JEE Main (AIEEE) 2010 Question Paper

JEE Main (AIEEE) Past Exam Question Paper 2010

Physics

1. A rectangular loop has a sliding connector PQ of length ℓ and resistance R Ω and it is moving with a speed v as shown. The set-up is placed in a uniform magnetic field going into the plane of the paper. The three currents I1, I2 and I are

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

Answer: (2)

2. Let C be the capacitance of a capacitor discharging through a resistor R. Suppose t₁ is the time taken for the energy stored in the capacitor to reduce to half its initial value and t2 is the time taken for the charge to reduce to one-fourth its initial value. Then the ratio t1/t2 will be

(1)  1

(2)  1/2

(3)  1/4

(4)  2

Answer: (3)

Directions: Questions number 3 – 4 contains Statement-1 and Statement-2. Of the four choices given after the statements, choose the one that best describes the two statements.

3. Statement1: Two particles moving in the same direction do not lose all their energy in a completely inelastic collision.

Statement2: Principle of conservation of momentum holds true for all kinds of collisions.

(1)  Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is the correct explanation of Statement-1

(2)  Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is not the correct explanation of Statement-1

(3)  Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true

(4)  Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false

Answer: (1)

4. Statement1: When ultraviolet light is incident on a photocell, its stopping potential is V0 and the maximum kinetic energy of the photoelectrons is Kmax. When the ultraviolet light is replaced by X-rays, both V0 and Kmax

Statement-2 : Photoelectrons are emitted with speeds ranging from zero to a maximum value because of the range of frequencies present in the incident light.

(1)  Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is the correct explanation of Statement-1

(2)  Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is not the correct explanation of Statement-1

(3)  Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true

(4)  Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false

Answer: (4)

5. A ball is made of a material of density ρ where ρoil < ρ< ρwater with ρoil and ρwater representing the densities of oil and water, respectively. The oil and water are immiscible. If the above ball is in equilibrium in a mixture of this oil and water, which of the following pictures represents its equilibrium position?

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

Answer: (2)

6. A particle is moving with velocity , where K is a constant. The general equation for its path is

(1)  y = x2 + constant

(2)  y2 = x + constant

(3)  xy = constant

(4)  y2 = x2 + constant

Answer: (4)

7. Two long parallel wires are at a distance 2d apart. They carry steady equal current flowing out of the plane of the paper as shown. The variation of the magnetic field along the line XX’ is given by

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

Answer: ()

8. In the circuit shown below, the key K is closed at t = 0. The current through the battery is

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

Answer: (2)

9. The figure shows the position – time (x – t) graph of one-dimensional motion of a body of mass 0.4 kg. The magnitude of each impulse is

(1)  0.4 Ns

(2)  0.8 Ns

(3)  1.6 Ns

(4)  0.2 Ns

Answer: (2)

Directions: Questions number 10 – 11 are based on the following paragraph.

A nucleus of mass M + ∆m is at rest and decays into two daughter nuclei of equal mass M/2 each. Speed of light is c.

10. The binding energy per nucleon for the parent nucleus is E₁ and that for the daughter nuclei is E2. Then

(1)  E2 = 2E1

(2)  E1 > E2

(3)  E2 > E1

(4)  E­1 = 2E2

Answer: (3)

11. The speed of daughter nuclei is

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

Answer: (2)

12. A radioactive nucleus (initial mass number A and atomic number Z) emits 3 α-particles and 2 positrons. The ratio of number of neutrons to that of protons in the final nucleus will be

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

Answer: (2)

13. A thin semi-circular ring of radius r has a positive charge q distributed uniformly over it. The net field  at the centre O is

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

Answer: (3)

14. The combination of gates shown below yields

(1)  OR gate

(2)  NOT gate

(3)  XOR gate

(4)  NAND gate

Answer: (1)

15. A diatomic ideal gas is used in a Car engine as the working substance. If during the adiabatic expansion part of the cycle, volume of the gas increases from V to 32V the efficiency of the engine is

(1)  0.5

(2)  0.75

(3)  0.99

(4)  0.25

Answer: (2)

16. If a source of power 4 kW produces 1020 photons/second, the radiation belong to a part of the spectrum called

(1)  X-rays

(2)  ultraviolet rays

(3)  microwaves

(4)  γ-rays

Answer: (1)

17. The respective number of significant figures for the numbers 23.023, 0.0003 and 2.1 × 103 are

(1)  5, 1, 2

(2)  5, 1, 5

(3)  5, 5, 2

(4)  4, 4, 2

Answer: (1)

18. In a series LCR circuit R = 200 Ω and the voltage and the frequency of the main supply is 220 V and 50 Hz respectively. On taking out the capacitance from the circuit the current lags behind the voltage by 30°. On taking out the inductor from the circuit the current leads the voltage by 30°. The power dissipated in the LCR circuit is

(1)  305 W

(2)  210 W

(3)  0 W

(4)  242 W

Answer: (4)

19. Let there be a spherically symmetric charge distribution with charge density varying as  up to r = R, and ρ(r) = 0 for r > R, where r is the distance from the origin. The electric field at a distance r(r < R) from the origin is given by

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

Answer: (2)

20. The potential energy function for the force between two atoms in a diatomic molecule is approximately given by , where a and b are constants and x is the distance between the atoms. If the dissociation energy of the molecule is D = [U(x = ∞) – Uat equilibrium], D is

(1)  b2/2a

(2)  b2/12a

(3)  b2/4a

(4)  b2/6a

Answer: (3)

21. Two identical charged spheres are suspended by strings of equal lengths. The strings make an angle of 30° with each other. When suspended in a liquid of density 0.8 g cm3, the angle remains the same. If density of the material of the sphere is 16 g cm3, the dielectric constant of the liquid is

(1)  4

(2)  3

(3)  2

(4)  1

Answer: (3)

22. Two conductors have the same resistance at 0°C but their temperature coefficients of resistance are α1 and α2. The respective temperature coefficients of their series and parallel combinations are nearly

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

Answer: (4)

23. A point P moves in counter-clockwise direction on a circular path as shown in the figure. The movement of ‘P’ is such that it sweeps out a length s = t3 + 5, where s is in metres and t is in seconds. The radius of the path is 20 m. The acceleration of ‘P’ when t = 2 s is nearly

(1)  13 m/s2

(2)  12 m/s2

(3)  7.2 m/s2

(4)  14 m/s2

Answer: (4)

24. Two fixed frictionless inclined plane making an angle 30° and 60° with the vertical are shown in the figure. Two block A and B are placed on the two planes. What is the relative vertical acceleration of A with respect to B?

(1)  4.9 ms2 in horizontal direction

(2)  9.8 ms2 in vertical direction

(3)  Zero

(4)  4.9 ms2 in vertical direction

Answer: (4)

25. For a particle in uniform circular motion the acceleration  at a point P(R,θ) on the circle of radius R is (here θ is measured from the x–axis)

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

Answer: (3)

Directions: Questions number 2628 are based on the following paragraph.

An initially parallel cylindrical beam travels in a medium of refractive index μ(I) = μ0+ μ2I , where μ0 and μ2 are positive constants and I is the intensity of the light beam. The intensity of the beam is decreasing with increasing radius.

26. As the beam enters the medium, it will

(1)  diverge

(2)  converge

(3)  diverge near the axis and converge near the periphery

(4)  travel as a cylindrical beam

Answer: (2)

27. The initial shape of the wave front of the beam is

(1)  convex

(2)  concave

(3)  convex near the axis and concave near the periphery

(4)  planar

Answer: (4)

28. The speed of light in the medium is

(1)  minimum on the axis of the beam

(2)  the same everywhere in the beam

(3)  directly proportional to the intensity I

(4)  maximum on the axis of the beam

Answer: (1)

29. A small particle of mass m is projected at an angle θ with the x-axis with an initial velocity v0 in the x-y plane as shown in the figure. At a time , the angular momentum of the particle is

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

where  are unit vectors along x, y and z-axis respectively.

Answer: ()

30. The equation of a wave on a string of linear mass density 0.04 kg m−1 is given by . The tension in the string is

(1)  4.0 N

(2)  12.5 N

(3)  0.5 N

(4)  6.25 N

Answer: (4)

Chemistry

31. The standard enthalpy of formation of NH₃ is –46.0 kJ mol–1. If the enthalpy of formation of H₂ from its atoms is –436 kJ mol–1 and that of N2 is –712 kJ mol–1, the average bond enthalpy of N–H bond in NH3 is

(1)  –964 kJ mol–1

(2)  +352 kJ mol–1

(3)  +1056 kJ mol–1

(4)  –1102 kJ mol–1

Answer: (2)

32. The time for half life period of a certain reaction A → products is 1 hour. When the initial concentration of the reactant ‘A’, is 2.0 mol L1, how much time does it take for its concentration to come from 0.50 to 0.25 mol L1 if it is a zero order reaction?

(1)  4 h

(2)  0.5 h

(3)  0.25 h

(4)  1 h

Answer: (3)

33. A solution containing 2.675 g of CoCl3 . 6 NH3 (molar mass = 267.5 g mol−1) is passed through a cation exchanger. The chloride ions obtained in solution were treated with excess of AgNO3 to give 4.78 g of AgCl (molar mass = 143.5 g mol−1). The formula of the complex is (At. Mass of Ag=108u)

(1)  [Co(NH3)6]Cl3

(2)  [CoCl2(NH3)4]Cl

(3)  [CoCl3(NH3)3]

(4)  [CoCl(NH3)5]Cl2

Answer: (1)

34. Consider the reaction:

Cl2(aq) + H2S(aq) → S(s) + 2H+(aq) + 2Cl (aq)

The rate equation for this reaction is rate = k [Cl2] [H2S]

Which of these mechanisms is/are consistent with this rate equation?

(A)  Cl2 + H2 → H+ + Cl + Cl+ + HS                 (slow)

Cl+ + HS → H+ + Cl + S                             (fast)

(B) H2S ⇔ H+ + HS                                            (fast equilibrium)

Cl2 + HS → 2Cl + H+ + S                           (slow)

(1)  B only

(2)  Both A and B

(3)  Neither A nor B

(4)  A only

Answer: (4)

35. If 10−4 dm3 of water is introduced into a 1.0 dm3 flask to 300 K, how many moles of water are in the vapour phase when equilibrium is established?

(Given: Vapour pressure of H2O at 300 K is 3170 Pa; R = 8.314 J K−1 mol−1)

(1)  5.56 × 10−3 mol

(2)  1.53 × 10−2 mol

(3)  4.46 × 10−2 mol

(4)  1.27 × 10−3 mol

Answer: (4)

36. One mole of a symmetrical alkene on ozonolysis gives two moles of an aldehyde having a molecular mass of 44 u. The alkene is

(1)  propene

(2)  1–butene

(3)  2–butene

(4)  ethene

Answer: (3)

37. If sodium sulphate is considered to be completely dissociated into cations and anions in aqueous solution, the change in freezing point of water (∆Tf), when 0.01 mol of sodium sulphate is dissolved in 1 kg of water, is (Kf = 1.86 K kg mol−1)

(1)  0.0372 K

(2)  0.0558 K

(3)  0.0744 K

(4)  0.0186 K

Answer: (2)

38. From amongst the following alcohols the one that would react fastest with conc. HCl and anhydrous ZnCl2, is

(1)  2–Butanol

(2)  2–Methylpropan–2–ol

(3)  2–Methylpropanol

(4)  1–Butanol

Answer: (2)

39. In the chemical reactions,

(1)  nitrobenzene and fluorobenzene

(2)  phenol and benzene

(3)  benzene diazonium chloride and fluorobenzene

(4)  nitrobenzene and chlorobenzene

Answer: (3)

40. 29.5 mg of an organic compound containing nitrogen was digested according to Kjeldahl’s method and the evolved ammonia was absorbed in 20 mL of 0.1 M HCl solution. The excess of the acid required 15 mL of 0.1 M NaOH solution for complete neutralization. The percentage of nitrogen in the compound is

(1)  59.0

(2)  47.4

(3)  23.7

(4)  29.5

Answer: (3)

41. The energy required to break one mole of Cl–Cl bonds in Cl2 is 242 kJ mol−1. The longest wavelength of light capable of breaking a single Cl – Cl bond is

(c = 3 x 108 ms−1 and NA = 6.02 x 1023 mol−1)

(1)  594 nm

(2)  640 nm

(3)  700 nm

(4)  494 nm

Answer: (4)

42. Ionization energy of He+ is 19.6 x 10−18 J atom−1. The energy of the first stationary state (n = 1) of Li2+is

(1)  4.41 × 1016 J atom1

(2)  −4.41 × 1017 J atom1

(3)  −2.2 × 1015 J atom1

(4)  8.82 × 1017 J atom1

Answer: (2)

43. Consider the following bromides:

Consider the following bromides:

(1)  B > C > A

(2)  B > A > C

(3)  C > B > A

(4)  A > B > C

Answer: (1)

44. Which one of the following has an optical isomer?

(1)  [Zn(en) (NH­32]2+

(2)  [Co(en)3]3+

(3)  [Co(H2O)4(en)]3+

(4)  [Zn(en)2]2+

Answer: (2)

45. On mixing, heptane and octane form an ideal solution. At 373 K, the vapour pressures of the two liquid components (heptane and octane) are 105 kPa and 45 kPa respectively. Vapour pressure of the solution obtained by mixing 25.0g of heptane and 35 g of octane will be (molar mass of heptane = 100 g mol−1 an dof octane = 114 g mol−1).

(1)  72.0 k Pa

(2)  36.1 k Pa

(3)  96.2 k Pa

(4)  144.5 k Pa

Answer: (1)

46. The main product of the following reaction is

(1) 

(2)

(3) 

(4) 

Answer: (1)

47. Three reactions involving H2PO4 are given below:

In which of the above does H2PO4 act as an acid?

(1)  (ii) only

(2)  (i) and (ii)

(3)  (iii) only

(4)  (i) only

Answer: (1)

48. In aqueous solution the ionization constants for carbonic acid are

K1 = 4.2 × 10−7 and K2 = 4.8 × 10−11

(1)  The concentration of CO32 is 0.034 M

(2)  The concentration of CO32 is greater than that of HCO3

(3)  The concentration of H+ and HCO3 are approximately equal

(4)  The concentration of H+ is double that of CO32

Answer: (3)

49. The edge length of a face centered cubic cell of an ionic substance is 508 pm. If the radius of the cation is 110 pm, the radius of the anion is

(1)  288 pm

(2)  398 pm

(3)  618 pm

(4)  144 pm

Answer: (4)

50. The correct order of increasing basicity of the given conjugate bases (R = CH3) is

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

Answer: (4)

51. The correct sequence which shows decreasing order of the ionic radii of the elements is

(1)  Al3+ > Mg2+ < Na+ < F < O2

(2)  Na+ > Mg2+ > Al3+ > O2 > F

(3)  Na+ > F > Mg2+ > O2 > Al3+

(4)  O2 > F > Na+ > Mg2+ > Al3+

Answer: (4)

52. Solubility product of silver bromide is 5.0 × 10−13. The quantity of potassium bromide (molar mass taken as 120 g of mol−1) to be added to 1 litre of 0.05 M solution of silver nitrate to start the precipitation of AgBr is

(1)  1.2 × 10−10 g

(2)  1.2 × 10−9 g

(3)  6.2 × 10−5 g

(4)  5.0 × 10−8 g

Answer: (2)

53. The Gibbs energy for the decomposition of Al2O3 at 500°C is as follows:

The potential difference needed for electrolytic reduction of Al2O3 at 500°C is at least

(1)  4.5 V

(2)  3.0 V

(3)  2.5 V

(4)  5.0 V

Answer: (3)

54. At 25°C, the solubility product of Mg(OH)₂ is 1.0 × 10−11. At which pH, will Mg2+ ions start precipitating in the form of Mg(OH)2 from a solution of 0.001 M Mg2+ ions?

(1)  9

(2)  10

(3)  11

(4)  8

Answer: (2)

55. Percentage of free space in cubic close packed structure and in body centred packed structure are respectively

(1)  30% and 26%

(2)  26% and 32%

(3)  32% and 48%

(4)  48% and 26%

Answer: (2)

56. Out of the following, the alkene that exhibits optical isomerism is

(1)  3–methyl–2–pentene

(2)  4–methyl–1–pentene

(3)  3–methyl–1–pentene

(4)  2–methyl–2–pentene

Answer: (3)

57. Biuret test is not given by

(1)  carbohydrates

(2)  polypeptides

(3)  urea

(4)  proteins

Answer: (1)

58. The correct order of  values with negative sign for the four successive elements Cr, Mn, Fe and Co is

(1)  Mn > Cr > Fe > Co

(2)  Cr > Fe > Mn > Co

(3)  Fe > Mn > Cr > Co

(4)  Cr > Mn > Fe > Co

Answer: (1)

59. The polymer containing strong intermolecular forces e.g. hydrogen bonding, is

(1)  teflon

(2)  nylon 6, 6

(3)  polystyrene

(4)  natural rubber

Answer: (2)

60. For a particular reversible reaction at temperature T, ∆H and ∆S were found to be both +ve. If Te is the temperature at equilibrium, the reaction would be spontaneous when

(1)  Te > T

(2)  T > Te

(3)  Te is 5 times T

(4)  T = Te

Answer: (1)

Mathematics

61. Let cos (α + β) = 4/5 and let sin (α- β) = 5/13, where 0 ≤α, β≤π/4, then tan 2α =

(1)  56/33

(2)  19/12

(3)  20/7

(4)  25/16

Answer: (1)

62. Let S be a non-empty subset of R. Consider the following statement:

P: There is a rational number x ∈ S such that x > 0.

Which of the following statements is the negation of the statement P?

(1)  There is no rational number x ∈S such that x ≤ 0

(2)  Every rational number x ∈S satisfies x ≤ 0

(3)  x ∈S and x ≤ 0 ⇒x is not rational

(4)  There is a rational number x ∈S such that x ≤ 0

Answer: (2)

63. Let  Then vector  is

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

Answer: (4)

64. The equation of the tangent to the curve  that is parallel to the x-axis, is

(1)  y = 1

(2)  y = 2

(3)  y = 3

(4)  y = 0

Answer: (3)

65. Solution of the differential equation cos x dy = y (sin x – y) dx,  is

(1)  y sec x = tan x + c

(2)  y tan x = sec x + c

(3)  tan x = (sec x + c)y

(4)  sec x = (tan x + c)y

Answer: (4)

66. The area bounded by the curves y = cos x and y = sin x between the ordinates x = 0 and x =3π/2 is

(1)  4√2 + 2

(2)  4√2 – 1

(3)  4√2 + 1

(4)  4√2 – 2

Answer: (4)

67. If two tangents drawn from a point P to the parabola y2 = 4x are at right angles, then the locus of P is

(1)  2x + 1 = 0

(2)  x = −1

(3)  2x – 1 = 0

(4)  x = 1

Answer: (2)

68. If the vectors  are mutually orthogonal, the (λ, μ) =

(1)  (2, –3)

(2)  (–2, 3)

(3)  (3, –2)

(4)  (–3, 2)

Answer: (4)

69. Consider the following relations:

R = {(x, y) | x, y are real numbers and x = wy for some rational number w};

Then

(1)  Neither R nor S is an equivalence relation

(2)  S is an equivalence relation but R is not an equivalence relation

(3)  R and S both are equivalence relations

(4)  R is an equivalence relation but S is not an equivalence relation

Answer: (2)

70. Let f: R → R be defined by  If f has a local minimum at x = –1, then a possible value of k is

(1)  0

(2)  −1/2

(3)  −1

(4)  1

Answer: (3)

71. The number of 3×3 non-singular matrices, with four entries as 1 and all other entries as 0, is

(1)  5

(2)  6

(3)  at least 7

(4)  less than 4

Answer: (3)

Directions: Questions Number 72 to 76 are Assertion – Reason type questions. Each of these questions contains two statements.

Statement1: (Assertion) and Statement2: (Reason)

Each of these questions also has four alternative choices, only one of which is the correct answer. You have to select the correct choice.

72. Four numbers are chosen at random (without replacement) from the set {1, 2, 3, ….., 20}.

Statement-1: The probability that the chosen numbers when arranged in some order will form an AP is 1/ 85.

Statement-2: If the four chosen numbers from an AP, then the set of all possible values of common difference is {±1, ±2, ±3, ±4, ±5}.

(1)  Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is not the correct explanation for Statement-1

(2)  Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false

(3)  Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true

(4)  Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is the correct explanation for Statement-1

Answer: (2)

73. Statement1: The point A (3, 1, 6) is the mirror image of the point B (1, 3, 4) in the plane x – y + z = 5.

Statement-2: The plane x – y + z = 5 bisects the line segment joining A (3, 1, 6) and B (1, 3, 4).

(1)  Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is not the correct explanation for Statement-1

(2)  Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false

(3)  Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true

(4)  Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is the correct explanation for Statement-1

Answer: (1)

74. 

Statement-1: S3 = 55 × 29

Statement-2: S1 = 90 × 28 and S2 = 10 × 28

(1)  Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is not the correct explanation for Statement-1

(2)  Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false

(3)  Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true

(4)  Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is the correct explanation for Statement-1

Answer: (4)

75. Let A be a 2 × 2 matrix with non-zero entries and let A2 = I, where I is 2 × 2 identity matrix. Define Tr(A) = sum of diagonal elements of A and |A| = determinant of matrix A.

Statement-1: Tr(A) = 0

Statement-2: |A| = 1

(1)  Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is not the correct explanation for Statement-1

(2)  Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false

(3)  Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true

(4)  Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is the correct explanation for Statement-1

Answer: (2)

76. Let f: R → R be a continuous function defined by 

Statement-1: f(c) = 1/3, for some c ∈ R.

Statement-2:  for all x ∈ R

(1)  Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is not the correct explanation for Statement-1

(2)  Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false

(3)  Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true

(4)  Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is the correct explanation for Statement-1

Answer: (4)

77. For a regular polygon, let r and R be the radii of the inscribed and the circumscribed circles. A false statement among the following is

(1)  There is a regular polygon with 

(2)  There is a regular polygon with 

(3)  There is a regular polygon with 

(4)  There is a regular polygon with 

Answer: (2)

78. If α and β are the roots of the equation x2 – x + 1 = 0, then α2009 + β2009 =

(1)  −1

(2)  1

(3)  2

(4)  −2

Answer: (2)

79. The number of complex numbers z such that |z – 1| = |z + 1| = |z – i| equals

(1)  1

(2)  2

(3)  ∞

(4)  0

Answer: (1)

80. A line AB in three-dimensional space makes angles 45° and 120° with the positive x-axis and the positive y-axis respectively. If AB makes an acute angle θ with the positive z-axis, then θ equals

(1)  45°

(2)  60°

(3)  75°

(4)  30°

Answer: (2)

81. The line L given by  passes through the point (13, 32). The line K is parallel to L and has the equation  Then the distance between L and K is

(1)  √17

(2)  17/√15

(3)  23/√17

(4)  23/√15

Answer: (3)

82. A person is to count 4500 currency notes. Let an denote the number of notes he counts in the nth minute. If a1 = a2 = …… = a10 = 150 and a10, a11, …… are in A.P. with common difference –2, then the time taken by him to count all notes is

(1)  34 minutes

(2)  125 minutes

(3)  135 minutes

(4)  24 minutes

Answer: (1)

83. Let f: R →R be a positive increasing function with

(1)  2/3

(2)  3/2

(3)  3

(4)  1

Answer: (1)

84. Let p(x) be a function defined on R such that p'(x) = p'(1 – x), for all x ∈ [0, 1], p (0) = 1 and p (1) = 41.

(1)  21

(2)  41

(3)  42

(4)  √41

Answer: (1)

85. Let f: (–1, 1) →R be a differentiable function with f(0) = –1 and f'(0) = 1. Let g(x) = [f(2f(x) + 2)]2. Then g'(0) =

(1)  –4

(2)  0

(3)  –2

(4)  4

Answer: (1)

86. 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

(1)  36

(2)  66

(3)  108

(4)  3

Answer: (3)

87. Consider the system of linear equations:

x1 + 2x2 + x3 = 3

2x1 + 3x2 + x3 = 3

3x1 + 5x2 + 2x3 = 1

The system has

(1)  exactly 3 solutions

(2)  a unique solution

(3)  no solution

(4)  infinite number of solutions

Answer: (3)

88. 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 colour is

(1)  2/7

(2)  1/21

(3)  2/23

(4)  1/3

Answer: (1)

89. 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

(1)  11/2

(2)  6

(3)  13/2

(4)  5/2

Answer: (1)

90. The circle x2 + y2 = 4x + 8y + 5 intersects the line 3x – 4y = m at two distinct points if

(1)  –35 < m < 15

(2)  15 < m < 65

(3)  35 < m < 85

(4)  –85 < m < –35

Answer: (1)

Latest Govt Job & Exam Updates:

View Full List ...

© Copyright Entrance India - Engineering and Medical Entrance Exams in India | Website Maintained by Firewall Firm - IT Monteur