Mathematics
Let p, q and r be three unequal numbers such that p, q and r are in AP. If (q – p), (r – q) and p are in GP, then (p + q) : (q + r) : (r + p) equals
- (a) 1 : 2 : 3
- (b) 3 : 4 : 5
- (c) 3 : 5 : 4
- (d) 1 : 3 : 2
If p, g1, g2 and q are in GP and m is the arithmetic mean of p and q, then g12g2 + g22g1 is equal to
- (a) m
- (b) 2m
- (c) 1
- (d) 1/2
Consider the following inequalities:
- I.1 + 4i > 3 + 2i
- II.2 + 3i < 3 + 4i
- III.4 + 3i > 3 + 4i
where i = √-1 How many of the above are valid?
- (a) None
- (b) One
- (c) Two
- (d) All the three
Let Z1 and Z2 be complex numbers such that 3Z14Z2 is purely imaginary. What is |Z1+Z2Z1-Z2| equal to?
- (a) 2
- (b) 3/2
- (c) 5/4
- (d) 1
If α, β, γ are cube roots of -8, then what is α2p2 + β2q2 + γ2r2β2p2 + γ2q2 + α2r2 equal to?
- (a) γ/α
- (b) γ/β
- (c) 2γ/α
- (d) 2γ/β
The sum of the first n terms of an AP is 3n2 + 5n. If the m-th term of the AP is 68, then what is the value of m?
- (a) 9
- (b) 10
- (c) 11
- (d) 12
A set S contains (2n + 1) elements. If the number of subsets of S which contain at most n elements is 1024, then what is the value of n?
- (a) 10
- (b) 8
- (c) 6
- (d) 5
What is the maximum number of points of intersection of 5 circles?
- (a) 10
- (b) 15
- (c) 20
- (d) 25
What is the greatest value of r satisfying the inequality 15Cr+1 > 2 × 15Cr?
- (a) 2
- (b) 3
- (c) 4
- (d) 5
If n = mC2 then what is nC2 equal to?
- (a) m+1C4
- (b) 2 × m+1C4
- (c) 3 × m+1C4
- (d) m+2C4
If the highest degree coefficient is equal to 1, then what is the total number of quadratic equations which are unchanged on squaring their roots?
- (a) 6
- (b) 4
- (c) 2
- (d) None
Let α and β be the roots of the quadratic equation x2 – 2bx + c2 = 0 where b, c are positive real numbers. Let A be the arithmetic mean of α and β; and G be the geometric mean of α and β. What are the roots of the quadratic equation x2 – (b+c)x + bc = 0?
- (a) A, G
- (b) 2A, G
- (c) A, 2G
- (d) 2A, 2G
If 1 – log10 2 = log10(5x + 4x + 3x + 2x + 1), then what is a value of x?
- (a) 10
- (b) 5
- (c) 1
- (d) 0
Let f(x) = |
| 3x2 | cos x | -sin x |
| 6 | -1 | 0 |
| q | q2 | q3 |
| where q is any constant, then what is d2/dx2 (f(x)) at x = 0 equal to?
- (a) -1
- (b) 0
- (c) 1
- (d) q
If |
| a-b | p-q | x-y |
| b-c | q-r | y-z |
| c-a | r-p | z-x |
| = k · |
| a | b | c |
| p | q | r |
| x | y | z |
|, then what is the value of k?
- (a) -1
- (b) 0
- (c) 1/2
- (d) 1
If p, q, r are the cube roots of unity, then what is |
| p2+q2 | r2 | r2 |
| p2 | q2+r2 | p2 |
| q2 | q2 | r2+p2 |
| equal to?
- (a) -1
- (b) 0
- (c) 1
- (d) 4
If A is a square matrix such that |A| = -2, then |AAT|, where AT is the transpose of A, is equal to
- (a) -4
- (b) 1
- (c) 2
- (d) 4
Consider the following statements:
- I.If n × n (n > 1) matrix is symmetric, then its inverse is also a symmetric matrix.
- II.If n × n (n > 1) matrix is singular, then its adjoint is also a singular matrix.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- (a) I only
- (b) II only
- (c) Both I and II
- (d) Neither I nor II
If M = [
| 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 2 |
], then what is the value of |M| |adjM|?
- (a) 8
- (b) 64
- (c) 256
- (d) 512
If Mk = [
| k | k-1 |
| k-1 | k |
] where k is a natural number, then what is |M1| + |M2| + |M3| + … + |M50| equal to?
- (a) 50
- (b) 1250
- (c) 2500
- (d) 5000
If MT is the transpose of a 2 × 2 matrix M, then which of the following is/are correct?
- I.|M+MT| = |M| + |MT| if M is symmetric.
- II.|M+MT| = 0 if M is anti-symmetric.
Select the answer using the code given below:
- (a) I only
- (b) II only
- (c) Both I and II
- (d) Neither I nor II
If M is a square matrix such that M3 = M, then how many values of |M| are possible?
- (a) One
- (b) Two
- (c) Three
- (d) Four
Let p = (x + y + z) and q = xyz. If |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | y | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | z |
| is positive, then which one of the following is correct?
- (a) q > p
- (b) q + 1 > p
- (c) q + 2 > p
- (d) q + 2 ≥ p
What is (((A∩B) ∪ (A-B)) – ((A∩B) ∪ (B-A))) ∪ A equal to?
- (a) φ
- (b) A
- (c) B
- (d) A∪B
Let A and B be two sets. For some set C, both A∩C and B∩C are empty sets and A∪C = B∪C. Which of the following is/are true?
- I.C = φ
- II.A = B
- III.A∪B = C
Select the answer using the code given below:
- (a) I only
- (b) II only
- (c) I and II only
- (d) I, II and III
If 2 sec 4β = tan 2α + cot 2α, then which one of the following is a possible value of (α + β)?
- (a) π/2
- (b) π/4
- (c) π/6
- (d) π/8
If α and β are complementary angles such that α – β = π/6 and m tanβ = n tanα, then what is m+nm-n equal to?
- (a) 2
- (b) 2/√3
- (c) 1
- (d) 1/√3
If x = secθ – tanθ and y = cosecθ + cotθ, then which one of the following is correct?
- (a) x + y – xy – 1 = 0
- (b) x – y + xy + 1 = 0
- (c) x + y + xy – 1 = 0
- (d) x – y + xy – 1 = 0
If cosθ = 1/3, then what is the value of sin(θ/2) sin(3θ/2)?
- (a) 5/9
- (b) 7/9
- (c) 10/9
- (d) 11/9
cos x + √3 sin x is maximum when x is equal to
- (a) π/2
- (b) π/3
- (c) π/4
- (d) π/6
If θ lies in the fourth quadrant and 3 cot θ + 4 = 0, then what is the value of sin 2θ + cos 2θ?
- (a) -31/25
- (b) -17/25
- (c) 0
- (d) 1
If cosα + cosβ = 0 = sinα + sinβ, α ≠ β then what is a value of cos 2α + cos 2β + 2 cos(α + β)?
- (a) 0
- (b) 1
- (c) 2
- (d) 4
In a triangle ABC, sin A = cos B + cos C then what is tan(B/2) + cot(B/2) equal to?
- (a) 1
- (b) √2
- (c) √3
- (d) 2
Consider the following in respect of inverse circular functions:
- I.sin-1(-x) = -sin-1(x)
- II.cos-1(-x) = cos-1(x)
- III.tan-1(-x) = π – tan-1(x)
- IV.cot-1(-x) = π – cot-1(x)
How many of the above are correct?
- (a) One
- (b) Two
- (c) Three
- (d) All the four
What is tan[2tan-1(1/2) – π/4] equal to?
- (a) -7
- (b) 0
- (c) 1/5
- (d) 1/7
The angles A, B and C of a triangle are in the ratio 1 : 1 : 4. If the longest side of the triangle is 3 units, then what is the perimeter of the triangle?
- (a) 3 + √3 units
- (b) 3 + 2√3 units
- (c) 3 + 3√3 units
- (d) 6 + √3 units
In a triangle ABC, if a, b and c are the lengths of the sides opposite to the angles A, B and C respectively, then what is sin(A-B)sin(A+B) equal to?
- (a) a2a2-b2
- (b) a2a2+b2
- (c) a2-b2c2
- (d) a2-b2b2
What is the smallest positive x satisfying logsinx cosx + logcosx sinx = 2?
- (a) π/2
- (b) π/3
- (c) π/4
- (d) π/6
A plane is observed to be approaching the airport. It is at a distance of 10 km from the point of observation and makes an angle of elevation of 67.5°. What is the height of the plane above the ground?
- (a) 10√2+√2 km
- (b) 10√2-√2 km
- (c) 5√2+√2 km
- (d) 5√2-√2 km
What is the length of the chord of a unit circle which subtends at the centre of the circle an angle of 45°?
- (a) 2√2+√2 units
- (b) 2√2-√2 units
- (c) √2+√2 units
- (d) √2-√2 units
Let R be a relation on the set N of natural numbers defined by R = {(x, y) : x, y ∈ N and x = y3}. Which of the following statements is/are correct?
- I.R is symmetric relation
- II.R is transitive relation
Select the answer using the code given below:
- (a) I only
- (b) II only
- (c) Both I and II
- (d) Neither I nor II
For a given k, what is the minimum value of x2 + kx + k2?
- (a) 0
- (b) k2/4
- (c) 3k2/4
- (d) k2/2
Consider the following statements:
- I.√x + x + 1 = 0 has two irrational roots.
- II.5√x – x – 4 = 0 has two rational roots.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- (a) I only
- (b) II only
- (c) Both I and II
- (d) Neither I nor II
How many numbers greater than 1000 can be formed using the digits 0, 1, 2 and 3 (repetition of digits is not allowed)?
- (a) 24
- (b) 18
- (c) 15
- (d) 12
If p-th term of an AP is k, then what is the sum of p-th term, (p+q)-th term and (p-q)-th term of the AP?
- (a) 2k
- (b) 3k
- (c) 4k
- (d) 5k
Consider the following statements:
- I.(u + v + f) is an integer.
- II.(f + v) is an integer.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- (a) I only
- (b) II only
- (c) Both I and II
- (d) Neither I nor II
What is the multiplicative inverse of (√2+1)20?
- (a) v
- (b) v2 – 1
- (c) v2
- (d) v2 + 1
What is the value of (v + f)?
- (a) 2
- (b) 1
- (c) 0.5
- (d) 0.25
What is the value of u?
- (a) 9725
- (b) 6971
- (c) 6726
- (d) 6725
What is the value of uv?
- (a) 1
- (b) 2
- (c) 0 < uv < 1
- (d) 1 < uv < 2
What is the value of α?
- (a) 30°
- (b) 45°
- (c) 60°
- (d) 90°
What is the angle made by the line L with positive direction of y-axis?
- (a) 30°
- (b) 45°
- (c) 60°
- (d) 90°
Consider the following statements:
- I.PQ is parallel to RS.
- II.PR is perpendicular to QS.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- (a) I only
- (b) II only
- (c) Both I and II
- (d) Neither I nor II
What is (PQ2 + 2QS2 – 2PR2) equal to?
- (a) -1
- (b) 0
- (c) 1
- (d) 2
What is the equation of the line L?
- (a) 1 – x = y + 2 = 3 – z
- (b) -(x + 1) = y – 2 = z + 3
- (c) 3x + 3 = 2y – 4 = 6z + 18
- (d) 3x – 3 = 2y + 4 = 6z – 18
What are the direction ratios of a line M parallel to the plane P?
- (a) <-3, 2, 1>
- (b) <3, 2, -6>
- (c) <1, 3, 2>
- (d) <2, 2, -10>
If p, q and r are in AP, then the points X, Y and Z are
- (a) on a straight line
- (b) on a circle
- (c) on a parabola
- (d) the vertices of a triangle
If p, q and r are not in AP and b = c, then the line joining the points X, Y and Z is parallel to
- (a) y-axis
- (b) x-axis
- (c) y = x
- (d) y = -x
If the points lie on a circle, then what is/are the possible value(s) of k?
- (a) 2 only
- (b) 5 only
- (c) 2, 17
- (d) 5, 17
If a circle is drawn through A, B and D, then what is the diameter of the circle?
- (a) 3√10
- (b) 5√10
- (c) 3√12
- (d) 5√12
What is the value of p?
- (a) √7
- (b) 3
- (c) 7
- (d) 9
What is the difference between the eccentricities of the hyperbola and the ellipse?
- (a) 0.5
- (b) 0.75
- (c) 1.0
- (d) 1.25
What is the radius of the sphere passing through origin and concentric with the sphere S?
- (a) 7/2
- (b) 5
- (c) 7
- (d) Cannot be determined due to insufficient data
If the radius of the sphere S is 8 units, what is the value of k?
- (a) -15
- (b) 7
- (c) 10
- (d) 15
What is the angle between a→ and b→?
- (a) π/6
- (b) π/4
- (c) π/2
- (d) 2π/3
What is the angle between a→ and c→?
- (a) π/6
- (b) π/4
- (c) π/2
- (d) 2π/3
Consider the following statements:
- I.a→, b→, c→ are orthogonal in pairs.
- II.a→, b→, c→ are unit vectors.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- (a) I only
- (b) II only
- (c) Both I and II
- (d) Neither I nor II
Consider the following statements:
- I.(a→ × b→) · c→ + (b→ × c→) · a→ = (c→ × a→) · b→
- II.{(a→ × b→) × (b→ × c→)} · b→ = 1
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- (a) I only
- (b) II only
- (c) Both I and II
- (d) Neither I nor II
What is the value of (p + q)?
- (a) 1/2
- (b) 1
- (c) 3/2
- (d) 2
What is the value of r2?
- (a) 4
- (b) 2
- (c) 1
- (d) 1/2
If f(x) is differentiable at x = a, then consider the following statements:
- I.f(x) is continuous at x = a
- II.limx→a f(x) = f(a)
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- (a) I only
- (b) II only
- (c) Both I and II
- (d) Neither I nor II
What is limx→1 xn2-1 – 1xn+1 – 1 equal to, where n > 1 is a natural number?
- (a) 0
- (b) 1
- (c) n – 1
- (d) n + 1
What is limx→0 10sinx – 1tanx equal to?
- (a) 0
- (b) 1
- (c) ln 10
- (d) log10 e
What is the derivative of x/|x| with respect to x, where x < 0?
- (a) -1
- (b) 0
- (c) 1
- (d) x
Consider the following statements in respect of the function f(x) = x in the interval (-1, 1):
- I.The function attains maximum value.
- II.The function attains minimum value.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- (a) I only
- (b) II only
- (c) Both I and II
- (d) Neither I nor II
If 4√y = x + √x2+4, then what is √x2+4 · dy/dx equal to?
- (a) y/4
- (b) y
- (c) 2y
- (d) 4y
What is the length of the longest interval in which the function f(x) = 2cos2 x – 1 is decreasing?
- (a) 2π
- (b) π
- (c) π/2
- (d) π/4
If A and B are acute angles such that 2A + 2B = π, then what is the maximum value of sinA.sinB?
- (a) 1/2
- (b) 1/4
- (c) √3/4
- (d) 1
What is the solution of the differential equation cos(dy/dx) = p when y(0) = q?
- (a) cos((y-q)/x) = p
- (b) cos((y-p)/x) = q
- (c) cos-1((y-q)/x) = p
- (d) cos-1((y-p)/x) = q
If 2f(x) + f(1-x) = x, then what is f(x) equal to?
- (a) x – 1
- (b) x – (1/3)
- (c) 2x
- (d) 2x – 1
What is dy/dx equal to?
- (a) y/(1-xy)
- (b) y/(1+xy)
- (c) y2/(1-xy)
- (d) y2/(1+xy)
What is dy/dx equal to, given that y = y0 when x = 1?
- (a) -y0/(1+ey0)
- (b) –y0 ey01+ey0
- (c) y0 ey01+ey0
- (d) y0 ey01-ey0
What is the value of k?
- (a) π/4
- (b) π/2
- (c) π
- (d) 2π
What is ∫0π/2 a cosx + b sinxsinx+cosx dx equal to?
- (a) k
- (b) 2k
- (c) k(a+b)
- (d) k/(a+b)
What is T equal to?
- (a) {x ≤ 2} ∪ {x ≥ 3}
- (b) {x < 2} ∪ {x > 3}
- (c) (2, 3)
- (d) [2, 3]
What is S equal to?
- (a) {x ≤ 2} ∪ {x ≥ 3}
- (b) {x < 2} ∪ {x > 3}
- (c) (2, 3)
- (d) [2, 3]
What is the area between the curve y = sinx and the x-axis in the interval [π/4, π/2]?
- (a) k
- (b) 1 – k
- (c) (π-k)/2
- (d) (π-2k)/2
What is the area between the curve y = cosx and the x-axis in the interval [π/4, π/2]?
- (a) k
- (b) 1 – k
- (c) (π-k)/2
- (d) (π-2k)/2
What is the number of points of intersection of the curves?
- (a) 4
- (b) 3
- (c) 2
- (d) None
What is the area bounded by the curves, the lines x = 0 and x = 1?
- (a) 1 square unit
- (b) 2/3 square unit
- (c) 1/2 square unit
- (d) 1/3 square unit
What is the value of A?
- (a) -2/5
- (b) -1/5
- (c) 1/5
- (d) 2/5
What is the value of B?
- (a) -2/5
- (b) -1/5
- (c) 1/5
- (d) 2/5
What is ∫04 f(x)/g(x) dx equal to?
- (a) 0
- (b) 1
- (c) 2
- (d) 4
What is ∫04 f(4-x)/g(4-x) dx equal to?
- (a) 0
- (b) 1
- (c) 2
- (d) 4
What is the value of p?
- (a) -1
- (b) -1/3
- (c) 1/3
- (d) 1
What is the value of q?
- (a) -1
- (b) -1/3
- (c) 1/3
- (d) 1
What is (d2y/dx2)(dx/dy)2 equal to?
- (a) -2
- (b) -1
- (c) 0
- (d) 2
Consider the differential equation ex+y dy/dx = ex-y:
What is the solution of the differential equation with y(0) = 0?
- (a) y = ln(2x + 1)
- (b) y = ln(2x – 1)
- (c) 2y = ln(2x + 1)
- (d) 2y = ln(2x – 1)
If p(x) = f(x)g(x), then which of the following statements is/are correct?
- I.p(x) is continuous at x = 0.
- II.p(x) is differentiable at x = 0.
Select the answer using the code given below:
- (a) I only
- (b) II only
- (c) Both I and II
- (d) Neither I nor II
If q(x) = f∘g(x), then which of the following statements is/are correct?
- I.q(x) is continuous at x = 0.
- II.q(x) is differentiable at x = 0.
Select the answer using the code given below:
- (a) I only
- (b) II only
- (c) Both I and II
- (d) Neither I nor II
What is the probability that the number selected is divisible by 2?
- (a) 5/8
- (b) 3/8
- (c) 1/8
- (d) 5/24
What is the probability that the number selected is divisible by 3?
- (a) 9/28
- (b) 3/8
- (c) 3/16
- (d) 8/25
What is the probability that the number selected is divisible by 4?
- (a) 1/2
- (b) 7/16
- (c) 9/16
- (d) 5/16
What is the probability that the number selected is divisible by 6?
- (a) 7/48
- (b) 2/3
- (c) 1/4
- (d) 3/8
What is the probability that the number selected does not contain zero at any position?
- (a) 0.12
- (b) 0.25
- (c) 0.375
- (d) 0.45
What is P(A) + P(B) + P(C) equal to?
- (a) 5/9
- (b) 1/18
- (c) 2/21
- (d) 7/13
What is [2P(A) + 3P(B)] / [4P(C) + 5P(D)] equal to?
- (a) 13/18
- (b) 13/60
- (c) 4/21
- (d) 5/28
If G is the geometric mean of P(A), P(B), P(C) and P(D), then what is 9G equal to?
- (a) 171/4
- (b) 151/4
- (c) 131/4
- (d) 111/4
What is the probability that getting a total of the numbers on the dice is 6?
- (a) 1/216
- (b) 1/324
- (c) 5/648
- (d) 7/648
What is the probability that getting a total of the numbers on the dice is at least 23?
- (a) 1/1296
- (b) 1/432
- (c) 1/324
- (d) 5/1296
Let two lines of regression be x + y + 11 = 0 and 2x + 3y + 4 = 0 for some data. What is the value of correlation coefficient between x and y?
- (a) -√2/3
- (b) -√1/6
- (c) √2/3
- (d) √1/6
If the mean of 20 observations, namely x1, x2, x3, …, x20 is 1.414, then what is the value of 20Σi=1 100(2xi + 4)?
- (a) 24168
- (b) 20828
- (c) 15248
- (d) 13656
In an entrance test there are multiple choice questions. There are four options for each question, of which only one is correct. The probability that a student knows the answer to a question is 90%. If he gets the correct answer to a question, then what is the probability that he was guessing?
- (a) 37/40
- (b) 36/37
- (c) 1/37
- (d) 1/40
Consider the following statements in respect of the events A, B, C:
- I.(A∪B∪C) ∩ (A ∩ B ∩ C) is an impossible event.
- II.(A∩B∩C) ∩ (A ∪ B ∪ C) is a possible event.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- (a) I only
- (b) II only
- (c) Both I and II
- (d) Neither I nor II
The standard deviation of 100 observations is 10. If 5 is multiplied to each of the observations, then what is the new standard deviation?
- (a) 20
- (b) 25
- (c) 40
- (d) 50
For a Binomial distribution with mean 6 and standard deviation √2, what is the value of P(X = 0)?
- (a) (1/3)9
- (b) (2/3)9
- (c) (1/3)(2/3)8
- (d) (2/3)(1/3)8
If the random variable X has mean 3 and standard deviation 5, then what is the variance of the random variable Y = 2X – 5?
- (a) 15
- (b) 40
- (c) 45
- (d) 100
Three events A, B and C are such that A and B are disjoint, A and C are independent, B and C are independent. If 4P(A) = 2P(B) = P(C) and P(A∪B∪C) = 5P(A), then what is the value of P(C)?
- (a) 5/6
- (b) 1/3
- (c) 1/6
- (d) 2/3
What is the mean deviation about the arithmetic mean?
- (a) 5.5
- (b) 6
- (c) 6.5
- (d) 8
What is the standard deviation?
- (a) 8.5
- (b) 9
- (c) 9.5
- (d) 10
English-language questions transcribed from the official National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination (I), 2026 question booklet (NPSS-A-HMT), Series A, Mathematics. Hindi text omitted. Answer key not included.
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