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CUET UG MathematicsAlgebra previous year questions with solutions.

All Algebra Questions (1106)

For any events A and B of a sample space S, which of the following statements are TRUE? (A) $P(S | B) = 1$ (B) $P(A \cap B) = P(A) + P(B) + P(A \cup B)$ (C) $P(\bar{A} | B) = 1 - P(A | B)$ (D) $P(A | B) = \frac{P(A \cap B)}{P(B)}, P(B) \neq 0$ Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Consider the LPP: Maximize $z = x + y$ subject to the constraints $x + 2y \leq 70$, $2x + y \leq 95$, $x,y \geq 0$. The optimal feasible solution is

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Let $A = [a_{ij}]_{3×2}$ and $B = [b_{ij}]_{3×4}$ be two matrices. Then the order of the matrix $(A^T . B)^T$ is:

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If $A = \begin{bmatrix} 2 & 1 & -1 \\ 0 & 1 & 2 \\ 2 & -1 & \lambda \end{bmatrix}$ is a singular matrix, then the value of $\lambda$ is

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Assume A, B and C are matrices of order $m \times n$, $n \times 3$ and $3 \times q$ respectively. The restrictions on $_{m,n}$ and $_q$ so that $AB + BC$ is defined are

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If A is any event associated with sample space and If $E_1, E_2, E_3$ are mutually exclusive and exhaustive events. Then which of the following are true? (A) $P(A) = P(E_1)P(E_2|A) + P(E_2)P(E_2|A) + P(E_3)P(E_3|A)$ (B) $P(A) = P(A|E_1)P(E_1) + P(A|E_2)P(E_2) + P(A|E_3)P(E_3)$ (C) $P(E_i|A) = \frac{P(A|E_i)P(E_i)}{\sum_{i=1}^3 P(A|E_i)P(E_i)}$, $i = 1,2,3$ (D) $P(A|E_i) = \frac{P(E_i|A)P(E_i)}{\sum_{i=1}^3 P(E_i|A)P(E_i)}$, $i = 1,2,3$ Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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A box contains 10 balls, each marked with one of the digits 0 to 9. If four balls are drawn successively with replacement from the bag, then the probability that none is marked with the digit 0 is:

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The number of all possible matrices of order $2 \times 3$ with entries -1 or 1 is

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A lot of 50 watches is known to have 10 defective watches. If 8 watches are selected one by one with a replacement at random, then the probability that there will be at least one defective watch is:

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If A and B are two invertible matrices, then which of the following statements are correct? (A) $|A^{-1}| = |A|^{-1}$ (B) $adjA = |A|A^{-1}$ (C) $(AB)^{-1} = A^{-1}B^{-1}$ (D) $(A + B)^{-1} = A^{-1} + B^{-1}$ Choose the **correct** answer from the options given below:

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An urn I contains 3 white and 4 blue balls, while urn II contains 5 white and 6 blue balls. One ball is drawn at random from one of the urns and it is found to be white. The probability that it was drawn from urn II is

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The minimum value of the objective function $z = x + 2y$ of an L.P.P. subject to constraints $2x + y \geq 3, \frac {x} {2} + 2y \geq 6, x \geq 0, y \geq 0$ is:

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Match **List-I** with **List-II** Consider two vectors $\vec{a} = \hat{i} + 2\hat{j} - \hat{k}$ and $\vec{b} = -3\hat{i} - 6\hat{j} + 3\hat{k}$, then | List-I | List-II | |---|---| | (A) Angle between $\vec{a}$ and $\vec{b}$ is | (I) $\cos^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{6}}\right)$ | | (B) Angle between $\vec{a}$ and $x$-axis is | (II) $\cos^{-1}\left(\frac{2}{\sqrt{6}}\right)$ | | (C) Angle between $\vec{b}$ and $x$-axis is | (III) $\pi$ | | (D) Angle between $\vec{a}$ and $y$-axis is | (IV) $\cos^{-1}\left(-\frac{1}{\sqrt{6}}\right)$ | Choose the **correct** answer from the options given below:

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Let $A = [a_{ij}]$ be a square matrix of order 3 with $|A| = 2$ and let $C = [c_{ij}]$ where $c_{ij} =$ cofactor of $a_{ij}$ in A. Then $|C|$ is equal to:

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If $\det \begin{pmatrix} 2x & 5 \\ 8 & x \end{pmatrix} = \det \begin{pmatrix} 6 & -2 \\ 1 & 1 \end{pmatrix}$, then the value of $x$ is

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One person speaks truth in 60% of the cases and another person in 80% of the cases. They are likely to agree in stating the same fact in

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The standard deviation of the number of tails in three tosses of a coin is:

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If $z = 3x + 4y$ be the objective function of a of a linear programming problem (LPP) and (3, 1), (2, 4), (0, 4), (5, 0) be corner points of the bounded feasible region. Then the maximum value of objective function is

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If the corner points of the bounded feasible region for a Linear Programming Problem (LPP) are A(0,2), B(3, 0), C(2, 3) and D(3, 1), then the maximum value of the objective function $Z = 4x + 2y$ occurs at

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Let A = $[a_{ij}]_{n \times n}$ be a matrix. Then Match List-I with List-II | List-I | List-II | | --- | --- | | (A) $A^T = A$ | (I) A is a singular matrix | | (B) $A^T = -A$ | (II) A is a non-singular matrix | | (C) $\vert A\vert = 0$ | (III) A is a skew symmetric matrix | | (D) $\vert A\vert \neq 0$ | (IV) A is a symmetric matrix | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Which of the following inequalities are NOT correct? (A) If $a > 1, b > 1,$ then $\log_b a + \log_a b \leq 2$ (B) For any real number $x, (9^x + 9^{1-x}) \geq 9$ (C) If $a,b,c$ are non-zero real numbers of the same sign, then $\left(\frac{a}{b} + \frac{b}{c} + \frac{c}{a}\right) \leq 3$ (D) If $a,b,c$ are three distinct real numbers, then $(a + b)(b + c)(c + a) \geq 8abc$ Choose the **correct** answer from the options given below:

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If A and B are invertible matrices then which of the following statement is NOT correct?

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If A and B are independent events, then which of the following statements are TRUE? (A) $P(A \cap B) = P(A).P(B)$ (B) $P(A \cap B) = P(A) - P(B)$ (C) $P(A \cup B) = P(A) + P(B) - P(A).P(B)$ (D) $P(A \cap B) = P(A). P(B|A)$ Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Match List-I with List-II | List-I | List-II | |---|---| | Mathematical Statement | Value | | (A) $\hat{i} \cdot (\hat{j} \times \hat{k})$ | (I) $-\hat{k}$ | | (B) $\hat{j} \cdot (\hat{i} \times \hat{k})$ | (II) 1 | | (C) $\hat{i} \times (\hat{j} \times \hat{k})$ | (III) -1 | | (D) $\hat{j} \times \hat{i}$ | (IV) $\vec{0}$ | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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