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KCET – 2021 TEST PAPER WITH ANSWER KEY

(HELD ON SATURDAY 28-08-2021)

MATHEMATICS

1 2 3
A 4 x 6
1. If x 3 2x 2 9x 18 0 and then the maximum value of A is
7 8 9

(A) 96 (B) 36
(C)26 (D) 120
Ans. A

x3 1 1 x
2. At x = 1, the function f x is
x 1 x 1
(A) Continuous and differentiable (B) Continuous and non-differentiable
(C) Discontinuous and differentiable (D) Discontinuous and non-differentiable
Ans. B
2 dy
3. If y cos x 2 , then is equal to
dx
(A) 4x sin 2x 2 (B) x sin x 2

(C) 2x sin 2x 2 (D) x cos 2x 2

Ans. C
d x
4. For constant a, x xa ax a a is
dx
(A) x a 1 log x ax a 1
(B) x x 1 log x ax a 1
a x log a

(C) x x 1 log x ax a 1 log x (D) x x 1 log x a a 1 log a ax a 1

Ans. B
5. Consider the following statements:
dy log10 e 1
Statement 1: If y log10 x log e x then
dx x x

d log x d log x
Statement 2 : dx log10 x log10 and dx
log e x
log e
(A) Statement 1 is true; statement 2 is false (B) Statement 1 is false; statement 2 is true
(C) Both statement 1 and 2 are true (D) Both statement 1 and 2 are false
Ans. A

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6. If the parametric equation of a curve is given by x cos log tan and y sin , then the points for
2
dy
which 0 are given by
dx
n
(A) ,n z (B) 2n 1 ,n z
2 2
(C) 2n 1 , n z (D) n ,n z
Ans. BONUS

2 3 5 dy
7. If y x 1 x 2 x 3 then at x = 4 is equal to
dx
(A)108 (B) 54
(C) 36 (D) 516
Ans. D

t2 t
8. A particle starts from rest and its angular displacement (in radians) is given by . If the
20 5
angular velocity at the end of t = 4 is k, then the value of 5k is
(A) 0.6 (B) 5
(C) 5k (D) 3
Ans. D
3
9. If the parabola y x 2 6x passes through the point (0, 2) and has its tangent at x parallel to
2
x axis, then
(A) 2, 2 (B) 2, 2
(C) 2, 2 (D) 2, 2
Ans. C
10. The function f x x2 2x is strictly decreasing in the interval.

(A) ,1 (B) 1,

(C) R (D) ,
Ans. A
11. The maximum slope of the curve y = –x3 + 3x2 + 2x – 27 is
(A) 1 (B) 23
(C) 5 (D) –23
Ans. C

x 3 sin (tan 1 (x 4 ))
12. dx is equal to
1 x8

cos (tan 1 (x 4 )) cos (tan 1 (x 4 ))

(A) c (B) c
4 4

cos (tan 1 (x 3 )) sin (tan 1 (x 4 ))

(C) c (D) c
3 4

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Ans. A

x 2 dx
13. The value of is equal to
x6 a6

(A) log | x 3 x6 a6 | c (B) log | x 3 x6 a6 | c

1 1
(C) log | x 3 x6 a6 | c (D) log | x 3 x6 a6 | c
3 3
Ans. C

xe x dx
14. The value of is equal to
(1 x) 2
(A) ex (1 + x) + c (B) ex (1 + x2) + c

ex
(C) ex (1 + x)2 + c (D) c
1 x
Ans. D

x 1 sin x
15. The value of e dx is equal to
1 cos x

x
(A) ex tan +c (B) ex tanx + c
2
(C) ex (1 + cosx) + c (D) ex (1 + sinx) + c
Ans. A

4
16. If I n tan n x dx where n is positive integer then I10 I8 is equal to
0

(A) 9 (B)
7

(C) (D)
8 9
Ans. D
4042
xdx
17. The value is equal to
0 x 4042 x
(A) 4042 (B) 2021
(C) 8084 (D) 1010
Ans. B

18. The area of the region bounded by y 16 x 2 and x axis is

(A) 8 square units (B) 20 square units
(C) 16 square units (D) 256 square units
Ans. A

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x2 y2
19. If the area of the Ellipse is 2
1 is 20 square units, then is
25
(A) 4 (B) 3
(C) 2 (D) 1
Ans. A
20. Solution of Differential Equation xdy – ydx = 0 represents
(A) A rectangular Hyperbola (B) Parabola whose vertex is at origin
(C) Straight line passing through origin (D) A circle whose center is origin
Ans. C
dy y 1
21. The number of solutions of when y 1 2 is
dx x 1
(A)Three (B) One
(C) Infinite (D) Two
Ans. B
22. A vector a makes equal acute angle on the coordinate axis. Then the projection of vector b 5iˆ 7ˆj kˆ
on a is

11 11
(A) (B)
15 3

4 3
(C) (D)
5 5 3
Ans. B
23. The diagonals of a parallelogram are the vectors 3iˆ 6ˆj 2kˆ and ˆi 2ˆj 8kˆ then the length of the
shorter side of parallelogram is
(A) 2 3 (B) 14

(C) 3 5 (D) 4 3
Ans. C
24. If a . b 0 and a b makes an angle 60 with a then

(A) a 2 b (B) 2 a b

(C) a 3 b (D) 3 a b

Ans. D
25. If the area of the parallelogram with a and b as two adjacent sides is 15 sq. units then the area of the
parallelogram having 3 a 2 b and a 3 b as two adjacent sides in sq. units is
(A) 45 (B) 75
(C) 105 (D) 120
Ans. C

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26. The equation of the line joining the points 3, 4,11 and 1, 2,7 is

x 3 y 4 z 11 x 3 y 4 z 11
(A) (B)
2 3 4 2 3 2

x 3 y 4 z 11 x 3 y 4 z 11
(C) (D)
2 3 4 2 3 2
Ans. B

3 1 3 3 1 3
27. The angle between the lines whose direction cosines are , , , ,
4 4 2 and 4 4 2 is

(A) (B)
2

(C) (D)
3 4
Ans. C
28. If a plane meets the coordinate axes at A, B and C in such a way that the centroid of triangle ABC is
at the point (1, 2, 3) then the equation of the plane is
x y z x y z
(A) 1 (B) 1
1 2 3 3 6 9

x y z 1 x y z
(C) (D) 1
1 2 3 3 1 2 3
Ans. B
29. The area of the quadrilateral ABCD, when A 0, 4,1 ,B 2,3, 1 C 4,5,0 and D 2,6, 2 is equal to
(A) 9 sq units (B) 18 sq units
(C) 27 sq units (D) 81 sq units
Ans. A
30. The shaded region is the solution set of the inequalities

x=6
(0,5)

y=3

x
x' O (4, 0)

y'

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(A) 5x 4y 20, x 6, y 3, x 0, y 0 (B) 5x 4y 20, x 6, y 3, x 0, y 0
(C) 5x 4y 20, x 6, y 3, x 0, y 0 (D) 5x 4y 20, x 6, y 3, x 0, y 0
Ans. C
3 1 4
31. Given that A and B are two èvents such that P B P A/B and P A B then P(A) =
5 2 5

3 1
(A) (B)
10 2

1 3
(C) (D)
5 5
Ans. B
32. If A, B and C are three independent events such that P(A) = P(B) = P(C) = P then P(at least two of
A, B, c occur) =
(A) P3 - 3P (B) 3P - 2P 2
(C) 3P 2 - 2P3 (D) 3P2
Ans. C
33. Two dice are thrown. If it is known that the sum of numbers on the dice was less than 6 the probability
of getting a sum as 3 is
1 5
(A) (B)
18 18

1 2
(C) (D)
5 5
Ans. .C
34. A car manufacturing factory has two plants X and Y. Plant X manufactures 70% of cars and plant Y
manufactures 30% of cars. 80% of cars at plant X and 90% of cars at plant Y are rated as standard
quality. A car is chosen at random and is found to be of standard quality. The probability that it has come
from plant X is
56 56
(A) (B)
73 84

56 56
(C) (D)
83 79
Ans. C
35. In a certain town 65% families own cellphones, 15000 families own scooter and 15% families own
both. Taking into consideration that the families own at least one of the two, the total number of families
in the town is
(A)20000 (B) 30000
(C) 40000 (D) 50000
Ans. B
n( A )
36. A and B are non-singleton sets and n A B = 35. If B A then C n(B) =
(A)28 (B) 35
(C) 42 (D) 21
Ans. D

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Domain of f (x ) =
x
37. is
1- x

(A) -[-1,1] (B) (-¥,1)

(C) ,1 0,1 (D) R - {-1,1}

Ans. D
38. The value of cos 1200° + tan 1485° is
1 3
(A) (B)
2 2

3 1
(C) - (D) -
2 2
Ans. A
39. The value of tan 1° tan 2° tan 3°.......... tan 89° is
(A) 0 (B) 1
1
(C) (D) -1
2
Ans. B
x
1 i
40. If 1 then
1 i
(A) x = 4n +1;n Î N (B) x = 2n +1;n Î N
(C) x = 2n;n Î N (D) x = 4n;n Î N
Ans. D
41. The cost and revenue functions of a product are given by c x 20x 4000 and
R x 60x 2000 respectively where x is the number of items produced and sold. The value of x to
earn profit is
(A) > 50 (B) > 60
(C) > 80 (D) > 40
Ans. A
42. A student has to answer 10 questions, choosing at least 4 from each of the parts A and B. If there are
6 questions in part A and 7 in part B. Then the number of ways can the student choose 10 questions is
(A) 256 (B) 352
(C) 266 (D) 426
Ans. C
43. If the middle term of the A.P is 300 then the sum of its first 51 terms is
(A) 15300 (B) 14800
(C)16500 (D) 14300
Ans. A

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3 3
44. The equation of straight line which passes through the point a cos , a sin and perpendicular to
x sec ycosec a is

x y
(A) a cos (B) x cos ysin a cos 2
a a
(C) x cos y sin a cos 2 (D) x cos ysin a cos2
Ans. B
45. The mid points of the sides of a triangle are 1, 5, 1 0, 4, 2 and 2, 3, 4 then centroid of the
triangle

1
(A) 1, 4, 3 (B) 1, 4,
3

1
(C) 1, 4, 3 (D) , 2, 4
3
Ans. B
46. Consider the following statements :

ax 2 bx c
Statement 1 : lim is 1 where a b c 0
x 1 cx 2 bx a

1 1
1
Statement 2 : lim x 2 is
x 2 x 2 4
(A) Only statement 2 is true (B) Only statement 1 is true
(C) Both statements 1 and 2 are true (D) Both statements 1 and 2 are false
Ans. B
a b
47. If a and b are fixed non-zero constants, then the derivation of cos x is ma nb p where
x4 x2

3 2 4 2
(A) m 4x ; n ;p sin x (B) m ;n ;p sin x
x3 x5 x3

4 2 3 2
(C) m ;n ;p sin x (D) m 4x ; n ;p sin x
x5 x3 x3
Ans. B
48. The Standard Deviation of the numbers 31, 32, 33 ...... 46, 47 is

17 47 2 1
(A) (B)
12 12

(C) 2 6 (D) 4 3
Ans. C
49. If P(A) 0.59, P(B) 0.30 and P A B 0.21 then P A B
(A) 0.11 (B) 0.38
(C) 0.32 (D) 0.35
Ans. C

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2x ; x 3
50. f :R R defined by f x x 2 ; 1 x 3 then f 2 f 3 f 4 is
3x ; x 1

(A) 14 (B) 9
(C) 5 (D) 11
Ans. D
2x
51. Let A x : x R; x is not a positiveint eger Define f : A R as F x , then f is
x 1
(A) Injective but not surjective (B) Surjective but not injective
(C) Bijective (D) Neither injective nor surjective
Ans. A
52. The function f x 3 sin 2x cos 2x 4 is one-one in the interval

(A) , (B) ,
6 3 6 3

(C) , (D) ,
2 2 6 3
Ans. A

1
f x
53. Domain of the function x
2
x 6 where x is greatest integer
x is

(A) , 2 4, (B) , 2 3,

(C) , 2 4, (D) , 2 3,
Ans. A

1
54. cos cot 3
6
(A) 0 (B) 1
1
(C) (D) -1
2
Ans. B

1 1 5 1 1 3
55. tan sin sin cos sin
3 2 2

(A) 0 (B)
6

(C) (D)
3
Ans. BONUS

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2 1
1 2 1
A B 3 2 1
56. If 2 1 3 then AB is equal to
1 1

3 2 3 10
(A) (B)
10 7 2 7

3 7 3 7
(C) (D)
10 2 10 2
Ans. B
57. Let M be 2 2 symmetric matrix with integer entries, then M is invertible if
(A) The first column of M is the transpose of second row of M
(B) The second row of M is the transpose of first column of M
(C) M is a diagonal matrix with non-zero entries in the principal diagonal
(D) The product of entries in the principal diagonal of M is the product of entries in the other diagonal.
Ans. C
58. If A and B are matrices of order 3 and A 5, B 3 then 3AB is
(A) 425 (B) 405
(C) 565 (D) 585
Ans. B
59. If A and B are invertible matrices then which of the following is not correct?
1 1 1
(A) adjA AA (B) det A det A

1 1
(C) AB B 1A 1
(D) A B B 1
A 1

Ans. D

cos x 1 0
f x 0 2cos x 3
60. If then xlim f x
0 1 2cos x

(A) -1 (B) 1
(C) 0 (D) 3
Ans. A

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