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Topicwise Examination Questions

CONTENTS
Chapter Page
Topic
No. No.

1. Linear Algebra 1

2. Calculus 9

3. Complex Variables 22

4. Differential Equations 26

5. Numerical Methods 34

6. Probability and Statistics 39

7. Engineering Mechanics 46

8. Mechanics of Materials 69

9. Theory of Machines 102

10. Vibrations 137

11. Machine Design 149

12. Fluid Mechanics 169

13. Heat Transfer 198

14. Thermodynamics 224

Chapter Page
Topic
No. No.

15. Power Engineering 245

16. I.C. Engines 254

17. Refrigeration and Air Conditioning 258

18. Turbomachinery 267

19. Engineering Materials 273

20. Casting 278

21. Forming Processes 285

22. Joining Processes 295

23. Machining and Machine Tool Operations 301

24. Metrology and Inspection 321

25. Computer Integrated Manufacturing 329

26. Production Planning and Control 333

27. Inventory Control 339

28. Operations Research 345

 General Aptitude (GA) Questions 361

 Ch. 1 : Linear Algebra

2000 :
1. The three characteristic roots of the following matrix A
1 2 3
A = 0 2 3 are
0 0 2
(A) 1, 2, 3 (B) 1, 2, 2 (C) 1, 0, 0 (D) 0, 2, 3
2001 :
1. Consider the system of equations given below:
x+y =2
2x + 2y = 5
This system has
(A) one solution (B) no solution (C) infinite solutions (D) four solutions
2. The rank of a 3  3 matrix C (= AB), found by multiplying a non-zero column matrix A
of size 3  1 and a non-zero row matrix B of size 1  3, is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
2002 :
1. The following set of equations has
3x +2y + z = 4
xy+z=2
2x +2z = 5
(A) no solution (B) a unique solution
(C) multiple solutions (D) an inconsistency
2003 :
4 1
1. For the matrix   the eigen values are
 1 4
(A) 3 and 3 (B) 3 and 5 (C) 3 and 5 (D) 5 and 0
2. Consider the system of simultaneous equations
x + 2y + z = 6
2x+y + 2z = 6
x+y+z=5
This system has
(A) unique solution (B) infinite number of solutions
(C) no solution (D) exactly two solutions
2004 :
1. The sum of the eigen values of the matrix given below is
 1 1 3
 1 5 1
 
3 1 1
(A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 9 (D) 18

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2005 :
1. A is a 3  4 real matrix and Ax = b is an inconsistent system of equations. The
highest possible rank of A is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
2. Which one of the following is an eigenvector of the matrix ?
5 0 0 0 
0 5 0 0 
 ?
0 0 2 1
 
0 0 3 1
0 0  0  1
 2  0  0  1
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)  
0  1 0 2
       
0 0   2  0
2006 :
1. Match the items in columns I and II.
Column I Column II
P. Singular matrix 1. Determinant is not defined
Q. Non  square matrix 2. Determinant is always one
R. Real symmetric matrix 3. Determinant is zero
S. Orthogonal matrix 4. Eigen values are always real
5. Eigen values are not defined
(A) P  3, Q  1, R  4, S 2 (B) P  2, Q  3, R 4, S  1
(C) P  3, Q  2, R 5, S  4 (D) P  3, Q  4, R  2, S  1
2. Multiplication of matrices E and F is G. Matrices E and G are
cos   sin  0   1 0 0
E   sin  cos  0  andG  0 1 0  . What is the matrix F?
 
 0 0 1 0 0 1

cos   sin    sin  cos  0

(A)  sin cos   (B)   cos  sin  0 
      0 0 1
 cos  sin  0  sin   cos  0
(C)   sin  cos  0  (D) cos  sin  0 
 0 0 1  0 0 1
2007 :
1. If a square matrix A is real and symmetric, then the eigenvalues
(A) are always real
(B) are always real and positive
(C) are always real and non-negative
(D) occur in complex conjugate pairs

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2. If y = x  x  x  x  . . .  , then y(2) =
(A) 4 or 1 (B) 4 only (C) 1 only (D) undefined

2 1
3. The number of linearly independent eigenvectors of   is
0 2 
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) infinite

2008 :
 1 2 4
1. The matrix 3 0 6  has one eigenvalue equal to 3. The sum of the other two
 1 1 p 
eigenvalues is
(A) p (B) p  1 (C) p  2 (D) p  3

2. For what value of a, if any, will the following system of equations in x, y and z have a
solution ?
2x + 3y = 4
x+y+z=4
x + 2y  z = a
(A) Any real number (B) 0
(C) 1 (D) There is no such value

 1 2  1  1
3. The eigenvectors of the matrix   are written in the form   and   . What is
0 2  a  b 
a+b?
1
(A) 0 (B) (C) 1 (D) 2
2

2009 :
3 4
5 5
1. For a matrix M =   , the transpose of the matrix is equal to the inverse of the
x 3
 5 
T 1
matrix, [M] = [M] . The value of x is given by
4 3 3 4
(A)  (B)  (C) (D)
5 5 5 5

2. The distance between the origin and the point nearest to it on the surface
2
z = 1 + xy is
3
(A) 1 (B) (C) 3 (D) 2
2

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2010 :
2 2 
1. One of the eigen vectors of the matrix A =   is
 1 3
2 2  4   1
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)  

 1 1
   1  1

2011 :
1. Eigenvalues of a real symmetric matrix are always
(A) positive (B) negative (C) real (D) complex

2. Consider the following system of equations:

2x1 + x2 + x3 = 0,
x2  x3 = 0,
x1 + x2 = 0.
This system has
(A) a unique solution (B) no solution
(C) infinite number of solutions (D) five solutions

2012 :
1. The system of algebraic equations given below has
x + 2y + z = 4
2x + y + 2z = 5
xy+z=1
(A) A unique solution of x = 1, y = 1 and z = 1
(B) Only the two solutions of (x = 1, y = 1 and z = 1) and (x = 2, y = 1 and z = 0)
(C) Infinite number of solutions
(D) No feasible solution

5 3 
2. For the matrix A    , ONE of the normalized eigen vectors is given as
 1 3
 1   1   3   1 
 2       
2 10 5
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D) 
 3  1   1   2 
       
 2   2  10   5
2013 :
1. The eigenvalues of a symmetric matrix are all
(A) complex with non-zero positive imaginary part
(B) complex with non-zero negative imaginary part
(C) real
(D) pure imaginary
2. Choose the CORRECT set of functions, which are linearly dependent.
2 2
(A) sin x, sin x and cos x (B) cos x, sin x and tan x
2 2
(C) cos2x, sin x and cos x (D) cos2x, sin x and cos x

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2014 :
 1 3 0
1. Given that the determinant of the matrix  2 6 4  is 12, the determinant of the
 1 0 2 

 2 6 0
matrix  4 12 8  is
 2 0 4 

(A) 96 (B) 24 (C) 24 (D) 96

dx dy
2. The matrix form of the linear system = 3x  5y and = 4x + 8y is
dt dt
d x  3 5  x  d x   3 8  x 
(A)     (B)    
dt y  4 8  y  dt y  4 5  y 

d x  4 5  x  d x   4 8  x 
(C)     (D)    
dt y  3 8  y  dt y  3 5  y 

 5 2 
3. One of the eigenvectors of the matrix   is
 9 6 
 1  2  2 1
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)  
 1 9  1 1

4. Consider a 3 x 3 real symmetric matrix S such that two of its eigenvalues are a  0,
 x1   y1 
b  0 with respective eigenvectors  x 2  , y 2  . If a  b then x1y1 + x2y2 + x3y3 equals
 x 3   y 3 
(A) a (B) b (C) ab (D) 0

5. Which one of the following equations is a correct identity for arbitrary 3 × 3 real
matrices P, Q and R?
2 2 2
(A) P(Q + R) = PQ + RP (B) (P  Q) = P  2PQ + Q
2 2 2
(C) det (P + Q) = det P + det Q (D) (P + Q) = P + PQ + QP + Q
2015 :
4 7 8
1. If any two columns of a determinant P = 3 1 5 are interchanged, which one of
9 6 2
the following statements regarding the value of the determinant is CORRECT?
(A) Absolute value remains unchanged but sign will change
(B) Both absolute value and sign will change
(C) Absolute value will change but sign will not change
(D) Both absolute value and sign will remain unchanged

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2. At least one eigenvalue of a singular matrix is

(A) positive (B) zero (C) negative (D) imaginary

4 2 
3. The lowest eigenvalue of the 2  2 matrix   is __________
 1 3

4  3i i 
4. For given matrix P =  , where i = 1 , the inverse of matrix P is
 i 4  3i
1 4  3i i  1  i 4  3i
(A) (B)
24  i 4  3i 25 4  3i i 
1 4  3i i  1 4  3i i 
(C)  (D)
24  i 4  3i 
25  i 4  3i

2016 :
 2 5  x   2 
1. The solution to the system of equations       is
 4 3  y  30 
(A) 6, 2 (B) 6, 2 (C) 6, 2 (D) 6, 2

2. Gauss-Seidel method is used to solve the following equations (as per the given
order):
x1 + 2x2 + 3x3 = 5
2x1 + 3x2 + x3 = 1
3x1 + 2x2 + x3 = 3
Assuming initial guess as x 1 = x2 = x3 = 0, the value of x3 after the first iteration is ___

2 1
3. The condition for which the eigenvalues of the matrix A  are positive, is
1 k
(A) k > 1/2 (B) k > 2 (C) k > 0 (D) k < 1/2

4. A real square matrix A is called skew-symmetric if

T
(B) A = A1
T T
(D) A = A + A1
T
(A) A = A (C) A = A

2 1 0 
5. The number of linearly independent eigenvectors of matrix A = 0 2 0  is____
0 0 3 
2017 :
1. The product of eigenvalues of the matrix P is
2 0 1 
P = 4 3 3 
0 2 1
(A) 6 (B) 2 (C) 6 (D) 2

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 1 1 
 0 
 2 2
2. Consider the matrix P =  0 1 0  .
 
 1 0 1 
 2 2 
Which one of the following statements about P is INCORRECT?
(A) Determinant of P is equal to 1
(B) P is orthogonal
(C) Inverse of P is equal to its transpose
(D) All eigenvalues of P are real numbers
3. The determinant of a 2 × 2 matrix is 50. If one eigenvalue of the matrix is 10, the
other eigenvalue is _________.

50 70 
4. Consider the matrix A =   whose eigenvectors corresponding to eigenvalues
70 80 
 70    80  T
1 and 2 are x1 =   and x2 =  2  , respectively. The value of x1 x2 is
1  50   70 
_________.

2018 :

 4 1 1
1. The rank of the matrix  1 1 1 is
 7 3 1 
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

 1 2 3
2. If A = 0 4 5  then det (A1) is ________ (correct to two decimal places).
0 0 1

2019 :
 1 1 0
1. Consider the matrix P0 1 1 The number of distinct eigenvalues of P is
0 0 1
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

2. The set of equations

x+y+z=1
ax  ay + 3z = 5
5x  3y + az = 6
has infinite solutions, if a =
(A) 3 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 4

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3. In matrix equation [A] {X} = {R},

4 8 4  2  32 
     
 A 8 16 4 ,X 1andR16 
4 4 15  4  64 
   
One of the eigenvalues of matrix [A] is
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 15 (D) 16
2020 :
1. Multiplication of real valued square matrices of same dimension is
(A) associative (B) commutative
(C) always positive definite (D) not always possible to compute
2. A matrix P is decomposed into its symmetric part S and skew symmetric part V.
If
 4 4 2  0 2 3 
   
S 4 3 7 / 2  ,V 2 0 7 / 2
 2 7/2 2   3 7 / 2 0 
 
then matrix P is
 4 6 1  4 2 5 
   
(A)  2 3 0  (B)  6 3 7 
 5 7 2  1 0 2 
   
 4 6 1   2 9 / 2 1 
   
(C)  2 3 0  (D)  1 81/ 4 11 
 5 7 2   2 45 / 2 73 / 4 
   
3. Let I be a 100 dimensional identity matrix and E be the set of its distinct
(no value appears more than once in E) real eigenvalues. The number of elements in
E is _________.
2021 :
1. Consider a vector p in 2-dimensional space. Let its direction (counter-clockwise angle
with the positive x-axis) be . Let p be an eigenvector of a 2 x 2 matrix A with
corresponding eigenvalue ,  > 0. If we denote the magnitude of a vector v by ||v||,
identify the VALID statement regarding p, where p = Ap.
(A) Direction of p = , ||p|| = ||p||
(B) Direction of p = , ||p|| = ||p||
(C) Direction of p = , ||p|| = ||p||
(D) Direction of p = , ||p|| = || p || 
2
2. Consider an n  n matrix A and a non-zero n  1 vector p. Their product Ap =  p,
where   R and   {1, 0, 1}. Based on the given information, the eigen value of
2
A IS:
2 4
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 



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2000 :
1. If z = f (x, y), dz is equal to
(A)  f / x  dx   f / y  dy (B)  f / y  dx   f / x  dy
(C)  f / x  dx   f / y  dy (D)  f / y  dx   f / x  dy

2. Lt (x 2 - 1) / (x - 1) is
x 1
(A)  (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) 1

/ 2 / 2
3. 0 0 sin  x  y  dx dyis
(A) 0 (B)  (C) /2 (D) 2

4. From an equilateral triangular plate of side ‘a’, a square plate of maximum size has to
be cut. The side of such a square plate is
(A) 3 a/2 (B) (2+ 3 )a/4 (C) (1+ 3 )a/8 (D) 3 a/ (2+ 3 )

5. The maximum value of the directional derivative of the function

2 2 2
 = 2x +3y + 5 z at a point (1, 1, 1) is
(A) 10 (B) 4 (C) 152 (D) 152

2001 :
1. What is the derivative of f(x) = | x | at x = 0?
(A) 1
(B) 1
(C) 0
(D) Does not exist f(x) = x f(x) = x

3
2. The minimum point of the function f(x) = (x /3)  x is at
1
(A) x = l (B) x = 1 (C) x = 0 (D) x =
3

3. The divergence of vector r  x i  yj  zk is

(A) i  j  k (B) 3 (C) 0 (D) 1

4. The Gauss divergence theorem relates certain

(A) surface integrals to volume integrals
(B) surface integrals to line integrals
(C) vector quantities to other vector quantities
(D) line integrals to volume integrals

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2002 :
1. Which of the following functions is not differentiable in the domain [-1, 1]?
2
(A) f(x) = x (B) f(x) = x  1
(C) f(x) = 2 (D) f(x) = maximum (x,-x)
2 3
2. The function f(x, y) = 2x + 2xy - y has
(A) only one stationary point at (0,0)
(B) two stationary points at (0,0) and (1/6,-1/3)
(C) two stationary points at (0,0) and (1,-1)
(D) no stationary point

2003 :
sin2 x
1. Lt lim  is equal to
x 0 x
(A) 0 (B)  (C) 1 (D) 1
2
2. The area enclosed between the parabola y = x and the straight line y = x is
(A) 1/8 (B) 1/6 (C) 1/3 (D) 1/2

3. The vector field F  x i  yj (where i and j are unit vectors is)

(A) diveragence free, but not irrotational
(B) irrotational, but not divergence free
(C) divergence free and irrotational
(D) neither divergence free nor irrotational
2004 : Nil
2005 :
1. The time variation of the position of a particle in rectilinear motion is given by
3 2
x = 2t + t + 2t. If v is the velocity and ‘a’ the acceleration of the particle in consistent
units, the motion started with
(A) v = 0, a = 0 (B) v = 0, a = 2 (C) v = 2, a = 0 (D) v = 2, a = 2
2. With a 1 unit change in b, what is the change in x in the solution of the system
equations x + y = 2, 1.01 x + 0.99 y = b ?
(A) zero (B) 2 units (C) 50 units (D) 100 units.
3. Stokes theorem connects
(A) a line integral and a surface integral
(B) a surface integral and a volume integral
(C) a line integral and a volume integral
(D) gradient of a function and its surface integral


4. The line integral  [Link] of the vector function  V. r  2xyziˆ  x2 zjˆ  x 2 ykˆ from the
origin to the point p (1, 1, 1)
(A) is 1
(B) is zero
(C) is1
(D) cannot be determined without specifying the path

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  sin 
6
5. x  sin7 x dx is equal to
a
a a
(A) 2  sin6 xdx (B) 2  sin7 xdx
0 a
a


(C) 2  sin6 x  sin7 x dx  (D) Zero
a

8 2
6. Changing the order of the integration in the integral I = 0 x/ 4 f  x,y  dy dx leads to

s q
I= r p f  x,y  dx dy. What is q ?
2
(A) 4y (B) 16y (C) x (D) 8

7. By a change of variables x (u, v) = uv, y (u, v) = v/u in a double integral, the integrand
f(x, y) changes to f (uv, v/u)  (u, v). Then,  (u, v) is
2
(A) 2 v/u (B) 2 uv (C) v (D) 1

8. The right circular cone of largest volume that can be enclosed by a sphere of 1 m
radius has a height of
1 2 2 2 4
(A) m (B) m (C) m (D) m
3 3 3 3

2006 :
1. Let x denote a real number. Find out the INCORRECT statement.
(A) S  x : x  3 represents the set of all real numbers greater than 3

 
(B) S  x : x2  0 represents the empty set
(C) S  x : x  A andx B represents the union of set A and set B
(D) S  x : a  x  b represent set of all real numbers between a and b, where a
and b are real numbers
3 2 
2. Eigenvalues of a matrix S =   are 5 and 1.
2 3 
2
What are the eigenvalues of the matrix S = SS ?
(A) 1 and 25 (B) 6 and 4 (C) 5 and 1 (D) 2 and 10

2x 2  7x  3
3. If f (x) = , then lim f  x  willbe
5x 2  12x  9 x 3

(A) 1/3 (B) 5/18 (C) 0 (D) 2/5

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2007 :
2
1. The minimum value of function y = x in the interval [1, 5] is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 25 (D) undefined

dy
2. The solution of  y 2 with initial value y(0) = 1 is bounded in the interval
dx
(A)   x   (B)   x  1 (C) x < 1, x > 1 (D) 2  x  2

 2

ex   1  x  x 
3. lim  2 =
x 0 x3
(A) 1/2 (B) 1/6 (C) 1/3 (D) 1

4. The area of a triangle formed by the tips of vectors a, b and c is

1 1
(A)  a  b .  a  c  (B) a  b  a  c 
2 2
1 1
(C) abc (D)  a  b  .c
2 2

2008 :

1. In the Taylor series expansion of e x about x = 2, the coefficient of (x  2)4 is

1 24 e2 e4
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4! 4! 4! 4!

x1/ 3  2
2. The value of lim is
x 8 (x  8)

1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
16 12 8 4

3. Consider the shaded triangular region P shown in the figure. What is P xy dx dy ?
y

P
0
2 x
1 2 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) 1
6 9 16
4. Which of the following integrals is unbounded ?
/4   1
1 1
(A)  tanx dx (B)  2 dx (C)  xe x dx (D) 0 1  x dx
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2 3/2
5. The length of the curve y = x between x = 0 and x = 1 is
3
(A) 0.27 (B) 0.67 (C) 1 (D) 1.22

2 f
6. Let f = y x . What is at x = 2, y = 1 ?
xy
1
(A) 0 (B) In 2 (C) 1 (D)
In2

7. The divergence of the vector field (x  y)iˆ  (y  x)jˆ  (x  y  z)kˆ is

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

8. The directional derivative of the scalar function f(x, y, z) = x2  2y2  z at the point
P = (1, 1, 2) in the direction of the vector a  3iˆ  4jˆ is
(A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 1

2009 :
1. A path AB in the form of one quarter of a circle of unit radius is shown in the figure.
2
Integration of (x + y) on path AB traversed in a counterclockwise sense is
Y

A
X
  
(A) 1 (B) 1 (C) (D) 1
2 2 2
2 2
2. The area enclosed between the curves y = 4x and x = 4y is
16 32
(A) (B) 8 (C) (D) 16
3 3

3. The divergence of the vector field 3xz ˆi  2xy ˆj  yz2kˆ at a point (1, 1, 1) is equal to
(A) 7 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 0

2010 :

1. The parabolic arc y = x, 1  x  2 is revolved around the x-axis. The volume of the
solid of revolution is
  3 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 2 4 2

dx
2. The value of the integral  is
 1x2
 
(A)  (B)  (C) (D) 
2 2

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3. The function y = 23x

(A) is continuous xR and differentiable xR
(B) is continuous xR and differentiable xR except at x = 3/2
(C) is continuous xR and differentiable xR except at x = 2/3
(D) is continuous xR except at x = 3 and differentiable xR

2011 :
sin 
1. What is lim equal to?
 0 
(A)  (B) sin  (C) 0 (D) 1
a
2. If f(x) is an even function and a is a positive real number, then  f(x)dx equals
a
a
(A) 0 (B) a (C) 2a (D) 2  f(x)dx
0

3. A series expansion for the function sin  is

2 4 3 5
(A) 1   ... (B)     ...
2! 4! 3! 5!
2 3 ... 3 5 ...
(C) 1     (D)    
2! 3! 3! 5!
2012 :
3
1. At x = 0, the function f (x) = x + 1 has
(A) A maximum value (B) A minimum value
(C) A singularity (D) A point of inflection
2 2 2
2. For the spherical surface, x + y + z 1, the unit outward normal vector at the point
 1 1 
 , ,0  is given by
 2 2 
1 ˆ 1 ˆ 1 ˆ 1 ˆ
(A) i j (B) i j
2 2 2 2
1 ˆ 1 ˆ 1 ˆ
(C) k̂ (D) i j k
3 3 3
2
3. The area enclosed between the straight line y = x and the parabola y = x in the
x  y plane is
(A) 1/6 (B) 1/4 (C) 1/3 (D) 1/2

4. Consider the function f (x) = |x| in the interval 1  x  1. At the point x = 0, f (x) is
(A) Continuous and differentiable
(B) Non-continuous and differentiable
(C) Continuous and non-differentiable
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 1  cos x 
5. lim  2  is
x 0
 x 
(A) 1/4 (B) ½ (C) 1 (D) 2

2013 :
e
1. The value of the definite integral 1 x 1n(x)dx
 is
4 3 2 2 3 4 2 3 4 4 3 2
(A) e  (B) e  (C) e  (D) e 
9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
2. The following surface integral is to be evaluated over a sphere for the given steady
velocity vector field F = xi + yj + zk defined with respect to a Cartesian coordinate
system having i, j and k as unit base vectors.
1
  4 (F.n)dA
S
2 2 2
where S is the sphere, x + y + z = 1 and n is the outward unit normal vector to the
sphere. The value of the surface integral is
(A)  (B) 2 (C) 3/4 (D) 4
2014 :
xsinx
1. Lt  is
x01cosx
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 3 (D) not defined
1

2 2
2. The integral C (ydx  xdy) is evaluated along the circle x + y = traversed in
4
counter clockwise direction. The integral is equal to
  
(A) 0 (B)  (C)  (D)
4 2 4
 e2x  1 
3. Lt   is equal to
x  0 sin(4x)
 
(A) 0 (B) 0.5 (C) 1 (D) 2

4. The best approximation of the minimum value attained by e x sin(100x) for x  0 is

_________
5. If a function is continuous at a point,
(A) the limit of the function may not exist at the point
(B) the function must be derivable at the point
(C) the limit of the function at the point tends to infinity
(D) the limit must exist at the point and the value of limit should be same as the value
of the function at that point
2
(x  1)2 sin(x1)
6. The value of the integral  (x1) cos(x1)
0
2
dx is

(A) 3 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2

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2 x

 e
xy
7. The value of the integral is dydx is
0 0
2
1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1
(A) (e  1) (B) (e  1) (C) (e  e) (D)  e 
2 2 2 2 e
8. Which one of the following describes the relationship among the three vectors,
ˆ 2iˆ  3jˆ  kˆ and 5iˆ  6jˆ  4kˆ ?
ˆi  ˆj  k,
(A) The vectors are mutually perpendicular
(B) The vectors are linearly dependent
(C) The vectors are linearly independent
(D) The vectors are unit vectors
2 2 2 2 3
9. Curl of vector F = x z î  2xy z ĵ + 2y z k̂ is
3 2 2 2
(A) (4 yz + 2xy ) î + 2x z ĵ  2y  z k̂
3 2 2 2
(B) (4 yz + 2xy ) î  2x z ĵ  2y z k̂
2 2 2
(C) 2xz î  4xyz ĵ + 6y z k̂
2 2 2
(D) 2xz î + 4xyz ĵ + 6y z k̂

10. Divergence of the vector field x z î + xy ĵ  yz k̂ at (1, 1, 1) is

2 2

(A) 0 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 6

2015 :
1cos(x 2 )
1. The value of limx 0  is
2x 4
1 1
(A) 0 (B) (C) (D) undefined
2 4

2. Consider a spatial curve in three-dimensional space given in parametric form by

2 
x(t) = cos t, y(t) = sin t, z(t) = t , 0  t  .
 2
The length of the curve is __________
2 2
3. Consider an ant crawling along the curve (x  2) + y = 4, where x and y are in
meters. The ant starts at the point (4, 0) and moves counter-clockwise with a speed
of 1.57 meters per second. The time taken by the ant to reach the point
(2, 2) is (in seconds) ___________

4. At x = 0, the function f(x) = |x| has

(A) a minimum
(B) a maximum
(C) a point of inflexion
(D) neither a maximum nor minimum

  sinx 
5. The value of limx 0   is ___________
 2sinxx cos x 

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6. Let  be an arbitrary smooth real valued scalar function and V be an arbitrary

smooth vector valued function in a three-dimensional space. Which one of the
following is an identity?
(A) Curl  V  =   DivV  (B) DivV = 0
(C) DivCurlV = 0 (D) DiV  V  = DivV

C (3x8y )dx(4y6xy)dy  , (where C is the boundary of the region

2
7. The value of
bounded by x = 0, y = 0 and x + y = 1) is ___________
2 2 3
8. Curl of vector V(x, y, z) = 2x i + 3z j + y k at x = y = z = 1 is
(A) 3i (B) 3i (C) 3i  4j (D) 3i  6k

2016 :
3 2
1. Consider the function f(x) = 2x  3x in the domain [1, 2]. The global minimum of
f(x) is _______

sinx
2. The value of the integral  2
x  2x  2
dx evaluated using integration and the residue

theorem is
(A)  sin(1)/e (B)  cos(1)/e (C) sin(1)/e (D) cos(1)/e

x 2  3x  4
3. The values of x for which the function f(x) is NOT continuous are
x2  3x  4
(A) 4 and 1 (B) 4 and 1 (C) 4 and 1 (D) 4 and 1

loge (1  4x)
4. Lt is equal to
x 0 e3x  1
1 4
(A) 0 (B) (C) (D) 1
12 3

5. limx x2  x  1  x is
(A) 0 (B)  (C) 1/2 (D) 

6. A scalar potential  has the following gradient:  = yziˆ  xyjˆ  xykˆ . Consider the
integral .dr on the curve r xiˆ  yjˆ  zkˆ .
C
 xt

The curve C is parameterized as follows:  yt 2 and 1  t  3.
 2
z  3t
The value of the integral is _________

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4
7. The value of the line integral  F.r ' ds , where C is a circle of radius

units is
C

_________. Here F(x,y)  yiˆ  2xjˆ and r ' is the unit tangent vector on the curve C at
an arc length s from a reference point on the curve. î and ĵ are the basic vectors in
the x-y Cartesian reference. In evaluating the line integral, the curve has to be
traversed in the counter-clockwise direction.

2017 :

x 3  sin(x)
1. The value of limx 0  is
x
(A) 0 (B) 3 (C) 1 (D) 1

2. For the vector V = 2yziˆ3xzjˆ4xykˆ , the value of .(V) is __________.

 u   u 
3. A parametric curve defined by x = cos   , y = sin   in the range 0 ≤ u ≤ 1 is
 2   2 
rotated about the X-axis by 360 degrees. Area of the surface generated is

(A) (B)  (C) 2 (D) 4
2

4. The divergence of the vector y i + x j is __________.

S F × n dS over the surface S of the sphere x

2 2 2
5. The surface integral + y + z = 9,

where F = (x + y) i + (x + z) j + (y + z) k and n is the unit outward surface normal,

yields _________.

2018 :
1. According to the Mean Value Theorem, for a continuous function f(x) in the interval
b
[a, b], there exists a value  in this interval such that a f  x  dx
(A) f()(b  a) (B) f(b)(  a) (C) f(a)(b  ) (D) 0

2. The value of the integral

 r.ndS
S

over the closed surface S bounding a volume V, where rxi yj zk is the position
vector and n is the normal to the surface S, is
(A) V (B) 2V (C) 3V (D) 4V

3. F(s) is the Laplace transform of the function

f(t) = 2t et
2

F(1) is __________ (correct to two decimal places).

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4. The Fourier cosine series for an even function f(x) is given by


f(x) = a0 +  an cosnx 
n1
2
The value of the coefficient a2 for the function f (x) = cos (x) in [0, ] is
(A) 0.5 (B) 0.0 (C) 0.5 (D) 1.0

5. The divergence of the vector field uex cosy 

i sinyj is 
x x
(A) 0 (B) e cos y + e sin y
x x
(C) 2e cos y (D) 2e sin y

6. For a position vector r x

i yjzk the norm of the vector can be defined as
r  x2  y2  z2 . Given a function ln r , its gradient  is
r r r
(A) r (B) (C) (D) 3
r r.r r

2019 :
2
1. A parabola x = y with 0  x  1 is shown in the figure. The volume of the solid of
rotation obtained by rotating the shaded area by 360 around the xaxis is

 
(A) (B) (C)  (D) 2
4 2

2. The value of the following definite integral is ____ (round off to three decimal places)
e

l  xlnx  dx
2 2
3. The directional derivative of the function f(x, y) = x + y along a line directed from
(0, 0) to (1, 1), evaluated at the point x = 1, y = 1 is
(A) 2 (B) 2 (C) 2 2 (C) 4 2

1
y 3 
4. Given a vector u
3
 
i x 3 jz3 k and n as the unit normal vector to the surface
2 2 2
of the hemisphere (x + y + z = 1; z ≥ 0), the value of integral
 undS evaluated on the curved surface of the hemisphere S is
  
(A)  (B) (C) (D) 
2 3 2

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2020 :
1. The value of
 1  e c 1 x  
lim  is
x 1   c 1 x 
 1  xe 
c c 1
(A) c (B) c + 1 (C) (D)
c 1 c

  2i kandCi  j , where i,jandk are unit vectors

2. For three vectors A2j  3k,B
along the axes of a righthanded rectangular/Cartesian coordinate system, the value
   
of A  B  C  6 is ___________.

3. A vector filed is defined as

x y z
f  x,y,z  3
i  3
j  3
k
 x 2  y 2  z2  2  x2  y2  z2  2  x 2  y 2  z2  2

Where, i,j,k are unit vectors along the axes of a righthanded rectangular/Cartesian
coordinate system. The surface integral   f.ds (where ds is an elemental surface
area vector) evaluated over the inner and outer surfaces of a spherical shell formed
by two concentric spheres with origin as the center, and internal and external radii of
1 and 2, respectively, is
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 8

1 x2
4. Let I
x  0 y0
2
xy dydx . Then, I may also be expressed as
1 y 1 1
y 0 x 0 xy dxdy y 0 x  y yx dxdy
2 2
(A) (B)
1 1 1 y
y 0 x  y xy dxdy y 0 x 0 yx dxdy
2 2
(C) (D)

5. The directional derivative of f(x, y, z) = xyz at point (1, 1, 3) in the direction of vector
i  2j  2k is
7 7
(A) 3i  3j  k (B)  (C) (D) 7
3 3

2021 :
 1  cos x 
1. The value of lim  2 is
x 0
 x 
1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) 1
4 3 2

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2. Let f(x) = x  2x + 2 be a continuous function defined on x  [1, 3]. The point x at
which the tangent of f(x) becomes parallel to the straight line joining f(1) and f(3) is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

2 cos 
3. The value of 0 0 rsindrd is
1 4
(A) 0 (B) (C) (D) 
6 3

4. Let the superscript T represent the transpose operation. Consider the function
1
f(x) x T Qx  r T x , where x and r are n  1 vectors and Q is a symmetric n  n
2
matrix. The stationary point of f(x) is
r
(A) Q Tr (B) Q1r (C) T (D) r
r r



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