Question Bank in Math

CONTENTS
CHAPTER NO. CHAPTER NAME PAGE NO.
1 Trigonometric Ratios & Identities 1-5

2 Trigonometric Equations & Inverse Circular Functions 6 - 10
3 Properties and Solution of Triangles 11 - 14
4 Heights and Distances 15 - 16
5 Sequence and Progressions 17 - 20
6 Quadratic Equations and Inequations 21 - 24
7 Complex Numbers 25 - 29
8 Permutation and Combination 30 - 32
9 Binomial Theorem 33 - 36
10 Infinite Series 37 - 40
11 Straight lines and Pair of Straight lines 41 - 44
12 Circles 45 - 48
13 Conic Sections - Parabola 49 - 52
14 Ellipse and Hyperbola 53 - 56
15 Functions, Limit and Continuity 57 - 62
16 Differentiability and Differentiation 63 - 67
17 Application of Derivatives 68 - 71
18 Indefinite Integration 72 - 77
19 Definite Integration 78 -83
20 Area Under the Curve 84 - 85
21 Differential Equations 86 - 88
22 Determinants 89 - 93
23 Matrices 94 - 97
24 Vectors 98 - 100
25 Three Dimensional Geometry 101 - 103
26 Probability 104 - 106
27 Statistics 107 - 110
28 Correlation and Regression analysis 111 - 112
29 Sets, Relations and Mappings/Functions 113 - 116
30 Linear Programming 117 - 119
31 Numerical Methods 120 - 121
TRIGONOMETRIC RATIOS & INDENTITIES
1 − tan 2 15°
1. The value of is
1 + tan 2 15°
a) 1 b) 3 c) 3/2 d) 2
2. The equation a sin x + b cos x = c, where | c | > a 2 + b 2 has

a) a unique solution b) infinite no. of solutions c) no solution d) none of these
3. If sin x + cosec x = 2, then sin x + cosec x is equal to

n n
a) 2 b) 2n c) 2n - 1 d) 2n - 2
3 AFG IJ FG IJ
5A
4. If cos A =
4
, then 32 sin
2 H K H K
sin
2
=
a) 7 b) 8 c) 11 d) none of these
π 3π 5π 7π 9π 11 π 13 π
5. The value of sin sin sin sin sin sin sin is
14 14 14 14 14 14 14
1 1 1
a) b) c) d) none of these.
16 64 128
6. If sin (α + β ) = 1, sin (α − β ) = 1 / 2; α , β ∈ [0, π / 2] then tan (α + 2β) tan ( 2α + β) is equal to
a) 1 b) -1 c) 0 d) none of these
7. If 1 + sin x + sin 2 x + sin 3 x +....+.... ∞ is equal to 4 + 2 3 , 0 < x < π , then x =
π π π π π 2π
a) b) c) or d) or .
6 4 3 6 3 3
8. The value of tan 5 θ is
5 tan θ − 10 tan 3 θ + tan5 θ 5 tan θ + 10 tan 3 θ − tan5 θ

a) b)
1 − 10 tan 2 θ + 5 tan 4 θ 1 + 10 tan 2 θ − 5 tan 4 θ
5 tan5 θ − 10 tan 3 θ + tan θ

c) d) none of these.
1 − 10 tan 2 θ + 5 tan 4 θ
3 3
9. For what and only what values of α lying between 0 and π is the inequality sin α cos α > sin α cos α valid ?
FG π IJ U  π , 3π  FG π IJ FG π , π IJ
a) α ∈ 0,
H 4K  2 4  b) α ∈ 0,
H 2K c) α ∈
H 4 2K d) none of these
10. If sin A + cos A = m and sin 3 A + cos3 A = n, then

a) m3 − 3m + n = 0 b) n 3 − 3n + 2m = 0
c) m − 3m + 2n = 0 d) m + 3m + 2n = 0
3 3
1 x 1 x 1 x FG IJ
11. For x ∈ R , tan x +
2 2 2 2 2 2 H K
tan + 2 tan 2 +...+ n −1 tan n −1 is equal to
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1 FG x IJ 1 FG x IJ − 2 cot 2 x
a) 2 cot 2x -
2 n −1
cot
H2 K
n −1 b)
2 n −1
cot
H2 K
n −1
FG x IJ − cot 2 x
c) cot
H2 K
n −1
d) none of these
sec 2 θ − tan θ
12. If y = then
sec 2 θ + tan θ '
1
≤ y≤3 b) y ∉
LM 1 , 3OP c) −3 < y < −
1
a)
3 N3 Q 3
d) none of these.
13. If α, β, γ , δ are the smallest positive angles in ascending order of magnitude which have their sines equal to the positive quantity k, then the
α β γ δ
value of 4 sin + 3 sin + 2 sin + sin is equal to
2 2 2 2
1+ k
a) 2 1− k b) 2 1+ k c) d) none of these
2
14. The expression cosec A cot A − sec A tan A − (cot A − tan A) (sec A cosec A − 1) is equal to
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
a) 1 b) -1 c) 0 d) none of these.
15. The values of θ ( 0 < θ < 360° ) satisfying cosec θ + 2 = 0 are
a) 210°, 300° b) 240°, 300° c) 210°, 240° d) 210°, 330°
sin x + sin 2 x = 1, then the value of cos x + 3 cos x + 3 cos x + cos x + 2 cos x + cos x − 2, is equal to
12 10 8 6 4 2
16. If
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) sin2 x.
17. If A, B, C are acute positive angles such that A + B + C = π and cot A cot B cot C = K, then
1 1 1 1
a) K ≤ b) K ≥ c) K < d) K >
3 3 3 3 9 3
18. If sin β is the GM between sin α and cos α , then cos 2 β =
FG π − αIJ FG π − αIJ FG π + αIJ

a) 2 sin 2
H4 K b) 2 cos2
H4 K c) 2 sin 2
H4 K d) none of these
19. sin2 A + sin2 ( A - B ) + 2 sin A cos B sin ( B - A ) is equal to

a) sin2 A b) sin2 B c) cos2 A d) cos2 B
sin 2 13° sin 2 77° tan 135°

20. The value of the determinant sin 77° tan 135° sin 13° is equal to
2 2
tan 135° sin 2 13° sin 2 77°
a) -1 b) 0 c) 1 d) 2
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21. If tan A + sec A = 2 and A is less than 90°, then sin A + cos A is equal to
a) 2 / 5 b) 3 / 5 c) 4 / 5 d) 7 / 5
22. Let n be a fixed positive integer such that sin ( π / 2 n) + cos( π / 2 n) = n / 2, then
a) n = 4 b) n = 5 c) n = 6 d) none of these
23. Number of solutions of the equations tan x + sec x = 2 cos x lying in the interval [ 0, 2 π ] is
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3
1
24. If sec A − tan A = , then
4
a) sin 2 A = 8 / 17 b) cos A = 15 / 17
c) sin A + cos A = 23 / 17 d) cos A − sin A = 7 / 17
π
25. If 2 sin ( x + ) + 3 cos 2 x > 0, then
2
4
π 1 π 1
a) cos( 2 x − )>− b) sin( 2 x − )<−
6 2 6 2
π 1 π 1
c) sin( 2 x − )>− d) cos( 2 x − )<−
6 2 6 2
4 xy
26. sec θ = , where x ∈ R, y ∈ R , is true if and only if
2
( x + y) 2
a) x+ y≠0 b) x = y, x ≠ 0 c) x = y d) x ≠ 0, y ≠ 0
π 5π π 7π
27. If tan , x and tan are in AP and tan , y and tan are also in AP then
9 18 9 18
a) 2x = y b) x>y c) x = y d) none of these
28. The minimum value of cos 2θ + cos θ for real values of θ is
9
a) − b) 0 c) - 2 (d)none of these
8
29. If 0° < θ < 180° then 2 + 2 + 2 +...+ 2 (1 + cos θ) , there being n number of 2's, is equal to
θ θ θ
a) 2 cos b) 2 cos c) 2 cos d) none of these
2n 2 n−1
2 n+1
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α β
30. If tan and tan are the roots of the equation 8 x 2 − 26 x + 15 = 0 then cos(α + β) is equal to
2 2
627 627
a) − b) c) - 1 d) none of these
725 725
2 sin α 1 + sin α − cos α

31. If = λ then is equal to
1 + sin α + cos α 1 + sin α
1
a)
λ
b) λ c) 1− λ d) 1+ λ
1 + sin 2 A + 1 − sin 2 A
32. If |tan A | < 1, and | A | is acute then is equal to
1 + sin 2 A − 1 − sin 2 A
a) tan A b) - tan A c) cot A d) - cot A
1 − sin α
33. The set of all possible values of α in [ −π, π] such that is equal to sec α - tan α is
1 + sin α
LM0, π IJ LM0, π IJ ∪ FG π , πIJ FG − π , π IJ

a)
N 2K b)
N 2K H 2 K c) [ −π, 0] d)
H 2 2K
FG π IJ FG
π IJ
34. If tan θ + tan θ +
H 3 K
+ tan θ −
H
3 K
= k tan 3θ then k is equal to
a) 1 b) 3 c) 1/3 d) none of these
n
35. Let n be an odd integer. If sin nθ = ∑
r =0
br sin r θ for all real θ then
a) b0 = 1, b1 = 3 b) b0 = 0, b1 = n
c) b0 = −1, b1 = n d) b0 = 0, b1 = n 2 − 3n − 3
36. The value of tan 63° - cot 63° is equal to
2 2 5 −1
a) . 10 − 2 5 b) . 10 + 2 5 c) . 10 − 2 5 d) none of these
5 +1 5 +1 4
37. The sum of the real roots of cos6 x + sin 4 x = 1 in the interval − π ≤ x ≤ π is equal to
a) 0 b) π c) - π d) none of these
38. If ABCD is a convex quadrilateral such that 4 sec A + 5 = 0 then the quadratic equation whose roots are tan A and cosec A is
a) 12 x 2 − 29 x + 15 = 0 b) 12 x 2 − 11x − 15 = 0 c) 12 x 2 + 11x − 15 = 0 d) none of these
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39. log tan 1° + log tan 2° + .... + log tan 89° =
a) 1 b) 0 c) π / 4 d) none of these
40. 3 cos ec 20° − sec 20° is equal to

a) 2 b) 2 sin 20° / sin 40° c) 4 d) 4 sin 20° / sin 40°
a 1
41. If tan A = and tan B = , then the value of A + B is
a +1 2a + 1
a) 0 b) π / 2 c) π / 3 d) π / 4
42. tan 5 x − tan 3x − tan 2 x =

a) tan 5x tan 3x tan 2x b) cos 5x cos 3x cos 2 x
c) sin 5x sin 3x sin 2x d) tan 8x tan 2x tan x
43. The value of tan 81° − tan 63° − tan 27° + tan 9°
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
8 14
44. If A = sin θ + cos θ , then for all values of θ ,
a) A ≥ 1 b) 0 < A ≤ 1 c) 1 < 2A ≤ 3 d) none of these
45. If sin(θ + α) = a and sin(θ + β) = b , then cos 2(α − β) − 4ab cos(α − β) is equal to
a) 1 − a 2 − b 2 b) 1 − 2a 2 − 2b 2 c) 2 + a 2 + b 2 d) 2 − a 2 − b 2
46. If log 3 sin x − log 3 cos x − log 3 (1 − tan x ) − log 3 (1 + tan x ) = −1 , then tan 2 x =
a) - 2 b) 3/2 c) 2 / 3 d) 6
47. If x = cos10° cos 20° cos 40° , then the value of x is

a) (1 / 8) tan 10° b) (1 / 8) cos ec10° c) (1 / 8) cot 10° d) (1 / 8) sec 10°
n
3
48. If sin x sin 3x = ∑C
m =0
m cos m x is an identity in x , where C 0 , C1 , ......., C n are constants and C n ≠ 0 , then the value of n is
a) 17 b) 27 c) 16 d) 6
ANSWERS
1. c 2. c 3. a 4. c 5. b 6. a 7. d
8. a 9. a 10. c 11. b 12. a 13. b 14. c
15. d 16. d 17. a 18. a 19. c 20. b 21. d
22. c 23. d 24. c 25. a 26. b 27. a 28. a
29. a 30. a 31. b 32. c 33. d 34. b 35. b
36. a 37. a 38. b 39. b 40. c 41. d 42. a
43. d 44. b 45. b 46. c 47. c 48. d
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Trigonometric Equations & Inverse Circular Functions
1. The general solution of sin x − 3 sin 2 x + sin 3 x = cos x − 3 cos 2 x + cos 3 x is
π nπ π FG nπ + π IJ 2 n π + cos−1
FG 3IJ
a) nπ +
8
b) +
2 8
c) ( −1) n
H 2 8K d)
H 2K
2. The general value of θ satisfying the equation 2 sin 2 θ − 3 sin θ − 2 = 0 is
π π 5π 7π
b) n π + ( −1) n π + ( −1) n n π + ( −1) n
n
a) n π + ( −1) n c) d)
6 2 6 6
tan 3x − tan 2 x
3. The set of values of x for which = 1 is
1 + tan 3x tan 2 x
RS π UV
a) φ b)
T4W
c)
RSn π + π , n = 1, 2, 3,....UV d)
RS2 n π + π , n = 1, 2, 3,....UV
T 4 W T 4 W
4. If α, β are different values of x satisfying a cos x + b sin x = c, then tan
FG α + β IJ =
H 2 K
a) a + b b) a - b c) b / a d) a / b.
π
5. If α is a root of 25 cos θ + 5 cos θ − 12 = 0, < α < π , then sin 2α is equal to
2
2
24 24 13 13
a) b) − c) d) −
25 25 18 18
6. The number of pairs ( x, y ) satisfying the equations sin x + sin y = sin ( x + y ) and | x | + | y | = 1 is
a) 2 b) 4 c) 6 d) infinite.
7. The expression ( 1 + tan x + tan2 x ) ( 1 - cot x + cot2 x ) has the positive values for x, given by
π
a) 0 ≤ x ≤ b) 0 ≤ x ≤ π c) for all x ∈ R d) x ≥ 0.
2
8. If the complex numbers (sin x + i cos 2x) and (cos x - i sin 2x) are conjugate to each other, then x is equal to
a) n π
FG n + 1 IJ π
b)
H 2K c) 0 d) none of these
2
x + cos2 y
9. The values of x & y satisfying the system of equations 2 sin x + cos y = 1, 16sin = 4 are given by
π π n +1 π π
a) x = n π + ( −1) and y = 2n π ± b) x = nπ + (−1) and y = 2nπ ±
n
6 3 6 6
π 2π π 2π
c) x = n π + ( −1)
n
and y = 2n π ± d) x = n π + ( −1) n+1 and y = 2n π ±
6 3 6 3
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10. The number of all possible ordered pairs ( x, y ), x , y ∈ R satisfying the system of equations
2π 3
x+y= , cos x + cos y = is
3 2
a) 0 b) 1 c) infinite d) none of these.
11. The value of x between 0 and 2 π which satisfy the equation sin x 8 cos2 x = 1 are in AP with common difference
π π 3π 5π
a) b) c) d)
4 8 8 8
1
12. If sin x ,cos x , tan x are GP, then x is equal to
6
π π π
a) n π ± , n ∈Z b) 2n π ± , n ∈Z c) n π + ( −1) n , n ∈Z d) none of these
3 3 3
13. From the identity sin 3x = 3 sin x − 4 sin 3 x it follows that if x is real and | x | < 1, then
a) | 3 x − 4 x 3 | > 1 b) | 3 x − 4 x 3 | ≤ 1 c) | 3 x − 4 x 3 | < 1 d) Nothing can be said about
3x − 4 x 3 .
1 1
14. 4 tan −1 − tan −1 is equal to
5 239
a) π b) π / 2 c) π/3 d) π/4
15. The value of sin ( 2 sin-1 (0.8)) is equal to

a) sin 1.2° b) sin 1.6° c) 0.48 d) 0.96
−1 x
+ cosec −1
FG IJ
5 π
16. If sin
5 4HK
= , then x =
2
a) 4 b) 5 c) 1 d) 3
−1
17. The value of sin (cot (cot (tan −1 x ))) is
x2 + 2 x2 + 1 x 1
a) b) c) d)
x2 + 1 x2 + 2 x2 + 1 x2 + 2
−1
18. The greatest and least values of (sin x ) 3 + (cos−1 x ) 3 are
π π π3 π3 π3 7 π3
a) − , b) − , c) , d) none of these
2 2 8 8 32 8
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−1 3π 9
19. If sin x + sin −1 y + sin −1 z = , the value of x 100 + y 100 + z100 − 101 is
2 x + y101 + z101
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3
20. The number of real solutions of tan −1 x ( x + 1) + sin −1 x 2 + x + 1 = π / 2 is

a) zero b) one c) two d) infinite
21. If sin α sin ( 60° - α ) sin ( 60° + α ) = 1 / 8, and n ∈I, then

a) α = nπ + ( −1) π / 6 b) α = ( nπ / 3) + ( −1) π / 18
n n
c) α = nπ = ( −1) π / 3
n
d) α = ( nπ / 3) + ( −1) n π / 9
22. The value of sin ( tan-1 x ) is equal to

x 1 x 1
a) b) c) d)
1− x2 1+ x2 1+ x 2
1− x2
23. 2 cos2 x + 4 cos x = 3 sin 2 x. If

−2 − 19 −2 + 19 −2 − 19 −2 + 19
a) cos x = b) cos x = c) sin x = d) sin x =
5 5 5 5
24. The number of all possible triplets ( a1 , a2 , a3 ) such that a1 + a2 cos 2x + a3 sin2 x = 0 for all x is
a) 0 b) 1 c) 3 d) infinite
25. In a triangle ABC, the angle A is greater than the angle B. If the values of the angles A and B satisfy the equation 3 sin x - 4 sin3 x - k = 0,
0 < k < 1, then the measure of angle C is
a) π / 3 b) π / 2 c) 2 π / 3 d) 5 π / 6.
F − 3 I + cos FG cos 7π IJ is
26. The principal value of sin
−1
GH 2 JK H 6 K −1
a) 5 π / 6 b) π / 2 c) 3 π / 2 d) none of these
27. If sin θ + 7 cos θ = 5, then tan( θ / 2 ) is a root of the equation
a) x 2 − 6x + 1 = 0 b) 6 x − x − 1 = 0
2
c) 6x 2 + x + 1 = 0 d) x2 − x + 6 = 0
sin 3θ 1
28. = if
2 cos 2θ + 1 2
π π π π
a) θ = n π + b) θ = 2n π − c) θ = n π + ( −1) d) θ = n π −
n
6 6 6 6
29. A solution of the equation log 2 sin x − log 2 cos x − log 2 (1 − tan x ) − log 2 (1 + tan x ) + 1 = 0 is given by
a) tan x = -1 b) tan x = 1 c) tan 2 x = -1 d) tan 2 x = 1
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30. 6 tan 2 x − 2 cos2 x = cos 2 x if
a) cos 2 x = -1 b) cos 2 x = 1 c) cos 2 x = -1/2 d) cos 2 x = 1/2
31. The equation cos4 x − ( a + 2) cos2 x − ( a + 3) = 0 possess a solution if

a) a > - 3 b) a < - 2 c) − 3 ≤ a ≤ −2 d) a is any positive integer
−1 −1
32. If A = tan 1 / 7, B = tan 1 / 3, then
a) cos 2 A = sin 2 A b) cos 2 A = sin 2 B c) cos 2 A = cos 2 B d) cos 2 A = sin 4 B
FG π − u IJ is equal to
33. If u = cot −1 tan α − tan −1 tan α , then tan
H 4 2K
a) tan α b) cot α c) tan α d) cot α .
−1 −1
34. If cosec x = 2 cot 7 + cos−1 (3 / 5) then the value of x is
a) 44 / 117 b) 125 / 117 c) 24 / 7 d) 5 / 3
35. 2 tan −1 ( cosec tan −1 3 − tan cot −1 3 ) is equal to

a) π / 16 b) π / 6 c) π/3 d) π/2
36. If sin A + cos A = 1 , then sin 2 A is equal to

a) 1 b) 2 c) 0 d) 1/2
π 3π 5π 7π
37. The value of sin 2 + sin 2 + sin 2 + sin 2 is
8 8 8 8
1 1
a) 1 b) 2 c) 1 d) 2
8 8
38. The value of cos1° cos 2° cos 3° ..... cos 179° is equal to
1
a) b) 0 c) 1 d) 2
2
39. The number of solutions of the equation 3(sin x + cos x) − 2(sin3 x + cos3 x) = 8 are
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3
40. If tan pθ − tan qθ = 0 , then the values of θ form a series in

a) A.P b) G.P c) H.P d) none of these
41. If α and β are the solutions of a tan θ + b sec θ = c , then tan (α + β) =
2ac 2ac 2ac

a) 2 2 b) 2 2 c) 2 2 d) none of these
a −c c −a a +c
42. The number of roots of the equation x + 2 tan x = π / 2 in the interval [0, 2π] is
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43. tan [tan −1 (1 / 7) + tan −1 (1 / 13)] is equal to
a) 2/9 b) 9/2 c) 7/9 d) 9/7
44. If sin (sin −1 1 / 5 + cos −1 x ) = 1 , then x =

a) 1 b) 0 c) 4/5 d) 1/5
45. 2 sin −1 x = cos −1 (1 − 2 x 2 ) is true for

a) − 1 ≤ x ≤ 1 b) − 1/ 2 ≤ x ≤ 1/ 2 c) 0 ≤ x ≤1 d) none of these
46. If cos 3x + sin(2 x + 5π / 6) = −2 , then x =

a) (π / 3) (6k − 1) b) (π / 3) (6k + 1) c) ( π / 3) (4k + 1) d) (π / 3) ( 2k + 1)
ANSWERS
1. b 2. d 3. c 4. c 5. b 6. c 7. c
8. d 9. c 10. a 11. a 12. b 13. b 14. d
15. d 16. d 17. c 18. c 19. a 20. c 21. b
22. c 23. b 24. d 25. c 26. b 27. b 28. c
29. d 30. d 31. c 32. d 33. a 34. b 35. c
36. c 37. b 38. b 39. a 40. a 41. a 42. c
43. a 44. d 45. c 46. b
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PROPERTIES AND SOLUTION OF TRIANGEL
1. The perimeter of a ∆ ABC is 6 times the arithmetic mean of the sines of its angles. If the side a is 1, then the angle A is
π π π
a) b) c) d) π
6 3 2
2. The area of the circle and the area of a regular polygon of n sides and of perimeter equal to that of the circle are in the ratio of
FG π IJ : π FG π IJ : π π π FG π IJ : π
a) tan
H nK n b) cos
H nK n c) sin :
n n
d) cot
H nK n
3. In a triangle ABC, the line joining the circumcentre to the incentre is parallel to BC, then cos B + cos C =
a) 3 / 2 b)1 c) 3 / 4 d)1 / 2.
4. The ex - radii of a triangle r1, r2, r3 are in harmonic progression, then the sides a, b, c are
a) in H.P. b) in A.P. c) in G.P. d) none of these
5. If a cos A = b cos B, then the triangle is

a) equilateral b) right angled
c) isosceles d) isosceles or right angled
6. Two straight roads intersect at an angle of 60°. A bus on one road is 2 km. away from the intersection and a car on the other road is 3 km. away
from the intersection. Then the direct distance between the two vehicle is
a) 1 km b) 2 km c) 4 km d) 7 km
sin 2 A + sin A + 1
7. In any triangle ABC, ∑ is always greater than
sin A
8. In any ∆ ABC if 2 cos B = a / c then the triangle is

a) right angled b) equilateral c) isosceles d) none of these.
9. In an equilateral triangle, the in - radius, circum - radius and one of the ex - radii are in the ratio
a) 2 : 3 : 5 b) 1 : 2 : 3 c) 1 : 3 : 7 d) 3 : 7 : 9.
10. If in a ∆ ABC, ∆ = a2 - ( b - c )2 , then tan A =

a) 15 / 16 b) 8 / 15 c) 8 / 17 d) 1 / 2.
11. In a triangle the length of the two larger sides are 24 and 22, respectively. If the angles are in AP, then the third side is
a) 12 + 2 13 b) 12 - 2 3 c) 2 3 +2 d) 2 3-2
2 2 2
12. If in a triangle ABC, sin A = sin B and 2 cos A = 3 cos B , then the ∆ ABC is
a) right angled b) obtuse angled c) isosceles d) equilateral
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13. Points D, E are taken on the side BC of a triangle ABC, such that BD = DE = EC. If ∠BAD = x , ∠DAE = y , ∠EAC = z , then the value
sin ( x + y ) sin ( y + z )
of is equal to
sin x sin z
14. If A + B + C = π , n ∈ Z , then the tan nA + tan nB + tan nC is equal to
a) 0 b) 1 c) tan nA tan nB tan nC d) none of these
15. If p1 , p2 , p3 are altitudes of a triangle ABC from the vertices A, B, C and ∆ , the area of the triangle, then p1−2 + p2−2 + p3−2 is equal to
a +b+c a 2 + b2 + c2 a 2 + b2 + c2
a) b) c) d) none of these
∆ 4 ∆2 ∆2
sin A sin ( A − B )
16. If in a triangle ABC, = , then
sin C sin ( B − C )
2
a) a, b, c are in AP b) a , b 2 , c 2 are in AP c) a, b, c are in HP d) a 2 , b 2 , c 2 are in HP
17. If R is the radius of circumscribing circle of a regular polygon of n-sides having length of side as a , then R =
a FG IJ
π a π FG IJ a π FG IJ a π FG IJ
a)
2
sin
nH K b)
2
cos
n H K c)
2
cosec
n H K d)
2
cosec
2n H K
cos A cos B cos C
18. If p1 , p2 , p3 are respectively the perpendiculars from the vertices of a triangle to the opposite sides, then + + is
p1 p2 p3
equal to
1 1 1
r R ∆
r r2
19. If = , then
r1 r3
a) A = 90° b) B = 90° c) C = 90o d) none of these
20. If the angles of a triangle are 30° and 45° and the included side is ( 3 + 1) , then the area of the triangle is
1 1
a)
3 −1
b) 3 +1 c)
3 +1
d) none of these
π π sin ∠BAD
21. In a triangle ABC, ∠ B = and ∠ C = . Let D divide BC internally in the ratio 1 : 3. Then equals
3 4 sin ∠CAD
1 1 1 2
a) b) c) d)
6 3 3 3
22. The two adjacent sides of a cyclic quadrilateral are 2 and 5 and the angle between them is 60°. If the third side is 3, the remaining fourth side is
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a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5
23. If the data given to construct a triangle ABC are a = 5, b = 7, sin A = 3 / 4, then it is possible to construct
a) only one triangle b) two triangles c) infinitely many triangles d) no trianlges
24. In triangle ABC, A = 30°, b = 8, a = 6, then B = sin-1 x, where x =

a) 1 / 2 b) 1 / 3 c) 2 / 3 d) 1
25. If A = 30°, a = 7, b = 8 in ∆ ABC, then B has

a) one solution b) two solutions c) no solution d) none of these.
26. In a triangle the angles are in A.P. and the lengths of the two larger sides are 10 and 9 respectively, then the length of the third side can be
a) 5 ± 6 b) 0.7 c) 5− 6 d) none of these
27. The smallest angle of the triangle whose sides are 6 + 12 , 48 , 24 is

π π π
3 4 6
28. In a ∆ ABC, a, b, A are given and c1 , c2 are two values of the third side c. The sum of the areas of two triangles with sides a, b, c1 and a,
b, c2 is
a) (1/2) b2 sin 2A b) (1/2) a2 sin 2A c) b2 sin 2 A d) none of these
29. If in a triangle ABC, ( a + b + c ) ( b + c - a ) = bc, then the triangle is

a) equilateral b) right anlged c) obtuse angled d) none of these
30. If in a triangle ABC, a2 , b2 , c2 , the squares of the lengths of the sides of the triangles are in arithmetical progression, then b3 is equal to
a) 2abc cos A b) 2abc cos B c) 2abc cos C d) none of these
31. If the angles of a triangle are in the ratio 1 : 3 : 5 and θ denotes the smallest angle, then the ratio of the largest side to the smallest side of
the triangle is
3 sin θ + cos θ 3 cos θ − sin θ cos θ + 3 sin θ 3 cos θ + sin θ

a) b) c) d)
2 sin θ 2 sin θ 2 sin θ 2 sin θ
32. The vertical angle of a triangle is divided into two parts, such that the tangent of one part is 3 times the tangent of the other and the difference
of these parts is 30°, then the triangle is
a) isosceles b) right angled c) obtuse angled d) none of these
33. In a cyclic quadrilateral ABCD; a, b, c, d denote the length of the sides AB, BC, CD and DA respectively, then cos A is equal to
a 2 + b2 − c2 − d 2 b2 + c2 − d 2 − a 2 c2 + d 2 − a 2 − b2 d 2 + a 2 − b2 − c2
a) b) c) d)
2 (ab + cd ) 2 (bc + da ) 2 (cd + ab) 2 (da + bc)
34. In a triangle ABC, sin A + sin B + sin C is maximum when the triangle is
a) right angled b) isosceles c) equilateral d) obtuse angle
35. If the angles A and B of the triangle ABC satisfy the equation sin A + sin B = 3 (cos B-cos A ) then they differ by
a) π / 6 b) π/3 c) π / 4 d) π/2
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36. The sides of a triangle are 17, 25, 28. The length of the largest altitude is
a) 15 b) 84 / 5 c) 420 / 17 d) 210 / 17
cos A cos B cos C a

37. In a triangle ABC if + + = , then A is
a b c bc
a) an acute angle b) an obtuse angle c) a right angle d) equal to B-C
38. If in a triangle ABC, the line joining the circumcentre 0 and the incentre I is parallel to BC, then
a) r = R cos A b) r = R sin A c) R = r cos A d) R = r sin A
n
39. Suppose that sin 3 x. sin 3 x = ∑ cm cos mx, is an identity in x, where c0 , c1, c 2 are constants and c n ≠ 0 , then the value of n is
m =0
a) 4 b) 5 c) 9 d) 6
40. In any ∆ ABC, ∑ a 3 sin (B − C ) is equal to
a) 0 b) 3(a + b + c ) c) 3 abc d) ab + bc + ca
ANSWERS
1. a 2. a 3. b 4. b 5. d 6. d 7. a
8. c 9. b 10. b 11. a 12. b 13. c 14. c
15. b 16. b 17. c 18. b 19. c 20. a 21. a
22. a 23. d 24. c 25. b 26. a 27. c 28. a
29. c 30. b 31. d 32. b 33. d 34. c 35. b
36. c 37. c 38. a 39. d 40. a
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HEIGHTS & DISTANCES
1. A flag staff of 5 mt high stands on a building of 25 mt high. At an observer at a height of 30 mt, the flag staff and the building subtend equal
angles. The distance of the observer from the top of the flag staff is
5 3 3 2
a) b) 5 c) 5 d) none of these
2 2 3
2. If a flag-staff of 6 metres high placed on the top of a tower throws a shadow of 2 3 metres along the ground then the angle (in degrees)
that the sun makes with the ground is
a) 60° b) 30° c) 45° d) none of these
3. The top of a hill observed from the top and bottom of a building of height h is at angles of elevation p and q respectively. The height of the hill
is
h cot q h cot p h tan p
cot q − cot p cot p − cot q tan p − tan q
4. On the level ground the angle of elevation of the top of a tower is 30°. On moving 20 mt. nearer the tower, the angle of elevation is found to
be 60°. The height of the tower is
a) 10 mt b) 20 mt c) 10 3 mt d) none of these
5. A person standing on the bank of a river observes that the angle subtended by a tree on the opposite bank is 60°, when he retires 40 metres
from the bank he finds the angle to be 30°. Then the breadth of the river is
a) 40 m b) 60 m c) 20 m d) 30 m.
6. A tree is broken by wind, its upper part touches the ground at a point 10 metres from the foot of the tree and makes an angle of 45° with the
ground. The entire length of the tree is
F 3 I
a) 15 metres b) 20 metres c) 10 (1 + 2 ) metres GH
d) 10 1 +
2 JK
metres.
7. A vertical pole subtends an angle tan −1 1 / 2 at a point P on the ground. The angle subtended by the upper half of the pole at the point P
is
a) tan −1 (1 / 4) b) tan −1 ( 2 / 9) c) tan −1 (1 / 8) d) tan −1 ( 2 / 3)
8. An aeroplane flying at a height of 300 m above the ground passes vertically above another plane at an instant when the angles of elevation
of the two planes from the same point on the ground are 60° and 45° respectively. The height of the lower plane from the ground is
a) 100 3 m b) 100 / 3 m c) 50 m d) 150 ( 3 + 1) m
9. A pole 50 m high stands on a building 250 m high. To an observer at a height of 300 m, the building and the pole subtends equal angles. The
horizontal distance of the observer from the pole is
a) 25 m b) 50 m c) 25 6 m d) 25 3 m
10. A man in a boat rowing away from a cliff 150 metres high observes that it takes 2 minutes to change the anlge of elevation of the top of the
cliff from 60° to 45°. The speed of the boat is
a) (1 / 2) ( 9 − 3 3 ) km / h b) (1 / 2) ( 9 + 3 3 ) km / h
c) (1 / 2) ( 9 3 ) km / h d) none of these
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11. When the length of the shadow of a pole is equal to the height of the pole then the elevation of source of light is
a) 30° b) 45° c) 60° d) 75°
12. From the top of a light house 60 m high with its base at sea level the angle of depression of a boat is 15°. The distance of the boat from the
light house is
 3 −1  3 +1  3 −1  3 +1

a) 60
m 
b) 60
m c) 30 m 
d) 30
m
   3 +1 
 3 +1  3 −1    3 −1
13. On the level ground, the angle of the top of the tower is 30°. On moving 20 metres nearer, the angle of elevation is 60°. Then the height of
the tower is
a) 20 3 metres b) 10 3 metres ( )
c) 10 3 − 1 metres d) none of these
14. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a point 20 metres away from its base is 45°. The height of the tower is
a) 10 m b) 20m c) 40 m d) 20 3 m
15. A tree is broken by wind and its upper part touches the ground at a point 10 metres from the foot of the tree and makes an angle of 45° with
the ground. The entire length of the tree is
 3
a) 15m b) 20m (
c) 10 1 + 2 m ) 
d) 101 + 2  m



16. Angle of depression from the top of a light house of two boats are 45° and 30° due east which are 60m apart. The height of the light house
is
a) 60 3 (
b) 30 3 − 1 ) c) (
30 3 + 1 ) d) none of these
17. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower at a point G on the ground is 30°. On walking 20m towards the tower the angle of elevation
becomes 60°. The height of the tower is equal to
10 20
a) b) 20 3 c) d) 10 3
3 3
18. Two posts are 25 metres and 15 metres high and the line joining their tops makes an angle of 45° with the horizontal. The distance between
posts is
10
a) 5m b) m c) 10 m d) 10 2 m
2
19. A portion of a 30m long tree is broken by tornado and the top struck up the ground making an angle of 30° with ground level. The height of
the point where the tree is broken is equal to
30
a) m b) 10m c) 30 3 m d) 60 m
3
ANSWERS
1. b 2. a 3. b 4. c 5. c 6. c 7. b
8. a 9. c 10. a 11. b 12. b 13. b 14. b
15. c 16. c 17. d 18. c 19. b
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SEQUENCE AND PROGRESSIONS
1. The value of 21 / 4 .41 / 8 .81 / 16 .161 / 32....................., is
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3/2 d) 5/2
2. The third term of a G.P. is 4. The product of first five terms is
3. Sum of three numbers in GP be 14. If one is added to first and second and 1 is subtracted from the third, the new numbers are in AP. The smallest
of them is
a) 2 b) 4 c) 6 d) 8
4. If a, b, c, d are in HP, then
a) a +b > c+d b) a + c > b + d c) a+d >b+c d) none of these.

5. If a, b, c, d are in HP, then
a) ab > cd b) ac > bd c) ad > bc d) none of these
6. If x, y, z are in G.P. & a x = b y = c z then
a) log b a = log a c b) log c b = log a c c) log b a = log c b d) none of these
a b c
7. If a,b, c are in HP then , , will be in
b+c c+a a +b
a) AP b) GP c) HP d) none of these
F 1I F
8. The sum of first 10 terms of the series G x + J + G x
2
1 IJ + FG x
2
IJ +....... is
1
2
H xK H + 2
K H + 3
K
2 3
x x
a) G
F x − 1IJ FG x + 1IJ + 20
20 22
FG x − 1IJ FG x + 1IJ + 20
18 11
H x −1K H x K
2 20 b)
H x −1K H x K
2 9
c) G
F x − 1IJ FG x − 1IJ + 20
18 11
H x −1K H x K
2 9 d) none of these
9. If n Arithmetic means are inserted between two quantities a and b, then their sum is equal to
b) ba + b g b g
n n
a) b g
n a +b
2
c) 2nba + b g d)
2
a −b
10. If log 2, logc2 − 1h and logc2 + 3h are in AP, then the value of x is given by
x x
a) 5/2 b) log 2 5 c) log 3 5 d) log 5 3

11. If the AM of the roots of a quadratic in x is A and GM is G, then the quadratic is
a) x 2 − Ax + G 2 = 0 b) x − 2 Ax + G = 0
2
c) x 2 − 2 Ax + G 2 = 0 d) x 2 − Ax + G = 0
12. The sum of n term of the series 12 − 22 + 32 − 42 + 52 − 62 +...... is ( n is even no.)
a) -
b g
n n +1
b)
b g
n n +1
c) b g
−n n + 1 (d) none of these
2 2
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13. If a, b, c are in GP, then log a x ,logb x ,log c x are in
a) AP b) GP c) HP d) none of these
14. If the sum of n terms of a series is an2 + bn, then the series is ( a, b are constants )
a) an AP b) a GP c) AP d) none of these
15. Let sn denote the sum of first n terms of an A.P. If s2 n = 3sn then the ratio s3n / sn is equal to
a) 4 b) 6 c) 8 d) 10
16. If the roots of the equation x 3 − 12 x 2 + 39 x − 28 = 0 are in A.P., then their common difference will be
a) ±1 b) ±2 c) ±3 d) ±4
17. log32, log62 log122 are in
a) A.P. b) G.P. c) H.P. d) none of these
18. If a, b, c, d, e, f are in A.P., then e - c is equal to
a) 2 ( c - a ) b) 2 ( d - c ) c) 2 ( f - d ) d) d - c.
1 3 7 15
19. The sum of n terms of the series + + + +...... is
2 4 8 16
a) 2n - n - 1 b) 1 - 2-n c) n + 2-n - 1 d) 2n - 1.
20. The maximum value of the sum of the A.P. 30, 27, 24, 21, .... is
a) 165 b) 168 c) 171 d) 180.
21. The least value of n for which the sum of the series 3 + 6 + 9 + .... to n terms exceeds 1000 is
a) 25 b) 26 c) 27 d) 28.
22. If (A1, A2) ( G1, G2 ) ( H1, H2 ) are two (arithmetic), ( geometric ), ( harmonic ) means between two positive real numbers a and b, then value
G1G2 H1 + H2
of . is
H1 H2 A1 + A2
a) ab b) a 2 + b2 c) b a +a b d) none of these.
1 1 1
23. Sum of the series 1 + + +.....+ is
1+ 2 1+ 2 + 3 1 + 2 +...+ n
2n n n n2
a) b) c) d) .
n +1 n +1 2(n + 1) 2(n − 1)
24. Sum to n terms of the series 1 + ( 1 + 2 ) + ( 1 + 2 + 3 ) + ... is
1 1 1
a) n ( n + 1) ( n + 2) b) n ( n + 1) ( n + 2) c) n ( n + 1) ( 2n + 1) d) none of these
2 3 4
2 8 26 80
25. The sum to n terms of the series + + + +.... is equal to
3 9 27 81
1
a) 1 − (1 / 3) n b) 2 − ( 2 / 3) n c) n − n (1 / 3) n d) none of these
2
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y−z
26. If x, y, z are the pth, qth and rth terms respectively of an A.P. as well as that of a G.P., then x y z − x z x − y is equal to
a) x y z b) 0 c) 1 d) none of these
27. If log ( a + c ), log ( c - a ), log ( a - 2b + c ) are in A.P., then
a) a, b, c are in A.P. b) a2, b2, c2 are in A.P. c) a, b, c are in G.P. d) a, b, c are in H.P.
28. The coefficient of x in the expansion of ( x - 1 ) ( x - 2 ) .... ( x - 100 ) is
99
a) 5050 b) -5050 c) 3300 d) -3310
29. If x = 1 + y + y2 + .......to ∞ , then y is

x x x −1 1− x
a) b) c) d)
x −1 1− x x x
30. The first term of an A.P of consecutive integers is p 2 + 1 . The sum of (2 p + 1) terms of this series can be expressed as
a) ( p + 1)2 b) (2 p + 1) ( p + 1)2 c) ( p + 1)3 d) p 3 + ( p + 1)3

31. If the sum of first n terms of an A.P is Pn + Qn 2 where P and Q are constants, then common difference of A.P will be
a) P+Q b) P −Q c) 2P d) 2Q
32. If a,b,c are in A.P, then 10 ax +10 , 10 bx +10 , 10 cx +10 , x ≠ 0 are in

a) A.P b) G.P only when x >0 c) G.P for all x d) G.P only when x < 0
33. Let the sequence a1 , a2 , a3 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ an , form an A.P, then
a12 − a22 + a32 − a42 + .. + a2 n −12 − a2 n 2 is equal to
a)
n
2n − 1
(
a12 − a22n ) b)
2n 2
n −1
(
a2 n − a12 )
c)
n
n +1
(
a12 + a22n ) d) none of these
1 1 1
34. The sum of the series + + + .........t o ∞ is
3 × 7 7 × 11 11 × 15
1 1 1 1
a) b) c) d)
3 6 9 12
35. If the first, second and last terms of an arithmetic series are a, b and c respectively. Then the number of terms are
1 1
a) (a + b + c) b) (b + c − 2a ) c) ( b + c − 2a ) /(b − a ) d) none of these
2 2
36. If the sum of n terms of two arithmetic series are in the ratio 7 n + 1 : 4n + 27 , then their 11th terms are in the ratio
a) 3 : 4 b) 4 : 3 c) 78 : 61 d) 152 : 119
37. If b + c, c + a , a + b are in H.P., then a 2 , b 2 , c 2 are in

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38. 8 + 88 + 888 + ....n terms =
80 n 8n 10 n 80 n 8n
a) (10 − 1) − b) (10 − 1) c) (10 − 1) + d) none of these
81 9 81 81 9
a n +1 + b n +1
39. If is the H.M of a and b, then the value of n is
a n + bn
a) 1 b) - 1/2 c) - 1 d) 0
ANSWERS
1. b 2. b 3. a 4. c 5. c 6. c 7. c
8. a 9. b 10. b 11. c 12. a 13. c 14. a
15. b 16. c 17. c 18. b 19. c 20. a 21. b
22. d 23. a 24. d 25. d 26. c 27. d 28. b
29. c 30. d 31. d 32. c 33. a 34. d 35. c
36. b 37. a 38. a 39. c
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QUADRATIC EQUATIONS AND INEQUATIONS
1. The roots of the equation x − x − 6 = x + 2 are

2
a) -2, 1, 4 b) 0, 2, 4 c) 0, 1, 4 d) -2, 2, 4
2. If f ( x ) = ax + bx + c, g ( x ) = − ax + bx + c where ac ≠ 0, then f ( x ) g ( x ) = 0 has

2 2
a) at least three real roots b) no real roots c) at least two real roots d) two real roots and two imaginary roots.
FG x IJ sin 1 π
3. The equation 2 cos2
H 2K x = x2 + , 0 ≤ x ≤ has
2
2
x 2
a) no real solution b) one real solution c) more than one real solution d) none of these.
4. The number of real roots of the equation ( x − 1) 2 + ( x − 2) 2 + ( x − 3) 2 = 0 is

a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) none of these.
5. The roots of the equation log 2 ( x 2 − 4 x + 5) = ( x − 2) are

a) 4, 5 b) 2, -3 c) 2, 3 d) 3, 5
6. The value of k for which the equation 3x 2 + 2 x ( k 2 + 1) + k 2 − 3k + 2 = 0 has roots of opposite sign, lies in the interval
a) ( −∞, 0) b) ( −∞, − 1) c) (1, 2) d) ( 3/2, 2 )
7. The quadratic equation whose roots are reciprocal of the roots of the equation ax 2 + bx + c = 0 is
a) cx 2 + bx + a = 0 b) bx 2 + cx + a = 0 c) cx 2 + ax + b = 0 d) bx 2 + ax + c = 0
8. If one root of the equation 5x 2 + 13x + k = 0 is reciprocal of other, then the value of k is
a) 0 b) 5 c) 1 / 6 d) 6
9. If the root of the equation x − px + q = 0 differ by unity, then

2
a) p 2 = 4q b) p 2 = 4q + 1 c) p 2 = 4q − 1 d) none of these
2
10. The number of real roots of the equation x − 3 x + 2 = 0 is
a) 4 b) 3 c) 2 d) 1
11. If x = 1+ i is a root of the equation x 3 − ix + 1 − i = 0, then the other real root is

12. The number of solutions of the equation 2 sin e c h = 5 +5

x x −x
is
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) Infinitely many
b gb g
13. If c and d are roots of the equation x − a x − b − k = 0 , then a , b are roots of the equation
a) b x − cgb x − d g − k = 0 b) b x − cgb x − d g + k = 0
c) b x − agb x − cg + k = 0 d) b x − bgb x − d g + k = 0
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14. If x 2 − 3x + 2 is a factor of x 4 − px 2 + q , then the values of p and q are
a) 5, -4 b) 5, 4 c) -5 , 4 d) -5, -4,
15. If the expression x 2 − 11x + a and x 2 − 14 x + 2a have a common factor, then the values of 'a' are
a) 0,24 b) 0, -24 c) 1, -1 d) -2, 1
b g b g b g
16. If the sum of the roots of the equation a + 1 x 2 + 2a + 3 x + 3a + 4 = 0 is -1, then the product of the roots is
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3
17. The values of x satisfying x = 6 + 6 + 6+... ∞ are

a) 3, -2 b) -2 c) 3 d) none of these
18. If2 + i 3 is a root of x 2 + px + q = 0 where p, q ∈R, then

a) p = −4, q = 7 b) p = 4, q = 7 c) p = 4, q = −7 d) p = − 4 , q = −7
bg
19. Let f x = x 2 + 4 x + 1 . Then
a) f b x g > 0 for all x bg

b) f x > 1 when x ≥ 0 c) bg bg b g
f x ≥ 1 when x ≤ −4 d) f x = f − x for all x
20. The adjoining figure shows the graph of y = ax 2 + bx + c. Then
a) a < 0 b) b 2 < 4ac c) c > 0 d) none of these
21. The diagram shows the graph of y = ax 2 + bx + c. Then,
a) a > 0 b) b < 0 c) c > 0 d) b 2 − 4ac = 0

3n
22. If x 2 − x + 1 = 0, Then the value of x is
a) -1, 1 b) 1 c) -1 d) 0
23. The number of positive real roots of x 4 − 4 x − 1 = 0 is

a) 3 b) 2 c) 1 d) 0
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24. The number of negative real roots of x 4 − 4 x − 1 = 0 is
a) 3 b) 2 c) 1 d) 0
25. The number of complex roots of the equation x 4 − 4 x − 1 = 0 is

a) 3 b) 2 c) 1 d) 0
26. The number of values of k for which the equation x 3 − 3x + k = 0 has two distinct roots lying in the interval (0, 1) are
a) 3 b) 2 c) infinite d) none of these
27. If α, β are roots of b g b g

ax 2 + bx + c = 0, then the equation ax 2 − bx x − 1 + c x − 1 2 = 0 has roots
α β 1− α 1− β α β α +1 β +1
a) , b) , c) , d) ,
1− α 1− β α β α +1 β +1 α β
7 6 x
28. If one root of the equation 2 x 2 = 0 is -9, the other roots are
x 3 7
a) 2, 6 b) 3, 6 c) 2, 7 d) 3, 7
29. Given that ax 2 + bx + c = 0 has no real roots and a + b + c < 0, then

a) c = 0 b) c > 0 c) c < 0 d)none of these
α and β be the roots of the equation x + x + 1 = 0. The equation whose roots are α19 , β 7 is
2
30. Let
a) x 2 − x − 1 = 0 b) x2 − x + 1 = 0 c) x 2 + x − 1 = 0 d) x2 + x + 1 = 0
x 2 − x + 3k = 0, is double of one of the roots of x − x + k = 0 is

2
31. The value of 'k' for which one of the roots of
32. If a, b, c are all positive and in H.P., then the roots of ax 2 + 2bx + c = 0 are
a) Real b) Imaginary c) Rational d) Equal
2
− 4 x +5)
33. If 7 log7 ( x = x − 1, x may have values
a) 2,3 b) 7 c) -2, -3 d) 2, -3
34. The equation x + 1 − x − 1 = 4 x − 1 has

a) no solution b) one solution c) two solution d) more than two solutions
35. The equation log 3 3 + d i c h

x + log 3 1 + x 2 = 0 has
a) no solution b) one solution c) two solutions d) more than two solutions
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36. The number of roots of the equation x 3 + x 2 + 2 x + sin x = 0 in [ −2 π, 2 π] is
37. The line c

y + 14 = 0 cuts the curve whose equation is x x 2 + x + 1 + y = 0 at h
a) three real points b) One real point c) at least one real point d) no real point
38. If sin α ,cos α are the roots of the equajtion ax 2 + bx + c = 0, then
a) a 2 − b 2 + 2ac = 0 b) ba + c g 2
= b2 − c2
c) a 2 + b 2 − 2ac = 0 c) ba − c g 2
= b2 + c2
( )
39. If the product of the roots of the equation x 3 + 3kx − 2e 2 ln k − 1 = 0 is 7, then the roots are real only if
a) k = 2 b) k = −2 c) k = 4 d) k = −4
40. If α, β are the roots of the equation 8 x 2 − 3 x + 27 = 0 then the value of cα / βh + cβ / αh

2 1/ 3 2 1/ 3
is:
a) 1/3 b) 1/4 c) 1/5 d) 1/6
ANSWERS
1. d 2. c 3. a 4. d 5. c 6. c 7. a
8. b 9. b 10. a 11. b 12. a 13. b 14. b
15. a 16. c 17. a 18. a 19. c 20. a 21. c
22. a 23. c 24. c 25. b 26. d 27. c 28. c
29. c 30. d 31. b 32. b 33. a 34. a 35. a
36. a 37. b 38. a 39. a 40. b
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Complex Number
1. The product of cube roots of -1 is equal to

a) 0 b) 1 c) -1 d) none of these.
2. Which of the following is correct ?

a) 1 + i > 2 - i b) 2 + i > 1 + i c) 2 - i > 1 + i d) none of these
3. Let z be a purely imaginary number such that Im (z) > 0. Then arg (z) is equal to
a) π b) π / 2 c) 0 d) - π / 2
4. Let z be any non-zero complex number. Then, arg (z) + arg ( z ) is equal to
a) π b) - π c) 0 d) π / 2
FG 1 + i IJ n
5. The smallest positive integer n for which
H 1− i K =1
6. Let z be a complex number. Then the angle between vectors z and iz is

a) π b) 0 c) π / 2 d) none of these.
FG z − 1IJ = π is
7. The locus of the points z satisfying the condition arg
H z + 1K 3
a) parabola b) circle c) pair of straight lines d) none of these.
1 − iz
8. If z = x + iy and w = , then | w | = 1 implies that in the complex plane
z −i
a) z lies on imaginary axis b) z lies on real axis c) z lies on unit circle d) none of these
5π
9. Let z be a complex number such that | z | = 4 and arg (z) = , then z =
6
a) −2 3 + 2 i b) 2 3 + 2 i c) 2 3 − 2 i d) − 3 +i
10. Let 3 - i and 2 + i be affixes of two points A and B in the argand plane and P represents the complex number z = x + i y. Then the locus of P
if | z − 3 + i |=| z − 2 − i | is
a) circle on AB as diameter b) the line AB
c) the perpendicular bisector of AB d) none of these
11. If the complex numbers sin x + i cos 2 x and cos x - i sin 2 x are conjugate to each other, then x is equal to
a) n π b) ( n + 1/2 ) π c) 0 d) none of these.
12. Common roots of the equations z + 2 z + 2 z + 1 = 0 and

3 2
z1985 + z100 + 1 = 0 are
a) w , w2 b) 1, w, w2 c) -1, w, w2 d) - w, - w2
13. The inequality | z - 2 | < | z - 4 | represents the half plane
a) Re ( z) ≥ 3 b) Re ( z ) ≤ 3 c) Re ( z ) = 3 d) none of these
14. The cube roots of unity
a) are collinear b) lie on a circle of radius 3 c) from an equilateral triangle d) none of these.
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z − 5i
15. If z is a complex number such that = 1, then the locus of z is
z + 5i
a) x-axis b) straight line y = 5

c) a circle passing through the origin (d)none of these.
16. For any complex number z, the minimum value of | z | + | z - 1| is
a) 1 b) 0 c) 1 / 2 d) 3 / 2.
2 2
17. If z + | z | = 0 , then the locus of z is
a) a circle b) a straight line c) a pair of straight line d) none of these.
18. If log
FG | z | − | z | + 1IJ > 2 , then the locus of z is
2
3
H 2 +| z | K
a) | z | = 5 b) | z | < 5 c) | z | > 5 d) none of these.
19. Let z ( ≠ 2 ) be a complex number such that log1/2 | z - 2 | > log1/2 | z | , then
a) Re (z) > 1 b) Im (z) > 1 c) Re (z) = 1 d) Im (z) = 1.
20. The product of n th roots of unity is
a) 1 b) -1 c) ( -1 )n - 1 d) ( -1 )n.
21. If p is a multiple of n, then the sum of pth powers of nth roots of unity is
a) p b) n c) 0 d) none of these.
FG π IJ + i sinFG π IJ , n ∈ N , then x1.x2 .x3........x∞ is equal to

22. If xn = cos
H2 K H2 K
n n
23. The region of the Argand diagram defined by | z - 1 | + | z + 1 | ≤ 4 is
a) interior of an ellipse b) exterior of a circle
c) interior and boundary of an ellipse d) none of these.
iθ
24. If z = re , then | ei z | is equal to
a) e
− r sin θ b) r e − r sin θ c) e − r cos θ d) r e − r cosθ
25. If | z - 25 i | ≤ 15, then | max arg(z) - min arg (z) | =
FG 3IJ −1 FG −3IJ π
+ cos−1
3 FG IJ −1 FG 3IJ − cos FG 3IJ
−1
a) cos−1
H 5K b) π − 2 cos
H 5K c)
2 5 HK d) sin
H 5K H 5K
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26. The locus of the points representing the complex numbers z for which
| z | - 2 = | z - i | - | z + 5 i | = 0 is
a) a circle with centre at the origin b) a straight line passing through the origin
c) the single point ( 0, -2 ) d) none of these.
27. If m, n, p, q are consecutive integers then the value of i m + i n + i p + i q is
28. The value of z satisfying the equation log z + log z + ... + log z = 0 is
2 n
4mπ 4mπ 4mπ 4mπ

a) cos + i sin , m = 1, 2,.... b) cos − i sin , m = 1, 2,....
n ( n + 1) n ( n + 1) n (n + 1) n (n + 1)
4mπ 4mπ
c) sin + i cos , m = 1, 2,.... d) 0
n n
29. If z1 = z2 =.... = zn = 1, then the value of z1 + z2 +....+ zn is
1 1 1
a) n b) + +....+ c) 0 d) none of these.
z1 z2 zn
30. The general value of θ which satisfies the equation

(cos θ + i sin θ) (cos 3θ + i sin 3θ) (cos 5θ + i sin 5θ) ...(cos(2n − 1)θ + i sin (2n − 1) θ) = 1 is
rπ (r − 1) π ( 2r + 1) π 2r π
a) b) c) d) .
n2 n2 n3 n2
31. If the area of the ∆ on the complex plane formed by the complex numbers z, iz and z + iz is a | z |2, then the constant 'a' is equal to
a) 1 / 2 b) 2 / 3 c) 3 / 4 d) none of these.
32. The value of ii is
a) ω b) − ω 2 c) π / 2 d) none of these
33. The value of the expression
FG1 + 1 IJ FG1 + 1 IJ + FG 2 + 1 IJ FG 2 + 1 IJ + FG 3 + 1 IJ FG 3 + 1 IJ +...+FG n + 1 IJ FG n + 1 IJ , where w is an imaginary cube

H ωK H ω K H ωK H ω K H ωK H ω K H ωK H ω K
2 2 2 2
root of unity is
n ( n 2 + 2) n ( n 2 − 2) n (n 2 + 1)
3 3 3
34. The number of solutions of z + 2 z = 0 is

2
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5
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35. i + i + i + ...+ up to ( 2n + 1 ) terms =
2 4 6
a) i b) -i c) - 1 d) 1
10 23
36. If ω (≠ 1) is a cube root of unity, then the value of {(ω + ω )π − π / 4} is
− 5π
a) − 3/2 b) −1 / 2 c) d) 3/2
4
37. Let z and ω be two complex numbers such that | z | = | ω | and Arg z + Arg ω = π . Then z equals
a) ω b) −ω c) ω d) −ω
1 1+ i + ω2 ω2
38. If ω(≠ 1) is a cube root of unity, then ∆ = 1 − i −1 ω 2 − 1 equals
−i −i + ω − 1 −1
a) 0 b) 1 c) i d) ω
6
39. Let zk ( k = 0, 1, 2, ..., 6 ) be the roots of the equation ( z + 1) 7 + z 7 = 0, then ∑ Re ( z
k =0
k ) is equal to
a) 3 - 2i b) 0 c) - 7/2 d) 3 + 2i
m
i 2 m cot
−1
x xi + 1 
40. If m and x are two real numbers, then e   is equal to
 xi − 1 
a) cos x + i sin x b) m / 2 c) 1 d) ( m + 1 ) / 2.
10  2kπ   2kπ 
41. The value of ∑ sin  − i cos  is
k =1  11   11 
a) i b) - i c) 1 d) -1
42. If 1, α 1 , α 2 ,..., α n−1 are the n, nth roots of unity, then the value of (1 + α1 ) (1 + α 2 )......(1 + α n −1 ) is
a) n b) - n c) - n / 2 + 1 d) none of these.
43. If z1 + z2 = z1 − z2 , then the difference of the arguments of z1 and z2 is
a) 0 b) π / 2 c) π d) 2 π
FG z − 2 IJ is equal to
44. If z lies on the circle z − 2 i = 2 2 then arg
H z + 2K
a) π / 3 b) π / 4 c) π / 6 d) π / 8
45. If | z | = 2, then area of the triangle whose sides are magnitudes of the complex numbers z , w z and z+ wz is
a) 3 b) 2 3 c) 4 3 d) 16 3
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46. The curve represented by | z | = Re ( z ) + 2 is
a) a straight line b) a circle c) an ellipse d) none of these
47. If α(≠ 1) is a root of x5 = 1, then the value of (α − 1) (α 2 − 1) (α 3 − 1) (α 4 − 1) is
a) 5 b) 10 c) - 5 d) - 10
48. If α is a root of x7 = 1, with α ≠ 1 , then value of α 101 + α 102 + ... + α 205 is
a) 1 b) 0 c) - 104 d) 104
49. The value of (i 5 + i 6 + i 7 + i 8 + i 9 ) / (1 + i ) is
1 1 1 1
a) (1 + i ) b) (1 − i ) c) ( −1 − i ) d) ( −1 + i )
2 2 2 2
50. The system of equations | z + 1 − i | = 2 and | z | = 3 has

a) no solution b) one solution c) two solutions d) infinite number of solutions.
ANSWERS
1. c 2. d 3. b 4. c 5. c 6. c 7. b
8. b 9. a 10. c 11. d 12. a 13. d 14. c
15. a 16. a 17. c 18. c 19. a 20. c 21. b
22. b 23. c 24. a 25. b 26. c 27. c 28. a
29. b 30. d 31. a 32. d 33. a 34. c 35. c
36. c 37. d 38. a 39. c 40. c 41. a 42. d
43. b 44. b 45. a 46. d 47. a 48. b 49. a
50. a
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Permutation and Combination
1. A box contains two white balls, three black balls and four red balls. In how many ways can three balls be drawn from the box if at least one
black ball is to be included in the draw ? All balls are dissimilar
2. The exponent of 3 in 100! is

a) 33 b) 44 c) 48 d) 52
3. A person wishes to make up as many different parties as he can out of his 20 friends such that each party consists of the same number of
persons. The number of friends he should invite at a time is
4. If a denotes the number of permutations of x + 2 things taken all at a time, b the number of permutations of x things taken 11 at a time and
c the number of permutations of x - 11 things taken all at a time such that a = 182 bc, then the value of x is
a) 15 b) 12 c) 10 d) 18
5. The number of natural numbers smaller than 104, in the decimal notation of which all the digits are different is
6. The sum of all the numbers that can be formed with the digits 2, 3, 4, 5 taken all at a time is
7. All possible two-factor products are formed from the numbers 1,2,...., 100. The number of factors out of the total obtained which are multiple
of 3 is.
8. The number of ordered triplets of positive integers which are solutions of the equation x + y + z = 100 is
9. The number of ways in which 52 cards can be divided into 4 sets, three of them having 17 cards each and the fourth one having just one card
52! 52! 51! 51!
a)
b g
17!
3
b)
(17!)3 3!
c)
b g
17!
3
d)
b g3
17! 3!
10. The total number of all proper factors of 75600 is
11. The number of ways in which 12 different balls can be divided between two friends, one receiving 8 and the other 4, is
12! 12! 2! 12!
8!4! 8!4! 8! 4! 2!
n −1
12. The least positive integer n for which is C5 + n −1 C6 < n C7 is
a) 12 b) 13 c) 14 d) 15
13. The number of five digit numbers (without repetition) which are divisible by 9 and which can be formed by using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, and
8 is
14. A binary sequence is a sequence of 0's and 1's. The number of n - digit binary sequence which contain odd number of 0's is
a) 2n −1 b) 2n − 2 c) 2 n−1 + 2 d) none of these
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15. The tens digit of 1! + 2! + 3! +........+ 49! is
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
16. If n C4 , n C5 and n C6 , are in A P, the value of n can be

a) 14 b) 7 c) 7 and 14 d) none of these
17. A parallelogram is cut by two sets of m lines parallel to its sides. The number of parallelograms thus formed is
a) ( m C2 ) 2 b) ( m+1 C2 ) 2 c) ( m+2 C2 ) 2 d) none of these
18. A code word consists of three letters of the English alphabet followed by two digits of the decimal system. If neither letter nor digit is
repeated in any code word, the the total number of code words is
19. There are four balls of different colours and four boxes of colours, same as those of the balls. The number of ways in which the balls, one
each in a box, could be placed such that a ball does not go to a box of its own colour is
20. The number of ways in which four persons be seated at a round table, so that all shall not have the same neighbours in any two arrangements
is
a) 24 b) 6 c) 3 d) 4
21. A library has a copies of one book, b copies of each of two books, c copies of each of three books, and single copy of d books. The total
number of ways in which these books can be distributed is
a)
ba + b + c + d g! b)
ba + 2b + 3c + d g!
2 3
c)
ba + 2b + 3c + d g! d) none of these
a !b ! c ! a !(b !) ( c !) a !(b ! c !
22. The number of parallelograms that can be formed from a set of four parallel lines intersecting another set of three parallel lines is
a) 6 b) 18 c) 12 d) 9
23. The number of 5 - digit even numbers that can be made with the digits 0, 1, 2 and 3 is
24. There are 10 points in a plane of wlhich no three points are collinear and 4 points are concyclic. The number of different circles that can be
drawn through at least 3 points of these points is
25. In a polygon no three diagonals are concurrent. If the total number of points of intersection of diagonals interior to the polygon be 70 then
the number of diagonals of the polygon is
26. The number of triangles that can be formed with 10 points as vertices, n of them being collinear, is 110. The n is
a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 6
27. The number of possible outcomes in a throw of n ordinary dice in which at least one of the dice shows an odd number is
a) 6n − 1 b) 3n − 1 c) 6n − 3n d) none of these
28. From 4 gentelmen and 6 ladies a committee of five is to be selected. The number of ways in which the committee can be formed so that
gentlemen are in majority is
29. The number of ways in which the letters of the word ARTICLE can be rearranged so that the even places are always occupied by
consonants is
a) 576 b) 4
bg
C3 × 4! c) bg
2 4! d) none of these
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30. The number of ways in which a couple can sit around a table with 6 guests if the couple take consecutive seats is
31. There are 4 mangoes, 3 apples, 2 oranges and 1 each of 3 other varieties of fruits. The number of ways of selecting at least one fruit of each
kind is
a) 10 ! b) 9 ! c) 4 ! d) none of these
32. The number of proper divisors of 2 p.6 q.15r is

a) b p + q + 1gbq + r + 1gbr + 1g b) b p + q + 1gbq + r + 1gbr + 1g − 2
c) b p + qgbq + r gr − 2 d) none of these
33. The number of ways to give 16 different things to three persons A, B, C so that B gets 1 more than A and C gets 2 more than B, is
16! 16
a) b) 4 !5! 7 ! c) d) none of these
4 !5! 7 ! 3!5!8!
(a 2 −a ) (a 2 −a )
34. If C2 = C 4 , then a =
35. The number of diagonals for n sided polygon is

a) n (n − 1) / 2 b) n (n − 1) (n − 2) / 6 c) n (n − 1) d) n (n − 3) / 2
36. A bag contains unlimited number of black, blue, orange and red balls. The number of ways to select 10 balls so that the selection includes
at least one ball of each colour is
37. Six Xs have to be placed in the squares of the figure given below such that each row contains at least one X. The number of ways in which
this can be done is
R1
R2
R3
38. The number of ways to select 3 numbers in A.P from the first 2n + 1 natural numbers is given by
1 2 n2
a) (n − 1) b) c) n
2 d) none of these
4 5
ANSWERS
1. c 2. c 3. b 4. b 5. a 6. a 7. c
8. b 9. b 10. c 11. a 12. c 13. d 14. a
15. a 16. a 17. c 18. a 19. a 20. c 21. b
22. b 23. a 24. c 25. a 26. c 27. c 28. a
29. a 30. a 31. c 32. b 33. a 34. b 35. d
36. d 37. a 38. c
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BINOMIAL THEOREM
b
1. The number of terms in the expansion of 2 x + 3 y − 4 z g n
is
a) n + 1 b) n + 3 c)
bn + 1gbn + 2g d) none of these
2
2. Given positive integers r > 1, n > 2 and the coefficients of (3r)th and (r + 2)th terms in the binomial expansion of 1 + x b g 2n
are equal.
Then
a) n = 2r b) n = 3 r c) n = 2r + 1 d) none of these
10
3. The sum of the series
∑
r =0
20
Cr is
1 20 1 20
a) 220 b) 219 c) 219 + C10 d) 219 − C10
2 2
c
4. If | x | < 1, then the coefficient of xn in the expansion of 1 + x + x + x .....
2 3
h 2
is
a) n b) n - 1 c) n + 2 d) n +1
5. If A and B are coefficients of xn in the expansions of 1 + x b g 2n

and 1 + x b g 2 n −1
respectively, then
a) A = B b) 2 A + B c) A = 2 B d) none of these
18
3 a b 
6. If the ( r + 1) term in the expansion of 
th
+ contains a and b having the same power, then the value of r is
 b 3a
 
a) 9 b) 10 c) 8 d) 6
c
7. The coefficient of x4 in the expansion of 1 + x + x + x
2 3 11
h is
a) 900 b) 909 c) 990 d) 999
8. If the coefficient of the middle term in the expansion of 1 + x b g 2n+2
is p and the coeficients of middle terms in the expansion of (1 + x )2n +1
are q and r , then
a) p + q = r b) p + r = q c) p = q + r d) p + q + r = 0
9. The coefficient of x5 in the expansion of 1 + x c 2 5

h b1 + xg 4
is
10. The 14th term from the end in the expansion of d x− y i 17

is
a)
17
d i
C5 x 6 − y
5
b)
17
C6 d xi 11
y3 c) 17
C4 x 13/ 2 y 2 d) none of these
c
11. If the sum of the coefficients in the expansion of α 2 x 2 − 2αx + 1 h 51
vanishes, then the value of α is
a) 2 b) -1 c) 1 d) -2
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12. If n is even, then the greatest coefficient in the expansion of b x + ag is
n
n
a)
n
Cn 2 + 1 b)
n
Cn2 − 1 c) C n
2
d) none of these
FG x + 1 IJ n−3
13. If there is a term containing x 2r in

H xK 2 , then
a) n - 2r is an integral multiple of 3 b) n - 2r is even

c) n - 2r is odd d) none of these
14. The value of the sum of the series 3. n C 0 − 8 n C1 + 13 n C 2 − 18 n C 3 + ... , when n is an even natural no.
a) 0 b) 3n c) 5n d) none of these
b g
n
15. Let 1 + x
n
= ∑ Cr x r and
r =0
C1
C0
C C C 1
+ 2 2 + 3 3 +...+ n n = n n + 1 , then the value of k is
C1 C2 C n −1 k
b g
a) 1/2 b) 2 c) 1/3 d) 3
22 23 24 2 11
16. The value of 2 C 0 + C1 + C2 + C 3 +... C 10 is
2 3 4 11
311 − 1 211 − 1 113 − 1 112 − 1

a) b) c) d)
11 11 11 11
n
17. If x + y = 1, then ∑r
r =0
2 n
Cr x r y n − r equals
a) n x y b) n x ( x + y n) c) n x (n x + y ) d) none of these.
1
18. The coefficient of xn in the expansion of is
(1 − x ) (3 − x )
3n +1 − 1 3n +1 − 1
c) 2
FG 3 − 1IJ
n +1
a)
2 . 3n +1
b)
3n +1 H 3 K n +1
d) none of these
19. If ( r + 1 )th term is the first negative term in the expansion of ( 1 + x )7/2 , then the value of r is
a) 5 b) 6 c) 4 d) 7
20. The approximate value of ( 7.995)1/ 3 correct to four decimal places is

a) 1.9995 b) 1.9996 c) 1.9990 d) 1.9991
21. The term independent of x in the expansion of (1 + x ) n (1 + 1 / x ) n is
a) C02 + 2 C12 + 3 . C22 +.....+ ( n + 1) Cn2 b) ( C0 + C1 +....+ Cn ) 2
c) C02 + C12 +....+ Cn2 d) none of these.
22. The largest term in the expansion of ( 3 + 2 x )50 where x = 1/5 is

a) 5th b) 51st c) 7th d) none of these
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23. If the coefficients of x7 and x8 in ( 2 + x / 3)n are equal, then n is equal to
a) 56 b) 55 c) 45 d) 15
F
to the term independent of x in G x
2 IJ 15
H +
K
2
24. The ratio of the coefficient of x15
is
x
a) 1 / 4 b) 1 / 16 c) 1 / 32 d) 1 / 64.
25. For each n ∈ N, x 2 n −1 + y 2 n −1 is divisible by

a) x + y b) ( x + y )2 c) x3 + y3 d) none of these
26. The middle term of ( 1 + x )2n is

1. 3 . 5 ........( 2n − 1) n n
a) 2 x b) 2n ! x n
n!
c) n ! x n d) none of these
27. Coefficient of x3 in the expansion of (1 − 2 x ) −1/ 2 is

a) - 5/2 b) 5/2 c) 3/2 d) - 3/2
28. The greatest integer less than or equal to ( 2 + 1) 6 is

a) 196 b) 197 c) 198 d) 199
29. The number of distinct terms in the expansion of ( x1 + x2 +.....+ xn ) 3 is

n +1 n +2 n +3
a) C3 b) C3 c) C3 d) none of these
30. If (1 + x + x ) = a0 + a1 x + a2 x +....+ a2 n x , then value of a02 − a12 + a22 − a32 +....+ a22n is
2 n 2 2n
2n
a) n! b) Cn c) n! / 2 d) none of these
31. The remainder when 22000 is divided by 17 is

2n n
32. If n is a natural number which is not a multiple of 3 and ( 1 + x + x ) =2 n

∑
r =0
ar x r , then value of ∑ ( −1)
r =0
r
(ar ) ( n Cr ) is
a) - 1 b) 2 c) 0 d) ( - 1)n
33. The coefficient of x3 in the expansion of (1 − x + x ) is

2 5
a) 10 b) - 20 c) - 50 d) - 30
34. The coefficient of x3 in the expansion of (1 − x ) 5 (1 + x + x 2 + x 3 ) 4 is

a) 4 b) - 4 c) 0 d) none of these
35. 1.n C1 + 2 . n C2 + 3 . n C3 +....+ n . n Cn is equal to
n ( n + 1) n
a) .2 b) 2 n + 1 - 3 c) n . 2 n - 1 d) none of these
4
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10 n
Cr
36. The value of ∑ r.
r =1
n
Cr −1
is equal to
a) 5 ( 2n − 9) b) 10 n c) 9 ( n - 4 ) d) none of these
37. The sum 20

C0 + 20C1 + 20C2 +.....+ 20 C10 is equal to
20! 1 20!
a) 2
20
+ b) 2
19
− . c) 219 + 20
C10 d) none of these
(10!) 2 2 (10!) 2
38. The sum of the last ten coefficients in the expansion of (1 + x)19 when expanded in ascending powers of x is
a) 218 b) 219 c) 2 18 - 19C10 d) none of these
ANSWERS
1. c 2. a 3. c 4. d 5. c 6. a 7. c
8. c 9. b 10. c 11. c 12. c 13. a 14. a
15. b 16. a 17. c 18. a 19. a 20. b 21. c
22. c 23. b 24. c 25. a 26. a 27. b 28. b
29. b 30. a 31. a 32. c 33. d 34. c 35. c
36. a 37. d 38. a
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Infinite Series
FG 1 + 1 + 1 +....IJ FG 1 − 1 + 1 − 1 +....IJ is
1. The product of the following series
H 1! 2! 3! K H 2! 3! 4! 5! K
a) e -1 b) 1 - e-1 c) e - 1 d) none of these
1 1 1
2. The sum of the series 1 + + + +..... is
2 ! 4 ! 6!
1 1
a) e − e −1 b) ( e + e −1 ) c) ( e − e −1 ) d) none of these
2 2
3. The sum of the series 1 +

1+ a 1+ a + a2 1+ a + a2 + a3
+ + +.... is
2! 3! 4!
ea − e ea ea − a ea + e− a
a) b) c) d)
a −1 a −1 a −1 a −1
2 4 6 8
4. The sum of the series + + + +... is
3! 5! 7 ! 9 !
1
a) e b) e-1 c) ( e + e −1 ) d) none of these
2
3 5 7
5. The sum of the series 1 + + + +.... is
1! 2 ! 3!
a) 2e b) e - 1 c) 3e d) 5e - 7
2 2 32 4 2
6. The sum of the series 1 + + + +.... is
2 ! 3! 4 !
a) e/2 b) e c) 3e / 2 d) 2e
1 2 22
7. The sum of the series 1 + + + +..... is
2 ! 3! 4 !
a) e2 b) e 2 + 1 c) e 2 - 1 d) none of these
1.4 2 .5 3 .6 4 .7 5 .8
8. The sum of the series + + + + + .... is
0! 1! 2! 3! 4!
a) 11 e b) 10 e c) 9 e d) 8 e
2 .4 3 .5 4 .6
9. The sum of the series 1 . + 3 + + + +.... is
1.2 1.2 .3 1.2 .3 .4
a) e b) 2e c) 3e d)1+ 4e
a −b 1 a −b FG IJ 2
FG
1 a −b IJ +.... is
3
10. The sum of the series

a
+
2 a H K +
H
3 a K
a) 2 log ( a / b ) b) log 2 - 1 c) log ( b / a ) d) none of these
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11. The sum of the series log4 2 - log8 2 + log16 2 - ..... is
a) e2 b) 1 + log2 c) log3 - 2 d) 1 - log2
1 1 1 1
12. The sum of the series − 2
+ − +... is
2 2 .2 3 .2 4 .2 4
3
a) log 2 b) log ( 1/2 ) c) log ( 3/2 ) d) none of these
11 1 1 1 1  1 1 1
13. The sum of the series  +  −  2 − 2  +  3 + 3  + ....... is
2 2 3 4 2 3  62 3 
a) log 2 b) log 3 / 2 c) log 3 d) log 20
14. ( 1 - x )3/2 can be expanded in ascending powers of x if

a) −1 < x < 1 b) x < −1 c) x >1 d) none of these
15. In the expansion of ( 1 + x ) -2, | x | < 1, the 5th term is
a) - 6x5 b) 5
C4 x 4 c) −5x 4 d) none of these
1+ x2
16. The coefficient of x5 in the expansion of ,| x | < 1, is
1+ x
a) -1 b) 2 c) 0 d) - 2
17. The coefficient of xn in the expansion of e 2 x + 3 is
2n e3 . 2n e 2 . 3n
n! n! n!
ex − 1− x
18. In the expansion of in ascending powers of x, the fourth term is
x2
1 3 1 4 1 3
a) x b) x c) x d) none of these
5! 4! 3!
1
19. If | x | < 1, the coefficient of x3 in the expansion of is
e . (1 + x )
x
17 17 11
a) b) − c) − d) none of these
6 6 6
x + log e (1 − x )
20. The constant term in the expansion of
x3
1 1 1
a) − b) 0 c) − d)
3 2 3
1 2 3 4
21. + + + + .... to ∞ is equal to
0! 1! 2 ! 3 !
a) 4e b) 3e c) 2e d) none of these
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∞
1
22. ∑
n =1 2n − 1
. x 2n is equal to
x 1+ x 
log  1
log
1+ x2 FG IJ c) 1 − log e
1
a)
2 1− x 
b)
2 1− x2 H K 2e
d) none of these
x2 x3 x4 y2 y3
23. If x − + − +.... to ∞ = y then y + + +.... to ∞ is equal to
2 3 4 2! 3!
a) -x b) x c) x + 1 d) none of these
e5 x + e x
24. If is expanded in a series of ascending powers of x and n is an odd natural number, then the coefficient of xn is
e3x
2n 2 n +1 22n
n! ( 2 n)! ( 2 n )!
∞
n2
25. ∑
n =1 n!
is equal to
1
a) 2e b) 3 e c) e d) none of these
2
ex
26. If = B0 + B1 x + B2 x 2 +....+ Bn x n +....., then Bn − Bn −1 equals
1− x
1 1 1 1
a) b) c) − d) 1
n! (n − 1)! n! (n − 1)!
1 1 1
x − 1− ( x − 1) 2 + ( x − 1) 3 − ( x − 1) 4 + .....
27. e 2 3 4
is equal to
a) log ( x - 1 ) b) log x c) x d) none of these
28. The sum of the series log 4 2 − log 8 2 + log 16 2 − ...., is
a) e2 b) log e 2 + 1 c) log e 3 − 2 d) 1 − log e 2.
29. The coefficient of xn in the expansion of log (1 + x + x 2 ), when n is not a multiple of 3, is
2 1 2
a) − b) c) d) none of these.
n n n
30. The coefficient of xn in the expansion of log a (1+ x ) is
( − 1) n −1 ( −1) n −1 ( −1) n −1 ( −1) n

a) b) log a e c) log e a d) loga e .
n n n n
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ANSWERS
1. b 2. b 3. a 4. b 5. c 6. d 7. d
8. a 9. d 10. d 11. d 12. c 13. b 14. a
15. b 16. d 17. b 18. a 19. d 20. a 21. c
22. a 23. b 24. d 25. a 26. a 27. c 28. d
29. b 30. b
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STRAIGHT LINES AND PAIR OF STRAIGHT LINES
1. Let P and Q be points on the line joining A ( -2, 5 ) and B ( 3, 1 ) such that AP = PQ = QB. Then the mid point of PQ is
a) ( 1/2, 3 ) b)( -1/2, 4 ) c) ( 2, 3 ) d) ( -1, 4 )
2. If O be the origin and if P1 ( x1 , y1 ) and P2 ( x2 , y2 ) be two points, then OP1.OP2 cos ( ∠POP
1 2 ) is equal to
a) x1 y2 + x2 y1 b) ( x12 + y12 ) ( x22 + y22 ) c) ( x1 − x2 ) 2 + ( y1 − y2 ) 2 d) x1 x2 + y1 y2
3. The coordinates of the middle points of the sides of a triangle are ( 4, 2 ) ( 3, 3 ) and ( 2, 2 ), then the coordinates of its centroid are
a) ( 3, 7/3 ) b) ( 3, 3 ) c) ( 4, 3 ) d) none of these
4. If A and B are two fixed pionts, then the locus of a point which moves in such a way that the angle APB is a right angle is
a) a circle b) an ellipse c) a parabola d) none of these.
5. If a variable line passes through the point of intersection of the lines x + 2y - 1 = 0 and 2x - y - 1= 0 and meets the coordinate axes in A and
B, then the locus of the mid point of AB is
a) x + 3y = 0 b) x + 3 y = 10 c) x + 3 y = 10 xy d) none of these.
6. The image of the point ( -1, 3 ) by the line x - y = 0 is

a) ( 3, -1 ) b) ( 1, -3 ) c) ( -1, -1 ) d) ( 3, 3 )
7. If ( - 4, 0 ) and ( 1, -1 ) are two vertices of a triangle of area 4 square units, then its third vertex lies on
a) y = x b) 5x + y + 12 = 0 c) x + 5y − 4 = 0 d) none of these
8. The equation of the line with gradient -3 / 2 which is concurrent with the lines 4 x + 3 y − 7 = 0 and 8 x + 5 y − 1 = 0 is
a) 3x + 2 y − 2 = 0 b) 3x + 2 y − 63 = 0 c) 2 y − 3x − 2 = 0 d) none of these
9. The medians AD and BE of the triangle with vertices A ( 0, b ), B ( 0, 0 ) and C ( a, 0 ) are mutually perpendicular if
a) b = 2a b) a = 2b c) b = − 2 a d) a = −2 2 b
10. The point A ( 2, 1 ) is translated parallel to the line x - y = 3 by a distance 4 units, If the new position A' is in third quadrant, then the
coordinates of A' are
a) ( 2 + 2 2 ,1 + 2 2 ) b) ( −2 + 2 2 ,−1 − 2 2 ) c) ( 2 − 2 2 ,1 − 2 2 ) d) none of these
11. All points lying inside the triangle formed by the points ( 1, 3 ), ( 5, 0 ) and ( -1, 2 ) satisfy
a) 3x + 2 y ≥ 0 b) 2 x + y − 13 ≥ 0 c) 2 x + 3 y + 12 ≤ 0 d) − 2 x + y ≥ 0
12. If a line joining two pionts A ( 2, 0 ) and B ( 3, 1 ) is rotated about A in anti-clockwise direction through an angle 15°, then the equation of the
line in the new position is
a) 3x− y=2 3 b) 3x+ y =2 3 c) x + 3y = 2 3 d) none of these.
13. Two sides of an isosceles triangle are given by the equation 7 x − y + 3 = 0 and x + y − 3 = 0. If its third side passes through the
point ( 1, - 10 ), then its equations are
a) x − 3 y − 7 = 0 or 3x + y − 31 = 0 b) x − 3 y − 31 = 0 or 3x + y − 7 = 0
c) x − 3 y − 31 = 0 or 3x + y + 7 = 0 d) none of these.
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14. The number of lines that are parallel to 2 x + 6 y + 7 = 0 and have an intercept of length 10 between the coordinate axes is
a) 1 b) 2 c) 4 d) infinitely many.
15. The ratio in which the line 3x + 4 y + 2 = 0 divides the distance between 3x + 4 y + 5 = 0, and 3x + 4 y − 5 = 0, is
a) 7 : 3 b) 3 : 7 c) 2 : 3 d) none of these.
16. A ray of light coming from the point ( 1, 2 ) is reflected at a point A on the x - axis and then passes through the point ( 5, 3 ). The coordinates
of the point A are
FG 13 , 0IJ FG 5 , 0IJ b−7, 0g

a)
H5 K b)
H 13 K c) d) none of these.
17. The equation(s) of the bisector(s) of that angle between the lines x + 2 y − 11 = 0, 3x − 6 y − 5 = 0 which contains the point
( 1, -3 ) is
a) 3x = 19 b) 3y = 7 c) 3x = 19 and 3y = 7 (d) none of these.
18. The orthocentre of the triangle formed by the lines xy = 0 and x + y = 1 is

a) ( 1/2, 1/2 ) b) ( 1/3, 1/3 ) c) ( 0, 0 ) d) ( 1/4, 1/4 )
19. If the sum of the distances of a point from two perpendicular lines in a plane is 1, then its locus is
a) square b) circle c) straight line d) two intersecting lines.
20. The equations to a pair of opposite sides of a parallelogram are x 2 − 5x + 6 = 0 and y 2 − 6 y + 5 = 0. The equations to its diagonals
are
a) x + 4 y = 13 and y = 4 x − 7 b) 4 x + y = 13 and 4 y = x − 7
c) 4 x + y = 13 and y = 4 x − 7 d) y − 4 x = 13 and y + 4 x = 7.
21. The line which is parallel to x-axis and crosses the curve y = x at an angle of 45° is
a) x = 1/4 b) y = 1/4 c) y = 1/2 d) y = 1.
22. The point ( 4, 1 ) undergoes the following two successive transformations :

(i) reflection about the line y = x
(ii) translation through a distance 2 units along the positive x-axis.
Then the final coordinates of the point are
a) ( 4, 3 ) b) ( 3, 4 ) c) ( 1, 4 ) d) (7/2, 7/2).
23. Area of the quadrilateral formed by the lines | x | + | y | = 1 is

24. If a line is perpendicular to the line 5x − y = 0 and forms a triangle with coordinate axes of area 5 sq. units, then its equation is
a) x + 5 y ± 5 2 = 0 b) x − 5 y ± 5 2 = 0 c) 5x + y ± 5 2 = 0 d) 5x − y ± 5 2 = 0
25. A point equidistant from the lines 4 x + 3 y + 10 = 0, 5x − 12 y + 26 = 0 and 7 x + 24 y − 50 = 0 is

a) ( 1, -1 ) b) ( 1, 1 ) c) ( 0, 0 ) d) ( 0, 1 ).
26. The points ( k − 1, k + 2 ), ( k , k + 1), ( k + 1, k ) are collinear for

a) any value of k b) k = - 1/2 only c) no value of k d) integral values of k only
27. The straight lines x + y - 4 = 0, 3x + y - 4 = 0 and x + 3y - 4 = 0 from a triangle which is

a) isosceles b) right angled c) equilateral d) none of these.
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28. If the mid point of join of ( x, y + 1 ) and ( x + 1, y + 2 ) is ( 3/2, 5/2 ); then the mid point of join of ( x - 1, y + 1 ) and (x + 1, y - 1 ) is
a) ( -1, -1 ) b) ( -1, 1 ) c) ( 1, -1 ) d) ( 1, 1 )
29. If x cos α + y sin α = p where p = - sin α tan α be the equation of a line, then the length of the perpendiculars on the line from the
points ( a2, 2a ), ( ab, a + b ) and ( b2, 2b ) form
a) A.P. b) G.P. c) H.P. d) none of these
30. The locus of the point equidistant from the points ( a + b, b - a ) and ( a - b, a + b ) is
a) ax + by = 0 b) ax - by = 0 c) bx - ay = 0 d) ( a + b ) x + ( a - b ) y = 0
31. The number of lines that can be drawn through the point ( 4, -5 ) at a distance 12 from the point ( -2, 3 ) is
32. If a, b, c from an A.P. with common difference d (≠ 1) and x, y , z from a G.P. with common ratio r (≠ 1) then the area of the triangle with
vertices; ( a, x ), ( b, y ) and ( c, z ) is independent of
a) a b) d c) x d) r
33. If m1 , m2 are the roots of the equation x2 -ax - a - 1 = 0, then the area of the triangle formed by the three straight lines y = m1 x,
y = m2 x and y = a ( a ≠ −1) is
a 2 (a + 2) − a 2 (a + 2) − a 2 (a + 2) a 2 (a + 2)
a) if a > - 1 b) if a < - 1 c) if a ∈ R d) if a < - 1
2 ( a + 1) 2 ( a + 1) 2 ( a + 1) 2 ( a + 1)
34. If the product of the intercepts made by the line x tan a + y sec a = 1 on the coordinate axis is sin a, then a is equal to
a) π / 4 b) π / 6 c) π / 3 d) 2 π / 3
35. Area of the rhombus enclosed by the lines ax ± by ± c = 0 is
(a) 2a 2 / bc b) 2b 2 / ca c) 2c 2 / ab d) none of these.
36. The distance between the orthocentre and circumcentre of the triangle with vertices ( 0, 0 ), ( 0, a ) and ( b, 0 ) is
a) a 2 − b2 / 2 b) a + b c) a- b d) a 2 + b2 / 2
37. If a, b, c from a G.P. with common ratio r, the sum of the ordinates of the points of intersection of the line ax + by + c = 0 and the curve
x + 2y2 = 0 is
a) −r 2 / 2 b) −r / 2 c) r / 2 d) r2 / 2
38. If a,b,c are in A.P, then the st. line ax + by + c = 0 will always pass thro’ a fixed point whose co-ordinates are
a) (1, − 2 ) b) (-1, 2) c) (1, 2) d) (-1, -2)
39. The point (4,1) undergoes the following three transformations successively
i) reflection about the line y = x
ii) translation thro’ a distance of 2 units along the positive direction of x-axis
iii) rotation thro’ an angle of π / 4 about the origin in the counter-clockwise direction. The final position of the point is given by
 1 7   7 
(− ) ( )
1
a)  ,  b) 2, 7 2 c)  − ,  d) 2, 7 2
 2 2  2 2
40. The equations of the sides of a triangle are x = 0, y = m1 x + c1 and y = m2 x + c2 . The area of the trinagle is
c1 − c2 1 (c1 − c2 )2 1 c1 − c2 (c1 − c2 )2
a) b) c) 2 d)
m1 − m2 2 m1 − m2 (m1 − m2 )2 (m1 − m2 )2
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ANSWERS
1. a 2. d 3. a 4. a 5. c 6. a 7. c
8. a 9. b 10. c 11. a 12. a 13. c 14. b
15. b 16. a 17. a 18. c 19. a 20. c 21. c
22. b 23. b 24. a 25. c 26. a 27. a 28. d
29. b 30. c 31. a 32. a 33. a 34. a 35. c
36. d 37. c 38. a 39. c 40. b
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CIRCLE
1. The centre of the circle passing through ( 0, 0 ) ( a, 0 ) and ( 0, b ) is
FG a , b IJ FG − a , − b IJ d) ( − a , − b )
a) ( a, b ) b)
H 2 2K c)
H 2 2K
2. The straight line y = mx + c cuts the circle x2 + y2 = a2 in real points if
a) a 2 (1 + m2 ) < c b) a 2 (1 − m2 ) < c c) a 2 (1 + m2 ) > c d) a 2 (1 − m2 ) > c
3. The locus of the centre of a circle of radius 2 which rolls on the outside of the circle x 2 + y 2 + 3x − 6 y − 9 = 0 is
a) x 2 + y 2 + 3x − 6 y + 5 = 0 b) x 2 + y 2 + 3x − 6 y − 31 = 0
29
c) x + y + 3x − 6 y + =0
2 2
d) none of these.
4
4. The circle described on the line joining the points ( 0, 1 ), ( a, b ) as diameter cuts the x-axis in points whose abscissae are roots of the
equation
a) x + ax + b = 0 x 2 − ax + b = 0 (c) x + ax − b = 0 d) x − ax − b = 0 .
2 2 2
b)
5. A line is drawn through a fixed point P ( α, β ) to cut the circle x 2 + y 2 = r 2 at A and B. Then PA . PB is equal to
a) (α + β) 2 − r 2 b) α 2 + β 2 − r 2 c) (α − β) 2 + r 2 d) none of these.
6. The centre of a circle passing through the points ( 0, 0 ), ( 1, 0 ) and touching the circle x 2 + y 2 = 9 is
FG 3 , 1 IJ FG 1 , 3IJ FG 1 , 1 IJ FG 1 , − 2 IJ
a)
H 2 2K b)
H 2 2K c)
H 2 2K d)
H2 K
7. The equation x 2 + y 2 + 2 gx + 2 fy + c = 0 will represent a real circle if
a) g 2 + f 2
−c<0 b) g2 + f 2 − c ≥ 0 c) always d) none of these.
8. The length of the chord cut off by y = 2x + 1 from the circle x 2 + y 2 = 2 is
5 6 6 5
a) b) c) d)
6 5 5 6
9. Equation of the circle with centre on the y-axis and passing through the origin and ( 2, 3 ) is
a) x 2 + y 2 + 13 y = 0 b) 3x 2 + 3 y 2 − 13 y = 0 c) x 2 + y 2 + 13x + 3 = 0 d) 6 x 2 + 6 y 2 − 13x = 0.
10. ABCD is a square whose side is a. The equation of the circle circumscribing the square, taking AB and AD as axes of reference, is
a) x 2 + y 2 + ax + ay = 0 b) x 2 + y 2 + ax − ay = 0
c) x 2 + y 2 − ax − ay = 0 d) x 2 + y 2 − ax + ay = 0
11. Two perpendicular tangents to the circle x 2 + y 2 = a 2 meet at P. Then the locus of P has the equation
a) x 2 + y 2 = 2a 2 b) x 2 + y 2 = 3a 2 c) x 2 + y 2 = 4a 2 d) none of these
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12. If the equation of a given circle is x 2 + y 2 = 36, then the length of the chord which lies along the line 3x + 4 y − 15 = 0 is
a) 3 6 b) 2 3 c) 6 3 d) none of these
13. The number of common tangents that can be drawn to the circles x 2 + y 2 − 4 x − 6 y − 3 = 0 and x 2 + y 2 + 2 x + 2 y + 1 = 0 is
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
14. The condition that the chord x cos α + y sin α − p = 0 of x + y − a = 0 may subtend a right angle at the centre of the circle
2 2 2
is
a) a 2 = 2 p 2 b) p 2 = 2a 2 c) a = 2p d) p = 2 a.
15. The coordinates of the point on the circle x 2 + y 2 − 12 x − 4 y + 30 = 0, which is farthest from the origin are
a) ( 9, 3 ) b) ( 8, 5 ) c) ( 12, 4 ) d) none of these.
16. The circles x 2 + y 2 + x + y = 0 and x 2 + y 2 + x − y = 0 intersect at an angle of
a) π / 6 b) π/4 c) π/3 d) π / 2
17. A circle of radius 5 units touches both the axes and lies in the first quadrant. If the circle makes one complete roll on x-axis along the positive
direction of x-axis, then its equation in the new position is
a) x 2 + y 2 + 20 π x − 10 y + 100 π 2 = 0 b) x 2 + y 2 + 20 π x + 10 y + 100 π 2 = 0
c) x 2 + y 2 − 20 π x − 10 y + 100 π 2 = 0 d) none of these
18. The number of the tangents that can be drawn from ( 1, 2 ) to x 2 + y 2 = 5 is

a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 0
19. Equation of the chord of the circle x 2 + y 2 − 4 x = 0 whose mid point is ( 1, 0 ) is

a) y = 2 b) y = 1 c) x = 2 d) x = 1
20. The two circles x 2 + y 2 − 5 = 0 and x 2 + y 2 − 2 x − 4 y − 15 = 0

a) touch each other externally b) touch each other internally c) cut each other orthogonally d) do not intersect
21. If a circle passes through ( 1, 2 ) and cuts the circle x 2 + y 2 = 4 orthogonally then the equation of the locus of its centre is
a) 2x + 4 y − 9 = 0 b) 2 x + 4 y + 9 = 0 c) 2x − 4 y + 9 = 0 d) none of these
22. The lines 3x − 4 y + 4 = 0 and 6 x − 8 y − 7 = 0 are tangents to the same circle. Then its radius is
a) 1 / 4 b) 1 / 2 c) 3/ 4 d) none of these
FG
23. If mi ,
1 IJ
, i = 1, 2, 3, 4 are concyclic points, then the value of m1 m2 m3 m4 is
H mi K
24. The angle between the tangents drawn from the origin to the circle ( x − 7) + ( y + 1) = 25 is
2 2
a) π / 3 b) π/6 c) π/2 d) π / 8
25. The equation of a circle with origin as centre and passing through the vertices of an equilateral triangle whose median is of length 3 a is
a) x 2 + y 2 = 9a 2 b) x 2 + y 2 = 16 a 2 c) x2 + y2 = 4 a2 d) x 2 + y 2 = a 2 .
26. The slope of the tangent at the point ( h, h ) of the circle x 2 + y 2 = a 2 is

a) 0 b) 1 c) -1 d) depends on h
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27. The circles x 2 + y 2 − 10 x + 16 = 0 and x 2 + y 2 = r 2 intersect each other in two distinct points if
a) r < 2 b) r > 8 c) 2 < r < 8 d) 2 ≤ r ≤ 8
28. The number of common tangents to the circles x 2 + y 2 − x = 0, x 2 + y 2 + x = 0 is

a) 2 b) 1 c) 4 d) 3
29. The equation ax + 2hxy + by + 2 gx + 2 fy + c = 0 represents a circle if

2 2
a) a = h = 2, b = 0 b) b = h = 2, a = 0 c) a = b = 2, h = 0 d) none of these
30. The locus of the middle points of the chords of the circle x 2 + y 2 = 4a 2 which subtend a right angle at the centre of the circle is
a) x + y = 2a b) x 2 + y 2 = a 2 c) x 2 + y 2 = 2a 2 d) x 2 + y 2 = x + y
31. Tangents are drawn from the origin to a circle with centre at ( 2, -1 ). If the equation of one of the tangents is 3x + y = 0, the equation of the
other tangent is
a) 3x - y = 0 b) x + 3y = 0 c) x - 3y = 0 d) x + 2y = 0
32. A line meets the coordinate axes in A and B. A circle is circumscribed about the triangle OAB. If the distances from A and B of the tangent
to the circle at the origin be m and n, then the diameter of the circle is
a) m ( m + n ) b) m + n c) n ( m + n ) d) m2 + n2
33. The circle passing through three distinct points ( 1, t ), ( t, 1 ) and ( t, t ) passes through the point (for all values of t .)
a) ( 1, 1 ) b) ( -1, -1 ) c) ( -1, 1 ) d) ( 1, -1 )
34. If OA and OB are tangents from the origin to the circle x 2 + y 2 + 2 gx + 2 fy + c = 0 and C is the centre of the circle, then area of the
quadrilateral OACB is
g2 + f 2 − c
a)
1
2
c
c g2 + f 2 − c h b) c
c g + f −c
2 2
h c) c cg 2
+ f −c
2
h d)
c
35. The locus of the point of intersection of the tangents to the circle x = r cos θ , y = r sin θ at points whose parametric angles differ by π /3
is
a) x 2 + y 2 = 4 ( 2 − 3) r 2 b) 3( x2 + y2 ) = 1
c) x 2 + y 2 = ( 2 − 3) r 2 d) 3( x2 + y2 ) = 4 r 2
36. If the two circles x 2 + y 2 + 2 gx + 2 fy = 0 and x 2 + y 2 + 2 g1 x + 2 f 1 y = 0 touch each other, then
a) f 1 g = fg1 b) ff 1 = gg1 c) f 2 + g 2 = f 12 + g12 d) none of these.
37. The equation of the chord of the circle x 2 + y 2 = a 2 passing through the point ( 2, 3 ) farthest from the centre is
a) 2x + 3y = 13 b) 3x - y = 3 c) x - 2y + 4 = 0 d) x - y + 1 = 0
38. A circle is given by x 2 + y 2 + 4 x − 7 y + 12 = 0. The points P ( 0, 0 ) and Q ( -2, 4) are such that
a) both lie inside the circle b) both lie outside the circle
c) one lies inside and the other outside the circle d) one lies on the circle and the other is outside the circle
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39. If the equation of a circle is ax 2 + ( 2a − 3) y 2 − 4 x − 1 = 0 then its centre is
a) ( 2, 0 ) b) ( 2/3, 0 ) c) ( -2/3, 0 ) d) none of these
40. The equation x 2 + y 2 − 2 x + 4 y + 5 = 0 represents

a) a point b) a pair of straight lines c) a circle of non-zero radius d) none of these
41. C1 is a circle of radius 1 touching the x-axis and the y-axis. C2 is another circle of radius > 1 and touching the axes as well as the circle C1. Then
the radius of C2 is
a) 3− 2 2 b) 3+ 2 2 c) 3+ 2 3 d) none of these
42. If p and q be the longest distance and the shortest distance respectively of the point ( -7, 2 ) from any point ( α, β ) on the curve whose equation
is x 2 + y 2 − 10 x − 14 y − 51 = 0 then GM of p and q is equal to
a) 2 11 b) 5 5 c) 13 d) none of these
43. A region in the x-y plane is bounded by the curve y = 25 − x 2 and the line y = 0. If the point ( a, a + 1 ) lies in the interior of the region then
a) a ∈ ( −4, 3) b) a ∈ ( −∞, − 1) ∪ (3, + ∞)
c) a ∈ ( −1, 3) d) none of these
44. The equation of the diameter of the circle 3 ( x 2 + y 2 ) − 2 x + 6 y − 9 = 0 which is perpendicular to the line 2 x + 3 y = 12 is
a) 3x − 2 y = 3 b) 3x − 2 y + 1 = 0 c) 3x − 2 y = 9 d) none of these
45. The line x + 3 y = 0 is the diameter of the circle
a) x 2 + y 2 + 6 x + 2 y = 0 b) 2 2
x + y − 6x + 2 y = 0
c) x 2 + y 2 − 6 x − 2 y = 0 d) x 2 + y 2 + 8x − 2 y = 0
46. The distance between the chords of contact of the tangent to the circle x 2 + y 2 + 2 gx + 2 fy + c = 0 from the origin and the point (g, f)
is
1 2 2 g2 + f 2 + c g2 + f 2 − c
a) g 2 + f 2 b) ( g + f + c) c) d)
2 2 (g 2 + f 2 ) 2 (g 2 + f 2 )
47. The condition for the two circles x 2 + y 2 + 2k1 x + k 2 = 0 and x 2 + y 2 + 2k 2 y + k 2 = 0 to touch each other externally is
a) k12 + k 22 = k 2 b ) k12 − k 22 = k 2
c) k 2 ( k12 − k 22 ) = k12 k 22 d) 2 2 2
k ( k1 + k 2 ) = k1 k 2
2 2
ANSWERS
1. b 2. c 3. b 4. b 5. b 6. d 7. b
8. c 9. b 10. c 11. a 12. c 13. c 14. a
15. a 16. d 17. d 18. a 19. d 20. b 21. a
22. c 23. a 24. c 25. c 26. c 27. c 28. d
29. c 30. c 31. c 32. b 33. a 34. b 35. d
36. a 37. a 38. c 39. b 40. a 41. b 42. a
43. c 44. a 45. b 46. d 47. d
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CONIC SECTIONS - PARABOLA
1. If the focus of a parabola is at ( 0, -3 ) and its directrix is y = 3, then its equation is
a) x 2 = −12 y b) x 2 = 12 y c) y 2 = −12 x d) y 2 = 12 x
2. The equation of the directrix of the parabola x 2 − 4 x − 3 y + 10 = 0 is
5 5 3 5
a) y = − b) y = c) y = − d) y = .
4 4 4 4
3. The angle made by a double ordinate of length 8a at the vertex of the parabola y 2 = 4 ax is
a) π / 3 b) π / 2 c) π / 4 d) π / 6
4. The coordinates of a point on the parabola y 2 = 8 x whose focal distance is 4, are
a) (1 / 2 , ± 2) b) (1, ± 2 2 ) c) ( 2, ± 4) d) none of these
5. If the parabola y 2 = 4 ax passes through ( 3, 2 ), then the length of its latus rectum is
a) 2 / 3 b) 4 / 3 c) 1 / 3 d) 4.
6. The coordinates of the focus of the parabola x 2 − 4 x − 8 y − 4 = 0 are

a) ( 0, 2 ) b) ( 2, 1 ) c) ( 1, 2 ) d) ( -2, -1 ).
7. The area of the triangle inscribed in the parabola y 2 = 4 x the ordinates of whose vertices are 1, 2 and 4 is
a) 7 / 2 sq. units b) 5 / 2 sq. units c) 3 / 2 sq. units d) 3 / 4 sq. units
8. The length of the latusrectum of the parabola whose focus is ( 3, 3 ) and directrix is 3x − 4 y − 2 = 0, is
9. The locus of the points of trisection of the double ordinates of the parabola y 2 = 4 ax is
a) y 2 = ax b) 9 y 2 = 4 ax c) 9 y 2 = ax d) y 2 = 9 ax.
10. If y = mx + c touches the parabola y 2 = 4 a ( x + a ), then

a a a
a) c = b) c = am + c) c = a + d) none of these.
m m m
11. The parametric representation ( 2 + t2 , 2 t + 1 ) represents
a) a parabola with focus at ( 2, 1 ) b) a parabola with vertex at ( 2, 1 ) c) an ellipse with centre at ( 2, 1 ) d) none of these.
2
12. If ( at , 2 at ) are the coordinates of one end of a focal chord of the parabola y 2 = 4 ax , then the coordinates of the other end are
FG a , 2 a IJ FG a , − 2 a IJ
a) ( at 2 , − 2 at ) b) ( − at 2 , − 2 at ) c)
Ht t K
2
d)
Ht t K
2
13. If the vertex and focus of a parabola are ( 3, 3 ) and ( -3, 3 ) respectively, then its equation is
a) x 2 + 6 x − 24 y + 63 = 0 b) x 2 − 6 x + 24 y − 63 = 0
c) y 2 − 6 y + 24 x − 63 = 0 d) y 2 + 6 y − 24 x + 63 = 0 .
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14. The locus of the foot of the perpendicular from the focus upon a tangent to the parabola y 2 = 4 ax is
a) the directrix b) tangent to the vertex c) x = a d) none of these.
15. The slope of the normal at the point ( at 2 , 2 at ) of the parabola, y 2 = 4 ax is,
1 1
a) b) t c) - t d) -
t t
16. If 2x + y + k = 0 is a normal to the parabola y 2 = −8 x , then the value of k is
a) - 16 b) - 8 c) - 24 d) 24.
FG a , 2 a IJ is
17. The equation of the normal at the point of contact of a tangent
Hm m K2
a) y = mx − 2 am − am 3 b) m 3 y = m 2 x − 2 am 2 − a c) m3 y = 2 am2 − m2 x + a d) none of these.
18. If the vertex of the parabola y = x 2 − 8 x + c lies on x-axis, then the value of c is
a) - 16 b) - 4 c) 4 d) 16.
19. The locus of the point of intersection of the ⊥ tangents to the parabola x 2 = 4 ay is
a) y = a b) y = - a c) x = a d) x = - a
20. If PSQ is the focal chord of the parabola y = 8 x such that SP = 6. Then the length SQ is
2
21. The curve represented by x = 3 ( cos t + sin t ), y = 4 ( cos t - sin t ) is

a) ellipse b) parabola c) hyperbola d) circle
22. The graph represented by the equations x = sin2 t y = 2 cos t is

a) a portion of a parabola b) a parabola c) a part of sine graph d) a part of hyperbola.
23. The tangents at the points ( at12 , 2at1 ), ( at 22 , 2at 2 ) on the parabola y2 = 4ax are at right angles if
a) t1 t 2 = −1 b) t1 t 2 = 1 c) t1 t 2 = 2 d) t1 t 2 = −2
24. The two ends of latusrectum of a parabola are the points ( 3, 6 ) and ( -5, 6 ). The focus is
a) ( 1, 6 ) b) ( -1, 6 ) c) ( 1, -6 ) d) ( -1, -6 ).
25. Three normals to the parabola y 2 = x are drawn through a point ( C, 0 ), then
a) C = 1 / 4 b) C = 1 / 2 c) C > 1 / 2 d) none of these
26. The circles on focal radii of a parabola as diameter touch

a) the tangent at the vertex b) the axis c) the directrix d) none of these.
27. The focus of the parabola 4 y 2 + 12 x − 20 y + 67 = 0 is

a) ( -7/2, 5/2 ) b) (-3/4, 5/2 ) c) (-17/4, 5/2 ) d) (5/2, -3/4 )
28. The line x + y = 6 is a normal to the parabola. y2 = 8x at the point

a) ( 18, -12 ) b) ( 4, 2 ) c) ( 2, 4 ) d) ( 3, 3 )
29. The straight line x + y = k + 1 touches the parabola y = x ( 1 - x ). If

a) k = -1 b) k = 0 c) k = 1 d) k takes any value
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30. A line bisecting the ordinate PN of a point P ( at2, 2at ), t > 0, on the parabola y2 = 4ax is drawn parallel to the axis to meet the curve at Q. If
NQ meets the tangent at the vertex at the point T, then the coordinates of T are
a) ( 0, (4/3) at ) b) ( 0, 2 at ) c) ( (1/4) at2, at ) d) ( 0, at )
31. If perpendiculars are drawn on any tangent to a parabola y2 = 4ax from the points ( a ± k , 0) on the axis. The difference of their squares
is
a) 4 b) 4a c) 4k d) 4ak
32. For the parabola y 2 + 8 x − 12 y + 20 = 0, which of the following are correct

a) vertex ( 2, 6 ) b) focus ( 1 , 6 )
c) Length of the latusrectum = 4 d) axis is y = 0
33. Equation of a tangent to the parabola y2 = 7x which is inclined at an angle of 45° to the axis of the parabola is
a) 4x − 4 y + 7 = 0 b) 4x + 4y - 7 = 0 c) 7x − 7 y + 4 = 0 d) 7x + 7 y + 4 = 0
34. The point on the parabola y2 = 36 x, whose ordinate is three times its abcissa are
a) ( 0, 1) b) ( 3, 9 ) c) ( 4, 12 ) d) ( 6, 18 )
35. The slope of tangent to the parabola y2 = 9x which passes through ( 4, 10 ) is

a) 9 / 4 b) 5 / 4 c) 3 / 4 d) 1 / 3
36. The point of contact of the tangent in the above example is

a) ( 4, 2 ) b) ( 36, 18 ) c) ( 4, 6 ) d) ( 1/4, 3/2 )
37. If the focus of a parabola is ( -2, 1 ) and the directrix has the equation x + y = 3 then the vertex is
a) ( 0, 3 ) b) ( -1, 1/2 ) c) ( -1, 2 ) d) ( 2, -1 )
38. If the vertex and the focus of a parabola are ( -1, 1 ) and ( 2, 3 ) respectively then the equation of the directrix is
a) 3x + 2 y + 14 = 0 b) 3x + 2 y − 25 = 0 c) 2 x − 3 y + 10 = 0 d) none of these.
39. If the vertex = ( 2, 0 ) and extremities of the latus rectum are ( 3, 2 ) and ( 3, -2 ) then the equation of the parabola is
a) y 2 = 2 x − 4 b) x 2 = 4 y − 8 c) y 2 = 4 x − 8 d) none of these.
40. The equation of the parabola whose vertex and focus are on the positive side of the x-axis at distance a and b respectively from the origin
is
a) y 2 = 4 (b − a ) ( x − a ) b) y 2 = 4 ( a − b) ( x − b)
c) x 2 = 4 (b − a ) ( y − a ) d) none of these.
41. The equation λx 2 + 4 xy + y 2 + λx + 3 y + 2 = 0 represents a parabola if λ is

a) - 4 b) 4 c) 0 d) none of these.
42. The equation of the axis of the parabola 9 y 2 − 16 x − 12 y − 57 = 0 is
a) 2x = 3 b) y = 3 c) 3y = 2 d) x + 3y = 3
43. The parametric equation of a parabola is x = t 2 + 1, y = 2t + 1. The Cartesian equation of its directrix is
a) x = 0 b) x + 1 = 0 c) y = 0 d) none of these.
44. If two tangents drawn from the point ( α, β ) to the parabola y2 = 4x be such that the slope of one tangent is double of the other then
2 2 2 2
a) β = α b) α = β c) 2α = 9 β
2
d) none of these.
9 9
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ANSWERS
1. a 2. b 3. b 4. c 5. b 6. b 7. d
8. a 9. b 10. b 11. b 12. d 13. c 14. b
15. c 16. d 17. c 18. d 19. b 20. c 21. a
22. b 23. a 24. b 25. c 26. c 27. c 28. c
29. b 30. a 31. d 32. a 33. a 34. c 35. a
36. b 37. c 38. a 39. c 40. a 41. b 42. c
43. a 44. b
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ELLIPSE AND HYPERBOLA
1. The equation ax 2 + 2hxy + by 2 + 2 gx + 2 fy + c = 0 represents an ellipse if
a) ∆ = 0, h 2 < ab b) ∆ ≠ 0, h 2 < ab c) ∆ ≠ 0, h 2 > ab d) ∆ ≠ 0, h 2 = ab
2. The equation to the ellipse (referred to its axes as the axes of x and y respectively ) whose foci are ( ±2, 0) and eccentricity 1/2, is
x2 y2 x2 y2 x2 y2
a) + =1 b) + =1 c) + =1 d) none of these.
12 16 16 12 16 8
3. The eccentricity of the ellipse 9 x 2 + 5 y 2 − 30 y = 0 is

a) 1 / 3 b) 2 / 3 c) 3 / 4 d) none of these.
4. Equations x = a cos θ, y = b sin θ(a > b) represent a conic section whose eccentricity e is given by
a 2 + b2 a 2 + b2 a 2 − b2 a 2 − b2
c) e = d) e =
2 2
b) e =
2
a) e 2 = .
a2 b2 a2 b2
5. If A and B are two fixed points and P is a variable point such that PA + PB = 4, the locus of P is
a) a parabola b) an ellipse c) a hyperbola d) none of these.
6. If the focal distance of an end of the minor axis of an ellipse ( referred to its axes as the axes of x and y respectively ) is k and the distance
between its foci is 2h, then its equation is
x2 y2 x2 y2 x2 y2 x2 y2
a) + =1 b) + =1 c) + =1 d) + =1
k 2 h2 k 2 k 2 − h2 k 2 h2 − k 2 k 2 k 2 + h2
x2 y2
7. The equation + = 1 represents an ellipse if
10 − a 4 − a
a) a < 4 b) a > 4 c) 4 < a < 10 d) a > 10.
8. The curve with parametric equations x = 1 + 4 cos θ, y = 2 + 3 sin θ is

a) an ellipse b) a parabola c) a hyperbola d) a circle
x2 y2
9. If S and S ' are two foci of an ellipse 2 + 2 = 1 ( a < b) and P ( x1 , y1 ) a point on it, then SP + S ' P is equal to
a b
a) 2a b) 2b c) a + e x1 d) b + e y1
10. The length of the latus-rectum of the ellipse 5x 2 + 9 y 2 = 45 is
5 10 2 5 5
(a) b) c) d)
3 3 5 3
11. A set of points is such that each point is three times as far away from the y-axis as it is from the point ( 4, 0 ). Then the locus of the points
is
a) hyperbola b) parabola c) ellipse d) circle.
12. The product of the perpendiculars drawn from the two foci of an ellipse to the tangent at any point of the ellipse is
a) a2 b) b2 c) 4a2 d) 4b2 .
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x2 y2
13. If the normal at one end of the latusrectum of an ellipse + = 1 passes through one end of the minor axis, then
a 2 b2
a) e4 - e2 + 1 = 0 b) e2 - e + 1 = 0 c) e2 + e + 1 = 0 d) e4 + e2 - 1 = 0
4 x2 y2
14. If a tangent having slope of − to the ellipse + = 1 intersects the major and minor axes in points A and B respectively, then the
3 18 32
area of ∆ OAB is equal to
a) 12 sq. units b) 48 sq. units c) 64 sq. units d) 24 sq. units
x2 y2
15. If e is the eccentricity of the ellipse + = 1 ( a < b ) , then
a 2 b2
a) b 2 = a 2 (1 − e 2 ) b) a 2 = b 2 (1 − e 2 ) c) a 2 = b 2 ( e 2 − 1) d) b 2 = a 2 (e 2 − 1)
16. The number of normals that can be drawn from a point to a given ellipse is
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 1
x2 y2
17. The radius of the circle passing through the foci of the ellipse + = 1, and having its centre ( 0, 3 ) is
16 9
a) 4 b) 3 c) 12 d) 7/2.
( x + y − 2) 2 ( x − y ) 2
18. The centre of the ellipse + = 1 is
9 16
a) ( 0, 0 ) b) ( 1, 1 ) c) ( 1, 0 ) d) ( 0, 1 )
x2 y2
19. Two perpendicular tangents drawn to the ellipse + = 1 intersect on the curve
25 16
a
a) x = b) x 2 + y 2 = 41 c) x 2 + y 2 = 9 d) x 2 − y 2 = 41
e
x2 y2
20. The ellipse + = 1 and the straight line y = mx + c intersect in real points only if
a 2 b2
a) a 2 m2 < c 2 − b 2 b) a 2 m2 > c 2 − b 2 c) a 2 m2 ≥ c 2 − b 2 d) c ≥ b .
21. The eccentricity of the hyperbola whose latusrectum is 8 and conjugate axis is equal to half the distance between the foci, is
a) 4 /3 b) 4 / 3 c) 2 / 3 d) none of these.
1 1
22. If e and e' be the eccentricities of a hyperbola and its conjugate, then + 2 =
e e′
2
23. The eccentiricity of the hyperbola 3x 2 − 4 y 2 = −12 is
7 7 7 7
a) b) c) − d) −
3 2 3 2
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x y x y 1
24. The locus of the point of intersection of the straight lines + = λ and − = ( λ is a variable )is
a b a b λ
a) a circle b) a parabola c) an ellipse d) a hyperbola.
25. The equation of the chord of the hyperbola x 2 − y 2 = 9 which is bisected at ( 5, -3 ) is

a) 5x + 3 y = 9 b) 5x − 3 y = 16 c) 5x + 3 y = 16 d) 5x − 3 y = 9
x2 y2
26. The equation of a tangent parallel to y = x drawn to − = 1 is
3 2
a) x − y + 1 = 0 b) x − y + 2 = 0 c) x + y − 1 = 0 d) x− y+2 = 0
27. If the line y = 3 x + λ touches the hyperbola 9 x 2 − 5 y 2 = 45, then the value of λ is
a) 36 b) 45 c) 6 d) 15.
28. A point moves in a plane so that its distance PA and PB from two fixed points A and B in the plane satisfy the relation PA - PB = k (k ≠ 0) ,
then the focus of P is
a) a parabola b) an ellipse c) a hyperbola d) a branch of a hyperbola
29. The equation of the conic with focus at ( 1, -1 ), directrix along x - y + 1 = 0 and with eccentricity 2 is
a) x 2 − y 2 = 1 b) xy = 1
c) 2 xy − 4 x + 4 y + 1 = 0 d) 2 xy + 4 x − 4 y − 1 = 0 .
30. The centre of the hyperbola 9 x 2 − 16 y 2 − 36 x + 96 y − 252 = 0 are

a) (2,3) b) ( -2, -3 ) c) ( -2, 3 ) d) none of these.
31. The eccentricity of the hyperbola with latusrectum 12 and semi-conjugate axis 2 3 , is
3
a) 2 b) 3 c) d) 2 3.
2
32. The equation of the hyperbola with vertices ( 3, 0 ) and ( -3, 0 ) and semi - latusrectum 4, is given by
a) 4 x 2 − 3 y 2 + 36 = 0 b) 4 x 2 − 3 y 2 + 12 = 0 c) 4 x 2 − 3 y 2 − 36 = 0 d) none of these.
33. The equation of the tangent to the conic x 2 − y 2 − 8 x + 2 y + 11 = 0 at ( 2, 1 ) is

a) x + 2 =0 b) 2x + 1 = 0 c) x - 2 = 0 d) x + y + 1 = 0.
x2 y2
34. The value of m for which y = mx + 6 is a tangent to the hyperbola − = 1 is
100 49
17 20 3 20
a) b) c) d)
20 17 20 3
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35. The equation of the tangent to the hyperbola 4 y 2 = x 2 − 1 at the point ( 1, 0 ) is
a) x = 1 b) y = 1 c) y = 4 d) x = 4.
x2 y2
36. The number of normals to the hyperbola − = 1 from an external point is
a 2 b2
a) 2 b) 4 c) 6 d) 5
37. If the eccentricity of a conic is 3/5, the conic is

a) a parabola b) an ellipse c) a hyperbola d) none of these.
38. The point ( at2, 2bt ) lies on the hyperbola, x / a − y / b = 1 for

2 2 2 2
a) all values of t b) t2 = 2 + 5 c) t2 = 2 − 5 d) no real value of t
39. y = mx + c is a normal to the ellipse x 2 / a 2 + y 2 / b 2 = 1 if c2 is equal to
(a 2 − b 2 ) 2 (a 2 − b 2 ) 2 ( a 2 − b 2 ) 2 m2 ( a 2 − b 2 ) 2 m2
a) b) c) d)
a 2 m2 + b 2 a 2 m2 a 2 + b 2 m2 a 2 m2 + b 2
x2 y2 x2 y2
40. If e,e' are the eccentricities of hyperbolas − = 1 and − = 1 , then
a2 b2 b2 a2
1 1
a) e = e' b) e = −e' c) ee'= 1 d) 2
+ =1
e e' 2
ANSWERS
1. b 2. b 3. b 4. c 5. b 6. b 7. a
8. a 9. b 10. b 11. c 12. b 13. d 14. d
15. b 16. c 17. a 18. b 19. b 20. c 21. c
22. b 23. a 24. d 25. c 26. a 27. c 28. c
29. c 30. a 31. a 32. c 33. c 34. a 35. a
36. b 37. b 38. b 39. c 40. d
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FUNCTIONS, LIMITS AND CONTINUITY
1. Let A and B be two finite sets having m and n elements, respectively. Then the total number of mappings from A to B is
a) mn b) 2mn c) mn d) nm
2. The total number of injective mappings from a set with m elements to a set with n elements, m ≤ n , is
n!
a) mn b) nm c) d) n !
(n − m)!
3. The total number of injective mappings from a finite set with m elements to a set with n elements for m > n is
n! m!
a) b) c) nm d) none of these
(n − m)! (m − n)!
1
4. If f (x) = cos (loge x ), then f ( x ) f ( y ) − [ f ( x / y ) + f ( xy )] is
2
1
a) 0 b) f ( x) f ( y) c) f ( x + y) d) none of these
2
5. If f ( x ) = (a − x n )1/ n , where a > 0 and n ∈ N , then fof (x) is equal to
a) a b) x c) xn d) an
6. Which of the following functions from Z to itself are bijections ?

a) f ( x ) = x 3 b) f ( x) = x + 2 c) f ( x) = 2 x + 1 d) f ( x ) = x 2 + x.
7. If f : R → R be a mapping defined by f ( x ) = x 3 + 5, then f −1

( x ) is equal to
a) ( x + 5)1/ 3 b) ( x − 5)1/ 3 c) (5 − x )1/ 3 d) 5 - x
8. Let f : R → R , g : R → R be two functions given by f ( x ) = 2 x − 3, g ( x ) = x 3 + 5. Then ( fog ) −1 ( x ) is equal to
F x + 7 IJ
a) G
1/ 3
FG x − 7 IJ 1/ 3
FG x − 2 IJ 1/ 3
FG x − 7 IJ 1/ 3
H 2 K b)
H 2K c)
H 7K d)
H 2K
x2
9. If the function f : R → A given by f ( x ) = is a surjection, then A =
x2 + 1
a) R b) [ 0, 1 ] c) ( 0, 1 ] d) [ 0, 1 )
10. Which of the following functions is inverse of itself

1− x
a) f ( x ) = b) f ( x ) = 5log x c) f ( x) = 2
x ( x −1)
d) none of these
1+ x
11. If f (x) is defined on [0, 1] by the rule
f ( x) =
RS x, if x is rational
T1- x, if x is irrational.
Then for all x ∈[ 0, 1], f ( f ( x )) is
a) constant b) 1 + x c) x d) none of these
12. The function f : R → R defined by f ( x ) = ( x − 1) ( x − 2) ( x − 3) is

a) one-one but not onto b) onto but not one-one c) both one -one and onto d) niether one-one nor onto.
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13. The composite mapping fog of the maps f : R → R , f ( x ) = sin x and g : R → R , g ( x ) = x 2 , is
sin x
a) x2 sin x b) ( sin x )2 c) sin x2 d) .
x2
14. The number of surjections from A = { 1, 2, ...., n }, n ³ 2 onto B = { a, b } is
n
a) P2 b) 2n - 2 c) 2n - 1 d) none of these
15. Let f :( e, ∞ ) → R be defined by f (x) = log [ log ( log x )], then

a) f is one-one but not onto b) f is onto but not one-one
c) f is both one-one and onto d) the range of f is the subset of its codomain.
x2 + 1 − 1
16. The value of lim is
x→0
x2 + 9 − 3
a) 3 b) 4 c) 1 d) 2
x + x 2 +....+ x n − n
x →1 x −1
n +1 n(n + 1) n( n − 1)
a) n b) c) d)
2 2 2
2
e x − cos x
18. lim is equal to
x→0 x2
a) 3 / 2 b) 1 / 2 c) 2 / 3 d) none of these
[ x ] + [ 2 x ] + [ 3x ]+.....+[ nx ]
19. If [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x, then lim equals
n →∞ n2
a) x / 2 b) x / 3 c) x / 6 d) 0
1 − cos3 x
x→0 x sin x cos x
a) 2 / 5 b) 3 / 5 c) 3 / 2 d) 3 / 4
1 − cos 2 ( x − 1)
21. lim
x →1 x −1
a) exists and it equals 2 b) exists and it equals – 2
c) does not exist because ( x − 1) → 0 d) does not exist because left hand limit is not equal to right hand limit
F 1 + 5x IJ
22. The value of lim G
2 1/ x 2
H 1 + 3x K
x →0 2 is
a) e2 b) e c) e-1 d) none of these
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F xI
23. The value of lim G cos J
m
m→∞ H mK is
a) 1 b) e c) e-1 d) none of these
b
24. The value of lim log 5 5x
x →1
g log x 5
is
a) 1 b) e c) e-1 d) none of these
sin x n
25. lim ,(m < n) is equal to
x →0 (sin x ) m
a) 1 b) 0 c) n / m d) none of these
F x sinFG 1 IJ − x I
G H x K JJ is
2
26. The value of lim G

GH 1 − | x | JK
x →∞
a) 0 b) 1 c) -1 d) none of these
FG b IJ is ( a > 1 )
Ha K
x
27. The value of lim a sin x
x →∞
a) b log a b) a log b c) b d) none of these
a x − xa
28. If lim = −1, then the value of a is
x→a x x − aa
a) 1 b) 0 c) e d) none of these
F x + 2 IJ
29. lim G
x +3
x →∞H x + 1K is equal to
a) 1 b) e c) e2 d) e3.
sin x
x →∞ x
sin x
31. lim is equal to
x →0 x
1
a) 0 b) 1 c) − d) none of these
2
tan x − x
32. lim equals
x→0 x 2 tan x
a) 1 b) 1 / 2 c) 1 / 3 d) none of these
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2 x−3 2( 2 x + 1)
33. If f ( x ) = , g( x) = and h( x ) = − 2 , then lim [ f ( x ) + g ( x ) + h( x )] is
x−3 x+4 x + x − 12 x→3
2
a) -2 b) -1 c) − d) 0
7
e x − (1 + x )
x→0 x2
a) 0 b) 1 / 2 c) 2 d) e
sec −1 x
35. The function f ( x ) = , where [x ] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x is defined for all x belonging to
x − [ x]
a) R b) R − {( −1, 1) ({n | n . Z })} c) R

+
-(0, 1) d) R + − {n | n . N }.
FG x IJ cosFG x IJ cosFG x IJ .....cosFG x IJ is

36. The value of lim cos
n →∞ H 2K H 4K H 8K H 2 K n
sin x x
a) 1 b) c) d) none of these
x sin x
x
37. lim −1
is equal to
x →0 tan 2 x
1
a) 0 b) c) 1 d) ∞
2
R F π IU
38. lim StanG + xJ V
1/ x
x →0
T H 4 KW is
a) 1 b) -1 c) e2 d) e
2 x 2 − 4 f ' ( x)
39. If f ' ( 2) = 2, f ' ' ( 2) = 1, then lim is
x→2 x−2
a) 4 b) 0 c) 2 d) ∝
sin x
40. The value of lim
x→0
x2
4− x 2
41. The function f (x) = is
4x − x3
a) discontinuous at only one point b) discontinuous exactly at two points
c) discontinuous exactly at three points d) none of these
R| 36 − 9 − 4 + 1 ,
x x x
x≠0
42. If f ( x ) = S 2 − 1 + cos x is continuous at x = 0, then k equals
|T k , x=0
a) 16 2 log 2 log 3 b) 16 2 ln 6 c) 16 2 ln 2 ln 3 (d) none of these
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R| sin x 2
,x ≠ 0
43. The function f defined by S x is
|T 0, x=0
a) continuous and derivable at x = 0 b) neither continuous nor derivable at x = 0
c) continuous but not derivable at x = 0 d) none of these.
44. If f ( x ) = ( x + 1)
cot x
be continuous at x = 0, then f (0) is equal to
a) 0 b) 1 / e c) e d) none of these
R| x − 5x + 4 ,
4 2
x ≠ 1, 2
45. Let f ( x ) = S
| |( x − 1) ( x − 2)|
x =1
|| 126,,
Then f (x) is continuous on the set
x=2
T
a) R b) R - {1} c) R - {2} d) R - { 1, 2 }
R| mx + 1, x≤
π
46. If f ( x ) = S 2 is continuous at x = π , then
|Tsin x + n, x>
π 2
2
nπ π π
a) m = 1, n = 0 b) m = +1 c) n=m d) m = n = .
2 2 2
tan{π[ x − π ]}
47. The function f ( x ) = , where [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x, is
1 + [ x ]2
a) discontinuous at some x b) continuous at all x, but f ' (x) does not exist for some x
c) f ' (x) exists for all x. d) f ' (x) exists for all x, but f '' (x) does not exist
48. If f (x) = [ x sin p x ], then f (x) is

a) discontinuous at x = 0 b) continuous in ( -1, 0 ) c) differentiable at x = 1 d) nondifferentiable in ( -1, 1 )
1 + px − 1 − px 2x + 1
49. f ( x) = ,−1 ≤ x < 0 = ,0 ≤ x ≤ 1 is continuous in the interval [-1,1], then p equals
x x−2
1 1
a) -1 b) − c) d) 1
2 2
 | x | −3 
50. The function f ( x ) = cos −1  −1
 + [log(4 − x )] is defined for
 2 
a) [−1, 0] ∪ [1, 5] b) [−5, − 1] ∪ [1, 4]
c) [−5, − 1] ∪ [1, 4) − {3} ] d) [1, 4) − {3}
51. The value of the parameter α , for which the function f ( x ) = 1 + αx , α ≠ 0 is the inverse of itself, is
a) - 2 b) - 1 c) 1 d) 2
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 x + sin x 
52. lim  =
x →∞  x − cos x 
a) 0 b) 1 c) - 1 d) none of these
tan x log ( x − 2)
53. The values of x where the function f ( x ) = is not defined are given by
x 2 − 4x + 3
a) (−∞, 2) ∪ {3} b) (−∞, 2) ∪ {3, nπ + π / 2 : n ≥ 1}
c) (−∞, 2) d) none of these
x 2 −1
54. The domain of definition of the function f ( x ) = 3e log(x − 1) is
a) (1, ∞) b) [1, ∞)
c) set of all reals different from 1 d) (−∞, − 1) ∪ (1, ∞)
2/ x
 a x + bx + c x 
55. Lt   ; a > b > c > 0 is equal to
x→∞  3 
 
a) 0 b) a 2 c) abc d) a bc
 x3 + 1 
56. If Lt  
 x 2 + 1 − (ax + b)  = 2
, then
x →∞
 
a) a = 1, b = 1 b) a = 1, b = 2 c) a = 1, b = −2 d) none of these
1 − sin x
57. Let f ( x ) = , when x ≠ π / 2 and f (π / 2) = k . The value of k which makes f continuous at x = π / 2 is
(π − 2x ) 2
a) 1/2 b) 1/4 c) 1/8 d) none of these
1
x 4 sin   + x 2
58. Lt x equals
x→ − ∞ 1+ | x |3
a) - 1 b) 1 c) zero d) ∞
sin −1 x
59. Lt =
x →0 1− x +1
a) 1 b) - 1 c) 0 d) - 2
ANSWERS
1. d 2. c 3. d 4. a 5. b 6. b 7. b
8. d 9. d 10. a 11. c 12. b 13. c 14. b
15. c 16. a 17. c 18. a 19. a 20. c 21. a
22. a 23. a 24. b 25. b 26. a 27. c 28. a
29. b 30. b 31. a 32. c 33. c 34. b 35. b
36. b 37. b 38. c 39. a 40. d 41. c 42. c
43. a 44. c 45. d 46. c 47. c 48. b 49. b
50. c 51. b 52. b 53. b 54. a 55. b 56. c
57. c 58. a 59. d
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DIFFERENTIABILITY AND DIFFERENTIATION
1. The set of points where the function f (x) = x | x | is differentiable is

(a) ( −∞, ∞) (b) ( −∞,0) ∪ (0, ∞) (c) (0, ∞) (d) [0, ∞)
2. Let f ( x ) = ( x +| x|) | x|. Then for all x

(a) f is continuous but f ' is not continuous (b) f is differentiable for some x
(c) f ' is continuous (d) none of these
3. If f ( x ) = a |sin x| + b e + c | x| and if f (x) is differentiable at x = 0, then

|x | 3
(a) a = b = c = 0 (b) a + b = 0 ; c ∈ R (c) b = c = 0, a ∈ R (d) c = 0, a = 0, b ∈ R
4. Let h (x) = min { x, x2 }, for every real number x. Then

(a) h is continuous for all x (b) h is differentiable for all x
(c) h' (x) = -1, for all x > 1 (d) h is not differentiable at 3 values of x
5. If f ( x ) =
RS | x − 4|, for x ≥ 1
, then
T(x 3
/ 2) − x + 3x + (1 / 2), for x < 1
2
(a) f ( x ) is continuous at x = 1 and at x = 4 (b) f ( x ) is differentiable at x = 4

(c) f ( x ) is continuous and differentiable at x = 1 (d) f ( x ) is only continuous at x = 1.
R|x sinFG 1 IJ ,
S| H x K x≠0
2
6. If f ( x ) = , then
T 0, x=0
(a) f and f ' are continuous at x = 0 (b) f is derivable at x = 0
(c) f is continuous at x = 0 and f ' is not continuous at x = 0 (d) f ' is derivable at x = 0.
7. Let [ x ] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x and f (x) = [ tan2 x ]. Then,
(a) lim f ( x ) does not exist (b) f (x) is continuous at x = 0
x →0
(c) f (x) is not differentiable at x = 0 (d) f ' (0) = 1.
8. If f ( x + y ) = f ( x ) f ( y ) for all x, y ∈ R , f ' (0) = 3 Then f '(5) equals

(a) 3e15 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) none of these
9. Let f ( x + y ) = f ( x ) f ( y ) for all x , y ∈ R. Suppose that f (3) = 3 , then f ' (3) is equal to
(a) 22 (b) 44 (c) 28 (d) log 3
1
10. Let g (x) be the inverse of the function f (x) and f ' ( x ) = . Then g ' ( x ) is equal to
1+ x3
1 1
(a) (b) (c) 1 + ( g ( x )) 3 (d) 1 + ( f ( x )) 3
1 + ( g ( x )) 3 1 + ( f ( x )) 3
11. If f ( x ) = min {tan x ,cot x}, then
z
π/2
(a) f ( x ) is not differentiable at x = 0, π / 4, 5π / 4 (b) f ( x ) dx = ln 2
0
(c) f ( x ) is periodic with period π / 2 . (d) none of these
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−1 FG 2 x IJ , then dy is
12. If y = cos
H 1 + x K dx
2
−2 −2 2
(a) for all x (b) for all | x | > 1 (c) for all | x | < 1 (d) none of these
1+ x2 1+ x2 1+ x2
13. If f ( x ) = x − 5x + 6 , then f '(x) equals

2
(a) 2x - 5 for 2 < x < 3 (b) 5 − 2 x for 2 < x < 3

(c) 2 x − 5 for 2 ≤ x ≤ 3 (d) 5 − 2 x for 2 ≤ x ≤ 3
y = cos−1
FG 2 cos x − 3sin x IJ , then dy is
14. If
H 13 K dx
(a) zero (b) constant = 1 (c) constant ≠ 1 (d) none of these.
dy
15. If 2 x + 2 y = 2 x + y , then the value of at x = y = 1 is
dx
(a) 0 (b) -1 (c) 1 (d) 2.
.......∞
dy ax
16. The expression of of the function y = a x is
dx
y2 y 2 log y
(a) (b)
x (1 − y log x ) x (1 − y log x )
y 2 log y y 2 log y
(c) (d) .
x (1 − y log x log y ) x (1 + y log x log y )
dy
17. If y = log cos x sin x , then is equal to
dx
(a) (cot x log cos x + tan x log sin x ) / (log cos x ) (b) (tan x log cos x + cot x log sin x ) / (log cos x )
2 2
(c) (cot x log cos x + tan x log sin x ) / (log sin x )

2
(d) none of these
−1 dy
18. If y = e sin x
and u = log x , then is
du
−1
−1 sin −1 x x e sin x
(a) e sin x
/ 1− x 2
(b) xe (c) (d) none of these
1− x2
19. The differential coefficeint of f (x) = log ( log x ) with respect to x is
x log x −1
(a) (b) (c) ( x log x ) (d) x log x
log x x
p+q dy
20. If x y = ( x + y )
p q
, then is equal to
dx
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y px x qy
(a) (b) (c) (d) .
x qx y px
d2y
21. If x = φ( t ), y = ψ ( t ), then is equal to
dx 2
φ ' ψ ' '− ψ ' φ' ' φ ' ψ ' '− ψ ' φ ' ' φ'' ψ' '
(a) (b) (c) (d)
( φ' ) 2 ( φ' ) 3 ψ' ' φ' '
22. If f ( x ) = x
1/ x
then f ' ' ( e) is equal to
(a) e1/( e − 3) (b) e1/ e (c) e1/( e − 2 ) (d) none of these.
FG 3x + 4 IJ and f ' ( x) = tan x dy

H 5x + 6 K
2
23. If y = f then is equal to
dx
(a) − 2 tan FG 3 x + 4 IJ
2
1 F 3 tan x + 3IJ
fG
2 2
tan x 2
H 5x + 6 K ×
(5 x + 6) 2
(b)
H 5 tan x + 6 K
2
(c) tan x2 (d) none of these.
24. If f ' ( x ) = g ( x ) and g ' ( x ) = − f ( x ) for all x and f (2) = 4 = f ' (2), then f 2 (16) + g2 (16) is
(a) 16 (b) 32 (c) 64 (d) none of these
d2y π
25. If x = 2 sin t - sin 2t, y = 2 cos t - cos 2t, then the value of 2 at t = is
dx 2
(a) 2 (b) -1/2 (c) -3/4 (d) -3/2.
d
26. (log( ax ) x ), where a is a constant is equal to
dx
(a) 1 (b) log ax (c) 1/a (d) log (ax) + 1
1 1 1
27. If y = tan −1 + tan −1 2 + tan −1 2 +.....+ upto n terms, then y' (0) is equal to
1+ x + x 2
x + 3x + 3 x + 5x + 7
(a) −1 / ( n 2 + 1) (b) − n 2 / ( n 2 + 1) (c) n 2 / (n 2 + 1) (d) none of these
28. The number of points at which the function f ( x ) = x − 0.5 + x − 1 + tan x does not have a derivative in the interval (0, 2) is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
1
29. The function f ( x ) = , where [x] is equal to the greatest integer not exceeding x, is
x − [ x]
(a) continuous at all points (b) continuous at x = 0
(c) discontinuous when x is an integer or zero (d) discontinuous at all points
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x
30. The set of all points where the function f ( x) = is differentiable is
1+ x
(a) ( −∞, ∞) (b) (0, ∞) (c) ( −∞, 0) ∪ (0, ∞) (d) ( −∞,−1) ∪ ( −1, ∞)
31. Which of the following statements is (are) necessarily true ?

1. If a function is differentiable at x, then it is continuous at x
2. If a function is continuous at x, then it is differentiable at x
3. If a function is integrable on [ x - a, x + a ], then it is continuous at x
(a) only 1 (b) only 2 (c) 1 and 2 only (d) 1 and 3 only
dy
32. If y = 10 + 56 log5 x + 5, then
4 log10 x
at x = 1 is equal to
dx
(a) 0 (b) -2 (c) 10 (d) none of these
F dy I F dx I
2
33. If x = f (t) cost - f ' (t) sin t, y = f (t) sin t + f ' (t) cos t, then G J + G J
2
H dt K H dt K is equal to
(a) [ f ( t ) − f ' ' ( t )]2 (b) [ f ( t ) + f ' ' ( t )]2 (c) [ f ( t )]2 + [ f ' ' ( t )]2 (d) none of these
dy
34. If x y = e x − y , then is
dx
log x 1+ x 1 − log x
(a) (b) not defined (c) (d)
(1 + log x ) 2 1 + log x 1 + log x
dy
35. If y = e 3log x , then is equal to
dx
3y
(a) 3 x2 (b) 2 log x (c) (d) 3 xy
x
n dy
36. If y = (1 + x ) (1 + x 2 ) (1 + x 4 ).....(1 + x 2 ) then at x = 0 is
dx
(a) 0 (b) -1 (c) 1 (d) none of these
z 5t
f ( x)
37. If f (x) is a differentiable function on [0, 3] and f (2) = 3, then lim dt
x→2 3 x−2
(a) 5 f ' (2) (b) 3 f ' (2) (c) 15 f ' (2) (d) none of these
−1 x +1 1− x dy
38. If y = tan + tan −1 , then is
1− x 1+ x dx
1 1 2x
(a) (b) (c) (d) 0
1+ x2 1− x2 1+ x2
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 1  1
39. The derivative of sec −1   w.r.t 1 − x 2 at x = 2 is
 2x2 −1 
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) -2
40. If f (x ) = log a log a (x ) , then f ' ( x ) is
log a e log e a log e a x

(a) (b) (c) (d)
x log e x x log a x x log e a
ANSWERS
1. a 2. c 3. b 4. a 5. a 6. c 7. b
8. a 9. d 10. c 11. a 12. a 13. b 14. b
15. b 16. c 17. a 18. c 19. c 20. a 21. b
22. d 23. a 24. b 25. d 26. d 27. b 28. c
29. c 30. a 31. a 32. c 33. b 34. a 35. a
36. c 37. c 38. d 39. b 40. a
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APPLICATION OF DERIVATIVES
1. If there is an error of k% in measuring the edge of a cube then the percentage error in estimating its volume is
a) k b) 3k c) k / 3 d) none of these
2. If the line ax + by + c = 0 is a normal to the rectangular hyperbola xy = 1 then

a) ab > 0 b) ab < 0 c) a > 0, b > 0 d) none of these
3. Let f (x) = ( x - p )2 + ( x - q )2 + ( x - r )2. Then f (x) has a minimum at x = λ where λ is equal to
3
a) ( p + q + r ) / 3 b) ( p q r )1/ 3 c) d) none of these
1 1 1
+ +
p q r
2− x
4. The critical point (s) of f ( x ) = is (are)
x2
a) x = 0 b) x = 2 c) x = 0 and x = 2 d) none of these
5. If f ( x ) = x / sin x and g ( x ) = x / tan x where 0 < x ≤ 1 , then in the interval

a) both f (x) and g(x) are increasing function b) f ( x ) is an increasing function
c) both f (x) and g(x) are decreasing function d) g ( x ) is an increasing function
6. If 4a + 2b + c = 0 then the equation 3ax2 + 2bx + c = 0 has at least one real root lying between
a) 0 and 1 b) 1 and 2 c) 0 and 2 d) none of these
7. The function f ( x ) = x + λx + 5x + sin 2 x will be an invertible function if λ belongs to

3 2
a) ( −∞,−3) b) ( −3, 3) c) (3,+∞) d) none of these
8. The difference between the greatest and the least values of the function f ( x ) = sin 2 x − x on [ − π / 2, π / 2] is
3+ 2 3+ 2 π 3+ 2 π
a) b) + c) π d) −
2 2 6 2 3
9. The minimum value of f ( x ) = 3 − x + 2 + x + 5 − x is

a) 0 b) 7 c) 8 d) 10
10. If f ( x ) = kx − sin x is monotonically increasing, then
a) k > 1 b) k > -1 c) k < 1 d) k < -1
b
11. If ax + ≥ c for all positive value of x and a, b, c are positive constants, then
x
d) ac ≥ b / 4
2
b) ab ≤ c / 4
2
a) ab ≥ c 2 / 4 c) bc ≥ a 2 / 4
12. The value of b for which the function f (x) = sin x - bx + c is decreasing in the internal ( −∞, ∞) is given by
a) b < 1 b) b ≥ 1 c) b > 1 d) b ≤ 1
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13. The equation of the tangents to 2 x 2 − 3 y 2 = 36 which are parallel to the straight line x + 2 y − 10 = 0 are
288 1
a) x + 2y = 0 b) x + 2 y + =0 c) x + 2y + =0 d) none of these
15 15
14. The slope of the tangent to the curve represented by x = t 2 + 3t − 8 and y = 2t − 2t − 5 at the point M (2, − 1) is
2
a) 7 / 6 b) 2 / 3 c) 3 / 2 d) 6 / 7
15. The number of real roots of the equation e x −1 + x − 2 = 0 is

a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
16. If the two curves y = a x and y = b x intersect at an angle α , then tan α equals
log a − log b log a + log b log a − log b

1 + log a log b 1 − log a log b 1 − log a log b
17. For the curve x = t 2 − 1, y = t − 1 the tangent line is perpendicular to x-axis where
1 1
a) t = 0 b) t = ∞ c) t= d) t = − .
3 3
18. The normal to the curve x = a (cos θ + θ sin θ), y = a (sin θ − θ cos θ) at any θ is such that
a) it makes a constant angle with x-axis b) it passes through the origin
c) it is at a constant distance from the origin d) none of these
19. The tangent to the curve y = e 2 x at the point (0, 1) meets x-axis at
FG − 1 ,0IJ
a) (0, 2) b) (2, 0) c)
H 2 K d) none of these
20. The equation of the tangents at the origin to the curve y 2 = x 2 (1 + x ) are
a) y = ±x b) x = ±y c) y = ±2 x d) none of these
21. If y = 4 x − 5 is a tangent to the curve y 2 = px 3 + q at (2, 3), then

a) p = 2 , q = −7 b) p = −2 , q = 7 c) p = −2, q = −7 d) p = 2, q = 7.
22. Tangents are drawn from the origin to the curve y = cos x. Their points of contact lie on
a) x 2 y 2 = y 2 − x 2 b) x 2 y 2 = y 2 + x 2 c) x2 y2 = x2 − y2 d) none of these
23. The minimum value of ( x + a ) ( x + b) is
(a + b) 2 ( a − b) 2
a) b) c) a b d) none of these
4 4
24. If f is an increasing function and g is a decreasing function such that gof is defined, then
a) gof is increasing b) gof is decreasing c) gof may not be monotomic d) none of these
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25. The function f ( x ) = x 3 + 24 x 2 + ax − 10 attains its relative minimum value at x = 1. Then the value of a is
a) 51 b) -51 c) -45 d) none of these
a0 a a a
26. If + 1 + 2 +....+ n −1 + an = 0. Then the function f (x ) = ao x n + a1x n −1 + a2 x n − 2 + .......... + an has in ( 0, 1)
n +1 n n −1 2
a) at least one zero b) at most one zero c) only 3 zeros d) only 2 zeros.
27. If x 2 + y 2 = u − 1 / u and x 4 + y 4 = u 2 + 1 / u 2 then
a) x 3 y y ' = 1 b) xy' = y c) x 2 y y' = 1 d) none of these
28. The equation of the horizontal tangent to the graph of the function y = e x + e − x is
a) y = 2 b) y = -2 c) y = 0 d) none of these
29. The image of the interval [ -1, 3] under f ( x ) = 4 x 3 − 12 x is

a) [ −2, 0] b) [ −8, 72] c) [ −8, 0] d) [8, 72]
30. The maximum value of x1 / x is

a) 1 / e b) e c) e1 / e d) (1 / e )e
31. The number of solutions of the equation a f ( x ) + g ( x ) = 0, where a > 0, g (x) ≠ 0 and g (x) has minimum value 1/4, is
a) one b) two c) infinitely many d) zero
32. Let x and y be two real numbers such that x > 0 and xy = 1. The minimum value of x + y is
a) 1 b) 1 / 2 c) 2 d) 1 / 4
x2 − x + 1
33. The maximum value of for all real values of x is
x2 + x + 1
a) 1 / 2 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3
34. The point of intersection of the tangents drawn to the curve x2y = 1 - y at the points where it is met by the curve xy = 1 - y is given by
a) (0, -1) b) (1, 1) c) (0, 1) d) none of these.
2 3
x x dy
35. If y = 1 + x + + + ...... ∞ then is equal to
2! 3! dx
a) x b) 1 c) y d) ∞
g (x ) f (a ) − g (a ) f (x )
36. If f (a ) = 2, f ' (a ) = 1, g (a ) = −1, g ' (a ) = 2, then the value of Lt is
x →a x−a
a) -5 b) 1/5 c) 5 d) 0
dy
37. If 1 − x 2 + 1 − y 2 = a (x − y ), then is
dx
1− y2 1 − x2
a) b) c) 1 − x2 d) 1− y2
1 − x2 1− y 2
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38. Let f (x + y ) = f ( x ) f ( y ) for all x and y. Suppose that f (3) = 3 and f ' (0 ) = 11 then f ' (3) is given by
d  3 d 2 y 
39. If y 2 = p ( x ), a polynomial of degree 3, then 2 y is equal to
dx  dx 2 
a) p' ' ' (x) + p' (x) b) p ' ' ( x ) p ' ' ' (x ) c) p ( x) p ' ' ' (x ) d) a constant
( )
40. If y = cos −1 4 x 3 − 3 x , then
dy
dx
is equal to
3 3
a) 2 b) − c) 1 − x2 d) none of these
1− x 1 − x2
ANSWERS
1. b 2. b 3. a 4. a 5. b 6. c 7. b
8. c 9. b 10. a 11. a 12. c 13. d 14. d
15. a 16. a 17. a 18. c 19. c 20. a 21. a
22. c 23. d 24. b 25. b 26. a 27. d 28. a
29. b 30. c 31. d 32. c 33. d 34. c 35. c
36. c 37. a 38. b 39. c 40. b
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INDEFINITE INTEGRATION
FG 1 + x + x IJ dx is equal to
1. The integral z e tan
−1
x
H 1+ x K 2
2
−1 −1
e tan x tan −1 x x e tan x
a) +C b) xe +C c) +C d) none of these
1+ x2 1+ x2
cos 4 x + 1
2. If
∫ cot x − tan x dx = K cos 4x + C then
a) K = -1/2 b) K = -1/3 c) K = -1/5 d) none of these
3. z e x (1 + sin x )
1 + cos x
dx is equal to
a) log tan x + C b) e x tan x / 2 + C c) e x cot x + C d) sin log x + C
4. z dx
a cos x + b 2 sin 2 x
2 2
is equal to
−1
a) sin ( (a / b) tan x ) + C b) tan −1 ( (b / a ) tan x ) + C
1
c) tan −1 ( (b / a ) tan x ) + C d) none of these
ab
sin α
5. The value of ∫ dα is
1 + cosα
a) − 2 2 cos α / 2 + C b) 2 2 cos α / 2 + C c) 2 cos α / 2 + C d)
− 2 cos α / 2 + C
6. The value of z dx
5 + 4 cos x is
1 −1 tan x FG IJ FG
1 −1 tan ( x / 2) IJ
a)
3
tan
3
+C
H K b)
3
tan
3 H +C
K
2 FG 1 tan xIJ + C 2
tan −1
FG 1 tan ( x / 2)IJ + C
c)
3
tan −1
H3 K d)
3 H3 K
7. z dx
sin x + cos x is equal to
b
a) log tan π / 4 + x / 8 + C g b) b
2 log tan x / 2 + π / 8 + C g
c)
1
2
b
log tan x / 2 + π / 8 + C g d) b
2 log tan x / 4 − π / 8 + C g
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8. The value of z cos x
sin x + cos x
dx is
a)
x2
2
b
+ log sin x + cos x + C g b)
1
2
(x + log(sin x + cos x )) + C
c) 2 log (sin x + cos x ) + x + C d) none of these
9. If z dx
sin x cos x
= log f ( x ) + C then
a) f ( x ) = sin x + cos x b) f ( x ) = tan x c) f ( x ) = sec 2 x d) none of these
10. If f ( x) = lim
n →∞
x n − x −n
x +xn −n
, 0 < x < 1, n∈ N then z (sin −1 x ) f ( x ) dx is equal to
a) −[ x sin −1 x + 1 − x 2 ] + C b) x sin −1 x + 1 − x 2 + C
c) constant d) none of these
11. If f ( x ) = lim[2 x + 4 x 3 + ... 2nx 2 n −1 ](0 < x < 1) then

n→∞
z f ( x ) dx is equal to
1 1 1
a) − 1− x2 b) c) d)
1− x 2 x −1
2
1− x2
12.
zc 1+ x 2
h 1− x
1
2
dx is equal to
1
tan G
F 2x I F I F I
H 1− x JK
1 2x
a)
2
−1
2
b)
2
tan −1 GH 1+ x2
JK c)
1
2
tan −1 GH 2x
1− x2
JK d) none of these
13. zb x ex
1+ x g 2
dx is equal to
a)
ex
+C b) b g
ex x +1 + C c) −
ex
+C d)
ex
+C
x +1 b x + 1g 2
1+ x2
14. z e x log a . e x dx is equal to
( ae) x ex
a) (ae)x b)
b g
log ae
c)
1+ log a
d) none of these
15. If z g ( x ) dx = g ( x ), then z l q
g ( x ) f ( x ) + f ' ( x ) dx is equal to
a) g( x) f ( x) − g( x) f ' ( x) + C b) g( x) f ' ( x) + C
c) g( x) f ( x) + C d) g( x) f 2 ( x) + C
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16. z cos3 x e log(sin x ) dx is equal to
sin 4 x cos4 x e sin x

a) − +C b) − +C c) +C d) none of these
4 4 4
17. z tan x
sin x cos x
dx is equal to
tan x
a) 2 tan x + C b) 2 cot x + C c) +C d) none of these
2
sin x − cos x
18. ∫ 1 − sin 2 x
e sin x cos x dx is equal to
a) e sin x + C b) e sin x − cos x

+C c) e sin x + cos x + C d) e cos x − sin x
+C
19. If z c
e 3log x x 4 + 1 h −1
dx is equal to
a) log ( x 4 + 1) + C b)
1
4
c
log x 4 + 1 + C h c) c
− log x 4 + 1 h d) none of these
20. z 5x x
55 .55 .5x dx is equal to
x
55 55
5x
a)
blog 5 g 3
+C b) 5 55
x
blog 5g 3
+C c)
blog 5g 3
+C d) none of these
21. z bg
[ f x g"( x ) − f " ( x ) g ( x )] dx is equal to
f ( x)
a)
g '( x ) b) bg bg bg bg
f ' x g x − f x g' x
c) bg bg bgbg
f x g' x − f ' x g x d) f b x g g ' b x g + f ' b x g gb x g
22. If
z 4 e x + 6 e− x
9e −4e
x −x
dx = A x + B log 9 e 2 x − 4 + C , then c h
3 35 35 3
a) A = − , B = ,C = 0 b) A= , C = − , C ∈R
2 36 36 2
3 35
c) A= − , B= , C ∈R d) none of these.
2 36
23. z b
f ' ax + b g m f bax + bgr dx is equal to
n
a)
1
n +1
mb
f ax + b gr n +1
+ C , ∀ n except n = -1 b)
1
n +1
mb
f ax + b gr n +1
+ C , ∀n
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c)
1
a (n + 1)
f ax + b mb gr n +1
+ C , ∀n except n = -1 d)
1
a (n + 1)
mb
f ax + b gr n +1
+ C , ∀n
1
24. ∫ dx is equal to
sin x cos 3 x
−2 2
a) +C b) 2 tan x + C c) +C d) −2 tan x + C
tan x tan x
25. The value of the integral z 1+ x 2

1+ x 4
dx is equal to
1 F
x2 −1 I
a) tan −1
x +C2
b)
2
tan −1 GH2x
JK
1 Fx 2
+ 2 x +1 I
c)
2 2
log GH x 2
− 2 x +1
+C JK d) none of these
2x2 + 3  x +1 −1 x ,
26. ∫
(
x2 −1 x2 + 4)(
dx = a log 
 x −1 )
 + b tan
2 then (a, b) is
a) (- 1/2, 1/2) b) (1/2, 1/2) c) (-1 , 1) d) (1, - 1)
8 8
sin x − cos x
27. ∫ 1 − 2 sin 2
x cos2 x
dx =
1 1 1
a) sin 2 x b) − sin 2 x c) − sin x d) − sin 2 x
2 2 2
( x − 1) dx
28. ∫ (x − 2) (x − 3) is equal to
a) log{( x − 3) 2 /( x − 2)} b) log{(x − 3) /( x − 2)}

2
c) log{( x − 2 ( x − 3)} d) none of these
dx (1 − x 3 ) − 1
29. If ∫x (1 − x 3 )
= a log
(1 − x 3 ) + 1
+ b, then a =
a) 1/3 b) 2/3 c) - 1/3 d) - 2/3

2
cos x dx
30. The value of the integral ∫ cos 2
x + 9 sin x
2 is
1 1
a) [3 tan −1 (3 tan x ) − x ] b) [ 3 tan −1 (3 tan x ) + x ]
8 9
1 −1 
c) 8  tan (3 tan x ) − x  d) none of these
 27 
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log(x + 2) − log x
31. ∫ x ( x + 2)
dx is equal to
2 2
  x + 2    x + 2 
a) − log  + c b) − 2 log  + c
  x    x 
2
1   x + 2 
c) − log  + c d) none of the above
4   x 
3
cos x − cos x
32. ∫ 1 − cos x
3
dx is equal to
a)
2 −1
3
3/ 2
sin cos x + c ( ) b)
3 −1
2
(3/ 2
sin cos x + c ) c)
2
3
−1 3/ 2
(
cos cos x + c ) d) none of the above
∫
33. The function f ( x ) = log( t + 1 + t 2 ) dx is
0
a) an even function b) an odd function c) a periodic function d) none of the above
x3
34. ∫ x +1
dx =
3 2 3 2
x x x x
a) − +c b) − + x − log( x + 1) + c
3 2 3 2
4
x
3
x
2 x
c) − + x + log( x + 1) + c d) 2
+c
3 2 2( x + 1)
x
e (1 + x )
35. ∫ cos (x e 2 x
)
dx =
x x x
a) 2 log cos ( x e ) + c b) sec ( x e ) + c c) tan ( xe ) + c d) tan ( x + e x ) + c
∫a
x x
36. e dx =
a x ex (a e)
x a x ex
a) a e + c x x
b) +c c) +c d) +c
log a x +1 1 + log a
2
sin x
37. ∫ cos 4
x
dx =
1 2 1 1 3
a) tan x + c b) tan 2 x + c c) tan x + c d)
3 2 3
3sin 2x − 4 cosx + c
x 2 tan −1 x 3
38. The value of ∫ 1+ x
6 will be
a)
1
6
−1 3
tan x b)
1
6
( −1 3
tan x )2
c)
1
6
( −1 3
tan x )
3
d)
1
3
( −1 3
tan x )
4
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x + sin x
39. The value of ∫ 1 + cos x dx is
x x x
a) x sin b) x cos c) x tan d) x sin x + cos x
2 2 2
log x
40. The value of ∫ (x + 1) 2
dx
− log x log x
a) + log x − log ( x + 1) b) + log x − log ( x + 1)
x +1 x +1
log x − log x
c) + log x + log( x + 1) d) − log x − log ( x + 1)
x +1 x +1
ANSWERS
1. b 2. d 3. b 4. c 5. a 6. d 7. c
8. b 9. b 10. a 11. d 12. c 13. a 14. b
15. c 16. b 17. a 18. a 19. b 20. c 21. c
22. c 23. c 24. b 25. b 26. a 27. b 28. a
29. a 30. a 31. c 32. c 33. a 34. b 35. c
36. d 37. c 38. b 39. c 40. a
Quest Tutorials 77
DEFINITE INTEGRATION
z
n
1. The value [ x ] dx (where [ x ] is the greatest integer function) is
0
a)
b g
n n +1
b)
b g
n n −1
c) n (n −1) d) none of these
2 2
b g z FGH 2 + dtd cos tIJK dt then F ' (x) is equal to

x
2. If the F x =
3
a) 2 − sin x b) 2 + sin t c) sin x d) 0
z z
k k
3. Let f be a positive function and l1 =
1− k
c b gh
x f x 1 − x dx , l2 =
1− k
c b gh
f x 1 − x dx
then l1 / l2 is
a) 2 b) k c) 1/2 d) 1
4. The value of z0
π/ 2 dx
1 + tan 3 x
is
a) 0 b) 1 c) π/4 d) π/2
z
4
2 x +1
5. The value of 3 dx is
0
6 FG
13 −
4 IJ 66 66 FG
13 −
5 IJ
a)
log 3 H log 3 K b)
log 3
c)
log 3 H log 3 K d) none of these
z
1
6. The value of b g
x 1− x
99
dx is
0
1 11 1
10100 10100 1010
zm
3
7. The value of
−1
r
x − 2 + [ x ] dx , where [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x is
a) 7 b) 5 c) 4 d) 3
8. The value of
1000
∑
n =1
z n
n −1
e x − [ x ] dx is ( [ x ] is the greatest integer function )
e1000 − 1 e1000 − 1 e −1
a)
1000
b)
e −1
c)
1000
b g
d) 1000 e − 1
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9. If f : R → R , g : R → R are continuous functions then the value of the integral
z π/2
− π/2
( f ( x ) + f ( − x )) ( g ( x ) − g ( − x )) is
a) π b) 1 c) -1 d) 0
10. The value of z

0
π
sin n x cos2 m+1 x dx is
a)
b2m + 1g! b)
b2m + 1g! c) z π
cos2 m−1 x dx d) none of these
bn!g 2
n! 0
11. If zc
0
∞ dx
x + 4 x2 + 9
2
= kπ then the value of k is
hc h
a) 1/60 b) 1/80 c) 1/40 d) 1/20
12. If z 3/ 2
−1
x sin πx dx = kπ 2 , then the value of k is
a) 3π + 1 b) 2 π + 1 c) 1 d) 4
bg bg bg
13. If f ( 0) = 2, f ' x = f x , φ x = x + f (x) , then z
0
1
f ( x ) φ ( x ) dx is
d) 2e −3/ 2
2 2
a) e b) 2e c) 2e
14. The value of lim

x→0
z0
x
cos t 2 dt
x
is
a) 0 b) 1 c) -1 d) 2
z d
1 FG1
tan −1 dx is
IJ
15. The value of the integral
−1 dx Hx K
a) π/2 b) π/4 c) −π / 2 d) none of these
16. The equation of the tangent to the curve y = z x

x3
2
dt
1+ t2
at x = 1 is
a) 2 y +1= x b) 3 x +1= y c) 3 x + 1+ 3 = y d) none of these
z
π2 / 4
17. sin x dx =
0
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 4
z
π/3
x sin x
18. The value of the integral 2
dx is
− π/3
cos x
a) bπ / 3 − log tan 3π / 2g b
b) 2 2 π / 3 − log tan 5π / 12 g
c) 3b π / 2 − log sin π / 12g d) none of these
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zc
3
19. The value of

−1
h
x − 2 + [ x ] dx is ([x] stands for greatest integer less than or equal to x)
a) 7 b) 5 c) 4 d) 3
z
100
20. The value of the integral b

sin x − [ x ] π dx is g
0
a) 100 / π b) 200 / π c) 100 π d) 200 π
z zc
nπ π
21. If
0
f (cos x )dx = k f cos2 x dx , then the value of k is
2
0
h
a) 1 b) n c) n/2 d) none of thes
z
π/2
22. The value of the integral cos x − cos3 x dx is

− π/2
a) 0 b) 2/3 c) 4/3 d) none of these
23. The value of the integral z π
0
1 + cos 2 x
2
dx is
a) -2 b) 2 c) 0 d) -3
24. Let I1= z

1
2
1+ x
1
2
dx and I 2 = z 2
1
1
x
dx . Then
a) I1 > I2 b) I2 > I1 c) I1 = I2 d) I1 > 2I2
z 1/ 2 FG 1 + x IJ dx is
25. The value of the integral
−1/ 2
cos x log
H 1− xK
1 1
a) 0 b) c) − d) none of these
2 2
zc
π/2
26. The value of

− π/2
x 3 + x cos x + tan5 x + 1 dx is equal to h
a) 0 b) 2 c) π d) none of these
27. z 0
π/2 sin 2 x
sin x + cos x
dx is equal to
π
a)
2
b) 2 log d 2 +1 i c)
1
2
log d i
2 +1 d) none of these
28. The value of the integral z a

b x
x
dx , 0 < a < b is
a) b - a b) a - b c) b + a d) none of these
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29. The value of the integral z0
π/ 2
sin x − cos x dx is
a) 0 b) 2 ( 2 −1 ) c) 2 2 d) 2 d 2 +1 i
30. The value of the integral z 1
0
2
e x dx lies in the interval
a) (0,1) b) ( −1,0) c) (1, e) d) none of these
z x FG 1 − x IJ dx is
31. The function f ( x ) =
0
log
H1+ xK
a) an even function b) an odd function c) a periodic function d) none of these
32. If f ( a + b − x ) = f x , thenbg za
b
xf ( x) dx is equal to
a)
a +b
2 za
b
f bb − x g dx b)
a +b
2 z a
b
f x dx bg c)
b−a
2 z
a
b
bg
f x dx d) none of these
33. To find the numerical value of

a) p
zc 2
−2
b) q
h
px 3 + qx + s dx it is necessary to know the values of the constants:
c) s d) p and s.
z 2a f xbg
34. The value of the integral 0 bg b
f x + f 2a − x dx is equal to g
a) 0 b) 2a c) a d) none of these
bg bg
35. If f x and g x are continous functions satisfying f x = f a − x and g x + g a − x = 2, then
equal to
bg b g bg b g z 0
a
bgbg
f x g x dx is
a) z 0
a
g ( x ) dx b) z 0
a
f ( x ) dx c) 0 d) none of these
36. The value of
a) 1
z π/2
−π/2
{ e
sin log x + x 2 + 1 dx is
b) -1
j}
c) 0 d) none of these
37. The value of

a) 1
z 2π
0
cos99 x dx is
b) -1 c) 99 d) 0
38. The value of the integral z 0

2
x[ x ] dx is
7 3 5
2 2 2
39. The value of

x3
z
0 1+ x 8
1
dx is
π π π
4 8 16
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RS x,
40. If f ( x ) =
T x − 1,
for x < 1
for x ≥ 1
, then z 2
0
x 2 f ( x ) dx is equal to
4 5 5
a) 1 b) c) d)
3 3 2
41. The value of the integral z0

π/2
sin 6 x dx is
3π 5 3
a) b) π c) π d) none of these
4 32 16
42. nlim
LM 1 + 1 + 1 +...+ 1 OP is equal to
→∞ Nn + 1 n + 2 n + 3 n + n Q
a) log e 3 b) 0 c) log e 2 d) 1
43. The value of z−1

1
sin 3 x cos2 x dx is
1
a) 0 b) 1 c) d) 2
2
44. z0
π
2 sin x dx =
a) 2π / 3 b) −5π / 3 c) −π d) −2π
n +1 4
∫ ∫ f ( x) dx is
2
45. If for every integer n, f ( x) dx = n , then the value of
n −2
n 1
46. The value of the integral ∑ ∫ f (k − 1 + x) dx is
k =1 0
1 2 n 1
a) ∫
0
f ( x) dx b) ∫ f ( x) dx c)
∫ f ( x) dx d) n ∫ f ( x) dx
0 0 0
tan x t dt cot x dt
47. The value of ∫1/ e 1+ t 2
+ ∫1/ e t (1 + t 2 )
is
a) 1 b) 2e c) 2/e d) none of these
1 2− x
48. ∫−1
log
2+ x
dx =
π/3
49. ∫ 0
| tan x − 1 | dx =
π 1 π + log 8 π
a) + log 2 b) c) log 2 − d) none of these
2 2 6 3
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π/2 dx
50. The value of the integral ∫ π/6
(cos x sin x
3
is given by
a) 1 b) 2 c) 2(1 + 3−1/ 4 ) d) none of these

4
dx
51.
∫
2
{( x − 2) ( 4 − x)}
=
a) π / 2 b) π c) 0 d) none of these
1 bc x
52. Assuming that f is continuous everywhere,
c ∫ ac
f   dx =
c
b 1 b b
a) ∫a
f ( x) dx b)
c ∫a
f ( x) dx c) c ∫ a
f ( x) dx d) none of these
 1 2 n 
53. nlim + + ..... =
→∞  2
1 − n 1 − n
2
1 − n 
2
a) 0 b) - 1/2 c) 1/2 d) none of these
π/ 2 π/ 2 π/ 2
∫ ∫ ∫ sin
2 2 3
54. If A = sin x dx and B = cos x dx and C = x dx , then
0 0 0
a) A − B = 0 b) A + B = 0 c) A+C = 0 d) A − C = 0
π/ 2
∫x
10
55. If u10 = sin x dx , then the value of u10 + 90u8 is
0
8 9 9 9
π π π
a) 9   b)   c) 10  π  d) 9 
2 2 2 2
36
1
56. If ∫ 2 x + 9 dx = log k , then k is equal to
0
a) 3 b) 9/2 c) 9 d) 81
[ x]
2x
57. The value of ∫2
0
[ x]
dx is
[x] 1 [ x]
a) b) [x] log 2 c) d) none of these
log 2 2 log 2
ANSWERS
1. b 2. a 3. c 4. c 5. d 6. a 7. a
8. d 9. d 10. c 11. a 12. a 13. b 14. b
15. a 16. a 17. c 18. b 19. a 20. b 21. b
22. c 23. c 24. b 25. a 26. c 27. c 28. a
29. b 30. c 31. a 32. b 33. c 34. c 35. b
36. c 37. d 38. b 39. c 40. c 41. b 42. c
43. a 44. a 45. c 46. c 47. a 48. a 49. d
50. d 51. b 52. a 53. b 54. a 55. c 56. a
57. a
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AREA UNDER THE CURVENMENT
1. The area of the figure bounded by the curves y = x − 1 and y = 3 − x is

a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 1
2. Area lying in the first quadrant and bounded by the circle x 2 + y 2 = 4 the line x = 3 y and x-axis is
π π
a) π b) c) d) none of these
2 3
3. If A is the area lying between the curve y = sin x and x-axis between x = 0 and x = π / 2 . Area of the region between the curve
y = sin 2 x and x- axis in the same interval is given by
a) A/2 b) A c) 2A d) none of these
4. The area bounded by y = x 2 , y = x + 1 , x ≤ 1 and the y-axis is

a) 1/3 b) 2/3 c) 1 d) 7/3
5. The area enclosed within the curve x + y = 1 is

a) 1 b) 1.5 c) 2 d) none of these
6. The area bounded by the curve x

2
= 4 y and the straight line x = 4 y − 2 is
a) 3/8 b) 5/8 c) 7/8 d) 9/8
x2 y2 x y
7. The area between 2 + 2 = 1 and the straight line + = 1 is
a b a b
1 1 1 1 1
a) ab b) π ab c) ab d) π ab − ab
2 2 4 4 2
8. The area cut off a parabola by any double ordinate is k times the corresponding rectangle contained by that double ordinate and its distance
from the vertex. The value of k is
a) 2/3 b) 3/2 c) 1/3 d) 3
9. Area bounded by the curve y = x sin x and x-axis between x = 0 and x = 2 π is

a) 2π b) 3π c) 4π d) none of these
10. The area of the region bounded by y = x − 1 and y = 1 is
a) 1 b) 2 c) 1/2 d) none of these
11. The area bounded by the curve y = x x , x − axis and the ordinates x = 1, x = −1 is given by
a) 0 b) 1/3 c) 2/3 d) none of these
12. The smaller area enclosed by the circle x 2 + y 2 = 4 and the line x + y = 2 is equal to
b
a) 2 π − 2 g b) π−2 c) 2π − 1 d) none of these
13. Area lying in the first quadrant and bounded by the curve y = x 3 and the line y = 4 x is
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5
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14. In the interval 0, π / 2 , area lying between the curves y = tan x , y = cot x and x- axis is
1 FG 1 IJ
a) log 2 b)
2
log 2 c) 2 log
H 2K d) none of these
b gb gb x − 3g and x-axis lying between the ordinates x = 0 and x = 3 is equal to

15. Area bounded by the curve y = x − 1 x − 2
16. The area bounded by the curves y = e x , y = e − x and y = 2 is
b
a) log 16 / e g b) b g
log 4 / e c) 2 ( 2e2 - 1 ) d) none of these
17. The area of the figure bounded by y = e x −1 , y = 0, x = 0 and x = 2 is

a) < 2 b) > 2 c) =2 d) none of these
18. Area bounded by the curves y = x − 1 , y = 0 and x = 2 is

a) 4 b) 5 c) 3 d) 6
19. The ratio of the areas between the curves y = cos x and y = cos 2 x and x-axis from x = 0 to x = π / 3 is
a) 1 : 2 b) 2 : 1 c) 3 :1 d) none of these
20. For 0 ≤ x ≤ π , the area bounded by y = x and y = x + sin x , is
a) 2 b) 4 c) 2π d) 4π
21. Area of the region bounded by the parabola ( y − 2) 2 = x − 1 , the tangent to it at the point with the ordinate 3, and the x-axis is given by
a) 9/2 sq. units b) 9 sq. units c) 18 sq. units d) none of these
ANSWERS
1. c 2. c 3. b 4. b 5. c 6. d 7. d
8. a 9. c 10. a 11. c 12. b 13. c 14. a
15. b 16. b 17. b 18. b 19. c 20. a 21. b
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DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
dy x 2
1. The general solution of the differential equation = IS
dx y 2
a) x 3 − y 3 = C b) x3 + y3 = C c) x2 + y2 = C d) x2 − y2 = C
2. The order of the differential equation of all circles of radius r , having centre on y -axis and passing through the origin is
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
−x
3. The order of d the differential equation whose solution is y = a cos x + b sin x + Ce is
4. The slope of a curve at any point is the reciprocal of twice the ordinate at the point and it passes through the point ( 4 , 3 ). The equation
of the curve is
a) x 2 = y + 5 b) y2 = x − 5 c) y2 = x + 5 d) x2 = y − 5
5. The curve in which the slope of the tangent at any point equals the ratio of the abscissa to the ordinate of the point is
a) an ellipse b) a parabola c) a rectangular hyperbola d) a circle.
6. The equation of the curve whose subnormal is constant is

a) y = ax + b b) y2 = 2ax + b c) ay2 - x2 = a d) none of these
7. A differential equation associated to the primitive y = a + be5 x + c e −7 x is

a) y3 + 2 y2 − y1 = 0 b) 4 y3 + 5 y2 − 20 y1 = 0 c) y3 + 2 y2 − 35 y1 = 0 d) none of these
dy ax + h
8. The solution of = represents a parabola when
dx by + k
a) a = 0, b = 0 b) a = 1, b = 2 c) a = 0, b ≠ 0 d) a = 2, b = 1
9. The solution of the differential equation y ≠

dy
dx
bg
= x − 1 satisfying y 1 = 1 is
a) y2 = x2 − 2x + 2 b) y2 = 2x2 − x − 1 c) y = x2 − 2x + 2 d) none of these
d2y dy FG IJ 2
d2y
10. The degree of the differential equation
dx 2
+
dx H K = x log
dx 2
is
11. The order of the differential equation of all tangent lines to the parabola y = x 2 is
a) 1 d) 2 c) 3 d) 4
b g
12. The particular solution of log dy / dx = 3x + 4 y , y 0 = 0 is bg
a) e 3 x + 3e −4 y = 4 b) 4e 3 x − 3e −4 y = 3 c) 3e 3 x + 4e +4 y = 7 d) 4e 3 x + 3e −4 y = 7
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bg b g
13. If y = f x passing through (1,2) satisfies the differential equation y 1 + xy dx − x dy = 0 , then
x +1 x −1
f b xg = bg bg bg
2x 4x
a) b) f x = c) f x = d) f x =
2− x 2
x2 + 1 4 − x2 1− 2x2
14. The equation of the curve satisfying the differential equation y2 ( x 2 + 1) = 2 xy1 passing through the point ( 0, 1 ) and having slope of
tangent at x = 0 as 3 is
a) y = x 2 + 3x + 2 b) y 2 = x 2 + 3x + 1 c) y = x 3 + 3x + 1 d) none of these
1/ 4
  dy  2 
d2y
15. Order and degree of differential equation = y +    are
dx 2   dx  
a) 4 and 2 b) 1 and 2 c) 1 and 4 d) 2 and 4
dy
16. Solution of the differential equation : ( a + x) + xy = 0 is
dx
( 2 / 3) ( 2 a − x ) ( a + x ) − ( 2 / 3) ( a − x ) ( a + x )
a) y = Ae b) y = Ae
( 2 / 3) ( 2 a + x ) ( a + x ) − ( 2 / 3) ( 2 a − x ) ( a + x )
c) y = Ae d) y = Ae
dy
17. The integrating factor of x − 2 y = x 2 + sin(1 / x 2 ) is
dx
2 2
a) x b) 1 / x 2 c) −x d) none of these
18. The solution of the differential equation dy − sin x. sin y dx = 0 , is
a) e cos x tan y / 2 = c b) e cos x tan y = c c) cos x. tan y = c d) cos x. sin y = c
19. Equation of the curve passing through (3, 9) which satisfies the differential equation dy / dx = x + (1 / x 2 ) is
a) 6 xy = 3 x 2 − 6 x + 29 b) 2
6 xy = 3 x − 29 x + 6 c) 3
6 xy = 3 x + 29 x − 6 d) none of these
20. Solution of the differential equation 2 y sin x dy / dx = 2 sin x cos x − y 2 cos x and at x = π / 2, y = 1 , is given by
2 2 2
a) y = sin x b) y = sin x c) y = cos x + 1 d) none of these
21. The solution of differential equation ( x + y ) dy − ( x − y ) dx = 0

2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
a) y + 2 xy + x = c b) y + 2 xy − x = c c) y + 2 xy + x = 0 d) y − 2 xy + x = c
dy
22. The solution of differential equation + ay = e mx is
dx
a) ( a + m) y = e mx + c b) ye ax = me mx + c
c) y = e mx + ce−ax d) ( a + m) y = e mx + ce − ax
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dy
23. The solution of the differential equation 2 x − y = 3 represent
dx
a) Straight line b) circles c) parabolas d) ellipses
dy 1 + cos 2 y
+
24. Solution of the equation = 0 is
dx 1 − cos 2 x
a) tan y + cot x = c b) tan y − cot x = c c) cot y + tan x = c d) none of these
2
dy ( y − y − 2)
25. The solution of the equation = is
dx x 2 + 2 x − 3
1 y−2 1 x+3 1 y +1 1 x −1
a) log = log +c b) log = log +c
3 y +1 4 x −1 3 y−2 4 x+3
y−2 x −1
c) 4 log = 3 log +c d) none of these
y +1 x+3
ANSWERS
1. a 2. a 3. a 4. c 5. c 6. b 7. c
8. c 9. a 10. d 11. a 12. d 13. a 14. c
15. d 16. a 17. b 18. a 19. c 20. a 21. b
22. d 23. c 24. b 25. c
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DETERMINANTS
x2 − 2x + 3 7x + 2 x+4
1. If 2x + 7 x − x+2
2
3x = ax 6 + bx 5 + cx 4 + dx 3 + ex 2 + fx + g the value of g is
3 2x − 1 x2 − 4x + 7
b
sin A + B + C g sin B cos C
2. If A + B + C = π then value of ∆ = − sin B b
tan A + B + C g tan A is
b
cos A + B g − tan A 0
a) tan 2 A b) sin B
2
c) cos2 C d) none of these
xk x k +2 x k +3
3. If x , y , z are distinct and y k y k +2 y k +3 b
= x− y y−z z−x gb gb gFGH 1x + 1y + 1z IJK , then
zk z k +2 z k +3
a) k = −3 b) k = −1 c) k =1 d) k = 3
α β γ
4. If α, β, γ are the roots of the equation x 3 + px + q = 0 , then ∆ = β γ α is equal to
γ α β
a) − pq b) 2p c) 3q d) none of these
x +1 x + 2 x+a
5. If ∆ = x + 2 x+3 x + b = 0 , then a, b, c are in
x+3 x+4 x+c
x +1 ω ω2
b g
6. If ω ≠ 1 is a cube root of unity and ω x + ω2 1 = 0, then
ω2 1 x+ω
a) x = 1 b) x=ω c) x=ω
2 d) none of these
n 1 5 N
7. If U n = n
2
2 N + 1 2 N + 1 , then ∑ U n is equal to
n =1
n3 3N 2 3N + 1
N N
1 N 2
a) 2 ∑n b) 2 ∑n
n =1
2
c) ∑n
2 n =1
d) 0
n =1
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0 −b − c
8. If a, b, c are complex number, then z = b 0 − a is equal to
c a 0
a) 0 b) a b c c) 3abc d) 4 a b c
1/ a a2 bc
9. If a, b, c are non-zero real numbers and ∆ = 1 / b b2 ca , then
1 / c c2 ab
a) ∆ is independent of a, b, c b) a b c c) a 2b 2 c 2 d) none of these
10. The system of equations x + y + z = 4, x + ky + z = 3, x + 2 ky + z = 4 is consistent if
a) k =1 b) k =2 c) k = −2 d) none of these
log a p 1
11. If a > 0, b > 0, c > 0, are respectively the p , q , r th th th
terms of a GP, then the value of determinant logb q 1 is
log c r 1
1 1 1
m m +1 m+ 2
12. The value of the determinant C1 C1 C1 is equal to
m m +1 m+ 2
C2 C2 C2
13. If A is a square matrix of order n such that its elements are polynomial in x and its r - rows become identical for x = k, then
a) bx − k g r
is a factor of A b) bx − k g r −1
is a factor of A
c) bx − k g r +1
is a factor of A d) bx − k g r
is a factor of A
4 5 6 x
5 6 7 y
14. If x, y, z are in AP then the value of the determinant A is, where A =
6 7 8 z
x y z 0
1 ω 3 ω5
15. The value of the determinant ω 1 ω4 , where ω is an imaginary cube root of unity, is
3
ω5 ω 4 1
a) b1 − ω g 2
b) 3 c) -3 d) none of these
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x b b
x b
16. If ∆1 = a x b and ∆ 2 = , then
a x
a a x
a) ∆1 = 3 ∆ 2b g 2
b)
d
dx
b g
∆ 1 = 3∆ 2 c)
d
dx
b g
∆ 1 = 3∆22 b g
d) ∆ 1 = 3 ∆ 2
3/ 2
x a b
17. The factors of a x b are
a b x
a) x − a , x − b, and x + a + b b) x + a , x + b and x + a + b
c) x + a , x + b and x − a − b d) x − a , x − b, and x − a − b
1 ω ω2
18. If ω is a cube root of unity, then ω ω 2 1 =
ω 2
1 ω
a) 1 b) ω c) ω2 d) 0
19. Let a, b, c be positive real numbers. The following system of equations in x, y and z
x2 y2 z2 x2 y2 z2 x2 y2 z2
+ − = 1, − + = 1, − + + = 1 has
a 2 b2 c2 a 2 b2 c2 a 2 b2 c2
a) no solution b) unique solution c) infinitely many solutions d) finitely many solutions.
20. If every element of a third order determinant of value ∆ is multiplied by 5, then the value of new determinant is
a) ∆ b) 5∆ c) 25∆ d) 125∆
21. If ω is a cube root of unity, then a root of the following equation
x +1 ω ω2
ω x +ω2 1 = 0 is
ω2 1 x +ω
a) x =1 b) x =ω c) x =ω2 d) x = 0
1 1 1
22. 4 3 2 equals
42 32 22
a) 2 b) -2 c) 1 d) 0
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1 2 3 1 6 3
23. If ∆ = 2 − 1 0 , then 4 − 6 0 is equal to
3 4 5 3 12 5
a) ∆ b) 2∆ c) 6∆ d) none of these
sec x sin x tan x

24. Value of the determinant ∆ = 0 1 0 is given by
tan x cot x sec x
a) 0 b) - 1 c) 1 d) none of these
1 f ( x) f (1 / x ) − f ( x )
25. If f (x) is a polynomial satisfying f ( x ) = and f (2) = 17 , then the value of f (5) is
2 1 f (1 / x )
a) 624 b) - 124 c) 626 d) 126
x x+ y x+ y+z
26. If 2 x 3x + 2 y 4 x + 3 y + 2 z = 64 , then the real value of x is
3 x 6 x + 3 y 10 x + 6 y + 3 z
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 6
2
1 a a
27. The parameter, on which the value of the determinant cos( p − d ) x cos px cos( p + d ) x does not depend upon, is
sin( p − d ) x sin px sin( p + d ) x
a) a b) p c) d d) x
28. For the equations : x + 2 y + 3z = 1, 2 x + y + 3z = 2, 5x + 5 y + 9 z = 4,

a) there is only one solution b) there exists infinitely many solution
c) there is no solution d) none of these.
a a2 a3 − 1
29. If a,b,c, are different and b b2 b 3 − 1 = 0 then
c c2 c3 − 1
a) a+b+c =0 b) abc = 1 c) a + b + c = 1 d) ab + bc + ca = 0
b+c a a
b c+a b
30. The value of is
c c a+b
a) 0 b) a+b+c c) 4abc d) abc
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ANSWERS
1. d 2. d 3. b 4. d 5. a 6. d 7. b
8. a 9. a 10. d 11. b 12. a 13. b 14. a
15. b 16. b 17. a 18. d 19. b 20. d 21. d
22. b 23. c 24. c 25. c 26. c 27. b 28. a
29. b 30. c
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MATRICES
1. If A is a square matrix, then A + A' is

a) symmetric matrix b) skew symmetric matrix c) scalar matrix d) diagonal matrix
2. If A = [ 2 -3 5 ], then A' A is a matrix of order

a) 1 × 1 b) 3 × 3 c) 1 × 3 d) 3 × 1
3. If A =
LMcos θ OP, A
− sin θ −1
is given by
N sin θ cos θ Q
a) - A b) A' c) - A' d) A
4. If A and B are square matrices, then ( A + B ) 2 = A 2 + 2 AB + B 2 ifff

a) A 2 = 0 or B 2 = 0 b) AB = BA c) AB = 0 d) BA = 0
LM3 0 0 OP a1 a2 LM a3 OP
5.
MM
If A = 0
PP
3 0 and B = b1 b2
MM P
b3 then AB is equal to
N0 0 3 Q c1 c2 N c PQ
3
a) B b) 3B c) B 3 d) A + B.
6. If A =
LM i 0OP then A is equal to
2
N0 i Q
a) M
L1 0 OP L−1 0 OP
b) M c)
LM1 0OP d)
LM−1 0OP
N0 −1Q N 0 −1Q N0 1Q N 0 1Q
7. If A = M
L cos θ sin θ OP, then A = I if 2
N− sin θ cos θQ
a) θ = 0 b) θ = π/4 c) θ = π / 2 d) none of these.
8. If A =
FG 1 aIJ , then A (where n ∈N) equals
n
H 0 1K
FG 1 naIJ F 1 n aI 2
FG 1 naIJ FG n naIJ
b) G
a)
H0 1 K H 0 1 JK c)
H0 0 K d)
H0 n K
9. A matrix A = [ aij ] is an upper triangular matrix if
a) it is a square matrix and aij = 0, i < j b) it is a square matrix and aij = 0, i > j
c) it is not a square matrix and aij = 0, i > j d) it is not a square matrix and aij = 0, i < j
10. If A is any m × n matrix such that AB and BA are both defined, then B is an
a) m × n matrix b) n × m matrix c) n × n matrix d) m × m matrix
11. If A is a square matrix of order n × n and k is a scalar, then adj ( kA ) is equal to

a) k adj A b) kn adj A c) k n - 1 adj A d) kn + 1 adj A
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12. If A = [ aij ] is a square matrix of order n × n and k is a scalar, then | kA | =
a) kn A b) k A c) k n−1 A d) none of these
13. If A and B are matrices such that AB and A + B both are defined, then
a) A and B can be any two matrices
b) A and B are square matrices not necessarily of the same order

c) A, B are square matrices of the same order
d) number of columns of A is same as the number of rows of B
14. If A =
LM5 2OP, then A −1
=
N3 1 Q
a)
LM 1 −2OP LM−1 2 OP
b) c)
LM−1 −2OP d)
LM1 2OP
N −3 5 Q N 3 −5Q N − 3 − 5Q N3 5 Q
LM1
15. If A + B =
0O
P1Q and A - 2B = LMN 0 −1OPQ , then A =
−1 1
N1
L1 1OP
a) M b) M
L2 / 3 1 / 3OP c) none of these d)
LM1 / 3 1/ 3 OP
N2 1Q N1 / 3 2 / 3Q N2 / 3 1 / 3Q
L3 −1OP LM x OP = LM4 OP
16. M
N2 5 Q N y Q N−3Q
a) x = 3, y = - 1 b) x = 2, y = 5 c) x = 1, y = - 1 d) x = - 1, y = 1
2
17. With 1, ω,ω as cube roots of unity, inverse of which of the following matrices exists ?
a)
LM 1 ωOP b)
LMω 1 OP2
c)
LM ω ω2 OP d) none of these
Nω ω Q 2
N 1 ωQ Nω 2
1 Q
18. Matrix theory was introduced by
a) Cauchy - Riemann b) Caley - Hamilton c) Newton d) Cacuchy - Schwarz
LMa 0 0OP
MM P
19. If A = 0 b 0 then A −1
=
N0 0 cPQ
LMa 0 0OP LMa 2
0 0 OP LM1 / a 0 0 OP LM−a 0 0 OP
a)
MM00 b0 0cPP b)
MM 0 ab 0P c)
MM 00 1/ b 0 P d) MM 00 −b 0P
N Q N0 0 acPQ N 0 1 / cPQ N 0 − cPQ
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LM−1 −2 −2 OP
MM
20. If A = 2
P
1 −2 then adj A =
N2 −2 1 PQ
a) A b) AT c) 3 A d) 3 AT
21. If In is the identity matrix of order n, then ( In ) -1 =

a) does not exist b) In c) 0 d) n In
22. If A and B are square matrices of order 3 such that | A | = −1, | B | = 3 , then | 3AB| =
a) -9 b) -81 c) -27 d) 81
cos α − sin α 0
23. Let F (α) =  sin α cos α 0 , then F (α) F (α' ) is equal to
 
 0 0 1
α
a) F (α α ' ) b) F  c) F (α + α' ) d) F (α − α' )
 α' 
1 0 2 1
 
24. The value of x for which [1 1 x] 0 2 1 1 = 0 is
 
2 1 0 1
a) 2 b) - 2 c) 3 d) - 3
a b  2 α β 
25. If A =   and A =   , then
b a  β α
a) α = a 2 − b 2 , β = 2ab b) α = a 2 + b 2 , β = 2ab
2 2 2 2
c) α = a +b , β = a −b d) α = 2ab, β = a 2 + b 2
1 2  1 0 
26. Let A =   and B =   and X be a matrix such that A = BX . Then X =
3 − 5 0 2 
2 4  1 2 4  1  − 2 4
a)  3 − 5 b) .  c) .  d) none of the above
  2  3 − 5 2  3 5
1 1
27. If A =   and n∈ N , then A is equal to
n
1 1
a) 2n A b) 2 n −1 A c) n A d) none of these
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a b 
28. If A =   such that ad − bc ≠ 0 , then A −1 is
 c d 
1  d b  d − b
   
ad − bc  − c a 
a) b)
− c a 
1  d − b
 
ad − bc  − c a 
c) d) none of these
ANSWERS
1. a 2. b 3. b 4. b 5. b 6. b 7. a
8. a 9. b 10. b 11. c 12. a 13. c 14. b
15. d 16. c 17. d 18. b 19. c 20. d 21. b
22. b 23. c 24. b 25. b 26. b 27. b 28. c
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VECTORS
1. If AO + OB = BO + OC then A, B, C are
a) coplanar b) collinear c) Non-collinear d) none of these.
G G G G
2. If | a + b | =| a − b |, then
G G G G G G
a) a is parallel to b b) a ⊥ b c) | a | = | b | d) none of these.
G G G G
3. If a and b are two unit vectors inclined at an angle θ such that a + b is a unit vector, then θ is equal to
π π π 2π
a) b) c) d) .
3 4 2 3
4. The pojection of the vector i − 2 j + k on the vector 4i − 4 j + 7 k is
5 6 19 9 6
a) b) c) d)
10 9 19 19
G G G G G G G
5. If a and b are two vectors such that a . b = 0 and a × b = 0 , then
G G G G
a) a || b b) a ⊥ b
G G
c) either a or b is a null vector d) none of these.
G G
6. The number of vectors of unit length pependicular to vectors a = i + j and b = j + k is
a) one b) two c) three d) none of these.
7. The unit vector perpendicular to vector i − j and i + j forming a right handed system is
1 1
a) k b) − k c) (i − j ) d) (i + j )
2 2
8. If the constant forces 2 i − 5 j + 6 k and − i + 2 j − k act on a particle due to which it is displaced from a point A ( 4, -3, -2 ) to a point B (
6, 1, -3 ), then the work done by the forces is
a) 15 units b) -15 units c) 9 units d) -9 units.
G
9. The work done by the force F = 2 i − j − k in moving an object along the vector 3 i + 2 j − 5k is
a) -9 units b) 15 units c) 9 units d) none of these.
10. If forces of magnitudes 6 and 7 units acting in the directions i − 2 j + 2 k and 2 i − 3 j − 6k respectively act on a particle which is displaced
from the point P ( 2, -1, -3 ) to Q ( 5, -1, 1), then the work done by the forces is
a) 4 units b) -4 units c) 7 units d) -7 units.
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11. If n1 , n2 are two unit vectors and θ is the angle between them, then cos θ / 2 =
1 1 1 | n1 × n2 |
a) | n1 + n2 | b) | n1 − n2 | c) | n1 . n2 | d)
2 2 2 2 | n1 | | n2 |
G
12. The projection of the vector a = 4i − 3 j + 2 k on the axis making equal acute angles with the coodinate axes is
1
a) 3 b) 3 c) d) none of these.
3
G G G G G G
13. a .(b + c ) × ( a + b + c ) =
G G G G G G
a) 0 b) 2[ a b c ] c) [ a b c ] d) none of these.
14. A unit vector in xy-plane making an angle of 45° with the vector i + j and an angle of 60° with the vector 3i − 4 j is
i + j i − j
a) i b)
2
c) d) none of these.
2
G G G G G G
15. If the unit vectors a = xi + y j + z k and b = j are such that a , c and b form a right handed system, then c is
G
a) z i − x k b) 0 c) y j d) − z i + x k .
16. If C is the middle point of AB and P is any point outside AB, then
G G
a) PA + PB = PC b) PA + PB = 2PC c) PA+ PB + PC = O d) PA + PB + 2PC = O
17. The value of b such that the scalar product of the vector i + j + k with the unit vector parallel to the sum of the vectors 2i + 4 j − 5k
and bi + 2 j + 3k is one, is

a) -2 b) -1 c) 0 d) 1
18. Volume of the parallelopiped whose coterminal edges are 2i − 3 j + 4 k , i + 2 j − 2 k , 3i − j + k , is
a) 5 units b) 6 units c) 7 units d) 8 units
19. i .( j × k ) + j .( k × i ) + k .(i × j ) =
a) 1 b) 3 c) -3 d) 0
G G G G G G G G G
20. Each of the angle between vectors a , b and c is equal to 60°. If | a | = 4,| b | = 2 and | c | = 6, then the modulus of a + b + c
is
21. If a = i + 2 j + 3k , b = −i + 2 j + k and c = 3i + j , then t such that a + t b is at right angle to c will be equal to
a) 5 b) 4 c) 6 d) 2
22. If | a | = 2, | b | = 5 and | a × b | = 8 then a . b can be equal to

23. If a . b = b . c = c . a = 0, then [ a, b, c ] is equal to

a) 0 b) 1 c) -1 d) | a | | b | |c |.
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24. Let a, b and c be three non-coplanar vectors, and let p, q and r be the vectors defined by the relations
b×c c×a a ×b
p= , q= and r =
[ a b c] [abc] [abc]
Then the value of the expression ( a + b ) . p + (b + c ) . q + ( c + a ) . r is equal to
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3
25. The volume of the parallelopiped whose sides are given by OA = 2i − 3 j , OB = i + j − k , OC = 3i − k is
a) 4 / 13 b) 4 c) 2 / 7 d) none of these.
26. Let a, b, c be distinct non negative numbers. If the vectos ai + aj + ck , i + k and ci + cj + bk lie in a plane, then c is
a) the arithmetic mean of a and b b) the geometric mean of a and b
c) the harmonic mean of a and b d) equal to zero
27. Given a = i + j − k , b = −i + 2 j + k and c = −i + 2 j − k . A unit vector perpendicular to both a + b and b + c is
2 i + j + k i + j + k
a) b) j c) k d)
6 3
28. A unit tangent vector at t = 2 on the curve x = t 2 + 2, y = 4t - 5, z = 2t 2 - 6t is
1 1 1
a) (i + j + k ) b) ( 2i + 2 j + k) c) (2i + j + k ) d) none of these.
3 3 6
1 2 1 3
29. A particle moves along a curve so that its coordinates at time t are x = t, y = t , z = t . The acceleation at t = 1 is
2 3
a) j + 2 k b) j + k c) 2 j + k d) none of these.
1
30. If a and b are two unit vectors and φ is the angle between them, then | a − b | is equal to
2
a) 0 b) π / 2 c) | sin φ / 2 | d) | cos φ / 2 |
31. The value of i × (a × i ) + j × ( a × j ) + k × ( a × k ) is

a) a b) 2a c) 0 d) 3a
32. The value of [ a × b, b × c, c × a ] is
a) 2 [ a b c ] b) [ a b c ] c) [ a b c ]2 d) 0
33. If a = xi + 5 j + 7 k , b = i + j − k , c = i + 2 j + 2 k are coplanar then the value of x is
a) 1 b) -2 c) -1 d) none of these.
G G
34. If a and b are position vector of A and B respectively, then the position vector of a point C in AB produced such that AC = 3 AB is
G G G G G G G G
a) 3 a − b b) 3 b − a c) 3 a − 2b d) 3 b − 2a
ANSWERS
1. b 2. b 3. d 4. b 5. c 6. b 7. a
8. b 9. c 10. a 11. a 12. b 13. a 14. d
15. a 16. b 17. d 18. c 19. b 20. a 21. a
22. b 23. d 24. d 25. b 26. b 27. c 28. b
29. a 30. c 31. b 32. c 33. d 34. d
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THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY
1. The distance of the point P ( a, b, c ) from the x-axis is
a) b2 + c2 b) a 2 + c2 c) a 2 + b2 d) none of these.
2. If α, β, γ are the angles which a directed line makes with the positive directions of the coordinate axes, then sin2 α + sin2 β + sin2 γ is
equal to
3. Equation of the line passing thro’ (1,1,1) and perpendicular to 2 x + 3 y + z + 5 = 0 is
x −1 y −1 z −1 x −1 y −1 z −1 x −1 y −1 z −1 x −1 y −1 z −1
a) = = b) = = c) = = d) = =
−1 1 1 2 3 1 3 3 1 1 3 2
x −1 y − 2 z +1 x +1 y +1 z − 2
4. The value of λ for which the lines = = and = = are perpendicular to each other is
1 λ −1 −λ 2 1
a) 0 b) 1 c) -1 d) none of these.
5. The number of spheres of radius r touching the coordinate axes is

6. The equation of the sphere which passes through the points ( 1, 0, 0 ), ( 0, 1, 0 ), ( 0, 0, 1 ) and having radius as small possible, is
a) 3 ( x 2 + y 2 + z 2 ) − 2 ( x + y + z ) − 1 = 0 b) x2 + y2 + z2 − x − y − z − 1 = 0
c) 3 ( x 2 + y 2 + z 2 ) − 2 ( x + y + z) + 1 = 0 d) none of these.
x − 2 y +1 x −1 2y + 3 z + 5
7. The angle between the lines = , z = 2 and = = is
3 −2 1 3 2
a) π/2 b) π / 3 c) π/6 d) none of these.
8. The DCs of the line 6x - 2 = 3y + 1 = 2z - 2 are
1 1 1 1 2 3
a) , , b) , , c) 1, 2, 3 d) none of these.
3 3 3 14 14 14
9. A line passes through two points A ( 2, -3, -1 ) and B ( 8, -1, 2 ). The coordinates of a point on this line at a distance of 14 units from A are
a) ( 14, 1, 5 ) b) ( -10, -7, -7 ) c) ( 86, 25, 41 ) d) none of these.
10. The position vector of the point in which the line joining the points i − 2 j + k and 3i − 2 j cuts the plane through the origin and the
points 4 j and 2i + k , is
3ˆ 3
a) 6i − 10 j + 3k b) i − 2 ˆj + kˆ c) −6i + 10 j − 3k d) none of these.
2 4
11. The coordinate of the middle point of the line joining the points ( -1, -1, 1 ) and ( -1, 1, -1 ) are
a) ( 0, 0, 0 ) b) ( -1, 0, 0 ) c) ( 0, -1, 1 ) d) ( 0, 1, -1 ).
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12. The direction cosines of the line joining the points ( 1, 2, -3 ) and ( -2, 3, 1 ) are
−3 1 4 −1 5 −2
a) -3, 1, 4 b) -1, 5, -2 c) , , d) , ,
26 26 26 30 30 30
13. The equation of the XOY plane is

a) x = 0 b) y = 0 c) z = 0 d) z = c, c ≠ 0
14. The equation of z-axis is

a) z = 0, x = 0 b) z = 0, y = 0 c) x = 0, y = 0 d) x = k, y = -k., ( k ≠ 0)
15. The ratio in which the yz plane divides the line joining the points ( -2, 4, 7 ) and ( 3, -5, 8 ) is
a) 2 : 3 b) 3 : 2 c) 4 : 5 d) -7 : 8
16. The coordinates of the point equidistant from the points ( a, 0, 0 ), ( 0, a, 0 ), ( 0, 0, a ) and ( 0, 0, 0 ) are
a) ( a/3, a/3, a/3 ) b) ( a/2, a/2, a/2 ) c) ( a, a, a ) d) ( 2a, 2a, 2a, )
17. The coordinate of the foot of the perpendicular from the point ( a, b, c ) on z-axis is
a) ( a, 0, 0 ) b) ( 0, b, 0 ) c) ( 0, 0, c ) d) ( a, b, 0 )
18. l = m = n = 1 represents the direction cosines of

a) x-axis b) y-axis c) z-axis d) none of these.
19. The direction cosines of a line equally inclined with the co-ordinate axes are
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
a) , , b) , , c) , , d) , ,
2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2
20. A line makes an angle of 60° with each of x and y axis, the angle which it makes with z axis is
a) 30° b) 45° c) 60° d) none of these.
21. If l1 , m1 , n1 and l2 , m2 , n2 be direction cosines of two perpendicular lines, then
l1 m1 n1 l1 m1 n1
a) l1 l2 + m1 m2 + n1 n2 = 0 b) l1 l2 + m1 m2 + n1 n2 = 1 c) + + =1 d) + + =0
l2 m2 n2 l2 m2 n2
22. Algebraic sum of the intercepts made by the plane x + 3y - 4z + 6 = 0 on the axes is
a) - 13/2 b) 19 / 2 c) - 22/3 d) 26/3
23. The equation of the plane passing through the point ( 1, -1, 2 ) and parallel to the plane 3x + 4y - 5z = 0 is
a) 3x + 4 y − 5z + 11 = 0 b) 3x + 4 y − 5z = 11 c) 6 x + 8 y − 10z = 1 d) 3x + 4 y − 5z = 2
x − 1 y + 1 z + 10
24. The reflection of the point A ( 1, 0, 0 ) in the line = = is
2 −3 8
a) ( 3, -4, -2 ) b) ( 5, -8, -4 ) c) ( 1, -1, -10 ) d) ( 2, -3, 8 )
25. The centre of the sphere ( x + 1) ( x − 1) + ( y − 2) ( y + 2) + ( z − 3) ( z + 3) = 0 is

a) ( -1, 2, 3 ) b) ( 1, -2, -3 ) c) ( 0, 0, 0 ) d) ( 1, 2, 3 )
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26. A sphere of constant radius k passes through the origin and meets coordinate axes in A, B, C. The centroid of the triangle ABC lies on
a) x2 + y2 + z2 = k 2 b) 4 ( x 2 + y 2 + z 2 ) = 9 k 2
c) 2 ( x2 + y2 + z2 ) = 3 k 2 d) 9 ( x 2 + y 2 + z 2 ) = 4 k 2
27. The ratio in which the plane

G G
( G G
) G G G G G G
r . i − 2 j + 3k = 17 divides the line joining the points − 2i + 4 j + 7 k and 3i − 5 j + 8k is
a) 1 : 5 b) 1: 10 c) 3 : 5 d) 3 : 10
28. The direction ratios of the diagonals of a cube which joins the origin to the opposite corner are (when the 3 concurrent edges of the cube are
co-ordinate axes
−2 2 2
a) , , b) 1,1,1 c) 2, -2, 1 d) 1, 2, 3
3 3 3
ANSWERS
1. a 2. b 3. b 4. b 5. c 6. a 7. a
8. b 9. a, b 10. b 11. b 12. c 13. c 14. c
15. a 16. b 17. c 18. d 19. c 20. b 21. a
22. a 23. a 24. b 25. c 26. d 27. d 28. b
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PROBABILITY
1. Three of the six vertices of a regular hexagon are chosen at random. The probability that the triangle with these vertices is equilateral, equals
a) 1/2 b) 1/5 c) 1/10 d) 1/20
2. The probability of India winning a test match against West Indies is 1/2. Assuming independence from match to match the probability that in a 5 match
series, India's second win occurs at the third test is
a) 1/8 b) 1/4 c) 1/2 d) 2/3
3. If two events A and B are such that P( A') = 0.3, P( B) = 0.4 and P( A ∩ B') = 0.5, then P ( B / A ∪ B ' ) equals
a) 3/4 b) 5/6 c) 1/4 d) 3/7
4. If the probabilities that A and B will die within a year are x and y respectively then the probability that exactly one of them will be alive at the end
of the year is
a) x + y + 2 xy b) x + y + xy c) x + y − xy d) x + y − 2 xy
5. The probability of three persons having the same date and month for the birthday is
a) 1/365 b) 1/(365)2 c) 1/(365)3 d) none of these
6. A speaks truth in 70 percent cases and B speaks the truth in 80 percent cases. The probability that they will say the same thing while describing
a single event is
a) 0.56 b) 0.62 c) 0.38 d) 0.94
7. One mapping is selected at random from all the mappings from the set S = {1,2,3,..,n} into itself. The probability that the selected mapping is one-
to-one is
a) l / nn b) l / n! c) bn − 1g!/ n n −1
d) none of these
8. Two non-negative integers are chosen at random. The probability that their product is divisible by 5 is
a) 7/25 b) 8/25 c) 9/25 d) 2/5
9. A man is known to speak the truth 3 out of 4 times. He throws a die and reports that it is a six. The probability that it is actually a six is
b
10. Three six-faced fair dice are thrown together. The probability that the sum of the numbers appearing on the dice is k 3 ≤ k ≤ 8 is g
a) ( k − 1) ( k − 2) / 432 b) k ( k − 1) / 432 c) k 2 / 432 d) none of these
11. A determinant is chosen at random from the set of all determinants of order 2 with elements 0 or 1 only. The probability that the determinant
chosen is non-zero is
12. Three persons A, B and C are to speak at a function along with 5 other persons. If the persons speak in random order, the probability that
A speaks before B and B speaks before C is
13. Three identical dice are rolled. The probability that the same number will appear on each of them is
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1 1 1 3
a) b) c) d)
6 36 18 28
14. If there are 6 girls and 5 boys who sit in a row, then the probability that no two boys sit together is
6!6! 7 !5! 6!7 !

2 !11! 2 !11! 2 !11!
15. Two dice are rolled one after the other. The probability that the number on the first is smaller than the number on the second is
a) 1 / 2 b) 7 / 18 c) 3 / 4 d) 5 / 12
16. A four figure number is formed of the figures 1, 2, 3, 5 with no repetitions. The probability that the number is divisible by 5 is
17. In the above question the probability that the number is odd is
18. Suppose n (≥ 3) persons are sitting in a row. Two of them are selected at random. The probability that they are not together is
2 2 1
a) 1 − b) c) 1 − d) none of these
n n −1 n
19. Two events A and B have probabilities 0.25 and 0.50 respectively. The probability that both A and B occur is 0.14. Then the probability that
neither A nor B occurs
a) 0.39 b) 0.25 c) 0.11 d) none of these
20. An integer is chosen at random from the first 200 positive integers. The probability that the integer chosen is divisible by 6 or 8 is
21. If two squares are chosen at random on a chess board, the probability that they have a side in common is
22. The probability that the 13th day of a randomly chosen month is a Friday, is
a) 1/12 b) 1/7 c) 1/84 d) none of these.
23. If the letters of the word 'REGULATION' be arranged at random, the probability that there will be exactly 4 letters between R and E is
a) 1/10 b) 1/9 c) 1/5 d) 1/2
24. A coin is tossed three times. The probability of getting head and tail alternately is
25. A box contains 100 bulbs out of which 10 are defective. A sample of 5 bulbs is drawn. The probability that none is defective, is
FG 1 IJ 5
F 1I
b) G J
5
F 9I
c) G J
5
9
a)
H 10K H 2K H 10K d)
10
26. A carton contains 20 bulbs, 5 of which are defective. The probability that, if a sample of 3 bulbs is chosen at random from the carton, 2 will be
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defective, is
a) 1 / 16 b) 3 / 64 c) 9 / 64 d) 2 / 3
27. In a class of 125 students 70 passed in Mathematics, 55 in Statistics and 30 in both. The probability that a student selected at random from the class,
has passed in only one subject is
a) 13 / 25 b) 3 / 25 c) 17 / 25 d) 8 / 25.
28. 3 mangoes and 3 apples are in a box. If 2 fruits are chosen at random, the probability that one is a mango and the other is an apple is
29. There are 4 white and 4 black balls in a bag and 3 balls are drawn at random. If balls of same colour are identical, the probability that none of them
is black, is
30. A father has 3 children with at least one boy. The probability that he has 2 boys and one girl is
a) 1 / 4 b) 3 /7 c) 2 / 3 d) none of these
31. If x ∈[0, 5], then what is the probability that x − 3x + 2 ≥ 0 ?

2
32. An almirah stores 5 black and 4 white socks well mixed. A boy pulls out 2 socks at random. The probability that 2 are of the same colour
is
a) 4/9 b) 5/8 c) 5/9 d) 7/12
33. If x ∈[1,5], then the probability that x 2 − 5 x + 4 < 0 is

a) 3/4 b) 4/4 c) 2/4 d) 1/4
ANSWERS
1. c 2. b 3. c 4. d 5. b 6. b 7. c
8. c 9. a 10. a 11. b 12. b 13. b 14. c
15. d 16. b 17. a 18. a 19. a 20. b 21. b
22. c 23. b 24. c 25. c 26. c 27. a 28. a
29. b 30. b 31. a 32. a 33. a
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STATISTICS
1. Which of the following is not a measure of central tendency

a) Mean b) Median c) Mode d) Range
2. The mean of first n natural numbers is

n(n + 1) n +1
a) b) n(n + 1) c) d) (n + 1)
2 2
3. For a continuous series the mean is computed by the following formula
∑f ∑d ∑f ∑ fd
a) Mean = A + b) Mean = A + c) Mean = A + d) Mean = A +
n ∑f ∑d ∑f
4. The weighted mean of first n natural numbers whose weights are equal to the squares of corresponding number is
n +1 3n(n + 1) (n + 1) (2n + 1) n(n + 1)
a) b) c) d)
2 2(2n + 1) 6 2
5. The mean of a set of numbers is x . If each number is increased by λ , the mean of the new set is
a) x b) x+λ c) λ x d) none of these
6. The relationship between mean, median and mode for a moderately skewed distribution is
a) Mode = Median -2 Mean b) Mode = 2 Median - Mean
c) Mode = 3 Median -2 Mean d) Mode = 2 Median -3 Mean
7. If in a moderately asymmetrical distribution mode and mean of the data are 6λ and 9λ respectively, then median is
a) 8λ b) 7λ c) 6λ d) 5λ
8. If a variable takes the discrete values

7 5 1 1
α + 4, α − , α − , α − 3, α − 2, α + , α − , α + 5(α > 0) , then the median is
2 2 2 2
5 1 5
a) α − b) α − c) α − 2 d) α +
4 2 4
2 3 n
9. Geometric mean of 2,2 ,2 ,⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅2 is
2 n n −1 n +1
a) 2n b) 22 c) 2 2 d) 2 2
10. The harmonic mean of 3,7,8,10,14 is

1 1 1 1 1
3 + 7 + 8 + 10 + 14 1 1 1 1 1 + + + + 5
a) d) + + + + c) 3 7 8 10 14 d)
5 3 7 8 10 14 4 1 1 1 1 1
+ + + +
3 7 8 10 14
2
11. If each observation of a raw data, whose variance is σ , is multiplied by λ , then the variance of the new set is
a) σ 2 b) λ2σ 2 c) λ + σ 2 d) λ2 + σ 2
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12. The harmonic mean of the numbers 2,3,4, is
1 36 13
a) 3 b) (24)3 c) d)
13 36
13. Let s be the standard deviation of n observations. Each of the n observations is multiplied by a constant c. Then the standard deviation of
the resulting numbers is
a) s b) cs d) s c d) none of these
14. The S.D of the first n natural numbers is
n +1 n(n + 1) n2 − 1
2 2 12
15. Which of the following, in case of a discrete data, is not equal to the median ?
a) 50th percentile b) 5th decile c) 2nd quartile d) lower quartile
16. For a frequency distribution, 7th decile is computed by the formula
n  n 
 − c  − c
a) D7 = l +  7  ×i b) D7 = l +  10  ×i
f f
 7n   10n 
 − c  − c
c) D7 = l +  10  ×i d) D7 = l +  7  ×i
f f
17. For a continuous series, the mode is computed by the formula
f m −1  f1  f m − f m−1 f m − f1
a) l + × C or l +   × i b) l + × C or l + ×i
f m − f m−1 − f m+1  f m − f1 − f 2  f m − f m −1 − f m +1 f m − f1 − f 2
f m − f m−1 f m − f1 2 f m − f m−1 2 f m − f1
c) l + × C or l + × i d) l + × C or l + ×i
2 f m − f m−1 − f m+1 2 f m − f1 − f 2 f m − f m −1 − f m +1 f m − f1 − f 2
18. The standard deviation for the set of numbers 1,4,5,7,8 is 2.45 nearly. If 10 are added to each number, then the new standard deviation will
be
a) 2.45 nearly b) 24.45 nearly c) 0.245 nearly d) 12.45 nearly
19. For a frequency distribution, lower quartile is computed by
N  N 
 −C  −C
a) Q1 = l +  4  ×i b) Q1 = l +  2  ×i
f f
 3N 
 −C (N − C ) × i
c) Q1 = l +  4  ×i d) Q1 = l +
f f
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Size of items 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
20. The upper quartile for the following distribution is given by the size of
Frequency 2 4 5 8 7 3 2
th th th th
 31 + 1    31 + 1    31 + 1    31 + 1 
a)   item b)  2  item c) 3  item d)  4  item
 4    4    4    4 
21. The A.M of a set of 50 numbers is 38. If two numbers of the set, namely 55 and 45 are discarded, the A.M of the remaining set of numbers
is
a) 38.5 b) 37.5 c) 36.5 d) 36.
22. An automobile driver travels from plane to a hill station 120 km distant at an average speed of 30 km per hour. He then makes the return
trip at an average speed of 25 km per hour. He covers another 120 km distance on plane at an average sped of 50 km per hour. His average
speed over the entire distance will be
30 + 25 + 50
a)
3
km/hour b) (30,25,50 )1 / 3
3
c) km/hour d) none of these
1 1 1
+ +
30 25 50
23. If x1 , x2 , x3 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ xn be n observations, then the quantity (x1 , x2 , x3 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ xn )1 / n is called

a) H.M b) A.M c) G.M d) none of these
6n
24. If the mean of 1,2,3,.........n is then n is
11
a) 10 b) 12 c) 11 d) 13
25. If the standard deviation of 0,1,2,3,........9 is K, then the standard deviation of 10,11,12,13.......19 is
a) K b) K + 10 c) K + 10 d) 10K
26. If in a moderately asymmetrical distribution mode and mean of the data are 6λ and 9λ respectively, then median is
a) 8λ b) 7λ c) 6λ d) 5λ
27. If a variable takes the discrete values α + 4, α − 7 / 2, α − 5 / 2, α − 3, α − 2, α + 1 / 2, α − 1 / 2, α + 5(α > 0) , then the median is
a) α − 5 / 4 b) α − 1 / 2 c) α − 2 d) α + 5 / 4
28. For a symmetrical distribution P25 and P75 are 40 and 60 respectively. The value of median will be
29. The standard deviation of first n natural numbers is
n(n + 1) (2n + 1) n −1
2  n2 − 1 
a) b) c)
  d) none of these
6  12 
12  
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ax + b
30. If S.D of a variate x is σ , then S.D of where a, b, c are constants is
c
c c2 b a
a) σ b) 2
σ c) σ d) σ
a a c c
31. If the variance of observations x1 , x2 ,......... xn is σ 2 , then the variance of px1 , px2 ,....... pxn . p ≠ 0 is given by
a) pσ 2 b) p 2 σ 2 c) σ 2 / p 2 d) none of these
ANSWERS
1. d 2. c 3. d 4. b 5. b 6. c 7. a
8. a 9. d 10. d 11. b 12. c 13. b 14. c
15. d 16. c 17. c 18. a 19. a 20. c 21. b
22. c 23. c 24. c 25. a 26. a 27. a 28. a
29. c 30. d 31. b
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CORRELATION AND REGRESSION ANALYSIS
1. If a linear relation aX + bY + c = 0 exists between the variables X and Y and ab < 0, then the coefficients of correlation between X and Y is
a) 1 b) -1 c) 0 d) any number between -1 and 1.
2. Let X and Y be two variables with the same variance and U and V be two variables such that U = X + Y, V = X - Y. Then Cov ( U, V ) is
equal to
a) Cov ( X, Y ) b) 0 c) 1 d) -1
3. If X and Y are independent variables, then the two lines of regression are
a) x = 0, y = 0 b) x = 0, y = const c) x = const, y = 0 d) x = const, y = const.
4. If bYX and bXY are both positive, then

1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 r
a) + ≤ b) + ≥ c) + ≤ d) none of these.
bYX bXY r bYX bXY r bYX bXY 2
5. The line of regression of X on Y referred to the means of X and Y as the origin is

σX σX σX
a) x− X =r ( y − Y ) b) x = r (y −Y ) c) x = r y d) none of these.
σY σY σY
4
6. If the regression of Y on X is , then the regression coefficient of X on Y
3
3 3
a) is b) is less than or equal to c) is less than 1 d) can take any value
4 4
7. Let X and Y be two variables with the same mean. If the lines of regressions of Y on X and X on Y respectively y = α x + b and
x = α y + b, then the value of the common mean is
b 1− a β b
a) b) c) d)
1− a b 1− a 1− α
8. The arithmetic mean of the first n odd natural numbers is

a) n b) ( n + 1 ) /2 c) ( n - 1 ) d) none of these.
9. The arithmetic mean of the squares of the first n natural numbers is

a) ( n + 1 ) / 6 b) ( n + 1 ) ( 2n + 1 ) / 6 c) ( n2 - 1 ) / 6 d) none of these.
10. The arithmetic mean of the series 1, 2, 22 , ....., 2n-1 is

a) 2n / n b) ( 2 n − 1) / n c) ( 2 n + 1) / n d) none of these.
11. The arithmetic mean of the data given by

Variate (x) 0 1 2 3 ... n
n n n n
Frequency (f ) C0 C1 C2 n
C3 ... Cn
a) ( n + 1 ) / 2 b) n / 2 c) 2n / n d) none of these.
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12. The mean height of 25 male workers in factory is 61 cms, and the mean height of 35 female workers in the same factory is 58 cms. The combined
mean height of 60 workers in the factory is
a) 59.25 b) 59.5 c) 59.75 d) 58.75.
13. The mean weight of 9 items is 15. If one more item is added to the series the mean becomes 16. The value of 10th item is
a) 35 b) 30 c) 25 d) 20.
14. If X and Y are two random variables with the same standard deviation and coefficient of correlation r, then the coefficient of correlation
between X and X + Y is
1+ r 1+ r 1− r 1− r
a) b) c) d) .
2 2 2 2
15. Suppose ∑ x = 15, ∑ y = 36, ∑ xy = 110, n = 5, then cov ( x, y ) is

a) 0.4 b) 0.6 c) 0.8 d) 0.9.
X −5 Y −3
16. If the correlation coefficient between X and Y is 0.6 and if U = and V = ,
2 3
then the coefficient of correlation between U and V is
a) 0.8 b) 0.6 (c) 0.3 d) 0.2
X −3 Y −4
17. Suppose the correlation coefficient between X and Y is -0.7 and if U = and V = , then the correlation coeff.
−2 5
between U and V is
a) 0.7 b) - 0.7 c) 0.8 d) none of these.
18. If cov (X, Y ) = -13.5, Var ( X ) = 2.25 and Var (Y ) = 100, then the coefficient of correlation between X and Y is
a) 0.8 b) - 0.8 c) -0.9 d) 0.9.
19. If two lines of regressions are 3x + 12y = 19 and 9x + 3y = 46, the correlation coefficient is
a) 1/ 2 3 b) −1 / 2 3 c) 0.52 d) - 0.52.
20. The two lines of regressions intersect in

a) (σ x , σ y ) b) ( x , y) c) ( x / σ x , y / σ y ) d) none of these.
ANSWERS
1. a 2. b 3. d 4. b 5. c 6. b 7. a
8. a 9. b 10. b 11. b 12. a 13. c 14. b
15. a 16. b 17. a 18. c 19. b 20. b
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SETS, RELATIONS AND MAPPINGS FUNCTIONS
1. A survey shows that 63% of the Americans like cheese whereas 76% like apples. If x% of the Americans like both cheese and apples, then
a) x = 39 b) x = 63 c) 39 ≤ x ≤ 63 d) x ≤ 39
2. If X = {4 n − 3n − 1 | n ∈ N } and Y = {9 ( n − 1) | n ∈ N }, then X ∪ Y is equal to

a) X b) Y c) N d) none of these
RS
3. If sets A and B are defined as A = ( x , y ) | y =
1 UV l
, 0 ≠ x ∈ R , B = ( x , y ) | y = − x , x ∈ R , then q
T x W
a) A∩ B = A b) A ∩ B = B c) A∩ B = φ d) none of these
4. If a N = { a x | x ∈ N } and b N ∩ c N = d N , where b, c ∈ N then

a) d = bc b) c = bd c) b = cd d) none of these
5. If A and B are two sets, then A ∩ ( A ∪ B) equals

a) A b) B c) φ d) none of these
6. Which of the following is the empty set ?

a) { x | x is a real number and x2- 1 = 0 } b) { x | x is a real number and x2 + 1 = 0 }
c) { x | x is a real number and x2- 9 = 0 } d) { x | x is a real number and x2 = x + 2}.
7. A set contains n elements. The power set contains.

a) n elements b) 2n elements c) n2 elements d) none of these
8. Let A and B be two non-empty subsets of a set X such that A is not a subset of B, then
a) A is a subset of complement of B b) B is a subset of A
c) A and B are disjoint d) A and the complement of B are non-disjoint.
9. If A = { 1, 2, 3 } and B = { 3, 8 }, then ( A ∪ B) × ( A ∩ B) is
a) {( 3, 1 ), ( 3, 2 ), ( 3, 3 ), ( 3, 8 )} b) {( 1, 3 ), ( 2, 3 ), ( 3, 3 ), ( 8, 3 )}
c) {( 1, 2 ), ( 2, 2 ), ( 3, 3 ), ( 8, 8 )} d) {( 8, 3 ), ( 8, 2 ), ( 8, 1 ), ( 8, 8 )}
10. For any set A, (A' )' is equal to

a) A' b) A c) φ d) none of these
11. The symmetric difference of A = { 1, 2, 3 } and B = ( 3, 4, 5 } is

a) { 1, 2 } b) { 1, 2, 4, 5 } c) { 4, 3 } d) { 2, 5, 1, 4, 3 }.
12. Let U be the universal set containing 700 elements. If A, B are sub-sets of U such that n (A) = 200, n (B) = 300 and n( A ∩ B) = 100.
Then n( A'∩ B') =
13. If A = {x ∈ R | 0 < x < 1} and B = {x ∈ R | − 1 < x < 1}, then A × B is the set
a) of all points lying inside the rectangle having vertices at (1, 1), (0, 1), (0, -1) and (1, -1)
b) of all points lying inside the rectangle having vertices at (1, 0), (1, 1), (0, 1) and (0, 0)
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c) of all points lying on the sides of the rectangle whose vertices are at (1,1), (0,1), (0,-1) and (1,-1)
d) none of these
14. If A = { a, b, c }, B = { c, d, e }, C = { a, d, f }, then A × ( B ∪ C) is
a) {( a, d ), ( a, e ), ( a, c )} b) {( a, d ), ( b, d ), ( c, d )} c) {( d, a ), ( d, b ), ( d, c )} d) none of these
15. If R is a relation from a finite set A having m elements to a finite set B having n elements, then the number of relations from A to B is
a) 2mn b) 2mn -1 c) 2mn d) mn
16. Let R be a reflexive relation on a set A and I be the identity relation on A. Then
a) R⊂I b) I ⊂ R c) R = I d) none of these
17. Let A be the non-void set of the children in a family. The relation 'x is a brother of y' on A is
a) reflexive b) symmetric c) transitive d) none of these
18. The relation R defined in N as a R b ⇔ b is divisible by a is

a) reflexive but not symmetric c) symmetric but not transitive c) symmetric and transitive d) none of these
19. Given the relation R = {( 1, 2 ), ( 2, 3 )} on the set A = { 1, 2, 3 }, the minimum number of ordered pairs which when added to R make it an
equivalence relation is
a) 5 b) 6 c) 7 d) 8
20. Let R1 be a relation defined by R1 = {( a, b ) | a ³ b, a, b ∈ R }. Then R1 is

a) an equivalence relation on R b) reflexive, transitive but not symmetric
c) symmetric, transitive but not reflexive d) neither transitive nor reflexive but
symmetric
21. Let P = {( x, y ) | x2 + y2 = 1, x, y ∈ R }. Then P is

a) reflexive b) symmetric c) transitive d) antisymmetric
22. For real numbers x and y, we write x Ry ⇔ x − y + 2 is an irrational number. Then the relation R is
a) reflexive b) symmetric c) transitive d) none of these.
23. Let n be a fixed positive integer. Define relation R on the set Z of integers by, a Rb ⇔ n | a − b | Then R is
a) reflexive b) symmetric c) transitive d) equivalence.
24. Let L denote the set of all straight lines in a plane. Let a relation R be defined by α R β ⇔ α ⊥ β, α , β ∈ L. Then R is
a) reflexive b) symmetric c) transitive d) none of these.
25. If R = {( x, y ) | x, y ∈ Z , x 2 + y 2 ≤ 4} is a relation in Z, then domain of R is

a) { 0, 1, 2 } b) { 0, -1, -2 } c) {-2, -1, 0, 1, 2} d) none of these
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26. Let R be a relation defined in the set of real numbers by a R b ⇔ 1 + ab > 0. Then R is
a) equivalence relation b) transitive c) symmetric d) anti-symmetric.
27. Which of the following is not an equivalence relation on Z ?
a) a R b ⇔ a + b is an even integer b) a R b ⇔ a − b is an even integer
c) a R b ⇔ a < b d) a R b ⇔ a = b
28. The relation R defined on the set A = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 } by R = {( x , y ):| x 2 − y 2 | < 16} is given by
a) R1 = {( 1, 1 ), ( 2, 1 ), ( 3, 1 ), ( 4, 1 ), ( 2, 3 )} b) R2 = {( 2, 2 ), ( 3, 2 ), ( 4, 2 ), ( 5, 2 )}
c) R3 = {( 3, 3 ), ( 4, 3 ), ( 5, 4 ), ( 3, 4 )} d) none of these
29. Sets A and B have 3 and 6 elements each. What can be minimum number of elements in A ∪ B ?
a) 3 b) 6 c) 9 d) 18
30. Two finite sets have m and n elements respectively. The total number of subsets of first set is 56 more than the total number of subsets of the second
set. The values of m and n respectively are
a) 7, 6 b) 6, 3 c) 5, 1 d) 8, 7
31. Let S be the set of integers. For a , b ∈ S , a Rb if and only if | a - b | < 1, then
a) R is not reflexive b) R is not symmetric c) R = {( a, a ); a ∈ I} d) R is not an equivalence relation.
32. A and B are two sets having 3 and 4 elements respectively and having 2 elements in common. The number of relations which can be defined from
A to B is
a) 25 b) 210 - 1 c) 212 - 1 d) none of these
33. If f (x) is a polynomial satisfying f (x ) f (1 / x ) = f (x ) + f (1 / x ) and f ( 3) = 28, then f ( 4 ) is given by

a) 63 b) 65 c) 67 d) 68
−1
34. The function f : [ -1/2, 1/2 ] → [ − π / 2, π / 2] defined by f ( x ) = sin ( 3x − 4 x ) is
3
a) both one-one and onto b) neither one-one nor onto c) onto but not one-one d) one-one but not onto
1 1
35. Given f ( x) = and g ( x ) = . Then
| x|− x x −| x|
a) dom f ≠ φ and dom g = φ b) dom f = φ and dom g ≠ φ
c) dom f ≠ φ and dom g ≠ φ d) dom f = φ and dom g = φ
36. Which of the following functions is not onto

a) f : R → R , f ( x ) = 3x + 4 b) f : R → R + , f ( x) = x 2 + 2
c) f : R + → R + , f ( x) = x d) none of these
37. Which of the following functions is not one - one
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a) f : R → R, f ( x) = 2 x + 5 b) f :[ 0, π ] → [ −1, 1], f ( x ) = cos x
c) f :[ − π / 2, π / 2] → [ −1, 1], f ( x ) = 2 sin x + 3 d) f : R → [ −1, 1], f ( x ) = sin x
38. Let f ( x ) = x 2 and g ( x ) = 2 x then the solution set of fog(x) = gof (x) is
a) R b) { 0 } c) { 0, 2 } d) none of these
39. The range of the function f ( x) = cos[ x] for - π / 2 < x < π / 2 contains
a) { -1, 1, 0 } b) { cos 1, 1, cos 2 } c) { cos 1, -cos 1, 1 } d) [ -1, 1 ].
1− x
40. If f ( x ) = , the domain of f -1 (x) contains
1+ x
a) ( −∞, ∞) b) ( −∞, − 1) c) ( −1, ∞) d) (− ∞,−1)U (− 1, ∞ )
41. Let g ( x ) = x − 4 x − 5 then
2
a) g is one - one on R b) g is one - one on ( −∞,2)

c) g is not one - one on ( −∞,4) d) none of these
sin x
42. Let f ( x) = . Then dom f does not contain
1 + sin x
3
a) ( 0, π ) b) ( −2π, − π) c) (2 π, 3π) d) ( 4 π , 6π )
10 x − 10− x
43. The inverse of the function y = is
10 x + 10− x
1 1+ x 1 1 2x
a) log10 ( 2 − x ) b) log10 c) log10 (2 x − 1) d) log
2 1− x 2 4 2− x
x+a
44. Let the function f : R − {−b} → R − {1} be defined by f ( x ) = ( a ≠ b). Then
x +b
a) f is one - one but not onto b) f is onto but not one - one
c) f is both one - one and onto d) none of these
sin([ x ]π )
45. If f ( x ) = , where [x] denotes the integral part of x, them
x2 + x + 1
a) f is one-one b) f is not one-one and non-constant function
c) f is a constant function d) none of these
ANSWERS
1. c 2. b 3. c 4. a 5. a 6. b 7. b
8. d 9. b 10. b 11. b 12. c 13. a 14. d
15. a 16. b 17. c 18. a 19. c 20. b 21. b
22. a 23. d 24. b 25. c 26. c 27. c 28. d
29. b 30. b 31. c 32. d 33. b 34. a 35. a
36. b 37. d 38. c 39. b 40. d 41. b 42. d
43. b 44. c 45. c
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LINEAR PROGRAMMING
1. The solution set of the inequation 2x + y > 5 is

a) half plane that contains the origin b) open half not containing the origin
c) whole xy-plane except the points lying on the line 2x + y = 5 d) none of these
2. If a point ( h, k ) satisfies an inequation ax + by ≥ 4 , then the half plane represented by the inequation is
a) the halfplane containing the point ( h, k ) but excluding the points on ax + by = 4
b) the halfplane containing the point ( h, k ) and the points on ax + by = 4
c) whole xy-plane
d) none of these.
3. In equation y - x ≤ 0 represents
a) the half plane that contains the positive x-axis b) closed half plane above the line y = x which contains positive
y-axis
c) half plane that contains the negative x-axis d) none of these.
4. In equations 3x − y ≥ 3 and 4x - y > 4

a) have solution for positive x and y b) have no solution to
positive x and y
c) have no solution for negative x d) have no solution for negative y.
5. The maximum value of P = 3x + 5y, subject to x ≤ 2, y ≤ 3, x + y ≤ 4, x ≥ 0 and y ≥ 0, is

a) 15 b) 16 c) 18 d) 20
6. The maximum value of P = x + y, subject to 2 x + y ≤ 4, x + 2 y ≤ 4, x ≥ 0 and y ≥ 0 is

a) 2 b) 3 c) 4/3 d) 8/3
7. The minimum value of P = x + 3y , subject to 2 x + y ≥ 6, x + y ≥ 4, x ≤ y, x ≥ 0 and y ≥ 0 , is

8. If S is a convex subset of the plane bounded by lines in the plane, then a linear function z = cx + dy, ( x, y ) ∈S, where c, d are scalars
attains its extreme value at the
a) boundary points b) points inside S c) vertices of S d) none of these.
9. A firm manufacturing two types of electrical items A and B can make a profit of Rs 160 per unit of A and Rs. 240 per unit of B. Both A and
B make use of two essential components, a motor and a transformer. Each unit of A requires 3 motors and 2 transformers and each unit of
B requires 2 motors and 4 transformers and total supply of components per month is restricted to 210 motors and 300 transformers. If x and
y denotes the number of items A and B which the firm should produce in order to maximize the profit then the objective function is
a) z = 3x + 2y b) z = 2x + 4y c) z = 210x + 300y d) none of these.
10. The minimum value of z = 2x + y subject to the contraints 5 x + 10 y ≤ 50, x + y ≥ 1, y ≤ 4 and x, y ≥ 0 is

a) 1/3 b) 1 c) 1/2 d) 5/2
11. A firm manufactures three products A, B and C. The profits are Rs 3, Rs 2 and Rs 4 respectively. The firm has 2 machines and below
is the required processing time in minutes for each machine Products
Machine A B C
C 4 3 5
D 2 2 4
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Machines C and D have 2000 and 2500 machine minutes. The firm must manufacture 100 A's, 200 B's and 50 C 's but not more than 150 A's.
The number of constraints the firm has is
a) 6 b) 7 c) 5 d) 8
12. A manufacturer of a line of patent medicines is preparing a production plan on medicines A and B, there are sufficient ingredients available
to make 20,000 bottles of A and 40,000 bottles of B but there are only 45,000 bottles into which either of the medicines can be put. Further
more it takes 3 hours to prepare enough material to fill 1000 bottles of A. It takes one hour to prepare enough material to fill 1000 bottles of
B and there are 66 hours available for this operation. The number of constraints the manufacturer has is
a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 d) 7
13. The maximum value of z = 5x + 7y subject to x + y ≤ 4, 3 x + 8 y ≤ 24, 10 x + 7 y ≤ 35, x, y ≥ 0 is

a) 22 b) 24.8 c) 26.4 d) 25
14. The maximum value of z = 3x + 5y subject to x + 2 y ≤ 2000, x + y ≤ 1500, x ≤ 600, x, y ≥ 0 is

a) 5000 b) 5300 c) 6000 d) 6500
15. A firm manufacturer trucks and buses. Inputs available are 720 man year 900 machines weeks and 1900 tons of steel production of a truck
requires 1 man - year, 3 machine-week and 5 tons of steel. Production of a bus requires 2 man-years, 1 machine-week and 4 tons of steel.
The price of a truck is Rs. 600,000 and the price of a bus is Rs. 800,000.
If a manufacturer produces x trucks and y buses then his objective function is
a) z = x + 3y b) z = 3x + 5y c) z = 600000 x + 800000 y d) z = 720 x + 900 y
16. Maximum value of 80 x + 120 y subject to x + y ≤ 9, x ≥ 2, y ≥ 3, 20 x + 50 y ≤ 360 is

a) 928 b) 840 c) 960 d) 1140
17. The maximum value of P = 4x + 2y subject to 4 x + 2 y ≤ 46, x + 3 y ≤ 24, x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0 is

a) 42 b) 48 c) 52 d) 46
18. Maximum Z = 6 x1 + 11x2

Subject to 2 x1 + x2 ≤ 104 , x1 + 2 x2 ≤ 76 and x1 , ≥ 0, x2 ≥ 0 , is
19. Maximum Z = 5 x1 + 7 x2
Subject to x1 + x2 ≤ 4, 3 x1 + 8 x2 ≤ 24
10 x1 + 7 x2 ≤ 35 and x1 , x2 ≥ 0 is
20. Minimum Z = x+ y
Subject to 3x + 2 y ≥ 12 , x + 3 y ≥ 11 and x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0 is
21. For Maximum value of Z = 5 x + 2 y

Subject to 2x + 3y ≥ 6 , x − 2 y ≤ 2 , 6 x + 4 y ≤ 24 , − 3x + 2y ≤ 3 and x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0 the values of x and y are
a) 18/7, 2/7 b) 7/2, 3/4 c) 3/2, 15/4 d) none of these
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22. For Maximum value of Z = 6 x1 − 2 x2
Subject to 2 x1 − x2 ≤ 2, x1 ≤ 3 and x1 , x2 ≥ 0 , the values of x1 and x2 are
a) 3, 4 b) 2, 3 c) 1, 2 d) none of these
23. Minimum Z = − x1 + 2x2

Subject to − x1 + 3 x2 ≤ 10 , x1 + x2 ≤ 6 , x1 − x2 ≤ 2 and x1 , x2 ≥ 0 , is
a) - 4 b) - 2 c) 2 d) none of these
24. For x + y ≤ 5, 2 x + y ≥ 4, x + 5 y ≥ 5, x ≥ 3, y ≤ 3 , then minimum value of z = x + 3 y is

a) 19/2 b) 11 c) 11/3 d) none of these
ANSWERS
1. b 2. b 3. a 4. a 5. c 6. d 7. a
8. c 9. d 10. b 11. a 12. a 13. b 14. b
15. c 16. c 17. d 18. c 19. b 20. a 21. b
22. a 23. b 24. c
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NUMERICAL METHODS
1. In decimal system, the number (3C 2)16 is equivalent to
a) (962)10 b) (862)10 c) (864)16 d) (860)10

2. Newton’s method for finding the root of the equation, f (x ) = 0 , is
f ' ( xn ) f ' ( xn ) f ( xn )
a) xn +1 = xn − b) xn +1 = xn + xn +1 = xn −
f ( xn ) f ( xn ) c)
f ' ( xn ) d) none of these
3. The root of the equation f ( x ) = 0 lying in the interval (a, b ) is
af (b ) − bf (a ) bf (a ) − af (b ) af (b ) − bf (a )
b−a b−a f (b) − f (a)
4. In decimal form, the number (362)16 is equivalent to
a) 866 b) 867 c) 868 d) 869
5. In normalized floating point respesentation, 0 ⋅ 8642 E 02 ÷ 0 ⋅ 2562 E 02 gives

a) 3⋅ 3731E 0 b) 3 ⋅ 3373 c) 3⋅ 3731 E 04 d) none of these
6. Gauss-Elimination method is used for solving

a) algebraic equations b) exponential equations c) trignometric equations d) Linear simultaneous equations
7. The number of significant digits in the number 0 ⋅ 00452000 is

8. In decimal systems, the number (11011101) 2 is equivalent to

9. Using the successsive bisection method, the approximate value of a root of the equation x 3 − x − 4 = 0 lying between 1 and 2 at the end
of third iteration is
10. If the equation x 3 − 3x + k = 0 has all real roots, then

a) − 2 < k < 2 b) − 1 < k < 1 c) 0 < k < ∞ d) none of these
11. The round off error when the number 8.987652 is rounded to five significant digits is
a) 0.00048 b) -0.00048 c) -0.000048 d) none of these
12. By false positioning, the second approximation of a root of equation f ( x ) = 0 is (where x0 , x1 are initial and first approximations
respectively)
f (x0 ) x0 f (x1 ) − x1 f ( x0 ) x0 f (x0 ) − x1 f (x1 ) f (x0 )
a) x0 − d) x1 −
f (x1 ) − f (x0 ) b)
f ( x1 ) − f (x0 ) c)
f (x1 ) − f (x0 ) f (x1 ) − f (x0 )
13. Let f (x ) be a polynomial. Then if f (x1 ) f (x2 ) < 0 , then f ( x ) = 0 has

a) an odd number of roots in ( x1 , x2 ) b) any number of roots in ( x1 , x2 )
c) no root or an even number of roots in ( x1 , x2 ) d) only one root in ( x1 , x2 )
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b
14. Trapezoidal rule for evaluation of ∫ f (x )dx requires the interval (a, b ) to be divided into
a
a) 2n sub-intervals of equal width b) 2 n + 1 sub-intervals of equal width

c) any number of sub-intervals of equal width d) 3n sub-intervals of equal width
1
1
15. By Simpson rule, taking n = 4 , the value of the integral ∫ 1 + x 2 dx is equal to
0
a) .785 b) .788 c) .781 d) none of these
16. By the method of successive bisection, root of the equation x 3 − x − 1 = 0 ; lying between 1 and 2, correct to 3 places of decimal is
a) 1.432 b) 1.323 c) 1.324 d) 1.325
17. If a and a + b are two consecutive approximate roots of the equation f (x ) = 0 as obtained by Newton’s Method, then b is equal to
f (a ) f ' (a ) f ' (a ) f (a )
c) − d) −
a)
f ' (a ) b)
f (a ) f (a ) f ' (a )
1
18. Let f (0 ) = 1, f (1) = 2.72 , then the trapezoidal rule gives approximate value of ∫ f (x )dx as
0
a) 3.72 b) 1.86 c) 1.72 d) 0.86
ANSWERS
1. a 2. c 3. c 4. a 5. b 6. d 7. d
8. a 9. c 10. a 11. c 12. b 13. a 14. c
15. a 16. c 17. d 18. b
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CONTENTS

CHAPTER NO. CHAPTER NAME PAGE NO.

1 Trigonometric Ratios & Identities 1-5

2. The equation a sin x + b cos x = c, where | c | > a 2 + b 2 has

3. If sin x + cosec x = 2, then sin x + cosec x is equal to

8. The value of tan 5 θ is

5 tan θ − 10 tan 3 θ + tan5 θ 5 tan θ + 10 tan 3 θ − tan5 θ

5 tan5 θ − 10 tan 3 θ + tan θ

10. If sin A + cos A = m and sin 3 A + cos3 A = n, then

15. The values of θ ( 0 < θ < 360° ) satisfying cosec θ + 2 = 0 are

a) 210°, 300° b) 240°, 300° c) 210°, 240° d) 210°, 330°

18. If sin β is the GM between sin α and cos α , then cos 2 β =

FG π − αIJ FG π − αIJ FG π + αIJ

19. sin2 A + sin2 ( A - B ) + 2 sin A cos B sin ( B - A ) is equal to

sin 2 13° sin 2 77° tan 135°

tan 135° sin 2 13° sin 2 77°

28. The minimum value of cos 2θ + cos θ for real values of θ is

2 sin α 1 + sin α − cos α

LM0, π IJ LM0, π IJ ∪ FG π , πIJ FG − π , π IJ

a) 1 b) 3 c) 1/3 d) none of these

36. The value of tan 63° - cot 63° is equal to

40. 3 cos ec 20° − sec 20° is equal to

42. tan 5 x − tan 3x − tan 2 x =

47. If x = cos10° cos 20° cos 40° , then the value of x is

1. The general solution of sin x − 3 sin 2 x + sin 3 x = cos x − 3 cos 2 x + cos 3 x is

15. The value of sin ( 2 sin-1 (0.8)) is equal to

20. The number of real solutions of tan −1 x ( x + 1) + sin −1 x 2 + x + 1 = π / 2 is

21. If sin α sin ( 60° - α ) sin ( 60° + α ) = 1 / 8, and n ∈I, then

22. The value of sin ( tan-1 x ) is equal to

23. 2 cos2 x + 4 cos x = 3 sin 2 x. If

27. If sin θ + 7 cos θ = 5, then tan( θ / 2 ) is a root of the equation

31. The equation cos4 x − ( a + 2) cos2 x − ( a + 3) = 0 possess a solution if

35. 2 tan −1 ( cosec tan −1 3 − tan cot −1 3 ) is equal to

36. If sin A + cos A = 1 , then sin 2 A is equal to

40. If tan pθ − tan qθ = 0 , then the values of θ form a series in

41. If α and β are the solutions of a tan θ + b sec θ = c , then tan (α + β) =

2ac 2ac 2ac

44. If sin (sin −1 1 / 5 + cos −1 x ) = 1 , then x =

45. 2 sin −1 x = cos −1 (1 − 2 x 2 ) is true for

46. If cos 3x + sin(2 x + 5π / 6) = −2 , then x =

5. If a cos A = b cos B, then the triangle is

8. In any ∆ ABC if 2 cos B = a / c then the triangle is

10. If in a ∆ ABC, ∆ = a2 - ( b - c )2 , then tan A =

14. If A + B + C = π , n ∈ Z , then the tan nA + tan nB + tan nC is equal to

a) 0 b) 1 c) tan nA tan nB tan nC d) none of these

24. In triangle ABC, A = 30°, b = 8, a = 6, then B = sin-1 x, where x =

25. If A = 30°, a = 7, b = 8 in ∆ ABC, then B has

27. The smallest angle of the triangle whose sides are 6 + 12 , 48 , 24 is

29. If in a triangle ABC, ( a + b + c ) ( b + c - a ) = bc, then the triangle is

3 sin θ + cos θ 3 cos θ − sin θ cos θ + 3 sin θ 3 cos θ + sin θ

cos A cos B cos C a

a) 100 3 m b) 100 / 3 m c) 50 m d) 150 ( 3 + 1) m

1. The value of 21 / 4 .41 / 8 .81 / 16 .161 / 32....................., is

a) a +b > c+d b) a + c > b + d c) a+d >b+c d) none of these.

6. If x, y, z are in G.P. & a x = b y = c z then

a) log b a = log a c b) log c b = log a c c) log b a = log c b d) none of these

a) 5/2 b) log 2 5 c) log 3 5 d) log 5 3

a) 5050 b) -5050 c) 3300 d) -3310

29. If x = 1 + y + y2 + .......to ∞ , then y is

a) ( p + 1)2 b) (2 p + 1) ( p + 1)2 c) ( p + 1)3 d) p 3 + ( p + 1)3