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451.

A line L intersects the three sides BC. CA and AB of a\[\Delta ABC\]at P, Q and R respectively. Then, \[\frac{BP}{PC}.\frac{CQ}{QA}.\frac{AR}{RB}\] is equal to

A. 1
B. 0
C. -1
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
452.

The area bounded by the curve \[y=f(x)\], x-axis and ordinates x = 1 and \[x=b\]is \[\frac{5}{24}\pi \], then \[f(x)\] is                    [RPET 2000]

A. \[3(x-1)\cos (3x+4)+\sin (3x+4)\]
B. \[(b-1)\sin (3x+4)+3\cos (3x+4)\]
C. \[(b-1)\cos (3x+4)+3\sin (3x+4)\]
D. None of these
Answer» B. \[(b-1)\sin (3x+4)+3\cos (3x+4)\]
453.

Area under the curve \[y=\sqrt{3x+4}\] between \[x=0\] and \[x=4,\] is                                               [AI CBSE 1979, 80]

A. \[\frac{56}{9}\] sq. unit
B. \[\frac{64}{9}\] sq. unit
C. 8 sq. unit
D. None of these
Answer» E.
454.

For \[-\pi

A. \[\pm \frac{\pi }{3},\pm \frac{2\pi }{3}\]
B. \[\frac{\pi }{3},\frac{2\pi }{4}\]
C. \[\frac{\pi }{4},\frac{3\pi }{4}\]
D. None of these
Answer» B. \[\frac{\pi }{3},\frac{2\pi }{4}\]
455.

The locus of a point, such that the sum of the squares of its distances from the planes \[x+y+z=0,\]\[x-z=0\] And \[x-2y+z=0\]is 9, is

A. \[{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}+{{z}^{2}}=3\]
B. \[{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}+{{z}^{2}}=6\]
C. \[{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}+{{z}^{2}}=9\]
D. \[{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}+{{z}^{2}}=12\]
Answer» D. \[{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}+{{z}^{2}}=12\]
456.

The value of integral \[\int_{0}^{1}{\frac{{{x}^{b}}-1}{\log x}}\,dx\] is

A. \[\log b\]
B. \[2\log (b+1)\]
C. \[3\log b\]
D. None of these
Answer» E.
457.

The line \[y=x+c\]will intersect the circle \[{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}=1\]in two coincident points, if

A. \[c=\sqrt{2}\]
B. \[c=-\sqrt{2}\]
C. \[c=\pm \sqrt{2}\]
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
458.

If the system of equations \[x-ky-z=0\], \[kx-y-z=0\] and \[x+y-z=0\] has a non zero solution, then the possible value of k are [IIT Screening 2000]

A. - 1, 2
B. 1, 2
C. 0, 1
D. - 1, 1
Answer» E.
459.

If \[\sin A+\sin 2A=x\] and \[\cos A+\cos 2A=y,\] then \[({{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}})({{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}-3)=\]

A. \[2y\]
B. \[y\]
C. \[3y\]
D. None of these
Answer» B. \[y\]
460.

If \[\sin x+\sin y=a\] and \[cos\text{ }x+cos\,y=b,\]then \[{{\tan }^{2}}\left( \frac{x+y}{2} \right)+{{\tan }^{2}}\left( \frac{x-y}{2} \right)\] is equal to

A. \[\frac{{{a}^{4}}+{{b}^{4}}+4{{b}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}+{{b}^{4}}}\]
B. \[\frac{{{a}^{4}}-{{b}^{4}}+4{{b}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}+{{b}^{4}}}\]
C. \[\frac{{{a}^{4}}-{{b}^{4}}+4{{a}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}+{{a}^{4}}}\]
D. None of the above
Answer» C. \[\frac{{{a}^{4}}-{{b}^{4}}+4{{a}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}+{{a}^{4}}}\]
461.

The line \[y=mx+c\]intersects the circle \[{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}={{r}^{2}}\]at two real distinct points, if

A. \[-r\sqrt{1+{{m}^{2}}}<c\le 0\]
B. \[0\le c<r\sqrt{1+{{m}^{2}}}\]
C. (a) and (b) both
D. \[-c\sqrt{1-{{m}^{2}}}<r\]
Answer» D. \[-c\sqrt{1-{{m}^{2}}}<r\]
462.

The coordinates of the points O, A and B are (0,0), (0,4) and (6,0) respectively. If a points P moves such that the area of \[\Delta POA\]is always twice the area of \[\Delta POB\], then the equation to both parts of the locus of P is [IIT 1964]

A. \[(x-3y)(x+3y)=0\]
B. \[(x-3y)(x+y)=0\]
C. \[(3x-y)(3x+y)=0\]
D. None of these
Answer» B. \[(x-3y)(x+y)=0\]
463.

If a line makes \[\alpha ,\beta ,\gamma \] with the positive direction of \[x,\ y\] and z-axis respectively. Then, \[{{\cos }^{2}}\alpha +{{\cos }^{2}}\beta +{{\cos }^{2}}\gamma \] is [Orissa JEE 2002]

A. ½
B. ?1/2
C. ?1
D. 1
Answer» E.
464.

A rectangle ABCD, where A(0, 0), B(4, 0), C(4, 2), D(0, 2), undergoes the following transformations successively: i. \[{{f}_{1}}(x,y)\to (y,x)\] ii. \[{{f}_{2}}(x,y)\to (x+3y,y)\] iii. \[{{f}_{3}}(x,y)\to ((x-y)/2,(x+y)/2)\] The final figure will be

A. A square
B. A rhombus
C. A rectangle
D. A parallelogram
Answer» E.
465.

If the vectors a and b are mutually perpendicular, then \[\mathbf{a}\times \{\mathbf{a}\times \{\mathbf{a}\times (\mathbf{a}\times \mathbf{b})\}\}\] is equal to

A. \[|\mathbf{a}{{|}^{2}}\mathbf{b}\]
B. \[|\mathbf{a}{{|}^{3}}\mathbf{b}\]
C. \[|\mathbf{a}{{|}^{4}}\mathbf{b}\]
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
466.

If A = {x, y} then the power set of A is [Pb. CET 2004, UPSEAT 2000]

A. \[\{{{x}^{x}},\,{{y}^{y}}\}\]
B. {f, x, y}
C. {f, {x}, {2y}}
D. {f, {x}, {y}, {x, y}}
Answer» E.
467.

The locus of centre of a circle passing through (a, b) and cuts orthogonally to circle \[{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}={{p}^{2}}\], is                [IIT 1988; AIEEE 2005]

A. \[2ax+2by-({{a}^{2}}+{{b}^{2}}+{{p}^{2}})=0\]
B. \[2ax+2by-({{a}^{2}}-{{b}^{2}}+{{p}^{2}})=0\]
C. \[{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}-3ax-4by+({{a}^{2}}+{{b}^{2}}-{{p}^{2}})=0\]
D. \[{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}-2ax-3by+({{a}^{2}}-{{b}^{2}}-{{p}^{2}})=0\]
Answer» B. \[2ax+2by-({{a}^{2}}-{{b}^{2}}+{{p}^{2}})=0\]
468.

The most general value of \[\theta \]satisfying the equations \[\sin \theta =\sin \alpha \]and \[\cos \theta =\cos \alpha \]is [IIT 1971; Karnataka CET 1993; DCE 1999]

A. \[2n\pi +\alpha \]
B. \[2n\pi -\alpha \]
C. \[n\pi +\alpha \]
D. \[n\pi -\alpha \]
Answer» B. \[2n\pi -\alpha \]
469.

Which pairs of function is identical?

A. \[f(x)=\sqrt{{{x}^{2}}},\] \[g(x)=x\]
B. \[f(x)={{\sin }^{2}}x+{{\cos }^{2}}x;\,g(x)=1\]
C. \[f(x)=\frac{x}{x},\,\,g(x)=1\]
D. None of these
Answer» C. \[f(x)=\frac{x}{x},\,\,g(x)=1\]
470.

If A is a skew-symmetric matrix of order n, and C is a column matrix of order \[n\times 1\], then \[{{C}^{T}}\]AC is [AMU 2005]

A. A Identity matrix of order n
B. A unit matrix of order one
C. A zero matrix of order one
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
471.

By examining the chest X-ray, the probability that TB is detected when a person is actually suffering is 0.99. The probability of an healthy person diagnosed to have TB is 0.001. in a certain city, 1 in 1000 people suffers from TB, A  person is selected at random and is diagnosed to have TB. Then, the probability that the person actually has TB is

A. \[\frac{110}{221}\]
B. \[\frac{2}{223}\]
C. \[\frac{110}{223}\]
D. \[\frac{1}{221}\]
Answer» B. \[\frac{2}{223}\]
472.

If X and Y are two sets such that \[(X\cup Y)\] has 60 elements, X has 38 elements and Y has 42 elements, how many elements does \[(X\cap Y)\]have?

A. 11
B. 20
C. 13
D. None of these
Answer» C. 13
473.

The value of \[\int_{a}^{a+(\pi /2)}{({{\sin }^{4}}x+{{\cos }^{4}}x)\,dx}\] is

A. Independent of \[a\]
B. \[a\,{{\left( \frac{\pi }{2} \right)}^{2}}\]
C. \[\frac{3\pi }{8}\]
D. \[\frac{3\pi {{a}^{2}}}{8}\]
Answer» D. \[\frac{3\pi {{a}^{2}}}{8}\]
474.

In a \[\Delta ABC;\] if \[2\Delta ={{a}^{2}}-{{(b-c)}^{2}}\] then value of \[\tan A=\]

A. \[-\frac{4}{3}\]
B. \[\frac{4}{3}\]
C. \[\frac{8}{15}\]
D. \[\frac{4}{15}\]
Answer» C. \[\frac{8}{15}\]
475.

\[\frac{{{\sin }^{2}}A-{{\sin }^{2}}B}{\sin A\cos A-\sin B\cos B}=\] [MP PET 1993]

A. \[\tan (A-B)\]
B. \[\tan (A+B)\]
C. \[\cot (A-B)\]
D. \[\cot (A+B)\]
Answer» C. \[\cot (A-B)\]
476.

There are 10 bags \[{{B}_{1}},{{B}_{2}},{{B}_{3}},...,{{B}_{10}},\]which contain 21, 22? 30 different articles respectively. The total number of ways to bring out 10 articles from a bag is

A. \[^{31}{{C}_{20}}{{-}^{21}}{{C}_{10}}\]
B. \[^{31}{{C}_{21}}\]
C. \[^{31}{{C}_{20}}\]
D. None of these
Answer» B. \[^{31}{{C}_{21}}\]
477.

A line makes angles of \[45{}^\circ \]and\[60{}^\circ \] with the positive axes of X and Y respectively. The angle made by the same line with the positive axis of  Z, is                                                          [MP PET 1997]

A. \[30{}^\circ \]or \[60{}^\circ \]
B. \[60{}^\circ \]or \[90{}^\circ \]
C. \[90{}^\circ \]or \[120{}^\circ \]
D. \[60{}^\circ \]or \[120{}^\circ \]
Answer» E.
478.

The line, \[\frac{x-2}{3}=\frac{y+1}{2}=\frac{z-1}{-1}\] intersects the curve \[xy={{c}^{2}},z=0\] if c is equal to

A. \[\pm 1\]
B. \[\pm \frac{1}{3}\]
C. \[\pm \sqrt{5}\]
D. None
Answer» D. None
479.

Let \[{{\vec{r}}_{1}},{{\vec{r}}_{2}},{{\vec{r}}_{3}},.....{{\vec{r}}_{n}},\] be the position vectors of points \[{{P}_{1}},{{P}_{2}},{{P}_{3}},....,{{P}_{n}}\] relative to the origin O. If the vector equation \[{{a}_{1}}{{\vec{r}}_{1}}+{{a}_{2}}{{\vec{r}}_{2}}+....+{{a}_{n}}{{\vec{r}}_{n}}=0\] holds, then a similar equation will also hold w.r.t. to any other origin provided

A. \[{{a}_{1}}+{{a}_{2}}+....+{{a}_{n}}=n\]
B. \[{{a}_{1}}+{{a}_{2}}+....+{{a}_{n}}=1\]
C. \[{{a}_{1}}+{{a}_{2}}+....+{{a}_{n}}=0\]
D. \[{{a}_{1}}={{a}_{2}}={{a}_{3}}=....={{a}_{n}}=0\]
Answer» D. \[{{a}_{1}}={{a}_{2}}={{a}_{3}}=....={{a}_{n}}=0\]
480.

If \[A=\left[ \begin{matrix}    3 & 2  \\    1 & 4  \\ \end{matrix} \right]\], then \[A(adj\,A)=\]  [MP PET 1995; RPET 1997]

A. \[\left[ \begin{matrix}    10 & 0  \\    0 & 10  \\ \end{matrix} \right]\]
B. \[\left[ \begin{matrix}    0 & 10  \\    10 & 0  \\ \end{matrix} \right]\]
C. \[\left[ \begin{matrix}    10 & 1  \\    1 & 10  \\ \end{matrix} \right]\]
D. None of these
Answer» B. \[\left[ \begin{matrix}    0 & 10  \\    10 & 0  \\ \end{matrix} \right]\]
481.

Let \[\overset{\to }{\mathop{a}}\,,\overset{\to }{\mathop{b}}\,,\overset{\to }{\mathop{c}}\,\] be non-coplanar vectors and\[\overset{\to }{\mathop{p}}\,=\frac{\overset{\to }{\mathop{b}}\,\times \overset{\to }{\mathop{c}}\,}{[\overset{\to }{\mathop{a}}\,\overset{\to }{\mathop{b}}\,\overset{\to }{\mathop{c}}\,]},\,\,\,\overset{\to }{\mathop{q}}\,=\frac{\overset{\to }{\mathop{c}}\,\times \overset{\to }{\mathop{a}}\,}{[\overset{\to }{\mathop{a}}\,\overset{\to }{\mathop{b}}\,\overset{\to }{\mathop{c}}\,]},\,\,\,\overset{\to }{\mathop{r}}\,=\frac{\overset{\to }{\mathop{a}}\,\times \overset{\to }{\mathop{b}}\,}{[\overset{\to }{\mathop{a}}\,\overset{\to }{\mathop{b}}\,\overset{\to }{\mathop{c}}\,]}.\] What is the value of\[(\vec{a}-\vec{b}-\vec{c}).\vec{p}+(\vec{b}-\vec{c}-\vec{a}).\vec{q}+(\vec{c}-\vec{a}-\vec{b}).\vec{r}\]?

A. 0
B. -3
C. 3
D. -9
Answer» D. -9
482.

The value of \[\cos 52{}^\circ +\cos 68{}^\circ +\cos 172{}^\circ \] is [MP PET 1997; Pb. CET 1995, 99]

A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. \[\frac{3}{2}\]
Answer» B. 1
483.

Let f be a function on R given by \[f(x)={{x}^{2}}\] and let \[E=\{x\in R:-1\le x\le 0\}\] And \[F=\{x\in R:0\le x\le 1\}\] then which of the following is false?

A. \[f(E)=f(F)\]
B. \[E\cap F\subset f(E)\cap f(F)\]
C. \[E\cup F\subset f(E)\cup f(F)\]
D. \[f(E\cap F)=\{0\}\]
Answer» D. \[f(E\cap F)=\{0\}\]
484.

If \[f(x)=4x-{{x}^{2}},x\in R,\] then \[f(a+1)-f(a-1)\] is equal to

A. \[2(4-a)\]
B. \[4(2-a)\]
C. \[4(2+a)\]
D. \[2(4+a)\]
Answer» C. \[4(2+a)\]
485.

The number of values of \[\theta \] in [0, 2p] satisfying the equation \[2{{\sin }^{2}}\theta =4+3\]\[\cos \theta \]are [MP PET 1989]

A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
Answer» B. 1
486.

Locus of midpoint of the portion between the axes of \[x\cos \alpha +y\sin \alpha =p\] where p is constant is

A. \[{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}=\frac{4}{{{p}^{2}}}\]
B. \[{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}=4{{p}^{2}}\]
C. \[\frac{1}{{{x}^{2}}}+\frac{1}{{{y}^{2}}}=\frac{2}{{{p}^{2}}}\]
D. \[\frac{1}{{{x}^{2}}}+\frac{1}{{{y}^{2}}}=\frac{4}{{{p}^{2}}}\]
Answer» E.
487.

Area of the triangle formed by the line \[x+y=3\]and the angle bisectors of the pairs of straight lines \[{{x}^{2}}-{{y}^{2}}+2y=1\] is

A. 2 sq. units
B. 4 sq. units
C. 6 sq. units
D. 8 sq. units
Answer» B. 4 sq. units
488.

If the angle between the two lines represented by \[2{{x}^{2}}+5xy+3{{y}^{2}}+6x+7y+4=0\] is \[{{\tan }^{-1}}m.\] then m is equal to:

A. \[\frac{1}{5}\]
B. 1
C. \[\frac{7}{5}\]
D. 7
Answer» B. 1
489.

The least integer k which makes the roots of the equation \[{{x}^{2}}+5x+k=0\] imaginary is  [Kerala (Engg.) 2002]

A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7
Answer» E.
490.

The locus of a point P which moves in such a way that the segment OP, where O is the origin, has slope \[\sqrt{3}\] is

A. \[x-\sqrt{3}y=0\]
B. \[x+\sqrt{3}y=0\]
C. \[\sqrt{3}x+y=0\]
D. \[\sqrt{3}x-y=0\]
Answer» E.
491.

The value of 'x' for which the angle between the vectors \[\overset{\to }{\mathop{a}}\,=2{{x}^{2}}\hat{i}+4x\hat{j}+\hat{k}\] and \[\overset{\to }{\mathop{b}}\,=7\hat{i}-2\hat{j}+x\hat{k}\] is obtuse are

A. \[\operatorname{x} < 0\]
B. \[x>\frac{1}{2}\]
C. \[0<x<\frac{1}{2}\]
D. \[x\in R\]
Answer» D. \[x\in R\]
492.

Let \[\vec{r}=(\vec{a}\times \vec{b})\sin \,x+(\vec{b}\times \vec{c})\cos \,y+2(\vec{c}\times \vec{a})\] where \[\vec{a},\vec{b},\vec{c}\]three non-coplanar vectors are. If \[\vec{r}\] is perpendicular to \[\vec{a}+\vec{b}+\vec{c},\] the minimum value of \[{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}\] is

A. \[{{\pi }^{2}}\]
B. \[\frac{{{\pi }^{2}}}{4}\]
C. \[\frac{5{{\pi }^{2}}}{4}\]
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
493.

Let \[\vec{a},\vec{b}\] and \[\vec{c}\] be three non-zero vectors such that no two of these are collinear. If the vector \[\vec{a}+2\vec{b}\] is collinear with \[\vec{c}\] and \[\vec{b}+3\vec{c}\] is collinear with \[\vec{a}\] (\[\lambda \] being some non-zero scalar) then \[\vec{a}+2\vec{b}+6\vec{c}\] equals

A. 0
B. \[\lambda \vec{b}\]
C. \[\lambda \vec{c}\]
D. \[\lambda \vec{a}\]
Answer» D. \[\lambda \vec{a}\]
494.

\[{{L}_{1}}\] and \[{{L}_{2}}\] are two lines whose vector equations are \[{{L}_{1}}:\overset{\to }{\mathop{r}}\,=\lambda ((cos\,\,\theta +\sqrt{3})\hat{i}+(\sqrt{2}sin\,\,\theta )\hat{j}\]\[+(cos\theta -\sqrt{3})\hat{k}){{L}_{2}}:\overset{\to }{\mathop{r}}\,=\mu \left( a\hat{i}+b\hat{j}+c\hat{k} \right)\], where \[\lambda \] and \[\mu \] are scalars and \[\alpha \] is the acute angle between \[{{L}_{1}}\] and\[{{L}_{2}}\]. If the angle \['\alpha '\] is independent of \[\theta \] then the value of \['\alpha '\] is

A. \[\frac{\pi }{6}\]
B. \[\frac{\pi }{4}\]
C. \[\frac{\pi }{3}\]
D. \[\frac{\pi }{2}\]
Answer» B. \[\frac{\pi }{4}\]
495.

What is the equation of the plane through z-axis and parallel to the line\[\frac{x-1}{\cos \theta }=\frac{y+2}{\sin \theta }=\frac{z-3}{0}\]?

A. \[x\,\,cot\,\theta +y=0\]
B. \[x\,\,tan\,\,\theta -y=0\]
C. \[x+y\,\,cot\,\theta =0\]
D. \[x-y\,\,tan\,\theta =0\]
Answer» C. \[x+y\,\,cot\,\theta =0\]
496.

Two system of rectangular axes have the same origin. If a plane cuts them at distances a, b, c and a', b', c' respectively from the origin, then\[\frac{1}{{{a}^{2}}}+\frac{1}{{{b}^{2}}}+\frac{1}{{{c}^{2}}}=k\left( \frac{1}{a{{'}^{2}}}+\frac{1}{b{{'}^{2}}}+\frac{1}{c{{'}^{2}}} \right)\], where k is equal to

A. 1
B. 2
C. 4
D. None of these
Answer» B. 2
497.

If \[U=[2\,-3\,\,4],X=[0\,\,2\,\,3],\] \[V=\left[ \begin{align}   & 3 \\  & 2 \\  & 1 \\ \end{align} \right]\] and \[Y=\left[ \begin{align}   & 2 \\  & 2 \\  & 4 \\ \end{align} \right]\], then \[UV+XY\]= [MP PET 1997]

A. 20
B. [- 20]
C. -20
D. [20]
Answer» E.
498.

The value of ?n? for which \[^{n-1}{{C}_{4}}{{-}^{n-1}}{{C}_{3}}-\frac{5}{4}{{.}^{n-1}}{{P}_{2}}<0,\] Where \[n\in N\]

A. \[\{5,6,7,8,9,10\}\]
B. \[\{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10\}\]
C. \[\{1,4,5,6,7,8,9,10\}\]
D. \[(-\infty ,2)\cup (3,11)\]
Answer» B. \[\{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10\}\]
499.

Given (i) 85 observations which are not shortest and (ii) 150 observations which are sorted and arranged in an increasing order. The median values of (i) & (ii) respectively can be found as

A. (i) 43rd observation (ii) A.M. of 75th and 76th observation
B. (i) 43rd observation (ii) 76th observation
C. (i) cannot be found (ii) cannot be found
D. None of these
Answer» E.
500.

The variance of first 50 even natural numbers is

A. 437
B. \[\frac{437}{4}\]
C. \[\frac{833}{4}\]
D. \[833\]
Answer» E.