Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University),

Department of Vocational Studies,

Question Bank
(Academic Session:- 2019-2020)
B.Voc. I sem.
Course title: - Advanced Mathematics (For Science Group), Course Code:- VCC-104

UNIT-1
ALGEBRA
1. Find the roots of the Quadratic Equations
(i) 3𝑥 2 − 2√6𝑥 + 2 = 0 (ii) √3𝑥 2 − √2𝑥 + 3√𝑥 = 0
(iii) 4√5𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 − 3√5 = 0 (iv) 𝑎𝑥 2 + (4𝑎2 − 3𝑏)𝑥 − 12𝑎𝑏 = 0
(V) 25𝑥 2 − 30𝑥 + 11 = 0
2. Find the roots of the Quadratic Equation 2𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 + 3 by completing square method.
3. Show that roots of the equation 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 = 0 are complex conjugate of each
other if 𝑏 2 < 4𝑎𝑐.
4. Form a Quadratic equation whose roots have the sum and product given below:
(i) sum=5; product=6 (ii) sum=6; product= -16
5. Divide 3𝑥 4 − 4𝑥 3 − 3𝑥 − 1 by 𝑥 − 1 & Also write its remainder and Quotient.
6. If the 𝑝𝑡ℎ term of an A.P. is ‘q’ and the 𝑞 𝑡ℎ term is ‘p’, prove that its 𝑛𝑡ℎ term is
(𝑝 + 𝑞 + 𝑛).
7. If the sum of ‘m’ terms of an A.P. is the same as the sum of its ‘n’ terms, show that
the sum of its (𝑚 + 𝑛)th term is zero.
8. Find the sum of the following series
(i) 101+99+97+……+47.
(ii) (𝑎 − 𝑏)2 + (𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 ) + (𝑎 + 𝑏)2 + ⋯ + [(𝑎 + 𝑏)2 + 6𝑎𝑏]
1 1 1
9. If 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are in A.P. Show that 𝑏𝑐 , 𝑐𝑎 , 𝑎𝑏 will also be in A.P.
−5 5 −5
10. Find the sum of infinite series , 16 , 64 , … … … . . ∞
4
11. If the Ist and nth term of a G.P. are ‘a’ & ‘b’ respectively and if ‘p’ is product of the
first ‘n’ terms, prove that 𝑝2 = ( ab )
n

12. (i) Find the seventh term of the G.P. is 3, 6, 12, …….
(ii) The fourth term of a G.P. is 27 and the seventh term is 729, find the G.P.
13. The 8th and 14th term of a H.P. are ½ and 1/3 respectively. Find its 20th term.
14. If mth term of H.P. is ‘nr’ and nth term is ‘mr’, then prove that its rth term is ‘mn’.

UNIT-2
GEOMETRY
1. Find the angle between the lines joining the points (0, 0), (2, 3) and the points (2, -2),
(3,5).
2. Find the equation of a straight line which cuts an intercept of length 3 on y-axis and is
parallel to the line joining points (3, -2) and (1,4).
3. Find the equation of a line that has y-intercept 4 and is perpendicular to the line
joining (2, -3) and (4,2).
4. Find equation of a line joining the points (1, -3) and (4, -2).
5. Find the equation of a straight line is parallel to x-axis and passes through the point
(5, -6).
6. (i) Find the distance between the line 12𝑥 − 5𝑦 + 9 = 0 and the point (2,1).

(ii) Find the equation of a line passing through (2, -3) and inclined at an angle of 1350

with the positive direction of x-axis.

7. Transform the equation of line √3𝑥 + 𝑦 − 8 = 0 to normal form and hence find the
inclination of the perpendicular from the origin on the line with the x-axis and its
length.
8. Find equation of a line which is parallel to 3𝑥 − 2𝑦 + 5 = 0 and passes through the
point (5, -6).
9. Find equation of a circle which passes through the origin and cuts off chords of length
4 and 6 on the positive side of x-axis and y-axis respectively.
10. Find the equation of a circle which touches
(i) the x-axis and whose centre is (3,4).
(ii) both the axes and whose radius is 5.
11. Find the centre and radius of the circle 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 − 6𝑥 + 4𝑦 − 12 = 0.
12. Find the equation of the parabola whose focus is at (-1, -2) and the directrix the line
𝑥 − 2𝑦 + 3 = 0
13. For the following parabolas. Find the coordinates of foci, the equations of the
directrix and the length of the latus rectum.
14. (i) 𝑦 2 = 8𝑥 (ii) 𝑥 2 = 6𝑦 (iii) 𝑦 2 = −12 (iv) 𝑥 2 = −16𝑦
Find the equation of the ellipse with focus at (1,1) and eccentricity ½ and directrix 𝑥 −
𝑦 + 3 = 0.
15. Find equation of the hyperbola whose directrix is 2𝑥 + 𝑦 = 1, focus (1,2) and
eccentricity √3.

UNIT-3

STATISTICS AND COMMERCIAL MATHEMATICS

1. (a) Find the arithmetic mean of the following frequency distribution:

x: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
f: 5 9 12 17 14 10 6
 (b) Calculate the arithmetic mean of the marks from the following table:
Marks: 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60
No. of 12 18 27 20 17 6
Students:

2. The average salary of male employees in a firm was Rs. 5200 and that of females was
4,200. The mean salary of all the employees was Rs. 5,000. Find the percentage of
male and female employees.
3. Obtain the median for the following frequency distribution:
x: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
f: 8 10 11 16 20 25 15 9 6

4. (a) Find the mode of the following frequency distribution:

Size(x): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Frequency (f): 3 8 15 23 35 40 32 28 20 45 14 6

(b) Find the mode for the following distribution:

Class-interval: 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80
Frequency: 5 8 7 12 28 20 10 10

5. Find the Standard deviation of the set of numbers 3,4,9,11,13,6,8 and 10.
6. Calculate the mean and standard deviation for the following table giving the age
distribution of 542 members.

Age (in 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90

years):
No. of 3 61 132 153 140 51 2
members:

7. Harmeet purchased 3.5 kg of potatoes at the rate of 13.75 per kg. How much money
should she pay in nearest rupees?
8. Kavita had a piece of rope of length 9.5 m. She needed some small pieces of rope of
length 1.9 m. How many pieces of the required length will she get out of this rope?
9. Reshma uses ¾ m of cloth to stitch a shirt. How many shirts can she make with 2 ¼
m cloth?
10. A shopkeeper bought 600 oranges and 400 bananas. He found 15% of oranges and
8% of bananas were rotten. Find the percentage of fruits in good condition.

UNIT-4
MATHEMATICAL LOGIC
1. Explain Mathematical Logic, Define Proposition (or Statement)
2. Draw the truth table of P  Q
3. Draw the truth table of statement ( p  q)  ( p q)
4. Draw truth table for the statement ( p  q )  ( p  q)
5. Draw truth table for ( p  q )  ( p  q )
6. Define logically equivalent statements.
7. show that following are equivalent
(i) P → ( Q → P ) & P → (P → Q)
(ii) P → Q & P  Q
8. Show that following are equivalent statements
(i) ( p  q ) & ( p  q ) .
(ii) ( p  q ) and p q
9. If P and Q are two statements, then show that (without using truth table)
( P  Q ) = ( p q )  ( q p )
10. Show that ( p  q )  ( p  q ) is a tautology.
11. Show that ( p  q )  ( p  q ) is a contradiction.
12. Show that ( p q )  ( p  q ) is a tautology.

UNIT-5
CALCULUS
𝑥 2 −4 √1+𝑥+√1−𝑥
1. Evaluate (i) lim 3𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 5 (ii) lim (iii) lim
𝑥→1 𝑥→2 𝑥+3 𝑥→0 1+𝑥
𝑥 2 −5𝑥+6 𝑥 3 −3𝑥 2 +4 𝑥 3 −6𝑥 2 +11𝑥−6
2. Evaluate (i) lim (ii) ) lim 𝑥 4−8𝑥 2 +16 (iii) lim
𝑥→2 𝑥 2 −4 𝑥→2 𝑥→2 𝑥 2 −6𝑥+8
3. Evaluate (i) lim
2+ x − 2
(ii) lim
a2 + x2 − a2 − x2
(iii) lim
( 2 x − 3) x − 1 ( )
x →0 x x →0 x2 x →1 2x2 + x − 3
4. (i) Find the derivative of sin 𝑥 𝑎𝑡 𝑥 = 0.
(ii) Find the derivative of 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 + 5 𝑎𝑡 𝑥 = 0 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑥 = 5
5. (i) Let f be a real valued function defined by 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 + 1. Find 𝑓 ′ (2).
(ii) If f is a real valued function defined by 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 3, then find
𝑓 ′ (1) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓 ′ (3).
1 1
6. Find the slope of the tangent to the curve 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 𝑎𝑡 (− 2 , 4).
7. Find the derivatives of the following functions from first principles:
1
8. (i) 𝑥 3 − 27 (ii) (𝑥 − 1)(𝑥 − 2) (iii) 𝑥 2 (iv) √𝑥
2 −1 1 1 1 1 1
9. Evaluate (i) ∫1 𝑥 2 𝑑𝑥 (ii) ∫−4 𝑑𝑥 (iii) ∫0 𝑑𝑥 (iv) ∫0 𝑑𝑥
𝑥 √1+𝑥+√𝑥 2𝑥−3
10. Evaluate:
1  5 1 2

(i)  | 5 x − 3 | dx (ii)  | cos x | dx (iii)  | x − 2 | dx (iv)  e dx (v)  | x + 2 x − 3 | dx

| x| 2

0 0 −5 −1 0
2
11. Find the area bounded by the parabola 𝑦 = 4𝑎𝑥 and its latus rectum.
12. Sketch the region bounded by 𝑦 = 2𝑥 − 𝑥 2 and x-axis and find its area using
Integration.
13. Find the area of the region bounded by the line 𝑦 = 3𝑥 + 2, the axis and the ordinate
𝑥 = −1 and 𝑥 = 1.