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MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE
Paper – II
Note : This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions. Each question carries
two (2) marks. All questions are compulsory.
1. Which one of the following statements is n

not true in a metric space X ? If an (x) = , n = 1, 2, .., which of

x

 

1 



(A) Every neighbourhood is an open

n

 

the following statements is true ?

set in X
(B) If p is a limit point of a set E X, (A) = 0 for all x


l i m a

n
( x )

then every neighbourhood of p

n 

contains only finitely many points of E (B) = 1 for all x n

l i


m

a

n
( x )

(C) A set E X is open if and only if its

(C) = ex for all x

l i m a ( x )

complement is closed
n

n 

(D) Compact subsets in X are closed (D) does not exist l i m a

n
( x )

n 

OR
3. Which one of the following statements is
For sequence {A } of sets, which of the true ?
n
following statements is correct ?
(A) A function of bounded variation is
(A) It has always a limit continuous
(B) lim inf An and lim sup An always (B) A continuous function is of bounded
exist variation
(C) lim inf An
lim sup An (C) A function of bounded variation is
(D) lim inf An and lim sup An are always bounded
different (D) A bounded function is of bounded
variation
2. Which one of the following is true ?
OR
(A) and both converge
1

n l o g n
If A is a 6 × 6 matrix of rank 4 then its
nullity is
n

(B) diverges but (A) 10

1

(B) 4
n l o g n

converges
(C) 2
(C) and both diverge (D) 6
1

n l o g n

4. If for all x > 0, ex > xt, then

(D) converges and
1

(A) t > e (B) t = e

n l o g n

diverges (C) t = e–1 (D) t < e

OR OR
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If A and B are idempotent matrices, then The minimum possible value of

AB is idempotent if | Z |2 + | Z – 3 |2 + | Z – 6i |2 , where Z is a
(A) (AB)T = BT AT complex number is
(B) AB

BA (A) 15
2 2
(C) A = B (B) 45
(D) AB = BA (C) 30

5. Which one of the following series (D) 20

diverges ?

(A) (B)
( 2 n ) ! ( 3 n ) !

n 

7. The set is
 
1
n  1

n ! ( 4 n ) !

n  1 n

x : x   4

 



(C) (D) (A)

n n
1



0 , 2  3  2  3 , 

3 n

n  1

n
1 n  0 2
1

OR (B)


,  2  3




 2  3 , 



(C)


, 2  3




2  3 , 



If ,


1 i f x i s r a t i o n a l i n 0 , 1

f ( x ) 

(D)



 1 i f x i s i r r a t i o n a l i n 0 , 1



  ,  2  3
 2  3 , 2  3

then in [0, 1] we have

2  3 ,  





0


(A) f(x) is continuous only at the irrationals

OR
(B) f(x) is not Riemann integrable
(C) f(x) is continuous everywhere 

(D) f(x) is Riemann integrable Let

x c o s , x  0

f ( x )


x

0 , x  0

6. Following is an example of a function



which is differentiable at x = 0 but f1 is Then in [0, 1], which one of the following
not continuous at x = 0 is true ?
(A) f(x) = |x|, x

3
(A) f(x) is discontinous at x =
(B) f(x) = x3 + 2x + 1, x

3

(B) f(x) is of bounded variation and

1

(C) f(x) =



x S i n , f o r x  0

does not exist



 



0 , f o r x  0 B



 


1

(C) f(x) is not of bounded variation and

(D) f(x) =



x S i n , f o r x  0

0
x

, f o r x  0
f(x) is continous


(D) f(x) is of bounded variation and

OR
B

N 
exists
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8. Which one of the following improper

integral converges ?
 E

The matrix is a
 



 E 

 

(A) Symmetric matrix

(A)
x a r c t a n x

d x

(B) Skew- symmetric matrix

!

"


1
x

(C) Skew- Hermitian matrix
(B)
 

(D) Hermitian matrix

1 1 d x





x S i n h x x

 


! !

10. If then
 

x y



 

f ( x , y )
t a n , x
y
!

(C)
N

 

x  y

@ N

 

N


 B  B

N  O

 N  O

(D)
@ N

(A) 2 tan(f(x, y))


N

OR (B) Sin(f(x, y))

Which of the following is true of the (C) Sec2(f(x, y))

system of linear equations ? (D) Sin(2f(x, y))
2x2 – x3 = 1, x1 – x2 + 3x2 = 2, OR
x1 + x2 + 2x3 = 5
The dimension of the vector space
(A) The system is consistent consisting of all n × n matrices with real
(B) The system has no solution entries and having trace 0 is
(C) The system has a unique solution (A) n
(D) The system has many solutions (B) n2
2
(C) n + 1

(D) n2 – 1
9. If y > 0, then
S i n x

 N O

e d x

11. The dimension of T(3n, 3m), the set of all

x

transformations from 3n to 3m as a real

(A) + arc tan y

"
vector space, is
(A) n + m (B) nm
(B)

– arc tan y (C) mn (D) mn

OR
"

(C) + arc tan y A lottery contains 100 tickets and there

is only one ticket bearing the price

Rs. 10,000/-. The rest are zero. If you buy
(D) – arc tan y 2 tickets, the expected gain in Rs. will be

(A) 0.01 (B) 0.02

OR (C) 100 (D) 200
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12. The vectors (p, q) and (r, s) in 32 are If X1, X2, . . . , Xn are independent random
linearly dependent if
variables with common mean and
(A) ps = qr

(B) pq = rs variances 2 2 2

and
(C) pr = qs

,
, . . .
,

1 2 n

(D) pr = – qp X 
1

n

X , then an unbiased estimator

OR
i

1
1

of Var ( ) is
Let X be a positive integer valued random
:

variable. Then

p ( X  n )

stands for (A) E

n  1

(A) Expectation
(B) Variance
X
X 

(B)

(C) Survival function

E

(D) Hazard function

n
1

13. Let f : 34 34 be a linear mapping. If


X
X

(C)
E

the minimal polynomial of f is x2 + 1, then

E

the characteristic polynomial of f can be

(A) X2 + 1


X
X 

(D)
E

(B) (x2 + 1)2

E

n ( n
1 )

4
(C) x + 1
15. The dimension of the subspace of 33
(D) (x + 1)4
spanned by (–3, 0, 1), (1, 2, 1) and (3, 0, –1) is
OR (A) 0
If X and Y are random variables with (B) 1
equal variance, U = X + Y and V = X – Y,
(C) 3
then which of the following is true ?
(D) 2
(A) Corr (U, V) = 1
(B) Corr (U, V) = 0
OR
(C) Corr (U, V) = –1
Each of three men at a party throws his
(D) U and V are independent
hat into the center of the room. The hats
14. Let T : U V be a surjective linear are first mixed up and then each man
radomly selects a hat. What is the

mapping and dim U = 6, dim V = 3. Then

probability that none of three men selects
(A) dim Ker T > 4 his own hat ?
(B) dim Ker T = 4
(A) 1 (B) 

(C) dim Ker T > 3

(D) dim Ker T = 3 (C) !
(D) 

OR
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16. Let V1 and V2 be two subspaces of a

vector space V with V1 V2 = {0} and
!

18. If A = , then A (adj A) is

 



with bases B1 and B2 respectively. Then



 "

 

a basis of V1 + V2 is
(A) B1 B2
  

(A)
 





  

(B) B1 B2
 

(C)
  

(B)
 



x  y : x
B , y
B 

 

  

 

(D)
x  y : x
B


, y
B 

 !

(C)
 

OR




 

 

For any two events A and B, !   "

(D)
 

is


? ?



2  ) *
* ) 

" 

 

(A) P(A) + P(B) – 2P(AB) OR

(B) P(A) + P(B) – P(A B)

Let X~B (1, ). Then for any integer

(C) P(A) + P(B) – 3 P(AB) n > 1, the distribution of Xn is

(D) P(A) + P(B) (A) B (1, )

(B) B(n, )

(C) Poisson ( )

= >

17. Let A = and a + d = 1 = ad – bc

 

? @

(D) Negative Binomial (1,

)
 

Then A3 = 19. If V is a n-dimensional vector space and

(A) 0 T is a linear transformation on V such that
(B) –I2 the rank of T and the nullity of T are
identical then
(C) 3I2
(A) n is even
(D) I2 (B) n is odd
OR (C) dim V = 3 rank (T)
(D) n = 5 rank (T)
Which of the following is the mode of
convergence in Central Limit Theorem ? OR
(A) Almost sure convergence Let Q denote the set of rationals in 3.
Then Lebesgue measure of Q is
(B) Convergence in distribution
(A) 0
(C) Convergence in mean (B) 1
(D) Convergence in probability (C)

(D) indeterminate
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20. Let T : 36 36 be a linear mapping such

2
that T = 0. Then, 22. The zeros and poles of are
z  1

 



(A) the rank of T 3

z  1

 

respectively
(B) the rank of T > 3 (A) 1 and i, – i (B) 0 and i, –1
(C) the rank of T = 5 (C) –1 and i, – i (D) i, –i and –1
(D) the rank of T = 6 OR
OR If X has a Cauchy distribution, then the
distribution of Y = –X is
A continuous random variable X with
(A) Normal
distribution function F is said to be
symmetric about zero if, for all x (B) Weibull
(C) Cauchy
(A) F(x) = 1 – F(–x)
(D) Pareto
(B) F(x) = F(–x)
(C) F(x) = 1–F(x)
23. If T1(z) = and T2(z) = then
z
2 z

(D) F(x) = – F(x) z
3 z
1

T2(T1(z)) =
(A) z + 2
z

21. If f(z) = , then at z = , f(z) has

  A

(B)
2


A

2 z
5

(A) a zero
(C)
z
2

(B) a removable singularity 2 z
5

(C) an isolated singularity

(D) a non-isolated essential singularity (D)
( z
2 ) z

( z
1 ) ( z
3 )

OR
OR
Let X1, X2, .....Xn be a random sample
from Poisson ( ) distribution. Then the

If

is a disjoint sequence of sets,

MLE of P[X = 0] is


-

n  1

(A) then n
l


i m

En is
:

(B)


(A) 7 - E

E  

(B)
?

(C)
7 -

E  

(C)

(D)

(D) Does not exist

A

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24. If C is the unit circle, then the value of 26. Let f be an analytic function such that
f(z) = 1 + 2z + 3z2 + ...., for |z| < 1. Define


z
z  1

dz is equal to a sequence of real numbers a0, a1, a2 ...

z
1

(A) i by f(z) = . Then the radius of

n


a z

(B) 2 i
n  

convergence of is

(C) 3 i
n

a z

(D) 0 (A) 1
(B) 2
OR
(C) 3
If E(Y/x) is the conditional expectation of (D)
Y given X = x, then E(XY) is

OR
(A) E(x) . E(y/x)
The mean of the two-sample
(B) E(x E(y/x))
Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon statistic under
(C) E(y) .E(y/x) the null hypothesis with samples m and n is
(D) E(x) .E(y) given by
(A) mn

(B)
m

25. The value of the integral , where

d z

z
9

(C)
m n

C is the ellipse and the

N O




" 

integral is taken in positive sense, is (D)

m n

(A) 0
"

(B) 2 i

27. The center of a group G is always a
(C)

i (A) normal subgroup of G
(D) –2 i
(B) proper subgroup of G

OR (C) cyclic subgroup of G

If X and Y are iid random variables with (D) nontrivial subgroup of G

distribution function (d.f.) .G, then the d.f. OR
of min (X, Y) is
Which of the following is a contrast ?
(A) G(2 – G)
(A) –3T1 – T2 + T3 + 3T4
(B) G (2 – G2)
(B) 3T1 + T2 – 3T3 + T4
(C) G
(C) T1 + 3T2 – 3T3 + T4
(D) G2
(D) T1 + T2 + T3 – T4
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28. Let G be an abelian group. Then Let Y1 and Y2 be independent random

variables with means and 2
(A) atleast one subgroup of G is not normal

respectively. Then the least square

(B) no subgroup of G is normal estimate of is

(C) every subgroup of G is normal

(A) (B)
  

(D) G has a non-abelian subgroup

;
; ;
;

 

# #

OR
(C) (D)
   

If the interactions AB and BC are

;
; ;
;

confounded with incomplete blocks in

2 n – factorial experiment, then 31. Let 9 [i] denote the ring of Gaussian
automatically confounded effect is integers. For which of the following value
(A) A
of n is the quotient ring a field ?

[ i ]

(B) C n
[ i ]

(C) AC (A) n = 2 (B) n = 15

(D) ABC (C) n = 13 (D) n = 11
29. The integral domain in the following, OR
which is not a principal ideal domain, is
If Px(s) denotes the probability generating
(A) 9 (B) 9 [X]
function (p.g.f.) of the random variable X,
(C) 3[X] (D) "[X] then the p.g.f. of the random variable
OR Y = mX + n, where m and n are integers
In sampling with probability proportional (m 0) is given by

to size, the units are selected with (A) s Px(s)

probability in proportion to
(B) sPx(sm)
(A) The size of the sample
(C) sm Px(sn)
(B) The size of the unit
(C) The size of the population (D) sn Px(sm)
(D) Size of the stratum
32. If f(x) is any polynomial of degree 19 with
30. If F

K

L are field extensions such real coefficients, then
that [K : F] = 3 and [L : F] = 6 and the (A) f(x) has atleast one real root
degree [L : K] is
(B) f(x) has 19 real roots
(A) 2
(B) 3 (C) the number of imaginary roots of
f(x) is 19
(C) 1
(D) 4 (D) no real root exists for f(x)

OR OR
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If X is an F(m, n) random variable, where 34. If

= (1 2 3 4 5 6), then

2 is

m, n > 2, then E(X) . E







equals (A) (1 3 5)
(B) (2 4 6)
:

 

(A)
m n

(C) (1 3 5) (2 4 6)
( m
2 ) ( n
2 )

(D) (2 3 5) (1 4 6)

(B) OR
m ( n
2 )

If a SRS of size 100 is drawn without

n ( m
2 )

replacement from a population of 1000

(C) units, the probability that a specified unit
n ( n
2 )

of the population is included in the

m ( m
2 )

sample is
(D)
m ( m
2 )

n ( n
2 )

(A) 

   

33. Let G be a group of order mp k with (B) 

  

(m, p) = 1 and k 1. If H and K are two

(C)

subgroups of order pk, then which of the



 

following is always true ? 

(A) H = K (D) 


   


 

  

(B) G = H K
35. In the ring of integers 9 if I = (15) and
(C) kh = hk for all h

H and k

K J = (21) are two ideals, then the ideals
I + J and I J are respectively given by
(D) gH = Kg for some g G.

(A) (36) and (10)

OR (B) (105) and (3)

(C) (3) and (105)
Which of the following distribution is not (D) (3) and (315)
of exponential family of distributions ? OR
(A) Poisson, P(l) A random sample from U(– , ) gives

(B) Beta, Be ( , ) observations 5-6, 0.3, 0, 3.3, – 8.2, – 3.

Then the maximum likelihood

(C) Negative Binomial, NB ( , ) with

estimate of is

known
(A) 0 (B) 5.6

(D) Uniform, u( , )

(C) 8.2 (D) –3

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36. If G is a group of prime order, then G is 38. A topological space X is compact if

(A) Every open cover of X has a
(A) non-abelian
countable subcover
(B) abelian but not cyclic (B) Every open cover of X has a finite
subcover
(C) cyclic (C) Every countable open cover of X
(D) isomorphic to (z, +) has a finite subcover
(D) Every cover of X has a finite
OR sub cover
Which one of the following statements is OR
correct for a Poisson process ? For a Poisson process, the renewal
function is
(A) It is a stationary process
(A) Asymptotically linear
(B) It is a covariance stationary process
(B) Exactly linear
(C) It is an evolutionary process (C) Non-linear
(D) Its increments are dependent (D) A constant

39. Which one of the following is always true ?

37. Which one of the following statements
(A) Continuous image of a compact
always is true in a metric space ? space is compact
(A) Separated sets are disjoint (B) A compact subset of a Housdorff
space not closed
(B) Disjoint sets are separated sets (C) The closed interval [a, b] is not
(C) Arbitrary intersection of open sets compact in 3
is open (D) The set K =
0 

1

n 




is not
 

(D) Arbitrary union of closed sets is

n



closed
OR
An aperiodic Markov chain with
stationary transition probability on the
state space {1, 2, 3, 4, 5 } must have
(A) At least one positive recurrent state
(B) At least one null recurrent state
compact in 3
OR
Consider a series system with two
components, with the lifetimes of
components independently and
identically distributed as exponential with
mean 0.5 days. Then the expected
lifetime of the system in days is
(A) 0.25

(C) At least one positive recurrent and (B) 0.50

atleast one null recurrent state (C) 1.0
(D) At least one transient state (D) 1.5
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40. If (X, T) is any topological space and 42. The Eigenvalues of the sturm-Liouville
(Y, Ty) is a subspace of X and A Y, then

system ; ; y(0) = 0;
which one of the following is not true ?
 

O   O


  N 

are


(A) Cly(A) = y CIx (A)

O   


(B) dy(A) = y dx(A) (A) (B)

1 1

n ( 2 n  1 )

4 4

(C) Int (A) = y Intx (A)

y

(C) (D)
1 1

(D) A subset A of Y is closed in y if and

( 2 n
1 ) n

4 4

only if A = C Y, for some closed

OR
set C in X
Suppose that customers arrive at a
OR Poisson rate of one per every 12 minutes
and that the service time is exponential
In an M|M|1 queue with arrival rate and

at a rate of one service per 8 minutes.

service rate , the steady state solution

Then the average number of customers

exists if in the system is
(A)  

(B)  

(A) 4
(C)  

(D)   

(B) 3
(C) 2
41. Which one of the following is always true ?
(D) 1
(A) The family of all singleton point sets
forms a basis for any discrete space 43. A non-trivial solution of N O
 

 N O


 " O

,
x > 0 is
(B) The family of all Singleton point sets
(A) bounded and non-periodic
forms a basis for any topological space
(B) unbounded and non-periodic
(C) Every basis element is a sub basis
(C) bounded and periodic
element
(D) unbounded and periodic
(D) For any topology T on a set X, T is
OR
not a sub basis for T
In a BIBD, 4 treatments are arranged in 4
OR blocks of 3 plots each. Each treatment
Which of the following is usually the most occurs once and only once in 3 blocks
difficult cost to determine ? and any two treatments occur together in
blocks. Then the value of is
(A) Waiting cost

(A) 2
(B) Calling cost
(B) 3
(C) Facility cost (C) 4
(D) Service cost (D) 5

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44. Which of the following concerning the 46. Newton-Rapshon method is applicable
solution of the Dirichlet problem for a only when
smooth bounded region is true ?
(A) f(x) 0 in the neighbourhood of
(A) Solution is unique upto a

actual root x =
multiplicative constant

(B) in the neighbourhood of

(B) Solution is unique upto a additive


B  N 


constant actual root x =

(C) Solution is unique (C) B



 N 

in the neighbourhood of
(D) No conclusion can be drawn about actual root x =

uniqueness of solution (D) f(x) = 0 and B



 N 

in the
OR neighbourhood of actual root x =

The value of the objective function at an OR

optimal solution of the LPP;
If X ~ N (  ,
)
then which of the
Mm X1 + X2 subject to x1 – x2 = 5, x 0, p

following is not correct ?

x2 0, will be

(A) –5 (B) 0 (A) :

is an unbiased and consistent
(C) 5 (D) 10 estimator of

(B) MLE of is an unbiased estimator

45. Pick up the region in the following in

which the partial differential equation of

(C) 



is

K
K
K
K
K

X     ( X   ) ~
p

O  N O  N  

N

N
O

O

N
O

(D) Every linear combination of

components of X is univariate
hyperbolic
normal
(A) xy

1 (B) xy

0
(C) xy > 1 (D) xy > 0 47. Let f(x) be a differentiable function such

OR
m a x

that M 2 = f

( x )

. Then the
a  x  b

If X and Y are independent Gamma maximum error in linear interpolation in

random variables with parameters (  ,
)

[a, b] is given by
and (  ,
)
respectively, then the
(A) (B)
h M

h M

distribution of is
:


;

(A) Gamma (B) Normal (C) (D)

h M h M

2 4

(C) Beta (D) Cauchy

OR
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Let with If X ,...,X is a random sample from a

X  ( X , X , X )

1 n
Poisson distribution with mean , the
 !


# !

Cramer-Rao lower bound to the variance



of any unbiased estimator of is given

Var[X] = , the variance
! 

by




!  !

 

of X1 – 2X2 + X3 is (A)

(A) 6 (B) 18
n

(C) 20 (D) 24 (B)

48. Solutions of Euler-Poisson equation are

n

called as
(C)

(A) trial solution n

(B) externals
(D)

(C) stationary solution



(D) functional
OR 50. For a conservative system, generalised
force
In a branching process, let the offspring
(A) has necessarily the dimensions of
force
K

distribution be , K = 0, 1, 2,...


 

F 



(B) is a dimensionless quantity

K

! !

 

Then the probability of ultimate (C) cannot have dimensions of force

extinction is
(D) may have the dimensions of torque
(A) OR


For the SPRT with stopping bounds

(B)


A and B, A > B and strength ,0< , (  ,
)

< 1, which of the following inequality
(C) holds ?
!

(D) 1
(A)



A  , B 

49. The value of for which y(x) = 1 + x is

1   1 

a solution of the integral equation

(B)
1   

A  , B 

N

A
N
J

O  J  @ J
is
1 

(C)
1   

(A)

=1 (B)

= –1 A 

, B 

1 

(C)

=0 (D)

=2
(D)
1   

OR A 

, B 

1 

–––––––––––––––––––––

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Note : This paper contains seventy five (75) objective type questions. Each question carries
two (2) marks. All questions are compulsory.

1. If 0 < a < b, then Which of the following is necessarily true

   
on the set S T if S = { x : f(x) = 0} and

= T = {x : g(x) = 0} ?
t a n a x
t a n b x

d x

(A)
B
N 

(A) (B)

a
a



l o g l o g

C
N 

2 b 4 b

(B)
C
N 



(C) (D)

a
b

B
N 

l o g l o g

(C)
6 b 2 a

 

 
B N  C N


OR (D) f(x) g(x) = 1

3. Let S be a subset of . Let C be the set

= of points x with the property that

t a n x

l i m
1
c o s x 

Sn (x – , x + ) is uncountable for every

x 

>0. Then S – C is
(A) e (B) (A) Uncountable


(B) Finite or countable

A

(C) 0 (D) 2 (C) Empty

2
(D) Always finite
2. Let the function f :





be defined by
OR
x y

The series is divergent for what

1



, f o r x , y  0 , 0

f
x , y  

p


x  y

n
n  1

values of p ?



0 f o r x , y  0 , 0

(A) p 1 (B) p > 1

Which one of the following statements is

(C) p 1 (D) p < 1

true ?

4. If an > 0 for all n and =

converges,
(A) f is not continuous at (0, 0)


n

then

=

n
=

n
1

(B) f is continuous at (0, 0) (A) Converges

(B) Diverges
(C) f has no partial derivatives at (0, 0)
(C) Oscillates
(D) f is differentiable at (0, 0) (D) Converges to the sum of =

OR OR
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The function f(x, y) = x3+ y3 – 63(x + y) + 12xy 6. Let f be a real valued function defined for
has a minimum at which point ? all x 1 satisfying f (1) = 1 and

(A) Nowhere


B


N  

. Then
N

B
N  

(B) (–1, 5)
(A)

(C) (5, –1) N

l i


m

f


x

 1 

(D) (3, 3)
(B)


l i m f x  1 

5. Which one of the following improper

N 

4

integral diverges ?
(C)

l i m f
x  

N 

4

(A)
l o g x

d x

"

(D)


l i m f x  1 

N 

(B)

OR
 N

A @ N

 N

% A  

1 2 1

(C)



@ N

,  i f n i s o d d ,

 

If
!

n 3 n


N

1 1 1

 , 1  i f n i s e v e n ,

 


3 n n

D)



l o g d x

n 1, and are


l i m s u p A

l i m i n f A

n

OR
n

respectively equal to what ?

If x
( 0 , 1 )
and

(A) [0, 1] and

1 2

 



0 i f x i s r a t i o n a l , 3 3

 



f(x) = 

i f x i s i r r a t i o n a l ,

(B) (0, 1] and

1 2

   

,


3 3

 

with [x] equal to the integer part of x, what

(C) (0, 1) and

1 2
 

is equal to ?
,



B  N  @ N

3 3

 

(A) Not defined (B) Infinity

(D) [0, 1) and
1 2

 

(C) 1 (D) 0

3 3

 

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7. Suppose that f is twice differentiable on If [x] is the integer part of x, what is

, is bounded on and
 

dx equal to ?
!

 ,

 ,



N

as . Then is


(A) 1025 (B) 55

l i m f
x 

N 

B
N 


N 

equal to (C) 3025 (D) 125

(A) infinity

(B) 0
n  1
n

10. The series

(C) 1
n

n  1

(D) (A) Converges for all



N

OR
(B) Converges for all


N

What is the index of the quadratic form

? (C) Converges for


N

N
N  ! N  & N N  " N N
 N N

 ! !  ! 

(A) 3 (B) 2 (D) Diverges for all x

(C) 0 (D) 1
OR

Which of the following functions is not of

8. =
1

3 n

l i m
1
2
3
. . .
n 

n 

bounded variation on the interval [0, 1] ?

(A) 0 (B) 1 (A) f(x) = x2
(C) (D) 

(B) f(x) =

OR

1

(C)

x c o s i f x  0 ,

What is the set of eigen values of the

f ( x ) 


x

0 i f x  0

  !

 



matrix ?



 # 

(D)


x c o s i f x  0 ,

f ( x ) 


2 x



 
!  

 

(A) {2, 3, 6} (B) {2, 6, 7}

0 i f x  0

(C) {–2, 3, 6} (D) {1, 3, 6}

11. Which one of the following series is
9. The sequence {x n } defined by convergent ?

is
1 1 1

1 1

(A) (B)
x
1    . . .  , n
1 , 2 , . . . ,

2 3 n

(A) Not a monotonic sequence

n n
n
1 

n  1 n  1

(B) A Cauchy sequence

3 n
2

(C) (D)
 

(C) A bounded sequence

n 



4 n
5 n

 

(D) Not a convergent sequence

n  1 n  1

OR
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Which of the following is a sufficient 13. Which one of the following statements is
condition for

B @ 

to exist ? not true ?

[ a , b ]

(A) If x, y and x > 0, then there is a

(A) f is continuous on [a, b] and

is positive integer n such that n x > y
continuous on [a, b] (B) Between any two real numbers
there exists a rational number
(B) f is continuous on [a, b] and

is of (C) The set of real numbers does not

bounded variation on [a, b]

have the least upper bound property

(C) f is of bounded variation on [a, b] (D) For every real x > 0 and every
and is continuous on [a, b] integer n > 0 there is one and only
one real y such that yn = x

(D) f is of bounded variation on [a, b] and

OR

is of bounded variation on [a, b]

Which of the following is true for arbitrary
12. Which one of the following statements is non-null n × n matrices A, B, n 2 ?

not true ? (A) Trace (AB – BA) = 0

(A) A countable union of countable sets (B) B = T –1AT with |T| 0

(C) (A + B) (A – B) = A2 – B2
is countable
(D) (A + B)' = A + B
(B) A set A of all sequences whose
14. Which one of the following statements is
elements are the digits 0 and 1 is
not true ?
uncountable
(A) Every convergent sequence in is

n
(C) Non empty perfect set in

is bounded
countable (B) Every bounded sequence in

contains a convergent subsequence

(D) The set



is countable (C) The set of subsequential limits of a

OR sequence in is not closed

(D) A sequence in is convergent if

Let N = {1, 2, 3, . . . } and x = {A

N : A is and only if it is a Cauchy sequence
finite or )
is finite} which of the following

OR
is not true ? If S is the positively oriented circle
(A) x is a class of subsets of N d z

|z – 3i| = 2, what is the value of ?

(B) x is a field but not a sigma-field

z  4

(C) x is not finite (A) 

(B)

(D) x is a sigma-field
(C) (D)

 E E

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n
1

15. = 17. Let V be the space of all n n real skew

1

 

l i m 1 



symmetric matrices. Then dimension of

n  

2 n

 

(A) A
V over is

(A) (B)
n ( n
1 ) n ( n
1 )

(B)


(C) e (C) n
1
(D) n
n

OR
(D)


Which of the following is not true for

A

OR distribution functions F and G on the real

line ?
z

At z = 0, the function
z
has which


z 1
A

(A) is a distribution function

.
/

one of the following ?

(A) Removable singularity !

(B) is a distribution function

.
/

(B) Pole of order 1 !

(C) Pole of order 2 !

(C) is a distribution function

.
/

(D) Essential singularity !

16. If A is an m n matrix and B is a

(D) is a distribution function
.
! /

non-singular matrix of order m, then !

(A) rank (BA)

rank (A) 18. Let A be a 3 3 square matrix with eigen

values 2, 3, –1 and B = A2 + A. Then det

(B) rank (BA) rank (A)
B is equal to

(C) rank (BA)

rank (A) (A) 0 (B) – 6
(C) 72 (D) 144
(D) rank (BA) = rank (A)
OR
OR
If {X1, X2, ... , Xn } is a random sample
For what values of z does from a population with pdf





, what is
(z – 1)2n converges ?
f ( x ,  )   x , 0  x  1 , 
0

 n

n  0

(A) z
3
(B) z
!
the distribution of

l o g X

i
1

(C) z  1
! (D) z  1
!
(A) Exponential (B) Chi-square
(C) Gamma (D) Lognormal
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19. Which of the following mappings is a The mean and variance of number of
linear transformation ? defective items from a lot are given as 10
and 6 respectively. What could be the
(A) f :

d e f i n e d b y

distribution of the number of defective

f ( x , y )
( x
!

, y
!

)
items ?
(A) Geometric with parameter 0.6
(B) f :

!

d e f i n e d b y

(B) Normal with mean 10 and variance 6

f ( x , y , z )  ( z , x
y )
(C) Poisson with mean 10
(D) Binomial with parameters 25 and 0.4
(C)
21. If S and T are linear transformations on
f :

d e f i n e d b y

f ( x , y )  | x
y |

2 defined by

(D) f
defined by :



S(x, y) = (y, x) and T(x, y) = (o, x) then
f(x, y) = (x +1, y + 1) (A) S2 = I, T2 = O (B) S2 = S, T2 = O
OR (C) S2 = S, T2 = I (D) S2 = I, T2 = I
OR
If X has moment generating function Mx,
If r is the correlation coefficient between
Y has moment generating function My,
X and Y, what is the correlation coefficient
and X is distributed like – Y, which of the between (1 + X) and (1 – 2Y) ?
following is true ? (A) r (B) 2r
(A) My(t) = Mx (– t) (C) – r (D) 1 – 2r

(B) M (t) = 1 – M (t) 22. Let A be a n n square matrix. Then which

y x

one of the following assertions is correct ?

(C) My(t) = 1 – Mx (– t)
(A) det A = 0 implies rank A = 0
(D) My(t) = tMx (t)
(B) det A = 0 if and only if rank A n – 1

(C) det A = 0 implies rank A = n

20. Let be defined by
(D) det A = 0 implies rank A = n2
!

T :

T(x, y) = (x+y, x – y, y). Then the

OR
dimension of the range space R(T)
is A fair dice is rolled twice. What is the
(A) 0 probability that the maximum in the two
(B) 1 rolls is either 3 or 5?
(C) 2 (A)


(B)


(D) 3 '

OR (C) (D)
"

' '

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23. A real symmetric matrix is positive Given that 1% of a population suffers from
definite if and only if all its eigen values are a disease and a detection test has
(A) negative (B) imaginary probability 0.99 of correct diagnosis. If a
randomly chosen individual tests positive,
(C) zero (D) positive
what is the probability that the chosen
OR individual really has the disease ?
At a birthday party 10 children throw their (A) 0.01 (B) 0.05
caps into the center of a room and after (C) 0.5 (D) 0.99
mixing up, each one selects one cap
randomly. What is the expected number 26. In 3 , 2 – dimensional subspaces can

of children who select their own caps ? be geometrically described as

(A) 10 (B) 5 (A) All planes in 3

(C) 2 (D) 1 (B) All lines passing through (0, 0, 0)

(C) All planes passing through (0, 0, 0)
(D) The only planes x = 0, y = 0 and z = 0
24. The equation has
N

A  
N

OR
(A) exactly one real root
If U and V are independent uniform (0, 1)
(B) no real roots
random variables, what is the variance
(C) two real roots
(D) three real roots
of
l o g U

Y 

OR
l o g U  l o g ( 1
V )

(A) (B)
 

Sample mean of 16 items selected from  $

a population having standard deviation

4 is given as 160. What is the standard (C) (D)
 

error of the sample mean ?

! "

(A) 1 (B) 4 27. For a square matrix A, which one of the

(C) 10 (D) 40 following statements is not true ?
(A) 0 is an eigen value of A if and only
25. Which one of the following is a subspace
if A is non-singular
of n ?
(B) A satisfies its characteristic

(A) 
x

1
, x

2
, . . . x

n
 | x

1
 x

2
 . . .  x

n

1 

equation
(B) T

x

1
, x

2
, . . . x

n
 | x

1

x
0 

(C) A and A have the same eigen

(C) 
x , x , . . . x  | x
0 
values
(D) A(adj A) = (det A) I
1 2 n 1

(D) 
x , x , . . . x  | 5 x  9 x
6 

OR
1 2 n 1

OR
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# !

If X
are, respectively,the sample
n
a n d S

mean vector and sample dispersion



If , what is


8  :  


! 

matrix based on a random sample of size

n from Np ( ,S) population, which one of




the following is not true ?

!  !

 

V (X1 – 2X2 + X3), where (A) Given , Sn is sufficient for S

:

:


: :

!


? (B) are unbiased and

X a n d S

(A) 6 (B) 11
n

sufficient for

and S
(C) 18 (D) 21
(C) Given S, :

n
is sufficient for

28. Let f : I R
I R be defined by (D) X a n d S

are consistent
n

f(x, y) = (x+y, x+y). Then a basis and the estimators.

dimension of the image of f and the
30. The bilinear transformation which maps
dim Ker f are respectively
the points Z = 0, 1, –1 into is W  i ,
, 0

(A) 
1 , 1  
, 1 and 1
(B) , 1 and 2 (A)
Z  1

 




0 , 1  

Z  1

 

(C) 
1 , 0  
, 2 and 2
(B)
Z  1

(D) 
1 , 1  
, 2 and 1 Z
1

OR
(C)
Z  1

If A n×n is a symmetric matrix and Z
1

= (X1, ...,X n) is a random vector with

:

(D)
Z  1
 

, then what is
 i



E ( X )  0 a n d V ( X ) 

Z  1

 

-  :

) : 
equal to ? OR
(A) Trace of AS (B) | AS |
(C) 0 (D) 1 If A is a symmetric matrix, Y ~ Np (0, Ip),
Y


A Y ~

k
2

, then what is the distribution

29. Let S be a non-empty set of real numbers of ;


 1
)  ;

?
F

which is bounded below. Then

(A)
(A) inf (–S) = Sup(+S)

(B) inf (S) = Sup(–S) (B)

2

(C) inf (S) = –Sup(S)

k

(D) inf (S) = –Sup(–S) (C)

p
2

OR (D)

p
2

k

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What is the percentage of variance
31. Let . Which one of the
1
2 z

explained by the first principal

f ( z ) 

z
z

following statements is true ? component of the dispersion matrix

(A) The expansion of f(z) is  "

?
 





"   
1 1

2 3

 

  1  z  z  z  . . . f o r 0
| z |
|

(A) 99.2 (B) 91.2

3 2

z z

(B) Residue of f(z) at z = 0 is 1 (C) 89.5 (D) 79.6

(C) f(z) is analytic at z = 0
(D) Residue of f(z) at z = 0 is –1
33. If then is equal to
1 3

"

OR
Z  
i

Z 

2 2

What is the dispersion matrix of a

(A) (B)

E ! 
E !

bivariate normal random vector (Y1, Y2)

with pdf f (y 1 , y 2 ) = constant
(C) (D)


E !  
E !


 O
O
O O  O   " O
$ #

 

OR

y


, y 
I R
?

     
What are all the values of p for which
(A) (B)
   







    

 F F

 

   



is positive definite ?
 F  F





F F 

 

  

(C) (D)
   







   

   

(A) (B)
 

F
F

32. The equation |z–2+3i| = 5 represents in

the complex plane (C) (D)
 

F 
F 

(A) A circle with centre – 2 + 3i and

radius 5
34. If C is the circle |z| = 2 with counter
(B) A line passing through –2 + 3i and
parallel to X = 5 clockwise orientation, then

(C) A line passes through 2 – 3i and

z

z
1

parallel to Y = 5

2 z  1  e d z

(D) A circle with centre 2 –3i and (A) 4ei (B) 4 i

radius 5
(C) 4 ei

(D) 4 e

OR
OR

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In the Gauss-Markov model
Y , A  ,
I 

If Y

n
1
~ N

n

A  ,

2

n

with Rank

)

n
p

F

and

is the least
  

squares estimator of , which of the

 

with what is a necessary



following is not true ?

)    





  

 

(A) is unbiased for

and sufficient condition for estimability of

l 1 1 + l2 2 + l3 3 ?
(B) is MLE of

(A) l1 – l2 = l3

(B) l 2 – l 3 = l1
(C) and residual sum of squares are

(C) l 1 + l2 = l 3

statistically dependent
(D) l1 + 2l2 = l3
(D) has minimum variance in the

35. The set is { Z ": | Z – 2 | + | Z – 1| < 3 } is

entire class of linear unbiased
estimators of
(A) the interior of a disc

(B) the interior of an ellipse 37. Let be a zero of f(z) of order m and

(C) the null set

pole of (z) of order n (m > n). Then for

the function f(z) (z), is

(D) the whole complex plane C

(A) a pole of order m + n

OR
(B) a zero of order m + n
For any two random variables X and Y, (C) a pole of order m – n
(D) a zero of order m – n
which of the following is true ?
OR
(A) E (V (X | Y)) = V (E (X | Y))
(B) E (X | Y) = E (Y | X) What is the probability density function
(C) E (E (X | Y)) = E (E (Y | X)) corresponding to the characteristic
(D) V (E (X | Y))

– E (V (X | Y)) function  ( t ) 
1

, t

?
1  t

(A) e–x, x > 0

36. The function
1

 

w ( z )
 b z ,  1
b
1

 

(B)
z

1
 

| x |

maps | z | < 1 on to
e , x

(A) a half plane

(C)
1 1

, N

(B) exterior of a circle 

( 1  x )

(C) exterior of an ellipse N

(D) interior of an ellipse (D)

e , N

OR
2 

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40. If C is the circle | z | = 1, then the value of

38. Under the transformation the
1



s i n z

image of the circle | z – 2i| = 2 is the integral

!

dz is


z

(A) a circle
?

(B) a straight line (A) 4 i

(B) 3 i

(C) an ellipse (C) 2 i

(D) i

(D) a parabola OR
OR
If
X


, . . . , :

n

is a random sample from a
Let X ~ N (0, 1) and Y be independent of population having pdf
N

X with P (Y = 0) = = P (Y = 1). If


, which
1





f ( x ,  ,  )  e x , x
0

 

X i f Y  1 ,
of the following estimator is sufficient
then what is the


Z 

 X i f Y  0 ,
for when is known ?

distribution of Z ?
n

(A)
:

(B)
:

(A) N (0, 1) (B) N (0, 2)

i

i
1 i
1

n n

(C) (D)
 

(C) N (D) N
  X ,  :

1 1

   
:

i i

i


0 , , 1

i
1



i
1

i
1

 

2 2

   

41. For which value of n, primitive root


n 2

modulo n does not exist ?

39. The series converges for
z n



(A) n = 14 (B) n = 4



n !

n  0

 

(A) |z|>1 (C) n = 7 (D) n = 8

(B) |z|<1 OR
(C) |z|=1
(D) |z| 1

If :

n
is the sample mean of a random
OR sample of size n from uniform
 ,


population, which of the following is

Which of the following is not a
true ?
characteristic function ?
(A) 1 (A) :

n
is unbiased for

it
(B) e , t
(B) is UMVUE for

(C)
1

(C) is a biased estimator of

, t

1  i t 

(D) e

| t |

, t

(D) :

n
is MVB estimator of

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42. Which one of the following statement is 44. Consider the following statements
not true ? Statement (i) : Every isomorphic
(A) There exists a field with 5 elements image of a cyclic
(B) There exists a field having 16 group is cyclic.
elements Statement (ii) : Every homomorphic
(C) There exists a field with 36 elements image of a cyclic
(D) There exists a field having 125 group is cyclic.
elements Then

OR (A) (i) holds and (ii) does not hold

(B) (ii) holds and (i) does not hold
Which of the following distributions does (C) Neither (i) nor (ii) holds
not possess MLR property ?
(D) Both (i) and (ii) hold
(A) Exponential
(B) Uniform OR
(C) Power function If {X1, X2,...,Xn} is a random sample from
(D) Normal uniform (0, ) and Mn = max {X1,...,Xn},

which of the following gives the shortest

43. The number of conjugacy classes in the (1 – ) level confidence interval for ?

symmetric group S5 is

 

(A) 5 B) 25

(A) (Mn, Mn+1) (B)



M ,  M

n n



(C) 10 (D) 7  

OR 
1

(C) (D) ( Mn, Mn)

n



M ,  M

Which of the following is correct ?

n n



 

(A) If the p-value of a test is 0.16 then

the test is insignificant at 10% level 45. The ring of all 2 2 real matrices with

(B) If a test is significant at 5% level, respect to usual matrix addition and

then the probability of the null multiplication, is
hypothesis being true is atleast 0.05 (A) a commutative ring without zero
(C) If a test is significant at 1% level, divisors
then the value of the test statistic (B) a commutative ring with zero
must be quite large divisors
(D) If sample mean based on a random (C) a non-commutative ring without
sample of size 1000 turns out to be zero divisors
0.003, then the hypothesis that
(D) a non-commutative ring with zero
population mean is 0 should be
divisors
rejected
OR
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Given that {X1,...,Xn} is a random sample If {X1, X2, X3} is a random sample from
from uniform (0, ), which of the following

N( , 1), which of the following is a

is the MVUE of ?

sufficient statistic for ?

(A) X1 + 2X2 + 3X3

(A)
X
. . .
X

(B) 2X1 + 2X2 + 2X3

 n

(C) X1 – X2 + X3
(B)
( n
1 )

min. {X1,...,Xn} (D) X1 + X2 – X3

n

48. Let p be a prime number and let G be a

(C) max. {X1,...,Xn} group of order p2. If G is not cyclic, then
( n
1 )

the number of elements in G of order p is

(D) max. {X1,...,Xn} (A) p
n

( n
1 )

(B) p2
46. The polynomial f(x) = x2 + x+ 4 over

11 (C) p2 – 1
(A) is reducible (D) p –1
(B) has exactly one root in OR
11

(C) is irreducible
(D) has two roots in If X ~ N( , 1) and L( , a) = ( – a)2 is the

11

squared error loss, under which of the

OR
following is the decision rule 

k
( x )
k x

If X ~ B(1, p), I x (p) is the Fisher inadmissible ?

information about p, then a consistent (A) k < 1
estimator of Ix(p) is which of the following ? (B) k > 1
(C) 0 k 1

(A) (B) (D) 0 k<



(C) (D)
49. If denotes the Euler’s totient function,
:  
: 

n n

:  
: 

n n

then for any positive integer n, the sum

47. Which one of the following statements is
equals
not true ?

 @ 

@ n

(A) The group ( *, +) is a cyclic group

(A) 1
(B) A cyclic group of order n has (n)

(B) 0
number of generators
(C) n
(C) Any group of prime order is cyclic
(D) 2n
(D) Any group of order 4 is cyclic
OR
OR
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If {X1, X2,...,Xn} is a random sample from 51. Which one of the following statements is
not true ?
uniform , what is the MLE
1 1

 

(A) The congruence equation 15 x 6

 ,  



2 2

(mod 18) has 3 solutions mod 18

 

of ?
(B) The congruence equation 12 x 5

(A) max. {X1,...,Xn} (mod 10) has 2 solutions mod 10

(C) The congruence equation 13 x 1

(B) (min.{X1,...,Xn} + max.{X1,...,Xn}) (mod 5) has a unique solution mod 5



(D) The congruence equation 10 x 1

(C) min. {X1,...Xn} (mod 17) has a unique solution

mod 17
(D) OR
X
. . .
X

 n

A population was divided into groups and

it was found that within group variation
50. Which one of the following statements is
was less than between group variation.
not true ?
Which sampling procedure was used if
(A) The ideal (X) is a prime ideal a sample of units was selected from each
in [X]

group ?
(B) The ideal (X) is a maximal ideal in (A) Cluster sampling
[X]

(B) Systematic sampling

(C) The ideal (X) is a maximal ideal in (C) Probability proportional to size
[X]

sampling
(D) Stratified sampling
(D) The ideal (X) is a prime ideal in "[X]
OR 52. Which one of the following statements is
not true ?
In simple random sampling, bias of the
(A) The map f : ( , X)


*

(

*

, X) given
ratio estimator is what ? by f(x) = x3 is a group isomorphism
;

4

(A) Cov.
Y , X 

(B) The map g : ( , X)

*

(

*

, X) given
by g(x) = x2 is a group isomorphism
(B)
C o v . ( R , X )

E ( Y )

(C) The permutations = (12) (3456)

and

= (13) (2456) in S 6 are
(C) conjugates
C o v . ( R , Y )

(D) Product of an even permutation and

E ( X )

an odd permutation is an odd

(D)
C o v . ( R , X )

permutation

E ( X )

OR
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If a sample of size n is selected from a

: 

population of size N using SRSWR, what 54. !

is
 :
:
 

is where D is the number of distinct (A) a field with 16 elements



 



(B) a field with 8 elements

,

 

units in the sample ?

(C) an infinite field
N

(D) not a field

(A) (B)
1

N
n

m  1

OR

N
 N

m
1

If the key block in a 2 5 factorial

N
n n

(C) (D)
1

N
n
m

experiment consists of (1), bc, de, bcde,

n

N

m
1

abd, acd, abe, ace, then what are the

53. Consider the ring
interactions that are confounded ?
4


 5  
a  b  5 | a , b


(A) ABC, ADE, BCDE
(B) ABC, ACE, BCDE
and =1+ of . Then which one
(C) ADE, ABCD, BCE

#

of the following statements is not true ? (D) ACE, BCDE, ABD

(A) R is an integral domain
(B) R is not a unique factorization 55. Let be field extensions. If F is
F

K

domain a field with 4 elements, which of the

(C) is irreducible

following is a possibility ?
(D) is prime

OR (A) L
= 64 and K
= 32

If is the mean of a simple random

O
(B) L =16 and K =8
sample of size n drawn from a population
of size N, then what is the ratio (C) L
= 256 and K
= 16

8
O 

(D) = 128 and = 16

equal to ?
S R S W O R

L K

8
O 

S R S W R

OR

(A) In Anova for one way classified data with

N
1

3 classes and 3 observations per class,

N
n

(B) F-value is 15 and total sum of squares is

N
n

N
1

12. What is the mean square between

(C)
N
n

classes ?
N n

(A) 2 (B) 3
(C) 4 (D) 5
(D)
N
1

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N n

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56. Which one of the following statements is

58. Let
0 , i f x i s r a t i o n a l

true ? f ( x ) 

Then
1 , i f x i s i r r a t i o n a l

(A) Every Hausdorff space is regular (A) f is continuous only at rational points
(B) f is continuous only at irrational
(B) Every regular space is normal
points
(C) Every normal space is metrizable (C) f is nowhere continuous
(D) f is continuous everywhere
(D) Every closed subspace of a normal
OR
space is normal
OR If P3 3 is a doubly stochastic transition

probability matrix of a Markov chain, then

What are the respective interaction effects what is the stationary distribution ?
confounded in the two replications given
(A) (1 0 0)
below ?
(B)
  

 



! ! !

 

R e p l i c a t i o n I R e p l i c a t i o n I I

(C)


 



a b c a b a b c a b

       

! !

 






b c a c a c b c






(D)


 








a b b a

! !

 





( 1 ) c ( 1 ) c

       

59. Let be the dictionary order topology on

(A) BC and AB (B) BC and AC

× and be the product topology on

(C) ABC and AB (D) AB and BC


d × , where d denotes in the

57. The boundary of A = {(x, 0) | 0 x < 1} in

discrete topology. Then
2 is (A)



(A) {(x, 0) | 0 < x
1} (B)

is strictly finer than



(B) {(0, 0), (1, 1)} (C)



is strictly finer than

(C) {(x, 0) | 0 x 1}


(D)

and



are not comparable

(D) {(x, 0) | 0
x < 1} OR

OR If {N (t), t 0} is a Poisson process with

mean value function m(t) = 2t, t 0, then

In a BIBD with v=b=4 and = 2, what are

what is the variance of the number of

the values of r and k respectively ? events occurring by time 10 ?
(A) 3 and 3 (B) 3 and 2 (A) 20 (B) 40
(C) 2 and 3 (D) 2 and 2 (C) 10 (D) 05
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60. Which one of the following statements is Men and women arrive in queue
not true ? independently according to Poisson
n
(A)

in the product topology is process with respective rates and .



metrizable What is the probability that the first to

w
(B)

in the product topology is arrive in the queue is a woman ?
metrizable
J

(C) in the product topology is (A) (B)



metrizable


w
(D) in the box topology is not (C) (D)

metrizable





 

OR 62. Which one of the following spaces is

connected but not path connected ?
If {N(t), t 0} is a homogenous Poisson

process, what is the correlation coefficient (A) I × I, where I = [0, 1] in the dictionary
between N(s) and N(t), s < t ? order topology

(A)
I

(B) The space Y = [0, 1)

(1, 2] of

(C) in the standard topology

J

(B) (D) The subspace Q of

I

OR
(C) I J

(D) st A system consists of four identical units

with independent lifetimes. The system
61. Which one of the following statements is
consists of part A and part B which are
not true ?
connected in series and part A has 2 units
(A) Every interval in is both

connected in parallel and part B has 2

connected and locally connected units connected in parallel. Given that the
(B) The subspace Y = [0, 1) (1, 2] of

probability of failure of a unit is , what



is not locally connected but

connected is the reliability of the system ?

(C) The subspace Q of is neither

(A) (B)
 '

connected nor locally connected  $  $

(D) The deleted comb space is

(C) (D)
  

connected but not locally connected ! !

OR
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63. Let a be a complex number with =


65. Which one of the following
transformations reduces the differential
d z

Then equation into

d z z z

 l o g z
( l o g z )

z  =

z


d x x

the form
d u



(A) (B)
 P ( x ) u
Q ( x ) ?

d x


= =

(A) u = log z
 

(C) (D)
(B)
1

u


= 
=

l o g z

OR
(C) u = ez
Lifetimes of two components connected (D) u = (log z)2
in parallel are standard exponential. OR
What is the expected lifetime of the
system ? Which of the following is not correct ?
(A) F

(A) (B) 1
! X  X a . s .  :

 :

n n

(B) :

n



F

 :
and {Xn, n
1}
(C) (D) 2 monotone a.s.


 :
:

(C) :

n
 
p

:  -
:

n
 : 
2



(D) and g(.) real valued and

E

64.
A

A @ 

:

 :

continuous


(A) (B)
 C
: 

 C
: 

E

(C)
E
(D)

66. The initial value problem

OR
has
d y

x ( 1  x )
( 2 x  1 ) y ; y ( x )
y

 

d x

If , unique solution if
1



P X  e   1  P X  0 , n
1

n n

(A) x0 = y0 = 0
n

which of the following is true ?

(B) x0 = – 1 y0 = 1
(A) in rth mean
:

n



(C) x0 = 0 y0 = 1
(B) :

n


a.s. (D) x0 = 2 y0 = 1
(C) Xn does not converge in probability OR
(D) :

n


probability
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Which of the following is not true, given What is the mean time spent by a customer
that
F

n
, n
1 
is a sequence of dfs, F is in a stable M/M/1 queueing system with
a df and M

denotes weak arrival rate

and service rate

?




convergence ? (A) (B)



 
 

(A) M

and F continuous
(C) (D)


.

 .

Fn(x) F(x), as n



  

I K F I K F

N

N

68. The solution u(x, t) of the Dirichlet

problem
(B) M

and F continuous
ut = uxx, 0 x l, 0 t T
.

 .

I K F
.

n


N

 .


N



as n

u(x, 0) = f(x), 0 x l

N

u(0, t) = g(t), 0 t T
(C) as n for all

u(l, t) = h(t) depends on

.
N 
.
N 

N

 .

n



w

 .
(A) x and t (B) f(x) and g(t)
(C) f(x), g(t) and h(t) (D) only

OR
b b

(D) for
w

.  
.  C @ .
C @ .

n n

a a

If X(t) is the number of customers in an

all continuity points a < b of F and M/M/1 queueing system with arrival rate
continuous functions g on

> 0 and service rate >0, then what is

the process ?
67. The particular integral of the differential  X
t  , t
0 

(A) Markov process

equation (B) Poisson process with rate
 
 



w h e r e D  , D 

 



 x  y

(C) Birth process with rate

 

(D – – 1) (D – – 2) u = e2x – y + x is
 

(D) Birth and death process with birth

, ,

rate and death rate



(A)


  

 

N
O

A  N 



 

69. The general solution of is

   

(B)
   


 

N
O

A  N 



 N  O

 

of the form
(C) (A) = c f (x + iy) + g (iy)
 

N
O

A

N


(B)

= f (x + y) + g (x – y)
(D) (C) = f (x + iy) + g (x – iy)
N
O

A
N

OR (D)

= g (x + iy) + f (ix)
OR
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In a Markov chain, what is a sufficient 71. Which of the following states that “if f(x)
condition for existence of ?
l i m p

i

j
n 

is three-times differentiable and , B

B



are
n 

(A) All states communicate not zero at a solution S of f(x) = 0 then x0

(B) The chain is null recurrent sufficiently close to 5

?
(A) First order Newton’s method
(C) All states communicate and the
chain is positive recurrent (B) Second order Newton’s method
(C) Third order Newton’s method
(D) The chain is positive recurrent
(D) Fourth order Newton’s method
70. In Newtons - cotes formula, if f(x) is
OR
interpolated at equally spaced nodes by
a polynomial of degree 3, then it Which of the following is not a hazard
function ?
represents
(A) t, t > 0
(A) Trapezoidal rule (B) – ln t, t > 1
(C) ln t, t > 1
(B) Simpson 1/3 rule (D) t2, t > 0
(C) Simpson Three – Eighth rule
72. Consider the following statements :
(D) Booles rule
i) The convergence rate of secant
OR method is 1.61
ii) Convergence of Regula-falsi
In a homogeneous Poisson process, if
method is linear
Sn denotes the time of occurrence of nth
event, n = 1,2,..., then, given Sn = t, what iii) Bisection method is based upon

is (S1,...,Sn–1) distributed as ? the repeated application of

intermediate theorem
(A) Multivariate normal

(B) Multivariate exponential Which of the following is true ?

(A) only (i) and (ii) are true
(C) A set of (n – 1) independent Poisson
(B) only (i) and (iii) are true
random variables
(C) only (ii) and (iii) are true
(D) A set of (n – 1) independent uniform
(D) (i), (ii) and (iii) are all true
random variables over (0, t)
OR

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With reference to a BIBD, which of the If X and Y are independent exponential

following need not be true ? random variables ith respective means
(A) BIBD is orthogonal  

(B) BIBD is connected

and

, what is P(X < Y) ?


(C) BIBD is variance balanced

(A) (B)

 

(D) BIBD is binary




73. Consider a holonomic dynamical system

(C) (D)

with 3 degrees of freedom. The Hamilton’s






Cannonical equations of motion for the 75. Let the curve C be the external of the
dynamical system constitutes
N

(A) 6 first order differential equations functional I [ y ( x ) ] 

F ( x , y , y

) d x
with
(B) 6 second order differential equations


suitable boundary conditions. Then the

(C) 3 second order differential equations Legendre condition for testing for a weak
(D) 3 first order differential equations maximum is

OR (A) F

;

;



0 o n C

In a Gauss-Markov model the rank of the (B) F

;

;



0 o n C

design matrix )

&
#
is 4. What is the (C) .

;

;


is constant on C
dimension of the estimation space of this (D) .
should be identically zero on C
model ?

; ;

OR
(A) 4 (B) 5
(C) 16 (D) 20 What is the MLF of the median of a
lifetime random variable following an
74. Consider the integral equation
exponential distribution with mean


>

y(x) = f(x) +

K ( x , t ) y ( t ) d t
. Then which of

the following K(x, t) is not degenerate based on the sample mean ?

=

Kernel ?
(A) (B)


(A) K(x, t) = cos (x – t) :

(B) K(x, t) = sin xt

n

(C) K(x, t) = e x –t l o g 2

(C) .log 2 (D)

(D) K(x, t) = e – (x – t)
:

OR ____________

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Subject : MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Code : 26

Q.No Ans Q.No Ans Q.No Ans
1 B 21 D 41 A
2 C 22 C 42 C
3 C 23 C 43 A
4 D 24 B 44 C
5 B 25 A 45 C
6 C 26 C 46 B
7 D 27 A 47 B
8 B 28 C 48 #
9 D 29 B 49 B
10 D 30 A 50 D
11 D 31 D
12 A 32 A
13 B 33 D
14 D 34 C
15 D 35 C
16 A 36 C
17 B 37 A
18 A 38 B
19 A 39 A
20 A 40 C
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Q.No Ans Q.No Ans Q.No Ans
1 A/B 26 C/A 51 B/D
2 B/C 27 A/C 52 B/B
3 B/C 28 A/A 53 D/B
4 A/D 29 D/A 54 B/A
5 C/B 30 D/D 55 C/D
6 A/B 31 B/A 56 D/B
7 B/D 32 D/A 57 C/A
8 B/C 33 C/C 58 C/B
9 D/C 34 C/A 59 A/A
10 A/D 35 B/D 60 C/B
11 B/C 36 A/C 61 B/D
12 C/D 37 D/B 62 A/B
13 C/A 38 B/A 63 C/A
14 C/B 39 A/D 64 A/D
15 B/C 40 D/A 65 B/C
16 D/C 41 D/C 66 D/A
17 B/D 42 C/B 67 C/A
18 A/C 43 D/A 68 C/A
19 B/A 44 D/B 69 C/C
20 C/D 45 D/C 70 C/D
21 A/C 46 C/D 71 B/B
22 B/C 47 D/B 72 D/A
23 D/D 48 C/B 73 A/A
24 A/A 49 C/B 74 B/A
25 B/C 50 B/D 75 A/C
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First part of each Question and Y denotes Key for second
part of that Question.