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Day 250: CDS Maths

5 questions. Try each one first, then open its answer.

  1. Question 1

    Mensuration 3D. Asked once: CDS 1 2025

    13
    The inside of a bowl is part of a sphere. When water is put into the bowl to a depth dd, the water surface becomes a circle of radius 2d2d. What is the radius of the sphere ?

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  2. Question 2

    Number System. Asked once: CDS 2 2025

    20
    Let pp and qq be two natural numbers such that (p+q)p+q(p+q)^{p+q} is divisible by 512. What is the least value of (p+q)(p+q)?

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  3. Question 3

    Percentage, Profit and Loss. Asked once: CDS 1 2023

    13
    Twelve percent of bananas bought by a fruit vendor got lost during transportation. On selling the remaining bananas, the vendor's overall profit turned out to be 4%. If the vendor had not lost any bananas and had sold them at the price of the remaining bananas, what would have been his profit percentage?

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  4. Question 4

    Polynomials. Asked once: CDS 2 2024

    88
    If x3+px2+qx+rx^3 + px^2 + qx + r is an integer for all integral values of xx, then consider the following statements : I. pp must be an integer II. qq must be an integer III. rr must be an integer Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

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  5. Question 5

    Quadratic Equations. Asked once: CDS 1 2025

    8
    If α\alpha and β\beta are the roots of the equation x+a+b=abxab+ax+bxx + a + b = \dfrac{abx}{ab + ax + bx}, then what is (αβ+α+β)(\alpha\beta + \alpha + \beta) equal to ?

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