IIT Questions

OneOptionCorrect Questions
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Q 1. Let  =   i • Then the value of the determinantis 1 1  2 2
2 2
1 2 4
(a) 3 (b) 3( – 1) (c) 32 (d) 3(1 – )
Q 2. For all complex numbers z1, z2 satisfying |z1| = 12 and [z2 - 3 - 4i| = 5, the minimum value of |z1 -
z2I is
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 7 (d) 17
Q 3. If a1, a2, ...., an are positive real numbers whose product is a fixed number c, the minimum value
of a1 + a2 + ... + an - 1 + 2an is
(a) n(2c)1/n (b) (n + 1)c1/n (c) 2nc1/n (d) (n + 1)(2c)1/n
3
Q 4. Suppose a, b, c are in AP and a2 ,b2 ,c2 are in GP. If a < b < c and a + b + c = then the value of
2
a is
1 1 1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c)  (d) 
2 2 2 3 2 3 2 2
Q 5. The number of arrangements of the letters of the word BANANA in which two Ns do not appear
adjacently is
(a) 40 (b) 60 (c) 80 (d) 100

   ,   = 0 if p < q, is the maximum when m is

m
Q 6. The sum  10
i
20
mi
p
q
i 0

(a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 15 (d) 20

Q 7. The number of values of k for which the system of equations
(k + 1)x + 8y = 4k,
k.x + (k + 3)y = 3k – 1
has infinitely many solutions is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) infinite
Q 8. The set of all real x for which x 2 - |x + 2| + x > 0 is
(a) (–, –2) (2, ) (b) (, – 2 ) ( 2 , )(c) (, –1) (1, ) (d) 2 , )
Q 9. The length of the longest interval in which the function 3sin x - 4sin 3x is increasing is
  3
(a) (b) (c) (d) 
3 2 2
Q 10. Which of the following pieces of data does not uniquely determine an acute-angled ABC (R =
circumradius)?
(a) a, sin A, sin B (b) a, b, c (c) a, sin B, R (d) a, sin A, R
Q 11. The number of integral values of k for which the equation 7cos x + 5sin x = 2k + 1 has a solution
is
(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d)12
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Q 12. Let 0 <  < be a fixed angle. If P = (cos , sin ) and Q =  cos(  ),sin(  ) then Q is
2
obtained from P by
(a) clockwise rotation around origin through an angle 
(b) anticlockwise rotation around origin through an angle 
(c) reflection in the line through origin with slope tan 

(d) reflection in the line through origin with slope tan
2
Q 13. Let P = (- 1, 0),Q = (0,0) and R = (3,3 3 ) be three points. Then the equation of the bisector of
the angle PQR is
 3 3 3
(a) x+y=0 (b) x + 3 y = 0 (c) x + y = 0 (d) x + y=0
2 2 2
Q 14. A straight line through the origin O meets the parallel lines 4x + 2y = 9 and 2x + y + 6 = 0 at
points P and Q, respectively. Then the point O divides the segment PQ in the ratio
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 3 : 4 (c) 2 :1 (d) 4 : 3
Q 15. If the tangent at the point P on the circle x + y + 6x.+ 6y = 2 meets the straight line 5x - 2y + 6 = 0
at a point Q on the y-axis then the length of PQ is
(a) 4 (b) 2 5 (c) 5 (d) 3 5
Q 16. If a > 2b > 0 then the positive value of m for which y = mx - b 1 m2 is a common tangent to x2 +
y2 = b2 and (x-a)2 + y2 = b2 is
2b a2  4b2 2b b
(a) (b) (c) (d)
a  4b
2 2 2b a  2b a  2b
Q 17. The locus of the midpoint of the line segment joining the focus to a moving point on the parabola
y2 = 4ax is another parabola with the directrix
a a
(a) x = -a (b) x = – (c) x = 0 (d) x =
2 2
Q 18. The area bounded by the curves y = |x| - 1 and y = - |x| + 1 is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 2 2 (d) 4
Q 19. Suppose f(x) = (x +1)2 for x > -1 If g(x) is the function whose graph is the reflection of the graph of
f(x) with respect to the line y = x then g(x) equals
1
(a)  x  1 for x  0 (b) for x  1 (c) x  1 for x   1 (d) x – 1 for x  0
(x  1)2
Q 20. Let the function f: R -> R be defined by f(x) = 2x + sin x (x E R). Then f is
(a) one-to-one and onto (b) one-to-one but not onto
(c) onto but not one-to-one (d) neither one-to-one nor onto
Q 21. The domain of the derivative of the function
 tan1 x fro | x |  1

f(x)   1 is
 (| x | 1) for | x | 1
2
(a) R  {0} (b) R  {1} (c) R  {–1} (d) R  {–1, 1}
lim (cos x  1)(cos x  e )
x
Q 22. The integer n for which x  0 is a finite nonzero number is
xn
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
1/ x
 f(1  x) 
Q 23. Let f : R  R be such that f(1) = 3 and f’ (1) = 6. Then lim
x 0   equals
 f(1) 
(a) 1 (b) e1/2 (c) e2 (d) e3
Q 24. The point (s) on the curve y3 + 3x2 = 12y, where the tangent is verticas (i.e., parallel to the
yaxis), is/are
 4   11   4 
(a)   , 2  (b)   ,1 (c) (0, 0) (d)   ,2 
     3 
3  3 
Q 25. The equation of the common tangent to the curves y = 8x and xy = – 1 is
2

(a) 3y = 9x + 2 (b) y = 2x + 1 (c) 2y = x + 8 (d) y = x + 2

x
Q 26. Lt f(x) = 
1
2  t 2 dt. Then real roots of the equation x2  f’ (x) = 0 are
1 1
(a)  1 (b)  (c) 
(d) 0 and 1
2 2
Q 27. Let T > 0 be a fixed numbers. Suppose f is continuous function such that for all x  R, f(x + T) =
T 3  3T
f(x). If I   f(x) dx then the value of  f(2x) dx is
0 3
 3
(a) I (b) 2I (c) 3I (d) 6I
2
1/ 2   1  x 
Q 28. The integral  1/ 2
[x]  log 

  dx equals
 1  x 
1 1
(a)  (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2log
2 2
     
Q 29. If a and b tare two unit vectors such that a  2 b and 5 a  4 b are perpendicular to each other
 
then the angle between a and b is
 1 2
(a) 45 (b) 60 (c) cos1   (d) cos–1  
3 7
       
Q 30. Let V  2 i  j  k and W  i  3 k . If U is a unit vector then the maximum value of the scalar triple
  
product [U V W] is
(a) – 1 (b) 10  6 (c) 59 (d) 60
Q 31. If   (0, 2) then the interval of values of  of for which 2sin2 – 5sin  + 2 > 0 is
  5   41      5       5 
(a)  ,  (b)  , (c)  0,    ,2  (d)  0,    , 
8 6   48   6  6   8 6 6 
w  wz
Q 32. If w is a nonreal complex number such that is purely real then the set of values of z is
1 z
(a) |z : z = z | (b) {z:|z| = 1} (c) {z:z N 1} (d) {z : |z| = 1, z  1}
Q 33. If r, s and t are prime numbers and p, q are positive integers such that the LCM if p, q is r 2 t4 s2
then the number of ordered pair (p, q) is
(a) 254 (b) 252 (c) 225 (d) 224
Q 34. The axis of a parabola is along the line y = x and the distance of the origin from its vertex is 2
and that from its focus is 2 2 . If the vertex and focus both lie in the first quadrant then the
equation of the parabola is
(a) (x + y)2 = x-y - 2 (b) (x - y)2 = x + y – 2 (c) (x - y)2 = 4(x + y - 2) (d) (x - y)2 = 8(x + y - 2)

One-or-More-Options-Correct Questions
Q 35. A tangent to the curve y =f(x) at P(x, y) cuts the x-axis and the y-axis at A and B, respectively,
such that BP:AP = 3:1. If f(1) = 1 then
dy
(a) the equation of the curve is x + 3y = 0
dx
 1
(b) the curve passes through  2, 
 8
dy
(c) the equation of the curve is x - 3y = 0
dx
(d) the normal at (1, 1) is x + 3y = 4
Q 36. The internal bisector of the angle A of the ABC meets BC at D. A line drawn through D
perpendicular to AD intersects the side AC at E and the side AB produced at F. Then
(a) HM of b and c is equal to AE (b) the AEF is isosceles
2bc A 4bc A
(c) AD = cos (d) EF = sin
bc 2 bc 2
Q 37. f(x) is a polynomial of the third degree which has a local maximum at x = -1. If f(1) = - 1, f(2) = 18
and f'(x) has a local minimum at x = 0 then
(a) f(0) = 5
(b) f(x) has a local minimum at x = 1
(c) f(x) is increasing in [1,2 5
(d) the distance between (-1,2) and (a,f(a)), where a is a point of local minimum is 2V5
 Comprehension-Type Questions
Q 38. Suppose we define definite integral using the formula
b ba
a f(x)dx  2 {f(a) +f(b)}. For more accurate result, we have
b ba ab
a f(x)dx  4 {f(a)+f(b) + 2f(c)} when c = 2 .Also, let
c a bc
F(c) = f{(a) + f(c)) + {f(b) + f(c)} when c E (a, b).
2 2
/ 2
(i) 
0
sin x dx equals
   
(a) (1  2) (b) (1  2) (c) (d)
8 4 8 2 4 2
b
(ii)  a
f(x) dx is equal to
ab ab ab ab
(a) F   (b) F   (c) F   (d) F  
 2   2   4   2 
(iii) If f"(x) < 0  – x  (a, b) and (c,f(c)) is a point lying on the curve y = f(x), where a < c < b and
for that value of c, F(c) has a maximum, then f'(c) equals
f(b)  f(a) 2 2f(b)  f(a)
(a) (b) {f(b)  f(a)} (c) (c) 0
ba ba 2b  a

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Q 39. (i) If  tan1 2 = t then tan t equals (a) 0
n 1 2n
(ii) If in the ABC the sides a, b, c are in (b) 1
a b
AP and cos 1 = ,cos 2 =
bc ac
c  
and cos 3 = then tan2 1 tan2 3 equals
ab 2 2
5
(iii) A line perpendicular to x + 2y + 2z = 0 and (c)
3
passes through (0, 1, 0). The perpendicular
distances of the from the origin is
1 e 2
e dx   (1)  logx) dx has the value
x2
(iv) (d)
0 1 3
Complete the following statement.
Q 4. If f(x) is a twice differentiable function such that f(a) = 0, f(b) = 2, f(c) =  1, f(d) = 2 and f(e) = 0,
where a < b < c < d < e, then the minimum number of zero of g(x) = {f’ (x)} 2 + f”(x). f(x) in the
interval [a, e] is

Answers
1b 2b 3a 4d 5a 6a 7b 8b 9a 10d
11b 12d 13c 14b 15c 16a 17c 18b 19d 20a
21c 22c 23c 24d 25d 26a 27c 28a 29b 30c
31c 32d 33d 34d 35ab
36. a,b,c,d
37. b,c
38. (i) a (ii) b (iii) a
39. (i) b (ii) d (iii) c (iv) b
40. 6