NDA 2026 (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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- 1Let p, q and r be three unequal numbers such that p, q and r are in AP. If , and are in GP, then equals
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- 2If p, , and q are in GP and m is the arithmetic mean of p and q, then is equal to
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- 3Consider the following inequalities: I. II. III. where . How many of the above are valid?
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- 4Let and be complex numbers such that is purely imaginary. What is equal to?
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- 5If , , are cube roots of , then what is equal to?
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- 6The sum of the first terms of an AP is . If the term of the AP is 68, then what is the value of ?
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- 7A set S contains elements. If the number of subsets of S which contain at most elements is 1024, then what is the value of ?
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- 8What is the maximum number of points of intersection of 5 circles?
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- 9What is the greatest value of satisfying the inequality ?
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- 10If then what is equal to?
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- 11If the highest degree coefficient is equal to 1, then what is the total number of quadratic equations which are unchanged on squaring their roots?
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- 12Let and be the roots of the quadratic equation where , are positive real numbers. Let A be the arithmetic mean of and ; and G be the geometric mean of and . What are the roots of the quadratic equation ?
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- 13If , then what is a value of ?
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- 14Let where is any constant, then what is at equal to?
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- 15If , then what is the value of ?
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- 16If , , are the cube roots of unity, then what is equal to?
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- 17If A is a square matrix such that , then , where is the transpose of A, is equal to
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- 18Consider the following statements: I. If () matrix is symmetric, then its inverse is also a symmetric matrix. II. If () matrix is singular, then its adjoint is also a singular matrix. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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- 19If , then what is the value of ?
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- 20If where is a natural number, then what is equal to?
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- 21If is the transpose of a matrix M, then which of the following is/are correct? I. if M is symmetric. II. if M is anti-symmetric. Select the answer using the code given below.
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- 22If M is a square matrix such that , then how many values of are possible?
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- 23Let and . If is positive, then which one of the following is correct?
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- 24What is equal to?
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- 25Let A and B be two sets. For some set C, both and are empty sets and . Which of the following is/are true? I. II. III. . Select the answer using the code given below.
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- 26If , then which one of the following is a possible value of ?
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- 27If and are complementary angles such that and , then what is equal to?
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- 28If and , then which one of the following is correct?
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- 29If , then what is the value of ?
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- 30is maximum when is equal to
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- 31If lies in the fourth quadrant and , then what is the value of ?
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- 32If , , then what is a value of ?
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- 33In a triangle ABC, , then what is equal to?
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- 34Consider the following in respect of inverse circular functions: I. II. III. IV. . How many of the above are correct?
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- 35What is equal to?
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- 36The 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?
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- 37In a triangle ABC, if , and are the lengths of the sides opposite to the angles A, B and C respectively, then what is equal to?
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- 38What is the smallest positive satisfying ?
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- 39A 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?
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- 40What is the length of the chord of a unit circle which subtends at the centre of the circle an angle of 45°?
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- 41Let R be a relation on the set N of natural numbers defined by . 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.
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- 42For a given , what is the minimum value of ?
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- 43Consider the following statements: I. has two irrational roots. II. has two rational roots. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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- 44How many numbers greater than 1000 can be formed using the digits 0, 1, 2 and 3 (repetition of digits is not allowed)?
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- 45If term of an AP is , then what is the sum of term, term and term of the AP?
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- For the next five (05) items that follow: Let u be a positive integer and f be a real number lying between 0 and 1. Further, and .46Consider the following statements: I. is an integer. II. is an integer. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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- 47What is the multiplicative inverse of ?
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- 48What is the value of ?
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- 49What is the value of u?
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- 50What is the value of uv?
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- For the next two (02) items that follow: The equation of a straight line which passes through the origin and makes an angle () with the line L: is .51What is the value of ?
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- 52What is the angle made by the line L with positive direction of y-axis?
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- For the next two (02) items that follow: P(-2,-3,5), Q(4,-1,5), R(6,-4,8) and S(2,-6,10) are four points.53Consider the following statements: I. PQ is parallel to RS. II. PR is perpendicular to QS. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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- 54What is equal to?
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- For the next two (02) items that follow: A line L passing through the point (-1,2,-3) is perpendicular to the plane P given by 2x+3y+z+5=0.55What is the equation of the line L?
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- 56What are the direction ratios of a line M parallel to the plane P?
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- For the next two (02) items that follow: Let X(a,p), Y(b,q) and Z(c,r) be the points such that a, b and c are in AP.57If p, q and r are in AP, then the points X, Y and Z are
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- 58If p, q and r are not in AP and , then the line joining the points X, Y and Z is parallel to
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- For the next two (02) items that follow: Consider the points A(0,2), B(2,3), C(4,5) and D(0,k).59If the points lie on a circle, then what is/are the possible value(s) of k?
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- 60If a circle is drawn through A, B and D, then what is the diameter of the circle?
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- For the next two (02) items that follow: The foci of the ellipse and the foci of the hyperbola coincide (assume ).61What is the value of p?
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- 62What is the difference between the eccentricities of the hyperbola and the ellipse?
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- For the next two (02) items that follow: The equation of the sphere S is .63What is the radius of the sphere passing through origin and concentric with the sphere S?
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- 64If the radius of the sphere S is 8 units, what is the value of k?
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- For the next two (02) items that follow: Let , , , , , be unit vectors.65What is the angle between and ?
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- 66What is the angle between and ?
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- For the next two (02) items that follow: Let and .67Consider the following statements: I. , , are orthogonal in pairs. II. , , are unit vectors. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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- 68Consider the following statements: I. . II. . Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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- For the next two (02) items that follow: Let , , be unit vectors. Further, is perpendicular to ; makes angle with both and ; and .69What is the value of ?
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- 70What is the value of ?
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- 71If is differentiable at , then consider the following statements: I. is continuous at . II. . Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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- 72What is equal to, where is a natural number?
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- 73What is equal to?
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- 74What is the derivative of with respect to , where ?
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- 75Consider the following statements in respect of the function in the interval : I. The function attains maximum value. II. The function attains minimum value. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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- 76If , then what is equal to?
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- 77What is the length of the longest interval in which the function is decreasing?
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- 78If A and B are acute angles such that , then what is the maximum value of ?
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- 79What is the solution of the differential equation when ?
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- 80If , then what is equal to?
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- For the next two (02) items that follow: Let , where y is a function of x whose domain is (0,10].81What is equal to?
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- 82What is equal to, given that when ?
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- For the next two (02) items that follow: Let .83What is the value of k?
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- 84What is equal to?
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- For the next two (02) items that follow: Let S and T be the sets where decreases and increases respectively.85What is T equal to?
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- 86What is S equal to?
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- For the next two (02) items that follow: Let k be the area between the curve y=sinx and x-axis in the interval .87What is the area between the curve y=sinx and the x-axis in the interval ?
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- 88What is the area between the curve y=cosx and the x-axis in the interval ?
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- For the next two (02) items that follow: Consider the curves y=x^2 and y=2|x|.89What is the number of points of intersection of the curves?
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- 90What is the area bounded by the curves, the lines x=0 and x=1?
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- For the next two (02) items that follow: Let .91What is the value of A?
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- 92What is the value of B?
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- For the next two (02) items that follow: Let and .93What is equal to?
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- 94What is equal to?
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- For the next two (02) items that follow: Let . Given that is continuous for all x but not differentiable at x=1. Further is continuous at x=3.95What is the value of p?
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- 96What is the value of q?
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- For the next two (02) items that follow: Consider the differential equation .97What is equal to?
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- 98What is the solution of the differential equation with ?
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- For the next two (02) items that follow: Let and for .99If , then which of the following statements is/are correct? I. is continuous at . II. is differentiable at . Select the answer using the code given below.
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- 100If , then which of the following statements is/are correct? I. is continuous at . II. is differentiable at . Select the answer using the code given below.
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- For the next five (05) items that follow: A 4-digit number is selected at random formed by using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4 (where repetition of digits is not allowed).101What is the probability that the number selected is divisible by 2?
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- 102What is the probability that the number selected is divisible by 3?
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- 103What is the probability that the number selected is divisible by 4?
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- 104What is the probability that the number selected is divisible by 6?
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- 105What is the probability that the number selected does not contain zero at any position?
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- For the next three (03) items that follow: Let A, B, C and D be mutually exclusive and exhaustive events and .106What is P(A)+P(B)+P(C) equal to?
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- 107What is equal to?
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- 108If G is the geometric mean of P(A), P(B), P(C) and P(D), then what is 9G equal to?
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- For the next two (02) items that follow: Four dice are rolled.109What is the probability that getting a total of the numbers on the dice is 6?
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- 110What is the probability that getting a total of the numbers on the dice is at least 23?
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- 111Let two lines of regression be and for some data. What is the value of correlation coefficient between x and y?
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- 112If the mean of 20 observations, namely is 1.414, then what is the value of ?
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- 113In 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?
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- 114Consider the following statements in respect of the events A, B, C: I. is an impossible event. II. is a possible event. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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- 115The standard deviation of 100 observations is 10. If 5 is multiplied to each of the observations, then what is the new standard deviation?
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- 116For a Binomial distribution with mean 6 and standard deviation , what is the value of P(X=0)?
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- 117If the random variable X has mean 3 and standard deviation 5, then what is the variance of the random variable Y=2X-5?
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- 118Three events A, B and C are such that A and B are disjoint, A and C are independent, B and C are independent. If and , then what is the value of P(C)?
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- For the next two (02) items that follow: The frequency distribution of marks obtained by 100 students in a certain subject is given below: Marks: 0-10, 10-20, 20-30, 30-40; No. of students: 10, 20, f, 40.119What is the mean deviation about the arithmetic mean?
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- 120What is the standard deviation?
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