GENIUS TUTORIALS

Solving Impossible Possibilities…

2008 QA
1. Four digits of the number 29138576 are omitted so that the result is as large as possible.
The largest omitted digit is
a) 9 b)8 c) 7 d) 6 e) 5

2. ABCD is a rectangle with AD = 10. P is a point on BC such that ∠ APD = 90°. If DP = 8 then
the length of BP is _?
a) 6.4 b)5.2 c) 4.8 d) 3.6 e) None of the above
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3. Rajiv is a student in a business school. After every test he calculates his cumulative
average. QT and OB were his last two tests.83 marks in QT increased his average by 2.
75 marks in OB further increased his average by 1. Reasoning is the next test, if he gets
51 in Reasoning, his average will be
a) 59 b) 60 c) 61 d) 62 e) 63

4. ABCD is a quadrilateral. The diagonals of ABCD intersect at the point P. The area of the
triangles APD and BPC are 27 and 12, respectively. If the areas of the triangles APB and
CPD are equal then the area of triangle APB is
a) 12 b) 15 c) 16 d) 21 e) 18

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5. If be the number of ways of distributing “ ” toys to “ ” children so that each

child receives at the most 2 toys, then =
a) 2 b) 6 c) 3 d) 4 e) 5

6. In a cricket match, Team A scored 232 runs without losing a wicket. The score consisted
of byes, wides and runs scored by two opening batsmen: Ram and Shyam. The runs
scored by the two batsmen are 26 times wides. There are 8 more byes than wides. If the
ratio of the runs scored by Ram and Shyam is 6 : 7, then the runs scored by Ram is
a) 88 b) 96 c) 102 d) 112 e) None of the above

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7. In the figure, number in any cell is obtained by adding two numbers in the cells directly
below it. For example, 9 in the second row is obtained by adding the two number 4 and
5 directly below it. The value of X - Y is

a) 2 b) 4 c) 3 d) 5 e) 6

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8. If denotes the greatest integer , then * + * + * + * +

a) 98 b) 33 c) 67 d) 66 e) 34

9. is a square. is the midpoint of . The line passing through and

perpendicular to intersects the diagonal at and at . if then
√
a) b) √ c) 1 d) e) None of these

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10. Two circles of radius 1 cm touch at point . A third circle is drawn through the points A,
B and C such that PA is the diameter of the first circle, and BC – perpendicular to AP – is
the diameter of the second circle. The radius of the third circle is
√
a) cm b) cm c) cm d) cm e) 2

11. Consider a sequence –6, –12, 18, 24, –30, –36, 42,.. If sum of the first n terms of the
sequence is 132, then the value of n is _?
a) 11 b) 22 c) 13 d) 18 e) 24

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(( ) ( ) )
12. If the minimum value of is
( ) ( )

a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 6 e) None of these

13. The number of possible real solution(s) of in equation – is

a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3 e) None of the above

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14. In a triangle , , and . Point is the midpoint of , point

is on the segment and point is on the segment . If and
then ∠ =
a) 30° b) 60° c) 45° d) 75° e) Cannot be determined

15. A train left station at hour minutes. It reached station at hour minutes on
the same day, after travelling for hour minutes (clock shows time from 0 hours to 24
hours). Number of possible value(s) of A is
a) 3 b) 2 c) 1 d) 0 e) None of the above.

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16. If then roots of the equation ( – ) are

a) Both 0
b) Real and both negative
c) Imaginary
d) Real and both positive
e) Real and of opposite sign.

17. are six integers such that . is the

greatest integer. Is the smallest integer?
I. E + B < A + D
II. D < F

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18. The coordinates of and are and , respectively. is the midpoint of .

The perpendicular bisector of cuts – axis at point . For how many integer
value(s) of “ ”, is an integer?
a) 3 b) 2 c) 4 d) 1 e) 6

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