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Q.1981·Miscellaneous·2023·Easy

What is the probability that the month of December has 5 Sundays?

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Q.1982·Miscellaneous·2023·Easy

What is the range of the function f(x) = x + |x| for all real x?

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Q.1983·Miscellaneous·2023·Easy

Let f(x) = x + 6, for x ≤ 1 f(x) = px + q, for 1 < x < 2 f(x) = 5x, for x ≥ 2 If f(x) is continuous, what is the value of p?

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Q.1984·Miscellaneous·2023·Easy

Consider the following statements: 1.f(x) = ln x is increasing in (0, ∞) 2.g(x) = e^x + e^(1/x) is decreasing in (0, ∞) Which of the above is/are correct?

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Q.1985·Miscellaneous·2023·Easy

Let f(x) = x + 6, for x ≤ 1 f(x) = px + q, for 1 < x < 2 f(x) = 5x, for x ≥ 2 If f(x) is continuous, what is the value of q?

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Q.1986·Miscellaneous·2023·Easy

For what value of m &lt; 0 is the area bounded by the lines y = x, y = mx, and x = 2 equal to 3?

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Q.1987·Miscellaneous·2023·Easy

Let f(x) = [ (x − 3)/|x − 3| + a, x < 3 a − b, x = 3 [ (x − 3)/|x − 3| + b, x > 3 f(x) be continuous at x = 3. What is the value of a ?

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Q.1988·Miscellaneous·2023·Easy

Let f(x) = [ (x − 3)/|x − 3| + a, x < 3 a − b, x = 3 [ (x − 3)/|x − 3| + b, x > 3 f(x) be continuous at x = 3. What is the value of b ?

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Q.1989·Miscellaneous·2023·Easy

A parabola passes through (1, 2) and satisfies the differential equation dy/dx = 2y/x, x &gt; 0, y &gt; 0. What is the length of latus rectum of the parabola ?

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Q.1990·Miscellaneous·2023·Easy

Let f(x) = [ ax(x + 1) + b, x < 1 [ x − 1, 1 ≤ x ≤ 2 If the function f(x) is differentiable at x = 1, then what is the value of (a + b) ?

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Q.1991·Miscellaneous·2023·Easy

A function is defined by f(x) = | x + 1 2 3 | | 2 x + 4 6 | | 3 6 x + 9 | The function attains local minimum value at :

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Q.1992·Miscellaneous·2023·Easy

A parabola passes through (1, 2) and satisfies the differential equation dy/dx = 2y/x, x &gt; 0, y &gt; 0. What is the directrix of the parabola ?

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Q.1993·Miscellaneous·2023·Easy

What is the derivative of cosec(x degrees)?

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Q.1994·Miscellaneous·2023·Easy

The mean and variance of five observations are 14 and 13.2 respectively. Three of them are 11, 16 and 20. What are the other two observations?

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Q.1995·Miscellaneous·2023·Easy

A set S contains (2n + 1) elements. There are 4096 subsets of S which contain at most n elements. What is n equal to?

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Q.1996·Miscellaneous·2023·Easy

What is the maximum number of points of intersection of 10 circles?

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Q.1997·Miscellaneous·2023·Easy

If all elements of a third order determinant are equal to 1 or –1, then the value of the determinant is:

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Q.1998·Miscellaneous·2023·Easy

If A = [ 2 –1 0 –1 3 0 1 0 1 ], then what is the value of det[adj(adj(A))]?

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