1988 (AIEEE / IIT-JEE, in the JEE Main bank) questions

13 questions, by subject. Each opens with its options and answer.

Mathematics

  1. One hundred identical coins, each with probability p, of showing up heads are tossed once. If 0 < p < 1 and the probability of heads showing on 50 coins is equal to that of heads showing on 51 coins, then the value of p…

    Probability

  2. The value of the expression √(3)cosec 20°-sec 20° is equal to

    Trigonometry · with solution

  3. If a circle passes through the point (a, b) and cuts the circle x^2 + y^2 = k^2 orthogonally, then the equation of the locus of its centre is

    Circles

  4. The complex numbers sin x + i cos 2x and cos x - i sin 2x are conjugate to each other, for

    Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations

  5. If y^2 = P(x) is a polynomial of degree 3, then 2d/dx (y^3(d^2y)/(dx^2) ) equals

    Limits Continuity and Differentiability

  6. If P = (1, 0), Q = (-1, 0) and R = (2, 0) are three given points, then locus of the points satisfying the relation SQ^2 + SR^2 = 2SP^2 is

    Straight Lines and Pair of Lines · with solution

Chemistry

  1. The oxidation number of phosphorus in Ba(H_2PO_2)_2 is

    Redox and Electrochemistry · with solution

  2. The equivalent weight of MnSO_4 is half of its molecular weight, when it converts to

    Redox and Electrochemistry

  3. In which mode of expression, the concentration of a solution remains independent of temperature?

    Solutions

  4. The outermost electronic configuration of the most electronegative element is

    Atomic Structure · with solution

  5. The orbital diagram in which the Aufbau principle is violated

    Atomic Structure

  6. The wavelength of a spectral line for an electronic transition is inversely related to

    Atomic Structure

Physics

  1. A boat which has a speed of 5 km/h in still water crosses a river of width 1 km along the shortest possible path in 15 min. The velocity of the river water in km/h is

    Kinematics

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