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Eight chairs are numbered one to eight. Two women and three men wish to occupy one chair each. First the women choose the chairs from amongst the chairs marked 1 to 4 then the men select the chairs from amongst the remaining. The number of possible arrangements is

a)

b)

c)

d) None of these

AB is a diameter of a circle and C is any point on the circumference of the circle. Then

a) The area of △ABC is maximum if it is isosceles

b) The area of △ABC is minimum if it is isosceles

c) The perimeter of △ABC is minimum when it is isosceles

d) None of these

The abscissas of two points A and B are the roots of the equation  and their ordinates are the roots of the equation . Find the equation of the circle on AB as diameter.

Find  if f(x) =

a) 0

b)

c)

d)

An n digit number is a positive number with exactly n–digits. Nine hundred distinct n–digit numbers are to be formed with only the three digits 2, 5 and 7. The smallest value of n for which this is possible is

a) 6

b) 7

c) 8

d) 9

Let  be a given circle. Find the locus of the foot of perpendicular drawn from the origin upon any chord of S which subtends a right angle at the origin.

Let f be a twice differentiable function such that  and , . Find h (10) if

h (5) = 1.

a) 0

b) 1

c) 2

d) 4

The number of arrangements of two letters of the word BANANA in which two N’s do not appear adjacently is

a) 40

b) 60

c) 80

d) 100

The circles each of radius 5 units touch each other at (1, 2). If the equation of the common tangent is , find the equation of the circles.

If , then find the values of n and r

The function  increases if

a)

b)

c)

d)

a) True

b) False

The triangle formed by the tangent to the curve

  at (1, 1) and the coordinate axes, lies in the first quadrant if its area is 2. Then the value of b is

a) – 1

b) 3

c) – 3

d) 1

Consider a curve and a point P not on the curve. A line drawn from the point P intersects the curve at points Q and R. If PQ.QR is independent of the slope of the line then show that the curve is a circle.

Let

Determine a and b so that f is continuous at x = 0.

a)

b)

c)

d)

A box contains 2 white balls, 3 black balls and 4 red balls. In how many ways can three balls be drawn from a box if at least one black ball is to be included in the draw?

Multiple choices
y = f ( x ) =  then

a) x = f (y)

b) f (1) = 3

c) y is increasing with x for x < 1

d) f is a rational function of x

A committee of 12 is to be formed from 9 women and 8 men. In how many ways this can be if at least five women have to be in the committee? In how many ways in these committees (i) The women are in majority, (ii)The men are in majority

The area enclosed between y = ax² and x = ay² (a > 0)

is one square unit. Then the value of a is

a)

b)

c) 1

d)

Let I_n represents area of n sided regular polygon inscribed in a unit circle and O_n the area of n–sided regular polygon circumscribing it. Prove that

P(x) is a polynomial function such that P(1) = 0, > P(x)

 x > 1. Then  x > 1,

a) P(x) > 0

b) P(x) = 0

c) P(x) < 1

Prove that

Minimum area of the triangle formed by the tangent to the ellipse

 with co-ordinate axes is

a)

b)

c)

d) ab

If A and B are points in the plane such that (constant) for all P on a given circle then the value of k cannot be equal to - -  - - -.

Let {x} and [x] denote the fractional and integral part of a real number respectively. Solve 4 {x} = x + [x]

a) x = 0

b)

c)

d)