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Mocksemester Mock
Test Paper
Mathematics for Data Science - 1
Max Marks: 55

1 Instructions:
ˆ There are some questions which have functions with discrete valued domains (such as
day, month, year etc). For simplicity, we treat them as continuous functions.

ˆ Notations:

• R= Set of real numbers

• N= Set of natural numbers

ˆ The set of natural numbers includes 0.

ˆ If a question has more than one answer, any one answer will be acceptable.

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1. Let the curves represented by the three degree polynomials f (x), g(x), and h(x) meet at
points A and B. Given that

g(x) = x3 − 9x2 + 20x

h(x) = x3 − 7x2 + 10x

f (2) = 2g(2)
3f (7) = g(7)
Find the value of f (10).
(MCQ) [Marks: 3]
Answer: 200

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2. Suppose Dijkstra’s algorithm is run on the graph below, starting at node A. In what
order do the shortest distances to the other vertices get finalized?
(NAT) [Marks: 2]

1 3

2
B C

3
6 4

E D
4

3 1

Options:

1. A,C,B,D,E,F
2. A,C,B,D,F,E
3. A,B,C,D,E,F
4. A,B,C,D,F,E

Answer: Option 4.

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3. A company manufactures 10 chemicals c1 , c2 , c3 , ....c10 . A relation R is defined as

R = {(Xi , A) | A ⊂ {c1 , c2 , c3 , ....c10 }}

Elements of A belong to the Xi (i ∈ {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}) type of hazardous chemicals and

any pair of elements from A is incompatible and would cause explosions if brought into
contact.

Given that,
(X1 , {c1 , c4 , c5 , c10 }), (X2 , {c2 , c3 , c5 }), (X3 , {c3 , c2 , c9 }), (X4 , {c4 , c2 , c7 }), and (X5 , {c5 , c8 , c10 })
are the elements of R.

As a precautionary measure the company wishes to partition its warehouse into com-
partments, and store incompatible chemicals in different compartments. What is the
least number of compartments into which the warehouse should be partitioned?
(NAT) [Marks: 4]

Answer: 4

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4. Seema wants to draw a rangoli on the floor. She has an idea of drawing some √ zig-zig
line. If she starts from a point named as (1), she draws a line segment of 2 2f t at an
angle of 45 with respect to drn2 and reach till point (2). From point (2) she draws a line
segment of 1f t towards the opposite direction of drn2. From there she again repeats the
above procedure to reach till point (3). If her final point is point (10) then what should
be the minimum length of floor in the direction of drn1? (Note that figure is not for
scale purpose and tan45 = 1.)
(NAT) [Marks: 3]

• (10)

drn1
(3)
drn2

• • (2)

45
•
(1)

Answer: 18

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5. Let for some fixed x > 0, p(x)q(x) = 1, where m > 1. Given that
2
p(x) = mlog5 x

q(x) = xlog5 m
Find the value of x.
(NAT) [Marks: 2]

Answer: 1

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6. Let functions f (x) = x2 − 8, g(x) = log10 x, and h(x) = g(f (x)) respectively. Choose the
set of correct options regarding h(x).
(MSQ) [Marks: 3]

√ √
1. Domain of h(x) will be (−∞, −2 2) ∪ (2 2, ∞).
2. Domain of h(x) will be (−∞, −3) ∪ (3, ∞).
√ √
3. If h(x) is positive then, x ∈ (−∞, −2 2] ∪ [2 2, ∞).
4. If h(x) is positive then, x ∈ (−∞, −3) ∪ (3, ∞).
5. h(x) has only one asymptote.
6. h(x) has at least three asymptotes.

Answer: Options 1 and 4.

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7. Polynomial fit for the data given in the table recorded by a student is
x5 −5x3 +4x 5 −5x3 +4x
y = f (x) = log101 11log1001 101 + K5x

Find the value of K, so that SSE (sum squared error) will be minimum?
(NAT) [Marks: 3]

x -2 -1 1 1 2
y 1 1 −1 1 1

Answer: 0.6

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8. Choose the option which has the most possible representation of function
1
f (x) =
1 + ex

(MCQ) [Marks: 2]

f (x)

1.

f (x)

9
 2.

f (x)

3.

f (x)

4.

Answer: Option 2

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9. Let f (x) and g(x) be two functions defined from R to R such that

4 2
x − 20x + 64
 if x ∈ (−∞, −4) ∪ (−2, 2) ∪ (4, ∞)
4 2
f (x) = −(x − 20x + 64) if x ∈ (−4, −2) ∪ (2, 4)

1 if x ∈ {−4, −2, 2, 4}


,
g(x) = log2 x
Find the value of f (g(4)) + g(f (0)) + g( f (3)
7
− 1).
(NAT) [Marks: 4]

Answer: 9

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10. Consider two sets A, B defined as A = {(a, b) ∈ R × R | |a − 3| < 1, |b − 3| < 1},
B = {(a, b) ∈ R × R | b − 1 ≤ (a − 3)2 }. Choose the correct option.
(MCQ) [Marks: 5]

1. A ∪ B = B
2. A ∩ B = φ
3. A ∪ B = A
4. A ∩ B = B

Answer: Option 2

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11. What is the weight of a minimum cost spanning tree of the graph given below?
(NAT) [Marks: 2]

G
5
B E 9
1 7

8
A 3 3 6 F

2 8 11
C D H
4 14

Answer: 34

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12. In an undirected graph G, the number of vertices having odd and even degrees are M
and N respectively. Which of these values are possible for M and N ?
(MCQ) [Marks: 2]

1. M = 96, N = 11
2. M = 101, N = 10
3. M = 97, N = 31
4. M = 103, N = 12

Answer: Option 1

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13. We use matrix multiplication to find A2 from A1 . What is the value of 2α + β?

A1 i j k l m A2 i j k l m
i 0 0 0 0 1 i 0 α 0 0 0
j 0 0 1 0 1 j 0 0 0 1 0
k 0 0 0 1 0 k 0 0 0 0 β
l 0 0 0 0 1 l 0 0 0 0 0
m 0 0 0 0 0 m 0 0 0 0 0
(NAT) [Marks: 2]

Answer: 1

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14. Liala and Vinay both have to travel to various locations for advertising their company’s
products. The company reimburses their expenses such as accommodation, food etc.
The company also blacklists an employee whenever the employee’s expenditure in a given
month exceeds | 12000. The accounts department fits the data of monthly expenditure
to the polynomial El (x) and Ev (x) (in |) for Liala and Vinay respectively, where x
is the number of months since they joined the company (i.e., x = 1 represents the
completion of one month). The polynomial fit is known to be applicable for a period of
30 months (i.e., x ≤ 30). If El (x) − 12, 000 = a(x − 5.1)(x − 11)(x − 20.5), a > 0 and
Ev (x) − 12, 000 = a(x − 2)2 (x − 8)(x − 25.5), a > 0. Let Nv , Nl , and Nvl are the sets
defined as

Nv = {x | x is the month number when Vinay got blacklisted}

Nl = {x | x is the month number when Liala got blacklisted}

Nvl = {x | x is the month number when Liala and Vinay both got blacklisted}
Find the cardinality of Nl ∪ Nv .
(NAT) [Marks: 3]

Answer: 19

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15. Let A be the set of positive integers divisible by both 2 and 3 but not by 12, B be the set
of positive integers divisible by both 3 and 5 but not by 15, and C be the set of positive
integers strictly less than 100 and divisible by both 5 and 2 but not by 20 or 30. Find
the cardinality of set G where

G = {x | x ∈ A ∩ B ∩ C}

(NAT) [Marks: 2]
Answer : 0

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16. Consider the path of a ball thrown upwards is represented in the form:

S(t) = − g2 t2 + v0 t + h0

where S is the vertical distance of the ball from the ground (ground is S = 0), t is time
elapsed since the ball was thrown (t = 0 when the ball is thrown), g is the acceleration
due to gravity of the Earth, v0 is the initial velocity of the ball and h0 is the initial height.
h0 = 0 means the ball is thrown from the ground, h0 = 1 means the ball is thrown from
a height of 1 unit from the ground. Note that all the variables are consistent in their
units. Take g = 10 for all the calculations. Which of the following options are correct?
(MSQ) [Marks: 6]

Options:

1. Two balls thrown with the same initial velocity must reach the same maximum
height
2. Two balls thrown with the same initial velocity and initial height must reach the
same maximum height
3. Two balls thrown with the same initial velocity may not reach the same maximum
height but must reach their respective maximum heights after the same time t
4. Time taken by a ball thrown from the ground to reach back to the ground is given
by 2v0 /g
5. Time taken by a ball thrown from the ground to reach back to the ground is given
by v0 /g
6. A ball is thrown with an initial velocity of 10 units and from a height of 2 units.
Another ball is thrown with an initial velocity of 10 units and from the ground.
Both the balls reach the ground at the same time.
7. It is never possible that one ball thrown from the ground and another thrown from
a finite height h reach the ground at the same time
8. Maximum height reached by a ball with an initial velocity v and thrown from a
height h is always higher than that reached by the ball thrown with an initial
velocity v and from the ground

Answer: Options 2, 3, 4, 8

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17. If A and B are two sets such that the cardinality of A × B is 6. If three elements of
A × B are (4, 5) (1, 2) (7, 2), then A × B is
(MCQ) [Marks: 2]

1. {(5, 4), (5, 1), (5, 7), (2, 4), (2, 1), (2, 7)}
2. {(4, 5), (2, 4), (5, 1), (1, 2), (5, 7), (7, 2)}
3. {(4, 5), (2, 4), (5, 1), (1, 2), (5, 7), (7, 2)}
4. {(4, 5), (4, 2), (1, 5), (1, 2), (7, 5), (7, 2)}

Answer: Option 4

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18. Consider the relation R = {(x, y) ∈ R × R | 0 < |x − y| < 2} on the set of real numbers.
Which of the option(s) is(are) correct?
(MSQ) [Marks: 3]

1. R is a reflexive relation.
2. R is a symmetric relation.
3. R is a transitive relation.
4. R is an equivalence relation.

Answer: Option 2

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19. A mobile company offers two plans. Plan A costs |300 and offers 1000 free minutes per
month with a charge of 15 paise per minute for every additional minute. Plan B costs
|400 and offers 1500 free minutes per month with a charge of 10 paise per minute for
every additional minute. Let CA (t) and CB (t) represent the total cost per month for the
plan A and the plan B respectively, where t represents the number of minutes used. If
Riya uses 1800 minutes per month, then choose the set of correct options with respect
to Riya.
(MSQ) [Marks: 3]

1. Plan A costs less than plan B.

2. Plan B costs less than plan A.
3. CA (t) = 300, for all t ∈ [0, 1000].
4. CB (t) = 400, for all t ∈ [0, 1500].
5. CA (t) = 0.1t + 400, for all t ∈ [1500, 1800].
6. CA (t) = 0.15t + 150, for all t ∈ [1000, 1500].

Answer: Options 1, 3,4

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20. A parabolic banner of a company XY Z is supported by two rods OAT and P BS on the
terrace of the company. The lowest point H of the banner is 5f t above from the terrace.
Both the rods OAT and P BS touch the banner at points A and B only. Both the
points are horizontally 2f t away from H. Both the points are at the height of 9f t from
the terrace. To increase the strength of the support, a small rod KL is fixed between
the terrace and the point where both the rods meet. If the rod KL is 0.5f t inside the
terrace, then find the total length of rod KL in f t. (Note that the figure is not for scale
purpose and for simplicity assume all the parts of banner and the all the rods are in the
same plane.)
(NAT) [Marks: 4]

O P
A• • B

H
•

Terrace surface
S T
L

Answer: 1.5

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 EndMock
Semester
Test Mock Paper
paper
Mathematics for Data Science - 1
Max Marks: 100

1 Instructions:
• There are some questions which have functions with discrete valued domains (such as
day, month, year etc). For simplicity, we treat them as continuous functions.

• Notations:

• R= Set of real numbers

• Q= Set of rational numbers
• Z= Set of integers
• N= Set of natural numbers

• The set of natural numbers includes 0.

• Standard acronyms:

• m - metres
• cm - centimetres
• kg - kilograms
• kcal - kilocalories
• ft - feet

1
2 MCQ
√
1. If p(x) = 2log 2 (x−1) + 1, q(x) = elnx − x, and for some fixed x > 1, p(x) + q(x) = 2, then
choose the correct option.
(MCQ) [Marks: 6]
Options:

1. x = 2
2. x = 2.5
3. x = 3
4. x = 3.5

Answer: Option 1.

2
2. Let p(x) and q(x) be the polynomial of degree four. Suppose p(x) = q(x) for 4 different
real values of x (say α, β, γ and δ) and c is any arbitrary constant (c 6= 0). Which of
the following may represent the polynomial p(x) − q(x)?
Options:

1. c(x4 + α)
2. c(x2 − (α + β)x + αβ)(x − γ)(x − δ)
3. c(x2 + (α − β)x − αβ)(x − γ)(x + δ)
4. c(x2 + (α − β)x + αβ)(x + γ)(x − δ)

Answer: Option 2.

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3. Two buildings A and B are as shown in the below diagram. A woman walks out of
building B to get some sunshine. How much minimum distance in metres will she have
to walk to the right of building B, according to the situations given below? Assume the
right direction of buildings as positive and ground as X − axis and the first sun ray not
blocked by B has a slope of -3.(Consider both the building and the sun are in the same
plan)
Sun

Slope=-3

B
100m

60m

woman

25 m
Options:

1. 20
2. 25
3. 35
4. 45

Answer: Option 1.

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4. A student was calculating SSE (sum squared error) and she found that SSE is a function
of b as follows: SSE = f (b) = b2 − 6b + 9. What will be the best fit value obtained by
minimizing SSE using f (b).

Options:

1. 4
2. 1
3. 0
4. -2.25

Answer: Option 3.

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5. External dimensions of a metallic cuboid are l = (x − 10) unit, b = (x − 15) unit,
h = (x − 20) unit and the thickness of the metal is 2.5 units from all sides. If the volume
of the metal contained in the cuboid formed is V = 300(x − 15) cubic unit. What is the
possible value of x. Note: l, b, h and V are the functions of x.
(MCQ) [Marks: 6]

Options:

1. 20
2. 25
3. 40
4. 50

Answer: Option 3.

6. The BFS (Breadth First Search) tree of a graph G is shown below. Choose the option
which may represent the original graph G.
(MCQ) [Marks: 6]

1 2 3

4 5 6 7

8 9 10

11

Options:

6
 0

1 2 3

4 5 6 7

8 9 10

11

1.

1 2 3

4 5 6 7

8 9 10

11

2.

7
 0

1 2 3

4 5 6 7

8 9 10

11

3.

1 2 3

4 5 6 7

8 9 10

11

4.

Answer: Option 2.

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7. In a shop if the number of items bought at a time is n, then the shop provides discount
of M (n)% on the total payable amount. Let M (n) = −n2 + 18n − 72, for n ∈ {6, 7, 8, 9}
and the cost of each item be |1000. If Aliya buys 7 items, then how much she has to
pay?
(MCQ) [Marks: 6]

1. | 7000
2. | 6650
3. | 6500
4. | 6370

Answer: Option 2.

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8. Suppose in the graph below each vertex denotes an oil deposit, edges are pipelines be-
tween 2 oil deposits and weights on edges indicates the time taken for the fire to travel
through the pipeline. Considering fire travels at uniform speed along each pipeline and
fire is set at oil deposit which is at vertex a0 , then the order in which the oil deposits
are burnt will be?
(MCQ) [Marks: 6]

a0

1 4

a2 a1
6 2 1
a7 8 3 a3

6 a5 a4 1
3

2 5
a6

Options:

1. a0 , a2 , a3 , a1 , a4 , a5 , a7 , a6
2. a0 , a2 , a1 , a3 , a5 , a4 , a6 , a7
3. a0 , a2 , a1 , a3 , a4 , a5 , a6 , a7
4. a0 , a2 , a1 , a3 , a4 , a7 , a5 , a6

Answer: Option 4.

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9. Choose the interval in which f (x) = x3 + 6x2 + 11x + 6 is one to one function.
(MCQ) [Marks: 6]

1. x ∈ (−3, ∞)
2. x ∈ (−3, −1)
3. x ∈ (−∞, −1)
4. x ∈ (−1, ∞)

Answer: Option 4.

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3 MSQ
1. Let functions f (x) = x2 − 6x + 11, g(x) = log10 x, and h(x) = g(f (x)) respectively.
Choose the set of correct options regarding h(x).
(MSQ) [Marks: 8]
Option:

1. Domain of h(x) will be R.

2. h(x) is an even function.
3. h(x) is positive for all R.
4. h(x) has at least one asymptote.

Answer: Options 1 and 3.

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2. The topological sequence of the given DAG is.
(MSQ) [Marks: 8]

E F

A B C D

G H

1. E, F, C, B, A, G, H, D
2. E, F, B, C, G, A, H, D
3. E, F, C, B, G, A, H, D
4. E, F, C, B, G, H, D, A

Answer: Option (3), Option (4)

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3. A carrom board is a square board with a symmetrical design as shown in the diagram
below. E, F , G, and H are the midpoints of AD, BA, CB, and DC respectively. Rohit
wants to pocket his last coin which is at E. Taking the laws of reflection to be applicable,
he strikes from the point M , so that the striker reflects at F , then at G, then at H and
finally hits the coin at E. Choosing A to be the origin (right direction is +ve X − axis
and upward direction is +ve Y-axis), choose the correct options.
(MSQ) [Marks: 8]

B G C

F H

1
M

A E D
10

Options:

1. F H and EG are perpendicular line segments.

2. Segment GH intersects the inner square at (6, 9) and (9, 6).
3. Slope of line EF is -1.
√
4. Distance between M and E is 2.

Answer: Option(1), (2), (3) and (4)

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 2 +4x+5)
4. Let f (x) = ea(x , a ∈ R then choose the set of correct options.
(MSQ) [Marks: 8]

1. f (x) will be symmetric around y axis irrespective of value of a.

2. f (x) will be positive for x ∈ (−5, 1) if a > 0.
3. f (x) will be positive for x ∈ (−5, 1) if a < 0.
4. If a = 1 then we will get two X− intercepts of f (x).

Answer: Options 2 and 3.

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4 NAT
1. Let us consider the following sets,

• A = {x ∈ N | x mod 3 = 0 and 1 ≤ x ≤ 25}

• B = {x ∈ N | x mod 4 = 0 and 1 ≤ x ≤ 25}
• C = {x ∈ N | x mod 6 = 0 and 1 ≤ x ≤ 25}

What is the cardinality of ((A \ (B ∪ C)) ∪ (B \ (A ∪ C)) ∪ (C \ (B ∪ A))?

(NAT) [Marks: 7
Answer: 8

2. Find the number of solutions in the interval (2, ∞) of the equation log(x4 + 7x3 − x2 −
67x − 59) = 0.
Note: No need to check the domain of log(x4 + 7x3 − x2 − 67x − 60).
Hint: x4 + 7x3 − x2 − 67x − 60 is divisible by x2 + 6x + 5.
(NAT) [Marks: 7]
Answer: 1.

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 Mock
Mock Test Paper
- Paper-
Calculus
Mock Calculus
Quiz-1
Mathematics for Data Science - 2

1. Consider a sequence {an } defined as

( b n c+2n
2
3n+2
when n is odd
an = 5n+3
6n+2
when n is even

Find the limit of the sequence {bn } defined as bn = 36a2n + 18an . [Ans: 40]

2. Consider a function f (x) defined as

(
2(cos 2x−cos x)
x2
if x 6= 0
f (x) =
b if x = 0

If f (x) is continuous at x = 0, then find the value of b. [Ans: -3]

√
3. Consider a function f (x) defined as f (x) = ln(2 x − √2x ) + x tan−1 2x. If derivative of
the function f 0 (x) = A x(x+C)
x+B Dx
+ 1+Ex2 + F tan
−1
2x, then find the value of 2A + B + C +
D + E + F. [Ans: 8]
 The quantity (in a unit) of production of a product A is given by the function
(
180(x + x4 ) + 280 if 0 < x < 10
p(x) =
xex + 1100 if x ≥ 10

where x is the quantity ( in a unit) of the raw materials. The quality of the product A
is measured by a scale, based on the value of the linear approximation of the function
p(x) with respect to the 1 unit raw material (i.e if Lp (x) is the linear approximation of
the function p(x) at x = 1, then quality of the product A, when the used raw material
is m units, is Lp (m)).
Use the information above to answer questions 4, 5 and 6.

4. If a is the rate of increment in the quantity of the production of the product A when
the used quantity of the raw materials is 15 units, then find the value of ea15 . [Ans: 16]

5. Find the minimum quantity of the production of the product A. [Ans: 1000]

6. Find the quality of the product A, when the production is minimum. [Ans: 640]

2
The curve represented by the functions f (x) = |x2 −8x+7| and g(x) = bx+1c in the interval
[0, 9] represents the number of products sold in two online grocery stores: Store A and Store
B, respectively, from 12PM to 9PM, where 12PM is taken as x = 0 and 9 PM is taken as
x = 9. The area under the curve bounded by positive X-axis in the given interval is also
measured to determine which one is more active in that time period (the more area under
the curve bounded by the positive X-axis means the more activity in the online grocery
store). Figure T2M2Q1.1 shows the graph of function f (x) = |x2 − 8x + 7|, whereas, Figure
T2M2Q1.2 shows the graph of function g(x) = bx + 1c, in the interval [0, 9].

15
8

6
10

4
5
2

2 4 6 8 10 2 4 6 8 10

Figure: T2M2Q1.1 Figure: T2M2Q1.2

Use the information above answer questions 7, 8 and 9.

7. If the critical points of the functions f (x) and g(x) correspond to the grocery shops A
and B are not active at that time, then how many times the both grocery shops A and
B are not active between 2.30PM to 8.30PM. [Ans: 8]
8. Choose the set of correct statements. (MSQ)
Option 1: f is continuous everywhere in the interval (0, 9), but g is not.
Option 2: g is continuous everywhere in the interval (0, 9), but f is not.
Option 3: Both f and g are continuous everywhere in the interval (0, 9).
Option 4: Store A was less active than Store B in the given time interval.
interval (0, 9).
Option 5: Store B was less active than Store A in the given time interval.
interval (0, 9).
9. Find the estimated area of the region bounded by the graph of the function g(x), above
the interval [0,9] using the trapezoidal Riemann sums by taking 9 subintervals of equal
length. [Answer: 49.5]