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FOUNDATION LEVEL (VII-VIII)
1. A three-digit number ABC is a perfect square and the number of factors of this number is also
a perfect square. If (A+B+C) is also a perfect square, then what is the number of factors of
the 6 digit number ABCABC?
(a) 32 (b) 52 (c) 72 (d) Cannot be determined
5
2. How many divisors of 10 will have atleast one zero at its end?
(a) 9 (b) 12 (c) 15 (d) 25
V V V ...V
3. Let 1' 2' 3' 100 be hundred positive integers such that 1 V + V1+1 + V1+ 2 + V1+ 3 =K, where K is

a constant and i = 1, 2, 3,...97. If V3 = 9, then what is the value of V99 ?

(a) 9 (b) K–9 (c) (K/2–9) (d) Cannot be determined

4. In the above question, if V5 = 7, then what is the value of V90 ?

(a) 7 (b) K–7 (c) (K–7)/2 (d) Cannot be determined
5. abcd is a four-digit number in base 7 such that 2 (abcd) = bcda. (a, b ≠ 0) Find the value of a,
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) Cannot be determined
6. Two vessels contain equal quantities of 40% alcohol Anil changed the concentration of the
first vessels to 50% by adding extra quantity of pure alcohol. Balu changed the concentration
of the second vessels to 50% replacing a certain quantity of the solution with pure alcohol. By
what percentage is the quantity of alcohol added by Anil more than that replaced by Balu?
(a) 20% (b) 25% (c) 40% (d) Cannot be determined
7. A shopkeeper purchases a packet of 50 pens at Rs 10 per pen. He sells a part of the packet
at a profit of 30%. On the remaining part, he incurs a loss of 10%. If his overall profit on the
whole packet is 10%, the number of pens he sold at profit is
(a) 25 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) 15
8. In the figure given below a flower is inscribed in a circle of radius 1 cm, then find the area of
the flower.

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  3 3 2  5π 5 3  2
 cm (b) (2π − 3 3)cm (c) −  cm (d) (4π − 3 3) cm2
2
(a)  π − 
2   3 2 

o
9. In the figure given below, two rays are drawn through a point A at an angle of 30 . A point B
is taken on one of them at a distance of ‘a’ from the point A. A perpendicular is drawn from
the point B to the other ray, and another perpendicular is drawn from its foot to meet AB at
an-other point from where the similar process is repeated indefinitely. The length of all such
lines will be

3
(a) a (1 − 3) (b) 2a (2 + 3) (c) (d) a
2a
10. Let x, y, z, w be positive real numbers which satisfy the two conditions that
(i) If x > y, then z > w and (ii) If x > z, then y < w
One of the following statements given below is a valid conclusion.Which one is it?
(a) If x < y then z < w (b) If x < z then y > w
(c) If x > y + z then z < y (d) If x > y + z then z > y

3 × 5 × 7 × ............... × 99
11. Let N =
2 × 4 × 6 × ................... ×100

Then which of the following is true regarding the value of N?
(a) 1/3 < N < 1 2 (b) 1 < N < 1
5 4
(c) 1 / 15 < N < 1 (d) 1 < N < 1
10 10 5
12. John Nash, an avid mathematician, had his room construced such that the floor of the room
was an equilateral triangle in shape instead of the usual rectangular shape. One day he brought
home a bird and tied it to one end of a string and then tied the other end of the string to one of
the corners of his room. The next day. he untied the other end of the string from the cornner
of the room and tied it to a point exactly at the center of the floor of the room. Assuming that
the dimensions of the room are relatively large compared to the length of the string, find the
number of times, by which the maximum possible space in which the bird can fly increase.
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 7

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13. Match List I with List II, with respect to different actions done on the figure
List I List II

A. P. Translation

B. Q. Rotation

C. R. Deviation
S. Reflection
(a) A-P, B-Q, C-R (b) A-S, B-R, C-Q (c) A-S, B-P, C-Q (d) none of these
Dirction (Question 14 to 15) : Which shapes will be formed if shapes ‘C’ and ‘D’
are cut and folded along the bounderies, but leaving the ‘circles’ attached.

14.

(a) sphere (b) cylinder (c) cone (d) pyramid

15.

(a) sphere (b) cone (c) pyramid (d) cylinder
16. Which one of the following is the approximated graph for the equation: y = mx,
[where m is a constant whose value is unity]

(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these

17. Statement 1 : The cube of a number is that number raised to the power 3
Statement 2 : A natural number ‘n’ is a perfect cube if n = m3 for some natural number ‘m’
Statement 3 : The cube of an even natural number is even
Statement 4 : The cube of an odd natural number is odd.
State whether the above statements are correct or incorrect.
(a) Statements 1, 2 and 3 are correct (b)Statement 2, 3 and 4 are correct
(c) All Statements are correct (d) Only Statements 1 and 3 are correct

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18. According to the following graph, least popular game among girls is

(a) Volleyball (b) Football (c) Hockey (d) Badminton

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 JMMC RESEARCH FOUNDATION 2016-17
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FOUNDATION lEVEL (class VII-VIII)

1
2207 − a+b c
1. Evaluate : 8 1 , express your answer in the form , where a,b,c,d
2207 − d
are integers. 2207 − .......

2. Suppose we have a necklace of n beads. Each bead is labelled with an integer and the sum of all
these labels is n-1. Prove that we can cut the necklace to form a string whose consecutive labels
k

x1 , x2 ,......, xn satisfy ∑x
i =1
i ≤ k − 1 , for k=1,2,........,n.

3. Let C1 and C2 be circles whose centres are 10 units apart, and whose radii are 1 and 3. Find, with
proof, the locus of all points M for which there exists points X on C1 and Y on C2 such that
M is the midpoint of the line segment XY .

4.Find all pairs (a,b) of positive integers that satisfy the following equation .
2
ab = ba
5. Let ABC be a triangle in plane ∑
. Find the set of all points P ( distinct from A,B,C) in the
plane ∑ such that the circumcircles of ∆ABP ∆BCP and ∆CAP have same radii.

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 JMMC RESEARCH FOUNDATION 2016-17
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Intermediate level (Ix-X)

2
x − 3x + 4
1. What is the range of the values that f ( x) = 2 can assume , for real values of x?
1 x + 3x + 4
 1    1 
(a)  ,3 (b)  4 , 4  (c) (d)  ,1
3    4 
2. In which of the following intervals can x lie so that it satisfies the inequality
2x 1
2 > ?
2 x + 5x + 2 x + 1
 2 1  1 1  3 1
(a) (–2,–1) (b)  − ,  (c)  − ,  (d)  − , − 
 3 2  3 2  2 2

3. If α, β be the roots of m 2 ( x 2 − x ) + 2mx + 3 = m m

0 and 1 , 2 be the two values of m for which
α β 4 m2 m2
α, β are connected by the relation + =, the value of 1 + 2 is
β α 3 m2 m1
−58 −68 −76 −86
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 3 3sin x − sin x 3
4. How many real solutions exist for the equation e − e =4?
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c)2 (d) More than 2
b+c c+a a+b
5. If b + c , c + a , a + b are in H.P, then , , are in
a b c
(a) AP (b) GP (c) HP (d)None of these
1 1
6. If the mth term of an AP is and the nth term is , then (mn)th term is
n 1 m 1
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) (d)
7. How many digits will be there in 87516 ? mn m+n
(a) 47 (b) 48 (c) 49 (d) 50

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8. The sum of all possible integers λ such that (x–λ)(x–10)+1 = 0 has integer roots is
(a) 12 (b) 15 (c) 20 (d) 24
2
9. If x + (a − b) x + (1 − a − b) = 0 where a,bR, then what is the complete set of values of a for
which this equation has unequal real roots for all values of b ?
3  5 
(a) (1, ∞) (b)  , ∞  (c) ( 2, ∞ ) (d)  , ∞ 
10. What is the set of values of a for 2 which
 the inequality 4 x − a (2 x ) − a + 3 ≤ 0is2 satisfied
 by
atleast one real x ?
(a) [−1, ∞) (b) [0, ∞) (c) (d)

2
11. Let α , β be the roots of x + px + 1 = 0 and γ , δ be the roots of x 2 + qx + 1 = 0 . What is the
value of the following expression? P = (α − γ )( β − γ )(α + δ )( β + δ )
2 2
(c) ( p + q ) (d) ( p − q )
2 2
(a) q − p (b)

12. If a1, a2, .......an is an AP of non-zero terms , what is the sum of the following series?
1 1 1
+ + .............+
a1a2 a2 a3 an −1an
(n − 1) 2 n2 n −1 n
(a) (b) (c) (d) a a
a1a2 an −1an a1a2 an −1an a1an 1 n

a 5 + a 4 + 7 a 3 + 5a 2 + a =
?
13. 120 12 24 12 5
(a) a /120 (a + 1)(a + 2)(a + 4)(a + 5) (b) a /120(a + 1)(a + 2)(a + 3)(a + 4)
(c) a /120(a + 1)(a + 3)(a + 4)(a + 5) (d) None of these.
14. A cube of white chalk is painted red, and then cut parallel to the sides to form two rectangular
solids of equal volume. What percent of the surface area of each of the new solids is not painted
red ?
2
(a) 20 % (b) 16 3 % (c) 15% (d) 25%
15. A equilateral triangle is drawn with a side of length ‘a’. A new equilateral triangle is formed
by joining the midpoints of the sides of the first one. Then a third equilateral triangle is formed
by joining the midpoints of the sides of the second; and so on forever. The limit of the sum of
the perimeters of all the triangles thus drawn is
1
(a) infinite (b) 5 a (c) 2a (d) 6a
4
16. Prime factors of the number 111111 are
(a) 21, 11, 13, 37
(b) 7, 33, 13, 37
(c) 7, 11, 39, 37
(d) 3, 7, 11, 13, 37
17. The angle of clevation of the top of a tower as observed from a point on the ground
is ‘α’ and on moving ‘a’ metres towards the tower, the angle of elevation is ‘ ’. Thus
the height of the tower is ––
a ( tan α + tan β ) a tan α tan β
(a) (b)
( tan β − tan α ) ( tan β − tan α )
a tan α tan β a ( tan α − tan β )
(c) (d)
( tan α + tan β ) ( tan α + tan β )

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18. If ( x + a) 2 + y 2 ⋅ ( x − a) 2 + y 2 =

( x + b) 2 + y 2 ⋅ ( x − b) 2 + y 2 then
(x2 – y2) = ?
a 2 − b2
a2 – b2
(a) (b)
2
a 2 + b2
a2 + b2
(c) (d)
2

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 JMMC RESEARCH FOUNDATION 2016-17
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INTERMEDIATE lEVEL (class IX-X)

Answer ALL questions:-

1. For a partition π of {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}, let π ( x) be the number of elements in the part contain-
ing x. Prove that for any two partitions π and π ' , there are two distinct numbers x and y in
{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9} such that and π '( x) = π '( y ) . [A partition of a set S is a collection
of disjoint subsets(parts) whose union is S.]

2.Let A,B,C denote distinct points with integer coordinates in  . Prove that
2

if
( AB + BC ) 2 < 8.[ ABC ] + 1

then A,B,C are three vertices of a square. Here XY is the length of segment XY and [ ABC ] is the
area of triangle ABC.

3. Prove that , for any integers a,b,c there exists a positive integer n such that
n3 + an 2 + bn + c is not an integer.
4. Twenty one girls and twenty one boys took part in a mathematical contest.
Each contestant solved at most six problems.
For each girl and each boy, atleast one problem was solved by both of them.
Prove that there was a problem that was solved by atleast three girls and atleast three boys.

5.Let ABCDEF be a convex hexagon such that AB is parallel to DE , BC is parallel to EF, and CD
is parallel to FA. Let R A ,R C ,R E denote the circumradii of triangles FAB, BCD, DEF, respectively,
and let P denote the perimeter of the hexagon. Prove that
P
R A + R C +R E ≥ .
2

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uppeR - INTERMEDIATE lEVEL (class XI-XII)
Answer ALL questions:-
1. The octagon P1P2P3P4P5P6P7P8 is inscribed in a circle, with the vertices around the circumfer
ence in the given order. Given that the polygon P1P3P5P7 is a square of area 5, and the
polygon P2P4P6P8 is a rectangle of area 4, find the maximum possible area of the octagon.

2. Let f (t)= ∑ j =1 a j sin(2π jt ), where each aj is real and aN is not equal to 0. Let Nk denote the
N

dk f
number of zeros (including multiplicities) of . Prove that
lim dt k
No ≤ N1 ≤ N2 ≤ ..and k →∞ N k = 2 N
( only zeros in [0,1) should be counted.)
3. Consider the power series expansion
1 ∞

1 − 2 x − x 2
= ∑ an x n .
n =0

Prove that, for each integer n ≥ 0, there is an integer m such that

a2n+a2n+1=am.
4. Let A = {(x,y) : 0 ≤ x,y<1}. For (x,y) A, let
S(x,y) = ∑ x m y n ,
1 m
≤ ≤2
2 n

where the sum ranges over all pairs (m,n) of positive integers satisfying the indicated
inequalities. Evaluate

lim
( x , y ) → (1,1),( x , y )∈ A (1–xy ) (1–x y)S(x,y).
2 2

5. Let x1,x2,....,xn be real numbers satisfying the conditions:

x1 + x2 + ... + xn = 1
i =1, 2,....,n.
n +1
xi ≤ for
and 2 i = 1,2,...n.
Show that there exists a permutation y1,y2..., yn of x1,x2,....,xn such that
n +1
y1 + 2 y2 + ... + nyn ≤
2

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Upper-Intermediate level (Xi-Xii)

(0,1) be a differentiable function such that f ( x) ≠ 0 for all x ∈(0,1) and

'
1. Let f:(0,1)
t 2
x
2 
 1 3 ∫ 1 − ( f ( s )) ds − ∫ 1 − ( f ( s )) ds
f = . Suppose for all x, lim  0 
 = f ( x). Then the
0
 2 2 t→x  f (t ) − f ( x)
 
 
 1
value of f   belongs to :
 4

 7 15   7 15 
 7 15 
(a)  ,  (b)  3 , 3  (c)  2 , 2  (d) { 7, 15 }
 4 4     
 3 x + 2 − x 2   6 1 − x 2 − x 2  dx
2. Evaluate   
∫ ; x ∈ (0,1) :
3
1 − x2

1 1 1
(a) 2 x + C (b) 2 x + C (c) 2 3 x + C
6 12 (d) None of these


1 2013
x   2013 2 2  1  2013  
3. If ∫  ∑ 2 2   ∏ ( x + r )=  dx   ∏ (1 + r 2 ) − k 2  then k =
0  r =1 x + r   r 1 =  2  r 1 
= 
(a) 2013 (b) 2013! (c) 20132 (d) 20132013
4. Let f(x) be differentiable function on the interval (0, ) such that f (1) =1 and
 t 3 f ( x) − x 3 f (t )  1
then f(x) is
lim 
t→x  t 2 − x2  = 2 ∀x > 0,

1 3x 2 3 x3 1 3x3 1 3x
(a) + (b) + (c) + (d) 3
+
4x 4 4x 4 4x 4 4x 4

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5. The quadratic polynomials defined on real coefficients
p ( x) = a1 x 2 + 2b1 x + c1 , Q( x) = a2 x 2 + 2b2 x + c2 .P( x)andQ( x) both take positive values
2
∀x ∈ R. If f (x) = a1a2 x + b1b2 x + c1c2 , then :
(a) f ( x) < 0∀x ∈ R (b) f ( x) > 0∀x ∈ R
(c) f (x) takes both positive and negative values (d) Nothing can be said about f (x)
x ≤ 1 if − ∞ < x < 1
6. Number of points at which the function is not derivable is :
x >1 ifx ≥ 1

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
n
 π π  π  π 
lim ∑  sin − cos − sin   + cos =
n →∞
k =1  2k 2k  2(k + 2)  2(k + 2) 
7.
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
8. Range of f ( x) = sin(log 7 (cos(sin x))) is :
(a) [0,1) (b) {0,1} (c) {0} (d) [1,7]
 ( x + 1) 3
; x ≤1

9. Let f : R → R is defined by f (x)= In x +(b − 3b + 10) ; x > 1 . If f (x) is invertible, then the
2

set of all values of ‘b’ is:

(a) {1,2} (b)ϕ (c) {2,5} (d) None of these
1
10. Let Tr be the r th term of an A.P. whose first term is − and common difference is 1, then
n 2
∑ 1 + TrTr +1Tr + 2Tr + 3
r =1

n(n + 1)(2n + 1) 5n n(n + 1)(2n + 1) 5n 1

(a) − (b) − +
6 4 6 4 4
n(n + 1)(2n + 1) 5n 1 n(n + 1)(2n + 1) 5n
(c) − + (d) − +1
6 4 2 12 8
( A2 + A + 1)( B 2 + B + 1)(C 2 + C + 1)( D 2 + D + 1)
11. The minimum value of When A,B,C,D > 0 is
ABCD
:
1 1 4
(a) 4 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
4

3 2
∞ ∞
k
12. The value of the sum ∑∑ n + k is equal to:
k 1=
= n 1 2

(a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2

30

13. Number of zero’s at the ends of ∏ (n) is

n +1

(a) 111 (b) 147 n =5 (c) 137 (d) None of these

iθ ( r > 0 & 0 ≤ θ < 2π )
14. If z = re is a root of the equation
z8 − z 7 + z 6 − z5 + z 4 − z3 + z 2 − z + 1 =
0 then number of values of ‘θ’ is:
(a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 9
15. If z1 , z2 , z3 are complex number, such that= z1 2,= z2 3,=
z3 4 , then maximum value of
2 2 2
z1 − z2 + z2 − z3 + z3 − z1 is :
(a) 58 (b) 29 (c) 87 (d) None of these

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 x2 y 2
16. If F1 and F2 are the feet of the perpendiculars from foci S1 and S 2 of the ellipse + 1
=
on the tangent at any point P of the ellipse, then: 25 16
(a) S1 F1 + S 2 F2 ≥ 2 (b) S1 F1 + S 2 F2 ≥ 3 (c) S1 F1 + S 2 F2 ≥ 6 (d) S1 F1 + S 2 F2 ≥ 8

v − vn −1 1un
17. If un sin(nθ=
= ) sec n θ , vn cos(nθ ) sec n θ , n ∈ N , n ≠ 1, then n = +
un −1 nvn

1 1
(a) − cot θ + tan(nθ ) (b) cot θ + tan(nθ )
n n
1 tan(nθ )
(c) tan θ + tan(nθ ) (d) − tan θ +
n n
18. If the tangent and normal at a point on rectangular hyperbola cut-off intercept a1, a2 on x-axis
and b1 , b2 on the y-axis, then a1a2 + b1b2 is equal to :
1
(a) 2 (b) (c) 0 (d) –1
2

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 JMMC RESEARCH FOUNDATION 2016-17
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major level (U.G )
1. Let F be a field. Given below are six statements about F.
1. F is a skew field
2. F is a group with respect to multiplication
3. F is an integral domain
4. F has zero divisors
5. F has no zero divisors
6. Only ideals of F are{0} and itself In which of the following options all the statements
are correct?
(a) 1,2,3 (b) 1,3,5 (c) 2,4,6 (d) 4,5,6
2. Let f(x,y)=ln x + y and g(x, y)= x + y . Then the value of ∇ 2 (fg) at (1, 0) is
1
(a) − 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 1
2

3. Let 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
=
2 10 8 5 9 3 6 11 4 12 1 7
the cardinality of the orbit of 2 under σ is
(a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 9 (d) 12
4. The general solution of the differential equation
y”(x) –4y’ (x) + 8y(x) = 10ex cos x is
(a) e2x (k1 cos2x + k2sin 2x)+ex (2cos x + sin x)
(b) e2x (k1 cos2x + k2 sin 2x) + ex (2 cos x–sin x)
(c) e-2x (k1 cos2x + k2sin2x)–ex 2 cos x – sin x)
(d) e–2x (k1 cos2x + k2 sin2x) + ex (2cos x + sin x)
5. Let f(x) = x2 + 1, g(x) = x3 + x2 +1 and
h(x) = x4 + x2 + 1. Then
(a) f(x) and g(x) are reducible over Z2

(b) g(x) and h(x) are reducible over Z2
(c) f(x) and h(x) are reducible over Z2
(d) f(x), g(x) and h(x) are reducible over Z2

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6. The surface area of the solid generated by revolving the line segment y = x + 2 for 0 1
about the line y = 2 is
(a) 2π (b) 2 π (c) 2 2π (d) 4
7. The differential equation 2ydx – (3y – 2x) dy = 0 is
(a) exact and homogeneous but not linear
(b) homogeneous and linear but not exact
(c) exact and linear but not homogeneous
(d) exact, homogeneous and linear
→
→ du →
8. If u (t) = u1 (t) i + u2 (t) j + u3(t)k is a unit vector and ≠ 0, then the angle between u (t)
→ dt
du
and is
dt

π π π
(a) 0 (b) (c) (d)
4 3 2

9. The order of 2 in the field  29 is

(a) 2 (b) 14 (c) 28 (d) 29

10. Let a, b and c be three non-zero vectors such that a + b + c = 0 and a = 3, b = 5 and c = 7
The an angle between a and b is
(a) 150 (b) 300 (c) 450 (d) 600

11. The area included between the parabola y2 = 4ax and x2 = 4 ay is equal to
(a) 8a2/3 (b) 16a2/3 (c) 4a2/3 (d) none of the above
n

∑x r
−n
12. lim r =1
is equal to

x →1 x −1
(a) n/2 (b) n(n+1)/2 (c) 1 (d) none of the above
13. If d = λ(a×b) +μ(b×c) + η(c×a) and [a b c] = 1/8, thenλ+μ+η is equal to
(a) (a + b + c) (b) (a.b×c) (c) (a × b× c) (d) none of the above
14. ∫ x tan xdx is equal to
–1

( x 2 + 1) tan −1 x ( x 2 + 1) tan −1 x − x
(a) − x + c (b) + c
2 2
−( x 2 + 1) tan −1 x + x
(c) + c (d) none of the above
2
log x 2
15. ∫ dx is equal to
x
(log x) 2 (log x) 2 (log x) 2 (log x 2 ) 2
(a) + c (b) + c (c) +c (d) +c
2 3 4 4
16. Let X be the indiscrete space and Y a T0 space. If f : X → Y is continuous, then
(a) X must be a one-point space (b) Y must be discrete
(c) f must be constant (d) Y must be a one-point space

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17. Let X1 = C[0,1] with the metric d1 (f, g) = t ∈[0,1] f (t ) − g (t ) & X2 = C[0,1] with t ∈[0,1]
the metric d2 (f, g) = If ‘i’ be the identity map on C[0,1] then
(a) i : X1 X2 is continuous (b) i : X2 X1 is continuous
(c) i : X1 X2 is a homeomorphism (c) i : X1 X2 is an isometry
0 1
18. The norm of the linear functional f defined on C[–1,1]by f(x) = ∫ x(t )dt − ∫ x(t ) dt is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3 −1 0

where C [–1,1] denotes the Banach space of all real valued continuous functions x(t) on
[–1,1] with norm given by x = max x(t ) .
t[–1,1]

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 JMMC RESEARCH FOUNDATION 2016-17
Mtb
Time - 1 hour Answer All Questions Full Marks - 45
major level -(U.G)

1. Can an arc of a parabola inside a circle of radius 1 have a length greater than 4?
2. Let S denote the set of rational numbers different from
{–1,0,1}. Define f :S → S by f (x)=x–1/x. Prove or disprove that

∞

f (n)
(S ) = φ
n =1

where f (n) denotes f composed with itself n times

3. For any positive integer n, let (n) denote the closest integer to n. Evaluate
∞
2( n ) + 2 − ( n )
∑ 2n
n =1

4. Let p be a prime number. Prove that the determinant of the determinant of the matrix

x y z
xp yp z 2
p
p
xp y
2 2

zp

is congruent modulo p to a product of polynomials of the form ax + by +cz, where a,b,c
are integers, (We say two integer polynomials are congruent modulo p if corresponding
coefficients are congruent modulo p.)
5. Let Sn denote the set of all permutations of the numbers 1,2,...,n. For πÎ Sn, let σ (π) =1 if π
is an even permutation and σ (π) = – 1 if π is an odd permutation. Also, let v (π) denote
the number of fixed points of π Show that
σ (π ) n
∑
π ∈Sn v (π ) + 1
= (−1) n +1
n +1

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