PROBLEM SOLVING SHEET (MATHS)

1. A fair coin is tossed 5 times then the probability that no two consecutive heads occur, is
11 15 13
(A) (B) (C) (D) none of these
32 32 32

ANSWER : C

2. A number is chosen at random from the numbers 10 to 99. By seeing the number a man will
laugh if product of the digits is 12. If he choose three numbers with replacement then the
probability that he will laugh at least once is
3 3 3 3
3 43 4 43
(A) 1 – (B) (C) 1 – (D) 1 –
5 45 25 45
ANSWER : D

3. Each of 10 passengers board any of the three buses randomly which had no passenger initially.
The probability that each bus has got at least one passenger is
210 10
C3 37 10
P3 37 310 3.210 3
(A) 1 (B) 1 (C) (D)
310 310 310 310
ANSWER : D

4. Three smallest squares are chosen randomly on a chess board the probability that these squares
have exactly two corners, but no side common is
80 72 63
(A) 64
(B) 64
(C) 64
(D) none of these
C3 C3 C3

5. The equation of the plane through the line of intersection of plane ax + by + cz + d = 0,

a x + b y + c z + d = 0 and parallel to the line y = 0, z = 0 is
(a) (ab a b) x + (bc b c) y + (ad a d) = 0 (b) (ab a b) x + (bc b c) y + (ad a d) z = 0
(c) (ab a b) y + (ac a c) z + (ad a d) = 0 (d) none of these
ANSWER : (c)

6. Consider the following statements

(i) Line joining (1, 2, 5), (4, 3, 2) is parallel to the line joining (5, 1, –11), (8, 2, –8).
l1 m1 n1
(ii) Three concurrent lines with D.C’s li , mi , ni , i 1, 2, 3 are coplanar if l 2 m2 n2 0.
l3 m3 n3
x 1 y 2 z 1
(iii) The plane x 2 y z 21 and the line are parallel.
1 2 3
Which of these is/are correct?
(a) (i) and (ii) (b) (ii) and (iii) (c) (iii) and (i) (d) (i), (ii) and (iii)

ANSWER : (d)
 x 1 y 1 z 1
7. The perpendicular distance of the point (2, 1, 2) from the line is
1 2 1
(a) 28 (b) 52
(c) 14 (d) none of these
ANSWER : (c)
8. The minimum distance of the point (1, 1, 1) from the plane x+y+z=1, measured perpendicular to
the line 6x = 3y = 2z is
21 2 21 28 28
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 3 3 3
ANSWER : D

9. If then the value of (1) + (2) + (3) is :

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 6

ANSWER : (A)

10.If and g is the inverse of , then (2) is :

(a) 8 (b) 1/8 (c) 2 (d) 1/4
ANSWER : (D)

11. Let and g be two differentiable functions, defined as : and

g . The value of is :
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

ANSWER : (D)

12. The number of permutations of the letters of the word HINDUSTAN such that neither the pattern
‘HIN’ nor ‘DUS’ nor ‘TAN’ appears, are
(A) 166674 (B) 169194
(C) 166680 (D) 181434

ANSWER : (B)

13. The number of ways in which 15 boys and 2 girls can sit in a row such that between the girls at
the most 2 boys sit is
(A) 17! – (12! 3!) (B) 17! – (12 C3 3!)
12
(C) 17! – ( C3 15!) (D) 17! – (91 2! 15!)

ANSWER : (D)

14. A class contains three girls and four boys. Every Sunday five students go on a picnic, a different
group being sent each week. During the picnic, the class teacher gives each girl in the group a
doll. After all possible groups of five have gone once, the total number of dolls the girls have got
is
(A) 27 (B) 11
(C) 21 (D) 45

ANSWER : (D)

15. Let A = {1, 2, 3, …, 10}, B = {1, 2, 3, ……, 10}. The number of one one functions f : A B
such that f (k) k, k 3 is
 (A) (527)!. 7! (B) (552)!. 7!
(C) (540)!. 7! (D) none of these

ANSWER : (D)

16. Let f(x) is quadratic expression which is negative x R. If g(x) = f(x) + f (x) + f (x), then
x R
(A) g(x) < 0 (B) g(x) > 0 (C) g(x) = 0 (D) None of these
ANSWER : (A)

17. Values of a so that one root is greater than 1 & other is less than zero, of x2 + (2a+1) x +(a - 1)= 0
is
(A) a < –1/3 (B) a > 0 (C) 0 < a < 1 (D) a < 1
ANSWER : (A)

18. If (a-1)x2 + (a2-3a+2) x+a2-1 = 0 has more than two real roots then a is equal to
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 0 (D) None of these
ANSWER : (B)

e
e ee
19. Equation 0 has
x e x x e
(A) two real roots in (e, ) (B) one real root in (e, ) and other in ( , + e)
(C) two real roots in ( , + e) (D) no real root

ANSWER : (B)
2
n
n x2 x3 1 xn
20. The coefficient of x in 1 x .... is
2! 3! n!
n n
n 2
(A) (B)
n! n!
1 1
(C) 2
(D) – 2
n! n!

ANSWER : (B)

21. If C0, C1, C2, . . . . Cn are binomial coefficients then

2 n
2 2 n 2
lin Cn Cn 1 Cn 2 ...... 1 C0 is
n 3 3 3
(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) -1 (D) 2

ANSWER : (A)
50
22. Coefficient of x25 in the expansion of the expression 50 r
Cr 2x 3 2 x
n r
is;
r 0
(A) 50C25 (B) – 50C24
(C) – 50C25 (D) none of these

ANSWER : (C)

23. If Cr stands for nCr in the expansion of (1 + x)n then the sum of the series
2n/2! n/2! 2 n
Co 2C12 3C22 ........ 1 n 1 Cn2
n!
 where n is an even positive integer, is equal to
(A) 0 (B) (-1)n/2 (n + 1)
(C) (-1)n/2 (n + 2) (D) none of these

ANSWER : (C)

24. If 6a2 – 3b2 – c2 + 7ab – ac + 4bc = 0, then the family of lines ax + by + c = 0 is concurrent at :
(A) (2, –3) (B) (3, –1) (C) (2, 3) (D) (–3, 1)

ANSWER : (B)

25.A pair of perpendicular lines passing through P(1, 4) intersect x axis at Q and R, then locus of
incentre of
PQR is :
(A) x2 + y2 – 2x – 8y + 17 = 0 (B) x2 + y2 + 2x – 8y + 17 = 0
(C) x2 – y2 – 2x – 8y + 17 = 0 (D) x2 + y2 – 2x + 8y + 17 = 0
ANSWER : (C)

26.If p < q and px2 + 4 xy + qy2 + 4a(x + y + 1) = 0 represents pair of straight lines for some R
and a 0, then
(A) a p or a q (B)p ≤ a ≤ q (C) a = p or a q (D) none of these
ANSWER : (A)

27. Consider a fixed point P (5, 2) and also Q and R be two distinct variable points moving on
x – y = 0 and y = 0 respectively. The coordinates of Q for which |PQ + QR + PR|min
7 7 29 29
(A) , (B) (2, 2) (C) , (D) (5, 5)
2 2 10 10

ANSWER : (C)

28. If the normals at the end points of a variable chord PQ of the parabola y2 – 4y – 2x = 0 are
perpendicular, then the tangents at P and Q will intersect at
(A) x + y = 3 (B) 3x – 7 = 0 (C) y+3 = 0 (D) 2x + 5 = 0
ANSWER : (D)
29. Maximum number of common normals of y 2 4ax and x 2 4by can be equal to (a, b > 0)
(A) 5 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) none of these

ANSWER :

30. Sides of an equilateral triangle ABC touch parabola y 2 4 x , then points A, B and C lie on
2 2
2 2 2 x a 2 y a
(A) y 3 x a 4ax (B) y 4ax (C) x 4ay (D)
3 3
2
x2 3 y a 4ay

ANSWER : (A)
3z 6 3i
31. The center of the arc arg is
2 z 8 6i 4
(A) (4,1) (B) (1,4) (C) (2,5) (D) (3,1)

ANSWER : (A)
 z1 z 3 1 i 3
32. The complex numbers z1, z2 and z3 satisfying are the vertices of a triangle
z2 z3 2
which is
(A) of area zero (B) right angled isosceles (C) equilateral
(D) obtuse angled isosceles

ANSWER (C)
2 2
33. Let z1 , z 2 be two nonreal complex cube roots of unity and z z1 z z1 be the equation of
a circle with z1 , z 2 as ends of a diameter then the value of is
(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 2
ANSWER : (B)

1 7 1 19 1 39 1 67
34. The sum of the infinite series cot cot cot cot ......... is:
4 4 4 4
(A) cot 1 (3) (B) tan 1 (3) (C) . cot 1 (3) (D) tan 1 (3)
4 4 4 4
ANSWER : (C)

3 3 3
12 22 32
4 4 4
35. The sum of the infinite terms of cot + cot + cot + ..... is
equal to :
(A) tan–1 (1) (B) tan–1 (2) (C) tan–1 (3) (D) tan–1 (4)

ANSWER : (B)
4n
4
n 2n2 2
36. The sum tan is equal to :
n 1

2
(A) tan 1/2 +tan 2/3 (B) 4 tan 1 (C) /2 (D) sec

ANSWER : (D)

37. The number of pairs (x, y) satisfying the equations sin x sin y sin( x y ) and | x | | y | 1is
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D)

ANSWER :C

38. The number of roots of the equation 3 sin2 x = 8 cos x in , is

2 2
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

ANSWER : B
39. Number of real values of x such that (2x 2 x 2cos x)(3x 3 x
2cos x)(5 x
5x 2cos x) 0
is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) infinite

ANSWER : B
40. Which of the following statements is always true? ( . represents the greatest integer function)
(A)If f x is discontinuous, then f x is discontinuous (B)If f x is discontinuous, then f x is
discontinuous
(C) f x g x is discontinuous at x a when g x is an integer at x a (D) None of these
ANSWER : D
41. Let f be a continuous function on R such that n2 n2 . Then f 0 is
f 1/ 4n sin en e 2
n 1
(A) 1 (B) 1/2 (C) 0 (D) None of these

ANSWER : A
x 2 ax 3, x is rational
42. If f x is continuous at exactly two points, then values of a are
2 x, x is irrational
(A) 2, (B) ,3 (C) , 1 3, (D) None of these

ANSWER : C

43. Consider a triangle OAB formed by the points O (0, 0), A (2, 0), B 1, 3 . P(x, y) is an
arbitrary interior point of the triangle, moving in such a way that
d ( P, OA) d ( P, AB) d ( P, OB) 3 , where d(P, OA), d(P, AB) and d(P, OB) represent the
distance of ‘P’ from the sides OA, AB and OB respectively. Area of the region representing all
possible positions of the point ‘P’ is equal to
(A) 2 3 sq. units (B) 6 sq. units (C) 3 sq. units (D) None
ANSWER : C

44. The area bounded by the straight lines y = 0, x + y – 2 = 0 and the straight line which equally
divides the common area included between the curves y = x2 and y = x is equal to
(A) 1 sq. unit (B) 2sq, units (C) 3 sq. units (D) None of these

ANSWER : A

45. Area of the region bounded by 2 2 x y 2 2 and the axes is

(A) 3/8 sq. units (B) 3/2 sq. units (C) 3/4 sq. units (D) None

ANSWER : B