IIT Questions

SECTION–I

Single–Correct Choice Type

Each question in this section has 4 choices (a), (b), (c) and (d) for its answer, out of which ONLY
ONE is correct.
Q 1. If the sum of the first n terms of an AP is cn2 then the sum of squares of these n terms is
n(4n2  1)c 2 n(4n2  1)c 2 n(4n2  1)c 2 n(4n2  1)c 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
6 3 3 6
Q 2. Let z = x + iy be a complex number where x and y are integers. Then the area of the rectangle
whose vertices are the roots of the equation zz3 + zz3 = 350 is
(a) 48 (b) 32 (c) 40 (d) 80
15
Q 3. Let z = cos  + isin . Then the value of Im(z
m 1
2m 1
) at  = 2° is

1 1 1 1
(a) o
(b) o
(c) o
(d)
sin 2 3 sin 2 2 sin 2 4 sin 2o
Q 4. The number of seven digit integers, with sum of the digits equal to 10 and formed by using the
digits 1,2 and 3 only, is
(a) 55 (b) 66 (c) 77 (d) 88
Q 5. The locus of orthocentre of the triangle formed by the lines (1+ p)x - py + p(1 + p) = 0, (1 + q)x-qy
+ q(1 + q) = 0 and y = 0 where p  q, is
(a) a hyperbola (b) a parabola (c) an ellipse (d) a straight line
Q 6. Tangents drawn from the point P(l, 8) to the circle x2 + y2 - 6x - 4y - 11 = 0 touch the circle at the
points A and B. The equation of the circumcircle of the  PAB is
(a) x2 + y2 + 4x - 6y + 19 = 0 (b) x2 + y2 - 4x - 10y + 19 = 0
(c) x2 + y2 - 2x + 6y - 29 = 0 (d) x2 + y2 - 6x - 4y + 19 = 0
Q 7. The line passing through the extremity A of the major axis and extremity B of the minor axis of the
ellipse x2 + 9y2 = 9 meets its auxiliary circle at the point M. Then the area of the triangle with
vertices at A, M and the origin O is
31 29 21 27
(a) (b) (c) (d)
10 10 10 10
Q 8. The normal at a point P on the ellipse x2 + 4y2 = 16 meets the x-axis at Q. If M is the mid-point of
the line segment PQ then the locus of M intersects the latus rectum of the given ellipse at the
points
 3 5 2  3 5 19   1  4 3
(a)   ,  (b)   ,  (c)   3,   (d)  2 3,  
 2 
7  2 4   7  7 
  
          1
Q 9. If a,b,c and d are unit vectors such that (a x b).(c x d)  1 and a.c  then
2
     
(a) a,b,c are non-coplanar (b) b,c,d are non-coplanar
     
(c) b,d are non-parallel (d) a,d are parallel and b,c are parallel
Q 10. Let P(3, 2, 6) be a point in space and Q be a point on the line
 
r  (i  j  2k)  ( 3i  j  5k) . Then the value of  for which the vector PQ is parallel to the plane
x - 4y + 3z = 1 is
1 1 1 1
(a) (b)  (c) (d) 
4 4 8 8
Q 11. A line with positive direction cosines passes through the point P(2, -1,2) and makes equal angles
with the coordinate axes. The line meets the plane 2x + y + z = 9 at point Q. The length of the line
segment PQ equals
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 2
 x x
Q 12. Let f be a non-negative function defined on the interval [0,1]. If 
0
1  {f '(t)} 2 dt   f(t)dt,0  x  1
0

f(0) = 0 then
 1 1  1 1  1 1  1 1
(a) f    andf    (b) f    andf   
2 2 3 3 2 2 3 3
 
1 1  1 1  1 1  1 1
(c) f    andf    (d) f    andf   
2 2 3 3 2 2 3 3

SECTION II
Multiple Correct Choice Type
Each question in this section has four choices (a), (b), (c) and (d) for its answer, out of which
ONE OR MORE is/are correct.
sin4 x cos4 x 1
Q 13. If   ,then
2 3 5
3 sin8 x cos8 1 2 sin8 x cos8 x 2
(a) tanh2x  (b)   (c) tan2 x  (d)  
2 8 27 125 3 8 27 125

Q 14. For 0 <  < , the solution(s) of
2
6
 m 1   m 

m 1
cosec   
 4
 .cosec       4 2 is/are
  4 
   5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 6 12 12
A
Q 15. In a triangle ABC with fixed base BC, the vertex A moves such that cos B + cos C = 4sin2 . If a,
2
b and c denote the lengths of the sides of the triangle opposite to the angles A, B and C
respectively then
(a) b + c = 4a (b) b + c = 2a
(c) locus of A is an ellipse (d) locus of A is a pair of straight lines
Q 16. The tangent PT and the normal PN to the parabola y2 = 4ax at a point P on it meet its axis at
points T and N respectively. The locus of the centroid of the  PTN is a parabola whose
 2a  2a
(a) vertex =  ,0  (b) directrix is x = 0 (c) latus rectum = (d) focus = (a, 0)
 3  3
Q 17. An ellipse intersects the hyperbola 2x2 – 2y2 = 1 orthogonally. The eccentricity of the ellipse is
reciprocal of that of the hyperbola. If the axes of the ellipse are along the coordinate axes, then
the
(a) equation of the ellipse is x2 + 2y2 = 2 (b) foci of the ellipse are (±1, 0)
(c) equation of the ellipse is x2 + 2y2 = 4 (d) foci of the ellipse are (+ 2 0)
1
Q 18. For the function f(x) = x cos , x  1
x
(a) for at least one x  [1, ), f(x + 2) – f(x) < 2 (b) lim x  f’(x) = 1

(c) for all x  [1, ), f(x + 2) - f(x) > 2 (d) f' (x) is strictly decreasing in [1, )
 sinnx
Q 19. If In=  dx,n  0,1,2,..., then
 (1  x ).sin x

10 10
(a) In = In + 2 (b) I
m 1
2m 1  10 (c) I
m 1
2m 1 0 (d) In = In + 1

Q 20. The area of the region bounded by the curve y = e x and lines x = 0 and y = e is
e 1 1
(a) e  1 (b)  log (e  1  y)dy
1
e (c) e   e x dx
0
(d)  loge y dy
1
 x2
a  a2  x 2 
Q 21. Let L = lim 4 , a > 0. If L is finite, then
x 0
x4
1 1
(a) a = 2 (b) a = 1 (c) L = (d) L =
64 32

SECTION III
Comprehension Type
In this section, each group has 3 multiple choice questions based on a paragraph. Each question
has 4 choices (a), (b), (c) and (d) for its answer, out of which ONLY ONE is correct.
Paragraph for Q. N. 22 to 24
Let A be the set of all 3 x 3 symmetric matrices all of whose elements are either 0 or 1. Five of the
elements are 1 and four are 0.
Q 22. The number of matrices in A is
(a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 9 (d) 3
 x   1
Q 23.
   
The number of matrices A in A for which the system of linear equations A  y   0  has a unique
 z  0 
solution, is
(a) less than 4 (b) at least 4 but less than 7
(c) at least 7 but less than 10 (d) at least 10
 x   1
Q 24.
   
The number of matrices A in A for which the system of linear equations A  y   0  is
 z  0 
inconsistent, is
(a) 0 (b) more than 2 (c) 2 (d) 1
Paragraph for Q. N. 25 to 27
A fair die is tossed repeatedly until a six is obtained. Let X denote the number of tosses required.
Q 25. The probability that X = 3 equals
25 25 5 125
(a) (b) (c) (d)
216 36 36 216
Q 26. The probability that X > 3 equals
125 25 5 25
(a) (b) (c) (d)
126 216 36 36
Q 27. The conditional probability that X  6 given X > 3 equals
125 25 5 25
(a) (b) (c) (d)
216 216 36 36
SECTION IV
Matrix-Match Type
In this section each question contains statements given in two columns, which are to be matched.
The statements in Column I are labelled (A), (B), (C) and (D), while the statements in Column II
are labelled (p), (q), (r), (s) and (t). Any given statement in Column I can have correct matching
with ONE OR MORE statement(s) in Column II. The appropriate bubbles corresponding to the
answers to these questions have to be darkened as illustrated in the following example.
If the correct matches are A—p, s and t; B—q and r; C—p and q; D—s then the correct darkening
of bubbles will look like the following.
Q 28. Match the statements/experessions given in Column I with the values given in Column II.
Column I Column II

(A) Root(s) of the equation 2sin2 + sin22 = 2 (p) /6

(B) Points of discontinuity of f(x) = (q) /4

 6x   3x 
   cos    (r) /3
   
where [y] = greatest integer less than or equal
to y
(C) The volume of the parallelopiped with edges (s) /2
   
represented by the vectors i  j, i  2 j and
  
i  j  k
 
(t) 
(D) The angle between vectors a and b where
  
a,b and c are unit vectors satisfying-
   
a  b 3 c  0
Q 29. Match the statements/expressions given in Column I with the values given in Column II.
Column I Column II

(A) The number of solutions of the equation x (P) 1

 
esm x - cos x = 0 in the interval  0, 
 2
(q)2

(B) The value(s) of k for which the planes kx + (r) 3

4y + z = 0, 4x + ky + 2z = 0 and 2x + 2y + z = 0
intersect in a straight line

(C) the value(s) of k for which (s) 4

Ix – 1| + lx – 2| + Ix + 1 + lx + 2| = 4k has
integral solution(s)

(D) If y' = y + 1 and y(0) = l then value(s) of (t) 5

y(loge2)

Q 30. Match the statements/expressions in Column I with the open intervals in Column II.
Column I Column II
(A) The interval contained in the domain of   
definition of non-zero solutions of the (P)   , 
 2 2
differential equation (x - 3)2 . y' + y = 0

(B) The interval containing the value of the  

integral (q)  0, 
5
 8
 (x  1)(x  2)(x  3)(x  4)(x  5)dx   5 
(r)  , 
1
8 4 

(C) The interval in which at least one of the  

points of local maximum of cos x + sinx lies (s)  0, 
 8
 (D) The interval in which tan–1 (sin x + cos x) is (t)(-, )
increasing

Q 31. Match the conic sections in Column I with the statements/expressions in Column II.
Column I Column II
(A) Circle (p) The locus of the point (h, k) for which the
line hx + ky = 1 touches the circle x2 + y2 = 4

(q) Points z in the complex plane satisfying

lz + 2| - lz – 2| = ± 3
(B) Parabola (r) Points of the conic have parametric
representation
 1 t2  2t
x  3 2 
,y 
 1  t  1  t2

(C) Ellipse (s) The eccentricity of the conic lies iri the
interval
1≤x≤
(D) Hyperbola (t) Points z in the complex plane satisfying Re
(z + 1)2= Izl2 + 1

SECTION V
Integer Answer Type
In this section the answer to each of the questions is a single-digit integer, ranging from 0 to 9. If
the correct answers to question numbers X, Y, Z and W (say) are 6,0,9 and 2 respectively, then
the correct darkening of bubbles will look like the following:

Q 32. The centres of two circles C1 and C2 each of unit radius are at a distance of 6 units from each
other. Let P be the mid-point of the line segment joining the centres of C1 and C2 and C be a
circle touching circles C1 and C2 externally. If a common tangent to C1 and C passing through P is
also a common tangent to C2 and C then the radius of the circle C is
Q 33. Let ABC and ABC' be two non-congruent triangles with sides AB = 4, AC = AC' = 2 2 and angle
B = 30°. The absolute value of the difference between the areas of these triangles is
Q 34. Let (x, y, z) be points with integral coordinates satisfying the system of homogeneous equations
3x - y - z = 0, -3x + z = 0, -3x + 2y + z = 0.
Then the number of such points for which x2 + y2 + z2 ≤ 100 is
Q 35. The smallest value of k for which both the roots of the equation x 2 - 8kx + 16 (k2 - k + 1) = 0 are
real, distinct and have values at least 4, is
Q 36. The maximum value of the function f(x) = 2x3 - 15x2 + 36x - 48 on the set A = {x[x2 + 20 < 9x} is
Q 37. If the function f(x) = x3 + ex/2 and g(x) =f-1(x) then the value of g '(1) is
Q 38. Let p(x) be a polynomial of degree 4 having extremum at x = 1,2 and
lim  p(x) 
x 0 1   = 2. Then the value of p(2) is
 x2 
x
Q 39. Let f: R  R be a continuous function which satisfies f(x) = 
0
f(t) dt. Then the value of f(loge 5) is

Answers
1c 2a 3d 4c 5d 6b 7d 8c 9c 10a
11c 12c 13b,c 14c,d 15b,c 16a,d 17a,b 18b,c,d 19a,b,c 20b,c,d
21a,c 22a 23b 24b 25a 26b 27d

28. 29.

30. 31.