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PART – C (MATHEMATICS)
SECTION - A
(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. Let P be the plane passing through the point (1, 2, 3) and the line of intersection of the
 ˆ  16 and r  ( ˆi  ˆj  k)
planes r  (iˆ  ˆj  4k) ˆ  6.
Then which of the following points does NOT lie on P?
(A) (3, 3, 2) (B) (6, –6, 2)
(C) (–8, 8, 6) (D) (4, 2, 2)

Q2. A fair die is tossed until six is obtained on it. Let X be the number of required tosses, then the
conditional probability P(X  5 | X > 2) is:
5 25
(A) (B)
6 36
125 11
(C) (D)
216 36
P
Q3. A 10 inches long pencil AB with mid point C and a small eraser P
are placed on the horizontal top of a table such that PC  5
inches and PCB = tan–1(2). 5 in Q
The acute angle through which the pencil must be rotated about C
A 5 in C 5 in B
so that the perpendicular distance between eraser and pencil
becomes exactly 1 inch is:
 1  4
(A) tan1   (B) tan1  
2 3
3
(C) tan–1 (1) (D) tan1  
 4

Q4. Two fair dice are thrown. The numbers on them are taken as  and , and a system of linear
equations
x+y+z=5
x + 2y + 3z = 
x + 3y + z = 1
is constructed. If  is the probability that the system has a unique solution q is the
probability that the system has no solution, then
5 5 1 1
(A) p  and q  (B) p  and q 
6 36 6 36
1 5 5 1
(C) p  and q  (D) p  and q 
6 36 6 36

Q5. The locus of the mid points of the chords of the hyperbola x 2 – y2 = 4, which touch the parabola
y2 = 8x, is:
(A) y3 (x  2)  x2 (B) y 2 (x  2)  x3
(C) x3 (x  2)  y2 (D) x 2 (x  2)  y3

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Q6. The local maximum value of the function

x2
 2
f(x)    , x  0, is:
x
1 2


(A) 2 e  e (B) (e) e
e
 4 4
(C)   (D) 1
 e

Q7. Let [t] denote the greatest integer less than or equal to t.
 
Let f  x   x   x  , g  x   1  x   x  , and h  x   min f  x  , g  x  , x   2, 2 
Then h is:
(A) not continuous at exactly three points in [–2, 2]
(B) not continuous at exactly four points in [–2, 2]
(C) Continuous in [–2, 2] but not differentiable at exactly three points in (–2, 2)
(D) Continuous in [–2, 2] but not differentiable at more than four points in (–2, 2)

 1 x 
Q8. The domain of the function cosec 1   is:
 x 
 1  1 
(A)  1,    (0,  ) (B)   ,    {0}
 2  2 
 1   1 
(C)   , 0   [1,  ) (D)   ,    {0}
 2   2 
5
x  [x] 1
Q9. If the value of the integral  e x [x] dx  e  , where ,   R, 5 + 6 = 0, and [x] denotes the
0

greatest integer less than or equal to x; then the value of (  )2 is equal to
(A) 16 (B) 100
(C) 25 (D) 36
Q10. The value of
    2   3   5   6    7 
2sin   sin   sin   sin   sin   sin   is :
8  8   8   8   8   8 
1 1
(A) (B)
8 2 4 2
1 1
(C) (D)
4 8
Q11. Consider the two statements:
(S1): (p  q)  (~q  p) is a tautology.
(S2): (p  ~q)  (~p  q) is a fallacy.
Then:
(A) only (S1) is true. (B) only (S2) is true.
(C) both (S1) and (S2) are false. (D) both (S1) and (S2) are true.
2 2
Q12. A circle C touches the line x = 2y at the point (2, 1) and intersects the circle C1 : x + y + 2y – 5 =
0 at two points P and Q such that PQ is a diameter of C1. Then the diameter of C is
(A) 7 5 (B) 4 15
(C) 15 (D) 285

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 1 0 0
 
Q13. Let A   0 1 1  . Then A2025 – A2020 is equal to:
 1 0 0
 
5 6
(A) A (B) A
5
(C) A – A (D) A6 – A


2  1  sin2 x 
Q14. The value of   1  sin x  dx is:
 

2
3 5
(A) (B)
4 4
3 
(C) (D)
2 2

100
Q15. If  
3 i  299 (p  iq). then p and q are roots of the equation:

(A) x 2  
3 1 x  3  0 (B) x 2   
3 1 x  3  0

(C) x 2  3  1 x  3 0 (D) x 2  3  1 x  3 0

 9 x 
Q16. lim   2  is equal to:
x 2
 n1 n(n  1)x  2(2n  1)x  4 
9 5
(A) (B)
44 24
7 1
(C) (D)
36 5

Q17. A hall has a square floor of dimension 10 m × 10 m (see the y

figure) and vertical walls. If the angle GPH between diagonals AG E F

1
and BH is cos1 , then the height of the hall (in meters) is: H G
5
P
(A) 5 (B) 2 10 A B
x
10 m
(C) 5 3 (D) 5 2 D 10 m C
z

x2 y2 5
Q18. The point P(2 6, 3) lies on the hyperbola  1 having eccentricity
2
 . If the tangent
a b2 2
and normal at P to the hyperbola intersect its conjugate axis at the points Q and R respectively,
then QR is equal to:
(A) 4 3 (B) 6
(C) 3 6 (D) 6 3

Q19. Let y(x) be the solution of the differential equation 2x 2dy + (ey –2x)dx = 0, x > 0.
If y(e) = 1, then y(1) is equal to:
(A) 2 (B) 0
(C) loge(2e) (D) loge2

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50
1
Q20. If  tan1 2r 2  p, then the value of tan p is:
r 1
101
(A) 100 (B)
102
51 50
(C) (D)
50 51

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SECTION - B
(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. Let   denote

n
k
n 
 n , if 0  k  n
Ck and  nk    k
 
 0 , otherwise
9 8
 9  12   8   13 
If Ak   i 12  k  i    i  13  k  i and A4 – A3 = 190 p, then p is equal to _________.
i  0    i  0   

Q2. Let a and b respectively be the points of local maximum and local minimum of the function F(x) =
2x3 – 3x2 – 12x. If A is the total area of the region bounded by y = f(x), the x-axis and the lines x =
a and x = b, then 4 A is equal to _________.

Q3. Let   0 be in R. If  and  are the roots of the equation x 2 – x + 2 = 0, and  and  are the

roots of the equation 3x2 – 10x + 27 = 0, then is equal to _________.


Q4. Let A be a 3 × 3 real matrix. If det(2 adj(2 Adj(adj (2A))) = 241, then the value of det (A2) equals
_________.

Q5. The sum of all 3-digit numbers less then or equal to 500, that are formed without using the digit
“1” and they all are multiple of 11, is _________.

Q6. If the projection of the vector ˆi  2ˆj  kˆ on the sum of the two vectors 2iˆ  4ˆj  5kˆ and
 ˆi  2ˆj  3kˆ is 1, then  is equal to _________.

(2i)n
Q7. The least positive integer n such that , i  1, is a positive integer, is _________.
(1  i)n 2

Q8. Let the mean and variance of four numbers 3, 7, x and y(x > y) be 5 and 10 respectively. Then
the mean of four numbers 3 + 2x, 7 + 2y, x + y and x – y is _________.

Q9. Let Q be the foot of the perpendicular from the point P(7, –2, 13) on the plane containing the
x 1 y 1 z  3 x 1 y  2 z  3 2
lines   and   . Then (PQ) , is equal to ________.
6 7 8 3 5 7

Q10. Let a1, a2,…., a10 be an AP with common difference –3 and b1, b2,….,b10 be a GP with common
10
ratio 2. Let ck = ak + bk, k = 1, 2, …, 10. If c2 = 12 and c3 = 13, then  ck is equal to_________
k 1

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