Q1:

Logarithms

Medium

If log⁡(x2)y+log⁡(y2)x=1\log _{\left(x^{2}\right)} y+\log _{\left(y^{2}\right)} x=1 and y=x2−30y=x^{2}-30, then the value of x2+y2x^{2}+y^{2} is ___________.

Q3:

Time, Speed & Distance

Easy

When Geeta increases her speed from 1212 km/hr to 2020 km/hr, she takes one hour less than the usual time to cover the distance between her home and office. The distance between her home and office is ___________ km.

Q4:

Permutation & Combination

Easy

The number of triangles that can be formed by choosing points from 7 points on a line and 5 points on another parallel line is _________.

Q5:

Profit & Loss

Medium

Aruna purchases a certain number of apples for INR 20 each and a certain number of mangoes for INR 25 each. If she sells all the apples at 10%10 \% profit and all the mangoes at 20%20 \% loss, overall she makes neither profit nor loss. Instead, if she sells all the apples at 20%20 \% loss and all the mangoes at 10%10 \% profit, overall she makes a loss of INR 150. Then the number of apples purchased by Aruna is _________.

Q6:

Modulus

Medium

Given that f(x)=∣x∣+2∣x−1∣+∣x−2∣+∣x−4∣+∣x−6∣+2∣x−10∣,x∈(−∞,∞)f(x)=|x|+2|x-1|+|x-2|+|x-4|+|x-6|+2|x-10|, x \in(-\infty, \infty) the minimum value of f(x)f(x) is _________.

Q7:

Matrices & Determinants

Medium

If A=[100001010]A=\left[\begin{array}{lll}1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 \\ 0 & 1 & 0\end{array}\right], then the absolute value of the determinant of (A9+A6+A3+A)\left(A^{9}+A^{6}+A^{3}+A\right) is __________.

Q9:

Progression & Series

Medium

A new sequence is obtained from the sequence of positive integers (1,2,3,…)(1,2,3, \ldots) by deleting all the perfect squares. Then the 2022nd 2022^{\text {nd }} term of the new sequence is ________.

Q10:

Trigonometry

Hard

If sin⁡α+sin⁡β=23\sin \alpha+\sin \beta=\frac{\sqrt{2}}{\sqrt{3}} and cos⁡α+cos⁡β=13\cos \alpha+\cos \beta=\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}, then the value of (20cos⁡(α−β2))2\left(20 \cos \left(\frac{\alpha-\beta}{2}\right)\right)^{2} is _________.

Q11:

Progression & Series

Medium

The 3rd ,14th 3^{\text {rd }}, 14^{\text {th }} and 69th 69^{\text {th }} terms of an arithmetic progression form three distinct and consecutive terms of a geometric progression. If the next term of the geometric progression is the nth n^{\text {th }} term of the arithmetic progression, then nn equals ________.

Q12:

Set Theory

Easy

Let P(X)P(X) denote power set of a set XX. If AA is the null set, then the number of elements in P(P(P(P(A))))P(P(P(P(A)))) is _________.

Q13:

Progression & Series

Medium

The numbers −16,2x+3−22x−1−16,22x−1+16-16,2^{x+3}-2^{2 x-1}-16,2^{2 x-1}+16 are in an arithmetic progression. Then xx equals ________.

Q14:

Permutation & Combination

Medium

Mrs and Mr Sharma, and Mrs and Mr Ahuja along with four other persons are to be seated at a round table for dinner. If Mrs and Mr Sharma are to be seated next to each other, and Mrs and Mr Ahuja are not to be seated next to each other, then the total number of seating arrangements is _________.

Q15:

Mean, Median & Mode

Medium

Let 50 distinct positive integers be chosen such that the highest among them is 100, and the average of the largest 25 integers among them exceeds the average of the remaining integers by 50. Then the maximum possible value of the sum of all the 50 integers is _________.

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