CENTRE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN PURE & APPLIED MATHEMATICS

BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY MULTAN

MS/M PHIL ENTRY TEST (SAMPLE)
NAME: Father’s Name:
Appl. No. Discipline Pure/Applied/Computational
Program: MS / MPhil Subject: Mathematics
Session: 2020-22 (Fall) Total Marks: 100
Duration: 100 Minutes Date & Time: 26-08-2020 at 10:00 am
NOTE:
(i) All the 50 MCQs are to be attempted. Two marks will be awarded for every correct answer.
(ii) No mark will be awarded for unticked or multiply ticked question.
(iii) Ink remover is not allowed.
(iv) Overwriting and cutting is not allowed.

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SCORE SHEET
Courses Algebra Calculus Real Numerical Differential English Total
1-10 11-20 Analysis Analysis Equations Language Skills 100
21-25 26-30 31-40 41-50
Marks

Sign
Feb
1-The order of is ……
(A) 2,
(B) 5,
(C) 7,
(D) 10.
2- If is a ring homomorphism then Ker is
(A) Subring of ,
(B) Ideal of R,
(C) Ideal of ,
(D) all of these.
3- Every group of prime order is
(A) Cyclic,
(B) Abelian,
(C) both (A) and (B),
(D) None of these.
4-Every ideal of is
(A) Prime,
(B) Maximal,
(C) Principal,
(D) None of these.
5-The number of linearly independent vectors in the vector space cannot exceed
(A) 1,
(B) 2,
(C) 3,
(D) None of these.
6-Which of the following pair of vectors does not form a basis for the Euclidean space
(A) {(2,1),(4,2)},
(B) {(0,1),(0,2)},
(C) {(0,0),(0,1)},
(D) All of these.
7- Let “H” and “K” be two subgroups of a group “G”. Then “HK” is a subgroup of “G” iff…..
(A) “H” is normal in “G”,
(B) “K” is normal in “G”,
(C) HK=KH,
(D) all are true.
8- Which of the following is true?
(A) Every subgroup of a cyclic group is cyclic
(B) Every subgroup of an abelian subgroup is normal.
(C) Both of them
(D) None of them.
9-Which of the following statements is FALSE?
(A) The set of rational numbers is a cyclic group under addition
(B) The set of integers is an abelian group under addition.
(C) The set of real numbers form an abelian group under addition
(D) None of these
10. In the group G = {0.1,2,3,4,5) under addition modulo 6, the inverse of 4 is
(A) 6
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 3.

11. The function is strictly increasing in the interval ________

(A) ,
(B) ,
(C) ,
(D) .
12. The region bounded by is rotated about the y-axis. The volume of the solid generated
is given by the integral
(A) ,
(B) ,
(C) ,
(D) .
13. A function has relative maximum value at , if and ______
(A) ,
(B) ,
(C) ,
(D) None of these.
14. equals:
(A) 0,
(B)
(C) 1,
(D) 2.
15. The average value of over the interval from to is :

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

16. If for x in an interval (a, b) & for at least one x in an interval (a, b), then

(A) The graphs of f & g will intersect at some point in (a, b).
(B) The graphs of f & g will touch at some point in (a, b).
(C) The graphs of f & g will not intersect at any point in (a, b).
(D) None of these.

17. If and what is the value of

(A) ,

(B) -13,

(C) 0,
 (D) 13.

18. A total of feet of fencing is to form three sides of a level rectangular yard. What is the maximum
possible area of the yard, in terms of ?
(A)
(B)

(C)

(D)
19. The graph of a function is shown. What is the value of

(A) 6,
(B) 8,
(C) 10,
(D) 14.

20. The curve passes through the point and is tangent to the line at origin.
The value of is

(A) ,
(B) 1,
(C) 0,
(D) 2.

21. If a, b  R with ab  0 and a  b . Then which of the following is true

(A) a  b ,
(B) a  b ,
1 1
(C)  ,
a b
(D) None of these.
22. Let Sn  and tn  be the sequence of real numbers such that lim Sn  S and lim tn  t , then which
n n
of the following is true.
(A) lim Sn tn  St ,
n

(B) lim Sn tn  S t ,
n 

(C) lim Sn tn  St ,
n

(D) lim Sn tn  S  t
n

23. If Sn  is null sequence and c is any real no. then which of the following is true
(A) cSn  is not sequence ,
 (B) cSn  also null sequence,
(C) cSn  is divergent sequence,
(D) cSn  is not convergent sequence.

1
24. n is convergent. Then which of the following is true.
 log n 
p
n2

(A) p  1,
(B) p  1,
(C) (A) and (B),
(D) p  0,

25. A continuous function f from a closed bounded interval [a, b] to R . Then which of the
following is true.
(A) f is always bounded,
(B) f may be bounded or unbounded,
(C) f is always monotone,
(D) none of these.
26. Let R be the set of real numbers with usual metric. Let A   0, 4 . Then which of the following is
true.
(A) 0 is a limit point of A ,
(B) 0 int( A) ,
(C) 0  A , where A is the closure of A ,
(D) 1 is an isolated point of A .
27. Let x and y be real numbers, x  0 then  positive integer n . Then which of the following is
true.
(A) nx  y ,
(B) nx  y ,
(C) ny  x ,
(D) ny  x .
28. Let A be non empty set and   inf( A),   sup( A) . Then which of the following is true.
(A)    ,
(B)    ,
(C)    ,
(D) None of these.
 
29. Let f  x   xSin 1 , x  0, f  x   0, x  0 . Then which of the following is true.
x
(A) f  x  is differentiable at x  0 ,
(B) f  x  is differentiable  x except x  0 ,
(C) f  x  is continuous at x  0 ,
(D) f  x  is not continuous at x  0 .
30. Let f  x, y   x3  x2 y3  2 y 2 , then which of the following is FALSE.
(A) f x 1,1  5 ,
(B) f x y 1,1  2 ,
(C) f x x 1,1  8 ,
(D) f y 1,1  1.
31. If f (x) is a real continuous function in [a, b] , and f (a) f b  0 , then for f x   0 , there is
(are) ____________ in the domain [a, b] .
(A) one root
(B) an undeterminable number of roots
 (C) no root
(D) at least one root
32. Secant Method uses _________ initial guess
(A) 1
(B) 3
(C) 2
(D) 4
33. Simpson’s rule is applicable to
(A) Odd number of intervals
(B) Even number of intervals
(C) Odd and even number of intervals
(D) None of the above
 
b n

 f  x dx   f  x0   2 f  xi   f  xn 
34. The numerical integration formula a  i 1  is known as
(A) Simpson's 1/3 rd rule
(B) Simpson’s 3/8 rule
(C) Trapezoidal rule
(D) Composite Trapezoidal rule
35. The following is a direct method for solving system of linear equations:
(A) Gauss-Seidel method
(B) Gauss-Jordan method
(C) Jacobi’s method
(D) None of the above
36. If 1 is first solution of y   p (x ) y   q (x ) y  0 , then the second y2 is
y

e 
 p ( x ) dx

(A) y2  y1  dx ,
y12

(B) y2  y1 
 p( x)dx dx ,
y12

e 
 p ( x ) dx

(C) y2  y  1
2
dx ,
y1
(D) None
37. What is/are the ordinary point (s) of the differential equation x 2 (2  x) y  y  y  0
(A) x0  2 ,
(B) x0  0 ,
(C) Both (A) & (B) ,
(D) None of these .
38. What is/are the singular point (s) of the differential equation x (1  x 2 ) y   y   xy  0
(A) x0  0 ,
(B) x0  1 ,
(C) Both (A) & (B),
(D) None.

d2y dy
39. If 2
 2  y  e x , then y p  ?
dx dx
2x
(A) A e ,
x
(B) A xe ,
3 x
(C) Ax e ,
(D) None

d2y dy
40. The auxiliary equation of the differential equation x 2 2
 3x  3 y  0 is
dx dx
(A) m2  2m  4  0 ,
(B) 2m2  m  4  0 ,
(C) m2  2m  3  0 ,
(D) None of these.

41. Asad and Ali went to shopping, but __________ couldn’t find anything __________ liked.
(a) they, those
(b) they, them
(c) those, they
(d) they, they
42. Nuclear energy is __________ dangerous to be used widely.
(a) so
(b) such
(c) too
(d) that
43. She succeeded by ________ hard.
(a) work
(b) working
(c) continuous work
(d) continuous working
44. I cannot buy this car __________ this price.
(a) for
(b) in
(c) at
(d) on
45. You can go neither by train ________ by bus.
(a) no
(b) nor
(c) or
(d) and
46. “London is on river Thames.” What are the proper nouns in this sentence?
(a) London and Thames
(b) London and River
(c) River and Thames
(d) London, river, and Thames
47. Which of the following words is an example of an adjective?
(a) even
(b) afraid
(c) hopefully
(d) very
48. Correction in the sentence, “Ten cattles were grazing in the field.”, would be
(a) The ten cattles were grazing in the field.
(b) Cattles were grazing in the field.
(c) Ten cattles were grazing around the field.
49. Correction in the sentence, “You have been working very hard for the last two years. Isn’t it.”,
would be
(a) You have been working very hard for the last two years. Haven’t you.
(b) You have been working very hard for the last two years. Hasn't you.
(c) You have been working very hard for the last two years. Isn’t it.
(d) You have been working very hard for the last two years. Didn’t you.
50. Choose the correct sentence.
(a) Let me give you some advice.
(b) She gave him a lot of advise.
(c) I strongly advice you to lose weight.
(d) They finally did what we adviced.