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Single Choice Type
This section contains 20 Single choice questions. Each question has 4 choices (1), (2), (3) and (4)
for its answer, out of which Only One is correct.

1. The statement among the following that is a tautology is :

(A) A  (A  B) (B) A  (A  B) (C) B [ A  (A  B)] (D) [A  (AB)] B

2. A man is walking on a straight line. The arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of the intercepts of this line
1
on the coordinate axes is . Three stones A, B and C are placed at the points (1,1), (2, 2) and (4, 4)
4
respectively. Then which of these stones is / are on the path of the man ?
(1) A only (2) C only (3) All the three (4) B only

3. The equation of the plane passing through the point (1, 2, –3) and perpendicular to the planes
3x + y – 2z = 5 and 2x – 5y – z = 7, is
(1) 3x – 10y – 2z + 11 = 0 (2) 6x – 5y – 2z – 2 = 0
(3) 11x + y + 17z + 38 = 0 (4) 6x – 5y + 2z + 10 = 0

dp
4. The population P = P(t) at time 't' of a certain species follows the differential equation  0.5P – 450.
dt
If P(0) = 850, then the time at which population becomes zero is :

1
(1) loge18 (2) loge9 (3) loge 18 (4) 2loge18
2

5. The system of linear equations

3x – 2y – kz = 10
2x – 4y – 2z = 6
x + 2y – z = 5m
is inconsistent if :

4 4 4
(1) k  3, m  (2) k  3, m  R (3) k  3, m  (4) k  3, m 
5 5 5

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 2x – 1
6. If ƒ : R  R is a function defined by f(x)  [x – 1]cos  , where [.] denotes the greatest integer
 2 

function, then ƒ is :
(1) discontinuous at all integral values of x except at x = 1
(2) continuous only at x = 1
(3) continuous for every real x
(4) discontinuous only at x = l

x–3 y–4 z–5

7. The distance of the point (1, 1, 9) from the point of intersection of the line   and
1 2 2
the plane x + y + z = 17 is :

(1) 2 19 (2) 19 2 (3) 38 (4) 38

3 3
8. If the tangent to the curve y = x at the point P(t, t ) meets the curve again at Q, then the ordinate of
the point which divides PQ internally in the ratio 1 : 2 is :
3 3 3
(1) –2t (2) 0 (3) –t (4) 2t

cos x – sin x  sin x  cos x 

9. If  dx  a sin–1    c, where c is a constant of integration, then the ordered
8 – sin2x  b
pair (a, b) is equal to :
(1) (–1, 3) (2) (3, 1) (3) (1, 3) (4) (1, –3)

15 15 15 15 14 14 14 14
10. The value of – C1 + 2. C2 – 3. C3 + ......–15. C15 + C1 + C3 + C5 + .... + C11 is :
16 13 14 13
(1) 2 – 1 (2) 2 – 14 (3) 2 (4) 2 – 13

11. The function

4x 3 – 3x 2
f(x)  – 2 sin x  (2x – 1)cos x :
6

1   1
(1) increases in  ,  (2) increases in  – , 
2   2

1   1
(3) decreases in  ,  (4) decreases in  – , 
2   2

1
x–
12. Let ƒ : R  R be defined as ƒ(x) = 2x – 1 and g : R – {1}  R be defined as g (x)  2 .
x –1

Then the composition function ƒ(g(x)) is :

(1) onto but not one-one (2) both one-one and onto
(3) one-one but not onto (4) neither one-one nor onto

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13. An ordinary dice is rolled for a certain number of times. If the probability of getting an odd number 2
times is equal to the probability of getting an even number 3 times, then the probability of getting an
odd number for odd number of times is :

1 5 3 1
(1) (2) (3) (4)
32 16 16 2

14. A scientific committee is to be formed from 6 Indians and 8 foreigners, which includes at least 2
Indians and double the number of foreigners as Indians. Then the number of ways, the committee can
be formed, is :

(1) 1625 (2) 575 (3) 560 (4) 1050

2 2 2
15. The area (in sq. units) of the part of the circle x + y = 36, which is outside the parabola y = 9x, is :

(1) 24  3 3 (2) 12 – 3 3 (3) 24 – 3 3 (4) 12  3 3

4 4
16. Let p and q be two positive numbers such that p + q = 2 and p + q = 272. Then p and q are roots of
the equation :
2 2 2 2
(1) x – 2x + 2 = 0 (2) x – 2x + 8 = 0 (3) x – 2x + 136 = 0 (4) x – 2x + 16 = 0

17. Two vertical poles are 150 m apart and the height of one is three times that of the other. If from the
middle point of the line joining their feet, an observer finds the angles of elevation of their tops to be
complementary, then the height of the shorter pole (in meters) is :

(1) 20 3 (2) 25 3 (3) 30 (4) 25

x2

 (sin
0
t )dt
18. lim is equal to :
x 0 x3

2 3 1
(1) (2) (3) 0 (4)
3 2 15

(cos2 x cos4 x cos6 x ..... )loge 2 2

19. If e satisfies the equation t – 9t + 8 = 0, then the value of

2sin x
 
 0  x  2  is
sin x  3 cos x

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

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20. The locus of the mid-point of the line segment joining the focus of the parabola y = 4ax to a moving
point of the parabola, is another parabola whose directrix is :

a a
(1) x  – (2) x  (3) x = 0 (4) x = a
2 2

Numeric Value Type

This Section contains 10 Numeric Value Type question, out of 10 only 5 have to be done.

1. If the least and the largest real values of , for which the equation
2 2
z   | z – 1| 2i  0 (z  C and i  –1) has a solution, are p and q respectively; then 4(p + q ) is
equal to ____

a –a
2. If  (| x |  | x – 2 |)dx  22, (a  2) and [x] denotes the greatest integer  x, then  (x  [x])dx
–a a

is equal to _______.

3. Let A = {n  N : n is a 3-digit number} B = {9k + 2 : k  N} and C = {9k +  : k  N} for some

 (0 <  < 9) If the sum of all the elements of the set A  (B  C) is 274 × 400, then  is equal to
______.

4. Let M be any 3 × 3 matrix with entries from the set {0, 1, 2}. The maximum number of such matrices,
T
for which the sum of diagonal elements of M M is seven, is _______.

2 2
5. If one of the diameters of the circle x + y – 2x – 6y + 6 = 0 is a chord of another circle 'C', whose
center is at (2, 1), then its radius is ______ .

4   
6. The minimum value of  for which the equation 
sin x 1– sin x
  has at least one solution in  0, 2 

is _______.

n  1 
7. lim tan  tan–1  2 
is equal to ____.
n 
 r 1  1  r  r 

      
8. Let three vectors a,b and c be such that c is coplanar with a and b,a. c  7 and b is perpendicular
     
to c, where a  –i  j  k and b  2i  k,
 then the value of 2 | a  b  c |2 is ______.

9. Let Bi (i = 1, 2, 3) be three independent events in a sample space. The probability that only B1 occur is
, only B2 occurs is  and only B3 occurs is . Let p be the probability that none of the events Bi occurs
and these 4 probabilities satisfy the equations ( – 2) p =  and ( – 3)p = 2 (All the probabilities
P(B1 )
are assumed to lie in the interval (0,1)). Then is equal to______.
P(B3 )

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3 –1 –2 
10. Let P  2 0   , where   R. Suppose Q = [qij] is a matrix satisfying PQ = kI3 for some non-zero
3 –5 0 

k k2 2 2
k  R. If q23  – and | Q | , then  + k is equal to _______.
8 2

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MATHEMATICS BY MANOJ CHAUHAN SIR
JEE MAIN-2021 (24-02-2021) SHIFT-2
Single Choice Type
  This section contains 20 Single choice questions. Each question has 4 choices (1), (2), (3) and (4) 
for its answer, out of which Only One is correct. 

1.  For the statements p and q, consider the following compound statements : 

  (a) (~q  (p  q))  ~p   (b) ((p  q)  ~p)  q 
  Then which of the following statements is correct? 
  (1) (a) and (b) both are not tautologies.  (2) (a) and (b) both are tautologies. 
  (3) (a) is a tautology but not (b).  (4) (b) is a tautology but not (a). 

x  3 y  2 z 1
2.  Let a, b  R. If the mirror image of the point P(a, 6, 9) with respect to the line     is 
7 5 9
(20, b, –a –9), then |a + b| is equal to : 
  (1) 88  (2) 86  (3) 84  (4) 90 

3.  The vector equation of the plane passing through the intersection of the planes  
 ˆ ˆ ˆ 
r.(i  j  k)  1 and r.(iˆ  2j)
ˆ  2 , and the point (1, 0, 2) is : 

 ˆ 7 
 ˆ  7   (3)  r.(iˆ  7jˆ  3k)  ˆ  7 
  (1)  r.(iˆ  7ˆj  3k) (2)  r.(3iˆ  7ˆj  3k) ˆ 7  (4)  r.(iˆ  7ˆj  3k)
3 3
2
4.  If  P  is  a  point  on  the  parabola  y  =  x   +  4  which  is  closest  to  the  straight  line  y  =  4x  –  1,  then  the  
co-ordinates of P are : 
  (1) (3, 13)  (2) (1, 5)  (3) (–2, 8)  (4) (2, 8) 

5.  The angle of elevation of a jet plane from a point A on the ground is 60°. After a flight of 20 seconds at 
the speed of 432 km/hour, the angle of elevation changes to 30°. If the jet plane is flying at a constant 
height, then its height is : 

  (1)  1800 3 m   (2)  3600 3 m   (3)  2400 3 m   (4)  1200 3 m  

n+1
6. If n  2 is a positive integer, then the sum of the series  C2 +  2  2 C 2   3 C 2   4 C 2  ....  n C 2  is: 

n(n – 1)(2n  1) n(n  1)(2n  1) n(2n  1)(3n  1) n(n  1)2 (n  2)

  (1)    (2)    (3)    (4)   
6 6 6 12

7. Let f : R  R be defined as,  
 
 –55 x, if x  –5

  f(x)  2x 3 – 3x 2 – 120x, if – 5  x  4  
2x 3 – 3x 2 – 36x – 336, if x  4,


  Let A = {x  R : f is increasing}. Then A is equal to : 

  (1) (–, –5)  (4, )  (2) (–5, )  (3) (–, –5)  (–4, )  (4) (–5, –4)  (4, ) 

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8. Let f be a twice differentiable function defined on R  such that f(0) = 1, f '(0) =  2 and f '(x)  0 for all  

f(x) f '(x)
x  R.  If  0, for all x  R, then the value of f(1) lies in the interval: 
f '(x) f "(x)

  (1) (9, 12)   (2) (6, 9)  (3) (0, 3)  (4) (3,6) 

 3 3 1
9. For which of the following curves, the line  x  3y  2 3  is the tangent at the point   , ? 
 2 2

2 2 1 2 2 2 2
(1) x  + y  = 7   (2)  y 2  x  (3) 2x  – 18y  = 9   (4) x  + 9y  = 9 
6 3

10. The value of the integral,   [x 2 – 2x – 2]dx, where [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to 

1

x, is : 

  (1)  – 2 – 3  1  (2)  – 2 – 3 – 1 (3) –5   (4) –4 

1 63 
11. A possible value of  tan  sin–1  is : 
 4 8 

1 1
  (1)    (2)  2 2 – 1   (3)  7 – 1   (4)   
7 2 2

12. The negative of the statement ~p  (p  q) is  

  (1) ~p  q   (2) p  ~ q  (3) ~p  q   (4) p  ~ q 

2
13. If the curve y = ax  + bx + c, x  R, passes through the point (1,2) and the tangent line to this curve at 
origin is y = x, then the possible values of a, b, c are : 

1 1
  (1)  a  , b  , c  1   (2) a = 1, b = 0, c= 1  (3) a = 1, b = 1, c = 0  (4) a = –1, b = 1, c = 1 
2 2

14. The area of the region : 
2 2
  R = {(x, y) : 5x   y  2x  + 9} is : 

  (1)  11 3 square units   (2)  12 3 square units   (3)  9 3 square units   (4)  6 3 square units
 

dy
15. If a curve y = f(x) passes through the point (1, 2) and satisfies x  y  bx 4 , then for what value of b, 
dx
2
62
 f(x)dx 
1
5
? 

62 31
  (1) 5   (2) 10  (3)    (4)   
5 5

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16. Let f(x) be a differentiable function defined on [0, 2] such that f '(x) = f '(2 – x) for all x  (0, 2), f(0) = 1 
2
2
and f(2) = e . Then the value of   f(x)dx is : 
0
2 2 2 2
  (1) 1 – e    (2) 1 + e   (3) 2(1 – e )  (4) 2(1 + e ) 

17. Let A and B be 3 × 3 real matrices such that A is symmetric matrix and B is skew-symmetric matrix. 
2 2 2 2
Then the system of linear equations (A B  – B A )X = O, where X is a 3 × 1 column  matrix of unknown   
variables and O is a 3 ×1 null matrix, has : 
  (1) no solution    (2) exactly two solutions    
  (3) infinitely many solutions  (4) a unique solution 

18. Let a, b, c be in arithmetic progression. Let the centroid of the triangle with vertices (a, c), (2, b) and  
 10 7 2 2 2
(a, b) be   ,  . If ,  are the roots of the equation ax  + bx + 1 = 0, then the value of   +   –  
 3 3
is  
71 69 69 71
  (1)    (2)    (3)  –   (4)  –
256 256 256 256

19. For  the  system  of  linear  equations  :  x  –  2y  =  1,  x  –  y  +  kz  =  –2,  ky  +  4z  =  6,  k    R,  consider  the 
following statements : 
  (A) The system has unique solution if k  2,  k  – 2. 
  (B) The system has unique solution if k = – 2. 
  (C) The system has unique solution if k = 2. 
  (D) The system has no-solution if k = 2. 
  (E) The system has infinite number of solutions  if k  –2. 
  Which of the following statements are correct ? 
  (1) (C) and (D) only  (2) (B) and (E) only  (3) (A) and (E) only  (4) (A) and (D) only 

20. The probability that two randomly selected subsets of the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} have exactly two elements 
in their intersection, is : 
65 65 135 35
  (1)  (2)    (3)    (4) 
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Numeric Value Type

  This Section contains 10 Numeric Value Type question, out of 10 only 5 have to be done. 

 n  n C , if n  r  0
1.  For integers n and r, let      r  
 r  0, otherwise

k
10  15  k 1  12  13 
The  maximum  value  of  k  for  which  the  sum   
i0

i   k – i i 0  i   k  1– i
exists,  is  equal  to 

________. 

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2. Let    be  an  integer.  If  the  shortest  distance  between  the  lines  x  –    =  2y  –  1  =  –2z  and  

7
x = y + 2 = z –  is  , then the value of || is _______. 
2 2

 1
f(x)  f  
 1   x
3.   If  a  +    =  1,  b  +    =  2  and  af(x)  f    bx  , x  0,  then  the  value  of  expression 
 x x 1
x
x
is_________. 

4. Let a point P be such that its distance from the point (5, 0) is thrice the distance of P from the point       
2
(– 5, 0). If the locus of the point P is a circle of radius r, then 4r  is equal to ________. 

5. If  the  area  of  the  triangle  formed  by  the  positive  x-axis,  the  normal  and  the  tangent  to  the  circle  
2 2
(x – 2)  + (y – 3)  = 25 at the point (5, 7) is A, then 24A is equal to_____. 

6. If the variance of 10 natural numbers 1, 1, 1,...., 1, k is less than 10, then the maximum possible value 
of k is ______. 

65
7. The  sum  of first four  terms  of  a  geometric  progression  (G.P.)  is   and  the  sum  of  their  respective 
12
65
reciprocals is  . If the product of first three terms of the G.P. is 1, and the third term is , then 2 is 
18
_______. 

8. The students S1, S2,....., S10 are to be divided into 3 groups A, B and C such that each group has at 
least  one  student  and  the  group  C  has  at  most  3  students.  Then  the  total  number  of  possibilities  of 
forming such groups is _____. 

(–1  i 3)21 (1  i 3)21

9. Let  i  =  –1. If   k, and  n  =  [|  k  |]  be  the  greatest  integral  part  of  |  k  |.  Then 
(1– i)24 (1  i)24
n5 n 5
2
 (j  5) –  (j  5)  is equal to _________. 
j 0 j0

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10. The number of the real roots of the equation  (x  1)2  | x – 5 | is ________. 
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Single Choice Type
This section contains 20 Single choice questions. Each question has 4 choices (1), (2), (3) and (4)
for its answer, out of which Only One is correct.

1
1. When a missile is fired from a ship, the probability that it is intercepted is and the probability that
3
3
the missile hits the target, given that it is not intercepted, is . If three missiles are fired independently
4
from the ship, then the probability that all three hit the target, is :

1 3 1 3
(1) (2) (3) (4)
27 4 8 8

  

2. If 0 < ,   , x   cos2n , y   sin2n  and z   cos2n   sin2n  then :
2 n0 n 0 n 0

(1) xy – z = (x + y) z (2) xy + yz + zx = z (3) xyz = 4 (4) xy + z = (x + y)z

3. Let f, g : N  N such that f(n + 1) = f(n) + f(1)  n  N and g be any arbitrary function. Which of the
following statements is NOT true?

(1) If fog is one-one, then g is one-one (2) If f is onto, then f(n) = n  n N
(3) f is one-one (4) If g is onto, then fog is one-one

x 1 y 1 z 1
4. The equation of the line through the point (0,1,2) and perpendicular to the line   is :
2 3 2

x y 1 z  2 x y 1 z  2 x y 1 z  2 x y 1 z  2
(1)   (2)   (3)   (4)  
3 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 3

5. Let  be the angle between the lines whose direction cosines satisfy the equations  + m – n = 0 and
2 2 2 4 4
 + m – n = 0. Then the value of sin  + cos  is :

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


sin   sin2 sin6   sin4   sin2   2sin4   3 sin2   6
d is :
6. The value of the integral  1  cos2
(where c is a constant of integration)
3 3
1 1
(1) 11  18 sin2   9 sin 4   2 sin6   2  c (2) 9  2cos6   3 cos4   6cos2   2  c
18 18
3 3
1 1
(3) 9  2 sin6   3 sin4   6 sin2   2  c (4) 11  18 cos2   9 cos4   2cos6   2  c
18 18

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1 3

2 x 
7. The value of x e
1
dx , where [t] denotes the greatest integer  t, is :

e 1 e1 e1 1
(1) (2) (3) (4)
3e 3 3e 3e

8. A man is observing, from the top of a tower, a boat speeding towards the tower from a certain point A,
with uniform speed. At that point, angle of depression of the boat with the man's eye is 30° (Ignore
man's height). After sailing for 20 seconds, towards the base of the tower (which is at the level of
water), the boat has reached a point B, where the angle of depression is 45°. Then the time taken (in
seconds) by the boat from B to reach the base of the tower is:

(1) 10 (2) 10 3 (3) 10( 3  1) (4) 10( 3  1)

2
9. A tangent is drawn to the parabola y = 6x which is perpendicular to the line 2x + y = 1. Which of the
following points does NOT lie on it?
(1) (–6, 0) (2) (4, 5) (3) (5, 4) (4) (0, 3)

10. All possible values of   [0, 2] for which sin 2 + tan 2 > 0 lie in :

    3       3    7 
(1)  0,    ,  (2)  0,    ,    , 
 2  2   2  2 4   6 

     3   3 11       3   5    3 7  
(3)  0,    ,    , (4)  0,    ,    ,    , 
 4   2 4   2 6   4  2 4   4   2 4 

2
11. Let the lines (2  i)z  (2  i) z and (2  i)z  (i  2) z  4i  0 , (here i = – 1) be normal to a circle C. If

the line iz  z  1  i  0 is tangent to this circle C, then its radius is:

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

12. The image of the point (3, 5) in the line x – y + 1 = 0, lies on :

2 2 2 2
(1) (x – 2) + (y – 2) = 12 (2) (x – 4) + (y + 2) = 16
2 2 2 2
(3) (x – 4) + (y – 4) = 8 (4) (x – 2) + (y – 4) = 4

x2 y2 x2 y2
13. If the curves,   1 and   1 intersect each other at an angle of 90°, then which of the
a b c d
following relations is TRUE?

cd
(1) a + b = c + d (2) a – b = c – d (3) a – c = b + d (4) ab 
ab

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n
 1 1
1   ....... 
 2 n  is equal to :
14. lim 1 
n   n 2 
 
 

1 1
(1) (2) 0 (3) (4) 1
2 e

2
15. The coefficients a, b and c of the quadratic equation, ax + bx + c = 0 are obtained by throwing a dice
three times. The probability that this equation has equal roots is:

1 5 1 1
(1) (2) (3) (4)
72 216 36 54

16. The total number of positive integral solutions (x, y, z) such that xyz = 24 is :
(1) 36 (2) 24 (3) 45 (4) 30

2 2
17. The integer 'k', for which the inequality x – 2 (3k – 1)x + 8k – 7 > 0 is valid for every x in R, is :
(1) 3 (2) 2 (3) 0 (4) 4

18. If a curve passes through the origin and the slope of the tangent to it at any point (x, y) is
x 2  4x  y  8
, then this curve also passes through the point:
x2
(1) (5, 4) (2) (4, 5) (3) (4, 4) (4) (5, 5)

19. The statement A  (B  A) is equivalent to :

(1) A  (A  B) (2) A  (A  B) (3) A  (A  B) (4) A  (A  B)

3 2  4
20. If Rolle's theorem holds for the function f(x) = x – ax + bx – 4, x  [1, 2] with f '    0 then ordered
 3

pair (a, b) is equal to :

(1) (5, 8) (2) (–5, 8) (3) (5, –8) (4) (–5, –8)

Numeric Value Type

This Section contains 10 Numeric Value Type question, out of 10 only 5 have to be done.
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1. Let f(x) be a polynomial of degree 6 in x, in which the coefficient of x is unity and it has extrema at
f(x)
x = –1 and x = 1. If lim  1 , then 5.f(2) is equal to _______.
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2. The number of points, at which the function f(x) = |2x + 1| – 3|x + 2| + |x + x – 2|, x  R is not
differentiable, is _______.

3. The graphs of sine and cosine functions, intersect each other at a number of points and between two
4
consecutive points of intersection, the two graphs enclose the same area A. Then A is equal to
______.

4. Let A1, A2, A3, ........ be squares such that for each n  1, the length of the side of An equals the length
of diagonal of An+1. If the length of A1 is 12 cm, then the smallest value of n for which area of An is less
than one, is ______.

x y z
2
5. Let A   y z x  , where x, y and z are real numbers such that x + y + z > 0 and xyz = 2. If A = I3,
 z x y 
3 3 3
then the value of x + y + z is_____.

   
 0  tan   
 2
6. If A    and (I  A) (I  A)1  a b  , then 13 (a2 + b2) is equal to ________ .
  2 2 b a 
   
 tan   0 
  2 

7. The total number of numbers, lying between 100 and 1000 that can be formed with the digits 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, if the repetition of digits is not allowed and numbers are divisible by either 3 or 5, is ______.

 
8. ˆ b  ˆi  ˆj and c  ˆi  ˆj  kˆ be three given vectors. If r is a vector such that
Let a  ˆi  2jˆ  k,
       
r  a  c  a and r  b  0, then r  a is equal to _________.

9. If the system of equations

kx + y + 2z = 1
3x – y – 2z = 2
–2x – 2y – 4z = 3
has infinitely many solutions, then k is equal to ________.

10. The locus of the point of intersection of the lines ( 3)kx  ky  4 3  0 and 3x  y  4( 3)k  0 is a

conic, whose eccentricity is ___________.

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JEE MAIN-2021 (25-02-2021) SHIFT-2
Single Choice Type
This section contains 20 Single choice questions. Each question has 4 choices (1), (2), (3) and (4)
for its answer, out of which Only One is correct.

th
1. Let A be a 3 × 3 matrix with det(A) = 4. Let Ri denote the i row of A. If a matrix B is obtained by
performing the operation R2  2R2 + 5R3 on 2A, then det(B) is equal to :
(1) 16 (2) 80 (3) 128 (4) 64

e3loge 2x  5e2loge 2x
2. The integral  e4loge x  5e3loge x  7e2loge x dx , x > 0, is equal to :
(where c is a constant of integration)
(1) loge x 2  5x  7  c (2) 4 loge x 2  5x  7  c

1
(3) loge x 2  5x  7  c (4) loge x 2  5x  7  c
4

2
3. The shortest distance between the line x – y = 1 and the curve x = 2y is :
1 1 1
(1) (2) (3) (4) 0
2 2 2 2

2 2
4. If ,   R are such that 1 – 2i (here i = –1) is a root of z + z +  = 0, then ( – ) is equal to :
(1) –3 (2) –7 (3) 7 (4) 3

x2 y2
5. A hyperbola passes through the foci of the ellipse   1 and its transverse and conjugate axes
25 16
coincide with major and minor axes of the ellipse, respectively. If the product of their eccentricities is
one, then the equation of the hyperbola is :
x2 y2 x2 y2 2 2 x2 y2
(1)  1 (2)  1 (3) x – y = 9 (4)  1
9 25 9 16 9 4

3
6. If 0 < x, y <  and cos x + cos y – cos (x + y)  , then sin x + cos y is equal to :
2
1 1 3 3 1 3
(1) (2) (3) (4)
2 2 2 2

7. A plane passes through the points A(1, 2, 3), B(2, 3, 1) and C(2, 4, 2). If O is the origin and P is

(2, –1, 1), then the projection of OP on this plane is of length :

2 2 2 2
(1) (2) (3) (4)
7 3 11 5

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8. In a group of 400 people, 160 are smokers and non-vegetarian; 100 are smokers and vegetarian and
the remaining 140 are non-smokers and vegetarian. Their chances of getting a particular chest
disorder are 35%, 20% and 10% respectively. A person is chosen from the group at random and is
found to be suffering from the chest disorder. The probability that the selected person is a smoker and
non-vegetarian is :
7 14 28 8
(1) (2) (3) (4)
45 45 45 45

  4 
9. cosec 2cot 1(5)  cos1    is equal to :
  5 

56 65 65 75
(1) (2) (3) (4)
33 56 33 56
2 2
10. If the curve x + 2y = 2 intersects the line x + y = 1 at two points P and Q, then the angle subtended
by the line segment PQ at the origin is :
  1   1   1   1
(1)  tan1   (2)  tan1   (3)  tan1   (4)  tan1  
2  3 2  3 2  4 2  4

11. The contrapositive of the statement "If you will work, you will earn money" is :
(1) You will earn money, if you will not work
(2) If you will earn money, you will work
(3) If you will not earn money, you will not work
(4) To earn money, you need to work

5x
12. A function f(x) is given by f  x   x
, then the sum of the series
5 5
 1  2  3  39 
f    f    f    .....  f   is equal to :
 20   20   20   20 
19 49 29 39
(1) (2) (3) (4)
2 2 2 2

 1   T 4 4
13. If for the matrix, A    , AA = I2, then the value of  +  is :
  
(1) 4 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 1
x x
14. The minimum value of f  x   aa  a1 a , where a, x  R and a > 0, is equal to :

1
(1) 2a (2) 2 a (3) a  (4) a + 1
a


2
15. If In   cot n x dx , then :

4

1 1 1
(1) , , are in G.P. (2) I2 + I4, I3 + I5, I4 + I6 are in A.P.
I 2  I 4 I3  I5 I 4  I 6
2 1 1 1
(3) I2 + I4, (I3 + I5) , I4 + I6 are in G.P. (4) , , are in A.P.
I 2  I 4 I3  I5 I 4  I 6

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1 n n n 
16. lim     ......   is equal to :
n n
  n  1 2  n  22  2n  12 
1 1 1
(1) (2) 1 (3) (4)
2 3 4

17. Let A be a set of all 4-digit natural numbers whose exactly one digit is 7. Then the probability that a
randomly chosen element of A leaves remainder 2 when divided by 5 is :
2 122 97 1
(1) (2) (3) (4)
9 297 297 5

2 n n a10  2a8
18. Let  and  be the roots of x – 6x – 2 = 0. If an =  –  for n  1, then the value of is :
3a9
(1) 2 (2) 1 (3) 4 (4) 3

19. Let x denote the total number of one-one functions from a set A with 3 elements to a set B with 5
elements and y denote the total number of one-one functions from the set A to the set A × B. Then :
(1) y = 273x (2) 2y = 91x (3) y = 91x (4) 2y = 273x

20. The following system of linear equations

2x + 3y + 2z = 9
3x + 2y + 2z = 9
x – y + 4z = 8
2 3
(1) has a solution (, , ) satisfying  +  +  = 12
(2) has infinitely many solutions
(3) does not have any solution
(4) has a unique solution

Numeric Value Type

This Section contains 10 Numeric Value Type question, out of 10 only 5 have to be done.

n n
1. The total number of two digit numbers 'n', such that 3 + 7 is a multiple of 10, is ______.

2. A function f is defined on [–3, 3] as


min x ,2  x 2
f x  
 , 2  x  2
  x  , 2 x 3

where [x] denotes the greatest integer  x. The number of points, where f is not differentiable in (–3, 3)
is ______.

 
3. Let a  ˆi  ˆj  3kˆ and b  3iˆ  ˆj  kˆ . If the area of the parallelogram whose adjacent sides are
   
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4. If the remainder when x is divided by 4 is 3, then the remainder when (2020 + x) is divided by 8 is
_______.

4 6
5. If the curves x = y and xy = k cut at right angles, then (4k) is equal to ______.

2 2 2
6. A line is a common tangent to the circle (x – 3) + y = 9 and the parabola y = 4x. If the two points of
contact (a, b) and (c, d) are distinct and lie in the first quadrant, then 2(a + c) is equal to ______.

7. If lim

ax  e 4x  1  exists and is equal to b, then the value of a – 2b is ______.
x0

ax e 4x
1 
2
8. If the curve, y = y(x) represented by the solution of the differential equation (2xy – y)dx + xdy = 0,
passes through the intersection of the lines, 2x – 3y = 1 and 3x + 2y = 8, then |y(1)| is equal to
______.

2
2
9. The value of  3x
2
 3x  6 dx is ______.

10. A line '' passing through origin is perpendicular to the lines


1 : r  (3  t)iˆ  ( 1  2t)jˆ  (4  2t)kˆ

 2 : r  (3  2s)iˆ  (3  2s)jˆ  (2  s)kˆ

If the co-ordinates of the point in the first octant on '2' at a distance of 17 from the point of

intersection of '' and '1' are (a, b, c), then 18(a + b + c) is equal to ______.

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JEE MAIN-2021 (26-02-2021) SHIFT-1
Single Choice Type
This section contains 20 Single choice questions. Each question has 4 choices (1), (2), (3) and (4)
for its answer, out of which Only One is correct.

      
1. If a and b are perpendicular, then a  a  a  a  b     is equal to :
 1  4     
(1) 0 (2) |a| b (3) a  b (4) | a |4 b
2

2. A fair coin is tossed a fixed number of times. If the probability of getting 7 heads is equal to probability
of getting 9 heads, then the probability of getting 2 heads is :

15 15 15 15
(1) (2) (3) (4)
213 212 28 214

2
3. Let A be a symmetric matrix of order 2 with integer entries. If the sum of the diagonal elements of A is
1, then the possible number of such matrices is :
(1) 4 (2) 1 (3) 6 (4) 12

25
4. In a increasing geometric series, the sum of the second and the sixth term is and the product of
2
th th th
the third and fifth term is 25. Then, the sum of 4 , 6 and 8 terms is equal to :
(1) 30 (2) 26 (3) 35 (4) 32

100 n
x [ x]
5. The value of e
n 1 n 1
dx , where [x] is the greatest integer  x, is :

(1) 100(e – 1) (2) 100(1 – e) (3) 100e (4) 100(1 + e)

6. In the circle given below, let OA = 1 unit, OB = 13 unit and PQ  OB. Then, the area of the triangle
PQB (in square units) is :
y
P

x
O A B

(1) 24 2 (2) 24 3 (3) 26 3 (4) 26 2

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7. The sum of the infinite series 1       ...... is equal to
3 3 2 3 3 3 4 35

13 9 15 11
(1) (2) (3) (4)
4 4 4 4

    
 3 sin  6  h  cos  6  h 
8. The value of lim 2   is
h 0
 
3h 3 cosh sinh 
 

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

1 10
 1 10

(1  x)
9. The maximum value of the term independent of ‘t’ in the expansion of  tx 5   where
 t 
 

x  (0, 1) is :

10! 2.10! 2.10! 10!

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

10. The rate of growth of bacteria in a culture is proportional to the number of bacteria present and the
bacteria count is 1000 at initial time t = 0. The number of bacteria is increased by 20% in 2 hours. If
2
k  k 
the population of bacteria is 2000 after hours, then  is equal to :
 6  loge 2 
loge  
 5

(1) 4 (2) 8 (3) 2 (4) 16

11. If (1, 5, 35), (7, 5, 5), (1, , 7) and (2, 1, 2) are coplanar, then the sum of all possible values of  is :

39 39 44 44
(1) (2)  (3) (4) 
5 5 5 5

sin1 x cos1 x tan1 y  c 

12. If   ;0  x  1 , then the value of cos  is :
a b c  a  b 

1  y2 2 1  y2 1  y2
(1) (2) 1 – y (3) (4)
y y 1 y2 2y

13. The number of seven digit integers with sum of the digits equal to 10 and formed by using the digits
1, 2 and 3 only is :
(1) 42 (2) 82 (3) 77 (4) 35

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14. Let f be any function defined on R and let it satisfy the condition :

f(x)  f(y)  (x  y)2 ,  (x, y)  R

If f(0) = 1, then :

(1) f(x) can take any value in R (2) f(x) < 0, x  R

(3) f(x) = 0, x  R (4) f(x) > 0, x  R

1 4
15. The maximum slope of the curve y  x  5x 3  18x 2  19x occurs at the point :
2

 21
(1) (2, 2) (2) (0, 0) (3) (2, 9) (4)  3, 
 2

16. The intersection of three lines

x – y = 0, x + 2y = 3 and 2x + y = 6 is a
(1) Right angled triangle (2) Equilateral triangle
(3) Isosceles triangle (4) None of the above

17. Consider the three planes

P1 : 3x + 15y + 21z = 9,

P2 : x – 3y – z = 5, and

P3 : 2x + 10y + 14z = 5

Then, which one of the following is true ?

(1) P1 and P2 are parallel (2) P1 and P3 are parallel

(3) P2 and P3 are parallel (4) P1, P2 and P3 all are parallel

(a  1)(a  2) a  2 1
18. The value of (a  2)(a  3) a  3 1 is
(a  3)(a  4) a  4 1

(1) (a + 2) (a + 3) (a + 4) (2) –2
(3) (a + 1) (a + 2) (a + 3) (4) 0

/2
cos 2 x
19. The value of 
 dx is
 1  3x
 /2

 
(1) (2) 4 (3) (4) 2
4 2

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20. Let R = {(P, Q) | P and Q are at the same distance from the origin} be a relation, then the equivalence
class of (1, –1) is the set :
2 2 2 2
(1) S = {(x, y) | x + y = 4} (2) S = {(x, y) | x + y = 1}
2 2
(3) S  {(x,y) | x2  y 2  2} (4) S = {(x, y) | x + y = 2}

Numeric Value Type

This Section contains 10 Numeric Value Type question, out of 10 only 5 have to be done.

1. The difference between degree and order of a differential equation that represents the family of curves
 a
given by y 2  a  x   ,a  0 is :
 2 

2. The number of integral values of 'k' for which the equation 3sinx + 4 cosx = k + 1 has a solution, k  R
is :

3. The number of solutions of the equation log4(x – 1) = log2(x – 3) is :

th 3 2
4. The sum of 162 power of the roots of the equation x – 2x + 2x – 1 = 0 is

 30  30  30  30 m

5. Let m, n  N and gcd (2, n) = 1. If 30    29    ......  2    1   n.2 , then n + m is equal
0  1   28  29

 n n
to : (Here    Ck )
 k

dy
6. If y = y(x) is the solution of the equation esiny cos y  esiny cos x  cos x, y(0)  0 ; then
dx

  3   1  
1 y    y   y   is equal to :
 6 2  3 2  4

7. Let (, 2, 1) be a point on the plane which passes through the point (4, –2, 2). If the plane is
2
  4
perpendicular to the line joining the points (–2, –21, 29) and (–1, –16, 23), then     4 is
 11 11
equal to :

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8. The area bounded by the lines y = ||x – 1| – 2| is :



9. The value of the integral  | sin2x | dx is :

0

 
10. If 3(cos2 x)   
3  1 cos x  1, the number of solutions of the given equation when x  0,  is :
 2

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MATHEMATICS BY MANOJ CHAUHAN SIR
JEE MAIN-2021 (26-02-2021) SHIFT-2
Single Choice Type
This section contains 20 Single choice questions. Each question has 4 choices (1), (2), (3) and (4)
for its answer, out of which Only One is correct.

 
1. If vectors a 1  x ˆi  ˆj  kˆ a n d a 2  ˆi  yˆj  zkˆ are collinear, then a possible unit vector parallel to the

vector x ˆi  yˆj  zkˆ is

1 1 ˆ ˆ 1 ˆ ˆ ˆ 1 ˆ ˆ ˆ
(1)
2
 ˆj  kˆ  (2)
2
 
ij (3)
3

i  jk  (4)
3

i  jk 

 k  1 if k is odd
2. Let A = {1, 2, 3, ..., 10} and f : A  A be defined as f (k )  
 k if k is even
Then the number of possible functions g : A  A such that gof = f is
5 10 5
(1) 10 (2) C5 (3) 5 (4) 5!

3. Let f : R  R be defined as

  x 
 2 sin   2  , if x  1
  

f(x)   ax 2  x  b , if  1  x  1

 sin  x  if x  1

If ƒ(x) is continuous on R, then a + b equals:
(1) –3 (2) –1 (3) 3 (4) 1

x
4. For x > 0, if f (x)   log e t dt, then f (e)  f  1  is equal to
1
(1  t)  e

1
(1) 1 (2) –1 (3) (4) 0
2

x y z
5. A natural number has prime factorization given by n = 2 3 5 , where y and z are such that y + z = 5

1 1 5
and y  z  , y > z. Then the number of odd divisors of n, including 1, is :
6
(1) 11 (2) 6 (3) 6x (4) 12

–1 x2  x  2
6. Let f(x) = sin x and g(x)  . If g(2)  lim g(x) , then the domain of the function fog is :
2x 2  x  6 x2

3 4
(1)   ,  2     ,   (2)   ,  2     1,   (3)   ,  2     ,   (4)    ,  1   2,  
 2   3 

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7. The triangle of maximum area that can be inscribed in a given circle of radius 'r' is :
(1) An isosceles triangle with base equal to 2r.
2r
(2) An equilateral triangle of height .
3
(3) An equilateral triangle having each of its side of length 3r.

(4) A right angle triangle having two of its sides of length 2r and r.

8. Let L be a line obtained from the intersection of two planes x + 2y + z = 6 and y + 2z = 4. If point
P(, , ) is the foot of perpendicular from (3, 2, 1) on L, then the value of 21( +  + ) equals :
(1) 142 (2) 68 (3) 136 (4) 102

9. Let F1(A,B,C) = (A ~B)  [~C  (A  B)]  ~A and F2(A, B) = (A  B)  (B  ~A) be two logical
expressions. Then :
(1) F1 and F2 both are tautologies
(2) F1 is a tautology but F2 is not a tautology
(3) F1 is not tautology but F2 is a tautology
(4) Both F1 and F2 are not tautologies

xy 2  y
10. Let slope of the tangent line to a curve at any point P(x, y) be given by . If the curve intersects
x
the line x + 2y = 4 at x = –2, then the value of y, for which the point (3, y) lies on the curve, is :
18 4 18 18
(1) (2)  (3)  (4) 
35 3 19 11

2 2
11. If the locus of the mid-point of the line segment from the point (3, 2) to a point on the circle, x + y = 1
is a circle of radius r, then r is equal to :
1 1 1
(1) 1 (2) (3) (4)
2 3 4

12. Consider the following system of equations :

x + 2y – 3z = a
2x + 6y – 11z = b
x – 2y + 7z = c,
where a, b and c are real constants. Then the system of equations :
(1) has a unique solution when 5a = 2b + c
(2) has infinite number of solutions when 5a = 2b + c
(3) has no solution for all a, b and c
(4) has a unique solution for all a, b and c

1 1 
13. If 0 < a, b < 1, and tan a  tan b  , then the value of
4
 a2  b2   a3  b3   a4  b4 
(a  b)      ... is :
 2   3   4 

2 e
(1) loge2 (2) e – 1 (3) e (4) loge  
 2

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
n2  6n  10
14. The sum of the series  is equal to :
n 1 (2n  1)!

41 19 41 19 41 19 41 19
(1) e  e1  10 (2) e  e1  10 (3) e  e1  10 (4)  e  e1  10
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

xf(a)  af(x)
15. Let f(x) be a differentiable function at x = a with f '(a) = 2 and f(a) = 4. Then lim equals :
x a xa
(1) 2a + 4 (2) 4 – 2a (3) 2a – 4 (4) a + 4

2 2
16. Let A(1, 4) and B(1, –5) be two points. Let P be a point on the circle (x – 1) + (y – 1) = 1 such that
2 2
(PA) + (PB) have maximum value, then the points P, A and B lie on :
(1) a straight line (2) a hyperbola (3) an ellipse (4) a parabola

17. If the mirror image of the point (1, 3, 5) with respect to the plane 4x – 5y + 2z = 8 is (, , ), then
5( +  + ) equals :

(1) 47 (2) 43 (3) 39 (4) 41

x
18. Let f (x )   e t f (t) dt  e x be a differentiable function for all x  R. Then f(x) equals :
0

 e 1  1
x
x x
e
 e 1
x

(1) 2e (2) e e  1 (3) 2e e  1 (4)

19. Let A1 be the area of the region bounded by the curves y = sinx, y = cosx and y-axis in the first
quadrant. Also, let A2 be the area of the region bounded by the curves y = sinx, y = cosx, x-axis and


x in the first quadrant. Then,
2
(1) A 1 : A 2  1 : 2 a n d A 1  A 2  1 (2) A 1  A 2 a n d A 1  A 2  2

(3) 2 A 1  A 2 a n d A 1  A 2  1  2 (4) A 1 : A 2  1: 2 and A 1  A 2  1

20. A seven digit number is formed using digits 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5. The probability, that number so formed is
divisible by 2, is :

6 1 3 4
(1) (2) (3) (4)
7 7 7 7

Numeric Value Type

This Section contains 10 Numeric Value Type question, out of 10 only 5 have to be done.

1. Let z be those complex numbers which satisfy z  5  4 and z 1  i  z 1  i  10, i  1 . If the

2
maximum value of |z + 1| is    2 , then the value of ( + ) is _______.

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2. Let the normals at all the points on a given curve pass through a fixed point (a, b). If the curve passes
2 2
through (3, –3) and ( 4,  2 2 ) , and given that a  2 2 b  3 , then (a + b + ab) is equal to ______.
n n
3. Let  and  be two real numbers such that  +  = 1 and  = –1. Let pn = () + () , pn – 1 = 11 and

pn + 1 = 29 for some integer n  1. Then, the value of p n2 is ______.

1
1 xm1  xn1
4. If Im,n   x m  1 1  x  n 1 dx for m, n  1 and  1 x m n
dx   Im,n ,   R, then  equals ____.
0 0

th th
5. If the arithmetic mean and geometric mean of the p and q terms of the sequence –16, 8, –4, 2, ...
2
satisfy the equation 4x – 9x + 5 = 0, then p + q is equal to ______.

6. The total number of 4-digit numbers whose greatest common divisor with 18 is 3, is ______.

2 2 2 2
7. Let L be a common tangent line to the curves 4x + 9y = 36 and (2x) + (2y) = 31. Then the square of
the slope of the line L is ______.

5 4 3 2
8. Let a be an integer such that all the real roots of the polynomial 2x + 5x + 10x + 10x + 10x + 10 lie
in the interval (a, a + 1). Then, |a| is equal to ______.

18 18
2
9. Let X1, X2, ..., X18 be eighteen observations such that  x
i 1
i     36 and  x
i 1
i     90 , where

 and  are distinct real numbers. If the standard deviation of these observations is 1, then the value
of | – | is ______.

1 0 0   1 0 0
  20 19  
10. If the matrix A  0 2 0  satisfies the equation A  A  A  0 4 0 for some real
3 0 1 0 0 1

numbers  and , then  –  is equal to ______.

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