MATHEMATICS

NCERT Text book MCQs

1. Let R be the relation in the set {1, 2, 3, 4} given by R = {(1, 2), (2, 2), (1, 1), (4, 4), (1, 3), (3, 3), (3, 2)}.
Choose the correct answer.
(A) R is reflexive and symmetric but not transitive
(B) R is reflexive and transitive but not symmetric.
(C) R is symmetric and transitive but not reflexive.
(D) R is an equivalence relation.
Ans (B) R is reflexive and transitive but not symmetric.
2. Let R be the relation in the set N given by R = {(a, b) : a = b  2, b > 6}. Choose the correct answer.
(A) (2, 4)  R (B) (3, 8)  R (C) (6, 8)  R (D) (8, 7)  R
Ans (C) (6, 8)  R
3. Let f: R  R be defined as f(x) = x4. Choose the correct answer.
(A) f is one-one onto (B) f is many-one onto
(C) f is one-one but not onto (D) f is neither one-one nor onto
Ans (D) f is neither one-one nor onto
4. Let f: R  R be defined as f(x) = 3x. Choose the correct answer.
(A) f is one-one onto (B) f is many-one onto
(C) f is one-one but not onto (D) f is neither one-one nor onto.
Ans (A) f is one-one onto
5. Let A = {1, 2, 3}. Then number of relations containing(1, 2) and (1, 3) which are reflexive and
symmetric but not transitive is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
Ans (A) 1
6. Let A = {1, 2, 3}. Then number of equivalence relations containing (1, 2) is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
Ans (B) 2
7. If sin1x = y, then
   
(A) 0  y   (B)  y (C) 0 < y <  (D)  y
2 2 2 2
 
Ans (B)  y
2 2
8. tan 1 3  sec 1 ( 2) is equal to
  2
(A)  (B)  (C) (D)
3 3 3

Ans (B) 
3
 7 
9. cos 1  cos  is equal to
 6 
7 5  
(A) (B) (C) (D)
6 6 3 6

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5
Ans (B)
6
  1 
10. sin   sin 1     is equal to
 3  2 
1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) 1
2 3 4
Ans (D) 1
11. tan1 3  cot 1 ( 3) is equal to

(A)  (B)  (C) 0 (D) 2 3
2

Ans (B) 
2
12. sin (tan1 x), |x| < 1 is equal to
x 1 1 x
(A) (B) (C) (D)
1  x2 1 x 2
1 x 2
1  x2
x
Ans (D)
1  x2

13. sin1 (1  x)  2 sin1 x = , then x is equal to
2
1 1 1
(A) 0, (B) 1, (C) 0 (D)
2 2 2
Ans (C) 0
14. A = [aij]m × n is a square matrix, if
(A) m < n (B) m > n (C) m = n (D) None of these
Ans (C) m = n
15. Which of the given values of x and y make the following pair of matrices equal
3x  7 5  0 y  2
 y  1 2  3x  , 8 .
   4 
1
(A) x  , y7 (B) Not possible to find
3
2 1 2
(C) y = 7, x  (D) x  , y
3 3 3
Ans (B) Not possible to find
16. The number of all possible matrices of order 3 × 3 with each entry 0 or 1 is
(A) 27 (B) 18 (C) 81 (D) 512
Ans (D) 512

Assume X, Y, Z, W and P are matrices of order 2  n, 3  k, 2  p, n  3 and p  k, respectively. Choose

the correct answer in 17th and 18th questions
17. The restriction on n, k and p so that PY + WY will be defined are
(A) k = 3, p = n (B) k is arbitrary, p = 2 (C) p is arbitrary, k = 3 (D) k = 2, p = 3
Ans (A) k = 3, p = n

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18. If n = p, then the order of the matrix 7X  5Z is

(A) p × 2 (B) 2 × n (C) n × 3 (D) p × n
Ans (B) 2 × n
19. If A, B are symmetric matrices of same order, then AB  BA is a
(A) Skew symmetric matrix (B) Symmetric matrix
(C) Zero matrix (D) Identity matrix
Ans (A) Skew symmetric matrix
 cos   sin  
20. If A    , and A + A = I, then the value of  is
 sin  cos  
  3
(A) (B) (C)  (D)
6 3 2

Ans (B)
3
21. Matrices A and B will be inverse of each other only if
(A) AB = BA (B) AB = BA = O (C) AB = 0, BA = I (D) AB = BA = I
Ans (D) AB = BA = I
  
22. If A   2
 is such that A = I, then
    
(A) 1 + 2 –  = 0 (B) 1  2 +  = 0 (C) 1  2   = 0 (D) 1 + 2   = 0
Ans (C) 1  2   = 0
23. If the matrix A is both symmetric and skew symmetric, then
(A) A is a diagonal matrix (B) A is a zero matrix (C) A is a square matrix (D) None of (A), (B), (C)
Ans (B) A is a zero matrix
24. If A is square matrix such that A2 = A, then (I + A)3  7 A is equal to
(A) A (B) I  A (C) I (D) 3A
Ans (C) I
x 2 6 2
25. If  , then x is equal to
18 x 18 6
(A) 6 (B)  6 (C)  6 (D) 0
Ans (B)  6
26. If area of triangle is 35 sq units with vertices (2,  6), (5, 4) and (k, 4). Then k is
(A) 12 (B)  2 (C)  12, 2 (D) 12, 2
Ans (D) 12, 2
a11 a12 a13
27. If   a 21 a 22 a 23 and Aij is Cofactors of Aij, then value of  is given by
a 31 a 32 a 33
(A) a11A31 + a12 A32 + a13 A33 (B) a11A11 + a12 A21 + a13 A31
(C) a21A11 + a22 A12 + a23 A13 (D) a11A11 + a21 A21 + a31 A31
Ans (D) a11A11 + a21 A21 + a31 A31

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28. Let A be a nonsingular square matrix of order 3 × 3. Then |adj A| is equal to

(A) |A| (B) |A|2 (C) |A|3 (D) 3|A|
2
Ans (B) |A|
29. If A is an invertible matrix of order 2, then det (A1) is equal to
1
(A) det (A) (B) (C) 1 (D) 0
det (A)
1
Ans (B)
det (A)
 x 0 0
30. If x, y, z are nonzero real numbers, then the inverse of matrix A   0 y 0  is
 0 0 z 
 x 1 0 0  x 1 0 0
   
(A)  0 y 1 0 (B) xyz  0 y 1 0
 0 0 z 1   0 0 z 1 
 
x 0 0 1 0 0 
1  1 
(C) 0 y 0 (D) 0 1 0 
xyz  xyz 
 0 0 z  0 0 1 
 x 1 0 0
 
Ans (A)  0 y 1 0
 0 0 z 1 

 1 sin  1 

31. Let A    sin  1 sin   , where 0    2. Then
 1  sin  1 
(A) Det (A) = 0 (B) Det (A)  (2, ) (C) Det (A)  (2, 4) (D) Det (A)  [2, 4]
Ans (D) Det (A)  [2, 4]
32. The rate of change of the area of a circle with respect to its radius r at r = 6 cm is
(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 8 (D) 11
Ans (B) 12
33. The total revenue in Rupees received from the sale of x units of a product is given by
R(x) = 3x2 + 36x + 5. The marginal revenue, when x = 15 is
(A) 116 (B) 96 (C) 90 (D) 126
Ans (D) 126
34. On which of the following intervals is the function f given by f(x) = x100 + sin x  1 decreasing?
   
(A) (0, 1) (B)  ,   (C) 0,  (D) None of (A), (B), (C)
2   2
Ans (D) None of (A), (B), (C)
35. The interval in which y = x2 ex is increasing is
(A) ( , ) (B) ( 2, 0) (C) (2, ) (D) (0, 2)
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36. The point on the curve x2 = 2y which is nearest to the point (0, 5) is
(A) (2 2, 4) (B) (2 2, 0) (C) (0, 0) (D) (2, 2)
Ans (A) (2 2, 4)
1  x  x2
37. For all real values of x, the minimum value of is
1 x  x2
1
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 3 (D)
3
1
Ans (D)
3
1
38. The maximum value of  x(x  1)  13 , 0  x  1 is
1
 1 3 1
(A)   (B) (C) 1 (D) 0
3 2
Ans (C) 1
39. A cylindrical tank of radius 10 m is being filled with wheat at the rate of 314 cubic metre per hour. Then
the depth of the wheat is increasing at the rate of
(A) 1 m/h (B) 0.1 m/h (C) 1.1 m/h (D) 0.5 m/h
Ans (A) 1 m/h
 1 
40. The anti derivative of  x   is
 x
1 1 2
1 3 2 1 2 3 1
3 32 1 12
(A) x  2x 2  C (B) x 3  x 2  C (C) x 2  2x 2  C (D) x  x C
3 3 2 3 2 2
2 32 1
Ans (C) x  2x 2  C
3
d 3
41. If f (x)  4x 3  4 such that f(2) = 0. Then f(x) is
dx x
1 129 1 129 1 129 1 129
(A) x  3 
4
(B) x 3  4  (C) x 4  3  (D) x 3  
x 8 x 8 x 8 x4 8
1 129
Ans (A) x 4  3 
x 8
10x 9  10x log e 10dx
42.  x10  10 x


(A) 10x  x10 + C (B) 10x + x10 + C (C) (10x  x10)1 + C (D) log(10x + x10) + C
x 10
Ans (D) log(10 + x ) + C
dx
43.  2 
sin x cos 2 x
(A) tan x + cot x + C (B) tan x  cot x + C (C) tan x cot x + C (D) tan x cot 2x + C
Ans (B) tan x  cot x + C
sin 2 x  cos 2 x
44.  sin 2 x cos2 x dx is equal to
(A) tan x + cot x + C (B) tan x + cosec x + C
(C)  tan x + cot x + C (D) tan x + sec x + C

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Ans (A) tan x + cot x + C

e x (1  x)
45.  cos2 (ex x) dx 
(A)  cot(exx) + C (B) tan (xex) + C (C) tan (ex) + C (D) cot (ex) + C
Ans (B) tan (xex) + C
dx
46.  2 
x  2x  2
(B) x tan1 (x + 1) + C (B) tan1 (x + 1) + C (C) (x + 1)tan1 x + C (D) tan1x + C
1
Ans (B) tan (x + 1) + C
dx
47.  
9x  4x 2
1  9x  8  1 1  8x  9 
(A) sin 1  C (B) sin  C
9  8  2  9 
1  9x  8  1 1  9x  8 
(C) sin 1  C (D) sin  C
3  8  2  9 
1  8x  9 
Ans (B) sin 1  C
2  9 
x dx
48.  (x  1)(x  2) 
2
(x  1) 2 (x  2)2  x 1 
(A) log C (B) log C (C) log   C (D) log |(x  1) (x  2)| + C
x2 x 1  x2
(x  2)2
Ans (B) log C
x 1
dx
49.  x(x 2
 1)


1 1
(A) log | x |  log(x 2  1)  C (B) log | x |  log(x 2  1)  C
2 2
1 1
(C)  log| x |  log(x 2  1)  C (D) log | x |  log(x 2  1)  C
2 2
1
Ans (A) log | x |  log(x 2  1)  C
2

x e
2 x3
50. dx 
1 x3 1 x2 1 x3 1 x2
(A) e C (B) e C (C) e C (D) e C
3 3 2 2
1 3
Ans (A) e x  C
3

e sec x(1  tan x) dx =

x
51.
(A) ex cos x + C (B) ex sec x + C (C) ex sin x + C (D) ex tan x + C
Ans (B) ex sec x + C

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52.  1  x 2 dx is equal to

 
3
x 1 2
(A) 1  x 2  log x  1  x 2  C (B) (1  x 2 ) 2  C
2 2 3
3
2 x2 1
(C) x(1  x 2 ) 2  C (D) 1  x 2  x 2 log x  1  x 2  C
3 2 2
Ans (A)
x
2
1
1  x 2  log x  1  x 2  C
2
 
53.  x 2  8x  7 dx is equal to
1
(A) (x  4) x 2  8x  7  9log x  4  x 2  8x  7  C
2
1
(B) (x  4) x 2  8x  7  9log x  4  x 2  8x  7  C
2
1
(C) (x  4) x 2  8x  7  3 2 log x  4  x 2  8x  7  C
2
1 9
(D) (x  4) x 2  8x  7  log x  4  x 2  8x  7  C
2 2
1 9
Ans (D) (x  4) x  8x  7  log x  4  x 2  8x  7  C
2

2 2
3 dx
54.  
1 1  x2

 2  
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 3 6 12

Ans (D)
12
2
dx
55. 0
3
4  9x 2

   
(A) (B) (C) (D)
6 12 24 4

Ans (C)
24
1
(x  x 3 ) 3 1
56. The value of the integral 1 dx is
3 x4
(A) 6 (B) 0 (C) 3 (D) 4
Ans (A) 6
x
57. If f(x) = 0
t sin t dt, then f (x) is

(A) cos x + x sin x (B) x sin x (C) x cos x (D) sin x + x cos x
Ans (B) x sin x

58. The value of  2

2
(x 3  x cos x  tan 5 x  1) dx is

(A) 0 (B) 2 (C)  (D) 1

Ans (C) 

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
 4  3sin x 
59. The value of 
0
2
log   dx is
 4  3cos x 
3
(A) 2 (B) (C) 0 (D)  2
4
Ans (C) 0
dx
60.  x is equal to
e  e x
(A) tan1 (ex) + C (B) tan1 (ex) + C (C) log(ex  e x) + C (D) log(ex + ex) + C
Ans (A) tan1 (ex) + C
cos 2x
61.  dx is equal to
(sin x  cos x) 2
1
(A) C (B) log |sin x + cos x| + C
sin x  cos x
1
(C) log|sin x  cos x| + C (D)
(sin x  cos x) 2
Ans (B) log |sin x + cos x| + C
b
62. If f(a + b  x) = f(x), then a
x f (x) dx is equal to
ab b ab b
2 a 2 a
(A) f (b  x)dx (B) f (b  x) dx
ba b ab b
2 a 2 a
(C) f (x) dx (D) f (x)dx

ab b
2 a
Ans (D) f (x)dx

63. Area lying in the first quadrant and bounded by the circle x2 + y2 = 4 and the lines x = 0 and x = 2 is
  
(A)  (B) (C) (D)
2 3 4
Ans (A) 
64. Area of the region bounded by the curve y2 = 4x, y-axis and the line y = 3 is
9 9 9
(A) 2 (B) (C) (D)
4 3 2
9
Ans (B)
4
65. Area bounded by the curve y = x3, the x-axis and the ordinates x = 2 and x = 1 is
15 15 17
(A)  9 (B) (C) (D)
4 4 4
17
Ans (D)
4
66. The area bounded by the curve y = x|x|, x-axis and the ordinates x =  1 and x = 1 is given by
1 2 4
(A) 0 (B) (C) (D)
3 3 3
[Hint : y = x if x > 0 and y =  x if x < 0].
2 2

2
Ans (C)
3

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3 2
 d 2 y   dy   dy 
67. The degree of the differential equation  2      sin    1  0 is
 dx dx
    dx 
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) Not defined
Ans (D) Not defined
d2 y dy
68. The order of the differential equation 2x 2 2
 3  y  0 is
dx dx
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 0 (D) Not defined
Ans (A) 2
69. The number of arbitrary constants in the general solution of a differential equation of fourth order are
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
Ans (D) 4
70. The number of arbitrary constants in the particular solution of a differential equation of third order are
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 0
Ans (D) 0
dy
71. The general solution of the differential equation  e x  y is
dx
(A) ex + ey = C (B) ex + ey = C (C) ex + ey = C (D) ex + ey = C
Ans (A) ex + ey = C
dx  x 
72. A homogeneous differential equation of the from    can be solved by making the substitution.
dy  y 
(A) y = vx (B) v = yx (C) x = vy (D) x = v
Ans (C) x = vy
73. Which of the following is a homogeneous differential equation?
(A) (4x + 6y + 5) dy  (3y + 2x + 4) dx = 0 (B) (xy) dx (x3 + y3) dy = 0
(C) (x3 + 2y2) dx + 2xy dy = 0 (D) y2 dx + (x2  xy  y2) dy = 0
Ans (D) y2 dx + (x2  xy  y2) dy = 0
dy
74. The Integrating Factor of the differential equation x  y  2x 2 is
dx
x y 1
(A) e (B) e (C) (D) x
x
1
Ans (C)
x
dx
75. The Integrating Factor of the differential equation (1  y 2 )  yx  ay( 1  y  1) is
dy
1 1 1 1
(A) 2 (B) (C) (D)
y 1 y 1
2 1  y 2
1  y2
1
Ans (D)
1  y2
y dx  x dy
76. The general solution of the differential equation  0 is
y
(A) xy = C (B) x = Cy2 (C) y = Cx (D) y = Cx2

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Ans (C) y = Cx
dx
77. The general solution of a differential equation of the type  P1 x  Q1 is
dy

   Q1e   dy  C    Q1e 
P1 dx 
(A) y e  (B) y  e 
P1 dy P1 dy P1 dx
 dx  C
   
(C) x e  1    Q1e  1  dy  C (D) x e  1    Q1e   dx  C
P dy P dy P dx P1 dx

   
    Q1e   dy  C

P1 dy P1 dy
Ans (C) x e
 
78. The general solution of the differential equation ex dy + (y ex + 2x)dx = 0 is
(A) x ey + x2 = C (B) x ey + y2 = C (C) y ex + x2 = C (D) y ey + x2 = C
Ans (C) y ex + x2 = C
79. In triangle ABC (Figure), which of the following is not true C
   
(A) AB  BC  CA  0
   
(B) AB  BC  AC  0
   
(C) AB  BC  CA  0
   
(D) AB  CB  CA  0
    A B
Ans (C) AB  BC  CA  0
 
80. If a and b are two collinear vectors, then which of the following are incorrect
 
(A) b   a, for some scalar 
 
(B) a   b
 
(C) the respective components of a and b are not proportional
 
(D) both the vectors a and b have same direction, but different magnitudes.
 
Ans (D) both the vectors a and b have same direction, but different magnitudes.
 
81. If a is a nonzero vector of magnitude ‘a’ and  a nonzero scalar, then  a is unit vector, if
(A)  = 1 (B)  =  1 (C) a = | (D) a = 1/||
Ans (D) a = 1/||
    2  
82. Let the vectors a and b be such that a  3 and b  , then a  b is a unit vector, if the angle
3
 
between a and b is
(A) /6 (B) /4 (C) /3 (D) /2
Ans (B) /4
83. Area of a rectangle having vertices A, B, C and D with position vectors
1  ˆi  1 j  4k,
 ˆi  1 j  4k and ˆi  1 ˆj  4kˆ , respectively is
 ˆi  j  4k,
2 2 2 2
1
(A) (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 4
2
Ans (C) 2
   
84. If  is the angle between two vectors a and b , then a  b  0 only when
 
(A) 0    (B) 0    (C) 0 <  <  (D) 0    
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
Ans (B) 0   
2
   
85. Let a and b be two unit vectors and  be the angle between them. Then a  b is a unit vector, if
   2
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)  
4 3 2 3
2
Ans (D)  
3

86. The value of i.(ˆj  k)
ˆ  ˆj.(iˆ  k)
ˆ  k.(i
ˆ ˆ  ˆj) is
(A) 0 (B)  1 (C) 1 (D) 3
Ans (C) 1
     
87. If  is the angle between any two vectors a and b , then a  b  a  b , when  is equal to
 
(A) 0 (B) (C) (D) 
4 2

Ans (B)
4
1
88. If P(A)  and P(B)  0, then P(A|B) is
2
1
(A) 0 (B) (C) not defined (D) 1
2
Ans (C) not defined
89. If A and B are events such that P(A|B) = P(B|A), then
(A) A  B but A  B (B) A = B (C) A  B =  (D) P(A) = P(B)
Ans (D) P(A) = P(B)
90. The probability of obtaining an even prime number on each die, when a pair of dice is rolled is
1 1 1
(A) 0 (B) (C) (D)
3 12 36
1
Ans (D)
36
91. Two events A and B will be independent, if
(A) A and B are mutually exclusive (B) P(A) = [1  P(A)] [1  P(B)]
(C) P(A) = P(B) (D) P(A) + P(B) = 1
Ans (B) P(A) = [1  P(A)] [1  P(B)]
4
92. Probability that A speaks truth is . A coin is tossed. A reports that a head appears. The probability that
5
actually there was head is
4 1 1 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 2 5 5
4
Ans (A)
5
93. If A and B are two events such that A  B and P(B)  0, then which of the following is correct?
P(B)
(A) P(A | B)  (B) P(A|B < P(A) (C) P(A|B)  P(A) (D) None of (A), (B), (C)
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Ans (C) P(A|B)  P(A)

94. If A and B are two events such that P(A)  0 and P(B | A) = 1, then
(A) A  B (B) B  A (C) B =  (D) A = 
Ans (A) A  B
95. If P(A|B) > P(A), then which of the following is correct
(A) P(B|A) < P(B) (B) P(A  B) < P(A) . P(B)
(C) P(B|A) > P(B) (D) P(B|A) = P(B)
Ans (C) P(B|A > P(B)
96. If A and B are any two events such that P(A) + P(B)  P(A and B) = P(A), then
(A) P(B|A) = 1 (B) P(A|B) = 1
(C) P(B|A) = 0 (D) P(A|B) = 0
Ans (B) P(A|B) = 1

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