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JEE–MAIN EXAMINATION – JANUARY 2025

(HELD ON TUESDAY 28th JANUARY 2025) TIME : 3:00 PM TO 6:00 PM

MATHEMATICS TEST PAPER WITH ANSWER

SECTION-A 5. If the midpoint of a chord of the ellipse
1. Bag B1 contains 6 white and 4 blue balls, Bag B2 x2 y2
  1 is ( 2,4 3) , and the length of the
contains 4 white and 6 blue balls, and Bag B3 9 4
contains 5 white and 5 blue balls. One of the bags
2 
is selected at random and a ball is drawn from it. If chord is , then  is :
3
the ball is white, then the probability, that the ball
is drawn from Bag B2, is : (1) 18 (2) 22

1 4 (3) 26 (4) 20
(1) (2)
3 15 Ans. (2)
2 2 6. Let S be the set of all the words that can be formed
(3) (4)
3 5 by arranging all the letters of the word GARDEN.
Ans. (2)
2. Let A, B, C be three points in xy-plane, whose
position vector are given by 3 ˆi  ˆj , ˆi  3jˆ and
aiˆ  (1– a)jˆ respectively with respect to the origin
O. If the distance of the point C from the line
bisecting the angle between the vectors OA and
EN From the set S, one word is selected at random.
The probability that the selected word will NOT
have vowels in alphabetical order is :

(1)

(3)
1
4
1
3
(2)

(4)
2
3
1
2
9
OB is , then the sum of all the possible values
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2 Ans. (4)
of a is : 7. Let f be a real valued continuous function defined
(1) 1 (2) 9 2 x

(3) 0 (4) 2
on the positive real axis such that g(x)=  tƒ(t)dt .
0

Ans. (1) 15

3. If the components of a  ˆi  ˆj  kˆ along and

3 6 7
If g(x ) = x + x , then value of  ƒ(r
r 1
3
) is :
A

perpendicular to b  3iˆ  ˆj – kˆ respectively, are (1) 320 (2) 340

11

16 ˆ ˆ ˆ
3i  j – k  and
1
11
 
–4iˆ – 5jˆ – 17kˆ , then
(3) 270 (4) 310
Ans. (4)
 +  +  is equal to :
2 2 2

 15 32 
(1) 23 (2) 18 8. The square of the distance of the point  , ,7 
 7 7 
(3) 16 (4) 26
x 1 y  3 z  5
Ans. (4) from the line   in the direction
3 5 7
4. If  + i and  + i are the roots of
of the vector ˆi  4ˆj  7kˆ is :
x –(3–2i)x–(2i–2) = 0, i  1 , then  +  is
2

equal to : (1) 54 (2) 41

(1) 6 (2) 2 (3) 66 (4) 44

(3) –2 (4) – 6 Ans. (3)
Ans. (2)

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9. The area of the region bounded by the curves 14. Let f : [0, 3]  A be defined by
2 2
x(1 + y ) = 1 and y = 2x is : f(x) = 2x – 15x + 36x + 7 and g : [0, )  B be
3 2

 1  1 x2025
(1) 2    (2)  defined by g(x)  . If both the functions
 2 3 4 3 x2025  1
are onto and S = {x  Z : x  A or x  B}, then n (S)
 1 1 1
(3)  (4) 
2 3 2  2 3  is equal to :
(1) 30 (2) 36
Ans. (3)
(3) 29 (4) 31
 1 
2  cos  – sin   Ans. (1)
10. Let A   2 and P    ,  > 0.
   sin  cos   15. Let [x] denote the greatest integer less than or
 0 1  –1
equal to x. Then domain of f(x) = sec (2[x]+1) is :
T T 10
If B = PAP , C = P B P and the sum of the
(1) (–, –1]  [0, )
m
diagonal elements of C is , where gcd(m, n) = 1, (2) (–, –)
n
(3) (–, –1]  [1, )

11.
then m + n is :
(1) 65
(3) 258
Ans. (1)

If ƒ(x)  

equal to :
1
x (1  x1/ 4 )
1/ 4
(2) 127
(4) 2049

dx , f(0) = –6, then f(1) is

EN 16.
(4) (–,] – {0}
Ans. (2)

If
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




r 1 

 4

1
    r 



a 3b,
sin   (r  1)  sin    
6   4 6 
a, b  Z, then a + b is equal to :
2 2


(1) loge2+2 (2) 4(loge2–2)

LL
(1) 10 (2) 2
(3) 2–loge2 (4) 4(loge2+2) (3) 8 (4) 4
Ans. (2) Ans. (3)
12. Let f : R  R be a twice differentiable function 17. Two equal sides of an isosceles triangle are
such that f(2) = 1. If F(x) = xƒ(x) for all x  R, along –x + 2y = 4 and x + y = 4. If m is the slope
2 2 of its third side, then the sum, of all possible
0
xF'(x)dx  6 and 
0
x2 F"(x)dx  40 , then
distinct values of m, is :
A

2 (1) –6 (2) 12
F’(2) + 
0
F(x)dx is equal to :
(3) 6 (4) 2 10
(1) 11 (2) 15
Ans. (3)
(3) 9 (4) 13
18. Let the coefficients of three consecutive terms Tr,
Ans. (1) Tr+1 and Tr+2 in the binomial expansion of (a + b)
12

13. For positive integers n, if 4a n  (n 2  5n  6) and be in a G.P. and let p be the number of all possible
values of r. Let q be the sum of all rational terms in
n
 1 
Sn     , then the value of 507 S2025 is :
 
12
k 1  a k  the binomial expansion of 4
33 4 . Then p + q

(1) 540 (2) 1350 is equal to :

(3) 675 (4) 135 (1) 283 (2) 295

Ans. (3) (3) 287 (4) 299

Ans. (1)

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19. If A and B are the points of intersection of the 25. If y = y(x) is the solution of the differential
2 2
circle x + y – 8x = 0 and the hyperbola equation,
x y dy   1  x  
2

  1 and a point P moves on the line x
9 4 4x    sin     y  sin 1   ,
2

dx    2   2
 
2x – 3y + 4 = 0, then the centroid of PAB lies on
the line :  2  8 
–2  x  2, y(2)  
2
 , then y (0) is equal to
(1) 4x – 9y = 12  4 
(2) x + 9y = 36 ____.
(3) 9x – 9y = 32 Ans. (4)
(4) 6x – 9y = 20
Ans. (4)
20. Let ƒ : R – {0}  (–, 1) be a polynomial of
1 1
degree 2, satisfying ƒ(x)ƒ    ƒ(x)  ƒ   . If
x x
ƒ(K) = –2K, then the sum of squares of all possible
values of K is :
(1) 1
(3) 7
Ans. (2)

21.
SECTION-B
(2) 6
(4) 9

The number of natural numbers, between 212 and

EN
999, such that the sum of their digits is 15, is
LL
_____.
Ans. (64)
n
 tan(x / 2 r 1 )  tan 3 (x / 2 r 1 ) 
22. Let ƒ(x)  lim   .
n
r 0  1  tan 2 (x / 2 r 1 ) 
e x  e ƒ(x)
Then lim is equal to ____.
x 0 (x  ƒ(x))
A

Ans. (1)
23. The interior angles of a polygon with n sides, are
in an A.P. with common difference 6°. If the
largest interior angle of the polygon is 219°, then n
is equal to _____.
Ans. (20)
24. Let A and B be the two points of intersection of the
line y + 5 = 0 and the mirror image of the parabola
2
y = 4x with respect to the line x + y + 4 = 0. If d
denotes the distance between A and B, and a
denotes the area of SAB, where S is the focus of
2
the parabola y = 4x, then the vlaue of (a + d) is
____.
Ans. (14)