EXERCISE – II
PART – 1 PREVIOUS YEAR NSEJS PROBLEMS
i. The sum of all natural numbers less than 400 which are NOT divisible by 6, is : [NSEJS-2009]
(A) 13266 (B) 66534 (C) 79800 (D) 93066
b +c −a c + a −b a +b−c
ii. If , and are in A.P. and a + b + c # 0, then [NSEJS-2011]
a b c
2ac 2ac a+c
(A) b = (B) b = (C) b = (D) b = ac
a−c a+c 2
iii. If a2 + b2 + c2 + d2 = 25, out of the following statement the correct one is [NSEJS-2011]
(A) ab + bc + cd + da ≤ 25 (B) ab + bc + cd + da ≥ 25
25 25
(C) ab + bc + cd + da ≤ (D) ab + bc + cd + da ≥
2 2
iv. In a school, the average score of all 1400 students at an examination was found to be 69.5 the average score
of boys in the school was 68 and that of girls was 72. Hence, the number of boys and the number of girls
respectively are [NSEJS-2011]
(A) 680 and 720 (B) 720 and 680 (C) 875 and 525 (D) 800 and 600
2 2 2 2 2
v. Find the value + + + + ........ + [NSEJS-2012]
15 35 63 99 9999
(A) 8/33 (B)2/11 (C) 98/303 (D) 222/909
1 1 1
vi. x + y + z = 1 ; x ≠ z ; x, y, z are real number and + + = m . How many of he following values of m
x y z
are always possible. [NSEJS-2012]
(i) m = 6 (ii) m = 8 (iii) m = 10 (iv) m = 12
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) all
1 1 1 1 1 1 1
vii. The sum 1 − + − + − + ........ − + equals [NSEJS-2013]
2 3 4 5 6 2012 2013
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
(A) + + + ........ + (B) + + + ........ +
1006 1007 1008 2013 1007 1008 1009 2013
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
(C) + + + ........ + (D) + + + ........ +
1006 1007 1008 2012 1007 1008 1009 2012
viii. The houses of a row are numbered consecutively from 1 to 49. Find the value of x such that the sum of the
numbers of houses preceding the house numbered x is equal to the sum of the numbers of the houses
following it. [NSEJS-2014]
(A) 25 (B) 35 (C) 37 (D) No such value exists
ix. Along a road lie an odd number of stones placed at intervals of 10 metre. These stones have to be
assembled around the middle stone. A person can carry only one stone at a time. If a man starts from one of
the end stones, and by carrying them in succession he covers 3 km to pile all stones at the centre. The
number of stones is then : [NSEJS-2014]
(A) 12 (B) 15 (C) 30 (D) 25
x. A number is said to be triangular number if it is the sum of consecutive numbers beginning with 1. Which
one of the following is not a triangular number : [NSEJS-2014]
(A) 1431 (B) 190 (C) 28 (D) 506
xi. There are ten numbers in a certain A.P. The sum of first three terms is 321. The sum of last three numbers
is 405. Find the sum of all the tern numbers. [NSEJS-2015]
(A) 1165 (B) 1210 (C) 1221 (D) 1252
xii. The sum of first four terms of an A.P is 56. The sum of last four terms of same A.P is 112. The first term of
the A.P is 11. Find the number of terms in that A.P. [NSEJS-2015]
(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 11 (D) 13
3 3 3 3 3
xiii. + + + + ........ + =? [NSEJS-2015]
4 28 70 130 9700
(A) 0.97 (B) 0.99 (C) 1 (D) 1.03
xiv. What is the sum of all three digit even numbers divisible by seventeen? [NSEJS-2015]
(A) 18846 (B) 18684 (C) 14688 (D) 16848
xv. If a, b > 0 then [NSEJS-2016]
(A) a + b ab (B) a + b ab
(C) a + b 2ab (D) None of the above inequalities will hold
1 1
xvi. If for x, y > 0 we have + = 2 then the minimum value of xy is [NSEJS-2016]
x y
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 4 (D) 2
xvii. What is the sum of all odd numbers between 500 and 600? [NSEJS-2017]
(A) 26000 (B) 27000 (C) 27500 (D) 29500
1 1 1 1 1 1
xviii. 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + ..... + 1 = __________ . [NSEJS-2017]
2 6 12 20 30 380
(A) 20.25 (B) 20.04 (C) 19.95 (D) 19.85
xix. The mean of the following frequency distribution is __________. [NSEJS-2017]
Class interval
Frequency
(A) 25 (B) 28 (C) 30 (D) 32
xx. Let Tk denote the k-th term of an arithmetic progression. Suppose there are positive integers m ≠ n such that
Tm = 1/n and Tn = 1/m. Then Tmn equals – [NSEJS-2018]
1 1 1
(A) (B) + (C) 1 (D) 0
mn m n
xxi. For a regular k-sided polygon, let a(k) denotes its interior angle. Suppose n > 4 is such that a(n-2), a(n),
a(n+3) forms an arithmetic progression. The sum of digits of n is – [NSEJS-2018]
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5
xxii. The sum of 5 numbers in geometric progression is 24. The sum of their reciprocals is 6. The product of the
terms of the geometric progression is a [NSEJS-2018]
(A) 36 (B) 32 (C) 24 (D) 18
xxiii. The integer closest to 111...1 − 222...2 , where there are 2018 ones and 1009 twos, is
[NSEJS-2018]
101009 − 1 101009 − 1 102018 − 1 102018 − 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 9 3 9
xxiv. The solution of the equation 1+ 4 + 7 + ..... + x = 925 is [NSEJS - 2019]
(A) 73 (B) 76 (C) 70 (D) 74
PART – II PREVIOUS YEAR KVPY PROBLEMS
i. The number of positive integers n in the set {1, 2, 3, ........., 100} for which the number
12 + 22 + 32 + ..... + n 2
is an integer is [KVPY-2010]
1 + 2 + 3 + ..... + n
(A) 33 (B) 34 (C) 50 (D) 100
22 + 1 32 + 1 42 + 1 (2011) 2 + 1
ii. The expression + + +……+ [KVPY-2011]
22 − 1 32 − 1 42 − 1 (2011)2 − 1
lies in the interval
1 1 1
(A) 2010,2010 (B) 2011 − ,2011 −
2 2011 2012
1 1
(C) 2011, 2011 (D) 2012,2012
2 2
22 + 42 + 62 + ... + (2 n) 2
iii. For to exceed 1.01, the maximum value of n is [KVPY-2012]
12 + 32 + 52 + ... + (2 n − 1) 2
(A) 99 (B) 100 (C) 101 (D) 150
iv. Let x, y, z be three non-negative integers such that x + y + z = 10. The maximum possible value of xyz
+ xy + yz + zx is [KVPY-2013]
(A) 52 (B) 64 (C) 69 (D) 73
v. Let a, b, c, d, e be natural numbers in an arithmetic progression such that a + b + c + d + e is the cube of an
integer and b + c + d is square of an integer. The least possible value of the number of digits of c is
[KVPY-2013]
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5
1947
2
1
vi. The value of is equal to [KVPY-2014]
n =0
n
+ 21947
487 1946 1947 1948
(A) (B) (C) (D)
1945 1947 1947
2 2 2 21947
vii. If n is the smallest natural number such that n + 2n + 3n + ... + 99n is a perfect square, then the number of
digits of n2 is [KVPY-2015]
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) more than 3
viii. The average incomes of the people in two villages are P and Q, respectively. Assume that P ≠ Q. A person
moves from the first village to the second village. The new average incomes are P' and Q' respectively.
Which of the following is not possible? [KVPY-2015]
(A) P' > P and Q' > Q (B) P' > P and Q' < Q (C) P' = P and Q' = Q (D) P' < P and Q' < Q
ix. Suppose the quadratic polynomial P(x) = ax2 + bx + c has positive coefficients a, b, c in arithmetic
progression in that order. If P(x) = 0 has integer roots and . Then, + + is equal to [KVPY-2016]
(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 7 (D) 14
x. Let A, G and H be the arithmetic mean, geometric mean and harmonic mean, respectively of two distinct
positive real numbers. If a is the smallest of the two roots of the equation A(G – H)x2 + G(H – A) x + H
(A – G) = 0 then, [KVPY-2017]
(A) – 2 < a < – 1 (B) 0 < a < 1 (C) –1 < a < 0 (D) 1 < a < 2
xi. Let n ≥ 4 be a positive integer and let l1, l2, …, ln be the lengths of the sides of arbitrary n sided non-
l l l l
degenerate polygon P. Suppose 1 + 2 + ... + n −1 + n = n [KVPY-2017]
l2 l3 ln l1
Consider the following statements :
I. The lengths of the sides of P are equal.
II. The angles of P are equal.
III. P is a regular polygon if it is cyclic.
Then,
(A) I is true and I implies II (B) II is true
(C) III is false (D) I and III are true
xii. In a Mathematics test, the average marks of boys is x% and the average marks of girls is y% with x ≠ y. If
the average marks of all students is z%, the ratio of the number of girls to the total number of students is
[KVPY-2017]
z−x z−y z+ y z+x
(A) (B) (C) (D)
y−x y−x y−x y−x
xiii. Suppose the sum of the first m terms of an arithmetic progression is n and the sum of its first n terms is m,
where m ≠ n. Then, the sum of the first (m + n) terms of the arithmetic progression is [KVPY-2018]
(A) 1 – mn (B) mn – 5 (C) – (m + n) (D) m + n
xiv. The median of all 4-digit numbers that are divisible by 7 is [KVPY-2018]
(A) 5797 (B) 5498.5 (C) 5499.5 (D) 5490
xv. A 100 mark examination was administered to a class of 50 students. Despite only integer marks being
given, the average score of the class was 47.5. Then, the maximum number of students who could get
marks more than the class average is [KVPY-2018]
(A) 25 (B) 35 (C) 45 (D) 49
xvi. Let an , n 1, be an arithmetic progression with first term 2 and common difference 4. Let M n be the
10
average of the first n terms. Then the sum M
n =1
n is [KVPY – 2019]
(A) 110 (B) 335 (C) 770 (D) 1100
xvii. The number of three digit number abc such that the arithmetic mean of b and c the square of their
geometric mean are equal is [KVPY – 2019]
(A) 9 (B) 18 (C) 36 (D) 54
xviii. Let N be the set of positive integers. For all n N , let
fn = (n + 1)1/3 − n1/3
and
1
A = n N : f n +1 fn
3(n + 1) 2/3
Then
[KVPY – 2019]
(A) A = N
(B) A is a finite set
(C) the complement of A in N is nonempty, but finite
(D) A and its complement in N are both infinite
PART – III PREVIOUS YEAR PRMO PROBLEMS
n 99
S
1 1
i. Let Sn = , What is the value of ? [PRE-RMO – 2013]
k =0 k +1 + k n =1 n + S n −1
ii. The First term of a sequence is 2014. Each succeeding term is the sum of the cubes of the digits of the
previous term. What is the 2014th term of the sequence ? [PRE-RMO – 2014]
iii. Let u, w be real numbers is geometric progression such that u > v > w. Suppose u 40 = vn = w60. Find the
value of n. [PRE-RMO – 2017]
iv. Integers 1, 2, 3, ......n where n > 2 are written on a board. Two numbers m, k (such that< m < n, l < k < n)
are removed and the average of the remaining numbers is found to be 17. What is the maximum sun of the
two removed numbers ? [PRE-RMO – 2017]
v. Five distinct 2-digit numbers are in a geometric progression. Find the middle term. [PRE-RMO – 2017]
vi. What is the value of
1i j 10
(i + j) −
1i j10
(i+ j) ? [PRE-RMO – 2018]
i + j = odd i + j = even
vii. Let N = 6 + 66 + 666 + ….. + 666….66, where there are hundred 6’s in the last term in the sum. How many
times does the digit 7 occur in the number N ? [PRE-RMO – 2018]
a2 b2 c2
viii. What is the largest positive integer n such that + + n(a + b+ c) holds for all
b c c a a b
+ + +
29 31 29 31 29 31
positive real numbers a, b, c. [PRE-RMO – 2018]
n =1
1599 1
ix. What is the greatest integer not exceeding the sum [PRE-RMO – 2019]
n
x. Let and form the sequence an , n 2 by an = 100an −1 + 134. The first few terms are
24, 2534, 253534, 25353534, ……..
What is the least value of n for which an is divisible by 99? [PRE-RMO – 2019]
ANSWER KEY
PART – 1 PREVIOUS YEAR NSEJS PROBLEMS
Ques. i ii iii iv v vi vii viii ix x xi xii xiii xiv xv xvi xvii xviii xix xx
Ans. B B A C C B B B D D B C B C B B C C C C
Ques. xxi xxii xxiii xxiv
Ans. B B A A
PART – II PREVIOUS YEAR KVPY PROBLEMS
Ques. i ii iii iv v vi vii viii ix x xi xii xiii xiv xv xvi xvii xviii
Ans. B C D C B A C C C B D A C B D A B A
PART – III PREVIOUS YEAR PRMO PROBLEMS
Ques. i ii iii iv v vi vii viii ix x
Ans. 9 370 48 51 36 55 33 14 78 88
