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K-CET MATHEMATICS QUESTION PAPER 2021

1. Let S = {x | x is a positive multiple of 3 less than 100} & P= {x | x is a prime number less than 20}.
Then n(S) + n(P) is
a) 34 b) 41 c) 33 d) 30

2. The range of the function f(x) = 1 + 3 cos 2x

a) [-2, 4] b) (-2, 4) c) (-2, 4] d) [2, 4]

3. The value of cos2 480 – sin2 120 is

5 1 5 1 5 1 5 1
a) b) c) d)
8 8 5 2 2
4. If 𝑎 cos 𝜃 + 𝑏 sin 𝜃 = 𝑚 and 𝑎 sin 𝜃 − 𝑏 cos 𝜃 = 𝑛 then 𝑎 + 𝑏 =
a) 𝑚 − 𝑛 b) 𝑚 + 𝑛 c) m+n d) m – n
5. A student was asked to prove a statement p(n) by induction. He proved that p(k+1) is true whenever
p(k) is true for all k>5N and also that p(5) is true. On the basis of this he could conclude that p(n) is
true
a) for all n  N b) for all n > 5 c) for all n  5 d) for all n < 5
  
6. The amplitude of sin  i1  cos  is
5  5
2   
a) b) c) d)
5 5 15 10
7. arg (z) + arg z ( z  0) is
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 0
8. The solution set of the in equation |x – 1| + |x – 2| + |x – 3|  6 is
a) (- , -2] b) (-, 0] U [4, ) c) [4, ) d) [6, )
5
9. 47
C4  
r 1
52  r
C3 

a) 47C6 b) 52C5 c) 52C4 d) None of these

10. If 12 and 9 are respectively A.M and G.M of two numbers, then the numbers are the roots of the
equation
a) x2 – 24x + 81 = 0 b) x2 + 24x - 81 = 0
c) x2 – 81x + 24 = 0 d) x2 – 24x - 81 = 0
11. If the equation of the base of an equilateral triangle is x+y=2 and the vertex is (2, -1), then find the
length of the side of the triangle
2 3 2
a) b) c) d) 4
3 2 3

12. Let x1 , x2 ………xn be n observations s.t.  x 12  400 and  x i  80 . Then a possible value of n among

the following is
a) 9 b) 12 c) 15 d) 18

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13. A single letter is selected at random from the word ‘PROBABILITY’. The probability that it is a vowel is
1 4 2 3
a) b) c) d)
3 11 11 11
f x   3
14. If f(9) = 9, f’(9) = 4 then lim 
x 9 x 3
1
a) 3 b) 4 c) d) 2
2
15. A plane is parallel to yz-plane so it is perpendicular to :
a) x-axis b) y-axis c) z-axis d) none of these

16. Let * be binary operation defined on Q. Then which of the following binary operation is associative
i. a * b = a – b , for a, b ∈ Q

ii. a * b = , for a, b ∈ Q

iii. a * b = a – b + ab, for a, b ∈ Q

iv. a * b = ab2, for a, b ∈ Q

a) (i) and (ii) b) (i) only c) (ii) only d) All above

17. Let R be relation defined on the set of natural number N as

R = {(x, y) : x ∈ N, y ∈ N, 2x + y = 4}. Then R is

a) Reflexive b) Symmetric

c) neither reflexive nor symmetric d) Transitive

18. Let f : N  N defined by f (x )  x 2  x  1 , x  N , then f is

a) One-one onto b) Many one onto c) One-one but not onto d) None of these

19. Which one of the following is a bijective function on the set of real numbers
a) 2 x  5 b) | x | c) x 2 d) x 2  1
20. The domain of the function f(x) = sin-1 x  1 is
a) [1, 2] b) [-1, 1] c) [0, 1] d) None
   5 
21. Find the value of sin 2 cot 1  
  12 
120  120 131 142
a) b) c) d)
169 169 169 169
4   4 8 4 
22. If 1  A    1 2 1 
 
 3    3 6 3 
then find the matrix A.

a) 1 2 1 b)  1 2 1 c) 1 2  1 d) 1  2  1

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23. If the matrix
 a b c  is a skew symmetric matrix, then the values of a, b and c are
 
 3 1 0 

a) a=-2, b=0, c=-1 b) a=2, b=0, c=-3 c) a=-2, b=3, c=0 d) does not exist

24. If A and B are square matrices of the same order, then [k (A-B)]’ =
a) k(A’-B’) b) 2k(A’-B’) c) 3k(A’-B’) d) none

25. If A is invertible matrix of order 3 x 3, then |A-1| =

a) 1/|A| b) 2/|A| c) 4/|A| d) none

26. If A is a matrix of order 3 x 3, then number of minors in determinant of A are

a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 9
x 3 7
27. If x = -9 is a root of 2 x 2 =0, then other two roots are
7 6 x
a) x=2, 7 b) x=3, 5 c) x= -7, 2 d) none
2
4x
28. The function f(x) = is
4x  x3
a) discontinuous at only one point b) discontinuous at exactly two points
c) discontinuous at exactly three points d) none of these

log1  ax   log1  bx 
29. How should we define f(x) = at x = 0 so as to make it continuous, at x=0
x
a
a) a-b b) log a + log b c) a + b d) log
b
|x|
30. The function f(x) = e is
a) continuous everywhere but not differentiable at x = 0
b) continuous and differentiable everywhere c) not continuous at x = 0 d) none of these

31. If (𝑥 + 𝑦 ) = 𝑥𝑦, then =?

a) b) c) d)

32. If 𝑥 = 𝑒 ,𝑦=𝑒 , then =?

a) b) − c) d) −

33. Two men A and B start with velocities V at same time from the junction of two roads inclined at 45 0 to
each other. If they travel by different roads, find the rate at which they are being separated.
a) 2 − √3 𝑣 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡/𝑠𝑒𝑐 b) 2 − √2 𝑣 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡/𝑠𝑒𝑐 c) 2 − √5 𝑣 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡/𝑠𝑒𝑐 d) None

log x
34. f(x)  (x>0) is increasing in
x
a) (o, e) b) (e,  ) c)  0,   d)  ,  

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35. A stone is thrown up vertically and the height x ft reached by it in times t secs is given by x  80t  16t 2 .
The stone reaches the maximum height in time

a) 2 secs b) 2.5 secs c) 3 secs d) 3.5 secs

36. The normal at the point (1, 1) on the curve 2y +x2 = 3 is

a) x + y = 0 b) x – y = 0 c) x + y + 1 = 0 d) x – y = 1

e x 1  x 
37.  cos 2 e x .x dx equals
 
a) – cot (e.xx) + C b) tan (x.ex) + C c) tan (ex) + C d) cot (ex) + C

dx
38.  2
x  2x  2
equals

a) x tan-1 (x+1) + C b) tan-1 (x+1) + C c) (x+1) tan-1x + C d) tan-1 x + C

3
39.   x  1 x  2  x  3 dx =
1
a) 3 b) 2 c) 1 d) 0

/2

  sin 
x  cos100 x dx =
100
40.
0

100 1 
a) b) c) 0 d)
100 
100
100 100

41. The area of the region bounded by parabola y2 = x and the straight line 2y = x is
4 2 1
a) sq units b) 1 sq units c) sq units d) sq units
3 3 3
42. Find the area of the curve y=sin x between 0 and 
a) 2 sq units b) 4 sq units c) 3 sq units d) none of these
43. The differential equation + 𝑎𝑦 = 𝑒

a) (𝑎 − 𝑚)𝑦 = 𝑒 + 𝑐𝑒 b) (𝑎 + 𝑚)𝑦 = 𝑒 + 𝑐𝑒

c) (𝑎 − 𝑚)𝑦 = 𝑒 + 𝑐𝑒 d) (𝑎 + 𝑚)𝑦 = 𝑒 + 𝑐𝑒

44. The differential equation +1=𝑒

a) (𝑥 − 𝑐)𝑒 +1=0 b) (𝑥 + 𝑐)𝑒 +1=0

c) (𝑥 − 𝑐)𝑒 −1=0 d) None

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        
45. Find the value of  such that the vectors a  2 i   j  k and b  i  2 j  3 k are orthogonal
3 5
a) 0 b) 1 c) d) 
2 2
      
46. For any vector a , the value of | a x i |2  | a x j |2  | a x k |2 is equal to
   
a) | a |2 b) 3| a |2 c) 4| a |2 d) 2| a |2
        
47. The vectors B  3 j  4 k is to be written as B1  B 2 where B1 is parallel to A  i  j and

 
B 2 is perpendicular to A. Then B 1 =

2   1   3    
a)  i  j  b)  i  j  c)  i  j  d) i  k
3   2   2  

48. The distance from the point (2, 4, −1) from the line = = is
a) 7 b) 5 c) 12 d) 13


49. If a line makes an angle of with each of y and z-axis then the angle which it makes with x-axis is
4

 2 
a) b) c) d) 0
4 3 2

50. Find the vector equation of the line which is parallel to the vector 3𝚤̂ − 2𝚥̂ + 6𝑘 and which passes through
the point (1, -2, 3)
a) (𝑥 − 1)𝚤̂ + (𝑦 + 2)𝚥̂ + (𝑧 − 3)𝑘 = 𝜆(3𝚤̂ − 2𝚥̂ + 6𝑘 ) b) (𝑥 + 1)𝚤̂ + (𝑦 + 2)𝚥̂ + (𝑧 − 3)𝑘 = 𝜆(3𝚤̂ − 2𝚥̂ + 6𝑘 )

c) (𝑥 − 1)𝚤̂ + (𝑦 + 2)𝚥̂ + (𝑧 − 3)𝑘 = 𝜆(3𝚤̂ + 2𝚥̂ − 6𝑘 ) d) None of these

51. Two events A and B will be independent, if

a) A and B are mutually exclusive b) P(A’B’) = [1- P(A)] [1-P(B)]
c) P(A) = P(B) d) P(A) + P(B) = 1
1 1
52. A and B are two students. Their chances of solving a problem correctly are and , respectively. If the
3 4
1
probability of their making a common error is, and they obtain the same answer, then the probability
20
of their answer to be correct is
1 1 13 10
a) b) c) d)
12 40 120 13

53. Three events A, B and C have probabilities , and , respectively. Given that P(A C) =
& P(B C) = , then the values of P(C/B) and P(A’ C’)

a) , b) , c) , d) ,

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54. A feasible region of a system of linear inequalities is said to be _________ if it can be enclosed within a
circle.
a) bounded b) unbounded c) both (a) and (b) d) none of these
(n 1)
55. Let f: R → R be a function which satisfies f(x+y) = f(x) + f(y) ,  x, y ϵ R. If f(1)=2 and g(n)   f(k)
k 1

, n ϵ N then the value of n, for which g(n) = 20 , is:

1) 9 b) 5 c) 4 d) 20

56. If the sum of first 11 terms of an A.P., a1, a2, a3, … is 0 (a1 ≠ 0) then the sum of the A.P. a1, a3, a5, … ,
a23 is ka1 , where k is equal to:
121 72 72 121
1)  b)  c) d)
10 5 5 10

57. Let Ec denote the complement of an event E. Let E1, E2 and E3 be any pair wise independent events
with P(E1) > 0 and P(E1 ∩ E2 ∩ E3) = 0. Then P(E2c  E 3c / E1 ) is equal to

   
1) P E 3c  P E 2c  
b) P E 3   P E 2c

c) P E   P E 
c
3 2  
d) P E 2c  P E 3 

4 4
58. If the equation cos   sin     0 has real solutions for ϴ,then 𝜆 lies in the interval :
 5   1  3 5  5 
1)   , 1  b)  1,   c)   ,  d)   , 1 
 4   2   2 4  4 

59. The area (in sq units) of an equilateral triangle inscribed in the parabola y2 = 8x, with one of its vertices
on the vertex of this parabola, is:
128 3 b) 192 3 c) 64 3 d) 256 3
a)

   
1/2 1/2
60. The imaginary part of 3  2 54  3  2 54 can be:

a) 6 b) 2 6 c) 6 d)  6

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 KEY ANSWER
1) b 11) c 21) b 31) c 41) a 51) b
2) d 12) d 22) b 32) d 42) a 52) d
3) a 13) b 23) a 33) b 43) b 53) b
4) b 14) d 24) a 34) a 44) a 54) a
5) c 15) a 25) a 35) b 45) d 55) c
6) d 16) c 26) d 36) b 46) d 56) b
7) d 17) c 27) a 37) b 47) c 57) c
8) b 18) c 28) c 38) b 48) a 58) b
9) c 19) a 29) c 39) d 49) c 59) b
10) a 20) a 30) a 40) c 50) a 60) b

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