This test paper contains 100 Multiple Choice Questions.

Each question has four choices (A), (B), (C) and

(D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct. For every correct answer 4 marks are awarded and for wrong
answer there is a negative marking of 1 mark. No marks awarded for unattempted questions.

REASONING ABILITY
Section A
1. Find the missing number in the following series
4, 6, 16, 62, 308, ?
(A) 990 (B) 172 (C) 698 (D) 1846
2. Ram travels 8 km to south, then moves to right and travels 6 km and at the end he again moves right
and travels 8 km. Then the distance of Ram from initial point is
(A) 6 km (B) 8 km (C) 10 km (D) 14 km
3. Find the missing character in the following figure
5 9 3 7 7 9

28 20 ?
(A) 32 (B) 34 (C) 36 (D) 38
4. If '–' means ×, '+' means '', ‘×’ means '+' and '' means '–', then 8 + 6  4 –7 × 3 =
1 1 2
(A) 7 (B) 12 (C) 11 (D) 23
5 2 3
5. Find the missing term in the following series
BYA, CXB, ?, EVD
(A) DVE (B) DCW (C) DXB (D) DWC
6. If orange is called ‘Butter’, Butter is called ‘Soap’, Soap is called ‘Ink’, Ink is called ‘Honey’, Honey
is called ‘Orange’, which is used for washing clothes?
(A) Honey (B) Butter (C) Orange (D) Ink
Direction(7 to 9) : The question are based on the information given below.
There are six person P, Q, R, X, Y and Z. R is the sister of Z, Q is the brother of Y’s husband. X is
the father of P and grandfather of Z. There are two fathers, three brothers and a mother in the group
7. Who is Y’s husband?
(A) Q (B) P (C) X (D) Z

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8. Who is the mother in the group?
(A) X (B) Q (C) P (D) Y
9. How many male members are there in the group
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 4 (D) 3
10. Which of the following groups of letters will complete the given series
_ _ J_V_ J W_U _ _
(A) W U V U V U J (B) V W U V W U V
(C) V U W U V J W (D) J V U V J V J W
11. Which is the third number to the left of the number which is exactly in the middle of the following
sequence of numbers
123456789246897531987654321
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6
12. A number of two digits exceeds four times the sum of its digits by 3. If the number is increased by
18, the result is the same as the number formed by reversing the digits. Find the number.
(A) 35 (B) 57 (C) 49 (D) 42
13. Arrange the given words in the sequence in which they occur in the dictionary and then choose the
correct sequence from the options.
(I) Cloth (II) Cinema (III) Chronic (IV) Christmas
(V) Create
(A) (IV), (III), (II), (I), (V)
(B) (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V)
(C) (IV), (II), (III), (V), (I)
(D) (IV), (II), (III), (I), (V)
14. Which of following conclusions are correct
Statement : All the goats are tigers.
All the tigers are lions.
Conclusions: I. All the goats are lions.
II. All the lions are goats.
III. Some lions are goats.
IV. Some tigers are goats.
(A) All the four (B) Only I, II and III
(C) Only I, III and IV (D) Only II, III and IV
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15. Which set of letter will replace the question mark?
UVW : SXU : : LMN : ?
(A) JOL (B) KNM
(C) JKL (D) MLO
16. There are 35 students in a class, Suman ranks 3rd among the girls in the class, Amit ranks 5th among
the boys in the class, Suman is one rank below Amit in the class. No two students hold the same
rank in the class. What is Amit’s rank in the class?
(A) 7th rank (B) 5th rank
(C) 8th rank (D) 9th rank
17. In the following problem, a square transparent sheet (X) with a pattern is given. Figure out from
amongst the four alternatives as to how the pattern would appear when the transparent sheet is folded
at the dotted line.

X Y Z

(A) (B) (C) (D)

18. How many Mondays are there in a particular month of 30 days in a particular year, if the month ends
on Wednesday?
(A) 4 (B) 5
(C) 3 (D) 4 or 5
19. Count the number of parallelogram in the given figure

(A) 20 (B) 18
(C) 16 (D) 12
20. Find the odd one out from following options
(A) Kilometer (B) Centimeter
(C) Litre (D) Light year

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Section B
(Direction 21 – 25): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given
below:
1. There are five friends-Sonal, Ratheesh, Manoj, Ashok and Gireesh.
2. Sonal is shorter than Ratheesh but taller than Gireesh.
3. Manoj is the tallest.
4. Ashok is a little shorter than Ratheesh and little taller than Sonal.
21. Who is the shortest?
(A) Gireesh (B) Sonal (C) Ashok (D) Ratheesh
22. If they stand in the order of their heights, who will be in the middle?
(A) Ratheesh (B) Gireesh (C) Sonal (D) Ashok
23. Who is the second tallest?
(A) Sonal (B) Ratheesh (C) Ashok (D) Gireesh
24. Who is taller than Ashok but shorter than Manoj?
(A) Manoj (B) Ratheesh (C) Gireesh (D) Ashok
25. If they stand in the order of increasing heights, who will be the second?
(A) Ashok (B) Sonal (C) Gireesh (D) Ratheesh

PHYSICS
Section A
26. When light is incident normally then in which of the following mirrors does light retraces its own
path?
(a) Plane Mirrors
(b) Concave Mirrors
(c) Convex Mirrors
(A) Only (a) (B) Only (a) and (b)
(C) Only (b) and (c) (D) In all mirrors
27. While picking up a pair of eye glasses dropped by a friend, you noticed that they form an inverted
image of the background and that the image is stretched horizontally as well. Your friend suffers
from :
(A) only myopia (B) only hypermetropia
(C) only astigmatism (D) hypermetropia as well as astigmatism
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28. In the experiment on finding the equivalent resistance of two resistors, connected in parallel, three
students connected the voltmeter and ammeter in their circuits, in the three ways, X,Y and Z shown
here.

A
R1
R1 A V A
R1
R2 V
R2
R2
V
(X) (Y) (Z)

The voltmeter has been correctly connected in :

(A) cases X and Y only (B) cases Y and Z only
(C) cases Z and X only (D) In all three cases
29. Consider the following two statements.
Statement (1) : When monochromatic light is incident on a surface separating two media, the
reflected and refracted light both have the same frequency as the frequency of incident light.
Statement (2) : The frequency of monochromatic light depends on media.
(A) Both statement (1) and statement (2) are true
(B) Statement (1) is true but statement (2) is false
(C) Both statement (1) and statement (2) are false
(D) Statement (1) is false but statement (2) is true
30. Out of the following, cylindrical copper conductors that has the greatest and least resistance is
respectively :
(1) thin, long and hot (2) thick, short and cool
(3) thick, long and hot (4) thin, short and cool
(A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 and 1
(C) 3 and 4 (D) 4 and 3
31. Unit of electric power may also be expressed as :
(A) volt × ampere (B) kilowatt × hour
(C) watt × second (D) joule × second
32. Which mirror is used in street lights-
(A) Concave mirror (B) Convex mirror
(C) Plane mirror (D) Convex lens

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33. A farsighted person cannot see objects placed closer to 50 cm, then the power of the corrective lens
needed to see the objects at 20 cm is :
1
(A) 3 D (B) D
3
1
(C) – 3 D (D)  D
3
34. An object is placed in front of a convex mirror. If its distance from the mirror is equal to the focal
length of the mirror, then the magnification of the image formed is :
(A) 0.25 (B) 0.5
(C) 0.75 (D) 0.33
35. Two metallic spheres of same mass are given equal and opposite charges, then :
(A) The mass of positively charged sphere increases
(B) The mass of both spheres remains the same
(C) The mass of the negatively charged sphere increases
(D) The mass of the both spheres increases
36. A nearsighted person cannot see beyond 25 cm. Assuming that the separation of the glass from the
eye is 1 cm, then the power of lens needed to see distant objects is :
(A) – 4.2 D (B) – 4.0 D
(C) – 4 D (D) – 3.8 D
37. Electric current 'I' in the circuit is-

5

5 5

10

5

I 6V
(A) 3A (B) 1.8A
(C) 6A (D) 2A

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38. A child is standing in front of a magic mirror. He finds the image of her head bigger, the middle
portion of her body of the same size and that of the legs smaller. Which of the following can be the
possible order of combination for the magic mirror from the top?
(A) plane, convex and concave (B) convex, concave and plane
(C) concave, plane and convex (D) convex, plane and concave
39. Consider the two cases given below.
Case -I : Four identical resistors each having resistance ‘R1’ are connected in series.

Case -II : Four identical resistors each having resistance ‘R2’ are connected in parallel.

If equivalent in both cases is same then choose the correct option:

R1 16 R1 4 R1 1 R1 1
(A)  (B)  = (C)  (D) 
R2 1 R2 1 R 2 16 R2 4

40. A small transparent glass piece ‘X’ is thicker in the middle than at the edges, whereas another small
transparent glass piece ‘Y’ is thicker at the edges than at the middle. From this information we can
identify these as :
(A) X  Concave lens and Y  Convex lens
(B) X  Concave mirror and Y  Convex mirror
(C) X  Convex lens and Y  Concave lens
(D) X  Convex mirror and Y  Concave mirror
41. The heat generated while transferring 36000 coulomb of charge in one hour through a potential
difference of 50 V is :

(A) 1.8 × 106 J (B) 1.8 × 105 J

(C) 1.8 × 107 J (D) 1.8 × 104 J

42. Which of the following is a correct form of lens formula used for thin spherical lenses?
uf vf uf vf
(a) v  (b) u  (c) v  (d) u 
u f f v u f v f
(A) Only (a) and (b) (B) Only (a) and (d)
(C) Only (b) and (c) (D) Only (c) and (d)
43. The impression of an image does not vanish immediately from the retina of the human eye, it persists
there for about :
1 1 1 1
(A) sec (B) sec (C) sec (D) sec
10 16 20 25

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44. The ratio of the speed of red light to blue light in vacuum is :
(A) Less than unity (B) Equal to unity
(C) Greater than unity (D) Can't say
45. A, B and C are identical bulbs. What happens to the brightness of A and C if bulb B is replaced by a
conducting wire :

A B

(A) Brightness of both increases

(B) Brightness of A increases and C decreases
(C) Brightness of C increases and A decreases
(D) Brightness of both decreases

Section B
46. A spherical mirror produces an image three times as large as the object placed at a distance of 20
cm from it. For the image to be real, the focal length of the mirror should be :
(A) –10 cm (B) –15 cm
(C) –20 cm (D) –30 cm
47. Figure (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) respectively corresponds to :

(i) (ii)

(iii) (iv)
(A) The short-sighted eye, the correction of long-sightedness, the long-sighted eye and the correction
of short-sightedness.
(B) The short-sighted eye, the correction of short-sightedness, the long-sighted eye and the
correction of long-sightedness.
(C) The long-sighted eye, correction of short-sightedness, the short-sighted eye and the correction
of long-sightedness.
(D) The long-sighted eye, the correction of long-sightedness, the short-sighted eye and the correction
of short-sightedness.

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48. The equivalent resistance across the points A and B in the circuit given below is :
C

10 B

10 16 

12 

10 2.5
A
D E

(A) 8  (B) 12  (C) 16  (D) 3 

49. A ray of light falls on a transparent sphere with centre at C as shown in figure. The ray emerges
from the sphere parallel to line AB. Then the refractive index of the sphere is :

A C B
60°

5 3
(A) (B) 3 (C) (D) 2
2 2
50. One 9W – 3V bulb is to be lighted at its rated power by a supply of 12 volt. For this a wire is to be
connected in series with it to operate it normally, then the resistance of this wire should be:
(A) 1  (B) 2  (C) 3  (D) 4 

CHEMISTRY
Section A
51. Which of the following are chemical change?
(i) Ripening of food (ii) Liquefaction of gas
(iii)Digestion of food (iv) Dissolution of sulphur in carbon disulphide
(v) Freezing of water (vi) Electrolysis of water
(A) (i), (iii) and (vi) (B) (iv) and (ii)
(C) (ii), (iii) and (iv) (D) (i), (ii), (iii) and (vi)

52. What name is given to the reaction between hydrogen ion and hydroxyl ion?
(A) Hydrogenation (B) Hydroxylation
(C) Hydrolysis (D) Neutralization

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53. Which of the following cannot be reduced by carbon?
(A) PbO (B) SnO2 (C) ZnO (D) MgO
54. Which of the following gases can be used for storage of a fresh sample of oil and fat containing
food for a long time?
(A) Carbon dioxide or oxygen (B) Nitrogen or oxygen
(C) Carbon dioxide or helium (D) Helium or nitrogen
55. Assertion (A): Aqueous solution of NH4Cl is acidic in nature.

Reason (R): Aqueous solution of NH4Cl is formed by the neutralisation of strong acid and weak base.

(A) If both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
(B) If both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation for (A).
(C) If (A) is correct but (R) is incorrect.
(D) If both (A) and (R) are incorrect.
56. Assertion (A): During calcination, the ore is heated well below its melting point in the limited
supply of oxygen.
Reason (R): The process of calcination is carried out for sulphide ores.
(A) If both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
(B) If both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation for (A).
(C) If both (A) is correct but (R) is incorrect.
(D) If both (A) and (R) are incorrect.
57. What is the substance getting oxidised in CuO(s)+H2(g)  Cu(s)+H2O(l)?
(A) Cu (B) H2O (C) H2 (D) CuO
58. Match the column I with Column II.
Column I Column II
(a) P.O.P. (i) detergent powder
(b) Bleaching powder (ii) cake making
(c) Washing soda (iii) disinfectant
(d) Baking soda (iv) fractured limb
(A) (a)  (iv), (b)  (iii), (c)  (i), (d)  (ii)
(B) (a)  (i), (b)  (ii), (c)  (iii), (d)  (iv)
(C) (a)  (iv), (b)  (iii), (c)  (ii), (d)  (i)
(D) (a)  (iii), (b)  (iv), (c)  (i), (d)  (ii)

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59. Aqua regia is a freshly prepared mixture of concentrated hydrochloric acid and concentrated nitric
acid in the ratio of :
(A) 3 : 1 (B) 1 : 3 (C) 2 : 3 (D) 3 : 2
60. Assertion: Corrosion of iron is commonly known as rusting.
Reason: Corrosion of iron occurs in presence of water and air.
(A) Both Assertion and reason are correct and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
(B) Both Assertion and reason are correct and reason is not correct explanation of assertion.
(C) Assertion is correct but reason is incorrect.
(D) Assertion is incorrect but reason is correct.
61. On mixing with an adequate quantity of water, plaster of Paris sets into a hard solid having the
composition:
(A) CaSO4.2H2O (B) CaSO4.H2O
(C) CaSO4.Ca(OH)2 (D) (CaSO4)2.H2O
62. The reaction 2ZnS + 3O2  2ZnO + 2SO2 , in the metallurgical process is called:

(A) calcination (B) hydraulic washing

(C) smelting (D) roasting
63. Which statement is incorrect regarding the following reaction:
Cu(s) + 2AgNO3(aq)  Cu(NO3)2(aq) + 2Ag(s)

(A) This is a redox reaction as well as displacement reaction.

(B) Cu is reducing agent because it reduces the Ag+ to Ag .

(C) Cu is reducing agent because it itself gets reduced and oxidises AgNO3.

(D) Cu is more reactive then Ag .

64. How many of the following are strong acids?
(i) Hydrochloric acid (ii) Nitrous acid
(iii) Acetic acid (iv) Sulphuric acid
(v) Lactic acid (vi) Nitric acid
(A) Three (B) Two
(C) Four (D) One
65. Smelting is the reduction of oxide to metal by:
(A) carbon (B) aluminium
(C) hydrogen (D) magnesium
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66. A shiny reddish brown coloured element X on heating in air becomes black in colour. Name the
element X and the black coloured compound formed.
(A) X is Cu and black coloured compound is Cu2O.
(B) X is Zn and black coloured compound is ZnS.
(C) X is Cu and black coloured compound is CuO.
(D) X is Cu and black coloured compound is CuCO3 .
67. A solution of sodium acetate in water will:
(A) turn red litmus blue (B) turn blue litmus red
(C) not effect litmus (D) decolourises litmus
68. An ionic bond is formed when:
(A) the combining atoms gain electrons.
(B) the combining atoms lose electrons.
(C) a metallic element reacts with a non-metallic element.
(D) two metallic elements react.
69. 1 mole of ethane (C2H6) on complete combustion gave CO2 and water. It shows that the results are
in accordance with the law of conservation of mass. Then, the coefficient of oxygen is equal to:
5 7
(A) 3 (B) (C) 2 (D)
2 2
70. Solid calcium oxide reacts vigorously with water to form calcium hydroxide accompanied by
liberation of heat. This process is called slaking of lime. Calcium hydroxide dissolves in water to
form its solution called lime water. Which among the following is/are true about slaking of lime
and the solution formed?
(i) It is an endothermic reaction.
(ii) It is exothermic reaction.
(iii) The pH of the resulting solution will be more than seven.
(iv) The pH of the resulting solution will be less than seven.
(A) (i) and (ii) (B) (ii) and (iii)
(C) (i) and (iv) (D) (iii) and (iv)
Section B
71. A metal X on heating in nitrogen gas gives Y. Y on treatment with H2O gives a colourless gas which
forms white fumes of ammonium chloride when react with hydrochloric acid, Y is _______.
(A) Mg(NO3)2 (B) Mg3N2
(C) NH3 (D) MgO
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72. The hydrogen ion concentration of a solution is 0.01 M. Calculate the pH value of the solution.
(A) 3 (B) 2
(C) 4 (D) 1.75
73. Match the column I with Column II.
Column - I Column - II
(a) MnO2 (i) Cinnabar

(b) HgS (ii) Copper Glance

(c) Ag2S (iii) Pyrolusite

(d) Cu2S (iv) Argentite

(A) (a)  (iii), (b)  (i), (c)  (iv), (d)  (ii)

(B) (a)  (i), (b)  (ii), (c)  (iii), (d)  (iv)
(C) (a)  (i), (b)  (iii), (c)  (iv), (d)  (ii)
(D) (a)  (iii), (b)  (i), (c)  (ii), (d)  (iv)
74. Which of the following salts would give aqueous solutions having pH more than 7 (at 298 K) ?
(i) NaHCO3 (ii) (NH4)2SO4

(iii) H2SO4 (iv) CH3COONa

(A) (i) and (ii) (B) (ii) and (iii)

(C) (i) and (iv) (D) (ii) and (iv)
75. Alumino-thermic process is used for the extraction of metals whose oxides are:
(A) fusible (B) not easily reduced by carbon
(C) not easily reduced by hydrogen (D) strongly basic

MATHEMATICS
Section A
76. The ratio of LCM and HCF of the least composite number and the least prime number is
(A) 1 : 4 (B) 2 : 1
(C) 1 : 1 (D) 1 : 3
2 2
77. If a cos   bsin   m and a sin   bcos   n, then a  b 

2 2
(A) m2  n 2 (B) m n
2 2 2 2
(C) n  m (D) m  n

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78. In triangles ABC and DEF, B   E, F   C and AB = 3 DE. Then, the two triangles are

(A) Congruent but not similar (B) Similar but not congruent
(C) Neither congruent nor similar (D) Congruent as well as similar
79. The distance between the points P (2, tan  ) and Q (3, 0) is

(A) tan  (B) cot 

(C) sec  (D) cosec 

80. If 3 is the least prime factor of number a and 7 is the least prime factor of number b, then the least
prime factor of a + b, is
(A) 2 (B) 3
(C) 5 (D) 10
81. The value of k for which the system of equations 2x + 3y = 5 and, 4x + ky = 10 has infinite number
of solutions, is
(A) 1 (B) 3
(C) 6 (D) 0

82. If one root of the equation 4x 2  2x  (  4)  0 be the reciprocal of the other, then  

(A) 8 (B) –8
(C) 4 (D) –4
83. If the sum of three consecutive terms of an increasing A.P. is 51 and the product of the first and third
of these terms is 273, then the third term is
(A) 13 (B) 9
(C) 21 (D) 17
84. In ABC, D and E are points on side AB and AC respectively such that DE || BC and AD : DB = 3
: 1. If EA = 3.3 cm, then AC =
(A) 1.1 cm (B) 4 cm
(C) 4.4 cm (D) 5.5 cm
85. AOBC is a rectangle whose three vertices are A (0, 3), O (0, 0) and B (5, 0). The length of its
diagonal is:
(A) 5 (B) 3

(C) 34 (D) 4
2
86. If 1 sin   3sin  cos  , then the value of cot  are
(A) –1, 1 (B) 0, 1 (C) 1, 2 (D) –1, –1
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87. The system of equations x = 0, y = 3 has
(A) a unique solution
(B) no solution
(C) two solution
(D) infinitely many solutions
2
88. If 2 is a root of the equation x  bx 12  0 and the equation x 2  bx  q  0 has equal roots, then
q=
(A) 8 (B) –8
(C) 16 (D) –16
1 1 1
89. If , , are in A.P. Then, x =
x2 x 3 x 5
(A) 5 (B) 3
(C) 1 (D) 2
perimeter (ABC)
90. In ABC PQR, then =
perimeter (PQR)

AB BC
(A) (B)
PQ QR

AC
(C) (D) All of these
PR
91. The distance between the points (a cos   b sin , 0) and (0, a sin   b cos ) is

2 2
(A) a  b (B) a  b
2 2
(C) a  b (D) a2  b2

92. If 2sin 2   cos 2   2 , then  is equal to

(A) 0o (B) 90o

(C) 45o (D) 30o
93. Three bells ring at intervals of 4, 7 and 14 minutes. All the three rang at 6 AM. When will they ring
together again?
(A) 6 : 07 AM (B) 6 : 14 AM
(C) 6 : 28 AM (D) 6 : 25 AM

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94. If one of the zeros of a quadratic polynomial of the form x  ax  b is the negative of the other,
then it
(A) has no linear term and constant term is negative.
(B) has no linear term and the constant terms is positive.
(C) can have a linear term but the constant term is negative.
(D) can have a linear term but the constant term is positive.
95. The angle of depression of a car, standing on the ground, from the top of a 75 m tower, is 30o. The
distance of the car from the base of the tower (in metres) is

(A) 25 3 (B) 50 3 (C) 75 3 (D) 150

Section B
96. There are several human beings and several dogs in a room. One tenth of the humans have lost a
leg. The total numbers of feet are 77. Then the number of dogs is:
(A) 4 (B) 5
(C) 6 (D) Not determinable due to insufficient data

97. The number of real roots of the equation x2  3 | x | 2  0 , is (where | x | is the absolute value of x)

(A) 2 (B) 3
(C) 0 (D) 4
98. The sum of n terms of two A.P.' s are in the ratio (5n + 9) : (9n + 6). Then, the ratio of their 18th
term is
184 178
(A) (B)
321 321
175 176
(C) (D)
321 321

99. The zeros of the quadratic polynomial x 2  ax  a, a  0 ,

(A) cannot both be positive (B) cannot both be negative

(C) are always unequal (D) are always equal
100. Two persons are 'a' meters apart and the height of one is double that of the other. If from the middle
point of the line joining their feet, an observer finds the angular elevation of their tops to be 30° and
60° respectively, then the height of the shorter post is

a a a
(A) (B) (C) a 2 (D)
4 2 2 2
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