CDS (II) 2026, Elementary Mathematics question paper
100 questions · 100 marks · 120 minutes · +1 per correct answer, -0.33 per wrong one
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- 1Two positive integers x and y are in the ratio 17 : 19. If the LCM of the two numbers is 1615, then what is equal to ?
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- 2If , then what is equal to ?
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- 3If is a factor of , then what is equal to ?
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- 4Suppose p and q are positive integers where q is not a perfect square. If is a root of a quadratic equation having integer coefficients, then which of the following statements is/are correct ? I. The sum of the roots is 2p times the product of the roots. II. The sum of the reciprocals of the roots is equal to 2p. Select the answer using the code given below :
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- 5If , then what is equal to ?
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- 6A train completely crossed two persons X and Y moving in the same direction as the train in 8 seconds and 8.1 seconds respectively. X is walking at a uniform speed of 3 km/hr and Y is walking at a uniform speed of 4 km/hr. What is the speed of the train ?
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- 7A number is formed by three digits, each less by unity than the digit that follows it. If 15 is added to the number, then the sum is 30 times the sum of the digits of the number. What is the product of the digits of the number ?
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- 8Consider the following statements in respect of common logarithms : I. The logarithm of a number greater than 100 but less than 1000 lies between 2 and 3. II. The logarithm of a positive number less than unity is negative. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
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- 9What is the number of zeros immediately after the decimal point in ? (Given that )
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- 10If , then what is the value of ?
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- 11If , then what is the solution of the equation ?
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- 12Consider the polynomial : I. is a factor of . II. divides . Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
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- 13If 5 is a root of the equation and the quadratic equation has equal roots, then what is the value of k ?
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- 14Had I walked 0.5 km/hr faster, I would have taken 8 minutes less to walk 2 km. What is my original speed ?
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- 15If the roots of the equation are increased by the same quantity k, then they become the roots of the equation . What is the value of ?
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- 16If and are the roots of the equation , then what is equal to ?
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- 17The product of two numbers is 1050. The quotient when the larger number is divided by the smaller number is 4 and the remainder is 10. What is the sum of the two numbers ?
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- 18What is the HCF of and ?
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- 19What is equal to ?
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- 20The LCM and HCF of two polynomials and are and respectively. If is one of the polynomials, then which of the following statements is/are correct ? I. The other polynomial is where . II. cannot be the HCF if . Select the answer using the code given below :
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- 21A shopkeeper sold his goods at the cost price. By using false weights, he gained . What weight did he use for 1 kg ?
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- 22If the roots of the equation are even integers, then what is the value of p ?
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- 23A number N consists of two digits. The digit in the tens place is 3 times the digit in the units place. The digits are reversed and the resulting number is denoted by R. If , then what is the product of the digits of the number N ?
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- 24A boatman can row to a place (Y) at a distance of 24 km from the starting point (X) and back in 14 hours. If he can row 4 km with the stream in the same time as 3 km against it, what is the speed of the stream ?
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- 25An alloy (X) of gold and silver is taken in the ratio 1 : 2 and another alloy (Y) of gold and silver is taken in the ratio 2 : 3. How many parts of X and Y must be taken to obtain a new alloy Z consisting of gold and silver in the ratio 4 : 7 ?
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- 26N is a 3-digit number. The middle digit of N is equal to the sum of the other two digits and the sum of the digits is 10. How many such numbers (N) can be possible ?
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- 27The ratio of the cost price of two articles X and Y is 1 : 2. A businessman earns a profit of p% by selling X and a loss of 3p% by selling Y. If he loses 20% in this transaction, then what is the value of p ?
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- 28A sum of money at the rate of 5% per annum compounded annually becomes n times in 100 years. What is the value of n ? (Given , and )
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- 29A variable y is directly proportional to a variable quantity . Given that when x = 2, y = 20.8 and when x = 3, y = 105.3. Which one of the following is the constant of proportionality if it is greater than 1 ?
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- 30If , then what is equal to ?
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- 31Consider the following statements : I. The set of all birds living on the Earth is an infinite set. II. The set of all real numbers between 0 and 10 is a finite set. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
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- 32Consider the following sets : I. The set of even prime numbers II. III. How many of the above are null sets ?
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- 33Consider the following statements : I. If A is a subset of U and U is the Universal set, then the complement of the set A is also a subset of U. II. The complement of a Universal set is a singleton set. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
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- 34What should be added to to get ?
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- 35If , then what is equal to ?
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- 36If , where , then what is equal to ?
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- 37If , , , then what is equal to ?
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- 38If , where , then what is equal to ?
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- 39If , where , then what is equal to ?
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- 40If , where , then what is equal to ?
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- 41If , , where , then what is equal to ?
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- 42If , then what is equal to ?
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- 43If , where , then what is equal to ?
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- 44A person walking along a straight road observes that at two consecutive kilometer-stones the angles of elevation of a hill in front of him are and respectively. What is the height of the hill ?
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- 45A tower subtends an angle at a point P on the same level as the foot of the tower. Q is a point vertically above P and PQ = h. If the angle of depression of the foot of the tower measured from Q is , then what is the height of the tower ?
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- 46If , where , then what is equal to ?
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- 47What is the ratio of the greatest value of (where ) to its least value ?
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- 48If (A, B, C > 0) and the angle C is obtuse, then which of the following is/are correct ? I. II. Select the answer using the code given below :
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- 49If , then what is equal to ?
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- 50If and , then what is equal to ?
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- 51In a cyclic quadrilateral ABCD, , , , . What is equal to ?
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- 52The area of a rhombus is 720 and the sum of its diagonals is 98 cm. What is the perimeter of the rhombus ?
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- 53A chord of a circle makes an angle of at the centre of the circle. If the area of the major segment is k times the area of the minor segment, then what is the value of k ? (Take )
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- 54ABC is a triangle in which (AB + BC) exceeds CA by 10 cm, (BC + CA) exceeds AB by 8 cm and (CA + AB) exceeds BC by 72 cm. What is the area of the triangle ?
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- 55A reservoir is in the form of a cuboid. Its length is 30 m. If 24 kL of water is removed from the reservoir, the water level goes down by 20 cm. What is the width of the reservoir ?
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- 56A well is dug with a diameter of 3.5 m and 16 m depth. The earth soil so excavated is spread in the form of a right circular cone of radius 7 m. What is the height of the cone ?
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- 57The chord of a circle is 20 cm and the height of the minor segment is 5 cm. What is the diameter of the circle ?
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- 58On a circular metal plate of uniform thickness, 16 holes, each of diameter 2 cm, are made. If the plate thereby has lost one-ninth of its original weight, then what is the diameter of the plate ?
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- 59A square of side length 4 cm has its corners cut away in such a manner so as to form a regular octagon. What is the length of the side of the octagon ? (Take = 1.41)
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- 60A tall cylindrical reservoir kept vertically is 20 m in diameter. Water is poured into it at the rate of 264 per hour. What is the rate at which the water level rises in the reservoir per minute ? (Take )
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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 : ABCD is a rhombus of side 10 cm. What is the sum of the squares of the diagonals of the rhombus ? Statement I : AC : BD = 3 : 4. Statement II : AC = 6 cm. Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and 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 : The diagonal of a rectangle ABCD (AB > BC) is cm. What is its perimeter ? Statement I : Length AB is an integer. Statement II : Length BC is an integer. Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and 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 : ABC is a triangle right-angled at A and AD is perpendicular to BC. If AD = 7.2 cm, then what is BD CD equal to ? Statement I : AB : AC = 3 : 4. Statement II : BC = 15 cm. Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and 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 : ABCD is a quadrilateral with AB = 6 cm, BC = 8 cm, CD = cm, DA = cm and inscribed in a circle. What is the diameter of the circle ? Statement I : The area of the quadrilateral is 44 . Statement II : . Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and 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 : ABC is a triangle inscribed in a semi-circle such that AC coincides with the diameter of the semi-circle. Let P be any point on the arc of the semi-circle. What is equal to ? Statement I : The radius of the circle is 5 cm. Statement II : AB = 6 cm and BC = 8 cm. Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and Statements ?
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- 66A thin metallic sheet, 1.92 in area, is cut into two equal pieces. One piece is used to make a hollow cube of volume P (in ) and the other is used to make a hollow cuboid of volume Q (in ) with dimensions in the ratio 4 : 2 : 1. If no sheet is wasted, which one of the following is correct ?
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- 67ABC is a triangle such that . If BD is the bisector of that meets AC at D, then what is the ratio of the area of to the area of ?
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- 68Consider the following statements : I. The areas of two similar triangles are in the ratio of the squares of the corresponding medians. II. The areas of two similar triangles are in the ratio of the squares of the corresponding heights. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
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- 69If two similar scalene triangles ABC and PQR have the same area, then which of the following statements is/are correct ? I. Both the triangles are congruent. II. Both the triangles have equal perimeters. Select the answer using the code given below :
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- 70In a triangle ABC, AB = 8 cm and D and E are points on AB and AC respectively such that DE is parallel to BC. If BC = 5DE, then what is AD BD equal to ?
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- 71How many square metres of canvas (approximately) will be required to make a conical tent 3 m high so that a man 2 m tall may stand anywhere within a radius of 1 m from its centre without stooping ?
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- 72PQRS is a square. M is a point on PS such that PM : MS = 2 : 1 and N is a point on SR such that SN : NR = 1 : 2. If the area of triangle MQN is 10 square units, then what is the perimeter of the square ?
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- 73A cubical wooden block of length 10 cm is sliced to produce a cross-section of maximum area. What is the area of the cross-section ?
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- 74In a triangle ABC, AD is the bisector of angle A that meets BC at D. If AB = 21 cm, DC = 20 cm and AB : AC = 3 : 4, then what is equal to ?
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- 75A square of maximum area is inscribed in an equilateral triangle. If the side of the triangle is equal to cm, then what is the area of the square ?
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- 76A room is L m long, B m wide and H m high. Further, L > B > H and L, B and H are integers. The length of the longest pole that can be placed in the room is 17 m and the length of the longest pole that can be placed on the floor is 15 m. What is the volume of the room ?
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- 77A spherical metal ball is molten and made into n smaller identical spheres. In this process, the surface area of the smaller balls increases by 900%. What is the value of n ?
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- 78ABCD is a parallelogram with and the sides have integer values. If the area of the parallelogram is 17.5 , then consider the following statements : I. It is possible to have a perimeter equal to 24 cm. II. It is possible to have a perimeter equal to 72 cm. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
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- 79N number of cubes each of side length equal to 10 cm are joined end to end in a row. If the total surface area of the resulting cuboid is 3800 , then what is the value of N ?
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- 80In a quadrilateral ABCD, and . Let AB = p units, BC = q units, AC = r units, CD = s units, AD = t units, where . If p, q, r, s and t are integers, then what is the area of the quadrilateral ?
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- For the next three (03) items that follow : The centre O of a circle inside a triangle ABC is at a distance of 13 cm from each of the vertices of the triangle. The diameter of the circle is 10 cm and the circle touches only two sides of the triangle, AB and AC.81If x is the perimeter, in cm, of the triangle, then which one of the following is correct ?
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- 82If y is the area in of the triangle, then which one of the following is correct ?
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- 83Consider the following statements : I. lies between and . II. If z is the distance in cm from the centre O of the circle to the midpoint of BC, then . Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
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- For the next three (03) items that follow : A circle with centre O passes through the vertex A of an equilateral triangle ABC and touches BC at its midpoint M. The circle cuts AB at D and AC at E.84What is AD : DB equal to ?
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- 85If x is the area of the circle and y is the area of the triangle such that , then which one of the following is correct ?
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- 86What is the ratio of the area of the triangle ADO to the area of the quadrilateral BDOM ?
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- For the next two (02) items that follow : ABC is an equilateral triangle. BP is perpendicular to AC, PR is perpendicular to AB, and PQ is perpendicular to BC.87What is the ratio of ?
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- 88What is the ratio of the area of to the area of ?
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- For the next two (02) items that follow : PQR is a triangle such that QP = QR = 15 cm and PR = 18 cm. PN, QM and RT are the altitudes of the triangle which intersect at O.89What is QT : QO equal to ?
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- 90What is the ratio of QO to OM ?
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- 91If the mean of a set of 7 observations is 10 and the mean of a set of 3 observations is 5, then what is the combined mean ?
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- 92The average weekly wages of male employees in a company is Rs. 4,200 and that of females is Rs. 3,200. If the average weekly wage of all employees is Rs. 4,000, then what is the ratio of male to female employees ?
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- 93Consider the observations x, x + 4, 30, 33, 74, 78, 49, 52, 98, 85. If the median of the data is 67, then what is the value of x ?
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- 94A cyclist pedals from her house to her office at a speed of 3 kmph and back from the office to her house at 6 kmph. What is the average speed ?
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- 95If the heights (in cm) of 9 students of a class are 150, 165, 145, 149, 150, 147, 152, 144 and 148, then what is the algebraic sum of the heights measured from their arithmetic mean ?
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- 96Consider the following grouped data :What is the mode of the above distribution ?
Class Frequency 0 - 10 4 10 - 20 8 20 - 30 15 30 - 40 10 40 - 50 3 Tap an option to check your answer.
- 97If the mean of 15 observations, namely is 2.5, then what is the value of ?
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- 98Consider the following discrete grouped data :What is the arithmetic mean of the above distribution ?
x f 12 6 14 8 10 10 16 9 18 3 Tap an option to check your answer.
- 99Consider the following incomplete frequency distribution with a total frequency of 100 :If the mean of the frequency distribution is 25, then what are the missing frequencies ?
Class Frequency 0 - 10 10 10 - 20 x 20 - 30 20 30 - 40 y Tap an option to check your answer.
- 100The following data gives the investment in different categories by a governmental organization :Which of the following statements is/are correct ? I. The percentage investment in the 'Science, Technology and Environment' category is 40%. II. The angle (in degrees) for 'Agricultural Services' in a pie diagram is . Select the answer using the code given below :
Sr. No. Item Investment (Rs. in crores) 1 Science, Technology and Environment 7,200 2 Transport and Communication 3,000 3 Rural Development 1,500 4 Industry and Minerals 3,800 5 Agricultural Services 2,500 Tap an option to check your answer.
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