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Section-A (Mathematics)

(C) 115 (D) 120

1. The length of tangent drawn from a point P to a
circle of radius 8 cm is 15 cm. The distance of P (E) None of these
from the centre of the circle is:
4ab x + 2a x + 2b
7. If x = , find the value of +
a+b x – 2a x – 2b
(A) 4 (B) 3
(C) 6 (D) 2
(E) None of these
(A) 17 cm (B) 14 cm 8. In figure, ABC is a right triangle, right angled at
(C) 13 cm (D) 7 cm B. AD and CE are two medians drawn from A
(E) None of these 3 5
and C respectively. If AC = 5 cm and AD =
2
2. Find k such that 3x + y = 1 and (2k – 1)x + (k – 1)y cm, find the length of CE.
= 2k + 1 has no solution.
(A) k=3 (B) k=2
(C) k=4 (D) k=7
(E) None of these

3. The co-ordinate of the point which divides the line

segment joining the points (5, –2) and (9, 6)
internally in the ratio 1 : 2 is:
(A) 2 5 cm (B) 2.5 cm
 19 2  1 2
(A)  ,  (B)  ,  (C) 5 cm (D) 4 2 cm
 3 3 3 3
(E) None of these
 1 22   13 22 
(C)  ,  (D)  ,  9. The angle of elevation of a jet plane from a point
3 3  3 3  P on the ground is 60°. After 15 second of flight
(E) None of these the angle becomes 30°. If the height of the jet plane
is 1500 m, then find the speed of the jet plane.
4. Find a point on x-axis which is equidistant from (A) 300 m/s (B) 400 3 m/s
A(2, –5) and B(–2, 9).
(C) 150 m/s (D) 200/ 3 m/s
(A) (–9, 0) (B) (–7, 0)
(E) None of these
(C) (0, –7) (D) (5, 3)
(E) None of these 10. Which one of the following pairs is correctly
matched?
5. A tree breaks due to storm and the broken part If then
bends so that the top of the tree touches the ground
making an angle of 30° with the ground. The 1+ sin60° – cos60°
distance between the foot of the tree to the point (A) x= x = tan60°
1+ sin60° + cos60°
where the top touches the ground is 8 m. What is
the height of the tree? 1+ sin90° – cos90°
(B) x= x = tan30°
1+ sin90° – cos90°
(A) 8 3 m (B) 2 5 m
(C) 5 2m (D) 3 2m 2tan30°
(C) x= x = tan60°
(E) None of these 1– tan 2 30°
6. Find the smallest number which, when divided by 1+ tan 2 30°
8, 12 and 30 leaves remainder 3, 7 and 25 (D) x= x = cos30°
1 – tan 2 30°
respectively.
(E) None of these
(A) 105 (B) 110

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11. For what value of ‘m’ the points A(m + 1, 1), B 16. If  fixi = 35,  fi = 4p – 63 and mean = 7, then p is
(2m + 1, 3) and C(2m + 2, 2m) are collinear. equal to:
1 (A) 12 (B) 13
(A) 2 (B) –
2 (C) 14 (D) 17
3 (E) None of these
(C) (D) Both (A) and (B)
2
17. If α , β ,  are the roots of the equation z3 – 4z + 2 = 0,
(E) None of these
then the value of (α – 3) ( β – 3) (  – 3) is given
12. There is a circular path around a sports field. Priya by:
takes 18 minutes to drive one round of the field, (A) –9 (B) –14
while Ravish takes 12 minutes for the same. If
they both start from the same point and at the same (C) –12 (D) –17
time and went in the same direction, then after (E) None of these
how many minutes will they meet again at the
starting point? 18. An integer is chosen at random from the number
(A) 30 minutes (B) 24 minutes ranging from 1 to 50. The probability that the
(C) 36 minutes (D) 42 minutes integer chosen is a multiple of 2 or 3 or 10 is:
(E) None of these 3 7
(A) (B)
13. The sum of a two-digit number and the number 13 10
formed by interchanging the digit is 132. If 12 is
added to the number, the new number becomes 5 18 9
(C) (D)
times the sum of the digits. Find the number. 25 10
(A) 46 (B) 48 (E) None of these
(C) 45 (D) 43
(E) None of these 19. ABCDEF is a regular hexagon of side 6 cm. What
is the area of triangle BDF?
14. In the figure given below, O is the centre of the
circle and  PQR = 30°. Find the value of y..

(A) 32 3 cm2
(B) 24 cm2
(A) 100° (B) 120° (C) 27 3 cm2
(C) 150° (D) 80° (D) 36 cm2
(E) None of these
(E) None of these
15. The area of a rectangle gets reduced by 9 square
units, if its length is reduced by 5 units and breadth 20. A student took five papers in an examination,
is increased by 3 units. If we increase the length where the full marks were the same for each paper.
by 3 units and breadth by 2 units, area is increased His marks in these papers were in the proportion
by 67 square units. The length and breadth of the of 6 : 7 : 8 : 9 : 10. In all papers together, the
rectangle are respectively: candidate obtained 60% of the total marks. Then,
(A) 15 units and 9 units the number of papers in which he got more than
50% marks is:
(B) 17 units and 9 units
(C) 20 units and 7 units (A) 1 (B) 3
(D) 17 units and 5 units (C) 4 (D) 5
(E) None of these (E) None of these

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21. A right pyramid 10 m high has a square base for 25. Consider the following frequency distribution of the
which the diagonal is 10 m. Find its volume and height of 60 students of a class. The sum of lower
lateral surface? limit of the modal class and upper limit of the median
class is:
2
(A) 166 m3, 150 m2 Height 150 –155 155–160 160–165 165–170 170–175 175–180
3
Number of
2 Students
15 13 10 8 9 5
(B) 150 m , 166 m2
3
3 (A) 310 (B) 315
(C) 150 m , 180 m2
3
(C) 320 (D) 330
1 (E) None of these
(D) 166 m3, 150 m2
3 26. Find the mean of 30 numbers, if the mean of first ten
(E) None of these of them is 12 and the mean of remaining 20 is 9.
22. Two poles, one is double in length of other, are (A) 9.5 (B) 10
standing opposite to each other at a distance of y (C) 12.5 (D) 18
meter. If angle of elevation from midpoint of the (E) None of these
line joining their feet are complementary the what
is the height of the shorter pole? 27. L.C.M. of two prime numbers x and y (x > y)
y y is 161. The value of 3y – x is:
(A) (B) (A) –2 (B) –1
2 2 2
(C) 1 (D) 2
y y (E) None of these
(C) (D)
2 2 +1
28. Find the area of the shaded region from the figure
(E) None of these
22
given below: [Take π = ]
23. If twice the son’s age in years is added to the 7
father’s age, the sum becomes 70. But if twice
the father’s age is added to the son’s age, the sum
is 95. Find the age of son.
(A) 15 years (B) 20 years
(C) 17 years (D) 12 years
(E) None of these

24. If Δ ABC ~ Δ QRP and AB = 6 cm, BC = 4 cm,

AC = 8 cm, QR = 6 cm, then PQ + QR is equal to:
(A) 0.6125 cm2 (B) 0.8173cm2
(A) 9 cm (B) 14 cm
(C) 0.5625 cm2 (D) 0.4785 cm2
(C) 7.5 cm (D) 12 cm
(E) None of these
(E) None of these

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 hybrid. If one horse is chosen at random, find that
29. If sin α + sin2 α + sin3 α =1, then the value of cos6 α
it is a hybrid horse.
– 4 cos4 α + 8cos2 α is:
(A) 2 (B) 4 9 1
(A) (B)
(C) –2 (D) 0 15 5
(E) None of these 7 1
(C) (D)
15 3
30. There are fifteen horses in a stable, of which 5
are black, 2 are red, 6 are white and 2 are of mixed (E) None of these
colors. All the black and mixed color horses are

Section-B (Mental Ability and Reasoning)

31. In this question, arrange the given words in a 34. If another student J who is taller than E but shorter
meaningful sequence and then choose the most than G is added to the group, then which of the
appr opr iat e sequence fr om amongst the following will be definitely true?
alternatives.
(A) C and J are of same height
1. Study 2. Job
(B) G is shorter than D
3. Examination 4. Earn
(C) G is shorter than H
5. Apply
(D) G is taller than A
(A) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (B) 1, 3, 2, 4, 5
(E) None of these
(C) 1, 3, 5, 2, 4 (D) 1, 3, 4, 5, 2
(E) None of these 35. Which of the following will definitely be the third
from top when the eight students are arranged in
32. The door of Arjun’s house faces the East. Form descending order of height?
the back side of his house, he walks straight 50 (A) B (B) F
metres, then turns to the right and walks 50 metres
again. Finally, he turns towards left and stops after (C) G (D) B or G
walking 25 metres. Now, Arjun is in which direction (E) None of these
from the starting point?
Direction (Q. No. 36 to 38): These questions are based
(A) South–East (B) North–West on the following data.
(C) South–West (D) North–East All the six members of a family A, B, C, D, E and F are
travelling together. B is the son of C but C is not the
(E) None of these
mother of B. A and C are a married couple. E is the
Direction (Q. No. 33 to 35): Study the following brother of C. D is the daughter of A. F is the brother
information carefully and answer the question given of B.
below.
I. A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are eight students 36. How many male members are there in the family?
each having a different height. (A) 1 (B) 2
II. D is shorter than A but taller than G. (C) 3 (D) 4
III. E is taller than H but shorter than C. (E) None of these
IV. B is shorter than D but taller than F.
V. C is shorter than G. 37. Who is the mother of B?
VI. G is not as tall as F. (A) D (B) F
(C) E (D) A
33. Which of the following is definitely false? (E) None of these
(A) G is shorter than F
(B) C is shorter than F 38. How many children does A have?
(C) F is taller than H (A) One (B) Two
(D) B is taller than E (C) Three (D) Four
(E) None of these (E) None of these

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39. In this question, one term in the number series is 40. In this question, various terms of an alphabet series
wrong. Find out the wrong term. are given with one terms missing as shown by (?).
5, 27, 61, 122, 213, 340, 509 Choose the missing ter m out of the given
alternatives.
(A) 340 (B) 122
(C) 61 (D) 27 EJO, TYD, INS, ? , MRW
W
(E) None of these
(A) YTU (B) UVS
(C) XCH (D) OSX
(E) None of these

Section-C (Scholar's Zone)

41. Match the columns (D) a  r, b  p, c  q, d  s

Column – Ist Column – IInd (E) None of these

4 42. Match the following:

a. A and B are two events such that (p)
13 a. The points (–3, 0), i. Equilateral triangle
P(A) = 0.3 and P (AUB) = 0.8. (1, –3) and (4, 1)
If A and B are independent, then are the vertices of.
P(B) is b. The points (a, a) ii. Right triangle
3 (–a, –a), (– 3a, 3a)
b. A single card is chosen at random (q)
7 are the vertices of.
from a standard deck of 52 playing c. The points (3, 2) iii. Isosceles right-
cards. What is the probability of (–2, –3) and (2, 3) angled triangle
choosing a king or a club? are the vertices of
5 d. The points (–5, 6), iv. Scalene triangle
c. If A and B be two mutually exclusive (r) (–4, –2) and (7, 5)
7
events in a sample space such that are the vertices of.
3 1 (A) a – i, b – ii, c – iii, d – iv
P(A)= and P(B) = , (B) a – ii, b – ii, c – i, d – iv
7 2
(C) a – iii, b – i, c – ii, d – iv
then P  A  B  is (D) a – iii, b – i, c – iv, d – ii
(E) None of these
7
d. A natural number is chosen (s)
15 43. The number of values of k, for which the system
at random from amongst the first of equations:
300. What is the probability that (k + 1)x + 8y = 4k
the number, so chosen is divisible kx + (k + 3)y = 3k – 1
by 3 or 5? has no solution, is
(A) a  p, b  q, c  r,, d  s (A) infinite (B) 1
(B) a  q, b  p, c  r,, d  s (C) 2 (D) 3
(C) a  r, b  p, c  s, d  q (E) None of these

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 tanA cotA 48. The roots of the equation 3 2x – 10.32 + 9 = 0 are
44. The expression + can be written
1 – cotA 1 – tanA (A) 1, 2 (B) 1, 3
as:
(C) 0, 1 (D) 0, 2
(A) sinA cosA + 1 (B) secA cosecA + 1
(E) None of these
(C) tanA + cotA (D) secA + cosecA
(E) None of these 49. The value of x in the given equation
1 1
5 6 x
x– x+
2x –1
45. The sequence , , 7,........... is 4 –3 2
=3 2
–2 is
7 7
(A) A.P.. 2 3
(A) (B)
(B) G.P.. 1 2
(C) H.P..
4 5
(D) Both A.P. and G.P.. (C) (D)
3 3
(E) None of these
(E) None of these
46. The sum of all natural number between 1 and 100
which are multiples of 3 is 50. If α,β are the roots of the equation ax 2 + bx + c =
(A) 1680 (B) 1681 1
0, then the equation whose roots are α + and
(C) 1682 (D) 1683 β
(E) None of these
1
β+ , is
47. Three numbers are in A.P. whose sum is 33 and α
product is 792, then the smallest number from these (A) acx2 + (a + c) bx + (a + c)2 = 0
numbers is
(B) abx2 + (a + c) bx + (a + c)2 = 0
(A) 18 (B) 111 (C) abx2 + (a + b) cx – (a + c)2 = 0
(C) 8 (D) 4 (D) abx2 + (b + c) ax + (a – c)2 = 0
(E) None of these (E) None of these

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 ANSWERS
INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIAD OF MATHEMATICS 2016 (LEVEL 2)
CLASS 10

1. (A) 2. (B) 3. (A) 4. (B) 5. (A) 6. (C) 7. (D) 8. (A) 9. (D) 10. (D)
11. (D) 12. (C) 13. (B) 14. (C) 15. (B) 16. (D) 17. (D) 18. (E) 19. (C) 20. (C)
21. (A) 22. (B) 23. (A) 24. (B) 25. (B) 26. (B) 27. (A) 28. (B) 29. (B) 30. (C)
31. (C) 32. (B) 33. (E) 34. (B) 35. (A) 36. (D) 37. (D) 38. (C) 39. (D) 40. (C)
41. (D) 42. (C) 43. (B) 44. (B) 45. (A) 46. (D) 47. (D) 48. (E) 49. (B) 50. (A)

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