CSIR NET Dec 2023 Question With Solution

CSIR NET December 2023 Question Paper with solution
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General Aptitude:
1. Two rectangular pieces of land both having all sides and diagonals in whole numbers in metres
have areas in the ratio 4 : 3 and the smaller (in area) piece has diagonal 41m and one side 9m.
However, the bigger piece has a smaller diagonal. The diagonal of the bigger piece is
(a) 25
(b) 29
(c) 32
(d) 34
2. Everyday a child adds to her piggy bank the same number of coins as are already there in it. If
she starts with one coin then the piggy-bank gets full in 8 days. The number of days it will take
to fill if she starts with two coins, is
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 7
3. Which of the following powers of 3 is the largest factor of 1 × 2 × 3 × 4 × · · · × 30 ?

(a) 310
(b) 313
(c) 314
(d) 315
4. When an alarm goes off, policemen X and Y chase thief T, on foot and on a cycle, respectively,
along the same straight road. Initially the distance between X and Y was 4 times that between T
and X. If X runs twice as fast as T and Y rides twice as fast as X, then
(a) X and Y will catch up with T at the same time.
(b) X will catch T first
(c) Y will catch T first
(d) Y will. cross X during the chase.
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5. In a family of four, the engineer is the son of the chemist and the brother of the teacher. The
chemist is the wife of the lawyer and the mother of the teacher. Which of the following conclusions
is necessarily true?
(a) The teacher is the sister of the engineer.
(b) The teacher is the son of the chemist.
(c) The lawyer is the father of the teacher.
(d) The lawyer is the brother of the teacher.
6. Rounding off 4.58500001 to the second decimal place will give
(a) 4.6
(b) 4.58
(c) 4.59
(d) 4.585
7. In the following finite sequence of integers, how many terms are divisible by their immediately
preceding terms?
8, 3, 4, 9, 3, 5, 9, 5, 9, 9, 9, 4, 5, 6, 3, 3, 5, 7, 2, 3, 9, 9
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6
8. In the figure, ∆ABC and ∆BDC are similar. Then BD =?
(a) 8.0
(b) 7.2
(c) 7.5
(d) 6.0
9. Consider the equation 3x − 3y = 34 . A solution to this equation with x and y integers
(a) satisfies x > 4, y > 4
(b) satisfies x > 5, y > 3
(c) satisfies x > 6, y > 2
(d) is not possible
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10. Consider two 24-hour clocks A and B. Clock A gets faster by 8 min and clock B gets slower by 12
min every hour. They are synchronised to the correct time at 05:00 hrs. Within the following 24
hours at a certain instant clock A shows 15:12 hrs and clock B shows 12:12 hrs. What is the true
time at that instant?
(a) 13:48
(b) 14:00
(c) 14:12
(d) 14:36
11. Two cylindrical candles have unequal heights and diameters. The shorter lasts for 13 hours and
the longer for 9 hours. They are lit at the same time and after 5 hours their heights are the same.
What is the ratio of their original heights?
(a) 1:2
(b) 13:18
(c) 9:13
√
(d) 5 : 3
12. In a queue each woman is preceded and followed by exactly two men. A particular woman is
positioned, from among the women, fourth from the front. The woman’s position in the queue
from the front is
(a) 9th
(b) 10th
(c) 11th
(d) 12th
13. In a grid puzzle, each row and column in the 9 × 9 grid, as well as each 3 × 3 sub-grid shown with
heavy borders, must contain all the digits 1 to 9.
In the above partially filled grid, the square marked ”?” contains

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(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 6
(d) 7
14. Average monthly expenses (in rupees) incurred by a family are as shown in the chart. What is the
value of the central angle corresponding to the amount spent on recreation?
(a) 12°
(b) 13°
(c) 14°
(d) 15°
15. Which of the integers 10, 11, 12, and 13 can be written as the sum of squares of four integers
(allowing repetition)?
(a) Only 10
(b) Only 10 and 11
(c) Only 10, 11, and 12
(d) All
16. The following 13 observations are molecular weights of 13 compounds (in amu): 65, 61, 63, 65, 61,
60, 65, 83, 65, 84, 61, 65, 62. Which of the following is true of the molecular weights?
(a) M ean = M edian < M ode

(b) M edian < M ode = M ean
(c) M ode = M edian < M ean
(d) M edian < M ean < M ode

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17. Sets x1 , x2 , . . . , x100 and y1 , y2 ,P
. . . , y150 have means zero and the same standard deviations. Which
100 P150
of the following is the ratio of i=1 x2i to i=1 yi2 closest to?
(a) 1 : 1
√ √
(b) 2 : 3
(c) 2 : 3
(d) 4 : 9
18. From a two-digit number, the sum of its digits is subtracted. The resulting number is
(a) always divisible by 6
(b) always divisible by 9
(c) never divisible by 4
(d) never divisible by 5
19. Four students Akash, Bikram, Ramesh, and Dewan joined a college in 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994
but not necessarily in that order. Each student joined one of the four departments viz Physics,
Chemistry, Mathematics, and Biology. No two students joined the same department. One of
those who joined the college before 1993 joined Chemistry. No one joined the college after Ramesh.
Dewan joined Physics. Akash joined one year after Dewan but did not join Chemistry. The student
who joined in 1992 joined the department of
(a) Physics
(b) Chemistry
(c) Mathematics
(d) Biology
20. Train travel time between stations A and B is 39 hours. Every day a pair of trains leave from A
to B and B to A at 6 AM. If the service starts on a Monday, on which earliest day will the same
train rakes start the journeys again from their original stations?
(a) Wednesday
(b) Thursday
(c) Friday
(d) Saturday

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Part - B
1. Using Euler’s method with the step size 0.05, the approximate value of the solution for the initial
dy √
value problem = 3x + 2y + 1, y(1) = 1 at x = 1.1 (round off to two decimal places), is
dx
(a) 1.50
(b) 1.65
(c) 1.25
(d) 1.15
2. Let X be a non-empty finite set and
Y = {f −1 (0) : f is a real-valued function on X}
. Which one of the following statements is true?

(a) Y is an infinite set.
(b) Y has 2|X| elements.
(c) There is a bijective function from X to Y .
(d) There is a surjective function from X to Y . Click here for demo solution
3. We denote by In the n × n identity matrix. Which one of the following statements is true?
(a) If A is a real 3 × 2 matrix and B is a real 2 × 3 matrix such that BA = I2 , then AB = I3 .

3 3
(b) A be the real matrix . Then there is a matrix B with integer entries such that AB = I2 .
1 2

3 1 Z Z
(c) Let A be the matrix with entries in . Then there is a matrix B with entries in
1 2 6Z 6Z
such that AB = I2 .
(d) If A is a real non-zero 3 × 3 diagonal matrix, then there is a real matrix B such that AB = I3 .
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4. Consider the field C together with the Euclidean topology. Let K be a proper subfield of C that is
not contained in R. Which one of the following statements is necessarily true?
(a) K is dense in C
(b) K is an algebraic extension of Q
(c) C is an algebraic extension of K
(d) The smallest closed subset of C containing K is NOT a field.
5. Consider the Cauchy problem for the wave equation
∂2u ∂2u
− 4 = 0, −∞ < x < ∞, t>0
∂t2 ∂x2

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1
 −
x 2
u(x, 0) = e x ̸= 0

0 x=0
∂u 2
(x, 0) = xe−x , x ∈ R.
∂t
Which one of the following is true?
(a) limt→∞ u(5, t) = 1
(b) limt→∞ u(5, t) = 2
1
(c) limt→∞ u(5, t) = 2
(d) limt→∞ u(5, t) = 0
6. How many roots does the polynomial
z 100 − 50z 30 + 40z 10 + 6z + 1
have in the open disc {z ∈ C : |z| < 1}?
(a) 100
(b) 50
(c) 30
(d) 0 Click here for demo solution
7. Let f : R → R be a differentiable function such that f and its derivative f ′ have no common zeros
in [0, 1]. Which one of the following statements is true?
(a) f never vanishes in [0, 1]
(b) f has atmost finitely many zeros in [0, 1]
(c) f has infinitely many zeros in [0, 1]
(d) f 12 = 0

8. Let A = (ai,j ) be the n × n real matrix with ai,j = ij for all 1 ≤ i, j ≤ n. If n ≥ 3, which one of
the following is an eigenvalue of A?
(a) 1
(b) n
n(n + 1)
(c)
2
n(n + 1)(2n + 1)
(d) Click here for demo solution
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9. Let G be any finite group. Which one of the following is necessarily true?
(a) G is a union of proper subgroups.
(b) G is a union of proper subgroups if |G| has at least two distinct prime divisors.
(c) If G is abelian, then G is a union of proper subgroups.

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(d) G is a union of proper subgroups if and only if G is not cyclic.
10. Let A be an n × n matrix with complex entries. If n ≥ 4, which one of the following statements is
true?
(a) A does not have any non-zero invariant subspace in Cn .

(b) A has an invariant subspace in Cn of dimension n − 3.
(c) All eigenvalues of A are real numbers.
(d) A2 does not have any invariant subspace in Cn of dimension n − 1. Demo solution
11. The cardinality of the set of extremals of

Z 1
J[y] = (y ′ )2 dx,
0
subject to Z 1
y(0) = 1, y(1) = 6, y dx = 3
0
is
(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) 2
(d) countably infinite
12. The smallest real number λ for which the problem
−y ′′ + 3y = λy, y(0) = 0, y(π) = 0
has a non-trivial solution is

(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) 1
(d) 4
13. Let f : R → R be defined by
(
(1 − x)2 sin(x2 ), x ∈ (0, 1)
f (x) =
0 , otherwise
and f ′ be its derivative. Let
S = {c ∈ R : f ′ (x) ≤ cf (x) for all x ∈ R}
. Which one of the following is true?

(a) S = ∅
(b) S ̸= ∅ and S is a proper subset of (1, ∞)

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(c) (2, ∞) is a proper subset of S
(d) S ∩ (0, 1) ̸= ∅ Click here for demo solution
14. Let H = {z ∈ C : Im(z) > 0} denote the upper half plane and let f : C → C be defined by
f (z) = eiz . Which one of the following statements is true?
(a) f (H) = C \ {0}
(b) f (H) ∩ H is countable.
(c) f (H) is bounded.
(d) f (H) is a convex subset of C. Click here for demo solution
15. Consider the linear programming problem:
Maximize z = 3x + 4y
subject to x + y ≤ 12,
2x + 3y ≤ 30,
x + 4y ≤ 36,
x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0.
Then the optimal solution of the given problem is
(a) x∗ = 6, y ∗ = 6
(b) x∗ = 7, y ∗ = 5
(c) x∗ = 3, y ∗ = 8
(d) x∗ = 4, y ∗ = 8
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16. For a ∈ R, let Aa = −1 2 −1. Which one of the following statements is true?
0 −1 a
(a) Aa is positive definite for all a < 3

(b) Aa is positive definite for all a > 3
(c) Aa is positive definite for all a ≥ −2
(d) Aa is positive definite only for finitely many values of a Click here for demo solution
17. Which one of the following statements is false ?

(a) The product of two 2 × 2 real matrices of rank 2 is of rank 2.
(b) The product of two 3 × 3 real matrices of rank 2 is of rank at most 2.
(c) The product of two 3 × 3 real matrices of rank 2 is of rank at least 2.
(d) The product of two 2 × 2 real matrices of rank 1 can be the zero matrix. Demo solution
18. Consider the following subset of R:
U = {x ∈ R : x2 − 9x + 18 ≤ 0, x2 − 7x + 12 ≤ 0}
Which one of the following statements is true?

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(a) inf U = 5
(b) inf U = 4
(c) inf U = 3
(d) inf U = 2 Click here for demo solution
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19. Which one of the following is equal to 137 + 237 + 337 + · · · + 8837 in ?
89Z
(a) 88
(b) -88
(c) -2
(d) 0
20. The following partial differential equation
∂2u ∂2u 2
2∂ u ∂u ∂u
x2 2
− 2xy − 3y 2
+ − =0
∂x ∂x∂y ∂y ∂x ∂y
is
(a) elliptic in {(x, y) ∈ R2 : y > 0}
(b) parabolic in {(x, y) ∈ R2 : x > 0, y > 0}
(c) hyperbolic in {(x, y) ∈ R2 : xy ̸= 0}
(d) parabolic in {(x, y) ∈ R2 : xy ̸= 0}
21. Consider the following infinite series:
∞
sin nπ

X
2
(a) √
n=1
n
∞
X 1
(b) log 1 + 2
n=1
n
Which one of the following statements is true?

(a) (a) is convergent, but (b) is not convergent.
(b) (a) is not convergent, but (b) is convergent.
(c) Both (a) and (b) are convergent.
(d) Neither (a) nor (b) is convergent. Click here for demo solution
22. Consider the sequence (an )n≥1 , where an = cos (−1)n nπ nπ

2 + 3 . Which one of the following
statements is true?
√
3
(a) lim supn→∞ an = 2 .
(b) lim supn→∞ a2n = 1.
(c) lim supn→∞ a2n = 21 .
(d) lim supn→∞ a3n = 0. Click here for demo solution

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23. Consider a homogeneous Markov Chain with state space {0, 1, 2} and transition probability matrix
(TPM) given by

Let P (n) = (Pij (n) be the n-step TPM. Then which of the following statements is true?
(n)
(a) limn→∞ P21 = 1
1 1

(b) The unique stationary distribution of the chain is given by 2, 2, 0
(c) {1, 2} forms a closed set of states.
(n)
(d) limn→∞ P22 = 1
24. Let f be a meromorphic function on an open set containing the unit circle C and its interior.
Suppose that f has no zeros and no poles on C, and let np and n0 denote the number of poles and
zeros of f inside C, respectively. Which one of the following is true?
1
H (zf )′
(a) 2πi C zf
dz = n0 − np + 1
′
1
H (zf )
(b) 2πi C zf
dz = n0 − np − 1
′
1
H (zf )
(c) 2πi C zf
dz = n0 − np
′
1
H (zf )
(d) 2πi C zf
dz = np − n0 Click here for demo solution
25. Let (−, −) be a symmetric bilinear form on R2 such that there exist nonzero v, w ∈ R2 such that
(v, v) > 0 > (w, w) and (v, w) = 0. Let A be the 2 × 2 real symmetric matrix representing this
bilinear form with respect to the standard basis. Which one of the following statements is true?
(a) A2 = 0
(b) rank A = 1
(c) rank A = 0
(d) There exists u ∈ R2 , u ̸= 0 such that (u, u) = 0. Click here for demo solution
26. The value of λ for which the integral equation
Z 1
y(x) = λ x2 ex+t y(t)dt
0
has a nonzero solution is

4
(a)
1 + e2
2
(b)
1 + e2

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4
(c)
e2 − 1
2
(d) 2
e −1
27. Let f : C → C be a real differentiable function. Define u, v : R2 → R by u(x, y) = Ref (x + iy)
and v(x, y) = Imf (x + iy), x, y ∈ R. Let ∇u = (ux , uy ) denote the gradient. Which one of the
following is necessarily true?
(a) For c1 , c2 ∈ C, the level curves u = c1 and v = c2 are orthogonal wherever they intersect.
(b) ∇u · ∇v = 0 at every point.
(c) If f is an entire function, then ∇u · ∇v = 0 at every point.
(d) If ∇u · ∇v = 0 at every point, then f is an entire function. Click here for demo solution
28. Let f (x) be a cubic polynomial with real coefficients. Suppose that f (x) has exactly one real root
and that this root is simple. Which one of the following statements holds for ALL antiderivatives
F (x) of f (x)?
(a) F (x) has exactly one real root.

(b) F (x) has exactly four real roots.
(c) F (x) has at most two real roots.
(d) F (x) has at most one real root. Click here for demo solution

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Part - C
1. Consider the problem
y ′ = (1 − y 2 )10 cos y, y(0) = 0
. Let J be the maximum interval of existence and K be the range of the solution of the above
problem. Then which of the following statements are true?
(a) J = R
(b) K = (−1, 1)
(c) J = (−1, 1)
(d) K = [−1, 1]
2. Let X, Y be two n×n real matrices such that XY = X 2 +X +I. Which of the following statements
are necessarily true?
(a) X is invertible
(b) X + I is invertible
(c) XY = Y X
(d) Y is invertible. Click here for demo solution

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3. Consider A = . Suppose A5 − 4A4 − 7A3 + 11A2 − A − 10I = aA + bI for some a, b ∈ Z.
2 3
Which of the following statements are true?
(a) a + b > 8
(b) a + b < 7
(c) a + b is divisible by 2
(d) a > b Click here for demo solution
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1 0
2πi 1 0
4. Suppose a 7 × 7 block diagonal complex matrix A has blocks 0 , , and  0 2πi 0 
0 0
0 0 2πi
along the diagonal. Which of the following statements are true?
(a) The characteristic polynomial of A is x3 (x − 1)(x − 2πi)3 .
(b) The minimal polynomial of A is x2 (x − 1)(x − 2πi)3 .
(c) The dimensions of the eigenspaces for 0, 1, and 2πi are 2, 1, and 3 respectively.
(d) The dimensions of the eigenspaces for 0, 1, and 2πi are 2, 1, and 2 respectively.

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5. Consider the quadratic form Q(x, y, z) = x2 + xy + y 2 + xz + yz + z 2 . Which of the following
statements are true?
(a) There exists a non-zero u ∈ Q3 such that Q(u) = 0.
(b) There exists a non-zero u ∈ R3 such that Q(u) = 0.
(c) There exists a non-zero u ∈ C3 such that Q(u) = 0.
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x
(d) The real symmetric 3 × 3 matrix A which satisfies Q(x, y, z) = [x y z]A y  for all x, y, z ∈ R
z
is invertible. Click here for demo solution
6. Let {fn }n≥1 be the sequence of functions defined on [0, 1] by

√
n 1+ x
fn (x) = x log
2
. Which of the following statements are true?

(a) {fn } converges pointwise on [0, 1].
(b) {fn } converges uniformly on compact subsets of [0, 1) but not on [0, 1).
(c) {fn } converges uniformly on [0, 1) but not on [0, 1].
(d) {fn } converges uniformly on [0, 1]. Click here for demo solution
7. Consider the Cauchy problem
∂u ∂u
u + = 1, (x, y) ∈ R × (0, ∞),
∂x ∂y
u(x, 0) = kx, x ∈ R,
with a given real parameter k. For which of the following values of k does the above problem have
a solution defined on R × (0, ∞)?
(a) k = 0
(b) k = −2
(c) k = 4
(d) k = 1
H ez
8. For an integer k, consider the contour integral Ik = |z|=1
dz. Which of the following statements
zk
are true?
(a) Ik = 0 for every integer k.
(b) Ik ̸= 0 if k ≥ 1.
(c) |Ik | ≤ |Ik+1 | for every integer k.
(d) limk→∞ |Ik | = ∞ Click here for demo solution

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9. Which of the following statements are true ?
(a) The function f : R → R defined by
(
1

[x] sin x for x ̸= 0
f (x) =
0 for x = 0
has a discontinuity at 0 which is removable.

(b) The function f : [0, ∞) → R defined by
(
sin(log x) for x ̸= 0
f (x) =
0 for x = 0
has a discontinuity at 0 which is NOT removable.

(c) The function f : R → R defined by
(
e1/x for x < 0
f (x) =
e1/(x+1) for x ≥ 0
has a jump discontinuity at 0.

(d) Let f, g : [0, 1] → R be two functions of bounded variation. Then the product f g has at most
countably many discontinuities. Click here for demo solution
10. Let p : R2 → R be the function defined by p(x, y) = x. Which of the following statements are true?
(a) Let A1 = {(x, y) ∈ R2 | x2 + y 2 < 1}. Then for each γ ∈ p(A1 ), there exists a positive real
number ϵ such that (γ − ϵ, γ + ϵ) ⊆ p(A1 ).
(b) Let A2 = {(x, y) ∈ R2 | x2 + y 2 ≤ 1}. Then for each γ ∈ p(A2 ), there exists a positive real
number ϵ such that (γ − ϵ, γ + ϵ) ⊆ p(A2 ).
(c) Let A3 = {(x, y) ∈ R2 | xy = 0}. Then for each γ ∈ p(A3 ), there exists a positive real number
ϵ such that (γ − ϵ, γ + ϵ) ⊆ p(A3 ).
(d) Let A4 = {(x, y) ∈ R2 | xy = 1}. Then for each γ ∈ p(A4 ), there exists a positive real number
ϵ such that (γ − ϵ, γ + ϵ) ⊆ p(A4 ).
11. Consider the initial value problem
x2 y ′′ − 2x2 y ′ + (4x − 2)y = 0, y(0) = 0
Suppose y = Φ(x) is a polynomial solution satisfying Φ(1) = 1. Which of the following statements
are true?
(a) Φ(4) = 16
(b) Φ(2) = 2
(c) Φ(5) = 25
(d) Φ(3) = 3

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12. For real numbers a, b, c, d, e, f , consider the function F : R2 → R2 given by
F (x, y) = (ax + by + c, dx + ey + f ), for x, y ∈ R.
(a) F is continuous.
(b) F is uniformly continuous.
(c) F is differentiable.
(d) F has partial derivatives of all orders.
13. Let T : R5 → R5 be a R-linear transformation. Suppose that (1, −1, 2, 4, 0), (4, 6, 1, 6, 0), and
(5, 5, 3, 9, 0) span the null space of T . Which of the following statements are true?
(a) The rank of T is equal to 2.
(b) Suppose that for every vector v ∈ R5 , there exists n such that T n v = 0. Then T 2 must be
zero.
(c) Suppose that for every vector v ∈ R5 , there exists n such that T n v = 0. Then T 3 must be
zero.
(d) (−2, −8, 3, 2, 0) is contained in the null space of T . Click here for demo solution
14. Let A be a real diagonal matrix with characteristic polynomial λ3 − 2λ2 − λ + 2. Define a bilinear
form ⟨v, w⟩ = v T Aw on R3 . Which of the following statements are true?
(a) A is positive definite.
(b) A2 is positive definite.
(c) There exists a nonzero v ∈ R3 such that ⟨v, v⟩ = 0.
(d) rank A = 2. Click here for demo solution
15. Let Ω1 = {z ∈ C | |z| < 1} and Ω2 = C. Which of the following statements are true?
(a) There exists a holomorphic surjective map f : Ω1 → Ω2 .
(b) There exists a holomorphic surjective map f : Ω2 → Ω1 .
(c) There exists a holomorphic injective map f : Ω1 → Ω2 .
(d) There exists a holomorphic injective map f : Ω2 → Ω1 . Click here for demo solution
n
X zk
16. For every n ≥ 1, consider the entire function pn (z) = . Which of the following statements
k!
k=0
are true?
(a) The sequence of functions (pn )n≥1 converges to an entire function uniformly on compact
subsets of C.
(b) For all n ≥ 1, pn has a zero in the set {z ∈ C | |z| ≤ 2023}.
(c) There exists a sequence (zn ) of complex numbers such that limn→∞ |zn | = ∞ and pn (zn ) = 0
for all n ≥ 1.
(d) Let Sn denote the set of all the zeros of pn . If an = minz∈Sn |z|, then an → ∞ as n → ∞.

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17. Consider the initial value problem
dy
= f (x, y), y(x0 ) = y0 ,
dx
where f is a twice continuously differentiable function on a rectangle containing the point (x0 , y0 ).
With the step-size h, let the first iterate of a second order scheme to approximate the solution of
the above initial value problem be given by
y1 = y0 + P k1 + Qk2 ,
where k1 = hf (x0 , y0 ), k2 = hf (x0 + α0 h, y0 + β0 k1 ) and P, Q, α0 , β0 ∈ R. Which of the following

statements are correct?
(a) If α0 = 2, then β0 = 2, P = 43 , Q = 14 .
(b) If β0 = 3, then α0 = 3, P = 56 , Q = 16 .
(c) If α0 = 2, then β0 = 2, P = 14 , Q = 34 .
(d) If β0 = 3, then α0 = 3, P = 16 , Q = 56 .
18. Which of the following statements are true?
(a) Let G1 and G2 be finite groups such that their orders |G1 | and |G2 | are coprime. Then any
homomorphism from G1 to G2 is trivial.
(b) Let G be a finite group. Let f : G → G be a group homomorphism such that f fixes more
than half of the elements of G. Then f (x) = x for all x ∈ G.
(c) Let G be a finite group having exactly 3 subgroups. Then G is of order p2 for some prime p.
(d) Any finite abelian group G has at least d(|G|) subgroups in G, where d(m) denotes the number
of positive divisors of m.
19. Let G be the group(under matrix multiplication) of 2 × 2 invertible matrices with entries from
Z
.Let a be the order of G . Which of the following statements are true?
9Z
(a) a is divisible by 34 .
(b) a is divisible by 24 .
(c) a is not divisible by 48.
(d) a is divisible by 36.
20. Let X be an uncountable subset of C and let f : C → C be an entire function. Assume that for
every z ∈ X, there exists an integer n ≥ 1 such that f (n) (z) = 0. Which of the following statements
are necessarily true?
(a) f = 0.
(b) f is a constant function.
(c) There exists a compact subset K of C such that f −1 (K) is not compact.
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21. Let n ∈ Z be such that n is congruent to 1 mod 7 and n is congruent to 4 mod 15. Which of the
following statements are true?
(a) n is congruent to 1 mod 3.
(b) n is congruent to 1 mod 35.
(c) n is congruent to 1 mod 21.
(d) n is congruent to 1 mod 5.
22. For a differentiable surjective function f : (0, 1) → (0, 1), consider the function
F : (0, 1) × (0, 1) → (0, 1) × (0, 1)
given by
F (x, y) = f (x), f (y) , x, y ∈ (0, 1).
If f ′ (x) ̸= 0 for every x ∈ (0, 1), then which of the following statements are true?
(a) F is injective.
(b) f is increasing.
(c) For every (x′ , y ′ ) ∈ (0, 1) × (0, 1), there exists a unique (x, y) ∈ (0, 1) × (0, 1) such that
F (x, y) = (x′ , y ′ ).
(d) The total derivative DF (x, y) is invertible for all (x, y) ∈ (0, 1) × (0, 1).
23. Consider the following Fredholm integral equation

Z 1
y(x) − 3 txy(t) dt = f (x),
0
where f (x) is a continuous function defined on the interval [0, 1]. Which of the following choices
for f (x) have the property that the above integral equation admits at least one solution?
1
(a) f (x) = x2 − 2
(b) f (x) = ex
(c) f (x) = 2 − 3x
(d) f (x) = x − 1
24. Let y be the solution to the Volterra integral equation
Z x
x 1 + x2
y(x) = e + 2
y(t) dt.
0 1+t
Then which of the following statements are true?

(a) y(1) = 1 + π4 e

(b) y(1) = 1 + π2 e

√ √3
(c) y( 3) = 1 + 3π 4 e
√ √3
(d) y( 3) = 1 + 4π 3 e

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25. Let R = Z[X]/(X 2 + 1) and ψ : Z[X] → R be the natural quotient map. Which of the following
(a) R is isomorphic to a subring of C.
(b) For any prime number p ∈ Z, the ideal generated by ψ(p) is a proper ideal of R.
(c) R has infinitely many prime ideals.
(d) The ideal generated by ψ(X) is a prime ideal in R.
26. Among the curves connecting the points (1, 2) and (2, 8), let γ be the curve on which an extremal
of the functional Z 2p
J[y] = 1 + x3 (y ′ )2 dx
1
can be attained. Then which of the following points lie on the curve γ?
√
(a) 2, 3
√
(b) 2, 6
√ 22
(c) 3, 3
√ 23
(d) 3, 3
27. Let A be an n × n real symmetric matrix. Which of the following statements are necessarily true?
(a) A is diagonalizable.
(b) If Ak = I for some positive integer k, then A2 = I.
(c) If Ak = 0 for some positive integer k, then A2 = 0.
(d) All eigenvalues of A are real. Click here for demo solution
28. Let {A
S n }n≥1 be a collection of non-empty subsets of Z such that An ∩ Am = ∅ for m ̸= n. If
Z = n≥1 An , then which of the following statements are necessarily true?
(a) An is finite for every integer n ≥ 1.
(b) An is finite for some integer n ≥ 1.
(c) An is infinite for some integer n ≥ 1.
(d) An is countable (finite or infinite) for every integer n ≥ 1. Click here for demo solution
29. Let x be a real number. Which of the following statements are true?
1
(a) There exists an integer n ≥ 1 such that n2 sin ≥ x.
n
1
(b) There exists an integer n ≥ 1 such that n cos ≥ x.
n
(c) There exists an integer n ≥ 1 such that ne−n ≥ x.
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30. Define
S = y ∈ C 1 [0, π] : y(0) = y(π) = 0

∥f ∥∞ = max |f (x)|, for all f ∈ S

x∈[0,π]
B0 (f, ϵ) = {f ∈ S : ∥f ∥∞ < ϵ}
B1 (f, ϵ) = {f ∈ S : ∥f ∥∞ + ∥f ′ ∥∞ < ϵ}
Consider the functional J : S → R given by
Z π
1 − (y ′ )2 y 2 dx.

J[y] =
0
Then there exists ϵ > 0 such that
(a) J[y] ≤ J[0], for all y ∈ B0 (0, ϵ)

(b) J[y] ≤ J[0], for all y ∈ B1 (0, ϵ)
(c) J[y] ≥ J[0], for all y ∈ B0 (0, ϵ)
(d) J[y] ≥ J[0], for all y ∈ B1 (0, ϵ)
31. Let f (X) = X 2 + X + 1 and g(X) = X 2 + X − 2 be polynomials in Z[X]. Which of the following
(a) For all prime numbers p, f (X) mod p is irreducible in (Z/pZ)[X].
(b) There exists a prime number p such that g(X) mod p is irreducible in (Z/pZ)[X].
(c) g(X) is irreducible in Q[X].
(d) f (X) is irreducible in Q[X].
32. Let F be a finite field and V be a finite-dimensional non-zero F -vector space. Which of the following
can NEVER be true?
(a) V is the union of 2 proper subspaces.
(b) V is the union of 3 proper subspaces.
(c) V has a unique basis.
(d) V has precisely two bases. Click here for demo solution
33. The coefficient of x3 in the interpolating polynomial for the data
x 0 1 2 3 4
y 1 2 1 3 5
is
(a) − 13
(b) − 12
5
(c) 6
17
(d) 6
34. Consider R2 with the Euclidean topology and consider Q2 ⊂ R2 with the subspace topology. Which

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of the following statements are true?
(a) Q2 is connected.
(b) If A is a non-empty connected subset of Q2 , then A has exactly one element.
(c) Q2 is Hausdorff.
(d) {(x, y) ∈ Q2 | x2 + y 2 = 1} is compact in the subspace topology.
35. For a real number λ, consider the improper integrals
Z 1 Z ∞
dx dx
Iλ = λ
, Kλ = .
0 (1 − x) 1 xλ

(a) There exists λ such that Iλ converges, but Kλ does not converge.
(b) There exists λ such that Kλ converges, but Iλ does not converge.
(c) There exists λ such that Iλ and Kλ both converge.
(d) There exists λ such that neither Iλ nor Kλ converges. Click here for demo solution
36. Let f (X) = X 3 − 2 ∈ Q[X] and let K ⊂ C be the splitting field of f (X) over Q. Let ω = e2πi/3 .
(a) The Galois group of K over Q is the symmetric group S3 .
(b) The Galois group of K over Q(ω) is the symmetric group S3 .
(c) The Galois group of K over Q is Z/3Z.
(d) The Galois group of K over Q(ω) is Z/3Z.
37. Consider the following initial value problem
1
y ′ = y + | sin y 2 |,

x > 0, y(0) = −1.
2
(a) There exists an α ∈ (0, ∞) such that limx→α− |y(x)| = ∞.
(b) y(x) exists on (0, ∞) and it is monotone.
(c) y(x) exists on (0, ∞), but not bounded below.
(d) y(x) exists on (0, ∞), but not bounded above.
38. Suppose that f : [−1, 1] → R is continuous. Which of the following imply that f is identically zero
on [−1, 1]?
R1
(a) −1 f (x)xn dx = 0 for all n ≥ 0.
R1
(b) −1 f (x)p(x) dx = 0 for all real polynomials p(x).
R1
(c) −1 f (x)xn dx = 0 for all n ≥ 0 odd.
R1
(d) −1 f (x)xn dx = 0 for all n ≥ 0 even. Click here for demo solution

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39. Let f : R → R be a continuous function such that |f (x) − f (y)| ≥ log(1 + |x − y|) for all x, y ∈ R.
(a) f is necessarily one-to-one.

(b) f need not be one-to-one.
(c) f is necessarily onto.
(d) f need not be onto. Click here for demo solution
40. Let f : [0, ∞) → R be the periodic function of period 1 given by
f (x) = 1 − |2x − 1| for x ∈ [0, 1].
Further, define g : [0, ∞) → R by g(x) = f (x2 ). Which of the following statements are true?
(a) f is continuous on [0, ∞).
(b) f is uniformly continuous on [0, ∞).
(c) g is continuous on [0, ∞).
(d) g is uniformly continuous on [0, ∞).

41. Let B = (x, y) ∈ R2 : x2 + y 2 < 1 be the open unit disc in R2 , ∂B = (x, y) ∈ R2 : x2 + y 2 = 1
−
be its boundary and B = B ∪ ∂B. For λ ∈ (0, ∞), let Sλ be the set of twice continuously differen-
−
tiable functions in B, that are continuous on B and satisfy
2 2
∂u ∂u
+λ = 1, in B
∂x ∂x
u(x, y) = 0, on ∂B
Then which of the following statements are true ?
(a) S1 = ϕ
(b) S2 = ϕ
(c) S1 has exactly one element and S2 has exactly two elements.
(d) S1 and S2 are both infinite.

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CSIR NET December 2023 Answer Key
PART A PART B PART C
1 D 1 C 1 A,B
2 D 2 B 2 A,C
3 C 3 C 3 B,C
4 B 4 A 4 A,D
5 C 5 A 5 C,D
6 C 6 C 6 A,D
7 C 7 B 7 A,C,D
8 D 8 D 8 B
9 D 9 D 9 B,C,D
10 B 10 B 10 A,C,D
11 B 11 B 11 A,C
12 D 12 D 12 A,B,C,D
13 C 13 A 13 A,C,D
14 A 14 C 14 B,C
15 D 15 A 15 A,C
16 C 16 B 16 A,C,D
17 C 17 C 17 A,B
18 B 18 C 18 A,B,C,D
19 A 19 D 19 A,B
20 C 20 C 20 D
21 C 21 A,C
22 B 22 A,C,D
23 D 23 A,C
24 A 24 B,D
25 D 25 A,B,C
26 C 26 B,C
27 C 27 A,B,C,D
28 C 28 D
29 A,B,D
30 D
31 D
32 A
33 D
34 B,C
35 A,B,D
36 A,D
37 B,C
38 A,B
39 A,C
40 A,B,C
41 A,B

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3. Which of the following powers of 3 is the largest factor of 1 × 2 × 3 × 4 × · · · × 30 ?

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value of the central angle corresponding to the amount spent on recreation?

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Y = {f −1 (0) : f is a real-valued function on X}

. Which one of the following statements is true?

(a) If A is a real 3 × 2 matrix and B is a real 2 × 3 matrix such that BA = I2 , then AB = I3 .

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z 100 − 50z 30 + 40z 10 + 6z + 1

have in the open disc {z ∈ C : |z| < 1}?

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(a) A does not have any non-zero invariant subspace in Cn .

11. The cardinality of the set of extremals of

−y ′′ + 3y = λy, y(0) = 0, y(π) = 0

has a non-trivial solution is

and f ′ be its derivative. Let

S = {c ∈ R : f ′ (x) ≤ cf (x) for all x ∈ R}

. Which one of the following is true?

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Then the optimal solution of the given problem is

(a) Aa is positive definite for all a < 3

17. Which one of the following statements is false ?

18. Consider the following subset of R:

Which one of the following statements is true?

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Which one of the following statements is true?

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has a nonzero solution is

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(a) F (x) has exactly one real root.

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6. Let {fn }n≥1 be the sequence of functions defined on [0, 1] by

. Which of the following statements are true?

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has a discontinuity at 0 which is removable.

has a discontinuity at 0 which is NOT removable.

has a jump discontinuity at 0.

11. Consider the initial value problem