CDS Exam (II)- 2016 - Elementary Mathematics Defence Question Paper

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CDS Exam (II)- 2016 - Elementary Mathematics

CDS Exam (II)- 2016 - Elementary Mathematics Defence Questions

41.
The area of four walls of a room is 120 \( m^{2} \). The length of the room is twice its breadth. If the height of the room is 4 m, what is area of the floor?
A.
40 \( m^{2} \)
B.
50 \( m^{2} \)
C.
60 \( m^{2} \)
D.
80 \( m^{2} \)
ANSWER :
B. 50 \( m^{2} \)
42.
If a square of side \( x \) and an equilateral triangle of side \( y \) are inscribed in a circle, then what is the ratio of \( x \) to \( y \)?
A.
\( \sqrt{\frac{2}{3}} \)
B.
\( \sqrt{\frac{3}{2}} \)
C.
\( \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \)
D.
\( \sqrt{2} \)
ANSWER :
A. \( \sqrt{\frac{2}{3}} \)
43.
The ratio of the curved surface area to the total surface area of a right circular cylinder is 1 : 2. If the total surface area is 616 \( cm^{2} \), what is the volume of the cylinder?
A.
539 \( cm^{3} \)
B.
616 \( cm^{3} \)
C.
1078 \( cm^{3} \)
D.
1232 \( cm^{3} \)
ANSWER :
C. 1078 \( cm^{3} \)
44.
A cubic metre of copper weighing 9000 kg is rolled into a square bar 9 m long. An exact cube is cut off from the bar. How much does the cube weigh?
A.
1000 kg
B.
\( \frac{1000}{3} \) kg
C.
300 kg
D.
\( \frac{500}{3} \) kg
ANSWER :
B. \( \frac{1000}{3} \) kg
45.
Into a conical tent of radius 8.4 m and vertical height 3.5 m, how many full bags of wheat can be emptied, if space required for the wheat in each bag is 1.96 \( m^{3} \)?
A.
264
B.
201
C.
132
D.
105
ANSWER :
C. 132
46.
Let ABC be a right angled triangle with BC = 5 cm and AC = 12 cm. Let D be a point on the hypotenuse AB such that \( \angle BCD = 30^{\circ} \). What is length of CD?
A.
\( \frac{60}{13} \) cm
B.
\( \frac{17}{5} \) cm
C.
\( \frac{120}{5\sqrt{3} + 12} \) cm
D.
\( \frac{120}{5 + 12\sqrt{3}} \) cm
ANSWER :
D. \( \frac{120}{5 + 12\sqrt{3}} \) cm
47.
Two circles touch externally and sum of their areas is \( 130\pi \) \( cm^{2} \) and the distance between their centres is 14 cm. What is the difference in the radii of the circles?
A.
5 cm
B.
6 cm
C.
7 cm
D.
8 cm
ANSWER :
D. 8 cm
48.
In a circle of radius 3 units, a diameter AB intersects a chord of length 2 units perpendicularly at P. If AP > BP, then what is the ratio of AP to BP?
A.
\( (3 + \sqrt{10}) : (3 - \sqrt{10}) \)
B.
\( (3 + \sqrt{8}) : (3 - \sqrt{8}) \)
C.
\( (3 + \sqrt{3}) : (3 - \sqrt{3}) \)
D.
\( 3 : \sqrt{3} \)
ANSWER :
B. \( (3 + \sqrt{8}) : (3 - \sqrt{8}) \)
49.
What is the number of rounds that a wheel of diameter \( \frac{7}{11} \) m will make in traversing 7 km?
A.
3300
B.
3500
C.
4400
D.
4900
ANSWER :
B. 3500
50.
A building is in the form of a cylinder surmounted by a hemispherical dome on the diameter of the cylinder. The height of the building is three times the radius of the base of the cylinder. The building contains \( 67\frac{1}{21} \) \( m^{3} \) of air. What is the height of the building?
A.
6 m
B.
4 m
C.
3 m
D.
2 m
ANSWER :
A. 6 m