MHT CET 2022 - Paper I

Mathematics

Q.1

Options:

A.
-2√2

B.

C.

-2-2√2

D.

-2

Answer: B

Solution:

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Q.2

Options:
A.

B.

C.

1/√3

D.

√3

Answer: C

Solution:

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Q.3

Options:

A.
F,T,F

B.
F,F,T

C.
T,T,F

D.

F,T,T

Answer: A
Solution:

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Q.4

Options:

A.

14

B.
7

C.

-14
D.

-7

Answer: B

Solution:

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Q.5

Options:

A.

only y

B.

neither x nor y

C.
both x and y

D.

only x

Answer: B

Solution:
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Q.6
If cot (A + B) = 0, then sin (A + 2B) is equal to
Options:

A.

sin A

B.

cos 2A

C.

sin 2A

D.

cos A

Answer: A

Solution:
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Q.7
The joint equation of pair of lines through the origin and making an
equilateral triangle with the line y = 5 is

Options:

A.

x2 – 3y2 = 0

B.

√3x2 – y2 = 0

C.

3x2 – y2 = 0

D.

5x2 – y2 = 0

Answer: C

Solution:

Joint equation of a pair of lines, through the origin, making an equilateral triangle with the line
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Q.8

Options:

A.

B.

C.

D.

Answer: A

Solution:

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Q.9

Options:
A.

B.

C.

D.

Answer: C

Solution:

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Q.10

Options:

A.
B.

C.

D.

Answer: B

Solution:

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Q.11

Options:

A.

B.

C.

D.
Answer: C

Solution:

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Q.12
Maximum value of Z = 5x + 2y, subject to 2x – y ≥ 2, x + 2y ≤ 8 and x, y
≥ 0 is

Options:

A.
40

B.
17.6

C.

28

D.

25.6

Answer: A

Solution:
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Q.13
The value of sin ⁡(2sin−1 ⁡0.8) is equal to

Options:

A.
0.96

B.
0.16

C.

0.12

D.
0.48

Answer: A

Solution:
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Q.14
A line makes the same angle 'α' with each of the x and y axes. If the
angle 'θ', which it makes with the z-axis, is such that sin2θ = 2 sin2α,
then the angle α is

Options:

A.
(π/4)

B.
(π/2)

C.
(π/3)

D.

(π/6)
Answer: A

Solution:

Let us consider the direction cosines of the line that makes the same angle α with the x and y axes. The direction
cosines l,m, and n are related to the angles made by the line with the x,y, and z axes respectively.

The direction cosines are given by:

l = cos⁡(α) (angle with x-axis)

m = cos⁡(α) (angle with y-axis)

n = cos⁡(θ) (angle with z-axis)

We know that the sum of the squares of the direction cosines equals 1, which is expressed as:

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Q.15
The negation of the statement pattern p∨(q→∼r) is
Options:
A.

B.

C.

D.

Answer: B

Solution:

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Q.16

Options:

A.

- 1/2

B.
3/2

C.
1/2

D.
- 3/2

Answer: A

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Q.17
The incidence of occupational disease in an industry is such that the
workmen have a 10% chance of suffering from it. The probability that
out of 5 workmen, 3 or more will contract the disease is
Options:

A.
0.000856

B.
0.856

C.
0.0000856

D.
0.00856

Answer: D

Solution:

To find the probability that out of 5 workmen, 3 or more will contract the disease, we can use the binomial probability
formula. The binomial probability formula is used when there are exactly two mutually exclusive outcomes of a trial -
'success' and 'failure'. In this case, 'success' is contracting the disease, and 'failure' is not contracting the disease.

The binomial probability formula is given by:

The answer is Option D, 0.00856.

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Q.18

Options:

A.
1/2

B.
- 1/2

C.

D.
1/4

Answer: C

Solution:
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Q.19
The variance and mean of 15 observations are respectively 6 and 10 . If
each observation is increased by 8 then the new variance and new mean
of resulting observations are respectively

Options:

A.
6, 18

B.

6, 10

C.
14, 10

D.
14, 18

Answer: A

Solution:

When each observation of a data set is increased by a constant, the mean of the data set increases by that constant, but
the variance does not change. Variance is a measure of the dispersion of the data points around the mean and is not
affected by the addition (or subtraction) of a constant to each data point.
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Q.20

Options:

A.

B.

C.

D.

Answer: A
Solution:

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Q.21

Options:

A.
3√6 units

B.

√3/2 units

C.
1/√6 units

D.

Answer: D

Solution:
Now that we have the perpendicular vector, let us compute the magnitude of the projection of the vector

The projection of vector a onto vector b is given by the formula:

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Q.22

Options:

A.

13/5

B.

31/5

C.
23/5

D.
1/5

Answer: C

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Q.23
Options:

A.

B.

C.

D.

Answer: A
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Q.24

Options:

A.

B.

C.

D.

Answer: A

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Q.25
Options:

A.
(π/3)

B.

(2π/3)

C.

- (2π/3)

D.
(5π/3)

Answer: A

Solution:

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Q.26

Options:

A.

fixed radius of 1 unit and variable centres along the X-axis

B.

fixed radius of 1 unit and variable centres along the Y-axis

C.
variable radii and a fixed centre at (0,1)

D.
variable radii and a fixed centre at (0,-1)

Answer: A

Solution:

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Q.27

Options:

A.

B.

C.

D.
-1

Answer: B

Solution:
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Q.28
If a question paper consists of 11 questions divided into two sections I
and II. Section I consists of 6 questions and section II consists of 5
questions, then the number of different ways can student select 6
questions, taking at least 2 questions from each section, is

Options:

A.

425

B.
275

C.

350

D.

225

Answer: A

Solution:

To solve this problem, we will consider the different ways in which the student can select questions from two distinct
sections under the given constraint that at least 2 questions must be selected from each section. We can break it down
into different cases and compute the number of possibilities for each case.

There are three cases to consider:

Case 1: Selecting 2 questions from Section I and 4 questions from Section II.
Case 2: Selecting 3 questions from Section I and 3 questions from Section II.
Case 3: Selecting 4 questions from Section I and 2 questions from Section II.

Then we will add the number of ways from all the cases, as these are mutually exclusive events.

Let's calculate for each case:

Case 1: Choose 2 questions from Section I and 4 questions from Section II.

Let's calculate the number of combinations for each case:

Thus, the total number of different ways a student can select 6 questions, taking at least 2 questions from each section,
is 425, which corresponds to Option A.

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Q.29

Options:

A.

B.

C.

D.

Answer: B
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Q.30

Options:

A.
4500

B.

3000

C.

2500

D.
3500

Answer: D

Solution:

To find the new level of production when 25 more workers are employed, we need to integrate the given rate of change
of production with respect to the number of workers over the interval from the current number of workers to the
current number plus 25.

The rate of change of production is given by the differential equation:

Where C is the constant of integration.

We know that when the number of workers was 0, the firm was manufacturing 2000 items. We can use this information
to find the constant C:
Thus, the correct answer is 3500, which corresponds to Option D.

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Q.31

(where C is a constant of integration)

Options:

A.

B.

C.

D.

Answer: A

Solution:
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Q.32

Options:

A.

-1

B.
4/3

C.
- 3/4

D.

1
Answer: D

Solution:

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Q.33

Options:

A.

1.1

B.

1.6

C.
1.8

D.

0.6

Answer: A

Solution:

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Q.34
Options:

A.
-4

B.

-7

C.

D.
-3

Answer: B

Solution:

The limit given is

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Q.35

Options:

A.

B.

C.
-1

D.

-2

Answer: A

Solution:
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Q.36
Two cards are drawn successively with replacement from a well shuffled
pack of 52 cards. Then mean of number of kings is

Options:

A.

4/169

B.
1/13

C.

1/169

D.

2/13

Answer: D

Solution:

The problem here speaks of drawing cards with replacement, which means that after drawing a card and noting
whether it is a king or not, the card is placed back into the deck. As a result, the deck remains complete with 52 cards
for each draw.

Let's define our random variable X as the number of kings drawn in two successive draws with replacement. There are
four kings in a deck of 52 cards. The probability p of drawing a king in one draw is therefore:

With replacement, the probability remains the same for each draw since the deck composition does not change.

For the mean (or expected value) of a binomial distribution, which is the appropriate distribution to model the number
of successes (in this case, drawing a king) in n independent Bernoulli trials (draws from the deck) with the same
probability p of success on each trial, we use the formula:
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Q.37
The polar co-ordinates of the point, whose Cartesian coordinates
are (−2√3,2), are

Options:

A.

B.

C.

D.

Answer: B

Solution:

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Q.38
Options:

A.

5/4

B.

5/3

C.

D.

Answer: B

Solution:

First, let's write down the equation given:

|z| + z = 3 + i

To solve for |z|, we need to convert this equation into something that we can easily manipulate. Let's represent z as a
complex number in the standard form:

z = x + iy

where x and y are the real and imaginary parts of z, respectively. Thus, the modulus of z, denoted by |z|, is given by:

Squaring both sides to eliminate the square root:

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Q.39

Options:

A.

B.

C.
D.

Answer: D

Solution:
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Q.40

Options:

A.

my2

B.

m2y

C.

m2y2

D.
Answer: C

Solution:

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Q.41

(where [x] denotes the greatest integer function.)

Options:

A.

B.

C.
1
D.
2

Answer: D

Solution:

To evaluate the given integrals, let's tackle them one by one.

First, let's evaluate the integral with the greatest integer function (also known as the floor function),

The greatest integer function [x] returns the greatest integer less than or equal to x. On the interval from 0 to
2, [x] takes on the values 0 and 1. Specifically:

Evaluating the first part of the integral:

Therefore, the correct answer is Option D, which is 2.

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Q.42
The equations of the lines passing through the point (3,2) and making
an acute angle of 45∘ with the line x − 2y − 3 = 0 are

Options:

A.

3x + y – 11 = 0, x + 3y + 9 = 0

B.
3x – y – 7 = 0, x + 3y – 9 = 0

C.

3x + y – 11 = 0, x + 3y – 9 = 0

D.

x + 2y – 7 = 0, 2x – y – 4 = 0

Answer: B

Solution:
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Q.43
If [x] is greatest integer function and 2[2x − 5] − 1 = 7, then x lies in

Options:

A.

B.

C.

D.

Answer: D

Solution:

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Q.44
The Cartesian equation of a line passing through (1, 2, 3) and parallel to
x – y + 2z = 5 and 3x + y + z = 6 is

Options:

A.
B.

C.

D.

Answer: D

Solution:

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Q.45
If the lines 3x – 4y – 7 = 0 and 2x – 3y – 5 = 0 pass through diameters of
a circle of area 49π square units, then the equation of the circle is

Options:

A.

x2 + y2 – 2x + 2y – 47 = 0

B.

x2 + y2 – 2x + 2y + 51 = 0

C.

x2 + y2 + 2x – 2y – 51 = 0

D.
x2 + y2 + 2x + 2y + 47 = 0

Answer: A

Solution:

Subtracting the second equation from the first:

The standard form of the equation of a circle with center (h, k) and radius r is given by:
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Q.46
A spherical iron ball of 10 cm radius is coated with a layer of ice of
uniform thickness that melts at the rate of 50 cm3 /min. If the thickness
of ice is 5 cm, then the rate at which the thickness of ice decreases is

Options:

A.

B.

C.

D.

Answer: C

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Q.47

(where C is a constant of integration.)

Options:

A.
x + sin x + sin 2x + C

B.

x + sin x + sin 2x – C

C.

x + 2 sin x + 2 sin 2x + C

D.

None of these

Answer: D

Solution:

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Q.48
The equation of the plane passing through the points (2, 3, 1), (4, –5, 3)
and parallel to X-axis is

Options:

A.

3y + 4z = 13

B.

y – 4z = –1

C.

2y + 4z = 19

D.

y + 4z = 7
Answer: D

Solution:

To find the equation of a plane passing through two points and parallel to the X-axis, we need to understand that a
plane parallel to the X-axis would have a normal vector that is orthogonal (perpendicular) to the X-axis. Since the X-axis
is represented by the vector (1,0,0), any normal vector to the plane will have the form (0,b,c), where b and c are real
numbers. This means that the plane's normal vector does not have an X component.

The general equation of a plane in three dimensions is given by:

This is not present in the given options. Let's check the options to see if any of them would be equivalent:

If we consider Option A, we get:

Option C is not the correct option.

Option D:
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Q.49

Options:

A.

B.

C.

3/2

D.

1/2

Answer: C

Solution:
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Q.50
The negation of the statement, "The payment will be made if and only if
the work is finished in time" is

Options:

A.

The work is finished in time and the payment is not made or the payment is made and the work is finished in time.

B.

The work is finished in time and the payment is not made.

C.

The payment is made and the work is not finished in time.

D.

Either the work is finished in time and the payment is not made or the payment is made and the work is not finished in
time.

Answer: D

Solution:

The given statement is a biconditional statement, which has the form:

Therefore, the negation of the statement would mean that one of these two possibilities must occur – either the work is
finished on time and payment is not made, or the payment is made but the work is not finished on time.

Hence, the correct negation of the given statement is:

Option D

"Either the work is finished in time and the payment is not made or the payment is made and the work is not finished in
time."

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