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Maths Advanced Level Problem Solving (ALPS-2) - Paper
Maths Advanced Level Problem Solving (ALPS-2) - Paper
Day - 1
1. Let a , b and c be three non zero and non coplanar vectors and p, q and r be three vectors given by
p a b 2c ; q 3a 2b c and r a 4b 2c . If the volume of the parallelopiped
determined by a , b and c is v1 and that of the parallelepiped determined by p, q and r is v2
then v2 : v1 is :
(A) 1:5 (B) 5:1 (C) 15: 1 (D) 1: 15 [ ]
2. For any two events A and B in a sample space, which of the following is not true :
A P A P B 1
(A) P , P B 0 is always true [ ]
B P B
(B) If P A P A P A B , then A and B are disjoint
(C) P A B 1 P A P B , if A and B are independent
(D) P A B 1 P A P B , if A and B are disjoint
3. If a 2 b 2 c 2 ab bc ca 0a , b, c R , then value of the determinant
a b 2 2 a2 b2 1
2
1 b c 2 b c2
2
equals :
2
c2 a 2 1 c a 2
(A) 65 (B) a 2 b 2 c 2 31
(C)
4 a2 b2 c2 (D) 0
4. Out of 3n consecutive positive integers, 3 are chosen at random without replacement. What is the
probability that the sum of these numbers is div. by 3 ?
3n 2 3n 1 3n 2 3n 3n 2 3n 2 3n 2 3n 4
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3n 1 3n 2 3n 1 3n 2 3n 1 3n 2 3n 1 3n 2
*6. If A1 , A2 , A3 ,......, A1006 be independent events such that P Ai 1/ 2i i 1, 2, 3,......, 1006 and
!
probability that none of the events occurs be , then : [ ]
2
!2
(A) is of form 4k +2, k I (B) 2
(C) is a composite number (D) is of form 4k, k I
11. A and B are two points in space with position vector a and b respectively. Find the value of such
that the system of equation | 3r 2a b | | a b | and [r a (1 )b ] ( a b ) 0 does not have
any solution.
p
12. Probability of holding the equation sin 1 x sin 1 y sin 1 x 1 y 2 y 1 x 2 is then q/p is
q
equal to :
3 x 2 x 2 2 5x 2 2x
2
13. Let A 1 , B a b c , and C 5 x 2 2x x 2 be three given matrices, where a, b, c and
6x
2x 2 2
x 2 5x
x R . Given that tr AB tr C x R , where tr A denotes trace of A. If f x ax 2 bx c , then the
value of f 1 is _______.
3n
(B) P Q contains atleast 1 elements (q)
4n
n
Cr 3r
(C) P Q contains exactly 1 element (r)
4n
4n 1
(D) P Q contains no element (s)
4n
2. A set contains 3n members. Let Pn be the probability that S is partitioned into 3 disjoint subsets with n
member in each subset such that the three largest members of S are in different subsets. Then lim pn
n
(A) 2/7 (B) 1/7 (C) 1/9 (D) 2/9
3. Area of triangle whose vertices are a, a b, b c, c is 12 , and area of another triangle whose
2 2 2
vertices are p, p 2 , q, q 2 and r , r 2 is 4, then the value of :
1 ap 2 1 bp 2 1 cp 2
1 aq 2 1 bq 2 1 cq 2 is:
1 ar 2 1 br 2 1 cr 2
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 16
4. Mr. A’s T.V. has only 4 channels; all of them quite boring so he naturally desires to switch (change)
channel after every one minute. The probability that he is back to his original channel for the first time
after 4 minutes can be expressed as m/n; where m and n are relatively prime numbers. Then (m + n)
equals: [ ]
(A) 27 (B) 31 (C) 23 (D) 33
*5. If unit vectors iˆ and j are at right angles to each other and p 3iˆ 4 ˆj , q 5iˆ, 4r p q and
2 s p q , then : [ ]
(A) | r k s | | r k s | for all real k (B) r is perpendicular to s
(C) r s is perpendicular to r s (D) |r | |s | | p| |q|
*6. A box contains n pair of shoes. If 2r shoes are selected (r < n) then the probability that there is exactly
one pair is :
(A)
n n 1Cr 1 2r 1
(B)
n! 2r
2n
C2 r r 1! n r ! 2n Cr
(C)
n! 2r 1 (D)
n! 2r 1
r 1! n r ! 2nC2r r ! n r ! 2 n C2 r
T
*7. If the elements of a matrix A are real positive and distinct such that det A AT 0 then :
1 tan x
11. A
tan x 1
and f x is defined as f x = det. AT A1 then the value of
f f f f .................. f x is n 2 _______.
n times
12. The plane 3 y 4 z 0 is rotated about its line of intersection with the plane x 0 through an angle 60°.
Find the equation of the plane in its new position. [ ]
13. On a chess board if 2 squares are chosen, if the probability that they have a side in common is 1/p then
p/9 is equal to : [ ]
14. Let S be the set which contains all possible values of l , m, n, p, q, r for which
2 3 p 0
A 0 m2 8 q be a nonsingular idempotent matrix. Then the sum of all the
r 0 n 2 15
elements of the set S is _______.
15. Each question contains statements given in two columns which have to be matched. Statements a, b, c, d
in column I have to be matched with statements p, q, r, s in column II.
Column I Column II
If A is an idempotent matrix and I is an identity matrix of the same
(A) n (p) 9
order, then the value of n, such that A I I 127 is
1
(B) If I A I A A2 ... A7 , then A" O , where n is (q) 10
4. A bag contains m white and 3 black balls. Balls are drawn one by one without replacement till all the
black balls are drawn. The probability that this procedure for drawing balls will come to an end at the rth
draw is equal to : []
3
3 r 1 r 2 r 3 C2 .m Cr 3
(A) (B)
m 1 m 2 m 3 m 3
Cr
3
C2 .m Cr 3
(C) m3
(D) none of these
Cr 1
*5. The position vectors of the points P and Q are 5iˆ 7 ˆj 2kˆ and 3iˆ 3 ˆj 6kˆ respectively. The vector
A 3iˆ ˆj kˆ passes through the point P and the vector B 3iˆ 2 ˆj 4kˆ passes through the point Q. A
third vector 2iˆ 7 ˆj 5kˆ intersects vectors A and B . The position vectors of the points of intersection
are :
(A) 2iˆ 8 ˆj 3kˆ (B) iˆ ˆj 2 kˆ (C) 2iˆ ˆj 2kˆ (D) ˆj 2kˆ
*6. The probability for ‘A’ to win a game against ‘B’ is 0.4. If A has the option of playing either a ‘best of 3
games’ or a ‘best of 5 games’ match against ‘B’. If P(x) is the probability of winning ‘A’ against ‘B’ by
choosing ‘best of 3 games’ & P(y) is the probability of winning ‘A’ against ‘B’ by choosing ‘best of 5
games then :
(A) P x p y (B) P x p y
(C) P x p y .66944 (D) P x p y .03456
*7. If A is non-singular matrix of order n n such that 3 ABA A 2 A1BA , then :
1
*8. If OABC is a tetrahedron such that OA2 BC 2 OB2 CA2 OC 2 AB2 , then : [ ]
(A) OA BC (B) OB CA (C) OC AB (D) AB BC
PARAGRAPH FOR QUESTIONS 9 - 10
A 3 3 determinant has entries either 1 or 1 . Let S3 set of all determinants which contain determinants such
that product of elements of any row or any column is 1
1 1 1
For example 1 1 1 is an element of the set S3
1 1 1
14. A tosses 2 fair coins and B tosses 3 fair coins. The game is won by the person who throws greater
number of heads. In case of tie, the game is continued under the identical rules until someone wins the
pq
game. If the probability of A winning the game is p/q (where p & q are co-prime numbers) then is
2
equal to :
15. Each question contains statements given in two columns which have to be matched. Statements a, b, c, d
in column I have to be matched with statements p, q, r, s in column II. [ ]
Column I (A, B, C are matrices) Column II
(A) If | A | 2 , then | 2 A1 | (where A is of order 3) (p) 1
1
(B) If | A | , then | adj adj 2 A | (where A is of order 3) (q) 4
8
2
If A B A2 B 2 , and | A | 2 , then | B | (where A and B
(C) (r) 24
are of odd order)
(D) | A22 | 2,| B33 | 3 and | C44 | 4 , then | ABC | is equal to (s) 0
(t) Does not exist
Day – 4
1. A vector aiˆ bjˆ ckˆ is said to be rational vector, if a, b, c are all rational. If a rational vector with
magnitude as positive integer makes an angle with vector = 2iˆ 3 2 ˆj 4kˆ , then ,
4
(A) surely lies in xy plane (B) surely lies in xz plane
(C) surely lies in yz plane (D) nothing can be said
2. Letters of the word TITANIC are arranged to form all the possible words. What is the probability that a
word formed starts either with a T or a vowel ? []
(A) 2/7 (B) 4/7 (C) 3/7 (D) 5/7
3. If matrix A aij , matrix B bij , where aij a ji 0 and bij b ji 0 i, j, then A4 .B3 is :
33 33
(A) Singular (B) Null matrix [ ]
(C) Symmetric (D) Skew-Symmetric matrix
1
4. The direction cosines of the projection of the line ( x 1) y z 2 on the plane 2 x y 3z 4
2
are : []
2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1
(A) , , (B) , , (C) , , (D) None of these
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
*5. If DA a , AB b and CB k a , where k 0 and X, Y are the mid points of DB and AC respectively
such that | a | 17 and | XY | 4 , then k is equal to :
(A) 8/17 (B) 9/17 (C) 25/17 (D) 4/17
*6. A contest consists of predicting the result (win, draw or loss) of 10 football matches. What is the
probability that an entry contains atleast 5 correct answers ? [ ]
10
10 r
12580
10 Cr 2 12585 12590
r 5
(A) 10
(B) (C) 10
(D)
3 310
3 310
f x
*7. If g x , where f x is a polynomial of degree < 3, then
x a x b x c
2
1 a f a log | x a | 1 a a
(A) g x dx 1 b f b log | x b | 1 b b 2 k
1 c f c log | x c | 1 c c2
2
1 a f a x a a2 a 1
dg x 2 2
(B) 1 b f b x b b b 1
dx
2 2
1 c f c x c c c 1
2
1 a f a x a 1 a a2
dg x 2
(C) 1 b f b x b 1 b b2
dx
2
1 c f c x c 1 c c2
1 a f a log | x a | a2 a 1
2
(D) g x dx 1 b f b log | x b | b b 1k
1 c f c log | x c | c 2
c 1
15. The minimum distance of the point (1, 1, 1) from the plane x + y + z = 1 measured perpendicular to the
x x1 y y1 z z1 2
line , is , then is______. [ ]
1 2 3 3
Day – 5
1. If a , b and c are three mutually perpendicular unit vectors and d is a unit vector which makes equal
angle with a , b and c , then | a b c d |2 is equal to :
(A) 4 (B) 4 3 (C) 42 3 (D) None of these
2. Three different numbers are selected at random from the set A= {1,2,3,…….,10}. Then the probability
that the product of two numbers equal to the third number is p/q, where p and q are relatively prime
positive integers then the value of (p + q) is :
(A) 39 (B) 40 (C) 41 (D) 42
3. If A, B, C are the angles of a triangle, the system of equations
sin A x y z cos A, x sin B y z cos B, x y sin C z 1 cos C has :
(A) No solution (B) Unique solution
(C) Infinitely many solutions (D) Finitely many solutions
4. A box contains 2 fifty paise coins, 5 ‘25’ paise coins and a certain number N 2 of 10 and 5 paise
coins. Five coins are taken out of the box at random. The probability that the total value of these 5 coins
is less than one rupee and fifty paise is equal to :
10 N 10 N 1 10 N 2 10 N 1
(A) N 7
(B) N 7
(C) 1
N 7
(D) 1
N 7
C5 C5 C5 C5
14. Two integers x and y are chosen (with replacement) out of the set {0,1,2,…………..,10}. If the
q p
probability that |x – y| is less than or equal to 5 is p/q (where p and q are co-prime numbers then
6
is equal to :
15. Each question contains statements given in two columns which have to be matched. Statements a, b, c, d
in column I have to be matched with statements p, q, r, s in column II.
Column I Column II
x 1 sin x 3 cos x
(A) Coefficient of x in f x 1 log 1 x 2 (p) 10
2 2
x 1 x 0
1 3cos 1
(B) Value of sin 1 3cos is (q) 0
1 sin 1
xa x2 1 1
2
(C) If a, b, c are in A.P. and f x x b 2 x 1 1 , then f ' 0 is (r) 12
2
x c 3x 2 1
x 2 x
(D) If 1 x 6 a4 x 4 a3 x3 a2 x 2 a1 x a0 then a0 is (s) 2
x x x 1