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KCET – 2022 TEST PAPER WITH ANSWER KEY

(HELD ON THURSDAY 16TH JUNE 2022)
MATHEMATICS
1. Find the mean number of heads in three tosses of a fair coin :
(A) 1.5 (B) 4.5
(C) 2.5 (D) 3.5
Ans. A
1 1 1
2. If A and B are two events such that P(A) , P(B) and P(A | B) , then P A B is
2 2 4

1 3
(A) (B)
4 16
1 3
(C) (D)
12 4
Ans. A
3. A pandemic has been spreading all over the world. The probabilities are 0.7 that there will be a lockdown, 0.8
that the pandemic is controlled in one month if there is a lockdown and 0.3 that it is controlled in one month
if there is no lockdown. The probability that the pandemic will be controlled in one month is
(A) 0.65 (B) 1.65
(C) 1.46 (D) 0.46
Ans. A
4. If A and B are two independent events such that P A 0.75, P A B 0.65 and P(B) = x, then find the
value of x :
5 8
(A) (B)
14 15
9 7
(C) (D)
14 15
Ans. B
5. Suppose that the number of elements in set A is p, the number of elements in set B is q and the number of
elements in A B is 7 then p2 q2 ______
(A) 50 (B) 51
(C) 42 (D) 49
Ans. A
1
6. The domain of the function f x x 2 is
log10 1 x

(A) [ 2, 0) (0, 1) (B) [ 2, 1)

(C) [ 2, 0) (D) [ 2, 0) (0, 1)
Ans. D

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7. The trigonometric function y = tan x in the II quadrant
(A) Decreases from 0 to (B) Decreases from to 0
(C) Increases from 0 to (D) Increases from to 0
Ans. D

8. The degree measure of is equal to

32
(A) 5 30 20 (B) 5 37 20

(C) 5 37 30 (D) 4 30 30
Ans. C
5
9. The value of sin sin is
12 12
(A) 0 (B) 1
1 1
(C) (D)
2 4
Ans. D

10. 2 2 2 2cos8

(A) sin 2 (B) 2cos

(C) 2sin (D) 2cos

2
Ans. B

11. If A = {1, 2, 3, ...... 10} then number of subsets of A containing only odd numbers is
(A) 31 (B) 27
(C) 32 (D) 30
Ans. A
12. If all permutations of the letters of the word MASK are arranged in the order as in dictionary with or without
meaning, which one of the following is 19th word ?
(A) KAMS (B) SAMK
(C) AKMS (D) AMSK
Ans. Bonus
a3 a9
13. If a1, a2, a3, ..., a10 is a geometric progression and a 25, then
1 a 5 equals
(A) 3(52) (B) 54
(C) 53 (D) 2(52)
Ans. B

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14. If the straight line 2x – 3y + 17 = 0 is perpendicular to the line passing through the points (7, 17) and
(15, ), then equals
(A) –5 (B) 5
(C) 29 (D) –29
Ans. B
15. The octant in which the point (2, –4, –7) lies is
(A) Eighth (B) Third
(C) Fourth (D) Fifth
Ans. A

x 2 1, 0 x 2
16. If f (x) ,
2x 3, 2 x 3

the quadratic equation whose roots are xlim2 f (x) and xlim2 f (x) is

(A) x 2 14x 49 0 (B) x 2 10x 21 0

(C) x 2 6x 9 0 (D) x 2 7x 8 0
Ans. B
17. If 3x + i (4x – y) = 6 – i where x and y are real numbers, then the values of x and y are respectively,
(A) 3, 9 (B) 2, 4
(C) 2, 9 (D) 3, 4
Ans. C
18. If the standard deviation of the numbers –1, 0, 1, k is 5 where k 0, then k is equal to

5
(A) 4 (B) 6
3

10
(C) 2 (D) 2 6
3
Ans. D
19. If the set x contains 7 elements and set y contains 8 elements, then the number of bijections from x to y is
(A) 0 (B) 8 P7
(C) 7 ! (D) 8 !
Ans. A
20. If f : R R be defined by

2x : x 3
2
f (x) x : 1 x 3
3x : x 1

then f(–1) + f(2) + f(4) is

(A) 5 (B) 10
(C) 9 (D) 14
Ans. C

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21. Let the relation R is defined in N by a R b, if 3a + 2b = 27 then R is

27
(A) {(1, 12) (3, 9) (5, 6) (7, 3)} (B) 0, (1,12)(3,9)(5, 6)(7,3)
2
(C) {(1, 12) (3, 9) (5, 6) (7, 3) (9, 0)} (D) {(2, 1) (9, 3) (6, 5) (3, 7)}
Ans. A

3 y3 3
22. lim
y 0 y3

1 1
(A) (B)
2 3 3 2

(C) 2 3 (D) 3 2
Ans. A
23. If A is a matrix of order 3 × 3, then (A2)–1 is equal to
(A) (–A2) 2 (B) (A–1)2
(C) A2 (D) (–A)–2
Ans. B or D

2 1
24. If A , then the inverse of the matrix A3 is
3 2
(A) A (B) –1
(C) 1 (D) –A
Ans. A
25. If A is a skew symmetric matrix, then A2021 is
(A) Row matrix (B) Column matrix
(C) Symmetric matrix (D) Skew symmetric matrix
Ans. D

0 1
26. If A then (aI + bA)n is (where I is the identify matrix of order 2)
0 0

(A) a 2 I a n 1b A (B) a n I n a n 1b A

(C) a n I n a n bA (D) a n I b n A
Ans. B
27. If A is a 3 × 3 matrix such that | 5 . adj A| = 5 then |A| is equal to
(A) 1 (B) 1/ 25
(C) 1/ 5 (D) 5
Ans. C

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28. If there are two values of ‘a’ which makes determinant

1 2 5
2 a 1 86
0 4 2a

Then the sum of these numbers is

(A) –4 (B) 9
(C) 4 (D) 5
Ans. A
29. If the vertices of a triangle are (–2, 6) (3, –6) and (1, 5), then the area of the triangle is
(A) 40 sq. units (B) 15.5 sq. units
(C) 30 sq. units (D) 35 sq. units
Ans. B
30. Domain cos–1 [x] is, where [ ] denotes a greatest integer function
(A) (–1, 2] (B) (–1, 2)
(C) [–1, 2] (D) [–1, 2)
Ans. D
dy
31. If y 1 x 2 tan 1 x x then is
dx

tan 1 x
(A) 2x tan 1 x (B)
x
(C) x 2 tan 1 x (D) x tan 1 x
Ans. A
dy
32. If x e sin , y e cos where is a parameter, then at 1,1 is equal to
dx

1
(A) 0 (B)
2
1 1
(C) (D)
2 4
Ans. Bonus

d2y
33. If y e x x x ....
x 1 then at x log3e is
dx 2
(A) 3 (B) 5
(C) 0 (D) 1
Ans. A
2
34. If f 1 1,f ' 1 3 then the derivative of f f f x f x at x 1 is
(A) 10 (B) 33
(C) 35 (D) 12
Ans. B

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x dy
35. If y x sin x sin x then at x is
dx 2

4
(A) (B) log
2
2
(C) 1 (D)
2
Ans. C

1 n n
36. If A n then A1 A2 .... A 2021
n 1 n
2
(A) 2021 (B) 2021
2
(C) 2021 (D) 4042
Ans. B
2x
37. The function f x log 1 x is increasing on
2 x
(A) , (B) , 1

(C) 1, (D) ,0
Ans. C
38. The co-ordinates of the point on the x y 6 at which the tangent is equally inclined to the axes is

(A) 4, 4 (B) 1,1

(C) 9,9 (D) 6,6

Ans. C
39. The function f x 4sin 3 x 6sin 2 x 12sin x 100 is strictly

(A) decreasing in , (B) decreasing in 0,

2 2 2

3
(C) increasing in , (D) decreasing in ,
2 2
Ans. D
8

40. If x is the greatest integer function not greater than x then x dx is equal to
0

(A) 28 (B) 30
(C) 29 (D) 20
Ans. A

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41. sin cos3 d is equal to

0

8 7
(A) (B)
23 23

8 7
(C) (D)
21 21
Ans. C

y dy d 2 y
42. If e xy e the ordered pair , at x = 0 is equal to
dx dx 2

1 1 1 1
(A) , (B) ,
e e2 e e2

1 1 1 1
(C) , (D) ,
e e2 e e2
Ans. D
cos 2x cos 2
43. dx is equal to
cos x cos
(A) 2 sin x x cos c (B) 2 sin x x cos c

(C) 2 sin x 2x cos c (D) 2 sin x 2x cos c

Ans. B
1
xe x
44. 3
dx is equal to
0 2 x

1 1 1 1
(A) e (B) e
27 8 27 8

1 1 1 1
(C) e (D) e
9 4 9 4
Ans. D
dx 1
45. If a log |1 x 2 | b tan 1 x log | x 2 | c , then
x 2 x2 1 5

1 2 1 2
(A) a b (B) a b
10 5 10 5

1 2 1 2
(C) a b (D) a b
10 5 10 5
Ans. A

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46. Area of the region bounded by the curve y tan x , the x-axis and line x is
3

1
(A) log (B) log 2
2
(C) 0 (D) log 2
Ans. B
3
2
47. Evaluate x dx as the limit of a sum
2

72 53
(A) (B)
6 9
25 19
(C) (D)
7 3
Ans. D
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cos x sin x
48. dx is equal to
0 1 sin x

(A) log 2 1 (B) log 2

(C) log 2 (D) 1 log 2
Ans. D
dy y
49. If x 2 , then 2y (2) – y (1) =
dx x

11 15
(A) (B)
4 4
9 13
(C) (D)
4 4
Ans. B
dy 2
50. The solution of the differential equation x y is
dx
1 1
(A) tan x y x c (B) tan x y 0
1 1
(C) cot x y c (D) cot x y x c
Ans. A
dy
51. If y(x) be the solution of differential equation x log x y 2x log x, y e is equal to
dx
(A) e (B) 0
(C) 2 (D) 2e
Ans. C

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1a 1b
52. If a 2 and b o
3 and the angle between a and b is 120 , then the length of the vector is
2 3

(A) 2 (B) 3
(C) 1/6 (D) 1
Ans. Bonus
2
53. If a b a.b 36 and a 3 then b is equal to

(A) 9 (B) 36
(C) 4 (D) 2
Ans. Bonus
54. If ˆi 3ˆj, ˆi 2ˆj kˆ then express in the form where is parallel to and is
1 2 1 2

parpendicular to then 1
is given by

5 ˆ ˆ 5 ˆ ˆ
(A) i 3j (B) i 3j
8 8
(C) ˆi 3jˆ (D) ˆi 3jˆ
Ans. Bonus
2 2/3
55. The sum of the degree and order of the differential equation 1 y1 y 2 is

(A) 4 (B) 6
(C) 5 (D) 7
Ans. C
56. The co-ordinates of foot of the perpendicular drawn from the origin to the plane 2x 3y 4z 29 are

(A) 2,3, 4 (B) 2, 3, 4

(C) 2, 3,4 (D) 2, 3,4

Ans. C
x 3 y 1 z 3 x 1 y 4 z 5
57. The angle between the pair of lines and is
3 5 4 1 4 2

1 27 1 8 3
(A) cos (B) cos
5 15

1 19 1 5 3
(C) cos (D) cos
21 16

Ans. Bonus

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58. The corner points of the feasible region of an LPP are 0,2 , 3,0 , 6,0 , 6,8 and 0,5 then the minimum
value of z 4x 6y occurs at
(A) Finite number of points (B) Infinite number of points
(C) Only one point (D) Only two points
Ans. D
59. A dietician has to develop a special diet using two foods X and Y. Each packet (containing 30 g) of food. X
contains 12 units of calcium, 4 unit of iron, 6 units of cholesterol and 6 units of vitamin A. Each packet of the
same quantity of food Y contains 3 units of calcium, 20 units of iron, 4 units of cholesterol and 3 units of
vitamin A. The diet requires at least 240 units of calcium, atleast 460 units of iron and atmost 300 units of
cholesterol. The corner points of the feasible region are
(A) 2,72 , 40,15 , 15,20 (B) 2,72 , 15,20 , 0, 23

(C) 0,23 , 40,15 , 2,72 (D) 2,72 , 40,15 , 115,0

Ans. A

60. The distance of the point whose position vector is 2iˆ ˆj kˆ from the plane r. ˆi 2ˆj 4kˆ 4 is

8
(A) (B) 8 21
21

8 8
(C) (D)
21 21
Ans. A

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