MATHEMATICS

1. In triangle ABC, AB  12 , AC  7 , and BC  10 . If sides AB and AC are doubled while BC

remains the same, then:
(A)The area is doubled
(B) the altitude is doubled
(C) the area is four times the original area
(D) the median is unchanged
(E) the area of triangle is 0
2. A point is selected at random inside an equilateral triangle. From this point perpendiculars are
dropped to each side. The sum of these perpendiculars is:
(A) Least when the point is the centre of gravity of the triangle
(B) Greater than the altitude of the triangle
(C) Equal to the altitude of the triangle
(D) One-half the sum of the sides of the triangle
(E) Greatest when the point is the centre of gravity
3. A privateer discovers a merchantman 10 km to leeward at 11:45 a.m. and with a good breeze
bears down her at 11 km/hr, while the merchantman can only make 8 km/hr in her attempt to
escape. After a two hour chase, the top sail of the privateer is carried away; she can now make
only 17 km/hr while the merchantman makes 15. The privateer will overtake the merchantman
at:
(A) 3:45 p.m. (B) 3:30 p.m. (C) 5:00 p.m. (D) 2:45 p.m. (E) 5:30 p.m.
4. The percent that M is greater than N, is:
100(M  N) 100(M  N) MN MN 100(M  N)
(A) M (B) N (C) N (D) M (E) N
5. An equilateral triangle is drawn with a side of length a. A new equilateral triangle is formed by
joining the mid-points of the sides of the first one. Then a third equilateral triangle is formed by
joining the mid-points of the sides of the second; and so on forever. The limit of the sum of the
perimeters of all the triangles thus drawn is:
1 1
5 a 4 a
(A) Infinite (B) 4 (C) 2a (D) 6a (E) 2
6. Indicate in which one of the following equations y is neither directly nor inversely proportional
to x:
x
 3
(A) x + y = 0 (B) 3xy = 10 (C) x = 5y (D) 3x + y = 10 (E) y
7. The radius of a cylindrical box is 8 cm and the height is 3 cm. The number of inches that may be
added to either the radius or the height to give the same non-zero increase in volume is:

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(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) any number (D) non-existent (E) None of these

8. A total of 28 handshakes was exchanged at the conclusion of a part. Assuming that each
participant was equally polite towards all the others, the number of people present was:
(A) 14 (B) 28 (C) 56 (D) 8 (E) 7
x q y z
9. If a = c = b and c = a = d, then:
x q

(A) xy = qz (B) y z (C) x + y = q + z (D) x – y = q – z (E) xy = qz
10. If you are given log 8 = 0.9031 and log 9 = 0.9542, then the only logarithm that cannot be found
without the use of tables is:
(A) log 17 (B) log (5/4) (C) log 15 (D) log 600 (E) log .4
1 1
2
 2
11. If r and s are the roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, the value of r s is:
b2  4ac b2  4ac
b2  2ac
(A) b2 – 4ac (B) 2a (C)(D) c2 c2 (E) None of these
4
α β log3x 3  log27 3x  
12. and are the two positive solutions of 3 then –
2 2 10 81
2      9     
(A) 81 (B) 9 (C) 81 (D) 10
13. If a + b + c = 22 and ab + bc + ca = 91abc then
a(b2  c 2 )  b(c 2  a2 )  c(a2  b2 )
 1999
(A) abc
(B) ab(a + b + c) + bc(b + c) + ac(a + c) = 2000 abc
(C) (a + b) = 11 c = 11
(D) (a + b + c) + (ab + bc + ab) = 91
14. ABC is a right triangle with right angle at B, AC = 2 units, BC = 1 unit and BD is perpendicular to
AC. Then -
13
3
(A) The area of rectangle with BD as its diagonal is 16
(B) BDF  ABC
3 3
BD  DF 
(C) 2 unit and 4
(D) D is also mid-point of AC.
15. If (x2 + 4x – 2)2 = (5x2 – 1) then:
(A) All roots are real and not two are equal.
(B) The number of distinct real root satisfying equation are 3.
(C) Total number of roots are 4.
(D) There are only 2 solutions.

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