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1.The sum of the series is equal to

A.

B.

C.

D.

2.If α and β (≠ 0) are the roots of the quadratic equation x2 + αx - β = 0, then the quadratic expression –x2 + αx
+ β where x ∈ R has

A. Least value

B. Least value

C. Greatest value

D. Greatest value

3.What is the coefficient of the middle term in the binomial expansion of (2 + 3x)4?

A. 6
B. 12
C. 108
D. 216

4.The equation px2 + qx + r = 0 (where p, q, r, all are positive) has distinct real roots a and b. Which one of the
following is correct?

A. a > 0, b > 0
B. a < 0, b < 0
C. a > 0, b < 0
D. a < 0, b > 0

5.If A is an identity matrix of order 3, then its inverse (A-1)

A. is equal to null matrix

6.If C(20, n + 2) = C(20, n - 2), then what is n equal to?

A. 8
B. 10
C. 12
D. 16

7.What is the number of terms in the expansion of [(2x - 3y)2 (2x + 3y)2)2?

A. 4
B. 5
C. 8
D. 16

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8.Consider the following statements:

1) The algebraic sum of deviations of a set of values from their arithmetic mean is always zero.

2) Arithmetic mean> Median> Mode for a symmetric distribution.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Neither 1 nor 2

9.Let the correlation coefficient between X and Y be 0.6. Random variables Z and W are defined as Z = X + 5

and What is the correlation coefficient between Z and W?

A. 0.1
B. 0.2
C. 0.36
D. 0.6

10.An urn contains 9 red, 7 white, and 4 black balls. A ball is drawn at random. Find the probability that the ball
is drawn is red or white.

A. 3/5
B. 4/5
C. 2/3
D. 1/3

11.Three unbiased coins are tossed once. Find the probability of getting exactly 2 tails

A. 3/5
B. 2/3
C. 3/8
D. None of the above

12.In a single throw of two dice, find Probability (an odd number on the first die and a 6 on the second).

A. 1/12
B. 1/11
C. 2/3
D. 3/5

13.If A and B are two events, then what is the probability of occurrence of either event A or event B?

A. P(A) + P(B)
B. P(A ∪ B)
C. P(A ∩ B)
D. P(A) P(B)

14.Two symmetric dice flipped with each dice having two sides painted red, two painted black, one painted
yellow and the other painted white. What is the probability that both land on the same colour?

A.

B.

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C.

D.

15.The mean of 100 observations is 50 and the standard deviation is 10. If 5 is subtracted from each
observation and then it is divided by 4, then what will be the new mean and the new standard deviation
respectively?

A. 45, 5
B. 11.25, 1.25
C. 11.25, 2.5
D. 12.5, 2.5

16.Two independent events A and B are such that and If P(B) < P(A), then what
is P(B) equal to?

A.

B.

C.

D.

17.The number of real roots for the equation x2 + 9|x| + 20 = 0 is

A. Zero
B. One
C. Two
D. Three

18.What is the fourth term of un AP of n terms who sum is n(n + 1)?

A. 6
B. 8
C. 12
D. 20

19.How many three-digit even numbers can be formed using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 when repetition of digits
is not allowed?

A. 36
B. 30
C. 24
D. 12

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A complex number is given by

20. What is the principal argument of z?

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A. 0

B.

C.
D. π

Direction: Consider the following for the next 02 (two) items:

Let A and B be (3 × 3) matrices with det A = 4 and det B = 3.

21. What is det (3AB-1) equal to?

A. 12
B. 18
C. 36
D. 48

22.The sum of (p + q)th and (p - q)th terms of an AP is equal to

A. (2)th term
B. (2q)th term
C. Twice the pth term
D. Twice the qth term

23.A is a square matrix of order 3 such that its determinant is 4. What is the determinant of its transpose?

A. 64
B. 36
C. 32
D. 4

24.If then what are the values of x and y respectively?

A. -3, 4
B. 3, 4
C. 3, -4
D. -3, -4

25.What are the roots of the equation |x2 – x – 6| = x + 2?

A. -2, 1, 4
B. 0, 2, 4
C. 0, 1, 4
D. -2, 2, 4

26.If then what is adjoint of B equal to?

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A.

B.

C.
D. It does not exist

27.If A = {x ∈ Z : x3 – 1 = 0} and B = {x ∈ Z : x2 + x + 1 = 0}, where Z is set of complex numbers, then what is

A. Null set

B.

C.

D.

28.What is the nth term of the sequence 25, -125, 625, -3125, …..?

A. (-5)2n – 1
B. (-1)2n 5n + 1
C. (-1)2n – 1 5n + 1
D. (-1)n – 1 5n + 1

29.In which one of the following cases would you expect to get a negative correlation?

A. The ages of husbands and wives

30.The set of bivariate observations (x1, y1), (x2, y2), …., (xn, yn) are such that x. Then the possible values of
the correlation coefficient between x and y are

A. 0 and 1 only
B. 0 and -1 only
C. 0,1 and -1
D. -1 and 1 only

31.If xi > 0, yi> 0 (i = 1, 2, 3, …n) are the values of two variable X and Y with geometric means P and Q

respectively, then the geometric mean of is

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A.

B. antilog
C. n(log P – log Q)
D. n(log P + log Q)

32.8 coins are tossed simultaneously. The probability of getting at least 6 heads is

A.

B.

C.

D.

33.The correlation coefficient from a set of 30 observations is 0.8. Then the percentage of variation not
explained by linear regression is

A. 80%
B. 20%
C. 64%
D. 36%

34.The ratio of roots of the equations ax2 + bx + c = 0 and px2 + qx + r = 0 are equal. If D1 and D2 are respective
discriminants, then what is equal to?

A.

B.

C.
D. None of the above

35.If a, b, c are in AP or GP or HP, then is equal to

A. or 1 or

B. or or 1

C. 1 or or

D. 1 or or

36.What is the sum of all three-digit numbers that can be formed using all the digits 3,4 and 5, when repetition
of digits is not allowed?

A. 2664
B. 3882
C. 4044
D. 4444

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37.If A, B and C are the angles of a triangle and then which one of the
following is correct?

A. The triangle ABC is isosceles

38.Consider the following in respect of matrices A and B of same order :

1) A2 – B2 = (A + B) (A – B)

2) (A – I) (I + A) = O ⇔A2 = I

Where I is the identity matrix and O is the null matrix.

Which of the above is/are correct?

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Neither 1 nor 2

39.If the second term of a GP is 2 and the sum of its infinite terms is 8, then the GP is

A.

B.

C.

D.

40.Let Tr be the rth term of an AP for r = 1, 2, 3, …… . If for same distinct positive integers m and n we have
Tm = 1/n and
Tn = 1/m, then what is Tmn equal to?

A. (mn)-1
B. m-1 + n-1
C. 1
D. 0

41.IF a + b + c = 0, then one of the solutions of is

A. x = a

B.

C.
D. x = 0

42.What should be the value of x so that the matrix does not have an inverse?

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A. 16
B. -16
C. 8
D. -8

43.If u, v and w (all positive) are the pth, qth and rth terms of a GP, then the determinant of the

matrix is

A. 0
B. 1
C. (p – q) (q – r) (r – q)
D. ln u × ln v × ln w

44.If A and B are two invertible square matrices of same order, then what is (AB) -1 equal to?

A. B-1 A-1
B. A-1 B-1
C. B-1 A
D. A-1 B

45.What is the adjoint of the matrix ?

A.

B.

C.

D.

46.Which one of the following factors does the expansion of the determinant contain?

A. x – 3
B. x – y
C. y – 3
D. x – 3y

47.A square matrix A is called orthogonal if

Where A’ is the transpose of A.

A. A = A2
B. AT = A-1
C. A = A-1
D. A = A’

48.If an infinite GP has the first term x and the sum 5, then which one of the following is correct?

A. x < - 10
B. - 10 < x < 0

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C. 0 < x < 10
D. x > 10

49.Consider the following expression:

1)

2)

3) 3x2 – 5x + ab

4)

5)

Which of the above are rational expressions?

A. 1, 4 and 5 only
B. 1, 3, 4 and 5 only
C. 2, 4 and 5 only
D. 1 and 2 only

50.Which one of the following can be obtained from an ogive?

A. Mean
B. Median
C. Geometric mean
D. Mode

51.If A and B are two events such that P(A) = 0.5, P(B) = 0.6 and P(A ∩ B) = 0.4, then what is equal
to?

A. 0.9
B. 0.7
C. 0.5
D. 0.3

52.Let A and B be two mutually exclusive events of a random experiment such that P(not A) = 0.65 and P(A or
B) = 0.65, find P(B).

A. 0.35
B. 0.13
C. 0.30
D. 0.65

53.Two cards are chosen at random from a deck of 52 playing cards. What is the probability that both of them
have the same value?

A.

B.

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C.

D.

54.A fair coin is tossed and an unbiased dice is rolled together. What is the probability of getting a 2 or 4 or 6
along with head?

A.

B.

C.

D.

55.A problem is given to three students A, B and C whose probabilities of solving the problem

are and respectively. What is the probability that the problem will be solved if they all solve the
problem independently?

A.

B.

C.

D.

56.What is the probability that in a group of two people, both will have the same birthday, assuming that there
are 365 days in a year and no one has his/her birthday on 29th February?

A. 1/365
B. 364/365
C. 2/365
D. None of the above

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