Friday, January 6, 2012

TET/CTET Maths sample papers

TET/CTET Maths sample papers
 
1. A student gets an aggregate of 60% marks in five subjects in the ratio 10 : 9 : 8 : 7 : 6. If the
passing marks are 50% of the maximum marks and each subjects has the same maximum
marks, in how many subjects did he pass the exam?

(a) 2     (b) 3     (c) 4     (d) 5

2 P, Q and R are three consecutive odd numbers in ascending order. If the value of three
times P is three less than two times R, find the value of R.

(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) 11

3. If log2[log7(x2 - x + 37) ] = 1, then what could be the value of x?

(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) None of these

4. After a discount of 11.11%, a trader still makes a gain of 14.28%. At how many percent
above the cost price does he mark his goods?

(a) 28.56% (b) 35% (c) 22.22% (d) None of these

5. An old man has Rs. (1! + 2! + 3! + ...+ 50!), all of which he wants to divide equally
(without fractions) among his n children. Then, n may be

(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) 11


6. A dealer buys dry fruit at Rs.100, Rs. 80 and Rs. 60 per kg. He mixes them in the ratio 3 : 4: 5 by weight, and sells them at a profit of 50%. At what price does he sell the dry fruit?

(a) Rs. 80/kg (b) Rs. 100/kg (c) Rs. 95/kg (d) None of these

7. An express train travelling at 80 kmph overtakes a goods train, twice as long and going
at 40 kmph on a parallel track, in 54 seconds. How long will the express train take to
cross a station 400 m long?

(a) 36 sec (b) 45 sec (c) 27 sec (d) None of these

8. A student, instead of finding the value of 7/8th of a number, found the value of 7/18th of
the number. If his answer differed from the actual one by 770, find the number.

(a) 1584 (b) 2520 (c) 1728 (d) 1656

9. P and Q are two integers such that P ? Q = 64. Which of the following cannot be the value
of P + Q?

(a) 20 (b) 65 (c) 16 (d) 35

10. The average marks of a student in ten papers are 80. If the highest and the lowest scores
are not considered, the average is 81. If his highest score is 92, find the lowest.

(a) 55 (b) 60 (c) 62 (d) Cannot be determined.

11. If the roots, x1, and x2, of the quadratic equation x2 - 2x + c = 0 also satisfy the equation
7x2 - 4x1 = 47, then which of the following is true?

(a) c = - 15 (b) x1 = - 5, x2 = 3
(c) x1 = 4.5, x2 = - 2.5 (d) None of these

12. The sum of the areas of two circles which touch each other externally is 153?. If the sum of their radii is 15, find the ratio of the larger to the smaller radius.

(a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) None of these

13. If m and n are integers divisible by 5, which of the following is not necessarily true?

(a) m - n is divisible by 5. (b) m2 - n2 is divisible by 25.
(c) m + n is divisible by 10 (d) None of the above.

14. Which of the following is true?

(a) 7³² = (73)² (b) 7³² > (73)2 (c) 7³² < (73)2 (d) None of these

15. A man earns x% on the first 2000 rupees and y% on the rest of his income. If he earns Rs
700 from Rs 4000 and Rs 900 from Rs 5000 of income, find x.

(a) 20 (b) 15 (c) 35 (d) None of these

Answers
1. (c) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (c) 6. (d) 7. (c) 8. (a) 9. (d) 10. (b) 11. (a) 12. (a) 13. (c) 14. (b) 15. (b)

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