CSIR 2014 DECEMBER QUESTION BVHNGGJGJGHJKHKJHKGFGFG

1.

2.

3.

4.

What is the 94th term of the following sequence?

1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4,...
1.
8
2.
9
3.
10
4.
11
Which of the following numbers is a perfect
square?
1.
1022121
2.
2042122
3.
3063126
4.
4083128
2
The equation m 33n 1 0, where m & n are
integers, has
1.
no solution
2.
exactly one solution
3.
exactly two solutions
4.
infinitely many solutions
The following graphs depict variation in the value
of Dollar and Euro in terms of the Rupee over six
months.

(0 , 0 )

2.

3.

(0, 0)
X
(0, 0)

4.

79

7.

77

75
59
57

8.

55
Ja n

5.

6.

F eb

A pr

Mar

M ay

Which of the folllowing statements is true?

1. Values of Dollar and Euro rose steadily from
January to June
2. Values of Dollar and Euro rose by equal rate
between January to March
3. The rise in the value of Dollar from April to
May is three times the fall in Euro during the
same period
4. Values of Dollar and Euro rose euqally
between May and June
What is the maximum number of whole laddoos
having diameter of 6 cm that can be packed in a
box whose inner dimensions are 24 18 17 cm 3 ?
1.
24
2.
30
3.
33
4.
36
Which of the following figures best shows that y is
inversely proportional to x?

9.

10.

11.
Y

1.
(0 , 0 )

What is the next term in the following sequence?

7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29,...
1.
37
2.
35
3.
31
4.
33
What is the area of the triangle bounded by the
lines y 2 x, y 2 x and y 6 ?
1.
36
2.
18
3.
12
4.
24
Three volumes of a Hindi book, identical in shape
and size are next each other in a shelf, all upright,
so that their spines are visible, left to right: I, II and
III. A worm starts eating from the outside front
cover of volume, I, and eats its way horizontally to
the outside back cover of volume III. What is the
distance travelled by the worm, if each volume is
6 cm thick?
1.
6cm
2.
12cm
3.
18cm 4.
a little more than 18cm
A cubical piece of wood was filed to make it into
the largest possible sphere. What fraction of the
original volume was removed?
1.
More than 3/4
2.
1/2
3.
Slightly less than 1/2
4.
Slightly more than 1/2
Two platforms are separated horizontally by
distance A and vertically by distance B . They are
to be connected by a staircase having identical
steps. If the minimum permissible step lenght is a,
and the maximum permissible step height is a , and
the maximum permissible step height is b , the
number of steps the staircase can have is
1.
B/b
2.
A/a

CSIR 2014 DECEMBER QUESTION B

3.
12.

13.

14.

is corrugated?

B / b and A / a

B / b and A / a
4.
Ajay, Bunty, Chinu and Deb were agent, baker,
compounder and designer, but not necessarily in
that order. Deb told the baker that Chinu is on his
way, Ajay is sitting across the designer and next to
the compounder. The designer didnt say anything.
What is each persons occupation?
1.
Ajay-compunder; Bunty-designer; Chinubaker; Deb-agent
2.
Ajay-compounder; Bunty-baker;
Chinu-agent; Deb-designer
3.
Ajay-baker; Bunty-agent; Chinu-designer;
Deb-compounder
4.
Ajay-baker;Bunty-designer; Chinu-agent;
Deb-compounder
Every month the price of a particular commodity
falls in this order: 1024, 640, 400, 250,...
What is the next value?
1.
156.25
2.
Approximately 39
3.
64
4.
40
We define a function f N = sum of digits of N ,

2 .2

19.

20.

15.

2.
4.

18
11

A certain day, which is x days before 17th August,

is such that 50 days prior to that day it was 4 x days
since March 30th of the same year. What is x?

16.

1.

r1 r2

2.

r1 r2 2

3.

r1 r2 3

4.

r1 2r2

PART B

Unit -1
21.

1.
18
2.
30
3.
22
4.
16
A mouse has to go from point A and B without
retracing any part of the path, and never moving
backwards. What is the total number of distinct
paths that the mouse take to go from A to B?
A

are equal. The radii r1 and r2 are related by

+ 7 = 11. Evaluate f 27 35 56 .
10
28

1.
1.4 m
2.
1.6 m
3.
0.7 m
4.
1.1 m
If N, E and T are distinct positive integers such that
N E T = 2013, then which of the following is
the maximum possible sum of N, E and T?
1.
39
2.
2015
3.
675
4.
671
The areas of the inner circle and the shaded ring

expressed as decimal number e.g. f 137 = 1 + 3

1.
3.

Let n be an open set and f : be

a differentiable function such that

Df x

Then which of the following is true?

1.
f must be a constant function

f must be constant on connected

2.

components of

f x 0 or 1 for x

3.

The range of the function f is a subset

of

4.

17.

18.

1.
11
2.
48
3.
72
4.
24
The sum of the first n natural number with one of
them missed is 42. What is the number that was
missed?
1.
1
2.
2
3.
3
4.
4
A 2.2 m wide rectangular steel plate is corrugated
as shown in the diagram. Each corrugated is a
semi-circle in cross section having a diameter of
7 cm. What will be the width of steel sheet after it

0 for all x .

22.

Let an : n 1 be a sequence of real numbers such

n 1

n 1

that an is convergent. and | a n | is

divergent. Let R be the radius of convergence of

n
the power series a n x . Then we can
n 1

conclude that

CSIR 2014 DECEMBER QUESTION B

23.

1.

0 R 1

2.

R=1

3.

1 R

4.

R=

28.

The determinant of the n n permutation matrix

Let G { x, f x : 0 x 1} be the graph

of a real valued differentiable function f . Assume
that 1, 0 G. Suppose that the tangent vector
to G at any point is perpendicular to
the radius vector at that point. Then which of the
following is true?
1.
G is the arc of an ellipse
2.

24.

25.

26.

G is the arc of a circle

3.
G is a line segment
4.
G is the arc of a parabola
Let A, B be n n matrices such that
BA B2 I BA2 where I is the n n identity

29.

3.
27.

00

0
1

1 2 0
0 0 1

2.

1
0

4.

10

0
0

1 1 0
0 0 1
1
1

convergence of the series

1.

2.

3.

kk

4.

kn !
k k

z n is

2.

3.

4.

n
2

Let bn and cn sequences of real numbers.

converge uniformly to 0 on the real line is

1.

limn bn 0 and limn cn 0

2.

n 1|bn | and n 1|c n |

3.

There exists a positive integer N such

that bn 0 and cn 0 for all n N

4.
30.

limn cn 0

The determinant

1 1 x 1 x x 2
1 1 y 1 y y 2 is equal to
1 1 z 1 z z 2

2.

z y z x y x
x y x z y z

3.

x y 2 y z 2 z x 2

4.

x2 y 2 y 2 z 2 z 2 x2

1.

31.

Let k be a positive interger. The radius of

n !
n 0

1n

sequence of polynomials f n x bn x cn x2 to

4 8 4

?
3 6 1
2 4 0

1.

1.

Then a necessary and sufficient condition for the

matrix. Which of the following is always true?

1.
A is nonsingular
2. B is nonsingular
3.
A + B is nonsingular 4. AB is nonsingular
Suppose p is a polynomial with real coefficients.
Then which of the following statements is
necessarialy true?
1.
There is no root of the derivative p '
between two real roots of the polynomial p
2.
There is exactly one root of the derivative
p ' between any two real roots of p
3.
There is exactly one root of the derivative
p ' between any two consecutive roots of p
4.
There is at least one root of the derivative
p ' between any two consecutive roots of p
Which of the following matrix

32.

Let p be a 2 2 complex matrix such that P * P

is the identity matrix, where P * is the conjugate
transpose of P . Then the eigenvalues of P are
1.
real
2.
complex conjugates of each other
3.
reciprocals of each other
4.
of modulus 1
Which of the following matrices is not diagonalizable over ?

CSIR 2014 DECEMBER QUESTION B

1.

1 1 0
0 2 0

0 0 1

3.

1 1 0
0 1 0

0 0 2

2.

1 1 0
0 2 1

0 0 3

4.

1 0 1
0 2 0

0 0 3

UNIT - 2
33.

34.

2.
4.

Let p z a0 a1z .. an

8
12

zn

and

35.

36.

37.

38.

3.

a1
b1

2.

4.

a0
a1

In the group of all invertible 4 4 matrices with

entries in the field of 3 elements any 3- Sylow
subgroup has cardinality:
1.
3
2.
81
3.
243
4.
729
The number of conjugacy classes in the permutation group S6 is:
1.
12
2.
11
3.
10
4.
6
The number of surjective maps from a set of 4
elements to a set of 3 elements is
1.
36
2.
64
3.
69
4.
81

1 2 and 1 3

3.

1 3 and 2 3

4.

1 2 3

that limn

n
gence of the power series
equals
n 0 p n an z

1.
3.

41.

x2

1.

4.

R+d

d2 y
dy
2 x y 0, x 1,2
dx
P
ax 2

y 1 y 2 0

There exists a 0 such that P

has a nontrivial solution for any 0 .

2.

{ : P has a nontrivial solution}

is a dense subset of .

3.

For any continuous function f : 1, 2

with f x 0 for some x 1, 2 ,
there exists a solution u of p for some
2

such that fu 0

, i.e., the topology with base

0 x b} : a, b ,

Which of the following statemenet is true?

the usual topology of , : order topology on

2

{x :

2.

For , consider the boundary value problem

Let. subspace topology on induced from

1

: 1 x b} : b

R
Rd

UNIT -3

Let {1, 2,...} be the set of posititve integers

{x

an 1
R 0. Let p be a polynoan

mial of degree d . Then the radius of conver-

p z
the residue of
at 0 is equal to
q z
1.

2.

n
Let
be a convergent power series such
0 an z

als. .If a0, b1 are non-zero complex numbers then

b1
a0

1 3 and 1 2

40.

q z b1z b2 z 2 ... bn z n be complex polynomi-

a0
b1

Then
1.

Let G be the Galois group of a filed with nine

elements over its subfield with three elements.
Then the number of orbits for the action of G on
the field with nine elements is
1.
3
2.
5
3.
6
4.
9

2, 4 2, 8 2 over .
4
14

discrete topology.

39.

Find the degree of the field extension

1.
3.

3 :

4.

There exists a such that P has

CSIR 2014 DECEMBER QUESTION B

two linearly independent solutions.
42.

Let y : be differentiable and satisfy the

ODE:

45.

y x 0x x s y s ds x3 / 6

Then
1.

y x

where f : be a Lipschitz continuous

function.

1 x 3
s sin x s ds
60

2.

y x

y x 0 if and only if x 0, 1

1 x 3
s cos x s ds
60

3.

y x 0x s sin x s ds

4.

y x 0x s cos x s ds

1.
2.
3.

y is bounded
y is strictly increasing

4.

dy
is unbounded
dx

Let

46.

P : be a polynomial of the form

P x a0 a1x a2 x2 , with a0 , a1, a2 and

a2 0. Let E1 1P x dx
0

1
P0 P1
2

E2 01 P x dx p 1
2

47.

Consider a body of unit mass falling freely from

rest under gravity with velocity v . If the air
resistance retards the acceleration by cv where c
is a constant, then
1.

g
1ect
c

2. v

g
1ect
c

3.

g
1ect
c

3. v

g
1ect
c

Consider the functional

J y y2 1 01 y '2 x dx, y 0 1

If | x | is the absolute value of x , then

44.

differentiable and satisfy

dy
f y , x
dx

y 0 y 1 0

43.

Let y : 0, be twice continuously

1.

| E1 | | E2 |

2.

| E2 | | E1 |

where y C2 ([0, 1]). If y extremizes J then

3.

| E2 | | E1 |

4.

| E2 | 2| E1 |

1.

1
y x 1 x2
2

2.

1
y x 1 x
2

3.

1
y x 1 x
2

4.

1
y x 1 x2
2

The Charpits equation for the PDE

up2 q2 x

y 0, p

u
u
, q
x
y

are given by
1.

dx
dy
du

3
2
2
1 p
1 qp
2 p u 2q 2

dp
dq

2 pu
2q

48.

Let u x , t e i x v t with v 0 1 be a

u 2u

. Then
t x3

2.

dp
dq
dx
dy
du

3
2
2
2 pu
2q
1 p
1qp2
2 p u 2q

solution to

3.

dx
dy du dp dq

2
0
x
y
up
q2

1.

2
i
u x,t e x t

2.

2
u x, t ei x t

3.

i x 2 t
u x, t e

4.

dx
dy
du
dp
dq

2
2q 2 pu
x y
p
qp2

CSIR 2014 DECEMBER QUESTION B

4.

groups of 24 each at random; one group was

assigned to each of the five teachers. Each teacher
further divided his/her group into four equals
subgroups at random and used one technique per
subgroup. All of them used the same course
material .After all the classes were over, a common
examination was conducted and the marks were
noted Suppose we want to test whether all the four
teaching techniques are equally effective. What is
the degree of freedom associated with the residual
sum of squares?
1.
60
2.
100
3.
119
4.
460

3
u x, t ei x t

UNIT - 4
49.

Suppose X1,X2 ,...Xn is a ramdom sample from

U 0, , 0. Let X X ... X
n
1
2

be the order statistics. Consider the two unbiased

estimators for : T1 2 X and

V ar T2

T2 n 1 X n . Then nlim
Var T
1
n

1.
3.
50.

2.
4.

54.

1
12

Then , X n converges in probability to 2 if and only if

identically distributed random variables, each having

a Bernoulli distribution with parameter 1/2.
Consider the 2 2

X1
X2

51.

0
.
X3

Then , P (A is invertible) equals

1.
0
2.
1
3.
1/4
4.
3/4
Consider the linear programming problem

55.

52.

of n units?

53.

1.

nn

3.

2n 1

n 1

2.

4.

2n 1

2.

n 2 and n2 0

3.

n 0 and n2 converges

4.

n2 0 and n converges

Let X1, X 2 ,... be independent and identically

x denote the cumulative distribution function of

a standard normal random variable . Then for any

x 0 . limn P nx S n nx equals

5
Optimal value is attained at 0,
4

with replacement from the population u1,u2 ,...,un

n 0 and n2 2

Var X i 1 for all i. Let Sn X1 ... X n .Let

Subject to 3x 4 y 5, x 0, y 0.
Which of the following is correct?
1.
Set of feasible solutions is empty.
2.
Set of feasible solutions is non-empty but
there is no optimal solution

5
4.
Optimal value is attained at ,0
3
How many distinct samples of size n can be drawn

1.

distributed random variable with E X i 0 and

Minimize z 2 x 5 y

3.

56.

1.

2 x 1

2.

3.

4.

1 2x

Let X1 ,...,X n be a random sample of size n from

a p-variate Normal distribution with mean and

positive definite covariance matrix . Choose the

correct statement
1.

X1 ' 1 X1 has chi-square

2.

distribution with 1 d.f .

XX ' has Wishart distribution with p d.f.

3.

in1 X i X i ' has Wishart

distribution with n d.f.

For testing the effectiveness of four teaching

techniques, five teachers of a college were involved. A class of 120 students was divided into 5

common probability space with X n N , 2 .

n
n

Suppose that X1, X 2 and X 3 are independent and

matrix A

Suppose X1, X 2 ,... are random variable on a

4.

X1 X 2 and X1 X 2 are independently

distributed.

CSIR 2014 DECEMBER QUESTION B

57.

Suppose X N 0,1 and the conditional distribution of Y given X x is N x, 1 , for 0 1.

When we regress Y on X, the coefficient of
distribution R2 is
1.
3.

58.

59.

1 2

2.

4.

2
1 2

4.

lim x f ' x L
62.

let d x, S inf{d ( x, y) : y S}. Which of the

following statements is/are correct ?

Let X and Y be integer-valued, bounded random

variables. Then which of the following statement is
FALSE?

1.

If S is closed and d x, S 0 then x is

not an accumulation point of S

1.

E X y E ( X |Y y)P(Y y)

2.

2.

V X yV ( X |Y y)P(Y y)

If S is open and d x, S 0. then x is not

an accumulation point of S

3.

3.

P X x y P ( X x |Y y ) P (Y y )

If S is closed and d x, S 0. then S does

not contain x

4.

E XY y yP ( X |Y y ) P (Y y )

4.

If S is open and d x, S 0 then x S

Suppose X Poisson , 0. Let the prior

63.

3.

e e
e 1

4.

xk ak 1 ak / ak 1. Which of the following

UNIT -1

statements is/are correct

1
e

Five persons A, B, C, D and E are seated at

random on eight numbered chairs which are
arranged in a circle. What is the probability that A
and B are separated by at least 2 chairs?
1.
3/7
2.
1/2
3.
4/7
4.
1/4
PART C

Let f be a continuously differetiable function on

Let ak be an unbounded strictly increasing

sequence of positive real numbers and

1
then the posterior probability of the set 0 is
2
1.
0.5
2.
1

61.

For a non-empty subset S and a point x in a

connected metric space X , d ,

distribution of be U 0, 1. If X = 0 is observed,

60.

If lim x f x exists then

1.

For all n m , nk m x k 1

2.

There exists n m such that

nk m xk 1

64.

1.

If lim x f ' x exists, then it is 0

2.

If lim
exists then it is L
f
x x

3.

If lim x f ' x exists then

lim x f x 0

1
2

3.

k 1 x k converges to a finite limit

4.

k 1 xk diverges to .

Suppose that P is a monic polynomial of degree n in

one variable with real coefficients and K is a real
nuumber. Then which of the following statement
is/are necessarily true?
1.
If n is even and K 0. then there exists

. Suppose that L lim f x f ' x

x
exists . If 0 L , then which of the
following statements is/are correct?

am
an

x0 such that

2.

If n is odd and K 0, then there exists

x0 such that p x0 e
3.

P x0 K e 0
x0

For any natural number n and

0 K 1, there exists x0 such

that p x0 Ke
4.

x0

If n is odd and K , then there exists

CSIR 2014 DECEMBER QUESTION B

x0 such that p x0 Ke x0
65.

2.

Let E be a subset of . Then the characteristic

function E : is continuous if and only if

66.

1.
E is closed
2.
E is open
3.
E is both open and closed
4.
E is neither open nor closed
Let A be a real n n orthogonal matrix, that is,

3.
4.
70.

At A AAt ln , the n n identity matrix. Which

of the following statemenets are necessarily true ?

be the graph of f . Then

3.

x, y x,

2.

y n

All eigenvalues of A are either + 1 or 1

The rows of A form an orthogonal basis of

4.

71.

A is diagonalizable over
Let X be a metric space and f : X be a

1.

G
G
G
G

2.
3.

is homeomorphic to X
is homeomorphic to
is homeomorphic to X

72.

4.
is homeomorphic to X
Consider the normed linear spaces

where C[0, 1] denotes the vector space of all

continuous real valued functions on [ 0, 0] and
f

1
0 |

f (t ) | d t ,

73.

the open unit balls in X1 and X respectively..

2.

U1 is a subset of U

3.

U is equal to U1

4.

Neither U is a subset of U1 nor U1 is

1.

f must be continuous at all but finitely

5 9 8
The matrix A 1 8 2 satisfies:

9 1 0

A is invertible and the inverse has all

integer entries.
2.
det (A) is odd
3.
det (A) is divisible by 13
4.
det (A) has at least two prime divisors
Let f be a non-zero symmetric bilinear form on

1.

rank f = 1

2.

dim { 3 : f , 0 for all

3} 2

3.

f is a positive semi-definite or negative

semi-definite

subset of U
Let f be a monotonically increasing function from
[0, 1] onto [0, 1]. Which of the following
statements is/are true?

s r

, 3, f , T1 T2 . Then:

Then

U is a subset of U1

4.

3 . Suppose that there exist linear transformations

Ti : 3 , i 1,2 such that for all

sup{| f t ||,t [1, 0]}. Let U1 and U be

1.

s r 1

1.

X1 (C[0, 1], 1) and X (C[0, 1], ),

69.

Let A be a subset of . Which of the following

properties imply that A is compact?
1.
Every continuous function f from A to
is bounded

continuous function Let G {( x, f ( x) : x X}

Ax, Ay

2.
3.

68.

f must be Lebesgue integrable

Every sequence {xn} in A has a convergent subsequence convering to a point in A

3.
There exists a continuous function from A
onto [0, 1]
4.
There is no one- one and continuous
function from A onto (0, 1)
Let A be 5 5 matrix and let B be obtained by
changing one element of A. Let r and s be the
ranks of A and B respectively. Which of the following statements is/are correct?
1.
2.
s r 1
r 1 s

1.

67.

many points in [0, 1]

f must be continuous at all but countably
many points in [0, 1]
f must be Riemann integrable

4.
74.

{ : f ( , ) 0} is a linear subspace

of dimension 2
Let A be a 3 4 and b be a 31 matrix with
integer entries. Suppose that the system Ax b has
a complex solution. Then

CSIR 2014 DECEMBER QUESTION B

1.

Ax b

has an integer solution

Then

2.

Ax b

has a rational solution

1.

trace T n in 1 A
ii

2.

trace T n in1 nj 1 Aij

The set of real solutions to Ax 0

has a basis consisting of rational solutions
4.
If b 0 then A has positive rank
Which of the following matrices have Jordan
canonical form equal to
3.

75.

0 1 0

?
0 0 0
0 0 0

1.

3.

76.

0 0 1

0 0 0
0 0 0

0 1 1

0 0 0
0 0 0

79.

2.

4.

0 0 1

0 0 1
0 0 0

78.

Galois over F with [K : F ] n .

Let K be a Galois extension of with

3.

[K : ] 4 . Then there is a field L such

that K L . [L:] 2 and L is a
Galois extension of .

2.

rank B = 7

3.

nullity B = 0

4.

BA = I7 , where I7 is the 7 7 identity

matrix

that [ K : ] is not finite.

80.

U V W U V U W

2.

U V W U V U W

3.

U V W U W V W
U V W U W V W

1.
2.

nonzero prime ideal

I is a maximal ideal if and only if the

3.

quotient ring x / I is isomorphic to

I is a maximal ideal if and only if

I is a maximal ideal if and only if there

4.

exists a nonconstant ploynomial f x I

81.

of degree 2
Which of the following are eigenvalues of the
matrix
0
0
0
1
0
0

with entries in a field K . Fix a non-singular matrix

A Aij M n K and consider the linear

T X AX .

I is a maximal ideal if and only if I is a

I f x , where f x is a non-constant
irreducible polynomial over

Let M n K denote the sapce of all n n matrices

map T : M K M K given by:

n
n

Let x be the polynomial ring over in one

variable. Let I x be an ideal . Then

For arbitrary subspaces U ,V and W of a finite

dimensional vector sapce, which of the following
hold:
1.

There is an algebra extension K of such

4.

Let A be a 4 7 real matrix and B be a 7 4 real

4.

Which of the following is/are true?

1.
Given any positive integer n , there exists a
field extension of of degree n .
2
Given a positive integer n , there exists
fields F and K such that F K and K is

0 1 1

0 0 1
0 0 0

matrix such that AB I4, where I4 is the 4 4

identity matrix. Which of the following is/are
always true?
1.
rank A = 4

77.

rank of T is n2
T is non - singular

3.
4.
UNIT -2

82.

0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
1

1
0
0
0
0
0

0
1
0
0
0
0

0
0
1 ?
0
0
0

1.
+1
2.
-1
3.
+i
4.
-i
Let G be a nonabelian group. Then its order can be

1.
3.
83.

25
125

3.
4.

55
35

CSIR 2014 DECEMBER QUESTION B

1.
2.

Let X { a, b 2 : a2 b2 1} be the unit

circle inside 2. Let f : X be a continuous
function. Then
1.

Image f is connected

2.
3.

Image f is compact
The given information is not sufficient to

3.
4.
88.

84.

85.

f is not injective
n

Let f z n 0 an z be an entire function and let r

be positive real number. Then
1.

| a |2 r 2n sup
| f z |2

| z | r
n0 n

2.

sup
| f z |2 | a |2 r 2n
n0 n
| z | r

3.

1 2
2
|a |2 r 2n

| f rei | d
n 0 n
2 0

4.

sup|z|r | f z |2

x
y

Let A

89.

87.

v x iy x3 3xy 2 2 x

4.

v x iy 0

Let x denote the vector sapce of all real

map Df df , f . Then

dx

sin

cos

At A1

f , f ,

There exists E : x x so that

E( D( f )) f , f .
90.

Let f be an entire function on . Let

g z f z . Which of the following statements

is/are correct

A is similar to a diagonal matrix over

be a group of order 45. Then

1.

if f z for all z then f = g

2.

if f z for all

z {z |Im z 0} {z |Im z a},

has an element of order 9

for some a > 0, then

has a subgroup of order 9

has a normal subgroup of order 9
has a normal subgroup of order 5

f z ia f z ia for all z
3.

for some a > 0, then

f z 2ia f z for all z .

Let S Re f z Im f z | z .
Which of the following statements is/are
necessarily correct?

if f z for all

z {z |Im z 0}{z |Im z a},

Let f be an entire function on and let be a

bounded open subset of

D is one-one
D is onto
There exists E : x x so that
D E f

4.

cos
sin

3.
4.
Let G
1.

4.

3.

3.

tr A 0

3.

v x iy 3 x 2 y y 3 2 y

y
, where x, y such that
x

2.

2.

2.

1.
2.

For any n 1 , An

G
G
G
G

v x iy y 3 3 x 2 y 2 y

1 2
2
0 | f rei | d
2

where x cos / n , y sin / n

86.

1.

polynomials .Let D : x x denote the

x2 y 2 1. Then we must have

1.

Let u x iy x 3 3 xy 2 2 x. For which of the

following functions v, is u iv a holomorphic
function on ?

determine whether Image f is bounded

4.

S is an open set in
S is a closed set in
S is an open set of
S is a discrete set in

4.

if f z for all

CSIR 2014 DECEMBER QUESTION B

z {z |Imz 0} {z |Imz a}
for some a > 0, then f z ia f z
for all z .

UNIT-3
91.
Let P, Q be continuous real valued functions
defined on 1, 1 and uj : 1, 1, i 1, 2 be
solutions of the ODE:

94.

d 2u
du
P x Q x u 0 , x 1, 1
2
dx
dx
Let w denote the Wronskian of u1 and u2 then

2.

u0 x x

3.

u0 x 1 x2

4.

u0 x 1 2 x

Let y : be a solution of the ODE

2.

u1 and u2 are linearly independent

u1 and u2 are linearly dependent

then
1.
2.

y attains its minimum on

y is bounded on

3.

w x 0 for all x 1, 1

3.

lim ex y x

4.

w x 0 for some x 1, 1

1.

4.

The system of ODE

dx
1 x 2 y, t
dt

dy
1 x 2 x, t
dt
x 0 , y 0 a, d

95.

2.

for any (a, b)

3.

such that x2 t y 2 t a2 b2 for

Consider the Cauchy problem of finding

u u x, t such that

u
u
u
0 for x , t > 0
t
x

u x, 0 u0 x

Which choice (s) of the following functions for u0

yiled a C1 solution u x, t for all x and t > 0.

1
4

Let y t satisfy the differential equation

yn yn1
yn ; y0 1 yields
h
1.

a first order approximation to e nh

2.

a polynomial approximation to e nh

3.
4.

a rational function approximation to e nh

a Chebyshev polynomial approximation to

such that x2 t y 2 t as t if

a 0 and b 0

lim x e x y x

method, for n 1 and h > 0

all t
4.

1
4

y ' y ; y 0 1 .Then the backward Euler

has a solution:
1.
only if (a, b) = (0, 0)

93.

u0 x

d2 y
y e x , x
2
dx

dy
y 0
0 0
dx

satisfying u1 , u 2 0 and u1 0 u2 0 0

92.

1
1 x2

1.

e nh
96.

Let u c2 0, 1 satisfy for some 0 and

1
a 0 u x 0 | x s|u s ds ax b
2
Then u also satisfies
1.

d 2u
u 0
dx2

2.

d 2u
u 0
dx2

CSIR 2014 DECEMBER QUESTION B

97.

3.

du 1 xs

usds a
dx 2 0 xs

4.

du 1 xs

usds a
dx 2 0 xs

particle moves from ( x (0), y (0)). to ( x ( ), y ( )

for 0 such that its kinetic energy is minimized
then

Let u u x, t be the solution of the Cauchy

problem
2

u u
1 , x , t 0
t x

u x, 0 x2 x . Then
1.

u x, t exists for all x and t 0 .

2.

| u x, t | as t t * for some t* 0

101.

u x, t 0 for all x and for all

t 1/ 4.

4.

u x, t 0 for some

x and

0 t 1/ 4.

98.

Let f : be a smooth function with nonvanishing derivative. The Newtons method for
finding a root of f x 0 is the same as
1.
fixed point iteration for the map
g x x f x

2.

f ' x

Forward Euler method with unit step length

dy f y
0
for the differential equation dx f '
y

99.

3.

fixed point iteration for g x x f x

4.

fixed point iteration for g x x f x

Let u x, t satisfy for x , t 0

2 u u
2u

2
0.
t 2 t
x 2
A solution of the form u eixvt with v 0 0
and v ' 0 1
1.
is necessarily bounded
2.

100.

satisfies |u x, t | et

3.
is necessarily unbounded
4.
is oscillatory in x
Consider a particle moving with coordinates
( x(t ), y (t )) on a smooth curve (x, y) 0 . If the

1.

x y

2.

x 2 0 y 2 0 x 2 y 2

3.

xx y y 0

4.

x 2 0 x 2

Which of the following approximations for

estimating the derivative of a smooth function f at
a point x is of order 2(i.e the error term is O h 2 )

and x 0
3.

102.

1.

f ' x

f x h f x
h

2.

f ' x

f x h f x h
2h

3.

f ' x

3 f x 4 f x h f x 2h
2h

4.

f ' x

3 f x 4 f x h f x 2h
2h

Let y C2 0, satisfying y0 y 0
and 0 y2 xdx 1 . extremize the funtional

J y 0 y ' x dx : y '
2

1.

y x

2.

y x

3.

y x

4.

y x

sin x
2

dy
. Then
dx

sin x

cos x
2

cos x

UNIT -4
103.
Let X , X ,..., X , n 3, be a random sample
1 2
n

from N , 1 population where is unknown.

Define Xn

1 n
i1 Xi . Which of the following are
n

CSIR 2014 DECEMBER QUESTION B

necessarily true?
1.

C ov X 1 3 X 2 2 X 3 , X n 0

2.

Cramer-Rao lower bound for unbiased

estimators of is

3.
4.
104.

Sn nk 1 X k . Then , as n
1.

1
n

2.

X1 2X 2 3X 3 ...nX n

n n1

Var X n Var

3.

X n is a function of any sufficient statistic

for

Consider a Markov cahin with state sapce

(1,2,...,100). Suppose states 2i and 2j
communicate with each other and states 2i 1
and 2j 1 communicate with each other for every
i, j = 1, 2,...,50 Further suppose that

4.
107.

2
3
7
p3,3
0, p4,4
0 and p2,5
0. Then

1.
2.
3.
4.
105.

The Markov chain is irreducible

The Markov chain is aperiodic
State 8 is recurrent
State 9 is recurrent.

Let X1, X2,..., Xn be independent and identically

108.

is the smallest order statistic . To test

H0 : 0 versus H1 : 0 at level , where

consider the two tests A and B given

below.
A:

Reject H 0 if T 1 C1 where C1 is such

2
that PY1 C1 with Y1 2n

B:

Reject H 0 if T2 C2 where C2 is such

that P Y2 C2 with

2
Y2 2n

Then which of the statements are valid?

1.
Both A and B are level tests
2.
A is the uniformly most powerful level
test
3.
B is the uniformly most powerful level
test
4.
106.

B is more powerful than A at any 0

Let X1, X 2 ,..., X n be independent random variable

with E X k 0 and Var X k k. Let

0 in distribution

n3/2

Sn X n

0 in distribution

Sn X n

0 probability

n5/2
n5/2

Let t be a characteristic function of some

random variable . Then which of the following are
also characteristic function?
1.

f t t 2 for all t .

2.

f t | t |2 for all t .

3.

f t t for all t .

4.

tf t t 1 for all t .

Suppose X1, X 2 , X 3 and X 4 are independent and

1.

P X 4 max X 1 , X 2 X 3

1
6

2.

P X 4 max X 1 , X 2 X 3

1
8

3.

P X 4 X 3 max X 1 , X 2

1
12

4.

P X 4 X 3 max X 1 , X 2

1
6

is unknown. Let T 2 n X1 and T2 2 X 1

i 1
1

0 1.

Sn

density function f Then

f x| e x , x where and

0 in probability

n3/2

identically distributed random variable having

distributed obsevations from the distribution with

denisity

where X

Sn

109.

N , A1, A2 ,... are independent real valued random

variables such that

P N k 1 p pk , k 0,1,2,... where 0 p 1,
and Ai : i 1,2,.... is a sequence of independent
and identically distributed bounded random variables
0

if N w 0

Aj
j 1

if N w k, k 1,2,...

Let X w k

Which of the following are necessarily correct?

1.
X is a bounded random variable
2.

Moment generating function mX of X is

CSIR 2014 DECEMBER QUESTION B

mx t

1 p
1 pm A t

noted that the size of error in measurement can

depend on the amount of mercury so the

, t where mA

observations X1 ,Y2 ,..., X nYn many not be

is the moment generating function of A1.

3.

Characteristic function X of X

X t

110.

identically distributed to test

1 p
1 p A t

H 0 : There is no difference between method A and B

versus

, t R, where A

H1 : Method B typically given larger reading than

method A
Which of the following test statistic are
appropriate?

is the characteristic function of A1

4.
X is symmetric about 0.
Suppose X is random variable such that

1.

E X 0, E X 2 2 and E X 4 4 . Then

111.

1.

E X 3 0

2.

P X 0 1/ 2

Y j X i , 1

X N 0,2
3.
4.
X is bounded with probability 1.
Consider a 3-variate population with covariance

2 2
0
2

2
2

matrix

2 2
0

2.

113.

3.
4.

Sum of the ranks of the Y observations in

the combined sample

3.

Number of the pairs X i , X j

with

idempotent matrices . Then which of the following

statements are true?
1.
If AB 0, then Y ' AY and Y ' BY are
independently distributed.
2.

1 2
3

The second principal component is

uncorrelated with the first and the third
principal component
The proportion of the total population
variance explained by the first two principla

2
2
3

A and B are two methods to determine the levels

of mercury in fish. In a study to compare A and B
amount of mercury was measured using both
methods on n 12 fish. Let X1,Y1 ,..., X n ,Yn

X i's

114.

115.

3.

Y ' A B Y has chi-square distribution

4.

Y ' AY and Y ' BY have chi-square

distribution
For a Markov chain with finite state space, the
number of stationary distributions can be
1.
0
2.
1
3.
2
4.

Let X t = number of customers at time t in the

system in an M/M/I queueing model with arrival
rate 0 and service rate 0 . Let

k limt P( X t k ), k 0,1,2... whenever it

exists. Which of the following are true?

1.

{X t } is a birth and death process with

birth rates , k 0, 1, 2,... and death
k

standing for

method A and X i's for method B. It should be

If Y ' A B Y has chi-square distribution

then Y ' AY and Y ' BY are independently
distributed

The proportion of the total population

variance explained by the first principal

be those measurements, with

4.
Y X
Let Y follow multivariate normal distribution

component is
112.

2.

Nn 0, I and let A and B be n n symmetric,

component is

i n;1 j n

Yi Xi , 1 i n

where 2 0, 0. Then which of the following

statements are true ?
1.

Number of pairs X i , Y j with

rates k , k 1, 2,...
2.

{X t } is a birth adn death process with

CSIR 2014 DECEMBER QUESTION B

1

variance

birth rates k , k 0, 1, 2,... and death

1
rates k , k 1, 2,..

3.

118.

E Y X ,Cov Y 2 I where X is a matrix of

size n p having rank r p . Then which of the
following statements are necessarily true?
1.
The set of estimable linear functions forms
a vector space of dimension r

Limiting distribution k exists if and only

if , and is the geometric distribution

with parameter .

4.

116.

If an arriving customer finds exactly one

customer then his total waiting time in the
system has an exponential distribution with

2.

If E c ' Y 0 for some nonzero vector c,

3.

then there is a function l ' which is not

estimable
If all linear function l ' are estimable,
then r p .

parameter 2
Consider the linear model

The set of functions cY wth E c ' Y 0

form a vector sapce of dimension r .
Consider a 23 factorial experiment with three
factors A, B and C. Suppose eight treatment are
assigned in two blocks of each of the four replicates in the following way.
4.

y1 2 1
y2 2 2
y3 3

119.

where , , are unknown parameters and

1, 2 , 3 are uncorrelated random errors with

Replicate 1

meas 0 and constant variance. Then which of the

following statemenets are true?
1.
, and are estimable

117.

V2 V1 for all n, N
4.
Consider the linear model

2.

as estimable

3.

2 2 is estimable

4.
is estimable
Suppose a sample of size n is drawn using simple
random sampling without replacement from a finite
population of n unit where N > n and denote the
sample mesn of the study variables corresponding
to the selected units by y . Now suppose we know
one variate value y1 corresponding to one unit and
drawn a simple random sample of size n without
replacement from the remaining (N - 1) units and
denote the sample mean of the study variables
corresponding to the selected units bu y0 .
Define

(1)
a
bc
abc

b
c
ac
ab

Replicate 2
Replicate 3
(1)
a (1)
a
b
c c
b
ac
bc ab
ac
abc
ab abc
bc

Replicate 4
(1) b
ab a
bc c
ac abc

Which of the following are necessarily treu?

1.
This is an example of complete
confounding
2.
AB is confounded in Replicate 1
3.
AC is confounded in Replicate 2
4.
ABC is confounded in Replicate 4
120.

Let X1,X 2 ,...,X n be independent and identically

distributed Bermoulli , where 0 1 and
n 1. let the prior density of be proportional to

, 0 1. Define S n Xi . Then
i1

t1 Ny , t2 N 1 y0 y1, V1 Var t1 and

valid statements among the following are:

1.
The posterior mean of does not exist

V2 Var t2 . Which of the follwoing are

2.

necessarily true?
2.

t1 is unbiased for population total

t2 is unbiased for population total

3.

V1 N 2

1.

2 N n
n

N 1

where 2 population

3.

4.

The posterior meas of exists;

The posterior mea of exists and it is
larger than the maximum likelihood
estimator for all values of S;
The posterior mean of exists and it is
larger than the maximum likelihood
estimator for some values of S.

CSIR 2014 DECEMBER SOLUTION

1.

4 a

1 3 32 1 1
a
6
2

As we have 2 1 2 ... 9 90
2.

3.

So, 91st to 110th term is 10

1
1022121 = 1000000 + 121 + 2(11) (1000)

11.

1000 112 10112

12.

m 3k 1 m2 M 3 1
m2 33n 1 M 3 2
m 3k
4.
5.

6.

7.
8.

13.

33n 1 M 3 1

So, L.H.S. is never 0, hence it has no integral

solution.
3
According to graph option 3 is correct.
3
We can set 4 3 4 3 3 3
= 12 + 12 + 9 = 33 laddoos.
4

4
Option 4 gives suitable match for the professions of
the person.
1

1024

400
14.

5
640
8

5
250
8

640

5
400
8

250

5
156.25
8

f 27 3556 f 486000000
15.

1
k
y
x
x

= 4 + 8 + 6 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = 18
1
Here we have 5 x 50 140 , x 18.

16.

xy k (hyperbolic shape)

(- 3, 0)

(3, 0)

2
Total number of paths = 2 4 3 2 48

3
They are prime numbers in continuation
2

17.

y =6

18.

n n 1
K 42 n 9, K 3
2

1
If d is the width after corrugation then we have

d
2
19.
y = - 2x

B
A
and
b
a

Number of steps will be

m2

2.2

22d
2.2 d 1.4 m.
14

N E T 2013 3 671 . If N , E and T are

y = 2x

distinct then they will be 1, 3, 671 to give

maximum sum 1 3 671 675
20.
Base = 6 & Height = 6

9.- 4
10.

1
So, Area = 6 6 18
2
3
Fraction removed =

2
By equality of areas, we get

r22 r12 r22 r12 2r22 r1

UNIT-1
21.
2

Df x

2 r2

PART B

0 for all x emplies that

f x will be constant in connected components

of , not in whole .

22.

CSIR 2014 DECEMBER SOLUTION

The given matrix is involutary, so its eigen values is

an is convergent but an is divergent

an

1/ n

1 as n . Hence radius of conver

24.

eigen values is 1 and

an x is R = 1

gence of
23.

n 1

29.

BA B2 BA 2 I

B A B A

As R.H.S. is non-singular, matrix so both the

matrices on L.H.S. is non-singular
B is non-singular
4
By Rolles theorem , there is at least one root of the

26.

and

30

| A | 1

n
2

3
It is definition of uniform convergence, so for
then only it will becomes identity x R.
1

1 1 y 1 y y 2
1 1 z 1 z z 2

derivative p between any two consecutive roots of p

By C3 C3 C2 and followed by C2 C2 C1
we get

3
2

By R1 R1 2R 3 and R 2 R 2 R 3

1 x

x2

1 y

y2

1 z

z2

x y y z z x

0 0 0

0 0 1
by R R 4R we get
1
1
2
2 4 0

So, we have Row space as same as that of

1 2 0
0 0 1

z y z x y x
31.

32.

lim

n!k k n 1!
k

kn! n 1!

...

lim kn 1 kn 2 kn k K k
n n 1 n 1... n 1
2

4
P*P = I P is unitary matrix, whose all eigen
values are of modulus 1.
3
For

1 1 0
A 0 2 0

0 0 1

k
an n ! , Radius of convervence R lim an
kn !
n a
n1

28.

n1
eigen values is -1 So,
2

1 1 x 1 x x 2

4 8 4 R 0 0 4

3 6 1 0 0 1
2 4 0 2 4 0

27.

n1
eigen values is 1
2

certain finite value onward an 0 and bn 0,

Now,

n
2

n
eigen values is - 1
2

But if n is odd trace is 1 So,

2
On the arc of circle , we will have tangent vector
perpendicular to the radius vector.
2

BA B2 I BA 2

25.

1 or - 1 . Also if n is even then trace is 0 ; so

0 1 0
A 1 I 0 1 0

0 0 0

Rank A 1I 1

G.M. of 1 = 3 1 = 2 = A.M. of 1, so it is
diagonalisable A is diagonalisable in (4) & (2)
because its eigen values are distinct
For

CSIR 2014 DECEMBER SOLUTION

1 1 0
0 1 0

A 0 1 0 A 1I 0 0 0

0 0 2
0 0 1

33.

Rank ( A- 1 I) = 2
A.M. of 1 is 2 but its G.M. is 3-2 =1 which are not
equals so A is not diagonalisable in (3)
2

R1
41.

42.

p z
at 0 i.e
q z

43.

Re s p z
zp z
lim
z 0 q z z 0 q z
z 0 b b z ... b z n 1
1
2
n

35.

Number of elements in the given group = O(G) =

a0
E1

elements in 3 sylow group 36 729

2
6 = 1+5 = 2+4 = 3+3 = 1+1+4
=1+2+3 = 2+2+2 = 1+1+1+3
=1+1+2+2 = 1+1+1+1+2 = 1+1+1+1+1+1
So, number of conjugacy classes is 11.
1
4 = 1+1+2
4 can be partitioned as 1, 1, 2 in

44.

4!
6 ways
2!2!

40.

3
Number of orbits for action of G on the field with
2
3 elements over subfield with 3 elements will be 6.
No Option is correct (By default 1 is better)
Radius of convergence

a1 a2 1
a
2a0 a1 a2 2
2 3 2
6

a1 a2

2 3
a2
6

a
a0 1 a1 1 a2 2

2
4 12

; E2

a2
12

E1 E2
2
Charpits Equation is

dp

1 2 3

1
P 0 P 1
2

dx
dy
du

f
f
f
f
p q
p
q
p q

So, number of onto functions = 6 3! 36 .

39.

2
As f is Lipschitz continuous function, so under the
given condition y is bounded.
1

1
E2 01 P x dx P
2

As 36 divides 0(G) but not 37 , so number of

38.

2
R such that 1 fu 0.

a0

a
0
b1

36 34 1 33 1 32 1 3 1

37.

3
It is cauchy Euler differential equation with y(1) =
y(2) = 0. So, for any continuous function f from

E1 01 P x dx

34 1 34 3 34 32 34 33

36.

1
R

= .

[1, 2], there exists a solution u of p for some

p z
has simple pole at z = 0 , so residue of
q z

lim

p n 1 an 1

p n an

[1, 2] to R with f x not vanishing identically in

a0 a1 z ... an z n

lim

Q 21/2 , 21/4 , 21/8 over Q has degree 8 2 2 2

34.

f
f
p
x
u

dq

f
f
q
y u

dx dy
du
dp
2 2
2 pu 2q 2 p q 1 p 3

dq
1 qp 2

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45.

y x 0x x s y s ds

x3
6

..........(1)

Differentiating equation-(1) w.r.t.x we get

..........(2)

=
5

x2
2

+4
3x

y ' x 0x x s y s ds

(0, 5/4)

Comparing (1) & (2) we get after solution

46.

y x 0x S Sin x s ds

V
47.

48.

g
1 ect
c
52.

1
y x 1 x will extremize J.
2

u
3u

u x, t ei xv t ,
t
x3

dv
ei x

dv
i 3 v
u

dt

v i

3 ei x

dv
i 3dt
v

lnv i 3t c

v ei

lim

50.

Var T1

2
ei x t

56.

57.

E Sn 0 , V Sn n

Sn 0
x 1 for any x > 0
n

lim P nx S n nx 1

X i X i has Wishart distribution with

n d.f.

C.O.D.

59.

2
1 2

2
Except option (2) all are true
3
posterior probability of the 0

1 1
1
as X1 and X 3
2 2
4

both should be non-zero but X 2 can be any value

2

2
Degree of freedom = 100
2
p
X n
2 n 2 and n2 0

58.

P(A is invertible )

51.

54.

Var T2

53.

lim

3t

u x, t

It is n n 1Cn 1 2n 1Cn 1 2n 1Cn

55.

v(0) 1 c 0

z= - (2x + 5y) will approach to in the feasible

region when feasible region is unbounded and
hence non-empty.
2
It will be number of ways of distributing n identical items among n places or persons such that any
one can get any number of items.

49.

(5/3, 0)

60.

1
Required probability

6! 3C
7!

PART C

3
7

1 is e e
2
e 1

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1,2

Ax, Ay A x, Ay

As, L lim f x f ' x

x

A At y x AAt y x

f ' x
is finite , so if xlim

y x x y . Rows of orthogonal matrix froms

exist it cannot be non-zero else f x will become

f ' x and lim f ' x exist ,

unbounded So, if xlim

x
62.

they will be 0 and L respectively

1,2,3
Option 4 is wrong because it S 0,1 and x = 1

63.

67.

d (x , s) = 0 but x S. Rest follows from definition

of closed set .
1,2,4

xk

ak 1 ak
a
1 k
ak 1
ak 1

G x, f x be the graph of f then G is

68.

69.

70.

am
a
1 m as a is strictly
k
am1
an

increasing

..........(option 1)

As in xk each term is positive so there exists

k m

n m such that xk
k m

71.

1
. ......... (option 2)
2

As each term in the series is positive so, xk

72.

k 1

64.

p x is of even degree

1 if x E
E : R R
0 if x E

E will be continuous iff E or R i.e E is both

66.

open and closed.

1,3

So, s r 1 r 1 s r 1
3,4

21 207 416

and if K < 0 then Ke x p x has at least one

root if p x is pf odd degree.
3
Characteristic function

discontinuities of f x should be countable , hence

it will be Riemann Integrable and hence Lebesgue
integrable.
1,2
If every continuous function from A to R is bounded
then A must be closed and bounded subset of R,
hence it is compact in this case.
Also for closed and bounded subset of R only we
have statement in option (2) as true.
1,2
By manipulating either one row or one column of
a matrix its rank is affected by at most 1.

5 9 8
1 23 0
A 1 8 2 1 8 2
9 1 0
9 1 0

diverges to (option 4)
1,2
If K > 0 then Ke x P x has at least one root if

65.

in X1 , so we have U as a subset of U1
2,3,4
As f x is monotonically increasing, so set of

am
a

... 1 n
xk 1

k m
am1
an 1

homeomorphic to X.
1
Open unit ball in X is contained in open unit ball

an orthonormal basis of Rn
1
Function from X R is continuous and

32 13 25 13
73,

1,2,3,4

f , T1 T2 Rank f = 1 because
f is nozero and each Ti will have its Rank 1
Also Nullity of each Ti is equals to 3-1 = 2
As except 1 eigenvalue all will be zero , so f is
either positive semi definite or negative semi
definite
Also, Null sapce of f , is of dimension 2.

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2,3,4
As ratio of integers is rational number, so Ax = b
has a rational solution
The set of real solutions to Ax = 0 has a basis
consisting of rational solutions .
For solution
Rank(A) = Rank(A:b) if b 0, then Rank (A:b) is

a,b R2 : a2 b2

bounded subset of R2 which is also

connected, so Image (f) is also connected bounded
and closed and hence compact
a2 + b2 = 1

1, so Rank (A) 1, .
75.

1 is closed

1,2,3

0 1 0

0 0 0 if minimal
Jordan canonical form is
0 0 0

polynomial is m (x) = x 2 .Except matrix in option

Also f cannot be injective because for

(4) each of them have m( x) x2 .

76.

a, b

1,3

AB I4 Rank (AB) = 4 Rank (A) 4

& Rank (B) 4. But A is 4 7 and B is 7 4
matrix so Rank (A) 4 and Rank (B) 4

a 2 b2 1.
84.

Rank (A) = Rank (B) = 4 Nullity (B) =N o. of

77.

78.

sup
2 2n
an r
| f z |2
|
z
|

r
n0
And also by Gauss mean value theorem we get

2 2n
1 2
2
an r
0 | f rei | du
2

n0

i 1 i 1

79.
80.
81.

82.

85,

i 1

Rank of T is n2 and T is non-singular

1,2,3,4
All four statements are correct
1,3
1 & 3 are true but 2, & 4 are false
1,2
The given matrix is real symmetric and orthogonal
matrix so its eigenvalues will be + 1 and -1 and its
trace is 0, so it has 3 eigenvalues + 1 and 3 eigen
values - 1
2,3

1,2,4

y
2
2
& x y 1
x

x cos & y sin

cos sin
A

sin cos

cosn sin
An

sin cosn
cos

sin

35 5 7 and 1+5k divides 35 iff 1+5k = 1 So, if

83.

1,3,4

x
A
y

25 5 2 If 0(G) = 25 G is abelian.

O G 35, G is cyclic so it is abelian

n
an z
n0

By maximum modulus priciple, we have

T X AX T x ij Aik x kj
k 1

trace (T) = A ii n A ii

1,3

f z

column in B- Rank (B) = 4 - 4 = 0

None are correct
If U, V and W are taken as zero - spaces
(subspace) then all four options becomes equal to
zero - space . So, proper superset or proper subset
is not possible
1,3,4

1, 0 & a, b 1, 0 satisfy

86.

sin

cos

Also A is orthogonal matrix, so we have At A1

Also we have A as diagonalisable
2,3,4

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For some a > 0 , then f z ia f z ia , z c &

0 G 45 32 5

f z 2ia f z , z c but not

32 | 45 but 33 does not divide 45, so have

subgroup of order 9
Also, 5 | 45 but 52 does not divide 45, so G has a
subgroup of order 5
1 5k | 45 iff 1 + 5k = 1 & also 1+3k | 45 1+ 3k
= 1 , So, G has normal subgroup of order 9 & 5.
87.
1

S Re f z Im f z |z

x y | x iy . As is bounded open
88.

subset of C, so we have S is an open

subset of R.
2

u x,y x3 3xy 2 2 x

f z ia f z for all z c .
91.

u1 0 u2 0 & 0 is lying inside [ -1, 1] i.e 0 is

interior point of [-1,1], so we have u1 and u2 as
linearly dependent and also Wronskian w (x) = 0 for
92.

89.

2,3

D : R x R x where Df df ,f
dx

x2 t y 2 t a 2 b2 t R .It has solution

a R So, D is not

2,4

dt dx du

1 u 0

u c & x ct

one-one. If a0 a1x a2 x 2 ... R x

u x, 0 or u0 x can be taken as u0 x x or

2
3

Then D a x a x a x ...
0
1
2

u0 x 1 2 x

94.

1,3

a0 a1x a2 x 2 ... So, D is onto

D 2 1 y e x

D E f f if E a0 a1 x a2 x 2 ...

P.I is y

a0 x a1

x2
x3
a2 ...
2
3

cannot find E such that E D f

f ; f

. C.F is y Ae x Be x

x
1
e x xe
D 1 D 1
2

xe x
2

y Ae x Be x

dy
e x xe x
Ae x Be x
dx
2

Once differentiated , constant term is lost, so we

90.

a,b

for any (a, b) R R.

93.

As D a 0

2 xdx 2 ydy 0
x2 y 2 C

x 0 ,y 0

u y 6 xy Vx

V 3x2 y y3 2 y c

all x 11
,
2,3

dx dy

0 from the given equation

y x

u x 3x 2 3 y 2 2 V y

2,3

1,2,3

f z R f z R

y 0 0 A B 0

f z R . So, f z f z g z If

dy
1
0 0 A B
dx
2

f z R z z|Im z 0 z|I m z a

1
1
&B
4
4

CSIR 2014 DECEMBER SOLUTION

1 x x xe x
e e
4
2
1
& y attains its minimum on R.
x

lim e x y x

95.

f x hf ' x

1,3

... f x hf x h f " x ...

2!

2h

yn yn 1 h yn ; y0 1
1

yn

96.

It is first order appoximation to e nh and also it is

rational function approximation
1,4

1 n

u x

( By Leibnitz rule) Again differentiating both sides

d 2u
u 0
dx 2

2,4
1,2

xn 1 xn

f xn

f ' xn

, so, Newtons method is same

as fixed point iteration for the map

g x x

f x
f ' x

Also,

dy f y

0
dt f ' y

f y
dy

dt
f ' y

yn1 yn

99.
100.
101.

2,3,4
1,3
2,3,4

102.

f yn

f ' yn

f x h f x h
2h

So, it is also same

1,2

y x

u s ds ax b

By differentiating both sides w.r.t. x, we get

w.r.t. x, we get

h2
f "' x ...
6

So, order of error is 2 similary 3 & 4 are correct

du 1 x s

u s ds a
dx 2 0 | x s

97.
98.

f ' x

yn 1

1
0| x s |

h2
h3
f " x f "' x
2!
3!

103.
106.
109.
112.
115
118.

sin x

Extremizes the given functional.

1,2,3,4,
104.
4
1,2,3,4,
107.
1,2,3,
3
110.
1,2,4
3
113.
1,2,4
1,3
116.
2,3
1,2,3
119.
3,4

105.
108.
111.
114.
117.
120.

1,3,4
1,3
1,3,4
2,4
1,2,3,4
2,4

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