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MATHEMATICS OLYMPIAD SAMPLE PAPER – 3

SOLUTION

CLASS XI 2023 – 24

SECTION 1 (REASONING)

1) Find the missing term in the following sequence. 5, 11, 24, 51, 106, …
(A) 217 (B) 215 (C) 210 (D) 212

2) U, B, I, P, W, ?
(A) D (B) F (C) Q (D) Z

3) In a certain code language, the word ‘PARTNER’ is coded as ‘TRAPREN’, how will ‘FOUNDER’ be
coded in the same language.
(A) NUOFDER (B) NUOFRED (C) FOUNRED (D) OFNUEDR
4) In the series given below, how many 8s are there each of which is exactly divisible by its immediate
preceding as well as succeeding numbers?
2838248248682824838286
(A) One (B) Two (C) Three (D) Four

5) In a row of boys, Suresh is seventh from the left and Rohit is twelfth from the right. If they interchange
their positions, Suresh becomes twenty- second from the left. How many boys are there in a row?
(A) 19 (B) 31 (C) 33 (D) Cannot be found

6) A + B ' means 'A is the daughter of B; A – B ' means ' A is the husband of B'. A × B means A is the
brother of B.
If P + Q – R, which of the following is true?
(A) R is the mother of P. (B) R is the sister in -law of P.
(C) R is the aunt of P. (D) R is the mother in- law of P.

7) Deepa moved a distance of 75 metres towards the north. She then turned to the left turned to the right
at an angle of 45°. In which direction was she moving finally?
(A) North-east (B) North-west (C) South (D) South-West
8) In the figure, find the missing number.

(A) 60 (B) 50 (C) 25 (D) 40

9) Select a figure from amongst four alternatives, which when placed in the blank space of fig.
(X) would complete the pattern.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

10) In the figure, find the missing number.

(A) 14 (B) 22 (C) 32 (D) 320

 SECTION 2 (PROBLEM SOLVING)

11) If a cos − b sin  = c, then a sin  − b cos =

(A)  a 2 + b 2 + c 2 (B)  a 2 + b 2 − c 2 (C)  c 2 − a 2 − b 2 (D) None of these

Ans. (B)
12) The x-coordinate of a point P is twice its y-coordinate. If P is equidistant from Q (2, - 5) and R (- 3, 6),
then find the coordinates of P.
(A) (6, 12) (B) (12, 6) (C) (16, 8) (D) (8, 16)

cot  tan 
13) + =
cot  − cot 3 tan  − tan 3
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) – 1 (D) 2

14) If the diagram in figure shows that the graph of the polynomial f ( x ) = ax 2 + bx + c, then

(A) a  0, b  0, c  0 (B) a  0, b  0, c  0
 (C) a  0, b  0, c  0 (D) a  0, b  0, c  0
Ans (A)
5x − 1
15) Solve the following inequation: 1
x2 + 3
(A) (1, 4 ) (B) ( −, 1)  ( 4,  ) (C) (1,  ) (D) ( −, 4 )

16) A survey shows that 73% of the persons working in an office like coffee, whereas 65% like tea. If x
denotes the percentage of them, who like both coffee and tea, then x cannot be:
(A) 63 (B) 36 (C) 54 (D) 38

x
17) Let f : R → R be defined by f ( x ) = , x  R. Then the range of f is:
1 + x2
 1 1  1 1
(A)  − ,  (B) R −  −1, 1 (C) R −  − ,  (D) ( −1, 1) − 0
 2 2  2 2

18) The area of the triangle formed by the lines y = x, x = 6 and y = 0 is

(A) 36 sq. units (B) 18 sq. units (C) 9 sq. units (D) 72 sq. units
 Ans. (B)

19) Let f k ( x ) =
1
k
( sin k x + cos k x ) where x  R and k  1. Then f 4 ( x ) − f 6 ( x ) equals

1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 12 6 3

20) If 19th term of a non-zero AP is zero, then its (49th term) : (29th term) is
(A) 1 : 3 (B) 4 : 1 (C) 2 : 1 (D) 3 : 1

21) Let X = n  N :1  n  50 . If A = n  X : n is a multiple of 2 and B = n  X : n is a multiple of 7 ,

then the number of elements in the smallest subset of X containing both A and B is
(A) 29 (B) 28 (C) 24 (D) 20

22) The value of tan 75o − cot 75o is

(A) 2 3 (B) 2 + 3 (C) 2 − 3 (D) 1
 AP 1
23) Point P divides the line segment joining the points A (2, 1) and B (5, - 8) such that = . If P lies
AB 3
on the line 2 x − y + k = 0, find the value of k.
(A) k = 1 (B) k = – 4 (C) k = 4 (D) None of these

24) 6n − 5n, n  N leaves the remainder 1 when divided by

(A) 36 (B) 5 (C) 25 (D) 125
(C) 25
25) The value of tan 3A − tan 2 A − tan A is
(A) tan 3 A tan 2 A tan A (B) − tan 3 A tan 2 A tan A
(C) tan A tan 2 A − tan 2 A tan 3 A − tan 3 A tan A (D) None of these
26) The number of terms in the expansion of ( x + a ) + ( x − a ) after simplification is
53 53

(A) 27 (B) 106 (C) 26 (D) 53

(A) 27
   
27) The value of cot  +   cot  −   is
4  4 
(A) – 1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) Not defined

28) The value of k, so that the equations 2 x2 + kx − 5 = 0 and x2 − 3x − 4 = 0 may have one root in common.
(A) – 3, – 1 (B) – 3, – 27/4 (C) – 1, – 2 (D) 3, 27/4

29) The value of ( log b a  log c b  log a c ) =

3

(A) 3 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) None of these

30) Value of r for which C (15, r + 3) = C (15, 2r − 6 ) is

(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) – 9

31) The value of a for which the sum of the squares of the roots of the equation x 2 − ( a − 2 ) x − a − 1 = 0

assume the least value is

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 0 (D) 1
 1 1 1 1
32) If a1 , a2 ,..., an+1 are in AP, then + + + ... + is
a1a2 a2 a3 a3a4 an an +1
n −1 1 n +1 n
(A) (B) (C) (D)
a1an + 1 a1an + 1 a1an + 1 a1an +1

33) If 2x – 3y = 7 and (a + b)x – (a + b – 3)y = 4a + b represent coincident lines, then a and b satisfy the
equation
(A) a + 5b = 0 (B) 5a + b = 0 (C) a – 5b = 0 (D) 5a – b = 0
Ans (C)
  
34) The value of N, satisfying log a 1 + log b 1 + log c (1 + log p N )  = 0 is
 
A) 0 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 1

35) Let z = x + iy be a non-zero complex number such that z 2 = i z , where i = −1, then z lies on the:
2

(A) line y = − x (B) imaginary axis (C) line y = x (D) real axis

36) The value of sin 50o − sin 70o + sin10o is

1
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) (D) 2
2

 x y
1  p+q
37) If z = x − iy and z = p + iq, then  2
3  is equal to
(p +q )
2

(A) – 2 (B) – 1 (C) 2 (D) 1

38) If log 2 ( x − 3) = 4 then the value of x is

(A) 7 (B) 19 (C) 11 (D) None of these

39) If (1 − x + x 2 ) = ao + a1 x + a2 x 2 + ... + a2 n x 2 n , then ao + a2 + a4 + ... + a2 n equals

n

3n + 1 3n − 1 1 − 3n 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) 3n +
2 2 2 2

40) In a touring cricket team there are 16 players in all including 5 bowlers and 2 wicket-keepers. How
many teams of 11 players from these, can be chosen, so as to include three bowlers and one wicket-
keeper
(A) 650 (B) 720 (C) 750 (D) 800

41) For all complex numbers z of the form 1 + i ,   R, if z 2 = x + iy, then

(A) y 2 − 4 x + 2 = 0 (B) y 2 + 4 x − 4 = 0 (C) y 2 − 4 x − 4 = 0 (D) y 2 + 4 x + 2 = 0

42) A polygon has 35 diagonals, then the number of its sides is
(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 11

43) The curved surface area of a cylinder is 264 m2 and its volume is 924 m3. The ratio of its diameter to
its height is
(A) 3 : 7 (B) 7 : 3 (C) 6 : 7 (D) 7 : 6

44) Two numbers ‘a’ and ‘b’ are selected successively without replacement in that order from the
integers 1 to 10. The probability that a/b is an integer, is
 (A) 17/45 (B) 1/5 (C) 17/90 (D) 8/45

1
45) The domain of the function f ( x ) = is
x −x

(A) ( 0,  ) (B) ( − , 0 ) (C) ( − ,  ) − 0 (D) ( − ,  )

46) A cylindrical vessel of radius 4 cm contains water. A solid sphere of radius 3 cm is lowered into the
water until it is completely immersed. The water level in the vessel will rise by
 (A) 2/9 cm (B) 4/9 cm (C) 9/4 cm (D) 9/2 cm

47) A number is selected from first 50 natural numbers. What is the probability that it is a multiple of 3
or 5?
(A) 13/25 (B) 21/50 (C) 12/25 (D) 23/50
Ans (D)
48) The sum of the digits in unit place of all the numbers formed with the help of 3, 4, 5 and 6 taken all
at a time is
(A) 432 (B) 108 (C) 36 (D) 18

49) If 2log x = 4log3, the value of x is equal to

(A) 3 (B) 9 (C) 2 (D) None of these
Ans (B)

50) All the letters of the word ‘EAMCET’ are arranged in all possible ways. The number of such
arrangements in which two vowels are not adjacent to each other is
(A) 360 (B) 114 (C) 72 (D) 54