BASIC MATHEMATICS

VDPP–1 9. Solve 3x 4  4 x3  14 x 2  4 x  3  0
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Subtopics: Basic Identities; Basic inequalities (a) 3, ,1 (b) 3, , 1
3 3
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1 1 (c) 3, ,1 (d) 3, , 1
1. If a   6, then find a 2  2 . 2 2
a a
1  1
(a) 36 (b) 38 10. Solve x 2   3  x    0.
(c) 40 (d) 42 x2  x
1 1 1 5 1 4
2. If a   6 find a 4  4 (a) ,1  2 (b) ,1  2
a a 2 2
(a) 1442 (b) 1443 1 5 1 4
(c) 1444 (d) 1445 (c) ,1  3 (d) ,1  3
2 2
1 1 Solve x 4  4 x3  x 2  4 x  1  0.
3. If a   2 ; Find a 2  4 . 11.
a a
1 3 3  4 1 5 3  3
(a) 0 (b) 1 (a) , (b) ,
2 2 2 2
(c) 2 (d) no solution
1 1 1  5 3  13 1 5 3  4
4. 2
If x  2  83 , Find the value of x  (c) , (d) ,
x x 2 2 2 2
12. If x2 + a2 + 9 – xa – 3a – 3x = 0 then
(a)  8 (b) 8
(a) x = a or a = 1 (b) x = a and a = 3
(c)  9 (d) 9
(c) x =  and a = 3 (d) none of these
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5. If x2 + 2  34, then find the value of x  13. If 4a 2  9b 2  16c 2  6ab  8ac  12bc , then
x x
___________.
(a)  6 (b)  3
(a) 2a = 3b = 4c (b) 2a = 3b  4c
(c)  5 (d)  4
(c) 2b  3b = 4c (d) 2a  3b  4c
 2 1   1
6. Solve  x  2   35  x    62  0. 14. If 4 x 2  9 y 2  z 2  6 xy  3 yz  2 xz then
 x   x
(a) x = 2y = 3z (b) 2x = 3y = z
1 1 1
(a) 2, ,3, (b) 1, 2,3, (c) x = y = z (d) none of these
2 3 3
b2 ab
1 1 1 15. If a 2   4c 2   bc  2ac  0, then _________.
(c) 2, ,3, 4 (d) 2, , , 4 4 2
2 2 3
(a) a = b = 2c (b) a = b = c
1 3
7. Solve x 2   3x   4  0. b b
x 2 x (c) a   2c (d) a   c
2 2
(a) x  1 (b) x = -1, 2
1 1 1
(c) x = 1 (d) x = 1, -2 16. If a 2  b 2  c 2  abc     then
a b c
9 2
8. Solve 2 x 2  9 x  14   0 (a) a = b = c (b) a = 2b = 3c
x x2
(c) 2a = b = c (d) None of these
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(a) 2, 3, 1 (b) 2, 3, 1 1
2 17. If a   4 then find a 2  2 .
a a
1 1
(c) 2, , 1 (d) , 2, 1 (a) 16 (b) 18
2 3 (c) 14 (d) 12

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18. If a  b  c  6 & a 2  b2  c 2  24. Find ab  bc  ca. 5. Solve log 2  log( x  2)  log(3x  5)  log 3.
(a) 12 (b) 6a 19
(a) x  (b) x = 7
(c) 8 (d) 10 7
19. If x2 + 4y2 + 16 = 2xy + 4x + 8y then 7
(a) x = 4 & y = 4 (b) x = 2 & y = 4 (c) x  (d) x = 19
19
(c) x = 4 & y = 2 (d) x = 2 & y = 2 6. Solve log4 log3 log2 x = 0
20. If a  2b  c  8 & a 2  4b2  c2  50 find (a) 2 (b) 3
2ab  2bc  ac. (c) 6 (d) 8
(a) 9 (b) 7 7. The value of log10 1000 – log10 100 is
(c) 14 (d) 6 (a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 13 (d) 2
21. If (a  b)2  (b  c)2  (c  a)2  0 , then
8. Which of the following is equal to log105 + log1020 ?
(a) a + b + c = 0 (b) a = b = c (a) log1025 (b) 2.5
(c) ab  bc  ca  0 (d) None of these (c) 2 (d) none of these
22. If a > b, then log 2 7
(a) a + 5 > b + 5 9. =?
1  log 2 3
(b) a – 5 < b – 5
(c) a + b < b + b log 2 6 log 2 7
(a) (b)
(d) None of these log 2 7 log 2 6
23. If a > b, then: (c) log 2 7  log 2 6 (d) none of these
(a) 2a > 2b (b) a – 5 < b – 5 2
x
(c) -5a > - 5b (d) None of these 10. If 2 log 4 3  log 4  1 , then the value of |x| is equal
9
24. If a < b, then:
to _______.
a b a b
(a)  (b)  (a) 4 (b) 2
(2) (2) 2 2
(c) 9 (d) none of these
1 1 a b 11. Solve for x : 2 + log x = log 500
(c)  (d) 
a b 2 2 (a) 5 (b) 100
(c) 500 (d) none of these
12. Logarithm of 32 5 4 to the base 2 2 is
VDPP–2 (a) 3.6 (b) 5
(c) 5.6 (d) None of these
Subtopics: Log & its basic properties
13. The value of
log3 4  log 4 5  log 5 6  log 6 7  log 7 8  log8 9 is
1 (a) 1 (b) 2
1. If log b  3 , then b is equal to ______
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3 (c) 3 (d) 4
2. Evaluate 3log10 1.5  log10 240  2 log10 9
14. log 7 log 7 7 7 7 
(a) 1 (b) 0
(a) 3 log2 7 (b) 1 – 3log37
(c) ln10 (d) None of these
(c) 1 – 3 log72 (d) None of these
3. Evaluate 3log 4  2 log 6  log(18)3/ 2 15. If a2 + 4b2 = 12ab, then log (a + 2b) is
(a) 0 (b) log(96 2) 1
(a) [log a  log b  log 2]
2
(c) 1 (d) log(192 2)
a b
4. Solve for x: log 3 + log (x + 1) = log (2x + 7) (b) log  log  log 2
2 2
(a) 1 (b) 3
1
(c) 4 (d) 6 (c) [log a  log b  4 log 2]
2
1
(d) [log a  log b  4 log 2]
2

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16. If A = log 2 log 2 log 4 256  2 log 2
2 , then A is equal 4. Solve for x:
x2 – 5x + 6  0
to
(a) 2 (b) 3 (a) x  ( , 2)  [3,  )
(c) 5 (d) 7 (b) x  (  , 2)  (3,  )
log x log y log z (c) x  ( , 2]  (3,  )
17. If   , then which of the following
bc c a a b (d) x  (  , 2]  [3,  )
is incorrect?
5. Solve for x :
(a) xyz = 0 (b) xa y b z c  1 x2 – 1 ≤ 0
(c) xb c y c  a z a b  1 (d) xyz  xa yb z c (a) x  (1,1) (b) x  [1,1]
18. The solution of the equation (c) x  [1,1) (d) x  (1,1]

log 7 log 5  
x 2  5  x  0 is
6. Solve for x :
(x  3)  (x  3) (x  4)
(a) x = 2 (b) x = 3 (a) x  [3, 6] (b) x  [3,5]
(c) x = 4 (d) x = -2 (c) x  (3, 6) (d) x  (3,5)
19. If 32log3 x  2 x  3  0, then the number of values of ‘x’
7. Solve for x :
satisfying the equation is x5
(a) 0 (b) 1 1
x
(c) 2 (d) more than 2
(a) x  ( 1,  ) (b) x  ( 3,  )
20. 
Find the value of x : log10 x 2  12 x  36  2 (c) x  ( 2,  ) (d) x  (0,  )
(a) 12 (b) 16 8. Solve
(c) 14 (d) 11
2
 1  5
21. Find the value of x : log3  log9 x   9 x   2 x x3
 2 
 17 
1 2 (a) x  ( ,3)   ,  
(a) (b)  5 
3 3
17 
(c) 3 (d) 1 (b) x  (  ,3]   ,  
5 
17 
VDPP–3 (c) x  ( ,3)   ,  
5 
Subtopics: Wavy curve & its application  17 
(d) x  (  ,3]   , 
 5 
1. If x2 > 4, then 9. Solve for x :
(a) x > 2 x2 + 4x + 4 ≤ 0
(b) x  ( , 2)  (2,  ) (a) x = - 2 (b) x = 0
(c) -2 < x < 2 (c) x   (d) x  R
(d) None of these 10. Solve for x :
2. Solve for x : x2 + 4x + 4 > 0
(x – 1) (x  3) > 0 (a) R – {2} (b) x = -2
(a) x  (  , 2)  (2, ) (c) x = 2 (d) R – {-2}
11. Solve for x :
(b) x  ( ,1]  (3,  )
 x  1 ( x  4)( x  6)( x  9)  0
(c) x  (  , 2)  (2, ]
(a) x  [1, 4]  [6,9] (b) x  (1, 4)  [6,9]
(d) x  ( ,1)  (3,  )
(c) x  [1, 4]  (6,9) (d) x  [1, 4)  [6,9]
3. Solve for x : (x  8) (x  7) < 0
(a) x  (7, 5) (b) x  (7, 8)
(c) x  (6, 7) (d) x  (7, 9)

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12. Solve for x : 18. (x  2)4 (x  3)2 (2x + 1)24 ≤ 0
(2x – 1) (x – 1) (x + 8) (x  7) ≤ 0 1 1
(a) x  2,3, (b) x  2, 3,
 1 2 2
(a) x   8,   [1, 7]
 2 1 1
(c) x  1,3, (d) x  1, 2,
(b) x  [8, 2]  [1, 7] 2 2
 1  1 (2 x  1)3 ( x  4) 2
(c) x   8,   1,  19. 0
 2  7 ( x  5)5 ( x  17) 2
 1 1  1 
(d) x    ,   [1, 7] (a) x    ,   (5,17)  (17, )
 8 2  2 
13. Solve for x:  1 
(b) x    ,   [5,17]  (17, )
( x  4)( x  1)( x  5)  2
0
x( x  7) 1 

(c) x    ,   (5,17)  (17, )
(a) x  (  , 4]  [4, 0)  [1, 7)  2
(b) x  ( , 5]  [4, 0)  [1, 7)  1 
(d) x    ,   (5,17)  [17, )
(c) x  (  , 5]  [4,1)  [1, 7)  2
(d) x  ( , 5]  [4, 2)  [1, 7) 20.  x  1 ( x  2) ( x  3)  0, then x belongs to:
2 2

14. Solve for x:

(a) ( , 2)  (2,3) (b) (  ,3)
x2  5 (c) (2, 3) (d) none of these
 1
x 1
(a) x  [3, 1)  [2,  )
VDPP–4
(b) x  [3,1)  [2, )
Subtopics: Basics of modulus functions;
(c) x  [3,1]  [2,  )
greatest integer functions and fractional part
(d) x  [3,1)  [2, )
functions
15. x2 (x  5) (x  2)  0
(a) x  (  , 2]  [5,  )
1. Which of the following expressions is equal to
(b) x  ( , 2)  [5,  )
x2  1 ?
(c) x  (  , 2]  (5, )
(d) x  ( , 2)  (5, ) (a) ( x2  1) (b) x 2  1
(c)  x 2  1 (d) None of these
x 2  x  5
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16. 0 2. Let A denotes the set of values of x for which
( x  2)
x2
 0 and B denotes the set of values of x for
(a) x   , 2   {0} x4
(b) x  (, 2]  {0} which x 2  ax  4  0 . If B is the subset of A, then
find the number of possible integral values of a .
(c) x  [, 2)
3. If x 2  12 x  32  x 2  9 x  20  0 . Then find the
(d) x  [, 2]
value of x .
17. ( x  2)3 ( x  4) 2 ( x  10)17  0
4. What is the minimum value of the function
(a) x  ( , 2]  (10,  )
x4 2 ?
(b) x  ( , 2)  [10,  )
5. Solve for x: |x  3| = 5
(c) x  [ , 2]  [10, )
(a) x = 8,  2 (b) x = 8, 2
(d) None of these (c) x = 7,  2 (d) x = 7, 2
6. Solve for x : |2x  3| = 5
(a) x = 1 (b) x = 2
(c) x = 3 (d) No Solution

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7. Solve for x : |x2 + 1| = 5 19. Solve for x
(a) x =  3 (b) x =  2 [2x  3] = 1.5
(c) x =  2 (d) x =  3 (a) x  R (b) x  Z
8. If |x – 2| = 3 then value/s of x are (c) x = 0 (d) No solution
(a) 3 or  3 (b) 5 or  1 1 1 1   1 2946 
20. Find the value of          2  1000 
(c)  5 or 1 (d)  4 or 2 2
   2 1000   
9. If |x + 5| = 6, then value/s of x are where [.] denotes greatest integer function?
(a) 1 or  11 (b)  1 or 11 21. If the solution of the equation |2x  1| = 3[x] + 2 {x} is
(c)  6 or 6 (d) 3 or  2 p, where [.] denotes greatest integer and [.] denotes
10. If |x2 – 4x + 2| = 2 then value/s of x are fractional part function then 8P is _________.
(a) 1 or 3 or 5 (b) 0 or 2 or 4 22. Let f : [, 3/2]  R be a function given by f(x) = [sin
(c) 5 or 7 (d) 12 or 14 x] + [1 + sin x] + [2 + sin x] Then, the range of f(x) is
11. If | x 2  1| 1, then value/s of x are (a) {0, 3} (b) {1}
(c) {0, 2} (d) {3}
(a)  2 or 0 (b)  3 or 0
23. If [x] and {x} represent integral and fractional parts of
(c)  2 or 1 (d) None of these
2000 [ x  r ]
12. The values of x satisfying |x + 3| = 3 is/are x, then the expression [x] +  r 1 2000
is equal to
(a) 6 or 0 (b) 3 or  3
2001
(c) 0 or  6 (d) None of these (a) x (b) x  2001
13. If |x| = 3 then x can be 2
2001
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) x (d)  x  
(c) 4 (d) 5 2
14. If ||x + 3| + 1| = 1, then value/s of x is/are 24. If the function f : R  R be such that f(x)=x  [x],
(a) 3 (b) 1 where [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or
(c)  3 (d) 2 equal to x, then f-1(x), is
15. Solve for x : 1
(a) (b) [x] – x
| x |2 3 | x | 2  0 x  [ x]
(c) Not defined (d) None of these
(a) x  {2, 1, 1, 2}
25. If f : R  R and g : R  R are defined by f(x) = x –
(b) x  {2, 1,1, 2}
[x] and g(x) = x – [x] for x  R, where [x] is the
(c) x  {2, 1,1, 2} greatest integer not exceeding x, then for every x  R,
(d) x  {2, 1,1, 2} f (g(x)) is equal to
16. If || x  3 | 2 | 1 , then value/s of x is/are (a) x (b) 0
(c) f(x) (d) g(x)
(a) 1 or 3
(b) 3 or 5
(c) -3 or 5
(d) 0 or 2 or 4 or 6
17. If x2 – 4 |x| + 3 = 0, then value/s of x is/are
(a)  2 or  4 (b) 0 or  1
(c)  1 or  3 (d)  2 or 0
18. Solve for x :
 1
 x  2   2 , where [.] represents GIF
 
(a) x  [2.5,3.5) (b) x  (2.5,3.5)
(c) x  [2.5,3.5] (d) x  (2.5, 3.5]

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 ANSWER KEY
VDPP–1
Subtopics: Basic Identities; Basic inequalities

1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (d) 4. (c) 5. (a) 6. (a) 7. (c) 8. (c) 9. (b) 10. (a)
11. (c) 12. (b) 13. (a) 14. (b) 15. (c) 16. (a) 17. (c) 18. (b) 19. (c) 20. (b)
21. (b) 22. (a) 23. (a) 24. (d)

VDPP–2
Subtopics: Log & its basic properties

1. (32) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (c) 5. (a) 6. (d) 7. (b) 8. (c) 9. (b) 10. (b)
11. (a) 12. (a) 13. (b) 14. (c) 15. (b) 16. (c) 17. (a) 18. (c) 19. (b) 20. (b)
21. (a)

VDPP–3
Subtopics: Wavy curve & its application

1. (b) 2. (d) 3. (b) 4. (d) 5. (b) 6. (b) 7. (d) 8. (c) 9. (a) 10. (d)
11. (a) 12. (a) 13. (b) 14. (d) 15. (a) 16. (a) 17. (d) 18. (a) 19. (c) 20. (a)

VDPP–4
Subtopics: Basics of modulus functions; greatest integer functions and fractional part functions

1. (b) 2. (3) 3. (4) 4. (2) 5. (a) 6. (d) 7. (c) 8. (b) 9. (a) 10. (b)
11. (a) 12. (d) 13. (b) 14. (c) 15. (d) 16. (d) 17. (c) 18. (a) 19. (d) 20. (4341)
21. (2) 22. (a) 23. (c) 24. (c) 25. (b)

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