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Application of Derivative
 1
1. If 5f ( x )  4f    x 2  2, x  0 and y  9x 2f ( x ) , then y is strictly increasing in :
x
 2   1   1   1 
(a)  0,  ,  (b)   , 0   , 
 5  5   5   5 
 1   1   1   1 
(c)  , 0    0,  (d)   , ,    0, 
 5   5  5   5
x
2. Let g ( x )  3f    f (3  x ) and f "( x )  0 for all x  (0, 3) . If g is decreasing in (0,  ) and increasing in ( , 3) ,
3
then 8  is :
(a) 24 (b) 0 (c) 18 (d) 20
2
3. The function f ( x )  2x  3( x ) 3 , x  ,
(a) Exactly one point of local minima and no point of local maxima
(b) Exactly one point of local maxima and no point of local minima
(c) Exactly one point of local maxima and exactly one point of local minima
(d) Exactly two points of local maxima and exactly one point of local minima

x
4. The function f ( x )  , x   {2, 8} .
x 3  6 x  16
(a) Decreases ( 2, 8) and increases in (,  2)  (8, )
(b) Decreases in (,  2)  (2, 8)  (8, )
(c) Decreases in (,  2) and increases in (8, )
(d) Increases in (,  2)  (2, 8)  (8, )
 1 3
5. Let g : R  R be non constant twice differentiable such that g '    g '   . If a real valued function f is
2 2
1
defined as f ( x )  [g ( x )  g (2  x )], then :
2
(a) f "( x )  0 for atleast two x in (0, 2) (b) f "( x )  0 for exactly one x in (0, 1)
3  1
(c) f "( x )  0 for no x in (0, 1) (d) f '   f '   1
2 2
6. Let f ( x )  ( x  3)2 ( x  2)3 , x  [4, 4] . If M and m are the maximum and minimum values of f, respectively in
[4, 4] , then the value of M  m is :
(a) 600 (b) 392 (c) 608 (d) 108

Area Under Curves

7. The area enclosed by the curves xy  4y  16 and x  y  6 is equal to :
(a) 28  30 loge 2 (b) 30  28 loge 2 (c) 30  32 loge 2 (d) 32  30 loge 2

8. Three points 0(0, 0), P (a, a2 ), Q ( b, b2 ), a  0, b  0 , are on the parabola y  x 2 . Let S1 be the area of the
region bounded by the line PQ and the parabola, and S2 be the are a of the triangle OPQ . If the minimum
S1 m
value of is , gcd (m, n )  1 , then m  n is equal to :
S2 n

9. The sum of squares of all possible values of k, for which area of the region bounded by the parabolas 2y 2  kx
and ky 2  2( y  x ) is maximum, is equal to :

10. Let the are of the region ( x, y ) : x  2y  4  0, 

x  2y 2  0, x  4y 2  8, y  0 be
m
n
, where m and n are
coprime numbers. Then m  n is equal to _______.

11. If the are a of the region {( x, y ) : 0  y  min {2x, 6x  x 2 }} is A, then 12 A is equal to :

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12. The are (in sq. units) of the part of circle x 2  y 2  169 which is below the line 5x  y  13 is
 65   12 
  sin1   where  ,  are coprime numbers. Then    is equal to :
2 2   13 

13. Let the are of the region {( x, y ) : 0  x  3, 0  y  min { x 2  2, 2x  2} } be A. The 12 A is equal to _______.

14. The area (in square units) of the region bounded by the parabola y 2  4( x  2) and the line y  2x  8 .
(a) 8 (b) 9 (c) 6 (d) 7

15. Let Y  Y ( X ) be a curve lying in the first quadrant such that the area enclosed by the line
Y  y  Y '( x ) ( X  x ) and the co-ordinate axes, where (x, y) is any point on the curve, is always
y 2
 1, Y '( x )  0 . If Y (1) = 1, then 12Y(2) equals ________.
2Y '( x )

16. The are of the region enclosed by the parabola ( y  2)2  x  1 , the line x  2y  4  0 and the positive
coordinate axes is _______.

 xy ( x  1) ( x  2) 
17. The ( x, y ) : y 2  4 x, x  4,  0, x  3  is :
 ( x  3) ( x  4) 
16 64 8 32
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 3 3 3

18. The are of the region enclosed by the parabola y  4 x  x 2 and 3y  ( x  4)2 is equal to :
32 14
(a) (b) 4 (c) 6 (d)
9 3
Binomial Theorem
6
 1
19. If the Coefficient of x 30 in the expansion of  1   (1  x 2 )7 (1  x 3 )8 ; x  0 is  , then |  | equals :
 x 

18
 1 
20.  1 3
Let m and n be the coefficients of seventh and thirteenth terms respectively in the expansion of  x 
1 
2 
3 
 2x 3 
1
 n 3
. Then   is :
m
4 1 1 9
(a) (b) (c) (d)
9 9 4 4

n 1
21. Cr  (k 2  8) nCr 1 if and only if :
(a) 2 2 k 3 (b) 2 3 k 3 2 (c) 2 3 k 3 3 (d) 2 2 k 2 3

22. If A denotes the sum of all the coefficients in the expansion of (1  3x  10 x 2 )n and B denotes the sum of all the
coefficients in the expansion of (1  x 2 )n , then :
(a) A  B3 (b) 3AB (c) B  A3 (d) A  3B
2007
23. The coefficient of x 2012
in the expansion of (1  x )2008
(1  x  x )
2
is equal to :

11 11 11
C1 C2 C9 n
24. If   ........   with gcd (n, m) = 1, then n  m is equal to :
2 3 10 m

32
25. Remiander when 6432 is divided by 9 is equal to _________.
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  1   1 
  
26. Number of integral terms in the expansion of 7  2   11  6   is qual to ______.
 

27. Suppose 2  p, p, 2  ,  are the coefficient of four consecutive terms in the expansion of (1  x )n . Then the
value of p2   2  6  2p equals :
[We changed options. In official NTA paper no option was correct.]
(a) 4 (b) 10 (c) 8 (d) Data Inconsistent

 n
  
2
n  Ck  n  1  n Ck nCk 1 
28. Let    k  0  k  1     
k  0  k  2 
 . If 5  6 m, then n equals :

 

5
 3 3 3 
29. In the expansion of (1  x ) (1  x 2 ) 1   2  3  , x  0 , the sum of the coefficient of x 3 and x 13 is equal
 x x x 
to _______.

30. If for some m, n ; 6Cm  2 (6 Cm1)  6Cm2  8C3 and n 1P3 : P3 : n P4  1: 8 , then n Pm1  n 1Cm is equal to :
(a) 380 (b) 376 (c) 384 (d) 372

31. Let the coefficient of x r in the expansion of ( x  3)n 1  ( x  3)n 2 ( x  2)  ( x  3)n 3 ( x  2)2  ......  ( x  2)n 1


n
be  r . r   n   n ,  ,  ,  N , then the value of  2   2 equals _______.
r 0

Circle
32. Let C : x 2  y 2  4 and C ' : x 2  y 2  4 x  9  0 be two circles. If the set of all values of  so that the circle C
and C' intersect at two distinct points, is R  [a, b] , then the point (8a  12, 16b  20) lies on the curve :
(a) x 2  2y 2  5x  6y  3 (b) 5 x 2  y  11
(c) x 2  4y 2  7 (d) 6x 2  y 2  42

33. Let the line L : 2 x  y   pass through the point of the intersection P(in the first quadrant) of the circle
x 2  y 2  3 and the parabola x 2  2y . Let the line L touch two circles C1 and C2 of equal radius 2 3 . If the
centres Q1 and Q2 of the circles C1 and C2 lie on the y-axis, then the square of the area of the triangle PQ1 Q2
is equal to :

34. Let the locus of the mid points of the chords of circle x 2  ( y  1)2  1 drawn from the origin intersect the line
x  y  1 at P and Q. Then the length of PQ is :
1 1
(a) (b) 2 (c) (d) 1
2 2

35. Four distinct points (2k, 3k), (1, 0), (0,1) and (0, 0) lie on a circle for k equal o :
2 3 5 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
13 13 13 13

36. Consider a circle ( x   )2  ( y   )2  50 , where ,   0 . If the circle touches the line y  x  0 at the point P,
whose distance from the origin is 4 2 , then (   )2 is equal to :
 22 
37. Equation of two diameters of a circle are 2x  3y  5 and 3x  4y  7 . The line joining the points    4
 7 
 1 
and   , 3  intersects the circle at only one point P(,  ) . then 17   is equal to :
 7 

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38. If the circles ( x  1)2  ( y  2)2  r 2 and x 2  y 2  4x  4y  4  0 intersect at exactly two distinct points, then :
1
(a) 5r 9 (b) 0r 7 (c) 3r 7 (d) r 7
2

39. "Consider two circles C1 : x 2  y 2  25 and C2 : ( x   )2  y 2  16 , where   (5, 9) . Let the angle between the
 63 
two radii (one to each circle) drawn from one of the intersection points of C1 and C2 be sin1 
 8 
. If the
 
length of common chord of C1 and C2 is  , then the value of ( )2 equals :

40. If one of the diameters of the circle x 2  y 2  10x  4y  13  0 is a chord of another circle C, whose centre is
the point of intersection of the lines 2x  3y  12 and 3x  2y  5 , then the radius of the circle C is :
(a) 20 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 3 2

41. Let a variable line passing through the centre of the circle x 2  y 2  16x  4y  0 , meet the positive co-ordinate
axes at the point A and B. Then the minimum value of OA  OB , where O is the origin, is equal to :
(a) 12 (b) 18 (c) 20 (d) 24

Complex Number

42. Let S  {z  C : | z  1|  1 and ( 2  1) ( z  z)  i ( z  z)  2 2} . Let z1 , z2  S be such that

| z1 |  max zs | z | and | z2 |  minzS | z | . Then | 2z1  z2 | equals :
2

(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2

43. Let P  {z  C : | z  2  3i |  1} and Q  {z  C : z(1  i )  z(1  i )  8 } . Let in P Q , | z  3  2i | be maximum

and minimum at z1 and z2 respectively. If | z1 | 2 | z |     2 , where  ,  are integers, then   
2 2

equals :

1
44. If z is a complex number such that | z |  1 , then the minimum value of z  (3  4i ) is :
2
[We changed options. In official NTA paper no option was correct.]
5
(a) (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
2

45. If S  {z  C : | z  i |  | z  1| } , then, n (S ) is :
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 2
46. If  satisfies the equation x  x  1  0 and (1   )  A  B  C , A, B, C  0 , then 5(3 A  2 B  C ) is equal
2 7 2

to _______.

1
47. Let the complex numbers  and 
lie on the circles | z  z0 |2  4 and | z  z0 |2  16 respectively, where

z0  1  i . Then, the value of 100 |  |2 is :
1
48. If z   2i , is such that | z  1|   z   (1  i ), i  1 and ,   R , then    is equal to :
2
(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1

49. Let  ,  be the roots of the equation x 2  x  2  0 with Im ( )  Im (  ) . Then  6   4   4  5 2 is equal to :

 5 
50. Let r and  respectively be the modulus and amplitude of the complex number z  2  i  2 tan , then
 8 
(r ,  ) is equal to :
 3 3   3 5   5 3   11 11 
(a)  2 sec 8 , 8  (b)  2 sec 8 , 8  (c)  2 sec 8 , 8  (d)  2 sec 8 , 8 
       

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51. Let  ,  be the roots of the equation x  6 x  3  0 such that Im ( )  Im (  ) . Let a, b be integers not
2

 99
divisible by 3 and n be natural number such that   98  3n (a  i b), i  1 . then n  a  b is equal to

_______.

52. If z  x  iy, xy  0 , satisfies the equation z2  i z  0 , then | z 2 | is equal to :

1
(a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d)
4
53. If z is a complex number, then the number of common roots of the equation z1985  z100 1  0 and
z3  2z2  2z  1  0 , is equal to :
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 0
 |z| 
54. If  denotes the number of solutions of | 1  i |x  2x and   , where
 arg ( z ) 
  1  i  i 
z (1  i )4 

  , i  1 , then the distance of the point ( ,  ) from the line 4x  3y  7 is
4    i 1  i 
_______.

55. Let z1 and z2 be two complex number such that z1  z2  5 and z13  z23  20  15 i . Then | z14  z24 | equals :
(a) 30 3 (b) 75 (c) 15 15 (d) 25 3

Continuity and Differentiability

 a  cos 2 x
 ; x0
 x2

56. Let f : R  R be defined as f ( x )   x 2  cx  2 ; 0  x  1 . If f is continuous everywhere in R and m is the
 2x  1 ; x 1


number of where f is NOT differential then m  a  b  c equals :
(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2

57. Let f ( x )  | 2x 2  5 | x |  3 |, x  R . If m and n denote the number of points where f is not continuous and not
differentiable respectively, then m  n is equal to :
(a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3

58. Consider the function.

 a (7 x  12  x 2 )
 ; x3
 b | x  7 x  12 |
2

 sin( x 3)

f ( x )   2 z |x| ; x 3
b ; x 3




Where [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x. If S denotes the set of all ordered pairs (a, b)
such that f ( x ) is continuous at x  3 , then the number of elements in S is :
(a) 2 (b) Infinitely many (c) 4 (d) 1
x 2
59. Consider the function f : (0, 2)  R defined by f ( x )   and the function g ( x ) defined by
2 x
min {f (t )} , 0  t  and 0  x  1

g( x )   3 Then
 x , 1 x2
 2
(a) g is continuous but not differentiable at x  1
(b) g is not continuous for all x  (0, 2)
(c) g is neither continuos nor differentiable at x  1
(d) g is continuous and differentiable for all x  (0, 2)

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
 2r [(f (r ))  f ( x )f (r )]
2 2 f (r ) 
Let f ( x )  limr  x   3 r  be differentiable in ( , 0)  (0, ) and f (1)  1. Then the
60. r e 

 r x
2 2


value of ea, such that f (a)  0 , is equal to _______ .

 1
 , |x|2
61. If the function f ( x )   | x | is differentiable on R , then 48(a  b) is eual to ______.
ax 2  2b |x|2
 ,

 x 2  3x  a , x  1

62. Let a and b be real constants such that the function f defined by f ( x )   be
bx  2
 , x 1
2
differentiable on R. Then, the value of 2
f ( x ) dx equals :

15 19
(a) (b) (c) 21 (d) 17
6 6

 x  f (x)
63. Let f :  {0}  be a function satisfying f    for all x, y, f ( y )  0 . If f '(1)  2024 , then :
 y  f (y )
(a) x f '( x )  2024 f ( x )  0 (b) x f f '( x )  2024 f ( x )  0
(c) x f '( x )  f ( x )  2024 (d) x f '( x )  2023 f ( x )  0
g ( x ) , x0
 1
64. Let g ( x ) be a linear function and f ( x )   1  x x , is continuous at x  0 . If f '(1)  f (1) , then
 
  , x 0
  2  x 
the value of g (3) is :
1  4  1 4 4  4 
(a) loge  1/3  (b) loge  9  1 (c) logO    1 (d) log6  1/3 
3  9e  3   9  9e 

65. Consider the function f : (0, )  R defined by f ( x )  e |log6 x| . If m and n be respectively the number of points
at which f is not continuous and f is not differentiable, then m  n is :
(a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2

Definite Integration

xdx
66. The value of the integral 0
4
sin (2x )  cos4 (2 x )
4
equals :

2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
8 16 32 64
 /2 8 2 cos xdx
67. If 
 /2 (1  esin x ) (1  sin4 x)
    loge (3  2 2) , where  ,  are integers, then  2   2 equals :

1
1
68. The value of 0
(2x 3  3 x 2  x  1) 3 dx is equal to :
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 2

69. If 0
3 cos4 xdx  a  b 3 , where a and b are rational numbers, then 9a  8b is equal to :

3
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d)
2

 
12
70. Let f : (0, )  R and F ( x )  t f (t ) dt . If F ( x 2 )  x 4  x 5 , then f (r 2 ) is equal to :
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triangle whose vertices are (1, 2) (2, 1) and
b b I
I1   x sin (4 x  x ) dx, I2   sin (4 x  x ) dx , then 36 1 is equal to :
2 2
a a I2
(a) 72 (b) 88 (c) 80 (d) 66

1
72. If dx  a  b 2  c 3 , where a, b, c are rational numbers, then 2a  3b  4c is equal to :
3  x  1 x
(a) 4 (b) 10 (c) 7 (d) 8

 dx
73. For 0  a  1 , the value of the integral 0 1  2a cos x  a2
is :

2 2  
(a) (b) (c) (d)
 a 2
 a 2
 a 2
1  a2

x  1 t 
74. Let f ( x )   0
g (t ) loge   dt , where g is a continuous odd function.
 1 t 

 /2 x 2 cos x   
2
If  
 /2 

f ( x )  
1  e x 
dx       , then  is equal to :
 


 x 2 cos x 1  sin2 x  
75. If the value of the integral  
2

2

 1 
x

1  esin x
2033  dx  (  a)  2 , then the value of a is :
 4
3 3
(a) 3 (b)  (c) 2 (d)
2 2


76. if  6
3 1  sin2 xdx     2   3 , where  ,  and  are rational numbers, then 3  4   is equal to

________.

n3

n
77. The value of limn  is :
k 1 (n 2  k 2 ) (n 2  3k 2 )
(2 3  3) 13 13 (2 3  3) 
(a) (b) (c) (d)
24 8(4 3  3) 8 8(2 3  3)
9  10 x 
78. The value 9 
0
  dx , where [t] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to t, is ________.
 x  1 

79. Let y  f ( x ) be a thrice differentiable function in ( 5, 5) . Let the tangents to the curve y  f ( x ) at (1, f(1)) and

 (f '(t )) 
 3
(3, f (3)) make angles and , respectively with positive -axis. If 27 2
 1 f "(t )dt     3 where
6 4 1
 ,  are integers, then the value of    equal :
(a) 14 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) 36
log4 4 39
80. Let f : R  R be defined f ( x )  ae2x  be x  cx . If f (0)  1, f '(loge 2)  21 and  0
(f ( x )  cx ) dx 
2
, then

the value of | a  b  c | equals :

(a) 16 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) 8
1
 11  5 2
81. If the integral 525 0
2 sin 2 x cos 2 x  1  cos 2  dx




is equal to (n 2  64) , then n is equal to ________.

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82. Let S  (1, ) and f : S  be defined as f ( x )  1
(et  1)11 (2t  1)5 (t  2)7 (t  3)12 (2t  10)61 dt. Let p 
Sum of square of the values of x, where f ( x ) attains local maxima on S. and q  Sum of the values of x, where
f ( x ) attains local minima on S. Then, the value of p2  2q is _________.

4x f (1a )
83. Let f:  be a function defined by f (x) 
4 2
x
and M  f (a )
x sin4 ( x(1  x )) dx
f (1a ) 1
N 
f (a )
sin4 ( x(1  x )) dx ; a 
2
. If  M   M, ,   , then the least value of  2   2 is equal to _______.

x x2
 (| t | t 2 ) e t dt and g ( x )   t 1/2 e t dt . Then the
2
84. Let f , g : (0, )  R be two functions defined by f ( x ) 
x 0

value of (f ( loge 9)  g( loge 9)) is equal to :

(a) 6 (b) 9 (c) 8 (d) 10

12  x 2 sin x cos x
85.
3  0 sin4 x  cos4 x
dx is equal to _________ .

Determinants
86. If the system of equations
2x  3y  z  5 x   y  3z  4 3x  y   z  7
has infinitely many solutions, then 13  is equal to :
(a) 1110 (b) 1120 (c) 1210 (d) 1220

87. Let the system of equations x  2y  3z  5, 2x  3y  z  9, 4x  3y  z   have infinite number of solutions.

Then   2 is equal to :
(a) 28 (b) 17 (c) 22 (d) 15

2 0 1  1  2 3 
       
88. Let A   1 1 0  , B  [B1, B2 , B3 ] , where B1, B2 , B3 are column matrices, and A1  0  , AB2  3 , AB3  2
 1 0 1 0  0  1
If   | B | and  is the sum of all the diagonal elements of B, then  3   3 is equal to _______.

89. The values of , for which

3 3

1 2 2
1 1
1   0 , lie in the interval
3 3
2  3
3  1 0

 3 3
(a) ( 2, 1) (b) ( 3, 0)  2, 2  (c) (d) (0, 3)
 
90. Let for any three distinct consecutive terms a, b, c of an A.P, the lines ax  by  c  0 be concurrent at the point
P and Q ( ,  ) be a point such that the system of equations
x  y  z  6 , 2x  5y   z   and x  2y  3z  4 , has infinitely many solutions. Then (PQ )2 is equal to
________.

91. Consider the system of linear equation x  y  z  4, x  2y  2 z  10, x  3y  4 2z   2  15 , where

,   R . Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?
1
(a) The system has unique solution if   and   1, 15
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(b) The system is inconsistent if   and   1
2
1
(c) The system has infinite number of solutions if   and   15
2
1
(d) The system is consistent if  
2

2cos4 x 2sin4 x 3  sin2 2 x

1
92. If f ( x )  3  2cos4 x 2sin4 x sin2 2 x then f '(0) is equal to ______.
5
2cos4 x 3  2sin4 x sin2 2 x
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 6

93. Consider the system of linear equations

x  y  z  5, x  2y   2 z  9 , x  3y   z   , where ,   R . Then, which of the following statement is
NOT correct?
(a) System has infinite number of solution if   1 and   13
(b) System is inconsistent if   1 and   13
(c) System is consistent if   1 and   13
(d) System has unique solution if   1 and   13
94. If the system of linear equations
x  2y  z   4
2x   y  3z  5
3x  y   z  3
has infinitely many solutions, then 12  13 is equal to :
(a) 60 (b) 64 (c) 54 (d) 58

x3 2x 2  1 1  3 x
95. If f ( x )  3 x 2  2 2x x 3  6 for all x  , then 2f (0)  f '(0) is equal to :
x x
3 4 x 22

(a) 48 (b) 24 (c) 42 (d) 18

 1  1  1  1 0 0

           
96. Let A be a 3  3 real matrix such that A  0   2  0 , A  0   4  0  , A  1  2  1  . Then, the system
 1  1  1  1 0 0
           
 x   1
   
( A  3I )  y    2  has :
 z  3
   
(a) Unique solution (b) Exactly two solutions
(c) No solution (d) Infinitely many solutions

Differential Equations
dy
97. Let y  y ( x ) be be the solution of the differential equation  2x( x  y )3  x( x  y )  1, y (0)  1 . Then,
dx
2
 1  1 
 y   equals :
 2  2 
4 3 2 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 e 3 e 1 e 2 e

98. If x  x(t ) is the solution of the differential equation (t  1) dx  (2x  (t  1)4 ) dt, x(0)  2 , then, x(1) equals :

99. Let  be a non-zero real number. Suppose f : R  R is a differentiable function such that f (0)  2 and
limx   f ( x )  1. If f '( x )   f ( x )  3 , for all x  R , then f ( loge 2) is equal to :
(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 9 (d) 7

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100. If  , x(1)  1, then 5 x(2) is equal to :
dy y
dx dy
101. Let x  x(t ) and y  y (t ) be solutions of the differential equations  ax  0 and  by  0 respectively,
dt dt
a, b  R . Given that x(0)  2 ; y (0)  1 and 3y (1)  2x(1) , the value of t, for which x(t )  y (t ) , is :
(a) log 2 2 (b) log4 3 (c) log3 4 (d) log 4 2
3 3

102. If the solution of the differential equation (2x  3y  2) dx  (4x  6y  7) dy  0, y (0)  3 , is

 x   y  3loge | 2x  3y   |  6 , then   2  3 is equal to ______.

3
103. If y  y ( x ) is the solution curve of the differential equation ( x 2  4) dy  ( y 2  3y ) dx  0 , x  2, y (4)  and
2
the slope of the curve is never zero, then the value of y (10) equals :
3 3 3 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
1  (8)1/4 1 2 2 1 2 2 1  (8)1/4

dy x  y  2
104. If the solution curve, of the differential equation  passing through the point (2,1) is
dx xy
 y  1 1   y  1 
2
tan1    log     x  1    loge | x  1| , then 5   is equal to :
 x  1 
e
   

 
105. A function y  f ( x ) satisfies f ( x ) sin2x  sin x  (1  cos2 x ) f '( x )  0 with condition f (0)  0 . Then f   to :
2
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2

106. If the solution curve y  y ( x ) of the differential equation (1  y 2 ) (1  loge x ) dx  xdy  0, x  0 passes through
3
  tan  
the point (1, 1) and y (e )    , then   2 is :
2
3
  tan  
2
y   y  dy y 
107. If sin    loge | x |  is of the differential equation x cos    y cos    x and y (1)  , then  2 is
 
x 2  
x dx  
x 3
equal to :
(a) 3 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 9

108. Let y  y ( x ) be the solution of the differential equation sec xdy  {2(1  x ) tan x  x(2  x )} dx  0 such that
y (0)  2 . Then y (2) is equal to :
(a) 2 (b) 2{1  sin(2)} (c) 2{sin(2)  1} (d) 1

109. Let y  y(x) be the solution of the differential equation (1  x 2 ) dy   xy  ( x 3  2) 3(1  x 2 )  dx ,

 
 1 m
1  x  1, y (0)  0 . If y    , m and n are coprime numbers, then m  n is equal to_______,
2 n
dx
110. The solution curve of the differential equation y  x(loge x  loge y  1) , x  0, y  0 passing through the
dy
point (e, 1) is :
y y x x
(a) loge x (b) loge  y2 (c) loge y (d) 2 loge  y 1
x x y y
dy (tan x )  y  
111. Let y  y ( x ) be the solution of the differential equation  , x   0,  satisfying
dx sin x (sec x  sin x tan x )  2
   
the condition y    2 . Then, y   is :
 
4 3

(a) 
3 3  loge 3  (b)
3
2
 2  loge 3  (c) 3 1  2 loge 3  (d) 3  2  loge 3 

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dT
equation  K (T  80) , where K is positive constant. If T (15)  120 o F , then T(45) is equal to :
dt
(a) 85 o F (b) 95 o F (c) 90o F (d) 80o F

113. Let y  y ( x ) be the solution of the differential equation sec2 xdx  (e2y tan2 x  tan x ) dy  0
    
0x , y    0 . If y     , Then e8  is equal to :
2 4 4
Differentiation

 
114. If y 
( x  1) ( x 2  x )
x x x x

1
15
 
3cos2 x  5 cos3 x , then 96 y '   is equal to :
6

x  1 

20
115. Let for a differentiable function f : (0, )  R, f ( x )  f ( y )  loge    x  y , x, y  (0, ) . The f '  2  is
n 1
y n 
equal to _______.

116. Let f ( x )  x 3  x 2 f '(1)  x f "(2)  f "' (3), x  R . Then f ' (10) is equal to ______.

(2x  2 x ) tan x tan1( x 2  x  1)

117. Suppose f ( x )  Then the value of f '(0) is equal to :
(7 x 2  3 x  1)3

(a)  (b) 0 (c)  (d)
2
 1 x2  1
118. Let y  loge   ,  1  x  1 . Then at x  , the value of 225 ( y ' y ") is equal to :
 1 x2 2
 
(a) 732 (b) 746 (c) 742 (d) 736
Ellipse
x2 y 2
119. Let P be a point on the ellip0se   1 . Let the line passing through P and parallel to y-axis meet the
9 4
circle x 2  y 2  9 at point Q such that P and Q are on the same side of the -axis. Then, the eccentricity of the
locus of the point R on PQ such that PR : RQ  4 : 3 as P moves on the ellipse, is :
11 13 139 13
(a) (b) (c) (d)
19 21 23 7
x2 y 2  2
120. The length of the chord of the ellipse   1 , whose mid point is  1, 5  , is equal to :
25 16  
1691 2009 1741 1541
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 5 5 5
x2 y 2
121. If the points of intersection of two distinct conics x 2  y 2  4 b and   1 lie on the curve y 2  3 x 2 , then
16 b2
3 3 times the area of the rectangle formed by the intersection points is ______ .

122. If the length of the minor axis of ellipse is equal to half of the distance between the foci, then the eccentricity of
the ellipse is :
5 3 1 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 2 3 5
123. Let A (, 0) and B (0,  ) be the points on the line 5x  7y  50 . Let the point P divide the line segment AB
x2 y2
internally in the ratio 7 : 3 . Let 3x  25  0 be a directrix of the ellipse E : 
 1 and the corresponding
a2 b2
focus be S. If from S, the perpendicular on the x-axis passes through P, then the length of the latus rectum of E
is equal to :
25 32 25 32
(a) (b) (c) (d)
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124. Let P be a parabola with vertex (2, 3) and directrix 2x  y  6 . Let an ellipse E :   1, a  b of
a2 b2
1
eccentricity pass through the focus of the parabola P. Then the square of the length of the latus rectum of
2
E, is :
385 347 512 656
(a) (b) (c) (d)
8 8 25 25
Functions

loge x , x 0 
x , x0
125. Let f : R  R and g : R  R be defined as f ( x )    x and g ( x )   x . Then, gof

 e , x0 
e , x0
R  R is :
(a) One-one but not onto (b) Neither one-one nor onto
(c) Onto but not one-one (d) Both one-one and onto

x 2  25
126. If the domain of the function f ( x )   log10 ( x 2  2x  15) is (,  ) U / [  , ) , then  2   3 is :
(4  x 2 )
(a) 140 (b) 175 (c) 150 (d) 125

127. The function f : N  {1}  N ; defined by f (n )  the highest prime factor of n , is :

(a) Both one-one and onto (b) One-one only
(c) Onto only (d) Neither one-one nor onto

 1  5  2x  3 | x | 1
128. Let f : R     R and f : R     R be defined as f ( x )  and g ( x )  . Then the domain
2 2  2x  1 2x  5
of the function fog is :
 5   7  5 7
(a) R  (b) R (c) R    (d) R   ,  
2   4  2 4
2  2x,  1  x  0
  x,  3  x  0
129. If f ( x )   x ; g( x )   , then range of (fog(x)) is :
 1 3 , 0  x  3  x, 0  x  1

(a) (0, 1] (b) [0, 3) (c) [0, 1] (d) [0, 1)

1 
130. Consider the function f :  , 1  R defined by f ( x )  4 2 x 3  3 2x  1. Consider the statements
2 
(I) The curve y  f ( x ) intersects the x-axis exactly at one point.

(II) The curve y  f ( x ) intersects the x-axis at x  cos . Then
12
(a) Only (II) is correct (b) Both (I) and (II) are incorrect
(c) Only (I) is correct (d) Both (I) and (II) are correct
131. Let f ( x )  2  x , x  R . If m and n are respectively the number of points at which the curves y  f ( x ) and
x 2

y  f '( x ) intersects the x-axis, then the value of m  n is :

 2 | x | 
132. If the domain of the function f ( x )  cos1  1
  (loge (3  x )) is [,  )  {y } , then      is equal to :
 4 
(a) 12 (b) 9 (c) 11 (d) 8

133. Let A  {1, 2, 3, ....7} and let P (1) denote the power set of A. If the number of functions f : A  P( A) such that
a  f (a), a  A is mn , m and n  N and m is least, then m  n is equal to ______.
 2x  3  1  2 x  1 
134. If the domain of the function f ( x )  loge  2   cos  x  2  is ( ,  ] , then the value of 5  4 is
 4x  x  3   
equal to :
(a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 11 (d) 9
x 2 5
135. f : R  be a function defined f ( x ) 
(1  x )
4 1/4
and f ( x )  f (f (f (f ( x )))) then 18 
0
x 2 g ( x ) dx .

(a) 33 (b) 36 (c) 42 (d) 39

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136. If f ( x )  ,x and (f o f ) ( x )  g( x ) , where g :      , then (gogog) (4) is equal to :
6x  4 3 3  3 
19 19
(a)  (b) (c) 4 (d) 4
20 20

3
3 x 1
137. If the function f : (,  1]  (a, b] defined by f ( x )  e x is one-one and onto, then the distance of the point
3
P (2 b  4, a  2) from the line x  e y  4 is :
(a) 2 1  e6 (b) 4 1  e6 (c) 3 1  e6 (d) 1  e6

Hyperbola
138. For 0     / 2 , if the eccentricity of the hyperbola x 2  y 2 cos ec 2  5 is 7 times eccentricity of the ellipse
x 2 cos ec 2  y 2  5 , then the value of  is :
 5  
(a) (b) (c) (d)
6 12 3 4

x2 y2 1
139. Let 2
 2
 1, a  b be an ellipse, whose eccentricity is and the length of the latus rectum is 14 . Then
a b 2
x2 y2
the square of the eccentricity of 2
  1 is :
a b2
(a) 3 (b) 7/2 (c) 3/2 (d) 5/2

x2 y 2
140. Let e1 be the eccentricity of the hyperbola   1 and e2 be the eccentricity of the ellipse
16 9
x2 y2
2
  1, a  b , which passes through the foci of the hyperbola. If e1 e2  1, then the length of the chord of
a b2
the ellipse parallel to the -axis and passing through (0, 2) is :
8 5 10 5
(a) 4 5 (b) (c) (d) 3 5
3 3
x2 y 2 
141. Let the latus rectum of the hyperbola   1 subtend an angle of at the centre of the hyperbola. If b 2
9 b2 3
l
is equal to (1  n ) , where l and m are co-prime numbers, then l 2  m2  n2 is equal to _______.
m

x2 y 2
142. Let P be a point on the hyperbola H :   1, in the first quadrant such that the area of triangle formed by
9 4
P and the two foci of H is 2 31 . Then, the square of the distance of P from the origin is :
(a) 18 (b) 26 (c) 22 (d) 20

x2 y 2 15
143. If the foci of a hyperbola are same as that of the ellipse   1 and the length of the latus rectum is
9 25 8
 14 2 
times the eccentricity of the ellipse, then the smaller focal distance of the point  2,  on the hyperbola,
 3 5 

is equal to :
2 8 2 4 2 16 2 8
(a) 7  (b) 14  (c) 14  (d) 7 
5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3

x2 y2
144. Let the foci and length of the latus rectum of an ellipse   1, a  b be ( 5, 0) and 50 , respectively.
a2 b2
x2 y2
Then, the square of the eccentricity of the hyperbola   1 equals :
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Indefinite Integration
( x 8  x 2 ) dx
145. The integral  1  3 1 
equal to :
x12  3 x  1 tan  x  3 
6
 x 
1/3 1/2
  1    1 
(a) loge  tan1  x 3  3   C (b) loge  tan1  x 3  3   C
     
 x  x
3
  1    1 
(c) loge  tan1  x 3  3    C (d) loge  tan1  x 3  3    C
     
 x  x

   cos ecx  sin x  

 cos ecx sec x  tan x sin

146. For x    ,  , if y ( x )  dx and lim  
y ( x )  0 then y   is equal to :
 2 2 2
x x  
2
4
 1  1  1  1  1  1  1
(a) tan1   (b) tan1   (c)  tan1   (d) tan1   
 2 2  2 2  2 2  2
3 3
sin 2 x  cos 2 x
147. If  sin3 x cos3 x sin( x   )
dx  A cos tan x  sin  B cos  sin cot x  C Where C is the integration

constant, then AB is equal to :

(a) 4 cos ec(2 ) (b) 4 sec  (c) 2 sec  (d) 8 cos ec(2 )

Inverse Trigonometric Functions

148. Considering only the principal values of inverse trigonometric functions, the number of positive real values of x

satisfying tan1( x )  tan1(2 x )  is :
4
(a) More than 2 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0

149. Let x 
m
n
1
(m, n co-prime natural numbers) be a solution of the equation cos 2sin1 x  and let ,  (   )
9
 
be the roots of the equation mx 2  nx  m  n  0 . then the point ( ,  ) lies on the line.
(a) 3x  2y  2 (b) 5x  8y  9 (c) 3x  2y  2 (d) 5 x  8y  9

150. For ,  ,  0 . If sin1   sin1   sin1    and (      ) (      )  3 then  equal to :

3 1 3 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) 3
2 2 2 2
1 1
151. If a  sin (sin(5)) and b  cos (cos(5)) , then a  b is equal to :
2 2

(a) 4 2  25 (b) 8 2  40  50 (c) 4 2  20  50 (d) 25

Limits
cos1(1  { x }2 )sin1(1  { x })
152. Let {x} denote the fractional part of x and f ( x )  , x  0 . If L and R respectively
{ x }  { x }3
32
denotes the left hand limit and the right hand limit of f ( x ) at x  0 , then (L2  R 2 ) is equal to:
 2

 x  1, x is even, 
| x |
3
 x 

153. Let f ( x )   x  . If for some a  N, f (f (f (a)))  21, then limx a      , where [t]
 2 x, x is odd , 
 a  
a 
denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to t, is equal to :
(a) 121 (b) 144 (c) 169 (d) 225
1 1 x 4  2 sin2 x
154. If a  limx 0 and b  limx 0 , then the value of ab3 is :
x 4
2  1  cos x
(a) 36 (b) 32 (c) 25 (d) 30

3    sin x   cos x  loge (1  x ) 1

155. If limx 0 2
 , then 2   is equal to :
3 tan x 3
(a) 2 (b) 7 (c) 5 (d) 1

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 
  
3

 1    1 
x
2
156. lim   cos  3  dt  is equal to :
x
2  1   
2 3 t  
 2  
 
3 3 2 3 2 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
8 4 8 4
9r2
157. Let the slope of the line 45x  5y  3  0 be 27r1  for some r1, r2  R . then
2
 
 x 8t 2 
Limx 3 


3 3r 2 x
dt  is equal to ________.
 r2 x 2  r1x 3  3 x 
 2 
x

   1
158. Let f :   ,   R be a differentiable function such that f (0)  , If the limx 0 0
f (t ) dt
  , then 8 2 is
x 
2
 2 2  2 e 1
x

equal to :
(a) 16 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 4

159. Let a be the sum of all coefficients in the expansion of (1  2x  2x 2 )2023 (3  4x 2  2x 3 )2024 and
 x log(1  t ) 
 0 2024
b  lim x 0  t  
 1  . If the equations cx 2  dx  e  0 and 2bx 2  ax  4  0 have a common root, where
 x 2

 
 
c, d, e  R , then d : c : e equals :
(a) 2:1:4 (b) 4:1:4 (c) 1:2:4 (d) 1:1:4

e 4 |sin x|  2 | sin x | 1
160. limx 0
x2
(a) is equal to -1 (b) does not exist (c) is equal to 1 (d) is equal to 2

f (7 x )
161. Let f : R  (0, ) be strictly increasing function such that limx    1 . Then, the value of
f (x)
 f (5 x ) 
limx     1 is equal to :
 f (x) 
(a) 4 (b) 0 (c) 7/5 (d) 1

ax 2e x  b loge (1  x )  cxe  x
162. limx 0  1 then 16 (a2  b2  c 2 ) is equal to : _________.
x 2 sin x

Matrices
 2 1 1 0
163. If A   , B  , C  ABA and X  A C A, then det X is equal to :
T T 2

 1 2  1 1
(a) 243 (b) 729 (c) 27 (d) 891

164. Let A  I2  MMT m, where M is real matrix of order 2  1 such that the relation MT M  I1 holds. If  is a real
number such that the relation AX   X holds for some non-zero real matrix X of order 2  1 , then the sum of
squares of all possible values of  is equal to :

cos x  sin x 0 
 
165. Consider the matrix f ( x )   sin x cos x 0  . Given below are two statements :
 0 0 1
Statement I: f (  x ) is the inverse of the matrix f ( x ) .
Statement II: f ( x ) f ( y )  f ( x  y ) .
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
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(b) Both Statement I and Statement II are false
(c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false
(d) Both Statement I and Statement II are true

166. Let A be a 2  2 real matrix and I be the identity matrix of order 2. If the roots of the equation | A  x I |  0 be
1 and 3, then the sum of the diagonal elements of the matrix A2 is :

1 0 0 
 
167. Let A  0    and | 2A | 3  221 where ,   Z , The a value of  is :
0   
(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 17 (d) 9

1 
     is equal to :
2 2
168. Let A be a square matrix such that AAT  I . Then A  A  AT  A  AT
2 
(a) A2  I (b) A3  I (c) A2  AT (d) A3  AT

2 1 2  1 2 0
   
169. Let A  6 2 11 and P  5 0 2  . The sum of the prime factors of | P 1 AP  2I | is equal to :
3 3 2  7 1 5 
(a) 26 (b) 27 (c) 66 (d) 23
 x 0 0
   2   4 
170. Let R   0 y 0  be a non-zero 3  3 matrix, where x sin  y sin      z sin    3   0,   (0, 2 ) .
0 0 z  3   
 
For a square matrix M, let trace (M) denote the sum of all the diagonal entries of M. Then, among the
statements:
(I) Trace (R) = 0
(II) If trace (adj (adj(R)) = 0, then R has exactly one non-zero entry.
(a) Both (I) and (II) are true (b) Neither (I) nor (II) is true
(c) Only (II) is true (d) Only (I) is true

171. Let A be a 3  3 matrix and det ( A)  2 . If n  det (adj (adj (......(adj A)))) . Then the remainder when n is
2024times
divided by 9 is equal to ________.

Parabola
172. If the shortest distance of the parabola y 2  4 x from the centre of the circle x 2  y 2  4x  16y  64  0 is d,
then d 2 is equal to :
(a) 16 (b) 24 (c) 20 (d) 36
173. Let P (,  ) be a point on the parabola y 2  4 x . If P also lies on the chord of the parabola x 2  8y whose mid
 5
point is  1,  . Then (  28) (   8) is equal to _______.
 4

174. The maximum area of a triangle whose one vertex is at (0, 0) and the other two vertices lie on the curve
y  2x 2  54 at points (x, y) and ( x, y ) where y  0 is :
(a) 88 (b) 122 (c) 92 (d) 108

Permutation Combination
175. If n is the number of ways five different employees can sit into four indistinguishable offices where any office
may have any number of persons including zero, then is equal to :
(a) 47 (b) 53 (c) 51 (d) 43

176. The lines L1, L2 , ...., I20 are distinct. For n  1, 2, 3, ...., 10 all the lines L2n 1 are parallel to each other and all the
lines L2n pass through a given point P. The maximum number of points of intersection of pairs of lines from the
set {L1, L2 , ...., L20 } is equal to :

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(4!)! (45!)!
177. Let   3!
and   . Then :
(4!) (5!)4!
(a)   N and   N (b)   N and   N (c)   N and   N (d)   N and   N

178. All the letters of the word "GTWENTY" are written in all possible ways with or without meaning and these words
are written as in a dictionary. The serial number of the word "GTWENTY" IS.

179. Number of ways of arranging 8 identical books into 4 identical shelves where any number of shelves may
remain empty is equal to :
(a) 18 (b) 16 (c) 12 (d) 15

180. In an examination of Mathematics paper, there are 20 questions of equal marks and the question paper is
divided into three sections: A, B and C. A student is required to attempt total 15 questions taking at least 4
questions from each section. If section A has 8 questions, section B has 6 questions and section C has 6
questions, then the total number of ways a student can select 15 questions is_________.

181. The total number of words (with or without meaning) that can be formed out of the letters of the word
'DISTRIBUTION' taken four at a time, is equal to _______.

182. The number of ways in which 21 identical apples can be distributed among three children such that each child
gets at least 2 apples, is :
(a) 406 (b) 130 (c) 142 (d) 136

Probability
183. A bag contains 8 balls, whose colours are either white or black. 4 balls are drawn at random without
replacement and it was found that 2 balls are white and other 2 balls are black. The probability that the bag
contains equal number of white and black balls is:
2 2 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 7 7 5
2
184. Let Ajay will not appear in JEE exam with probability p  , while both Ajay and Vijay will appear in the exam
7
1
with probability q  . Then the probability, that Ajay will appear in the exam and Vijay will not appear is :
5
9 18 24 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
35 35 35 35

185. A fair die is tossed repeatedly until a six is obtained. Let X denote the number of tosses required and let
bc
a  P( X  3), b  P( X  3) and c  P ( X  6 | X  3) . Then is equal to ________.
a

186. An urn contains 6 white and 9 black balls. Two successive draws of 4 balls are made without replacement. The
probability, that the first draw gives all white balls and the second draw gives all black balls, is :
5 5 3 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
256 715 715 256

187. A fair die is thrown until 2 appears. Then the probability, that 2 appears in even number of throws , is :
5 1 5 6
(a) (b) (c) (d)
6 6 11 11

188. An integer is chosen at random from the integers 1, 2, 3, ..., 50. The probability that the chosen integer is a
multiple of atleast one of 4, 6 and 7 is :
8 21 9 14
(a) (b) (c) (d)
25 50 50 25
189. Two integers and are chosen with replacement from the set {0, 1, 2, 3, ......., 10} . Then the probability that
| x  y |  5 is :
30 62 60 31
(a) (b) (c) (d)
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190. Bag A contains 3 white, 7 red balls and bag B contains 3 white, 2 red balls. One bag is selected at random and
a ball is drawn from it. The probability of drawing the ball from the bag A, if the ball drawn in white, is :
1 1 1 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 9 3 10
191. Two marbles are drawn in succession from a box containing 10 red, 30 white, 20 blue and 15 orange marbles,
with replacement being made after each drawing. Then the probability, that first drawn marble is red and
second drawn marble is white, is :
2 4 2 4
(a) (b) (c) (d)
25 25 3 75
192. Three rotten apples are accidently mixed with fifteen good apples. Assuming the random variable x to be
number of rotten apples in a draw of two apples, the variance of x is :
37 57 47 40
(a) (b) (c) (d)
153 153 153 153

193. A coin is based so that a head is twice as likely to occur as a tail. If the coin is tossed 3 times, then the
probability of getting two tails and one head is :
2 1 2 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
9 9 27 27
Quadratic Equation

 
194. Let S  x  R : ( 3  2)x  ( 3  2) x  10 . Then the number of elements in S is :
(a) 4 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 1

195. Let  and  be the roots of the equation px 2  qx  r  0 , where p  0 . If p, q and r be the consecutive
1 1 3
terms of a non-constant G.P and   , then the value of (   )2 is :
  4
80 20
(a) (b) 9 (c) (d) 8
9 3
196. If  ,  are the roots of the equation, x 2  x  1  0 and Sn  2023 n  2024 n , then :
(a) 2 S12  S11  S10 (b) S12  S11  S10 (c) 2 S11  S12  S10 (d) S11  S10  S12

197. Let the set C  {( x, y ) | x 2  2y  2023, x, y  } . Then  ( x, y )  C

( X  y ) is equal to _______.

 
198. Let  ,  N be roots of equation x 2  70x    0 , where ,  N . If  assumes the minimum possible value,
2 3
(   1    1) (  35)
then is equal to :
|   |

199. The number of real solutions of the equation x( x 2  3 | x |  5 | x  1|  6 | x  2 |)  0 is ________.

200. For 0  c  b  a , let (a  b  2c )x 2  (b  c  2a)x  (c  a  2b)  0 and   1 be one of fits root. Then, among
the two statements
(I)   (1, 0) , then b cannot be the geometric mean of a and c.
(II)   (0, 1) , then b may be the geometric mean of a and c.
(a) Both (I) and (II) are true (b) Neither (I) nor (II) is true
(c) Only (II) is true (d) Only (I) is true

ax 2  2(a  1)x  9a  4
201. Let S be the set of positive integral values of a for which  0, x  . Then, the number
x 2  8 x  32
of elements in S is :
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c)  (d) 3
202. The number of solutions, of the equation esin x  2e sin x  2 is :
(a) 2 (b) More than 2 (c) 1 (d) 0
203. Let a, b, c be the length of three sides a triangle satisfying the condition (a2  b2 ) x 2  2b(a  c ) .
x  (b2  c 2 )  0 . If the set of all possible values of x is the interval ( ,  ) , then 2 ( 2   2 ) is equal to ______.

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204. Let 3, a, b, c, be in A.P. and 3, a  1, b  1, c  9 be in G.P. Then, the arithmetic mean of a, b and c is :
(a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 13 (d) 11

205. Let 3, 7, 11, 15, ....., 403 and 2, 5, 8, 11, ....., 404 be two arithmetic progressions. Then the sum, of the common
terms in them, is equal to :

206. Let Sn denote the sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic progression. If S10  390 and the ratio of the tenth
and the fifth terms is 15 : 7, then S15  S5 is equal to :
(a) 800 (b) 890 (c) 790 (d) 690

207. If three successive terms of a G.P. with common ratio r (r  1) are the lengths of the sides of a triangle and [r]
denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to r, then 3[r ]  [r ] is equal to :

th th
208. The number of common terms in the progressions 4, 9, 14, 19, ........, up to 25 term and 3, 6, 9, 12, up to 37
term is :
(1) 9 (2) 5 (3) 7 (4) 8
(a) 9 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) 8
1 1 1
209. If 8  3  (3  p)  2 (3  2p)  3 (3  3 p)  ..... , then the value of p is _____.
4 4 4

1 1 3 1
210. The 20 term from the end of the progression 20, 19 , 18 , 17 , .....,  129 is :
th
4 2 4 4
(a) 118 (b) 110 (c) 115 (d) 100

211. If in a G.P. of 64 terms, the sum of all the terms is 7 times the sum of the odd terms of the G.P, then the
common ratio of the G.P. is equal to :
(a) 7 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6

212. In an A.P., the sixth terms a6  2 . If the a1 a4 a5 is the greatest, then the common difference of the A.P., is
equal to :
3 8 2 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 5 3 8

213. If loge a, loge b, loge c are in an A.P. and loge a  loge 2b, loge 2b  loge 3c, loge 3c  loge a are also in an A.P,
then a : b : c is equal to :
(a) 9:6:4 (b) 16 : 4 : 1 (c) 25 : 10 : 4 (d) 6:3:2

1
214. If each term of a geometric progression a1, a2 , a3 , ... with a1  and a2  a1 , is the arithmetic mean of the next
8
two terms and Sn  a1  a2  .....  an , then S20  S18 is equal to :
(a) 215 (b) 218 (c) 218 (d) 215

215. Let Sa denote the sum of first n terms an arithmetic progression. If S20  790 and S10  145 , then S15  S5 is :
(a) 395 (b) 390 (c) 405 (d) 410


10
216. Let   12  42  82  132  192  262  ..... upto 10 terms and   n 4 . If 4    55k  40 , then k is
n 1
equal to :
th
217. Let a and b be two distinct positive real numbers. Let 11 term of a GP, whose first term is a and third term is b,
th
is equal to p term of term of another GP. whose first term is a and fifth term is b. Then p is equal to :
(a) 20 (b) 25 (c) 21 (d) 24

 

6 n
218. Let Sn be the sum to n-terms of an arithmetic progression 3, 7, 11, ....... . If 40   s   42 , then
k 1 k
 n(n  1) 
n equals _______.

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219. The sum of the series    .... up to 10 terms is :
1 3  1  1
2 4
1 3  2  2
2 4
1  3  32  3 4
45 45 55 55
(a) (b)  (c) (d) 
109 109 109 109
nd th th st nd rd
220. Let 2 , 8 and 44 , terms of a non-constant A.P. be respectively the 1 , 2 and 3 terms of G.P. If the first
term of A.P. is then the sum of first 20 is equal to :
(a) 980 (b) 960 (c) 990 (d) 970

Sets and Relations

221. The number of elements in the set S  {( x, y, z) : x, y, z  Z, x  2y  3z  42, x, y, z  0} equals :

222. Let A  {1, 2, 3, ....20} . Let R1 and R2 two relation on A such that
R1  {(a, b) : b is divisible by a}
R2  {(a, b) : a is an internal multiple of b }. The, number of elements in R1  R2 is equal :

223. Consider the relations R1 and R2 defined as aR1b  a2  b2  1 for all a, b,  R and (a, b) R2 (c, d )
 a  d  b  c for all (a, b), (c, d )  N  N . Then :
(a) Only R1 is an equivalence relation. (b) Only R2 is an equivalence relation.
(c) R1 and R2 both are equivalence relations. (d) Neither R1 nor R2 is an equivalence relation.
224. Let S  {1, 2, 3, ...., 10} . Suppose M is the set of all the subsets of , then the relation
R  {( A, B) : A  B   ; A, B  M } is :
(a) Symmetric and reflexive only (b) Reflexive only
(c) Symmetric and transitive only (d) Symmetric only

225. Let R be a relation on Z  Z defined by (a, b) R (c, d) if and only if ad  bc is divisible by 5. Then R is :
(a) Reflexive and symmetric but not transitive (b) Reflexive but neither symmetric not transitive
(c) Reflexive, symmetric and transitive (d) Reflexive and transitive but not symmetric

226. If R is the smallest equivalence relation on the set {1, 2, 3, 4} such that {(1, 2), (1, 3)}  R , then the number of
elements is R is :
(a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 15

227. A group of 40 students appeared in an examination of 3 subjects - Mathematics, Physics \& Chemistry. It was
found that all students passed in at least one of the subjects, 20 students passed in Mathematics, 25 students
passed in Physics, 16 students passed in Chemistry, at most 11 students passed in both Mathematics and
Physics, at most 15 students passed in both Physics and Chemistry, at most 15 students passed in both
Mathematics and Chemistry. The maximum number of students passed in all the three subjects is_____

228. The number of symmetric relations defined on the set{1, 2, 3, 4} which are not reflexive is________.

229. Let A  {1,2, 3, 4} and A  {(1, 2), (2, 3), (1, 4)} be a relation on A. Let S be the equivalence relation on A such
that R  S and the number of elements in S is . Then, the minimum value of n is ________.

230. Let A  {1,2, 3, ............100} . Let R be a relation on A defined by ( x, y )  R if and only if 2x  3y . Let R1 be a
symmetric relation on A such that R  R1 and the number of elements in R1 is n. The, the minimum value of n is
Statistics
231. Let the median and the mean deviation about the median of 7 observation 170, 125, 230, 190, 210, a, b be 170
205
and respectively. Then the mean deviation about the mean of these 7 observations is :
7
(a) 31 (b) 28 (c) 30 (d) 32

 
10 10
232. Consider 10 observation x1, x2 , ..., x10 . Such that ( xi   )  2 and ( xi   )2  40 , where  ,  are
i 1 i 1

6 84 
positive integers. Let the mean and the variance of the observations be and respectively. The is
5 25 
equal to :
3 5
(a) 2 (b) (c) (d) 1
2 2

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10
233. let a1, a2 , ........ a10 be 10 observations such that a  50 and ak  a j  1100 . Then the standard
k 1 k k  j

deviation of a1, a2 , ...., a10 is equal to :

(a) 5 (b) 5 (c) 10 (d) 115

234. The mean and standard deviation of 15 observations were found to be 12 and 3 respectively. On rechecking it
was found that an observation was read as 10 in place of 12 . If  and  2 denote the mean and variance of
the correct observations respectively, then 15 (    2   2 ) is equal to :

235. If the mean and variance of the data 65, 68, 58, 44, 48, 45, 60, ,  , 60 where    are 56 and 66.2
respectively, then   2 2
is equal to :

24 194
236. If the mean and variance of five observations are and respectively and the mean of first four
5 25
7
observations is , then the variance of the first four observations in equal to :
2
4 77 5 105
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 12 4 4

237. Let M denote the median of the following frequency distribution.

Class 04 48 8  12 12  16 16  20
Frequency 3 9 10 8 6
Then 20 M is equal to :
(a) 416 (b) 104 (c) 52 (d) 208

238. The variance  2 of the data

xi 0 1 5 6 10 12 17
fi 3 2 3 2 6 3 3

Is _________.

239. Let the mean and the variance of 6 observation a, b, 68, 44, 48, 60 be 55 and 194, respectively if a  b , the
a  3b is :
(a) 200 (b) 190 (c) 180 (d) 210

Straight Lines
2
240. Let ABC be an isosceles triangle in which A is at ( 1, 10), A  , AB  AC and B is on the positive x-axis. If
3
4
BC  4 3 and the line BC intersects the line y  x  3 at ( ,  ) , then is :
2

241. The portion of the line 4x  5y  20 in the first quadrant is trisected by the lines L1 and L2 passing through the
origin. The tangent of an angle between the lines L1 and L2 is :
8 25 2 30
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 41 5 41

242. Let R be the interior region between the lines 3x  y  1  0 and x  y  5  0 containing the origin. The set of
all values of a, for which the points (a2 , a  1) lie in R, is :
 1  1  2  1 
(a) ( 3,  1)    , 1 (b) ( 3, 0)   , 1 (c) ( 3, 0)   , 1 (d) ( 3,  1)   , 1
 3  3  3  3 

243. Let A and B be finite sets with and elements respectively. The total number of subsets of the set A is 56 more
than the total number of subsets of B. Then the distance of the point P (m, n) from the point Q(2,  3) is :
(a) 10 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 8

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244. If the sum of squares of all real values of  , for which the lines 2x  y  3  0, 6x  3y  1  0 and
 x  2y  2  0 do not form a triangle is p, then the greatest integer less than or equal to p is :

245. If a ABC , suppose y  x is the equation of the bisector of the angle B and the equation of the side AC is
2x  y  2 . If 2 AB  BC and the point A and B are respectively (4, 6) and ( ,  ) , then   2 is equal to :
(a) 42 (b) 39 (c) 48 (d) 45

 a a 
246. Let  5,  , be the circumcenter of a triangle with vertices A(a,  2), B(a, 6) and C  ,  2  . Let  denote the
 4 4 
circumradius,  denote the area and  denote the perimeter of the triangle. Then      is :
(a) 60 (b) 53 (c) 62 (d) 30
247. The distance of the point (2, 3) from the line 2x  3y  28  0 , measured parallel to the line 3 x  y  1  0 , is
equal to :
(a) 4 2 (b) 6 3 (c) 34 2 (d) 46 3

248. Let A be the point of intersection of the lines 3x  2y  14, 5x  y  6 and B be the point of intersection of the
lines 4x  3y  8, 6x  y  5 . The distance of the point P(5,  2) from the line AB is :
13 5
(a) (b) 8 (c) (d) 6
2 2

249. A line passing through the point A (9, 0) makes an angle of 30o with the positive direction of -axis. If this line is
rotated about A through an angle of 15o in the clockwise direction, then its equation in the new position is :
y x x y
(a) x 9 (b) y 9 (c) y 9 (d) x 9
3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2

250. If x 2  y 2  2hxy  2gx  2fy  c  0 is the locus of a point, which moves such that it is always equidistant from
the lines x  2y  7  0 and 2x  y  8  0 , then the value of g  c  h  f equals :
(a) 14 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 29

251. Let , ,   Z and let A(,  ), B(1, 0), C( ,  ) and D(1, 2) be the vertices of a parallelogram ABCD. If
AB  10 and the points A and C lie one the line 3y  2x  1 , then 2(     ) is equal to :
(a) 10 (b) 5 (c) 12 (d) 8

252. Let A (a, b), B(3, 4) and (6,  8) respectively denote the centroid, circumcentre and orthocentre of a triangle.
Then, the distance of the point P(2a  3, 7b  5) from the line 2x  3y  4  0 measured parallel to the line
x  2y  1  0 is :
15 5 17 5 17 5 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
7 6 7 17

253. Let A (2,  1), B(1, 0), C(,  ) and D( ,  ) be the vertices of a parallelogram ABCD. If the point C lies on
2x  y  5 and the point D lies on 3x  2y  6 , then the value of |        | is equal to _______.

Three Dimensional Geometry

x   y  2 z 1 x  3 y 1 z  2
254. If the shortest distance between the lines   and   is 1, then the sum of
2 1 1 1 2 1
all possible values of  is :
(a) 0 (b) 2 3 (c) 3 3 (d) 2 3

255. Let the line of the shortest distance between the lines L1 : r  (iˆ  2 ˆj  3kˆ )   (iˆ  ˆj  kˆ ) and
L2 : r  (4iˆ  5 jˆ  6kˆ )   (iˆ  ˆj  kˆ ) intersect L1 and L2 at P and Q respectively. If (,  ,  ) is the midpoint of
the line segment PQ, then 2 (     ) is equal to :

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x  3 y  4 z 1
256. Let P and Q be the points on the line   which are at a distance of 6 units from the point
8 2 2
R(1, 2, 3) . If the centroid of the triangle PQR is (,  ,  ) , then  2   2   2 is :
(a) 26 (b) 36 (c) 18 (d) 24

x 1 y 1 z  2
257. If the mirror image of the point P (3, 4, 9) in the line   is (,  ,  ) , then 14(     ) is :
3 2 1
(a) 102 (b) 138 (c) 108 (d) 132

x 6 y 4 z 8 x  5 y 1 z  5
258. The distance, of the point (7,  2, 11) from the line   along the line   , is:
1 0 3 2 3 6
(a) 12 (b) 14 (c) 18 (d) 21
x  4 y 1 z x   y 1 z  2 6
259. If the shortest distance between the lines   and   is , then the sum of
1 2 3 2 4 5 5
all possible values of  is :
(a) 5 (b) 8 (c) 7 (d) 10

x y 1 z  3
260. Let the image of the point (0, 0, 7) in the line   be the point (,  ,  ) . Then which one of the
1 2 3
2 3
following points lies on the line passing through (,  ,  ) and making angles and with y-axis and z-
3 4
axis respectively and an acute angle with -axis ?
(a) (1,  2, 1  2) (b) (1, 2, 1  2) (c) (3, 4, 3  2 2) (d) (3,  4, 3  2 2)

261. The position vectors of the vertices A, B and C of a triangle are 2iˆ  3 ˆj  3kˆ , 2iˆ  2 ˆj  3kˆ and
 iˆ  ˆj  3kˆ respectively. Let l denotes the length of the angle bisector AD of BAC where D is on the line
segment BC, then 2l 2 equals :
(a) 49 (b) 42 (c) 50 (d) 45

262. Let the position vectors of the vertices A, B and C of a triangle be 2iˆ  2 jˆ  kˆ , iˆ  2 jˆ  2kˆ and 2iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ
respectively. Let l1, l 2 and l 3 be the lengths of perpendiculars drawn from the ortho centre of the triangle on the
sides AB, BC and CA respectively, then l12  l22  l32 equals :
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 2 4 3

x 2 y z7 x 3 y 2 z3
263. The lines   and   intersect at the point P. If the distance of P from the line
2 2 16 4 3 1
x 1 y 1 z 1
  is l , then 14 l 2 is equal to :
2 3 1

264. Let O be the origin and the position vector of A and B be 2iˆ  2 jˆ  kˆ and 2iˆ  4 ˆj  4kˆ respectively. If the
internal bisector of AOB meets the line AB at C, then the length of OC is :
2 2 3 3
(a) 31 (b) 34 (c) 34 (d) 31
3 3 4 2

265. Let PQR be a triangle with R(1, 4, 2) . Suppose M (2, 1, 2) is the mid point of PQ. The distance of the centroid
x 2 y z3 x 1 y  3 z 1
of PQR from the point of intersection of the line   and   is :
0 2 1 1 3 1
(a) 69 (b) 9 (c) 69 (d) 99

266. A line with direction ratios 2, 1, 2 meets the lines x  y  2  z and x  2  2y  2z respectively at the point P
and Q. If the length of the perpendicular from the point (1, 2, 12) to the line PQ is l , then l 2 is :

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  7   1  
(a) (b) cos1   cos1   (c) (d)
6  18   
18 3
x 5 y 4 z5 x  8 y  2 z  11
268. Let O be the origin, and M and N be the points on the lines   and  
4 1 3 12 5 9
respectively such that MN is the shortest distance between the given lines. Then OM. ON is equal to _______.

x  3 y 1 z  4
269. Let (,  ,  ) be the foot of perpendicular from the point (1,2,3) on the line   . Then
5 2 3
19 (,  ,  ) is equal to :
(a) 102 (b) 101 (c) 99 (d) 100

270. If d1 the shortest distance between the lines x  1  2y  12z, x  y  2  6z  6 and d 2 is the shortest
x 1 y  8 z  4 x 1 y  2 z  6 32 3 d1
distance between the lines   ,   , then the value of is :
2 7 5 2 1 3 d2

 
271. Let L1 : r  (iˆ  jˆ  2kˆ )   (iˆ  jˆ  2kˆ ),   R , L2 : r  ( jˆ  kˆ )   (3iˆ  jˆ  pkˆ ),   R and

L3 : r   ( iˆ  m jˆ  nkˆ )   R . Be three lines such that L1 is perpendicular to L2 and L3 . is perpendicular to both
L1 and L2 . Then the point which lies on L3 is :
(a) (1, 7, 4) (b) (1,  7, 4) (c) (1, 7,  4) (d) (1,  7, 4)
x 1 y  2 z 1
272. Let a line passing through the point (1, 2, 3) intersect the lines L1 :   at M (,  ,  ) and
3 2 2
x  2 y  2 z 1 (     )2
L2 :   at N (a, b, c). Then the value of equals ______.
3 2 4 (a  b  c )2

273. The distance of the point Q (0, 2,  2) form the line passing through the point P (5,  4, 3) and perpendicular to
 
the lines r  (3iˆ  2kˆ )   (2iˆ  3 ˆj  5kˆ ),   and r  (iˆ  2 jˆ  kˆ )   ( iˆ  3 jˆ  2kˆ ),   is :
(a) 86 (b) 20 (c) 54 (d) 74

274. Let Q and R be the feet of perpendiculars from the point P (a, a, a) on the lines x  y, z  1 and x  y, z  1
respectively. If QPR is a right angle, then 12a2 is equal to _______.

x 1 y  2 z  3
275. Let (,  ,  ) be mirror image of the point (2, 3, 5) in the line   . Then 2  3  4  is equal to :
2 3 4
(a) 32 (b) 33 (c) 31 (d) 34

x 1 y 1 z  4
276. The shortest distance between lines L1 and L2 , where L1 :   and L2 is the line passing
2 3 2
x  3 y z 1
through the points A(4, 4, 3)  B(1, 6, 3) and perpendicular to the line   , is :
2 3 1
121 24 141 42
(a) (b) (c) (d)
221 117 221 117

277. A line passes through A(4,  6,  2) and B(16,  2, 4) . The point P (a, b, c ) where a, b, c are non-negative
integers, on the line AB lies at a distance of 21 units, from the point A. The distance between the points
P(a, b, c ) and Q(4,  12,3) is equal to _______.

Trigonometric Equations
278. The number of solutions of the equation 4 sin2 x  4 cos2 x  9  4cos x  0 ; x  [2 , 2 ] is :
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 0
279. Let the set of all a  R such that the equation cos2x  a sin x  2a  7 has a solution be [p, q] and
1
r  tan 9o  tan27o  o
 tan 81o , then pqr is equal to ______.
cos 63
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 n 
280. If 2tan2   5sec   1 has exactly 7 solutions in the interval 0,  , for the least value of n  N then
 2 


n k
is equal to :
k  1 2k

1 1 15 1
(a) 15
(214  14) (b) 14
(215  15) (c) 1  13 (d) 13
(214  15)
2 2 2 2
 
281. If  ,    is teh solul;tion of 4cos  5 sin  1 , then the value of tan is :
2 2
10  10 10  10 10  10 10  10
(a) (b) (c) (d)
6 12 12 6
3 cos2x  cos3 2x
282. The sum of the solutions x  of the equation  x 3  x 2  6 is :
cos6 x  sin6 x
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 1 (d) 3

 n 
283. If 2sin3 x  sin2x cos x  4sin x  4  0 has exctly 3 solutions in the interval 0,  , n  N , then the roots of
 2 
the equaltion x 2  nx  (n  3)  0 to :
 17 17 
(a) (0, ) (b) (, 0) (c)   ,  (d) Z
 2 2 

Trigonometric Ratios & Identities

1
1 x 
284. If tan A  , tan B  and tan C ( x 3  x 2  x 1 ) 2 , 0  A, B, C  , then A  B is equal
x( x  x  1)
2
x  x 1
2 2
to :

(a) C (b)  C (c) 2  C (d) C
2
 
285. For  ,    0,  , let 3sin(   )  2 sin(   ) and a real number k be such that tan  k tan  . Then the
 2
value of k is equal to :
2 2
(a)  (b) 5 (c) (d) 5
3 3

Vector Algebra
286. Let a   5iˆ  jˆ  3kˆ, b  iˆ  2 jˆ  4kˆ, and c  (((a  b )  iˆ)  iˆ)  iˆ)  iˆ . Then c  (iˆ  jˆ  kˆ ) is equal to :
(a) 12 (b) 10 (c) 13 (d) 15

287. Consider a ABC where A(1, 2, 3), B(2, 8, 0) and C (3, 6, 7). If the angle bisector of BAC meets the line
BC at D, then the length of the projection of the vector AD on the vector AC is :
37 38 39
(a) (b) (c) (d) 19
2 38 2 2 38
288. Let a  iˆ  jˆ  kˆ, b  iˆ  8 jˆ  2kˆ, and c  4iˆ  c2 jˆ  c3kˆ be three vectors such that b  a  c  a . If the angle
between the vector c and the vector 3iˆ  4 ˆj  kˆ is  , then the greatest integer less than or equal to tan2  is :

       
289. Let a  iˆ  2 ˆj  kˆ, b  3(iˆ  jˆ  kˆ ) . Let c be the vector such that a c  b and a  c  3 . Then
    
a  (( c  b )  b  c ) is equal to :
(a) 32 (b) 24 (c) 20 (d) 36

290. The least positive integral value of  , for which the angle between the vectors  iˆ  2 ˆj  2kˆ and  iˆ  2 ˆj  2kˆ
is acute, is _______.

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291. Let a, b and c be three non-zero vectors such that b and c are non-collinear if a  5b is collinear with
       
c , b  6 c is collinear with a and a   b   c  0 , then    is equal to :
(a) 35 (b) 30 (c) 30 (d) 25

   
292. Le OA  a, OB  12 a  4 b and OC  b , where O is the origin. Is S is the parallelogram with adjacent sides OA
are of quadrilateral OABC
and OC, then is equal to____.
area of S
(a) 6 (b) 10 (c) 7 (d) 8

  2 1 ˆ 1 ˆ 1 ˆ 1 ˆ
293. Let a unit vector û  xiˆ  yjˆ  zkˆ make angles , and with the vecots i k, j k and
2 3 3 2 2 2 2
1 ˆ 1 ˆ  1 ˆ 1 ˆ 1 ˆ 
i k respectively. If v  i j k , then | uˆ  v |2 is equal to :
2 2 2 2 2
11 5
(a) (b) (c) 9 (d) 7
2 2

294. Let a  ai iˆ  a2 jˆ  a3kˆ and b  b1iˆ  b2 jˆ  b3 kˆ be two vectors such that | a |  1; a  b  2 and | b |  4 . If
c  2(a  b )  3b , then the angle between b and c is equal to :
 2   1   3 2
cos1  cos1   cos1   cos1  
   2 
(a) (b) (c) (d)
 3  3   3

295. Let A(2, 3, 5) and C(3, 4  2) be opposite vertices of a parallelogram ABCD if the diagonal BD  iˆ  2 jˆ  3kˆ
then the area of the parallelogram is equal to :
1 1 1 1
(a) 410 (b) 474 (c) 586 (d) 306
2 2 2 2

296. Let a  iˆ   jˆ   kˆ, ,   R . Let a vector b be such that the angle between a and b is and | b |2  6 , If
4
a  b  3 2 , the the value of ( 2   2 ) | a  b |2 is equal to :
(a) 90 (b) 75 (c) 95 (d) 85

297. Let a and b be two verors such that | b |  1 and | b  a |  2 . Then | (b  a )  b |2 is equal to :
(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1 (d) 4

     
298. Let a  3iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ, b  4iˆ  ˆj  7kˆ and c  iˆ  3 jˆ  4kˆ be three vectors. If a vectors p satisfies p  b  c  b
  
and p  a  0 , then p  (iˆ  jˆ  kˆ ) is eqal to :
(a) 24 (b) 36 (c) 28 (d) 32

299. Let a and b be two vectors such that | a |  1, | b |  4 and a  b  2 . If c  (2a  b )  3b and the angle
between b and c is  , then 192 sin2  is equal to ________.

  
300. Let a  3iˆ  2 ˆj  kˆ, b  2iˆ  jˆ  3kˆ and c be a vector such that (a  b )  c  2(a  b )  24 jˆ  6kˆ and
(a  b  iˆ)  c  3 . Then | c |2 is equal to _______.

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ANSWER KEY
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10
B C C B A C C 7 8 119
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20
304 171 164 B 20 2 D C 678 D
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
A A 0 2041 1 138 D 10 118 D
31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
25 D 72 A C 100 2 C 1575 C
41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
B D 36 D A 5 20 B 13 A
51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60.
49 B B 3 B D D D A 2
61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66 .67. 68. 69. 70
16 D A D C C 8 A A 219
71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80
A D C 2 A 6 B 155 B D
81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90.
176 27 5 C 15 B B 28 B 113
91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100.
B A D D C A D 14 C 5
101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110
D 29 A 11 A 3 A A 97 C
111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 120
A C 9 105 2890 202 C D D A
121. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130
432 D D D B C D A C D
131. 132. 133. 134. 135. 136. 137. 138. 139. 140
5 C 44 B D D A C C C
141. 142. 143. 144. 145. 146. 147. 148. 149. 150
182 C A 51 A C D B D A
151. 152. 153. 154. 155. 156. 157. 158. 159. 160
B 18 B B C C 12 B D D
161. 162. 163. 164. 165. 166. 167. 168. 169. 170
B 81 B 2 B 4 B D A B
171. 172. 173. 174. 175. 176. 177. 178. 179. 180
7 C 192 D C 101 C 553 D 11376
181. 182. 183. 184. 185. 186. 187. 188. 189. 190
3734 D B B 12 C C B A C
191. 192. 193. 194. 195. 196. 197. 198. 199. 200
D D A C A B 46 60 1 A
201. 202. 203. 204. 205. 206. 207. 208. 209. 210
B D 36 D 6699 C 1 C 9 C
211. 212. 213. 214. 215. 216. 217. 218. 219. 220.
D B A D A 353 C 9 D D
221. 222. 223. 224. 225. 226. 227. 228. 229. 230
169 46 B D A A 10 960 16 66
231. 232. 233. 234. 235. 236. 237. 238. 239. 240
C A B 2521 6344 C D 29 C 36
241. 242. 243. 244. 245. 246. 247. 248. 249. 250.
D B A 32 A B D D A A
251. 252. 253. 254. 255. 256. 257. 258. 259. 260.
D C 32 B 21 C C B B C
261. 262. 263. 264. 265. 266. 267. 268. 269. 270.
D B 108 B C 65 D 9 B 16
271. 272. 273. 274. 275. 276. 277. 278. 279. 280.
A 196 D 12 B C 22 D 48 D
281. 282. 283. 284. 285. 286. 287. 288. 289. 290.
C C B A B A A 38 B 5
291. 292. 293. 294. 295. 296. 297. 298. 299. 300
A D B C B A B D 48 38

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