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Question. 1
The value of the quantity P, where P xe dx
x
0
1
= # , is equal to
(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) e (D) 1/e
Question. 2
Divergence of the three-dimensional radial vector field r is
(A) 3 (B) /r 1
(C) i j k + +
t t t
(D) 3( ) i j k + +
t t t
YEAR 2010 TWO MARKS
Question. 3
A box contains 4 white balls and 3 red balls. In succession, two balls
are randomly and removed form the box. Given that the first removed
ball is white, the probability that the second removed ball is red is
(A) 1/3 (B) 3/7
(C) 1/2 (D) 4/7
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Question. 4
At t 0 = , the function ( )
sin
f t
t
t
= has
(A) a minimum (B) a discontinuity
(C) a point of inflection (D) a maximum
Question. 5
An eigenvector of P
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
2
3
=
J
L
K
K
K
N
P
O
O
O
is
(A) 1 1 1
T

8 B
(B) 1 2 1
T
8 B
(C) 1 1 2
T

8 B
(D) 2 1 1
T

8 B
Question. 6
For the differential equation
dt
d x
dt
dx
x 6 8 0
2
2
+ + = with initial conditions
( ) x 0 1 = and
dt
dx
0
t 0
=
=
, the solution is
(A) ( ) 2 x t e e
t t 6 2
=

(B) ( ) 2 x t e e
t t 2 4
=

(C) ( ) 2 x t e e
t t 6 4
= +

(D) ( ) 2 x t e e
t t 2 4
= +

Question. 7
For the set of equations, x x x x 2 4 2
1 2 3 4
+ + + = and
3 6 3 12 6 x x x x
1 2 3 4
+ + + = . The following statement is true.
(A) Only the trivial solution 0 x x x x
1 2 3 4
= = = = exists
(B) There are no solutions
(C) A unique non-trivial solution exists
(D) Multiple non-trivial solutions exist
YEAR 2009 ONE MARK
Question. 8
The trace and determinant of a 2 2
#
matrix are known to be 2
and 35 respectively. Its eigenvalues are
(A) 30 and 5 (B) 37 and 1
(C) 7 and 5 (D) 17.5 and 2
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Question. 9
( , ) f x y is a continuous function defined over ( , ) [ , ] [ , ] x y 0 1 0 1
#
!
. Given the two constraints, x y >
2
and y x >
2
, the volume under
( , ) f x y is
(A) ( , ) f x y dxdy
x y
x y
y
y
0
1
2
=
=
=
=
# # (B) ( , ) f x y dxdy
x y
x
y x
y 1 1
2 2
=
=
=
=
# #
(C) ( , ) f x y dxdy
x
x
y
y
0
1
0
1
=
=
=
=
# # (D) ( , ) f x y dxdy
x
x y
y
y x
0 0 =
=
=
=
# #
Question. 10
Assume for simplicity that N people, all born in April (a month of
30 days), are collected in a room. Consider the event of at least two
people in the room being born on the same date of the month, even if
in different years, e.g. 1980 and 1985. What is the smallest N so that
the probability of this event exceeds 0.5 ?
(A) 20 (B) 7
(C) 15 (D) 16
Question. 11
A cubic polynomial with real coefficients
(A) Can possibly have no extrema and no zero crossings
(B) May have up to three extrema and upto 2 zero crossings
(C) Cannot have more than two extrema and more than three zero
crossings
(D) Will always have an equal number of extrema and zero
crossings
Question. 12
Let x 117 0
2
= . The iterative steps for the solution using Newton-
Raphons method is given by
(A) x x
x 2
1 117
k k
k
1
= +
+ b l
(B) x x
x
117
k k
k
1
=
+
(C) x x
x
117
k k
k
1
=
+
(D) x x x
x 2
1 117
k k k
k
1
= +
+ b l
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Question. 13
( , ) ( ) ( ) x y x xy y xy F a a
x y
2 2
= + + +
t t
. Its line integral over the straight
line from ( , ) ( , ) x y 0 2 = to ( , ) ( , ) x y 2 0 = evaluates to
(A) 8 (B) 4
(C) 8 (D) 0
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Question. 14
X is a uniformly distributed random variable that takes values
between 0 and 1. The value of { } E X
3
will be
(A) 0 (B) 1/8
(C) 1/4 (D) 1/2
Question. 15
The characteristic equation of a (3 3 # ) matrix P is defined as
( ) a I P 2 1 0
3 2
= = + + + =
If I denotes identity matrix, then the inverse of matrix P will be
(A) ( ) P P I 2
2
+ + (B) ( ) P P I
2
+ +
(C) ( ) P P I
2
+ + (D) ( ) P P I 2
2
+ +
Question. 16
If the rank of a ( ) 5 6 # matrix Q is 4, then which one of the following
statement is correct ?
(A) Q will have four linearly independent rows and four linearly
independent columns
(B) Q will have four linearly independent rows and five linearly
independent columns
(C)
QQ
T
will be invertible
(D) Q Q
T
will be invertible
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Question. 17
Consider function ( ) ( 4) f x x
2 2
= where x is a real number. Then
the function has
(A) only one minimum (B) only tow minima
(C) three minima (D) three maxima
Question. 18
Equation e 1 0
x
= is required to be solved using Newtons method
with an initial guess x 1
0
= . Then, after one step of Newtons
method, estimate x
1
of the solution will be given by
(A) 0.71828 (B) 0.36784
(C) 0.20587 (D) 0.00000
Question. 19
A is m n # full rank matrix with m n > and I is identity matrix. Let
matrix ' ( ) A A A A
1 T T
=
-
, Then, which one of the following statement
is FALSE ?
(A) ' AAA A = (B) ( ') AA
2
(C) ' AA I = (D) ' ' AAA A =
Question. 20
A differential equation / ( ) dx dt e u t
t 2
=
-
, has to be solved using
trapezoidal rule of integration with a step size . h 0 01 = s. Function
( ) u t indicates a unit step function. If ( ) x 0 0 =
-
, then value of x at
. t 0 01 = s will be given by
(A) 0.00099 (B) 0.00495
(C) 0.0099 (D) 0.0198
Question. 21
Let P be a 2 2 # real orthogonal matrix and x is a real vector [ ] x , x
1 2
T

with length ( ) x x x
/
1
2
2
2 1 2
= + . Then, which one of the following
statements is correct ?
(A) Px x # where at least one vector satisfies Px x <
(B) Px x # for all vector x
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(C) Px x $ where at least one vector satisfies Px x >
(D) No relationship can be established between x and Px
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Question. 22
x x x x
n 1 2
T
g =
8 B
is an n-tuple nonzero vector. The n n # matrix
V xx
T
=
(A) has rank zero (B) has rank 1
(C) is orthogonal (D) has rank n
YEAR 2007 TWO MARKS
Question. 23
The differential equation
dt
dx x 1
=

-
is discretised using Eulers
numerical integration method with a time step T 0 > 3 . What is the
maximum permissible value of T 3 to ensure stability of the solution
of the corresponding discrete time equation ?
(A) 1 (B) /2
(C) (D) 2
Question. 24
The value of
( ) z
dz
1
C
2
+
#
where C is the contour / z i 2 1 = is
(A) i 2 (B)
(C) tan z
1 -
(D) tan i z
1

-
Question. 25
The integral ( ) sin cos t d
2
1
0
2

#
equals
(A) sin cos t t (B) 0
(C) ( / )cos t 1 2 (D) (1/2)sint
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Question. 26
A loaded dice has following probability distribution of occurrences
Dice Value 1 2 3 4 5 6
Probability 1/4 1/8 1/8 1/8 1/8 1/4
If three identical dice as the above are thrown, the probability of
occurrence of values 1, 5 and 6 on the three dice is
(A) same as that of occurrence of 3, 4, 5
(B) same as that of occurrence of 1, 2, 5
(C) 1/128
(D) 5/8
Question. 27
Let x and y be two vectors in a 3 dimensional space and x, y < >
denote their dot product. Then the determinant
det
x, x
y, x
x, y
y, y
< >
< >
< >
< >
= G
(A) is zero when x and y are linearly independent
(B) is positive when x and y are linearly independent
(C) is non-zero for all non-zero x and y
(D) is zero only when either x or y is zero
Question. 28
The linear operation ( ) L x is defined by the cross product L(x) b x # = ,
where b 0 1 0
T
=
8 B
and x x x x
1 2 3
T
=
8 B
are three dimensional vectors.
The 3 3 # matrix M of this operations satisfies
( ) M
x
x
x
L x
1
2
3
=
R
T
S
S
S
S
V
X
W
W
W
W
Then the eigenvalues of M are
(A) , , 0 1 1 + (B) , , 1 1 1
(C) , , i i 1 (D) , , i i 0
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Statement for Linked Answer Question 29 & 30
Cayley-Hamilton Theorem states that a square matrix satisfies its
own characteristic equation. Consider a matrix
A
3
2
2
0
=

= G
Question. 29
A satisfies the relation
(A) A I A 3 2 0
1
+ + =
-
(B) 2 2 0 A A I
2
+ + =
(C) ( )( ) A I A I 2 + + (D) ( ) 0 exp A =
Question. 30
A
9
equals
(A) 511 510 A I + (B) 309 104 A I +
(C) 154 155 A I + (D) ( ) exp A 9
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Question. 31
The expression ( / ) V R h H dh 1
H
2 2
0
=
#
for the volume of a cone
is equal to
(A) ( / ) R h H dr 1
R
2 2
0

#
(B) ( / ) R h H dh 1
R
2 2
0

#
(C) ( / ) rH r R dh 2 1
H
0

#
(D) rH
R
r
dr 2 1
R
2
0

` j
#
Question. 32
A surface ( , ) S x y x y 2 5 3 = + is integrated once over a path
consisting of the points that satisfy ( ) ( ) x y 1 2 1 2 2 + + = . The
integral evaluates to
(A) 17 2 (B) 17 2
(C) / 2 17 (D) 0
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Question. 33
Two fair dice are rolled and the sum r of the numbers turned up is
considered
(A) ( ) Pr r 6
6
1
> =
(B) Pr ( / r 3 is an integer)
6
5
=
(C) Pr ( / r r 8 4 ; = is an integer)
9
5
=
(D) ( Pr r 6 ; = r/5 is an integer)
18
1
=
Statement for Linked Answer Question 34 & 35
, , P Q R
10
1
3
2
5
9
2
7
12
T T T
=

=
R
T
S
S
S
S
R
T
S
S
S
S
R
T
S
S
S
S
V
X
W
W
W
W
V
X
W
W
W
W
V
X
W
W
W
W
are three vectors.
Question. 34
An orthogonal set of vectors having a span that contains P, Q, Ris
(A)
6
3
6
4
2
3

R
T
S
S
S
S
R
T
S
S
S
S
V
X
W
W
W
W
V
X
W
W
W
W
(B)
4
2
4
5
7
11
8
2
3

R
T
S
S
S
S
R
T
S
S
S
S
R
T
S
S
S
S
V
X
W
W
W
W
V
X
W
W
W
W
V
X
W
W
W
W
(C)
6
7
1
3
2
2
3
9
4

R
T
S
S
S
S
R
T
S
S
S
S
R
T
S
S
S
S
V
X
W
W
W
W
V
X
W
W
W
W
V
X
W
W
W
W
(D)
4
3
11
1
31
3
5
3
4
R
T
S
S
S
S
R
T
S
S
S
S
R
T
S
S
S
S
V
X
W
W
W
W
V
X
W
W
W
W
V
X
W
W
W
W
Question. 35
The following vector is linearly dependent upon the solution to the
previous problem
(A)
8
9
3
R
T
S
S
S
S
V
X
W
W
W
W
(B)
2
17
30

R
T
S
S
S
S
V
X
W
W
W
W
(C)
4
4
5
R
T
S
S
S
S
V
X
W
W
W
W
(D)
13
2
3
R
T
S
S
S
S
V
X
W
W
W
W
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Question. 36
In the matrix equation x q P = , which of the following is a necessary
condition for the existence of at least on solution for the unknown
vector x
(A) Augmented matrix [ ] q P must have the same rank as matrix P
(B) Vector q must have only non-zero elements
(C) Matrix P must be singular
(D) Matrix P must be square
Question. 37
If P and Q are two random events, then the following is TRUE
(A) Independence of P and Q implies that probability ( ) P Q 0 + =
(B) Probability ( ) P Q , $ Probability (P) + Probability (Q)
(C) If P and Q are mutually exclusive, then they must be
independent
(D) Probability ( ) P Q + # Probability (P)
Question. 38
If S x dx
3
1
=
3
-
#
, then S has the value
(A)
3
1
(B)
4
1
(C)
2
1
(D) 1
Question. 39
The solution of the first order differential equation ' ( ) ( ) x t x t 3 = ,
(0) x x
0
= is
(A) ( ) x t x e
t
0
3
=
-
(B) ( ) x t x e
0
3
=
-
(C) ( ) x t x e
/
0
1 3
=
-
(D) ( ) x t x e
0
1
=
-
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Question. 40
For the matrix p
3
0
0
2
2
0
2
1
1
=

R
T
S
S
S
S
V
X
W
W
W
W
, one of the eigen values is equal to 2
Which of the following is an eigen vector ?
(A)
3
2
1

R
T
S
S
S
S
V
X
W
W
W
W
(B)
3
2
1

R
T
S
S
S
S
V
X
W
W
W
W
(C)
1
2
3

R
T
S
S
S
S
V
X
W
W
W
W
(D)
2
5
0
R
T
S
S
S
S
V
X
W
W
W
W
Question. 41
If R
1
2
2
0
1
3
1
1
2
=

R
T
S
S
S
S
V
X
W
W
W
W
, then top row of R
1 -
is
(A) 5 6 4
8 B
(B) 5 3 1
8 B
(C) 2 0 1
8 B
(D) / 2 1 1 2
8 B
Question. 42
A fair coin is tossed three times in succession. If the first toss produces
a head, then the probability of getting exactly two heads in three
tosses is
(A)
8
1
(B)
2
1
(C)
8
3
(D)
4
3
Question. 43
For the function ( ) f x x e
x 2
=
-
, the maximum occurs when x is equal
to
(A) 2 (B) 1
(C) 0 (D) 1
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Question. 44
For the scalar field u
x
y
2 3
2
2
= + , magnitude of the gradient at the
point (1, 3) is
(A)
9
13
(B)
2
9
(C) 5 (D)
2
9
Question. 45
For the equation '' ( ) ' ( ) ( ) x t x t x t 3 2 5 + + = ,the solution ( ) x t approaches
which of the following values as t " 3 ?
(A) 0 (B)
2
5
(C) 5 (D) 10
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