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India played two matches each with Australia and West indies. In any match the probability of India getting the points 0, 1, and 2 are 0.45, 0.05 and 0.50 respectively. Assuming that the outcomes are independent, the probability of India getting at least seven points is

a) 0.8730

b) 0.0875

c) 0.0625

d) 0.0250

 =

a) True

b) False

Three of the vertices of a regular hexagon are chosen at random. The probability that the triangle with three vertices is equilateral equals

a)

b)

c)

d)

If  are complementary events E and F respectively and if 0 < p(E) < 1, then

a)

b)

c)

d)

Show that   =
 

The numbers are selected from the set S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} without replacement one by one. Probability that the minimum of the two numbers is less than 4 is

a)

b)

c)

d)

Let F(x) be an indefinite integral of sin²x
Statement 1: The function F(x) satisfies F(x + π) = F(x) for all real x because
Statement 2: sin²(x + π) = sin²x for all real x

Then which one of the following statements is true?

a) Statement 1 and 2 are true statements and Statement 2 is a correct explanation of Statement 1

b) Statement 1 and 2 are true statements and statement 2 is not a correct explanation of statement 1

c) Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is false

d) Statement 1 is false, Statement 2 is true

One Indian and four American men and their wives are to be seated randomly around a circular table. Then the conditional probability that Indian man is seated adjacent to his wife given that each American man is seated adjacent to his wife is

a)

b)

c)

d)

Let p and q be the position vectors of P and Q respectively with respect to O and . The points R and S divide PQ internally and externally in the ratio 2:3 respectively. If OR and OS are perpendicular then

a)

b)

c)

d)

Let f(x) be a quadratic expression which is positive for all values of x. If g(x) =  then for any real x

a) g (x) < 0

b) g (x) > 0

c) g (x) = 0

d) g (x) ≥ 0

If  and , then constants A and B are

a)

b)

c)

d)

Let u, v and w be vectors such that  . If  then  is equal to

a) 47

b) –25

c) 0

d) 25

(One or more correct answers)
There are four machines and it is known that exactly two of them are faulty. They are tested one by one, in a random order till both the faulty machines are identified. Then the probability that only two tests are needed

a)

b)

c)

d)

If y = y (x) and it follows the relation xcosy + ycosx = π then  is

a) – 1

b) π

c) – π

d) 1

Let f be a positive function. Let
 
 where
2k – 1 > 0 then  is

a) 2

b) k

c)

d) 1

A box contains 2 black, 4 white and 3 red balls. One ball is drawn at random from the box and kept aside from the remaining balls in the box. Another ball is drawn at random and kept besides the first. This process is repeated till all the balls are drawn from the box. Find the probability that the balls drawn are in the sequence of 2 black, 4 white and 3 red.

If f (x) = , find  from first principle.

a)

b)

c)

d)

If for real number y, [y] is the greatest integer less than or equal to y then the value of the integral   is

a)

b)

c)

d)

Let the vectors  be such that  . Let P₁ and P₂ be the planes determined by the pairs of vectors a, b and c, d respectively. Then the angle between P₁ and P₂ is

a) 0

b)

c)

d)

If A, B, C be events such that P(A) = 0.3, P(B) = 0.4, P(C) = 0.8, P(AB) = 0.08, P(AC) = 0.28, P(ABC) = 0.09 and P(A ∪ B ∪ C) ≥ 0.75, then show that P(BC) lies in the interval [0.23, 0.48].

The value of a so that the volume of parallelopiped formed by  becomes minimum is

a)  

b)  3

c)  

d)  

If  then  at x = e is .  .  .

a) 0

b)

c) e

d) 1

If  then the expression for  in terms of  is

a)

b)

c)

d)

Suppose the probability for A winning a game against B is 0.4. If A has an option of playing either a best of 3 games or best of 5 games match against B, which option should he choose so that the probability of his winning the match is higher.

If  then at x = 0,  is equal to

a) 0

b) 1

c) 2

d) 4