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 ECAT 2014 (Mathematics)

1. The value of x that satisfies log10 ( x  5)  2  log10 x is:

a. (5  425 ) / 2 b. (5  425 ) / 2 c. (5  425 ) / 2 d. (5  425 ) / 2

2. The acute angle x radians is such that tan( x )  k where k is a positive constant.
Then the value of tan( / 2  x ) is:

a. k b. k c. k / k2  1 d. 1/ k

3. The solution to x  2  (3  2 x) is:

a. 1 x  5/ 3 b. x1 c. x1 d. x  5/ 3
4. The gradient of the curve y  12 / ( x 2  4 x) at x  3 is:
a. -8 b. -4 c. -24 d. -8/3


1
5. The integral (4 x  3) dx evaluates to:
0

a. -1 b. -1/2 c. 2 d. 0
The function f and g are defined by:
6. f : x  3x  2 x
g : x  6 / ( 2 x  3) x  , x  3 / 2

The solution of f 1 ( x )  g 1 ( x ) is:

a. -2 or 9/2 b. 2 or -9/2 c. -5/4 or 5/4 d. -4/5 or 4/5
7. A curve has equation y  k / x , if the gradient of the curve is -3 when x  2 then k is:
a. ¾ b. -6 c. 12 d . -12
8. An arithmetic progression has a first term of 12 and a fifth term of 18, the sum of first 25 terms is:
a . 400 b. 350 c. 750 d . 150
9. The first three terms in a geometric progression are 144, x and 64 respectively, where x is positive. The
sum to infinity of the progression is:
a. 48 b. 96 c. 216 d. 432

10. If 2 sin( x ) tan( x )  3 for 0  x  360. Then x is:

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a. 450 or 3150 b. 600 or 3000 c. 300 or 3300 d. None of above

dy
11. A curve is such that  2 x 2  5, (3,8) lies on the cuve then the equation of the curve is:
dx
a. (2 / 3)x 3  5 x  8 b. (2 / 3)x 3  5 x  11 c. (2 / 3)x 3  5 x  3 d. (2 / 3)x 3  5 x  5
The function f and g are defined by:
f : x  2x  a x  , a is a constant
12.
g : x  x2 - 6x x
The value of a for which f ( x )  g ( x ) has exactly one real solution is:
a. 7 b. 0 c. 16 d. 12
13. The real roots of (18 / x 4 )  (1 / x 2 )  4 are:
a. -2/3 and 2/3 b. -2/3 and 3/2 c. -3/2 and 3/2 d. 2/3 and -3/2
14. The function f and g are defined by:
f : x  3x  2 x
g : x  6 / ( 2 x  3) x  , x  3 / 2
Then the value of x for which fg ( x )  3 is:
a. -5/6 b. 15 c. 7.5 d. 6/5

1 0 
15. If matrix A    and A  A1  KI then the value of constants p and k is:
0 p
a. +1 and -2 b. +1 and +2 c. -1 and +2 d. 1 and ½

 1 3 6 
16. The determinant of A   0 4 3i  , where i  1, is:
 0 3i 4 

a. 16  9i b. 16  9i c. -24 d. 25

17. If (2 x  1)n (2 x  1)  (2 x  1)(4 x 2  1) for all values of x, then the value of n is:
a. 1 b. 3 c. 4 d. 2

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 ECAT 2014 (Mathematics)

(n  1)!(n  2)!
18. The expression reduces to:
(n !) 2

a. 1 / (n( n  1)) b. 1 / (n3  n2 ) c. 1 / n3 d. 1/ n

19. Using Binomial Theorem, (2.02)4 approximates up to two decimal places to:
a. 16.64 b. 16.44 c. 16.40 d. 16.60
1  cos x sin x
20. The Identity  equals:
sin x 1  cos x
a. 2 cot x b. 2 / sin x c. 2 tan x d. 2 cos x
21. Given x  Cos , then Sin equals:

a. 1  x2 b.  1  x2 c. 1  x2 d. 1/ x

22. The function y  3  3 x  x 3 for x  0 has a maximum value at:

a. (1,5) b. (5,1) c. (3,4) d. (2,2)

  2  5
23. The determinant of the matrix   is 9. The values of  are equal to:
 1   1 
a. -1,4 b. 0,1 c. 3,-3 d. 1,-4

 3 0
24. Given that S    then S 4 is given by:
 0 3

a.  81 0   0 81  27 0   0 27 
 0 81 b.  81 0  c.  0 27  d.  27 0 
       
25. Solve for x if 2 x  3 / 8 x  32 / 4 x / 2
a. 5/8 b. -5/8 c. -8/5 d. 8/5

26. If n  0 and 4 x 2  kx  25  (2 x  n) 2 , for all values of x, then the value of (k  n) is:

a. 6 b. 15 c. 12 d. 0
27. The range of values of m for which the roots of the equation mx 2  1  x ( x  3) are not real is:
a. m  13 / 4 b. m  13 / 4 c. m  13 / 4 d. m  13 / 4

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 ECAT 2014 (Mathematics)

28. The solution set of equation 2 x  2 y  1 and x  y  6 is:

a.  b. 1, 1 c.  2, 3 d.  0
29. The solution of y  3  3 y  5 is:

a. 2 b. 4 c. 1 d. -1

30. The solution of 2 y  5  4 y - 3 is:

a. y4 b. y8 c. y8 d. y4

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 ECAT 2015 (Mathematics)

e2 x
1. Differentiating the equation with respect to x is given by?
x1
2e 2 x (2 x  1)e 2 x 2 xe 2 x ( x  1)e 2 x
a. b. c. d.
( x  1) 2 ( x  1) 2 ( x  1) 2 ( x  1) 2
dy
2. If  x 2  2 then y is given by?
dx
x3 x3
a. y  2x  c b. y  2x  c c. y  2x  2  c d. y  xc
3 3
 3 4 1 0
3. A    and C    given that AB=C, then the matrix B is given by?
 2 2 0 1
 1 2   2 1  3 4  1 2 
a.  2 2  b.  2 1 c.  2 2  d.  3
       1 2 

1
4. Find all the angles between 0 and 360 degree such that sin x 
2
a. 210,330 b. 30,150 c. 30,210 d. 330,150
1  cos x
5. On simplifying the equation the result is?
1  sec x
a. sin x b. cos x c. csc x d. sec x

6. Binomial expansion of an expression A gives 1  8 x  24 x 2  32 x 3  16 x 4 .

The expression A is given by?
a. (1  2 x )4 b. (1  4 x )4 c. (1  2 x )4 d. (1  4 x )4
x2
7. 2  3.2  32  0 gives value of x ?
2x

a . (3,4) b. (8,4) c. (2,3) d. (5,9)


8. The area enclosed by a curve y  cos x and x  axis from x  0 to x  is the same as?
2
   All of these
a.  sin x dx
2
b. 0
2
sin x dx c.   cos x dx
2
d.

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 ECAT 2015 (Mathematics)

9. A particle moving in a straight line with velocity v  (4  t 2 ) where t is the time from a fixed point.
Then acceleration of the particle after 4 sec is?
a. 8m / sec 2 b. 8m / sec c. 4m / sec d. 4m / sec 2

10. A complex number (1  i 3 ) can be expressed as?

a. 2 cos 30  i sin 30 b. cos 60  i sin 60 c. 2(cos 60  i sin 60) d. sin 30  i cos 30
dy x (2 x  2) x (2 x  2)

5
11. Given that y  x 2 2 x  1 then  . Then result of is ?
dx 2x  1 0
2x  1
a. 78 b. 75 c. 33 d. 34

12. Find the set of value of m for which expression 2 x 2  mx  2  0 have real roots?
a. m4 b. 4  m  4 c. m4 d. m  4
13. There are 50 students in a class out of these 38 used desktop computers, 16 out of these used laptop. It is
noted that five students neither used laptop or computer. The students having both laptop and computer is
A . Based on the information find out the greatest value of A ?
a. 36 b. 4 c. 16 d. 30
14. There are 50 students in a class out of these 38 used desktop computers, 16 out of these used laptop. It is
noted that five students neither used laptop or computer. The students having both laptop and computer is
A . Based on the information find out the smallest value of A ?
a. 16 b. 8 c. 4 d. 0
15. Which of the following points is a point of intersection of the curve
x 2  y 2  8 and the straight line 2 x  y  2

a. (-2,-2) b. (2,2) c. (0.4,2.8) d. (0,1)

16. Two straight lines are given as
M: y  3 x  1 and N: y 
a. M and N are parallel b.
1
x  2 . Which of the following statement is correct?
3
M and N intersect at
M and N are perpendicular c. M and N are not intersect d. multiple points

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 ECAT 2015 (Mathematics)

17. Let the real valued function f and g be defined by f  x   2 x  1 and g  x   x 2  x.

The expression fg ( x ) is given by?

a. 2 x2  x  1 b. 2 x2  2 x  2 c. 2 x2  2 x  2 d. 2 x2  2 x  1
18. The y intercept and the slope of the line expressed by 3 x  2 y  6  0 is?
3 3 3 3, 3
a. , 3 b. 3, c. 3, d.
2 2 2

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 ECAT 2016 (Mathematics)

1. Solving the equation x 2  (a  b) x  ab  0

a. x  a, x  b b. x   a, x   b c. x  a, x   b d. x  a, x  b

2. If the roots of a quadratic equation in x are 2  3 then the equation is:

a. x2  4 x  1  0 b. x2  4 x  1  0 c. x2  4 x  1  0 d. x2  4 x  1  0
1 12
3. The eighth term of the expression (2 x 2  ) is
2x2
a. 198 / x 4 b. 198 / x 4 c. 188 / x 4 d. 188 / x 8
4. Which of the following statements is true?
a. 161/ 3  161/ 6  4 b. 91/ 3  91/ 6  811/ 8 c. 31/ 3  31/ 6  9 d. 91/ 3  91/ 3  3

5. What is value of x if log 9 729  x

a. x  1/ 4 b. x  3/4 c. x  1/ 2 d. x  3/ 2

 3 log y y  1 
2

6. On simplifying the expression   the result is:

 4  2 log x 1 
3 1
 log  Cannot simplified
2
a. b. c. y y 2  log x x d.

7. The coordinates given in the table represent a line y  mx  c. The value of m and c are:
x: 0 1 2 3
14 10
y: 6 2
3 3
a. m  2, c  4 b. m  2, c  4 / 3 c. m  4 / 3, c  6 d. m  4 / 3, c  2

2
8. The expression equals:
x ( x  1)
2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
a.  b.  c.   d. 
x x1 x x1 x x1 x x1
9. Find all the angle between -360 and 180 when sin x  1 / 2 ?
a. -150 and -30 b. -150 and 30 c. -30 and 150 d. 150 and 30

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 ECAT 2016 (Mathematics)

 3 4  27 
10. A    and B    given that AX  B, if the matrix X ?
 2 2 16 
 3  2 5 5
a. X  b. X  c. X  d. X 
4 4  3  3
1 3  1 0
11. A    and C    given that AB  C , find the matrix B?
 2 1 0 1

1 1 3  1  2 1  3 4   1 2
B B B
a. 7  2 1 b. 7  2 1 c. 
 2 2  d. B 
 1 3 
 2
sin 2
12. On simplifying the expression , the result is:
1  cos 2
a. sin  b. cot  c. tan  d. sec 
x2  x  2
13. Evaluate f ( x )  lim
x 1 x2  x
a. f ( x)  3 b. f ( x)   c. f ( x)  0 d. f ( x)  1

14. Differentiating the expression y  ( x  1)( x  2)2 w.r.t x gives:

a. 2 x ( x  2) b. 2( x  1)( x  2) c. 2( x  1) d. 3 x ( x  2)

b
15. The gradient of y  ax  at (2,5) is 2. Find a and b:
x2
a. a  7, b  4 b. a  7, b  2 c. a  7 / 3, b  4 / 3 d. a  4 / 3, b  7 / 3

16. The coordinates of the points on curve y  2 x 3  4 x 2  x  1 at which the slope of the curve is -1:
a. (1 / 3, 26 / 27) b. Both a and c c. (1, 0) d. None of these
dy
17. If  x 3  3 then y =?
dx
x4 y  3 x2  c y  3 x2  3  c x3
a. y  3x  c b. c. d. y  xc
4 3

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 ECAT 2016 (Mathematics)


1

3

1
f ( x) dx   f ( x) dx  K
3
18. Given that f ( x ) dx  f ( x ) dx  3, then evaluate
0 1 0 1

a. K=4 b. K=6 c. K=3 d. K=0


3

3
3 f ( x )   4 f ( x ) dx  K
3
19. Given that f ( x ) dx  3, then evaluate
0 0 0

a. K=11 b. K=21 c. K=17 d. K=20

dy x (5 x  2) x (5 x  2)

3
20. Given that y  x 2 2 x  1 and that  . Evaluate the value of
dx 2x  1 1
2x  1
a. 3 5 1 b. 3 5 1 c. 9 5 1 d. 9 5 1
1
21. Two straight lines are M: y  3 x  1 and N: y  x  2 which of the following statement is true?
3
M and N are M and N are M and N do not M and N intersect
a. b. c. d.
parallel perpendicular intersect at multiple points
22. Which of the following are valid roots of f ( x )  3 x 3  8 x 2  5 x  6
a. -1 b. 3 c. 1 d. Both a and b

23. Let the real valued functions f and g be defined by f ( x )  3 x  1 and g( x)  x 2  x then the expression

for f  g( x)  is given by:

a. 3 x2  x  1 b. 3 x2  3 x  3 c. 3 x2  3 x  1 d. x2  3x  1
24. The y  intercept and slope of the line expressed by 2 x  3 y  2  0
y  intercept = -2/3
y  intercept = 2/3 y  intercept = -3/2 y  intercept = -3
a. and slope=2/3 b. c. d.
and slope= -2/3 and slope= -3/2 and slope= -3

25. Solving the equation 22 x  3.2 x  2  25  0 yields for:

a. (1,4) b. (8,4) c. (2,3) d. (5,9)
26. The area enclosed by a curve y  cos x and x -axis from x  0 and x = /2 is same as:
  
a.
0
2
sin x dx b.  sin x dx
2
c.   cos x dx
2
d. All of these

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 ECAT 2016 (Mathematics)

1
27. Given that  2 2 5  x    21 , then find the value of x
 
 3 
a . -2 b. 3 c. 2 d. -3
28. A complex number 1  i can be expressed as:
a. 2(cos 60  i sin 30) b. cos 60  i sin 30 c. 2(cos 60  i sin 60) d. cos 30  i sin 30

k 0
29. If matrix   then for what values of constraints p and k is A  A1  2 I where I
0 p
stands for identity matrix.
a. 1,1 b. -1,2 c. not valid for any value d. 1, ½

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 ECAT 2017 (Mathematics)

1. Asim is now three times as old as Irfan. After 10years, Asim will be twice as old as Irfan. Asim’s age at
this time is
a. 10 b. 20 c. 30 d. 40
2. The solution of the equation xdy  ( y  1)dx  0 is
a. ln  x  ( y  1)   C b. x ( y  1)  C c. xe ( y 1)  C d. xy  x ( y  1)  C

The maximum value of the function f ( x, y )   x  3 y subject to constraints  x  2, x  3 and

3.
y  1 is at:
a. (-100,100) b. (-2,1) c. (-100,0) d. (3,1)
4. Vectors u  ai  j  k and v  i  2 j  bk are collinear if:

1 1
a. a  1, b  1 b. a ,b  2 c. a  2, b  d. a  1, b  1
2 2
5. Vectors u  ai  j  k and v  i  2 j  bk are perpendicular if:

a. a  3, b  1 b. a  2, b  1 c. a  1, b  3 d. a  1 / 2, b  2
6. Equation of a circle with center at (4,3) and radius = 2 is given by:
a. ( x  4)2  ( y  3) 2  4 b. 4 x2  3 y2  4 c. ( x 2 / 16)  ( y 2 / 9)  4 d. x 2  y 2  8 x  6 y  21  0

( y  1) 2
7. The equation x 2   1 represents:
4
An ellipse with
A circle with center
a. A parabola with c. center at (0,1) and A hyperbola with
At (0,1) and radius b. d.
parameter a  4 minor axis of parameter a  4
-2
length 1.
8. Let y    4 cos 2 ( x   / 3)  2 dx, then y equals:

a. 4 cos3 ( x   / 3)  2 x  C b. 4 sin 2 ( x   / 3)  2 x  C c. sin(2 x  2 / 3)  C d. None of the above

9. f ( xo   x )  f ( x0 )  f ( xo )  x. Therefore, the approximate value of sin(9 / 10) is:
a.  / 10 b. 0 c.  / 10 d. 9 / 10
10. The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 5cm to obtain a triangle with maximum area, the other two sides must
be:

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a. 4 cm and 39 cm b. Both 5 cm c. Both 2 5 cm d. Both 5/ 2 cm

11. If y  esin x cos x , then dy / dx is:

a. esin x cos x sin x cos x b. esin x cos x cos 2 x c. esin x cos x sin 2 x d. None of the above

12. The function f ( x)  x 3 / 3  x 2 / 2  5 has:

a. An inflexion at x  1 b. Arelative minimu, at x  1 c. An inflexion at x  0 d. A relative mimimum at x  0

The line that passes through the point of intersection of x  y - 1  0 and x  0, and is parallel to the
13.
line x - y  0 is given by:

a. y  x 1 b. y  x 1 c. y  x1 d. y  x  1

14. log 3 27  log 5 25 is equal to:

a. log 4 2 b. 2 c. 1 d. None of the above

15. If y  2 x , then dy / dx equals:

a. 2x b. 2 x ln 2 c. x2 x d. log 2 x

16. A particle’s trajectory in space is given by x  8t  2t 2 , y  12t  t 3 , z  4. The particle is rest at the point:
a. (0,0,0) b. (0,0,4) c. (8,16,4) d. None of the above
17. If f ( x )  3 x - 1 and g ( x )  x ( x - 1) then gf 1 ( x) is:
x x x x 
a. ( x  1) b. ( x  1) c. 3 x (3 x  1) d.   1
3 3 3 3 

18. The period of the function y  3 sin(t / 8) is:

a. 24 b. 24 c. 8 d. 16
19. A wire of length L can be shaped into a circle or a square. The ratio of the area of the square divided by
the area of the circle is:
a.  /4 b. L/4 c.  2 / L2 d. None of the above
20. If sin( x   / 2)  cos( x   ) and -  x  2 , then x equals to:
a.  /2 b. 7 / 4 c. 3 / 2 d. 3 / 2
21. log 2 8 x  18 means that x is equal to:

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a. 215 b. 26 c. 1 / 3  218 d. 24.5

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22. Using Binomial Theorem, 40 approximates to:
a. 2.0 b. 2.5 c. 2.1 d. 2.4
23. A box contains 15 red, 10 green and 5 yellow toffees. Asim picks 2 green toffees and 1 red toffee out of
the box and eat them. What is the probability that Irfan will now pick a green toffee to eat?
a. 10/30 b. 8/27 c. 8/30 d. 8/22

24. The k th term of a series is given by 2k 3 k , The sum of the first 100 terms is approximately:
a. 2 b. 1.5 c. 1 d. (2 / 3)100

25. Let f ( x )  6 x 3  x 2  4 x  1 :
a. ( x  2) is a factor of f ( x ) b. x  -1 is a root of f ( x ) c. ( x - 1) is a factor of f ( x ) d. x  2 is a root of f ( x )

26. If the set S=1, 0, 1 :

Division is a binary Addition is not a S is closed with S is closed with
a. operation on S b. binary operation on S c. respect to division d. respect to
multiplication
27. The additive inverse of 10 / (3  i ), where i  1, is:
a. 3  i b. 3i c. 3  i d. 3 i
28. A body moves in a straight line from a point X with a speed v  50 sin  t km/h.
How far is from X after 30 minutes?
a. 50/ km b. 50 km c. 0 km d. -50/ km
1 0 0 0 
 
29. The reduced low echelon form of a linear system given by  0 2 1 3  has:
 0 0 0 1 

a. No solution b. Exactly one solution c. Two solution d. Infinitely solutions

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1 1 1 3
2 0 0 2 
30. A   . The rank of matrix A is:
0 2 0 2
 
0 0 2 2

a. One b. Two c. Three d. Four

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