For two data sets, each of size 5, the variances are given to be 4 and 5 and the corresponding
means are given to be 2 and 4, respectively. The variance of the combined data set is
Answer
(B)
$${11 \over 2}$$
2
Let $$f:R \to R$$ be a positive increasing function with
The number of complex numbers z such that $$\left| {z - 1} \right| = \left| {z + 1} \right| = \left| {z - i} \right|$$ equals :
Answer
(A)
1
4
If $$f$$has a local minimum at $$x=-1$$, then a possible value of $$k$$ is
Answer
(C)
$$-1$$
5
An urn contains nine balls of which three are red, four are blue and two are green. Three balls are drawn at random without replacement from the urn. The probability that the three balls have different colours is :
Answer
(A)
$${2 \over 7}$$
6
Four numbers are chosen at random (without replacement) from the set $$\left\{ {1,2,3,....20} \right\}.$$
Statement - 1: The probability that the chosen numbers when arranged in some order will form an AP is $${1 \over {85}}.$$
Statement - 2: If the four chosen numbers form an AP, then the set of all possible values of common difference is $$\left( { \pm 1, \pm 2, \pm 3, \pm 4, \pm 5} \right).$$
Answer
(B)
Statement - 1 is true, Statement - 2 is false.
7
Solution of the differential equation
$$\cos x\,dy = y\left( {\sin x - y} \right)dx,\,\,0 < x <{\pi \over 2}$$ is :
Answer
(D)
$$\sec x = \left( {\tan x + c} \right)y$$
8
Let $$p(x)$$ be a function defined on $$R$$ such that $$p'(x)=p'(1-x),$$ for all $$x \in \left[ {0,1} \right],p\left( 0 \right) = 1$$ and $$p(1)=41.$$ Then $$\int\limits_0^1 {p\left( x \right)dx} $$ equals :
Answer
(A)
$$21$$
9
The area bounded by the curves $$y = \cos x$$ and $$y = \sin x$$ between the ordinates $$x=0$$ and $$x = {{3\pi } \over 2}$$ is
Answer
(D)
$$4\sqrt 2 - 2$$
10
The number of $$3 \times 3$$ non-singular matrices, with four entries as $$1$$ and all other entries as $$0$$, is :
Answer
(C)
at least $$7$$
11
Consider the system of linear equations;
$$$\matrix{
{{x_1} + 2{x_2} + {x_3} = 3} \cr
{2{x_1} + 3{x_2} + {x_3} = 3} \cr
{3{x_1} + 5{x_2} + 2{x_3} = 1} \cr
} $$$
The system has :
Answer
(C)
no solution
12
Let $$A$$ be a $$\,2 \times 2$$ matrix with non-zero entries and let $${A^2} = I,$$
where $$I$$ is $$2 \times 2$$ identity matrix. Define
$$Tr$$$$(A)=$$ sum of diagonal elements of $$A$$ and $$\left| A \right| = $$ determinant of matrix $$A$$.
Statement- 1: $$Tr$$$$(A)=0$$.
Statement- 2: $$\left| A \right| = 1$$ .
Answer
(B)
statement - 1 is true, statement - 2 is false.
13
Let $$f:R \to R$$ be a continuous function defined by
$$$f\left( x \right) = {1 \over {{e^x} + 2{e^{ - x}}}}$$$
Statement - 1 : $$f\left( c \right) = {1 \over 3},$$ for some $$c \in R$$.
Statement - 2 : $$0 < f\left( x \right) \le {1 \over {2\sqrt 2 }},$$ for all $$x \in R$$
Answer
(D)
Statement - 1 is true, Statement -2 is true; Statement -2 is a correct explanation for Statement - 1.
14
Let $$f:\left( { - 1,1} \right) \to R$$ be a differentiable function with $$f\left( 0 \right) = - 1$$ and $$f'\left( 0 \right) = 1$$. Let $$g\left( x \right) = {\left[ {f\left( {2f\left( x \right) + 2} \right)} \right]^2}$$. Then $$g'\left( 0 \right) = $$
Answer
(A)
$$-4$$
15
If two tangents drawn from a point $$P$$ to the parabola $${y^2} = 4x$$ are at right angles, then the locus of $$P$$ is
Answer
(B)
$$x=-1$$
16
The circle $${x^2} + {y^2} = 4x + 8y + 5$$ intersects the line $$3x - 4y = m$$ at two distinct points if :
Answer
(A)
$$ - 35 < m < 15$$
17
The line $$L$$ given by $${x \over 5} + {y \over b} = 1$$ passes through the point $$\left( {13,32} \right)$$. The line K is parrallel to $$L$$ and has the equation $${x \over c} + {y \over 3} = 1.$$ Then the distance between $$L$$ and $$K$$ is :
Answer
(C)
$${{23} \over {\sqrt {17} }}$$
18
A person is to count 4500 currency notes. Let $${a_n}$$ denote the number of notes he counts in the $${n^{th}}$$ minute. If $${a_1}$$ = $${a_2}$$ = ....= $${a_{10}}$$= 150 and $${a_{10}}$$, $${a_{11}}$$,.... are in an AP with common difference - 2, then the time taken by him to count all notes is
Answer
(A)
34 minutes
19
There are two urns. Urn A has 3 distinct red balls and urn B has 9 distinct blue balls. From each urn two balls are taken out at random and then transferred to the other. The number of ways in which this can be done is
Answer
(C)
108
20
If $$\alpha $$ and $$\beta $$ are the roots of the equation $${x^2} - x + 1 = 0,$$ then $${\alpha ^{2009}} + {\beta ^{2009}} = $$
Answer
(B)
$$\, 1$$
21
Let $$\cos \left( {\alpha + \beta } \right) = {4 \over 5}$$ and $$\sin \,\,\,\left( {\alpha - \beta } \right) = {5 \over {13}},$$ where $$0 \le \alpha ,\,\beta \le {\pi \over 4}.$$
Then $$tan\,2\alpha $$ =
Answer
(A)
$${56 \over 33}$$
22
A line $$AB$$ in three-dimensional space makes angles $${45^ \circ }$$ and $${120^ \circ }$$ with the positive $$x$$-axis and the positive $$y$$-axis respectively. If $$AB$$ makes an acute angle $$\theta $$ with the positive $$z$$-axis, then $$\theta $$ equals :
Answer
(B)
$${60^ \circ }$$
23
If the vectors $$\overrightarrow a = \widehat i - \widehat j + 2\widehat k,\,\,\,\,\,\overrightarrow b = 2\widehat i + 4\widehat j + \widehat k\,\,\,$$ and $$\,\overrightarrow c = \lambda \widehat i + \widehat j + \mu \widehat k$$ are mutually orthogonal, then $$\,\left( {\lambda ,\mu } \right)$$ is equal to :
Answer
(D)
$$(-3, 2)$$
24
Consider the following relations
$R=\{(x, y) \mid x, y$ are real numbers and $x=w y$ for some rational number $w\}$;
$S=\left\{\left(\frac{m}{n}, \frac{p}{q}\right) \mid m, n, p\right.$ and $q$ are integers such that $n, q \neq 0$ and $q m=p m\}$. Then
Answer
(C)
$S$ is an equivalence relation but $R$ is not an equivalence relation