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The locus of the middle points of the chord of tangents drawn from points lying on the straight line 4x – 5y = 20 to the circle x² + y² = 9 is

a) 20(x² + y²) – 36x + 45y = 0

b) 20(x² + y²) + 36x − 45y = 0

c) 36(x² + y²) – 20x + 45y = 0

d) 36(x² + y²) + 20x − 45y = 0

Let  be a regular hexagon in a circle of unit radius. Then the product of the length of the segments  ,  and  is

a)

b)

c) 3

d)

f(x) is twice differentiable polynomial function such that f (1) = 1, f (2) = 4, f (3) = 9, then

a) there exists at least one x  (1, 2) such that

b) there exists at least one x  (2, 3) such that

c)

d) there exists at least one x  (1, 3) such that

The radius of a circle having minimum area which touches the curve y = 4 – x² and the line y = |x| is

a) $2\sqrt{2}$

b) $2\left(\sqrt{2}-1\right)$

c) $4\left(\sqrt{2}-1\right)$

d) $4\left(\sqrt{2}+1\right)$

Let AB be a chord of the circle subtending a right angle at the centre then the locus of the centroid of the triangle PAB as P moves on the circle is

a) A parabola

b) A circle

c) An ellipse

d) A pairing straight line

Given a circle 2x² + 2y² = 5 and a parabola $y^2=4\sqrt{5}x$

Statement 1: An equation of a common tangent to the curves is $y=x+\sqrt{5}$ Statement 2: If the line $y=\mathrm{mx}+\frac{\sqrt{5}}{m}(m\ne 0)$ is the common tangent then m satisfies m⁴ – 3m² + 2 = 0

a) Statement 1 is correct. Statement 2 is correct. Statement 2 is a correct explanation for statement 1

b) Statement 1 is correct. Statement 2 is correct. Statement 2 is not a correct explanation for statement 1

c) Statement 1 is correct. Statement 2 is incorrect.

d) Statement 1 is incorrect. Statement 2 is correct.

One or more than one correct option

Let L be a normal to the parabola y² = 4x. If L passes through the point (9, 6) then L is given by

a) y – x + 3 = 0

b) y + 3x – 33 = 0

c) y + x – 15 = 0

d) y – 2x + 12 = 0

Let ABCD be a quadrilateral with area 18 with side AB parallel to CD and AB = 2CD. Let AD be perpendicular to AB and CD. A circle is drawn inside the quadrilateral ABCD touching all the sides, then its radius is

a) 3

b) 2

c)

d) 1

Multiple choices

The function f (x) = max  is

a) continuous at all points

b) differentiable at all points

c) differentiable at all points except x = 1 and x =

d) continuous at all points except at x=1 and x=-1 where it is discontinuous

Find the equation of the circle passing through ( 4, 3) and touching the lines x + y = 4 and .

A circle touches the line y = x at a point P such that  , where O is the origin. The circle contains the point  in its interior and the length of its chord on the line  is  . Determine its equation.

a)

b)

c)

d)

 equals

a)

b)

c)

d)

Let g (x) be a polynomial of degree one and f (x) be defined by

Find the continuous function f (x) satisfying

a)

b)  

c)

d) None of the above

In how many ways can a pack of 52 cards be divided equally amongst 4 players in order?

Find the interval in which ‘a’ lies for which the line y + x = 0 bisects the chord drawn from the point  to the circle

The points on the curve   where the tangent is vertical, is (are)

a)

b)

c)

d)

Let T₁, T₂ be two tangents drawn from (−2, 0) onto the circle C: x² + y² = 1. Determine the circle touching C and having T₁, T₂ as their pair of tangents. Further find the equation of all possible common tangents to the circles, when taken two at a time.

Let  for all real x and y. If   exists and  then find f(2)

a) – 1

b) 0

c) 1

d) 2

Let  

And

where a and b are non-negative real numbers. Determine the composite function gof. If (gof)(x) is continuous for all real x, determine the values of a and b. Is gof differentiable at x = 0?

a) a = b = 0

b) a = 0, b = 1

c) a = 1, b = 0

d) a = b = 1

Find the equation of the circle touching the line 2x + 3y + 1 = 0 at the point (1, −1) and is orthogonal to the circle which has the line segment having end points (0, −1) and (−2, 3) as diameter.

Show that the value of  wherever defined

a) always lies between  and 3

b) never lies between  and 3

c) depends on the value of x

Show that f(x) is differentiable at the value of α = 1. Also,

a) b² +c² = 4

b) 4 b²  = 4 − c²  

c) 64 b² = 4 − c²

d) 64 b² = 4 + c²

The product of r consecutive natural numbers is divisible by r!

a) True

b) False

The area bounded by the curve y = f(x), the X–axis and the ordinates x = 1, x = b is (b – 1) sin (3b + 4). Then f(x) is

a) (x – 1) cos (3x + b)

b) sin (3x + 4)

c) sin (3x + 4) + 3 (x – 1) cos (3x + 4)

d) none of these