PAPER – II

MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

Note : Attempt all the questions. Each question carries two (2) marks.

1. Composite number n is ———————.

1) a prime number and n  1

2) non-prime number and n  1

3) non-prime number and n  1

4) a prime number and n  1

2. A function f (x ) has no jump discontinuity at x  a if ———————.

1) f (a  )  f (a )  f (a )

2) f (a  )  f (a )

3) f (a)  f (a)

4) f (a  )  f (a )  f (a )

3. A subset S of a vector space V satisfying V  L(S ) is a basis if ———————.

1) S is linearly dependent

2) S is linearly independent

3) V is a field

4) S is a field

b2 c 2 bc b  c
4. The value of the determinant c2 a 2 ca c  a is
a 2b2 ab a  b

1) abc 2) a 2b2c2

3) bc  ca  ab 4) zero

5. If dim W  m , dim V  n and W  V then dim(V / W ) is ———————.

1) mn 2) nm

3) mn 4) mn

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6. The value of lim is
z 0 z
1) 0
2) 1
3) 1/2
4) Limit does not exist

z
7. The fixed points of the bilinear transformation w  are
2z
1) 0, 0
2) 0, 1
3) 0, 1/2
4) 1, 1/2

8. The primitive roots modulo 19 is ———————.

9. In the ring of even integers 2Z , the ideal I   4  is

1) Integral domain
2) Principal ideal
3) Maximal but not prime
4) Maximal and prime

10. If D is an integral domain and D [x ] is a principal ideal domain, then D becomes a

1) Ring
2) Field
3) Integral domain
4) Ideal

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11. Any infinite subset A of a discrete topological space X is

1) compact

2) locally compact

3) not compact

4) sequentially compact

dy y 1
12. The general solution of   is
dx x  y
sin 
x

1) y  x arc cos ( x  c )

2) y  x arc sin ( x  c )

3) y  x arc tan ( x  c )

4) y  x sin ( x  c )

13. Which of the following is elliptic?

1) Laplace equation

2) Wave equation

3) Heat equation

4) uxx  2uxy  4uxy  0

14. The complete integral of the PDE pq  1 is

1) z  ax  1 a y  c

2) z  ax  1 a y

3) z  ax  y  c

4) z  x 1 a y  c

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15. For the fastest rate of convergence of the method x n 1  . The value of a is
a  xn
(Given  is exact root)

1
1) a
2

2
2) a
3

1
3) a
3

3
4) a
2

F d  F 
16. If Euler’s characteristic equation     0 vanishes identically, then the
y dx  y 

indefinite integral  F ( x , y, y) dx can be evaluated as a function of

1) x only

2) x and y

3) y only

4) F, x and y

17. The integral I has strong minimum if

1) The arc AB of the arc of the integration e , contains no point conjugate to either
A or B

2) The arc AB of the arc of integration e , contains point conjugate to either A or B

3) The arc AB of the arc of integration e , contains point conjugate to both A or B

4) The arc AB of the arc of the integration e , contains no point conjugate to

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18. Degree of freedom is defined as

1) The minimum number of independent coordinates required to specify the system

2) The maximum number of independent coordinates required to specify the

3) The minimum number of dependent coordinates required to specify the system

4) The maximum number of dependent coordinates required to specify the system

19. Non-holonomic constraints are

1) The constraints that can be expressed as equation form

2) The constraints that cannot be expressed as equation form

3) Equation of constraints that contain time as explicit variable

4) Equation of constraints that does not contain time as explicit variable

20. Lagrange’s bracket is

1) Canonical invariant

2) Canonical variant

3) Non-invariant

4) Euler’s invariant

21. Two dice are thrown. Find the probability that the total of the numbers on the top
face is 9.

3
1)
9

4
2)
9

5
3)
36

4
4)
36

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22. A non-null persistent and a periodic state is called

1) Regular

2) Irregular

3) Ergodic

4) Non-Ergodic

23. The variance of maximum likelihood estimate for the parameter  of a

1) 

n
2)



3)
n


4)
n2

24. Buses arrive for cleaning at a central depot in groups of five every hour on the hour.
The buses are serviced in random order, one at a time. Each bus requires 11 min to
service completely and it leaves the depot as soon as it is clean. Then the average
number of buses in the depot is

1) 2

2) 2.5

3) 2.75

4) 3

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25. Subset of R which is a neighborhood of 3 is

1) [3, 6] 2) [3, 6)

3) (2, 4 ) 4) (3, 6)


26. The series  ( 1)
r 1
r 1

1) Oscillates finitely

2) Divergent

3) Convergent

4) Oscillates infinitely


 n 
 cos 2 
27. The sequence   is ———————.
 n 
 n 1

1) convergent to 0

2) divergent

3) convergent to 1

1
4) convergent to
2

x  .2 ( x  .2)2 ( x  .2)n
28. The radius of convergence of the series    
1 2 n

1) 1 2) 

1
3) 0 4)
2

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29. The product of two orthogonal matrices is orthogonal and that the inverse of an
orthogonal matrix is

1) Symmetric

2) Orthogonal

3) Skew-symmetric

4) Hermitian

30. Let V be an n-dimensional vector space and let T : V  V be a linear map such that
null (T )  range(T ) . Then

1) n is odd

2) n is even

3) n is neither odd or even

4) n is not defined

31. Every square matrix satisfies its own characteristic equation. This is

1) Cauchy’s theorem

2) Cayley-Hamilton theorem

3) Eigen value theorem

4) Sylow’s theorem

32. A function f ( z )  Re( z ) is

1) analytic
2) nowhere differentiable
3) continuous
4) discontinuous

33. The real part of exp (exp i ) is

1) e cos 

2) e cos  sin (sin  )

3) e cos  cos (cos  )

4) e cos  cos (sin  )

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34. If  (N ) denotes the number of prime numbers less than or equal to N then  (6) 

1) 2
2) 5
3) 1
4) 4

35. Which of the following statement is wrong?

1) Every subspace of discrete space is also discrete

2) Every subspace of an indiscrete space is indiscrete

3) Every non-empty open subset of an indiscrete space X is dense in X

4) Every non-empty open subset of an indiscrete space X is not dense in X

36. Let X  N be equipped with the topology generated by the basis consisting of sets
An  { n, n  1, n  2  } , n  N then X is

1) Compact and connected

2) Hausdorff and compact

3) Hausdorff and connected

4) Neither compact nor connected

37. Every convergent sequence in a Hausdorff space has

1) exactly two different limit points

2) no limit point

3) a unique limit point

4) more than one limit point

38. Let X be a topological space with finitely many connected components: Then each
connected components is

1) closed in X

2) open in X

3) neither open nor closed in X

4) both open and closed in X

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39. The PDE (1  x 2 ) uxx  (1  y 2 ) u yy  xux  yu y  0 is of type

1) Parabolic

2) Elliptic

3) Hyperbolic

4) Laplace

40. The PDE x 2 ( y  1) z xx  x ( y 2  1) z xy  y ( y 2  1) z yy  z x  0 is hyperbolic in the entire

1) x-axis

2) y-axis

3) a line parallel to y axis

4) a line parallel to x axis

41. In Newton-Cotes formula, if f (x ) is interpolated at equally spaced nodes by a

1) Trapezoidal rule

2) Simpson rule

3) Three-eight rule

4) Booles rule

42. By Newton’s method f ( x )  x 5  x 3  3 and if x n  1 then x n 1 is

1
1) 
2

1
2)
2

3
3)
2

3
4) 
2

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43. 
The solution of Fredholm integral equation y( x )  x  e x  x t y(t ) dt
0

1) y( x )  e x

2) y( x )  e  x

3) y( x )  x

4) y( x )  x  1

1
4
1 x
44. Consider the Fredholm integral equation of the first kind
4 0

e  e x  t y(t ) dt . The

solution is

1) y( x )  e x

2) y( x )  cos x

3) y( x )  sin x

4) y( x )  e  x

45. Any solution of homogeneous Volterra integral equation of the second kind
x
 ( x )    K ( x  y )  ( x ) dy  0 in L2 -space is
0

1) Necessarily a zero function

2) Necessarily a non-zero function

3) Absolute function

4) Constant function

1
46. 
The eigen value I of the following Fredholm integral equation y( x )  I x 2t y(t ) dt is
0

1) 2
2) 2
3) 4
4) 4

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47. From a pack of 52 cards, one card is drawn at random. Find the probability of getting
a queen.
1
1)
13
2
2)
13
10
3)
21
12
4)
21

48. Poisson distribution is a limiting case of

1) Uniform distribution

2) Exponential distribution

3) Geometric distribution

4) Binomial distribution

49. If X is uniformly distributed over (0, 10) find P ( X  2)

3
1)
5

2
2)
5

1
3)
5

4
4)
5

50. If the one-step transition probability does not depend on the step (ie.,)
pij (n  1, n )  pij (m  1, m) the Markov chain is called a

1) Non-homogeneous

2) Homogeneous

3) Irreducible

4) Reducible

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