NATIONAL MATHEMATICS OLYMPIAD

Sample Paper

MATHEMATICS
1. Imaginary part of –i(3i+2) is ?
a) 2
b) -2
c) 3
d) -3
2. Which of the following sets have the closure property w.r.t addition?
a) {0,-1}
b) {0}
c) {0,1}
d) {0,1}
3. The value of (-i)5 is?
a) -1
b) 1
c) –i
d) I
4. log e =
a) 0.11
b) 0.4343
c) 0.7809
d) 0.1101
5. If x = 3 and y = -1 then the value of x3 y will be:
a) 9
b) -9
c) 27
d) -27
6. What shall be added in x4 + 64 to complete the square?
a) 8x2
b) -8x2
c) 4x2
d) 16x2
7. Which ordered pair satisfies the equation y = 2x:
 a) (2,2)
b) (1,2)
c) (0,1)
d) (-2,1)
8. Mid-point of the line segment joining A(8, 0) and B(0, -12) is?
a) (0,4)
b) (4,6)
c) (4,-6)
d) (-4,6)
9. Bisectors of angles formed with any one side of a parallelogram intersect each other at angle:
a) 90
b) 60
c) 30
d) 15
10.The perpendicular bisectors the sides of a triangle are:
a) Perpendicular
b) Concurrent
c) Equal
d) None of these
11.Right bisectors of sides of an obtuse angled triangle meet?
a) On the base
b) On the hypotenuse
c) Outside the triangle
d) Inside the triangle
12.The distance between a line and a point lying on it is_________:
a) Half
b) Equal
c) Zero
d) Double
13.The hypotenuse of a right angle triangle is _________ than each of the other two sides:
a) Smaller
b) Longer
c) Half
d) Double
14.A point equidistant from the end points of a line-segment is on its
a) Right bisector
b) Left bisector
c) Perpendicular
 d) Median
15.Evaluate 291.3 x 42.36 by using logarithmic rules;
a) 12340
b) 14560
c) 12654
d) 890
16.If a + b = 7and a – b = 3, then find the value of a2 + b2?
a) 26
b) 27
c) 28
d) 29
17.If a2 + b2 + c2 = 43 and ab + bc + ca = 3, then the value of a + b + c?
a) 6
b) 7
c) 8
d) 9
18.If 2x - 3y = 10 and xy = 2, then the value of 8x3 - 27y3
a) 1260
b) 1360
c) 1460
d) 1560
19.The sum of two numbers is 120 and their H.C.F. is 12, then numbers are?
a) 12,14,67,45
b) 12,108,36,84
c) 14,43,67,84
d) None of these
20.For two triangles, if two angles and the included side of one triangle are equal to two angles
and the included side of another triangle. Then the congruency rule is:
a) SSS
b) ASA
c) SAS
d) None of these
21. If E and F are the midpoints of equal sides AB and AC of a triangle ABC. Then:
a) BF=AC
b) BF=AF
c) CE=AB
d) BF=CE
22.ABC is an isosceles triangle in which altitudes BE and CF are drawn to equal sides AC and AB,
respectively. Then:
a) BE>CF
b) BE<CF
c) BE=CF
d) None of these
23.Which of the following is not a criterion for congruence of triangles?
a) SAS
b) ASA
c) SSS
d) SSA
24.In triangles ABC and PQR, AB = AC, ∠C = ∠P and ∠B = ∠Q. The two triangles are
a) Isosceles and congruent
b) Isosceles but not congruent
c) Congruent but not isosceles
d) Neither congruent nor isosceles
25.Find the value of k, if x = 1, y = 2 is a solution of the equation 2x + 3y = k.
a) 5
b) 6
c) 7
d) 8
26.Point (3, 4) lies on the graph of the equation 3y = kx + 7. The value of k is:
a) 4/3
b) 5/3
c) 6/3
d) 7/3
27.In equation, y = mx+c, m is:
a) Intercept
b) Solution
c) Slope
d) None of these
28.The section formed by horizontal and vertical lines determining the position of the point in a
Cartesian plane is called:
a) X-axis
b) Y-axis
c) Z-axis
d) Quadrants
29.Signs of the abscissa and ordinate of a point in the second quadrant are respectively
 a) +,+
b) -,-
c) -,+
d) +,-
30.If ∆ ABC ≅ ∆ PQR, then which of the following is not true?
a) AC=PR
b) BC=PQ
c) QR=BC
d) AB=PQ