TEST CODE: MIII (Objective type) 2010

SYLLABUS
Algebra Permutations and combinations. Binomial theorem. Theory of
equations. Inequalities. Complex numbers and De Moivres theorem. Elementary
set theory. Simple properties of a group. Functions and relations. Algebra of
matrices. Determinant, rank and inverse of a matrix. Solutions of linear equations.
Eigenvalues and eigenvectors of matrices.
Coordinate geometry Straight lines, circles, parabolas, ellipses and hyperbolas. Elements of three dimensional coordinate geometry straight lines, planes
and spheres.
Calculus Sequences and series. Power series. Taylor and Maclaurin series.
Limits and continuity of functions of one or more variables. Dierentiation and
integration of functions of one variable with applications. Denite integrals. Areas
using integrals. Denite integrals as limits of Riemann sums. Maxima and minima. Dierentiation of functions of several variables. Double integrals and their
applications. Ordinary linear dierential equations.
SAMPLE QUESTIONS
Note: For each question there are four suggested answers of which only one is correct.
1. If , are positive real variables whose sum is a constant , then the minimum

value of (1 + 1/)(1 + 1/) is

(A) 1/

(B) + 2/

(C) + 1/

(D) none of the above.

2. Let be a positive real number. Then

(A) 2 + 2 + 2 > + ( + )
(B) + > 2 + 2
(C) + ( + ) > 2 + 2 + 2
(D) none of the above.
3. Suppose in a competition 11 matches are to be played, each having one of 3
distinct outcomes as possibilities. The number of ways one can predict the
outcomes of all 11 matches such that exactly 6 of the predictions turn out to
be correct is
( )
( )
11
11
(D) none of the above.
(A)
25
(B)
(C) 36
6
6
1

4. A club with members is organized into four committees such that

(a) each member is in exactly two committees,
(b) any two committees have exactly one member in common.
Then has
(A) exactly two values both between 4 and 8
(B) exactly one value and this lies between 4 and 8
(C) exactly two values both between 8 and 16
(D) exactly one value and this lies between 8 and 16.
5. Let be the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}. Dene the set by
= {(, ) : and have the same remainder when divided by 3}.
Then the number of elements in is
(A) 40

(B) 36

(C) 34

(D) 33.

6. Let be a set of elements. The number of ways, we can choose an ordered

pair (, ), where , are disjoint subsets of , equals
(A) 2

(B) 3

(C) 2

(D) 3 .

7. Let (1 + ) = 0 + 1 + 2 2 + . . . + , being a positive integer. The

value of
)(
) (
)
(
0
1
1
1+
1+
... 1 +
1
2

is
(
(A)

+1
+2

(B)
!

(
(C)

+1

)
(D)

( + 1)
.
!

8. The value of the innite product

=

7 26 63
3 1

3

9 28 65
+1

is
(A) 1

(B) 2/3

(C) 7/3

(D) none of the above.

9. The number of positive integers which are less than or equal to 1000 and are
divisible by none of 17, 19 and 23 equals
(A) 854

(B) 153

(C) 160
2

(D) none of the above.

10. Consider the polynomial 5 + 4 + 3 + 2 + + 4 where , , , are real

numbers. If (1 + 2) and (3 2) are two roots of this polynomial then the
value of is
(A) 524/65

(C) 1/65

(B) 524/65

(D) 1/65.

11. The number of real roots of the equation

( 2
)
+
2 cos
= 2 + 2
6
is
(A) 0

(B) 1

(C) 2

(D) innitely many.

12. Consider the following system of equivalences of integers.

2 mod 15

4 mod 21.

The number of solutions in , where 1 315, to the above system of

equivalences is
(A) 0

(B) 1

(C) 2

(D) 3.

13. The number of real solutions of the equation (9/10) = 3 + 2 is

(A) 2

(B) 0

(C) 1

(D) none of the above.

14. If two real polynomials () and () of degrees ( 2) and ( 1) respectively, satisfy

(2 + 1) = ()(),
for every , then
(A) has exactly one real root 0 such that (0 ) = 0
(B) has exactly one real root 0 such that (0 ) = 0
(C) has distinct real roots
(D) has no real root.
15. Let =

1
1
1
1
+
+
+ +
. Then,
1001 1002 1003
3001

(A) < 1

(B) > 3/2

(C) 1 < < 3/2

(D) none of the above holds.

16. The set of complex numbers satisfying the equation

(3 + 7) + (10 2) + 100 = 0
represents, in the complex plane,
(A) a straight line
(B) a pair of intersecting straight lines
(C) a point
(D) a pair of distinct parallel straight lines.
17. The limit lim

2(1) 
 2
 

is

=1

(A) 2

(B) 2

(C) 2

(D) 2.

18. Let denote a complex fth root of unity. Dene

=

=0

for 0 4. Then

is equal to

=0

(A) 5
(
19. Let =

1
1
2

(A) equals 1

(B) 5

(C) 5(1 + )

(
)
1
1
,
+1

1. Then lim

(B) does not exist

(D) 0.

1
(C) equals

(D) equals 0.

20. Let be a nonempty set and let () denote the collection of all subsets of
. Dene : () by
{
1 if
(, ) =
0 if
/ .
Then (, ) equals
(A) (, ) + (, )
(B) (, ) + (, ) 1
(C) (, ) + (, ) (, ) (, )
(D) (, ) + (, ) (, )
4

(
21. The limit lim

(A) 1
1
22. lim

3 1
3 + 1

)4
equals
(C) 8/3

(B) 0
(

+
+ +
+1 +2
2

(A)

(D) 4/9

)
is equal to

(B) 0

(C) log 2

(D) 1

23. Let cos6 = 6 cos 6+5 cos 5+4 cos 4+3 cos 3+2 cos 2+1 cos +0 .
Then 0 is
(A) 0

(B) 1/32.

(C) 15/32.

(D) 10/32.




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24. The set { :  +  > 6} equals the set

(A) (0, 3 2 2) (3 + 2 2, )

(B) (, 3 2 2) (3 + 2 2, )

(C) (, 3 2 2) (3 + 2 2, )

(D) (, 3 2 2) (3 + 2 2, 3 2 2) (3 + 2 2, )
25. Suppose that a function dened on 2 satises the following conditions:
( + , )

= (, ) + ,

(, + )

= (, ) + and

(0, 0)

= , a constant.

Then for all , , (, ) is equal to

(A) ( + ).

(B) .

(C) + .

(D) none of the above.

26. Consider the sets dened by the real solutions of the inequalities
= {(, ) : 2 + 4 1}

= {(, ) : 4 + 6 1}.

Then
(A)
(B)
(C) Each of the sets , and is non-empty
(D) none of the above.
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27. If () is a real valued function such that

2 () + 3 () = 15 4,
for every , then (2) is
(A) 15

(B) 22

(C) 11

(D) 0.

28. If () =

3 sin
, then the range of () is
2 + cos

(A) the interval [1, 3/2]

(B) the interval [ 3/2, 1]

(C) the interval [1, 1]

(D) none of the above.

29. If () = 2 and () = sin + cos then

(A) and agree at no points
(B) and agree at exactly one point
(C) and agree at exactly two points
(D) and agree at more than two points.
30. For non-negative integers , dene a function as follows

+1
(, ) =
( 1, 1)

( 1, (, 1))

if = 0
if =
0, = 0
if =
0, = 0

Then the value of (1, 1) is

(A) 4

(B) 3

31. A real 2 2 matrix such that

(
2

(C) 2

1
0

(A) exists for all > 0

(B) does not exist for any > 0
(C) exists for some > 0
(D) none of the above is true
6

0
1

(D) 1.

32. The eigenvalues of the matrix = 1

1
(A) 1, 1, 4

(B) 1, 4, 4

1
2
1

1 are
2

(C) 0, 1, 4

(D) 0, 4, 4.

33. Let 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 1 , 2 , 3 and 4 be xed real numbers, not all of them equal
to zero. Dene a 4 4 matrix A by

21 + 12
1 2 + 1 2 1 3 + 1 3 1 4 + 1 4

2 1 + 2 1
22 + 22
2 3 + 2 3 2 4 + 2 4

A=
.
2
2
3 1 + 3 1 3 2 + 3 2
3 + 3
3 4 + 3 4

4 1 + 4 1

4 2 + 4 2

24 + 42

4 3 + 4 3

Then rank(A) equals

(A) 1 or 2.

(B) 0.

(C) 4.

(D) 2 or 3.

34. If is a 3 3 matrix such that

[0

2 ] = [ 1

then [ 6

8 ] is equal to

(A) [ 2

2 ]

(B) [ 0

0]

and

[3

(C) [ 1

1]

5 ] = [ 0

0]

0]

(D) [ 9

10

8 ].

35. Let 1 , 2 , 3 denote the eigenvalues of the matrix

1
0
0

= 0 cos sin .
0 sin cos
If 1 + 2 + 3 =
(A) Empty set

2 + 1, then the set of possible values of , < , is

{ }
{ }
{}
(B)
(C) ,
(D) ,
.
4
4 4
3 3

36. The values of for which the following system of equations

+ 2
+ 4

+ 4
+ 10

=
=
=

has a solution are

(A) = 1, 2

(B) = 1, 2
7

(C) = 3, 3

(D) = 1, 2.

37. Let 1 , 2 and 3 denote, respectively, the planes dened by

1 + 1 + 1

= 1

2 + 2 + 2

= 2

3 + 3 + 3

3 .

It is given that 1 , 2 and 3 intersect exactly at one point when 1 = 2 =

3 = 1. If now 1 = 2, 2 = 3 and 3 = 4 then the planes
(A) do not have any common point of intersection
(B) intersect at a unique point
(C) intersect along a straight line
(D) intersect along a plane.
38. Angles between any pair of 4 main diagonals of a cube are

(A) cos1 1/ 3, cos1 1/ 3

(B) cos1 1/3, cos1 1/3

(C) /2

(D) none of the above.

39. If the tangent at the point with co-ordinates (, ) on the curve 2 = 23

is perpendicular to the straight line 4 = 3, then
(A) (, ) = (0, 0)
(B) (, ) = (1/8, 1/16)
(C) (, ) = (0, 0) or (, ) = (1/8, 1/16)
(D) no such point (, ) exists.
40. Consider the family of curves in the plane given by = 2 , where is a
real parameter. Let be the family of curves having the following property:
every member of intersects each member of orthogonally. Then is given
by
(A) =

(B) 2 + 2 = 2

(C) 2 + 22 = 2

(D) 2 2 + 2 = 2

41. Suppose the circle with equation 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + = 0 cuts the parabola

2 = 4, ( > 0) at four distinct points. If denotes the sum of ordinates of
these four points, then the set of possible values of is
(A) {0}

(B) (4, 4)

(C) (, )

(D) (, ).

42. The polar equation = cos represents

(A) a spiral

(B) a parabola

(C) a circle

(D) none of the above.

43. Let
1

72 + 82 + 152 + 232

62 + 82 + 152 + 242

52 + 82 + 152 + 252

7 + 8 + 15 + 23
4

)2

6 + 8 + 15 + 24
4

)2

5 + 8 + 15 + 25
4

)2

,
,
.

Then
(A) 3 < 2 < 1

(B) 3 < 1 < 2

(C) 1 < 2 < 3

(D) 2 < 3 < 1 .

44. If a sphere of radius passes through the origin and cuts the three co-ordinate
axes at points , , respectively, then the centroid of the triangle lies
on a sphere of radius

(B)
3

(A)

(C)

(D)

2
.
3

45. Consider the tangent plane at the point (1/ 3, 1/ 3, 1/ 3) to the sphere
2 + 2 + 2 = 1. If is an arbitrary point on the plane

+ + = 2,
3
3
3
then the minimum distance of from the tangent plane, , is always
(A)

(B) 3

(C) 1

(D) none of these.

46. Let 1 denote a sphere of unit radius and 1 a cube inscribed in 1 . Inductively dene spheres and cubes such that +1 is inscribed in and
+1 is inscribed in +1 . Let denote the sum of the volumes of the rst
spheres. Then lim is

(A) 2.

8
.
(B)
3

2
(C)
(9 + 3).
13

6+2 3
(D)
.
3

47. If 0 < < 1, then the sum of the innite series

1+
1
1
+ log(1 )
(C)
1

1 2 2 3 3 4
+ + + is
2
3
4

+ log(1 + )
1

(D)
+ log(1 ).
1

(A) log

(B)

48. Let { } be a sequence of real numbers. Then lim exists if and only if

(A) lim 2 and lim 2+2 exists

(B) lim 2 and lim 2+1 exist

(C) lim 2 , lim 2+1 and lim 3 exist

(D) none of the above.

49. Let { } be a sequence of non-negative real numbers such that the series

is convergent. If is a real number such that the series

=1
diverges, then
(A) must be strictly less than

1
2

(B) must be strictly less than or equal to

1
2

(C) must be strictly less than or equal to 1 but can be greater than
(D) must be strictly less than 1 but can be greater than or equal to

1
2
1
2.

50. Suppose > 0. Consider the sequence

= { },

1.

Then

(A)
(C)

lim does not exist

(B)

lim = 0

(D) none of the above.

lim =

51. Let { }, 1, be a sequence of real numbers satisfying 1 for all .

Dene
1
= (1 + 2 + + ),

for 1. Then lim (+1 ) is equal to

(A) 0

(B) 1

(C) 1

10

(D) none of these.

52. In the Taylor expansion of the function () = /2 about = 3, the coecient of ( 3)5 is
(A) 3/2

1
5!

(B) 3/2

1
25 5!

(C) 3/2

1
25 5!

4
2

7
8

(D) none of the above.

53. Let be the permutation:

1
3

2
5

3
6

5
4

6
9

8
7

9
1,

be the identity permutation and be the order of i.e.

= min{positive integers : = }.
Then is
(A) 8

(B) 12

(C) 360

(D) 2520.

54. Let

= 1
1

1
2
2

2
3

and = 1
1

0
1
1

0 .
1

Then
(A) there exists a matrix such that = =
(B) there is no matrix such that =
(C) there exists a matrix such that = , but =
(D) there is no matrix such that = .
55. A rod of length 10 feet slides with its two ends on the coordinate axes. If the
end on the -axis moves with a constant velocity of 2 feet per minute then
the magnitude of the velocity per minute of the middle point of the rod at the
instant the rod makes an angle of 30 with the -axis is
(A) 19/2

(C) 4/ 19

(B) 2

(D) 2/19.

56. Let the position of a particle in three dimensional space at time be

(, cos , sin ). Then the length of the path traversed by the particle between
the times = 0 and = 2 is
(A) 2.

(B) 2 2.

(C)

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(D) none of the above.

57. Let be a positive real number and be a positive integer. Which of the
following inequalities is true?

( + 1)+1 +1
+1
( + 1)+1 +1

(C) ( + 1) <
+1
(A) >

(B) <

( + 1)+1 +1
+1

(D) none of the above.

58. The smallest positive number for which the inequality

sin2 sin2
holds for all and is
(A) 2

(B) 1

(C)

(D)

there is no smallest positive value of ;

any > 0 will make the inequality hold.

59. Given two real numbers < , let

(, [, ]) = min{ : }

for < < .

Then the function

() =

(, [0, 1])
(, [0, 1]) + (, [2, 3])

satises
(A) 0 () <

1
2

for every

(B) 0 < () < 1 for every

(C) () = 0 if 2 3 and () = 1 if 0 1
(D) () = 0 if 0 1 and () = 1 if 2 3.
60. Let
{

1/(

+ 2 )

if (, ) = (0, 0)

(, ) =
0

if (, ) = (0, 0).

Then (, ) is
(A) not continuous at (0, 0)
(B) continuous at (0, 0) but does not have rst order partial derivatives
(C) continuous at (0, 0) and has rst order partial derivatives, but not dierentiable at (0, 0)
(D) dierentiable at (0, 0)
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61. Consider the function

() =

{5 + 1 }

if > 2

if 2

5 + 2

Then
(A) is not continuous at = 2
(B) is continuous and dierentiable everywhere
(C) is continuous everywhere but not dierentiable at = 1
(D) is continuous everywhere but not dierentiable at = 2.
62. Let = log(2 + 2 ) where = e(

+)

and = e(+ ) . Then



=0,=0
is
(A) 0

(B) 1

(C) 2

(D) 4

63. Let > 1 and for > 0, dene () = ( 1) ( 1). Then

(A) () is an increasing function of on (0, )
(B) () is a decreasing function of on (0, )
(C) () 0 for all > 0
(D) () takes both positive and negative values for (0, ).
64. The map () = 0 cos + 1 sin + 2 3 is dierentiable at = 0 if and
only if
(A) 1 = 0 and 2 = 0

(B) 0 = 0 and 1 = 0

(C) 1 = 0

(D) 0 , 1 , 2 can take any real value.

65. () is a dierentiable function on the real line such that lim () = 1 and

lim () = . Then

(A) must be 0

(B) need not be 0, but < 1

(C) > 1

(D) < 1.

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66. Let and be two dierentiable functions such that () () for all
< 1 and () () for all > 1. Then
(A) if (1) (1), then () () for all
(B) if (1) (1), then () () for all
(C) (1) (1)
(D) (1) (1).
67. The length of the curve = 3 , = 32 from = 0 to = 4 is

(A) 5 5 + 1

(C) 5 5 1

(B) 8(5 5 + 1)

(D) 8(5 5 1).

68. Given that

, the value of

++ 2 )

is
(A)

(B) / 3

/3

69. Let

=
1

(C)

2/3

(D) 2/ 3.

1 + 2 + 3 4
1 2 3 4 .
1 + 2 + 3 + 4

Then equals
(A) 1/2

(B) 1/3

(C) 1/4

(D) 1.

70. Let = {(, ) 2 : 2 + 2 1}. The value of the double integral

(2 + 2 )

is
(A)

(B)

(C) 2

(D) 2

71. Let (, ) = max{12 , 8 }. Then the minimum value of (, ) as (, )

varies over the line + = 10 is
(A) 5

(B) 7

(C) 1
14

(D) 3.

72. Let 0 < < < 1. Then

=1

1/(+)

1/(+)

1+

is equal to
(A) log

1+
1+

(B) log

(C) log

1+
1+

(D) .

73. If is continuous in [0, 1] then

[/2]

lim

1 ( )

=0

(where [] is the largest integer less than or equal to )

(A) does not exist

1 1
(B) exists and is equal to
()
2
10
(C) exists and is equal to
()
0
1/2
(D) exists and is equal to
() .
0

74. The volume of the solid, generated by revolving about the horizontal line
= 2 the region bounded by 2 2, 8 and 2, is

(A) 2 2

(B) 28/3

(C) 84

(D) none of the above.

75. If , are complex numbers then the maximum value of

is

(A) 2
(B) 1
(C) the expression may not always be a real number and hence maximum
does not make sense
(D) none of the above.
76. For positive real numbers 1 , 2 , . . . , 100 , let
=

100

and =

=1

1<100

Then
(A) =

2
2

(B) 2

2
2

(C) <
15

2
2

(D) none of the above.

77. The dierential equation of all the ellipses centred at the origin is
(A) 2 + ( )2 = 0

(B) + ( )2 = 0

(C) + ( )2 = 0

(D) none of these.

78. The coordinates of a moving point satisfy the equations

= tan ,

= sin2 ,

0.

If the curve passes through the point (/2, 0) when = 0, then the equation
of the curve in rectangular co-ordinates is
(A) = 1/2 cos2

(B) = sin 2

(C) = cos 2 + 1

(D) = sin2 1.

79. Let be a function of satisfying

= 23 4

If (0) = 0 then (1) equals

(A) 1/42

(C) 1/2

(B) 1/

(D) 3/2 .

80. Let () be a given dierentiable function. Consider the following dierential

equation in
()

() 2 .

The general solution of this equation is given by

+
()
()
(C) =
+

()
+
[ ()]2
(D) =
.
+
(B) 2 =

(A) =

81. Let () be a non-trivial solution of the second order linear dierential equation
2

+ 2
+ = 0,
2

where < 0, > 0 and 2 > . Then

(A) () as
(B) () 0 as
(C)

lim () exists and is nite

(D) none of the above is true.

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82. The dierential equation of the system of circles touching the -axis at the
origin is

=0

(C) 2 2 2
=0

=0

(D) 2 2 + 2
= 0.

(A) 2 + 2 2

(B) 2 + 2 + 2

83. Suppose a solution of the dierential equation

( 3 + 2 7 )

= 1,

satises the initial condition (1/4) = 1. Then the value of

when = 1

is
(A)

4
3

(B)

4
3

(C)

16
5

(D)

16
.
5

84. Consider the group

{(
=

}
: , , > 0

with usual matrix multiplication. Let

{(
)
}
1
=
: .
0 1
Then,
(A) is not a subgroup of
(B) is a subgroup of but not a normal subgroup
(C) is a normal subgroup and the quotient group / is of nite order
(D) is a normal subgroup and the quotient group is isomorphic to + (the
group of positive reals with multiplication).
85. Let be the group {1, } with multiplication of complex numbers as composition. Let be the quotient group /4. Then the number of nontrivial
group homomorphisms from to is
(A) 4

(B) 1

(C) 2

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(D) 3.