If the system of equations
$x+\big(\sqrt{2}\sin\alpha\big)y+\big(\sqrt{2}\cos\alpha\big)z=0$
$x+(\cos\alpha)y+(\sin\alpha)z=0$
$x+(\sin\alpha)y-(\cos\alpha)z=0$
has a non-trivial solution, then $\alpha\in\left(0,\frac{\pi}{2}\right)$ is equal to:
Let $\alpha$ and $\beta$ be the sum and the product of all the non-zero solutions of the equation
$(\overline{z})^2 + |z| = 0,\; z \in \mathbb{C}$.
Then $4(\alpha^2 + \beta^2)$ is equal to:
Let $f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ be a function given by
$
f(x)=
\begin{cases}
\dfrac{1-\cos 2x}{x^2}, & x<0,\\[6pt]
\alpha, & x=0,\\[6pt]
\dfrac{\beta\sqrt{\,1-\cos x\,}}{x}, & x>0,
\end{cases}
$
where $\alpha,\beta\in\mathbb{R}$. If $f$ is continuous at $x=0$, then $\alpha^2+\beta^2$ is equal to:
Consider a hyperbola $\text{H}$ having centre at the origin and foci on the x-axis.
Let $C_1$ be the circle touching the hyperbola $\text{H}$ and having the centre at the origin.
Let $C_2$ be the circle touching the hyperbola $\text{H}$ at its vertex and having the centre at one of its foci.
If areas (in sq units) of $C_1$ and $C_2$ are $36\pi$ and $4\pi$, respectively,
then the length (in units) of latus rectum of $\text{H}$ is:
If the function
$
f(x)=
\begin{cases}
\dfrac{7^{x}-9^{x}-8^{x}+1}{\sqrt{2}-\sqrt{1+\cos^{2}x}}, & x\neq0,\\[6pt]
a\log_{e}2\log_{e}3, & x=0
\end{cases}
$
is continuous at $x=0$, then the value of $a^{2}$ is equal to:
Let $P$ be the point of intersection of the lines
$\dfrac{x-2}{1}=\dfrac{y-4}{5}=\dfrac{z-2}{1}$ and $\dfrac{x-3}{2}=\dfrac{y-2}{3}=\dfrac{z-3}{2}$.
Then, the shortest distance of $P$ from the line $4x=2y=z$ is:
Let $f(x)=3\sqrt{x-2}+\sqrt{4-x}$ be a real-valued function.
If $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are respectively the minimum and maximum values of $f$,
then $\alpha^2+2\beta^2$ is equal to:
Given that the inverse trigonometric functions assume principal values only.
Let $x,y\in[-1,1]$ such that $\cos^{-1}x-\sin^{-1}y=\alpha$, with $-\dfrac{\pi}{2}\le\alpha\le\pi$.
Then, the minimum value of $x^{2}+y^{2}+2xy\sin\alpha$ is:
Let $C$ be a circle with radius $\sqrt{10}$ units and centre at the origin.
Let the line $x+y=2$ intersect the circle $C$ at the points $P$ and $Q$.
Let $MN$ be a chord of $C$ of length $2$ units and slope $-1$.
Then, the distance (in units) between the chord $PQ$ and the chord $MN$ is:
Let $PQ$ be a chord of the parabola $y^{2}=12x$ and the midpoint of $PQ$ be at $(4,1)$.
Then, which of the following points lies on the line passing through the points $P$ and $Q$?
The area (in sq. units) of the region
$S = \{\, z \in \mathbb{C} : |z - 1| \le 2,\ (z + \bar{z}) + i(z - \bar{z}) \le 2,\ \operatorname{Im}(z) \ge 0 \,\}$
is :
If $a,b,c$ are in AP and $a+1,; b,; c+3$ are in GP. Given $a>10$ and the arithmetic mean of $a,b,c$ is $8$, then the cube of the geometric mean of $a,b,c$ is:
Let a relation $R$ on $\mathbb N\times\mathbb N$ be defined by $(x_1,y_1),R,(x_2,y_2)$ iff $x_1\le x_2$ or $y_1\le y_2$. Consider:
(I) $R$ is reflexive but not symmetric.
(II) $R$ is transitive.
Which of the following is true?
Let $\vec a=\hat i+\hat j+\hat k,;\vec b=2\hat i+4\hat j-5\hat k$ and $\vec c=x\hat i+2\hat j+3\hat k,;x\in\mathbb R$.
If $\vec d$ is the unit vector in the direction of $(\vec b+\vec c)$ such that $\vec a\cdot\vec d=1$, then $(\vec a\times\vec b)\cdot\vec c$ equals:
Let $A=\left[\begin{array}{ll}1 & 2 \\ 0 & 1\end{array}\right]$ and $B=I+\operatorname{adj}(A)+(\operatorname{adj} A)^2+\ldots+(\operatorname{adj} A)^{10}$.
Then, the sum of all the elements of the matrix
Let a rectangle $ABCD$ of sides $2$ and $4$ be inscribed in another rectangle $PQRS$ such that the vertices of $ABCD$ lie on the sides of $PQRS$. Let $a$ and $b$ be the sides of $PQRS$ when its area is maximum. Then $(a+b)^2$ is equal to:
Two straight lines through the origin $O$ intersect the line $3x+4y=12$ at points $P$ and $Q$ such that $\triangle OPQ$ is isosceles and $\angle POQ=90^\circ$. If $I=OP^2+PQ^2+QO^2$, then the greatest integer $\le I$ is:
If the line $\dfrac{2-x}{3}=\dfrac{3y-2}{4\lambda+1}=4-z$ makes a right angle with the line $\dfrac{x+3}{3\mu}=\dfrac{1-2y}{6}=\dfrac{5-z}{7}$, then $4\lambda+9\mu$ equals:
Consider the following two statements:
Statement I: For any two non-zero complex numbers $z_1,z_2$,
$(|z_1|+|z_2|)\left|\dfrac{z_1}{|z_1|}+\dfrac{z_2}{|z_2|}\right|\le 2(|z_1|+|z_2|)$.
Statement II: If $x,y,z$ are three distinct complex numbers and $a,b,c$ are positive real numbers such that $\dfrac{a}{|,y-z,|}=\dfrac{b}{|,z-x,|}=\dfrac{c}{|,x-y,|}$, then
$\dfrac{a^{2}}{,y-z,}+\dfrac{b^{2}}{,z-x,}+\dfrac{c^{2}}{,x-y,}=1$.
Between the above two statements:
Let $A$ and $B$ be two square matrices of order $3$ such that $|A|=3$ and $|B|=2$. Then
$\left|,A^{T}A,( \operatorname{adj}(2A))^{-1},(\operatorname{adj}(4B)),(\operatorname{adj}(AB))^{-1},A A^{T}\right|$ is equal to:
Let a circle $C$ of radius $1$ and closer to the origin be such that the lines passing through the point $(3,2)$ and parallel to the coordinate axes touch it. Then the shortest distance of the circle $C$ from the point $(5,5)$ is:
Let $f(x)=x^{5}+2x^{3}+3x+1,; x\in\mathbb{R}$, and let $g(x)$ be a function such that $g(f(x))=x$ for all $x\in\mathbb{R}$. Then $\dfrac{g'(7)}{g'(7)}$ is equal to:
The coefficients $a,b,c$ in the quadratic $ax^{2}+bx+c=0$ are chosen from the set ${1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}$. The probability that the equation has repeated roots is:
If $\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{1}+\sqrt{2}}+\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}+\sqrt{3}}+\cdots+\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{99}+\sqrt{100}}=m$ and $\dfrac{1}{1\cdot 2}+\dfrac{1}{2\cdot 3}+\cdots+\dfrac{1}{99\cdot 100}=n$, then the point $(m,n)$ lies on the line:
Let $d$ be the distance of the point of intersection of the lines $\dfrac{x+6}{3}=\dfrac{y}{2}=\dfrac{z+1}{1}$ and $\dfrac{x-7}{4}=\dfrac{y-9}{3}=\dfrac{z-4}{2}$ from the point $(7,8,9)$. Then $d^{2}+6$ is equal to:
Let the line $2x+3y-k=0,\ k>0$ intersect the $x$-axis and $y$-axis at points $A$ and $B$, respectively. If the circle having $AB$ as a diameter is $x^{2}+y^{2}-3x-2y=0$ and the length of the latus rectum of the ellipse $x^{2}+9y^{2}=k^{2}$ is $\dfrac{m}{n}$, where $m$ and $n$ are coprime, then $2m+n$ is equal to:
If $(a,b)$ be the orthocentre of the triangle whose vertices are $(1,2)$, $(2,3)$ and $(3,1)$, and
$I_1=\displaystyle\int_a^b x\sin(4x-x^2)\,dx,\ \ I_2=\displaystyle\int_a^b \sin(4x-x^2)\,dx,$
then $36\,\dfrac{I_1}{I_2}$ is equal to:
Let $x=x(t)$ and $y=y(t)$ be solutions of the differential equations
$\dfrac{dx}{dt}+ax=0$ and $\dfrac{dy}{dt}+by=0$ respectively, $a,b\in\mathbb{R}$.
Given that $x(0)=2$, $y(0)=1$ and $3y(1)=2x(1)$, the value of $t$ for which $x(t)=y(t)$ is:
The distance of the point $(7,-2,11)$ from the line
$\dfrac{x-6}{1}=\dfrac{y-4}{0}=\dfrac{z-8}{3}$
along the line
$\dfrac{x-5}{2}=\dfrac{y-1}{-3}=\dfrac{z-5}{6}$ is:
For $f(x)=\sin x+3x-\dfrac{2}{\pi}(x^{2}+x)$, where $x\in\left[0,\tfrac{\pi}{2}\right]$, consider:
(I) $f$ is increasing in $\left(0,\tfrac{\pi}{2}\right)$.
(II) $f'$ is decreasing in $\left(0,\tfrac{\pi}{2}\right)$.
Consider the function
$
f(x)=
\begin{cases}
\dfrac{a\,(7x-12-x^{2})}{\,b\,\lfloor x^{2}-7x+12\rfloor\,}, & x<3,\\[6pt]
\dfrac{\sin(x-3)}{2^{\,x-1}}, & x>3,\\[6pt]
b, & x=3,
\end{cases}
$
where $\lfloor x\rfloor$ denotes the greatest integer $\le x$.
If $S$ denotes the set of all ordered pairs $(a,b)$ such that $f(x)$ is continuous at $x=3$, then the number of elements in $S$ is:
If $a=\displaystyle\lim_{x\to 0}\dfrac{\sqrt{\,1+\sqrt{\,1+x^{2}\,}\,}-\sqrt{2}}{x^{2}}$
and $b=\displaystyle\lim_{x\to 0}\dfrac{\sin^{2}x}{\sqrt{2}-\sqrt{\,1+\cos x\,}}$,
then the value of $ab^{3}$ is:
Let the circle $C_1: x^2+y^2-2(x+y)+1=0$ and $C_2$ be a circle with centre $(-1,0)$ and radius $2$. If the line of the common chord of $C_1$ and $C_2$ meets the $y$-axis at the point $P$, then the square of the distance of $P$ from the centre of $C_1$ is:
Consider the matrix
$f(x)=\begin{bmatrix}
\cos x & -\sin x & 0\\
\sin x & \cos x & 0\\
0 & 0 & 1
\end{bmatrix}$.
Given below are two statements:
Statement I : $f(-x)$ is the inverse of the matrix $f(x)$.
Statement II : $f(x)f(y)=f(x+y)$.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer:
Let $ABCD$ and $AEFG$ be squares of side $4$ and $2$ units, respectively. The point $E$ is on the line segment $AB$ and the point $F$ is on the diagonal $AC$. Then the radius $r$ of the circle passing through the point $F$ and touching the line segments $BC$ and $CD$ satisfies:
If the shortest distance between the lines
$\dfrac{x-4}{2}=\dfrac{y+1}{3}=\dfrac{z-\lambda}{2}$
and
$\dfrac{x-2}{1}=\dfrac{y+1}{4}=\dfrac{z-2}{-3}$
is $\dfrac{6}{\sqrt{5}}$, then the sum of all possible values of $\lambda$ is:
Let $(\alpha,\beta,\gamma)$ be the image of the point $(8,5,7)$ in the line $\dfrac{x-1}{2}=\dfrac{y+1}{3}=\dfrac{z-2}{5}$. Then $\alpha+\beta+\gamma$ is:
The portion of the line $4x+5y=20$ in the first quadrant is trisected by the lines $L_1$ and $L_2$ passing through the origin.
The tangent of the angle between the lines $L_1$ and $L_2$ is:
If the constant term in the expansion of $\left(\dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{x}+\dfrac{2x}{\sqrt{5}}\right)^{12}$, $x\ne 0$, is $\alpha\times 2^{8}\times\sqrt{3}$, then $25\alpha$ is:
Let $\vec a=2\hat i+5\hat j-\hat k$, $\vec b=2\hat i-2\hat j+2\hat k$ and $\vec c$ be three vectors such that $(\vec c+\hat i)\times(\vec a+\vec b+\hat i)=\vec a\times(\vec c+\hat i)$. If $\vec a\cdot\vec c=-29$, then $\vec c\cdot(-2\hat i+\hat j+\hat k)$ is equal to:
The number of common terms in the progressions
$4,\,9,\,14,\,19,\ldots,$ up to $25^{\text{th}}$ term and
$3,\,6,\,9,\,12,\ldots,$ up to $37^{\text{th}}$ term is:
Let $A(-1,1)$ and $B(2,3)$ be two points and $P$ be a variable point above the line $AB$ such that the area of $\triangle PAB$ is $10$. If the locus of $P$ is $ax+by=15$, then $5a+2b$ is:
Let $S_1=\{z \in \mathbf{C}:|z| \leq 5\}, S_2=\left\{z \in \mathbf{C}: \operatorname{Im}\left(\frac{z+1-\sqrt{3} i}{1-\sqrt{3} i}\right) \geq 0\right\}$ and $S_3=\{z \in \mathbf{C}: \operatorname{Re}(z) \geq 0\}$. Then the area of the region $S_1 \cap S_2 \cap S_3$ is :
Let $\vec a=\hat i+2\hat j+\hat k$, $\quad \vec b=3(\hat i-\hat j+\hat k)$.
Let $\vec c$ be the vector such that $\vec a\times\vec c=\vec b$ and $\vec a\cdot\vec c=3$.
Then $\vec a\cdot\big((\vec c\times\vec b)-\vec b-\vec c\big)$ is equal to:
If $A$ denotes the sum of all the coefficients in the expansion of $(1-3x+10x^2)^n$
and $B$ denotes the sum of all the coefficients in the expansion of $(1+x^2)^n$, then:
Let $\beta(m,n)=\displaystyle\int_{0}^{1}x^{m-1}(1-x)^{,n-1},dx,; m,n>0$. If $\displaystyle\int_{0}^{1}(1-x^{10})^{20},dx=a\times \beta(b,c)$, then $100(a+b+c)$ equals:
Considering only the principal values of inverse trigonometric functions, the number of positive real values of $x$ satisfying
$\tan^{-1}(x)+\tan^{-1}(2x)=\dfrac{\pi}{4}$ is:
Let $f:[-1,2]\to\mathbb{R}$ be given by $f(x)=2x^{2}+x+\lfloor x^{2}\rfloor-\lfloor x\rfloor$, where $\lfloor t\rfloor$ denotes the greatest integer $\le t$. The number of points where $f$ is not continuous is:
Let the position vectors of the vertices $A,B,$ and $C$ of a triangle be
$2\hat i+2\hat j+\hat k$, $\ \hat i+2\hat j+2\hat k$ and $2\hat i+\hat j+2\hat k$ respectively.
Let $l_1,l_2,l_3$ be the lengths of perpendiculars drawn from the orthocenter of the triangle on the sides $AB,BC,$ and $CA$ respectively, then $l_1^{2}+l_2^{2}+l_3^{2}$ equals:
Let the set $S={2,4,8,16,\ldots,512}$ be partitioned into three sets $A,B,C$ having equal number of elements such that
$A\cup B\cup C=S$ and $A\cap B=B\cap C=A\cap C=\phi$.
Then the maximum number of such possible partitions of $S$ is:
An urn contains $6$ white and $9$ black balls. Two successive draws of $4$ balls are made without replacement. The probability that the first draw gives all white balls and the second draw gives all black balls is:
Let the image of the point $(1,0,7)$ in the line $\dfrac{x}{1}=\dfrac{y-1}{2}=\dfrac{z-2}{3}$ be the point $(\alpha,\beta,\gamma)$.
Then which one of the following points lies on the line passing through $(\alpha,\beta,\gamma)$ and making angles $\dfrac{2\pi}{3}$ and $\dfrac{3\pi}{4}$ with the $y$-axis and $z$-axis respectively, and an acute angle with the $x$-axis?
Let $A$ and $B$ be two finite sets with $m$ and $n$ elements respectively.
The total number of subsets of the set $A$ is $56$ more than the total number of subsets of $B$.
Then the distance of the point $P(m,n)$ from the point $Q(-2,-3)$ is:
60 words can be formed using all the letters of the word BHBJO (with or without meaning). If these words are arranged in dictionary order, then the 50th word is:
Let $e_1$ be the eccentricity of the hyperbola $\dfrac{x^{2}}{16}-\dfrac{y^{2}}{9}=1$ and
$e_2$ be the eccentricity of the ellipse $\dfrac{x^{2}}{a^{2}}+\dfrac{y^{2}}{b^{2}}=1$ ($a>b$),
which passes through the foci of the hyperbola. If $e_1e_2=1$, then the length of the chord
of the ellipse parallel to the $x$-axis and passing through $(0,2)$ is:
Consider three vectors $\vec a,\vec b,\vec c$. Let $|\vec a|=2$, $|\vec b|=3$ and $\vec a=\vec b\times\vec c$. If $\alpha\in[0,\tfrac{\pi}{3}]$ is the angle between $\vec b$ and $\vec c$, then the minimum value of $27,|\vec c-\vec a|^{2}$ is:
Let $f:\mathbb{R}\setminus\{-\tfrac{1}{2}\}\to\mathbb{R}$ and
$g:\mathbb{R}\setminus\{-\tfrac{5}{2}\}\to\mathbb{R}$ be defined as
$f(x)=\dfrac{2x+3}{2x+1}$ and $g(x)=\dfrac{|x|+1}{2x+5}$.
Then, the domain of the function $f\circ g$ is:
If $y=y(x)$ is the solution curve of the differential equation $(x^2-4)\,dy-(y^2-3y)\,dx=0,\ x>2,\ y(4)=\dfrac{3}{2}$ and the slope of the curve is never zero, then the value of $y(10)$ equals:
If $2\tan^2\theta-5\sec\theta=1$ has exactly $7$ solutions in the interval
$\left[0,\dfrac{n\pi}{2}\right]$, for the least value of $n\in\mathbb{N}$, then
$\displaystyle \sum_{k=1}^{n}\frac{k}{2^{k}}$ is equal to:
Let $g(x)=3f\!\left(\dfrac{x}{3}\right)+f(3-x)$ and $f''(x)>0$ for all $x\in(0,3)$.
If $g$ is decreasing in $(0,\alpha)$ and increasing in $(\alpha,3)$, then $8\alpha$ is:
Let $R$ be the interior region between the lines $3x - y + 1 = 0$ and $x + 2y - 5 = 0$ containing the origin.
The set of all values of $a$, for which the points $(a^2,\,a+1)$ lie in $R$, is:
The values of $\alpha$ for which
$\begin{vmatrix}
1 & \dfrac{3}{2} & \alpha+\dfrac{3}{2}\\[4pt]
1 & \dfrac{1}{3} & \alpha+\dfrac{1}{3}\\[4pt]
2\alpha+3 & 3\alpha+1 & 0
\end{vmatrix}=0$
lie in the interval:
The position vectors of the vertices $A,B,C$ of a triangle are
$2\hat i-3\hat j+3\hat k$, $2\hat i+2\hat j+3\hat k$ and $-\hat i+\hat j+3\hat k$
respectively. Let $l$ denote the length of the angle bisector $AD$ of $\angle BAC$
(where $D$ is on the line segment $BC$). Then $2l^{2}$ equals:
A circle is inscribed in an equilateral triangle of side $12$. If the area and perimeter of any square inscribed in this circle are $m$ and $n$, respectively, then $m+n^{2}$ is equal to:
Let a variable line of slope $m>0$ passing through $(4,-9)$ intersect the coordinate axes at points $A$ and $B$. The minimum value of the sum of the distances of $A$ and $B$ from the origin is:
Let $\vec a,\vec b,\vec c$ be three non-zero vectors such that $\vec b$ and $\vec c$ are non-collinear.
If $\vec a+5\vec b$ is collinear with $\vec c$, $\ \vec b+6\vec c$ is collinear with $\vec a$ and
$\vec a+\alpha\vec b+\beta\vec c=\vec 0$, then $\alpha+\beta$ is equal to:
Let $\left(5,\dfrac{9}{4}\right)$ be the circumcenter of a triangle with vertices
$A(a,-2)$, $B(a,6)$ and $C\!\left(\dfrac{a}{4},-2\right)$.
Let $\alpha$ denote the circumradius, $\beta$ denote the area and $\gamma$ denote the perimeter of the triangle.
Then $\alpha+\beta+\gamma$ is:
Let the relations $R_1$ and $R_2$ on the set $X={1,2,3,\ldots,20}$ be given by
$R_1={(x,y):,2x-3y=2}$ and $R_2={(x,y):,-5x+4y=0}$. If $M$ and $N$ are the minimum numbers of ordered pairs that must be added to $R_1$ and $R_2$, respectively, to make them symmetric, then $M+N$ equals:
Let
$A=\begin{bmatrix}
1&0&0\\
0&\alpha&\beta\\
0&\beta&\alpha
\end{bmatrix}$
and $\;|2A|^{3}=2^{21}$ where $\alpha,\beta\in\mathbb{Z}$. Then a value of $\alpha$ is:
If $f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{cc}2+2 x, & -1 \leq x < 0 \\ 1-\frac{x}{3}, & 0 \leq x \leq 3\end{array} ; g(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{cc}-x, & -3 \leq x \leq 0 \\ x, & 0 < x \leq 1\end{array}\right.\right.$, then range of $(f o g)(x)$ is
Let $O$ be the origin and the position vectors of $A$ and $B$ be $2\hat i+2\hat j+\hat k$ and $2\hat i+4\hat j+4\hat k$ respectively. If the internal bisector of $\angle AOB$ meets the line $AB$ at $C$, then the length of $OC$ is:
Let $\alpha,\beta$ be the distinct roots of $x^{2}-(t^{2}-5t+6)x+1=0$, $t\in\mathbb{R}$, and let $a_n=\alpha^{n}+\beta^{n}$. Then the minimum value of $\dfrac{a_{2023}+a_{2025}}{a_{2024}}$ is:
In $\triangle ABC$, suppose $y=x$ is the equation of the bisector of the angle $B$ and the equation of the side $AC$ is $2x-y=2$. If $2AB=BC$ and the points $A$ and $B$ are respectively $(4,6)$ and $(\alpha,\beta)$, then $\alpha+2\beta$ is equal to:
For $\alpha, \beta \in \mathbb{R}$ and a natural number $n$, let $A_r=\left|\begin{array}{ccc}r & 1 & \frac{n^2}{2}+\alpha \\ 2 r & 2 & n^2-\beta \\ 3 r-2 & 3 & \frac{n(3 n-1)}{2}\end{array}\right|$. Then $2 A_{10}-A_8$ is
For $x\in\left(-\dfrac{\pi}{2},\dfrac{\pi}{2}\right)$, if
$y(x)=\displaystyle\int \frac{\csc x+\sin x}{\csc x\sec x+\tan x\sin^2 x}\,dx$,
and $\displaystyle\lim_{x\to \left(\frac{\pi}{2}\right)} y(x)=0$, then $y\!\left(\dfrac{\pi}{4}\right)$ is equal to:
Let $f:(-\infty,\infty)\setminus{0}\to\mathbb{R}$ be differentiable such that $f'(1)=\lim_{a\to\infty} a^{2}f!\left(\tfrac{1}{a}\right)$. Then
$\displaystyle \lim_{a\to\infty}\left(\frac{a(a+1)}{2}\tan^{-1}!\frac{1}{a}+a^{2}-2\log_{e}a\right)$ is:
The mean and standard deviation of $20$ observations are found to be $10$ and $2$, respectively. On rechecking, one observation recorded as $8$ was actually $12$. The corrected standard deviation is:
Consider the function $f:\left[\dfrac{1}{2},1\right]\to\mathbb{R}$ defined by
$f(x)=4\sqrt{2}\,x^{3}-3\sqrt{2}\,x-1$. Consider the statements
(I) The curve $y=f(x)$ intersects the $x$-axis exactly at one point.
(II) The curve $y=f(x)$ intersects the $x$-axis at $x=\cos\!\left(\dfrac{\pi}{12}\right)$.
Then
$\displaystyle \lim_{x\to\frac{\pi}{2}}
\left(
\frac{1}{(x-\frac{\pi}{2})^{2}}\,
\frac{\left(\frac{\pi}{3}\right)^{3}}{x^{3}}
\int_{0}^{x}\cos\!\left(t^{1/3}\right)\,dt
\right)$ is equal to:
If the value of the integral
$\displaystyle \int_{-\pi/2}^{\pi/2}
\left(
\dfrac{x^{2}\cos x}{1+x^{2}}
+\dfrac{1+\sin^{2}x}{1+e^{\sin(2\tan^{-1}x)}}
\right)\,dx
= \dfrac{\pi}{4}\,(\pi+a)-2,$
then the value of $a$ is:
A company has two plants $A$ and $B$ to manufacture motorcycles. $60%$ are made at $A$ and $40%$ at $B$. Of these, $80%$ of $A$’s and $90%$ of $B$’s motorcycles are of standard quality. A randomly picked motorcycle from the total production is found to be of standard quality. If $p$ is the probability that it was manufactured at plant $B$, then $126p$ equals:
Let $A$ be the point of intersection of the lines $3x+2y=14$ and $5x-y=6$,
and $B$ be the point of intersection of the lines $4x+3y=8$ and $6x+y=5$.
The distance of the point $P(5,-2)$ from the line $AB$ is:
If
$\displaystyle \int \frac{\sin^{2}x+\cos^{2}x}{\sqrt{\sin^{2}x\,\cos^{2}x}\;\sin(x-\theta)}\,dx
= A\sqrt{\cos\theta\,\tan x-\sin\theta}\;+\;B\sqrt{\cos\theta-\sin\theta}\,\cot x + C,$
where $C$ is the integration constant, then $AB$ is equal to:
Let $A={1,2,3,4,5}$. Let $R$ be a relation on $A$ defined by $xRy$ iff $4x \le 5y$.
Let $m$ be the number of elements in $R$, and $n$ be the minimum number of elements from $A \times A$ that are required to be added to $R$ to make it symmetric. Then $m+n$ is equal to:
Let a unit vector $\hat{\mathbf u}=x\hat i+y\hat j+z\hat k$ make angles
$\dfrac{\pi}{2},\ \dfrac{\pi}{3}$ and $\dfrac{2\pi}{3}$ with the vectors
$\dfrac{1}{\sqrt2}\hat i+\dfrac{1}{\sqrt2}\hat k$,
$\dfrac{1}{\sqrt2}\hat j+\dfrac{1}{\sqrt2}\hat k$ and
$\dfrac{1}{\sqrt2}\hat i+\dfrac{1}{\sqrt2}\hat j$ respectively.
If $\vec v=\dfrac{1}{\sqrt2}\hat i+\dfrac{1}{\sqrt2}\hat j+\dfrac{1}{\sqrt2}\hat k$,
then $|\hat{\mathbf u}-\vec v|^{2}$ is equal to:
If $A$ is a square matrix of order $3$ such that $\det(A) = 3$ and
$\det(\text{adj}(-4,\text{adj}(-3,\text{adj}(3,\text{adj}((2A)^{-1}))))) = 2^m 3^n$,
then $m + 2n$ is equal to:
If three letters can be posted to any one of the $5$ different addresses, then the probability that the three letters are posted to exactly two addresses is:
If the mean and variance of five observations are $\dfrac{24}{5}$ and
$\dfrac{104}{25}$ respectively, and the mean of the first four observations is
$\dfrac{7}{2}$, then the variance of the first four observations is equal to:
Let $\vec a=2\hat i+\hat j-\hat k,\quad \vec b=\big((\vec a\times(\hat i+\hat j))\times\hat i\big)\times\hat i.$
Then the square of the projection of $\vec a$ on $\vec b$ is:
Let $\vec a=6\hat i+\hat j-\hat k$ and $\vec b=\hat i+\hat j$. If $\vec c$ is a vector such that $|\vec c|\ge 6$, $\ \vec a\cdot\vec c=6|\vec c|$, $|\vec c-\vec a|=2\sqrt2$ and the angle between $\vec a\times\vec b$ and $\vec c$ is $60^\circ$, then $|(,(\vec a\times\vec b)\times\vec c,)|$ equals:
Let $P(\alpha,\beta,\gamma)$ be the image of the point $Q(3,-3,1)$ in the line $\dfrac{x-0}{1}=\dfrac{y-3}{1}=\dfrac{z-1}{-1}$ and let $R$ be the point $(2,5,-1)$. If the area of $\triangle PQR$ is $\lambda$ and $\lambda^{2}=14K$, then $K$ is:
If $\log_e a,\ \log_e b,\ \log_e c$ are in an A.P. and
$\log_e a-\log_e 2b,\ \log_e 2b-\log_e 3c,\ \log_e 3c-\log_e a$ are also in an A.P.,
then $a:b:c$ is equal to:
Let $ABC$ be an equilateral triangle. A new triangle is formed by joining the midpoints of all sides of $\triangle ABC$, and the same process is repeated infinitely many times. If $P$ is the sum of the perimeters and $Q$ is the sum of the areas of all the triangles formed in this process, then:
If $\sin\!\left(\dfrac{y}{x}\right)=\log_e|x|+\dfrac{\alpha}{2}$
is the solution of the differential equation
$x\cos\!\left(\dfrac{y}{x}\right)\dfrac{dy}{dx}=y\cos\!\left(\dfrac{y}{x}\right)+x$
and $y(1)=\dfrac{\pi}{3}$, then $\alpha^{2}$ is equal to:
If the area of the region $\left\{(x, y): \frac{\mathrm{a}}{x^2} \leq y \leq \frac{1}{x}, 1 \leq x \leq 2,0<\mathrm{a}<1\right\}$ is $\left(\log _{\mathrm{e}} 2\right)-\frac{1}{7}$ then the value of $7 \mathrm{a}-3$ is equal to
An integer is chosen at random from the integers $1,2,3,\ldots,50$.
The probability that the chosen integer is a multiple of at least one of $4,6$ and $7$ is:
Suppose the solution of the differential equation
$ \displaystyle \frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{(2+\alpha)x-\beta y+2}{\beta x-2\alpha y-(\beta\gamma-4\alpha)} $
represents a circle passing through the origin. Then the radius of this circle is:
Let $\overrightarrow{OA}=\vec a,\ \overrightarrow{OB}=12\vec a+4\vec b$ and $\overrightarrow{OC}=\vec b$, where $O$ is the origin.
If $S$ is the parallelogram with adjacent sides $OA$ and $OC$, then
$\dfrac{\text{area of the quadrilateral }OABC}{\text{area of }S}$ is equal to:
A software company sets up $n$ computer systems to finish an assignment in $17$ days. If $4$ systems crash at the start of the second day, $4$ more at the start of the third day, and so on (each day $4$ additional systems crash), then it takes $8$ more days to finish the assignment. The value of $n$ is:
If each term of a geometric progression $a_1,a_2,a_3,\ldots$ with $a_1=\dfrac{1}{8}$ and $a_2\ne a_1$
is the arithmetic mean of the next two terms and $S_n=a_1+a_2+\cdots+a_n$, then $S_{20}-S_{18}$ is equal to
If all words (with or without meaning) formed using all the letters of the word NAGPUR are arranged in dictionary order, then the word at the 315th position is:
Let $r$ and $\theta$ respectively be the modulus and amplitude of the complex number
$z=2-i\!\left(2\tan\frac{5\pi}{8}\right)$. Then $(r,\theta)$ is equal to:
Let $x=\dfrac{m}{n}$ ($m,n$ are co-prime natural numbers) be a solution of the equation
$\cos\!\left(2\sin^{-1}x\right)=\dfrac{1}{9}$ and let $\alpha,\beta\ (\alpha>\beta)$ be the roots of
the equation $m x^{2}-n x-m+n=0$. Then the point $(\alpha,\beta)$ lies on the line
If $\displaystyle \int \frac{1}{a^{2}\sin^{2}x+b^{2}\cos^{2}x},dx=\frac{1}{12}\tan^{-1}(3\tan x)+\text{constant}$, then the maximum value of $a\sin x+b\cos x$ is:
Let
$A=\begin{bmatrix}
2&1&2\\
6&2&11\\
3&3&2
\end{bmatrix}
\quad\text{and}\quad
P=\begin{bmatrix}
1&2&0\\
5&0&2\\
7&1&5
\end{bmatrix}.
$
The sum of the prime factors of $\left|\,P^{-1}AP-2I\,\right|$ is equal to:
If the locus of a point whose distances from $(2,1)$ and $(1,3)$ are in the ratio $5:4$ is
$ax^{2}+by^{2}+cxy+dx+ey+170=0$, then the value of $a^{2}+2b+3c+4d+e$ is:
Let $g:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ be a non-constant twice-differentiable function such that
$g'\!\left(\tfrac12\right)=g'\!\left(\tfrac32\right)$. If a real-valued function $f$ is defined as
$f(x)=\dfrac12\,[\,g(x)+g(2-x)\,]$, then
Let $A=\left[\begin{array}{lll}2 & a & 0 \\ 1 & 3 & 1 \\ 0 & 5 & b\end{array}\right]$. If $A^3=4 A^2-A-21 I$, where $I$ is the identity matrix of order $3 \times 3$, then $2 a+3 b$ is equal to
The value of $k\in\mathbb{N}$ for which the integral $I_n=\displaystyle\int_{0}^{1}(1-x^{k})^{n},dx,\ n\in\mathbb{N}$, satisfies $147I_{20}=148I_{21}$ is:
Let $\vec a=a_1\hat i+a_2\hat j+a_3\hat k$ and $\vec b=b_1\hat i+b_2\hat j+b_3\hat k$ be two vectors such that
$|\vec a|=1,\ \vec a\cdot\vec b=2$ and $|\vec b|=4$. If $\vec c=2(\vec a\times\vec b)-3\vec b$, then the angle between $\vec b$ and $\vec c$ is:
The set of all $\alpha$ for which the vectors $\vec a=\alpha t,\hat i+6,\hat j-3,\hat k$ and $\vec b=t,\hat i-2,\hat j-2\alpha t,\hat k$ are inclined at an obtuse angle for all $t\in\mathbb{R}$ is:
The maximum area of a triangle whose one vertex is at $(0,0)$ and the other two vertices
lie on the curve $y=-2x^{2}+54$ at points $(x,y)$ and $(-x,y)$, where $y>0$, is:
Let the circles $C_1:(x-\alpha)^2+(y-\beta)^2=r_1^2$ and $C_2:(x-8)^2+\left(y-\dfrac{15}{2}\right)^2=r_2^2$ touch each other externally at the point $(6,6)$. If the point $(6,6)$ divides the line segment joining the centres of the circles $C_1$ and $C_2$ internally in the ratio $2:1$, then $(\alpha+\beta)+4\left(r_1^2+r_2^2\right)$ equals:
Let $f(x)$ be a positive function such that the area bounded by $y=f(x)$, $y=0$ from $x=0$ to $x=a>0$ is $e^{-a}+4a^{2}+a-1$. Then the differential equation whose general solution is $y=c_1f(x)+c_2$, where $c_1$ and $c_2$ are arbitrary constants, is:
Let $(\alpha,\beta,\gamma)$ be the foot of the perpendicular from the point $(1,2,3)$
on the line
\[
\frac{x+3}{5}=\frac{y-1}{2}=\frac{z+4}{3}.
\]
Then $19(\alpha+\beta+\gamma)$ is equal to:
Let $H:\dfrac{-x^2}{a^2}+\dfrac{y^2}{b^2}=1$ be the hyperbola whose eccentricity is $\sqrt{3}$ and the length of the latus rectum is $4\sqrt{3}$.
Suppose the point $(\alpha,6)$, $\alpha>0$, lies on $H$.
If $\beta$ is the product of the focal distances of the point $(\alpha,6)$, then $\alpha^2+\beta$ is equal to:
A line passing through the point \(A(9,0)\) makes an angle of \(30^\circ\) with the positive
direction of the \(x\)-axis. If this line is rotated about \(A\) through an angle of \(15^\circ\) in
the clockwise direction, then its equation in the new position is:
C
Consider the system of linear equations
$x + y + z = 4\mu,\quad x + 2y + 2\lambda z = 10\mu,\quad x + 3y + 4\lambda^2 z = \mu^2 + 15$
where $\lambda, \mu \in \mathbb{R}$.
Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?
Let $y=y(x)$ be the solution of the differential equation
$(1+y^{2})e^{\tan x},dx+\cos^{2}x,(1+e^{2\tan x}),dy=0$, $y(0)=1$.
Then $y!\left(\tfrac{\pi}{4}\right)$ is equal to
Let $f:[-\tfrac{\pi}{2}, \tfrac{\pi}{2}] \to \mathbb{R}$ be a differentiable function such that $f(0)=\tfrac{1}{2}$.
If $\displaystyle \lim_{x \to 0} \frac{x \int_0^x f(t),dt}{e^{x^2} - 1} = \alpha$,
then $8\alpha^2$ is equal to:
Let the sum of two positive integers be $24$. If the probability that their product is not less than $\dfrac{3}{4}$ times their greatest possible product is $\dfrac{m}{n}$, where $\gcd(m,n)=1$, then $n-m$ equals
For the function $f(x)=\cos x - x + 1,; x\in\mathbb{R}$, consider the statements
(S1) $f(x)=0$ for only one value of $x$ in $[0,\pi]$.
(S2) $f(x)$ is decreasing in $\left[0,\tfrac{\pi}{2}\right]$ and increasing in $\left[\tfrac{\pi}{2},\pi\right]$.
Which is/are correct?
Let $P(x,y,z)$ be a point in the first octant whose projection on the $xy$–plane is $Q$. Let $OP=\gamma$; the angle between $OQ$ and the positive $x$–axis be $\theta$; and the angle between $OP$ and the positive $z$–axis be $\phi$ (with $O$ the origin). The distance of $P$ from the $x$–axis is
Let $z$ be a complex number such that $\lvert z+2\rvert=1$ and $\operatorname{Im}!\left(\dfrac{z+1}{z+2}\right)=\dfrac{1}{5}$. Then the value of $\lvert \operatorname{Re}(z+2)\rvert$ is
Let $A(2,3,5)$ and $C(-3,4,-2)$ be opposite vertices of a parallelogram $ABCD$. If the diagonal $\overrightarrow{BD}= \hat{i}+2\hat{j}+3\hat{k}$, then the area of the parallelogram is equal to:
The equations of two sides $AB$ and $AC$ of a triangle $ABC$ are $4x+y=14$ and $3x-2y=5$, respectively. The point $\left(2,-\frac{4}{3}\right)$ divides the third side $BC$ internally in the ratio $2:1$. The equation of the side $BC$ is
If $2\sin^3x+\sin2x\cos x+4\sin x-4=0$ has exactly $3$ solutions in the interval $\left[0,\dfrac{n\pi}{2}\right],,n\in\mathbb N$, then the roots of the equation $x^2+nx+(n-3)=0$ belong to:
If the domain of the function $f(x)=\cos^{-1}!\left(\dfrac{2-|x|}{4}\right)+{\log_e(3-x)}^{-1}$ is $[-\alpha,\beta)-{\gamma}$, then $\alpha+\beta+\gamma$ equals:
If the set $R=\{(a, b): a+5 b=42, a, b \in \mathbb{N}\}$ has $m$ elements and $\sum_\limits{n=1}^m\left(1-i^{n !}\right)=x+i y$, where $i=\sqrt{-1}$, then the value of $m+x+y$ is
$L_1:;\vec r=(2+\lambda),\hat i+(1-3\lambda),\hat j+(3+4\lambda),\hat k,;\lambda\in\mathbb R$
$L_2:;\vec r=2(1+\mu),\hat i+3(1+\mu),\hat j+(5+\mu),\hat k,;\mu\in\mathbb R$
is $\dfrac{m}{\sqrt{n}}$, where $\gcd(m,n)=1$, then the value of $m+n$ equals
Let $f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ be defined by $f(x)=\dfrac{x}{(1+2x^{4})^{1/4}}$, and $g(x)=f(f(f(f(x))))$. Then $18\displaystyle\int_{0}^{\sqrt{2\sqrt{5}}} x^{2}g(x),dx$ is equal to:
Let $y=y(x)$ be the solution curve of the differential equation
$\sec y,\dfrac{dy}{dx}+2x\sin y=x^{3}\cos y$, with $y(1)=0$.
Then $y(\sqrt{3})$ is equal to:
Let $a,b$ be distinct positive reals. The $11^{\text{th}}$ term of a GP with first term $a$ and third term $b$ equals the $p^{\text{th}}$ term of another GP with first term $a$ and fifth term $b$. Then $p$ equals:
If the shortest distance between the lines
$\dfrac{x-\lambda}{2}=\dfrac{y-4}{3}=\dfrac{z-3}{4}$ and
$\dfrac{x-2}{4}=\dfrac{y-4}{6}=\dfrac{z-7}{8}$ is $\dfrac{13}{\sqrt{29}}$, then a value of $\lambda$ is:1
Let $y=f(x)$ be a thrice differentiable function in $(-5,5)$.
Let the tangents to the curve $y=f(x)$ at $(1,f(1))$ and $(3,f(3))$ make angles $\dfrac{\pi}{6}$ and $\dfrac{\pi}{4}$ respectively with the positive $x$-axis.
If $27\displaystyle\int_{1}^{3}\big((f'(t))^{2}+1\big)f'''(t),dt=\alpha+\beta\sqrt{3}$,
where $\alpha,\beta$ are integers, then the value of $\alpha+\beta$ equals:
There are three bags $X,Y,Z$. Bag $X$ contains $5$ one-rupee coins and $4$ five-rupee coins; Bag $Y$ contains $4$ one-rupee coins and $5$ five-rupee coins; and Bag $Z$ contains $3$ one-rupee coins and $6$ five-rupee coins. A bag is selected at random and a coin drawn from it at random is found to be a one-rupee coin. Then the probability that it came from bag $Y$ is
For $\alpha,\beta\in(0,\dfrac{\pi}{2})$, let $3\sin(\alpha+\beta)=2\sin(\alpha-\beta)$ and a real number $k$ be such that $\tan\alpha=k\tan\beta$.
Then, the value of $k$ is equal to:
Let $\vec{a}=4\hat{i}-\hat{j}+\hat{k}$, $\vec{b}=11\hat{i}-\hat{j}+\hat{k}$ and $\vec{c}$ be a vector such that $(\vec{a}+\vec{b})\times\vec{c}=\vec{c}\times(-2\vec{a}+3\vec{b})$. If $(2\vec{a}+3\vec{b})\cdot\vec{c}=1670$, then $|\vec{c}|^{2}$ is equal to:
Let $f:\mathbb{R}\setminus{0}\to\mathbb{R}$ satisfy $f!\left(\dfrac{x}{y}\right)=\dfrac{f(x)}{f(y)}$ for all $x,y$ with $f(y)\neq 0$.
If $f'(1)=2024$, then which of the following is true?
If the line segment joining the points $(5,2)$ and $(2,a)$ subtends an angle $\dfrac{\pi}{4}$ at the origin, then the absolute value of the product of all possible values of $a$ is:
Let $R=\left(\begin{array}{ccc}x & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & y & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & z\end{array}\right)$ be a non-zero $3 \times 3$ matrix, where $x \sin \theta=y \sin \left(\theta+\frac{2 \pi}{3}\right)=z \sin \left(\theta+\frac{4 \pi}{3}\right) \neq 0, \theta \in(0,2 \pi)$. For a square matrix $M$, let trace $(M)$ denote the sum of all the diagonal entries of $M$. Then, among the statements:
(I) Trace $(R)=0$
(II) If trace $(\operatorname{adj}(\operatorname{adj}(R))=0$, then $R$ has exactly one non-zero entry.
If $x^{2}-y^{2}+2hxy+2gx+2fy+c=0$ is the locus of a point which is always equidistant from the lines $x+2y+7=0$ and $2x-y+8=0$, then the value of $g+c+h-f$ equals:
Let $\int_\limits\alpha^{\log _e 4} \frac{\mathrm{d} x}{\sqrt{\mathrm{e}^x-1}}=\frac{\pi}{6}$. Then $\mathrm{e}^\alpha$ and $\mathrm{e}^{-\alpha}$ are the roots of the equation :
$a$ and $b$ be real constants such that the function $f$ defined by $f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{ll}x^2+3 x+a & , x \leq 1 \\ b x+2 & , x>1\end{array}\right.$ be differentiable on $\mathbb{R}$. Then, the value of $\int_\limits{-2}^2 f(x) d x$ equals
Let $\mathrm{f}: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be defined as $f(x)=a e^{2 x}+b e^x+c x$. If $f(0)=-1, f^{\prime}\left(\log _e 2\right)=21$ and $\int_0^{\log _e 4}(f(x)-c x) d x=\frac{39}{2}$, then the value of $|a+b+c|$
Let $f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{ccc}-\mathrm{a} & \text { if } & -\mathrm{a} \leq x \leq 0 \\ x+\mathrm{a} & \text { if } & 0< x \leq \mathrm{a}\end{array}\right.$ where $\mathrm{a}> 0$ and $\mathrm{g}(x)=(f(|x|)-|f(x)|) / 2$. Then the function $g:[-a, a] \rightarrow[-a, a]$ is
Let $L_1:\ \vec r=(\hat i-\hat j+2\hat k)+\lambda(\hat i-\hat j+2\hat k),\ \lambda\in\mathbb R,$
$L_2:\ \vec r=(\hat j-\hat k)+\mu(3\hat i+\hat j+p\hat k),\ \mu\in\mathbb R,$ and
$L_3:\ \vec r=\delta(\ell\hat i+m\hat j+n\hat k),\ \delta\in\mathbb R,$
be three lines such that $L_1$ is perpendicular to $L_2$ and $L_3$ is perpendicular to both $L_1$ and $L_2$.
Then, the point which lies on $L_3$ is:
In an increasing geometric progression of positive terms, the sum of the second and sixth terms is $\dfrac{70}{3}$ and the product of the third and fifth terms is $49$. Then the sum of the $4^{\text{th}},6^{\text{th}}$ and $8^{\text{th}}$ terms is equal to:
Let $\vec a=\hat i+\alpha\hat j+\beta\hat k,\ \alpha,\beta\in\mathbb R$.
Let $\vec b$ be such that the angle between $\vec a$ and $\vec b$ is $\dfrac{\pi}{4}$ and $|\vec b|^{2}=6$.
If $\vec a\cdot\vec b=3\sqrt{2}$, then the value of $(\alpha^{2}+\beta^{2})\,|\vec a\times\vec b|^{2}$ is:
$\mathrm{a}, \mathrm{b}>0$, let $f(x)= \begin{cases}\frac{\tan ((\mathrm{a}+1) x)+\mathrm{b} \tan x}{x}, & x< 0 \\ 3, & x=0 \\ \frac{\sqrt{\mathrm{a} x+\mathrm{b}^2 x^2}-\sqrt{\mathrm{a} x}}{\mathrm{~b} \sqrt{\mathrm{a}} x \sqrt{x}}, & x> 0\end{cases}$
be a continuous function at $x=0$. Then $\frac{\mathrm{b}}{\mathrm{a}}$ is equal to :
Let $P$ be a point on the hyperbola $H:\ \dfrac{x^2}{9}-\dfrac{y^2}{4}=1$, in the first quadrant, such that the area of the triangle formed by $P$ and the two foci of $H$ is $2\sqrt{13}$. Then, the square of the distance of $P$ from the origin is:
Let $A={2,3,6,8,9,11}$ and $B={1,4,5,10,15}$.
Let $R$ be a relation on $A\times B$ defined by
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is an even integer.
(a,b)R(c,d)⟺3ad−7bc is an even integer.
Then the relation $R$ is:
Let $\vec{a}=\hat{i}+2\hat{j}+3\hat{k}$, $\vec{b}=2\hat{i}+3\hat{j}-5\hat{k}$ and $\vec{c}=3\hat{i}-\hat{j}+\lambda\hat{k}$ be three vectors.
Let $\vec{r}$ be a unit vector along $\vec{b}+\vec{c}$.
If $\vec{r}\cdot\vec{a}=3$, then $3\lambda$ is equal to:
Suppose $2-p,\ p,\ 2-\alpha,\ \alpha$ are the coefficients of four consecutive terms
in the expansion of $(1+x)^n$. Then the value of
$\,p^2-\alpha^2+6\alpha+2p\,$ equals:
Consider the system of linear equations
$x+y+z=5,\quad x+2y+\lambda^2 z=9,\quad x+3y+\lambda z=\mu,$
where $\lambda,\mu\in\mathbb{R}$. Which of the following statements is NOT correct?
The number of ways five alphabets can be chosen from the alphabets of the word MATHEMATICS, where the chosen alphabets are not necessarily distinct, is equal to:
If the function $f(x)=2x^{3}-9ax^{2}+12a^{2}x+1,;a>0$ has a local maximum at $x=\alpha$ and a local minimum at $x=\alpha^{2}$, then $\alpha$ and $\alpha^{2}$ are the roots of the equation:
If the domain of the function
$f(x)=\log_e\!\left(\frac{2x+3}{4x^{2}+x-3}\right)+\cos^{-1}\!\left(\frac{2x-1}{x+2}\right)$
is $(\alpha,\beta)$, then the value of $5\beta-4\alpha$ is:
If the value of $\dfrac{5\cos36^{\circ}+5\sin18^{\circ}}{5\cos36^{\circ}-3\sin18^{\circ}}$ is $\dfrac{a\sqrt{5}-b}{c}$, where $a,b,c$ are natural numbers and $\gcd(a,c)=1$, then $a+b+c$ is equal to:
Bag A contains $3$ white and $7$ red balls; Bag B contains $3$ white and $2$ red balls.
One bag is selected at random and a ball is drawn. If the ball drawn is white, the
probability that it was drawn from Bag A is:
Let $A(\alpha,0)$ and $B(0,\beta)$ be points on the line $5x+7y=50$. Let the point $P$
divide the line segment $AB$ internally in the ratio $7:3$. Let $3x-25=0$ be a directrix
of the ellipse $E:\ \dfrac{x^2}{a^2}+\dfrac{y^2}{b^2}=1$ and let the corresponding focus be $S$.
If the perpendicular from $S$ to the $x$-axis passes through $P$, then the length of the
latus rectum of $E$ is:
For $\alpha,\beta,\gamma\ne 0$, if
$\sin^{-1}\alpha+\sin^{-1}\beta+\sin^{-1}\gamma=\pi$
and
$(\alpha+\beta+\gamma)\,(\alpha+\beta-\gamma)=3\alpha\beta$,
then $\gamma$ equals:
Let three vectors $\vec a=\alpha\hat i+4\hat j+2\hat k,;\vec b=5\hat i+3\hat j+4\hat k,;\vec c=x\hat i+y\hat j+z\hat k$ form a triangle such that $\vec c=\vec a-\vec b$ and the area of the triangle is $5\sqrt{6}$. If $\alpha$ is a positive real number, then $\lvert\vec c\rvert$ is equal to:
Let $S$ be the set of positive integral values of $a$ for which
$\frac{a x^{2}+2(a+1)x+9a+4}{x^{2}-8x+32}<0,\ \forall x\in\mathbb{R}.$
Then, the number of elements in $S$ is:
Let $\alpha,\beta,\gamma,\delta\in\mathbb{Z}$ and let
$A(\alpha,\beta),\ B(1,0),\ C(\gamma,\delta),\ D(1,2)$ be the vertices of a parallelogram $ABCD$.
If $AB=\sqrt{10}$ and the points $A$ and $C$ lie on the line $3y=2x+1$, then
$2(\alpha+\beta+\gamma+\delta)$ is equal to:
Let $\lvert\cos\theta,\cos(60^\circ-\theta),\cos(60^\circ+\theta)\rvert\le \dfrac{1}{8},;\theta\in[0,2\pi]$.
Then the sum of all $\theta\in[0,2\pi]$ where $\cos 3\theta$ attains its maximum value is:
The coefficient of $x^{70}$ in
$ x^{2}(1+x)^{98} + x^{3}(1+x)^{97} + x^{4}(1+x)^{96} + \dots + x^{54}(1+x)^{46} $
is $ ^{99}C_{p} - ^{46}C_{q} $. Then a possible value of $p + q$ is:
For $0 < c < b < a$, let
$(a+b-2c)x^{2} + (b+c-2a)x + (c+a-2b) = 0$
and let $\alpha \ne 1$ be one of its roots. Then, among the two statements:
(I) If $\alpha \in (-1,0)$, then $b$ cannot be the geometric mean of $a$ and $c$.
(II) If $\alpha \in (0,1)$, then $b$ may be the geometric mean of $a$ and $c$.
Let a circle passing through $(2, 0)$ have its centre at the point $(h, k)$.
Let $(x_c, y_c)$ be the point of intersection of the lines
$3x + 5y = 1$ and $(2 + c)x + 5c^{2}y = 1$.
If $h = \lim_{c \to 1} x_c$ and $k = \lim_{c \to 1} y_c$,
then the equation of the circle is:
If $f(x)=\dfrac{4x+3}{6x-4}$, $x\ne\dfrac{2}{3}$, and $(f\circ f)(x)=g(x)$,
where $g:\mathbb{R}-\left\{\dfrac{2}{3}\right\}\to\mathbb{R}-\left\{\dfrac{2}{3}\right\}$,
then $(g\circ g\circ g)(4)$ is equal to:
Let
$ \displaystyle \int \frac{2 - \tan x}{3 + \tan x} , dx = \frac{1}{2} \left( \alpha x + \log_e \left| \beta \sin x + \gamma \cos x \right| \right) + C $,
where $C$ is the constant of integration.
Then $\alpha + \dfrac{\gamma}{\beta}$ is equal to:
Let $y=y(x)$ be the solution of the differential equation
$\displaystyle \frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{\tan x + y}{\sin x}$, $x\in\left(0,\frac{\pi}{2}\right)$,
satisfying $y\!\left(\frac{\pi}{4}\right)=2$. Then $y\!\left(\frac{\pi}{3}\right)$ is:
Let $\alpha, \beta$ be the roots of the equation
$ x^{2} + 2\sqrt{2}x - 1 = 0 $.
The quadratic equation whose roots are
$\alpha^{4} + \beta^{4}$ and $\dfrac{1}{10} (\alpha^{6} + \beta^{6})$ is:
Three rotten apples are accidentally mixed with fifteen good apples. Assuming the random
variable $x$ to be the number of rotten apples in a draw of two apples, the variance of $x$ is:
Let $f(x) = x^{2} + 9$, $g(x) = \dfrac{x}{x - 9}$,
and $a = f \circ g(10)$, $b = g \circ f(3)$.
If $e$ and $l$ denote the eccentricity and the length of the latus rectum of the ellipse
$\dfrac{x^{2}}{a} + \dfrac{y^{2}}{b} = 1$,
then $8e^{2} + l^{2}$ is equal to:
Let $\vec a=3\hat i+\hat j-2\hat k,\ \vec b=4\hat i+\hat j+7\hat k$ and $\vec c=\hat i-3\hat j+4\hat k$ be three vectors.
If a vector $\vec p$ satisfies $\vec p\times\vec b=\vec c\times\vec b$ and $\vec p\cdot\vec a=0$,
then $\vec p\cdot(\hat i-\hat j-\hat k)$ is equal to:
The sum of the series
$\displaystyle \frac{1}{1-3\cdot1^{2}+1^{4}}+\frac{2}{1-3\cdot2^{2}+2^{4}}+\frac{3}{1-3\cdot3^{2}+3^{4}}+\cdots$
up to $10$ terms is:
A variable line $L$ passes through the point $(3,5)$ and intersects the positive coordinate axes at the points $A$ and $B$. The minimum area of the triangle $OAB$, where $O$ is the origin, is:
The solution curve of the differential equation $2y\dfrac{dy}{dx}+3=5\dfrac{dy}{dx}$, passing through the point $(0,1)$, is a conic whose vertex lies on the line:
The distance of the point $Q(0,2,-2)$ from the line passing through the point
$P(5,-4,3)$ and perpendicular to the lines
$\ \vec r = (-3\hat i + 2\hat k) + \lambda(2\hat i + 3\hat j + 5\hat k),\ \lambda\in\mathbb R,$
and
$\ \vec r = (\hat i - 2\hat j + \hat k) + \mu(-\hat i + 3\hat j + 2\hat k),\ \mu\in\mathbb R,$
is:
Let $\lambda,\mu\in\mathbb{R}$. If the system of equations
$3x+5y+\lambda z=3$
$7x+11y-9z=2$
$97x+155y-189z=\mu$
has infinitely many solutions, then $\mu+2\lambda$ is equal to:
Let $g(x)$ be a linear function and
$
f(x)=
\begin{cases}
g(x), & x\le 0,\\[2mm]
\left(\dfrac{1+x}{2+x}\right)^{\tfrac{1}{x}}, & x>0
\end{cases}
$
is continuous at $x=0$. If $f'(1)=f(-1)$, then the value $g(3)$ is
A ray of light coming from the point $P(1,2)$ gets reflected from the point $Q$ on the $x$-axis and then passes through the point $R(4,3)$. If the point $S(h,k)$ is such that $PQRS$ is a parallelogram, then $hk^{2}$ is equal to:
Let the line $L$ intersect the lines $x-2=-y=z-1$, $2(x+1)=2(y-1)=z+1$ and be parallel to the line $\dfrac{x-2}{3}=\dfrac{y-1}{1}=\dfrac{z-2}{2}$. Then which of the following points lies on $L$?
Let $\overrightarrow{OA}=2\vec a,\ \overrightarrow{OB}=6\vec a+5\vec b,\ \overrightarrow{OC}=3\vec b$, where $O$ is the origin. If the area of the parallelogram with adjacent sides $\overrightarrow{OA}$ and $\overrightarrow{OC}$ is $15$ sq. units, then the area (in sq. units) of the quadrilateral $OABC$ is equal to:
Let the foci of a hyperbola $H$ coincide with the foci of the ellipse
$\displaystyle E:\ \frac{(x-1)^{2}}{100}+\frac{(y-1)^{2}}{75}=1$
and the eccentricity of the hyperbola $H$ be the reciprocal of the eccentricity of the ellipse $E$. If the length of the transverse axis of $H$ is $\alpha$ and the length of its conjugate axis is $\beta$, then $3\alpha^{2}+2\beta^{2}$ is equal to:
Let $a$ be the sum of all coefficients in the expansion of
$\big(1-2x+2x^{2}\big)^{2023}\big(3-4x^{2}+2x^{3}\big)^{2024}$
and
$b=\lim_{x\to 0}\left(\frac{\displaystyle \int_{0}^{x}\frac{\log(1+t)}{2t^{2}+t}\,dt}{x^{2}}\right).$
If the equations $c x^{2}+d x+e=0$ and $2b\,x^{2}+a x+4=0$ have a common root,
where $c,d,e\in\mathbb{R}$, then $d:c:e$ equals:
Let $z$ be a complex number such that the real part of $\displaystyle \frac{z-2i}{z+2i}$ is zero. Then, the maximum value of $\lvert z-(6+8i)\rvert$ is:
Let the range of the function $f(x)=\dfrac{1}{2+\sin3x+\cos3x},\ x\in\mathbb{R}$ be $[a,b]$. If $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are respectively the A.M. and the G.M. of $a$ and $b$, then $\dfrac{\alpha}{\beta}$ is equal to:
If one of the diameters of the circle $x^{2}+y^{2}-10x+4y+13=0$ is a chord of another
circle $C$, whose center is the point of intersection of the lines $2x+3y=12$ and
$3x-2y=5$, then the radius of the circle $C$ is:
Let $\displaystyle \int_{0}^{x}\sqrt{1-\big(y'(t)\big)^{2}},dt=\int_{0}^{x}y(t),dt,\ 0\le x\le 3,\ y\ge0,\ y(0)=0$.
Then at $x=2$, $,y''+y+1$ is equal to:
If the foci of a hyperbola are the same as those of the ellipse $\dfrac{x^{2}}{9}+\dfrac{y^{2}}{25}=1$
and the eccentricity of the hyperbola is $\dfrac{15}{8}$ times the eccentricity of the ellipse,
then the smaller focal distance of the point $\left(\sqrt{2},\ \dfrac{14}{3}\sqrt{\dfrac{2}{5}}\right)$
on the hyperbola is:
Two vertices of a triangle $ABC$ are $A(3,-1)$ and $B(-2,3)$, and its orthocentre is $P(1,1)$.
If the coordinates of $C$ are $(\alpha,\beta)$ and the centre of the circle circumscribing the triangle $PAB$ is $(h,k)$, then the value of $(\alpha+\beta)+2(h+k)$ equals:
A coin is biased so that a head is twice as likely to occur as a tail. If the coin is tossed 3 times, then the probability of getting two tails and one head is
Let $\alpha,\beta;\ \alpha>\beta,$ be the roots of the equation $x^{2}-\sqrt{2},x-\sqrt{3}=0$.
Let $P_{n}=\alpha^{n}-\beta^{n},\ n\in\mathbb{N}$. Then
$(11\sqrt{3}-10\sqrt{2}),P_{10}+(11\sqrt{2}+10),P_{11}-11,P_{12}$ is equal to:
Let $A$ be a $3\times3$ real matrix such that
\[
A\!\begin{pmatrix}1\\0\\1\end{pmatrix}
=2\!\begin{pmatrix}1\\0\\1\end{pmatrix},\qquad
A\!\begin{pmatrix}-1\\0\\1\end{pmatrix}
=4\!\begin{pmatrix}-1\\0\\1\end{pmatrix},\qquad
A\!\begin{pmatrix}0\\1\\0\end{pmatrix}
=2\!\begin{pmatrix}0\\1\\0\end{pmatrix}.
\]
Then, the system $(A-3I)\!\begin{pmatrix}x\\y\\z\end{pmatrix}=\begin{pmatrix}1\\2\\3\end{pmatrix}$ has:
Let $(\alpha,\beta,\gamma)$ be the mirror image of the point $(2,3,5)$ in the line
\[
\frac{x-1}{2}=\frac{y-2}{3}=\frac{z-3}{4}.
\]
Then, $\,2\alpha+3\beta+4\gamma\,$ is equal to:
If an unbiased dice is rolled thrice, then the probability of getting a greater number in the $i^{\text{th}}$ roll than the number obtained in the $(i-1)^{\text{th}}$ roll, $i=2,3$, is equal to
Let $P$ be a parabola with vertex $(2,3)$ and directrix $2x+y=6$.
Let an ellipse $E:\ \dfrac{x^{2}}{a^{2}}+\dfrac{y^{2}}{b^{2}}=1$, $a>b$, of eccentricity $\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$
pass through the focus of the parabola $P$. Then, the square of the length of the latus rectum of $E$ is:
Between the following two statements:
Statement I:
Let $\vec{a} = \hat{i} + 2\hat{j} - 3\hat{k}$ and $\vec{b} = 2\hat{i} + \hat{j} - \hat{k}$.
Then the vector $\vec{r}$ satisfying $\vec{a} \times \vec{r} = \vec{a} \times \vec{b}$ and $\vec{a} \cdot \vec{r} = 0$
is of magnitude $\sqrt{10}$.
Statement II:
In a triangle $ABC$, $\cos 2A + \cos 2B + \cos 2C \geq -\dfrac{3}{2}$.
The shortest distance, between lines $L_1$ and $L_2$, where $L_1: \frac{x-1}{2}=\frac{y+1}{-3}=\frac{z+4}{2}$ and $L_2$ is the line, passing through the points $\mathrm{A}(-4,4,3), \mathrm{B}(-1,6,3)$ and perpendicular to the line $\frac{x-3}{-2}=\frac{y}{3}=\frac{z-1}{1}$, is
Let $B=\left[\begin{array}{ll}1 & 3 \\ 1 & 5\end{array}\right]$ and $A$ be a $2 \times 2$ matrix such that $A B^{-1}=A^{-1}$. If $B C B^{-1}=A$ and $C^4+\alpha C^2+\beta I=O$, then $2 \beta-\alpha$ is equal to
Let $f,g:(0,\infty)\to\mathbb{R}$ be defined by
$f(x)=\int_{-x}^{x}\big(|t|-t^{2}\big)e^{-t^{2}}\,dt,\qquad
g(x)=\int_{0}^{x^{2}} t^{1/2}e^{-t}\,dt.$
Then the value of
$g\!\left( f\!\big(\sqrt{\log_e 9}\,\big)+g\!\big(\sqrt{\log_e 9}\,\big)\right)$
is:
Consider the line $L$ passing through the points $(1,2,3)$ and $(2,3,5)$.
The distance of the point $\left(\dfrac{11}{3},\dfrac{11}{3},\dfrac{19}{3}\right)$ from the line $L$ along the line
$\dfrac{3x-11}{2}=\dfrac{3y-11}{1}=\dfrac{3z-19}{2}$ is equal to:
Let $f:\mathbb{R}\to(0,\infty)$ be a strictly increasing function such that
$\displaystyle \lim_{x\to\infty}\frac{f(7x)}{f(x)}=1$.
Then the value of $\displaystyle \lim_{x\to\infty}\Big[\frac{f(5x)}{f(x)}-1\Big]$ is:
The temperature $T(t)$ of a body at time $t=0$ is $160^\circ\!F$ and it decreases
continuously as per the differential equation $\dfrac{dT}{dt}=-K(T-80)$,
where $K$ is a positive constant. If $T(15)=120^\circ\!F$, then $T(45)$ is:
Let $a,ar,ar^{2},\ldots$ be an infinite G.P. If $\displaystyle \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} a r^{n}=57$ and $\displaystyle \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} a^{3} r^{3n}=9747$, then $a+18r$ is equal to:
If the function $f:(-\infty,-1]\to(a,b]$ defined by $f(x)=e^{x^{3}-3x+1}$ is one–one and onto,
then the distance of the point $P(2b+4,\ a+2)$ from the line $x+e^{-3}y=4$ is:
Let the $2^{\text{nd}}, 8^{\text{th}}$ and $44^{\text{th}}$ terms of a non-constant A.P.
be respectively the $1^{\text{st}}, 2^{\text{nd}}$ and $3^{\text{rd}}$ terms of a G.P.
If the first term of the A.P. is $1$, then the sum of its first $20$ terms is:
Let $\vec a=2\hat i+\alpha\hat j+\hat k,\ \vec b=-\hat i+\hat k,\ \vec c=\beta\hat j-\hat k$, where $\alpha,\beta$ are integers and $\alpha\beta=-6$.
Let the values of the ordered pair $(\alpha,\beta)$ for which the area of the parallelogram whose diagonals are $\vec a+\vec b$ and $\vec b+\vec c$ is $\dfrac{\sqrt{21}}{2}$ be $(\alpha_1,\beta_1)$ and $(\alpha_2,\beta_2)$.
Then $\alpha_1^{,2}+\beta_1^{,2}-\alpha_2\beta_2$ is equal to:
If for some $m,n$,
$\binom{6}{m}+2\binom{6}{m+1}+\binom{6}{m+2}>8\binom{6}{3}$
and
$\,^{\,n-1}\!P_{3}:\,^{\,n}\!P_{4}=1:8$,
then $\,^{\,n}\!P_{\,n+1}+\,^{\,n+1}\!C_{m}$ is equal to:
Consider the function $f:(0,\infty)\to\mathbb{R}$ defined by
$f(x)=e^{-|\log_e x|}$. If $m$ and $n$ are respectively the number of points at
which $f$ is not continuous and $f$ is not differentiable, then $m+n$ is:
Let a variable line passing through the centre of the circle
$x^{2}+y^{2}-16x-4y=0$ meet the positive coordinate axes at the points $A$ and $B$.
Then the minimum value of $OA+OB$, where $O$ is the origin, is:
Let $A(a,b)$, $B(3,4)$ and $C(-6,-8)$ respectively denote the centroid, circumcentre and orthocentre of a triangle.
Then, the distance of the point $P(2a+3,\ 7b+5)$ from the line
$2x+3y-4=0$ measured parallel to the line $x-2y-1=0$ is:
A bag contains 8 balls, whose colours are either white or black. Four balls are drawn at random
without replacement and it is found that 2 balls are white and the other 2 balls are black.
The probability that the bag contains an equal number of white and black balls is:
If $A=\begin{bmatrix}\sqrt2&1\\-1&\sqrt2\end{bmatrix}$, $B=\begin{bmatrix}1&0\\1&1\end{bmatrix}$,
$C=ABA^{\mathrm T}$ and $X=A^{\mathrm T}C^{2}A$, then $\det X$ is equal to:
If $n$ is the number of ways five different employees can sit into four indistinguishable
offices where any office may have any number of persons (including zero), then $n$ is equal to:
Let $S=\left\{\,z\in\mathbb{C}:\ |z-1|=1 \ \text{and}\
\left|(\sqrt2-1)(z+\bar z)-i(z-\bar z)\right|=2\sqrt2\,\right\}$.
Let $z_1,z_2\in S$ be such that $|z_1|=\max_{z\in S}|z|$ and $|z_2|=\min_{z\in S}|z|$.
Then $\ \left|\sqrt2\,z_1-z_2\right|^{2}$ equals:
If the system of equations
$
\begin{aligned}
2x + 3y - z &= 5, \\
x + \alpha y + 3z &= -4, \\
3x - y + \beta z &= 7
\end{aligned}
$
has infinitely many solutions, then $13\alpha\beta$ is equal to:
Let $f:\mathbf{R}\rightarrow\mathbf{R}$ be defined as
$
f(x)=
\begin{cases}
\dfrac{a - b\cos 2x}{x^2}, & x < 0, \\[6pt]
x^2 + cx + 2, & 0 \le x \le 1, \\[6pt]
2x + 1, & x > 1.
\end{cases}
$
If $f$ is continuous everywhere in $\mathbf{R}$ and $m$ is the number of points where $f$ is **not differentiable**,
then $m + a + b + c$ equals :
Let $\dfrac{x^2}{a^2} + \dfrac{y^2}{b^2} = 1,\ a > b$ be an ellipse, whose eccentricity is $\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$ and
the length of the latus rectum is $\sqrt{14}$. Then the **square of the eccentricity** of
$\dfrac{x^2}{a^2} - \dfrac{y^2}{b^2} = 1$ is :
For $0 < \theta < \dfrac{\pi}{2}$, if the eccentricity of the hyperbola
$x^2 - y^2 \csc^2\theta = 5$
is $\sqrt{7}$ times the eccentricity of the ellipse
$x^2 \csc^2\theta + y^2 = 5,$
then the value of $\theta$ is :
Let $C:\ x^{2}+y^{2}=4$ and $C':\ x^{2}+y^{2}-4\lambda x+9=0$ be two circles.
If the set of all values of $\lambda$ for which the circles $C$ and $C'$ intersect
at two distinct points is $\mathbb{R}\setminus [a,b]$, then the point
$(\,8a+12,\ 16b-20\,)$ lies on the curve:
If the shortest distance between the lines
\[
\frac{x-\lambda}{2}=\frac{y-2}{1}=\frac{z-1}{1}
\quad\text{and}\quad
\frac{x-\sqrt{3}}{1}=\frac{y-1}{-2}=\frac{z-2}{1}
\]
is $1$, then the sum of all possible values of $\lambda$ is:
If the domain of the function
$f(x)=\sqrt{\dfrac{x^{2}-25}{4-x^{2}}}+\log_{10}(x^{2}+2x-15)$
is $(-\infty,\alpha)\cup[\beta,\infty)$, then $\alpha^{2}+\beta^{3}$ is equal to:
Consider a $\triangle ABC$ where $A(1,3,2)$, $B(-2,8,0)$ and $C(3,6,7)$.
If the angle bisector of $\angle BAC$ meets the line $BC$ at $D$, then the length of the projection of the vector $\overrightarrow{AD}$ on the vector $\overrightarrow{AC}$ is:
Consider the relations $R_1$ and $R_2$ defined as
$a\,R_1\,b \iff a^2 + b^2 = 1$ for all $a,b\in\mathbb{R}$,
and
$(a,b)\,R_2\,(c,d) \iff a + d = b + c$ for all $(a,b),(c,d)\in\mathbb{N}\times\mathbb{N}$.
Then:
Let $\alpha$ and $\beta$ be the roots of the equation $p x^{2}+q x-r=0$, where $p\ne 0$.
If $p,q,r$ are consecutive terms of a non-constant G.P. and
$\dfrac1\alpha+\dfrac1\beta=\dfrac34$, then the value of $(\alpha-\beta)^{2}$ is:
Let Ajay will not appear in JEE exam with probability $p=\dfrac{2}{7}$,
while both Ajay and Vijay will appear in the exam with probability $q=\dfrac{1}{5}$.
Then the probability that Ajay will appear in the exam and Vijay will not appear is:
Let $P$ be a point on the ellipse $\dfrac{x^{2}}{9}+\dfrac{y^{2}}{4}=1$.
Let the line passing through $P$ and parallel to the $y$–axis meet the circle $x^{2}+y^{2}=9$ at point $Q$
such that $P$ and $Q$ are on the same side of the $x$–axis.
Then, the eccentricity of the locus of the point $R$ on $PQ$ such that $PR:RQ=4:3$ (as $P$ moves on the ellipse) is:
Consider $10$ observations $x_{1},x_{2},\ldots,x_{10}$ such that
$\displaystyle \sum_{i=1}^{10}(x_{i}-\alpha)=2$ and $\displaystyle \sum_{i=1}^{10}(x_{i}-\beta)^{2}=40$,
where $\alpha,\beta$ are positive integers.
Let the mean and the variance of the observations be $\dfrac{6}{5}$ and $\dfrac{84}{25}$ respectively.
Then $\dfrac{\beta}{\alpha}$ is equal to:
Let $f(x)=\left|2x^{2}+5|x|-3\right|,\; x\in\mathbb{R}$.
If $m$ and $n$ denote the number of points where $f$ is not continuous and not differentiable respectively,
then $m+n$ is equal to:
Let the locus of the midpoints of the chords of the circle $x^{2}+(y-1)^{2}=1$ drawn from the origin
intersect the line $x+y=1$ at $P$ and $Q$.
Then, the length of $PQ$ is:
Let $\alpha$ be a non-zero real number. Suppose $f:\mathbf{R}\to\mathbf{R}$ is a differentiable function such that
$f(0)=2$ and $\displaystyle \lim_{x\to -\infty} f(x)=1$.
If $f'(x)=\alpha f(x)+3$, for all $x\in\mathbf{R}$, then $f(-\log_{e}2)$ is equal to:
Let $P$ and $Q$ be the points on the line $\dfrac{x+3}{8}=\dfrac{y-4}{2}=\dfrac{z+1}{2}$ which are at a distance of $6$ units from the point $R(1,2,3)$.
If the centroid of the triangle $PQR$ is $(\alpha,\beta,\gamma)$, then $\alpha^{2}+\beta^{2}+\gamma^{2}$ is:
If the mirror image of the point $P(3, 4, 9)$ in the line
$\dfrac{x-1}{3} = \dfrac{y+1}{2} = \dfrac{z-2}{1}$
is $(\alpha, \beta, \gamma)$, then $14(\alpha + \beta + \gamma)$ is:
Let $S_n$ denote the sum of the first $n$ terms of an arithmetic progression.
If $S_{10} = 390$ and the ratio of the tenth and the fifth terms is $15 : 7$, then $S_{15} - S_{5}$ is equal to:
Let $m$ and $n$ be the coefficients of the seventh and thirteenth terms respectively in the expansion of
$\left(\dfrac{1}{3}x^{\tfrac13}+\dfrac{1}{2x^{\tfrac23}}\right)^{18}$.
Then $\left(\dfrac{n}{m}\right)^{\tfrac13}$ is:
Let $f(x)=
\begin{cases}
x-1, & x \text{ is even},\\
2x, & x \text{ is odd},
\end{cases}\quad x\in\mathbb N.$
If for some $a\in\mathbb N$, $f(f(f(a)))=21$, then
$\displaystyle \lim_{x\to a}\Big\{\dfrac{|x|^{3}}{a}-\Big\lfloor\dfrac{x}{a}\Big\rfloor\Big\}$ is equal to:
Let $\alpha \in (0,\infty)$ and
$A=\begin{bmatrix}1 & 2 & \alpha \\ 1 & 0 & 1 \\ 0 & 1 & 2\end{bmatrix}$.
If $\det(\operatorname{adj}(2A-A^T)\cdot\operatorname{adj}(A-2A^T))=2^8$,
then $(\det(A))^2$ is equal to:
There are 5 points P1, P2, P3, P4, P5 on the side AB, excluding A and B, of a triangle ABC. Similarly, there are 6 points P6, P7,..., P11 on the side BC and 7 points P12, P13,..., P18 on the side CA.
The number of triangles that can be formed using the points P1, P2,..., P18 as vertices is:
Let
$f(x)=
\begin{cases}
-2, & -2 \le x \le 0,\\[4pt]
x-2, & 0 < x \le 2,
\end{cases}$
and $h(x)=f(|x|)+|f(x)|.$
Then $\displaystyle \int_{-2}^{2} h(x)\,dx$ is equal to:
One of the points of intersection of the curves
$y=1+3x-2x^2$ and $y=\dfrac{1}{x}$
is $\left(\dfrac{1}{2},\,2\right)$.
Let the area of the region enclosed by these curves be
$\dfrac{1}{24}\big(l\sqrt{5}+m\big)-n\ln(1+\sqrt{5})$,
where $l,m,n\in\mathbb{N}$.
Then $l+m+n$ is equal to:
A square is inscribed in the circle $x^2 + y^2 - 10x - 6y + 30 = 0$.
One side of this square is parallel to $y = x + 3$.
If $(x_i, y_i)$ are the vertices of the square, then $\displaystyle \sum \big(x_i^2 + y_i^2\big)$ is equal to:
Let $\alpha, \beta \in \mathbb{R}$.
Let the mean and the variance of 6 observations $-3,\, 4,\, 7,\,-6,\, \alpha,\, \beta$ be $2$ and $23$, respectively.
The mean deviation about the mean of these 6 observations is:
Let $f(x)=x^5+2e^{x/4}$ for all $x\in\mathbb R$.
Consider a function $g(x)$ such that $(g\circ f)(x)=x$ for all $x\in\mathbb R$.
Then the value of $8g'(2)$ is:
Let a unit vector which makes an angle of $60^\circ$ with $\,2\hat i+2\hat j-\hat k\,$ and an angle of $45^\circ$ with $\,\hat i-\hat k\,$ be $\vec C$.
Then $\displaystyle \vec C+\Big(-\tfrac12\,\hat i+\tfrac{1}{3\sqrt2}\,\hat j-\tfrac{\sqrt2}{3}\,\hat k\Big)$ is:
If the domain of the function
$\sin^{-1}\!\left(\dfrac{3x-22}{2x-19}\right)+\log_e\!\left(\dfrac{3x^2-8x+5}{x^2-3x-10}\right)$
is $(\alpha,\beta)$, then $3\alpha+10\beta$ is equal to:
Let the point, on the line passing through the points $P(1,-2,3)$ and $Q(5,-4,7)$,
farther from the origin and at a distance of $9$ units from the point $P$, be $(\alpha,\beta,\gamma)$.
Then $\alpha^2+\beta^2+\gamma^2$ is equal to:
The vertices of a triangle are $A(-1,3)$, $B(-2,2)$ and $C(3,-1)$.
A new triangle is formed by shifting the sides of the triangle by one unit inwards.
Then the equation of the side of the new triangle nearest to the origin is:
Three urns $A$, $B$ and $C$ contain $(7\text{ red}, 5\text{ black})$, $(5\text{ red}, 7\text{ black})$ and $(6\text{ red}, 6\text{ black})$ balls, respectively.
One of the urns is selected at random and a ball is drawn from it.
If the ball drawn is black, then the probability that it is drawn from urn $A$ is:
If the solution $y = y(x)$ of the differential equation
$(x^{4}+2x^{3}+3x^{2}+2x+2)\,dy-(2x^{2}+2x+3)\,dx=0$
satisfies $y(-1)=-\dfrac{\pi}{4}$, then $y(0)$ is equal to:
Let the first three terms $2,\,p,\,q$ with $q\ne 2$ of a G.P. be respectively the $7^{\text{th}},\,8^{\text{th}}$ and $13^{\text{th}}$ terms of an A.P.
If the $5^{\text{th}}$ term of the G.P. is the $n^{\text{th}}$ term of the A.P., then $n$ is equal to:
If the center and radius of the circle $\left|\dfrac{z-2}{z-3}\right|=2$ are respectively $(\alpha,\beta)$ and $\gamma$, then $3(\alpha+\beta+\gamma)$ is equal to:
Let the sum of the maximum and the minimum values of the function
$f(x)=\dfrac{2x^{2}-3x+8}{2x^{2}+3x+8}$ be $\dfrac{m}{n}$, where $\gcd(m,n)=1$.
Then $m+n$ is equal to: