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MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE
PAPER – III

Note : This paper contains seventy-five (75) objective type questions. Each question
carries two (2) marks. All questions are compulsory.

1. The point on the plane 2x + 3y – z = 5

4. The initial value problem ,


@ O

which is nearest to the origin is

O

y(0) = 0.
@ N

(A) (0, 0, – 5)
(A) Has a unique solution in
(B) (3, 1, 4)

(B) Has no non-zero solution in

(C)
5 1 5
5

 

, ,

 


7 1 4 1 4

(C) Has no solution in

(D) (2, 1, 2)
(D) Has more than one solution in

2. Which one of the following statements is

true ?
5. The complete general solution of
(A) in the lower limit topology is

second countable ! ! !

is

z
z
z

N
O

(B) Every compact metrizable space is

 3  4  e

! !

x
x
y
y

second countable
(A) z = f1(y – x) + f2(y + 2x) + f3(y2 + 2x)
(C) Every second countable Hausdorff
space is metrizable +


ex + 2y
%

(D) If X has the discrete topology, then

X is not paracompact (B) z = f1(y – x) + f2(y + 2x) + f3(y2 + 2x)

+ ey – x


3. Consider f(x) = x3 + 2x2 – 3x – 1, with a %

starting approximation of x0 = 1. Then (C) z = f1(y – x) + f2(y + 2x) + xf3(y + 2x)

fourth iteration of Newton-Raphson
method produces the root of f(x) as + ex + 2y


(A) 1.198695
(D) z = f1(y – x) + f2(y + 2x) +y f3(y + 2x)
(B) 1.17981
+ ey + 2x


(C) 1.20191 %

(D) 1.198691
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6. The general solution of the partial

9. Under the transformation , the
z
i

w 

differential equation z  i

real axis in the z-plane is mapped into



the circle |w| = 1. Which portion of the

is
 z
 z 
 z 



z-plane corresponds to the interior of the

 

 y  z

     

circle |w| = 1 among the following ?

 

 x  y  y

 

(A) (x + a) + (y + z)2 = b2, where a and b 2

(A) Upper half plane
are arbitrary constants
2 2 2
(B) (x + a) + y = bz , where a and b (B) Lower half plane
are arbitrary constants (C) Left half plane
(C) (x + y)2 + az2 = b2, where a and b
are arbitrary constants (D) Right half plane
2 2 2
(D) ax + by = (x + y) , where a and b
are arbitrary constants 10. If z

and

is written as = u(x, y) A
z

A
z

+ iv(x, y), then v(x, y) is given by

7. Which one of the following is true on Voltera
integral equations of the second kind ? (A) A
N
O

. sin 2xy
(A) Resolvent Kernel H(x, y; ) is given

(B) N
O

.cos 2xy
by a sum of iterated Kernels
A

(B) Resolvent Kernel H(x, y; ) is given

(C) A
N
O

. sin 2xy
by a product of iterated Kernels
(D) . cos 2xy
(C) Resolvent Kernel H(x, y; ) is a
N
O

separable Kernel
(D) Resolvent Kernel satisfies the 11. Let z = x + iy . Which one among the
integral equation

following is not an analytic function ?

>

H(x, y; ) = K(x, y) + (x, t)
K

(A) a polynomial in z of degree n > 0

H(x, y; )dt

(B) e z

8. The extremal for the functional (C) ez cos z

(D) ez +
is given by
>

[ 1 2 x y  y ] d x



12. Let C be the circle |z| = 3, positively

(A) y(x) = x3 + c x + c , where c and c
1 2 1 2
are real constants

z

oriented. Then the value of is

A

d z

(B) y(x) = x2 + sinx + c, where c is a real

z

constant (A)
E

(B) –
(C) y(x) = 2x2 + cosx + ex

E

(C) 0
(D) y(x) = 0 (D) 1
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13. Let be Joukowski’s 16. Let R be an integral domain. Then

1

w
z 

transformation, " – {0}. Then, w is

z

(A) R can never be a field

z

(A) Conformal at all points z

" (B) R[x] may not be an integral domain

(B) Not conformal only at z = 1 (C) R is not a quotient ring of R[x]

(C) Conformal at all points z

" except (D) R is a quotient ring of R[x]
at z = 1 and z = –1

(D) Not conformal anywhere 17. Let E1 and E2 be two finite extension
fields of the field of rational numbers .

If degree of E1 over is d1 and degree

14. Suppose x, y are real and satisfy the

of E2 over

is d2. Then
equation
E O ! O
" E

  

E N
 ! N
O

(A) d > d implies E E2

1 2 1

Then, a possible solution (x, y) is

(B) d2|d1 implies E1

E2
(A)
3



(C) E1 E2 implies d2|d1

,  2

 

 

(D) E1

E2 may not imply d2|d1

(B)
3



 , 2

 

 

18. Let G be a finite group of order n. Then

(C) which one of the following is true ?
3 3



 

2 2

 

(A) G is isomorphic to a subgroup of Sn,

the symmetric group on n-symbols
(D)
3



 ,  2

 

(B) G can always be mapped

2

 

injectively as a subgroup into the

15. Let V be a vector space over a field F. Which group GL2("), of invertible 2 × 2
one of the following statements is true ? complex matrices
(A) Any non-empty finite generating
(C) G can always be mapped
subset of V contains a basis of V
injectively as a subgroup into the
(B) V is always isomorphic to the vector
group GL2( ), of invertible 2 × 2
space Fn for some positive integer

real matrices
(C) V always has infinitely many
elements (D) G can always be mapped
injectively as a subgroup into a
(D) V can never contain a subspace
with finitely many elements group H of order 3n
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19. In the polynomial ring over the
[ x ]

23. Let A be a non-empty set of real numbers
integers which one of the following which is bounded below. Then
statements holds ? (A) inf A = sup(–A)
(A) has only finitely many maximal

[ x ]

(B) inf A = – sup(–A)

ideals
(C) inf A = – sup A
(B) Every non-zero prime ideal of
(D) inf (–A) = sup A

[ x ]

is maximal
(C) Every ideal of is generated by
[ x ]

a single element



(D) has infinitely many ideals 24. is equal to





l o g d x

[ x ]

 

which are not generated by single

x

 

element
(A)

20. Let G1 and G2 be two groups of order 49

and be
a non-trivial
: G  G

homomorphism. Then


(B)

(A) is always one-one

(B) is always an isomorphism

(C)

(C) is always onto

(D)

(D) may not be one-one

21. Let

be a primitive 5th root of unity. Then 25. Let f be a real continuous function on a metric
space X. Then the set of zeros of f is




!

is equal to
(A) Closed in
(A)

"

 

(B) Closed in X
(B) "

(C) Neither open nor closed in X




(C) "

(D) Neither open nor closed in

(D) –1

22. Let p1 and p2 be two distinct positive odd

26. is equal to



1 1 1 1

integers and S be the set of positive integers

l i m   . . . 

 

5 5 5

n

n

less than or equal to p1p2 which are coprime

 1 2 n 

to p1p2. Then the cardinality of S (A) 1

(A) May be equal to (p1 –1) (p2 – 1) (B) 0
(B) Is always equal to (p1 – 1) (p2 – 1)
(C)


(C) May be equal to p1 + p2 – 2

(D)
(D) Is always equal to p + p – 2 #

1 2
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27. Which one of the following series is 29. Which one of the following series is
divergent ? convergent ?

(A)

n
1

 

(A)
1

 

3 n
2
l o g n

 

n  1

( l o g l o g n )

n  3

(B)
( n
1 ) ( n
2 ) . . . ( n
n )

n

(B) ,a>0
a

n

n  1

n !

n  1

(C)
a r c t a n n

(C)
1
n

n  0

1 

n  1

(D)
1 . 6 . 1 1 . . . ( 5 n
4 )

2 . 5 . 8 . . . ( 3 n
1 )

n  1

(D)
n

n
1

n  1

30. Let be the unit circle in the complex

5

plane with usual topology and [0, 2 ] be

28. Which one of the following is a function a subspace of with usual topology.

of bounded variation on [0, 1] ? Then the map f : 0 , 2   S

given by






B 
  A
E

is
(A)
x c o s , i f x  0

(A) A bijection which is continuous



f ( x ) 

2 x

(B) A homeomorphism


0 , i f x  0

(C) A bijection which is not continuous

(B) (D) A bijection whose inverse is
1 , i f x i s r a t i o n a l

f ( x ) 


0 , i f x i s i r r a t i o n a l

continuous

1

31. With respect to discrete topology on the

(C)
x c o s , i f x  0

f ( x ) 


x

real line , which one of the following

statements is false for the subset of



0 , i f x  0

rational numbers ?


1
(A) Open
(D) (B) Closed
s i n , i f x  0

f ( x ) 

(C) Open and Closed



0 , i f x  0

(D) Dense
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32. If A is a subset of a topological space X, 35. The function f :

defined by
then which one of the following
statements is false ?


x y

, i f ( x , y )  ( 0 , 0 )

"

f ( x , y ) 

x  y

(A) * @ )
) 

:  )





0 , i f ( x , y )  ( 0 , 0 )

(B) Int )
* @ )  

(A) Is continuous at (0, 0)

(C) A
I n t A  B d A
(B) Is not continuous at (0, 0)

(D) Bd )

if A is both open and (C) Is continuous but not differentiable
closed at (0, 0)

(D) Is continuous and differentiable at

(0, 0)
33. The set of all limits of the sequence

, n = 1, 2,..., in the finite

1

x

36. Let ax1 + bx2 = and cx1 + dx2 = be

n

complement topology of

is two linear equations with a, b, c, d, ,

(A) {0} all real numbers. Which one of the

following statements is true ?
(B) {0, 1}
(A) Always there exist real numbers
(C)
x , x satisfying both equations

1 2
(D)

= >

(B) If the rank of the matrix is



 

? @

 

34. Which one of the following statements is one then there exist x1, x2 satisfying
false ? both the equations

(A) Every compact Hausdorff space is = >  

(C) If the matrix , then




normal


   

? @  

   

there is always x1, x2 satisfying both

(B) Every regular Lindelöf space is
the equations
normal

(C) Every normal space is metrizable

= >

(D) If the rank of the matrix is 2



 

? @

 

(D) Every well-ordered set in the order then there is always x1, x2 satisfying
topology is normal both the equations

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37. Let T be an endomorphism of a finite 40. Let A be a 3 3 real symmetric matrix.

dimensional vector space over a field. Which one of the following statements is
Which one of the following is true ? true ?
(A) Matrix of T depends on a basis (A) All eigen values of A are real
2
(B) Matrix associated to T and T with (B) All eigen values of A are always
respect to a basis is same 1

(C) Matrix associated to T and T2 with (C) All eigen values of A are always
respect to a basis is always distinct 1 or 0

(D) Matrix of T is independent of the (D) All eigen values of A are always
basis non- negative real numbers

38. Let M be a real 4 4 matrix with

41. Mn( ) denotes the algebra of all n n

characteristic polynomial as a product of

matrices over the field of complex

x2 + 1 and x2 + 2. Then M is similar to

numbers. Which one of the following

(A) A diagonal matrix over

holds ?
(B) A diagonal matrix over

(A) Mn( ) has no zero divisors

(C) A diagonal matrix over

(B) M ( ) is not a finite dimensional

n

complex vector space

   



 

(C) Number of linearly independent

vectors in Mn( ) is always < n3
   

 

(D)

 

  

  


(D) Mn( ) is not a finite dimensional

vector space over the field of real

 

numbers
39. Let V be a finite dimensional complex
inner product space. Which one of the
following is true ? 42. Let T : V V be a linear transformation

of a finite dimensional vector space over

(A) Any basis of V is orthonormal such that all the eigen values of T are

(B) Any generating set of V contains an non-zero and lie in F. Then there is a
orthonormal basis basis of V such that

(C) From any basis one can obtain an (A) The matrix of T is always triangular
orthonormal basis (B) The matrix of T is always symmetric
(D) Every basis contains atleast two (C) The matrix of T is always invertible
orthonormal vectors (D) The matrix of T is not invertible
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43. Let
:

"



be defined by 45. The class equation for the symmetric


(w, x, y, z) = (w – x, y – z). A basis for group S3 on 3 symbols is

the null space of

is (A) 6 = 1 + 2 + 3

(A) {(1, 0, 0, 0), (0, 1, 0, 0)} (B) 6 = 3 + 3

(B) {(1, 1, 2, 2), (1, 0, 0, 0)} (C) 6 = 1 + 5

(C) {(1, 1, 0, 0), (0, 0, 2, 2)} (D) 6 = 1 + 1 + 2 + 2

(D) {(1, 0, 1, 0), (0, 2, 0, 2)}

46. If Y is a random variable having

absolutely continuous distribution
44. The Jordan canonical form of a nilpotent
function F, then what is the distribution
4 4 matrix A with A3 not zero has to be
of – ln F(y) ?

   


(A) Uniform over [0, 1]
 

(B) F
   

 

(A) 

   


(C) T
 

   

 

(D) Standard exponential

   



 

(B)
   

 

   


47. If X and Y are independent Poisson

random variables with mean 1, what is
 

   

 

the conditional distribution of x + y = k,

k = 0, 1, 2,...?
   



 

(C)
   

(A) Binomial
1



 

k ,

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

(B) Binomial
1



k ,

 

 

   



 

(C) Poisson (1)

(D)
   

 

 

   

 

(D) Geometric




   

 

 

 

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U having uniform distribution over [0, 1].
What does Fn converge to ?
(A) Degenerate distribution function
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51. If F1, F2,... is a sequence of distribution
functions, which of the following is a
distribution function ?

degenerate at 1 (A)


k  1

(B) Degenerate distribution function

degenerate at 0

(B)
1

(C) Degenerate distribution function k

k  1

degenerate at




(C)
1

k  1

(D) Uniform [0, 1] distribution

(D)


k  1

49. Let (X, Y) be bivariate normal. Which one

of the following is not true ? 52. If X 1 , X 2 , ..., X n are iid with pdf
(A) X and Y are univariate normal B  N 



A

| x
c |

,– <x< , then what is

(B) aX + bY is normal for all constants the MLE of C ?

a and b, both not equal to zero
(A) X1 + ...+Xn
simultaneously
(B) Median of X1,...,Xn
(C) X and Y are dependent if (C) Minimum of X1,...,Xn
Cov. (X, Y) = 0
(D) Maximum of X1,...,Xn
(D) X given Y is normal

53. If X1, X2,...,Xn is a random sample from

50. Let X and Y be independent, continuous
random variables. Which one of the
 i f x
0 ,

F ( x ) 




what is the
following is a necessary and sufficient

e i f 0  x ;

condition for X + Y and X – Y to be

distribution of max. {X1,...,Xn} ?
1

independent ? n

(A) X and Y are normally distributed (A) Standard pareto

(B) X and Y have Gamma distribution (B) Standard exponential
–che
(C) Standard Fre –t
(C) X and Y have exponential distribution
(D) Standard normal
(D) X and Y are uniformly distributed
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54. In the model ;
:   

, when does the 57. If

X , n
1


is a Markov chain with
n

least squares estimator of

coincides
with its MLE ?
1

( n )

P
P X
1 X
1
, n
1 , 2 , . . . ,



1 1 n
1 1

(A) When

is normally distributed then classify state 1.

(B) When

has Poisson distribution (A) Persistent positive
(C) When

has t-distribution (B) Persistent null
(D) When

has Cauchy distribution (C) Transient

(D) Ergodic

55. Which of the following is true with

reference to a finite irreducible Markov
chain ? 58. Let be the mean of the off-spring

distribution of a Galton-Watson
(A) All states are necessarily persistent branching process {Xn, n 0}. Which of
positive

the following is true ?

(B) All states are necessarily persistent
null (A)


X

, n  0


is a martingale
 

(C) All states are necessarily transient



 

(D) All states are aperiodic (B)

n

X , n  0


is a martingale
n

(C) {Xn, n

0} is a martingale
56. Let {Xn, n

0} be a Markov chain with (D)

X

n

, n  0


is a martingale
n

states 0, 1 and , . What is



F

F

 

 

59. Steady state probability that the system

( n )

l i m p ?

1 1

is empty of an M/M/1 queue with arrival

n


(A) 0 rate 2, service rate 1 and no waiting time,

is equal to
(A) 1
(B)


(B)


(C)
#

(C)
!

(D) (D) 2
!

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60. If X and Y are independent with 62. If is a characteristic function, which of

the following is not a characteristic

function ?
 , i f x
0 ,

and


P ( X  x ) 

N

1  e , i f 0  x ;

P(Y = 0) = = 1 – P (Y = 1) , what is the

(A)
1

moment generating function of Z = XY ?

, t

1   ( t )

(B)
( t ) , t 

(A)
1

, | t |
1

1  t

(C)
t



 , t 

 

 

(B)

t

, | t |  1

1  t

(D)
t



 , t 

 

 

(C)
1

63. Let X denote the number of defective

, | t |
1

1   t

items drawn randomly one-by-one from

a lot. Given that E(X) = 12 and V(X) = 6,
(D) what is the distribution of X ?
1
 t

, | t |  1

1
t

(A) Binomial with parameters 25 and



61. Let {X1,...,Xn} be a random sample from (B) Poisson with mean 2
exponential distribution with mean
(C) Geometric with parameter


and , .
1

,
 0

H :

H :


   

When does a UMP test for testing H0

(D) Binomial with parameters 24 and


against H1 reject H0 ?

(A)

X

E

k
, k a constant 64. Given the dispersion matrix
E


 "

, what is the percentage



 

"   

 

(B)

X

E

k

, k a constant variance explained by the first principal

E


component ?
(A) 79.4
n

(C)

X

E

k

, k a constant (B) 99.2

(C) 89.3
E


(D) Such an UMP test does not exist (D) 91.2

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65. Given that {X1,..., Xn} is a random sample
68. Let where U and V
l o g U

from uniform (0, ), > 0,

W

Mn = max.{X1,...,Xn}, what is the (1 – )

l o g U  l o g ( 1  V )

are independent uniform random

level shortest confidence interval for ?

variables over (0, 1). What is the variance

of W ?



(A)
n

 

M ,

(A)
n

1 

 

  

"

(B)



(B)


M ,  M

 

n n

 

(C)





(C)
n

M , M  

 


n n

 

(D) ( Mn, Mn) (D)



66. Find the confounded interaction effects,

given the following key blocks.
Replicate 1 : abc, (1), a, bc 69. Which of the following is necessary and
Replicate 2 : (1), b, ac, abc sufficient for , given that :


a . s .

 

(A) AC and BC respectively X1, X2,... is a sequence of independent

random variables ?
(B) AB and BC respectively
(C) BC and AB respectively

(A) is convergent for all

(D) BC and AC respectively
P | x |




n

n  

>0

67. If P(Xn = en) = = 1 – P(Xn = 0), n 1,

1

(B) is divergent for all

P | x |




which of the following is correct ?

n  

>0
(A) Xn converges to zero in rth mean

(B) Xn converges to zero in probability (C) n

l i

m


P

| x

n
|



 0

for all

>0

(C) Xn converges to 1 almost surely

(D) n
l i

m


P

| x

n
|




0

for all

>0
(D) Xn does not converge in probability

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70. Let (X1, Y1),...,(Xn, Yn) is a random sample 73. Let X be a random variable with mean

from a continuous bivariate population and variance . Then the Chebychev’s

and Ri = rank (Xi), Si = rank (Yi) when the

inequality states that

sample values X1,...,Xn and Y1,..., Yn are
each ranked from 1 to n in increasing
order of magnitude. Which of the (A)

P | X   |  k




following is not correct ?

k

(A) Spearman’s rank correlation

(B)
1

P | X
 |  k  



k 

1
6 R
S



coefficient is

E E

(C)
1
E


P | X
 |  k  



n ( n
1 )

(B) When Ri Si then Spearman’s rank

(D)

correlation coefficient is equal to + 1

P | X
 |  k   k 



(C) Range for Spearman’s rank

correlation coefficient is [ – 1, + 1]
(D) Range for Spearman’s rank
correlation coefficient is [0, + 1]
71. If Tn is a CAN estimator of
variance


74. In the context of a multiple linear
regression, multicollinearity arises when
(A) There is linear dependence among
the columns of regression matrix


with (B) The errors are correlated
(C) Then observations are dependent
, then eTn is CAN for with

(D) There are outliers

n

variance

(A) (B) 75. A population is divided into two strata.




A  A 

n n

From the first stratum a 50% sample is

drawn while the second stratum is
(C) (D) completely enumerated. Then the

A  A 

allocation is optimum when population

n n

variances and of two strata are

72. In a series system of k components, the 5


5

system survival time is related as

(A) Minimum of the survival times of its
(A)
components
5
5

(B) Maximum of the survival times of its (B)

components
" 5
5

(C) Mean survival time of its components (C)

(D) Mode of the survival times of its
5
5

components (D)
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5
5

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KEY - Paper - II
Q.No Ans Q.No Ans Q.No Ans
1 A 21 C 41 C
2 B 22 B 42 D
3 C 23 D 43 B
4 B 24 C 44 C
5 C 25 B 45 A
6 C 26 D 46 C
7 B 27 C 47 B
8 D 28 C 48 D
9 D 29 B 49 #
10 A 30 A 50 B
11 C 31 C
12 D 32 B
13 D 33 C
14 A 34 A
15 # 35 D
16 A 36 C
17 B 37 B
18 A 38 D
19 D 39 A
20 B 40 A
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KEY - Paper - III

Q.No Ans Q.No Ans Q.No Ans
1 C 26 B 51 D
2 B 27 C 52 B
3 D 28 C 53 C
4 D 29 C 54 A
5 C 30 # 55 A
6 B 31 D 56 D
7 A 32 B 57 C
8 A 33 D 58 A
9 A 34 C 59 #
10 A 35 B 60 D
11 D 36 D 61 C
12 B 37 A 62 A
13 C 38 A 63 D
14 D 39 C 64 B
15 A 40 A 65 A
16 D 41 C 66 D
17 C 42 A/C 67 B
18 A 43 C 68 C
19 D 44 B 69 A
20 D 45 A 70 D
21 B 46 D 71 D
22 A 47 A 72 A
23 B 48 B 73 C
24 C 49 C 74 A
25 B 50 A 75 B