CPP-1 Subject-MATHEMATICS Batch : CLASS XI Time : 75 minutes

BASIC MATHS
(Linear inequalities)

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1. If  ; then x belongs to :
x2 3
(A) (–, 5] (B) [2, 5] (C) (2, 5] (D) none of these

2.  x  Z, the number of values of x for which x2 – 5x + 6  0 and x2 – 2x > 0 is :

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

( x  1) ( x  2) 4
3. The value of x for which  0 is :
( x  1)3 ( x  3) 2
(A) [–1, 1] (B) (–1, 1]  {–2} (C) (–1, 1) (D) none of these

4. (x – 3)2 (x + 2)  0 for all values of x belonging to interval :

(A) [–2, ) (B) (–, –2] (C) [–2, 3) (D) none of these

( x 2  4) ( x  2)
5. Find the values of x which satisfies  0 , is :
( x  1) ( x  6)
(A) (–2, 1)  (6, ) (B) [–2, 1)  (6, )  {2} (C) (–, –2]  (6, ) (D) [–2, 1)  (1, 6)

6. The expression –x2 + 3x + 9 is always :

(A) positive (B) negative (C) 0 (D) none of these

( x  1)3 ( x  2) 2
7. The set of solutions of  0 is :
(e x  1) x3
(A) (1, ) (B) (–2, 1) (C) (–, –2)  [1, ) (D) none of these

x2 1
8. The number of integral solutions of 2
 is :
x 1 2
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 3 (D) none of these

9. The inequality | 2x – 3 | < 1 is valid when x lies in the interval :

(A) (3, 4) (B) (1, 2) (C) (–1, 2) (D) (–4, 3)

x  2 2x  3
10. If  then values of x are :
x  2 4x  1

1   1
(A) (, 2)   , 1  (4, ) (B)  2,   (1, 4)
4   4

1 
(C)  , 1 (D) none of these
2 

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 x 2  3x  4
11. The solution set of  1 , x  R – {–1} is :
x 1
(A) (3, ) (B) (–1, 1)  (3, ) (C) [–1, 1]  [3, ) (D) none

x2  1
12. The largest negative integer which satisfies  0 is :
( x  2) ( x  3)
(A) –4 (B) –3 (C) –1 (D) –2
13. | x2 – 5x | > | x2 | – | 5x |
(A) (–, 0) (B) (0, 5) (C) (–, 0)  (0, 5) (D) None
14. Number of solution of | x |  –2 is :
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) infinite
15. Value of x, if | x – 1 |  1
(A) x  [–, 0)  (2, ) (B) x  (0, 2) (C) x  [1, 2] (D) x  [0, 2]
16. If | x – 2 |  3, then x lies in the interval :
(A) x  [2, 3] (B) x  [–3, 3] (C) x  [–1, 5] (D) x  [–1, 3]
17. The solution to the inequality | 2x | + 4 < 0 is given by :
(A) no solution (B) (–2, 2) (C) [–2, 2] (D) none of these
18. The set of real values of x such that || (x – 1) | –1 |  1 is :
(A) [–1, 3] (B) [0, 2] (C) [–1, 1] (D) none of these
19. The set of solution | x2 + x | = x2 + x is given by :
(A) (–, –1) (B) (–1, 1) (C) (0, ) (D) (–, –1]  [0, )

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20. The value of x for which  is :
x 1 x 1
(A) (–, –1)  (1, ) (B) (–1, 1) (C) (0, ) (D) none of these

| x  2 |( x  3) ( x  2)
21. If > 0 then x belongs to
( x  1)
(A) (–3, –1)  (2, ) (B) (–, –3)  (–1, 2) (C) (–3, 2) (D) (–1, )
22. The range of values of x for which x2 + 6x – 27 > 0 is :
(A) x  (,3)  (9,  ) (B) x  (, 3)  (9, ) (C) x  (, 9)  (3, ) (D) none of these

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23. The solution for sin x < , when x  [0, 2] will be :
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    5    5    3 
(A) 0,    ,  (B)  , (C)  ,
 6 6   4 4 
(D) none of these
 6  6 

24. If | ex – 4 | < 3 then x belongs to :

(A) (0, ln 7) (B) (ln 7, ) (C) (–, 0) (D) none of these

1/ x
1
25. Solution of 3x + 2 >   is :
9
(A) x  (0, ) (B) x  (–) (C) x  (1, ) (D) none of these

ANSWER KEY
1.(C) 2. (A) 3. (B) 4.(A) 5. (B) 6.(D) 7.(D) 8.(C) 9. (B) 10.(A)
11.(B) 12.(D) 13.(C) 14.(A) 15.(D) 16.(C) 17.(A) 18.(A) 19.(D) 20.(A)
21.(A) 22.(C) 23.(A) 24.(A) 25. (A)

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