JEE MAIN - Mathematics (2024 - 4th April Evening Shift)

1
Consider a hyperbola $$\mathrm{H}$$ having centre at the origin and foci on the $$\mathrm{x}$$-axis. Let $$\mathrm{C}_1$$ be the circle touching the hyperbola $$\mathrm{H}$$ and having the centre at the origin. Let $$\mathrm{C}_2$$ be the circle touching the hyperbola $$\mathrm{H}$$ at its vertex and having the centre at one of its foci. If areas (in sq units) of $$C_1$$ and $$C_2$$ are $$36 \pi$$ and $$4 \pi$$, respectively, then the length (in units) of latus rectum of $$\mathrm{H}$$ is
Answer
(A)
$$\frac{28}{3}$$
2
If the coefficients of $$x^4, x^5$$ and $$x^6$$ in the expansion of $$(1+x)^n$$ are in the arithmetic progression, then the maximum value of $$n$$ is:
Answer
(D)
14
3
The value of $$\frac{1 \times 2^2+2 \times 3^2+\ldots+100 \times(101)^2}{1^2 \times 2+2^2 \times 3+\ldots .+100^2 \times 101}$$ is
Answer
(A)
$$\frac{305}{301}$$
4

If the function

$$f(x)= \begin{cases}\frac{72^x-9^x-8^x+1}{\sqrt{2}-\sqrt{1+\cos x}}, & x \neq 0 \\ a \log _e 2 \log _e 3 & , x=0\end{cases}$$

is continuous at $$x=0$$, then the value of $$a^2$$ is equal to

Answer
(C)
1152
5
Let $$\mathrm{P}$$ be the point of intersection of the lines $$\frac{x-2}{1}=\frac{y-4}{5}=\frac{z-2}{1}$$ and $$\frac{x-3}{2}=\frac{y-2}{3}=\frac{z-3}{2}$$. Then, the shortest distance of $$\mathrm{P}$$ from the line $$4 x=2 y=z$$ is
Answer
(A)
$$\frac{3 \sqrt{14}}{7}$$
6
Let $$f(x)=3 \sqrt{x-2}+\sqrt{4-x}$$ be a real valued function. If $$\alpha$$ and $$\beta$$ are respectively the minimum and the maximum values of $$f$$, then $$\alpha^2+2 \beta^2$$ is equal to
Answer
(A)
42
7
Let $$f(x)=\int_0^x\left(t+\sin \left(1-e^t\right)\right) d t, x \in \mathbb{R}$$. Then, $$\lim _\limits{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{f(x)}{x^3}$$ is equal to
Answer
(B)
$$-\frac{1}{6}$$
8
The area (in sq. units) of the region described by $$ \left\{(x, y): y^2 \leq 2 x \text {, and } y \geq 4 x-1\right\} $$ is
Answer
(A)
$$\frac{9}{32}$$
9
Given that the inverse trigonometric function assumes principal values only. Let $$x, y$$ be any two real numbers in $$[-1,1]$$ such that $$\cos ^{-1} x-\sin ^{-1} y=\alpha, \frac{-\pi}{2} \leq \alpha \leq \pi$$. Then, the minimum value of $$x^2+y^2+2 x y \sin \alpha$$ is
Answer
(A)
0
10
For $$\lambda>0$$, let $$\theta$$ be the angle between the vectors $$\vec{a}=\hat{i}+\lambda \hat{j}-3 \hat{k}$$ and $$\vec{b}=3 \hat{i}-\hat{j}+2 \hat{k}$$. If the vectors $$\vec{a}+\vec{b}$$ and $$\vec{a}-\vec{b}$$ are mutually perpendicular, then the value of (14 cos $$\theta)^2$$ is equal to
Answer
(A)
25
11
Let $$y=y(x)$$ be the solution of the differential equation $$(x^2+4)^2 d y+(2 x^3 y+8 x y-2) d x=0$$. If $$y(0)=0$$, then $$y(2)$$ is equal to
Answer
(D)
$$\frac{\pi}{32}$$
12

If the mean of the following probability distribution of a radam variable $$\mathrm{X}$$ :

$$\mathrm{X}$$ 0 2 4 6 8
$$\mathrm{P(X)}$$ $$a$$ $$2a$$ $$a+b$$ $$2b$$ $$3b$$

is $$\frac{46}{9}$$, then the variance of the distribution is

Answer
(B)
$$\frac{566}{81}$$
13
Let $$P Q$$ be a chord of the parabola $$y^2=12 x$$ and the midpoint of $$P Q$$ be at $$(4,1)$$. Then, which of the following point lies on the line passing through the points $$\mathrm{P}$$ and $$\mathrm{Q}$$ ?
Answer
(B)
$$\left(\frac{1}{2},-20\right)$$
14
Let $$\mathrm{C}$$ be a circle with radius $$\sqrt{10}$$ units and centre at the origin. Let the line $$x+y=2$$ intersects the circle $$\mathrm{C}$$ at the points $$\mathrm{P}$$ and $$\mathrm{Q}$$. Let $$\mathrm{MN}$$ be a chord of $$\mathrm{C}$$ of length 2 unit and slope $$-1$$. Then, a distance (in units) between the chord PQ and the chord $$\mathrm{MN}$$ is
Answer
(A)
$$3-\sqrt{2}$$
15
The area (in sq. units) of the region $$S=\{z \in \mathbb{C}:|z-1| \leq 2 ;(z+\bar{z})+i(z-\bar{z}) \leq 2, \operatorname{lm}(z) \geq 0\}$$ is
Answer
(B)
$$\frac{3 \pi}{2}$$
16
If the value of the integral $$\int\limits_{-1}^1 \frac{\cos \alpha x}{1+3^x} d x$$ is $$\frac{2}{\pi}$$.Then, a value of $$\alpha$$ is
Answer
(A)
$$\frac{\pi}{2}$$
17
Let three real numbers $$a, b, c$$ be in arithmetic progression and $$a+1, b, c+3$$ be in geometric progression. If $$a>10$$ and the arithmetic mean of $$a, b$$ and $$c$$ is 8, then the cube of the geometric mean of $$a, b$$ and $$c$$ is
Answer
(A)
120
18

Let a relation $$\mathrm{R}$$ on $$\mathrm{N} \times \mathbb{N}$$ be defined as: $$\left(x_1, y_1\right) \mathrm{R}\left(x_2, y_2\right)$$ if and only if $$x_1 \leq x_2$$ or $$y_1 \leq y_2$$. Consider the two statements:

(I) $$\mathrm{R}$$ is reflexive but not symmetric.

(II) $$\mathrm{R}$$ is transitive

Then which one of the following is true?

Answer
(D)
Only (I) is correct.
19
Let $$A=\left[\begin{array}{ll}1 & 2 \\ 0 & 1\end{array}\right]$$ and $$B=I+\operatorname{adj}(A)+(\operatorname{adj} A)^2+\ldots+(\operatorname{adj} A)^{10}$$. Then, the sum of all the elements of the matrix $$B$$ is:
Answer
(D)
$$-$$88
20
Let $$\vec{a}=\hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k}, \vec{b}=2 \hat{i}+4 \hat{j}-5 \hat{k}$$ and $$\vec{c}=x \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}, x \in \mathbb{R}$$. If $$\vec{d}$$ is the unit vector in the direction of $$\vec{b}+\vec{c}$$ such that $$\vec{a} \cdot \vec{d}=1$$, then $$(\vec{a} \times \vec{b}) \cdot \vec{c}$$ is equal to
Answer
(C)
11
21
Let $$S=\left\{\sin ^2 2 \theta:\left(\sin ^4 \theta+\cos ^4 \theta\right) x^2+(\sin 2 \theta) x+\left(\sin ^6 \theta+\cos ^6 \theta\right)=0\right.$$ has real roots $$\}$$. If $$\alpha$$ and $$\beta$$ be the smallest and largest elements of the set $$S$$, respectively, then $$3\left((\alpha-2)^2+(\beta-1)^2\right)$$ equals __________.
Answer
4
22
If $$\int \operatorname{cosec}^5 x d x=\alpha \cot x \operatorname{cosec} x\left(\operatorname{cosec}^2 x+\frac{3}{2}\right)+\beta \log _x\left|\tan \frac{x}{2}\right|+\mathrm{C}$$ where $$\alpha, \beta \in \mathbb{R}$$ and $$\mathrm{C}$$ is the constant of integration, then the value of $$8(\alpha+\beta)$$ equals _________.
Answer
1
23
Let $$A$$ be a $$2 \times 2$$ symmetric matrix such that $$A\left[\begin{array}{l}1 \\ 1\end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{l}3 \\ 7\end{array}\right]$$ and the determinant of $$A$$ be 1 . If $$A^{-1}=\alpha A+\beta I$$, where $$I$$ is an identity matrix of order $$2 \times 2$$, then $$\alpha+\beta$$ equals _________.
Answer
5
24
Consider a triangle $$\mathrm{ABC}$$ having the vertices $$\mathrm{A}(1,2), \mathrm{B}(\alpha, \beta)$$ and $$\mathrm{C}(\gamma, \delta)$$ and angles $$\angle A B C=\frac{\pi}{6}$$ and $$\angle B A C=\frac{2 \pi}{3}$$. If the points $$\mathrm{B}$$ and $$\mathrm{C}$$ lie on the line $$y=x+4$$, then $$\alpha^2+\gamma^2$$ is equal to _______.
Answer
14
25
In a tournament, a team plays 10 matches with probabilities of winning and losing each match as $$\frac{1}{3}$$ and $$\frac{2}{3}$$ respectively. Let $$x$$ be the number of matches that the team wins, and $y$ be the number of matches that team loses. If the probability $$\mathrm{P}(|x-y| \leq 2)$$ is $$p$$, then $$3^9 p$$ equals _________.
Answer
8288
26
Consider the function $$f: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$$ defined by $$f(x)=\frac{2 x}{\sqrt{1+9 x^2}}$$. If the composition of $$f, \underbrace{(f \circ f \circ f \circ \cdots \circ f)}_{10 \text { times }}(x)=\frac{2^{10} x}{\sqrt{1+9 \alpha x^2}}$$, then the value of $$\sqrt{3 \alpha+1}$$ is equal to _______.
Answer
1024
27
Let $$y=y(x)$$ be the solution of the differential equation $$(x+y+2)^2 d x=d y, y(0)=-2$$. Let the maximum and minimum values of the function $$y=y(x)$$ in $$\left[0, \frac{\pi}{3}\right]$$ be $$\alpha$$ and $$\beta$$, respectively. If $$(3 \alpha+\pi)^2+\beta^2=\gamma+\delta \sqrt{3}, \gamma, \delta \in \mathbb{Z}$$, then $$\gamma+\delta$$ equals _________.
Answer
31
28
Let $$f: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$$ be a thrice differentiable function such that $$f(0)=0, f(1)=1, f(2)=-1, f(3)=2$$ and $$f(4)=-2$$. Then, the minimum number of zeros of $$\left(3 f^{\prime} f^{\prime \prime}+f f^{\prime \prime \prime}\right)(x)$$ is __________.
Answer
5
29
Consider a line $$\mathrm{L}$$ passing through the points $$\mathrm{P}(1,2,1)$$ and $$\mathrm{Q}(2,1,-1)$$. If the mirror image of the point $$\mathrm{A}(2,2,2)$$ in the line $$\mathrm{L}$$ is $$(\alpha, \beta, \gamma)$$, then $$\alpha+\beta+6 \gamma$$ is equal to __________.
Answer
6
30
There are 4 men and 5 women in Group A, and 5 men and 4 women in Group B. If 4 persons are selected from each group, then the number of ways of selecting 4 men and 4 women is ________.
Answer
5626