QA Test - 04

Q 1. The interior angle of an n-sided regular polygon is an integer. If n is an odd number, then how many values are possible for n?

a) 3

b) 5

c) 14

d) 6

Q 2. If then what is the value of S?

a) 11

b) 5

c) 10

d) None of these

Q 3. There are five cities in a state and each of them is to be connected to exactly two other cities using telephone lines. In how
many ways can this be done?

a) 12

b) 24

c) 36

d) 9

Q 4. A positive integer is equal to the square of the number of factors it has. How many such integers are there?

a) 1

b) 2

c) 3

d) Infinite

Q 5. In a rectangle ABCD, the diagonals meet at point P. Point E is the midpoint of BC. The line AE intersects BD at point Q. If the
area of the rectangle is 24 sq. units, then what is the area of triangle APQ (in sq. units)?
a) 4

b) 6

c) 2

d) 8

Q 6. A is the set of all the integers from -200 to 200. How many subsets of A having exactly 399 elements can be formed such that
the sum of all the elements in each subset is either 1 or -1?
a) 401

b) 200

c) 399

d) 400

Q 7. |x − 2| + |x − 5| − |7 − 2x| = 96
How many integer values of x satisfy the given equation?
a) One

b) Two

c) Three

d) None of these

Q 8. a1, a2, a3...a8 are eight real numbers belonging to the interval [-8, 8]. What is the minimum possible value of a1a2 + a2 a3 +..
a7a8 + a8a1?

a) -64

b) 0

c) 512

d) -16

Q 9. Prince works in a company where his remuneration for the nth day is Rs. (n2 + 2), where 'n' is the number of days for which he
has worked in the company. He does not spend any money on the first three days of his job. However, from the 4th day onwards he
starts spending Rs. (n + 14) on the nth day. On which day would he save more than Rs.100 for the first time?

a) 10th

b) 11th

c) 12th

d) 13th

Q 10. How many real values of x satisfy the equation 2]x[ + 5 = 9x?
]x[ represents the lowest integer greater than or equal to x.
a) 0

b) 1

c) 2

d) More than 2

Q 11. Both the H.C.F and the difference of two numbers is 4. If the L.C.M of the two numbers is a three digit number, then what is
the maximum possible value of the smaller number?
a) 44
b) 198

c) 60

d) 64

Q 12. G is the Orthocenter of the scalene triangle ABC. What is the ratio of the area of quadrilateral DECB to the area of triangle
ABC?

a)

b)

c)

d) Data Insufficient

Q 13. A function f(x), which is defined for all real values of x, is represented by the graph given below.

Another function g(x) is defined for all real values of x by:

g(x) = |f(x + 2)| + f(-x)

Which of the following correctly represents the graph for g(x) vs x?

a)

b)

c)

d)

Q 14. How many times would zero be used while writing all the natural numbers from 1 to 63 in the Binary System?

a) 32

b) 80

c) 111

d) 129

Q 15. In how many ways can 5 A's and 6 B's be arranged in a row such that the arrangements read the same forward or backward?
a) 10

b)

c) 15

d) 32

Q 16. Five equi-spaced points labeled 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 are marked in the same order in clockwise direction on the circumference of a
circle. An ant is moving on the circumference of this circle in the clockwise direction. If the ant is at an odd numbered point it shifts
one point ahead and if it is at an even numbered point it shifts two points ahead. If the ant starts from point 5, then where would it be
after 2010 such movements?

a) 1

b) 3

c) 5

d) None of these

Q 17. What is the maximum possible sum of the number of Tuesdays and Wednesdays in two consecutive years?

a) 209

b) 210

c) 208

d) 212

Q 18. Mr. and Mrs. Choudhari have two sons and a daughter. The daughter is the youngest among the three children. Mrs.
Choudhari is five years younger than Mr. Choudhari. The ages of the children form an Arithmetic Progression whose common
difference is 1. The sum of the ages of the male members is 92 while that of the female members of the family is 67. What is the
sum of the ages of Mr. and Mrs. Choudhari?

a) 102

b) 104

c) 108

d) None of these
Q 19. A conical vessel, with a circular base, is filled with water to two-thirds of its volume. The pointed end of the cone is snipped
off and replaced with a lid. The lid is kept open for 10 hours every day during which some water evaporates. The volume of the water
that evaporates on a day is directly proportional to the area of the water surface at the beginning of the day. The volume of the water
left in the container after evaporation on the 1st day is half the volume of the original cone. If V is the volume of the original cone,
then what is the volume of the water that evaporates on the 2nd day?

a)

b)

c)

d)

Q 20. Mohit moves with a constant speed of 3 steps/second and Sonal moves with a constant speed of 1 step/second on an
escalator. When the escalator moves downward at a constant speed, Mohit takes 90 steps while Sonal takes 60 steps to reach the
bottom from the top of the escalator. How many steps would be visible in the escalator when it becomes stationary?

a) 100

b) 120

c) 150

d) 160

Q 21. S1 = {2, 4, 6, 8, .................... 800}

S2 = {3, 6, 9, 12, .................. 900}

If S3 = S1 υ S2, then what will be the 105th element of S3 if all its elements are arranged in increasing order?
a) 120

b) 630

c) 158
d) 198

Q 22. ABCD is a parallelogram. CD is extended to G. BG intersects AC and AD at point E and point F respectively. If BE = 24 units and
EF = 18 units, then what is the length of FG (in units)?

a) 6

b) 12

c) 14

d) Data Insufficient

Q 23. where a, b and c are positive integers, then what is the sum of a, b and c?
a) 16

b) 20

c) 9

d) Cannot be determined

Q 24. There are 3 solutions.

Solution 1: Consists of A and B in the volume ratio 3 : 2.
Solution 2: Consists of B and C in the volume ratio 1 : 4.
Solution 3: Consists of B and C in the volume ratio 7 : 3.

The 3 solutions are mixed in the volume ratio X : 3 : 2. If the percentage composition of A and B are equal in the resultant mixture,
then what is the value of X?
a) 4

b) 5

c) 10

d) 11

Q 25. If S = 12 − 22 + 32 − 42 + ......... − 20002 + 20012, then what is the value of S?

a) 2001300

b) 2003001
c) 2010301

d) 2000031

Q 26. In Cricket, a batsman can score 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 6 runs of a ball. What is the number of distinct sequences in which exactly 30
runs can be scored in an over of six balls? Assume that all the runs are scored by batsmen only and there are no extra balls/runs.

a) 36

b) 71

c) 77

d) 86

Q 27. The three sides AB, BC and CA of a triangle ABC are 7 cm, 10 cm and 12 cm long respectively. AB is extended to D and AD =
28 cm. BC is extended to E and BE = 20 cm. CA is extended to F and CF = 36 cm. What is the ratio of the area of triangle ABC to the
area of triangle DEF?

a) 1 : 17

b) 1 : 18

c) 1 : 9

d) 1 : 10

Q 28. The total number of employees at Mx Corp is 50% more than the total number of employees at Nx Corp. All the employees of
Mx Corp and Nx Corp participate in a survey where they are asked the question - "Do you think Kommon Bealth Games 2010 would
be a grand success?", which has to be answered in either 'Yes' or 'No'. 80% of those who say 'Yes' are from Mx Corp and 80% of those
who say 'No' are from Nx Corp. What is the ratio of the total number of respondents who say 'No' to the total number of respondents
who say 'Yes'?
a) 2 : 3

b) 2 : 1

c) 1 : 3

d) None of these

Q 29. How many triangles with integer sides p, q, r are possible such that p < q < r and the perimeter of the triangle is 27?
a) 12

b) 18

c) 15

d) 11
Q 30. 89y − 273x = 40
What is the sum of x and y if both x and y are natural numbers less than 100?

a) 94

b) 97

c) 88

d) Cannot be determined

Q 31. There are four identical red balls and three identical blue balls. A boy picks three balls randomly from these seven balls. What
is the probability that at least two red balls are picked?

a)

b)

c)

d)

Q 32. A, B and C start running along the circumference of a circle (circumference = 1200 m) at the same time from the same point.
A and B run in the clockwise direction with constant speeds of 8 m/s and 6 m/s respectively. C runs in the anti-clockwise direction
with a constant speed of 5 m/s. What is the time difference between the first two instances when C is equidistant from A and B along
the circumference?
a) 120 seconds

b) 50 seconds

c) 60 seconds

d) 100 seconds

Q 33. What is the maximum number of elements that one can pick from the set of first 16 natural numbers such that the product of
no two of them results in a perfect square?
a) 9

b) 10

c) 11

d) None of these

Q 34. What is the coefficient of x3y4z5 in the expansion of (xy + yz + zx)6?

a) 20

b) 60
c) 3

d) 30