Math TRYOUT Set 2
Math TRYOUT Set 2
Math TRYOUT Set 2
2. Let a 1 a 2 a3 n be an arithmetic progression with a 1=3 and a 2=7. If a 1+ a2+ … .+a3 n=1830 ,
then what is the smallest positive integer m such that m( a 1+ a2+ …+a n ¿>1830 ?
A. 8
B. 9
C. 10
D. 11
E. 12
3. Of the 200 candidates who were interviewed for a position at a call center, 100 had a two-
wheeler, 70 had a credit card and 140 had a mobile phone. 40 of them had both, a two-wheeler
and a credit card, 30 had both, a credit card and a mobile phone and 60 had both, a two wheeler
and mobile phone and 10 had all three. How many candidates had none of the three?
A. 0
B. 20
C. 10
D. 18
E. 24
4. If one of the roots of the quadratic equation x 2 + mx + 24 = 0 is 1.5, then what is the value of m?
A. -22.5
B. 16
C. -10.5
D. -17.5
E. 18
5. If one of the roots of the quadratic equation 2x 2 - 7x + q = 0 is 3, find the other root.
A. -3
−1
B.
2
1
C.
2
−1
D.
4
1
E.
4
x
6. If (x + 2)2= 9 and (y + 3) 2 = 25, then the maximum value of is ____.
y
1
A.
2
5
B.
2
5
C.
8
1
D.
8
8
E.
5
7. Rajesh is 10 years younger to Baskar. 10 years back, Rajesh's age was two-thirds that of Baskar's.
How old is Baskar now?
A. 30
B. 40
C. 20
D. 16
E. 28
8. If f(x2 – 1) = x4 – 7x2 + k1 and f(x3 – 2) = x6 – 9x3 + k2 then the value of (k2 – k1) is _____
A. 6
B. 7
C. 8
D. 9
9. For what values of 'm' is y = 0, if y = x2 + (2m + 1)x + m2 - 1? x is a real number.
A. m ≥ -2
B. m<0
C. m=0
D. m ≥ -1.25
E. m=-6
10. If 20 men or 24 women or 40 boys can do a task in 12 days working for 8 hours a day, how
many men working with 6 women and 2 boys take to do a task four times as big working for
5 hours a day for 12 days?
A. 8 men
B. 2 men
C. 122 men
D. 24 men
E. 36 men
(1−CosA )
11. What is the value of given that tan A = ¾ ?
(1+CosA)
A. ¼
B. 9/16
C. 1/9
D. 1/3
E. ¾
n/ 2
n(n−1 )
m [ ]
A. log (n+ 1)
n /2
nm
B. log n
n[ ]
n /2
m(1−m)
n[ ]
C. log (1−m )
n/ 2
m(1+n )
[ ]
D. log (n−1 )
n
E. ¿
17. A class consists of 20 boys and 30 girls. In the mid-semester examination, the average score of
the girls was 5 higher than that of the boys. In the final exam, however, the average score of the
girls dropped by 3 while the average score of the entire class increased by 2. The increase in the
average score of the boys is
A. 9.5
B. 10
C. 4.5
D. 6
E. 8
18. Jack has three more cards than Bill. Together they have 47 cards. If x represents the number
of cards Bill has, then an equation that can be used to determine the number of cards each
one has is
A. x + 3 = 47
B. 2x + 3 = 47
C. x - 3 = 47
D. 2x - 3 = 47
E. 3x + 3 = 47
3 n 3−5 n ❑
19. lim is
n→∞ n3−2 n2 +1
A. -5
B. -2
C. 1
D. 3
E. Nonexistent
20. Let
1 0
[
3 2 1 ]
0 2 [ ]
W = 1 2 3 , X = 2 −1 and Y= 0 1
−2 5 [
Wgich of the following statements are correct?
]
A. WX +Y = [ 55 55]
0 1
[ ]
B. XY = 2 −3
−4 10
2 5
C. X W +Y =
3 0 [ ]
3 2 1
D. YW = [
13 6 −1 ]
−8 20
E. WXY = [
−8 13 ]