Terminal Test- FEB 2019

Ms. Megha Madan

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Paper (subject name): Business Mathematics

Paper Code: BCOM - 102

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ANSWER KEY
1. (iii) 2. (ii) 3. (ii) 4. (i) 5. (ii) 6. (i) 7. (iv) 8. (i) 9. (ii) 10. (ii)
11.(iii) 12.(iii) 13. (ii) 14.(iii) 15.(ii) 16.(i) 17.(iii) 18.(i) 19.(ii) 20.(iv)
21.(i) 22. (ii) 23.(iv) 24.(ii) 25. (i) 26.(i) 27. (ii) 28.(iii) 29.(iii) 30. (iv)

Terminal Test (Feb-March, 2019)

B.COM(H) Semester – II
Paper Code: BCOM-102 Time: 2½ Hours
Paper Title: Business Mathematics
Paper ID: 888102 Max. Marks: 60

(NOTE: Influencing evaluator by giving names, symbols etc in Answer Books would be
treated as UFMs)

(parts x weight-age per part)

Q1) Select the most appropriate answer (Multiple Choice Questions): (10 x 1)

1. Find the 9th term of an A.P. with first term - 5 and common difference is -2.
(i) 18 (ii)21(iii) -21 (iv) None of these.

2. Find the 20th term of the A.P 5,9,13,17……

(i) -11 (ii) 81 (iii) 72 (iv) 46

3. Which term of A.P is 1, 4, 7,……………is 52?

(i) -18 (ii) 18 (iii) -11 (iv) 81

4. 1,3,9,27 …… is a
(i) G.P (ii) A.P (iii) H.P (iv) None of these

5. If the 4th term of an A.P is 9 and 9th term is 19, then the series is
(i) 4,8,16 (ii) 3,5,7 (iii) 12,24,36 (iv) 1,2,4

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6. Sum of n terms of A.P having first term a and common difference d is

(i) n/2[2a+(n-1)d] (ii) a(1-rn)/(1-r) (iii) 2ab/(a+b) (iv) 2ab/(a+b)

7. If a= 3 and r = 2 then nth term of G.P is

(i) 2.3n-1 (ii) 3.2n (iii) 3.2n+1 (iv) 3.2n-1

8. How many 2 digits numbers are there which are divisible by 7 ?

(i) 13 (ii) 14 (iii) 15 (iv) 49

9.The sum of first 10 natural numbers is :

(i) 10 (ii) 55 (iii) 30 (iv) 100

10. Sum of first n terms of G.P having first term a and common ratio 1 is :
(i) a (ii) na (iii)an (iv) None of these

11. Find out how many different 4 digits number greater than 7000 can be formed from the
digits 3,4,7,8,9 without repetition?
(i) 70 (ii) 74 (iii) 72 (iv) 80

12. In how many ways can 7 students be seated in a circle ?

(i) 120 (ii) 360 (iii) 720 (iv) 1040

13.If np4= 10 np3 , then n is

(i). 10 (ii) 13 (iii) 20 (iv) 17

14.Number of 3 letter words that can be formed using the letters of the word SQUARE is :
(i) 60 (ii) 100 (iii) 120 (iv) 320

15. nprcan be written as :

(i)nCr (ii) rn Cr (iii) (n-r)n Cr (iv) None of these

16. Number of ways of selecting a committee of 3 persons out of 12 persons is :

(i) 220 (ii) 120 (iii) 60 (iv) 90

17. 5 C0 is :
(i) 0 (ii) 2 (iii) 1 (iv) 5

18. Number of distinct permutations of the letters of the word MISSISSIPPI is:
(i) 34650(ii) 226800 (iii) 7560 (iv) 64800

19. If the order of matrix A is m×p. And the order of B is p×n. Then the order of
matrix AB is :
(i) n × m (ii) m × n (iii) n × p (iv) m × p

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20. What is a, if
𝟏 𝟒
B=[ ]is a singular matrix?
𝟐 𝒂
(i) 5 (ii) 6 (iii) 7 (iv) 8

21. If A is a symmetric matrix, then At =

(i) A (ii) 0 (iii) I (iv) |A|

22. If |A| = 0, then A is

(i) Zero Matrix (ii) Singular Matrix (iii) Non- Singular Matrix (iv) None of these

𝟏 𝟐
23. If A is[ ]
𝟑 𝟒
Then |A| is?
(i) 0 (ii) 1(iii) 2 (iv) -2

𝟓 𝟐 𝟐 𝟒
24. If A = [ ] and B=[ ] then AB =
−𝟏 −𝟑 𝟔 𝟏
1 3 22 22 1 0 1 1
(i) [ ](ii) [ ](iii)[ ](iv) [ ]
7 2 −20 −7 0 1 1 1
𝟏 𝟐 𝟑
25. If A =[𝟏 𝟒 𝟐]
𝟐 𝟔 𝟓
Then rank(A) is?
(i) 2(ii) 1(iii)3(iv) None of these

𝟑 𝟒
26. Evaluate | |
𝟗 −𝟕

(i).-57 (ii) 36 (iii) 20 (iv) 57

𝟕 𝟓 𝟗
27. Given the matrix [𝟑 𝟖 𝟒] the minor of a32is :
𝟔 𝟐 𝟏

(i) 0 (ii) 1 (iii) 2 (iv) -1

28. (AB)-1 =
(i) AB (ii) A-1B-1(iii) B-1A-1(iv) None of these

29. Transpose of a square matrix is a

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(i) Rectangular matrix (ii)Diagonal matrix (iii)Square matrix(iv)Scalar matrix

𝟐 −𝟒 𝟔
30. If A = [ ]then At is given as :
𝟑 𝟏 𝟒
1 0 2 3
2 −4 2 −4 6
(i)[ ](ii)[0 1](iii)[ ](iv) [−4 1]
3 1 3 1 4
0 0 6 4

Q 2) Answer any TWO out of the following questions: (2 x 5)

a)The product of three numbers in G.P is 729, and the sum of their squares is 819. Determine the numbers.
b) Find the sum to n terms of the series : 5 + 55 + 555 +……
c) Find the numbers less than 1000 and divisible by 5 which can be formed with the digits
0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 such that each digit does not occur more than once in each number.
1 0 −4
d) If A= [−2 2 5] Find A-1.
3 −1 2
𝑥+9 𝑥 𝑥
e)Prove that | 𝑥 𝑥+9 𝑥 |= 243(x+3)
𝑥 𝑥 𝑥+9

Q 3) Answer any FOUR out of the following questions: (4 x 10)

a) How many different words can be formed with the letters of the word LOGARITHMS so that
(i) the letter L occupies the first place.
(ii) the letters L and S occupy , respectively the first and last place.
(iii) the vowels are always together.
(iv) the vowels occupy even places.
(v) the letters T,H,M are never together.
b) Find the number of combinations that can be made by taking 4 letters of the word “COMBINATION”.
c) Prove by method of mathematical induction
102n-1 + 1 is divisible by 11.
d) Prove by method of mathematical induction
1
2 + 7 + 12 + …….+ (5n-3) = 2 n(5n-1).

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e) Solve the following using cramer’srule :

x + 2y - 2z = -7, 2x - y + z = 6, x - y - 3z = -3.
f) Solve the sytem of following system of linear equations using elementary row operations.
x + 2y - 2z = -1
3x + y+ 4z = 17
5x - 3y + z = 2
5 3 1
g) Show that the matrix A = [ 2 −1 2 ] satisfies the equation A3 – 7A2– 5A + 13I = 0,
4 1 3
and hence deduce A-1.

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