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Taste of the Exams—Block IV XAT 2

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The radius of a circle with center O is 50cm\sqrt[]{50}cm  . A and C two points on the circle, and B is a point inside the circle. The length of AB is 6 cm, and the length of BC is 2 cm. The angle ABC is a right angle. Find the square of the distance OB.

a)
26
b)
25
c)
24
d)
23
e)
22
2.
In quadrilateral PQRS, PQ = 5 units, QR = 17 units, RS = 5 units, and PS = 9 units. The length of the diagonal QS can be:
a)
> 10 and < 12
b)
> 12 and < 14
c)
> 14 and < 16
d)
> 16 and < 18
e)
cannot be determined
3.

There are two circles C1 , and C2 of radii 3 and 8 units respectively. The common internal tangent T, touches the circles at points P and Q respectively. The line joining the centers of the circles intersects T at X. The distance of X from the center of the smaller circle is 5 units. What is the length of the line segment PQ?

a)

≤13\le13  

b)

> 13 and ≤14\le14  

c)
> 14 and < 15
d)

> 15 and ≤16\le16  

e)
> 16
4.

Triangle ABC is a right-angled triangle. D and E are midpoints of AB and BC respectively. Read the following statements. (i) AE = 19 (ii) CD = 22 (iii) Angle B is right angle. Which of the following statements would be sufficient to determine the length of AC?

a)
Statement (i) and Statement (ii)
b)
Statement (i) and Statement (iii)
c)
Statement (ii) and (iii)
d)
Statement (iii) alone
e)
All three statements
5.

There are two squares S1 and S2 with areas 8 and 9 units, respectively. S1 is inscribed within S2 , with one corner of S1 on each side S2 . The corners of the smaller square divides the sides of the bigger square into two segments, one of length ‘a’ and the other of length ‘b’, where, b > a. A possible value of ‘b/a’, is:

a)
≥ 5 and < 8
b)
≥ 8 and < 11
c)
≥ 11 and < 14
d)
≥ 14 and < 17
e)
> 17
6.
Diameter of the base of a water-filled inverted right circular cone is 26 cm. A cylindrical pipe, 5 mm is radius, is attached to the surface of the cone at a point. The perpendicular distance between the point and the base (the top) is 15 cm. The distance from the edge of the base to the point is 17 cm, along the surface. If water flows at the rate of 10 meters per minute through the pipe, how much time would elapse before water stops coming out of the pipe?
a)
< 4.5 minutes
b)
≥ 4.5 minutes but < 4.8 minutes
c)
≥ 4.8 minutes but < 5 minutes
d)
≥ 5 minutes but < 5.2 minutes
e)
≥ 5.2 minutes
7.
The figure below has been obtained by folding a rectangle. The total area of the figure (as visible) is 144 square meters. Had the rectangle not been folded, the current overlapping part would have been a square. What would have been the total area of the original unfolded rectangle?
a)
28 square meters
b)
154 square meters
c)
162 square meters
d)
172 square meters
e)
None of the above
8.
A solid metal cylinder of 10 cm height and 14 cm diameter is melted and re-cast into two cones in the proportion of 3: 4 (volume), keeping the height 10 cm. What would be the percentage change in the flat surface area before and after?
a)

9%

b)

16%

c)

25%

d)

50%

e)
None of the above
9.

A circular road is constructed outside a square field. The perimeter of the square field is 200 ft. If the width of the road is 7 x 2\sqrt[]{2}   ft. and cost of construction is Rs.100 per sq. ft. Find the lowest possible cost to construct 50% of the total road.

a)
Rs.70,400
b)
Rs.125,400
c)
Rs.140,800
d)
Rs.235,400
e)
None of the above
10.
Two diagonals of a parallelogram intersect each other at coordinates (17.5, 23.5). Two adjacent points of the parallelogram are (5.5, 7.5) and (13.5, 16). Find the lengths of the diagonals.
a)
15 and 30
b)
15 and 40
c)
17 and 30
d)
17 and 40
e)
Multiple solutions are possible
11.

In the diagram below, CD = BF = 10 units and ∠CED\angle CED   = ∠BAF\angle BAF   = 30°. What would be the area of triangle AED? (Note: Diagram below may not be proportional to scale.)

a)

100×(2+3)100\times\left(\sqrt[]{2}+3\right)  

b)

1003+4\frac{100}{\sqrt[]{3}+4}  

c)

503+4\frac{50}{\sqrt[]{3}+4}  

d)

50×(3+4)50\times\left(\sqrt[]{3}+4\right)  

e)
None of these
12.

The parallel sides of a trapezoid ABCD are in the ratio of 4: 5. ABCD is divided into an isosceles triangle ABP and a parallelogram PBCD (as shown below). ABCD has a perimeter equal to 1120 meters and PBCD has a perimeter equal to 1000 meters. Find Sin ∠ABC\angle ABC  , given 2 ∠DAB=∠BCD.\angle DAB=\angle BCD.  

a)

4/5

b)
16/25
c)

5/6

d)
24/25
e)
A single solution is not possible
13.
The centre of a circle inside a triangle is at a distance of 625 cm. from each of the vertices of the triangle. If the diameter of the circle is 350 cm. and the circle is touching only two sides of the triangle, find the area of the triangle.
a)
240000
b)
387072
c)
480000
d)
506447
e)
None of the above
14.

A person is standing at a distance of 1800 meters facing a giant clock at the top of a tower. At 5.00 p.m., he can see the tip of the minute hand of the clock at 30 degree elevation from his eye-level. Immediately, the person starts walking towards the tower. At 5.10 pm., the person noticed that the tip of the minute hand made an angle of 60 degrees with respect to his eye-level. Using three-dimensional vision, find the speed at which the person is walking. The length of the minutes hand is 200 3200\ \sqrt[]{3}   meters (3=1.732)\left(\sqrt[]{3}=1.732\right)  

a)

7.2 km/hour

b)
7.5 km/hour
c)
7.8 km/hour
d)
8.4 km/hour
e)
None of these
15.
In the figure below, AB = AC = CD. If ADB = 20°, what is the value of BAD?
a)
40°
b)
60°
c)
70°
d)
120°
e)
140°
16.

∆ABC and ∆XYZ  are equilateral triangles of 54 cm sides. All smaller triangles like ∆ANM, ∆OCP, ∆QPX etc. are also equilateral triangles. Find the area of the shape MNOPQRM.

a)

243 3\sqrt[]{3}   sq. cm

b)

486 3\sqrt[]{3}   sq. cm.

c)

729 3\sqrt[]{3}   sq. cm

d)

4374 3\sqrt[]{3}   sq. cm

e)
None of the above
17.
A square piece of paper is folded three times along its diagonal to get an isosceles triangle whose equal sides are 10 cm. What is the area of the unfolded original piece of paper?
a)
400 sq. cm.
b)
800 sq. cm.
c)

800 2\sqrt[]{2}   sq. cm.

d)
1600 sq. cm
e)
Insufficient data to answer
18.
The difference between the area of the circumscribed circle and the area of the inscribed circle of an equilateral triangle is 2156 sq. cm. What is the area of the equilateral triangle (in sq cm)?
a)

686 3\sqrt[]{3}  

b)
1000
c)

961 2\sqrt[]{2}  

d)

650 3\sqrt[]{3}  

e)
None of the above
19.
Study the figure below and answer the question: Four persons walk from point A to point D following different routes. The one following ABCD takes 70 minutes. Another person takes 45 minutes following ABD. The third person takes 30 minutes following route ACD. The last person takes 65 minutes following route ACBD. If all were to walk at the same speed, how long will it take to go from point B to point C?
a)
10 min.
b)
20 min.
c)
30 min.
d)
40 min.
e)
Cannot be answered as the angles are unknown.
20.

In the figure below, two circular curves create 60° and 90° angles with their respective centers. If the length of the bottom curve Y is 10π10\pi  , find the length of the other curve.

a)

15π15\pi  / 2\sqrt[]{2}  

b)

20π 2320\pi\ \sqrt[]{\frac{2}{3}}  

c)

60π60\pi  / 2\sqrt[]{2}  

d)

20π20\pi  /3

e)

15π15\pi  

21.
AB is a chord of a circle. The length of AB is 24 cm. P is (The midpoint of AB). Perpendiculars from P on either side of the chord meets the circle at M and N respectively. If PM < PN and PM = 8 cm, then what will be the length of PN?
a)
17 cm
b)
18 cm
c)
19 cm
d)
20 cm
e)
21 cm
22.

AB, CD and EF are three parallel lines, in that order. Let d1 and d2 be the distances from CD to AB and EF respectively. d1 and d2 are integers, where d1 :d2 = 2:1, P is a point on AB, Q and S are points on CD and R is a point on F-F, If the area of the quadrilateral PQRS is 30 square units, what is the value of QR when value of SR is the least?

a)
slightly less than 10 units
b)
10 units
c)
slightly greater than 10 units
d)
slightly less than 20 units
e)
slightly greater than 20 units
23.
ABCD is a rectangle P, Q and R are the midpoint of BC, CD and DA. The point S lies on the line QR in such a way that SR:QS = 1:3. The ratio of the triangle APS and rectangle ABCD is
a)
36/128
b)
39/128
c)
44/128
d)
48/128
e)
64/128
24.

The volume of a pyramid with a square base is 200 cm3 . The height of the pyramid is 13 cm. What will be the length of the slant edges (i.e. the distance between the apex and any other vertex), rounded to the nearest integer?

a)
12 cm
b)
13 cm
c)
14 cm
d)
15 cm
e)
16 cm