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01. If A,B,C and D denotes the interior angles of a quadrilateral then

(A) tan A tan A (B) tan A ( tan A)( cot A)
cot A
(C) cot A tan A tan A (D) tan A tan A cot A
x2
02. For every X R the value of the expression y x cos x cos 2 x is never
8
less than
(A) -1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2
03. One side of a rectangular piece of paper is 6cm, the adjacent sides being
longer than 6 cms. One corner of the paper is folded so that it sets on the
opposite longer side. If the length of the crease is l cms and it makes an
angle with the long side as shown, then l is
3 6
(A) (B)
sin cos 2 2
sin cos

6

3 3
(C) (D) 3
sin cos sin
04. The average of the numbers n sin n for n=2, 4, 6,180
1
(A)1 (B) cot1 (C) tan1 (D)
2
05. If u, v, w are real distinct numbers such that u v w 3uvw then the
3 3 3

quadratic equation ux 2 vx w 0 has

(A) real roots (B) roots lying on either side of unity
(C) both roots are negative (D) non-real roots
06. Let P(x) be polynomial of degree 4 with leading coefficient 1. Given that
P(1)=1, P(2)=3, P(3)=5 and P(4)=7. The value of P(5) will be
(A) 9 (B) 5 (C) 24 (D) 33
07. Let an 16, 4,1..... be a geometric sequence. Define Pn as the product of the

first n terms. The value of n Pn
n 1

(A) 8 (B) 16 (C) 32 (D) 64

08. Let s1 , s2 , s3 ...... and t1 , t2 , t3 ...... are two arithmetic sequences such that
10 15
s2 s1
s1 t1 0; s2 2t2 and si ti . Then the value of is
i 1 i 1 t2 t1
(A) 8/3 (B) 3/2 (C) 19/8 (D) 2
09. Starting with a unit square, a sequence of square is generated. Each square
in the sequence has half the side length of its predecessor and two of its
sides bisected by its predecessors side as shown. This process is repeated

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indefinitely. The total area enclosed by all the squares in limiting situation,
is
5 79
(A) sq.units (B) sq.units
4 64

1

75 1
(C) sq.units (D) sq.units
64 12
10. Let triangle ABC be an isosceles triangle with AB=AC. Suppose that the
angle bisector of its angle B meets the side AC at a point D and that
BC=BD+AD. Measure of the angle A in degrees, is
(A) 80 (B) 100 (C) 110 (D) 130
11. In the figure ABC is a right triangle at C. A semicircle with centre O is a
tangent to the side AC and BC. If the area of the triangle is, then the
radius of the semicircle is
2
(A) (B)
c 2 2 c 2 2

C

A B
O

2 2
(C) 2 (D) 2
c 4 c
12. The true set of real values of a such that the point M (a, sin a) lies inside
the triangle formed by the lines x-2y+2=0, x+y=0, and x y 0 , is

(A) (0, ) (B) ,
3 2
2
(C) o, , (D) , , 2
6 3 2 2 3
13. Let ABC be a fixed triangle and P be variable point in the plane of triangle
ABC. suppose a, b, c are lengths of sides BC, CA, AB opposite to angles A,
B, C respectively. If a( PA) 2 b( PB )2 c( PC )2 is minimum, then the point P
with respect to ABC, is
(A) centroid (B) circumcentre (C) orthocentre (D) incentre

14. If the points of intersection of lines L1 : y m1 x k 0 and
L2 : y m2 x k 0 (m1 m2 ) lies inside a triangle formed by the lines 2x+3y=1,
x+2y=3 and 5x-6y-1=0, then true set of values of k are
1 3 1 3 3
(A) , (B) ,1 (C) 0, (D) , 0
3 2 2 2 2

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15. Given A(0,0) and B(x,y) with x (0,1) and y>0. Let the slope of the line AB
equals m1 . Point C lies on the line x=1 such that the slope of BC equals m2
where 0 m2 m1 . If the area of the triangle ABC can be expressed as
(m1 m2 ) f(x), then the largest possible value of f(x) is
(A)1 (B) 1/2 (C) 1/4 (D) 1/8
16. Locus of a point P(x, y) satisfying the equation
x y 2 24 y 144 13 x 2 y 2 10 x 25 is
(A) a finite line segment (B) an infinite line segment
(C) part of a circle with finite radius (D) pair of straight lines
17. In a triangle ABC with fixed base BC, the vertex A moves such that
A
cos C cos B cos 2 . If a, b, and c denote the lengths of sides of the triangle
2
opposite to angles A, B and C, respectively, then which one of the following
is correct?
(A) b-c=2a (B) 2b-2c=a
(C) Locus of point A is circle
(D) Locus of point A is pair of straight line
18. The locus of the point of intersection of the tangent to the circle x 2 y 2 a 2 ,
which include an angle of 45 is the curve ( x 2 y 2 )2 a 2 ( x 2 y 2 a 2 ) . The
value of is
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 16
19. Equation of the circle which bisects the circumference of the circle
x 2 y 2 2 y 3 0 and touches the curve y tan(tan 1 x ) at the origin is
(A) 2( x y ) 5 x 5 y 0
2 2
(B) x y 5 x 5 y 0
2 2

(C) x y 5 x 5 y 0
2 2
(D) none
20. Let a and b represent the length of a right triangles legs. If d is the
diameter of a circle inscribed into the triangle, and D is the diameter of a
circle superscribed on the triangle, then d+D equals

(A) a+b (B) 2(a+b)

(0,a) A

O B (b,0)x
1
(C) (a b) (D) a b
2 2

2
21. Let pn denotes the number of ways in which three people can be selected
out of n people sitting in a row, if no two of them are consecutive. If,
Pn 1 Pn 15 then the value of n is
(A) 7 (B)8 (C) 9 (D) 10

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8
1 1
22. The constant term in the expansion of x 2 2 y is
x y
(A) 4900 (B) 4950 (C) 5050 (D) 5151
23. The range of the function, f(x)= cot log 0.5 ( x 2 x 3) is
1 4 2

3 3 3
(A) (0, ) (B) 0,
, s (C)
(D) ,
4 4
2 4
24. The set of values of x, satisfying the equation tan (sin x) 1 is
2 1

2 2
(A) [-1, 1] (B) ,
2 2
2 2 2 2
(C) (1,1) , (D) [1,1] ,
2 2 2 2
25. Which of the following functions defined below is NOT differentiable at
the indicated point?
x 2 if 1 x 0
f ( x) at x 0
x 2 if 0 x 1
(A)
1
x 2 sin if x 0
g ( x) x at x 0
0 if x 0
(B)
sin 2 x if x 0
h( x ) at x 0
2 x if x 0
(C)
x if 0 x 1
k ( x) at x 1
2 x if 1 x 2
(D)
26. Which one of the following functions is discontinuous for atleast one real
value of x?
ex 1
(A) f ( x) 1 sgn x (B) g ( x)
ex 3
5
22 x 1 7
(C) h( x) 3 x (D) k ( x) 3 2sin x
2 5
1
27. Let f ( x) x 2 sin for x 0 f (0) g (0) 0 and
x
1 1
g ( x) x tan 1 ; x cot 1 x, x 2tan 1 ; x cot 1 x 2 / x 0 where g(x) is an even
x x
function, then
(A) f is derivable at x=0 but g is not (B) g is derivable at x=0 but f is not
(C) both f and g are derivable at x=0 (D) nither f nor g is derivable at x=0
28. If f x y f x f y x y xy 2 , x, y R and f ` (0) 0 , then
(A) f need to be differentiable at every non zero x

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(B) f is differential for all x R

(C) f is twice differentiable at x = 0 (D) none
29. The number of values of a for the which the function f ( x) ( x 1) | x a | is
differentiable x R s is,
(A)0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) more than 2
30. Let f : (1, ) (0, ) be a continuous decreasing function
f (4 x) f (6 x)
with Lim 1 .Then Lim 1 is equal to
x f (8 x ) x f (8 x)
4 4 6
(A) (B) (C) (D) 1
8 6 8
31. Let f : (3,3) R be a differentiable function with f(0)=-2 and f`(0)= -1.and
g ( x) ( f (3 f ( x) 6))3 . Then g`(0) is equal to
1 1
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) (D)
2 4
32. Suppose the function f(x)-f(2x) has the derivate 5 at x=1 and derivative 7
at x=2. The derivative of the function f(x)-f(4x) at x=1 has the value to
equal to
(A) 19 (B) 9 (C) 17 (D) 14

/2 /2
2
33. Let u cos sin 2 x dx and v cos 3 sin x dx , then the relation between
0 3 0

u and v is
(A) 2u=v (B) 2u=3v (C) u=v (D) u=2v
/3
34. The value of the definite integral ln(1 3 tan x )dx equals
0

2
(A) ln 2 (B) (C) ln 2 (D) ln 2
3 3 6 2
35. Let f be a one-to-one continuous function such that f(2)=3 and f(5)=7.
5 7
Given f ( x)dx 17 , then the value of the definite integral f 1 ( x) dx equals
2 3

(A) 10 (B) 11 (C) 12 (D) 13

/2
36. The value of the definite integral tan x dx is
0

(A) 2 (B) (C) 2 2 (D)
2 2 2
6

yi
6 i1
ex
37. If (sin 1 xi cos 1 yi ) 9 ,then x ln(1 x 2 ) 2x
dx is equal to
i 1 6 1 e
xi
i1

37
(A) 0 (B) e6 e6 (C) ln
(D) e6 e 6
12
38. At the point P(a, a n ) on the graph of y x n (n N ) in the first quadrant a
normal is drawn. The normal intersects the y-axis at the point (0,b). If

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Limb , then n equals
a0 2
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 4
39. Let g :[1, 6] [0, ) be a real valued differentiable function satisfying
2
g `( x) and g(1)=0, then the maximum value of g cannot exceed
x g ( x)
(A) ln 2 (B) ln 6 (C) 6 ln 2 (D) 2 ln 6
40. Let f ( x) x 3x 2 x . If the equation f(x)=k has exactly one positive and
3 2

one negative solution then the value of k equals

2 3 2 2 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
9 9 3 3 3 3
41. P and Q are two points on a circle of centre C and radius , the angle PCQ
being 2 then the radius of the circle inscribed in the triangle CPQ is
maximum when
3 1 5 1 5 1 5 1
(A) sin (B) sin (C) sin (D) sin
2 2 2 2 4
42. Two sides of a triangle are to have lengths a cm & b cm. If the triangle is
to have the maximum area, then the length of the median from the vertex
containing the sides a and b is
1 2 2a b a 2 b2 a 2b
(A) a b 2 (B) (C) (D)
2 3 2 3
43. If f be a continuous on [0,1], differentiable in (0,1) such that f(1)=0, then
their exists some c (0,1) such that
(A) c f` (C)-f(C)=0 (B) f`(C)+c f(C)=0
(C) f` (C)-c f (C)=0 (D) c f`(C)+f(C)=0
44. Let A and B be 3 3 symmetric matrices such that X=AB+BA and Y=AB-BA,
then ( XY )T is equal to
(A) XY (B) YX (C) XY (D) YX
3 1

45. Let A 2 2 B 1 1 and
0 1 C AB AT , then AT C 3 A is equal to
1 3

2 2
3 1 1 0 3
1 1 3
(A) 2 2
(B) 3
(C)
2 (D)
1 0 1
1 0 2 0 3
46. Given planes
P1 : cy bz x
P2 : az cx y
P3 : bx ay z
P1 , P2 , and P3 pass through one line, if
(A) a 2 b 2 c 2 ab bc ca (B) a 2 b 2 c 2 2abc 1
(C) a 2 b 2 c 2 1 (D) a 2 b 2 c 2 2ab 2bc 2ca 2abc 1

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47. Suppose families always have one, two or three children, with
1 1 1
probabilities , and respectively. Assume everyone eventually gets
4 2 4
married and has children, the probability of a couple having exactly four
grandchildren is
27 37 25 20
(A) (B) (C) (D)
128 128 128 128
48. Shalu bought two cages of birds: cage I contains 5 parrots and 1 owl, and
cage II contains 6 parrots, as shown one day shalu forgot to lock the both
cages and two birds flew from cage I to cage II. Then two birds flew back
from cage II to cage I. Assume that all birds have equal chance to flying,
the probability that the owl is still in cage I, is
(A) 1/6 (B) 1/3 (C) 2/3 (D) 3/4
49. There are 8 students from 4 schools A,B,C,D, 2 students from each school.
Let these 8 students enter in 4 rooms R1 , R2 , R3 , R4 , so that each room will
have 2 students. The probability that each room have students from the
same school, is
1 2 3 4
(A) (B) (C) (D)
105 105 105 105
50. A jar contains 2 yellow candies, 4 red candies and 6 blue candies. Candies
are randomly drawn out of the jar one-by-one and eaten. The probability
that the 2 yellow candies will be eaten before any of the red candies are
eaten, is
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
18 15 24 36
51. A butterfly randomly lands on one of the six squares of the T-shaped
figure shown and then randomly moves to an adjacent square. The
probability that the butterfly ends up on the R square is
G
Y W R B
O
(A) 1/4 (B) 1/3
(C) 1/5 (D) 2/5
52. A function y=f(x) satisfies the differential equation
f ( x).sin 2 x cos x (1 sin 2 x) f `( x) 0 with initial condition y(0)=0.The
value of f ( / 6) is equal to
(A)1/5 (B) 3/5 (C) 4/5 (D) 2/5
53. Water is drained from a vertical cylindrical tank by opening a value at the
base of the tank. It is known that the rate at which the water level drops is
proportional to square root of water depth y, where the constant of
proportionality k > 0 depends on the acceleration due to gravity and
the geometry of the hole. If it is measured in minutes and
1
k then the times to drain the tank if the water is 4 meter deep to start
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with is
(A) 30 min (B) 45 min (C) 60 min (D) 80 min
x
54. Let g be a differentiable function satisfying ( x t 1) g (t )dt x
4
x 2 for
0
1
12
all x 0 . The value of dx is equal to
0
g `( x ) g ( x) 10

(A) (B) (C) (D)
6 3 4 2
55. Suppose y=f(x) and y=g(x) are two continuous functions whose graphs
intersect at the three points (0,4), (2,2) and (4,0) with f(x)> g(x) for 0<x<2
4 4
and f(x)<g(x) for 2<x<4. If [ f ( x) g ( x)]dx 10 and [ g ( x) f ( x)]dx 5 , the
0 0

area between two curves for 0<x<2, is

(A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 15 (D) 20
56. Two unequal parabolas have the same common axis which is the x-axis
and have the vertex which is the origin with their concavities in
opposite direction. If a variable line parallel to the common axis
meet the parabolas in P and P` the locus of the middle point of PP` is
(A) a parabola (B) a circle (C) an ellipse (D) a hyperbola
57. PQ is a chord of parabola x 4 y which subtends right angle at vertex.
2

Then locus of centroid of triangle PSQ, where S is the focus of given

parabola, is
4 4 4
(A) x 2 4( y 3) (B) x 2 ( y 3) (C) x 2 ( y 3) (D) x 2 ( y 3)
3 3 3
58. Write the correct order sequence of the statement in respect of the
statement given below. F stands for false and T stands for true. If a
variable circle is described to pass through the point (1,0) and tangent to
the curve y tan(tan 1 x) . The locus of the centre of the circle is a
parabola whose
I. length of the latus rectum is 2 2
II. Axis of symmetry has the equation x+y=1
III. Vertex has the co-ordinates (3/4, 1/4)
IV. Directrix is x-y=0
(A) T F F F (B) F T T F (C) F T T T (D) F T F T
59. If a normal to a parabola y 2 4ax makes an angle with its axis, then it
will cut the curve again at an angle
1 1
(A) tan 1 (2 tan ) (B) tan 1 tan (C) Cot 1 tan (D) none
2
2
60. The area of the rectangle formed by the perpendicular from the centre of
the standard ellipse to the tangent and normal at its point whose
eccentric angle is / 4 is
(a 2 b 2 )ab (a 2 b 2 ) (a 2 b 2 ) (a 2 b2 )
(A) (B) (C) (D)
a 2 b2 (a 2 b 2 )ab ab(a 2 b 2 ) (a 2 b 2 )ab

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61. For each positive integer n, consider the point P with abscissa n on the
curve` y 2 x 2 1 . If d n represents the shortest distance from the point P to
the line y=x then Lim(n.d n ) has the value equal to
n 8

1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) 0
2 2 2 2
62. Number of values of z (real or complex) simultaneously satisfying the
system of equations 1 z z 2 z 3 ...... z17 0 and 1 z z 2 z 3 ...... z13 0 is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
63. If z1 , z2 , z3 are 3 distinct complex numbers such that
3 4 5 9 16 25
, then the value of , equals
| z2 z3 | | z3 z1 | | z1 z2 | z2 z3 z3 z1 z1 z2

(A) 0 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5
64. If P and Q are represented by the complex numbers z1 and z2 such that
1 1 1 1
then the circumcentre of OPQ (where O is the origin) is
z1 z2 z1 z2
z1 z2 z1 z2 z1 z2
(A) (B) (C) (D) z1 z2
2 2 3
65. On the Argand plane point A denotes a complex number z1 . A triangle
OBQ is made directly similar to the triangle OAM, where OM=1 as shown
in the figure. If the point B denotes the complex number z2 , then the
complex number corresponding to the point Q is
B(z2)

Q(z) A(z1)

O
1 1M

z1 z z1 z2
(A) z1 , z2 (B) (C) 2 (D)
z2 z1 z2
66. An integer m is said to be related to another integer n if m is a multiple of
n. Then the relation is
(A) reflexive and symmetric (B) reflexive and transitive
(C) symmetric and transitive (D) an equivalence relation
67. If A={1,2,3,4}, then which of the following is a function from A to itself?
(A) f1 {( x, y ) : y x 1} (B) f 2 {( x, y) : x y 4}
(C) f3 {( x, y ) : y x} (D) f 4 {( x, y ) : x y 5}
n5 n3 7
68. For all n N, is
5 3 15n
(A) an integer (B) a natural number
(C) a positive fraction (D) a rational number

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69. AB is a vertical pole. The end A is on the level ground C is the middle point
of AB.P is a point on the level ground. The portion BC students angle at P.
If AP=nAB, then tan =
n n n
(A) 2
(B) 2
(C) 2
(D) none of these
2n 1 n 1 n 1
70. The mean height of 25 male workers in a factory is 61 cm, and the mean
height of 35 female workers in the same factory is 58 cm. The combined
mean height of 60 workers in the factory is
(A) 59.25 (B) 59.5 (C) 59.75 (D) 58.75
71. If the standard deviation of n observation x1 , x2 ,.....xn is 4 and another set of
n observations y1 , y2 ,..... yn is 3 the standard deviation of n observations
x1 y1 , x2 y2 ......xn yn is
2
(A) 1 (B) (C) 5 (D) data insufficient
3
72. The arithmetic mean of a set of observation is x . If each observation is
divided by and then is increased by 10, then the mean of the new series
is
x x 10 x 10
(A) (B) (C) (D) x 10

73. Which of the following is the inverse of the proposition if a number is a
prime, then it is odd?
(A) If a number is not a prime, then it is odd.
(B) If a number is not odd, then it is odd
(C) If a number is prime, then it is prime
(D) If a number is not odd, then it is not a prime
74. ( p q ) p p is
(A) a tautology (B) a contradiction
(C) neither a tautology nor a contradiction
(D) cannot come to any conclusion
75. Which of the following is always true?
(A) ( p q) q p (B) ( p q) p q
(C) ( p q ) p q (D) ( p q) p q

The graph y px 2 qx r , x R of is plotted in adjacent diagram. Given AM=2
and CM=1
Y
C
A
B
X
O M
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76. Which of the following statement(S) is/(are) correct?

(A) The value of (4p-r) is equal to 7.
(B) The value of (4p-r) is equal to 5.
(C) The sum of roots of equation px qx r 0 is equal to 10.
2

(D) The sum of roots of equation px 2 qx r 0 is equal to 12.
77. Which of the following statement (S) is/(are) incorrect?
(A) The value of Lim px qx r is not equal to zero
2

x 8

(B) The inequality px 2 qx r 0 is true for all x (6, )

32
(C) Harmonic mean of roots of the equation px 2 qx r 0 is
3
(D) The value of q is equal to -3.
In a triangle ABC, let tan A=1, tan B=2, tan C=3. And C=3
78. Area of the triangle ABC is equal to
3 2
(A) (B) 3 (C) 2 3 (D) 3 2
2
79. The radius of the circle circumscribing the triangle ABC, is equal to
10 5
(A) (B) 5 (C) 10 (D)
2 2
80. Let denote the area of the triangle ABC and p be the area of its pedal
triangle. If k p then k is equal to
(A) 10 (B) 2 5 (C)5 (D) 2 10

1
A line L1 with gradient 1 intersects a line L2 with gradient at the point A.
2
1
The line L2 intersects the line L3 with the gradient at B and L3 intersects
3
L1 at the point C, so that a triangle ABC is formed. The abscissa of the
points A, B and C are 9,7 and 6 respectively. Let p be the x-coordinate of
the circumcentre and h be the x co-ordinate of the orthocenter

81. The value of (sin 2A+sin 2B+sin 2C) is equal to
4 1 2 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
25 25 25 25

82. The value |p+h| is equal to

(A) 8 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 14

A path of length n is a sequence points ( x1 , y1 ), ( x2 , y2 )....., ( xn , yn ) with integer
coordinates such that for all i between 1 and n-1 both exclusive,
either X i 1 xi 1 and yi 1 yi (in which case we say the ith step is rightward)

or X i 1 xi 1 and yi 1 yi 1 (in which case we say that the i step is
th

upward) This path is said to start at ( x1 , y1 ) and end at ( xn , yn ) . Let (a, b), for

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a and b non-negative integers, denotes the number of paths that start at

(0,0) and end at (a, b)
10
83. The value of p(i,10 i ) is
i0

(A) 1024 (B) 512 (C) 256 (D) 128

84. Number of ordered pairs (i, j) where i j for which P(i,100-i)=P(j, 100-j)
is
(A) 50 (B) 99 (C)( 100 (D) 101
5
85. The sum P 43, 4 P(49 j,3) is equal to
j 1

(A) P(4,18) (B) P(3,49) (C) P(4,47) (D) P(5,47)

2
Consider a function, f ( x) ln 3/2 (sin x cos x) for x o,
3 2
f ( x)
86. The value of Lim 3/2
is
x
2
x
2
2 2
(A) is (B) is 1 (C) is (2)3/4 (D) non existent
3 3
2/3
3
f ( x) x 0,
2 2
2/3
3
f x
2 2
e
; x ,
2 2
87 The functioning g(x) is defined as g(x)= .Then g(x)

(A) is continuous at x for g 0
2 2

(B) has a removable discontinuity at x
2

(C) g(x) is discontinuous at x and jump of discontinuity is equal to 2
2

(D) has a non-removable discontinuity at x
2
88. The range of g(x) is
1 1 1 1
(A) (0, 1] (B) 0, ln 2 (C) ,1 (D) 0, ln 2 ,1
2 2 2 2
89. Suppose f : R R be a differentiable function and satisfies 3 f(x +
1
y)=f(x).f(y) for all x, y R with f(1)=6. If U Lim n f 1 f (1) and
n
n
3
V f ( x )dx then find
0

90. The range of f(x), is

(A) (0, ) (B) (6, ) (C) (12, ) (D) [0, )

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91. The value of U, is

(A)2 ln 2 (B) ln 2 (C) 6 ln 2 (D) 8 ln 2
92. The value of the product UV, is
(A) 96 (B) 112 (C) 120 (D) 126

Let f(x) be a monic polynomial of degree 3 having extremum at
1
x ,1 and f(2)=0
3
93. Which of the following statement is correct?
1
(A) f(x) is increasing function on ,1
3
1
(B) f`(x) has a local maximum at x
3
(C) f(x) is negative on (, 2) and positive on (2, )
1
(D) f`(x) is decreasing on ,
3
94. Number of distinct real roots of the equation f(f(x))=0, is
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 9
2
95. The value of definite integral f ( x) f ( x) dx , is equal to
0

(A) 0 (B) 4 (C) -4 (D) -1

Suppose you have 10 keys and you wish to open a door and try the keys
one at a time, randomly until you open the door. Only one of the keys will
open the door
96. If you eliminate each unsuccessful trials then the probability that the door
gets opened on the 5th, trial, is given by
4
1 1 1 9 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) C5 . .
10

10 5 2 10 10
97. If you do not eliminate the each unsuccessful trial from the remaining keys
then the probability that the door gets opened on the 5th trial, is given by
4 4
1 1 9 1 9 1
(A) (B) (C) 10 C5 . . (D) .
2 10 10 10 10 10
Tangents are drawn to the parabola y 2 4 x from the point P(6,5) to touch
the parabola at Q and R. C1 is a circle which touches the parabola at Q and
C2 is a circle which touches the parabola at R. Both the circles C1 and C2
pass through the focus of the parabola
98. Area of the PQR equals
1 1
(A) (B) 1 (C) 2 (D)
2 4
99. Radius of the circle C2 is
(A) 5 5 (B) 5 10 (C) 10 2 (D) 210

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100. The common chord of the circles C1 and C2 passes through the
(A) incentre of the PQR. (B) circumcentre of the PQR
(C) centroid of the PQR (D) othocentre of the PQR
101. Statement 1: If x1 , x2 , x3 are non-zero real numbers such that
3( x12 x2 2 x32 1) 2( x1 x2 x3 x1 x2 x2 x3 x3 x1 ) then x1 , x2 , x3 are in A.P as well
as in G.P
Statement 2: A sequence is in A.P as well as in G.P. If all the terms in the
sequence are equal and non-zero.
(A) Statement 1is true, statement 2is true and statement 2 is correct
explanation for statement 1.
(B) Statement 1 is true, statement 2 is true and statement 2 is NOT the
correct explanation for statement 1.
(C) Statement 1 is true, statement 2 is false
(D) Statement 1 is false, statement 2 is true.
102. Statement 1: There lies exactly 3 points on the curve 8 x3 y 3 6 xy 1 , which
form an equilateral triangle.
Statement 2: The locus of all point P(x, y) satisfying 8 x3 y 3 6 xy 1
consists of union of a straight line and a point not on the line
(A) Statement 1is true, statement 2 is true and statement 2 is correct
explanation for statement 1.
(B) Statement 1 is true, statement 2 is true and statement 2 is NOT the
correct explanation for statement 1.
(C) Statement 1 is true, statement 2 is false
(D) Statement 1 is false, statement 2 is true.
103. Consider the curves
y2
C1 : x 2 a 2 and C2 : xy 3 C
3
Statement 1: C1 and C2 are orthogonal curves
Statement 2: C1 and C2 intersect at right angles everywhere wherever they
intersect.
(A) Statement 1is true, statement 2 is true statement 2 is correct
explanation for statement 1.
(B) Statement 1 is true, statement 2 is true and statement 2 is NOT the
correct explanation for statement 1.
(C) Statement 1 is true, statement 2 is false
(D) Statement 1 is false, statement 2 is true.
104. Let n denotes the interior angles (in degree) of a regular polygon of side
n, then which of the following is (are) correct?
(A) The value of tan 16 cot 16 is equal to 2 2


(B) The value of cos ec 24 is equal to 6 2

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(C) The value of Cot ( 8 ) sec( 6 ) is equal to 1.

5
(D) The value of Cos( 5 ) cos( 10 ) is equal to
2
3
105. Let E cos 2 cos 2 cos 2 . Then which of the following alternative (S)
7 7 7
is/are incorrect?
1 3 3 7 3 3
(A) E (B) E 1 (C) 1 E (D) E
2 4 4 4 2 2
106. For which of the following graphs of quadratic expression y ax 2 bx c,
then product abc is positive?
y y

(0,0) (0,0)
x x

(A) (B)
y y

(0,0)
(0,0)

x x
(C) (D)

107. Which of the following statement (S) is (are) correct?

(A) Sum of the reciprocal of all the n harmonic means inserted between a
and b is equal to n times the harmonic mean between two given numbers
a and b.
(B) Sum of the cubes of first n natural number is equal to square of the
sum of the first n natural numbers.
2n
(C) If a, A1 , A2 , A3 ,.... A2 n , be are in A.P then Ai n(a b)
i 1

(D) If the first term of the geometric progression g1 , g 2 , g3 ...... is unity, then
the value of the common ratio of the progression such that (4 g 0 2 5 g3 ) is
2
minimum equals
5
108. If the roots of the equation, x3 px 2 qx 1 0 form an increasing G.P. where
p and q are real, then
(A) p + q=0 (B) p (-3, )
(C) one of the roots is unity
(D) one root is smaller than 1 and one root is greater than 1.
109. Difference between the sum of the squares of the first fifty even natural
numbers and the sum of the square of the first fifty odd natural numbers

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is equal to
x
(A) The value of the expression y 1 x 1 ( x 1) 1 ( x 2)( x 4) where
2
x=100
(B) f(100) where f(1) =1 and f(x)=x+f(x-1)
(C) the sum of all such friendly natural numbers which lie in the interval
(0,101), where m defines a friendly natural number satisfying the
inequality mx 2 4 x 3m 1 0 , for every x R
(D) Sum of the reciprocals of all the 100 harmonic means if these are
inserted between 1 and 1/100
110. In a ABC, a semicircle is inscribed, whose diameter lies on the side c. If x
is the length of the angle bisector through angle C then the radius of the
semicircle is
abc
(A) 2
(B)
4 R (sin A sin B) x
C 2 s( s a)( s b)( s c)
(C) x sin (D)
2 s
x2 4 if | x | 3
111. Let f(x) = and g ( x) 2 tan 1 (e x ) for all x R, then
5 sgn | x 3 |, if | x | 3 2
which of the following is (are) correct?
(A) fog(x) is an even function (B) gof (x) is an even function
(C) gog (x) is an odd function (D) fof (x) is an odd function
112. Which of the following pair(S) of function is (are) identical ?
x
(A) f(x)=sin (tan 1 x), g ( x)
1 x2
1 2 2
(B) f ( x) sgn(cot x), g ( x) sec x tan x, where sgn x denotes signum function
of x.
x 2 1
ln cos1 2
x 1 x2 1
(C) f(x) = e
, g ( x) cos 1 2 0


x 1
2x
(D) f(x) = sin 1 2
, g ( x) 2 tan 1 x
1 x
113. Let {an },{bn },{cn } be sequences such that
(i) an bn cn 2n 1 (ii) anbn bn cn cn an 2n 1
(iii) anbn cn 1 and (iv) an bn cn
then which of the following is/are correct ?
an 1 an an an
(A) lim (B) lim 2 (C) nlim 0 (D) nlim 2
n n 2 n n n n
/4
114. Let I n (tan x)
n
dx and let J n (1) n I 2 n for n=0,1,2 then which of the
0

following hold(S) goods?

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1 (1)n
(A) I n I n 2 (B) J n J n 1 for n 1
n 1 2n 1
1
un
(C) If u tan then I n du (D) lim J n 0
0
1 u2 x

115. A function f is defined by f ( x) cos t cos ( x t )dt , 0 x 2 then which of the
0

following hold(S) good?

(A) f(x) is continuous but not differentiable in (0,2)
(B) Maximum value of f is
(C) There exists atleast one c (0, 2) s.t.f`(c)=0

(D) Minimum value of f is
2
116. Consider a plane P passing through A(,3, ) B(-1,3,2) and C(7,5,10) and a
straight line L with positive direction cosines passing through A, bisecting
BC and makes equal angles with the coordinate axes. Let L1 be a line
parallel to L and passing through origin. Which of the following is (are)
correct?
(A) The value of (+) is equal to 5
x 1 y 1 z 1
(B) Equation of straight line L1 is
1 1 1
(C) Equation of the plane perpendicular to the plane P and containing line
L1 is x-2y+z=0.
(D) Area of triangle ABC is equal to 3 2
117. Which of the following statement (S) is/are correct?
(A) 3 coins are tossed once. Two of them atleast must land the same way.
No mater whether they land heads or tails, the third coin is equally likely
to land either the same way or oppositely. So, the chance that all the three
coins land the same way is .
(B) Let 0<P(B)<1 and P(A/B)=P A / B then A and B are independent.
c

(C) Suppose an urn contains w white b black balls and a ball is drawn
from it and is replaced along with d additional balls of the same colour.
Now a second ball is drawn from it. The probability that the second drawn
ball is white is independent of the value of d.
(D) A man has ten keys only one of which fits the lock. He tries them in a
door one by one discarding the one he has tried. The probability that fifth
key fits the lock is 1/10.
118. There are three coins C1 , C2 and C3 , C1 is a fair coin painted blue on the head
side and white on the tail side. C2 are C3 are biased coins so that the
probability of a head is p. They are painted blue on the tail side and red on
the head side. Two of the three coins are selected at random and tossed. If
the probability that both the coins land up with sides of the same colour is

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29
then the possible values (S) of p can be
96
1 3 5 7
(A) (B) (C) (D)
8 8 8 8
119. PQ is double ordinate of the parabola y 2 8 x . If the normal at P intersect
the line passing through Q and parallel to axis of x at G, then the locus of G
is a parabola with
(A)vertex at (8,0) (B) focus at (10,0)
(C) length of latus rectum equals 8 (D) equation of directrix is x=6
120. If from the vertex of a parabola y 4 x a pair of chords be drawn at right
2

angles to one another and with these chords as adjacent sides a rectangle
be made, then the locus of the further end of the rectangle is
(A) an equal parabola (B) a parabola with focus at (9,0)
(C) a parabola with directrix as x-7=0
(D) a parabola having tangent at its vertex x=8
121. Let p and q be non-zero real numbers. Then the equation
( px 2 qy 2 r )(4 x 2 4 y 2 8 x 4) 0 represents
(A) two straight lines and a circle, when r=0 and p, q are of the opposite
sign.
(B) two circles, when p=q and r is of sign opposite to that of p.
(C) a hyperbola and a circle, when p and q are of opposite sign and r 0.
(D) a circle and an ellipse, when p and q are unequal but of same sign and
r is of sign opposite to that of p.
122. Column I Column II
(A)If the sum of all the solution of (P) 4950
for the equation tan 33x cos 2 x 1
2

lying in the interval [0,314] is k,
then the value of k, is
(B) sum of all natural numbers (Q) 5048
x2 5x 4
satisfying the inequality 1
x2 4
and not greater than 100, is
(C) sum of all the possible natural (R) 5049
values of b in [1,100] satisfying the
e b (b 1)(b 2)
inequality 0 is (S) 5050
(b 1)(b 2 2b 2)
(D) The sum of all such friendly (T) 5051
natural numbers m which lie in
the interval (0,101), where m
satisfies the inequality
mx 4 x 3m 1 0, x R
2

123. Column I Column II

(A) Consider the triangle pictured (P) 20
shown. If 0 / 2 then the number

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of integral value of c is
A

17 c

C B
19

(B) In an acute angled triangle ABC, (Q) 23
point D, E and F are the feet of the
perpendiculars from A, B and C
onto BC, AC and AB respectively.
H is the intersection of AD and BE.
If sin A=3/5 and BC=39, the length
of AH is
(C) In ABC, a circle with centre (R) 40
Q is inscribed. If AB=AC=40 and
BC=64 then the distance from
A to Q equals a/b, then the value
of (a+b) equals
(D) A triangle has base 10 cm long (S) 43
and the base angles of 50 and 70 .
If the perimeter of the triangle
x y cos z
is where z (0,90) then the
value of x+y+z equals
(T) 52

124. Column I Column II
(A) Let f be a real valued differentiable (P) 4
function on R such that
f `(1)=6 and f ` (2)=2 Then is
f (3cos h 4sin h 2) f (1)
Lim is equal to (Q) 5
h0 f (3e h 5sec h 4) f (2)
(B) For a>0, let f: [-4a, 4a] R be an (R) 3
even function such that
f ( x) f (4a x) x [2a, 4a ] and
f (2a h) f (2a)
Lim 4 then
h 0 h
f (h 2a) f (2a)
Lim is equal to
h 0 2h
(C) Suppose f is a differentiable (S) 2
function on R. Let F ( x) f (e ) and
x

G ( x) e f ( x ) .If f`(1)= e3 and
G `(0)
f(0)=f `(0) =3 then is equal to
F `(0)
(D) Let f(x)=max. (cos x, x, 2x-1) (T) 1
where x 0 Then the number of

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points of non-differentiability of
f(x) is equal to

125. Column I Column II

1
ln(1 x 3 ) sin , if x 0
(A) f(x)= x (P) continuous everywhere but

0, if x 0
not differentiable at x = 0
2 1
ln (1 x) sin , if x 0
(B) g(x) = x (Q) differentiable at x=0 but

0, if x 0
derivative is discontinuous at
x=0
sin x
ln 1
(C) u (x)= , if x 0 (R) differentiable and has
2
0, if x 0
continuous derivative
2x 2
(D) v (x) = Lim tan 1 2 (S) continuous and
t 0
t
differentiable at x=0
126. Column I Column II
(A) Number of points of non- (P) 0
differentiability of the function
3
f ( x) x( x 1) e x 1 . x 3 on
x (, ) is equal to
(B) Number of values of , where (Q) 3
(0,2) for which the system of
x (sin ) y (cos ) z 0
equations x (cos ) y (sin ) z 0
x (sin ) y (cos ) z 0
has a solution ( x0 , y0 , z0 ) with
x0 2 y0 2 z0 2 0, is
(C) if the angles B and C of (R) 4

a triangle ABC are and
6 4
respectively, and the included
p q
side is 3 1 , then area of the
2
triangle is (p, q, N). The value
of (p+q) is

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1
(D) If f ( x) a cos ( x) b, f ` (S) 5
2
3
2
2
and f ( x)dx 1 then the value
3
2
12
of (sin 1 a cos 1 b) is equal to

(T) 6

127. Column I Column II
g (x)
dt
(A) If f ( x) where (P) 3
0 1 t3
cos( x )

g ( x) (1 sin t 2 )dt then the

0

value of f ( / 2)
(B) If f(x) is a non-zero differentiable (Q) 2
x
2
function such that f (t )dt f x
0

for all x, then f(2) equals

a
(C) If (2 x x 2 )dx , (a<b) maximum (R) 1
b

then (a+b) is equal to

sin 2 x b
(D) If Lim 3 a 2 0 then (S) -1
x 0
x x
(3a+b) has the value equal to

128. Column I Column II
(A) The least value of a for which (P) 20
4 1
the equation, a has
sin x 1 sin x
atleast one solution on the interval
(0, / 2) is
(B) A closed vessel tapers to a point (Q) 13
both at its top E and its bottom F and
is fixed with EF vertical when the
depth of the liquid in it is x cm, the
volume of the liquid in it is x 2 (15 x)
cu.cm. The length EF is
(C) If Rolle s Theorem is applicable to (R) 10
ln x
the function f ( x) ( x 0) over the
x
interval [a, b] where a, b I, then the (S) 9
value of (a 2 b 2 ) is equal to

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129. Column I Column II

P is point in the plane of the triangle (P) centroid

ABC. Pvs of A,B and C are a, b and c
respectively with respect to P as the
origin. If b c . b c 0 and c a . c a 0,
then w.r.t the triangle ABC, P is its
(B) If a, b, c are the position vectors of (Q) orthoicentre
the three non collinear points A, B and
C respectively such that the vector

V PA PB PC is a null vector then
w.r.t the ABC, p is its
(C) If P is a point inside the ABC such (R) Incentre

that the vector R ( BC )( PA) (CA)( PB) ( AB)( PC )
is a null vector then w.r.t the ABC, P is its
(D) If P is a point in the plane of the (S) Circumcentre
triangle ABC such that the scalar product


PA.CB and PB. AC vanishes, then w.r.t the
ABC, P is its
130. Column I Column II
(A) centre of the parallel piped whose (P) a b c

3 coterminous edges OA.OB and OC have

position vectors a, b and c respectively where
O is the origin is

abc
(B) OABC is a tetrahedron where O is the (Q)
2
origin. Positions vectors of its angular


points A,B and C are a, b and c respectively.
Segments joining each vertex with the
centroid of the opposite face are concurrent
at a point P whose p.v.s are

abc
(C) let ABC be a triangle the position (R)
3

vectors of its angular points are a, b and c

respectively. If | a b || b c || c a |
then p.v of the orthocenter of the triangle is

abc
(D) Let a, b, c be 3 mutually perpendicular (S)
4
vectors of the same magnitude. If an


unknown vectors x satisfies the equation.




a x b a b x c b c x a c 0
Then x is given by

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(e) ABC is a triangle whose centroid is

G, orthocentre is H and circumcentre is
the origin. If position vectors of A, B, C ,G


and H are a, b, c, g and h respectively,

then h in terms of a, b and c is equal to
131. Consider the parabola y 2 12 x
Column I Column II
(A) Tangent and normal at the extremities (P) (0,0)
of the latus rectum intersect the x axis at
T and G is respectively. The coordinates
of the middle point of T and G are
(B) Variable chords of the parabola passing (Q) (3,0)
through a fixed point K on the axis, such
that sum of the squares of the reciprocals
of the two parts of the chords through K,
is a constant. The coordinate of the point
K are
(C) All variable chords of the parabola (R) (6,0)
subtending a right angle at the origin
are concurrent at the point
(D) AB and CD are the chords of the (S) (12,0)
parabola which intersect at a point E on
the axis. The radical axis of the two circles
described on AB and CD as diameter always
passes through








132. Match the properties given in Column I with the corresponding curves
given in the column II
Column I Column II
(A) The curve such that product of (P) Circle
the distances of any of its tangent
from two given points is constant,
can be
(B) A curve for which the length of (Q) Parabola
the subnormal at any of its point
is equal to 2 and the curve passes
through (1,2) can be

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(C) A curve for passes through (1,4) (R) Ellipse

and is such that the segment joining
any point P on the curve and the
point of intersection of the normal
at P with the x-axis is bisected by
the y-axis. The curve can be
(D) A curve passes through (1,2) is (S) Hyperbola
such that the length of the normal
at any of its point is equal to 2.
The curve can be

1) b 2) a 3) a 4) b 5) a 6) d 7) c 8) c 9) a 10) b

11) c 12) a 13) d 14) a 15) d 16) a 17) b 18) c 19) c 20) a

21) b 22) a 23) c 24) c 25) d 26) a 27) a 28) b 29) b 30) d

31) c 32) a 33) a 34) a 35) c 36) b 37) a 38) c 39) d 40) a

41) b 42) a 43) d 44) d 45) d 46) b 47) a 48) d 49) a 50) b

51) a 52) d 53) c 54) c 55) c 56) a 57) b 58) c 59) b 60) a

61) a 62) a 63) a 64) b 65) c 66) b 67) d 68) d 69) a 70) a
77) a
76) a b
71) d 72) c 73) d 74) c 75) c 78) b 79) a 80) c
d c
d
81) c 82) b 83) a 84) c 85) a 86) a 87) d 88) d 89) a 90) c

91) d 92) c 93) a 94) b 95) a 96) d 97) a 98) b 99) c 100) a
104) a 107) a 108) a 110) a
103) b 105) b 106) b 109) a
101) a 102) a b c b b
c d c c
d d d c
113) a 118) a 119) a 120) a
115) b 116) b
111) a 112) b b 114) c 117) c b b b
c c
c c c d d c c c
d d
d d d d
121) a
b

c
d

122. (A) P, (B) Q, (C) S, (D) R.

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123. (A) Q, (B) T, (C) S, (D) R

124. (A)P, (B) S, (C) R, (D) S

125. (A) R,S (B),Q,S (C)P, (D)

126. (A)P (B) Q (C) R(D) T

127. (A) S (B) R(C) R(D) Q

128. (A) S (B) R(C) P(D) Q

129. (A)S (B) P(C) R(D) Q

130. (A)Q (B) S(C) R(D) Q (E) P

131. (A) Q (B) R(C) S(D) P

132. (A)R,S (B) Q(C) R(D) P

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