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OMT-101

Bachelor's Preparatory Programme (B.P.P.)

(For Non 10+2)
Term-End Examination 12201
December, 2012

OMT-101 : Preparatory Course in General

Mathematics (Revised)

Time : 120 minutes Maximum Marks : 50

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 General Instructions :
Preparatory Course in Mathematics (OMT-101) Questions 1-50.
(i) All questions are compulsory.

(ii) The Question Paper consists of 50 questions each of which carries one mark.
(iii) Each question has four alternatives one of which is correct. Write the Si. No. of
your correct alternatives/answers below the corresponding question number in the
answer sheet and then mark the rectangle for the same number in that column. If
you find that none of the given alternatives is correct then write 0 and mark in
column 0.
(iv) Do not waste time in reading the whole question paper. Go on solving questions
one by one. You may come back to the left out questions, if you have time at the
end.
(v) Use of calculators is not allowed.

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1. 3 men take 8 days to build a wall. In how many days will 8 men build a similar wall ?

3 8
(1) 3 days (2) -
8 days (3) days (4) 4 days

2. The LCM of 18 (=2x3 x3), 12 (=2x2x3), 42 (=2x 3x 7) and 126 (=2x3x3x7) is :

(1) 2x3x 7 (2) 2x2x3x7 (3) 2x 3 x 7x 7 (4) 2x 2 x 3 x3 x 7

1
3. (4 - 3 -)
3
is :
2

1 7 1
(1) 3 (2) 7 (3) -
5 (4) 1
6

4. If the integer n is odd, which one of the following is odd ?

(1) n+1 (2) n- 1 (3) 3n +1 (4) 4n +1

5. Which of the following terms is not used to represent mathematical statements ?

(1) Theorem (2) Axiom (3) Postulate (4) Process

6. Find the value of 4 +6+ (7-4).

10 3 6
(1) —3 (2) 6 (4)
(3) —
10

7. The smallest of the following numbers is :

2 3 4 1 11
(1) 23
-- of (2) 11 A of 3 (3) 4 — of (4) 3 — of —
5 59 5 31 11 17

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8. Where will 3 • 1416 be on the number line ?
(1) Between whole numbers 3 and 4
(2) Between integers –3 and –4
22
(3) At the location where rational number —
7 lies

(4) Between 3.5 and 4.5

9. The system of writing numerals used today is :

(1) Hindu – Arabic numeral system (2) Binary system
(3) British system of numbers (4) Indian numeral system

10. In school 10 children wear blue shirts, 25 wear green shirts, 30 red shirts and the rest of the
children 35 in number wear yellow shirts. What percentages of the children wear red
shirts ?
(1) 28.7% (2) 39.4% (3) 10.0% (4) 30.0%

11. The of a fraction shows the total number of parts into which the whole is divided.
(1) Numerator (2) Denominator (3) Whole (4) Unit

12. The mathematician who built geometry is :

(1) Pythagoras (2) Bhaskara (3) Aryabhatta (4) Euclid

13. P- – -(11 x pq =
[q P
(1) – pq (2) pq (3) 2 q2 (4) p – q
p

14. In how many ways can 5 sportsmen be selected out of 10 sportsmen ?

(1) 242 (2) 252 (3) 272 (4) 282

15. The next term in the sequence I, I, ..., is :

16 8 12 18

3 2
(4)
(3)

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 16. The middle term in the expansion of (xy +3)1° is :
(1) (xy + 3)5 (2) C (10, 5) (xy)5 35
(3) C (10, 6) (xy)6 34 (4) C (10, 6) (xy)4 36

17. Which of the following is a GP ?

(1) 1
2, 6, 18, 24, (2) 25, 5, 1, -
5'
(3) 2, 4, 6, 8, (4) 3, 9, 81, 729,

18. If (23 x 52 x 74)3 x (24 x 72)2_ 2a x 5b x 7c then

(1) a =17, b = 6, c=16 (2) a=17, b=5, c=16
(3) a =43, b =8, c =68 (4) a =17, b =6, c =48

1 1
19. 1 12-
1_ ( 1 4)--;
P. (6
16 )

1
(2) 2 - 7
(3) 64

20. When the terms of a G.P. are written in reverse order, the sequence formed is ?
(1) A.P. (2) G.P. (3) H.P. (4) Fibonacci sequence

21. If the sum of five numbers in A.P. is 150, then the middle number is :
(1) 50 (2) 10 (3) 30 (4) 60

22. Approximate value of (0.99)5 up to 3 decimal places is :

(1) 1.000 (2) 0.950 (3) 0.951 (4) 1.001

23. Degree of polynomial x2y3z +x4 +y5 + xz2 is :

(1) 5 (2) 4 (3) 3 (4) 6

24. The common ratio of the G.P. 256, 64, 16, 4, is.

(1) 4 (3) 1 (4) 12

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25. 0 is the centre of a circle of diameter 10 cms. If A is a point such that OA = 6 cms, then A's
position is :
(1) Not determinable with above data (2) Inside the circle
(3) On the circle (4) Outside the circle

26. How many axes of reflection symmetry does an isosceles triangle, which is not an equilateral
triangle, have ?
(1) 4 (2) 3 (3) 2 (4) 1

27. Volume of a cone of radius 10 cm. and height 21 cm. is :

(1) 2200 cu. cm. (2) 6600 cu. cm. (3) 210 cu. cm. (4) 4620 cu. cm.

28. If co-ordinates of points P are ( — 5, —1) then :

(1) distance of P from x-axis is 5 and it lies above x-axis
(2) distance of P from x-axis is 5 and it lies below x-axis
(3) distance of P from y-axis is 1
(4) distance of P from y-axis is 5

29. The lines lying in different planes which do not intersect are called :
(1) parallel lines (2) skew lines
(3) perpendicular lines (4) concurrent lines

30. The number of line segments in the following figure is.

(1) 10 (2) 6 (3) 8 (4) 4

31. The line joining (1, 2) and (1, 3) is :

(1) parallel to x-axis
(2) parallel to y-axis
(3) neither parallel to x-axis nor parallel to y-axis
(4) passes through the origin

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32. If (2, —1) is the mid point of the joint line joining P and (-1, 5), then P has co-ordinates.

(1) 2) (2) (5, — 7) —3) (4) (— 7, 5)

(3)

33. The cost of a rectangular field of length 300 m. and breadth 200 m. at the cost of Rs. 5000 per
hectare is :
(1) Rs. 30,000 (2) Rs. 3,00,000 (3) Rs. 30,00,000 (4) Rs. 12,000

34. Which one of the following points lies in M rd quadrant ?

1
(1) (-6, — 9) (2) (2, —3) (3) ( -5, (4) (1, 1)

35. The number of rotational symmetries a rectangle has is :

(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 0 (4) Infinitely many

36. Which of the following statements is true ?

(1) Every trapezium is a parallelogram
(2) Every parallelogram is a rectangle
(3) Every equilateral triangle is an isosceles triangle
(4) Every rhombus is a rectangle

37. 1 sq. cm =
(1) 10 mm (2) 10 sq. mm (3) 100 sq. mm (4) 1000 sq. mm

38. The total number of platonic solids are :

(2) 3 (3) 5 (4) 7

39. The probability of getting 2 heads in 3 tosses of a fair coin is :

1 3
(1) --8- (4)

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40. Number of persons earning more than Rs. 2500 per month is :

25 —
apc) 20-
15
z 10 —

I 5
500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000
Income in Rs/month

(1) 13 (2) 12 (3) 50 (4) 25

41. Ravi bought a watch for Rs. 520, which includes sales tax. If the sales tax is Rs. 20, then the
percentage of sales tax is :
(1) 5% (2) 4% (3) 10% (4) 20%

42. A bowl contains eight balls. Three balls are red and the remaining five are blue. Two balls
are drawn successively at random without replacement. The first ball drawn is red. The
probability that the second ball drawn is blue is :

3 15
(1) (2) (4) 5
-8-
(3) 56

43. Ajit borrowed Rs. 5000 from Bala for 2 years. If Bala charges 12% simple interest per annum,
how much will Ajit have to return after 2 years ?
(1) Rs. 1200 (2) Rs. 6200 (3) Rs. 5120 (4) Rs. 5600

44. If the mean of the observations x, x + 3, x + 5, x + 7, x +10 is 9, the mean of the last three
observation is :

1
(1) 10 —
3 (2) 10 3 (3) 11 —1 (4)
2
11 —
3 3

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45. A trader increases the price of a T-shirt by 20% and then gives a discount of 20% on the new
price The net result is :
(1) There would be no change in the original price
(2) There would be a decrease of 4% in the original price
(3) There would be an increase of 44% in the original price
(4) There would be an increase of 4% in the original price

46. If P(A) = 0.7, P(A n B) = 0.3 and P (Ac n Bc) = 0.2, then P(B) is :
(1) 0.3 (2) 0.5 (3) 0.4 (4) 0.8

47. Weights (in grams) of 25 apples picked at random from a basket are given below :
90, 105, 50, 55, 48, 85, 90, 100, 75, 85, 125, 105, 115,
80, 75, 73, 48, 65, 70, 69, 65, 60, 55, 80, 75
The number of apples in the class interval (70 — 79) is :
(1) 5 (2) 6 (3) 7 (4) 8

48. If a bag contains 10 white balls and 5 black balls, then the probability of drawing a white ball
is :

1
(4) --5-

49. By selling a coat for Rs. 630, a shopkeeper gains 5%. The cost price of the coat is :
(1) Rs. 600 (2) Rs. 610 (3) Rs. 615 (4) Rs. 625

50. Radhika purchases 500 shares of a company which pays 7% annual dividend of par value
Rs. 10 each. The annual dividend is :
(1) Rs. 350 (2) Rs. 700 (3) Rs. 500 (4) Rs. 35

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1. 3 -) 8 qi -4 q-d•T t I tql-{ 8&ff-qfff kis)* -q-qrcM ?
8
(2) rql (3) - ql (4) 4 ki
3

2. 18 (=2x3x3), 12 (=2x2x3), 42 (-2x3x7) 126 (=2x3x3x7)T -F'Elli (LiHr-ia t :

(1) 2x3x7 (2) 2x2x3x7 (3) 2x3x7x7 (4) 2x2x3x3x7

4 - 3 ) :
3. ( 2 3

7
(3)

4. a f`kr17--r-q-GFrILurfwtt. or(Acr 4 -4-9. 41 itsql -ra-En4 6141?

(1) n + 1 (2) n-1 (3) 3n+ 1 (4) 4n + 1

5. 41 uld TzTt ml -q-qd -wT4Frei. -14-1 (Aci 4-4 W1-4r 61or ?

(1) -g-4zr (2) (3) 3*P-16-Md. (4)

6. 4+6÷(7-4) t :

10 3 6
(1) —3 (2) 6 (4)
(3) 10

7. F-14--iFoRgd w9eAra1 4 -4q-4 4ty4i t :

3 2 3 4 4 a 11 11 1
(1) - chi 2 - (2) 11 5- (3)
4 3 59 31 5 (4) 17 - 11

8. 3.1416 W«-if- trit ?

(1)Tri#C-0:11311 3 4 -k (2) 1
014" -3 ict. -4 -k

(3) stt-f -ftz2fffiT{ ,

ij-c1f#171 4 22 t I (4) 3.5
I— 4.5 t tq'
7

9. 3t4 ch.) fff{f1-4 1;fur

(1) i'-31tr- -5rurrol. (2) •1--9--4 -5113TT
(3) 4134 ch1 f4fa71 77E4- (4) 1-11rdThziYoTTFI•

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10. f.--Tft -ft:MK-N -410 t, 254 76-91- t, 30:4 .fir - 1-ET 35 -q -f
i fry cito lgt ?

(1) 28.7% (2) 39.4% (3) 10.0% (4) 30.0%

11. f f f-*-t TERI chs1f97-d-4 4-f): -14 fq94-rf-

A--d f*-4.1 iqf t?
(1) 3f7T (2) (3) -qui t c it (4)

12. Try ff f-44 sr6111-4-1 4t1 R:31 Alc11 t :

(1) 4IPITT4M (2) 5.1R=Efi (3) 3-1T4I-17 (4) .z*I."&,

13. -9 xp =
P
(1) — pq (2) pq (3) p2— q2 (4) 13 - q

14. 10 rozilFs41 -11 5 figoirsql. cbr f*r fwzrr t?

(1) 242 (2) 252 (3) 272 (4) 282

15. al--1-wg 3 1 1
16' 8' 12 , 3T4T— r tlq

1 1 3
(1) —
27 (4) -
3
(2) 12 (3) -8-

16. (xy +3)1° 13-UR 14 -Rya- tr-q triT :

(1) (xy + 3)5 (2) C (10, 5) (xy)5 35
(3) C (10, 6) (xy)6 34 (4) C (10, 6) (xy)4 36

17. 114-ff(111551 -4 OffBch quito( Wr' t?

1
(1) 2, 6, 18, 24, (2) 25, 5, 1,
5
(3) 2, 4, 6, 8, (4) 3, 9, 81, 729,

18. (23 x 52 x 74)3 x (24 x 72)2 = 2a x 5b x 7c

(1) a=17, b=6, c=16 (2) a =17, b =5, c =16
(3) a =43, b =8, c =68 (4) a =17, b = 6, c=48

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19. 12 8,
0 16)
) 3 (64) 3 =
(2) 2 — 7 \ 1
(3) 64

20. f-*7:ft G.P. 91,44 14 fF-4 A-T4 41 :

(1) A.P. (2) G.P. (3) H.P. (4) F14-si alT*-1:1
..
21. ili-ii-cit Vch 1-111 shH141cf Tit1i3-1I --T 41 150 4
-, -04 1:112T-RT Tit°2fr t :
(1) 50 (2) 10 (3) 30 (4) 60
22. 3 q14-locf 3-tef cia, (0.99)5 . 1 W;Ichd Tfri t
(1) 1.000 (2) 0.950 (3) 0.951 (4) 1.001
23. 4scrq x2y3z + x4 +y5 +xz2 1...grrff t :
(1) 5 (2) 4 (3) 3 (4) 6
24. 71-97 *PliT 256, 64, 16, 4,
. -T Till-il-q 3-TTTM t :

(1) 4 1
(2) (3) 1 (4) 12

25. "4-4- 10 41t. IrrEET Trk A 7T t=r1 -Fq t fT OA =6 cm tf -a). A ff.nfff :

(1) WE Thlikur JR at*--ii* aTrw fT7-4-r Trw-dr
(2) cirt 3-Ttuftw tri-Tr Al I
(3) Ifft -17t1
(4) cl t t1

26. 374 'Tirif—g-4FS ?Tip Tin-q-TE fq917 t TRT-4-4-9- ftd4 3Tki t?

(1) 4 (2) 3 (3) 2 (4) 1
27. 10 Alt. f- rr -ff1f 21 Alt. =t I t 71*
3-171-d9' t
(1) 2200 '49. .4-11:11-a-T
(2) 6600 "ziff
(3) 210 'Efi t2 (4) 4620 13T9' dt

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28. z f P ,Xch. (-5, —1) t rd)- :
t -zr6x-3-1 tl
(1) x- •0 5
x- -413 5 tl
(2)
(3) y-3iV A P 0 1 T*--r- t I
(4) y-3; -1 P 05 't I

29. f947-?[ d 1 4 ff-zrd 1,1 g ar t t

(2) fq911 k-UT (3) (14-cl ci c(k-Uf (4) 74117ft

(1) 3-11-1 I k-Uf"

30. -k7 tur ch1 4tY-11 t :

(2) 6 (3) 8 (4) 4

(1) 10
31. (1, 2) (1, 3) oh fir-T4 -4M11-1 :
tI (2) y- tI
(1) x-
t tI --0.
(4) -11 T3-1t41 t I
(3) 9.t x-3-W

32. Tifr, (2, —1) fq-- P ( 5) chl. flThT4

1 ) (4) (— 7, 5)
(1) (2 , 2 (2) (5, — 7) (3) (-32"/ —3

33. 300 lita7 -ff2.1T 200 AZT dr*1-{ 4U ch I 1=ET 5000/- T. Vfd
trff :
(2) 3,00,000 T. (3) 30,00,000 T. (4) 12,000 T.
(1) 30,000 T.

34.
1
(2, —3) ( -5, (4) (1, 1)
(1) (-6, —9) (2) (3)

35. f"*-Tft 3171-ff ch1 *T ci-)1 T"L-qT t :

(2) 2 (3) 0 (4)
(1) 1

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 36. F-14-ircifi_ld 09TET T2 t?
(1) SA-W -qq1A-7 t (2) 3r4w -ccN Mt
(3) 9-A- qrEfq7 cf0fq
-- (4) 3T171-ff t

37. 1 apt •d14-11dk =

(1) 10 fTr- ta-T (2) 111,
10 cv 1
1- 11zT
-
(3) 100 ci41 fT1- • Tfiz7 (4) 1000 .14 fff-A. te-T

38. wsql t
(1) 1 (2) 3 (3) 5 (4) 7
39. .1.) -qltf (f-luM) -r{:FA. 3 cilt -z-gro-4 IR 2 rcio3-1T4 4)1 NINchdlt :

1 3
(4)
(3) 4

40. rii -12500 T. 14 3T aiTzf cqrch-14) ch t :

25 —

20 —
fr
15 —

t 10—

500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000

(TEP:4 1I) 3f
(1) 13 (2) 12 (3) 50 (4) 25

41. tra .) NS 520 T. fq-ml 9ft ii'44-Irocr tiqcW 20T.t- A•Wchtf

3fd-71-U t:
(1) 5% (2) 4% (3) 10% (4) 20%

42. 1qf -1 era fq-i-T1-4 cilc,1*bl 4••• 1 t .111-4t J••• 115-K;,

e_V41 f49-r -a-rftm
Tu4 Tql f i T MiM t i as ;1< -"Mt 61 .1;1 irichcii t:
5 3 15
(1) (2) 5
(4) 8-
(3) 56

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43. 3-Tf—A-ff Gi I ri 1 -4 2 a FrN, 5000 T. 3qP; fcl I .zrfq -4-R7 zTI-4 12% arft 711-qT71- 2 Wi
4P441c1 31-F-
4-d "FW-dt TIfF T*-1t i)+11
(1) 1200 T. (2) 6200 T. (3) 5120 T. (4) 5600 T.

44. 34Trff x, x +3, x+5, x + 7, x+10 111 14W:I 9 t 3-TR14 41-1 b1Wff t :

(1) 10 1
,1. (2) 10 —
1
2 (3) 11 (4) 11 3

45. 'T)1 1420% chl i 1:FT 'TT 20% tI :

(1) 11-#I-TT Tf ci->1 Rol (4-1 1411 I
(2) am, 5TtfiTTTIF=1
'c -11 4% ch 4-itf 7711 I
(3) 11T, 1.-414TTTTETcb qc-vti 11 44%
(4) 117, 3TtfiT-41 1IF:f -4 4% 31-fw- t ziRni

46. iFq P(A) =0.7, P(A n B) =0.3 P (Ac n Bc) = 0.2,'ff)• P(B) °h 11-Ti t :
(1) 0.3 (2) 0.5 (3) 0.4 (4) 0.8

47. t--t A ql5r-cOch -JaT '11; 25 -4-q)' -k opi -4) 117 :

90, 105, 50, 55, 48, 85, 90, 100, 75, 85, 125, 105, 115, 80, 75, 73, 48, 65, 70, 69, 65, 60, 55, 80,
75
(70-79) cvi 14 3IT4 #c&srr t :
(1) 5 (2) 6 (3) 7 (4) 8

48. q.c .410 Trkq ,?;At 5 ciq v,ch 4q Fichio4 ch`l t:

1
(2) (4) -5

49. "Tla 630 T. -4 -cr-{ vd-KR m15% 61n t Ayai-r4 t :

(1) 600 T. (2) 610 T. (3) 615 T. (4) 625 T.

50. 7TN1 500 -*TR -&•(-1--k f"4":1 1:1-{ 10 T. t- i TR 7% -ql•W alb

fTRTT i Trfq-wr ct)) arm qffisi-w t:
(1) 350 T. (2) 700 T. (3) 500 T. (4) 35 T.

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