1. The length of the altitude on the side AC of triangle ABC is equal to AB − BC .

What is the value

C−A C+A
of sin + cos ?
2 2
1 1
(a) 1 (b) (c) (d) -1
2 3

2. Let a, b and c be complex numbers. Consider the following two statements.:

(P) If a 2 + b 2  c 2 , then a 2 + b 2 − c 2  0 .
(Q) If a 2 + b 2 − c 2  0 , then a 2 + b 2  c 2 .
Which of them is or are correct?
(a) Both are correct (b) Only P is correct
(c) Neither is correct (d) Only Q is correct


Let x = ( sin  ) y = ( cos  ) and z = ( sin  )
logb sin  logb cos logb cos 
3. where 0  b  1 and 0    . What
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are the relative sizes of x, y and z ?
(a) x  z  y (b) y  z  x (c) z  x  y (d) x  y  z

4. The sequence an  is defined by a1 = 9 and 3an +1 + ann = 4 for n  1. Let S n denote the sum of the
1
first n terms. What is the smallest positive integer n such that Sn − n − 6  ?
125
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8

5. Let n be a positive integer. If x − 2n = k x has two unequal real roots in the interval
( 2n − 1, 2n + 1 , what is the range of k?
1
(a) k  0 (b) 0  l 
2n + 1
1 1
(c) k (d) None of these
2n + 1 2n + 1

6. For how many prime numbers p does there exist a positive integer n such that p + n + n is an
integer?
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) Infinte (d) Greater than 1 but finite

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7. On the interval [1, 2], the functions f ( x ) = x 2 + px + q and g ( x ) = x +take the same minimum
x2
value at the same point. What is the maximum value of f ( x ) on this interval?
13 53
(a) 4 + 2+34 (b) 4 − 3+ 3 4
2 2
1
(c) 1 − 3 2 + 3 4 (d) None of these
2

8. Let a, b and c be real numbers such that a 2 − bc − 8a + 7 = 0 and b2 + c 2 + bc − 6a + 6 = 0 . What are

the possible values of a ?
(a) ( −,  ) (b) ( −,1  9,  )
(c) ( 0, 7 ) (d) 1,9

9. Among the candidates appearing for an exam, 60% are male and 40% are female. Out of these
candidates, 50% are successful. The number of successful female candidates is 40% more than the
number of successful male candidates. If one of the successful candidates is chosen randomly, then
what is the probability that the chosen candidate is female?
7 2 28 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
12 3 53 2

( log n )
u

10. If converges to a constant as n →  , then the set S of possible values of u is

n
(a)  −1,1 (b) ( −,1 (c) ( −,  ) (d) None of the above

n
 1 
11. Let xn =  1 − 2  . Then, lim xn is
k =2  k  x →

1
(a) Zero (b) Unbounded (c) sin (1) (d)
2

12. Let a and b be two nonzero vectors in 3 dimensions. The orthogonal projection of b onto a is
a
c = ( e  b ) e , where e = is the unit vector in the direction of a , and a denotes the length of a .
a
(a) If b − c is nonzero then ( a  b ) = a b

(b) If b − c is zero then ( a  b )  a b

(c) b − c  0 is equivalent to the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality

(d) None of the above

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13. Let A be a 2 × 2 matrix with positive entries bounded above by a constant a  0 . Then
(a) Each entry of A5 is bounded by 23 a 5 (b) Each entry of A10 is bounded by 25 a10
(c) Each entry of A7 is bounded by 26 a 6 (d) None of these

14. The number of functions f : 1,...,100 → 1,....,100 such that f ( x )  x , and f ( f ( x ) ) = x for all
x , equals
100! 100! 100! 50!
(a) (b) (c) (d)
50!250 50! 250 250

15. We wish to choose some of the positive integers from 1 to 1000 inclusive, such that no two differ by
3 or 5. The maximum number of positive integers we can choose is
(a) 200 (b) 300 (c) 400 (d) 500

16. In the figure below, numbers indicate the lengths of the corresponding segments. What is the value
of x ?

(a) 19 (b) 13 (c) 7 + 13 (d) 19

17. An integer with 2023 digits has the property that every two consecutive digits form a number that is
a product of four prime numbers (not necessarily distinct). The digit in the 100th position is
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 8

18. Three candles which can burn for 30, 40 and 50 minutes respectively are lit at different times. All
three candles are burning simultaneously for 10 minutes, and there is a total of 20 minutes in which
exactly one of them is burning. The number of minutes in which exactly two of them are burning is
(a) 35 (b) 45 (c) 70 (d) 90

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 x 4 + kx 2 + 1
19. If x 2 + 6 x + 1 = 0 and = 2 then the value of k is
3 x3 + kx 2 + 3 x
(a) 68 (b) 72 (c) 65 (d) 70

20. In the adjoining figure, AB is a diameter of the circle. Given BAC = 20, AEB = 56 . Then the
measure (in degrees) of BCD is

(a) 12 (b) 10 (c) 14 (d) 16

21. The number of ordered pairs of positive integers ( x, y ) satisfying the equation x 2 + 4 y = 3x + 16 is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

a b
22. a, b are natural numbers such that + = a + b ; then
b a
(a) a is odd and b is even
(b) a, b are both even
(c) Such natural numbers a and b do not exist
(d) There is exactly one value of ' a ' and ' b ' which satisfy the equation

 x  +  x x  1

23. If f ( x ) =  1 , then [where  and 
 represents greatest integer part and fractional
 x  1
  x  +  x
2

part respectively].
(a) f ( x ) is continuous at x = 1 but not differentiable
(b) f ( x ) is not continuous at x = 1
(c) f ( x ) is differentiable at x = 1
(d) lim f ( x ) does not exist
x →1

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24. If y = 1 − 2 − 3 − 4 − x ; then number of points where y is not differentiable; is
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) >5

25. Let f be a function such that f ( x ) and f ' ( x ) have opposite signs for al x  R . Then
(a) f ( x ) is an increasing function (b) f ( x ) is a decreasing function
(c) f ( x ) is an decreasing function (d) f ( x ) is an increasing function

26. For any real  , the maximum value of cos 2 ( cos  ) + sin 2 ( sin  ) is
(a) 1 (b) 1 + sin 2 1 (c) 1 + cos 2 1 (d) Does not exist

((t − b ))
2 m +1
If m and n are positive integers and f ( x ) =  ( t − a )
x
dt , a  b then
2n
27.
1

(a) x = b is a point of local minimum (b) x = b is a point of local maximum

(c) x = a is a point of local minimum (d) x = a is a point of local maximum

 /2 x tan −1 x
1 = 
1
28. If dx and 2 = dx , then value of 1
is
0 sin x 0 x 2

1
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) (d) 3
2

sgn ( x −  x )dx , is equal to (where  denotes the greatest integer function)
10
29. The value of −1

(a) 9 (b) 10 (c) 11 (d) None of these

30. A curve passing through (2, 3) and satisfying the differential equation  ty ( t ) dt = x 2 y ( x ) , ( x  0 ) is
0

9 x2 y 2
(a) x 2 + y 2 = 13 (b) y 2 = x (c) + =1 (d) xy = 6
2 8 18

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 Answer
1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (c) 5. (b) 6. (c)

7. (d) 8. (d) 9. (a) 10. (c) 11. (d) 12. (d)

13. (d) 14. (a) 15. (d) 16. (-) 17. (d) 18. (a)

19. (d) 20. (c) 21. (b) 22. (d) 23. (a) 24. (d)

25. (c) 26. (b) 27. (a) 28. (b) 29. (c) 30. (d)

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 Solutions
1.

2.

3.

7
4.

5.

6.

8
7.

8.

9.
7
(a)
12

10. (c) ( −,  )

9
 1
11. (d)
2

12. (d) None of the above

13. (d) None of these

100!
14. (a)
50!250

15. (d) 500

16. ----

17. (d) 8

18. (a) 35

19. (d) 70

20. (c) 14

21. (b) 2

22. (d) There is exactly one value of ' a ' and ' b ' which satisfy the equation

23. (a) f ( x ) is continuous at x = 1 but not differentiable

24. (d) >5

25. (c) f ( x ) is an decreasing function

26. (b) 1 + sin 2 1

27. (a) x = b is a point of local minimum

28. (b) 2

29. (c) 11

30. (d) xy = 6

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