Q.

1 Let y(x) = xe7x be a solution of y 00 + ay 0 + by = 0, a, b ∈ R then

(a) a > 0, b < 0 (b) a < 0, b > 0 (c) a > 0, b > 0 (d) a < 0, b < 0

Q.2 Let y(x) be any non-trivial real valued solution of y 00 (x) + xy(x) =

0, 0 < x < ∞. Then

(a) y(x) has finitely many zeros.

(b) y(x) has finite points of extrema.

(c) lim y(x) does not exists.

x→∞

(d) lim y(x) exits and it is finite.

x→∞

Q.3 Let y1 (x) and y2 (x) form a complete set of solutions to the differential
2
equation y 00 − 2xy 0 + sin(e2x )y = 0, x ∈ [0, 1] with y1 (0) = 0, y10 (0) =

1, y2 (0) = 1, y20 (0) = 1. Then the Wronskian W (x) of y1 (x) and y2 (x)

at x = 0 is

(a) e (b) −1 (c) −e (d) 1

Q.4 Consider the system of differential equation

dx
= 8x − y 2
dt
dy
= −6y + 6x2
dt
Then the critical point (0, 0) of the system is

(a) asymptotically stable node (c) unstable node

(b) unstable spiral (d) saddle and unstable

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Q.5 The eigenvalue for boundary value problem X 00 (x)+λX(x) = 0, X(0) =

0, X(π) + X 0 (π) = 0 satisfy

√ √
(a) λ + tan λπ = 0 (c) λ + tan λπ = 0
√ √
(b) λ + tan λπ = 0 (d) λ + tan λπ = 0

Q.6 For the initial value problem

dy 2
= (4y + e−x )e2y , y(0) = 0 on region R : |x| ≤ a, |y| ≤ b.
dx
The largest interval of existence of the solution guaranteed for a unique

solution is

       
1 1 1 1
(a) 0, √ (b) 0, (c) 0, √ (d) 0, √
e 2e 8 e 2 e

Q.7 Consider the system of ordinary differential equation

dx
= x3 y 2 − x5 y 4
dt
dy
= x4 y 5 + x2 y 3
dt
Then for this system there exists

(a) a closed path in {(x, y) ∈ R2 /x2 + y 2 ≤ 4}

(b) a closed path in {(x, y) ∈ R2 /4 < x2 + y 2 ≤ 8}

(c) a closed path in {(x, y) ∈ R2 /x2 + y 2 > 8}

(d) no closed path in R2

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Q.8 Consider the equation y 00 (x) + a(x)y(x) = 0, a(x) is continuous func-

tion with period T . Let f1 (x) and f2 (x) be the basis for the solution

satisfying f1 (0) = 1, f10 (0) = 0 and f2 (0) = 0, f20 (0) = 1. Let W (f1 , f2 )

denote the Wronskian of f1 (x) and f2 (x). Then

(a) W (f1 , f2 ) = 1

(b) W (f1 , f2 ) = 2ex

(c) f1 (T ) + f20 (T ) = 2 if given differential equation has a non-trivial

periodic solution with period T

(d) f1 (T ) + f20 (T ) = 1 if given differential equation has a non-trivial

periodic solution with period T

Q.9 Let y1 (x) be any non-trivial real valued solution of y 00 (x) + xy(x) =

0, 0 < x < ∞. Let y2 (x) be the solution of y 00 (x)+y(x) = x2 +2, y(0) =

y 0 (0) = 0. Then

(a) y1 (x) has infinitely many zeros.

(b) y2 (x) has infinitely many zeros.

(c) y2 (x) has finitely many zeros.

(d) y1 (x) has finitely many zeros.

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Q.10 Consider the boundary value problem u00 + λu = 0, u(0) = u0 (π) =
d2 u
0, u00 = 2 , λ ∈ C. Let p denote a non-negative integer. Then which
dx
of the following are correct ?

(a) There exist eigenvalues of the BV P and the corresponding eigen-

functions constitute an orthogonal set

 2
1
(b) The eigenvalues of the BV P are p + with the corresponding
    2
1
eigenfunctions sin p + x
2
(c) The eigenvalues of the BV P are (p + 1)2 with the corresponding

eigenfunctions {sin(p + 1)x}

(d) Then exists no non-real eigenvalues for the BV P

Q.11 Consider the boundary value problem y 00 = f (x) with boundary condi-

tions y(0) = y(1) = y 0 (1), where f is a real valued continuous function

on [0, 1]. Then which of the following are true ?

(a) The given BV P does not have a unique solution for some f .

(b) The given BV P has a unique solution for every f .

Rx R1
(c) y(x) = xtf (t)dt + (t − x + xt)f (t)dt is a solution of the given
0 x
BV P
Rx R1
(d) y(x) = (x − t + xt)f (t)dt + xf (t)dt is a solution of the given
0 x
BV P