CDS (II) 2025, Elementary Mathematics question paper
100 questions · 100 marks · 120 minutes · +1 per correct answer, -0.33 per wrong one
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- 1Let be a polynomial. When is divided by , it leaves 2 as the remainder. When is divided by , it leaves 1 as the remainder. What is the remainder when is divided by ?
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- 2Consider the following in respect of a positive real number : I. II. III. Which of the above are correct?
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- 3Let and be natural numbers such that . What is the largest value of such that is negative?
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- 4Let and be natural numbers, each less than 20, such that , , and are prime numbers. How many such combinations of are possible?
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- 5If , then what is the value of ?
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- 6If , then what is equal to?
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- 7If and , then what is equal to?
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- 8What is the remainder when is divided by ?
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- 9is a factor of which one of the following?
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- 10If and , then what is the number of digits in the expansion of ?
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- 11What is the remainder when is divided by 18?
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- 12The HCF of and is . Consider the following statements in respect of the HCF of and : I. The HCF of and can be . II. The HCF of and can be . Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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- 13If , where , then what is equal to?
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- 14If ; , , then which one of the following is correct?
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- 15If is natural number less than 7, then what is the number of values of for which and are relatively prime?
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- 16What is the HCF of and ?
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- 17Let , where is an even natural number. Which of the following statements is/are correct? I. is always divisible by 48. II. is always divisible by 144. Select the answer using the code given below.
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- 18What is the LCM of , and ?
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- 19Let be a 3-digit number. Let be the difference between and . What is the remainder when is divided by 99?
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- 20Let and be two natural numbers such that is divisible by 512. What is the least value of ?
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- 21What is , , , equal to?
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- 22If , then what is equal to?
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- 23If , then what is equal to?
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- 24If , then what is equal to?
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- 25If , then what are the roots of this equation?
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- 26If , ; then what is equal to?
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- 27If and , then what is equal to?
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- 28If and , then what is equal to?
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- 29What is the digit at hundreds place of the number ?
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- 30A number is such that when divided by 4, 6, 7 or 9, it leaves 3 as remainder. What is the smallest 4-digit number that satisfies this property?
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- 31If , then what is equal to?
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- 32If , where , then what is equal to?
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- 33If , where , then what is equal to?
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- 34What is equal to?
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- 35If , then what is equal to?
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- 36The difference between the two acute angles in a right-angled triangle is radian. One of the acute angles of the triangle is
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- 37If and are the roots of the equation then what is equal to?
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- 38If , then consider the following : I. II. Which of the above is/are correct?
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- 39Which of the following is/are the factor(s) of ? I. II. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
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- 40What is equal to?
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- Let , ; and .41What is equal to?
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- 42If and are complementary angles, then which one of the following is correct?
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- Let and .43What is equal to?
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- 44What is equal to?
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- Let and .45What is equal to?
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- 46What is equal to?
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- Let .47What is equal to?
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- 48What is equal to?
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- Let and , where .49What is the relation between and ?
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- 50What is equal to?
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- 51Two trains and are travelling in the same direction at 100 km/hr and 60 km/hr respectively. Train crosses a man in train in 9 seconds. What is the length of train ?
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- 52Two persons and leave place for place at 7:00 a.m. and 7:10 a.m. respectively along the same path. walks at a speed of 4.8 km/hr and walks at a speed of 6 km/hr. How many kilometres from place will meet ?
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- 53There are two employees and . 's salary is first increased by 12% and then decreased by 10%, and 's salary is first increased by 10% and then decreased by 12%. If their salaries at present are equal, then what was the ratio of initial salary of to initial salary of ?
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- 54In a village consisting of persons, can read and write. Of the males, only can read and write. Of the females, only can read and write. If , then what is the number of males in the village?
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- 55and are two alloys of copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn). Alloy is prepared by mixing Cu and Zn in the ratio , and alloy is prepared by mixing Cu and Zn in the ratio respectively. If equal quantities of alloys and are melted to form a third alloy , then what is the ratio of Cu to Zn in ?
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- 56Two students and appeared in a test. The score of is 20 more than that of . If the score of is of the sum of the scores of and , then what is the ratio of score of to score of ?
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- 57If one root of the equation exceeds the other by 4, then what is the value of ?
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- 58An amount of Rs. 10,000 is borrowed at per annum on compound interest for 3 years, compounded annually, and paid back in 3 equal annual installments during these years. What is the amount of each installment (approximately)?
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- 59What is the solution of the inequalities and ?
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- 60A shopkeeper gives three consecutive discounts , and after which he sells the article at a profit of on the cost price. Had he sold the article after the first discount, how much profit would he have got?
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- 61Let be the altitude of a triangle . If , and , then what is equal to?
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- 62The sum of the height and the radius of a right circular cylinder is 21 cm, and the radius is less than the height. If the curved surface area of the cylinder is , then what is the volume of the cylinder? (Take )
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- 63is a triangle right angled at . is the midpoint of and is the midpoint of . Consider the following : I. units II. units Which of the above is/are required to determine the area of the triangle?
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- 64The length, breadth and height of a cuboid are consecutive integers. If the volume of the cuboid is 336 cubic units, then what is the total surface area of the cuboid?
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- 65In a circle of radius 14 cm, is a shorter arc and is the midpoint of the arc. Let be the midpoint of the chord and cm. What is the length of the chord ?
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- 66Two poles of heights 10 m and 15 m are 25 m apart. What is the height of the point of intersection of the lines joining the tip of each pole to the foot of the other pole?
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- 67is a triangle right angled at . Further, exceeds by 10 units. If the perimeter of the triangle is 60 units, then what is the area of the triangle?
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- 68Two poles are situated 24 m apart and their heights differ by 10 m. What is the distance between their tips?
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- 69Let , and be the midpoints of the sides , and of a triangle respectively. Consider the following statements : I. The quadrilateral is a parallelogram. II. The area of the quadrilateral is half of the area of the triangle . Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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- 70Consider the following angles : I. II. III. IV. How many of the above can be the exterior angle of a regular polygon?
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- 71In a triangle , , cm and cm. What is the area of the triangle ?
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- 72is a triangle right angled at . is a point on such that is perpendicular to . If and , then what is equal to?
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- 73The difference between an interior angle and an exterior angle of a regular polygon is . What is the number of sides of the polygon?
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- 74An angle is exactly one-fourth of its complementary angle. What is the value of angle ?
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- 75The sides of a triangle are 11 cm, 60 cm and 61 cm. What is the area of the triangle formed by joining the mid-points of the sides of the triangle?
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- 76A pendulum swings through an angle of and its end describes an arc of length 55 cm. What is the length of the pendulum? (Take )
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- 77A conical tent has an angle of at the vertex. If the curved surface area is m, then what is the volume of the tent?
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- 78A right circular cone and a hemisphere have equal base and equal volume. What is the ratio of the height of the cone to the radius of the hemisphere?
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- 79A wire is in the form of an equilateral triangle with an area of cm. If it is changed into a semicircle, then what is its radius?
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- 80Let the area of the largest possible square inscribed in a circle of unit radius be . Let the area of the largest possible circle inscribed in a square of unit side length be . What is the relation between and ?
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- 81A Question is given followed by two Statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements. Question : What is the remainder when is divided by , where is a natural number? Statement-I : is odd. Statement-II : is even. Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the Statements?
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- 82A Question is given followed by two Statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements. Question : The product of a natural number and the number written by the same digits of in the reverse order is 252. What is the number ? Statement-I : Statement-II : Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the Statements?
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- 83A Question is given followed by two Statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements. Question : The last digit in the expansion of the number is 1. What is the value of the digit ? Statement-I : Statement-II : is a multiple of 3. Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the Statements?
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- 84A Question is given followed by two Statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements. Question : In a triangle , . Is angle acute? Statement-I : is not an obtuse-angled triangle. Statement-II : Angle is acute. Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the Statements?
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- 85A Question is given followed by two Statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements. Question : In a triangle right angled at , cm. What is the circumradius of the triangle? Statement-I : cm Statement-II : cm Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the Statements?
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- 86A Question is given followed by two Statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements. Question : is a parallelogram with . If the area of the parallelogram is square units, then what is the perimeter of the parallelogram? Statement-I : The lengths of the sides and are prime numbers. Statement-II : The lengths of the sides are natural numbers each greater than 1 unit. Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the Statements?
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- 87A Question is given followed by two Statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements. Question : AB and CD are chords of a circle intersecting at P. If square units, then what is equal to? Statement-I : units Statement-II : units Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the Statements?
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- 88A Question is given followed by two Statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements. Question : In a quadrilateral ABCD, units, units, units, units. What is the length of diagonal BD? Statement-I : The length of BD is an integer greater than 13. Statement-II : The length of BD is an even integer. Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the Statements?
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- 89A Question is given followed by two Statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements. Question : ABC is an isosceles triangle with units. If the area of the triangle is 48 square units, then what is the length of the base BC? Statement-I : The length of BC is an even integer. Statement-II : The height of the triangle is greater than the length of half of the base. Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the Statements?
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- 90A Question is given followed by two Statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements. Question : The diagonals of a rhombus ABCD are in the ratio . Is one of the diagonals equal to side of the rhombus? Statement-I : The sum of the diagonals cm. Statement-II : The length of a side cm. Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the Statements?
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- 91Which measure of central tendency is least affected by the presence of extreme observations in the data?
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- 92To find the average ratio like price/unit, work done/hour, kilometre/hour under certain conditions, the suitable measure of central tendency applicable is
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- 93The frequency distribution of marks of 100 candidates in a particular examination is as follows :What are the average marks of the candidates?
Marks Number of Candidates More than 10 100 More than 20 75 More than 30 60 More than 40 40 Tap an option to check your answer.
- 94The arithmetic mean of 200 observations is 60. If 5 is multiplied to each observation, then what will be the new arithmetic mean?
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- 95A distribution consists of 3 components with frequencies 45, 40 and 55 having their means 2, 2.5 and 2 respectively. What is the mean of the combined distribution?
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- 96Which one of the following is a positional average?
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- For the following two (02) items : The following data represent the distance covered (in metres) by two groups of athletic children. It is known that the median distance in the first group is 20.8 metres while the mean distance in the second group is 17.3 metres. Some frequencies in both the groups are missing :
Distance Class First Group Second Group 0-5 5-10 10-15 11 40 15-20 52 50 20-25 75 30 25-30 22 28 97What is the value of ?Tap an option to check your answer.
- 98What is the value of ?
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- For the following two (02) items : Consider the following distribution having median value 24 :
Marks Number of Students Less than 10 5 Less than 20 30 Less than 30 Less than 40 Less than 50 99What is the value of ?Tap an option to check your answer.
- 100What is the mean of the distribution?
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