Algebra and Modern Maths with Gejo

SET 1 1. [CAT 2006] Consider a sequence where the nth term is, The value of (1) 2/495 .. (2) 2/477 equals: (3) 12/55 , 1, 2, (4) 1/1485 (5) 1/2970

2. [CAT 2000] If 1 and 2 (1) 5 2 6 (2) 5 2 3. [CAT 2005] If 1 and (1) 3 200 3 (2) 3

2 4 , 200

5,, 6

1,2,3, .., then is equal to (3) 6 2 5 (4) 6 2 5 1,2,3, .., then (3) 3 200 . 20 1 is equal to 4 3 200 1

4. [CAT 2000] What is the value of the expression 1 1 1 2 1 4 1 6 1

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

5. [CAT 2008] Find the sum of (1) 2008

(2) 2007 (3) 2007 (4) 2008

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(5) 2008 6. [CAT 2005] Let ! 1 2 If 1! 2 remainder: (1) 10 3 . 2! 3 (2) 0 3! ! 1 for integer 1. . 10 10! , then (3) 7 (4) 1 2 when divided by 11! leaves a 11

7. [CAT 2003 Re-Test] What is the sum n terms of the series: log
(1) (2) (3) (4)

log log log log

log

log

log

8. [CAT 2003 Re-Test]

(1)

The infinite sum of 1 (2)

(3)

(4)

9. [CAT 2005] 4 4 (2) 4 4 (3)

Let (1) 3

. Then

is equal to

(4)13 1 1 for every real . Then for what necessarily true for every value of ? (4) 6

10. [CAT 2005] Let be a function such that value of is the relation (1) 5 (2) 3

(3) 2

11. [CAT 2004]

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Consider a sequence of numbers a1, a2, a3, .. to infinity where a1=81.33 and a2= 19 and aj = aj-1 aj-2 for j 3. What is the sum of the first 6002 terms of this sequence? (1) 100.33 (2) 30.00 (3) 62.33 (4) 119.33 12. [CAT 2000] For a real number , let if 1 if is non-negative is negative 2, 3,, ..

r is an integer 2. Then the value of (1) 1 (2) 0 (3) 1 (4) None of these SET 2 13. [CAT 2001] Let x and y be two positive numbers such that Then the minimum value of (1) 12 (2) 20 is (3) 12.5 (4) 13.3 1.

14. [CAT 2003 Leaked] If , , are distinct positive real numbers then what is the value of numbers,

(1) > 4

(2) > 5

(3) > 6

(4) None of these

15. [CAT 2003 Repeat] (1) 1 A real number 4

satisfying 1 (2) 1

(3) 0

, for every positive integer , is best described by (4) None of these

16. [CAT 2001] m is the smallest positive integer such that for any integer n m, the quantity n3 7n2 + 11n 5 is positive. What is the value of m?

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(1) 4

(2) 5

(3) 8

(4) None of these SET 3

17. [CAT 2003 Leaked] Let max 5 , (1) 4.0 (2) 4.5 18. [CAT 2006] Let max 2 1, 3 of is (2) 1/3 (2) 1/2

2 . Then the smallest possible value of (3) 1.5 (4) None of these 4 , where (3) 2/3

is

is any real number. Then the smallest possible value (4) 4/3 (5) 5/3 0,

19. [CAT 2004] | | , where and are constants. Then at Let 0, 0 (1) maximized whenever 0, 0 (2) maximized whenever 0, 0 (3) minimized whenever 0, 0 (4) minimized whenever

is

20. [CAT 2003 Leak] When the curves y = log10 x and y=x 1 are drawn in the x-y plane, how many times do they intersect for values x 1 ? (1) Never (2) Once (3) Twice (4) More than once

21. [CAT 2006] The graph (y x) against (y + x) is as shown below. (All graphs are drawn to scale and the same scale has been used on each axis)

Which of the following shows the graph of y against x?

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(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

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22. [CAT 2003 Leak] The number of non-negative real roots of 2 x 1 = 0 equals negative (1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 2 (4) 3
x

23. [CAT 2003 Leak] Consider the following two curves in the x-y plane: y=x +x +5 y=x +x+5 Which of the following statements is true for 2 x 2? (1) The two curves intersect once (2) The two curves intersect twice (3) The two curves do not intersect (4) The two curves intersect thrice 24. [CAT 2003 Re-Test] The number of roots common between the two equations 2 7 3 0 is (1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 2 (4) 3 25. [CAT 2003 Leak] The function | minimum at (1) 2.3 (2) 2| |2.5 (3) | |3.6 2.7 |, where 3 4 5 0 and
2 3 2

2.5 5

is a real number, attains a

(4) None of these

26. [CAT 2005] For which value of k does the following pair of equations yield a unique solution of x such that following x y =0 (x k ) y = 1 (1) 2 (2) 0 (3) 2 (4) 2
2 2 2 2

27. [CAT 2000] The area bounded by three curves |x + y| = 1, |x| = 1, and |y|=1, is equal to (1) 4 (2) 3 (3) 2 (4) 1 SET 4 28. [CAT 2002] If 1, then the value of the expression ,

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(1) (3) 29. [CAT 2006] What values of satisfy (1) 8 1 (2) 1 (4) 1 8 (5) 8 30. [CAT 2006] What are the values of 2
. .

(2) (4) 1 2 0 (where

8 8

is a real number) ? (3) 1 8

and

that satisfy both the equations?

3 9

(1) (4)

2,

[CAT 2008] The figure below shows the plan of a town. The streets are at right angles to each other. A rectangular park (P) is situated inside the town with a diagonal road running through it. There is also a prohibited region (D) in the town.

3,

8 81

86 27 2.5 5, 5, 6 3, 6

(2) (5)

(3)

31. Neelam rides her bicycle from her house at A to her office at B, taking the shortest path. Then the number of possible shortest paths that she can choose is (1) 60 (2) 75 (3) 45 (4) 90 (5) 72

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32. Neelam rides her bicycle from her house at A to her club at C, via B taking the shortest path. eelam club Then the number of possible shortest paths that she can choose is (1) 1170 (2) 630 (3) 792 (4) 1200 (5) 936

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