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FACULTY RECRUITMENT TEST

Formal School Education/IX, X / NSEJS/NTSE/ Foundation
for KVPY, Senior Olympiads & IIT-JEE

CATEGORY-D (MATHEMATICS)

PAPER A
Time: 1 Hour Maximum Marks: 40


Name:.................................................................................

Subject:...........................................


Marks:

Instructions

Attempt all questions.
PAPER-A has two parts I and II. Each question of partI carries 2 marks and that of
partII carries 4 marks.
Calculators and log tables are not permitted.

PARTI

1. Evaluate (yz)
logylogz
(zx)
logzlogx
(xy)
logxlogy
.

2. If cos
2
A = sin A tan A, then find the value of cos
3
A + cos
2
A.

3. In the given figure, P and Q are point of
contact. O is the incentre. Line BO produced,
meets PQ at G. Find the value of ZAGB.
A
P
G
O
B
C
Q


4. In right triangle ABC, AC is divided by the
point O, which is also centre of semicircle in
such a way that AO = 15 units, CO = 20
units. Find the radius of semicircle.
A
O
B
C


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5. In the circle O is the centre. ZCOB = u,
ZAOD = o. Prove that ZAPD =
2
u + o


A
B
C
D
P
O
u
o


6. In the given right angled triangle, prove that a + b = c + d,
where d is the diameter of circle.

A
B
c
C
O
a
b

7. In the given square ABCD, ZPBC = ZPCB = 15.
Prove that AAPD is an equilateral triangle.
D
C B
A
P


8. The sides of a right triangle are 9, 12 and 15 cm long. Find the sum of the square of the medians.

9. For any two independent events, A and B, P (A) = 0.3, P (B) = 0.4, then find the value of P (A B').

10. If x is real, then find the range of values of the expression y =
2
2
x 14x 9
x 2x 3
+ +
+ +
.

PARTII

1. If x is a positive real number different from unity such that log
a
x, log
b
x and log
c
x are in A.P., then
prove that c
2
= ( )
a
log b
ca .

2. If each pair of the three equations x
2
+ p
1
x + q
1
= 0, x
2
+ p
2
x + q
2
= 0 and x
2
+ p
3
x + q
3
= 0 have a
common root, then prove that ( ) ( )
2 2 2
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 2 3 3 1
p p p 4 q q q 2 p p p p p p + + + + + = + + .

3. The angular elevation of a tower CD at a place A due South of it is 60 and at a place B due West of
A, the elevation is 30. If AB = 3 km, then find the height of the tower

4. In the given figure, ZABC = 2ZACB and AB = DC.
Also, AD is the bisector of ZBAC. Find ZABC.
A
B C
D


5. From the vertex of angle of a triangle a straight line is drawn perpendicular to the base, then the
rectangle by the sides of the triangle is equal to the rectangle contained by the perpendicular and the
diameter of the circumcircle. Prove it.