MHT-CET Preparation

Sachin Gadkar - Vidyalankar Classes, Mumbai.

April 16, 2009

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Suggestions while preparing for MHT-CET
• MHT-CET is a problem solving exam.So solving lot of problems is very
important.
• Its not that dicult like other Engg. exams- IITJEE or AIEEE. So the
competitive edge is to master time management.
• Try to solve a problem for about a minute, if you can't then move to the
next problem. This way you will solve all easy problems rst & fast. You
will come back to those unsolved problem after the rst cycle. This way
you come into exam habit of solving paper in cycles.

Few days from exam -week or two

• Don't read any new topic, that will only make you panic, lower your
condence.
• Though you might not be condent about 5-10% of syllabus you have
100% of the rest 90-95% in your hands. Make the most of what you know.
Don't worry about things which you don't know!
• Go through all the formulae, tricks & shortcuts that you might have learnt
during your preparation.
• Stay away from friends those come and ask you near the exam hall - Have
you done those kinds of problem? Inshort keep your condence high!

While in the exam hall

• Since time in the only important factor for MHT-CET, Solve the paper in
cycles. Means solve all the easy problems rst without stoping for more
than a minute on a particular problem. This will give double advantage
of solving all easy problems correctly in less time by which you will be left
with lot of time at the end to try those problems which are moderately
dicult or are from topics that you might not have mastered.
• Don't be topic specic, means don't stick around your favourite topic,
since problems in topics which you don't like might be easy.

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Matrices Tricks

• Since det(AB) = det(A) det(B) we get det(A−1 ) = 1

det(A) , for any matrix
A with det(A) 6= 0
• For any matrix A of order 2x2,

A2 − (sum of diagonal elements)A + det(A) · I = 0

 
1 2
1. If A = then det(A−1 ) is
3 4

(a) 2
(b) -2
(c) 12
(d) − 12
Solution : det(A−1 ) = 1
det(A) = − 21 . Hence (d) is the solution.
 
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2. Matrix A = such that A2 + 5A = αA + βI then
3 4

(a) α = 10, β = 10
(b) α = 2, β = 10
(c) α = 10, β = 2
(d) α = 2, β = 2

Solution : We know that

A2 − 5A − 2I = 0 · · · · · · · · · (1)

Now we need to nd A2 + 5A and compare it with αA + βI

A2 + 5A = (5A + 2I) + 5A = 10A + 2I (from (1)) Comparing we get α = 10 & β =
2. Hence the correct alternative is (c).

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Limits & Dierentiation Tricks
0 (n)
• If is of the form 00 then lim fg(x)
f (a)
g(a)
(x)
= fg0 (a)
(a)
= · · · = fg(n) (a)
(a)
and you need
x→a
to continue the process till you get some nite number, zero or innity.
Same can be extended to problems taking form 0 · ∞, ∞ ∞
, 1∞

• To nd dx d
(f (x)g(x) ) - Solve this problem as uv rule by rst assuming
f (x) constant & g(x) as variable next assuming f (x) as variable & g(x)
as constant.

1. lim sin x+sin2 x

x+x2 =
x→0

(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) 2
(d) none of these

Solution :We see that for x = 0 we get sin x+sin = 00 . Hence we can get
2
x
x+x2
the limit by dierentiating both Numerator & Denominator. There-
fore,
sin x+sin2 x cos x + 2 sin x cos x
lim x+x2 =
x→0 1 + 2x
cos 0 + 2 sin 0 cos 0
=
1+2·0
=1

Solution is (b).

2. lim
√
x2 −3
x4 +x2 +1 =
x→ 3

(a) 0
√
(b) 3
(c) 3
(d) ∞

Solution : Here x4x+x−32 +1 = 13 6= 0 .Hence the dierentiation technique

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0 0

cannot be used. Just the numerator becomes zero hence just sub-
stitute the value. Note all techniques we apply in limits is when the
denominator becomes zero. Hence the correct alternative is (a).

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 3. d
dx (x
sin x
) =

(a) xsin x ( sinx x − cos x log x)

(b) xsin x (sin x − cos x log x)
(c) xsin x ( sinx x + cos x log x)
(d) xsin x (sin x + cos x log x)

Solution :Dierentiate as if applying uv rule by rst keeping x constant

and sin x as variable & viceversa.
d(xsin x )
= sin x · xsin x−1 + xsin x · log x · cos x
dx
sin x
= xsin x ( + cos x · log x)
x
The solution is (c)

Dierential Equations

• Degree and order of a dierential equation.

 Remove radicals, fractional powers & denominators if any

 See the highest dierentiated term i.e. dx n so n is called the order
dn y

 And now see the power on this highest dierentiated term, this is the
degree of the dierential equation.
• Number of arbitrary independent constants = Order of the dierential
equations
• If a general solution satises a Dierential Equation, then even a particular
solution too satises the same D.E

  2 3/2  2 2
1. The order and degree of DE 1 + dx
dy d y
= a2 dx 2 are respectively

(a) 2,2
(b) 3,2
(c) 2,4
(d) 6,4

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 Solution : First step is to remove the radicals and denominators. On

 2 3  4
removing the radicals we get 1 + dx . Now we
2
dy d y
= a4 dx 2

search
 2  for the term that has the highest dierentiated y term. i.e.
d y
dx2 So the order of the DE is 2. And the power over this term is
4, so the Degree of the DE is 4. The correct alternative is (c)
2. The dierential equation of y = ae2x−1 + b−2x−1 is

(a) d2 y
dx2 = 4

(b) dy
dx = 4y

(c) d2 y
dx2 = 4y
(d)
2
d y
dx2 = −4y
Solution :Since this general solution satises one of the dierential
equations in the alternatives. Even a particular solution will
satisfy that DE. So lets assume a = 1 & b = 0 we get y = e2x−1 .
Now we dierentiate it twice since we had two arbitrary constants
at the beginning. we get
dy
= 2e2x−1
dx
d2 y
= 4e2x−1
dx2
d2 y
= 4y
dx2
This is the required DE of the given general solution. The correct
alternative is (c)