Notations: Let N be the set of natural numbers, Z be the set of

integers, R be the set of real numbers, R+ be the set of positive real

numbers, and let Q be the set of rational numbers.

1. Consider the integral

Z 3
1
I= dx.
1 1 + x3
Which of the following is not true?

(A) 1/5 ≤ I ≤ 1 (B) I ≥ 3/10 (C) I > 8/10 (D) I ≤ loge 2

2. Let
 2x2 −1000x3/2 +sin x
1
f (x) = 1 + 2
√ . for x ≥ 1.
x + x + cos x

The limit of f (x) as x → ∞

(A) Does not exist

(B) Exists and is +∞
(C) Equals 0
(D) Equals e2

3. If z is a complex number such that

1 + z + z 2 + . . . + z 2024 = 0 ,
√
and i = −1, then

(A) z 6= cos(2π/3) + i sin(2π/3).

(B) z 6= cos(2π/3) − i sin(2π/3).
(C) z 6= cos(2π/5) + i sin(2π/5).
(D) z 6= i.

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 1
√
sin−1 x
Z
2
4. The value of dx is
0 (1 − x2 )3/2

π 1
(A) − √ log 2
6 2
π 1
(B) − log 2
6 2
π 1
(C) − log 2
4 2
π 1
(D) + log 2
4 2

5. The number of solutions (x, y) of the system of equations

a1 x + b 1 y = c 1
a2 x + b 2 y = c 2

where a1 , b1 , c1 , a2 , b2 , c2 are fixed real numbers, cannot be

(A) 0. (B) 1. (C) 2. (D) ∞.

6. The number of functions f : {1, . . . , 100} → {1, . . . , 100} such

that
f (x) 6= x, andf (f (x)) = x for all x ,
equals

100! 100! 100! 50!

(A) . (B) . (C) . (D) .
50!250 50! 250 250

7. A possible value of λ so that the system of equations

x − 2λy + z = −2
x − 2y + λz = 1
λx − 2y + z = 1

has infinitely many solutions is

(A) −2 (B) −1 (C) 1 (D) 2

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 8. Let y = y(x) be the solution of the differential equation

dy
xex − (x3 + 2yex ) = 0.
dx
1
If y(1) = − , then y(2) equals
e

2 2 4 4
(A) − (B) − (C) − (D) −
e e2 e e2

9. If α and β are the roots of the equation x2 + x + 1 = 0, then the

value of α2024 + β 2024 is

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) −1 (D) −2

√ 24
4n + 4n2 − 1 X
10. If an = √ √ , then the value of ak is
2n + 1 + 2n − 1 k=1

343 345
(A) 171 (B) 2
(C) 172 (D) 2

11. Consider the following function g(x):

 ex −1−x
x2
if x 6= 0;
g(x) =
c if x = 0.

g(x) is a continuous function if c is

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 1/2 (D) 2

12. Let S be the unit square (square of side length 1), G be the
largest circle inscribed within S and H be the largest square
inscribed within G. Then the ratio of the area of H to the area
of G is equal to

(A) π/2 (B) 2/π (C) π (D) π/4

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13. Suppose there are two buckets. Bucket 1 contains 2 red, 3 black
and 5 white balls. Bucket 2 contains 3 red, 4 black and 2 white
balls. A ball is drawn at random from Bucket 1 and placed in
Bucket 2. After this, a ball is drawn at random from Bucket 2.
If this ball is black, then what is the probability that the ball
drawn from Bucket 1 was white?
20 1 2 2
(A) 43
(B) 2
(C) 5
(D) 3

14. If the letters of the word ADMISSION are randomly permuted,

then the probability of obtaining the word MADISSION is
4 1 16 8
(A) 9!
(B) 9!
(C) 9!
(D) 9!

15. Let S be the collection of all five-digit numbers. Let N be a

randomly chosen number from S. Then, the probability that N
is divisible by 8 but not by 3 is
7500 7499 11250 3750
(A) 90000
(B) 90000
(C) 90000
(D) 90000

16. Let M be the collection of all 3 × 3 matrices with entries from

{−1, 0, 1}. Then, the total number of matrices A in M such
that the sum of all the diagonal elements of A> A is 5 is

(A) 4032 (B) 12096 (C) 126 (D) 32

17. Among the candidates appearing for an exam, 60% are male and
40% are female. Out of these candidates, 50% are successful.
The number of successful female candidates is 40% more than
the number of successful male candidates. If one of the successful
candidates is chosen randomly, then what is the probability that
the chosen candidate is female?
7 2 28 1
(A) 12
(B) 3
(C) 53
(D) 2

18. What is the value of

1 + 210 + 310 + · · · + n10
lim ?
n→∞ n11
10 1 11
(A) 11
(B) 11
(C) 12
(D) 11

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19. If (lognn) converges to a constant as n → ∞, then the set S of
possible values of u is

(A) [−1, 1]
(B) (−∞, 1]
(C) (−∞, ∞)
(D) None of the above.

20. Let f be a function from (−π, π) to R defined as

(
0 if x = 0
f (x) = x3
sin2 x
if x ∈ (−π, π), x 6= 0

Let K be the number of points of discontinuity of f and L =

number of points at which f is not differentiable. Then

(A) K = 0, L = 1
(B) K = 1, L = 1
(C) K = 0, L = 0
(D) None of the above.

21. Let f be a continuous function from R onto [0, 2]. Define g :

R → R by g(x) = sin(f (x)). The range of g is

(A) [0, 1].

(B) [−1, 1].
(C) [0, sin 2].
(D) [− sin 2, sin 2].

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22. Let f : R → R be defined as

2 x 2
f (x) = x −1 2 .
1 x 0

Then the number of elements in f −1 ({1}) is

(A) 0. (B) 1. (C) 2. (D) 3.

23. Define a relation ∼ on R3 as

x ∼ y if there exists a matrix A such that y = Ax.

Then ∼ is

(A) an equivalence relation.

(B) reflexive and symmetric but not transitive.
(C) symmetric and transitive but not reflexive.
(D) reflexive and transitive but not symmetric.

24. The set of real numbers at which the function f (x) = | sin x| +
| cos x| is not differentiable is

(A) {kπ/2 : k ∈ Z}.

(B) {(2k + 1)π/2 : k ∈ Z}.
(C) {kπ : k ∈ Z}.
(D) {(4k + 3)π/4 : k ∈ Z}.

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25. Consider the following regions in R2 :

y2 y4
   
2 4
A= x + <1 , B= x + <1 .
4 16

Then,

(A) B ⊆ A
(B) A ∩ B = φ
(C) A ⊆ B
(D) None of these.

26. Let {xk }, k = 1, 2, . . . be the sequence 1, −1, −1, 1,1,1, −1, −1,
−1, −1, 1,1,1,1,1, . . .. That is, starting from m = 1, a group of
m consecutive +1-s are followed by a group of m + 1 consecutive
−1-s, which is followed again by a group of m + 2 consecutive
n
1
P
+1-s, and so on. Let Sn = Xk . Then lim 2n+1 S1+2+···+n is
1

(A) positive (B) zero (C) -1 (D) -1/2

|z−i|
27. Consider the region A = {z ∈ C : |z+i|
> 1}. Then A is

(A) Re(z) > 0

(B) Re(z) < 0
(C) Im(z) > 0
(D) Im(z) < 0

n
1
Q
28. Let xn = (1 − k2
). Then, lim xn is
k=2 n→∞

(A) zero (B) unbounded (C) sin(1) (D) 1/2

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29. Let A be a 2 × 2 matrix with positive entries bounded above by
a constant a > 0. Then

(A) each entry of A5 is bounded by 23 a5

(B) each entry of A10 is bounded by 25 a10
(C) each entry of A7 is bounded by 26 a6
(D) none of these.

n
Q
30. Consider a polynomial of degree n given by Pn (x) = (x − i).
i=1
Then the sample variance of the roots of the equation Pn (x) = 0
is

n+1 n2 −1 n2 −1
(A) 2
(B) 6
(C) 12
(D) (n − 1)

31. Let a and b be two nonzero vectors in 3 dimensions. The or-

thogonal projection of b onto a is

c = (e · b) e,
a
where e = ||a|| is the unit vector in the direction of a, and ||a||
denotes the length of a.

(A) If b − c is nonzero then |(a · b)| = ||a|| ||b||.

(B) If b − c is zero then |(a · b)| < ||a|| ||b||.
(C) ||b−c|| ≥ 0 is equivalent to the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality.
(D) None of the above

32. The ellipse described by the following equation

x2 + 2xy + 2y 2 + 2y = 7

has centre

(A) (0, 1) (B) (1, −1) (C) (−1, 1) (D) (1, 0)