CDS (II) 2024, Elementary Mathematics question paper
100 questions · 100 marks · 120 minutes · +1 per correct answer, -0.33 per wrong one
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- 1A real number is such that the sum of the number and four times its square is the least. What is that number ?
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- 2The difference of the square of two natural numbers and is 72. How many pairs of natural numbers will satisfy ?
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- 3Let be a 5-digit number. When is divided by 6, 12, 15, 24 it leaves respectively 2, 8, 11, 20 as remainders. What is the greatest value of ?
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- 4What is the remainder when is divided by 5 ?
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- 5What are the last three digits in the multiplication of ?
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- 6varies directly as . When , , , then . What is the value of when , , ?
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- 7Let be the least positive multiple of 11 that leaves a remainder of 5 when divided by 6, 12, 15, 18. Which one of the following is correct ?
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- 8What is equal to ?
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- 9Train crosses a man standing on the platform in 24 seconds and train crosses a man standing on the platform in 18 seconds. They cross each other while running in opposite directions in 20 seconds. What is the ratio of speed of to speed of ?
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- 10Let be the roots of the equation and be the roots of the equation are non-zero numbers). Which of the following statements is/are correct ? I. II. Select the answer using the code given below :
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- 11What is the maximum value of ?
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- 12What is equal to ?
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- 13Consider the following statements : I. is positive II. is negative Which of the statements is/are correct ?
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- 14If , and , then what is equal to ?
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- 15What is the value of equal to ?
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- 16If where , then what is the value of ?
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- 17If and , then what is equal to ?
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- 18From a point on a bridge across a river, the angles of depression of two points and on the banks on opposite side of the river are and respectively. If the point is at a height above the surface of the river, what is the width of the river if and are complementary ?
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- 19In a triangle , and is the altitude. If cm and cm, then what is the area of the triangle ?
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- 20If and are the roots of the equation , then what is the minimum value of ?
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- 21The arithmetic mean of numbers is . If the sum of first terms is , then what is the th number ?
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- 22What is the geometric mean of 3, 9, 27, 81, 243, 729, 2187 ?
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- 23A person purchases one kg of tea powder from each of the four places at the rate of Rs. 1000 per 1 kg, 2 kg, 4 kg, 5 kg. If on an average he purchased kg of tea powder per Rs. 1000, then what is the approximate value of ?
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- 24What is the sum of the largest and the smallest 4-digit numbers made by using single digit prime numbers (without repetition) ?
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- 25What is the remainder when is divided by 28 ?
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- 26What is the value of if leaves a remainder 0 when divided by 9 ?
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- 27In a triangle , is a point on . If , and then which one of the following is correct ?
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- 28Let be a 10-digit number, where , are digits. If is divisible by 9, then which of the following statements is/are correct ? I. is divisible by 9 II. If is odd, then is odd Select the answer using the code given below :
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- 29If and , then which one of the following is a value of ?
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- 30If is a prime number where , are natural numbers then what is the minimum value of ?
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- 31A 4-digit number has exactly 15 distinct divisors. What is the total number of distinct divisors of ?
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- 32If , and are the lengths (in cm) of the sides of a right-angled triangle, then is always
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- 33What is the minimum value of , where , ?
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- 34In a class containing 200 students, students prefer both tea and coffee; students prefer coffee, students prefer tea; students prefer neither tea nor coffee. What is the value of ?
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- 35Let be a triangle with area 36 square cm. If cm, cm and , then what is equal to ?
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- 36Let be a natural number. The HCF of , is 10. If the LCM is (a 2-digit number), then how many values of are possible ?
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- 37What is HCF of and ?
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- 38If the roots of the equation are equal, then what are the values of ?
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- 39What is equal to ?
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- 40What is equal to ?
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- 41The mean weight of 150 students in a class is 60 kg. The mean weight of boys in the class is 70 kg and that of girls is 55 kg. What is the ratio of number of boys to number of girls ?
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- 42Two towers and of height 23 m and 11 m respectively, stand 9 m apart. A straight rod is joined to the two tops of the towers. A monkey sitting on the top of , climbs the rod to reach the top of . If the monkey takes 5 minutes to reach the other end, what is the average speed of the monkey ?
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- 43A spherical wooden ball of radius is to be divided into eight identical parts by cutting by planes passing through the same diameter. What is the surface area of each final piece ?
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- 44A trolley with two wheels one metre apart is moved clockwise on the circular track around a ground with radius 50 m (described by right wheel). If the size of each wheel is of 1 foot radius and the right wheel turns 1000 times, how many times will the other wheel turn ?
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- 45What is the remainder when is divided by 1000 ?
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- 46A vertical pole of length 80 m is situated on the horizontal plane. The base of the pole is at . There are two points and such that , , are on the same straight line. Let the angles of elevation of top of the pole from and be and () respectively. If m and m, then what is equal to ?
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- 47Let be a positive integer. What is the quotient when is divided by ?
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- 48A square is drawn inside a square of side 14 cm in such a way that the corners of the inner square coincide with the mid points of the sides of the outer square. What is the area lying between the two squares ?
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- 49The base of a right-angled triangle is times the height of triangle. If the area of the triangle is 54 square cm, then what is the perimeter of the triangle ?
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- 50What is the area of a triangle having sides 4, 4 and 6 units ?
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- Consider the following for the next three (03) items that follow : Let be a triangle right-angled at . Let be the point on such that . If cm, and (use )51What is equal to ?
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- 52If , then what is equal to ?
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- 53Consider the following statements : I. The line segment divides the area of the triangle into two equal parts II. The perimeter of the triangle is more than 46 cm III. The area of the triangle is 50 square cm Which of the statements given above are correct ?
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- A frequency distribution is as follows :
Marks 18-26 27-35 36-44 45-53 54-62 63-71 72-80 Number of students 5 7 10 15 8 3 2 54What is the median of the distribution ?Tap an option to check your answer.
- 55What is the mode of the distribution ?
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- is a triangle right-angled at . Given that cm and cm56If then what is equal to ?
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- 57If is the perpendicular on the side , then what is the length of ?
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- Let be a chord of length 16 cm of a circle with centre at and radius 10 cm. The tangents at and intersect at a point . Further, intersects perpendicularly at .58What is equal to ?
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- 59What is equal to ?
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- 60What is the area of triangle ?
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- 61A question is given followed by two statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements and mark the correct option. Question : What is the integral value of for which the expression is positive ? Statement-I : Statement-II : Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the Statements ?
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- 62A question is given followed by two statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements and mark the correct option. Question : In how many days can , and together finish the work ? Statement-I : and together can finish the work in 24 days Statement-II : and together can finish the work in 36 days Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the Statements ?
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- 63A question is given followed by two statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements and mark the correct option. Question : Can we have a common solution which is prime ? Statement-I : Statement-II : Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the Statements ?
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- 64A question is given followed by two statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements and mark the correct option. Question : Is divisible by 500 ? Statement-I : is odd natural number Statement-II : is a positive integer Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the Statements ?
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- 65A question is given followed by two statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements and mark the correct option. Question : If the price of petrol goes up by 20%, by what percentage should the consumption be reduced so that the expenditure remains the same ? Statement-I : Price of petrol per litre was Rs. 90 Statement-II : Consumption was 24 litre before price hike Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the Statements ?
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- 66A question is given followed by two statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements and mark the correct option. Question : The ratio of 's salary to 's salary is . How much is 's expenditure ? Statement-I : The ratio of 's saving to 's saving is Statement-II : The ratio of 's expenditure to 's expenditure is Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the Statements ?
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- 67A question is given followed by two statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements and mark the correct option. Question : The largest of five different integers is 8 and least is 2. What is the average of these integers ? Statement-I : The sum of all the 5 integers is a multiple of 5 Statement-II : The number of odd integers is odd Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the Statements ?
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- 68A question is given followed by two statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements and mark the correct option. Question : There are three different weights. All the weights are integers and their sum is a prime number. What are the weights ? Statement-I : One of the weights is twice the another weight Statement-II : One of the weights is thrice the another weight Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the Statements ?
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- 69A question is given followed by two statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements and mark the correct option. Question : What is the amount at the end of 10 years ? Statement-I : The principal amount is Rs. 1,00,000 Statement-II : Rate of interest is 10% per annum Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the Statements ?
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- 70A question is given followed by two statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements and mark the correct option. Question : Is odd where , are integers ? Statement-I : is even Statement-II : is odd Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the Statements ?
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- 71The total population of an area is 10,000 out of which males and females are equal in number. Out of the total population 30% are Newspaper readers. Out of the total newspaper readers, one-third read English Newspaper. Out of the total English Newspaper readers, 20% are females. What is the number of males who do not read English Newspaper ?
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- 72What is the maximum area of a rectangle, in square cm, whose perimeter is 400 cm ?
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- 73What is the remainder if we divide by 7 ?
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- 74What is the square root of 64% ?
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- 75The difference of and is divisible by 3 where is a digit. How many values of are possible ?
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- 76Consider the following statements : I. 61 divides II. 100 divides Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
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- 77The average of the temperatures recorded at noontime from Monday to Sunday is C. If the lowest temperature recorded is C, then what is the maximum of temperature that is possible to record at noontime on any one of the days
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- 78If and , then what is equal to ?
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- 79Consider the following statements in respect of , where is a natural number : I. is always odd II. is a perfect square Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
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- 80What is the difference between the average of first 50 even natural numbers and the average of first 50 odd natural numbers ?
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- 81Three amounts , , are such that is the compound interest on ; and is the compound interest on . The rate of interest per annum and the time period in years are same. Which one of the following is correct ?
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- 82There are concentric squares. The area of the innermost square is 1 unit and the distance between corresponding corners of any two consecutive squares is 1 unit. Consider the following statements : I. The diagonal of the th square is II. The area included between th square and th square is independent of Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
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- 83In a rectangle , is one of the diagonals. If and units, then what is the area of the triangle ?
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- 84The area of the circle circumscribing three identical circles touching each other is square cm. What is the radius of one of the smaller circles ?
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- 85In a triangle , cm, cm and cm. A perpendicular is drawn upon the longest side. What is the area of the triangle ?
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- 86There are two containers and . In container , the ratio of milk and water is and in container , the ratio of milk and water is . If the mixture in the containers and are mixed in the ratio to get 20 litres of a mixture having milk and water in the ratio , then what is the value of ?
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- 87A cone, a hemisphere and a cylinder stand on equal base of radius and have the same height. If the sum of volumes of cone, the hemisphere and the cylinder is equal to volume of a sphere of radius , then what is equal to ?
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- 88If is an integer for all integral values of , then consider the following statements : I. must be an integer II. must be an integer III. must be an integer Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
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- 89is a 3-digit number, where , , are distinct non-zero digits. The difference between the two 3-digit numbers and is 90. How many possible values exist for the sum ?
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- 90How many times does the minute hand of a clock coincide with the second hand between 2.01 pm and 4.01 pm on the same day ?
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- 91What is the HCF of and ?
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- 92The section of a solid right circular cone by a plane containing vertex and perpendicular to base is an equilateral triangle of side 14 cm. What is the volume of the cone ?
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- 93Three identical cones each with base radius 3 cm are placed on their bases so that each is touching the other two. There will be one and only circle that would pass through each of the vertices of the cones. What is the area of the circle ?
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- 94A circle is inscribed in a triangle right-angled at . If cm and cm, then what is the radius of the circle ?
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- 95The ratio of sum of interior angles to sum of exterior angles of a regular polygon of sides is . What is the measure of an interior angle of polygon ?
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- 96The number 199 can be written as , where , are natural numbers . What is the value of ?
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- 97How many numbers of the form and less than 2000 are prime ?
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- 98In a class of 160 students, each of them opt at least one language from among English, Hindi and Sanskrit. It is found that 130 students opt English, 120 students Hindi and 110 Sanskrit. If the students opt either only one language or all three languages, then what is the number of students who study all three languages ?
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- 99Let , where , , and are natural numbers. What is the number of distinct remainders of when it is divided by 10 ?
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- 100In a right triangle , and is perpendicular to . If and cm, then what is equal to ?
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