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Part-B
June – 2010
1. Let f, g : £  £ be given by f(z) = |z|2; g(z)=z2. Then

1. f and g are analytic on £

2. f is not analytic and g is analytic on £ .

3. f is analytic and g is not analytic on £ .

4. neither f nor g in analytic on £ .

2. Let f  x   lim
n 0

 nx  x n   1
tan   , x   0,  . . Then the function f is
 n   2

1. Continuous but not uniformly continuous.

2. Uniformly continuous.

3. not continuous.

4. not defined.

3. Let f :  0,1  ¡ be the function given by

f  x   1 if 0  x  0.5

2 if 0.5 < x  0.7

3 if 0.7 < x  1

Then

1. f is not Riemann integrable and f is not Lebesgue integrable

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2. f is Riemann integrable and  f  x  dx  1.8
0

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3. F is Riemann integrable and  f  x  dx  2.1
0

4. f is not Riemann integrable but f is Lebesgue integrable

4. Let V be the vector space of polynomials of degree < 5 over ¡ . Let


D : V  V be the derivative map P  p1. Then

1. 0 is the only eigenvalue of D

2. 1 is an eigenvalue of D

3. 5 is an eigenvalue of D

4. D is invertible

5. Let A = Q, the set of rational numbers, and B = [e, ]. Then

1. A is connected and B is not connected

2. A is not connected and B is not connected

3. A is not connected and B is connected

4. A is connected and B is connected

6. The form f  x, y   x 2  4 xy  5 y 2 on ¡ 2
is

1. symmetric and positive definite

2. not symmetric, but positive definite

3. symmetric, but not positive definite

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4. neither symmetric positive definite

7. Given a square-matrix A over ¡ with characteristic polynomial


2
 x  1 x and number of distinct Jorden canonical forms is

1. 1 2. 2

3. 3 4. 4

 x3
lim 1
8. If f n  x   e n
, x   0,1 , n  1,2,..., the n  f  x  dx
n
0

1. does not exist

2. exists and equals 1.

3. exists and equals 0

4. exists and equals e.

9. Let A : £ n  £ n be a Hermitian linear map, Av1  v 1 and


Av2  2v 2  0 , v 2  0 . Then

1. || v1  v2 ||2  || v1 ||2  || v2 ||2

2. || v1  v2 ||  || v1 ||  || v2 ||

3. || v1  v2 ||  || v1 ||  || v2 ||

4. || v1  v2 ||  || v1 ||  || v2 ||

10. A Class of 10 students has to first select a committee of 3 students


and among the 3 students selected, one student is declared the
president, another student is declared the vice-president and the

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third person is selected as secretary of the committee. In how


many way can this be done?

10!
1. ways
3!

2. 120 ways

3. 720 ways

4. 10! ways

sin x sin x
11. Let f  x   and g  x   , x  [0, 1]. Then the improper
x x
integrals

1 1
1.  g  x  dx exists and  f  x  dx does not exist
0 0

1 1
2.  f  x  dx exists and  g  x  dx does not exist
0 0

1 1
3.  f  x  dx and  g  x  dx exist
0 0

1 1
4.  f  x  dx and  g  x  dx do not exist
0 0

12. Let E = 2n  r | r ¤ I  0,1/ 2 and n  ¥ }. Then the boundary

of E in ¡ is


1. U  2n,2n  1/ 2
n 1

2. E

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3. ¡

4. even integers

13. Let V   x ,..., x   ¡


1 100
100

: x1  ...  x50 and x51  x52  ...  x100  0

Then

1. dim V = 98

2. dim V = 59

3. dim V = 49

4. dim V = 50

14. The system of simultaneous linear equations

x y z0

x yz 0

has

1. no solution in ¡ 3 .

2. a unique solution in ¡ 3 .

3. infinitely many solutions in ¡ 3 .

4. More than 2 but finitely many solutions in ¡ 3 .

15. 
Let P  3   a 0  a1 x  a2 x 2  a3 x 3 | a  ¡ , i  0,1,2,3 
Under the standard operation of addition (+) and scalar
multiplication (.), P(3) is

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1. not a vector space

2. a vector space of infinite

3. dimension

4. a| vector space of dimension 4

16. If A is a real 2×2 matrix such that A2 – A = 0, then

1 0  1 0 
1. either A =   or A =  
0 1  0 1 

2. there are infinitely many such matrices A.

3. there are only finitely many such matrices A.

4. A has to be a diagonal matrix

17. Let A and B be upper triangular matrices given by

1 •   11 0 
A 2 O  and B  • O 
n 1
0 n
  

Then

1. A is invertible and B is singular

2. A is singular and B is invertible

3. both A and B are invertible

4. Neither A nor B is invertible

18. Given that a 3 × 3 matrix satisfies the equation


A3  A2  A  I  0, the value of A4 is

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1. not computable from the given data

2.  A3  A2  A  I  0

3. 0

4. I

19. Let A and B be finite sets of m and n elements respectively. Then


the number of functions f: A  B is

1. mn 2. m+n

3. mn 4. nm

20. Let A be the n × n matrix with all entries equal to 1. The


eigenvalues of A are

1. 0 with multiplicity (n-1) and n with multiplicity 1

2. 0 with multiplicity 1 and n with multiplicity (n-1)

3. 0 with multiplicity 1 and 1 with multiplicity 1

4. with multiplicity 1 and 1 with multiplicity 1.

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21. Let an  4 n n  1,2,... Then the sequence (an)
3

1. is unbounded

2. is bounded but not convergent

3. converges to 0

4. converges to 1

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22. Sup  n 1  n  and


1. 2  1 and 0 respectively

1
2. and 0 respectively
2 1

3. both equal to 0

1
4. both equal to
2 1

23. Let (xn) be a Cauchy sequence of real members. Then the


sequence (cos xn) is

1. unbounded

2. bounded but not Cauchy

3. Cauchy but not bounded

4. Cauchy

24. The number of generators of a cyclic group of order 12 is

1. one 2. two

3. three 4. four

25. The set  x      : sin x | 1/ 2 is

1. an open interval

2. a union of finitely many disjoint open intervals

3. a union of countably infinitely many disjoint open intervals

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4. a union of uncountably many disjoint open intervals

26. Up to an isomorphism, the number of groups of order 33 is

1. 3 2. 11

3. 1 4. Infinitely many

26. Let R  ¤  x . Let I be the principal ideal  x 2  1 and J be the

principal ideal  x 2  . Then

1. R/I is a field and R/J is a field

2. R/I is an integral domain and R/J is a field

3. R/I is a field and R/J is a PID

4. R/I is a field and R/J is not an integral domain

27. The polynomial ring ¢ [x] is

1. a Euclidean domain but not a PID

2. a PID but not Euclidean

3. Neither PID nor Euclidean

4. both PID and Euclidean

28. The polynomial x3  7 x 2  15 x  9 is

1. irreducible over both ¢ and ¢ 3

2. irreducible over ¢ but reducible over ¢ 3

3. reducible over ¢ but irreducible over ¢ 3.

4. reducible over both Z and ¢ 3.

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29. A permutation a of {1, 2,…, n} is called a derangement if   i   i

for every i. Let dn denote the number of derangements of {1, 2,


…n}. Then d4 is equal to

1. 3 2. 9

3. 12 4. 24

30. The equation z 3  2 z  50  0 has

1. a solution in  z  £ :| z | 1

2. no solution in  z  £ :| z | 1

3. infinitely many solutions in £ .

4. a solution in  z  £ :1 | z | 2

31. The number of subfields of a finite field of order 310 is equal to

1. 4 2. 5

3. 3 4. 10

32. The Mobius transformation mapping (0, 1,  ) into (1,  , 0)


respectively, maps

1. real numbers into real numbers

2. purely imaginary numbers into purely imaginary numbers

3. unit circle into unit circle

4. real numbers into unit circle

33. f : £  £ is analytic and f(z) is real for all z in C. Then

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1. f is bounded

2. f is not bounded

3. such an f does not exist

4. f has a singularity at z = 

1 dz
34. If  is the circle of radius with center 1, then z 2
is
2 .0
z

1. 0 2. 1

1
3. 2i 4.
2 i

35. If  is the square with vertices 0, 1, 1 + i and i, then  dz is


z

1. 1 2. 0

3. 4 4. 2i

36. Consider the linear homogeneous differential equation

y    P1  x  y 
n n1
 ...  Pn  x  y  0 on [0, 1], where P1,…Pn are

continuous real valued functions on [0, 1]. Then the set of


solutions of the above equation.

1. is a linear space of infinite dimension

2. is a linear space of dimension n

3. is a linear space of dimension less than n

4. is not a linear space

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37. The singularities of in the extended complex plane are
z  z3

1. 3 poles of order 1

2. 1 pole of order 1 and 1 pole of order 2

3. 3 poles of order 1 and an essential singularity at 

4. 3 poles of order 1 and a removable singularity at 

38. The eternizing curve for the functional

2
F  y, z  dx with Fy ' y ' Fz ' z '  fy ' z '  0,

1. is uniquely determined

2. is a member of an infinite family of curves lying in a plane

3. belongs to a family of curves in space

4. does not exist

39. Let u and v be two solutions of y  2  P  x  y 1  Q  x  y  0 on [a,

b]. Let W(u, v) denote the Wronskian determinant of u and v.


Then

1. W (u, v) vanishes at a point x0   a, b  u and v are linearly

dependent.

2. W(u, v) vanishes identically on  a, b   u and v are linearly

independent.

3. W(u, v) vanishes at a point on [a, b] but does not vanish


identically.

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4. W(u, v) does not vanish at any point on [a, b] but u and v are
linearly dependent.

40. The Legendre's equation

1
 1  x 2 y 1 
  p  p  1 y  0
 

on the interval [0, 1] has

1. both 0 and 1 as regular singular points

2. both 0 and 1 as regular points

3. a regular singular point at 0 and a regular pint at 1

4. a regular point at 0 and a regular singular point at1.

41. An extremum of the functional

1 2
  y '
0
 12 xy dx,

y  0   0, y 1

= 1 can occur only along the curve

1. x 1  x  e x

2. 1  x  x 2

3. x2

4. x3

42. For arbitrary real valued smooth functions f and g, the function u
defined as

u  x, t   f  x  t   g  x  t  is a general solution of

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1. uu  u x  0

2. uu  u xx  0

3. uu  uxx  0

4. uu  u xx  0

43. Let u  x, t  solve the heat equation ut  uxx  0,0  x   ,0  t  

u  x,0   sin x,0  x   u  0, t   u  t   0 t  0 The u

1. is unbounded in  0,  ×  0,  

2. takes both positive and negative values in  0,  ×  0,  

3. is negative in  0,  ×  0,  

4. u  x, t   et , for all  x, t    0,   ×  0,  

44. Given the following data

i 0 1 2
xi 0 1 2
f(xi) 1 3 2

an approximate value of f (0.5), using Newton's interpolation, is

1. 1.234 2. 1.832

3. 2.301 4. 2.375

45. Let f  C 4  x1, x1  , f i  f  xi  andf i '  f

'  xi  , and f i "  f " xi  and so forth,

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where xi  x0  ih, i  0, 1 with h  0.

Then there exists a point    x1, x1 

such that

1
f0 "   f 1  2 f0  f1   e   , where the error e (  ) is given by
h2

1. hf "   / 2

2.  h 2 f "'   / 6

h3 f 
IV 
3.   /12

h2 f 
IV 
4.   /12

NOTE :- Questions after this are for statistics students only and
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