FACULTY RECRUITMENT TEST

CATEGORY - B
IO
(MATHEMATICS)
PAPER – B

Time: 60 Minutes. Maximum Marks: 40

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

Marks:
Subject: .....................................................................................................

Instructions:
 Attempt all questions.
 This question paper has two Parts, I and II. Each question of Part I carries 2 marks and of
Part II carries 5 marks.
 Calculators and log tables are not permitted

PART – I

D C
1. ABCD is a parallelogram. P is a point on
the ray DA such that PQ = 735, QR = 112.
Find RC.
R
112
A
Q B

1 1 1
  .
2 2 2 3 3 3
2. If a + b + c = 1, a + b + c = 9 and a + b + c = 1, then find the value of
a b c

3. A fair coin is tossed (2m + 1) times, then find the probability of getting atleast m consecutive heads.

4. If a, b, c, d be four positive numbers such that abcd = 1, then find the least value of (1 + a) (1 + b) (1 +
c) (1 + d).

5. Find the smallest positive integer n such that every digit of 15n is 0 or 8..
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6. n is the smallest positive integer which is a multiple of 75 and has exactly 75 positive divisors. Find
n/75.

7. If sin1x + cos1y = , then find the maximum distance of the point (1, 1) from (x, y).

Find the least value of n such that (n – 2)x + 8x + n + 4 > 0  x  R where n  N.

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8.

2 2
9. If the equation |z – z1| + |z – z2| = k represents the equation of a circle, where z1 = 2 + 3i, z2 = 4 + 3i
are the extremities of a diameter, then find the value of k.

10. An A.P. of integers is known to contain a perfect squares. How many more square entries the series
can have?

PART – II

1. On a rainy day n people go to a party in a hotel. Each of them leaves his umbrella at the property
counter. Find the number of ways in which the umbrellas are, handed back to them after the party in
such a manner that no person receives his own umbrella.

2. Nine tiles labeled 1, 2, 3, ... , 9 are randomly divided between three players, three tiles each. Find the
probability that the sum of each player's tiles is odd.

3. Solve the system of equations for real x and y

 1   1 
5x  1  2 2   12; 5y 
1 2 4.
 x y   x  y2 

4. The radius of the incircle of a triangle is 24 cm, and the segments into which one side is divided by
the point of contact are 36 cm and 48 cm. Find the lengths of the other two sides of the triangle.

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