Signature of invigilator ____________

PART TEST-4
Class : XIII (All)
Time : 1 Hr. Max. Marks : 90

MATHEMATICS

INSTRUCTIONS
1. The question paper contains 30 questions. All Questions carry 3 marks each. All of them are compulsory.
2. Each question contains four alternatives out of which only ONE is correct.
3. There is NEGATIVE marking. For each wrong answer 1 mark will be deducted.
4. Indicate the correct answer for each question by filling appropriate bubble in your answer sheet.
5. Use only HB pencil for darkening the bubble.
6. Use of Calculator, Log Table, Slide Rule and Mobile is not allowed.
7. The answer(s) of the questions must be marked by shading the circles against the question by dark
HB pencil only.
For example if only 'B' choice is correct then,
the correct method for filling the bubble is
A B C D

the wrong method for filling the bubble are

(ii) A B C D

(iii) A B C D

(iv) A B C D

The answer of the questions in wrong or any other manner will be treated as wrong.
Q1. Each of 10 passengers board any of the three buses randomly which had no passengers initially. The
probability that each bus has got at least one passenger is
210 10
C3  37 10
P3  3 7 310  3.210  3
(A) 1 – (B) 1 – (C) (D)
310 310 310 310
Q2. If as many more words as possible be formed out of letters of the word “POTATO” then the no. of
words in which the relative order of vowels & consonent remain unchaged is
(A) 17 (B) 119 (C) 8 (D) none
Q3. A telegraph has m arms and each arm is capable of moving on ‘n’ distinct positions excluding the position
of rest. The total no. of signals that can be transmitted is
(A) mn – 1 (B) nm – 1 (C) (m+ 1)n – 1 (D) (n + 1)m – 1

Q4. Which of the following equalities always holds true for real square matrix A & B
(A) adj (AB) = (adj A) (adj B) (B) adj (BA) = |AB| (adj B) (adj A)
(C) adj (A–1) = (adj A)–1 (D) (AB)T = ATBT

Q5. If xi = aibici where i = 1, 2, 3 are three digit positive numbers such that each xi is a multiple of 19, then
a1 a2 a3
b1 b2 b3
for some integer n, A = is of the form of
c1 c2 c3
(A) 19n (B) 19n + 1 (C) 19n + 2 (D) 19n + 3

Q6. Let A be the set of four digit numbers a1a2a3a4 where a1 > a2 > a3 > a4 then n(A) =
(A) 126 (B) 84 (C) 210 (D) 294

Q7. A purse contains 3 cards. One of them is red on both the sides, one is blue on both the sides and one is
red on one side and blue on the other side. A card is randomly chosen and put on the table. It shows red
colour on the upper side. Then the probability that the other side of the card is also red is
2 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) none
3 2 3
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Q8. The set of homogeneous equations
tx + (t + 1)y + (t – 1)z = 0 (t + 1)x + ty + (t +2)z = 0
(t – 1)x + (t +2)y + tz = 0 has non trivial solutions for
(A) three values of t (B) two values of t (C) one value of t (D) no value of t

0 2b c 
a b  c 
Q9. The value of a, b, c when   is orthogonal, are
a  b c 

1 1 1 1 1 1
(A)  ,  , (B)  ,  ,
2 6 2 3 2 6
1 1 1 1 1 1
(C)  ,  , (D)  ,  ,
2 2 2 2 6 3

Q10. If A is a singular matrix, then adj A is

Q11. A parallelopiped is formed by planes drawn through the points (2, 3, 5) & (5, 9, 7), parallel to the
coordinate planes. The length of a diagonal of the rectangular parallelopiped is
(A) 7 (B) 38 (C) 155 (D) none
  
Q12. In  ABC, angle B is a right angle, the angle between the median vectors AD and BE is . The
2
measure of angle C is
(A) tan–12 (B) cot–1 2 (C) tan–1 2 (D) cot–12

Q13. The direction cosines of the perpendicular to a plane from origin are proportional to (2, 2, 1) & the
length of the perpendicular from origin is 4. The equation of the plane is
(A) 2x + 2y + z = 12 (B) 2x + y + 2z = 12
(C) x + 2y + 2z = 12 (D) x – 2y + 2z = 12

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 x 1 y 1 z  3
Q14. The equation of plane which contain the line   & is perpendicular to the plane
2 1 4
x + 2y + z = 12 is
(A) 9x – 2y – 5z + 4 = 0 (B) 2x – 9y – 5z + 4 = 0
(C) 5x – 2y – 9z + 4 = 0 (D) 9x – 2y – 5z – 4 = 0

Q15. Two systems of rectangular axes have the same origin. If a plane cuts them at distances a, b, c and a', b',
c' from the origin, then
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
(A)      0 (B)      0
a 2 b 2 c 2 a ' 2 b '2 c '2 a 2 b 2 c 2 a ' 2 b ' 2 c' 2
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
(C) 2
 2  2  2  2  2 0 (D) 2
 2  2  2  2  2 0
a b c a' b ' c' a b c a' b' c'

Q16. The vector AB  3î  4k̂ and AC  5î  2 ĵ  4k̂ are the sides of a triangle ABC. The length of the
median through A is
(A) 288 (B) 72 (C) 33 (D) 18

Q17. If K  R0 then det. {adj (KIn)} is equal to

   
Q18. The vectors P, Q and R have the same directions as î ,  î  ˆj and  k̂ respectively. If | P | =2 ;
    
Q ·Q = 18 and R ·R = 16 then the vector V  3î  9ˆj  8k̂ expressed as a linear combination of
  
P, Q and R is
        
(A) 3P  2Q  3R (B) 2P  3Q  2R (C) 3P  3Q  2R (D) None

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For Problem No. 19 & 20
Instruction (96-98). If 25 identical things be distributed among five persons, then
Q19. The number of ways each receives odd number of things:
(A) 14C4 (B) 15C4 (C) 16C4 (D) none of these

Q20. The number of ways each receives at least one thing but not more than eleven:
(A) 24C4 – 5·12C4 (B) 24C4 – 5 (C) 24C4 – 5·13C4 (D) none of these

     
Q21. a , b, c are three non-coplanar vectors. The position vectors of three point P, Q, R are 2a  b  3c ,
     
4a  3b   c and a  4b  6c . P, Q, R are collinear if
5
(A)  =  = (B)  =  = 5 (C)  = 5,  = – 5 (D)  = 5,  = 4
2
  
a.a a.b a.c
    
Q22. If a  î  ˆj  k̂ , b  î  ˆj  k̂ , c  î  2ˆj  k̂ , then the value of b.a b.b

b.c =

c.a c.b c.c
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 16 (D) 64

 
Q23. If a , b, c are three non-coplanar & p, q, r are reciprocal vectors, then :
  
 
  
a  mb  nc  p  mq  n r  is equal to : (where l, m, n are scalars)
(A) l2 + m2 + n2 (B) l m + m n + n l (C) 0 (D) none of these

Q24. If the plane 2x – 2y – z – 11 = 0 makes an angle sin–1() with x-axis, then  is equal to
1 2 2
(A) (B) (C) (D) 1
2 3 3

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  1    1
Q25. Number of real values of  for which the matrix A =  2  1 3  has no inverse
  3   2   7
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) infinite
Q26. Let A be 6 × 4, B be 4 × 4, C be 4 × 3, D and E be 3 × 1 matrices, then which one of the following can
be defined
(A) ABCD (B) C (2D – E) (C) BCE (D) CD + E

Q27. All the elements of a square matrix A of order n are non-negative. If a ij ,  i  j , is the least non-
negative value of the function f(x) = x2 + 2x – 1 & tr(A) = , then maximum value of |A| will be
(A) n (B) (n/)n (C) /n)n (D) (n)n
Q28. The equations of the line through the point (, , ) and equally inclined to the axes are
x 1 y 1 z 1
(A) x –  = y –  = z –  (B)  
  
x y z x   y  z  
(C)   (D)  
     

Q29. There are two urns marked A and B. Urn A contains 2 red and 1 blue. Urn B contains 1 red and 2 blue
marbles. A fair coin is tossed. If it lands heads, a marble is drawn from A. If it lands tails a marble is
drawn from B. Consider the events
E1 : Heads and a red marble occur E2 : Red marbles occurs
E3 : Blue marble occurs E4 : Heads occurring if the marble drawn is red
Which one of the events described above is most probable?
(A) E1 (B) E2 (C) E3 (D) E4
28 24
Q30. If C2r : C 2r 4 = 225 : 11
1
then r =
(A) 7 (B) 14 (C) 8 (D) none

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