Paper 1

Section A
MCQ Single Correct Type (01 – 04)

1. The number of ways in which a mixed double game can be arranged amongst 9 married
couples if no husband and wife play in the same game is
(A) 756 (B) 1512
(C) 30 24 (D) none of these.

n
2. If   1 is a cube root of unity and    x   1  12  69  ...... then then values of n and x
are respectively
(A) 36,1 (B) 12,2
(C) 24,1/2 (D) 18 , 1/3

3. If sin(cos) = cos( sin), then sin2 may take value

(A) 3/4 (B) –3/4
(C) 1/4 (D) None of these

4. If A  tan 1 x, then the value of sin 2A is

2x 2x
(A) (B)
1  x2 1  x 
2

2x
(C) (D) none of these
1  x2

MCQ Multi Correct Type (05 – 10)

n
 1
5. The term independent of x in (1 + x)m  1   is
 x
(A) m+nCm (B) m+nCm
m+n
(C) Cm-n (D) None of these

6. If m and n are positive integers more than or equal to 2, m > n, then (mn)! is divisible
by
(A) (m!)n (B) (n!)m
(C) ( m+n)! (D) (m - n) !

7. Let n be a positive integer with f(n) = 1! + 2! + 3! + . . . + n! and P(x), Q(x) be

polynomials in x such that f(n+2) = P(n)f(n+1) + Q(n)f(n) for all n 1. Then
(A) P(x) = x + 3 (B) Q(x) = -x –2
(C) P(x) = -x –2 (D) Q(x) = x + 3

8. If z  20i  21  21  20i then arg(z) can be

 3
(A) (B)
4 4
3 
(C)  (D) 
4 4
9. Let z1, z2 be two complex number represented by points n the circle |z| = 1 and |z|= 2
respectively, then
(A) max|2z1 + z2| = 4 (B) min|z1 - z2| = 1
1
(C) z2  3 (D) min|z1 - z2| = 2
z1

 x 1  1  x  1  
10 . If tan 1    tan    ,then x=……..
 x2  x2 4
1 1
(A) : (B)
2 2
1 1
(C) (D) 
2 2

Section B

Matrix Match Type

1. Match the following (for number of solutions of equations)

Column A Column B
(A) x  0,5  , 3 sin2 x  7 sin x  2  0 (P) 2
(B)    (Q) 3
x    ,  , 3 sin2 x  8 cos x
 2 2
(C)  (R) 4
   ,   ,5 cos 2  2cos2  1  0
2
(D) 2
   2,3 ,3 sin   14 sin   8  0 (S) 6

2. Match the following

Column-I Column-II
(A) cos 1
 
4x  3x  3 cos1 x, then x can take values
3 (P) 1 
 2 , 1
 
(B)  
sin1 3x  4x 3  3 sin1 x, then x can take values (Q)  1 
  2 , 0
 
(C)  
cos1 4x 3  3x  3 sin1 x, then x can take values (R)  3
0, 
 2 
(D)  
sin1 3x  4x 3  3 cos 1 x, then x can take values (S)  1
0, 2 
 
(T) 

Section C

Numerical Based (1 – 8)

1 If twice the square of the diameter of a circle is equal to the sum of the squares of the
sides of the inscribed triangle ABC, then sin2A + sin2B + sin2C is equal to

2 If |z1 – 1| 1, |z2 – 2|  2 and |z3 – 3|  3 then the maximum value of |z1 + z2 + z3| is 15 – k
then k equals
 4
3 Sum of the squares of the greatest and the least value of |z| satisfying the equation z  =
z
2 is

4 The number of flags with three strips in order that can be formed using 2 identical red, 2
identical blue and 2 identical white strips is 30   where  is

5 The value(s) of y for which the equation 4 sinx+3cosx= y2– 6y +14 has a real solution, is
(are)

n
6 If the number of the terms in the expansion of  x  y  z  are 36 then ‘n’


7 Number of solutions of the equation sin1(x 2  4x  3)  cos1(x 2  6x  8)  is
2

3 3
8. If sin1 x  sin1 y  sin1 z  then the value of x100C  y100  z100  101 is
2 x  y101  z101
 Paper II

Section A

MCQ Multi Correct (01 – 08)

1. The number 101100  1 is divisible by

(A) 10 (B) 102
(C) 103 (D) 104

50
50 50  r
2. The coefficient of x 33 in the expansion of  Cr  x  4  3r is
r 0
50
(A) C33 (B)  50 C33
(C)  50 C17 (D) 50
C17

3. The number of ways in which we can choose 2 distinct integers from 1 to 100 such that
difference between them is at most 10 is
(A) 100C2 – 90C2 (B) 100C98 – 90C88
100 90
(C) C2 – C88 (D) None of these

4. If z1,z 2 and z3 be affixes of vertices of an equilateral triangle lying on z  1 then which of

the following true is/are
1 1 1
(A)   0 (B) z12  z 22  z32  z1z 2  z2 z3  z3 z 4
z1  z 2 z 2  z3 z3  z1
1 1 1
(C) z1  z 2  z3  0 (D)   =0
z1 z2 z3

 1 
5. If  cos2 x  2
cos x 
 2

 1  tan 2y 3  sin 3z   4 , then

(A) x may be a multiple of  (B) x can not be an even multiple of 
(C) z can be a multiple of  (D) y can be a multiple of /2 .

6. If a, b, c be positive real numbers and

ak bk ck
  tan1  tan1  tan1 , where k = a + b + c, then  equals
cb ca ab
(A) /2 (B)/4
(C)  (D) 0

A
7. In a triangle ABC with fixed base BC, the vertex A moves such that cosB  cos C  4 sin2 .
2
If a,b and c denote the lengths of the sides of the triangle opposite to the angle A, B and C
respectively, then
(A) b  c  4a (B) b  c  2a
(C) locus of point A is an ellipse (D) locus of point A is a pair of straight lines

8. In a triangle ABC, if sin A sin  B  C   sin C.sin  A  B  , then

(A) tan A,tanB,tanC are in A.P (B) cotA,cotB,cotC are in A.P
(C) cos 2A,cos 2B,cos 2C are in A.P (D) sin 2A,sin 2B,sin 2C are in A.P
 Comprehension Type (9 to 10)

The geometrical meaning of | z1  z 2 | is the distance between points z1 & z 2 in the argand
plane. One of the many applications of this is in solving least value problems. The fact that
sum of two sides of a triangle can never be less than the third side is also widely used.

9. The least value of | 5z  13 |  | 3z  11| equal to

8 16
(A) (B)
3 5
12 7
(C) (D)
5 3

10. The least value of | z – 5 | + | z + 11 | is

(A) 6 (B) 16
(C) 8 (D) 3

Comprehension Type (11 to 12)

1
cos  cos 2 cos 3  0    
4
11. Sum of the roots of this equation is
(A)  (B) 2
(C) 3 (D) 4

12. If  is a root of this equation, 2cos  is a root of the equation

(A) x 2  1  0 (B) x 2  1  0
(C) x 4  4x 2  5  0 (D) x 4  4x 2  3  0

Section C

Numerical Based (1 – 8)

1. In a triangle ABC, a2 ( cos2B - cos2C) + b2 ( cos2C – cos2A) + c2 ( cos2A- cos2B) equals

2. In a ABC, the sides a, b and c are such that they are the roots of x3 –11x2 + 38x –40 = 0
cos A cosB cos C 
then the value of   = then    equals
a b c 

3. Radius of the circle z z + z + z - iz + i z - 7 = 0 is

4. The number of ways of selecting two numbers from the set {1, 2, …,12} whose sum is
divisible by 3 is 11k where k is

5. In a hockey tournament, a total of 153 matches were played. If each team played one match
with every other team, the total number of teams that participated in the tournament were
10  k then k equals

6. The number of solutions of the equation tanx + secx = 2cosx lying in the interval [0, 2]
is

7. If cos1 + 2 cos2 + 3 cos3 = 6 then tan1+ tan2+ tan3 equals to

100
8. The sum of coefficients of all terms in the expansion  x  y  z  is
 ANSWERS
PAPER – I

Section A
MCQ Single Correct Type (01 – 04)

1. B M111216
2. C M110332
3. A M112208
4. C M112504

MCQ Multi Correct Type (05 – 10)

5. AB M110410
6. ABCD M111216
7. AB M111221
8. ABCD M116303
9. ABC M110329
10. CD M112504

Section B

Matrix Match Type

1. A S BP CR DS M112203

2. A P B QS C  RS D RS M112502

Section C

Numerical Based (1 – 8)

1 2 M111501
2 3 M110404
3 4 M110304
4 6 M111203
5 3 M112206
6 7 M110414
7 1 M112503
8. 2 M112504
 Paper II

Section A

MCQ Multi Correct (01 – 08)

1. ABCD
2. BC
3. ABC
4. ABC
5. AD
6. CD
7. BC
8. BC

Comprehension Type (9 to 10)

9. B
10. B

Comprehension Type (11 to 12)

11. C
12. A

Section C

Numerical Based (1 – 8)

1. 0
2. 7
3. 2
4. 2
5. 8
6. 2
7. 0
8. 1