75. Half-life of a radioactive disintegration (A ® B) 83. Which of the following compounds is not reduced
having rate constant 231 sec–1, will be by ozone?
(a) 3.0 × 10–2 sec (b) 3.0 × 10–3 sec (a) BaO2 (b) Ag2O
–2
(c) 2.31 × 10 sec (d) 2.31 × 10–3 sec. (c) Na2O2 (d) K4[Fe(CN)]6.
76. Didymium catayst is 84. When the vapours of benzene are passed through
(a) neodymium (b) praseodymium a red hot tube
(c) both (a) and (b) (d) none of these. (a) diphenyl is formed
(b) diphenyl benzene is formed
(c) both (a) and (b) are correct (c) supercooled liquids
(d) both (a) and (b) are wrong. (d) substances with definite melting point.
CO + HCl 94. In a crystal the atoms are located at the position of
85. The reaction, C6H6 → C 6H5CHO is
AlCl3 (a) maximum potential energy
known as (b) minimum potential energy
(a) Reimer-Tiemann reaction (c) zero potential energy
(b) Perkin’s reaction (d) infinite potential energy.
(c) Gattermann Koch reaction
(d) Gattermann aldehyde synthesis. 95. Sodium metal crystallises in bcc lattice with the
cell edge, a = 4.29 Å. The radius of sodium atom is
86. The product formed by heating sodium phenoxide (a) 4.29 Å (b) 2.145 Å
with CO2 at 140°C on treatment with HCl gives (c) 1.86 Å (d) 2.86 Å.
(a) phenyl acetic acid (b) cinnamic acid
(c) benzoic acid (d) salicylic acid. 96. The enzyme which can catalyse the conversion of
glucose to ethanol is
87. The reaction of benzaldehyde with ammonia (NH3)
(a) invertase (b) maltase
gives
(c) zymase (d) diastase.
(a) benzaldehyde ammonia
(b) benzaldimine (c) hydrobenzamide 97. The rate constants for the forward and backward
(d) benzamide. reactions of hydrolysis of ester are 1.1 × 10 –2 and
1.5 × 10–3 per minute respectively. The equilibrium
88. The energy required to send hydrogen electron from
constant of the reaction will be
n= 1 to n = 2 will be
(a) 1.1 × 10–2 (b) 1.5 × 10–3
(a) 13.6 eV (b) 27.2 eV –5
(c) 1.65 × 10 (d) 7.33
(c) 10.2 eV (d) 1.02 eV.
98. Naturally occurring boron consists of two isotopes
89. The ionization energy of hydrogen atom is
having atomic weights 10.01 and 11.01. The atomic
13.6 eV. The ionization energy of Li2+ ion will be
(a) 13.6 eV (b) 40.8 eV weight of naturally occurring boron is 10.81. The
(c) 122.4 eV (d) 84.6 eV. percentage of each isotope in natural boron is
(a) 20% and 80% respectively
90. When the value of n + l is not more than three (b) 80% and 20% respectively
which of the following sub shells is not possible to (c) 30% and 70% respectively
exist? (d) 70% and 30% respectively.
(a) 2s (b) 3s –
(c) 3p (d) 2p. 99. The substances which produce NH 2 in liquid
ammonia are
91. Hypnotic chloretone is obtained by (a) acids (b) bases
(a) condensation of acetone with chloroform (c) both (a) and (b) (d) none of these.
(b) condensation of acetaldehyde with carbon
tetrachloride 100. Which of the following substances are formed when
(c) condensation of acetone with bleaching powder lithium is heated in air?
(d) condensation of acetaldehyde with bleaching (a) Li2O + LiO2 (b) Li2O2
powder. (c) LiO2 (d) Li2O + Li3N.
92. The conversion of aliphatic compounds into aromatic 101. Which of the following compounds is most stable?
compounds is known as (a) LiF (b) LiCl
(a) aromatisation (b) hydroforming (c) LiBr (d) LiI.
(c) catalytic reforming (d) conformation. 102. The name hydrargyrum stands for
93. Amorphous solids are (a) Ag (b) Hg
(a) solids in true sense (b) liquids in true sense (c) He (d) Ho.
103. Ketones R – C – R1 , where R and R1 are alkyl 110. Which one of the following is correct order of
basic strength?
O (a) NH3 > CH3NH2 > NF3
groups, can be obtained in one step by (b) CH3NH2 > NH3 > NF3
(a) hydrolysis of esters (c) NF3 > CH3NH2 > NH3
(b) oxidation of primary alcohols (d) NH3 > NF3 > CH3NH2.
(c) oxidation of tertiary alcohols
(d) reaction of acid halides with alcohols. 111. Which of the following expressions does not
represent the equilibrium constant (Ke) of water?
104. Which one of the following chemical units is
[H3O+ ] [OH − ] Kw
essentially found in enzymes? (a) 2
(b) 2
O [H 2O] (55.5)
N
(a) –C–O– (b) 10−14
(c) (d) [H3O+] [OH–]
N (55.5)2
O 112. Which one of the following is correct statement?
H
–C (a) a strong acid must be stronger than H3O+
(c) .... N – C .... (d) O (b) a weak acid must be stronger than H3O+
–C (c) weak acids are weaker than H2O
O –
O (d) weak bases are stronger than OH .
105. Which of the following substances is used to make 113. Which of the following species is not amphoteric?
non-stick cookware? (a) NH3 (b) HCO3–
(a) polystyrene (b) PVC (c) NH4+ (d) HF.
(c) polytetrafluoroethylene 114. Mercury acts as a superconductor at
(d) poly (ethylene terephthalate). (a) 4 K (b) 8 K
106. Which of the following substances is not a (c) 6 K (d) 10 K.
organophosphorus insecticide? 115. In which of the following interactions H2SO4 acts
(a) malathion (b) parathion as a base?
(c) phosdrin (d) rotenone. (a) H2SO4 + HNO2 (b) H2SO4 + HNO3
107. The number of conformations possible for ethane (c) H2SO4 + HClO4 (d) none of these.
is 116. Which of the following compounds actually exists?
(a) two (b) four (a) BF3 (b) BH3
(c) eight (d) infinite. (c) BF5 (d) all of these.
108. Which one of the following is incorrect? 117. Which of the following reactive carbon intermediates
(a) at equilibrium DG = 0 is called triplet carbene?
(b) at equilibrium, DG = DG° + RT logKe
(c) at equilibrium, DG° = –RT logKe – C ..
–
(a) (b) – C .
(d) DG° = DH° – TDS°.
. Å
109. Which of the following reactions has negative DS (c) – C. – (d) – C
value?
(a) H2 + CH3CH CH2 ® CH3CH2 – CH3 118. The reverse of heterolytic cleavage of covalent bond
(b) CH2 – CH2 is known as
CH3CH CH2
(a) covalent bonding
CH2 (b) co-ordinate covalent bonding
(c) CH3COO– (aq) + H3O+ (aq) ® CH3COOH + H2O (c) dipole-dipole interaction
(d) all of these. (d) van der Waal’s forces.
119. Which of the following pairs has both the species 129. Minimum value of tan2q + cot2q is
having nearly same ionization energy? (a) –2 (b) 2
(a) O2 and F (b) O2 and Xe (c) 1 (d) 3.
(c) O2+ and F– (d) O and N.
130. The expression
120. Which of the following compounds can oxidise (1 – x)–2 = 1 + 2x + 3x2 + 4x3 + .... + ¥
the molecular oxygen? is not valid for
(a) PtF6 (b) XeF6 (a) x = 1/2 (b) x = –1/2
(c) SiF4 (d) HClO. (c) x = 1/ 3 (d) x = 2 / 3 .
MATHEMATICS 131. The conditions x ³ 0, y ³ 0 in a linear programming
problem are called
121. If secq – tanq = –2/3, then q lies in the
(a) structural constraints
(a) first quadrant (b) second quadrant
(b) redundant constraints
(c) third quadrant (d) fourth quadrant. (c) non-negativity constraints
122. If Tp , Tq , Tr are the pth, qth and rth terms of an (d) none of these.
Tp Tq Tr 132. If p and q are the coefficients of xn in (1 + x)2n and
A.P., then det p q r is equal to (1 – 4x)–1/2, |x| < 1/4, then
1 1 1 (a) p = q (b) p = 2q
(c) q = 2p (d) p + q = 2nCn.
(a) 1 (b) –1
(c) 0 (d) pqr. 133. The arithmetic mean between the roots of
1/3 –1/3 x2 + bx + c = 0 is 5, while the geometric mean between
123. If 2x + 2x = 5, then x is equal to
them is 4. The values of b and c are
(a) 1 or –1 (b) 2 or 1/2
(a) 5, 4 (b) –10, 16
(c) 8 or 1/8 (d) 4 or 1/4.
(c) –5, 4 (d) 10, 16.
124. The number of common tangents to the circles
134. If the roots of the equation,
x2 + y2 + 2x + 8y – 23 = 0
px2 + 2qx + r = 0 and
x2 + y2 – 4x – 10y + 19 = 0 are
(a) one (b) two qx 2 − 2 pr x + q = 0
(c) three (d) four. are simultaneously real, then
(a) p = q, r ¹ 0 (b) 2q = ± pr
125. The distance of the point (a, b) from X-axis is
(c) p/q = q/r (d) q = r ¹ 0.
(a) a (b) b
(c) |a| (d) |b|. 135. A train travelling at a speed of 72 km/hr is brought
to rest by application of brakes. If the distance travelled
126. The nth term of the sequence 5 + 55 + 555 + ... is
by the train before coming to rest is 200 m, the acceleration
(a) 5 × 10n – 1 (b) 5 × 11n – 1
produced by the breaks is
5 n
(c) (10 − 1) (d) none of these. (a) 1 m/sec2 (b) 1 m/sec
9 (c) –1 m/sec (d) –1 m/sec2.
127. The number of real solutions of the equation 136. If z1 and z2 be any two complex numbers, then
x2 + 3 | x | + 2 = 0 is which one of the following is not true?
(a) 0 (b) 1 (a) |z1 – z2| £ |z1| + |z2|
(c) 3 (d) 2. (b) |z1 – z2| £ |z1| – |z2|
128. In a triangle ABC, (c) |z1 + z2| £ |z1| + |z2|
(a) sin(A + B) + sinC = 0 (d) |z1 – z2| ³ |z1| – |z2|.
(b) cos(A + B) + cosC = 0 137. If the first term of an infinite G.P. is equal to twice
A+ B C the sum of all the terms that follows it, then the common
(c) A + B + C = p/2 (d) sin + cos = 0.
2 2 ratio is
(a) 2 (b) 1 (a) |x| £ 1 (b) x £ 1
(c) 1/2 (d) 1/3. (c) |x| ³ 1 (d) x ³ 1.
∫|x
3
an + bn 147. | dx is equal to
138. If n −1 n −1 be the arithmetic mean between a
a +b x 4
x4
and b, then the value of n is (a) ± +C (b) +C
4 4
(a) 1 (b) 0 x3 | x |
(c) –1/2 (d) –1. (c) +C (d) none of these.
4
2 2 − (sin x + cos x )3 e x − e− x
139. lim is equal to 148. lim is equal to
x→π / 4 1 − sin 2 x x →∞ e x + e− x
3 (a) 1 (b) –1
(a) (b) 3 2 (c) 0 (d) none of these.
2 2
−3 3 1 1
(c) (d) . 149. If A = , then A is equal to
n
2 2 1 1
(a) nA (b) 2n A
1 − x2 (c) 2 n–1
A (d) none of these.
140. The relation cos −1 2
= 2 tan −1 x holds for all
1 + x
x in 150. If r (x, y) = 0.6 and byx = – 0.9, then bxy is equal
(a) [–1, 1] (b) [0, 1] to
(c) [0, ¥) (d) (–1, 1). (a) 0.4 (b) – 0.4
(c) 0.36 (d) none of these.
141. 51/2 · 51/4 · 51/8 .... to ¥ is equal to
sin(π[ x])
(a) log105 (b) 5 151. The range of the function f (x) = is
x4 + 1
(c) 5 (d) 1. (a) (–1, 1) (b) [–1, 1]
e 2 (c) {–1, 1} (d) {0}.
log e x
142. ∫ x
dx is
2ˆ 3 ˆ 6 ˆ
1/ e 152. The vector i + j − k is a
(a) 3/2 (b) 5/2 7 7 7
(c) 3 (d) 5. (a) null vector (b) unit vector
(c) vector whose components are (2, 3, –6)
143. lim [cos x] is equal to (d) vector which is equally inclined to the axes.
x →0
(a) 1 (b) 0 153. If the normal to the curve y = f (x) at the point
(c) does not exist (d) none of these. (3, 4) makes an angle 3p/4 with positive x-axis, then
f ¢(3) is
144. A person travels from his house to his office at a
(a) –1 (b) –3/4
speed of 30 km/hour and returns at a speed of
(c) 4/3 (d) 1.
20 km/hour. His average speed of the two trips taken H H H H
together is 154. If a and b be two vectors such that a ⋅ b = 0 and
H H H
(a) 25 km/hour (b) 24.5 km/hour a × b = 0 , then
H H
(c) 24 km/hour (d) none of these. (a) a is parallel to b
H H
145. For a discrete bivariate data b yx = –0.9 and (b) a is perpendicular to b
H
bxy = –0.4, coefficient of correlation r (X, Y) for this (c) a is a nullHvector
H
data is (d) either a or b is a null vector.
(a) 0.6 (b) 0.06 155. 5 tickets are drawn successively with replacement
(c) – 0.06 (d) – 0.6 from a box containing 100 tickets, numbered from 1 to
100. The probability that all the tickets bear numbers
2x
146. The statement 2cot −1 x = sin −1 2
holds only if divisible by 10, is
1+ x
9
5
1
5 these forces passes through the
(a) (b) (a) incentre (b) centroid
10 10
5 (c) orthocentre (d) none of these.
9
(c) (d) none of these. n −1
100 ∞
a
165. If a > 0, then ∑ equals
156. The probability of throwing an ace in a single throw n =1 a +1
of an unbiased dice is (a) a (b) a + 1
(a) 1/6 (b) 0 a a +1
(c) (d) .
(c) 1 (d) 2/3. 2a + 1 2a + 1
tan x − x 1 x, x > 0
157. lim cos
x →0
x x 166. Let y = 0, x = −0 , then at x = 0, y is
− x, x < 0
(a) does not exist (b) equals 0
(c) equals 1 (a) derivable (b) not continuous
(d) exists and is different from 0 and 1. (c) continuous but not derivable
(d) none of these.
158. tan75° + cot75° is equal to
(a) 2 3 (b) 2+ 3 1 + 2 + 3 + .... + n
167. lim is equal to
(c) 2− 3 (d) 4.
n →∞ n3 / 2
(a) 0 (b) 1
1
159. If det A = 3 and A is of order 2 × 2, then det 4A
is equal to (c) 3/2 (d) ∫ xdx.
0
(a) 3 (b) 12
(c) 48 (d) 36. G( x) − G(1)
168. If G ( x) = − 25 − x 2 , then lim has the
x →1 x −1
160. The system of equations, value
x + y + z = 6, x + 2y + 3z = 14 (a) 1/24 (b) 1/5
x + 3y + 5z = 20 has (c) − 24 (d) 1/ 24 .
(a) a unique solution
(b) only finitely many solutions 169. The equation of the curve which passes through
(c) infinitely many solutions dy
the point (1, 1) and for which = 2 x + 2 is
(d) no solution. dx
(a) y = x2 + 2x (b) y = x2 + 2x – 3
161. If In is identity matrix of order n, then (In)–1 (c) y = x2 + 2x – 2 (d) y = x2 + x – 3.
(a) does not exist (b) = In
(c) = 0 (d) = nIn. 170. If Z is any complex number, then AmpZ + Amp Z =
(a) 0 or 2p (b) 0
162. Equation of the sphere which passes through the (c) 2p (d) none of these.
points (a, 0, 0), (0, b, 0), (0, 0, c) and (0, 0, 0) is
2
(a) x2 + y2 + z2 – ax – by – cz = 0
∫ ( px + qx + r )dx
3
171. To find the numerical value of
(b) x2 + y2 + z2 – ax + by + cz = 0 −2