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DATE:. 12.04.14 P RACTICE T EST A T H OME (1) T IME :- 1.00 hr.
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Only One Option is Correct.

1. Let a, b, c  R such that abc  p and qa  b  0, where p and q are fixed positive numbers,
then the minimum distance of the point (a,b,c) from origin in the three dimensional
coordinate system, is
1/ 3 1/ 3
 p q2  1
3
    p q2  1
3
  
(A)  2q  (B)  q 
   
1/ 2
1/ 3 p
(C) 3 p (D) 3 
q

2 2 2 2 2 2
2. If  a  a '    a  b '    c  c '   p and  ab '  a 'b    bc ' b ' c    ca '  c 'a   q , then the
perpendicular distance of the line ax  by  cz  1, a ' x  b ' y  c ' z  1 from origin, is

p q p q
(A) (B) (C) (D)
q p q p

x 3
1  dx , is
3.  x 4

 1  x  1

1 1 1 1
(A)
4
 
In 1  x 4  In 1  x 3  c
3
  (B)
4
 
In 1  x 4  In 1  x 3  c
3
 
1 1
(C)
4
 
In 1  x 4  In 1  x   c (D)
4
 
In 1  x 4  In 1  x   c

4. Let there be three sketch pens of different colours. A regular pentagon with unit side length
is to be drawn using these pens. Exactly one of the colours is used to draw a side of the
pentagon and atleast two colours are used to make the complete pentagon. The total
number of ways, is
(A) 39 (B) 48 (C) 51 (D) 30

2 3
5. Let ABC be a triangle such that cos A  and cosB  , then
3 4
(A) ABC is an acute angled triangle
(B) tan A  tanB  tanC  3 3
(C) orthocentre of the triangle lies outside its circumcircle
(D) cos 2 A  cos2 B  cos2 C  1

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6. If the equation x 3  bx 2  cx  1  0 ,  b  c  , has only one real root  . Then the value of

 
2 tan 1  cos ec   tan1 2 sin  sec 2  , is

 
(A)  (B)  (C) (D) 
2 2

2 3 1
7. If the equation ax  bx  c  x  ,  a,b,c  0  has only real roots, then
x
(A) the maximum value of a is  5 
(B) when ‘a’ takes its maximum value, then a, b, c are in A.P
(C) when all the roots are integers, the value of ‘ a  b  c ’ is  14 
(D) none of these

More than One Option may be Correct.

8. The volume of the parallelopiped whose conterminous edges are respresented by the
       4  
 
vectors 2b  c,3c  a and 4a  b where a  1  sin   j  sin  2  k,
 3 
  2    2    4  
b  sin     i  cos     j  sin  2  k,
 3   3   3 
  2    2    4  
c  sin     i  cos     j  sin  2  k is 18 cubic units, then the values of  , in
 3   3   3 

 
the interval  0,  , is/are
 2
 2  4
(A) (B) (C) (D)
9 9 3 9

2 5 1
9. Considering the equation   where x, y  N . The number of solutions of the
x y 3
equation, is
(A) 6, if both x and y are even
(B) 6, if both x and y are odd
(C) 0, if x is even whereas y is odd
(D) 0, if x is odd whereas y is even

1 1 k
10. Upon X-Y plane, the path defined by the equation x m  y m  x  y n  0 , is
 
1
(A) a parabola if m   , k  1 , n  0
2
(B) a hyperbola if m  1, k  1 , n  0
(C) a pair of lines if m  k  n  1
(D) a pair of lines if m  k  1, n  1

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11. Let f  x   and g  x   f '  x  then
1  x2
(A) g  x  has two local maxima and two local minima pointss

(B) g  x  has exactly one local maximaand one local minima point

(C) x  1 is a point of local maxima for g  x 

(D) There is a point of local maxima for g  x  in the interval  1,0 

Comprehension.

Paragraph for Question Nos. 12 to 13

Let the sides, with lingths b and c, through the vertex ‘A’ of the triangle ABC are along the
lines 2x  4y  7  0 and x  2y  3  0. Now three concurrent lines are drawn fromm the
 25 
vertices of the triangle to meet the opposite sides. If their point of concurrency is  2,  , and
 8 
they divide the area of the triangle into six equal parts.
12. The BAC , is
(A) acute but more than 450 (B) acute but less than 450
(C) Obcute but less than 1350 (D) Obcute but more than 1350

13. The value of b2  c 2  2bc cos A , is

17 39 65 52
(A) (B) (C) (D)
8 4 8 5

Paragraph for Question Nos. 14 to 16


 x2
Let e
0
dx  a then


e-jx
14. 0 x dx,  j  0 , is
a 2a
(A) 2a j (B) j (C) a j (D) j

1
15.  In x dx , is
0

a a
(A) a (B) (C) a 2 (D)
2 2

 
d 2 2

16. Given that,

d
 f        xe  x sin x dx , where f      e x cos x dx . The value of f(2), is
0 0

a a
(A) ae (B) (C) a e (D)
e e

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Subjective.

 1   2
17. Let L  Lim  xIn x  2xInsin  , then the value of    , is__________
x 
 x  L

18. In a tetrahedron OABC, the edges are of lengths, OA  BC  a , OB  AC  b ,

OC  AB  c . Let G1 and G2 be the centroids of the triangle ABC and AOC such that

a2  c 2
OG1  BG2 , then the value of is _______
b2

19. The minimum value of k  k  I for which the equation e x  kx 2 has exactly three real
solutions, is _________

10 20
a7
Let  2x  3x  4    ar x , then the value of
2 r
20. , is ______
r 0 a13

21. Let the velocity of flow of water through a small hole is 0.6 2gy where g is the gravitational
A
acceleration and y is the height of water level above the hole.
If the time required to empty a tank having the shape of a right r
B
circular cone of base radius 5 unit and height 16 units fillied h
y

completely with water and having a hole of area sq. units in
4
O
a
the base, is ‘t’ then the value of (0.09t) is ____ (take g  32 )

22. Let the circle x 2  y 2  x   y  5  0 meets the rectangular hyperbola xy  c 2 at four

points A, B, C, D. The equation of the circumcircle of the triangle formed by joining the
orthocentres of the triagles ABC, ABD and ACD is, x 2  y 2  2gx  2fy  k  0 . If     6 ,
then the value of  g  f  k  , is __________

23. Let y  3x  8 be the equation of tangent at the point (7, 13) lying on a parabola whose
focus is at  1, 1 . If the latus rectum of the parabola is I, then the value of [I2], where [.]
denote greatest integer function), is ______

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 Answers key

1. A 2. A 3. C 4. B

5. C 6. A 7. C 8. ABD

9. ABCD 10. ABCD 11. BD 12. C

13. B 14. D 15. A 16. B

17. 06 18. 03 19. 02 20. 08

21. 08 22. 02 23. 06

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