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A Better Preparation Strategy (C) y + 12y - 5y = 0 (D) y + 2y 5y = 0

1. This technique is called Assisted Self Learning, Start 7. A damped mechanical system is governed by 10y + y
solving problems one by one, explore books find how to do + 2y = 0. What can be said about nature of the system?
them. (A) Underdamped (B) Overdamped
2. You really dont know you can do all these questions on your
own. Dont underestimate yourself. Have Confidence. (C) Critically damped (D) Under Resonance
3. Make a routine. Start by doing fewer problems every day and
finally reach upto 10 problems per day. Yes only 10. 8. In above question, if y(0) = 1, what is y(1)?
4. Try to find why other 3 options are not correct, or for what (A) 0.874 (B) 0.493
form of question they would be correct. (C) 0.787 (D) 0.106
5. Thats all. Start Now. Happy Gateing.
9. What is the solution of initial value problem x2y 3xy
Instructions
+ 4y = 0, y(1) = 1, y(1) = 3 ?
1. This problem sheet contains Level-2 questions, which mean
(A) y = ex (1 + lnx) (B) y = ex (1 lnx)
moderate difficulty level. Do the hard work. (C) y = x2 (1 + lnx) (D) y = x2 (1 lnx)
2. These are formulated in a way to concentrate on Concept and
Memory building. A few of these are tricky, so if you find 10. Two functions are given by f(x) = e-x.cosx and
your answer doesnt match with provided answers, you are g(x) = e-x.sinx. What is the value of their Wronskian?
tricked. (A) e2x (B) e-2x
3. These are the type of questions similar to 1, 2 mark questions
in GATE Aerospace exam. (C) 2ln(x) (D) e-2xsinx.cosx
4. Reference book to solve these questions is Advanced
Engineering Mathematics by Erwin Kreyszig or any other 11. A and B are two symmetric matrices. What is AB BA?
Engg. Mathematics Book of your choice. (A) Symmetric (B) Skew-symmetric
(C) upper-diagonal (D) lower-diagonal

1. What is the domain of function ln(-x)? 12. A matrix and its adjoint are same. What can be said
(A) (0, ) (B) (-, 0) (C) (-, ) about this matrix?
(A) Symmetric (B) Skew-symmetric
(D) natural Log is not defined for negative numbers
(C) Hermitian (D) No special matrix
2. Which of the following is true for f(x) = |ln|x||?
13. A 33 non-singular matrix A is transposed and then its
P. It is continuous in (-, ) inverse is taken, which results in a matrix B = (AT)-1. In a
Q. It is continuous in (-, ) except at x=0 second case inverse of matrix A is taken first and then it
is transposed. It results in a matrix C = (A-1)T. What can
R. It is differentiable in (-, ) except at x=0
be said about B & C?
S. It is differentiable in (-, ) except at x=-1, 0, 1 (A) B = CT (B) B = C
(A) Q only (B) Q and R (C) B = -C (D) B C
(C) P and R (D) Q and S
3 1 4
3. Which of the following equations has solution given by 14. What is the rank of matrix [ 0 5 8]
3 4 4
y = ex(Acos2x + Bsin2x) +1 2 4
(A) y 2y + 5y = 0 (B) y + 2y +5y = 0 (A) 1 (B) 2
(C) y + 2y 5y = 0 (D) y 2y 5y = 0 (C) 3 (D) 4

4. Solve the initial value problem y 4y = 0, y(0) = 2, y(0) 15. Obtain the value of so that the following system of
=0 equations has a unique solution.
(A) 2(cos2x + sin2x) (B) 2cosh2x x + 2y z =
(C) 2(cos2x - sin2x) (D) 2sinh2x 2x + y + 3z = 2
4x + 5y + z = 3
5. General solution of a second order homogenous linear (A) 2 (B) 2/5
differential equation is of the form (2 +7x)e3x. What can (C) 1/3 (D) 1/2
be said about the roots of its characteristic equation?
(A) Distinct & Real (B) Complex conjugate 16. Obtain the value of so that the following system of
(C) Complex; not conjugate (D) Real & Equal equations has a unique solution.
2x 3y + 4z = 0
6. Which of the following equations with initial conditions 5x 2y z = 0
y(0) = 2, y(0) = 13 has solution given as in above 21x 8y + z = 0
question?
(A) 2y 5y +26y = 0 (B) y 6y + 9y = 0 (A) 1/2 (B) 2/3

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(C) -5 (D) 1 (C) 23 (D) 1/8
17. For what value of a, b the following system has NO 26. What is the maximum area of a rectangle that can be
solution? fitted inside the ellipse given by
x + 2y z = 4 2 2
4x + 5y + z = 3 + =1
2 2
2x + y + az = b (A) ab (B) 2ab
(C) ab/2 (D) ab
(A) 3, 2 (B) 3, -3
(C) 3,1 (D) All of these 27. The Laplace Transform of solution of equation y + ky
2k2y = 0, y(0) = 2, y(0) = 2k, is
18. In above question, for what value of a, b the system has
infinitely many solutions? 2(+2) 2(2)
(A) (B)
(A) 3, 2/3 (B) 3, -5 2 2 2 + 2 2 2 +
(C) -3, -1 (D) All of these
2(+2) 2(2)
(C) (D)
2 +2 2 + 2 +2 2 +
19. In above question, for what value of a, b the system has
infinitely many solutions? 28. The solution of equation in above question is
(A) a 3, b = 278/3 (B) a 3, b = 2 (A) 2e -kt (B) 2ekt
(C) a 3, b = -79 (D) All of these kt
(C) 2e (coshkt + sinhkt) (D) None of these

20. For what value of a, b the following matrix is 29. Fourier series expansion of any function f(x) for a
orthogonal? period 2 is given by
1/3 2/3 2/3
[2/3 2/3] () = 0 + ( + )
2/3 2/3
=1
(A) -1/3, 1/3 (B) -1/3, 2/3 Which of the following is correct value of a0 for Fourier
(C) -2/3, 2/3 (D) 1/3, 1/3 series expansion of f(x) = x2 (-<x<)
(A) 2/3 (B) 0
21. Which of the following matrix A can be written as (A + (C) /3 (D) 1
AT) + (A AT)?
30. Which of the following may be a correct expansion of
1 2 3 1 1 3 function in above question?
(A) [1 2 1] (B) [1 2 2] 2 1 1
0 1 1 0 1 1 (A) 4 ( 2 + 3 )
3 4 9

3 1 0 2 1 1
(B) 4 (1 + 2 + 4 + )
(C) [2 3 1] (D) All of these 3 4 16
0 1 3 2 1 1
(C) 4 (1 + + 2 + 3 + )
3 4 9
22. Rank of a matrix A is p and that of matrix B is q (q < p). 2 1 1
What is the Rank of matrix AB assuming it exists? (D) 4 ( + 2 + 3 + )
3 4 9
(A) p (B) less than p but more than q
(C) q (D) less than q
31. Which of the following functions (assumed periodic over
an interval 2) are even?
23. For what relation between a & b, the function f(x,y) =
(A) sinx.cosx (B) x2 (0< x <2)
(ax + by)2 (x2 + y2) satisfies Laplace equation in two
(C) x.cosnx (D) coshx
dimensions?
(A) a2 + b2 = 2 (B) a2 - b2 = 2
32. For what value of a,b,c; three vectors P = ai + bj + ck, Q
(C) (a + b)2 = 2 (D) (a - b)2 = 2
= 2i + 3j - 5k, R = i - 7j + k are in equilibrium?
(A) 1, 10, -6 (B) 3, -4, -4
24. Kinetic Energy U of a moving object is given by U =
(C) -1, -10, 6 (D) -3, 4, 4
mV2/2. The errors in measurement of m and V were
found to be 1.23% and 2.20% respectively. What would
33. For any two non-zero vectors A & B, which of the
be the error in estimation of U?
following is true?
(A) 5.95% (B) 2.98%
(A) |A + B| |A| + |B| (B) |A + B| |A| + |B|
(C) 5.63% (D) None of These
(C) |A + B| = |A| + |B| (D) No such relation
25. What is the maximum value of f(x) = xyz in domain x2 +
34. Find angle between planes Plane1: 2x + y + z = 7 and
2y2 + 3z2 1?
Plane2: 4x + 2y +3z = 6.
(A) 1/92 (B) 2/3
(A) 20.5 (B) 49.0

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(C) 9.76 (D) 10.9 44. For scalar field in above question, what is the directional
35. In above question, what is the minimum distance of derivative at the point (1, 3, 2) in the direction of the
Plane1 from the origin? vector V = (3, 1, 4)?
(A) 7/6 (B) 2/3 (A) 11/26 (B) 22/26
(C) 2 (D) 8 (C) -11/26 (D) -22/26

36. For what value of A; the vectors A, B = q2(4, -3, 0) & C 45. Which of the following quantities are vectors?
= q3(3, 4, 0) form an orthogonal basis in three P. grad(div F) Q. div(grad f)
dimensional space?(Assume q1, q2 & q3 are appropriate R. curl(curl f) S. curl(curl F)
values to make them unit vectors) Where f is a scalar function and F is a vector function.
(A) q1(0, 0, 7) (B) q1(0, 0, 5/3)
(C) q1(0, 0, 7/2) (D) All of these (A) P and Q (B) Q and R
(C) P, R and S (D) P and S
37. Vertices of a parallelogram are given by (1, 1, 1), (4, 4,
4), (8, -3, 14) & (11, 0, 17). What is the area of this 46. Find the volume of the solid bounded by the plane z = 4
parallelogram? x y above; and below by the rectangle R = {(x, y) : 0
(A) 3465 (B) 4014 x 1, 0 y 2}.
(C) 5240 (D) None of these (A) 7 (B) 62
(C) 5 (D) 53
38. If the vertices X,Y,Z of a triangle have position vectors
(2,2,6), (4,6,4) and (4,1,7) respectively, relative to the 47. Evaluate
origin O, what is the volume of the tetrahedron OXYZ? (
2 + 2 )

(A) 17/3 (B) 24
(C) 34/3 (D) 42 Where D is the region between two circles x2 + y2 =1
and x2 + y2 = 4.
39. For what value of constant the three vectors (3, 2, 1), (A) (e-1 e-4) (B) (e4 e1)
(1, -1, 3) and (2, -3, ) are coplanar? (C) 3 (D) 3e-3
(A) 3 (B) 8
(C) 8/3 (D) All of the above 48. Let C be the closed curve
represented by a circle y2 + z2 =
40. Which of the following is a correct parametric 1 in positive y-z plane, y-axis
representation of curve C: x2 + (y 4)2 = 4, z = y? and z-axis in clockwise
(A) [2cost, 4 + 2sint, 4 + 2sint] direction. For a vector function
(B) [2cost, 4 - 2sint, 4 - 2sint] F = (y, x, z) compute
(C) [2sint, 4 + 2cost, 4 + 2cost] . d
(D) All of the above

(A) (B) /4
41. Find a tangent to curve C in above question at a point P: (C) /2 (D) None of these
(3, 5, 5) in vector form?
(A) (w + 3)i + (5 - w3)j + (5 - w3)k 49. Newtons method was used to find one root of equation
(B) (w - 3)i + (5 + w3)j + (5 + w3)k x3 + x 1 = 0, using initial guess as x0=1. What is the
(C) (w3 + 1)i + (53 - w)j + (53 - w)k value of x correct to 3-decimal places (3D) after 2
(D) (w3 - 1)i + (53 + w)j + (53 + w)k iterations (x2)?
(where w is an independent parameter) (A) 0.956 (B) 0.686
(C) 0.750 (D) 0.682
42. Find the length of curve C (in above question) from
point P1: (0, 6, 6) to P2: (2, 4, 4). (Given 50. Solve ex x2 - 3 = 0 for x.
/2 (A) 0.4562 (B) 1.2485
0 1 + 2 1.91 ) (C) -1.5439 (D) 1.8731
(A) 1.91 (B) 3.82
(C) 5.40 (D) 2.70 51. How much accuracy is possible in calculating value of
2 2
ln2.2 using ln2.0 = 0.6931 and ln2.5 = 0.9163; by
43. Let a scalar field is given by (, , ) = + 5 . Lagranges linear interpolation method?
What is the direction of maximum increase of f at the (A) 1D (B) 2D
point (1, 3, -2)? (C) 3D (D) 4D
(A) (3, 3, -1) (B) (9, 1, -12)
(C) (9, 33, 12) (D) None of these

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52. In above question, how much accuracy is possible if 57. Compute f(9.2) from the given values using Newtons
Lagranges Quadratic interpolation is used? Divided Difference Interpolation formula
(A) 2D (B) 3D
(C) 4D (D) Data is insufficient x 8.0 9.0 9.5 11.0
f(x) 2.079442 2.197225 2.251292 2.397895
Common Data for Numerical Answer Q. No. 53-56
58. In above question, if all the f(x) are rounded off to 3
1 3 ) decimal places (3D), how much is the absolute error for
Let = 0 (1 ++
3D accuracy by using linear interpolation?
53. What is the exact value of P? 59. Compute f(1.72) from the given values using Newtons
forward difference Interpolation formula
54. What is the absolute error in P, if Midpoint Method
with n=4 is used to calculate the integral? x 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0
55. What is the absolute error in P, if Trapezoidal Rule with f(x) 0.3979849 0.3399864 0.2818186 0.2238908
n=4 is used to calculate the integral?
56. What is the absolute error in P, if Simpsons Rule with 60. In above question, what is the value of f(1.72) if
n=4 is used to calculate the integral? Newtons Backward difference Interpolation formula is
used?

ANSWERS

1 B 11 B 21 D 31 D 41 A 51 B
2 D 12 D 22 C 32 D 42 B 52 D
3 A 13 B 23 A 33 A 43 B 53 1.75
4 B 14 B 24 C 34 C 44 D 54 0.0078125
5 D 15 D 25 A 35 A 45 D 55 0.015625
6 B 16 C 26 B 36 D 46 C 56 0.0
7 A 17 D 27 A 37 B 47 A 57 2.219208
8 B 18 B 28 B 38 C 48 B 58 0.0
9 D 19 D 29 A 39 B 49 B 59 0.3864183
10 B 20 A 30 A 40 D 50 D 60 0.3864184

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