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301.

If a function F is such that \[F(0)=2,F(1)=3,\]\[F(x+2)=2F(x)-F(x+1)\] for \[x\ge 0,\] then \[F(5)\] is equal to

A. -7
B. -3
C. 17
D. 13
Answer» E.
302.

The area bounded by the curve \[y={{x}^{3}},\] \[x-\]axis and two ordinates \[x=1\] to \[x=2\] equal to                [MP PET 1999]

A. \[\frac{15}{2}\] sq. unit
B. \[\frac{15}{4}\] sq. unit
C. \[\frac{17}{2}\] sq. unit
D. \[\frac{17}{4}\] sq. unit
Answer» C. \[\frac{17}{2}\] sq. unit
303.

The locus of the equation \[{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}+{{z}^{2}}+1=0\]is

A. An empty set
B. A sphere
C. A degenerate set
D. A pair of planes
Answer» B. A sphere
304.

If A and B are two sets, then \[(A-B)\cup (B-A)\]\[\cup (A\cap B)\] is equal to

A. Only A
B. \[A\cup B\]
C. \[(A\cup B')\]
D. None of these
Answer» C. \[(A\cup B')\]
305.

Let S = the set of all triangles, P= the set of all isosceles triangles, Q= the set of all equilateral triangles, R= the set of all right - angled triangles. What do the sets \[P\cap Q\] and \[R-P\] represents respectively?

A. The set of isosceles triangles; the set of non-isosceles right angled triangles
B. The set of isosceles triangles; the set of right angled triangles
C. The set of equilateral triangles; the set of right angled triangles
D. The set of isosceles triangles; the set of equilateral triangles
Answer» B. The set of isosceles triangles; the set of right angled triangles
306.

The expression \[\frac{{{a}^{n+1}}+{{b}^{n+1}}}{{{a}^{n}}+{{b}^{n}}}\] is \[[a\ne b\ne 0]\] is (where a and b are unequal non-zero numbers)

A. A.M. between a and b if \[n=-1\]
B. G.M. between a and b if \[n=-\frac{1}{2}\]
C. H.M. between a and b if n = 0
D. All are correct
Answer» C. H.M. between a and b if n = 0
307.

If A and B are two matrices such that A+B and AB are both defined, then [Pb. CET 1990]

A. \[A\]and B are two matrices not necessarily of same order
B. A and B are square matrices of same order
C. Number of columns of A= Number of rows of B
D. None of these
Answer» C. Number of columns of A= Number of rows of B
308.

One hundred identical coins, each with probability P of showing up heads, are tossed. If 0

A. \[\frac{1}{2}\]
B. \[\frac{49}{101}\]
C. \[\frac{50}{101}\]
D. \[\frac{51}{101}\]
Answer» E.
309.

The number of common tangents to the circles \[{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}=1\]and \[{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}-4x+3=0\] is            [DCE 2005]

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer» D. 4
310.

The sum to n terms of the series \[\frac{1}{2}+\frac{3}{4}+\frac{7}{8}+\frac{15}{16}+..........\] is

A. \[n-1-{{2}^{-n}}\]
B. 1
C. \[n-1+{{2}^{-n}}\]
D. \[1+{{2}^{-n}}\]
Answer» D. \[1+{{2}^{-n}}\]
311.

If a,b,g  be the direction angles of a vector and \[\cos \alpha =\frac{14}{15}\], \[\cos \beta =\frac{1}{3}\] then \[\cos \gamma \]=

A. \[\pm \frac{2}{15}\]
B. \[\frac{1}{5}\]
C. \[\pm \frac{1}{15}\]
D. None of these
Answer» B. \[\frac{1}{5}\]
312.

Equation of a line passing through the point of intersection of lines \[2x-3y+4=0,\] \[3x+4y-5=0\] and perpendicular to \[6x-7y+3=0,\] then its equation is                                           [RPET 2000]

A. \[119x+102y+125=0\]
B. \[119x+102y=125\]
C. \[119x-102y=125\]
D. None of these
Answer» C. \[119x-102y=125\]
313.

If \[\cos 7\theta =\cos \theta -\sin 4\theta ,\] then the general value of \[\theta \] is

A. \[\frac{n\pi }{6},\frac{n\pi }{3}+{{(-1)}^{n}}\frac{\pi }{18}\]
B. \[\frac{n\pi }{3},\frac{n\pi }{3}+{{(-1)}^{n}}\frac{\pi }{18}\]
C. \[\frac{n\pi }{4},\frac{n\pi }{3}\pm \frac{\pi }{18}\]
D. \[\frac{n\pi }{4},\frac{n\pi }{3}+{{(-1)}^{n}}\frac{\pi }{18}\]
Answer» E.
314.

If \[{{a}_{ij}}=\frac{1}{2}(3i-2j)\]and \[A={{[{{a}_{ij}}]}_{2\times 2}}\], then A is equal to [RPET 2001]

A. \[\left[ \begin{matrix}    1/2 & 2  \\    -1/2 & 1  \\ \end{matrix} \right]\]
B. \[\left[ \begin{matrix}    1/2 & -1/2  \\    2 & 1  \\ \end{matrix} \right]\]
C. \[\left[ \begin{matrix}    2 & 2  \\    1/2 & -1/2  \\ \end{matrix} \right]\]
D. None of these
Answer» C. \[\left[ \begin{matrix}    2 & 2  \\    1/2 & -1/2  \\ \end{matrix} \right]\]
315.

The greatest common divisor of \[^{20}{{C}_{1}}{{,}^{20}}{{C}_{3}},...{{,}^{20}}{{C}_{19}}\] is

A. 20
B. 4
C. 5
D. None of these
Answer» C. 5
316.

Let A  and B be two sets then \[(A\cup B{)}'\cup ({A}'\cap B)\] is equal to

A. \[{A}'\]
B. A
C. \[{B}'\]
D. None of these
Answer» B. A
317.

The general value of \[\theta \] satisfying \[{{\sin }^{2}}\theta +\sin \theta =2\] is [AMU 1996, 99]

A. \[n\pi +{{(-1)}^{n}}\frac{\pi }{6}\]
B. \[2n\pi +\frac{\pi }{4}\]
C. \[n\pi +{{(-1)}^{n}}\frac{\pi }{2}\]
D. \[n\pi +{{(-1)}^{n}}\frac{\pi }{3}\]
Answer» C. \[n\pi +{{(-1)}^{n}}\frac{\pi }{2}\]
318.

If \[\mathbf{a}\times \mathbf{b}=\mathbf{b}\times \mathbf{c}\ne 0,\] where a, b and c are coplanar vectors, then for some scalar k                    [Roorkee 1985; RPET 1997]

A. \[\mathbf{a}+\mathbf{c}=k\,\mathbf{b}\]
B. \[\mathbf{a}+\mathbf{b}=k\,\mathbf{c}\]
C. \[\mathbf{b}+\mathbf{c}=k\,\mathbf{a}\]
D. None of these
Answer» B. \[\mathbf{a}+\mathbf{b}=k\,\mathbf{c}\]
319.

If \[A=\left[ \begin{matrix}    2 & 2  \\    -3 & 2  \\ \end{matrix} \right]\] and \[B=\left[ \begin{matrix}    0 & -1  \\    1 & 0  \\ \end{matrix} \right],\] then \[{{({{B}^{-1}}{{A}^{-1}})}^{-1}}\]=  [EAMCET 2001]

A. \[\left[ \begin{matrix}    2 & -2  \\    2 & 3  \\ \end{matrix} \right]\]
B. \[\left[ \begin{matrix}    3 & -2  \\    2 & 2  \\ \end{matrix} \right]\]
C. \[\frac{1}{10}\left[ \begin{matrix}    2 & 2  \\    -2 & 3  \\ \end{matrix} \right]\]
D. \[\frac{1}{10}\left[ \begin{matrix}    3 & 2  \\    -2 & 2  \\ \end{matrix} \right]\]
Answer» B. \[\left[ \begin{matrix}    3 & -2  \\    2 & 2  \\ \end{matrix} \right]\]
320.

The angle between the tangents to the circle \[{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}=169\]at the points (5, 12) and (12, ?5), is

A. \[{{30}^{o}}\]
B. \[{{45}^{o}}\]
C. \[{{60}^{o}}\]
D. \[{{90}^{o}}\]
Answer» E.
321.

\[\frac{\sqrt{2}-\sin \alpha -\cos \alpha }{\sin \alpha -\cos \alpha }=\] [AMU 1999]

A. \[\sec \left( \frac{\alpha }{2}-\frac{\pi }{8} \right)\]
B. \[\cos \left( \frac{\pi }{8}-\frac{\alpha }{2} \right)\]
C. \[\tan \left( \frac{\alpha }{2}-\frac{\pi }{8} \right)\]
D. \[\cot \left( \frac{\alpha }{2}-\frac{\pi }{2} \right)\]
Answer» D. \[\cot \left( \frac{\alpha }{2}-\frac{\pi }{2} \right)\]
322.

The two circles \[{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}-2x+6y+6=0\] and \[{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}-5x+6y+15=0\]                                        [Karnataka CET 2001]

A. Intersect
B. Are concentric
C. Touch internally
D. Touch externally
Answer» D. Touch externally
323.

A bag contains 3 white and 7 red balls. If a ball is drawn at random, then what is the probability that the drawn ball is either white or red

A. 0
B. \[\frac{3}{10}\]
C. \[\frac{7}{10}\]
D. \[\frac{10}{10}\]
Answer» E.
324.

The line \[(3x-y+5)+\lambda (2x-3y-4)=0\]will be parallel to y-axis, if l =

A. \[\frac{1}{3}\]
B. \[\frac{-1}{3}\]
C. \[\frac{3}{2}\]
D. \[\frac{-3}{2}\]
Answer» C. \[\frac{3}{2}\]
325.

If the combined mean of two groups is \[\frac{40}{3}\] and if the mean of one group with 10 observations is 15, then the mean of the other group with 8 observation is equal to

A. \[\frac{46}{3}\]
B. \[\frac{35}{4}\]
C. \[\frac{45}{4}\]
D. \[\frac{41}{4}\]
Answer» D. \[\frac{41}{4}\]
326.

If the coordinates of vertices of \[\Delta OAB\] are (0,0) \[(\cos \alpha ,\,\sin \alpha )\] and \[(-\sin \alpha ,\,\cos \alpha )\] respectively, then \[O{{A}^{2}}+O{{B}^{2}}=\]

A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
Answer» D. 3
327.

Let X and Y be two non-empty sets such that \[X\cap A=Y\cap A=\phi \] and \[X\cup A=Y\cup A\]for some non-empty set A. Then

A. X is a proper subset of Y
B. Y is a proper subset of X
C. X = Y
D. X and Y are disjoint sets
Answer» D. X and Y are disjoint sets
328.

If the three vertices of a rectangle taken in order are the points (2, -2), (8, 4) and (5, 7). The coordinates of the fourth vertex is   [CEE 1993]

A. (1, 1)
B. (1, -1)
C. (-1, 1)
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
329.

An ordinary cube has four blank faces, one face marked 2 another marked 3. Then the probability of obtaining a total of exactly 12 in 5 throws, is

A. \[\frac{5}{1296}\]
B. \[\frac{5}{1944}\]
C. \[\frac{5}{2592}\]
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
330.

If the straight lines \[ax+may+1=0,\] \[bx+(m+1)by+1=0\] and \[cx+(m+2)cy+1=0\] are concurrent, then a, b, c form \[(m\ne 0)\]

A. An A.P. only for m=1
B. An A.P. for all m
C. A G.P. for all m
D. A H.P. for all m
Answer» E.
331.

What is the equation of the line through \[(1,2)\] so that segment of the line intercepted between the axes is bisected at this point?

A. \[2x-y=4\]
B. \[2x-y+4=0\]
C. \[2x+y=4\]
D. 2x+y+4=0
Answer» D. 2x+y+4=0
332.

The diagonals of the parallelogram whose sides are \[lx+my+n=0,\] \[lx+my+n'=0\], \[mx+1y+n=0\] and \[mx+ly+n'=0\] include an angle

A. \[\frac{\pi }{3}\]
B. \[\frac{\pi }{2}\]
C. \[{{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{{{1}^{2}}-{{m}^{2}}}{{{1}^{2}}+{{m}^{2}}} \right)\]
D. \[{{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{2lm}{{{1}^{2}}+{{m}^{2}}} \right)\]
Answer» C. \[{{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{{{1}^{2}}-{{m}^{2}}}{{{1}^{2}}+{{m}^{2}}} \right)\]
333.

If \[f(x)=5lo{{g}_{5}}x\] then \[{{f}^{-1}}(\alpha -\beta )\] where \[\alpha ,\beta \in R\]is equal to

A. \[{{f}^{-1}}(\alpha )-{{f}^{-1}}(\beta )\]
B. \[\frac{{{f}^{-1}}(\alpha )}{{{f}^{-1}}(\beta )}\]
C. \[\frac{1}{f(\alpha -\beta )}\]
D. \[\frac{1}{f(\alpha )-f(\beta )}\]
Answer» C. \[\frac{1}{f(\alpha -\beta )}\]
334.

A can hit a target 4 times in 5 shots; B can hit a target 3 times in 4 shots; C can hit a target 2 times in 3 shots; All the three a shot each. What is the probability that two shots are at least hit?

A. 44348
B. 44319
C. 44352
D. 44256
Answer» D. 44256
335.

If a and b are two vectors, then \[{{(\mathbf{a}\times \mathbf{b})}^{2}}\] equals [Roorkee 1975, 79, 81, 85]

A. \[\left| \,\begin{matrix}    \mathbf{a}\,\,.\,\,\mathbf{b} & \mathbf{a}\,\,.\,\,\mathbf{a}  \\    \mathbf{b}\,\,.\,\,\mathbf{b} & \mathbf{b}\,\,.\,\,\mathbf{a}  \\ \end{matrix}\, \right|\]
B. \[\left| \,\begin{matrix}    \mathbf{a}\,\,.\,\,\mathbf{a} & \mathbf{a}\,\,.\,\,\mathbf{b}  \\    \mathbf{b}\,\,.\,\,\mathbf{a} & \mathbf{b}\,\,.\,\,\mathbf{b}  \\ \end{matrix}\, \right|\]
C. \[\left| \,\begin{matrix}    \mathbf{a}\,\,.\,\,\mathbf{b}  \\    \mathbf{b}\,\,.\,\,\mathbf{a}  \\ \end{matrix}\, \right|\]
D. None of these
Answer» C. \[\left| \,\begin{matrix}    \mathbf{a}\,\,.\,\,\mathbf{b}  \\    \mathbf{b}\,\,.\,\,\mathbf{a}  \\ \end{matrix}\, \right|\]
336.

The total number of 3-digit numbers, the sum of whose digits is even, is equal to

A. 450
B. 350
C. 250
D. 325
Answer» B. 350
337.

If \[a,b,c\in Q\], then roots of the equation\[(b+c-2a){{x}^{2}}+\] \[(c+a-2b)x+(a+b-2c)=0\] are

A. Rational
B. Non-real
C. Irrational
D. Equal
Answer» B. Non-real
338.

\[\underset{n\to \infty }{\mathop{\lim }}\,\sum\limits_{r=1}^{n}{\frac{1}{n}{{e}^{\frac{r}{n}}}}\]is         [AIEEE 2004]

A. \[e+1\]
B. \[e-1\]
C. \[1-e\]
D. \[e\]
Answer» C. \[1-e\]
339.

Equation of the hour hand at 4 O? clock is

A. \[x-\sqrt{3}\ y=0\]
B. \[\sqrt{3}\ x-y=0\]
C. \[x+\sqrt{3}\ y=0\]
D. \[\sqrt{3}\ x+y=0\]
Answer» D. \[\sqrt{3}\ x+y=0\]
340.

The Domain of the function \[f(x)=\sqrt{\frac{1}{\left| x-2 \right|-(x-2)}}\] is:

A. \[\left( -\infty ,2 \right]\]
B. \[(2,\infty )\]
C. \[(-\infty ,2)\]
D. \[[2,\infty )\]
Answer» D. \[[2,\infty )\]
341.

The inverse of  \[\left[ \begin{matrix}    1 & 2 & 3  \\    0 & 1 & 2  \\    0 & 0 & 1  \\ \end{matrix} \right]\]is [EAMCET 1990]

A. \[\left[ \begin{matrix}    1 & -2 & 1  \\    0 & 1 & -2  \\    0 & 0 & 0  \\ \end{matrix} \right]\]
B. \[\left[ \begin{matrix}    1 & -2 & 1  \\    0 & 1 & -2  \\    0 & 0 & 1  \\ \end{matrix} \right]\]
C. \[\left[ \begin{matrix}    1 & 2 & 1  \\    0 & 1 & 2  \\    0 & 0 & 1  \\ \end{matrix} \right]\]
D. None of these
Answer» C. \[\left[ \begin{matrix}    1 & 2 & 1  \\    0 & 1 & 2  \\    0 & 0 & 1  \\ \end{matrix} \right]\]
342.

If sum of distances of a point from the origin and lines \[x=2\] is 4, then its locus is       [RPET 1997]

A. \[{{x}^{2}}-12y=36\]
B. \[{{y}^{2}}+12x=36\]
C. \[{{y}^{2}}-12x=36\]
D. \[{{x}^{2}}+12y=36\]
Answer» C. \[{{y}^{2}}-12x=36\]
343.

The angle between the pair of planes represented by equation\[2{{x}^{2}}-2{{y}^{2}}+4{{z}^{2}}+6xz+2yz+3xy=0\]is

A. \[{{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{1}{3} \right)\]
B. \[{{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{4}{21} \right)\]
C. \[{{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{4}{9} \right)\]
D. \[{{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{7}{\sqrt{84}} \right)\]
Answer» D. \[{{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{7}{\sqrt{84}} \right)\]
344.

What is the angle between two planes \[2x-y+z=4\] and \[x+y+2z=6?\]

A. \[\frac{\pi }{2}\]
B. \[\frac{\pi }{3}\]
C. \[\frac{\pi }{4}\]
D. \[\frac{\pi }{6}\]
Answer» C. \[\frac{\pi }{4}\]
345.

Let \[A(\vec{a})\] and \[B(\vec{b})\] be points on two skew line \[\vec{r}=\vec{a}+\vec{\lambda }\] and \[\vec{r}=\vec{b}+u\vec{q}\]  and the shortest distance between the skew line is 1, where \[\vec{p}\] and \[\vec{q}\] are unit vectors forming adjacent sides of a parallelogram enclosing an area of \[\frac{1}{2}\]units. If an angle between AB and the line of shortest distance is \[60{}^\circ \], then \[AB=\]

A. \[\frac{1}{2}\]
B. \[2\]
C. \[1\]
D. \[\lambda \in R-\{0\}\]
Answer» C. \[1\]
346.

The general solution of \[\sin x-\cos x=\sqrt{2}\], for any integer n is [Karnataka CET 2005]

A. \[n\pi \]
B. \[2n\pi +\frac{3\pi }{4}\]
C. \[2n\pi \]
D. \[(2n+1)\,\pi \]
Answer» C. \[2n\pi \]
347.

Let \[{{A}_{n}}\] be the sum of the first n terms of the geometric series \[704+\frac{704}{2}+\frac{704}{4}+\frac{704}{8}+......\]and \[{{B}_{n}}\] be the sum of the first n terms of the geometric series \[1984+\frac{1984}{2}+\frac{1984}{4}+\frac{1984}{8}+......\] If \[{{A}_{n}}={{B}_{n}},\]then the value of n is (where \[n\in N\]).

A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7
Answer» C. 6
348.

If \[\frac{1}{a},\frac{1}{b},\frac{1}{c}\] are A. P., then \[\left( \frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}-\frac{a}{c} \right)\] \[\left( \frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{c}-\frac{1}{a} \right)\] is equal to

A. \[\frac{4}{ac}-\frac{3}{{{b}^{2}}}\]
B. \[\frac{{{b}^{2}}-ac}{{{a}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}{{c}^{2}}}\]
C. \[\frac{4}{ac}-\frac{1}{{{b}^{2}}}\]
D. None of these
Answer» B. \[\frac{{{b}^{2}}-ac}{{{a}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}{{c}^{2}}}\]
349.

The points of contact of the circle \[{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}+2x+2y+1=0\]and the co-ordinate axes are

A. \[(1,\,0),(0,\,1)\]
B. \[(-1,\,0),(0,\,1)\]
C. \[(-1,\,0),(0,\,-1)\]
D. \[(1,\,\,0),(0,\,-1)\]
Answer» D. \[(1,\,\,0),(0,\,-1)\]
350.

The area of the parallelogram whose diagonals are the vectors \[2\mathbf{a}-\mathbf{b}\] and \[4\mathbf{a}-5\mathbf{b},\] where a and b are the unit vectors forming an angle of \[{{45}^{o}},\] is

A. \[3\sqrt{2}\]
B. \[\frac{3}{\sqrt{2}}\]
C. \[\sqrt{2}\]
D. None of these
Answer» C. \[\sqrt{2}\]