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Mma Sample 2015 PDF
Mma Sample 2015 PDF
SYLLABUS
Analytical Reasoning
Algebra — Arithmetic, geometric and harmonic progression. Continued frac-
tions. Elementary combinatorics: Permutations and combinations, Binomial theo-
rem. Theory of equations. Inequalities. Complex numbers and De Moivre’s theo-
rem. Elementary set theory. Functions and relations. Elementary number theory:
Divisibility, Congruences, Primality. Algebra of matrices. Determinant, rank and
inverse of a matrix. Solutions of linear equations. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors of
matrices. Simple properties of a group.
Coordinate geometry — Straight lines, circles, parabolas, ellipses and hyper-
bolas.
Calculus — Sequences and series: Power series, Taylor and Maclaurin series.
Limits and continuity of functions of one variable. Differentiation and integration of
functions of one variable with applications. Definite integrals. Maxima and minima.
Functions of several variables - limits, continuity, differentiability. Double integrals
and their applications. Ordinary linear differential equations.
Elementary discrete probability theory — Combinatorial probability, Con-
ditional probability, Bayes theorem. Binomial and Poisson distributions.
SAMPLE QUESTIONS
Note: For each question there are four suggested answers of which only one is cor-
rect.
f1 (x) = (x − 2)2
fn+1 (x) = (fn (x) − 2)2 , n ≥ 1.
Let an and bn respectively denote the constant term and the coefficient of x
in fn (x). Then
2. If a, b are positive real variables whose sum is a constant λ, then the minimum
p
value of (1 + 1/a)(1 + 1/b) is
(A) λ − 1/λ (B) λ + 2/λ (C) λ + 1/λ (D) none of the above.
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3. Let x be a positive real number. Then
(A) x2 + π 2 + x2π > xπ + (π + x)xπ
(B) xπ + π x > x2π + π 2x
(C) πx + (π + x)xπ > x2 + π 2 + x2π
(D) none of the above.
5. A set contains 2n+1 elements. The number of subsets of the set which contain
at most n elements is
Then x 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.
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9. Let (1 + x)n = C0 + C1 x + C2 x2 + . . . + Cn xn , n being a positive integer. The
value of
C0 C1 Cn−1
1+ 1+ ... 1 +
C1 C2 Cn
is
n n
nn (n + 1)n
n+1 n
(A) (B) (C) (D) .
n+2 n! n+1 n!
7 26 63 n3 − 1
P = × × × ··· × 3 × ···
9 28 65 n +1
is
11. 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 (D) none of the above.
12. Consider the polynomial x5 + ax4 + bx3 + cx2 + dx + 4 where a, b, c, d are real
numbers. If (1 + 2i) and (3 − 2i) are two roots of this polynomial then the
value of a is
x ≡ 2 mod 15
x ≡ 4 mod 21.
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15. The number of real solutions of the equation (9/10)x = −3 + x − x2 is
16. If two real polynomials f (x) and g(x) of degrees m (≥ 2) and n (≥ 1) respec-
tively, satisfy
f (x2 + 1) = f (x)g(x),
1 1 1 1
17. Let X = + + + ··· + . Then,
1001 1002 1003 3001
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21. Let ω denote a complex fifth root of unity. Define
4
X
bk = jω −kj ,
j=0
4
X
for 0 ≤ k ≤ 4. Then bk ω k is equal to
k=0
1
(A) equals 1 (B) does not exist (C) equals √ (D) equals 0.
π
23. Let X be a nonempty set and let P(X) denote the collection of all subsets of
X. Define f : X × P(X) → R by
if x ∈ A
1
f (x, A) =
0 if x ∈/ A.
4x
3x − 1
25. The limit lim equals
x→∞ 3x + 1
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27. Let cos6 θ = a6 cos 6θ+a5 cos 5θ+a4 cos 4θ+a3 cos 3θ+a2 cos 2θ+a1 cos θ+a0 .
Then a0 is
f (x + t, y) = f (x, y) + ty,
f (x, t + y) = f (x, y) + tx and
f (0, 0) = K, a constant.
(A) K(x + y). (B) K − xy. (C) K + xy. (D) none of the above.
31. Consider the sets defined by the real solutions of the inequalities
Then
(A) B ⊆ A
(B) A ⊆ B
(C) Each of the sets A − B, B − A and A ∩ B is non-empty
(D) none of the above.
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33. If f (x) is a real valued function such that
√ √
(A) the interval [−1, 3/2] (B) the interval [− 3/2, 1]
(C) the interval [−1, 1] (D) none of the above.
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38. A real 2 × 2 matrix M such that
!
2 −1 0
M =
0 −1 − ε
2 1 1
39. The eigenvalues of the matrix X = 1 2 1 are
1 1 2
40. Let x1 , x2 , x3 , x4 , y1 , y2 , y3 and y4 be fixed real numbers, not all of them equal
to zero. Define a 4 × 4 matrix A by
x21 + y12
x1 x2 + y1 y2 x1 x3 + y1 y3 x1 x4 + y1 y4
x2 x1 + y2 y1 x22 + y22 x2 x3 + y2 y3 x2 x4 + y2 y4
A= .
x3 x1 + y3 y1
x3 x2 + y3 y2 x23 + y32 x3 x4 + y3 y4
x4 x1 + y4 y1 x4 x2 + y4 y2 x4 x3 + y4 y3 x24 + y42
41. Let k and n be integers greater than 1. Then (kn)! is not necessarily divisible
by
8
42. Let λ1 , λ2 , λ3 denote the eigenvalues of the matrix
1 0 0
A= 0 cos t sin t .
0 − sin t cos t
√
If λ1 + λ2 + λ3 = 2 + 1, then the set of possible values of t, −π ≤ t < π, is
nπo n π πo n π πo
(A) Empty set (B) (C) − , (D) − , .
4 4 4 3 3
x + y + z = 1
x + 2y + 4z = η
x + 4y + 10z = η2
a1 x + b1 y + c1 z = α1
a2 x + b2 y + c2 z = α2
a3 x + b3 y + c3 z = α3 .
√ √
(A) cos−1 1/ 3, π − cos−1 1/ 3 (B) cos−1 1/3, π − cos−1 1/3
(C) π/2 (D) none of the above.
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46. If the tangent at the point P with co-ordinates (h, k) on the curve y 2 = 2x3
is perpendicular to the straight line 4x = 3y, then
(A) xy = k (B) x2 + y 2 = k 2
(C) y 2 + 2x2 = k 2 (D) x2 − y 2 + 2yk = k 2
48. Suppose the circle with equation x2 + y 2 + 2f x + 2gy + c = 0 cuts the parabola
y 2 = 4ax, (a > 0) at four distinct points. If d denotes the sum of ordinates of
these four points, then the set of possible values of d is
(A) {0} (B) (−4a, 4a) (C) (−a, a) (D) (−∞, ∞).
(A) a spiral (B) a parabola (C) a circle (D) none of the above.
50. Let
2
72 + 82 + 152 + 232
7 + 8 + 15 + 23
V1 = − ,
4 4
2
62 + 82 + 152 + 242
6 + 8 + 15 + 24
V2 = − ,
4 4
2
52 + 82 + 152 + 252
5 + 8 + 15 + 25
V3 = − .
4 4
Then
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51. A permutation of 1, 2, ..., n is chosen at random. Then the probability that
the numbers 1 and 2 appear as neighbour equals
1 2 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) .
n n n−1 n−2
52. Two coins are tossed independently where P(head occurs when coin i is tossed)
= pi , i = 1, 2. Given that at least one head has occurred, the probability that
coins produced different outcomes is
2p1 p2 p1 + p2 − 2p1 p2 2
(A) (B) (C) (D) none of the above.
p1 + p2 − 2p1 p2 p1 + p2 − p1 p2 3
53. The number of cars (X) arriving at a service station per day follows a Poisson
distribution with mean 4. The service station can provide service to a max-
imum of 4 cars per day. Then the expected number of cars that do not get
service per day equals
∞
X ∞
X
(A) 4 (B) 0 (C) iP (X = i + 4) (D) iP (X = i − 4).
i=0 i=4
1 2 2 3 3 4
54. If 0 < x < 1, then the sum of the infinite series x + x + x + · · · is
2 3 4
1+x x
(A) log (B) + log(1 + x)
1−x 1−x
1 x
(C) + log(1 − x) (D) + log(1 − x).
1−x 1−x
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55. Let {an } be a sequence of real numbers. Then lim an exists if and only if
n→∞
56. Let {an } be a sequence of non-negative real numbers such that the series
X∞ X √an
an is convergent. If p is a real number such that the series
n=1
np
diverges, then
1
(A) p must be strictly less than 2
1
(B) p must be strictly less than or equal to 2
1
(C) p must be strictly less than or equal to 1 but can be greater than 2
1
(D) p must be strictly less than 1 but can be greater than or equal to 2.
Then
58. Let {an }, n ≥ 1, be a sequence of real numbers satisfying |an | ≤ 1 for all n.
Define
1
An = (a1 + a2 + · · · + an ),
n
√
for n ≥ 1. Then lim n(An+1 − An ) is equal to
n→∞
59. In the Taylor expansion of the function f (x) = ex/2 about x = 3, the coeffi-
cient of (x − 3)5 is
1 1 1
(A) e3/2 (B) e3/2 (C) e−3/2 (D) none of the above.
5! 25 5! 25 5!
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60. Let σ be the permutation:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
3 5 6 2 4 9 8 7 1,
Then m is
61. Let
1 1 1 1 0 0
A= 1 2 2 and B = 1 1 0 .
1 2 3 1 1 1
Then
(A) there exists a matrix C such that A = BC = CB
(B) there is no matrix C such that A = BC
(C) there exists a matrix C such that A = BC, but A 6= CB
(D) there is no matrix C such that A = CB.
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64. Let the position of a particle in three dimensional space at time t be
(t, cos t, sin t). Then the length of the path traversed by the particle between
the times t = 0 and t = 2π is
√ √
(A) 2π. (B) 2 2π. (C) 2π (D) none of the above.
65. Let n be a positive real number and p be a positive integer. Which of the
following inequalities is true?
68. Let 2
+y 2 )
e−1/(x
(
if (x, y) 6= (0, 0)
f (x, y) =
0 if (x, y) = (0, 0).
Then f (x, y) is
(A) not continuous at (0, 0)
(B) continuous at (0, 0) but does not have first order partial derivatives
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(C) continuous at (0, 0) and has first order partial derivatives, but not differ-
entiable at (0, 0)
(D) differentiable at (0, 0)
Then
(A) f is not continuous at x = 2
(B) f is continuous and differentiable everywhere
(C) f is continuous everywhere but not differentiable at x = 1
(D) f is continuous everywhere but not differentiable at x = 2.
2 2
70. Let w = log(u2 + v 2 ) where u = e(x +y)
and v = e(x+y ) . Then
∂w
∂x x=0,y=0
is
71. Let (
1, if xy = 0,
f (x, y) =
xy, 6 0.
if xy =
Then
∂f
(A) f is continuous at (0, 0) and ∂x (0, 0) exists
72. The map f (x) = a0 cos |x| + a1 sin |x| + a2 |x|3 is differentiable at x = 0 if and
only if
73. f (x) is a differentiable function on the real line such that lim f (x) = 1 and
x→∞
lim f 0 (x) = α. Then
x→∞
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(A) α must be 0 (B) α need not be 0, but |α| < 1
(C) α > 1 (D) α < −1.
74. Let f and g be two differentiable functions such that f 0 (x) ≤ g 0 (x) for all
x < 1 and f 0 (x) ≥ g 0 (x) for all x > 1. Then
(A) if f (1) ≥ g(1), then f (x) ≥ g(x) for all x
(B) if f (1) ≤ g(1), then f (x) ≤ g(x) for all x
(C) f (1) ≤ g(1)
(D) f (1) ≥ g(1).
is
p √ p √
(A) π/3 (B) π/ 3 (C) 2π/3 (D) 2π/ 3.
77. Let R be the triangle in the xy-plane bounded by the x-axis, the line y = x,
and the line x = 1. The value of the double integral
Z Z
sin x
dxdy
x
R
is
π
(A) 1 − cos 1 (B) cos 1 (C) 2 (D) π.
79. Let g(x, y) = max{12 − x, 8 − y}. Then the minimum value of g(x, y) as (x, y)
varies over the line x + y = 10 is
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80. Let 0 < α < β < 1. Then
∞ Z 1/(k+α)
X 1
dx
1/(k+β) 1+x
k=1
is equal to
β 1+β 1+α
(A) loge (B) loge (C) loge (D) ∞.
α 1+α 1+β
[n/2]
X 1 j
lim f
n→∞
j=0
n n
82. The volume of the solid, generated by revolving about the horizontal line
y = 2 the region bounded by y 2 ≤ 2x, x ≤ 8 and y ≥ 2, is
√
(A) 2 2π (B) 28π/3 (C) 84π (D) none of the above.
αβ̄ + ᾱβ
83. If α, β are complex numbers then the maximum value of is
|αβ|
(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.
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84. For positive real numbers a1 , a2 , . . . , a100 , let
100
X X
p= ai and q = ai aj .
i=1 1≤i<j≤100
Then
p2 p2 p2
(A) q = (B) q 2 ≥ (C) q < (D) none of the above.
2 2 2
85. The differential equation of all the ellipses centred at the origin is
88. Let f (x) be a given differentiable function. Consider the following differential
equation in y
dy
f (x) = yf 0 (x) − y 2 .
dx
The general solution of this equation is given by
x+c f (x)
(A) y = − (B) y 2 =
f (x) x+c
f (x) [f (x)]2
(C) y = (D) y = .
x+c x+c
89. Let y(x) be a non-trivial solution of the second order linear differential equa-
tion
d2 y dy
+ 2c + ky = 0,
dx2 dx
where c < 0, k > 0 and c2 > k. Then
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(A) |y(x)| → ∞ as x → ∞
(B) |y(x)| → 0 as x → ∞
(C) lim |y(x)| exists and is finite
x→±∞
(D) none of the above is true.
90. The differential equation of the system of circles touching the y-axis at the
origin is
dy dy
(A) x2 + y 2 − 2xy =0 (B) x2 + y 2 + 2xy =0
dx dx
dy dy
(C) x2 − y 2 − 2xy =0 (D) x2 − y 2 + 2xy = 0.
dx dx
91. Suppose a solution of the differential equation
dy
(xy 3 + x2 y 7 ) = 1,
dx
dy
satisfies the initial condition y(1/4) = 1. Then the value of when y = −1
dx
is
4 4 16 16
(A) (B) − (C) (D) − .
3 3 5 5
92. Consider the group
( ! )
a b
G= : a, b ∈ R, a > 0
0 a−1
with usual matrix multiplication. Let
( ! )
1 b
N= :b∈R .
0 1
Then,
(A) N is not a subgroup of G
(B) N is a subgroup of G but not a normal subgroup
(C) N is a normal subgroup and the quotient group G/N is of finite order
(D) N is a normal subgroup and the quotient group is isomorphic to R+ (the
group of positive reals with multiplication).
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94. Let G be the group {±1, ±i} with multiplication of complex numbers as com-
position. Let H be the quotient group Z/4Z. Then the number of nontrivial
group homomorphisms from H to G is
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