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MATHEMATICS MODEL TEST

By Prof. S. S. Bosco

30 n
1. Each set Ai contains 5 elements and each set Bj contains 3 elements and Ai = B j = S and each
i =1 j =1

element of S belongs to exactly 10 of the Ai’s and exactly 9 of the Bj’s. Then the value of n is
1) 15 2) 45 3) 35 4) 20
1
2. The domain of the function f (x) = is
x + |x|
1) R 2) R – Z 3) R+ 4) R – {0}
3. Let X be a finite non-empty set. Consider the following statements:
A : Every injective function on X is surjective
B : Every surjective function on X is injective
Then which of the above statements are true ?
1) A and B 2) A but not B 3) B but not A 4) neither A nor B
3ab
4. The identity element, for the binary operation  defined by a  b = , a, b  R, is
4
1 4 3
1) 4 2) 3) 4)
3 3 4
–1
5. Which of the following is the principal value branch of cosec x?
           
1)  − ,  2)  − ,  − 0 3)  − ,  4)  − ,  − 0
 2 2  2 2  2 2  2 2
6. The value of cos 12 + cos 84 + cos 156 + cos 132 is
1 1 5 1
1) 2) − 3) 4) −
2 2 2 8
 
7. The maximum value of 5 cos  + 3 cos   +  + 3 is
 3
1 1
1) 7 2) 10 3) (19 − 3 3) 4) 3 + .5 5
2 2
 
8. A vector a has a magnitude of 2 and it makes angles of and with y-axis and z-axis respectively.
4 2
Then a =
1) i  j 2)  2 + j 3)  i + j 4)  (i + j)

9. The locus of z such that | z + z | + | z − z | = 20 is

1) a circle 2) a straight line 3) a square 4) an ellipse

10. A box contains 2 white balls, 3 black balls and 4 red balls. The number of ways three balls can be drawn
from the box, if atleast one black ball is to be selected, is 2n where n =
1) 4 2) 5 3) 6 4) 7
11. The number of different words that can be formed from the letters of the word INTERMEDIATE such
that two vowels never come together is
1) 302400 2) 151200 3) 70600 4) 302450
 1 5 
 2 −4 2 
0 1 3   

12. If the inverse of 1 2 x is −  1 3
3 − , then the value of xy is
   2 2
 2 3 1   1
 1 
y
 2 2 
1) –1 2) – 2 3) 0 4) 2
13. If A is a 3  3 non-singular matrix such that (A – 3I) (A – 5I) = 0, then 5A–1 =
1 1 1 1
1) (A − 8I) 2) (8I − A) 3) (8I − A) 4) (A − 8I)
15 15 3 3

1
 [sin 181] [ 13] [−2 ]
   
14. If [x] denotes greatest integer  x, then the value of [e − 2] cos 11   − 0.1  =
[ 2 ] [2 − e] [sec ]
1) 28 2) – 28 3) 26 4) – 26
1 1
15. If  , then which of the following is not a subset of the solution set of x ?
| x |−3 2
1) (2, 4) 2) (– 2, 2) 3) (5, 6) 4) (– 7, – 5)

16. The angle of the intersection of the curves xy = 4 and x2 + y2 = 8 is

 3 
1) 0 2) 3) tan −1 4)
4 4 2

17. The minimum value of 4x + 3x + 41 – x + 31 – x, is

1) 7 2) 2 + 3 3) 4 + 2 3 4) 4
cos ec x − cot x
18. lim =
x →0 x
1 1
1) − 2) 1 3) 4) –1
2 2
19. If f(x) = x100 + x99 + …….. + x + 1 and g(x) = 1 – x + x2 – x3 + ……. + x100, then f (1) + g(1) =
1) 10100 2) 5100 3) 10200 4) 0
2 cos x − 1  
20. Let f (x) = is not defined at x = and hence discontinuous at x = . What should be the
cot x − 1 4 4
 
value f   so that f(x) becomes continuous at x = ?
4 4
1 1
1) 2) − 3) 1 4) –1
2 2
dy
21. If x = ecos 2t, y = esin 2t, then =
dx
y log y y log x y x log y
1) − 2) − 3) − 4) −
x log x x log y x y log x

22. If f(x) = |cos x| + |sin x| + |cos x – sin x|, then f    =
3
1) 3 2) 1 3) – 3 4) –1
dy
23. If xy = ex – y, =
dx
log x 1 + log x 1 log x
1) 2) 3) 4)
(1 + log y) 2
(l og x) 2
1 + l og x (1 + l og x) 2
x − 2 y +1 z − 2
24. The distance of the point (–1, – 5, – 10) from the point of intersection of the line = = and
3 4 2
the plane x – y + z = 5 is
1) 12 2) 159 3) 13 4) 2 41
25. A straight line makes angles , ,  with the +ve directions of the coordinate axes. Then the value of
cos 2 + cos 2 + cos 2 =
1) 2 2) 1 3) –1 4) – 2
   
26. The value of sin–1 cossin −1  tan  is
1
  2 3 

(
1) 2 tan−1 2 − 3 ) 2) 2 tan −1 2 − 1 ( ) (
3) 2 tan −1 2 + 1 ) (
4) 2 tan−1 2 + 3 )
2x 2
1
27. The maximum value of   is
x
−1 −1 −1
1) e– e 2) e − e 3) ee 4) e 2e

2
28. Let S be the set of all real numbers. A relation R has been defined on S by aRb  |a – b|  1. Then R is
1) symmetric and transitive but not reflexive
2) reflexive and transitive but not symmetric
3) reflexive and symmetric but not transitive
4) an equivalence relation

29. The sum to n terms of the series 1 + 3 + 7 + 15 + .................... is equal to

2 4 8 16
–n
1) 2 – n + 1
n
2) 2 + n – 1 3) 2–n –1 4) 1– 2–n

30. A scientist is weighing each of 30 fishes. Their mean weight worked out is 30g and a standard deviation of 2g. Later,
it was found that the measuring scale was misaligned and always under reported every fish weight less by 2g. The
correct mean and standard deviation (in gram) of fishes are respectively
1) 28, 4 2) 32, 2 3) 32, 4 4) 28, 2

31. Let M be the set of all 3  3 matrices with entries equal to 1 or 0. Number of elements of M, such that the product of
principal diagonals is equal to 0, is
1) 512 2) 212 3) 448 4) 384

32. If A is a matrix such that A2 = A and (I + A)3 = I + KA, then K =

1) 5 2) 6 3) 7 4) 8


x dx
33. The value of  4 cos
0
2
x + 9 sin 2 x
is equal to

 2
2 2 2
1) 2) 3) 4)
12 4 6 3

a
dx
34. The value of ‘a’ satisfying 
e −1
log 2
x
=
6
is

1) log 2 2) 2 log 2 3) 3 log 2 4) 2

1000

35. The value of the integral 

0
e x − [x ] dx is equal to

e −1
1000
e1000 − 1
1) 2) 3) 1000 (e – 1) 4) 1000 e
e −1 1000
(x 2 − 1) dx
36. If   x +1 2
= log |tan–1 (f(x))| + c, then f(x) =
(x 4 + 3x 2 + 1) tan −1  
 x 
x x2 +1 1 1
2
1) x + 1 2) 2 3) 4)  x + 
x +1 x 2 x
37. The area bounded by the curve y = 2 log x, the x-axis, y-axis and the line y = log 5 is equal to
1) 2 5 − 1 ( ) 2) 4 3) 2 5 + 1 4) 5 − 1 ( )
1
d 2 y  dy  4 1
38. The order and degree of the differential equation +   + x 5
= 0 are respectively
 dx 
2
dx
1) 2 and not defined 2) 2 and 20 3) 2 and 4 4) 2 and 1

dy 1 1 f (x)
39. The solution of the differential equation (x 2 − 1) + 2xy = 2 is f(x) g(x) y = log + c.
dx x −1 2 g(x)
Then f(x) g(x) =
1) 1 – x2 2) x2 – 1 3) |1 – x2| 4) x(x2 – 1)

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 dy 2
40. The general solution of = 2xe x − y is
dx
2 2 2 2
−y
1) e x =e 2) e− y + e x = e 3) e y = ex + e 4) ex −y
= x+e

41. If f and g are continuous functions in [0, 2] satisfying f(x) = f(2 – x) and g(x) + g(2 – x) = 2, then
2

 f (x) g(x) dx =
0
2  
1)  2)   f (x) dx
0
3)  f (x) dx
0
4)   f (x) dx
0


 tan x sec 4 x dx = f (x) + c, and f (0) = 0, then f   =
8
42. If
4
1 20 1 5
1) 2) 3) 4)
99 99 33 66

 −1 1
x 7 − 3x 5 + 7x 3 − x 
43. The value of   cos x +  dx is
−1 
cos2 x 


1) 2) 0 3)  4) 2
2

44. If a  b = a  c, a  0, then which of the following is true for a scalar  ?

1) b = c 2) b = c + a 3) c = a + b 4) a = b + c
45. If  is the angle made between two vectors a and b and | a .b | = | a  b |, then  =
 3  3 
1) or 2) 3) 4)
4 4 4 4 2

46. Let a = i + 4 j + 2k, b = 3i − 2 j + 7k and c = 2i − j + 4k. The vector d is such that it is ⊥ to both
a and b and c.d = 9 . Then d =
5 1
1) (32i – j – 14k) 2) 5(32i – j – 14k) 3) 32i – j – 14k 4) (32i − j − 14k)
3 3

47. Two vertices of an equilateral triangle are (–1, 0) and (1, 0) and the third vertex lies above the x-axis.
Then the circum radius of the triangle is

1 2
1) 2) 3) 2 3 4) 3
3 3

48. Which of the following points on the line 3x + 2y + 9 = 0 is closest to the point (2, –1) ?
 3
1) (1, –3) 2)  −2, −  3) (–1, – 3) 4) (–1, – 2)
 2
dy
49. If y = x + x + x + ......  , then =
dx

1 1 2y 1
1) 2) 3) 4)
y −1
2
2y + 1 y2 −1 2y −1

50. If f(x) = |2x – 1| + [2x – 1], where [x] stands for greatest integer  x, then
1 1
1) f(x) is continuous at x = but not differentiable at x =
2 2
2) f (1) = 2 3) f (1) doesn’t exist 4) f(x) is continuous x  Z
2
d y dy
51. If sin–1 y = log x, then x 2 2 + x + ay = 0 , where a =
dx dx
1) 0 2) 1 3) –1 4) 2

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52. Three events A, B and C have probabilities , and respectively. Given that
5 3 2
1 1
P(A  C) = and P(B  C) = . Then P(C / B) and P(A  C) are respectively
5 4
1 3 3 2 3 3 3 3
1) ; 2) ; 3) ; 4) ;
4 10 4 5 10 4 4 10

53. A box has 5 blue and 4 red balls. One ball is drawn at random and not replaced. Its colour is also not
noted. Then another ball is drawn at random. What is the probability of the second ball being blue ?
41 5 20 41
1) 2) 3) 4)
72 9 81 81

54. Two dice are thrown together. Let A be the event of “getting 6 on the first die” and B be the event of
“getting 2 on the second die”. Then
1) A and B are mutually exclusive and independent events
2) A and B are neither mutually exclusive nor independent events
3) A and B are mutually exclusive but not independent events
4) A and B are not mutually exclusive but independent

55. A fair coin is tossed repeated. If the tail appears on the first four hundred and ninety nine tosses, then the
probability of head appearing on the five hundredth toss is equal to
1 1 31 1
1) 2) 3) 4)
2 32 32 5

56. Two numbers are selected at random from a set of numbers {1, 2, 3,……, 20}. Then the probability that
the difference between the numbers is not less that 5 is
6 12 21 9
1) 2) 3) 4)
19 19 38 19

57. The feasible region of an LPP is shown in the figure

y B (3, 4)

(0, 2)
C

x
O A(7, 0)
Then the constraints of the LPP are : x  0, y  0 and
1) x + y  7, 3y – 2x  6 2) x + y  7, 3y – 2x  6
2) x + y  7, 2x – 3y  6 4) x + y  7, 2x – 3y  6

x+3 x x+2
58. The constant term of the polynomial x x + 1 x − 1 is
x + 2 2x 3x + 1
1) 0 2) 1 3) – 1 4) 2

59. The real function log sin x is strictly increasing on I1 and strictly decreasing on I2. Then which of the
following is possible ?
       
1) I1 =  0,  ; I 2 =  ,   2) I1 =  ,   ; I 2 =  0, 
 2 2  2   2
3) I1 = I2 = (0, ) 4) I1 = (0, ), I2 = (, 2)

60. The equations of the normals to the curve 3x2 – y2 = 8 which are parallel to the line x + 3y = 8 are
1) x + 3y =  4 2) x + 3y =  8 3) x + 3y = 0; x + 3y = 8 4) x + 3y =  2

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