List of practice Questions

Let \( Z \) be the set of all integers,
\( A = \{(x, y) \in Z \times Z : (x - 2)^2 + y^2 \leq 4\} \),
\( B = \{(x, y) \in Z \times Z : x^2 + y^2 \leq 4\} \) and
\( C = \{(x, y) \in Z \times Z : (x - 2)^2 + (y - 2)^2 \leq 4\} \)
If the total number of relations from \( A \cap B \) to \( A \cap C \) is \( 2^p \), then the value of \( p \) is :

Let \( f : \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R} \) be a function defined as \[ f(x) = \begin{cases} \dfrac{\sin\!\big((a+1)x\big) + \sin 2x}{2x}, & \text{if } x < 0, \\[6pt] b, & \text{if } x = 0, \\[6pt] \dfrac{\sqrt{x + b x^3} - \sqrt{x}}{b\, x^{5/2}}, & \text{if } x > 0. \end{cases} \] If \( f \) is continuous at \( x = 0 \), then the value of \( a + b \) is equal to :

Let M and m respectively be the maximum and minimum values of the function \(f(x) = \tan^{-1}(\sin x + \cos x)\) in \([0, \pi/2]\). Then the value of \(\tan(M-m)\) is equal to :

Let \(\vec{a}\) and \(\vec{b}\) be two vectors such that \(|2\vec{a} + 3\vec{b}| = |3\vec{a} + \vec{b}|\) and the angle between \(\vec{a}\) and \(\vec{b}\) is \(60^\circ\). If \(\frac{1}{8} \vec{a}\) is a unit vector, then \(|\vec{b}|\) is equal to :

A plane passes through the points A(1, 2, 3), B(2, 3, 1) and C(2, 4, 2). If O is the origin and P is (2, -1, 1), then the projection of $\vec{OP}$ on this plane is of length :

Let A be a fixed point (0, 6) and B be a moving point (2t, 0). Let M be the mid-point of AB and the perpendicular bisector of AB meets the y-axis at C. The locus of the mid-point P of MC is :

Let us consider a curve, $y = f(x)$ passing through the point $(-2, 2)$ and the slope of the tangent to the curve at any point $(x, f(x))$ is given by $f(x) + x f'(x) = x^2$. Then :

A function f(x) is given by f(x) = $\frac{5^x}{5^x + 5}$, then the sum of the series $f(\frac{1}{20}) + f(\frac{2}{20}) + \dots + f(\frac{39}{20})$ is equal to:

If the curve $x^2+2y^2 = 2$ intersects the line $x+y=1$ at two points P and Q, then the angle subtended by the line segment PQ at the origin is :

Let $f:[0, \infty) \to [0, \infty)$ be defined as $f(x) = \int_0^x [y] dy$, where $[x]$ is the greatest integer less than or equal to $x$. Which of the following is true ?

If \((\sqrt{3} + i)^{100} = 2^{99}(p + iq)\), then p and q are roots of the equation :

The equation of the plane passing through the line of intersection of the planes \( \vec{r} \cdot (\hat{i} + \hat{j} + \hat{k}) = 1 \) and \( \vec{r} \cdot (2\hat{i} + 3\hat{j} - \hat{k}) + 4 = 0 \) and parallel to the x-axis is :

If \( \frac{dy}{dx} = \frac{2^x y + 2^y \cdot 2^x}{2^x + 2^{x+y} \log_e 2}, y(0) = 0 \), then for \( y = 1 \), the value of \( x \) lies in the interval :

The area (in sq. units) of the region, given by the set $\{(x, y) \in R \times R \mid x \ge 0, 2x^2 \le y \le 4 - 2x\}$ is :

The value of \(2 \sin(\frac{\pi}{8}) \sin(\frac{2\pi}{8}) \sin(\frac{3\pi}{8}) \sin(\frac{5\pi}{8}) \sin(\frac{6\pi}{8}) \sin(\frac{7\pi}{8})\) is :

The value of the integral \( \int_{0}^{1} \frac{\sqrt{x} dx}{(1+x)(1+3x)(3+x)} \) is :

Three numbers are in an increasing geometric progression with common ratio \( r \). If the middle number is doubled, then the new numbers are in an arithmetic progression with common difference \( d \). If the fourth term of GP is \( 3 r^2 \), then \( r^2 - d \) is equal to :

A hyperbola passes through the foci of the ellipse $\frac{x^2}{25} + \frac{y^2}{16} = 1$ and its transverse and conjugate axes coincide with major and minor axes of the ellipse, respectively. If the product of their eccentricities is one, then the equation of the hyperbola is:

The value of the integral, \[ \int_{1}^{3} \left[ x^{2} - 2x - 2 \right] \, dx, \] where \( [x] \) denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to \( x \), is:

The angle between the straight lines, whose direction cosines are given by the equations 2l + 2m - n = 0 and mn + nl + lm = 0, is :

Let \( f \) be any continuous function on \( [0, 2] \) and twice differentiable on \( (0, 2) \). If \( f(0) = 0, f(1) = 1 \) and \( f(2) = 2 \), then :