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KCET – 2023 TEST PAPER WITH ANSWER KEY

(HELD ON THURSDAY 20TH MAY 2023)
MATHEMATICS

1. If A and B are two matrices such that AB = B and BA = A then A 2  B2 

(A) AB (B) 2 BA
(C) A + B (D) 2 AB
Ans. C
2  k 2 
If A  
3  k 
2. is singular matrix, then the value of 5k  k 2 is equal to
 1
(A) –4 (B) 6
(C) 4 (D) –6
Ans. C
3. The area of a triangle with vertices (–3, 0), (3, 0) and (0, k) is 9 sq. units, the value of k is
(A) 6 (B) 3
(C) 9 (D) –9
Ans. B

1 a a2 1 1 1
1 b b 2
  bc ca ab
4. If 2
and 1 then
1 c c a b c

(A) 1   (B) 1  
(C) 1   (D) 1  3
Ans. B

1  1  a 
2
1  2a   2x 
5. If sin  2 
 cos  2 
 tan 1  2  where a, x   0,1 then the value of x is
1 a  1 a  1 x 

2a 2a
(A) (B)
1 a2 1 a2
a
(C) 0 (D)
2
Ans. B

1
 1  sin x  1  sin x   
6. The value of cot   where x   0,  is
 1  sin x  1  sin x   4

x x
(A)   (B)  
3 2
x x
(C) (D) 
2 2
Ans. B

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 3  1  15 
7. If x    y      then the value of x and y are
 2  1  5 
(A) x = –4, y = –3 (B) x = –4, y = 3
(C) x = 4, y = 3 (D) x = 4, y = –3
Ans. C
1
8. If the function is f  x   , then the point of discontinuity of the composite function y = f(f(x)) is
x2
2 1
(A) (B)
5 2
5 5
(C) (D)
2 2
Ans. C
2
 dy 
9. If y  a sin x  b cos x, then y    is a
2

 dx 
(A) function of x and y (B) constant
(C) function of x (D) function of y
Ans. B
n  n  1 n  n  1 n  2 
10. If f  x   1  nx  x 3  ....  x n then f 1 
"
x2 
2 6
(A) n  n  1 2n (B) 2n 1
(C)  n  1 2n 1 (D) n  n  1 2n  2
Ans. D
 1 tan  / 2 
11. If A   and AB = I then B =
  tan  / 2 1 

(A) cos 2  / 2.I (B) sin 2  / 2.A

(C) cos 2  / 2.A T (D) cos 2  / 2.A
Ans. C

1  2x  1  2x 
du
12. If u  sin  2  and v  tan  2 
then is
1 x  1 x  dv

1 x2
(A) (B) 1
1 x2
1
(C) (D) 2
2

Ans. B

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13. The function f(x) = cot x is discontinuous on every point of the set
    n 
(A)  x   2n  1 ; n  Z  (B)  x  ; n  Z
 2   2 
(C) x  n;n  Z (D) x  2n; n  Z
Ans. C
x 2 y2
14. A particle moves along the curve   1 . When the rate of change of abscissa is 4 times that of its
16 4
ordinate, then the quadrant in which the particle lies in
(A) III or IV (B) II or III
(C) I or III (D) II or IV
Ans. D
15. An enemy fighter jet is flying along the curve given by y  x 2  2 . A solider is placed at (3,2) wants to
shoot down the jet when it is nearest to him. Then the nearest distance is
(A) 2 units (B) 5 units
(C) 3 units (D) 6 units
Ans. B
8 10  x
5
16. 5
2
x
5 10  x
dx 

(A) 4 (B) 3
(C) 5 (D) 6
Ans. B
17.  cos ecx  sin x dx 

2
(A) 2 sin x  C (B) C
sin x

sin x
(C) sin x  C (D) C
2
Ans. A
1 1
18. If f(x) and g(x) are two functions with g  x   x  and fog  x   x  3 then f '  x  
3

x x
1 1
(A) x  (B) 1 
2

x2 x2
3
(D) 3x 
2
(C) 3x 2  3
x4
Ans. C
19. A circular plate of radius 5 cm is heated. Due to expansion, its radius increases at the rate of 0.05 cm/sec.
The rate at which its area is increasing when the radius is 5.2 cm is
(A) 5.05 cm2 / sec (B) 0.52 cm2 / sec
(C) 5.2 cm2 / sec (D) 27.4 cm2 / sec
Ans. B

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2t 3 5
20. The distance ‘s’ in meters travelled by a particle in ‘t’ seconds is given by s   18t  .
3 3
The acceleration when the particle comes to rest is
(A) 12m 2 / sec (B) 18m 2 / sec
(C) 3m 2 / sec (D) 10m 2 / sec
Ans. A

x tan x
21.  sec x.cos ecx dx 
0

(A)  / 2 (B) 2 / 2
(C)  / 4 (D) 2 / 4
Ans. D

22.  5  2x  x 2 dx 

x 1
(A) 5  2x  x 2  2log  x  1  5  2x  x 2  C
2
x 1
(B) 5  2x  x 2  2log  x  1  5  2x  x 2  C
2
x 1
(C) 5  2x  x 2  2log  x  1  x 2  2x  5  C
2
x
(D) 5  2x  x 2  4log  x  1  x 2  2x  5  C
2
Ans. B
1
23.  1  3sin 2
x  8cos2 x
dx 

1 1  2 tan x  1  2 tan x 
(A) tan  C (B) 6 tan  C
6  3   3 

1 1 1  2 tan x 
(C) tan  2 tan x   C (D) tan  C
6  3 
Ans. A
0

 x  3x 2  3x  3   x  1 cos  x  1  dx 
3
24.
2

(A) 4 (B) 1
(C) 0 (D) 3
Ans. A
2 2
 dy   d y 
2
d2 y
25. The degree of the differential equation 1      2   3 2  1 is
 dx   dx  dx
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 6 (D) 3
Ans. C

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   
26. If a  b  a  b then
 
(A) a and b are coincident (B) Inclined to each other at 60º
   
(C) a and b are perpendicular (D) a and b are parallel
Ans. C
27. The component of î in the direction of the vector ˆi  ˆj  2kˆ is

6
(A) 6 6 (B)
6
(C) 6 (D) 6
Ans. B
28. In the interval  0,  / 2  , area lying between the curves y = tan x and y = cot x and the X-axis is
(A) 4 log 2 sq. units (B) log 2 sq. units
(C) 3 log 2 sq. units (D) 2 log 2 sq. units
Ans. B
29. The area of the region bounded by the line y = x + 1, and the lines x = 3 and x = 5 is
11
(A) sq. units (B) 7sq. units
2
7
(C) 10 sq. units (D) sq. units
2
Ans. C
30. If the curve passes through the point (1, 1) and at any point (x, y) on the curve, the product of the slope of
its tangent and x co-ordinate of the point is equal to the y co-ordinate of the point, then the curve also
passes through the point

(A) (-1, 2) (B)  3,0 

(C) (2, 2) (D) (3, 0)
Ans. C
x y2 z3
31. The length of perpendicular drawn from the point (3, 1,11) to the line   is
2 3 4
(A) 33 (B) 53
(C) 66 (D) 29
Ans. B
32. The equation of the plane through the points (2, 1, 0), (3, 2, -2) and (3, 1, 7) is
(A) 6x  3y  2z  7  0 (B) 7x  9y  z  5  0
(C) 3x  2y  6z  27  0 (D) 2x  3y  4z  27  0
Ans. B
y  3 z  2
33. The point of intersection of the line x  1   with the plane 3x  4y  5z  10 is
3 2
(A) (2,6, 4) (B) (2, 6, 4)
(C) (2,6, 4) (D) (2, 6, 4)
Ans. A

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34. If (2,3, 1) is the foot of the perpendicular from (4, 2, 1) to a plane, then the equation of the plane is
(A) 2x  y  2z  0 (B) 2x  y  2z  5  0
(C) 2x  y  2z  1  0 (D) 2x  y  2z  1  0
Ans. C
 2  2  
35. a  b  a  b  144 and a  4 then b is equal to
(A) 8 (B) 4
(C) 12 (D) 3
Ans. D

36. If a  2b  3c  0 and
  
 a  b    b  c    c  a     b  c 
then the value of  is equal to
(A) 4 (B) 6
(C) 2 (D) 3
Ans. B

37. If a line makes an angle of with each X and Y axis then the acute angle made by Z-axis is
3
 
(A) (B)
2 4
 
(C) (D)
6 3
Ans. B
38. Let A = {x, y, z, u} and B = {a, b}. A function f : A  B is selected randomly. The probability that the
function is an onto function is
5 1
(A) (B)
8 35
7 1
(C) (D)
8 8
Ans. C
39. The shaded region in the figure given in the solution of which of the in equations ?

(A) x  y  7, 2x  3y  6  0, x  0, y  0 (B) x  y  7, 2x  3y  6  0, x  0, y  0
(C) x  y  7, 2x  3y  6  0, x  0, y  0 (D) x  y  7, 2x  3y  6  0, x  0, y  0
Ans. C

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40. If A and B are events such that P(A)  , P(A / B)  and P(B / A)  then P(B) is
4 2 3
2 1
(A) (B)
3 2
1 1
(C) (D)
6 3
Ans. D
41. A bag contains 2n  1 coins. It is known that n of these coins have head on both sides whereas the other
n  1 coins are fair. One coin is selected at random and tossed. If the probability that toss results in heads
31
is , then the value of n is
42
(A) 8 (B) 10
(C) 5 (D) 6
Ans. B
sin 2 14 sin 2 66 tan135
sin 2 66 tan135 sin 2 14
42. The value of is
tan135 sin 2 14 sin 2 66
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) –1 (D) 0
Ans. D/Bonus
1  i 
2
(1  3i)
43. The modulus of the complex number is
(2  6i)(2  2i)
1 2
(A) (B)
2 4
4 2
(C) (D)
2 2
Ans. B
44. Given that a, b and x are real numbers and a  b, x  0 then
a b a b
(A)  (B) 
x x x x
a b a b
(C)  (D) 
x x x x
Ans. C
45. Ten chairs are numbered as 1 to 10 Three women and two men wish to occupy one chair each. First the
women choose the chairs marked 1 to 6, then the men choose the chairs from the remaining. The number
of possible ways is
(A) 6 C3 4 P2 (B) 6 P3 4 C 2
(C) 6 C3 4 C 2 (D) 6 P3 4 P2
Ans. D
46. Which of the following is an empty set ?
(A) {x : x 2  9  0, x  R} (B) {x : x 2  x  2, x  R}
(C) {x : x 2  1  0, x  R} (D) {x : x 2  1  0, x  R}
Ans. D

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47. If f(x) = ax + b, where a and b are integers, f(–1) = –5 and f(3) = 3 then a and b are respectively
(A) 0, 2 (B) 2, 3
(C) –3, –1 (D) 2, –3
Ans. D
48. The value of elog 10 tan1 log10 tan 2 log10 tan 3... log10 tan 89 is
1
(A) (B) 1
e
(C) 0 (D) 3
Ans. B
49. A line passes through (2, 2) and is perpendicular to the line 3x + y = 3. Its y–intercept is
4
(A) 1 (B)
3
1 2
(C) (D)
3 3
Ans. B
50. The distance between the foci of a hyperbola is 16 and its eccentricity is 2. Its equation is
(A) 2x 2  3y 2  7 (B) y 2  x 2  32
x 2 y2
(C) x 2  y 2  32 (D)  1
4 9
Ans. B or C
sin(2  x)  sin(2  x)
51. If lim  A cos B, then the values of A and B respectively are
x 0 x
(A) 2, 1 (B) 1, 1
(C) 2, 2 (D) 1, 2
Ans. C
n
 2  1
52. If n is even and the middle term in the expansion of  x   is 924x , then n is equal to
6

 x
(A) 12 (B) 8
(C) 10 (D) 14
Ans. A
3 5 1
53. n th term of the series 1   2  2  ... is
7 7 7
2n  1 2n  1
(A) (B)
7n 7 n 1
2n  1 2n  1
(C) n 1 (D)
7 7n
Ans. C
1 1 1 1 1 1
54. If p  q  r  ,q  r  p  , r  p  q  are in A.P., then p, q, r
     
(A) are in A.P. (B) are not in G.P.
(C) are not in A.P. (D) are in G.P.
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x
55. Let f : R  R be defined by f  x   3x 2  5 and g : R  R by g  x   then gof is
x 1
2

3x 2 3x 2
(A) (B)
x 4  2x 2  4 9x 4  30x 2  2
3x 2  5 3x 2  5
(C) (D)
9x 4  30x 2  26 9x 4  6x 2  26
Ans. C
56. Let the relation R be defined in N by aRb if 3a  2b  27 then R is
(A) 1,12  ,  3,9  ,  5,6  ,  7,3 ,  9,0 

(B)  2,1 ,  9,3 ,  6,5 ,  3,7 

(C) 1,12  ,  3,9  ,  5,6  ,  7,3

 27  
(D)  0,  , 1,12  ,  3,9  ,  5,6  ,  7,3 
 2  
Ans. C
57. Let f  x   sin 2x  cos 2x and g  x   x 2  1, then g  f  x   is invertible in the domain

     
(A) x   ,  (B) x  0, 
 2 2  4

       
(C) x   ,  (D) x   , 
 4 4   8 8
Ans. D
58. The contrapositive of the statement
“If two lines do not intersect in the same plane then they are parallel.” is
(A) If two lines are not parallel then they do not intersect in the same plane
(B) If two lines are parallel then they do not intersect in the same plane.
(C) If two lines are not parallel then they intersect in the same plane
(D) If two lines are parallel then they intersect in the same plane
Ans. C
59. The mean of 100 observations is 50 and their standard deviation is 5. Then the sum of squares of all
observations is
(A) 250000 (B) 255000
(C) 50000 (D) 252500
Ans. D
60. f : R  R and g :  0,    R are defined by f  x   x 2 and g  x   x . Which one of the following is
not true?
(A)  fog  2   2 (B)  gof  2   2
(C)  gof  4   4 (D)  fog  4   4
Ans. D

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