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son, struggling to get his hands near Chhotomama’s
60 toes. “You must not stop me.” This was half a token As used in lines 37 and 40, “air” most nearly means
4 5 M I N U T E S , 3
gesture towards modesty, and half towards the old,1 Q U E S T I O N SA) atmosphere.
“traditional” India—Gandhi’s India of ceremony and
custom. B) absence.
Turn to Section 4 of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section.
Sandeep, meanwhile, had come to the conclusion C) demeanor.
65 that the grown-ups were mad, each after his or her D) melody.
own fashion. Simple situations were turned into
complex, dramatic ones; not until then did everyone
feel important and happy.
For Will they
questions 1-27,never
solvegrow
eachup?
problem, choose 4 the best answer from the choices
thought Sandeep provided,
irately. Heand
glanced around him. A For questions
70
fill in the corresponding
single blue, fluorescent tube was burning on the wall.
circle on your
Theanswer sheet.behavior
characters’ during28-31,
the gift giving
solve the problem and enter your answer in the grid on the
mainly answer
serves to sheet. Please refer to
It was not a big room. Despite its bareness, the
the directions before question 31 on how to enter your answers in the grid. You may use
impression it gave was of austerity rather than
any available
poverty. It made one rememberspace
that in your test
poverty booklet for scratchA)
meant
emphasize the lavish value of the gift.
work.
displacement as well as lack, while austerity meant B) inflate the significance of the gesture.
75 being poor in a rooted way, within a tradition and C) convey indifference toward the gift.
culture of sparseness, which transformed even the
1. The use of a calculator is permitted. D) stress the need for polite behavior.
lack, the paucity, into a kind of being.
2. All variables and expressions used represent real numbers unless otherwise indicated.
3. Figures provided in this test are drawn to scale
5 unless otherwise indicated.
1
4. All figures lie in a plane unless otherwise indicated.
Which choice provides the best evidence for the
According to the passage, the old man was standing to the
5. Unless otherwise indicated, the domain of a given answer
function f isprevious question?
the set of all real numbers x for
on the verandah because
which f(x) is a real number. A) Lines 43-44 (“It was . . . yoghurt”)
A) he was watching cars travel down the road.
B) Lines 44-46 (“they . . . unencountered”)
B) the two boys had reported the visitors would
soon arrive. C) Lines 52-54 (“Oh no . . . all this”)

C) he had heard what he believed to be the D) Lines 58-60 (“I have . . . stop me”)

visitors’ car.
r c 2x 60° s 45° s√2
h b x
D) he enjoyed listening to the quiet sounds w of 6 30° 45°
the evening. s
b a
The description of Chhotomama x√3 and the son’s
A = pr 2 A = w 1
A = bh interaction
2
c =a +b 2 mainly
2 serves to
Special Right Triangles
2
2 C = 2pr A) show how the characters diverge in their
In the passage, the yoghurt and sweetmeats are approaches to cultural practices.
compared to a r B) emphasize the characters’ complex relationship.
h r h h
A) jewel. h C) stress the characters’ misinterpretations of
w r w
B) cuisine.  Indian history.

D) 4depict how the characters
1 created gestures that
C) wedding gift. V = wh V = pr 2h pr 3 routine.
V = became V = pr 2h V = 1 wh
D) generous donation. 3 3 3
The number of degrees of arc in a circle is 360.
The number of radians of arc in a circle is 2p.
The sum of the measures in degrees of the angles of a triangle is 180.

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Which of the following
Turn tostatements
Section 1correctly
of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section.
compares the means of data set A and data set B?

A. The mean of each data set is 2.

B. The mean of each data set is 4.
C. The mean of data
Eachset A is less
passage or than the
pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading
mean of data set B.
each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or
D. The mean of data set A
implied in isthe
greater than
passage orthe
passages and in anyOf
accompanying graphics
the students who (such asa asummer
completed table orinternship
mean of data set B.
graph). in 2010, which of the following represents the
fraction of students who were from Valley High
School?
Questions 1-10 are based on the following old man’s listening ear, and to his wife’s ear, even
A. 10/140
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passage. when the car was relatively far away and beyond their
B. 65/140
This passage is adapted from Amit Chaudhuri, A Strange and
range of vision. They had pondered over the sound,
C. 75/140
30 and finally, he had lit the lantern and shuffled out.
D. 65/75
2 Sublime Address. ©1991 by Amit Chaudhuri. A ten-year-old
boy named Sandeep travels with his mother, his aunt “I told her,” he said, referring to his wife. “I told her
2, 2, 2,(Chhotomama)
(Mamima), and his uncle 3, 4, 4, 11 to visit family in 4 that I heard the car, I knew it was the car, I told her
Calcutta, India. you were coming.”
What is the median of the seven data values shown? Once they were inside, Mamima gave the pot of
Two boys were playing carrom on the steps of a 35 yoghurt and the pot of sweetmeats to the old
small,
A. 2 painted shed which had the following words lady. “There was no need,” she said. “Oh really,” she
on
B. its
3 wall in large, black letters: NATIONAL said. “This is too much,” she insisted, with the air of
Line ASSOCIATION
C. 4 OF SPORTSMEN. A single one who has just received the Kohinoor diamond as
5 table-tennis table inside the shed could be glimpsed
D. 9 a birthday present. “Come, come, come,” said
through the window. The boys interrupted their 40 Chhotomama, with the air of someone who has just
game to give Chhotomama directions to the house given the Kohinoor diamond as a birthday present,
in a series of sporadic, enthusiastic gestures. Oh yes, and refuses to be overawed by his own generosity.
they knew the old couple. And yes, their son and “It’s nothing.” It was nothing, of course, only
10 daughter-in-law had arrived last night with their Ganguram’s sweets and yoghurt, but they fussed and
first child. The line graph above displays information about the
45 fussed and created the illusion that it was something,
“Is it a girl or a boy?” asked Mamima, rolling number of highunique
something schoolandstudents
untastedwhoand
completed
unencountered.
down the window. summer The son and the daughter-in-lawthrough
internships for the years 2008 emerged 2012.
shyly
“A girl,” said the boy. What does the graph represent?
from the anteroom. They both stooped gently to
15 Mamima rolled up her window before the
mosquitoes came in. The two boys vanished behind A.touch Chhotomama’s
The number feet,from
of students and Foothill
Sandeep’s aunt’s and
High
50 his mother’s feet, a traditional greeting and a mark of
them. When they reached the house, they found that School who completed summer internships
obeisance towards one’s elders.
the old man was waiting on the verandah with a B. The“Ohnumber
no no of students
no,” from Valley High
said Chhotomama, School
struggling to
lantern in his hand. Moths were shuddering round who completed summer internships
keep the son’s hand away from his feet. “There’s no
20 and round the lantern, though the old man was
oblivious to them. He had come out because he had C.need
The for all this.”
number This wasfrom
of students half both
a token gesture
Foothill and
55 towards modesty, and half towards
Valley High Schools who completed summer the new,
heard the throbbing of the engine in the distance. “modern” India—Nehru’s secular India, free of ritual
The night had been silent except for the questioning internships
and religion.
cry of an owl and the continual orchestral sound of D. The increase in the total number of students from
25 crickets in the bushes. The throbbing of the engine both Foothill and Valley High Schools from the
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son, struggling to get his hands near Chhotomama’s
Which
60 toes. of the
“You following
must not stopstatements
me.” This are
wastrue
halfabout the
a token As
Ofused in lines 37voters
the registered and 40,
in “air” most
the city nearlyVista,
of Bella means
gesture towards modesty, and half
number of students who completed summer towards the old, 45%atmosphere.
A) cast votes on a proposed school budget. Of
“traditional” India—Gandhi’s India of ceremony and
internships for the 5 years shown?
custom. B) absence.
those who voted, 68% voted to pass the school
Sandeep, meanwhile, had come to the conclusion C) demeanor.
budget. What percent of registered voters in Bella
I. the
65 that Thegrown-ups
mean number were from
mad, Foothill High
each after his or her D) melody.
School isSimple
own fashion. greatersituations
than the were
meanturned
number into Vista voted to pass the school budget?
fromdramatic
complex, Valley High
ones;School.
not until then did everyone
II.important
feel The median andnumber fromthey
happy. Will Foothill
neverHigh
grow up? A. 37.4%
4 B. 30.6%
thoughtSchool is greater
Sandeep than
irately. Hethe median
glanced number
around him. A
70 singlefrom
blue,Valley
fluorescent
High tube was burning on the wall.
School. C. 18.9%
The characters’ behavior during the gift giving
It was not a big room. Despite its bareness, the D. 14.4%
mainly serves to
A. I only it gave was of austerity rather than
impression A) emphasize the lavish value of the gift.
B. II only
poverty. It made one remember that poverty meant
displacement
C. I and II as well as lack, while austerity meant B) inflate the significance of the gesture.
75 being poor inI nor
D. Neither a rooted
II way, within a tradition and 8 C) convey indifference toward the gift.
culture of sparseness, which transformed even the D) stress the need for polite behavior.
lack, the paucity, into a kind of being.

6 5
1
Which choice provides the best evidence for the
According to the passage, the old man was standing answer to the previous question?
on the verandah because
A) Lines 43-44 (“It was . . . yoghurt”)
A) he was watching cars travel down the road.
B) Lines 44-46 (“they . . . unencountered”)
B) the two boys had reported the visitors would
soon arrive. C) Lines 52-54 (“Oh no . . . all this”)

C) D) Lines 58-60 (“I have . . . stop me”)

The he had shows
figure heard the
whatlengths,
he believed to be the (cm), of
in centimeters The scatterplot above shows the precipitation, in
visitors’ car. millimeters (mm), during a month in a river basin at
the edges of a right rectangular prism. The volume V
D) he enjoyed listening to the quiet sounds of 6 different altitudes, in kilometers (km), within the
of a the rectangular prism is lwh, where l is the
rightevening. river basin. The slope of a line of best fit for the data
length of the prism, w is the width of the prism, and The
is 45.description
Which of theof Chhotomama
following is theand the son’s
best
interaction mainly serves to
interpretation of the slope in this context?
2 h is the height of the prism. What is the volume, in A) show how the characters diverge in their
cubic centimeters, of the prism? A. The minimum
approaches predicted
to cultural precipitation in the
practices.
In the passage, the yoghurt and sweetmeats are
river basin for the month is 45 mm.
compared to a B) emphasize the characters’ complex relationship.
A. 36 B. The maximum predicted precipitation in the
B.
A) 24jewel. C) river
stressbasin
the characters’ misinterpretations
for the month is 45 mm. of
C. 12
B) cuisine. Indian history.
D. 11 C. For every increase of 0.45 km in altitude in the
C) wedding gift. D) depict how the characters created gestures that
river basin, the predicted increase in
became routine.
D) generous donation. precipitation for the month is 10 mm.
D. For every increase of 1 km in altitude in the river
basin, the predicted increase in precipitation for
the month is 45 mm.

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There are n nonfiction books and 12 fiction books on At an awards ceremony, each of 460 students was
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a bookshelf. If one M I NU
of these booksTES, 5 2atQUESTIONScalled up individually to receive an award, and their
is selected
random, what is the probability of selecting a names were called at a constant rate. In the first 5
nonfiction book, Turn
in terms of n ? minutes
to Section 1 of your answer sheet to answer of the ceremony,
the questions the names of 20 students
in this section.
were called. At this rate, how many minutes did it
take to call all 460 names?
A. 23
B. 88
Each passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading
C. 92
each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or
D. 115
implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or
graph).

Questions 1-10 are based on the following old man’s listening ear, and to his wife’s ear, even
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passage. when the car was relatively far away and beyond their
11
This passage is adapted from Amit Chaudhuri, A Strange and
range of vision. They had pondered over the sound,
Sublime Address. ©1991 by Amit Chaudhuri. A ten-year-old and finally,
30 The functionheghad lit the function
is a linear lantern and shuffled
with g (0) =out.
u and
boy named Sandeep travels with his mother, his aunt g (2) = 3u , where u is a positive constant. “I
“I told her,” he said, referring to his wife. told her
Which of
(Mamima), and his uncle (Chhotomama) to visit family in thatfollowing
the I heard the car, I gknew
defines (x) ?it was the car, I told her
Calcutta, India. you were coming.”
Once they were inside, Mamima gave the pot of
Two boys were playing carrom on the steps of a 35 yoghurt and the pot of sweetmeats to the old
small, painted shed which had the following words lady. “There was no need,” she said. “Oh really,” she
on its wall in large, black letters: NATIONAL said. “This is too much,” she insisted, with the air of
Line ASSOCIATION OF SPORTSMEN. A single one who has just received the Kohinoor diamond as
5 table-tennis table inside the shed could be glimpsed a birthday present. “Come, come, come,” said
through the window. The boys interrupted their 40 Chhotomama, with the air of someone who has just
game to give Chhotomama directions to the house given the Kohinoor diamond as a birthday present,
in a series of sporadic, enthusiastic gestures. Oh yes, and refuses to be overawed by his own generosity.
they knew the old couple. And yes, their son and “It’s nothing.” It was nothing, of course, only
10 daughter-in-law had arrived last night with their Ganguram’s sweets and yoghurt, but they fussed and
first child. 45 fussed and created the illusion that it was something,
“Is it a girl or a boy?” asked Mamima, rolling something unique and untasted and unencountered.
down the window. The son and the daughter-in-law emerged shyly
“A girl,” said the boy. from the anteroom. They both stooped gently to
15 Mamima rolled up her window before the touch Chhotomama’s feet, and Sandeep’s aunt’s and
mosquitoes came in. The two boys vanished behind 50 his mother’s feet, a traditional greeting and a mark of
them. When they reached the house, they found that obeisance towards one’s elders.
the old man was waiting on the verandah with a “Oh no no no,” said Chhotomama, struggling to
lantern in his hand. Moths were shuddering round keep the son’s hand away from his feet. “There’s no
20 and round the lantern, though the old man was need for all this.” This was half a token gesture
oblivious to them. He had come out because he had 55 towards modesty, and half towards the new,
heard the throbbing of the engine in the distance. “modern” India—Nehru’s secular India, free of ritual
The night had been silent except for the questioning and religion.
cry of an owl and the continual orchestral sound of
25 crickets in the bushes. The throbbing of the engine
had, therefore, travelled through the silence to the

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son, struggling to get his hands near Chhotomama’s
3(2xnot
60 toes. “You must – 6)stop
– 11me.”
= 4(xThis
– 3)was
+6 half a token As used in lines 37 and 40, “air” most nearly means

Ifgesture
x is thetowards
solutionmodesty, and halfabove,
to the equation towards theisold,
what the A) atmosphere.
“traditional”
value of x – 3 ?India—Gandhi’s India of ceremony and
custom. B) absence.
Sandeep, meanwhile, had come to the conclusion C) demeanor.
65 that the grown-ups were mad, each after his or her Which of the following is equivalent to the
D) melody.
own fashion. Simple situations were turned into expression above for x > 1 ?
complex, dramatic ones; not until then did everyone
feel important and happy. Will they never grow up? 4
thought Sandeep irately. He glanced around him. A
70 single blue, fluorescent tube was burning on the wall. The characters’ behavior during the gift giving
It was not a big room. Despite its bareness, the mainly serves to
impression it gave was of austerity rather than A) emphasize the lavish value of the gift.
poverty. It made one remember that poverty meant
displacement as well as lack, while austerity meant B) inflate the significance of the gesture.
75 being poor in a rooted way, within a tradition and C) convey indifference toward the gift.
culture of sparseness, which transformed even the D) stress the need for polite behavior.
lack, the paucity, into a kind of being.

5
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15 Which choice provides the best evidence for the
According to the passage, the old man was standing answer to the previous question?
on the verandah because
A) Lines 43-44 (“It was . . . yoghurt”)
A) he was watching cars travel down the road.
B) Lines 44-46 (“they . . . unencountered”)
13 B) the two boys had reported the visitors would
soon arrive. C) Lines 52-54 (“Oh no . . . all this”)
The population
C) he had hearddensity
what heof believed
Iceland, in
to people
be the per D) Lines 58-60 (“I have . . . stop me”)
square kilometer
visitors’ car. of land area, increased from 2.5 in
1990
D) hetoenjoyed
3.3 in 2014. During
listening thisquiet
to the time sounds
period, of
the 6
the evening.
land area of Iceland was 100,250 square kilometers.
The description of Chhotomama and the son’s
By how many people did Iceland’s population interaction mainly serves to
Each dot in the scatterplot above represents the
2 increase from 1990 to 2014? height
A) show x, inhow
feet,the
in characters
the high jump, andinthe
diverge distance y,
their
In in feet, in the long
approaches to jump, made
cultural by each student in a
practices.
A. the passage, the yoghurt and sweetmeats are
330,825
group of twentythe students. The graph of which of the
B. 132,330to a
compared B) emphasize characters’ complex relationship.
following equations is a line that most closely fits the
C. 125,312
A) jewel. C) stress the characters’ misinterpretations of
data?
D. 80,200 Indian history.
B) cuisine.
C) wedding gift. D) depict how the characters created gestures that
became routine.
D) generous donation.

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If x2 = a + b and y2 = a + c , which of the following
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a2 questions
Turn to Section 1 of your answer sheet to answerA.the – 2ac + c2 in this section.
B. b2 – 2bc + c2
C. 4a2 – 4abc + c2
D. 4a2 – 2abc + b2c2

Each passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading
each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or
implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or
graph).
The shaded region of the graph above represents all
possible distances d, in miles, that a car can travel 18
along a certain road in t hours if the driver obeys the
minimum and maximum posted speed limits and Which of the following represents the result of
Questions 1-10 are based on the following old man’s listening
increasing ear, and
the quantity x byto9%,
hiswhere
wife’sxear,
> 0even
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drives without stopping. Which of the following

passage. when the car was relatively far away and beyond their
systems of inequalities best represents the shaded
range of vision. They had pondered over the sound,
A. 1.09x
region, where
This passage 0 ≤ t ≤ 3from Amit Chaudhuri, A Strange and
is adapted
Sublime Address. ©1991 by Amit Chaudhuri. A ten-year-old 30 andB. 0.9x he had lit the lantern and shuffled out.
finally,
boy named Sandeep travels with his mother, his aunt “IC.toldx +
her,”
9 he said, referring to his wife. “I told her
(Mamima), and his uncle (Chhotomama) to visit family in
A. that
D. x + 0.09the car, I knew it was the car, I told her
I heard
Calcutta, India. you were coming.”
Once they were inside, Mamima gave the pot of
Two boys were playing carrom on the steps of a 35 yoghurt and the pot of sweetmeats to the old
B.
small, painted shed which had the following words 19lady. “There was no need,” she said. “Oh really,” she
on its wall in large, black letters: NATIONAL said. “This is too much,” she insisted, with the air of
Line ASSOCIATION OF SPORTSMEN. A single
one who has just received the Kohinoor diamond as
5 C.
table-tennis table inside the shed could be glimpsed a birthday present. “Come, come, come,” said
through the window. The boys interrupted their 40 Chhotomama, with the air of someone who has just
game to give Chhotomama directions to the house given the Kohinoor
D.
in a series of sporadic, enthusiastic gestures. Oh yes, The box plot abovediamond
shows theasdistribution
a birthday present,
of a data
and refuses to be overawed by his
set that consists of a total of 60 data ownvalues,
generosity.
where no
they knew the old couple. And yes, their son and “It’s
10 daughter-in-law had arrived last night with their
twonothing.”
data valuesIt was nothing,
are the same. of course,
What onlyof the
percent
Ganguram’s
values in thesweets andare
data set yoghurt,
greater but
thanthey
80 ?fussed and
first child. 45 fussed and created the illusion that it was something,
“Is it a girl or a boy?” asked Mamima, rolling A. 25% unique and untasted and unencountered.
something
down the window. B.The
33% son and the daughter-in-law emerged shyly
“A girl,” said the boy. from the anteroom. They both stooped gently to
C. 50%
15 Mamima rolled up her window before the touch Chhotomama’s feet, and Sandeep’s aunt’s and
D. 67%
mosquitoes came in. The two boys vanished behind 50 his mother’s feet, a traditional greeting and a mark of
them. When they reached the house, they found that obeisance towards one’s elders.
the old man was waiting on the verandah with a “Oh no no no,” said Chhotomama, struggling to
lantern in his hand. Moths were shuddering round keep the son’s hand away from his feet. “There’s no
20 and round the lantern, though the old man was
need for all this.” This was half a token gesture
oblivious to them. He had come out because he had 55 towards modesty, and half towards the new,
heard the throbbing of the engine in the distance. “modern” India—Nehru’s secular India, free of ritual
The night had been silent except for the questioning and religion.
cry of an owl and the continual orchestral sound of
25 crickets in the bushes. The throbbing of the engine
had, therefore, travelled through the silence to the

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son, struggling to get his hands near Chhotomama’s
60 toes. “You must not stop me.” This was half a token As
Oneused in lines
of the 37 and 40,in“air”
two equations mostsystem
a linear nearlyismeans
gesture towards modesty, and half towards the old, 2x +atmosphere.
A) 6y = 10. The system has no solution. Which of
“traditional” India—Gandhi’s India of ceremony and the following could be the other equation in the
custom. B) absence.
system?
Sandeep, meanwhile, had come to the conclusion C) demeanor.
65 that the grown-ups were mad, each after his or her A. x + 3y = 5
D) melody.
own fashion. Simple situations were turned into B. x + 3y = –20
complex, dramatic ones; not until then did everyone C. 6x – 2y = 0
feel important and happy. Will they never grow up? 4 D. 6x + 2y = 10
thought Sandeep irately. He glanced around him. A
70 single blue, fluorescent tube was burning on the wall. The characters’ behavior during the gift giving
It was not a big room. Despite its bareness, the mainly serves to
impression it gave was of austerity rather than A) emphasize the lavish value of the gift.
poverty. It made one remember that poverty meant
displacement as well as lack, while austerity meant B) inflate the significance of the gesture.
75 being poor in a rooted way, within a tradition and 23 C) convey indifference toward the gift.
culture of sparseness, which transformed even the D) stress the need for polite behavior.
lack, the paucity, into a kind of being.

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21 Which choice above
The formula provides
canthe
be best
usedevidence for the the dew
to approximate
According to the passage, the old man was standing answer toin
point D, thedegrees
previous question?given the temperature T,
Fahrenheit,
A
oncertain college because
the verandah had 3,000 students enrolled in
2015. The college predicts that after 2015, the in degrees
A) Fahrenheit,
Lines 43-44 (“It wasand. . . the relative humidity of H
yoghurt”)
A) he was
number watchingenrolled
of students cars travel down
each yearthe
willroad.
be 2% percent, where H > 50. Which of the following expresses
B)
the Lines 44-46
relative (“theyin. .terms
humidity . unencountered”)
of the temperature and the
less
B) than theboys
the two numberhad of students
reported theenrolled
visitorsthe year
would
C) Lines
dew point?52-54 (“Oh no . . . all this”)
before.
soonWhich of the following functions models the
arrive.
relationship
C) he had heardbetween thehenumber
what believedoftostudents
be the D) Lines 58-60 (“I have . . . stop me”)
enrolled, f (x), and
visitors’ car. the number of years after 2015,
x?
D) he enjoyed listening to the quiet sounds of 6
A. f the evening.
(x) = 0.02x(3000)x The description of Chhotomama and the son’s
B. f (x) = 0.98x(3000)x interaction mainly serves to
C. f (x) = 3000(0.02)x
2 A) show how the characters diverge in their
D. f (x) = 3000(0.98)x
In the passage, the yoghurt and sweetmeats are approaches to cultural practices.
compared to a B) emphasize the characters’ complex relationship.
A) jewel. C) stress the characters’ misinterpretations of
B) cuisine. Indian history.

C) wedding gift. D) depict how the characters created gestures that

became routine.
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An object’s kinetic energy, in joules, is equal to the In the xy-plane, line k is defined by x + y = 0. Line j is
65theMobject’s
product of one-half I NUmass,
TES,in kilograms,
5 2 QUESTIONSperpendicular to line k, and the y-intercept of line j is
and the square of the object’s speed, in meters per the point with coordinates (0, 3). Which of the
second. What is the speed, in meters per second, of
Turn to Section 1 of your answer sheet to answer following is an equation
the questions of line j ?
in this section.
an object with a mass of 4 kilograms and kinetic
energy of 18 joules? A. x + y = 3
B. x + y = –3
A. 3 C. x – y = 3
B. 6 Each passage or pair of passages below is followedD.byxa–number
y = –3 of questions. After reading
C. 9 each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or
D. 36 implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or
graph).

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Questions 1-10 are based on the following old Mean

man’s weight Margin
listening ear, and toofhiserror Standard
wife’s ear, evendeviation
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25passage. Sample (pounds) (pounds)

when the car was relatively far away and beyond (pounds)their
range of vision. They had pondered over the sound,
Alvin and Becky
This passage attendfrom
is adapted the Amit
sameChaudhuri,
school. Alvin livesand
A Strange 7 X and finally,
650 he had lit the15.99
Sublime Address. ©1991 by Amit Chaudhuri. A ten-year-old 30 lantern and shuffled25.8out.
miles from the school, and Becky lives 13 miles from Y “I told her,”
650 he said, referring
12.92to his wife. “I told
25.8her
boyschool.
the named The
Sandeep travelsinwith
distance, his mother,
miles, between hisAlvin’s
aunt
(Mamima), and his uncle (Chhotomama) to visit family in that I heard the car, I knew it was the car, I told her
house and Becky’s house is d. Which of the following you were coming.”
Calcutta, India.
represents all possible values of d ? Once they were inside, Mamima gave the pot of
Two boys were playing carrom on the steps of a The table shows the estimated mean weight, in
35 yoghurt and the pot of sweetmeats to the old
small, painted shed which had the following words pounds,
lady. “Thereandwas
thenoassociated
need,” she margin of error
said. “Oh for each
really,” she
on its wall in large, black letters: NATIONAL said. “This is too much,” she insisted, with the air of at
Line ASSOCIATION OF SPORTSMEN. A single of two samples of male Galápagos tortoises selected
one who has just received the Kohinoor diamond as
5 table-tennis table inside the shed could be glimpsed
a random.
birthday Which
present.of“Come,
the following best explains
come, come,” said why
through the window. The boys interrupted their 40 Chhotomama,
the margin of with
errorthe
forair of someone
sample who has
X is greater thanjust
the
game to give Chhotomama directions to the house given the Kohinoor diamond as a birthday present,
in a series of sporadic, enthusiastic gestures. Oh yes, margin of error for sample Y?
and refuses to be overawed by his own generosity.
they knew the old couple. And yes, their son and “It’s nothing.” It was nothing, of course, only
10 daughter-in-law had arrived last night with their A. Sample Y was selected before sample X.
Ganguram’s sweets and yoghurt, but they fussed and
first child. B. Sample
45 fussed Y was the
and created selected after
illusion sample
that it wasX.something,
“Is it a girl or a boy?” asked Mamima, rolling something unique and untasted
C. The size of sample Y is less and
thanunencountered.
the size of
down the window. The son and
“A girl,” said the boy. sample X. the daughter-in-law emerged shyly
from the anteroom. They both stooped gently to
15 Mamima rolled up her window before the D. The size of sample Y is greater than the size of
touch Chhotomama’s feet, and Sandeep’s aunt’s and
mosquitoes came in. The two boys vanished behind sample X.
50 his mother’s feet, a traditional greeting and a mark of
them. When they reached the house, they found that obeisance towards one’s elders.
the old man was waiting on the verandah with a “Oh no no no,” said Chhotomama, struggling to
lantern in his hand. Moths were shuddering round keep the son’s hand away from his feet. “There’s no
20 and round the lantern, though the old man was
need for all this.” This was half a token gesture
oblivious to them. He had come out because he had 55 towards modesty, and half towards the new,
heard the throbbing of the engine in the distance. “modern” India—Nehru’s secular India, free of ritual
The night had been silent except for the questioning and religion.
cry of an owl and the continual orchestral sound of
25 crickets in the bushes. The throbbing of the engine
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Write
For questions 28-31, solve the problem and answer 7 / 12 2 . 5
enter your answer in the grid, as described in boxes. / / Fraction / /
below, on the answer sheet. line
. . . . . . . . Decimal
0 0 0 0 0 0 point

1. Although not required, it is suggested that 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

you write your answer in the boxes at the top 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
of the columns to help you fill in the circles Grid in 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
accurately.You will receive credit only if the result. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
circles are filled in correctly. 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
2. Mark no more than one circle in any column. 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
3. No question has a negative answer. 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
4. Some problems may have more than one 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
correct answer. In such cases, grid only one 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
answer.
5. Mixed numbers such as 3 1 must be gridded 2
Acceptable ways to grid 3 are:
2

as 3.5 or 7/2. (If 3 1 / 2 is entered into the

/ / 2 / 3 . 666 . 667
grid, it will be interpreted as 31 , not 3 1 .) / / / / / /
2 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
6. Decimal answers: If you obtain a decimal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
answer with more digits than the grid can 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
accommodate, it may be either rounded or 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
truncated, but it must fill the entire grid.
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
Answer: 201 – either position is correct
NOTE: You
201 201 may start your
/ / / / answers in any
column, space
. . . . . . . .
permitting.
0 0 0 0 0 0 Columns you
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 don’t need to
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 use should be
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son, struggling to get his hands near Chhotomama’s Satellite Orbital period Surface area
60 toes. “You must(x − 4)(2x − 1)(3x
not stop me.” −This
2) =was
0 half a token As used in lines(hours)
37 and 40, “air” (millions of square
most nearly means km)
gesture towards modesty, and half towards the old, Ganymede 171.7 87.0
EuropaA) atmosphere.85.23 30.6
What is the product
“traditional” India—Gandhi’s of x that
of all valuesIndia satisfy the
of ceremony and
equation
custom. above? Io B) absence. 42.46 41.7
Sandeep, meanwhile, had come to the conclusion C) demeanor.
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65 that the grown-ups were mad, each after his or her D) melody.
own fashion. Simple situations were turned into kilometers. The surface area of Europa is p
complex, dramatic ones; not until then did everyone the surface area of Earth. What is the value of p, to the
feel important and happy. Will they never grow up? 4 nearest whole number?
thought Sandeep irately. He glanced around him. A
70 single blue, fluorescent tube was burning on the wall. The characters’ behavior during the gift giving
It was not a big room. Despite its bareness, the mainly serves to
impression it gave was of austerity rather than A) emphasize the lavish value of the gift.
poverty. It made one remember that poverty meant
displacement as well as lack, while austerity meant B) inflate the significance of the gesture.
7529being poor in a rooted way, within a tradition and C) convey indifference toward the gift.
culture of sparseness, which transformed even the D) stress the need for polite behavior.
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Which choice provides the best evidence for the
According to the passage, the old man was standing The orbital
answer to theperiod question? is g times as long as
of Ganymede
previous
on the verandah because the orbital period of Io. What is the value of g, to the
A) Lines 43-44 (“It was . . . yoghurt”)
A) he was watching cars travel down the road. nearest integer?
B) Lines 44-46 (“they . . . unencountered”)
B) the two boys had reported the visitors would
soon arrive. C) Lines 52-54 (“Oh no . . . all this”)

C) he had heard what he believed to be the D) Lines 58-60 (“I have . . . stop me”)
visitors’ car.
D) he enjoyed listening to the quiet sounds of 6
the evening.
The description of Chhotomama and the son’s
interaction mainly serves to
2 A) show how the characters diverge in their
In the passage, the yoghurt and sweetmeats are approaches to cultural practices.
compared to a B) emphasize the characters’ complex relationship.
A) jewel. C) stress the characters’ misinterpretations of
B) cuisine. Indian history.

C) wedding gift. D) depict how the characters created gestures that

became routine.
D) generous donation.

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