NDA Mathematics 14th September 2025
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Mathematics

1

If $p ^ x = q ^ y = r ^ z$ where x, y and z are in GP, then consider the following statements:

I. p, q and rare in AP.

II. In p, In q and Inrare in GP.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

2

If A and B are non-empty subsets of a set, and $A ^ c$ and $ B ^ c$ represent their complements, then which of the following is/are correct?

I. A - B = $B ^ c - A ^ c$

II. $A - B ^ c = A ^ c - B$

Select the answer using the code given below.

3
Let y=x! and z = (2x)! If (z / y) = 120 then what is the value of (3x)!?
4
Let n be a natural number. The number of consecutive zeros at the end of the expansion of n! is exactly 2. How many values of n are possible?
5

If and $ (10+\log _{10}x), (10+\log _{10}y)$ are $(10 + log_{10}z)$ in AP, then consider  the following statements:

I. The GM of x and z is $y ^ 2$

II. The AM of $ \log _{10}x$ and $ \log _{10}z$ is $log_{10} y $

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

6
How many terms of the series 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 +... amount to a sum equal to 12345678987654321?
7
How many terms are identical in the two APs 19, 21, 23,... up to 110 terms and 19, 22, 25, 28,... up to 75 terms?
8
If $\alpha =\frac{-1+\sqrt{-3}}{2}$ then what is the value of $(1+\alpha ^{19}-\alpha ^{35})^{100}-(1-3\alpha ^{25}+\alpha ^{38})^{50}? $
 
9
What is the remainder when $5 ^ {99}$ is divided by 13?
10
What is the value of the determinant of the inverse of the matrix $\begin{bmatrix} -4 & -5 \\ 2 & 2 \end{bmatrix} ?$
11
In a class of 45 students, 34 like to play cricket and 26 like to play football. Further, each student likes to play at least one of the two games. How many students like to play exactly one game?
 
12
The system of equations 15y - 10x + 50 = 0, 2x - 3y - 5 = 0
13
If  $(\frac{1-i}{1+i})^{2m}(\frac{1+i}{1-i})^{2n}=1$where $i=\sqrt{-1}$ then what is the smallest positive value of (m - n)?
14
In obtaining the solution of the system of equations x + y + z = 7 x + 2y + 3z = 16 and x + 3y + 4z = 22 by Cramer's rule, the value of y is obtained by dividing D by $D_{2}$ where 
$D=\left|\begin{matrix}1&1&1\\ 1&2&3\\ 1&3&4\end{matrix}\right|$ What is the value of the determinant $D_{2}$ ?
15

Consider the following in respect of non-singular matrices A and B:

I. $(AB) ^ {- 1} = A ^ {- 1} B ^ {- 1}$

II. $ (BA)(AB)^{-1}=I$ = I where I is the identity matrix

III. $ (AB)^{T}=A^{T}B^{T} $

How many of the above are correct?

16
The value of the determinant $\left|\begin{matrix}a&b&c\\ l&m&n\\ p&q&r\end{matrix}\right|$ is equal to
17
Let 1, ω, $\omega ^ 2$ be three cube roots of unity. If x = a + b $y=a\omega +b\omega ^{2}, z=a\omega ^{2}+b\omega$ then what is $ x ^ 2 + y ^ 2 + z ^ 2$ equal to?
18
How many 4-digit numbers that are divisible by 4 can be formed using the digits 1, 2, 3 and 4 (repetition of digits is not allowed)?
19
If a, b, c are the sides of a triangle ABC and p is the perimeter of the triangle, then what is equal to? det $\left|\begin{matrix}p+c&a&b\\ c&p+a&b\\ c&a&p+b\end{matrix}\right|$
20
Which one of the following is the greatest coefficient in the expansion of $(1 + x) ^ {100}$ ?
21
What is ẞ equal to?
22
What is the relation between α and β 
23
If p + q = 66 then which one of the following is correct?
24
If p + q = 15 then what is equal to? q - p
25
What is p/q equal to?
26
What is $\frac{p^{2}-q^{2}}{p^{2}+q^{2}}$ equal to?
27
What is $(\frac{\sqrt{3}p}{4}-\frac{q}{4})$ equal to?
28
What is $\frac{p^{2}+q^{2}}{p^{2}q^{2}}$ equal to?
29
How many values does (x + y) have?
30
How many values does (y-x) have?
31
If the roots of the equation are equal, then which one of the following is correct?
32
If the roots of the equation are equal, then a, b, c are in
33
What is the relation between m and n?
34
How many values of m are possible?
35
How many triangles can be formed by joining these points?
36
How many quadrilaterals can be formed by joining these points?
37
What is the other root of f(x) = 0
38
What is (a + b + c) equal to?
39
What is the value of the determinant of the matrix $A ^ 4$
40
What is $[adj A ]^ {-1}$ equal to?
41
What is the sum of the binary numbers $(10110110) _2$ and $( 10001 1) _2$
 
42
Set X contains 3n elements and set Y contains 2n elements, and they have n elements in common. How many elements does (X - Y) × (Y-X) have?
43
Let A = {- 3, - 2, - 1, 0, 1, 2, 3} and B = {0, 1, 4, 9} How many elements does the subset of AB corresponding to the relation R = {(x, y) : |x| < y} have, where x $\in$ A and y $\in$ B?
44

Consider the following statements:

Statement-l: If X is an nn matrix, then det(mX) = $m ^ n$ det(X), where m is a scalar.

Statement-II: If Y is a matrix obtained from X by multiplying any row or column by a scalar m, then det (Y) = m det (X).

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

45

Consider the following statements about

the matrix $M=\left[\begin{matrix}71&23&48\\ 57&28&29\\ 65&17&48\end{matrix}\right]$ 

Statement-I: The inverse of M does not exist.

Statement-II: M is non-singular.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

46
What is$\cot ^{-1}9+\>\mathrm{cosec}\>{}^{-1}\left(\frac{\sqrt{41}}{4}\right)$
equal to?
47
How many values of $\theta $, where$- \pi < \theta < \pi$ satisfy both the equations $\cot \theta =-\sqrt{3}$ and $\csc \theta =-2$ simultaneously?
48
If $x+\frac{1}{x}=2\cos \theta$ then what is $x^{3}+\frac{1}{x^{3}}$ equal to?
49
If $0\le x\le \frac{\pi }{2}$ then what is the number of values of x satisfying the equation $\tan x+\sec x=2\cos x$
50
What is the value of $\tan \left[\frac{1}{2}\sec ^{-1}\left(\frac{2}{\sqrt{3}}\right)\right]?$
51
Which of the following are the direction ratios of the line of intersection of the given planes?
52
What is the equation of the plane P?
53
What is the radius of S?
54
On which one of the following planes does the centre of S lie?
55
What is the fourth vertex D?
56
If angle BCD is $\theta $ then what is $ cos^2 \theta$ equal to?
57
For different values of m, the equation 4y=mx-m+ 2 represents
58
The equation of the locus of a point equidistant from the points (a, b) and (c, d) is (a - c)  x + (b - d)  y + k = 0 What is the value of k?
59

Consider the following statements in respect of the equation $x ^ 2 + 3y = 0$

I. The equation represents the equation to parabola that opens upwards.

II. The axis of the parabola is x = 0

III. The equation of the latus rectum is 4y - 3 = 0

How many of the statements given above are correct?

60
What is the sum of the intercepts of the line
$\frac{x}{a^{2}}+\frac{y}{b^{2}}=\frac{2}{a^{2}+b^{2}} $
 on the coordinate axes?
61
Which one of the following is the perpendicular form of the straight line $\sqrt{3}x+2y=7$ ?
62
If the vertices Band D of a square ABCD are (2, 3) and (4, 1) respectively, then what is the area of the square?
63
What is the value of sin $\theta $ if $\theta $ is the acute angle between the lines whose equations are px + qy = p + q and p(x - y) + q(x + y) = 2q 
64
The circle $ x ^ 2 + y ^ 2 - 2kx - 2ky + k ^ 2 = 0$ touches the x-axis at P and y-axis at Q. What is PQ equal to?
65
What is the distance between the foci of the hyperbola $x ^ 2 - 4y ^ 2 = 1$
66
Let $\vec{p}=\vec{a}-\vec{b},\vec{q}=\vec{a}+\vec{b}$. If $|\vec{a}|=|\vec{b}|=2$ and $\vec{a}\cdot \vec{b}=2$, then what is the value of $|\vec{p}\times \vec{q}|$?
67

How many of the following can be a vector perpendicular to both the vectors $2\hat{i} - \hat{j} + \hat{k}$ and $\hat{i} + \hat{j} + 3\hat{k}$ ?

I. $4\hat{i}+5\hat{j}-3\hat{k}$

II. $-8\hat{i}-10\hat{j}+6\hat{k}$

III. $\frac{1}{50}(-4\hat{i}-5\hat{j}+3\hat{k})$

Select the correct answer.

68
What is the area of the parallelogram whose sides are represented by the vectors $\hat{i}+2\hat{j}+3\hat{k}$ and $2\hat{i}+\hat{j}+2\hat{k}$ ?
69
The position vectors of the vertices A, B, Cand D of a quadrilateral ABCD are given by $3\hat{i}+4\hat{j}-2\hat{k}$ , $4\hat{i}-4\hat{j}-3\hat{k}$, $2\hat{i}-3\hat{j}+2\hat{k}$ and $6\hat{i}-2\hat{j}+\hat{k}$ respectively.
What is the angle between the diagonals AC and BD of the quadrilateral?
70
A force$\vec{F} = 2\hat{i} - \lambda\hat{j} + 5\hat{k}$ is applied at the point A(1, 2, 5) If its moment about the point B(- 1, - 2, 3) is $16\hat{i} - 6\hat{j} + 2\lambda\hat{k}$, then what is the value of $\lambda$ ?
71
What is $\lim _{x\rightarrow 0^{-}}f(x)$ equal to?
72
What is $\lim _{x\rightarrow 0^{-}}f(x)$ equal to?
73
What is $\lim _{x\rightarrow -1}f(x)$ equal to?
74
What is the area bounded by the curve f(x) the x-axis and the lines x = - 2 and x = 1
75

Consider the following statements:

I. The function is increasing in the interval (-∞,∞),

II. The function is differentiable at x = 0

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

76
What is $\frac{f(x)}{f(x+1)}$ equal to?
77
What is $ (1-x)f(\sqrt{x})+xf(\sqrt{x}+1)$ equal to?
 
78
What is the slope of the tangent to the curve y = f(x) at x = 0.5
79
What is $\frac{d^{2}y}{dx^{2}}$ at x = 0 equal to?
80
If x = sin $\theta$ then what is $\frac{dy}{dx}$ equal to?
 
81
What is the domain of the function?
82
The function has
83
If the function is continuous, then what is the value of k?
84
What is f'(-1) equal to?
85
What is u + v equal to?
86
Consider the following:
I. $\frac{du}{dx}=-v $
II. $\frac{dv}{dx}=-u$
Which of the above is/are correct?
87
What is $\frac{dy}{dx}$ at x = 3.5 equal to?
88

Consider the following statements:

I. The function is differentiable at x = 3

II. The function is differentiable at x = 4

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

89
What is$f\circ f\circ f\circ f\circ f(0)$ equal to?
90
What is the inverse of the function?
91
What is the degree of the differential equation
$(\frac{d^{2}y}{dx^{2}})^{\frac{3}{2}}=(\frac{dy}{dx})^{\frac{5}{2}}$
92
What is $\int _{n}^{n+1}(x-[x])dx$, where [.] is the greatest integer function and n is natural number?
93

Consider the following statements:

I. $y=xe^{2x}$ is the solution of $\frac{dy}{dx}=y(2+\frac{1}{x})$

II. $y=x\ln |x|+cx$ is the solution of $\frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{x+y}{x}$

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

94
If k is an arbitrary constant, then what is the general solution of the equation $(x+y)^{2}\frac{dy}{dx}=k^{2}$
95
 What is $\int \frac{dx}{10^{x}+10^{-x}}$ equal to?
96

A wire of length 20 cm is to be bent into a rectangle. Which of the following statements is/are correct?

I. The rectangle of the largest area is the square.

II. It is possible to form a rectangle of an area of$ 27c m ^ 2$

Select the answer using the code given below.

97
If $I_{1}=\int _{e}^{e^{2}}\frac{dx}{ln~x}$ and  $I_{2}=\int _{1}^{2}\frac{e^{x}}{x}dx$  then which one of the following is correct?
98
What is the area of the region bounded by |x| <= 2k and |y| <= k where k is a positive real number?
99

Consider the following statements regarding the function f(x) = 1/(x - 5)

Statement-I: f(x) is decreasing on the intervals x < 5 and x > 5

Statement-II: f''(x) > 0 for all x ≠ 5.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

100

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: The function  $f(x)=\frac{x^{3}+128}{x}$ has a minimum value 48 at x = 4

Statement-II: As x increases through 4, f'(x) changes sign from positive to negative.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

101
What is the harmonic mean of the numbers C(10,3) C(10,4) C(10,5) C(10,6) and C(10,7) ?
102
In a sample survey of a village, the probability that a farmer is in debt is 0.60. What is the probability that three randomly selected farmers are all in debt (assume independence of events)?
103
The probability that a family owns a laptop is 0.68; that it also owns a desktop is 0.56. If the probability that it owns both is 0.48, then what is the probability that a randomly selected family owns a laptop or a desktop?
104
An urn contains 10 white and 5 red balls. If two balls are drawn at random, then what is the probability that both the balls are red?
105
An urn contains 5 white, 6 red and 4 blue balls. Three balls are drawn at random. What is the probability that a white ball, a red ball and a blue ball are drawn?
106

Under which of the following conditions may binomial distribution be used?

I. The number of trials is infinite and not fixed.

II. The trials are independent.

III. Each trial has two possible outcomes.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

107
A person X speaks the truth 4 out of 5 times and person Y speaks the truth 5 out of 6 times. What is the probability that they will contradict each other in stating the fact?
108
The probability that a student passes Physics test is 2/3 and the probability that he passes both Physics test and English test is 11/15. The probability that he passes at least one test is 4/5 What is the probability that he passes English test?
109

An event X can happen with probability pand event Y can happen with probability q. Further, X and Y are independent events. Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. The probability that exactly one of the events happens is p + q - pq

II. The probability that at least one of the events happens is p + q - 2pq

Select the answer using the code given below.

110
Three faces of a die are black, two faces are white and one face is red. The die is tossed three times. What is the probability that the colours black, white and red appear in the first, second and third tosses respectively?
111
A fair coin is tossed 4 times. What is the probability that two heads do not occur consecutively?
112
In a throw of three dice, what is the probability of getting one prime number, one composite number and one number which is neither prime nor composite?
113
An integer is chosen at random from the first 50 integers. What is the probability that the integer is neither divisible by 5 nor 9?
114
Out of 50 consecutive natural numbers, two integers are chosen at random. What is the probability that their sum is odd?
115
The standard deviation of 100 observations is 10. If 20 is added to each observation, then what will be the new standard deviation?
116
Let X be a random variable following binomial distribution with parameters n = 5 and p = k Further, P(X = 1) = 0.4096 and P(X = 2) = 0.2048 . What is the value of k? 
117
The frequency distribution of the marks obtained by students in a Science examination is given below:
 
Marks 5-15
 
15-25
 
25-35
 
35-45
 
Number of
students
20 30 30 20
What is the arithmetic mean?
118
If P(A) = 0.3 , P(B) = 0.4 and P( A |B)=0.5, then what is the value P( B |A) ?
 
119
If P(A) = 1/3 , P(B) = 1/2 and $ P(A\cap B)=1/4$ , then what is the value of $P(\overline{A}\cup B)$ ?
120

Consider the following statements:

I. Mean and variance have the same unit of measurement.

II. Mean deviation and standard deviation have the same unit of measurement.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?