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General Aptitude

Q. 1 - Q. 5 Carry one mark each.

Q. 1 Choose the appropriate word/phrase, out of the four options given below, to
complete the following sentence:
Apparent lifelessness _______ dormant life.
(A) harbours (B) leads to

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(C) supports (D) affects

Q. 2

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Fill in the blank with the correct idiom/phrase.

c
That boy from the town was a _______ in the sleepy village.

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(A) dog out of herd (B) sheep from the heap
(C) fish out of water
i a (D) bird from the flock

Q. 3

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Choose the statement where underlined word is used correctly.
(A) When the teacher eludes to different authors, he is being elusive

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(B) When the thief keeps eluding the police, he is being elusive

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(C) Matters that are difficult to understand, identify or remember are allusive

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(D) Mirages can be allusive, but a better way to express them is illusory

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Q. 4 Tanya is older than Eric.
Cliff is older than Tanya.

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Eric is older than Cliff.
If the first two statements are true, then the third statement is:
(A) True (B) False
(C) Uncertain (D) Data insufficient

Q. 5 Five teams have to compete in a league, with every team playing every other
team exactly once, before going to the next round. How many matches will have
to be held to complete the league round of matches?
(A) 20 (B) 10
(C) 8 (D) 5

Q. 6 - Q. 10 Carry two marks each.

Q. 6 Select the appropriate option in place of underlined part of the sentence.
Increased productivity necessary reflects greater efforts made by the employees.
(A) Increase in productivity necessary
(B) Increase productivity is necessary
(C) Increase in productivity necessarily
(D) No improvement required

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Q. 7 Given below are two statements followed by two conclusions. Assuming these
statements to be true, decide which one logically follows.
Statements:
I. No manager is a leader.
II. All leaders are executives.
Conclusions:
I. No manager is an executive.
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II. No executive is a manager.

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(A) Only conclusion I follows

a
(B) Only conclusion II follows
(C) Neither conclusion I nor II follows

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(D) Both conclusion I and II follow

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Q. 8 In the given figure angle Q is a right angle, PS : QS = 3 : 1, RT : QT = 5 : 2 and
PU : UR = 1 : 1. If area of triangle QTS is 20 cm2, then the area of triangle PQR
in cm2 is _______.
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Q. 9 Right triangle PQR is to be constructed in the xy -plane so that the right angle is

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at P and line PR is parallel to the x -axis. The x and y coordinates of P , Q , and
R are to be integers that satisfy the inequalities: - 4 # x # 5 and 6 # y # 16 .

i a
How many different triangles could be constructed with these properties?

d
(A) 110 (B) 1100

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(C) 9900 (D) 10000

Q. 10

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A coin is tossed thrice. Let X be the event that head occurs in each of the first

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two tosses. Let Y be the event that a tail occurs on the third toss. Let Z be the
even that two tails occur in three tosses. Based on the above information, which

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one of the following statements is TRUE?

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(A) X and Y are not independent (B) Y and Z are dependent
(C) Y and Z are independent (D) X and Z are independent

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Mathematics

Q. 1 - Q. 25 Carry one mark each.

Q. 1 Let T : R 4 " R 4 be a linear map defined by
T ^x, y, z, w h = ^x + z, 2x + y + 3z, 2y + 2z, w h
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Then the rank of T is equal to _______.

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Q. 2

a .
Let M be a 3 # 3 matrix and suppose that 1, 2 and 3 are the eigenvalues of M . If

i
2
M-1 = M − M + 11 I 3

d
a a

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for some scalar α ! 0 , then α is equal to _______.

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Let M be 3 # 3 singular matrix and suppose that 2 and 3 are eigenvalues of M
Q. 3

. Then the number of linearly independent eigenvectors of M3 + 2M + I 3 is equal

to _______.
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J− 2N J 6 N J 1 N JαN
K O K O K O K O

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Q. 4 Let M be a 3 # 3 matrix such that M K 1 O = K− 3O and suppose that M3 K− 1/2O = Kβ O
K0O K0O K 0 O Kγ O

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L P L P L P L P
for some α , β , γ ε R , Then α is equal to _______.
Q. 5 Let f: 60, 3h " R be defined by
f ^x h = sin2 ^t2h dt .
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#
x

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0
Then the function f is
(A) uniformly continuous on 60, 1h but NOT on ^0, 3h
(B) uniformly continuous on ^0, 3h but NOT on 60, 1h
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(C) uniformly continuous on both 60, 1h and ^0, 3h
a .
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(D) neither uniformly continuous on 60, 1h nor uniformly continuous on ^0, 3h

d
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3
/
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Q. 6 Consider the power series a n zn ,

.
n=0
Z

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]] 1n if n is even
3
where a n = [ 1

w ] 5n if n is odd

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The radius of convergence \ of the series is equal to _______.

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Let C = #z ε C : z − i = 2- , Then 1
2
− 4 dz is equal to _______.
Q. 7
2π # zz
C
2
+4
P ^X + Y # 2h
Let X + B b 5, 1 l and Y + U ^0, 1h. Then
P ^X + Y $ 5h
Q. 8 is equal to _______.
2
Q. 9 Let the random variable X have the distribution function
Z
] 0 if x < 0
] x if 0 # x < 1
] 2
F ^x h = [ 3 if 1 # x < 2
5
]1 x
] 2 + 8 if 2 # x < 3
] 1 if x $ 3
\
Then P ^2 # X < 4h is equal to _______.

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Q. 10 Let X be a random variable having the distribution function

Z
]0 if x < 0
]1
] 4 if 0 # x < 1
]
F ^x h = [ 1 if 1 # x < 2

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3

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]1

.
11
] 2 if 2 $ x < 3

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]]
1 if x $ 11

c
\ 3
Then E ^X h is equal to _______.

a .
i
In an experiment, a fair die is rolled until tow sixes are obtained in succession.
Q. 11

d
The probability that the experiment will end in the fifth trial is equal to
(A) 125
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150
5 (B)

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6 65
(C) 175 (D) 200

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65 65

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Q. 12 Let x1 = 2.2 , x2 = 4.3 , x 3 = 3.1, x 4 = 4.5 , x5 = 1.1 and x 6 = 5.7 be the observed
values of a random sample of size 6 from a U ^q − 1, q + 4h distribution, where

(A) 1.8 w
θ ε ^0, 3h is unknown. Then a maximum likelihood estimate of θ is equal to
(B) 2.3
(C) 3.1
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Let Ω = #^x, y h ε R2 | x2 + y2 < 1- be the open unit disc in R2 with boundary 2Ω . If

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Q. 13

u ^x, y h is the solution of the Dirichlet problem

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uxx + uyy = 0 in Ω
u ^x, y h = 1 − 2y2 on 2Ω , then u b 1 , 0 l is equal to

. c

2
(A) - 1 (B) - 1

i a 4

d
(C) 1 (D) 1
4

n oZ 3 6X @

.
^X + c X + 1h
Q. 14 Let c ε Z 3 be such that 3 is a field. Then c is equal to _______.

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Let V = C1 60, 1@, X = _C 60, 1@, i and Y = _C 60, 1@, i. Then V is
Q. 15
3 2

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(A) dense in X but NOT in Y
(B) dense in Y but NOT in X

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(C) dense in both X and Y

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(D) neither dense in X nor dense in Y

Let T : _C 60, 1@, 3i " R be defined by T ^ f h = # 2xf^x hdx for all f ε C60, 1@. Then
1
Q. 16
0
T is equal to _______.
Q. 17 Let τ 1 be the usual topology on R . Let τ 2 be the topology on R generated by
B = #6a, b h 1 R: − 3 < a < b < 3-
Then the set "x ε R: 4 sin2 x # 1, , ( π 2 is
2
(A) closed in ^R, τ 1h but NOT in ^R, τ 2h
(B) closed in ^R, τ 2h but NOT in ^R, τ 1h
(C) closed in both ^R, τ 1h and ^R, τ 2h
(D) neither closed in ^R, τ 1h nor closed in ^R, τ 2h

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Q. 18 Let X be a connected topological space such that there exists a non-constant

continuous function f: X " R , where R is equipped with usual topology.
Let f ^X h = " f ^x h: x ε X , . Then
(A) X is countable but f ^X h is uncountable
(B) f ^X h is countable but X is uncountable
(C) both f ^X h and X are countable
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(D) both f ^X h and X are uncountable

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Q. 19

Let f: ^R, d1h " ^R, d2h be defined by

a .
Let d1 and d2 denote the usual metric and the discrete metric on R , respectively.

d i
f ^x h = x , x ε R . Then

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(A) f is continuous but f-1 is NOT continuous

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(B) f-1 is continuous but f is NOT continuous

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(C) both f and f-1 are continuous

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(D) neither f nor f-1 is continuous

Q. 20
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If the trapezoidal rule with single interval 60, 1@ is exact for approximating the

w ^x3, c x2h dx , then the value of c is equal to _______.

1
integral #
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0
Q. 21 Suppose that the Newton-Raphson method is applied to the equation
2
2x2 + 1 − e−x = 0 with an initial approximation x 0 sufficiently close to zero. Then,
for the root x = 0 , the order of convergence of the method is equal to _______.
Q. 22

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The minimum possible order of a homogeneous linear ordinary differential
equation with real constant coefficients having x2 sin ^x h as a solution is equal to
_______.

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Q. 23

a .
The Lagrangian of a system in terms of polar coordinates ^r, θh is given by

2
d i
L = 1 m ro2 + 1 m ^ro2 + r2 qo2h − m g r ^1 − cos ^q hh,
2

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where m is the mass, g is the acceleration due to gravity and so denotes the

n
derivative of s with respect to time. Then the equations of motion are

.
(A) 2 rp = r qo2 − g ^1 − cos ^q hh, d ^r2 qoh =− g r sin ^q h

w
dt
(B) 2 rp = r qo2 + g ^1 − cos ^q hh, d ^r2 qoh =− g r sin ^q h

w
dt
(C) 2 rp = r qo2 − g ^1 − cos ^q hh, d ^r2 qoh = g r sin ^q h
w dt

Q. 24
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(D) 2 rp = r qo2 + g ^1 − cos ^q hh, d ^r2 qoh = g r sin ^q h
dt
If y ^x h satisfies the initial value problem
^x2 + y h dx = x dy ,
y ^ 1 h = 2 ,
then y ^2 h is equal to _______.
Q. 25 It is known that Bessel functions Jn ^x h, for n $ 0 , satisfy the identity
^− 1hn
= J 0 ^x h + Jn ^x he t + n o
3
b tl
e
x t-1
2 / n
t
n=1

for all t > 0 and x ε R . The value of J 0 d p n + 2 Σ 3 n = 1 J 2n d

p n is equal to
3 3
_________.

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Q. 26 - Q. 55 Carry two marks each.

Q. 26 Let X and Y be two random variables having the joint probability density function
2 if 0 < x < y < 1
f ^x, y h = * .
0 otherwise
Then the conditional probability P b X # 2 | Y = 3 l is equal to
3 4
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(A) 5 (B) 2
9 3
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(C) 7 (D) 8
a .
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9 9
Let Ω = ^0, 1@ be the sample space and let P ^$ h be a probability function defined
d
Q. 27

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by

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Z
]] x if 0 # x < 1
P ^^0, x @h = [
2 2

w
1
] x if 2 # x # 1

w
\
Then P c & 0 m is equal to _______.
1

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2
Q. 28 Let X1 , X2 and X 3 be independent and identically distributed random variables

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with E ^X1h = 0 and E ^X 12h = 15 . If ψ: ^0, 3h " ^0, 3h is defined through the
4
conditional expectation
ψ ^ t h = E `X 12 X 12 + X 22 + X 32 = t j , t > 0 ,

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then E ^ψ ^^X1 + X2h2hh is equal to _______.
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Q. 29

c o
Let X + Poisson ^λh, where λ > 0 is unknown. If δ ^X h is the unbiased estimator

.
of
g ^λh = e− λ ^3λ2 + 2λ + 1h,
a

/ δ^k h is equal to _______. i
3

d
then

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k=0

Let X1 , ..., Xn be a random sample from N ^µ, 1h distribution, where µ ε &0, 1 0 . For

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Q. 30
2

.
testing the null hypothesis H 0: µ = 0 against the alternative hypothesis H1: µ = 1

w
2
, consider the critical region

w
R = *^x1, x2, ..., xn h: > c4,
n
/x
w
i
i=1
where c is come real constant. If the critical region R has size 0.025 and power

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0.7054, then the value of the sample size n is equal to _______.
Q. 31 Let X and Y be independently distributed central chi-squared random variables
with degrees of freedom m ^$ 3h and n ^$ 3h, respectively. If E b X l = 3 and
Y
m + n = 14 , then E b Y l is equal to
X
(A) 2
7
(B) 3
7
(C) 4
7
(D) 5
7

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Q. 32 Let X1 , X2 , ... be a sequence of independent and identically distributed random

variables with
P (X1 = 1) = 1
4

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and P (X1 = 2 ) = 3 ,

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4
If X n = 1 Σ ni = 1 Xi ,
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o.
for n = 1, 2, ..., then
lim P ^X n # 1.8h is equal to _______.
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n"3

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Q. 33

2ux + uy = u
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Let u ^x, y h = 2f ^y h cos ^x − 2y h, ^x, y h ε R2 , be a solution of the initial value problem

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u ^x, 0h = cos ^x h. Then f ^1 h is equal to

w
(A) 1 (B) e
2 2

(C) e (D) 3e
w
w
2
Q. 34 Let u ^x, t h, x ε R , t $ 0 , be the solution of the initial value problem

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utt = uxx
u ^x, 0h = x
ut ^x, 0h = 1.

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Then u ^2, 2h is equal to _______.

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Q. 35

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Let W = Span ( 1 ^0, 0, 1, 1h, 1 ^1, − 1, 0, 0h2 be a subspace of the Euclidean

.
2 2
space R 4 . Then the square of the distance from the point ^1, 1, 1, 1h to the subspace
W is equal to _______.
i a
Q. 36

o d
Let T: R 4 " R 4 be a linear map such that the null space T is
"^x, y, z, w h ! R 4: x + y + z + w = 0, and the rank of ^T - 4I 4h is 3. If the minimal

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polynomial of T is x ^x - 4hα , then α is equal to _______.
Q. 37

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Let M be an invertible Hermitian matrix and let x , y ! R be such that x2 < 4y

w
. Then
(A) both M2 + x m + y I and M2 − x M + y I are singular

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(B) M2 + x M + y I singular but M2 − x M + y I is non-singular

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(C) M2 + x M + y I is non-singular but M2 − x M + y I is singular
(D) both M2 + x M + y I and M2 − x M + y I are non-singular

Q. 38 Let G = "e, x, x2, x3, y, xy, x2 y, x 3 y , with o ^x h = 4 , o ^y h = 2 and xy = yx3 . Then the
number of elements in the center of the group G is equal to
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 4
(D) 8

Q. 39 The number of ring homomorphisms from Z 2 # Z 2 to Z 4 is equal to _______.

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Q. 40 Let p ^x h = 9x5 + 10x3 + 5x + 15 and q ^x h = x3 − x2 − x − 2 be two polynomials in

Q 6x @. Then, over Q,
(A) p ^x h and q ^x h are both irreducible
(B) p ^x h is reducible but q ^x h is irreducible
(C) p ^x h is irreducible but q ^x h is reducible
(D) p ^x h and q ^x h are both reducible
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Q. 41 Consider the linear programming problem

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Maximize 3x + 9y ,

a .
i
subject to 2y - x # 2

d
3y - x $ 0

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2x + 3y # 10

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x , y $ 0.
Then the maximum value of the objective function is equal to _______.
Q. 42
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Let S = "^x, sin 1/x h: 0 < x # 1, and T = S , "^0, 0h, . Under the usual metric on
R2 ,
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(A) S is closed but T is NOT closed
(B) T is closed but S is NOT closed

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(C) both S and T are closed
(D) neither S nor T is closed

Q. 43 Let H = (^xn h ! , z : / 3
n=1 n 2
xn = 1 . Then H

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(A) is bounded
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(B) is closed

c
.
(C) is a subspace (D) has an interior point

Q. 44

i a
Let V be a closed subspace of L2 60, 1@ and let f , g ! L2 60, 1@ be given by f ^x h = x

then ^g - Pg h^x h, x ! 60, 1@ is

o d
and g ^x h = x2 . If V1 = Span " f , and Pg is the orthogonal projection of g on V ,

(A) 3 x (B)
4
. n 1x
4
(C) 3 x2 (D)
w 1 x2

w
4 4
Let p ^x h be the polynomial of degree at most 3 that passes through the points

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Q. 45

^- 2, 12h, ^- 1, 1h, ^0, 2h and ^2, - 8h. Then the coefficient of x3 in p ^x h is equal to

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_______.
Q. 46 If, for some α , β ! R , the integration formula
# p^x hdx = p^αh + p^β h
2

0

holds for all polynomials p ^x h of degree at most 3, then the value of 3 ^α - β h2 is

equal to _______.
Q. 47 Let y ^ t h be a continuous function on 60, 3h whose Laplace transform exists. If
y ^ t h satisfies
^1 - cos ^t - t hh y ^t h dt = t 4
t
#
0

then y ^1 h is equal to _______.

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Q. 48 Consider the initial value problem

x2 y m - 6y = 0 ,
y ^ 1 h = α ,
yl^1 h = 6 .
If y ^x h " 0 as x " 0+ , then α is equal to _______.
Define f1 , f2 : 60, 1@ " R by
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Q. 49

/ x sinn^n x h
f1 ^x h =
c
3 2

.
2

a
n=1

f2 ^x h =
i
/ x ^1 − x h
3
2 n−1

d
2
and .

o
n=1
Then

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(A) f1 is continuous but f2 is NOT continuous

.
(B) f2 is continuous but f1 is NOT continuous

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(C) both f1 and f2 are continuous

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(D) neither f1 nor f2 is continuous

Q. 50
w
Consider the unit sphere S = "^x, y, z h ! R3: x2 + y2 + z2 = 1, and the unit normal
vector nt = ^x, y, z h at each point ^x, y, z h on S . The value of the surface integral

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##S
(b 2nx + sin ^y2hl x + dez − n n y + b 2πz + sin2 y l z 2 dσ is equal to _______.
y

Let D = "^x, y h ! R2: 1 # x # 1000, 1 # y # 1000, . Define

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Q. 51

f ^x, y h =
xy 500 500
+ +
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2 x y

c
Then the minimum value of f on D is equal to _______.
Q. 52

a .
Let D = $z ! C: z < 1. . Then there exists a non-constant analytic function f on
D such that for all n = 2 , 3, 4, ....
(A) f c − 1 m = 0 (B) f b 1 l = 0
d i
o
n n

n
. 2 n
n
(C) f b1 − 1 l = 0 (D) f b 1 − 1 l = 0

Q. 53 Let Σ 3 n

w
n =− 3 an z be the Laurent series expansion of f ^z h =
1 in the

w
2
3 a 2 z − 13 z + 15
annulus < z < 5 . Then 1 is equal to _______.
2 a2

Q. 54
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The value of i
# dz
z cos ^z h
is equal to _______.

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4−π z =4

Q. 55 Suppose that among all continuously differentiable functions y ^x h. x ! R , with

y ^0 h = 0 and y ^1 h = 1 , the function y 0 ^x h minimizes the functional
2
^e−^yl − x h + ^1 + y h ylh dx .
1
#
0

Then y 0 b 1 l is equal to
2
(A) 0 (B) 1
8
(C) 1 (D) 1
4 2
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ANSWER KEY
General Aptitude

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
(A) (C) (B) (B) (B) (C) (C)
. i (280) (C) (B)

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a.
Mathematics
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
(3) (6) (3) (27) (C)

d i(3) (–2) (6) (4) (2.25)

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11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

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(C) (A) (C) (2) (C) (1) (C) (D) (B) (1.5)
21 22 23 24
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(1) (6) (A) (6)
w (1) (D) (0.25) (2.5) (9) (25)
31 32 33
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34 35 36 37 38 39 40

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(D) (1) (B) (4) (2) (1) (D) (B) (1) (C)

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41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
(24) (D) (B) (A) (–2) (4) (28) (2) (A) (4)
51 52 53 54 55
(150) (C) (5) (2) (B)

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