CSIR DECEMBER 2015 QUESTION AND SOLUTION

PART ‘A’ 8. A wheel barrow with unit spacing between its wheels
is pushed along a semi-circular path of mean radius
1. A circle drawn in the x-y coordinate plane passes 10. The difference between distances covered by
through the origin and has chords of lengths 8 units the inner and outer wheels is
and 7 units on the x and y axes, respectively. The (a) 0 (b) 10
coordinates of its centre are (c)  (d) 2
(a) (8, 7) (b) (-8, 7) 9. The missing number is
(c) (-4, 3.5) (d) (4, 3.5)
5
8 2
2. The probability that a ticketless traveler is caught 7 9 -5
5 9 9 ?
during a trip is 0.1. If the traveler makes 4 trips, the
probability that he/she will be caught during at least
one of the trips is: (a) -19 (b) -5
(c) 9 (d) -9
10.9 4
4
(a) 1   0.9  (b) 10. Decode
4 4
(c) 1 10.9  (d)  0.9 G E N T S T U
I S S O L V D
3. The statement: “The father of my son is the only L I I S P A E
child of your parents” L M H T R B N
(a) can never be true E E L B O L T
(b) is true in only one type of relation T N I Y B E S
(c) can be true for more than one type of rela- (A) GENT STUDENT CAUSE LITTLE
tions HEART BURNS
(d) can be true only in a polygamous family (B) STUDENTS ARE INTELLIGENT BUT
PROBLEM IS NOT SOLVABLE
4. The base diameter of a glass is 20% smaller than the (C) THIS PROBLEM IS UNSOLVABLE BY
diameter at the rim.The glass is filled to half th height. ANY STUDENT
The ratio of empty to filled volume of the glass is (D) THIS PROBLEM IS SOLVABL BY
INTELLIGENT STUDENTS
10  9 109
(a) (b) 11. Three circles of equal diameters are placed such
9 8 9 8
that their centres make an equilateral triangle as in
102 92 103 93 the figure
(c) (d)
98 93 83

5. The number of diagonals of a convex deodecagon

(12-gon) is
(a) 66 (b) 54
(c) 55 (d) 60

6. One is required to tile a plane with congruent regu-

lar polygons. With which of the following polygons
is this possible?
(a) 6-gon (b) 8-gon Within each circle, 50 points are randomly scattered.
(c) 10-gon (d) 12-gon The frequency distribution of distances between
all possible pairs of points will look as
7. Suppose three meetings of a group of professors
where arranged in Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai. Each
professor of the group attended exactly two meet-
Frequency

ings. 21 professors attended Mumbai meeting, 27

attended Delhi meeting and 30 attended Chennai 1.
meeting. How Many of them attended both the Distance
Chennai and Delhi meeting
(a) 18
(b) 24
(c) 26
(d) Cannot be found from the above informa-
tion
 (b) cos r < cos g , cos d

Frequency
(c) cos r < cos d < cos g
(d) cos g < cos d < cos r
16. A vendor sells articles having a cost price of Rs. 100
each .He sells there articles at a premium price dur-
2. ing first eight months, and at a sale price which is
Distance half of the premimum price during next four months
He makes a net profit of 20% at the end of the year.
Asuming that equal nmbers of articles are sold each
month what is the premimum price of the article?
(a) 122 (b) 144
(c) 150 (d) 160
Frequency

17.
3.
  
Distance
  
  
The minimum number of straight lines required to
Frequency

connect the nine points above without lifting the

pen or retracing is
4.
(a) 3 (b) 4
(c) 5 (d) 6
Distance 18. “The clue is hidden in this statement” real the note
handed to Sherlock by Moriarty, who hid the stolen
12. How many digits are there in 316 when it is expressed
treasure in one of the ten pillars. Which pillar is it?
in the decimal form? (a) X (b) II
(a) Three (b) Six (c) III (d) IX
(c) Seven (d) Eight 19. Three boxes are coloured red, blue and green and
13. Most Indian tropical fruit trees produce fruits in so are three balls. In how many ways can one put
April-May. The best possible explanation for this the balls one in each box such that no ball goes into
is the box of its own colur?
(a) optimum water availability for fruit produc- (a) 1 (b) 2
tion (c) 3 (d) 4
(b) The heat allows quicker ripening of fruit. 20. Let A, B be the ends of the longest diagonal of the
(c) animals have no other source of food in unit cube. The length of the shortest path from A to
summer. B along the surface is
(d) the impending monsoon provides optimum
(a) 3 (b) 1 2
conditions for propagation.
14. There is an inner circle and an outer circle around a (C) 5 (D) 3
square. What is the ratio of the area of the outer
circle to that of the inner circle? PART ‘B’

21. If A is a 5  5 real matrix with trace 15 and if 2 and 3

are eigenvalues of A, each with algebraic multiplic-
ity 2, then the determinant of A is equal to
(a) 0 (b) 24
(c) 120 (d) 180
22. Let f :    be a twice continuously differentiable
function, with f (0)  f (1)  f '(0)  0. Then
(a) 2 (b) 2 (a) f " is the zero function.
(c) 2 2 (d) 3/ 2 (b) f " (0) is zero
15. Write d = 1 degree r = 1 radian and g =1 grad. Then (c) f " (x)= 0 for some x  (0,1) .
which of the following is true? (100 grad = a right - (d) f " never vanishes
angle)
1
(a) cos d < cos r < cos g 23. Let Sn   nk 1 . Which of the following is true?
k
 n real matrix P.
(a) S  for every n  1.
2n 2 (c) xy  y2  z2  Q(Pv) for some invertible
(b) Sn is bounded sequence. 4 4 real matrix P..

|S n S | 0 as n  .
(d) x2  y2  zw  Q(Pv) for some invertible
(c) 2 2n 1
4 4 real matrix P..
Sn 29. Let A  I n be an n  n matrix such that A2 = A,
(d)  1 as n  .
n
where I n is the identity matrix of order n. Which of
24. For a positive integer n, let Pn denote the vector
the following statements is false?
space of polynomials in one variable x with real co-
efficients and with degree  n. Consider the map (a) ( I n  A)2  In  A

T : P2  P4 defined by T ( p( x))  p( x2 ). . Then (b) Trace (A) = Rank (A).

(a) T is a linear transformation and dim (c) Rank (A) + Rank ( In  A)  n.
range(T) = 5 (d) The eigenvalues of A are each equal to 1.
(b) T is a linear transformation and dim 30. For (x, y)  2 with (x, y)  (0, 0), let  (x, y) be
range(T) = 3. the unique real number such that     and (x, y)
(c) T is a linear transformation and dim
range(T) = 2. = (r cos , r sin ) where r  x2  y2 . Then the resulting
(d) T is not a linear transformation. function  : 2 \{(0, 0)}   is
25. Let A be a real 3 4 matrix of rank 2. Then the rank of (a) differentiable
At A , where At denotes the transpose A, is (b) continuous, but not differentiable
(A) exactly 2 (c) bounded but not continuous
(b) exactly 3 (d) neither bounded, nor continuous.
(c) exactly 4 1  1 1 1 
(d) at most 2 but not necessarily 2 31. lim   ...  is
n  n  2 4 4 6 2n  2n  2 
26. Let S denote the set of all the prime numbers p with
1
 91 31 0  (a) 2 (b)
 29 31 0  2
the property that the matrix   has an
 79 23 59  1
  (c) (d)
2 1 2 1
inverse in the field  p . Then 32. Let A be a closed subset of  , A   , A   .
(a) S = {31} (b) S = {31, 59} Then A is
(c) S = {7, 13, 59} (d) S is infinite (a) The closure of the interior of A
27. Let f :[0, )  [0,  ) be a continuous function. (b) a countable set.
(c) a compact set
Which of the following is correct?
(d) not open
(a) There is x0 [0, ) such that f ( x0 )  x0 . 33. A group G is generated by the elements x, y with the
2
(b) If f ( x)  M for all x[0, ) for some M > 0, relations x3  y 2   xy   1. The order of G is
then there exists x0 [0, ) such that (a) 4 (b) 6
(c) 8 (d) 12
f ( x0 )  x0
34. Let a, b , c, d   be such that ad  bc  0. Consider
(c) If f has a fixed point then it must be the Mobius transformation
unique
az  b
(d) f does not have a fixed point unless it is Ta,b, c, d ( z )  . Define H   {z   : Im( z )  0} ,
cz  d
differentiable on (0,  )
28. Consider the quadratic form Q(v)  vt Av, where H   {z   : Im( z)  0} ,

R  {z   : Re( z )  0}, R  {z   : Re( z )  0} .

1 0 0 0
  Then Ta,b,c, d maps
0 1 0 0
0 0 0 1  , v  ( x, y , z, w) . Then H  to H 
  (a)
 0 0 1 0 
(b) H  to H 
(a) Q has rank 3
(c) R to R
(b) xy  z2  Q(Pv) for some invertible 4 4
 (d) R to R 1
(b) y  C1e x  C2e x  sin x
35. What is the total number of positive integer solu- 2
tions to the equation 1
(c) y  C1e x  C2e x  sin x
( x1  x2  x3 ) ( y1  y2  y3  y4 )  15? 2
(a) 1 (b) 2 1
(d) y  C1e2 x  C2 e2 x  cos x
(c) 3 (d) 4 2
36. Which of the following is an irreducible factor of 43. The resolvent kernel R(x, t,  ) for the Volterra inte-
x12 1 over  ?
gral equation ( x)  x  ax (s)ds , is
(a) x8  x4  |1 .
(a) e ( x  t ) (b) e ( x t )
(b) x 4 1 .
(c) e( x  t ) (d) ext
(c) x4  x2 1 .
44. The solution of the initial value problem
(d) x5  x4  x3  x 2  x 1 .
u u
(x  y)  ( y  x  u)  u,
37. What is the cardinality of the set {z   | z98  1 x y
and z n  1 for any 0 < n < 98}? u( x,0)  1, satisfies
(a) 0 (b) 12
(c) 42 (d) 49 (a) u2 (x  y  u)  ( y  x  u)  0 .

38. For a subset A of the topological space X, let  (b) u2 ( x  y  u)  ( y  x  u)  0 .

denote the union of the set A and all those con-
nected components of X \ A which are relatively (c) u2 ( x  y  u)  ( y  x  u)  0 .
compact inX (i.e the closure is compact). Then for (d) u2 ( x  y  u)  ( y  x  u)  0 .
every A  X .
45. Let f ( x)  ax 100 for a   . then the iteration
(a) A is compact (b) ˆ
Aˆ  Aˆ , xn 1  f ( xn ) for n  0 and x0 0 converges for
(c) A is connected (d) Aˆ  X .
39. Let R be a Euclidean domain such that R is not a (a) a  5 (b) a  1
field. Then the polynomial ring R[X] is always
(c) a  0.1 (d) a  10
(a) a Euclidean domain
(b) a principal ideal domain but not a Euclid-  2u  2u  2u
ean domain 46. The PDE 2
2   x. has
x xy y 2
(c) a unique factorization domain, but not a
principal ideal domain (a) only one particular integral
(d) not a unique factorization domain (b) a particular integral which is linear in x
40. Consider the following power series in the complex and y
variable z. (c) a particular integral which is a quadratic
polynomial is x and y.
2
en n (d) more than one particular integral.
f ( z )   n 1 n log n z n , g ( x)   n 1 z . If r, R are the
n 47. Consider the ODE on  y '( x )  f ( y ( x )). If f is an
radii of convergence of f and g respectively then even function and y is an odd function, then
(a) r  0, R  1 . (b) r  1, R  0 (A)  y( x) is also a solution
(c) r  1, R   (d) r  , R  1. (b) y (-x) is also a solution
(c) -y(x) is also solution
41. A force 5iˆ  2 ˆj  3kˆ acts on a particle with position (d) y(x)y (-x) is also a solution
vector 2iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ . The torque of the force about 48. Consider the system of ODE in
the origin is dY
(a) iˆ 16 ˆj  9kˆ (b) iˆ 16 ˆj  9kˆ
2 ,
dt
 AY , Y (0)   , t  0
0
1

iˆ 16 ˆj  9kˆ iˆ 16 ˆj  9kˆ

42.
(c)
The functional
(c)
where A  
 1 1 
 0 1
 and Y (t )   . Then
y1 (t )
y2 ( t )

I ( y( x)  ab ( y 2  y ,2  2 y sin x)dx , (a) y1 (x) and y2 (t ) are monotonically

has the following extremal with c1 and c2 as arbitrary increasing for t > 0
constatnts. (b) y1 (t ) and y2 (t ) are monotonically
1 increasing for t > 1.
(a) y  C1e2 x  C2 e 2 x  sin x
2
 (c) y1 (t ) and y2 (t ) are monotonically prior distribution of  is normal with mean 0 and
decreasing for t > 0 1
variance , then which of the following is true?
(d) y1 (t ) and y2 (t ) are monotonically 2
decreasing for t > 1 (a) The prior distribution is not a conjugate
49. From the six letters A, B, C, D, E and F, three letters prior
are chosen at random with replacement. What is (b) Posterior mode  given X1, X 2 , X 3 and
the probability that either the word BAD or the word
CAD can be formed from the chosen letters?  4i 1 X i
X 4 is
8
1 3
(a) (b) (c) Posterior median of  given X1 , X 2 , X 3
216 216

6 12 4 X
(c) (d) and X 4 is i 1 i
216 216 4
50. Let X be a radom variable which is symmetric about (d) Posterior variance of  given X1, X 2 , X 3
0. Let F be the cumulative distribution function of
X. Which of the following statements is always true?   4i 1 X i 
and X 4 is  
(a) F(x) + F(-x) = 1 for all x  .  4 
(b) F(x) - F(-x) = 0 for all x  . 54. Let the n1 vector x follow an n-variate normal
(c) F(x) + F(-x) = 1 + P(X=x) for all x  .
distribution with mean vector   0  and variance
(d) F(x) + F(-x) = 1 -P(X=-x) for all x  .
51. A set of N observations resulted in k distinct val- covariance matrix V ( I n , the nth order identity ma-
ues x1 , x2 ,..., xk with respective frequencies trix). Also let A be a symmetric matrix of order n.
Which of the following statements is true?
f1 , f 2 ,... f k so that ik1 fi  N Another k obser-- (a) x ' Ax follows a central chi-square dis-
vations resulted in observations x1 , x2 ,..., xk once tribution if an only if ( AV )2  AV
each so that the modified (new) sample of size N+k (b) x ' Ax follows a central chi-square distri-
has observation xi with frequency f i 1 bution if and only if A2  A
(a) The new mean is necesarily less than or
(c) The mean of x ' Ax is  ' A  tr ( AV ) where
equal to the original mean.
(b) The new median is necessarily more than tr(.) denotes the trace of a square matrix.
or equal to the original median. (d) x ' Ax always has a central chi-square
(c) The new variance is necessarily less than distributiopn with n degree of freedom
or equal to the origion variance 55. Consider the following Linear Programming Prob-
(d) The new mode will be same as the original 5
mode. lem. Max x1  x2 subject to
2
52. Let Y1, Y2 , Y3 and Y4 be uncorrelated observations
5x1  3x2  15
with common unknown variance 2 and expecta-  x1  x2 1
tions given by 2 x1  5x2 10
x1, x2 0
E(Y1)  1 2 3  E(Y2 ),
The problem
E(Y3 )  1 2  E(Y4 ) (a) Has no feasible solution
where 1, 2 and 3 are unknown parameters. (b) has infinitely many optimal solutions
(c) has a unique optimal solution
1 1 (d) has an unbounded solution
Define e1  2 Y1 Y2  and e2  2 Y3 Y4  An unbiased
56. Let Xi ' ’s be independent random variables such
estimator of 2 is
that Xi ' s are summetric about 0 and Var ( X i )  2i 1,
1 2 2 1 2 2
(a) (e  e ). (b) (e  e ). P( X 1  X 2  ...  X n  n long )
2 1 2 2 1 2 for i 1. Then, nlim


1 2 2
(e  e ).
(a) does not exist (b) equals 1/ 2
(c) (d) e12  e22 .
4 1 2 (c) equals 1. (d) equals 0.
53. Let X1, X 2 , X 3 and X 4 independent and identi- 57. Consider a randomized block design involving 3
cally distributed random variables with common dis- treatments and 3 replicates and let ti denote the
tribution normal with mean  and variance 2. If the
 effect of the i th treatment (i =, 2, 3). If 2 denotes c4  c5 where c4 and c5 are such that the
the variance of an observation which of the follow- test is of size  .
ing statements is true?
(a) The variance of the best linear unbiases
PART ‘C’
estimators (BLUE) of (t1  t2 ) / 2 and
61. Let pn ( x)  an x 2  bn x be a sequence of quadratic
(t1  2t2  t3 ) / 6 are equal .
polynomials where an , bn  for all n  1. Let 0 , 1
(b) The covariance between the BLUE of
be distinct nonzero real numbers such that
t1  t3 and the BLUE of t1  2t2  t3 is 22 / 3
limn  pn (0 ) and limn  pn (1) exist Then
(c) The varince of the BLUE of
(a) limn  pn ( x) exists for all x  .
ti t j,(i  j, i, j 1, 2, 3, ) is 2 \ 3
(b) limn  pn '( x) exists for all x  .
(d) The variance of the BLUE of (t1  2t2  t3 ) is
( 0 1)
(c) limn  pn does not exist.
2 / 6 2
58. Let Y1, Y2 be two independent random variables ( 0 1)
(d) limn  pn ' does not exist.
1 2
taking value -1 and +1 with probability each. 62. Which of the following sets are compact?
2
Define (a) {( x, y, z)  3 : x 2  y 2  z 2  1} in the
X1  Y1, X 2  Y2 , X 3  X 2 X 1,..., X n  X n 1 X n 2 for Euclidean topology.
n  3. Then (b) {( z1, z2 , z3 )  3 : z12  z22  z32  1} in the

1 Euclidean topology.
(a) P( X 8  1, X 9  1, X10  1) 
4 (c) n 1 An with product topology, where
1 An  {0, 1} has discrete topology for n = 1,
(b) P( X 8  1, X 9  1, X10  1) 
4 2,3,...
1 (d) {z   : | Re z | a} in the Euclidean topol-
(c) P( X 8  1, X 9  1, X10  1) 
8
ogy for some fixed positive real number a.
1 63. Let f :    be a differentiable function such
(d) P( X 8  1, X 9  1, X10  1) 
8
that sup x | f '( x) |  . Then
59. Let X1, X 2 ,..., X n be a random sample from uniform
(a) f maps a bounded sequence to a bounded
, 5 ,   0. Define X   min {X , X ,..., X } and
1 1 2 n
(b)
sequence.
f maps a Cauchy sequence to a Cauchy
X  n   max{X1, X 2 ,..., X n} . Maximum likelihood esti- sequence.
(c) f maps a convergent sequence to
mator of  is a convergent sequence
X 1 (d) f is uniformly continuous.
(a) (b) X n
5 64. For (x, y)   2 consider the series

X n  k 2 x k y
(c) X 1 (d) lim  n, k  0 Then the series converges for
5
n  !
(x, y) in
60. Consider the problem of testing H0 : X ~ Normal
(a) (1, 1)  (0, ) (b)   (1, 1)
1
with mean 0 and variance against H1 : X ~ Cauchy (c) (1, 1)  (1, 1) (d)
2 
(0, 1) . Then for testing H 0 against H1 , the most 65. Let f : (0, 1)   be continuous . Suppose that
powerful size  test
| f ( x)  f ( y) |  | cos x  cos y | of all x, y  (0,1) . Then.
(a) does not exist
(b) rejects H0 if and only if |x| > c2 where c2 is (a) f is discountinuous at least at one point
such that the test is of size  in (0, 1).
(b) f is continuous everywhere on (0, 1) but
(c) rejects H0 if an only if |x| < c3 where c3 is
not unidormly continuous on (0, 1)
such that the test is of size  (c) f is uniformly continuous on (0, 1)
(d) rejects H0 if and only if |x| < c4 or |x| > c5 ,
 (d) lim x  0 f ( x) exists. (d) There exists a sequence of continuous
66. Let be the function functions { f n} on [0 ,  ) such that { f n}
f : 2   2
converges to f uniforlmy on [0,  ) but
f (r, )  (r cos , r sin ).
limn  .0 f n ( x)dx  0 f ( x)dx.
Then for which of the open subsets U of 2 given
below f restricted to U admits an inverse? 71. Let t and a be positive real numbers Define
(a) Ba  {x  ( x1, x2 ,..., xn )   n | x12  x22  ...  xn2  a 2}.
U  2
U  {( x, y)   2 : x  0, y  0}
Then for any compactly supported continuous func-
(b)
tion f on n which of the following are correct?
(c) U  {( x, y)   2 : x2  y 2  1} n
(a) Ba f (tx)dx  Bta f ( x)t dx
(d) U  {( x, y)   2 : x  1, y  1}
67. Let S   2 be defined by (b) Ba f (tx)dx  B n f ( x)t dx
t a

 1 1  (c)  n f ( x  y)dx   n f ( x)dx, for some y 2

S  {  m ,n  : m, n, p, q, }
 4| p| 4|q| 
n
Then (d)  n f (tx)dx  n f ( x)t dx.
(a) S is discrete in 2 72. Let G1 and G2 be two subsets of 2 and f : 2  2
(b) The set of limit points of S is the set
be a function . Then
{(m, n) : m, n   }.
(a) f 1(G1  G2 )  f 1 (G1)  f 1(G2 )
(c) S c is connected but not path connected
(b) f 1(G1c )  ( f 1(G1 ))c
(d) S c is path connected.
(c) f (G1  G2 )  f (G1)  f (G2 )
68. Let A  {( x, y)  2 : x  y  1} Define
(d) If G1 is open and G2 is closed then
y x
f : A  2 by f (x, y)  (1 x y , 1 x y ) . Then G1  G2  {x  y : x  G1, y  G2} is neither
open nor closed.
(a) the deternimant of the jacobian of f does
73. Let A and B be n  n matrices over  . Then
not vanish on A.
(a) AB and BA always have the same set of
(b) f is infinitely differentiable on A.
eigenvalues.
(c) f is one to one
(b) If AB and BA have the same set of eigen
(d) f(A) = 2
values then AB=BA.
69. Let f : 2  2 be given by the formula (c) If A1 exists then AB and BA are similar..
f ( x, y)  (3x  2 y  y 2  | xy |, 2 x  3 y  x2  | xy |). (d) The rank of AB is always the same as the
rank of BA.
Then
74. Let V be a finite dimensional vector space over  .
(a) f is discontinuous at (0, 0)
Let T : V  V be a linear transformation such that
(b) f is continuous at (0, 0) but not differen- rank (T 2 )  rank (T ) . Then,
tiable at (0, 0)
(a) Kernal (T 2 )  kernal (T)
(c) f is differentiable at (0, 0)
(b) Range (T 2 )  = Range (T)
(d) f is differentiable at (0, 0) and the deriva- (c) Kernal (T)  Range (T) = {0}.
tive Df(0, 0) is invertiable.
(d) Kernal (T 2 )  Range (T 2 ) {0} .
70. Consider all sequences { f n} of real valued continu-
ous function on[0,  ). Identify which of the follow- 75. Let V be the vector space of polynomials over  of
ing statements are correct. degree less than or equal to n. For
(a) If { f n} converges to f pointwise on [0,  ), p(x)  a0  a1 x  ...  an1 xn in V, define a linear transfor--

then limn  0 f n ( x)dx 0 f ( x)dx mation T :V V b (Tp)( x)  an  an 1x  ...  a0 xn . Then
(a) T is one to one (b) T is onto.
(b) If { f n } converges to f unifromly on [0,  ), (c) T is invertible (d) det T  1.
then limn  0 f n ( x)dx 0 f ( x)dx
2 2 1 
(c) If { f n} converges to f uniformly on [0 ,  ) 76. Consider the matrices A   0 2 1 and
then f is continuou on [0 ,  ) 0 0 3 
 
 2 1 0
82. Let A denote the quotient ring [ X ]/( X 3). Then
B   0 2 0  (a) There are exactly three distinct proper ide-
. Then als in A
 0 0 3
  (b) There is only one prime ideal in A.
(a) A and B are similar over the field of ratio- (c) A is an integral domain
nal numbers  . (d) Let f , g be in [ X ] such that f  g  0 in
(b) A is diagonalizable over the field of ratio-
nal numbers  . A. Here f and g denote the image of f
(c) B is the jordan canonical form of A. and g respectively in A. Then f(0). g(0) = 0.
(d) The minimal polynomial and the charac- 2 2
83. Let   cos  i sin . Let K  (2 ) and let
teristic polynomial of A are the same. 10 10
77. Let A be an m  n real matrix and b   m with b  0. L  (2 ). Then
(a) The set of all real solutions of Ax=b is a
vector sapce. (a) [ L :] 10 (b) [L :K ]  2
(b) If u and v are two solutions of Ax = b, then
(c) [ K : ]  4 (d) L= K
u  (1  )v is also a solution of Ax = b.
84. Let G be an simple group of order 60. Then
for any    .
(a) G has six Sylow -5 subgroups
(c) For any two solutions u and v of Ax=b, the (b) G has four Sylow-3 subgroups
linear combination u  (1 )v is also a (c) G has a cyclic subgroup of order 6.
solution of Ax = b only when 0    1. (d) G has a unique element of order 2.
(d) If rank of A is n, then Ax  b has at most 85. Which of the following quotient ring are fields?
one solution (a) F3[ X ]/( X 3  X  1), where F3 is the finite
78. Let A be an n  n matrix over  such that every field with 3 element
nonzero vector of n is an eigenvector of A. Then (a) [ X ]/( X  3)
(a) All eigenvalues of A are equal
(b) All eigenvalues of A are distinct. (c) [ X ]/( X 2  X 1)
(c) A  I for some    where I is then n  n (d) F2 [ X ] /( X 2  X 1) F2 is the finite field
identity matrix.
with 2 elements.
(d) If  A and mA denote the characteristic
86. Let f be an anlytic function in  Then f is constant
polynomial and the minimal ploynomial re-
if the zero set of f contains the sequence
spectively then  A  mA
(a) an  1/ n
79. Which of the following statements is /are true?
(a) There exists a continuous map f :    n 1
1
(b) an  (1) n
such that f ( )   .
(b) There exists a continuous map f :    1
(c) an 
2n
such that f (  )  
1
(c) There exists a continuous map f :   2 (d) an  n if 4 does not divide n and an  if
n
such that f ()  {( x, y )   2 : x2  y 2  1}. 4 divides n
(d) There exists a continuous map 87. For n  1 let ( / n)* be the group of units of
f : 0,1   2,3  {0,1}. ( / n) . Which of the following groups are cyclic
80. Which of the following intervals contains an inte- (a) ( /10)* (b) ( / 23 )*
ger satisfying the following three congruences: (c) ( /100)* (d) ( /163)*
x  2(mod 5), x  3(mod 7) and x  4(mod 11). 1
(a) [401, 600] (b) [601, 800] 88. Let f ( z )  n 1 for all z  such that e z  1. Then
e
(c) [801, 10000] (d) [1001, 12000] (a) f is meromorphic
81. Let an denote the number of those permutation  (b) the only singularities of f are poles
on {1, 2,...,n} such that  is a product of exactly (c) f has infinitely many poles on the imagi-
two disjoint cycles Then. nary exis.
(d) Each pole of f is simple.
(a) a5  50 (b) a4 14
1
(c) a5  40 (d) a4 11 89. Consider the function f ( z)  on the annulus
z
 1 (d) Both H and L are quadratic in v.
A  {z   : | z | 2} . Which of the following is/ 93. Let u(t) be a continuously differentiable function
2
are true? taking nonnegative values for t > 0 and satisfying
u '(t )  4u3 / 4 (t); u(0)  0. Then
(a) u(t) = 0
(a) There is a sequence {pn (z)} of polynomi-
alsthat approximate f(z) uniformly on com- (b) u(t)  t 4
pact subset of A.  0 for 0  t 1
(c) u(t)  
(b) There is a sequence {rn ( z)} of rational (t 1)
4
for t 1.
function whose poles are contained in
 0 for 0  t 10
(d) u(t)  
4
 / A and which approximates f(z) uni- (t 10) for t 10.
formly on compact subsets of A. 94. Consider a mass m moving in an inverse square
(c) No sequence { pn ( z )} of polynomials ap- central force with characteristic coefficient  and
proximate f(z) uniformly on compact sub- described by the Lagragian :
sets A. m 2 2 2 m
L(r , r , , )  (r  r  )  . Then
(d) No sequence {rn ( z)} of rational funciton 2 r
(a) The generalized momenta of the system
whose poles are contained in  /A, approxi-
mate f(z) uniformly on compact subsets of are pr  mr and p0  mr 2
A. (b) The hamiltonian of the system is
99. Let C() denote the vector sapce of continuous 2
1  2 p   1 m
complex valued functions on  and H(  ) denote H  pr  2  
2m  r  2 r
the vector sapce of entire functions. For any func-
tion f in C(  ) or H(  ), and for nay compact sub- (c) The hamiltonian of the system is
set K of  , define. f sup
zK
| f ( z) |. Then 2
1  2 p   m
k H  pr  2  
2m  r  r
(a)  is a norm on C () for every compact
K
(d) The generalized momenta of the system
K  .
are pr  mr and p  mr 2 
(b)  is an norm on H () for every com-
K
95. Let u ( x, y) be the solution of the equation
pact K  .
 2u  2u
(c)  is a norm on C() for every compact   0, which tends to zero as y   and
K x 2 y 2
K   with non-empty interior.. has the value sin x when y = 0. Then
(d)  is a norm on H(  ) for every compact (a) u   n 1 an sin(nx bn )e  ny , where an are
K

K  with non-empty interior arbitrary and bn are non-zero constant

91. Let y :[0, ) [0, ) be a continuously differentiable (b)
2
u   n 1 an sin(nx bn )e  n y , where a1  1 and
function satisfying y(t )  y(0)  0t y(s)ds for t  0. an (n  1), bn are non-zero constants.
Then
(c) u   n 1 an sin(nx bn )e  ny where
2
(a) y2 (t )  y 2 (0)  0t y (s)ds.
a1  1, an  0 for n > 1 and bn  0 for n 1.
(b) y2 (t )  y 2 (0)  20t y 2 (s)ds. 2y
(d) u   n 1 an sin(nx  bn )e n where
(c) y2 (t)  y 2 (0)  20t y(s)ds.
bn  0 for n  0 and an are all nonzero.
(d) y2 (t )  y 2 (0)  (0t y(s)ds). + 2 y(0)0t y  s ds. 96. Let f ( x)  x 3 for x  3 . Consider the iteration
92. Consider the hamiltonian (H) and the lagrangian (L)
xn 1  f ( xn ), x0  0 ; n  0 . The possible limits
for a free particle of mass m and velocity v. Then
(a) H and L are independent of each other of the iteration are
(b) H and L are related but have different de- (a) -1 (b) 3
pendence on v.
(c) 0 (d) 3 3 3...
(c) H and L are equal.
97. Consider the boundary value problem 102. Let 1,  2 be the characteristic numbers and f1, f 2
u "( x)  2u ( x) ; x  (0,1) u(0)  u (1)  0. be the corresponding eigen functions for the homo-
If u and u’ are continuous on [0, 1], then geneous integral equation
(a) u '2 ( x) 2u 2 (x)  u '2 (0) 1
( x)   (2 xt  4 x 2 )(t )dt 0. Then
1 2 2 1 2 0
(b) 0 u ' ( x)dx   0 u ( x)dx0
(a) 1  2
(c) u '2 ( x) 2u2 (x)  0
1 2 2 1 2 2
(b) 1  2
(d) 0 u ' ( x)dx  0 u ( x)dx u ' (0)
1
98. To shown the existence of a minimizer for the func- (c) 0 f1( x) f 2 ( x)dx0
1
tional J[ y]  ab f ( x, y, y ')dx, for which there is a (d) 0 f1 ( x) f 2 ( x)dx1
minimizing sequence (n ) , it is enough to have 103. Let ( X n )n0 be a Markov chain on the state space
(a) (n ) is convergent and J is continuous S : {1, 2,..., 23} with transition probability given by

(b) (n ) is convergent and J is differentiable 1

pi ,i  1  p i , i 1   2  i  22
2
(c) (n ) has a convergent subsequence and J
1
is continuous. p1,2  p1,2,3 
2
(d) (n ) has a convergent subseqeunce and J
1
is differentiable. p2,3,1  p23,22 
2
99. Let u( x, t) satisfy the wave equation Then, which of the following statements are true?
(a) (Xn)n0 has a unique stationary distribution.
 2u  2u
 ; x  (0, 2), t  0
t 2 x 2 (b) (Xn)n0 is irreducible

u(x, 0) = eix for some   . Then 1

(c) ( X n  1) 
23
(a) u( x, t )  eixeit
(d) (Xn)n0 is recurrent.
(b) u( x, t )  eixeit

 eix eit  104. A fair coin tossed repeatedly. Let X be the number
(c) u(x, t)  eix   of fails before the first Head occurs. Let Y denote
 2 
  the number of Tails observed between the occur-
rence of the first and the second Head Let X+Y =N.
x2
(d) u( x, t )  t  Then which of the following statements are true?
2 (a) X and Y are independent random variables
100. A solution of the PDE with
2 2
u u  u   u 
x  y        u  0 represetns
x y  x   y  2(k 1) for k 0,1,2,...
P( X  k )  P(Y  k )  
(a) an ellipse in the x -y plane  0 otherwise
(b) an ellipsoid in the xyz space (b) N has probability mass function given by
(c) a parabola in the u-x palne
(d) a hyperbola in the u-y plane
(k 1)2 k for k  2,3,4,...
101. The iteration P( N  k )  
1 2   0 otherwise
xn 1   xn  , n  0
2 xn  (c) Given N = n, the conditional distribution
of X and Y are independent
for a given x0  0 is an instance of
(d) Given N = n,
(a) fixed point iteration for f (x)  x2  2
 1
 for k  0,1,2,...,n
(b) Newton’s method for f (x)  x2  2 P{X  k}   n 1
 0 otherwise.
x2 2 
(c) fixed point iteration for f ( x) 
2x 105. Suppose that (X, Y) has a joint distribution with the
(d) Newton’s method for f (x)  x2  2 marginal distribution of X being N (0, 1) and
E(Y | X  x)  x3 for all x  . Then which of the
 following statements are true?
(d) E[eitX isY ]  E eitX  E[eisY ] for all real s and t.
(a) Corr(X,Y) = 0.  
(b) Corr(X, Y) > 0.
(c) Corr(X, Y) < 0. 110. A 24 experiment involving factors F1, F2, F3 and F4 ,
(d) X and Y are independent.
each at two levels coded 0 and 1 is conducted in
106. An urn has 3 red and 6 black balls. Balls are drawn
blocks of size 4 each. The block contents are as
at random one by one without replacement. The
below:
probability that second red ball appers at the, fifth
drawn is Block I Block II

1 4! F1 F2 F3 F4 F1 F2 F3 F4
(a) (b)  
9! 9! 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1
 6!4!  6!4! 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0
(c) 4  (d) 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
 9!  9!

107. Let X1, X 2..., X n denote a random sample from a Block III Block IV

distribution having a probability density function F1 F2 F3 F4 F1 F2 F3 F4

 
0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1
f ( x ; )   x1,) 0  x  1 zero elsewhere ;   0 .
0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
The set {( x1, x2 ,..., xn ) : 1n log( xi )c} where c is asuit- 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
ably chosen real number, is a uniformly most pow-
Then which of the following statements are true?
erful region for testing H 0 against H1 when 1. The confounded effects are
(a) H 0 :   1 against H1 :   1. F1F2 F3 , F1F2 F4 , F3 F4.
(b) H 0 :   1 against H1 :   4. (b) The confounded effects are
F1F2 F3 , F2 F3 F4 , F1F4.
(c) H0 :   4 against H1 :   1.
(c) The desing is connected .
(d) H0 :   4 against H1 :   1. (d) The desing is disconnected.
108. Let X1, X 2 ,... be independent and identically dis- 111. X1, X 2 ,..., X n are independently and identically dis-
tributed, each having a uniform distribution on tributed random variables, which follow Bin(1, p) .
(0, 1). Let Sn in1 X i
for n  1. Then, which of the 1 3
following statements are true? To test H 0 : p vs H A : p , with size   0.01 con-
2 4
sn sider the test
(a)  0 as n   with probability 1.
n log n 1 if in1 X i  cn
  
  2n   0 otherwise
(b) P Sn  n  occurs for infinitely many n   1
 
then which of the following statements are true?
sn
(c)  0 as n with probability 1
log n 1
(a) As n   power of the test converges to .
4
 n 
(d) P  Sn  occurs for infinitely many n   1. 1
 3  (b) As n   power of the test converges to
2
3
(c) As n   power of the test converges to
109. Suppose   is a random vector such that the mar-
X
Y 4
(d) As n   power of the test converges to 1.
ginal distribution of X and the marginal distribu-
tion of Y are the same and each is mormally distrib-
112. A system consists of 3 components arranged as in
uted with mean 0 and variance 1. Then which of the
the figure below:
following conditions imply independence of X and
Y? c1
(a) Cov (X, Y) = 0 c3
(b) aX+bY is normally distributed with mean 0
and variance a 2  b2 for all real a and b. c2

(c) P(X  0, Y  0)  14 Each of the components C1, C2 , C3 has independent

 and identically distributed lifetimes whose distribu-
tion is exponential with mean 1. Then the survival 116. Let Y1, Y2 ,..., Yn be random variable with common
function, S(t), of the system is given by
unknown mean  . The variance covariance matrix
(a) S (t )  e3t , for t > 0.
V of the vector (Y1, Y2 ,.., Yn ) is such that the inverse
(b) S (t )  (1 e1)2 et , for t > 0
of V has all its diagonal elements equal to c and all
(c) S (t )  (1 e2t )et , for t > 0
its off-diagonal elements equal to d. Let T1 be the
(d) S(t) = (1-(1- et )2 )et , for t > 0
best linear unbaised estimator of  and T2 be the
ordinary least squares estimator of  . Which of the
113. Let X1,..., X n be independent and identically dis- following statement are true?
tributed random variables with N (,1) distribution. 1
1. T1   in1Yi T2
Assume that  [0, ). Let ̂ be the MLE of  Then n
which of the following statements are true? 2. T2  nY and T1   in1Yi Y where Y is the
(a) ˆ  max( X n ,0). mean of the Yi is
3. There are exactly (n  1) linearly indepen-
(b) ̂ is unbaised for  .
dent linear functions of Y1 , Y 2 ,...,Y n each
(c) X n is sufficient for  .
with zero expectation
(d) ̂ is a consistent estimator fo  . 4. There are exactly (n-2) linearly indepen-
dent linear functions of Yi , Y2 ,...,Yn each
114. Let X1, X 2 ,..., X n be a random sample from with zero expectation
U (, 1). If X 1  X  2   ...  X  n  denote the
117. Consider an M/MI queue with arrivals as a Poisson
ordered value of X1, X 2 ,..., X n , then which of the process at a rate of 8 per hour and a service time
following statements are true? which is exponentially distributed at a rate of 6 min-
utes per customer. The waiting time of a customer in
(a)  X  , X  1 is joinly sufficient statistic for 
1 n
the queue
(b) X (n)  1 is a sufficinet statistic for  1. has a gamma distribution with p.d.f
(c)  X   , X    is a joinly sufficinet statistic for 
1 n ( 10 )8 x7 e10 x
f ( x )   for x  0.
 7!
(d) X 1 is a sufficient statistic for 
2. has distribution function given by
115. A finite papulation has N units, labelled U1,U 2 ,...,U n 1(0.8)e2x for x0
F(x)  
 0 otherwie.
and the value of a study variable on unit Ui is
3. has mean 4 minutes.
1 N 4. has mean 24 minutes .
Yi (i  1, 2, ..., N ). Let Y  iN1Yi and Y   i 1Yi , A
N
sample of size n 1 is drwan fron the papulation 118. Let X be a 4 1 random vector with Multivariate
with probability proportational to size with replace- normal distribution with mean  and dispersion
ment with selection prababilities
matrix  . Suppose, the eigenvalue of  are
p1, p2 ,..., pN ;0  pi  1, i  1,2,..., N and iN1 pi 1 . De-
1  6,  2 ,  3, 3  2., 4  1. Let Y1, Y2 , Y3Y,4 be the
1
fine T  is Yi / pi where the sum extends over the four principal components.Which of the following
n statements are correct?.
units in the sample. Then, which of the following 1. The percentage of variation explained by
statements are true?
the first two components is  95%
(a) T is an unbaised estimator of Y ?
2. The percetange of variation expalined by
(b) T is an unbaised estimator of Y
the first three components is  95%
(c) The variance of T is zero if Yi is propor-
3. Y1, Y2 , Y3, Y4 are independent
tional to pi for all i, i  1, 2,..., N .
4. Y1, Y2 , Y3, Y4 have identical distribution.
(d) An unbaised estimator of the variance of
2
1  Yi 
T is is  T 
n(n1) p
 i 
119. Consider a region R, which is a triangle with verti- 120. Let X  ( X1, X 2 , X 3 , X 4 )' be 4 1 random vector such
ces (0,0) , (0,  ), (0,  ). where  > 0. A sample of
size n is selected at random from this region R. De- 1   
 
 1  
note the sample as {( X i , Yi ): i 1, 2,..., n} Then denoting  
that X ~ N4 (O,  ) wher `  1 
 
X  n  max( X1, X 2 ,..., X n ) and Y n   max(Y1, Y2 ,..., Yn )    1 

which of the following statemetns are true? is positive define. Then which of the folowing
statemetns are true?
1. X n  and Y n  and independent 1. X X , X X and have identical distri-
1 2 2 3
X  n  Y n  bution
2. MLE of  is 2
2  X1  X 2  ~ F
2. 2 1, 1
3. MLE of  max1i  n  X i Yi   X1  X 3 
4. MLE of  is max {X  n  , Y n } {( X1  X 3 )2  ( X 2  X 4 )2}.
1
~ 22 .
3. 2(1)
2
 X1  X 2  ~ F
4.  X 3  X 4 2
1,1

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 CSIR DECEMBER 2015 SOLUTION
PART ‘A’
1.(4)
12(12 3)
diagonals = = 54
Y 2
6.(1)
A plane can be filled with the help of tiles which are
in regular hexagonal shape.
( 4, 3 .5)
7.(1)
21 27 30 78
Total number of professors =   39
X 2 2
Number of professors who attended both th chennai
and delhi meetings = 39 21  18
As perpendicular bisector of the chord of a circl 8.(3)
passes Distance covered by inner and outer wheel is .1
through the centre of the circle, hence centre will be (Path is semicircular and there is unit spacing)
9.(1)
8 7
 ,  i.e, (4, 3.5) Each number is arithmetic mean of the numbers
2 2 in next level between which it lies
2.(1)
Probability of being caught in atleast one trip =1  9 z
So,   5  z  19 .
probability being canght in no trip 2
4 4 10.(4)
 11 0.1  1 0.9 
Letter wise we are capable of finding implicit state-
3.(2) ment as “THIS PROBLEM IS SOLVABLE BY INTEL
B (Father) LIGENT STUDENTS”
C (Mother) Speaker) 11.(3)
Graph in option (3) correctly represents distance
A (Son) versus frequency relation
12.(4)
Statement is true in only one type of relation.
4.(4) 316  43046721 which has 8 digits
13.(4)
Most Indian tropical fruit trees produce fruits in
April -May because the impending monsoon pro-
vides optimum conditions for propagation.
14.(2)

The ratio of empty to filled volume of the glass

volume of empty frustum
=
volume of filled trustum diameter of outer circle = diagonal of square. Also,
side of square =diameter of inner circle So, if r is the
1 2
3

r h 103 93  10 9 3 3 radius of inner circle r 2 will be radius of outercircle.
1 2 3 3
3
r h 9 8   = 9 8 3 3 So, Ratio of area of outer and inner circle will be
2
where r and h are radius and height of the cone 
r 2   2
from which glass been extracted. (r )2
5.(2)
15.(3)
Number of diagonals of a convex polygon of n sides
n(n3) As cosx is monotonically decreasing in 0,  2  so.
= so for deodecagon (12 gon), number of
2 cos r < cos d < cos g.
16.(2) 23.(1)

If premium price isx, then 8x4 x 2   12(10020) Sn  

n 1 1 1
 1  ...
1
k 1 k 2 3 n
 10 x  1440  x  144
17.(3)
1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Minimum numbers of lines required for the required 1  ... n 1
... n
 S  2  3 4  5 8  2 1 2
purpose is 5. 2n

1
 2.
1
.
4 2n 1
18.(4)  n
2 4 8 2
One of the ten pillars mean IX numbered pillar.
19.(2) on R.H.S. there are n blocks each of which sums
n
R B G to a value greater than1/2. So, S2n  for every n  1.
2

B G R 24.(2)
Boxes Balls
G R B 
T ( p( x))  p( x 2 ) , p( x)  1  p( x 2 )  1
There are only two possibilities
so, T (1)  1
20.(3)
p( x)  x  p( x 2 )  x 2

so, T ( x)  x 2
B
p(x) = x2 => p(x2)  ( x 2 ) 2
so, T ( x 2 )  x 4
T (a bx  cx 2 )  a  bx 2  cx 4

T (a bx  cx 2 )  0  a  bx 2  cx 4  0

1 - x  a  b  c  0
C
So, Nullity (T) = 0
x
A & Rank (T) = dim  p2 (R)   0  3  0  3
so, dim Range (T) = 3
Total distance covered from A to B along AC and 25.(1)
then CB will be AC+CB = 1 x 2  1 (1 x) 2 which Rank  A3 4   2, so A has 2 linearly independent

will be minimum when x  1x  x  12 So, minimum rows (columns).Hence At A will be reduced to
 I2 0
  by suitable elementary transformations
2 2 0 0
1  1 5 5
distance  1   1 1     5 .Hence Rank of At A  2
 2  2 2 2
26.(4)
PART ‘B’  91 31 0 
21.(4) A   29 31 0 
As sum of the eigen values of A is equal to trace of
 79 23 59 
A, so, 5th eigen value of A is 15 (22  23)  5
Now as determinant of A is product of eigen values  determinant of A , det A or

of A, so det( A)  22335  180 |A| = 5931(91 29)  593162  2(31) 2 59

22.(3)  det (A)  0 if P is any prime number other than
By Rolle’s theorem there exist C(0, 1) such that 2, 31 or 59 . so, S is infinite set.
27.(2)
f '(c)  0
According to the fixed point theorem for functions
Now for Rolle’s theorem on f ’(x) there exist a point continuous in [a, b] it can be applied to function f
d (0, c) such that f "(d )  0 d(0, c)  d(0, 1) . from [0, ] to [0, ] if f ( x) is bounded because in
So, f "( x)  0 for some x(0, 1) this case if M is an upper bound then f(x) is continuous
in [0, M ] and codomain is also [0, M]
28.(4)
(ax b)(cx  d ) acy 2 i  ad bc  y

1 0 0 0 (cx  d )2  (cy )2
0 1 0 0
A   (ad bc)
0 0 0 1 By congruent operations V  .y
  (cx  d )2  (cy )2
 0 0 1 0
Now. y > 0  V > 0 & y <0  V > 0
1 1
R3  R3 & C3  c3 we get A as congruent to So, T maps H to H and H to H 
2 2
35.(4)
1 0 0 0  (x1  x2  x3)( y1  y2  y3  y4)  15  35
0 1 0 0 

B  PT AP  0 0 0  1  whichhas
 x1  x2  x3  1 & y1  y2  y3  y4  5
 2

0 1
 So, any one yi is equal to 2 and remaining yi equals
0 2
0 

to 1. either y1  2 or y2  2 or y3  2 or y4  2
correspondingquadratic form as Q(PU) x2  y2  ZW so there are 4 different solutions.
29.(4) 36.(3)
A2  A  A is idempotent  I n  A is also   
x12 1  x 4 1 x8  x 4 1

2
idempotent So,  I n  A    I n  A  . Trace (A) = K   x 1 x  x 1 x  x 1
4 4 2 4 2

 A has K eigenvalues 1, so n-K eigenvalues are  ( x 1)( x 1)( x 2 1)( x 4  x 2 1)( x 4  x 2 1) which are
0. As idempotent matrices are diagonalisable so. irreducible factors.
G.M of 0 = n -K =n - Rank (A) . Rank (A) = K = Trace 37. 3
(A) Also, Rank (A) + Rank  I n  A)  n . As, A  I n
S  {zC | z 98  1 & z n 1, 0  n  98}

so some eigenvalues of A are 0. 98  27 2

30.(3) 1
Z 98  1  Z  (1) 98
 
  ,   : R 2  ,    such that ( x, y )  
i.e., 98th roots of unity
As codomain is bounded so the function is
bounded, but limit at no point exist. i 2 i4 i194
31.(2)  Z  1, e 98 , e 98 , ..., e 98
lim 1  1 1 1 
 ...
n n  2  4 4 6

2n  2n  2  As, Z n  1 only for those multiples of 2 which
are multiples of 2 or 7 from 0, 1, 2, ..., 97
1 1
lim
= n   
n  2  
 4 2    
6  4  ... 
2n  2  2n 

No. of M(2) = 49
" " M(7) = 14
1  2 1 " " M(14) = 7
= lim
n 2 n 
2n 2  2  


No. of M ( 2 or 7) = 49 + 14 - 7 = 56.So, |S| = 98 - 56
2 2
32.(4) = 42
The only subsets of R which are both closed aswell 38.(2)
ˆ
as open sets are R and  . So if A is closed subset Aˆ  Aˆ , as  is union of A and all relatively compact
of R and A  , A  R then A will not be open connected components of X \ A.
33.(2) 39.(3)
R[X] i.e., set of all polynomials in x with real coefficie-
2
x3  y 2   xy   1 implies that group G containing ents is unique factorization domain but not a princip
al ideal domain.
x and y will contain {1, x, x 2 , y, xy, x 2 y} . So, order 40.(2)
of G is 6 
34.(1) f (z)   n log n zn a  n log n
n1 n

az b (ax b)i(ay)
T ( z)   n  a  n2  n 1 n  a 1 n  ( n 2 ) 1 n
cz  d (cx  d )i(cy) n n

2
 (axb)i(ay)(cx d )i(cy) 1 1  1n 
  lim n n   lim an n  lim  n 
(cx  d )2  (cy) 2
 1 1 u 2 ( x  y u ) ( y  x u)  0 ....(1)
 1  lim an n  1  lim an n  1
u( x, 0)  1 in eq. 1 gives L.H .S = 1( x  0 1) (0  x 1)
1
 e n2 e n2 1  n2
e
 n
  x 1 x 1  0  R.H .S .
g(z)   zn , an 
n
 an n   
n 1 n  n  45.(3)
 

f ( x)  ax 100  f '( x)  a
lim
1
n lim en
n   an n   1   So, radius of convergence xn 1  f (xn ) will converge if | f '( x)|  1  |a|  1
n n
So, a = 0.1 is possible from given options
1
R

0 46.(4)
41.(2) x3

u(x, y)   C where C is any real number can
  6
F  5iˆ 2 ˆj 3kˆ , r  2iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ , Torque = r̂  F
become particular integral so there is more than
iˆ ˆj kˆ one particular integral.
47.(1)
2 1 2
= = iˆ16 ˆj 9kˆ
5 2 3 y '( x)  f ( y( x))

f ( y(x))  y '(x)
42.(2)
 f ( y( x))  y '( x)
f d  f 
F (x, y, y ')  y2  y' 2  2 y Sin x     0
y dx  y '   f ( y ( x)  f ( y( x))   y '( x)

d  y '( x)   f ( y( x))
 2 y  Sinx  (2 y ')  0  2( y " y)  Sin x
dx
 y( x)
1
 y " y   Sin x . C.F. is y  c e x  c e  x is not a solution but  y ( x) is a solution
2 1 2
48.(4)
1
P.I. is y  sin x So, Extremal is
2  dy1 
dY  dt   1 1   y1 
1  AY        y2 
y  C1e x  C2e  x  Sin x dt  dy2   0 1  
2  dt 
43.(2)
 r dy1 dy
   y1  y2 & 2   y2
R( x, t , )    kr (t ) dt dt
r 0
k0 (t )  1 ; k1 (t )  tx zdz  ( x  t ) dy2
 dt  ln y2  t  k
y2
( x t ) 2 ( x t ) r
k2 (t )  tx ( z t )dz   kr (t ) 
2 r!  y2  c1e t ; y2 (0)  1  c1  1  y2 (t)  e t

 ( x t )r dy1
 R( x, t, )    r Now,   y1  e t A.E. is m + 1 = 0 => m = - 1
r 0 r! dt
C.F. is y1 (t )  C2 e t
 ( x t ) r  e ( x  t )

r 0 r! 1 t
P.I. is y1 (t )  ( D 1) e  tet
44.(2)
A.E. is
 y1(t )  C2 et te t
dx dy du
  y1 (0)  0  C2  0
x y y  x u u
y1' (t )  te t
dx  dy  du du
  y1' (t )  (1t ) e t  0 , if t  1
0 u
 dx  dy  du  0  (x  y  u)  c1 So, y1(t ) is monotonically decreasing if t > 1.
y2' (t)  et  0 if t > 1 , So y2 (t ) is also
u( x, 0)  1,  c1  x 1
From these conditions solution of IVP satisfies monotonically decreasing if t > 1.
49.(4) 62.(1,3)
23! 12 1
Required probability = (6)3  
216 18
50.(3)
1

F ( x)  F (  x )  P ( X  x)  P ( X   x)  1 P( X  x)
(0, 0, 0)
51.(4)
Mode will remain same
52.(2)
1 2 2
UE ( 2 ) 
2
e1  e2  x 2  y 2  z 2  1 represents points on unit sphere
53.(2) 
54.(3) which is closed as well as bounded. Also,  An
n 1
55.(2)
with product topology where An with two element
0 and 1 has discrete topology for n = 1, 2, 3, ...
(0, 5)
admits finite subcover for every cover, so it is
x1 x2  1
5x1  3 x2  15 compact.
 5 12 
 7, 7  63.(1, 2, 3, 4)
(0, 2)  
Sup
 45 , 20 
 19 19  xR
| f '( x)|   implies that modulus of f '( x)
 
(0, 1)
2 x1 5x2  10
i.e f '( x) is bounded so f ( x) is uniformly
continuous .Also, under uniformly continuous
3, 0 5, 0 function f
(i) bounded sequence is mapped onto
bounded sequence
 5 12   45 20  (ii) Convergent sequence is mapped onto
All the points lying on  7 , 7  and  19 , 19  are convergent sequence
   
solutions so there are infinitely many solutions. (iii) Cauchy sequence is mapped onto cauchy
56.(4) sequence
64,(1,3)
P( X 1  X 2 ... X n  n log n) converges to 0.
n k 2 xk y  y
lim
Given series is n  
 !  y R   ey
57.(1) 58.(2) 59.(4) 60.(2)  k 0 
1 0
i.e., the series is convergent. But if |x| < 1 then only
PART ‘C’
k
61.(1,2)  x will be convergent iff |x| < 1 i.e, x(1, 1) so
lim P ( )  2 lt a   ltb for (x, y) = (-1, 1)  (0,  ) and (-1, 1)  (-1, 1) series
n n 0 0 n 0 n is convergent
lim P ( )   2 lt a  lt b 65.(3, 4)
n n 1 1 n 1 n
| f ( x)  f ( y)|  |cos x cos y|
20 lt an 0 lt bn  l1 .....(1)
 | f ( x)  f ( y)|  | x  y| . so f(x) is Lipschitz function
2 lt a  lt b  l .....(2) so, f(x) is uniformly continuous on (0, 1) so also
1 n 1 n 2
limit at either end points must exist. So,
Equation (1)  1 and equation (2)   2 gives
lim f ( x) exist
10 (0  1) lt an  1l1  0l1 x0
66.(2, 4)
1l1  0l2 In U if x > 0 or x < 0 which also is the sign of y,
 lt an 
1 0 ( 0 1) (i.e exist) then there will be one- to- one correspondence
lt an exist and  02 lt an  0 lt bn exist so lt bn exist
between U and R 2 and also if principal value is
taken so, options 2 & 4 are correct
Thus lim
n  Pn ( x) =
x 2 lt a n  x ltbn which exist for 67.(2, 4)
all xR . Also, Pn' ( x)  2an bn  1 1  
S   m  , n |m, n, p, qZ 

lim P ' ( x ) 2 x lim a lim  4| p| 4|q|  
n   n n   n which also exist
b
n n
for all xR .
 and 0 f ( x)dx  0 , So, 0 f n ( x)  0 f ( x)dx
 
 S 1 Derived set of S  m n : m n  Z .Also, 
71. x  ( x1, x2 ,..., xn ) tx  (tx1, tx2 , ..., txn )
S c has polygonal path between any two points in
it so it is path connected Jacobian of transformation  t  n
68.(1, 2, 3) n
B f (tx)dx  B f ( x )t dt and also if y  (0,0,...,0)
 
A  x, y  R2 : x  y  1  a ta

R n f ( x  y)dx  R n f ( x)dx
 y x 
f (x, y)   , 72.(1, 2)
 1 x  y 1 x  y  ,Jacobian of
f 1 (G1 G2 )  f 1(G1)  f 1(G2 )
trasformation
f 1 (G1C )  f 1(R 2 \G1 )
 y 1 x 
 2 2 
 f 1(R 2 )\ f 1(G1)
 1 x y  1  x y  
J   
1 y x c

 1x y 2
 2
1 x y  
  R 2 \ f 1(G1)  f 1
(G1) 

Now. Let f ( x, y)  ( x 2 , y 2 )
1
Det (J) = |J| =  which does not vanish on
1x y  
G1  (1, 1) ; G2  {(1, 1)}

A. Also on A f (x, y) is infinitely differentiable  f (G1 G2 )  f ()  

Now. f ( x, y )  a, b  gives f (G1 )   
f (G 2 )  { 1, 1 } and infact
y  a(1 x  y) & x  b(1 x  y) f (G1 G2 )  f (G1) f (G2 ) . Also, G1   & G2  

 (1 a) y  ax  a
implies G1 is open and G2 is closed then G1 G2
b y  (1b) x  b
is both open and closed
1a a  y   a 
73.(1, 3)
       If A and B are square matrices of same order then
 b 1b  x   b 
AB and BA have same eigen values. Also A1 exist
. Determinant of coefficient matrix is 1-a-b . So, if a
+ b  1 system has unique solution . So, f is one- then A1 ( AB) A  BA so, AB and BA are similar
to-one on A . For a + b = 1 there cannot be (x, y) A matrices
74.(1, 2, 3, 4)
such that f (x, y )  (a, b) so f ( A) is not equal to R 2
69.(3,4) dimV  rank (T )  nullity(T ) &

| xy| is differentiable at (0, 0) so f ( x, y ) is dimV  rank (T 2 )  nullity(T 2 )

3 2 Rank (T) = Rank (T 2 )

differentiable at (0, 0) , Df (0, 0)   2 3  ,
   Nullity (T) = Nullity (T 2 )

| Df (0, 0)|  5  0 So, At (0, 0) Df(0, 0) is also As T ()  0 T 2 ()  0

invertiable  Null space of T  Null space of T 2 But
70.(3, 4)
If { f n} is real valued continuous functions in nullity (T) = Nullity (T 2 )
 Null space of T = Null sapce of T 2
[0, ) and converges to f uniformly on [0, ) ,
So, T 2 ()  0  T ()  0
then f is continuous on [0, )
So, kernel (T) and Rank (T) are disjoint
x So, also kernel (T 2 ) and Rank (T 2 ) are disjoint
f ( x) ; x n
n
Now, if n2 75.(1, 2, 3, 4)
0 o therw ise T ( p( x))  0  an  an 1 x ... a0 x n  0
and x[0, ) Then f ( x)  0 . Also f n (x) onverges
ges  a0  a1  ... an  0

 n x 1 So, Nullity (T) = 0 and Rank (T) = n+1 . Hence T is

uniformly to f ( x ) but 0 fn (x)dx  0 dx 
n2 2 one- to -one & So T is also invertible Transformation
matrix T is
  0 0 0  0 1  1, 4 5C 4C (41)!  30 way
1 4
 0 0 0  1 0 
  2, 3 5C 3C (21)!(31)!  20 way
   2 3  a5  50
T   
0 0 1 0 0 0  0 Total 50 ways
0 1 0 0 0 0  0
 
0 0 0 0 0  0
For n = 4 disjoint cycles will be 1,
1

det (T) = one or minus one = 1  a4  11

76.(1, 3, 4) 82, (1, 2, 4)
G.M. of eigen value2 of A is 3Rank (A-2I) = 3  2 = 1 2
X 3 contains factors X , X and X 3 , So, there are 3
As A.M.  G.M. for eigen value 2, hence A is not
Q[ X }
diagonalisable So, C ( x)  ( x  2)2 ( x 3) and distinct proper ideals in , but prime ideal is
X3
m( x)  ( x 2) 2 ( x 3) , so its Jordan canomicalform unique. A is not an integral domain
   
2 1 0 f  g  0  f(0) g(0) = 0 as . f  g  0 at least
B  0 2 0  one of them must be zero
is   . As eigen values of A are from Q,
83.(3,4)
0 0 3
So A is similar to B over Q. 2 2  
W  Cos  i Sin  e 5
77.(2, 4) 10 10
If u and v are solutions of Ax = b then Au = b & Av
2
 i 2  i4 
= b  A(u  (1)v)   b(1)b  b so u  (1)v W2  e 5   e 5
 
is also solution of Ax = b for R . If Rank A =n  
then then Ax = b has unique solution which also
means at most one solution . Also w5  1 Set {1, w, w2 , w3, w4} and
78.(1, 3) {1, w2 , w4 , w6 , w8} are same so, these set over Q
every non-zero vectors are eigen vectors of A,
will span L  Q(w) & K= Q(w2 ) respectively
means AX X (AI)X 0 has n linearl independent
HenceL = K
solutions, so rank of AI must be0 ;hence AI 84.(1)
null matrix  A  I for some C  All eigen Number of sylow -5 subgroups = 1+ 5k where
values of A are equal 1+ 5k divides 60  1+ 5k = 1 or 6 . But as G is a
79.(3, 4) simple group so, 1 cannot be the possibility hence
G has six sylow - 5 subgroups
f : R  R2 givenby f ( x)  (sin x, cos x)
85.(3,4)
is continuous map and also
Q[ x]
 
f ( R)  ( x, y)R 2 | x 2  y 2  1 . Also,
X 2  X 1 is irreducible over Q , so x 2  x 1 is field
 
f :  0, 1   2, 3 {0, 1} given by F2[ X }
also X 2  X 1 is irreducible over F2 so  X 2  X 1 is
f ( x)  0 if x[0, 1
1 if x[2, 3] also a field
86.(1, 2, 3, 4)
is a continuous map from [0, 1] U [2, 3] to {0, 1}
80.(2, 4) 1
an   lim an  0 .So f(z) is constant
n
X  2(mod 5) & X 3(mod 7)
1
 X  17(mod35) a  (1)n 1   lim a  0 . So, again f(z) is
n n n
X  17 (mod 35) & X  4 (mod11)
1
 X 367(mod 385)
constant an   lim an  0 .So, f(z) is again
2n
 X  367, 752, 1137, 1522, ... 1
constant an  n if 4 does not divide n ,  is 4
System has a solution in [601,800] & [1001,1200] n
81.(1, 4) 1
For n = 5 disjoint cycles will be divides n , has subsequence a4n  such that
4n

lima  0,
4n so, f ( z) is again constant
87.(1, 4) u(t )  t 4  u '(t )  4t 3
 Z  3
163 is prime number so,   is cyclic also, 4u 4 (t )  4t 3 So, u(t )  t 4 is also a solution
 163Z 
u(t )  0 ;0  t  1
group of it’s units is also cyclic units of Z 10Z =    (t 1) 4 ;t 1
{1 , 3, 7, 9} which is cyclic group generated by {3}
or {7}  u '(t )  0 ;0  t  1
88.(1, 2, 3, 4)  4(t 1)3 ; t 1
1 0 ;t 1
f (z)  ; ez  1
e z 1
So, this u(t) also satisfioes the given differential
Now e z 1  0  e z  1 equation. similarly
 z  ln1  ln1 ei2n u(t)  0 ; 0  t  10
4 has
 (t 10) ; t 10
 z = i2n  ; n = 0,  1  2,...
z i2n 0 u '(t )  0 ; 0  t  10
Also lim [ Case ]
Z i2n e z 1 0  4(t 10)3 ; t  10

1 So this u(t) also satisfies given differential equation

lim
z i2n z [ By L’ Hospital rule} = 1  0 so f ( x) 94.(1,3)
e
95.(3)
has simple pole at 2ni . As, f(z) has only
singularities as pole, so f(z) is homomorphic  2u  2u
For elliptic equation x2  y 2  0 , solution u( x, y)
function Also all the poles are on imaginary axis
89.(2, 3) lim u( x,
such that y 
y)  0 and u( x, y)  y 0  sin x
1 1
f ( z)  on annulus A  {z  C : | z | 2} has
z 2 

laurent series expansion about the centre of the will be u( x, y )   an sin(nx  bn )e ny
n 1
annulu whose pole is 0 lying out side A. Such 96. 4
approximatin sequence cannot be polynomial but
f ( x)  x 3
it will be rational function only.
90.(4) x0  0 ; xn 1  f ( xn )
K = Compact subset of C with non-empty interior
 x1  3 ; x2  3 3

K will be norm on vector sapce of entire function
but not on vector sapce of continuous functions. ....point of convergence is 3 3 3 ...
91.(4) 97. 1,2
y(t )  y(0)  0t y(s)ds ...(1) u "( x)  2u( x)
Squaring both sides we get  u "(x)  2u(x)  0
2

y 2 (t )  y 2 (0)  0t y(s)ds  2 y(0)0t y(s)ds  ( D2 2 )u  0
Differentiating both sides of equation (1) we get  u ( x)  A cos x  B sin x

y '(t )  y(t )  y(t )  cet  y(t )  y(0) et u(0)  0  A  0

2
u(1) 0 A0
Now.   y(s)ds   2 y(0) y(s)ds
t
0
t
0
 u ( x)  B sin x
 y2 (0)(et 1)2  2 y2 (0)(et 1) u '( x)B cos x
u '(0)  B 
e 2t 1
 y 2 (0)(e2t 1)2  2 y 2 (0)( )  2 t y 2 (s)ds.
2 0 So, u '2 ( x)  2u2 (x)  2b2  u '2 (0)
1
So, y2 (t)  y2 (0)  20t y 2 (s)ds Now, 2 2
0  B cos 2x dx
92.(3,4) 2
 01 / 2 2 B cos 2x dx = 0
Both H and L are quadratic in V and also H = L
93.(1,2,3,4)  01 u '2 ( x)dx 2 01 u 2 ( x)dx  0
3
u '(t )  4u 4 (t ) ....(1) 98.(1,2,3,4)
u(t )  0  u '(t)  0 equation - (1) is satisfied
 For existence of a minimizer it is sufficient to have 101.(2,3)
a convergent subsequence of {n ) and J is 1 2  x2 2
xn 1   xn    n
continuous .....(option 3) 2 xn  2xn
Rest option 1, 2 & 4 are also sufficient because
they imply option 3. x2 2
 x  f ( x) where f ( x)  for fixed point
2x
99.(1,2,3) iteration
2
u u 2 Also, f (x)  x2  2  f '( x)  2 x so, for .Newton’ss
For the given hyperbolic equation  with
t 2 x 2 method iterative formula is
u( x, 0)  ei x by separtion of xn 1  xn 
f ( xn ) x 2 2
 xn  n
f '( xn ) 2xn
function u( x, t )  eix eit
2xn2  xn2  2 xn2  2
ix
 eit  eit   
u( x, t )  eix ei t as well as u ( x, t )e   2 xn 2xn
 2 
 
102. 1, 3
2
x Characteristic numbers are distinct for the given
Satisfies the given equation but for u( x, t )  t  homogeneous integral equation and the
2
corresponding eigen functions are orthogonal to
x2
u( x, 0)  so it does not satisfy the given each so, 1  2 and 01 f1( x) f 2 ( x)dx0
2
condition 103. 1,2,3,4 104. 1,4 105. 2
100.(3) 106. 3 107. 1,2 108. 1,4
109. 2,4 110. 2,4 111. 4
u  px  qy  p2  q2 . It is quadratic in p so solution 112. 4 113. 1,3,4 114. 1,3
will be parabolic in u- x plane 115. 2,3,4 116. 1,3 117. 2,4
118. 1,2,3 119. 3 120. 1,3,4

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