Ramakrishna Mission Residential College

(autonomous), Narendrapur, Kolkata 700103

June 26, 2023 Time: 2 hours Full marks: 50

Name: Admit No.

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Answer as many questions as you can.

1. 3 x 10
(a) A new sequence is obtained from the sequence of positive integers {1, 2, 3, . . . }
by deleting all the perfect squares. Then the 2015-th term of the new sequence
is (A) 2058 (B) 2059 (C) 2060 (D) 2062. (3)
(b) Which one of the following statements is correct regarding the elements and
subsets of the set {1, 2, {1, 2, 3}} ?

(A) {1, 2} ∈ {1, 2, {1, 2, 3}} (B) {1, 2} ⊆ {1, 2, {1, 2, 3}}
(C) {1, 2, 3} ⊆ {1, 2, {1, 2, 3}} (D) 3 ∈ {1, 2, {1, 2, 3}}. (3)
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(c) Let g : R → R be differentiable with g (x2 ) = x3 for all x > 0 and g(1) = 1.
Then g(4) equals
(A) 64
5
(B) 32
5
(C) 375
(D) 675
. (3)
(d) The set of real numbers satisfying y 2 − 2y − x2 + 4x = 3 is a
(A) circlle (B) point (C) hyperbola (D) pair of straight lines. (3)
(e) A permutation of 1, 2, 3, . . . , n is chosen at [Link] the probability that
the numbers 1 and 2 appear as neighbour equals
(A) n1 (B) n2 (C) n−1 1 1
(D) n−2. (3)
(f) The equation x13 − e−x + x − sin(x) = 0 has
(A) no real root (B) more than two real roots (C) exactly two real
roots (D) exactly one real root. (3)
(g) If A and B are square matrices of order 3 such that |A| = −1, |B| = 3 then
|3AB| equals (A) -9 (B) -81 (C) -27 (D) 81. (3)
 (h) What is the value of the following integral?
Z 2014
tan−1 x
dx
1
2014
x
π π 1
(A) 4
log 2014 (B) 2
log 2014 (C) π log 2014 (D) 2
log 2014. (3)
(i) Suppose in a competition 11 matches are to be played, each having one of three
distinct outcomes as possibilities. The number of ways one can predict the
outcomes of all matches such that exactly 6 of the predictions turn out to be
correct is
(A) 11 C6 x 25 (B) 11 C6 (C) 36 (D) none of the above. (3)
(j) A matrix is chosen at random from the set of all 2 x 2 matrices with elements
0 or 1 only. The probability of the determinant of the chosen matrix being
3
non-zero is (A) 16 (B) 38 (C) 18 (D) 14 . (3)

2. 5x4
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(a) Let f be polynomial such thatf (x) → 2 as x → ∞, the minimum of f is
attained at 3, and f (0) = 3. Find the value of f (1). (5)
(b) If Z π
cosx
A= dx,
0 (x + 2)2
then show that
Z π  
2 sinx cosx 1 1 1
dx = + −A .
0 x+1 2 2 π+2

(5)
(c) A shopkeeper has 12 bulbs of which 3 are defectives. She sells the bulbs by
selecting them at random one at a time. What is the probability that the
seventh bulb sold is the last defective one ? (5)
(d) Draw the graph of
y = min{|x − 1|, |x + 2|}.
Hence, evaluate the integral:
Z 2
min{|x − 1|, |x + 2|}dx.
−2

(5)

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