1.

Let C be the circle in the xy-plane which passes through the

origin and touches the line y = −2. If the centre of C lies on
the straight line x + y = 1, then the radius of C is
√ √ √ √
(A) 6 ± 12 . (B) 5 ± 12 . (C) 4 ± 12 . (D) 12 ± 3 .

2. The set of positive real numbers x for which the series

∞
� 1
n=1
xn + x−n

diverges

(A) is the empty set.

(B) is a set having exactly 1 element.
(C) is a finite set having at least 2 elements.
(D) is an infinite set.

3. Let X be a non-empty set and let P(X) be its power set. Define
two operations ‘+’ and ‘∗’ on P(X) as follows. For A, B ∈ P(X),
let
A+B =A∪B, A∗B =A∩B.

If G1 = (P(X), +) and G2 = (P(X), ∗), then,

(A) G1 and G2 are groups.

(B) G1 is a group but G2 is not.
(C) G2 is a group but G1 is not.
(D) neither G1 nor G2 is a group.

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4. The system of equations

x + 2y + 3z = c
2x − y + z = 2
ax + y + 4z = b
has no solution if

(A) a �= 3. (B) b = c + 2.
(C) a = 3, b �= c + 2. (D) a = 3, b = c + 2.

5. Let 
4x − 1, if x ≤ 2 ,
f (x) =
 x2 , if x > 2 .
At x = 2,

(A) f is differentiable.
(B) the left and right derivatives of f exist and are unequal.
(C) the left derivative of f exists and the right derivative does
not.
(D) the right derivative of f exists and the left derivative does
not.

6. What is the sum of the maximum and the minimum values of

1
1 + (2 cos x − 4 sin x)2

over x ∈ R ?

19 22 23 25
(A) 21
(B) 21
(C) 22
(D) 23

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7. Suppose that f : A → B is a function, where A and B are sets
having 10 and 20 elements, respectively. Let us denote for all
subsets U of A,

f (U ) = {f (a) : a ∈ U } ,

and for all subsets V of B,

f −1 (V ) = {a ∈ A : f (a) ∈ V } .

Which of the following is true?

(A) f −1 (f (A)) = A and f (f −1 (B)) = B

(B) f −1 (f (A)) = A and f (f −1 (B)) �= B
(C) f −1 (f (A)) �= A and f (f −1 (B)) = B
(D) f −1 (f (A)) �= A and f (f −1 (B)) �= B

8. Let n
�
P (x) = ai x i , x ∈ R ,
i=0

where n ≥ 5 and a0 , . . . , an ∈ R. If

P (x) − ex
lim = 0,
x→0 x4
then
1
(A) a4 = 0 . (B) a4 = 24
.
1
(C) a5 = 0 . (D) a5 = 120
.

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9. For all x ∈ R, let
d−1
� d−1
�
d i d
P (x) = x + ai x , and Q(x) = x + bi x i ,
i=0 i=0

where d ≥ 1 and a0 , . . . , ad−1 , b0 , . . . , bd−1 ∈ R. Suppose that

n ≥ d and x1 , . . . , xn are distinct real numbers. Let C(P, Q) be
the number of elements in the set

{xi : P (xi ) �= Q(xi )} .

Which of the following conditions ensures that P and Q are

identical?

(A) C(P, Q) ≤ 1
(B) C(P, Q) ≤ d − 1
(C) C(P, Q) ≤ n − d
(D) None of the above

10. For any positive integer n, the value of

�n � �
j 2n
(−1)
j=0
2j

is

(A) 0 . (B) 2n sin(nπ/2) .

(C) 2n/2 cos(nπ/2) . (D) 2n cos(nπ/2) .

11. The set of all solutions of the equation

z 3 + 8i = 0 ,
√
where i = −1 is
√
(A) {2i}. (B) {2 2i}.
√ √ √ √
(C) {2i, ( 5−1)i, (− 5−1)i}. (D) {2i, 3 − i, − 3 − i}.

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12. A lie detector determines correctly whether a person is lying or
telling the truth with probability 0.8, independently of whether
the person is actually lying or not. Assume that people tell
the truth 90% of the times. Given that for a particular person
the lie detector says that the person is telling the truth, what
is the conditional probability that he is actually telling the truth?

36 76
(A) 0.9 (B) 0.8 (C) 37
(D) 77

13. Let f (x, y) = ax2 + by 2 − c, for (x, y) ∈ R2 , where a, b, c ∈ R

with bc > 0 and a �= 0. Let

S = {(x, y) ∈ R2 : f (x, y) = 0} .

Consider the map p : R2 → R defined by p(x, y) = x. If

p(S) = {p(x, y) : (x, y) ∈ S} ,

then which of the following can never be true?

(A) p(S) = R.
(B) p(S) is a closed bounded interval.
(C) p(S) is an open bounded interval.
(D) For all z ∈ p(S), −z also belongs to p(S).

14. For α ∈ R with α �= 0,

� ∞
xeαx−2|αx| dx
−∞

equals
10 −2 10
(A) 9
α . (B) 9
(α|α|)−1 .
8 −2 8
(C) 9
α . (D) 9
(α|α|)−1 .

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15. Suppose that f : R → R is a differentiable non-decreasing
function whose derivative f � is continuous. Fix a < b, and let

S = {x ∈ (a, b) : f � (x) = 0} .

If f (a) < f (b), then which of the following necessarily holds?

(A) The set S is empty.

(B) The set S is finite and non-empty.
(C) The set S is countably infinite.
(D) None of the above.

16. Let S be the set of all continuous functions f : [0, ∞) → R

satisfying the equation
� x
f (t) dt = f (x) − 2 , for all x > 0 .
0

Then,

(A) S is an infinite set.

(B) S has exactly one element.
(C) S is a finite set containing more than one element.
(D) S is the empty set.

17. Let A = (3, 1), B = (4, 3) and C = (4, 4) be three points in the
coordinate plane with origin O. Let D be an arbitrary point
on the line segment OC. What is the largest possible area of
�ABD?

1 5
(A) 2
(B) 1 (C) 2
(D) 5

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18. Suppose that f : R → R is a differentiable function satisfying

f (x) + f � (x) = sin x + cos x for all x ∈ R ,

where f � is the derivative of f . Then, f is a bounded function

if and only if

(A) f (0) = 0. (B) f (0) ≤ 0. (C) f (0) ≥ 0. (D) f (0) > 0.

19. If A is a 4 × 4 real matrix with at least 2 non-zero entries, then

which of the following necessarily holds?

(A) At least one eigenvalue of A is non-zero.

(B) At least one eigenvalue of A is real.
(C) Rank of A is at least 2.
(D) None of the above.

20. If α and β are the two roots of the quadratic equation

x2 + x + 1 = 0 ,

then the value of α2022 + β 2022 is

(A) −1 . (B) 0 . (C) 1 . (D) 2 .

21. Let
Z100 = {0, 1, 2, . . . , 99}

be the additive group of integers modulo 100. How many

subgroups does Z100 have which do not contain 10?

(A) 5 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 2

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√ √
22. If 3
x+5− 3
x − 5 = 1, then what is the value of x2 ?

(A) 50 (B) 51 (C) 52 (D) 53

23. How many natural numbers n are there such that 100 ≤ n ≤ 999
and the sum of the digits of n is divisible by 5?

(A) 180 (B) 120 (C) 200 (D) 90

24. In how many ways can 12 identical balls be thrown into 5

distinguishable boxes such that no box gets an odd number of
balls?
�10� �11�
(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 56 (D) 65

25. The range of the function

� �
2 1 −x2
f (x) = x + e , x ∈ (−∞, ∞) ,
2

is
� � � �
(A) 0, e−1/2 . (B) 0, e−1/2 .
� � � �
(C) 12 , e−1/2 . (D) 0, 34 .

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26. An examination centre has 50 rooms. In each room, 10
candidates have been assigned. Each candidate is absent with
probability p, where 0 < p < 1, independently of the other
candidates. What is the probability that at least one room will
have full attendance?

(A) (1 − p)500
50
(B) (1 − p10 )
50
(C) [1 − (1 − p)10 ]
50
(D) 1 − [1 − (1 − p)10 ]

27. Suppose Δ is the bounded region in the positive quadrant of the

xy-plane enclosed by the x-axis, the straight line y = x and the
curve x2 + y 2 = π/2. Then the integral
��
sin(x2 + y 2 ) dx dy
Δ

equals
� 2
�
π π
(A) 8
. (B) 8
1 − cos π4 .
√
π 2−1
(C) 4
. (D) 4
.

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28. A sequence of real numbers {an } has a property P if and only
if for every ε > 0 there exists N ∈ N such that |an | < ε for all
n ≥ N . Then, {an } does not have the property P if and only if

(A) there exists ε > 0 such that for all N ∈ N there exists
n ≥ N satisfying |an | ≥ ε.
(B) for all ε > 0 and N ∈ N there exists n ≥ N such that
|an | ≥ ε.
(C) there exists ε > 0 and N ∈ N such that |an | ≥ ε for all
n ≥ N.
(D) for all ε > 0 there exists N ∈ N such that |an | ≥ ε for some
n ≥ N.

29. How many ordered pairs (x, y) of positive integers satisfy the
equation
x2 − 2y 2 = 1 ,

where y is a prime number?

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 4

30. Let � �
4
�
S= (x1 , x2 , x3 , x4 ) ∈ R4 : x2i = 1 ,
i=1

and
4
� 4
�
m= min |xi | , M= max |xi | .
(x1 ,...,x4 )∈S (x1 ,...,x4 )∈S
i=1 i=1

Then, m/M equals

1 1 3
(A) 0 . (B) 4
. (C) 2
. (D) 4
.

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