Class XXXII: Miscellaneous

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Class XXXII : Miscellaneous
1. The length of a rectangle is twice its breadth. If its length is decreased by 5 cm and breadth is
increased by 5 cm, the area of the rectangle is increased by 75 cm 2. then the length of the
rectangle is:
(a) 20 cm (b) 30cm
(c) 40 cm (d) 50 cm

2. Height of an equilateral triangle is 6 cm. Find its side?

(a) 4 cm (b) 3 3cm
(c) 4 3cm (d) 5 3cm

3. A bed of roses is like the figure given below. In the center there is a square and on each side
there is a semi-circle. The side of the square is 21 m. If each rose plant needs 6m2 of space,
then the number of plants in the bed is?

(a) 190 (b) 189

(c) 201 (d) 200

3. The volume of two hemispheres is in the ratio 8 : 27. What is the ratio of their radii?
(a) 2 : 3 (b) 3 : 2
(c) 1 : 2 (d) 2 : 1

4. How many bricks each measuring 25 cm × 15 cm × 8 cm will be required to build a wall 10 m ×

4 dm × 5 m when 10 % of its volume is occupied by mortar?

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(a) 5000 (b) 5500

(c) 6000 (d) 6500

5. A hemispherical bowl of internal diameter 54 cm contains a liquid. The liquid is to be filled in

cylindrical bottles of radius 3 cm and height 9 cm. How many bottles are required to empty the
bowl?
(a) 221 (b) 162
(c) 243 (d) None of these

6. If a square is inscribed in a circle, the ratio of the area of the circle and the square is:
(a) 2 : 1 (b)  : 2
(c) 11 : 7 (d) None of these

7. Three equal cubes are placed adjacently in a row. Find the ratio of total surface area of the new
cuboid to that of the sum of the surface areas of the three cubes?
(a) 7 : 9 (b) 49 : 81
(c) 9 : 7 (d) 27 : 23

8. An open box is made of wood 2 cm thick. Its internal length is 86 cm, breadth 46 cm and height
is 38 cm. The cost of painting the outer surface of the box at Rs.10 per m2 is?
(a) Rs.18.5 (b) Rs. 8.65
(c) Rs. 17.50 (d) None of these

9. The length of a rectangular plot of ground is four times its breadth and its area is 4 hectares.
How long will it take to a dog to walk round it at the rate of 3 km/hr?
(a) 12 min (b) 20 min
(c) 18.5 min (d) None of these

10. The largest cone is formed at the base of a cube of side measuring 7 cm. Find the ratio of
volume of cone to cube?
(a) 20 : 21 (b) 22 : 21
(c) 42 : 11 (d) 11 : 42

11. A person standing 50 m away from the foot of a tower observes the top of a tower to be at an
angle of elevation of 60. Find the height of the tower in meters.
(a) 25 3 (b) 25
(c) 50 (d) 50 3

12. A ladder is placed against a wall of height 18 m. If the top of the ladder makes an angle of 60°
with the is wall, then the length of the ladder is

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(a) 36 m (b) 12 3 m
(c) 18 3 m (d) 48 m
13. Due to the influence of wind, the upper part of a pole is broken and it made an angle of 30°
with the ground. The distance from the foot of the pole to the point where the top of the pole
touches the ground is 20 m. Find the length of the upper part of the pole.

14. The cost of 3 tables and 4 chairs is ₹2,500. The cost of 4 tables and 3 chairs is ₹2,400. Find the
costs of each table and each chair.

15. In a two-digit number, the digits differ by 2. Ten times the number exceeds five times the sum
of the number formed by reversing its digits and the sum of its digits by 90. Find the number.

16. If the numerator and the denominator of a fraction are both increased by 1, the fraction
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become . If both are decreased by 1, it becomes . Find the fraction.
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17. Find the values of x and y satisfying the equations below.

35 18
  11
x y x y
28 33
  15
x y x y
18. Tarun bought 2 shirts, 4 trousers and 5 pairs of shoes for ₹3,600. Had he bought 6 shirts, 5
trousers and 15 pairs of shoes, his expenditure would have been ₹8,700. Find the price of each
trouser.

19. Four added to half of one-third of one-sixth of a number, is equal to one-twelfth of the number.
What is the number?

20. Two chocolates, three milkshakes and four cakes cost ₹190. Four chocolates and eight cakes
cost ₹320. Find the cost (in ₹) of a milkshake.

21. Three consecutive even numbers are such that one-third of the second number is equal to one-
fourth of the third number. Find the three numbers.

22. Shankar has an amount of ₹7,000 in ₹500 and ₹100 denominations. How many ₹500 notes
does he have, if he has a total of 22 notes with him?

23. Twenty-seven years ago, a man’s age was half his wife’s present age. The sum of their present
ages is 90 years. What are the present ages (in years) of the man and his wife?

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24. The cost of ten mangoes and nine apples is ₹104. The cost of twenty-seven mangoes and
twenty-five apples is ₹285. What is the cost of three mangoes and two apples?

25. Amar, Bhavan, Chetan and Dinesh have a total of ₹150 with them. Amar has one-fourth of the
Total amount the other three have. Find the amount with Amar (in ₹).

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26. of 26% of 180 ×144  24  ?
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27. Find x in the equation (4  4)3  (512  8)4  (32  8)4  (2  2)( x 4)

28. A motor boat can travel at 10 km/h in still water. It travelled 91 km downstream in a river and
then returned, taking altogether 20 hours. Find the rate of flow of the river.
(a) 6 km/hr (b) 5 km/hr
(c) 8 km/hr (d) 3 km/hr

29. A boat goes 24 km upstream and 28 km downstream in 6 hours. It goes 30 km upstream and
21 km downstream in 6 hours and 30 minutes. The speed of the boat in still water is :
(a) 10 km/h (b) 4 km/h
(c) 14 km/h (d) 6 km/h

30. A man can row a certain distance against the stream in 6 hours. However, he would take two
hours less to cover the same distance with the current. If the speed of the current is 2 kmph,
then what is the rowing speed in still water?
(a) 10 kmph (b) 12 kmph
(c) 14 kmph (d) 8 kmph

31. A boat, while going downstream in a river covered a distance of 50 mile at an average speed
of 60 miles per hour. While returning, because of the water resistance, it took one hour fifteen
minutes to cover the same distance. What was the average speed of the boat during the whole
journey?
(a) 40 mph (b) 48 mph
(c) 50 mph (d) 55 mph

32. A man who can swim 48 m/min in still water swims 200 m against the current and 200 m with
the current. If the difference between those two times is 10 minutes, find the speed of the
current.
(a) 30 m/min (b) 29 m/min
(c) 31 m/min (d) 32 m/min

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33. If A (3, 5), B (–3, – 4), C (7, 10) are the vertices of a parallelogram taken in the order, then the
co-ordinates of the fourth vertex are
(a) (10, 19) (b) (15, 10)
(c) (19, 10) (d) (15, 19)

34.  
The incentre of the triangle with vertices 1, 3 , (0, 0) and (2, 0) is
 3 2 1 
(a)  1,  (b) 3, 
 2   3
2 3  1 
(c)  ,  (d)  1, 
3 2   3

35. If the area of a triangle with vertices (– 3, 0), (3, 0) and (0, k) is 9 sq unit, then what is the value
of k?

(a) 3 (b) 6
(c) 9 (d) 12

36. The centroid of a triangle formed by (7, p), (q, –6), (9, 10) is (6, 3). Then p + q
(a) 6 (b) 5
(c) 7 (d) 8

37. The radius of the circumcircle of the triangle made by x-axis, y-axis and 4x + 3y = 12 is
(a) 2 unit (b) 2.5 unit
(c) 3 unit (d) 4 unit

38. If two parallel lines are cut by two distinct transversals, then the quadrilateral formed by these
four lines will always be a :
(a) parallelogram (b) rhombus
(c) square (d) trapezium

39. How many sides does a regular polygon have with its sum of interior angles eight times its sum
of exterior angles?
(a) 16 (b) 24
(c) 18 (d) 30

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40. In the given figure, AB || CD, BAE = 45º, DCE = 50º and CED = x, then find the value of x.

(a) 85º (b) 95º

(c) 60º (d) 20º

41. Which one of the following cannot be the ratio of angles in a right angled triangle?
(a) 1 : 2 : 3 (b) 1:1:2
(c) 1 : 3 : 6 (d) None of these

42. The ratio of the area of a square to that of the square drawn on its diagonal is
(a) 1 : 4 (b) 2:1
(c) 1 : 2 (d) 1:3
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