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01. Find the distances between between the followingfollowing pairs of

of points?
(a)  t 21 , 2t 1   and  t 2 2 , 2t 2  if t 1 and roots of  x 2  2 3x  2  0
 and t 2 are the roots
(b) (a co
c os  , a sin  )  and (a cco
os , a sin  )

02. The length of a line segment AB is 10 units. If the coordinates

coordinates of one extremity
extremity
are (2,-3) and the abscissa of the other extremity is 10 then the sum of all
possible values of the ordinate of the other extremity is
(A) 3 (B) -4 (C) 12 (D) -6

03. A particle begins

begins at the origin and moves
moves successively in the
the manner as shown,
shown,
1 unit to the right, 1/2 unit up, 1/4 unit to the right, 1/8 unit down, 1/16 unit to
the right etc. The length of each move is half the length of the previous move
and movement continues in the ‘zigzag’
‘zigzag’ manner indefinitely. The coordinates of
the point to which the ‘zigzag’ converges is
y
1/4
        8
        /
        2         1
        /
        1
1/16
1
x
0

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

Let ABCD is a square with sides of unit length. Points E and F are taken on sides
AB and AD respectively so that AE=AF. Let P be a point inside the square ABCD.

04. The maximum possible area of

of quadrilateral CDFE
CDFE is
1 1 5 3
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)
8 4 8 8

05. The value of ( PA) 2  ( PB )2  (PC)2  ( PD)2 is equal to

(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 0

06. Let a line passing

passing through point A divides
divides the square ABCD into
into two parts so
that area of one portion is double the other, then the
the length of portion of line
inside the square is
10 13 11 2
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)
3 3 3 3
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07. A stick of length 10 units rests rests against the floor

floor and wall of a room.
room. If the stick
begins to slide on the floor then the locus of its middle point is
(A)  x 2  y 2  2.5
  (B)  x 2  y 2  25
  (C)  x2  y 2  100 (D) none

08. AB is the diameter of a semicircle k, C is an arbitrary

arbitrary point on the semicircle
(other than A or B) and S is the centre of the circle inscribed into triangle ABC,
then measure of
C
k
S
 A B

(A) angle ASB changes as C moves on k.

(B) angle ASB is the same for all positions of C but it cannot be determined
without knowing the radius.
(C) angle ASB= 135 for all C. (D) angle ASB= 150  for all C.
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09. Each member of the family of parabolas  y  ax 2  2 x  3 has a maximum or

the family
minimum point depending
depending upon the value of a. The equation to the locus of the
maxima or minima for all possible values of ‘a’ is
(A) a straight line with slope 1 and y intercept 3.
(B) a straight line with slope 2 and y intercept 2.
(C) a straight line with slope 1 and x intercept 3.
(D) a straight line with slope 2 and y intercept 3.

triangle ABC is 20 cm 2 . The co-ordinates of vertex A are (-5,0) and

10. The area of triangle and B
are (3,0). The vertex C lies on the line, x – y=2. The
Th e co-ordinates of C are
(A) (5,3) (B) (-3, -5) (C) (-5, -7) (D) (7, 5)

11. The diagonals of a parallelogram

parallelogram PQRS
PQRS are along the lines x+3y=4 and 6x-2y=7.
6x-2y=7.
Then PQRS must be a
(A) rectangle (B) square (C) cyclic quadrilateral
quadrilateral (D) rhombus

12. The greatest slope slope along the graph

graph represented
represented by the equation
4 x 2  y 2  2 y  1  0 , is
(A) -3 (B) -2 (C) 2 (D) 3

13. A ray of light passing

passing through the point
point A(1,2) is reflected
reflected at a point B on the x-
axis and then passes through (5,3). Then the equation of AB is
(A) 5x+4y=13 (B) 5x-4y=-3 (C) 4x+5y=14 (D) 4x-5y=-6
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07. A stick of length 10 units rests rests against the floor

floor and wall of a room.
room. If the stick
begins to slide on the floor then the locus of its middle point is
(A)  x 2  y 2  2.5
  (B)  x 2  y 2  25
  (C)  x2  y 2  100 (D) none

08. AB is the diameter of a semicircle k, C is an arbitrary

arbitrary point on the semicircle
(other than A or B) and S is the centre of the circle inscribed into triangle ABC,
then measure of
C
k
S
 A B

(A) angle ASB changes as C moves on k.

(B) angle ASB is the same for all positions of C but it cannot be determined
without knowing the radius.
(C) angle ASB= 135 for all C. (D) angle ASB= 150  for all C.
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09. Each member of the family of parabolas  y  ax 2  2 x  3 has a maximum or

the family
minimum point depending
depending upon the value of a. The equation to the locus of the
maxima or minima for all possible values of ‘a’ is
(A) a straight line with slope 1 and y intercept 3.
(B) a straight line with slope 2 and y intercept 2.
(C) a straight line with slope 1 and x intercept 3.
(D) a straight line with slope 2 and y intercept 3.

triangle ABC is 20 cm 2 . The co-ordinates of vertex A are (-5,0) and

10. The area of triangle and B
are (3,0). The vertex C lies on the line, x – y=2. The
Th e co-ordinates of C are
(A) (5,3) (B) (-3, -5) (C) (-5, -7) (D) (7, 5)

11. The diagonals of a parallelogram

parallelogram PQRS
PQRS are along the lines x+3y=4 and 6x-2y=7.
6x-2y=7.
Then PQRS must be a
(A) rectangle (B) square (C) cyclic quadrilateral
quadrilateral (D) rhombus

12. The greatest slope slope along the graph

graph represented
represented by the equation
4 x 2  y 2  2 y  1  0 , is
(A) -3 (B) -2 (C) 2 (D) 3

13. A ray of light passing

passing through the point
point A(1,2) is reflected
reflected at a point B on the x-
axis and then passes through (5,3). Then the equation of AB is
(A) 5x+4y=13 (B) 5x-4y=-3 (C) 4x+5y=14 (D) 4x-5y=-6
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In the diagram, a line is drawn through the points A(0,16) and B (8,0).
Point P is chosen in the first quadrant on the line through A and B. Points
C and D are chosen on the x and y-axis respectively, so that PDOC is a
rectangle.
y

 A(0,16
 A(0 ,16))

D P

B(8,0)
x
O C

14. Perpendicular
Perpendicular distance of the line AB
AB from the point (2,2) is
(A) 4   (B) 10   (C) 20   (D) 50

15. Sum of the coordinates

coordinates of the point P if PDOC is a square is
32 16
(A)   (B) (C) 16 (D) 11
3 3

16. Number of possible

possible ordered pair(s) of all
all positions of the point P on AB so that
the area of the rectangle PDOC is 30 sq. units, is
(A) three (B) two (C) one (D) zero

 x y
17. Line   1 cuts the co-ordinate
co-ordinate axes at A(a,0) and
and B (0,b) and
and the line
a b
 x y
  1 at A`(-a`,0) and B`
B` (0,-b`). If the points
points A,B, A`, B` are concyclic
concyclic then
a' b'
the orthocentre of the triangle ABA’ is
  aa `   bb ` 
(A) (0,0) (B) (0.b`) (C)  0,  (D)  0, 
 b   a 

18. Let ( xr , yr  ) r=1,2,3 are the coordinates

coordinates of the vertices of a triangle ABC. If D is
the point on BC dividing it in the ratio of 1:2 reckoning from the vertex B, prove
 x y 1 x y 1
that the equation of the line AD is 2  x1 y1 1  x1 y1 1  0 Also find the
 x2 y2 1 x3 y3 1

equation of the line AE in the similar from where E is the harmonic conjugate of
D w.r.t. the points B and C.

19. Let ( x1 , y1 ); ( x2 , y2  ) and ( x3 , y3 ) are the vertices of a triangle

triangle ABC respectively.
respectively. D is a
point on BC such that BC=3BD. The equation of the line through A and D, is
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 x y 1 x y 1  x y 1 x y 1
(A)  x1 y1 1  2 x1 y1 1  0  (B) 3  x1 y1 1  x1 y1 1 0
 x2 y2 1 x3 y3 1  x2 y2 1 x3 y3 1

 x y 1 x y 1  x y 1 x y 1
(C)  x1 y1 1  3 x1 y1 1  0  (D) 2  x1 y1 1  x1 y1 1 0
 x2 y2 1 x3 y3 1  x2 y2 1 x3 y3 1

20. The graph of (y-x) against

against (y+x) is as shown. Which one of the following shows
shows
the graph of y against x?
(y-x)

(y+x)

y
y

O O
x x
(A)   (B)
y y

x x
O O
(C)   (D)

21. Family of lines represented

represented by the equation
(cos   sin  ) x  (cos   sin  ) y  3(3 cos   sin  )   0 passes through a fixed point M for
for
all real values of  
  . The reflection of M in the
t he line x-y=0, is
(A) (6,3) (B) (3,6) (C) (-6,3) (D) (3,-6)

22. The line (k  1) 2 x  ky  2k 2   2  0 passes through a point regardless of the value k.

k.
Which of the following is the line with slope 2 passing through the point ?
(A) y=2x-8 (B) y=2x-5 (C) y=2x-4 (D) y=2x+8

23. m, n are integer

integer with 0<n<m. A is the point
point (m ,n) on the Cartesian
Cartesian plane. B is
the reflection of A in the line y=x. C is the reflection of B in the y-axis, D is the
reflection of C in the axis and E is the reflection of D in the y-axis. The area of
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the pentagon ABCDE is

(A) 2m(m+n) (B) m(m+3n) (C) 3(2m+3n) (D) 2m(m+3n)

24. The parallelogram is bounded by the lines y=ax+c; y=ax+d; y=bx+c and y=bx+d
and has the area equal to 18. The parallelogram bounded by the lines y =ax+c; y
= ax-d; y=bx+c and y=bx-d has area 72. Given that a, b, c and d are positive
integers, find the smallest possible value of (a+b+c+d).

25. A variable line L=0 is drawn through O(0,0) to meet the lines  L1 : x  2 y  3  0  and
 L2 : x  2 y  4  0 at points M and N respectively. A point P is taken on L=0 such
1 1 1
that 2
 2
 . Locus of P is
OP OM ON 2 
144 144 144 144
(A)  x 2  4 y 2    (B) ( x  2 y) 2    (C) 4 x 2  y 2    (D) ( x  2 y) 2 
25 25 25 25

The base of an isosceles triangle is equal to 4, the base angle is equal to 45 . 

 A straight line cuts the extension of the base at a point M at an acute angle
   and bisects the lateral side of the triangle which is nearest to M.

26. The area ‘A’ of the quadrilateral which the straight line cuts off from given
triangle is
3  tan   3  2 tan   3  tan   3  5 tan  
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)
1  tan   1  tan   1  tan   1  tan  

27. The range of values of ‘A’ for different values of   , lie in the interval,
5 7  9
(A)  ,  (B) (4,5) (C)  4,  (D) (3,4)
2 2  2 

28. The length of portion of straight line inside the triangle may lie in the range:
3 
(A) (2,4) (B)  , 3   
2 
(C)  2, 2    (D)  2, 3 
Consider two points  A  (1, 2) and  B  (3, 1) . Let M be a point on the straight line
 L  x  y  0 .

29. If M be a point on the line L=0 such that AM+BM is minimum, then the
reflection of M in the x=y is
(A) (1,-1) (B) (-1,1) (C) (2,-2) (D) (-2,2)

30. If M be a point on the line L=0 such that |AM-BM| is maximum, then the
distance of M from  N   (1,1) is
(A) 5 2 (B) 7 (C) 3 5 (D) 10
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31. If M be a point on the line L=0 such that |AM-BM| is minimum, then the area of
∆AMB equals
13 13 13 13
(A) (B)   (C)   (D)
4 2 6 8

32. Suppose that a ray of light leaves the point (3,4), reflects off the y-axis towards
the x-axis, reflects off the x-axis, and finally arrives at the point (8,2). The value
of x, is

(3,4)

(0,y) (8,2)
x
(x,0)
1 1 2 1
(A)  x  4 (B)  x  4  (C)  x  4  (D)  x  5
2 3 3 3

33. Let B(1, -3) and D(0,4) represent two vertices of rhombus ABCD in (x,y) plane,
then coordinates of vertex A if  BAD  60  can be equal to 

1 7 3 1 3   1 7 3 1 3 
(A)  ,  (B)  , 
 2 2   2 2 

 1 14 3 1  2 3   1  14 3 1  2 3 
(C)  ,    (D)  , 
 2 2   2 2 

34. (a) If the tangent at the point P on the circle  x 2  y 2  6 x  6 y  2 meets the straight
line 5 x  2 y  6  0 at a point Q on the y-axis, then the length of the PQ us
(a) (b) (c) (d)

(b)If a>2b>0 then the positive value of m for which  y  mx  b 1  m2 is a common

tangent to  x 2  y 2  b 2 and ( x  a) 2  y 2  b2 is
2b a 2  4b2 2b b
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)
a 2  4b2 2b a  2b a  2b

35. A circle is given by  x 2  ( y  1)2  1, another circle C touches it extremely and also
the x-axis, then the locus of its centre is
(A) {( x, y) : x2  4 y}  {( x, y ) : y  0}
  (B) {( x, y ) : x2  ( y  1) 2  4}  {( x, y ) : y  0}
(C) {( x, y ) : x 2  y}  {(0, y) : y  0} (D) {( x, y ) : x 2  4 y}  {(0, y) : y  0}

36. Comprehension (3 questions together)

 A circle C of radius 1 is inscribed in an equilateral triangle PQR. The
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points of contact of C with the sides PQ, QR, RP are D, E, F respectively. The
3 3 3
line PQ is given by the equation 3 x  y  6  0 and the point D is  , 

 2 2
Further, it is given that the origin and the centre of C are on the same side
of the line PQ.

(i)The equation of circle C is

2
2
 2 1
(A)  x  2 3    y 1  1  (B)  x  2 3    y    1
2

 2
2 2
(C)  x  3    y  1  1  (D)  x  3    y  1  1
2 2

(ii) Points E and F are given by

 3   3 1
(A)  ,  ,  3, 0    (B)  ,  ,  3, 0 
 2 2   2 2 

 3 3  3 1 3 3  3 1
(C)  , , 
  ,  
 (D)  , , , 
 2 2  2 2 2 2   2 2 

(iii) Equations of the sides RP, RQ are

2 2 1
(A)  y  x  1, y   x 1  (B)  y  x, y  0
3 3 3
3 3
(C)  y  x  1, y   x 1 (D)  y  3 x, y  0
2 2

37. If  a,  ,  b,  ,  c,   and  d ,   are four distinct points on a circle of radius 4

1 1 1 1
 a  b  c  d  
units then, abcd is equal to
(A) 4 (B) 1/4 (C) 1 (D) 16

38. Four unit circles pass through the origin and have their centres on the
coordinate axes. The area of the quadrilateral whose vertices are the points of
intersection (in pairs) of the circles, is
(A) 1 sq. unit (B) 2 2 sq. units (C) 4 sq. units
(D) can not be uniquely determined, insufficient data

39. Consider 3 non collinear points A, B, C with co-ordinates (0,6), (5,5) and (-1,1)
respectively. Equation of a line tangent to the circle circumscribing the triangle
ABC and passing through the origin is
(A) 2x-3y=0 (B) 3x+2y=0 (C) 3x-2y=0 (D) 2x+3y=0
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 x  y
2 2

40. If  4 , then all possible values of (x-y) is given by

 x  y

(A)  2 2 , 2 2  (B) {-4, 4} (C) [-4, 4] (D) [-2, 2]

41. The value of ‘c’ for which the set, {( x, y) | x 2  y 2  2 x  1}  {( x, y) | x  y  c  0}

contains only one point in common is
(A) ( , 1]  [3, ) (B) {-1, 3} (C) {-3} (D) {-1}

42. In a right triangle ABC, right angled at A, on the leg AC as diameter, a semicircle
is described. The chord joining A with the point of intersection of D of the
hypotenuse and the semicircle, then the length AC equals to
 AB. AD  AB. AD  AB. AD
(A)   (B) (C)  AB. AD (D)
 AB 2  AD 2  AB  AD  AB 2  AD 2

43. Locus of all point P (x,y) satisfying  x3  y 3  3 xy  1 consists of union of

(A) a line and a an isolated point
(B) a line pair and an isolated point
(C) a line and a circle (D) a circle and an isolated point

44. Prove that the length of the common chord of the two circles  x 2  y 2  a 2 and
1
( x  c) 2  y 2  b2 is {(a  b  c)(a  b  c)( a  b  c)( a  b  c)}
c

In the diagram as shown, a circle is drawn with centre

y
R

Q
C
(1,1)
L
 
x
O (0,0) P

C(1,1) and radius 1 and a line L. The line L is

tangential to the circle at Q. Further L meet the
y-axis at R and the x-axis at P in such a way that the
 
angle OPQ equals   where 0     .
2

45. The coordinates of Q are

(a) (1  cos  ,1  sin  ) (b) (sin  ,cos  )  (c) (1  sin  , cos  ) (d) (1  sin  ,1  cos  )
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46. Equation of the line PR is

(a)  x cos   y sin   sin   cos   1   (b)  x sin   y cos   cos   sin   1 
   
(c)  x sin   y cos   cos   sin   1   (d)  x tan    y  1  cot  
2 

   
47. If the area bounded by the circle, the x-axis and PQ is  A  
( ),  then  A    equals
4
3  3     
(a) 2  1    (b) 2 1    (c) 2  1    (d) 2 1
8 8 8 8

48. If H represent the harmonic mean between the abscissa, and K that between the
ordinates of the points, in which a circle  x 2  y 2  c2 is cut by a chord lx  my    ,
where l and m are the direction cosines of the unit vector in the xy plane then
lH+mK has the value equal to (Take: l 2  m2  1 )
c2 c2 2c 2 c2
(A) 2     (B)      (C)      (D) 2  
  2    2 

49. As shown in figure, three circles which have the same radius r, have centres at
(0,0); (1,1) and (2,1). If they have a common tangent line, as shown then, Their
radius ‘r’ is
y

C1
1 r 
r 
C2

r 
o x
1 2
C

5 1 5 1 3 1
(A)   (B) (C)   (D)
2 10 2 2

50. Consider the circles,  x 2  y 2  25 and x 2  y 2  9 . From the point A (0,5) two
segments are drawn touching the inner circle at the points B and C while
intersecting the outer circle at the points D and E. If ‘O’ is the centre of both the
circles then the length of the segment OF that is perpendicular to DE, is
(A) 7/5 (B) 7/2 (C) 5/2 (D) 3

51. Two circles with centres at A and B, touch at T.BD is the tangent at D and TC is a
common tangent. AT has length 3 and BT has length 2. The length CD is
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T
B  A

C D

(A) 4/3 (B) 3/2 (C) 5/3 (D) 7/4

52. Three concentric circles which the biggest is  x 2  y 2  1, have their radii in A.P. If
the line y=x+1 cuts all the circles in real and distinct points. The interval in
which the common difference of the A.P. will lie is
 1  1   2 2 
(A)  0,    (B)  0,    (C)  0,  (D) none
 4   2 2   4 

Consider the circle S:  x 2  y 2  4 x  1  0 and the line L:  y  3x  1 . If the line L cuts
the circle at A and B then

53. Length of chord AB equal

(A) 2 5   (B) 5   (C) 5 2   (D) 10

54. The angle subtended by the chord AB in the minor arc of S is

3  5  2   
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)
4 6 3 4

55. Acute angle between the line L and the circle S is

       
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)
2 3 4 6

56. if the equation of the circle on AB as diameter is of the form  x 2  y 2  ax  by  c  0

then the magnitude of the vector has the value equal to

Consider a circle  x 2  y 2  4 and a point P(4,2).    denotes the angle enclosed by

the tangents from P on the circle and A, B are the points of contact of the
tangents from P on the circle.

57. The value of    lies in the interval

(A) (0,15 )   (B) (15 ,30 )  


(C) (30 ,45 )  

   

(D) (45 ,60 )

 

58. The intercept made by a tangent on the x-axis is

(a) 9/4 (b) 10/4 (c) 11/4 (d) 12/4

59. Locus of the middle points of the portion of the tangent to the circle terminated
by the coordinate axes is
(a)  x 2  y 2  1 2 (b)  x 2  y 2  2 2 (c)  x 2  y 2  3 2 (d)  x 2  y 2  42
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60. A parabola  y  ax 2  bx  c crosses the x-axis at ( , 0), ( , 0) both to the right of the
origin. A circle also passes through these two points. The length of a tangent
from the origin to the circle is
bc b c
(A)   (B) ac 2  (C)   (D)
a a a

61. The straight line joining any point P on the parabola  y 2  4ax to the vertex and
perpendicular from the focus to the tangent at P, intersect at R, then the
equation of the locus of R is
(A)  x 2  2 y 2  ax  0  (B) 2 x 2  y 2  2ax  0
(C) 2 x 2  2 y 2  ay  0  (D) 2 x 2  y 2  2ay  0

62. Consider the parabola whose equation is  y  x2  4 x and the line  y  2 x  b . Then
which of the following is/are correct?
(A) for b=9 the line is a tangent to the parabola
(B) for b=7 the line cuts the parabola in A and B such that the  AOB is a right
angle when ‘O’ is the origin
(C) for some b   R the line cuts the parabola in C and D such that x-axis bisects
the COD
(D) for b>9 the line passes outside the parabola

63. Suppose that three points on the parabola  y  x 2 have the property that their
normal lines intersect at a common point (a,b). The sum of their x-coordinates
is
2b  1 a
(A) 0 (B)   (C) (D) a+b
2 2

64. PQ is a double ordinate of the parabola  y 2  4ax . If the normal at P intersect the
line passing through Q and parallel to axis of x at G, then locus of G is a parabola
with
(A) length of latus rectum equal to 4a. (B) vertex at (4a, 0)
(C) directrix as the line x-3a=0 (D) focus as (5a,0)

65. Through the vertex O of the parabola,  y 2  4ax two chords OP & OQ are drawn
and the circles on OP & OQ as diameters intersect in R. If 1 ,  2 &   are the angles
made with the axis by the tangents at P & Q on the parabola & by OR then the
value of, cot 1  cot  2 
(A) 2tan 
  (B) 2 tan(   ) (C) 0 (D) 2cot  

66. Normals are concurrent drawn at points A, B and C on the parabola  y 2  4 x at

P(h, k). The locus of the point P if the slope of the line joining the feet of two of
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them is 2, is
1
(A) x+y=1 (B) x-y=3 (C)  y 2  2( x  1)  (D)  y 2  2( x  )
2

Consider the curve C : y 2  8 x  4 y  28  0.  Tangents TP and TQ are drawn on C

at P(5,6) and Q(5,-2). Also normals at P and Q meet at R.

67. The coordinates of circumcentre of ∆PQR is

(A) (5,3) (B) (5,2) (C) (5,4) (D) (5,6)

68. The area of quadrilateral TPRQ, is

(A) 8 (B) 16 (C) 32 (D) 64

69. Angle between a pair of tangents drawn at the end points of the chord
y+5t=tx+2 of curve C t  R is
       
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)
6 4 3 2

From the point A, common tangents are drawn to the curve C1 : x 2  y 2  8 and
C2  : y 2  16x

70. The y-intercept of common tangent between C 1  and C 2 having negative gradient,
is
(A) -1 (B) -2 (C) -3 (D) -4

71. The radius of circle tangent to C 2 at an upper end of latus rectum and passing
through its focus is
(A) 3 2   (B) 4 2   (C) 6 2   (D) 8 2

72. Area of quadrilateral formed by the common tangents, the chord of contact of
C 1  and C 2 with respect to A, is
(A) 20 (B) 40 (C) 60 (D) 80

73. Match the following:

Column-I Column-II
1
(A) The eccentricity of the ellipse which (P)
2
meets the straight line 2x-3y=6 on the X-axis
and the straight line 4x+5y=20 on the Y-axis
and whose principal axes lie along the
coordinate axes, is
1
(B) A bar of length 20 units moves with its (Q)
2
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ends on two fixed straight lines at right angles.

A point P marked on the bar at a distance of 8
units from one end describes a conic whose
eccentricity is
5
(C) If one extremity of the minor axis of the (R)
3
 x 2 y2
ellipse   1 and the foci from an equilateral
a2 b2
triangle, then its eccentricity, is
7
(D) There are exactly two points on the ellipse (s)
4
2 2
 x y
2
  1 whose distance from the centre of the
a b2
a 2  2b 2
ellipse are greatest and equal to .
2
Eccentricity of this ellipse is equal to

 x 2 y2
74. Consider the particle travelling clockwise on the elliptical path   1 . The
100 25
particle leaves the orbit at the point (-8,3) and travels in a straight line tangent
to the ellipse. At what point will the particle cross the y-axis?
 25   23   26 
(A)  0,   (B)  0,   (C) (0,9)   (D)  0, 
 3   3   3 

 x 2 y2  x 2 y2
75. Statement I: The ellipse   1  and   1 are congruent
16 9 9 16
 x 2 y2  x 2 y2
Statement 2: The ellipse   1  and   1 have the same eccentricity
16 9 9 16
(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct
explanation for statement-1
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct
explanation for statement-1
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false
(D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true

Let the two foci of an ellipse be (-1,0) and (3,4) and the foot of perpendicular
from the focus (3,4) upon a tangent to the ellipse be (4,6).

76. The foot of perpendicular from the focus (-1,0) upon the same tangent to the
ellipse is
(A)  ,    (B)  ,    (C)  2,   
12 34 7 11 17
(D) (1, 2)
5 5  3 3   4
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77. The equation of auxiliary circle of the ellipse of

(A)  x 2  y 2  2 x  4 y  5  0  (B)  x 2  y 2  2 x  4 y  20  0
(C)  x 2  y 2  2 x  4 y  20  0  (D)  x 2  y 2  2 x  4 y  5  0

78. The length of semi-minor axis of the ellipse is

(A) 1 (B) 2 2   (C) 2 2   (D) 19

79. The equations of directrices of the ellipse are

21 17
(A)  x  y  2  0, x  y  5  0 (B)  x  y   0, x  y  0
2 2
3 5 31 19
(C)  x  y   0, x  y   0  (D)  x  y   0, x  y  0
2 2 2 2

80. Match the properties given in Column1 with the corresponding curves given in
the column 2.
Column 1 Column 2
(A) The curve such that product of the (P) circle
distances of any of its tangent from two
given points is constant, can be
(B) A curve for which the length of the (Q) Parabola
subnormal at any of its point is equal to
2 and the curve passes through (1,2), can be (R) Ellipse
(C) A curve passes through (1,4) and is such
that the segment joining any point of P on the
curve and the point of intersection of the normal
at P with the x-axis is bisected by the y-axis. The
curve can be
(D) A curve passes through (1,2) is such that the (S) Hyperbola
length of the normal at any of its point is equal
to 2. The curve can be.

81. The chord PQ of the rectangular hyperbola  xy  a 2 meets the axis of x at A; C is
the mid point of PQ & ‘O’ is the origin. Then the ∆ACO is
(A) equilateral(B) isosceles (C) right angled (D) right isosceles

 x 2 y2
82. AB is a double ordinate of the hyperbola   1 such that ∆AOB (where ‘O’ is
a2 b2
the origin) is an equilateral triangle, then the eccentricity of the hyperbola
satisfies
2 2 2
(A) e   3 (B) 1  e    (C) e    (D) e 
3 3 3
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 A conic C passes through the point (2,4) and is such that the segment of
any of its tangents at any point contained between the co-ordinate axes is
bisected at the point of tangency. Let S denotes circle described on the foci
 F 1 and  F 2  of the conic C as diameter.

83. Vertex of the conic is

(A) (2,2),(-2,-2) (B) (2 2, 2 2), (2 2, 2 2)
(C) (4,4), (-4,-4) (D) ( 2, 2), ( 2,  2)

84. Director circle of the conic is

(A)  x 2  y 2  4  (B)  x 2  y 2  8  (C)  x 2  y 2  2 (D) none

85. Equation of the circle S is

(A)  x 2  y 2  16
  (B)  x 2  y 2  8  (C)  x 2  y 2  32
  (D)  x 2  y 2  4

86. Statement 1: Diagonals of any parallelogram inscribed in an ellipse always

intersect at the centre of the ellipse.
Statement 2: Centre of the ellipse is the only point at which two chords can
bisect each other and every chord passing through the centre of the ellipse gets
bisected at the centre.
(A) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2, is True; statement-2 is a correct
explanation for statement-1
(B) Statement-1, is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is NOT a correct
explanation for Statement-1
(C) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is false
(D) Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is True

87. Statement-1: If P(2a,0) be any point on the axis of parabola, then the chord QPR,
1 1 1
satisfy 2
 2

( PQ) ( PR) 4a2
Statement-2: There exists a point on the axis of the parabola (other than
1 1
vertex), such that  2
 = constant for all chord QPR of the parabola
( PQ) ( PR) 2
(A) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2, is True; statement-2 is a correct
explanation for statement-1
(B) Statement-1, is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is NOT a correct
explanation for Statement-1
(C) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is false
(D) Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is True
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88. Column-I Column-II

(A) The number of real common tangents (P) 1
to the circle 5 x 2  5 y 2  16 and the hyperbola
3 x  y  48
2 2
  is,
(B) The number of real common normals to (Q) 2
parabola  y 2  4 x and the circle ( x  1)2  ( y  1)2  1 is
 x 2
(C) If P is any point on ellipse  4 y 2  1  whose (R) 3
4
foci are at A and B, then the maximum value of
(PA)(PB) equals
(D) The length of latus-rectum of the parabola (S) 4
defined parametrically by equations x=cos t-sin t
and y=sin 2t equals
 x 2 y2
(E) The value of a for the ellipse   1  (T)
a2 b2
(a>b), if the extremities of the latus-rectum
of the ellipse having positive ordinate lies on
the parabola  x 2  2( y  2) is

89. If  f ( x)  x2  bx  c  and  f (2  t )  f (2  t ) for all real numbers t, which of the

following is true?
(A)  f (1)  f (2)  f  (4)
  (B)  f (2)  f (1)  f  (4)
(C)  f (2)  f (4)  f  (1)
  (D)  f (4)  f (2)  f  (1)

90. Given the graphs of the two functions, y=f(x) and y=g(x). In the adjacent figure
from point A on the graph of the function y=f(x) corresponding to the given
value of the independent variable (say  x0 ), a straight line is drawn parallel to
the X-axis to intersect the bisector of the first and the third quadrants at point
B. From the point B a straight line parallel to the Y-axis is drawn to intersect the
graph of function y=g(x) at C. Again a straight line is drawn from the point C
parallel to the X-axis, to intersect the line NN ` at D. If the straight line NN ` is
parallel to y-axis, then the coordinates of the point D are
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N`
Y

C D
y=g(x)

 A y=f(x)
B

X
0 x0
N

(A)  f ( x0 ), g ( f ( x0 ))
  (B)  x0 , g ( x0 )
(C)  x0 , g( f ( x0 ))
  (D)  f ( x0 ), g ( f ( x0 ))

1
91. Number of elements in the domain of the function  f ( x )  is
10
C x 1  3  C x
10

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 10

92. Let f:[-1,1] onto [3,5] be a linear polynomial. Which of the following can be
true?
 1  7  15  1
(A)  f    (B)  f  1   
 2 2 4 4
1  1 
(C) f(0)≠4 (D)  f    f   
 2  2

93. Match the Column

[Note: [k], {k} and sgn k denote the largest integer less than or equal to k,
fractional part of k and signum function of k respectively.]
Column-I Column II
|  x  1| x 1
(A)  f ( x)  (P) both many one and odd function
 x  1 | x  1|
 1  x 4 
(B)  f ( x )  sgn  2  (Q) Even and periodic function
  x  1 
(C)  f ( x)  log1.3 (cos{ x}) (R) Bounded function
(S) Range contains atleast one integer and
atmost three integers

94. Column I Column II

(n  1)3  ( n  1)3
(A)  Lim (P) 0
(n  1)  ( n 1)
2 2
n 
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n3  100n 2  1
(B)  Lim (Q) 1
n  100n 2  15n
(n  2)! ( n  1)!
(C)  Lim (R) 2
n  (n  3)!
(n  2)! ( n  1)!
(D)  Lim (S) 3
n  (n  2)! ( n  1)!
1.3  2.4  3.5  ....  n( n  2)
(E)  Lim n 2
(T) DNE
n  C n1
equals
1

2n 1
(F)  Lim 1
n 
2n 1

n n
95. For n  N  , let an   2 k  and bn    2k   1 . Then  Lim  an  bn  is equal to
n 
k 1 k 1

1
(A) 1 (B) (C) 0 (D) 2
2

 x
  x  1 
96. Let l  Lim   then {l } where {x} denotes the fractional part function is
 x   x  1
 
(A) 8  e 2 (B) 7  e 2 (C) e 2  6  (D) e 2  7

nx n 1  ( n 1) x n  1
97.  Lim where n=100 is equal to
 x 1 (e x  e) sin  x
5050 100 5050 4950
(A)   (B)   (C)    (D) 
 e  e  e  e

 tan({ x}  1)  sin{x}
98. The value of  Limit  where {x} denotes the fractional part
 x 0 { x} { x } 1

function:
(A) is 1 (B) is tan 1 (C) is sin 1 (D) is not existent

(27 x  9 x  3x  1)(cos x  e x )
99. The natural number n, for which  Lim  is a finite non-zero
 x 0  x 2 n1
number is equal to
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

100.Column I Column II
1   x sin x  cos 2 x
(A)  Lim (P) -3
 x 0  x
tan 2
2
sin 2 ( x 3  x 2  x  3)
(B)  Lim (Q) 6
1  cos( x  4 x  3)
2
 x 1
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2
6 x (cot x)(csc2 x)
(C)  Lim (R) 8
 x  0      
sec  cos x    tan    1
  4sec  x  
has the value equal to
 2(a  3)( x  2)  6 sin 1 ( x  2) tan 1 (5 x 10 
(D)If  Lim 0 (S) 12
 x  2 ( x  2)2
then the value of a is equal to
(T) 18
2
n
 n  n
101.Consider a problem of limit as  Lim   .e Two children A and B solved this
n 
 n 1 
problem as follows Mr. A solved the problem as follows:
 n 
 Lim n 2 ln  n
 n 1   n  1
Let  L  e n
 el  where l=  Lim n  n ln  1  (using a x  e x ln a ) Put n  as
n 
 n 1   x
n    then  x  0
=
1 1 1 /  x  1 1 1  1  ln( x  1) 
 Lim ln  1  Lim ln  1  Lim 1 =
 x  0  x  x   x 0 x  x   x 0 x  
 1/ x 1   x 1   x

   x 2 x3 
 
 x  x    ... x 
  x  ln(l  x )    2 3   1
 Lim    Lim
 x  0
  x 2  x 0  x2  2
 
 

Hence, l  
2
 L  e1/2
Mr. B solved the problem as follows:
 n 
 Limn 2  1  n
 n 1 
 L  e n

 u sin g the fact Lim f (x )  1 and Lim  ( x)   

 x a x a
 
 Lim  ( x )[ f (x )1]
 then Lim  f ( x)   e 
 ( x )
x a 
  x a 

 n2 
 Lim  n   n2  n  n 2 n
n n 1   Lim Lim
= e 
 e  n n 1
 e  n1  e  
n
ANS:

Which of the following statement is correct?

(A) A is right and B is wrong (B) A is wrong and B is right
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(C) both A and B are wrong as the correct value of limit is 1/e
(D) both A and B are wrong as limit does not exist

 3 4 5 n2 
102.If  Lim     ....    can be expressed as rational in the
n 
 1.2.4 2.3.5 3.4.6 n( n  1)( n  3) 
m
lowest form n , find the value of (m+n).

103. y=f(x) is a continuous function such that its graph passes through (a,0). Then
log e (1  3 f ( x))
 Lim
 x  a 2 f ( x) is
3 2
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 2  (D) 3

 x
104. Indicate all correct alternatives if, f(x)=  1 , then on the interval [0,  ]
2
1
(A) tan( f ( x))& are both continuous
 f ( x)
1
(B) tan( f ( x))&  are both discontinuous
 f ( x)
(C) tan(  f ( x)) & f 1 ( x) are both continuous
1
(D) tan(  f ( x)) is continuous but is not 
 f ( x )

105. Which of the following functions are continuous at x=0? [Note: sgn x denotes
signum function of x.]
(A) cos  sgn |  x |   sgn  | x | (B) cos  sgn |  x |   sgn | x |
   
2  2 
       
(C) sin  sgn |  x |   sgn  | x | (D) sin  sgn |  x |   sgn | x |
2  2 

e 2 x  (1  4 x )1/2
106. If  f ( x)  for x ≠ 0 then f has
ln(1   x 2 )
(A) an irremovable discontinuity at x=0
(B) a removable discontinuity at x=0 and f(0) =-4
(C) a removable continuity at x=0 and f(0)=-1/4
(D) a removable discontinuity at x=0 and f(0)=4

107. Let function f be defined as  f : R   R  and function g is defined as

 g : R  R .Functions f and g are continuous in their domain. Suppose
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n 1
f ( x)  x
2
 x
function h( x)  Lim , x  0 . If h(x) is continuous in its domain then
n   x n  g ( x)
f(1).g(1) us equal to
1
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) (D) 0
2

 x[ x]2 log (1 x ) 2 for  1  x  0



108.Consider  ln e x  2 {x} 
2

  for 0  x  1
 tan  x
where [*] & {*} are the greatest integer function & fractional part function
respectively, then
(A)  f (0)  ln 2  f is continous at x  0
(B)  f (0)  2  f is continous at x  0
(C)  f (0)  e2  f is continous at x  0
(D) f has an irremovable discontinuity at x=0

Consider a function,  f ( x)  ln 3/ 2 (sin x+cos x) for  x   0, 

2  
3  2

 f ( x)
109. The value of  Lim 3/ 2
 is
 
 x     
2
 2  x 
 
2 2
(A) (B) is 1 (C) is (2) 3/ 4 (D) non existent
3 3

 3 
2/ 3
   
  f ( x)  x   0, 
 2   2
110. The function g(x) is defined as g(x)=   3       Then g(x)
2/3

 e 2  f  x 2      
 ; x   ,   
 2 2 
     
(A) is continuous at  x    for  g    =0
2 2  
 
(B) has a removable discontinuity at  x 
2
 
(C) g(x) is discontinuous at  x  and jump of discontinuity is equals to 2
2
 
(D) has a non-removable discontinuity at  x 
2

111. Column I contains 4 functions and Column II contains comments w.r.t their
continuity and differentiability at x=0. Note that column-I may have more than
one matching options in Column II.
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Column-I Column-II
(A)  f ( x)  [ x] |1  x | [] denotes the greatest (P) continuous
integer function
(B)  g ( x) | x  2 |  | x | (Q) derivability
(C) h( x)  [tan 2 x ] [] denotes the greatest integer (R) discontinuous
function
 x(3e1/ x  4)
l ( x )   (2  e1/ x )  x  0
(D)  (S) non derivable
0  x  0

112. Let f(x) be a real valued function such that f(a)=0. If g(x)=(x-a) f(x) is
continuous but not differentiable at x=a and h( x)  ( x  a) 2 f ( x) is continuous and
differentiable at x=a. Then f(x)
(A) must be continuous and differentiable at x=a. `
(B) must be continuous but not differentiable at x=a
(C) may or may not be continuous at x=a.
(D) must be discontinuous at x=a

Suppose f, g and h be three real valued function defined on R. Let

1
 f ( x )  2 x | x |, g ( x)  (2 x | x |) and h( x)  f  g ( x) 
3

1
113. The range of the function k ( x)  1   cos  ( h( x))  cot  ( h( x))  is equal to
1 1

 
1 7  5 11 1 5  7 11 
(A)  ,    (B)  ,    (C)  ,    (D)  , 
4 4 4 4  4 4 4 4 

114. The domain of definition of the function l ( x)  sin 1  f ( x )  g ( x ) is equal to

3   3  3
(A)  ,     (B)  ,1  (C)  ,    (D)  , 
8   8  8

115. The function T(x)=f(g(f(x)))+g(f(g(x))), is

(A) continuous and differentiable in (, )
(B) continuous but not derivable  x R
(C) neither continuous nor derivable  x R
(D) an odd function

116. (A) The total number of local maxima and local minima of the function
(2    x)3 , 3  x  1
 f ( x)   2/ 3  is
 x ,  1  x  2
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(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

(B) Comprehension:
consider the function  f  : (, )  (, ) defined by
 x 2  ax  1
 f ( x )  ,0  a  2
 x 2  ax  1
(i) Which of the following is true?
(A) (2  a )2 f "(1)  (2  a) 2 f "( 1)   0  (B) (2  a ) 2 f "(1)  (2  a) 2 f "( 1)   0
(C)  f '(1) f '(1)  (2  a)2 (D)  f '(1) f '(1)  (2  a) 2
(ii) Which of the is true?
(A) f(x) is decreasing on (-1,1) and has a local minimum at x=1
(B) f(x) is increasing on (-1,1) and has a local maximum at x=1
(C) f(x) is increasing on (-1,1) out has neither a local maximum and nor a local
minimum at x=1
(D) f(x) is decreasing on (-1,1) but has neither a local maximum and nor a local
minimum at x=1
e x
 f '(t )
(iii) Let  g ( x )   1  t 
0
2
dt  which of the following is true?

(A) g’(x) is positive on (, 0) and negative on (0, )

(B) g’(x) is negative on (, 0) and positive on (0, )
(C) g’(x) changes sign on both (, 0)
  and (0, )
(D) g’(x) does not change sign on (, )

117. The angle between the tangent lines to the graph of the function
 x


 f ( x)  (2t  5) dt  at the points where the graph cuts the x-axis is
2

       
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)
6 4 3 2

118. If a<b<c<d & then  x  R the least value of the function,

 f ( x) | x  a |  | x  b |  | x  c |  | x  d  | is
(A) c-d+b-a (B)c+d-b-a (C)c+d-b+a (D) c-d+b+a

 Min { f (t ) : 0  t  x}; 0  x  1
119. If  f ( x)  4 x3  x 2  2 x  1  and  g ( x)   then
 3   x ;1  x  2
1 3 5 
 g    g    g   has the value equal to
4 4 4 
7 9 13 5
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)
4 4 4 2
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 1 1 
120.  f ( x)    2    dx then f is
 1   x 2
1 x 2

(A) increasing in (0, ) and decreasing in (, 0)
(B) increasing in (, 0) and decreasing in (0, )
(C) increasing in (, ) (D) decreasing in (, )

121.Let  f :[ 1, 2]  R be differentiable such that 0   f '(t )  1  for t  [ 1,0]

  and
1   f '(t )  0  for t  [0,2] . Then
(A) 2   f (2)  f  (1)  1  (B) 1   f (2)  f  ( 1)  1
(C) 3   f (2)  f  ( 1)  0  (D) 2   f (2)  f  ( 1)  0

122. Let h be a twice continuously differentiable positive function on an open

interval J. Let  g ( x)  ln  h( x)  for each  x  J 
2
Suppose  h '( x)   h "( x) h( x) for each k  J  . Then
(A) g is increasing on J (B) g is decreasing on J
(C) g is concave up on J (D) g is concave down on J

123. Read the following mathematical statements carefully:

I. A differentiable function ‘f’ with maximum at  x  c  f "(C )  0
II. Antiderivative of a periodic function is also a periodic function.
T T 

III. If f has a period T then for any a  R .   f ( x) dx   f ( x  a) dx

0 0

IV. If f(x) has a maxima at x=c, then ‘f’ is increasing in (c-h,c) and decreasing in
(c,c+h) as h  0 for h>0.
Now indicate the correct Alternative
(A) exactly one statement is correct
(B) exactly two statements are correct
(C) exactly three statements are correct
(D) All the four statements are correct

124. If the point of minima of the function,  f ( x)  1  a 2 x  x3 satisfy the inequality

 x 2  x  2
 0 , then ‘a’ must lie in the interval:
 x 2  5 x  6
(A)  3 3 ,  3 3  (B)  2 3 , 3  3  (C)  2 3 , 3 3   (D)  3 3, 2 3    2 3,3 3 
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 f ( x) |1  x |1  x  2 and 
125. Consider   then, which of the following is correct?
 g ( x)  f ( x)  b sin x, 1 x  2
2
3
(A) Rolles theorem is applicable to both f, g and b=
2
1
(B) LMVT is not applicable to f and Rolles theorem if applicable to g with b=
2
(C) LMVT is applicable to f and Rolles theorem is applicable to g with b=1
(D) Rolles theorem is not applicable to both f, g for any real b.

126.Carefully read the following five statements

(a) The function f(x)=sec x attains a maximum on the interval   , 
  
 2 2
(b) If a function is differentiable at x=c then it is continuous at x=c.
(c) The equation  x5  10 x  sin 5 x  0 has at least one non zero solution.
(d) If f is a polynomial such that f’(3)=0 and f”(3)≠0 then f has a critical point at
x=3 which is either a local minimum or a local maximum
(e) If f is a polynomial such that f’(2)=0 and f”(2)=0 then f has a critical point at
x=2 which is neither a local minimum nor a local maximum out of these 5
statements.
(A) Exactly 1 is true and 4 are false
(B) Exactly 2 are true and 3 are false
(C) Exactly 3 are true and 2 are false
(D) Exactly 4 are true and 1 is false.

127. For cubic,  f ( x)  x3  3 x 2  6 x  2006, the statement which does not hold, is
(A) f(x) is monotonic increasing  x  R
(B)  f : R  R is injective as well as surjective
(C) Slope of the tangent at the point of inflection is 3.
(D) f(x) is non monotic with exactly one real root.

 x 3  cos1 a,0  x  1

128. The range of values of a for which the function  f ( x)    has
 x , 1  x  3

the smallest values at x=1, is

(A)[cos 2,0] (B) [-1, cos 2] (C) [0,1] (D) [-1,1]

129. The values of α for which the points of extremum of the function
 f ( x)  x3  3 x 2  3( 2  1) x  1 lie in the interval (-2,4) will be equal to
(A) (-1,3) (B) (3.4) (C) (-4,-2) (D) (-2,-1)
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130. The lateral edge of a regular hexagonal pyramid is 1cm. If the volume is
maximum, then its height must be equal to
1 2 1
(A)   (B)   (C) (D) 1
3 3 3

Let P(x)be a polynomial of degree 4, vanishes at x=0. Given P(-1)=55 and

P(x) has relative maximum/relative minimum at x=1,2,3.

131. Area of triangle formed by extremum points of P(x), is

1 1 1
(A)   (B)   (C) (D) 1
2 4 8

132. The value of definite integral   p( x)  p( x) dx is

1

252 452 652 752

(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)
15 15 15 15

133. Which one of the following statement is correct?

(A) P(x) has two relative maximum points and one relative and one relative
minimum point.
(B) Range of P(x) contains 9 negatives integers.
(C) Sum of real roots of P(x)=0 is 5.
(D) P(x) has exactly one inflection point.

134. A rectangle with one side lying along the x-axis is to be inscribed in the closed
region of the xy plane bounded by the lines y=0, y=3x, and y=30-2x. The
largest area of such a rectangle is
135 135
(A) (B) 45 (C) (D) 90
8 2

135. Which of the following six statements are true about the cubic polynomial
P(x)= 2 x 3  x 2  3 x  2?
(i) It has exactly one positive real root
(ii) It has either one or three negative roots.
(iii) It has a root between 0 and 1.
(iv) It must have exactly two real roots.
(v) It has a negative root between -2 and -1.
(vi) It has no complex roots.
(A) only (i), (iii) and (iv) (B) only (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(C) only (i) and (iii) (D) only (iii), (iv) and (v)
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136. Consider f and g be two real-valued function defined on R.

Let f(x)=2x-cos x,  g ( x)  e x , u  c  1   c and v  c  c  1 where c>1.
Statement-1: gof(u)>gof(v)
Statement-2: f is increasing function and g is decreasing function
(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct
explanation for statement-1
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct
explanation for statement -1.
(C) Statement-1, is true, statement-2 is false
(D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true

137. Match the Column

Column-I Column II
 x 3/5 if x  1
(A) Let  f ( x)   Then the number (P) 5
  ( x  2) 3
if x  1

of critical points on the graph of the function is

(B) Number of real solution of the equation, (Q) 4
log 2 2  x  ( x  1) log 2 x  6  2 x is

(C) The number of values of c such that the (R) 3

straight line 3x+4y=c touches the curve
 x 2
  x  y is
2
 x 2

(D) If  f ( x)   (t  1) dt,1  x  2 Then global (S) 2

 x

maximum value of f(x) is

(T) 1

138. Write the correct order sequence in respect of the statement given below. F
stands for false and T stands for true
I. Suppose that g is continuous with g(1)=5 and g(5)=10. Then the equation
g(C)=7 must have a solution such that c   (1,5)
10

II. If f(x)>x for all x then   f ( x)dx  25

0

III. If f’(x)=g’(x) then f(x)=g(x)

IV. Suppose that f is differentiable and f(2)=f(6). Then there must be at least one
point c  (2,6) with f’(C)=0.
b
b  b 
V.   f ( x ) g ( x )dx    f ( x )dx   g ( x)dx 
a a  a 
(A) T T T F F (B)T F F T F (C) F T F T T (D) T T F T F
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 

  x  (1  x cos x ln x  sin x)dx

sin x
139. is equal to
  /2

 2   4   2  
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D) 1
2 2 4 2

 x 2

1 u
t  2

140. If F(x)=   f (t )dt  wheref(t) 

1 1
u
du then the value of F” (2) equals

7 15 15 17
(A)   (B)   (C) 257   (D)
4 17 17 68

k k 

141. Let f be a positive function. Let  I1   xf  x(1  x) dx; I 

1 k
2
1 k 
f  x(1 
  x) dx, where

 I 1
2k-1>0. Then
 I 2
(A) k (B) 1/2 (C) 1 (D) 2

C0 C1 C 2
142. If     where C0 , C1 , C 2 are all real, the equation C2 x 2  C1 x  C0   0 has
 0,
1 2 3
(A) atleast one root in (0,1) (B) One root in (1,2) and other in (3,4)
(C) one root in (-1,1) & the other in (-5,-2)
(D) both roots imaginary
37

 { x}  3(sin 2 x) dx where {x} denotes the

2
143. The value of the definite integral
19

fractional part function.

(A) 0 (B) 6 (C) 9 (D) 18
 /2
sin  x    
144. Let  f ( x) 
 x
  , then 
0
 f ( x) f 
2
 x dx =

       
2 1
(A)
  0    f ( x )dx (B)   f ( x )dx
0
(C)    f ( x )dx
0
(D)    f ( x)dx
  0

145. Let f(x) be a continuous function on R. If    f ( x)  f (2

  x) dx  5 and
0

2 1

   f ( x)  f (4 x) dx =10 then the value of    f ( x)  f (8 x) dx is equal to

0 0

(A) 0 (B) 5 (C) 10 (D) 15

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1
 1
2 3
n
 n  n  n 
146.  Lim  (1  n) n 1   1   .....2  is equal to
n

n   
 2  3
 
1 1 1
(A) e (B) e 2  (C) e 4  (D) e 2
sin x
e t dt   3  
Consider a function  f ( x)  
cos x 1  t 2
; x  (0, 2 )  
2
,  ,
2 


147. The value of f’    is

5 
 4 
1 1 1 1

(A) 2e   2
(B) 2e  2
(C) 2e   2
(D) 2e 2

143.f(x) is decreasing in the interval

       
(A)  0,    (B)  ,      (C)  0,  (D) none
 2  2 

144. For  x   0,   , if g is the inverse of f is then the value of g’(0) is

 
 2
1 1 1 1
1
(A) e   2
(B) e   2
(C) e 2
  (D) 2e 2

 
2
Let g be a continuous function on R and satisfies  g ( x )  2  sin x.cos tg (t ) dt  sin x
0

   
145. The value of g’    is equal to
3
1 1 3 1
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)
2 2 2 4

146. Which one of the following is correct?

  /2
 g ( x) 2 1    
(A)  Lim
 x 0  x
 1  (B)   g ( x) dx  1
0
(C)  g    
3 3
(D)  g 2 ( x)  g 2   x   1
2 

 
147. Equation of the tangent to the curve y=g(x) at the point whose abscissa is , is
2
(A) a line parallel to x-axis (B) a line parallel to y-axis
1
(C) a line having gradient (D) a line having gradient 2.
2

148. Given f(x)= sin 3 x  and P(x) is a quadric polynomial with leading coefficient
unity.
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2 

Statement-1:   P ( x). f  ' '( x) dx vanishes

0

2 

Statement-2:   f ( x  ) dx vanishes
0

(A) Statement-1, is true statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct

explanation for statement-1.
(B) Statement-1, is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct
explanation for statement-1.
(C) Statement-1, is true, statement-2 is false
(D) Statement-1 is false statement-2, is true
k  k  x
1
 
  x  3
149. Let L=  Lim  tan( y sin x) dx, and l= Lim
 y 0  y
0
k  
0
1  k   .e dx, , then

(A) 3l=4L (B) 3L=4l (C) L+2l=5 (D) 2(l+L)=7

150. The function f is continuous and has the property  f  f ( x)   1  x for all  x  [0,1]
1

and  J   f ( x ) dx then

0

(A)  f    3
1 1
f     1 (B) the value of J equal to
4 4 2
 /2

(C)  f   . f     1

1 2 sin  xdx
 3  3 
(D)   sin x  cos x 
0
3 has the same value as J

151. Which of the following definite integral vanishes?

 2     
ln x  x cos x sin 2012 x  x sin x
(A)  1  x 
0
2
dx (B)  8  sin   x dx
0
2
(C) 
 
 
sin  x
dx (D)  10  sin
0
2
 x
dx

152. Match The Column

Column I Column II
1
1
 1  (2008) x e (P) e
  2008
2008 x
(A) dx equals
0

1/4
(B) The value of the definite integrals (Q) e
1 1/ e

e 
 x 2
dx   ln x dx is equal to
0 1

1
 11.22.33...(n  1) n 1.nn  n 2

(C)  Lim   equals (R) e1/2

n 
 n1 2 3. .. .. n 
(S) e
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153. Column I Column II

3

(A)If  I    ( x  1)3  (4  x) 3  x  cos  xdx, , then (P) 0

2
2
| 50   I  | is equal to
10

(B) If  J   sgn(sin  x) dx , then 10J is equal to, (Q) 100

0

where sgn x denotes signum function of x

102

 cot
1
(C) If  K  x dx then [K] is equal to, (R)50
0

where [y] denotes largest integer less than

or equal to y.
51

 [ x  25]dx  L
(D) If  L  510  then is equal to, where (S) 70
2
 { x  25}dx
0

[y] and {y} denote greatest integer function and

fractional part function respectively.

154. The solution of the differential equation, e x ( x  1)dx  ( ye y  xe x ) dy  0 with initial
condition f(0)=0, is
(A)  xe x  2 y 2e y  0  (B) 2 xe x  y 2e y  0  (C)  xe x  2 y 2e y  0  (D) 2 xe x  y 2 e y  0

155. A function y=f(x) satisfies the condition f’(x) sinx+f(x) cosx=1, f(x) being
  /2

bounded where  x  p If  I  
0
f ( x  ) dx then

  2  2  
(A)    
 I  (B)    
 I  (C) 1   I   (D) 0<I<1
2 4 4 2 2

156. Area enclosed by the curve  y  ( x 2  2 x)e x and the positive x-axis is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 6

157. The slope of the tangent to a curve y=f(x) at (x,f(x)) is 2x+1. If the curve passes
through the point (1,2) then the area of the region bounded by the curve, the
x-axis and the line x=1 is
5 6 1
(A)   (B)   (C) (D) 1
6 5 6

158. In a chemical reaction a substance changes into another such that the rate of
decomposition of a chemical substance x present at instant t is proportional to x
itself i.e.., amount of unchanged substance still present. If half of the substance
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present initially has been converted at the end of 1 minute then the time t in
minutes at the end of which 99% of the substance will have changed lies in the
interval
(A) 5 and 6 (B) 6 and 7 (C) 7 and 8 (D) more than 10.

159. In the shown figure, half a period of sin x from 0 to   is split into two regions
(light and dark shaded) of equal area by a line through the origin. If the line and
the sine function intersect at a point whose x co-ordinate is k, then k satisfies
the equation
y

k, sin k

x
O k  

(A) k cos k + 2 sin k=0 (B) k sin k +2 cos k=0

(C) k sin k +2 cos k-2=0 (D) 2 cos k+k sin k+2=0

160. Let k be a real number such that k ≠ 0. If α and β are non zero complex
numbers satisfying       2k    and  2   2  4k 2  2k  then a quadratic equation
       
having  and  as its roots is equal to
    
(A) 4 x 2  4kx  k   0  (B)  x 2  4kx  4k   0
(C) 4kx 2  4 x  k   0  (D) 4kx 2  4kx  1  0
12
4 x
161. Let  p( x )  x 2   log10 (4.9), A   P( ai ) where a1 , a2 ,....., a12 are positive reals and
3 i 1
13
 B   P( b ) where b , b ,...., b
 j 1
 j 1 2 13 are non-positive reals, then which one of the

following is always correct?

(A) A>0,B>0 (B) A>0,B<0 (C) A<0,B>0 (D) A<0,B<0

162. Let a1  and a2 be two values of a for which the expression f(x,y)=
2 x 2  3 xy  y 2  ay  3 x  1 can be factorised into two linear factors then the product
(a1a2 ) is equal to
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 7
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163. If c 2  4d  and the two equations  x 2  ax  b  0  and  x 2  cx  d   0 have one

common root, then the value of 2(b+d) is equal to
a
(A) (B) ac (C) 2ac (D) a+c
c

164. The expression  y  ax 2  bx  c (a, b ,c  R and a ≠ 0) represents a parabola which

cuts the x-axis at the points which are roots of the equation ax 2  bx  c  0 .
Column II contains values which correspond to the nature of roots mentioned
in column-I
Column I Column II
(A) For a=1, c=4, if both roots are greater (P) 4
than 2 then b can be equal to
(B) For a=-1, b=5, if roots lie on either side (Q) 8
of -1 then c can be equal to
(C) For b=6, c=1, if one root is less than -1 and (R) 10
1
the other root greater than  then a can be
2
equal to
(S) no real value

165. In an A.P with first term ‘a’ and the common difference d(a, d ≠0), the ratio '  '
of the sum of the first n terms to sum of n terms succeeding them does not
a
depend on n. Then the ratio  and the ratio '  ' respectively are
d 
1 1 1 1 1 1
(A) ,   (B) 2,   (C) ,   (D) ,2
2 4 3 2 3 2

166. Infinite number of triangles are formed as shown in figure. If total area of these
triangles A then 8A is equal to
y

1 3
1
9
x
O 2
1 1
3 27 ............

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

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n 2b
167. if Sn  2na  is the sum of first n terms of an A.P.., then common difference is
4
ab a  2b 2a  b b
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)
2 2 2 2

Let the sum of first 10 terms of an arithmetic progression is equal to 155

and the sum of first two terms of a geometric progression is 9. Also the
first term of the arithmetic progression is equal to the common ratio of
the geometric progression and the first term of the geometric progression
is equal to the common difference of the arithmetic progression.

168. The common difference of arithmetic progression is

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

169. The common ratio of geometric progression is

25 25 1 2
(A) 1,   (B) 2, (C) 1,2 (D) ,
2 2 2 25

Let   g n   be a decreasing geometric progression of positive numbers. The

difference between the first and fifth term of a G.P. is 15 and sum of the
first and third term of a G.P. is 20. Also the fifth term of G.P. lies between
the roots of the equation  K 2  4 K  5 X 2   K  2  X  K 2 16 K   2  0

5
170. The value of  g  is equal to
i 1
i

(A) 23 (B) 31 (C) 35 (D) 28

171. The largest integral value of k is

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

172. The value of (R-r) in a triangle whose side lengths are  g3  1 ,  g3  ,  g 3  1 , is
1 3 1 5
(A) (B)   (C) (D)
2 2 4 2
[Note: R and r denotes circum radius of the triangle]

173.If X.Y  R satisfy the equation  x 2  y 2  4 x  2 y  5  0 , then compute the value of

99
the sum   x  ry 
r  0

174.Consider the graph of a cubic polynomial  y  x3  ax2  bx  c as shown in the

figure. If roots of the cubic equation  x3  ax 2  bx  c  0 are   , 1,     ,    1  such
that   , 1,    (in that order) from the first three terms of an arithmetic
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progression, then find its 5001th  term.

y
(0,3)

x
  O  

175. Match the Column

Column I Column II
(A) In an A.P the series containing 99 terms, (P) 5010
the sum of all the odd numbered terms is
2550. The sum of all the 99 terms of the A.P. is (Q) 5049
(B) f is a function for which f(1)=1 and f(n)=
n+f(n-1) for each natural number n ≥ 2. The
value of f(100) is
(C) Suppose,  f (n)  log2 (3).log3 (4).log4 (5)....logn 1 ( n) (R) 5050
100
then the sum   f  (2  ) equals
k  2
k 

(D) Concentric circles radii 1,2,3…100 cms are (S) 5100

drawn. The interior of the smallest circle is
coloured red and the annular regions are
coloured alternately green and red, so that no
two adjacent regions are of the same colour.
The total area of the green regions in sq.cm
is k   then ‘k’ equals to

176. Statement 1: The coefficient of t 49 in the expression

 t  1 t  2 t  3 .......  t  50   is equal to 1075.
2n
Statement 2: The value of  K  n  2n  1 .
k 1

(A) Statement-I is true, statement -2 is true and statement-2 is correct

explanation for statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement -2 is true and statement -2 is NOT the correct
explanation for statement-1.
(C)Stement-1 is true, statement -2 is false.
(D) Statement -1 is false, statement -2 is true.
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100
177. The coefficient of in the expansion of 
k  0
100
Ck  ( x  2)100 k 3k  is also equal to

(A) number of ways in which 50 identical books can be distributed in 100

students, if each student can get atmost one book.
(B) number of ways in which 100 different white balls and 50 identical red balls
can be arranged in a circle, if no two red balls are together.
(C) number of dissimilar terms in ( x1  x2  x3  ......  x50 )51
2 6 10 14 .....198
(D)
50!

178. Which of the following statement(s) is (are) correct?

100


r 
(A) The coefficient of in the expansion of 100
Cr  ( x  4)100 r   5  is equal to 4950
r  0

8
 8 
(B) If the sixth term in the expansion of  x 3  x2 log10 x   is 5600, then x is equal
 
to 100.
 An 1 15
(C) Let  An n C0 nC1 n C1  n C2  .......n C  n 1n C n and  then the sum of possible
 An 4
values of n is equal to 6.
n n 1
C k 
(D) If  Ak   n
Ck  n C k 1
  and 3  A
k  0
k   4 , then n is equal to 128.

179. (i) Find the number of four letter word that can be formed from the letters of
the word HISTORY. (each letter to be used at most once)
(ii) How many of them contain only consonants?
(iii) How many of them begin & end in a consonant?
(iv) How many of them begin with a vowel?
(v) How many contains the letters Y?
(vi) How many begin with T & end in a vowel?
(vii) How many begin with T & also contain S?
(viii) How many contain both vowels?

180. The number of six digit numbers that can be formed from the digits 1,2,3,4,5,6
& 7 so that digits do not repeat and the terminal are even is
(A) 144 (B) 72 (C) 288 (D) 720

181. The interior angles of a regular polygon measure 150  each. The number of 

diagonals of the polygon is

(A) 35 (B) 44 (C) 54 (D) 78
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182. Number of 4 digit numbers of the form N=abcd which satisfy following three
conditions (i) 4000   N   6000 (ii) N is a multiple of 5 (iii) 3  b  c  6 is equal to
(A) 12 (B) 18 (C) 24 (D) 48

183. Seven different coins are to be divided amongst three persons. If no of the
persons receive the same number of coins but each receives atleast one coin &
none is left over, then the number of ways in which the division may be made is
(A) 420 (B) 630 (C) 710 (D) none

184. Let there be 9 fixed points on the circumference of a circle. Each of these points
is joined to every one of the remaining 8 points by a straight line and the points
are so positioned on the circumference that atmost 2 straight lines meet in any
interior point of the circle. The number of such interior intersection points is
(A) 126 (B) 351 (C) 756 (D) none of these

185. A women has 11 close friends. Find the number of ways in which she can invite
5 of them to dinner, if two particular of them are not on speaking terms & will
not attend together.

186. Number of three digit number with atleast one 3 and at least one 2 is
(A) 58 (B) 56 (C) 54 (D) 52

187. Let  P n denotes the number of ways of selecting 3 people out of ‘n’ sitting in a
row, if no two of them are consecutive and Qn is the corresponding figure when
they are in a circle. If  Pn  Qn  6 , then ‘n’ is equal to
(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 12

188. The number of ways in which five different books to be distributed among 3
persons so that each persons gets at least one book, is also equal to the number
of ways in which
(A) 5 persons are allotted 3 different residential flats so that and each person is
allotted at most one flat and no two persons are allotted the same flat
(B) number of parallelograms (some of which may be overlapping)formed by
one set of 6 parallel lines and the other set of 5 parallel lines that goes in other
direction.
(C) 5 different toys are to be distributed among 3 children, so that each child
gets at least one toy.
(D) 3 mathematics professors are assigned five different lectures to be
delivered, so that each professor gets at least one lecturer.
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189. Column I Column II

(A) Four different movies are running in (P) 11
a town. Ten students go to watch these four
movies. The number of ways in which every
movie is watched by atleast one student, is
(Assume each way differs only by number
of students watching a movie)
(B) Consider 8 vertices of a regular octagon (Q) 36
and its centre. If T denotes the number of
triangles and S denotes the number of straight
lines that can be formed with these 9 points
then the value of (T-S) equals
(C) In an examination, 5 children were found (R) 52
to have their mobiles in their pocket. The
invigilator fired them and took their mobiles
in his possession. Towards the end of the test,
Invigilator randomly returned their mobiles.
The number of ways in which at most two
children did not get their own mobiles is
(D) The product of the digits of 3214 is 24. (S) 60
The number of 4 digit natural numbers such
that the products of their digits is 12, is
(E) The number of ways in which a mixed (T) 84
double tennis game can be arranged from
amongst 5 married couple if no husband &
wife plays in the same game, is

Let U 1  and U 2  be two urns such that U 1  contains 3 white and 2 red balls,
and U 2 contains only 1 white ball. A fair coin is tossed. If head appears
then 1 ball is drawn at random from U 1  and put into U 2 However, if tail
appears then 2 balls are drawn at random from . Now 1 ball is drawn at
random from U 1  and U 2

190. The probability of the drawn ball from U 2 being white is
13 23 19 11
(A) (B)   (C)   (D)
30 30 30 30
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191. Given that the drawn ball from is U 2 is white, the probability that head
appeared on the coin is
17 11 15 12
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)
23 23 23 23

192. Mr. A forgot to write down a very important phone number. All he remembers
is that it started with 713 and that the next set of 4 digit involved are 1, 7 and 9
with one of these numbers appearing twice. He guesses a phone number and
dails randomly. The odds in favour of dialing the correct telephone number is
(A) 1:35 (B) 1:71 (C) 1:23 (D) 1:36

193. There are 8 students from 4 schools A, B, C, D 2 students from each school. Let
these 8 students enter in 4 rooms  R1 , R2 , R3 , R4 , so that each room will have 2
students. The probability that each room have students from the same school,
is
1 2 3 4
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)
105 105 105 105

194. let S denote the set of nine digit numbers whose digits are 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 such
that each of these digit occurs exactly once. A nine digit number is chosen
randomly. Five events defined on S are E-1, E-2, E-3, E-4 and E-5 which are
described in Column I. Match the probabilities of these events which are given
in Column II.
Column I Column II
4
(A) E-1:The number chosen is even (P)
63
7
(B) E-2: The first, fifth and ninth digits (Q)
9
of the chosen number will be odd
4
(C) E-3: The number will be greater than 3.108  (R)
9
5
(D) E-4: The sum of digits used in the (S)
42
number on first two places from the left,
equals the digit used in the left place
(E) E-5: The number chosen is divisible by 6

195. A bag contains 3R & 3 G balls and a person draws out 3 at random. He then
drops 3 blue balls into the bag & again draws out 3 at random. The chance that
the 3 later balls being all of different colours is
(A) 15% (B) 20% (C) 27% (D) 40%
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196. An urn contains 10 balls coloured either black or red. When selecting two
balls from the urn at random, the probability that a ball of each colour is
selected is 8/15. Assuming that the urn contains more black balls than red balls,
the probability that at least one black ball is selected, when selecting two balls,
is
18 30 39 41
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)
45 45 45 45

197. A fair coin is tossed a large number if times. Assuming the tosses are
independent which one of the following statement, is True?
(A) Once the number of flips is large enough, the number of heads will always
be exactly half of the total number of tosses. For example, after 10,000 tosses
one should have exactly 5,000 heads.
(B) The proportion of heads will be about ½ and this proportion will tend to get
closer to ½ as the number of tosses increases.
(C) As the number of tosses increases, any long run of heads will be balanced
by a corresponding run of tails so that the overall proportion of heads is exactly
1/2.
(D) all of the above.

198. An ant is situated at the vertex A of the triangle ABC. Every movement of the
ant consists of moving to one of other two adjacent vertices from the vertex
where it is situated. The probability of going to any of the other two adjacent
vertices. of the triangle is equal. The probability that at the end of the fourth
movement the ant will be back to the vertex A, is
4 6 7 8
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)
16 16 16 16

199. Four children A, B, C and D have 1,3,5 and 7 identical unbiased dice
respectively and roll them with the condition that one who obtains an even
score, wins. They keep playing till some one or the other wins.
Statement-1: All the four children are equally likely to win provided they roll
their dice simultaneously.
Statement-2:The child A is most probable to win the game if they roll their dice
in order of A, B, C and D respectively.
(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct
explanation for statement-1.
(B) Statement-1, is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct
explanation for statement-1
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(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.

(D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true.

200. Indicate the correct order sequence in respect of the following:

I. If the probability that a computer will fail during the first hour of operation
is 0.01, then if we turn on 100 computers, exactly one will fail in the first hour
of operation.

II.A,B,C simultaneously satisfy P(ABC)=P(A).P(B).P(C) and

  __   __    ___  __ 
P  AB C    P  A .P( B).P  C    and P  A  B C   P ( A).P(B).P  C   and
     
 ___  __ 
P   A BC   P(A).P( B).P  C   then A, B, C are independent.
 

III. Given the events A and B in a sample space. If P(A)=1, then A and B are
independent.

IV. When a fair six sided die is tossed on a table top, the bottom face can not
be seen. The probability that the product of the numbers on the five faces that
can be seen is divisible by 6 is one.

(A) FTFT (B) FTTT (C) TFTF (D) TFFF

201. Let A, B,C be three events in a probability space. Suppose that P(A)=0.5,
P(B)=0.3, P(C)=0.2,  P  A  B   =0.15,  P  A  C  =0.1 and  P  B  C    =0.06.
The smallest possible value of  P  Ac  B c  C c  is
(A)0.31 (B)0.25 (C)0 (D) 0.26
[Note:  Ac denotes compliment of event A]

202.A coin has probability ‘p’ of showing head when tossed. It is tossed n times. Let
 P n denotes the probability that no two (or more) consecutive heads occur. The
value of  P 4 is given by
(A) 1  4 P 2  4 P 
  3 (B) 1  3 P 2  2 P 
  3 (C) 1  2 P 2  8 P 
 3 (D) 1   P 2  6 P 3

Suppose you have 10 keys and you wish to open a door and try the keys
one at a time, randomly until you open the door. Only one of the keys will
open the door.