Csir Maths 26 November Q & A

CSIR NET QUESTION PAPER
26-NOV-2020
(a) D said “A is innocent”

Q.1: Find the value of f  0  if (b) D is innocent
(c) B is innocent
f  X  2    X  1   X  1  5
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(d) C is innocent
(a) 5 (b) 7
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Q.5: Which is an appropriate diagram to represent
C
(c) 6 (d) 72
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the relations between the following catego-
ries quadruped, manmal, whale, house liz-
ard? A
Q.2: The shortest distance between the parallel
lines A and B in the following figure is
(a)
E M
H
4 AT
A
F M
E O(b)
2
B
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2 4
-2
S T
I(b)N 2 (c)
(a) 2
N D
(c) 2 2
N A (d) 2 3
Q.3:
A
Two varieties A and B of rice cost Rs. 30 and
Rs. 90 per kg. whereas two varieties C and D (d)
of pulses, Rs. 100 and Rs. 120 per kg respec-
tively, if at least one kg each of A and B and
at least half a kg of each of C and D have to
be purchased, then the minimum and maxi-
mum costs of a total of 5kg of these provi-
sions are, respectively.
(a) Rs 150 and Rs. 600 Q.6: A 7 m long tube having inner diameter of 2cm
(b) Rs. 260 and Rs. 530 is filled with water. The water is then poured
(c) Rs. 290 and Rs. 470 into a cylindrical bucket having inner base
(d) Rs. 370 and Rs. 460
area of 200 cm 2 . What will be the approximate
Q.4: One of four suspects A,B,C and D has com- height (in cm) of water in the bucket?
mitted a crime. A and D are always truthful,
and B and C are always untruthful. C and D (a) 22 (b) 44
are identical twins and the interrogator does (c) 9 (d) 11
not know who is who. If A says, “D is inno-
cent”, B says, “A is guilty” and among C andD
one says, “A is innocent” and the other says,
“B is guilty”, then which of the following is
false ?
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Q.7: Water is being filed in a cone from the top at (b)
a constant volumetric rate. The rate of in-
crease of the height of the water column.
(a) Is linearly dependent on time
(b) Depends on the the apex angle of the cone. R
(c) Increases as cube-root of the volumetric rate.
(d) Increases as square-root of the volumetric
rate.
N
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Q.8: A square board is divided into 9 smaller iden- (c)

tical squares by drawing lines. Three bullets
are shot at the board randomly. The probabil-
ity that at least 2 bullets hit the same-small
square is.
R
(a) 1/ 3 (b) 56 / 81
(c) 25 / 81 (d) 2/3
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Q.9: The wavelength dependant absorbance of two (d) AT
compounds, A and B, is shown. Absorbance of
mixture is a linear function of the concen-
E M
tration of the two compounds. R is defined as
T H
a ratio of absorbance at 650 nm to the absor-
A
bance at 950 nm.
F M R
EO .
(l inear sc a le )
B
A bsorba nce
U T A
N P
IT Q.11: A and B complete a work in 30 days. B and C
S
650
T 950 complete the same work in 24 days whereas
C and A complete the same work in 28 days.
IN Wavelength (n m )
Based on these statements which of the fol-
D
If the mixture contains 95% of compound A
then R must be N
lowing conclusions is correct ?
N A (b) 5 (a) C is the most efficient and B is the least effi-

(a)
(c)
95
1 A (d) less than 1 (b)
cient.
B is the most efficient but, the least efficient
one cannot be determined.
Q.10: An epidemic is spreading in a population of (c) C is the most efficient but, the least efficient
size P. The rate of spread R of the disease at one cannot be determined
a given time proportional to both, the num- (d) C is the most efficient and A is the least effi-
ber of people affected by the disease (N), and cient.
the number of people not yet affected by the
disease. Which of the following graphs of R vs Q.12: Clock A loses 4 minutes every hour, clock B
N is correct ? always shows the correct time and clock C
(a) gains 3 minutes every hour. On a Monday,
all the three clocks showed the same time, 8
PM. On the following Wednesday, when the
clock C shows 2 PM, what time will clock A
R show ?
.
(a) 7:20 am (b) 8:40 am
(c) 9:20 am (d) 10:40 am
N P
Q.13: In a class, there is one pencil for every two Q.17: Consider a parallelogram ABCD with centre
students, one eraser for every three students, O and E as the midpoint of side CD. The area
and one ruler for every four students, If the of the triangle OAE, is
total number of these stationery items re-
quired is 65, how many students are present B a A
in the class ?
O
(a) 55 (b) 60 b h
(c) 65 (d) 70
Q.14: The figure shows temperature and salinity

of four samples of water. Which one the C E D
.
samples has the highest density ?
36
. (a)
1
5
ah (b)
1
6
ah
S(d) 1 a h
A
Salinity (g /kg)
B
1
(c) ah
I C
. . T
8 7
Q.18: The sum ofM

A
32 C D
H Eby n and not by  n  1
the first n even numbers is
12
Tem perature (C )
16 (a)
A T
divisible
(b) Mdivisible by  n  1 and not by n

(a) A (b) B
OF divisible by both n and  n  1
(c) C (d)
T
D
E (c)
Q.15: The given table shows the number of active U (d) neither divisible by n nor by  n  1
and recovered cases of a certain disease.
TIT
Assuming that the linear trend for both con-
S Q.19: A,B,C,D and E are vertices of a regular pen-
IN
tinues, on which day will recovered cases be tagon as shown in the figure.
twice that of the active cases ?
ND E
Day
NA 0 1 4 7 10
Active Cases
Recovered
A 990 1000 1030 1060 1090
B C
cases 760 800 920 1040 1160
(a) 61 (b) 62
(c) 63 (d) 64
D A
Q.16: A boat weighs 60 kg. and oarsmen A and B
weigh 80 and 90 kg. respectively. Rowing at The angle ABC is
a constant power, the time required to com- (a) 48 (b) 72
plete a course is proportional to the total
weight. Rowing alone, A and B complete the (c) 54 (d) 36
course in 1 and 11
2 hours, respectively. Q.20: On a 200 m long straight road, maximum
Assuming that their powers add up, how long number of poles are fixed at 20 m interval.
will they take to complete the course if they How many of these poles should be removed
row together ? in order to have maximum number of poles
(a) 49.9 min (b) 57.5 min at an interval of 40 m on the road ?
(c) 62.6 min (d) 72.5 min (a) 8 (b) 6
(c) 5 (d) 4
PART B MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES  an n 1
Q.25: Given a sequence of real numbers,
Q.21: Let  En  be a sequence of subsets of  . De- which of the following statements is true?
  an
 E   1
n
fine lim sup En  n , (a)
1  an converges
n k 1 n  k n 1
lim inf En   En .
 
(b) There is a subsequence a 
nk
k 1
such that
n
k 1 n  k
ank
Which of the following statements is true ?
 1 a converges
(a) lim sup En  lim inf En n 1 nk
n n
(c) There is a number b such that
(b) lim sup En   x : x  En for some n
n ank
 b 1 a  1
n
(c) liminf En   x : x En for all but finitely many n

C S converges
I
n1 nk
n
(d) lim inf E   x : x  E for infinitely many n

n n
(d) There is a number
AT b and a subsequence
n
E M a
  H such that 
nk
b 
Q.22: f :    be a bounded function. Which of a
the following statements is NOT true ? A T nk
1 a
k 1
con-
n 1 nk
(a) lim sup f  n   

F M verges
n 
E OQ.26: Given f , g are continuous functions on  0,1

lim inf f  n   
(b) n
U T such that f  0   f 1  0; g  0   g 1  1
lim inf  f  n   n    I T and f 1/ 2   g 1/ 2  . Which of the follow-

(c) n 
S T
lim sup  f  n   n    IN
ing statements is true ?
(d)
There is no t  0,1 such that f  t   g  t 
n 
D (a)
N statements is true ? (b) There is exactly one t 0,1 such that
(a) There are at N
A
Q.23: Which of the following
A
most countably many continu-
ous maps from  2 to  f t   g t 
(b) There are at most finitely many continuous
(c) There are at least two t  0,1 such that
surjective maps from  2 to 
(c) There are infinitely many continuous injec- f t   g t 
tive maps from  to  2
(d) There are no continuous bijective maps from (d) There are always infinitely many t  0,1
 2 to  such that f t   g t 
 1 Q.27: Let A be an n  n matrix such that the set of

n

sin n x
Q.24: The series 
n 1
loge
n n
; x   converges all its non-zero eigenvalues has exactly r
elements. Which of the following statements
(a) Only for x0 is true ?
(a) Rank A  r
(b) Uniformly only for x    ,  
(b) Ifr  0 then rank A  n  1
(c) Uniformly only for x   \  n  : n  (c) Rank A  r
(d) Uniformly for all x (d) A2 has r distinct non-zero eigenvalues
Q.28: Let A and B be 2  2 matrices. Then which Q.33: Let  be the positively oriented circle in the
of the following is true ?
complex plane given by z   : z  1  1 ,.
(a) det  A  B   det  A  B   det A  det B
1 dz
(b) det  A  B   det  A  B   2 det A  2 det B Then 2 i  z 2
 1 equals
(c) det  A  B   det  A  B   2 det A  2 det B (a) 3 (b) 1/ 3
(d) det  A  B   det  A  B   2 det A  2 det B (c) 2 (d) 1/ 2
Q.34: For a positive integer p , consider the

3  2 sin z
Q.29: If A  then A20 equals f  z 
 2 1  holomorphic function
zp
for
 41 40   41  40 
C S
z \ 0
(a)  
 40  39 
(b)  
 40  39 
For which values of
T I does there exist a
p
A g :  \ 0   such
 41  40   41 40  M
holomorphic function
 zE  g '  z  for z   \ 0 ?

(c)   (d)  
  40  39   40  39  that fH
(a) A
All
Teven integers
Q.30: Let A be 2  2 real matrix with det A  1 and (b) MAll odd integers
trace A  3 . What is the value of trace A ?
OF All
(c) multiples of 3
(a) 2 (b) 10
T E (4) All multiples of 4
U Q.35: Let  be the postively oriented circle in the

IT
(c) 9 (d) 7
Q.31: For a , b   , let S T complex plane given by  z   : z  1  1 / 2 .
INabx y  b x y , 1/ z
p  x, y   a x y  abx
2
N D y
1 1 2 1 1 2
2
The line integral 
2 2
ze
z 1
dz equals 2
x   x , x  , y A

 y , y   2
For what
1 2
N 1 2
A values of a and b does (a) i  e (b) i  e

(c) e (d) e
p:   
2 2
define an inner product ?
Q.36: Let p be a positive integer. Consider the
(a) a  0, b  0
(b) ab  0 closed curve r  t   ei t , 0  t  2  . Let f be a
(c) a  0, b  0 function holomorphic in  z : z  R where
(d) For no values of a , b
R  1 . If f has a zero only at z0 , 0  z0  R ,
Q.32: Which of the following real quadratic forms and it is of multiplicity q , then
on  2 is positive definite ? (a) q z0p (b) z0 q p
(a) Q  X , Y   XY
(c) p z0q (d) z0 p q
(b) Q  X , Y   X 2  XY  Y 2
Q.37: Which of the following statements is true ?
(c) Q  X , Y   X 2  2 XY  Y 2
(a) Every even integer n  16 divides  n  1! 3
(d) Q  X , Y   X  XY 2
(b) Every odd integer n  16 divides  n  1!
(c) Every even integer n  16 divides  n  1! d   x, y  ,  x ' y '   max d X  x, x ' , dY  y, y '
(d) For every integer n  16, n 2 divides n ! 1 Which of the following are true ?
(a) For any subset A  X the inclusion map
Q.38: Let X be a non-empty set and P  X  be i : A  X is closed

(b) The projection map p1 : X  Y  X given by
the set of all subsets of X . On P  X  , define
two operations * and  as follows: for p1  x, y   x is closed
A, B P  X  , A * B  A  B , (c) Suppose that f : X  Y , g : Y  Z are con-
tinuous maps. If g  f : X  Z is a closed
A  B   A  B \  A B .
map then g | f  x  : f  x   Z is closed. Here
(a) P  X  is a group under * as well as under
g | f  x  means the map g restricted to f  X 
CS

(b) P  X  is a group under * , but not under  (d)
T I
If f : X  Y takes closed balls into closed
sets then f is A closed.
(c) P  X  is a gorup under  , but not under *
E M
P  X  is neither a group under * nor under k H positive integer. Consider the dif-
(d) Q.41: Let
A T be a
ferential equation

F M  dy 5k
Q.39: Let   n  be the cardinality of the set O

 y for t  0 5k 2
T E  dt
 y  0  0
 a |1  a  n ,   
a , n  1   U
a , n 
ITfollowing (a) Which
where denotes
the gcd of a and n . Which of T

of the following statements is true?
S
the It has a unique solution which is continu-
(a)
is NOT true ?
IN
There exist infinitely many n such that ously differentiable on  0,  
  n     n  1 N
D (b) It has at most two solutions which are con-
(b) There exist N

A
infinitely many n such that tinuously differentiable on  0,  
A
  n     n  1
(c) It has infinitely many solutions which are
continuously differentiable on  0,  
(c) There exist N   such that N  2 and for (d) It has no continuously differentiable solution
all n  N ,   n    n on  0,  
  n  
(d) The set  : n   has finitely many Q.42: Let y0  0, z0  0 and   1 .
 n 
Consider the following two differential equa-
limit points. tions:
 X , d X  ,  Y , dY  a  dy 
Q.40: For any two metric spaces   y for t  0
 
* dt
map f : X  Y is said to be a closed map if  y  0   y0

whenever F is closed in X , then f  F  is
closed in Y . For any subset B of a metric  dz 
   z for t  0
space, B is given the induced metric. The **  dt
metric on X  Y is given by
 Z  0   z0

We say that the solution to a differential Take n additional interpolation points.
eqaution exists globally if it exists for all t  0
xn  j  x j   , j  0,1,..., n  1
Which of the following statements is true ?
(a) Both  * and ** have global solutions where  0 is such that  x0 , x1 ,...., x2 n1 all
all distinct.
(b) None of  * and ** have global solutions
Let p2 n 1 be the Lagrange interpolation poly-
(c) There exists a global solution for  * and nomial of degree 2n  1 with the interpola-
there exists a T  such that tion points  x0 , x1 ,..., x2n1 for the function
lim z  t     f.
t T
Let q2 n 1 be the Hermita interpolation
(d) There exists a global solution for ** and
polynomail of degree 2n  1 with the interpo-
CxSn1
there exists a T  such that
 x0 , x1 ,...,
I lation points
for the function
0T
lim y  t    
t T f . In the  A limit, the quantity
Q.43: The general solution of the surface which are

M
sup  p E x   q  x  
perpendicular to the family of surfaces
T H xI
2 n 1 2 n 1
z  k x y, k   is
2 (a)
A not necessarily
Does converge
  x  y , xz   0,   C    F MConveres to 1
O(b)
2 2 1 2
(a) 2n
  x  y x  z   0,   C   
2 2 2 2
T E (c) Converges to 0
1 2
(b)
T U
  x  y , 2 x  z   0,   C  I 
1
T
2 2 2 2 1 2
(c) (d) Converges to
(d)   x  y , 3 x  z   0, IN
2 2 2
S
C   2 1 2
2n  1
D
N of the equation
Q.46: The extremal of the functional
A
1
J  y     2  y '  xy  dx , y  0  0 ,
2
Q.44: The general solution
 
z N
0
x  y A 0
z
x y
is y 1  1 y  C 0,1  ,
2
  is
x 2 11x x3 2 x 2
 x (a) y  (b) y 
z     ,   C1    12 12 3 3
(a)  y
 
x2 6x x3 23 x
(c) y  (d) y 
 x 1  7 7 24 24
z   ,  C 
1
(b)
 y 
Q.47: The solution of the Fredholm integral equa-
 x 1 
,  C  y  s   s  2   st 2  s 2t  y  t  dt is
1
(c) z   1
tion
 y  0
y  s     50 s  40 s 2 
(d) z    x  y  ,   C1    (a)
(b) y  s    30 s  15s 2 
Q.45: Let f be an infinitely differentiable real-val-
ued function on a bounded interval I. Take (c) y  s     30 s  40 s 2 
n  1 interpolation points  x0 , x1 ,...., xn 1 . (d) y  s    60 s  50 s 2 

Q.48: Consider the solid S made of a material of (c) lim P  X n  i | X 0  k   lim P  X n  j | X 0  k 
n  n 
constant density in the shape of a hemi-
sphere of unit radius: for all k  S
S   x, y , z  | x 2  y 2  z 2  1 z  0 (b) lim P  X n  j | X 0  i   lim P  X n  j | X 0  j 

n n
Which of the following statements is true?
(a) The centre of mass of S is at the origin Q.52: Suppose that X has uniform distribution of
(b) The x-axis is a principal axis for S
the interval 0,100 . Let Y denote the great-
(c) The moment of inertia tensor of S id not a
est integer smaller than or equal to X .
diagonal matrix
Which of the following is true ?
(d) The z-axis is a principal axis for S
(a) P Y  25  1/ 4
Q.49: In an examination involving multiple choice
questions, a student works out the solution (b) P Y  25  26 / 100
CS
in 50% of the questions. In the remaining
E Y   50
questions the student guesses the answer. (c)
I
E Y   101/ 2 AT
However, when the answer is guessesd the
probability that it is correct is 0.30. When the (d)
student works out the solutions it may be
E M
Q.53: Let XH
wrong with probability 0.10.
If the answer to a particular question is cor-
rect, what is the probability that the student A T , X ,... X be i.i.d random variables
1 2 n
guessed the answer ?

F M with common pdf f  x |   
 log  
, for
E O 0  x  1 where   1 is an unknown param-

(a) 0.25 (b) 0.50  1
(c) 0.90 (d)
U T0.30
T hav-
n
1 2
T I
Q.50: Let X , X ,... be i.i.d random variables eter. Then the statisitc T   X i is
ing a  -distribution with 5 S

i 1
IN
2
degrees of free- (a) Sufficient, but not complete
(b)
DThen the limiting dis-
dom . Sufficient, but not minimal sufficient
N
Let a  be constant.
A
(c)
(d)
Complete sufficient
Neither complete, nor sufficient
tribution of
N
Aa   X  ...  X  5n 
1 n
 is
Q.54: Consider the pdf given by
 n 
e x  
(a) Gamma distribution for an appropriate value f  x |  
1  e x    ,   x   ,
2
of a
 
(b)  2 - distribution for an appropriate value of
    
a
(c) Standard normal distribution for an appropri- Based on one observation X with the above
ate value of a pdf. a UMP test of size  for testing H 0 :   0
(d) A degenerate distribution for an appropriate
value of a versus H1 :   0 is
(a) X  k for some k such that   P 0  X  k 
Q.51: Consider a Markov Chain X 0 , X 1 , X 2 ,... with
state space S . Suppose i , j  S are two states (b) X  k for some k such that   P 0  X  k 
X  k for some k such that   P 0  X  k 

which communicate with each other. Which (c)
of the following statements is NOT correct?
(a) Period of i  period of j (d) X  k for some k such that   P 0  X  k 
(b) i is recurrent if and only if j is recurrent
Q.55: Consider 35 i.i.d observations X 1 , X 2 ,..., X 15 10 2
(a) s2 (b) s
11
and Y1 , Y2 ,..., Y20 . Let R be the Wilcoxon’s
rank sum statistic based on the ranks of the 100 2 100 2
(c) s (d) s
X ' s in the combined sample. Then the ex- 99 111
pected value of R is
(a) (b) Q.59: Consider a Rancomized Block Design with b
270 300
(c) 360.5 (d) 330.5 block and k treatments. Let the observation
corresponding to the i th treatment and the
Q.56: Let I , J  5 . Consider two-way ANOVA, where
j th block be yij , 1  i  k , 1  j  b ,which
the observations satisfy the linear model
satisfies the usual linear model. Which of the
yij     i   j   ij , 1  i  I , 1  j  J following is true ?
(a) The estimates of any two treatment contrasts
   ij   0,V a r   ij    2 ,
I
   
I
C
are uncorrelatedS
i j 0
(b)
T I has bk 1 degrees
The error sum of squares
A
i 1 j 1
of freedom
(a)
in this set-up
1
(c) The estimateM of any treatment constrat is
E with the estimate of any block
H
is estimable uncoorelated
(b) 1 is estimable (d) A
The
Tcorrelation between the estimates of two
contrast
(c) 1   2 is estimable
F M treatment contrasts is always negative
(d) 1   2 is estimable
E OQ.60: The maximum and the minimum values of
U T 5 x  7 y , where x  y  1 are
I T
Q.57: Let X and X be two i.i.d. p  1 multivari-
1
T2
S mean .Then
ate normal random vectors with and
(a) 5 and -5 (b) 5 and 7
N
I variables
positive definite dispersion matrix 
(c) 7 and  5 (d) 7 and  7
which of the following
N D random al- PART C MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
1 N A
ways has a central chi-square distribution.
Q.61: Which of the following sets are in bijection
 A X 
 
T
(a) X 
1 X X 2 1 2 with  ?
2
(b) 2  X1  X 2 
T
 X1  X 2 
(a) Set of all maps from 0,1 to 
(b) Set of all maps from  to 0,1
2  X 1  X 2   1  X 1  X 2 
T
(c)
(c) Set of all subsets of 
1 Set of all subsets of 
 X 1  X 2   1  X 1  X 2  (d)
T
(d)
2
Q.62: Which of the following statements are true ?
Q.58: 10 units are chosen by simple random sam-
 1
n

pling without replacement from a population
of size 100. Consider the sample variance (a) The series is convergent
n 1 n
1 10
 
2
 yi  y  s 2 . An unbiased estimate  1
n
100 i 1 (b) The series n 1 n n
is absolutely conver-
 
100
1 2
of population variance 2   Yi  Y
100 i 1
gent
is
(c) I p is convergent for p  4 / 3
1   1n  n  log n
(c) The series 
  is con- (d) I p is divergent for p  4 / 3
n 1 n3/ 2
vergent
Q.66: Suppose that  f n  is a sequence of real-val-
 1 n
n 1  ued functions on  . Suppose it converges to
(d) The series  n 3/2
is convergent
n 1 a continuous function f uniformly on each
Q.63: Let f : 2   be defined by closed and bounded subset of  . Which of the
following statement are true ?
 2 xy
 2 ,  x, y    0,0  (a) The sequence  f n  converges to f uniformly
f  x, y    x  y
2
. on 
 0 ,  x, y    0,0 
 (b) The sequence  f n  converges to f pointwise
C S
Define g  x, y   
 f  x  n  ,  y  n  I on 
Tlarge n , the function f
2
n 1
(c) For all sufficiently
n
is bounded M
A n
Which of the following statements are true ?

The function h  y   g  c, y  is continuous
(d) For allH
E
sufficiently large n the function f
AT
(a) n
is continuous.
(b)
on  for all c
g is continuous from  into  2
F M
Let f  x   e and g  x   e . Which of the
(c) g is not a well-defined function
E OQ.67:
x  x2
(d) g is continuous on  \  k , k 
U T 2
following statements is true ?
Both f and g are uniformly continuous on
I T (a) k
S T 
N

(b) f is uniformly continuous on every interval
Q.64: Consider two series A  xI   x 1  x  and n
N D of the form  ,    ,   
n0
B  x     1 A

(c) g is uniformly continuous on 
x 1  x  where x  0,1
AN
n n
n0 (d) f  x  g  x  is uniformly continuous 

(a) Both A  x  and B  x  converges pointwise Q.68: Define
(b) A  x  and B  x  converges uniformly  x3

Both
 2 for  x, y    0, 0 
f  x, y    x  y
2
(c) A  x  converges uniformly but B  x  does not  0

 for  x, y    0, 0 
(d) B  x  converges uniformly but A  x  does not
which of the following statements are true?
(a) f is discontinuous at  0, 0 
Q.65: For p  , consider the improper integral
1 (b) f is continuous at  0, 0 
I p   t sin t dt
p
0 (c) All directional derivatives of f at  0, 0  ex-

Which of the following statements are true ? ist.
(a) I p is convergent for p  1 / 2 (d) f is not differentiable at  0, 0 
(b) I p is divergent for p  3 / 2
Q.69: Define (c) If 
is an eigenvalue of A or B then  is
an eigenvalue of C
 x2  y 2
 for  x, y    0, 0  (d) All eigenvalue of C are real
f  x, y    x 2  y 2
 0 for  x, y    0, 0 
 Q.73: Let A be an n  n real matrix. Let b an n 1
Which of the following statements are true ? vector. Suppose Ax  b has no solution.
(a) f is continuous at  0, 0  Which of the following statements are true ?
(a) There exists an n  1 vector c such that
(b) f is bounded in a neighbourhood of  0, 0  Ax  c has a unique solution
(c) f is not bounded in any neighbourhood of (b) There exists infinitely many vectors c such
that Ax  c has no solution
 0, 0 
(c) If y is the first column of A then Ax  y
(d) f has all directional derivatives at  0, 0 
C S
has a unique solution
(d) det A  0
T I
Q.70: Let p :    be defined by A
M
2
 x if x  0
Q.74: Let A be an
H E n  n matrix such that the first
p  x, y   
 y if x  0 A
the
Tfirst 5 columns of A are linerly indepen-
3 rows of A are linearly independent and
Which of the following statements are true ? F Mdent. Which of the following statements are
(a) p  x, y   0 if and only if x  y  0 E O(a) A has at least 5 linearly independent rows

true ?
p  x, y   0 for all x, y U T (b) 3 rank A  5

(b)
T IT (c) rank A  5
(c) p  x,  y    p  x, y  forS all    and
for all x, y I N (d) rank A  5 2
p  x  x , y  y N
D
 px , y   px , y  Q.75: Let n be a positive integer and F be a non-
(d) 1 2
A
1 2 1 2 2 2
for all  x , y N
empty proper subset of 1, 2,...n . Define
A
1  , x , y 
1 2 2
x, y   xk yk , x  x ,...., x ,
F
k F
1 n
Q.71: Let P be square matrix such that P 2  P .
Which of the following statements are true ? y   y1 ,..., yn    n . Let
(a) Trace of P is an irrational number
(b) Trace of P  rank of P T   x   n x, x F
 0 . Which of the follow-
(c) Trace of P is an integer ing statements are true ?
(d) Trace of P is an imaginary complex number For y n , y  0
Q.72: Let A and B be n  n real matrices and let (a) inf x  y, x  y F
 y, y F
xT
 A B
C   . Which of the following state- (b)
sup x  y, x  y F
 y, y F
 B A xT
ments are true ? inf x  y, x  y  y, y

(c) F F
(a) If 
is an eigenvalue of A  B then  is an xT
eigenvalue of C
(d)
sup x  y, x  y F
 y, y F
xT
(b) If  is an eigenvalue of A  B then  is an
eigenvalue of C
Q.76: Let v  3 be a non-zero vector. Define a lin-  1 
Q.79: For z  i , let f  z   exp    1 . Which
ear transformation T : 3  3 by  z i 
of the following are true ?
x.v
T  x  x  2 v , which x, y denotes the (a) f has finitely many zeros
v.v
(b) f has a sequence of zeros that converges to
standrad inner product in 3
Which of the following statements are true ? a removable singularity of f
(a) The eigenvalues of T are 1,  1 (c) f has a sequence of zeros that converges to
(b) The determinant of T is 1 a pole of f
(c) The trace of T is 1
(d) f has a sequence of zeros that converges to
(d) T is distance preserving
an essential singularity of f
Q  x, y, z  over  repre-
Q.77: A quadratic form
S
Q.80: Let f be a holomorphic function on the open
C
sents 0 non trivially if there exists
unit disc D   z T
I
 a, b, c   \  0, 0, 0 
3
such that A  : z  1 . Suppose of the
Q  a, b, c   0 . Which of the following qua- followingE
M 1
T H are possible values of f   ?

2
A
dratic forms Q  x, y, z  over  represent 0
(a) (b)
(c) M1
i i
(a)
non trivially ?
Q  x, y, z   xy  z 2
O F (d) 1
Q  x, y , z   x  3 y  2 z
E
T Q.81: Let D  z   : z  1 be the open unit disc
U
2 2 2
(b)
I T and let f : D  D be a holomorphic function.

(c) Q  x, y, z   x  xy  y  z
2
S T 2 2
Suppose that f  0   0 and f '  0   0 .

(d) Q  x, y, z   x  xy  z IN
2 2
N D Which of the following are possible values of
Q.78: Let Q  x, y, z  beA

1
f 
A
of the following
N a real quadratic form. Which
statements are true?
2
(a) 1/ 4 (b) 1/ 4
(a) Q  x1  x2 , y, z   Q  x1 , y, z   Q  x2 , y, z  for
(c) 1/ 3 (d) 1/ 3
all x1 , x2 , y, z
Q.82: Let n be a positive integer. For a real num-
(b) Q  x1  x2 , y1  y2 ,0   Q  x1  x2 , y1  y2 , 0  
ber R  1 , let z    Rei , 0   , 2
2Q  x1 , y1 ,0   2Q  x2 , y2 , 0  for all
The set   0, 2   : z   n
 1  z    1
n
x1 , x2 , y1 , y2
contains which of the following stes ?
Q  x1  x2 , y1  y2 , z1  z 2   Q  x1 , y1 , z1  
(c)
(a)   0, 2   : cos n   1
Q  x2 , y2 , z2  for at least one choice of
(b)   0, 2   : sin n   1
x1 , x2 , y1 , y2 , z1 , z2
(c)   0, 2   : cos n   1
(d) 2Q  x1  x2 , y1  y2 ,0  2Q  x1  x2 , y1  y2 ,0 
(d)   0, 2   : sin n   1
Q  x1 , y1 , 0   Q  x2 , y2 , 0  for all x1 , x2 , y1 , y2
Q.83: Which of the following statements are true ? (c) f 1  Q  is a maximal ideal in R if R is a
(a)  has conutably many subgroups finite commutative ring with unity
(b)  has uncountably many subsets (d) f 1  Q  is a maximal ideal in R if x 5  x
(c) Every finitely generated subgroup of  is
for all x  R
cyclic
(d)  is isomorphic to    as groups
Q.87: Consider the polynomial f  x   x 2  3x  1 .
Q.84: Let Which of the following statements are true ?
 a b   (a) f is irreducible over   13 

SL2       M 2    : ad  bc  1
 c d   (b) f is irreducible over 
and for any prime p , let
(c) f is reducible over   13 
 a b  
C S
 SL2   | a 1 mod p , d 1 mod p 
 p   c d  (d)  T I
  13  is a unique factorization domain
 c  0 mod p , b  0 mod p A

Q.88: Let p E M
be an odd prime such that
Which of the following are true ?
p T
H
2  mod 3 . Let F be the field with p el-
(a)   p  is subgroup of SL   2 A p
(b)   p  is not a normal subgroup of SL    F M ements. Consider the subset E of F  F p p
  p  has atleast two elements E O 2
given by E   x, y  F  F : y  x  1 .
2 3
(c)
U T Which of the following are true ?
p p
(d)   p  is uncountable
I T (a) E has atleast two elements
S T (b) E has atmost 2 p elements
IN
Q.85: Let G be a finite group. Which of the follow-
D
2
ing are true ?
(c) E can have p elements
If g  G has orderN
(a)
then G has N
A m and if n  1 divides m , (d) E has atleast 2 p elements
(b)
A subgroup of order n
If for any two subgroups A and B of
Q.89: Consider the subset of
G , either
defined as follows: 2
A  B or B  A , then G is cyclic A   x, y  :  x 1 x  2 y  3 y  4  0
(c) If G is cyclic, then for any two subgroups A Which of the following statements are true?
(a) A is connected
and B of G , either A  B or B  A . (b) A is compact
(c) A is closed
(d) If for every positive integer m dividing G , G (d) A is dense
has a subgroup of order m , then G is abe-
lian. Q.90: Let X be a non-empty set. Suppose that 1
and 2 are two topologies over X such that
Q.86: Let R , S be commutative rings with unity,
f : R  S be a surjective ring homomor-  2  1
Which of the following statements imply that
phism, Q  S be a non-zero prime ideal.
Which of the following statements are true?
1   2 ?
(a) f 1  Q  is a non-zero prime ideal in R (a)  X ,1  is compact and  1 is T2 (Hausdorff)
(b) f 1  Q  is a maximal ideal in R if R is a (b)  X ,1  is compact and 2 is T2 (Hausdorff)

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(c) The connected components of both  X , 1  homogeneous linear system of differential
equation
and  X , 2  are same
 5 2  2 
(d) For any subset A  X the closure of A in * y '  t    1  4  1  y  t 
 1 1  6 
 X , 2  is contained in the closure of A in  
 X , 1  Which of the following statements are true ?
(a) y1 and y2 form a basis for the set of all solu-
Q.91: The following two-point boundary value prob-
lem.
tions to  *
(b) y1 and y2 are linearly independent but do
 y "  x    y  x   0 for x   0,  
 not form a basis for the set of all solutions to
 y  0  0
 *
CS y such that
has a

y    0

(c)
T I
There exists another solution 3
trivial soltion y  0 . It also has a non-trivial
 A
y , y , y  form
solution for
E M a basis for the set of all so-
1 2 3
(a) No values of   
T
lutionsH to *
 1 yAand y are linearly dependent
(b)
(c)   n for all n  , n  1
2
(d)
F M 1 2
(d) 0 OQ.94: Consider the partial differential equations
Q.92: Let A be an n  n matrix with distinctU

TE (i)  u  2  u  1  sgn  y   u  0
eigen-
2 2 2
ITlinearly x x y 2
y 2
values  ,....  with corresponding

1 n
S T
INv ,...v  .
u u 2 2
independent eigenvectors (ii) y x 0

D x y
1 n 2 2
equation x '  t  A
N
Then the non-homogeneous
 Ax  t   e v1 t
differential
N
A a solution of the form for
1 (a) Equation (i) is parabolic for y  0 and elliptic
(a) Does not have e 1 t a
for y0
any vector a  n (b) Equation (i) is hyperbolic for y  0 and ellip-
(b) Has a solution of the form e 1 t a for some vec- tic for y  0
(c) Equation (ii) is elliptic in I and III quadrant
tor a  n and hyperbolic in II and IV quadrant
(d) Equation (ii) is hyperbolic in I and III quad-
(c) Has a solution of the form e1 t a  t e1 t b for rant and elliptic in II and IV quadrant
some vectors a, b  n
Q.95: Consider the Cauchy problem
(d) Does not have a solution of the form
e1 t a  t e1 t b for any vectors a, b  n   2u
 x y  0, x  1, 0  y  1

Q.93: Consider the solutions 
u  x, x 2   0 u  x, x 2   g  x  , x  1
 e 3t  0   y
 3 t   
y1   e  y  e 5 t 
and 2 
to the
 0   e 5 t  (a) A necessary condition for a solution to exist
    is that g is an odd function
(b) A necessary condition for a solution to exist
is that g is an even function
(c) For    0,1 . the sequence  xk  converges
(c) The solution (if it exists) is giv en by to 0 sublinearly
y (d) For    0,1 , the sequence  xk  converges
u  x, y   2  z g  z  dz
x to 0 superlinearly
(d) The solution (if it exists) is giv en by
x2 Q.98: The extremal of the functional
u  x, y   2  z g  z  dz
J  y    e x 1   y  dx, y  C 2  0,1 is of the
y 1 2
0
Q.96: Fix a    0,1 . Consider the iteration de- form
1 2 x
fined by * xk 1 
2
 xk    , k  0,1, 2,... (a) y  sec 1    c2 , where c and c are ar-
 c1  1 2
The above iteration has two distinct fixed

points 1 and 2 such that 0   1 1   2
C S bitrary constants

T I x
y  sec 1    c2 , where c  1 and c is
The iteration * is equivalent to the recur-
(b)
A  c1 
1 2
(a)
E M
an arbitrary constant
rence relation
H
T x
yA
1
x     x    x    , k  0,1, 2,..
1
 tan    c , where c and c are arbi-
k 1
2
1 k 1 (c)k
M 1
F trary constants
c  1
2 1 2
(b) The iteration * is equivalent to the recur- O

rence relation
T E x
x     x    x    , k IT
1 U
0,1, 2,..
(d) y  tan    c , where c  1 and c is
c 
1
1
2 1 2
k 1
2
1
S T k 2 k 1
an arbitrary constant
If 0  x   then lim xIN

Q.99: Consider the functional
(c) 
D
k 1
J  y      y '   ky  dx with boundary

0 2 k   2
N
2
lim x  
A
If   x  0 then 0
(d) 2 0 k 1
N
k 
conditions y  0   0 , y    0
A
Q.97: Consider the functin f :  0,1   defined by Which of the following statements are true ?
(a) It has a unique extremal for all k  


 1
  1   (b) If has at most one extremal if
  1 log 2    k is not an
f  x   2
 x 
for x   0,1

  integer
 (c) It has infinitely many extremals if
 0 for x  0 k is an
integer
where    0,   is a parameter. Consider (d) It has a unique extremal if k is an integer
the iterations xk 1  f  xk  , k  0,1,..., x0  0
Q.100: For the Fredholm integral equation
Which of the following statements are true 1
about the iteration ? y s   e
s
et y  t  dt . Which of the follow-
0
(a) For   1 , the sequence  xk  converges to 0 ing statements are true ?
linearly with asymptotic rate of convergence (a) It has a non-trivial solution satisfying
1
log10 2
 e y  t  dt  0
t
0
(b) For  1, the sequence  xk  does not (b) Only the trivial solution satisfies
1
 e y  t  dt  0
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(c) It has trivial solution for all 0 (d) The point  q0 , q0  is an equilibrium position
2
(d) It has trivial solutions only if   2 and of the dynamical system if and only if q0  0
e 1
U
1
et y  t  dt  0 |q  q 0  0
0
and
q
Q.101: Consider the partial differential equation Q.103: Let X and Y be independent random vari-
z z z z E  X   E Y   0
zx y  ables with and
x y x y
Which of the following statements are true ? Var  X   Var Y   1
(a) The complete integral is Let Z  X  Y . Which of the following state-
z  xa  yb  ab, a, b arbitrary constants ments are correct ?
CS
P  Z    2 /  2
(b) The complete integral is
(a)
z  xa  yb  a 2  b 2 , a, b arbitrary con- I
stants (b) E  Z  2
AT
(c) The particular solution passing through x0
E M (c) E Z 2  2
x 
2
 T H0  P  Z  0
and z  y is  2 y  (d)
A
P Z 
4 
F M
(d) The particular solution passing through x  0
E OQ.104: For n  1 , let X , X ,.., X be random vari- 1 2 n
x
and z  y is   y 
2

2
U T ables such that E  X   0 and E  X   1 i i

2
4 
IT for all E  X , X    for all i  j . Which of
T
S with the i j
IN
Q.102: Consider a dynamical system
Lagrangian function L  q, q   T  U where
the following statements are true ?
D
NT  a  q  q  0 and the
(a)   0 if and only if X , X ,... X are indepen- 1 2 n
A
the kinetic energy
2 dent
AN U  U  q  with a  q   0 . (b) V ar  X  X  ...  X   n if and only if

potental energy
1 2
X 1 , X 2 ,..., X n are independent

n
Which of the following statements are true?

(a) The associated Lagrange’s equation is (c) V ar  X 1  X 2  ...  X n   n if and only if
d L L
 X 1 , X 2 ,..., X n are pairwise independent
dt  q q
(d) V ar  X1  X 2  ...  X n   n if and only if
(b) The associated Lagrange’s equation is
d L L  0

dt q  q Q.105: Consider a Markov chain with a countable
state space S . Identify the correct state-
(c) The point  q0 , q0  is an equilibrium position ments.
of the dynamical system if and only if (a) If the Markov chain is aperiodic and irreduc-
ible then there exists a stationary distribu-
U tion
q0  0 and |q  q 0  0
q (b) If the Markov chain is aperiodic and irreduc-
ible then there is at most one stationary dis-
tribution
(c) If S is finite then there exists a stationary
1 n
distribution (b)  log  X i 
n i 1
(d) If S is finite then there is exactly one sta-
tionary distribution n
(c)

n
Q.106: Consider a Markov chain with transition i 1
Xi
probability matrix
n
0 0 1 / 2 0 1/ 2  (d)
 log  X i 
n
  i 1
0 1 / 2 0 1/ 2 0 
P  1 / 2 0 0 0 1/ 2 Q.109: Let X 1 , X 2 ,..., X n be i.i.d with the com-
 
0 1 / 2 0 1/ 2 0  mon probability mass function
1 / 2 0 1/ 2 0 0  p  x |     x 1   
1 x
 , x  0 or 1 and
C S
1 1 1 1 1
Let    , , , ,  T I 1
0    . Then
5 5 5 5 5 A 2
Then which of the following statements are (a) The
E
methodM of moments estimator of  is
1 H
T X
correct ?
A
n
(a)  is a stationary distribution i 1 i
(b)
(c)
If  is a stationary distribution, then   
F M2 n
O
The Markov chain is periodic
(b) The MLE of  is min X i
E (c) The method of moments estimator of  is

(d) The Markov chain is irreducible 1i  n
U T
1 2
T
Q.107: Suppose X , X ,..., X are i.i.d random
variables with characteristicI function
n min X
T
i
1i  n
  t :   E e  where N
S
I    is the pa- 1 1
it X k
The MLE of  is min   X , 
n
of the Ddistribution.
(d) i 1 i
n 2
N
rameter Let
z  X  X  ...A X . Then for which of the
1
following A
N
2 n
distributions of X would the char- Q.110: Let the pdf of X be f  x |  

2x
, for
1
2
acteristic function of Z be of the form
0  x   , where   0 is unknown param-
  t :  for some   k ? eter. Which of the following are
(a) Negative Binomial
100 1    % confidence intervals for  ?
(b) Geometric
(c) Hypergeometric
(d) Discrete Uniform  X 
X ,
 
(a)

Q.108: Let X 1 , X 2 ,.., X n be i.i.d with the common
(b)  X ,2X 

pdf f  x |    , for x  1 where   1 is  2 2 
x 1 X, X
(c) 
an unknown parameter. Which of the  2   
following estimators of  are consistent ?
1 n
(d) 0, X 
(a)  Xi
n i 1
Q.111: X has binomial distribution with param- Q.114: Let p  1 and 1  p  0 . Consider a multiple
eters n and p . Suppose that n is given and linear regression problem with p indepen-
the unknown parameter p has prior distri- dent variables X 1 , X 2 ,... X p and a dependent
bution, which is uniform on the interval
variable Y . Suppose that the correlation be-
0,1 . Consider the squared error loss func-
tween Y and X i is  and the correlation
tion and the observation X  n
identify the correct statements. between X i and X j is also  for all
 n 1  1  i  j  p . Which of the following are cor-
(a) The Bayes estimate of p is   rect ?
n2
(a) The multiple correlation between Y and
(b) The Bayes estimate of p is 2 1/  n 1
(c) The median of the posterior distribution of  X ,... X 
1 p is larger than or equal to 
p is 21/  n 1 (b) The multiple correlation between Y and
(d) The median of th posterior distribution of p
ICS  X ,... X  will be  if   0
 n 1  (c) The multiple A T
correlation
1
between Y and
p
 X ,... X E M
is  
n2
will be  only if   0
H 1
TheTmultiple correlation between Y and

p
Q.112: Let X , X , X be a random sample from the

(d)
AX ,...X tends to 1 as p  
M
1 2 3
 
uniform distribution on the interval  0,  .
F 1 p
Suppose the prior distribution of  is uni- O
form on the interv al  0,1 U

TE Q.115: Let n  2 and 0   2 be fixed. Let
T
. Let
I
T the
X  max  X , X , X  . Consider
 3 1
square error loss function.N

S2 3 X ,... X be i.i.d normal random variables
1 n
I Which of the fol- with mean zero and variance   0 . For 2
(a)
D
lowing statements are necessarily true ?
Bayes estimator ofN  is unique i  1,..., n define Y  X cos  and
A
2 i 1 i
1
A N Y  X sin  . Further,
2i i let
(b) X  3 is a Bayes estimator of  Z T  Y1 , Y2 ,..., Y2 n  and
(c) X 3 is a Bayes estimator of  V T   X 1 , Y1 , Y2 , X 2 , Y3 , Y4 ..., X n , Y2 n 1 , Y2 n 

Which of the following statements are cor-
1  X  3 rect?
(d) X  3 a Bayes estimator of  (a) Z T has a multivariate normal distribution
Q.113: Consider the Gauss-Markov model (b) There exists a constant C , such that CZ T Z
Yn1  X n p  p1   n1 where E     0 and has a chi-square distribution

(c) V T has a multivariate normal distribution
Dispersion     2
I nn . Suppose that p  n .
 1 
Which of the following are correct ? (d) E T  
V V 
(a) Least squares estimate of  is unique
(b) Least-squares estimate of an estimable lin-
Q.116: For circular systematic sampling, which of
ear function of  is unique the following are correct ?
(a) Sample mean is an unbiased estimate for
(c) Least- squares estimate of X  is unique
population mean but sample variaence is not
(d) Determinant X X   0
T
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(b) Sample mean and sample variance are un- 1
biased estimates for population mean and (c) The asymptotic variance of T1 is
population variance respectively 2n
(c) Sample mean is not an unbiased estimated 3
for population mean but sample variance is (d) The asymptotic variance of T2 is
an unbiased estimated for population vari- 8n
ance
(d) Neither sample mean nor sample variance Q.120: Consider a M/M/1 queue with arrival rate
is an unbiased estimate for their population  . Let Q0  0 and Qt
counterparts
 and service rate
denote the queue length at time t . Which of
Q.117: In a Randomized Block Design with one ob- the following statements are true ?
servation per cell, and data satisfying the
standard linear model, which of the following
(a)  Qt  admits a stationary distribution if and
are correct ? only if   
(a) Mean treatment effects are estimable
(b) Mean block effects are estimable
(b)
C S
The stationary distribution of the process
(c) Treatment Block interactions are NOT esti-
T I  Qt  is geometric, when it exists
lim P  Q  k  A
mable
(d) Treatment and block effects as well as treat-
ment-block interactions are estimable
(c)
E M 1 for all k   if   
t 
t
limT H
P Q  k   2

 k 1
for all k   if   .
Q.118: Suppose   t  for t  0 is a continuous haz-
(d)
A t 
t
2
ard function of a non-negative random vari-
F M
able X , where   t   1 . Which of the follow- O
ing statements are always true ? T E
TU
(a)
1
  t  is a hazard function ST
I
IN
  t  is also a hazard function
D
2
(b)
(c) c  t  for c  0A
N
N
is also a hazard function
(d) log  t A
 is a hazard function
Q.119: Let X i     i ,1  i  n where  1 ,  2 ,...,  n

are i.i.d with pdf g      ,  1    1 . Let
1 T2  X   3n 

n
T1  i 1
X i and 
   1 , the sample
n  4  
75th percentile. Which of the following are

correct ?
(a) T1 is consistent and asymptotically normal
estimator of 
1
(b) T2  is a consistent and asymptotically
2
normal estimator of 
CSIR NET 26- Nov-2020
Solution
B says, A is guilty (False)

PART - A So, A is inncoent
Among C and D one says that A is innocent
Ans 1: (B) which is true, so D told this.
& C says, B is guilty (False)
f  x  2    x  1   x  1  5
34 33
so at So, B is innocent
hence C is guilty
x  2
So, C is innocent is false statement.
f  0    1   1  5  1  1  5  7
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Ans 5: (D)
CS
T I
Ans 2: (A)
Given straight lines are y  x & y  x  2
houselizard
M A Whale
HE
i.e. x  y  0 & x  y  2  0
AT Mammal
So, shortest distance between them
F M Quadruped

0   2 

2
 2
E O
Ans 6: (D)
1   1 2
T
2 2
U
By conservation of volume, if required height
T IT is h then
Ans 3: (C)
N Swhen 3 kg. of  r 2 h   R 2 h1
I & 1/2 kg. of D are
Minimum cost will be obtained
A, 1 kg. of B, 1/2 kg. of C
taken, so
N D 2
 200  h       7 100 
22 2
minimum A cost

 3  30  1 90 
1 A1 N  h  11
7 2
 100  120  90  90  50  60  290

2 2
Ans 7: (B)
Maximum cost will be obtained when 1kg of
Rate of increase of the height of the water
5 column dependends on the apex angle of the
A, 1 kg. of B, 1/2 kg. of C and kg. of D is cone.
2
taken, so Ans 8: (C)
Maximum cost
1 5
 1 30  1 90  100  120
2 2
5
100   120  30  90  50  300
2
 470
P (At least two bullets hit the same square)
Ans 4: (D)  P (exactly 2 hits)  P (all three hits)
A says, D is innocent (true)
 1 8 1 1 56
  3C 2         2520 minutes of C  63  2520 minutes of
 9 9 9 9
A.
24  1 25  2240 minutes
 
81 81
 37 hours 20 minutes
Ans 9: (D) So time shown by clock A will be 9:20 am.
R  ratio of absorbance at 650 nm Ans 13: (B)
to the absorbance at 950 nm
Let x be the number of students , so
1
x x x
If mixture contains 95% of compound A.    65
2 3 4
Ans 10: (C)
13 x
Correct graph is given in option (C) because   65  x  60
rate increases up to half of the population is 2
diseased and then it decreases.
Ans 14: (A)
Ans 11: (D) Highest density is for sample A.
1
I CS
A & B in 1 day can complete
30
part of work Ans 15: (A)
AT
Let number of days be x when recovered
E M
cases will be twice of active cases then
 990 T10H
1
B & C in 1 day can complete part of work x   2  760  40 x
24
M A
1
part of work O
F 1220  x  61
20 x 
TE Ans 16: (B)

C & A in 1 day can complete
28
So, A,B & C in 1 day can complete
IT U
1 1 1 1  93
S T In 1 minutes A can row
80  60 7
 k.g. and
   
2  30 24 28  1680 I Npart of work 60 3
N D
So in 1 day C can complete 90  60 5
1NA
in 1 minutes B can row  k.g.
93 37 90 3
A  part of work So in 1 minutes both A and B together can
1680 30 1680
B can complete 5 7
row   4 k.g. weight.
93 1 33 3 3
  part of work So, total rowing time required
1680 28 1680
& A can complete 60  80  90 230 115
    57.5 minutes
93 1 23 4 4 2
  part of work
1680 24 1680 Ans 17: (C)
So, C is most efficient and A is least efficient.
B Fa A
Ans 12: (C)

When clock C moves 60  3  63 minutes b h
O
clock A covers 60  4  56 minutes.

From Monday 8 PM to wednesday 2PM there
C E D
is 42 hours.
i.e. 42  60  2520 minutes. From figure
as 63 minutes of C  56 minutes of A 1
Area of EFAD   ah
2
PART - B:
11  1
Area of AED   a h   ah
22  4 Ans 21: (C)

11 1  1
Area of AOF   h  a   ah E n  E1  E2  ....  ....
22 2  8 n 1

1 1 1 
Area of OAE  ah   ah  ah  E n  E2  E3  ....
2 4 8  n 2

1
 ah .
8
E
n 3
n  E3  E4  ....
 
Ans 18: (C)
Sum of first n even natural numbers.
  E
k 1 n  k
n  lim inf En
n
S  2.1  2.2  2.3  ....  2.n

So, lim inf En contains those x such that
 2 1  2  3  ...  n 
n
x  En for all but finitely many n .

 n  n  1  n C S
 2.  n  1 T I
2 Ans 22: (C)
M A
As f : N  N is a bounded function
E
TH
Ans 19: (D)
So, lim f  n   K (finite)
E
M A n
F So, lim  f  n   n   K    
EO
n 

UT  lim inf  f  n   n   lim sup  f  n   n   

IT
n  n 
B


ST C
So, lim inf  f  n   n   N
I N n 
ND   Ans 23: (D)
NA For any K  0 & K  R

D
A A
f : R 2  R given by
By exterior angle theorem f  x, y   Kx is surjective and continuous,
5  5 180  2   5  2  180
 
so there are uncountable number of surjec-
tive functions from R 2 to R .
 5  180    36
But there will be no continuous bijective
Ans 20: (C) function from R 2 to R due to non existence
of injection from R 2 to R
Ans 24: (D)

By Weirstrass test series of functions
 1
n

sin nx
X X X X X

n 1 n log e n
; x R
Remove
11 poles are there converges  x  R
and 5 poles should be removed according to
cross.
Ans 28: (C)
 1
n
sin n x 1
  ;  x R  a1 b1   a2 b2 
nlog e n n log e n Let A  & B 
c1 d1  c2 d 2 

1
& n log e n is positive term convergent se- a  a
A B   1 2
b1  b2 
 d1  d 2 
n 1
ries.  c1  c2
Ans 25: (D) a  a b1  b2 

A B   1 2
For every sequence  an  there exist a sub-
&
c1  c2 d1  d 2 
an k Now det  A  B   det  A  B 

sequence a 
nk
lim
such that n 1  a
nk
exists
  a1  a2  d1  d 2    b1  b2  c1  c2  
finitely now take b equal to a particular
value, so  a1  a2  d1  d 2    b1  b2  c1  c2 
ank  2  a1d1  a2 d 2  b1c1  b2c2 
lim b 
n 
1  ank
0
I C S  2  a1d1  b1c1    a2 d 2  b2 c2  
A T
and also we can make
E M B 
 2 det  A   det
a 1nk
A TH
b
1 a

n
; p 1 p
M 3  2
Ans 29: (B)
F
E O A   2  1   A  XI  x  2 x  1
nk
2
hence it is convergent
U T
Ans 26: (C)
T I T  Characteristic equation of A is
I NS C  x   x  2 x  1   x  1 = 0 2 2
N D So, by Cayley Hamilton theorem
N A  g  x
C  A   A  I   0
2
A f x 
  x  1 q  x   ax  b
20 2
Now let x (1)
0 1 1
2 20 x19   x  1 q '  x   2  x  1 q  x 
2

f  x  & g  x  with minimum points of in- a (2)
(By differentiating both sides of (1))
tersection are as above.
By putting x  1 on both sides of equation (1)
Ans 27: (C) & equation (2), we get
Order of A is n and it has r non-zero eigen 1  a  b
values, so &   b  19
Algebraic multiplicity A.M. of eigen value 0 20  a 
of A  n  r
A20   A  I  q  A   aA  bI
2

 Geometric multiplicity of eigen value 0 of
 A20  20 A  19 I
A  n  rank  A  A .M.
 41  40 
 n  rank  A  n  r  A20   
 40  39 
 rank  A  r
Ans 30: (D) Ans 32: (B)
Matrix of quadratic form
If A is matrix of order 2 such that det  A   1
Q  X , Y   X 2  XY  Y 2 is
and trace  A   3 then characteristic equa-
 1  1 
tion of A is x 2  (trace  A  ) x  det  A   0  2
 1 whose leading principal mi-
 1
x 2  3x  1  0  2 
3 9  4 3  5 1  1/ 2 3
 x  nors are 1 1 &  so both of
2 2 1/ 2 1 4
So, eigenvalues of A are
them are positive hence it is positive defi-
2 nite.
3 5  3 5 
and   Hence eigenvalue A2
2  2  Ans 33: (B)
2 2
 3 5   3 5 
are   and   
 2   2 
C S
T I z 1  1 ; 
i.e.
73 5
and
7 3 5
M A
2 2
HE 
So, trace  A   sum of eigen values of
2
AT 1
F M 2
A2 
73 5 73
 
14
7
E O
2 2
U
2
T
IT
Shortcut:
T
If x and y are eigen values of A then
S
yN
1 dz 1 dz
x  y  trace  A  x  I
2  i  z 
3 
 1 2  i   z  1  z 2  z  1
xyD
3
& xy  det  A  N
N A 1  1  1
A  A   x  y   x  y   2 xy
Also, trace
2 2 2 2 
2 i
 2 i  2  |z 1 
 z  z 1  3
 92  7  integrand has simple pole at only one point 1
Ans 31: (D) inside the simple closed curve 
p  x1 , x2   a x  2ab x1 x2  b x
2 2
1
2 2
2
which will be positive definite Ans 34: (B)

 a ab 2
z3 z5 z7
If matrix A   2  sin z  z     .....  z c \ 0
 ab b  3! 5! 7!
is positive definite  z3 z5
z  .......
a 2  0 and a 2b 2  a 2 b 2  0  sin z 3! 5!

 0  0 ; never possible, zp zp
so for no values of a and b  f  z   g '  z  ;  z c \ 0 ,
p  x, y  is inner product. for all p  2n  1 | n N  but not for even n
as 1/z will be left whose integration is logz .
Ans 35: (A) Ans 37: (C)
For every integer n  16 , n divides  n  1 ! ,
because  n  1! contains all odd factors of n
1
 : z 1  as well as powers of 2 more than that in n.
2
Ans 38: (C)

1  P  X  ,* is not group because inverse of
each element does not exist.
 P  X  ,   is a group with identity as  .

Ans 39: (D)
z 2  1 0  z  1   n  
 : n  N  has infinitely many limit
1  n 
11  0  (inside)
2 1 1 1
1
points, say,
2 3 5
I S
, , ,....
C
1  1  2 
2
(outside)
AT
M
HE
Ans 40: (C)
1
True statement is “ If f : X  Y takes closed
0 1  1 
2
(outside)
T
Ainto closed sets then
F M
balls f is closed.
Now  2
z e1/ z
dz  O
  z  1
U TE Ans 41: (C)
e I
T T
  2 S
1/ z
ze dy  5K
i  e i
 z  1 z  1 IN 2
2  i Re s  y ; t  0  5K 2
K N
z 1
dt
ie N D y  0  0 
N A 
Ans 36: (A) A 5K

  1 ;  K  N , so
f  z    z  z0  q g  z  5K  2
 f '  z   q  z  z0 
q 1
g  z    z  z0  g "  z 
q dy 
 y ; t  0
dt 
1 f ' z  y  0  0 
So, 2  i  f  z  z p dz 
 1 has infinitely many solutions which
1 q g  z   g '  z  z  z0  are continuously differentiable.
i 
 zp
2 g  z  z  z0  Ans 42: (D)
 q g z z p  dy
1  y ;   1    1  0
  2  i  Re s  dt
2 i  0 g  z  z  z 0  
zz
dy 1
q   dt  t  c
 Re s zp  q z0 p
y 
1    y 1
z  z0  z  z 
0
1 and from first and third equation we get
 C
1    y0 1 z dz  2 x dx  0  z 2  2 x 2  C2
so general solution is
1 1
  t   x 2  y 2 , z 2  2 x 2   0 ;  C 1  R 2 
1    y  1
1    y0  1
1 1 Ans 44: (A)

  1    t 
y 1 y0 1 z z
x  y 0
x y
1
y 1  dx dy dz
1  
 1    t   x y 0
y0 1
x
1  C1
 (1) & (2) gives
y
1
 t   1 (*)
y0 1 (1) & (3) gives z  C2
CS
I
So, general solutoin is
**
For
 x A T
1 z    y M
  ;   C  R 1
 1
z 
1 
H  E
z
 t   1
 1
A T
0
F M
Ans 45: (C)
In * denominator becomes 0 in  0,   but O f  x   f  x 

E
n j j
in ** denominator is always non-zeroT  f  x   f '  x 

T U so
TI xy
j j
(4) is correct.
S
NK x y  z  K
 
lim  sup p  x   q  x    0
Ans 43: (C) Given surface is z I
2 so, 2 n1 2 n1
 0

D 2 p
A N
xy
as both formula gives same interpolating for-
mula
AN z
so, f x , y , z   2 (By divided difference method)
y x 2 xy Ans 46: (D)

 fx  2 ,
f y  2 , fz  3 Given functional is
z z z
1
J Y     2  y '  xy  dx
2
Equation of surfaces parpendicular to the
given surface has p.d.e as 0 
f x p  f y q  f z  1  0  F  x, y, y '  2  y '  xy
2
y x 2 xy So, Euler Lagrange equation is

 p 2 q 3 0
z 2
z z F d  F 
  0
2xy y dx  y ' 
 y p xq  
z d
So, it’s Lagrange’s auxiliary equation is  x  4 y '  0
dx
dx dy z dz
  x
y x 2 xy  4 y "  x  y "
4
From first two equation we get x 2  y 2  C1
x2 31
 y'   C1  C2  20 ; C1  
8 2
x3  y  S   S  31S  40 S 2
 y  C1 x  C2
24  30 S  40 S 2
y  0   0  C2  0    30 S  40 S 2 
1
y 1  1   C1  1 Ans 48: (D)
24
23 Ans 49: (A)
 C1 
24 Ans 50: (C)
So, the required extremal is
Ans 51: (C)
x 3 23
y  x
24 24 Ans 52: (B)
Ans 47: (C)

y  S   S  2C1S  2C2 S 2
Ans 53: (C)
I CS
Ans 54: (A)
AT
M
HE
1
C1   t y  t  dt
2
where Ans 55: (A)
0
A T
& C   t y  t  dt
1
F M
Ans 56: (C)
O
2 0
TE Ans 58:
Ans 57: (C)
C   t  t  2C t  2 C t  dt
1
U
2 2

IT
1 0 1 2
T
NS
1 C 2C
  
I Ans 59: (C)
1 2
4 2 5
1 N
D Ans 60: (D)
 A
C 2C
5 N4
 1 2
(1)
2
A Ans 61: (B,C)
C2   t  t  2C1 t  2C2 t 2  dt
1 Set of all maps from N to 0,1 is having
0
cardinality 2 N and 2 N  R
1 2C1 C2 (option B)
  
3 3 2 Also set of all subsets of N has cardinality
2C1 C2
 
1 2 & 2 R
N N
 (2) (option C)
3 2 3
(1) & (2)
Ans 62: (A,D)
By Leibnitz rule for alternating series
1 2 1

2

5 4


 1
n
 1 n
n 1 
2 
1

1
n 1 n
&  n3/2
are conver-
 3 2 3 
n 1
gent.
10 8 5

4 3  2 
Ans 63: (A,D)
1  x  1  x  x 2  x3  ....
 2 xy
 2 ;  x, y    0, 0  1 x
f  x, y    x  y
2
 B  x  ; x   0,1
1 x
 0 ;  x, y    0, 0 

Hence B  x  converges pointwise and uni-
is continuous everywhere in R 2 except at
1 x
 0, 0  because formly to sum function
1 x
Ans 65: (A,C)
2 r 2 cos  sin 
lim f  x, y   lim 1 1  sin t  1
 x , y   0,0  r 0 r2 I P   t p sin t dt     1 p
 so,
 sin 2 which is dependent on  , so it does
0 0
 t  t
not exist.
 sin t  1
lim f   x  n  , y, n   f t      1 p hence for
Hence  x ,y   n ,n  does not ex-  t t
ist and in R \  K , K  it is continuous. 
2
g t  
  x  n  y  n   C S t  1 p
Hence g  x, y   
 f
I
T 1
2 n 1
is con-

n
lim
f t 
 1
M

A
I &  dt converges
1
tinuous on R \  K , K 
2
.
g t 
E t t 0 
H together so, I is convergent is

p 0  1 p
f   C  n  y  n  
K N
A T
or diverges
M1  p  1  p  2
p

Also h  y   g  C , y   
2 O F n
yE
n 1
is continuous function of single variable T . Ans 66: (B)

 At only possible trouble point
I T U C0 If  f  converges to f on each compact sub-
f  C , y   f  0, y   0 S T n
I N set of R then  f  converges pointwise in n
Ans 64: (A,D)

N D R but need not be uniformly convergent in
A R.
Nx 1  x 

A  x  A n
x
n 0 E.g. f  x   ;  x  n
n
 1  x  1  x  x  .... 2
Converges pointwise to 0 in R but it is not
uniformly convergent in R .
 Ax  0 ; x  1
Also it is not bounded in R .
1 ; 0 x 1 Also it need not be continuous in R
Here series of functions A  x  is continu- e.g
fn  x   0 ; x  0
ous in 0,1 but converges point wise to dis-
1
 ; x  0 is not continuous at x  0
continuous function, so convergence of A  x  n
in 0,1 is not uniform Ans 67: (B,C,D)

f  x   e  x  lim f  x     &
x 
B  x     1 x n 1  x  
n
n0 f '  x   e  x
has unbounded derivative at  so it is not
uniformly continuous in R but it is uniformly
Now for differentiability at  0, 0 
continuous in  a,    a  R .
f  h, K   f  0, 0   f x  0,0  . h  f y  0, 0  
g  x  e  x2
 lim g  x   0
x 
h 2  K 2 g  h, K 
 x2
& lim e 0
x  h3
  h  h 2  K 2 g  h, K 
So, g  x  is uniformly continuous in R . h2  K 2
2 1 h3
f  x g  x  e
  x2  x   e  x 1 x  h
h K 2
g  h, K   h 2
 K 2


 h2  K 2 
3/ 2
 1  1 h2  K 2
 x 2 1   x 2 1 
so, lim e  x
 0 & lim e  x
0
x  x 
r 3 cos  sin 2 
lim g  h, K   lim
Hence f  x  g  x  is uniformly continuous  h , K   0,0 r 0 r3
in R   cos  sin 2   0
Ans 68: (B,C,D) so,
I CS
f  x, y  is not differentiable at  0, 0 
lim f  r cos  , r sin    AT
M
HE
x  0 Ans 69: (B)
lim
r cos  3 3
 lim r cos3   0 A T f  x, y   lim
r  cos   sin   2 2 2
x 0 r 2
x 0
F Mlim
 x , y   0,0  r r  0
2
   0, 2 
E O  cos 2 
f  x, y   0  f  0, 0  T UT f  x, y  does not exist
So, lim  x , y   0,0 
T I  lim
 x , y  0,0 

S
f  x, y  is continuousIatN 0, 0  but  cos 2  1;   0, 2 
N D at  0, 0 in direc-
Now directional
N A derivative So, f is bounded in a neighbourhood of  0, 0 
tion A is
t 2  cos 2 
0
f  t cos  , t sin    f  0, 0  t 2
D  0, 0   lim D  0, 0   lim
t 0 t t 0 t
t 3 cos3  which does not exist    0, 2 

 lim t2  cos3 
t 0 t Ans 70: (A,B,C)
so in every direction, directional derivative
 x if x  0
exist. p  x, y   
 y if x  0
h3
0
p  x, y   0 iff x  0 & y  0
2
Also, f  0, 0   lim h 1
x
h 0 h (option a)
f y  0, 0   lim
00
0 Also  x & y  0 so p  x, y   0  x, y
K 0 K
  x if  x  0
p   x,  y   
  y if  x  0
Ans 74: (A,C)
  x if x  0 From the given information was can deduce
 p  x ,  y    if   0 &
  y if x  0 that Row Rank  A  3
if  0 it is trivial , & column Rank  A  5
p  1,5   1 , p 1,15  1 and  Rank  A  Row Rank  A 
p  1  1,5  15   p  0, 20   20 but columnRank  A
p  0, 20  is not less than or equal to  Rank  A  5
p  1, 5   p 1,15  & hence A has at least 5 linearly indepen-
dent rows.
Ans 71: (B,C)
Ans 75: (A,B)
p  pp
2
T   x  R n , x, x  0
is idempotent matrix, so
Trace of p  Rank of p
F
p 0,1, 2,..., n  T  0

& Trace of
C S
where n is order of p So,
T I
 x  T , x  y, x  y
 y, y
so trace of p is an integer. A
infMx  y, x  y  y, y
F F
Hence
H E xT F F &
supAxT y, x  y  y, y
Ans 72: (A,B)
 A B
C    C I  F M xT
F F
E O For the sake of simplicity

 B A Ans 76: (A,B,C,D)
take
A  I B A  B  I
UT B
V  1, 0, 0  V .V  1
B

A  I A  B  I
T ITA  I
NS So, T  x   x  2  x.V 1, 0, 0 

By C1  C1  C2
I
Now
N byD R  R ; C   I 
R
 T 1, 0, 0   1, 0, 0   2 1, 0, 0    1, 0,0 
A
A  B  I N B
2 2 1
T  0,1, 0    0,1, 0 
0
A A  B   I  A  B  I A  B  I T  0, 0,1   0, 0,1
So, All eigen values of A  B & So transformation matrix of T w.r.t. standard
all eigen values of A  B are eigen values basis of R 3  R  is
of C
 1 0 0 
Ans 73: (B,D)
T   0 1 0 
AX  B has no solution
 0 0 1 
 B  0 & Rank  A   Rank  A : B 
 eigenvalues of T are 1,1 and 1 &
So, Rank  A  n  det  A  0 det T   1, trace T   1
Also AX  B has no solution
 AX  KB ; K  0 has no solution
Also for any  ,   R3
T    T       
So T is distance preserving.
Ans 77: (A,B,D)
so, f has infinitely many zeroes.
  x, y, z   xy  z 2
f  z  has essential singularity at z  i and

  1, 1,1  0 , so there exist
sequence of zeroes of f z
1, 1,1 R \  0,0, 0  3
such that
 1 
  x, y , z   0 i.e.   i  converges to i
 2n  i 
  x, y , z   x 2  3 y 2  2 z 2 (option D)
 
 1,1, 2  0  Ans 80: (B)
1
Now,   x, y, z   x 2  xy  y 2  z 2 f 1  is also holomorphic on D &
f
2
 1  3 1
x y   y2  z2  0  1 on D
 z  4 f
  x, y, z   0 iff  x, y, z    0, 0, 0 
&
I C S 
1

1
1
  x, y, z   x  xy  z 2 2
A T f 0 i
Now maximumM
  1, 1,0   0
H 1 E modulus is obtained at inte-
riorA
T
Ans 78: (B,C)
M point so
f
is constant function on D
F So, f  z  is constant function on D
  x  x    x  x   2 x  x  &
2
E O 2 2 2
T
1 2 1 2 1 2
 x  x  y  y    x  x  y  Iy T U  f  0   i , so f  z   i ,  z  D
1 2 1
S T 2 1 2 1 2
 2 x y  x y 
1 1
I N 2 2 1
f    i , only
N D
So option B is correct. 
z
N A  x , y , z    0, 0,0 then Ans 81: (A,B)
Also if we take
A
 x  x , y  y , z  z  
2 2 2
1 2 1 2 1 2 f  0  0 & f '  0   0
  x1 , y1 , z1     x2 , y2 , z2 
f  z  z
2

(option C)
Ans 79: (D) 2
1 1 1
1
 f     
f z  e z i
1 2 2 4
1
1 1 1 1
f  z   0  e z  i  1  ln1 so, f   can be or 
z i 2 4 4
1
 ln1e   ; n  I
i 2 n Ans 82: (C)

z i
Z    Rei , 0    2 
 2 n i
 Z     1  Z    1
n n
1 Now
 z  i ; n I
2 n i R n e i n  1  R n  1

Ans 84: (A,C)
 R n  cos n  i sin n   1 ; R  1 (1)
Take a  d  1 and b  c  0
If cos n   1 then sin n   0
Then 1  1 mod  p and 0  0 mod  p  ,
 (1) becomes
ad  bc  1  0  1
 Rn  1  Rn 1
1 0 
 0 1   p     p   
Ans 83: (B,C)  
We know that G is infinite set and has un-
a ' b '  a '' b '' 
    p  such
countable many subgroups. A B
Let 
 (A) is false  c ' d ' c '' d ''

Number of subsets of   2  20  R which is that a ', a ", d ', d "  1mod  p  and
uncountable. G has uncountably many sub-
b ', b ", c ', c "  0 mod  p  and a ' d ' b ' c '  1
sets.
 Option (2) is true and a '' d '' b '' c ''  1
Let X   be finite subset and H  1
 a ' b '   a " b "
Now AB  
1
C S
p p p 

c ' d ' c " d "

T I
X   1 , 2 ..... k  where p , q  z ' and
 q1 q2 qk  i i
M A
 a ' b '  d "  b "

HE 1
a " d " b " c " c ' d '   c " a " 
qi  0 . Then
AT
M
OF
 p p p  ' d "  c "b '
 a a ' b "  a "b ' 
H  a  n 1  n2 2  ...  nk k | n i  z '    
 
 q1 q2 qk 
T E 
P
" c '  d ' c ''

Q
    P
b '' c '  a " d ' 
 TU
 d    
| ni  z 'I
 n p  n p  ....  n p  
T
R S
 1 1 2 2 k k
 q , q ,....q
N S P, S  1mod  p 
I
1 2 k
PS  QR  1 and and
z 'D
 
| n i N
n R, Q  0 mod  p 

 q q ,..., q A 
A1 N
1 2 k
 AB 1   P     P  is subgroup of

q1 , q2 ,..., qk
 SL  z  
2
 (1) is true.    P  is trivial subgroup

 H is a subgroup of cyclic group and we know
that subgroup of cyclic group is cyclic.
   P  has at least 2 element
 H is cyclic  every finitely generated sub-
 (3) is true and (4) is false.
group of  is cylic
 a ' b '
  SL2  z 
(C) is true
Let A such that
Z '  Z '  1, 0  0,1 is subgroup of     c ' d '
but Z '  Z ' is not cyclic  every finitely  a " b "

a 'd ' b 'c '  1 and B    P 
generated subgroup of    is not cyclic. c " d "
      such that a " d "  b "c "  1 and
 (2) and (3) are true. a ", d " 1mod  p  ; b ", c "  0 mod  p 
f 1  Q    to check (1) option f 1  Q  firstly
  a ' a " b ' c " d '  a ' b " b ' c "
 check f 1  Q  is ideal of 
 P
Now,   c ' a " a ' c " d '  c ' b " a ' d " c (1) Let G1 , G2  f 1  Q 
 R f  G1  G2   f  G1   f  G2 
( f is using homo.)
  a ' a " b ' c " b '  a ' b " b ' d " a ' 
  G1  G2  f 1  Q 
Q    P 
  c ' a " a ' c " b '  c ' b " d ' d " a '  (2) Let G  and G1  f 1  Q

S 
to show G. G1  f 1  Q 
PS  QR  1 and P, S 1mod  p  and
f  G, G1   f  G   f  G1  ( f is ring
Q, R  0 mod  p  homo.)
 ABA1   P   A SL2  z  and B   P  f  G, G1   f  G   f  G1  ( Q is ideal
I CS in S )
   P  is normal subgroup of SL2  z 
A T
 (2) is false
EM
S  Q
T H Q
f A
Ans 85: (A,B)
M   is ideal in 
1
 Q
Given G be a finite group (1) option if g  G
OF f 1  Q  is ideal in 
m m | O G
TE
To check
has order and
U
T of
given n | m  n |  O  G    G has Ielement
take I  f 1  Q  G | f  G Q
T
order h  G has subgroup I NofSorder h Let a, b I  f 1  Q  , a, b 
 (A) is true.
N D f  a, b   Q
G  Z and N A
take A  2 and B  5 as sub-
A 10
groups of Z .
f  a   f b  Q
f  a   Q & f b   Q
10

2  0, 2, 4,6,8 and 5  0,5
a  f 1  Q  or b f 1  Q 
A  B or B  A
 I is prime ideal in R
 (c) is false and (B) is true
and Q is non zero prime ideal in R
take m  12 and G  S4 and 12 | O  G   (A) is true
We know that if F is PID then every non
 S 4 has subgroup say A  such that zero ideal is maximal ideal
 (B) is true
O  A4   12  O  m  . But G is non-abelian Again we known that if F is finite C.R.U then
 (D) is false. every prime ideal is maximal ideal and ev-
ery maximal ideal is prime ideal
Ans 86: (A,B,C,D)  (C) is true
f :R S and Q  S be a non-zero prime To check option (D)
ideal. If x5  x  x  
f '  Q   G   | F  G  Q since R | I  G  I | G  
Let G  G  I and G  0   3 13  
f  x   x 2  3 x  1   x     
G 
5
  G  I   G5  I
5 and 
  2 2  
G  I r   3 13  
 x       over Q  13   f  x 
 
G  2 2
5
 r G  0   

 r r 1  0
4
 
is irreducible over
(C) is true
Q  13 
Since f 1
Q is prime ideal in R
U   13  such that
 R \ I is integral domain
 
2.2  4  3  13 3  13 . But 2 is not 
 4
r r  1  0 and G  0  r 
4
1
associated to  3  
13 and 3  13  
G G   1
3
( use a a  I ) 
S
factorization of 4 is not unique upto associ-
C
 R | I is field ate in
T I
z  13   z  13  is not unique
 (4) is true.
M A
factiorization domain.
 option (D) isEfalse.
Ans 87: (A,B,C)
f  x   x2  3x  1 A TH
F M(A,C)
Ans 88: (A,B)
Ans 89:
EO
Since f  x  is irreducible over z2
as f  0   1  1 over z2 U T
and f 1  3  0 T IT Y
N S
I z is same as de-
and degree of f  x  over
N D 2
gree of f  x  A
over Q  f  x  is irreducible
over Q A
N
 (B) is true. y3
3  13
f  x   x 2  3x  1 
2 X
0, 0 
  3 13   y  4
 x 2  3 x  1   x     

  2 2  
x 1 x2
  3 13  
 x      z  13 
  2 2   over  All the points on these 4 lines x 1, x  2 ,
y  3 , y  4 belongs to set A, So it is con-
 f  x  is irreducible over z  13 
nected and closed but it is unbounded.
 (4) is true
Ans 90: (B,D)
Ans 91: (B,C) Ans 93: (B,C)
y "   y  0 ; x   0,   Y '  t   A33 Y  t  will have 3 linearly inde-
y  0  0 pendent solutions.
y    0  e 3t   0 
 3t   
y1   e  y  e 5 t 
Case I:   0  y"  0  & 2 
 0   e 5 t 
y  A  Bx ; y  0   0  A  0    
are L.I but as solution space is 3 dimensional
& y    0  A  B   0  B  0 so it can be extended to form a basis by add-
 B0 ing L.I vector y3 but it is not a basis.
So, it has trivial solution y  0
Ans 94: (B,C)
Case II:   0    K 2 ; K  0 (i) For r  2 s  1  sgn  y   t  0
 y " K 2 y  0  y  Ae K x  B e K x R  1 , S  2 & T  1  sgn  y 

y  0  0  A  B  0   S
S 2  4 RT  4 1  1  sgn  y  
I C
y    0  Ae K  B e K   0  sgn  y   0 if yA
T
E M 0 
 A  B  0  y  0 (trivial solution only)
A TH 0 if y  0
  0    K2 ; K  0 F M  0 if y  0
Case III:
O
TE
So, it is hyperbolic if y  0 and it is elliptic if
 D.E. becomes y " K y  0 2
IT U y0
 y  C cos K x  C sin K x
1 2
S T (option B)
y  0   0  C  0  y IN
C sin K x
y     0 AC N
D 1
sin K   0
2 (ii) For yr  xt  0
R  y ;S  0 ; T  x

N
C  0Aif K  I &
2
S 2  4 RT   xy
2
if K  I then C2 is any real number. S 2  4 RT  0 in IInd & IV th quadrant so it is

hyperbolic in it.
So, non trivial solution exist iff K  I &
S2  4 RT  0 in Ist and IIIrd quadrant so it
K0   K2 N and it is
is elliptic in it
y  x   C2 sin K x (option C)
 y  x   C2 sin    x ; N . Ans 95: (B,C)

Given cauchy problem is
 2u
Ans 92: (A,C)  0 ; x 1 ;0 y 1
x y
X '  t   A X  t   e1 tV1
u
As, 1 is eigenvalue of A and V1 is correspond- u  x, x 2   0;  x, x 2   g  x  , x  1
ing eigen vector, so it’s particular value,
y
(Do it forn  1 in hall) Take A  I   u 
 
Solution is of the form a e 1 t  b t e 1 t
It’s solution is    0  uy   y 
x  y 

so, u y x, x    x   g  x
2 2
So if 0  x0   2 then Klim

xK   1
(option C)
Hence g   x       x      x 
2 2
& also if  2  x0  0 then Klim xK   1


 g  x  g  x    x  2
(option D)
1 2
 g  x  is even function Now 1 & 2 are fixed points of
2
 x    so
so a necessary condition for a solution to ex-
ist is that g is an even function 1 2
(option B)
they are roots of equation
2
x   x  0
y
Now u  x, y   2  z g  z  dz x2  2x    0   1   2  2 (i)
x
Now iteration is
u  x, x  2 
x

2
z g  z  dz  0 1 2
x xK 1 
2
 xK   
 1 
& u y  x, y   2   y g  y 1 2
 xK      1
2 y 
xK 1   1 
2
C S
T I
g  y   g  x   x  2 x  A
1
 2x   
M
2
E
K K K 1
2
1 TH
So, all condition are satisfied by option (3)
hence option (3) is correct.
In option (4)  A  x    x      x   
2
F M 2
1 2 K 1
O
x
u  x, y   2  z g  z  dz 1
y
T E 
2
 x   1   x   2  2
 u  x, x   2  z g  z  dz
2
x2
ITU
S Tx

1
 x   1   x   2   1   2 
 0  x x  1
I N 2
So it is not correct. D 1
N   x   1  x   1 
Ans 96: (A,C,D)
N A 2
1A
(option A)
x 
K 1
2

x   , K  0,1, 2,....
2
K  Ans 97:

 11
For this iterativ e formula  1 log 2   
f  x  2   x 
; x   0,1
1
  x    x2      '  x   x
2 0 ; x0
so iterative method will converges to that
    0,   as x  0
root for which  ' x  x  1
f  x   0 .So iteration
Here fixed points 1 & 2 are such that
xK 1  f  xk  ; K  0,1,.....; x0  0
0   1 1   2
converges to 0;     0,  
So, method will converge to root 1 for any
Now, for  1
choice of intial value x0
  1  
 1 log 2   xK
f  xK   2   xK  

2
xK F 1
So, xK 1  ; K  0,1, 2,...  C  ex  2y '  C
2  y ' 2 1   y '
2
K
1
xK    x0  y '  C 2
2
 (i)
2  1   y ' e
2 2x
K
Also K 1  so convergence to 0 as linear
2 1   y '
2
e2 x 1 e2 x
& it has geometric convergence with     1 
 y '
2
C2 y '2 C2
1
common ratio q  and hence asymptotic
2 1 e2 x 1
 1  y ' 
rate of convergence is   log10 q   y '2 C 2 e2 x
1
  log10 1/ 2   log10  2  C2
(option A)
ex
1
   0,1  C
If then take
2
y
e 
2
I CS
dx

T
x x
e
 
1/2
1  
2
C
  1
C
M A
HE e
 1  log  
 f  x  2   x  
By A
T e x x
   1   
2
1
1/ 2
F M putting t 
C
 dt 
C
& 1   log      1  log  
   x     x E O
UT  ex 
y  sec1    C2
so convergence to 0 is sublinear
(option T I T 
C
I
Also if   1,   then take
S
N  2
C)
 t 
N D i.e. y  sec1    C2
 C1 
N A 
 
1
1 2 
2
 A2
 
f x 
 1  log  
 

x 
 where C1  1 and C2 is an arbitrary con-
stant.
2
  1 
1/ 2
1 Ans 99: (B,C)
1   log    1  log
  x  x F  x, y, y '   y '2  Ky 2
So in this case convergence is superlinear.
F d  F 
     0 is Euler Lagrange equa-
Ans 98: (b) y dx  y ' 
F  x, y, y '  e x 1   y ' tion, so we set
2
d
so, Euler Lagrange equation is 2 Ky   2 y '  0
dx
F d  F 
  0  y " Ky  0
y dx  y ' 
y  0   0 & y    0
d  F 
   0 [F is independent of y]  If K  0 or K  0 then
dx  y ' 
y  0 only
If K  0 then Ans 101: (A,C)
z  px  qy  pq (1) is Given
y  x   C1 cos K x  C2 sin K x
 It’s complete integral is z  ax  by  ab
y  0   0  C1  0 (option A)
For particular solution,
y    0  C2 sin K   0
Passing through x  0 & z  y 2 initial strip
So,
is
C2 can be any
Case I: If
number,
K is an integer then
hence solution is
 x  S  , y  S  , z  S  , p  S  , q  S 
0 0 0 0 0
y  x   C2 sin K x ; C2  R   0, S , S , p  S  , q  S  
2
0 0
Hence there are infinitely many solutions.

For p0  S  & q0  S  , Take
Case II: If is not an integer then z  px  qy  pq

K
& dz  pdx  qdy
C2 sin K   0  C2  0 .
 S 2  p .0  q . S  pq
y  x   0 is the only solution so there
Hence
C S
& 2 S  p .0  q .  q  2 S
is at most one solution.
T SI
M
2
A
 S  2S  p .2S  p 2
Ans 100: (B,D)
HSE 2
S T
1
y  S     e S et y  t  dt
0
 p A  & q S   2 S
 y  S   C  e where S
F M 2 0 0
E O Now,  x  q  2S  x
dx
1
C   et y  t  dt
UT dt
(1)
IT
0
 e 1 T
dy S
 y  p   y
C   e  C  e  dt  C   S
1  2 (2)
IN2 
t t dt 2
 0
N D dp
 0  p  C1  
S
C 1    NA
  e 1   2 dt 2
0

 A 2  dq
 0  q  C2  2 S
dt
 e2  1  From (1) & (2)
1      0  Non trivial solu-
 x  2S  et  1
so, if
 2  x  C1et  2 S
2 S S
tion exist. i.e. for  only non trivial y  C2 e t   y   et  1
e 1
2
2 2
2 2 2
 x  S
  y      2   S  z
solution exist and for only trivial 2 2
e 12

solution exist.
4  2
y  S   0 only &
2
i.e. x 
 z    y
2 4 
for  solution is (option C)
e 12
(There is humble request from Anand’s Pi AIM that carefully read every point and make
 2 
y  S   C  2  eS ; C  R a solid conceptual base on its basis )
 e 1 
Ans 102: (A,C)
Ans 103: (A,B,C)
Ans 104: (D)
Ans 105: (B,C)
Ans 106: (A)
Ans 107: (A)
Ans 108: (D)
Ans 109: (D)
Ans 110: (A,C)
Ans 111: (A,C)
Ans 112: (A,D)
I CS
Ans 113: (B,C)
AT
M
Ans 114: (A,B,C)
T HE
Ans 115: (A,B,C,D)
F MA
O
TE
Ans 116: (A)
Ans 117: (A,B,C)

IT U
T
Ans 118: (B,C)
D INS
Ans 119: (A,B,C,D)
AN
A N
Ans 120: (B,C,D)

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CSIR NET QUESTION PAPER

(a) D said “A is innocent”

Q.8: A square board is divided into 9 smaller iden- (c)

IT Q.11: A and B complete a work in 30 days. B and C

N A (b) 5 (a) C is the most efficient and B is the least effi-

Q.14: The figure shows temperature and salinity

Q.18: The sum ofM

(b) Mdivisible by  n  1 and not by n

(c) liminf En   x : x En for all but finitely many n

(d) lim inf E   x : x  E for infinitely many n

(a) lim sup f  n   

E OQ.26: Given f , g are continuous functions on  0,1

lim inf  f  n   n    I T and f 1/ 2   g 1/ 2  . Which of the follow-

 1 Q.27: Let A be an n  n matrix such that the set of

Q.34: For a positive integer p , consider the

 zE  g '  z  for z   \ 0 ?

U Q.35: Let  be the postively oriented circle in the

Q.31: For a , b   , let S T complex plane given by  z   : z  1  1 / 2 .

A values of a and b does (a) i  e (b) i  e

Q.38: Let X be a non-empty set and P  X  be i : A  X is closed

Q.39: Let   n  be the cardinality of the set O

the gcd of a and n . Which of T

(b) There exist N

Q.43: The general solution of the surface which are

n  1 interpolation points  x0 , x1 ,...., xn 1 . (d) y  s    60 s  50 s 2 

S   x, y , z  | x 2  y 2  z 2  1 z  0 (b) lim P  X n  j | X 0  i   lim P  X n  j | X 0  j 

guessed the answer ?

E O 0  x  1 where   1 is an unknown param-

ing a  -distribution with 5 S

X  k for some k such that   P 0  X  k 

Which of the following statements are true ?

n0 (d) f  x  g  x  is uniformly continuous 

(b) A  x  and B  x  converges uniformly  x3

(c) A  x  converges uniformly but B  x  does not  0

0 (c) All directional derivatives of f at  0, 0  ex-

(a) p  x, y   0 if and only if x  y  0 E O(a) A has at least 5 linearly independent rows

p  x, y   0 for all x, y U T (b) 3 rank A  5

ments are true ? inf x  y, x  y  y, y

T H are possible values of f   ?

I T and let f : D  D be a holomorphic function.

Suppose that f  0   0 and f '  0   0 .

N D Which of the following are possible values of

Q.78: Let Q  x, y, z  beA

 a b   (a) f is irreducible over   13 

(b)   p  is not a normal subgroup of SL    F M ements. Consider the subset E of F  F p p

  p  has atleast two elements E O 2

(a) f 1  Q  is a non-zero prime ideal in R (a)  X ,1  is compact and  1 is T2 (Hausdorff)

(b) f 1  Q  is a maximal ideal in R if R is a (b)  X ,1  is compact and 2 is T2 (Hausdorff)

(d) 0 OQ.94: Consider the partial differential equations

Q.92: Let A be an n  n matrix with distinctU

values  ,....  with corresponding

independent eigenvectors (ii) y x 0

The above iteration has two distinct fixed

Which of the following statements are true ?

(b) The iteration * is equivalent to the recur- O

If 0  x   then lim xIN

J  y      y '   ky  dx with boundary

E OQ.104: For n  1 , let X , X ,.., X be random vari- 1 2 n

U T ables such that E  X   0 and E  X   1 i i

AN U  U  q  with a  q   0 . (b) V ar  X  X  ...  X   n if and only if

X 1 , X 2 ,..., X n are independent

Which of the following statements are true?

E (c) The method of moments estimator of  is