• N denotes the set of all positive integers.

• Z denotes the set of all integers.

• R denotes the set of all real numbers.

• Mn (R) denotes the set of all n × n matrices with real entries.

• In denotes the n × n identity matrix.

• dim (V ) denotes the dimension of a finite dimensional vector

space V .

• For a function f : X → Y , f (X) denotes the set {f (x) : x ∈ X}.

1. Let V be the vector space over R consisting of all polynomials

with real coefficients. Consider the subset W of all polynomials
of degree 4. Which of the following statements is correct?

(A) W is not a subspace of V .

(B) W is a subspace of V having dimension 5.
(C) W is a subspace of V having dimension 4.
(D) W is a subspace of V having dimension 3.

2. If A belongs to M3 (R), then which of the following statements

is not true in general?

(A) If A is diagonalizable, then A2 is diagonalizable.

(B) If A2 is diagonalizable, then A is diagonalizable.
(C) There exists a polynomial p of degree 3 such that p(A) = 0.
(D) A has a real eigenvalue.

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3. Let W denote the vector space over R consisting of all polyno-
mials of degree less than or equal to 6 with real coefficients. Let
D : W → W be the linear transformation defined by
dp
D(p) = .
dx
Which of the following statements is correct?
(A) D is invertible.
(B) Rank of D is equal to 6.
(C) Rank of D is equal to 5.
(D) Rank of D is equal to 1.

4. Let V be a finite dimensional vector space and P : V → V be a

non-zero linear transformation such that P 2 = P . Which of the
following statements is not true in general?
(A) Ker (P ) ∩ Ker (I − P ) = {0}.
(B) (I − P )2 = I − P .
(C) Ker (P ) = (I − P )(V ).
� � � �
(D) dim Ker (P ) = dim P (V ) .

5. Let A be a 2 × 2 real matrix such that (1, 0) is an eigenvector

of A with eigenvalue log 2, and (0, 1) is an eigenvector of A with
eigenvalue log 3. Let I denote the 2 × 2 identity matrix. Then
the limit in R2 of the vectors
� �n � �
A 1
lim I +
n→∞ n 1

(A) exists and equals (2, 3).

(B) does not exist.
(C) exists and equals (3, 5).
(D) exists and equals (2, 5).

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6. Consider the following vector spaces over R:

V = {f : [0, 1] → R | f is a continuous function},

W = {f : [0, 1] → R | f is a function}.

If T : V → W is the map defined by

(T f )(t) = tf (t), t ∈ [0, 1],

then which of the following statements is not true?

(A) T (V ) ⊆ V .
(B) T is a linear map from V to V .
(C) T is one-to-one.
(D) T (V ) = V .

7. Let W = {A ∈ M4 (R) : Rank (A) ≤ 3}. Which of the following

statements is correct?

(A) W is not closed under scalar multiplication.

(B) If B, C belong to W, then B + C belongs to W .
(C) If B ∈ W , then I4 + B ∈ W .
(D) W is not a subspace of M4 (R).

8. For positive integers r and n with r < n, let P denote the n × n

matrix � �
Ir 0r×(n−r)
,
0(n−r)×r 0(n−r)×(n−r)
where 0k×l denotes the zero matrix with k rows and l columns.
Let H t denote the transpose of a matrix H and

V = {H ∈ Mn (R) : H = HP + P H = H t }.

Which of the following statements is true?

(A) dim (V ) = r2 . (B) dim (V ) = (n − r)2 .

(C) dim (V ) = r(n − r). (D) dim (V ) = 2r(n − r).

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 9. Let φ : G → H be a group homomorphism between finite groups.
Which of the following statements is not true in general?

(A) Image of any subgroup of G under φ is a subgroup of H.

(B) For every g ∈ G, order of φ(g) divides the order of g.

(C) φ(G) is a subgroup of H.

(D) Image of any normal subgroup of G under φ is a normal

subgroup of H.

10. Consider the group G = Z6 × Z15 × Z20 . The order of the

element (1, 2, 3) in G is

(A) 30. (B) 40. (C) 60. (D) 120.

11. Consider the ring

√ √
Z[ −2022] = {a + b −2022 : a, b ∈ Z}.

The number of elements in this ring having multiplicative

inverse is

(A) 2. (B) 3. (C) 4. (D) infinite.

12. Let p be a prime number. Consider the ring R = Z[x]/(x2 − px)

with multiplicative identity denoted by 1R . Then, the number
of ring homomorphisms φ : R → Z such that φ(1R ) = 1 is

(A) 0. (B) 1. (C) 2. (D) 3.

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13. Let R be a commutative ring with unity and a, b ∈ R. Consider
the ideal

I = �a, b� = {xa + yb : x ∈ R, y ∈ R}.

If
��
n �
I = 2
ai bi : ai , bi ∈ I, n ∈ N ,
i=1

then which of the following statements is not true in general?

(A) I = �a − 5b, b�. (B) I 2 = �a2 , b2 �.

(C) I 2 ⊆ I. (D) I + I = I.

14. For a prime number p and k ∈ N, let k denote the equivalence

class of k in the field Zp . Consider the following system of linear
equations in Zp :

10X + 5Y = 8
3X + 12Y = 11.

For which of the following values of p does the above system

have a unique solution?

(A) p = 3. (B) p = 5. (C) p = 7. (D) p = 11.

15. Let G be a group of order 75 which has an element of order 25.

Then the number of elements of order 5 in G is

(A) 4. (B) 5. (C) 12. (D) 24.

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16. Let G be a group of order 30. Which of the following statements
is necessarily true?

(A) G is abelian but may not be cyclic.

(B) G is cyclic.
(C) G cannot have more than 7 subgroups of order 5.
(D) G can simultaneously have one subgroup of order 2, five
subgroups of order 3, and six subgroups of order 5.

17. The total number of subgroups of Z2 × Z2 × Z2 is

(A) 4. (B) 12. (C) 16. (D) 22.

18. If
� �n
3 + (−1)n
an = ,
4n
∞
�
then the power series an xn converges if and only if
n=0

(A) x = 0. (B) x ∈ [−1, 1).

(C) x ∈ (−1, 1]. (D) x ∈ (−1, 1).

19. If
� �1/n
22n + 32n
lim = L,
n→∞ 6n

then L is equal to
4 13 7 3
(A) . (B) . (C) . (D) .
3 12 6 2
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20. For any a ∈ [0, 1], the limit of the sequence {xn }∞
n=1 , where

1 + 2 a + . . . + na
xn =
na+1

is
a 1
(A) 1 − . (B) .
2 1 + a2
1 1
(C) . (D) 2 .
1+a 2a − a + 1
� π π�
21. Consider the sequence {fn }∞
n=1 of functions on − 2 , 2 given by

fn (x) = (sin x)n cos x.

The sequence {fn } converges uniformly

� � � �
(A) on − π4 , π4 but not on any strictly larger subset of − π2 , π2 .
� � � �
(B) on − π4 , π4 but not on any strictly larger subset of − π2 , π2 .
� � � �
(C) on − π2 , π2 but not on any strictly larger subset of − π2 , π2 .
� �
(D) on − π2 , π2 .

n � 2π �
22. Let an = sin n , n ∈ N. Which of the following
2n + 1 3
statements is true?

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(A) lim an = .
n→∞ 2 √
3
(B) lim sup an = .
n→∞ 4
√
3
(C) lim sup an = .
n→∞ 2
(D) lim sup an = 0.
n→∞

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23. Let f and g be polynomials with real coefficients of degree m
and n, respectively. Suppose g(x) �= 0 for all x ∈ [1, ∞). The
integral
� ∞
|f (x)|
dx
1 |g(x)|
converges if and only if

(A) n − m ≥ 2. (B) m − n ≤ 2.
(C) n − m ≥ 1. (D) m ≥ 1 and n ≥ 1.

24. Fix x0 , x1 ∈ R with x0 �= x1 . Define

xn+1 = axn + (1 − a)xn−1 , n ∈ N.

The sequence {xn }∞

n=1 is convergent if and only if

(A) a ∈ (0, 2). (B) a ∈ [0, 2).

(C) a ∈ [0, 2]. (D) a ∈ (0, 1).

25. Let f : R → R be a differentiable function such that f � is

continuous and satisfies

|f � (x) − e2x | ≤ 3 for all x ∈ R.

Then the limit

f (x)
lim
x→+∞ e2x

(A) may not exist.

(B) exists and equals 12 .
(C) exists and equals 34 .
(D) exists and equals 14 .

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26. If � 2
2�
e(x−1)
lim dx = L,
�→0+ � x
then L is equal to

(A) 2. (B) e log 2.

(C) log(e + 2). (D) e2 .

27. The following series of functions

�∞
x2
, x ∈ R,
n=1
(1 + x2 )n
converges uniformly on

(A) R \ (a, b) for all a ≥ 0.

(B) intervals of the form (−∞, a) and (a, ∞) for all a ∈ R.
(C) R \ (a, b) for all a < 0 and b > 0.
(D) all compact subsets of R.

28. Let (X, d) be a metric space and x0 ∈ X. Let γ : [0, ∞) → X

be such that
� �
d γ(s), γ(t) = |s − t| for all s, t ∈ [0, ∞).

Define a function f : [0, ∞) → R by

� � � �
f (t) = d x0 , γ(t) − d γ(0), γ(t) , t ∈ [0, ∞).

Which of the following statements is necessarily true?

(A) The function f is monotone increasing and bounded.

(B) The function f is monotone increasing and unbounded.
(C) The function f is monotone decreasing and bounded.
(D) The function f is monotone decreasing and unbounded.

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29. Let (X, d) be a compact metric space. Let x ∈ X be such that
X \ {x} = {y ∈ X : y �= x} is complete. Which of the following
statements is necessarily true?

(A) There is a sequence {xn }∞

n=1 in X converging to x such that
d(xn , x) > 0 for all n ∈ N.
(B) There exists p ∈ X such that 0 < d(p, x) = inf d(q, x).
q∈X\{x}
(C) Given a point p ∈ X \ {x}, there is a point q �= p such that
d(p, x) = d(q, x).
(D) For every p ∈ X \ {x}, there is a point q ∈ X such that
0 < d(q, x) < d(p, x).

30. The probability that a person tests positive for Covid by

RTPCR, given that the person is infected with Covid, is 0.95.
Also, the probability that a person tests positive for Covid
by RTPCR, given that the person is not infected with Covid,
is 0.15. Assume that in a country, 10% of the population is
infected with Covid. A person is randomly chosen and the
RTPCR test yields positive result. The probability that the
person is actually infected with Covid is
19 17 19 9
(A) . (B) . (C) . (D) .
20 46 46 10

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