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Algebra PYQ — Page 8

JEE Main Mathematics — Algebra previous year questions with solutions.

All Algebra Questions (1966)

If $g(x)=3 x^{2}+2 x-3, f(0)=-3$ and $4 g(f(x))=3 x^{2}-32 x+72$, then $f(g(2))$ is equal to:

2026
medium
mcq

Let the arithmetic mean of $\frac{1}{\mathrm{a}}$ and $\frac{1}{\mathrm{~b}}$ be $\frac{5}{16}, \mathrm{a}>2$. If $\alpha$ is such that $\mathrm{a}, 4, \alpha, \mathrm{~b}$ are in A.P., then the equation $\alpha x^{2}-a x+2(\alpha-2 b)=0$ has:

2026
hard
mcq

Given below are two statements: Statement I: The function $f: \mathbf{R} \rightarrow \mathbf{R}$ defined by $f(x)=\frac{x}{1+|x|}$ is one-one. Statement II: The function $f: \mathbf{R} \rightarrow \mathbf{R}$ defined by $f(x)=\frac{x^{2}+4 x-30}{x^{2}-8 x+18}$ is many-one. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

2026
medium
mcq

Three persons enter in a lift at the ground floor. The lift will go upto $10^{\text {th }}$ floor. The number of ways, in which the three persons can exit the lift at three different floors, if the lift does not stop at first, second and third floors, is equal to $\_\_\_\_$.

2026
easy
integer

A person has three different bags and four different books. The number of ways, in which he can put these books in the bags so that no bag is empty, is:

2026
medium
mcq

If the coefficients of the middle terms in the binomial expansions of $(1 + \alpha x)^{26}$ and $(1 - \alpha x)^{28}$, $\alpha \neq 0$, are equal, then the value of $\alpha$ is:

2026
medium
mcq

The number of elements in the set $S = \left\{(r, k) : k \in \mathbb{Z} \text{ and } {}^{36}C_{r+1} = \dfrac{6\left({}^{35}C_r\right)}{(k^2 - 3)}\right\}$, is :

2026
medium
mcq

Suppose $\mathrm{a}, \mathrm{b}, \mathrm{c}$ are in A.P. and $\mathrm{a}^{2}, 2 \mathrm{~b}^{2}, \mathrm{c}^{2}$ are in G.P. If $\mathrm{a}<\mathrm{b}<\mathrm{c}$ and $\mathrm{a}+\mathrm{b}+\mathrm{c}=1$, then $9\left(\mathrm{a}^{2}+\mathrm{b}^{2}+\mathrm{c}^{2}\right)$ is equal to $\_\_\_\_$ .

2026
medium
integer

Let $S=\left\{z \in \mathbb{C}: 4 z^{2}+\bar{z}=0\right\}$. Then $\sum_{z \in S}|z|^{2}$ is equal to:

2026
medium
mcq

Let $S=\{z: 3 \leqslant|2 z-3(1+i)| \leqslant 7\}$ be a set of complex numbers. Then $\min _{z \in S}\left|\left(z+\frac{1}{2}(5+3 i)\right)\right|$ is equal to :

2026
medium
mcq

Let $A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 3 & 1 & 0 \\ 9 & 3 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$ and $B = [b_{ij}]$, $1 \leq i, j \leq 3$. If $B = A^{99} - I$, then the value of $\dfrac{b_{31} - b_{21}}{b_{32}}$ is :

2026
medium
mcq

A building construction work can be completed by two masons A and B together in 22.5 days. Mason A alone can complete the construction work in 24 days less than mason B alone. Then mason A alone will complete the construction work in :

2026
medium
mcq

Let $|\mathrm{A}|=6$, where A is a $3 \times 3$ matrix. If $\left|\operatorname{adj}\left(3 \operatorname{adj}\left(\mathrm{~A}^{2} \cdot \operatorname{adj}(2 \mathrm{~A})\right)\right)\right|=2^{\mathrm{m}} \cdot 3^{\mathrm{n}}, \mathrm{m}, \mathrm{n} \in \mathbf{N}$, then $\mathrm{m}+\mathrm{n}$ is equal to $\_\_\_\_$.

2026
hard
integer

Let $S$ be the set of the first 11 natural numbers. Then the number of elements in $A=\{B \subseteq S: n(B) \geqslant 2$ and the product of all elements of $B$ is even $\}$ is $\_\_\_\_$ .

2026
medium
integer

Let $A = \{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6\}$. The number of one-one functions $f: A \rightarrow A$ such that $f(1) \geq 3$, $f(3) \leq 4$ and $f(2) + f(3) = 5$, is __________.

2026
medium
integer

Let $A=\{-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3$,$\} . Let R$ be a relation on A defined by $x R y$ if and only if $0 \leq x^2+2 y \leq 4$. Let $l$ be the number of elements in R and $m$ be the minimum number of elements required to be added in R to make it a reflexive relation. then $l+m$ is equal to

2025
medium
mcq

Let $\mathrm{a}_{\mathrm{n}}$ be the $\mathrm{n}^{\text {th }}$ term of an A. P. If $S_n=a_1+a_2+a_3+\ldots+a_n=700, a_6=7$ and $S_7=7$, then $\mathrm{a}_{\mathrm{n}}$ is equal to :

2025
medium
mcq

The number of relations on the set $\mathrm{A}=\{1,2,3\}$ containing at most 6 elements including $(1,2)$, which are reflexive and transitive but not symmetric, is ________

2025
medium
integer

Consider the equation $\mathrm{x}^2+4 \mathrm{x}-\mathrm{n}=0$, where $\mathrm{n} \in[20,100]$ is a natural number. Then the number of all distinct values of $n$, for which the given equation has integral roots, is equal to

2025
easy
mcq

If α and β are roots of x² - 5x + 6 = 0, then α³ + β³ equals:

2025
medium
mcq

Let $A=\left[\begin{array}{ccc}\cos \theta & 0 & -\sin \theta \\ 0 & 1 & 0 \\ \sin \theta & 0 & \cos \theta\end{array}\right]$. If for some $\theta \in(0, \pi)$, $A^2=A^T$, then the sum of the diagonal elements of the matrix $(\mathrm{A}+\mathrm{I})^3+(\mathrm{A}-\mathrm{I})^3-6 \mathrm{~A}$ is equal to _____ .

2025
easy
integer

Define a relation R on the interval \(\left[0, \frac{\pi}{2}\right)\) by \(x \mathrm{R} y\) if and only if \(\sec ^2 x-\tan ^2 y=1\). Then R is :

2025
easy
mcq

If $\alpha$ is a root of the equation $x^2+x+1=0$ and $\sum_{\mathrm{k}=1}^{\mathrm{n}}\left(\alpha^{\mathrm{k}}+\frac{1}{\alpha^{\mathrm{k}}}\right)^2=20$, then n is equal to

2025
medium
integer

For the quadratic equation ax² + bx + c = 0 to have two distinct real roots, the discriminant must satisfy:

2025
easy
mcq