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D.U. M.Sc. Entrance - 2014 (Mathematics) (Code - A)

PART-I

For each correct answer 3 marks will be given and for an incorrect answer one mark will be deducted.
The symbols , , , and  respectively denote the sets of integers, rational numbers, real numbers and
complex numbers.
1. How many elements are there in [i] / 3  i ?
(a) infinite (b) 3 (c) 10 (d) finite but not 3 or 10
2. Let P be the set of all n × n complex Hermitian matrices. Then P is a vector space over the field of
(a)  (b)  but not  (c) both  and  (d)  but not 
3. Which one of the following is true?
(a) There are infinitely many one-one linear transformations from  4 to 3
(b) The dimension of the vector space of all 3 × 3 skew-symmetric matrices over the field of real numbers
is 6
(c) Let F be a field and A a fixed n  n matrix over F. If T : Mn(F)  Mn(F) is a linear transformation
such that T(B) = AB for every B Mn(F), then the characteristic polynomial for A is the same as the
characteristic polynomial for T.
(d) A two-dimensional vector space over a field with 2 elements has exactly 3 different basis.
4. Let V and W be vector spaces over a field F. Let S : V  W and T : W  V be linear transformations.
Then which one of the following is true?
(a) If ST is one-to-one, then S is one-to-one
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(b) If V = W and V is finite-dimensional such that TS = I, then T is invertible
(c) If dim V = 2 and dim W = 3, then ST is invertible
(d) If TS is onto, then S is onto
5. The order of the automorphism group of Klein’s group is
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 24
6. Which one of the following group is cyclic?
(a) The group of positive rational numbers under multiplication
(b) The dihedral group of order 30
(c)  3  15
(d) Automorphism group of 10
7. Which one of the following is a field?
(a) An infinite integral domain (b) [ x] / x 2  2

(c)  3  15 (d) [ x ] / x 2  2

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8. Which one of the following is true for the transformation T : P2(  )  P2(  ) defined by T(f) = f + f  + f  ?
(a) T is one-to-one but not onto
(b) T is onto but not one-to-one
(c) T is invertible
(d) the matrix of T with respect to the basis {1, x, x 2 } is upper triangular

9. In [ x], the ideal of x is

(a) maximal but not prime (b) prime but not maximal
(c) both prime and maximal (d) neither prime not maximal
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10. Which one of the following is true for the transformation T : Mn   defined by T(A) = tr A =  i 1
Aii ?
(a) Nullity of T is n2 – 1 (b) Rank of T is n
(c) T is one-to-one (d) T(AB) = T(A)T(B) for all A, B  Mn×n
11. Let W1 = {A Mn(  ) : Aij = 0  i  j} and W2 is the set of symmetric matrices of order n. Then the
dimension of W1 + W2 is
(a) n (b) 2n (c) n2 (d) n2 – n
12. The logarithmic map from the multiplicative group of positive real numbers to the additive group of real
number is
(a) a one-to-one but not an onto homomorphism (b) an onto but not a one-to-one homomorphism
(c) not a homomorphism (d) an isomorphism
13. If f is a group homomorphism from (  , +) to (  – {0},  ) such that f(2) = 1/3, then the value f(–8) is
(a) 81 (b) 1/81 (c) 1/27 (d) 27
14. The quotient group  8 / {1, 1} is isomorphic to

(a) ( 8 , ) (b) ({1, 1}, ) (c) (V4 , ) (d) ( 4 ,  )

15. The converse of Lagrange’s theorem does not hold in
(a) A4, the alternating group of degree 4 (b) A4 ×  2
(c) the additive group of integers modulo 4 (d) Klein’s four group
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The ring ( R , , ) is an integral domain when R is

(a) M2(  ) (b)  7

(c)  6
(d) C[0, 1] of all continuous functions from [0, 1] to 
17. The polynomial ring [ x] is
(a) a field (b) a principal ideal domain
(c) unique factorization domain (d) Euclidian domain
18. An algebraic number is a root of a polynomial whose coefficients are rational. The set of algebraic numbers
is
(a) finite (b) countably infinite
(c) uncountable (d) none of these

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19. Let f : A  A and B  A. Then which one of the following is always true?
(a) B  f 1 ( f (B)) (b) B  f 1 ( f (B))
(c) B  f ( f 1 (B)) (d) B  f ( f 1 (B))
20. Which one of the following does not imply a = 0?
(a) For all  0, 0  a  (b) For all  0,   a 
(c) For all  0, a  (d) For all  0, 0  a 
21. Let X and Y be metric spaces and f : X  Y be continuous. Then f maps
(a) open sets to open sets and closed sets to closed sets
(b) compact sets to bounded sets
(c) connected sets to compact sets
(d) bounded sets to compact sets
22. Suppose f :[0,1]   is bounded. Then
(a) f is Riemann integrable on [0, 1]
(b) f is continuous on [0, 1] except for finitely many points implies f is Riemann integrable on [0, 1]
(c) f is Riemann integrable on [0, 1] implies f is continuous on [0, 1]
(d) f is Riemann integrable on [0, 1] implies f is monotone function
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23. Let f :    be defined by f ( x )  sin x , then f is
(a) uniformly continuous (b) not differentiable
(c) continuous but not uniformly continuous (d) not continuous
24. Consider the sequence f n defined by f n ( x )  1/ (1  x n ) for x  [0,1] . Let f ( x)  lim n  f n ( x) . Then

(a) For 0  a  1, f n converges uniformly to f on [0, a ]

(b) the sequence f n converges uniformly to f on [0, 1]

(c) the sequence f n converges uniformly to f on [1/2, 1]

(d) the sequence f n converges uniformly to f on [0, 1]

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25. The open unit ball B((0, 0), 1) in the metric space ( 2 , d ) where the metric d is defined by
d (( x1 , y1 ), ( x2 , y2 ))  | x1  x2 |  | y1  y2 | is the inside portion of
(a) the circle centered at the origin and radius 1
(b) the rectangle with vertices at (0, 1), (1, 0), (–1, 0), (0, –1)
(c) the rectangle with vertices at (1, 1), (1, –1), (–1, 1), (–1, –1)
(d) the triangle with vertices (0, 1), (–1, –1), (1, –1)
26. Let an and bn be two sequences of real numbers such that an  bn  bn 1 for n   . If b n is
convergent, then which of the following is true?
(a) a n may not converge (b) a n is convergent and an  b1

(c) a n is convergent and a n 0 (d)  a n is convergent and  a

n  a1  b1

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27. Let f be a real-valued function on [0, 1] such that f (0)  1 and f (1)  1 / 2 , then there always exists
a t  (0,1) such that
(a) f (t )  2 (b) f (t )  1
(c) f (t )  3 / 2 (d) f (t )  1 / 2
28. Let S and T be subsets of  . Select the incorrect statement:
(a) (int S)  (int T) = int (S  T) (b) (int S)  (int T)  int (S  T)
(c) S is closed in  (d) T is the largest closed set containing T.
29. The number of solutions of the equation 3x  4 x  5x in the set of positive real numbers is exactly
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
30. Let f :    be differentiable and f  be bounded. Then
(a) f has a local maximum at exactly one point of 
(b) f has a local maximum at exactly two point of 
(c) f is uniformly continuous on 
(d) f  f  is uniformly continuous on 

n2
31. Let an  2n  n 2 for n  100 and an  3  (1) n for n  100 . Then
2n  1

(a) an is a Cauchy sequence

(b) an is an unbounded sequence

(c) an has exactly three limit points

(d) an has two convergent subsequences converging to two different points

x3  y3
32. Let the function f :    be defined by f (0, 0)  0 and f ( x, y )  2
2
for ( x, y )  (0, 0) . Then
x  y2

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(a) f is continuous on  2
(b) f is continuous at all points of  2 except at (0, 0)
(c) fx(0, 0) = fy(0, 0)
(d) f is bounded

1/ 2 if x  1/ 4
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33. Let f :[0,1]   be defined by f ( x )  1/ 4 if x  1/ 2
 0 if x  [0,1] \{1/ 4,1/ 2}

Then
1 1
(a) f is Riemann integrable and  f ( x)dx  3 / 4 (b) f is Riemann integrable and  f ( x)dx  1 / 4
0
0

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(c) f is Riemann integrable and  f ( x)dx  0 (d) f is not Riemann integrable
0

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34. Let f :[0,  / 2]   be continuous and satisfy  f (t )dt  3 x / 2 for 0  x   / 2 . Then f (1 / 2)
0

equals
(a) 1/2 (b) 1/ 2 (c) 1/ 3 (d) 1
sin x cos x
35. For n   , let f n ( x )   for x  (0,  / 2] . Then
x n

(a) f n converges uniformly on (0,  / 2) but not on (0,  / 2]

(b) f n converges uniformly on (0,  / 2]

(c) f n converges uniformly on (0,  / 4) but not on (0,  / 4]

(d) none of these
36. Define a metric d on  by d ( x, x )  0 for any x and d ( x, y )  1 for any x, y with x  y . Let an be
a Cauchy sequence in , d . Then

(a) an is a constant sequence

(b) an contains infinitely many points

(c) an contains at most finite number of distinct points

(d) none of these
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37. The singular solution of y  px  p , p  dy / dx is
(a) 4 y 3  27 x 2  0 (b) 4 x 2  27 y 3  0
(c) 4 y 2  27 x 3  0 (d) 4 x 3  27 y 2  0

38. Consider the following initial value problem: ( x  1)2 y  2( x  1) y   2 y  1 subject to the condition y (0)  0

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and y(0)  1 . Given that x  1 and ( x  1)2 are linearly independent solutions of the corresponding
homogeneous equation, the value of y (1/ 2) is equal to
(a) 5/16 (b) 7/8 (c) 0 (d) 1/24
39. Assume that all the roots of the polynomial equation an x n  an 1 x n 1  ....  a1 x  a0  0 have negative real
parts. If u (t ) is any solution to the differential equation: an u ( n )  an 1u ( n 1)  ....  a1u   a1u  0 , the value
of the limit limt  u (t ) is
(a) 0 (b) n (c)  (d) 1
40. The initial value problem y   y 2/3 with 0  x  a for any positive real number a and y (0)  0 has
(a) infinitely many solutions (b) more than one but finitely many solutions
(c) unique solution (d) no solution
41. One of the particular integrals of the partial differential equation r  2s  t  cos(2 x  3 y ) is
(a)  cos(2 x  3 y ) (b) cos(2 x  3 y ) (c) sin(2 x  3 y ) (d) none of these

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42. The region in which the equation xu xx  u yy  x 2 is hyperbolic is

(a) the whole plane  2 (b) the half plane x  0

(c) the half plane y  0 (d) the half plane x  0
43. The solution of Cauchy problem ut  uus  x, u ( x, 0)  1 is u ( x, t ) 
(a) x tan h t  sec h t (b) tan h t  sec h t
(c) ( x 2  t 2 ) sin t (d) none of these
44. The integral surface that satisfies the first order partial differential equation:
z z
(x2  y2  z2 )  2 xy  2 xz
x y
is given by
2 2 2
(a) ( xy / z, y 2 / ( x 2  z 2 ))  0 (b) ( y / z , ( x  y  z ) / x)  0
(c) ( y / z , ( x 2  y 2  z 2 ) / z )  0 (d) ( y / ( zx ), x 2 / ( y 2  z 2 ))  0
45. Consider the diffusion equation u xx  ut with 0  x   and t  0 , subject to the initial and boundary
conditions: u ( x, 0)  4 sin 2 x for 0  x   and u (0, t )  0  u (, t ) for t  0 . Then, u (  / 8, 1) is equal
to:

(a) 4e4 / 2 (b) 4e9 / 2 (c) 4 / e 2 (d) 4 / e

46. The general solution to the second order partial differential equation u xx  u xy  2u yy  ( y  1)e x is given by
x
(a) 1 ( y  x )  2 ( y  2 x )  xe y (b) 1 ( y  x )  2 ( y  2 x )  ye
x
(c) 1 ( y  x)  2 ( y  2 x )  xe  y (d) 1 ( y  x)  2 ( y  2 x )  ye
47. The trajectories of the system of differential equations dx / dt  y and dy / dt   x are
(a) ellipses (b) hyperbolas (c) circles (d) spirals
48. The backward Euler method for solving the differential equation y   f ( x, y ) is
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(a) yn 1  yn  hf ( xn , yn ) (b) y  y  hf ( x n 1 n n 1 , yn 1 )

(c) yn 1  yn 1  2hf ( xn , yn ) (d) yn 1  (1  h) f ( xn 1 , yn 1 )

49. The Newton-Raphson formula for finding approximate root of the equation f ( x)  0 is
(a) xn 1  f ( xn ) / f ( xn ), f ( xn )  0 (b) xn 1  xn  f ( xn ) / f ( xn ), f ( xn )  0

(c) xn 1  xn 1  f ( xn ) / f ( xn ), f ( xn )  0 (d) xn 1  xn  f ( xn ) / f ( xn ), f ( xn )  0

50. If Euler’s method is used to solve the initial value problem y   2ty 2 , y (0)  1 numerically with step size
h  0.2, the approximate value of y (0.6) is
(a) 0.7845 (b) 0.8745 (c) 0.8754 (d) 0.7875

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PART-II

Questions may have multiple correct answers and carry five marks. Five marks will be given only if all
correct choices are marked. There will be no negative marks.

51. There exists a finite field of order

(a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 81 (d) 121
52. If S3 and A3 respectively denote the permutation group and alternating group, then
(a) A3 is the Sylow 3-subgroup of S3
(b) Sylow 2-subgroup of S3 is unique
(c) {I , (12)},{I , (12)},{I , (23)} are Sylow 2-subgroup of S3
(d) A3 is not a normal subgroup of S3
53. Let G be a group of order 105 and H be its subgroup of order 35. Then
(a) H is a normal subgroup of G
(b) H is cyclic
(c) G is simple
(d) H has a normal subgroup K of order 5 and K is normal in G.
54. The quotient group  /  is
(a) an infinite Abelian group
(b) cyclic
(c) the same as {r   : 0  r  1}
(d) isomorphic to the multiplicative group of all complex numbers of unit modulus
55. Which of the following pairs of groups are isomorphic to each other?
(a) ,  , ,  (b) ,  ,   , 

(c) ,  ,   ,  (d) Aut( 3 ), Aut( 4 )

56. Let V and W be finite-dimensional vector spaces and T : V  W be a linear transformation. Then
(a) dim V < dim W  T cannot be onto (b) dim V > dim W  T cannot be one-to-one
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(d) dim V = dim W  T is invertible
57. Let T :  3   3 be a linear transformations given by the formula T ( x, y, z )  A( x y z )t where A is a 3×3
real orthogonal matrix of determinant 1. Then
(a) T is an isometry of 3
(b) the matrix of T with respect to the usual basis of 3 is At
(c) the eigenvalues of T are either 1 or –1
(d) T is surjective
58. Choose the correct statements

 
 
(a) n 1
[1/ n, 2]  [0, 2] (b) (1/ n, 2]  [0, 2]
n 1

 
 
(c) (1  1/ n, 2]  (1, 2] (d) n 1
[1  1/ n, 2]  [1, 2]
n 1

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59. If   A   , which of the following must be true?
(a) If A is open, then A   (b) If A is closed, then A  
(c) If A is uncountable, then A is closed (d) If A is countable, then A is closed
60. The function f :[0,1]  [0,1] defined by f (0)  0 and f ( x )  x 2 sin(1/ x ) for x  0 , is
(a) differentiable on (0, 1)
(b) is continuous on [0, 1]
(c) is continuous on [0, 1] but not differentiable at 0
(d) is uniformly continuous
61. Let f :[ a, b]  [ a, b] be a continuous function. Then
b b
(a) lim n  f ( x) sin nxdx   (b) lim n  f ( x ) cos nxdx  
a a

b b
(c) lim n  f ( x ) sin nxdx  0 (d) lim n  f ( x ) cos nxdx  0
a a

62. Which of the following statements about a sequence of real numbers are true?
(a) Every bounded sequence has a convergent subsequence
(b) Every sequence has a monotonic subsequence
(c) Every sequence has a limit point
(d) Every sequence has a countable number of terms
63. Let an  1,1,1/ 2,1,1/ 2,1/ 3,1,1/ 2,1/ 3,1/ 4,... be a sequence of real numbers. Then

(a) an has infinite number of limit points

(b) lim sup n  an  1

(c) lim inf n an  0

(d) an has infinite number of convergent subsequences

64. Let f :    be given by f ( x )  min{x, x  1,| x  2 |} . Then
(a) f is continuous on 
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(b) f is not differentiable at exactly two points
(c) f increases on the interval ( ,1]
(d) f decreases on the interval [1, 2]

Let Fn  [1/ n,1/ n] for each n   and let F   n 1 Fn . Then


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(a) F contains finite number of points (b) sup{| x  y |: x, y  F }  0

(c) inf{| x  y |: x, y  F }  0 (d) F is a closed set

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Let d1 , d 2 , d3 , d 4 :    be defined by
2
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d1 ( x, y )  | x  y |,

d 2 ( x, y ) | x 2  y 2 |,

d3 ( x, y ) | sin x  sin y |,

d 4 ( x, y ) | tan 1 x  tan 1 y | .
Then which of the following is/are metric on  ?
(a) d1 (b) d2 (c) d3 (d) d4
67. Which of the following is/are true for the initial value problem: xy  2 y , y (a )  b
(a) there is unique solution near ( a, b) if b  0
(b) there is no solution if a  0 but b  0
(c) there are infinitely many solutions if a  b  0
(d) the function y  x 2 if y  0 and y  cx 2 if x  0 is one of the solutions
68. The solution of the partial differential equation z  pq where p  z / x and q  z / y is

(a) z  ( x  a )( x  b) (b) 4 z  (ax  y / a  b) 2

(c) z  ax  a 2  by (d) none of these

69. Consider the second order Sturm-Liouville problem: x 2 y  xy   y  0 where   0 , subject to the
conditions: y (1)  y(e 2  )  0 . Pick out the true statements
(a) For   1, the given problem has infinitely many solutions
(b) For   0 , only solution to the given problem is the trivial solution
(c) The characteristic values  n of the given problem can be arranged in a monotonically increasing
sequence
(d) For   1/16 , a non-trivial solution exists.

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For any integer n  2 , let S n  {( x, y )   : ( x  12 )  y  n12 } and S  {( x, y )   2 : x 2  y 2  1} . The
2 2 2

second order partial differential equation: ( x 2  1)u xx  2 yu xy  u yy  0 is

 
 
(a) elliptic on Sn (b) elliptic on Sn and parabolic on S2
n 2 n 3

(c) hyperbolic in  2  S (d) parabolic on S   

n 2
Sn 

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ANSWER KEY

1. (c) 2. (b) 3. (d) 4. (b) 5. (c)

6. (d) 7. (d) 8. (d) 9. (b) 10. (a)

11. (c) 12. (d) 13. (a) 14. (c) 15. (a)

16. (b) 17. (c) 18. (b) 19. (a) 20. (c)

21. (b) 22. (b) 23. (c) 24. (a) 25. (b)

26. (b) 27. (c) 28. (d) 29. (a) 30. (c)

31. (a) 32. (a) 33. (c) 34. (d) 35. (b)

36. (c) 37. (d) 38. (b) 39. (a) 40. (a)

41. (a) 42. (d) 43. (a) 44. (c) 45. (b)

46. (b) 47. (c) 48. (b) 49. (d) 50. (a)

51. (c, d) 52. (a, c) 53. (a, b, d) 54. (a, c, d) 55. (c, d)

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57. (a, c, d) 58. (b, d) 59. (b) 60. (a, b, d)

61. (c, d) 62. (a, b, d) 63. (a, b, c, d) 64. (a, b, c, d)

65. (a, b, c, d) 66. (a, d) 67. (b, c, d) 68. (a, c)

69. (a, c) 70. (c, d)

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