Maths A

RIMC SCHOLARSHIP EXAM Set - A
JUNE 2024
SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS
TIME: 1:30 HRS MM: 200
PART – A (1 to 20)
 Each question five marks:
1. Find the following products: (0.9𝑥 + 0.7𝑦) (0.81𝑥 2 0.63ху + 0.49𝑦 2 )
2. What is the smallest number which when increased by 5 is divisible by 12, 18 and 30?
3. Ramesh travels by bus from city A to city B at an average speed of 44km/hr. Suresh travels by taxi from city A to
city Bat an average speed of 77 km/h and takes 3 hours lesser than time taken by Ramesh. What is the distance (in
km) between the two cities?
4. Find the smallest number by which 128 must be divided to obtain a perfect cube.
5. How many numbers between 100 and 300 are divisible by 7?
6. Find the compound interest on Rs. 10,000 for 2 years at 8% per annum if the interest is compounded annually.
7. A train moving with a speed of 60 km per hour crosses an electric pole in 30 seconds. What is the length of the
train in meters?
5𝑛+4 −6×5𝑛+2
8. Simplify : 9×5𝑛+1 −5𝑛+1 ×4
9. The angle of a triangle are x, y and 40. The difference between the two angles x and y is 30. Find the value of x and
y.
10. Find the least number which when divided by 24,32 and 36 leaves the remainders 19,27 and 31, respectively.
11. If 3𝑥 + 4𝑦 = 12 and 4𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 9, then find the value of 𝑥 + 𝑦
12. 5 men and 8 women can complete a task in 34 days, whereas 4 men and 18 women can complete the same task
in 28 days. In how many days can the same task can be completed by 3 men and 5 women?
13. Find the value of x in the trapezium ABCD given below.
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14. If 𝑥 + 𝑥 = 2, then find 𝑥 2013 + 𝑥 2014 =?
15. A boat covers 63 km upstream in 9 hours and covers the same distance downstream in 7 hours. What is the
speed (in km/hr) of the boat in still water?
16. Find the greatest number of four digits which is exactly divisible by 48, 60 and 64.
17. The area of a triangle is 15 sq cm and the radius of its incircle is 3 cm. Its perimeter is equal to:
18. A train travels the distance between stations P and Q at a speed of 126 km/h, while in the opposite direction it
comes back at 90 km/h. Another train travels the same distance at the average speed of the first train. The time
taken by the second train to travel 525 km is:
19. A wire when bent in the form of an equilateral triangle encloses an area of 121√3 cm². If the same wire is bent
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into the form of a circle, what will be the area of the circle? [Take π = 7 ]
20. Two articles are sold for Rs.9,720 each. On one, the seller gains 8% and on the other, he loses 10%. What is his
overall gain or loss?
PART – B (21 to 30)

 Each question ten marks:
21. The value on an article depreciates every year at the rate of 10% of its value. If the present value of the article is
Rs.729, then its worth 3 years ago was
22. A man goes downstream with a boat to sum destination and returns upstream to his original place in 5 hrs. If the
speed of the boat in still water and the streams are 10 kmph and 4 kmph respectively, what is the distance of the
destination from the starting place?
23. A mixture of 20 kg of spirit and water contains 10% water. After adding a certain amount of water, the weight of
the new mixture is 25 kg. What is the percentage of water in the new mixture?
24. The population of a village was 9600. In a year, with the increase in population of males by 8% and that of
females by 5%, the population of the village became 10272. What was the number of males in the village before
increase?
25. A train travels the distance between stations P and Q at a speed of 126 km/h, while in the opposite direction it
comes back at 90 km/h. Another train travels the same distance at the average speed of the first train. The time
taken by the second train to travel 525 km is:
26. A milkman has three different qualities of milk. 403 gallons of 1st quality, 465 gallons of 2nd quality and 496
gallons of 3rd quality. Find the least possible number of bottles of equal size in which different milk of different
qualities can be filled without mixing?
27. Five question were asked in an examination. 5% of the total examinees answered all 5 questions and 5% of total
examinees did not answered any question. 25% of the rest of the examinees answered only 1 question and 20%
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answered 4 questions. 24 2 % of the total examinees answered only 2 questions. If 200 examinees answered 3
questions, then find the total number of examinees.
28. In a class of 100 students, every student has passed in one or more of the three subjects, i.e. History, Economics
and English. Among all the students, 24 students have passed in English only, 14 students have passed in History
only, 11 students have passed in both English and Economics only, and 12 students have passed in both English and
History only. A total of 50 students have passed in History. If only 5 students have passed in all three subjects, then
how many students have passed in Economics only?
29. A lead pencil consists of a cylinder of wood with a solid cylinder of graphite filled into it. The diameter of the
pencil is 7mm, the diameter of the graphite is 1mm and the length of the pencil is 14cm. Find the:
(i) Volume of the graphite (ii) Volume of the wood
(iii) The weight of the whole pencil, if the specific gravity of the wood is 0. 7gm / cm³and that of the graphite is
2.1gm / cm³
30. A man give 50% of his savings of ₹ 84100 to his wife and divided the remaining sum among his two sons A and B
of 15 and 13 years of age respectively, he divided it in such a way that age of his son, when they attain the age of 18
years, would receive the same amount at 5% compounded interest per annum. What is the share of B?

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