the account of Sanchi
triangle. at the end of every year when ` 1000 is
Statement-2 : The area of the equilateral triangle deposited at simple interest at the rate of 10%
described on the side of right angled isosceles triangle per annum.
is half of the area of the equilateral triangle described (iv) The number of bacteria in a certain food item
on its hypotenuse. after each second, when they double themselves
A. Only statement-1 in every second.
B. Only statement-2 A. Only (i) B. Only (ii)
C. Both statement-1 and statement-2 C. Both (ii) and (iv) D. Only (iv)
D. Neither statement-1 nor statement-2
49. Find the mean, mode and median respectively of the
47. Match the columns. following data.
Column-I Column-II xi 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66
(i) 2 2 2 2 2
(sec q + tan q) – 4sec qtan q = (p) 9 fi 2 3 6 15 10 5 4 3 2
(tan 2 60° + 4 cos 2 45° + A. 51.72, 62, 61
3 sec2 30° + 5 cos 2 90°) B. 61, 62, 61
(ii) (q) 8/17
cosec30° + sec 60 °− cot2 30 ° C. 61, 60, 61
D. 61.72, 61, 61
(iii) If secq + tanq = 4, then cosq = (r) 4
(iv) tan5°tan85° + tan10°tan80° (s) 1 50. Fill in the blanks.
tan35°tan55° + tan25°tan65° = p
Let a = be a rational number such that p and q are
A. (i) → (s), (ii) → (p), (iii) → (r), (iv) → (q) q
B. (i) → (s), (ii) → (p), (iii) → (q), (iv) → (r) P and the prime factorisation of q is not of the
C. (i) → (p), (ii) → (r), (iii) → (q), (iv) → (s) form 2n × 5m , where n and m are whole numbers,
D. (i) → (q), (ii) → (p), (iii) → (s), (iv) → (r) then a has a decimal expansion which is Q and
R .
48. Which of the following situations do not form an P Q R
A.P.? A. Prime Non-terminating Non-repeating
(i) The fee charged from a student every month B. Co-prime Terminating Repeating
by a school for the whole session when the C. Co-prime Non-terminating Repeating
monthly fee is ` 400.
D. Prime Non-terminating Repeating

Class 10
8th
Set B
Year 2014

8th IMO - Set B 1
Logical Reasoning
1. In the given letter series, some of the letters are 6. Read the following information and answer the question
missing which are given in that order as one of the given below :
options below it. Choose the correct option. (i) Four persons A, B, C and D eat Mango, Banana,
mnonopqopqrs Orange or Peach from Monday to Thursday. No
A. knopq two persons eat the same fruit on a day. Each of
B. oqrst them eats only one fruit on a day and does not
C. pqrst repeat it on any other day.
D. qrstu (ii) Neither C nor D eats orange or peach on
Tuesday.
2. How many such pair of letters are there in the word
(iii) B eats banana on Wednesday.
PRODUCTION each of which has as many letters
(iv) A eats peach on Monday.
between them as in the English alphabet?
(v) C does not eat mango on Thursday.
A. None
(vi) D eats banana on Monday.
B. One
C. Two Which fruit does D eat on Thursday?
D. Three A. Banana
B. Peach
3. In a certain code 'a friend of mine' is written as C. Either banana or mango
'4 9 1 6', 'mine lot of metal' is written as '3 1 0 9' D. Either peach or orange
and 'a piece of metal' is written as '7 1 6 3'. How
7. A, B, C, D, E and F are seated in a circle facing the
can '8 7 3' be written in same code?
A. a metal piece centre. A and C are seated adjacent to each other and
B. metal for friend E and B are also seated adjacent to each other. B is
C. piece of advice to the immediate left of F. There are two persons
D. large metal piece between D and E. A is not seated adjacent to E. Who
is to the immediate left of E?
4. Boys and girls are made to sit in 7 rows and 7 A. C
columns all of them facing West. P is at the centre B. B
of the arrangement, Q is just behind P, R is on the C. F
immediate left of Q, and S is to the West of P. Then D. Cannot be determined
R is in which direction with respect to S?
A. South-West 8. The six faces of a cube are coloured, each with a
B. North-West different colour.
C. South-East I. The white face is between yellow and green.
D. Data inadequate II. The red face is adjacent to brown.
III. The green face is opposite the yellow side.
5. There is a certain relationship between figures (i) IV. The blue face is adjacent to red.
and (ii). Establish a similar relationship between V. The yellow face is the top face of the cube.
figures (iii) and (iv) by selecting a suitable figure The faces adjacent to white bear the colours
from the options that would replace the question A. Yellow, green, brown and red
mark in figure (iii). B. Yellow, brown, blue and green
C. Yellow, green, blue and red
? D. None of these
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) 9. Find the correct mirror-image of the given word, if
the mirror is placed vertically to the right.
A. B. disturb
A. b r u t s i d
B. b r u t s i d
C. D. C. b r u t s i d
D. b i s t u r d

2 8th IMO - Set B
10. The given Venn diagram represents the students 13. Select a figure from the options which will continue
who study Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. the series established by the problem figures.
Identify the region which represents the students
who study Physics and Mathematics but not
Chemistry.
X Y
A.
Physics P V Q Chemistry
U
T R
B.
S Mathematics
Z
A. T C.
B. P+T+S
C. V
D. P+T+S+R+U+V
D.
11. The given set of figures carry certain characters.
Assuming that the characters in each set follow
a similar pattern, identify the pattern and find the 14. There is a certain relationship between figures (i)
missing character. and (ii). Establish a similar relationship between
29 27 29 30 59 40 figures (iii) and (iv) by selecting a figure from the
options that would replace the question mark in
39 72 33 42 73 31 ? 79 10
figure (iv).
45 43 43 44 39 20

A.
B.
49
50
?
C. 60 (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
D. 69
12. Three figures X, Y and Z shows a sequence of A.

folding a sheet of paper. Figure Z shows the manner
in which the folded sheet has been cut out. Select a
figure from the options which most closely resembles B.
the unfolded form of sheet.
C.
X Y Z
D.
A.
15. How many such 1's are there in the given arrangement,
B. each of which is immediately preceded by a perfect
square?
18594712583659276452926412
C. 3514283
A. None
B. One
D. C. Two
D. Three

8th IMO - Set B 3
MATHEMATICAL REASONING
16. If one of the zeroes of the cubic polynomial A. 4, 6

x 3 + ax 2 + bx + c is –1, then the product of the other B. 7, 5
two zeroes is C. 5, 7
A. b – a + 1 D. 9, 3
B. b – a – 1
21. The given figure is made up of a large circle ABCDE
C. a – b + 1 with centre O, a small circle BQOP, two semi-circles
D. a – b – 1 and a sector OED. AC is 28 cm. Find the total shaded
17. Solve for x and y : bx + ay = a + b, area of the figure.
 1 1   1 1  2a B
ax  − + by  − =
 a − b a + b   b − a b + a  a + b P Q

2 2
b +a 2b
A. x= ,y= A C
ab + b 2 a+b O
B. 2a 2b
x= ,y=
a −b b−a E D
a 2 + b2 −2b
C. x= 2
,y= A. (198p – 98) cm2
a + ab a −b
B. (49p + 198) cm2
D. x = a2 + b2, y = 2ab + a2 C. (150p + 100) cm2
D. (147p – 196) cm2
l2 + m
18. If tanq + secq = l, then secq = , find m : n. 22. The sum of the remainders obtained when
nl
A. 1 : 2 2x 3 + (p + 2)x + p – 2 is divided by x – 2 and when
B. 2 : 1 it is divided by x + 1 is 0. Find the value of p.
A. 3
C. 4 : 1
B. –2
D. 1 : 4
C. – 4
19. In DPQR, point M is on side PQ and point S is D. 8
on the side PR such that QRSM is a trapezium.
23. Find the values of p and q respectively for which
If MS : QR = 3 : 5, then find the equation 2x 2 + px = q has root –3 and factor
area (DPMS) : area (QRSM). (x – 5).
A. 9 : 16 A. –5, –25
B. 10 : 17 B. – 4, 30
C. 3 : 5 C. 5, –25
D. 9 : 25 D. – 4, –30
20. The median of the given data is 50. Find the values of 24. Find the sum from the sixth term to the twelfth term
p and q respectively, if the sum of all the frequencies of the arithmetic progression 6, 10, 14, …
is 90. A. 266
B. 240
Marks Frequency
C. 256
20-30 p D. 276
30-40 15
25. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. Find the
40-50 25
probability of getting a multiple of 2 on one dice
50-60 20 and a multiple of 3 on the other dice.
60-70 q A. 1/3
70-80 8 B. 11/36
C. 1/4
80-90 10 D. 13/36

4 8th IMO - Set B
26. In the given diagram, ST is 32. O is the centre of a circle of diameter 4 cm and
R Q
a tangent to the circle with 1
70° OABC is a square. If the shaded area is area of
centre O. Find the value of x. 3
O the square, then the side of the square is
A. 25° A
B. 35° 65° A. p 3 cm
x P
C. 40° B. 3p cm B O
D. 45° S T
C. 3 p cm
27. In the arithmetic progression 7, 10, 13, … how many D. 3 p cm C
terms will add up to a sum of 920?
A. 25 33. Given below are the steps of construction of a pair
B. 16 of tangents to a circle of radius 4 cm from a point
C. 27 on the concentric circle of radius 6 cm. Find which
D. 23 of the following step is wrong?
Step-I : Take a point O on the plane paper and
28. A solid rectangular block has a square base with side draw a circle of radius OA = 4 cm. Also, draw a
( 3 − 2 ) m. The volume of the block is (3 18 − 7 3 ) m3 . concentric circle of radius OB = 6 cm.
Find the height of the block in the form (a 2 + b 3 ) m, Step-II : Find the mid-point A of OB and draw a
where a and b are integers. circle of radius BA = AO. Suppose this circle intersects
the circle of radius 4 cm at P and Q.
A. 3 2+ 3
Step-III : Join BP and BQ to get the desired
B. 5 3+4 2 tangents.
C. 15 2 + 3
P
D. 5 5+3 3
C
29. Solve : 3(81)x + 3 = 9x + 1 + 9x. B A O
A. 3, 2
B. ±1/2 Q
C. 4, 5
D. ±1 A. Only Step-I
B. Only Step-II
30. For a frequency distribution, mean, median and C. Both Step-I and Step-II
mode are connected by which of the following D. Both Step-II and Step-III
relations?
A. Mode = 3 Mean – 2 Median a + a 2 − b2 a − a 2 − b2
34. The value of + is
B. Mode = 2 Median – 3 Mean a − a 2 − b2 a + a 2 − b2
C. Mode = 3 Median – 2 Mean a2
D. Mode = 3 Median + 2 Mean A.
b2
31. Two circles of radii 10 cm and 8 cm intersect each b2
B.
other and the length of common chord is 12 cm. The a2
distance between their centres is a
C.
A b
2(2a 2 − b 2 )
D.
O O b2
B 35. If the sums of n, 2n and 3n terms of an A.P. are S1,

S3
A. 7 cm S 2 and S3 respectively, then is
( S2 − S1 )
B. 3 7 cm A. 0
B. 1
C. 4 7 cm
C. 2
D. (8 + 2 7 ) cm D. 3

8th IMO - Set B 5
EVERYDAY MATHeMATICS
36. There is a circular path around a sports field. Priya 41. 10 women can complete a work in 7 days and 10
takes 18 minutes to drive one round of the field, children take 14 days to complete the work. How
while Ravish takes 12 minutes for the same. Suppose many days will 5 women and 10 children take to
they both start at the same point and at the same complete the work?
time, and go in the same direction. After how many A. 3
minutes will they meet again at the starting point? B. 5
A. 54 C. 7
B. 24 D. None of these
C. 36
D. 72 42. In covering a certain distance, the speeds of A and
B are in the ratio of 3 : 4. A takes 30 minutes more
37. A person invested some amount at the rate of 10% than B to reach the destination. The time taken by A
simple interest and some other amount at the rate of to reach the destination is
12% simple interest. He received yearly interest of A. 1 hour
` 130. But if he had interchanged the amounts invested, 1
B. 1 hours
he would have received ` 4 more as interest. How 2
much amount did he invest at the rate of 10% and C. 2 hours
12% respectively? 1
A. ` 1200, ` 100 D. 2 hours
2
B. ` 700, ` 500
C. ` 1000, ` 1200 43. Three containers have their volumes in the ratio
D. ` 500, ` 700 3 : 4 : 5. They are full of mixtures of milk and water.
The mixtures contain milk and water in the ratio of
38. Father is aged three times more than his son Ronit. (4 : 1), (3 : 1) and (5 : 2) respectively. The contents
After 8 years, he would be two and a half times of of all these three containers are poured into a fourth
Ronit's age. After further 8 years, how many times container. The ratio of milk and water in the fourth
would he be of Ronit's age? container is
A. 2 times A. 4 : 1
1 B. 151 : 48
B. 2 times
2 C. 157 : 53
3
C. 2 times D. 5 : 2
4
D. 3 times 44. Pure ghee costs ` 100 per kg. After adulterating it
with vegetable oil costing ` 50 per kg, a shopkeeper
39. By selling an article, Mohit earned a profit equal to
sells the mixture at the rate of ` 96 per kg, thereby
one-fourth of the price he bought it. If he sold it
making a profit of 20%. In what ratio does he mix
for ` 375, what was the cost price?
the two?
A. ` 281.75
A. 3 : 2
B. ` 300
C. ` 312.50 B. 4 : 3
D. ` 350 C. 5 : 2
D. 7 : 6
40. Simran started a software business by investing
` 50,000. After six months, Nancy joined her with 45. A manufacturer offers a 20% rebate on the marked
price of a product. The retailer offers another 30%
a capital of ` 80,000. After 3 years, they earned a
rebate on the reduced price. The two reductions are
profit of ` 24,500. What was Simran's share in the
equivalent to a single reduction of
profit?
A. 40%
A. ` 9,423
B. ` 10,250 B. 44%
C. ` 12,500 C. 46%
D. None of these D. 50%

6 8th IMO - Set B
Achievers Section
46. The graph of ax 2 + bx + c is shown here and 48. Study the statements carefully.
 −b D  Statement-1 : Three times the square of one side
A  , −  . Identify the signs of a, b and c.
 2a 4a  of an equilateral triangle is equal to four times the
y
square of one of its altitudes.
Statement-2 : Three times the sum of the squares of
the sides of a triangle is equal to the three times the
x x sum of the squares of the medians of the triangle.
O
A. Statement-1 is true and statement-2 is false.
P B. Statement-1 is false and statement-2 is true.
A
C. Both statements are true.
y
D. Both statements are false.
a b c
A. +ve +ve –ve 49. Which of the following is incorrect?
B. +ve –ve –ve 9
A. For K = , the equation 2x2 + 3x + K = 0 will
C. +ve –ve +ve 8
D. –ve +ve –ve have real and equal roots.
B. For K = –1, the equation x2 + K(4x + K – 1) + 2 = 0
47. Match the columns. will have equal roots.
Column-I Column-II C. For K = 2, the equation
sin q x2 – 2x(1 + 3K) + 7(3 + 2K) = 0 will have equal
(a) + (i) 2 cosecq roots.
sec q + tan q − 1
cos q D. For K = –3, the equation
= (K + 1)x2 – 2(K – 1)x + 1 = 0 will have equal roots.
cosec q + cot q − 1
(b) sec4q(1 – sin4q) – 2 tan2q = (ii) 2 50. Fill in the blanks:
Every ____(a)
____ number can be expressed (factorised)
sec q − 1 sec q + 1
(c) + = (iii) 1 as the product of ____
(b)
____ factors and this factorisation
sec q + 1 sec q − 1
is ____
(c)
____ except for the order in which the prime
(d) (1 + cotq – cosecq) (iv) 0 factor occur.
(1 + tanq + secq) = (a) (b) (c)
A. (a) → (i), (b) → (iii), (c) → (i), (d) → (ii) A. Prime Composite Unique
B. (a) → (ii), (b) → (iii), (c) → (ii), (d) → (iv) B. Composite Prime Unique
C. (a) → (iii), (b) → (iii), (c) → (i), (d) → (ii) C. Odd Even Universal
D. (a) → (ii), (b) → (iii), (c) → (i), (d) → (ii) D. Even Odd Universal

ANSWER KEYS
4 th IMO (2010)
1. (D) 2. (C) 3. (A) 4. (B) 5. (A) 6. (D) 7. (C) 8. (B) 9. (B) 10. (D)
11. (B) 12. (B) 13. (D) 14. (C) 15. (B) 16. (C) 17. (B) 18. (B) 19. (C) 20. (D)
21. (A) 22. (C) 23. (B) 24. (D) 25. (C) 26. (A) 27. (C) 28. (B) 29. (A) 30. (D)
31. (C) 32. (B) 33. (D) 34. (C) 35. (C) 36. (C) 37. (B) 38. (B) 39. (B) 40. (C)
41. (B) 42. (B) 43. (D) 44. (C) 45. (D) 46. (A) 47. (B) 48. (C) 49. (C) 50. (B)
5 th IMO (2011)
1. (D) 2. (A) 3. (D) 4. (D) 5. (A) 6. (A) 7. (B) 8. (C) 9. (D) 10. (B)
11. (D) 12. (A) 13. (B) 14. (D) 15. (B) 16. (A) 17. (A) 18. (D) 19. (D) 20. (A)
21. (A) 22. (D) 23. (C) 24. (A) 25. (B) 26. (C) 27. (B) 28. (C) 29. (A) 30. (A)
31. (A) 32. (B) 33. (B) 34. (C) 35. (C) 36. (B) 37. (A) 38. (C) 39. (A) 40. (A)
41. (C) 42. (D) 43. (D) 44. (C) 45. (D) 46. (A) 47. (A) 48. (D) 49. (A) 50. (B)
6 th IMO (2012)
SET A
1. (D) 2. (C) 3. (B) 4. (C) 5. (C) 6. (B) 7. (D) 8. (C) 9. (A) 10. (B)
11. (D) 12. (C) 13. (B) 14. (C) 15. (A) 16. (B) 17. (D) 18. (D) 19. (A) 20. (B)
21. (B) 22. (B) 23. (B) 24. (C) 25. (C) 26. (D) 27. (A) 28. (C) 29. (A) 30. (C)
31. (A) 32. (D) 33. (A) 34. (C) 35. (A) 36. (C) 37. (C) 38. (C) 39. (A) 40. (B)
41. (B) 42. (C) 43. (B) 44. (C) 45. (D) 46. (B) 47. (A) 48. (C) 49. (D) 50. (D)
SET B
1. (A) 2. (B) 3. (C) 4. (D) 5. (C) 6. (C) 7. (B) 8. (D) 9. (B) 10. (A)
11. (B) 12. (B) 13. (D) 14. (A) 15. (D) 16. (A) 17. (B) 18. (C) 19. (B) 20. (A)
21. (A) 22. (B) 23. (A) 24. (B) 25. (C) 26. (B) 27. (B) 28. (A) 29. (B) 30. (C)
31. (B) 32. (D) 33. (A) 34. (D) 35. (B) 36. (A) 37. (D) 38. (B) 39. (B) 40. (B)
41. (C) 42. (C) 43. (A) 44. (B) 45. (C) 46. (A) 47. (C) 48. (B) 49. (D) 50. (B)
7 th IMO (2013)
SET A
1. (A) 2. (C) 3. (D) 4. (C) 5. (C) 6. (B) 7. (D) 8. (C) 9. (B) 10. (B)
11. (D) 12. (C) 13. (B) 14. (A) 15. (D) 16. (B) 17. (A) 18. (C) 19. (D) 20. (A)
21. (D) 22. (D) 23. (A) 24. (B) 25. (C) 26. (A) 27. (B) 28. (C) 29. (A) 30. (A)
31. (D) 32. (D) 33. (C) 34. (C) 35. (D) 36. (C) 37. (D) 38. (D) 39. (C) 40. (A)
41. (A) 42. (D) 43. (B) 44. (A) 45. (B) 46. (C) 47. (A) 48. (D) 49. (D) 50. (B)
SET B
1. (B) 2. (B) 3. (C) 4. (B) 5. (C) 6. (B) 7. (C) 8. (C) 9. (B) 10. (B)
11. (B) 12. (D) 13. (B) 14. (A) 15. (C) 16. (B) 17. (D) 18. (A) 19. (C) 20. (D)
21. (D) 22. (D) 23. (D) 24. (D) 25. (B) 26. (B) 27. (D) 28. (A) 29. (C) 30. (A)
31. (A) 32. (A) 33. (C) 34. (D) 35. (C) 36. (C) 37. (D) 38. (C) 39. (A) 40. (C)
41. (B) 42. (B) 43. (C) 44. (D) 45. (C) 46. (C) 47. (A) 48. (C) 49. (B) 50. (C)
8 th IMO (2014)
SET A
1. (C) 2. (A) 3. (C) 4. (B) 5. (D) 6. (A) 7. (A) 8. (A) 9. (D) 10. (D)
11. (B) 12. (B) 13. (D) 14. (A) 15. (C) 16. (D) 17. (D) 18. (B) 19. (B) 20. (C)
21. (D) 22. (A) 23. (C) 24. (C) 25. (A) 26. (D) 27. (D) 28. (B) 29. (C) 30. (A)
31. (C) 32. (B) 33. (B) 34. (D) 35. (D) 36. (A) 37. (A) 38. (A) 39. (C) 40. (B)
41. (A) 42. (B) 43. (A) 44. (B) 45. (B) 46. (C) 47. (B) 48. (C) 49. (D) 50. (C)
SET B
1. (C) 2. (D) 3. (D) 4. (C) 5. (D) 6. (D) 7. (A) 8. (B) 9. (A) 10. (A)
11. (D) 12. (B) 13. (A) 14. (C) 15. (B) 16. (A) 17. (A) 18. (A) 19. (A) 20. (C)
21. (D) 22. (C) 23. (B) 24. (A) 25. (B) 26. (D) 27. (D) 28. (A) 29. (B) 30. (C)
31. (D) 32. (B) 33. (B) 34. (D) 35. (D) 36. (C) 37. (B) 38. (A) 39. (B) 40. (D)
41. (C) 42. (C) 43. (C) 44. (A) 45. (B) 46. (B) 47. (C) 48. (A) 49. (D) 50. (B)

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10. Sasha was facing east. She walked 20 metres. Turning left she moved 15 metres and then turning

(A) (B) (C) (D)

25 17 38 18 89 16

(A) 13 (B) 15 (C) 17 (D) 19

13. If the first and second letters in the word DEPRESSION were interchanged, also the third and the

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22. Solve for x and y :

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25. Match the column:

1. In DABC and DPQR , (a) AA similarity criterion

(A) 1 ® a, 2 ® b, 3 ® c, 4 ® d (B) 1 ® d, 2 ® a, 3 ® c, 4 ® b

27. If sec A + tan A = x, then tan A =

29. If sinq and cosq are the roots of the equation ax 2 – bx + c = 0, then a, b, c satisfy the relation ____.

30. Find the mode of the given data :

(A) 22.89 (B) 15.68 (C) 20.35 (D) 22.14

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33. The value of q will be _____ , if sin 2q = 1 – cos 2q.

34. Match the column :

39. Evaluate : cos 2 20° + cos 2 70° + sin 48° sec 42° + cos 40° cosec 50°.

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