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ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS

YEAR 2012 ONE MARK

Q. 1 If x = - 1 , then the value of xx is

(A) e- p/2 (B) e p/2
(C) x (D) 1

Q. 2 With initial condition x ^1 h = 0.5 , the solution of the differential equation

t dx + x = t is
dt

n
(A) x = t - 1/2 (B) x = t2 - 1/2
(C) x = t2 /2 (D) x = t/2

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Q. 3
z+1 z+3
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Given f ^z h = 1 - 2 . If C is a counter clockwise path in the z -plane such

that z + 1 = 1, the value of 1 # f ^z h dz is

a .
i
2p C

d
(A) - 2 (B) - 1

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(C) 1 (D) 2

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YEAR 2012 TWO MARKS

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Q. 4 Given that
-5 -3 1 0
A => H and I = >
0 1H
w 2 0

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the value A3 is
(A) 15A + 12I (B) 19A + 30I
(C) 17A + 15I (D) 17A + 21I

Q. 5 The maximum value of

f ^x h = x3 - 9x2 + 24x + 5 in the interval 61, 6@
(A) 21 (B) 25
(C) 41 (D) 46

Q. 6 A fair coin is tossed till a head appears for the first time. The probability that the
number of required tosses is odd, is
(A) 1/3 (B) 1/2
(C) 2/3 (D) 3/4

Q. 7 The direction of vector A is radially outward from the origin, with A = krn
where r2 = x2 + y2 + z2 and k is a constant. The value of n for which d : A = 0
(A) - 2 (B) 2
(C) 1 (D) 0
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Q. 8 Consider the differential equation

d 2y dy ^ t h
2 + 2 dt + y ^ t h = d ^ t h with
dt
dy
y ^ t h t = 0 =- 2 and is
-
dt t = 0
+

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

YEAR 2011 ONE MARK

R- 2 2 - 3V
S W
Q. 9 The matrix M = S 2 1 - 6W has eigenvalues - 3, - 3, 5 .
SS- 1 - 2 0 WW
T X to the eigen value 5 is [1 2 - 1]T . One of the

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An eigenvector corresponding

i
eigenvectors of the matrix M 3 is
(A) 81 8 - 1BT
(C) 91 2 - 1C
(B) 81 2 - 1BT

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c
T
3
(D) 81 1 - 1BT

#e
a .
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1/z
Q. 10 The contour integral dz with C as the counter-clockwise unit

d
C
circle in the z-plane is equal to

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(A) 0 (B) 2p

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(C) 2p - 1 (D) 3

YEAR 2011
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3
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/ 41 (x - 1)
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2m
Q. 11 The series m converges for
m=0

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(A) - 2 < x < 2 (B) - 1 < x < 3
(C) - 3 < x < 1 (D) x < 3

Q. 12 Consider the differential equation yp + 2yo + y = 0 with boundary conditions

y (0) = 1, y (1) = 0. The value of y (2) is
(A) - 1 (B) - e-1
(C) - e-2 (D) - e2

Q. 13 The box 1 contains chip numbered 3, 6, 9, 12 and 15. The box 2 contains chips
numbered 6. 11, 16, 21 and 26. Two chips, one from each box, are drawn at
random. The number written on these chips are multiplied. The probability for
the product to be an even number is
(A) 6/25 (B) 2/5
(C) 3/5 (D) 19/25

Q. 14 The extremum (minimum or maximum) point of a function f (x) is to be

determined by solving df (x) /dx = 0 using the Newton-Raphson method. Let
f (x) = x3 - 6x and x 0 = 1 be the initial guess of x . The value of x after two
iterations (x2) is
(A) 0.0141 (B) 1.4142
(C) 1.4167 (D) 1.5000
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YEAR 2010 ONE MARK

3 5 7
Q. 15 The infinite series f (x) = x - x + x - x .............3 converges to
3! 5! 7!
(A) cos (x) (B) sin (x)
(C) sin h (x) (D)ex

Q. 16 The diameters of 10000 ball bearings were measured. The mean diameter and
standard deviation were found to be 10 mm and 0.05 mm respectively. Assuming
Gaussian distribution of measurements, it can be expected that the number of
measurements more than 10.15 mm will be
(A) 230 (B) 115
(C) 15 (D) 2

Q. 17 A real n # n matrix A = [aij ] is defined as follows aij = i , if i = j = 0, otherwise.

The summation of all n eigen values of A is
(A) n (n + 1) /2 (B) n (n - 1) /2
n (n + 1) (2n + 1)
(C) (D) n2
6

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Q. 18 The contour C in the adjoining figure is described by x2 + y2 = 16 .

.
2
The value of # z + 8 dz is

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0.5z - 1.5j

c
C

a .
d i
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Note. : j = -1
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(A) - 2pj (B) 2pj

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(C) 4pj (D) - 4pj

If z = x + jy , where x and y are real, the value of e jz is

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Q. 19
2 2
(A) 1 (B) e x + y
(C) xy (D) e-y

Q. 20 The value of # sinz z dz , where the contour of integration is a simple closed curve
around the origin, is
(A) 0 (B) 2pj
(C) 3 (D) 1
^2pj h
Q. 21 A sphere of unit radius is centred at the origin. The unit normal at a point ^x, y, z h
on the surface of the sphere is the vector
(A) ^z, y, z h (B) d 1 , 1 , 1 n
3 3 3
y y
(C) e x , , z o (D) e x , , z o
3 3 3 2 2 2
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YEAR 2010 TWO MARKS

Q. 22 X and Y are non-zero square matrices of size n # n . If XY = 0 n # n then

(A) X = 0 and Y = Y 0 (B) X = Y 0 and Y = 0
(C) X = 0 and Y = 0 (D) X = Y 0 and Y = Y 0
dy
Q. 23 Consider the differential equation + y = ex with y ^0 h = 1. The value of y ^1 h is
dx
(A) e + e-1 (B) 1 ^e - e-1h
2
(C) 1 ^e + e-1h (D) 2 ^e - e-1h
2

Q. 24 The electric charge density in the region R : x2 + y2 # 1, y # 0 is given as

s ^x, y h = 1 C/m2 , where x and y are in metres.
The total charge (in coulomb) contained in the region R is
(A) 4p
(C) p/2
(B) 2p
(D) 0
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The velocity V (in m/s) of a moving mass, starting from rest, is given as dv = v + t

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Q. 25
dt

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Using Euler Forward difference method (also unknown as Cauchy-Euler method)

d
with a step size of 0.1s, the velocity at 0.2s evaluates to

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(A) 0.01 m/s (B) 0.1 m/s

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(C) 0.2 m/s (D) 1 m/s

YEAR 2009
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Q. 26
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If Z = x + jy , where x and y are real. The value of e jz is

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2 2
(A) 1 (B) e x + y
(C) ey (D) e- y

Q. 27 ©
The value of # sinz z dz , where the contour of integration is a simple closed curve
around the origin, is
(A) 0 (B) 2pj
(C) 3 (D) 1
(2pj)
Q. 28 Let P = 0 be a 3 # 3 real matrix. There exist linearly independent vectors x and
y such that Px = 0 and Py = 0 . The dimension of the range space of P is
(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) 2 (D) 3

Q. 29 A sphere of unit of radius is centered at the origin. The unit normal at a point
(x, y, z) on the surface of the sphere is the vector
(A) (x, y, z) (B) c 1 , 1 , 1 m
3 3 3
y y
(C) b x , , z l (D) b x , , z l
3 3 3 2 2 2
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YEAR 2009 TWO MARKS

Q. 30 The eigen values of a (2 # 2) matrix X are - 2 and - 3 . The eigenvalues of

matrix (X + I) - 1 (X + 5I) are
(A) - 3, - 4 (B) - 1, - 2
(C) - 1, - 3 (D) - 2, - 4
R0 0 1V R1V
S W S W
Q. 31 The matrix P = S1 0 0W rotates a vector about the axis S1W by an angle of
SS0 1 0WW SS1WW
T X T X
(A) 30c (B) 60c
(C) 90c (D) 120c

Q. 32 A screening test is carried out to detect a certain disease. It is found that 12% of
the positive reports and 15% of the negative reports are incorrect. Assuming that
the probability of a person getting a positive report is 0.01, the probability that
a person tested gets an incorrect report is
(A) 0.0027 (B) 0.0173

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(C) 0.1497 (D) 0.2100

Q. 33

o.
One of the roots of the equation x3 = j , where j is positive square root of - 1, is

c
(A) j (B) 3 + j 1

a.
2 2

i
(C) 3 - j1 (D) - 3 - j1
2 2 2 2
Q. 34
dt td
The differential equation dx = 4 - x , with x (0) = 0 , and the constant t > 0 ,

o
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is to be numerically integrated using the forward Euler method a constant
integration time step T. The maximum value T such that the numerical solution
of x converge is
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(A) t/4 (B) t/2
(C) t

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(D) 2t

Q. 35
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YEAR 2008

Given y = x2 + 2x + 10 , the value of

dy
dx
is equal to
ONE MARK

x=1

(A) 0 (B) 4
(C) 12 (D) 13

Q. 36 lim sin x is
x"0 x

(A) In determine (B) 0

(C) 1 (D) 3

YEAR 2008 TWO MARKS

Q. 37 The expression e- lnx for x > 0 is equal to

(A) - x (B) x
-1
(C) C (D) - x- 1
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dy
Q. 38 Consider the differential equation = 1 + y2 . Which one of the following can be
dx
a particular solution of this differential equation ?
(A) y = tan (x + 3)
(B) y tan x + 3

(C) x = tan (y + 3)
(D) x = tan y + 3

Q. 39 Consider the function y = x2 - 6x + 9 . The maximum value of y obtained when x

varies over the interval 2 to 5 is
(A) 1 (B) 3
(C) 4 (D) 9

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It is known that tow roots of the nonlinear equation x3 - 6x2 + 11x - 6 = 0 are 1

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Q. 40

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and 3. The third root will be

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(A) j (B) - j

. c
(C) 2 (D) 4

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Consider a Gaussian distributed random variable with zero mean and standard
Q. 41

d
deviation s. The value of its cumulative distribution function at the origin will be

o
(A) 0 (B) 0.5

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(C) 1 (D) 10 s

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Q. 42 A random variable is uniformly distributed over the interval 2 to 10. Its variance
will be
(A) 16
3
w (B) 6

(C) 256
9 w (D) 36

Q. 43
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A complex variable Z = x + j0.1 has its real part x varying in the range - 3 to
+ 3. Which one of the following is the locus (shown in thick lines) of 1/Z in the
complex plane ?
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YEAR 2007 ONE MARK

Q. 44 Let A be an n # n real matrix such that A2 = I and y be an n -dimensional

vector. Then the linear system of equations Ax = y has
(A) No solution
(B) A unique solution
(C) More than one but finitely many independent solutions
(D) Infinitely many independent solutions

Q. 45 Let j = - 1 . Then one value of j j is

(A) j (B) - 1
(C) p (D) e- p/2
2

YEAR 2007 TWO MARKS

Q. 46 The polynomial p (x) = x5 + x + 2 has

(A) all real roots (B) 3 real and 2 complex roots

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(C) 1 real and 4 complex roots (D) all complex roots

Q. 47
(A) 0 (B) 1
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Let A = [aij ], 1 # i, j # n , with n $ 3 and aij = i.j . Then the rand of A is

(C) n - 1
.
(D) n
c
i a
sin x
Q. 48 For real x , the maximum value of ecos x is

d
e
(A) 1 (B) e

o
2
(C) e (D) 3

Q. 49
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Consider the function f (x) = x 3 , where x is real. Then the function f (x) at x = 0
is
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(A) Continuous but not differentiable
(B) Once differentiable but not twice

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(C) Twice differentiable but not thrice

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(D) Thrice differentiable

#0 3 #0 3e- x e- y dx dy is
2 2
Q. 50 The value of the integral
(A) p (B) p
2
(C) p (D) p
4
Q. 51 For the function sin3 z of a complex variable z , the point z = 0 is
z
(A) a pole of order 3 (B) a pole or order 2
(C) a pole or order 1 (D) not a singularity

Q. 52 Assume that the duration in minutes of a telephone conversation follows the

exponential distribution f (x) = 1 ex/5, x $ 0 . The probability that the conversation
5
will exceed five minutes is.
(A) 1 (B) 1 - 1
e e
(C) 12 (D) 1 - 12
e e
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Q. 53 The boundary-value problem yn + ly = 0, y (0) = y (p = 0) will have non-zero

solution is and only if the values of l are
(A) 0, ! 1, ! 2, ........ (B) 1, 2, 3, ......
(C) 1, 4, 9, ....... (D) 1, 9, 25, .......

Q. 54 Identify the Newton-Raphson iteration scheme for finding the square root of 2.
(A) xn + 1 = 1 bxn + 2 l (B) xn + 1 = 1 bxn - 2 l
2 xn 2 xn
(C) xn + 1 = 2 (D) xn + 1 = 2 + xn
xn

YEAR 2006 ONE MARK

Q. 55 You have gone to a cyber-cafe with a friend. You found that the cyber-cafe has
only three terminals. All terminals are unoccupied. You and your friend have to

i n
make a random choice of selecting a terminal. What is the probability that both

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of you will NOT select the same terminal ?
(A) 1
9
(B) 1

c
3
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(C) 2

a .
(D) 1

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3

d
Q. 56 Probability density function p (x) of a random variable x is as shown below. Then

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value of a is

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(A) 2

(C)
c
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(B) 1

(D)
c
1
(b + c) (b + c)

Q. 57 A linear ordinary differential equation is given as

d2 y dy
+ 3 + 2y = d (t)
dt2 dt
Where d (t) is an impulse input. The solution is found by Euler’s forward-
difference method that uses an integration step h . What is a suitable value of h
(A) 2.0 (B) 1.5
(C) 1.0 (D) 0.2

YEAR 2006 TWO MARKS

Q. 58 Two dices are rolled simultaneously. The probability that the sum of digits on the
top surface of the two dices is even, is
(A) 0.5 (B) 0.25
(C) 0.167 (D) 0.125
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Q. 59 The plot of a function f (x) is shown in the following figure. A possible expression
for the function f (x) is

(A) exp ( x ) (B) exp b - 1 l

x
(C) exp (- x) (D) exp b 1 l
x
Q. 60 For a given 2 # 2 matrix A, it is observed that

in
1 1 1 1
A > H =-> H and A > H =- 2 > H

.
-1 -1 -2 -2

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Then matrix A is

c
2 1 -1 0 1 1

.
(A) A = >
- 1 - 1H> 0 - 2H>- 1 - 2H
1 1 -1 0 1 1
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d
(B) A = >
- 1 - 2H> 0 - 1H>- 1 - 2H

(C) A = >
1 1 -1 0 2 1

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- 1 - 2H> 0 - 2H>- 1 - 1H
.
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0 -2
(D) A = >
1 - 3H
Q. 61
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For an initial value problem yp + 2yo + 101y = 10.4ex , y (0) = 1.1 and yo =- 0.9 .

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Various solutions are written in the following groups. Match the type of solution

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with the correct expression.
Group 1 Group 2
P. General solution of 1. 0.1ex
homogeneous equations
Q. Particular integral 2. e- x (A cos 10x + B sin 10x)
R. Total solution satisfying 3. e- x cos 10x + 0.1ex
boundary conditions
(A) P-2, Q-1, R-3 (B) P-1, Q-3, R-2
(C) P-1, Q-2, R-3 (D) P-3, Q-2, R-1

Q. 62 The value of the integral of the complex function

f (s) = 3s + 4
(s + 1) (s + 2)
along the path s = 3 is
(A) 2pj (B) 4pj
(C) 6pj (D) 8pj
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Q. 63 For k = 0, 1, 2, ............, the steps of Newton-Rampson method for solving a non-

linear equation is given as
xk + 1 = 2 xk + 5 xk- 2
3 3
Starting from a suitable initial choice as k tends to 3, the iterate xk tends to
(A) 1.7099 (B) 2.2361
(C) 3.1251 (D) 5.0000

Q. 64 The function y = sin f, (f > 0) is approximated as y = f, where f is in radian.

The maximum value of f for which the error due to the approximation is within
! 2% is.
(A) 0.1 rad (B) 0.2 rad
(C) 0.3 rad (D) 0.4 rad

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Q. 65 Which of the following integrals provides a measure of the rapidity of change in

i
a random variable f ^ t h ?
+T
(A) lim 1 # f ^ t h dt
o. +T
(B) lim 1 # f 2 ^ t h dt

c #
T " 3 2T T " 3 2T

a.
-T -T
+T 1/2 +T
(C) > lim 1 # f 2 ^ t h dtH 1
2T -T ^ h ^
(D) lim f t f t + th dt

i
T " 3 2T T"3
-T

Q. 66

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The solution of the integral equation
t
y (t) = t exp (t) - 2 exp (t) # exp (- t) dt is

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0

(A) 1 (exp (t) - exp (- t)) (B) 1 (exp (t) + exp (- t))

w
2 2
(exp (t) - exp (- t)) (exp (- t) + exp (t))

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(C) (D)
(exp (t) + exp (t)) (exp (- t) - exp (t))

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Statement For Linked Answer Q. 67 and 68 :
A system of linear simultaneous equations is given as
R V R V
S1 0 1 0W S0W
S0 1 0 1W S0W
Ax = b , where A = S W and b = S W
S1 1 0 0W S0W
S0 0 0 1W S1W
T X T X
Q. 67 The rank of matrix A is
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 3 (D) 4

Q. 68 Which of the following statements is true?

(A) x is a null vector (B) x is unique
(C) x does not exist (D) x has infinitely many values

YEAR 2005 ONE MARK

Q. 69 Let A be a 3 # 3 matrix with rank 2. Then AX = 0 has

(A) Only the trivial solution X = 0 (B) One independent solution
(C) Two independent solutions (D) Three independent solutions
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1 0
Identify which one of the following is an eigenvector of the matrix A = >
- 1 - 2H
Q. 70

(A) [- 1 1]T (B) [3 - 1]T

(C) [1 - 1]T (D) [- 2 1]T

Q. 71 If f = a 0 xn + a1 xn - 1 y + ....... + an - 1 xyn - 1 + an yn where ai (i = 0 to n) are constants,

2f 2f
then x +y is
f 2 x 2 y
(A) (B) n
n f
(C) nf (D) n f

Q. 72 If a vector R (t) has a constant magnitude, then

(A) R : dR = 0 (B) R # dR = 0
dt dt

(C) R : R - dR (D) R # R = dR
dt dt

#- 1 12 dx is
in
1

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Q. 73 The value of the integral
x

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(A) 2 (B) Does not exist
(C) - 2

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(D) 3

Q. 74

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The probability that there are 53 Sundays in a randomly chosen leap year is

d
(A) 1 (B) 1
7 14
(C) 1

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28 7

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A system of equations represented by AX = 0 , where X is a column vector of
Q. 75

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unknowns and A is a matrix containing coefficient, has a non-trivial solutions
when A is

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(A) non-singular (B) singular

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(C) symmetric (D) Hermetian

YEAR 2005 TWO MARKS

Q. 76 Using the given data points tabulated below, a straight line passing through the
origin is fitted using least squares method. The slope of the line is
x 1.0 2.0 3.0
y 1.5 2.2 2.7
(A) 0.9 (B) 1.0
(C) 1.1 (D) 1.5

Q. 77 Consider the circle z - 5 - 5i = 2 in the complex plane (x, y) with z = x + iy .

The minimum distance from the origin to the circle is
(A) 5 2 - 2 (B) 54
(C) 34 (D) 5 2
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Q. 78 Let z3 = z , when z is a complex number not equal to zero. Then z is a solution of

(A) z2 = 1 (B) z3 = 1
(C) z 4 = 1 (D) z9 = 1

Given a real-valued continuous function f (t) defined over [0, 1], lim 1 # f (x) dx is
t
Q. 79
t"0 t o

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

Q. 80 The curves, for which the curvature r at any point is equal to cos2 q, where q is
the angle made by the tangent at that point with the positive direction of the
x -axis, are (given r = y''/ [1 + (y) 2] 3/2 , where y' and y'' are the first and second
derivatives of y with respect to x )
(A) Circle (B) Parabolas

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(C) Ellipses (D) Hyperbolas

Q. 81

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The general solution of the differential equation (D2 - 4D + 4) y = 0 , is of the

o
form (given D = d/dx ), and C1 and C2 are constants.

c
.
(A) C1 e2x (B) C1 e2x + C2 e- 2x

a
2x - 2x
(C) C1 e2x + C2xe (D) C1 e2x + C2xe

Q. 82

d i
A scalar field is given by f = x + y2/3 , where x and y are the Cartesian
2/3

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coordinates. The derivative of f along the line y = x directed away from the

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origin, at the point (8, 8) is.
(A) 2 (B) 3

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3 2

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(C) 2 (D) 3
3 2

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YEAR 2004 TWO MARKS

Q. 83 Vectors x1 = 5i - 2j + k and x 2 = 4i - j + 2k are transformed into y1 = Ax1 and

R 2 1 2 VW
S
S 3 3 3W
y2 = Ax2 using an orthogonal matrix A = - S 2 2 1 W.
S 3 3 3W
S 1 2 -2W
S 3 3 3W
T X
The cosine of the angle between y1 and y2 is
(A) 8 (B) 3
70 2
(C) 1 (D) 1
70 2

YEAR 2003 ONE MARK

Q. 84 A system of equations represented by AX = 0 , where X is a column vector of

unknowns and A is a matrix containing coefficients, has a nontrivial solution
when A is
(A) nonsingular (B) singular
(C) symmetric (D) Hermetian
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YEAR 2001 ONE MARK

Q. 85 A vector normal to it + 2tj - kt is

(A) it - tj - kt (B) - it - 2tj + kt
(C) - it + 2tj + kt (D) 2it + tj - 2kt

Q. 86 The necessary condition to diagonalise a matrix is that

(A) its eigen value should be distinct
(B) its eigen vectors should be independent
(C) its eigen value should be real
(D) the matrix is non-singular

YEAR 2001 TWO MARKS

p
sin 2 ax - 4 k
Q. 87 lim equals
x" p x- p
4
4

in
(A) 0 (B) 1/2

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(C) 1 (D) 2

c o
.
YEAR 2000 ONE MARK

a
R V

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Q. 90 For a singular matrix,

(A) at least one eigen value would be at the origin
(B) all eigen values would be at the origin
(C) no eigen value would be at the origin
(D) None of the above

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