List of top Mathematics Questions

Sand is falling from a pipe at the rate of 12 cm\(^3\)/second. The falling sand forms such a cone on the ground that its height is always one-sixth of the radius of its base. At which rate is the height of the cone formed by sand increasing while its height is 4 cm?
Find the area of the parallelogram whose diagonals are \( \vec{a} = 3\hat{i} + \hat{j} - 2\hat{k} \) and \( \vec{b} = \hat{i} - 3\hat{j} + 4\hat{k} \).
A die was thrown twice and the sum of the numbers which appeared was found to be 6. Find the conditional probability that the number 4 appears at least once.
Find the general solution of the differential equation \(x\frac{dy}{dx} + 2y = x^2\) (\(x \neq 0\)).
Find the shortest distance between the lines whose vector equations are \(\vec{r}=(\hat{i}+2\hat{j}+3\hat{k})+\lambda(\hat{i}-3\hat{j}+2\hat{k})\) and \(\vec{r}=(4\hat{i}+5\hat{j}+6\hat{k})+\mu(2\hat{i}+3\hat{j}+\hat{k})\).
If \( \theta \) be the angle between two unit vectors \( \hat{a} \) and \( \hat{b} \), prove that \( \sin\frac{\theta}{2} = \frac{1}{2} |\hat{a} - \hat{b}| \).
Maximize \(Z = x + 2y\) by graphical method under the constraints \(x+y \le 1, -x+y \le 0, x \ge 0, y \ge 0\).
In a leap year, selected at random, find the probability that there are 53 Tuesdays.
Evaluate : \(\int \frac{dx}{\sqrt{x^2 - a^2}}\).
Let a relation R be defined in the set \(\mathbb{N} \times \mathbb{N}\) as follows: \((a, b) R (c, d)\) if and only if \(a + d = b + c\). Prove that R is an equivalence relation.
Evaluate: \( \int \text{cosec}\,x(\text{cosec}\,x + \cot x) \,dx \).
Find the direction-cosines of the y-axis.
Find the principal value of \( \text{cosec}^{-1}(-\sqrt{2}) \).
Test whether the function defined by \( f(x) = x^2 - \sin(x) + 5 \) is continuous at \( x = \pi \).
Differentiate \(x^{\sin x}\) with respect to \(x\), while \(x>0\).
Find the area of the region bounded by the ellipse \(\frac{x^2}{9^2} + \frac{y^2}{4^2} = 1\).
If the coordinates of the points P and Q are respectively (2, 3, 0) and (–1, –2, –4), the vector \( \vec{PQ} \) will be
The order of the differential equation \( \left( \frac{d^3y}{dx^3} \right)^2 + \log x \left( \frac{d^2y}{dx^2} \right)^3 + 5y = \cos x \) will be
Let [x] represents the greatest integer which is less than or equal to x. Then the function \(f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}\) defined by \(f(x) = [x]\) will be
For two vectors \(\vec{a}\) and \(\vec{b}\) prove that \(|\vec{a} + \vec{b}| \le |\vec{a}| + |\vec{b}|\).
Minimize Z = 200x + 500y by graphical method subject to the following constraints:
x + 2y \(\ge\) 10, 3x + 4y \(\le\) 24, x \(\ge\) 0, y \(\ge\) 0.
Solve: \(ydx - (x + 2y^2)dy = 0\).
Prove that the semi-vertical angle of a right circular cone of given surface and maximum volume is \(\sin^{-1}(1/3)\).
A person has taken the contract of a construction work. The probability of strike is 0.65. The probabilities of the construction work being completed on time in the circumstances of no strike and strike are respectively 0.80 and 0.32. Find the probability of the construction work being completed on time.
Show that the function \(f(x) = \log \sin x\) is increasing in the interval \((0, \frac{\pi}{2})\) and decreasing in \((\frac{\pi}{2}, \pi)\).