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SCRA Exam,:2015 | ‘DO NOT OPEN THIS TEST BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO T.B.C. : B-UETC-O-PDV Test Booklet Series i . } TEST BOOKLET MATHEMATICS Paper - III Time Allowed : Two Hours Maximum Marks : 200 INSTRUCTIONS 1. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE EXAMINATION, YOU SHOULD CHECK THAT : ‘THIS TEST BOOKLET DOES NOT HAVE ANY UNPRINTED OR TORN OR MISSING PAGES OR ITEMS, ETC. IF SO, GET IT REPLACED BY A COMPLETE TEST BOOKLET. i 2. Please note that it is the candidate's responsibility to encode and fill in the Roll Number and Test i Booklet Series Code A, B, C or D carefully and without any omission or discrepancy at the I appropriate places in the OMR Answer Sheet. Any omission/discrepancy will render the Answer ' Sheet liable for rejection. 3. You have to enter your Roll Number on the ‘Test Booklet in the Box provided alongside. DO NOT write anything else on the Test Booklet. 4. This Test Booklet contains 100 items (questions). Each item comprises four responses (answers). 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Penalty for wrong answers : THERE WILL BE PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS MARKED BY A CANDIDATE IN THE OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTION PAPERS. (There are four alternatives for the answer to every question. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one-third ofthe marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty. (ii) Ifa candidate gives more than one answer, it will be treated as a wrong answer even if one of the given answers happens to be correct and there will be same penalty as above to that question. ii) Tra question is left blank, ic., no answer is given by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question DO NOT OPEN THIS TEST BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TOD Sp. BUETC-O-PDV (A) WV Wwww.quéstionpaperz.in Unfold Every Question Let S be any set and P(S) be its power set. We | 5- define a relation R on P(S) by ARB to mean ACB for all A, Be P(S). Consider the following in respect of the relation R 1. Risa reflexive relation. 2 Ris an anti-symmetric relation. 3. Risa symmetric relation, & 4. Risa transitive relation. Which of the above are correct ? (@) 1,8and4 ) and 4 only @ 12and4 (@) Laid 2 only 2. What is the real part of (sin x + i cos x), where i= J-1? (a) = cos 5x * &) -sin5x © cos 5x (@) sindx 8. If 59% is divided by 13, then the remainder is @ 4 8 ©) 5 © 8 @u 4, The number of consecutive odd integers whose sum can be expressed as 50” ~ 13? is (a) 33 &) 35 fe) 37 @ 39 B-UETC-O-PDV (22a) A group of order 4is (@) always cyclic (b) always non-abelian (©) abelian and'may not be cyclic (a) always non-eyelic If a and b are rational and (b? + 1) is not a perfect square, then the quadratic equation with rational coefficients whose one root is 2(o» fra lis (a) x®-2abx—a? =0 (b) 4x*—4abx—a?=0 (e) x2 abx-a? 0 @) xP-abx+a=0 If 2|z-1] = |z—2| and 3(x?+y%) = ky, then what is k equal to? (a) 2/3 o 43 () 4 @1 Let a), ay ays. be a sequence of real numbers such that |a;| = |a,_, +1] fori22 and a, = 0. If A denotes the arithmetic mean of ay, ay ag, &, then which one of the following is correct ? (@) 2nA= a2, 0 (b) 2nA= a? — (A= a? 2 -n-1 =) WA www. quéstionpaperz. in Unfold Every Question @ A= 9. If Ais a non-singular matrix of order 3, then | 13. what is adj(adj A) equal to? f@) [APA &) JAl?a ALA @ A 10, If A, B and C are the angles of an isosceles triangle, then what is desind BesinAseinB, Losin oAllssinA) sinAULssinAdceinB Grind) sinc(toninc)| | 5 equal to ? fa) 0 4 (©) sinA.sinB. sin'C (4) None of the above 11. Let A and B be two 3 x 3 matrices whose determinants are 2 and 4 respectively. What is det(adi(A'B)) equal to? (a) [Al 15. ) |B] @ 4/Al @ 4/BI 12, Let S be the set $ = (2, 4, 6, 8, .. 20}: Define the operation. p,q as remainder when pq is divided by n. Then the inverse of the element 2in (S, Oy) is @ 2 ®) 8 © 6 @ 4 B-UETC-O-PDV (3-A) If |z-25i] s.15 where i = /-1, then:whabis [max amp (2) min amp (2)|- equal to? ~( @ ® (Bs eow 3 @ If the quadratic equation x= 4px + 4p (P-D=0, where p is reel, has its real roots greater than p, then p lies in the interval @ (b) © 4,0 @ ¢4,-D 4, =) Cm, -4 ‘What is the sum of the first 10 terms of the Series frase a? @ ® © @ WV WUWW.questionpaperz.in Unfold Every Question 16, -A square matrix of third order is said to be | 20. skew-symmetric if (a) All elements of leading diagonal are zero ©) ay=ay (© Allelements of leading diagonal are 1 @ a=-a where ay being element in the i row and j®*| oy column, 17. The equations kxtytzek-1, x+kyta=k+l, x+y+kz=k~1 hasno solution if (@) k=1only (b) k#-2 @ k=-2orl q@) k=- @ 2only 2. 18. What is the value of i+ yr -i+ V8 where i= -1? (@) 2 ) V3 23, @ 2 @ 3 . 19. The function fix) = ay +a, |X| tay [x[? + a5 |x|? is differentiable at x=0 (a) only when a, =0 (b) only when a, = a, (©. only when a, =a, =25=0 (@) for any values of ag, a;, ay and a, B-UETC-O-PDV (4-A) If the complex numbers 2,, 2) 25 are in AP, ‘they lie on (a) acircle () aline © a parabola (@) anellipse Which one of the following binary operations « is associative on the set of real numbers ? (@) axb=a® (b) asb=a+b-1 © acbet, deo @ = asbea-b All the fourth roots of unity are fa) 1,1, -1,-1 ) iii © ini @ -i,-i, +i, -4 where i= JOT. Consider the following in respect of the equation (x + 2)?-3 |Jx+2{+2=0 1, The sum of all possible roots of the equation is - 8. 2. The product of all possible roots of the equation is 0. Which of the above statements is/are correct ? (a) Lonly (b) 2only (©) Both 1 and 2 (d) | Neither 1nor2» =v WV www. quéstionpaperz. in Unfold Every Question 24, Three straight lines !,, 1), [, are parallel and | 27- lie on the same plane. 5 points are taken on line 1,, 6 points are taken on line ly and |, 7 points are taken on line /,, What is the maximum ‘number of triangles formed with vertices at these points ? (a) 620 (b) 746 (@ 71 (@) 781 25. Consider the following statements in respect of the expansion (ee x 1. Independent term does not exist in the expansion. 2, The coefficient of x is equal to coefficient of x“ in the expansion. Which of the above statements is/are correct ? (@) Lonly (b) 2only (© Both 1and2 (4) Neither 1 nor 2 26. If Ac (0, 2x) - {x}, how many solutions of cot A tan A.=2 are possible ? 2 2 (@) Only one ©) Two (© Four (d) No solution is possible’ B-UETC-O-POV (5-A) Consider the following statements : 1. sin 75° + eos 105% + cos @ for any @, where 0 <0 < 60°. 2. © sin @ +os 0 <1 for all 8, where 90° <6 < 120°, Which of the above statements is/are correct ? (a) Lonly () (©) Both 1 and 2 (@) Neither 1 nor 2 2only Let T = (0 € B: 30 is not of the form kr for any ke Z}N (0, 2m} Consider the following statements Statement-l: ‘There exists at least one x €R\ (-1, 1) for which there exists no t € T such that 1+2 eos 2t singt Statement-II: For any 0¢ 7, 1222828 _ coseco, in 38 Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements ? (a) Both the statements are true and statement-II is the correct explanation of statement- (>) Both the statements: are true but statement-II_ is not~ the’ correct explanation of statement-I. (©) Statement-l is true, but statement-lI is false. (d) Stateinent-l is false, but statement-I is Www.questionpaperz.in Unfold Every Question 29. Consider the following statements : Statement: There exists no triangle ABC satisfying cosA _ oosB_ msC 1 5A _ cosB _ on where R a b © 7 BR’ ere is the cireum-radius of the triangle ABC. Statement-II : If ABC is an isosceles triangle satisfying bac? +a then 2. = © cosA cos Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements 7 (a) Both the statements are true and statement-II is the correct explanation of statement-I. (b) Both the statements are true but statement-II is. not the correct explanation of statement-I. (©) Statement-I is true, but statement-II is false. (d) Statement-I is false, but statement-II is true. 80. Let ABC be a triangle with 2 B = 60° Statement: Ifa=bsinC+csinB, then C+ 45°, ‘Statement.II : (2-8 2) sin 20) =< Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements ? (a) Both the statements are true and statement-II is the correct explanation of statement-I, (>) Both the statements are true but statement-II_ is not the correct explanation of statement-I. (©) Statement-l is true, but statement-II is false. (4) Statement-I is false, but statement-H is true. B-UETC-O-PDV (6- 31. 32, 33, A) Iti that (sin“ x) cos} — > is given that (sin x) cos 36 ‘Which one of the following is not correct ? (e (@) sin" x—cos () sin x+ cos” @ si _ snrtyyte 1 [ope-(2 @ (sin x) 3 [os (3) Consider the following statements : 1. If a, fare supplementary angles and cot (-B)=1, then tan 2a =cot 2a. 2 Ifa, B are complementary angles and tan (4—f)=1, then sec 2f = cosee 28. Which of the above statements is/are correct ? (a) Lonly (b) 2only (©) Both 1 and2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 Consider the following statements : 1. Ifa, Bare acute angles and tan (a +B) =1 and VB sec (a — p) = 2, then tan 2a = cot 15°. 2 If a, B are the angles in the second quadrant and ‘cose (4 ~ B) = sin B = cos 15°. Which of the above statements is/are correct ? —see(a+B)=2, then (@) Tonly (b) 2only (©) Both 1and2 —" (@) Neithor 1 nor EWE yy www. quéstionpaperz. in Unfold Every Question 34, What is the maximum value of 500s 8+ 3 cos (0 + 3) +37 (a) iL (6) 10 @ 6 @ 1 Consider the following statements : Tn 1 e=-—*, then sin? 9 = 2 8 235% then sin® 30 = 1. 2 Wes ‘Which of the above statements is/are correct ? (a) Lonly (b) 2only (©) Both 1 and2 (@) Neither 1 nor 2 For how many distinct values of A between 0°. and 360° is the expression sinA+sin2A+sin3A fined ? poverercr eros) Wiad fa) 2 (b) 4 @ 6 @ 8 4 an ® cot & Fo tn 5 cot Fare in HP, then what is the value of A tan 2 ten tan 5? 87. Ina triangle ABC if cot @) -1 1 o 5 @ 1 @ 2 B-UETC-O-PDV 38, 39. 40. a1. (7-A) If the function fx) = sin x + cos (xa) is periodic, then ‘a’ is, (a)’ always a natural number (b) always an integer (©) an irrational number (@)arational number ‘At how many points do y = x and y = tan x intersect ? (a) Zero (b) Only one () Two (@) Infinite ABCDEFG is a 7-sided polygon'which is not regular. If its angles are in AP, then which one of the following is correct ? (a) Exactly three of its angles are greater than 125°. (b) Exactly four of its angles are greater than or equal.to the angle-of a regular polygon of 7-sides. Exactly three of its angles are less than or equal to radian. ©) (@) ‘The sum of the greatest angle sand the least angle is greater than 42% radian, 2, If x= lt, y= v0), then whatis a equal to? @ (b). o v @ a where dashes denote the derivative with respect tot. . st “SN (— a . Wwww.questionpaperz.in Unfold Every Question 42, 45, B-UETC-O-PDV Let fix) = sin x, g(x) =x? and h(x) = In x be functions of real variable x > 0. Suppose fog(x) means flg(x)]. If Fx) = [thopofl(x), what is Fe) equal to? Px f@) (o) © (@) 2 cosee 2 sec? x —Breosec? x None of the above If fix) = an |x| + bx? +x has its extreme values at x=~1 and x= 2, then what is the ‘value of ‘a’ ? @ 1 ) 2 © @ -1 -2 Tf g(x) =x? and 3f{x) = 4x - 12% where O /2 () decreasing for x < J2 © increasing for |x-1| < V2, (d@) increasing for |x +1] < V2 650, Consider the function f : (0, 7] — (0, ) defined by’ x) = sin(= ). ‘The function f is (a) one-one (b) onto 58. (©) doth one-one and onto (@) neither one-one nor onto 51. What is fe e* sin (x?)dx equal to? ° (@) “ 4 54, ) (a) eF4t B-UETC-O-PDV (@-A) If. f(x) is second -order , polynomial (ot + quadratic expression in x) and » j f(x) dx = (a-b) (a? +b? + ab +2), then f{x) will be of the form (a) ox? ex 4? ) axtax (@) -3x?- (@) axt+2 2/2 #2. If l= forse x) dx, Tp fences x) dx. >. w/a and I, = f os x dx, then which one of the following is correct ? . @ T>>ly ) Iy>dg>, © >>] @ Y>h>h If a>, b>1_ then the minimum value of log, b +log, a is -@ 0 ). 2 @ 1 @) None of the ‘above ~ We www. quéstionpaperz. in Unfold Every Question af 2x . 58. 55. If y = sin z|> then which of the 1+x following is/are correct ? dy 2 L == for -1t, for x>1 B-UETC-O-PDV (10-A) Consider the following differential equations : 1 ey) Beaesy - ax 2 xcs (2) ¥ 2) yc (2) +4 3. an? y? Bw aay? dy 4, = = cos sinx x ‘How many of the above are homogeneous ? @ b) (© Three @ If fx). 2% where x > 0 and x +1, then vx 1) + iF @) is @ (b) (©) greater than or equal to 2 (@ equal to2 less than 2 greater than 2 where [) 4 2) vie ie flee (x? 8x+16} + [x7] 1 denotes the greatest integer function, equal to? @ o) © (a) Hw em WwUww.questionpaperz.in Unfold Every Question 6. If J BG) go dx _ 5 constant, then the tg’ function g(x) will be of the form (@) ax’+b ace? © aer @ ae™ where a and b are non-zero constants. What is the area bounded by the curves yelnx and y=(Inx?? (a) e-1 (b) e=2 @ 3-e @ oe For the next three (03) items that follow : Consider the function foo = (2t 1) (t-2)° + a(t - 1)? - 2) at. 1 63. ‘The function attains local maximum at (a) x=0 ) © .x=2 @ x=4 64. What is the local maximum value .of the function ? @ 0 @) 1 @ 4 @ 6 B-UETC-O-PDV (1 Consider the following statements : 1, The funetion attains local minimum value at x 2. x= 2is the point of inflexion. Which of the above statements is/are correct ? (a) Lonly () 2only (© Both 1and2 (@) Neither 1 nor 2 For the next two (02) items that follow : 14 |x-1], -1sxs3 arid 2-|x+l], -25x52. @6, For xe (0,1), fogix) is equal to, (a) x-1 b) 1-x © @ 67. Consider the following statements : 1. For xe (-1, 0), foftx) = 2. For xe (1,2), gost) =x. Which of the above statements is/are correct ? (a) only (by 2only (©) Both Land 2 (a) Neither 1nor2 = "y Www.questionpaperz.in Unfold Every Question -A) For the next three (03) items that follow : an. Let £:R- B be defined by 2 fx) = 4 xP sin (3) forx+0 and f(0)=0 The fonction Rx) i 68. The function f(x) is 2. (a) continuous and differentiable at x = 0 () nowhere continuous over RB (©) continuous at x= 0, but not differentiable at x=0 (@) nowhere differentiable over B 69. ‘The function fix) has 7. (@) ocal maximum at x= 0 () local minimum at x = 0 but it has no absolute minimum (© absolyte minimum at x =0 (@) absolute maximum atx = 0 m4. 10. 2 _ wherene N. . Gavia Vnerens ™ ‘The derivative of the function f(x) attains (8) positive value at x, and negative value atx, 15. (®) positive value at x, arid positive value atx, (©) _ negative value at x, and positive value atx, (@) negative value at x, and negative value atx 2 B.UETC-O-PDV (12-A) How .many integral points are there within the graph of |x| + |y| <3 ? @ 13 ) 15 21 (a) 24 The distance of the point (4, 5) from the straight line joining the points (1, 2) and (-2, 8) measured parallel to the line xty+1=0 is (a) 4units tb) 4V2 units (© 6 units @) 62 units A double ordinate of the parabola y? = dax is of length 8a. What is the angle between the Jines from the vertex to its ends ? (a) 30° (b) 45° (©) 60° @ 90° For how many values of k, the line 3x — 4y = k may touch the circle x? + y?- 4x ~8y—5 =07 @ 1 (b) 2 © 3 (@) None of the values of k What is one of the angles between the straight lines (x cos = y sin a)? = (x? + y?) sin? a? @) oa (b) 20 © 40 @ of2 Www.questionpaperz.in Unfold’ Every Question 76. A straight line passes through a fixed point | 9, What is J (ax+b) de here a +0,x2- 2 (h, g). The locus of the foot of the Tax+b| a, perpendicular on it drawn from the origin is equal to? (a) astraight line @ Sb. a () aneliipse ) (ax+b)+e (© aparabola © Ixl+e @, acircle (@) None of the above 77. If the three distinct points (t,, 2at; + at?) for where cis the constant of integration. , 2, 3 are collinear, then the sum of the abscissa of the pointsis fa) = For the next three (03) items that follow 0 Consider a point A(-2, 3; 0) above the line PQ. The @ 1 line PQ passes through P(-3, 5, 2) and makes equal @ 3 angles with the coordinate axes. 78. Let (a, b) and (, d) be two points in a plane |g) What are the coordinates of the foot of the ‘Any point on the line joining these points has perpendicular from A on the line PQ? : coordinates (@) (a+ ko, b+ kd) @ C440 () (ka +e,kb +d) ® 440 (© (Karke, -Wb + ka) @ ©2230 @ (a+Q-be,b+-Wa) ® e20 where kis any real number. 82, What are the direction ratios of the line ‘79. The equation perpendicular to the line PQ? IP P+? .@te4j -2h)-10-0 le) <2,1,-1> represents a sphere of radius <241> (a) 2units . © <4L1> (b) Sunits (©) 4units @ (@) 5 units ~ WZ euercoroy asa) WV www.quéstionpaperz.in Unfold Every Questian 83. What is the square of the perpendicular distance of the point A from the line PQ? @) 4 ) 6 © 6 @ 9 For the next two (02) items that follow : ~*,F 42 3a * 3b * bc distance from the origin éuts the coordinate axes at A variable plane at unit A, Band C respectively. The centroid of the triangle ABC satisfies the equation 4+ 1. 1 oye vy 84. ‘The centroid of the triangle is at a be @ (35) (b) (a,b,c) (©) (Ba, ab, 3e) @ 85. The value of kis fa) @) © 3 @ 9 B-UETC-O-PDV 86. 87. (14a) If ABCDEF is a regular hexagon with > s o> Ss —> AB = 2 and BC = B, then what is GE equal to? @ baa B-28 © 2-2 @ bee 1 ©, 1) and (1, 0) are mid-points of the sides of a right-angled triangle, then consider the following statements : 1. (0, 0) can be the orthocentre of the triangle. 2 (1, 2) can be the orthocentre of the triangle. Which of the above statements is/are correct ? (a) Lonly (b) 2only (©) Either 1 or 2 (@) Neither 1 nor 2. ~~ WWW.questionpaperz.in Unfold Every Question For the next three (03) items that follow : | 91. The numbers 1, 2, 3, 4; 5, 6; 7, 8 are arranged in a random order. The probebility that the ‘The vectors B= (tan «i ~ } +2 Jsin (§) { and | digits 1, 2, 3, 4 appear as neighbours in that order is Te (tan ais (tan a)} - 3 osee ( i are 1 2 @ 3 2 orthogonal and avector @ = {+3} + (sin 2a) k o 2 128 ‘ makes an obtuse angle with z-axis. o -& 256 1 @ a 88. What is/are the permissible value(s) of ‘The average marks of 10 students in a class tana? was 60 with a standard deviation 4; while the () 2only average marks of otHier 10 students was 40 (b). 3 only with a standard deviation 6. If all. the (©. Both-2and3 20 students are taken together, their standard il (@) Neither -2 nor 3 deviation willbe fa) 50 80, In which quadrant does at lie ? 75 (a) First quadrant @ 98 (b) Second quadrant @ 12 : (© Third quadrant 98. ‘The two lines of regression of: y on x and x (@) Fourth quadrant on y are Sy+4x=37 and y+5x=20 respectively. The correlation between x and y will be 90. What is o equal to? w@ 2 . (a) n+ 1)ettant2 5 2 (b) Gn42)netant2 oF (©) (n+ 1)n—tan!2;, (dn +2) n-tan 2 © i is (d) None of the above a (None ofthe shire @ 2 me where n is an integer Vr B-UETC-O-PDV (15-A) 7 SN —=— Www.questionpaperz.in Unfold Every Question 94, (a) 3/7 ) 4/7 © v3 @ 23 96. A point is chosen at random inside a rectangle measuring 6 inches by 6 inches. What is the probability that the point chosen at random inside the rectangle is at least one inch from. the edge? @ 5/6 ow) 4/5 © 3/4 @ 2/5 97. A box contains three types of seeds : 60% of type A; 20% of type B and rest of type C. It is known that 20% of A, 30% of B and 30% of C germinate. A seed is drawn randomly from the box. What is its probability to germinate ? (a) 025 (b) 050 (©) 080 @ i B-UETC-O-PDV (16 - Correlation between two variables X and Y is given to be 0:6. These variables are transformed to new variables u = - 2X +3 and v = 5Y-2. What will be the correlation between u and v? (@) 06 (b) (© @ -06 o2 Information is insufficient IEA and B are any two events with P(A) = 0:6, P(B) = 0-3 and PAN B) = 0:2, what will be P(A‘| B®), where A® is the complementary event of A? 98, 100. A) A box contains a fair coin and a two-headed coin B. A coin is selected at random from the bbox and tossed twice. If head comes both the times, the probebility that it is by the twosheaded coin is @) V4 ) V2 @ 465 @ sf Some urns contain 4 white and 6 black balls, while one urn contains 5 white and 6 black balls. One urn is chosen at random from these and 2 balls are drawn from it, and both are found to be black. 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