Q1:
Algebra
Polynomials
Medium
Let be quadratic polynomial in such that for all real numbers . if and , then is equal to
Algebra
Polynomials
Medium
Let be quadratic polynomial in such that for all real numbers . if and , then is equal to
Algebra
Indices
Hard
The number of integer solutions of the equation is
Arithmetic
Mean, Median & Mode
Easy
Manu earns Rs. per month and wants to save an average of Rs. per month in a year. In the first nine months, his monthly expense was Rs. , and he foresees that, tenth month onward, his monthly expense will increase to Rs. . In order to meet his yearly savings target, his monthly earnings, in rupees, from the tenth month onward should be
Arithmetic
Time & Work
Medium
Working alone, the times taken by Anu, Tanu and Manu to complete any job are in the ratio . They accept a job which they can finish in days if they all work together for hours per day. However, Anu and Tanu work together for the first days, working hours minutes per day. Then, the number of hours that Manu will take to complete the remaining job working alone is
Arithmetic
Mean, Median & Mode
Medium
Five students, including Amit, appear for an examination in which possible marks are integers between and 50, both inclusive. The average marks for all the students is and exactly three students got more than 32. If no two students got the same marks and Amit got the least marks among the five students, then the difference between the highest and lowest possible marks of Amit is
Algebra
Linear Equation
Medium
In an examination, there were questions. marks were awarded for each correct answer, mark was deducted for each wrong answer and mark was awarded for each unattempted question. Rayan scored a total of marks in the examination. If the number of unattempted questions was higher than the number of attempted questions, then the maximum number of correct answers that Rayan could have given in the examination is
Geometry
Polygons
Easy
Regular polygons and have number of sides in the ratio and interior angles in the ratio . Then the number of sides of equals
Arithmetic
Mixture & Alligation
Hard
There are two containers of the same volume, first container half-filled with sugar syrup and the second container half-filled with milk. Half the content of the first container is transferred to the second container, and then the half of this mixture is transferred back to the first container. Next, half the content of the first container is transferred back to the second container. Then the ratio of sugar syrup and milk in the second container is
Arithmetic
Time, Speed & Distance
Medium
Two ships meet mid-ocean, and then, one ship goes south and the other ship goes west, both travelling at constant speeds. Two hours later, they are apart. If the speed of one of the ships is per hour more than the other one, then the speed, in km per hour, of the slower ship is
Geometry
Triangles
Medium
The length of each side of an equilateral triangle ABC is . Let D be a point on BC such that the area of triangle ADC is half the area of triangle . Then the length of , in cm , is
Modern Math
Permutation & Combination
Medium
The number of integers greater than that can be formed with the digits , using each digit at most once, is
Algebra
Polynomials
Medium
Let and be real numbers, if and are roots of , then equals
Algebra
Progression & Series
Medium
On day one, there are particles in laboratory experiment. On day , where , one out of every particles produces another particle. If the total number of particles in the laboratory experiment increases to on day , then equals.
Arithmetic
Ratio, Proportion & Variation
Easy
In an election, there were four candidates and of the registered voters casted their votes. One of the candidates received of the casted votes while the other three candidates received the remaining casted votes in the proportion . If the winner of the election received votes more than the candidate with the second highest votes, then the number of registered voters was
Geometry
Triangles
Medium
In triangle ABC, altitudes AD and BE are drawn to the corresponding bases. If and , then equals
Arithmetic
Simple & Compound Interest
Easy
Mr. Pinto invests one-fifth of his capital at , one-third at and the remaining at , each rate being simple interest per annum. Then, the minimum number of years required for the cumulative interest income from these investments to equal or exceed his initial capital is
Number System
Miscellaneous
Medium
For some natural number , assume that is divisible by . The largest possible value of is
Algebra
Progression & Series
Hard
The average of a non-decreasing sequence of numbers is . If is replaced by , the new average becomes . Then, the number of possible values of is
Algebra
Progression & Series
Medium
Consider the arithmetic progression 3, 7, 11, ..... and let Aₙ denote the sum of the first n terms of this progression. Then the value of is
Algebra
Functions
Medium
Suppose for all integers x, there are two function f and g such that and . If , then the value of the sum is
Modern Math
Logarithms
Medium
The number of distinct integer values of n satisfying , is
Algebra
Minima & Maxima
Easy
If and are non-negative real numbers such that , then the average of the maximum and minimum possible values of is
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