S .N O. SU BJECT PAGE. NO.

1. Sets, Relations and Funtions 02-07

2. Complex Numbers 08-10
3. Binary Numbers 11-11
4. Sequence and Series 12-14
5. Quadratic Equations & Inequations 15-19
6. Permutations & Combinations 20-21
7. Binomial Theorem 22-23
8. Logarithms 24-25
9. Matrix 26-30
10. Determinants 31-33
11. Trigonometric Ratios, Angles & Equations 34-40
12. Inverse Circular Functions 41-42
13. Height & Distance 43--43
14. Properties of Triangles 44-45
15. Coordinate System & Straight Line 46-48
16. Circle 49-49
17. Conic Section 50-51
18. Three Dimensional Geometry 52-55
19. Limit, Continuity & Differentiability 56-57
20. Differentiation 58-60
21. Functions 61-62
22. Application of Derivatives 63-65
23. Indefinite Integrals 66-67
24. Definite integrals 68-69
25. Area Under the Curves 70-70
26. Differential Equations 71-73
27. Vector Algebra 74-78
28. Statistics 79-84
29. Probability 85-89
30. Miscellaneous 90-91
 SETS, RElATiONS
ANd FUNTiONS
1. If is a null set, then which one of the following is (a) 45 (b) 51
correct? (c) 96 (d) None of these
(a) = 0 (b) = {0} 9. How many students learn atleast one language?
(c) ={} (d) = {} (a) 45 (b) 51
2. If A = {a,b,c}, then what is the number of proper (c) 96 (d) None of these
subsets of A?
10. Consider the followign with regard to a relation R
(a) 5 (b) 6 on a set or real numbers defined by xRy if and only
(c) 7 (d) 8 if 3x+4y = 5
3. What is th range of f(x) = cos 2x – sin 2x ?
1
(a) [2, 4] (b) [–1, 1] I. OR1 II. IR
2
(c) [–1 2 , 2] (d) (– 2 ,2)
2 3
4. If A = {1,2,5,6} and B = (1,2,3),then what is (A×B) III. R
3 4
(B×A) equal to?
Which of the above are correct?
(a) {(1,1), (2,1), (6,1) (3, 2)}
(a) I and II (b) I and II
(b) {(1,1), (1,2), (2,1) (2,2)}
(c) II and III (d) I, II and III
(c) {(1,1), (2,2)}
11. Let M be the set of men and R is a relation is son of
(d) {(1,1), (1,2), (2,5) (2,6)} defined on M. Then, R is
Directions (Q. Nos. 5-9) Read the following passage and (a) an equivalence relation
give answer.
(b) a symmetric relation only
The students of a class are offered three languages (Hindi,
English and French). 15 students learn all the three lan- (c) a transitive relation only
guages whereas 28 studetns dont learn any langauge. The (d) None of the above
number of students learning Hindi and English but not 12. If A, B and C are non-empty sets such that A
French is twise the number of students learning Hindi and
French but not English. The number of students learning C = , then what is (A×B) (C×B) equal to?
English and French but not Hindi and French but not En- (a) A × C (b) A × B
glish. 23 students learn only Hindi and 17 students learn (c) B × C (d) 
only English. The total number of students learning French
is 46 and the total number of students learning only French 13. If A = {4n+2 n is a natural number} and B = {3nn
is 11. is a natural number}, then what is (A B) equal
5. How many students learn precisely two languages? to?
(a) 55 (b) 40 (a) {12n2 + 6n n is a natural number}
(c) 30 (d) 13 (b) {24n – 12 natural number }
6. How many students learn atleast two language? (c) {60n + 30 n is a natural number
(a) 15 (b) 30
(d) {12n - 6 n is a natural number
(c) 45 (d) 55
14. The relation R = {1,1}, (2,2), {3,3}, (1,2) (2,3), (1,3) }
7. What is the total strength of the class? on a set A = {1, 2, 3} is
(a) 124 (b) 100 (a) reflexive, transitive but not symmetric
(c) 96 (d) 66 (b) reflexive, symmetric but bot transitive
8. How many students learn English and French? (c) symmetric, transitive but not reflexive
(d) reflexive but neither symmetric nor transitive
15. If A and B are two disjoint sets, then which one of 22. For a set A, consider the following statement?
the following is correct?
I. A  P (A) = P(A)
(a) A – B = A – (A B)
(b) B –A = B A II. {A} P(A) = A
(c) A B = (A - B) B III. P (A) – {A} = P (A)
(d) All of these Where P denotes power set.
16. Let N denote the set of natural number and A = {n2 Which of the statement given above is/are correct?
: n N} and B = {n3/2 : n N}, Which one of the (a) 1 only (b) II only
following is correct?
(c) III only (d) I, II and III
(a) A B = N.
(b) The complement of (A B) is an infinite set. 23. The function f (x) = ex, x R is
(c) A B must be a finite set. (a) onto but not one-one
(d) A B must be a proper subset of (m6 : m N) (b) one-one onto
17. If A = {2, 3, } B = {4, 5}, then what is the number of (c) one-one but not one
elements in A × (B C) (d) neither one-one nor into
(a) 2 (b) 4 24. If A = P{1,2} where P denotes the power set, then
(c) 6 (d) 8 which one of the following is correct?
18. Consider the function f : R {0,1} such that: (a) {1,2} A (b) 1 A
f (x) = 1, if x is rational
(c) A (d) {1,2} 4
0, if x is irrational
Which one of the following is correct? 25. Let X be the set of all graudates in India Elements x
(a) The function is one-one into. and y in X are said to be related, If they are gradu-
ates of the same university. Which one of the fol-
(b) The function is many-one into.
lowing statements is correct?
(c) The function is one-one onto.
(a) Relation is symmetric and transitive only
(d) The function is many-one onto
19. Let U = {1,2,3......., 20.} Let A, B, C be the subsets of (b) Relation is reflextive and transitive only
U. Let A be the set of all number, which are perfect (c) Relation is reflexive and symmetric only
squares, B be the set of all number which are mul-
tiples of 5 and C be the set of all numbers, which are (d) Relation is reflexive symmetric and tran-
divisible by 2 and 3. sitive
Consider the following statements: 26. If A = {a,b,c,d}, then what is the number of proper
I. A, B, C are mutually exclusive subsets of A?
II. A, B, C are mutually exhaustive (a) 16 (b) 15
III. The number of elements in the complement (c) 14 (d) 12
set of A B is 12.
27. Out of 32 persons, 30 invest in National Savings
Which of the statement given above the correct?
Certificates and 17 invest in shares, What is the
(a) I and II (b) I and II number of persons who invest in both?
(c) II and III (d) I, II and III
(a) 13 (b) 15
20. If the cardinality of a set A is 4 and that of a set B is
(c) 17 (d) 19
3, then what is the cardinality of the set B?
(a) 1 x
28. The function f(x) = from R to R is
(b) 5 x2 1
(c) 7 (a) one-one as well as onto
(d) Cannot be determined as the sets A and B are (b) onto but not one-one
not given (c) neither one-one nor onto
21. The order of a set A is 3 and that of a set B is 2. (d) one-one but not onto
What is the number of relation from A to B?
(a) 4 (b) 6
(c) 32 (d) 64
29. If (1+3+5+......+p) + (1+3+5+....+q) = (+3+5...+r) where 38. Sets A and B have ne elements in common. How
each set of parentheses containes the sum of con- many elements will (A×B) and (B×A) have in com-
secutive odd intergers as shown, what is the small- mon?
est possible value of (p+q+r) where p > 6? (a) 0 (b) 1
(a) 12 (b) 21 (c) n (d) n2
(c) 45 (d) 54 39. If X and Y are any two non-empty sets, then what is
30. Let A = {x | c  9, x N }. Let B = {a,b,c} be the (X–Y)' equal to?
subset of A where (a+b+c) is a multiple of 3. What is (a) X'–Y' (b) X'Y
the larest possible number of subsets like B?
(c) X'Y (d) X – Y'
(a) 12 (b) 21
40. Whaty is the number of proper subsets of a given
(c) 27 (d) 30
finite set with n elements?
31. Let A = {–1,2,5,8}, B = {0,1,3,6,7} and R be the rela-
(a) 2n – 1 (b) 2n – 2
tion is one less than from A to B, then how many
elements wil R contain? (c) 2n - 1 (d) 2n – 2
(a) 2 (b) 3 41. If A, B and C are there finite sets, then what is [(A 
(c) 5 (d) 9 B ) C' ] equal to ?
32. A mapping f : R  R which is defined as f(x) = cos (a) A' B' C (b) A' B' C'
x; x R is (c) A' B' C' (d) A B C
(a) one-one only 42. If A, B, C are any three arbitrary events,then which
(b) onto only one of the following expressions shows that both A
(c) one-one onto and B occur but not C?

(d) neither one-one nor onto (a) A  B  C (b) A B  C

33. If n (A) = 115, n(B) = 326, n (A-B) = 47, then what is (c) A  B C (d) A  B C
n(AB) equal to?
43. Let f : R  R be a function defined as f(x) = x | x |; for
(a) 373 (b) 165
each x R, R being the set of real numbers. Which
(c) 370 (d) 394
one of the following is correct?
34. If P(A) denotes the power set of A and A is the void
(a) f is one-one but not onto
set, then what is number of elements in
p{p{p{p(A)}}}? (b) f is onto but not one-one
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) f is both one-one and onto
(c) 4 (d) 16 (d) f is neither one-one nor onto

35. Which one of the following function f : R R is 44. If A and B are subsets of a set X, then what is {A
injective? (X –B)} B equal to ?
(a) f (x) = | x | ,  ×  R (a) A B (b) A B

(b) f (x) = x2 ,  ×  R (c) A (d) B

45. The total number of subsets of a finite set A has 56
(c) f (x) = 11 ,  ×  R more elements, then the total number of subsets of
(d) f (x) = – x ,  ×  R another finite set B.What is the number of elements
in the set A?
36. If Na = {ax | x }, then what is N12 N8 equal
to? (a) 5 (b) 6

(a) N12 (b) N20 (c) 7 (d) 8

(c) N24 (d) N48 46. Which one of the following is correct?
(a) A×(B – C) = (A-B) × (A-C)
37. If X = {(4n – 3n – 1) | n } and Y = {9(n–1)n 
}, then what is X Y equal to? (b) A × (B – C) = (A × B) – (A×C)

(a) X (b) Y (c) A  (B C) = (A B) C

(c) N (d) A null set (d) A (B C) = (AB) C
47. In an examination out of 100 students, 75 passed in (a)  (b) A
English, 60 passed in Mathematics and 45 passed
in both English and Mathematics. What is the num- (c) AB (d) A – B'
ber of students passed in exactly one of the two 55. If A, B, C are three sets, then what is A – (B – C)
subjects? equal to?
(a) 45 (b) 60 (a) A – (B C) (b) (A – B ) C
(c) 75 (d) 90 (c) (A - B) (AC)(d) (A–B) (A – C)
48. Let R = {x | x N, x is a multiple of 3 and x  56. If A and B are two subsets of a set X, that what is
100} S = {x | x N, x is a multiple of 5 and x  100} A (A B)' equal to?
What is the number of elements in (R × S) (S ×R (a) A (b) B
)?
(c)  (d) A'
(a) 36 (b) 33
57. If :{1,2,3} {4,5} is not a function, if it si defined
(c) 20 (d) 6 by which one of the following
49. If A = {a,b,c} and R = {(a,a), (a,b), (b,c) (b,b), (c,c), (a) {(2, 4), (3, 5), (1,5)}
(c,a) is a binary relation on A, then which one of the
following is correct? (b) {(1,4) ,( 2, 5), (3, 4)}
(a) R is reflexive and symmertric, but not transititve (c) {(1,4), (1, 5), (3, 4)}
(b) R is reflexive and transitive, but not symmertric (d) {(1, 4), (1,5), (2,4), (2,5), (3, 4), (3, 5)}
(c) R is reflexive, but neither symmetric not 58. If A = {1, 2, 3, 4} and R = {(1, 1), (1, 3), (2, 2), (3, 1), (3,
transititve 4), (4, 3), (4, 4)} is a relation on A × A, then which
one of the following is correct?
(d) R is reflexive, symmetric and transitive
(a) R is reflexive.
50. Let g : R  R be a function such that, g(x) = 2x + 5.
(b) R is symmetric and transititve
Then, what is g-1 (x) equal to?
(c) R is transitive, but not reflexive
x5 (d) R is neither reflexive nor transitive.
(a) (b) 2x-5
2
59. Assertion (A) Function f : {1,2, 3} {a,b,c,d}is de-
5 x 5 fined by f = {(1,a), (2, b), (3,c)} has no inverse.
(c) x  (d) 
Reason (R) Function 'f' is not one-to-one
2 2 2
51. If a sets A contains 4 elements, then what is the (a) A and R are both correct, also R is the correct
number of elements in A × P(A)? (b) A and R are both correct, but Rs is not the
(a) 16 (b) 32 correct explanation of A.
(c) 64 (d) 128 (c) A is correct but R is wrong.
(d) A is wrong but R is correct.
52. If A,B,C are three sets such that A B = A C and
A  B = A  C, then which one of the following is 60. Assertion (A) Y = 2x+3 is one-to-one real world
correct? function.

(a) A = B only (b) B =C only Reason (R) x1  x2

(c) A = C only (d) A = B = C = y1  y2 , y1 = 2x1 + 3, y2 = 2x2 +3, for any two real x1
and x2
53. The function f : R R defined by f (x) = (x +1) for
2 35

all x R is (a) A and R are both correct, also R is the correct
explanation of A.
(a) one-one but not onto
(b) A and R are both correct, but R is not the
(b) onto but not one-one correct explanation of A.
(c) neither one-one nor onto (c) A is correct but R is wrong.
(d) both one-one and onto (d) A is wrong but R is correct.
54. If A and B are disjoint sets, then A (A' B) is
equal to which one of the following?
61. What is the inverse of the functionary = 5logx? (a) –9  (A  B  C)
(a) x = 51 (b) x = y (b) –7 (A B C)
/logy 1/log5

(c) x=5 (d) x = y (c) 4 (A B C)

logy log5

62. Which one of the following is correct? The func- (d) 5 (A B C)
tions
69. If A and B are two sets satisfying A – B = B – A, then
   which one of the following is correct?
f : A  R where A =  x  R ,–  x   defined (a) A=
 2 2
by f(x) = tan x? (b) A B = 
(a) Injective (b) Not injective (c) A=B
(c) Bijective (d) Not bijective (d) None of these
63. Assertion (A) {x  R | x2 < 0} is not a set. Here, R is 70. If (A – B) (B – A) = A for subsets A and B of the
the set of real numbers. universal set U, then which one of the following is
correct?
Reason (R) For every real number x, x2  0
(a) B is a proper non-empty subset of A.
(a) A and R are both correct, also R is the correct
explanation of A. (b) A and B are non-empty disjoint sets.

(b) A and R are both correct, but R is not the (c) B=
correct explanation of A. (d) None of the above
(c) A is correct but R is wrong. 71. If A, B and C are three sets and U isthe universal set
(d) A is wrong but R is correct. such that n (U) = 700, n (A) = 200, n (B) = 300 and
64. Let R be the relation defined on the set of nature n(AB) = 100, then what is the value of (A' B')?
number N as aRb; a, b  N, if a divides b. Then, (a) 100 (b) 200
which one of the following is correct? (c) 300 (d) 400
(a) R is reflexive only 72. What does the shaded region in the Venn diagram
(b) R is symmetric only given the following represent?
(c) R is tranitive only Diagram
(d) R is reflexive and transitive (a) C(A' B')
65. Consider the followign statement: (b) C (C' A B)
I   II  (c) C  (C A ) (C B)
Which of the statements given above is/are correct (d) C  (A \ B)
(a) I only (b) II only 73. Let N be the set of integers. A relation R on N is
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II defined as R = {(x, y) | xy > 0, x, y N}. Then, which
66. Which one of the followign are incorrect? one of the following is correct?
(a) A P (A) = P(A)(b) A P (A) = A (a) R is symmetric but not reflexive
(c) A –P (A) = A (d) p(a) –{A} = P(A) (b) R is reflexive but not symmetric
Here P(A) denotes the power set of a set A (c) R is symmetric and reflexive but transititve
67. What does the shaded region in the following dia- (d) R is an equivalence relation.
gram represent? 74. Elements of a population are classified according
(a) (A B)C (b) (A B) C to the presence or absence of each of3 attributes
ultimate classes into which the population is di-
(c) (A B) – C (d) None of these vided?
68. Let A - {X  R | –9  x < 4} (a) 5 (b) 6
B = {x  R | – 13 < x  5 } and (b) 8 (d) 9
C = {x  R | – 7  x  8}
Then, which one of the following is correct?
 (a) The set of isosceless triangles; the set of non-
1, if x is a rational number 
75. If (x) = O , if x is an irrational number , what is/ isosceles right angled triangles
  (b) The set of isosceles triangles; the set of right
are the values (s) of (fof) ( 3 )? angled triangles
(c) The set of equilateral triangles; the set of right
(a) 0 (b)1
angled triangles
(b) Both 0 and 1 (d) None of these
(d) The set of isoscelss triangles, the set of equi-
76. Assertion (A) If events, A, B, C and D are mutually lateral triangles.
exhaustive, then (A B C) = D 80. Consider the following statements
Reason (R) (A B C) = D implies if any element For non-empty sets A, B and C
is excluded from the set A, B and C, then it is in-
I. A – (B – C) = (A – B) C
cluded in D.
(a) A and R are both correct, also R is the correct II. A – (B C) = (A –B) – C
explanation of A. Which of the statements given above is/are cor-
(b) A and R are both correct; but R is not the rect?
correct explanation of A. (a) I only (b) II only
(c) A is correct but R is wrong (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
(d) A is wrong but R is correct. 81. A relation R is defined over the set of non-negative
77. For non-empty subsets A, B and C of a set X such integers as xRY = x2 + y2 = 36. What is R?
that A B = BC, Which one of the following is (a) {(0,6)}
the subset inference that can be derived?
(b) {(0, 6),  11 ,5  , 3,3 3  }
(a) A = B =C (b) A  B = C
(c) {(6.0), (0.6)}
(c) A = B C (d) A B C
(d) {( 11,5 ), (2, 4 2 ), (5, 11 ), (4 2 ,2)}
78. If is the universal set and P is a subset of , then
82. Consider the following statements:
what is P {(P –) (–P) equal to?}
I. Parallelism of lines is an equivalence relation.
(a) (b) P'
II. xRY, if x is a father of y, is an equivalence rela-
(c)  (d) P tion
79. If  is the set of all triangles, P = the set of all Which of the statements given above is/are cor-
isosceles triangles, Q = the set of all equilateral tri- rect?
angles, R = the set of all right angled triangle what (a) I only (b) II only
do the sets P  Q and R – P represents respec- (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
tively?
 COmPlEx NUmBERS
1  2i 2 – i  
1. If z  – , then what is the value of z2 + (b) 2 cos (d) 2 sin
2 – i 1  2i 10 10

z z ? (i = –1 ) 1 1
9. What is modulus of – ?
(a) 0 (b) –1 1  3i 1  3i
(c) 1 (d) 8
3 9
2. What is the argument of (1 – sin ) + i cos ? (a) (b)
5 25
(i   1)
3 5
(b) (d)
    25 3
(a) – (b) 
2 2 2 2 10. If  is the imaginary cube root of unity, then what
is (2-  +2  2)27 equal to?
   
(c)  (d)  (a) 327  (b) –327  2
4 2 4 2
(c) 327 (d) –327
3. The smallest positive integral value of n for which
2
1 i   1  2i 
  is purely imaginary with positive imaginary 11. What is the conjugate of   ?
 1 i   2i 
part is 7 24 7 24
(a) 1 (b) 3 (a) i (b) – i
25 25 25 25
(c) 4 (d) 5
4. If and are the complex cube roots of unity, then 7 24 7 24
(c) – i (d) i
what is the value of (1+) (1+) (1+) (1+2)? 25 25 25 25
(a) –1 (b) 0  3 i 
(c) 1 (d) 4  
12. What is   equal to?
 3 i 
5. What is the value of (1+i)5 , where i = 1 ?
(a) –1 (b) 0
(a) – 8 (b) 8
(c) 1 (d) 2
(c) 8i (d) –8 i
13. If  is a complex cube root of unity, then what is
6. What are the square roots of –2i? i   1    10 +  –10 equal to?
(a) 2 (b) –1
(a)  (1+i) (b)  (1–i)
(c) –2 (d) 1
(b)  i (d)  1
6i – 3i 1
3 4 3i
7. If z = 1 + i tan where  <  < , then what is |  1
2 14. If x + iy =  then what is x – iy equal
z | equal to? 20 3 i 
(a) sec  (b) – sec  to?
(c) sec2  (d) – sec2  (a) 3 + i (b) 1 + 3i
  (c) 3i (d) 0
8. If z = 1+ cos
5
+ i sin
5
, then what is | z | equal to
15. 
What is the value of  1  i 3  48
?
  (a) 1 (b) 2
(a) 2 cos (b) 2 sin (c) 224 (d) 248
5 5
16. What is the value of 1+i2 + i4 + i6 + .......... + i100, where (c) 3 (d) 1
i= 1 ? 25. What is the value of   1  4n3

 i 41  i  257 , 
9

(a) 0 (b) 1
where n  N?
(c) –1 (d) None of these
26. If is the cube root of unity, then what is the conju-
1  2 2  gate of 2 2  3i ?
  (a) 2  –3i (b) 3  +2i
2 2 2 4 3 
17. What is the value of  , where  is (c) 2  +3i (d) 3  -2i
3 4 
3 3 6  27. If z is a complex number such that z + z-1 = 1, then
what is the value of z99 + z-99?
the cube root of unity?
(a) 1 (b) –1
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) –2
(c) 2 (d) 3
 3  i  equal to?
18.
 i 3 
What is the value of  
200
i 3 
 
200

+
28. What is
1  3i 
 i  3  i 3 (a) 1+ i (b) 1 –i
   
1?
(c)
3 1  i 
(d)

3 i 
(a) – 1 (b) 0 2 2
(c) 1 (d) 2 29. If 2x = 3 + 5i, then what is the value 2x3 + 2x2 – 7x +
19. If  is a complex cube root of unity and x =  - 2 72x ?
(a) 4 (b) –4
 –2, then what is the value of x2 + 4x + 7?
(c) 8 (d) –8
(a) –2 (b) –1
(c) 0 (d) 1  1   3  
29

29

30. Assertion (A)   +   1   3  = –1

1  x  iy 2   2 
2 2
   
20. If x  y  1 , then what is 1  x  iy euqal to
Reason (R)  2 = –1
(a) x-iy (b) x+iy
(a) A and R are both correct and R is correct ex-
(c) 2x (d) –2iy planation of A.
(b) A and R are both correct but R is correct ex-
1  2i
21. What is the modulus of ? planation of A.
1  1  i 2
(c) A is correct but R is wrong.
(d) A is wrong but R is correct.
(a) 1 (b) 5
31. Match List I with List II and select the correct an-
(c) 3 (d) 5 swer using the code given below the lists.
List I List II
22. What is the least positive integer n for which
A. A cube root of unity 1. –2(1+i)
1 i 
   1? B. A square root of -1 2. 2 i
1 i 

(a) 16 (b) 12 C. Cube of 1-i 3. i

23.
(c) 8 (d) 4
If  is a complex number such that  2    1  0 ,
D. Square of 1+ i 4. 
1
2
1 i 3 
then what is  31 equal to? Code :
A B C D
(a)  (b)  2
(a) 4 1 3 2
(c) 0 (d) 1
(b) 2 1 3 4
1  2i (c) 4 3 1 2
24. Whatr is the modulus of equal to ?
1  1  i 2 (d) 2 3 1 4
(a) 5 (b) 4
32. For positive whole number of n, what is the value of 39. If  is a complex non-real root of unity, then  sat-
i4n+1? isfies which one of the following equations?
(a) 1 (b) –1 (a) x2–x + 1 = 0 (b) x2 + x + 1 = 0
(c) i (d) –i (c) x +x - 1 = 0
2
(d) x2 – x – 1 = 0
33. If  is complex cube root, then what is the value of 40. If 1,  ,  2 are the three cube roots of unity, then

1
1
–

1

1    1   2
? a  b  c  equal to?
6 4 2

(a) 1 (b) 0
what is
b  c  a  10 8

(c)  (d)  2 a
34. A straight line is passing through the points repre- (a) (b) b
b
1 (c)  (d)  2
sented by the complex numbers a + ib and ,
 a  ib 41. What is the square root of the complex number – 5
where (a,b) (0,0) + 12i?
Which one of the following is correct? (a) 2 – 3i (b) 2 +3 i
(a) It passes through the origin
(b) It is parallel to the x-axis (c) –2 + 3i (d) – 5  12i
(c) It is parallel to the y-axis
1 i 3
(d) It passes through (O,b) 42. If   , then what is the value of
35. Which one of the following is correct? If z and w are 2
complex number and w denotes the conjugate of 1   8   16   24   32 ?
(a) 0 (b) 1
w, then z  w  z  w holds only, if
(c)  (d) –  2
(a) z = 0 or w = 0
(b) z = 0 and w = 0 43. What is one of the values of i  i ?
(c) z w is purely real
(a) 2 (b) 0
(d) z . w is purely imaginary
1 i 1 i
(c)  (d) 
1 3 2 2
36. What is the square root of –i ?
2 2 44. What is the value of
 3 i
 
(a)   2  2 
 3 i
 
(b)   2  2 
 1  i 3 / 2   1  i 3 / 2
10 10

    (a) 1 (b) –1
(c) 2 (d) 0
1 3  1 3  45. If  denotes the cube root of unity, then what is
 
(c)   2  i 2  (d)   2  i 2  the real root of equation x3–27 = 0?
   
(a) 3  (b) 3  2
37. Let C be the set of complex number and z1,z2 are
in C. (c) –3  (d) 3  3
I. arg (z1) = arg (z2) = z1 = z2 46. Let O be the origin and point A be represented by z.
II. | z1 | = | z2 | = z1 = z2

Which of the statements given above is/are cor- If OA is rotated through an angle in the anti-
rect? 2
(a) I only (b) II only clockwise direction keeping the length of OA same,
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II then what represents the new point?
38. What is arg (bi) where b > o. (a) –iz (b) | z | i
(c) iz (d) z

(a) 0 (b)
2
3
(c)  (d)
2
 BiNARy NUmBERS
1. In binary system the decimal number 0.3 can be 10. The number 0.0011 in binary system represents
expressed as
(a) rational number 3/8 in decimal system
(a) (0.01001.........)2 (b) (0.10110.........)2
(b) rational number 1/8 in decimal system
(c) (0.11001.........)2 (d) (0.10101.........)2
(c) rational number 3/16 in decimal system
2. In a binary number system, assume that a = 00111
(d) rational number 5/16 in decimal system
b
and b = 01110, then in a decimal system , which is 11. What is the binary equivalent of decimal number
a (0.8125)10?
equal to? (a) (0.1101)2 (b) (0.1001)2
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) (0.1111)2 (d) (0.1011)2
(c) 4 (d) 5 12. What is the decimal equivalent of (101.101)2?
3. The number 10101111 in binary system is repre- (a) (5.225)10 (b) (5.525)10
sented in decimal system by which one of the fol-
lowing numbers? (c) (5.625)10 (d) (5.65)10
(a) 157 (b) 175 13. The binary number 0.111111...... (where the digit 1 is
recurring) is equivalent in decimal system to which
(c) 571 (d) 751 one of the following?
4. What is (1111)2 + (1001)2 – (1010)2 equal to?
1 11
(a) (111)2 (b) (1100)2 (a) (b)
10 10
(c) (1110)2 (d) (1010)2
5. What is the binary number equivalent of the deci- 10
mal number 32.25? (c) 1 (d)
11
(a) 100010.10 (b) 100000.10 14. The difference of two number 10001100 and 1101101
(c) 100010.01 (d) 100000.01 in binary system is expressed in decimal system by
6. What is the equivalent binary number of the deci- which one of the following?
mal number 13.625? (a) 27 (b) 29
(a) 1101.111 (b) 1111.101 (c) 31 (d) 33
(c) 1101.101 (d) 1111.111 15. The multiplication of the number (10101)2 by (1101)2
7. What is the value of yields which one of the followign?

0.101211  0.011211
2 2 (a) (10011001)2 (b) (100010001)2
102
0.1012  0.1012 01 0.0112 01  0.0112 10
2 2 2 (c) (110010011)2 (d) (100111001)2
16. Which one of the following binary number is the
8. If x = (1101)2 and y = (110)2, then what is the value of
x2 - y2? prime number?
(a) (1000101)2 (b) (10000101)2 (a) 111101 (b) 111010
(c) (10001101)2 (d) (10010101)2 (c) 111111 (d) 100011
9. If (10×010)2 – (11y1)2 = (10z11)2, then what are the 17. What is the product of the binary numbers 1001.01
possible values of the binary digits x, y, z and 11.1?
respectivley (a) 101110.011 (b) 100000.011
(a) 0, 0, 1 (b) 0, 1, 0 (c) 101110.101 (d) 100000.101
(c) 1, 1, 0 (d) 0, 0, 0
 SEqUENCE ANd SERiES
1. If n!, 3 × (n!) and (n+1)! are in GP, then the value of
n will be 2 3
(c) (d) 3
(a) 3 (b) 4 2
(c) 8 (d) 10 10. Which one of the followign options is correct?
2. What is the 10th common term between the series 2 (a) sin2 30º, sin2 45º, sin2 60º, are in GP.
+ 6 + 10 + ............... and 1 + 6 + 11 + .....? (b) cos2 30º, cos2 45º, cos2 60º, are in GP.
(a) 180 (b) 186 (c) cot2 30º, cot2 45º, cot2 60º, are in GP.
(c) 196 (d) 206 (d) tan2 30º, tan2 45º, tan2 60º, are in GP.
3. If the 10th term of GP is 9 and 4th term is 4, then 11. The arithmatic mean of two numbers exceeds their
what is its 7th term? geometric mean by 2 and the geometric mean ex-
(a) 6 (b) 14 ceed their harmonic mean by 1.6. What are the two
(c) 27/14 (d) 56/15 numbers?
4. If a,b,c,d,e and f are in AP, then (e-c) is equal to (a) 16, 4 (b) 81, 9
which one of the following? (c) 256, 16 (d) 625, 25
(a) 2(c-a) (b) 2(d-c) 12. A square is drawn by joining mid-points of the sides
(c) 2(f-d) (d) (d-c) of a square. Another square is drawn inside the
second square in the same way and the process is
5. If the airthmatic and geometric means of two num-
continued indifinitely. If the side of the first squares
bers are 10, 8 respecitvely, then one number exceeds
is 16 cm, then what is the sum of the areas of all the
the other number by
squares?
(a) 8 (b) 10
(a) 256 sq cm (b) 512 sq cm
(c) 12 (d) 16
(c) 1024 sq cm (d) 512/3 sq cm
6. In a GP of positive terms, any term is equal to one-
13. The sum of an infinite geometric progression in 6. If
third of the sum of next two terms. What is the com-
the sum of the first two terms is 9/2, then what is the
mon ratio of the GP?
first term?
13  1 13  1 (a) 1 (b) 5/2
(a) (b)
2 2 (c) 3 or 3/2 (d) 9 or 3
14. If the AM and GM between two numbers are in the
13  1 ratio m : n, then what is the ratio between the two
(c) (d) 13
3 numbers?

1 1 m  m2 – n2 mn
7. Which term of series , ,1,........ is – 128? (a) (b)
4 2 2 2 mn
m m –n
(a) 9th (b) 10th
(c) 11th (d) 12th m2  n2 m 2  n 2  mn
(c) 2 2 (d)
1 1 1 1 m n m 2  n 2  mn
8. If    , then a,b,c is equal to
ba bc a c 15. The 59th term of an AP is 449 and the 449th term is
(a) AP (b) GP 59. Which term is equal to 0 (zero)?
(d) HP (d) None of these (a) 501st term (b) 502nd term
(c) 508th term (d) 509th term
1 1 16. If the AM and HM of two numbers be 27 and 12
9. What is the sum of 3  +....?
3 3 3 respectively, then what is their GM equal to?
(a) 12 (b) 18
3 3 3 (c) 24 (d) 27
(a) (b)
2 2
17. What is the sum of all natural numbers between 200
and 400 which are divisible by? n n2
(a) (b)
(a) 6729 (b) 8712 n 1 n 1
(c) 8729 (d) 9276 n 1 n 1
18. Let a,b,c be in AP. (c) (d)
n 2n
Consider the following statements:
27. If the sum of 'n' terms of an arithmtic progression is
1 1 1 n2–2n , then what is the nth term?
I. , , are in AP.. (a) 3n–n2 (b) 2n–3
ab ca bc
(c) 2n + 3 (d) 2n–5
1 1 1 28. If a, 2a+2, 3a+3 are in GP, then whatis the 4th term of
II. , , are in AP..
b c c a a b that series?
(a) –13.5 (b) 13.5
Which of the statements given above is/are cor-
rect? (c) –27 (d) 27
(a) I only (b) II only 29. What nis the 15th term of the sereis 3, 7, 13, 21, 31,
43,...........
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
(a) 205 (b) 225
19. If p times the pth term of an AP is q times the qth
term, then what is the (p+q)th term equal to? (c) 238 (d) 241
(a) p+q (b) pq 30. If the nth term of anarithmatic progression is 2n–1
then what is the sum upto n terms?
(c) 1 (d) 0
(a) n2 (b) n2–1
20. If x2, y2, z2 are in AP, then y + z, z + x, x + y are in
(a) AP (b) HP 1
(c) n2+1 n(n  1)
(d)
(c) GP (d) None of these 2
21. Natural numbers are divided into groups as (1), (2, 31. If the AM and GM of two numbers are 5 and 4 re-
3), (4, 5, 5) (7, 8, 9, 10) and so on. What is the sum of spectively, then what is the HM of those numbers?
the numbers in the 11th group?
(a) 605 (b) 615 5 16
(a) (b)
(c) 671 (d) 693 4 5
22. If x, 2x+2, 3x+3 are the first three terms of a GP, then 9
what is its fourth term? (c) (d) 9
2
(a) –27/2 (b) 27/2
32. The arithmatic mean of 4 numbers is 15. The
(c) –33/2 (d) 33/2
arithmatic mean of another 6 numbers is 12. What is
1 1 the arithmatic mean of the combined 10 numbers?
23. Which term of the sequence 20, 19 , 18 ,
4 2 (a) 12.2 (b) 12.8
(c) 13.2 (d) 13.8
3
17 ,........ is the first negative term? 33. What is sum to the 100 terms of the 9 + 99 + 999+...?
4
(a) 27th (b) 28th (a)
9

10 100
10  1  100 
(c) 29th (d) No such term exists
24. In an AP, the mth term is 1/n term is 1/m. What is its
(mn) the terms? (b)
9

10 99

10  1  100
(a) 1/(mn) (b) m/n
(c) n/m (d) 1 (c)  
100 1010  1
25. In a geometric progression with first term a and com-
mon ratio r, what is the arithmatic mean of first five
terms? (d)
9
100
10  1
99

(a) a + 2r (b) ar2 34. After paying 30 out of 40 instalments of a debt of

(c) a(r -1) / (r-1)5 (d) a(r5-1) / [5 (r-1)
5
Rs. 3600, one-third of the debt is upaid. If the
26. If the number of terms of an AP is (2n+1), then what installement are forming an arithmatic series, then
is the ratio of the sum of the odd terms to the sum of what is the first instalment?
even terms? (a) Rs. 50 (b) Rs. 51
(c) Rs. 105 (d) Rs. 110
35. The product of first nine terms of a GP is, in general, (a) log G1–log G2 (b) log G1 + log G2
equal to which one of the followings
(a) The 9th power of the 4th term G1
(c) G (d) G1G2
(b) The 4th power of the 9th term 2
(c) The 5th power of the 9th term
(d) The 9th power of the 5th term 1
43. Assertion (A) 0.3 + 0.3 + 0.003 + ....... =
36. The difference between the nth term and (n-1)th 3
term of a sequence is independent of n. Then, the Reason (R) For each (+) ve integer n, let an = a+ nd,
sequence follows which one of the followings a and d are real numbers. Then, a1+......+an =
(a) AP (b) GP
n
(c) HP (d) None of these [2a+(n+1)d].
2
37. Which one of the following is correct?
(a) A and R are both correct, also R is the correct
1 1 1 1 explantion of A.
If    , then a, b, c are in
bc ba a c (b) A and R are both correct, but R is the correct
explanation of A.
(a) AP (b) HP (c) A is correct but R is wrong.
(c) GP (d) None of these (d) A is wrong but R si correct.
38. If 1, x, y, z, 16 are in geometric progression, then 44. Which one of the following is correct? If the posi-
what is the value of x + y + z? tive numbers a, b, c and d are in AP, then bcd, cda,
dab, abc are in
(a) 8 (b) 12
(a) AP (b) GP
(c) 14 (d) 16
(c) HP (d) None of these
39. If the nth term of an arithmatic progresion is 3n+7, 45. What is the value of 91/3. 91/19, 9/127..........  ?
then what is the sum of its first 50 terms? (a) 9 (b) 3
(a) 3925 (b) 4100 (c) 91/3 (d) 1
(b) 4175 (d) 8200 46. If a, b, c, d are in harmonical progression such that
40. If for positive real numbers x, y, z the numbers x + y, a > b, then which one of the following is correct?
2y and y + z are in harmonic progression, then which (a) a + c= b +d (b) ac >b+d
(c) ac = bd (d) ab = cd
one of the following is correct?
47. a, b, c are in GP with 1< a < b < n and n > 1 is an
(a) x, y, z are in geomatric progression integer. loga n, logb n, logc n form a sequence. This
(b) x, y, z are in arithmatic progression sequence is which one of the following?
(c) x, y, z are in harmonic progression (a) HP (b) AP
(d) None of these (c) GP (d) None of these
41. What is the sum of the sereies 1 1 1
48. What is the sum of the sereis 1 –  –  ...... ?
2 4 8
1 1 .3 1.3.5
1   + ......... 
8 8.16 8.16.24 1 3
(a) (b)
2 4
2
(a) (b) 2 3 3 2
3 (c) (d)
2 3
49. If b1, b 2, b3 are three consecutive terms of an
3 1
(c) ` (d) arithmatic progression with common difference d >
2 2 3 o, then what is the value of d for which b3 = b2b3 +
b1d + 2?
42. What is the geomatric mean of the ratio of corre-
sponding terms of two sereis where G1 and G2 are 1
(a) (b) 0
geomatric means of the two series? 2
(c) 1 (d) 2
 qUAdRATiC EqUATiONS
&
iNEqUATiONS
1. Let the roots of the equation (x - a) (x - b) = c, c  o. 9. What isthesoluition set for the equal x4 - 26x2 + 25
Then, the roots of the equation (x-) (x-) +c = 0 = 0?
are (a) {–5, –1, 1, 5} (b) {–5, –1}
(a) a, c (b) b, c (c) {1,5} (d) {–5, 0, 1, 5}
(c) a, b (d) a+b, a+c 10. If  and are the roots of the equation 4x2 + 3x+ 7
2. If the equation x2 - px + q = 0 and x2 – ax + b = 0 have = 0, then what is the value (–2 + –2)?
a common root and the roots of the second follow-
11. If p, q and r rational numbers, then the roots of the
ing is correct?
equation x2 – 2px + p2 – q2 + 2qr – r2
(a) aq = 2 (b+p) (b) aq = b+p
(a) Complex (b) pure imaginary
(c) ap = 2(b+q) (d) ap = b+q
(c) irrational (d) rational
3. The equations x2 - 4x+29 = 0 has one root 2 + 5i.
12. What is the sum of the roots of the equa-
What is the order root? (i = 1 )
  
tion (2 – 3 ) x 2  7  4 3 x  2  3  0 ? 
(a) 2 (b) 5
(c) 2 +5i (d) 2-5i (a) 2  3 (b) 2  3

4. If one of the roots of the equation a(b–c)x2 + b(c-a)x (c) 7  4 3 (d) 4

+ c(a-b) = 0 is 1, what is the second root?
13. One of the roots of the quadratic equation ax2 + bx
bc  a  bc  a  + c = 0, a  0 is positive and the other root is
(a) – (b)
ab  c  ab  c  negative. The condition for this to happen is
(a) a > 0, b > 0, c > 0
c ( a  b) c ( a  b)
(c) a(b  c) (d)  a(b  c) (b) a > 0, b < 0, c > 0
(c) a < 0, b > 0, c > 0
5. What are the roots of the equation
(d) a < 0, c > 0
2 y  2 2  5 y  2   12 ?
14. What ius the condition that one root of the equa-
(a) –7 / 2, 2 (b) –3 / 2, 4 tion ax2 + bx + c = o, a  0 should be double the
(c) – 5/ 3, 3 (d) 3 / 2, 4 other?

6. Let and be the roots of the equating x2+x+1 = 0. (a) 2a2 = 9 bc (b) 2b2 = 9ac
The equation whose roots are 19 and  is (c) 2c2 = 9ab (d) None of these
(a) x2–x–1 = 0 (b) x2–x+1= 0 15. If 3 is the root of the equation x2– 8x + k = 0, then
what is the value of k?
(c) x2+x–1 = 0 (d) x2+x+1 = 0
(a) – 15 (b) 9
7. What is the value of 8  2 8  2 8  2 8  ... (c) 15 (d) 24
(a) 10 (b) 8 16. If sum of squares of the roots of the equation x2+kx
– b = 0 is 2b, what is k equal to?
(c) 6 (d) 4
(a) 1 (b) b
8. If the roots of the equation 3x2 – 5x + q = 0 are equal,
then what is the value of q? (c) – b (d) 0
(a) 2 (b) 5 /12
(c) 12/25 (d) 25/12
17. If one root to the euqation ax2 + bx + c = 0, a  0 is (6-6) = 0 (d) (8+8) = ()8
reciprocal of the other root, then which one of the
26. If p and q are positive integers, then which one of
following is correct?
the following equation has p – q as one roots?
(a) a = c (b) b = c
(c) a = – c (d) b = 0 (a) x2–2px – (p2–q) = 0
18. If the equations x2+kx+64 = O and x2 –8x +k = 0 have (b) x2–2px + (p2–q) = 0
real roots, then what is the value of k? (c) x2+2px – (p2–q) = 0
(a) 4 (b) 8 (d) x2–2px + (p2–q) = 0
(c) 12 (d) 16 27. If the product of the roots of the equation x2
19. If the roots of the equation (a2+b2) x2–2b (a+c) x + - 5 x + k = 15 is – 3 the whatis the value of k?
(b2+c2) = 0 are equal, then which one of the follow- (a) 12 (b) 15
ing is correct?
(c) 16 (d) 18
(a) 2b = a + c (b) b2 = ac
28. If the equation x2–bx + 1 = 0 does not possess real
(c) b + c = 2a (d) b = ac roots, then which one of the following is correct?
20. If and are the roots of the equation x2–2x+4 =0, (a) – 3 < b < 3 (b) –2 < b < 2
then what is the value of  ? (c) b > 2 (d) b < – 2
(a) 16 (b) – 16 29. If p and q are the roots of the equation x2–px + q = 0,
(b) 8 (d) – 8 then what are the values of p and q repsectively
21. Which of the following are the two roots of the (a) 1 , 0 (b) 0, 1
equation (x2+2)2 + 8x2 = 6x (x2+2)? (c) –2, o (d) –2, 1
(a) 1  i (b) 2  i 30. If are the roots of ax2 + bx = o, then what is
(c) 1  2 (d) 2  2   b
  equal to
22. If and are the roots of the equation x2+x+1= 0,   a
then which of the following are the roots of the
equation x2–x + 1= 0? (a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) 3
(a) and  (b) and 
31. If the root of ax + bx + c = 0 are sin  and cos 
2

(b)  and  (d) None of these for some  then which one of the following is cor-
23. Consider the equation (x-p) (x-6) + 1 = 0 having rect?
integral coefficints. If the equation has integral roots, (a) a2+b2 = 2ac (b) b2 – c2 = 2ab
then what values can p have?
(c) b2–a2 = 2ac (d) b2+ c2 = 2ab
(a) 4 or 8 (b) 5 or 10
32. If x = 2 + 21/3 + 22/3, then what is the value of x3–6x2 +
(c) 6 or 12 (d) 3 or 6 6x?
1 (a) 1 (b) 2
24. If is one of the roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0,
2 2 (c) 3 (d )–2
where a, b, c are real, then what are the values of a, 34. The roots of the equation (x-p) (x-q) = r2, where p, q,
b, c respectively. r are real, are
(a) 6, –4, 1 (b) 4, 6, –1 (a) always complex
(c) 3, –2, 1 (d) 6, 4, 1 (b) always real
25. If are the roots of the quadratic equation x2– (c) always purely imaginary
x+1=0. then which one of the following correct? (d) None of the above
(a) (4-4) is real (b) 2(5+5) = ()5 (c)
34. The equation x - 2(x-1)–1 = 1 – 2(x-1)-1 has
a a
(a) no roots (b) one root (a) (b)
2 3
(c) two equal roots (d) infinite roots
a
35. If a, b and c are real numbers, then the roots of the (c) (d) 0
4
equation
(x-a) (x-b) + (x-b) (x-c) + (x-c)(x-a) = 0 are equation 42. If  ,  are the roots of the equation 2x2 –2(1+n2)x
(x-a) (x-b) + (x-c) + (x-c) (x-a) = 0 are always +1 (1+n2+n4) = 0, the what is the value of  2   2 ?
(a) real (b) imaginary
(c) positive (d) negative (a) 2n2 (b) 2n4
36. For the two equation x2+mx+1 = 0 and x2+x+m = 0, (c) 2 (d) n2
what is/are the value/values and m for which these
43. The roots of Ax2 + Bx + C = 0 are r and s. For the
equation have at least one common root?
roots of x2 + px + q = 0 to be r2 and s2, what must be
(a) – 2 only (b) 1 only the value of p?
(c) –2 and 1 (d) –2 and –1
37. Let   be a the roots of Ax2 – 4x + 1 = 0 and  (a)
B 2
– 4 AC  (b)
B 2
– 4 AC 
2 2
 be the root of Bx2 – 6x + 1 = 0. If   and  A A
are in HP, then what are the values of A and B re-
spectively?
(c)
2 AC – B  2
(d) B 2 – 2C
(a) 3, 8 (b) –3, –8 A2
(c) 3, –8 (d) –3, 8 44. If the sum of the first two terms and the sum of the
38. If 2 + 3 = 17 and 2
x y x+2
–3y+1 = 5, then what the value first four terms of a geometric progression with com-
of x? mon ratio are 8 and 80 respectively, then what is the
(a) 3 (b) 2 6th term?
(c) 1 (d) 0 (a) 88 (b) 243
39. If (X+a) is a factor of both the quadratic polynomi- (c) 486 (d) 1458
als x2+px+q and x2 + 1x + m, where p, q, l and m are
constant then which one of the following is cor- 45. If x is an integer and satisfies 9 < 4x – 1 <=19, then x
rect? is an elements of which one of the following sets?

(a) a = (m – q) / (l – p) (1 p) (a) {3, 4} (b) {2, 3, 4}

(c) {3, 4, 5} (d) {2, 3, 4, 5}
(b) a = (m + q) / ( 1 + p) (1 –p)
46. A quadratic polyomial with two distinct roots has
(c) I = (m – q) / ( a – p) (a –p) one real root. Then, the other root is
(d) p = (m – q) / ( a – 1) (a  1) (a) not necessarily real, if the coefficients are real
40. Which one of the following is one of the roots equa- (b) always imaginary
tion (b - c)x2 + (c-a)x + a (a-b) = o? (c) always real

c  a  a  b  (d) real, if the coefficients are real

(a) (b)
b  c  b  c  47. If sin and cos are the roots of the equation px2 + qx
+ r = 0, then which one of the following is correct?
b  c  c  a  (a) p2 + q2 – 2 pr = 0
(c) a  b  (d) a  b
(b) p2 – q2 + 2 pr = 0
41. What is the value of x satisfying the equation (c) (p + r)2 = 2 (P2 + r2)
(d) (p – r)2 = q2 + r2
3
  x  ax
16   ?
 ax  ax
48. If the roots of the equation x2 – bx + c = 0 are two
consecutive integers, then what is the value of b2 – 1
(a) k2 (b)
4c? k2
(a) 1 (b) 2
1

49.
(c) – 2 (d) 3
If r and s are roots of x2 – bx + c = 0 are two consecu-
(c) 2k2 (d)
k 2

tive integers, then what is the value of b2–4c? 58. If  and  are the root so fhte equation x2+x+1 = 0,
p 2  4q thn what is the equation whose roots are  19 and
(a) p2 – 4q (b)
2 7?
p 2  4q (a) x2–x–1 = 0 (b) x2–x+1 = 0
(c) (d) 3
q2 (c) x2+x–1 = 0 (d) x2+x+1 = 0
50. If and are the roots of x2 + 4x + 6 = 0, then what is the 59. If  and  are the root of the equation x2–6x+ 1 =
value of ?
0, then what is |  –  | equal to?
2 2
(a)  (b) (a) 6 (b) 3 2
3 3
(c) 4 (d) 8 (c) 4 2 (d) 12
51. If sum of the roots of 3x + (3p+1) – ( p + 5) = 0 is
2
60. The number of rows in a lecture hall equals to the
equal to their product, then product, then what is number of seats in a row. If the number of rows is
the value of p?
doubled and the number of seats in every row in
(a) 2 (b) 3 reduced by 10, the number of seats is increased by
(c) 4 (d) 9 300. If x denotes the number of rows in the lecture
hall, then what is the value of x?
52. If x is real and x2 –3x + 2 > 0, x2 –3x – 4  0, then which
one of the following is correct? (a) 10 (b) 15
(a) – 1  ×  4 (b) 2  ×  4 (c) 20 (d) 30
(c) – 1< ×  1 (d) –1  × < 1 or 2 < x  4
61. If are the roots of the equation lx2 – mx + m =
53. What is the value of 5 5 5 ..... 0, 1m, 1  0, then which one of the following state-
ments is correct?
(a) 5 (b) 5
(c) 1 (c) (5)1/4   m
(a)   0
54. For the real numbers p, q, r, y, let p < x < q and p < y   1
< r, which one of the following is correct?
(a) p < x < y < r (b) p < x < q < r   m
(b)   0
(c) p < y < x < q (d) None of these   1
55. One root of the equation x2 = px + q is reciprocal of
the other and p   1. What is the value of q?   m
(c) – 0
(a) q = –1 (b) q = 1  1

1 (d) The arithmatics mean of  and  is the same

(c) q = 0 (d) q =
2 as their geomatric mean.
56. The numerical value of the perimeter of a square 62. For what value of k, are the roots of the quadratic
exceeds that of its area by 4. What is the side of the equation (k+1)x2 – 2(K–1)X+ 1 = 0 real and equal?
square?
(a) k = 0 only (b) k = –3 only
(a) 1 unit (b) 2 units
(c) k = 0 or k = 3 (d) k = 0 or k = –3
(c) 3 units (d) 4 units
57. If the equation x2 + kx + 1 = 0 has the roots  and
 then what is the value of (  +  ) × (  –1+  –1)?
63. Which one of the following is correct? If 4 < x2 <9, 69. If  ,  are the roots of ax2 + 2bx + c = 0 and are
then?
   ,    the roots of Ax2 + 2Bx + C = 0, then
(a) 2 < x < 3 only (b) –3 < x < –2 only
what is (b2 – ac)/ (B2–AC) equal to
(c) 2 < x < 3, < x –2 (d) None of these
2 2
b a
64. If  and  are hte roots of the equation ax2+bx+c = (a)   (b)  
0, then what are the roots of the equation cx2 + bx + B  A
a = 0?
a b 
2 2
ab
(a)  ,
1
(b)  ,
1 (c)
A B 
2 2 (d)
 AB
 
70. If  ,  are the roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0,
1 1 then what is the value of (a  +b)–1?
(c) – ,–  (d) ,
 
a b
(a) (b) (ac)
65. If x and y are real number such that x > y and | x | > | bc 
y |, then which one of the following is correct?
(a) x > 0 (b) y > 0 b a
(c) (ac) (d) (bc)
(c) y < 0 (d) x < 0
66. If roots of an equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 are positive, 71. If  ,  are the roots of the equation x2–2x –1 = 0,
then which one of the following is correct?
then what is the value of  2 ,  2   2  2 ?
(a) Signs of a and c should be like.
(a) –2 (b) 0
(b) Signs of b and c should be like.
(c) 30 (d) 34
(c) Signs of a and b should be like.
72. If the roots of the equation x2–(a–1)x + (a + b) = 0
(d) None of the above and ax2 –2x + b = 0 are identical, then what are the
values of a and b ?
67. If the equation x2+k2 = 2(k+1)x has equal roots, then
what is the value of k? (a) a = 2, b = 4 (b) a = 2, b = –4

1 1 1
1 (c) a = 1, b = (d) a = –1, b = –
(a) – (b) – 2 2
3 2
73. If –x2 + 3x+ 4 > 0, then which one of the following is
(c) 0 (d) 1 correct?
68. How many real values of x satify the equation |x (a) x (–1, 4)
| + | x –1| = 1 ?
(b) x [–1, 4]
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) Infinite (d) No value of x (c) x   ,–1  4,  

(d) x   ,1  4,  

 PERmUTATiONS & COmBiNATiONS

1. There are 4 candidates for the post of a lecture in 11. What is the number of words that can be formed
Mathematics and one is to be selected by votes of from the letters of the word ‘UNIVERSAL’ vowels
5 men. What is the number of ways in which the remaining always together?
votes can be given? (a) 720 (b) 1440
(a) 1048 (b) 1072 (c) 17280 (d) 21540
(c) 1024 (d) 625 12. What is the maximum number of straight lines that
can be drawn with any four points in a plane such
P n1r 
n

2. What is the value of 

r 1
r!
? that each line containes at least two of these points?
(a) 2 (b) 4
(a) 2n–1 (b) 2n (c) 6 (d) 12
(c) 2 n–1
(d) 2n+1 13. What is the number of signals that can be sent by 6
3. How many diagonals will be there in an n=sided flags of different colours taking one or more at a
regular polygon? time?
(a) 21 (b) 63
nn  1 nn  3 (c) 720 (d) 1956
(a) (b)
2 2 14. In how many ways can a commitee consisting of 3
nn  1 men and 2 women be formed from 7 men and 5
(c) n2–n (d) women?
2
(a) 21 (b) 63
4. What is the total number of combination of n differ-
ent things taken 1, 2, 3 ........., n at a time? (c) 720 (d) 4200
(a) 2n+1 (b) 22n+1 15. What is the number of ways of arrangin the letters
of the word ‘BANANA’ so that no two N’s appear
(c) 2 n–1
(d) 2n–1 together?
5. 5 books are to be chosen from a lot of 10 books. If m (a) 45 (b) 350
is the number of ways of choice when one specified
book is always included and n is the numbger of (c) 700 (d) 4200
ways of choice when a specified book is always 16. What is the number of three-digits old number
excluded, then which one of the following is cor- formed by using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, If repetition
rect? of digits is allowed?
(a) m > n (b) m = n (a) 60 (b) 108
(c) m = n – 1 (d) m = n – 2 (c) 120 (d) 216
6. In how many ways 5 girls can be seated intwo chairs? 17. A team of 8 players is to be chosen from a group of
(a) 10 (b) 15 12 players. Out of the eight players one is to be
(c) 24 (d) 30 elected as captaion and another an vice-captain. In
7. If x + y £ 4, then there are how many non-zero how many ways can this is done?
positive integer ordered pair (x, y)? (a) 27720 (b) 13860
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6930 (d) 495
(c) 6 (d) 8 18. In a football championship 153 matches were played.
8. What is the value of n, if P (15, n–1) P (16 , n–2) = 3 Every team played one match with each other team.
: 4? How many teams participated in the championship?
(a) 10 (b) 12 (a) 21 (b) 18
(c) 14 (d) 15 (c) 17 (d) 15
9. Using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 only once, how 19. A coin is tossed 10 times. The number of heads
many number greater than 41000 can be formed? minus the number of tails in 10 toses is considered
(a) 41 (b) 48 as the outcome of the experiment. What is the num-
ber of points in the sample space.
(c) 50 (d) 55
(a) 10 (b) 11
10. A, B, C, D and E are coplanar points and three of
them life in a straight line. What is the maximum (c) 21 (d) 99
number of triangles that can be drawn with these
points as their vertices?
(a) 5 (b) 9
(c) 10 (d) 12
20. Two numbers are successively drawn from the set 30. What is the number of five-digit number formed?
{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7} without replacement and the out- with 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 without any repetition of digits?
comes recorded in that order. What is the number (a) 24 (b) 48
of elementary events in the random experiments? (c) 96 (d) 120
(a) 49 (b) 42 31. A group consists of 5 men and 5 women. If the
(c) 21 (d) 14 number of different five-position committees con-
21. How many times does the digit 3 appar while writ- taining k men and (5-k) women is 100, what is the
ing the integers from 1 to 1000? value?
(a) 269 (b) 271 (a) 2 only (b) 3 only
(c) 300 (d) None of these (c) 2 or 3 (d) 4
22. If C (n, 12) = C (n, 8,) then what is the value of C (22, 32. If 7 points out of 12 are in the same straight line,
n)? then what is the number of triangles formed?
(a) 131 (b) 231 (a) 84 (b) 175
(c) 256 (d) 292 (c) 185 (d) 201
23. What is the smallest natural number n such that n!
is divisible by 990?
n  2!n  1n  1
33. What is equal to?
(a) 9 (b) 11 n  1n  1
(c) 33 (d) 99 (a) 1
24. What is the value of r, if P(5, r) = P(6, r–1)? (b) Always an odd integer
(a) 9 (b) 5 (c) A perfect square
(c) 4 (d) 2 (d) None of these
25. What is the number of words formed from letters of 34. A five- digit number divisble by 3 is to be formed
the word ‘JOKE’ so that the vowels and conso- using the digits, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 without repeti-
nants alternate? tions. What is the total number of ways in which
this can be done?
(a) 4 (b) 8
(a) 216 (b) 240
(c) 12 (d) None of these
(c) 600 (d) 3125
26. How many words, with or without meaning can be
formed by using all the letters of the word ‘MA- 35. A meeting is to be addressed by 5 speakers A, B, C,
CHINE’ so that the vowels ocurs only the odd posi- D and E. In how many ways can be speakers be
tions? ordered, if B must not preced A (immediately or oth-
erwise)?
(a) 1440 (b) 720
(a) 120 (b) 24
(c) 640 (d) 576
(c) 60 (d) 54×4
27. From 7 men and 4 women a committee of 6 is to be
formed such that the committee contains atleast two 36. On a railways route there are 20 station. What is the
women. What is the number of ways to do this? number of different tickets required in order that it
may be possible to travel every station to every
(a) 210 (b) 371
other station?
(c) 462 (d) 5544
(a) 40 (b) 380
28. In how many ways can 3 books on Hindi and 3
(c) 400 (d) 420
books on English be arranged in a row on a shelf,
so that not all the Hindi books are together? 37. In how many ways can be letters of the word
‘CABLE’ be arranged, so that the vowels should
(a) 144 (b) 360 always occupy odd positions?
(c) 576 (d) 720 (a) 12 (b) 18
29. If a polygon has 20 diagonals, then what is the num- (c) 24 (d) 36
ber of sides?
(a) 6 (b) 10
(c) 12 (d) 8
 BiNOmiAl ThEOREm
1. What is the ratio of cofficient of x15 to the term 7. What is the coefficient of x4 in the expansion of
2
 2 2  1 x 
independence of x in  x   ?  
 x 1 x 

(a) 1/ 64 (b) 1 / 32 (a) – 16 (b) 16

(c) 1 / 64 (d) 1 / 4 (c) 8 (d) –8

2. For all n  N, 24n-15n – 1 is divisible by 8. What is the sum of the coeffcients of all the terms in
the expansion of (45x –49)4?
(a) 125 (b) 225
(a) –256 (b) –100
(c) 450 (d) None of these
(c) 100 (d) 256
3. What is the middle term in the expansion of
9. What is the coefficient of x4 in the expansion of
8
 x (1+xx+ 3x2 + 4x3+...)1/2?
1   ?
 2 (a) 1/4 (b) 1 / 16
(c) 1 (d) 1/128
35 x 4 17 x 4
(a) (b)
8 8 10. Consider the following statemetns
I. The coefficient of the middle term in the
35 x 5
(c) (d) None of these expansion of (1+x)8 is equal to the middle term
8
8
 1
4. What is the coefficient of x17 in the expansion of of  x  
 x
9
 3 
 3x  x  ? II The coefficient of the middle term in the ex-
 6 
 pansion of (1+x)8 is less than the coefficient
of the fifth term in the expansion of (1+x)7
189 567
(a) (b) Which of the above statements is/are correct?
8 2
(a) I only (b) II only
21
(c) (d) None of these (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
16
5. What is the number of terms in the expansion of 11. If P(32,6) = KC(32,6), then what is the value of k?
(a+b+c)n, n  N?
(a) 6 (b) 32
(a) n + 1 (b) n + 2
(c) 120 (d) 720
n  1n  2 12. What is the term independent of x in the expansion
(c) n(n+1) (d)
2 9
 3x 2 1 
6. What is the sum of all the coefficient in the expan- of (1+x+2x3)    ?
sion of (1+x)n  2 3 x 

(a) 2n (b) 2n–1 (a) 1/3

(c) 2 n–1
(d) 2(n-1)
(b) 19/54
(c) 1 / 4
 (d) No such term exists in the expansion 17. If x4 occurs in the rth term in the expansion of
15
13. What is the value of  4 1 
 x  3  , then what is the value of r?
8  x 
C0  8 C1  8 C 2  8 C3  8 C 4  8 C5  8 C 6  8 C 7  8 C 8
(a) 4 (b) 8
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 9 (d) 10
(c) 2 (d) 28
18. Alter simplification, what is the number of terms in
14. What is the coefficient of x3 y4 in (2x+3y2)5? the expansion of [(3x+y)5]4–[(3x–y)4]5?
(a) 240 (b) 360 (a) 4 (b) 5
(c) 720 (d) 1080 (c) 10 (d) 11
15. What is the approximate value of (102) ? 8
19. What is the coefficient of x5 in the expansion (1–
(a) 1.171 (b) 1.175 2x+3x2–4x3 + ....  )

(c) 1.177 (d) 1.179 10!

(a) (b) 5–5
16. If tr is the rth in the expansion of (1+x)101, then what 5!
t
20
is the ratio equal to? 10!
t (c) 55 (d)
19 6!4!
20x 20. What is the middle term in the expansion of
(a) (b) 83x
19 12
x y 3 
 – 
83x  3 y x  ?
 
(c) 19x (d)
19
(a) C(12, 7)x3y–3 (b) C(12, 6)x–3y3
(c) C(12, 7)x–3y3 (d) C(12, 6)x3y–3
 lOGARiThmS
1. If long10 2, log10 (2x–1), log 10(2x+3) are three con-
(c) log  ( ) (d) log  (  )
secutive terms of an AP, then which one of the fol-
lowing is correct?
log 27 9log16 64
(a) x = 0 (b) x = 1 7. What is the value of ?
log 4 2
(c) x = log25 (d) x = log5 2
(a) 1 (b) 2
2. What is the value of log2 (log381)?
(c) 4 (d) 8
(a) 2 (b) 3
8. If (logx X) (log3 2x) (log2x Y) = logx x2, then what is
(c) 4 (d) 9
the value of Y?

 1  9
 a  a 2  1   log 
3. 
What is log   (a) (b) 9
  2  12
 a  a 1 

equal to? (c) 18 (d) 27

(a) 1 (b) 0 9. If logk x log5 k = 3, then what is x equal to?

(a) k5 (b) 5k3

1
(c) 2 (d)
2 (c) 243 (d) 125

4. What is the value of log 3 9

10. What is the value of 2 log8 2 – ?
3
9  27  3
log10   – log10   + log10   ? (a) 0 (b) 1
8  32  4

(a) 3 (b) 2 8 16
(c) (d)
3 3
(c) 1 (d) 0

5. If log3 [log3 [log3 x]] = log3 3, then what is the value 11. If x > 1and log2 x, log3 x, logx 16 are in GP, then what
of x? is x equal to?

(a) 3 (b) 27 (a) 9 (b) 8

(c) 39 (d) 327 (c) 4 (d) 2

12. If log10 (x+1) + log10 5 = 3, then what is the value of

log 
H  x?
6 What is the value of log
 y
H  ? (a) 199 (b) 200

(c) 299 (d) 300

(a) log  ( ) (b) log  ( )
13. Assertion (A) If (x) = log x, then f (x) > 0, x > 0,  x 16. For whart value (s) of x is
> 0.
 2 
Reason (R) f (x) = log x is defined for all x > 0. log10  999  x  3 x  3   3 ?
 
(a) A and R are both correct, also R is the correct
(a) 0 (b) 1 only
explanation of A.
(c) 2 only (d) 1 , 2
(b) A and R are both correct but R is not the cor-
rect explanation of A. 17. What is the number of digits in the numeral form of
817?
(c) A is correct but R is wrong.
(a) 51 (b) 16
(d) A is wrong but R is correct.
(c) 15 (d) 14
14. If x(log10 | x |) = 2, what is the value of x?

(a) 2 only (b) –2 only 18. Find the value of log5 5

5

(b) 2 or –2 (d) 1 or –1
2 1
(a) (b)
log 27 9  log16 64 3 3
15. What is the value of ?
log 4 2
1
(c) (d) 2
2
1 1
(a) (b)
6 4

(c) 8 (d) 4
1. For what value of x does
mATRix (c)   1,   0 or   1,   1
1 3 0  0 
   (d)   1,   0
1 3 2 3 0 2  3   0 hold?
 2 0 1  x 
    0  1 0 
6. If A  1 1 and B  2 1
(a) –1 (b) 1    
(c) 9/8 (c) –9/8 such that A2 = B, then what is the value of 
2. Consider the following statement in respect of the
square matrices A and B of same order: (a) –1 (b) 1

I. A and B are non-zero and AB = 0 (c) 2 (d) 4

Either | A | = 0 or | B | = 0
3 1 1 1 
II. AB = 0 = A = 0 or B = 0 7. A=   and B =   then which of the follow-
0 4  0 2 
Which of the above statements is/are correct? ing is/are correct?
(a) I only (b) II only
I. AB is defined
(c) Both I and II (c) Neither I nor II
II. BA is defined
3. If the matrix
III. AB = BA
2 – X 1 1 
A  1 3 – X 0  1  3 2 
 – 1 2  8 5 
 3  X  8. If   is not an invertible matrix, then what
4 5  
is singular, then what is the solution set S?
(a) S = {0, 2, 3} (b) S = {–1, 2, 3} is the value of  ?
(c) S = {1, 2, 3} (d) S = {2, 3} (a) –1 (b) 0
4. Consider the following statements: (c) 1 (d) 2
I. The inverse of a square matrix, if it exists, is
unique 0 1   i 0  0 i
9. If A =   B=   ,C=   , then
II. If A and B are singular matrices of order n, – 1 0  0  i   i 0 
then AB is also a singular matrix of order n.
which one of the following is not correct?
Which of statements given above is/are correct?
(a) A2 = B2 (b) B2 = C2
(a) I only (b) II only
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II (c) AB = C (d) AB = BA

5. If the matrix 10. Consider the following statements in respect of a

square matrix A and its transpose AT :
1 0 
B  I. A + AT is always symmetric
2 1
is such that A2 = I, then which one of the following II.A – AT is always anti-symmetric
is correct?
Which of the statment given above correct?
(a)   0,   1 or   1,   0
(a) I only (b) II only
(b)   0,   1 or   1,   0
 (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II 1 2 
17.  
Let A = 3 4 = aij , where i, j = i, 2. If ites inverse
11. If a matrix A is such that 3A + 2A + 5A+ I = 0, then
3 2  
what is A–1 equal to? b  
matrix is ij what is b22?
(a) –(3A2 + 2A + 5) (b) 3A2 + 2A+ 5I (a) –2 (b) 1
(c) 3A2 – 2A – 5I (c) – (3A2 + 2A +5I) 3 1
(c) (d) 
12. Let A and B be matrics of order 3 × 3. If AB = 0 then 2 2
which of the following can be concluded? 18. If X and Y are the matrics of order 2 × 2 each and 2x–
(a) A = o and B = 0  7 0  9 13
3y = 7  13 and 3 x  2 y  4 13 , what is Y
  
(b) | A | = 0 and | B | = 0 equal to?
(c) Either | A | = 0 or | B | = 0
1 3 1 3
(d) Either A = 0 or B = 0 (a)  2 1 (b) 2 1 
  
13. If A is a square matrix then what is adj AT – (adj AT)
3 2 3 2
equal to (c)  – 1 5 (d) 1 – 5
   
(a) 2 | A | (b) 2| a | I
19. If a matrix A is symmetric as well as anti-symmetric,
(c) Null matrix (d) Unit matrix then which one of the following is correct?

5 6 1 (a) A is a diagonal matrix.

14. Let A = 2  1 5 . Let there exist a matrix B such (b) A is a null matrix
 
35 49 (c) A is a unit matrix
that AB = 29 13  . What is B equal to? (d) A is a triangular matrix.
 
1  2  3
5 1 4 2 6 3 2 1  2 
(a) 2 6 3 (b) 5 1 4  20. If A =   , then which one of the follow-
    3 2 1 
ing is correct?
5 2 2 5
1 (a) A is symmetric matrix.
6  6 1
(c)  (d)  
4 3  3 4  (b) A is anti-symmetric matrix
(c) A is singular matrix.
15. Consider the following statements:
(d) A is non-singular matrix.
I. If A' = A then A is singular matrix, where A' is
the transpose of A.  0
21. If A = 0   , where is cube root of unity, then
II. If A is a square matrix such that A3= I, then A  
what is A100 equal to?
is non - singular
(a) A (b) –A
Which of the statements given above is/are cor-
rect? (c) Null matrix (d) Identity matrix

(a) I only (b) II only 22. A matrix X has (a+b) rows and (a+2) columns and a
matrix Y has (b+1) rows and (a+3) columns. If both
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II XY and YX, then what are the values of a, b respec-
tively?
16. If A be a real skew-symmetric matrix of order n such
that A2+I =0, I being the identity matrix of the same (a) 3, 2 (b) 2, 3
order as that of A, then what is the order of A? (c) 2, 4 (d) 4, 3
(a) 3 (b) Odd
(c) Prime number (d) None of these
 1 2  a 0 0 0 1 
23. Let A = 3 4 and B = 0 b  , where a and b are 0 1 0
   
positive integers then, which one of the following 27. What is the inverse of  
is correct? 1 0 0

(a) There exists more than one but finite number

of B's such that AB = BA 1 0 0  0 0 1 
0 1 0  0 1 0 
(b) There exists exactly one B such that AB = BA (a)   (b)  
0 0 1  1 0 0 
(c) There exists infinitely many B's such that AB
= BA
0 0  1 
(d) There cannot exist any B such that AB = BA 1 2  0  1 0 
(c) 0 3 (d)  
3 4 0    1 0 0 
2 1 0 
24. Consider a matrix M =   and the following 28. Consider the following statements is respect of sym-
3 1 k  metric matrics A and B
statements? I. AB is symmetric
Statement A Inverse of M exists II. A2+B2 is symmetric
Statement B K  O Which of the above statements is/are correct/
Which one of the following in respect of the above? (a) I only (b) II only
matrix and statement is correct?
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
(a) A implies B, but B does not imply A
(b) B implies A, but A does not imply B 5 10 
29. Assertion (A) M = 4 8 
 
(c) Neither A implies B nor B implies A
(d) A implies B as well as B implies A Reason (R) M is singular.

25. Which one of the following is correct in respect of Codes

the matrix (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct
explanation of A.
0 0  1
A  0  1 0
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct
explanation of A.
 1 0 0
(c) A is true but R is false.
(a) A–1 does not exists
(d) A is fale but R is true.
(b) A = (–1)I.
(c) A is a unit matrix a 0 
30. If adj (A) =  1 b  and ab  0 , then what is the
 
(d) A2 = 1
value of A–1|?
3 2 (a) 1 (b) ab
26. If A = 1 4  , then what is A (adj A) equal to?
 
1 1
0 10 10 0 (c) (d)
ab ab
(a) 10 0 (b) 0 10
   
31. If 1+ m + n = o, then the system of equation
1 10  10 1  –2x+ y +z = 1
(c) 10 0  (d) 1 10
   
x-2y+z = m
 x+ y -2z = n following polynomial equations?
has (a) A2+3A+2I = 0 (b) A2+3A–2I = 0
(a) a trivial solution (c) A2–3A–2I = 0 (d) A2-3A+2I = 0
(b) no solution
2 x 0  –1 1 0
(c) a unique solution 38. If A =  x x  and A   1 2  , then what is the
   
(d) infinitely many solution value of x?

32. If A and B are two matrices such that AB = A and BA 1 1

= B, then which one of the following is correct? (a)  (b)
2 2
(a) (AT)2 = AT (b) (AT)2 = BT
(c) 1 (d) 2
(c) (AT)2 = (A–1)–1 (d) None of these
39. Let A = aij  mn be a matrix and C = C  ij m n be
1  3 1  1
33. If 0 1  A = 0 1 , which what is the matrix A? another matrix where Cij is the cofactor of aij Then,
    what is the value of | AC |?

1  3  2 2 2 2 
(a) 0 1  (b) 0 2  40. If A = 2 2  , then what is An equal to
     

 – 4 – 1 1 – 4 2 n 2 n  2n 2n 
(c) 
0 
(d) 
1 (a)  n n  (b) 2n 2n 
1 0 2 2   

1 – 2  2 2 n 1 2 2 n 1  2 2 n 1 2 2 n 1 
If X = 
3
34. and I is a 2 × 2 identity matrix, then (c)  2 n 1 2 n 1  (d)  2 n 1 2 n 1 
0 2 2  2 2 
x2 –2x + 3I equals to which one of the following?
41. If the least number of zeros in a lower triangular
(a) –I (b) –2x matrix is 10, then what is the order of the matrix?
(c) 2x (d) 4x (a) 3 × 3 (b) 4 × 4
35. Under what condition does A(BC) = (AB)C hold, (c) 5 × 5 (d) 10 × 10
where A, B, C are three matrices?
(a) AB and BC both must exists 1 p q  1  p  q 
0 x 0  is 0 1 0 
(b) Only AB must exist 42. If the inverse of    , then
0 0 1 0 0 1 
(c) Only BC must exists what is the value of x?
(d) Always true (a) 1 (b) zero

1 1 1
5 0  x   1 (c) –1 (d) p  q
36. If       , then which one of the
0 7   – y   2 
following is correct?
4 11 3 2 
(a) x = 5, y = 14 (b) x = –5, y = 14 43. If AB = 4 5  and A = 1 2 , then what is the
   
(c) x = –5, y = –14 (d) x = 5, y = –14 value of the determinant of the matrix B?
(a) 4 (b) –6
1 2
37. The Matrix A    satisfies which one of the 1
 2 2 (c)  (d) –28
4
 Direction (Q. Nos. 44 and 45) The following two
questions consists of two statements, one labeled 16 0 0
as the 'Assertion (A)' and the other as 'Reason (R)'. 0 16 0
You are to exainate these two statements carefuly (c)  
0 0 16 
and select the answer to these items using the codes
given below: (d) Cannot be determined, as data is insufficient.
Codes:
(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the x x2 1 x2 
correct explanation of A.  
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not  y y2 1 y 2 
the correct explanation of A. 48. If A =   where x, y, z are distinct.
2
 z z 1 z 2 
(c) A is true but R is false. 
(d) A is false but R is true.
What is | A |?
2 3  1 0  (a) 0 (b) x2y–y2x+xyz
44. Assertion (A) If A =   , B =   , then
(c) (x-y)(y-z)(z-x) (d) xyz
1 4   0 1
49. Under which of the following conditions (s), will
(A+B)2 = A2+B2+2AB.
Reason (R) : In the above, AB = BA 0 0 q 
2 5 1 
 cos  sin   the matrix A =   be singular?
45. Assertion (A) : If A =  cos  sin   and B = 8 p p 
 
I. q=0
 cos  cos  
  , then AB  I. II p=0
 sin  sin   III. p = 20
Reason (R) The product of two matrices can never Select the correct answer using the code given be-
be equal to an identity matrix low:
46. If A is any 2 × 2 matrix such that (a) I and II (b) III only
x  1 (c) I and II (d) I or III
 – 1 0
 x 1
A=   50. Let A be an m × n matrix. Under which one of the
  1 6 3  following conditions does A–1exists?
then what is A equal to? (a) m = n only
(b) m = n and det (A)  0
5 1    5  2 (c) m = n and det (A) = 0
(a)   (b)  
  2 2  1 2 (d) m  n
51. Let A and B be two matrices of order n × n. Let non-
  5  2   5  2 singular and B is singular. Consider following.
(c)  2 1  (d)  2 1 
    I. AB is singular.
47. If A is a 3 × 3 matrix such that | A | = 4, then what is A II. AB is non-singular.
(adj A) equal to? III. A–1 B is singular.
IV. A–1 B is non-singular
1 0 0  4 0 0 Which of the above is/are correct?
0 1 0  0 4 0  (a) I and III (b) II and IV
(a)   (b)  
(c) I only (d) III only
0 0 1  0 0 4 
 dETERmiNANTS
1. The simultaneous equation 3x + 5y = 7 and 6x + 10 y
= 18 have x 4 5
(a) no solution 7 x 7
7. If 5 and 7 are the roots of the equation = 0,
(b) infinitely many solutions 5 8 x
(c) unique solution
(d) any finite number of solutions then what is the third root?
(a) – 12 (b) 9
x1x2x4 (c) 13 (d) 14
x3x5x8? 8. If | A | = 8, where A is square matrix of order 3, then
2. The roots of the equation = 0 are indepen- what is |adjA| equal to?
x7x10x14
(a) 16 (b) 24
dent of (c) 64 (d) 512
(a)  (b)  a b c
(c)  (d)  ,  and  I m n
9. If =2 then what is the value determinant
a b bc a p q r
bc ca b ?
3. What is the value of the determinant 6a 3b 15 c
ca ab c
21 m 5n
?
(a) a3+b3+c3 (b) 3bc 2 p q 5r
(c) a3+b3+c3–3abc (d) 0
(a) 10 (b) 20
p q 0 (c) 40 (d) 60
0 p q 0 10. If the system of equations 2x + 3y = 7 and 2ax + (a +b
4. If , then which one of the following is
q 0 p y = 28 has infiniyyely many solutions, then which
one of the following is correct ?
correct? (a) a = 2b (b) b = 2a
(a) P is one of the cube roots of unity (c) a = - 2b (d) b= - 2a
(b) q is one of the cube roots of unity 11. Let A be an x n matrix. If det (  A) =  s det (A), what
p is the value of s?
(c) q is one of the cube roots of unity.. (a) 0 (b) 1
(c) - 1 (d) n
(d) None of these 12. If a, b, c are non-zero real numbers and
5. If a 1  b 1  c 1  0 such that
1+a 1 1
1 a 1 1 1 1+ b 1 = om then what is the value of
1 1 b 1 1 1 1+ c
 , then what is  equal to?
1 1 1 c 1 1 1
  ?
a b c
(a) –abc (b) abc
(c) 0 (d) 1 (a) 2 (b) 1
6. What is the value of the determinant (c) - 1 (d) 0

6a 3 b 15 c 2a 3r x a r x
21 m 5n 4b 6s 2y   b s y ,
13. A= then what is the
2 p q 5r  2c  3t  z c t z

(a) x+2 (b) x2+2 value of  ?

(c) 2 (d) –2 (a) 12 (b) - 12
(c) 7 (d) - 7
 1 i 2  2 4 0
0 5 16
2  i  i , 20. If = 20, then what is the value of p ?
14. What is the value of 0 0 1 p
2 2
1  2i  c   i 
(a) 0 (b) 1
where  is the ube root of unity ? (c) 2 (d) 5
(a) - 1 (b) 1 21. If the matrix B is the adjoint of the squarte matrix A
(c) 2 (d) 0 and  is the value of the determinate of A, then
15. Under which one of the following conditions does what is AB equal to ?
the system of equations
kx+y+z=k-1 1
(a)  (b)   I
x + ky + z = k - 1 
x + y + kz = k - 1 have no solution ? (c) I (d)  I
(a) k = 1 (b) k  - 2
(c) k = 1 or k = - 2 (d) k = - 2
bc a a 2
y x yz ca b b 2 equal to ?
z y xy 22. What is the determinant
16. If = 0, then which one of the following ab c c 2
x z zx
is correct ? 1 a a2 1 a2 a3
(a) Either x + y = z or x = y.
(b) Either x + y = - z or x = z. 1 b b2 1 b2 b3
(a) (b)
(c) Either x + z = y or z = y. 1 c c2 1 c 2 c3
(d) Either z + y = x or x = y.

k b  c b2  cz 1 a a3 a a1 a3
z c  a c2  a 2 1 b b3 b b2 b3
17. What is the value of k, if = (a (c) (d)
x a  b a 2  b2 1 c c3 c c2 c3
- b) (b - c) (c - a) ? 23. If x2 + y2 + z2 = 1, then what is the value of
(a) 1 (b) - 1
(c) 2 (d) 0 1 z y
sin 10º  cos 10º z 1 x
?
18. What is the value of ? y x 1
sin 80º cos 80º
(a) 0 (b) 1 (a) 0 (b) 1
(c) - 1 (d) 1/2 (c) 2 (d) 2 - 2xyz
19. If (a1/x) + (b1/y) = c1, (a2 /x) + (b2 /y) = c2 24. If | An × n | = 3 and | adj A | = 243, what is the value of
n?
a 1 b1 (a) 4 (b) 5
1  , (c) 6 (d) 7
a 2 b2 25. If A is matrix of order 3 × 2 and B is matrix of order 2 ×
b1 c1 3, then what is | kAB | equal to (where k is any scalar
2  , quantity) ?
b2 c2
(a) k | AB | (b) k2 |AB |
c1 a1 (c) k3 | AB | (d) | AB |
3  , 26. Which statement is correct in the following ? Linear
c2 a 2
system of equations
2 x + 3y = 4
then (x, y) is equal to whih one of the following ? and 4 x + 6y = 7, has
(a)  / 1  /  
2 , 3 1  
(b)  3 / 1,  2 /  1
(a) no solution
(b) unique solution
(c) 1/  2 1/  
, 3 (d) 1/  2 1/  
, 3
(c) exactly 3 solutions
(d) infinite many solutions
27. Suppose the system of equations (a) 1 (b) - 2
a 1x + b 1y + c 1z = d 1 (c) 2 (d) 
a 2x + b 2y + c 2z = d 2 a bc ab a
a 3x + b 3y + c 3z = d 3
4a  3b  2c 3a  2b 2a
has a unique solution x0, y0, z0. If x0 = 0, then which 32. The determinant
one of the folloiwng is correct ? 10a  6b  3c 6a  3b 3a
is independent of which one of the following ?
d1 b1 c1 d1 b1 c1 (a) a and b (b) b and c
a 2 b 1 c2  0 d 2 b2 c2  0 (c) a and c (d) All of these
(a) (b) 33. Assertion (A) If two triangles with vertices (x1,y1),
a 3 b3 c3 d 3 b 3 c3 (x2, y2), (x3, y3) and (a1, b1), (a2, b2), (a3, b3) satisfy the
x1 y1 1 a1 b1 1
d1 a1 c1 d 1 a 1 b1
x2 y2 1  a 2 b2 1
d 2 a 2 c2  0 d 2 a 2 b2  0 relation
(c) (d) x 3 y3 1 a 3 b3 1
d 3 a 3 c3 d3 a 3 b3
are congruent.
28. If a, b, c are in GP, then what is the value of Reason (R) For the given triangles satisfying the
above relation implines that the triangles have equal
a b ab area.
(a) A and R are both correct, also R is the correct
b c bc  0
explanation of A.
db bc 0 (b) A and R are both correct but R is not the cor-
rect explanation of A.
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) A is corret but R is wrong.
(c) - 1 (d) None of these (d) A is wrong but R is correct.
29. How many values for k the systme of equations. (k + 34. Consider the following statements ?
1) x + 8y = 4k and kx + (k + 3)y = 3k - 1 have an I. If det A = 0, then det (adj A) = 0.
infinitely many solutions? II. If A is non-singluar, then det (A-1)=(det A)-1
(a) 1 (b) 2 Which of the above statements is/are correct ?
(c) 3 (d) None of these (a) I only (b) II only
30. For what value of p, is the system of equations (c) Both I and II (d) Neitgher I nor II
p3 x + (p + 1)3y = (p + 2)3 35. Let A be a square matrix of order n × where n > 2. Let
px + (p +1) y = p + 2 B be a matrix obtained from A with first and second
x + y = 1 consistent ? rows interchanged. Then, which one of the follow-
(a) p = 0 (b) p = 1 ing is correct ?
(c) p = - 1 (d) For all p > 1.] (a) det (A) = det (B) (b) det (A) = - det (B)
31. If  is the cube root of unity, then what is one root (c) A = B (d) A = - B
of the equation ? 36. What should be the value of k so that the system of
linear equations x - y + 2z = 0, kx - y + z = 0, 3x + y - 3z
x2  2  2 2 = 0 does not possess a unique solution ?
(a) 0 (b) 3
2    0?
(c) 4 (d) 5
0  1