TALENT TEST FOR

SSC PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS – 2023

MATHEMATICS (English Version)
Class: X Max. Marks: 100 Time: 3Hrs. 15Mins.

Instructions:

1. 15 minutes of time is allotted for reading the question paper, filling the details in OMR in addition to
3.00 hours for writing the answers.

2. All the answers should be written in the separate OMR Sheet/Answer Booklet.

3. There are 24 questions in the Question Paper.

4. 1 – 10 are 2 Marks; 11 – 22 are 5 Marks; 23 – 24 are 10 Marks.

5. The answer to all the questions is an integer in the range 00-99.

6. No negative Marking.

7. Rough work can be done separately in provided sheets.

8. Write all the details in the OMR sheet carefully.

1. Given that a, b are positive integers. If 21a𝑏 2 and 15ab are perfect squares, then find the
minimum value of a + b.

2. If a, b, c are integers such that a + b + c = 2, 𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 + 𝑐 2 = 6, 𝑎3 + 𝑏 3 + 𝑐 3 = 8, then find the

value of 𝑎4 + 𝑏 4 + 𝑐 4 .

3. Let a, b and c be real numbers, such that a – 7b + 8c = 4 and 8a + 4b – c = 7. Then find the value of
𝑎2 − 𝑏 2 + 𝑐 2 .

𝛼2 𝛽2
4. If α, β are the roots of the quadratic equation 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 = 0.Then find the value of + .
𝛽 𝛼

5. Let u, v, w be real numbers in Geometric Progressions such that u > v > w. Suppose

𝑢40 = 𝑣 𝑛 = 𝑤 60
Then, find the value of n.

6. Triangle ABC is equilateral. D, the midpoint of BC, is the centre of the semi-circle whose radius
is R which touches AB and AC, as well as a smaller circle with radius r which also touches AB and
𝑅
AC. What is the value of ?
𝑟

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7. In the given figure below (not drawn to scale), A, B and C are the three points on a circle with
centre O. The chord BA is extended to a point T such that CT becomes a tangent to the circle at
point C. If ∠ATC = 30° and ∠ACT = 50° , then find the value of angle BOA (in degrees).

8. If three equal circles of radius 3 cm touch each other externally as shown. If the area of shaded
𝑥
portion in the given figure is of the form 𝑦 (𝑎√𝑏 + 𝑛𝜋) 𝑐𝑚2. Then find the value of x + y + n – a – b
where x, y, a, b, n are integers and y ≠ 0.

9. If sin A, cos A and tan A are in Geometric Progression, then find the value of 𝑐𝑜𝑡 6 𝐴 − 𝑐𝑜𝑡 2 𝐴.

10. The sum of the third and the seventh terms of an A.P. is 6 and their product is 8. Find the sum of
first sixteen terms of the A.P.

11. Find the smallest positive integer n ≥ 10 such that n + 6 is a prime and 9n + 7 is a perfect square.

12. How many ordered pairs (a, b) of positive integers with a < b and 100 ≤ a, b ≤ 1000 satisfy
GCD (a, b) : LCM (a, b) = 1 : 495.

13. Suppose a, b are integers and a + b is a root of 𝑥 2 + 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏 = 0. What is the maximum possible
value of 𝑏 2 ?

14. Let N = 6 + 66 + 666 + … + 666…666, where there are hundred 6’s in the last term of the sum.
How many times does the digit 7 occur in the number N ?

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15. Let S be the set of positive integers n for which has the repeating decimal
𝑛
representation 0. ̅̅̅
𝑎𝑏 = 0. 𝑎𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑎𝑏 … with a and b different digits. If the sum of positive integers is
𝑎𝑏𝑐
a three – digit number abc, then find the value of 11
.

16. If a, b, c are positive real numbers such that ab + a + b = bc + b + c = ca + c + a = 35, then the value
of (a + 1)(b + 1)(c + 1) = 𝑥 𝑦 . What is the product of x and y ?

17. An examination paper consists of 12 questions divided into parts A and B:Part-A contains 7
questions and Part-B contains 5 questions. A candidate is required to attempt 8 questions
selecting at least 3 from each part. Let the number of ways candidate could select the questions
𝑁
be N. Find the value of 10.

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18. At a party, each man danced with exactly four women and each woman danced with exactly three
men. Nine men attended the party. How many women attended the party?

19. Let ABC be an equilateral triangle. Let P and S be points on AB and AC respectively and let Q and
R be points on BC such that PQRS is a rectangle. If PQ = √3𝑃𝑆 and the area of PQRS is 28√3. What
is the length of PC ?

20. In ΔABC , ∠A=20°, ∠C=90°. O is a point on AB and D is the midpoint of OB . The circle centered
at O with radius OD intersects AC at T. Determine the size of ∠BCD in degrees.

21. In the following right-angled triangle ABC, AC = BC = 1, and DEF is an arc of a circle with center A.
𝑥
Suppose the shaded areas BDE and CEF are equal and AD = . What is the value of x ?
√𝜋

22. If 𝑥 = cos 1° cos 2° cos 3° … cos 89° and 𝑦 = cos 2° cos 6° cos 10° … cos 86°, then what is the
2 𝑦
integer nearest to 7 log 2 𝑥 ?

23. Determine the number of quadratic polynomials p(x) = 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 − 𝑐, where a, b, c are not
necessarily distinct and are positive prime numbers less than 45, whose roots are distinct
rational numbers.

24. A total fixed amount of N thousand rupees is given to three persons A, B, C, every year, each being
given an amount proportional to her age. In the first year, A got half the total amount. When the
sixth payment was made, A got six-seventh of the amount that she had in the first year; B got Rs
1000 less than that she had in the first year; and C got twice of that she had in the first year. Find
N.

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