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7001.

A coin is tossed n times. The probability of getting head at least once is greater than 0.8, then the least value of n is [EAMCET 2003]

A.        2    
B.        3
C.        4    
D.        5
Answer» C.        4    
7002.

A particle moves along a straight line so that its distance s in time t sec is \[s=t+6{{t}^{2}}-{{t}^{3}}\]. After what time is the acceleration zero [AMU 1999]

A.   2 sec
B.   3 sec
C.   4 sec
D.   6 sec
Answer» B.   3 sec
7003.

Angle between the line joining the origin to the points of intersection of the curves \[2{{x}^{2}}+3{{y}^{2}}+10x=0\] and \[3{{x}^{2}}+5{{y}^{2}}+16x=0\] is

A.   \[{{\tan }^{-1}}\frac{3}{2}\]   
B.   \[{{\tan }^{-1}}\frac{4}{5}\]
C.   \[{{90}^{o}}\]     
D.   None of these
Answer» D.   None of these
7004.

The speed \[v\] of a particle moving along a straight line is given by \[a+b{{v}^{2}}={{x}^{2}}\] (where x is its distance from the origin). The acceleration of the particle is [MP PET 2002]

A.   \[bx\]
B.   \[x/a\]
C.   \[x/b\]
D.   \[x/ab\]
Answer» D.   \[x/ab\]
7005.

The length of the side of a square sheet of metal is increasing at the rate of \[4cm/\sec \]. The rate at which the area of the sheet is increasing when the length of its side is     2 cm, is

A.   \[16\,c{{m}^{2}}/\sec \]
B.   \[8\,c{{m}^{2}}/\sec \]
C.   \[32\,c{{m}^{2}}/\sec \]
D.   None of these
Answer» B.   \[8\,c{{m}^{2}}/\sec \]
7006.

The mean and the variance of a binomial distribution are 4 and 2 respectively. Then the probability of 2 successes is [AIEEE 2004]

A.    \[\frac{28}{256}\]   
B.        \[\frac{219}{256}\]
C.        \[\frac{128}{256}\]    
D.        \[\frac{37}{256}\]
Answer» B.        \[\frac{219}{256}\]
7007.

If \[|{{z}_{1}}|\,=\,|{{z}_{2}}|\]and \[arg\,\,\left( \frac{{{z}_{1}}}{{{z}_{2}}} \right)=\pi \], then \[{{z}_{1}}+{{z}_{2}}\]is equal to

A. 0
B. Purely imaginary
C. Purely real
D. None of these
Answer» B. Purely imaginary
7008.

If \[{{(\sqrt{8}+i)}^{50}}={{3}^{49}}(a+ib)\] then \[{{a}^{2}}+{{b}^{2}}\] is [Kerala (Engg.) 2005]

A. 3
B. 8
C. 9
D. \[\sqrt{8}\]
E. 4
Answer» D. \[\sqrt{8}\]
7009.

If the sides of the triangle are \[5K,\ 6K,\ 5K\]and radius of incircle is 6 then value of K is equal to [Pb. CET 2004]

A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7
Answer» B. 5
7010.

A coin is tossed 2n times. The chance that the number of times one gets head is not equal to the number of times one gets tail is         [DCE 2002]

A.        \[\frac{(2n!)}{{{(n!)}^{2}}}{{\left( \frac{1}{2} \right)}^{2n}}\]      
B.        \[1-\frac{(2n!)}{{{(n!)}^{2}}}\]
C.        \[1-\frac{(2n!)}{{{(n!)}^{2}}}\,.\,\frac{1}{{{4}^{n}}}\]   
D.   None of these
Answer» D.   None of these
7011.

The differential equation \[y\frac{dy}{dx}+x=a\](a is any constant) represents

A.        A set of circles having centre on the y-axis
B.        A set of circles centre on the x-axis
C.        A set of ellipses
D.        None of these
Answer» C.        A set of ellipses
7012.

In how many ways a garland can be made from exactly 10 flowers [MP PET 1984]

A. \[10\ !\]
B. \[9\ !\]
C. \[2(9\ !)\]
D. \[\frac{9\ !}{2}\]
Answer» E.
7013.

If the non-zero vectors a and b are perpendicular to each other, then the solution of the equation \[\mathbf{r}\times \mathbf{a}=\mathbf{b}\] is given by

A.   \[\mathbf{r}=x\mathbf{a}+\frac{1}{\mathbf{a}\,.\,\,\mathbf{a}}(\mathbf{a}\times \mathbf{b})\]
B.   \[\mathbf{r}=x\mathbf{b}-\frac{1}{\mathbf{b}\,.\,\,\mathbf{b}}(\mathbf{a}\times \mathbf{b})\]
C.   \[\mathbf{r}=x\mathbf{a}\times \mathbf{b}\]
D.   \[\mathbf{r}=x\mathbf{b}\times \mathbf{a}\]
Answer» B.   \[\mathbf{r}=x\mathbf{b}-\frac{1}{\mathbf{b}\,.\,\,\mathbf{b}}(\mathbf{a}\times \mathbf{b})\]
7014.

If \[{{z}_{1}}\] and \[{{z}_{2}}\] are any two complex numbers then \[|{{z}_{1}}+{{z}_{2}}{{|}^{2}}\] \[+|{{z}_{1}}-{{z}_{2}}{{|}^{2}}\] is equal to    [MP PET 1993; RPET 1997]

A. \[2|{{z}_{1}}{{|}^{2}}\,|{{z}_{2}}{{|}^{2}}\]
B. \[2|{{z}_{1}}{{|}^{2}}+\,2\,\,|{{z}_{2}}{{|}^{2}}\]
C. \[|{{z}_{1}}{{|}^{2}}+\,|{{z}_{2}}{{|}^{2}}\]
D. \[2|{{z}_{1}}|\,\,|{{z}_{2}}|\]
Answer» C. \[|{{z}_{1}}{{|}^{2}}+\,|{{z}_{2}}{{|}^{2}}\]
7015.

The minimum value of  \[|2z-1|+|3z-2|\]is [RPET 1997]

A. 0
B. \[1/2\]
C. \[1/3\]
D. 44257
Answer» D. 44257
7016.

If the lines \[x+q=0,y-2=0\] and \[3x+2y+5=0\] are concurrent, then value of q will be   [DCE 2002]

A.   1     
B.   2
C.   3     
D.   5
Answer» D.   5
7017.

The mean of the series \[a,a+nd,\,\,a+2nd\] is [DCE 2002]

A. \[a+(n-1)\,d\]
B. \[a+nd\]
C. \[a+(n+1)\,d\]
D. None of these
Answer» C. \[a+(n+1)\,d\]
7018.

The area enclosed between the curve \[y={{\log }_{e}}(x+e)\]and the co-ordinate axes is     [AIEEE 2005]

A.   3    
B.   4
C.   1    
D.   2
Answer» D.   2
7019.

A bag X contains 2 white and 3 black balls and another bag Y contains 4 white and 2 black balls.  One bag is selected at random and a ball is drawn from it. Then the probability for the ball chosen be white is        [EAMCET 2003]

A.        \[\frac{2}{15}\]    
B.        \[\frac{7}{15}\]
C.        \[\frac{8}{15}\]    
D.        \[\frac{14}{15}\]
Answer» D.        \[\frac{14}{15}\]
7020.

The angle between the lines given by \[{{x}^{2}}-{{y}^{2}}=0\] is [MP PET 1999]

A.   \[{{15}^{o}}\]     
B.   \[{{45}^{o}}\]
C.   \[{{75}^{o}}\]     
D.   \[9{{0}^{o}}\]
Answer» E.
7021.

Area bounded by the parabola \[y=4{{x}^{2}},\] \[y-\]axis and the lines \[y=1,\,\,y=4\] is     [MNR 1990]

A.   3 sq. unit     
B.   \[\frac{7}{5}\]sq. unit
C.   \[\frac{7}{3}\]sq. unit       
D.   None of these
Answer» D.   None of these
7022.

The probability that a man can hit  a target is \[\frac{3}{4}\]. He tries 5 times. The probability that he will hit the target at least three times is   [MNR 1994]

A.        \[\frac{291}{364}\]    
B.        \[\frac{371}{464}\]
C.        \[\frac{471}{502}\]    
D.        \[\frac{459}{512}\]
Answer» E.
7023.

The angle between the lines represented by the equation \[\lambda {{x}^{2}}+{{(1-\lambda )}^{2}}xy-\lambda {{y}^{2}}=0\], is

A.   \[{{30}^{o}}\]     
B.   \[{{45}^{o}}\]
C.   \[{{60}^{o}}\]     
D.   \[{{90}^{o}}\]
Answer» E.
7024.

The equation \[{{y}^{2}}-{{x}^{2}}+2x-1=0\] represents  [UPSEAT 2004]

A.   A hyperbola       
B.   An ellipse
C.   A pair of straight lines      
D.   A rectangular hyperbola
Answer» D.   A rectangular hyperbola
7025.

The measurement of the area bounded by the co-ordinate axes and the curve \[y={{\log }_{e}}x\] is   [MP PET 1998]

A.   1    
B.   2
C.   3    
D.   \[\infty \]
Answer» E.
7026.

If  \[{{x}^{2}}-3x+2\]be a factor of \[{{x}^{4}}-p{{x}^{2}}+q,\]then \[(p,q)=\][IIT 1974; MP PET 1995; Pb. CET 2001]

A. (3, 4)
B. (4, 5)
C. (4, 3)
D. (5, 4)
Answer» E.
7027.

If the equation \[a{{x}^{2}}+2hxy+b{{y}^{2}}=0\]has the one line as the bisector of angle between the coordinate axes, then [Bihar CEE 1990]

A.   \[{{(a-b)}^{2}}={{h}^{2}}\]     
B.   \[{{(a+b)}^{2}}={{h}^{2}}\]
C.   \[{{(a-b)}^{2}}=4{{h}^{2}}\]   
D.   \[{{(a+b)}^{2}}=4{{h}^{2}}\]
Answer» E.
7028.

In \[\Delta ABC,\]if \[b=6,\,c=8\,\]and \[\angle A=90{}^\circ \], then R=

A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 7
Answer» D. 7
7029.

The lines \[{{a}_{1}}x+{{b}_{1}}y+{{c}_{1}}=0\]and \[{{a}_{2}}x+{{b}_{2}}y+{{c}_{2}}=0\] are perpendicular to each other, if     [MP PET 1996]

A.   \[{{a}_{1}}{{b}_{2}}-{{b}_{1}}{{a}_{2}}=0\]       
B.   \[{{a}_{1}}{{a}_{2}}+{{b}_{1}}{{b}_{2}}=0\]
C.   \[a_{1}^{2}{{b}_{2}}+b_{1}^{2}{{a}_{2}}=0\]
D.   \[{{a}_{1}}{{b}_{1}}+{{a}_{2}}{{b}_{2}}=0\]
Answer» C.   \[a_{1}^{2}{{b}_{2}}+b_{1}^{2}{{a}_{2}}=0\]
7030.

If \[b>a\], then the equation \[(x-a)\,(x-b)=1\] has [IIT Screening 2000]

A. Both roots in \[[a,\,b]\]
B. Both roots in \[(-\infty ,\,a)\]
C. Both roots in \[(b,\,+\infty )\]
D. One root in \[(-\infty ,\,a)\] and the other in \[(b,\,+\infty )\]
Answer» E.
7031.

If the acute angles between the pairs of lines \[3{{x}^{2}}-7xy+4{{y}^{2}}=0\] and \[6{{x}^{2}}-5xy+{{y}^{2}}=0\] be \[{{\theta }_{1}}\] and \[{{\theta }_{2}}\] respectively, then

A.   \[{{\theta }_{1}}={{\theta }_{2}}\]       
B.   \[{{\theta }_{1}}=2{{\theta }_{2}}\]
C.   \[2{{\theta }_{1}}={{\theta }_{2}}\]    
D.   None of these
Answer» B.   \[{{\theta }_{1}}=2{{\theta }_{2}}\]
7032.

The coefficient of \[x\] in the expansion of \[{{[\sqrt{1+{{x}^{2}}}-x]}^{-1}}\]in ascending powers of  x, when \[|x|

A. 0
B. \[\frac{1}{2}\]
C. \[-\frac{1}{2}\]
D. 1
Answer» E.
7033.

The distance between the line \[\mathbf{r}=2\mathbf{i}-2\mathbf{j}+3\mathbf{k}+\lambda (\mathbf{i}-\mathbf{j}+4\mathbf{k})\] and the plane \[\mathbf{r}.(\mathbf{i}+5\mathbf{j}+\mathbf{k})=5\] is [AIEEE 2005]

A.   \[\frac{3}{10}\]
B.   \[\frac{10}{3}\]
C.   \[\frac{10}{9}\]
D.   \[\frac{10}{3\sqrt{3}}\]
Answer» E.
7034.

The centre of \[14{{x}^{2}}-4xy+11{{y}^{2}}-44x-58y+71=0\] [BIT Ranchi 1986]

A.   (2, 3)    
B.   (2, ? 3)
C.   (? 2, 3)
D.   (? 2, ? 3)
Answer» B.   (2, ? 3)
7035.

Four numbers are in arithmetic progression. The sum of first and last term is 8 and the product of both middle terms is 15. The least number of the series is    [MP PET 2001]

A. 4
B. 3
C. 2
D. 1
Answer» E.
7036.

Area bounded by the curve \[{{x}^{2}}=4y\] and the straight line \[x=4y-2\] is   [SCRA 1986; IIT 1981; Pb. CET 2003]

A.   \[\frac{8}{9}\] sq. unit      
B.   \[\frac{9}{8}\] sq. unit
C.   \[\frac{4}{3}\] sq. unit      
D.   None of these
Answer» C.   \[\frac{4}{3}\] sq. unit      
7037.

For the complex number \[z\], one from \[z+\bar{z}\] and \[z\,\bar{z}\]  is [RPET 1987]

A. A real number
B. A imaginary number
C. Both are real numbers
D. Both are imaginary numbers
Answer» D. Both are imaginary numbers
7038.

Which of the following sequence is an arithmetic sequence

A. \[f(n)=an+b;\,n\in N\]
B. \[f(n)=k{{r}^{n}};\,n\in N\]
C. \[f(n)=(an+b)\,k{{r}^{n}};\,n\in N\]
D. \[f(n)=\frac{1}{a\left( n+\frac{b}{n} \right)};\,n\in N\]
Answer» B. \[f(n)=k{{r}^{n}};\,n\in N\]
7039.

The probability that a student is not a swimmer is 1/5. What is the probability that out of 5 students, 4 are swimmers [DCE 1999]

A.        \[{}^{5}{{C}_{4}}{{\left( \frac{4}{5} \right)}^{4}}\frac{1}{5}\]   
B.        \[{{\left( \frac{4}{5} \right)}^{4}}\frac{1}{5}\]
C.        \[{}^{5}{{C}_{1}}\frac{1}{5}{{\left( \frac{4}{5} \right)}^{4}}\times {}^{5}{{C}_{4}}\]
D.     None of these
Answer» B.        \[{{\left( \frac{4}{5} \right)}^{4}}\frac{1}{5}\]
7040.

A and B are two events such that P = 0.8, P=0.6 and \[P(A\cap B)=0.5,\] then the value of \[P\,(A/B)\] is

A.        \[\frac{5}{6}\]       
B.        \[\frac{5}{8}\]
C.        \[\frac{9}{10}\]    
D.        None of these
Answer» B.        \[\frac{5}{8}\]
7041.

If \[arg\,z

A. \[\pi \]
B. \[-\pi \]
C. \[-\frac{\pi }{2}\]
D. \[\frac{\pi }{2}\]
Answer» B. \[-\pi \]
7042.

A coin is tossed 10 times. The probability of getting exactly six heads is   [Kerala (Engg.) 2002]

A.        \[\frac{512}{513}\]    
B.        \[\frac{105}{512}\]
C.        \[\frac{100}{153}\]    
D.        \[{}^{10}{{C}_{6}}\]
Answer» C.        \[\frac{100}{153}\]    
7043.

If the lines  \[ax+by+c=0\], \[bx+cy+a=0\] and \[cx+ay+b=0\] be concurrent, then    [IIT 1985; DCE 2000, 02]

A.   \[{{a}^{3}}+{{b}^{3}}+{{c}^{3}}+3abc=0\]
B.   \[{{a}^{3}}+{{b}^{3}}+{{c}^{3}}-abc=0\]
C.   \[{{a}^{3}}+{{b}^{3}}+{{c}^{3}}-3abc=0\] 
D.   None of these
Answer» D.   None of these
7044.

Area bounded by curve \[xy=c,\] \[x-\]axis between \[x=1\] and \[x=4,\] is

A.   \[c\log 3\]sq. unit     
B.   \[2\log c\]sq. unit
C.   \[2c\log 2\]sq. unit   
D.   \[2c\log 5\]sq. unit
Answer» B.   \[2\log c\]sq. unit
7045.

The area enclosed between the curves \[y={{x}^{3}}\]and \[y=\sqrt{x}\] is, (in square units)     [Karnataka CET 2004]

A.   \[\frac{5}{3}\]    
B.   \[\frac{5}{4}\]
C.   \[\frac{5}{12}\] 
D.   \[\frac{12}{5}\]
Answer» D.   \[\frac{12}{5}\]
7046.

Let \[{{z}_{1}}\] be a complex number with \[|{{z}_{1}}|=1\] and \[{{z}_{2}}\]be any complex number, then \[\left| \frac{{{z}_{1}}-{{z}_{2}}}{1-{{z}_{1}}{{{\bar{z}}}_{2}}} \right|=\]    [Orissa JEE 2004]

A. 0
B. 1
C. -1
D. 2
Answer» C. -1
7047.

In a Boolean Algebra B, for all x, y in B, \[x\vee (x\wedge y)=\]

A.        y    
B.        x
C.        1    
D.        0
Answer» C.        1    
7048.

The radius of a cylinder is increasing at the rate of 3 m/sec and its altitude is decreasing at the rate of 4m/sec. The rate of change of volume when radius is 4 meters and altitude is 6 meters is           [Kerala (Engg.) 2005]

A.   \[80\pi \,\]cu. m/sec
B.   \[144\,\pi \,\]cu. m/sec
C.   \[80\,\] cu. m/sec
D.   \[64\,\] cu. m/sec
E.   \[-80\,\pi \] cu. m/sec
Answer» B.   \[144\,\pi \,\]cu. m/sec
7049.

The arithmetic mean of first n natural number [RPET 1986]

A. \[\frac{n-1}{2}\]
B. \[\frac{n+1}{2}\]
C. \[\frac{n}{2}\]
D. \[n\]
Answer» C. \[\frac{n}{2}\]
7050.

If \[{{A}_{1}},\,{{A}_{2}}\] be two arithmetic means between \[\frac{1}{3}\] and \[\frac{1}{24}\] , then their values are

A. \[\frac{7}{72},\,\frac{5}{36}\]
B. \[\frac{17}{72},\,\frac{5}{36}\]
C. \[\frac{7}{36},\,\frac{5}{72}\]
D. \[\frac{5}{72},\,\frac{17}{72}\]
Answer» C. \[\frac{7}{36},\,\frac{5}{72}\]