Mains Test Paper

Algebra

Max Marks – 100 Time Limit - 60 Min

2n (1+ɩ)2n
1. The complex number
[
(1−ɩ)2 n
+
2n ][ ]
, n ∈ Z , is equal to

(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) {1+(-1¿n }∙ ɩn (D) None of these

2. The sum of all the coefficients of the expansion of ( x + y )n is 1024. Then the greatest coefficient
occurs in the rth term where r is equal to

(A) 6 (B) 5 (C) 4 (D) None of these

3. Let A and B two sets containing 2 elements and 4 elements respectively. The number of subsets of A
x B having 3 or more elements is

(A) 256 (B) 220 (C) 219 (D) 211

4. The arithmetic mean of the data given by

Variate (x) 0 1 2 3 ....... n
Frequency (f) nC 0
nC 1
nC nC
2 3
nC n

1 1 2n
(A) (n + 1) (B) n (C) (D) None of these
2 2 n

5. Two cards are randomly selected from a deck of 52 playing cards. The probability that both cards are
greater than 3 and less than 8 is

16 81 20 45
(A) (B) (C) (D)
169 169 221 221
6. The real number k for which the equation 2x³ + 3x + k = 0 has two distinct real roots in [0, 1]

(A) Lies between 1 and 2 (B) lies between 2 and 3

(C) exactly two values (D) exactly three values

7. The sum of first 20 terms of the sequence 0.7, 0.77, 0.777,...., is

7 7 7 7
(A) (179−10−20 ) (B) (99−10−20) (C) (179+10−20) (D) (99+10−20)
81 9 81 9

8. If α , β , γ be the roots of the equation x(1+ x²) + x²(6 + x) + 2 = 0 then the value of α −1 + β−1+ γ −1 is

1 −1
(A) -3 (B) (C) (D) None of these
2 2

9. The number of values of k, for which the system of equations (k + 1)x + 8y = 4k, kx + (k + 3)y = 3k –
1 has no solution, is

(A) Infinite (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

10. If the equations x² + 2x + 3 = 0 and ax² + bx + c = 0, a, b, c ∈R, have a common root, then a: b: c is

(A) 1: 2: 3 (B) 3: 2: 1 (C) 1: 3: 2 (D) 3: 1: 2

11. If a ∈[−20 , 0] then the probability that the graph of the functions y = 16x² + 8(a + 5) x – 7a – 5 is
strictly above the x-axis is

1 1 17
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
2 17 20

12. If x, y, z are in A.P. and tan−1 x , tan −1 y and tan−1 z are also in A.P., then

(A) x=y=z (B) 2x = 3y = 6z (C) 6x = 3y = 2z (D) 6x = 4y = 3z

13. aC 0+ ( a+b ) C 1+ ( a+2 b ) C2 +…+(a+ nb)C n is equal to

(A) (2a + nb)2n (B) (2a + nb)2n−1 (C) (na + 2b)2n−1 (D) (na + 2b)2n−1

14. ( 1n )+3(1− 1n )² +¿..... is

The sum to infinity of the series 1 + 2 1−

(A) n² (B) n (n + 1) ( 1n ) ²
(C) n 1+ (D) None of these

15. A bag contains 50 tickets numbered 1, 2, 3,...., 50 of which five are drawn at random and arranged in
ascending order of magnitude ( x 1< x2 < x 3 < x 4 < x 5 ¿ . The probability that x 3=¿ 30 is

20C 29C 20C × 29C

( A) 2
(B)
2
(C)
2 2
(D) None of these
50C 5
50C 5
50C 5
16. A multiple choice examination has 5 questions. Each question has three alternative answers of which
exactly one is correct. The probability that a student will get 4 or more correct answers just by guessing is

17 13 11
(A) (B) (C) (D)
35 35 35
10
35

λ 3+ 3 λ λ−1 λ+ 3
17.
4 3 2
If p λ +q λ + r λ + 5 λ+t = λ+1
|
λ−3 λ+ 4
2−λ
|
λ−4 , then t =
3λ

(A) 16 (B) 18 (C) 17 (D) 19

18. All the students of a class performed poorly in Mathematics. The teacher decided to give grace marks
of 10 to each of the students. Which of the following statistical measures will not change even after the
grace marks were given?

(A)Mean (B) Median (C) Mode (D) Variance

19. If z is a complex number of unit modulus and argument θ ,then arg ( 1+ z

1+ź )
equals

π
(A) –θ (B) −θ (C) θ (D) π−θ
2
1 2 3
20. Let f(x) = x³ + x² + 100x + 7 sinx, then equation + + =0 has
y−f (1) y−f (2) y−f (3)

(A)No real root (B) one real root (C) two real roots (D) more than two real roots
 Answer the Following Questions in Integers:
1 α 3
21.
[ ]
If P = 1 3
2 4
3 is the adjoint of a 3 x 3 matrix A and | A|=4, then α is equal to
4

22. In order to get at least once a head with probability ≥ 0.9, the number of times a coin needs to be
tossed is
23. Let T n be the number of all possible triangles formed by joining vertices of an n sided regular
polygon. If T n+1−T n=10 ,then the value of n is
x+1 x−1
24. The term independent of x in expansion of ( −
x −x +1 x−x 1/ 2
1/3 2/ 3 is )
25. ^ ^j+c k^ , where a, b, c ∈{1 ,2 , 3 , 4 , 5 } such that
Number of points having position vector ai+b
2a +3b +5 c is divisible by 4 is