MATHEMATICS CAPS-2+

TARGET : JEE-ADVANCED-2024

SCQ (Single Correct Type) :

1. Complete set of real values of’ a’ for which the equation x4 – 2ax2 + x + a2 – a = 0 has all its roots real :
3 
(A)  ,   (B) [1, ) (C) [2, ) (D) [0, )
4 
2. Let a, b, c be the lengths of the sides of a triangle (no two of them are equal) and k  R. If the roots of
the equation x2 + 2(a + b + c)x + 6k(ab + be + ca) = 0 are real, then:
2 2 1
(A) k  (B) k  (C) k > 1 (D) k 
3 3 4
1  1  1 
3. If , are roots of the cubic equation f(x) = 0 where , ,  are the roots of the cubic
1  1  1 
equation 3x3 – 2x + 5 = 0, then the number of negative real roots of the equation f(x) = 0 is:
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
 4 
4. Range of the function f (x)  log 2   is :
 x2  2x 

1  1 
(A) (0, ) (B)  ,1 (C) [1, 2] (D)  ,1
2  4 
5. If [x]2 –7[x] + 10 < 0 and 4[y]2 –16[y] + 7 < 0, then [x + y] cannot be ([] denotes greatest integer
function) :
(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) Both (B) and (C)
6. The function f(x) satisfy the equation f(1 – x) + 2f(x) = 3x  x  R, then f(0) =
(A) –2 (B) –1 (C) 0 (D) 1
7. If a, b, c are in GP, a – b, c – a, b – c are in HP, then the value of a + 4b + c is
(A) 12 (B) 0 (C) 11 (D) 2
2 6 12 20
8. Find the value of     ... upto  terms :
13 13  23 13  2 3  33 13  23  33  43
1 1
(A) 2 (B) (C) 4 (D)
2 4
MCQ (One or more than one correct) :
9. Let , , ,  are roots of x4 – 12x3 + x2 – 54x + 14 = 0. If  +  =  + , then
(A)  = 45 (B)  = –45
 7  2
(C) If 2 + 2 < 2 + 2 then  (D) If 2 + 2 < 2 + 2  
 2  7

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10. If the equation cot4 x – 2 cosec2 x + a2 = 0 has at least one solution then possible integral values of a
can be :
(A) –1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2
  
11. Consider the function f(x) = n ((cosx)cosx + 1); x    , 
 2 2

(A) f(x) is an even function (B) Range of f(x) is (n(1 + e1/e ), n2)

  1 
   1 e  
(C) Range of f(x) is   n  1     ,  n2  (D) f(x) is neither an even nor an odd function
   e   
   

12. If numbers of ordered pairs (p, q) from the set S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} such that the function

x3 p 2
f(x) =  x  qx  10 defined from R to R is injective, is n then n is divisible by
3 2

(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 7 (D) 11

 
13. Let x, y, z   0,  are first three consecutive terms of an arithmetic progression such that cos x + cos y
 2
1
+ cos z = 1 and sin x + sin y + sin z = , then which of the following is/are correct ?
2

3 2
(A) cot y = 2 (B) cos (x – y) =
2 2

2 2
(C) tan2 y = (D) sin(x – y) + sin(y – z) = 0
3

Numerical Based Questions :

 2x 2  3x  a 
14. f(x) = log4  2
 has range [, ] such that  +  = 0, then find ‘a’.
 2x  3x  3 

15. Find the number of integers satisfying the inequality log1/2 2 x  4log2 x < 2 (4 – log16x4).

16. If three angles A, B, C are such that

cos A + cos B + cos C = 0 and if
 cos A cos B cos C = cos 3A + cos 3B + cos 3C, then value of  is :

17. Let f(x) = x2 – bx + c, b is an odd positive integer. Given that f(x) = 0 has two prime numbers as roots


and b + c = 35. If the least value of f(x)  x  R is , then   is equal to
3
(where [] denotes greatest integer function)
18. Consider the equation (x2 + x + 1)2 – (m – 3)(x2 + x + 1) + m = 0, where m is a real parameter. The
number of positive integral values of m for which equation has two real roots, is :

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19. If the equation (m2 – 12)x4 – 8x2 – 4 = 0 has no real roots, then the largest value of m is p q where p,
q are coprime natural numbers, then p + q =

Subjective Type Problems :

20. Solve the following system of simultaneous equations for x and y :
4sinx + 31/cos y = 11
5.16sinx – 2.31/cos y = 2
21. Find the value of
n
3n . 5n
Sn = 
n 1 (5n  3n )(5n1  3n 1 )
and hence S.

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ANSWER KEY OF CAPS-2+

1. (A) 2. (A) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (C) 6. (B) 7. (B)

8. (C) 9. (AC) 10. (ABC) 11. (AC) 12. (AB) 13. (AB) 14. 3

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15. 3 16. 12 17. 6 18. 1 19. 5 21.
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