List of practice Questions

Let \(S\) be the focus of the hyperbola \(\frac{x^2}{3} - \frac{y^2}{5} = 1\), on the positive x-axis. Let \(C\) be the circle with its centre at \(A\left(\sqrt{6}, \sqrt{5}\right)\) and passing through the point \(S\). If \(O\) is the origin and \(SAB\) is a diameter of \(C\), then the square of the area of the triangle \(OSB\) is equal to -

Let \(P(\alpha, \beta, \gamma)\) be the image of the point \(Q(1, 6, 4)\) in the line \[ \frac{x}{1} = \frac{y - 1}{2} = \frac{z - 2}{3}. \] Then \(2\alpha + \beta + \gamma\) is equal to _______.

The number of distinct real roots of the equation \[ |x + 1| |x + 3| - 4|x + 2| + 5 = 0, \] is _______.

Let \(a, b, c \in \mathbb{N}\) and \(a<b<c\). Let the mean, the mean deviation about the mean and the variance of the 5 observations \(9, 25, a, b, c\) be \(18, 4\) and \(\frac{136}{5}\), respectively. Then \(2a + b - c\) is equal to _______.

Let \(\alpha |x| = |y| e^{xy - \beta}\), \(\alpha, \beta \in \mathbb{N}\) be the solution of the differential equation \[ xdy - ydx + xy(xdy + ydx) = 0, \quad y(1) = 2. \] Then \(\alpha + \beta\) is equal to _.

If \[ \int \frac{1}{\sqrt[5]{(x - 1)^4}(x + 3)^6} \, dx = A \left( \frac{\alpha x - 1}{\beta x + 3} \right)^B + C, \] where \(C\) is the constant of integration, then the value of \(\alpha + \beta + 20AB\) is _______.

The value of $k \in \mathbb{N}$ for which the integral \[ I_n = \int_0^1 (1 - x^k)^n \, dx, \, n \in \mathbb{N}, \] satisfies $147 \, I_{20} = 148 \, I_{21}$ is:

The sum of all the solutions of the equation \[(8)^{2x} - 16 \cdot (8)^x + 48 = 0\]is:

Let the circles $C_1 : (x - \alpha)^2 + (y - \beta)^2 = r_1^2$ and $C_2 : (x - 8)^2 + \left( y - \frac{15}{2} \right)^2 = r_2^2$ touch each other externally at the point $(6, 6)$. If the point $(6, 6)$ divides the line segment joining the centres of the circles $C_1$ and $C_2$ internally in the ratio $2 : 1$, then $(\alpha + \beta) + 4\left(r_1^2 + r_2^2\right)$ equals _____.

The number of critical points of the function $f(x) = (x - 2)^{2/3}(2x + 1)$ is:

Let \( f(x) \) be a positive function such that the area bounded by \( y = f(x) \), \( y = 0 \), from \( x = 0 \) to \( x = a>0 \) is \[ \int_0^a f(x) \, dx = e^{-a} + 4a^2 + a - 1. \] Then the differential equation, whose general solution is \[ y = c_1 f(x) + c_2, \] where \( c_1 \) and \( c_2 \) are arbitrary constants, is:

Let $f(x) = 4\cos^3 x + 3\sqrt{3} \cos^2 x - 10$. The number of points of local maxima of $f$ in interval $(0, 2\pi)$ is:

Let $A = \begin{bmatrix} 2 & a & 0 \\ 1 & 3 & 1 \\ 0 & 5 & b \end{bmatrix}$. If $A^3 = 4A^2 - A - 21I$, where I is the identity matrix of order $3 \times 3$, then $2a + 3b$ is equal to:

If the shortest distance between the lines.
L1: $\vec{r} = (2 + \lambda)\hat{i} + (1 - 3\lambda)\hat{j} + (3 + 4\lambda)\hat{k}$, $\lambda \in \mathbb{R}$.
L2: $\vec{r} = 2(1 + \mu)\hat{i} + 3(1 + \mu)\hat{j} + (5 + \mu)\hat{k}$, $\mu \in \mathbb{R}$ is $\frac{m}{\sqrt{n}}$, where gcd(m, n) = 1, then the value of m + n equals.

Let the sum of two positive integers be 24. If the probability, that their product is not less than $\frac{3}{4}$ times their greatest positive product, is $\frac{m}{n}$, where $\gcd(m, n) = 1$, then $n - m$ equals :

The equations of two sides AB and AC of a triangle ABC are $4x + y = 14$ and $3x - 2y = 5$, respectively. The point $\left(2, -\frac{4}{3}\right)$ divides the third side BC internally in the ratio 2 : 1. The equation of the side BC is:

Suppose the solution of the differential equation \[\frac{dy}{dx} = \frac{(2 + \alpha)x - \beta y + 2}{\beta x - 2\alpha y - (\beta \gamma - 4\alpha)}\]represents a circle passing through the origin. Then the radius of this circle is:

If the locus of the point, whose distances from the point $(2, 1)$ and $(1, 3)$ are in the ratio $5 : 4$, is \[ ax^2 + by^2 + cxy + dx + ey + 170 = 0, \] then the value of $a^2 + 2b + 3c + 4d + e$ is equal to:

Let $0 \leq r \leq n$. If \[^nC_{r+1} : ^nC_r : ^nC_{r-1} = 55 : 35 : 21,\]then $2n + 5r$ is equal to:

If $z_1, z_2$ are two distinct complex numbers such that \[ \frac{|z_1 - 2z_2|}{\left| \frac{1}{2} - z_1 \overline{z_2} \right|} = 2, \] then

If the function $f(x) = \left(\frac{1}{x}\right)^{2x}; \, x>0$ attains the maximum value at $x = \frac{1}{c}$, then:

Let $\vec{a} = 6\hat{i} + \hat{j} - \hat{k}$ and $\vec{b} = \hat{i} + \hat{j}$. If $\vec{c}$ is a vector such that \[ |\vec{c}| \geq 6, \quad \vec{a} \cdot \vec{c} = 6 |\vec{c}|, \quad |\vec{c} - \vec{a}| = 2\sqrt{2} \] and the angle between $\vec{a} \times \vec{b}$ and $\vec{c}$ is $60^\circ$, then $|(\vec{a} \times \vec{b}) \times \vec{c}|$ is equal to:

If all the words with or without meaning made using all the letters of the word "NAGPUR" are arranged as in a dictionary, then the word at 315^th position in this arrangement is

Suppose for a differentiable function $h$, $h(0) = 0$, $h(1) = 1$ and $h'(0) = h'(1) = 2$. If $g(x) = h(e^x) \, e^{h(x)}$, then $g'(0)$ is equal to:

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: