List of top Mathematics Questions

The mean and standard deviation of 20 observations are found to be 10 and 2, respectively. On respectively, it was found that an observation by mistake was taken 8 instead of 12. The correct standard deviation is

\( \int_{0}^{\pi/4} \frac{\cos^2 x \sin^2 x}{\left( \cos^3 x + \sin^3 x \right)^2} \, dx \) is equal to:

If \( A(3, 1, -1) \), \( B\left(\frac{5}{3}, \frac{7}{3}, \frac{1}{3}\right) \), \( C(2, 2, 1) \), and \( D\left(\frac{10}{3}, \frac{2}{3}, \frac{-1}{3}\right) \) are the vertices of a quadrilateral ABCD, then its area is:

If \( f(x) = \begin{cases} x^3 \sin\left(\frac{1}{x}\right), & x \neq 0 \\ 0, & x = 0 \end{cases} \), then:

Let a ray of light passing through the point \((3, 10)\) reflects on the line \(2x + y = 6\) and the reflected ray passes through the point \((7, 2)\). If the equation of the incident ray is \(ax + by + 1 = 0\), then \(a^2 + b^2 + 3ab\) is equal to _.

An arithmetic progression is written in the following way

The sum of all the terms of the 10^th row is ______ .

If \[ \alpha = \lim_{x \to 0^+} \left( \frac{e^{\sqrt{\tan x}} - e^{\sqrt{x}}}{\sqrt{\tan x} - \sqrt{x}} \right) \] \[ \beta = \lim_{x \to 0} (1 + \sin x)^{\frac{1}{2\cot x}} \] are the roots of the quadratic equation \(ax^2 + bx - \sqrt{e} = 0\), then \(12 \log_e (a + b)\) is equal to _________.

The area of the region in the first quadrant inside the circle \(x^2 + y^2 = 8\) and outside the parabola \(y^2 = 2x\) is equal to:

If the shortest distance between the lines \[ \frac{x - \lambda}{2} = \frac{y - 4}{3} = \frac{z - 3}{4} \] and \[ \frac{x - 2}{4} = \frac{y - 4}{6} = \frac{z - 7}{8} \] is \(\frac{13}{\sqrt{29}}\), then a value of \(\lambda\) is:

Let $\text{P}(x, y, z)$ be a point in the first octant, whose projection in the xy-plane is the point $\text{Q}$. Let $\text{OP} = \gamma$; the angle between $\text{OQ}$ and the positive x-axis be $\theta$; and the angle between $\text{OP}$ and the positive z-axis be $\phi$, where $\text{O}$ is the origin. Then the distance of $\text{P}$ from the x-axis is:

If the system of equations \[2x + 7y + \lambda z = 3,\]\[3x + 2y + 5z = 4,\]\[x + \mu y + 32z = -1\]has infinitely many solutions, then $(\lambda - \mu)$ is equal to ________.

Let $\alpha, \beta$ be roots of $x^2 + \sqrt{2}x - 8 = 0$. If $U_n = \alpha^n + \beta^n$, then \[ \frac{U_{10} + \sqrt{12} U_9}{2 U_8} \] is equal to ________.

If the shortest distance between the lines \[ \frac{x - \lambda}{3} = \frac{y - 2}{-1} = \frac{z - 1}{1} \] and \[ \frac{x + 2}{-3} = \frac{y + 5}{2} = \frac{z - 4}{4} \] is \[ \frac{44}{\sqrt{30}}, \] then the largest possible value of $|\lambda|$ is equal to ________.

In a triangle $ABC$, $BC = 7$, $AC = 8$, $AB = \alpha \in \mathbb{N}$ and $\cos A = \frac{2}{3}$. If \[ 49 \cos(3C) + 42 = \frac{m}{n}, \] where $\gcd(m, n) = 1$, then $m + n$ is equal to ________.

Let $[t]$ denote the largest integer less than or equal to $t$. If \[ \int_0^1 \left(\left[x^2\right] + \left\lfloor \frac{x^2}{2} \right\rfloor\right) dx = a + b\sqrt{2} - \sqrt{3} - \sqrt{5} + c\sqrt{6} - \sqrt{7}, \] where $a, b, c \in \mathbb{Z}$, then $a + b + c$ is equal to ________.

If \[ S(x) = (1 + x) + 2(1 + x)^2 + 3(1 + x)^3 + \ldots + 60(1 + x)^{60}, \, x \neq 0, \] and \[ (60)^2 S(60) = a(b)^b + b, \] where $a, b \in \mathbb{N}$, then $(a + b)$ is equal to ________.

The length of the latus rectum and directrices of a hyperbola with eccentricity $e$ are 9 and $x = \pm \frac{4}{\sqrt{3}}$, respectively. Let the line $y - \sqrt{3}x + \sqrt{3} = 0$ touch this hyperbola at $(x_0, y_0)$. If $m$ is the product of the focal distances of the point $(x_0, y_0)$, then $4e^2 + m$ is equal to ________.

Let $[t]$ denote the greatest integer less than or equal to $t$. Let $f: [0, \infty) \to \mathbb{R}$ be a function defined by \[ f(x) = \left[\frac{x}{2} + 3\right] - \left[\sqrt{x}\right]. \] Let $S$ be the set of all points in the interval $[0, 8]$ at which $f$ is not continuous. Then \[ \sum_{a \in S} a \] is equal to ________.

If $A$ is a square matrix of order 3 such that \[ \det(A) = 3 \] and \[ \det(\text{adj}(-4 \, \text{adj}(-3 \, \text{adj}(3 \, \text{adj}((2A)^{-1}))))) = 2^{m^3 n}, \] then $m + 2n$ is equal to:

If \[\int \frac{1}{a^2 \sin^2 x + b^2 \cos^2 x} \, dx = \frac{1}{12} \tan^{-1}(3 \tan x) + \text{constant},\]then the maximum value of $a \sin x + b \cos x$ is:

If the area of the region \[ \left\{(x, y) : \frac{a}{x^2} \leq y \leq \frac{1}{x}, \, 1 \leq x \leq 2, \, 0<a<1 \right\} \] is \[ (\log 2) - \frac{1}{7}, \] then the value of $7a - 3$ is equal to:

Let $f(x) = \frac{1}{7 - \sin 5x}$ be a function defined on $\mathbb{R}$. Then the range of the function $f(x)$ is equal to:

If P(6, 1) be the orthocentre of the triangle whose vertices are A(5, –2), B(8, 3) and C(h, k), then the point C lies on the circle.

Let $P(\alpha, \beta, \gamma)$ be the image of the point $Q(3, -3, 1)$ in the line \[\frac{x - 0}{1} = \frac{y - 3}{1} = \frac{z - 1}{-1}\]and $R$ be the point $(2, 5, -1)$. If the area of the triangle $PQR$ is $\lambda$ and $\lambda^2 = 14K$, then $K$ is equal to:

A software company sets up m number of computer systems to finish an assignment in 17 days. If 4 computer systems crashed on the start of the second day, 4 more computer systems crashed on the start of the third day and so on, then it took 8 more days to finish the assignment. The value of m is equal to :