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MathematicsOlympiad
The actual test paper has 50 questions. Time allowed : 60 minutes.There are 3 sections: 20 questions
in section I, 20 in section II and 10 in section III.

SYLLABUS
Section I (Logical Reasoning) : Direction sense test, Mathematical operations, Number ranking & Time sequence
Test, Coding-Decoding, Distance, Speed, Time and general reasoning based on prescribed syllabus.
Section II (Mathematical Reasoning) : Real Numbers, Polynomials, Pair of Linear Equations in Two Variables,
Quadratic Equations, Arithmetic Progressions, Triangles, Coordinate Geometry, Introduction to Trigonometry, Some Applications
of Trigonometry, Circles, Constructions, Areas Related to Circles, Surface Areas and Volumes, Statistics, Probability.
Section III (Everyday Mathematics) : The Syllabus of this section will be based on the syllabus of Mathematical
Reasoning.

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LOGICALREASONING
1. Thereare6shortpiecesoflinkchain,eachhaving4links.Ittakes
10secondstocutalinkand25secondstowelditbacktogether.
Whatistheshortestpossibletimetomakethelongestchain?
(A) 175seconds
(B) 210seconds
(C) 150seconds
(D) 60seconds
2. Whatshouldcomeattheplaceof?sothateverycolumnordiagonal
hasthesamesum?
(A) 19
(B) 12
(C) 13
(D) 15

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3. PointsAandBonamapare12kmapartifyoufollowthepath.A
troop ofboy scoutsleaves pointA at 11:00a.m.Theyare all
carryingpacksandtravel3km/hruntiltheyreachpointCat12:45.
IftheywanttoreachpointBby2:00,howfastwilltheyhaveto
go?
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(A) 5.4km/hr
(B) 6.75km/hr
(C) 5.25km/hr
(D) 1.75km/hr

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4. Achildwaslookingforhisfather.Hewent90metresintheEastbeforeturningtohisright.Hewent
20metresbeforeturningtohisrightagaintolookforhisfatherathisunclesplace30metresfromthis
point.Hisfatherwasnotthere.Fromherehewent100metrestotheNorthbeforemeetinghisfatherin
astreet.Howfardidthesonmeethisfatherfromthestartingpoint?
(A) 80metres
(B) 100metres
(C) 140metres
(D) 260metres
5. IfDELHIiscodedas73541andCALCUTTAas82589662,howcanCALICUTbecoded?
(A) 5279431
(B) 5978213
(C) 8251896
(D) 8543691
6. If1stOctoberisSunday,then1stNovemberwillbe
(A) Monday
(B) Tuesday
(C) Wednesday

(D) Thursday

7. If+standsfordivision,standsforaddition,standsformultiplicationand standsforsubtraction,
thenwhichofthefollowingequationsiscorrect?
(A) 366+7 26=20
(B) 36 6+353=45
(C) 36+635 3=24
(D) 366+35 3=74
MATHEMATICAL REASONING
(B) 40

(C) 65

(D) 90

40

(A) 75

8. IfOisthecentreofthecircle,findthevalueofxinthefollowingfigure.

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65 x
C

9. ParallelogramABCDisshownintheadjoiningfigure.Whichpairoftriangles
canbeestablishedtobecongruenttoprovethat DAB @ BCD?
(A) D ADC and D BCD
(B) D AED and D BEC
(C) D DAB and D BCD
(D) D DEC and D BEA
D

10. Whatisthecompletesolutiontotheequation|36x|=15?
(A) x=2x =3
(B) x= 2x =3
(C) x=2x = 3
(D) x= 2x = 3
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11. Inthefiguregivenhere,AB>BC.
IfweassumethatmA=mC,itfollowsthatAB=BC.Thiscontradictsthegiven
statementthatAB>BC.Whatconclusioncanbedrawnfromthiscontradiction?
(A) mA=mB
(B) mA mB
(C) mA=mC
(D) mA mC

12. Whichpolynomialrepresents(3x2+ x 4)(2x 5)?

(A) 6x3 13x2 13x 20
(C) 6x3 +13x2 +3x 20

(B) 6x3 13x2 13x +20

(D) 6x3 +13x2 +3x +20

13. 2 x + 7 2 x 4 + 21x 3 + 35 x 2 37 x+ 46 =
4
2 x+ 7
4
(C) x 3 7 x 2 + 7 x 6 +
2 x+ 7

(A) x 3 + 7 x 2 7 x+ 6

(B) 2 x 3 +14 x 2 14 x+12

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2 x+ 7

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(D) x 3 + 7 x 2 7 x+ 6 +
2 x+ 7

14. Therearetwonumberswiththefollowingproperties.
1) Thesecondnumberis3morethanthefirstnumber.
2) Theproductofthetwonumbersis9morethantheirsum.
Whichofthefollowingrepresentspossiblevaluesofthesetwonumbers?
(A) 6,3

(B) 4,1

15. If i = 1, whatisthevalueofi4?
(A) i
(B) i

(C) 1,4

(D) 3,6

(C) 1

(D) 1

16. Acoppersphereofdiameter18cmisdrawnintoawireofdiameter4mm.Findthelengthofthewire.
(A) 240m
(B) 242m
(C) 243m
(D) 245m
17. Whatisthenthterminthearithmeticseriesgivenbelow?
(A) 4n

3+7+11+15+19...
(B) 3+4n
(C) 2n +1

(D) 4n 1

EVERYDAYMATHEMATICS
18. Threeducksandtwoducklingsweigh32kg.Fourducksandthreeducklingsweigh44kg.Allducks
weighthesameandallducklingsweighthesame.Whatistheweightoftwoducksandoneduckling?
(A) 20kg.
(B) 40kg.
(C) 60kg.
(D) 64kg.
19. Arectangularsheetofwoodhasfoursmallsquaresremovedfromthe

A3

corners.Itisthencuttomakeaboxthatis5cmby4cmwithavolumeof
60cm3.(FourpiecesofsizeA4areremoved.)
Findtheoriginalareaofthesheetofwood.

5cm A1

(A) 200cmsq.
(C) 96cmsq.

(B) 110cmsq.
(D) 100cmsq.

4cm
A4

20. Acerealcompanydecidedtoincreasetheheightofitsboxesby30percent
andreducethewidthinordertomaintainthesamevolume.
Initially,length=20cm,height=40cm,width=30cm
Whatwillthenewwidthbeifthelengthstaysthesame?
(A) 52cm
(B) 20cm
(C) 23.08cm

(D) 23cm
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