QA Section
QA Section
QA Section
If the ratio of areas of the quadrilateral and the circumscribing circle is 4 : 3π, then find the ratio of
the lengths of the longer diagonal to the shorter one.
1] 2 : √3 2] 3 : √2 3] 3 : 2 4] 2 : 1
3. In a triangle ABC, D is the midpoint of AB and E is the midpoint of AC. BE and CD intersect at right
angles. If l(AB) = 8 and l(AC) = 10 then find l(BC).
39 41 39 41
1] √ 5 2] √ 5 3] 2√ 5 4] 2√ 5
n 100 + a(n)
4. For n = 1, 2, 3, 4,…100, a(n) = and b(n) = . For what value of n is b(n) maximised?
100 102 – a(n)
1] 1 2] 49 3] 50 4] 100
5. The left-most digit of a six-digit number is 1. When this digit is shifted to the right-most position the
value of the number becomes three times the original value. Find the sum of the digits of the number.
1] 24 2] 26 3] 27 4] 30
1] 1 ≤ x ≤ 4 2] 5 ≤ x ≤ 8 3] 9 ≤ x ≤ 12 4] 13 ≤ x ≤ 16
7. Find the largest number that divides 2*7n + 3*5n – 5 for all n ≥ 3
1] 8 2] 12 3] 24 4] 48
8. The distance from A to B is 440 km. Train P starts at 7:30 from A at 50 kmph. Train Q starts at 8:45
from A at 40 kmph. Train R starts at 11 from B at 60 kmph. At what time will P be equidistant from Q
and R for the first time?
9. In a triangle ABC, D is a point on AB such that l(DB) = 6. E is the midpoint of AC. The line CD passes
through the midpoint of BE. Find the length of AB.
1] 12 2] 12√2 3] 12√3 4] 18
10. If a certain amount is invested at 8% compound interest for 3 years, the amount received is 40000.
What will be the amount received if it is invested at 8% SI instead?
11. What is the minimum value of x – y given that 3(x + 1) = 5(y – 2) and x and y are positive integers.
1] - 2 2] -1 3] 0 4] 1
12. A shopkeeper sells all his good to a dealer for 214000. The shopkeeper needs to clear the shop so
asks him to remove all the goods in 30 days or pay a 200 per day penalty for the extra days. The dealer
has to normally spend 1400 per day in removing the goods. The dealer sells the goods for 384000,
making a profit of 20%. How many days did he take in all to remove the goods?
1] 30 2] 40 3] 60 4] 70
13. A sum of 36 lakhs was invested at a certain rate of CI and amounted to 3.24 crores in 12 years.
What amount when invested at the same rate of interest will amount to 16.2 crores in 18 years?
14. A closed rectangular cuboid has a surface area of 399 cm2 and the sum of the lengths of all the
edges is 128 cm. This cuboid is inscribed in a sphere. The diameter of the sphere is
15. Four points A, B, C, D are taken in a clockwise direction on a circle. In how many ways can the
segments AB, BC, CD and DA be painted using three colours, such that no two adjacent segments are
the same colour?
16. An Arithmetic Progression has terms 2, 8, 14, 20… another has 2, 6, 10, 14. All the terms which are
common are removed from the first. Find the sum of the first ten terms for this sequence
17. Two sides AB and AC of a triangle are equal and the angle between them is 120°. If the area of the
triangle is 75√3, find the length of BC.
18. Two boxes each have 100 balls numbered from 1 to 100. In how many ways can we draw a ball
from each box such that the number on the second ball is greater than that from the first?
19. A person walks uphill at half the speed with which he walks downhill. If he walks uphill from A to
B in 2 hours, downhill from B to C in 3 hours and uphill from C to D in 4 hours, how many hours will he
take to return via the same route?
20. The average of 7 numbers not exceeding 100 is 85. The average of 4 of these is 80. What can be
the lowest value among the remaining three?
21. Arithmetic mean of Sita’s marks in 3 subjects is greater than that of Gita’s by 6. In one subject Gita
scores 10 more than Sita, in the second Sita scores 5 more than Gita. What is the difference in their
marks in the third subject?
22. The difference of consecutive terms in a series is in AP. If the 1st, 3rd and 6th terms are 2, 10 and 37
respectively, then find the 8th term.
23. A captain arranged cannonballs in a square and there were 63 left over. Any larger square is not
possible. So he divided them into two equal groups and then two smaller squares were possible. How
many cannonballs were there?
24. In an office 50% of the people are females. Out of the males, 60% bring food from home. All the
females eat food from the canteen. If the number of people who eat food from the canteen is 161,
then how may males eat food from the canteen?
25. How many integer values can b take such that the two equations x2 + 8x + b and x2 – bx + 64 will
both have real roots?
1] 0 2] 1 3] 2 4] Infinitely many
26. In a trapezium ABCD wherein AB is parallel to DC and 3 times its length, M and N are the midpoints
of AC and BD respectively. Find the ratio of lengths of MN and AB .
1] 1: 6 2] 1 : 4 3] 1 : 3 4] 1 : 2
27. Amar takes twice as long as Akbar and Anthony together. Akbar takes as long as Amar and Anthony
together, If Anthony alone takes 10 days, how long will Amar and Akbar take together?
10 5
1] 2 days 2] days 3] 5 days 4] days
3 3
28. Abhay spends 80% of his earnings in June on food, clothing and rent in the ratio 5 : 2 : 1. He spends
75% of his earnings in July on the same three items in the ratio 6 : 3 : 1. If his expenditure on food in
July is 10% higher than his expenditure on food in June, then his salary in July is what % higher than
his salary in June?
100 200 200
1] % 2] 20 % 3] % 4] %
9 9 11
29. In how many ways can the letters of the words AMDAVAD be arranged such that no D immediately
follows an A?
30. The number of odd integers whose cubes exceed -10 and whose squares do not exceed 70 is
1] 3 2] 4 3] 5 4] 6
31. Which of the following can be the sum of 3 consecutive perfect squares?
32. Priyanka pays 2/3 of what Kareena pays while Kareena pays half of what Deepika pays. What
fraction of the total does Kareena pay?
4 3 4 5
1] 2] 3] 4]
13 11 11 13
33. A persons buys 100 kg of rice @ Rs 500/kg and 500 kg of rice @ Rs 1000 /kg. He sells 450 kg @Rs
1200/kg and the rest @ Rs600 per kg. Find his profit percentage.
150 140 160
1] % 2] % 3] 15 % 4] %
11 9 11
34. Find the number of divisors of 10800 that are divisible by 12 but not by 36.
1] 6 2] 8 3] 9 4] 12