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PAPER : IIT-JAM 2014

MATHEMATICS-MA

(CODE–A)
PART-I
(OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS)
Q.1-Q10: Only one option is correct. Each question carries (+1) mark for correct answer
and (–1/3) marks for wrong answer.

1. Let f ( x) | x 2  25 | for all x   . The total number of points of  at which f attains a local
extremum (minimum or maximum) is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
2. The coefficient of ( x  1)2 in the Taylor series expansion of f ( x)  xe x ( x   ) about the point
x  1 is
e 3e
(a) (b) 2e (c) (d) 3e
2 2
10
3. Let f ( x, y )   ( x 2  y 2 ) k for all ( x, y )   2 . Then for all ( x, y )   2 ,
k 1

f f f f
(a) x ( x, y )  y ( x, y )  0 (b) x ( x, y )  y ( x, y )  0
x y x y
f f f f
(c) y ( x, y )  x ( x, y )  0 (d) y ( x, y )  x ( x, y )  0
x y x y
4. For a, b, c   , if the differential equation (ax 2  bxy  y 2 )dx  (2 x 2  cxy  y 2 ) dy  0 is exact,
then
(a) b  2, c  2a (b) b  4, c  2 (c) b  2, c  4 (d) b  2, a  2c
  
5. If f ( x, y , z )  x 2 y  y 2 z  z 2 x for all ( x, y, z )   3 and   i  j  k , then the value of
x y z
 (  f )   (f ) at (1, 1, 1) is
(a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 9

2
2n
6. The radius of convergence of the power series 2 x n is
n 0

1
(a) (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4
4
7. Let G be a group of order 17. The total number of non-isomorphic subgroups of G is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 17
8. Which one of the following is a subspace of the vector space 3 ?
(a) {( x, y, z )   3 : x  2 y  0, 2 x  3 z  0} (b) {( x, y, z )   3 : 2 x  3 y  4 z  3  0, z  0}

(c) {( x, y , z )   3 : x  0, y  0} (d) {( x, y , z )  3 : x  1  0, y  0}
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9. Let T :  3   3 be the linear transformation defined by T ( x, y , z )  ( x  y , y  z , z  x) for all

( x, y, z )   3 . Then
(a) rank (T) = 0, nullity (T) = 3 (b) rank (T) = 2, nullity (T) = 1
(c) rank (T) = 1, nullity (T) = 2 (d) rank (T) = 3, nullity (T) = 0
x
10. Let f :    be a continuous function satisfying x   f (t )dt  e x  1 for all x   . Then the set
0

{x   :1  f ( x)  2} is the interval
(a) [log 2, log 3] (b) [2 log 2, 3 log 3] (c) [e – 1, e2 – 1] (d) [0, e2]
Q.11-Q.35: Only one option is correct. Each question carries (+2) marks for correct
answer
and (–2/3) marks for wrong answer.
11. The system of linear equations
x  y  2 z  b1
x  2 y  z  b2
2 y  2 z  b3

is inconsistent when (b1 , b2 , b3 ) equals

(a) (2, 2, 0) (b) (0, 3, 2) (c) (2, 2, 1) (d) (2, –1, –2)

a 1 4 
 b 7  be a matrix with real entries. If the sum and the product of all the eigenvalues
12. Let A   0
 0 0 3
of A are 10 and 30 respectively, then a 2  b 2 equals
(a) 29 (b) 40 (c) 58 (d) 65
13. Consider the subspace W  {( x1 , x2 ,..., x10 )  10 : xn  xn 1  xn  2 for 3  n  10} of the vector space

10 . The dimension of W is

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 9 (d) 10
14. Let y1 ( x ) and y2 ( x ) be two linearly independent solutions of the differential equation

x 2 y( x)  2 xy( x )  4 y ( x)  0 for x  [1,10] .

Consider the Wronskian W ( x )  y1 ( x ) y2 ( x)  y2 ( x) y1 ( x ) . If W (1)  1 , then W (3)  W (2) equals
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
 sin( x ) 2 y
15. The equation of the curve passing through the point  ,1  and having slope  at each
2  x2 x
point ( x, y ) with x  0 is

2  2 2 2
(a)  x y  cos( x)  (b) x y  cos( x ) 
4 4
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2 2 2 2
(c) x y  sin( x )  1 (d) x y  sin( x)  1
4 4
16. The value of    for which the curves x 2  y 2  1 and y  x 2 intersect orthogonally is

1 1
(a) –2 (b) (c) (d) 2
2 2

  1 
17. Let xn  2 2 n  1  cos  n   for all n   . Then the sequence {xn }
  2 
(a) does NOT converges (b) converges to 0
1 1
(c) converges to (d) converges to
2 4
18. Let {xn } be a sequence of real numbers such that lim( xn 1  xn )  c , where c is a positive real
n 

x 
number. Then the sequence  n 
n
(a) is NOT bounded (b) is bounded but NOT convergent
(c) converges to c (d) converges to 0
 
(1)n n (1)n
19. Let  an and b n be two series, where an  , bn  for all n   . Then
n 1 n 1 2n log(n  1)
 
(a) both  an and b n are absolutely convergent
n 1 n 1

 
(b)  an is absolutely convergent but
n 1
b n is conditionally convergent
n 1

 
(c) a
n 1
n is conditionally convergent but b n is absolutely convergent
n 1

 
(d) both  an and
n 1
b n are conditionally convergent
n 1

 x2 
20. The set  2
: x    is
1  x 
(a) connected but NOT compact in  (b) compact but NOT connected in 
(c) compact and connected  (d) neither compact nor connected in 
 2 
21. The set of all limit points of the set  : x  (1,1)  in  is
 x 1 
(a) [1,  ) (b) (1,  ) (c) [ 1,1] (d) [ 1,  )
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2 x if x  [0,1],
22. Let S  [0,1]  [2,3) and let f : S   be defined by f ( x)  
 8  2 x if x  [2,3).
If T  { f ( x ) : x  S } , then the inverse function f 1 : T  S
(a) does NOT exist (b) exists and is continuous
(c) exists and is NOT continuous (d) exists and is monotonic
23. Let f ( x)  x 3  x and g ( x )  x 3  x for all x   . If f 1 denotes the inverse function of f, then
the derivative of the composite function g o f 1 at the point 2 is
2 1 11 11
(a) (b) (c) (d)
13 2 13 4
x if y  0,
For all ( x, y )   , let f ( x, y )  
2
24. 3
 x  y sin(1/ y ) if y  0.
Then at the point (0, 0),
(a) f is NOT continuous (b) f is continuous but NOT differentiable
f f
(c) exists but does NOT exist (d) f is differentiable
x y

 x
 x2  y 2 if x  0
25. For all ( x, y )   , let f ( x , y )   | x |
2

0 if x  0.

f f
Then (0, 0)  (0, 0) equals
x y
(a) –1 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2
26. Let f :    be a funct ion with continuous derivative such that f ( 2)  2 and
x t
1
f ( x )  lim
t 0 2t  sf ( s)ds
x t
for all x   . Then f(3) equals

(a) 3 (b) 3 2 (c) 3 3 (d) 9

1 x2 y
27. The value of    ( y  2 z ) dz dy dx is
x 0 y 0 z 0

1 2 1 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
53 21 6 3
28. If C is a smooth curve in  from (–1, 0, 1) to (1, 1, –1), then the value of
3

2
 (2 xy  z )dx  ( x 2  z )dy  ( y  2 xz) dz is
C

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

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29. Let C be the boundary of the region R  ( x, y )   2 : 1  y  1, 0  x  1  y 2  oriented in the

counterclockwise direction. Then the value of  C

ydx  2 xdy is

4 2 2 4
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 3 3 3
30. Let G be a cyclic group of order 24. The total number of group isomorphisms of G onto itself
is
(a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 17 (d) 24
31. Let Sn be the group of all permutations on the set {1, 2,...,n} under the composition of mappings.
For n  2 , if H is the smallest subgroup of Sn containing the transposition (1, 2) and the cycle
(1, 2, ....,n), then
(a) H  Sn (b) H is abelian
(c) the index of H in Sn is 2 (d) H is cyclic
32. Let S be the oriented surface x 2  y 2  z 2  1 with the unit normal n pointing outward. For the
vector field F( x, y, z )  xi  yj  zk , the value of  F.n dS is
S

 4
(a) (b) 2 (c) (d) 4
3 3
33. Let f : (0,  )   be a differentiable function such that f ( x 2 )  1  x 3 for all x  0 and f (1)  0 .
Then f (4) equals
47 47 16 8
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 10 5 5
34. Which one of the following conditions on a group G implies that G is abelian?
(a) The order of G is p3 for some prime p
(b) Every proper subgroup of G is cyclic
(c) Every subgroup of G is normal in G
(d) The function f : G  G , defined by f ( x)  x 1 for all x  G , is a homomorphism

35. Let S  {x   : x 6  x5  100} and T  {x 2  2 x : x  (0, )} . The set S  T is

(a) closed and bounded in  (b) closed but NOT bounded in 
(c) bounded but NOT closed in  (d) neither closed nor bounded in 
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PART-II
(DESCRIPTIVE QUESTIONS)
Q.36-Q.43 carry five marks each.

36. Find all the critical points of the function f :  2   defined by f ( x, y )  x 3  xy  y 3 for all
( x, y )   2 . Also, examine whether the function f attains a local maximum or a local minimum
at each of these critical points.
37. Given that there is a common solution to the following equations:
P : y  2 y  e x y 2 , y (0)  1,
Q : y   2 y   y  0,
find the value of  and hence find the general solution of Q.
1
38. Let f :    be a twice differentiable function such that f  n   0 for all n   . Show that
2 
f (0)  0  f (0) .
39. Let A be an n × n matrix with real entries such that A2 = A. If I denotes the n × n identity matrix,
then show that rank(A – I) = nullity (A).
xy
40. Evaluate  dS , where the surface S  {( x, y , x 2  y )   3 : 0  x  y , x  y  1} .
2
S 1 2x
41. Let f : (0,1)   be a differentiable function such that | f ( x) |  5 for all x  (0,1) . Show that the

  1 
sequence  f    converges in  .
  n 1 
42. Let H be a subgroup of the group (  , +) such that H  [ 1,1] is a finite set containing a non-
zero element. Show that H is cyclic.
43. If K is a nonempty closed subset of  , then show that the set {x  y : x  K , y  [1, 2]} is closed
in  .

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