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JEE–MAIN EXAMINATION – JANUARY 2025

(HELD ON THURSDAY 23rd JANUARY 2025) TIME : 3:00 PM TO 6:00 PM

MATHEMATICS TEST PAPER WITH SOLUTION

SECTION-A 3. The system of equations
1. If in the expansion of (1 + x ) (1 – x) , the
p q x + y + z = 6,
2 x + 2y + 5z = 9,
coefficients of x and x are 1 and –2, respectively,
2 2
x + 5y + z = µ,
then p + q is equal to : has no solution if
(1) 8 (2) 18 (1)  = 17, µ  18
(3) 13 (4) 20 (2)   17, µ  18
(3)  = 15, µ  17
Ans. (3)
(4)  = 17, µ  18
Sol. 1  x p 1  x q   p C0  pC1x  pC2 x 2  ...  q C0  q C1x  qC2 x 2  ...  Ans. (1)
coff of x  p C0 q C1 – p C1 q C0  1 1 1 1
Sol. D  1 2 5  0
p–q=1
coff of x  p C0 q C2  p C1 q C1  p C2 q C0  2

p +q=5
p=3
q=2
2

q  q  1
2

2
 pq 
p  p  1

(p – q) – (p + q) = – 4
2
q2  q  2pq  p2  p  4
 2
EN 1 5 
 = 17

  18
1 1 6
Dz  1 2 9  0
1 5 

sin xdx  g  x   C , where C is the

x
3
2 2 4. Let
so p + q = 13
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constant of integration.
2. Let A = {(x, y)  R × R : |x + y| } and
    
B = {(x, y)  R × R : |x| + |y|  3}. If 8  g    g '     3  2 + , , ,   Z,
 2  2 
If C = {(x, y)  A  B : x = 0 or y = 0}, then Then  +  –  equals :

( x , y )C
| x  y | is : (1) 55
(3) 48
(2) 47
(4) 62
Ans. (1)
(1) 15 (2) 18
A

x sin xdx  x3 cosx   3x2 cosxdx

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Sol.
(3) 24 (4) 12
Ans. (4)  x3 cosx  3x2 sin x   6xsin xdx
Sol.
 x3 cosx  3x2 sin x  6xcosx  6sin x  c
(0,3) So g  x   x3 cosx  3x 2 sin x  6x cosx  6sin x
2
   3
g   6
2 4
(–3,0)
g'  x   x3 sin x
(3,0)
3
 
(0,–3) g'   
2 8
    
8  g    g'     3  6 2  48
C = {(3,0), (–3,0), (0,3), (0,–3)}  2  2 
|x + y| = 12 So  +  –  = 55

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5. A rod of length eight units moves such that its ends Ans. (2)
A and B always lie on the lines x – y + 2 = 0 and Sol. Let the parallel line is
y + 2 = 0, respectively. If the locus of the point P, x 1 y  4 z  0
 
that divides the rod AB internally in the ratio 2 : 1 1 2 3

is 9(x + y + xy + x + 28 y) – 76 = 0, then

2 2 so their point of intersection is

 –  –  is equal to : ( + 1, 2 + 4 3) = (2t + 2, 3t + 6, 4t + 3)

(1) 24 (2) 23  = 2t + 1
(3) 21 (4) 22 2 + 4 = 3t + 6  t = 0
Ans. (2) so POI is (2,6,3)
y=x+2 so distance   2  12   6  4 2   3  0 2 = 14

Sol. A (, +2) 7. Let the point A divide the line segment joining the
points P(–1, –1, 2) and Q(5, 5,10) internally in the
O ratio r : 1 (r > 0). If O is the origin and

h

k
3  
3
4    2
3
B(,–2)

EN
y=–2
 OQ.OA   15 OP  OA
is :
(1) 14
(3)
Ans. (4)
7
2
 10 , then the value of r

(2) 3
(4) 7

 5r  1 5r  1 10r  2 
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 = 3k + 2 Sol. A , , 
 r 1 r 1 r 1 
2 = 3h – a = 3h – 3k – 2 2
OP  OA
so AB = 8
 OQ.OA   5
 10 ....(1)
       4 
2 2
 64
10
OQ.OA  15r  1
  3h  3k  2  
2
r 1
   3k  2  4   64
2
 3k  2    r2
  2  2
800 
A

OP  OA 
 9k  3h  6 2   r  12
 3k  6 2  64 so by equation (1)
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9  3k  h  2   4  k  2    64  4 1 r 800 
2 2 2
10
  15r  1   10
2 2
9(x + 13y – 6xy – 4x + 28y) = 76 r 1 5  r  12
      13  6  4  23 2
2r – 14r = 0
x 2 y6 z3 r = 7, r  0
6. The distance of the line   from
2 3 4 8. If the area of the region
x y2 z3 {(x, y) : –1  x  1, 0  y a + e –e , a > 0} is
|x| –x

the point (1, 4, 0) along the line  

1 2 3 e 2  8e  1
, then the value of a is :
is : e
(1) 7 (2) 6
(1) 17 (2) 14
(3) 8 (4) 5
(3) 15 (4) 13 Ans. (4)

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10. A board has 16 squares as shown in the figure :

Sol. (0,a)

x = –1 O x=1
Out of these 16 squares, two squares are chosen at
1 random. The probability that they have no side in
required area is a   a  e  e  x x
 dx common is :
0
1 4 7
a  a  e x  e  x  (1) (2)
0 5 10
–1 1 3 23
2a + e – 1 + e – 1 = e + 8 + (3) (4)
e 5 30
2a = 10  a = 5
9. A spherical chocolate ball has a layer of ice-cream Ans. (1)

of uniform thickness around it. When the thickness

of the ice-cream layer is 1 cm, the ice-cream melts

ice-cream

1
layer
3
at the rate of 81 cm /min and the thickness of the

decreases

2
at
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the rate of
Sol. Total ways for selecting any two squares = C2

Total ways for selecting common side squares



= 24
3 4
Horizontalside


so required probability
3 4
vertical side
16

= 120

cm/min. The surface area (in cm ) of the

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4 24
= 1
120
chocolate ball (without the ice-cream layer) is :
4
(1) 225  (2) 128  =
5

(3) 196  (4) 256  11. Let x = x(y) be the solution of the differential equation
Ans. (4)  dx   x  
y   x  y  sin   , y > 0 and x(1) = .
Sol  dy   y  2
A

Then cos(x(2)) is equal to :

r (1) 1 – 2(loge2)
2 2
(2) 2(loge2) – 1
1cm
(3) 2(loge2) – 1 (4) 1 – 2(loge2)
Ans. (2)
4 x
v  r 3 Sol. ydy = (xdy – ydx) sin  
3 y
dv dr
 4 r 2 dy  xdy  ydx   x 
dt dt   sin  
y  y2  y
1
81  4 r 2 
4 dy x  x
2
r = 81  sin   d   
y y  y
r=9
x
surface area of chocolate = 4(r – 1) = 256
2
 ny = cos +C
y

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  Sol. Normal at P
x(1) =  0 = cos + C  C=0 3
2
P(t ,2t)
2 2 y + tx = 2t + t
x  4
ny = cos (a, 0)
y R(a,0)
3
at = 2t + t
x a=2+t
2
but y = 2  cos = n2
2 2
R(2 + t ,0)
2 x
cosx = 2cos –1 PR = 4  4 + 4t = 16
2

2
4t = 12  t = 3
2 2
2
= 2(n2) – 1
a = 5 , R(5, 0)
12. Let the range of the function Focus (1, 0)
    (1, 0) & (5, 0) will be the end points of diameter
f(x) = 6 + 16 cosx . cos   x  . cos   x  .
3  3   Eq of circle is
n

2
sin3x . cos6x, x  R be [, ]. Then the distance of (x –1) (x – 5) + y = 0
2 2
x + y – 6x + 5 = 0

(1) 11
(3) 10
Ans. (1)
1
4

Sol. f(x) = 6 + 16  cos3x  sin3x.cos6x

= 6 + 4 cos3x sin3x cos6x
= 6 + sin12x
(2) 8
(4) 9
EN
the point (, ) from the line 3x + 4y + 12 = 0 is :
14. Let X = R × R. Define a relation R on X as:

(a1, b1) R (a2, b2)  b1 = b2.

Statement-I: R is an equivalence relation.

Statement-II: For some (a, b) X, the set

S = {(x, y)  X : (x, y) R (a, b)} represents a line

parallel to y = x.
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Range of f(x) is [5, 7]
In the light of the above statements, choose the
()  (5, 7)
correct answer from the options given below:
15  28  12
distance = = 11
5 (1) Both Statement-I and Statement-II are false.
13. Let the shortest distance from (a, 0), a > 0, to the (2) Statement-I is true but Statement-II is false.
2
parabola y = 4x be 4. Then the equation of the (3) Both Statement-I and Statement-II are true.
A

circle passing through the point (a, 0) and the focus (4) Statement-I is false but Statement-II is true.

of the parabola, and having its centre on the axis of Ans. (2)

Sol. Statement – I :
the parabola is:
Reflexive : (a1,b1) R(a1, b1)  b1 = b1 True
(1) x 2  y 2  6x  5  0

Symmetric : (a1,b1) R (a2, b2)  b1 = b2
True
(2) x 2  y 2  4x  3  0 (a2,b2) R (a1, b1)  b2 = b1

& (a , b ) R (a , b ) b = b 
Transitive : (a , b ) R (a , b )  b = b
1 1 2 2 1 2
(3) x 2  y 2  10x  9  0 2 2 3 3 2 3
b1  b3
 (a , b ) R (a . b )  True
1 1 3 3
(4) x 2  y 2  8x  7  0 Hence Relation R is an equivence relation
Statement-I is true.
Ans. (1) For statement – II  y = b so False

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x 2 y2 16. Let A = [aij] be a 3 × 3 matrix such that
15. The length of the chord of the ellipse  1,
4 2 0 0  4 0  2  1 
 1
whose mid-point is  1,  , is:

A 1    0  , A  1   1  and A  1    0  , then
      
 2  0   1   3   0   2   0 
2 5
(1) 15 (2) 15 a23 equals:
3 3
(3)
1
15 (4) 15 (1) –1 (2) 0
3
(3) 2 (4) 1
Ans. (1)
Sol. T = S1 Ans. (1)
x.1 y. 1 2 1 1  a11 a12 a13 
  
4 2 4 8 Sol. Let A = a 21 a 22 a 23 
 
3 a 31 a 32 a 33 
x +y =
2
 0   0   a12  0 
solve with ellipse A  1  =  0   a 22  =  1   a 22  0;a12  0
        a 32  1
 0   1  a 32  0 
PR =

=
 x2 – x1    y2 – y1 
2 x2 – x1
2

P(x1,y1)

R(x2,y2)
2

EN  4  0 
   
 3  0 

2  1 
  
   

4a11  a12  3a13  0
A 1   1   4a 21  a 22  3a 23  1  4a 21  3a 23  1 
4a 31  a 32  3a 33  0

2a11  a12  2a13  1

A 1  0  2a 21  a 22  2a 23  0  a 21  a 23  0
2  0  2a 31  a 32  2a 33  0

–4a23 + 3a23 = 1  a23 = –1

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3
y2 = –x2 17. The number of complex numbers z, satisfying |z| = 1
2
3 z z
y1 = – x1 and   1 , is :
2 z z

y2 – y 1 = x2 – x1 (1) 6 (2) 4
2 2
x + 2y = 4 (3) 10 (4) 8
2
Ans. (4)
A

2 3 
x + 2  – x = 4
 2  Sol. z  ei
z
2
6x – 12x + 1 = 0  e i2 
z
x1 + x 2 = 2 z z 1
  1  e i2   e 12   1  cos2 
z z 2
x1x2 = 1/6
8 solution in [0, 2)
18. If the square of the shortest distance between the
 x2  x1 
2
x 2 – x1  – 4x1x 2 x  2 y 1 z  3 x 1 y  3 z  5
lines   and  
1 2 3 2 4 5
= 4–4 6 is
m
, where m, n are coprime numbers, then m + n
n
is equal to:
5 2
PR = 2.2.  15 (1) 6 (2) 9
2 3 3 (3) 21 (4) 14
Ans. (2)
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a   2,1, 3
Sol.
 2x  3x  5   3x  1 2
x
2

20. lim is equal to:

b   1, 3, 5 x 
 3x 2
 5x  4   3x  2 
x

ˆi ˆj kˆ 2 2e
p  q  1 2 3 (1) (2)
3e 3
2 4 5
2e 2
(3) (4)
 2iˆ  ˆj 3 3 e

b  a  3iˆ  4ˆj  2kˆ Ans. (4)

 b  a .  p  q  -  3 5  1 
x/2
Sd   2  x  2  1  3x 
pq Sol. lim  x  
x/2
x 
2  5 4  2 
  3   1 
5  x x 2 
 3x 


4
 Sd 2  x 1 
 1 1

19. If I =

then
2l


2

 sin
0
5
m = 4, n = 5  m + n = 9

3
sin x  cos x
2

x sin x cos x
4
3
sin 2 x

x  cos 4 x
3
2
dx ,

dx equals:
EN 21.
2 e
2 e
 lim . x 2
x  3


2 
 . 1/3  e 2
3 e 3


1
6

 1 1
e 2  3x 
2  3x 

SECTION-B
The number of ways, 5 boys and 4 girls can sit in a
2 2
(1) (2)
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16 4 row so that either all the boys sit together or no
2 2 two boys sit together, is ________.
(3) (4)
8 12 Ans. (17280)
Ans. (1) Sol. A : number of ways that all boys
Sol. For I sit together = 5! × 5!
Apply king (P– 5) and add B : number of ways if no 2 boys
 /2
  sit together = 4! × 5!
2I   dx  2  I  4
A

0 AB=
 /2 Required no. of ways = 5! × 5! + 4! × 5! = 17280
xsin x cosx
I2   sin 4 x  cos4 x
dx 22. Let ,  be the roots of the equation x – ax –b = 0
2

0
with Im() < Im(). Let Pn =  –  . If
n n
Apply king and add

 /2
tan xsec2 xdx P3  5 7 i , P4  3 7 i , P5  11 7 i and
I2 
4  tan 4 x  1
0 P6  45 7 i , then 4  4 is equal to ________.
2
put tan x = t
Ans. (31)

 dt
8 0 t 2  1
Sol.  +  = a  = –b
P6 = aP5 + bP4
2

  
. 
8 2 16
45 7i  a 11 7i  b 3 7 i  
45 = 11a – 3b ...(1)

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and no. of terms = 25
25
x i 8  21  ...  320 2  8  320 
P5 = aP4 + bP3


11 7i  a 3 7i  b 5 7i    mean =
n

25

25
2
x
variance 2  i   mean 
11 = –3a – 5b ...(2) 2
n
a = 3, b = –4
82  212  ....  3202
 164 
2

 
2
 4  4  4
 4  4 44 13
= 8788
 63  4.4 4 2
25. The roots of the quadratic equation 3x – px + q = 0
 63  1024  961  31 th th
are 10 and 11 terms of an arithmetic progression
2
23. The focus of the parabola y = 4x + 16 is the centre 3
with common difference . If the sum of the first
of the circle C of radius 5. If the values of , for 2
which C passes through the point of intersection of 11 terms of this arithmetic progression is 88, then
the lines 3x – y = 0 and x + y = 4, are 1 and 2, 1 < 2, q – 2q is equal to _________.
then 121 + 292 is equal to _______.
Ans. (15)
2
Sol. y = 4(x + 4)
Equation of circle
2
(x + 3) + y = 25
2

Passes through the point of intersection of two

lines 3x – y = 0 and x + y = 4 which is
EN Ans. (474)

Sol. S11 
11
2

a + 5d = 8
 2a  10d   88

3 1
a  8  5 
2 2

Roots are
LL
 4 12 
 3  1 , 3  1  , after solving with circle,
 
we get 1 3
T10  a  9d   9   14
7 2 2
   ,1
6
1 3 31
121  292 T11  a  10d   10  
2 2 2
–14 + 29 = 15
24. The variance of the numbers 8, 21, 34, 47, …, 320, p 31 59
A

 T10  T11  14  
3 2 2
is ________.
Ans. (8788) 177
p
Sol. Var(8, 21, 34, 47, ......, 320) 2
Var(0, 13, 26, 39, ......, 312)
q
2  T10  T11  7  31  217
13 .Var(0, 1, 2, ......, 24) 3
2
13 .Var(1, 2, 3, ......, 25)
q = 651
 252  1 
So,   13  
2 2
 = 8788
 12  q – 2p
Alternate solution
= 651 – 177
8 + (n –1)13 = 320
13n = 325 = 474

n = 25