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(4) The question paper shall be of 250 marks.
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(5) The paper will consist of two parts: Part I (150 marks / 50 questions of 3 marks
each) and Part II (100 marks / 20 questions of 5 marks each).
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(6) Part-I contains 50 Multiple Choice Questions having exactly one correct
answer. Shade exactly one option. For each correct answer, three marks
will be given and for an incorrect answer one mark will be deducted.
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(7) Part-II consists of 20 Multiple Choice Questions. Questions may have
multiple correct answers and carry five marks. Shade all correct op-
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tion(s). Five marks will be given only if all correct choice(s) are shaded.
There will be no negative marking in this part.
(8) The answers should be given only in the coding sheet. Do not write or mark
anything in the question paper booklet.
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paper code.
(12) At the end of the examination when the Invigilator announces Stop writing, you
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must stop immediately and place the coding sheet, question paper booklet, rough
work sheets, and acknowledgement letter on the table. You should not leave the
hall until all the above sheets are collected.
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Part I: For each correct answer 3 marks will be given and for an incorrect answer one
mark will be deducted. The symbols Z, Q, R, and C respectively denote the sets of
integers, rational numbers, real numbers and complex numbers.
A) infinite B) 3
C) 10 D) finite but not 3 or 10.
(2) Let P be the set of all n n complex Hermitian matrices. Then P is a vector
space over the filed of
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A) C B) R but not C
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C) both R and C D) C but not R.
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(3) Which one of the following is true?
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A) There are infinitely many one-one linear transformations from R4 to R3
B) The dimension of the vector space of all 3 3 skew-symmetric matrices over
the field of real numbers is 6
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different basis.
A) 3 B) 4 C) 6 D) 24.
(8) Which one of the following is true for the transformation T : P2 (R) P2 (R)
defined by T (f ) = f + f 0 + f 00 ?
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C) T is invertible
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D) the matrix of T with respect to the basis {1, x, x2 } is upper triangular.
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(9) In Z[x], the ideal of hxi is
(10) Which one of the following is true for the transformation T : Mn C defined by
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A) Nullity of T is n2 1 B) Rank of T is n
C) T is one-to-one D) T (AB) = T (A)T (B) for all A, B Mnn .
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A) n B) 2n C) n2 D) n2 n.
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(12) The logarithmic map from the multiplicative group of positive real numbers to the
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(13) If f is a group homomorphism from (Z, +) to (Q {0}, ) such that f (2) = 1/3,
then the value f (8) is
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A) M2 (Z)
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B) Z7
C) Z6
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D) C[0, 1] of all continuous functions from [0, 1] to R.
(18) An algebraic number is a root of a polynomial whose coefficients are rational. The
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(19) Let f : A A and B A. Then which one of the following is always true?
A) B f 1 (f (B)) B) B = f 1 (f (B))
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C) B f (f 1 (B)) D) B = f (f 1 (B)).
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A) uniformly continuous
B) not differentiable
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C) continuous but not uniformly continuous
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D) not continuous.
(24) Consider the sequence hfn i defined by fn (x) = 1/(1 + xn ) for x [0, 1]. Let
f (x) = limn fn (x). Then
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A) For 0 < a < 1, hfn i converges uniformly to f on [0, a]
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B) the sequence hfn i converges uniformly to f on [0, 1]
C) the sequence hfn i converges uniformly to f on [1/2, 1]
D) the sequence hfn i converges uniformly to f on [0, 1].
(25) The open unit ball B((0, 0), 1) in the metric space (R2 , d) where the metric d is
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C) the rectangle with vertices at (1, 1), (1, 1), (1, 1), (1, 1)
D) the triangle with vertices (0, 1), (1, 1), (1, 1).
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(26) Let han i and hbn i be two sequences of real numbers such that an = bn bn+1 for
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n N. If bn is convergent, then which of the following is true?
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A) a may not converge
P n P
B) an is convergent and a = b1
P P n
C) a is convergent and a =0
P n P n
D) an is convergent and an = a1 b 1 .
(27) Let f be a real-valued function on [0, 1] such that f (0) = 1 and f (1) = 1/2, then
there always exists a t (0, 1) such that
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A) f 0 (t) = 2 B) f 0 (t) = 1
C) f 0 (t) = 3/2 D) f 0 (t) = 1/2.
(29) The number of solutions of the equation 3x + 4x = 5x in the set of positive real
numbers is exactly
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 5.
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(30) Let f : R R be differentiable and f 0 be bounded. Then
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A) f has a local maximum at exactly one point of R
B) f has a local maximum at exactly two point of R
C) f is uniformly continuous on R
D) f
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+ f 0 is uniformly continuous on R.
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(31) Let an = 2n + n2 for n 100 and an = 3 + (1)n 2nn+1 for n > 100. Then
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x3 y 3
(32) Let the function f : R2 R be defined by f (0, 0) = 0 and f (x, y) = x2 +y 2
for
(x, y) 6= (0, 0). Then
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A) f is continuous on R2
B) f is continuous at all points of R2 except at (0, 0)
C) fx (0, 0) = fy (0, 0)
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D) f is bounded.
Then
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A) f is Riemann integrable and 0
f (x)dx = 3/4
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D) none of these.
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(36) Define a metric d on R by d(x, x) = 0 for any x and d(x, y) = 1 for any x, y with
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x 6= y. Let han i be a Cauchy sequence in hR, di. Then
(38) Consider the following initial value problem: (x + 1)2 y 00 2(x + 1)y 0 + 2y = 1
subject to the condition y(0) = 0 and y 0 (0) = 1. Given that x + 1 and (x + 1)2 are
linearly independent solutions of the corresponding homogeneous equation, the
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(39) Assume that all the roots of the polynomial equation an xn +an1 xn1 + +a1 x+
a0 = 0 have negative real parts. If u(t) is any solution to the differential equation:
an u(n) + an1 u(n1) + + a1 u0 + a1 u = 0, the value of the limit limt u(t) is
A) 0 B) n C) D) 1.
(40) The initial value problem y 0 = y 2/3 with 0 x a for any positive real number a
and y(0) = 0 has
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C) the half plane y > 0 D) the half plane x < 0.
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(43) The solution of Cauchy problem ut + uus = x, u(x, 0) = 1 is u(x, t) =
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A) x tanh t + sech t B) tanh t + sech t
C) (x2 + t2 ) sin t D) none of these.
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(44) The integral surface that satisfies the first order partial differential equation:
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z z
(x2 y 2 z 2 ) + 2xy = 2xz
x y
is given by
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A) (xy/z, y 2 /(x2 + z 2 )) = 0
B) (y/z, (x2 + y 2 + z 2 )/x) = 0
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(45) Consider the diffusion equation uxx = ut with 0 < x < and t > 0, subject
to the initial and boundary conditions: u(x, 0) = 4 sin 2x for 0 < x < and
u(0, t) = 0 = u(, t) for t > 0. Then, u(/8, 1) is equal to:
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A) 4e4 / 2 B) 4e9 / 2 C) 4/e2 D) 4/ e.
(46) The general solution to the second order partial differential equation uxx + uxy
2uyy = (y + 1)ex is given by
A) 1 (y x) + 2 (y + 2x) + xey
B) 1 (y + x) + 2 (y 2x) + yex
C) 1 (y + x) + 2 (y 2x) + xey
D) 1 (y x) + 2 (y + 2x) + yex .
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(47) The trajectories of the system of differential equations dx/dt = y and dy/dt = x
are
(48) The backward Euler method for solving the differential equation y 0 = f (x, y) is
A) yn+1 = yn + hf (xn , yn )
B) yn+1 = yn + hf (xn+1 , yn+1 )
C) yn+1 = yn1 + 2hf (xn , yn )
D) yn+1 = (1 + h)f (xn+1 , yn+1 ).
(49) The Newton-Raphson formula for finding approximate root of the equation f (x) =
0 is
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A) xn+1 = f (xn )/f 0 (xn ), f 0 (xn ) 6= 0
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B) xn+1 = xn + f (xn )/f 0 (xn ), f 0 (xn ) 6= 0
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C) xn+1 = xn1 f (xn )/f 0 (xn ), f 0 (xn ) 6= 0
D) xn+1 = xn f (xn )/f 0 (xn ), f 0 (xn ) 6= 0.
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(50) If Eulers method is used to solve the initial value problem y 0 = 2ty 2 , y(0) = 1
numerically with step size h = 0.2, the approximate value of y(0.6) is
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A) 0.7845 B) 0.8745 C) 0.8754 D) 0.7875.
Part II: Questions may have multiple correct answers and carry five marks. Five
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marks will be given only if all correct choices are marked. There will be no
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negative marks.
A) 6 B) 12 C) 81 D) 121.
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(52) If S3 and A3 respectively denote the permutation group and alternating group,
then
(53) Let G be a group of order 105 and H be its subgroup of order 35. Then
A) H is a normal subgroup of G
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B) H is cyclic
C) G is simple
D) H has a normal subgroup K of order 5 and K is normal in G.
(55) Which of the following pairs of groups are isomorphic to each other?
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C) hR, +i, hR+ , i D) Aut(Z3 ), Aut(Z4 ).
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(56) Let V and W be finite-dimensional vector spaces and T : V W be a linear
transformation. Then
A) T is an isometry of R3
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n=1 [1/n, 2] = [0, 2] B)
n=1 (1/n, 2] = (0, 2]
C) n=1 (1 1/n, 2] = (1, 2] D)
n=1 [1 1/n, 2] = [1, 2].
A) If A is open, then A = R
B) If A is closed, then A = R
C) If A is uncountable, then A is closed
D) If A is countable, then A is closed.
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(60) The function f : [0, 1] [0, 1] defined by f (0) = 0 and f (x) = x2 sin(1/x) for
x 6= 0, is
A) differentiable on (0, 1)
B) is continuous on [0, 1]
C) is continuous on [0, 1] but not differentiable at 0
D) is uniformly continuous.
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D) limn a f (x) cos nxdx = 0.
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(62) Which of the following statements about a sequence of real numbers are true?
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A) Every bounded sequence has a convergent subsequence
B) Every sequence has a monotonic subsequence
C) Every
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sequence has a limit point
D) Every sequence has a countable number of terms.
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(63) Let han i = h1, 1, 1/2, 1, 1/2, 1/3, 1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, . . . i be a sequence of real num-
bers. Then
B) lim supn an = 1
C) lim inf n an = 0
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B) f is not differentiable at exactly two points
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A) d1 B) d2 C) d3 D) d4 .
(67) Which of the following is/are true for the initial value problem: xy 0 = 2y, y(a) = b:
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B) there is no solution if a = 0 but b 6= 0
C) there are infinitely many solutions if a = b = 0
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D) the function y = x2 if y 0 and y = cx2 if x 0 is one of the solutions.
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(68) The solution of the partial differential equation z = pq where p = z/x and
q = z/y is
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A) z = (x + a)(x + b) B) 4z = (ax + y/a + b)2
C) z = ax + a2 + by D) none of these.
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A) elliptic on
n=2 Sn
B) elliptic on
n=3 Sn and parabolic on S2
C) hyperbolic in R2 S
D) parabolic on S ( n=2 Sn ).
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