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Question
1 Suman is playing agame with her math book, having pages MATH
numbered from 1 to 145. She opens the book at a random
page and adds the two facing page numbers. She notes
down the total obtained as a score for that turn and plays
this game for afew turns. What can you say about the score
ineach turn?
a) Even b) Odd c) Either even or odd d) Composite
2 Consider a process of computation, given by -
f(x) = abs(sq(cu(x),
where abs(x) is the absolute value of x; sq(x) is the square of x and cu(x) is the
cube root of x. Then f(-8) is:
a) -1 b) 4 c) 1
3 A square piece of paper is folded once, along one of its diagonals and then three
holes are punched into it as shown below.

As a result, which one of the following options will be the case when the paper is
opened completely?
a) b) d)
o.

4 A seed takes three days to germinate and break the soil, after
beingsown. After that the plant grows at a constant rate of 3.5cm
each week. In how many days will it grow to the height of 7cm
above the soil?

a) 3 days b) 5 days c) 14 days 17 days

 numbers in
Which one of the given options shall replace the [?] in the pattern of
the following grid? .

a) 9 b) 6 e 44 d) 2
6 A car needs to go up and down a hill. The top of the hill is 1km going up, and 1
km going down. The car can travel at an average speed of 15 km/h going up the
hill, but goes faster during the descent. How fast must the car be going downhill,
in order for its speed to reach an average of 30 km/h for the entire journey of
going up and down the hill?
a) 20km/h b) 40km/h c) 45km/h Cannot be
determined
7 What fraction of the given below square is shaded in
black?

3 5
a) b) c) 16

The first 300 naturalnumbers are written in an ascending order of sequence. Now
all the numbers at the odd places of this sequence are removed and, thus a new
sequence is formed. From this new sequence, allthe numbers at odd places are
removed once again. This process continues tillonly one number remainsat the
end.What is this number?
a) 128 oj 256 c) 350 d) 512
An ant starts to walks from point A, along the A
dotted path as shown in the diagram and stops
at point B. The ants path is on the boundary of
a rectangle of dimensions 30cm X10cm and the 10 cm
outline of three congruent semicircles on the
rectangle's longer side. What is the distance B
travelled by the ant to move from point A to
point B? 30 cm

a) 44cm b) (40+n) cm c (40+10rc) cm d) (40+15r) cm

 Which Indian mathematician is famously known as Euler's spoiler?
a) Rama b) S. S. Shrikhande c) Kombur Sesha d) Ramdas Bhirud
nujan lyengar
11 Observe the pattern inthe first Bank debit card and then select the correct ohe
from the given below options to replace the [?] mark on the second card.

XYZ Bank XYZ Bank

Debit Card Debit Card

0510 204080160 0206 1854 162[?]

CARD -| CARD -||

a) 320 b) 486 c) 512 |d) 638

12 Raman has invited a few friends to celebrate his birthday. The first time the
doorbell rings, one friendarrives. On every next doorbell ring, a group of friends
enters, that has two mnore persons than the group that entered on the previous
ring. How many friends are present in the party if Raman answered the doorbell 8
times in total?

a) 16 Tb) 32 c) 60 e 64
13 Somu isx years old and his elder sister is y years old. Which one of the options
given below will not be true, with respect to time?
a) x =y3 b) y -x#0 c) y>x d) xy<0
14 Apalindrom number reads the same way from left to
right as well as right to left.
An ambigram number will read the same way
upside down.
The date in the digital calendar for year 2021, in the
picture below is

a) apalindrome and not an ambigram number

b) an ambigram and not a palindrome number
eo both a palindrome and an ambigram number
d) neither a palindrome hor an ambigram number
15 A grocer buys two varieties of rice X and Y at the rate of Rs a per kg and Rs b per
kg respectively (given that a < b). He mixes them together to obtain a mixture
which costs Rs c per kg. What is the ratio of the variety Xto that of variety Yin
the mixture?
 a) (b + c):(c + a) b) (b- a):( c c) (b- c):( c-ad) (b + c):( c
a) a)
operation
16 Which Indian mathematician was the first to statè and use the rules on
of zero?

a) Aryabhata b) Bhaskara | c) Brahmagupta d) Mahavira

17
When a passenger train maintains a constant speed of 60 km per hour, it can
travel 4 km per litre of diesel fuel. On a particular trip, it begins with 200 litre full
tank of diesel fuel, then which one of the following given equations represents
the relationship between the number of litres () left in the train's fuel tank after
travelling for 't' hours into the trip?
a) l=200-60t b) l=200 -
1
) l= 200- 15t d) t
4
15t
= 200 -

15

18 When the rangoli picture given below is magnified

100 times over, which one of the following will not Side A Side B

change? Polnt P Point Q

a) Areal and Il
b) Distance between points P andQ Area |
-Area I

c) Length of sides A and B

Angle between sides A and B
19 In a survey of 35 employees of acompany, itwas found
15 men is same as the average salary of 20 that the average salary of
women
Based on this information, which of the following employees.is
statements true?
a Sum of salary of men is less than that of
women
employees
b) Sum of salary of men is more than that of
women
employees
c) Sum of salary of men is equal to that of
employees women
d) No concrete interpretation can bedrawn
 Two non- intersecting circles are such that one circle
with
centre Q and diameter b units lies inside the other circle
with centre P and diameter a units. If the shortest
between the circumferences of the circles is distance
cunits, then the distance between their centres is -

a) -b-c Lb) a+ 2 C)
(a+ b-c)
d)
(a- b-2 c)
2

21 A boy can run at the speed of p km/h to cover a distance of 1 km, but due to
slippery ground, his speed gets reduced by qkm/h (where p > q, 0). If he
takes r hours to cover 1 km, then - X
a) = (p - ) b) = (p + ) g r=(p - ) d) = (p + )
22 Ram filled his bike fuel tank to its maximum capacity of 15
litres. His bike gives a milage of 80 km/l. After a few
days, the bike fuel gauge shows reading of fuel Empty Full
quantity as shown in the picture.
Based on the reading of the fuel gauge, how many Bike FuelGauge
kilometers (approximately) has his bike travelled?
a) 5 km |b) 15 km hey 75 km d) 400 km
23 In Ganitashastra, the term "Gomutrika" is the method discovered by Indian
mathematician Bhaskaracharya, which is about :

ha) Multiplicationb)_Division c) Square root d) Negative

method method method numbers

24 Observe the pattern in the first three figures, what percentage does the fourth
figure represent?

0% 50%
A 25%
a) 0% b) 0.1% Le 100% fd) 200%
25 Which one of the given belowoptions willfit in the sequence: 727, 998, 1329, ?,
2742.

a) 1624 b) 1726 c) 2540 d) 2678

 figure, a rectangular plank is placed
6 In the given diagonals of a square
symmetrically on one of the
the plank lie on the
such that corner points of inclined to the
square and its edges are equallyis the area of the
adjacent sides of the square. What
plank?
b) 14 sq.m c) (16V2-3) sq.m d) 98 sq.m
a) 7V2sq.m

27 As shown in the diagram below, a cylindrical bucket is placed under a tap, which
is dripping at a constant speed.

Which one of the given graphs represents the water level inthe bucket overa
period of time, as it is being filled?
a) d)
leV•!
Water leve
Water Water
leve

Time Tine Time Tme

28 Acanvas sheet measures 5m by 3m. It is folded as shown below. What will be the
area of the highlighted portion of the canvas,after making the two folds?
5m 5m 5 m

3 m 3m ! 3m
-Area?

Figure I Figure Il Figure Ill

Ja' 2cm2 b) 4 cm2 c) 6.5 cm2 d) 8.5 cm2
 Basedoh the tIgure below, which one of the given
conditions on side x of the triangle? options will BEST describe the

7.8
cm

1.2 cm

a) x <7.8 |b) x> 1.2 c) 1.2 <x<7.8 d 6.6 <x<9

30 What the least positive integral values of Mand Nrespectively, if a number
represented by 'M39048458N' is divisible by both 8 and 11?
a) M=7, N=8 b) M=8, N=6
e M= 6, N=4 d) M=5, N=4
31 If a number 'a' exceeds another number b' by x%, then which one of the
following equations is correct?
a) a-b=
100
b) b=a + 100x c) a=x(+1)
100
l a = b(1 + )
32 Aperson invests money in three different investments for 6 years, 10 years ánd
12 years at 10%, 12% and 15% simple interest per annum respectively. On
maturity, he receives the same interest on each investment. What is the ratio of
his investment?

a) 2:3:4 b) 6:3:2 Le) 3:5:8 d) 2:3:5

33 In 16 minutes, by how many degrees will the minute hand gain over the hour
hand?
a) 16 b) 80 88 d) 109
34 The difference between the measure of an exterior angle of (n- 1)sided regular
polygon and that of (n + 2) sided regular polygonis 6°. Then the value ofnis:
a) 12 13 c) 14 d) 18

35 In this classification table, which one of the options willfit in cell 'B?
Type of quadrilateral Adjacent sides
Not equal Equal
Opposite Parallel A B
sides Not C D
parallel

a) Parallelogram b) Trapezium c) Rhombus Rectangle

36 What is the average of 318 and 3217
a) 318 L5) 14x 318 339
d) 339
c) 2

37 Which number does the arrow showin the number line?

tint
-3
-2
-3.54 b) -3.46 Le -2.46 d) -2.25
38 A5-digit number given by the expression 'abcde' is divisible by 9 if -
a+b+c+d+e is divisible by 9
(ii) a-b+c- d+e is divisible by 9
Which of the above statements is lare correct?
(i) onlyj (i) only c) Both (i) and (ii) d) Neither (i) nor (i)
39 m V10- V14- V15+V21
If
V10+ V14+ V15+ V21 k then which one of the following options is
true?

m
a) k = ,2 b) m = m =
2
d) mk =!
2 k

40 For what values of x and y

respectively, will the following equation hold true?
5x+1 4y +3
X = 20
4
a) x= 3 and y=3 b) x=1and y =3 c) x= 4 and y=1 d) x = 5 andy=3