SRI CHAITANYA IIT ACADEMY

BHARATHI BHAVAN – MADINAGUDA

HOLIDAY WORKING
Sec: Jr. B1 & G1
MATHEMATICS
VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

1
1. If f ( x)  2 f    3 x, x  0 and s  x  R : f ( x)  f (x) ; then S :
x
1) contains more than two elements 2) is an empty set
3) contains exactly one element 4) contains

 1 1 x
2. The function f : R    ,  defined as f ( x)  , is
2 2
  1  x2
1) neither injective nor surjective 2) invertible
3) injective but not surjective 4) surjective but not injective
3. The number of value of k, for which the system of equations : (k  1) x  8 y  4k ; kx  (k  3 y) y  3k  1
has no solution, is
1) infinite 2) 1 3) 2 4) 3

1  3
4. If p  1 3 3  is the adjoint of a 3 × 3 matrix A and |A| = 4, then  is equal to

 2 4 4 

1) 4 2) 11 3) 5 4) 0
5. If A is an 3 × 3 non-singular matrix such that AA’= A’A and B = A–1 A’, then BB’ equals
1) I + B 2) I 3) B–1 4) (B–1)

3 1  f (1) 1  f (2)
6. If  ,   0 and f (n)     and 1  f (1) 1  f (2) 1  f (3) = K (1   )2 (1   )2 (   )2 , then K
n n

1  f (2) 1  f (3) 1  f (4)

is equal to

1
1)  2) 3) 1 4) – 1


1 2 2 
7.
 
If A  2 1 2 is a matrix satisfying the equation AAT = 9I, where I is 3 × 3 identity matrix, then the
 
 a 2 b 
ordered pair (a, b) is equal to
1) (2, – 1) 2) (–2, 1) 3) (2, 1) 4) (–2, –1)
8. The set of all values of  for which the system of linear equations: 2 x1  2 x2  x3   x1 ;
2 x1  2 x2  2 x3   x2 ;  x1  2 x2   x3 has a non-trival solution

1) is an empty set 2) is a singletion

3) contains two elements 4) contains more than elements
9. The system of linear equations x   y  z  0 ;  x  y  z  0 ; x  y   z  0 has a non-trival solution for

1) exactly three values of  2) infinitely many values of 

3) exactly one value of  4) exactly two values of 

5a b 
10. If A   T
 and A adj A = AA , then 5a + b is equal to
 3 2 
1) 13 2) –1 3) 5 4) 4
11. If S is the set of distinct values of ‘b’ for which the following system of linear equations x  y  z  1 ;
x  ay  z  1 ; ax  by  z  0 . Has no solution, then S is
1) a singleton 2) an empty set 3) an infinite set
4) a finite set containing two or more elements

 2 3
If A    , then adj (3 A  12 A) is equal to
2
12.
 4 1 
 72 63  72 84 51 63 51 84 
1)   2)   3)   4)  
 84 51   63 51  84 72 63 72
x4 2x 2x
13. If 2x x4 2 x  ( A  Bx)( x  A) 2 , then the ordered pair (A, B) is equal to
2x 2x x4

1) (–4, 3) 2) (–4, 5) 3) (4, 5) 4) (–4, –5)

14. If the system of linear equations x  ky  3z  0 ; 3x  ky  2 z  0 ; 2 x  4 y  3z  0 . Has a non-zero
xz
solution ( x, y, z ) , then is equal to
y2
1) 10 2) –30 3) 30 4) –10

(1  cos 2 x)(3  cos x)

15. lim is equal to
x 0 x tan 4 x
1 1
1)  2) 3) 1 4) 2
4 2
dy
16. If y  sec(tan 1 x , then at x = 1 is equal to
dx
1 1
1) 2) 3) 1 4) 2
2 2
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17. If ‘g’ is the inverse of a function ‘f’ and f ') x)  , then g’(x) is equal to
1  x5
1
4) 1   g ( x)
5
1) 1 + x5 2) 5x4 3)
1   g ( x)
5

sin( cos 2 x)
18. lim is equal to
x 0 x2

1) 2) 1 3)  4) 
2
(1  cos 2 x)(3  cos x)
19. Lt is equal to
x 0 x tan 4 x
1
1) 4 2) 3 3) 2 4)
2

k x  1, 0  x  3

20. If the function, g ( x)   is differentiable, then the value of k + m is
 mx  2, 3  x  5


16 10
1) 2 2) 3) 4) 4
5 3

21. The x  R , f ( x)  log 2  sin x and g ( x)  f ( f ( x)) , then

1) g is differentiable a x = 0 and g’(0) = –sin(log 2)

2) g is not differentiable at x = 0
3) g’(0) = cos (log 2) 4) g’(0) = –cos(log 2)
1
22. Let p  lim (1  tan 2 x ) 2 x then log p is equal to
x 0 

1 1
1) 2) 2 3) 1 4)
4 2
cot x  cos x
23. lim equals
x
 (  2 x)2
2

1 1 1 1
1) 2) 3) 4)
4 24 16 8

 1  6x x 
If for x   0,  , the derivative of tan 1  x .g ( x ) , then g(x) equals
24.
 4  1  9 x3  is
 

3 9 3x 3 3x
1) 2) 3) 4)
1  9x 3 1  9x 3 1  9 x3 1  9 x3

 1 2 15  

25. For each t  R , let [t] be the greatest integer les than or equal to ‘t’. Then lim x        ....    
x 0
x x  x 
1) is equal to 15 2) is equal to 120
3) does not exist (in R) 4) is equal to 0
 Let S  (t  R : f ( x)  x   .(e 1)sin x is not differentiable at t). Then the set S is equal to
x
26.

1) (0) 2) ( ) 3) (0,  ) 4)  (at empty set)

27. A ray of light along x  3 y  3 gets reflected upon reaching x-axis, the equation of the reflectled ray is

1) y  x  3 2) 3y  x  3 3) y  3 x  3 4) 3y  x 1

28. The x-coordinate of the incentre of the triangle that has the coordinates of mid points of its sides as (0, 1),
(1, 1) and (1, 0) is

1) 2  2 2) 2  2 3) 1  2 4) 1  2
29. Let a, b, c and d be non-zero numbers. If the point of intersection of the line 4ax  2ay  c  0 and
5bx  2by  d  0 lies in the fourth quadrant and is equidistant from the two axes then
1) 2bc – 3ad = 0 2) 2bc + 3ad = 0 3) 3bc – 2ad = 0 4) 3bc + 2ad = 0
30. Let PS be the median of the triangle with vertices P(2, 2), Q(6, –1) and R(7, 3). The equation of the line
passing through (1, –1) and parallel to PS is
1) 4x – 7y – 11 = 0 2) 2x + 9y + 7 = 0 3) 4x + 7y + 3 = 0 4) 2x – 9y – 11 = 0
31. The number of points, having both coo-ordinates as integers, that lie in the interior of the triangle with
vertices (0, 0) (0, 41) and (41, 0), is
1) 901 2) 861 3)820 4) 780

32. Locus of the image of the point (2, 3) in the line (2x – 3y +4) + k(x – 2y + 3) = 0, k  R is a
1) straight line parallel to x-axis 2) straight line parallel to y-axis

3) circle of radius v 4) circle of radius 3

33. Two sides of a rhombus are along the lines x – y + 1 = 0 and 7x – y – 5 = 0. If its diagonals intersect at (–1, –2),
then which one of the following is a vertex of this rhombus?

 10 7  1 8
1)   ,  2) (–3, –9) 3) (–3, –8) 4)  , 
 3 3 3 3
34. Let k be an integer such that the triangle with vertices (k, –3k), (5, k) and (–k, 2) has area 28 sq. units. Then
the orthocenter of this triangle is at the point

 1  1  3  3
1)  2,  2)  2,   3)  1,  4)  1,  
 2  2  4  4
35. A straight line through a fixed point (2, 3) intersects the coordinate axes at distinct points P and Q. If O is the
origin and the rectangle OPRQ is completed, then the focus of R is
1) 2x + 3y = xy 2) 3x + 2y = xy 3) 3x + 2y = 6xy 4) 3x + 2y = 6
36. Let the orthocenter and centeoid of a triangle be A(–3, 5) and B(3, 3) respectively. If C is the circumcenter of
the triangle, then the radius of the circle having line segement AC is diameter, is

5 3 5
1) 2 10 2) 3 3) 4) 10
2 2
tan A cot A
37. The expression  can be written as
1  cot A 1  tan A
1) sin A cos A 1 2) sec AcosecA 1 3) tan A  cot A 4) sec A  cosecA
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38. Let f k ( x)  (sin k x  cos k x) where x  R and k 1 , then f 4 ( x)  f 6 ( x) equals
k
1 1 1 1
1) 2) 3) 4)
6 3 4 12
 2x  1
39. Let tan 1 y  tan 1 x  tan 1  2 
, where x  . Then value of y is
 1 x  3

3x  x3 3x  x3 3x  x3 3x  x3
1) 2) 3) 4)
1  3x 2 1  3x 2 1  3x 2 1  3x 2
40. If 0  x  2 , then the number of real values of x, which satisfy the equation

cos x  cos 2x  cos3x  cos 4x  0 , is

1) 9 2) 3 3) 5 4) 7

41. If 5(tan 2 x  cos 2 x)  2 cos 2 x  9 , then the value of cos4x is

7 3 1 2
1)  2)  3) 4)
9 5 3 9

     1
42. If sum of all solutions of the equation 8cos x  cos   x  .cos   x     1 in 0,   is k , then k is
 6  6  2
equal to

13 8 20 2
1) 2) 3) 4)
9 9 9 3
1 1  1
43. If tan15    tan195o  2a , then the value of  a   is
tan 75 tan105o
o
 a

3
1) 4 2) 2 3) 5  3 4) 4  2 3
2
44. The value of tan 9o  tan 27o  tan 63o  tan 81o is
1) 3 2) 4 3) 2 4) 1

45. The value of 36(4 cos 2 9o  1)(4 cos 2 27 o  1)(4 cos 2 81o  1)(4 cos 2 240o  1) is

1) 18 2) 36 3) 54 4) 27

 2 4 8 16
46. 96cos cos cos cos cos is equal to
33 33 33 33 33
1) 4 2) 3 3) 1 4) 2
47. Let PQR be a triangle. The point A, B and C are on the sides QR, RP and PQ respectively such that
QA RB PC 1 Area(PQR)
   . Then is equal to
AR BP CQ 2 Area(ABC )

5
1) 4 2) 3 3) 2 4)
2
48. The equation of the sides AB, BC and CA of n triangle ABC are : 2x + y = 0; x + py = 21a, (a  0) and x – y = 3
respectively. Let P(2, a) be the centroid of ABC . Then (BC)2 is equal to
49. A triangle is formed by X-axis, Y-axis and the line 3x + 4y = 60. Then the number of points P(a, b) which lie
strictly inside the triangle where as is an integer and b is a multiple of a, is
50. Let B and C be the two points on the line y + x = 0 such that B and C are symmetric with respect to the origin.
Suppose A is a point on y – 2x = 2 such that ABC is an equilateral triangle. Then the area of the ABC is

8 10
1) 2) 3 3 3) 2 3 4)
3 3
51. A straight line cuts off the intercepts OA = a and OB = b on the positive directions of x-axis and y-axis

respectively. If the perpendicular from origin O to this line makes an angle of with positive direction of y-
6
98
axis and the area of OAB is 3 , then a2 – b2 is equal o
3
196 392
1) 2) 196 3) 98 4)
3 3
52. If the orthocenter of the triangle, whose vertices are (1, 2), (2, 3) and (3, 1) is ( ,  ) , then the quadratic
equation whose roots are   4  & 4   , is

1) x 2  19 x  90  0 2) x 2  20 x  99  0 3) x 2  18 x  80  0 4) x2  22 x  120  0
53. The combined equation of the two lines ax + by + c = 0 and a’x + b’y + c’=0 can be written as (ax + by + c) (a’x
+ b’y + c’) = 0. The equation of the angle bisectors of the lines represented by the equation 2x 2 + xy – 3y2 = 0
is
1) 3x2 + 5xy + 2y2 = 0 2) x2 – y2 – 10xy = 0 3) 3x2 + xy – 2y2 = 0 4) x2 – y2 + 10xy = 0

54. For a triangle ABC, the value of cos 2 A  cos 2B  cos 2C is least. If its in radius is 3 and in centre is M, then
which of the following is not correct.

2 3
1) area if ABC is 2) sin 2 A  sin 2B  sin 2C  sin A  sin B  sin C
2

3) perimeter of ABC is 18 3 4) MA.MB  18

55. A(2, 6, 2) , B(4, 0,  ) , C (2,3,  1) and D(4,5, 0) ,   5 are the vertices of a quadrilateral ABCD. If its
area is 18 square units, then 5  6 is equal to __________

56. The straight lines 1 & 2 pass through the origin and insect the line segment of the line L; 9x + 5y = 46
between the axes. If m1 & m2, then the point of intersection of the line y = (m1 + m2)x with L lies on
1) 6x + y = 10 2) 6x – y = 15 3) y – 2x = 5 4) y – x = 5
57. Let C ( ,  ) be the circumcentre of the triangle formed by the lines 4x + 3y = 69, 4y – 3x = 17 and x + 7y =
61. Then (   )3     is equal to

1) 18 2) 17 3) 15 4) 16

58. If the points P and Q are respectively the circumcenter and the orthocenter of a ABC then
PA  PB  PC is

1) 2PQ b) 2QP 3) PQ 4) QP
59. Let the equation of two adjacent sides of a parallelogram ABCD be 2x – 3y = –23 and 5x + 4y = 23. If the
equation of its one diagonal AC is 3x + 7h = 23 and the distance of A from the other diagonal is d, then 50d2
is equal to __________

60. If the line l 1 :3 y  2 x  3 is the angular bisector of the lines l 2 : x  y  1  0 and l 3 : x   y  17  0 ,

then  2   2     is equal to __________

 7 3
61. If the point   ,  lies on the curve traced by the mid-points of the line segments of the lines
 3 

 
x cos   y sin   7,   0,  between the coordinates axes, then  is equal to
 2

1) 7 3 2) –7 3) 7 3 4) 7

62. Let the plane x + 3y – 2z + 6 = 0 meet the coordinate axes at the point A, B, C. If the orthocenter of the
 6
triangle ABC is   ,  ,  , then 98(   ) 2 is equal to ___________
 7
63. Let ( ,  ) be the centroid of the triangle formed by the lines 15x – y = 82, 6x – 5y = –4 and 9x + 4y = 17.
Then   2 and 2   are the roots of the equation

1) x2 – 10y + 25 = 0 2) x2 – 14y + 48 = 0 3) x2 – 13y + 42 = 0 4) x2 – 7y + 12 0

64. If (   ) is the orthocenter of the triangle ABC with vertices A(3, –7), B(–1, 2) and C(4, 5) then
9  6  60 is equal to
1) 40 2) 30 3) 25 4) 35
65. If the system of equations x + 2y + 3x = 3, 4x + 3y – 4z = 4; 8 x  4 y   z  9   has infinitely many
solutions, then the ordered pair ( ,  ) is equal to

 72 21   72 21   72 21   72 21 
1)   ,  2)   ,  3)  ,  4)  , 
 5 5   5 5   5 5   5 5 

 72 21 
66. Let A be a symmetric matrix such that |A| = 2 and  ,  . If the sum of the diagonal elements of A is s,
 5 5 
s
then is equal to ___________
2
67. Let the system of linear equations : x + y + kz = 2, 2x + 3y – z = 1, 3x + 4y + 2z = k. Have infinitely many
solutions. Then the system (k + 1)x + (2k – 1)y = 7 (2k + 1)x + (k + 5)y = 10 has
1) unique solutions satisfying x – y = 1 2) unique solutions satisfying x + y = 1
3) infinitely many solutions 4) No solutions.

1 0 0 
 
68. Let A   0 4 1  . Then the sum of the diagonal elements of the matrix (A + 1)11 is equal to
 0 12 3 
 
1) 6144 2) 4094 3) 4097 4) 2050

69. Let S denote the set of all real values of  such that the system of equations  x  y  z  1 , x   y  z  1 ,

x  y   z  1 is inconsistent, then 


S
2
  is equal to
 1) 2 2) 12 3) 4 4) 6
70. For the system of linear equations  x  y  z  1 , x   y  z  1 , x  y   z   , which one of the
following statements is not correct?

1) It has infinitely many solutions if   2 and   1

2) It has no solution if   2 and   1

3) It has infinitely many solutions if   1

3
4) x  y  z  if   2 and   1 .
4

3 1
2 2 , 1 1 a b 
71. Let P  A  and Q = PAPT. If PT Q 207 P    , then 2a + b – 3c – 4d equal to
1 3 0 1 c d 

2 2
1) 2005 2) 2007 3) 2006 4) 2004

2 1 0 
72.
 
Let A  1 2 1 . If adj (adj (adj 2 A))  (16)n , then ‘n’ is equal to
 
 0 2 2 
1) 12 2) 9 3) 10 4) 8

1 2k 2k  1
50
73. Let D1  n n n2
2
n2 . If B
n 1
n
is equal to
n n2  n n2  n  2

1) 125 2) 75 3) 50 4) 100
74. If the system of equations 2x + y – z = 5, 2 x  5 y   z   ; x  2 y  5z  7 has infinitely may solutions,
then (   ) 2  (   ) 2 is equal to

1) 912 2) 920 3) 916 4) 904

ANSWERS:

S. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Ans. 4 4 2 2 2 3 4 3 1 3
S. No. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. 1 3 2 1 4 1 4 4 3 1
S. No. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Ans. 3 4 3 2 2 4 2 2 3 2
S. No. 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Ans. 4 3 4 1 2 2 2 4 1 4
S. No. 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
Ans. 1 1 1 4 2 2 2 122 31 1
S. No. 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
Ans. 4 2 2 1 11 4 2 3 529 348
S. No. 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
Ans. 4 288 3 3 3 5 2 3 4 1
S. No. 71 72 73 74
Ans. 1 3 6 3