NMTC - Screening Test – KAPREKAR Contest - 2025

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Part 1

Problem 1

\(A B\) is a straight road of length 400 metres. From \(A\), Samrud runs at a speed of \(6 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}\) towards \(B\) and at the same time Saket starts from \(B\) and runs towards \(A\) at a speed of \(5 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}\). After reaching their destinations, they return with the same speeds. They repeat it again and again. How many times do they meet each other in 15 minutes?

A) 25
B) 23
C) 24
D) 20

Problem 2

In the adjoining figure, the measure of the angle \(x\) is

A) \(84^{\circ}\)
B) \(44^{\circ}\)
C) \(64^{\circ}\)
D) \(54^{\circ}\)

Problem 3

The value of \(x\) which satisfies \(\frac{1}{x+a}+\frac{1}{x+b}=\frac{1}{x+a+b}+\frac{1}{x}\) is

A) \(\frac{a+b}{2}\)
B) \(\frac{a-b}{2}\)
C) \(\frac{b-a}{2}\)
D) \(\frac{-(a+b)}{2}\)

Problem 4

Two sides of an isosceles triangle are 23 cm and 17 cm respectively. The perimeter of the triangle (in cm ) is

A) 63
В) 57
C) 63 or 57
D) 40

Problem 5

\(A B C D E\) is a pentagon with \(\angle B=90^{\circ}\) and \(\angle E=150^{\circ}\).
If \(\angle C+\angle D=180^{\circ}\) and \(\angle A+\angle D=180^{\circ}\), then the external angle \(\angle D\) is

A) \(120^{\circ}\)
B) \(110^{\circ}\)
C) \(105^{\circ}\)
D) \(115^{\circ}\)

Problem 6

The unit's digit of the product \(3^{2025} \times 7^{2024}\) is

A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 6

Problem 7

The smallest positive integer \(n\) for which \(18900 \times n\) is a perfect cube is

A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 6

Problem 8

Two numbers \(a\) and \(b\) are respectively \(20 \%\) and \(50 \%\) more of a third number \(c\). The percentage of \(a\) to \(b\) is

A) 120 %
В) 80 %
C) 75 %
D) 110 %

Problem 9

If \(a+b=2, \frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}=18\), then \(a^3+b^3\) lies between

A) 7 and 8
B) 6 and 7
C) 8 and 9
D) 5 and 6

Problem 10

If \(\sqrt{12+\sqrt[3]{x}}=\frac{7}{2}\) and \(x=\frac{p}{q^{\prime}}, p, \mathrm{q}\) are natural numbers with G.C.D. \((p, q)=1\), then \(p+q\) is

A) 65
В) 56
C) 45
D) 54

Problem 11

The smallest number of 4-digits leaving a remainder 1 when divided by 2 or

A) 5 as its unit digit
B) Only one zero as one of the digits
C) Exactly two zeroes as its digits
D) 7 as its unit digit

Problem 12

If \(a: b=2: 3, b: c=4: 5\) and \(a+c=736\), then the value of \(b\) is

A) 392
B) 378
C) 384
D) 386

Problem 13

In the given figure,

\[
\begin{aligned}
& \angle B=110^{\circ} ; \quad \angle C=80^{\circ} ; \
& \angle F=120^{\circ} ; \quad \angle A D C=30^{\circ} \
& 2 \angle D G F=\angle D E F .
\end{aligned}
\]

The measure of \(\angle B H F\) is

A) \(115^{\circ}\)
B) \(135^{\circ}\)
C) \(100^{\circ}\)
D) \(130^{\circ}\)

Problem 14

If \(\frac{1}{b+c}+\frac{1}{c+a}=\frac{2}{a+b}\), then the value of \(\frac{a^2+b^2}{c^2}\) is

A) 2
B) 1
C) 1 / 2
D) 3

Problem 15

If 3 men or 4 women can do a job in 43 days, the number of days the same job is done by 7 men and 5 women is

A) 12
B) 10
C) 11
D) 13

Part B

Problem 16

The expression \(49(a+b)^2-46(a-b)^2\) is factorized into \((l a+m b)(n a+p b)\), then the numerical value of \((l+m+n+p)\) is _________________

Problem 17

The integer part of the solution of the equation in \(x\), \(\frac{1}{3}(x-3)-\frac{1}{4}(x-8)=\frac{1}{5}(x-5)\) is ______________

Problem 18

In the adjoining figure, \(A B C\) is a triangle in which \(\angle B A C=100^{\circ}\), \(\angle A C B=30^{\circ}\). An equilateral triangle, a square and a regular hexagon are drawn as shown in the figure. The measure (in degrees) of \((x+y+z)\) is ____________

Problem 19

The mean of 5 numbers is 105 . The first number is \(\frac{2}{5}\) times the sum of the other 4 numbers. The first number is ____________

Problem 20

\(P Q R S\) is a square. The sides \(P Q\) and \(R S\) are increased by 30 % each and the sides \(Q R\) and \(P S\) are increased by 20 % each. The area of the quadrilateral thus obtained exceeds the area of the square by ___________ %.

Problem 21

If \(x^2+(2+\sqrt{3}) x-1=0\) and \(x^2+\frac{1}{x^2}=a+b \sqrt{c}\), then \((a+b+c)\) is _____________

Problem 22

In the given figure, \(A B C D\) is a rectangle.

The measure of angle \(x\) is _________________ degrees.

Problem 23

The sum of all positive integers \(m, n\) which satisfy \(m^2+2 m n+n=44\) is __________________

Problem 24

Given \(a=2025, b=2024\), the numerical value of \(\left(a+b-\frac{4 a b}{a+b}\right) \div\left(\frac{a}{a+b}-\frac{b}{b-a}+\frac{2 a b}{b^2-a^2}\right)\) is _________________

Problem 25

In the sequence \(0,7,26,63,124, \ldots \ldots \ldots\) the \(6^{\text {th }}\) term is _____________

Problem 26

\[
\text { If } A=\sqrt{281+\sqrt{53+\sqrt{112+\sqrt{81}}}}, B=\sqrt{92+\sqrt{55+\sqrt{75+\sqrt{36}}}}
\]

then \(A-B\) is _______________________

Problem 27

The average of the numbers \(a, b, c, d\) is \((b+4)\). The average of pairs \((a, b),(b, c)\) and \((c, a)\) are respectively 16,26 and 25 . Then the average of \(d\) and 67 is ___________________

Problem 28

\(A B C\) is a quadrant of a circle of radius 10 cm . Two semicircles are drawn as in the figure.

The area of the shaded portion is \(k \pi\), where \(k\) is a positive integer.

The value of \(k\) is __________________

Problem 29

In the figure, \(A B C\) and \(P Q R\) are two triangles such that \(\angle \mathrm{A}: \angle \mathrm{B}: \angle \mathrm{C}=5: 6: 7\) and \(\angle P R Q=\angle B\). \(P S\) makes an angle \(\frac{\angle P}{3}\) with \(P Q\) and \(R S\) makes an angle \(\frac{\angle S R T}{5}\) with \(R Q\). Then the measure of \(\angle S\) is ______________________

Problem 30

In a two-digit positive integer, the units digit is one less than the tens digit. The product of one less than the units digit and one more than the tens digit is 40. The number of such two-digit integers is _______________

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