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Booklet No. Test Code : SIA
Forenoon
Questions : 30 Time : 2 hours
Write your Name, Registration Number, Test Centre, Test Code and the Number of this booklet in the appropriate places on the answersheet.
This test contains 30 questions in all – 20 in Group A and 10 in Group B. For each of the 30 questions in both groups, there are four suggested answers. In Group A, only one of the suggested answers is correct, while in Group B, either one or two are correct. In either case, you will need to identify all the correct answers and only the correct answers in order to get full credit for that question. Indicate your choice of the correct answer(s) by putting cross mark(s) (×) in the appropriate box(es) 2 on the answersheet.
You will get 4 marks for each correctly answered question, 0 marks for each incorrectly answered question and 1 mark for each unattempted question.
All rough work must be done on this booklet only. You are not allowed to use calculators in any form.
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- Let y = x/(1 + x), where x = ω^20092009
···upto 2009 times
and ω is a complex cube root of 1. Then y is (A) ω. (B) −ω. (C) ω^2. (D) −ω^2.
- The number of solutions of θ in the interval [0, 2 π] satisfying ( log√ 3 tan θ
logtan θ 3 + log√ 3 3
is (A) 0. (B) 2. (C) 4. (D) 6.
- A building with ten storeys, each storey of height 3 metres, stands on one side of a wide street. From a point on the other side of the street directly opposite to the building, it is observed that the three uppermost storeys together subtend an angle equal to that subtended by the two lowest storeys. The width of the street is (A) 6
35 metres. (B) 6
70 metres. (C) 6 metres. (D) 6
3 metres.
- A collection of black and white balls are to be arranged on a straight line, such that each ball has at least one neighbour of different colour. If there are 100 black balls, then the maximum number of white balls that allows such an arrangement is (A) 100. (B) 101. (C) 202. (D) 200.
- Let f (x) be a real-valued function satisfying af (x) + bf (−x) = px^2 + qx + r, where a and b are distinct real numbers and p, q and r are non-zero real numbers. Then f (x) = 0 will have real solution when (A) ( aa+−bb )^2 ≤ 4 qpr^2. (B) ( aa+−bb )^2 ≤ (^4) qpr 2. (C) ( aa+−bb )^2 ≥ 4 qpr^2. (D) ( aa+−bb )^2 ≥ (^4) qpr 2.
- A circle is inscribed in a square of side x, then a square is inscribed in that circle, a circle is inscribed in the latter square, and so on. If Sn is the sum of the areas of the first n circles so inscribed, then, limn→∞ Sn is (A) πx 4 2. (B) πx 32. (C) πx 2 2. (D) πx^2.
- Let 1, 4 ,... and 9, 14 ,... be two arithmetic progressions. Then the number of distinct integers in the collection of first 500 terms of each of the progressions is (A) 833. (B) 835. (C) 837. (D) 901.
- Consider all the 8-letter words that can be formed by arranging the letters in BACHELOR in all possible ways. Any two such words are called equivalent if those two words maintain the same relative order of the letters A, E and O. For example, BACOHELR and CABLROEH are equivalent. How many words are there which are equivalent to BACHELOR? (A)
3
× 3!. (B)
3
× 5!. (C) 2 ×
3
. (D) 5! × 3! × 2!.
- The limit
nlim→∞
60 +^
120 +^ · · ·^ +^
n^3 − n
equals (A) 1. (B) 12. (C) 14. (D) 18.
- Let a and b be real numbers satisfying a^2 + b^2 6 = 0. Then the set of real numbers c, such that the equations al + bm = c and l^2 + m^2 = 1 have real solutions for l and m is (A) [−
a^2 + b^2 ,
a^2 + b^2 ]. (B) [−|a + b|, |a + b|]. (C) [0, a^2 + b^2 ]. (D) (−∞, ∞).
Group B
Each of the following questions has either one or two correct options and you have to identify all the correct options.
- Which of the following are roots of the equation x^7 + 27x = 0? (A) −
3 i. (B)
√ 3 2 (−1 +^
3 i). (C) −
√ 3 2 (1 +^ i).^ (D)
√ 3 2 (
3 − i).
- The equation |x^2 − x − 6 | = x + 2 has (A) two positive roots. (B) two real roots. (C) three real roots. (D) none of the above.
- If 0 < x < π/2, then (A) cos(cos x) > sin x. (B) sin(sin x) > sin x. (C) sin(cos x) > cos x. (D) cos(sin x) > sin x.
- Suppose ABCD is a quadrilateral such that the coordinates of A, B and C are (1, 3), (− 2 , 6) and (5, −8) respectively. For which choices of coordinates of D will ABCD be a trapezium? (A) (3, −6). (B) (6, −9). (C) (0, 5). (D) (3, −1).
- Let x and y be two real numbers such that 2 log(x − 2 y) = log x + log y holds. Which of the following are possible values of x/y? (A) 4. (B) 3. (C) 2. (D) 1.
- Let f be a differentiable function satisfying f ′(x) = f ′(−x) for all x. Then (A) f is an odd function. (B) f (x) + f (−x) = 2f (0) for all x. (C) 12 f (x) + 12 f (y) = f ( 12 (x + y)) for all x, y. (D) If f (1) = f (2), then f (−1) = f (−2).
- Consider the function
f (x) =
max{x, (^1) x } min{x, (^1) x } ,^ when^ x^6 = 0, 1 , when x = 0. Then (A) lim x→0+f (x) = 0. (B) (^) xlim→ 0 −f (x) = 0. (C) f (x) is continuous for all x 6 = 0. (D) f (x) is differentiable for all x 6 = 0.
- Which of the following graphs represent functions whose derivatives have a maximum in the interval (0, 1)?
(A)
0 1 (B)
0 1
(C)
0 1
(D)
0 1
