PREVIOUS QUESTIONS : ALGEBRA

Type 1

2.3 In this question, AB means A raised to the power B. Let f(x)

= 1 + x + x2 + ..x6. The remainder when f(x7) is divided by
f(x) is
(a) 6
(b) 0
(c) 7
(d) 1

1.1. 5 coffee and 4 tea costs Rs. 96, 5 badam milk and 6 coffee
costs Rs. 32 and 7 tea and 6 badam milk costs Rs. 37. What
is the combined price of 1 tea, 1 coffee and 1 badam milk?
(a) 12
(b) 15
(c) 20
(d) 16
1.2. If a Strawberry and a Butterscotch together cost Rs. 18.00,
a Vanilla and a Strawberry cost Rs. 9.00 and a Butterscotch
cost Rs. 9.00 more than a Vanilla or a Strawberry then which
of the following can be the price of a Butterscotch?
(a) Rs. 13.5 (b) Rs. 10 (c) Rs. 12
(d) Rs. 13
1.3. If a lemon and apple together cost Rs. 12.00, a tomato and
a lemon cost Rs. 4.00 and an apple cost Rs. 8.00 more than
a tomato or a lemon then which of the following can the
price of a lemon?
(a) Rs. 2
(b) Rs. 4
(c) Rs. 1
(d) Rs. 3
1.4. 3 mangoes and 4 apples costs Rs. 85. 5 apples and 6 peaches
costs Rs. 122. 6 mangoes and 2 peaches cost Rs. 114. What
is the combined price of 1 apple, 1 peach and 1 mango?
(a) Rs. 37
(b) Rs. 39 (c) Rs. 35
(d) Rs. 36
1.5. If 28a + 30b + 31c = 365, find the value of a + b + c, if a, b
and c are natural numbers.
(a) 4
(b) 12
(c) 10
(d) Cannot be determined
1.6. 30L + 3Q = 1167, 30L + 6Q = 1284 What is the value of L?
(a) 30
(b) 35
(c) 40
(d) 45
1.7. In a stair case there are 10 steps. A child is attempting to
climb staircase. Each time she can either make one step or
2 steps. In how many different ways she can climb the staircase?
(a) 10
(b) 21
(c) 36
(d) None of these
1.8. Find the number of ways a batsman can score a double century only in terms of 4s and 6s?
(a) 15
(b) 16
(c) 17
(d) 19
1.9. Raj travels a part of his journey by taxi paying Rs. 15 per km
and the rest by train paying Rs. 21 per km. If he travels total
450 km and pays Rs. 8130, the distance travelled by rail is:
(a) 220
(b) 230
(c) 210
(d) 200

Type 2

Type 3
100
can lie?

(a)

(c)

2012

<x<0

10

1
10

, and x < 0, what is the highest range in which x

<x<

(b) 1 1 < x < 0

(d)

10

1
10

<x

3.2. If 3y + x > 2 and x + 2y < 3, what can be said about the value
of y?
(a) y = 1
(b) y > 1 (c) y < 1
(d) y = 1
2
3.3. If x 16 > 0, which of the following must be true?
(a) 4 > x or x > 4
(b) 4 < x < 4
(c) x < 4
(d) 4 < x

Type 4
4.1. If P(x) = a 4 + b 3 + c 2 + dx + e has roots at x = 1, 2, 3,
4 and P(0) = 48, what is P(5)?
(a) 0
(b) 48
(c) 5
(d) 24
4
2
4.2. In the polynomial f(x) =2 x 49
9 x + 54, what is the product of the roots, and what is the sum of the roots (Note
that xn denotes the x raised to the power n, or x multiplied
by itself n times)?
(a) 27, 0

(b) 54, 2

(c)

49
, 54
2

(d) 49, 27

4.3 In the question AB means A raised to the power of B. What

is the value of A such that X2 11X + A and X2 14X + 2A will
have a common factor?
(a) 1/2
(b) 24
(c) 3
(d) 20

Type 5

ZENITH

5.1. A square of side 5 cm, the midpoints are joined to form a

smaller square. This process is repeated. What will be the
perimeter of 9th square?

2.1. P(x) = (x2012 + x2011 + x2010 + ..... + x + 1)2 x2012

Q(x) = x2011 + x2010 + ..... + x + 1
The remainder when P(x) is divided by Q(x) is
(a) x + 1
(b) 0
(c) 1
(d) x 1
2.2. What is the value of

3.1. x2 <

+ x2011 + . + x + 1 x 2012

(a)

(b) x2012 + x2011 ..... + x + 1

(d) x2010 + x2009 ..... + x + 1

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(b)

5 2
16

(c)

5 2
4

(d)

5
16

5.2. The sum of the term of an infinite GP is 9/4.The sum of the

squares of the terms of the series is 81/80. Find the second
term of the series?

x 2011 + x2010 ...+ x +1

(a) x2011 + x2010 ..... + x + 1
(c) x2013 + x2012 ..... + x + 1

5 2

(a)

1
2

(b)

1
4

(c)

1
8

(d)

1
16

ZENITH
creating new dimensions

5.3. Two series, s1 and s2 each of 150 terms are 1, 5, 9, ...... and
3, 6, 9, ....... respectively. How many terms of s1 and s2 are
identical?
(a) 32
(b) 36
(c) 42
(d) 50
5.4. What is the sum of all even integers between 99 and 301?
(a) 20200
(b) 20000 (c) 40400
(d) 40000

7.5. x + y = 8 and
(a) 12

1 1 2
then product of x and y will be?
x y 3

(b)

4
3

(c)

8
3

(d)

9
3

7.6. Sum of two numbers is 50 & sum of their reciprocal is

Type 6
6.1. The sequence {An} is defined by A1 = 2 and An + 1 = An + 2n
what is the value of A100.
(a) 9902
(b) 9900
(c) 10100
(d) 9904
6.2. Assume that f(1) = 0 and f(m + n) = f(m) + f(n) + 4(9mn 1).
For all natural number (integer > 0)m and n. What is the
value of f(17)?
(a) 4832
(b) 5168
(c) 2134
(d) 8196
6.3. If f(x) = 2x + 2 what is f(f(3))?
(a) 18
(b) 8
(c) 64
(d) 16

1
.
12

So find these two numbers?

Two numbers are = 30 and 20
(a) 30, 20
(b) 50, 10 (c) 15, 35
(d) 5, 45
7.7. What is the minimum value of r in |x + 12| + |x 5| = r?
(a) 5
(b) 12
(c) 7
(d) 17

6.4. If f(x) = 7 x + 12, what is f 1 (x)?

(a)

(x 12)
7

(b) 7x + 12

(c)

1
(7x 12)

(d) No inverse exists

6.5. F(n) is a function where f(f(n)) + f(n) = 2n+3.

F(n) = 1; find f(2012)?
(a) 2011
(b) 2010
(c) 2013
(d) 2012
6.6. In a sequence of integers, A(n) = A(n 1) A(n 2), where
A(n) is the nth term in the sequence, n is an integer and,
A(1) = 1, A(2) = 1. Calculate S(1000), where S(1000) is the
sum of first 1000 terms.
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
6.7. How many polynomial functions f of degree > = 1 satisfy
f(x2) = [f(x)]2 = f(f(x))?
(a) More than 2
(b) 2
(c) 0
(d) 1
6.8. Let g(x + 1) + g(x 1) = g(x) then for what value for p g(x + p)
= g(x) is function for every real x?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 5
(d) 6

Type 7

ZENITH

7.1. What is the maximum value of x3y3 + 3xy when x + y = 8?

(a) 4144
(b) 256
(c) 8192
(d) 102
7.2. For how many integers x satisfy the equation: (x2 x 1)x + 2
= 1?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
7.3. If(x 10)(y 5)(z 2) = 1000 then what is the least value of
x + y + z. If x, y, z are all positive integer.
(a) 47
(b) 48
(c) 30
(d) 49
2 3
2 3
7.4. If x + y = 25 and x y + y x = 25, what is the value of xy?
(a) 1
(b) 1
(c) 1
(d) 2

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ZENITH
creating new dimensions