Solved Question Paper – May 2010

1.The function f(x) = q + ǀ sin x ǀ is

A) Continuous everywhere

B) Differentiable at x = 0

C) Differentiable at an infinite number of points

D) All of the above

Ans: D

2. The function f(x) = 2 log (x – 2 ) – x2 + 4x + 1 increases in the interval

A) (1, 2) B) (2, 3) C) (2, 4) D) (1, 5)

Ans: B

3. The equation e(x – 1) + x – 2 = 0 has

A) One real root

B) Two real roots

C) Three real roots

D) Four real roots

Ans: A

4. The area of the figure bounded by the curves

y = ǀ x — 1ǀ and y = 3 − ǀ x ǀ is

A)2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 1

Ans: A

5. The order and degree of the differential equation (y”)2 = 1 + (y”)3 are respectively

A) 2 and 3 B) 2 and 2 C) 3 and 3 D) 3 and 2

Ans: A

Directions (Qns. 6-10 ) : Read the passage and answer the questions given below the passage. A family
consisting of six members AA, BB, CC, DD, EE and FF is travelling together.

BB is the son of CC but CC is not the mother of BB

FF is the brother of BB
 EE is the brother of CC

DD is the daughter of AA

AA and CC are a married couple

6. How many male members are there in the family?

A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4

Ans: D

7. Who is the mother of BB?

A) AA B) DD C) CC D) EE

Ans: A

8. How many children does AA have?

A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4

Ans: C

9. How many brother-brother pair can be made from the above family?

A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4
Ans: A

10. How is EE related to DD?

A) Father B) Brother C) Uncle D) Sister-in-law

Ans: C

Directions (Qns. 11-15) : In each of the questions below consists two statements followed by four
conclusions. You have to assume they are true, even if they seem to be different from commonly known
facts. Then decide which of the alternative conclusions logically follows.

11. Statements :

i) All boys are fathers

ii) Some fathers are children

Conclusions:

A)All boys are children

B) Some boys are children

C) All fathers are boys

D) None of the above

Ans: B

12. Statements:

i) Some circles are lines.

ii) Some circles are squares.

Conclusions:

A)All circles that are lines are squares

B) All circles are either lines or squares

C) Some circles are neither squares nor lines

D) None of the above

Ans: C

13. Statements:
i) All teachers are fathers

ii) Some students are teachers.

Conclusions:

A)All students are fathers

B) Some teachers are students

C) Some students are fathers

D) No student is a father

Ans: C

14. Statements:

i) Some people are scientists.

ii) Some people are rich.

Conclusions:

A)Some rich are scientists

B) Some scientists may be rich

C) No scientist is rich

D) Some people are not scientist but rich

Ans: B

15. Statements:

i) All players are healthy.

ii) Kapil Dev is healthy.

Conclusions:

A)Kapil Dev is a player

B) Kapil Dev is not a player

C) All healthy people are player

D) Kapil Dev may be a player

Ans: D

16. The value of x in the series 9, 35, 91, 189, x, 559, ….. is

A) 341 B) 241 C) 211 D) 339

Ans: A

Directions (Qns. 17-20) : Each question given have some computation steps to execute. Then a PRINT
statement follows to print the value of variable following the PRINT statement. Identify the right
alternative that can be said about the output.

17. X =10

P=1

For I = 1 to 10 do

P = P * (x – 1)

X=X–1

}
 PRINT P

A)10!

B) 9!

C) 11!

D) 8!

Ans: B

18. X =1

Y=2

For I = 1 to 5 do

X = X + Y;

Y = Y + X;

}
 PRINT X, Y;

A)34, 35

B) 55, 90

C) 144, 233

D) 233, 377

Ans: C

19. X = 1

Y = 0.5

Z=Y

For I = 1 to 100 do

X = X + Z;
 Z = Z * Y;

PRINT X

The following can be said about the value X;

A)2

B) 1 < X < 2

C) X = 2

D) X > 2

Ans: B

20. X = 0

M=1

While (M 100) do

N=1
 {

While (N<M) do

X = X + 4;

N = N + 1;

M = M + 1;

PRINT X;

A)99 * 100

B) 99 * 200

C) 99 * 300

D) 99 * 400
Ans: C

21. The solution of the differential equation ydx – xdy + e(1/x) dx = 0 is

A) y + x e(1/x) = c x

B) y + x e(1/x) = c y

C) y + x e(1/x) = c

D) y + x e(1/x) = cx + cy

Ans: C

22. How many license plates consisting of three letter followed by three digits contain no letter or digit
twice?

A) 11,232,000

B) 11,000,000

C) 26! 10 !

D) 11,132,00

Ans: A
23. How many bijective (both one-one and onto) functions are there from an N element set to an N
element set?

A) N2 B) NN C) N ! D) 2N

Ans: C

24. Suppose that a die is biased so that 3 appears twice as often as each other number but that the
other five outcomes are equal likely. What is the probability that an odd number appears when we roll
this die?

A) 1/2 B) 4/7 C) 3/7 D) 2/7

Ans: B

25. If A and B are any two arbitrary events, then which one of the following is true?

A) P(AB) = P(A) + P(B)

B) P(AB) = P(A) * P(B)

C) P(A B) = P(AB)P(B)

D) P(AB) P(A) + (B)

Ans: D