Mathematics
Let $\mathbb{R}$ denote the set of all real numbers. Let $a_i, b_i \in \mathbb{R}$ for $i \in \{1, 2, 3\}$.
Define the functions $f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$, $g: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$, and $h: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ by
$f(x) = a_1 + 10x + a_2 x^2 + a_3 x^3 + x^4$
$g(x) = b_1 + 3x + b_2 x^2 + b_3 x^3 + x^4$
$h(x) = f(x + 1) - g(x + 2)$
If $f(x) \neq g(x)$ for every $x \in \mathbb{R}$, then the coefficient of $x^3$ in $h(x)$ is
Three students $S_1, S_2,$ and $S_3$ are given a problem to solve. Consider the following events:
U: At least one of $S_1, S_2,$ and $S_3$ can solve the problem,
V: $S_1$ can solve the problem, given that neither $S_2$ nor $S_3$ can solve the problem,
W: $S_2$ can solve the problem and $S_3$ cannot solve the problem,
T: $S_3$ can solve the problem.
For any event $E$, let $P(E)$ denote the probability of $E$. If
$P(U) = \dfrac{1}{2}$ , $P(V) = \dfrac{1}{10}$ , and $P(W) = \dfrac{1}{12}$,
then $P(T)$ is equal to
Let $\mathbb{R}$ denote the set of all real numbers. Define the function $f : \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ by
$f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{cc}2-2 x^2-x^2 \sin \frac{1}{x} & \text { if } x \neq 0, \\ 2 & \text { if } x=0 .\end{array}\right.$
Then which one of the following statements is TRUE?
Consider the matrix
$$ P = \begin{pmatrix} 2 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 2 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 3 \end{pmatrix}. $$
Let the transpose of a matrix $X$ be denoted by $X^T$. Then the number of $3 \times 3$ invertible matrices $Q$ with integer entries, such that
$$ Q^{-1} = Q^T \quad \text{and} \quad PQ = QP, $$
is
Let $L_1$ be the line of intersection of the planes given by the equations
$2x + 3y + z = 4$ and $x + 2y + z = 5$.
Let $L_2$ be the line passing through the point $P(2, -1, 3)$ and parallel to $L_1$. Let $M$ denote the plane given by the equation
$2x + y - 2z = 6$.
Suppose that the line $L_2$ meets the plane $M$ at the point $Q$. Let $R$ be the foot of the perpendicular drawn from $P$ to the plane $M$.
Then which of the following statements is (are) TRUE?
Let ℕ denote the set of all natural numbers, and ℤ denote the set of all integers. Consider the functions f: ℕ → ℤ and g: ℤ → ℕ defined by
$$ f(n) = \begin{cases} \frac{(n + 1)}{2} & \text{if } n \text{ is odd,} \\ \frac{(4-n)}{2} & \text{if } n \text{ is even,} \end{cases} $$
and
$$ g(n) = \begin{cases} 3 + 2n & \text{if } n \ge 0 , \\ -2n & \text{if } n < 0 . \end{cases} $$
Define $$(g \circ f)(n) = g(f(n))$$ for all $n \in \mathbb{N}$, and $$(f \circ g)(n) = f(g(n))$$ for all $n \in \mathbb{Z}$.
Then which of the following statements is (are) TRUE?
Let ℝ denote the set of all real numbers. Let $z_1 = 1 + 2i$ and $z_2 = 3i$ be two complex numbers, where $i = \sqrt{-1}$. Let
$$S = \{(x, y) \in \mathbb{R} \times \mathbb{R} : |x + iy - z_1| = 2|x + iy - z_2| \}.$$
Then which of the following statements is (are) TRUE?
Let the set of all relations $R$ on the set $\{a, b, c, d, e, f\}$, such that $R$ is reflexive and symmetric, and $R$ contains exactly $10$ elements, be denoted by $\mathcal{S}$.
Then the number of elements in $\mathcal{S}$ is ________________.
For any two points $M$ and $N$ in the $XY$-plane, let $\overrightarrow{MN}$ denote the vector from $M$ to $N$, and $\vec{0}$ denote the zero vector. Let $P, Q$ and $R$ be three distinct points in the $XY$-plane. Let $S$ be a point inside the triangle $\triangle PQR$ such that
$$\overrightarrow{SP} + 5\; \overrightarrow{SQ} + 6\; \overrightarrow{SR} = \vec{0}.$$
Let $E$ and $F$ be the mid-points of the sides $PR$ and $QR$, respectively. Then the value of
$\frac{\text { length of the line segment } E F}{\text { length of the line segment } E S}$
is ________________.
Let $S$ be the set of all seven-digit numbers that can be formed using the digits $0, 1$ and $2$. For example, $2210222$ is in $S$, but $0210222$ is NOT in $S$.
Then the number of elements $x$ in $S$ such that at least one of the digits $0$ and $1$ appears exactly twice in $x$, is equal to ____________.
Let α and β be the real numbers such that
$ \lim\limits_{x \to 0} \frac{1}{x^3} \left( \frac{\alpha}{2} \int\limits_0^x \frac{1}{1-t^2} \, dt + \beta x \cos x \right) = 2. $
Then the value of α + β is ___________.
Let ℝ denote the set of all real numbers. Let f: ℝ → ℝ be a function such that f(x) > 0 for all x ∈ ℝ, and f(x+y) = f(x)f(y) for all x, y ∈ ℝ.
Let the real numbers a₁, a₂, ..., a₅₀ be in an arithmetic progression. If f(a₃₁) = 64f(a₂₅), and
$ \sum\limits_{i=1}^{50} f(a_i) = 3(2^{25}+1), $
then the value of
$ \sum\limits_{i=6}^{30} f(a_i) $
is ________________.
For all x > 0, let y₁(x), y₂(x), and y₃(x) be the functions satisfying
$ \frac{dy_1}{dx} - (\sin x)^2 y_1 = 0, \quad y_1(1) = 5, $
$ \frac{dy_2}{dx} - (\cos x)^2 y_2 = 0, \quad y_2(1) = \frac{1}{3}, $
$ \frac{dy_3}{dx} - \frac{(2-x^3)}{x^3} y_3 = 0, \quad y_3(1) = \frac{3}{5e}, $
respectively. Then
$ \lim\limits_{x \to 0^+} \frac{y_1(x)y_2(x)y_3(x) + 2x}{e^{3x} \sin x} $
is equal to __________________.
Consider the following frequency distribution:
Value | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 11 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | 5 | $f_1$ | $f_2$ | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Suppose that the sum of the frequencies is 19 and the median of this frequency distribution is 6.
For the given frequency distribution, let $\alpha$ denote the mean deviation about the mean, $\beta$ denote the mean deviation about the median, and $\sigma^2$ denote the variance.
Match each entry in List-I to the correct entry in List-II and choose the correct option.
List – I | List – II |
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(P) 7 f1 + 9 f2 is equal to | (1) 146 |
(Q) 19 α is equal to | (2) 47 |
(R) 19 β is equal to | (3) 48 |
(S) 19 σ2 is equal to | (4) 145 |
(5) 55 |
Let $\mathbb{R}$ denote the set of all real numbers. For a real number $x$, let [ x ] denote the greatest integer less than or equal to $x$. Let $n$ denote a natural number.
Match each entry in List-I to the correct entry in List-II and choose the correct option.
List–I | List–II |
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(P) The minimum value of $n$ for which the function $$ f(x)=\left[\frac{10 x^3-45 x^2+60 x+35}{n}\right] $$ is continuous on the interval $[1,2]$, is | (1) 8 |
(Q) The minimum value of $n$ for which $g(x)=\left(2 n^2-13 n-15\right)\left(x^3+3 x\right)$, $x \in \mathbb{R}$, is an increasing function on $\mathbb{R}$, is | (2) 9 |
(R) The smallest natural number $n$ which is greater than 5 , such that $x=3$ is a point of local minima of $$ h(x)=\left(x^2-9\right)^n\left(x^2+2 x+3\right) $$ is | (3) 5 |
(S) Number of $x_0 \in \mathbb{R}$ such that
$$ l(x)=\sum\limits_{k=0}^4\left(\sin |x-k|+\cos \left|x-k+\frac{1}{2}\right|\right) $$ $x \in \mathbb{R}$, is NOT differentiable at $x_0$, is |
(4) 6 |
(5) 10 |
Let $\vec{w} = \hat{i} + \hat{j} - 2\hat{k}$, and $\vec{u}$ and $\vec{v}$ be two vectors, such that $\vec{u} \times \vec{v} = \vec{w}$ and $\vec{v} \times \vec{w} = \vec{u}$. Let $\alpha, \beta, \gamma$, and $t$ be real numbers such that
$\vec{u} = \alpha \hat{i} + \beta \hat{j} + \gamma \hat{k},\ \ \ - t \alpha + \beta + \gamma = 0,\ \ \ \alpha - t \beta + \gamma = 0,\ \ \ \alpha + \beta - t \gamma = 0.$
Match each entry in List-I to the correct entry in List-II and choose the correct option.
List – I | List – II |
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(P) $\lvert \vec{v} \rvert^2$ is equal to | (1) 0 |
(Q) If $\alpha = \sqrt{3}$, then $\gamma^2$ is equal to | (2) 1 |
(R) If $\alpha = \sqrt{3}$, then $(\beta + \gamma)^2$ is equal to | (3) 2 |
(S) If $\alpha = \sqrt{2}$, then $t + 3$ is equal to | (4) 3 |
(5) 5 |