Major Test - 1 : Mathematics (Paper - 1)

PART (C) : MATHEMATICS

SECTION – I : SINGLE CORRECT ANSWER TYPE

(Maximum Marks : 45)

This section contains 15 multiple choice questions. Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) for
its answer, out of which ONLY ONE is correct.
Marking Scheme : +3 for correct answer, 0 if not attempted and -1 in all other cases.

41. If equations ax 2  bx  c  0,  a, b, c  R, a  0  and 2 x 2  3 x  4  0 have a common root then

a : b : c equals
(A) 1 : 2 : 3
(B) 2 : 3 : 4
(C) 4 : 3 : 2
(D) 3 : 2 : 1

log 2  ab  .log c  log 2  bc  log a  log 2  ca  log b

42. If log  abc   0 , then the value of log  c  (where a, b, c are
log b 
log  a 
not unity) is equal to –
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 6

43. If 0  x  2 , then the number of real values of x, which satisfy the equation
cos x  cos 2 x  cos 3x  cos 4 x  0 , is
(A) 9
(B) 3
(C) 5
(D) 7

44. If  and  are roots of the equation, x 2  4 2kx  2e4ln k  1  0 for some k, and  2   2  66 , then
3  3 is equal to
(A) 248 2
(B) 280 2
(C) 32 2
(D) 280 2

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45. If a  b  c  and equation ax 2  2bx  5c  0 has non-real complex roots, then
4
(A) a > 0, c > 0
(B) a > 0, c < 0
(C) a < 0, c < 0
(D) a < 0, c > 0

 2  2 4  
46. If f    sin 2   sin 2      sin     , then f   is equal to
 3   3   15 
2
(A)
3
3
(B)
2
1
(C)
3
1
(D)
2

15
47. If 2sec 2   sec 4   2 cosec2   cosec 4   , then tan  is equal to [Given :    0,  2  ]
4
1
(A)
2
1
(B)
2
1
(C)
2 2
1
(D)
4

48. If x  3  x  2  5 , then x
(A) (   2]
(B) [2, )
(C) ( ,  5]
(D) ( ,  5)

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49. If     , then 2 cot   is equal to
4 sin 2 
(A) 1  cot 
(B) 1  cot 
(C) 1  cot 
(D) 1  cot 

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        
50. The value of cos  2   cos  3  ........cos  10   sin  10  is
2  2  2  2 
1
(A)
512
1
(B)
1024
1
(C)
256
1
(C)
2

     1
51. If number of solutions of the equations 8cos x cos   x   cos   x     1 in [0,  ] is k , then
 6  6  2
k is equal to
(A) 3
(B) 2
(C) 4
(D) 1

52. The sum of the solutions of the equation x 2  x  

x  4  2  0, ( x  0) is equal to
(A) 7
(B) 8
(C) 10
(D) 12

53. If x 2  5  2 x  4cos  a  bx  , where a, b   0, 5 is satisfied for atleast one real x, then the
maximum value of a  b is equal to
(A) 3
(B) 2
(C) 
(D) None of these

54. If A  tan 6o  tan 42 o and B  cot 66o  cot 78o , then

(A) A  2 B
1
(B) A 
3
(C) A  B
(D) 3 A  2 B

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 k 
55. If max  sin x , cos x   1 has exactly 5 solutions in interval 0,  , then value of k is equal to
 2
(A) 6
(B) 7
(C) 8
(D) 9

SECTION – II : MULTIPLE CORRECT ANSWER TYPE

(Maximum Marks : 15)

This section contains 5 multiple choice questions. Each question has 4 options (A), (B), (C) and (D) for its
answer, out of which ONE OR MORE than ONE option can be correct.
Marking Scheme : +3 for correct answer, 0 if not attempted and 0 in all other cases.

3x
56. What can be said about the range of the rational expression ?
1  x2
(A) The maximum value of this expression is 2
(B) The minimum value of this expression is  3
2
(C) The largest integer that lies in the range of this rational function is 1.
(D) None of these

log16 2
57. Which of the following is/are greater than 4 ?
log16 2
(A) 2
log16 2
(B) 16
log 2 4
(C) 16
log 4 16
(D) 2

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58. If     and cos   cos   1 , then –
3

(A) cos      
3
2
(B) cos   cos  
3
1
(C) cos       
3
1
(D) cos   cos  
2 3

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59. If the range of a quadratic polynomial P  x with leading coefficient one is

13  36k  9k2

 ,    x  R , then interval of k for which P  x   0 has –
 4 
 1 13 
(A) real & unequal roots is   , 
 3 3
 1 13 
(B) imaginary roots is   , 
 3 3
 1   13 
(C) real & unequal roots is  ,     ,  
 3  3 
 1 13 
(D) equal roots is   , 
 3 3

60. For the equation sin x  3sin 2 x  sin 3x  cos x  3cos 2 x  cos 3x
(A) Number of principal solutions are 4
n 
(B) General solution is  , nI
2 8

(C) General solution is n  , n  I
8
(D) Number of principal solutions are exactly 2.

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