Exam Details
Subject | Preparatory Course in General Mathematics (Revised) | |
Paper | ||
Exam / Course | Bachelor Preparatory Programme | |
Department | School of Sciences (SOS) | |
Organization | indira gandhi national open university | |
Position | ||
Exam Date | June, 2016 | |
City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
1. The Roman numeral for 40 is XXXX
(2) XXXL XL
(4) XXL
2. The HCF of 112 and 36 is
(1)2
(2)4 9
(4) 12
3. The sum of all integers from to 5 is
(1)30
(2)1
(3) 0
(4)10 1°
4. (5 is equal to 270'
(2) 300' 330'
(4) 350'
5. An observation that occurs, in a given data, most frequently is called frequency
(2) mean median
(4) mode
6. Cube root of(4 sqrt(16))
(1)2
(2)4
(3)6
(4)8
7. 1 hectare km^2 .
(1) 10 100 1/10
(4) 1/100
8. The solution of the equation =2x is x 3
(2) x 1/3 x 6
(4) 1/3
9. If one-third of one-fourth of a number is 15, then three-fourth of that number is 35 36 135 180
10. Which of the following is a prime number?
(1) 1
(2)47 39 49
11. The angle between the hands of a clock at 8 30 pm is right
(2) acute reflex
(4) obtuse
12. 0.005 x 0.2 0.0001
(2) 0.001 0.01
(4) 0.1000
13. The value of the expression 2/3 x 30/41 is
(1) 1 2
(3) 3 4
14. A quadrilateral with opposite sides equal and one angle as a right-angle is a square rhombus rectangle
(4) trapezium
15. The volume of a cuboid with length 1/2 a^2b,breadth 2/3 ab and height a^2 is 2/3 a^5b^2
1/3 a^4b^2
1/3 a^5b
1/3 a^5b^2
16. not defined 5 8 6
17. 5x is equal to 5 x x x x x x 5^x xxxxxxxx
18. Sarika wants to make a square shaped collage. If the length of a side of the collage is a natural number, which one of the following could be the area of the collage? 24 32 56 64
19. If 8/11 3/11 4/11 x 1/11 then the number in the is
(1) 1 5
(3) 7 9
20. Suman earns Rs. 180, if she works for 3 days. How much will she earn if she works for 2 days? Rs. 90 Rs. 60 Rs. 120 Rs. 100
21. x is equal to 6 3
22. If 57.13 x 2.1 119.973, then 5.713 x 0.21 119.973 11.9973 1.19973 0.119973
23. In a box the number of 25 paise coins are five times the number of 50 paise coins_ If there are a total of 120 coins, then the amount in the box is Rs. 35 Rs. 10 Rs. 25 Rs. 40
24. If 21 x A x 46 then the value of A is 36 21 -21 -46
25. 120 3 x 200 8 100 16
26. The distance between the points and is 2sqrt(2)
(2) 4sqrt(2) 8 6
27. How many rotational symmetries does a square have 1 2 3 4
28. Which of the following cannot be the sides of a right triangle? 12, 13 10 7
29. The degree of the polynomial x^2y^2z^2 xyz x^3 x^4y is
(1) 6 5
(3) 4 3
30. Median of the data 10, 11, 16 is 7.5 10 10·5 8
31. The coefficient of x^3 in is -256 -16 32 -32
32. The slope of the line 2x y 1 is 2 1/3
33. If the first and last terms of an AP are 2 and 198 respectively and the sum of its terms is 4000, then the number of terms of the AP is 20 30 40 80
34. The number 4.296024 rounded to 2 decimal places is 4.29 4.30 4.28 4.20
35. How many points lie on the circle given in the following figure?
<img src='./qimages/12723-35.jpg'> 7 5
(3) 3 2
36. If each side of a cube is doubled, then its volume becomes 2 times
(2) 4 times 6 times
(4) 8 times
37. The sum of the angles of a pentagon is 360°
(2) 430° 540°
(4) 720°
38. Which of the following needs a proof? A definition An axiom A postulate A theorem
39. The number of line segments in the following figure is
<img src='./qimages/12723-39.jpg'> 10 9
(3) 8 6
40. Any point lying on the x-axis is of the form
41. If the probability of occurrence of an event is then the probability of not occurrence of this event is P P-1 1 1-P 1 42. Which one of the following is not a conic section Parabola Ellipse Hyperbola Square
43. If then the value of n is 35 11 12
44. The 6th term of the GP Sart(3) 3sqrt(3) ... is 39 13sqrt(3) 13sqrt(3)
(3) 27 81
45. If 5/100 10/100 and P(A n 2/100, then P(AUB)
(1) 7/100 53/100 20/100
(4) 13/100
46. By selling a coat for Rs. 1,200, a shopkeeper gains 20%. The cost price of the coat is Rs. 800 Rs. 900 Rs. 1,000 Rs. 1,100
47. The dimension of a quadrilateral is
(1) 1 2
(3) 3 4
48. Raghu borrowed a sum of Rs. 10,000 from Renu for 3 years. If Renu charges simple interest per annum, how much will Raghu have to pay after 3 years Rs. 10,240 Rs. 10,420 Rs. 12,200 Rs. 12,400
49. The number of faces of a tetrahedron is
(1) 2 3
(3) 4 5
50. The symbolic form of the statement "Five times a number subtracted from three times of its square" is x^2 5x 5x x^2 3x^2 5x 5x 3x^2
(2) XXXL XL
(4) XXL
2. The HCF of 112 and 36 is
(1)2
(2)4 9
(4) 12
3. The sum of all integers from to 5 is
(1)30
(2)1
(3) 0
(4)10 1°
4. (5 is equal to 270'
(2) 300' 330'
(4) 350'
5. An observation that occurs, in a given data, most frequently is called frequency
(2) mean median
(4) mode
6. Cube root of(4 sqrt(16))
(1)2
(2)4
(3)6
(4)8
7. 1 hectare km^2 .
(1) 10 100 1/10
(4) 1/100
8. The solution of the equation =2x is x 3
(2) x 1/3 x 6
(4) 1/3
9. If one-third of one-fourth of a number is 15, then three-fourth of that number is 35 36 135 180
10. Which of the following is a prime number?
(1) 1
(2)47 39 49
11. The angle between the hands of a clock at 8 30 pm is right
(2) acute reflex
(4) obtuse
12. 0.005 x 0.2 0.0001
(2) 0.001 0.01
(4) 0.1000
13. The value of the expression 2/3 x 30/41 is
(1) 1 2
(3) 3 4
14. A quadrilateral with opposite sides equal and one angle as a right-angle is a square rhombus rectangle
(4) trapezium
15. The volume of a cuboid with length 1/2 a^2b,breadth 2/3 ab and height a^2 is 2/3 a^5b^2
1/3 a^4b^2
1/3 a^5b
1/3 a^5b^2
16. not defined 5 8 6
17. 5x is equal to 5 x x x x x x 5^x xxxxxxxx
18. Sarika wants to make a square shaped collage. If the length of a side of the collage is a natural number, which one of the following could be the area of the collage? 24 32 56 64
19. If 8/11 3/11 4/11 x 1/11 then the number in the is
(1) 1 5
(3) 7 9
20. Suman earns Rs. 180, if she works for 3 days. How much will she earn if she works for 2 days? Rs. 90 Rs. 60 Rs. 120 Rs. 100
21. x is equal to 6 3
22. If 57.13 x 2.1 119.973, then 5.713 x 0.21 119.973 11.9973 1.19973 0.119973
23. In a box the number of 25 paise coins are five times the number of 50 paise coins_ If there are a total of 120 coins, then the amount in the box is Rs. 35 Rs. 10 Rs. 25 Rs. 40
24. If 21 x A x 46 then the value of A is 36 21 -21 -46
25. 120 3 x 200 8 100 16
26. The distance between the points and is 2sqrt(2)
(2) 4sqrt(2) 8 6
27. How many rotational symmetries does a square have 1 2 3 4
28. Which of the following cannot be the sides of a right triangle? 12, 13 10 7
29. The degree of the polynomial x^2y^2z^2 xyz x^3 x^4y is
(1) 6 5
(3) 4 3
30. Median of the data 10, 11, 16 is 7.5 10 10·5 8
31. The coefficient of x^3 in is -256 -16 32 -32
32. The slope of the line 2x y 1 is 2 1/3
33. If the first and last terms of an AP are 2 and 198 respectively and the sum of its terms is 4000, then the number of terms of the AP is 20 30 40 80
34. The number 4.296024 rounded to 2 decimal places is 4.29 4.30 4.28 4.20
35. How many points lie on the circle given in the following figure?
<img src='./qimages/12723-35.jpg'> 7 5
(3) 3 2
36. If each side of a cube is doubled, then its volume becomes 2 times
(2) 4 times 6 times
(4) 8 times
37. The sum of the angles of a pentagon is 360°
(2) 430° 540°
(4) 720°
38. Which of the following needs a proof? A definition An axiom A postulate A theorem
39. The number of line segments in the following figure is
<img src='./qimages/12723-39.jpg'> 10 9
(3) 8 6
40. Any point lying on the x-axis is of the form
41. If the probability of occurrence of an event is then the probability of not occurrence of this event is P P-1 1 1-P 1 42. Which one of the following is not a conic section Parabola Ellipse Hyperbola Square
43. If then the value of n is 35 11 12
44. The 6th term of the GP Sart(3) 3sqrt(3) ... is 39 13sqrt(3) 13sqrt(3)
(3) 27 81
45. If 5/100 10/100 and P(A n 2/100, then P(AUB)
(1) 7/100 53/100 20/100
(4) 13/100
46. By selling a coat for Rs. 1,200, a shopkeeper gains 20%. The cost price of the coat is Rs. 800 Rs. 900 Rs. 1,000 Rs. 1,100
47. The dimension of a quadrilateral is
(1) 1 2
(3) 3 4
48. Raghu borrowed a sum of Rs. 10,000 from Renu for 3 years. If Renu charges simple interest per annum, how much will Raghu have to pay after 3 years Rs. 10,240 Rs. 10,420 Rs. 12,200 Rs. 12,400
49. The number of faces of a tetrahedron is
(1) 2 3
(3) 4 5
50. The symbolic form of the statement "Five times a number subtracted from three times of its square" is x^2 5x 5x x^2 3x^2 5x 5x 3x^2
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