List of practice Questions

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 _________.

If the term independent of \(x\) in the expansion of \[ \left( \sqrt{ax^2} + \frac{1}{2x^3} \right)^{10} \] is 105, then \(a^2\) 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 $\alpha = \sum_{r=0}^n (4r^2 + 2r + 1) \binom{n}{r}$ and $\beta = \left( \sum_{r=0}^n \frac{\binom{n}{r}}{r+1} \right) + \frac{1}{n+1}$. If $140 < \frac{2\alpha}{\beta} < 281$, then the value of $n$ is _____.

Let $z$ be a complex number such that $|z + 2| = 1$ and $\text{Im}\left(\frac{z+1}{z+2}\right) = \frac{1}{5}$. Then the value of $|\text{Re}(z+2)|$ is:

The sum of all possible values of \(\theta \in [-\pi, 2\pi]\), for which \[ \frac{1 + i \cos\theta}{1 - 2i \cos\theta} \] is purely imaginary, is equal to:

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:

As per Bronsted-Lowry concept, acid is defined as:

The visible coloured ring of the eye is called:

Consider the following sorting algorithms:
(i) Bubble sort
(ii) Insertion sort
(iii) Selection sort
Which ONE among the following choices of sorting algorithms sorts the numbers in the array [4, 3, 2, 1, 5] in increasing order after exactly two passes over the array ?

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 ________.

If the solution $y(x)$ of the given differential equation \[(e^y + 1) \cos x \, dx + e^y \sin x \, dy = 0\]passes through the point $\left(\frac{\pi}{2}, 0\right)$, then the value of $e^{y\left(\frac{\pi}{6}\right)}$ is equal to ________.

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 ________.

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 ________.

If \[1 + \frac{\sqrt{3} - \sqrt{2}}{2\sqrt{3}} + \frac{5 - 2\sqrt{6}}{18} + \frac{9\sqrt{3} - 11\sqrt{2}}{36\sqrt{3}} + \frac{49 - 20\sqrt{6}}{180} + \cdots\] up to \(\infty = 2 \left( \sqrt{\frac{b}{a}} + 1 \right) \log_e \left( \frac{a}{b} \right)\), where \(a\) and \(b\) are integers with \(\gcd(a, b) = 1\), then (11a + 18b\) is equal to _________.

If \( f(t) = \int_0^{\pi} \frac{2x \, dx}{1 - \cos^2 t \sin^2 x} \), \( 0 < t < \pi \), then the value of \[ \int_0^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \frac{\pi^2 \, dt}{f(t)} \] equals _____.

Let \( a > 0 \) be a root of the equation \( 2x^2 + x - 2 = 0 \). If \[ \lim_{x \to \frac{1}{a}} \frac{16 \left( 1 - \cos(2 + x - 2x^2) \right)}{1 - ax^2} = \alpha + \beta \sqrt{17}, \] where \( \alpha, \beta \in \mathbb{Z} \), then \( \alpha + \beta \) is equal to _____.

Let a line perpendicular to the line \( 2x - y = 10 \) touch the parabola \( y^2 = 4(x - 9) \) at the point \( P \). The distance of the point \( P \) from the centre of the circle \[ x^2 + y^2 - 14x - 8y + 56 = 0 \] is _____.

Let the maximum and minimum values of \[\left( \sqrt{8x - x^2 - 12 - 4} \right)^2 + (x - 7)^2, \quad x \in \mathbb{R} \text{ be } M \text{ and } m \text{ respectively}.\] Then \( M^2 - m^2 \) is equal to _____.

Let the point \((-1, \alpha, \beta)\) lie on the line of the shortest distance between the lines \[\frac{x + 2}{-3} = \frac{y - 2}{4} = \frac{z - 5}{2} \quad \text{and} \quad \frac{x + 2}{-1} = \frac{y + 6}{2} = \frac{z - 1}{0}.\] Then \((\alpha - \beta)^2\) is equal to ______.

The number of real solutions of the equation x |x + 5| + 2|x + 7| – 2 = 0 is _____.

For $x \geq 0$, the least value of $K$, for which $4^{1+x}, 4^{1-x}, \frac{K}{2}, 16^{x}, 16^{-x}$ are three consecutive terms of an A.P. is equal to: