ST.

STEPHEN’S COLLEGE

SECOND TERM EXAMINATION (2018-2019)

Subject/Paper : Mathematics Paper 2 Exam Seat No. : ____________

Form : Five Group : ____________

Time allowed : 60 minutes Teacher : ____________

Instructions to Students:

1. Total mark for this paper is 36.

2. This paper consists of 36 questions in 8 pages.

3. Answer ALL questions. All the answers should be marked on the Multiple Choice
Answer Sheet provided.

4. Note that you may only mark ONE answer to each question. Two or more answers will
score NO MARKS.

5. The figures in this paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.

6. Each question carries one mark. No marks will be deducted for wrong answers.

7. Only permitted calculators may be used.

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1. Solve 4 sin x=3 , where 0 °≤x≤360 ° .
A. x=30 ° or 150 ° B. x=60 ° or 120 °
C. x=30 ° , 150 ° , 210 ° or 330 ° D. x=60 ° , 120 ° , 240 ° or 300 °

2. Solve 3−x<5≤6 x−10 .

5
x≥
A. 2 B. x >−2

C. D. No solutions

3. The given figure shows the graph of . If

, which of the following may represent the
graph of ?

A. B.

C. D.

4. A photography club is formed by 12 boys and 8 girls. If a team of 5 students is selected

from the club to participate in a competition and the team consists of at least one girl, how
many different teams can be formed?
A. 3960 B. 14712
C. 15448 D. 15504

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5. If and , then

A. . B. .
C. . D. .

6. It is given that z varies directly as x2 and inversely as y. When x = 3 and y = 6, z = 1. When

x = 5 and z = 10, y =
5
A. 3 . B. 2.
15
C. 4 . D. 5.

7. It is given that the centre of a circle is (2, 1) and the circumference of the circle is 12π.
Find the equation of the circle.
A. B.
C. D.

8. The equations of the straight lines and are and respectively.

If P is a moving point in the rectangular coordinate plane such that the perpendicular
distance from P to is equal to the perpendicular distance from P to , then the locus of
P is
A. a square. B. a parabola.
C. a straight line. D. a pair of straight lines.

9. In the figure, sin θ=

4
A. 3.
3
B. 4.
4
.
C. 5
3
D. 5.

10. In the figure, A, B and C lie on the same horizontal plane. Find the bearing of C from A.
(Give your answer correct to the nearest degree.)
A. N87W C
B. N63W
C. N27W 100 m
D. N3W
N
160 m
A

60
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11. Which of the following measures cannot be found from a box-and-whisker diagram?
I. Mean
II. Standard Deviation
III. Quartiles
A. I only B. II only
C. I and II only D. II and III only

12. The heights of 4000 men are normally distributed with mean 1.7 m and standard deviation
0.05 m. Assume that 68%, 95% and 99.7% of the data lie within one, two and three
standard deviation(s) from the mean respectively. Find the number of men with heights
between
1.65 m and 1.80 m.
A. 1900 B. 2720
C. 3260 D. 3800

2
13. If (log 3 x ) −2 log 3 x=3 , then x =
1 1
A. 3 or 27. B. 10 or 100.
C. – 1 or 3. D. 27.

2
14. Solve (9−x ) ≥9−x .
A. 8≤x≤9 B. 9≤x≤10
C. x≤8 or x≥9 D. x≤9 or x≥10

15. Let k be a constant and . If the figure

shows the graph of , then
A. and .
B. and .
C. and .
D. and .

16. A queue is formed by 6 students and 3 teachers. If no teachers are next to each other, how
many different queues can be formed?
A. 362880 B. 151200
C. 10080 D. 4320

17. The probabilities that Alan and Billy hit a target are and respectively. If each of
them shoots twice, what is the probability that the target will be hit at least once?

A. B.

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C. D.

18. In a batch of 8 calculators, 3 are defective. Two calculators are drawn at random from the
batch without replacement. Given that at least one of the selected calculators is defective,
find the probability that both selected calculators are defective.

A. B.

C. D.

19. It is given that y ∝ √ x , where x and y are non-zero numbers. Which of the following may
not be true?

A. B.

C. D.
20. A circle passes through (0, 6a), (8a, 6a) and the origin, where a is a positive constant. Find
the equation of the circle in terms of a.
A. B.
C. D.

21. The coordinates of the points and are and respectively. Let P be a
moving point in the rectangular coordinate plane such that . Find the equation of
the locus of P.
A. B.
C. D.

22. In the figure, two ropes AC and AD are fastened to tip A of flag pole AB. B, C and D lie on
the same horizontal line. It is given that , CD = 4 m, AC = 5 m and AD = 8 m.
Find the length of flag pole AB. (Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.)
A. 4.00 m A
B. 4.09 m
C. 4.28 m
D. 4.56 m 60 8m
5m

B C 4m D

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23. The figure below shows the cumulative frequency curves of the heights of two groups of
students. Which of the following is/are true?

I. Median of A < Median of B

II. Interquartile range of A < Interquartile range of B
III. Mean of A = Mean of B

A. I and II only B. II only

C. I and III only D. II and III only

24. If the standard deviation of the set {a, b, c} is , then the standard deviation of the set
{2 – 3a, 2 – 3b, 2 – 3c} is
A. – 3. B. 3.
C. 2 + 3. D. 2 – 3.

25. Solve the simultaneous equations

{2 x 2017 +3 y 2018 =1
5 x 2017 +7 y 2018 =2
.

{
A. y=−1
x=1
B.
{ x=−1
{ x=1
y=−1 or y=−1

C.
{ x=−1
y=1 D.
{ y=−1 { y=1
x=−1 x=−1
or

26. Let k be a constant. If the value of the quadratic function y=kx 2 −3 x+9 k is positive for
any real number x, find the range of values of k.

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1 1
k <− k>
A. 2 B. 2
1 1 1 1
− <k< k <− k>
C. 2 2 D. 2 or 2

27. A committee of 3 F.4 students and 3 F.5 students is formed from a group of 5 F.4 students
and 6 F.5 students. If a particular F.4 student and a particular F.5 student cannot serve on
the committee together, in how many ways can the committee be formed?
A. 60 B. 100
C. 140 D. 200

28. A teacher wants to divide a class of 15 children into 3 groups, each of 5 children, in how
many ways can the children be grouped?
A. 126126 B. 252252
C. 378378 D. 756756

29. Three numbers are drawn from 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Find the probability that the numbers drawn
contain at least two consecutive numbers.
A. 0.75 B. 0.8
C. 0.85 D. 0.9

30. The price $C of a circular badge varies directly as the square of its radius r. It is given that
the ratio of the radii of two badges is 2:5 and the price of the small badge is $2. Find the
price of the large badge.
A. $4 B. $5
C. $10 D. $12.5

31. A straight line cuts the circle at A and B(3, 1),

where k is a constant. Find the area of , where O is the origin.
A. 1 B. 2
C. 3 D. 4

32. In the figure, the coordinates of the centre and the y

radius of the circle are (a, b) and c respectively.
Which of the following are true?
x
I. O
II.
III.

A. I and II only B. I and III only

C. II and III only D. I, II and III

33. The figure shows a rectangle PQRS. If QTS is a straight line, then the area of Δ PQT is

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2 √3
A. 3 cm2.
B. 2 √3 cm2.
8 √3
C. 3 cm2.
D. 4 √3 cm2.

34. In the figure, ABCDEFGH is a cuboid. Base ABCD is a square. .

E H
Find . (Give your answer correct to the nearest degree.)
A. 35 F
G

B. 43
C. 50
D. 55 25
25
D C

A B

35. In the figure, VABCD is a right square pyramid. VC = 3 cm and BC = 2 cm. Let be the
V
angle between planes VAD and VBC,
3 cm
A. .
C
D
B. .
2 cm

C. . A B

D. .

36. Let x 1, y 1 and z 1 be the mean, the median and the variance of a group of numbers
{ a1 , a 2 , a3 , … , a50 } respectively while x 2, y 2 and z 2 be the mean, the median and the variance
of the group of numbers { a1 , a 2 , a3 , … , a 49} respectively. If x 1=a 50, which of the following
must be true?

I. x 1=x 2
II. y 1 ≥ y 2
III. z 1 ≤ z 2

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A. I and II only B. I and III only

C. II and III only D. I, II and III

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
D A D B C A A D D C
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
C C A C D B C D C B
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
A B B B D B C A B D
31 32 33 34 35 36
A C B A D B

No. of ‘A’ = 8
No. of ‘B’ = 10
No. of ‘C’ = 9
No. of ‘D’ = 9

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