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c 2. Ans: [b]
So the two given equations have a common root if  is
a Radius of the hemisphere = 3.5 cm
2
a root of dx  2ex  f  0  Radius of the base of the cone  3.5 cm
Let h be the height of the cone.
c c
 d    2e f 0  h  3.5  15.5  h  12 cm
a
  a
Volume of the solid = Volume of the cone + Volume of the
d 2e f  b  ac 
   0   hemisphere
a ac c
1 2 2
2e d f  r h  r3
   3 3
b a c
1 22 2 22
d e f    (3.5)2  12    (3.5)3
 , , are in A.P. 3 7 3 7
a b c
1 22 7 7 2 22 7 7 7
a b c      12     
 , , are in H.P. 3 7 2 2 3 7 2 2 2
d e f
539
 154 
13. Ans: [a] 14. Ans: [d] 15. Ans: [c] 16. Ans: [a] 6
924  539 1463
17. Ans: [a] 18. Ans: [b]    243.82 cubic cm
6 6
19. Ans: [b]
Slant height of the cone   h2  r2
x = 1 is a root of the quadratic equations
 Slant height  144  12.25  156.25  12.5 cm
ax2  ax  3  0 and x2  x  b  0
Total surface of the toy = curved surface of the cone
 a  a  3  0 and 1  1  b  0 + curved surface of the sphere

3  r  2r2
a   and b   2
2 22 7 25 22 7 7
 Total surface     2  
 3 7 2 2 7 2 2
 ab       2   3
 2 275
  77  137.5  77  214.5cm2
2
 ab  3
3. Ans: [b]
20. Ans: [b]
Length of the fence ABCD  120 m
x2 + 6x = x2 + 6x + 9 – 9 = (x + 3)2 – 9
 AB  BC  CD  DA  120 m
So, x2 + 6x is least when x + 3 = 0 or x = –3
 AB  48  17  40  120 m
x2 + 6x – 27 = (x + 3)2 – 9 –27
40 m
Therefore, the least value of x2 + 6x – 27 = –9 –27 = –36 A

GEOMETRY & MENSURATION

17 m
1. Ans: [a]

AB2  BC2  262 Diagonal of a rectangle  2

 b2  B 48 m

 AB  120  105
2 AB  BC  68  Perimeter  2  b  bh  
 AB  15 m
 AB  BC  34
Area of the trapezium  1 BC  AD  AB
2 2
 AB  BC 2 2
 AB  BC  2AB  AC
1
 48  40  15
342  262  2AB AC 2
1
2AB AC  342  262  (34  26)(34  26)  480   88  15  660 m
2
2
 AB  AC  240
4. Ans: [c]
Area of the rectangle  AB  AC
Area of ABCD = Area of ABC  Area of ADC
 240 sq.cm

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D 22 2 8250
C   5  15 
7 7
13 m
 1178.59 cm3
24 m 8 m
Volume of the cone  1 r2h  1  22  52  6
B 3 3 7
A
1100
1 1   157.14 cm3
  24  8   24  13 7
2 2
 Volume of the remaining solid
 96 sq.m  156 sq.m  252 sq.m.
 1178.59  157.14 cm3
5. Ans: [c]
Let the edge of the cube be x cm.  1021.45 cm3

 Lateral surface area  4x2 10. Ans: [d]

New lateral surface area  4x2  144

100 O

2
 4x  1.44
B
 4  (1.2 x)2 A M

Volume of the cube  x3 Radius of the circle = OA = 10 cm

Length of the chord AB = 12 cm
Volume of the new cube  1.2 x 3  1.728 x3
OM is perpendicular from O to AB
 Change in volume  0.728  72.8% 1
 AM  AB  6 cm
2
6. Ans: [b]
In OAM, OA2  OM2  AM2
Volume of the metallic sphere  4 r3
3  102  OM2  62
4
   33  36  OM2  102  62  100  36  64
3
 OM  8 cm
Let 'h' be the height of the cone
1 2 11. Ans: [a]
 r h  36
3 AP 2 1
In ABC,  
1 PB 4 2
   122  h  36
3
AQ 3 1
3  36  
h   3 cm QC 6 2
144
AP AQ
7. Ans: [c]  
PB QC
Let the edge of the cube be 'a' units. AP AQ
 
 Surface area of the cube  6a2  1734 cm2 AP  PB AQ  QC

 a2  289  a  17 cm AP AQ
 
3 3 3 AB AC
Volume of the cube  a  (17)  4913 cm
In APQ and ABC,
8. Ans: [a] AP AQ
Curved surface area of the tent  r  and A is common
AB AC
22 APQ ~ ABC [SAS Criterion]
  7  242  72
7
PQ AP 1
  
 22  2
BC AB 3
  7  25 m2  550 m
7   3PQ  BC
Width of the Canvas  1.25 m
1 1
 PQ  BC   12 cm  4 cm
 Length of the Canvas  Area  550  440 m 3 3
width 1.25
12. Ans: [b]
9. Ans: [a]
The sum of the angles of a polygon of 'n' sides is (2n – 4)
Volume of the cylinder  r2h right angles.

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 The sum of the angles of a pentagon is (2 × 5 – 4) right 15. Ans: [b]

angles = 6 × 90° = 540 1
BAD  BOD [Angle at the centre of a circle is equal to
One angle = 140° 2
∴ The sum of the remaining angles = 540° – 140° twice the angle on the circle]
= 400° 1
 BAD   160  80
The angles are in the ratio 1:2:3:4. 2
4 BCD  80  BAD
The size of the greatest angle   400  160
10 [Opposite angles of a cyclic quadrilateral]
 180  80
13. Ans: [c]
 100
AB, CD are two parallel chords of a circle.
BPD  BCD [Angles in the same segment]
AB = 16 cm, CD = 30 cm
 BPD  100
OM and ON are perpendiculars to AB and CD.
1 16. Ans: [c]
AM  AB  8 cm
2 In OPQ ,
Let r be the radius of the circle. POQ  OQP  OPQ  180 [Angle sum property]
Let OM = x  110  2 OPQ  180
MN = 23  2 OPQ  70
 ON  23  x
 OPQ  35
In OMA,
In quadrilateral OPTQ,
OA2  OM2  MO2 O  P  T  Q  360
 110  90  T  90  360
 r2  x2  64 … (i)
 T  360  290
In ONC,
 PTQ  70
OC2  ON2  NC2
17. Ans: [c]
2
 r2  23  x   152  r2  x2  46x  754 … (ii) Let BAC  y
Equating (i) and (ii) we get, x  y  90º  180º  x  y  90º
2 2
x  64  x  46x  754 If 1 and 2 are parallel,
 46x  690
78º  y  35º  y  43º
690
x   15cm  x  90º  y  90º  43º  47º
46
r2  x2  64 18. Ans: [b]
AB and CD, the chords of the circle intersect at O.
 r2  152  64

 r2  225  64  289
C B
 r  17 cm
E

14. Ans: [d] A

D
Since ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral,
BD  180 In AEC and DEB,
D  130 AEC  DEB (Vertically opposite angles)
 B  50
ACE  DBE (Angles in the same segment of the circle are
ACB  90 [Angle in a semicircle] equal)
In BAC, EAC  EDB (Angles in the same segment)
BAC  ABC  BCA  180
 AEC ~ DEB (A.A.A. similarity criteria)
[sum of the angles of a triangle]
AE EC
 BAC  50  90  180  
DE EB
BAC  180 50 90 (Corresponding angles of similar triangles are proportional)
 180  140  40 3 5 43
   DE   2.4 cm
DE 4 5

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19. Ans: [c] 23. Ans: [b]

D C 8m
D C
O
32º 70º

A B

m
3
8m O 8m
AD || BC, AC is a transversal 1m

 BCO  DAO [Interior alternate angles]

 BCO  32º
A B
BOC  180º 70º  110º (linear pair). 8m

The radius of the pond is 1m

DBC  180º   BOC  BCO
The length of the rope = 3m
 180º  110º  32º   180º 142º  38º  Required area = Area of the circle with centre O and
radius 3m – Area of the circle with centre O and radius 1m
20. Ans: [a]
 (32)  (1 )  9    8 sq. m.
Let n be the number of sides
 sum of the interior angles = (2n – 4)  90 24. Ans: [c]
sum of the exterior angles = 180 Let the side of the square be 'x' m.
Here (2n – 4)  90 = 3  180 A x
D

 2n  4  6
 2n  10

n5

The number of sides = 5

C
21. Ans: [a]
Then AB  BC  x  x  2x m
r2  154  10000 sq.m
154  10000 AC  x2  x2  2x m  1.41x m
2
r   7  r2  490000
22 Saving on 2x m  0.59x m
= r = 700 m  Saving percent
Perimeter of the garden
0.59x 59
  100%  %  29.5% approximately
22 2x 2
 2r  2   700 m  4400 m
7
25. Ans: [b]
 The required length
Let 'r' be the radius of the hemisphere.
 25  4400  110000 m  110 km
2 3
 Volume  r
22. Ans: [d] 3
4  The biggest sphere inscribed will have diameter 'r'.
Volume of the sphere     9  9  9  cm3
3  1
 Radius 
1  2
Volume of the cone     9  9  9  cm3
3  4 r 1
3
Volume of the sphere      r3
 Volume of wood wasted 3 2 6
4 1  Ratio of volume of hemisphere to volume of sphere
   9  9  9    9  9  9 cm3
3 3
2 3 1 3
 r : r  12 : 3  4 : 1
   9  9  9 cm3 3 6

 Required percentage 26. Ans: [d]

 9 9 9 3 Let the back wheel make n revolutions
  100%   100%  75%
4 4 At this time the front wheel would have made n + 5
 9 9 9
3 revolutions

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The distance covered by both the wheels is the same This sum is an infinite Geometric Series with first term
 n  36  (n  5)  30 1
162 and common ratio .
 36 n  30 n  150 2

 6n  150 162
 Required sum   256  2  512 sq.cm.
1
 n  25 1
2
 Distance covered  25  36  900 ft
30. Ans: [d]
27. Ans: [c] 1.5
Radius of the cylinder  m  0.75 m
2
The sides of the triangle happen to be a Pythagorean
Height of the cylinder = 1 m
triplet.
 Volume of the cylinder  r2h
 The triangle is a right triangle. 2
3 9
   1  
For a right triangle, 4 16
Let r be the radius of the sphere.
product of the r sides 4 9 27 3
The measure of in radius   r3    r3   r   0.75
perimeter of the triangles 3 16 64 4
 Diameter of the sphere  2  0.75  1.5 m
72  21 1512
  9 cm 31. Ans: [d]
72  21  75 168
Area of triangle  r  s
28. Ans: [a] Where r is the inradius of the triangle and s, the
Let the radius of the base of the cylinder be R and the semiperimeter.
height be H. 28
 Area  2.5   35 cm2
H 1 2
  HR
2R 2 32. Ans: [d]
Area of its surface  2RH  2R2 The quantity of milk in the cylinder
Sum of the areas of its ends  2R 2 22
  14  14  20 m
7
Area of its surface 2R2 1 The quantity of milk in 1 bottle  770 m
  
Sum of the areas of its ends 2R2 1
22 14  14  20
 The required ratio is 1:1.  Required number of bottles    16
7 770
29. Ans: [c] 33. Ans: [c]
D R
C
Sin A/a = SinB/b = Sinc/c

a2  802  b2
a + b = 90 cm. Cosine rule gives cos 60 
S Q
2  a  80

Solving a = 17 and b = 73
A P B
34. Ans: [c]
The side of the first square = 16 cm B

2 2
The side of the 2nd square  8  8  8 2 cm
D
The side of the 3rd square  (4 2)2  (4 2)2  8 cm
A P
2 2 C
The side of the 4th square  4  4  4 2 cm
 CDP ~  ABP
and so on.
as CDP = BAP
 Sum of the areas of all the squares
DPC = BPA
 (16)2  (8 2)2  82  (4 2)2  .... infinity
 DP/ AP = CP/ BP  DP  BP / AP  PC = 1

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35. Ans: [c] 39. Ans: [b]

A
2n  4
The sum of the interior angles of a polygon   90
n
Q
R 16  4
 An interior angle of an octagon   90  135
8
B P C 4  90
An exterior angle of an octogon   45
8
ABC is a  and P, Q, R are the midpoints of sides BC, CA
 Required ratio  135 : 45  3: 1
and AB respectively.
 PQ  AB 40. Ans: [d]
And PQ = Area of plot ABCD = Area of  ADE  Area of AFB
+ Area of BCEF
Similarly, RP  AC
1 1
and RP = AC =   50  120   40  30  40  90
2 2
 Perimeter of ARPQ = (AR + RP +PQ + QA) cm.  (3000  600  3600) sq.m  7200 sq. m.

= (15.0 + 10.5 + 15.0 + 10.5) cm. = 51 cm

PROBABILITY
36. Ans: [c]
1. Ans: [c]
AC  BC  CAB  ABC [base angles of an isosceles
Probability of selecting the first bag =
triangle]
In ABD, ADB  ABD  BAD  180 [Angle sum Probability of selecting a white ball from the first bag =
properly)
Probability of selecting the second bag =
 91  47  BAD  180
Probability of selecting a white ball from the second bag =
 BAD  180  (91  47)  42
∴ Required Probability = * + * =
37. Ans: [d]
Let R1 be the original radii and R2 the new radii. 2. Ans: [c]
A leap year has 366 days (52 weeks and 2 days)
2R1  4, 2R2  8
The extra 2 days can be
 R1  2, R2  4
(i) Sunday and Monday or
Original area  R12  4 (ii) Monday and Tuesday or
(iii) Tuesday and Wednesday or
New area  R 22  16
(iv) Wednesday and Thursday or
 The new area quadruples. (v) Thursday and Friday or

38. Ans: [a] (vi) Friday and Saturday or

(vii) Saturday and Sunday.
Let the side of the cube be 'x' cm.
The favourable case is 53 Wednesdays and 52 Mondays.
x
The diameter of each sphere  cm So there are two possibilities i.e. (iii) and (iv).
3
 Sum of the volumes of the spheres ∴ Required probability =
3
4  x  3. Ans: [b]
 27     cm3
3 6 Given that events A and B are independent,

x3 P(A B) = P(A) x P(B)

Volume of the cube  x3 cu. cm.  cu. cm.
6 P(A ∪ B) = P(A) + P(B) – P(A B)

 3 = P(A) + P(B) – P(A) x P(B)

x
 0.45 = 0.15 + P(B) – 0.15 x P(B)
 The required part  6 
x3 6 0.3 = 0.85 x P(B)
∴ P(B) = =

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