PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES, NILORE (ISLAMABAD)

PIEAS WRITTEN BS ADMISSION (ENGINEERING) TEST SESSION (2018-22)

MATHEMATICS

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Note: Possible correct answers are bolded below.

1) The value of = comes closer to ____ when x gets closest to

2
;

A) 1 B) Infinity C) D) 0

2) The series + + ⋯+ ( )( )
+ ⋯.is
. .

A) Divergent B) Convergent C) Fluctuating D) Oscillatory

3) The volume of the right circular cone with the radius ‘r’ and vertical height ‘h’ is;

A) ℎ B) ℎ C) D) ℎ

4) The number of arrangement of letters in ‘TALLAHASSEE ‘with no two A's adjacent is;

A) 1 million B) 423,360 C) 423,036 D) 423,630

5) The smallest perimeter of a rectangle having area 25 cm2 is:

A) 16 cm B) 20 cm C) 25 cm D) 10 cm

6) If a notorious postman delivers 4 letters to four houses in such ways that none gets the right
letter then how many total possible ways can there be?

A) 2 ways B) 3 ways C) 5 ways D) 9 ways

7) The solid cylinder y=x is rotated around x-axis. Which of the following can be formed from it?

A) Hyperbloid Revolution B) Parabloid Revolution

C) Right circular cone D) Ellipsoid Revolution

8) The concavity of the function y=x3-1.5 x2 - 6x + 3 changes at;

A) {0.5, -0.5} B) {0.5, 2.5} C) {-0.5, 0.25} D) {-0.5, 1.5}

9) lim → =

A) B) C) 0 D) Undefined

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2 −1 3
10) Rank of the matrix A= 1 −2 3 is:
5 0 3

A) 2 B) 3 C) 1 D) 0

11) The two equations 2x+y=4 and 4x+2y=8 have;

A) One unique solution B) Infinite many solutions

C) No solution D) Five discrete solutions

12) The 9th term in the expansion of − is;

A) B) C) D) None of these

13) The value of ‘a’ in the polynomial, y= x3-ax2-x+2with the roots 1,-1, 2 is;

A) -2 B) 2 C) -3 D) -4

14) Consider the two sets A={1,2,3,4} and B={x,y,z}, A relation is formed as f: A→B = {(1,x) ,
(2,x) , (3,y), (4,y} , it is a:

A) onto function B) Not onto function

C) one to one function D) Bijective function

15) =
A) 1 B) i C) – i D) -1

16) Two vectors A=3i-7j+2k and B=10i+4j-k are;

A) Parallel B) Oblique
C) Perpendicular D) None of these

17) Reaction rate of ( ) = 2(2 − )(5 − )would be minimum at;

A) x=0 B) x=1 C) x=2.5 D) x=3.5

18) Angle between A= [0 3 1] and B=[−3 1 1] , where t is transpose of matrix, is;

A) 1.3 rad B) 1.4 rad C) 1.5 rad D) 1.2 rad

19) The inverse of the function y= x3+1, ≥ 0 is;

A) √ − B) ( − 1) C) √ + 1 D) None of these

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20) Two parallel sides 30 cm and 20cm of a quadrilateral and the shorter distance between lines
is 5cm. The area of trapezium is;

A) 200 cm2 B) 250 cm2 C) 125 cm2 D) 150 cm2

21) The domain of the function, f(x) = √2 + 5 − 12 is;

A) (−∞, − ] ∪ [ , ∞) B) (-∞, 0] ∪ [32 , ∞)

C) (−∞, ∞) D) [0, ∞)

3 1
22) ℎ 2
−1 = 2
+1 ;
A) x =0,3 B) x = 0,4 C) x = 0,2 D) x = 7,6

23) In trinomial , (x+y+z)7 , the coefficient of the x2y2z3 is;

A) 210 B) 211 C) 212 D) 213
24) 5 =2 , then x=

A) B)

C) D) None of these

25) No. of the positive integers from 2 ≤ ≤ 100 which are not divisible by 2,3 or 5 is
A) 25 B) 27 C) 26 D) 24

26) The period of function y= 3 sin (2 − 1) is;

A) 2 B) 4 C) 6 D) 1
27) If + − 2 = 0 defines implicitly as a function of x, the value of tangent of curve at the
point (4,-2) is;

A) -1/2 B) -1/8 C) 1/4 D) 1/2

28) The function ( )= + − 5 − 3 in the open interval (−∞, − ) is;

A) Increasing B) constant
C) Decreasing D) Both increasing and decreasing

29) A tumor is the shape of a cone has the radius of the base fixed by the bone structure at 2
cm. The tumor is however growing along the height of the cone. The rate of change in volume
with respect to height is closest to:

A) 5.2 cm3/cm B) 6.2 cm3/cm C) 7.2 cm3/cm D) 4.2 cm3/cm

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30) A cylinder of the radius ‘r’ with the vertical height ‘h’ having the volume V. If there is
increment in the radius of 0.2 times of the height of the cylinder and the height is increased 0.3
times of the radius of cylinder then new volume of cylinder will be;

Note: Above question was asked related to general Mathematics, there was long statements in
which as above mentioned conditions was given and required for new volume of the shapes.
Assumed values are used with same question sense above.

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