PHV ACADEMY OF SUCCESS

MOTTO: NO STORY JUST GLORY.

1. If three successive terms of G.P. with com- 12. If A = {1, 3, 5}, then the cardinality of the
mon ratio r (r > 1) are the lengths of the power set of A is
sides of a triangle and [r] denotes the greatest A. 6 B. 8 C. 9 D. 7
integer less than or equal to r, then 3[r]+[−r]
is equal to 13. If B = {x ∈ N | x2 + 11x + 30 = 0}, then B
A. 1 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5 is a/an
A. null set B. finite set C. singleton set
2. If 8 = 3+ 41 (3+p)+ 412 (3+2p)+ 413 (3+3p)+· · · , D. infinite set
then the value of p is
A. 1 B. 9 C. 3 D. 4 14. If n ∈ N, then 121n − 25n + 1900n − (−4)n is
divisible by which of the following?
3. If each term of a geometric progression A.2001 B.2002C.2000 D.2005
a1 , a2 , a3 , . . . with a1 = 81 and a2 ̸= a1 is the
√
q p
arithmetic mean of the next two terms and 15. Find the value of 6 + 6 + 6 + · · ·
Sn = a1 +a2 +· · ·+an , then S20 −S18 is equal A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 6
to
3 1 7
A. 64 B. 32 C. 64 D.−215 16. If a polynomial ζ(x) is divided by (x − 2) the
remainder is 1, and when divided by (x + 3)
4. Let α = 12 + 42 + 82 + 132 + 19P
2
+ 262 + · · · the remainder is 5, what is the remainder
10 4
(up to 10 terms) and β = n=1 n . If when divided by (x − 2)(x + 3)?
4α − β = 55k + 40, then k is equal to A. x + 1 B. x + 2 C. x - 2 D.− 45 x + 11 5
A. 11 B. 12 C. 13 D. 353

k 17. Let S = {k|k ∈ N, 1 ≤ k ≤ 150}, A =
5. Evaluate limn→∞ nk=1 56
P
{k ∈ S|k is a multiple of 6} and B = {k ∈
A. 5 B. 6 C. 3 D. 56 S|k is a multiple of 10}. Then the total
6. The sum of the series 1−3·112 +14 + 1−3·222 +24 + number of elements in the set (A ∩ B) − (A ∪
3
+ · · · up to 10 terms is B)
1−3·32 +34
A. 10 B. 20 C. 30 D. −55 109
A. 45 B. 40 C. 35 D. 30
P∞ P∞ 1
7. Evaluate n=0 m=0 3m+n 18. Which of the following statements are true
A. 49 B. 32 C. 35 D. 2 about the sets.

8. Given that ∞ 1

P∞ r3
i. 0 ∈ ∅
P
r=0 r! = L, evaluate r=0 r!
A. 3L B. L C. 4L D. 5L ii. ∅ ∈ {∅}
9. Find the exact expression for the first n terms iii. ∅ ∈ {∅}
of the following series: 1+11+111+1111+· · · iv. {∅} ⊂ {∅, {∅}}
n n n n+1 −10−9n
A. 10 9−1 −n B. 10 9−1 C. 10 9−n D. 10 81
A. i,ii,iii and,iv B. ii,iii only C. iii and iv
10. If U is the universal set with 100 elements,
only D. ii only
and n(A) = 50, n(B) = 60, n(A ∩ B) = 20,
then n (A′ ∩ B ′ ) =? A. 10 B. 15 C.20 D.25 19. If A = {1, 3, 4} and B = {x : x ∈ R and x2 −
11. if A = {1, 2, 5, 7} and B = {1, 4, 6}, then find 7x + 12 = 0}, then which of the following is
the number of proper subsets of A∪B? A.63 true
B. 14 C. 67 D.68 A. A = B B. A ⊂ B C. B ⊂ A D. A ∼ B

1
 n5 n3 7n
20. For all n ∈ N, the sum of 5
+ 3
+ 15
is 30. The pth term of an A.P. is a and the q th term
A. a negative integer B. a whole number C. is b. Then the sum of its (p + q) terms is:
p+q p+q b−a
a real number D. a natural number A. (a + b) B. a− C.
2  2 p − q
21. If P (n) = 2 + 4 + . . . + 2n, n ∈ N, then p+q a−b
b− D. none of these
P (k) = k(k + 1), P (k + 1) = k(k + 1) + 2 2 q−p
⇒ P (k + 1) = k(k + 1) + 2 for all k ∈ N.
31. If f (x) = x3 − 3x2 + 4x − 12, find the remain-
So we can conclude that P (n) = n(n + 1) + 2 der when f (x) is divided by x − 3.
for A. −12 B. 0 C. 3 D. −3
A. all n ∈ N B. n > 1 C. n > 2 D. nothing
can be said 32. Which of the following values of k will make
the quadratic equation 2x2 + kx + 8 = 0 have
22. The nth terms of the series 3 + 7 + 13 + 21 + equal roots? √
. . .is A.4n − 1 B.2n + 1 C.n2 + n + 1 D.n + 2 A. −4 B. 4 C. ±8 D. ±4 2
x+2
23. If f (x) = x3 −4x2 +ax+6 has a factor (x−1), 33. Let f (x) = . The domain of f (x) is:
find the value of a. x2 − 4
A. R B. R\{−2, 2} C. R\{2} D. R\{0}
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
34. The range of the function f (x) = x2 +6x+13
24. Let f (x) = x3 − 3x + 2. Which of the follow-
is:
ing is not a factor of f (x)?
A. [4, ∞) B. (−∞, −4] C. [−4, ∞) D.
A. (x − 1) B. (x − 2) C. (x + 1) D.
[−1, ∞)
(x2 + x + 1)
35. The nature of the roots of the equation
25. Divide 2x3 + 3x2 − 2x + 5 by x + 2. What is 3x2 + 5x + 7 = 0 is:
the remainder? A. Real and unequal B. Equal and real
A. 9 B. −1 C. 1 D. −3 C. Complex and unequal D. Complex and
26. If x−2 and x+3 are factors of x3 +px2 +qx−6, equal
find the values of p and q. 36. If α and β are the roots of the equation
A. p = −1, q = −6 B. p = 1, q = 0 C. x2 − 7x + 10 = 0, then the value of α2 + β 2
p = 1, q = −6 D. p = −1, q = 0 is:
27. The polynomial f (x) = x4 −5x3 +7x2 +3x−6 A. 49 B. 29 C. 27 D. 24
is divided by x − 2. Use the Remainder The- 37. Which of the following is a factor of the poly-
orem to find the remainder. nomial x3 − 6x2 + 11x − 6?
A. −8 B. 0 C. 4 D. −2 A. x + 1 B. x − 1 C. x − 2 D. x − 4
28. The sum of the first n terms of the series √
38. The function f (x) = 4 − x2 is defined for:
12 + 2 · 222 + 32 · 22 + 42 · 22 + 52 · 22 + 62 · 22 + · · · A. x ∈ (−∞, ∞) B. x ∈ [−2, 2] C.
is n(n+1)
2
when n is even. When n is odd, x ∈ (−2, 2) D. x ∈ [0, ∞)
2
the sum is: A. n(n+1) 2
B. n(n+1)(2n+1)
6
C.
2
n (n+1) 2
D. none of these 39. What is the discriminant of 4x2 + 4x + 1 and
2
what does it tell about the roots?
29. Given p A.P.’s, each of which consists of n A. 0, real and equal B. 16, real and unequal
terms. If their first terms are 1, 2, 3, . . . , p C. −16, imaginary D. 0, complex and equal
and common differences are 1, 3, 5, . . . , 2p − 1
40. For what values of x is the function f (x) =
respectively, then the sum of the terms of x−1
1 undefined?
all the progressions is: A. np(np + 1) B. 2
x +x−6
2 A. x = 1 B. x = −3, 2 C. x = 3, −2 D.
1
n(p + 1) C. np(n + 1) D. none of these x=0
2