QUESTIONS 1 TO 10 ARE WORTH 4.

If ) and * are distinctive primes and

3 MARKS EACH ! + − )! + * = 0 has distinctive positive
# integral roots, find . + /.
1. Let ! be a number such that ! + = 6.
$
#
Find the value of ! ' + . (A) 3
$(
(B) 5
(A) 165 (C) 13
(B) 170 (D) 17
(C) 180 (E) None of the above
(D) 198
(E) None of the above
5. Find the value of ! that satisfies

# # #
2. Evaluate + + . !+ − ! + 1 !+1
23456 789 2346: 789 2345: 789 +
+ + =1
! +2 ! −!+1

(A) -1 (A) -2
(B) 0 (B) -1
(C) 1 (C) 0
(D) 2 (D) 1
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above

3. Given that
2 sin .
;= ;
1 + cos . + sin .

find the value of

1 − cos . + sin .
.
1 + sin .

1
(A)
;
(B) 1−;

(C) ;

(D) 1+;

(E) None of the above

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6. Two circles with centres D and E are 8. Given that O+ + P+ + Q + = 1, find the
externally tangent at point F. range of OP + PQ + QO.

(A) [1, 2]

(B) 1
U0, V
2
(C) 1
U− , 1V
2
(D) [0, 1]

(E) None of the above

GH is tangent to the two circles. Given
that the radii of the two circles are
Y[#
IJ 9. It is known that W(!Y ) = , \ ∈ ^.
2 cm and 3 cm, respectively, find . +Y[#
KJ
Then W(!Y ) is

√3 (A) strictly decreasing.

(A)
2 (B) non-strictly decreasing.
√5 (C) monotonic decreasing.
(B)
3
(D) strictly increasing.
(C) √5
2 (E) None of the above

(D) √6
3
10. A network of domestic flights is set up
(E) None of the above
in the country of Utopia. A city is
directly connected to at most 3 others
and there is at most 1 transit flight

7. When 3 new classrooms were opened, from one city to another. What is the

the average class size reduced by 10. maximum number of cities in Utopia?

When 6 new classrooms were opened,

the average class size reduced by 16. (A) 9
(B) 10
Find the total number of students.
(C) 11
(D) 12
(A) 320 (E) None of the above
(B) 360
(C) 400
(D) 480
(E) None of the above

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 QUESTIONS 11 TO 20 ARE WORTH 13. Given that OPQd ≠ 0, Q and d are roots
4 MARKS EACH of ! + + O! + P = 0 and O and P are roots
of ! + + Q! + d = 0, then (O + P + Q + d)+
11. tan 6. can also be expressed as is

6 tan . − 20 tan' . + 6 tana .

(A)
1 − 15 tan+ . + 15 tanb . − tanc . (A) O+ P+
(B) O+ Q +
6 sin . − 20 tan' . + 6 cos a .
(B) (C) 2OPQ
1 − 15 sin+ . + 15 cosb . + tanc .
(D) 2OPQd
6 cos . − 20 tan' . + 6 sina .
(C) (E) None of the above
1 − cos+ . + 15 sinb . + tanc .

6 tan . − 15 tan' . + 6 tana .

(D)
1 − 20 tan+ . + 20 tanb . − tanc .

(E) None of the above

12. In the figure below, ∠EDG = 90° and 14. Find the value of ! that satisfies
∠EDDi = ∠GDDi = 60°.

k! − 2 + 2√! − 3 + k! + 1 + 4√! − 3 = 5

(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 6
(D) 7
(E) None of the above

Find the length of DF i .

(A) √15
(B) √17
(C) √23
(D) √31
(E) None of the above

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15. A biased coin is tossed 5 times. 17. Evaluate
There is a non-zero probability of
1 2+ 3+ 4+ \+
getting heads or tails once. The + + + ' + b +⋯+ Y + ⋯
2 2 2 2 2
probability of getting heads once is
1
the same as the probability of (A) 2
getting heads twice. Find the
(B) 1
probability of getting heads thrice.
3
(C)
23 2
(A)
32 (D) 2
(B) 33
64 (E) None of the above
(C) 40
243
(D) 47
256 18. It is known that the tangent from a
(E) None of the above point n to the circle ! + + ; + = 1 is
perpendicular to the tangent, also
from the point n to ! + + ; + = 3. Then
the locus of n is a circle of radius
16. Find the remainder upon dividing the
following by 7. (A) 1
(B) 2
#op #oq #o( #opr
10 + 10 + 10 + ⋯ + 10 (C) 3
(D) 4
(A) 4
(B) 5 (E) None of the above
(C) 6
(D) 3
(E) None of the above

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19. Given QUESTIONS 21 TO 25 ARE WORTH
Y
u 6 MARKS EACH
sY = t
(2\ − 2u + 1)(2\ − u + 1)
vw# 21. A number sequence is such that
Each term is divisible by 3 and
and
Y each term is the difference between a
1
xY = t square number and 1, as shown below
u
vw#

then 3, 15, 24, 48, 63, …

Find the remainder when the 2018}~

term is divided by 1000.
(A) sY > xY
(B) sY ≥ xY
(C) sY = 2xY 22. Given that !# and !+ are real roots of
(D) sY = xY
2! + − 4n! + 2n+ + 3n − 2 = 0,
(E) None of the above

find the value of n so that the value

of !#+ + !++ is minimum.

20. A circle of radius 17 is inscribed in

triangle DEF such that it is tangent to
side DE at point . It is known D = 23. Find the value of \ in
19 , E = 21 , find the perimeter of 133a + 110a + 84a + 27a = \+
∆DEF.

24. Suppose

O+ + P+ = 2019Q + ,

where a, b and c are sides of a

triangle and a, b, g are its angles.
Å3} Ç
Find the value of .
(A) 183 Å3} É[Å3} Ñ
(B) 184
(C) 185
(D) 186
(E) None of the above

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 25. In ∆DEF , it is known that DE = 12 ,
EF = 13 and DF = 15.  is a point on
DF such that the incircles of ∆DE
and ∆EF have equal radii.

Let n and \ be positive relative

ÖÜ á
prime integers such that = .
JÜ Y

Find n + \.

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Multiple-Choice Questions

Questions 1 to 10 carry 3 marks each.

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5
D D C A b

Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10
D B C C B

Questions 11 to 20 carry 4 marks each.

Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15

A C A A C

Q16 Q17 Q18 Q19 Q20

B A B C E

Free-Response Questions
Questions 21 to 25 carry 6 marks each.

21 22 23 24 25
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