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Solutions to JEE(Main) -2023

Test Date: 25th January 2023 (First Shift)

PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY & MATHEMATICS

Paper - 1

Time Allotted: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 300

 Please read the instructions carefully. You are allotted 5 minutes specifically for this
purpose.
Important Instructions:
1. The test is of 3 hours duration.

2. This test paper consists of 90 questions. Each subject (PCM) has 30 questions. The
maximum marks are 300.

3. This question paper contains Three Parts. Part-A is Physics, Part-B is Chemistry and
Part-C is Mathematics. Each part has only two sections: Section-A and Section-B.
4. Section – A : Attempt all questions.

5. Section – B : Do any 5 questions out of 10 Questions.

6. Section-A (01 – 20) contains 20 multiple choice questions which have only one correct
answer. Each question carries +4 marks for correct answer and –1 mark for wrong
answer.

7. Section-B (1 – 10) contains 10 Numerical based questions. The answer to each question
is rounded off to the nearest integer value. Each question carries +4 marks for correct
answer and –1 mark for wrong answer.

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PART – A (PHYSICS)
SECTION - A
(One Options Correct Type)
This section contains 20 multiple choice questions. Each question has four choices (A), (B), (C) and
(D), out of which ONLY ONE option is correct.

Q1. T is the time period of simple pendulum on the earth’s surface. Its time period becomes x T when
taken to a height R (equal to earth’s radius) above the earth’s surface. Then, the value of x will
be:
1 1
(A) (B)
4 2
(C) 4 (D) 2

Q2. A car travels a distance of ‘x’ with speed v 1 and the same distance ‘x’ with speed v 2 in the same
direction. The average speed of the car is :
2x 2v1v 2
(A) (B)
v1  v 2 v1  v 2
v 1v 2 v1  v 2
(C) (D)
2  v1  v 2  2

 16  4 
Q3. The ratio of the density of oxygen nucleus  O  and helium nucleus  He  is
8  2 
(A) 8 : 1 (B) 1 : 1
(C) 4 : 1 (D) 2 : 1

Q4. An electromagnetic wave is transporting energy in the negative z direction. At a certain point and
certain time the direction of electric field of the wave is along positive y direction. What will be the
direction of the magnetic field of the wave at that point and instant?
(A) Positive direction of z (B) Negative direction of x
(C) Negative direction of y (D) Positive direction of x

Q5. A uniform metallic wire carries a current 2A, when 3.4V battery is connected across it. The mass
of uniform metallic wire is 8.92  103 kg / m3 density is 8.92  103 kg / m3 and resistivity is
1.7  10 8   m. The length of wire is :
(A)   100m (B)   5m
(C)   10m (D)   6.8m

Q6. A solenoid of 1200 turns is wound uniformly in a single layer on a glass tube 2m long and 0.2m in
diameter. The magnetic intensity at the centre of the solenoid when a current of 2 A flows through
it is :
(A) 1 A m1 (B) 1.2  103 A m1
(C) 2.4  10 3 A m1 (D) 2.4  10 3 A m1

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Q7. Electron beam used in an electron microscope, when eccelerated by a voltage of 20kV. Has a de-
Broglie wavelength of 0 . If the voltage is increased to 40kV, then the de-Broglie wavelength
associated with the electron beam would be :
 
(A) 0 (B) 0
2 2
(C) 9 0 (D) 3 0

Q8. In Young’s double slits experiment, the position of 5th bright fringe from the central maximum is 5
cm. The distance between slits and screen is 1m and wavelength of used monochromatic light is
600nm. The separation between the slits is :
(A) 48 m (B) 36 m
(C) 12 m (D) 60 m

Q9. The root mean square velocity of molecules of gas is

(A) Proportional to temperature (T)
(B) Proportional to square of temperature  T 2 
 1
(C) Inversely proportional to square root of temperature  
 T
(D) Proportional to square root of temperature  T
Q10. Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labeled as
Reason R
Assertion A : Photodiodes are used in forward bias usually for measuring the light intensity.
Reason R : For a p-n junction diode, at applied voltage V the current in the forward bias is more
than the current in the reverse bias for Vz   V  V0 where V0 is the threshold voltage and Vz is
the breakdown voltage.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below
(A) A is true but R is false
(B) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation A
(C) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation A.
(D) A is false but R is true

Q11. A message signal of frequency 5 kHz is used to modulate a carrier single of frequency 2 MHz.
The bandwidth for amplitude modulation is :
(A) 2.5 kHz (B) 5 kHz
(C) 20 kHz (D) 10 kHz

Q12. In an LC oscillator, if values of inductance and capacitance become twice and eight times,
respectively, then the resonant frequency of oscillator becomes x times its initial resonant
frequency 0 . The value of x is :
(A) 1/16 (B) 4
(C) 1/4 (D) 16

Q13. Assume that the earth is a solid sphere of uniform density and a tunnel is dug along its diameter
throughout the earth. It is found that when a particle is released in this tunnel. it executes a simple
harmonic motion. The mass of the particle is 100g. The time period of the motion of the particle
will be (approximately)
(Take g  10 ms2 , radius of earth = 6400 km)
(A) 12 hours (B) 1 hours 24 minutes
(C) 1 hours 40 minutes (D) 24 hours

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Q14. A Carnot engine with efficiency 50% takes heat from a source at 600K. In order to increase the
efficiency to 70%, keeping the temperature of sink same, the new temperature of the source will
be :
(A) 900 K (B) 300 K
(C) 1000 K (D) 360 K

Q15. A bowl filled with very hot soup cools from 98 C to 86 C in 2 minutes when the room temperature
is 22 C. How long it will take to cool from 75 C to 69 C?
(A) 2 minutes (B) 1 minutes
(C) 0.5 minutes (D) 1.4 minutes

Q16. Match List I with List II

List – I List – II
-1 -1
A. Surface tension I. kg m s
B. Pressure II. kg ms-1
C. Viscosity III. kg m -1 s-2
D. Impulse IV. Kg s-2
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
(A) A – II, B – I, C – III, D – IV (B) A – III, B – IV, C – I, D – II
(C) A – IV, B – III, C – II, D – I (D) A – IV, B – III, C – I, D – II

Q17. Match List I with List II

List – I List – II
(Current configuration) (Magnitude of Magnetic Field at point O)
r
 0I
A. o I. B0     2
4 r
I I
I
0 I
B. I O II. B0 
r
4 r

 0I
C.  O III. B0     1
r 2r
I

 0I
D. 1 r 1 IV. B0     1
4r
Choose the correct answer from the options below :
(A) A – III, B – IV, C – I, D – II (B) A – II, B – I, C – IV, D – III
(C) A – I, B – III, C – IV, D – II (D) A – III, B – I, C – IV, D – II

Q18. A car is moving with a constant speed of 20 m/s in a circular horizontal track of radius 40 m. A
bob is suspended from the roof of the car by a massless string. The angle made by the string with
the vertical will be : (Take g = 10 m/s2)
 
(A) (B)
4 6
 
(C) (D)
2 3

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Q19. An object of mass 8 kg is hanging from one end of a uniform rod A

CD of mass 2kg and length 1m pivoted at its end C on a vertical
wall as shown in figure. It is supported by a cable AB such that 30 B
C
the system is in equilibrium. The tension in the cable is : (Take g D
= 10 m/s2)
(A) 300 N (B) 240 N
(C) 90 N (D) 30 N 60cm 40cm
wall
8kg

Q20. A parallel plate capacitor has plate area 40 cm2 and plates separation 2mm. The space between
the plates is filled with a dielectric medium of a thickness 1mm and dielectric constant 5. The
capacitance of the system is :
3
(A) 0 F (B) 100 F
10
10
(C) 0 F (D) 240 F
3

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SECTION - B
(Numerical Answer Type)
This section contains 10 Numerical based questions. The answer to each question is rounded off to the
nearest integer value.

Q1. In the given circuit, the equivalent resistance between the terminal 3 2 4
A and B is __________  .
2 2

6 4

Q2. As shown in the figure, in an experiment to determine Young’s

modulus of a wire, the extension-load curve is plotted. The Extension (m)
curve is a straight line passing through the origin and makes
an angle of 45 with the load axis. The length of wire is 62.8
cm and its diameter is 4mm. The Young’s modulus is found to 45
be x  10 4 Nm2 . The value of x is __________. Load (N)

Q3. An object of mass ‘m’ initially at rest on a smooth


F
horizontal plane starts moving under the action of force
F  2N. In the process of its linear motion. The m 
angle  (as shown in figure) between the direction of
force and horizontal varies as   kx, where k is a
constant and x is the distance covered by the object from
its initial position. The expression of kinetic energy of the
n
object will be E  sin  , The value of n is _________.
k
Q4. A uniform electric field of 10 N/C is created between two
+ + ++ + + + + + + + + + + + + + ++ + +
parallel charge plates (as shown in figure). An electron 
enters the field symmetrically between the plates with a
kinetic energy 0.5 eV. The length of each plate is 10cm. E
-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The angle   of deviation of the path of electron as it 10cm
comes out of the field is_________(in degree).
Q5. ICM is the moment of inertia of a circular disc about an axis (CM) C A
passing through its centre and perpendicular to the plane of
disc. IAB is it’s moment of inertia about an axis AB perpendicular
2
to plane and parallel to axis CM at a distance R from centre. R
3
Where R is the radius of the disc. The ratio of IAB and ICM is x : 9.
The value of x is _______. 2
R
3
M
D

Q6. A ray of light is incident from air on a glass plate having thickness 3 cm and refractive
index 2 . The angle of incidence of a ray is equal to the critical angle for glass-air interface. The
lateral displacement of the ray when it passes through the plate is ______  10 2 cm. (given
sin 15  0.26 )

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Q7. The wavelength of the radiation emitted is 0 when an electron jumps from the second excited
state to the first excited state of hydrogen atom. If the electron jumps from the third excited state
to the second orbit of the hydrogen atom, the wavelength of the radiation emitted will
20
be 0 . The value of x is _________.
x

Q8. An LCR series circuit of capacitance 62.5nF and resistance of 50  , is connected to an A.C.
source of frequency 2.0 kHz. For maximum value of amplitude of current in circuit, the value of
inductance is __________ mH.
(Take 2  10 )
   
Q9. If P  3iˆ  3ˆj  2kˆ and Q  4iˆ  3ˆj  2.5kˆ then, The unit vector in the direction of P  Q is
1
x
 
3iˆ  ˆj  2 3 kˆ . The value if x is

Q10. The distance between two consecutive points with phase difference of 60  in a wave of frequency
500Hz is 6.0 m. The velocity with which wave is traveling is_______km/s

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PART – B (CHEMISTRY)
SECTION - A
(One Options Correct Type)
This section contains 20 multiple choice questions. Each question has four choices (A), (B), (C) and
(D), out of which ONLY ONE option is correct.

Q1. Which of the following statements is incorrect for antibiotics?

(A) An antibiotic should be effective in low concentrations.
(B) An antibiotic must be a product of metabolism.
(C) An antibiotic should promote the growth or survival of microorganisms
(D) An antibiotic is a synthetic substance produced as a structural analogue of naturally occurring
antibiotic.
Q2. The compound which will have the lowest rate towards nucleophilic aromatic substitution on
treatment with OH is
Cl Cl

(A) (B)

NO 2
NO 2
Cl Cl
NO 2 NO 2
(C) (D)

NO 2

Q3. In the cumene to phenol preparation in presence of air, the intermediate is

O

(A) (B)

O O H
O CH3

(C) (D)

Q4. ‘25 volume’ hydrogen peroxide means

(A) 1 L marketed solution contains 250g of H2O2.
(B) 1 L marketed solution contains 25g of H2O2.
(C) 100 mL marketed solution contains 25 g of H2O2.
(D) 1 L marketed solution contains 75 g of H2O2.

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Q5. Which of the following conformations will be the most stable?

Me Me
H Me H H
(A) (B)
H H H H
H Me
H Me H
Me Me
H H
H
(C) (D) H H
H H H H H
H H Me H H H
H H

Q6. Some reactions of NO2 relevant to photochemical smog formation are

sunlight
NO 2 X+Y
A

B
Identify A, B, X and Y
1
(A) X = N2O, Y= [O], A = O3, B= NO (B) X  O2 , Y = NO2, A = O3, B = O2
2
(C) X = NO, Y= [O], A = O2, B=N2O3 (D) X= [O], Y= NO, A = O2, B = O3

Q7. Match List I with List II

List-I (Elements) List-II (Colour imparted to the flame)
A. K I. Brick Red
B. Ca II. Violet
C. Sr III. Apple Green
D. Ba IV. Crimson Red
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(A) A- IV, B-III, C-II, D- I (B) A-II, B-I, C-III, D-IV
(C) A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III (D) A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III

Q8. Match List I with List II

List-I (Cations) List-II (Group reagents)
2+ 2+
A. Pb ,Cu I. H2S gas in presence of dilute HCl
B. Al3+, Fe3+ II. (NH4)2CO3 in presence of NH4OH
C. Co2+, Ni2+ III. NH4OH in presence of NH4Cl
D. Ba2+, Ca2+ IV. H2S in presence of NH4OH
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(A) A- III, B-I, C-IV, D- II (B) A-I, B-III, C-II, D-IV
(C) A-I, B-III, C-IV, D-II (D) A-IV, B-II, C-III, D-I

Q9. The correct order in aqueous medium of basic strength in case of methyl substituted amines is:
(A) Me2NH>MeNH2>Me3N>NH3 (B) Me2NH>Me3N>MeNH2>NH3
(C) NH3>Me3N>MeNH2>Me2NH (D) Me3N>Me2NH>MeNH2>NH3

Q10. Reaction of thionyl chloride with white phosphorus forms a compound [A], which on hydrolysis
gives [B], a diabasic acid. [A] and [B] are respectively.
(A) P4O6 and H3PO3 (B) POCl3 and H3PO4
(C) PCl3 and H3PO3 (D) PCl5 and H3PO4

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Q11. Match items of Row I with those of Row II

Row I:
CH2OH CH2OH CH2 OH CH2OH CH2 OH OH
H O H H O OH O O
H H H OH OH
H H
OH OH H H OH H CH2OH
OH OH OH H OH H OH H
H OH H OH
A B C D
Row II:
(i) D-()-Fructofuranose, (ii) -D-()- Fructofuranose
(iii) D-()- Glucopyranose. (iv) -D-()- Glucopyranose
Correct match is :
(A) Aiii, Biv, Cii,Di (B) Aiv, B-iii, Ci, Dii
(C) Aiii, B-iv, Ci, Dii (D) Ai, Bii, Ciii, Div

Q12. The radius of the 2nd orbit of Li2+ is x. The expected radius of the 3rd orbit of Be3+ is
27 16
(A) x (B) x
16 27
4 9
(C) x (D) x
9 4

Q13. Inert gases have positive electron gain enthalpy. Its correct order is
(A) He < Ne < Kr < Xe (B) He < Xe < Kr < Ne
(C) Xe < Kr < Ne < He (D) He < Kr < Xe < Ne

Q14. Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as
Reason R:
Assertion A: Acetal / Ketal is stable in basic medium.
Reason R: The light leaving tendency of alkoxide ion gives the stability to acetal / ketal in
basic medium.
In the high of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(A) A is true but R is false
(B) A is false but R is true
(C) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
(D) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

Q15. A cubic solid is made up of two elements X and Y. Atoms of X are present on every alternate
1
corner and one at the center of cube. Y is at rd of the total faces. The empirical formula of the
3
compound is.
(A) X2Y1.5 (B) XY2.5
(C) X2.5Y (D) X1.5Y2

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Q16. The variation of the rate of an enzyme catalyzed reaction with substrate concentration is
correctly represented by graph

Rate of reaction

Rate of reaction
A. B.

O O
Substrate Concentration Substrate Concentration
Rate of reaction

Rate of reaction
C. D.

O O
Substrate Concentration Substrate Concentration
(A) C (B) D
(C) B (D) A

Q17. Compound A reacts with NH4Cl and forms a compound B. Compound B reacts with H2O and
excess of CO2 to form compound C which on passing through or reaction with saturated NaCl
solution forms sodium hydrogen carbonate. Compound A, B and C, are respectively.
(A) Ca(OH)2, NH3, NH4HCO3 (B) CaCl2, NH3, NH4HCO3
(C) Ca(OH)2, NH
4 , (NH4)2CO3 (D) CaCl2, NH
4 , (NH4)2CO3

Q18. Identify the product formed (A and E)

Me

Br2 Sn / HCl NaNO2 / HCl H3PO2 / H2O (i) KMnO4 / KOH

A B C D E
+
273-278K (ii) H3O

NO 2
Me COOH Me COOH
Br Br Br Br
(A) A = ,E= (B) A = ,E=
Br Br
NO2 NO2
Me COOH Me Me
Br Br Br Br
(C) A = ,E= (D) A = ,E=

NO2 OH NO2

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Q19.
?
PhCOOH + PhCH2OH
P Q R
The correct sequence of reagent for the preparation of Q and R is
(A) (i) KMnO4 ,OH ; (ii) Mo2O3 , ; (iii) NaOH ; (iv) H3 O 
(B) (i) CrO2Cl2 ,H3 O  ; (ii) Cr2O3 ,770K , 20 atm (iii) NaOH ; (iv) H3 O 
(C) (i) Cr2O3 ,770K , 20 atm; (ii) CrO2Cl2 ,H3 O  ; (iii) NaOH ; (iv) H3 O 
(D) (i) Mo2O3 , ;(ii) CrO2Cl2 , H3 O  ; (iii) NaOH ; (iv) H3 O 

Q20. Which one of the following reaction does not occur during extraction of copper?
(A) FeO + SiO2  FeSiO3 (B) 2FeS + 3O2 2FeO + 2SO2
(C) 2Cu2S+3O2 2Cu2O+2SO2 (D) CaO+SiO2  CaSiO3

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SECTION - B
(Numerical Answer Type)
This section contains 10 Numerical based questions. The answer to each question is rounded off to the
nearest integer value.

Q1. The number of paramagnetic species from the following is_____________.

2 2
Ni  CN  
 4
, Ni  CO  4  ,NiCl4 
4 2
Fe  CN   , Cu  NH3  4 
 6
3 2
Fe  CN   and Fe H2O 6 
 6  

Q2. Consider the cell


Pt(s) | H2(g) 1atm  | H(aq) .[H ]  1) || Fe3(aq)
 2
, Fe(aq) | Pt(s)

Given Eo 3  2 
 0.771 V and Eo
1
 0V,T  298K
Fe /Fe H / H2
2
If the potential of the cell is 0.712 V, the ratio of concentration of
Fe 2  to Fe3  is ________ (Nearest integer)

Q3. The osmotic pressure of solutions of PVC in cyclohexanone at 300K are plotted on the graph.
The molar mass of PVC is ____________ g mol1(Nearest integer)


C
Slope = 6  104
 atm / gL1
C(gL1)

(Given: R = 0.083L atm K1 mol1)

Q4. A litre of buffer solution contains 0.1 mole of each of NH3 and NH4Cl. On the addition of 0.02 mole
of HCl by dissolving gaseous HCl, the pH of the solution is found to be_______103(Nearest
integer)
[Given: pKb(NH3) = 4.745
log2 = 0.301
log3 = 0.477
T = 298 KJ

Q5. An athlete is given 100g of glucose (C6H12O6) for energy. This is equivalent to 1800 kJ of energy.
The 50% of this energy gained is utilized by the athlete for sports activities at the event. In order
to avoid storage of energy, the weight of extra water be would need to perspire is______ g
(Nearest integer)
Assume that there is no other way of consuming stored energy.
Given: The enthalpy of evaporation of water is 45 kJ mol1
Molar mass of C, H & O are 12, 1 and 16 g mol1.

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Q6. For the first order reaction AB, the half life is 30 min. The time taken for 75% completion of the
reaction is__________ min. (Nearest integer)
Given: log2 = 0.3010
log 3= 0.4771
log5 = 0.6989

Q7. The density of a monobasic strong acid (Molar mass 24.2 g/mol) is 1.21 gk/L. The volume of its
solution required for the complete neutralization of
25mL of 0.24 NaOH is_____________ 102mL (Nearest integer)

Q8. The total number of lone pairs of electrons on oxygen atoms of ozone is ___________.

Q9. In sulphur estimation, 0.471 g of an organic compound gave 1.4439 g of barium sulphate. The
percentage of sulphur in the compound is _____________ ((Nearest integer)
(Given: Atomic mass Ba; 137u, S; 32u, O;16u)

Q10. How many of the following metal ions have similar value of spin magnetic moment in gaseous
state? _______________ .
(Given: Atomic number : V:23; Cr:24; Fe: 26; Ni:28)
V3+, Cr3+,Fe2+, Ni3+

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PART – C (MATHEMATICS)
SECTION - A
(One Options Correct Type)
This section contains 20 multiple choice questions. Each question has four choices (A), (B), (C) and
(D), out of which ONLY ONE option is correct.
 
        bc 
Q1. Let a, b and c be three non zero vectors such that b  c  0 and a  b  c 
2
. If d be a  
       
  
vector such that b  d  a  b , then a  b  c  d is equal to
3 1
(A) (B)
4 4
1 1
(C) (D) 
2 4

Q2. The mean and variance of the marks obtained by the students in a test are 10 and 4 respectively.
Later, the marks of one of the students is increased from 8 to 12. If the new mean of the marks is
10.2, then their new variance is equal to :
(A) 4.08 (B) 4.04
(C) 3.92 (D) 3.96

1  2  3  4  5  6  ....   3n  2    3n  1  3n
Q3. The value of lim is :
n
2n4  4n  3  n4  5n  4
3 3
(A)
2
 
2 1 (B)
2 2
2 1
(C)
2
(D) 3  
2 1

Q4. Consider the lines L1 and L2 given by

x 1 y  3 z  2
L1 :  
2 1 2
x2 y2 z3
L2 :   .
1 2 3
A line L3 having direction ratios 1,  1,  2 , intersects L1 and L2 at the points P and Q respectively.
Then the length of line segment PQ is
(A) 4 (B) 2 6
(C) 3 2 (D) 4 3


Q5. The vector a  ˆi  2ˆj  kˆ is rotated through a right angle, passing through the y-axis in its way
   
and the resulting vector is b . Then the projection of 3a  2b on c  5iˆ  4ˆj  3kˆ is :
(A) 2 3 (B) 6
(C) 3 2 (D) 1

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1
Q6. Let f :  0,1  R be a function defined by f  x  
1  ex
 
and g  x   f   x   f  x  . Consider two

statements
(I) g is an increasing function in  0,1
(II) g is one-one in  0,1
Then,
(A) Neither (I) nor (II) is true (B) Both (I) and (II) are true
(C) Only (II) is true (D) Only (I) is true

Q7. 
Let z1  2  3i and z2  3  4i . The set S  z  C : z  z1  z  z 2
2 2
 z1  z 2
2
 represents a
(A) straight line with the sum of its intercepts on the coordinate axes equals -18
(B) hyperbola with the length of the transverse axis 7
(C) hyperbola with eccentricity 2
(D) straight line with the sum of its intercepts on the coordinate axes equals 14

 1 logx y logx z 
 
Q8. Let x,y,z  1 and A  logy x 2 logy z  . Then adj adj A 2 is equal to  
log x log y 3 
 z z

(A) 48 (B) 24
4
(C) 6 (D) 28

Q9. Let M be the maximum value of the product of two positive integers when their sum is 66. Let the
 5 
sample space S   x  Z : x  66  x   M and the event A  x  S : x is a multiple of 3 . Then
 9 
P  A  is equal to
15 1
(A) (B)
44 3
1 7
(C) (D)
5 22

2x 1
Q10. Let f  x    x dx . If f  3   loge 5  loge 6  , then f  4  is equal to
2
 2
1 x  3  2
1
(A) loge 19  loge 20 (B)
2
loge 19  loge 17 
1
(C) loge 17  loge 18 (D)  loge 17  loge 19 
2

Q11. Let x = 2 be a local minima of the function f  x   2x 4  18x 2  8x  12, x   4, 4  . If M is local
maximum value of the function f in  4, 4  , then M =
31 31
(A) 12 6  (B) 18 6 
2 2
33 33
(C) 12 6  (D) 18 6 
2 2

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Q12. Let y  y  x  be the solution curve of the differential equation

dy y y2  x 
dx x
 
 1  xy 2 1  loge x  , x  0, y 1  3 . Then
9
is equal to :

x2 x2
(A) (B)

2x 3 2  loge x3  3  7  3x3 2  loge x 2  
2 2
x x
(C) (D)
3

5  2x 2  loge x 3
 
3x 1  loge x 2  2
3

Q13. The points of intersection of the line ax  by  0,  a  b  and the circle x 2  y 2  2x  0 are
A  ,0  and B 1,   . The image of the circle with AB as a diameter in the line x  y  2  0 is :
(A) x 2  y 2  3x  3y  4  0 (B) x 2  y 2  3x  5y  8  0
(C) x 2  y 2  5x  5y  12  0 (D) x 2  y 2  5x  5y  12  0

Q14. Let S1 and S2 be respectively the sets of all a  R  0 for which the system of linear equations
ax  2ay  3az  1
 2a  1 x   2a  3  y   a  1 z  2
 3a  5  x   a  5  y   a  2 z  3
has unique solution and infinitely many solutions. Then
(A) S1 is an infinite set and n  S2   2 (B) S1   and S2  R  0
(C) S1  R  0 and S2   (D) n  S1   2 and S2 is an infinite set

2
10
10  a 
3
Q15. If ar is the coefficient of x 10 r
in the Binomial expansion of 1  x  , then  r  r  is equal to
r 1  ar 1 
(A) 5445 (B) 3025
(C) 4895 (D) 1210

Q16. The distance of the point P  4, 6, 2  from the line passing through the point  3, 2, 3  and parallel
to a line with direction ratios 3,3, 1 is equal to :
(A) 2 3 (B) 3
(C) 14 (D) 6

Q17. The distance of the point  6, 2 2  from the common tangent y  mx  c, m  0 of the curve
x  2y 2 and x  1  y 2 is:
1
(A) (B) 5
3
14
(C) 5 3 (D)
3

2
Q18. The minimum value of the function f  x    e x  t dt is :
0

(A) 2  e  1 (B) e  e  1
(C) 2e  1 (D) 2

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Q19.     
Let y  x   1  x  1  x 2 1  x 4 1  x 8 1  x16 . Then y ' y '' at x  1 is equal to :
(A) 496 (B) 464
(C) 944 (D) 976

Q20. The statement  p   ~ q     p   ~ q   is

(A) a contradiction (B) equivalent to  ~ p    ~ q 
(C) equivalent to p  q (D) a tautology

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SECTION - B
(Numerical Answer Type)
This section contains 10 Numerical based questions. The answer to each question is rounded off to the
nearest integer value.

2
 2x  1  1  x   4
Q1. If the sum of all the solutions of tan1  2   cot    ,  1  x  1, x  0 , is   ,
 1 x   2x  3 3
then  is equal to……

Q2. Let S  1,2,3,5,7,10,11 . The number of non-empty subsets of S that have the sum of all
elements a multiple of 3, is………

Q3. Let the equation of the plane passing through the line
x  2y  z  5  0  x  y  3z  5 and parallel to the line
x  y  2z  7  0  2x  3y  z  2 be ax  by  cz  65 . Then the distance of the point
 a,b,c  from the plane 2x  2y  z  16  0 is…….

Q4. Let A1,A 2 ,A 3 be the three A.P. with the same common difference d and having their first terms as
A,A  1, A  2 , respectively. Let a,b,c be the 7th, 9th, 17th terms of A1,A 2 ,A 3 , respectively such that
a 7 1
2b 17 1  70  0 .
c 17 1
If a = 29, then the sum of first 20 terms of an AP whose first term is c–a–b and common
d
difference is , is equal to………..
12

 5  
Q5.  
Let S   : log2 92  4  13  log2  ,32  4  1  2 . Then the maximum value of  for which the
 2 
 
2
  2
equation x 2  2     x      1   0 has real roots, is…….
 s  as

1/3
x 7
 fog  x   
1
Q6. For some a,b,c  N , let f  x   ax  3 and g  x   xb  c, x  R . If  , then
 2 
 fog ac    gof b  is equal to…..
5
 1 
Q7. The constant term in the expansion of  2x  7  3x 2  is……
 x 

Q8. It the area enclosed by the parabola P1 : 2y  5x 2 and P2 : x 2  y  6  0 is equal to the area
enclosed by P1 and y  x,   0 , then  3 is equal to…..

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5
Q9. The vertices of a hyperbola H are  6, 0  and its eccentricity is
. Let N be the normal to H at a
2
point in the first quadrant and parallel to the line 2x  y  2 2 . If d is the length of the line
segment of N between H and the y-axis then d2 is equal to……….

Q10. Let x and y be distinct integers where 1  x  25 and 1  y  25 . Then, the number of ways of
choosing x and y, such that x  y is divisible by 5, is………..

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FIITJEE
KEYS to JEE (Main)-2023
PART – A (PHYSICS)
SECTION - A

1. D 2. B 3. B 4. D
5. C 6. B 7. A 8. D
9. D 10. D 11. D 12. C
13. B 14. C 15. D 16. D
17. D 18. A 19. A 20. C

SECTION – B
1. 10 2. 5 3. 2 4. 45
5. 17 6. 52 7. 27 8. 100
9. 4 10. 18

PART – B (CHEMISTRY)
SECTION - A
1. C 2. B 3. D 4. D
5. B 6. D 7. D 8. C
9. A 10. C 11. C 12. A
13. B 14. A 15. C 16. A
17. A 18 B 19. C 20. D

SECTION - B
1. 4 2. 10 3. 41500 4. 9079
5. 360 6. 60 7. 12 8. 6
9. 42 10. 2

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PART – C (MATHEMATICS)
SECTION - A
1. B 2. D 3. A 4. B
5. C 6. B 7. D 8. D
9. B 10. D 11. C 12. C
13. D 14. C 15. D 16. C
17. B 18 A 19. A 20. D

SECTION - B
1. 2 2. 43 3. 9 4. 495
5. 25 6. 2039 7. 1080 8. 600
9. 216 10. 120

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FIITJEE
Solutions to JEE (Main)-2023
PART – A (PHYSICS)
SECTION – A
g g
Sol1. g h R  2

 R 4
1  
 R

As we know that TP  2
gP

 TP  2  2  2T
g

xx 2 2v v
Sol2. v av   v av   v av  1 2
x x 1 1 v1  v 2
 
v1 v 2 v1 v 2

Sol3.  16
8 O  &  4
2 
He .

Sol4. v̂   kˆ and Eˆ  ˆj
v̂  Eˆ  Bˆ  ˆj  Bˆ   kˆ  Bˆ  ˆi

Sol5. Let the length of wire is  , so

 V 3.4 1.7  10 8   
R    1.7   1.7   108 …….( 1)
A I 2 A A
m  Ad  8.92  103  A    8.92  103  A    10 6 …….( 2)

Multiplying equations ( 1) and ( 2) , we have

 2  102    10 m

B 1200
Sol6. H  nI   2  1.2  103 A / m
0 2

h h
Sol7. 1  and  2 
2me  20 2me  40
1 40 
   2  1
2 20 2

5  600  109 x 1 5  600  10 9 x 1

Sol8. x 5   5  102  d   60  m
d 5  102

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3RT
Sol9. vr m s 
M

Sol10. Basic concept of diode

Sol11. Band width = 2 X frequency of message signal = 10 k Hz

1 1 0
Sol12.    
2  8LC 4 LC 4

Sol13. When we release the particle in tunnel it will perform SHM whose time period will be
R 6400  103 2  800
T  2  2  2  800 sec  sec  84 min
g 10 60
 T  1 hour 24 min

1  T2 1 1 T
Sol14.    2  T2  300 K
T1 2 2 600
T2 7 3 300
1 '
   '  T1'  1000
T1 10 10 T1

dQ 12 6
Sol15.  K  T  S      K  92  22   6   K  70    K
dt 2 70
6 6 70
 72  22   .  t   1.4min
70 t 50

Sol16. Basic concept unit and dimension

Sol17.
r
o
I I  0I
B0     1
2r
I

I O
r  0I
B0     2
4 r


 O
r
 0I
I B0     1
4r


1 r 1
0 I
B0 
4 r

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Sol18.
tan  
400
1  
 mv 2
40  10 4 r
20m/s
40m

mg

T 80  10  2
Sol19. 80  100   60 
2 6
T T
 20  50  80  100   60  9000   60  T  300N
2 2

Sol20.
0 Ak 0  40  10 4 1cm
C 
 1   1 
d  t 1  102 2  1  1   
 k   5 
0  40  10 4 0  40  104  5 100
C   F k=5
 4 102  6 3
10 3 2  
 5

2cm

SECTION – B
Sol1.
R eq  10  3 2

 F  62.8  106
Sol2. 1 Y     5  104 N / m2
F A  A 100  3.14  2  2

Sol3. Using work energy theorem , we can write


d F
dK  Fcos dx  2cos  
k m 

2 2
 K  Fcos dx   cos d  sin 
k0 k x

1 2K 
Sol4. mv 2  K  v  t
2 m v

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vy
eE vP
Vy  t
m +++ +++++++++++++++ ++ +

eEt eE  v P v
vy 
tan    m  m v E
-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
vx v v 10cm
eE eE E 10  0.1
 tan       1    45o
2 2k 2  0.5 1
mv

2
mR2 mR3 2   1 4  17
Sol5. Icm  and IAB   m  R   mR2     mR2
2 2 3   2 9  18
I 17 17
 AB  
Icm 18 9
1
2

1
Sol6. 1 sin 45o  2 sinr  sinr  r  300 B
2
3 t 2t 2 300 150 M
 cos30o   AB    3  2cm
2 AB 3 3 A
Lateral displacement  BM  AB sin15o  2  0.26  0.52cm 450
2
 BM  50  10 cm

1 1 1  5RH
Sol7.  RH  2  2   ……..( 1) , and
0  2 3  36
1 1 1  3RH
 RH  2  2   …………( 2)
 2 4  16
Divide equation ( 1) by ( 2), we have
 5RH 16 20 20
    0
0 36 3RH 27 27


Sol8. f    2  2  103  4  103 rad / s
2
1 1
xL  xC  0  L   0  L 
C C
1 1
L  =0.1 H= 100 mH
 C 16  10  62.5  109
2 2 6

ˆi ˆj kˆ
  3 ˆ 1ˆ
  
Sol9. P  Q  3 ˆi  3 ˆj  2kˆ  4iˆ  3 ˆj  2.5kˆ  3  3 2 
2
i  j  3 kˆ
2
4 3 2.5

3 ˆ 1ˆ 3 ˆ 1ˆ
  i  j  3 kˆ i  j  3 kˆ
2 2 2 2 1
Unit vector along P  Q 
3 1

2

4
 3iˆ  ˆj  2 3 kˆ 
 3
4 4

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2  x 2  6 
Sol10.        36m
  3
 v    f  36  500 m / s  18 km / s

PART – B (CHEMISTRY)
SECTION – A
Sol1. Antibiotics is a antimicrobial substance, it inhibits the growth of microbes. It should not promote
growth or survival of microorganism. Low concentration of antibiotics is enough to increase
antimicrobial resistance.

Sol2. When electron withdrawing group present at meta position it will have lowest rate of
nuclophilic aromatic substitution.
Cl

NO 2
Cl
Cl Nu Nu
NO 2 NO 2
NO 2
Nu

(Stability increases)
When electron withdrawing group present at ortho & para position it increases the rate of
nucleophilic aromatic substitution.

Sol3.

O O H

O2
air / h

(cummene) (Cummene hydroperoxide)

Cummene hydroperoxide is an intermediate formed during phenol formation from cummene.

Sol4. 2H2 O 2   H2 O  O 2
25 ‘V’ means
1 volume of H2O2 gives 25 volume H2O2
V.S
M 
11.2
25

11.2
25
g/L   34  75.89  76
11.2
Or
Strength in g/L  N Eq. wt

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V.S 25
  Eq.wt   17  75.89
5.6 5.6

Sol5. Anti form is most stable conformer

H
Me
H
H H
H
H
H H
Me
H
H
It has lowest Vanderwaal & torsional strain

Sol6. Photochemical smog formation reactions are:

h
NO 2 NO + [O]
(Y) (X)

O 2(A)

O3
B
X = [O] , Y = NO, A = O2, B = O3

Sol7. Elements Colour on Flame

(A) K Violet
(B) Ca Brick Red
(C) Sr Crimson Red
(D) Ba Apple green

Sol8. Cations Group Reagents used

(A) Pb+2, Cu+2 (i) H2S gas in presence of dil HCl
(B) Al+3, Fe+3 (ii) NH4OH in presence of NH4Cl
(C) Co+2, Ni+2 (iii) H2S in presence of NH4OH
(D) Ba+2, Ca+2 (iv) (NH4)2CO3 in presence of NH4OH

Sol9. Basic strength order of methyl substituted amines are

2o > 1o > 3o > NH3
Basic strength in aqueous solutions decided by (i) I-effect (ii) H-bonding (iii) steric factor.

Sol10. P 4  SOCl2 
 PCl3  SO2  S2 Cl2
( white P) (A )

PCl3  H2O  H3PO3  3HCl

(B)

Sol11.
CH2OH
H O H
H  -(D) (-) Glucopyranose
OH H
OH OH
H OH

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CH2OH
H O OH
H  -(D) (-)Glucopyranose
OH H
OH H
H OH
CH2OH
O CH2OH
 -(D) (-) Fructofuranose
H OH
H OH
OH H
CH2OH
O OH
 -(D) (-) Fructofuranose
H OH
H CH2OH
OH H

Sol12. For Li+2

x2 22 4  r1 H 3x
r2  x   r1 H  2
 r1 H   , r1 H 
z 3 3 4
For Be+3
32 9
r3   r1 H
  r1 H
4 4
3x 9 27
   x
4 4 16

Sol13. (+ve) electron gain enthalpy of inert gases because octet is complete. When size increase (+ve)
electron gain enthalpy decreases
He (+48 kJ/mole)
Xe (+77 kJ/mole)
Kr(+96 kJ/mole)
Ne(+116 kJ/mole)
He has smallest size therefore highest tendency to accept e-
Thus correct order is He < Xe < Kr < Ne.

Sol14.
R
OH
C Acetal
H OR
R
OR
C Ketal
R OR
Acetals and ketals are stable in basic medium because R-O group not a good leaving group

1
Sol15. Atom of X   4  alternate corner   1 1(centre)  3 / 2
8
1  1
Atoms of Y    6    At face   1
3  2
 Formula  X3 /2 Y1  X3 Y2

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Sol16. Rate  substrate concentration due to

Rate of reaction
(i) More & more active sites occupied by substrate
(ii) Higher number of collisions between substrate
molecules.
Thus hyperbolic graph.

O
Substrate Concentration

H2O
NH4 Cl NaCl
Sol17. A  (B) 
excess CO2
(C)   NaHCO3
Ca  OH2  NH4 Cl 
 CaCl2  NH3  H2 O
(A) (B)

NH3  H2 O  CO2  NH4HCO3

(B) (excess) (C )

NH4HCO3  NaCl  NaHCO3  NH4 Cl

(C)

Sol18.
Me Me Me
Br Br
Br2 Sn / HCl

NO 2 NO 2 NH2
(A) (B)

NaNO2 / HCl
(-273 - 278 K)

COOH Me
Me
Br Br
Br
(i) KMnO4 / KOH
H3PO2 / H2O
(ii) H3O+
(E) (D)
N2 Cl
(C)

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Sol19.
CH3

(i) Cr2O3 / 770 K

(P) 20 atm
Aromatisation
reaction

Etard reaction (i) CrO2Cl2 / H3O+

O
C ONa CH2OH CHO

NaOH
+
Cannizaro's reaction

H3O

COOH CH2OH

(Q) (R)

Sol20. CuFeS  O2 
 Cu2S  FeO  SO 2  FeS(Littleamt)
2
(Copper Pyrite )

Cu2 S  O2  Cu2 O  SO 2

FeS  O2 
 FeO  SO2
FeO  SiO 2 
 FeSiO3
CaO  SiO2  CaSiO3 (Not found)

SECTION – B
2
Sol1. (a) Ni  CN4   Ni2      4s0 3d8
In the effect of strong filed effect.
 Changes to
8
3d
 No unpaired e-
(b) Ni  CO 4   Nio  4s 2    3d8 In the effect of strong filed effect.


 No unpaired e

2
(c) NiCl4   Ni2      4s0 3d8 In the effect of weak filed ligand.

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 Unpaired e present

4
(d) Fe  CN6   Fe2      4s0 3d6 In the effect of strong filed ligand.

changes to
-
 No unpaired e
2
(e) Cu  NH3  4   Cu2      4s0 3d9 In the effect of strong filed ligand.

 one unpaired e-

3
(f) Fe  CN6   Fe3      4s0 3d5 In the effect of strong filed ligand.


 changes to

 one unpaired e

2
(g) Fe  H2 O  6   Fe 2      4s0 8d6 In the effect of weak filed ligand.


 Unpaired e present

1 3  2
Sol2. H2 (g)  Fe(aq)   Haq  Fe(aq)
2
0 0.059 Fe 2 
E E  log
n Fe3  PH2  
0.059 Fe2 
0.712  0.771  0   log  3 
1 Fe  1
Fe 2 
0.059log  3    0.771  0.712   0.059
Fe 
2
Fe  0.059
log  3    1  log(10)
Fe  0.059
Fe 2 
  3   10
Fe 

Sol3.   MRT
n w
   RT  RT 
v M v
C
(gL1) Intercept  6  10 4

v RT
 
w M
   RT
c  M
  C(gL1)
Slope = 0
Given graph is incorrect and correct
graph is given like above.

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RT
Intercept =  6  10 4
M
RT 0.083  300
M   41500
6  104 6  104

Sol4. NH3 + NH4 Cl

0.1mole 0.1mole
NH3 + HCl  NH4 Cl
0.1 0.02 0.1
After reaction:-  0.1  0.02 0  0.02  0.1
 0.08  0.12
kb
NH4 
 pOH  p  log
NH3 
 0.12 
 4.74  log  
 0.08 
 12 
 4.74  log  
 8 
3
 4.74  log  
2
 4.74   log3  log2 
 4.744  0.477  0.301
 4.74  0.176  4.92
pH  14  4.92  9.08
 9080  103

Sol5.  6CO 2 (g)  6H2 O(  )

C 6H12O 6 (s)  6O2 (g) 
100g
100g glucose  1800kJEnergy
1800
50% of this energy   900kJ
2
H2 O(  )  H2O(g) ; Hevaporation  45kJ / mole
 45kJ required for 1 mole H2O evaporation.
1
 900kJ required for  900 = 20 mole evaporation.
45
nH2O  20
mass
  20
molar mass
Mass = 20  18  360 g

Sol6. t1/ 2  30min

0.693
K min1
30
2.303  Co 
 t 75%  log  
K  Ct 

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2.303  30  100 
 log  
0.693  25 
2.303  30
  log  4 
2.303  log2
30
  2log2
log2
 30  2  60min

Sol7. Monobasic acid

d  1.21kg / L 1.21g / m 
Molar mass = 24.2 g / mole
Millimole of acid = millimole of base
 25  0.24  6
m.m
Mass of acid   molar mass
1000
6  24.2
 g
1000
mass
 Volume 
density
6  24.2 145.2
  10 3   103
1.21 1.21
 120  10 3 m 
 12  10 2 m

Sol8. Structure of ozone

O O
=
O O O O
Total number of lone-pairs = 6

32 wt. of BaSO 4
Sol9. %of S    100
233 wt. of organic compound

32 1.4439
   100
233 0.471
32 144.39
 
233 0.471
4620.48
  42.10
109.743
 42

Sol10.  s  n  n  2  B.M
Here n = number of unpaired electrons.
V 3   Ar  4s0 3d2 number of u.e = 2
Cr 3   Ar  4s0 3d3 number of u.e = 3
Fe 2
  Ar  4s 3d
0 6
number of u.e = 4

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Ni3   Ar  4s0 3d7 number of u.e = 3

Cr & Ni3 have same spin only magnetic moment.
3

PART – C (MATHEMATICS)
SECTION – A
 
     bc
Sol1. Given b  c  0 and a  b  c 
2
 
         bc 1  1 
     
 a b c  a c b  a b c 
2
 b c
2 2
  1   1
a c  and a  b 
2 2
           
          
ab  c d  ac bd  ad bc
1 1      
    a  d  0  b  d  a  b
2 2  
1

4

Sol2. Mean = 10, variance = 4

2
x xi2  xi 
 i  10 and   4
n n  n 
x i2
  104
n
x 4 4 1
 i   10  2   0  2   n  20
n n n 5

xi2  82  122  2
New variance =
n
10  2 
20  4 2
 104   10  2 
20
2
 108  10  2   108  104  04
 3  96

lim
1  2  3  4  5  6   .....   3n  2    3n  1  3n
Sol3.
n
2n4  4n  3  n4  5n  4
n
3  r  1
r 1
 2n4  4n  3  n4  5n  4 
 lim
n
n 4
 n 1 
n  n  1
3
2
 n2   2 1
 Lt
n  1 1
n4  1  3  4 
 n n 

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
3  2 1 
2

Sol4. P 1  2r, 3  r, 2  2r  and Q  2  , 2  2, 3  3 

2r    1 r  2  1 2r  3  1
A/q,  
1 1 2
r3
 P  7,6,8  and Q  5,8,12 
 PQ  4  4  16  24  2 6
 
Sol5. Let b  a  ˆj [  it passes through y-axis]
  2 
a  b   a   a  ˆj
0  6  2    3
 
 b  a  3ˆj


b   ˆi  ˆj  kˆ 

b  3
 
 a  b

6  3
   2

 b  5iˆ  4ˆj  5kˆ

 c 25  16  15 6 3 2

 3a  2b   
c 50
 
5 2

5

or b  ˆi  8ˆj  kˆ
  c 5  32  3 30

 3a  2b   
c 50
 
5 2
3 2

1 ex
Sol6. f x  
1  e x ex  1

f ' x 
 
ex ex  1  ex  ex

e2 x  e x  e2x
2 2
e x
1  e x
1
e x
 0
e x
1 
f '  x   0 . Hence f  x  decreasing in  0,1 .
1 ex 1 ex
g x    
1  e x ex  1 1  e x 1  ex
2ex
g'  x    f '   x   f '  x   2
0
ex  1  
g'  x   0 . Hence g  x  is increasing function. Hence it is also one-one function.

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2
Sol7.  z  z1  z  z1    z  z2  z  z2   2  3i  3  4i
 1  i  z  1  i z  14
 xy 7
 sum of intercepts on axes = 14

log x log y logz

log x log x log x
log x 2log y logz
Sol8. A 
log y log y log y
log x log y 3log z
log z log z logz
1 1 1
log x log y logz
1 2 1 2
log x log y logz
1 1 3
2

 
2 2 8
 
adj adjA 2  adj A 2    A2  A  28

Sol9. a  b  66
p  ab  a  66  a   66a  a2
dp
 66  2a
da
dp
 0, a  33
da
 M  a  66  a   6 33  33  332


S  x2  66x  605  0 
 
 S  x  11, 55   n  S   45
A   x : x is multiple of 3
n  A   15
15 1
 P A   
45 3

2x dx
Sol10. f  x    x 2

 1 x2  3 
dt 2
   t  1  t  3  , where x  t  2xdx  dt

1  1 1 
   dt
2  t  1 t  3 


1 c
f  x    n  t  1  n  t  3   
2 2
1 c
f x 
2
  
n x2  1  n x 2  3   2

1 c
f  3    n10  n12  
2 2

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1 1 c
 n5  n6    n10  n12  
2 2 2
 10 
 n    c
 12 
c0
1
f  x 
2
   
n x 2  1  n x 2  3 
1
f  4    n17  n19 
2

Sol11. f  x   2x 4  18x 2  8x  12
f '  x   8x3  36x  8
2  6 2  6
For maximum/minimum, f '  x   0,  x  2, ,
2 2
+ +

2  6 2  6 2
2 2
33 2  6
 fmax  12 6  at x 
2 2

dy y
Sol12. 
 1  xy 2 1  nx  , x  0
dx x

1 dy 1
3
 2  1  nx
y dx xy
1 2 dy dt
put t 3 
y2 y dx dx
1 dy 1 1 dt t
3
 2  1  nx,   1  nx
y dx xy 2dx x
I.F = x 2
tx 2  2  x 2 1  nx  dx
x2 2x 3 2x 3 2
2
  nx  x 3  c
y 3 3 9
5
Put x = 1, y = 1, we get c 
3
y2 x2
 
9 5  2x 2  nx3
3
 
Sol13. x 2  y 2  2x  0
2
 x  1  y2  1
A lies on circle,
  2  2  0
  0, 2
B lies on the circle, 1  2  2  0
  1

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ax  by  0

B 1,  

A  , 0 
 A  0, 0  and B 1, 1
 Equation of circle as AB diameter is x 2  y 2  x  y  0 …………(i)
 1 1 1  5 5 
 centre of (i)  ,  and radius = , image of centre of this circle is  2, 2  .
2 2 2  
 equation of required circle is x 2  y 2  5x  5y  12  0

a 2a 3a
Sol14. for   2a  1 2a  3 a  1
3a  5 a  5 a  2

 
  a 15a2  31a  37 for infinite solution,   0
a0,
 S1  R  0
Hence system has infinite solution but a  R  0
 S2  

10
Sol15. Tr 1  Cr x r  10
C10 r x10 r
10 10
 ar  C10 r  Cr
10
ar 1  Cr 1
2 2
10  a  10  10 C 
 r 3  r    r 3  10 r 
r 1  ar 1  r 1  Cr 1 
10 10 2
 11  r  2
  r3     r 1  r 
r 1  r  r 1
10 10

 
  r r 2  22r  121   r 3  22r 2  121r
r 1 r 1
 
 1210

Sol16. Equation of required line is P  4,6, 2 

x3 y2 y3
  r
3 3 1
D. ratios of PQ :
3r  7, 3r  4,  r  5
A/q, 3  3r  7   3  3r  4   1 r  5   0
A  3,2,3  Q  3r  3, 3r  2,  r  3 
 r  2 and PQ  14

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IInd Method P  4,6, 2 


AP  7iˆ  4ˆj  5kˆ

b  3iˆ  3ˆj  kˆ
   
Projection AP on b  AP . b

3i  3ˆj  kˆ 

 7i  4ˆj  5kˆ   19
A  3,2,3  Q  3r  3, 3r  2,  r  3 

38
 2 19
19
 PQ2  AP2  AQ2  90  76  14
 PQ  14

Sol17. Equation of line is y  mx  c

1
solving with y 2 
x and y 2  x  1
2
1 2
we get m  and c 
2 2 4
 line is 2x  4y  2  10
6 2 8 2  2 15 2
Length of perpendicular from 6, 2 2 is   18

3 2
5

2 x t
Sol18. f  x   e dt
0
Case I :
x  0,
2 2
f  x    e t  x dt  e x  e t dt  e  x e 2  1  
0 0

 fmin  e2  1
Case II :
0  x  2,
2 x 2
f  x    e x  t dt   e x  t dt   et  x dt
0 0 x

 e x  e2  x  2
fmin  2e  e  2  2  e  1
Case III :
x2
2
2
f  x    e x  t dt  e x e t   0

 e x e 2  1 
0

 fmin  e2  1

 
Sol19. f  x   1  x  1  x 2 1  x 4 1  x 8 1  x16   
32
1 x
f x 
1 x

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f ' x 

32x 31 1  x   1  x 32   32x 31

1  x32
2 2
1  x  1 x 1  x 
32  1
f '  1   0  16
2
2

f "  x   32  
31 32
 31x30 1  x   x31  1 1  x  32x  1  x 2 1  x   

 1  x  t2  1  x 
4

31 2  1 1 4  32  0
f "  1  32  
4 16
32  61 30
 8
4
 488  8  480
f '  1  f "  1  16  480  496

Sol20.
p q p q p  q p  q
 p    q     p    q 
T T F F F F T
T F F T T T T
F T T F F T T
F F T T F T T
Hence it is tautology.

SECTION – B
Sol1. Case-1
1  x  0
2
 2x  1  1  x
 
tan1  2   cot  2x  ,  1  x  1, x  0
 1 x    3
 2x   2x  
tan1  2 
   tan1  2 3
 1  x   1 x 
 2x  2
tan1  2 

 1 x  3

2 tan1 x  
3
   1
x  tan    
 6 3
Case-2
0  x 1
 2x   2x  
tan1  2 
 tan1  2  3
 1  x   1 x 

tan1 x 
12
x  2 3
1 4
Sum =  2 3  2
3 3
  2

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S  1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 11

Sol2.
No. of element of 3k type = 1
No. of elements of 3k + 1 = 3
No. of elements of 3k + 2 type = 3
No. of subset of 1 element = 1
No. of subset of 2 elements = 1 of (3k + 1) type and 1 of (3k + 2) type = 9
No. of subset of 3 elements = 9 + 1 +1 = 11
No. of subset of 4 elements = 1 + 1 + 9 = 11
No. of subset of 5 elements = 9
No. of subset of 6 elements = 1
No. of subset of itself = 1

Sol3. Total = 1 + 9 + 11 + 11 + 9 + 1 + 1 =43

x  2y  z  5  0
………..(i)
x  y  3z  5  0 …………(ii)
x  y  2z  7  0 

2x  3y  z  2  0 
………(iii)
x  2y  z  5    x  y  3z  5   0
Let the equation of plane is
 1    x   2    y   1  3   5  5  0
………(iv)
It’s parallel to the line is (iii)
 vector along the line
ˆi ˆj kˆ
 1 1 2  ˆi  5   ˆj  3   kˆ 1
2 3 1

 5iˆ  3ˆj  kˆ
 5 1     3  2     1 1  3   0
   12
 From (iv) 13x  10y  35z  65
26  20  35  16
9
Distance = 9

A1  A   n  1 d  a  A  6d b  a  2d  1
Sol4.
A 2  A  1  m  1 d b  A  1  8d c  b  8d  1
A 3  A  2  1  1 d c  A  2  16d c  a  10d  2
a  0   7  c  2b   134b  17c   70  0
20b  10c  70  0
2b  c  7  0  c  2b  7
2b  a  c  6d
2b  6d  a  c
c  7  6d  a  c
a  6d  7  29  7  6d  d  6
 a  29, b  42, c  91
20  1
s  2  20  19    495
2  2

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
log2 92  4  13  2 92  4  13

5 2  4 5  32  4  2
3 1
Sol5. 2
9 2  4  13  5  32  4  2
2  4
Put 3 t
t 2  13  10t  4
t 2  10t  9  0  t  1, 9
 t  1  32  4  30    2
t  9  3 2  4  3 2    3
 x 2  50x  25  0  2500  4  25  0
   25    25

f  x   ax  3 g  x   xb  c, x  R
Sol6. and
1/3
x 7
 fog  x   
1

 2 
  
f g x   a xb  c  3 
1/b 1/3
 x  3  ac   x7

f 1 g  x   

 a



 2 

 a  2, b  3, c  5
 f  x   2x  3, g  x   x 3  5
fog  ac   gof b   2007  32  2039

5 5 r
 1 2  1  r
 2x  7  3x 
 x  , general term
 Tr 1  5 Cr  2x  7 
 x 
 3x 
2

Sol7.
m
 1 
5 r m
 5 Cr  5 r Cm  2x   7  3 x
r 2r

x 
 5 Cr  5 r Cm 25 r m  3r  x 5 r m  2r 7m
5r
5  r  8m  0  m 
8
r  3, m  1
5 2 3
 constant term = C 3  C1  2  3  10  2  2  27  1080

2
2y  5x 2  x 2  y
Sol8. 5 …………..(i)
x 2  y  6  0 x2  y  6
……….(ii)

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 2,10   2,10 
 2a 2a 2 
 , 
 5 5 

2
 5 2
  x 
2
6  x dx
 Area = 2
2 
2 2
 3   3 x3 
 2  6  x 2  dx  2  6x   
0
2   2 3 0
 8
 2  12    2  8  16
 2

2a/5 2a/5
 5 2  ax 2 5 x 3 
  ax  x dx     
 2   2 2 3 0
Area = 0
2a3

75
2a3
 16  a3  600
A/q, 75

x2 y2
H:  1
Sol9. Let a2 b2
5
e
2
x y
sec   tan   1
Equation of tangent at P is a b
x tan  y sec  a sec  tan  b tan  sec 
  
Equation of normal at P is b a b a


a 2

 b2 sec  tan 
ab
ax cos   by cot   a 2  b 2
acos  b 1 1
   2  sin   2  2  
bcot  a 2 2


4
x2 y2
 1
 equation of hyperbola is 36 9

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 equation of normal is 2x  y  15

Q  0,15 
and

P 6 2, 3 
d2  72  144  216

x  1,2,3,....25  , y  1,2,3,.....25 
Sol10.

types 5k 5k + 1 5k + 2 5k + 3 5k + 4
0 1 2 3 4
10 6 7 8 9
15 11 12 13 14
20 16 17 18 19
25 21 22 23 24
5 5 5 5 5

Total number =
 
2 5 C1  5 C1  5 C1  5 C1  5 C1  4 C1  100  20  120

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