NTSE-31/10/2020

1. Product of divisors of 7056 is

(1) (84)48
(2) (84)44
(3) (84)45
(4) (84)33

2. 125 identical cubes are cut from a big cube and all the
smaller cubes are arranged in a row to form a long cuboid.
What is the percentage increase in the total surface area of
the cuboid over the total surface area of the cube?

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(1) 48
(2) 52
(3) 64
(4) 68
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5. sin6A + cos6A is equal to

(1) 1 – 3sin2Acos2A (2) 1 – 3sinAcosA
(3) 1 + 3sin2Acos2A (4) 1

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 7. ABCD and EFGA are the squares of side 4 cm, each.
In square ABCD, DMB and PMQ are the arcs of circles
with centres at A and C respectively. In square AEFG,
the shaded region is enclosed by two arcs of circles with
centres at A and F, respectively. What is the ratio of the
shaded regions of the squares ABCD and AEFG
respectively.

8. An A.P. whose first term is unity and in which the sum of

the first half of any even number of terms to that of the
second half of the same number of terms is in constant ratio,
the common difference 'd' is given by
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4

9. A bag contains 4 red and 3 black balls. A second bag

contains 2 red and 4 black balls. One bag is selected at
random. From the selected bag, one ball is drawn. Find the
probability that the ball drawn is red.
23 19 7 6
(1)42 (2)42 (3)32 (4) 39

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11. If x is a natural number which is a perfect square, then

the number x + x must end in
(1) 0 or 5 (2) 0 or 1 or 9
(3) 0 or 2 or 6 (4) 0 or 4 or 8

12. The elevation of a tower at a station A due north of it is

45° and at a station B due west of A is 30°. If AB = 40 m,
find the height of the tower :
(1) 26.26 m (2) 28.28 m
(3) 38.5 m (4) none of these
13. O is orthocentre of a triangle PQR, which is formed by
joining the mid-points of the sides of a triangle ABC. O is :
(1) orthocentre (2) incentre
(3) circumcentre (4) centroid

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15. Points A and B are 90 km apart from each other on a

highway. A car starts from A and another from B at the same
time. If they go in the same direction, they meet in 9 hours
and if they go in opposite directions, they meet in 9/7 hours.
Find their speed (in km/h).
(1) 25, 45 (2) 20, 50
(3) 30, 40 (4) 35, 65
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17. The number of common terms to the two sequences 17,

21, 25, ........, 417 and 16, 21, 26, ......., 466 is :
(1) 19
(2) 20
(3) 21
(4) 84

18. An open box is made of wood 2 cm thick. Its internal

length is 86 cm, breadth 46 cm and height is 38 cm. The cost
of painting the outer surface of the box at Rs. 10 per m2 is :
(1) Rs. 18.5
(2) Rs. 8.65
(3) Rs. 15.70
(4) Rs. 17.50
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