INTSO EDUCATION

MATHEMATICS TALENT SEARCH OLYMPIAD(MTSO) 2015 - 2016

STAGE - 1 TIME : 60 min.
CLASS : VIII Max. Marks : 50

Instructions:
= Fill the OMR sheet completely and carefully.
= Each question carries one mark and has only one correct answer. No negative marks
= The question paper contains 50 questions to be answered in 60 minutes.

1. If the average of 16,10 & n is between 18 & 21 .What is the greatest possible value of n
1) 24 2) 34 3) 32 4) 36 [ ]

p
2. The form of 0.235 is [ ]
q
233 233 233 233
1) 2) 3) 4)
999 900 990 909
3. The length and breadth of a rectangular field are in the ratio 5 : 3 . The area of the field is 1 hectare
3500 sq.mts., then its perimeter is [ ]
1) 240cm 2) 150cm 3) 480cm 4) 180cm

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4. If a+ b= then a+b = [ ]
3− 2
1) 6 2) 1 3) 5 4) 12

7+2 3 C+ P + q + r
5. If = (p < q < r) where p,q,r are rational numbers then q + r –p is
2 7− 5 23
1) 4 2) 1 3) 12 4) 35 [ ]
6. If H.C.F of three numbers is 12. If the numbers are in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3 then the numbers are
1) 12,24,36 2) 10,20,30 3) 5,10,15 4) 4,8,12 [ ]

7. If P is a prime, d (N) means number of divisors of N. Then d d d p ( ( ( )))

5
[ ]
1) 3 2) 2 3) 4 4) 1
8. The digit in the units place of (45679)1239 [ ]
1) 9 2) 6 3) 1 4) 2
9. There are n rational numbers between a and b where a<b then difference 'd' between any two
consecutive rational numbers is [ ]
a−b b−a b−a a−b
1) 2) 3) 4)
n+1 n −1 n+1 n −1
10. Given that a,b,c,d are natural numbers and that a = bcd, b= acd, d= abc then (a+b+c+d)2 is
1) 16 2) 14 3) 12 4) 11 [ ]
11. The remainder when 20102011 + 20112011 is divided by 4021 is [ ]
1) 4000 2) 2010 3) 0 4) 2011
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12. (x+y)n– (xn +yn) is always divisible by [ ]
1) x 2) xy 3) x + y 4) y
13. The factors of x3 (y–z) +y3 (z–x) + z3 (x–y) are [ ]
1) x – y 2) y–z 3) z – x 4) all
14. xn+1 -xn – x +1 is exactly divisible by [ ]
1) x – 1 2) x +1 3) x + 2 4) both 1,2
15. 9 bus stops are equally spaced along a bus route the distance from first to third is 600m. How far
is it from the first stop to last stop ? [ ]
1) 800m 2) 1600m 3) 1800m 4) 2400m

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16. What should be added to twice the rational number to get [ ]
3 7
107 103 98
1) 100 2) 3) 4)
21 21 21

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17. The perimeter of a rectangle is 13cm and its width is 2 cm then its length is [ ]
4
2 4 3 3
1) 3 cm 2) 3 cm 3) 3 cm 4) 3 cm
3 3 4 5
18. The present age of Sahil's mother is 3 times the present age of sahil. After 5 years their ages will
added to get 66 years . Then their present ages are [ ]
1) 16,40 2) 14,42 3) 18,54 4) 20,60
19. The number of 3 digit numbers which end in 7 and are divisible by 11 is [ ]
1) 2 2) 4 3) 6 4) 8
20. Present age of Anu and Raj are in the ratio 4 : 5. Eight years from now the ratio of their ages will
be 5 ; 6 then their present ages are [ ]
1) 32,40 2) 12,15 3) 28,35 4) 16 , 20
21. For any natural number m>1 what is the Pythagorean triplet [ ]
1) (M2–1, M2 , M2+1) 2) (2M,M2 –1, M2+1) 3) (M,M2,M3) 4) (M,M+1,M+2)
22. Find the smallest multiple of 2352 which is a perfect square. [ ]
1) 2 2) 5 3) 3 4) 7
23. The smallest square number which is divisible by each of the numbers 6,9,15 [ ]
1) 400 2) 900 3) 8100 4) 3600
24. The square root of 9801 is [ ]
1) 89 2) 101 3) 99 4) 109
25. The square root of 17.64 is [ ]
1) 3.2 2) 4.24 3) 4.26 4) 4.2

a4 b4 c4
26. If a = 2012 , b= –1005, c= –1007 then the value of + + + 3abc = [ ]
b+c c+ a a+b
1) 2 2) 5 3) 4 4) 0
27. The sum of the cubes of the divisors of 12 is [ ]
1) 1728 2)2044 3) 2032 4) 1854

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28. The highest power of 3 contained in 1000! [ ]
1) 500 2) 333 3) 498 4) 524
29. Which of the following is a Ramanujam number [ ]
1) 1729 2) 144 3) 2394 4) 2459
30. If the volume of a cube is 729 cm3 then the side of he cube is [ ]
1) 8cm 2) 13cm 3) 9cm 4) 17cm
31. If a parallelogram and triangle are on the same base and same parallel lines then [ ]
1) Area of parallelogram = Area of triangle 2) Area of parallelogram = 2×Area of triangle
3) Area of parallelogram = 4 Area of triangle 4) Area of triangle = 2 × Area of parallelogram
32. If P is a point in the interior of a parallelogram ABCD then Area of ΔAPB + Area of ΔPCD is
equal to [ ]
1 1
1) × Area of a parallelogram 2) × Area of parallelogram A B
3 4
1 P
3) ×Area of parallelogram 4) Area of parallelogram C D
2
33. If AD is the Median of a ΔABC and EF is the median of ΔABD then the area of ΔAEF : area of
ΔABC A [ ]
1) 1 ; 2 2) 1 ; 4 E F
3) 4 ; 1 4) 3 ; 4 B D C

34. The diagonals AC and BD of a trapezium ABCD with AB 2 CD intersect each other at 'O' then
area of ΔAOD is equal to D C [ ]
1) Area of ΔAOD 2) Area of ΔBOC O
3) Area of ΔADC 4) Area of ΔABC A B

35. The figure formed by joining the midpoint of the Adjacent sides of a Rhombus is [ ]
1) Square 2) Parallelogram 3) Rhombus 4) Rectangle
36. The area of the triangle formed by the sides 8cm, 11cm, 13cm is [ ]
1) 30 cm2 2) 4 30 cm2 3) 8 30 cm2 4) 2 30 cm2

37. Let ABCD be a Quadrilateral with an in circle then which of the following is true [ ]
1) AB+AD = BC+CD D C

2) AB+CD = BC+AD
3) AD+CD = AB+BC
4) AC+BD = AB+BC+CD+AD A B
38. The area of a rhombus with length of diagonals 4cm and 6cm is [ ]
1) 24cm2 2) 12cm2 3) 8cm2 4) 6cm 2

39. The area of the sector of a circle with radius 14cm and corresponding arc making an angle 90° at
centre of circle is [ ]
2 2 2 2
1) 154cm 2) 164cm 3) 134cm 4) 308cm
40. The area of an equilateral triangle formed on the diagonal of a square of side is 4cm. [ ]
2 2 2 2
1) 12 3 cm 2) 16 3 cm 3) 8 3 cm 4) 4 3 cm

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41. Sum of exterior angles of n - sided polygon is equal to [ ]
1) (2n-4) 180° 2) (n–2) 180° 3) 360° 4) n × 90°]
42. The number of rectangles with integer sides and with perimeter 16cm is [ ]
1) 8 2) 4 3) 3 4) 1
43. If a,b,c are the sides of ΔABC and c2 > a2 + b2 then the triangle is [ ]
1) right angled triangle 2) Acute angled triangle
3) equilateral triangle 4) obtuse angled triangle
44. Number of diagonals of a '9' sided polygon is [ ]
1) 18 2) 36 3) 27 4) 45

45. If ABCD is a cyclic Quadrilateral and ∠A = 100° then ∠B + ∠D = [ ]

1) 200° 2) 100° 3) 180° 4) 120°
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46. RICE is a Rhombus then x,y,z are [ ]
1) 5,12,13 12
E 5 C
2) 5,17, 7 x oy
13 z
3) 12,5,7
4) 13,12,5 R

47. RENT is a rectangle and OR = 2x + 4 , OT = 3x +1 then the value of x is [ ]

1) 4 T N
3x+

2) 5
1

o
3) 3 +4
2x
4) 2 E
R
48. Find the value of x in the given figure [ ]
1) 70° 90° 60°

2) 60°
70°
3) 90° 90°
x
4) 50°
49. If one of the angle in a Quadrilateral is greater than 180° then the Quadrilateral is [ ]
1) square 2) convex Quadrilateral
3) Rhombus 4) Concave Quadrilateral
50. In Given figure ∠ACB = 30° then ∠AOB = ? [ ]
C
1) 30°
30°
2) 90° O
3) 60°
4) 15° A B

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