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JEE Main – 2021

16th March 2021 (Evening Shift)
General Instructions
1. The test is of 3 hours duration and the maximum marks is 300.
2. The question paper consists of 3 Parts (Part I: Physics, Part II: Chemistry, Part III: Mathematics). Each Part
has two sections (Section 1 & Section 2).
3. Section 1 contains 20 Multiple Choice Questions. Each question has 4 choices (1), (2), (3) and (4), out of
which ONLY ONE CHOICE is correct.
4. Section 2 contains 10 Numerical Value Type Questions Out of which ONLY 5 (any) questions have to be
attempted. You will NOT be allowed to attempt the sixth question. If you wish to attempt any other
question apart from the five already attempted, then you will have to delete any one response from the
five previously answered and then proceed to answer the new one.
The answer to each question should be rounded off to the nearest integer.
5. No candidate is allowed to carry any textual material, printed or written, bits of papers, pager, mobile
phone, any electronic device, etc. inside the examination room/hall.

6. On completion of the test, the candidate must hand over the Answer Sheet to the Invigilator on duty in
the Room/Hall. However, the candidates are allowed to take away this Test Booklet with them.

Marking Scheme
1. Section – 1: +4 for correct answer, –1 (negative marking) for incorrect answer, 0 for all other cases.
2. Section – 2: +4 for correct answer, 0 for all other cases. There is no negative marking.

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SUBJECT I: PHYSICS MARKS: 100

SECTION-1
This section contains 20 Multiple Choice Questions. Each question has 4 choices (1), (2), (3) and (4), out of which
ONLY ONE CHOICE is correct.

1. What will be the nature of flow of water from a circular tap, when its flow rate increased from

0.18L/min to 0.48 L/min? The radius of the tap and viscosity of water are 0.5 cm and 10 3 Pa s,
respectively.

(Density of water : 103 kg/m 3 )

(1) Steady flow to unsteady flow (2) Remains turbulent flow

(3) Unsteady to steady flow (4) Remains steady flow

2. For the given circuit, comment on the type of transformer used.

(1) Step down transformer (2) Auto transformer

(3) Step - up transformer (4) Auxilliary transformer

3. The refractive index of a converging lens is 1.4. What will be the focal length of this lens if it is placed in
a medium of same refractive index ? Assume the radii of curvature of the faces of lens are R1 and R2

respectively.
R1R2
(1) 1 (2) Infinite (3) Zero (4)
R1  R2

4. The following logic gate is equivalent to:

(1) AND Gate (2) NAND Gate (3) NOR Gate (4) OR Gate

5. A large block of wood of mass M  5.99 kg is hanging from two long massless cords. A bullet of mass
m  10 g is fired into the block and gets embedded in it. The (block + bullet) then swing upwards, their
centre of mass rising a vertical distance h  9.8 cm before the (block + bullet) pendulum comes
momentarily to rest at the end of its arc. The speed of the bullet just before collision is: (Take

g  9.8 ms 2 )

(1) 821.4 m/s (2) 831.4 m/s (3) 841.4 m/s (4) 811.4 m/s

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6. In order to determine the Young’s Modulus of a wire of radius 0.2 cm (measured using a scale of least
count = 0.001 cm) and length 1 m (measured using a scale of least count = 1 mm), a weight of mass 1
kg (measured using a scale of least count =1 g) was hanged to get the elongation of 0.5 cm (measured
using a scale of least count 0.001 cm). What will be the fractional error in the value of Young’s Modulus
determined by this experiment ?
(1) 9% (2) 0.14 % (3) 1.4 % (4) 0.9 %

7. Two identical antennas mounted on identical towers are separated from each other by a distance of 45
km. What should nearly be the minimum height of receiving antenna to receive the signals in line of
sight ?
(Assume radius of earth is 6400 km)
(1) 19.77 m (2) 79.1 m (3) 158.2 m (4) 39.55 m

8. The half-life of Au198 is 2.7 days. The activity of 1.50 mg of Au198 if its atomic weight is 198 g mol 1

is, ( N A  6  1023 / mol).

(1) 252 Ci (2) 357 Ci (3) 535 Ci (4) 240 Ci

9. Red light differs from blue light as they have :

(1) Same frequencies and different wavelengths
(2) Same frequencies and same wavelengths
(3) Different frequencies and different wavelengths
(4) Different frequencies and same wavelengths

10. Calculate the time interval between 33% decay and 67% decay if half-life of a substance is 20 minutes.
(1) 13 minutes (2) 60 minutes (3) 40 minutes (4) 20 minutes

11. Find out the surface charge density at the intersection of point x  3m plane and x-axis, in the region
of uniform line charge of 8 nC/m lying along the z-axis in free space.
(1) 47.88 C/m (2) 0.424 nC m 2 (3) 0.07 nC m 2 (4) 4.0 nC m 2

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12. A mosquito is moving with a velocity v  0.5 t 2iˆ  3t ˆj  9kˆ m/s and accelerating in uniform conditions.
What will be the direction of mosquito after 2 s?
2 2
(1) tan 1   from x-axis (2) tan 1   from y-axis
3 3
5 5
(3) tan 1   from y-axis (4) tan 1   from x-axis
2 2

13. Calculate the value of mean free path (  ) for oxygen molecules at temperature 27°C and pressure

1.01  105 Pa. Assume the molecular diameter 0.3 nm and the gas is ideal. (k  1.38  10 23 JK 1 )
(1) 86 nm (2) 102 nm (3) 58 nm (4) 32 nm

14. The de-Broglie wavelength associated with an electron and a proton were calculated by accelerating
them through same potential of 100 V. What should nearly be the ratio of their wavelengths?
(m p  1.00727u m e  0.00055u )

(1) 1860 : 1 (2) 41.1 : 1 (3) 43 : 1 (4) (1860)2 : 1

  
15. A charge Q is moving dl distance in the magnetic field B . Find the value of work done by B .
(1) 1 (2) Infinite (3) –1 (4) Zero

16. Amplitude of a mass-spring system, which is executing simple harmonic motion decreases with time. If
mass = 500 g, Decay constant = 20 g/s then how much time is required for the amplitude of the system
to drop to half of its initial value ?
(ln 2  0.693)
(1) 17.32 s (2) 0.034 s (3) 34.65 s (4) 15.01 s

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 x 
17. The magnetic field in a region is given by B  B0   kˆ. A square loop of side d is placed with its edges
a 

along the x and y axes. The loop is moved with a constant velocity v  v0iˆ. The emf induced in the loop
is:

B0v0d B0v0d 2 B0v02d B0v0d 2

(1) (2) (3) (4)
2a 2a 2a a

18. Statement I : A cyclist is moving on a unbanked road with a speed of 7 kmh 1 and takes a sharp
circular turn along a path of radius of 2m without reducing the speed. The static
friction coefficient is 0.2. The cyclist will not slip and pass the curve. ( g  9.8 m/s2 )
Statement II : If the road is banked at angle of 45°, cyclist can cross the curve of 2m radius with the

speed of 18.5 kmh 1 without slipping.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
(1) Statement I is correct and statement II is incorrect
(2) Statement I is incorrect and statement II is correct
(3) Both statement I and statement II are true
(4) Both statement I and statement II are false

19. A bimetallic strip consists of metals A and B. It is mounted rigidly as shown. The metal A has higher
coefficient of expansion compared to that of metal B. When the bimetallic strip is placed in a cold bath,
it will:

(1) Bend towards the left (2) Not bend but shrink
(3) Neigher bend nor shrink (4) Bend towards the right

20. A resistor develops 500 J of thermal energy in 20 s when a current of 1.5 A is passed through it. If the
current is increased from 1.5 A to 3 A, what will be the energy developed in 20 s.
(1) 1500 J (2) 2000 J (3) 1000 J (4) 500 J

SECTION-2
Section 2 contains 10 Numerical Value Type Questions Out of which ONLY 5 (any) questions have to be
attempted. The answer to each question should be rounded off to the nearest integer.

1. If one wants to remove all the mass of the earth to infinity in order to break it up completely. The

x GM 2
amount of energy that needs to be supplied will be where x is ________
5 R
(Round off to the Nearest Integer)
(M is the mass of earth, R is the radius of earth, G is the gravitational constant)

2. A deviation of 2° is produced in the yellow ray when prism of crown and flint glass are achromatically
combined. Taking dispersive powers of crown and flint glass as 0.02 and 0.03 respectively and refractive
index for yellow light for these glasses are 1.5 and 1.6 respectively. The refracting angles for crown glass
prism will be ________ ° (in degree).

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(Round off to the Nearest Integer)

3. A closed organ pipe of length L and an open organ pipe contain gases of densities 1 and 2

respectively. The compressibility of gases are equal in both the pipes. Both the pipes are vibrating in
x 
their first overtone with same frequency. The length of the open pipe is L 1 where x is ______.
3 2

(Round off to the Nearest Integer)

4. A body of mass 2 kg moves under a force of (2iˆ  3 ˆj  5kˆ )N . It starts from rest and was at the origin
initially. After 4s, its new coordinates are (8, b, 20). The value of b is ________ .
(Round off to the Nearest Integer)

5. A solid disc of radius ‘a’ and mass ‘m’ rolls down without slipping on an inclined plane making an angle
2
 with the horizontal. The acceleration of the disc will be g sin  where b is ________ .
b
(Round off to the Nearest Integer)
(g = acceleration due to gravity   angle as shown in figure)

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6. A force F  4iˆ  3 ˆj  4kˆ is applied on a intersection point of x  2 plane and x-axis. The magnitude of
torque of this force about a point (2, 3, 4) is _________. (Round off to the Nearest Integer)

7. The energy dissipated by a resistor is 10 mJ in 1 s when an electric current of 2 mA flows through it.
The resistance is _____________ . (Round off to the Nearest Integer)

8. For an ideal heat engine, the temperature of the source is 127°C. In order to have 60% efficiency the
temperature of the sink should be ______________ °C. (Round off to the Nearest Integer)

9. In a parallel plate capacitor set up, the plate area of capacitor is 2 m 2 and the plates are separated by
1 m. If the space between the plates are filled with a dielectric material of thickness 0.5 m and area
2 m 2 (see figure) the capacitance of the set-up will be ________ 0 . (Dielectric constant of the material
 3.2) (Round off to the Nearest Integer)

10. A swimmer can swim with velocity of 12 km/h in still water. Water flowing in a river has velocity 6
km/h. The direction with respect to the direction of flow of river water he should swim in order to reach
the point on the other bank just opposite to his starting point is _________°. (Round off to the Nearest
Integer) (Find the angle in degrees)

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SUBJECT II: CHEMISTRY MARKS: 100

SECTION-1
This section contains 20 Multiple Choice Questions. Each question has 4 choices (1), (2), (3) and (4), out of which
ONLY ONE CHOICE is correct.
1. The characteristics of elements X, Y and Z with atomic numbers, respectively, 33, 53 and 83 are:
(1) X and Y are metalloids and Z is a metal.
(2) X and Y are non-metals and Y is a metalloid.
(3) X is a metalloid, Y is a non-metal and Z is a metal.
(4) X, Y and Z are metals.

2.

The structure of X is:

(1) (2) (3) (4)

3. The green house gas/es is (are):

(A) Carbon dioxide (B) Oxygen (C) Water vapour (D) Methane
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
(1) (A) and (C) only (2) (A), (C) and (D) only
(3) (A) only (4) (A) and (B) only

4. The exact volume of 1 M NaOH solution required to neutralize 50 mL of 1 M H3PO3 solution and 100

mL of 2 M H3PO2 solution, respectively, are:

(1) 100 mL and 200 mL (2) 100 mL and 100 mL

(3) 100 mL and 50 mL (4) 50 mL and 50 mL

5. The INCORRECT statements below regarding colloidal solutions is:

(1) The flocculating power of Al 3 is more than that of Na 

(2) An ordinary filter paper can stop the flow of colloidal particles
(3) A colloidal solution shows colligative properties
(4) A colloidal solution shows Browniam motion of colloidal particles

6.

Identify the reagent(s) ‘A’ and condition(s) for the reaction :

(1) A  Cl2 ; UV light (2) A  HCl, ZnCl2

(3) A  Cl2 ; dark, Anhydrous AlCl3 (4) A  HCl; Anhydrous AlCl3

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7. Identify the elements X and Y using the ionisation energy values given below:
Ionization energy (kJ/mol)
1st 2nd
X 495 4563
Y 731 1450
(1) X  Mg; Y  F (2) X  Mg ; Y  Na (3) X  F; Y  Mg (4) X  Na; Y  Mg

8. Match List-I with List-II :

List-I List-II
Test/Reagents/Observation(s) Species detected
(a) Lassaigne’s Test (i) Carbon
(b) Cu(II) oxide (ii) Sulphur
(c) Silver nitrate (iii) N, S, P, and halogen
(d) The sodium fusion extract gives black precipitate with acetic (iv) Halogen Specifically
and lead acetate
The correct match is:
(1) (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iv) (2) (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(ii)
(3) (a)-(i), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(iii) (4) (a)-(i), (b)-(iv), (c)-(iii), (d)-(ii)

9. The INCORRECT statement regarding the structure of C60 is:

(1) It contains 12 six-membered rings and 24 five-membered rings.

(2) The five-membered rings are fused only to six-membered rings.
(3) The six-membered rings are fused to both six and five-membered rings.
(4) Each carbon atom forms three sigma bonds.

10. Fex 2 and Fey 3 are known when x and y are:

(1) x = Cl, Br, I and y = F, Cl, Br, I (2) x = F, Cl, Br, I and y = F, Cl, Br, I
(3) x = F, Cl, Br, I and y = F, Cl, Br (4) x = F, Cl, Br and y = F, Cl, Br, I

11. The correct statements about H2O2 are :

(A) used in the treatment of effluents.

(B) used as both oxidizing and reducing agent.
(C) the two hydroxyl groups lie in the same plane.
(D) miscible with water.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A), (B), (C) and (D) (2) (B), (C) and (D) only
(3) (A), (B) and (D) only (4) (A), (C) and (D) only

12. Ammonolysis of Alkyl halides followed by the treatment with NaOH solution can be used to prepare
primary, secondary and tertiary amines. The purpose of NaOH in the reaction is:
(1) to activate NH3 used in the reaction (2) to remove basic impurities

(3) to remove acidic impurities (4) to increase the reactivity of alkyl halide

13. Which of the following polymer is used in the manufacture of wood laminates?
(1) cis-poly isoprene (2) Urea formaldehyde resin
(3) Phenol and formaldehyde resin (4) Melamine formaldehyde resin

14. Which of the following reduction reaction CANNOT be carried out with coke?
(1) Cu2O  Cu (2) Fe2O3  Fe (3) ZnO  Zn (4) Al2O3  Al

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15. Arrange the following metal complex/compounds in the increasing order of spin only magnetic moment.
Presume all the three, high spin system. (Atomic numbers Ce = 58, Gd = 64 and Eu = 63.)
(a) (NH4 )2 [Ce(NO3 )6 ] (b) Gd(NO3 )3 and (c) Eu(NO3 )3
Answer is:
(1) (b) < (a) < (c) (2) (a) < (b) < (c) (3) (a) < (c) < (b) (4) (c) < (a) < (b)

16. Which of the following is least basic?

(1) (C H ) NH  (2) 
(CH3CO)NHC
2 5 2 2H5

(3) 
(CH3CO)2 NH (4) 
(C2H5 )3 N

17. The secondary structure of protein is stabilized by:

(1) Peptide bond (2) van der waals forces
(3) Hydrogen bonding (4) glycosidic bond

18. Statement I: Sodium hydride can be used as an oxidizing agent.

Statement II: The lone pair of electrons on nitrogen in pyridine makes it basic.
Choose the CORRECT answer from the options given below:
(1) Statement I is true but statement II is false
(2) Statement I is false but statement II is true
(3) Both statement I and statement II are true
(4) Both statement I and statement II are false

19. An unsaturated hydrocarbon X on ozonolysis gives A. Compound A when warmed with ammonical silver
nitrate forms a bright silver mirror along the sides of the test tube. The unsaturated hydrocarbon X is:
(1) CH3  C  C  CH3 (2) CH3  C  C  CH3
| |
CH3 CH3

(3) (4) HC  C  CH2  CH3

20.

In the above reaction, the reagent “A” is :

(1) HCl, Zn  Hg (2) NaBH4 , H3O 

(3) Alkaline KMnO4 ,H  (4) LiAlH4

SECTION-2
Section 2 contains 10 Numerical Value Type Questions Out of which ONLY 5 (any) questions have to be
attempted. The answer to each question should be rounded off to the nearest integer.

1. The number of orbitals with n = 5, m1  2 is ____________. (Round off to the Nearest Integer).

2. Sulphurous acid (H2SO3 ) has Ka1  1.7  102 and Ka 2  6.4  10 8. The pH of 0.588 M H2SO3 is

__________ . (Round off to the Nearest Integer).

3. A and B decompose via first order kinetics with half-lives 54.0 min and 18.0 min respectively. Starting
from an equimolar non reactive mixture of A and B, the time taken for the concentration of A to become
16 times that of B is ________ min. (Round off to the Nearest Integer).

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4. A 5.0 m mol dm 3 aqueous solution of KCl has a conductance of 0.55 mS when measured in a cell of

cell constant 1.3 cm 1. The molar conductivity of this solution is ___________ mSm 2mol 1. (Round off
to the Nearest Integer).

5. When 35 mL of 0.15 M lead nitrate solution is mixed with 20 mL of 0.12 M chromic sulphate solution,
________ 10 5 moles of lead sulphate precipitate out. (Round off to the Nearest Integer).

6. Ga (atomic mass 70 u) crystallizes in a hexagonal close packed structure. The total number of voids in

0.581 g of Ga is _____________  1021. (Round off to the Nearest Integer).

7. At 363 K, the vapour pressure of A is 21 kPa and that of B is 18 kPa. One mole of A and 2 moles of B
are mixed. Assuming that this solution is ideal, the vapour pressure of the mixture is _______ kPa.
(Round off to the Nearest Integer).

8. In Duma’s method of estimation of nitrogen, 0.1840 g of an organic compound gave 30 mL of nitrogen

collected at 287 K and 758 mm of Hg pressure. The percentage composition of nitrogen in the
compound is _______________. (Round off to the Nearest Integer).
[Given : Aqueous tension at 287 K = 14 mm of Hg]

9. [Ti(H2O)6 ]3  absorbs light of wavelength 498 nm during a d – d transition. The octahedral splitting

energy for the above complex is ____________  10 19 J. (Round off to the Nearest Integer).

h  6.626  1034 Js; c  3  108 ms 1

10. At 25°C, 50 g of iron reacts with HCl to form FeCl2. The evolved hydrogen gas expands against a

constant pressure of 1 bar. The work done by the gas during this expansion is ____________ J.
(Round off to the Nearest Integer). [Given : R = 8.314 J mol 1 K 1. Assume hydrogen is an ideal gas]
[Atomic mass of Fe is 55.85 u]

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1.

SUBJECT III: MATHEMATICS MARKS: 100

SECTION-1
This section contains 20 Multiple Choice Questions. Each question has 4 choices (1), (2), (3) and (4), out of which
ONLY ONE CHOICE is correct.

dy 
1. If y  y( x ) is the solution of the differential equation  (tan x )y  sin x , 0  x  , with y(0)  0, then
dx 3

y   equal to :
4
1  1  1
(1) log e 2 (2) loge 2 (3)   log e 2 (4) loge 2
2 2 2  4

1
2. Let P ( x )  x 2  bx  c be a quadratic polynomial with real coefficients such that  P ( x )dx  1 and P ( x )
0
leaves remainder 5 when it is divided by ( x  2). Then the value of 9(b  c ) is equal to :
(1) 7 (2) 15 (3) 9 (4) 11

sin 2 x 1  cos2 x cos 2x

2 2
3. The maximum value of f ( x )  1  sin x cos x cos 2x , x  R is:
2 2
sin x cos x sin 2x

3
(1) 5 (2) 5 (3) 7 (4)
4

4. If ( x , y, z ) be an arbitrary point lying on a plane P which passes through the points (42, 0, 0), (0, 42, 0)
x  11 y  19
and (0, 0, 42), then the value of the expression 3 
(y  19)2 (z  12)2 ( x  11)2 (z  12)2
z  12 x y z
  is equal to:
( x  11)2 (y  19)2 14( x  11)(y  19)(z  12)

(1) 3 (2) –45 (3) 39 (4) 0

5. Let A  {2, 3, 4, 5,....,30} and '  ' be an equivalence relation on A  A , defined by (a , b )  (c, d ), if and
only if ad  bc. Then the number of ordered pairs which satisfy this equivalence relation with ordered
pair (4, 3) is equal to :
(1) 5 (2) 7 (3) 6 (4) 8

6. Let A( 1, 1), B(3,4) and C (2, 0) be given three points. A line y  mx , m  0, intersects lines AC and BC
at point P and Q respectively. Let A1 and A2 be the area of ABC and PQC respectively, such that

A1  3 A2 , then the value of m is equal to:

4
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4)
15

7. Let the lengths of intercepts on x-axis and y-axis made by the circle x 2  y 2  ax  2ay  c  0, (a  0)

be 2 2 and 2 5, respectively. Then the shortest distance from origin to a tangent to this circle which
is perpendicular to the line x  2y  0, is equal to:

(1) 6 (2) 7 (3) 10 (4) 11

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x a y 2 z b
8. If the foot of the perpendicular from point (4, 3, 8) on the line L1 :   , l  0 is
l 3 4
x 2 y 4 z 5
(3, 5, 7), then the shortest distance between the line L1 and line L 2 :   is equal to:
3 4 5
1 1 1 2
(1) (2) (3) (4)
3 6 2 3

9. Given that the inverse trigonometric functions take principal values only. Then the number of real
 3x  1  4 x 
values of x which satisfy sin 1    sin 
1
  sin x is equal to :
 5   5 
(1) 0 (2) 3 (3) 1 (4) 2

10. Let C be the locus of the mirror image of a point on the parabola y 2  4 x with respect to the line y  x .
Then the equation of tangent to C at P (2, 1) is :
(1) 2x  y  5 (2) x  3y  5 (3) x y 1 (4) x  2y  4

       
11. Let a  iˆ  2 ˆj  3kˆ and b  2iˆ  3 ˆj  5kˆ. If r  a  b  r , r  (iˆ  2 ˆj  kˆ )  3 and r  (2iˆ  5 ˆj  kˆ )  1,

  R, then the value of  |r |2 is equal to :
(1) 9 (2) 13 (3) 11 (4) 15

10 [x ] e [x ]
12. Consider the integral I  0 dx , where [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x.
e x 1
Then the value of I is equal to:
(1) 9(e  1) (2) 45(e  1) (3) 9(e  1) (4) 45(e  1)

x 2 y2
13. If the points of intersection of the ellipse   1 and the circle x 2  y 2  4b, b  4 lie on the curve
16 b 2

y 2  3 x 2 , then b is equal to:

(1) 10 (2) 5 (3) 6 (4) 12

dy
14. Let C1 be the curve obtained by the solution of differential equation 2xy  y 2  x 2 , x  0. Let the
dx
2xy dy
curve C2 be the solution of  . If both the curves pass through (1, 1), then the area
2 2 dx
x y
enclosed by the curves C1 and C2 is equal to :

 
(1)  1 (2) 1 (3)  1 (4) 1
2 4

 cos1(1  { x }2 )sin 1(1  { x })

 , x 0
15. Let   R be such that the function f ( x )   { x }  { x }3 is continuous at x  0,

, x 0
where { x }  x  [x ], [x ] is the greatest integer less than or equal to x. Then :
 
(1)  (2) 
2 4
(3) no such  exists (4) 0

16. The least value of |z | where z is complex number which satisfies the inequality
 (| z | 3)(| z | 1) 
exp  loge 2   log |5 7  9i |, i  1, is equal to:
|| z | 1| 2
 
(1) 8 (2) 2 (3) 5 (4) 3

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17. Let A denote the event that a 6-digit integer formed by 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 without repetitions, be divisible
by 3. Then probability of event A is equal to:
11 3 4 9
(1) (2) (3) (4)
27 7 9 56

18. Consider a rectangle ABCD having 5, 7, 6, 9 points in the interior of the line segments AB, CD, BC, DA
respectively. Let  be the number of triangles having these points from different sides as vertices and
 be the number of quadrilaterals having these points from different sides as vertices. Then (   ) is
equal to:
(1) 1890 (2) 1173 (3) 717 (4) 795

19. Let f : S  S where S  (0,  ) be a twice differentiable function such that f ( x  1)  xf ( x ). If g : S  R

be defined as g( x )  loge f ( x ), then the value of | g "(5)  g "(1)| is equal to :

205 197 187

(1) (2) (3) (4) 1
144 144 144

x 1 2
20. Let f be a real valued function, defined on R  {1, 1} and given by f ( x )  3 log e  . Then in
x  1 x 1
which of the following intervals, function f ( x ) is increasing ?
 1
(1) ( ,  )  { 1, 1} (2)  ,   { 1}
 2

 1    1
(3) ( ,  1)    ,    {1}  (4)  1, 
 2    2

SECTION-2
Section 2 contains 10 Numerical Value Type Questions Out of which ONLY 5 (any) questions have to be
attempted. The answer to each question should be rounded off to the nearest integer.

n  k k k k k
1 3 7  15   31   1
1. Let n be a positive integer. Let A   ( 1)k nCk  2          . If 63 A  1  30 ,

k 0   4 8  16   32  2
 
then n is equal to ___________ .

2. If the distance of the point (1,  2, 3) from the plane x  2y  3z  10  0 measured parallel to the line,

x 1 2  y z  3 7
  is , then the value of | m | is equal to ____________.
3 m 1 2
   
3. Let c be a vector perpendicular to the vectors a  iˆ  ˆj  kˆ and b  iˆ  2 ˆj  kˆ. If c  (iˆ  ˆj  3kˆ )  8 then
  
the value of c  (a  b ) is equal to ________ .

a  b 
4. Let A   1  and B   1  be two 2 × 1 matrices with real entries such that A  XB, where
a 2  b2 

1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
X    , and k  R. If a1  a 2  (b1  b2 ) and (k  1)b2  2b1b2 , then the value of k is ____ .
31 k  3

5. Consider the statistics of two sets of observations as follows:

Size Mean Variance
Observation I 10 2 2
Observation II n 3 1
17
If the variance of the combined set of these two observations is , then the value of n is equal to ____.
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6. Let , a and b be in G.P. and , , 6 be in A.P., where a , b  0. Then 72(a  b ) is equal to _________.
16 a b

 x  a , x  0  x  1, x 0
7. Let f : R  R and g : R  R be defined as f (x )   and g( x )  
| x  1|, x  0 2
( x  1)  b, x  0'
where a, b are non-negative real numbers. If ( gof ) ( x ) is continuous for all x  R, then a  b is equal
to ___________ .

8. Let Sn ( x )  log x  log x  log x  log x  log x  log x  ..... upto n-terms, where
a1/2 a1/3 a1 6 a1/11 a1/18 a1/27

a  1. If S24 ( x )  1093 and S12 (2x )  265, then value of a is equal to _________ .

9. In ABC, the lengths of sides AC and AB are 12 cm and 5 cm, respectively. If the area of ABC is 30

cm 2 and R and r are respectively the radii of circumcircle and incircle of ABC, then the value of
2R  r (in cm) is equal to _____________ .

10. For real numbers , ,  and , if

 x2 1
( x 2  1)  tan 1  
 x    x 2 1  ( x 2  1)   x2 1
  dx   loge  tan 1      tan 1     tan 1    C where
  x2 1   x   x   x 
( x 4  3x 2  1)tan 1         
 x 
 
C is an arbitrary constant, then the value of 10(     ) is equal to ________ .

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