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3101.

If a line \[y=3x+1\]cuts the parabola \[{{x}^{2}}-4x-4y+20=0\]at A and B, then the tangent of the angle subtended by line segment AB, at the origin is

A. \[8\sqrt{3}/205\]        
B. \[8\sqrt{3}/209\]
C. \[8\sqrt{3}/215\]        
D. None of these
Answer» C. \[8\sqrt{3}/215\]        
3102.

A circle touches the x-axis and also touches the circle with center (0,3) and radius 2, the locus of center of the circle is

A. A circle           
B. An ellipse
C. A parabola      
D. A hyperbola
Answer» D. A hyperbola
3103.

If the segment intercepted by the parabola \[y=4ax\]with the line \[lx+my+n=0\] subtends a right angle at the vertex, then

A. \[4al+n=0\]  
B. \[4al+4am+n=0\]
C. \[4am+n=0\]
D. \[al+n=0\]
Answer» B. \[4al+4am+n=0\]
3104.

A square is inscribed in the circle \[{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}-2x+4y-93=0\]with its sides parallel to the coordinate axes. The coordinates of its vertices are

A. (-6, -9), (-6, 5), (8, -9), (8, 5)
B. (-6, 9), (-6, -5), (8, -9), (8, 5)
C. (-6, -9), (-6, 5), (8, 9), (8, 5)
D. (-6, -9), (-6, 5), (8, -9), (8, -5)
Answer» B. (-6, 9), (-6, -5), (8, -9), (8, 5)
3105.

If the tangents are drawn from any point on the line \[x+y=3\]to the circle \[{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}=9\], then the chord of contact passes through the point

A. (3, 5)   
B. (3, 3)
C. (5, 3)  
D. None of these
Answer» C. (5, 3)  
3106.

The locus of a point P(\[\alpha \],\[\beta \])moving under the condition that the line \[y=\alpha x+\beta \] is a tangent to the hyperbola \[\frac{{{x}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}}-\frac{{{y}^{2}}}{{{b}^{2}}}=1\]is

A. An ellipse        
B. A circle
C. A parabola     
D. A hyperbola
Answer» E.
3107.

A straight line has its extremities on two fixed straight lines and cuts off from them a triangle of constant area \[{{c}^{2}}\].Then the locus of the middle point of the line is

A. \[2xy={{c}^{2}}\] 
B. \[xy+{{c}^{2}}=0\]
C. \[4{{x}^{2}}{{y}^{2}}=c\]        
D. None of these
Answer» B. \[xy+{{c}^{2}}=0\]
3108.

If the eccentricity of the hyperbola\[{{x}^{2}}-{{y}^{2}}{{\sec }^{2}}\alpha =5\] is \[\sqrt{3}\]times the eccentricity of the ellipse \[{{x}^{2}}{{\sec }^{2}}\alpha +{{y}^{2}}=25\], then a value of \[\alpha \]is

A. \[\pi /6\]          
B. \[\pi /4\]
C. \[\pi /3\]          
D. \[\pi /2\]
Answer» C. \[\pi /3\]          
3109.

If the normals at \[P(\theta )\]and \[Q(\pi /2+\theta )\]to the ellipse \[\frac{{{x}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}}+\frac{{{y}^{2}}}{{{b}^{2}}}=1\]Meet the major axis at G and g, respectively. Then \[P{{G}^{2}}+Q{{g}^{2}}=\]

A. \[{{b}^{2}}(1-{{e}^{2}})(2-{{e}^{2}})\]
B. \[{{a}^{2}}({{e}^{4}}-{{e}^{2}}+2)\]
C. \[{{a}^{2}}(1+{{e}^{2}})(2+{{e}^{2}})\]
D. \[{{b}^{2}}(1+{{e}^{2}})(2+{{e}^{2}})\]
Answer» C. \[{{a}^{2}}(1+{{e}^{2}})(2+{{e}^{2}})\]
3110.

The liner \[x={{t}^{2}}\]meets the ellipse \[{{x}^{2}}+\frac{{{y}^{2}}}{9}=1\]at real and distinct points if and only if

A. \[\left| t \right|<2\]    
B. \[\left| t \right|<1\]
C. \[\left| t \right|>1\]    
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
3111.

If the eccentricity of the ellipse \[\frac{{{x}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}+1}+\frac{{{y}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}+2}=1\] Is \[1\sqrt{6}\], then the latus rectum of the ellipse is

A. \[5/\sqrt{6}\]  
B. \[10/\sqrt{6}\]
C. \[8/\sqrt{6}\]  
D. None of these
Answer» C. \[8/\sqrt{6}\]  
3112.

The normal at the point \[(b{{t}_{1}}^{2},2b{{t}_{1}})\]on a parabola meets the parabola again at the point \[(b{{t}_{2}}^{2},2b{{t}_{2}})\]then

A. \[{{t}_{2}}=-{{t}_{1}}-\frac{2}{{{t}_{1}}}\]    
B. \[{{t}_{2}}=-{{t}_{1}}+\frac{2}{{{t}_{1}}}\]
C. \[{{t}_{2}}={{t}_{1}}-\frac{2}{{{t}_{1}}}\]     
D. \[{{t}_{2}}={{t}_{1}}+\frac{2}{{{t}_{1}}}\]
Answer» B. \[{{t}_{2}}=-{{t}_{1}}+\frac{2}{{{t}_{1}}}\]
3113.

The tangent and normal at the point \[P(a{{t}^{2}},2at)\]to the parabola \[{{y}^{2}}=4ax\]meet the x-axis at T and G, respectively, Then the angle at which the tangent at p to the parabola is inclined to the tangent at p to the circle through P, T and G is

A. \[{{\tan }^{-1}}({{t}^{2}})\]      
B. \[{{\cot }^{-1}}({{t}^{2}})\]
C. \[{{\tan }^{-1}}(t)\]
D. \[{{\cot }^{-1}}(t)\]
Answer» D. \[{{\cot }^{-1}}(t)\]
3114.

If a circle of constant radius 3k passes through the origin O and meets the coordinate axes at A and B, then the locus of the centroid of triangle OAB is

A. \[{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}={{(2k)}^{2}}\]        
B. \[{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}={{(3k)}^{2}}\]
C. \[{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}={{(4k)}^{2}}\]
D. \[{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}={{(6k)}^{2}}\]
Answer» B. \[{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}={{(3k)}^{2}}\]
3115.

If \[\alpha ,\beta \]are the roots of the equation \[{{u}^{2}}-2u+2=0\]and if \[\cot \theta =x+1\], then \[[{{(x+\alpha )}^{n}}-{{(x+\beta )}^{n}}]/[\alpha -\beta ]\]is equal to

A. \[\frac{\sin n\theta }{{{\sin }^{n}}\theta }\]
B. \[\frac{\cos n\theta }{{{\cos }^{n}}\theta }\]
C. \[\frac{\sin n\theta }{{{\cos }^{n}}\theta }\]     
D. \[\frac{\cos n\theta }{{{\sin }^{n}}\theta }\]
Answer» B. \[\frac{\cos n\theta }{{{\cos }^{n}}\theta }\]
3116.

If \[{{b}_{1}}{{b}_{2}}\]=2(\[{{c}_{1}}+{{c}_{2}}\]), then at least one of the equations \[{{x}^{2}}+{{b}_{1}}x+{{c}_{1}}=0\]and \[{{x}^{2}}+{{b}_{2}}x+{{C}_{2}}=0\]has

A.  imaginary
B.  real roots
C. purely imaginary roots
D. none of these
Answer» C. purely imaginary roots
3117.

If \[z(1+a)=b+ic\]and \[{{a}^{2}}+{{b}^{2}}+{{c}^{2}}=1\],then \[[(1+iz)/(1-iz)]=\]

A. \[\frac{a+ib}{1+c}\]    
B. \[\frac{b-ic}{1+a}\]
C. \[\frac{a+ic}{1+b}\]    
D. none of these
Answer» B. \[\frac{b-ic}{1+a}\]
3118.

Let \[a\ne 0\]and p(x) be a polynomial of degree greater than 2. If p(x) leaves remainders a and -a when divided respectively, by x+a and x-a, the remainder when p(x) is divided by \[{{x}^{2}}-{{a}^{2}}\]is

A. 2x                   
B. -2X
C. x                    
D. -x  
Answer» E.
3119.

If for complex numbers, \[{{z}_{1}}\]and \[{{z}_{2}}\]arg (\[{{z}_{1}}\]) - arg(\[{{z}_{2}}\])=0 then \[\left| {{z}_{1}}-{{z}_{2}} \right|\]is equal to

A. \[\left| {{z}_{1}} \right|+\left| {{z}_{2}} \right|\]         
B. \[\left| {{z}_{1}} \right|-\left| {{z}_{2}} \right|\]
C. \[\left\| {{z}_{1}}-{{z}_{2}} \right\|\]   
D. 0
Answer» D. 0
3120.

If \[k+\left| k+{{z}^{2}} \right|={{\left| z \right|}^{2}}(k\in {{R}^{-}})\], then possible argument of z is

A. 0                    
B.  \[\pi \]       
C. \[\pi /2\]           
D. none of these
Answer» D. none of these
3121.

The difference between the corresponding roots of \[{{x}^{2}}+ax+b=0\]and \[{{x}^{2}}+bx+a=0\]is same and \[a\ne b\], then

A. a+b+4=0       
B. a+b-4=0
C. a-b-4=0          
D. a-b+4=0
Answer» B. a+b-4=0
3122.

If p and q are the roots of the equation \[{{x}^{2}}+px+q=0\], then

A. p =1, q=-2      
B. p =0, q=2
C. p =-2, q=0      
D. p =-2, q=1
Answer» B. p =0, q=2
3123.

If z and \[\omega \]are two non-zero complex numbers such that \[\left| z \right|=\left| \omega  \right|\]and arg z + arg \[\omega \]=\[\pi \], then z equals

A. \[\bar{\omega }\]                      
B. -\[\bar{\omega }\]
C. \[\omega \]                   
D. -\[\omega \]
Answer» C. \[\omega \]                   
3124.

Let p(x) =0 be a polynomial equation of the least possible degree, with rational coefficients, having \[\sqrt[3]{7}+\sqrt[3]{49}\]as one of its roots. Then the product of all the roots of p(x)=0 is

A. 56                   
B. 63
C. 7                    
D. 49
Answer» B. 63
3125.

If a, b\[\in \]R, \[a\ne 0\]and the quadratic equation \[a{{x}^{2}}-bx+1=0\]  has imaginary roots then \[(a+b+1)\]is

A.  positive
B.  negative
C.  zero
D.  dependent on the sign of b  
Answer» B.  negative
3126.

If \[\left| z \right|\]=1, then the point representing the complex number -1+3z will lie on

A. a circle
B. a straight line
C. a parabola       
D. a hyperbola
Answer» B. a straight line
3127.

If \[{{z}_{1}}\],\[{{z}_{2}}\],\[{{z}_{3}}\]are the vertices of an equilateral triangle ABC such that \[\left| {{z}_{1}}-i \right|\]=\[\left| {{z}_{2}}-i \right|\]=\[\left| {{z}_{3}}-i \right|\],then \[\left| {{z}_{1}}+{{z}_{2}}+{{z}_{3}} \right|\]equals to

A. \[3\sqrt{3}\]     
B. \[\sqrt{3}\]
C. 3                    
D. \[\frac{1}{3\sqrt{3}}\]
Answer» D. \[\frac{1}{3\sqrt{3}}\]
3128.

If the roots of the equation \[{{x}^{2}}+2ax+b=0\]are real and distinct and they differ by at most 2m then b lies in the interval

A. \[({{a}^{2}},{{a}^{2}}+{{m}^{2}})\]        
B. \[({{a}^{2}}-{{m}^{2}},{{a}^{2}})\]
C. [\[{{a}^{2}}-{{m}^{2}},{{a}^{2}}\])         
D. none of these
Answer» D. none of these
3129.

If \[a{{(p+q)}^{2}}+2bpq+c=0\,\,and\,\,a{{(p+r)}^{2}}+2bpr+c=0\,\,(a\ne 0),\] then

A. \[qr={{p}^{2}}\]       
B. \[qr={{p}^{2}}+\frac{c}{a}\]
C. \[qr=-{{p}^{2}}\]
D. none of these
Answer» C. \[qr=-{{p}^{2}}\]
3130.

The expression \[{{\left[ \frac{1+\sin \frac{\pi }{8}+i\cos \frac{\pi }{8}}{1+\sin \frac{\pi }{8}-i\cos \frac{\pi }{8}} \right]}^{8}}=\]

A. 1        
B. -1
C. i                     
D.
Answer» C. i                     
3131.

if\[I{{f}^{n+1}}{{C}_{r+1}}{{:}^{n}}{{C}_{r}}{{:}^{n-1}}{{C}_{r-1}}=11:6:3\], then nr=

A. 20                    
B. 30
C. 40                   
D. 50
Answer» E.
3132.

If the \[{{6}^{th}}\]term in the expansion of \[{{\left( \frac{1}{{{x}^{8/3}}}+{{x}^{2}}{{\log }_{10}}x \right)}^{8}}\]is 5600, then x equals

A. 1                     
B. \[{{\log }_{e}}10\]
C. 10                   
D. x does not exist
Answer» D. x does not exist
3133.

If coefficient of \[{{a}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}{{c}^{4}}\]in \[{{(a+b+c)}^{m}}\] (where m\[\in \]N) is L (L\[\ne \]0), then in same expansion coefficient of \[{{a}^{4}}{{b}^{4}}{{c}^{1}}\]will be

A. L                     
B. \[\frac{L}{3}\]
C. \[\frac{mL}{4}\]                      
D. \[\frac{L}{2}\]
Answer» E.
3134.

The coefficient of \[{{x}^{10}}\]in the expansion of \[{{(1+{{x}^{2}}-{{x}^{3}})}^{8}}\]is

A. 476      
B. 496
C. 506                 
D. 528
Answer» B. 496
3135.

The coefficient of the middle term in the binomial expansion in powers of x of \[{{(1+ax)}^{4}}\]and of \[{{(1-ax)}^{6}}\]is the same, if \[\alpha \]equals

A. \[-\frac{5}{3}\]            
B. \[\frac{10}{3}\]
C. \[-\frac{3}{10}\]           
D. \[\frac{3}{5}\]
Answer» D. \[\frac{3}{5}\]
3136.

p is a prime number and n

A. p divides N        
B. \[{{p}^{2}}\]divides N
C. p cannot divide N
D. none of these
Answer» B. \[{{p}^{2}}\]divides N
3137.

In the expansion of \[{{(1+3x+2{{x}^{2}})}^{6}}\], the coefficient of \[{{x}^{11}}\]is

A. 144                  
B. 288
C. 216                 
D. 576
Answer» E.
3138.

Let \[f(x)={{a}_{0}}+{{a}_{1}}x+{{a}_{2}}{{x}^{2}}+...+{{a}_{n}}{{x}^{n}}+...\]and \[\frac{f(x)}{1-x}={{b}_{0}}+{{b}_{1}}x+{{b}_{2}}{{x}^{2}}+...+{{b}_{n}}{{x}^{n}}+....,\]then

A. \[{{b}_{n}}={{b}_{n-1}}={{a}_{n}}\]
B. \[{{b}_{n}}-{{b}_{n-1}}={{a}_{n}}\]
C. \[{{b}_{n}}/{{b}_{n-1}}={{a}_{n}}\]
D. none of these
Answer» C. \[{{b}_{n}}/{{b}_{n-1}}={{a}_{n}}\]
3139.

If \[f(x)=1-x+{{x}^{2}}-{{x}^{3}}+...-{{x}^{15}}+{{x}^{16}}-{{x}^{17}}\]then the coefficient of \[{{x}^{2}}\]in f(x-1) is

A. 826                  
B. 816
C. 822                 
D. none of these
Answer» C. 822                 
3140.

The coefficient of \[{{x}^{5}}\]in \[{{(1+2x+3{{x}^{2}}+...)}^{-3/2}}\]is \[\left( \left| x \right|

A. 21                    
B. 25
C. 26                   
D. none of these
Answer» E.
3141.

The value of \[\sum\limits_{r=0}^{50}{{{(-1)}^{r}}}\]\[\frac{^{50}{{C}_{r}}}{r+2}\]is equal to

A. \[\frac{1}{50\times 51}\]           
B. \[\frac{1}{52\times 50}\]
C. \[\frac{1}{52\times 51}\]           
D. none of these
Answer» D. none of these
3142.

If \[{{(3+{{x}^{2008}}+{{x}^{2009}})}^{2010}}={{a}_{0}}+{{a}_{1}}x+{{a}_{2}}{{x}^{2}}+....+{{a}_{n}}{{x}^{n}}\], then the value of \[{{a}_{0}}-\frac{1}{2}{{a}_{1}}-\frac{1}{2}{{a}_{2}}+{{a}_{3}}-\frac{1}{2}{{a}_{4}}-\frac{1}{2}{{a}_{5}}+{{a}_{6}}-...\]is

A. \[{{3}^{2010}}\]        
B. 1
C. \[{{2}^{2010}}\]        
D. none of these
Answer» D. none of these
3143.

If \[{{(1+x)}^{n}}={{C}_{0}}+{{C}_{1}}x+{{C}_{2}}{{x}^{2}}+....+{{C}_{n}}{{x}^{n}},\]then \[{{C}_{0}}{{C}_{2}}+{{C}_{1}}{{C}_{3}}+{{C}_{2}}{{C}_{4}}+...+{{C}_{n-2}}{{C}_{n}}=\]

A. \[\frac{(2n)!}{{{(n!)}^{2}}}\]  
B. \[\frac{(2n)!}{(n-1)!(n+1)!}\]
C. \[\frac{(2n)!}{(n-2)!(n+2)!}\]
D. none of these
Answer» D. none of these
3144.

The value of \[\frac{^{n}{{C}_{0}}}{n}+\frac{^{n}{{C}_{1}}}{n+1}+\frac{^{n}{{C}_{2}}}{n+2}+...+\frac{^{n}{{C}_{n}}}{2n}\]is equal to

A. \[\int\limits_{0}^{1}{{{x}^{n-1}}{{(1-x)}^{n}}dx}\]
B. \[\int\limits_{0}^{1}{{{x}^{n}}{{(x-1)}^{n-1}}dx}\]
C. \[\int\limits_{0}^{1}{{{x}^{n-1}}{{(1+x)}^{n}}dx}\]
D. \[\int\limits_{0}^{1}{{{(1-x)}^{n}}{{x}^{n-1}}dx}\]
Answer» C. \[\int\limits_{0}^{1}{{{x}^{n-1}}{{(1+x)}^{n}}dx}\]
3145.

If the sum of the coefficients in the expansion of \[{{(a+b)}^{n}}\]is 4096, then the greatest coefficient in the expansion is

A. 924      
B. 792
C. 1594               
D. none of these
Answer» B. 792
3146.

If \[{{x}^{m}}\]occurs in the expansion of \[{{(x+1/{{x}^{2}})}^{2n}}\], then the coefficient of \[{{x}^{m}}\]is

A. \[\frac{(2n)!}{(m)!(2n-m)!}\]      
B. \[\frac{(2n)!3!3!}{(2n-m)!}\]
C. \[\frac{(2n)!}{\left( \frac{2n-m}{3} \right)!\left( \frac{4n+m}{3} \right)!}\]
D. none of these
Answer» D. none of these
3147.

The area bounded by the x-axis, the curve \[y=f(x)\], and the lines x = 1, x = b is equal to\[\sqrt{{{b}^{2}}+1}-\sqrt{2}\] for all b > l, then f(x) is

A. \[\sqrt{x-1}\]     
B. \[\sqrt{x+1}\]
C. \[\sqrt{{{x}^{2}}+1}\]
D. \[\frac{x}{\sqrt{1+{{x}^{2}}}}\]
Answer» E.
3148.

Let\[f(x)={{x}^{3}}+3x+2\] and g(x) be the inverse of it. Then the area bounded by g(x), the x-axis, and the ordinate at \[x=-\,2\] and \[x=6\] is

A. 1/4 sq. units      
B. 4/3 sq. units
C. 5/4 sq. units      
D. 7/3 sq. units
Answer» D. 7/3 sq. units
3149.

The area enclosed by the curve \[y=\sqrt{4-{{x}^{2}}},\] \[y\ge \sqrt{2}\sin \left( \frac{x\pi }{2\sqrt{2}} \right)\], and the x-axis is divided by the y-axis in the ratio

A. \[\frac{{{\pi }^{2}}-8}{{{\pi }^{2}}+8}\]       
B. \[\frac{{{\pi }^{2}}-4}{{{\pi }^{2}}+4}\]
C. \[\frac{\pi -4}{\pi -4}\]   
D. \[\frac{2{{\pi }^{2}}}{2\pi +{{\pi }^{2}}-8}\]
Answer» E.
3150.

The area of the figure bounded by the parabola \[{{(y-2)}^{2}}=x-1\], the tangent to it at the point with the ordinate x = 3, and the x-axis is

A. 7 sq. units         
B. 6 sq. units
C. 9 sq. units         
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these