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


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