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JEE Main 2019 January 09, Shift 1 Question Paper with Solutions

All 88 questions from the JEE Main 2019 (January 09, Shift 1) shift — Physics (30), Chemistry (29) and Mathematics (29) — each with the correct answer (answer key) and a step-by-step solution. Read it free online, or attempt the full paper as a timed mock test.

Physics30 questions

Q1Single correctKinematics
A particle is moving with a velocity , where K is a constant.
The general equation for its path is:
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Q2Single correctCurrent Electricity
A copper wire is stretched to make it 0.5% longer. The percentage change in its electrical resistance if its volume remains unchanged is:
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Q3Single correctLaws of Motion
A block of mass is kept on a rough inclined plane as shown in the figure. A force of is applied on the block. The coefficient of static friction between the plane and the block is . What should be the minimum value of force P, such that the block does not move downward? (take )
A 45-degree inclined plane (right triangle with the incline rising left-to-right at 45 degrees). A block labelled '10 kg' rests on the incline surface. A force labelled 'P' is drawn as an arrow directed up along the incline (away from the block, up the slope). A force labelled '3 N' is drawn as an arrow at the lower end pointing down along the incline. The base angle is marked 45 degrees.
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Q4Single correctOscillations and Waves
A block of mass , lying on a smooth horizontal surface, is attached to a spring (of negligible mass) of spring constant . The other end of the spring is fixed, as shown in the figure. The block is initially at rest in its equilibrium position. If now the block is pulled with a constant force , the maximum speed of the block is:
A vertical hatched wall on the left. A horizontal coil spring extends rightward from the wall to a square block labelled 'm' resting on a hatched horizontal ground surface. A horizontal arrow labelled 'F' points to the right from the block.
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Q5Single correctWork, Energy and Power
Three blocks A, B and C are lying on a smooth horizontal surface, as shown in the figure. A and B have equal masses, m while C has mass M. Block A is given an initial speed v towards B due to which it collides with B perfectly inelastically. The combined mass collides with C, also perfectly inelastically . th of the initial kinetic energy is lost in the whole process. What is the value of ?
Three rectangular blocks on a horizontal line (ground). From left to right: block labelled 'm', a gap, block labelled 'm', a gap, block labelled 'M'. The two left blocks have equal small width; the right block M is drawn slightly larger.
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Q6Single correctOscillations and Waves
Two masses m and are connected at the two ends of a massless rigid rod of length l. The rod is suspended by a thin wire of torsional constant k at the centre of mass of the rod-mass system (see figure). Because of torsional constant k, the restoring torque is for angular displacement . If the rod is rotated by and released, the tension in it when it passes through its mean position will be:
A thin wire hangs from a hatched ceiling at top. The wire connects at its lower end to the centre of a horizontal rigid rod. At the left end of the rod is a shaded circular mass labelled 'm/2' and at the right end is a shaded circular mass labelled 'm'. The full rod length is marked 'l' with an arrow spanning the rod.
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Q7Single correctRotational Motion
An L-shaped object, made of thin rods of uniform mass density, is suspended with a string as shown in figure. If , and the angle made by AB with downward vertical is , then:
An L-shaped object made of two equal hatched rods joined at a right angle at vertex B (right angle '90 degrees' marked at B). One arm goes up-left to A, the other arm goes down-right to C. The object is suspended by a string from a support at top. The angle theta is marked between the arm AB and the downward vertical dashed line. A horizontal axis labelled 'Y' is drawn to the right; AB = BC.
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Q8Single correctGravitation
If the angular momentum of a planet of mass , moving around the Sun in a circular orbit is , about the center of the Sun, its areal velocity is:
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Q9Single correctOscillations and Waves
A heavy ball of mass M is suspended from the ceiling of a car by a light string of mass . When the car is at rest, the speed of transverse waves in the string is . When the car has acceleration a, the wave-speed increases to . The value of a, in terms of gravitational acceleration g, is closed to
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Q10Single correctProperties of Solids and Liquids
A rod, of length L at room temperature and uniform area of cross section A, is made of a metal having coefficient of linear expansion It is observed that an external compressive force F is applied on each of its ends, prevents any change in the length of the rod when its temperature rises by K Young's modulus, Y for this metal is:
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Q11Single correctProperties of Solids and Liquids
Temperature difference of is maintained between two ends of a uniform rod AB of length . Another bent rod PQ, of same cross-section as AB and length , is connected across AB (See figure). In steady state, temperature difference between P and Q will be close to:
A horizontal uniform rod AB drawn as a hatched bar, with A at the left end and B at the right end. Above the rod, a rectangular bent rod PQ (hatched, of length 3L/2) bridges across the rod, connecting at point P (located a short distance L/4 from the A side) and at point Q on the B side, forming a rectangular loop standing above the rod between P and Q. A vertical dimension 'L/4' and segment markers are shown.
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Q12Single correctThermodynamics
A gas can be taken from A to B via two different processes ACB and ADB.
When path ACB is used 60 J of heat flows into the system and 30 J of work is done by the system. If the path ADB is used then work done by the system is 10 J, the heat flows into the system in the path ADB is:
A pressure-volume diagram. The vertical axis is labelled 'P' and the horizontal axis labelled 'V'. Point A is at the lower left, point B at the upper right. Path A to C to B goes up first (A to C vertical with upward arrow) then right (C to B horizontal with rightward arrow), with C at upper left. Path A to D to B goes right first (A to D horizontal) then up (D to B vertical), with D at lower right. Arrows indicate the directions C to B (right) and the upward segments.
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Q13Single correctKinetic Theory of Gases
A mixture of 2 moles of helium gas (atomic mass ), and 1 mole of argon gas (atomic mass ) is kept at in a container. The ratio of their rms speeds , is close to:
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Q14Single correctElectrostatics
Three charges are placed respectively, at distance, and d from the origin, on the x -axis. If the net force experienced by , placed at , is zero, then value of q is:
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Q15Single correctElectrostatics
For a uniformly charged ring of radius , the electric field on its axis has the largest magnitude at a distance from its centre. Then value of is:
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Q16Single correctElectrostatics
A parallel plate capacitor is made of two square plates of side a, separated by a distance d . The lower triangular portion filled with a dielectric of dielectric constant K, as shown in the figure. Capacitance of this capacitor is:
A parallel plate capacitor drawn as two horizontal plates separated by vertical distance d (arrow marked d on the right). The lower triangular region between the plates is shaded/hatched and labelled K (the dielectric), forming a right-triangle wedge whose base is the bottom plate of length a (arrow marked a at the bottom) and whose hypotenuse rises from the left bottom corner to the right top, leaving the upper triangular region empty.
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Q17Single correctCurrent Electricity
When the switch , in the circuit shown, is closed, then the value of current will be:
Circuit: top-left source 20 V at node A feeds current i1 (arrow right) through a 2 ohm resistor to central node C. From node C a 4 ohm resistor carries current i2 (arrow right toward B) to a 10 V source at node B (right side). From node C a vertical branch goes down through a 2 ohm resistor carrying current i (downward), then through an open switch S, to ground symbol labelled V=0.
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Q18Single correctCurrent Electricity
Drift speed of electrons, when 1.5 A current flows in a copper wire of cross section 5 m is . If the electron density in copper is the value of in mm is close to (Take charge of an electron to be C)
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Q19Single correctElectronic Devices
Mobility of electrons in a semiconductor is defined as the ratio of their drift velocity to the applied electric field. If, for an N-type semiconductor, the density of electrons is and their mobility is , then the resistivity of the semiconductor (since it is an N-type semiconductor contribution of holes is ignored) is close to:
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Q20Single correctCurrent Electricity
A resistance is shown in the figure. Its value and tolerance are given respectively by:
A cylindrical resistor with axial leads. Four colour bands from left: RED (labelled above with arrow), ORANGE (labelled above with arrow), VIOLET (labelled below with arrow), SILVER (labelled below with arrow).
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Q21Single correctMagnetism and Matter
A bar magnet is demagnetized by inserting it inside a solenoid of length 0.2 , 100 turns, and carrying a current of 5.2 . The coercivity of the bar magnet is:
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Q22Single correctMoving Charges and Magnetism
A current loop, having two circular arcs joined by two radial lines is shown in the figure. It carries a current of 10 . The magnetic field at point will be close to:
Point O at top apex. Two straight radial lines descend from O, each 3 cm long, to points Q (left) and R (right); the angle between them at O is theta = 45 degrees (the two 3 cm radial segments are the dashed/marked sides). From Q and R, two more radial segments each 2 cm long continue outward to P (left) and S (right). An inner circular arc joins Q to R (radius 3 cm) and an outer circular arc joins P to S (radius 5 cm). The closed loop P-Q...R-S carries current i = 10 A (arrows along the arcs indicate current direction).
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Q23Single correctMoving Charges and Magnetism
An infinitely long current carrying wire and a small current carrying loop are in the plane of the paper as shown. The radius of the loop is a and distance of its centre from the wire is d . If the loop applies a force F on the wire then:
A long vertical straight wire on the left with an upward arrow indicating current direction. To its right, at horizontal distance d (dashed horizontal line marked d from the wire to the loop centre), a small circular loop lies in the plane of the paper with a current-direction arrow on it. The loop radius is a (small compared to d).
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Q24Single correctElectromagnetic Induction
A conducting circular loop made of a thin wire has area and resistance 10 It is placed perpendicular to a time-dependent magnetic field The field is uniform in space. Then the net charge flowing through the loop during s and ms is close to:
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Q25Single correctElectromagnetic Waves
A plane electromagnetic wave of frequency 50 MHz travels in free space along the positive x - direction. At a particular point in space and time, V , The corresponding magnetic field , at that point will be:
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Q26Single correctRay Optics and Optical Instruments
A convex lens is put 10 from a light source and it makes a sharp image on a screen, kept 10 from the lens. Now a glass block (refractive index 1.5) of 1.5 thickness is placed in between the light source and the lens. To get the sharp image again, the screen is shifted by a distance . Then is:
A point light source on the left (drawn with a dashed object arrow), a biconvex lens at the centre, and a hatched vertical screen on the right. The source is 10 cm to the left of the lens and the screen is 10 cm to the right of the lens (both distances marked 10 cm along the horizontal axis).
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Q27Single correctWave Optics
Two coherent sources produce waves of different intensities which interfere. After interference, the ratio of the maximum intensity to the minimum intensity is 16. The intensity of the waves are in the ratio:
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Q28Single correctWave Optics
Consider a tank made of glass (refractive index 1.5) with a thick bottom. It is filled with a liquid of refractive index . A student finds that, irrespective of what the incident angle i (see figure) is for a beam of light entering the liquid, the light reflected from the liquid glass interface is never completely polarized. For this to happen, the minimum value of is:
A rectangular tank cross-section. The top surface is the liquid surface; a light ray strikes it at angle i (small arrow with incidence angle marked at the top-left). The liquid region is stippled/dotted; below it a horizontal hatched band represents the thick glass bottom labelled n = 1.5. The ray refracts into the liquid and travels down toward the liquid-glass interface.
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Q29Single correctDual Nature of Radiation and Matter
The surface of certain metal is first illuminated with light of wavelength nm and then, by a light of wavelength nm. It is found that the maximum speed of the photoelectrons in the two cases differ by a factor of 2. The work function of the metal (in eV) is close to: (Energy of photon eV )
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Q30Single correctAtoms and Nuclei
A Sample of radioactive material A, that has an activity of 10 m Ci decays s, has twice the number of nuclei as another sample of a different radioactive material B which has an activity of 20 m Ci. The correct choices for half-lives of A and B would then be, respectively:
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Chemistry29 questions

Q31Single correctAtomic Structure
For emission line of atomic hydrogen from to , the plot of wave number against will be:
(The Rydberg constant, is in wave number unit)
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Q32Single correctClassification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties
In general, the properties that decrease and increase down a group in the periodic table, respectively, are :
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Q33Single correctp-Block Elements
Aluminium is usually found in oxidation state. In contrast, thallium exists in and oxidation states. This is due to:
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Q34Single correctChemical Bonding and Molecular Structure
According to molecular orbital theory, which of the following is true with respect to and ?
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Q35Single correctSome Basic Concepts in Chemistry
moles of gas A and x moles of gas B exert a pressure of Pa in a container of volume at K.
Given, R is the gas constant in , x is:
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Q36Single correctChemical Thermodynamics
Consider the reversible isothermal expansion of an ideal gas in a closed system at two different temperatures and , . The correct graphical depiction of the dependence of work done w with the final volume V is:
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Q37Single correctEquilibrium
20 ml of 0.1 M solution is added to 30 ml of 0.2 M solution. The pH of the resultant mixture is; of
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Q38Single correctAtomic Structure
The isotopes of hydrogen are:
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Q39Single correctClassification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties
The alkaline earth metal nitrate that does not crystallise with molecules is:
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Q41Single correctOrganic Compounds Containing Nitrogen
Arrange the following amines in the decreasing order of basicity.
Three nitrogen heterocycles labelled I, II, III: I pyridine, II pyrrole with N-H, III piperidine with N-H.
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Q42Single correctSome Basic Principles of Organic Chemistry
Which amongst the following is the strongest acid?
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Q43Single correctOrganic Compounds Containing Halogens
The compounds A and B in the following reaction are, respectively:
Benzene reacting with HCHO and HCl to give A, then with AgCN to give B.
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Q44Single correctPrinciples Related to Practical Chemistry
A water sample has ppm level concentration of the following metals:
; ; ; .
The metal that makes the water sample unsuitable for drinking is
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Q45Single correctp-Block Elements
The one that is extensively used as a piezoelectric material is:
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Q46Single correctSolutions
A solution of sodium sulphate contains of ions per kilogram of water. The molality of ions in that solution in is:
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Q47Single correctSolutions
Which one of the following statements regarding Henry's law is not correct?
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Q48Single correctRedox Reactions and Electrochemistry
The anodic half-cell of lead-acid battery is recharged using electricity of Faraday. The amount of electrolyzed in g during the process is: (Molar mass of )
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Q49Single correctChemical Kinetics
The following results were obtained during kinetic studies of the reaction.

Experiment | A in mol | B in mol | Initial rate of reaction in mol
I | | |
II | | |
III | | |
The time (in minutes) required to consume half of A is
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Q50Single correctChemical Kinetics
Adsorption of a gas follows Freundlich adsorption isotherm. In the given plot, x is the mass of the gas adsorbed on mass m of the adsorbent at pressure P . is proportional to:
Plot of log(x/m) versus log P: a rising straight line with a slope triangle of base 4 unit and height 2 unit.
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Q51Single correctd- and f-Block Elements
The ore that contains both iron and copper is:
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Q52Single correctOrganic Compounds Containing Nitrogen
The major product of the following reaction is,
Reaction: R-C≡N with reagents (1) AlH(i-Bu)2 (2) H2O over a forward arrow.
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Q53Single correctCoordination Compounds
Two complexes A and B are violet and yellow coloured, respectively, The incorrect statement regarding them is:
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Q54Single correctHydrocarbons
In the reaction given below what will be the major product at the end :
1,2-dihydronaphthalene with a reaction arrow labelled (i) Br2 (ii) EtOH.
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Q55Single correctOrganic Compounds Containing Oxygen
Major product of the given reaction is:
Benzene bearing a ring Br at the lower-left and a -(CH2)3Br side chain at the upper-right, with reagents (1) KOH(aq), (2) CrO3/H+, (3) H2SO4/heat over the arrow.
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Q56Single correctCoordination Compounds
The highest value of the calculated spin only magnetic moment (in BM) among all the transition metal complexes is
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Q57Single correctOrganic Compounds Containing Oxygen
Acid strength given below the correct decreasing order will be :
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Q58Single correctOrganic Compounds Containing Nitrogen
Major product of the given below reaction:
Reaction: 2-chloroacryloyl chloride (CH2=C(Cl)-C(=O)Cl) plus glycinamide (H2N-CH2-C(=O)-NH2), conditions (1) Et3N (2) free radical polymerisation.
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Q59Single correctPrinciples Related to Practical Chemistry
The correct match between Column-I and Column-II is
Column-I (drug)Column-II (test)
A. ChloroxylenolP. Carbylamine test
B. NorethindroneQ. Sodium hydrogen carbonate test
C. SulphapyridineR. Ferric chloride test
D. PenicillinS. Baeyer's test
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Q60Single correctBiomolecules
The increasing order of pKa of the following amino acids in aqueous solution is
Glycine, Aspartate, Lysine, Arginine.
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Mathematics29 questions

Q61Single correctComplex Numbers and Quadratic Equations
Let and be the roots of the equation , then is equal to
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Q62Single correctComplex Numbers and Quadratic Equations
Let . Then the sum of the elements in A is:
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Q63Single correctPermutations and Combinations
Consider a class of 5 girls and 7 boys. The number of different teams consisting of 2 girls and 3 boys that can be formed from this class, if there are two specific boys and , who refuse to be the members of the same team, is:
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Q64Single correctSequence and Series
If , and be three distinct real numbers in G.P. and , then cannot be:
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Q65Single correctSequence and Series
Let , , , be an A.P., and . If and , then is equal to:
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Q66Single correctBinomial Theorem and its Simple Applications
If the fractional part of the number is , then k is equal to
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Q67Single correctTrigonometry
For , the expression equals:
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Q68Single correctCo-ordinate Geometry
Consider the set of all lines such that . Which one of the following statements is true?
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Q69Single correctCo-ordinate Geometry
Three circles of radii , , , touch each other externally. If they have - axis as a common tangent, then:
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Q70Single correctCo-ordinate Geometry
Axis of a parabola lies along -axis. If its vertex and focus are at distances 2 and 4 respectively from the origin, on the positive -axis then which of following points does not lie on it?
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Q71Single correctCo-ordinate Geometry
Equation of a common tangent to the circle, and the parabola, is:
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Q72Single correctCo-ordinate Geometry
Let . If the eccentricity of the hyperbola is greater than 2, then the length of its latus rectum lies in the interval:
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Q73Single correctLimit, Continuity and Differentiability
The value of
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Q74Single correctSets, Relations and Functions
If the Boolean expression is equivalent to , where , , , then the ordered pair , is
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Q75Single correctStatistics and Probability
5 students of a class have an average height 150 cm and variance 18 . A new student, whose height is 156 cm, joined them. The variance in of the height of these six students is:
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Q76Single correctMatrices and Determinants
If , then the matrix when , is equal to:
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Q78Single correctTrigonometry
If , then x is equal to:
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Q79Single correctSets, Relations and Functions
For , let , and be three given functions. If a function, J(x) satisfies then J(x) is equal to:
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Q80Single correctLimits, Continuity and Differentiability
Let be a function defined as Then f is:
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Q81Single correctLimits, Continuity and Differentiability
The maximum volume in cu. m of the right circular cone having slant height is:
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Q82Single correctLimits, Continuity and Differentiability
If denotes the acute angle between the curves, and at a point of their intersection, then is equal to:
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Q83Single correctIntegral Calculus
For , (the set of natural numbers), the integral , is equal to (where c is a constant of integration).
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Q84Single correctIntegral Calculus
The value of is
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Q85Single correctIntegral Calculus
The area (in sq. units) bounded by the parabola , the tangent at the point to it and the y-axis is
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Q86Single correctDifferential Equations
If is the solution of the differential equation, satisfying , then is equal to:
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Q87Single correctVector Algebra
Let , and be a vector such that and , then is equal to:
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Q88Single correctThree Dimensional Geometry
The plane through the intersection of the planes and and parallel to - axis also passes through the point
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Q89Single correctThree Dimensional Geometry
The equation of the line passing through -4, 3, 1, parallel to the plane and intersecting the line is
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Q90Single correctStatistics and Probability
Two cards are drawn successively with replacement from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Let denote the random variable of number of aces obtained in the two drawn cards. Then equals:
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