Sample Questions for Madhava Mathematics Competition Objective Questions 1.

The curve represented by |z | = Im(z) + 1 is (a) a parabola (b) a straight line (c) an ellipse (d) a circle. 2. Find the last digit of 20092009 . (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 3 (d) none of the above. 3. The number of solutions to the equation log x cos x = 0(x > 0) is (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) innitely many. 4. Find the total number of ways in which 6 + and 4 signs can be arranged in a line so that no two signs can occur together. 7! 10! (c) (d) 7!. (a) 10! (b) 6!4! 4!3! 5. Find the set of values of a for which the equation has real roots. 2x2 + ax a = 0 (a) R\(8, 0) (b)R\[8, 0] (c) (8, 0) (d) [8, 0].

Short Questions 1. Prove that x3 + x + b = 0 has exactly one real root. 2. Let A = (aij )nn matrix where aij = 2i + 3j , then nd rank of A. 3. Find all positive integers n for which n! + 5 is a perfect cube. 4. Find all the values of a for which the equations x2 + ax + 1 = 0 and x2 + x + a = 0 have atleast one common root.

Long Questions 1. Prove that the polynomial 1 5 (a x)6 3a(a x)5 + a2 (a x)4 a4 (a x)2 2 2 takes only negative value for 0 < x < a. 2. Find all squares which have only two non-zero digits, one of them 3.