CBSE आर्यभट्ट GANIT CHALLENGE 2022

SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER (LEVEL-2)

Prepared by Amit Bajaj | www.amitbajajmaths.com

Maximum Marks: 60 Duration: 1 hour

Instructions to the candidates:

1) No marks will be deducted for wrong answers.
2) The paper contains total 48 questions. Q1-44 carry 1 mark each, Q45-48 each carries 4 marks.
3) Read the questions carefully and click on the most appropriate option or fill in the blank.
4) Do your rough work on the paper provided to you.
5) No mobiles or Calculators allowed.

Q1. If x : y = 4:5 , y : z = 10:13 , then the value of z : y : x is:

(A) 4 : 5 : 13 (B) 4 : 10 : 13 (C) 13 : 10 : 8 (D) 8 : 10 : 13

Q2. The mean (average) of 5 consecutive integers is 9. The smallest of these 5 integers is:

(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7

Q3. For how many integer values of x , y = 25 − x 2 is also an integer?

(A) 7 (B) 6 (C) 4 (D) 3

Q4. Let n ! = 1  2  3 ...  n i.e. product of first n natural numbers. The HCF and LCM of 7! and
8! are:

(A) 1! and 8! respectively (B) 7! and 8! respectively

(C) 8! and 7! respectively (D) 8! and 1! respectively

Q5. If the following pattern continues and numbers in 100th row are added, what will be that sum?

(A) 1000 (B) 1000000 (C) 10000 (D) None of these

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Q6. Assume the pattern shown by the square tiles in the following figure continues. How many tiles
are in the tenth figure of the sequence?

(A) 99 (B) 100 (C) 109 (D) 119

Q7. He was a 9th-century Indian Mathematician. He authored Gaṇitasārasan̄graha (Ganita Sara

Sangraha) or the Compendium on the gist of Mathematics in 850 AD. He devised a formula which
approximated the area and perimeters of ellipses and found methods to calculate the square of a
number and cube roots of a number. He asserted that the square root of a negative number does not
exist. Name of this famous ancient Indian Mathematician is:

(A) Acharya Pingala (B) Mahāvīra

(C) Brahmagupta (D) Aryabhata II
Q8. Which among the following is referred as “The mathematical equivalent of the Nobel Prize” in
Mathematics?

(A) Abel Medal (B) Gauss Medal

(C) Fields Medal (D) Pythagoras Medal

Q9. If x is 20% of y and x is 50% of z, then what percentage is z of y?

(A) 70% (B) 10% (C) 30% (D) 40%

Q10. A square piece of paper has a dot in its top right corner and is lying on a table. The square is
folded along its diagonal, then rotated 900 clockwise about its centre, and then finally unfolded, as
shown.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

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Q11. In the diagram, pentagon TPSRQ is constructed from equilateral triangle PTQ and square
PQRS. The measure of the angle STR is equal to

(A) 150 (B) 200 (C) 300 (D) 450

Q12. Amit wins a contest with a prize of ₹ 200. He gives 30% of the prize to Seema. He then splits
15% of what remains equally between Bhavya and Anisha. The money given by Amit to Anisha is:
(A) ₹ 10.50 (B) ₹ 15 (C) ₹ 25.50 (D) ₹ 59.50

Q13. The volume of a cuboid is 21 cubic units. Its length, width and height are all different positive
integers. The sum of its length, width and height is:
(A) 10 (B) 11 (C) 15 (D) 17

Q14. In the diagram, the circle has centre O and square OPQR has vertex Q on the circle. If the area
of the circle is 72 sq. units , the area of the square is:

(A) 36 (B) 48 (C) 25 (D) 38

Q15. Subhash travels on the 4  7 grid shown from point P to one of the points A, B, C, D, or E.
Alain can travel only right or up, and only along gridlines. To which point should Subhash travel in
order to travel the shortest distance?

(A) B (B) C (C) D (D) E

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Q16. In the diagram, numbers are to be placed in the circles so that each circle that is connected to
two circles above it will contain the sum of the numbers contained in the two circles above it. What
is the value of x ?

(A) 478 (B) 378 (C) 278 (D) 578

Q17. In the given diagram shown, the total number of rectangles of all sizes is:

(A) 11 (B) 7 (C) 13 (D) 9

Q18. Pushpa is standing in a cafeteria line. In the line, the number of people that are ahead of her is
equal to two times the number of people that are behind her. There are n people in the line. A possible
value of n is:
(A) 20 (B) 23 (C) 24 (D) 25

Q19. In the given question , select from the answer choice an appropriate letter or number to replace

the question mark.

S 3 1 U
(A) (B) (C) (D)
10 X X 4

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Q20. The numbers in the given figures are arranged according to a particular rule. Select the correct
answer which is to be written at the place of sign of interrogation for third figure.

(A) 31 (B) 23 (C) 24 (D) 25

Q21. The mean of 200 values of a data was 50. It was later found that two values were wrongly read
as 92 and 8 instead of 192 and 88 respectively. The correct mean is:

(A) 51 (B) 50.6 (C) 50.9 (D) 52.6

Q22. A rectangular metal sheet is used to make a hollow right circular cylinder open at both sides
by joining AB and A ' B ' as shown in the figure. If sand is filled in the cylinder, then volume of
sand is:

(A) 4 2 m3 (B) 3 2 m3 (C) 2 2 m3 (D)  2 m3

1 1 1 1
Q23. The value of + + + .......... + is:
2 +1 3+ 2 4+ 3 9+ 8

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

Q24. Some positions of a dice are shown below :

5 3 4 2
1 3 4 5 3 2 3 1

Which number is opposite 4 ?

(A) 6 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 5

Q25. In a certain code language if TRAINS is coded as RTIASN, how PISTOL will be coded in the

same language?

(A) SITLOP (B) IPSTLO (C) SIPTLO (D) IPTSLO

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Q26. The product of three consecutive non-zero integers is 33 times the sum of the three integers.
What is the sum of the digits of this product?
(A) 6 (B) 12 (C) 18 (D) 20

Q27. The vertices of a triangle are ( 0, 0 ) , ( x, 0 ) and ( 0, y ) , where x and y are positive integers. The

area of the triangle is 30 and the perimeter is also 30. The value of x + y is:
(A) 12 (B) 13 (C) 15 (D) 17
Q28. A point P, which has the coordinates of ( r , s ) lying in the first quadrant is reflected through the

line y = x ; then the result of that is reflected through the y − axis with resulting coordinates of the

point as ( x, y ) . The ( x, y ) coordinates are:

(A) ( s, r ) (B) ( −s, r ) (C) ( −r , s ) (D) ( s, −r )

x +1 + x −1
Q29. If = 3 , the value of x is:
x +1 − x −1
5 4 7 9
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 3 5 5
Q30. It takes 852 digits to number the pages of a book consecutively. The total number of pages in
the book are:
(A) 184 (B) 235 (C) 320 (D) 368
Q31. Given positive numbers a, b and c with ab =13, bc = 8and ac = 6 , the value of abc is:

(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 12 (D) 18

Q32. How many black tiles will be required to build the 15th figure in the given pattern?

(A) 313 (B) 481 (C) 365 (D) 421

Q33. If the sum of two positive numbers is divided by sum of their reciprocals the result will be:
(A) the reciprocal of the product of the two numbers

(B) the product of the two numbers

(C) the product divided by the square of the sum

(D) the sum of the squares of the numbers

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Q34. An integer x is chosen so that 3 x + 1 is an even integer. Which of the following must be an odd
integer?
(A) x + 3 (B) x − 3 (C) 5 x + 3 (D) 7 x + 4

Q35. Consider the following flowchart:

If the OUTPUT is 32, the INPUT must have been:

(A) 16 (B) 28 (C) 36 (D) 40
Q36. P is the brother of D. X is the sister of P, A is the brother of F, F is the daughter of D, M is the

father of X. Who is the uncle of A?

(A) X (B) P (C) T (D) M

Q37. In a magic square, the numbers in each row, the numbers in each column, and the numbers on

each diagonal have the same sum. In the magic square shown, the sum a + b + c equals:

(A) 47 (B) 49 (C) 54 (D) 46

Q38. In the diagram, the grid is made up of squares. What is the area of the shaded region?

(A) 19 (B) 24 (C) 14 (D) 12

Q39. The priest told the devotee, “The temple bell is rung at regular intervals of 45 minutes. The last
bell was rung five minutes ago. The next bell is due to be rung at 7.45 am,” At what time did the
priest give this information to the devotee?
(A) 7:40 am (B) 7:05 am (C) 7:00 am (D) 6:55 am

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Q40. Find the figure continuing the pattern:

(A) (B) (C) (D)

Q41. The diagram shows a circle graph which shows the amount of homework done each day by Ms.

Rekha’s class XII. Based on the circle graph, what percentage of students do at least one hour of

homework per day?

(A) 25% (B) 33% (C) 67% (D) 75%

a+b
Q42. The operation a b is defined by a b = for all integers a and b with a  b . For example
a −b
2+3
2 3= = − 5 . If 3 b = − 4 , the value of b is:
2−3

(A) 5 (B) −7 (C) 7 (D) −5

Q43. A man is facing towards west and turns through 45° clockwise, again 180° clockwise and then
turns through 270° anti-clockwise. In which direction is he facing now?
(A) West (B) North-West (C) South (D) South-West

Q44. Choose the alternatives which is closely resembles the water image of the word “REASONING”.

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

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Q45. A group of friends are sharing a bag of candy. On the first day, they eat of the candies in
2
2 3
the bag. On the second day, they eat of the remaining candies. On the third day, they eat of
3 4
4
the remaining candies. On the fourth day, they eat of the remaining candies. On the fifth day,
5
5
they eat of the remaining candies. At the end of the fifth day, there is 1 candy remaining in the
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bag. How many candies were in the bag before the first day?
(A) 512 (B) 720 (C) 1024 (D) 1440

Q46. Sumit has a box that contains 30 balls, numbered from 1 to 30. He randomly selects a ball
from the box where each ball is equally likely to be chosen. Which of the following is most likely?
(A) He selects a ball whose number is a multiple of 10.
(B) He selects a ball whose number is odd.
(C) He selects a ball whose number includes the digit 3.
(D) He selects a ball whose number is a multiple of 5.

Q47. Tanya plays a game. She starts with a row of 15 squares and a coin on the centre square.
Filipa then rolls a die. If she rolls an even number, she moves the coin that many squares to the
right; if she rolls an odd number, she moves the coin that many squares to the left. If the results of
six rolls were 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, where would her coin be located?
(A) On the square where it started
(B) 1 square to the right of where it started
(C) 2 squares to the right of where it started
(D) 3 squares to the right of where it started

Q48. Four congruent rectangles and a square are assembled without overlapping to form a large
square, as shown. Each of the rectangles has a perimeter of 40 cm. The total area of the large square
is:

(A) 160 cm2 (B) 200 cm2 (C) 400 cm2 (D) 800 cm2

Note: This Sample Paper is prepared by Amit Bajaj , Sr. Maths Faculty at CRPF Public School, Delhi based on his experience & intuition
only. Do follow the official CBSE website for the actual pattern, weightage and Sample Paper etc.

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