NDA 2025 (I), Paper I, Mathematics question paper
120 questions · 300 marks · 150 minutes · +2.5 per correct answer, -0.83 per wrong one
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- 1The sum of the first terms of a series is . Which one of the following is correct?
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- 2The sum of the first 8 terms of a GP is five times the sum of its first 4 terms. If is the common ratio, then what is the number of possible real values of ?
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- 3If one root of the equation exceeds the other by , then which one of the following is a value of ?
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- 4If and , then what is equal to?
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- 5If 5th, 7th and 13th terms of an AP are in GP, then what is the ratio of its first term to its common difference?
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- 6If are in AP and are in GP, then which of the following statements is/are correct? I. are in HP. II. are in AP. Select the answer using the code given below.
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- 7If and , then what is equal to?
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- 8If and are the cofactors of the elements respectively, then what is equal to?
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- 9Consider the following statements in respect of the determinant : (I). is positive if . (II). is negative if . (III). is zero if . How many of the statements given above are correct?
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- 10If where , then what is equal to?
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- 11If , then what is the value of ?
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- 12If is a non-real cube root of unity, then what is a root of the following equation?
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- 13What is equal to?
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- 14If , then what is equal to?
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- 15How many 7-letter words (with or without meaning) can be constructed using all the letters of the word CAPITAL so that all consonants come together in each word?
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- 16If is a complex number, then what is equal to?
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- 17How many sides are there in a polygon which has 20 diagonals?
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- 18In how many ways can the letters of the word DELHI be arranged keeping the positions of vowels and consonants unchanged?
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- 19What is the number of positive integer solutions of ?
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- 20What is the number of rational terms in the expansion of ?
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- 21If the sum of binomial coefficients in the expansion of is 256, then the greatest binomial coefficient occurs in which one of the following terms?
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- 22If , where is a natural number, then what is the value of ?
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- 23If then which one of the following is a value of ?
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- 24If where are integers, is an orthogonal matrix, then what is the value of ?
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- 25Consider the following in respect of a non-singular matrix : (I). (II). (III). How many of the above are correct?
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- 26If then what is equal to?
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- 27If then what is equal to? (where is the identity matrix of order 3)
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- 28If the number of selections of as well as things from different things are equal, then what is the value of ?
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- 29What is the number of selections of at most 3 things from 6 different things?
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- 30If where are integers, is an orthogonal matrix, then what is equal to?
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- Consider the following for the three (03) items that follow: Let and .31What is equal to?
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- 32What is equal to?
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- 33What is equal to?
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- Let .34What is the minimum value of ?
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- 35What is the maximum value of ?
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- The sides of a triangle ABC are AB = 3 cm, BC = 5 cm and CA = 7 cm.36Consider the following statements: (I). The triangle is obtuse-angled triangle. (II). The sum of acute angles of the triangle is also acute. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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- 37What is equal to?
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- 38What is the area of the triangle?
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- The top (M) of a tower is observed from three points P, Q and R lying in a horizontal straight line which passes directly along the foot (N) of the tower. The angles of elevations of M from P, Q and R are 30°, 45° and 60° respectively. Let PQ = a and QR = b.39What is PN equal to?
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- 40What is MN equal to?
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- Let and .41What is equal to?
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- 42What is equal to?
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- 43What is equal to?
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- Let , where .44What is equal to?
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- 45What is equal to?
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- In a triangle ABC, two sides BC and CA are in the ratio 2:1 and their opposite corresponding angles are in the ratio 3:1.46One of the angles of the triangle is
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- 47Consider the following statements: (I). The triangle is right-angled. (II). One of the sides of the triangle is times the other. (III). The angles A, C and B of the triangle are in AP. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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- 48A man at M, standing 100 m away from the base (P) of a chimney of height 50 m, observes the angle of elevation of the highest point (Q) of the smoke to be 45°. The highest point of the chimney is at R. Further P, R and Q are in a straight line and the straight line is perpendicular to PM. What is the angle RMQ equal to?
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- 49If is a root of , then what is equal to?
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- 50If , then what is the value of ?
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- 51Under what condition will the lines and be perpendicular?
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- 52If and are real numbers between 0 and 1 such that the points and form an equilateral triangle, then what is equal to?
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- 53The vertices of a triangle are and . The angular bisectors of the triangle meet at . What are the coordinates of ?
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- 54Let and be the end points of line segment AB. Let P be the middle point of the line segment AB. Let Q be the point situated at a distance 2 units from P on the perpendicular bisector line of AB. What are the possible coordinates of Q?
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- 55ABC is an equilateral triangle and AD is the altitude on BC. If the coordinates of A are and that of D are , then what is the equation of BC?
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- 56What is the equation of the circle whose diameter is 10 cm and the equations of two of its diameters are and ?
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- 57A square is inscribed in a circle and its sides are parallel to coordinate axes. Which one of the following is a vertex of the square?
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- 58A tangent to the parabola is inclined at an angle with the positive direction of -axis. What is the point of contact of the tangent and the parabola?
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- 59What is the distance between the two foci of the hyperbola ?
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- 60If any point on an ellipse is , then what is the eccentricity of the ellipse?
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- 61If a line in 3 dimensions makes angles and with the positive directions of the coordinate axes, then what is equal to?
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- 62A(1,2,-1), B(2,5,-2) and C(4,4,-3) are three vertices of a rectangle. What is the area of the rectangle?
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- 63ABC is a triangle right-angled at B. If and are the vertices of the triangle, then what is the value of ?
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- 64If a line , where , makes an angle with the positive direction of -axis, then what is equal to?
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- 65What is the equation of the plane passing through the point and perpendicular to the line whose direction ratios are ?
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- 66A line makes angles and with the positive directions of the coordinate axes. If and , then what is equal to?
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- 67Consider the following statements in respect of a vector : (I). is coplanar with and . (II). is perpendicular to . Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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- 68The position vectors of three points A, B and C are and respectively such that . What is AB : BC equal to?
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- 69The position vectors of three points A, B and C are and respectively, where . What is equal to?
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- 70Let be unit vectors. What is equal to?
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- Let and .71What is equal to?
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- 72What is equal to?
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- Let ABC be a triangle right-angled at B and AB + AC = 3 units.73What is equal to if the area of the triangle is maximum?
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- 74What is the maximum area of the triangle?
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- Let , where are positive integers.75The derivative of with respect to
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- 76If , then what is equal to?
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- The slope of the tangent to the curve at is 4 for every real number and the curve passes through the origin.77What is the nature of the curve?
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- 78What is the area bounded by the curve, the -axis and the line ?
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- Let79What is equal to?
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- 80Consider the following statements: (I). The function is continuous at . (II). The function is differentiable at . Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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- Let the function , where and is an integer.81What is the range of the function?
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- 82What is equal to?
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- Let the function , where is the greatest integer function and .83What is equal to?
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- 84What is equal to?
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- Let the curve .85What is the domain of the function ?
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- 86What is the area bounded by the curve and ?
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- Let .87If , then what is the value of ?
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- 88Consider the following statements: (I). is one-one function. (II). is onto function if the codomain is the set of natural numbers. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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- Let the function .89What is equal to?
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- 90What is the area bounded by the function and the -axis?
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- Let .91What is equal to?
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- 92What is equal to?
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- Let the function .93What is equal to?
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- 94Consider the following statements: (I). is an increasing function. (II). has local maximum at . Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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- The function satisfies for all positive real values of and , and .95What is equal to?
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- 96What is equal to?
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- A function is such that for all real values of and , and .97What is equal to?
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- 98What is equal to?
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- Let , where is the greatest integer function.99What is equal to?
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- 100What is equal to?
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- The frequency distribution of height of students of a class is given below: Height (cm): 160–162, 162–164, 164–166, 166–168 Number of Students: 12, 15, 24, 13101What is the total number of students whose height is less than or equal to 165 cm?
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- 102What is the median height of the class?
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- 103The height which occurs most frequently in the class is
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- 104The most appropriate graphical representation of the given frequency distribution is
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- 105The sum and the sum of squares of observations corresponding to length X (in cm) and weight Y (in gm) of 50 tropical tubers are given as and . Which one of the following is correct?
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- 106The sum and the sum of squares of observations corresponding to length X (in cm) and weight Y (in gm) of 50 tropical tubers are given as and . Which one of the following statements is correct?
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- Let X be a random variable following binomial distribution with parameters and . Further, .107What is the value of ?
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- 108What is the value of ?
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- A committee of 6 members is formed from a group of 7 gentlemen and 4 ladies.109What is the probability that the committee includes exactly 3 gentlemen?
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- 110What is the probability that the committee includes at least 2 ladies?
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- The probabilities that A, B and C become managers are and respectively. The probabilities that bonus scheme will be introduced if A, B and C become managers are and respectively.111What is the probability that the bonus scheme will be introduced?
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- 112If the bonus scheme has been introduced, then what is the probability that the manager appointed was B?
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- 113The arithmetic mean of 100 observations is 50. If 5 is subtracted from each observation and then divided by 20, then what is the new arithmetic mean?
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- 114The standard deviation of 100 observations is 10. If 5 is added to each observation and then divided by 20, then what will be the new standard deviation?
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- 115If and , then what is the value of ?
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- 116If and , then what is the value of ?
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- 117If two fair dice are tossed, then what is the probability that the sum of the numbers on the faces of the dice is strictly greater than 7?
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- 118The probability of a man hitting a target is . If the man fires 7 times, then what is the probability that he hits the target at least twice?
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- 119Let X be a random variable following binomial distribution whose mean and variance are 200 and 160 respectively. What is the value of the number of trials ()?
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- 120What is the arithmetic mean of ?
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