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TRB Polytechnic | CSIR NET/SET - MATHEMATICS
Numerical Methods
Date: 15.03.2020 Test No. III - 8 Marks: 20
1. Which one of the following equations is not a transcendental equation?
A) B) C) D)
2. The value of (1 +  ) (1 -  ) f(x) is
A)  f(x) B)  f(x) C)   f(x) D) f(x)
3. The rate of convergence of Newton-Raphson method is
A) 0 B) 1.62 C) 1 D) 2
4. Let f(x) = 0 be an equation whose one root belongs to [a, b] and it is rewritten as x =φ(x).
The sequence {xn+1 = φ(xn)} for given x, converge to a root of the equation f(x)=0, if
A) | φ’(x)| = 1 B) | φ’(x)| < 1 C) | φ’(x)| > 1 D) |φ(x)| > 1
5. Generalized inverse may exists
A) For any rectangular matrix B) Only for square matrix
C) Only for rectangular matrix D) Only for non-singular matrix
6. Gauss elimination method reduces the equations -3x + y - 5z = -12, y + z = 3, y + 2z = 5 to
A) -3x + y - 5z = -12, y + z = 3, z = 2 B) 3x + y - 5z = 12, y + z = 3, z = 3
C) -3x + y - 5z = -12, y + z = 3, z = 4 D) 3x + y + 5z = 12, y - z = 3, z = 2
7. The iteration scheme to find the square root of a positive number N is
A) xn+1 = xn + 2N / xn B) xn+1 = xn + N / xn
C) xn+1 = xn - N / xn D) 2xn+1 = xn + N / xn
8. If a polynomial of degree n has more than n zeros, then the polynomial is ……
A) linear B) quadratic C) not defined D) zero everywhere
9. By fourth - order Runge - Kutta method
A) k = ( ) B) k = ( )
C) k = ( ) D) k = ( )
10. …..….. is an iterative method.
A) Gauss elimination method B) Gauss Jordan method
C) Gauss Seidel method D) All the above.
11. X: 3 2 4
Y: 5 7 1 the second forward difference of y is
A) 4 B) 8 C) - 4 D) -8
12. Using Euler’s method for the DE ( ) , y(0.1) =
A) 1.521 B) 2.1 C) 2.365 D) 2.221
13. Use Lagrange’s interpolation formula to find the value of y when x = 2 from the data.

x: 0 1 3 4
y: -12 0 6 12
A) 4 B) 5 C) 4.5 D) 0.5
3
14. A real root of the equation x - 3x + 1 = 0 is lying between
A) 0 and 1 B) 1 and 2 C) 1 and 3 D) 3 and 4

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 15. The nth order difference of a polynomial of nth degree is
A) constant B) zero C) 2n D) (x + 1)2
16. In Gauss elimination method the coefficient matrix is transformed to ………….. form.
A) upper triangular B) unit matrix C) lower triangular D) none

17. If  is the backward difference operator then the expression for  2 y2 is

A) y2 – 2y1 + y0 B) y2 + 2y1 + y0 C) y2 – 2y1 - y0 D) y2 – y1 + y0
18. The error in the Simpson’s one-third rule is of the order
A) h2 B) h3 C) h4 D) None
b
19. The formula for Trapezoidal rule is  f ( x) dx 
a

A)
h
( y 0  y n )  2( y1  y 2  ...  y n1 ) B)
h
( y0  y n )  2( y1  y3  ...)  4( y 2  y 4  ...)
2 2
C) ( y 0  y n )  2( y1  y 2  ...  y n 1 )
h
D) None
3

20. Let f be a function such that ( ) is continuous on [a,b] and satisfies | ( ) ( )| ≦ M.

Let p be the polynomial of degree ≦ n that interpolates at n+1 equally spaced nodes in [a, b] including
the endpoints. Then on [a, b] | ( ) ( )|
A) = M B) ≦ M C) > M D) ≦ M
( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
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