AIT MATHS QUIZ 2019-20

INSTRUCTIONS

 Use of calculators is not allowed.

 Max. time allotted is hours.
 All the questions are compulsory.
 Objective questions are of marks and subjective questions are of marks.
 ALL THE VERY BEST.

1. A fair coin is tossed 10 times. Find the probability that two Heads do not occur consecutively.

(a) 1/24 b)1/23

c) 1/25 d) None of these
2. In a room there are 7 persons. The chances that two of them were born on the same day of the week is

(a) 1080/75 b)2160/75

c) 540/7 4 d) None of these
3. In a tournament each of the participants was to play one match against each of the other participants. 3 players
fell ill after each of them had played three matches and had to leave the tournament. What was the total no of
participants at the beginning, if the total no of matches played was 75?

(a) 8 b)10
c) 12 d)15
4. The probability of A, B and C solving a problem are 1/3, 2/7 and 3/8 respectively. If all the three try to solve the
problem simultaneously, find the probability that exactly one of them will solve it.

(a) 26/65 b)25/56

c)52/65 d)25/52
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5. ( )𝑥 = 2. Then x =?
10

(a) (log 2)/(log 3 + log 7 − 1)

(b) (log 2)/(log 3 + log 7 + 1)
(c) (log 3)/(log 2 + log 7 − 1)
d) (log 2)/(log 3 − log 7 + 1)
6. How many natural numbers not more than 4300 can be formed with digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 (if repetitions are
allowed)?

(a) 574 b)570

c) 575 d)569

7. The letter of the word PASTE are written in all possible orders and these words are written out as in a dictionary.
Then the rank of the word SPATE is

(a) 432 b)86

c) 59 d)446

8. log 2 (9 − 2 𝑥 ) = 10log(3−𝑥) . Solve for x.

a) 0 b)3
c) Both (a) and (b) d)0 and 6
9. A milkman has three different qualities of milk. 403 gallons of first quality,465 gallons of second, and 496 gallons
of third quality. Find the least possible number of bottles of equal size in which different milk of different
qualities can be filled without mixing.
 a) 34 b) 46

c)26 d) 44

10. n is a number, such that 2n has 28 factors and 3n has 30 factors. 6n has

a) 35 b) 32

c)28 d) None of these

11. Suppose the sum of n consecutive integers is x + (x+1) + (x+2) + (x+3) + ……. + (x + (n-1)) = 1000, then which of the
following cannot be true about the number of terms n

a) The number of terms can be 16

b) The number of terms can be 5

c) The number of terms can be 25

d) The number of terms can be 20

12. After striking a floor a rubber ball rebounds (5/6)th of the height from which it has fallen. Find the total distance( in
metres) that it travels before coming to rest, if it is gently dropped from a height of 210 metres.

a) 2960 b) 2310

c)2080 d) 2360

13. If sum to n terms of a series is given by (2n+7) then its second term will be given by

a) 10 b) 9

c) 8 d) 2

14. The sum of the third and the ninth term of an AP is 10. Find a possible sum of the first 11 terms of this AP.

a) 55 b) 44

c)66 d) 48

15. There are five boxes in a cargo hold. The weight of the first box if 200 kg and the weight of the second box is 20%
higher than the weight of the third box, whose weight is 25% higher than the first box’s weight. The fourth box at 350 kg is
30% lighter than the fifth box. Find the difference in the average weight of the four heaviest boxes and the four lightest
boxes.

a) 51.5 kg b) 75 kg

c)37.5 kg d) 112.5 kg

16. If a man decides to travel 80 kilometres in 8 hours partly by foot and partly on a bicycle, his speed on foot being 8 km/h
and that on bicycle being 16 km/h, what distance would he travel on foot?

a) 20km b) 30km

c) 48km d) 60km

17. Two vessels contain a mixture of spirit and water. In the first vessel the ratio of spirit of water is 8:3 and in the second
vessel, the ratio is 5:1. A 35 litre cask is filled from these vessels, so as to contain a mixture of spirit and water in the ratio
4:1. How many litres are taken from the first vessel?

a) 11 Litres b) 22 litres

c) 16.5 litres d) 17.5 litres

18.The petrol prices shot up by 7% as a result of the hike in the price of crudes. The price of petrol before the hike was 28
Rs. Per litre. Vawal travels 2400 kilometres every month and his car give a mileage of 18 kilometres to a litre. Find the
increase in the expenditure that Vawal has to incur due to the increase in the price of petrol (to the nearest rupee)?
a) 270 Rs b) 262 Rs

c) 276 Rs d) 272 Rs

19. There are three galleries in a coal mine. On the first day, two galleries are operative and after some time, the third
gallery is made operative. With this, the output of the mine became half as large again. What is the capacity of the second
gallery as a percentage of the first, if it is given that four-month output of the first and the third galleries was the same as
the annual output of the second gallery?

a) 70% b) 64%

c) 60% d) 65%

20. In a village consisting of p persons, x% can read and write. Of the males alone y%, and of the females alone z% can read
and write. Find the number of males in the village in terms of p,x,y and z if z<y.
𝑝(𝑥−𝑧) 𝑝(𝑥−𝑧)
a) b)
(𝑦+𝑥−𝑧) (𝑦+𝑥−2𝑧)

𝑝(𝑦−𝑥) 𝑝(𝑥−𝑧)
c) d)
(𝑥−𝑧) (𝑦−𝑧)

21. Sonia borrowed Rs 8000 at 5% p.a compound interest and paid back in 3 annual instalments. What is the amount of
each instalment?

a) Rs 2937.67 b) Rs 3000

c) Rs. 2037.67 d) Rs. 2739.76

22. A tank of 3600 cu m capacity is being filled with water. The delivery of the pump discharging the tank is 20% more than
the delivery of the pump filling the same tank. As a result, twelve minutes more time is needed to fill the tank than to
discharge it. Determine the delivery of the pump discharging the tank.

a) 40 𝑚3 /min b) 50 𝑚3 /min

c) 60 𝑚3 /min d) 80 𝑚3 /min

23. Three friends A, B and C start from P to Q that are 100 km apart. A is on a moped while B is riding pillion and C walks
on. A takes B to a point R and returns to pick up C on the way and takes him to point Q. B, on the other hand, walks to Q
from point R ( R is the mid-point between P and Q).
If the ratio of speeds of the three people is 5:2:2, find where will the last person be when the first person reaches Q.

a) 12.85 km from Q
b) 12.75 km from Q
c) 16.66 km from Q
d) 83.33 km from P

24. What are the points on the axis of x whose perpendicular distance from the straight line x/p + y/q = 1 is p?

a)

b)

c) Both a and b

d) None of these

Direction 25 and 26: If f(x) = |x+4| - |x-4| and |f(x)|<8, then answer the following questions:
25. How many integer values of x satisfies the above inequality?

a) 6 b) 7

c) 8 d) 9
26. What is the sum of all positive integer values of x satisfying the above inequality?

a) 5 b) 6

c) 8 d) 10
27. Three regular hexagons are drawn such that their diagonals cut each other at the same point and area A1 :A2: A3 =
1:2:3. Then the ratio of the length of the sides of the regular hexagons ( from the smallest to the largest) is:
a) 1: √2: √6 b) 1: √2: √3

c) 1: √3: 2√2 d) 1: √3: √6

Direction 28 and 29: F(x) is a 6th degree polynomial of x. It is given that F(0) = 0, F(1) = 1, F(2) = 2, F(3) = 3, F(4) = 4, F(5) =
5, F(6) = 7

28. Find the value of F(8) = ______________________________

29. If x is a negative integer , then the minimum value of F(x) = ?

30. If g(x+y) = g(x).g(y) and g(1) = 5, then find the value of g(1)+ g(2)+ g(3)+ g(4)+ g(5).

31. In the previous question if

𝑛
1
∑ 𝑔(𝑝 + 𝑞) = (5𝑝+3 − 125)
4
𝑝=1

Where ‘p’ is a positive integer then q =

45
32. If 14 7 ≤ 𝑝 then minimum value of p= ______________________________________
25𝑥 −8𝑥 +1

33. If 0 ≤ x ≤ 13 for how many integer value of x, 7 𝑥−1 + 11 𝑥−1 > 170
34. If f(x) = min ( 3x + 4, 6 – 2x) and f(x) < p where p is an integer then the minimum possible value of p =?
35. Hiru has a rhombus shaped farm ABCD. This farm is surrounded by a path of width 2m, as shown in the diagram. If
angle ADC = 30°, AD = 10M. Then the area of the path is:

36. Two ladies played cards for candy; the winner received one piece per game from the loser. When it was time for one of
the ladies to go home, one lady had won three games, while the other lady had a profit of three pieces of candy.
How many individual games had they played?
37. Find a 10-digit number where the first digit is how many zeros in the number, the second digit is how many 1s in the
number etc. until the tenth digit which is how many 9s in the number.
38. Use the numerals 1, 9, 9 and 6 exactly in that order to make 1000.
You can use the mathematical symbols +, -, ×, /, √, ^ (exponent symbol) and brackets.
Example: 1×9+9×6 = 63

39. What 5-digit number has the following features:

If we place an extra numeral 1 at the beginning, we get a number three times smaller than if we put that numeral 1 at the
end of the number.

40.
When asked about his birthday, a man said:
"The day before yesterday I was only 25 and next year I will turn 28."
This is true only one day in a year - when was he born?

41. Tom asked his Granny how old she was. Rather than giving him a straight answer, she replied:
"I have 6 children, and there are 4 years between each one and the next. I had my first child (your Uncle Peter) when I was
19. Now the youngest one (Your Auntie Jane) is 19 herself. That's all I'm telling you!"
How old is Tom's Granny?

42.

This is a Magic Square. This means that the numbers add up to the same total in every direction.
Every row, column and diagonal should add up to 111. But there are some numbers missing!
Fill in the missing numbers. They are all different.

43. Ludwig Bump runs the bank in Mathsville.

You have to help him, though, because he has forgotten the combination number of the safe.
Fortunately, he does remember some things about the number which may help you to help him.

· The number has four digits (eg.1234 or 9876).

· All the digits are different.
· It begins and ends with an odd number and has two even numbers in the middle.
· 19 and 519 go into it exactly.
WHAT IS THE NUMBER WHICH WILL OPEN THE SAFE?

44. How many squares are there on a chess board ... ?

(Think carefully)
45. What mathematical symbol can be put between 5 and 9, to get a number bigger than 5 and smaller than 9?
(Caution: Trick)
46. There were 100 chocolates in a box. The box was passed down along a row of people.
The first person took one chocolate. Each person down the row took more chocolates than the person before, until the box
was empty.
What is the largest number of people that could have been in the row?
47. Write down the next line in the following pattern:
48. Sam wants to make some dice. But only one of these nets will make dice correctly. Which
one(circle it)?

49. Place 10 balls in 5 lines in such a way that each line has exactly 4 balls on it. ( Draw your solution)

50. A girl, a boy, and a dog are walking down a road together.
The boy walks at 5 km/h, and is just behind the girl who walks at 6 km/h.
The dog runs from boy to girl and back again with a constant speed of 10 km/h. The dog does not slow down on the turn.
How far does the dog travel in 1 hour?