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Class9 CLASS

SOFINTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICSOLYMPIAD

SAMPLE PAPER

Total Questions : 50

Time : 1 hr.

LEVEL-II
Guidelines for the Candidate 1. You will get additional ten minutes to fill up information about yourself on the Answer Sheet, before the start of the exam. 2. The Question Paper comprises four sections: Logical Reasoning (20 Questions), Mathematical Reasoning (15 Questions), Everyday Mathematics (10 Questions) and Achievers Section (5 Questions) Each question in Achievers Section carries 3 marks each, whereas all other questions carry one mark each. 3. All questions are compulsory.There is no negative marking. Use of calculator is not permitted. 4. Write your Name, Roll No. and Class clearly on the Answer Sheet and do not forget to sign it. 5. There is only ONE correct answer. Choose only ONE option for an answer. 6. To mark your choice of answers by darkening the circles in the Answer Sheet, use an HB Pencil or a Blue / Black ball point pen only. E.g. Q.16: A number has nine ones, six tens and eight hundreds. What is the number? A. 869 B. 896 C. 968 D. 986 As the correct answer is option A, you must darken the circle corresponding to option A in the Answer Sheet. 7. Rough work should be done in the blank space provided in the booklet. 8. Return the Answer Sheet to the invigilator at the end of the exam. 9. Write your Roll No. on the Question Paper too and take it home for future reference.

SYLLABUS
Section I (Logical Reasoning) : Mathematical Operations, Series Completion, Arithmetical Reasoning, Problems on Cubes and Dice, Number Ranking & Time Sequence Test, Inserting Missing Character and General Reasoning Based on Prescribed Syllabus. Section II (Mathematical Reasoning) : Number Systems, Polynomials, Coordinate Geometry, Linear Equations in Two Variables, Introduction to Euclids Geometry, Lines and Angles, Triangles, Quadrilaterals, Areas of Parallelograms and Triangles, Circles, Constructions, Herons Formula, 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. Sixstudentsaresittinginarowfor photo session.KissittingbetweenVandR,V issittingnext toM,MissittingnexttoB,whoisattheextremeleftside.QissittingnexttoR.Vissittingbetween which two students ? (A) MandR 2. (B) MandK (C) RandB (D) BandK

Arabbitis10 feetaheadofakangaroo.Every time therabbitjumps1foot, thekangaroojumps3 feet. How many times will the kangaroo have to jump to catch up with the rabbit ? (A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 7 (D) 6

3.

Vijay ranks thirteenth from the top and forty eighth from the bottom in a class. Then number of students in the class is _____. (A) 58 (B) 60 (C) 64 (D) 56

4.

th th th nd Ifwiththe8 ,16 ,17 and22 letterfromtheleftendofgivenseriesbelow,itispossibletomake

a meaningful word then what will be first letter of the word so formed ? If no such word can be formedthengiveXastheanswerandifmorethanonesuchwordcanbemadethengivePasthe answer. N O P Q Y B Z A R S H I J K L M T U V G F E W X D C (A) P 5. (B) M (C) E (D) X

Select a figure from the options which will continue the Problem Figures. ProblemFigures

(A) 6.

(B)

(C)

(D)

A piece of sheet is folded and cut. Select a figure from the options which exactly resembles the unfoldedpaper.

(A) 7.

(B)

(C)

(D)

Ifrootiscalledhand,handiscallednose,noseiscalledforehead,foreheadiscalledthumb,thumb is called neck and neck is called stomach, then with which does a man breathe ? (A) Nose (B) Hand (C) Forehead (D) Thumb
M R Fig.(X )

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Choose the correct mirror image of Fig.(X), if mirror is placed along MR. (A) (B)

(C)

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If '' stands fordivision, '+'standsfor multiplication,' 'stands forsubtraction and' 'stands for addition, which of the equation is correct ? (A) 18 3 2+86=10 (C) 183 2 8+6=17 (B) 183+2 8 6=14 (D) 18 3+2 86=15

10. Rahulputhistimepieceonthetableinsuchawaythatat6p.m.hourhandpointstoNorth.Inwhich direction the minutehand will point at 9:15 p.m. ? (A) SouthEast (B) South (C) North (D) West

MATHEMATICAL REASONING
11. In the given equation (A) 7
2 x 6 8 5 x 3 x 3 = , the value of x is _____. 12 3 6 (B) 5 (C) 3

(D) 2

12. The value of r t in the equation (A) 1 (B) 1

243r 9 (3 r / 3 )3 (81)r 92t 23 (C) 2

1 is _____. 81 (D) 2

4 3 13. When (2x) + 16ax + 18x 4a is divided by x + a, the remainder is ____.

(A) 1

(B) 12a

(C) 22a

(D) 26a

14. Thegiventableshowsthenumberofraceswonbythe90horsesnumberingfrom16to105.Ahorse winsthe race.Whatisthe probabilitythatselectedwinninghorseisbetweenthenumbers66 and 105 ?

Horseno. No.ofraceswon 1645 4665 6685 86105 17 12 18 22

(A)

5 9

(B)

2 9

(C)

4 9

(D)

2 6

15. The mean of the following data is 14.

x i fi 4 3 8 4 12 p 16 2 20 5 24 6

The value of p is ____. (A) 20 (B) 19 (C) 18 (D) 15

B 65 E F

16. In the given figure AB||CD, then the value of GEF is ____. (A) 50 (B) 60 (C) 65 (D) 125
C A 125 G

17. Aprofitof20%ismadeon goodswhenadiscountof10%isgivenonthemarkedprice.Profitper cent which will be made when a discount of 20% is given on the marked price is ____. (A) 4%
2 (B) 5 % 3 2 (D) 6 % 3

(C) 6%

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1 if1issubtractedfromitsnumeratoranddenominator.If1isaddedtoboth 3 1 numerator and denominator it becomes , then the fraction is ____. 2 3 2 5 3 (A) (B) (C) (D) 5 7 7 7

19. If a and b are rational numbers and _____. (A) 2,2 (B) 1,1

3 - 1 = a + b 3 , then the value of a and b are respectively 3 + 1

(C) 2,1 (D) 2,1

20. Adjacentanglesofaparallelogramareintheratio5:7.Largerangleoftheparallelogramisequal to largest angle of a triangle. Smallest angle of the triangle is 40 less than smaller angle of the parallelogram. What is the measure of second largest angle of the triangle ? (A) 30 (B) 40 (C) 55 (D) 35

EVERYDAY MATHEMATICS
21. Amandistributed` 100equallyamonghisfriends.Iftherehadbeenfivemorefriends,eachwould have received one rupee less. How many friends he had initially? (A) 20 (B) 25 (C) 30 (D) 35

22. Inanexaminationthereare30questions.1markisgivenforeachcorrectanswerand0.25isdeducted foreveryincorrectanswer.Ankurattemptedallthequestionsandscored13.75.Howmanyincorrect answersdidhehave? (A) 10 (B) 11 (C) 12 (D) 13

23. OnceImettwopersonsofthesameparentsnamelyAshmitandAmisha.MeanwhileAshmittoldme thathehastwicethenumberofsistersasthenumberofbrothers.FurtherAmishatoldmethatshe hastwicethenumberofbrothersasthenumberofsisters.Actuallyitwasveryconfusingforme,so doyouknowthathowmanybrothersandsistersareintheirfamily? (A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) Can'tbedetermined

24. Meenapurchases1500mlofmilkeveryday.Ifcostofonelitreofmilkis` 44,howmuchamountwill shepayin20days? (A) ` 1,340 (B) ` 1,320 (C) ` 1,280 (D) ` 1,260

25. TrainA crosses a pole in 20 seconds and another TrainB crosses a pole in 1 minute. Length of TrainAishalfthelengthofTrainB.WhatistherespectiveratiobetweenthespeedofTrainAand TrainB? (A) 3:2 (B) 3:4 (C) 4:3
SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK

(D) Can'tbedetermined

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SAMPLEANSWERSHEET
1.NAME:IfyournameisSACHITAIYER,thenyoushouldwriteasfollows:
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2.FATHER'SNAME:Ifyourfather'snameisSATISHKUMARSHARMA,thenyoushouldwriteasfollows:
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SCHOOLCODE

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3.SCHOOLCODE Writeyourschoolcode i.e.ifyourschoolcode isMH0547darkenas follows:

4.CLASS IfyouareinClass 10,thenyoushould darkenasfollows:

CLASS

5.ROLLNO. Ifyourrollno.is587, thenyoushouldwrite anddarkenthecircles asfollows:

ROLLNO.

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6.GENDER Ifyouareaboy, thendarken Malecircle GENDER MALE FEMALE CORRECT waytodarken thecircle

WRONG waytodarken P thecircle

7. IfyourchoiceforAnswer1isC,thenyoushoulddarkenthecircleasfollows:

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MARKYOURAN SWERSWITHH BPENC IL/BALLPOINTPEN(BLUE/B LACK)

1. 6. 11. 16. 21.

2. 7. 12. 17. 22.

3. 8. 13. 18. 23.

4. 9. 14. 19. 24.

5. 10. 15. 20. 25.

ANSWER KEYS
1. 8. 15. 22. (B) (A) (A) (D) 2. 9. 16. 23. (B) (B) (B) (A) 3. 10. 17. 24. (B) (D) (D) (B) 4. 11. 18. 25. (A) (D) (C) (A) 5. 12. 19. (B) (B) (C) 6. 13. 20. (A) (C) (B) 7. 14. 21. (C) (C) (A)