CET MIND GAMES

1ST SESSION
EASY ROUND
 No. 1
An angular unit equivalent to 1/400
of the circumference of a circle is
called?

A. mil
B. degree
C. radian
D. grad
 No. 1 (Answer)
D. grad
 No. 2
The standard acceleration due to
gravity is equivalent to?

A. 32.2 ft/s2
B. 980 ft/s2
C. 58.3 ft/s2
D. 35.3 ft/s2
 No. 2 (Answer)
A. 32.2 ft/s2
 No. 3
Express decimally: Seven hundred
twenty-five hundred thousandths

A. 0.000725
B. 0.00725
C. 0.0725
D. 0.725
 No. 3 (Answer)
B. 0.00725
 No. 4

A. 1/5
B. 2/5
C. 3/5
D. 4/5
 No. 4 (Answer)
B. 2/5
 No. 5
In which type of number thus
0.123123123…… belong?

A. irrational
B. surd
C. rational
D. transcendental
 No. 5 (Answer)
C. rational
 No. 6
The decimal system is composed of
how many numerals or symbols?

A. 2
B. 10
C. 8
D. 1
 No. 6 (Answer)
B.10
 No. 7
Who deduced the heights of the
pyramids from the lengths of their
shadows and measured the distance to
a ship from shore by the method of
similar triangles?

A. Plato
B. Galen
C. Thales
D. Pericles
 No. 7 (Answer)
C. Thales
 No. 8
The 360-degree circle and the 60-
minute hour were developed by the ?

A. Greeks
B. Babylonians
C. Romans
D. Egyptians
 No. 8 (Answer)
B. Babylonians
 No. 9
It is a data type, which is appropriate
to be used in instantiating a variable
with a decimal value.

A. int
B. String
C. double
D. char
 No. 9 (Answer)
C. double
 No. 10
Is a String a Data type?

A. True
B. False
 No. 10 (Answer)
B. False
AVERAGE ROUND
 No. 1
A man finds the angle of elevation of
the top of a tower to be 30°. He walks
85 m nearer the tower and finds its
angle of elevation to be 60°. What is
the height of the tower?

A. 76.31 m
B. 73.31 m
C. 73.16 m
D. 73.61 m
 No. 1 (Answer)
D. 73.61 m
 No. 2
A pole cast a shadow 15 m long
when the angle of elevation of the
sun is 61°. If the pole is leaned 15°
from the vertical directly towards the
sun, determine the length of the
pole.
 No. 2 (Answer)
54.23m
 No. 3
During what century did Newton and
Leibnitz develop calculus and
Descartes invent analytic geometry?

A. 16th
B. 12th
C. 19th
D. 17th
 No. 3 (Answer)
D. 17th
 No. 4
If 16 is 4 more than 4x. Find 5x – 1.

A. 14
B. 3
C. 12
D. 5
 No. 4 (Answer)
A. 14
 No. 5
Which of the following is an arithmetic
operator?

A. +
B. ++
C. ==
D. ||
 No. 5 (Answer)
A. +
 No. 6
It is a finite set of instructions that
specify a sequence of operations to be
carried out to solve a specific
problem(s).

A. Terminal
B. Instructors
C. Algorithm
D. Flowchart
 No. 6 (Answer)
C. Algorithm
 No. 7
Who was the mathematician who
wrote “Discourse of Method” in bed
when he was hardly 16 years old and
had studied mathematics for a few
months only?
 No. 7 (Answer)
Rene Descartes
 No. 8
It is a device which was believed to
be the most ancient device used for
calculations.
 No. 8 (Answer)
Abacus
 No. 9
Expand the given equation:
(2x + 5y)(5x – 2y)
No. 9 (Answer)
 No. 10
Determine the sum of the positive valued
solution to the simultaneous equations:
xy = 15, yz = 35, zx = 21

A. 16
B. 15
C. 17
D. 19
 No. 10 (Answer)
B. 15
DIFFICULT ROUND
 No. 1
The sides of a triangle are 8, 15 and
17 units. If each side is doubled, how
many square units will the area of
the new triangle be?
 No. 1 (Answer)
240 units.
 No. 2
The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 34
cm. Find the length of the shortest leg
if it is 14 cm shorter than the other leg.

A. 15 cm
B. 16 cm
C. 19 cm
D. 18 cm
 No. 2 (Answer)
B. 16cm
 No. 3
Find the equation of whose roots are
the reciprocal of the roots of 2x^2 –
3x – 5 = 0.
No. 3 (Answer)
 No. 4
The sum of two numbers is 21 and
one number is twice the other. Find
the numbers.

A. 6, 15
B. 7, 14
C. 8, 13
D. 9, 12
 No. 4 (Answer)
B. 7, 14
 No. 5
The equivalent form Log (MN) is :
 No. 5 (Answer)
Log M + Log N
 No. 6
For the simultaneous equations given
below, solve for the value of x, y,
and z.

x+y=–4
x+z–1=0
y+z+1=0
 No. 6 (Answer)
x = -1, y = -3, z = 2
 No. 7
The Roman Numerical MCMXCIV is
equivalent to:
 No. 7 (Answer)
1994
 No. 8
What is the equivalent binary value
of 192 ?
 No. 8 (Answer)
11000000
 No. 9
It is a mathematical operator symbol
which was invented in 1557 by a
Welsh mathematician named Robert
Recorde.
 No. 9 (Answer)
equal sign (=).
 No. 10
Solve for the value of x.

2x – y + z = 6
x – 3y – 2z = 13
2x – 3y – 3z = 16
 No. 10 (Answer)
X=2