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(One Options Correct Type)

This section contains 20 multiple choice questions. Each question has four choices (A), (B), (C) and
(D), out of which ONLY ONE option is correct.

Q1. A wire of length 20 m is to be cut into two pieces. One of the pieces is to be made into a square
and the other into a regular hexagon. Then the length of the side (in meters) of the hexagon, so
that the combined area of the square and the hexagon is minimum, is:
5 10
(A) (B)
3 3 3 2 3
10 5
(C) (D)
2 3 3 2 3

sin A sin A C
Q2. Let , where A, B, C are angles of a triangle ABC. If the lengths of the sides
sinB sin C B
opposite these angles are a, b, c respectively, then :
2 2 2 2 2 2 2
(A) b – a = a + c (B) a , b , c are in A.P
2 2 2 2 2 2
(C) c , a , b are in A.P (D) b , c , a are in A.P.
2
Q3. A tangent and a normal are drawn at the point P(2, – 4) on the parabola y = 8x, which meet the
directrix of the parabola at the points A and B respectively. If Q(a, b) is a point such that AQBP is
a square, then 2a + b is equal to :
(A) -12 (B) -18
(C) -16 (D) -20

Q4. The distance of the point (1, -2, 3) from the plane x – y + z = 5 measured parallel to a line, whose
direction ratios are 2, 3, -6 is
(A) 2 (B) 3
(C) 1 (D) 5

1
Q5. When a certain biased die is rolled, a particular face occurs with probability x and its
6
1 1
opposite face occurs with probability x . All other faces occur with probability . Note that
6 6
1
opposite faces sum to 7 in any die. If 0 x , and the probability of obtaining total sum = 7,
6
13
when such a die is rolled twice, is , then the value of x is:
96
1 1
(A) (B)
9 16
1 1
(C) (D)
8 12

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2 n
1 22 n2 4
Q6. If Un 1 1 ..... 1 , then lim Un n2 is equal to
n2 n2 n2 n

4 16
(A) (B)
e e2
4 e2
(C) (D)
e2 16

Q7. Let A be a fixed point (0, 6) and B be a moving point (2t, 0). Let M be the mid-point of AB and the
perpendicular bisector of AB meets the y-axis at C. The locus of the mid-point P of MC is :
2 2
(A) 2x + 3y - 9 = 0 (B) 3x + 2y - 6 = 0
2 2
(C) 2x - 3y + 9 = 0 (D) 3x - 2y - 6 = 0

Q8. Let us consider a curve, y = f(x) passing through the point (-2, 2) and the slope of the tangent to
2
the curve at any point (x, f(x)) is given by f(x) + xf'(x) = x . Then:
3 3
(A) x + xf(x) + 12 = 0 (C) x - 3xf(x) - 4 = 0
2 2
(C) x + 2xf(x) + 4 = 0 (D) x + 2xf(x) - 12 = 0

Q9. The statement (p (p q) (q r)) r is :

(A) a tautology (B) a fallacy
(C) equivalent to q ~r (D) equivalent to p ~r

z i
Q10. If S z C: R ,then
z 2i
(A) S is a circle in the complex plane
(B) S is a straight line in the complex plane
(C) S contains only one element
(D) S contains exactly two elements

2
Q11. Equation of a plane at a distance from the origin, which contains the line of intersection of
21
the planes x - y - z - 1 = 0 and 2x + y - 3z + 4 = 0, is :
(A) 3x - 4z + 3 = 0 (B) 3x - y - 5z + 2 = 0
(C) 4x - y - 5z + 2 = 0 (D) -x + 2y + 2z - 3 = 0

2 x 2 bx c
2
e 1 2 x2 bx c
Q12. If , are the distinct roots of x + bx + c = 0, then lim 2
is equal to
x x
2 2
(A) b – 4c (B) b + 4c
2 2
(C) 2(b + 4c) (D) 2(b - 4c)
1/3 1/9
Q13. If for x, y R, x < 0, y = log10x + log10x + log10x + ..... upto terms and
2 4 6 .... 2y 4
, then the ordered pair (x, y) is equal to
3 6 9 ... 3y log10 x
2 6
(A) (10 , 3) (B) (10 , 6)
6 4
(C) (10 , 9) (D) (10 , 6)

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dy
Q14. Let y = y(x) be the solution of the differential equation 2(y 2sinx 5) x 2cosx such that
dx
that y(0) = 7. Then y( ) is equal to
2 2
(A) 7e 5 (B) 2e 5
2 2
(C) 3e 5 (D) e 5
2 2
1
Q15. If sin x cos 1 x = a, 0 < x < 1, a 0, then the value of 2x – 1 is
2

2a 4a
(A) cos (B) cos

2a 4a
(C) sin (D) sin

0 2 3
Q16. If the matrix A satisfied A(A + 3I) = 2I, then the value of K is
K 1
1
(A) (B) -1
2
1
(C) 1 (D)
2

20 2
20
Q17. Ck is equal to
k 0
40 40
(A) C21 (B) C20
41 40
(C) C20 (D) C19

16
loge x2
Q18. dx is equal to
6
loge x2 loge x2 44x 484
(A) 8 (B) 6
(C) 10 (D) 5

3 2 5 3 7 4
Q19. If 0 < x < 1, then x x x .... , is equal to
2 3 4
1 x 1 x
(A) loge 1 x (B) x loge 1 x
1 x 1 x
1 x 1 x
(C) x loge 1 x (D) loge 1 x
1 x 1 x

2 2
Q20. If x + 9y – 4x + 3 = 0, x , y R, then x and y respectively lie in the intervals:
1 1
(A) [1, 3] and [1, 3] (B) [1, 3] and ,
3 3
1 1 1 1 1 1
(C) , and [1, 3] (D) , and ,
3 3 3 3 3 3

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(Numerical Answer Type)

This section contains 10 questions. The answer to each question is a NUMERICAL VALUE. For each
question, enter the correct numerical value (in decimal notation, truncated/rounded-off to the second
decimal place).

Q1. If A = {x R; |x - 2| > 1}, B x R : x2 3 1 , C = {x R; |x - 4| 2} and Z is the set of all

C
integers, then the number of subsets of the set (A B C) Z is_______
2 2
Q2. Let the equation x + y + px + (1 - p)y + 5 = 0 represent circles of varying radius r (0, 5]. Then
2
the number of elements in the set S = {q : q = p and q is an integer} is _________
4 3 2
Q3. The number of distinct real roots of the equation 3x + 4x - 12x + 4 = 0 is______

Q4. Let a ˆi 5ˆj ˆ b

k, ˆi 3ˆj kˆ and c ˆi 2ˆj 3kˆ be three vectors such that, | b c| 5 3
2
and a is perpendicular to b . Then the greatest among the value of a is

x2 y2
Q5. If the minimum area of the triangle formed by a tangent to the ellipse 1 and the co-
b2 4a2
ordinate axis is kab, then k is equal to ________

Q6. A number is called a palindrome if it reads the same backward as well as forward. For example
285582 is a six digit palindrome. The number of six digit palindromes, which are divisible by 55, is
_________.

Q7. If the system of linear equations

2x + y – z = 3
x–y–z=
3x + 3y + z = 3
has infinitely many solution, then + - is equal to _________

Q8. Let n be an odd natural number such that the variance of 1, 2, 3, 4, ..., n is 14. Then n is equal to
_______

dx 1 2x 1 2x 1
Q9. If 2
a tan b 2
C , x > 0 where C is the constant of integration,
x 2
x 1 3 x x 1

then the value of 9 3a b is equal to

1/4 -1/4 2 d2 y dy
Q10. If y +y = 2x and (x - 1) 2
x y 0 , then | - | is equal to _______
dx dx

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