Batch : R2

IIT - 2022 : Mathematics

Complex Numbers, Limits, Continuity &
Differentiability and Probability

Complex Numbers
4 6. A complex number z is said to be unimodular if
1. If Z   2 , then the maximum value of |Z| is |z| = 1. Suppose z1 and z2 are complex numbers
Z
equal to [AIEEE-2009] z1  2z2
such that is unimodular and z2 is not
2  z1z2
(1) 5 1 (2) 2
unimodular. Then the point z1 lies on a
(3) 2  2 (4) 3 1 [JEE (Main)-2015]
2. The number of complex numbers z such that (1) Straight line parallel to x-axis
|z – 1| = |z + 1| = |z – i| equals [AIEEE-2010] (2) Straight line parallel to y-axis
(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) Circle of radius 2
(3) 2 (4) 
(4) Circle of radius 2
z2
3. If z  1 and is real, then the point
z 1 2  3i sin 
represented by the complex number z lies 7. A value of  for which is purely
1  2i sin 
[AIEEE-2012] imaginary, is [JEE (Main)-2016]
(1) On a circle with centre at the origin.
 1 ⎛ 3 ⎞
(2) Either on the real axis or on a circle not (1) (2) sin ⎜⎜ ⎟⎟
passing through the origin 6 ⎝ 4 ⎠
(3) On the imaginary axis
⎛ 1 ⎞ 
(4) Either on the real axis or on a circle passing (3) sin1 ⎜ ⎟ (4)
through the origin ⎝ 3⎠ 3
4. If z is a complex number of unit modulus and
⎧ ⎛  ⎞ 3  2i sin  ⎫
1 z ⎞ Let A  ⎨ ⎜ – ,  ⎟: is purely imaginary ⎬ .
argument , then arg ⎛⎜
8.
⎟ equals ⎩ ⎝ 2 ⎠ 1– 2i sin  ⎭
⎝ 1 z ⎠
[JEE (Main)-2013]
Then the sum of the elements in A is
 [JEE (Main)-2019]
(1) – (2) 
2
5
(3)  (4) – (1) (2) 
6
5. If z is a complex number such that |z|  2, then
3 2
1 (3) (4)
the minimum value of z  [JEE (Main)-2014] 4 3
2
9. Let z 0 be a root of the quadratic equation,
5
(1) Is strictly greater than x2 + x + 1 = 0. If z = 3 + 6i z081 – 3i z093, then
2
arg z is equal to [JEE (Main)-2019]
3 5
(2) Is strictly greater than but less than
2 2 
(1) 0 (2)
5 3
(3) Is equal to
2  
(3) (4)
(4) Lies in the interval (1, 2) 4 6

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10. Let z 1 and z 2 be any two non-zero complex

3 i
3z 2z 16. If z    i  1 , then [JEE (Main)-2019]
numbers such that 3|z1| = 4|z2|. If z  1  2 2 2
2z2 3z1
(1) 0 (2) (– 1 + 2i)9
then [JEE (Main)-2019]
(3) – 1 (4) 1
3 5
(1) Im(z) = 0 (2)  z  17. All the points in the set
2 2
⎧  i ⎫
1 17 S⎨ :   R ⎬ (i  1)
(3) | z |  (4) Re(z) = 0 ⎩  i ⎭
2 2
lie on a [JEE (Main)-2019]
5 5
⎛ 3 i⎞ ⎛ 3 i⎞
11. Let z  ⎜  ⎟ ⎜  ⎟ . If R(z) and I(z) (1) Straight line whose slope is 1
⎝ 2 2⎠ ⎝ 2 2⎠
respectively denote the real and imaginary parts of
(2) Circle whose radius is 2
z, then [JEE (Main)-2019] (3) Circle whose radius is 1
(1) I(z) = 0 (4) Straight line whose slope is –1
(2) R(z) > 0 and I(z) > 0
5  3z
18. Let z  C be such that | z | < 1. If   ,
(3) R(z) < 0 and I(z) > 0 5(1  z )
(4) R(z) = – 3 then [JEE (Main)-2019]

3
(1) 5 Re() > 4 (2) 5 Re() > 1
⎛ 1 ⎞ x  iy
12. Let ⎜ 2  i ⎟  (i  1), where x and y (3) 4 Im() > 5 (4) 5 Im() < 1
⎝ 3 ⎠ 27
are real numbers, then y – x equals
1  i 2 2
19. If a > 0 and z  , has magnitude , then
[JEE (Main)-2019] ai 5
(1) –85 (2) –91 z is equal to : [JEE (Main)-2019]
(3) 85 (4) 91 1 3 3 1
(1)   i (2)   i
13. Let z be a complex number such that |z| + z = 5 5 5 5
3 + i (where i  1 ). Then |z| is equal to
1 3 1 3
[JEE (Main)-2019] (3)  i (4)   i
5 5 5 5
41 5 20. If z and w are two complex numbers such that
(1) (2) 
4 4 zw  1 and arg(z) – arg(w)  , then :
2
5 34
(3) (4) [JEE (Main)-2019]
3 3
1 i
z– (1) zw  (2) zw  i
14. If (  R ) is a purely imaginary number and 2
z
|z| = 2, then a value of  is 1  i
[JEE (Main)-2019] (3) zw  (4) zw  i
2
(1) 2 (2) 2
21. The equation | z – i |  | z – 1|, i  –1 , represents :
1
(3) (4) 1 [JEE (Main)-2019]
2
15. Let z1 and z2 be two complex numbers satisfying (1) The line through the origin with slope –1
|z1| = 9 and |z2 – 3 – 4i | = 4. Then the minimum 1
value of |z1 – z2| is [JEE (Main)-2019] (2) A circle of radius
2
(1) 0 (2) 2 (3) A circle of radius 1
(3) 1 (4) 2 (4) The line through the origin with slope 1

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22. Let z  C with lm(z) = 10 and it satisfies (1) x2 – 101x + 100 = 0

2z – n (2) x2 – 102x + 101 = 0
= 2i – 1 for some natural number n. Then
2z + n (3) x2 + 101x + 100 = 0

[JEE (Main)-2019] (4) x2 + 102x + 101 = 0

zi
(1) n = 20 and Re(z) = 10 27. Let z be a complex number such that 1
z  2i
(2) n = 20 and Re(z) = –10 5
and | z |  . Then the value of |z + 3i| is
(3) n = 40 and Re(z) = –10 2
(4) n = 40 and Re(z) = 10 [JEE (Main)-2020]

⎛ z 1 ⎞ 7
23. If Re ⎜ ⎟  1, where z = x + iy, then the point (1) 2 3 (2)
⎝ 2z  i ⎠ 2
(x, y) lies on a [JEE (Main)-2020]
15
(3) 10 (4)
4
⎛ 1 3⎞
(1) Circle whose centre is at ⎜  ,  ⎟
⎝ 2 2⎠ 28. If z be a complex number satisfying
|Re(z)| + |Im(z)| = 4, then |z| cannot be
2
(2) Straight line whose slope is  [JEE (Main)-2020]
3
(1) 10 (2) 8
5
(3) Circle whose diameter is 17
2 (3) (4) 7
2
3
(4) Straight line whose slope is 3
2 ⎛ 2 2 ⎞
⎜ 1  sin 9  i cos 9 ⎟
3  i sin  29. The value of ⎜ ⎟ is
24. If ,   [0, 2] , is a real number, then ⎜⎜ 1  sin 2 – i cos 2 ⎟⎟
4  i cos  ⎝ 9 9 ⎠
an argument of sin   i cos  is
[JEE (Main)-2020]
[JEE (Main)-2020]
1 1
(1)  1  i 3  (2) 1  i 3 
1 ⎛ 3 ⎞ 1 ⎛ 4 ⎞ 2 2
(1)   tan ⎜ ⎟ (2)   tan ⎜ ⎟
⎝4⎠ ⎝3⎠
1 1
(3)  3 i (4)   3 i
1 ⎛ 3 ⎞ 1 ⎛ 4 ⎞
2 2
(3)  tan ⎜ ⎟ (4) tan ⎜ ⎟
⎝4⎠ ⎝3⎠ 30. The imaginary part of

25. If the equation, x2 + bx + 45 = 0 (b  R) has

3  2   
1 1
2 2
conjugate complex roots and they satisfy –54 – 3 – 2 –54 can be

z  1  2 10 , then [JEE (Main)-2020] [JEE (Main)-2020]

(1) b2 – b = 42 (2) b2 – b = 30 (1) 6 (2) – 6

(3) b2 + b = 12 (4) b2 + b = 72 (3) –2 6 (4) 6

1  i 3 100 31. If z 1 , z 2 are complex numbers such that

26. Let   . If a  (1   ) ∑  2k and
2 k 0
Re( z1 )  z1 – 1, Re( z2 )  z2 – 1 , and
100 
b ∑ 3k , then a and b are the roots of the arg( z1 – z2 ) 
6
, then Im(z1 + z2) is equal to
k 0
quadratic equation [JEE (Main)-2020] [JEE (Main)-2020]

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3 1 30
(1) (2) ⎛ –1  i 3 ⎞
2 3 35. The value of ⎜⎜ ⎟⎟ is [JEE (Main)-2020]
2 ⎝ 1 i ⎠
(3) (4) 2 3
3 (1) –215 i (2) –215
2z  i (3) 215 i
32. Let u  , z  x  iy and k > 0. If the curve (4) 65
z  ki
represented by Re(u) + Im(u) = 1 intersects the 36. The region represented by {z = x + iy  C : |z| –
y-axis at the point P and Q where PQ = 5, then Re(z)  1} is also given by the inequality
the value of K is [JEE (Main)-2020] [JEE (Main)-2020]
(1) 1/2 (2) 3/2
1 ⎛ 1⎞
(3) 2 (4) 4
2
(1) y  x  (2) y 2  2⎜ x  ⎟
2 ⎝ 2⎠
33. If a and b are real numbers such that
(3) y 2  x  1 (4) y 2  2  x  1
–1  i 3
(2 + ) 4 = a + b, where   , then
2 37. Let z = x + iy be a non-zero complex number such
a + b is equal to [JEE (Main)-2020] 2 2
that z  i z , where i  –1 , then z lies on the
(1) 33 (2) 9
[JEE (Main)-2020]
(3) 24 (4) 57
(1) Line, y = x (2) Imaginary axis
34. If the four complex numbers z, z , z –2Re  z 
(3) Real axis (4) Line, y = –x
and z – 2Re(z) represent the vertices of a square
of side 4 units in the Argand plane, then |z| is m n
⎛1  i ⎞ 2 ⎛1  i ⎞ 3
⎟  1,  m, n  N  then
equal to [JEE (Main)-2020] ⎜
38. If ⎜ 1– i ⎟
⎝ ⎠ ⎝ i –1 ⎠
(1) 4 2 (2) 2
the greatest common divisor of the least values of
(3) 2 2 (4) 4 m and n is ________. [JEE (Main)-2020]

  

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 Limits

1. Let f : R  R be a positive increasing function with 1

lim
f (3 x )
 1. Then lim
f (2 x )
 [AIEEE-2010]
6. Let p  lim 1  tan2 x
x 0 
  2x then log p is equal to
x  f ( x ) x  f ( x )
[JEE (Main)-2016]
2 1
(1) 1 (2) (1) 1 (2)
3 2
3
(3) (4) 3 1
2 (3) (4) 2
4
2. Let f : R  [0, ) be such that lim f  x  exists
x 5 1
⎛ (n  1)(n  2)...3n ⎞ n
7. lim ⎜ ⎟ is equal to
f  x 
2
–9 n  ⎝ n 2n ⎠
and lim  0 . Then xlim
 5 f(x) equals [JEE (Main)-2016]
x5 |x –5|
[AIEEE-2011] 27 9
(1) 2 (2)
(1) 2 (2) 3 e e2
(3) 0 (4) 1
18
(3) 3 log3 – 2 (4)
(1  cos 2 x )(3  cos x ) e4
3. lim is equal to
x 0 x tan 4 x
[JEE (Main)-2013] cot x  cos x
8. lim equals [JEE (Main)-2017]
x
 (   2)3
1 1 2
(1)  (2)
4 2
1 1
(3) 1 (4) 2 (1) (2)
16 8

sin(  cos2 x ) 1 1
4. lim is equal to [JEE (Main)-2014]
x 0 x2 (3)
4
(4)
24
(1) – (2)  9. For each t  R, let [t] be the greatest integer less
than or equal to t. Then [JEE (Main)-2018]

(3) (4) 1
2
⎛ ⎡ 1⎤ ⎡2⎤ ⎡ 15 ⎤ ⎞
lim x ⎜ ⎢ ⎥  ⎢ ⎥  ......  ⎢ ⎥ ⎟
 x
⎝⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦ x ⎣ x ⎦⎠
lim
1  cos 2x  3  cos x  x 0
5. is equal to
x 0 x tan 4 x (1) Is equal to 0
[JEE (Main)-2015]
(2) Is equal to 15
(1) 4 (2) 3
(3) Is equal to 120
1
(3) 2 (4) (4) Does not exist (in R)
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1 1 y 4  2  – 2sin–1 x
10. lim [JEE (Main)-2019] 16. lim is equal to [JEE (Main)-2019]
y 0 y4 x 1
1– x

1 2 
(1) Exists and equals
2 2  2 1  (1)

(2)
2
(2) Does not exist
1
(3)  (4)
1 2
(3) Exists and equals
4 2
sin2 x
1 17. lim equals [JEE (Main)-2019]
(4) Exists and equals x 0 2  1  cos x
2 2
11. For each x  R, let [x] be the greatest integer less (1) 2 (2) 2 2
x([ x ] | x |) sin[ x ]
than or equal to x. Then lim is (3) 4 (4) 4 2
x 0 |x|
18. Let f : R R be a differentiable function satisfying
equal to [JEE (Main)-2019]
1
(1) –sin1 (2) 1 ⎛ 1  f (3  x ) – f (3) ⎞ x
f(3) + f(2) = 0. Then lim ⎜ ⎟ is
(3) sin1 (4) 0 x 0 ⎝ 1  f (2 – x ) – f (2) ⎠
12. For each t R, let [t] be the greatest integer less equal to [JEE (Main)-2019]
than or equal to t. Then,
(1) e (2) 1
⎛x ⎞ (3) e2 (4) e–1
(1 | x |  sin | 1  x |)sin ⎜ [1  x ] ⎟
⎝ 2 ⎠
lim ⎡x⎤
x 1 | 1  x | [1  x ] 19. If f(x) = [x] – ⎢ ⎥ , x  R, where [x] denotes the
⎣4⎦
[JEE (Main)-2019] greatest integer function, then [JEE (Main)-2019]
(1) Equals 0 (2) Equals 1
(1) lim f ( x ) exists but lim f ( x ) does not exist
(3) Equals –1 (4) Does not exist x 4  x 4 

13. Let [x] denote the greatest integer less than or (2) f is continuous at x = 4
equal to x. Then
(3) lim f ( x ) exists but lim f ( x ) does not exist
x 4  x 4 
2 2
tan(  sin x )  (| x | – sin ( x[ x ]))
lim
x 0 x2 (4) Both lim f ( x ) and lim f ( x ) exist but are not
x 4  x 4 
[JEE (Main)-2019] equal
(1) Equals 0 (2) Equals  + 1
x4  1 x3  k 3
(3) Equals  (4) Does not exist 20. If lim  lim 2 , then k is
x 1 x  1 x k x  k 2

x cot (4 x ) [JEE (Main)-2019]

14. lim is equal to
x 0 sin2 x cot 2 (2 x )
4 3
[JEE (Main)-2019] (1) (2)
3 2
(1) 2 (2) 4
(3) 1 (4) 0 8 3
(3) (4)
3 8
cot3 x – tan x
15. lim is [JEE (Main)-2019] x 2  ax  b
 
x  cos ⎛⎜ x  ⎞⎟ 21. If lim  5 , then a + b is equal to
4 ⎝ 4⎠ x 1 x 1
[JEE (Main)-2019]
(1) 8 2 (2) 4
(1) 5 (2) –4
(3) 4 2 (4) 8 (3) 1 (4) –7

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x + 2sin x 28. Let f : (0, )  (0, ) be a differentiable function

22. lim is such that f(1) = e and
x 0
x 2 + 2sin x + 1 – sin2 x – x + 1
[JEE (Main)-2019] t 2f 2  x   x 2f 2  t 
lim 0
(1) 3 (2) 6 t x tx
(3) 1 (4) 2 If f(x) = 1, then x is equal to [JEE (Main)-2020]
23. Let f(x) = 5 – |x – 2| and g(x) = |x + 1|, x  R. If (1) 2e (2) e
f(x) attains maximum value at  and g(x) attains
minimum value at , then 1 1
(3) (4)
2e e
( x – 1)( x 2 – 5 x + 6)
lim is equal to 29. If  is the positive root of the equation, p(x) = x2 – x
x  –  x 2 – 6x + 8
1  cos( p( x ))
[JEE (Main)-2019] – 2 = 0, then lim is equal to
x   x4
(1) 1/2 (2) –1/2
[JEE (Main)-2020]
(3) –3/2 (4) 3/2
1 1
1 (1) (2)
2
⎛ 3x  2 ⎞ x 2 2 2
24. lim ⎜ 2 ⎟ is equal to [JEE (Main)-2020]
x 0 ⎜ 7 x  2 ⎟ 3 3
⎝ ⎠ (3) (4)
1 2 2
(1) e (2)
e
⎛ 2 4 ⎞
x ⎜ e( 1 x  x 1)/ x  1⎟
1
(3) (4) e2 30. lim ⎝ ⎠
[JEE (Main)-2020]
e2 x 0 2
1 x  x  14

1
(1) Is equal to 0 (2) Is equal to e
⎛ ⎛ ⎞⎞x
25. lim ⎜ tan ⎜  x ⎟ ⎟ is equal to
x 0 ⎝ ⎝4 ⎠⎠ (3) Is equal to 1 (4) Does not exist

(1) e2 (2) 1 ⎛ ( x 1)2 ⎞

(3) e (4) 2 ⎜ ∫0 t cos(t 2 )dt ⎟
31. lim ⎜ ⎟ [JEE (Main)-2020]
26. Let [t] denote the greatest integer  t. If for some x 1 ( x – 1)sin( x – 1)
⎜ ⎟
⎝ ⎠
1 x  x 1
  R – {0, 1}, lim  L, then L is equal (2) Is equal to –
x 0   x  x (1) Does not exist
2
to [JEE (Main)-2020] 1
(3) Is equal to 1 (4) Is equal to
1 2
(1) 2 (2)
2 3 x  33  x  12
32. lim x
is equal to ________.
(3) 0 (4) 1 x 2 1 x
3 2 3
[JEE (Main)-2020]
1 1
(a  2x )3  (3 x ) 3 x  x 2  x 3  ...  x n – n
27. lim 1 1
(a  0) is equal to 33. If lim  820, (n  N ) then
x a
x 1 x –1
(3a  x )3  (4 x ) 3
[JEE (Main)-2020] the value of n is equal to _______
1 1
[JEE (Main)-2020]
⎛ 2 ⎞ ⎛ 2 ⎞3 ⎛ 2 ⎞ ⎛ 2 ⎞3
(1) ⎜ ⎟ ⎜ ⎟ (2) ⎜ ⎟ ⎜ ⎟ ⎧⎪ 1 ⎛ x2 x2 x2 x2 ⎞⎫⎪
⎝ 9 ⎠⎝ 3 ⎠ ⎝ 3 ⎠⎝ 9 ⎠ 34. If lim ⎨ 8 ⎜⎜1 cos  cos  cos cos ⎟⎟⎬  2k ,
x0 x
⎪⎩ ⎝ 2 4 2 4 ⎠⎪⎭
4 4
⎛ 2 ⎞3 ⎛ 2 ⎞3 then the value of k is _________.
(3) ⎜ ⎟ (4) ⎜ ⎟
⎝3⎠ ⎝9⎠ [JEE (Main)-2020]

  

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 Continuity and Differentiability

1. Let f(x) = x |x| and g(x) = sin x. 4. Define F(x) as the product of two real functions

Statement-1 : gof is differentiable at x = 0 and its ⎧ 1

⎪sin , if x  0
derivative is continuous at that point. f1( x )  x, x  » , and f2 ( x )  ⎨ x
⎪⎩ 0, if x  0
Statement-2 : gof is twice differentiable at x = 0.
[AIEEE-2009] as follows:
(1) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true;
⎧f ( x ).f2 ( x ) if x  0
Statement-2 is not a correct explanation for F(x)  ⎨ 1
⎩ 0, if x  0
Statement-1
(2) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false Statement - 1 : F(x) is continuous on » .
Statement - 2 : f1(x) and f2(x) are continuous on R.
(3) Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true
[AIEEE-2011]
(4) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; (1) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false
Statement-2 is a correct explanation for
(2) Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true
Statement-1
(3) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true;
2. Let f : (–1, 1)  R be a differentiable function with Statement-2 is a correct explanation of
f(0) = –1 and f (0) = 1. Let g(x) = [f(2f(x) + 2)]2. Statement-1
Then g(0) = [AIEEE-2010] (4) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true;
(1) 4 (2) –4 Statement-2 is not a correct explanation of
Statement-1
(3) 0 (4) –2
5. If function f(x) is differentiable at x = a, then
3. Let f : R  R be a continuous function defined by
x 2f (a )  a 2f ( x )
1 lim is [AIEEE-2011]
f (x)  x x a x a
e  2e  x
(1) 2a f(a) – a2 f (a)
1
Statement-1 : f (c )  , for some c  R. (2) 2a f(a) + a2 f (a)
3
(3) – a2 f (a)
1
Statement-2 : 0  f ( x )  , for all x  R.
2 2 (4) a f(a) – a2 f (a)
[AIEEE-2010] 6. If f : R  R is a function defined by
(1) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; ⎛ 2x  1⎞
Statement-2 is a correct explanation for f ( x )  [ x ]cos ⎜ ⎟  , where [x] denotes the
⎝ 2 ⎠
Statement-1 greatest integer function, then f is [AIEEE-2012]
(2) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; (1) Discontinuous only at x = 0
Statement-2 is not a correct explanation for
(2) Discontinuous only at non-zero integral values
Statement-1 of x
(3) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false (3) Continuous only at x = 0
(4) Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true (4) Continuous for every real x

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7. Consider the function,

⎛ 1⎞ 1 ⎛ 6 x x ⎞
11. If for x  ⎜ 0, ⎟ , the derivative of tan ⎜ ⎟
f (x)  x  2  x  5 , x  R ⎝ 4⎠ ⎝ 1  9x3 ⎠

Statement-1 : f (4)  0 is x  g ( x ) , then g(x) equals [JEE (Main)-2017]

Statement-2 : f is continuous in [2, 5], 3x x 3x

(1) (2)
differentiable in (2, 5) and f(2) = f(5). 1 9x 3
1 9x3
[AIEEE-2012]
3 9
(3) 3 (4)
(1) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; 1  9x 1  9x 3
Statement-2 is a correct explanation for
Statement-1 12. Let S  {t  R : f ( x )  x   ·(e|x|  1)sin | x | is not
differentiable at t}. Then the set S is equal to
(2) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true;
Statement-2 is not a correct explanation for [JEE (Main)-2018]
Statement-1 (1)  (an empty set) (2) { 0 }

(3) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false (3) {  } (4) {0, }

13. Let f : R  R be a function defined as
(4) Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true
8. If f and g are differentiable functions in [0, 1] ⎧ 5, if x 1
⎪ a  bx, if 1 x  3
satisfying f(0) = 2 = g(1), g(0) = 0 and f(1) = 6, f x  ⎨
b  5 x, if 3x5
⎪ 30, if x5
then for some c ]0, 1[ [JEE (Main)-2014] ⎩
(1) f (c) = g(c) (2) f (c) = 2g(c) Then, f is [JEE (Main)-2019]
(3) 2f (c) = g(c) (4) 2f (c) = 3g(c) (1) Continuous if a = –5 and b = 10
9. If the function. (2) Continuous if a = 5 and b = 5
(3) Continuous if a = 0 and b = 5
⎪⎧k x  1 , 0  x  3
g( x )  ⎨ (4) Not continuous for any values of a and b
⎪⎩ mx  2 , 3  x  5
14. Let f be a differentiable function from R to R such
is differentiable, the value of k + m is 3
[JEE (Main)-2015] that f ( x )  f ( y )  2 x  y 2 , for all x, y R. If f(0) = 1

1
16 2
(1) 2 (2)
5
then ∫f ( x ) dx equal to [JEE (Main)-2019]
0

10 (1) 1 (2) 0
(3) (4) 4
3
1
(3) (4) 2
10. For x  R, f  x   log2  sin x and 2

g  x   f  f  x   , then [JEE (Main)-2016] d 2y

15. If x = 3 tant and y = 3 sect, then the value of
dx 2
(1) g   0   cos  log2  
at t = , is [JEE (Main)-2019]
4
(2) g   0    cos  log2 
1 1
(1) (2)
(3) g is differentiable at x = 0 and 6 2 3 2
g(0) = – sin(log2)
3 1
(3) (4)
(4) g is not differentiable at x = 0 2 2 6

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 MATHEMATICS

21. Let K be the set of all real values of x where the

⎪⎧max{| x |, x 2 }, | x |  2 ⎫⎪
16. Let f ( x )  ⎨ ⎬ function f(x) = sin |x| – |x| + 2(x – ) is not
⎪⎩ 8  2 | x |, 2  | x |  4 ⎪⎭ differentiable. Then the set K is equal to
Let S be the set of points in the interval (–4, 4) at [JEE (Main)-2019]
which f is not differentiable. Then S
(1) {}
[JEE (Main)-2019] (2)  (an empty set)
(1) Equals {–2, –1, 0, 1, 2} (3) {0}
(2) Equals {–2, 2} (4) {0, }
(3) Is an empty set 22. For x > 1, if (2x) 2y = 4e 2x – 2y , then
(4) Equals {–2, –1, 1, 2} dy
1  loge 2x 
2
is equal to [JEE (Main)-2019]
17. Let f :(–1, 1) R be a function defined by dx

 
f ( x )  max – x ,– 1– x 2 . If K be the set of all
(1) loge2x
(2) x loge2x
points at which f is not differentiable, then K has
exactly [JEE (Main)-2019] x loge 2 x  loge 2
(3)
x
(1) Three elements (2) Two elements
x loge 2 x – loge 2
(3) One element (4) Five elements (4)
x
18. Let f be a differentiable function such that 23. Let S be the set of all points in (–, ) at which the
3 f (x) function, f(x) = min {sinx, cosx} is not
f ( x )  7 – , (x > 0) and f(1)  4. Then
4 x differentiable. Then S is a subset of which of the
following? [JEE (Main)-2019]
⎛ 1⎞
lim xf ⎜ ⎟
 
[JEE (Main)-2019]
x 0  ⎝x⎠ 3  3 
(1) – ,– , ,
(1) Exist and equals 4 4 4 4 4

(2) Does not exist

4
(2) 
–
3   3
4
,– , ,
2 2 4 
 
(3) Exists and equals
7    
(3) – ,– , ,
(4) Exists and equals 0 2 4 4 2

⎧⎪ –1,
19. Let f ( x )  ⎨ 2
⎪⎩ x – 1,
–2  x  0
0x2
and (4)  
– ,0
4 4 
24. Let f be a differentiable function such that
g(x) = | f(x)| +f(|x|). Then, in the interval (–2, 2), g f (1) = 2 and f (x) = f (x) for all x R. If h (x) =
is [JEE (Main)-2019] f(f (x)), then h(1) is equal to [JEE (Main)-2019]
(1) Not differentiable at two points (1) 2e (2) 2e 2
(2) Not differentiable at one point (3) 4e (4) 4e 2
(3) Not continuous 2
⎛ ⎛ 3 cos x  sin x ⎞ ⎞ ⎛ ⎞
(4) Differentiable at all points 25. If 2y  ⎜ cot 1 ⎜ ,  0,
⎜ cos x  3 sin x ⎟⎟ ⎟⎟ x ⎝⎜ 2 ⎠⎟
then
⎜
⎝ ⎝ ⎠⎠
dy
20. If x loge (loge x) – x2 + y2 = 4 (y > 0), then at
dx dy
is equal to [JEE (Main)-2019]
x = e is equal to [JEE (Main)-2019] dx
(2e  1) (1  2e )  
(1) (2) (1) 2 x  (2) x
2 4e 2
2 4e 2
3 6
(1  2e ) e  
(3) (4) (3) x (4) x
4e 2
4  e2 3 6

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MATHEMATICS

⎛ ⎞ ⎛ sin x – cos x ⎞
26. If the function f defined on ⎜ , ⎟ by 30. The derivative of tan–1 ⎜ ⎟ , with
⎝6 3⎠ ⎝ sin x + cos x ⎠
⎧ 2 cos x  1 
⎪⎪ , x x ⎛ ⎛  ⎞⎞
, where ⎜ x  ⎜ 0, ⎟ ⎟ is
f ( x )  ⎨ cot x  1 4 respect to
2 ⎝ ⎝ 2 ⎠⎠
⎪ 
k, x
⎪⎩ 4 [JEE (Main)-2019]

is continuous, then k is equal to 1 2

(1) (2)
[JEE (Main)-2019] 2 3
(3) 2 (4) 1
1
(1) 1 (2) 31. Let the function, f : [–7, 0]  R be continuous on
2
[–7, 0] and differentiable on (–7, 0). If f (–7) = –3
1 and f (x)  2, for all x  (–7, 0), then for all such
(3) (4) 2 functions f, f(–1) + f(0) lies in the interval
2
[JEE (Main)-2020]
⎪⎧ a   x  1, x  5 (2) (–, 20]
27. If the function f  x   ⎨ is (1) [–3, 11]
⎪⎩b x    3, x  5
(3) (–, 11] (4) [–6, 20]
continuous at x = 5, then the value of a – b is
[JEE (Main)-2019] ⎛ tan   cot  ⎞ 1 ⎛ 3 ⎞
32. If y   2⎜ 2 ⎟ 2
,  ⎜ ,  ⎟,
⎝ 1  tan  ⎠ sin  ⎝ 4 ⎠
2 2
(1) (2)
5 5 dy 5
then at   is [JEE (Main)-2020]
d 6
2 2
(3) (4) 4
5 5
(1) 4 (2)
3
⎧ sin ( p  1) x  sin x 1
⎪ , x0 (3)  (4) –4
x 4
⎪⎪
28. If f ( x )  ⎨ q , x 0 33. The value of c in the Lagrange’s mean value
⎪ 2 theorem for the function f(x) = x3 – 4x2 + 8x + 11,
⎪ xx  x , x0
⎩⎪
3
x 2 when x  0,1 is [JEE (Main)-2020]

is continuous at x = 0, then the ordered pair 4 7 4 5

(1) (2)
(p, q) is equal to : [JEE (Main)-2019] 3 3

⎛ 5 1⎞ ⎛ 3 1⎞ 2 7 2
(1) ⎜ , ⎟ (2) ⎜  , ⎟ (3) (4)
⎝2 2⎠ ⎝ 2 2⎠ 3 3
34. If c is a point at which Rolle’s theorem holds for
⎛ 3 1⎞ ⎛ 1 3⎞
(3) ⎜  ,  ⎟ (4) ⎜  , ⎟ ⎛ x2   ⎞
⎝ 2 2⎠ ⎝ 2 2⎠
the function, f ( x )  loge ⎜⎜ ⎟⎟ in the interval
29. Let f : R  R be differentiable at c  R and ⎝ 7x ⎠
f(c) = 0. If g(x) = |f(x)|, then at x = c, g is : [3, 4], where R, then f (c) is equal to
[JEE (Main)-2019] [JEE (Main)-2020]
(1) Not differentiable if f(c) = 0 1 1
(1)  (2)
(2) Differentiable if f(c) = 0 24 12
(3) Not differentiable 3 1
(3) (4) 
(4) Differentiable if f(c)  0 7 12

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 MATHEMATICS

35. Let S be the set of all functions f : [0, 1]  R, 3 3

(1) (2)
which are continuous on [0, 1] and differentiable 4 2
on (0, 1). Then for every f in S, there exists a
c  (0, 1), depending on f, such that 3 3
(3)  (4) 
[JEE (Main)-2020] 8 4
(1) |f(c) – f(1) < |f’(c)| 40. Let [t] denote the greatest integer  t and

f (1)  f (c ) lim x ⎡ 4 ⎤  A. Then the function, f(x) = [x2] sin(x)

f '(c ) x 0 ⎢x⎥
(2) ⎣ ⎦
1 c
is discontinuous, when x is equal to
(3) |f(c) – f(1) < (1 – c)|f’(c)|
[JEE (Main)-2020]
(4) |f(c) + f(1) < (1 + c)|f’(c)|
(1) A  21
36. Let f be any function continuous on [a, b] and
twice differentiable on (a, b). If for all x  (a, b ) , (2) A
f(x) > 0 and f(x) < 0, then for any
(3) A 1
f (c )  f (a )
c  (a, b), is greater than
f ( b )  f (c ) (4) A5

[JEE (Main)-2020] 41. If a function f(x) defined by [JEE (Main)-2020]

ba ⎧ae x  be  x ,  1  x < 1

(1) 1 (2) ⎪⎪
ba f  x   ⎨cx 2 , 1  x 3
⎪ 2
c a bc ⎪⎩ax  2cx , 3 < x  4
(3) (4)
bc c a
be continuous for some a, b, c  R and
f(0) + f(2) = e, then the value of a is
⎧ sin(a  2)x  sin x
⎪ ; x0 [JEE (Main)-2020]
⎪⎪ x
37. If f ( x )  ⎨ b ; x 0 e e
⎪ 2 1/3 1/3 (1) (2)
⎪ ( x  3x )  x
2 2
; x 0 e  3e  13 e  3e  13
⎪⎩ x 4/3
e 1
is continuous at x = 0, then a + 2b is equal to (3) 2 (4) 2
e  3e  13 e  3e  13
[JEE (Main)-2020]
(1) –1 (2) 1 42. If (a  2b cos x )(a  2b cos y )  a2  b2 , where

(3) 0 (4) –2 dx ⎛ ⎞
a > b > 0, then at ⎜ , ⎟ is
38. Let f and g be differentiable functions on R such dy ⎝4 4⎠
that fog is the identity function. If for some a,
[JEE (Main)-2020]
b  R, g(a) = 5 and g(a) = b, then f(b) is equal
to [JEE (Main)-2020] 2a  b ab
(1) (2)
(1) 1 (2) 5 2a  b ab
ab a  2b
1 2 (3) (4)
(3) (4) ab a  2b
5 5
⎧ 1
39. If x = 2sin – sin2 and y = 2cos – cos2, ⎪⎪ 4  tan x,| x |  1
43. The function f ( x )  ⎨ is
d 2y ⎪ 1 | x | 1 , | x |  1
  [0, 2], then at  =  is ⎪⎩ 2
dx 2
[JEE (Main)-2020] [JEE (Main)-2020]

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MATHEMATICS

(1) both continuous and differentiable on 46. Let f : R  R be a function defined by

R – {–1} f(x) = max {x, x 2 }. Let S denote the set of
(2) both continuous and differentiable on all points in R, where f is not differentiable. Then
R – {1} [JEE (Main)-2020]
(3) continuous on R – {–1} and differentiable on (1) (an empty set)
R – {–1, 1}
(2) {0, 1}
(4) continuous on R – {1} and differentiable on
R – {–1, 1}. (3) {1}
44. If the function (4) {0}
⎛ 1 1⎞
2
⎪⎧k ( x  )  1, x   47. If the function f defined on ⎜  , ⎟ by
f (x)  ⎨ 1 ⎝ 3 3⎠
⎪⎩k2 cos x, x   is twice ⎧1 ⎛ 1  3x ⎞
⎪ loge ⎜
f (x)  ⎨ x ⎟ , when x  0
⎝ 1  2x ⎠
differentiable, then the ordered pair (k1, k2) is equal ⎪k
⎩ , when x  0
to [JEE (Main)-2020]
is continuous, then k is equal to _________.
⎛1 ⎞
(1) (1, 0) (2) ⎜ , 1⎟
⎝2 ⎠ [JEE (Main)-2020]

⎛1 ⎞ 48. Suppose a differentiable function f(x) satisfies the

(3) (1, 1) (4) ⎜ ,  1⎟ identity f(x + y) = f(x) + f(y) + xy2 + x2y, for all real
⎝2 ⎠
45. Let f : R  R be defined as f (x)
x and y. If lim = 1 , then f(3) is equal
x 0 x
⎧ 5 ⎛ 1⎞ 2 to _______. [JEE (Main)-2020]
⎪ x sin ⎜ x ⎟  5 x , x  0
⎪⎪ ⎝ ⎠
f (x)  ⎨ 0, x 0 ⎡x⎤
⎪ 49. Let f ( x )  x  ⎢ ⎥ , for –10 < x < 10, where [t]
⎪ x 5 cos ⎛⎜ 1 ⎞⎟  x 2 , x  0 ⎣2⎦
⎪⎩ ⎝x⎠ denotes the greatest integer function. Then the
The value of  for which f”(0) exists, is______. number of points of discontinuity of ƒ is equal to
[JEE (Main)-2020] ______. [JEE (Main)-2020]

  

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 Probability

1. One ticket is selected at random from 50 tickets 4. Let A, B, C be pairwise independent events with
numbered 00, 01, 02, ... , 49. Then the probability P(C) > 0 and P(A  B  C) = 0. Then
that the sum of the digits on the selected ticket is P(AC  BC|C) is equal to [AIEEE-2011]
8, given that the product of these digits is zero, (1) P(AC ) – P(BC )
equals [AIEEE-2009]
(2) P(AC) – P(B)
1 5
(1) (2) (3) P(A) – P(BC )
7 14
(4) P(AC) + P(BC )
1 1
(3) (4) 5. Three numbers are chosen at random without
50 14
replacement from {1, 2, 3, ..., 8}. The probability
2. An urn contains nine balls of which three are red,
that their minimum is 3, given that their maximum
four are blue and two are green. Three balls are
is 6, is [AIEEE-2012]
drawn at random without replacement from the
urn. The probability that the three balls have 1 1
(1) (2)
different colours is [AIEEE-2010] 5 4

1 2 2 3
(1) (2) (3) (4)
3 7 5 8

1 2 6. A multiple choice examination has 5 questions.

(3) (4) Each question has three alternative answers of
21 23
which exactly one is correct. The probability that a
3. Four numbers are chosen at random (without
student will get 4 or more correct answers just by
replacement) from the set {1, 2, 3, …, 20}.
guessing is [JEE (Main)-2013]
Statement-1 : The probability that the chosen
numbers when arranged in some order will form 17 13
(1) (2)
35 35
1
an AP is .
85 11 10
(3) (4)
Statement-2 : If the four chosen numbers from an 35 35
AP, then the set of all possible values of common 7. Let A and B be two events such that
difference is {+1, +2, +3, +4, +5}. [AIEEE-2010]
1 1 1
(1) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; P( A  B)  , P( A  B)  and P ( A)  ,
6 4 4
Statement-2 is a correct explanation for
Statement-1 where A stands for the complement of the event
A. Then the events A and B are[JEE (Main)-2014]
(2) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true;
Statement-2 is not a correct explanation for (1) Independent but not equally likely
Statement-1 (2) Independent and equally likely
(3) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false (3) Mutually exclusive and independent
(4) Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true (4) Equally likely but not independent

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8. If 12 identical balls are to be placed in 3 identical 13. A bag contains 4 red and 6 black balls. A ball is
boxes, then the probability that one the boxes drawn at random from the bag, its colour is
contains exactly 3 balls is [JEE (Main)-2015] observed and this ball along with two additional
11 10
balls of the same colour are returned to the bag.
55 ⎛ 2 ⎞ 2
(2) 55 ⎛⎜ ⎞⎟ If now a ball is drawn at random from the bag,
3 ⎜⎝ 3 ⎟⎠
(1)
⎝3⎠ then the probability that this drawn ball is red, is
12 11 [JEE (Main)-2018]
⎛ 1⎞ ⎛ 1⎞
(3) 220 ⎜ ⎟ (4) 22 ⎜ ⎟
⎝3⎠ ⎝3⎠ 3 2
(1) (2)
9. Let two fair six-faced dice A and B be thrown 10 5
simultaneously. If E1 is the event that die A shows
up four E2 is the event that die B shows up two 1 3
(3) (4)
and E3 is the event that the sum of numbers on 5 4
both dice is odd, then which of the following
14. Two cards are drawn successively with
statements is NOT true? [JEE (Main)-2016]
replacement from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards.
(1) E2 and E3 are independent Let X denote the random variable of number of
(2) E1 and E3 are independent aces obtained in the two drawn cards. Then P(X
(3) E1, E2 and E3 are independent = 1) + P(X = 2) equals [JEE (Main)-2019]

(4) E1 and E2 are independent 24 25

(1) (2)
10. A box contains 15 green and 10 yellow balls. If 10 169 169
balls are randomly drawn, one-by-one, with
replacement, then the variance of the number of 49 52
(3) (4)
green balls drawn is [JEE (Main)-2017] 169 169
(1) 6 (2) 4 15. An urn contains 5 red and 2 green balls. A ball is
drawn at random from the urn. If the drawn ball is
6 12
(3) (4) green, then a red ball is added to the urn and if
25 5
the drawn ball is red, then a green ball is added
11. For three events A, B and C, P (Exactly one of to the urn; the original ball is not returned to the
A or B occurs) = P(Exactly one of B or C occurs) urn. Now, a second ball is drawn at random from
it. The probability that the second ball is red, is
1
= P (Exactly one of C or A occurs) = and [JEE (Main)-2019]
4
26 21
1 (1) (2)
P(All the three events occur simultaneously) =
16
. 49 49
Then the probability that at least one of the events
32 27
occurs, is [JEE (Main)-2017] (3) (4)
49 49
7 7 16. An unbiased coin is tossed. If the outcome is a
(1) (2)
16 64 head then a pair of unbiased dice is rolled and the
3 7 sum of the numbers obtained on them is noted. If
(3) (4) the toss of the coin results in tail then a card from
16 32
a well-shuffled pack of nine cards numbered
12. If two different numbers are taken from the set 1, 2, 3, ..., 9 is randomly picked and the number
{0, 1, 2, 3, ......, 10}; then the probability that their
on the card is noted. The probability that the noted
sum as well as absolute difference are both
number is either 7 or 8 is [JEE (Main)-2019]
multiple of 4, is [JEE (Main)-2017]

12 14 13 15
(1) (2) (1) (2)
55 45 36 72

7 6 19 19
(3) (4) (3) (4)
55 55 36 72

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17. If the probability of hitting a target by a shooter, in 22. In a class of 60 students, 40 opted for NCC, 30
1 opted for NSS and 20 opted for both NCC and
any shot, is , then the minimum number of NSS. If one of these students is selected at
3
random, then the probability that the student
independent shots at the target required by him so
that the probability of hitting the target at least selected has opted neither of NCC nor for NSS is

5 [JEE (Main)-2019]
once is greater than , is [JEE (Main)-2019]
6 5 1
(1) (2)
(1) 4 (2) 5 6 3
(3) 3 (4) 6
1 2
18. Two integers are selected at random from the set (3) (4)
6 3
{1, 2, ..., 11}. Given that the sum of selected
numbers is even, the conditional probability that 23. In a game, a man wins Rs. 100 if he gets 5 or 6
both the numbers are even is [JEE (Main)-2019] on a throw of a fair die and loses Rs. 50 for
getting any other number on the die. If he decides
3 7 to throw the die either till he gets a five or a six or
(1) (2)
5 10 to a maximum of three throws, then his expected
gain/loss (in rupees) is [JEE (Main)-2019]
1 2
(3) (4)
2 5 400
(1) gain (2) 0
19. A bag contains 30 white ball and 10 red balls. 16 3
balls are drawn one by one randomly from the bag
with replacement. If X be the number of white balls 400 400
(3) loss (4) loss
9 3
⎛ mean of X ⎞
drawn, then ⎜ ⎟ is equal to
⎝ Standard deviation of X ⎠ 24. Let A and B be two non-null events such that
A  B . Then, which of the following statements is
[JEE (Main)-2019]
always correct? [JEE (Main)-2019]
(1) 3 2 (2) 4 3
(1) P ( A | B )  P (B )  P ( A)
4 3 (2) P ( A | B )  P ( A)
(3) (4) 4
3
(3) P ( A | B )  P ( A)
20. Let S = {1, 2, ...., 20}. A subset B of S is said to
be “nice”, if the sum of the elements of B is 203. (4) P ( A | B )  1
Then the probability that a randomly chosen
subset of S is “nice” is [JEE (Main)-2019] 25. The minimum number of times one has to toss a
fair coin so that the probability of observing at least
7 6 one head is at least 90% is [JEE (Main)-2019]
(1) (2)
220 220 (1) 5 (2) 2
4 5 (3) 4 (4) 3
(3) (4)
220 220 26. Four persons can hit a target correctly with
21. In a random experiment, a fair die is rolled until 1 1 1 1
probabilities , , and respectively. If all hit
two fours are obtained in succession. The 2 3 4 8
probability that the experiment will end in the fifth at the target independently, then the probability that
throw of the die is equal to [JEE (Main)-2019] the target would be hit, is [JEE (Main)-2019]
150 225 7 25
(1) 5 (2)
6 65 (1)
32
(2)
192

175 200 1 25
(3) 5 (4) (3) (4)
6 65 192 32

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27. Assume that each born child is equally likely to be 32. An unbiased coin is tossed 5 times. Suppose that
a boy or a girl. If two families have two children a variable X is assigned the value k when k
each, then the conditional probability that all children consecutive heads are obtained for k = 3, 4, 5,
are girls given that at least two are girls is otherwise X takes the value –1. Then the expected
value of X, is [JEE (Main)-2020]
[JEE (Main)-2019]
3 1
1 1 (1) (2) 
(1) (2) 16 8
11 12
3 1
1 1 (3)  (4)
(3) (4) 16 8
10 17
33. In a workshop, there are five machines and the
28. Minimum number of times a fair coin must be
probability of any one of them to be out of service
tossed so that the probability of getting at least
one head is more than 99% is [JEE (Main)-2019] 1
on a day is . If the probability that at most two
(1) 8 (2) 6 4
machines will be out of service on the same day
(3) 5 (4) 7
3
29. Let a random variable X have a binomial ⎛3⎞
is ⎜ ⎟ k, then k is equal to [JEE (Main)-2020]
distribution with mean 8 and variance 4. ⎝ 4⎠

k 17
If P(X  2) = , then k is equal to (1) 4 (2)
216 4
[JEE (Main)-2019] 17 17
(3) (4)
(1) 121 (2) 1 8 2
(3) 17 (4) 137 34. Let A and B be two independent events such that
30. For an initial screening of an admission test, a 1 1
candidate is given fifty problems to solve. If the P ( A)  and P (B )  . Then, which of the
3 6
probability that the candidate can solve any
following is TRUE? [JEE (Main)-2020]
4
problem is , then the probability that he is
5 2
(1) P ( A / B ) 
unable to solve less than two problems is 3
[JEE (Main)-2019] 1
(2) P ( A / B) 
48 49
3
316 ⎛ 4 ⎞ 54 ⎛ 4 ⎞
25 ⎜⎝ 5 ⎟⎠ 5 ⎜⎝ 5 ⎟⎠
(1) (2) 1
(3) P ( A / B) 
3
49 48
201 ⎛ 1 ⎞ 164 ⎛ 1 ⎞
1
5 ⎜⎝ 5 ⎟⎠ 25 ⎜⎝ 5 ⎟⎠
(3) (4)
(4) P ( A / ( A  B )) 
4
31. A person throws two fair dice. He wins Rs. 15 for 35. Let A and B be two events such that the probability
throwing a doublet (same numbers on the two
dice), wins Rs. 12 when the throw results in the 2
that exactly one of them occurs is and the
sum of 9, and loses Rs. 6 for any other outcome 5
on the throw. Then the expected gain/loss (in Rs.)
1
of the person is: [JEE (Main)-2019] probability that A or B occurs is , then the
2
1 probability of both of them occur together is
(1) loss (2) 2 gain
2 [JEE (Main)-2020]
(1) 0.01 (2) 0.20
1 1
(3) gain (4) loss (3) 0.02 (4) 0.10
2 4

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36. In a box, there are 20 cards, out of which 10 are 41. A die is thrown two times and the sum of the
labelled as A and the remaining 10 are labelled as scores appearing on the die is observed to be a
B. Cards are drawn at random, one after the other multiple of 4. Then the conditional probability that
and with replacement, till a second A-card is the score 4 has appeared atleast once is
obtained. The probability that the second A-card [JEE (Main)-2020]
appears before the third B-card is
[JEE (Main)-2020] 1 1
(1) (2)
3 4
9 13
(1) (2) 1 1
16 16 (3) (4)
8 9
11 15
(3) (4) 42. The probability that a randomly chosen 5-digit
16 16 number is made from exactly two digits is
37. If 10 different balls are to be placed in 4 distinct [JEE (Main)-2020]
boxes at random, then the probability that two of
these boxes contain exactly 2 and 3 balls is 150 134
(1) 4 (2)
[JEE (Main)-2020] 10 104

945 965 121 135

(1) (2) (3) 4 (4)
10
2 2 11 10 104
965 945 43. In a game two players A and B take turns in
(3) 10 (4) 11 throwing a pair of fair dice starting with player A
2 2
and total of scores on the two dice, in each throw
38. A random variable X has the following probability is noted. A wins the game if he throws a total of
distribution 6 before B throws a total of 7 and B wins the
X : 1 2 3 4 5 game if he throws a total of 7 before A throws a
total of six. The game stops as soon as either of
P(X) : K2 2K K 2K 5K2 the players wins. The probability of A winning the
Then P(X > 2) is equal to [JEE (Main)-2020] game is [JEE (Main)-2020]

7 23 5 31
(1) (2) (1) (2)
12 36 31 61
1 1 5 30
(3) (4)
36 6 (3)
6
(4)
61
39. Box I contains 30 cards numbered 1 to 30 and
44. Out of 11 consecutive natural numbers if three
Box II contains 20 cards numbered 31 to 50. A
numbers are selected at random (without
box is selected at random and a card is drawn
repetition), then the probability that they are in A.P.
from it. The number on the card is found to be a
with positive common difference, is
non-prime number. The probability that the card
was drawn from Box I is [JEE (Main)-2020] [JEE (Main)-2020]

4 2 5 10
(1) (2) (1) (2)
17 3 101 99

2 8 5 15
(3) (4) (3) (4)
5 17 33 101
40. Let EC denote the complement of an event E. Let 45. The probabilities of three events A, B and C are
E1, E2 and E3 be any pairwise independent events given by P(A) = 0.6, P(B) = 0.4 and P(C) = 0.5. If
with P(E1) > 0 and P(E1  E2  E3) = 0. Then P(A B) = 0.8, P(A C) = 0.3, P(A B C) =
0.2, P(B C) =  and P(A B C) = , where
P( E2C  E3C /E1) is equal to [JEE (Main)-2020] 0.85   0.95, then  lies in the interval
C
   
C
(1) P E3  P E2
C
 
(2) P E2  P E3 
(1) [0.25, 0.35]
[JEE (Main)-2020]
(2) [0.35, 0.36]
(3) P E   P E 
3
C
2 (4) P E   P E 
C
3 2 (3) [0.36, 0.40] (4) [0.20, 0.25]

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46. An urn contains 5 red marbles, 4 black marbles 48. Four fair dice are thrown independently
and 3 white marbles. Then the number of ways in 27 times. Then the expected number of times, at
which 4 marbles can be drawn so that at the most least two dice show up a three or a five,
three of them are red is ________ is ______. [JEE (Main)-2020]
[JEE (Main)-2020] 49. In a bombing attack, there is 50% chance that a
1 bomb will hit the target. Atleast two independent
47. The probability of a man hitting a target is . hits are required to destroy the target completely.
10
The least number of shots required, so that the Then the minimum number of bombs, that must
probability of his hitting the target at least once is be dropped to ensure that there is at least 99%
1 chance of completely destroying the target,
greater than , is ________. [JEE (Main)-2020]
4 is ______. [JEE (Main)-2020]

  

Complex Numbers
1. (1) 2. (2) 3. (4) 4. (3) 5. (4) 6. (3) 7. (3) 8. (4) 9. (3)
10. (2) 11. (1) 12. (4) 13. (3) 14. (2) 15. (1) 16. (3) 17. (3) 18. (2)
19. (4) 20. (4) 21. (4) 22. (3) 23. (3) 24. (2) 25. (2) 26. (2) 27. (2)
28. (4) 29. (4) 30. (3) 31. (4) 32. (3) 33. (2) 34. (3) 35. (1) 36. (2)
37. (1) 38. (4)
Limits
1. (1) 2. (2) 3. (4) 4. (2) 5. (3) 6. (2) 7. (1) 8. (1) 9. (3)
10. (3) 11. (1) 12. (1) 13. (4) 14. (3) 15. (4) 16. (1) 17. (4) 18. (2)
19. (2) 20. (3) 21. (4) 22. (4) 23. (1) 24. (3) 25. (1) 26. (1) 27. (2)
28. (4) 29. (3) 30. (3) 31. ( ) 32. [36] 33. [40] 34. [8]
Continuity & Differentiability
1. (2) 2. (2) 3. (1) 4. (1) 5. (1) 6. (3) 7. (1) 8. (2) 9. (1)
10. (1) 11. (4) 12. (1) 13. (4) 14. (1) 15. (1) 16. (1) 17. (1) 18. (1)
19. (2) 20. (1) 21. (2) 22. (4) 23. (1) 24. (3) 25. (2) 26. (2) 27. (4)
28. (2) 29. (2) 30. (3) 31. (2) 32. (1) 33. (1) 34. (2) 35. (*) 36. (3)
37. (3) 38. (3) 39. (*) 40. (3) 41. (2) 42. (3) 43. (4) 44. (2) 45. [5]
46. [2] 47. [5] 48. [10] 49. [8]
Probability
1. (4) 2. (2) 3. (3) 4. (2) 5. (1) 6. (3) 7. (1) 8. (1) 9. (3)
10. (4) 11. (1) 12. (4) 13. (2) 14. (2) 15. (3) 16. (4) 17. (2) 18. (4)
19. (2) 20. (4) 21. (3) 22. (3) 23. (2) 24. (3) 25. (3) 26. (4) 27. (1)
28. (4) 29. (4) 30. (2) 31. (1) 32. (4) 33. (3) 34. (3) 35. (4) 36. (3)
37. (1) 38. (2) 39. (4) 40. (4) 41. (4) 42. (4) 43. (4) 44. (3) 45. (1)
46. [490.00] 47. [3] 48. [11] 49. [11]

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