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In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R).
Choose the correct answer out of the following choices.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.

Unit 1 (Relations & Functions)

Relations & Functions, Inverse Trig. Functions

Q01. Assertion (A) : The relation R  {(a, b) : a  b 2} on the set R of real nos. is not reflexive.
Reason (R) : A relation on a set A is reflexive if (a, a)  R  a  A .
Q02. Assertion (A) : Let a relation R on the set  of real numbers be defined as
(a, b)  R  1  ab  0 a, b   , is transitive relation.
Reason (R) : A relation on a set A is transitive if (a, b) and (b,c)  R implies (a, c)  R for all
a, b, c  A .
1
Q03. Assertion (A) : If R be the relation defined on Q (set of rational numbers) as aRb  a  b  ,
2
then is not a symmetric relation.
Reason (R) : A relation on a set A is symmetric if (a, b)  R implies (b, a)  R for all a, b  A .
Q04. Assertion (A) : A reflexive relation may or may not be an identity relation.
Reason (R) : A relation R on A is identity relation iff R  {(a, b) : a  A, b  A and a  b} .
1 
Q05. Assertion (A) : Principal value of cos1  .
2 3
Reason (R) : Range of cos x is x   0,   .
1

Q06. Assertion (A) : For f (x)  sin 1 x, D f  x   1, 1 .

  
Reason (R) : sin 1 :  1, 1    ,  .
 2 2
Q07. Assertion (A) : A function f shown below by the arrow diagram, is one-one.

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Reason (R) : A function f : A  B is one-one if f (α)  f (β) implies α  β for all α, β  A .

2
Q08. Assertion (A) : sec1 (2)  .
3
   
Reason (R) : sec 1 : A  B, where A  R  (1, 1) and B   0,    ,  .
 2 2 

Unit 2 (Algebra)
Matrices, Determinants

Q01. Let A and B be two symmetric matrices of order 3.

Assertion (A) : A(BA) and (AB)A are symmetric matrices.
Reason (R) : AB is symmetric matrix if matrix multiplication of A with B is commutative.
Q02. Let A be a square matrix of order 2.
Assertion (A) : adj.(adj.A)  A .
Reason (R) : adj.A  A .
Q03. Assertion (A) : If A is a skew-symmetric matrix of order 3 then, A  0 .
Reason (R) : If A is square matrix of order 2, then A  A T  A T .
5 1
Q04. Assertion (A) : The inverse of A    does not exist.
 2 2
Reason (R) : Matrix A is non-singular.
1 2 1  9 2 
Q05. Assertion (A) : If A    then, A   .
 4 9   4 1 
a c  a d 
Reason (R) : For A    , adj.A   .
d b  c b 

Unit 3 (Calculus)
Continuity & Differentiability, Applications Of Derivatives,
Integrals, Application of Integrals, Differential Equations

Q01. Assertion (A) : f (x)  log x is always continuous for all real values of x.
Reason (R) : A function is always continuous at all the points of its domain.
Q02. Assertion (A) : f (x)  x  3 is always differentiable for all x  R  3 .
Reason (R) : A continuous function in R (real nos.), is always differentiable in R (real nos.).
3  x 2 , if x  1
Q03. Assertion (A) : f (x)   2 is differentiable at x  1 .
 x  1, if x  1
Reason (R) : f (x) is said to be differentiable at x  c , if Rf (c)  Lf (c) .
Q04. Assertion (A) : Function f (x)  x is continuous everywhere in R (real nos.) but not
differentiable at x  0 .
Reason (R) : For the given function f (x)  x , we have lim f (x)  lim f (x) .
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Q05. Assertion (A) : f (x)  e x is an increasing function, where x  R .

Reason (R) : If f (x)  0 then, f (x) is an increasing function.
2x 2
Q06. Assertion (A) : For f (x)  tan 1 2
, f (x)  .
1 x 1 x2
Reason (R) : Inverse of trigonometric functions exists only in their restricted domains.
π π
Q07. Assertion (A) : An angle θ , 0  θ  which increases twice as fast as its sine, is .
2 6
2
Reason (R) : Rate of change of 3 x with respect to x is, 6 x .
1/2
1 x 
Q08. Assertion (A) :  log   dx  0 .
1/2  1  x 
a
Reason (R) :  f (x) dx  0, if
a
f ( x)  f (x) .

dy
Q09. Assertion (A) :  y cot x  x is a linear differential equation in y.
dx
dy x
Reason (R) : y 2  x 2  c represents the general solution for differential equation  .
dx y
  /2

Q10. Assertion (A) :  log 1  cos x  dx   log 2 , as  log cos x dx   2 log 2 .
0 0
a a
Reason (R) :  f (x) dx  2 f (x) dx, if f (x)
a 0
is an even function.

Unit 4 (Vectors & 3 D Geometry)

Vector Algebra, Three Dimensional Geometry
     
Q01. Assertion (A) : a .b  0 implies, a  b , if a and b are non-zero vectors.
   
Reason (R) : Value of   2 , if a  b , where a  2iˆ  4ˆj  3 kˆ , b  ˆi  2ˆj  3kˆ .

Q02. Assertion (A) : For P(1, –2, 0) and Q(3, 5, 4), PQ  2iˆ  7ˆj  4kˆ .

Reason (R) : AB  (x 2  x1 )iˆ  (y 2  y1 )ˆj  (z 2  z1 )kˆ , where A(x1 , y1 , z1 ) and B(x 2 , y 2 , z 2 ) .

Q03. Assertion (A) : If the adjacent sides of a parallelogram are represented by a  2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ and

b  ˆi  3jˆ  4kˆ , then one of its diagonal is 3iˆ  2ˆj  3kˆ .
 
Reason (R) : For a parallelogram whose adjacent sides are given by vectors a and b , its
   
diagonals are (a  b) and (a  b) .
 ˆi  2jˆ  2kˆ 
Q04. Assertion (A) : If a  ˆi  2ˆj  2 kˆ then, â  , where â is a unit vector along a .
3
  a ˆi  a ˆj  a kˆ
Reason (R) : If a  a1ˆi  a 2 ˆj  a 3 kˆ then, a unit vector along a is given by 1 2 22 32 .
a1  a 2  a 2
 ˆ ˆ
Q05. Assertion (A) : If a line passes through a point whose position vector is a  i  4 j  2kˆ and is
 
parallel to the vector b  2iˆ  2ˆj  3kˆ then, its equation is r  ˆi  4ˆj  2kˆ   (2iˆ  2ˆj  3k) ˆ .

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Reason (R) : If a line passes through a point whose position vector is a and is parallel to the
   
vector b then, its equation is r  a   b .
x y3 z x  4 y  7 z 1
Q06. Assertion (A) :   and   are perpendicular lines.
1 2 2 2 2 1
Reason (R) : The direction ratios of parallel lines are proportional.

Q07. Assertion (A) : The shortest distance between the lines r  8iˆ  9ˆj  10kˆ   (3iˆ  16ˆj  7k)
ˆ and

r  15iˆ  29ˆj  5kˆ  (3iˆ  8jˆ  5k)
ˆ is given by 14 units .
     
Reason (R) : The shortest distance between the parallel lines r  a1   b and r  a 2   b , is
  
b  (a 2  a1 )
given by S.D.   .
b

Unit 5 (Linear Programming)

Linear Programming Problems

Q01. Assertion (A) : In a particular LPP whose objective function is given as Z  x  y , the corner
points of the feasible region are found to be (25, 0), (0, 40) and (0, 0) and so, Zmax  40 .
Reason (R) : The maximum or minimum values of objective function occur at the corner point
of the feasible region.
Q02. Assertion (A) : In a particular linear programming problem whose objective function is given as
Z  x  y , the corner points of the feasible region are (25, 0), (0, 20), (20, 10) and (0, 0). Then,
we have Zmax  30 .
Reason (R) : The maximum or minimum values of objective function occur at a point, which
lies inside the feasible region

Unit 6 (Probability)
Probability

Q01. Assertion (A) : Let A and B are two independent events. If P(A)  0.2, P(B)  0.1 , then
P(A  B)  0.02 .
Reason (R) : For independent events A and B, we always have P(A  B)  P(A)  P(B) .
Q02. Assertion (A) : If P(A)  0.4, P(B)  p, P(A  B)  0.6 and the events A and B are given to be
independent events, then (3p)  1 .
Reason (R) : For independent events A and B, we always have P(A  B)  P(A)  P(B) .
4 4 2 45 60
Q03. Assertion (A) : For P(E1 )  , P(E 2 )  , P(E 3 )  , P(E | E1 )  , P(E | E 2 )  ,
10 10 10 100 100
35
P(E | E3 )  , we have P(E)  0.49 (using total probability).
100
Reason (R) : P(E)  P(E1 )  P(E | E1 )  P(E 2 )  P(E | E 2 )  P(E3 )  P(E | E3 ) .

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Q04. Assertion (A) : The random variable X has a probability distribution P(X), which is of the form
k, if x  0
2k, if x  1

P(X)   . Then k  1 .
 3k, if x  2
0, otherwise
Reason (R) : For a probability distribution of random variable X,  P(X)  1 .
Q05. Assertion (A) : Three cards are drawn successively with replacement from a well shuffled pack
3
of 52 cards. Then the mean of the number of red cards, is .
2
Reason (R) : For the independent events E and F, we may or may not have
P(E  F)  P(E)  P(F) .

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