Faculty Recruitment Test: Mental Ability Test (MAT) Paper - A

FACULTY RECRUITMENT TEST
CATEGORY-E
Formal School Education/VI, VII, VIII / Foundation for KVPY,
NSEJS, NTSE, Senior Olympiads, JEE Main & JEE Advanced
Mental Ability Test (MAT)

PAPER – A
Time: 1 Hour Maximum Marks: 40
Name:................................................................................. Marks:
Subject:…………………………...........................................
Instructions
 Attempt all questions.
 PAPER-A has only one part. Each question carries two marks.
 Calculators and log tables are not permitted.
Directions – (Q. 1 – 5) Find out the correct choice to replace the question mark (?).
1. 7, 6, 10, 21.5, 53, ___

(A) 157 (B) 172 (C) 147 (D) 163
2. 3, 1, 11, 25, 83, ____

(A) 241 (B) 245 (C) 343 (D) 166
3. 17, 8, 16, 23, 28, 38, ____

(A) 48 (B) 49 (C) 52 (D) 50
4. 3, 5, 10, 29, 126, ____

(A) 252 (B) 727 (C) 318 (D) 452
5. 19,  57, 57, 57, ___

(A) 57 (B) 285 (C) 114 (D) 171
6. 49, 1, 25, 121, ___

(A) 400 (B) 361 (C) 256 (D) none of these
7. Find the analogy

231 : 18 : : 42 : ?
(A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 18 (D) 12
8. Compute the series

 a  cc  bcb  bcaa  c
(A) abdab (B) dbaab (C) cdaba (D) abccb
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9. There are six members A B C D S K in a family in which there are three ladies and one couple. A is
the mother of C and D is the son of C. Husband of A is B and C is her son while K is her daughter.
The group of ladies is
(A) S K A (B) A B C (C) A S D (D) S A C
10. Daughter of the son of the father of my father’s sister is to me

(A) Niece (B) Sister (C) Aunt (D) Cousin sister
Directions – Each of the questions from 11 to 15 is based on the following statements. Four
alternative answers are given to each question. These alternatives are represented by (A), (B), (C) and
(D). One of these is the correct answer of the question.
Statements – Ram, Shyam, Chand, Pramod and Vinod are five students. Ram is taller than Shyam.
Chand is shorter than Pramod. Ram is shorter than Vinod. Shyam is taller than Pramod.
11. Who is the tallest?

(A) Shyam (B) Pramod (C) Ram (D) Vinod
12. Who is the shortest?

(A) Shyam (B) Ram (C) Vinod (D) Chand
13. Who is next to the tallest?

(A) Chand (B) Ram (C) Pramod (D) Vinod
14. Who is next to the shortest?

(A) Pramod (B) Ram (C) Vinod (D) Chand
15. Who is shorter than Ram but taller than Pramod?

(A) Pramod (B) Chand (C) Shyam (D) Vinod
Directions (questions 16 – 18): The number in each question below is to be codified in the following
code.
Digit 7 2 1 5 3 9 8 6 4
Letter W L M S I N D J B
16. 184632
(A) MDJBSI (B) MDJBIL (C) MDJBWL (D) MDBJIL
17. 879341
(A) DWNIBS (B) DWNBIM (C) DWNIBM (D) NDWBIM
18. 64928
(A) JBNLD (B) JBLND (C) BJNLD (D) DBNLS
Directions (questions 19 to 22): In each of the following questions, some characters are given. These
characters follow a certain trend. Find out this trend and choose the missing character accordingly.
19.
18 24 32
12 14 16
3 ? 4
72 112 128
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5
20.
3 6 8
5 8 4
4 7 ?
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9
21.
7 6 6
3 29 5 39 3 7 ? 3
5
2 4 5
(A) 49 (B) 81 (C) 51 (D) 59
22.
4 5 6
2 3 7
1 8 3
21 98 ?
(A) 94 (B) 76 (C) 73 (D) 16
Directions – (Q. 23 – 25) Find out the number that would replace the question mark (?) in each of the
following questions.
23. 20, 32, 45, 59, 74, ?
(A) 95 (B) 90 (C) 85 (D) 79
24. 210, 195, 175, 150, 120, ?
(A) 75 (B) 80 (C) 85 (D) 90
25. 3, 5, 10, 12, 24, 26, ?

(A) 52 (B) 30 (C) 28 (D) 48
Directions – (Q. 26 – 27) Find out the missing term in each of the following questions.
26. EDBA, KJHG, QPNM, ?

(A) KIGH (B) QOMK (C) WVTS (D) ZXVU
27. ced, ihg, lkm,……, uts

(A) npo (B) orq (C) oqp (D) qro
Directions – (Q. 28 – 29) Some letters are missing in the following letter-series. The missing letters are
given in the proper sequence as one of the alternatives among the four given below. Find the correct
alternative.
28. a  bbc  aab  cca  bbcc

(A) bacb (B) acba (C) abba (D) caba
29. ab  aa  bbb  aaa  bbba

(A) abba (B) baab (C) aaab (D) abab
30. Vijay, Narain, Sukumar, Ravi and Bipin are taking part in a car race. Vijay is ahead of Sukumar but
behind Bipin. Bipin is ahead of Vijay but behind Ravi. Narain is in the middle. Who is ahead of all?
(A) Vijay (B) Sukumar (C) Bipin (D) Ravi
31. Five girls are standing in a row facing North. Nila is between Liji and Vidya. Pushpa is just next to Liji
to the left. Liji is second from the left. Malti is at one end of the row. Who is at the other end of the
row?
(A) Nila (B) Liji (C) Vidya (D) Pushpa
32. Lalit goes to east 8 km and turning to South-West he goes 8 km. After this he turns to North-West and
goes 8 km. Now in which direction is he from the starting point?
(A) North-East (B) South-East (C) West (D) East
33. Five people are sitting in a circle facing to the centre and are playing cards. Mukund is to the left of
Rajesh. Vijay is between Anil and Nagesh and is to the right of Anil. Who is sitting to the right of
Nagesh?
(A) Vijay (B) Rajesh (C) Anil (D) Mukund
34. Find the odd one

(A) 23 (B) 35 (C) 72 (D) 43
35. Find the missing number

15 12 17
16 12 23
11 ? 57
(A) 12 (B) 27 (C) 14 (D) 36
Directions (36  40): Each problem contain a question and two statements, Statement  I and II giving certain
data.
Choose (A): If Statement I alone is sufficient and Statement II alone is not sufficient.
Choose (B): If Statement II alone is sufficient and Statement I alone is not sufficient.
Choose (C): If Statement I and II together are sufficient but neither Statement alone is sufficient to answer
the question.
Choose (D): If each Statement alone is sufficient to answer the question.
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36. If 7 May of the year x is Tuesday
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Statement I: 21 January of the year x is Wednesday.
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Statement II: 8 March of the year x is Friday.
37. If P is a real number, then is P odd?

Statement I: 5P is odd
Statement II: 6P is even
38. How many sons does Sanjay have?

Statement I: Other then Pappu, Sanjay’s eldest son, all the other children have the same number of
brothers.
Statement II: Pappu, Sanjay’s eldest son has one more sister than each of his other siblings.
39. What was the month in which Jack got married.

Statement I: The month following the month in which Jack got married had 31 days.
Statement II: The most recent month that had 30 days prior to the month of Jack’s marriage was 4
months ago.
40. Is x > 1?
2
Statement I: x = 9
2
Statement II: x = 1
CATEGORY-E
Mental Ability Test (MAT)

PAPER – B
Name:................................................................................. Marks:
Subject:…………………………...........................................
Instructions
1. In a coded language GROWTH is written as IUXPSH, what will be the code for AVERAGE?
(A) FHBSFWB (B) FHBSFXB (C) FHBSFXC (D) VHBSVUB
2. A man pointing to a photograph says, “The lady in the photograph is my nephew’s maternal
grandmother”. How is the lady in the photograph related to the man’s sister who has no other sister?
(A) cousin (B) sister in law (C) mother (D) mother in law
3. If ‘’ stands for equal to
‘’ stands for less than
‘+’ stands for greater than
‘–’ stands for multiplication
‘>’ stands for division
‘<’ stands for addition
‘=’ stands for subtraction
Which of the following is true?
(A) 2  3 < 5 – 9 > 3 – 18 + 10 (B) 2  3 > 5 – 9 < 3 – 18  10
(C) 2  3 < 5 + 9 > 3 + 18 – 10 (D) 2  3 < 5  9 > 3 + 18 – 10
4. In a certain code
(1) ‘134’ means ‘you are well’
(2) ‘758’ means ‘they go home’
(3) ‘839’ means ‘we are home’
which of the following represents ‘they’ in that code language?
(A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) data inadequate
Direction (5 to 9): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:
A team of five is to be selected from amongst five boys A, B, C, D and E and four girls P, Q, R and S. Some
criteria for selection are:
A and S have to be together.
P cannot be put with R.
D and Q cannot be together.
C and E have to be together.
R cannot be put with B.
Unless otherwise stated, these criteria are applicable to all the questions below.
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5. If two of the numbers have to be boys, the team will consist of

(A) A, B, S, P, Q (B) A, D, S, Q, R (C) B, D, S, R, Q (D) C, E, S, P, Q
6. If R be one of the members, the other members of the team are

(A) P, S, A, D (B) Q, S, A, D (C) Q, S, C, E (D) S, A, C, E
7. If two of the members are girls and D is one of the members, the members of the team other than D
are
(A) P, Q, B, C (B) P, Q, C, E (C) P, S, A, B (D) P, S, C, E
8. If A and C are members, the other members of the team cannot be

(A) B, E, S (B) D, E, S (C) E, S, P (D) P, Q, E
9. If including P at least three members are girls, the members of the team other than P are
(A) Q, S, A, B (B) Q, S, B, D (C) Q, S, C, E (D) R, S, A, D
Directions (10 to 14): In each of the following questions, a word has been written in four different code
languages, one of the code languages is common to all the five questions. The code equivalent of the word in
that language is your answer in each question:
10. CLUSTER
(A) YHPQDXE (B) BKTUSDQ
(C) BITSVEO (D) XFJNOPQ
11. LIGHT
(A) HVWJD (B) KHIGS
(C) CIMKN (D) KJHGS
12. TRIVIAL
(A) SQHXHCK (B) DEVCVZH
(C) VOHXHAI (D) SQJUJBK
13. NUMBER
(A) ZJAWQP (B) MTOADQ
(C) GPTMXE (D) MVNAFQ
14. BRAVE
(A) AQBUF (B) WRYJQ
(D) DOAXE (D) MEZCX
Direction (15 to 16): Study the number series given below and answer the questions that follow:
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15. How many 7s are preceded by 9 and followed by 6?

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5
16. Which figures have equal frequency?

(A) 2, 5, 3 (B) 2, 4, 5 (C) 3, 7, 5 (D) 8, 6, 5
17. Four tests Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology are to be conducted on four successive
days, not necessarily in the same order. The Physics test is held before the test which is conducted
after Biology. Chemistry is conducted exactly after two tests are held. Which test is held the last?
(A) Physics (B) Biology (C) Mathematics (D) cannot be determined
18. If the time shown by a clock is 5 hrs 37 min, then what time does its mirror image show?
(A) 7 hrs 23 min (B) 6 hrs 18 min (C) 6 hrs 36 min (D) 6 hrs 23 min
19. 5 friends, A to E have to send some message to each other subject to some restrictions. A can send
messages to B, C and D, all of whom can send messages to E. Also (A and E), (B and C) and (C and
D) can send messages to each other. In how many different ways can A send a message to E (no
person name should be repeated in a single message sending sequence)?
(A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) none of these
20. In a city, the traffic regulations are such that if a person moves towards East, he should move with a
speed of 12 km/hr, towards West with a speed of 18 km/hr, towards North with a speed of 24 km/hr
and towards South with a speed of 30 km/hr. Gaurav starts from his house and travels for 10 minutes
towards East, followed by 15 minutes towards North, followed by 20 minutes towards South, followed
by 30 minutes towards West and finally travels 10 minutes towards East to reach his college. What is
the approximate distance between his house and the college?
(A) 8.2 km (B) 6.4 km (C) 9.3 km (D) 9.7 km
21. Cooks are the artists. Artists do not go to the offices. Girls can work. Boys go to office. Boys go to
market. Vegetables are available in the market, which of the following is definitely true?
(A) girls do not to go to market (B) boys are not girls
(C) boys are not vegetables (D) vegetables are not available in the kitchen
Directions (2226): Eight persons, A to H from eight cities P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W, not necessarily in the
same order are sitting around a circular table. We know the following additional information.
(i) Among A, E, G and F, no two persons are adjacent to each other.
(ii) Among the persons from P, T, V and W, no two persons are opposite each other.
(iii) A is the immediate left of B, who is two places away to the right of the persons from Q.
(iv) The person from S is opposite D, who is adjacent to E.
(v) The person from P is the immediate left of G, who is from T.
(vi) C, who is from W, is adjacent to the persons from R and V.
22. Who is from R?

(A) A (B) B (C) E (D) F
23. Who is to the immediate right of H?

(A) G (B) E (C) A (D) cannot be determined
24. Who is opposite to the person from V?

(A) A (B) G (C) F (D) cannot be determined
25. Who is sitting three places away to the right of G?

(A) B (B) C (C) D (D) cannot be determined
26. Who is sitting three places away to the right of the person from Q?
(A) B (B) F (C) E (D) G
Directions (27  31): In each of the following question, one term in the number series is wrong. Find out the
wrong term.
27. 5, 27, 61, 122, 213, 340, 509

(A) 27 (B) 61 (C) 122 (D) 509
28. 6, 15, 35, 77, 165, 221

(A) 35 (B) 77 (C) 165 (D) 221
29. 7, 15, 39, 63, 127, 255, 511

(A) 15 (B) 39 (C) 63 (D) 127
30. 11, 28, 327, 463, 5125

(A) 5125 (B) 463 (C) 28 (D) 11
31. 14, 91, 116, 251, 136, 494

(A) 494 (B) 91 (C) 251 (D) 136
32.
I K
H N E
I K R
T
E
H N
I K
N
In the above diagram every alphabet joined with the others by lines. How many times can we read the
word ’THINKER’ from left to right in different ways?
(A) 16 (B) 12
(C) 8 (D) 20
33. Amar, Akbar and Anthony are friends, being looked after by a matron Farah. Amar weighs 50% more
than Akbar and Anthony weights 25% less than Amar. Farah weighs a third of the combined weight of
the three boys. All four together weight 232 kg. The correct arrangement of the person in the
ascending coder of their weight is:
(A) Anthony, Akbar, Farah, Amar (B) Anthony, Akbar, Amar, Farah
(C) Akbar, Anthony, Amar, Farah (D) Akbar, Anthony, Farah, Amar
34. mnonopqopqrs __ __ __ __ __
(A) mnopqr (B) oqrstu (C) pqrstu (D) qrstuw
35. Find the wrong number in the series 7, 28, 63, 124, 215, 342, 511
(A) 7 (B) 28 (C) 124 (D) 215
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36. In a row of 21 girls, when monika was shifted by four places towards the right, she became 12 from
the left end. What was her earlier position from the right end at the row?
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(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 11 (D) 14
Direction (37 to 40): In the following questions, numbers have been arranged according to the same general
pattern. Find the missing number in each question.
37. 210
196 81
? 115 14
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 9 (D) 18
38. 72
? 16
4 48 8
(A) 32 (B) 40 (C) 64 (D) 80
39. ?
225 144
12 81 15
(A) 75 (B) 240 (C) 360 (D) 400
40. 132
121 49
7 ? 11
(A) 5 (B) 15 (C) 18 (D) 72
CATEGORY-E

Science
PAPER – A
Time: 60 Minutes. Maximum Marks: 40
Name: ........................................................................................................
Marks:
Subject: .....................................................................................................
Instructions:
 Attempt all questions.
 This question paper has 2 Sections A & B. Each question of Section - A carries 2 marks and
that of Section – B carries 4 marks each.
 Calculators and log tables are not permitted
SECTION –A
1. Find the focal length and nature of lens which should be placed in contact with a lens of focal length
10 cm so that the power of the combination becomes 5D.
2. An object of mass 5 kg from rest through a vertical distance of 20 m and reaches a velocity of 10 m/s.
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How much work is done by the push of the air on the object? (g = 10 m/s )
3. Two planets of radii in the ratio 2 : 3 are made from the material of density in the ratio 3 : 2. What is
the ratio of acceleration due to gravity g1/g2 at the surface of two planets?
4. What are radioisotopes? What is the use of CO – 60 and I – 131?
5. Write down the electronic configuration of Vanadium.
6. What will be the ozonolysis product of cyclohexane?
7. Give one word / term for the following; with respect to cellular respiration.
(a) An oxidized coenzyme
(b) The end product of glycolysis
(c) An enzyme that utilizes the proton-motive force of chemiosmosis
(d) The final electron acceptor in electron transport chain.
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8. Different cells are isolated from different tissue of the same species of an eukaryotic organism. The
total DNA content of each cell is measured, with the following results:
Cell Sample Total DNA content, in nanograms
A 5.1  0.2
B 2.4  0.1
C 6.7  0.1
D 9.8  0.2
E 2.7  0.2
Assign each type from the sample to the following cell types:
(i) skin cell in G1 phase
(ii) Lung cell in G2 phase
(iii) skin cell in S phase
(iv) Mature sperm cell
(v) Mature egg cell
9. On what basis are Echinoderms considered to be closely related to the Chordates than to the non-
chordates?
10. Which class of Phylum Chordata comprises of homothermal animals? Explain the term homotherms.
SECTION–B
11. A satellite of mass m revolves around the earth of radius R at a height x from its surface. If g is the
acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the earth, calculate the orbital speed of the satellite.
12. An object is placed at a distance of 40 cm from a convex spherical mirror of radius of curvature 20
cm. At what distance from the object should a plane mirror be placed so that the image in the
spherical mirror and plane mirror may be in one plane?
13. What is displacement reaction? Explain with example. Also write down the reactivity series of the
metals.
14. Calculate the enthalpy of the following reaction.

CH2=CH2(g) + H2(g) — CH3—CH3 (g)
The bond energies of (—H), (—C), C=C, and H—H are 99, 83, 147 and 104 Kcal respectively.
15. Phylogeny is the evolution history of a species.

(a) The evolution of a species is dependent on changes in the genome of the species. Identify two
mechanisms of genetic change, and explain how each affects genetic variation.
(b) Describe two types of evidence that can be used to determine the phylogeny of organisms.
Discuss one strength of each type of evidence you described.
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CATEGORY-E

Science
PAPER – B
Time: 60 Minutes. Maximum Marks: 40
Name: ........................................................................................................
Marks:
Subject: .....................................................................................................
Instructions:
 Attempt all questions.
 This question paper has 2 Sections A & B. Each question of Section - A carries 2 marks and
that of Section – B carries 4 marks each.
 Calculators and log tables are not permitted
SECTION –A
1. If R is the radius of earth, then at what height from the surface the weight of body becomes 1/4 of that
on the surface of the earth.
2. A block of wood of mass 2 kg is lying on a frictionless table. A force of 8 N is applied on it for 10 s.

Calculate its kinetic energy.
3. In the given circuit, the current in the 2 resistance is 3A. Calculate 3A 2

A B
(a) current flowing through the battery and
(b) the emf of the battery. C D
3
4. How Chlorine reacts with alkalies in cold as well as hot NaOH?
5. Arrange the following in increasing order of their Bond dissociation energy- N2, O2, K2, Cl.
6. What happens when?

(i) Concentrated caustic potash solution is spilled on granulated Zinc.
(ii) Hydrolith is treated with water.
7. Arrange the electron represented by the following sets of quantum no. in the decreasing order of
energy:
(i) n = 4, l = 0, m = 0, s = +1/2
(ii) n = 3, l = 1, m = 1, s = -1/2
(iii) n = 3, l = 2, m = 0, s = +1/2
(iv) n = 3, l = 0, m = 0, s = -1/2
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8. Refer to the following breeding experiment:

P brown mice with short tails  white mice with long tails
F1 All offspring are brown and have long tails.
F2 292 mice are brown with long tails
97 mice are brown with short tails
103 mice are white with long tails
36 mice are white with short tails
(a) Based on the results, how many genes control the four traits observed among the F 2 progeny?
(b) Were the original parents (P – generation) homozygous or heterozygous?
9. In interspecific interactions, if ‘+’ represents benefit, ‘–’ represents harm and ‘0’ represents no effect.
Then how would you show the following interactions.
(a) Commensalism
(b) Predator – prey relationship
(c) Competition
(d) Mutualism
10. Persons with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus can have very high levels of glucose in their blood. Why
do such individuals have a high level of urine production?
SECTION–B
11. Two long parallel wires carry equal current I in the same direction. The length of each wire is  and the
distance between them is d. Find the force acting on each wire.
12. An object 2 cm high is placed at right angles to the optical axis 15 cm away from a double convex
lens having an optical power of 10 diopters. Find the position and height of the image.
13. Why the electronic configuration of

5 1 4 2
(a) Cr is 3d 4s and not 3d 4s
10 1 9 2
(b) Cu is 3d 4s and not 3d 4s
14. Find out the hybridization of the following:

C2H2, SO2, SO4, I3, SF6, IF7
15. Write short notes on:

(a) Genetic engineering in crop improvement.
(b) Turner’s syndrome
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CATEGORY-E
MATHEMATICS
PAPER – A
Name:................................................................................. Marks:
Subject:…………………………...........................................
Instructions
Find c if gcd of f (x) = x + cx  x + 2c and g (x) = x + cx  2 is a linear polynomial.

3 2 2
1.
Solve the equation : x  10x + 26x  10x + 1 = 0.

4 3 2
2.
1 1 1
  .
2 2 2 3 3 3
3. If a + b + c = 1, a + b + c = 9 and a + b + c = 1, find
a b c
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4. Determine all real numbers satisfying the inequality log  2x  1  log x  a  1 .
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5. 45 games were played at a chess tournament with each contestant playing one against each of
others. How many participants are there?
6. The radius of the incircle of a triangle is 24 cm. The segments into which one side is divided by the
point of contact are 36 cm and 48 cm. Find the lengths of the other two sides of the triangle.
7. In a triangle ABC, the incircle touches the sides BC, CA and AB respectively at D, E, F. If the radius of
the incircle is 4 units. If BD, CE and AF are consecutive integers. Find the sides of the triangle.
8. Water is flowing at the rate of 5 km/hr through a pipe of diameter 14 cm into a rectangular tank which
is 50 m long an 44 m wide. Determine the time in which the level of the water in the tank will rise by
7 cm.
9. The elevation of a tower at a station A due north of it is  and at a station B due west of A is B. If AB =
d, then find the height of the tower.
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10. If a cos   b sin  = c, then find the value of a sin  + b cos .

If x sin  + y cos  = sin  cos  and x sin  = y cos , then find the value of x + y .
3 3 2 2
11.
12. A person on tour has Rs. 360 for his expenses. If he extends his tour for 4 days, he has to cut down
his daily expenses by Rs. 3. Find the original duration of the tour.
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13. Solve  x  3  x  4   .
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14. Students of a class are made to stand in rows. If one student is extra in a row, there would be 2 rows
less. If one student is less in a row there would be 3 rows more. Find the number of students in the
class.
If the polynomial f (x) = x  6x + 16x  25x + 10 is divided by another polynomial x  2x + k, the

4 3 2 2
15.
remainder comes out to be x + a, find k + a.
16. If d is the HCF of 56 and 72, find x and y satisfying d = 56x + 72y.
17. ABCD is a parallelogram, in which P and Q are the middle points of BC and CD respectively. Then
area of triangle APQ = x  area of parallelogram ABCD. What will be x.
18. Two circles of unit radius touch each other and each of them touches internally a circle of radius two.
Find the radius of the circle which touches all the three circles.
19. If a = 1 + log102  log105,

b = 2 log103
c = log10m  log105,
then find m, if a + b = 2c.
20. A man sells an article at 5% above its cost price. If he had bought it at 5% less than what he paid for it
and sold it at Rs. 2 less, he would have gained 10%. Find the cost price of the article.
CATEGORY-E
MATHEMATICS
PAPER – B
Name:................................................................................. Marks:
Subject:…………………………...........................................
Instructions
 PAPER-B has only one part. Each question carries two marks.
1. In the given figure, ABCO is a rhombus, three of A

whose vertices lie on a circle with centre O. If the
3
area of the rhombus is 32 3 cm , find the radius
of the circle. B O
C
th th
2. If the m term of an A.P. is 1/n and the n term is 1/m, find the sum of mn terms.
3. A semicircular region and a square region have equal perimeter. The area of the square region
2
exceeds that of the semicircular region by 4 cm . Find the areas of two regions.
4. The medians of a right triangle which are drawn from the vertices of the acute angles are 15 cm and
40 cm, find the length of the hypotenuse.
5. If sec  + tan  = x, what is the value of sin  in terms of x.
Factorize : (a + b + c)  a  b  c .
3 3 3 3
6.
2
7. Determine the set of integers n for which n + 19n + 92 is a square.
8. If ABCD be a convex quadrilateral in which BAC = 50, CAD = 60, CBD = 30 and BDC = 25.
If E is the point of intersection of AC and BD, then find AEB.
FACREC-NTSE-P2-B-MATH-2
9. Find the value of 3 5  2  3 

1 x2  1
10. If 2x = a , then find the value of .
a x  
x2  1
11. Find the sum upto n terms of the series: 6 + 66 + 666 + …
12. Three circles each of radius ‘r’ touch one another. Find the radius of the circle touching all the three
given circles internally.
x y z
13. If a = bc, b = ca, c = ab, then find xyz.
14. Everybody in a room shakes hands with everybody else. The total number of hand shakes is 66. Find
the total number of persons in the room.
1 
If a + b = 7ab, then find the value of log   a  b   .
2 2
15.
3 
2 3 5
16. Find the LCM of , and .
7 14 3
17. If the sides of the triangles are 5k, 6k, 5k and radius of incircle is 6, then find the value of k.
18. The sides of a triangle are 7 cm, 4 3 cm and 13 cm, then find the smallest angle.
1 1
19. If x = 7  4 3 and xy = 1, then find 2
 .
x y2
xa xb xc

20. If    3 , then find x.
bc ca ab

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FACULTY RECRUITMENT TEST

Mental Ability Test (MAT)

1. 7, 6, 10, 21.5, 53, ___

2. 3, 1, 11, 25, 83, ____

3. 17, 8, 16, 23, 28, 38, ____

4. 3, 5, 10, 29, 126, ____

5. 19,  57, 57, 57, ___

6. 49, 1, 25, 121, ___

7. Find the analogy

8. Compute the series

10. Daughter of the son of the father of my father’s sister is to me

11. Who is the tallest?

12. Who is the shortest?

13. Who is next to the tallest?

14. Who is next to the shortest?

15. Who is shorter than Ram but taller than Pramod?

(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9

25. 3, 5, 10, 12, 24, 26, ?

26. EDBA, KJHG, QPNM, ?

27. ced, ihg, lkm,……, uts

28. a  bbc  aab  cca  bbcc

29. ab  aa  bbb  aaa  bbba

(A) North-East (B) South-East (C) West (D) East

34. Find the odd one

35. Find the missing number

(A) 12 (B) 27 (C) 14 (D) 36

37. If P is a real number, then is P odd?

38. How many sons does Sanjay have?

39. What was the month in which Jack got married.

Mental Ability Test (MAT)

5. If two of the numbers have to be boys, the team will consist of

6. If R be one of the members, the other members of the team are

8. If A and C are members, the other members of the team cannot be

15. How many 7s are preceded by 9 and followed by 6?

16. Which figures have equal frequency?

22. Who is from R?

23. Who is to the immediate right of H?

24. Who is opposite to the person from V?

25. Who is sitting three places away to the right of G?

27. 5, 27, 61, 122, 213, 340, 509

28. 6, 15, 35, 77, 165, 221

29. 7, 15, 39, 63, 127, 255, 511

30. 11, 28, 327, 463, 5125

31. 14, 91, 116, 251, 136, 494

Formal School Education/VI, VII, VIII / Foundation for KVPY,

Time: 60 Minutes. Maximum Marks: 40

 Attempt all questions.

 Calculators and log tables are not permitted

4. What are radioisotopes? What is the use of CO – 60 and I – 131?

5. Write down the electronic configuration of Vanadium.

6. What will be the ozonolysis product of cyclohexane?

14. Calculate the enthalpy of the following reaction.

15. Phylogeny is the evolution history of a species.

Formal School Education/VI, VII, VIII / Foundation for KVPY,

2. A block of wood of mass 2 kg is lying on a frictionless table. A force of 8 N is applied on it for 10 s.

3. In the given circuit, the current in the 2 resistance is 3A. Calculate 3A 2

4. How Chlorine reacts with alkalies in cold as well as hot NaOH?

6. What happens when?

8. Refer to the following breeding experiment:

13. Why the electronic configuration of

14. Find out the hybridization of the following:

15. Write short notes on:

Find c if gcd of f (x) = x + cx  x + 2c and g (x) = x + cx  2 is a linear polynomial.