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NUMBER SYSTEMS TEST

Total Number of Questions: 15
Total Time = 20 mins
Marking Scheme:
A correct answer fetches you +4 marks and a
wrong answer will lead to a deduction of 1 mark.
No marks will be added or deducted for un-
attempted questions.

1) What is the remainder when P2 is divided by

12, where P is a prime number?
A: P is form of 4k+3 where k is positive
B: P is form 2k-1, where k is integer greater
than 1
(1) A alone but not B

(2) B alone but not A

(3) Both A and B

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(4) Neither A nor B

2)There is a 5 digit natural number N1 = abcde

whose digits a, b, c, d and e are in an
arithmetic progression and there is another 4
digit number N2 = ABCD whose digits A, B, C,
D are in a geometric progression.
Which of the following statements is invalid?
(1) Sum of digits of N2 is 15

(2) N1 has 12 possible values

(3) N1 + N2 has 24 possible values

(4) N1 is never divisible by 4

(5) None of these

3) A is the set of first 40 natural numbers. B is a

subset of A such that there exist at least 2
pairs of elements in B whose difference is 12. If
n is the number of elements in B, then which of
the following is correct?
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1)N≥14
2) n≥24
3) n≥26
4) n≥28
5)n≥30

4) A rod of length ‘L’ cm is broken into two parts

of lengths L1 cm and L2 cm, where L1 = 2a ×
3b and L2 = 3a × 2b. If the mid-point of the
rod is at a distance of 90 cm from the ends,
then find the value of L1 × L2 (Here, a and b
are positive integers).

(i) 7776 (ii) 8176 (iii) 8076 (iv) 7716

(v) Data insufficient

5)Let P be a natural number that leaves a

remainder 3, when divided by 7 and let Q be
another natural number that leaves a
remainder 1, when divided by 5. How many
ordered pairs (P, Q) exist such that the
difference between P and Q is greater than 177
and the sum of P and Q is less than 203?

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(1) 12
(2) 14
(3) 16
(4) 10
(5) 20

6) Nangru is standing on a point X such that the

point X lies on the first quadrant of a Cartesian
Co-ordinate system. After travelling to five
different points in the first quadrant, he came
back to the point X. The ‘x’ and ‘y’ co-ordinates
of each point to which he traveled is a prime
number. What is the minimum possible area of
the region enclosed by Nangru? Assume that
during the course of his travel he neither
retraced nor crossed the path through which he
has already traveled once. Also, the distance
between the two consecutive points which he
had traveled
is an integer.

(1) 3 square units

(2) 4.5 square units
(3) 2 square units
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(4) 5.5 square units

(5) 4 square units

7)Find the digit sum of the number

(ab3cdefghi1)43, where a, b…. h and i are nine
distinct single digit natural numbers. (Digit sum
of 926 = 9 + 2 + 6 = 17 = 1 + 7 = 8).

(1) 8
(2) 2
(3) 4
(4) 7
(5) 5

8) How many integers exist such that not only are

they multiples of 20082008 but also are factors
of 20082020?

(1) 12
(2) 481
(3) 587
(4) 200812
(5) 637

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9)A number when divided by 100 leaves a

quotient (Q) and a remainder (R). How many
three-digit
natural numbers are there such that Q + R is
divisible by 11?

(1) 9
(2) 99
(3) 80
(4) 81
(5) 90

10)The HCF of (n + 3) and (7n + 48) is ‘k’, where

‘n’ is a natural number. How many values of ‘k’
are possible?

(1) 4
(2) 5
(3) 1
(4) 2
(5) 3

11)How many three-digit numbers are there such

that no two adjacent digits of the number are
consecutive?

(1) 592
(2) 516
(3) 552

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(4) 600
(5) 596

12)How many natural numbers ‘k’ exist such that

(2k + 3) divides (24k2 + 201)?

(1) 4
(2) 0
(3) 6
(4) 7
(5) 8

13)There are 5 distinct real numbers. All triplets

are selected and the numbers are added. The
different sums that are generated are: (– 8, 1,
3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 16, 19 and 23). The smallest
number among the 5 numbers is
(1) – 10
(2) – 9
(3) – 8
(4) – 7
(5) – 6

14)In base 7: when a four digit number ‘abcd’ is

added to a positive integer ‘x’ resultant
number is another four digit number ‘dcba’
where a, b, c and d are distinct integers. The
maximum possible value of ‘x’ is

(1) 3006

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(2) 5412
(3) 5502
(4) 4323
(5) 2920

15)What is the remainder when n! + (n! + 1) +

(n! – 2) + (n! + 3) ..... + (n! – 2006) is divided
by 1003 for n = 1003?

(1) 1
(2) 0
(3) 2006
(4) 2005
(5) None of these

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