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MATHS PRACTICE TEST MAINS

1. The minimum value of tan B tan C in acute angled triangle ABC is
(a) tan A/ 2 (b) cot A/ 2 (c) ( )
2
cosec A 2 (d) ( )
2
cot A 2

2. If ABC is a triangle and
A B C
tan ,tan ,tan
2 2 2
are in H.P., then the value of
B
cot
2
=
(a) 3 (b) 1 (c)
1
2
(d)
1
3


3. For the function
( )
f x x = , the range is
(a) | ) 0, (b) | ) , (c) | ) ,0 (d) cannot be determined

4. Let
( )
1, if x 0
f x 0 if x 0
1 if x 0
<

= =

>

. Then the range of f is

(a) R (b) {0,1} (c)
{ }
1 (d) { } 1,0,1

5. The domain of the function
( )
2
2
x 3x 5
f x
x 5x 4
+ +
=
+
is
(a) R (b)
{ }
R 0 (c) { } R 0,1 (d) { } R 1,4

6. Let f : R R and g:R R be two one one and onto functions such that they are
the mirror images of each other about the line y =a. If h (x) =f (x) + g(x), then h(x)
is
(a) one one onto (b) one one into
(c) many one one (d) many one into

7. Consider the equation
( ) ( )
3 3
1 1 3
sin x cos x a

+ = t , the values of parameter a so that
given equation has a solution
(a)
1 7
,
32 8
(
(

(b)
1 1
,
32 8
(
(

(c)
1 1
,
8 2
(
(

(d)
1 7
,
8 2
(
(



8.
| |
1
x 2
lim cos cotx ,

t
(
| |
denotes G.I.F) =
(a) t (b) 2 t (c) 0 (d) does not exist



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9.
2
1
x 1 1
x 1
4
lim tan x,

| |
=
|
t \ .

(a) e
t
(b)
1
e
t
(c)
1
e
t
(d)
1
e
t


10. If , , o | are the roots of the equation
3 2
x x x 1 0. + + = Then
2
2
2
1 1
1
1 1
1
1 1
1
+o
=
+|
+

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 4

11. If
5 3
A
14 11
| |
=
|
\ .
then
1
13A

=
(a) A (b) 2A (c) (Adj A) (d)
1
A
13


12. The diagonals of a parallelogram are given by

2i 3j 6k +

and

3i 4j k

. Then the
area of the parallelogram is
(a)
1
1274
2
(b) 1274 (c)
1
1274
4
(d) 1274

13. From a set of 40 cards numbered 1 to 40, 5 cards are drawn at random and
arranged in ascending order of magnitude
1 2 3 4 5
x x x x x < < < < . The probability that
3
x 24 = , is
(a)
16
2
40
5
C
C
(b)
23
2
40
5
C
C
(c)
16 23
2 2
40
5
C C
C

(d) none of these

14. The sum of the product of mean and variance of a binomial distribution are 24
and 128 respectively, then the value of n is
(a) 16 (b) 32 (c) 24 (d) none of these

15. If a,b,c

are three non - coplanar vectors defined by the relationship
b c c a a b
p , q , c
abc abc abc

= = =
( ( (



then the value of ( ) ( ) ( ) p. a b q. b c r. c a + + + + + =


(a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2

16. The value of
50 50 50 50
0 50 2 4
C C C C
...
1 3 5 51
+ + + + is
(a)
50
2
51
(b)
50
2 1
51

(c)
50
2 1
50

(d)
51
2 1
51

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17. If
k
2 2
cos sin
1 0
3 3
2 2 0 1
sin cos
3 3
t t (

(
| |
= (
|
t t
\ . (
(

. Then the least value of k is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3

18. If
cos sin
A
sin cos
u u | |
=
|
u u
\ .
, then
n
n
1
lim A
n
is
(a) null matrix (b) an identity matrix
(c)
0 1
1 0
| |
|

\ .
(d) none of these

19. The co efficient of x in
( )
( )
2 2
x 1 sinx cosx
f x 1 2 , 1 x 1 log 1 sinx
0
x 1 x
+
= < s +
+
is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 0

20. The average marks of boys in a class is 52 and that of girls is 42. The average
marks of boys and girls combined is 50. The percentage of boys in the class is
(a) 80% (b) 60% (c) 40% (d) 20%

21. The co efficient of the middle term in the expansion
( )
2n
1 x + is
(a)
n
n
2 C (b)
( )
n
1 3 5 .... 2n 1
2
n!


(c)
( )
2 6 10 ... 4n 2 (d) none of these

22. The value of determinant
a 1 1
1 b 1
1 1 c
is positive then
(a) abc 11 > (b) anc 8 < (c) abc 8 > (d) none of these

23. If
n
a 7 7 7 ..... = + + + having n radical signs then by method of mathematical
induction which is true?
(a)
n
a 7, n 1 > > (b)
n
a 3, n 1 > > (c)
n
a 4, n 1 > > (d)
n
a 3, n 1 > >

24. Two bags contains respectively 3 white and 2 red balls and 2 white and 4 red
balls. One ball is drawn at random from the first bag and put it into the second;
then a ball is drawn from the second is white is
(a)
13
35
(b)
13
25
(c)
12
35
(d)
12
25



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25. If
( )
2
f x x 4x 5 = + and
1 2
A
4 3
(
=
(

, then f (A) is
(a)
0 4
8 8
(
(

(b)
2 1
2 0
(
(

(c)
1 1
1 0
(
(

(d)
8 4
8 0
(
(



26. The mean square deviation of a set of n observations
1 2 n
x ,x ,...,x about a point c is
defined as ( )
n
2
i
i 1
1
x c
n
=

. The mean square deviation about -2 and 2 are 18 and 10

respectively, then standard deviation of this set of observations is
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) None of these

27. Which of the following is not logically equivalent to the following proposition?
A real number is either rational or irrational
(a) If a number is neither rational nor irrational then it is not real
(b) If a number is not rational or not an irrational, then it is not real
(c) If a number is not real, then it is neither rational or irrational
(d) If a number is real, then it is rational or irrational.

28. The system of equations 2x +3y =8, 7x 5y + 3 =0, 4x 6y 0 + = is solvable if
is
(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 8 (d) 6

29. Let ( ) ( )( )
x
f x e x 1 x 2 dx =
}
. Then f decreases in the interval
(a) ( ) , 2 (b) ( ) 2, 1 (c) (1, 2) (d) ( ) 2,

30. If
cos4x 1
dx Acos4x B,
cosx tanx
+
= +

}
then
(a)
1
A
2
= (b)
1
A
8
= (c)
1
A
4
= (d) None of these