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INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICS OLYMPIAD

The actual test paper has 50 questions. Time allowed : 60 minutes. There are 3 sections, 20 questions in section I, 20 in section II and 10 in section III. SYLLABUS Section I (Logical reasoning) : Direction sense test, Mathematical operations, Number ranking & Time sequence Test, Coding-Decoding, Distance, Speed, Time and general reasoning based on prescribed syllabus. Section II (Mathematical reasoning) : Linear Equations in Two Variables, Polynomials, Rational Expressions, Quadratic Equations, Arithmetic Progression (AP), Similar triangles, Circles and their properties, Trigonometric identities and problems related to height and distance, Surface area and volumes of solid figures, Coordinate geometry. Section III (Everyday Mathematics) : The Syllabus of this section will be based on the syllabus of Mathematical Reasoning.

LOGICALREASONING 1. Thereare6shortpiecesoflinkchain,eachhaving4links.Ittakes 10secondstocutalinkand25secondstowelditbacktogether. Whatistheshortestpossibletimetomakethelongestchain? (A) 175seconds (B) 210seconds (C) 150seconds (D) 60seconds (E) Noneofthese. 2. Whatshould comeatthe placeof? sothatevery columnor diagonalhasthesamesum? (A) 19 (B) 12 (C) 13 (D) 15 (E) Noneofthese. 3. PointsAandBonamapare12kmapartifyoufollowthepath.A troopofboyscoutsleavespointAat11:00a.m.Theyareallcarrying packsandtravel3km/hruntiltheyreachpointCat12:45.Ifthey wanttoreachpointBby2:00,howfastwilltheyhavetogo? (A) 5.4km/hr (B) 6.75km/hr (C) 5.25km/hr (D) 1.75km/hr (E) Noneofthese.
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4. Achildwaslookingforhisfather.Hewent90metresintheEastbeforeturningtohisright.Hewent20 metresbeforeturningtohisrightagaintolookforhisfatherathisunclesplace30metresfromthispoint. Hisfatherwasnotthere.Fromherehewent100metrestotheNorthbeforemeetinghisfatherinastreet. Howfardidthesonmeethisfatherfromthestartingpoint? (A) 80metres (B) 100metres (C) 140metres (D) 260metres (E) Noneofthese. 5. IfDELHIiscodedas73541andCALCUTTAas82589662,howcanCALICUTbecoded? (A) 5279431 (B) 5978213 (C) 8251896 (D) 8543691 (E) Noneofthese. 6. If1stOctoberisSunday,then1stNovemberwillbe (A) Monday (B) Tuesday (C) Wednesday (D) Thursday (E) Noneofthese.

7. If+standsfordivision,standsforaddition,standsformultiplicationand standsforsubtraction, thenwhichofthefollowingequationsiscorrect? (A) 366+7 26=20 (B) 36 6+353=45 (C) 36+635 3=24 (D) 366+35 3=74 (E) Noneofthese. MATHEMATICAL REASONING 8. IfOisthecentreofthecircle,findthevalueofxinthefollowingfigure. (A) 75 (C) 65 (E) Noneofthese. 9. ParallelogramABCDisshownintheadjoiningfigure.Whichpairoftriangles canbeestablishedtobecongruenttoprovethat DAB @ BCD? (A) D ADC and D BCD (B) D AED and D BEC (C) D DAB and D BCD (D) D DEC and D BEA D (E) Noneofthese. 10.Whatisthecompletesolutiontotheequation|36x|=15? (A) x=2x=3 (B) x=2x =3 (C) x=2x =3 (D) x=2x =3 (B) 40 (D) 90
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11. Inthefiguregivenhere,AB>BC. Ifweassumethatm A=m C,itfollowsthatAB=BC.Thiscontradictsthegiven statementthatAB>BC.Whatconclusioncanbedrawnfromthiscontradiction? (A) m A=mB (B) m A m B (C) m A=m C (D) m A m C (E) Noneofthese. C
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