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Sets, Relations, Statistics & Mathematical Reasoning
CHOOSE THE CORRECT ALTERNATIVE. ONLY ONE CHOICE IS CORRECT. HOWEVER, QUESTIONS MARKED ‘*’ MAY
HAVE MORE THAN ONE CORRECT OPTION.
1. If the mean deviation of the numbers 1, 1  d ,....., 1  100d from their mean is 255, then a value of d is :
(A) 10.1 (B) 20.2 (C) 10 (D) 5.05
2. Consider the following two statements :

P: If 7 is an odd number, then is divisible by 2 Q : If 7 is a prime number, then is an odd number.
If V1 is the value of the contra-positive of P and V 2 is the truth value of contra-positive of Q, then the
ordered pair (V 1 , V 2 ) equals :
(A) T , T  (B) T , F  (C)  F, T  (D)  F, F 

3. The mean of 5 observations is 5 and their variance is 124. If three of the observations are 1, 2 and 6; then the
mean deviation from the mean of the data is :
(A) 2.4 (B) 2.8 (C) 2.5 (D) 8.38
4. The contra-positive of the following statement, “If the side of a square doubles, then its area increases four
times”, is :
(A) If the side of a square is not doubled, then its area does not increase four times
(B) If the area of a square increases four times, then its side is doubled
(C) If the area of a square increases four times, then its side is not doubled
(D) If the area of a square does not increase four times, then its side is not doubled
5. In a certain town, 25% of the families own a phone and 15% own a car; 65% families own neither a phone
nor a car and 2,000 families own both a car and a phone. Consider the following three statements :
(a) 5% families own both a car and a phone
(b) 35% families own either a car or a phone
(c) 40,000 families live in the town.
Then,
(A) Only (a) and (b) are correct (B) Only (a) and (c) are correct
(C) Only (b) and (c) correct (D) All (a), (b) and (c) are correct
6. A factory is operating in two shifts, day and night, 70 and 30 respectively. If per day mean wage of the day
shift workers is Rs. 54 and per day mean wage of all the workers in Rs. 60, then per day mean wage of the
night shift workers (in Rs.) is :
(A) 66 (B) 69 (C) 74 (D) 75
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7. The contrapositive of the statement “If it is raining, then I will not come” is :
(A) If I will come, then it is not raining (B) If I will not come, then it is raining
(C) If I will not come, then it is not raining (D) If I will come, then it is raining
8. Consider the following statements :

P : Suman is brilliant Q : Suman is rich R : Suman is honest
The negation of the statement,
“Suman is brilliant and dishonest if and only if Suman is rich” can be equivalently expressed as :
(A)  Q   P  R (B)  Q   P  R (C)  Q  P   R (D) Q  P R
9. Let P be the relation defined on the set of all real numbers such that :
P  a, b  : sec 2

a  tan 2 b  1 . Then P is :
(A) reflexive and symmetric but not transitive (B) reflexive and transitive but not symmetric
(C) symmetric and transitive but not reflective (D) an equivalence relation
10. In a set of 2n distinct observations, each of the observation below the median of the all observations is
increased by 5 and each of the remaining observations is decreased by 3. Then the mean of the new set of
observations :
(A) increases by 1 (B) decreases by 1 (C) decreases by 2 (D) increases by 2
11. The contrapositive of the statement “I go to school if it does not rain” is :
(A) It is rains, I do not go to school (B) If I do not go to school, it rains
(C) If it rains, I go to school (D) If I go to school, it rains
12. The proposition   p   q     p  q  is logically equivalent to :

(A) p (B) q (C) p (D) q
13. Let X and M.D. be the mean and the mean deviation about X of n observations xi , i  1, 2,....., n. If each
of the observations is increased by 5, then the mean and the deviation about the new mean, respectively, are :
(A) X , M.D.  5 (B) X  5, M.D.  5 (C) X , M.D. (D) X  5, M.D.
14. Let p, q, r denote arbitrary statements. Then the logically equivalent of the statement P   q  r  is :
(A)  p  q   p   r (B)  p  q   p  r
(C)  p   q   p  r (D)  p  q  r
15. A relation on the set A   x : x  3, x  Z  , where Z is the set of integers is defined by
R   x, y  : y  x , x   1 . Then the number of elements in the power set of R is :

(A) 64 (B) 8 (C) 16 (D) 32
2
16. Let x , M and  be respectively the mean, mode and variance of n observations x 1 , x 2 ,...., x n and
di   xi  a, i  1, 2,...., n, where a is any number.
Statement I : Variance of d1, d2 ,...., dn is 2 .
Statement II : Mean and mode of d1, d2 ,...., dn are  x  a and  M  a, respectively.
(A) Statements I and statement II are both false (B) Statements I and statement II are both true
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17. The contrapositive of the statement “if I am not feeling well, then I will go to the doctor” is :
(A) If I am felling well, then I will not go to the doctor
(B) If I will go to the doctor, then I am feeling well
(C) If I will not go to the doctor, then I am feeling well
(D) If I will go to the doctor, then I am not felling well
18. The mean of a data set consisting of 20 observations is 40. If one observation 53 was wrongly recoded as 33,
then the correct mean will be :
(A) 41 (B) 49 (C) 40.5 (D) 42.5
19. Let A  1, 2, 3, 4 and R : A  A be the relation defined by : R  1, 1 ,  2, 3  ,  3, 4  ,  4, 2 . The
correct statement is :
(A) R does not have an inverse (B) R is not a one to one function
(C) R is an onto function (D) R is not a function
20. Mean of 5 observations is 7. If four of these observations are 6, 7, 8, 10 and one is missing then the variance
of all the five observations is :
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 2
21. Let R   3, 3 ,  5, 5  ,  9, 9  , 12, 12  ,  5, 12  ,  3, 9  ,  3, 12  ,  3, 5  be a relation on the set
A  3, 5, 9, 12. Then, R is :

(A) reflexive, symmetric but not transitive (B) symmetric, transitive but not reflexive
(C) an equivalence relation (D) reflexive, transitive but not symmetric
22. The statement p   q  p  is equivalent to :
(A) pq (B) p   p  q (C) p   p  q (D) p   p  q
23. For integers m and n, both greater than 1, consider the following three statements :
P : m divides n
R : m is prime
Q : m divides n2
Then :
(A) QR P (B) PQ  R (C) QR (D) QP
24. If the median and the range of four numbers  x, y, 2 x  y , x  y , where 0  y  x  2 y, are 10 and 28
respectively, then the mean of the numbers is :
(A) 18 (B) 10 (C) 5 (D) 14
25. Let R   x, y  : x, y  N and x 2


 4 xy  3 y 2  0 , where N is the set of all natural numbers. Then the
relation R is :
(A) reflexive but neither symmetric nor transitive
(B) symmetric and transitive
(C) reflexive and symmetric
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26. The Boolean Expression  p   q   q    p  q  is equivalent to :

(A) pq (B) pq (C) p q (D)  pq
27. The negation of  s    s  r  is equivalent to :
(A) s  r   s (B) sr (C) s  r (D) s  r   s
28. The mean of the data set comprising of 16 observations is 16. If one of the observation valued 16 is deleted
and three new observation valued 3, 4 and 5 are added to the data, then the mean of the resultant data is :
(A) 15.8 (B) 14.0 (C) 16.8 (D) 16.0
29. If X   4 n
 3n  1: n  N  and Y  9  n 1 : n  N , when N is the set of natural numbers, then X  Y
is equal to :
(A) YX (B) X (C) Y (D) N
30. The variance of first 50 even natural numbers is :

437 833
(A) 833 (B) 437 (C) (D)
4 4
31. The statement   p   q  is :

(A) equivalent to  p  q (B) a tautology
(C) a fallacy (D) equivalent to p  q
32. Consider :
Statement I :  p   q   p  q is a fallacy.
Statement II :  p  q   q   p  is a tautology.
(A) Statement I is false; Statement II is true

(B) Statement I is true; Statement II is true; Statement II is a correct explanation for Statement I
(C) Statement I is true; Statement II is true; Statement II is not a correct explanation for Statement I
(D) Statement I is true; Statement II is false
33. Let A and B be two sets containing 2 elements and 4 elements respectively. The number of subsets of A  B
having 3 or more elements is :
(A) 211 (B) 256 (C) 220 (D) 219

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Integer Answer Type Questions

The Answer to the following questions are positive integers of 1/2/3 digits and zero
34. If aN  ax : x  N  , then the set 3 N  7 N will be multiple of:
35. In a statistical investigation of 1003 families of Calcutta, it was found that 63 families has neither a radio nor
a T.V., 794 families has a radio and 187 has T.V. The number of families in that group having both a radio
and a T.V. is:
36. If two sets A and B are having 99 elements in common, then the number of elements common to each of the
sets A  B and B  A is (k )2 then k will be:
37. A survey shows that 63% of of the Americans like cheese whereas 76% like apples. If x% of the Americans
like both cheese and apples, then a value of x can be:
38. If n  A   3, n  B   6 and A  B . Then the number of elements in A  B is equal to:
39. The number of proper subsets of the set 1, 2, 3 is:
40. If n( A)  4, n  B   3, n( A  B  C )  24 , then n(C ) 
41. The number of elements in the set  a, b  : 2a 2


 3b 2  35a, a, b  Z , where Z is the set of all integers, is:
42. Given n(U )  20, n( A)  12, n( B )  9, n( A  B)  4 , where U is the universal set, A and B are subsets of U,

then n  A  B 
C

43. In a class of 30 pupils, 12 take needle work, 16 take physics and 18 take history. If all the 30 students take at
least one subject and no one takes all three then the number of pupil taking 2 subjects is:
44. A student obtains 75%, 80% and 85% in three subjects. If the marks of another subject is added, then his
average cannot be less than K % then K is:
45. The mean of 100 items is 49. It was discovered that three items which should have been 60, 70, 80 were
wrongly read as 40, 20, 50, respectively. The correct mean is:
46. The mean weight per student in a group of seven students is 55 kg. If the individual weights of six students
are 52, 58, 55, 53, 56 and 54, then the weight of the seventh student is m kg, then m is:
47. Let x1 , x2 ...., xn be n observations such that  xi2  400 and  xi  80 . Then least possible value of ‘n’
is:
48. If in a moderately asymmetrical distribution the mode and the mean of the data are 6 and 9 , respectively,
then the median is K  then K is:

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Sequence & Series
CHOOSE THE CORRECT ALTERNATIVE. ONLY ONE CHOICE IS CORRECT.

1. If the pth and qth terms of a GP are q and p, respectively, then (p + q)th term is :
1 1 1
 qp  p q  qq  p q  pq  p q
(A)  q  (B)  p (C)  p  (D) None of these
p  p  q 
     
2. The sum of the geometric progression 0.15, 0.015, 0.0015, . . . . 20 terms is :
1 20 1   0.120  1 20
(A) 1   0.1  (B) (C) 1   0.1  (D) None of these
6 
 
 
 
 6 
 
3. If 100 times the 100th term of an AP with non-zero common difference equals the 50 times its 50th term,
then the 150th term of this AP is :
(A) –150 (B) 150 times its 50th term
(C) 150 (D) Zero
3
1
4. If a1 , a2 , a3 , a4 are in HP, then
a1 a4  ar ar 1 is a root of :
r 1
(A) x 2  2 x  15  0 (B) x 2  2 x  15  0 (C) x 2  2 x  15  0 (D) x 2  2 x  15  0

n
a1 a a a
5. If a1 , a2 , a3 ,......, an are in HP and f  k    ar  ak , then , 2 , 3 ,....., n are in :
f 1 f  2  f  3 f n
r 1
(A) AP (B) GP (C) HP (D) None of these
100 100
6. Let an be the nth term of the GP of positive numbers. Let  a2n   and  a2n1   , such that    ,
n 1 n 1
then the common ratio is :
(A) / (B)  / (C)  /   (D)  /  
7. The sum of the product taken two at a time of the numbers 1, 2, 22 , 23 ,..... 2n  2 , 2n 1 is :
1 2n 2 1 2n 1 1 2n 1 1 2n 2
(A) .2  (B) . 2  2n  (C) .2  (D) . 2  2n 
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
8. In an AP, a7  9 and a1 a2 a7 is least, then the common difference is :
13 23 33 43
(A) (B) (C) (D)
20 20 20 20
  n   n 1   n2  
1  
9. Value of L  lim 1 k   2 k   3
 k   ......  n 1 is :

n  n 4        
  k 1   k 1   k 1  
(A) 1/24 (B) 1/12 (C) 1/6 (D) 1/3
10. Three numbers a, b, c between 2 and 18 such that
(i) a  b  c  25 (ii) 2, a, b are consecutive terms of an AP
(iii) b, c, 18 are consecutive terms of a GP
If G  Max a, b, c and L  Min a, b, c then the value of G + L is :
(A) 17 (B) 18 (C) 20 (D) 34

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11. If t r denotes the r th term of an G.P and t1 t5 t10 t16 t21 t25  512 , then the value of its 13th term is :
1
(A) 2 (B) (C) 2 (D) 2 2
2
12. If 1  3  5  7  . . . . 2 p  1   1  3  5  . . . .   2q  1   1  3  5  . . . .   2r  1 , then least possible
value of p  q  r (Given p  5 ) is :
(A) 24 (B) 32 (C) 27 (D) 25
20
13. If f (n)  1  2  3  ......  (n  1)  n , where n is a natural number, then  rf (r )  f ( x)  1 , then the
r 1
value of x is :
(A) 25 (B) 21 (C) 28 (D) 24
14. Coefficient of x0 in  x  a   x  b   x  c   x  d   x  e  . . . .  x  x0  is :
(A) Product of roots (B) Sum of roots (C) 1
(D) Depends on roots and number of roots
   n
a
15. If x  a
n0
n
,y  b , 0  a  b  1 and z    b 
n0
n
n 0
, then :
(A) x  yz  x  y  z  (B) xyz  x  y  z (C) xy  z  y  x  z  (D) None of these

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n
16. If 1.05 50  11.658 , then  1.05 equals :
n 1
(A) 208.34 (B) 212.12 (C) 212.16 (D) 213.16

17. Number of common terms of two sequences 17 , 21, 25 , . . . .417 and 16, 21, 26, . . . .466 are :
(A) 20 (B) 19 (C) 21 (D) 22
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18. Let tr = 2r/2 + 2–r/2. Then  tr2 is equal to :
r 1
221  1 221  1 221  1

(A)  20 (B)  19 (C) 1 (D) None of these
210 210 220
1 1 1
19. Value of    ....... n terms, is equal to :
3 7 7  11 11  15
1 1 1 1
(A) ( 4n  3  3) (B) ( 4n  3  3) (C) ( 4n  3  3) (D) ( 4n  3  3)
4 4 2 2
20. If a, b, c are three distinct positive real numbers, then :
1 1 1 1 1 1
(A) ( a  b  c)      9 (B) ( a  b  c)      9
a b c a b c
1 1 1 1 1 1
(C) ( a  b  c)      9 (D) ( a  b  c)      9
a b c a b c
21. In the given square, a diagonal is drawn, and parallel line segments joining points
on the adjacent sides are drawn on both sides of the diagonal. The length of the
1
diagonal is n 2 cm. If the distance between consecutive line segments be cm ,
2
then the sum of the lengths of all possible line segments and the diagonal is:
(A) n (n  1) 2 cm (B) n2 cm (C) n (n + 2) cm (D) n2 2 cm

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22. If 12 + 22 + 32 + ..... + 20032 = (2003) (4007) (334) and (1) (2003) + (2) (2002) + (3) (2001) + .... + (2003)
(1) = (2003) (334) (x), then x equals :
(A) 2005 (B) 2004 (C) 2003 (D) 2001
23. In a triangle ABC, which of the following holds goods :
(A) (a  b  c )3  27 (b  c  a) (c  a  b) (a  b  c)
(B) (a  b  c )3  27 (b  c  a) (c  a  b) (a  b  c )
27
(C) ( a  b  c )3  (b  c  a ) ( c  a  b ) ( a  b  c )
8
(D) None of these
24. Consider the A.P. a1, a2, .…., an, …. the G.P., b1, b2, …., bn, ….. such that a1 = b1 = 1; a9 = b9 and
9
 ar  369 , then :
r 1
(A) b6  27 (B) b7  27 (C) b8  81 (D) b9  18

3
25. Let x, y, z be positive real numbers such that x  y  z  12 and x3 y 4 z 5   0.1 600  . Then x3  y 3  z 3
is equal to :
(A) 270 (B) 258 (C) 342 (D) 216
26. Let a 1 , a 2 , a 3 ,...., an ,.... be in A.P. If a 3  a 7  a 11  a 15  72, then the sum of first 17 terms is equal to :
(A) 306 (B) 153 (C) 612 (D) 204
10
27. The sum   r 2  1   r ! is equal to :
r 1
(A) 11! (B) 10  11! (C) 101 10! (D) 11 11!
30
28. The value of   r  2  r  3 is equal to :
r  16
(A) 7785 (B) 7780 (C) 7775 (D) 7770
29. Given an A.P. whose terms are all positive integers. The sum of its first nine terms is greater than 200 and
less then 220. If the second term in it is 12, then its 4th term is :
(A) 8 (B) 16 (C) 20 (D) 24
3 5 7 k
30. If the sum 2  2 2

2 2 2
 ....  up to 20 terms is equal to , then k is equal to :
1 1 2 1 2 3 21
(A) 120 (B) 180 (C) 240 (D) 60
31. In a geometric progression, if the ratio of the sum of first 5 terms to the sum of their reciprocals is 49, and the
sum of the first and the third term is 35. Then the first term of this geometric progression is :
(A) 7 (B) 21 (C) 28 (D) 42
32. The sum of the first 20 terms common between has series 3  7  11  15  .... and 1  6  11  16  .... is :
(A) 4000 (B) 4020 (C) 4200 (D) 4220
1 1
33. Let G be the geometric mean of two positive numbers a and b, and M be the arithmetic mean of and .
a b
1
If : G is 4 : 5, then a : b can be :
M
(A) 1:2 (B) 2:3 (C) 1:4 (D) 3:4

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34. The least positive integer n such that 1  
2
 ..... 
n 1
 , is :
3 3 3 100
(A) 5 (B) 4 (C) 7 (D) 6
35. The number of terms in an A.P. is even; the sum of the odd terms in it is 24 and that the even terms is 30.
1
If the last terms exceeds the first term by 10 , then the number of terms in the A.P. is :
2
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 12 (D) 16
a 1  a 2  ....  a p p3 a6
36. Let a 1 , a 2 , a 3 ,.... be an A.P. such that  ; p  q . Then is equal to :
a 1  a 2  a 3  ....  aq q3 a 21
(A) 41/11 (B) 121/1681 (C) 11/ 41 (D) 121/1861
1 1
37. The sum of the series 1    .... upto 10 terms is :
1 2 1  2  3
18 22 20 16
(A) (B) (C) (D)
11 13 11 9
38. Given sum of the first n terms of an A.P. is 2n  3n 2 . Another A.P. is formed with the same first term and
double of the common difference, the sum of n terms of the new A.P. is :
(A) n  4n2 (B) 6n2  n (C) n 2  4n (D) 3n  2n 2
3 5 7
39. The sum    .... up to 11-tems is :
2 2 2
1 1 2 1  22  32
2
7 11 11 60
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 4 2 11
2 2 2
40. The sum of the series  2   2  4   3  6   .... upto 10 terms is :
(A) 11300 (B) 11200 (C) 12100 (D) 12300
41. Let the sum of the first three terms of an A.P. be 39 and the sum of its last four terms be 178. If the first term
of this A.P. is 10, then the median of the A.P. is :
(A) 26.5 (B) 28 (C) 29.5 (D) 31
5
1 k
42. If  n  n  1 n  2  n  3  3 , then k is equal to :
n 1
55 17 1 19
(A) (B) (C) (D)
336 105 6 112
43. The sum of the 3rd and 4th terms of a G.P. is 60 and the product of its first three terms is 1000. If the first term
of this G.P. is positive, then its 7th term is :
(A) 7290 (B) 320 (C) 640 (D) 2430
44. If a 1 , a 2 , a 3 ,....., an ,..... are in A.P. such that a4  a7  a10  m, then the sum of first 13 terms of this A.P.,
is :
(A) 10 m (B) 12 m (C) 13 m (D) 15 m
2 2 2 2
 3  2  1  4 16
45. If the sum of the first ten terms of the series  1    2    3   42   4   ...., is m, then m is
5
   5    5  5  5
equal to :
(A) 101 (B) 100 (C) 99 (D) 102

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46. The number of terms of an A.P. is even; the sum of the odd terms is 24, sum of the even terms is 30, and the
1
last term exceeds the first by 10 , then the number of terms in the series is:
2
47. In an increasing G.P., the sum of the first and last term is 66, the product of the second ant the last terms is
128 and the sum of the terms is 126. Then number of terms in the series is:
a 2  d 2
48. If a, b, c, d are in H.P., then value of is:
b2  c 2
22  1 32  2 4 2  3
49. If S     .... upto 10 terms, then [S] is equal to: (where [ ] the G.I.F.)
2 6 12
a c
50. If a, b, c are in G.P. and x, y, respectively be arithmetic means between a, b and b, c then the value of  is:
x y
bc c a a b
51. Minimum value of   , (for real positive numbers, a, b, c) is:
a b c
a b c
52. If a, b, c are the sides of a triangle, then the minimum value of   is equal to:
b  c  a c  a b a  b c
n i j
53. The value of 1  220 , then the value of n equals:
i 1 j 1 k 1
54. Let a sequence of number be as follows:

1
3 5
7 9 11
13 15 17 19
21 23 25 27 29
.............................................................
.............................................................
If t n is the first term of nth row then lim
n 
 
tn  n is equal to: S; then 2 S will be:
n
 n  1 !
55. Let U n 
 n  3 !
n  N . If Sn  U n , then nlim

3S n equals:
n 1
56. Let a1 , a2 , a3 , a4 and a5 be a five term geometric sequence satisfying the condition
0  a1  a2  a3  a4  a5  100 , where each term is an integer. Then the number of such five terms
geometric progression is:
57. If a, b, c are in G.P., a  b, c  a, b  c are in H.P., then a  4b  c is equal to:
1 1 2 1  2  ...  n
58. Sn  3
 3 3
 ...  ; n  1, 2,3,... then Sn is not greater than:
1 1 2 1  23  ...  n3
3
1/10
 x 2 y 4 z3w 
59. If x, y, z and w are positive integers such that x  2 y  3 z  4 w  50 , then maximum value of   is:
 16 
60.   
Let f ( x )  a 2  b 2  4a  6b  13 2 x 2  4 x  5 , where a, b  R such that f (0)  f (1)  f (2) .
8
1 
If a, A1 , A2 ...., A10 , b is an A.P. and a, H1, H 2 , ...., H10 , b is a H.P., then the value of 
10  r  4
A, H11 r  is:



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Quadratic Equations & Inequations
*1. Let a  0 , b  0 and c  0 . Then both the roots of the equation ax 2  bx  c  0 can :
(A) Be real and negative (B) Have negative real parts
(C) Be rational numbers (D) None of these
2. If x 2   a  3 x  a  0 has at least one positive root then :

(A) a    , 0    7 , 9 (B)   , 0   7 , 
(C) a    , 0    9,   (D) None of these
3. If x  R , then the expression 9 x  3x  1 assumes :

(A) All real values (B) All real values greater than O
(C) All real values greater than 3/4 (D) All real values greater than 1/4
9.32 x  6.3x  4
4. For all x  R . The values between which the expression lies are :
9.32 x  6.3 x  4
(A) 31 and 1 (B) 2 and 0 (C) 1 and 1 (D) None of these
*5. If a  b  c  d , then for any real non-zero , the quadratic equation  x  a  x  c    x  b  x  d   0,

has :
(A) Non-real roots (B) One real root between a and c
(C) One real root between b and d (D) Irrational roots
e e    ee
*6. Equation    0 has :
x  e x  x   e
(A) One real root in  e,   and other in    e, e 
(B) One real root in  e,   and other in   ,   e 
(C) Two real roots in    e,   e 
(D) No real root
7. If 0  a  b  c , and the roots, ,  of the equation ax 2  bx  c  0 are non real complex roots, then :
(A)    (B)  1 (C)  1 (D) None of these
*8. If a, b, c  R and the equality ax 2  bx  c  0 has complex roots which are reciprocal of each other, then
one has :
(A) b  a (B) b  c (C) ac (D) ba
xa
9. If for all real x, cannot lie between two limits, then :
x  bx  c 2
2
(A) b 2  4c 2 and a 2  c 2  ab (B) b 2  4c 2 and a 2  c 2  ab

(C) b 2  4c 2 and a 2  c 2  ab (D) b 2  4c 2 and a 2  c 2  ab

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ax 2  x  2
10. If f  x   has the range R when x  R , then :
a  x  2x2
 1   1 
(A)     , 1 (B)     , 3 (C) a  1, 3 (D) None of these
 8   8 
2 2 2 2
11. If x  R , then f  x    x  1   x  2    x  3   x  4  assumes its minimum value at :
(A) x  10 (B) x  2.5 (C) x  20 (D) x  40
12. The number of real roots of the equation x 4  x 4  20  22 is :

(A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 0 (D) 1
13. Let f (x) be a polynomial for which the remainders when divided by x  1, x  2 , x  3 respectively are 3, 7,
13. Then the remainder of f (x) when divided by  x  1 x  2  x  3 is :
(A) f  x (B) x2  x  1 (C) x2  1 (D) None
 1 1 1
14. If 0        , then the equation    0 has :
2 x  sin  x  sin  x  sin 
(A) Imaginary roots (B) Real and equal roots
(C) Real and unequal roots (D) Rational roots
15. If ,  be the roots of the equation  x  a  x  b   c  0  c  0  , then the roots of the equation
 x  c    x  c     c are :
(A) a and b + c (B) a + c and b (C) a + c and b + c (D) a and b
16. The values of x satisfying x 2  4 x  3   2 x  5   0 are:
(A) 4 ,  1  3 (B) 4, 1  3 (C) 4 , 1  3 (D) 4 , 1  3
 1   1
17. Let ,  be the roots of x 2  bx  1  0 . Then the equation whose roots are      and      is :
    
(A) x2  0 (B) x 2  2bx  4  0 (C) x 2  2bx  4  0 (D) x 2  bx  1  0
1
18. If x  7  4 3 , x  
x
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 3 (D) 2
1 1
19. What is the solution set of the inequality  ?
x 3 2
(A) x    ,  3   3,   (B) x    ,  5    3, 3   5,  
(C) x    ,  5   3,   (D) x    ,  3   5,  
2
x  5x  4
20. What is the solution set of the inequality 1 ?
x2  4
5   8  5 
(A) x  0, 2    ,   (B) x  0,    ,  
2   5 2 
 8 5 
(C) x  0,    ,   (D) None of these
 5   2 

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21. 
If the difference of the roots of the equation x 2  px  q  0 be unity, then p 2  4q2 is equal to : 
(A) 1  2q 2 (B) 1  2q 2 (C) 4 p  q 
2
(D) 2 p  q 
2
2 2
Solution set of the equation 32 x  2.3x  x  6  3    0 is :
2 x6
22.
(A) 3, 2 (B) 6,  1 (C) 2, 3 (D) 1,  6
23. If , ,  are the roots of the quadratic equation x3  px 2  qx  r  0 , then the value of   2  is equal to :
q2
(A) pq  3r (B) pq + r (C) pq  3r (D)
r
24. If y  ax 2  bx  c represents the curve given in the figure and
b 2  2  b  2ac  , where a  0 and AP = 3 units, then OP =

3 3
(A) (B)
2 4
(C) 3 (D) 6
25. The coefficient of x in a quadratic equation x 2  px  q  0 was taken as 17 in place of 13 and its roots were
found to be 2 and 15 . The roots of the original equation are :
(A) 2, 15 (B) 10, 3 (C) 10 ,  3 (D) 2 ,  15
26. If the equation  cos p  1 x 2  x cos p  sin p  0 in the variable x, has real roots, then p can take any value in
the interval :
  
(A)  0, 2  (B)   , 0  (C)  2 , 2  (D)  0,  
 
27. If a, b, c are in A.P. and if (b – c)x2 + (c – a) x + (a – b) = 0 and 2  c  a  x 2   b  c  x  0 have a common
root, then :
(A) a 2 , b2 , c 2 are in A.P. (B) a 2 , c 2 , b 2 are in A.P.
(C) a 2 ,c 2 , b 2 are in G.P. (D) None of these
 
28. If ,  are the roots of x 2  px  q  0 and also of x 2 n  p n x n  q n  0 and if , are the roots of
 
n
x n  1   x  1  0 , then n is :
(A) An odd integer (B) An even integer (C) Any integer (D) None of these
29.    
If log10 x 3  y 3  log10 x 2  y 2  xy  2 , then the maximum value of xy, for all x  0 , y  0 is :
(A) 2500 (B) 3000 (C) 1200 (D) 3500
30. The largest interval for which x12  x 9  x 4  x  1  0 is :

(A) 4  x  0 (B) 0  x 1 (C) 100  x  100 (D)   x  
1 1
31. If and are the roots of equation, ax 2  bx  1  0  a  0, a, b  R  , then the equation,
 
  
x x  b3  a3  3abx  0 has roots :
3 3
 
(A) 3 / 2 and 3 / 2 (B) 1/ 2 and 1/ 2 (C)  and  (D)  2 and  2

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32. The sum of the roots of the equation, x 2  2 x  3  4  0, is :
(A)  2 (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) 2
33. The equation 3 x 2  x  5  x  3, where x is real, has :

(A) no solution (B) exactly one solution
(C) exactly two solutions (D) exactly four solutions
34. If non-zero numbers b and c are such that min f  x   max g  x  , where f  x   x 2  2bx  2c 2 and
c
g  x    x 2  2cx  b 2  x  R  ; then lies in the interval :
b
 1 1 1   1 
(A)  0, 
 2
(B)  ,
2

2
(C) 
 2
, 2

(D)  2,  
35. The value of ‘a’ for which one root of the equation x 2   a  1 x  a 2  a  8  0 exceeds 2 and the other is
lesser than 2, are given by :
(A) 3  a  10 (B) a  10 (C) 2  a  3 (D) a  2
3p
36. If  and  are roots of the equation x 2  px   0 , such that     10, then p belongs to the set :
4
(A) 2,  5 (B)  3, 2 (C)  2, 5 (D) 3,  5
37. If the equations x 2  bx  1  0 and x 2  x  b  0 have a common root different from 1 , then b is equal
to :
(A) 2 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 3
 1
38. If x is a solution of the equation, 2 x  1  2 x  1  1,  x   , then 4 x 2  1 is equal to :
 2
3 1
(A) (B) (C) 2 (D) 2 2
4 2
39. If 2  3i is one of the roots of the equation 2 x3  9 x 2  kx  13  0, k  R, then the real root of this
equation:
(A) does not exist (B) exists and is equal to 1 2
(C) exists and is equal to 1 2 (D) exists and is equal to 1
2
40.   
If two roots of the equation,  a  1 x 4  x 2  1   a  1 x 2  x  1   0 are real and distinct, then the set of
all values of ‘a’ is :
 1   1   1  1
(A)   , 0 (B)   ,  2    2,   (C)  , 0    0,  (D)  0, 
 2   2   2  2
41. If  and  are roots of the equation, x 2  4 2 kx  2e 4 ln k  1  0 for some k, and  2  2  66, then
3  3 is equal to :
(A) 248 2 (B) 280 2 (C)  32 2 (D)  280 2
2
42. The complete set of values of a so that the equation x  (3  2a ) x  a  0 has exactly 1 root in (1, 2) is:
 2   10   2   10 
(A)  ,    ,   (B)  ,    ,  
 3  3   3  3 
 2  10   2  10 
(C)  ,  , (D)  ,    ,  
 3   3   3  3 

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43. The equation x 2  bx  c  0 has distinct roots. If 2 is subtracted from each root the result are the reciprocal
of the original roots, then the value of b 2  c 2 equals:
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5
44. If ,  are the roots of the quadratic equation x  px  q  0 and  ,  are the roots of x 2  px  r  0 then
2
(   ) (  ) is equal to:
(A) qr (B) qr (C) (q  r ) (D) ( p  q  r )
45. Minimum value of y  x 2  3x  5, x  [4, 1] is a. Then the value of [a] is; [.] denotes greatest integer
function
11
(A) 3 (B) (C) 0 (D) 9
4
46. Let a, b, c  R be such that a  b  c  0, a  b  c  0 and c > 0. If ‘’ and ‘’ are roots of the equation
ax 2  bx  c  0 , then value of       is : (where [.] denotes greatest integer of x)

(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 1 (D) 0
47. If a  0 and the equation ax 2  bx  c  0 has two roots  &  such that   3 and   2 which of the
following is always true?
(A) a ( a  | b |  c)  0 (B) a ( a  | b |  c)  0
(C) 9 a  3b  c  0 (D) (9a  3b  c ) (4a  2b  c )  0

48. The least integral value of m for which every solution of the inequality 1  x  2 is a solution of the
inequality x 2  mx  1  0
49. Let f ( x )  (a 2  a  2) x 2  (a  4) x  7, x  R. If unity lies between the roots of equation f ( x)  0 then the
number of integral values of a is:
50. The smallest positive integer P for which the expression x 2  2 px  3 p  4 is negative for at least one real x
is:
51. The sum of all integral values of  for which ( 2    2) x 2  (  2) x  1  x  R, is k. Then the value of
| k | is____ .
52. If exactly one root of the quadratic equation x 2  (a  1) x  2a  0 lies in the interval (0, 3), then the
smallest positive integer value of a is
53. The least integral value of `k  for which (k  1) x 2  (k  1) x  (k  1) is positive for all real value of x is:

54. If  and  are the roots of the quadratic equation 4 x 2  2 x  1  0, then the value of  ( r  r ) is:
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55. If the equation x 2  ax  12  0, x 2  bx  15  0 and x 2  (a  b) x  36  0 have a common positive root,

then b  2a is equal to_____ .
56. If ,  are the root of the equation x 2  x  1  0 then the value of  2020  2020 is ____.
57. Let ,  be the roots of x 2  4 x  A  0 and  ,  be the roots of x 2  36 x  B  0. If , , ,  form an

increasing G.P. and At  B then the value of t equals:
58. If 3 x 2  17 x  10  0 and x 2  5 x  m  0 has a common root, then the sum of all possible real values of `m
is A then the value of [A] is. [.] = greatest integer function
3
1 1 1 r
59. If r and s are variable satisfying the equation   . Then the value of   is:
rs r s s
60. Let `k  be a real number. The minimum number of distinct real roots possible of the equation
(3x 2  kx  3) ( x 2  kx  1)  0 is:
61. If ,  be the roots of 4 x 2  16 x    0 ,   R , such that 1    2 and 2    3 then the number of

integral solution of  is :
62. If equation and 2 x 2  3x  4  0 and ax 2  bx  c  0 have a common root and a, b, c  N . Then the
minimum value of a  b  c is:

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Straight Line
1. Given the triangle with vertices A (10, 4), B  4, 9  , C  2, 1 , the equation of median through B is :
(A) 3 x  4 y  92 (B) 13 x  16 y  92 (C) 13 x  61 y  9 (D) 3x  4 y  9
*2. The points on x  y  4 that lie at a distance 1 unit from the line 4 x  3 y  10  0 are :
(A)  3,  1 (B)  7, 11 (C) (3, 1) (D)  7 ,  11
3. The distance of the point (2, 3) from the line 2 x  3 y  9  0 measured along a line x  y  1  0 is :
1
(A) 4 2 (B) 2 2 (C) 2 (D)
2
4. The lines ax  by  c  0, bx  cy  a  0 and cx  ay  b  0  a  b  c  are concurrent, if :
(A) a3  b3  c 3  3abc  0 (B) a 2  b2  c 2  3abc  0

(C) a b c  0 (D) None of these
5. In what direction should a line be drawn through the point (1, 2) so that its point of intersection with the line
6
x  y  4 is at a distance of from the given point ?
3
(A) 75 (B) 60 (C) 90 (D) 45
6. The values of  and p, if the equation x cos   y sin   p is the normal form of the line 3 x  y  2  0 are:
(A) 210 , 1 (B) 210 , 2 (C) 220 , 3 (D) None of these
7. P is a point on either of the two lines y  3 x  2 at a distance 5 units from their point of intersection.
The coordinate of the foot of the perpendicular from P on the bisector of the angle between them are :
 45 3   45 3 
(A)  0 ,  or  0 ,  depending on which the point P is taken
 2   2 
 45 3   45 3  5 5 3
(B)  0 ,  (C)  0 ,  (D)  , 
 2   2  2 2 
8. A square of area 25 sq units is formed by taking two sides as 3x  4 y  k1 and 3x  4 y  k2 , then k1  k2 is:
(A) 5 units (B) 1 unit (C) 25 unit (D) None of these
9. If t1 and t2 are roots of the equation t 2   t  1  0 , where  is an arbitrary constant. Then, the line joining
   
the points at12 ,2at1 and at 22 ,2at2 always passes through a fixed point whose coordinates are :
(A) (a, 0) (B) (–a, 0) (C) (0, a) (D) (0, –a)
10. The straight line ax  by  c  0 where abc  0 will pass through the first quadrant if :
(A) ac  0 , bc  0 (B) c  0 & bc  0 (C) bc  0 & ac  0 (D) ac  0 & bc  0
11. A light ray coming along the line 3 x  4 y  5 gets reflected from the line ax  by  1 and goes along the line
5 x  12 y  10 . Then,
64 112 14 8 64 8 64 14
(A) a ,b (B) a ,b   (C) a ,b  (D) a ,b 
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12. The lines x  y  a and ax  y  1 intersect each other in the first quadrant. Then, the set of all possible
values of a in the interval :
(A)  1, 1 (B)  0,   (C) 1,   (D)  1,  
x
13. If (a, a2) falls inside the angle made by the lines, y  , x  0 and y  3 x, x  0 , then a  :
2
1   1  1
(A)  2 , 3 (B)  3,  2  (C)  0, 2  (D)  3,  
     
x y
14. Through the point P  ,   , where   0 the straight line   1 is drawn so as to form with coordinate
a b
axes a triangle of area S. If ab  0 , then the least value of S is :
(A)  (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) None of these
15. If the equal sides AB and AC (each equal to a) of a right angled isosceles  ABC be produced to P and Q so
that BP .CQ  AB 2 , then the line PQ always passes through the fixed point :
(A)  a, 0  (B)  0, a  (C)  a, a  (D) None of these
a1 b1 c1
16. If u  a1 x  b1 y  c1  0 and   a2 x  b2 y  c2  0 and   , then u  k  0 represents :
a2 b2 c2
(A) u=0 (B) A family of concurrent lines
(C) A family of parallel line (D) None of the above
17. A variable line is drawn through the origin O. Two points A and B are taken on the line such that
OA  1 and OB  2 unit . Through points A and B two lines are drawn making equal angle  with the line
AB. Then the locus of the point of intersection of the lines, is :
9  tan 2  9  tan2 
(A) x2  y 2  (B) x2  y 2 
4 4
9  tan2  9  2 tan 2 
(C) x2  y 2  (D) x2  y 2 
2 4
18. The point (4, 1) undergoes the following three transformation successively.
I. Reflection about the line y  x
II. Transformation through a distance 2 unit along the positive direction of X-axis.
III. Rotation through an angle of π/ 4 about the origin in the anti-clockwise direction.
The final position of the point is given by the coordinates.
 1 7   1 7 
(A) 
 2
, 
2
(B)  2 , 7 2  (C) 
 2
, 
2
(D)  2, 7 2 
19. If the line y  tan  x cut the curve x3  xy 2  2 x 2  2 y 2  3x  1  0 at the points A, B and C.
If OA, OB, OC are in H.P., then tan  is equal to :
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) 2
20. The number of points on the line x  y  4 which are unit distance apart from the line 2 x  2 y  5 is :
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 
21. The sides of a quadrilateral are given by xy  x  2  y  3  0 . The equation of the line parallel to
x  4 y  0 , which divides the quadrilateral into two equal regions, is :
(A) x  4 y 1  0 (B) x  4y 5  0 (C) x  4y 1  0 (D) x  4y 3  0

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22. The circumcentre of the triangle formed by the lines xy  2 x  2 y  4  0 and x  y  2  0 is :

(A)  0, 0  (B)  1,  1 (C)  1,  2  (D)  2 ,  2 
23. The equation 1  2k  x  1  k  y  k  0, k being parameter represents a family of lines. The line which
belongs to this family and is at a maximum distance from the point 1, 4  is :
(A) 33 x  12 y  7  0 (B) 12 x  33 y  7  0
(C) 4x  y  7  0 (D) 12 x  33 y  7  0
24. The diagonal of the rectangle formed by the lines x 2  7 x  6  0 and y 2  14 y  40  0 is :

(A) 5x  6 y  0 (B) 5x  6 y  0 (C) 6 x  5 y  14  0 (D) 6 x  5 y  14  0
25. A man at the crossing of two roads x  2 y  4  0 and 2 x  y  4  0 , starts walking along the bisector of the
acute angle between the roads and after covering a distance 2 km reaches the bank of a straight river at right
angle to its path. Then the co-ordinate(s) of the point where his path meets the bank is(are) :
4 4  4 4 
(A)   2,  2 (B)   2,   2
3 3  3 3 
4 4  4 4 
(C)   2 2,  2 (D)   3 2,  2
3 3  3 3 
26. If f  x  y   f  x  f  y  x, y  R and f 1  2 then area enclosed by 3 x  2 y  8 is :

1
(A) f (4) square units (B) f  6  square units
2
1 1
(C) f  6  square units (D) f  5  square units
3 3
27. ABCD is square whose vertices A, B, C and D are (0, 0), (2, 0), (2, 2) and (0, 2) respectively. This square is
rotated in the xy plane with an angle of 30 in anticlockwise direction about an axis passing through the
vertex A, then the equation of the diagonal BD of this rotated square is :
(A)  
3x  1  3 y  3 (B) 1  3  x  1  2  y  2
(C) 2  3  x  y  2 
3 1 (D) None of these
28. The Cartesian co-ordinates (x, y) of a point on a curve are given by x : y :1  t 3 : t 2  3 : t  1 where t is a
parameter, then the points given by t = a, b, c are collinear, if :
(A) abc  3  a  b  c   ab  bc  ca (B) 3abc  2  a  b  c   ab  bc  ca
(C) abc  2  a  b  c   3  ab  bc  ca  (D) None of these
 sin  cos  
29. If A   1,  1 and B(1, 1),   [–, ] are two points on the same side of the line
 3 2 
3 x  2 y  1  0 , then  belongs to the interval :
 3    
(A)   ,     ,  (B)   ,   (C)  (D) None of these
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30. If p1 , p2 , p3 be the length of perpendiculars from the points (m2 , 2m) , (mm' , m  m' ) and (m' 2 , 2 m' )
sin 2 
respectively on the line x cos   y sin    0, then p1 , p2 , p3 are in :
cos 
(A) A.P. (B) G.P. (C) H .P. (D) None of these
31. The vertices of a triangle are A (x1, x1 tan  ), B (x2, x2 tan  ) and C (x3, x3 tan  ). If the circumcentre of
ABC coincides with the origin and H (a, b) be its orthocentre, then a/b is equal to :
cos   cos   cos  sin   sin   sin 
(A) (B)
cos  cos  cos  sin  sin  sin 
tan   tan   tan  cos   cos  cos 
(C) (D)
tan  tan  tan  sin   sin   sin 
32. The equation  x  2  2  y 2   x  2 2  y 2  4 represents :

(A) a circle (B) a line (C) a parabola (D) an ellipse
33. If the point  cos  , sin  does not fall in that angle between the lines y  x  1 in which the origin lies,
then  belongs to :
  3    
(A)  ,  (B)  ,  (C)  0,   (D) None of these
2 2   2 2
34.  
The point  2 ,   1 lies in the angle between the lines 3 x  4 y  1  0 and x  2 y  5  0 containing the
origin, then   can be (where [.] denotes the greater integer function) :
(A) 1 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 4
x y x y
35. A variable straight line through the point of intersection of the lines   1 and   1 meets the
3 4 4 3
coordinate axes in A and B. If locus of the mid point of AB is 2xy  k  x  y  , then the value of 343 k must
be :
(A) 855 (B) 588 (C) 577 (D) 686
36. If m1 and m2 are the roots of the equation x 2    
3  2 x 
3  1  0 and if area of the triangle formed by
2
 
the lines y  m1x, y  m2 x, and y  c is  a  b  c , then the value of 2008 a 2  b2 must be :
(A) 2255 (B) 5522 (C) 3344 (D) 4433
37. If all the 3 vertices of an isosceles right angle triangle be integral points and length of base is also an integer,
then which of the point is never a rational point (A point P (x, y) is integer point if both x and y are integers
and point is rational, if both x and y are rational) :
(A) Centroid (B) Incentre (C) Cirucumcentre (D) Orthocentre
38. The point  2, 1 is translated parallel to the line L : x  y  4 by 2 3 units. If the new point Q lies in the
third quadrant, then the equation of the passing through Q and perpendicular to L is :
(A) x y  2 6 (B) x  y  3  3 6 (C) x  y  3  2 6 (D) 2x  2 y  1  6
39. A ray light is incident along a line which meets another line, 7 x  y  1  0, at the point  0, 1 . the ray is
then reflected from this point along the line, y  2 x  1. Then the equation of the line of incidence of the ray
of light is :
(A) 41x  38 y  38  0 (B) 41x  25 y  25  0
(C) 41x  38 y  38  0 (D) 41x  25 y  25  0

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40. A straight line through origin O meets the lines 3 y  10  4 x and 8 x  6 y  5  0 at points A and B
respectively. Then O divides the segment AB in the ratio :
(A) 2:3 (B) 1:2 (C) 4:1 (D) 3:4
 8
41. The points  0,  , 1, 3  and  82, 30  :
 3
(A) form an obtuse angled triangle (B) form an acute angled triangle
(C) form a right angled triangle (D) lie on a straight line
42. Let L be the line passing through the point P 1, 2  such that its intercepted segment between the co-ordinate
axes is bisected at P. If L1 is the line perpendicular to L and passing through the point   2, 1 , then the
point of intersection of L and L1 is :
 4 12   11 29   3 17   3 23 
(A)  ,  (B)  ,  (C)  ,  (D)  , 
5 5   20 10   10 5   5 10 
43. A straight line L through the point  3,  2  is inclined at an angle of 60° to the line 3 x  y  1. If L also
intersects the x-axis, then the equation of L is :
(A) y  3x  2  3 3  0 (B) y  3x  2  3 3  0
(C) 3y  x  3 2 3  0 (D) 3y  x  3 2 3  0
44. If the incentre of an equilateral triangle is 1, 1 and the equation of its one side is 3 x  4 y  3  0, then the
equation of the circumcircle of this triangle is :
(A) x2  y 2  2 x  2 y  2  0 (B) x 2  y 2  2 x  2 y  14  0
(C) x2  y 2  2 x  2 y  2  0 (D) x2  y 2  2 x  2 y  7  0
45. The base of an equilateral triangle is along the line given by 3 x  4 y  9. If a vertex of the triangle is 1, 2  ,
then the length of a side of the triangle is :
2 3 4 3 4 3 2 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
15 15 5 5
46. If a line intercepted between the coordinate axes is trisected at a point A  4, 3 , which is nearer to x-axis,
then its equation is :
(A) 4x  3 y  4 (B) x  3 y  13 (C) 3 x  2 y  18 (D) 3 x  8 y  36
47. The circumcentre of a triangle lies at the origin its centroid is the mid point of the line segment joining the
 
points a 2  1, a 2  1 and  2a,  2a  , a  0. Then for any a, the orthocentre of this triangle lies on the line:
(A) y  2ax  0 (B) 

y  a2  1 x  0 
2 2
(C) yx  0 (D)  a  1 x   a  1 y  0
48. If a line L is perpendicular to the line 5 x  y  1, and the area of the triangle formed by the line L and the
coordinate axes is 5, then the distance of line L from the line x  5 y  0 is :
7 5 7 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
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49. A light ray emerging from the point source placed at P 1, 3 is reflected at a point Q in the axis of x. If the
reflected ray passes through the point R  6, 7  , then the abscissa of Q is :
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 7/2 (D) 5/ 2
50. If the three lines x  3 y  p, ax  2 y  q and ax  y  r form a right-angled triangle then :

(A) a 2  9a  18  0 (B) a 2  6a  12  0 (C) a 2  6a  18  0 (D) a 2  9a  12  0
51. If the x-intercept of some line L is double as that of the line, 3 x  4 y  12 and the y-intercept of L is half as
that of the same line, then the slope of L is :
(A) 3 (B)  3/ 8 (C)  3/ 2 (D)  3/16
52. If the extremities of the base of an isosceles triangle are the points  2a, 0  and  0, a  and the equation of
one of the sides is x  2a , then the area of the triangle, in square units is :
5 2 5 2 25a 2
(A) a (B) a (C) (D) 5a 2
4 2 4
53. Let 1 be the angle between two lines 2 x  3 y  c 1  0 and  x  5 y  c 2  0, and 2 be the angle between
two lines 2 x  3 y  c 1  0 and  x  5 y  c 3  0, where c 1 , c2 , c3 are any real numbers :
Statement 1 : If c 2 and c 3 are proportional, then 1  2 .
Statement 2 : 1  2 for all c 2 and c 3 .
(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.

54. If n1 is the number of points on the line 3 x  4 y  5 which is at distance of 1  sin 2  units from (2, 3) and
n2 denotes the number of points on the line 3 x  4 y  5 which is at distance of sec 2   2 cos ec 2  units
from (1, 3), then find the sum of roots of equations n2 x 2  6 x  n1  0.
55. The slopes of three sides of a triangle ABC are -1, -2, 3 respectively. If the orthocenter of triangle ABC is
a
origin, then the locus of its centroid is y  x where a, b are relatively prime then b  a is equal to.
b
56. Consider two lines L1  x  y  0 and L2  x  y  0 and a moving point P ( x, y ). Let d ( P, Li ), i  1, 2

represents the perpendicular distance of the point P from Li . If point P moves in certain region R in such a
2
A
way that  d ( P, Li )  [2, 4]. Let the area of region R is A, then find 4
.
i 1

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57. A variable line L1 cuts y  3x  1 and y  2 x  3 at points P1 and P2 . If the locus of midpoints of P1 and P2 is
p
lines L2 with undefined slope where slope of L1 is constant. If slope of L1 is , where p, q are coprime
q
natural number, then find p + q.
58. Let A,B,C lies on lines y  x, y  2 x and y  3 x respectively. Also AB passes through fixed point (1,0), BC
passes through fixed point (0, -1), then AC also passes through fixed point (h, k), find the value of h + k.
59. In a ABC , the vertex A is (1,1) and orthocenter is (2,4). If the sides AB and BC are members of the family
of straight lines ax  by  c  0. Where a, b, c are in A.P. then the coordinates of vertex C are (h, k). Find the
value of 2h  12k .
60. Let P be any point on the line x  y  3  0 and A be a fixed point (3,4). If the family of lines given by the
equation (3sec   5cos ec ) x  (7sec   3cos ec ) y  11(sec   cos ec )  0 are concurrent at a point B for
all permissible values of θ and maximum value of | PA  PB |  2 2n (n  N ), then find the value of n.
61. The base of an isosceles triangle is the intercept made by the line x  2 y  4 with the coordinate axes. If the
equations of the equations of the equal sides be x  4 and y  mx  c then find the value of 8m  c.
62. The equation of a line through the mid point of the sides AB and AD of rhombus ABCD, whose one diagonal
is 3 x  4 y  5  0 and one vertex is A(3,1) is ax  by  c  0. Find the absolute value of (a  b  c) where
a, b, c are integers expressed in lowest form.
63. In a ABC , A  (, ), B (1, 2), C (2,3) and point A lies on line y  2 x  3, where ,   I . If the area of
ABC be such that area of triangle lies in interval [2,3). Find the number of all possible coordinates of A.
64. Consider ABC with A(m  m  1), B (1, 0), C (l , l , 1) is such that a line of slope 2, drawn through centroid
of ABC meets the circumcentre of ABC on y-axis, then find the value of l  m.
65. Find the area of the triangle formed by the line x  y  3 and angle bisector of the pair of straight lines
x2  y 2  2 y  1  0
66. Find the area enclosed by the graphs of | x  y |  2 and | x |  1 is ___ .
67. A piece of cheese is located at (12, 10) in a coordinate plane. A mouse is at (4, -2) and is running up the line
y  5 x  18. At the point (a, b) the mouse starts getting farther from the cheese rather than closer to it. The
value of (a  b) is
68. The line x  c cuts the triangle with corners (0,0), (1,1) and (9,1) into two regions. For the area of the two
regions to be the same c must be equal to:

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Circles
1. The equation of a circle with origin as centre and passing through the vertices of an equilateral triangle
whose median is of length 3a is :
(A) x 2  y 2  9a 2 (B) x 2  y 2  16a 2 (C) x 2  y 2  4a 2 (D) x2  y 2  a 2
2. The circles x 2  y 2  2 g1 x  a 2  0 and x 2  y 2  2 g 2 x  a 2  0 cut each other orthogonally. If p1 and p2 are

perpendicular from (0, a) and  0,  a  on a common tangent of these circles, then p1 p2 is equal to :
(A) a2 2 (B) a2 (C) 2a 2 (D) a2  2
3. A rhombus is inscribed in the region common to the two circles x 2  y 2  4 x  12  0 and

x 2  y 2  4 x  12  0 with two of its vertices on the line joining the centres of the circles. The area of the
rhombus is :
(A) 8 3 sq. units (B) 4 3 sq. units (C) 6 3 sq. units (D) None of these
4. Two circles with radii a and b touch each other externally such that  is the angle between the direct
common tangents (a < b  2), then :
 a b   ab  ab  a b 
(A)   2 cos 1   (B)   2 tan 1   (C)   2 sin 1   (D)   2 sin 1  
 ab  a b   a b   ab
5. If the area of the quadrilateral formed by the tangent from the origin to the circle x 2  y 2  6 x  10 y  c  0
and the pair of radii at the points of contact of these tangents to the circle is 8 sq. units, then c is a root of the
equation :
(A) c 2  32c  64  0 (B) c 2  34c  64  0 (C) c 2  2c  64  0 (D) c 2  34c  64  0
6. Any chord of the circle x 2  y 2  25 subtends a right angle at the centre. Then, the locus of the centroid of
the triangle made by the chord and a moving point P on the circle is :
(A) Parabola (B) Circle (C) Rectangular hyperbola (D) Ellipse
7. Find the equation of the circle passing through 1, 0  and  0, 1 and having the smallest possible radius :
(A) x2  y 2  x  y  0 (B) x2  y 2  x  y  0
(C) x2  y 2  2 x  2 y  0 (D) x2  y 2  2 x  2 y  0
2 2
8. The circles  x  a    x  b   c 2 and  x  b 2   y  a 2  c 2 touch each other, then :
(A) a  b  2c (B) ab 2c (C) ab c (D) a  b2  c
9. If 42  5m 2  6  1  0 and the line x  my  1  0 , touches a fixed circle, then :

(A) The centre of the circle is at the point (4, 0) (B) The radius of the circle is equal to 5
(C) The circle passes through origin (D) None of these
n
10. If 1   x   1  8 x  24 x 2  ........ and a line through P  , n  cuts the circle x 2  y 2  4 in A and B, then
PA . PB is equal to :
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 16 (D) 32

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11. One of the diameter of the circle circumscribing the rectangle ABCD is 4 y  x  7 . If A and B are the points
 3, 4  and  5, 4  respectively, then the area of rectangle is :
(A) 16 sq. unit (B) 24 sq. unit (C) 32 sq. unit (D) 48 sq. unit
12. If the circles x2 + y2 + 2ax + c = 0 and x2 + y2 + 2by + c = 0 touch each other then :
1 1 2
(A) a 2 + b 2 = c  1 (B) a2 + b2 = c 2 (C) a + b = 2c (D)  
a b c
13. The range of values of  for which the circles x2 + y2 = 4 and x2 + y2  4x + 9 = 0 have two common
tangents, is:
 13 13  13 13
(A)    ,  (B)  or   
 8 8  8 8
13
(C) 1  (D) None of these
8
14. The range of values of m for which the line y = mx + 2 cuts the circle x2 + y2 = 1 at distinct or coincident
points is:
(A) 
 ,  3    3 ,    (B)  3 , 3 
 
(C)  
 3,   [3, + ) (D) None of these
15. The length of the tangents from any point on the circle 15x2 + 15y2  48x + 64y = 0 to the two circles
5x2 + 5y2  24x + 32y + 75 = 0, 5x2 + 5y2  48x + 64y + 300 = 0
are in the ratio :
(A) 1:2 (B) 2:3 (C) 3:4 (D) None of these
16. The equation of a circle which cuts off the three circles
x2 + y2  3x  6y + 14 = 0 ; x2 + y2  x  4y + 8 = 0 and x2 + y2 + 2x  6y + 9 = 0
Orthogonally is:
(A) x2 + y2  2x  4y + 1 = 0 (B) x2 + y2 + 2x + 4y + 1 = 0
(C) x2 + y2  2x + 4y + 1 = 0 (D) x2 + y2  2x  4y  1 = 0
17. The triangle PQR is inscribed in the circle x2 + y2 = 25. If Q and R have co-ordinates (3, 4) and (–4, 3)
respectively, then  QPR is equal to :
   
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 3 4 6
18. AB is diameter of a circle and C is any point on the circumference of the circle. Then :
(A) The area of  ABC is maximum when it is isosceles
(B) The area of  ABC is minimum when it is isosceles
(C) The perimeter of  ABC is minimum when it is isosceles
(D) None of these
19. A circle passes through the points A(1, 0), B(5, 0) and touches the Y axis at C(0, h). If ACB is maximum,
then :
(A) h 5 (B) h2 5 (C) h  10 (D) h  2 10
20. If one of the diameter of the circle x 2  y 2  2 x  6 y  6  0 is a chord to the circle with centre  2, 1 , then
the radius of the circle is :
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 2

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PA
21. If A and B are two given points in a plane such that  k (constant) for all P on a given circle, then the
PB
value of k can’t be equal to :
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 2
22. Tangents PA and PB are drawn to x2 + y2 = 4 from the point P(3, 0). Area of triangle PAB is equal to :
5 1 10 20
(A) 5 sq. units (B) 5 sq. units (C) 5 sq. units (D) 5 sq. units
9 3 9 3
23. If the equation of a given circle is x2 + y2 = 36, then the length of the chord which lies along the line
3x + 4y  15 = 0 is :
(A) 3 6 (B) 2 3 (C) 6 3 (D) None of these
24. The circles x2 + y2 + 2x  2y + 1 = 0 and x2 + y2  2x  2y + 1 = 0 touch each other :
(A) Externally at (0, 1) (B) Internally ay (0, 1)
(C) Externally at (1, 0) (D) Internally at (1, 0)
25. The locus of the mid points of the chords of the circle x 2  y 2  4 which subtend a right angle at the origin
is :
(A) x2  y 2  1 (B) x2  y 2  2 (C) x  y 1 (D) x y  2
26. The line ax  by  c  0 is normal to the circle x 2  y 2  2 gx  2 fy  d  0 , if :

(A) ag  bf  c  0 (B) ag  bf  c  0 (C) ag  bf  c  0 (D) ag  bf  c  0
27. A circle passes through   2, 4  and touches the y-axis at  0, 2  . Which one of the following equations can
represent a diameter of this circle ?
(A) 4 x  5 y  6  0 (B) 2 x  3 y  10  0 (C) 3x  4 y  3  0 (D) 5x  2 y  4  0
28. Equation of the tangent to the circle, at the point 1,  1 , whose centre is the point of intersection of the
straight lines x  y  1 and 2 x  y  3 is :
(A) 4x  y  3  0 (B) x  4y  3  0 (C) 3x  y  4  0 (D) x  3y  4  0
29. If y  3 x  0 is the equation of a chord of the circle, x 2  y 2  30 x  0 , then the equation of the circle with
this chord as diameter is :
(A) x 2  y 2  3x  9 y  0 (B) x 2  y 2  3x  9 y  0
(C) x 2  y 2  3x  9 y  0 (D) x 2  y 2  3x  9 y  0
30. If the tangent to the conic, y  6  x 2 at  2, 10  touches the circle, x 2  y 2  8x  2 y  k (for some fixed k)
at a point  ,   , then  ,   is :
 6 10   8 2  4 1   7 6 
(A)  ,  (B)  ,  (C)  ,  (D)  , 
 17 17   17 17   17 17   17 17 
31. If a circle passing through the point  1, 0  touches y-axis at  0, 2  , then the length of the chord of the
circle along the x-axis is :
3 5
(A) (B) (C) 3 (D) 5
2 2
32. If the point 1, 4  lies inside the set circle x 2  y 2  6 x  10 y  p  0 and the circle does not touch or
intersect the coordinate axes, then the set of all possible values of p is the interval :
(A)  0, 25  (B)  25, 39  (C)  9, 25 (D)  25, 29 

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33. The set of all real values of  for which exactly two common tangents can be drawn to the circles
x 2  y 2  4 x  4 y  6  0 and x 2  y 2  10 x  10 y    0 is the interval :
(A) 12, 32  (B) 18, 42  (C) 12, 24  (D) 18, 48
34. For the two circles x 2  y 2  16 and x 2  y 2  2 y  0, there is/are :
(A) three common tangents (B) no common tangent
(C) two pairs of common tangents (D) one pair of common tangents
35. The equation of the circle described on the chord 3 x  y  5  0 of the circle x 2  y 2  16 as diameter is :
(A) x 2  y 2  3x  y  11  0 (B) x 2  y 2  3x  y  1  0
(C) x 2  y 2  3x  y  2  0 (D) x 2  y 2  3x  y  22  0
36. If each of the lines 5 x  8 y  13 and 4 x  y  3 contains a diameter of the circle
   
x 2  y 2  2 a 2  7a  11 x  2 a 2  6a  6 y  b3  1  0, then :
(A) a  5 and b   1, 1 (B) a  2 and b   1, 1
(C) a  2 and b    , 1 (D) a  5 and b    , 1
37. If a circle C passing through (4, 0) touches the circle x 2  y 2  4 x  6 y  12  0 externally at a point
1,  1 , then the radius of the circle C is :
(A) 5 (B) 2 5 (C) 4 (D) 57
38. If two vertices of an equilateral triangle are A   a, 0  and B  a, 0  , a  0, and the third vertex C lies above
x-axis then the equation of the circumcircle of  ABC is :
(A) 3 x 2  3 y 2  2 3ay  3a 2 (B) 3 x 2  3 y 2  2ay  3a 2
(C) x 2  y 2  2ay  a 2 (D) x 2  y 2  3ay  a 2
39.  
If the circle x 2  y 2  6 x  8 y  25  a 2  0 touches the axis of x, then a equals :
(A) 0 (B) 4 (C) 2 (D) 3

40. A circle with centre in the first quadrant is tangent to y  x  10, y  x  6 and the Y  axis. Let  p, q  be the
centre of the circle. If the value of  p  q   a  b a , when a, b  Q. then the value of a  b is
41. If the circles x2  y 2   3  sin   x  2cos y  0 and x2  y 2   2 cos   x  2y  0 touch each other, then
the maximum value of  is
42. Consider the circles C1 of radius a and C2 of radius b, b  a both lying in the first quadrant and touching the
b
coordinate axes. C1 and C2 touch each other and     ,   prime number and   whole number,
a
then    is

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43. The circles x2  y 2  2 x  3 y  c  0  c  0  and x2  y 2  x  2 y  c  0 intersect orthogonally, then the

value of 2c is
44. If  is the radius of a circle having the lines x2  2 xy  3x  6 y  0 as its normals and having size just
sufficient to contain the circle x  x  4   y  y  3   0 , then 2 is
45. The circle x2  y 2  4 x  4 y  4  0 is inscribed in a triangle which has two of its sides along the coordinate
1
axes. The locus of the circumcenter of the triangle is x  y  xy  k  x 2  y 2  2
 0. then k is
n
46. If 1  x   1  8 x  24 x 2  ...... and a line through P  , n  cuts the circle x2  y 2  4 in A and B, then
PA.PB is equal to
47. Let   x, y   0 be the equation of a circle. If   0,    0 has equal roots   2, 2 and   , 0   0 has roots
4
 ,5. If the centre of the circle is  ,   then 10  3 is
5
48. The point 1, 4  lies inside the circle x2  y 2  6 x  10 y    0. If the circle neither touches nor cuts the
axes, then the difference between the maximum and the minimum possible values of  is
49. Consider the family of circles x2  y 2  2 x  2y  8  0 passing through two fixed points A and B . Then
the distance between the points A and B is
50. If a circle S  x, y   0 touches the point  2,3  of the line x  y  5 and S 1, 2   0, then radius of such
1
circle is units, then the value of  2 is .

51. A circle x 2  y 2  4 x  2 2 y  c  0 is the director circle of the circle C1 and C1 is the director circle of
circle C2 and so on. If the sum of radii of all these circles is 2 and if c   2, then the value of  is
52. The length of a common internal tangent of two circles is 5 and that of a common external tangent is 13. If
the product of the radii of two circles is , then the value of  is
2 2
53. If ax  by  5  0 is the equation of the chord of the circle  x  3    y  4   4, which passes through
 2, 3 and  2, 3 is at the minimum distance from the centre of the circle, then a 2021  b 2021 is
54. If  a, b  be coordinates of the centre of the smallest circle which cuts the circle x2  y 2  2 x  4 y  4  0 and
x2  y 2  10 x  12 y  52  0 orthogonally, then a  b is

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Complex Numbers
1. If g(x) and h(x) are two polynomials such that the polynomial P  x   g x 3  xh x 3     is divisible by
x 2  x  1 , then which of the following is not correct ?

(A) g 1  h 1  0 (B) g 1  h 1  0 (C) g 1  h 1 (D) g 1  h 1  0
2. Let z   2  be a complex number such that log1 2 z  2  log1 2 z then :

(A) Re(z) > 1 (B) Im(z) > 1 (C) Re(z) < 1 (D) Im(z) < 1
5  12i  5  12i
3. 
5  12i  5  12i
3 3 3 3
(A)  i (B) i (C)  (D)
2 2 2 2
4. If z1, z2 are two complex numbers such that Im  z1  z2   0 , Im  z1z2   0 , then :
(A) z1   z2 (B) z1  z2 (C) z1  z2 (D) None of these
5. The general values of  which satisfy the equation

 cos   i sin   cos 3  i sin 3  cos 5  i sin 5  . . . cos  2n  1  i sin  2n  1   1 is :
(where r is an integer)
r 2r  2r  1 
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
n2 n2 n2
6. If ai  1, i  0 for i  1, 2 , 3, . . .n and 1  2  . . .  n  1 then the value of 1a1  2 a2  . . .  n an is
:
(A) Equal to 1 (B) Less than 1 (C) Greater than 1 (D) None of these
 1  1   1  1   1  1   1  1 
7. The value of the expression 1   1  2    2    2  2    3    3  2   . . .   n    n  2  ,
                   
where  is a non-zero complex cube root of unity is:
(A)

n n2  2  (B)

n n2  2  (C)

n n2  1  (D)

n n2  1 
3 3 3 3
2
8. If  is a non-real cube root of unity, then minimum value of a  b  c (where a, b, c are integers but
not all equal) is :
(A) 0 (B) 3/2 (C) 1 (D) 2
z
9. If z  1 and z   1 , then all the values of lie on :
1  z2
(A) the real axis (B) the imag. axis (C) a circle (D) a parabola
n
b 
10. If  a1  ib1  a2  ib2  . . . an  ibn   A  iB , then  tan 1  akk  is equal to :
k 1
 A B  A B
(A) tan1   (B) tan1   (C)   (D)  
B  A B  A

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11. Let z  cos   i sin  , then the value of  Im  z
m 1
2 m 1
 at  = 2 is :
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
sin 2 2 sin 2 3 sin 2 4 sin 2
12. If cos A  cos B  cos C  0, sin A  sin B  sin C  0 and A  B  C  180
then the value of cos 3 A  cos 3B  cos 3C is :
(A) 3 (B) –3 (C) 3 (D)  3
(cos x  i sin x )(cos y  i sin y )

13. A  iB form of is :
(cot u  i )(1  i tan v)
(A) sin u cos v [cos( x  y  u  v)  i sin( x  y  u  v )]
(B) sin u cos v [cos( x  y  u  v)  i sin( x  y  u  v )]
(C) sin u cos v [cos( x  y  u  v)  i sin( x  y  u  v)]
(D) None of these
 2 z 2  2 z 3
14. If logtan 30    2 then :
 z 1 
 
3 3
(A) z  (B) z  (C) z 2 (D) z 2
2 2
  
tan   i  sin  cos 
 2 2
15. If is purely imaginary, then  is given by :

1  2i sin
2
  
(A) n  (B) n  (C)  2n  1  (D) 2n 
4 4 4
c n
16. If 1  c 2  nc  1 and z  ei  , then 1  nz  1   is equal to :
2n  z
(A) 1  c cos  (B) 1  2c cos  (C) 1  c cos  (D) 1  2c cos 
17.    
If z1 z2  C , z12  z22  R, z1 z12  3z22  2 and z2 3z12  z22  11 , then the value of z12  z22 is :
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 10 (D) 12
18. The solution of the equation | z |  z  1  2i is
3 3 3 3
(A) 2 i (B)  2i (C)  2i (D) 2  i
2 2 2 2
PARAGRAPH FOR QUESTIONS 19 - 21
2 2 2
Consider the complex numbers z1 and z2 satisfying the relation z1  z2  z1  z2
19. Complex number z1z2 is :
(A) purely real (B) purely imaginary (C) zero (D) None of these
20. Complex number z1 / z2 is :

(A) purely real (B) purely imaginary (C) zero (D) None of these

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z 
21. One of the possible argument of complex number i  1  :
 z2 
(A) /2 (B)  / 2 (C) 0 (D) None of these
22. The largest value of r for which the region represented by the set  C /   4  i  r is contained in the
region represented by the set  C / z  1  z  i  , is equal to :

3 5
(A) 17 (B) 2 2 (C) 2 (D) 2
2 2
Z2 2Z1  3Z 2
23. If Z1  0 and Z 2 be two complex numbers such that is a purely imaginary number, then is
Z1 2 Z1  3Z 2
equal to:
(A) 2 (B) 5 (C) 3 (D) 1
24. If a complex number z satisfies the equation z  2 z  1  i  0, then z is equal to :

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 1
25. The point represented by 2  i in the Argand plane moves 1 unit eastwards, then 2 units northwards and
finally from there 2 2 units in the south-westwards direction. Then its new position in the Argand plane is
at the point represented by :
(A) 2  2i (B) 1 i (C) 1  i (D)  2  2i
26. Let z  1  ai be a complex number, a  0, such that z 3 is a real number. Then the sum
1  z  z 2  ....  z11 is equal to :

(A) 1250 3i (B) 1250 3i (C) 1365 3i (D) 1365 3i
27. Let w  Im w  0  be a complex number. Then the set of all complex numbers z satisfying the equation
w  w z  k 1  z  , for some real number k, is :
(A) z : z  1 (B) z : z  z  (C) z : z  z  (D) z : z  1, z  1
 z1  z 
28. If z 1 , z2 and z3 , z4 are 2 pairs of complex conjugate numbers, then arg    arg  2  equals :
z 
 4  z3 
 3
(A) 0 (B) (C) (D) 
2 2
z i 1
29. Let z   i be any complex number such that is a purely imaginary number. Then z  is :
z i z
(A) 0 (B) any non-zero real number
(C) a purely imaginary number (D) any non-zero real number other than 1
30. For all complex numbers z of the form 1  i,   R, if z 2  x  iy , then :

(A) y2  4x  2  0 (B) y2  4x  4  0 (C) y2  4x  4  0 (D) y2  4x  2  0
 1 z2 
31. Let a  Im   , where z is any non-zero complex number. The set A  a : z  1 and z   1 is equal
 2iz 
 
to :
(A)  1, 1 (B)  1, 1 (C) 0, 1 (D)  1, 0

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32. If z is a complex number satisfying the equation | z  i |  | z  i |  8 on the complex plane. Let m and M be
the smallest and the largest value of | z | respectively, then [m + M] =
([.] denotes greatest integer function)
33. Let α be a complex number such that | α | = 1. If the equation z 2  z  1  0 has a purely imaginary root,
a b
then tan 2 (arg )  , where a, b, c are coprime natural number, then a + b + c =
c
8 8
 r   r  a
34. Let a   tan 2   and b   tan2  17  , then is equal to:
r 1  17  r 1
b
35. Consider the set, A  {z  C | z  x  1  xi, x  R} Find the number of complex numbers z, z  A such that
| z |  |  | for all  A.
1 1
36. Let z  C with Re( z )  1, then   L. Find the smallest value of 12.
z 2
5 2
1  r 1 
37. If z   3, then
z  z  r  
r 1  z 
z4 z z2 z4
38. If z is the imaginary 5th root of unity, then    
1  z4 1 z 1 z2 z  z4
39.    
The sets A  z | z18  1 and B   | 48  1 consider the set C  {Z  | z  A and  B }. How many
distinct elements are in C?

40. A function f is defined on the complex numbers by f ( z )  (a  bi ) z, where a and b are real number, This
function has the property that image of each point in the complex plane is equidistant from that point and the
m
origin. Given that |a + bi | = 8 and that b 2  , where m and n are relatively prime positive integers, find
n
m + n.
z
41. There is a complex number z with imaginary party 164 and a positive integer n such that  4i. Find n.
zn
42. The polynomial f ( z )  az 2018  bz 2017  cz 2016 has real coefficients not exceeding 2019 and
 1  3i 
f  2015  2019 3i. Find the remainder when f (1) is divided by 1000.
 2 
 
43. If the number of solutions of the equation z 2017  p z, where p is a non zero given complex number is equal
to n then find the value of n – 2000.
44. Let A( z1 ), B( z2 ), C ( z3 ), D ( z4 ) be vertices of a square, satisfy z1  1  z2  1  z3  1  z4  1 . Then
z1  z2  z3  z4 
45. If the imaginary part of (1  i )n (1  i )n be negative (where n  N, n < 100), then if the sum of all the possible
values of n is α find the value of α/5.
46. If z  i  2 and z0  5  3i, then the sum of maximum and minimum values of iz  z0 

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1. In how many ways 6 letters can be placed in 6 envelopes such that no letter is placed in its corresponding
envelope.
(A) 265 (B) 275 (C) 255 (D) None of these
2. Find the sum of all four digits numbers that can be formed using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 ; no digits being
repeated in any number.
3. In a plane there are 37 straight line, of which 13 pass through the point A and 11 pass through the point B.
Besides, no three lines pass through one point, no line passes through both points A and B, and no two are
parallel. Find the number of points of intersection of the straight lines.
(A) 533 (B) 536 (C) 535 (D) 530
4. There are p points in a plane, no three of which are in the same straight line with the exception of q, which
are all in the same straight line. Straight lines which can be formed by joining them :
p
(A) C2  q C2 (B) p
C2  q C2  1 (C) p
C2  q C2 (D) p
C2  q C2  1
5. 10 different toys are to be distributed among 10 children. Total number of ways of distributing these toys so
that exactly 2 children do not get any toy, is equal to :
 1 1   1 1 
(A) 10!2   (B) 10!2  
3!2!7!  2!5 6!  3!2!7!  2!4 6! 
   
 1 1   1 1 
(C) 10!2   (D) 10!2  
3!7!  2!5 6!  3!7!  2! 4 6! 
   
6. In how many ways we can divide 52 playing cards among 4 players equally ?
52! 1 52! 52!4
(A) 4
 (B) 4
(C) (D) None of these
13! 4 13! 13!4
7. In how many ways can a party of 4 men and 4 women be seated at a circular table so that no two women are
adjacent ?
(A) 144 (B) 24 (C) 72 (D) 288

A round table conference is to be held between 20 delegates of 2 countries.
8. In how many ways can they be seated if two particular delegates are always together ?
(A) 18! (B) 2  18! (C) 17! (D) 2  17!
9. In how many ways can they be seated if two particular delegates are never together ?
(A) 17  18! (B) 18  18! (C) 15  18! (D) 16  18!
10. If the number of ways of selecting k coupons one by one out of an unlimited number of coupons bearing the
letters A, T, M so that they cannot be used to spell the word MAT is 93, then k equals to :
(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 7 (D) 8

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11. Total number of positive integral solution of 15  x1  x2  x3  20 , is equal to :

(A) 1125 (B) 1150 (C) 1245 (D) 685
12. The number of permutations of the letters of the HINDUSTAN such that neither the pattern ‘HIN’ nor ‘DUS’
nor ‘TAN’ appears, are :
(A) 166674 (B) 169194 (C) 166680 (D) 181434
13. If 3n different things can be equally distributed among 3 persons in k ways then the number of ways to divide
the 3n things in 3 equal groups is :
k
(A) k  3! (B) (C) (3!) k (D) 3k
3!
14. Let A be the set of 4-digit numbers a1 a2 a3 a4 where a1  a2  a3  a2 then n(A) is equal to :
(A) 126 (B) 84 (C) 210 (D) 120
15. A shopkeeper sells three varieties of perfumes and he has a large number of bottles of the same size of each
variety in his stock. There are 5 places in row in his showcase. The number of different ways of displaying
the three varieties of perfumes in the showcase is :
(A) 6 (B) 50 (C) 150 (D) 90
16. The number of subsets of the set A  a1 , a2 , . . . ., an  which contain even number of elements is :
(A) 2n  1 (B) 2n  1 (C) 2n  2 (D) 2n

17. How many numbers are there between 100 and 1000 in which all the digits are distinct ?
(A) 648 (B) 729 (C) 576 (D) 810
18. Six X have to be placed in the squares of figure such that each row contains
at least one X. The number of ways in which this can be done is :
(A) 25 (B) 26
(C) 27 (D) 30
19. If all the letters of the word ‘AGAIN’ be arranged as in a dictionary, what is the fiftieth word?
(A) NAAIG (B) NAAGI (C) NAGAI (D) NAGIA
7x
20. The range of the function Px 3 is :
(A) {1, 2, 3, 4} (B) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} (C) {1, 2, 3} (D) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
21. The results of 21 football matches (win, lose or draw) are to be predicted. The number of forecasts that
contain exactly 18 correct results is :
21
(A) C3 218 (B) 21
C18 23 (C) 321  218 (D) 21
C3 321  218
22. Letters of the word INDIALOIL are arranged in all possible ways. The number of permutations in which A, I,
O occur only at odd places, is :
(A) 720 (B) 360 (C) 240 (D) 120
23. At an election there are five candidates and three members are to be elected, and a voter may vote for any
number of candidates not greater than the number to be elected. The number of ways in which the person can
vote is :
(A) 25 (B) 30 (C) 35 (D) 25  23

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24. A five digit number divisible by 3 is to be formed using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 without repetition.
The total number of ways, in which this can be done is :
(A) 240 (B) 3125 (C) 600 (D) 216
25. The number of ways in which two teams A and B of 11 players each can be made up from 22 players so that
two particular players are on the opposite sides is :
(A) 369512 (B) 184755 (C) 184756 (D) 369514
26. A library has a copies of one book, b copies of each of two books, c copies of each of three books and single
copies of d books. The total number of ways in which these books can be distributed is :
(a  b  c  d )! ( a  2b  3c  d )!
(A) (B)
a ! b! c! a ! (b !) 2 (c !)3
(a  2b  3c  d )!
(C) (D) None of these
a ! b! c!
27. Given that n is odd, the number of ways in which three numbers in AP can be selected from 1, 2, 3, . . ., n is :
(A)
 n  12 (B)
 n  12 (C)
 n  12 (D)
 n  12
2 4 2 4
28. 20 persons are invited for a party. In how many different ways can they and the host be seated at circular
table, if the two particular persons are to be seated on either side of the host ?
(A) 20 (B) 2  18 (C) 18 (D) None of these
29. Assuming that no two consecutive digits are same, the number of n-digit numbers is :
(A) n (B) 9 (C) 9n (D) n9
30. In how many ways can 21 identical English and 19 identical Hindi books be placed in a row so that no two
Hindi books are together ?
(A) 1540 (B) 1450 (C) 1504 (D) 1405
2n 1 2n 1
31. If Pn 1 : Pn  3 : 5 , then n equals :
(A) 5 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 2
32. The greatest number of points of intersection of n circles and m straight lines is :
(A) 2mn  m C2 (B) 1 2 m  m  1  n  2m  n  1
(C) m
 
C2  2 n C2 (D) None of these
33. There are three pigeon holes marked M, P, C. The number of ways in which we can put 12 letters so that 6 of
them are in M, 4 are in P and 2 are in C is :
(A) 2520 (B) 13860 (C) 12530 (D) 25220
34. Three straight lines l1, l2 and l3 are parallel and lie in the same plane. Five points are taken on each of l1, l2
and l3. The maximum number of triangles which can be obtained with vertices at these points, is :
(A) 425 (B) 405 (C) 415 (D) 505
35. There are 15 points in a plane, no three of which are in a straight line except 4, all of which are in a straight
line. The number of triangles that can be formed by using these 15 points is :
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36. If the four letter words (need not be meaningful) are to be formed using the letters from the word
“MEDITERRANEAN” such that the first letter is R and the fourth letter is E, then the total number of all
such words is :
11!
(A) (B) 110 (C) 56 (D) 59
 2!3
n2
C6
37. If  11, then n satisfies the equation :
n2
P2
(A) n2  3n  108  0 (B) n2  5n  84  0
(C) n2  2n  80  0 (D) n2  n  110  0
38. The number of ways of selecting 15 teams from 15 men and 15 women, such that each team consists of a
man and a woman, is :
(A) 1120 (B) 1240 (C) 1880 (D) 1960
39.   
Let A  x 1 , x 2 ,....., x 7 and B  y 1 , y2 , y3  be two sets containing seven and three distinct elements
respectively. Then the total number of functions f : A  B that are onto, if there exists exactly three
elements x in A such that f  x   y2 , is equal to :
(A) 14  7 C2 (B) 16  7 C3 (C) 12  7 C2 (D) 14  7 C3
40. The sum of the digits in the unit’s place of all the 4-digits numbers formed by using the numbers 3, 4, 5 and
6, without repetition is :
(A) 432 (B) 108 (C) 36 (D) 18
41. An eight digit number divisible by 9 is to formed using digits from 0 to 9 without repeating the digits.
The number of ways in which this can be done is :
(A) 72  7! (B) 18  7! (C) 40  7! (D) 36  7!
42. Two women and some men participated in a chess tournament in which every participant played two games
with each of the other participants. If the number of games that the men played between themselves exceeds
the number of games that the men played with the women by 66, then the number of men who participated in
the tournament lies in the interval :
(A) 8, 9 (B) 10, 12  (C) 11, 13 (D) 14, 17 
43. The number of ways in which an examiner can assign 30 marks to 8 questions, giving not less then 2 marks
to any question, is :
30 21 21 30
(A) C7 (B) C7 (C) C7 (D) C8

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44. All possible three digits even numbers which can be formed with the condition that if 5 is one of the digit
then 7 is the next digit is:
45. The number of arrangements of the letters ‘a b c d’ in which neither a, b nor c, d come together is:
46. The number of three-digit numbers having only two consecutive digits identical is
47. A committee of 5 is to be chosen from a group of 9 people. Number of ways in which it can be formed if two
particular persons either serve together or not at all and two other particular persons refuse to serve with each
other, is
48. If m denotes the number of 5-digit numbers if each successive digits are in their descending order of
magnitude and n is the corresponding figure, when the digits are in their ascending order of magnitude then
(m – n) has the value
49. A rack has 5 different pairs of shoes. The number of ways in which 4 shoes can be chosen from it so that
there will be no complete pair is
50. An old man while dialing a 7-digit telephone number remembers that the first four digits consists of one 1’s,
one 2’s and two 3’s. He also remembers that the fifth digit is either a 4 or 5 while has no memorising of the
sixth digit, he remembers that the seventh digit is 9 minus the sixth digit. Maximum number of distinct trials
he has to try to make sure that he dials the correct telephone number, is:
51. Number of three-digit number with atleast one 3 and at least one 2 is
52. In a unique hockey series between India & Pakistan, they decide to play on till a team wins 5 matches.
The number of ways in which the series can be won by India, if no match ends in a draw is:
53. Define a ‘good word’ as a sequence of letters that consists only of the letters A, B and C and in which A
never immediately followed by B, B is never immediately followed by C, and C is never immediately
followed by A. If the number of n-letter good words are 384, find the value of n.
54. Fifty college teachers are surveyed as to their possession of colour TV, VCR and tape recorder. Of them,
22 own colour TV, 15 own VCR and 14 own tape recorders. Nine of these college teachers own exactly two
items out of colour TV, VCR and tape recorders; and, one college teacher owns all three, how many of the
50 college teachers own none of three, colour TV, VCR or tape recorder?
55. Six people are going to sit in a row on a bench. A and B are adjacent, C does not want to sit adjacent to D.
E and F can sit anywhere. Number of ways in which these six people can be seated, is
56. Find the number of 5-digit numbers using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 without repetition which are divisible by 4.
57. One hundred management students who read at least one of the three business magazines are surveyed to
study the readership pattern. It is found that 80 read Business India, 50 read Business world, and 30 read
Business Today. Five students read all the three magazines. How many read exactly two magazines?
58. Number of positive integer solutions satisfying the equation  x1  x2  x3  y1  y2   77, is _____ .

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Binomial Theorem
5
40  1 
1. The coefficient of x 20 in the expansion of 1  x 2     x2  2 


x2 
is :
30 30
(A) C10 (B) C25 (C) 1 (D) None of these
n
1  r log e 10
2. The value of   1r nCr r
equals :
r0  1  log e 10 n 
(A) 1 (B) 1 (C) n (D) 0
21 22 30
3. The coefficient of x5 in the expression of 1  x   1  x   ......  1  x  is :
51 9 31 21 30 20
(A) C5 (B) C5 (C) C6  C6 (D) C5  C5
2n 1
4. If R   21  and f  R   R  , where [ ] denotes the greatest integer function, then [R] equals :
1 1 1
(A) f  (B) f  (C)  f (D) None of these
f f f
2n
5. 
If R  7  4 3   I  f , where I  N , and 0  f  1 , then R 1  f  equals :
2n 1
(A) 7  4 3  (B) 2n
(C) 1 (D) None of these
7  4 3 
n
n  a  a   a 
6. Let 1  x    ar xr . Then 1  a10  1  a12 .....1  ann1  is equal to :
r 0
 n  1n  1  n  1n n n 1  n  1n  1

(A) (B) (C) (D)
n! n!  n  1!  n  1!
7. If n > 3, then
n
xyC0   x  1 y  1 C1   x  2  y  2  C2   x  3 y  3  C3  ....   1  x  n  y  n  Cn equals:
n
(A) xy  2 (B) n xy (C) xy (D) None of these
n
 1r
8. If n is an odd natural number, then  n
Cr
equals :
r0
1 n
(A) 0 (B) (C) (D) None of these
n 2n
n  n 
C
9. The value of   2 r  r  2 Cr r  is :
r0  
1 1 1
(A) , n is odd (B) , n is even (C) , n is even (D) None of these
n 1 n2 n 1
n
10. In the binomial expansion of  a  b  , n  5 , the sum of the 5th and 6th terms is zero. The a/b equals :
n5 n4 5 6
(A) (B) (C) (D)
6 5 n4 n5

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100
11. The coefficient of x53 in  100 Cr  x  3100r 2r is :
r0
100 100
(A) C51 (B) C52 (C)  100 C53 (D) 100
C54
47 3 50  j 5 56  k
C4 C3 C53 k
12. The value of
57
C4
  57
C53
  57
C4
is :
j0 j0
1 10 2 n 10 2 2 n 103 2 n 102 n
13. The value of  C1  C2   C3  .....  is :
81n 81n 81n 81n 81n
(A) 2 (B) 0 (C) 1/2 (D) 1
8
 1 
14. If the magnitude of the coefficient of x7 in the expansion of  ax 2   , where a, b are positive numbers, is
 bx 
8
 1 
equal to the magnitude of the coefficient of x 7 in the expansion of  ax  2  , then a and b are connected
 bx 
by the relation :
(A) ab  1 (B) ab  2 (C) a 2b  1 (D) ab2  2
12
15. The coefficient of t 24 in the expansion of 1 t 2   1 t  1 t  is :
12 24
(A) 12C6  2 (B) 12C5 (C) 12C6 (D) 12C7
2 2 2 2
16. The remainder obtained when 1!   2!   3!  ....  100! is divided by 102 is :
(A) 27 (B) 28 (C) 17 (D) 14
17. The value of  7

C0  7 C1    7

C1  7 C2  ....   7
C6  7 C7 is : 
(A) 28  1 (B) 28  1 (C) 28 (D) 28  2
15
15 a
18. If 1 x   a0  a1 x  ...  a15 x15 , then  ra r is equal to :
r 1 r 1
(A) 110 (B) 115 (C) 120 (D) 135
n2 n 2 n2
19. Cr 2 Cr 1  Cr  2 equals :
n 1 n n n 1
(A) Cr (B) Cr (C) Cr 1 (D) Cr
15
20. The value of C8  15C9  15C6  15C7 is :
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) None of these
21. If 18 C15  2  18C16   17C16 1  nC3 , then n is equal to

(A) 19 (B) 20 (C) 18 (D) 24
2016
2016 2015 2014
22. For x  R, x  1, if 1  x   x 1  x   x 2 1  x   ......  x 2016   ai xi , then a17 is equal
i0
to :
2017! 2016! 2017! 2016!
(A) (B) (C) (D)
17! 2000! 17!1999! 2000! 16!

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15  15 
C
23. The value of  r 2  15Cr r1  is equal to :
r 1  
(A) 560 (B) 680 (C) 1240 (D) 1085
n
24. If the coefficients of the three successive terms in the binomial expansion of 1  x  are in the ratio 1 : 7 :
42, then the first of these terms in the expansion is :
(A) 6th (B) 7th (C) 8th (D) 9th
100
25. The number of terms in the expansion of 1  x 
101
1  x  x 
2
in powers of x is :
(A) 302 (B) 301 (C) 202 (D) 101
55
 x
26. If  2   is expanded in the ascending powers of x and the coefficients of powers of x in two consecutive
 3
terms of the expansion are equal, then these terms are :
(A) 7th and 8th (B) 8th and 9th (C) 27th and 28th (D) 28th and 29th
15
 2
27. The ratio of the coefficient of x15 to the term independent of x in the expansion of  x 2   is :
 x
(A) 7 : 16 (B) 7 : 64 (C) 1:4 (D) 1 : 32
9
th
 3 
28. If the 7 term in the binomial expansion of  3  3 ln x  , x  0, is equal to 729, then x can be :
 84 
e
(A) e2 (B) e (C) (D) 2e
2
10
 1 1
29. The sum of the rational terms in the binomial expansion of 2  3 5 
 2 is :
 
 
(A) 25 (B) 32 (C) 9 (D) 41
18
 1 
2 4  1 
30. If the coefficient of x and x in the expansion of  x 3 
1  ,  x  0  , are m and n respectively, then
 
 2x3 
m
is equal to :
n
4 5
(A) 182 (B) (C) (D) 27
5 4
8
 1  1
31. The term independent of x in the binomial expansion of  1   3x 5  2 x 2   is :
 x  x
(A) 400 (B) 496 (C)  400 (D)  496
1000 999 998

32. The coefficient of x50 in the binomial expansion of 1  x   x 1  x   x 2 1  x   ....  x1000 is :
1000 ! 1000 ! 1001! 1001!
(A) (B) (C) (D)
 50 ! 950 !  49 ! 951!  51! 950 !  50 ! 951!
5
33. If 1  x 4  x5   ai 1  x i , for all x in R, then a 2 is :
i0
(A) 6 (B) 10 (C) 4 (D) 8

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34. If the coefficients of the (2r  4) th ,(r  2) th terms in the expansion of (1  x)18 are equal, find r.
35. Find the coefficient of x5 in the expansion of (1  x 2 )5 . (1  x)4 is.
36. Find the coefficient of x 4 in the expansion of (1  x  x 2  x3 )11
n 4
37. Let (1  x 2 )2 .(1  x )n   ak .x k . If a1, a2 and a3 are in A.P. find sum of possible values of n.
k 0
38. If (7  4 3)n  p   when n & p are positive integers and  is a proper fraction. Find the value of
(1  )( p  ).
39. Let a  31/ 223  1 and for all n  3, let f (n)  n C0 . a n 1  n C1. a n  2  nC2 . a n  3  (1)n 1. n Cn 1. a 0 . If the
value of f (2007) + f (2008) = 81k where k  N , then find k.
 30  30   30  30   30  30   30  30 
40. If the value of                is xC y where y  10 then find x + y.
 0  10   1  11   2  12   20  30 
9 9
 b   b
41. Find the coefficient of x3 in  ax  2  and x 3 in  ax 2   . Find the value of a + b so that their
 x   x
coefficient are equal:
42. In the binomial expansion of (1  x)n , the coefficient of the fifth, sixth and seventh terms are in A.P. Find
product of all possible values of n.
43. How many terms are free from radical sign in the expansion of ( x1/2  y1/3 )100 .
44. If (1  ax)n  1  8 x  24 x 2 , then find a + n.
45. Find the number of integral terms in the expansion of ( 3  8 5)256 is
46. If | x | < 1, then find the coefficient of x 2 in the expansion of (1  2 x  3x 2  4 x3 )2 .
47. Find the value of 7k for which the coefficients of the middle terms in the expansions of (1  k x)6 and
(1  k x )8 are equal.
8
1 
48. Find the term independent of x in the expansion of  x1/3  x 1/5  .
 2 

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Trigonometric Identities & Equations

1. The equation a sin x  cos 2 x  2a  7 possesses a solution if :
(A) a6 (B) 2a6 (C) a2 (D) None of these
2. If tan2 x  sec x  a  0 has at least one solution, then complete set of values of a is :
9 
(A)   , 1 (B)  1,   (C)  ,  (D) 1,  
4 
3. If sin   x   a, cos   y   b, then cos  x  y  
(A)    
a 1  b2  b 1  a 2 (B) ab
(C) a 1  b   b 1  a 
2 2
(D) 2ab
4. The product cot123 . cot133 . cot137 . cot147, when simplified is equal to :

(A) 1 (B) tan 37 (C) cot 33 (D) 1
5. If 1  tan1  . 1  tan 2  . 1  tan 3  . . . . . 1  tan 45   2n , then ‘n’ is equal to :
2 2
6. If 4sin 2 x  2 cos x
 41sin 2 x  2 sin x
 65, then  sin 2 x  cos 2 x  has the value equal to :
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) 1
 3 7 9  2 4 8 16 P
7. If P  cos . cos . cos . cos and Q  cos .cos .cos .cos .cos , then is :
20 20 20 20 11 11 11 11 11 Q
(A) Not defined (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) None of these
4 4
8. The solution of the equation 4 sin x  cos x  1 is :

(A) x  2n (B) (C) x  n
x  n  (D) None of these
2
9. If A, B, C, D are the angles of a cyclic quadrilateral, then cos A  cos B  cos C  cos D 
(A) 4 (B) 1 (C) 0 (D) 1
10. In a PQR , if 3 sin P  4 cos Q  6 and 4 sin Q  3 cos P  1 , then the angle R is equal to :
 3 5 
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 4 6 6
cos 1  2 
11. If tan1  k cot  2 then =
cos 1   2 
1 k 1 k k 1 k 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
1 k 1 k k 1 k 1
1 1 1
12.  ....  
cos   cos 3 cos   cos 5 cos   cos  2n  1 
(A) cos ec tan  n  1   tan   (B) sec  tan  n  1   tan 

1 1
(C) sec  tan  n  1  tan   (D) cos ec tan  n  1   tan  
2 2

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13. The range of log  2  sin x  cos x   3 is :

5  
(A) [0, 2] (B) [1, 2] (C) [0, 3] (D) [1, 3]
2 4 8 14
14. cos cos cos cos 
15 15 15 15
(A) 1/4 (B) 1/8 (C) 1/16 (D) 1/32
15. If | tan x |  1 and x    ,   then the exhaustive solution set for x is :
 3       3       3 
(A)   ,     ,    ,   (B)  ,    ,  
 4   4 4  4   4 4  4 
  
(C)  ,  (D) None of these
 4 4
1 1 1 2 1 
16. If cos    x   , then  x  2  is equal to:
2 x 2 x 
(A) sin 2 (B) cos 2 (C) tan 2 (D) sec 2
b ab ab
17. If tan x  , then  is equal to :
a ab ab
2 sin x 2 cos x 2 cos x 2 sin x
(A) (B) (C) (D)
sin 2 x cos 2 x sin 2 x cos 2 x
2
*18. If sec   tan   1 , then root of the equation  a  2b  c  x   b  2c  a  x   c  2a  b   0 is :
(A) sec  (B) tan  (C) sin  (D) cos 
2n 2n
19. If tan x  cot x  2 , then sin x  cos x is equal to :
1 1
(A) 2n (B)  (C) (D) None of these
2 2
x  x  x 
20. The function f given by f  x   sin    2 cos    tan   is periodic with period :
 2   3   3 
(A) 6 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 12
n n
21. If Pn  cos   sin  then Pn  Pn  2  kPn  4 , where k =
(A) 1 (B)  sin 2  cos 2  (C) sin 2  (D) cos 2 

22. If sin   cos ec  2 then the value of sin8   cos ec8 is equal to :
   
23. cos  2001   cot  2001  sec  2001  tan  2001  cos ec  2001 equals to :
2 3 4 6
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) Not defined
  3  5 cos 
24. If 2 tan  tan , then is equal to :
2 2 5  3 cos 
(A) cos  (B) cos  (C) sin  (D) sin 
1
25. The expression 4 cos 4 x  2 cos 2 x  cos 4 x when simplified reduces to :
2
2 3 2 3
(A) (B) (C)  (D) 
3 2 3 2
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*26. If sin   sin   a and cos   cos   b , then :

    1 2 2     2 2
(A) cos   2 a b (B) cos     a b
 2   2 
    4  a2  b2 a2  b2  2
(C) cos    (D) cos     
 2  a2  b2 2
1
*27. If sin  x  y   cos  x  y   then the values of x and y lying between 0 and  are given by :
2
 3   5 5 11 3
(A) x ,y (B) x ,y (C) x ,y (D) x ,y
4 4 4 12 4 12 12 4
28. If tan  . tan  

a  b , then  a  bcos 2  a  bcos 2  
a  b
(A) a2 (B) b2 (C) a 2  b2 (D) a2  b2
29. If sin x  cos x  tan x  cot x  sec x  cos ecx  7 and sin 2 x  a  b 7 , then ordered pair (a, b) can be :
(A) (6, 2) (B) (8, 3) (C) (22, 8) (D) (11, 4)
30. A quadratic equation whose roots are sin2 18, cos 2 36 is :
(A) 16 x 2  12 x  1  0 (B) x 2  12 x  1  0
(C) 16 x 2  12 x  1  0 (D) None of these
1 cos  1
31. If D   sin 1  cos  then D lies in the interval :
1 sin 1
(A) [0, 4] (B) [2, 4] (C)  2  2 , 2  2  (D)

   2 , 2 
32. sin x  2 sin 2 x  3  sin 3 x, 0  x  2 has :
(A) 2 solutions in I quadrant (B) one solution in II quadrant
(C) no solution in any quadrant (D) one solution in each quadrant
33. Minimum value of (sin + cosec)2 + (cos + sec)2 is :
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 7 (D) 9
1  1  1  1 
34. tan  tan  tan  . . .  n tan n  cot  
2 2 4 4 8 8 2 2
1  1  1  1 
(A) n
tan n (B) n
cot n (C) n 1
tan n
(D) n 1
cot
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2n

35. If  is a root of 25 cos 2   5 cos   12  0,     , then sin 2 is equal to :
2
24 24 13 13
(A) (B)  (C) (D) 
25 25 18 18
2 4
36. If x  y cos  z cos , then xy  yz  zx 
3 3
(A) –1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2

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37. If the expression

 3   3 
cos  x    sin   x   sin  32  x   18 cos 19  x   cos  56  x  9 sin  x  17 
 2   2 
is expressed in the form of a sin x  b cos x , then (a + b) is equal to :
(A) 17 (B) 27 (C) 13 (D) 23
38. Let A and B denote the statements A : cos   cos   cos   0 and B : sin   sin   sin   0.
3
If cos       cos       cos       , then :
2
(A) A is false and B is true (B) Both A and B are true
(C) Both A and B are false (D) A is true and B is false
39. The number of x   0, 2 for which 2sin 4 x  18cos 2 x  2cos 4 x  18sin 2 x  1 is :
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8

40. Let f  x   sin 4 x  cos4 x. Then f is an increasing function in the interval :
      5   5 3 
(A)  0, 4  (B) 4, 2 (C) 2, 8  (D)  8 , 4 
       

41. If A  0, B  0 and A  B  , then the minimum value of tan A  tan B is :
6
2
(A) 3 2 (B) 2 3 (C) 4 2 3 (D)
3
42. The angle of elevation of the top of a vertical tower from a point A, due east of it is 45°. The angle of
elevation of the top of the same tower a point B, due south of A is 30°. If the distance between A and B is
54 2 m, then the height of the tower (in meters), is :
(A) 36 3 (B) 54 (C) 54 3 (D) 180
a
43. In a  ABC ,  2  3 and C  60. Then the ordered pair  A, B  is equal to :
b
(A) 15, 105 (B) 105, 15 (C)  45, 75 (D)  75, 45
 2x 
44. If f  x   2 tan 1 x  sin 1  2  , x  1 , then f  5 is equal to :
 1 x 
  65 
(A) (B)  (C) 4 tan 1 5  (D) tan 1  
2  156 
 
45. If 2 cos   sin   1    , then 7 cos   6 sin  is equal to :
 2
(A) 1/2 (B) 2 (C) 11/2 (D) 46/5
46. Let 10 vertical poles standing at equal distances on a straight line, subtend the same angle of elevation  at a
point O on this line and all the poles are on the same side of O. If the height of the longest pole is ‘h’ and the
distance of the foot of the smallest pole from O is ‘a’; then the distance between two consecutive poles, is :
h sin   a cos  h cos   a sin  h cos   a sin  h sin   a cos 
(A) (B) (C) (D)
9sin  9 cos  9sin  9cos 

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47. Let f be an odd function defined on the set of real numbers such that for x  0, f  x   3sin x  4cos x .
11
Then f  x  at x   is equal to :
6
3 3 3 3
(A) 2 3 (B)  2 3 (C) 2 3 (D)  2 3
2 2 2 2
48. The angle of elevation of the top of a vertical tower a point P on the horizontal ground was observed to be .
After moving a distance 2 meters from P towards the foot of the tower, the angle of elevation changes to .
Then the height (in meters) of the tower is :
2 sin  sin  sin  sin  2 sin      cos     
(A) (B) (C) (D)
sin      cos      sin  sin  sin  sin 
49. The number of solutions of the equation sin 2 x  2 cos x  4sin x  4 in the interval  0, 5 is :
(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 4 (D) 6
3 3 1
50. Statement I : 
The equation sin 1 x   cos x  1
 a3  0 has a solution for all a 
32
.
2
   9 2
Statement II : For any x  R, sin 1 x  cos 1 x  and 0   sin 1 x    .
2  4 16
(A) Both statements I and II are false (B) Statement I is false and statement II is true
(C) Both statements I and II are true (D) Statement I is true and statement II is false
51. The function f  x   sin 4 x  cos 2 x , is a periodic function with period :
 
(A) 2 (B)  (C) (D)
2 4
 43 
52. The principal value of tan 1  cot  is :
 4 
3 3  
(A)  (B) (C)  (D)
4 4 4 4
53.   
A value of x for which sin cot 1 1  x   cos tan 1 x is : 
1 1
(A)  (B) 1 (C) 0 (D)
2 2
54. The number of solutions of the equation, sin 1 x  2 tan 1 x (in principal values) is :
(A) 1 (B) 4 (C) 2 (D) 3
2
55. Statement 1 : The number of common solutions of the trigonometric equations 2sin   cos 2  0 and
2 cos 2   3sin   0 in the interval  0, 2 is two :
Statement 2 : The number of solutions of the equation, 2 cos 2   3sin   0 in the interval  0,  is two.
(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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 1   1   1 
56. If S  tan 1   tan 1   .....  tan 1  , then tan S is equal to :

 n2  n  1 

 n 2  3n  3   1   n  19  n  20  
 
20 n 20 n
(A) (B) 2
(C) 2
(D)
401  20n n  20n  1 n  20n  1 401  20n
1
57. If m and M are the respective minimum and the maximum values of 4  sin 2 2 x  2cos 4 x, x  R, then
2
M  m is equal to :
(A) 15/4 (B) 9/4 (C) 7/4 (D) 1/4
58. 
Let P   : sin   cos    
2 cos  and Q   : sin   cos   
2 sin  be two sets. Then :
(A) P  Q and Q  P   (B) QP

(C) PQ (D) PQ
3 1
59. If cos   cos   and sin   sin   and  is the arithmetic mean of  and  , then sin 2  cos 2
2 2
is equal to :
(A) 3/5 (B) 4/5 (C) 7/5 (D) 8/5
3 2
60. The number of values of  in  0, 2 for which 2sin   7 sin   7 sin   2, is :
(A) 6 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 1
pq  
61. If cosec    p  q  0  , then cot    is equal to :
pq  4 2
p q
(A) (B) (C) pq (D) pq
q p

62. If 1  tan 1 1  tan 2 1  tan 3  ..........1  tan 45   2n , then ' n' is equal to _____ .
 3 7 9  2 4 8 16 P
63. If P  cos .cos .cos .cos and Q  cos .cos .cos .cos .cos , then is:
20 20 20 20 11 11 11 11 11 Q
64. If A, B, C, D are the angles of a cyclic quadrilateral, then cos A  cos B  cos C  cos D 
x  x  x

65. The function f given by f  x   sin    2 cos    tan   is periodic with period:
 2   3   3 
66. If sin   cos ec  2 then the value of sin8   cos ec8 is equal to _____ .
2 2
67. Minimum value of  sin   cos ec    cos   sec   is:
2 4
68. If x  y cos  z cos , then xy  yz  zx 
3 3

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69. If the expression

 3   3 
cos  x    sin   x   sin  32  x   18cos 19  x   cos  56  x   9sin  x  17 
 2   2 
is expressed in the form of a sin x  b cos x , then  a  b  is equal to _____ .
70. Range of log  2  sin x  cos x   3 is  a,b 

5  
then a  b is:
71. The angle of elevation of the top of a vertical tower from a point A, due east of it is 45°. The angle of
elevation of the top of the same tower a point B, due south of A is 30°. If the distance between A and B is
54 2 m , then the height of the tower (in meter), is:
 
72. If 2 cos   sin   1    , then 7 cos   6 sin  is equal to _____ .
 2
73. The number of solutions of the equation sin 2 x  2 cos x  4 sin x  4 in the interval  0 ,5  is:
74. The number of solutions of the equation, sin 1 x  2 tan 1 x (in principal values) is:
3 1
75. If cos   cos   and sin   sin   and  is the arithmetic mean of  and  , then
2 2
 sin 2  cos 2   5 is equal to _____ .
76. The number of value of  in  0, 2  for which 2 sin3   7 sin2   7 sin   2 , is:

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Conic Section

1. Which one of the following equations represented in parametrically, represents equation to a parabolic profile ?
t
(A) x  3 cos t , y  4 sint (B) x 2  2  2 cos t , y  4 cos 2
2
t t
(C) x  tan t , y  sec t (D) x  1  sin t , y  sin  cos
2 2
 2 2 2
2. The length of latusrectum of the parabola 25  x  2    y  3    3 x  4 y  7  is :
 
1 2
(A) 4 (B) 2 (C) (D)
5 5
The equation of conic given by : S : 9 x 2  24 xy  16 y 2  20 x  15 y  60  0 .
3. The curve S represents a(an) :
(A) circle (B) parabola (C) ellipse (D) hyperbola
4. The axis of conic is :

(A) 3x  4 y  0 (B) 3x  4 y  0 (C) 3 x  4 y  12  0 (D) 4 x  3 y  12  0
5. The vertex of conic is :

 48 36   43 129   48 36   43 129 
(A)  ,  (B)  ,   (C)  ,   (D)  , 
 25 25   25 100   25 25   25 100 
6. The directrix of curve is :
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(A) 4x  3 y   0 (B) 4 x  3 y  12  0 (C) 4 x  3 y  12  0 (D) 3x  4 y  0
4
7. If  2,  8  is one end of a focal chord of the parabola y 2  32 x , then the other end of the focal chord is :
(A) (32, 32) (B)  32,  32  (C)  2, 8 (D) (2, 8)
8. The locus of feet of perpendiculars drawn from vertex of the parabola y 2  4ax upon all such chords of the
parabola which subtends a right angle at the vertex, is :
(A) x 2  y 2  4ax  0 (B) x 2  y 2  2ax  0
(C) x 2  y 2  2ax  0 (D) x 2  y 2  4ax  0
9. The locus of trisection point of any arbitrary double ordinate of the parabola x 2  4by is :
(A) 9x 2  by (B) 3x 2  2by (C) 9 x 2  4by (D) 9 x 2  2by
10. Let A and B be two points on a parabola y 2  x with vertex V such that VA is perpendicular to VB and  is
VA
the angle between the chord VA and the axis of the parabola. The value of is :
VB
(A) tan  (B) tan3  (C) cot 2  (D) cot 3 
a3 x2 a2 x
11. The locus of vertices of the family parabola y    2a is :
3 2
3 35 64 105
(A) xy  (B) xy  (C) xy  (D) xy 
4 16 105 64

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12. The line 4 x  7 y  10  0 intersects the parabola, y 2  4 x at the point A and B. The coordinates of point x
of intersection of the tangents drawn at the point A and B are :
7 5  5 7 5 7  7 5
(A)  ,  (B)  ,   (C)  ,  (D)  ,  
5 2  7 2 7 2  2 2
13. The locus of foot of the perpendiculars drawn from the vertex on a variable tangent to the parabola y 2  4ax
is :
(A)  
x x 2  y 2  ay 2  0 (B)  
y x 2  y 2  ax 2  0
(C) xx 2
 y2   ay 2
0 (D) None of these
14. AP and BP are tangents to the parabola, y 2  4 x at A and B. If the chord AB passes through a fixed point
 1,  1 , then the equation of locus of P is :
(A) y  2  x  1 (B) y 2  2  x  1 (C) y  2  x  1 (D) y 2  2  x  1
15. AB, AC are tangents to a parabola y 2  4ax, p1 , p2 and p3 are the lengths of the perpendiculars from A, B
and C respectively on any tangent to the curve, then p2 , p1 , p3 are in :
(A) AP (B) GP (C) HP (D) None of these
16. At any point P on the parabola y 2  2 y  4 x  5  0 a tangent is drawn which meets the directrix at Q. Then,
1
the locus of R which divides QP externally in the ratio : 1 is :
2
(A)  x  1 y  12  4 (B)  x  1 y  12  4  0

(C)  x  1 y  12  4  0 (D)  x  1 y  12  4  0
17.   
The normal at the point P ap 2 , 2ap meets the parabola y 2  4ax again at Q aq 2 , 2aq such that the line 
joining the origin to P and Q are at the right angle. Then, p 2 is equal to :
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) 4
18. The ordinates of points P and Q on the parabola y 2  12 x are in the ratio 1 : 2. Then, the locus of the point
of intersection of the normals to the parabola at P and Q is :
  y 2 3   y
23
(A) x  3 7    2  (B) x  2
  18    18 
  y 2 3 
(C) x  3 7    1 (D) None of these
  18  
19. A normal is drawn to parabola y 2  4ax at any point other than the vertex. If it cuts the parabola again at a
point whose distance from the vertex is not less than :
(A) 4a (B) 4 6a (C) 2 6a (D) 3 6a

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20. The locus of the point of intersection of normals at the ends of parallel chords of gradient m of the parabola
y 2  4ax , is :
(A) 
2 xm 2  ym3  4a 2  m2  (B)  
2 xm 2  ym3  4 a 2  m 2
(C) 2 xm  ym2  4 a  2  m  (D) 2 xm 2  ym3  4a  2  m 

2
21.  
The length of intercept on the normal at the point at 2 , 2at of the parabola y 2  4ax made by circle which
is described on a focal distance of the given point as diameter is :

(A) a 1 t (B) a 1  2t (C) a 1 t2 (D) a 1 t4
22. The two parabolas y 2  4ax and y 2  4c  x  b  cannot have a common normal other than the axes, unless :
b a b a
(A) 2 (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) 2
ac bc ac bc
23. Tangents are drawn at the point, where the line lx  my  n  0 is intersected by the parabola y 2  4ax , then
the point of intersection of tangents is :
n 2am   n 2am   n 2am 
(A)  ,  (B)  ,   (C)  ,   (D) None of these
          
24. The locus of the poles of focal chords of the parabola y 2  4ax is :
(A) the tangent at vertex (B) x  2 a
(C) the directrix (D) x ya
25. Minimum distance between the parabolas y 2  4 x  8 y  40  0 and x 2  8 x  4 y  40  0 is :

(A) 0 (B) 3 (C) 2 2 (D) 2
26. The set of values of m for which a chord of slope m of the circle x  y  4 touches the parabola y 2  4 x ,
2 2
is :
 2 1   2 1 
(A)   , 

 ,  (B)   , 1  1,  
2   2 
   
(C)  1, 1 (D) R
27. The set of values of h for which the number of distinct common normals of  x  2 2  4  y  3 and
x 2  y 2  2 x  hy  c  0,  c  0  is 3, then :
(A)  2,   (B)  4,   (C) (2, 4) (D) 10,  
28. The equation 2 x 2  3 y 2  8 x  18 y  35  k represents :
(A) no locus, if k > 0 (B) an ellipse, if k < 0
(C) a point, if k = 0 (D) a hyperbola, if k > 0
x2 y2
29. The eccentric angle of the extremities of latusrecta of the ellipse   1 is :
a2 b2
 b   a   b 
(A) tan1    (B) tan1    (C) 2 tan1    (D) None of these
 ae   be   ae 

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x2 y2
30. If any two chords can be drawn through two points on the major axis of the ellipse   1 equidistant
a2 b2
   
from the centre, then the value of tan . tan . tan . tan is : (where  ,  ,  ,  are the eccentric angles
2 2 2 2
of extremities of the chords)
1
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 1 (D)
2
31. The equations of tangents to the ellipse 4 x 2  3 y 2  5 , which are inclined at an angle of 60 to the X-axis is :
65 1 65 1
(A) y 3 (B) y  3x  5 (C) y x (D) y x5
12 3 12 3
x2 y2 x2 y2
32. The tangents drawn to the ellipse   a  b at the points, where it cut by the tangent to  1
a2 b2 a2 b2
subtends an angle of :
(A) 60 (B) 30 (C) 45 (D) 90
2 2
x y
33. The length of normal (terminated by the major axis) at a point of the ellipse   1 is :
a2 b2
b b b
(A)  r  r1  (B) r  r1 rr1(C) (D) independent of r, r1
a a a
x2 y 2
34. If  is one of the angles between the normals to the ellipse 2  2  1 at the points whose eccentric angles
a b
 2 cot 
are  and   , then is :
2 sin 2
e2 e e2 e2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
1  e2 1 e 1  e2 1 e
35. The normal at a point P on the ellipse x 2  4 y 2  16 meets the X-axis at Q. If M is the mid-point of the
segment PQ, then the locus of M intersects the latusrectum of the given ellipse at the points:
 3 5 2  3 5 19   1  4 3
(A)   ,   (B)   ,  (C)  2 3 ,  7  (D)  2 3 ,  
 2 7 
 2 4     7 
36. If the normal at an end of a latusrectum of an ellipse passes through one extremity of the minor axis, then the
eccentricity of ellipse is given by :
(A) e4  e2  1  0 (B) e 4  e2  1  0 (C) e2  e  1  0 (D) None of these
2 2
x y
37. A point on the ellipse   1 at a distance equal to the mean of lengths of the semi-major axes semi-
16 9
minor axes from the centre is:
 2 91 3 105   2 91 3 91 
(A)  ,  (B)  , 
 7 14   7 14 
 2 105 3 91 
(C)   ,  (D) None of these
 7 14 
38. A tangent to the ellipse 4 x 2  9 y 2  36 is cut by the tangent at the extremities of the major axis at T and T  .
The circle on TT  as diameter passes through the point.
(A)  5, 0  (B)  5,1  (C) (0, 0) (D) (3, 2)

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2
39. The eccentricity of an ellipse is , latusrectum is 5 and centre (0, 0). The equation of ellipse is :
3
x2 y 2 4x2 4 y2 x2 y 2
(A)  1 (B)   1 (C)  1 (D) None of these
81 45 81 45 9 5
x2 y2
40. If   1 a  b  and x 2  y 2  c 2 cut at right angles, then :
a2 b2
(A) a 2  b 2  2c 2 (B) b 2  a 2  2c 2 (C) a 2  b 2  2c 2 (D) a 2 b 2  2c 2
x2 y 2
41. The value of m for which y  mx  6 is a tangent to hyperbola   1 , is :
100 49
17 20 3 13
(A) (B) (C) (D)
20 17 20 20
42. The area (in sq. units) of triangle formed by the lines x  y  0 , x  y  0 and any tangent to the hyperbola
x 2  y 2  a2 is :
(A) a2 (B) 2a 2 (C) 3a 2 (D) 4a 2
x2 y2
43. If P  a sec  , btan   and Q  a sec  , btan   are two points on the hyperbola   1 . Such that
a2 b2
    2 , then PQ touches the hyperbola:
x2 y2 x2 y2 x2 y2
(A)   1 (B)   1 (C)  1 (D) None of these
a 2 sec 2  b2 a2 b 2 sec 2  a2 b2
44. The normal at P to a hyperbola of eccentricity e, intersects its transverse and conjugate axes at L and M
respectively. If the locus of mid-point of LM is hyperbola, having eccentricity e1, then:
e e e
(A) e1  (B) e1  (C) e1  (D) None of these
2 2 2
e 1 e 1 e 1
x2 y2 a2 b2
45. The line l x  my  n  0 will be a normal to the hyperbola   1 if  is equal to :
a2 b2 l2 m2
2 2
(A)
a 2  b2
(B)
a 2  b2
(C)
a 2
 b2  (D)
a 2
 b2 
n2 n2 n2 n2
x2 y2
46. The locus of feet of the normals drawn from a point to the hyperbola   1 lie on the circle:
a2 b2
(A) a 2 y  x  h   b2 x  y  k   0 (B) b2 y  x  h   a2 x  y  k   0
(C) a2 y  x  h  b2 x  y  k   0 (D) b2 y  x  h  a2 x  y  k   0
47. If normal to the rectangular hyperbola xy  c 2 at the point t on it intersect the hyperbola at t 1 , then t 3t 1 , is:
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 2
48. The locus of point of intersection of tangents at the ends normal chord of the hyperbola x 2  y 2  a2 is:
(A) y 4  x 4  4 a 2 x2 y 2 (B) y 2  x 2  4 a 2 x2 y 2
(C) 
a 2 y 2  x2  4 x2 y2  (D) y 2  x2  4 a2 x2 y 2

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49. If the normal at the point p  xi , yi  , i  1, 2, 3, 4 on the hyperbola xy  c 2 are concurrent at the point
  h, k  then
 x1  x2  x3  x4  y1  y2  y3  y4  is :
x1 x2 x3 x4
hk hk  hk  hk
(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 2
(D)
c c c c4
50. Let a and b respectively be the semi-transverse and semi-conjugate axes of a hyperbola whose eccentricity
satisfies the equation 9e 2  18e  5  0. If S  5, 0  is a focus and 5 x  9 is the corresponding directrix of
this hyperbola, then a 2  b 2 is equal to :

(A) 7 (B) 7 (C) 5 (D) 5
2 2
x y
51. If the tangent at a point on the ellipse   1 meets the coordinate axes at A and B, and O is the origin,
27 3
then the minimum area (in sq. units) of the triangle OAB is :
9
(A) (B) 3 3 (C) 9 3 (D) 9
2
52. P and Q are two distinct points on the parabola, y 2  4 x, with parameters t and t1 respectively. If the
normal at P passes through Q, then the minimum value of t12 is :

(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8
2 2
x y
53. A hyperbola whose transverse axis is along the major axis of the conic,   4 and has vertices at the
3 4
foci of this conic. If the eccentricity of the hyperbola is 3/2 then which of the following points does NOT lie
on it ?
(A)  0, 2  (B)  5, 2 2  (C)  10, 2 3  (D) 5, 2 3 
54. An ellipse passes through the foci of the hyperbola, 9 x 2  4 y 2  36 and its major and minor axes lie along
the transverse and conjugate axes of the hyperbola respectively. If the product of eccentricities of the two
1
conics is , then which of the following points does not lie on the ellipse ?
2
 39  1 3  13 
(A)  13, 0  (B) 
2
, 3

(C) 
2
3,
2
 (D) 
2
, 6

     
55. If the distance between the foci of an ellipse is half the length of its latus rectum, then the eccentricity of the
ellipse is :
1 2 2 1 2 1
(A) (B) (C) 2 1 (D)
2 2 2
56. Let PQ be the double ordinate of the parabola, y 2   4 x , where P lies in the second quadrant. If R divides
PQ in the ratio 2 : 1, then the locus of R is :
(A) 9 y2  4x (B) 9 y2   4x (C) 3 y2  2x (D) 3 y2   2x
57. If OB is the semi-minor axis of an ellipse, F1 and F2 are its foci and the angle between F1B and F2 B is a
right angle, then the square of the eccentricity of the ellipse is :
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2 4

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58. A stair-case of length l rests against a vertical wall and a floor of a room. Let P be a point on the stair-case,
nearer to its end to on the wall, that divides its length in the ratio 1 : 2. If the stair -case begins to slide on the
floor, then the locus of P is :
1 3
(A) an ellipse of eccentricity (B) an ellipse of eccentricity
2 2
l 3
(C) a circle of radius (D) l
2 2
59. Let L1 be the length of the common chords of the curves x 2  y 2  9 and y 2  8 x, and L 2 be the length of
the latus rectum of y 2  8x, then :

L1
(A) L1  L 2 (B) L1  L 2 (C) L1  L 2 (D)  2
L2

60. Let P  3sec , 2 tan   and Q  3sec , 2 tan   where     , be two distinct points on the hyperbola
2
x2 y 2
  1. Then the ordinate of the point of intersection of the normals at P and Q is :
9 4
11 11 13 13
(A) (B)  (C) (D) 
3 3 2 2
x2 y 2
61. The minimum area of a triangle formed by any tangent to the ellipse   1 and the co-ordinate axes is:
16 81
(A) 12 (B) 26 (C) 36 (D) 18
62. Two tangents are drawn from a point   2,  1 to the curve, y 2  4 x. If  is the angle between them, then
tan  is equal to :
1 1
(A) (B) 3 (C) (D) 3
3 3
63. A chord drawn through the focus of the parabola y 2  6 x such that its distance from the vertex of this
5
parabola is , then its slope can be :
2
5 3 2 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 5 3
x2 y 2
64. The tangent at an extremity (in the first quadrant) of latus rectum of the hyperbola   1, meets x-axis
4 5
2 2
and y-axis at A and B respectively. Then  OA    OB  , where O is the origin, equals :
20 16 4
(A)  (B) (C) 4 (D) 
9 9 3
65. Equation of the line passing through the points of intersection of the parabola x 2  8 y and the ellipse
x2
 y 2  1 is :
3
(A) y 3  0 (B) y 3  0 (C) 3y 1  0 (D) 3y 1  0

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x2 y2
66. If a and c are positive real numbers and the ellipse   1 has four distinct points in common with the
4c 2 c2
circle x 2  y 2  9a 2 , then :
(A) 9ac  9a2  2c 2  0 (B) 6ac  9a 2  2c 2  0
(C) 9ac  9a2  2c 2  0 (D) 6ac  9a 2  2c 2  0
67. Statement 1 : The line x  2 y  2 meets the parabola, y 2  2 x  0 only at the point  2,  2  :
1
Statement 2 : The line y  mx   m  0  is tangent to the parabola, y 2   2 x at the point
2m
 1 1
 2
, .
 2m m
(A) Statement 1 is true; Statement 2 is false
(B) Statement 1 is true; Statement 2 is true; Statement 2 is a correct explanation for Statement 1
(C) Statement 1 is false; Statement 2 is true
(D) Statement 1 is true; Statement 2 is true; Statement 2 is not a correct explanation for Statement 1
x2 y 2 x2 y 2
68. Let the equations of two ellipse be E1 :   1 and E2 :   1. If the product of their
3 2 16 b 2
1
eccentricities is , then the length of the minor axis of ellipse E2 is :
2
(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 4 (D) 2
x2 y 2
69. If the curves   1 and y 2  16 x intersect at right angles, then a value of  is :
 4
(A) 2 (B) 4/3 (C) 1/ 2 (D) 3/ 4
x2 y 2
70. A tangent to the hyperbola   1 meets x-axis at P and y-axis at Q. Lines PR and QR are drawn such
4 2
that OPRQ is a rectangle (where O is the origin). Then R lies on :
4 2 2 4 2 4 4 2
(A)  1 (B)  1 (C)  1 (D)  1
2 2 2 2 2 2 2
x y x y x y x y2
71. The point of intersection of the normals to the parabola y 2  4 x at the ends of its latus rectum is :
(A)  0, 2  (B)  3, 0  (C)  0, 3 (D)  2, 0 

72. If PQ is any focal chord of the parabola y 2  32 x and length of PQ can never be less than  units, then
 is ______ .
73. A tangent is drawn to the parabola y 2  4 x at the point ' P ' whose abscissa lies in the interval [1, 4] .
If maximum possible area of the triangle formed by the tangent at ' P ', ordinate of the point ' P ' and the
X-axis is  sq. units, then  is ______ .

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74. The normal at the ends of the latusrectum of the parabola y 2  4 x meet the parabola again at A and A ' .
If length AA '   unit, then  is ______ .
75. If the orthocentre of the triangle formed by the points t1 , t2 , t3 on the parabola y 2  4 ax is the focus, then the
value of | t1t2  t2t3  t3t1 | is ______ .
76. Two tangents are drawn from the point   2,  1  to the parabola y 2  4 x . If  is the angle between these
tangents, then the value of tan  is ______ .
77. If the distances of two points P and Q from the focus of a parabola y 2  4 x are 4 and 9 respectively, the
distance of the point of intersection of tangents at P and Q from the focus is ______ .


 ax , x  2

78. Let f  x   8, x  2 If f is continuous at x  2, then the locus of the pair of perpendicular

b  x  b 
2 2
 x  2 , x  2
x2 y2 2
tangents to the ellipse   1 is x 2  y 2  r 2 , then r is ______ .
a 2 b2
2 2
79. If the ellipse

x  h 
y k  1 has major axis on the line y  2, minor-axis on the line x  1 , major
M N
axis has length 10 and minor axis has length 4. Then, h  k  M  N is ______ .
x2 y 2
80. If PQ is a focal chord of ellipse   1, which passes through S(3, 0) and PS = 2, then length of PQ is
25 16
______ .
81. Number of points on the ellipse 2 x 2  5 y 2  100 from which pair of perpendicular tangents may be drawn to
the ellipse 9 x 2  16 y 2  144 is
x2 y2
82. The length of the focal chord of the ellipse   1 which makes an angle  with the major axis is
a 2 b2
ab 2
, then the value of  is ______ .
a sin   b 2 cos 2 
2 2
83. The locus of the point of intersection of the lines 3 x  y  4 3 t  0 and 3 tx  ty  4 3  0 (where t is a
parameter) is a hyperbola whose eccentricity is ______ .
x2 y 2
84. The area of the triangle that a tangent at a point on the hyperbola   1 makes with its asymptotes is
16 a
1
85. If abscissa of orthocentre of a triangle inscribed in a rectangular hyperbola xy  4 is , then the ordinate of
2
orthocentre of triangle is ______ .
x2 y2
86. The shortest distance between the curves   1 and 4 x 2  4 y 2  a 2  b  a  is f  a , b  , then the
a2 b2
value of f (4, 6)  f (2, 3) is ______ .

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Final Step - A | Mathematics

2. Consider the following two statements :

ordered pair (V 1 , V 2 ) equals :

(A) T , T  (B) T , F  (C)  F, T  (D)  F, F 

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8. Consider the following statements :

12. The proposition   p   q     p  q  is logically equivalent to :

R   x, y  : y  x , x   1 . Then the number of elements in the power set of R is :

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21. Let R   3, 3 ,  5, 5  ,  9, 9  , 12, 12  ,  5, 12  ,  3, 9  ,  3, 12  ,  3, 5  be a relation on the set

A  3, 5, 9, 12. Then, R is :

22. The statement p   q  p  is equivalent to :

(A) pq (B) p   p  q (C) p   p  q (D) p   p  q

25. Let R   x, y  : x, y  N and x 2

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26. The Boolean Expression  p   q   q    p  q  is equivalent to :

27. The negation of  s    s  r  is equivalent to :

(A) s  r   s (B) sr (C) s  r (D) s  r   s

30. The variance of first 50 even natural numbers is :

31. The statement   p   q  is :

(A) Statement I is false; Statement II is true

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Integer Answer Type Questions

34. If aN  ax : x  N  , then the set 3 N  7 N will be multiple of:

38. If n  A   3, n  B   6 and A  B . Then the number of elements in A  B is equal to:

39. The number of proper subsets of the set 1, 2, 3 is:

40. If n( A)  4, n  B   3, n( A  B  C )  24 , then n(C ) 

41. The number of elements in the set  a, b  : 2a 2

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Sequence & Series

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ALTERNATIVE. ONLY ONE CHOICE IS CORRECT.

(A) x 2  2 x  15  0 (B) x 2  2 x  15  0 (C) x 2  2 x  15  0 (D) x 2  2 x  15  0

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(A) x  yz  x  y  z  (B) xyz  x  y  z (C) xy  z  y  x  z  (D) None of these

(A) 208.34 (B) 212.12 (C) 212.16 (D) 213.16

221  1 221  1 221  1

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(A) b6  27 (B) b7  27 (C) b8  81 (D) b9  18

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Integer Answer Type Questions

54. Let a sequence of number be as follows:

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Quadratic Equations & Inequations

2. If x 2   a  3 x  a  0 has at least one positive root then :

3. If x  R , then the expression 9 x  3x  1 assumes :

*5. If a  b  c  d , then for any real non-zero , the quadratic equation  x  a  x  c    x  b  x  d   0,

(A) b 2  4c 2 and a 2  c 2  ab (B) b 2  4c 2 and a 2  c 2  ab

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12. The number of real roots of the equation x 4  x 4  20  22 is :

(A) f  x (B) x2  x  1 (C) x2  1 (D) None

16. The values of x satisfying x 2  4 x  3   2 x  5   0 are:

(A) 4 ,  1  3 (B) 4, 1  3 (C) 4 , 1  3 (D) 4 , 1  3

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b 2  2  b  2ac  , where a  0 and AP = 3 units, then OP =

30. The largest interval for which x12  x 9  x 4  x  1  0 is :

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32. The sum of the roots of the equation, x 2  2 x  3  4  0, is :

(A)  2 (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) 2