The mean of the numbers a, b, 8, 5, 10 is 6 and the variance is 6.80. Then which one of the following gives possible values of a and b?

Let $$f\left( x \right) = \left\{ {\matrix{ {\left( {x - 1} \right)\sin {1 \over {x - 1}}} & {if\,x \ne 1} \cr 0 & {if\,x = 1} \cr } } \right.$$

Then which one of the following is true?

Let $$f:N \to Y$$ be a function defined as f(x) = 4x + 3 where
Y = { y $$ \in $$ N, y = 4x + 3 for some x $$ \in $$ N }.
Show that f is invertible and its inverse is

It is given that the events $$A$$ and $$B$$ are such that
$$P\left( A \right) = {1 \over 4},P\left( {A|B} \right) = {1 \over 2}$$ and $$P\left( {B|A} \right) = {2 \over 3}.$$ Then $$P(B)$$ is :

It is given that the events $$A$$ and $$B$$ are such that
$$P\left( A \right) = {1 \over 4},P\left( {A|B} \right) = {1 \over 2}$$ and $$P\left( {B|A} \right) = {2 \over 3}.$$ Then $$P(B)$$ is :

A die is thrown. Let $$A$$ be the event that the number obtained is greater than $$3.$$ Let $$B$$ be the event that the number obtained is less than $$5.$$ Then $$P\left( {A \cup B} \right)$$ is :

The solution of the differential equation

$${{dy} \over {dx}} = {{x + y} \over x}$$ satisfying the condition $$y(1)=1$$ is :

The area of the plane region bounded by the curves $$x + 2{y^2} = 0$$ and $$\,x + 3{y^2} = 1$$ is equal to :

Let $$a, b, c$$ be any real numbers. Suppose that there are real numbers $$x, y, z$$ not all zero such that $$x=cy+bz,$$ $$y=az+cx,$$ and $$z=bx+ay.$$ Then $${a^2} + {b^2} + {c^2} + 2abc$$ is equal to :

Let $$A$$ be $$a\,2 \times 2$$ matrix with real entries. Let $$I$$ be the $$2 \times 2$$ identity matrix. Denote by tr$$(A)$$, the sum of diagonal entries of $$a$$. Assume that $${a^2} = I.$$
Statement-1 : If $$A \ne I$$ and $$A \ne - I$$, then det$$(A)=-1$$
Statement- 2 : If $$A \ne I$$ and $$A \ne - I$$, then tr $$(A)$$ $$ \ne 0$$.

How many real solutions does the equation
$${x^7} + 14{x^5} + 16{x^3} + 30x - 560 = 0$$ have?

Suppose the cubic $${x^3} - px + q$$ has three distinct real roots
where $$p>0$$ and $$q>0$$. Then which one of the following holds?

The value of $$cot\left( {\cos e{c^{ - 1}}{5 \over 3} + {{\tan }^{ - 1}}{2 \over 3}} \right)$$ is :

The non-zero vectors are $${\overrightarrow a ,\overrightarrow b }$$ and $${\overrightarrow c }$$ are related by $${\overrightarrow a = 8\overrightarrow b }$$ and $${\overrightarrow c = - 7\overrightarrow b \,\,.}$$ Then the angle between $${\overrightarrow a }$$ and $${\overrightarrow c }$$ is :

A parabola has the origin as its focus and the line $$x=2$$ as the directrix. Then the vertex of the parabola is at :

A focus of an ellipse is at the origin. The directrix is the line $$x=4$$ and the eccentricity is $${{1 \over 2}}$$. Then the length of the semi-major axis is :

The point diametrically opposite to the point $$P(1, 0)$$ on the circle $${x^2} + {y^2} + 2x + 4y - 3 = 0$$ is :

The perpendicular bisector of the line segment joining P(1, 4) and Q(k, 3) has y-intercept -4. Then a possible value of k is :

The first two terms of a geometric progression add up to 12. the sum of the third and the fourth terms is 48. If the terms of the geometric progression are alternately positive and negative, then the first term is

How many different words can be formed by jumbling the letters in the word MISSISSIPPI in which no two S are adjacent?

In a shop there are five types of ice-cream available. A child buys six ice-cream.
Statement - 1: The number of different ways the child can buy the six ice-cream is $${}^{10}{C_5}$$.
Statement - 2: The number of different ways the child can buy the six ice-cream is equal to the number of different ways of arranging 6 A and 4 B's in a row.

The quadratic equations $${x^2} - 6x + a = 0$$ and $${x^2} - cx + 6 = 0$$ have one root in common. The other roots of the first and second equations are integers in the ratio 4 : 3. Then the common root is

STATEMENT - 1 : For every natural number $$n \ge 2,$$ $$${1 \over {\sqrt 1 }} + {1 \over {\sqrt 2 }} + ........ + {1 \over {\sqrt n }} > \sqrt n .$$$

STATEMENT - 2 : For every natural number $$n \ge 2,$$, $$$\sqrt {n\left( {n + 1} \right)} < n + 1.$$$

Let R be the real line. Consider the following subsets of the plane $$R \times R$$ :
$$S = \left\{ {(x,y):y = x + 1\,\,and\,\,0 < x < 2} \right\}$$
$$T = \left\{ {(x,y): x - y\,\,\,is\,\,an\,\,{\mathop{\rm int}} eger\,} \right\}$$,

Which one of the following is true ?

The conjugate of a complex number is $${1 \over {i - 1}}$$ then that complex number is :

If the straight lines $$\,\,\,\,\,$$ $$\,\,\,\,\,$$ $${{x - 1} \over k} = {{y - 2} \over 2} = {{z - 3} \over 3}$$ $$\,\,\,\,\,$$ and$$\,\,\,\,\,$$ $${{x - 2} \over 3} = {{y - 3} \over k} = {{z - 1} \over 2}$$ intersects at a point, then the integer $$k$$ is equal to

The line passing through the points $$(5,1,a)$$ and $$(3, b, 1)$$ crosses the $$yz$$-plane at the point $$\left( {0,{{17} \over 2}, - {{ - 13} \over 2}} \right)$$ . Then