27-Jan.

-2024 (Morning) : PCM

MATHEMATICS Section - A (Single Correct Answer)

n–1
1. C = (k2 – 8) nCr + 1 if and only if :

(A) 2 2  k  3 (B) 2 3  k  3 2

(C) 2 3k3 3 (D) 2 2  k  2 3

x  6 y  4 z 8 x  5 y 1 z  5
2. The distance, of the point (7, –2, 11) from the line   along the line   ,
1 0 3 2 3 6
is :
(A) 12 (B) 14 (C) 18 (D) 21

dx dy
3. Let x = x(t) and y = y(t) be solutions of the differential equations  ax  0 and  by  0 respectively,,
dt dt
a, b  R. Given that x(0) = 2; y(0) = 1 and 3y(1) = 2x(1), the value of t, for which x(t) = y(t), is :
(A) log 2 2 (B) log4 3
3

(C) log3 4 (D) log 4 2

5

4. If (a, b) be the orthocentre of the triangle whose vertices are (1, 2), (2, 3) and (3, 1) and
b b
I1   x sin(4x  x 2 )dx, I 2   sin(4x  x 2 )dx, then 36 I1 is equal to :
a a I2
(A) 72 (B) 88 (C) 80 (D) 66
5. If A denotes the sum of all the coefficients in the expansion of (1 – 3x + 10x2)n and B denotes the sum of
all the coefficients in the expansion of (1 + x2)n, then :
(A) A = B3 (B) 3A = B
3
(C) B = A (D) A = 3B
6. The number of common terms in the progressions 4, 9, 14, 19, ..... , up to 25th term and 3, 6, 9, 12, ......, up
to 37th term is :
(A) 9 (B) 5 (C) 7 (D) 8
7. If the shortest distance of the parabola y = 4x from the centre of the circle x2 + y2 – 4x – 16y + 64 = 0 is
2

d, then d2 is equal to :
(A) 16 (B) 24 (C) 20 (D) 36

x  4 y1 z x   y 1 z  2 6
8. If the shortest distance between the lines   and   is , then the sum
1 2 3 2 4 5 5
of all possible values of  is :
(A) 5 (B) 8 (C) 7 (D) 10

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1
9. If  dx  a  b 2  c 3, where a, b, c are rational numbers, then 2a + 3b – 4c is equal to
0 3  x  1 x
(A) 4 (B) 10 (C) 7 (D) 8
10. Let S = {l, 2, 3, ... , 10}. Suppose M is the set of all the subsets of S, then the relation
R  {(A, B) : A  B   ; A, B  M} is :
(A) symmetric and reflexive only (B) reflexive only
(C) symmetric and transitive only (D) symmetric only
11. If S  {z  C :| z  i || z  i || z  1|}, then, n(S) is :
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 3 (D) 2
12. Four distinct points (2k, 3k), (1, 0), (0, 1) and (0, 0) lie on a circle for k equal to :

2 3 5 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
13 13 13 13

 (7x  12  x 2 )
 2
, x3
 b | x  7x  12 |
 sin( x 3)

13. Consider the function, f (x)   2 x [x ] , x 3

 b , x 3



Where [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x. If S denotes the set of all ordered pairs
(a, b) such that f(x) is continuous at x = 3, then the number of elements in S is :
(A) 2 (B) Infinitely many (C) 4 (D) 1
10
14. Let a1, a2, ..... a10 be 10 observations such that a
k 1
k  50 and a
k  j
k  a j  1100. Then the standard deviation

of a1, a2, ...., a10 is equal to :

(A) 5 (B) 5 (C) 10 (D) 115

x 2 y2  2
15. The length of the chord of the ellipse   1, whose mid point is 1,  , is equal to :
25 16  5

1691 2009 1741 1541

(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 5 5 5
16. The portion of the line 4x + 5y = 20 in the first quadrant is trisected by the lines L1 and L2 passing through
the origin. The tangent of an angle between the lines L1 and L2 is :

8 25 2 30
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 41 5 41
       
17. Let a  ˆi  2ˆj  k, b  3(iˆ  ˆj  k). Let c be the vector such that a  c  b and a  c  3. Then
    
a  ((c  b)  b  c) is equal to :
(A) 32 (B) 24 (C) 20 (D) 36

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 1 1 x4  2 sin 2 x
18. If a  lim and b  lim , then the value of ab3 is :
x 0 x4 x 0 2  1  cos x
(A) 36 (B) 32 (C) 25 (D) 30

 cos x  sin x 0
 cos x 0 .
19. Consider the matrix f (x)   sin x 
 0 0 1 
Given below are two statements :
Statement I : f(–x) is the inverse of the matrix f(x).
Statement II : f(x) f(y) = f(x + y).
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below
(A) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
(B) Both Statement I and Statement II are false
(C) Statement I is true but Statement II is false
(D) Both Statement I and Statement II are true
20. The function f : N – {1}  N; defined by f(n) = the highest prime factor of n, is :
(A) both one-one and onto (B) one-one only
(C) onto only (D) neither one-one nor onto

Section - B (Numerical Value Type)

21. The least positive integral value of , for which the angle between the vectors
iˆ  2ˆj  2k and iˆ  2ˆj  2k is acute, is _______

x
22. Let for a differentiable function f : (0, )  R, f (x)  f (y)  log e    x  y,  x, y  (0, ).
y
20
 1 
Then  f '  n
n 1
2  is equal to _____.

23. If the solution of the differential equation
(2x + 3y – 2) dx + (4x + 6y – 7) dy = 0, y(0) = 3, is x + y + 3 loge |2x + 3y – | = 6, then  + 2 + 3 is
equal to _____.
m
24. Let the area of the region {(x, y) : x  2y  4  0, x  2y 2  0, x  4y 2  8, y  0} be , where m and n
n
are coprime numbers. Then m + n is equal to ______.
1 1 1
25. If 8  3  (3  p)  2 (3  2p) 3 (3  3p)  ......, then the value of p is ______.
4 4 4
26. A fair die is tossed repeatedly until a six is obtained. Let X denote the number of tosses required and let
a  P(X  3), b  P(X  3) and c  P(X  6 | X  3).

bc
Then is equal to _____.
a

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27. Let the set of all a  R such that the equation cos 2x + a sin x = 2a – 7 has a solution be [p, q] and
1
r  tan 9º  tan 27º   tan 81º , then pqr is equal to _____.
cot 63º
28. Let f(x) = x3 + x2f '(1) + xf "(2) + f "'(3), x  R. Then f '(10) is equal to_____.

2 0 1
 
29. Let A   1 1 0 , B = [B1, B2, B3], where B1, B2, B3 are column matrices, and
 1 0 1 

1   2 3 
AB1  0 , AB2  3  , AB3   2 
   
0 0  1 

If  = |B| and  is the sum of all the diagonal elements of B, then 3 + 3 is equal to ____.
30. If  satisfies the equation x2 + x + 1 = 0 and (1 + )7 = A + B + C2, A, B, C  0, then 5(3A – 2B – C)
is equal to_____.

PHYSICS Section - A (Single Correct Answer)

31. Position of an ant (S in metres) moving in Y-Z plane is given by S  2t 2 ˆj  5kˆ . (where t is in second). The
magnitude and direction of velocity of the ant at t = 1 s will be :
(A) 16 m/s in y-direction (B) 4 m/s in x-direction
(C) 9 m/s in z-direction (D) 4 m/s in y-direction
32. Given below are two statements :
Statement (I) : Viscosity of gases is greater than that of liquids.
Statement (II) : Surface tension of a liquid decreases due to the presence of insoluble impurities.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
(A) Statement I is correct but statement II is incorrect
(B) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
(C) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
(D) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct

A
33. If the refractive index of the material of a prism is cot   , where A is the angle of prism then the angle
2
of minimum deviation will be
 
(A)  – 2A (B)  2A (C) –A (D) A
2 2
34. A proton moving with a constant velocity passes through a region of space without any change in its
 
velocity. If E and B represent the electric and magnetic fields respectively, then the region of space may
have :
(1) E = 0, B = 0 (2) E = 0, B  0
(3) E  0, B = 0 (4) E  0, B  0

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 Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
(A) (1), (2) and (3) only (B) (1), (3) and (4) only
(C) (1), (2) and (4) only (D) (2), (3) and (4) only
35. The acceleration due to gravity on the surface of earth is g. If the diameter of earth reduces to half of its
original value and mass remains constant, then acceleration due to gravity on the surface of earth would be
(A) g/4 (B) 2g (C) g/2 (D) 4g
36. A train is moving with a speed of 12 m/s on rails which are 1.5 m apart. To negotiate a curve radius 400 m,
the height by which the outer rail should be raised with respect to the inner rail is (Given, g = 10 m/s2) :
(A) 6.0 cm (B) 5.4 cm (C) 4.8 cm (D) 4.2 cm
37. Which of the following circuits is reverse - biased ?

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

38. Identify the physical quantity that cannot be measured using spherometer :
(A) Radius of curvature of concave surface
(B) Specific rotation of liquids
(C) Thickness of thin plates
(D) Radius of curvature of convex surface
39. Two bodies of mass 4 g and 25 g are moving with equal kinetic energies. The ratio of magnitude of their
linear momentum is :
(A) 3 : 5 (B) 5:4 (C) 2:5 (D) 4:5
40. 0.08 kg air is heated at constant volume through 5°C. The specific heat of air at constant volume is
0.17 kcal/kg°C and J = 4.18 joule/cal. The change in its internal energy is approximately.
(A) 318 J (B) 298 J (C) 284 J (D) 142 J
41. The radius of third stationary orbit of electron for Bohr's atom is R. The radius of fourth stationary orbit will
be:

4 16 3 9
(A) R (B) R (C) R (D) R
3 9 4 16
42. A rectangular loop of length 2.5 m and width 2 m is placed at 60° to a magnetic field of 4 T. The loop is
removed from the field in 10 sec. The average emf induced in the loop during this time is
(A) – 2V (B) + 2V (C) + 1V (D) – 1V
–6
43. An electric charge 10 µC is placed at origin (0, 0) m of X-Y co-ordinate system. Two points P and Q are

situated at  
3, 3 m and  
6,0 m respectively. The potential difference between the points P and Q
will be :
(A) 3V (B) 6V (C) 0V (D) 3V

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44. A convex lens of focal length 40 cm forms an image of an extended source of light on a photoelectric cell.
A current I is produced. The lens is replaced by another convex lens having the same diameter but focal
length 20 cm. The photoelectric current now is :
(A) I/2 (B) 4I (C) 2 I (D) I
45. A body of mass 1000 kg is moving horizontally with a velocity 6 m/s. If 200 kg extra mass is added, the
final velocity (in m/s) is:
(A) 6 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 5
46. A plane electromagnetic wave propagating in x-direction is described by
Ey = (200 Vm–1) sin[1.5 × 107t – 0.05 x] ; The intensity of the wave is :
(Use 0 = 8.85 × 10–12 C2N–1 m–2)
(A) 35.4 Wm–2 (B) 53.1 Wm–2 (C) 26.6 Wm–2 (D) 106.2 Wm–2
47. Given below are two statements :
Statement (I) : Planck's constant and angular momentum have same dimensions.
Statement (II) : Linear momentum and moment of force have same dimensions.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
(A) Statement I is true but Statement II is false
(B) Both Statement I and Statement II are false
(C) Both Statement I and Statement II are true
(D) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
48. A wire of length 10 cm and radius 7  104 m connected across the right gap of a meter bridge. When a
resistance of 4.5  is connected on the left gap by using a resistance box, the balance length is found to be
at 60 cm from the left end. If the resistivity of the wire is R × 10–7 m, then value of R is :
(A) 63 (B) 70 (C) 66 (D) 35
49. A wire of resistance R and length L is cut into 5 equal parts. If these parts are joined parallely, then
resultant resistance will be :
1 1
(A) R (B) R (C) 25 R (D) 5R
25 5
50. The average kinetic energy of a monatomic molecule is 0.414 eV at temperature :
(Use KB = 1.38 × 10–23 J/mol-K)
(A) 3000 K (B) 3200 K (C) 1600 K (D) 1500 K

Section - B (Numerical Value Type)

51. A particle starts from origin at t = 0 with a velocity 5iˆ m/s and moves in x-y plane under action of a force

 
which produces a constant acceleration of 3iˆ  2jˆ m / s . If the x-coordinate of the particle at that instant
2

is 84 m, then the speed of the particle at this time is  m / s. The value of  is ______.
52. A thin metallic wire having cross sectional area of 10–4 m2 is used to make a ring of radius 30 cm. A
positive charge of 2 C is uniformly distributed over the ring, while another positive charge of 30 pC is kept
at the centre of the ring. The tension in the ring is ______ N ; provided that the ring does not get deformed.

1
(neglect the influence of gravity). (given,  9  109 SI units)
4 0

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53. Two coils have mutual inductance 0.002 H. The current changes in the first coil according to the relation

i = i0 sin t, where i0 = 5A and  = 50 rad/s. The maximum value of emf in the second coil is V . The

value of  is ____.
54. Two immiscible liquids of refractive indices 8/5 and 3/2 respectively are put in a beaker as shown in the
figure. The height of each column is 6 cm. A coin is placed at the bottom of the beaker. For near normal

vision, the apparent depth of the coin is cm . The value of  is______.
4

6 cm µ2 = 3/2

6 cm µ1 = 8/5

Coin
55. In a nuclear fission process, a high mass nuclide (A  236) with binding energy 7.6 MeV/Nucleon dissociated
into middle mass nuclides (A  118), having binding energy of 8.6 MeV/Nucleon. The energy released in
the process would be ____ MeV.
56. Four particles each of mass 1 kg are placed at four corners of a square of side 2 m. Moment of inertia of
system about an axis perpendicular to its plane and passing through one of its vertex is _____ kgm2.

57. A particle executes simple harmonic motion with an amplitude of 4 cm. At the mean position, velocity of the
particle is 10 cm/s. The distance of the particle from the mean position when its speed becomes 5 cm/s is
 cm, where  = ______.
58. Two long, straight wires carry equal currents in opposite directions as shown in figure. The separation
between the wires is 5.0 cm. The magnitude of the magnetic field at a point P midway between the wires
is ____ µT (Given : µ0 = 4× 10–7 TmA–1)

10A 10A

59. The charge accumulated on the capacitor connected in the following circuit is ____µC (Given C = 150 µF)

1 6
+ R1 R3
B
10V R2 C R4
2 4

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60. If average depth of an ocean is 4000 m and the bulk modulus of water is 2 × 109 Nm–2, then fractional
V
compression of water at the bottom of ocean is  × 10–2. The value of  is _____
V
(Given, g = 10 ms–2,  = 1000 kg m–3).

CHEMISTRY Section - A (Single Correct Answer)

61. Two nucleotides are joined together by a linkage known as :

(A) Phosphodiester linkage (B) Glycosidic linkage
(C) Disulphide linkage (D) Peptide linkage
62. Highest enol content will be shown by

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

63. Element not showing variable oxidation state is

(A) Bromine (B) Iodine (C) Chlorine (D) Fluorine
64. Which of the following is strongest Bronsted base ?

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

65. Which of the following electronic configuration would be associated with the highest magnetic moment ?
(A) [Ar] 3d7 (B) [Ar] 3d8 (C) [Ar] 3d3 (D) [Ar] 3d6
66. Which of the following has highly acidic hydrogen ?

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

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67. A solution of two miscible liquids showing negative deviation from Raoult's law will have :
(A) increased vapour pressure, increased boiling point
(B) increased vapour pressure, decreased boiling point
(C) decreased vapour pressure, decreased boiling point
(D) decreased vapour pressure, increased boiling point
68. Consider the following complex ions –
P = [FeF6]3– Q = [V(H2 O)6]2+ R = [Fe(H2O)6]2+
The correct order of the complex ions, according to their spin only magnetic moment values (in B.M.) is
(A) R<Q<P (B) R<P<Q (C) Q<R<P (D) Q<P<R
69. Choose the polar molecule from the following :
(A) CCl4 (B) CO 2 (C) CH2 = CH2 (D) CHCl3
70. Given below are two statements :
Statement (I) : The 4f and 5f-series of elements are placed separately in the Periodic table to preserve
the principle of classification.
Statement (II) : S-block elements can be found in pure form in nature.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
(A) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
(B) Both Statement I and Statement II are true
(C) Statement I is true but Statement II is false
(D) Both Statement I and Statement II are false
71. Given below are two statements :
Statement (I) : p-nitrophenol is more acidic than m-nitrophenol and o-nitrophenol.
Statement (II) : Ethanol will give immediate turbidity with Lucas reagent.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
(A) Statement I is true but Statement II is false
(B) Both Statement I and Statement II are true
(C) Both Statement I and Statement II are false
(D) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
72. The ascending order of acidity of –OH group in the following compounds is :

A. Bu – OH B.

C. D.

E.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below.

(A) (A) < (D) < (C) < (B) < (E) (B) (C) < (A) < (D) < (B) < (E)
(C) (C) < (D) < (B) < (A) < (E) (D) (A) < (C) < (D) < (B) < (E)

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73. Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Melting point of Boron (2453 K) is unusually high in group 13 elements.
Reason (R) : Solid Boron has very strong crystalline lattice.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) Is not the correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is true but (R) is false
(D) (A) is false but (R) is true

74. Cyclohexene is ______ type of an organic compound.

(A) Benzenoid aromatic (B) Benzenoid non-aromatic

(C) Acyclic (D) Alicyclic
75. Yellow compound of lead chromate gets dissolved on treatment with hot NaOH solution. The product of
lead formed is a :
(A) Tetraanionic complex with coordination number six
(B) Neutral complex with coordination number four
(C) Dianionic complex with coordination number six
(D) Dianionic complex with coordination number four
76. Given below are two statements :
Statement (I) : Aqueous solution of ammonium carbonate is basic.
Statement (II) : Acidic / basic nature of salt solution of a salt of weak acid and weak base depends on
Ka and Kb value of acid and the base forming it.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
(A) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
(B) Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
(C) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
(D) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
77. IUPAC name of following compound (P) is :

(A) 1-Ethyl-5, 5-dimethylcyclohexane (B) 3-Ethyl-1, 1-dimethylcyclohexane

(C) 1-Ethyl-3, 3-dimethylcyclohexane (D) 1,1-Dimethyl-3-ethylcyclohexane
78. NaCl reacts with conc. H2SO4 and K2Cr2O7 to give reddish fumes (B), which react with NaOH to give
yellow solution (C). (B) and (C) respectively are ;
(A) CrO2Cl2, Na2CrO4 (B) Na2CrO4, CrO2Cl2
(C) CrO2Cl2, KHSO4 (D) CrO2Cl2, Na2Cr2O7
79. The correct statement regarding nucleophilic substitution reaction in a chiral alkyl halide is ;
(A) Retention occurs in SN1 reaction and inversion occurs in SN2 reaction.
(B) Racemisation occurs in SN1 reaction and retention occurs in SN2 reaction.
(C) Racemisation occurs in both SN1 and SN2 reactions.
(D) Racemisation occurs in SN1 reaction and inversion occurs in SN2 reaction.

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80. The electronic configuration for Neodymium is :
[Atomic Number for Neodymium 60]
(A) [Xe] 4f 4 6s2 (B) [Xe] 5f 4 7s2 (C) [Xe] 4f 6 6s2 (D) [Xe] 4f 1 5d1 6s2

Section - B (Numerical Value Type)

81. The mass of silver (Molar mass of Ag : 108 g mol–1) displaced by a quantity of electricity which displaces
5600 mL of O2 at S.T.P. will be ______ g.
82. Consider the following data for the given reaction,
2HI(g)  H2(g) + I2(g)
1 2 3
–1
HI (mol L ) 0.005 0.01 0.02
Rate (mol L–1 s–1) 7.5  10–4 3.0 x10-3 1.2  10–2
The order of the reaction is ______.
83. Mass of methane required to produce 22 g of CO2 after complete combustion is ______ g.
[Given : Molar mass in g mol–1
C = 12.0
H = 1.0
O = 16.0]
84. If three moles of an ideal gas at 300 K expand isotherrnally from 30 dm3 to 45 dm3 against a constant
opposing pressure of 80 kPa, then the amount of heat transferred is ______ J.
85. 3-Methylhex-2-ene on reaction with HBr in presence of peroxide forms an addition product (A). The
number of possible stereoisomers for 'A' is ______.
86. Among the given organic compounds, the total number of aromatic compounds is

A. B.

C. D.

87. Among the following, total number of meta directing functional groups is (Integer based)
–OCH3, –NO2, –CN, –CH3 –NHCOCH3,
–COR, –OH, –COOH, –Cl

1
88. The number of electrons present in all the completely filled subshells having n = 4 and s =  is ______.
2
[Where, n = principal quantum number and s = spin quantum number]
89. Sum of bond order of CO and NO+ is ______.
90. From the given list, the number of compounds with +4 oxidation state of Sulphur _______.
SO3, H2SO3, SOCl2, SF4, BaSO4, H2S2O7
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MATHEMATICS
Single Choice Correct
1. A 2. B 3. D 4. A 5. A
6. C 7. C 8. B 9. D 10. D
11. D 12. C 13. D 14. B 15. A
16. D 17. B 18. B 19. D 20. D
Numerical Value
21. 5 22. 2890 23. 29 24. 119 25. 9
26. 12 27. 48 28. 202 29. 28 30. 5

PHYSICS
Single Choice Correct
31. D 32. B 33. A 34. C 35. D
36. B 37. D 38. B 39. C 40. C
41. B 42. C 43. C 44. D 45. D
46. B 47. A 48. C 49. A 50. B
Numerical Value
51. 673 52. 3 53. 2 54. 31 55. 236
56. 16 57. 12 58. 160 59. 400 60. 2

CHEMISTRY
Single Choice Correct
61. A 62. B 63. D 64. D 65. D
66. D 67. D 68. C 69. D 70. C
71. A 72. D 73. B 74. D 75. D
76. A 77. B 78. A 79. D 80. A
Numerical Value
81. 107 82. 2 83. 8 84. 1200 85. 4
86. 3 87. 4 88. 16 89. 6 90. 3

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