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UG (except BBA) CET Sample Paper

MATHEMATICS: (50 Questions)

1. If n is a positive integer , then n3+2n is divisible by :

A. 2
B. 6
C. 15
D. 3

2. If x+y=k is a normal to y2=12x, then k=

A. 3
B. 6
C. 9
D. none of the above
3. The number of proper subsets of {1,2,3} is
A. 8
B. 7
C. 6
D. 5

4. A survey shows that 63% of the Americans like cheese and 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. none of these

5. The conjugate of 1/ (2+i) is


A. (2+i)/5
B. (2-i)/5
C. 5/ (2-i)
D. 5/ (2+i)

6. If x+x-1 = 2cos (p) then xn+x-n =


A. 2cos(np)
B. 2sin(np)
C. Cos(np)
D. Sin(np)

7. What is the equation of a line passing through (0,1) and making an angle
with the y-axis equal to the inclination of the line x-y=4 with the x-axis ?
A. y=x+1
B. x=y+1
C. 2x=y+2
D. none of the above
8. What is [[sin (a)/cosec (a)] + [cos (a)/sec (a)]] equal to?
A. 2
B. 1
C. 0.5
D. 0.4

9. What is the distance between the lines 3x+4y=9 and 6x+8y=18 ?


A. 0
B. 3 units
C. 9 units
D. 18 units

10. If a and b are the roots of the equation 2x2 + 6x + b = 0 (b<0) the
[(a/b)+(b/a)] equals
A. 2
B. -2
C. 18
D. none of these

11. What is the solution set of the equation x4-26x2+25=0?


A. {-5,-1, 1, 5}
B. {-5,-1}
C. {1, 5}
D. {-5, 0, 1, 5}

12. If H is the harmonic mean between P and Q , then the value of


((H/P)+(H/Q)) is :
A. PQ/(P+Q)
B. (P+Q)/PQ
C. 2
D. none of these

13. The first, second and the middle terms of an A.P are a, b, c
respectively. Then their sum is equal to:
A. 2(c-a)/ (b-a)
B. [2c(c-a)/ (b-a)] + c
C. 2c(c-a)/ (b-a)
D. none of these

14. The number of ways in which (m*n) students can be distributed


equally among m sections is:
A. (m!)n/n!
B. (m!)n/ (n!)m
C. (m*n)! /m! n!
D. (m*n)m
15. The number of six digit numbers that can be formed from the digits
1,2,3,4,5,6,7 so that the digits do not repeat and the terminal digits
are even is
A.144
B. 72
C. 288
D. 720

16. The number of divisors of the form 4n+2 (n≥0) of the integer 240 is
A. 4
B. 10
C. 8
D. 9

17. Four couples (husband and wife) decide to form a committee of four
members. The number of different committees that can be formed in which
no couple finds a place is
A. 10
B. 12
C. 14
D. 16

18. If the second, third and fourth term in the expansion of (x+a)n are 240 ,
720 and 1180 respectively, then the value of n is
A. 15
B. 20
C. 10
D. 5

19. The coefficient of x4 in the expansion of [(x/2)-(3/x2)]10 is equal to


A. 405/256
B. 504/259
C. 2450/263
D. none of the above

20. The lines px+qy+r=0, qx+ry+p=0 and rx+py+q=0 are concurrent if


A. pq+qr+rp=0
B. p2+q2+r2=2pqr
C. p3+q3+r3=3pqr
D. none of these

21. The value of λ for which the system of equations 3x-y+4z=3, x+2y-3z=-
2, 6x+5y-λz=-3 has infinite number of solutions is
A. 5
B. -5
C. 0
D. -1
22. If a2+4b2=12ab, then log (a+2b) =
A. (log a + log b – log 2)/2
B. log (a/2) + log (b/2) + log 2
C. (log a +log b + 4log 2)/2
D. (log a – log b +4log 2)/2

23. The number log2 7 is


A. an integer
B. a rational
C. an irrational
D. a prime number.

24. Let A be a skew-symmetric matrix of an odd order. Then det(A) is equal


to
A. 0
B. 1
C. -1
D. 2

25. If T is an identity matrix of order 3, then T2 + 2T is equal to


A. T
B. 2T
C. 3T
D. 4T

26. The range of the function f(x)=1/(2-cos (3x)) is equal to


A. [-1/3, 0]
B. R
C. [1/3, 1]
D. none of these

27. Which of the following functions is an even function?


A. f(x) =log(x+ (1+x2)1/2)
B. f(x) = loge((1+x)/ (1-x))
C. f(x) = x ((ax+1)/ (ax-1))
D. f(x) = xsin2x-x3

28. The value of lim [(sin(x) – x + x3/6)/ x5] as x tends to 0 is


A. 0
B. 1
C. 1/60
D. 1/120

29. If y=sinn x cos nx then dy/dx is equal to


A. n sinn-1 x cos ((n+1) x)
B. n sinn-1 x sin ((n+1) x)
C. n sinn-1 x cos ((n-1) x)
D. n sinn-1 x cos (nx)
30. If x=a(cos θ + θ sin θ) and y=a(sin θ – θ cos θ) , then dy/dx is equal to
A. cos θ
B. tan θ
C. sec θ
D. cosec θ

31. The value of k in order that f(x)= sin x – cos x – kx + b decreases for all real
values is given by :
A. k<1
B. k>1
C. k>21/2
D. k<21/2

32. The two curves x3 – 3xy2 +2 =0 and 3x2y – y3 = 2 ,


A. cut at right angles
B. touch each other
C. cut at an angle π/3
D. cut at an angle π/4

33. A circular plate expands under the influence of heat so that its radius
increases from 5cm to 5.06cm. The approximate increase in the area of the
circular plate is:
A. 0.88cm2
B. 1.88cm2
C. 2.88cm2
D. none of these

34. If ∫ [2x/((1-4x)1/2)] dx = k sin-1 (2x) + C (C is an arbitrary constant) , then k =


A. log 2
B. 0.5 log 2
C. 0.5
D. 1/log 2

35. ∫ (1-cos x)cosec2x dx equals


A. tan (x/2) + C
B. cot (x/2) + C
C. 0.5 tan (x/2) + C
D. 2 tan (x/2) + C

36. The area bounded by the curve y=2x-x2 and the straight line y=-x is given by
A. 9/2
B. 43/6
C. 35/6
D. none of these
37. Area of the region bounded by the curve y=tan x , tangent drawn to the curve
at x=∏/4 and the x-axis is equal to
A. log (√2)
B. log (√2) + 0.25
C. log (√2) - 0.25
D. 0.25

38. Which of the following is the integrating factor of xlog x dy/dx + y = 2 log x ?
A. x
B. ex
C. log x
D. log (log x)

39. The differential equation representing the family of curves y2=2c(x+c1/2)


where c is a positive parameter, is of
A. order 1, degree 3
B. order 2, degree 2
C. order 3, degree 3
D. order 4, degree 4

40. The solution of the differential equation (1+x2)dy/dx + 1+y2=0 is


A. tan-1x – tan-1y = tan-1c
B. tan-1y – tan-1x = tan-1c
C. tan-1x – tan-1y = tan c
D. tan-1x + tan-1y = tan-1c

41. The differential equation of a simple harmonic oscillator of period 2∏/n is


A. d2x/dt2 + nx =0
B. d2x/dt2 + n2x =0
C. d2x/dt2 - n2x =0
D. d2x/dt2 + x/n2 =0

42. The possible value of p for which the line xcosφ + ysin φ = p is a tangent to
the circle x2+y2-2qxcos φ – 2qysin φ = 0 is / are:
A. 0 and q
B. q and 2q
C. 0 and 2q
D. q

43. If one end of the diameter of the circle x2+y2-8x-4y+c=0 is (-3,2), then the
other end is
A. (5, 3)
B. (6, 2)
C. (1,-8)
D. (11, 2)
44. The line y=mx+1 is a tangent to the parabola y2=4x if
A. m=1
B. m=2
C. m=4
D. m=3

45. x2-4y2-2x+16y-24=0 represents :


A. a pair of straight lines
B. an ellipse
C. a hyperbola
D. a parabola

46. The eccentricity of the ellipse 9x2+5y2-30y=0 is equal to


A. 1/3
B. 2/3
C. ¾
D. none of these

47. The points with position vectors 7i-4j+7k , i-6j+10k , -i-3j+4k and 5i-j+k form
a:
A. square
B. rectangle
C. parallelogram
D. rhombus

48. One set containing 5 numbers has mean=8 and variance=24 and the second
set containing 3 numbers has mean=8 and variance=24. The variance of the
combined set is :
A. 42
B. 24
C. 20
D. 25

49. Bag A contains 2 white and 3 red balls and bag B contains 4 white and 5 red
balls. One ball is drawn at random from one of the bags and it is found to be red.
The probability that it is drawn from bag B is
A. 5/9
B. 4/9
C. 25/52
D. none of these

50. The probability that A can solve a problem is 2/3 and B can solve is ¾. If both
attempt the problem, what is the probability that the problem gets solved?
A. 11/12
B. 7/12
C. 5/12
D. 9/12

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