TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture/ B.Sc. (Hons.) Horticulture Degree Programme

Mid Semester Examination, March 2023
Year :I (2017 Syllabus) Time : 1 hr
Semester : I Max. Marks: 20

( Answer All questions)

[40 x 0.5 = 20]
Multiple Choice Questions (Bold the Correct Answer)

1. . What is mean by Permutation

A) Arrangemnet B) Selection
C) Circular D) Factorial

2. What is the value of (n+1) Cr ?

A) ncr+1 B) ncr-1
C) ncr+ ncr-1 D) ncr- ncr+1

3. The value of 6c2 is

A) 15 B) 6
C) 51 D) 61

4. ncr- ncr+1
A) ncr+1 B) (n+1) Cr
C) ncr D) nc0

5. Transpose of a column matrix is

A) Row matrix B) Zero matrix
C) column matrix D) Diagonal matrix

6. The number of permutation can be formed from the word “ MATHS”

A) 6! B) 5!
C) 2! D) 2!

7. How many ways can a team of 3 boys and 3 girls be selected from 5 boys nad 4 girls
A) 10 B) 20
C) 30 D) 40

8. The inverse matrix A-1

A) a) adjA B) a) adjA
│A│ │B│
C) adj Ax │A│ D) adj A+│A│

9. A-1exits if and only if

A) │A│= 0 B) │A│≠ 0
C) │A│= 1 D) │A│≠ 1

10. npr is -----

1
 A) n! B) nI
r! (n –r)!
C) nr D) n!
(n –r)!

The value of 6C1 is

11.
A) 6 B) 7
C) 9 D) 1

12. The number of permutation is the number of combinations

A) equal B) less than
C) greater than D) none of the above

13. Combination means

A) Selection B) arrangement
C) counting D) Collection

14. The relation between nCr and nPr is

A) nCr = nPr-1 B) nCr = nPr/r
C) nCr = nPr/r! D) nCr = nPrxr1

15. The matrix is known as

A) Row matrix B) Coloumn matrix

C) Vector matrix D) None

16. If the order of P is 2 x 3 and the order of Q is 3 x 4 then the order of PQ is

A) 2 x 4 B) 3 x 3
C) 2 x 3 D) 4 x2

17. If A = is

A) │A│=0 B) │A│=1
C) │A│= 3 D) │A│=4

18. How many words can be formed by using all letter of the words ‘ AGRI’
A) 4 B) 12
C) 24 D) 36

19. The inverse of the matrix A-1

A) adj A B) | A|
, | A| ≠ 0 , | A| ≠ 0
| A| adj A
C) - adj A D) 0

20. Varaiance of following obesrvation 6,6,6,6,6 is

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

21. The formula for nth term of H.P is

A) 1 B) 1
tn = tn =
a+(n+1)d a+nd
C) 1 D) 1
tn = tn =
a+(n−1)d a−rd

22. Matrix containing only one row [1 3 7 9 6] and several columns is called as
A) Row vector B) Upper triangular
C) Column vector D) Lower triangular

23. A straight line passing through the point (1,1) and parrellal to the line 2x +3 y -7 =0 is
A) 2x+3y+5=0 B) 3x+2y+8=0
C) 3x-2y+7=0 D) 2x-3y-5=0

24. Equation of the straight line passing through t he point (-1, 3) and (4,2) is
A) x-y=3 B) x-y= -2
C) x+y =3 D) x+y=2

25. The line 3x-7y =21 cuts the y axis at the point
A) (0, -3) B) (1,-3)
C) (3,-1) D) (-3,0)

26. The angle between the lines whose slopes all 3 and ½
A) 30o B) 600
C) 45 0
D) 90o

27. The slope of the line parallel to X axis is

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

28. A straight line makes a triangle of the area 5 units withs the axis of co-ordinates and its
perpenticular to the line is 5x – y =1 the equation of this line is
A) x+y+5=0 B) x+5y±5√2=0
C) x-5y±5√2=0 D) 5x+y±√2=0

29. The point whose absciss a is -3 and co-ordinates is 5 , lies in

A) I Quadrant B) II Quadrant
C) III Quadrant D) IV Quadrant

30. The distance between (4, -3) and the origin is

A) 2 units B) 5 units
C) 3 units D) 6 units

31. Equation of the circle is

A) 3x2+2y2+4x+4y-1 = 0 B) 3x2+2y2+2xy+4x-4y-1 = 0
C) 3x2+3y2+4x+4y-1 = 0 D) 3x2+3y2+4x+9y+1 = 0

32. If two rows if a determinate are identical then the value of the determinate is

3
 A) One B) Zero
C) Two D) Three

33. The diameter of the circle x2+ y2-4x-6y=0 is

A) √52 B) √13
C) √26 D) √20

34. The distance between p(x1,y1) and Q (x2,y2) is

A) √(x2+1)2 B) √(x2-x1)2 + (y2-y1)2
C) √(x2-x1) 2
D) √(y2-y1)2

35. The point Q which divides the line segment joining the point A (x1,y1) and b ( x2,y2)
externally in the ratio l:m is
A) lx 2+ mx1 ly 2 +my1 B) lx 2−mx 1 ly2 −my 1
, ,
l+m l+m l−m l−m
C) x2 −x1 y 2− y 1 D) x 2 x 1 y2 + y 1
, ,
l−m l−m l−m l−m

36. The value of K if the straight line 3x+6y+7=0 and 2x+ky=5 are perpendicular is
A) 1 B) 2
C) -1 D) 1/2

37. If the varities of a parallelogram are (0,0), (2,1), (1,3) and (1,2) and aangle between the
diagonals will be
A) π/4 B) π/2
C) 3π/2 D) π/3

38. Find the value of 20C18

A) 180 B) 190
C) 170 D) 80

39. Find the slope of the straight line whose angle of inclination is 45˚
A) Zero B) One
C) Two D) Five

40. Two distinct points (x1, y1), (x2,y2) of L

A) y 1− y 1 B) y 2− y 1
m= m=
y 3− y 4 x 2−x 1
C) y 2 + y1 D) a & b above
m=
x 2+ x 1