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clear afternoon, and an afternoon rain was always preceded by a clear morning. In all, nine
mornings and twelve afternoons were clear. How many days had no rain at all?
a. 4
b. 5
c. 6
d. 9
2. Ten boxes each contain 9 balls. The balls in one box each weigh 0.9 kg; the rest all weigh 1 kg. In
how many least number of weighing you can determine the box with the light balls?
a. 2
b. 1
c. 3
d. 9
4
3. When P(x) = x -2x -3x +8x-4 is divided by which factor is the remainder the greatest?
a.
x-1
b. x+1
c. x-2
d. x-3
4. How many integral values of a are there such that the quadratic expression (x + a) (x + 1991) +
-2
b. -1
a. 6
c. -5/3
d. -3/2
c. 36
d. 43
I. f ( x) 16 x 2
II. f ( x ) x x
a. I only
b. I, II only
8. If
III. f ( x) x 2 8 x 16
IV. f ( x ) x 4 5 x 2 2 x 3
c. III only
f ( x) 8x 8 Ax 7 Bx 5 Cx 4 Dx 3 1 ,
where
d. III, IV only
have:
I. 4 positive, 4 non-real roots
III. 4 negative, 4 non-real roots
II. 2 positive, 4 negative, 2 non-real roots
IV. 8 non-real roots
a. I, II only
b. I, IV only
c. II, III only
d. II, IV only
9. Brijesh and Manish are trying to solve a quadratic equation. Brijesh writes down the equation but
makes a mistake when copying down the constant term and gets that this equations roots are 3,
6. Manish also tries to write down the equation but makes a mistake when copying down the x term
and obtains the roots 1, 10. Assuming that both students solved their respective equations
correctly, what were the original equations roots?
a. 1, 3
b. 2 , 5
c. 0, 9
d. 6, 10
10. Find the least value of xy + 2xz + 3yz for positive numbers x, y, z, satisfying xyz = 48.
a.
b. 24
5 (5 2 )
c. 72
15
10 20 40 5 80
b.
5 (2 2 )
d. 1
is
c.
5 (1 2 )
d.
5 (3 2 )
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12.
(17 12 2 )
a.
b. 2 1 / 4 ( 2 1)
2 1
c. 2 2 1
d. None of these
b. b2
2b
c. 3b
d. b
14. A multiple choice test has 30 questions and 5 choices for each question. If a student answers all 30
questions and the score is [number right - (number wrong/4)] then which of the following is a
possible score?
a. 10
b. 5.25
c. 7.75
d. 8.75
15. If , ( ) are roots of the equation x 2 bx c 0 where (c 0 b ) then
a.
c. 0
b. 0 | |
d. 0 | |
16. If f(x) = x 4x + p, and f(0) and f(1) are of opposite signs, then which of the following is
necessarily true?
a. 1 < p < 2
b. 0 < p < 3
c. 2 < p < 1
2
d. 3 < p < 0
3 x 4 0 , then
2x4
Both roots in [a b]
b. Both roots in ( , a)
a.
c.
d.
One root in (
19. The sum of the reciprocals of the solutions of the equation x 5 45 x 4 8 x 2 450 x 27 0 is:
a.
50
3
b. 15
c.
5
3
d.
5
3
20. For which of the following function does f(a+b) = f(a) + f(b)?
a.
f(x) = x2
b. f(x) = 4x+1
c. f(x) = 1/x
d. f(x) = 7x
21. An infinite geometric series has sum 2005. A new series, obtained by squaring each term of the
original series, has 10 times the sum of the original series. The common ratio of the original series
is
a. 1995/2015
b. 2000/2015
c. 2005/2015
d. None of these
x2 2x 9
2
b. 0
c.
d. 2
-34
b. -16
c. 16
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24. Find all ordered pairs (a, b) which satisfy 5y +2xy-80=0 such that (a, b) are both integers.
a.
b. 8
c. 12
d. 16
25. There are 5 Arithmetic Progressions of 9 terms each. The common property of all these APs is that
they all are composed of positive integers and have the same middle term, X. If it is known that
the sum of all the numbers of the APs is 4500, then find out the value of X.
a. 50
b. 100
c. 200
d. 45
26. The first term of an arithmetic progression (AP) is -1 and the 8
th
2a
th
27. If a, b and c are real numbers and a+b+c = 16, c =b , 2 =2.4 and abc < 0.
xy yz zx
x2 y2 z2
a.
b. 2
c. -1
d. -1/2
29. If a1, a2, , an are positive real numbers whose product is a fixed number c, then the minimum
c. 2nc1/n
b. 2
c. 22
d. 4
3 5
15
31. Consider the expansion (2 + x + x ) = a0 + a1x + a2x + + a15x . What is the value of a0 +
a2 + a4 + + a14?
a. 1024
b. 512
c. 256
2x + 2
100
b. 2x 2
d. None of these
16
32
64
& x < 1)
a.
1 x128
1 x
12.....6
1 x127
b.
1 x
c.
1 x2
1 x
729
b. 366
c. 364
d. None of these
8, ab + ac + ad + bc + bd + cd =
c. 32+2
d. 0
4n 4n2 1
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1
1
6
x x x 6 2
x
3
x x x 3
x
a.
b. 1
c. 3
d. 6
b. 2010
d. 2011
d. 0
38. The equation x + ax + (b + 2) = 0 has real roots. What is the minimum value of a + b ?
a.
b. 4
c. 0
Calculate P(200).
a. 1
b. 201
19
d. 8
201x18 + 201x17 -...- 201x2 + 201x.
c. 200
d. 0
1
1
1
1 , and a + b + c = 1. Find
ab bc ca
1
1
1
2/3
1 1
2
3
5
8
13
21
...
4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512
b. 3/2
c. 1
d. 5/4
42. The houses in a street are spaced so that each house of one lane is directly opposite to a house of
other lane. The houses are numbered 1, 2, 3, and so on up one side, continuing the order back
down the other side. Number 39 is opposite to 66. How many houses are there?
a. 103
b. 102
c. 104
d. 105
43. One number is removed from the set of integers from 1 to n. The average of the remaining
numbers is 40.75. Which of the following is true about the removed number?
a. The number lies between 50 and 60
b. The number lies between 60 and 70
c. The number lies between 100 and 110
d. The number lies between 20 and 30
3
44. If f(x)=x +x -x+19 has a relative minimum at x=a and the relative maximum at x=b, find a .
a.
-1
b. 3
c. 1/3
d. 1
45. A group of n students is sitting equally spaced around a circular table, and each student is labeled
with a number from 1 through n (corresponding to the clockwise order in which they are sitting). If
student 7 is sitting directly across from student 81, what is the value of n?
a. 147
b. 148
c. 149
d. 150
3
46. The three roots of f(x)=3x -10x +Kx-8 are a, b and c. If c is integer and a+b=ab, find the value of
ab.
a.
4/3
b. 8/3
c. 2
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47. A single-elimination tournament is played with 128 teams. In such a tournament, all undefeated
teams are paired together, and only the winning teams advance to the next round. This process is
repeated until only one undefeated team remains. Which of the following expressions correctly
represents the total number of games played in such a tournament?
a. 127
b. 128
c. 64
d. 63
48. Let f(x) be a cubic polynomial with integral coefficients. If f(1)=-1, f(2)=f(3)=-5, f(4)=5, and
3x 31
A
B
2
x
2x
15
x
3
x
5 , find AB.
49. If
a. -93
b. -15
50. If
a.
62 5
c. 79
d. 81
c. -10
d. 93
c. 11
d. 6+145
A B , find A + AB + B.
b. 6
51. Given a cubic function, M, such that when M(x) = 0, the solution set is
c. {-3, -2, 0}
{0, 2, -3}.
Find the
Direction 52 -54: {x}=x-[x] where [x] denotes the greatest integer function.
52. Find the value of {} +{-}
a. 6-2
b. 0
c. 2 -6
d. 1
53. Find the inequality that gives the range of {x}
a.
-1 {x} 1
b. -1<{x}<1
c. 0 {x}< 1
d. 0 {x} 1
54. Find the sum of the solutions to the equation 2x + {x} = 2.1
a.
7/10
b. 11/15
ab
d. 26/15
must be true?
a.
c. 7/5
b. a b
c. b a
56 56 56 ?
56.
a.
-8
b. 7
c. 15/2
-5
b. 0
c. 2
log 3 x 5 log 9 x 2 3 x 10
d. 8
b. 15
d. None of these
y x 7 3 x 2 7 3 x 15 .
c. 151
d. 153
59. The minimum value of the expression (x+y)(y+z), where x, y and z are positive real numbers
satisfying xyz(x + y + z) = 1.
a. 1
b. 2
c. 0
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c. 1.5
d. 2
61. If f(x) is a quadratic function with f(2)=4, f(-3)=-1and f(-4)=5, evaluate f(0).
a.
-23
b. -17
c. -13
d. -5
62. A function f from the integers to the integers is defined as follows: f(n) =
Suppose k is odd and f(f(f(k))) = 27. What is the sum of the digits of k?
a. 3
b. 6
c. 9
d. 12
2
n + 3 if n is odd
if n is even
a. -22
64.
b. -14
c. -12
d. 3
2 x 5, if x 3
f ( x) 5, if 3 x 1 , evaluate f ( f ( f ( f 4)))).
x 2 1, if x 1
a. 1
b. 5
4
c. 24
d. 575
65. If f(3x-5) = x - x -3x +7, then what is the sum of the coefficients of f(x)?
a. 4
b. 6
3
c. 9
d. 25
66. If f(4x+8) = 2x - 2x -3x +5, then what is the constant term of f(x)?
a. -13
b. 5
c. 6
d. 23
67. The number of common terms of the two sequences 17, 21, 25, ., 417 and 16, 21, 26, 466.
a.
21
b. 29
c. 20
d. 2
3 x 1 5 x 1 34 has
no solution
b. one solution
c. two solutions
69. Let a, b, and c be positive real numbers. Determine the largest total number of real roots that the
following three polynomials may have among them: ax 2 + bx + c, bx2 + cx + a, and cx2 + ax + b.
a. 2
b. 4
c. 6
d. 0
70.
F n 1
a.
2F n 1
2
50
c. 54
d. None of these
71. Find the quadratic equation whose roots are half of the reciprocal of the roots of the equation
ax 2 bx c 0.
2
a. 4 ax 2bx c 0
2
b. 4 cx 2bx a 0
2
c. 2 cx bx a 0
2
d. 2 ax bx a 0
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72. The number of ordered pairs of integers (x, y) satisfying the equation
a. 2
b. 4
c. 6
a. 1
74.
d. 8
b. 2
c. 4
d. 6
pqr
xyz
b.
x
y
z
is
p x q y r z
c. 0
4 x 2 px 3 is
x2 6 x y 2 4 is
d. 1
c. 11a + 2p 0
2a 3b
d. 15a + 2p <0
1
3, then what is the value of
6ab
a 2 b 2 ab ?
a.
19/36
77. If x=
b. 7/12
c. 3
d. Data insufficient
8 pq
x 4 p x 4q
and (x 4p) (x 4q) 0, find the value of
pq
x 4 p x 4q
a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
d. None of these
78. At how many distinct points do the two curves given below intersect above the x-axis?
y 2 x 4 x3 x
y x 4 x3 5 x 2 x 4
a. one
b. two
c. three
5
d. four
79. The graph of the polynomial P(x) = x +ax +bx +cx +dx+e has five distinct -intercepts, one of
80. Let a, b, and c be the three roots of the equation 8x + 1001x +2008 = 0.
c. 251
d. 753
2
b. 49
c. 63
d. 21
82. Given that f(x) + 2f(8 x) = x for all real x, compute f(2).
a.
-28/3
b. 68/3
c. 0
b. 1
81
d. 1
+ x49 + x25 + x9 + x by x3 x
c. 5x
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is (-,), which of the following best describes all
x 2x c
2
possible values of c ?
a. c>1
c. c1
b. c=1
d. c<1
85. The quadratic equations 15x -19x+6=0 and 21x -17x+2=0 have a common root. Which is the sum
a.
b. 24/35
c. 22/35
d. 28/35
{-1, 2}
a.
b. {0,2}
c. {0, 3}
d. {2, 3}
87. Given that the real-valued function f satisfies the functional equation f (x) 4f 1 x , for all x >0,
a.
b. 4/15
c. 7/15
d. 3/5
88. Find the number of elements of the set A = {2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, . , 2006, 2007, 2010,
2011}.
1004
a.
b. 1006
c. 1008
d. 1010
89. This equation describes the relationship between two quadratic functions g(x) = 2f(x)+2. Which of
b.
a.
c.
d.
90. The minimum value of the quantity (a +3a+1)(b +3b+1)(c +3c+1)/abc is:
a. 113/23
b. 125
c. 25
d. 27
2
xy+z+1
b. x + y + z
c. x + y z + 1
a. 160
93. Find the value of
a.
b. 480
d. x y z + 1
c. 1440
d. 4320
1
1
1
1
b. 1
c. 3
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94. If x , y and z are positive real numbers and x +y +z = 4, what is the maximum value of
3
a.
b.
3
c. 125
d. 64
f ( x) 64 x 2 and g ( x ) 0
16
c.
32
d.
64
96. The roots of f(x) = x -15x +71x-105 form an arithmetic progression. What is the common
a.
97. If
b. 1
f (x)
a.
c. 3/2
d. 2
4x
1
2
3
1998
; find the value of f
f
f
...... f
x
4 2
1999
1999
1999
1999
1998
b. 1999
c. 998
d. 999
98. How many integral points are within the graph of |x-2|+|y+6|8
a.
144
b. 145
c. 180
3
38,420
d. 181
b. 64,560
c. 76,840
d. 90,720
100. Given f(n) = f(n + 1)f(n 1), and f(1) = 1; f(2) = 2, find the summation of the series
b. 2
th
c. 2012
d. 2013
49004899
b. 49524951
c. 52205219
d. 52105209
102. Find the sum of the first 125 terms of the series 1,2,1,3,2,1,4,3,2,1,5,4,3,2,1,6,5,4,3,2,1,.......
a.
460
b. 738
c. 750
d. 680
1277
b. 1276
c. 1127
d. 1126
104. Let {sn} be a unique sequence of positive numbers satisfying the following properties:
s1 = 64800 = 30s2 and sn sn+1= sn-1. Which of the following numbers is a perfect square?
a.
36S3
b. 50/S7
c. 12S4
d. 5S5
2
105. p is the root of the equation x + ax + b = 0, 0 < b a 1. Which of the following best
describes p?
a. p|1
b. |p| 3/2
c. |p| 4/3
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