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Geometry
Circles
Hard
Two tangents drawn from a point touch a circle with center at points and . Points and lie on and , respectively, such that is also a tangent to the same circle. If , then , in degrees, equals
Geometry
Circles
Hard
Two tangents drawn from a point touch a circle with center at points and . Points and lie on and , respectively, such that is also a tangent to the same circle. If , then , in degrees, equals
Number System
Integral Solutions
Hard
Suppose are three distinct natural numbers, such that . Then, the smallest possible value of is
Algebra
Progression & Series
Medium
Let be the term of a decreasing infinite geometric progression. If and , then the sum of this geometric progression is
Arithmetic
Mean, Median & Mode
Medium
The average number of copies of a book sold per day by a shopkeeper is 60 in the initial seven days and 63 in the initial eight days, after the book launch. On the ninth day, she sells 11 copies less than the eighth day, and the average number of copies sold per day from second day to ninth day becomes 66. The number of copies sold on the first day of the book launch is
Number System
Integral Solutions
Hard
If and are integers such that , then the maximum possible value of is
Arithmetic
Ratio, Proportion & Variation
Medium
The ratio of expenditures of Lakshmi and Meenakshi is , and the ratio of income of Lakshmi to expenditure of Meenakshi is . If excess of income over expenditure is saved by Lakshmi and Meenakshi, and the ratio of their savings is , then the ratio of their incomes is
Arithmetic
Time, Speed & Distance
Medium
Rita and Sneha can row a boat at 5 km/h and 6 km/h in still water, respectively. In a river flowing with a constant velocity, Sneha takes 48 minutes more to row 14 km upstream than to row the same distance downstream. If Rita starts from a certain location in the river, and returns downstream to the same location, taking a total of 100 minutes, then the total distance, in km, Rita will cover is
Geometry
Polygons
Medium
Let be a regular hexagon and and be the midpoints of and , respectively. Then, the ratio of the areas of trapezium and hexagon is
Number System
Miscellaneous
Medium
The sum of digits of the number , is
Arithmetic
Time & Work
Medium
Ankita is twice as efficient as Bipin, while Bipin is twice as efficient as Chandan. All three of them start together on a job, and Bipin leaves the job after 20 days. If the job got completed in 60 days, the number of days needed by Chandan to complete the job alone, is
Algebra
Indices
Medium
If , then the product of all possible values of is
Number System
Factorisation
Hard
The number of divisors of , which are of the form , where is a non-negative integer, is
Modern Math
Logarithms
Hard
If , where and are positive real numbers, then the minimum possible value of is:
Algebra
Minima & Maxima
Medium
If and are integers such that their sum is 46, then the minimum possible value of is
Arithmetic
Mixture & Alligation
Medium
A mixture of coffee and cocoa, 16% of which is coffee, costs Rs 240 per kg. Another mixture of coffee and cocoa, of which 36% is coffee, costs Rs 320 per kg. If a new mixture of coffee and cocoa costs Rs 376 per kg, then the quantity, in kg, of coffee in 10 kg of this new mixture is
Arithmetic
Profit & Loss
Hard
An item with a cost price of Rs. 1650 is sold at a certain discount on a fixed marked price to earn a profit of 20% on the cost price. If the discount was doubled, the profit would have been Rs. 110. The rate of discount, in percentage, at which the profit percentage would be equal to the rate of discount, is nearest to
Arithmetic
Percentages
Easy
A certain amount of money was divided among Pinu, Meena, Rinu and Seema. Pinu received 20% of the total amount and Meena received 40% of the remaining amount. If Seema received 20% less than Pinu, the ratio of the amounts received by Pinu and Rinu is
Algebra
Polynomials
Hard
The equations and have one common root. The sum of the other roots of these two equations is
Arithmetic
Simple & Compound Interest
Medium
A loan of Rs 1000 is fully repaid by two installments of Rs 530 and Rs 594, paid at the end of first and second year, respectively. If the interest is compounded annually, then the rate of interest, in percentage, is
Algebra
Modulus
Medium
The set of all real values of for which , is
Algebra
Functions
Medium
Let and . Then, the domain of the function is all real numbers except
Geometry
Triangles
Hard
In a , points and are on the sides and , respectively. and intersect at point such that , and . Point lies on such that is parallel to . Then, is
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