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IMO QUESTION PAPER 2020-21 SET A

Mathematical Reasoning

1. How many more squares must be shaded so

that the given figure has 2/5 as unshaded

fraction?

A. 8

B. 6

C. 5

D. 7

Answer: B
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2. Which of the following number line

represents 0-2-4?

A.

B.

C.

D.

Answer: C
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3. Which rational number has to be multiplied

3
with 64 to get the product − 49 ?
5

− 35
A.
43

− 31
B.
40

− 33
C.
40

− 37
D.
43

Answer: B

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4. The given double bar graph shows the

various activities taken up by the boys and

girls in a particular group. Study the graph

carefully and answer the following questions?

What is the diffeence between the average

number of boys and average number of girls

taken all the activities together?

A. 10

B. 5

C. 3

D. 16

Answer: C

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5. The given double bar graph shows the

various activities taken up by the boys and

girls in a particular group. Study the graph

carefully and answer the following questions?

Find the ratio of the number of boys taken

Music and Art together to the number of girls

taken Yoga and Karate together:

A. 7 : 9

B. 7 : 11

C. 9 : 7

D. 8 : 15

Answer: C

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6. The value of
0.1 × 0.1 × 0.1 + 0.02 × 0.02 × 0.02
is
0.4 × 0.4 × 0.4 + 0.08 × 0.08 × 0.08

1
A.
4

1
B.
16

1
C.
64

1
D.
72

Answer: C

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7. Prism is a polyhedron whose base and top

are ___________.

A. Congruent

B. Similar

C. Propotional

D. Different

Answer: A

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8. In the figure (not drawn to scale) ABC is an

equilateral triangle and ABD is an isosceles

triangle with DA=DB, find the value of x.

A. 14 ∘

B. 16 ∘
 C. 12 ∘

D. 32 ∘

Answer: A

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1 1
9. Solve: p−q
+
q−p
1 + x 1 + x

A. x pq

1
B. pq
x

C. 1
 D. x p−q

Answer: C

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10. If 7 is multiplied with 8 more than a

number, it becomes the same as 3 is added to

15 times the same number. This fact can be

represented as _________

A. 7(8 + x) = 3x − 15
 B. 7x + 8 = 15x + 3

C. 7(8 + x) = 15x + 3

D. 7(8 − x) = 3x + 15

Answer: C

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11. Which of the following staements is

correct?
 A. If lengths of any two sides of a triangle

are 8 cm and 11 cm, then the length of its

third side lies between 3 cm and 19 cm

B. It is possible to construct a unique

triangle, if all its three angles are given.

C. An angle of 30
∘
can' be constructed

using compass and ruler.

D. A triangle can be constructed by taking

two of its angles as 90 and 90

∘ ∘

Answer: A
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12. Subtract 18.569 from the sum of 208.056

and 48.685.

A. 215.640

B. 238.172

C. 198.642

D. 254.840

Answer: B
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13. What should be subtacted from

7a
3
+ 6a
2
− 2 − 5a to get

4a
3
− 7a + 5a
2
+ 8 ?

A. 3a 3
+ a
2
+ 2a − 10

B. 4a 3
− a
2
− 2a + 8

C. − 2a 3
− a
2
+ 3a − 4

D. 3a 3
− 2a
2
+ a − 5

Answer: A
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14. Find the area of the given figure (not

drawn to scale).

A. 152cm 2

B. 114cm 2
 C. 108cm 2

D. 102cm 2

Answer: C

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15. Which of the following options is incorrect?

A. x=5 is the soluion of 3x .

+ 7 = 22

B. The equation 3x + 5 = 13 represents 5

more than 3 times a number x gives 13.

 C. The solution of the equation 5x − 8 = 2

is x=2

D. The solution of the equation

10 − 3x = 1 is x=4

Answer: D

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16. Two numbers are in the ratio . If 9 is

7 : 11

added to each of the numbers, then ratio

becomes 11:16. The numbers are ______

 A. 28 and 44

B. 22 and 32

C. 44 and 64

D. 35 and 55

Answer: D

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17. In the given figure (no drawn to scale) ABC

is a straight line ∠DBE is a right angle and

∠a = ∠b = ∠c = ∠d . Find ∠a

A. 22.5 ∘

B. 30 ∘

C. 45 ∘

D. 60 ∘

Answer: A

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18. Which of the following figures do not have

any line of symmetry?

A.

B.

C.

D.

Answer: A
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19. A bag conains 30 blue ribbons, 15 red

ribbbons and 5 black ribbons. If a ribbon is

drawn at random from the bag, then find the

probability of getting a red ribbon.

A. 3 / 10

B. 5 / 12

C. 15 / 25

D. 2 / 11
Answer: A

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20. Which of the following is greater than

16.3 % ?

A. 163 out of 1000

B. 113 out of 250

C. 8 out of 50

D. 39 out of 750
 Answer: B

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Everyday Mathematics

1. Four different bells beep after every 20

minutes, 40 minutes, 1 hour 20 minutes and 1

hour 40 minutes. If all bell rings (beeped)

together at 5:00 a.m then they will again beep

together at
 A. 6 : 00 p.m.

B. 11 : 40 a.m

C. 12 : 00 noon

D. 9 : 0 p.m

Answer: B

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2. A man purchased 700 eggs. He found that

20% of them were broken. How many eggs

were found broken?

 A. 20

B. 70

C. 140

D. 35

Answer: C

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3. The dimensions of a garden are 45 m by 20

m. In the garden there is a square shaped

water pond with side 8m. Find the area of

garden not including the water pond.

A. 714m 2

B. 640m 2

C. 836m 2

D. 630m 2

Answer: C

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4. Three students Varun, Katik and Sid wrote a

statement on a blackboard.

Varun wrote, Two rectangles are congruent, if

they have same perimeter.

Kartik wrote, Two squares are congruent, if

they have same area.

Sid wrote, Two circles are congruent, if they

have same diameter.

Who wrote the correct statement?

A. Varun and Kartik

B. Kartik and Sid

 C. Varun and Sid

D. Varun, Kartik and Sid

Answer: B

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5. Every floor of a 96 storey skyscraper is 5m

high. If a balloon rises 3 m every second, then

how long will it take for the balloon to rise

from 47th floor to 92nd floor?

 A. 140 secs

B. 3 mins

C. 2 mins

D. 75 secs

Answer: D

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6. An NGO bought 145.6 kg of wheat at Rs. 11

per kg and distributes it equally amongst 110

people. What was the cost of the quantity of

wheat that each person got?

A. Rs. 14.56

B. Rs. 18.50

C. Rs. 21.25

D. Rs. 25.60

Answer: A

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7. In an examination a student was asked to
5
find of a certain number. By mistake he
17

17
found of that number. If his answer was
5

264
more than the correct answer then find
119

the number.

7
A.
5

5
B.
7

3
C.
7

7
D.
3

Answer: B
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8. The average height of 6 employees of a

company is 152 cm. When an employee leaves

the company, the new average becomes 156

cm. Find the height of employee who left the

company.

A. 132cm

B. 138cm

C. 152cm
 D. 140cm

Answer: A

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9. Gaurav traveled (p
2
− 4p + 2) kilomeres by

car and (2p

2
+ 6p − 5) kilometres by bus.

What is the total distance travelled by Gaurav?

A. (p2
+ 2p − 3) km

B. (3p 2
− 3p − 3) km
 C. (3p
2
+ 2p − 3) km

D. 3(p
2
− p − 1) km

Answer: C

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10. A student has to score 40% of the

maximum marks to pass. Ronak scored 85

marks and failed by 35 marks. Find the

maximum marks.
 A. 450

B. 250

C. 400

D. 300

Answer: D

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Achievers Section
1. Which of the following options represents

the incorrect match of the given 3-D figures

and their nets?

A.

B.

C.

D.

Answer: C

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2. Read the statements carefully and select the

correct option.

Statement I: The line segment joining a vertex

of a triangle to the mid point of its opposite

side called the median of the triangle.

Statement II: If the exterior angle of a tiangle

is a right angle, then each opposite interior

angle is an obtuse angle.

A. Both Statement -I and Statement -II are

true.
 B. Both Statement -I and Staement -II are

false.

C. Statement -I is true but Statement -II is

false.

D. Statement -I is false but Statement -II is

true.

Answer: C

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3. Read the given statements carefully and

state T for true and F for false.

(i) If the simple interest on a sum is equal to

the principal and number of years is equal to

the rate percent per annum, then rate of

interest is 10% per annum.

(ii) I a person purchases 12 items for Rs. 36 and

sells 10 items for Rs. 36, then the profit % is

15%.

(iii) The percentage decrease in the priceof a

shirt when it decreased from Rs. 4000 to Rs.

2500 is 15%.
 i ii iii
A.
T T F

i ii iii
B.
T F F

i ii iii
C.
F T F

i ii iii
D.
F F T

Answer: B

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4. Match the following and select the correct

option.
A. `Ptoii,Qtoi,Rtoiv,Stoiii

B. Ptoiii,Qtoiv,Rtoi,Stoii

C. Ptoiii,Qtoi,Rtoiv,Stoii

D. Ptoii,Qtoiii,Roiv,Stoi
Answer: B

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5. The runs scored by a player in 15 matches

are as follows:

55,40,38,45,52,80,85,72,90,88,76,71,65,52,66

Find

a. Mean

b. Median

c. Mode
 a b c
A.
65 66 52

a b c
B.
60 66 50

a b c
C.
65 72 52

a b c
D.
60 68 45

Answer: A

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