QUESTION BANK OF BUSINESS MATHEMATICS

Q1. Write a short note on Set theory.

Q2. Write short note on:

(i) Union of sets.

(ii) Intersection of sets.
(iii) Compliment of a set.
(iv) Null set or void set
(v) Unit set or Singleton set.
(vi) Finite set and infinite set.

Q3. Write the following sets by rule method:-

(i) Set of all the simple lines lying in a plane.

(ii) Set of positive whole dividend number of 48.
(iii) {3,6,9,12,15,18}

Q4.Write the elements of the following set:

(i) Set of natural numbers less than ten.

(ii) Set of prime numbers between 1 and 30.
(iii) Set of the square roots of 25.
(iv) 𝑥: 𝑥 = 2𝑛, 𝑛 ∈ 𝑁, 𝑥 < 10
(v) 𝑥: 𝑥 ∈ 𝑍, 𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 = 0

Q5. Write the following sets in a tabular form:-

(a) 𝑥: 𝑥 = 5𝑛 − 6, 𝑛 ∈ 𝑍, −4 ≤ 𝑛 ≤ 4
2𝑛
(b) 𝑥: 𝑥 = 3
− 7, 𝑛 ∈ 𝑍, −4 ≤ 𝑛 ≤ 4

Q6. Which of the following sets are true or false:-

(i) 𝑎= 𝑎
(ii) 3∈ 1,2,3,4
(iii) 4∈ 1,2,3, 4
(iv) 7∈ 𝑥: 𝑥 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟

Q7. Define power set of a set and write all the subsets of set 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 .

Q8.Which of the following pairs of sets are equal?

(a) 𝐴 = 𝑥: 𝑥 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟, 2 < 𝑥 < 8 , 𝐵 = {𝑥: 𝑥 = 2𝑛 − 1, 𝑛 ∈ 𝑁, 2 ≤ 𝑛 ≤ 4}

(b) 𝐺 = 𝑥: 𝑥 = 𝑛3 + 1, 𝑛 ∈ 𝑁, 1 ≤ 𝑛 ≤ 4 , 𝐻 = 2,9,28,65 .

Q9. If 𝐴 = 1,2,4 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵 = 2,3 , 𝑤ℎ 𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝐴 ∩ 𝐵 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴 ∪ 𝐵?

Q10. Given 𝑈 = 𝑥: 𝑥 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 ,

𝐴 = 2𝑥: 𝑥 ∈ 𝑈 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵 = 2𝑥 + 1 ∶ 𝑥 ∈ 𝑈 ;

Find (i) 𝐴 ∪ 𝐵 (ii) 𝐴 ∩ 𝐵 (iii) 𝑈 − 𝐵 (iv) 𝐴, .

Q11. There are 5 elements in any set. How many elements will there be in its power set?

Q12. There are 210 members in a club. Out of them 100 drink tea and 65 drink tea but not coffee. Find

(i) How many drink coffee?

(ii) How many drink coffee but not tea?

Q13. For a certain test, a candidate could offer English or Hindi or both the subjects. Total number of
students was 500, of which 350 appeared in English and 90 in both the subjects. Use set operations to
show:-

(i) How many appeared in English only?

(ii) How Many appeared in Hindi?
(iii) How many appeared in Hindi only ?

Q14. In a class of 35 students, 15 study Maths, 22 study Biology and 14 study Physics. If 11 students
study both Maths and Biology, 8 study Biology and Physics and 5 study maths and physics and if 3 study
all the 3 subjects, find how many students of the class are not taking any of these subjects ?

Q15. In how many ways can the letters of the following words be arranged?

(i) MANAGEMENT
(ii) COMMERCE
(iii) ASSESSMENT
(iv) COMMITTEE
(v) SERIES

Q16. How many ways 5 digit numbers can be formed from digits 0,1,2,3,4 if (i) the digits are not
repeated (ii) the digits are repeated.

Q17. Out of 4 teachers and 7 students, 6 persons are to be chosen. In how many ways these may be
chosen when:-

(i) There is only one teacher.

(ii) There is atleast one teacher.

Q18. In how many ways can a Hockey Eleven be selected from 16 players if (a) one particular player is
always to be selected and (b) one particular player is always to be dropped from the team.

Q19. Find the value of 𝑟 if 18𝐶𝑟 = 18𝐶𝑟+2 .

Q20. Define matrix. What are different types of matrices?

Q21. Find the values of 𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 so that the matrices 𝐴 and 𝐵 may be equal, where

𝑥+𝑦 2𝑧 + 𝑎 3 5
𝐴= ,𝐵= .
𝑥−𝑦 𝑧−𝑎 1 4

3 5 1
Q22. Find 𝐴 − 𝐵, if 𝐴 = ,𝐵 = .
7 9 2
Q23. Verify associative law of addition for the following matrices:-

2 3 6 1 2 0 0 1 7
𝐴= ,𝐵 = ,𝐶 = .
1 5 3 −7 2 6 8 3 5
9 1 1 5
Q24. If 𝐴 = , 𝐵= , find the matrix 𝑋 so that 3𝐴 + 5𝐵 + 2𝑋 = 𝑂.
4 3 7 12
3 −3 0 4 1 5
Q25. Find 𝑥 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 if 2𝑥 − 𝑦 = and 2𝑦 + 𝑥 =
3 3 2 −1 4 −4
2 3 0 12 5
Q26.If 𝐴 = 4 5 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵 = 1 9 8 then find 𝐵𝐴. Is 𝐴𝐵 possible?
6 7 10 11 13
4 1
Q27. Find the matrix 𝐵, 𝑖𝑓 𝐴 = and 𝐴 + 2𝐵 = 𝐴2 .
2 3
2 −3 1 3 −2 4
Q28. 𝐴 = ,𝐵 = show that 𝐴 + 𝐵 ′ = 𝐴′ + 𝐵′
4 2 3 1 3 −5
1 2
1 1 2
Q29. Verify that 𝐴′ 𝐵′ = 𝐴𝐵 ′ when 𝐴 = ,𝐵 = 2 0 .Assuming that the result is generally
2 1 0
−1 1
′
true prove that 𝐴′ 𝐵′ = 𝐵𝐴.

1 5 7
Q30. Find the value of the following determinant:- 6 7 2.
1 2 3
2𝑥 + 1 1
Q31. If = 3 find out the value of 𝑥.
𝑥−1 1
4 5 6
Q32. Find co-factors of all the elements of determinants 1 2 3.
2 3 4
1 −1 2
Q33. Find the value of 𝛾, so that the following matrices may be singular :- 2 3 5.
𝛾 0 1

𝑥+4 𝑥 𝑥
Q34. Show that 𝑥 𝑥+4 𝑥 = 16(3𝑥 + 4).
𝑥 𝑥 𝑥+4
 1 𝑎 𝑎
Q35. Show that 𝑎 1 𝑎 = 2𝑎 + 1 1 − 𝑎 2 .
𝑎 𝑎 1
1 1 1
Q36. Find the adjoint of 𝐴, where 𝐴 = 2 1 −3 .
−1 2 3
2 1 3
Q37. If 𝐴 = 3 1 2 , verify that 𝐴 𝑎𝑑𝑗 𝐴 = 𝑎𝑑𝑗 𝐴 𝐴 = 𝐴 𝐼3
1 2 3
1 2 4
Q38. Find the adjoint and inverse of the following matrix:- 𝐴 = 5 7 8 .
9 10 12
0 0 1
Q39. If 𝐴 = 0 1 0 then prove that 𝐴−1 = 𝐴.
1 0 0
1 4 0 4 3 −3
Q40. If 𝐴 = −1 2 2 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵−1 = −1 0 −1 find 𝐴𝐵 −1
.
0 0 2 −4 −4 −3
1 2 3
Q41. Find the rank of the following matrix, 𝐴 = 2 4 7 .
3 6 10
Q42. Solve following equations with the help of Cramer’s Rule:-

3𝑥 + 5𝑦 − 7𝑧 = 13, 4𝑥 + 𝑦 − 12𝑧 = 6, 2𝑥 + 9𝑦 − 3𝑧 = 20.

Q43. Investigate for what values of 𝛾 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝜇, the simulataneous equations 𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 6, 𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 3𝑧 =

10, 𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 𝛾𝑧 = 𝜇 have:- (i) No solution, (ii) Unique solution, and (iii) An infinte number of solutions.

Q44. Using matrix method, solve the following system of linear equation:-

7𝑥 − 𝑦 − 𝑧 = 0, 10𝑥 − 2𝑦 + 𝑧 = 8, 6𝑥 + 3𝑦 − 2𝑧 = 7.

Q45. Solve the following system of equations using Inverse matrix method:-

2𝑥 − 3𝑦 + 5𝑧 = 7, 5𝑥 + 2𝑦 − 7𝑧 = −12, −4𝑥 + 3𝑦 + 𝑧 = 5.

Q46. Solve the following system by Gauss elimination method

2𝑥 + 3𝑦 + 3𝑧 = 5, 𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 𝑧 = 5, 3𝑥 − 𝑦 − 2𝑧 = 3.

Q47. Define the following terms:

(i) Singular Matrix and Non Singular Matrix.

(ii) Rank of a Matrix.
(iii) Inverse of a Matrix.
Q48. Three shopkeepers, Ashok, Ramesh and Ravi, go to a store to buy stationery. Ashok purchases 12
dozen notebooks, 5 dozen pens, 6 dozen pencils. Ramesh purchases 10 dozen notebooks, 6 dozen pens
and 8 dozen pencils. A note book costs 40 paise, a pen costs Rs. 1.25 and a pencil costs 35 paise. Use
matrix multiplication to calculate their individual’s bills.

Q49. A manufacturer is manufacturing two types of products 𝐴 and 𝐵. 𝐿1 and 𝐿2 are two machines which
are used for manufacturing these two types of products. The time taken both by 𝐴 and 𝐵 on machines is
given below:-

𝐿1 𝐿2
Product 𝐴 20 Hours 10 Hours
Product 𝐵 10 Hours 20 Hours
If 600 hours is the time available on each machine, calculate the number of units of each type
manufactured using matrix method only.

Q50. The ages of Ram and Mohan are in the ratio of 5:7 and the difference between two are 12 years.
Find the age of Ram and Mohan.

Q51. A, B and C play cricket. The runs scored by A and B are in the ratio 3:2 and B’s and C’s runs are
also in the ratio of 3:2. Together they score 342 runs. How many runs did they score individually.
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Q52. Find the values of 𝑥 in the following:- 7 2 : 𝑥 ∷ 12: 20.

Q53. A’s salary is 25% higher than that of B. How many percent is B’s salary lower than that of A.

Q54. A candidate polled 65% votes and won by 2,745 votes. Find out total votes polled.

Q55. Suraj saves 20% of monthly income. Due to dearness his monthly expenditure increase by 20% and
now he saves only Rs. 20. Find his monthly income.

Q56. Find the 43rd term of the series :- 16,13,10,7…………..

Q57. Find the 11th term of that A.P. of which the 2nd term is 4 and 7th term is 19.

Q58. If the sum of 20 terms of an A.P. is 830 and common difference is 3. Find the first term.

Q59. Find the sum of all the odd numbers between 100 and 300.

Q60. Which term of the progression 1+3+9+……………is 243?

Q61. Find the sum of G.P. upto infinite terms :-

1 1 1
(i) 1+ + + 3 + ⋯ … … … … … … … … … … ..
3 32 3
3 9 27
(ii) 1− + − + ⋯ … … … … … … … … … … ..
4 16 64

Q62. The fourth term of a G.P. is 24 and seventh term is 192. Find the sum of nine terms.
4 7 10
Q63. Find the 𝑛𝑡ℎ term of 1 + 5 + 52 + 53 + ⋯ … … … … ….
Q64. If a,b,c are in A.P. , b,c,d are in G.P., and c,d,e are in H.P., prove that a,c,e are in G.P.

Q65. Calculate the arithmetic mean (average) of 54, 61, 93, 104, 75 and 99 by the routine method and by
taking deviation from 60.

Q66. Find the arithmetic mean (average) from the following table:-

Class-interval : 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70

Frequency : 5 13 24 41 26 12 7

Q67. The average age of 6 children is 7 years. If the age of their father is added, the average age is
increased by 5 years. Find the age of their father.

Q68. Differentiate the following function w.r.to 𝑥

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(i) 𝑥7 (ii) 𝑥 −2 (iii) 𝑥−3 (iv) 𝑥 1 + 𝑥 2.

Q69. Differentiate the following function w.r.to 𝑥

𝑥2
(i) 𝑏 log 𝑎 𝑥 (ii) 𝑎𝑥 + (iii) 𝑒 𝑥 + log 𝑒 𝑥 + 𝑙 𝑥 .
𝑏

𝑑𝑦 log 𝑥
Q70. If 𝑥 𝑦 = 𝑒 𝑥−𝑦 ,then show that 𝑑𝑥 = 1+log 𝑥 2

𝑥2 𝑦2 𝑑𝑦
Q71. If 𝑎 2 + 𝑏 2 = 1, 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑥
.

𝑑𝑦
Q72. If 𝑥 = 𝑎 log 𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 = 𝑏𝑡 2 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡 = 1
𝑑𝑥

Q73. Determine the local maximum and local minimum values of the following functions :

(i) 2𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 5
(ii) 2𝑥 3 − 21𝑥 2 + 36𝑥 + 20

Q74. Prove that the following functions do not have local maxima or local minima:

(i) 5𝑥 − 4
(ii) 𝑥3 + 𝑥2 + 𝑥 + 1

1 𝑥 1 𝑒
Q75. Show that the local maximum value of 𝑖𝑠 𝑒 .
𝑥

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Q76. The cost function of a firm is given by 𝐶 = 3 𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 2 + 30𝑥 + 10, where 𝐶 is the total cost for 𝑥
items. Determine the value of 𝑥 at which the marginal cost is minimum
Q77. The profit function, in rupees, of a firm selling 𝑥 units 𝑥 > 0 per week is given by

𝑃 𝑥 = 400 − 𝑥 𝑥

How many items should the firm sell to make the maximum profit? Determine also the maximum profit.

Q78.Integrate the following functions with respect to 𝑥: −

(i) 𝑒 3𝑥+5
(ii) 𝑥2 5
𝑥 3 +8 𝑥−1
(iii) 𝑥 2 −2𝑥+4
(iv) 𝑥 𝑥 + 3𝑥 2 − 7
4 5
3
(v) 2 𝑥 − 5𝑥 3.4 +3

Q79.Evaluate the following :-

𝑑𝑥
(i) ∫ 4𝑥 2 −9
2
(ii) ∫1 𝑥 𝑥 − 1 𝑥 − 2 𝑑𝑥
3
(iii) ∫1 𝑥 2 + 𝑒 𝑥 𝑥 3 + 3𝑒 𝑥 + 4 𝑑𝑥

Q80. Find the value of the following

𝑥 2 +3𝑥−1
(i) lim𝑥→1
2𝑥+4
𝑥 3 −𝑎 3
(ii) lim𝑥→𝑎
𝑥−𝑎
2− 9−𝑥
(iii) lim𝑥→0 𝑥−5