Time: 90 minutes

1. N= 125212521252. (1200 digits). Find the remainder when N is divided

by 792.
a. 566
b. 584 c. 466 d. None of these
2. N= a4 + b4 +c4 +d4 till 31 terms, where a, b, c, d are distinct prime
numbers. If N is divisible by 30, then which of the following statements is/are
definitely true?
A. One of the numbers is 2
B. One of the numbers is 3
C. One of the numbers is 5
a. Only A
b. A and B c. B and C
d. A, B and C
3. N is a five digit perfect square whose unit digit is same as the tens digit. How
many such N are there?
a. 31 b. 30 c. 33 d. 32
4. The sequence 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17has one odd number
followed by the next two even numbers, then the next three odd numbers
followed by the next four even numbers and so on. What is the 2003 rd term of
sequence?
a. 3953
b. 3943 c. 3940 d. 3950
5. A man, starting from a point P, takes exactly six equal steps. Each step is in
one of the 4 directions East, West, North and South. What is the total number
of ways in which the man ends up at point P after the six steps?
a. 200 b. 256
c. 400 d. 512
6. What is the remainder obtained when the sum of the squares of any 30
consecutive natural numbers is divided by 12?
a. 0
b. 3
c. 11 d. Cannot be determined
7. The ratio of the present ages of Bini and Coral is the same as the ratio of the
ages of Anu and Bini six years ago. Coral six years from now, will be as old as
Anu was six years ago. If the present ages of exactly two of them are perfect
squares, then which of the following can be sum of the present ages of three?
a. 27 years b. 30 years c. 36 years d. 48 years
8. A= 2812, B= 188, C= 216. How many natural numbers are there by which at
least one among A, B, C is divisible.
a. 499 b. 501 c. 504 d. 505
9. Kamla fasted on 1st, 3rd, 6th, 10th, 15th day of the year 2010 and she
continued fasting in this pattern thereafter. Bimla fasted on 1 st, 4th, 8th, 13th,

19th day of the 2010 and maintained the pattern thereafter. When would
they fast together again?
a. December 23, 2010 b. December 21, 2010 c. December 22, 2010 d.
None of these
10.There are 49 0s, 51 1s and 53 2s written on the board randomly. Bikash is
blindfolded and then asked by his teacher to touch any two numbers on the
board arbitrarily. The teacher deleted those numbers and replaced by a single
number in the following manner:
Pairs (0, 0), (1, 1), (2, 2), (1, 2), (0, 1) and (0, 2) are replaced by 0, 0, 2, 1, 1
and 0 respectively.
If they continued this process what was the number left on the board at the
end.
a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
d. Cannot be determine
11.A set S consists of 143 natural numbers, each of which is a perfect cube. The
maximum number of elements of set S that one can always find such that
each of them leaves the same remainder when divided by 13 is:
a. 11
b. 31
c. 33
d. 29
12.The total area of a square grid comprising 100 identical small squares, is
10000 square cm. a rectangle of area 1800 square cm. is to be selected from
it such that a whole number of small squares are selected in the process. In
how many ways can this be done?
a. 112 b. 118 c. 114 d. 116
13.There are five cards lying on a table in a row. Five numbers from among 1 to
100 have to be written on them, one number per card, such that the
difference between the numbers on any two adjacent cards is not divisible by
4. The remainder when each of the five numbers is divided by 4is written
down on another card, i. e. a sixth card, in that order. How many sequences
can be written down on the sixth card?
a. 108
b. 324 c. 432 d. 1296
14.In a square grid of 11 rows and 11 columns, all the number present in each
row and each column are in arithmetic progression. If the difference between
any two consecutive numbers in a row or column is 2 and the number in the
middle row and the middle column of the grid is 22, then find the sum of all
the numbers present in the grid.
a. 1331 b. 2662 c. 5324 d. 4455
15.In a bank the account numbers are all 8 digit numbers, and they all start with
the digit 2. So an account number can be represented as 2x 1x2x3x4x5x6x7. An
account number is considered to be a magic number if x 1, x2, x3 is exactly
same as x4, x5, x6 or x5, x6, x7 or both. xi can take values from 0 to 9, but 2

followed by 7 zeros is not a valid account number. What is the maximum

possible number of customers having a magic account number? (XAT 2011)
a. 9989 b. 19980 c. 19989 d. 19999 e. 19990
16.Little Pikka who is five and a half years old just learnt addition. However he
does not know how to carry. For example, he can add 14 and 15 but he
cannot add 15 and 16. How many pairs of consecutive integers between 1000
to 2000 (both included) can little Pikka add? (XAT 2011)
a. 150 b. 155 c. 156 d. 258 e. None of these
17.Four athletes A, B, C, D participate in 6 athletic events. There is only one
prize for winning in each event and each of them won in at least one event. In
how many ways could they have won the six prizes?
a. 1560 b. 792 c. 1180 d. 1620
18.The number of positive integral solution of the equation abcde =1050 is
a. 1800 b. 1600 c. 1400 d. 1875
19.Let x be the factor of 120 then, then the number of positive integral solutions
of abc = x is
a. 160 b. 320 c. 480 d. 960
20.Find the number of natural numbers which are smaller than 2.10 8 and are
divisible by 3 and which can be written by means of the digits 0, 1 and 2.
a. 7272
b. 4373 c. 3437 d. none of these
21.Mr. John has x children by his first wife and Ms. Basu has x+1 children by her
first husband. They marry and have children of their own. The whole family
has 10 children. Assuming that the two children of the same parents do not
fight, find the maximum number of fights that can take place among children.
a. 33
b. 22 c. 111 d. none of these
22.The number of positive integers from 1 to 106 (both inclusive)which are
neither perfect squares nor cubes nor perfect fourth powers are:
a. 918990
b. 998911 c. 998910 d. None of these
23.The number log27 is:
a. Rational b. irrational

c. Integer

d. cannot say

24.What is the value of 10.11.12.13 + 11.12.13.14 + 12.13.14.15 + +

96.97.98.99.
a. 1806869592 b. 1806869594 c. 1806869596 d. 1806869598
25. N = 77777777777 (429 digits). What is the remainder left when N is
divided by 1144?
a. 913
b. 1129 c. 923
d. None of these