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HYDERABAD CENTRAL UNIVERSITY (HCU)

M.Sc. Mathematics Entrance - 2013

Time : 2 Hours Max. Marks: 100

Instructions:
(i) There are a total of 50 questions in Part-A and Part-B together.
(ii) There is a negative marking in Part-A. Each correct answer carries 1 mark and each wrong answer carries
–0.33 mark. Each question in Part-A has only one correct option.
(iii) There is no negative marking in Part-B. Each correct answer carries 3 marks. In Part-B some questions
have more than one correct option. All the correct options have to be marked in OMR sheet other wise
zero marks will be credited.

PART-A

1. We say that a sequence (an ) does NOT converge to l if

(a)   0, n0  , n  n0 we have | an  l | 

(b)   0, n0  , n  n0 such that | an  l | 

(c)  0, n0  , n  n0 such that | an  l | 

(d)  0, n0  , n  n0 we have | an  l | 

2.
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Consider a sequence (an ) of positive numbers satisfying the condition an an  2  an21 , n   then (an ) is
a
(a) convergent sequence if a1  2a2

(b) monotonically increasing sequence if a1  2a2

(c) convergent sequence if a1  2a2

(d) monotonically increasing sequence if a1  2a2

 1 1
3. The sum of the series [(n  1) 5  n 5 ] is
n 1

(a) less than –1 (b) equal to –1

(c) greater than –1 but less than 2 (d) none of the above

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4. Let S  {x   / x 2  5}   . Which of the following statements is true about S  ?

(a) S is bounded above the sup S  
(b) S is bounded above and sup S    
(c) S is a closed interval
(d) S is an open interval

e(1/ x )  e ( 1/ x )
5. The value of lim (1/ x ) ( 1/ x ) is
x0 e e
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) –1 (d) none of the above

  x  3, x  ,
6. Consider the function f :    given by f ( x)   2 . The set of all points at which f
 x  6 x  9 x  
is continuous is
(a) {2, 3} (b) {3} (c)   {2,3} (d)   {3}

 sin x, x  0,
7. Consider the function f :    given by f ( x)   . Which of the following statements
1  cos x, x  0
is true about f?
(a) f is differentiable (b) f is continuous but NOT differentiable
(c) f is discontinuous (d) none of the above statements is true

1, x    [0,1] 0, x    [0,1]

8. Let f :[0,1]  , g :[0,1]   given by f ( x )   and g ( x)   , then
0, x    [0,1] 1, x    [0,1]
(a) both f and g are Riemann integrable
(b) f is Riemann integrable but g is NOT Riemann integrable
(c) g is Riemann integrable but f is NOT Riemann integrable
(d) both f and g are NOT Riemann integrable
n
2k
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9. lim  2 2

k 0 k  n
n 

(a) 0 (b) log 2 (c) 2 (d) 

10. A solution of xdy  ydx  ( x 2  y 2 )dx  ( x 2  y 2 )dy  0 is

y
(a) arctan( y / x)  x  y  C (b)  x2  y2  C
x

y
(c) arctan( y / x )  x 2  y 2  C (d)  x y C
x

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11. The general solution of ( D 4  I ) 2 y  0 is

(a) C1 sin x  C2 cos x  C3e x  C4 e  x

(b) C1 x sin x  C2 x cos x  C3e x  C4 e  x

(c) (C1  C2 x )sin x  (C3  C4 x) cos x  C5 e x  C6 e x

(d) (C1  C2 x ) sin x  (C3  C4 x ) cos x  (C5  C6 x )e x  (C7  C8 x) e  x

12. Consider three different planes a11 x  a12 y  a13 z  d1 , a21 x  a22 y  a23 z  d 2 and a31 x  a32 y  a33 z  d 3 .

Let A  ( aij ), 1  i, j  3 . Which of the following conditions necessarily implies that there exists a unique
point of intersection of all three planes?
(a) det( A)  0 (b) det( A)  0
(c) Trace( A)  0 (d) Trace( A)  0

x y z x2 y4 z6

13. The number of planes containing both the lines   and   is
1 2 3 1 5 1
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) more than 1 but finitely many (d) infinite

1 0 0
14. Let A  0 1 22  , then det( A) is

 
 0 1/ 7  

(a) zero (b) a non-zero rational number

(c) an irrational number less than 1 (d) an irrational number greater than 1
15. Consider the vector space 3 over  and A, B   3 such that 0  A  B . Let the number of elements
in A and B are 4 and 2 respectively, then
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(a) both A and B are linearly dependent sets
(b) A is linearly dependent set but B is linearly independent set
(c) both A and B are linearly independent sets
(d) none of the above is a true statement
16. The number of group homomorphisms from 12 to 13 is
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) more than 1 but finitely many (d) infinite
17. The centre of  33 is

(a) {0} (b)  3 (c) 11 (d)  33

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18. Let G be a group and H be a subgroup of G. Which of the following statements is true?
(a) If H is a normal subgroup of G then gH  Hg , g  G
(b) If H is a normal subgroup of G then gH  Hg , for some g  G
(c) If gH  Hg , for some g  G then H is a normal subgroup of G
(d) If gH  Hg , for some g  G then H is a normal subgroup of G
19. The number of elements of order 8 in a cyclic group of order 16 is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
20. If x  e, y  e are elements in a group G such that the order of x is 2 and x 1 yx  y 2 then the order of
y is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
21. In the ring (, ,.) the set {12u  30v | u , v  } is the same as n for n =
(a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
22. Let S be the sphere with center at the origin and radius 1. Let f is a vector field given by

f ( x, y, z )  ( z  2 xyz )iˆ  9 x 2 yz 2 ˆj  ( yz 2  3 x 2 z 3 )kˆ . If n̂ is the outward normal then, the value of

ˆ 
 f  ndS
S

4 4 3
(a) 0 (b)  (c)  (d) 
3 3

23. If  is a real valued smooth function and f is a vector valued smooth function on 3 . then div( Curl f ) 

(a)  Curl f (b) ( f )

(c)  Curl f  ( f ) (d) none of the above

24. What is the probability of that girls out number boys in a family with 5 children. Assume that births are
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independent trials and probability of a boy is equal to 1/2.
1 15 17
(a) 0 (b) (c) (d)
2 32 32
25. Consider two boxes numbered Box 1 and Box 2. Let Box 1 contains 5 red balls and 4 black balls Box
2 contains 10 red balls and 17 black balls. Consider a random experiment of choosing a box, picking a
ball from it. What is the probability that the color of the ball is red?
25 50 15 15
(a) (b) (c) (d)
54 54 36 17

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PART-B

26. Consider the statement “There is a train in which every compartment has at least one passenger without
the ticket”. Negation of this statement is
(a) There is a train in which every compartment has at least one passenger with the ticket
(b) There is a train in which every passenger of every compartment has the ticket
(c) Every train has a compartment in which every passenger has the ticket
(d) In every train every passenger in every compartment has the ticket
27. Consider a sequence (an ) of real numbers. Which of the following conditions imply that (an ) is convergent?

1
(a) | an 1  an | , n  
n

1
(b) | an 1  an | , n  
3n

(c) an  0, n   and an is monotonically increasing

(d) an  0, n   and an is monotonically decreasing

28. Which of the following series are convergent?

log n 
n2 
1 
en
(a)  3/ 2 (b)  (c)  (d)  100
n 0 n n 0 n ! n  0 n log n n 0 n

29. Which of the following statements are true?

(a) If A   such that   A is finite then A is dense in 
(b) There exists A   such that   A is finite and A is dense in 
(c) There exists a pair of disjoint subsets of Q such that both of them are dense in 

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(d) None of the above is a true statement
30. Consider f :    given by f ( x)  sin 3 (| x |), then f (0)
(a) is equal to –1 (b) is equal to 0
(c) is equal to 1 (d) does not exist
31. Consider the following two statements
S1 : If f :[0,1]  [0,1] is continuous then x0  [0,1] such that f ( x0 )  x0

1 
S2 : There exists a continuous function f :[0,1]  [0,1]    such that f is on to
2
(a) Both S1 and S2 are true (b) S1 is true but S2 is false
(c) S2 is true but S1 is false (d) Both S1 and S2 are false

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32. Consider the following two statements.
/ 2
sin x
S1 :  dx exists
0 x

1
x
S2 :  dx exists
0 log x

(a) Both S1 and S2 are true (b) S1 is true but S2 is false

(c) S2 is true but S1 is false (d) Both S1 and S2 are false
33. Solution of ( x 2  y 2 ) xdx  ( x 2  y 2 ) ydy  2 xy ( xdy  ydx )  0 is

2 2 x2 2 2 x2
(a) log( x  y )  C (b) log( x  y )  C
x2  y 2 x2  y 2

2 2 1 y 2 2 1 y
(c) log( x  y )  tan C (d) log( x  y )  tan C
x x

34. The general solution of ( D 2  1) y  x 2  e  x is

x x 1 x 2  1 x 2 
(a) C1e  C2 e   (2 x  1)e  x  2  (b) C1 sin x  C2 cos x   (2 x  1)e  x  2 
4  4 

x x 1 x 2   1 x 2 
(c) C1e  C2 e   e  x  2  (d) C1 sin x  C2 cos x   e  x  2
2  2 

x 1 y 1 z  2 x 1 y 1 z
35. The value of k such that the lines   and   are coplanar is
k 4 3 2 1 3
(a) –1 (b) 1 (c) –2 (d) 2
36. Consider a plane which is at a distance p from the origin O = (0, 0, 0). Let A, B, C be the points of

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intersection of that plane with the co-ordinate axis. The locus of the centre of the sphere passing through
O, A, B and C is

2 2 2 1 1 1 1 4
(a)  2 2  2 (b) 2
 2 2  2
x 2
y z p x y z p

1 1 1 2 4 4 4 1
(c) 2
 2 2  2 (d) 2
 2 2  2
x y z p x y z p

37. Consider the circle C which is the intersection of the sphere x 2  y 2  z 2  x  y  z  0 and the plane
x  y  z  1 . The radius of the sphere with centre at the origin, containing the circle C is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
38. Which of the following statements are true?
(a) All groups of order 4 are abelian (b) All groups of order 6 are abelian
(c) 7312 – 1 is divisible by 7 (d) A subgroup of a cyclic group must be cyclic

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39. Consider the quotient group G   under addition. Which of the following statements about G are true?

(a) G is a finite group (b) In G every element has a finite order
(c) G has no non-trivial proper subgroups (d) G is NOT a cyclic group

 a b    1 b    a 0  

40. Let G    a    {0}, b   ,U    b   , D    a    {0}
 0 1    0 1    0 1  

Which of the following statements are true?

(a) G, U , D are all groups under multiplication (b) D is a normal subgroup of G

(c) U is a normal subgroup of G (d) For every matrix A U , ADA1  D

41. Let X  {1, 2,3, 4,5}, P ( X ) be the power set of X. Consider the ring R  ( P ( X ), , ), for subsets A
and B of X, AB  ( A  B )  ( A  B ) . Which of the following statements are true about R?
(a) R is a commutative ring with unity
(b) R is field
(c) Every element in R has ‘additive’ order 2.
(d) Every element in R has ‘multiplicative’ order 2
42. Consider the ring R  ( 60 , ,.) . Which of the following statements are true about R?
(a) There are no maximal ideals in R (b) There are three maximal ideals in R
(c) There are ten non-zero proper ideals in R (d) All non-zero ideals in R are maximal
43. Consider the group  under addition +. Define the binary operation * on  by a  b  0, a  b   .
Which of the following statements are true about R?
(a) (, ,.) is a commutative ring with unity
(b) (, ,.) is a ring
(c) Every additive subgroup of  is an ideal
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(d) The only ideals in  are of the form n  {nx | x  }
44. Let A be a non-singular 3 × 3 matrix with real entries. For every non-zero eigenvalue  of A,
(a)  is an eigenvalue of both P 1 AP, PAP 1 where det( P )  0
(b) 1  is an eigenvalue of I  A
(c) if det( A)  1 then |  |  1
(d) if  is an eigen value of A–1 then   1
45. Let A be a 2 × 2 real matrix. Let the sum of the entries in each row of A be qual to 2. Which of the following
statements is true?
(a) 0 is always an eigen value of A (b) 0 and 2 are always eigenvalues of A
(c) 2 is always an eigenvalues of A (d) None of the above

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46. Let A, B be a 4 × 4 matrices. Denote rank of a matrix A, B by ( A), ( B ) and adjoint of A by adj(A).
Which of the following statements are true?
(a) ( A  B )  ( A)  ( B ) (b) ( A  B )  ( A)  ( B )
(c) ( AB )  ( A)( B ) (d) If ( A)  2 then adj (A) = O4×4

47. Consider the vector space V  3 ( ) and B  {v1 , v2 }  V , 0  B . Which of the following statements are
true?
(a) If B is a linearly dependent set then (1 ,  2 )  (0, 0) such that 1v1   2 v2  0

(b) If B is a linearly dependent set then (1   2 ) such that 1  0,  2  0 and 1v1   2 v2  0

(c) If B is linearly independent then  no nonzero 2-tuple (1 ,  2 ) such that 1v1   2 v2  0

(d) If B is linearly independent then  no nonzero 2-tuple (1 ,  2 ) such that 1v1   2 v2  0

r
48. Let r  xiˆ  yjˆ  zkˆ, | r | x 2  y 2  z 2 and f :  3  {0}   3 be given by f ( x, y, z )  . The
| r |n

value of n for which div( f )  0 is

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
49. Let R be a region in the xy-plane. The boundary of R is a smooth simple closed curved C which is
parametrized by C  ( x (t ), y (t )), t  [0,1] . The area of R is NOT equal to
1 1

(a)  x (t ) y(t )dt (b)   y (t ) x(t )dt

0 0

1 1 1
1 3 1
(c) 2  ( x (t ) y (t )  y (t ) x(t ))dt (d) 4  x (t ) y(t ) dt  4  y (t ) x(t )dt
0 0 0

50. A storage depot contains 10 machines 4 of which are defective. If a company selects 5 of these machines
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randomly, then what is the probability that at least 4 of the machines are NON DEFECTIVE?
11 5 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of the above
42 21 252

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M.Sc. Mathematics Entrance - 2013

ANSWER KEY

PART-A

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

6. (a) 7. (b) 8. (d) 9. (b) 10. (a)
11. (d) 12. (b) 13. (__) 14. (c) 15. (d)
16. (b) 17. (d) 18. (a) 19. (d) 20. (c)
21. (a) 22. (a) 23. (a) 24. (b) 25. (a)

PART-B

26. (c) 27. (b, d) 28. (a, b) 29. (a, b, c) 30. (b)
31. (b) 32. (a) 33. (__) 34. (a) 35. (__)
36. (__) 37. (__) 38. (a, c, d) 39. (__) 40. (__)
41. (a, c) 42. (b, c) 43. (__) 44. (a, b, d) 45. (c)
46. (a, c, d) 47. (a, b, d) 48. (c) 49. (b, d) 50. (a)

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