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c) 12 d) 16
the two points b − a , 0 to the line
2 2
25. If the numbers n – 3, 4n – 2, 5n + 1 are in AP, what
is the value of n?
a) 1 b) 2 ax cos + by sin = ab ?
c) 3 d) 4 a) a2 b) b2
c) ab d) a/b
36. What is the equation of the line passing through 47. If cot θ = 5/12 and θ lies in the third quadrant,
(2, – 3) and parallel to Y-axis? then what is (2 sin θ + 3 cos θ) equal to?
a) Y = – 3 b) Y = 2 a) – 4
c) X = 2 d) X = – 3 b) –p2 for some odd prime p
37. What is the perpendicular distance of the point c) (–q/p) where p is an odd prime and q a
(x, y) from x-axis? positive integer with (q/p) not an integer
a) x b) y d) –p for some odd prime p
c) | x | d) | y | 48. If cos A + cos B = m and sin A + sin B = n, where
38. What is the inclination of the line m, n ≠ 0, then what is sin (A + B) equal to?
3 x − y − 1 = 0? mn 2mn
a) b)
a) 300 b) 600 m + n2
2
m2 + n2
c) 1350 d) 1500 m2 + n2 mn
c) d)
39. Consider a circle of radius R. What is the length 2mn m+n
of a chord which subtends an angle θ at the 49. If tan A = 1/2 and tan B = 1/3, then what is the
centre? value of 4A + 4B?
a) π/4 b) π/2
a) 2 R sin b) 2R sin c) π d) 2π
2
50. Which one of the following is positive in the
c) 2 R tan d) 2R tan third quadrant?
2 a) sinθ b) cosθ
40. If the latus rectum of an ellipse is equal to one c) tanθ d) secθ
half its minor axis, what is the eccentricity of the 51. What is the value of
ellipse? sin420°.cos390° + cos(300°).sin(– 330°)?
a) 1/2 b) √3/2 a) 0 b) 1
c) 3/4 d) √15/4 c) 2 d) – 1
41. The curve y2 = –4ax (a > 0) lies in 52. What is tan4 A – sec4 A + tan2 A + sec2 A equal
a) First and fourth quadrants to?
b) First and second quadrants a) 0 b) 1
c) Second and third quadrants c) 2 d) –1
d) Third and fourth quadrants 53. If A, B and C are angles of a triangle such that tan
42. The sum of the focal distances of a point on the A = 1, tan B = 2, then what is the value of tan C?
ellipse x2/4 + y2/9 = 1 is: a) 0 b) 1
a) 4 units b) 6 units c) 2 d) 3
c) 8 units d) 10 units. 54. If sin–1x + sin–1y = π/2 and cos–1 x – cos–1y = 0, then
1 − sin A values x and y are respectively
43. If tan 2 B = then what is the value of
1 + sin A a)
1
,−
1
b)
1 1
,
A+2B? 2 2 2 2
a) π/2 b) π/3 1 1 1 1
c) π/4 d) π/6 c) ,− d) ,
44. If α and β are such that tan α = 2 tan β, then what
2 2 2 2
4 1
is sin (α + β) equal to? 55. What is the value of sin −1 + 2 tan −1 ?
a) 1 b) 2 sin (α – β) 5 3
c) sin (α – β) d) 3 sin (α – β)
a) b)
45. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly 3 2
matched?
c) d)
a) sin 2π : sin (–2π) 4 6
b) tan 45° : tan (– 315°) 56. In a triangle ABC if the angles A, B, C are in AP,
c) cot (tan–1 0.5) : tan (cos–1 0.5) then which one of the following is correct?
d) tan 420° : tan (– 60°) a) c = a + b b) c2 = a0 + b2 – ab
46. x = sin θ cos θ and y = sin θ cos θ are satisfied by 2 2 2
c) a = b + c – bc d) b2 = a2 + c2 – ac
which one of the following equations? 57. The angle of elevation from a point on the bank
a) y2 – 2x = 1 b) y2 + 2x = 1 of a river of the top of a temple on the other bank
c) y2– 2x = –1 d) y2 + 2x = – 1 is 45°. Retreating 50m, the observer finds the
new angle of elevation as 30°. What is the width a) C (12, 5)/(25) b) C (12, 5)/(27)
of the river? c) C (12, 5) /(212) d) C (12, 7)/(26)
a) 50 m b) 50√3 m 65. In a lottery, 16 tickets are sold and 4 prizes are
c) 50 /(√3 –1) m d) 100 m awarded. If a person buys 4 tickets, what is the
58. From the top of a lighthouse 70 m high with its probability of his winning a prize?
base at sea level, the angle of depression of a a) 4/164 b) 175/256
boat is 15°. The distance of the boat from the c) 1/4 d) 81/256
foot of the lighthouse is: 66. If P(A) = 0.8, P(B) = 0.9, P(AB) = p, which one of
a) 70(2 – √3) m b) 70(2 + √3) m the following is correct?
c) 70(3 – √3) m d) 70(3 + √3) m a) 0.72 ≤ p ≤ 0.8 b) 0.7 ≤ p ≤ 0.8
c) 0.72 < p< 0.8 d) 0.7 < p< 0.8
mx + 1 x 2 67. Three letters are randomly selected from the 26
59. If f ( x ) = Is continuous at capital letters of the English Alphabet. What is
sin x + n x the probability that the letter ‘A’ will not be
2 included in the choice?
a) 1/2 b) 23/26
x = , then which one of the following is c) 12/13 d) 25/26
2
correct? 68. Three digital numbers are formed using the digits
a) m = 1, n = 0 b) m = nπ/2 + 1 0, 2, 4, 6, 8. A number is chosen at random out of
c) n = m(π/2) d) m = n = π/2 these numbers. What is the probability that the
number has the same digits?
3x − 4, 0 x 2
60. Let f ( x) = If f is a) 1/16 b) 1/25
2 x + , 2 x 9 c) 16/25 d) 1/645
continuousat x = 2 , then what is the value of 69. What is the probability that a leap year selected
? at random contains 53 Mondays?
a) 0 b) 2 a) 1/7 b) 2/7
c) – 2 d) – 1 c) 7/366 d) 26/183
61. Let: f : R → R be a function defined as 70. Four coins are tossed simultaneously. What is the
f(x) = x | x |; for each x R ∊ , R being the set of real probability of getting exactly 2 heads?
numbers. Which one of the following is correct? a) 1/2 b) 1/4
a) f is one-one but not onto c) 1/8 d) 3/8
b) f is onto but not one-one 71. If P, Q are (2, 5, –7), (–3, 2, 1) respectively, then
c) f is both one-one and onto what are the direction ratios of the line PQ?
d) f is neither one-one nor onto a) < 10, 6, –16 > b) < 5, 3, 8 >
62. C is associated with c) < – 5, – 3, – 8 > d) None of these
a) 1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11 b) 2, 4, 8, 9 72. What is the ratio in which the line joining the
c) 1, 4, 6, 7, 9 d) None of these points (2,4, 5) and (3, 5, – 4) is internally divided
63. Consider the following in respect of the function by the xy-plane?
f(x) = |x – 3|: a) 5: 4 b) 3: 4
1. f(x) is continuous at x = 3 c) 1: 2 d) 7: 5
2. f(x) is differentiable at x =0. 73. What is the angle between the lines
Which of the above statements is/are correct? x + z = 0, y = 0 and 20x = 15y = 12z?
a) 1 only b) 2 only a) cos −1 (1 / 5 ) b) cos −1 (1/ 7 )
c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2
45
64. Consider the following statements: c) cos −1 d) sin −1 (1 / 7 )
1 7 61
1. limsin does not exist 74. What is the equation of the plane through z-axis
x →0 x
x −1 y + 2 z − 3
1 and parallel to the line = = ?
2. limsin exist
x →0
cos sin 0
x
a) x cot θ + y = 0 b) x tan θ – y = 0
Which one of the above statements correct?
c) x + y cot θ = 0 d) x – y tan θ = 0
a) 1 only b) 2 only
75. What is the cosine of angle between the planes
c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2
x + y + z + 1 = 0 and 2x – 2y + 2z + 1 = 0?
65. What is the probability of getting five heads and
a) 1/2 b) 1/3
seven tails in 12 flips of a balanced coin?
c) 2/3 d) None of the above 82. What is the arithmetic mean of first 16 natural
76. What is the angle between the planes numbers with weights being the number itself?
2x – y – 2z + 1= 0 and 3x – 4y + 5z – 3 = 0? a) 17/2 b) 33/2
a) π/6 b) π/4 c) 11 d) 187/2
c) π/3 d) π/2 83. Let X and Y be two related variables. The two
77. The mean weight of all the students in a certain regression lines are given by x – y + 1 = 0 and 2x
class is 60 kg. The mean weight of the boys from – y + 4 = 0. The two regression lines pass through
the class is 70 kg. while that of the girls is 55 kg. the point:
What is the ratio of number of boys to that of a) (–4, –3) b) (– 6, – 5)
girls? c) (3, – 2) d) (– 3, – 2)
a) 2: 1 b) 1: 2 84. What is the derivative of
c) 1: 4 d) 4: 1
( log tan x cot x )( log cot x tan x )
−1
78. If n1 and n2 are the sizes, G1 and G2the geometric at x = ?
4
means of two series respectively, then which one a) –1 b) 0
of the following expresses the geometric mean c) 1 d) 1/2
(G) of the combined series? 85. If xy = ex-y , then dy/dx is equal to which one of
n1G1 + n2G2 the following ?
a) log G =
n1 + n2 ( x − y) y
a) b)
b) log G = 2
n log G1 + n1 log G2 (1 + log x )
2
(1 + log x )
n1 + n2
( x + y) ( log x )
n log G1 + n2 log G2 c) d)
c) G= 1
n1 + n2
(1 + log x ) (1 + log x )
2
xe dx equal to
x
correct. 97. What is
0
91. Which one of the following statement is correct?
a) The derivative of a function f(x) at a point will a) 1 b) –1
exist if there is one tangent to the curve y = c) 0 d) e
f(x) at that point and the tangent is parallel to 98. Under which one of the following condition does
y-axis dy ax + b
the solution of = represent a
b) The derivative of a function f(x) at a point will dx cy + d
exist if there is one tangent to the curve y = parabola?
f(x) at that point and the tangent must be a) a = 0, c = 0
parallel to x-axis b) a = 1, b = 2, c ≠ 0
c) The derivative of a function f(x) at a point will c) a = 0, c ≠ 0, b ≠ 0
exist if there is one and only one tangent to d) a = 1, c = 1
the curve y= f[x] at that point and the tangent 99. What are the degree and order respectively of
is not parallel to y-axis differential equation of the family of rectangular
d) None of the above hyperbolas whose axis of symmetry are the
92. What is log (x +1) dx is equal to? coordinate axis?
a) x log(x+1) –x + c a) 1, 1 b) 1, 2
b) (x+1)log(x+1) –x + c c) 2, 1 d) 2, 2
1 100. What is the solution of the differential equation
c) +c
x +1 dy 1− y2
+ = 0?
log ( x + 1) dx 1 − x2
d) +c
x +1 a) sin-1 y + sin-1x = C
93. What is sec-n x tan xdx equal to ? b) sin-1y – sin-1 x = C
c) 2 sin-1 y + sin-1 x = C
secn x secn−1 x
a) +c b) +c d) 2sin-1 y – sin-1 x = C
n n −1 101. What is the general solution of the differential
tan n x tan n−1 x equation ex tan y dx + (1 – ex) sec2y dy = 0?
c) +c d) +c a) sin y = c (1 – e-x)
n n −1
94. What is the area under the curve b) cos y = c (1 – ex)
y = | x | + | x – 1| c) cot y = c (1 – ex)
between x = 0 and x = 1? d) None of the above
a) 1/2 b) 1 1 1 1
c) 3/2 d) 2
102. let A = 1 1 1 be a square matrix of order 3.
4 1 1 1
95. If I n = tan n xdx then what is I n + I n − 2 equal
0 Then for any positive integer n, what is A n
to? equal to?
a) 0 b) 1 a) A b) 3n A
n-1
c) –1 d) π/4 c) (3 ) A d) 3A
96. If f ( x ) is an even function, then what is
103. Consider the following statements:
1. If det A= 0, then det (adj A) = 0
2. If A is non- singular, then det(A-1) = (det A)-1
f ( cos x )dx equal to?
0
a) 1 only b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2
2 1 − 2
a) 0 b) f ( cos x )dx
0
104. If X =
0 3
, and I is a 2 2 identity matrix,
then X 2 − 2 X + 3I equal to which one of the
2
2 f ( cos x )dx
following?
c) d) 1
a) – I b) –2X
0
c) 2X d) 4X
105. If A and B are two matrices such that AB = A and
BA = B, then which one of the following is c) B is in between A and C
correct? d) A, B, C are not collinear
a) (A ) = A
T 2 T
b) (A )
T 2
= BT 113. What is the length of the vector (1, 1)?
a) 0 b) 1
(A ) =(A ) −1 −1
2
c) T
d) None of these c) √2 d) ½
106. A matrix X has (a + b) rows and (a + 2) columns; 114. If the angle between the vectors a and b is
and a matrix Y has (b + 1) rows and (a + 3) 3
columns. If both XY and YX exist, then what are ,what is the angle between −5a and −6b ?
the values of a, b respectively? 2
a) b)
a) 3, 2 b) 2, 3 6 3
c) 2, 4 d) 4, 3 2 3
107. If A is a square matrix, then what is c) d)
5 7
adj AT– (adj A)Tequal to?
a) 2 |A| b) 2 |A| I 115. If xi + yjˆ + zkˆ
ˆ is a unit vector and
c) Null Matrix d) Unit Matrix x : y : z = 3 : 2 : 3, then what is the value of z?
108. For what value of x does a) 3/16 b) 3
1 3 0 0 c) 3/4 d) 2
(132 ) 3 0 2
3 = ( 0 ) hold?
116. What is the value of m if the vectors
2 0 1 x 2iˆ − ˆj + kˆ, iˆ + 2 ˆj − 3kˆ and 3iˆ − mjˆ + 5kˆ are
coplanar?
a) –1 b) 1 a) –2 b) 2
c) 9/8 d) – 9/8 c) –4 d) 4
x y z 117. Which one of the following vectors is normal to
109.If the sum of the matrices x , y and 0 is
the vector iˆ + ˆj + kˆ ?
y z 0 a) iˆ + ˆj − kˆ b) iˆ − ˆj + kˆ
10 c) iˆ − ˆj − kˆ d) None of these
the matrix 5 , then what is the value of y? 118. consider the following for any three non-empty
sets A, B and C.
5
1. A − ( B C ) = ( A − B) ( A − C )
a) –5 b) 0
c) 5 d) 10 2. A − B = A − ( A B)
110. If p 0 and the conditions p.q = p.r and 3. A = ( A B) ( A − B)
p q = p r hold simultaneously, then which
Which of the above is/are correct?
one of the following is correct? a) Only 1 b) 2 and 3
a) q r b) q = −r c) 1 and 2 d) 1 and 3
c) q .r = 0 d) q = r 119. If A, B and C are three sets and U is the universal
111. Two vectors a and b are non-zero and non- set such that
collinear. What is the value of x for which the n (U ) = 700, n ( A) = 200, n ( B ) = 300 and
vectors p = ( x − 2 ) a + b and q = ( x + 1) a − b n ( A B ) = 100 , then what is the Value of
are collinear?
a) 1 b) 1/2 ( A ' B ') ?
c) 2/3 d) 2 a) 100 b) 200
112. let a and b be the position vectors of A and B c) 300 d) 400
respectively. If C is the point 3a − 2b , then which 120. If A, B, C are three sets such that A B = A C
one of the following is correct? and A B = A C , then which one of the
a) C is in between A and B following is correct?
b) A is in between C and B a) A = B only b) B = C only
c) A = C only d) A = B = C
Answer key
1 a 26 a 51 b 76 d 101 d
2 a 27 d 52 a 77 b 102 c
3 c 28 b 53 c 78 b 103 c
4 c 29 b 54 d 79 c 104 c
5 c 30 a 55 b 80 c 105 a
6 c 31 c 56 d 81 b 106 b
7 b 32 b 57 c 82 a 107 c
8 b 33 d 58 b 83 d 108 d
9 d 34 c 59 c 84 b 109 b
10 a 35 a 60 c 85 d 110 d
11 a 36 c 61 c 86 c 111 b
12 b 37 d 62 c 87 c 112 b
13 a 38 a 63 b 88 b 113 c
14 d 39 a 64 c 89 d 114 b
15 d 40 b 65 b 90 a 115 c
16 c 41 c 66 b 91 c 116 c
17 c 42 a 67 b 92 b 117 d
18 a 43 a 68 b 93 a 118 b
19 d 44 d 69 b 94 b 119 c
20 b 45 d 70 d 95 a 120 b
21 b 46 a 71 d 96 c
22 c 47 d 72 a 97 a
23 d 48 b 73 d 98 c
24 c 49 c 74 b 99 a
25 a 50 c 75 b 100 a