MATHEMATICS PAPER I (ADVANCED)

PART III : MATHEMATICS

SECTION I: (SINGLE CHOICE QUESTIONS)

This section contains 10 multiple choice questions. Each question has four choices
(A), (B), (C) or (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.

x
41. Let f x be a continuous function which takes positive values for x 0 and 0 f t dt x f x

1
with f 1 . Then the value of f
2

2 1 is
1
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d)
4
2
42. The number of points b, c lying on the circle x 2 y 3 8 such that the equation
x2 b x c 0 has real roots is b, c R
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

1
tan x
43. If f x
x

then lim f x x 2 f x (where [.] denotes the greatest integer function and
x 0
{.} denotes fractional part).
(a) 3 (b) log 3 (c) e3 (d) Does not exist

44. The number of possible triplets x, y, z of positive integers, satisfying 2 x 2 y 2 z 2336 is

(a) 72 (b) 6 (c) 3 (d) 18

1 1
1
45. Let f x be continuous function on 0,1 and if f x dx 1, xf x dx 2 and x 2 f x dx 3 .
0
0 0

Then the number of roots of f x 0 in 0,1 is _____

(a) exactly one (b) atleast one (c) atmost one (d) zero

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46. If f x be positive, continuous and differentiable on the interval a, b . If lim f x 1 and

xa
1 3 1
lim f x 3 4 also f ' x f x then
xb f x

(a) b a (b) b a (c) b a (d) b a
24 24 12 24
x
a
47. Consider t 2 8t 13 dt x sin and a, x R 0 x takes the values for which the equation
x
0

has a real solution, then the number of values of a 0,100 is ___

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

48. If f x sgn sin 2 x sin x 1 has exactly four points of discontinuity for x 0, n n N then n
can be
(a) only 4 (b) 4 or 5 (c) only 5 (d) 5 or 6

49. All the digits 1 to 9 are permutated for any permutation, the nine digits occupy positions 1 to 9 in
some order, what is the probability of choosing a nine digit number such that the product of the digits
of any six consecutive positions is divisible by 35.
1 5 7 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
12 12 12 4

t 2 3t 4
50. If t is real and then the equations 3 x y 4 z 3 ,
t 2 3t 4
x 2 y 3z 2, 6 x 5 y z 3 has _________ real solutions.
(a) one for any possible (b) two for any possible
(c) infinitely many for some (d) no solution for some possible

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SECTION II: (MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS)

This section contains 5 multiple choice questions. Each question has four choices (A),
(B), (C) or (D) out of which ONE or MORE is/are correct.

51. Which of the following statement (s) is/are true?

(a) maximum value of P such that 3P divides 100! is 48
(b) maximum value of P such that 3P divides 50! is 22
(c) maximum value of P such that 3P divides 99 97 95 ......... 51 is 14
(d) maximum value of P such that 3P divides 25! is 10

52. Which of the following is/are true?

(a) 56 5C1.46 5C2 .36 5C3 .26 5C4 .16 6C2 . 5
(b) 65 6C1.55 6C2 .45 6C3 .35 6C4 .25 6C1.15 0
(c) 66 6C1.56 6C2 .46 6C3 .36 6C4 .26 6C5 .16 720
(d) 65 6C1.55 6C2 .45 6C3.35 6C4 .25 6C5 .15 5C2 . 6

53. Let x, y, z be positive reals. Then

4 9 16 x y z 3
(a) 81 if x y z 1 (b)
x y z yz zx x y 2
1 1 1
(c) If x y z 1, then 1 x 1 y 1 z 0 (d) If x y z 1, then 9
x y z

54. Let An be a n n matrix in which diagonal elements are 1, 2,3,....., n

i.e., a11 1, a22 2, a33 3,....., a ii i,......a nn n and all other elements are equal to ' n ' then
(a) A n is singular for all ' n ' (b) A n is nonsingular for all ' n '
(c) det .A5 120 (d) det . An 0

55. Let f : R R, such that f " x 2 f ' x f x 2 e x and f ' x 0, x R, then which of the
following can be correct
(a) f x f x , x R (b) f x f x , x R
(c) f 3 5 (d) f 3 7

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SECTION III: INTEGER VALUE CORRECT TYPE

This section contains 5 questions. The answer to each question is a single digit
integer, ranging from 0 to 9 (both inclusive)

56. Suppose a cubic polynomial f(x) = x3 + px2 + qx + 72 is divisible by both x2 + ax + b and x2 + bx + a

(where a, b, p, q are constants and a b ), then the value of p is

2 i /2 2 i/ 6 2 i5 / 6
57. Consider a triangle having vertices at the points A e , B e , C e . Let P
3 3 3
be any point on its incircle, then the value of AP2 + BP2 + CP2 is

sgn x 2 log e x , 1 x 3
58. If f x 2
x , 3 x 3.5
where [.] denotes the greatest integer function and {.} represents the fractional part function, then the
number of integral points of discontinuity is

x 2 y 1 z
59. If the length of the shortest distance between the lines ; 2x + 3y 5z 6 = 0 =
2 3 4
3x 2y z + 3 is K, then 3 K is equal to (where [.] denotes greatest integer function)

60. ABCD and PQRS are two variable rectangles, such that A, B, C and D lie on PQ, QR, RS and SP
x
respectively and perimeter x of ABCD is constant. If the maximum area of PQRS is 32, then
4

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