IMO Class 9 Solved Sample

SECTION I : LOGICAL REASONING
1.
In thefollowingletterseries,someofthe lettersare missingwhicharegiveninthatorderas one

of the alternatives. Choose the correct alternative.
____ c ___ bd ___ cbcda ____ a __ db ___ a
(A) adabcd
2.
(B) cdbbca
(D) bdbcba
If MINJUR is coded as 312547 and TADA as 6898, how can MADURAI be coded ?
(A) 3498178
3.
(C) daabbc
(B) 3894871
(C) 3849781
(D) 3894781
Pointingtoaladyinthephotograph,Shaloosaid,"Herson'sfatheristhesoninlawofmymother."
How is Shaloo related to the lady ?
(A) Aunt
4.
(B) Sister
(D) Cousin
(C) 7(144)11
(D) 20(270)115
Choosetheoddnumeralpair/group.
(A) 8(34)9
5.
(C) Mother
(B) 48(120)12
If 'A $ B' means 'A is the father of B', 'A
B' means 'A is the mother of B', 'A @ B' means 'A is
the wife of B', then which of the following means 'M is the grandmother of N' ?
(A) M
6.
T$N@R
(B) M
T$R@S
(C) M
R$T@N
(D) M
R@T@N
Johnsonleftforhisofficeinhiscar.Hedrove15kmtowardsnorthandthen10kmtowardswest.
Hethenturnedtothesouthandcovered5km.Further,heturnedtotheeastandmoved8km.Finally,
he turned right and drove 10 km. How far and in which direction is he from his starting point?
(A) 2kmwest
7.
(B) 5kmeast
(C) 6kmsouth
(D) 2kmeast
In the followingseriesof letters,somedefinite orderdetermines.Which ofthefollowing arenext

two letters in the correct order ?
A J K T U B I L S V C H M R W D G N Q X E F O ? ?
(A) PY
8.
(B) PZ
(C) YZ
(D) ZA
Choose the missing term from the given alternatives.

BZA, DYC, FXE, ?, JVI
(A) HUG
9.
(B) HWG
(C) UHG
(D) WHG
In arow offortychildren, P isthirteenthfromthe leftendand Qisninthfrom therightend. How

many children are there between P and R if R is fourth to the left of Q ?
(A) 12
(B) 13
(C) 14
(D) 15
10. If>denotes'+',<denotes'',+denotes'',denotes'=',=denotes'lessthan'anddenotes'greater
than', which of the following is a correct statement ?
(A) 3+2>4=9+3<2 (B) 3>2>4=18+3<1 (C) 3>2<48+4<2 (D) 3+2<49+3<3
11. Choosetheoddnumeralpair/group.
(A) 1321
(B) 1927

(C) 1523
2
(D) 1624
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12. If Southeast becomes North, Northeast becomes West and so on, what will West become ?
(A) Northeast
(B) Northwest
(C) Southeast
13. Select the correct set of symbols which will fit in the given equation 5
(A) ,,
(B) ,+,
(C) ,+,
(D) South
0
5 = 20.
(D) +,,
14. If it is possible to form a number with the second, the fifth and the eighth digits of the number
31549786,whichistheperfectsquareofatwodigitevennumber,whichofthefollowingwillbethe
second digit of that even number ?
(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 6
(D) 5
15. Choose the correct alternative that will continue the given pattern.
0.5, 0.55, 0.65, 0.8, __
?_
(A) 0.9
(B) 0.82
(C) 1
(D) 0.95
16. If 453945 stands for DECIDE, then 8978 stands for ____.
(A) BHEE
(B) CDEH
(C) GHEE
(D) HIGH
17. In thegiven series, count the number of9's, each ofwhich is notimmediately preceded by5 but
is immediately followed by either 2 or 3. How many such 9's are there ?
1 9 2 6 5 9 3 8 3 9 3 2 5 9 2 9 3 4 8 2 6 9 8
(A) One
(B) Three
(C) Five
(D) Six
18. P, Q,R and S areplaying cards. P andQ are partners andsitting in front of each other. Similarly
RandSarepartnersandsittinginfrontofeachother.SfacestowardsNorthandifPfacestowards
West, then who faces towards South ?
(A) Q
(B) R
(C) S
(D) Datainadequate
19. Ifimplies'=',implies'<',+implies'>',implies'',>implies'',<implies'+',=implies'',identify
thecorrect expression.
(A) 13>2+15=31<2
(B) 13>2+15=31>2
(C) 13>2+1531>2
(D) 13>2+15+31>2
20. Each of these letters gets a numerical value based on its position in M K K I D N E T T Q O B F
H AA G T U U X W L S R I, such as, 1 for M, 2 for K, 4 for I and so on.
What is the sum of the values of the group of letters ARM ?
(A) 32
(B) 33
(C) 41
(D) 35
SECTION II : MATHEMATICAL REASONING

21. Simplify : 5 4 (2 4 )3 - 5 5 8 + 25 4 (23 )4 .
(A) -25 (2)3
(B)
5 (2)3
(C) 25 (2)3
(D) - 5 (2)3
(C) 1.001
(D) 0.6
22. Probability of an event can be

(A) 0.7
(B)
11
9
3
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23. If the perpendicular distance of a point P from xaxis is 5 units, then the point P has
(A) xcoordinate=5or5
(B) ycoordinate=5
(C) ycoordinate=5
(D) ycoordinate=5or5
24. Acubeofside6cmispaintedonallits6faceswithredcolour.Itisthenbrokenupinto216smaller
identical cubes. What is the ratio of N0 : N1 : N2.
Where,N0 numberofsmallercubeswithnocolouredsurface.
N1 numberofsmallercubeswith1redface.
N2 numberofsmallercubeswith2redfaces.
(A) 3:4:6
(B) 3:4:5
25. If a + b + c = 0, then x a
2 2 2
2 -1 -1
b c
xa
-1 2 -1
b c
xa
(C) 4:6:3
- 1 - 1 2
b c
= _____
2 2 2
(A) xa b c
(D) 6:4:3
(C) x1/ 2
(B) x1/ a b c
(D) x3
y
26. Intheadjoiningdiagram,theareaoftheshadedfigureis_____.
(A) 20cm2
(B) 10cm
(C) 18cm2
3 2 1 0
2
X
x
1 2 3 4 5
(D) 24cm2
y
27. Basedonthediagram,IfPQRSformsarectangle,findthe
coordinates of R.
(A) (4,4)
(B) (4,5)
S
Q
(C) (6,4)
(D) (6,2)
28. Apersonspresentageistwofifthoftheageofhismother.After8years,hewillbehalfoftheage
of his mother. How old is the mother at present?
(A) 32years
(B) 36years
29. Set of values of x, if

(A) {1}
(C) 40years
(D) 48years
( x + 8) + (2 x + 2) = 1, is _____.
(B) {1,17}
(C) {17}
(D) f
30. The perimeter of a circle is equal to the perimeter of a square. Then, the ratio of their areas
respectively, is _____.
(A) 4:1
(B) 11:7

(C) 14:11
4
(D) 22:7
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y
5
31. The equation representing the given graph is
(A) 7x+2y=11y2x=3
3
(2
(B) 2x+7y=114x+(35y/2)=25
5 4 3 2 1
2
(
1 )
,
(C) 3x7y=108y6x=4
5
(
(D) 3x4y=18y6x=4
32. If x =
3 + 2
and y =
3 - 2
(A) 32
,2
)
(3
,2
5
x
0
1
)
1
1 ,
2
(
3
4 )
4
5
y
3 - 2 then find the value of x2 + y2.

,
3 + 2
(B) 98
(C) 40
(D) 0
P
33. In the adjoining figure, the area of shaded portion is ___.
12
c
m
(A) 98cm2
16
c
(B) 480cm2
(C) 384cm2
(D) 380cm2
52cm
R
S
48cm
34. Thegivenbelowquestionisfollowedbythreestatements.Youhavetostudythequestionandthe
statements and decide which of the statement(s) is/are necessary to answer the question.
What is the capacity of the cylindrical tank ?
I. The area of the base is 61,600 sq. cm.
II. The height of the tank is 1.5 times the radius.
III. The circumference of base is 880 cm.
(A) IandII
(B) IIandIII
(C) Anytwoofthethree
(D) IIandeitherI orIII
35. Theprobabilityofguessingthecorrectanswertoacertaintestquestionis
not guessing the correct answer to this question is
(A) 2
(B) 3
x
. Iftheprobabilityof
2
2
, then x =
3
(C)
2
3
(D)
1
3
36. The mean of 40 items is 35 and if each item is multiplied by a then the new mean will be
(A) 35a
(B) 35+a
(C) 40
(D) 40+a
37. Inthegivenfigure, AB || CD.If 1= (2x+ y)and 6= (3x y),

then the measure of 2 in terms of y is ____.
2
A
(A) (108y)
1
B
3 4
(B) (2y)
6 5
7 8
(C) (1y)
(D) (100+y)
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38. Inthegivenfigure(notdrawntoscale),ABCDisatrapeziuminwhichAB=7cm,AD= BC=5cm,

DC = x cm and the distance between AB and DC is 4 cm. Then the value of x is _____.
(A) 13cm
xcm
(B) 16cm
L
5cm
(C) 19cm
4cm
5cm
A 7cm B
(D) 15cm
39. Find the remainder when 9x3 3x2 + x 5 is divided by x (A) 3
(B) 3
2
.
3
(C) 2
(D) 2
(C) 176
(D) 11
40. If 444 + 444 + 444 + 444 = 4x, then x is ____.

(A) 45
(B) 44
SECTION III : EVERYDAY MATHEMATICS

41. Ahollowgardenrollerofheight63cm,withagirthof440cmismadeofiron4cmthick.Thevolume
of the iron used is
(A) 54982cm3
(B) 56372cm3
(C) 57636cm3
42. An article is sold at a certain price. By selling it at
(D) 107712cm3
2
of that price one loses 10%. Find the gain
3
percent atoriginal price.

(A) 35%
(B) 40%
(C) 45%
(D) 50%
43. 1100 boys and 700 girls are examined in a test 42% of the boys and 30% of the girls pass. The
percentage of the total students who failed is ____.
2
(B) 62 %
3
(A) 58%
(C) 64%
(D) 78%
44. Agroupofstudentsdecidedtocollectasmanypaisefromeachmemberofthegroupasthenumber
ofmembers.Ifthetotalcollectionamountsto `59.29,thenumberofmembersinthegroupis___.
(A) 57
(B) 67
(C) 77
(D) 87
45. Alibraryhasanaverageof510visitorsonSundaysand240onotherdays.Thebestestimateaverage
number of visitors per day in a month of 30 days beginning with a Sunday is ___.
(A) 250
(B) 276
(C) 280
(D) 285
46. If the radius of a circle is decreased by 50%, find the percentage decrease in its area.
(A) 60%
(B) 75%
(C) 70%
(D) 80%
47. In how many years will a sum of ` 800 at 10% per annum compounded semiannually become
` 926.10 ?
1
(A) 1
3
1
(B) 1
2
1
(C) 2
3
1
(D) 2
2
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48. ArunandSajalarefriends.Eachhassomemoney.IfArungives ` 30toSajal,thenSajal willhave

twicethemoneyleftwithArun.But,ifSajalgives ` 10toArun,thenArunwillhavethriceasmuch
as is left with Sajal. How much money doesArun and Sajal have ?
(A) `62,`34
(B) `60,`34
(C) `60,`30
(D) `62,`30
49. Aboymultiplied12345679bysecond,thirdandseventhmultipleof9,thentheaverageoftheirtotal
is _____.
(A) 444444444
(B) 44444444
(C) 4444444
(D) 444444
50. If thecost of x metres of wire is ` d, then what isthe cost of y metres of wire at the same rate ?
xy
(A) `
d
(B) `(xd)
(C) `(yd)
yd
(D) `
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SECTION I : LOGICAL REASONING

In thefollowingletterseries,someofthe lettersare missingwhicharegiveninthatorderas one

If 'A $ B' means 'A is the father of B', 'A

In the followingseriesof letters,somedefinite orderdetermines.Which ofthefollowing arenext

Choose the missing term from the given alternatives.

In arow offortychildren, P isthirteenthfromthe leftendand Qisninthfrom therightend. How

SECTION II : MATHEMATICAL REASONING

22. Probability of an event can be

29. Set of values of x, if

31. The equation representing the given graph is

3 - 2 then find the value of x2 + y2.

33. In the adjoining figure, the area of shaded portion is ___.

(D) IIandeitherI orIII

37. Inthegivenfigure, AB || CD.If 1= (2x+ y)and 6= (3x y),

38. Inthegivenfigure(notdrawntoscale),ABCDisatrapeziuminwhichAB=7cm,AD= BC=5cm,

40. If 444 + 444 + 444 + 444 = 4x, then x is ____.

SECTION III : EVERYDAY MATHEMATICS

42. An article is sold at a certain price. By selling it at

percent atoriginal price.

48. ArunandSajalarefriends.Eachhassomemoney.IfArungives ` 30toSajal,thenSajal willhave

SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK

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