Āryabhaṭa Ganit Challenge

2019
Second Stage

Name
KARAN SINGH BHANDARI
Roll No.
85041109

Maximum marks: 60 Duration: 1 hour

Instructions to the candidates:

1) No marks will be deducted for wrong answers.

2) Different questions may have different marks allocated.
3) Read the questions carefully and click on the most appropriate option or fill
in the blank.
4) Do your rough work on the paper provided to you.
5) No mobiles or Calculators allowed.

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Q.No Question Marks
.
1 1
Which letter will come in place of *?

A) V

B) G

C) T

D) W

2 The value of ‘Y’ in the given diagram is 1

A) 64

B) 98

C) 87

D) 74

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3 Sumit shoots three arrows that all hit the target as shown in the figure, and he attains a 1
score of 21. Number of different combinations, which give a sum of 21 is

A) 2

B) 3

C) 4

D) 1

4 Here is a flow chart : 1

(y – x) is always a
A) Multiple of 2

B) Multiple of 3

C) Multiple of 5

D) Multiple of 7

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5 These towers (I – III) are made of identical hexagons and identical rectangles. 1

Height of the smallest tower ‘x’ = _____cm.

6 1

Which of the following book was NOT written by the mathematical genius shown in the
picture above ?

A) Figuring the joy of numbers

B) In the wonderland of numbers

C) Awaken the genius in your child

D) Zero to infinity

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7 1729 is the natural number following 1728 and preceding 1730. It is known as 1
the Hardy–Ramanujan number. It is the smallest number expressible as :

A) The sum of three cubes in two different ways

B) the sum of two cubes in two different ways.

C) The sum of three cubes in three different ways

D) The sum of two prime numbers in two different ways

8 1
is a devnagari variant of the number :

A) 5

B) 3

C) 8

D) 2

9 National Mathematics day is celebrated on 1

A) 22nd December

B) 23rd December

C) 29th November

D) 29th December

10 1

Name this Mathematician, who won 2019 Abel prize for Mathematics.

A) Maryam Mirzakhani

B) Karen Uhlenbeck

C) Katherine Johnson

D) Dame Mary Lucy Cartwright

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11 A boy cycled home from school at a speed of 14 km/h for ‘3x’ hours. Due to puncture of 1
the bicycle, he had to walk the remaining distance which took him ‘x’ hours at a speed of
6 km/h. If the total distance travelled was 8 km, what distance did he cycle?

A) 5 km

B) 6 km

C) 7 km

D) 8 km

12 On a journey, a motor car goes around twelve right angle corners. They all turn to the 1
right. If the car faced the north when it began the journey, which way does it face at the
end ?

A) North

B) South

C) West

D) East

13 The figure is of a football ground , with semi circular areas behind the goal posts. The 1
field is a rectangle 100 m long and 70 m broad. How much distance you will cover if you
walk around the boundary of the ground?

A) 270 m

B) 340 m

C) 420 m

D) 520 m

14 If five machines take 5 minutes to make five gadgets, how long would it take 100 1
machines to make 100 gadgets?

Ans: _______minutes

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15 A swimming pool is 50 m long and 16 m wide. The depth of water at shallow end is 1 m, 1
increasing uniformly to a depth of 3 m at the deep end. The number of cubic metres of
water in the pool is

A) 2400

B) 3600

C) 1600

D) 2000
16 A car has to have change of oil every 5,000 km, new plugs every 10,000 km and new 1
tyres every 16,000 km. All the three changes will be required at same time after car has
travelled a distance of

A) 40,000 km

B) 80,000 km

C) 60,000 km

D) 90,000 km

17 Five girls took part in a race. Sonam finished before Neha but behind Puja. Shivani 1
finished before Anjuman but behind Neha. Who won the race ?

A) Sonam

B) Puja

C) Neha

D) Shivani

E) Anjuman

18 In a coconut grove, ‘(x+2)’ trees yield 60 nuts per year each, ‘x’ trees yield 120 nuts per 1
year each and ‘(x-2)’ trees yield 180 nuts per year each. If the average yield per year per
tree is 100, then the value of ‘x’ is
A) 5

B) 4

C) 3

D) 2

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19 Rima has a 60 m2 garden. She decides to use of the garden as lawn and remaining for 1

growing fruits, vegetables and flowers. She further divided this portion in to 5 equal parts
to grow roses, dahlias, tomatoes, spinach and green chillies. What is the fraction of
garden used for growing flowers ?

A)

B)

C)

D)

20 Ravi sketched the following figure. Here a rectangle is inscribed in a square. If the sides 1
of the rectangle are ‘a’ meter and ‘b’ meter, then area of the square (in m 2) is

A) +

2
B) + 2b

( )
C)

2
D) 2a +

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21 A bag contains 50 P, 25 P and 10 P coins in the ratio 5: 9: 4, amounting to Rs. 206. Find 1
the number of coins of each type respectively.

A) 360, 160, 200

B) 160, 360, 200

C) 200, 360,160

D) 200,160,300

22 70 % of a number is 105, then its 20.5% is 1

A) 29.25

B) 30.75

C) 31.5

D) 30.25

23 In the figure, PQRS is a square and EQR is a triangle whose vertex E is at a distance y 1
from side PS. If y = x, then what percent area of the square is shaded ?

A) 25%

B) 37.5%

C) 62.5%

D) 75%

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24 What are values of angles‘x’ & ‘y’ in the figure ? 1

A) x = 48°, y = 75°

B) x = 48°, y = 49°

C) x = 48°, y = 51°

D) x = 48°, y = 62°

25 Which of the following options will complete the pattern ? 1

2 Z 5, 7 Y 7, 14 X 9, 23 W 11, 34 V 13, _____?

A) 47 V 14

B) 47 U 15

C) 45 U 15

D) 27 U 24

26 Roman numeral for the greatest three digit number is 1

A) IXIXIX

B) CMXCIX

C) CMIXIX

D) CMIIC

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27 If [2 ] = 2, [4 ] = 4, [3.1] = 3, [3.6] = 4 and [ ] = 1, then value of 1

[ 2 ] + [ 2 ] × [ 4 ] is

A) 11

B) 12

C) 13

D) 18

28 In the figure, if ∠KOM = ∠LON = 120°, then 1

A) K, O and M are collinear

B) K, O and L are collinear

C) K, O and N are collinear

D) M, O and N are collinear

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29 In the figure, PQ = QR = PR = RS. If ∠PRS = 40°, then ∠POS is 1

A) 60°

B) 40°

C) 80°

D) 100°

30 PQRS is a trapezium in which PQ∥ SR and PS = QR. If ∠S = 75°, then which of the 1
following statements is not true ?

A) ∠P = 105°

B) ∠R = 75°

C) ∠Q = 105°

D) ∠Q + ∠R ≠ 180°

31 In the diagram, S represents scientists, E represents Engineers and P represents 1

Professors.

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 How many professors are engineers but not scientists ?
A) 1

B) 2

C) 3

D) 4
32 The sum of areas of the two squares X and Y is 136 cm 2. The perimeter of the figure is 1

A) 50 cm
B) 54 cm
C) 44 cm
D) 52 cm

33 Which is the only number equal to the number of its letters in English language ? 1

Ans : __________

34 The diagram shows 15 identical circles, arranged as a rectangle, and a shaded triangle. 1
The vertices of the triangle are at the centres of circles.

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 The area of shaded region is ………….………….cm 2.

35 Which figure is identical to the first ? 1

36 Which is the odd one out? 1

37 1
Which is missing?

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38 Which group of shapes can be assembled to make the shape shown ? 1

39 Which of the given shapes can be formed by assembling all of the individual shapes in 1
the first figure ?

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40 What is the smallest number of squares that must be added so that the line PQ becomes 1
a line of symmetry ?

A) 1

B) 2

C) 5

D) 4

41 In a joint family; there are father, mother, 3 married sons and one unmarried daughter. 1
Of the sons, two have 2 daughters each and one has a son. How many female members
are there in the family ?

A) 2

B) 3

C) 6

D) 9

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42 In the figure, PQRS is a rectangle with PQ = 16 cm, PS = 13 cm and PX = 4 cm. If Y and 1
Z are respectively mid-points of QR and RS, then area of ∆XYZ is

A) 46 cm2

B) 50 cm2

C) 65 cm 2

D) 70 cm 2

43 If the width of a rectangle is doubled and the length is halved, then it becomes a square. 1

What is the ratio of the perimeter of the rectangle to the perimeter of the square so
formed ?

A) 5:3

B) 5:4

C) 4 : 5

D) 4 : 3
44 A group of five numbers has a mean 10, median 11 and mode 12. 1

Which of the following could be the five numbers ?

A) 3, 11, 12, 12, 12

B) 4, 11, 11, 12, 12

C) 12, 12, 8, 11, 7

D) 11, 12, 10, 11, 6

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45 For a project work under ‘SEWA’ in class IX, Vishal is making a table cloth for a circular 4
table 3 feet in diameter. The finished table cloth needs to hang down 5 inches over the
edge of the table all the way around. Vishal will also fold and sew down 1 inch of the
material all around the edge. The cloth used is rectangular in shape with 60 inches
width. What is the shortest length of the cloth, Vishal should use to make the table cloth
without putting any separate pieces of cloth together ? ( Use the conversion 12 inches =
1 foot)

Ans : ……………….inch

46 Read the following conversation carefully and answer accordingly: 4

Daughter : “Papa I wish to gift you gold ring, when you come to my house next time.”

Father: “OK dear daughter, I will accept your gift but only on one condition.”

Daughter: “What is the condition?”

Father:” I will come in the month of December, but will not confirm the date;and the
ring(s) which you gift must weigh equal to the date of my arrival.”

Daughter: “OK, Papa.”

Now daughter decides to order 5 rings of different weights (in g) which will individually or
collectively solve the purpose. So, correct combinations of weights (in g) :

A) 1, 2, 4, 7, 16

B) 1, 2, 4, 8, 16

C) 1, 2, 3, 7, 11

D) 1, 2, 3, 5, 11

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 Mean of ages (in years) of three members of a family (son, daughter and mother) is 23. 4
47 The mean of the ages of son and daughter is 12 and that of daughter and mother is 30.
Fill in the blanks in the table :

A) Age of daughter __________years

B) Age of son __________years
C) Difference of age of __________years
mother and son
D) Mean of age of mother __________years
and son

48 C= (5/9) (F−32) 4
The equation above shows how temperature F, measured in degree Fahrenheit, relates
to a temperature C, measured in degree Celsius. Based on the equation, which of the
following must be true?
I. A temperature increase of 1 degree Fahrenheit is equivalent to a
temperature increase of 5/9 degree Celsius.
II. A temperature increase of 1 degree Celsius is equivalent to a temperature
increase of 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit.
III. A temperature increase of 5/9 degree Fahrenheit is equivalent to a
temperature increase of 1 degree Celsius.
A) I only

B) II only

C) III only

D) I and II only

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