MATHEMATICS PAPER I (ADVANCED)

PART III : MATHEMATICS

SECTION I: (SINGLE CHOICE QUESTIONS)
This section contains 10 multiple choice questions. Each question has four choices
(A), (B), (C) or (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.
x

41.

Let f x be a continuous function which takes positive values for x 0 and

with

1
f 1 . Then the value of f
2

(a) 1
42.

0 f t dt x

2 1 is

(b) 2

(c) 4

(d)

1
4

The number of points

the circle x 2 y 3 8 such that the equation

x2 b x c 0
(a) 1

(c) 3

b, c lying on
has real roots is b, c R
(b) 2

(d) 4

1
tan x
then lim f x x 2 f x (where [.] denotes the greatest integer function and
x 0
x
{.} denotes fractional part).
(a) 3
(b) log 3
(c) e3
(d) Does not exist

43.

If f x

44.

The number of possible triplets x, y, z of positive integers, satisfying 2 x 2 y 2 z 2336 is

(a) 72
(b) 6
(c) 3
(d) 18
1

45.

f x

Let f x be continuous function on 0,1 and if

f x dx 1,

Then the number of roots of f x 0 in 0,1 is _____

(a) exactly one
(b) atleast one
(c) atmost one

xf x dx 2 and x 2 f x dx 3 .
0

(d) zero

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46.

If f x be positive, continuous and differentiable on the interval a, b . If

lim f x 1 and

xa

1
3
1
lim f x 3 4 also f ' x f x
then
f x
xb

(a) b a

24

(b) b a

24

(c) b a

12

(d) b a

24

47.

a
Consider t 2 8t 13 dt x sin and a, x R 0 x takes the values for which the equation

x
0

has a real solution, then the number of values of a 0,100 is ___

(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
48.

If f x sgn sin 2 x sin x 1 has exactly four points of discontinuity for x 0, n n N then n
can be
(a) only 4

(b) 4 or 5

(c) only 5

(d) 5 or 6

49.

All the digits 1 to 9 are permutated for any permutation, the nine digits occupy positions 1 to 9 in
some order, what is the probability of choosing a nine digit number such that the product of the digits
of any six consecutive positions is divisible by 35.
1
5
7
1
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
12
12
12
4

50.

If t is real and

t 2 3t 4
then the equations 3 x y 4 z 3 ,
t 2 3t 4
x 2 y 3z 2, 6 x 5 y z 3 has _________ real solutions.
(a) one for any possible
(b) two for any possible
(c) infinitely many for some
(d) no solution for some possible
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SECTION II: (MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS)
This section contains 5 multiple choice questions. Each question has four choices (A),
(B), (C) or (D) out of which ONE or MORE is/are correct.
51.

Which of the following statement (s) is/are true?

(a) maximum value of P such that 3P divides 100! is 48
(b) maximum value of P such that 3P divides 50! is 22
(c) maximum value of P such that 3P divides 99 97 95 ......... 51 is 14
(d) maximum value of P such that 3P divides 25! is 10

52.

Which of the following is/are true?

(a) 56 5C1.46 5C2 .36 5C3 .26 5C4 .16 6C2 . 5
(b) 65 6C1.55 6C2 .45 6C3 .35 6C4 .25 6C1.15 0
(c) 66 6C1.56 6C2 .46 6C3 .36 6C4 .26 6C5 .16 720
(d) 65 6C1.55 6C2 .45 6C3.35 6C4 .25 6C5 .15 5C2 . 6

53.

Let x, y, z be positive reals. Then

4 9 16
(a) 81 if x y z 1
x y z

x
y
z
3

yz zx x y 2
1 1 1
(c) If x y z 1, then 1 x 1 y 1 z 0 (d) If x y z 1, then 9
x y z
54.

(b)

Let An be a n n matrix in which diagonal elements are 1, 2,3,....., n

i.e., a11 1, a22 2, a33 3,....., a ii i,......a nn n and all other elements are equal to ' n ' then

55.

(a) A n is singular for all ' n '

(b) A n is nonsingular for all ' n '

(c) det .A5 120

(d) det . An 0

Let f : R R, such that f " x 2 f ' x f x 2 e x and f ' x 0, x R, then which of the
following can be correct
(a) f x f x , x R
(b) f x f x , x R
(c) f 3 5

(d) f 3 7
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SECTION III: INTEGER VALUE CORRECT TYPE
This section contains 5 questions. The answer to each question is a single digit
integer, ranging from 0 to 9 (both inclusive)
56.

57.

58.

Suppose a cubic polynomial f(x) = x3 + px2 + qx + 72 is divisible by both x2 + ax + b and x2 + bx + a

(where a, b, p, q are constants and a b ), then the value of p is
2 i /2
2 i/ 6
2 i5 / 6
Consider a triangle having vertices at the points A
e , B
e
e
, C
. Let P
3

be any point on its incircle, then the value of AP2 + BP2 + CP2 is

sgn x 2 log e x , 1 x 3
If f x 2
3 x 3.5
x ,
where [.] denotes the greatest integer function and {.} represents the fractional part function, then the
number of integral points of discontinuity is

x 2 y 1 z

; 2x + 3y 5z 6 = 0 =
2
3
4
3x 2y z + 3 is K, then 3 K is equal to (where [.] denotes greatest integer function)

59.

If the length of the shortest distance between the lines

60.

ABCD and PQRS are two variable rectangles, such that A, B, C and D lie on PQ, QR, RS and SP
x
respectively and perimeter x of ABCD is constant. If the maximum area of PQRS is 32, then
4
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