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SYLLABUS: ENGG. MATHEMATICS
GATE - 2020
Electronics & Communication (EC)
Linear Algebra: Vector space, basis, linear dependence and independence, matrix algebra, eigen values and
eigen vectors, rank, solution of linear equations – existence and uniqueness.
Calculus: Mean value theorems, theorems of integral calculus, evaluation of definite and improper integrals,
partial derivatives, maxima and minima, multiple integrals, line, surface and volume integrals, Taylor series.
Differential Equations: First order equations (linear and nonlinear), higher order linear differential
equations, Cauchy's and Euler's equations, methods of solution using variation of parameters,
complementary function and particular integral, partial differential equations, variable separable method,
initial and boundary value problems.
Vector Analysis: Vectors in plane and space, vector operations, gradient, divergence and curl, Gauss's,
Green's and Stoke's theorems.
Complex Analysis: Analytic functions, Cauchy's integral theorem, Cauchy's integral formula; Taylor's and
Laurent's series, residue theorem.
Numerical Methods: Solution of nonlinear equations, single and multi-step methods for differential
equations, convergence criteria.
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probability distribution functions - binomial, Poisson, exponential and normal; Joint and conditional
probability; Correlation and regression analysis.

Electrical Engineering (EE)

Linear Algebra: Matrix Algebra, Systems of linear equations, Eigenvalues, Eigenvectors.
Calculus: Mean value theorems, Theorems of integral calculus, Evaluation of definite and improper
integrals, Partial Derivatives, Maxima and minima, Multiple integrals, Fourier series, Vector identities,
Directional derivatives, Line integral, Surface integral, Volume integral, Stokes’s theorem, Gauss’s theorem,
Green’s theorem.
Differential equations: First order equations (linear and nonlinear), Higher order linear differential
equations with constant coefficients, Method of variation of parameters, Cauchy’s equation, Euler’s
equation, Initial and boundary value problems, Partial Differential Equations, Method of separation of
variables.
Complex variables: Analytic functions, Cauchy’s integral theorem, Cauchy’s integral formula, Taylor
series, Laurent series, Residue theorem, Solution integrals.
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Deviation, Random variables, Discrete and Continuous distributions, Poisson distribution, Normal
distribution, Binomial distribution, Correlation analysis, Regression analysis.
Numerical Methods: Solutions of nonlinear algebraic equations, Single and Multi‐step methods for
differential equations.
Transform Theory: Fourier Transform, Laplace Transform, z‐Transform.
 GATE Paper
(This booklet contains the questions from the following Code
GATE streams)

Aerospace Engineering AE
Agricultural Engineering AG
Biotechnology BT
Civil Engineering CE
Chemical Engineering CH
Computer Science and Information Technology CS
Electronics and Communication Engineering EC
Electrical Engineering EE
Ecology and Evolution EY
Geology and Geophysics GG
Instrumentation Engineering IN
Information & Technology IT
Mathematics MA
Mechanical Engineering ME
Mining Engineering MN
Metallurgical Engineering MT
Petroleum Engineering PE
Physics PH
Production and Industrial Engineering PI
Statistics ST
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Engineering Sciences XE
 Table of Contents
01. LINEAR ALGEBRA 1
PROPERTY BASED PROBLEM 1
DET. & MULT. 3
ADJOINT - INVERSE 7
EIGEN VALUES & VECTORS 10
RANK 21
HOMOGENOUS & LINEAR EQN 23
HAMILTONS 28
GEOMETRICAL TRANSFORMATION 29
02. CALCULUS 31
2.1 MEAN VALUE THEOREM 32
ROLLE’S MVT 32
LAGRANGES’S MVT 33
CAUCHY’S MVT 34
2.2 MAXIMA AND MINIMA 36
SINGLE VARIABLE 36
DOUBLE VARIABLE 42
2.3 LIMITS 46
LIMIT, CONTINUITY, DIFF. CHECKUP 46
LIMITS 48
Single Variable 48
Double Variable 53
2.4 INTEGRAL & DIFFERENTIAL CALCULAS 56
SINGLE INTEGRATION 56
Simple Improper Integration 59
Laplace form of Integration 60
Beta and Gama Integration 61
AREA & VOLUME CALCULATION 62
Area Calculation 62
Volume Calculation 62
Double and Triple Integration 64
DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS 65
2.5 SERIES 68
TAYLOR SERIES EXPANSION 68
CONVERGENCE TEST 70
MISCELLANEOUS 71
03. DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS 73
LINEARITY/ORDER/DEGREE OF DE 73
FIRST ORDER & DEGREE DE 74
Lebnitz Linear Form 74
Variable Separable Form 76
Exact Differential Equation Form 78
MISCELLANEOUS 78
HIGHER ORDER DE 80
MISCELLANEOUS 88
04. COMPLEX VARIABLE 92
BASIC PROBLEMS 92
ANALYTIC FUNCTION 95
CAUCHY’S INTEGRAL & RESIDUE 97
Cauchy Integral 97
Residue 100
05. PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS 103
PROBABILITY PROBLEMS 103
Combined Problems 103
Problems on Combination 109
Problems from Binomial 113
Problems on Bay’s 114
PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION 116
Statistics 116
Expectation 118
Normal Distribution 119
Uniform Distribution 121
Combined Continuous Dist. 123
Poisson Distribution 127
Miscellaneous 128
06. NUMERICAL METHODS 132
BASIC PROBLEMS 132
ROOTS FINDING METHODS 134
Newton Raphson Method 134
Other Methods 137
SOLUTION OF DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION 137
Eulers Method 137
Runge Kutta Method 138
NUMERICAL INTEGRATION 138
Trapezoidal Rule 138
Simpsons Rule 140
Mixed 141
MISCELLANEOUS 141
 01
Linear Algebra
Property Based Problem 1 1
(A) I4 (B) I4
4 2
B [GATE-EE-2011-IITM]
2 1 1
1. The matrix [A] =  
 is decomposed
(C) I 4 (D) I4
 4  1  3
into a product of lower triangular matrix [L] A [GATE-CS-2001-IITK]
and an upper triangular [U]. The property 5. Consider the following statements
decomposed [L] and [U] matrices
respectively are S1: The sum of two singular matrices may
be singular.
1 0  1 1 
(A)   and  S2 : The sum of two non-singulars may be
4  1 0  2  non-singular.
This of the following statements is true.
2 0  1 1 
(B)   and   (A) S1 & S2 are both true
 4 1  0 1
(B) S1 & S2 are both false
1 0 2 1 
(C)   and  (C) S1 is true and S2 is false
 4 1 0  1 
(D) S1 is false and S2 is true
2 0  1 0.5 
(D)  and  D [GATE-CS-2011-IITM]
4  3  0 1  6. [A] is a square matrix which is neither
symmetric nor skew-symmetric and [A]T is
D [GATE-CS-1994-IITKGP] its transpose. The sum and differences of
2. If A and B are real symmetric matrices of these matrices are defined as [S] = [A] +
order n then which of the following is true. [A]T and [D] = [A] – [A]T respectively.
(A) A AT = I (B) A = A-1 Which of the following statements is true?
(A) Both [S] and [D] are symmetric
(C) AB = BA (D) (AB)T = BTAT
(B) Both [S] and [D] are skew-symmetric
B [GATE-CE-1998-IITD]
(C) [S] is skew-symmetric and [D] is
3. If A is a real square matrix then A+AT is
symmetric
(A) Un symmetric (D) [S] is symmetric and [D] is skew-
symmetric
(B) Always symmetric
5tAD [GATE-EC-2014-IITKGP]
(C) Skew – symmetric
7. For matrices of same dimension M, N and
(D) Sometimes symmetric scalar c, which one of these properties
DOES NOT ALWAYS hold?
C[GATE-EC-2005-IITB]
T
4. Given an orthogonal matrix A = (A) M  T
M
0 0 0 1 T T
0 0 1 0 
(B)  cM   cM
 ( AAT ) 1 is ______
1 0 0 0 (C)  M  N
T
 M T  NT
 
0 1 0 0
(D) M N  N M

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Statement for Linked Answer Questions for next (A) 4 (B) 6
two problems
(C) 8 (D) 12
Given that three vector as
AC [GATE-IN-2010-IITG]
T T T
 10   2  2 12. X and Y are non-zero square matrices of size
P   1  ,Q   5  , R   7 
    nn . If XY= 0 n n then
 3   9  12 
(A) X  0 and Y  0
AA [GATE-EE-2006-IITKGP]
(B) X  0 and Y  0
8. An orthogonal set of vectors having a span
that contains P, Q, R is
(C) X  0 and Y  0
6  4 
   (D) X  0 and Y  0
(A)  3 2
 6   3  AA [GATE-CE-2009-IITR]
13. A square matrix B is skew symmetric if
4  5   8  T T
    (A) B  B (B) B  B
(B)  2   7   2  1 1 T
4 11 3 (C) B  B (D) B  B
AC [GATE-CS-2004-IITD]
 6 3 3  14. The number of differential n  n symmetric
    matrices with each element being either 0 or
(C)  7  2  9  x
1 is: (Note: power(2, x) is same as 2 ).
1
2
4
n
(A) Power  2 
 4   1  5
    (B) Power  2 n 
2

(D)  3  31 3  

11  3  4
  n2  n  
(C) Power 2
2 
AB [GATE-EE-2006-IITKGP]
9. The following vector is linearly dependent  
 
upon the solution to the previous problem
  n2 n 
8  2 
(D) Power 2
2 
 
(A) 9

(B) 17 

 
 
3  30
AA [GATE-CS-2000-IITKGP]
 4  13 15. An n  n array V is defined as follows
   
(C)  4 (D)  2  Vi, j ,i  j for all i, j, 1  i, j  n then the
5   3  sum of the elements of the array V is

AB [GATE-EE-1997-IITM] (A) 0 (B) n – 1

10. A square matrix is called singular if its (C) n 2  3n  2 (D) n(n + 1)
(A) Determinant is unity
AB [GATE-CH-2013-IITB]
(B) Determinant is zero 16. Which of the following statements are
TRUE?
(C) Determinant is infinity
P. The eigen values of a symmetric matrix
(D) Rank is unity
are real.
AA [GATE-ME-2004-IITD] Q. The value of the determinant of an
11. For which value of x will be the matrix orthogonal matrix can only be +1.
given below become singular?
R. The transpose of a square matrix A has
8 x 0 the same eigen values as those of A
4 0 2 
 S. The inverse of an 'n  n' matrix exists
12 6 0  if and only if the rank is less than ‘n’

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(A) P and Q only (B) P and R only (A)  1 , 1 , 1
3 2 6
(C) Q and R only (D) P and S only
AD [GATE-AG-2017-IITR] (B)  1 , 1 , 1
3 6 2
 0 0.5 1.5 
 (C)  1 ,  1 ,  1
17. Matrix  0.5 0 2.5 is a 6 3 2
 1.5 2.5 0 
(D)  1 , 1 , 1
2 6 3
(A) Diagonal matrix
(B) Symmetric matrix C [GATE-IN-2014-IITKGP]
(C) Orthogonal matrix 23. A scalar valued function is defined as
(D) Skew-symmetric matrix
f (x)  xT Ax  bT x  c ,
where A is a
symmetric positive definite matrix with
AC [GATE-CE-2017-IITR] dimension n × n; b and x are vectors of
18. The matrix P is a inverse of a matrix Q. If I dimension n × 1. The minimum value of f(x)
denotes the identity matrix, which one of the will occur when x equals
following options is correct? 1 1

(A) PQ  I but QP  I
(A)  A AT
b 
(B)  AT A  b

(B) QP  I but PQ  I 1 A1b

(C)   A b  (D)
 2  2
(C) PQ  I and QP  I
(D) PQ  QP  I **********

AD [GATE-ME-2017-IITR] Det. & Mult.

 1 1  199to201 [GATE-EC-2014-IITKGP]
 2 0 2 
 24. The determinant of matrix A is 5 and the
19. Consider the matrix P   0 1 0  . determinant of matrix B is 40. The
 1 1  determinant of matrix AB is ------. .
 0
 2 2  10 [GATE-BT-2018-IITG]
Which one of the following statements about  4 6 
25. The determinant of the matrix   is
P is INCORRECT ?  3 2 
(A) Determinant of P is equal to 1. _________.

(B) P is orthogonal. A160 [GATE-BT-2016-IISc]

26. The value of determinant A given below is
(C) Inverse of P is equal to its transpose. __________
(D) All eigenvalues of P are real numbers.
 5 16 81 
A2.8 to 3.0 [GATE-GG-2018-IITG]  
A  0 2 2 
20. The highest singular value of the matrix  0 0 16 
 
1 2 1
G   is ______.
 1 2 0  D [GATE-PI-1994-IITKGP]
27. The value of the following determinant
A–6 T1.1 [GATE-BT-2019-IITM] 1 4 9
 0 6 4 9 16 is :
21. Matrix A=   will be skew-symmetric
 p 0 9 16 25
when p = _____.
(A) 8 (B) 12
AD T1.1 [GATE-MN-2019-IITM]
(C) – 12 (D) – 8
 0 2  
  B [GATE-CE-2001-IITK]
22. Matrix A       is orthogonal. The
     28. The determinant of the following matrix
 
5 3 2 
values of  ,  and  respectively are 1 2 6 
 
3 5 10

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(A) – 76 (B) – 28 A [GATE-EC-2005-IITB]
34. The determinant of the matrix given below is
(C) 28 (D) 72
 0 1 0 2
B [GATE-PI-2009-IITR]  1 1 1 3
1 3 2  
 0 0 0 1
29. The value of the determinant 4 1 1 is :  
 1 2 0 1 
2 1 3
(A) -1 (B) 0
(A) – 28 (B) – 24 (C) 1 (D) 2
(C) 32 (D) 36
C [GATE-CE-1999-IITB]
A [GATE-CE-1997-IITM] 35. If A is any n  n matrix and k is a scalar then
1 3 2  | kA | α | A | where  is
30. If the determinant of the matrix 0 5 6
  (A) kn (B) nk
2 7 8 
k
is 26 then the determinant of the matrix (C) kn (D)
n
2 7 8
0 5 6 is : A [GATE-CS-1996-IISc]
 
cos θ  sin θ  a 0
1 3 2  36. The matrices   and  
 sin θ cos θ  0 b
(A) – 26 (B) 26 commute under multiplication.
(C) 0 (D) 52 (A) If a = b (or) θ  nπ, n is an integer
B [GATE-CS-1998-IITD] (B) Always
1 a bc
(C) never
31. If  = 1 b ca then which of the
1 c ab (D) If a cos θ  b sin θ
following is a factor of  . AA [GATE-ME-2015-IITK]
37. If any two columns of a determinant
(A) a + b (B) a - b
(C) abc (D) a + b + c 4 7 8
P   3 1 5  are interchanged, which one
B [GATE-CE-1999-IITB]
 9 6 2 
2 1 1
32. The equation 1 of the following statements regarding the
1 1  0 represents a
value of the determinant is CORRECT ?
y x2 x
(A) Absolute value remains unchanged but
parabola passing through the points. sign will change.
(A) (0,1), (0,2),(0,-1) (B) Both absolute value and sign will
change.
(B) (0,0), (-1,1),(1,2)
(C) Absolute value will change but sign
(C) (1,1), (0,0), (2,2) will not change .
(D) Both absolute value and sign will
(D) (1,2), (2,1), (0,0)
remain unchanged.
C [GATE-EE-2002-IISc] A1 [GATE-EC-2014-IITKGP]
33. The determinant of the matrix 38. Consider the matrix:
 1 0 0 0
100 1 0 0
0 0 0 1
 0 0
is 0 0
0 0 1 0
100 200 1 0
  0 0
0 1 0 0
100 200 300 1 J6 
0 0
1 0 0 0
(A) 100 (B) 200 01 0 0 0 0
(C) 1 (D) 300 1 0 0 0 0 0

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Which is obtained by reversing the order of AA [GATE-ME-2014-IITKGP]
the columns of the identity matrix I 6 . 43. Given that the determinant of the matrix
 1 3 0
Let P  I6  J 6 , where  is a non-negative  2 6 4
real number. The value of  for which   is -12, the determinant of the
det(P)=0 is ___________. 1 0 2
AB [GATE-EC-2013-IITB] 2 6 0
39. Let A be m  n matrix and B an  8 is :
matrix  4 12
n  m matrix. It is given that determinant
1 0 2
( I m  AB )  determinant ( I n  BA) , where
I k is the k  k identity matrix. Using the (A) -96 (B) -24
above property, the determinant of the (C) 24 (D) 96
matrix given below is
AA [GATE-BT-2013-IITB]
2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
1 44. If P =  2 2 , and
 2 1 1   
Q
2 2 
1 1 2 1 3 0 
  R  which one of the following
1 1 1 2 1 3 
statements is TRUE?
(A) 2 (B) 5
(A) PQ = PR (B) QR = RP
(B) 8 (C) 16 (C) QP = RP (D) PQ = QR
AB [GATE-EE-2007-IITK] AD [GATE-ME-2014-IITKGP]
40. Let x and y be two vectors in a 3 45. Which one of the following equations is a
dimensional space and < x, y > denote their identity for arbitrary 3  3 real matrices P, Q
dot product. Then the determinant and R?
  x, x 
det 
 x, y   (A) P Q  R  PQ  RP
  y, x   y, y  
2
(B)  P  Q  P2  2PQ  Q2
(A) Is zero when x and y are linearly
independent
(C) det  P  Q  detP  detQ
(B) Is positive when x and y are linearly 2
independent (D)  P  Q  P2  PQ  QP  Q2
(C) Is non-zero for all non-zero x and y A16 [GATE-CE-2013-IITB]
46. There are three matrixes  P 4  2 ,  Q 2  4 and
(D) Is zero only when either x or y is zero
 R 4 1 . The minimum number of
A88 [GATE-CE-2012-IITD]
multiplication required to compute the
0 1 2 3 matrix PQR is
1 0 3 0
41. The determinant of the matrix   AA [GATE-CE-2004-IITD]
2 3 0 1 
  47. Real matrices  A 31  B 3 3  C 3 5  D 5 3  E 5  5
3 0 1 2 and  F 51 are given. Matrices [B] and [C] are
is______.
symmetric. Following statements are made
A23 [GATE-CE-2014-IITKGP] with respect to these matrices.
3 2 1 (1)
T T
Matrix product  F C  BC F is a
42. Given the matrices J   2 4 2  and
  scalar.
 1 2 6  T
(2) Matrix product  D  F D is always
1
symmetric.
K   2  , the product of K 1JK is
With reference to above statements, which
1 of the following applies?
_________. (A) Statement 1 is true but 2 is false
(B) Statement 1 is false but 2 is true

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(C) Both the statements are true 0 x  y x 2  y 2 
(D) Both the statements are false  2 2
(C) 0 y  z y  z 
AB [GATE-CE-1999-IITB] 1 z z 2 

48. The number of terms in the expansion of
general determinant of the order n is  2 x  y x 2  y2 
2  2 2
(A) n (B) n! (D)  2 y  z y  z 
2 1 z z2 
(C) n (D)  n  1 

AC [GATE-IN-2006-IITKGP] AA [GATE-CS-2000-IITKGP]
49. For a given 2  2 matrix A, it is observed 2 0 0 0
1 1 1 1 8 1 7 2
that A       and A     2   . 53. The determinant of the matrix  
  1   1  2   2  2 0 2 0
Then the matrix A is :  
9 0 6 1 
2 2 1 0  1 1
(A) A   

is :
  1  1  0  2    1  1
 
(A) 4 (B) 0
1 1  1 0  2 1 (C) 15 (D) 20
(B) A  
  1  2   0 2   1  1 AC [GATE-CS-1997-IITM]
1 1 1 0  2 1 54. Let A n  n be matrix of order n and I12 be the
(C) A   
 0
  1  2   2    1  1
  matrix obtained by interchanging the first
and second rows of I n . Then AI12 is such
0 2 
(D) A   that its first
1  3 
(A) Row is the same as its second row
AA [GATE-PI-2007-IITK] (B) Row is the same as second row of A
1 b b 1 (C) Column is same as the second column
50. The determinant b 1  b 1 evaluates to of A
1 2b 1 (D) Row is a zero row

(A) 0 (B) 2b(b - 1) [GATE-CS-1996-IISc]

a 11 a 12  b b12 
(C) 2(1 - b)(1 + 2b) (D) 3b(1 + b) 55. Let A   and B   11 be
a
 21 a 22  b
 21 b 22 
A0 [GATE-CS-2014-IITKGP] two matrices such that AB = I. Let
51. If the matrix A is such that 1 0 
C  A  and CD = I. Express the
2 1 1 
elements of D in terms of the elements of B.
A   4  1 9 5
 7   b 11 b 12 
ANS : [D]  
  b 11  b 21  b 12  b 22 
Then the determinant of A is equal to
_______. AA [GATE-CE-2017-IITR]
AD [GATE-CS-2013-IITB] 1 5 3 7  T
56. If A    and B    , AB is
52. Which one of the following determinant  6 2   8 4 
1 x x2  equal to
 2
does NOT equal to 1 y y  ? 38 28  3 40
1 z z2  (A)   (B)  
  32 56 42 8 
1 x  x  1 x  43 27  38 32
(A) 1 y  y  1 y  (C)   (D)  
34 50  28 56
1 z  z  1 z 
AD [GATE-MT-2017-IITR]
1 x  1 x 2  1 1 1 2
 2   
(B) 1 y  1 y  1 57. For the matrix, A   2 1 1  , AAT is
1 z  1 z 2  1  1 1 2 
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 6 5 6  6 5 6 (A) a circle of radius 10

(A) 5 6 6
 
(B) 5 6 6

6 5 6 5 5 6 1
(B) a circle of radius
10
 6 5 6  6 5 6

(C) 5 6 5
 
(D) 5 6 5
 1
(C) an ellipse with major axis along  
6 6 6 6 5 6 1
AA [GATE-PE-2017-IITR]
58. For the two matrices
1
(D) an ellipse with minor axis along  
1 2 3  7 0  1
X   ,Y    , the product
4 5 6  8 1 AD [GATE-MN-2018-IITG]
YX will be : 62. The values of x satisfying the following
condition are :
7 14 21
(A) YX   
4 11 18  4 x 3
0
3 6x
4 11 18 
(B) YX   
7 14 21 (A) 6, 4 (B) 4, 9
 7 14 18 (C) 5, 6 (D) 3,7
(C) YX   
14 11 21
A0A5.5 [GATE-EE-2018-IITG]
 7 14 21 63. Consider a non-singular 2  2 square matrix
(D) YX    A . If trace (A)  4 and trace (A 2 )  5 , the
18 5 6  determinant of the matrix A is
AD [GATE-TF-2018-IITG] _________(up to 1 decimal place).
a b   1 AC T1.2 [GATE-AG-2019-IITM]
59. Let A    and X    . If
 2 b  1  64. The determinant of the matrix
 3  2 1 1
AX    , then | A | is equal to A   2 3 2 is
1 
1 2 1 
(A) 2 (B) –2
(C) –6 (D) 6 (A) 1 (B) 0

AC [GATE-MN-2018-IITG] (C) -1 (D) 2

 cos  sin   T
60. If X    , then XX is AB A2 T1.2 [GATE-PE-2019-IITM]
  sin  cos   1 2 1 a 
65. Let A , X    and
0 1   1 0  2 1 b 0 
(A)   (B)  
1 0   0 1 3 1
Y   . If AX  Y , then a  b equals
3 2
1 0   0 1 ______.
(C)   (D)  
0 1   1 0  **********
AD [GATE-EE-2016-IISc]
Adjoint - Inverse
3 1
61. Let P    . Consider the set S of all AC [GATE-MN-2016-IISc]
1 3
66. If  A B   I  then
x
vectors   such that a 2  b 2  1 where
 y (A)  B    A
T
(B)  A   B 
T

a  x
   P   . Then S is : (C)  B   A
1
(D)  B   A
b  y

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A [GATE-EE-1999-IITB] 7 2  7 2 
(C) 1  (D) 1 
1 2 1 3  5 1  3 5  1 
 
67. If A = 2 3 1  and adj (A) = D [GATE-EE-1995-IITK]
0 5 2 1 1 0
11 9 1   
72. The inverse of the matrix S = 1 1 1 is
 4 2 3 0 0 1
  Then k =
 10 k 7 
1 0 1
 
(A) – 5 (B) 3 (A) 0 0 0
(C) – 3 (D) 5 0 1 1
AA [GATE-EE-2005-IITB]  0 1 1
2  0.1 1 / 2 a  
68. If A =  and A 1  (B) 1 1 1
0 3   0 b 
 1 0 1
then a  b  __________
2 2 2
7 3  
(A) (B) (C) 2 2 2
20 20
 0 2 2 
19 11
(C) (D)
60 20  1/ 2 1/ 2 1/ 2
(D) 1/ 2 1/ 2 1/ 2
A [GATE-ME-2009-IITR]  
 0 0 1 
3 / 5 4 / 5
69. For a matrix [M] =  . The
x 3 / 5  A0.25 [GATE-ME-2018-IITG]
transpose of the matrix is equal to the 1 2 3
inverse of the matrix, [M ]  [ M ] . The
T 1 73. If A  0 4 5 then det( A 1 ) is ______
value of x is given by 0 0 1 
(correct to two decimal places).
4 3
(A)  (B) 
5 5 AB [GATE-TF-2016-IISc]
 1
3 4 1
(C) (D) 2
5 5 74. Let A    . The determinant of A1 is
1 1 
B [GATE-CE-2010-IITG] 
2 
3  2i i 
70. The inverse of the matrix  is equal to
 i 3  2 i  1 4
(A) (B)
3  2i i  2 3
(A) 1  3
2 i 3  2 i  (C) (D) 2
4
3  2i i 
(B) 1  A [GATE-EE-1998-IITD]
12  i 3  2 i 
5 0 2
3  2i i   
(C) 1  75. If A =  0 3 0  then A 1 =
14  i 3  2 i 
 2 0 1 
3  2i i 
(D) 1   1 0 2
14  i 3  2 i 
 
(A)  0 1/ 3 0 
A [GATE-CE-2007-IITK]
2 0 5 
1 2
71. The inverse of 2  2 matrix   is :
5 7  5 0 2
0 1/ 3 0
7 2 7 2 (B) 
(A) 1  (B) 1  
3 5  1  3  5 1  2 0 1

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1/ 5 0 1/ 2 AA [GATE-CE-1997-IITM]
  80. If A and B are two matrices and if AB exist
(C)  0 1/ 3 0  then BA exists
1/ 2 0 1  (A) Only if A has many rows as B has
columns
 1/ 5 0 1/ 2
(B) Only if both A and B are square
(D)  0 1/ 3 0  matrices
 
1/ 2 0 1  (C) Only if A and B are skew matrices
(D) Only if A and B are symmetric
B [GATE-CE-2000-IITKGP]
76. If A, B, C are square matrices of the same AA [GATE-PI-2008-IISc]
1
order then ( ABC) is equal be 0 1 0
81. Inverse of  1 0 0  is :
(A) C1A1B1 (B) C1B1A1  
 0 0 1 
(C) A1B1C1 (D) A1C1B1 0 1 0  0 1 0 
AA [GATE-ME-2015-IITK] (A)  1 0 0  (B)  1 0 0 
   
4  3i i   0 0 1   0 0 1
77. For a given matrix P   ,
 i 4  3 i  0 1 0  0 1 0 
where i   1 , the inverse of matrix P is (C)  0 0 1  (D)  0 0 1
  
1  4  3i i 
 0 0  1  1 0 0 
(A) 
24   i 4  3i 
AA [GATE-CE-1997-IITM]
1  i 4  3i 
(B)  0 1 0
25  4  3i  i 
82. Inverse of matrix  0 0 1  is:
1  4  3i i   
(C)   1 0 0 
24  i 4  3i 
(D) None 0 0 1  1 0 0
(A)  1 0 0  (B)  0 0 1 
AB [GATE-EE-2005-IITB]    
 0 1 0   0 1 0 
1 0 1
  1 0 0 0 0 1 
If R  2 1 1 , then the top row of R
1
78. (C)  0 1 0  (D)  0 1 0 
2 3 2     
 0 0 1   1 0 0 
is :
AA [GATE-PI-1994-IITKGP]
(A) 5 6 4 (B) 5 3 1
1 4
83. The matrix  is an inverse of the
(C) 2 0 1 (D) 2 1 0 1   5 
5 4 
AA [GATE-EE-1998-IITD] matrix 
1  1 
5 0 2
  (A) True (B) False
If A  0 3 0 then A
1
79.
2 0 1 AB [GATE-CS-2004-IITD]
84. Let A, B, C, D be n  n matrices, each with
1 0 2  5 0 2 non-zero determinant, If ABCD = 1, then
 1   1  B1 is
(A)  0 0 (B)  0 0
 3   3  (A) D 1C1A 1
 2 0 5  2 0 1  (B) CDA
 
(C) ADC
1 1
 1 1
5 0 (D) Does not necessarily exist
2  5 0
2
   
1 [GATE-CS-1994-IITKGP]
(C)  0 0 (D)  0 1
0
 3   3   1 0 1
    85. The inverse of matrix  1 1 1  is :
1 0 1  1 0 1  
 2   2   0 1 0 

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 1 1 1   10 4 9 
1
ANS : A 1
  0 0 2  
(A)  15 4 14 

2
 1 1 1  5 1 6 

C [GATE-ME-2006-IITKGP]  10 4 9 
86. Multiplication of matrices E and F is G.  
Matrices E and G are E = (B)  15 4 14 
cos θ  sin θ 0 1 0 0  5 1 6 
 sin θ cos θ 0  
  and G = 0 1 0 .  4 9 
 0 0 1 0 0 1  2 5 5 
 
What is the matrix F? 4 14
(C)  3   
 5 5
cos θ  sin θ 0  
   1 1 6 
(A)  sin θ cos θ 0  5 5 
 0 0 1
 4 9
 cos θ cos θ 0  2 5  
5
   
(B)  cos θ sin θ 0 4 14 
(D)  3
 5 5 
 0 0 1  
 1 1 6
 
 cos θ sin θ 0  5 5 
 
(C)  sin θ cos θ 0 AB T1.3 [GATE-PI-2019-IITM]
 0 0 1 90. For any real, square and non-singular matrix
1
B, the det B is
 sin θ  cos θ 0 1
  (A) Zero (B) (det B)
(D) cos θ sin θ 0
 0 (C)  (det B) (D) det B
0 1
A6 T1.3 [GATE-TF-2019-IITM]
AC [GATE-PE-2018-IITG]
 k 2
1 3  91. The value of k for which the matrix  
87. The inverse of the matrix   is,  3 1
1 2  does not have an inverse is ______.
 2 3  2 1 
(A)   (B)   AC [GATE-EC-2016-IISc]
1 1   3 1 92. Let M4 = I, (where I denotes the identity
 2 3   2 3 matrix) and M ≠ I, M2 ≠ I and M3 ≠ I. Then,
(C)  (D)  for any natural number k, M−1 equals :
1 1 
 1 1 (A) M4k + 1 (B) M4k + 2
AD T1.3 [GATE-CS-2019-IITM] (C) M4k +3 (D) M4k
88. Let X be a square matrix. Consider the
following two statemtns on X. **********
I. X is invertible. Eigen Values & Vectors
II. Determinant of X is non-zero.
0.99to1.01 [GATE-EC-2014-IITKGP]
Which one of the following is TRUE?
93. A real (4x4) matrix A satisfies the equation
(A) I implies II; II does not imply I. A2 = I, where I is the (4x4) identity matrix
(B) II implies I; I does not imply II. the positive eigen value of A is ------.
(C) I does not imply II; II does not imply I.
AA [GATE-ME-2016-IISc]
(D) I and II are equivalent statements. 94. The condition for which the eigenvalues of
2 1
AC T1.3 [GATE-CE-2019-IITM] the matrix A   are positive, is
2 3 4  1 k 

89.
 
The inverse of the matrix 4 3 1  is (A) k  1 / 2 (B) k  2
1 2 4  (C) k  0 (D) k  1 / 2

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A2 [GATE-ME-2016-IISc] AA [GATE-TF-2016-IISc]
95. The number of linearly independent 102. The eigen values and eigne vectors of
2 1 0 3 4 
    are
eigenvectors of matrix A   0 2 0  is 4 3 
 0 0 3  1 1
(A) 5 and   ,   respectively
_________.  2  2
1 2
A6 [GATE-CS-2014-IITKGP] (B) 3 and   ,   respectively
96. The product of non-zero eigen values of the  2 1
1 0 0 0 1  1 2
  (C) 4 and   ,   respectively
0 1 1 1 0   2 1
matrix  0 1 1 1 0  is ___________ 1 2
  (D) 5 and   ,   respectively
0 1 1 1 0  1 1
1 0 0 0 1 
[GATE-CE-1998-IITD]
AC [GATE-PE-2016-IISc] 103. Obtain the eigen values and eigen vectors of
5 3 8 4 
97. Consider the matrix, . The A .
M 
5  2 2 
3
normalized eigen-vector corresponding to Solution :
the smallest eigen-value of the matrix M is 1
 for   4, X    K1
3  3 1
   
(A)  2  (B)  2  2 
 1   1  for   6, X    K 2
    1 
 2   2 
 1   1  C [GATE-IN-2009-IITR]
    104. The eigen values of a 2  2 matrix X are -2
2 2
(C)  (D)  and -3. The eigen values of matrix
 1   1 
    ( X  I )1 ( X  5I ) are
 2  2
(A) – 3, - 4 (B) -1, -2
A15.0 [GATE-CS-2016-IISc]
(C) -1, -3 (D) -2, -4
98. Two eigenvalues of a 3  3 real matrix P are
2  1  and 3. The determinant of P is A3.0 [GATE-BT-2016-IISc]
105. The positive Eigen value of the following
___________ . matrix is ______________.
A0.164-0.126 [GATE-CS-2016-IISc] 2 1 
99. Suppose that the eigenvalues of matrix A are  5 2 
1 T
 
1, 2, 4. The determinant of A 
is__________ A0.95-1.05 [GATE-EC-2016-IISc]
106. The value of for which the matrix
A0.99-1.01 [GATE-MT-2016-IISc] 3 2 4 
100. For the transformtation shown below, if one 
A 9 7 13 
of the eigenvalues is 6, the other eigenvalue
 6 4 9  x 
of the matrix is _______
X   5 2   x  has zero as an eigenvalue is ______
 Y    2 2   y 
   AD T1.2 [GATE-ME-2019-IITM]
AA [GATE-PI-2016-IISc] 107. In matrix equation [ A] X   R ,
101. The eigenvalues of the matrix 4 8 4   2
0 1    
[ A]  8 16 4  , X   1  and
1 0 
  4 4 15   
 4
are
32 
(A) i and  i (B) 1 and -1
R  16 
(C) 0 and 1 (D) 0 and -1 64 
 

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One of the eigenvalues of matrix [ A] is (A) -6.3 and -2.7 (B) -2.3 and -6.7
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 6.3 and 2.7 (D) 2.3 and 6.7
(C) 15 (D) 16 AA,D [GATE-EE-2016-IISc]
115. A 3 × 3 matrix P is such that, P3 = P. Then
A2.9-3.1 [GATE-EC-2016-IISc] the eigenvalues of P are
a 0 3 7 (A) 1, 1, −1
 2 5 1 3
108. The matrix A    has det(A) = (B) 1, 0.5 + j0.866, 0.5 − j0.866
 0 0 2 4 (C) 1, −0.5 + j0.866, − 0.5 − j0.866
 
0 0 0 b (D) 0, 1, −1
100 and trace(A) = 14.
C [GATE-IN-2014-IITKGP]
The value of |a − b| is ________. 116. For the matrix A satisfying the equation
AD [GATE-EC-2016-IISc] given below, the eigen values are
109. Consider a 2  2 square matrix 1 2 3 1 2 3
 x  [ A] 7 8 9  4 5 6
A 
  4 5 6 7 8 9
where x is unknown. If the eigenvalues of (A) (1  j , j ) (B) (1, 1, 0)
the matrix A are (σ + jω) and (σ − jω) , then
(C) (1,1,−1) (D) (1,0,0)
x is equal to
(A)  j (B)  j A [GATE-ME-2007-IITK]
117. If a square matrix A is real and symmetric
(C)  (D)  then the Eigen values
(A) Are always real
A–6 [GATE-IN-2016-IISc]
(B) Are always real and positive
2 1 1
(C) Are always real and non-negative
110. Consider the matrix A   2 3 4 
  (D) Occur in complex conjugate pairs
 1 1 2 
 
whose eigenvalues are 1,−1 and 3. Then C [GATE-EC-2010-IITG]
Trace of (A3 − 3A2 ) is _______. 118. The Eigen values of a skew-symmetric
matrix are
AD [GATE-CE-2016-IISc] (A) Always zero
111. If the entries in each column of a square
(B) Always pure imaginary
matrix add up to 1, then an eigen value of
is : (C) Either zero (or) pure imaginary
(A) 4 (B) 3 (D) Always real
(C) 2 (D) 1
A [GATE-IN-2001-IITK]
A3.0 [GATE-EE-2016-IISc] 119. The necessary condition to diagonalizable a
112. Consider a 3 × 3 matrix with every element matrix is that
being equal to 1. Its only non-zero (A) Its all Eigen values should be distinct
eigenvalue is ____.
(B) Its Eigen values should be independent
AA [GATE-EE-2016-IISc] (C) Its Eigen values should be real
113. Let the eigenvalues of a 2 x 2 matrix A be 1,
–2 with eigenvectors x1 and x2 respectively. (D) The matrix is non-singular
Then the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the
B [GATE-PI-2007-IITK]
matrix A2  3 A  4 I would, respectively, be 120. If A is square symmetric real valued matrix
(A) 2,14; x1 , x 2 of dimension 2n, then the eigen values of A
(B) 2,14; x 2 , x1  x 2 are
(A) 2n distinct real values
(C) 2, 0; x1 , x2
(B) 2n real values not necessarily distinct
(D) 2, 0; x1  x2 , x1  x2
(C) n distinct pairs of complex conjugate
AC [GATE-AG-2016-IISc] numbers
5 3 (D) n pairs of complex conjugate numbers,
114. Eigen values of the matrix   are not necessarily distinct
1 4
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C [GATE-CE-2004-IITD] (A) 1 and 25 (B) 6, 4
4 2 
121. The eigen values of the matrix  (C) 5, 1 (D) 2, 10
2 1 
are A [GATE-EC-2013-IITB]
128. The minimum eigenvalue of the following
(A) 1, 4 (B) – 1, 2
matrix is
(C) 0, 5 (D) None 3 5 2 
 5 12 7 
B [GATE-CS-2005-IITB]  
122. What are the Eigen values of the following 2  2 7 5 
x 2 matrix?
(A) 0 (B) 1
 2  1
 4 (C) 2 (D) 3
 5 
B [GATE-CE-2007-IITK]
(A) – 1, 1 (B) 1, 6 129. The minimum and maximum Eigen values
(C) 2, 5 (D) 4, -1 1 1 3
 
of Matrix 1 5 1 are –2 and 6
C [GATE-EE-2009-IITR]
123. The trace and determinant of a 2x2 matrix 3 1 1
are shown to be -2 and -35 respectively. Its respectively. What is the other Eigen value?
eigen values are
(A) 5 (B) 3
(A) -30, -5 (B) -37, -1
(C) 1 (D) -1
(C) -7, 5 (D) 17.5, -2
A [GATE-EE-1998-IITD]
A [GATE-CE-2002-IISc]
 2 0 0 1
124. Eigen values of the following matrix are 0 1 0 0
1 4  130. A =   the sum of the Eigen
 4  1 
0 0 3 0
  
 1 0 0 4 
(A) 3, -5 (B) -3, 5
Values of the matrix A is :
(C) -3, -5 (D) 3, 5
(A) 10 (B) – 10
C [GATE-EC-2008-IISc]
(C) 24 (D) 22
125. All the four entries of 2 x 2 matrix
p p12 
P =  11 are non-zero and one of the C [GATE-PI-2005-IITB]
 p 21 p 22  131. The Eigen values of the matrix M given
Eigen values is zero. Which of the following  8 6 2 
statement is true ? below are 15, 3 and 0. M = 6 7 4 , the
 
 2 4 3 
(A) P11P22  P12P21 1
value of the determinant of a matrix is
(B) P11P22  P12P21 1 (A) 20 (B) 10
(C) 0 (D) – 10
(C) P11P22  P21P12  0
C [GATE-ME-2008-IISc]
(D) P11P22  P12P21  0 1 2 4 
132. The matrix 3 0 6  has one eigen value to
B [GATE-CE-2008-IISc]  
1 1 p
126. The eigen values of the matrix
4 5  3. The sum of the other two eigen values is
[P] =  are
2  5  (A) p (B) p – 1
(A) – 7 and 8 (B) – 6 and 5 (C) p – 2 (D) p – 3
(C) 3 and 4 (D) 1 and2 A [GATE-IN-2010-IITG]
A [GATE-ME-2006-IITKGP] 133. A real nxn matrix A = aij  is defined as
3 2
127. Eigen values of a matrix S =  
 are 5 aij  i,  i  j
 2 3 follows 
and 1. What are the Eigen values of the   0, otherwise
matrix S2 = SS? The sum of all n eigen values of A is :

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n ( n  1) n ( n  1) Eigen value Eigen vector
(A) (B)
2 2 1 
1  8 v1   
n( n  1)(2n  1) 1 
(C) (D) n2
2 1 
2  4 v2   
A17 [GATE-EC-2015-IITK]   1
1 The matrix is :
134. The value of p such that the vector 2 is an 6 2 4 6
 (A)   (B)  
3  2 6 6 4
4 1 2 2 4 4 8
(C)  (D) 
eigenvector of the matrix  P 2 1  is _. 4 2 8 4
     
14 4 10
AC [GATE-EC-2006-IITKGP]
AB [GATE-EE-2015-IITK] 4 2
140. For the matrix  
 the eigen value
135. The maximum value of ‘a’ such that the  2 4 
  3 0 2  101
corresponding to the eigen vector   is:
matrix  1  1 0  has three linearly 101
 
 0 a  2  (A) 2 (B) 4
independent real eigenvectors is (C) 6 (D) 8
2 1
(A) (B) AC [GATE-EC-2005-IITB]
3 3 3 3
4 2
141. Given matrix  the eigen vector is :
1 2 3 1 3  4 3 
(C) (D)
3 3 3 3 3 4
(A)   (B)  
A2 [GATE-ME-2015-IITK] 2
  3
 
136. The lowest eigen value of the 2  2 matrix
2 1
 4 2 (C)   (D)  
1 3  is ______   1 2
 
AB [GATE-EC-2000-IITKGP]
AD [GATE-CH-2012-IITD] 142. The eigen value of the matrix
137. Consider the following  22 matrix 1 0 0 
2
 4 0 0 3 0 0 
 are
 0 4 0 0 2 0 
 
 
Which one of the following vectors is NOT a 0 0 1 4
valid eigen vectors of the above matrix? (A) 2, -2, 1, -1 (B) 2, 3, -2, 4
1 2 (C) 2, 3, 1, 4 (D) None of these
(A)   (B)  
0
  1 AD [GATE-EC-1998-IITD]
0 1
4
(C)  
0
(D)   143. The eigen value of the matrix A  
1 0 
 3  0 
are
AD [GATE-EC-2009-IITR] (A) 1, 1 (B) -1, -1
138. The eigen values of the following matrix are:
(C) j, -j (D) 1, -1
 1 3 5
3 1 6 A1/3 [GATE-EE-2014-IITKGP]
  144. A system matrix is given as follows
 0 0 3 1 1
0
(A) 3, 3+5J, 6-J (B) -6+5J, 3+J, 3-J A   6 11 6 


(C) 3+J, 3-J, 5+J (D) 3, -1+3J, -1-3J  6 11 5 

AA [GATE-EC-2006-IITKGP] The absolute value of the ratio of the

139. The eigen values and the corresponding maximum eigen value to the minimum eigen
eigen vectors of a 2  2 matrix are given by value is _______.

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AA [GATE-EE-2014-IITKGP]  x1 
145. Which one of the following statements is
true for all real symmetric matrices? L x  Mx2 
x3 
(A) All the eigen values are real.
(B) All the eigen values are positive. Then the eigen values of M are

(C) All the eigen values are distinct. (A) 0, +1, -1 (B) 1, -1, 1

(D) Sum of all the eigen values is zero. (C) i, -i, 1 (D) i, -i, 0

AC [GATE-BT-2014-IITKGP] AD [GATE-EE-2002-IISc]
1 4  150. The eigen values of the system represented
146. The eigen values of A   are:
2  3  0 1 0 0
0 0 1 0 
(A) 2  i (B) -1 , -2 by X   are
0 0 0 1
 
(C) 1  2i (D) Non- existent 0 0 0 1
AD [GATE-EE-2013-IITB] (A) 0, 0, 0, 0 (B) 1, 1, 1, 1
147. A matrix has eigen values -1 and -2. The
1 (C) 0, 0, 0, 1 (D) 1, 0, 0, 0
corresponding eigen vectors are   and
  1 AC [GATE-EE-1998-IITD]
1 1
 2  respectively. The matrix is :  
 
151. The vector  2  is an eigen vector of
1 1  1 2  1
(A)  (B) 
 1  2  2  4 
2 2 3
1 0  0 1  A   2 1 6 one of the eigen values
(C)  (D) 
0  2  2  3   1 2 0 
AB [GATE-EE-2008-IISc] of A is
148. Let P be a 2  2 real orthogonal matrix and (A) 1 (B) 2
 T
x is a real vector  x1x2  with length
(C) 5 (D) -1
 1
x   x12  x 22  2 . Then which one of the A(-3,-2,-1) [GATE-EE-1995-IITK]
following statements is correct? 0 1 0
   
(A) Px  x where at least one vector 152. Given the matrix A   0 0 1  . Its
  6 11 6
satisfies Px  x
eigen values are ___________.
  
(B) Px  x for all vectors x AA [GATE-EE-1994-IITKGP]
a 1
  153. The eigen values of the matrix   are
(C) Px  x where at least one vector a 1
 
satisfies Px  x (A) (a+1), 0 (B) a, 0
(C) (a-1), 0 (D) 0, 0
(D) No relationship can be established
  AA [GATE-ME-2014-IITKGP]
between x and Px
154. One of the eigen vector of the matrix
5 2
AA [GATE-EE-2007-IITK]  9 is :
149. The linear operation L(x) is defined by the  6 
T 1 2
cross product L(x)= bx, where b =  010 (A)   (B)  
T 1 9
and  x 1 x 2 x 3  are three dimensional
2 1
vectors. The 3  3 matrix M of this operation (C)   (D)  
satisfies 1 1

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AD [GATE-ME-2014-IITKGP] 1
155. Consider a 3  3 real symmetric S such that (A) 0 (B)
2
two of its eigen values are a  0,b  0 with (C) 1 (D) 2
 x1   y1 
AB [GATE-ME-2004-IITD]
respective eigen vectors  x 2  ,  y2  . If
    161. The sum of the eigen values of the given
 x 3   y3  matrix is :
a  b then x 1 y1  x 2 y 2  x 3 y 3 equals
1 1 3
(A) a (B) b 1 5 1 
 
(C) ab (D) 0  3 1 1 
AC [GATE-ME-2013-IITB] (A) 5 (B) 7
156. The eigen values of a symmetric matrix are
all (C) 9 (D) 18
(A) Complex with non-zero positive AC [GATE-ME-2003-IITM]
imaginary part 4 1
(B) Complex with non-zero negative 162. For matrix   the eigen values are
1 4
imaginary part
(A) 3 and -3 (B) -3 and -5
(C) Real
(C) 3 and 5 (D) 5 and 0
(D) Pure imaginary
AC [GATE-ME-1996-IISc]
AB [GATE-ME-2012-IITD]
1 1 1
5 3
157. For the matrix A   , ONE of the 163. The eigen values of 1 1 1 are:
 1 3   
normalized eigen vectors is given as 1 1 1

 1   1  (A) 0, 0, 0 (B) 0, 0, 1
 2   2  (C) 0, 0, 3 (D) 1, 1, 1
(A)   (B)  
 3  1  AA [GATE-CE-2014-IITKGP]
 2   2  164. The sum of eigen value of the matrix, [M] is
 
 215 650 795 
 3   1  where  M    655 150 835 
  
10   5   485 355 550 
(C)  (D) 
 1   2 
 (A) 915 (B) 1355
 10  
 5  (C) 1640 (D) 2180
AC [GATE-ME-2011-IITM] AA [GATE-CE-2014-IITKGP]
158. Eigen values of real symmetric are always 165. Which one of the following statements is
(A) Positive (B) Negative TRUE about every n  n matrix with only
real Eigen values?
(C) Real (D) Complex
(A) If the trace of the matrix is positive and
AA [GATE-ME-2010-IITG] the determinant of the matrix is
159. One of the eigen vectors of the matrix negative, at least one of its eigen values
2 2 is negative.
A is :
1 3  (B) If the trace of the matrix is positive, all
2 2 its eigen values is positive.
(A)   (B)  
  1 1
  (C) If the determinant of the matrix is
positive, all its eigen values is positive.
4 1
(C)   (D)   (D) If the product of the trace and
1
    1 determinant of the matrix is positive, all
its eigen values are positive.
AB [GATE-ME-2008-IISc]
1 2 AB [GATE-CE-2012-IITD]
160. The eigen vector of the matrix  
 are 9 5
 0 2 166. The eigen value of the matrix   are:
1 1 5 8 
written in the form   and   . What is
a  b  (A) -2.42 and 6.86 (B) 3.48 and 13.53
a+b? (C) 4.70 and 6.86 (D) 6.86 and 9.50

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AB [GATE-CE-2007-IITK] The summation of all eigen values of A is :
167. The minimum and maximum eigen values of
1 1 3 (A) n
 n  1 (B) n
 n  1
the matrix 1 5 1  are -2 and -6 and 2 2
 
 3 1 1 
(C) n
 n  1 2n  1 (D) n
2

respectively. What is the other eigen value? 6

(A) 5 (B) 3 AA [GATE-PI-1994-IITKGP]
(C) 1 (D) -1 1  1
173. For the following matrix 2 the
 3 
AB [GATE-CE-2006-IITKGP]
number of positive roots is/are
 2 2 3 
(A) One (B) Two
168. For given matrix A    2  1 6  , one of
 
 1 2 0  (C) Four (D) can’t be found
the eigen values is 3. The other two eigen AB [GATE-PI-2011-IITM]
values are 174. The eigen values of the following matrix are
(A) 2, -5 (B) 3, -5 10 4 
18  12 
(C) 2, 5 (D) 3, 5 
(A) 4, 9 (B) 6, -8
AD [GATE-CE-2001-IITK]
5 3 (D) 4, 8 (D) -6, 8
169. The eigen values of the matrix   are:
 2 9 AOrthogonal [GATE-CS-2014-IITKGP]
(A) (5.13, 9.42) (B) (3.85,2.93) 175. The value of the dot product of the eigen
vectors corresponding to any pair of
(C) (9.00, 5.00) (D) (10.16, 3.84) different eigen values of a 4  4 symmetric
AD [GATE-IN-2013-IITB] definite positive matrix is___________.
170. One pairs of eigen vectors corresponding to AD [GATE-CS-2012-IITD]
0  1
the two eigen values of the matrix  176. Let A be the 2  2 matrix with elements
1 0  a11  a12  a 21  1 and a 22   1 . Then the
is : 19
eigen value of the matrix A are
1 j 0 1
(A)   ,   (B)     (A) 1024 and -1024
 j   1 1
   0 
(B) 1024 2 and  1024 2
1 0 1 j
(C)   ,   (D)   ,   (C) 4 2 and  4 2
j   1   j
  1
 
(D) 512 2 and  512 2
AB [GATE-IN-2011-IITM]
 2 2 3  AA [GATE-CS-2011-IITM]
171. Given that A   2 1 6  has eigen 177. Consider the matrix given below:
 
 1 2 0  1 2 3 
0 4 7 
values -3, -3, 5. An eigen vector  
corresponding to the eigen values 5 is 0 0 3 
T
1 2 1 . One of the eigen vectors of the Which one of the following options provides
3 the CORRECT values of the eigen values of
matrix M is :
T T the matrix?
(A) 1 8 1 (B) 1 2 1
(A) 1, 4, 3 (B) 3, 7, 3
T T
(C) 1

3
2  1 (D) 1 1 1 (C) 7, 3, 2 (D) 1, 2, 3

AA [GATE-IN-2010-IITG] AD [GATE-CS-2001-IITK]
2 3
172. A real matrix n  n matrix A  aij  is 178. Consider the following matrix A   .
x y 
defined as follows : If the eigen values of A are 4 and 8, then
aij i ; if i  j (A) x = 4, y = 10
=0; otherwise (B) x =5, y = 8

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(C) x = -3, y = 9 AC [GATE-BT-2013-IITB]
10 4 
(D) x = -4, y = 10 184. One of the eigen values of P   is
18 12 
AA [GATE-CS-2008-IISc] (A) 2 (B) 4
179. How many of the following matrices have an
(C) 6 (D) 8
eigen value 1?
AC [GATE-EC-2017-IITR]
1 1 0 1  1  1 1 0 
0 , , and  185. Consider the 5  5 matrix
 0   0 0  1 1 
1  1 
1 2 3 4 5
(A) One (B) Two 5
 1 2 3 4 
(C) Three (D) Four A  4 5 1 2 3
 
AC [GATE-CS-2007-IITK] 3 4 5 1 2
180. Let A be a 4  4 matrix with eigen values -  2 3 4 5 1 
5, -2, 1, 4. Which of the following is an
A I It is given that A has only one real eigen
eigen value of  where I is the 4  4 value. Then the real eigenvalue of A is :
I A 
identity matrix? (A) – 2.5 (B) 0

(A) -5 (B) -7 (C) 15 (D) 25

(C) 2 (D) 1 AC [GATE-EE-2017-IITR]

3 1
AA [GATE-CS-2003-IITM] 2 0 2
181. Obtain the eigen values of the matrix  
186. The matrix A   0 1 0  has three
1 2 34 49  1 3
0  0 
2 43 94  2 2
A distinct eigenvalues and one of its
0 0 2 104 
  1 
0 0 0 1 
 
eigenvectors is 0 . Which one of the
(A) 1, 2, -2, -1 (B) -1, -2, -1, -2 1 
(C) 1,2, 2, 1 (D) None following can be another eigenvector of A?
AA [GATE-CS-2013-IITB] 0  1
3 1    
182. Let A be the matrix  
 . What is the
(A)  0  (B)  0 
1 2   1  0 
maximum value of X T AX where the
maximum is taken over all x that are unit 1 1
eigen vectors of A?  
(C)  0 
 
(D)  1
5 5  1  1 
(A) 5 (B)
2
AA [GATE-EE-2017-IITR]
5 5 187. The eigenvalues of the matrix given below
(C) 3 (D) are
2
AA [GATE-CS-2006-IITKGP] 0 1 0 
0 0 1 
183. What are the eigen values of the matrix P  
given below ? 0 3 4 
a 1 0 (A) (0, –1, –3) (B) (0, –2, –3)
1 a 1 
  (C) (0, 2, 3) (D) (0, 1, 3)
 0 1 a 
AC [GATE-AG-2017-IITR]
(A) a, a  2 , a  2 (B) a, a, a 188. Characteristic equation of the matrix
 2 2
(C) 0, a, 2a (D) -a, 2a, 2a   with Eigen value  is :
 2 1 

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(A)  2  3  4  0 (B)  2  3  2  0 (A) -1, 5 , 6 (B) 1, 5  j6
(C)  2  3  0 (D)  2  3  0 (C) 1, 5  j6 (D) 1, 5, 5
AA [GATE-CE-2017-IITR] AB [GATE-ME-2017-IITR]
 5 1 194. The product of eigenvalues of the matrix P is
189. Consider the matrix   . Which one of
4 1 
2 0 1 
the following statements is TRUE for the
eigenvalues and eigenvectors of this matrix? P  4 3 3 
(A) Eigenvalue 3 has a multiplicity of 2 and 0 2 1
only one independent eigenvector exists
(A) –6 (B) 2
(B) Eigenvalue 3 has a multiplicity of 2 and
two independent eigenvectors exist (C) 6 (D) –2
(C) Eigenvalue 3 has a multiplicity of 2 and A5 [GATE-ME-2017-IITR]
no independent eigenvector exists 195. The determinant of a 2  2 matrix is 50. If
(D) Eigenvalues are 3 and -3 and two one eigenvalue of the matrix is 10, the other
independent eigenvectors exist. eigenvalue is ________.
AA [GATE-CE-2017-IITR] A0 [GATE-ME-2017-IITR]
190. Consider the following simultaneous 50 70 
equations (with c1 and c 2 being constants): 196. Consider the matrix A    whose
70 80 
3x 1  2x 2  c1 eigenvectors corresponding to eigenvalues
4x 1  x 2  c 2  70 
1 and  2 are x1    and
The characteristic equation for these 1  50 
simultaneous equations is    80 
2
x2   2  , respectively. The value of
(A)   4  5  0  70 
(B)  2  4  5  0 x1T x2 is _________ .

(C)  2  4  5  0 A17 [GATE-TF-2018-IITG]

2
(D)   4  5  0 3 1 
197. If A    , then the sum of all
1 3
A5 [GATE-CS-2017-IITR]
191. If the characteristic polynomial of a eigenvalues of the matrix M  A 2  4 A 1 is
equal to ________.
3  3 matrix M over (the set of real
3 2
numbers) is   4  a  30, a  , and AA [GATE-PH-2018-IITG]
one eigenvalue of M is 2, then the largest 198. The eigenvalues of a Hermitian matrix are
among the absolute values of the all
eigenvalues of M is ________.
(A) real
AD [GATE-GG-2017-IITR]
(B) imaginary
192. Which one of the following sets of
vectors  v1 , v2 , v3  is linearly dependent? (C) of modulus one

(A) v1  (0,  1,3), v2  (2, 0,1), v3  (D) real and positive

(2,  1,3) A24.5 to 25.5 [GATE-PI-2018-IITG]
(B) v1  (2,  2, 0), v2  (0,1,  1), v3  199. The diagonal elements of a 3-by-3 matrix are
(0, 4,2) –10, 5 and 0, respectively. If two of its
eigenvalues are –15 each, the third
(C) v1  (2,6, 2), v2  (2, 0,  2), v3  (0, 4,2) eigenvalue is ______.
(D) v1  (1, 4, 7), v2  (2,5,8), v3  (3,6,9) AA [GATE-IN-2018-IITG]
200. Let N be a 3 by 3 matrix with real number
AC [GATE-IN-2017-IITR]
193. The eigen values of the matrix entries. The matrix N is such that N 2  0 .
The eigen values of N are
1 1 5 
A  0 5 6  are (A) 0, 0, 0 (B) 0,0,1
0 6 5  (C) 0,1,1 (D) 1,1,1

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AD [GATE-CE-2018-IITG] (A) a  4 (B)  a  4
 2 4  (C) 4 (D) 4
201. The matrix   has
 4 2  A2 T1.4 [GATE-AE-2019-IITM]
(A) real eigenvalues and eigenvectors 206. One of the eigenvalues of the following
matrix is 1.
(B) real eigenvalues but complex
eigenvectors  x 2
 
(C) complex eigenvalues but real  1 3 
eigenvectors
The other eigenvalue is _____.
(D) complex eigenvalues and eigenvectors
A12 T1.4 [GATE-CS-2019-IITM]
AC [GATE-EC-2018-IITG] 207. Consider the following matrix :
202. Let M be a real 4  4 matrix. Consider the 1 2 4 8 
following statements: 1 3 9 27 
S1: M has 4 linearly independent R
eigenvectors. 1 4 16 64 
 
S2: M has 4 distinct eigenvalues. 1 5 25 125

S3: M is non-singular (invertible). The absolute value of the product of Eigen

values of R is ______.
Which one among the following is TRUE?
AD T1.4 [GATE-CE-2019-IITM]
(A) S1 implies S2 (B) S1 implies S3
208. Euclidean norm (length) of the vector
(C) S2 implies S1 (D) S3 implies S2 [4 2 6]T is :
AD [GATE-CS-2018-IITG] (A) 12 (B) 24
203. Consider a matrix P whose only
1  (C) 48 (D) 56
eigenvectors are the multiples of   .
4 AB T1.4 [GATE-XE-2019-IITM]
Consider the following statements.  3 2 4
 
209. If Q   2 0 2  and P  (v1 v2 v3 ) is
(I) P does not have an inverse  4 2 3
 
(II) P has a repeated eigenvalue the matrix v1 , v2 and v3 are linearly
(III) P cannot be diagonalized independent eigenvectors of the matrix Q,
then the sum of the absolute values of all the
Which one of the following options is 1
elements of the matrix P QP is
correct?
(A) 6 (B) 10
(A) Only I and III are necessarily true
(C) 14 (D) 22
(B) Only II is necessarily true
AB T1.4 [GATE-ME-2019-IITM]
(C) Only I and II are necessarily true 210. Consider the matrix
(D) Only II and III are necessarily true  1 1 0
A3 [GATE-CS-2018-IITG] P  0 1 1 
1 0 0 1 
204. Consider a matrix A  uvT where u    ,
 2 The number of distinct eigenvalues of P is
1 
v    . Note that vT denotes the transpose (A) 0 (B) 1
1 
of v. The largest eigenvalue of A is ____. (C) 2 (D) 3

AA T1.4 [GATE-MT-2019-IITM] AA T1.4 [GATE-TF-2019-IITM]

205. One of the eigenvalues for the following 211. The eigenvalues of the matrix
matrix is _______. 3 0 0 
 
a 2  0 2 3  are
8 a   0 1 2 
 
 

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(A) –1,1,3 (B) –3,2,–2 If the rank of matrix A is N, then the rank of
(C) 3,2,–1 (D) 3,2,1 matrix B is :
(A) N /2 (B) N-1
AA T1.4 [GATE-PE-2019-IITM]
212. Let 1 and  2 be the two eigenvalues of the (C) N (D) 2 N

 0 1 A [GATE-PI-1994-IITKGP]
matrix A  . Then, 1   2 and 218. If for a matrix, rank equals both the number
1 1  of rows and number of columns, then the
1 2 , are respectively matrix is called
(A) 1 and 1 (B) 1 and –1 (A) Non-singular (B) singular
(C) -1 and 1 (D) –1 and –1 (C) Transpose (D) Minor
A10 T1.4 [GATE-IN-2019-IITM] A [GATE-EE-2007-IITK]
213. A 3  3 matrix has eigen values 1, 2 and 5.
219. q1, q2 , q3,........qm are n-dimensional vectors
The determinant of the matrix is _______ .
with m < n. This set of vectors is linearly
AD T1.4 [GATE-EE-2019-IITM] dependent. Q is the matrix with
214. M is a 2  2 matrix with eigenvalues 4 and q1, q2 , q3,.......qm as the columns. The rank of
9. The eigenvalues of M 2 are
Q is
(A) 4 and 9 (B) 2 and 3
(A) Less than m (B) m
(C) −2 and −3 (D) 16 and 81
(C) Between m and n (D) n
AC T1.4 [GATE-EE-2019-IITM]
A [GATE-EC-1994-IITKGP]
215. Consider a 2  2 matrix M  [ v1 v2 ] ,
220. The rank of (m x n) matrix (m < n) cannot be
where, v1 and v2 are the column vectors. more than
1 u1T  T T (A) m (B) n
Suppose M   T  , where u1 and u2 are
u 2  (C) mn (D) None
the row vectors, Consider the following
B [GATE-CE-2000-IITKGP]
statements:
221. Consider the following two statements.
Statement 1: u1T v1  1 and u 2T v2  1
(I) The maximum number of linearly
T T
Statement 2: u v2  0 and u v  0 independent column vectors of a matrix
1 2 1
A is called the rank of A.
Which of the following options is correct? (II) If A is n  n square matrix then it will
(A) Statement 2 is true and statement 1 is be non-singular if rank of A = n
false (A) Both the statements are false
(B) Both the statements are false (B) Both the statements are true
(C) Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is (C) (I) is true but (II) is false
false (D) (I) is false but (II) is true
(D) Both the statements are true
AB [GATE-EE-2016-IISc]
A3 T1.4 [GATE-EC-2019-IITM] 222. Let A be a 4 × 3 real matrix with rank 2.
216. The number of distinct eigenvalues of the Which one of the following statement is
2 2 3 3 TRUE?
0 1 1 1  T
(A) Rank of A A is less than 2.
matrix A    is equal to ___.
T
0 0 3 3  (B) Rank of A A is equal to 2.
 
 0 0 0 2 T
(C) Rank of A A is greater than 2.
********** T
(D) Rank of A A can be any number
between 1 and 3.
Rank
C [GATE-CS-2002-IISc]
C [GATE-EE-2014-IITKGP]
1 1
217. Two matrices A and B are given below: 223. The rank of the matrix   is
0 0
p q
 p2  q2 pr  qs (A) 4 (B) 2
A ; B 2 
s 
2
r  pr  qs r  s  (C) 1 (D) 0

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C [GATE-CS-1994-IITKGP] (A) 7 (B) 5
0 0 3 (C) 1 (D) 0
 
224. The rank of matrix 9 3 5  is : AB [GATE-ME-1994-IITKGP]
3 1 1  0 2 2
230. Rank of the matrix  7 4 8  is 3.
 
(A) 0 (B) 1  7 0  4 
(C) 2 (D) 3 (A) True (B) False
A [GATE-EE-1995-IITK] A2 [GATE-CE-2014-IITKGP]
225. The rank of the following (n+1) x (n+1) 231. The rank of the matrix
matrix, where ‘a’ is a real number is :
6 0 4 4 
1 a a 2 . . . an   
 2 14 8 18  is__________.
 
1 a a
2
. . . an  14 14 0 10 
.   
 
.  AB [GATE-IN-2013-IITB]
 2 n
232. The dimension of the null space of the
1 a a . . . a  0 1 1
(A) 1 matrix  1 1 0  is
 
 1 0 1
(B) 2
(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) n (C) 2 (D) 3
(D) depends on the value of a AD [GATE-IN-2009-IITR]
AC [GATE-IN-2015-IITK] 233. Let P  0 be a 3  3 real matrix. There exist
226. Let A be an n  n matrix with rank r (0 < r < linearly independent vectors x and y such
n). Then AX = 0 has p independent that Px = 0 and Py = 0. The dimension of
solutions, where p is range space P is:
(A) 0 (B) 1
(A) r (B) n
(C) 2 (D) 3
(C) n – r (D) n + r
AB [GATE-IN-2007-IITK]
AA [GATE-EE-2008-IISc] 234. Let A  aij  , 1  i, j  n , with n  3 and
227. If the rank of a  5  6 matrix Q is 4, then
aij  i.j . Then the rank of A is
which one of the following statements is
correct? (A) 0 (B) 1
(A) Q will have four linearly independent (C) n-1 (D) n
rows and four linearly independent
columns. AC [GATE-IN-2000-IITKGP]
1 2 3
(B) Q will have four linearly independent
rows and five linearly independent 235. The rank of matrix A   3 4 5 is
 
columns.  4 6 8

(C) QQT will be invertible. (A) 0 (B) 1

(C) 2 (D) 3
(D) QT Q will be invertible
AC [GATE-CS-1994-IITKGP]
AB [GATE-EE-2007-IITK] 0 0 3
T
228. X   x1 , x 2 ........x n  is an n-tuple non-zero 236. The rank of matrix  9 3 5 
 
vector. The n  n matrix V  X.X T .  3 1 1 
(A) Has rank zero (B) Has rank 1 (A) 0 (B) 1
(C) Is orthogonal (D) Has rank n
(C) 2 (D) 3
AC [GATE-EE-1994-IITKGP]
AC [GATE-BT-2012-IITD]
229. A 5  7 matrix has all its entries equal to -1.
237. What is the rank of the following matrix?
The rank of the matrix is

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 5 3 1 AB [GATE-ME-2018-IITG]
 6 2 4   4 1 1
   
14 10 0  244. The rank of the matrix  1 1 1 is
7 3 1 
(A) 0 (B) 1
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 2 (D) 3
(C) 3 (D) 4
AC [GATE-EC-2017-IITR]
5 10 10 AB [GATE-CE-2018-IITG]
  245. The rank of the following matrix is
238. The rank of the matrix M  1 0 2  is
3 6 6   1 1 0 2 
 
(A) 0 (B) 1 2 0 2 2 
4 1 3 1 
 
(C) 2 (D) 3
(A) 1 (B) 2
A4 [GATE-EC-2017-IITR]
239. The rank of the matrix (C) 3 (D) 4

 1 1 0 0 0  A–AC [GATE-AG-2018-IITG]
 0 0 1 1 0   5 3 3 1
   
 0 1 1 0 0  246. Rank of a matrix  3 2 2 1 is
   2 1 2 8 
 1 0 0 0 1 
 0 0 0 1 1 (A) 1 (B) 2
is ______ . (C) 3 (D) 4

A2 [GATE-CS-2017-IITR] A3 T1.5 [GATE-EE-2019-IITM]

1 1 1 0 1 1 
   
247. The rank of the matrix, M  1 0 1  , is
240. Let P  2 3 4  and
3 2 3  1 1 0 

1 2 1 **********

Q   6 12 6  be two matrices. Homogenous & Linear Eqn.
 5 10 5 
B [GATE-EE-2014-IITKGP]
Then the rank of P+Q is __________. 248. Given a system of equations:
x  2 y  2z  b1
A1 [GATE-IN-2017-IITR]
241. If v is a non-zero vector of dimension 3  1,
5x  y  3z  b2
then the matrix A = vvT has rank = _______. Which of the following is true regarding its
solutions?
AA [GATE-MN-2017-IITR]
242. If the rank of the following matrix is less (A) The system has a uniqne solution for
than 3, the values of x are any given b1 and b2

1 x x  (B) The system will have infinitely many

solutions for any given b1 and b2
A   x 1 x 
(C) Whether or not a solution exists
 x x 1 
depends on the given b1 and b2
(A) 1, –1/2 (B) 1, 1/2 (D) The system would have no solution for
(C) 2, –1/4 (D) 2, –3/4 any values of b1 and b2

AB [GATE-GG-2018-IITG] D [GATE-EE-2013-IITB]
2  2   x1  0
243. The maximum number of linearly 249. The equation    0  has
independent rows of an m  n matrix G 1  1   x 2   
where m > n is (A) No solution
(A) m. (B) n.
x 0
(C) m – n. (D) 0. (B) Only one solution  1    
 x2  0

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(C) Non-zero unique solution B [GATE-EC-2014-IITKGP]
255. Thesystem of linear equation
(D) Multiple solutions
 2 1 3  a   5 
AC[GATE-ME-2011-IITM]  3 0 1   b    4 
250. Consider the following system of equations       has
2x1  x2  x3  0, x2  x3  0 and x1  x2  0 .  1 2 5   c   14 
    
This system has
(A) A unique solution
(A) A unique solution
(B) Infinitely many solutions
(B) No solution
(C) No solution
(C) Infinite number of solution
(D) Exactly two solutions
(D) Five solutions
D [GATE-IN-2006-IITKGP]
B [GATE-CS-1996-IISc] 256. A system of linear simultaneous equations is
251. Let AX = B be a system of linear equations given as AX = b
where A is an m  n matrix B is an m  1 1 0 1 0 0
column matrix which of the following is 0 1 0 1  0
false? Where A =  &b=  
(A) The system has a solution, if 1 1 0 0 0
   
ρ( A)  ρ( A / B) 0 0 0 1 1
(B) If m = n and B is a non – zero vector Then the rank of matrix A is
then the system has a unique solution
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) If m < n and B is a zero vector then the
(C) 3 (D) 4
system has infinitely many solutions.
(D) The system will have a trivial solution B
when m = n , B is the zero vector and 257. A system of linear simultaneous equations is
rank of A is n. given as Ax  b
B [GATE-EE-1998-IITD] 1 0 1 0 0
252. A set of linear equations is represented by 0 1 0 1  0
the matrix equations Ax = b. The necessary Where A =  &b=  
1 1 0 0 0
condition for the existence of a solution for    
this system is : 0 0 0 1 1
(A) must be invertible Which of the following statement is true?
(B) b must be linearly dependent on the
(A) x is a null vector
columns of A
(C) b must be linearly independent on the (B) x is unique
columns of A (C) x does not exist
(D) None
(D) x has infinitely many values
B [GATE-IN-2007-IITK]
253. Let A be an n x n real matrix such that A2 = I AA [GATE-EC-1994-IITKGP]
258. Solve the following system
and Y be an n-dimensional vector. Then the
linear system of equations Ax = Y has x1  x2  x3  3
(A) No solution x1  x2  0
(B) unique solution
x1  x2  x3 1
(C) More than one but infinitely many
dependent solutions. (A) Unique solution
(D) Infinitely many dependent solutions (B) No solution
B [GATE-ME-2005-IITB] (C) Infinite number of solutions
254. A is a 3  4 matrix and AX = B is an
(D) Only one solution
inconsistent system of equations. The
highest possible rank of A is C [GATE-ME-1996-IISc]
(A) 1 (B) 2 259. In the Gauss – elimination for a solving
system of linear algebraic equations,
(C) 3 (D) 4 triangularization leads to

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(A) diagonal matrix 2x + y + z = 1
(B) lower triangular matrix 3x – 3y +3z = 6 x – 2y + 3z = 4
(C) upper triangular matrix
This system of linear equation has
(D) singular matrix
(A) no solution (B) one solution
AD [GATE-ME-2016-IISc]
(C) two solutions (D) three solutions
260. The solution to the system of equations
 2 5  x   2  A [GATE-CS-2004-IITD]
 4     is :
 3   y    30 
266. How many solutions does the following
system of linear equations have
(A) 6, 2 (B) -6, 2  x  5 y  1
(C) -6, -2 (D) 6, -2
x y 2
A14.9-15.1 [GATE-CH-2016-IISc]
x  3y  3
261. A set of simultaneous linear algebraic
equations is represented in a matrix form as (A) Infinitely many
shown below. (B) Two distinct solutions
0 0 0 4 13  x1   46  (C) Unique
     (D) None
2 5 5 2 10  x2  161
0 0 2 5 3   x3   61  A2 [GATE-EC-2015-IITK]
     267. Consider the system of linear equations :
0 0 0 4 5   x4  30 
 2 x – 2y +3z = –1
3 2 1 5   x5  81 
x – 3y + 4z = 1 and
The value (rounded off to the nearest
–2x +4y – 6z = k,
integer) of x3 is _________.
The value of k for which the system has
A1.00 [GATE-MN-2016-IISc] infinitely many solutions is _______.
262. The value of x in the simultaneous equations
is _______ AA [GATE-EE-2005-IITB]
268. In the matrix equation PX=Q, which of the
3x  y  2 z  3 following is a necessary condition for the
2 x  3 y  z  3 existence of at least one solution for the
unknown vector X
x  2y  z  4
(A) Augmented matrix [P:Q] must have the
AB [GATE-CE-2016-IISc] same rank as the matrix P
263. Consider the following linear system (B) Matrix Q must have only non-zero
x  2 y  3z  a elements
2 x  3 y  3z  b (C) Matrix P must be singular
(D) Matrix P must be square
5x  9 y  6z  c
AC [GATE-ME-2012-IITD]
This system is consistent if a, b and c satisfy 269. x  2y  z  4 , 2x  y  2z  5 , x  y  z  1
the equation
The system of algebraic equations given
(A) 7a – b – c = 0
above has
(B) 3a + b – c = 0
(A) A unique solution of x  1,y  1 and
(C) 3a – b + c = 0 z=1.
(D) 7a – b + c = 0 (B) Only the two solutions of (x=1, y=1,
AA [GATE-PI-2016-IISc] z=1) and (x=2, y=1, z=0).
264. The number of solutions of the simultaneous (C) Infinite number of solutions
equations y = 3x + 3 and y = 3x+5 is
(D) No feasible solutions
(A) zero (B) 1
AB [GATE-ME-2008-IISc]
(C) 2 (D) infinite
270. For what value of a, if any, will the
AB [GATE-AE-2016-IISc] following system of equation in x,y and z
265. Consider the following system of linear have solution?
equations : 2x + 3y = 4, x + y + z = 4, x + 2y – z = a

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(A) Any real number AB [GATE-CE-2005-IITB]
276. Consider the following system of equations
(B) 0
in there real variable x 1 , x 2 and x 3
(C) 1
2 x1  x2  3x3  1
(D) There is no such value
3x 1  2x 2  5x 3  2
AA [GATE-ME-2003-IITM]
 x 1  4x 2  x 3  3
271. Consider a system of simultaneous equations
1.5x + 0.5y + z = 2 This system of equation has
(A) Has no solution
4x + 2y + 3z = 9
(B) A unique solution
7x + y + 5z = 10
(C) More than one but finite number of
(A) The solution is unique solutions
(B) Infinitely many solutions exist (D) An infinite number of solutions
(C) The equations are inconsistent AB [GATE-IN-2005-IITB]
277. Let A be n  n matrix with rank 2. Then AX
(D) Finite many solution exist
= 0 has
[GATE-ME-1995-IITK] (A) Only the trivial solution X = 0
272. Solve the system of equations: 2x + 3y + z =
9, 4x + y = 7, x – 3y – 7z = 6 (B) One independent solution
Solution: A(X=1,Y=3,Z=-2) (C) Two independent solutions

AA [GATE-CE-2007-IITK] (D) Three independent solutions

273. For what values of  and  the following AC [GATE-PI-2010-IITG]
simultaneous equation have an infinite 278. The value of q for which the following set of
number of solutions? linear algebra equations
x + y + z = 5, x + 3y + 3z = 9, 2x + 3y = 0
x + 2y +  z =  6x + qy = 0
(A) 2, 7 (B) 3, 8 can have non-trivial solution is:
(C) 8, 3 (D) 7, 2 (A) 2 (B) 7

AD [GATE-CE-2006-IITKGP] (C) 9 (D) 11

274. Solution for the system defined by the set of AB [GATE-PI-2009-IITR]
equation 4y + 3z = 8; 2x –z = 2 and 3x + 2y 279. The value of x 3 obtained by solving the
= 5 is :
following system of linear equations is
4 x 1  2x 2  2x 3  4
(A) x  0, y  1,z 
3
2x 1  x 2  x 3  2
1
(B) x  0, y  ,z  2  x1  x 2  x 3  2
2
1 (A) -12 (B) 2
(C) x  1, y  , z  2
2 (C) 0 (D) 12
(D) Non- existent A1 [GATE-CS-2014-IITKGP]
280. Consider the following system of equation
AD [GATE-CE-2005-IITB]
275. Consider a non-homogeneous system of 3x + 2y = 1
linear equations represents mathematically 4x + 7z =1
an over determined system. Such a system x +y + z = 3
will be
x – 2y +7z =0
(A) Consistent having a unique solution.
The number of solutions for this system
(B) Consistent having many solutions. is___________.
(C) Inconsistent having a unique solution.
AD [GATE-CS-2008-IISc]
(D) Inconsistent having no solution. 281. The following system of equations
x 1  x 2  2x 3  1

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x 1  2x 2  3x 3  2 (A) x = 2, y = 1, z = 1
x 1  4x 2  ax 3  4 (B) x = 1, y = 2, z = 0
(C) x = 1, y = 0, z = 2
has a unique solution. The only possible
(D) x= 0, y = 1, z = 2
value(s) for a is/are
(A) 0 AD [GATE-BT-2014-IITKGP]
286. The solution to the following set of
(B) either 0 or 1
equations is
(C) one of 0, 1 and -1
2x  3y  4
(D) any real number other than 5
4x  6y  0
AB [GATE-CS-2003-IITM]
(A) x = 0, y = 0 (B) x = 2, y = 0
282. Consider the following system of linear
equation: (C) 4x = 6y (D) No solution
2 1 4   x     AB [GATE-BT-2013-IITB]
4 3  12   y    5  287. The solution of the following set of

 1 2  8   z   7  equations is :
x  2y  3z  20
Notice that second and the third columns of
7x  3y  z  13
coefficient matrix are linearly dependent.
For how many values of  , does this system x  6y  2z  0
of equations have many solutions? (A) x = -2, y = 2, z = 8
(A) 0 (B) 1 (B) x = -2, y = -3, z = 8
(C) x = 2, y = 3, z = -8
(C) 2 (D) Infinitely many
(D) x = 8, y = 2, z = -3
AC [GATE-CS-2004-IITD]
283. What values of x, y and z satisfies the AB [GATE-AE-2017-IITR]
following system of linear equations? 2 0 2

288. Matrix  A    3 2 7 
 and vector
1 2 3   x   6 
1 3 4   y    8   3 1 5 
    
 2 2 3   z  12  4 
(A) x = 6, y = 3, z = 2 b  4 are given. If vector {x} is the
5 
(B) x = 12, y =3, z = -4  
solution to the system of equations
(C) x= 6, x = 6, z = -4
 Ax  b , which of the following is true
(D) x = 12, y = -3, z = 0 for {x}:
AB [GATE-CH-2012-IITD] (A) Solution does not exist
284. Consider the following set of linear algebraic (B) Infinite solutions exist
equation
(C) Unique solution exists
x1  2 x2  3 x3  2
(D) Five possible solutions exist
x1  x2  1
2 x2  2 x3  0 AD [GATE-AE-2017-IITR]
 2 6
The system has 289. Let matrix  A    . Then for non-
(A) A unique solution 0 2 
(B) No solution  x1 
(C) An infinite number of solutions
trivial vector x    , which of the
x 2 
(D) Only the trivial solution following is true for the value of
T
AB [GATE-BT-2014-IITKGP] K  x  A x :
285. The solution for the following set of (A) K is always less than zero
equations is :
5x  4y  10z  13 (B) K is always greater than zero

x  3y  z  7 (C) K is non-negative
4x  2y  2  0 (D) K can be anything

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A4 [GATE-BT-2017-IITR] AC T1.6 [GATE-ME-2019-IITM]
290. The value of c for which the following 296. The set of equations
system is linear equations has an infinite x  y  z 1
number of solutions is _________
ax  ay  3z  5
1 2   x   c 
1 2   y    4  5 x  3 y  az  6
    
has infinite solutions, if a =
AC [GATE-IN-2018-IITG]
(A) – 3 (B) 3
291. Consider the following system of linear
equations: (C) 4 (D) – 4
3 x  2 ky  2 **********
kx  6 y  2
Hamiltons
Here x and y are the unknowns and k is a real
constant. The value of k for which there are A0.9 to 1.1 [GATE-EE-2018- IITG]
infinite number of solutions is 1 0 1
297. Let A   1 2 0  and

(A) 3 (B) 1
0 0 2
(C) −3 (D) −6
B  A  A2  4 A  5I , where I is the 3  3
3

A2 [GATE-EC-2018-IITG] identity matrix. The determinant of B is

 k 2k  _____ (up to 1 decimal place).
292. Consider matrix A   2 2 and
k  k k  Statement for Linked Answer Questions for next
two problems
 x1 
vector x    . The number of distinct real Cayley-Hamilton Theorem states that a square
 x2 
matrix satisfies its own characteristic equation.
values of k for which the equation Ax = 0
Consider a matrix
has infinitely many solutions is _______.
 3 2 
A16 T1.6 [GATE-AE-2019-IITM] A=  
293. The following system of equations  1 0 
2 x  y  z  0, AA [GATE-EE-2007-IITK]
 x  2 y  z  0, 298. A satisfies the relation
x  y  2z  0 (A) A  3I  2A -1  0
(A) has no solution (B) A2  2A  2I  0
(B) has a unique solution. (C) (A  I)(A  2I)
(C) has three solutions. (D) exp (A) = 0
(D) has an infinite number of solutions. AA [GATE-EE-2007-IITK]
9
A6 T1.6 [GATE-XE-2019-IITM] 299. A equals
294. The value of  for which the system of (A) 511 A + 510 I (B) 309 A + 104 I
equations
(C) 154 A + 155 I (D) exp (9A)
x  y  3z  3
AB [GATE-EC-2012-IITD]
2x  z  0
 5 3 1 0 
 2y  7z   300. Given that A    and I   ,
2 0 0 1 
has a solution is _____. 3
the value of A is:
AC T1.6 [GATE-CH-2019-IITM] (A) 15A + 12I (B) 19A + 30I
295. A system of n homogenous linear equations
(C) 17A + 15I (D) 17A + 21I
containing n unknowns will have non-trivial
solutions if and only if the determinant of AD [GATE-EE-2008-IISc]
the coefficient matrix is 301. The characteristic equation of a
(A) 1 (B) –1  3 3 matrix P is defined as
(C) 0 (D)       I  P  3  2  2  1  0

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If I denotes identity matrix, then the inverse AB T1 [GATE-PH-2019-IITM]
of matrix P will be : 305. During a rotation, vectors along the axis of
rotation remain unchanged. For the rotation
(A) P 2
 P  2I  (B) P 2
 P  I 0 1 0
 
matrix  0 0 1 , the unit vector along

2
(C)  P  P  I  
2
(D)  P  P  2I   1 0 0 
 
********** the axis of rotation is :
1 ˆ ˆ 1 ˆ ˆ ˆ
Geometrical Transformation (A)
3
2i  j  2 kˆ  (B)
3

i  j k 
AC [GATE-PI-2015-IITK]
1 ˆ ˆ ˆ 1 ˆ
302. Match the linear transformation matrices
listed in the first column to their
(C)
3

i  jk  (D)
3
2i  2 ˆj  kˆ 
interpretations in the second column.
AD [GATE-IN-2017-IITR]
1 0  1. Stretch in the y-axis 306. The figure shows a shape ABC and its
P.   mirror image A 1 B 1 C 1 across the horizontal
0 0 
axis (X-axis). The coordinate transformation
2. Uniform stretch in x and matrix that maps ABC to A 1 B 1 C 1 is :
0 0 
Q.   y-axis
0 1 

1 0  3. Projection in x-axis
R.  
 0 3

4 0 4. Projection in y-axis
S.  
 0 4

(A) P-1,Q-2, R-3, S-4

 0 1 0 1 
(B) P-2,Q-3, R-4, S-1 (A)   (B)  
 1 0  1 0 
(C) P-3,Q-4, R-1, S-2
 1 0  1 0 
(C)   (D)  
(D) P-4,Q-1, R-2, S-3  0 1 0 1
AD [GATE-IN-2009-IITR]
0 0 1 
------0000-------
303. The matrix P   1 0 0  rotates a vector
 
 0 1 0 
1 
about the axis 1  by an angle of
 
1 

(A) 30 (B) 60

(C) 90 (D) 120

AC T1 [GATE-ME-2019-IITM]
304. The transformation matrix for mirroring a
point in x – y plane about the line y  x is
given by
1 0   1 0 
(A)   (B)  
 0 1  0 1
0 1   0 1
(C)   (D)  
1 0   1 0 

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Answer : 211. 212. 213. 214. 215. 216. 217. 218. 219. 220.
A A 10 D C 3 C A A A
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
221. 222. 223. 224. 225. 226. 227. 228. 229. 230.
B D B C A D D A B B
B B C C A C A B C B
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
231. 232. 233. 234. 235. 236. 237. 238. 239. 240.
A C A C A B D C D *
2 B D B C C C C 4 2
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
241. 242. 243. 244. 245. 246. 247. 248. 249. 250.
–6 D C * * * D B B A
1 A B B B C 3 B D C
31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
251. 252. 253. 254. 255. 256. 257. 258. 259. 260.
B B C A C A A 1 B B
B B B B B D B A C D
41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
261. 262. 263. 264. 265. 266. 267. 268. 269. 270.
88 23 A A D 16 A B C A
* 1.00 B A B A 2 A C B
51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60.
271. 272. 273. 274. 275. 276. 277. 278. 279. 280.
0 D A C # A D A D C
A # A D D B B C B 1
61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70.
281. 282. 283. 284. 285. 286. 287. 288. 289. 290.
C D 5.5 C 2 C A A A B
D B C B B D B B D 4
71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80.
291. 292. 293. 294. 295. 296. 297. 298. 299. 300.
A D * B A B A B A A
C 2 16 6 C C * A A B
81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90.
301. 302. 303. 304. 305. 306.
A A A B # C C D C B
D C D C B D
91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100.
20. 2.8 to 3.0
6 C * A 2 6 C * * *
24. 199 to 201
101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110.
25. 10
A A # C 3.0 * D * D –6
26. 160
111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 120.
73. 0.25
D 3.0 A C A,D C A C A B
93. 0.99 to 1.01
121. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130.
98. 15.0
C B C A C B A A B A
99. 0.164 to 0.126
131. 132. 133. 134. 135. 136. 137. 138. 139. 140.
100. 0.99 to 1.01
C C A 17 B 2 D D A C
106. 0.95 to 1.05
141. 142. 143. 144. 145. 146. 147. 148. 149. 150.
108. 2.9 to 3.1
C B D 1/3 A C D B A D
152. (-3,-2,-1)
151. 152. 153. 154. 155. 156. 157. 158. 159. 160.
175. Orthogonal
C * A A D C B C A B
199. 24.5 to 25.5
161. 162. 163. 164. 165. 166. 167. 168. 169. 170.
261. 14.9 to 15.1
B C C A A B B B D D
297. 0.9 to 1.1
171. 172. 173. 174. 175. 176. 177. 178. 179. 180.
B A A B * D A D A C
181. 182. 183. 184. 185. 186. 187. 188. 189. 190.
A A A C C C A C A A
191. 192. 193. 194. 195. 196. 197. 198. 199. 200.
5 D C B 5 0 17 A * A
201. 202. 203. 204. 205. 206. 207. 208. 209. 210.
D C D 3 A 2 12 D B B

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Calculus
 2.1
Mean Value Theorem
Rolle’s MVT (A) 1.5 
(B) 1  1/ 3 
1. 3 2
A
If the f ( x )  ax  bx  11x  6 satisfies

(C) 1  1/ 3  (D) 1.25

the conditions of Rolle’s Theorem in [1, 3] C

 1  6. Find C of
the Rolle’s theorem for
and f '  2    0 , then value of a and b x
f ( x)  e sin x in [0, π ]
 3
are respectively (A) π / 4 (B) π / 2
(A) (1, 6) (B) 2,1 (C) 3π / 4 (D) does not exist
(C) 1,1/ 2 (D) 1,6 A
7. Find C of
Rolle’s theorem for
C 3 4
f ( x)  ( x  2) ( x  3) in [ 2,3]
2. Which of the following function satisfies the
conditions of Rolle’s theorem? (A) 1/ 7 (B) 2 / 7
1 1 1 (C) 1/ 2 (D) 3 / 2
(A) sin ,  x 
x π π B
tan x 8. Find C of
Rolle’s theorem for
(B) ,0  x  π f ( x)  x( x  3)e  x/ 2
in [ 3, 0].
x
(C) x ( x  1), 0  x  1 (A) 1 (B) 2
x 1 (C) 0.5 (D) 0.5
(D) ,0  x 1
x C
9. Rolle’s theorem cannot be applied for the
D
function f ( x) | x  2 | in [-2, 0] because
3. The value of c in Rolle’s theorem, where
π π (A) f ( x ) is not continuous in [ 2, 0]
  c  and f ( x )  cos x is equal to
2 2
(B) f ( x ) is not differentiable in ( 2, 0)
(A) π / 4 (B) π / 3
(C) f ( 2)  f (0)
(C) π (D) 0
(D) None of these
A
4. Given that Rolle’s theorem holds for AB
f ( x)  x3  6 x 2  kx  5 on {1, 3} with 10. Rolle’s Theorem holds for function
1 x 3  bx 2  cx, 1  x  2 at the point 4/3
c  2 . then value of b and c are respectively :
3
(A) 8, 5 (B) 5,8
The value of k is :
(A) 11 (B) 7 (C) 5, 8 (D) 5, 8
(C) 3 (D) – 3
B
C 11. Rolle’s theorem cannot be applied for the
5. Find C of theRolle’s theorem for function f ( x ) | x | in [ 2, 2] because
f ( x)  x ( x  1)( x  2) in [1, 2]

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(A) f ( x ) is not continuous in [-2,2] (A) b  a (B) b  a
(B) f ( x ) is not differentiable in (-2, 2) (b  a) (b  a)
(C) (D)
2 2
(C) f ( 2)  f (2)
AA [GATE-ME-2018-IITG]
(D) None of these 17. According to the Mean Value Theorem, for a
********** continuous function f ( x ) in the interval
[ a, b ] , there exists a value  in this interval
Lagranges’s MVT b

A2.6-2.7 [GATE-CH-2016-IISc]
such that  f ( x)dx 
a
12. The Lagrange mean-value
(A) f ()(b  a ) (B) f (b)(  a )
theorem is satisfied for
f  x  x3  5 , in the interval (C) f ( a)(b  ) (D) 0
(1, 4) at a value (rounded off A
to the second decimal place) of x equal 18. x
If the function f ( x)  e is defined in [0,
to________.
1], then the value of c of the mean value
D[GATE-CE-2005-IITB] theorem is :
13. A rail engine accelerates from its satisfactory (A) log(e  1) (B) (e  1)
position for 8 seconds and travels a distance
of 280 m. According to the mean value (C) 0.5 (D) 0.5
theorem, the speed motor at a certain time A
during acceleration must read exactly 19. Find C of Lagrange’s mean value theorem
(A) 0 km/h for f ( x)  ( x  1)( x  2)( x  3) in [1, 2]
(B) 8 km/h (A) 2  1 3  
(B) 2  1/ 3
(C) 75 km/h
(D) 126 km/h 
(C) 1  1/ 3  (D) 1  1/ 3 

AB [GATE-EC-2015-IITK] B
14. A function f(x) = 1 – x2 + x3 is defined in the 20. Find C of Lagrange’s mean value theorem
closed interval [–1,1]. The value of x, in the for f ( x)  log x in [1, e]
open interval (–1,1) for which the mean
value theorem is satisfied, is : (A) e  2 (B) e  1

1 (C) (e  1) / 2 (D) (e  1) / 2 '

(A) 
2 A
1 21. Find C of Lagrange’s mean value for
(B) 
3 f ( x)  lx 2  mx  n in [ a, b]
1
(C) (A) ( a  b) / 2 (B) ab
3
(C) 2ab / ( a  b) (D) (b  a ) / 2
1
(D)
2 A
22. Find C of Lagrange’s theorem mean value
AB [GATE-EE-2010-IITG]
2
theorem for f ( x)  7 x 2  13 x  19 in
15. A function y  5x 10x is defined over an [ 11 / 7,13 / 7]
open interval x = (1, 2). At least at one point
dy (A) 1/7 (B) 2/7
in this interval, is exactly.
dx (C) 3/7 (D) 4/7
(A) 20 (B) 25 B
(C) 30 (D) 35 23. Find C of Lagrange’s mean value theorem
for f ( x)  e x in [0, 1]
C[GATE-ME-1994-IITKGP]
16. The value of  in the mean value theorem (A) 0.5
of f (b)  f ( a)  (b  a) f () for
(B) log(e  1)

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(C) log(e  1)
(D) log(e  1) / (e  1)

D
24. f ( x)  x( x  2)( x  2),1  x  4 will
satisfy mean value theorem at x =
(A) 1 (B) 2

(C) 13 (D) 7
A
4 2
25. For the curve y  2 x  x  3, the tangent
at the point (1, 4) is parallel to the chord
joining the points (0, 3) and the point
(A) (2,31) (B) ( 2,31)

 3   3 15 
(C)   , 6  (D)  , 
 2  2 2 
**********

Cauchy’s MVT
B
26. Find C of Cauchy’s mean value theorem for
f ( x)  x and g ( x )  1 / x in [ a, b]

(A) ( a  b) / 2 (B) ab
(C) 2ab / ( a  b) (D) (b  a ) / 2

C
27. Find C of Cauchy’s mean value theorem for
the function 1/x and 1 / x 2 in [a, b]

(A) ( a  b) / 2 (B) ab
(C) 2ab / ( a  b) (D) (b  a ) / 2

B
28. Find C of Cauchy’s mean value theorem for
the functions sin x and cos x in
[  / 2, 0]
(A) π / 3 (B) π / 4
(C) π / 6 (D) π / 8
B
29. Let f ( x) and g ( x) be differentiable
function for 0  x  1, such that
f (0)  2, g (0)  0 f (1)  6. Let there
exist a real number c in (0, 1) such that
f '(c)  2 g '(c ), then g (1) equals :
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) – 2 (D) – 1
-------0000-------

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Answer :

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
A C D A C C A B C B
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
B * D B B C A A A B
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29.
A A B D A B C D B

12. 2.6 to 2.7

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Maxima and Minima
Single Variable AD [GATE-CE-2002-IISc]
7. The following function has a local minima at
AC [GATE-EC-2012-IITD] which the value of x
1. The maximum value
3 2
of f  x   x  9x  24x  5 in the interval [1, f  x   x 5  x2
6] is : 2
(A)  (B) 5
(A) 21 (B) 25 5
(C) 41 (D) 46 5
5
(C) (D) 
AD [GATE-ME-2005-IITB] 2 2
2. The right circular cone of largest volume that
can be enclosed by a sphere of 1m radius has AC [GATE-CE-2004-IITD]
a height of _____ . 8. The maxima and minima of the function
(A) 2 (B) 3 f(x)  2x3 15x2  36x 10 occur,
(C) 4/3 (D) 2/3 respectively at
(A) x = 3 and x = 2
AC [GATE-EE-2011-IITM]
2 (B) x = 1 and x = 3
3. The function f  x  2x  x  3 has
(C) x = 2 and x = 3
(A) a maxima at x = 1 and minima at x = 5
(D) x = 3 and x = 4
(B) a maxima at x = 1 and minima at x = -5
(C) only a maxima at x = 1 AB [GATE-CS-2008-IISc]
(D) only a minimal at x = 1 9. A point on a curve is said to be an extremum
if it is a local minimum or a local maximum.
AD [GATE-ME-2012-IITD] The number of distinct extrema for the curve
3
4. At x = 0, the function f  x   x  1 has 3x 4  16x 3  24x 2  37 is:
(A) a maximum value (A) 0 (B) 1
(B) a minimum value
(C) 2 (D) 3
(C) a singularity
(D) a point of inflection [GATE-CS-1998-IITD]
10. Find the point of local maxima and minima if
AB [GATE-ME-2006-IITKGP] any of the following function defined in
5. Equation of line normal to function
2/ 3 0  x  6, x 3  6x 2  9x  15
f  x    x  8   1 at P(0, 5) is:
ANS: Maxima x= 1, Minima x = 3
(A) y = 3x – 5 (B) y = 3x + 5
A-5.1- -4.9 [GATE-ME-2016-IISc]
(C) 3y = x + 15 (D) 3y = x – 15 3 2
11. Consider the function f  x  2x  3x in the
AA [GATE-CE-2004-IITD] domain [-1, 2]. The global minimum of f(x) is
3 2
6. The function f  x   2x  3x  36x  2 has _________.
its maxima at
AD [GATE-CE-2016-IISc]
(A) x = -2 only 12. The optimum value of the function
2
(B) x = 0 only f  x   x  4x  2 is :
(C) x = 3 only (A) 2(maximum)
(D) both x = -2 and x = 3 (B) 2(minimum)

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(C) -2(maximum) A0.0 [GATE-EE-2016-IISc]
(D) -2(minimum) 20. The maximum value attained by the function
f(x) = x(x − 1)(x − 2) in the interval [1, 2] is
AC [GATE-PI-2016-IISc] ____.
13. The range of values of k for which the
function AA [GATE-AG-2016-IISc]
21. The function f ( x )  x 2  x  6 is :
f  x    k 2  4 x2  6 x3  8x 4
(A) minimum at x = ½
has a local maxima at point x = 0 is : (B) maximum at x = ½
(A) k  2 or k  2 (C) minimum at x = – ½
(B) k  2 or k  2 (D) maximum at x = – ½

(C) 2  k  2 D[GATE-CS-2008-IISc]
22. A point on the curve is said to be an
(D) 2  k  2
extremum if it is a local minimum (or) a local
A1.0 [GATE-AE-2016-IISc] maximum. The number of distinct extreme
14. Let x be a positive real number. The function for the curve 3 x 4  6 x 3  24 x 2  37 is
1 ___________
f  x   x 2  2 has it minima at x = ____.
x (A) 0
A5.0 [GATE-XE-2016-IISc] (B) 1
3
15. Let  
f x  2x  3x2  69 , (C) 2
5  x  5 . (D) 3
Find the point at which
-0.1to0.1 [GATE-EC-2014-IITKGP]
f(x) has the maximum value at.
23. The maximum value of the function f (x) = ln
A3.0 [GATE-BT-2016-IISc] (1 + x) – x (where x > - 1) occurs at x ---------
16. Consider the equation ---.
aS 5.9to6.1 [GATE-EC-2014-IITKGP]
V 2 24. The maximum value of
S
bS  3 2
c f  x   2 x  9 x  12 x  3 in the interval
Given a = 4, b = 1 and c = 9, the positive 0  x  3 is ----------.
value of S at which V is maximum, will be C [GATE-EE-2014-IITKGP]
_______. 25. Minimum of the real valued function
AB [GATE-ME-2007-IITK] f ( x )  ( x  1) 2 / 3 occurs at x equal to
2
17. The minimum value of function y  x in the (A) ‒∞ (B) 0
interval [1, 5] is: (C) 1 (D) ∞
(A) 0 (B) 1
B [GATE-EE-2014-IITKGP]
(C) 25 (D) undefined 26. The minimum value of the function
f ( x )  x 3  3 x 2  24 x  100 in the interval [–
AB [GATE-EC-2016-IISc]
3, 3] is
18. As x varies from −1 to +3, which one of the
following describes the behaviour of the (A) 20 (B) 28
function f ( x )  x 3  3 x 2  1 ?
(C) 16 (D) 32
(A) f(x) increases
B [GATE-EE-1994-IITKGP]
monotonically.
2 250
(B) f(x) increases, then decreases and 27. The function y  x  at x = 5 attains
x
increases again.
(A) Maximum (B) Minimum
(C) f(x) decreases, then increases and
decreases again. (C) Neither (D) 1
(D) f(x) increases and then decreases. A [GATE-ME-1995-IITK]
28. The function f(x) = x 3  6 x 2  9 x  25 has
A–13 [GATE-IN-2016-IISc]
19. Let f : [  1,1]  where f (x) = 2x3 − x4 −10. (A) A maxima at x = 1 and minima at x = 3
The minimum value of f (x) is______. (B) A maxima at x = 3 and a minima at x = 1

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(C) No maxima, but a minima at x = 3 (A) Only one minimum
(D) A maxima at x = 1, but no minima (B) Only two minima
AA [GATE-ME-2005-IITB] (C) Three minima
29. The function f(x) = 2 x 3  3 x 2  36 x  2 has (D) Three maxima
its maxima at
D [GATE-EC-2007-IITK]
(A) x = - 2 only 36. Which one of the following functions is
(B) x = 0 only strictly bounded ?
(C) x = 3 only 1
(A) (B) e x
(D) both x = - 2 and x = 3
x
x2
A [GATE-EC-2007-IITK] (C) x 2 (D) e
30. Consider the function f(x) = x 2  x  2. the A [GATE-EC-2006-IITKGP]
maximum value of f(x) in the closed interval 37. As x increased from  to  , the function
[-4, 4] is ex
f ( x) 
(A) 18 (B) 10 1  ex
(C) – 2.25 (D) indeterminate (A) Monotonically increases
C [GATE-IN-2008-IISc] (B) Monotonically decreases
31.
2
Consider the function y  x  6x  9. The (C) Increases to a maximum value and then
decreases
maximum value of y obtained when x varies
over the internal 2 to 5 is (D) Decreases to a minimum value and then
increases.
(A) 1 (B) 3
A49 [GATE-EC-2014-IITKGP]
(C) 4 (D) 9
38. The maximum value of the determinant
A [GATE-EC-2008-IISc] among all 2  2 real symmetric matrices with
32. For real values of x, the minimum value of trace 14 is________.
the function f ( x )  exp( x )  exp(  x ) is :
(A) 2 39. The plot of a function f (x) is shown in the
(B) 1 following figure. A possible expression for
(C) 0.5 the function f (x) is :

(D) 0
A [GATE-EC-2010-IITG]
33. If e y  x1/ x then y has a
(A) Maximum at x = e
(B) Minimum at x = e
(C) Maximum at x = e1
(D) Minimum at x = e1
C [GATE-IN-2007-IITK]
1 
esin x (A) exp | x | (B) exp  
34. For real x, the maximum value of cos x is  x 
e
1
(A) 1 (B) e (C) exp(x) (D) exp  
x
(C) e 2
(D) 
D
B [GATE-EE-2007-IITK]
2
40. Let f (x)  x2  4x  3. Consider the following
35. Consider the function 
f ( x)  x 2  4  statements :
where x is a real number. Then the function 1. f ( x ) is increasing in (2, )
has
2. f (x) is decreasing in (  ,  2)

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3. f ( x ) is has a stationary point at x = 2 D
48. The minimum value of f ( x)  x ln x is :
Which of these statements are correct?
(A) e (B) e1
(A) 1 and 2 (B) 1 and 3
(C) e (D) e 1
(C)2 and 3 (D) 1, 2 and 3
B
D x
41. 3 2
The function f ( x ) = kx  9 x  9 x  3 is 49. The maximum value of f ( x)  xe is :
increasing in each interval, then (saddle point (A) e (B) e1
should not be included)
(C) 1 (D) e
(A) k  3 (B) k  3
D
(C) k  3 (D) k  3 50. Match the following list :
C List  I List-II
42. What is the minimum value of the function Function Maximum Value of
x
f (x)   (t  1) dt where x > 0 ? f ( x ) at x =
0

(A) 1 (B) 1/2 log x 1

(A) f ( x)  (i)
x e
(C) –1/2 (D) 5/2
1 (ii) 1
B (B) f ( x) 
2 x2 xx
1
43. The maximum value of   , x  0 is 1 (iii) e
x (C) f ( x )  x x
equal to
1 (iv) e
(A) e (B) e1/ e (D) f ( x)  x 
x
(C) e e (D) 1/ e (A) (A)-(iv) , (B)-(iii), (C)-(ii), (D)-(i)
D[GATE-CE-2004-IITD] (B) (A)-(iv), (B)-(i), (C)-(iii), (D)-(ii)
3 2
44. The function f ( x)  2 x  3x  36 x  10
(C) (A)-(iv), (B)-(i), (C)-(ii), (D)-(iii)
has a maximum at x =
(D) (A)-(iii), (B)-(i), (C)-(iv), (D)-(ii)
(A) 3 (B) 2
B
(C) – 3 (D) - 2 51. The minimum distance from the point (4, 2)
D to the parabola y 2  8 x, is
45. The minimum value of
f ( x)  2 x3  3x2  36 x  10 is : (A) 2 (B) 2 2

(A) 0 (B) 13 (C) 2 (D) 3 2

(C) 17 (D) 71 C

52. The shortest distance of the point (0, c),
B where 0  c  5, from the parabola
ln x
46. A maximum value of f ( x )  is : y  x 2 is :
x
(B) e1 4c  1
(A) e (A) 4c  1 (B)
2
(C) e  1 (D) e  1
4c  1
C (C) (D) None of these
2
2
47. The function f ( x)  x has minimum at x =
C [GATE-EE-2011-IITM]
1
(A) e (B) e 53. The function f(x) = 2 x  x 2  3 has
(C) 0 (D) e + 1

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(A) A maxima at x = 1
and a minima at (C)
x=5

(B) A maxima at x = 1 and

a minima at
x=-5

(C) Only a maximum at x = 1

(D)
(D) Only a minima at x = 0

A [GATE-EC-2014-IITKGP]
54. For 0  t   , the maximum value of the
function f (t) = e-t – 2e-2t occurs at
A9 [GATE-EE-2015-IITK]
59. If the sum of the diagonal
(A) T = loge 4 (B) T = loge 2
elements of a 2  2 diagonal
(C) T = 0 (D) T = log e 8 matrix is –6, then the
maximum possible value of
C [GATE-EC-2014-IITKGP] determinant of the matrix is ______.
55. For a right angled triangle if the sum of the
lengths of the hypotenuse and a side is kept AA [GATE-ME-2015-IITK]
constant in order to have maximum area of 60. At x= 0, the function f(x) = |x| has
the triangle, the angle between the (A) a minimum
hypotenuse and the side is
(B) a maximum
(A) 120 (B) 360
(C) a point of inflexion
0 0
(C) 60 (D) 45
(D) neither a maximum nor minimum
A1 [GATE-EC-2015-IITK]
AB
56. The maximum area (in square units) of a
61. The interval of increment of the function
rectangle whose vertices lie on the ellipse x2
+ 4y2 = 1 is ______. f ( x)  x  e x  tan(2  / 7) is :

D [GATE-EE-2010-IITG] (A) (0, ) (B) (,0)

sin t
57. At t = 0, the function f(t) = has (C) (1, ) (D) ( ,1)
t
(A) A minimum (B) A discontinuity AC
62. The function f ( x)  x x decreases on the
(C) A point of inflection (D) A Maximum
interval
AB [GATE-EC-2015-IITK]
58. Which one of the following graphs describes (A) (0, e) (B) (0,1)
x 2
the function f(x)  e (x  x 1) ? (C) (0,1 / e) (D) none of these

AB
2
(A) 63. The function f ( x)  2 log( x  2)  x  4 x  1
increases on the interval
(A) (1, 2) (B) (2,3)

(C) (1,3) (D) (2,4)

AA
(B)
64. If the function f ( x)  2 x 2  kx  5 is [1, 2],
then k lies in the interval
(A) (,4) (B) (4, )

(C) ( ,8) (D) (8, )

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AA AA
2 x
65. The function f ( x )  x e is monotonic x
72. The function f ( x)  is :
decreasing when 1 | x |
(A) x  R  [0,2] (A) strictly increasing

(B) 0  x  2 (B) strictly decreasing

(C) neither increasing nor decreasing
(C) 2  x  
(D) none of these
(D) x  0
AD
AA 73. Function f ( x)  a x is increasing on R, if
66. The function f ( x)  cos x  2 x is
monotonic decreasing when (A) a  0 (B) a  0

(A)   1 / 2 (B)   1/ 2 (C) 0  a  1 (D) a  1

(C)   2 (D)   2 AB
74. Function f ( x)  log a x is increasing on R, if
AB
67. 3
Function f ( x )  x  27 x  5 is (A) 0  a  1 (B) a  1
monotonically increasing (excluding (C) a  1 (D) a  0
stationary point) when
AD
(A) x  3 (B) | x | 3 75. If the function f ( x)  x 2  kx  5 is
increasing on [2, 4] then
(C) x  3 (D) | x | 2
(A) k  (2, ) (B) k  ( , 2)
AD (C) k  (4, ) (D) k  ( , 4)
68. Function f ( x)  2 x 3  9 x 2  12 x  29 is
monotonically decreasing when AA
76. The function f ( x)   x / 2  sin x defined on
(A) x  2 (B) x  2 [  / 3,  / 3] is
(C) x  3 (D) 1  x  2 (A) increasing (B) decreasing
(C) constant (D) none of these
AD
69. Function f ( x )  | x |  | x  1| is monotonically A0.25 [GATE-CS-2014-IITKGP]
increasing when 77. Let S be a sample space and two mutually
exclusive events A and B be such that
(A) x  0 (B) x  1 A  B  S . If P(.) denotes the probability of
(C) x  1 (D) 0  x  1 the event, the maximum value of P(A)P(B) is
..................
AB
70. In the interval (1, 2), function AA [GATE-CE-2005-IITB]
f ( x )  2| x  1| 3 | x  2 | is 78. Consider the circle | z  5  5i | 2 in the
complex number plane (x, y) with z = x + iy.
(A) increasing The minimum distance from the origin to the
(B) decreasing circle is :
(C) constant (A) 5 2  2 (B) 54
(D) none of these (C) 34 (D) 5 2

AC AC
71. If the function f ( x)  cos | x | 2ax  b 79. A rectangular sheet of metal of length 6
increases along the entire number scale, then metres and width 2 metres is given. Four
equal squares are removed from the corners.
1 The sides of this sheet are now turned up to
(A) a  b (B) a  b
2 form an open rectangular box. Find
approximately, the height of the box (in
1 3
(C) a   (D) a   metre), such that the volume of the box is
2 2 maximum.

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A450 T2.2.1 [GATE-AR-2019-IITM]
86. In a site map, a rectangular residential plot
measures 150 mm×40 mm , and the width of
the front road in the map measures 16 mm.
Actual width of the road is 4 m. If the
permissible F.A.R. is 1.2, the maximum built-
(A) 2.2 (B) 1.9 up area for the residential building will be
______m2.
(C) 0.45 (D) 3.1
AA T2.2.1 [GATE-AE-2019-IITM]
A32 [GATE-MN-2017-IITR] 87. The maximum value of the function
80. A rectangle has two of its corners on the x f ( x)  xe x (where x is real) is
axis and the other two on the parabola
y  12  x 2 . The largest area of the rectangle (A) 1 / e (B) 2 / e 2
is __ . 1/2
(C) (e ) / 2 (D) 
A1 [GATE-MT-2017-IITR]
AC T2.2.1 [GATE-EY-2019-IITM]
81. The function f ( x )  x 3  3 x has a minimum
88. Which of the following is correct about first
at x = ___________. and second derivates at points P, Q and R for
A11.5 to 12.5 [GATE-EE-2018-IITG] f ( x)  sin( x) shown below?
82. Let f ( x )  3 x 3  7 x 2  5 x  6 . The maximum
value of f ( x ) over the interval [0, 2] is
_______ (up to 1 decimal place).
AD [GATE-CE-2018-IITG]
83. At the point x = 0, the function f ( x )  x 3 has

(A) local maximum

(B) local minimum
(C) both local maximum and minimum
(D) neither local maximum nor local df df d2 f
(A)  0;  0; 2 0
minimum dx P dx Q dx R

AB [GATE-CY/CH-2018-IITG] d2 f d2 f df
84. For 0  x  2  , sin x and cos x are both (B)  0;  0; 0
dx2 P
dx2 Q
dx R
decreasing functions in the interval ______.
2 2
  d f d f d2 f
(A)  0,  (B)  ,   (C)  0; 2  0; 2 0
 2 2  dx2 P
dx Q
dx R

3 3 d2 f d2 f d2 f
(C)  ,  (D)  , 2   (D)  0;  0; 0
 2   2  dx2 P
dx 2 Q
dx2 R

AB T2.2 [GATE-CE-2019-IITM] AC T2.2.2 [GATE-TF-2019-IITM]

85. Which one of the following is NOT a correct 89. For x in [0, ] , the maximum value of
statement ?
(sin x  cos x) is
(A) The function x x ,( x  0) , has the global 1
maxima at x  e (A) (B) 1
2
(B) The function x x ,( x  0) , has the global (C) 2 (D) 2
minima at x  e
******
3
(C) The function x , has neither global
minima nor global maxima
Double Variable
(D) The function | x | has the global B [GATE-PI-2007-IITK]
2 2
minima at x  0 90. For the function f(x, y) = x  y defined on
R2, the point (0, 0) is :

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(A) A local minimum
(B) f 0
(B) Neither a local minimum y
(nor) a local maximum.
(C) f  0 & f 0
(C) A local maximum x y
(D) Both a local minimum and a local (D) f  0 & f 0
maximum x y

B [GATE-ME-2002-IISc] AB
91. The function f(x, y) = 2x2  2xy  y3 has 96. For function f(x,y) to have minimum value at
(a,b) value,
(A) Only one stationary
point at (0, 0) (A) rt  s 2  0 and r  0
(B) Two stationary points (B) rt  s 2  0 and r  0
1 1
at (0, 0) and  ,   (C) rt  s 2  0 and r  0
6 3
(D) rt  s 2  0 and r  0
(C) Two stationary points at (0, 0) and
(1, -1) AA
97. For function f(x,y) to have maximum value at
(D) No stationary point. (a,b),
A [GATE-CE-2010-IITG] (A) rt  s 2  0 and r  0
92. Given a function
(B) rt  s 2  0 and r  0
2 2
f ( x, y)  4x  6 y  8x  4 y  8
(C) rt  s 2  0 and r  0
The optimal value of f ( x , y )
(D) rt  s 2  0 and r  0
(A) Is a minimum equal to 10/3
(B) Is a maximum equal to 10/3 AB
98. For function f(x,y) to have no extremum
(C) Is a minimum equal to 8/3 value at (a,b),
(D) Is a maximum equal to 8/3
(A) rt  s 2  0
B [GATE-EC-1998-IITD]
(B) rt  s 2  0
93. The continuous function f(x, y) is said to
have saddle point at (a, b) if (C) rt  s 2  0
(A) f x (a, b)  f y (a, b)  0 f xy2  f xx f yy  0 (D) rt  s 2  0

(B) f x (a, b)  0, f y (a, b)  0, f xy2  f xx f yy  0 AB

99. Find the minimum value of
(C) f x (a, b)  0, f y (a, b)  0, f xy2  f xx f yy  0 f ( x, y)  x 2  y 2  6x  12
(A) – 3 (B) 3
(D) f x (a, b)  0, f y (a, b)  0, f xy2  f xx f yy  0
(C) – 9 (D) 9
AA [GATE-EC-1993-IITB
2
AC
94. The function f  x,y  x y  3xy  2y  x has 100. Find the maximum or minimum value
2 2 3
(A) No local extremum of f ( x, y)  y  4 xy  3x  x
(B) One local maximum but no local (A) minimum at (0, 0)
minimum (B) maximum at (0, 0)
(C) One local minimum but no local (C) minimum at (2/3, –4/3)
maximum
(D) maximum at (2/3, –4/3)
(D) One local minimum and one local
maximum AA
101. Find the minimum value of
C
95. Stationary point is a point where, function
f(x,y) have,

xy  a 3 1  1
x y 
(A) 3a 2 (B) a2
(A) f 0
x (C) a (D) 1

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AB
102. Divide 120 into three parts so that the sum of
their products taken two at a time is
maximum. If x, y, z are two parts, find value
of x, y and z
(A) x  40, y  40, z  40
(B) x  38, y  50, z  32
(C) x  50, y  40, z  30
(D) x  80, y  30, z  50

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Answer :

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
C D C D B A D C B #
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
* D C 1.0 5.0 3.0 B B –13 0.0
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
A D * C C B B A A A
31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
C A A C B D A 49 C D
41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
D C B D D B C D B D
51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60.
B C C A C 1 D B 9 A
61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70.
B C B A A A B D D B
71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80.
C A D B D A * A C 32
81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90.
1 * D B B 450 A C C B
91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100.
B A B A C B A B B C
101. 102.
A B

11. –5.1- –4.9

23. –0.1 to 0.1
77. 0.25
82. 11.5 to 12.5

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Limits
Limit, Continuity, Diff. Checkup (A) f ( x) is discontinuous at x  0 .
(B) f ( x) is continuous but not differentiable
AD [GATE-ME-2014-IITKGP]
1. If a function is continuous at a point, at x  0 .
(C) f ( x) is differentiable but its first
(A) The limit of the function
may not exist at the point derivative is not continuous at x  0 .
(D) f ( x) is differentiable but its first
(B) The function must be
derivable at the point derivative is not differentiable at x  0 .

(C) The limit of the function at the point B [GATE-ME-1995-IITK]

tends to infinity 5. The function f(x) = | x  1| on
the interval [2,0] is _________
(D) The limit must exist at the point and the
value of limit should be same as the value (A) Continuous and
of the function at that point differentiable
A [GATE-EC-1996-IISc] (B) Continuous on the interval but not
2. If a function is continuous at a point its first differentiable at all points
derivative (C) Neither continuous nor differentiable
(A) May or may not exist (D) Differentiable but not continuous
(B) Exists always C [GATE-CE-2011-IITM]
(C) Will not exist 6. What should be the value of λ such that the
π
(D) Has a unique value function defined below is continuous at x= ?
2
AB [GATE-EC-2016-IISc]  λ cos x π
3. Given the following statements about a π if x 
2
function f : R  R , select the right option:  x
f ( x)   2
P : If f(x) is continuous at x  x0 , then it is  π
1 if x 
also differentiable at x  x0 .  2
Q : If f(x) is continuous at x  x0 , then it may (A) 0 (B) 2π
not be differentiable at x  x0 . π
(C) 1 (D)
2
R : If f(x) is differentiable at x  x0 , then it is
also continuous at x  x0 . C[GATE-ME-2010-IITG]
7. The function y | 2  3 x |
(A) P is true, Q is false, R is false
(B) P is false, Q is true, R is true (A) is continuous  x  R and differential
(C) P is false, Q is true, R is false  x R
(D) P is true, Q is false, R is true (B) is continuous  x  R and differential
AD [GATE-EE-2018-IITG] 3
 x  R except at x =
4. Let f be a real-valued function of a real 2
variable defined as f ( x )  x 2 for x  0 , and
(C) is continuous  x  R and differential
f ( x )   x 2 for x  0 . Which one of the
2
following statements is true?  x  R except at x =
3

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(D) is continuous  x  R and except at x = x  3 if x  3
(C) f  x   
3 and differential  x  R  8  x if x  3

D[GATE-ME-2002-IISc] 1
8. Which of the following functions is not (D) f  x   3
if x  3
x  27
differentiable in the domain [-1, 1]?
AB [GATE-CS-1998-IITD]
(A) f(x) = x2
13. Consider the function y  x in the interval
(B) f(x) = x – 1
 1,1 . In this interval, the function is:
(C) f(x) = 2
(A) Continuous and differentiable
(D) f(x) = maximum (x, – x)
(B) Continuous but not differentiable
B
(C) Differentiable but not continuous
0, x  0
 2 (D) Neither continuous nor differentiable
9. Consider f(x) =  x
 x ,x  0 AD [GATE-PI-2016-IISc]

14. At x=0, the function
(A) f(x) is disconitinious everywhere
2 x
(B) f(x) is conitinious everywhere f  x   sin ,    x  , L  0
L
(C) f’(x) = exist in (-1,1)
(A) continuous and differentiable
(D) f’(x) = exist in (-2,2)
(B) not continuous and not differentiable
AD (C) not continuous but differentiable
x   , x  3 (D) continuous but not differentiable

 4, x  3
10. Consider f(x) = AB [GATE-EE-2017-IITR]
3x  5, x  3
 15. A function f(x) is defined as
 ex x 1
f  x   2
, where x  R
f(x) is continues at x=3,then  will be : Inx  ax  bx, x  1
(A) 4 (B) 3 which of the following statements is TRUE?

(C) 2 (D) 1 (A) f(x) is NOT differentiable at x =1 for any

values of a and b
AC [GATE-EC-2012-IITD]
(B) f(x) is differentiable at x = 1 for the
11. Consider the function f  x   x in the unique values of a and b
interval 1  x  1 . At the point x = 0, f(x) is
(C) f(x) is differentiable at x = 1 for all the
(A) Continuous and differentiable values of a and b such that a + b = e

(B) Non-continuous and differentiable (D) f(x) is differentiable at x = 1 for all values
of a and b.
(C) Continuous and non-differentiable
AB [GATE-MT-2017-IITR]
(D) Neither continuous nor differentiable 16. If f ( x )  e | x | then a x = 0, the function f(x)
AA [GATE-CS-2013-IITB] is :
12. Which of the following function is continuous (A) continuous and differentiable.
at x= 3?
(B) continuous but not differentiable.
 (C) neither continuous nor differentiable.
2 if x  3
 (D) not continuous but differentialble.
(A) f  x    x  1 if x  3
x 3 AD [GATE-TF-2018-IITG]
 if x  3
 3  4  x, x  2
17. If f ( x )   is
4 if x  3
 kx  4, x  2
(B) f  x    a continuous function for all
 8  x if x  3

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real values of x , then f(8) (A) 0 (B) 1
is equal to _______________.
(C) 2 (D) 3
AD [GATE-PI-2018-IITG] C [GATE-PI-2010-IITG]
18. A real-valued function y of real variable x is
df π
such that y  5 | x | . At x = 0, the function is 24. If (x) = sin | x | then the value of at x 
dx 4
(A) discontinuous but differentiable is :
(B) both continuous and differentiable
1
(C) discontinuous and not differentiable (A) 0 (B)
2
(D) continuous but not differentiable
1
AC [GATE-ME-2016-IISc] (C)  (D) 1
19. The values of x for which the function 2

x 2  3x  4 B [GATE-CE-2018-IITG]
f  x  is NOT continuous are 25. Which of the following function(s) is an
x 2  3x  4
accurate description of the graph for the
(A) 4 and -1 (B) 4 and 1
range(s) indicated?
(C) -4 and 1 (D) -4 and -1
AB [GATE-PE-2016-IISc]
1
20. The function f  x   is :
1 | x |
(A) Continuous and differentiable
(B) continuous but not differentiable
(C) not continuous but differentiable
(D) not continuous and not differentiable

D [GATE-CS-1996-IISc]
(i) y  2 x  4 for  3  x  1
21. The formula used to compute an
approximation for the second derivative of a (ii) y  | x  1| for  1  x  2
function f at a point x0 is :
(iii) y  | x | 1 for  1  x  2
f ( x0  h )  f ( x0  h )
(A) (iv) y  1 for 2  x  3
2
(A) (i), (ii) and (iii) only.
f ( x0  h)  f ( x0  h)
(B)
2h (B) (i), (ii) and (iv) only.

f ( x0  h )  2 f ( x0 )  f ( x0  h) (C) (i) and (iv) only.

(C)
h2 (D) (ii) and (iv) only.

f ( x0  h )  2 f ( x0 )  f ( x0  h ) ******
(D)
h2 Limits
C [GATE-IN-2007-IITK]
3
Single Variable
22. Consider the function f ( x) | x |, where x is
AC [GATE-MN-2017-IITR]
real. Then the function f(x) at x = 0 is
26. Which one of the following plots represents
(A) Continuous but not differentiable the relationship xy = c, which c is a positive
(B) Once differentiable but not twice. constant

(C) Twice differentiable but not thrice.

(D) Thrice differentiable
B
x
23. If f(x) = then f’(0)
x 1

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x3 x5 x 7
f ( x)  x    
3! 5! 7!
2π π
(A) (B)
3 2
π
(C) (D) 1
3

(A) I (B) II A [GATE-ME-2003-IITM]

2
sin x
(C) III (D) IV 35. lim  ____
x 0 x
AC [GATE-ME-2016-IISc]
(A) 0 (B) 
loge 1  4 x 
27. Lt is equal to
x 0 e3 x  1 (C)  (D) – 1
1 B [GATE-ME-2007-IITK]
(A) 0 (B)
12  x2 
4 e x  1  x  
(C) (D) 1 2 
3 lim  
36. 3
x 0 x
AC [GATE-ME-2016-IISc]
28. 2
lim x  x  1  x is : 1
x  (A) 0 (B)
6
(A) 0
1
(C) (D) 1
(B)  3
(C) 1/2 A [GATE-CS-2008-IISc]
(D) -  x  sin x
37. lim  ______
x  x  cos x
A1.0 [GATE-PE-2016-IISc]
 ex  1  (A) 1 (B) – 1
29. The value of lim   is equal
x0 sin x
  (C)  (D) 
to_________. C [GATE-IN-2005-IITB]
A1.0 [GATE-CS-2016-IISc] sin x
38. lim is :
sin  x  4  x 0 x
30. lim  __________.
x4 x4 (A) Indeterminate (B) 0
A25.0 [GATE-PI-2016-IISc] (C) 1 (D) 
5x 2
 e 1 
31. lim x  0   is equal to __________. B [GATE-ME-2008-IISc]
 x  x1/3  2
39. The value of lim is
x8 x  8
A0.5 [GATE-IN-2016-IISc]
32. lim
n
 
n2  n  n2  1 is ___________ .
(A)
1
16
(B)
1
12
B [GATE-ME-1995-IITK]
1 1
33. 1
lim x sin x  ______ (C) (D)
x 0 8 4
(A)  (B) 0 D [GAT -ME-2011-IITM]
sin θ
(C) 1 (D) Does not exist 40. What is lim equal to?
θ 0 θ
AC T2.D [GATE-CE-2001-IITK]
34. Limit of the following series as x approaches (A) θ (B) sin θ
 (C) 0 (D) 1
is
2

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ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS
A [GATE-CE-1997-IITM] (A) 1
sin mθ 2
41. lim , where m is an integer, is one of
θ 0 θ (B) 0
the following: 
(C)
(A) m (B) m 
(D) 1
(C) mθ (D) 1 B [GATE-CE-2002-IISc]
A [GATE-EC-2007-IITK] 48. Limit of the following sequence as n is
sin(θ / 2) ___________ x  n1/n
42. lim
θ 0 θ
(A) 0.5 (A) 0 (B) 1

(B) 1 (C)  (D) - 

(C) 2 C [GATE-PI-2007-IITK]
cos x  sin x
(D) Not defined 49. What is the value of lim
x π /4 x  π / 4
C [GAT -ME-2011-IITM]
(A) 2
cos 
43. What is Lim  equal to? (B) 0

(C)  2
(A) θ (B) sin θ
(D) Limit does not exist
(C) 0 (D) 1
A [GATE-CE-2000-IITKGP]
B [GATE--2004-IITD] x a
44. The value of the function. 50. Value of the function lim  x  a  is
x a
x3  x 2 ________
f ( x )  lim 3
x 0 2 x  7 x 2
(A) 1 (B) 0
is _____ (C)  (D) a
1 A
(A) 0 (B)
7 2 
sin  x 
1
 51. The lim
 3  is :
(C) (D)
7 x 0 x
C [GATE-PI-2008-IISc] 2
(A) (B) 1
sin( x )
45. The value of the expression lim  x  is 3
x0  e x 
1 1
(C) (D)
1 4 2
(A) 0 (B)
2
B
1 1/3
(C) 1 (D) x 2
1 e 52. The value of lim is :
x 8 ( x  8)
C [GATE-IN-1999-IITB]
1 1  e j5x 1 1
46. lim  _____ (A) (B)
x  0 10 1  e  jx 16 12
(A) 0 1 1
(C) (D)
(B) 1.1 8 4
(C) 0.5 B
2
(D) 1 sin x  1
53. lim is :
x  cos 2 x  x 2
D [GATE-CE-1999-IITB]
47. Limit of the function, lim n
is _____ (A)  (B) 0
n  2
n n
(C) 1 (D) None of these

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B 1 1
1/ x 2
(A) (B)
 1  5x2  4 2
54. lim   is :
x 0 1  3x 2 (C) 1 (D) 2
 
(A) e 1/ 2 (B) e
2 AA [GATE-CS-1995-IITK]
61. x 3  cos x =___________.
lim 2
(C) e
2
(D) e
x
x 2   sin x 

B [GATE-CS-2010-IITG]
(A) 
55. What is the value of (B) 0
2n
 1 (C) 2
lim  1   ?
n 
 n (D) Does not exist
(A) 0 (B) e2 C [GATE-EC-2014-IITKGP]
x
 1
(C) e 1/ 2 (D) 1 62. The value of lim  1   is
x 
 x
AC [GATE-ME-2015-IITK]
(A) Ln 2 (B) 1.0
56. The value of lim x  0
 
1  cos x 2
is
2x 4 (C) e (D) ∞

1 AB [GATE-ME-2014-IITKGP]
(A) 0 (B)
2  e2x 1 
63. lim  is equal to
x0 sin  4x  
1  
(C) (D) undefined
4 (A) 0 (B) 0.5
A– 0.333 [GATE-ME-2015-IITK] (C) 1 (D) 2
57. The value of
AA [GATE-ME-2014-IITKGP]
  sin x  x  sin x
lim x  0   is ________ 64. lim is
 2 sin x  x cos x  x 0 1  cos x
AD [GATE-IN-2005-IITB] (A) 0 (B) 1
58. Given a real-valued continuous function f(t) (C) 3 (D) Not defined
1 t
defined over [0, 1], lim  f  x  dx : AB [GATE-ME-2012-IITD]
t 0 t 0
 1  cos x 
 65. lim   is
(A) x0
 x
2

(B) 0 1 1
(A) (B)
(C) f(1) 4 2
(D) f(0) (C) 1 (D) 2

AD [GATE-IN-2001-IITK] AC [GATE-ME-2000-IITKGP]
  66.  x 2  1  is :
sin 2  x   lim  
 4
x 1
 x 1 
59. lim equals
x
  (A)  (B) 0
4 x
4
(C) 2 (D) 1
1
(A) 0 (B)
2
AA [GATE-ME-1995-IITK]
(C) 1 (D) 2 x 3  cos x
67. lim 2
equal
AB [GATE-PI-2012-IITD] x
x 2   sin x 

60.  1  cos x  is (A)  (B) 0

lim  2 
x0
 x 
(C) 2 (D) Does not exist

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AD [GATE-ME-1994-IITKGP] (A)
sin x 
68. The value of  lim
 x x 
(A)  (B) 2
(C) 1 (D) 0
A1 [GATE-ME-1993-IITB
x  e  1  2  cos x  1
x

69. lim is_______.

x 0 x 1  cosx 

AC [GATE-CE-2014-IITKGP] (B)
2
 x  sin x 
70. lim  equal to
x 0
 x 
(A)  (B) 0
(C) 1 (D) 
AA [GATE-CE-2014-IITKGP]
xa 1
71. The expression lim is equal to
a 0 a
(A) log x (B) 0 (C)
(C) xlog x (D) 

AC [GATE-CS-2017-IITR]
x 7  2x 5  1
72. The value of lim 3
x 1 x  3x 2  2

(A) is 0 (B) is -1
(C) is 1 (D) doesnot exist
A1 [GATE-BT-2017-IITR] (D)
sin  x 
73. lim is :
x0 x
AD [GATE-ME-2017-IITR]
x 3  sin( x )
74. The value of lim is
x 0
x
(A) 0 (B) 3
(C) 1 (D) –1
AA [GATE-MN-2017-IITR] A16 T2.3.2 [GATE-BT-2019-IITM]
2 x 1  x 2  64 
 x 2  2 x  1  2 x1 78. The solution of lim   is _______.
75. The value of lim x   2 
x 8
 x8 
 2 x  3x  2 
A0.16 to 0.17 T2.3.2 [GATE-AE-2019-IITM]
1 3 79. The value of the following limit is _____
(A) (B)
2 2 (round off to 2 decimal places).
(C) 1 (D) 0   sin 
lim
A31.5-32.5 [GATE-PE-2017-IITR]
 0 3
4

76. The value of lim

 2  x   16 is ______. AC T2.3.2 [GATE-CS-2019-IITM]
x 0
x x 4  81
80. Compute lim 2
x 3 2 x  5 x  3
AB [GATE-CH-2018-IITG]
sin x (A) 1
77. The figure which represents y  for
x (B) 53/12
x  0 (x in radians) is

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(C) 108/7 Double Variable
(D) Limit does not exist
AA [GATE-PI-2015-IITK]
A2 T2.3.2 [GATE-ST-2019-IITM] x 2  xy is
87. The value of lim
81. Let f :  be defined by ( x , y )  (0, 0 ) x y

f ( x)  (3x 2  4)cos x . 1
(A) 0 (B)
f (h )  f ( h )  8 2
Then lim is equal to …
h 0 h2 (C) 1 (D) 
AA T2.3.2 [GATE-CE-2019-IITM] AD [GATE-CE-2016-IISc]
82. Which one of the following is correct ? xy
88. What is the value of lim 2 ?
x0 x  y 2
 sin 4 x   tan x  y 0
(A) lim    2 and lim   1
x  0 sin 2 x
  x0
 x  (A) 1
 sin 4 x   tan x  (B) -1
(B) lim    1 and lim   1
x 0 sin 2 x
  x0
 x  (C) 0

 sin 4 x   tan x  (D) Limit does not exist

(C) lim     and lim   1
x  0 sin 2 x
  x0
 x  AC [GATE-MA-2017-IITR]
2
89. Let f : R  R be defined by
 sin 4 x   tan x 
(D) lim    2 and lim     y2  2 2
x  0 sin 2 x
  x 0
 x  sin   x  y , x  0
f  x, y     x 
AD T2.3.2 [GATE-CE-2019-IITM]  0, x0

83. The following inequality is true for all x close
to 0. Then, at (0,0),
x2 x sin x (A) f is continuous and the directional
2  2 derivative of f does NOT exist in some
3 1  cos x
direction
x sin x (B) f is NOT continuous and the directional
What is the value of lim ?
x 0 1  cos x derivative of f exist in all directions
(A) 0 (B) 1/2 (C) f is NOT differentiable and the directional
derivative of f exist in all direction
(C) 1 (D) 2
(D) f is differentiable
AA T2.3.2 [GATE-CH-2019-IITM]
tan x AC
84. The value of the expression lim is 4x  2 y
x
2
x 90. lim  _____ .
( x , y )  (1,1) x y
(A)  (B) 0
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 1 (D) 1
(C) 3 (D) Does not exist
AC T2.3.2 [GATE-TF-2019-IITM]
AB
ex  1  x
85. The value of lim is xy
x 0 x2 91. lim  ____.
( x , y )  (4, 2) x 2  y 2

1
(A)  (B) 0 (A) 1/5 (B) 2/5
2
(C) 3/5 (D) Does not exist
1
(C) (D) 1
2 AD
2 2
92. lim ln( x  y )  _____.
A0.49 to 0.51 T2.3.2 [GATE-PE-2019-IITM] ( x , y )  (0, 0)

( x  1)sin x
86. The value of lim 2 is _______ (A) 3.5 (B) 4.5
x 0 x  2x
(round off to 2 decimal places). (C) 5.5 (D) Does not exist
AC

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y 2  2 xy
93. lim  _____.
( x , y ) (2, 4) y  2 x

(A) 2 (B) 3
(C) 4 (D) Does not exist

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Answer :

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
D A B D B C C D B D
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
C A B D B B D D C B
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
D C B C B C C C 1.0 1.0
31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
25.0 0.5 B C A B A C B D
41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
A A C B C C D B C A
51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60.
A B B B B C * D D B
61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70.
A C B A B C A D 1 C
71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80.
A C 1 D A * B 16 * C
81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90.
2 A D A C * A D C C
91. 92. 93.
B D C

57. –0.333
76. 31.5-32.5
79. 0.16 to 0.17
86. 0.49 to 0.51

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Integral & Differential Calculas
Single Integration
B [GATE-EC-2007-IITK]
1. The following plot shows a function y which (D)
varies linearly with x. The value of the
2
integral I   ydx is :
1
AB [GATE-ME-2014-IITKGP]
3. The value of the integral
2
2 x  1 sin  x  1 is :
0  x  12  cos  x  1 dx
(A) 3
(B) 0
(C) -1
(A) 1.0 (B) 2.5 (D) – 2
(C) 4.0 (D) 5.0
AB [GATE-CE-2011-IITM]
AC [GATE-EC-2016-IISc] 4. What is the value of definite integral
2. Consider the plot of f(x) versus x as shown a x
below. 0 x  a  x dx ?
a
(A) 0 (B)
2
(C) a (D) 2a
D [GATE-CS-2011-IITM]
x 5. Given i   1, what will be the evaluation of
Suppose F ( x)   f ( y )dy . Which one of the π
5
cos x  i sin x
following is a graph of F ( x) ? the definite integral  2 dx ?
0 cos x  i sin x
(A) 0 (B) 2
(C) – i (D) i
(A) A[GATE-ME-2005-IITB]
a
6 7
6.  (sin x  sin x ) dx is equal to( a )
a
a a
(A) 2  sin 6 xdx (B) 2  sin 7 xdx
0 0
a
(B) (C) 2  (sin 6 x  sin 7 x )dx (D) None
0

D
7. Value of
π /2
 (sin x  cos x ) log(sin x  cos x ) dx :
0
(C) (A)  (B) 1
(C)  / 2 (D) 0

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B 4 3 2 2 3 4
a (A) e  (B) e 
8. The value of the integral  | x | dx is equal 9 9 9 9
a
to 2 3 4 4 3 2
(C) e  (D) e 
(A) a (B) a 2 9 9 9 9
(C) 0 (D) 2a AD [GATE-ME-2011-IITM]
16. If f(x) is an even function and ‘a’ is a
A0.5 T2.5.3 [GATE-AE-2019-IITM] a

9. A function f ( x) is defined by
positive real number, then  f  x  dx
a
equals
1 (A) 0 (B) a
f ( x )  ( x  | x |) . The value of
2 a
1
(C) 2a (D) 2  f  x  dx
0

 f ( x ) dx
1 AD [GATE-MN-2016-IISc]
is (round off to 1 decimal place. 17. X 4  C is the general integral of

C 3 1 3
(A) 3 x dx (B) x dx
π/2 4
10. After evaluating  log(tan x ) dx , the value
0 3 3
of given integral will be : (C)  x dx (D) 4 x dx

(A) π / 4 (B) π / 2 A1.0 [GATE-PE-2016-IISc]

e
(C) 0 (D) 1 18. The value of the definite integral   In x  dx is
1
B equal to _________.
2
11. What is the value of  ( x  )4 (sin x) dx
0 A0.99-1.01 [GATE-MT-2016-IISc]
1 19. The value of the integral
(A) (B) 0
/2
(C) 1 (D) π x sin xdx  _________
0
D
π/2 A3.13-3.15 [GATE-AE-2016-IISc]
12. The value of integral  log tan xdx is :
0 20. The value of definite integral

(A) 2π log 2 (B)  π log 2
  x sin x  dx is________.
0
(C) 1 (D) 0
A2.090 to 2.104 T2.5.1 [GATE-ME-2019-IITM]
C [GATE-CE-2002-IISc] 21. The value of the following definite integral is
13. The value of the following definite integral ___ (round off to three decimal places)
is : e
π
2
  x ln x  dx
sin 2 x 1

π 1  cos x dx A1.65-1.75 [GATE-BT-2016-IISc]


2 0.9
dx
(A) 2 ln 2 (B) 2 22. The value of the integral  (1  x)(2  x)
0
is

(C) 0 (D) (ln 2) 2 ______ .

A A2.58 [GATE-AG-2016-IISc]
a 4 x2  1
14. The value of x a 2  x 2 dx : 23. The value of the integral, I   dx is
 a 2 x2  1
___________
(A) 0 (B) 1
AA [GATE-ME-2006-IITKGP]
(C) 1 (D) 1
24. Assuming i   1 and t is a real number,
AC [GATE-ME-2013-IITB] 
3 it
15. The value of the definite integral  e dt is :
0
e
 xIn  x  dx is
1

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3 1 3 1 AA
(A) i (B) i π /2
2
2 2 2 2 32.  cos xdx is equal to
0

1  3 1  3 π π
(C)  i  (D)  i 1   (A) (B)
2  2  2  2  4 2
(C) π (D) 2π
dy
A(  2 x cos x 2 ) [GATE-ME-1995-IITK] A
dx
2
x d
x2 dy
25. Given y then is 33. If  ( x)   tdt, then is :
1
cos tdt
dx 0 dx
_______________.
(A) 2 x 2 (B) x
AA [GATE-CE-2001-IITK]
 (C) 0 (D) 1
2
26. Value of the integral I   cos xdx is : 4
0 B[GATE-EE-2010-IITG]
34. The value of the quantity P, where P =
 1  1 1
(A)  (B)  xe x dx , is equal to
8 4 8 4 0

 1  1 (A) 0 (B) 1
(C)   (D)  
8 4 8 4 (C) e (D) 1/e
A4 [GATE-CS-2012-IITD] D[GATE-CS-2009-IITR]
2 π /4
27. If  x sin x dx  k , then the value of k is 35. (1  tan x ) / (1  tan x ) dx evaluates to
0 0
equal to ______________.
(A) 0 (B) 1
AD [GATE-CH-2013-IITB]
1
dx (C) ln 2 (D) ln 2
28. Evaluate  x
e 1
(Note: C is a constant of 2
integration) C[GATE-EC-2006-IITKGP]
π

ex In  e x  1 
36. The integral  sin 3 θdθ is given by
0
(A) x C (B) C
e 1 ex (A) 1/2 (B) 2/3
(C) 4/3 (D) 8/2
x
(C) In  xe   C 
x
(D) In 1 e  C 
 e 1 C
3/ 2
AC [GATE-CH-2010-IITG] π/2 sin x
37. The integral  dx is
29. For a function g(x), if g(0) = 0, g '  0   2 then 0 sin x  cos 3/ 2 x
3/ 2

g x  2t equal to
lim  dt is equal to
x 0 0 x (A) 0 (B) 1

(A)  (B) 2 (C) π / 4 (D) π / 2

(C) 0 (D)  \ A
38. The value of integral
1  πt π 
C  2 sin    dt
2
0
 2 4
30. The value of  | x |  | x  1 | dx
2
is : is :
(A) 0 (B) 1
(A) 7 (B) 5
(C) – 1 (D) 2
(C) 9 (D) 10
A
B dx
39. The value of integral is given
31. The value of integral 
100 π
| sin x | dx is :  x 2
4  x2
0
by :
(A) 100 (B) 200
4  x2 4  x2
(C) 100  (D) 200  (A)  C (B) C
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x x

4  x2 (A) e e (B) e  e
C 4 x
(C) (D) C
4x 4x (C) e  e
x
(D) ex
AB [GATE-CE-2018-IITG]
6 
40. The value of integral  sec xdx is given 46. The value of the integral x cos 2 x dx is
 0
by :
(A) 2 / 8 (B) 2 / 4
1 2
(A) tan 5 x  tan 3 x  tan x  C
5 3 (C) 2 / 2 (D) 2
1 2 A 0.27 to 0.30 [GATE-CS-2018-IITG]
(B) tan 5 x  tan 3 x  tan 2 x  C
5 3  /4
47. The value of  x cos( x 2 ) dx correct to three
0
1 2
(C) tan 4 x  tan 2 x  tan x  C decimal places (assuming that   3.14 ) is
5 3
____.
1 2
(D) tan 5 x  tan 3 x  tan x  C AC [GATE-EC-2017-IITR]
5 3 48. The values of the integrals
D [GATE-EE-2007-IITK] 1
1 2π
1 x y  1
1 x y 
41. The integral  sin(t  τ ) cos τdτ equals 0  0 ( x  y )3 dy  dx and 0  0 ( x  y )3 dx  dy
2π 0

(A) sin t cos t (B) 0 are

(C) (1 / 2) cos t (D) (1/ 2) sin t (A) same and equal to 0.5

A [GATE-PI-2008-IISc] (B) same to equal to – 0.5

π /2
42. The value of the integral  ( x cos x ) dx is : (C) 0.5 and – 0.5 respectively
π / 2

(A) 0 (B) π 2 (D) – 0.5 and 0.5 respectively

(C) π (D) π 2
C [GATE-ME-1994-IITKGP]
Simple Improper Integration
43. The integration of  log xdx has the value C
1 dx
(A) ( x log x  1) (B) log x  x 49. The value of integral  :
1 x 2/3
(C) x(log x  1) (D) None (A) 6 (B)  6
AD [GATE-AG-2017-IITR] (C) Does not exist (D) None of above
2 2
44. I  (a  x ) dx is : C [GATE-EE-2005-IITB]

3
50. If S   x dx , then S has the value
  x  1
(A) 0.5  a 2  x 2  sin 1   
  a  1 1
(A) (B)
  x  3 4
(B) 0.5  x a 2  x2  sin 1  
  a  1
(C) (D) 1
2
  x 
(C) 0.5  a 2  x 2  a 2 sin 1   
  a  B [GATE-EC/IN-2005-IITB]
1 1
  x 
(D) 0.5  x a 2  x 2  a 2 sin 1   
51. The value of the integral
1 x 2
dx is : 
  a 
(A) 2
AB [GATE-CE-2017-IITR]
45. Let x be a continuous variable defined over (B) does not exists
x
 x e
the interval  ,  and f  x   e . The (C) –2
integral g  x    f  x  dx is equal to (D) 

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B [GATE-EE-2010-IITG]   ka 2   ka
(A) e (B) e
52. Consider the following integral a a

4   ka 3  ka
x
1
dx (C)
2a
e (D)
2a
e

(A) Diverges (B) converges to 1/3 AA [GATE-CE-2017-IITR]

60. Consider the following definite integral:
(C) Converges to 1/4 (D) converges to 0
2

A2.0 [GATE-EC-2016-IISc] I

1
sin x 
1

dx
1
dx 0 1  x2
53. The integral 
0 (1 x) The value of integral is
is equal to ________. 3 3
(A) (B)
AC [GATE-CH-2011-IITM] 24 12
 dx
54. The value of the improper integral  , 3 3
 1  x 2 (C) (D)
48 64
is :
(A)  2  (B) 0 B
(C)  (D) 2  xdx
61. The value of  0 (1  x )(1  x 2 )
B
|x|
1 (A)  / 2 (B)  / 4
55.  dx is equal to
1 x (C) 0 (D) π
(A) 2 (B) 0
A
1
(C) 1 (D)  4 adx
2 62. The value of  will be :
0 x  4a 2
2

D[GATE-ME-2010-IITG]
(A) π (B)  / 2
dx 
56. The value of the integral  is : (C)  / 2 (D) π
 1  x 2

(A) π (B) π / 2 C
2
1 x
1 e
(C) π / 2 (D) π 63. The value of integral  xdx is :
0
1  x2
D [GATE-ME-2008-IISc]
57. Which of the following integrals is e 1 e 1
(A) (B)
unbounded ? 2 2

π /4 1 (C) e 1 (D) e 1
(A)  0
tan xdx (B) 0 1  x 2 dx Laplace form of Integration
 1 1 AB [GATE-CE-2016-IISc]
(C)  xe  x dx (D)  1  x dx
0 0  1  sin x
64. The value of  2
dx   dx is :
0 1 x 0 x
AA T2.5.1 [GATE-AG-2019-IITM]
 dx 
58. I  has the value (A) (B) 
0 ( x 2  1) 2 2

(A) 0.785 (B) 0.915 3

(C) (D) 1
2
(C) 1.000 (D) 1.245
AA T7 [GATE-CE-2019-IITM]
AA T2.5.1 [GATE-PH-2019-IITM] 65. The Laplace transform of sinh (at) is
 cos( kx )
59. The value of the integral  2 dx , a a

x  a2 (A) (B)
where k  0 and a  0 , is s  a2
2
s  a2
2

s s
(C) (D)
s2  a2 s2  a2

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AC T7 [GATE-PE-2019-IITM] π π
66. The Laplace transform of the function (A) (B)
2 4
f (t )  et is given by
π π
1 1 (C) (D)
(A) (B) 6 8
( s  1) 2 s 1

(C)
1
(D)
1 Beta and Gama Integration
s 1 ( s  1) 2
AC [GATE-EC-2010-IITG]
x2
AC T7 [GATE-IN-2019-IITM] 1 
73. The integral  e 2 dx is equal to
67. The output y(t) of a system is related to its 2 

input x(t ) as 1 1
t
(A) (B)
2 2
y (t )   x (   2) d  ,
0
(C) 1 (D) 
where, x(t) = 0 and y(t) = 0 for t  0 . The AB [GATE-IT-2006-IITKGP]
transfer function of the system is : 74. The following definite integral evaluates to
 x2 
1 (1  e2 s ) 0  
 20 
(A) (B)  e  
dx
s s 

1
e2s 1 2 s (A)
(C) (D) e 2
s s
(B) 5
A9 T7 [GATE-IN-2019-IITM]
(C) 10
68. The output of a continuous-time system y(t) is
related to its input x(t) as (D) 
1 A [GATE-EC-2005-IITB]
y (t )  x (t )  x (t  1) . If the Fourier
2 75. The value of the integral
transforms of x(t) and y(t) are X () and
1   x2 
Y () respectively and | X (0) |  4 , the value 2 I  exp    dx is :
2
2π 0
 8 
of | Y (0) | is _____.
(A) 1 (B) π
AD [GATE-EE-2016-IISc] (C) 2 (D) 2π
he value of the integral 2   sin 2  t 

69.  d t is

 t  C

equal to 76. The integral te  3t
sin tdt is given by :
 0
(A) 0 (B) 0.5 1 2
(A) (B)
(C) 1 (D) 2 50 50
A3 [GATE-EC-2015-IITK] 3 4
(C) (D)
70. The value of the integral 50 50
 sin(4t)
12cos(2t) 4t dt is _____. AC [GATE-CH-2012-IITD]
77. If a is a constant, then the value of the

AB integral a 2  xe  ax dx ,
 0
sin t
71. valuate  t 1
0
(A) (B) a
π a
(A) π (B)
2 (C) 1 (D) 0
π π 0.6 [GATE-EE-1994-IITKGP]
(C) (D)  3
4 3 78. The value of  e  y . y 1/ 2 dy is ________
0

B
A0.43-0.45 [GATE-PH-2017-IITR]
 e  t sin t 
72. The integral  dt is given by : 2  x2
0 t 79. The integral x e dx is equal to ______ (up
0

to two decimal places).

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AB [GATE-CE-2013-IITB] 64
 (A) 64 (B)
80. The value of 6
cos 4 3 sin 3 6 d  3

0
128 128
1 (C) (D)
(A) 0 (B) 3 4
15
AA [GATE-PI-2012-IITD]
8 87. The area enclosed between the straight line y
(C) 1 (D)
3 = x and the parabola y  x 2 in the x – y plane
********** is :

Area & Volume Calculation (A)

1
(B)
1
Area Calculation 6 4

A [GATE-EC-2008-IISc] 1 1
(C) (D)
81. The value of the integral of the function g(x, 3 2
3 4
y) = 4 x  10 y along the straight line AC [GATE-ME-2017-IITR]
segment from the point (0, 0) to the point (1, 88. A parametric curve defined by
2) in the x-y plane is  u   u  in the range
x  cos   , y  sin  
(A) 33 (B) 35  2   2 
(C) 40 (D) 56 0  u  1 is rotated about the X-axis by 360
degrees. Area of the surface generated is
AB [GATE-CE-2016-IISc]

82. The area of the region bounded by the (A) (B) 
2 2
parabola y  x  1 and the straight line
+ y = 3 is : (C) 2 (D) 4
59 9
(A) (B)
6 2 x2 y 2
89. Area of the ellipse   1 , is ….
10 7 a 2 b2
(C) (D)
3 6
(A) ab (B)  / ab
B [GATE-ME/PI-2004-IITD]
83. The area enclosed between the parabola y = (C)  / a 2 b 2 (D) none of these
x2 ad the straight line y = x is _____
AC
(A) 1/8 (B) 1/6 90. The surface area of the sphere
(C) 1/3 (D) 1/2 x2  y 2  z 2  2 x  4 y  8 z  2  0 is …..
A [GATE-ME-2009-IITR]
84. The area enclosed between the curves (A) 72 (B) 82
y 2  4 x and x 2  4 y is (C) 92 (D) 29
16 AA
(A) (B) 8
3 91. Area between the parabolas y 2  4 x and
32 x 2  4 y is …….
(C) (D) 16
3
(A) 16/3 (B)17/3
B [GATE-ME-1995-IITK]
85. The area bounded by the parabola 2 y  x 2 (C) 18/3 (D) None
and the lines x  y  4 is equal to _________ Volume Calculation
(A) 6 (B) 18
AB T2.5.3 [GATE-ME-2019-IITM]
(C)  (D) None 2
92. A parabola x  y with 0  x  1 is shown in
B [GATE-CE-1997-IITM] the figure. The volume of the solid of rotation
86. Area bounded by the curve y = x2 and the obtained by rotating the shaded area by 3600
lines x = 4 and y = 0 is given by around the x-axis is

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A10.0 [GATE-EC-2016-IISc]
97. A triangle in the xy-plane is bounded by the
straight lines 2x = 3y, y = 0 and x = 3. The
volume above the triangle and under the
plane x + y + z = 6 is __________.
862to866 [GATE-EC-2014-IITKGP]
98. The volume under the surface z(x,y) = x + y
and above the triangle in the x – y plane
  defined by 0  y  x and 0  x  12  is :
(A) (B)
4 2
1.01 [GATE-EE-2017-IITR]
C)  (D) 2 99. Let I  c  xy 2 dxdy , where R is the region
R
D [GATE-EE-2006-IITKGP] shown in the figure and c  6  104 . The
2
H  h  value of I equals ________.(Give the answer
93. The expression V =  πR 2  1   dh for
o  H  up to two decimal places.)
the volume of a cone is equal to _______.
2
R  h 
(A)  πR 2  1   dr
o  H 
2
R  h 
(B)  πR 2  1   dh
o  H 

R  r 
(C)  2πrH  1   dh
o  R A2 [GATE-MA-2017-IITR]
2
100. Let D be the region in bounded by the
2
R  r 2
parabola y  2x and the line y = x. Then
(D)  rH 1   dr
0
 R
 3xydxdy equals____________.
D
D [GATE-ME-2010-IITG]
94. The parabolic arcy = x , 1  x  2 is A0.70-0.85 [GATE-EC-2017-IITR]
revolved around the x-axis. The volume of 101. A three dimensional region R of finite
the solid of revolution is volume is described by

π π x 2  y2  z3 ;0  z  1,
(A) (B)
4 2
Where x, y, z are real. The volume of R(up to
3π 3π two decimal places) is _______
(C) (D)
4 2
A20 [GATE-EC-2016-IISc]
AD [GATE-XE-2016-IISc] 1
( x  y  10)dx dy , where
2 D
95. The volume of the solid obtained by 102. The integral
2
revolving the curve y  x,0  x  1 around y D denotes the disc : x 2  y 2  4 , evaluates to
–axis is : _____ .
(A)  (B) 2
A6 T2.5.3 [GATE-MN-2019-IITM]
 8 103. If area S, in the x-y plane, is bounded by a
(C) (D)
2 5 triangle with vertices (0,0), (10,1) and (1,1),
AA [GATE-EE-1994-IITKGP] the value of  xy  y 2 dxdy is _______.
S
96. The volume generated by revolving he area
bounded by the parabola y 2  8 x and the line AC T2.5.3 [GATE-CE-2019-IITM]
x  2 about y-axis is 104. Consider the hemi-spherical tank of radius 13
m as shown in the figure (not drawn to scale).
128π 5 What is the volume of water (in m3 ) when
(A) (B)
5 128π the depth of water at the centre of the tank is
127 32 6m ?
(C) (D)
5π 5

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AD
109. Find the volume bounded by the xy-plane, the
paraboloid 2z  x 2  y 2 and the cylinder
x2  y 2  4 .
(A) 78 (B) 156
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 396 (D) 468
(C) 3 (D) 4
A [GATE-EE-2009-IITR]
105. If (x, y) is continuous function defined over AB
(x, y)  [0,1]  [0,1] Given two constraints, 110. Find the volume bounded by the cylinder
x2  y 2  4 and the planes y  z  4 and
x  y 2 and y  x 2 , the volume under f(x, y)
is z  0.
y 1 x y (A) 6 (B) 16
(A)   y 0 x  y 2
f ( x, y )dxdy
(C) 26  (D) 36 
y 1 x 1
(B)   y  x2 x  y2
f ( x, y)dxdy AC
111. Calculate the volume of the solid bounded by
y 1 x 1
the planes x  0, y  0, x  y  z  1 and
(C)   y 0 x 0
f ( x, y)dxdy
z  0.
y x x y
(D)   f ( x , y ) dxdy 1 1
x 0 x 0 (A) (B)
2 4
A [GATE-EE-2005-IITB]
106. Changing the order of integration in the 1 1
8 2
(C) (D)
double integral I = f ( x, y ) dy dx leads 6 8
0 x/4
s q AC
to I =  r p
f ( x, y)dy dx. What is q? 112. Find the volume cut from the sphere
x 2  y 2  z 2  a 2 by the cone x2  y 2  z 2 .
(A) 4y (B) 16 y2
(A) a 3 (2  2 ) / 3
(C) x (D) 8
(B) a 2 (2  2 ) / 2
AC [GATE-IN-2015-IITK]
107. The double integral
a y
f (x, y) dx dy is (C) a 3 (2  2 ) / 3

0 0

equivalent to (D) a 2 (2  2 ) / 3
x y
(A)  f (x, y) dx dy Double and Triple Integration
0 0
a y
(B)   f(x, y) dxdy AD T2.5.3 [GATE-PI-2019-IITM]
a b
0 x dx dy
a a 113. The solution of   is
(C)  f (x, y) dx dy 1 1 x y
0 x
a a
(D) (A) ln(ab) (B) ln(a / b)
 0 0
f (x, y) dx dy
(C) ln( a)  ln(b) (D) ln(a)ln(b)
A [GATE-ME-2004-IITD]
108. The volume of an object expressed in A1.99 to 2.01 T2.5.3 [GATE-EC-2019-IITM]
spherical co-ordinates is given by   sin x
114. The value of the integral   dx dy , is
2π π /3 1 0 y
x
V     r 2 sin  drd  dθ equal to _____.
0 0 0

The value of the integral D [GATE-EC-2000-IITKGP]

π /2 π /2
π π 115.   sin( x  y ) dxdy
(A) (B) 0 0
3 6
2π π (A) 0 (B) π
(C) (D)
3 4
(C) π (D) 2
2

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A [GATE-CS-2008-IISc] AC
3 x
123.  x y d xdy over the rectangle 0  x 1 and
2 3

116. The value of   (6  x  y )dxdy is _____

0 0 0  y  3 is ……

(A) 13.5 (B) 27.0 (A) 12/3 (B) 20/8

(C) 27/4 (D) 10/5
(C) 40.5 (D) 54.0
AA
D [GATE-IN-2007-IITK] 1 x
 124.  ( x 2  y 2 ) dx dy  .............
0 x
 x2  y2
117. The value of e
0 0
e dxdy is:
(A) 3/35 (B) 23/98
(C) 88/104 (D) none of these
π
(A) (B) π AC
2
125. 2
 ( x  y ) d x d y in the
2
positive quadrant for
π which x  y  1 , is ….
(C) π (D)
4
(A) 9/5 (B) 8/4
AB [GATE-ME-2014-IITKGP]
2 x
(C) 1/6 (D) 2/4
118. The value of the integral   e x  y dydx is,
0 0
AC
1 (1  x 2 ) (1  x 2  y 2 )
1 1 2 2 126. Evaluate   xyz dxdydz .
(A)
2
 e  1 (B)
2
 e  1 0 0 0

3 2
(A) (B)
1 2 2
46 24
(C) e  e (D) 1  e  1 
2 2 e   1 4
(C) (D)
AD [GATE-ME-2000-IITKGP] 48 84
 
2 2
sin  x  y  dxdy AA
119.  
0 0
127.
2 3 2
2
   xy zdzdydx  .....
0 1 1
2
(A) 2x (B) x
(A) 26 (B) 42
(C) 0 (D) 2
(C) 84 (D) 16
A64 [GATE-TF-2018-IITG]
120. The value of the integral AA
1 z x z
128. Evaluate    ( x  y  z ) dxdydz
4 16 x 2 1 0 x z
2 2
 y x  y dy dx
0 0
(A) 0 (B) 1
is __________. (C) 2 (D) 3
A **********
121. By a change of variables x(u, v) = uv,
y(u, v)  v / u in a double integral, the integral Differential Calculus

f (x, y) changes to f uv, u . Then (u, v) is
v  D [GATE-CS-1995-IITK]
_______ . 129. If at every point of a certain curve, the slope
2 x
of the tangent equals , the curve is
2v y
(A) (B) 2 u v
u _________
(C) V 2 (D) 1 (A) A straight line (B) A parabola
(C) A circle (D) An Ellipse
2 x B [GATE-IN-2008-IISc]
122.  ( x  y ) dx dy = ….
0 0 2 dy
130. Given y = x  2 x  10 the value of is
dx X 1
(A)1 (B) 2
equal to
(C) 3 (D) 4

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(A) 0 (B) 4 AA [GATE-CE-2017-IITR]
136. The tangent to the curve represented by
(C) 12 (D) 13
y  xInx is required to have 45 inclination
A [GATE-PI-2009-IITR] with the x-axis. The coordinates of the
131. The total derivative of the function ‘xy’ is tangent point would be
(A) xdy  ydx (B) xdx  ydy (A) (1,0) (B) (0,1)

(C) dx  dy (D) dx dy (C) (1,1) (D)  2, 2 

A [GATE-ME-1998-IITD] AC [GATE-EY-2017-IITR]
x 2 d 137. Consider the function y  e x . The slope of
132. If  ( x )   t dt then  __________
0 dx this function at x  10 is :

(A) 2x2 (B) x (A) 0 (B) 10

(C) 0 (D) 1 (C) e10 (D) 10e10

D [GATE-ME-2008-IISc] A-2 [GATE-EY-2017-IITR]

138. The y intercept of the tangent of curve
2 3/ 2
133. The length of the curvey y = x between y  x 3  x 2  x  1 at x  1 is _____.
3
x = 0 & x = 1 is A0.40 to 0.45 [GATE-MN-2018-IITG]
(A) 0.27 (B) 0.67 d
139. Given y  x 2  x  6 , the value of (ln y )
dx
(C) 1 (D) 1.22 at x  2 is ___________.
D [GATE-CE-2010-IITG] AC T2.5.4 [GATE-EC-2019-IITM]
134. A parabolic cable is held between two 140. Consider a differentiable function f(x) on the
supports at the same level. The horizontal set of real numbers such that f(-1) = 0
span between the supports is L. and |f '(x)|  2 . Given these conditions, which
The sag at the mid-span is h. The equation of one of the following inequalities is
necessarily true for all x  [-2, 2] ?
x2
the parabola is y = 4h , where x is the
L2 1 1
horizontal coordinate and y is the vertical (A) f(x)  | x  1| (B) f(x)  |x|
2 2
coordinate with
(C) f(x)  2 | x+1| (D) f(x)  2 | x |
the origin at the centre of the cable. The
expression for the total length of the cable is
-----00000-----
L h2x2
(A)  1  64 4 dx
0 L

L/2 h2 x2
(B) 2  1  64 dx
0 L4

L/2 h2 x2
(C)  1  64 dx
0 L4

L/2 h2 x2
(D) 2  1  64 dx
0 L4

AD [GATE-AG-2017-IITR]
2
135. Differentiation of 1  x gives
1 1
(A) (B)
(1  x 2 ) 1  x2

1  x2 x
(C) (D)
x 1  x2

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Answer :

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
B C B B D A D B 0.5 C
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
B D C A C D D 1.0 * *
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
* * * A * A 4 D C C
31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
B A A B D C C A A ?
41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
D A C D B B * C C C
51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60.
B B 2.0 C B D D A A A
61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70.
B A C B A C C 9 D 3
71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80.
B B C B A C C 0.6 0.6 B
81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90.
A B B A B B A C ? C
91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100.
A B D D D A 10.0 * 1.01 2
101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110.
* 20 6 C A A C A D B
111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 120.
C C D * D A D B D 64
121. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130.
A D C A C C A A D B
131. 132. 133. 134. 135. 136. 137. 138. 139. 140.
A A D D D A C -2 * C

19. 0.99-1.01
20. 3.13 to 3.15
21. 2.090 to 2.104
22. 1.65 to 1.75
23. 2.58

dy
25.  2 x cos x 2
dx
47. 0.27 to 0.30
79. 0.43 to 0.45
98. 862-866
101. 0.70-0.85
114. 1.99 to 2.01
138. -2
139. 0.40-0.45

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Series
Taylor Series Expansion AB [GATE-CE-2012-IITD]
5. The infinite series
AA T2.6 [GATE-CE-2019-IITM] x 2 x3 x 4
1. For a small value of h, the Taylor series 1 x     ........ corresponds to
2! 3! 4!
expansion for f  x  h  is
(A) sec x (B) ex
h2 h3 (C) cos x (D) 1  sin 2 x
(A) f ( x)  hf '( x )  f "( x )  f '"( x )  ...
2! 3!
AB [GATE-CE-1997-IITM]
h2
h 3 6. For real values of x, cos(x) can be written in
(B) f ( x)  hf '( x)  f "( x)  f '"( x)  ... one of the forms of a convergent series given
2! 3!
below :
h2 h3 x x2 x3
(C) f ( x)  hf '( x )  f "( x )  f '"( x )  ... (A) cos  x   1    ........
2! 3 1! 2! 3!
h2 h3 x 2 x 4 x6
(D) f ( x)  hf '( x)  f "( x)  f '"( x)  ... (B) cos  x   1    ........
2 3 2! 4! 5!
D [GATE-EE-1998-IITD] x3 x5 x7
(C) cos  x   x    ........
2. A discontinuous real function can be 3! 5! 7!
expressed as
x2 x 2 x3
(D) cos  x   x    ........
(A) Taylor’s series and 1! 2! 3!
Fourier’s series
AB [GATE-EC-2005-IITB]
(B) Taylor’s series and 7. In the Taylor series expansion of e x  sin x
not by Fourier’s series about the point x, the coefficient of
2
 x    is:
(C) Neither Taylor’s series nor Fourier’s
series (A) e (B) 0.5e
(C) e 1 (D) e 1
(D) Not by Taylor’s series, but by Fourier’s
series AA [GATE-EC-2007-IITK]
8. For the function e x , the linear
A4.94 to 4.96 T2.6 [GATE-MN-2019-IITM]
approximation around x = 2 is :
3. For a function f ( x) , f (1)  5 and
(A)  3  x  e 2
f '(1)  5 . Ignoring all higher order terms in
Taylor series, the value of the function at x = (B) 1 – x
1.01 (rounded off to two decimal places) is
_________.   
(C)  3  2 2  1  2 x  e 2

2
(D) e
A [GATE-EC-2008-IISc]
4. Which of the following functions would have A [GATE-EC-2014-IITKGP]
only odd powers of x in its Taylor series 9. The Taylor series expansion of 3 sin x + 2 cos
expansion about the point x  0? x is
x3
(A) sin( x )
3
(B) sin( x )
2 (A) 2  3 x  x 2   ........
2
3 2
(C) cos( x ) (D) cos( x ) x3
(B) 2  3 x  x 2   ........
2

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3 5
x3 (C)  x  π   1  x  π   1  x  π   .......
(C) 2  3 x  x 2   ........
2  6 3!  6 5!  6
x3 2
(D) 2  3 x  x 2   ........ (D) 1  3  x  π   1  x  π   ...
2 2 2  6 4 6
AB [GATE-ME-2010-IITG] D [GATE-EC-2009-IITR]
10. The infinite series sin x
x3 x5 x7 15. The Taylor series expansion of at
f x  x     ....... converges to x 
3! 5! 7! x  π is given by
(A) cos  x  (B) sin(x)
( x  π )2
(A) 1  
(C) sinh(x) (D) ex 3!
D [GATE-CE-1998-IITD] ( x  π )2
(B) 1  
11. The Taylor’s series expansion of sin x is : 3!

x2 x4 x2 x4 ( x  π )2
(A) 1   (B) 1   (C) 1  
2! 4 ! 4! 4 ! 3!
( x  π )2
x 2 x5 x3 x 5 (D) 1  
(C) x   (D) x   3!
3! 5! 3! 5!
C [GATE-EC-2008-IISc]
B [GATE-ME-2011-IITM] 16. In the Taylor series expansion of ex about x =
12. A series expansion for the function sinθ is 2, the coefficient of (x – 2)4 is :
______
1
θ2 θ4 (A)
(A) 1    ........ 4!
2! 4!
24
θ3 θ6 (B)
(B) θ    ........ 4!
3! 5!
e2
θ2 θ3 (C)
(C) 1  θ    ........ 4!
2! 3!
e4
3 5 (D)
(D)     ..... 4!
3! 5!
B [GATE-EE-1995-IITK]
B
17. The third term in the taylor’s series expansion
13.   when expanded in Taylor’s of e x about ‘a’ would be _______
tan   x 
 4 
(A) e a ( x  a )
series, gives
4 ea
(B) ( x  a )2
(A) 1  x  x  x3  ....
2
2
3
ea
8 (C)
(B) 1  2 x  2 x 2  x 3  ... 2
3
ea
2 4 (D) ( x  a )3
x x 6
(C) 1    ...
2! 4 ! C [GATE-EC-2007-IITK]
(D) None of these 18. For | x | 1, coth( x) can be approximated as
D [GATE-CE-2000-IITKGP] (A) x
14. The Taylor expansion of sin x about x  π / 6
(B) x2
is given by
2 3 1
(A) 1  3  x  π   3  x  π   .... (C)
2 2  6 12  6 x

x3 x5 x7 1
(B) x     ... (D)
3! 5! 7! x2

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AC [GATE-EC-2017-IITR] (C) The series converges at x = 0
x  x2
19. Let f  x   e for real x. From among the (D) The series converges at x = 1
following, choose the Taylor series D [GATE-EC-2014-IITKGP]
approximation of f(x) around x = 0, which
 1
includes all powers of x less than or equal to 24. The series 
n 0
3, n ( n  1)( n  2)...1
converges to
(A) 1  x  x 2  x 3
(A) 2 In 2 (B) 2
3
(B) 1  x  x 2  x 3
2 (C) 2 (D) e
3 7 B [GATE-CE-1998-IITD]
(C) 1  x  x 2  x 3
2 6 1 1
25. The infinite sires 1        
(D) 1  x  3x 2  7x 3 2 3

AB [GATE-PE-2018-IITG] (A) Converges

20. The Taylor series expansion of the function, (B) Diverges
1
f ( x)  around x  0 (up to 4th order (C) Oscillates
1 x
term) is: (D) Unstable
2 3 4
(A) 1  x  x  x  x B
2
(B) 1  x  x  x  x 3 4 26. The infinite sires
1 1 1 1
(C) 1  x  x 2  x 3  x 4 1    
2 3 4 5
(D) 1  x  2 x 2  3 x 3  4 x 4
(A) Converges (B) Diverges
A–0.01 – 0.01 [GATE-EC-2018-IITG]
 t2  (C) Oscillates (D) Unstable
x  2 
 
21. Taylor series expansion of f ( x)   e dt B [GATE-IN-2011-IITM]
0
α
around x = 0 has the form 27. The series 1
4 m
( x  1) 2 m converges for
f ( x )  a0  a1 x  a 2 x 2  ... m 0

The coefficient a2 (correct to two decimal (A) 2  x  2 (B) 1 x  3

places) is equal to _______. (C) 3  x  1 (D) x 3
********** AC [GATE-AG-2018-IITG]
3
Convergence Test  n 
28. The type of the sequence an    is
 n 1 
AA [GATE-CE-1999-IITB]
(A) oscillatory (B) bounded

 n!2
22. The infinite series 
n 1  2n  !
(C) converging (D) diverging

(A) Converges AA
 3
n
(B) Diverges 29. The Infinite Series n
n 1
5
3
(C) Is unstable
(A) Converges (B) Diverges
(D) Oscillates
(C) Is Unstable (D) Oscillates
AD T2.6 [GATE-XE-2019-IITM]
n
AA
 ( x  1)
23. For the series  n 1 ,   x   , 
np
n 2n 30. For what value or p does the 
n 1 2  n
3

which of the following statements is NOT converge ?

correct ?
(A) p  2 (B) p  2
(A) The series converges at x = -3
(C) p  1 (D) Always
(B) The series converges at x = -1
diverges

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AA AC [GATE-CE-2018-IITG]

n !( n  1)! 37. Consider a sequence of numbers
31.  (3n )! 1 1
n 1 a1 , a2 , a3 ,..., an where an   , for each
n n2
(A) Converges (B) Diverges integer n  0 . What is the sum of the first 50
terms ?
(C) Is Unstable (D) Oscillates
1 1
AB (A)  1   
32. Determine the range of x for convergence of  2  50

n3 x 3n 1 1
the series  4 (B)  1   
n 0 n  1  2  50
(A) | x |  1 (B) | x |  1 1 1 1
(C)  1      
 2   50 52 
(C) 2  x  3 (D) x  3
1 1
AB (D) 1    

n5  51 52 
33. The Infinite Series n n3
n 1 A0.32 to 0.32 [GATE-BT-2018-IITG]
(A) Converges (B) Diverges 38. If 1  r  r 2  r 3  ...  1.5 , then,
1  2r  3r 2  4r 3  ... = (up to two decimal
(C) Is Unstable (D) Oscillates places) _____.
********** AD [GATE-CS-2018-IITG]
39. Which one of the following is a closed form
Miscellaneous expression for the generating function of the
A25250.0 [GATE-MN-2018-IITG] sequence {an } , where an  2n  3 for all
34. Sum of the series 5, 10, 15, ……….., 500 is n  0,1,2,... ?
____________.
3 3x
(A) (B)
AB [GATE-CE-2018-IITG] (1  x ) 2 (1  x ) 2
35. a  ... a  a 2 b
 a 
a and
n times 2 x 3 x
(C) (D)
b  ... b  ab 2 , where a, b, n and m
 b 
b (1  x ) 2 (1  x ) 2
m times

are natural numbers. What is the value of

  
 m  m
 
m  ...   n 
m  n n  ... n  ?
  -----00000-----
 n times  m times 

(A) 2a 2 b 2 (B) a 4b 4

(C) ab(a  b) (D) a 2  b2

AB T2.6 [GATE-BT-2019-IITM]
36. Which of the following are geometric series ?
P. 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, 26, ...
Q. 9, 6, 3, 0, -3, -6, ...
R. 1, 3, 9, 27, 81, ...
S. 4, -8, 16, -32, 64, ...
(A) P and Q only
(B) R and S only
(C) Q and S only
(D) P, Q and R only

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Answer :

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
A D * A B B B A A B
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
D B B D D C B C C B
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
* A D D B B B C A A
31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39.
A B B * B B C * D

3. 4.94-4.96

21. -0.01

34. 25250.0

38. 0.32

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Differential Equations
Linearity/Order/Degree of DE D [GATE-ME-1999-IITB]
6. The equation
T1.1 AB [GATE-EC-2009-IITR]
1. The order of differential equation d2y dy
2
 ( x2  4 x)  y  x 8  8 is a
3 dx dx
d 2 y  dy 
   y
4
 e  x is :
dx 2  dx  (A) partial differential equation
(A) 1 (B) 2 (B) non-linear differential equation
(C) 3 (D) 4 (C) non-homogeneous differential equation

AB [GATE-EC-2005-IITB] (D) ordinary differential equation

2. The following differential equation has AD [GATE-ME-2013-IITB]
2
d2y  dy  2 7. The partial differential equation
3 2  4   y 2 x
dx dx 2
  u u  u
u  is a
(A) degree = 2, order = 1 dt dx dx 2
(B) degree = 1, order = 2 (A) Linear equation of order 2
(C) degree = 4, order = 3
(D) degree = 2, order = 3 (B) Non- linear equation of order 1
(C) Linear equation of order 1
AB [GATE-CE-2007-IITK]
3. The degree of differential equation (D) Non-linear equation of order 2
d2 x AB [GATE-ME-2010-IITG]
 2x 3  0 is:
dt 2 d 3f f d 2 f
8. The Blasius equation,   0 , is a
(A) 0 (B) 1 d 3 2 d  2
(C) 2 (D) 3 (A) Second order nonlinear ordinary
differential equation
A [GATE-CE-2010-IITG]
4. The order and degree of a differential (B) Third order nonlinear ordinary
3 3 differential equation
d y  dy 
equation  4    y 2  0 are (C) Third order linear ordinary linear
dx3  dx 
equation
respectively
(D) Mixed order nonlinear ordinary
(A) 3 and 2 (B) 2 and 3
differential equation
(C) 3 and 3 (D) 3 and 1
AC [GATE-ME-1995-IITK]
B [GATE-ME-2007-IITK] 9. The differential equation
5. The differential equation y"  x3 sin x5  y' y  cosx3 is :
4 2
d y d y
 P 2  ky  0 is
dx 4 dx (A) Homogeneous
(A) Linear of Fourth order (B) Non-linear
(B) Non – Linear of fourth order (C) Second order linear
(C) Non – Homogeneous
(D) Non-homogeneous with constant
(D) Linear and Fourth degree coeffiecients

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AC [GATE-IN-2005-IITB] (A) -x (B) x
10. The differential equation
(C) x 2 (D) - x 2
2 3 2
  dy   2
2 d y
1      C  2  is of AA [GATE-EE-2017-IITR]
  dx    dx  15. Consider the differential
(A) 2nd order and 3rd degree dy
equation  t 2  81  5ty  sin  t  with
(B) 3rd order and 2nd degree dt
y(1)  2  . There exists a unique solution for
(C) 2nd order and 2nd degree this differential equation when t belongs to
(D) 3rd order and 3rd degree the interval
B [GATE-ME-1993-IITB (A) (-2, 2) (B) (-10, 10)
2
d y dy (C) (-10, 2) (D) (0, 10)
11. The differential   sin y  0 is
dx 2 dx
AD [GATE-EC-2012-IITD]
(A) linear (B) non – linear 16. With initial condition x(1) = 0.5, the solution
(C) homogeneous (D) of degree two dx
of the differential equation, t  x  t is
A [GATE-EC-1994-IITKGP] dt
12. Match each of the items A, B, C with an 1 2 1
appropriate item from 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 (A) x  t  (B) x  t 
2 2
d2y dy
a1  a2 y  a3 y  a 4 t2 t
(A) dx 2
dx (C) x  (C) x 
2 2
d3y
a1  a 2 y  a3 AD [GATE-CE-2014-IITKGP]
(B) dx 3 17. The integrating factor for the differential
d2y dy dP
a1  a2 x  a3 x 2 y  0 equation  k 2 P  k1L0e k1t is
dx 2 dx dt
(C)
(1) Non – linear differential equation (A) e  k1t (B) e  k 2 t
(2) Linear differential equation with (C) ek1t (D) ek2t
constant coefficients
AB [GATE-IN-2010-IITG]
(3) Linear homogeneous differential
18. Consider the differential equation
equation
dy
(4) Non – linear homogeneous differential  y  e x with y(0) = 1. The value of y(1)
dx
equation
is :
(5) Non – linear first order differential
equation 1
(A) e  e 1 (B)
2
 e  e1 
(A) A – 1, B – 2, C – 3
1
(B) A – 3, B – 4, C - 2 (C)  e  e1  (D) 2  e  e1 
2
(C) A – 2, B – 5, C – 3
A [GATE-EE-1994-IITKGP]
(D) A – 3, B – 1, C – 2 19. The solution of the differential equation
dy y
A1.0 [GATE-MN-2018-IITG]   x with the condition that y  1 at
13. The degree of the differential equation dx x
d2x x = 1 is :
 2 x3  0 is ____________.
dt 2 x2 2 x 1
(A) y   (B) y  
********** 3 3x 2 2x
2 x 2 x2
(C) y   (D) y  
First Order & Degree DE 3 3 3x 3
Lebnitz Linear Form B [GATE-ME-2006-IITKGP]
20. The solution of the differential equation
AB [GATE-TF-2016-IISc] dy 2
14. The integrating factor of  2 xy  e  x with y (0)  1 is :
dx
 2 cos y  4x 2  dx  x sin ydy  0 is :
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(A) (1  x)e
x2
(B) (1  x)e
 x2 (A) −2 (B) −1
x2  x2 (C) 0 (D) 1
(C) (1  x)e (D) (1  x)e
AC [GATE-EC-2015-IITK]
D [GATE-ME-2005-IITB] 27. Consider the different equation
21. If x 2  dy   2 xy  2 ln x and y(1) = 0 then dx
 10  0.2x with initial condition
 dx  x dt
what is y(e)? x (0)  1 . The response x(t) for t>0 is :
(A) e (B) 1
(A) 2  e 0.2 t
1 1
(C) (D) 2 (B) 2  e0.2t
e e
(C) 50  49 e  0.2 t
A [GATE-CE-2005-IITB]
22. Transformation to linear form by substituting (D) 5 0  4 9 e 0 .2 t
v = y 1  n of the equation AD [GATE-EC-2014-IITKGP]
dy 28. A system described by a linear, constant
 P (t ) y  q (t ) y n , n  0 will be coefficient, ordinary, first order differential
dt
equation has exact solution given by y(t) for t
dv
(A)  (1  n) pv  (1  n) q > 0, when the forcing function is x(t) and the
dt initial condition is y(0). If one wishes to
dv modify the system so that the solution
(B)  (1  n ) pv  (1  n )q
dt becomes -2y(t) for t > 0, we need to
dv (A) Change the initial condition to –y(0) and
(C)  (1  n ) pv  (1  n) q
dt the forcing function to x(t)
dv (B) Change the initial condition to 2y(0) and
(D)  (1  n ) pv  (1  n )q the forcing function to –x(t)
dt
(C) Change the initial condition to j 2 y  0 
A0.51-0.53 [GATE-PH-2017-IITR]
23. Consider the differential equation and the forcing function to j 2 x t 

dy / dx  y tan( x )  cos( x ) . If y (0)  0 , (D) Change the initial condition to -2y(0)

y (  / 3) is _______. (up to two decimal and the forcing function to -2x(t)
places). AD [GATE-ME-2009-IITR]
A10.50 to 12.50 [GATE-PE-2018-IITG] dy
29. The solution of x  y  x4 with the
24. The variation of the amount of salt in a tank dx
with time is given by, 6
condition y 1  is :
dx 5
 0.025 x  20 ,
dt
x4 1 4x 4 4
where, x is the amount of salt in kg and t is (A) y   (B) y  
5 x 5 5x
the time in minutes. Given that there is no salt
in the tank initially, the time at which the x4 x5
amount of salt increases to 200 kg is (C) y  1 (D) y  1
5 5
__________ minutes. (rounded-off to two
decimal places) AB T3.3 [GATE-BT-2019-IITM]
30. What is the solution of the differential
AA [GATE-PE-2018-IITG] dy x
25. Which one of the following is the integrating equation  , with the initial condition, at
factor (IF) for the differential equation, dx y
dy x  0 , y  1?
(cos 2 x )  y  cos x ?
dx 2 2 2 2
(A) x  y  1 (B) y  x  1
(A) etan x (B) ecos x
2 2 2 2
(C) e  tan x (D) esin x (C) y  2x  1 (D) x  y  0

AC [GATE-ME-2018-IITG] AD T3.3 [GATE-CE-2019-IITM]

26. If y is the solution of the differential equation 31. An ordinary differential equation is giaven
dy below.
y3  x 3  0 , y (0)  1 , the value of y (1)
dx  dy 
is   ( x ln x )  y
 dx 

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The solution for the above equation is (A) x  ce  ky (B) x  ke cy
(Note : K denotes a constant in the options)  kx
(C) y  ce kx (D) y  c e
x
(A) y  Kx ln x (B) y  Kxe AB [GATE-EC-2008-IISc]
x 38. Which of the following is a solution to the
(C) y  Kxe (D) y  K ln x
differential equation,
AD T3.3 [GATE-CH-2019-IITM] d
x  t   3x  t   0, x  0   2?
32. The solution of the ordinary differential dt
dy (A) x  t   3e t (B) x  t   2e3t
equaqtion  3 y  1 , subject to the initial
dx
condition y  1 at x  0 , is 3 2
(C) x  t   t (D) x  t   3t 2
2
1 1
(A) (1  2e  x /3 ) (B) (5  2e  x /3 ) AA [GATE-EE-2005-IITB]
3 3
39. The solution of first order differential
1 1 equation x(t) = 3x(t), x  0   x 0 is:
(C) (5  2e 3 x ) (D) (1  2e 3 x )
3 3
(A) x  t   x 0 e  3 t (B) x  t   x 0 e  3
AB T3.3 [GATE-ME-2019-IITM] 1
dy (C) x  t   x0e 3 (D) x  t   x 0 e 1
33. The differential equation  4 y  5 is valid
dx
in the domain 0  x  1 with y (0)  2.25 . The AB [GATE-ME-2014-IITKGP]
solution of the differential equation is 40. The solution of the initial value problem
dy
4 x
(A) y  e  5
4 x
(B) y  e  1.25  2xy, y  0   2 is :
dx
4x 4x
(C) y  e  5 (D) y  e  1.25 (A) 1  e  x
3
(B) 2 e  x
2

2 2

Variable Separable Form (C) 1  e x (D) 2e x

T2.2 AD [GATE-PH-2016-IISc] AD [GATE-CE-2011-IITM]

34. Consider the linear differential equation 41. The solution of the ordinary differential
dy dy
 xy . If y = 2 and x = 0, then the value of equation  2y  0 for the boundary
dx dx
y at x = 2 is given by condition y = 5 at x = 1 is :
2 x
(A) e2 (B) 2e  2 (A) y  e (B) y  2e  2 x
(C) e2 (D) 2 e2
(C) y  109.5e 2 x (D) y  36.95e2x
AC T3.2 [GATE-ME-2019-IITM]
dy B [GATE-ME-1994-IITKGP]
35. For the equation  7 x 2 y  0 , if dy
dx 42. For the differential equation  5y  0
y (0)  3 / 7 , then the value of y (1) is dt
with y (0 )  1, the general solution is :
7 7/3 7 3/7
(A) e (B) e 5t
3 3 (A) e 5t (B) e
3 7/3 3 3/7
(C) e (D) e (C) 5 e 5 t (D) e
5t
7 7
A0.5 T3.2 [GATE-AE-2019-IITM] AC [GATE-CE-2018-IITG]
36. The curve y  f ( x) is such that its slope is dy
43. The solution of the equation x  y  0
2
equal to y for all real x. If the curve passes dx
passing through the point (1,1) is
through (1, –1), the value of y at x = –2 is
____(round off to 1 decimal place). (A) x (B) x 2
AC [GATE-EC-2011-IITM] (C) x 1 (D) x2
37. The solution of differential equation
dy AA [GATE-EC-2018-IITG]
 ky, y(0) = c is : 44. A curve passes through the point
dx
( x  1, y  0) and satisfies the differential

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dy x2  y 2 y A [GATE-EC-2009-IITR]
equation   . The equation that 50. Match each differential equation in Group I to
dx 2y x
its family of solution curves from Group II.
describes the curve is
Group I Group II
 y2  P: dy y (1) Circles
(A) ln 1  2   x  1 
 x  dx x
Q: dy  y (2) Straight lines
1  y2  
(B) ln 1    x  1 dx x
2  x2 
R: dy x (3) Hyperbolas

y dx y
(C) ln 1    x  1
 x S: dy  x

1  y dx y
(D) ln 1    x  1
2  x (A) P-2, Q-3, R-3, S-1
C [GATE-ME-2007-IITK] (B) P-1, Q-3, R-2, S-1
dy
45. The solution of  y 2 with initial value (C) P-2,Q-1,R-3, S-3
dx
y(0) = 1 is bounded in the internal is (D) P-3, Q-2, R-1, S-2

(A)   x   (B)   x  1 A [GATE-EE-2011-IITM]

51. With K as constant, the possible solution for
(C) x  1, x  1 (D)  2  x  2 dy
the first order differential equation  e 3x
C [GATE-CE-1999-IITB] dx
46. If C is a constant, then the solution of is :
dy  1 3 x 1
 1  y 2 is : (A) e K (B) ( 1)e3 x  K
dx 3 3
(A) y  sin( x  c ) (B) y  cos( x  c) (C)  3 e  3 x  K (D) y  Ce  kx
x
(C) y  tan( x  c ) (D) y  e  c AA [GATE-ME-2003-IITM]
52. The solution of the differential equation
D [GATE-CE-2007-IITK] dy
47. The solution for the differential equation  y 2  0 is :
dx
dy
 x 2 y with the condition that y = 1 at x =
dx 1
(A) y 
0 is : xc
1
2x x3 x3
(A) y  e (B) ln( y )  4 (B) y  c
3 3
x2 x3
(C) ln( y)  (D) y e 3 (C) cex
2
(D) Unsolvable as equation is non-linear
A [GATE-CE-2009-IITR]
48. Solution of the differential equation AD [GATE-CE-2008-IISc]
dy
3 y  2 x  0 represents a family of 53. Solution of dy   x at x = 1 and y  3 is :
dx dx y

(A) ellipses (B) circles (A) x  y 2  2 (B) x  y2  4

(C) parabolas (D) hyperbolas (C) x 2  y 2  2 (D) x 2  y 2  4
AD [GATE-PI-2015-IITK]
AA [GATE-IN-2008-IISc]
49. The solution to 6yy'–25x=0 represents a
54. Consider the differential equation
(A) family of circles dy
 1  y 2 . Which one of the following can
(B) family of ellipses dx
(C) family of parabolas be a particular solution of this differential
(D) family of hyperbolas equation?

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(A) y  tan  x  3  AD [GATE-CE-2017-IITR]
dQ
(B) y  tan x  3 60. The solution of the equation  Q  1 with
dt
(C) x  tan  y  3  Q = 0at t = 0 is

(D) x  tan y  3 (A) Q t   et 1 (B) Q  t   1  e t

D [GATE-ME-2011-IITM] (C) Q  t   1  e t (D) Q  t   1  e  t

55. Consider the differential equation
dy
 (1  y 2 ) x. The general solution with
Exact Differential Equation Form
dx
constant “C” is T 2.3 AB [GATE-CE-1997-IITM]
61. For the differential equation
 x2  dy
(A) y  tan  C f ( x, y )  g ( x, y )  0 to be exact is
 2  dx

(B) y  tan 2  x  C  (A)  f   g (B)  f   g

2  y x x y
2 2
(C) y  tan 2  x   C (C) f  g (D)  f   g
2 2
2 x y

 x2  C [GATE-ME-1994-IITKGP]
(D) y  tan  C
62. The necessary & sufficient for the differential
 2 
equation of the form M(x, y)dx + N(x, y) dy
AC [GATE-EC-2015-IITK] = 0 to be exact is
56. The general solution of the differential M N
dy 1  cos 2y (A) M = N (B) 
equation  is : x y
dx 1  cos 2x
(A) tan y–cot x = c (c is a constant) M N 2M 2 N
(C)  (D) 
y x x 2 y 2
(B) tan x–cot y = c (c is a constant)
AC [GATE-CE-1994-IITKGP]
(C) tan y+cot x = c (c is a constant)
63. The necessary and sufficient condition for the
(D) tan x+cot y = c (c is a constant) differential equation of the form M(x, y)
dx  N  x, y  dy  0 to be exact is:
AC [GATE-ME-2015-IITK]
57. Consider the following differential equation (A) Linear (B) Non-linear
dy (C) Homogeneous (D) of degree two
 5 y ; initial condition: y = 2 at t = 0.
dt
AA [GATE-AG-2016-IISc]
The value of y at t = 3 is 64. The general solution of the differential
(A) –5e-10 (B) 2e-10 dy
equation  e3 x  2 y  x 2e 2 y is
dx
(C) 2e-15 (D) -15e2
1 1
A6 [GATE-TF-2018-IITG] (A) C  e 2 y  (e 3 x  x 3 )
2 3
58. If y( x) is the solution of the differential
1
equation yy '  8 x , y (0)  2 , then the (B) C  e 2 y  (e 3 x  x 2 )
3
absolute value of y (2) is _________.
1 1
(C) C  e 2 y  (e3 x  x 2 )
AD [GATE-MN-2018-IITG] 3 2
59. If c is a constant, the solution of the 1
(D) C  e 2 y  (e 3 x  x 3 )
dy 3
differential equation 4 y  9 x  0 is
dx
MISCELLANEOUS
x2 y 2 x2 y 2
(A)  c (B)  c T2.4 AA [GATE-MA-2016-IISc]
81 16 16 81
65. Let y be the solution of
x2 y 2 x2 y 2
(C)  c (D)  c y   y  | x |, x 
9 4 4 9

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y 1  0 AD [GATE-ME-2014-IITKGP]
70. The general solution of the differential
Then y(1) is equal to equation dy  cos  x  y  , with c as a constant,
dx
2 2 2
(A)  (B)  2e 2 is :
e e2 e
(A) y  sin  x  y   x  c
2
(C) 2  (D) 2  2e
e (B) tan  x  y   y  c
2  
AA T3.4 [GATE-TF-2019-IITM]
66. One of the points which lies on the solution
(C) cos  x  y   x  c
curve of the following differential equation 2  
2 2
2 xy dx  ( x  y ) dy  0
(D) tan  x  y   x  c
with the initial condition y (t )  1 is  2 

(A) (–1, 1) (B) (0, 0) AC T2.5.1 [GATE-MN-2019-IITM]

71. If f ( x) is a polynomial function that passes
(C) (0, 1) (D) (2, 1)
through origin, and g ( x )  f '( x) , then
AB T3.4 [GATE-IN-2019-IITM]
(A) g '( a)  f (a )
67. The curve y = f(x) is such that the tangent to
the curve at every point (x, y) has a Y-axis (B) g '(a)  f '( a)
intercept c, given by c = –y. then, f(x) is a
proportional to (C)  g ( x)dx  f (a)
–1 2 0
(A) x (B) x
a
(C) x3 (D) x4 (D)  f ( x)dx  g (a)
0
AC T3.4 [GATE-EC-2019-IITM]
68. The families of curves represented by the AA [GATE-ME-2014-IITKGP]
n 72. The matrix form of the linear system
dy x
solution of the equation    For dx dy
dx  y  3x  5y and  4x  8y is,
dt dt
n  1 and n  1 , respectively, are
d x  3 5   x 
(A) Circles and Hyperbolas (A)  y   4
dt    8   y 
(B) Parabolas and Circles
d x  3 8  x 
(B) 
(C) Hyperbolas and Circles dt  y   4  5   y 
(D) Hyperbolas and Parabolas d x  4 5   x 
(C) y   3
AD [GATE-EC-2017-IITR] dt    8   y 
69. Which one of the following is the general
solution of the first order differential equation d x  4 8  x 
(D) y   3
dy 2 dt     5   y 
  x  y  1 ,
dx
ATRUE [GATE-ME-1995-IITK]
Where x, y are real? 73. A differential equation of the form
dx
(A) y = 1+ x + tan
1
 x  c  , where c is a  f  x , y  is homogeneous if the function
dy
constant y
f  x, y  depends only the ratio (or) x
(B) y  1  x  tan  x  c , where c is a x y

constant (True/False)?
1 AA [GATE-BT-2017-IITR]
(C) y  1  x  tan  x  c , where c is a 74. Growth of a microbe in a test tube is modeled
constant
as d X  rX  1  X  , where, X is the
dt  K 
(D) y  1  x  tan  x  c , where c is a
biomass, r is the growth rate, and K is the
constant carrying capacity of the

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environment  r  0;K  0 . If the value of d 2 x dy
(C)   y0
K dt 2 dt
starting biomass is , which one of the
100 d 2 x dx
(D)   y0
following graphs qualitatively represents the dt 2 dt
growth dynamics:
AC [GATE-MA-2018-IITG]
77. The general solution of the differential
equation
(A) xy '  y  x 2  y 2 for x  0
is given by (with an arbitrary positive
constant k)
(A) ky 2  x  x 2  y 2

(B) kx 2  x  x 2  y 2

(B) (C) kx 2  y  x 2  y 2

(D) ky 2  y  x 2  y 2
**********

Higher Order DE
(C) T3.1 -1.05- -0.95 [GATE-ME-2016-IISc]
78. If y  f  x  satisfies the boundary value
problem y   9 y  0 , y  0  0 ,
y  / 2   2 , then y   / 4  is ________.

AB T3.2 [GATE-AG-2019-IITM]
79. General solution to the differential equation
(D) y " 4 y ' 5 y  0 is
2x
(A) e (a cos x  b sin x)
2 x
(B) e (a cos x  b sin x)
x
(C) e (a cos 2 x  b sin 2 x)
A0 [GATE-MA-2017-IITR] x
75. If x ( t ) and y (t ) are the solutions of the (D) e (a cos2 x  b sin 2x)
dx dy AB T3.2 [GATE-PH-2019-IITM]
system  y and   x with the initial
dt dt 80. For the differential equation
conditions x (0)  1 and y (0)  1 , then 2
d y y
x (  / 2)  y (  / 2) equals ________. 2
 n(n  1) 2  0 , where n is a constant,
dx x
the product of its two independent solutions
AC [GATE-CH-2018-IITG]
is
76. Consider the following two equations :
1
dx (A) (B) x
 x y0 x
dt
1
dy (C) x n (D)
 x y0 x n 1
dt
The above set of equations is represented by AD [GATE-CH-2016-IISc]
81. What is the solutions for the second order
d 2 y dy d2y
(A)   y 0 differential equation  y  0 , with the
dt 2 dt dx 2
d 2 x dx dy
(B)  y0 intial conditions y | x  0  5 and  10 ?
dt 2 dt dx x0

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(A) y  5  10sin x AA [GATE-EC-2016-IISc]
(B) y  5cos x  5sin x 87. The particular solution of the initial value
problem given below is
(C) y  5cos x  10 x
d2y dy
(D) y  5cos x  10sin x  12  36 y  0 with y(0)  3 and
dx 2 dx
AD [GATE-MT-2016-IISc] dy
82. The solution of the differential equation  36
dx x0
d 2 y dy
 is (A) (3 – 18x) e−6x (B) (3 + 25x) e−6x
dx 2 dx
x x (C) (3 + 20x) e−6x (D) (3 − 12x) e−6x
(A) y  e  C (B) y  e C
x x AA [GATE-CE-2016-IISc]
(C) y  C1e  C2 (D) y  C1e  C2
88. The respective expressions for
[where C, C1 and C2 are constants] complimentary function and particular
integral part of the solution of the differential
AB T3.2 [GATE-PI-2019-IITM] d4y d2y
83. If roots of the auxiliary equation of equation 4
 3 2  108 x 2 are
dx dx
d2y dy
 a  by  0 are real and equal, the
dx 2
dx (A)  c1  c2 x  c3 sin 3 x  c4 cos 3 x  and
 
general solution of the differential equation is
 ax /2 3x4 12x2  c
(A) y  c1e  c2ea x/2
 a x /2
(B) y  (c1  c2 x)e (B)  c2 x  c3 sin 3 x  c4 cos 3 x  and
 
 a x /2
(C) y  (c1  c2 ln x)e
5x4 12x2  c
 a x /2
(D) y  (c1 cos x  c2 sin x)e
(C)  c1  c3 sin 3 x  c4 cos 3 x  and
AD T3.2 [GATE-PE-2019-IITM]  
84. The general solution of the differential 3x4 12x2  c
d2y dy
equation 2
 2  y  0 is (here C1 and
dx dx (D)  c1  c2 x  c3 sin 3 x  c4 cos 3 x  and
C2 are arbitrary constants)  
x x 5x4 12x2  c
(A) y  C1e  C2 e
x 2x
(B) y  C1 xe  C2 xe AB [GATE-EE-2016-IISc]
x x 89. A function y(t), such that y(0) = 1 and y(1) =
(C) y  C1e  C2 xe 3e-1, is a solution of the differential equation
x x
(D) y  C1e  C2 xe d2y dy
2
 2  y  0 . Then y(2) is :
dt dt
AA [GATE-AE-2016-IISc]
85. Consider a second order linear ordinary (A) 5e1 (B) 5e2
d2 y dy
differential equation 2
4  4y  0 , (C) 7e1 (D) 7e2
dx dx
with the boundary conditions AD [GATE-EC-2007-IITK]
dy 90. The solution for differential equation
y  0   1;  1 . The value of y at x = 1 is
dx d2y
x 0 k 2 2  y  y2 under the boundary conditions
dx
(A) 0 (B) 1
y  y1 at x = 0
(C) e (D) e2
A14.55-14.75 [GATE-BT-2016-IISc] y  y 2 at x = 
2
d y Where k, y1 and y2 are constants, is :
86.  y  0 . The initial conditions for this
dx 2
second order homogeneous differential (A) y   y 1  y 2  exp   x2   y 2
dy k 
equation are y ( 0 )  1 and  3 at x  0
dx
(B) y   y 2  y 1  exp   x   y 1
The value of y when x = 2 is ___________.  k 

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AC [GATE-ME-1996-IISc]
(C) y   y1  y 2  sinh  x   y 1
k 97. The solution of the differential equation
y'' 3y' 2y  0 is of the form
x 
(D) y  (y1  y 2 ) sinh    y2 (A) C1e x  C 2 e 2 x
 k 
(B) C1e x  C2e3x
C [GATE-IN-2011-IITM]
.. . (C) C1e  x  C 2 e 2x
91. Consider the differential equation y y y  0 (D) C1e 2x  C 2 2 x
with boundary conditions y (0)  1
, y (1)  0 .The value of y ( 2 ) is [GATE-CE-1998-IITD]
(A) – 1 (B) - e 1
d4y
98. Solve  y  15cos 2x .
2 2
dx 4
(C)  e (D) e
ANS : y =C1ex +C2 e x +  C3cosx +C4sinx  +cos2x
AC [GATE-MA-2017-IITR]
2x 2x
92. If y  3e  e x is the solution of the AC [GATE-IN-2007-IITK]
initial value problem 99. The boundary-value problem y"  y  0,
d2y dy y  0   y     0 will have non-zero solutions
2
 y  4x, y  0   4 and  0  1 , if and only if the values of  are
dx dx
where ,  , then
(A) 0, +1, +2 (B) 1, 2, 3.....
(A)   3 and   4 (C) 1, 4, 9 (D) 1, 9, 25
(B)   1 and   2
AD [GATE-EC-2010-IITG]
(C)   3 and   4 100. A function n(x) satisfies the differential
(D)   1 and   2 d2n  x  n  x 
equation  2  0 where L is a
dx 2 L
A93-95 [GATE-ME-2017-IITR] constant. The boundary conditions are: n(0) =
93. Consider the differential equation K and n     0 . The solution to this equation
3 y "( x )  27 y ( x )  0 with initial conditions
is :
y (0)  0 and y '(0)  2000 . The value of y at
x
x = 1 is ______. (A) K exp  
L
AA [GATE-EE-2016-IISc] x 
94. The solution of the differential equation, for t (B) n  x   K exp  
 L
> 0, t  0, y "(t )  2 y '(t )  y (t )  0 with initial
x 
conditions y(0) = 0 and y’(0) = 1, is (u(t) (C) n  x   K 2 exp  
denotes the unit step function),  L 
x 
(A) te  t u ( t ) (D) n  x   K exp  
 L 
(B) ( e  t  te  t )u ( t ) AA [GATE-ME-2014-IITKGP]
101. Consider two solutions x  t   x1 t x  t   x 2 t
(C) (  e  t  te  t )u (t )
of the differential equation
2
(D) e  t u ( t ) d xt
 x  t   0, t  0, such that
dt 2
A7.0-7.5 [GATE-EE-2016-IISc]
95. Let y(x) be the solution dx  t 
x1  0   1, 1 0,
of the differential equation dt t 0
d2y dy
4  4y  0 dx 2  t 
dx 2 dx x 2  0   0,  1 . The Wronskian
with initial conditions y (0)  0 dt t 0

dy x1  t  x2 t
and 1 . Then the value of y(1) is ____. 
dx x0 W  t   dx1  t  dx 2  t  at t  is
2
dt dt
ATRUE [GATE-EC-1994-IITKGP] (A) 1 (B) -1
96. y  e 2x is a solution of differential equation 
y" y' 2y  0. (True/False) (C) 0 (D)
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A34 TO 36 [GATE-ME-2014-IITKGP] AD [GATE-ME-2000-IITKGP]
d2 y 108. The solution of the differential equation
102. If y = f(x) is the solution of  0 with the
dx 2 d 2 y dy
 y0
boundary conditions y = 5 at x = 0, and dx 2 dx
dy (A) Ae x  Be  x
 2 at x = 10, f(15) =___________.
dx (B) e x (Ax  B)
AB [GATE-ME-2012-IITD]   3  3  
103. The solution to the differential equation (C) e  x  A cos   x  B cos   x 
 2 
    2  
d2u du
k  0 where k is a constant , subject
  3  
x
dx 2
dx   3
(D) e 2
 A cos   x  B sin   x 
to the boundary conditions u  0   0 and   2   2  
u(L) =U, is :
[GATE-ME-1996-IISc]
x kx
(A) u  U (B) u  U  1  e kL  d4 v
L 1 e  109. Solve  4 4 v  1  x  x 2
dx 4
 kx kx
(C) u  U  1  e  kL  (D) u  U  1  ekL  Ans : V  ex C1 cos x  C2 sin x   ex
1 e  1 e 
1  x  x2
AB [GATE-ME-2008-IISc] e x C1 cos x  C2 sin x  
104. Given that 4 4
x "  3x  0& x(0) 1, x '(0)  0 what is x(1)? AC [GATE-ME-1995-IITK]
(A) – 0.99 (B) -0.16 110. The solution of the differential equation
f "  x   4f '  x   4f  x   0 .
(C) 0.16 (D) 0.99
(A) f 1  x   e  2 x
AC [GATE-ME-2005-IITB]
105. Which of the following is a solution of the ` (B) f1  x   e 2 x , f 2  x   e 2 x
d2y dy (C) f1  x   e  2 x , f 2  x   xe  2 x
differential equation p  qy  0 is
dx dx (D) f1  x   e  2 x , f 2  x   e  x
y  C1e  x  C 2 e 3x then p and q are
(A) p = 3, q = 3 (B) p =3, q = 4 A( y  1e  t  3te  t ) [GATE-ME-1994-IITKGP]
(C) p = 4, q = 3 (D) p = 4, q = 4 d2 y dy
111. Solve for y if 2
 2  y  0 with y(0) =
[GATE-ME-2001-IITK] dt dt
d2y 1 and y '  0   2 .
106. Solve the differential equation yx
dx 2 AA [GATE-CE-2008-IISc]
with the following conditions
d2 y
(i) at x = 0, y = 1 (ii) x = 0, y’ = 1 112. The general solution of  y  0 is
dx 2
ANS : cos x  x (A) y  P cos x  Qsin x (B) y  Pcos x
[GATE-ME-2000-IITKGP] (C) y  P sin x (D) y  P sin 2x
107. Find the solution of the differential equation
d2 y AA [GATE-CE-2005-IITB]
  2 y  cos   t  k  with initial
dt 2 113. The solution of
dy  0  d2 y dy
conditions y(0) = 0,  0 . Here  ,  2
2  17y  0; y  0   1,
dt dx dx
and k are constants. Use either the method of  dy  
undetermined coefficients (or) the operator     0 in the range 0  x  is given
 dx  x  4
4
 d 
 D   based method. by
 dt 
1
cos k  sin k (A) e  x  cos 4x  sin 4x 
ANS : y  2 cos(  t)  sin   t   4 
  2  2 
2
 
1
1 (B) e x  cos 4x  sin 4x 
 cos  t  k   4 
 2
 2 

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1 (C) y = x + C where C is an arbitrary
(C) e 4x  cos 4x  sin x  constants are arbitrary constants
 4 
(D) y  C 1 x  C 2 where C 1 and C 2 are
1
(D) e 4 x  cos 4x  sin 4x  arbitrary constants
 4 
B [GATE-EC-2014-IITKGP]
AC [GATE-CE-2001-IITK] 118. If a and b are constants the most general
114. The solution for the following differential solution of the differential equation
equation with boundary conditions y(0) = 2
d 2x dx
and y ' 1  3 is, where 2
2  x  0 is :
dt dt
d2y (A) ae  t (B) a e  t  b te  t
 3x  2
dx 2
(C) ae t  bte  t (D) a e  2 t
3 2
x x
(A) y    3x  6 0.53to0.55 [GATE-EC-2014-IITKGP]
3 2 119. Which initial value y'(0) = y (0) = 1, the
x2 solution of the differential equation
(B) y  3x 3   5x  2 d2y dy
2 2
4  4 y  0 at x = 1 is ------.
dx dx
x3 5x
(C) y   x2  2 C [GATE-EE-2014-IITKGP]
2 2
120. The solution for the differential equation
x2 3 d 2x
(D) y  x 3   5x    9 x , with initial conditions x (0) = 1
2 2 dt 2
dx
AD [GATE-IN-2013-IITB] and t  0  1, is :
115. The maximum value of the solution y(t) of dt
the differential equation y  t   y  t   0 with (A) t 2  t  1
1 2
initial conditions y  0   1 and y  0   1 , for (B) sin 3t  cos 3t 
3 3
t  0 is :
1
(C) sin 3 t  cos 3t
(A) 1 (B) 2 3
(C)  (D) 2 (D) cos3t  t

AC [GATE-IN-2011-IITM] D [GATE-IN-2005-IITB]
116. The solution of the differential equation 121. The general solution of the differential
2
d2 y dy equation ( D  4D  4) y  0 is of the form
2
6  9y  9x  6 with C1 and C 2 as
dx dx d
(given D = an C1, C2 are constants)
constants is : dx
2x
(A) y  C 1 x  C 2  e  3 x
(A) C1 e
2x 2 x
(B) C1 e  C2e
(B) y  C 1e 3x
 C 2e 3 x
 x 2x 2x
(C) C1 e  C2e
(C) y  C 1 x  C 2  e  3 x  x 2x 2x
(D) C1 e  C2 xe
(D) y  C 1 x  C 2 e 3x  x A [GATE-EC-2006-IITKGP]
2
AC [GATE-IN-2009-IITR] 122. For the differential equation d 2y  k 2 y  0,
117. The solution of the differential equation dx
2
d y the boundary conditions are
 0 with boundary conditions (i) y  0 for x  0 and
dx 2
(ii) y  0 for x  a
dy
(i)  1 at x = 0 The form of non-zero solution of y (where m
dx
varies over all integers) are
dy
(ii)  1 at x = 1 is (A) y   m πx 
dx 
m
A m sin 
 a 

(A) y = 1
(B) y   Am cos  mπx 
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mπ
(C) y  A [GATE-ME-2008-IISc]

m
Am x a
128. It is given that y " 2 y '  y  0, y (0)  0

m πx y (1)  0 what is y (0.5) ?
(D) y   Am e a

m (A) 0 (B) 0.37

A [GATE-PI-2008-IISc] (C) 0.62 (D) 1.13
123. The solutions of the differential equation
d2y dy A [GATE-IN-2006-IITKGP]
2
2  2 y  0 are : 129. For initial value problem
dx dx
y '' 2 y ' 101y  10.4e x , y(0)=1.1 and y(0) =
(A) e(1i ) x , e(1i ) x (B) e(1i ) x , e(1i ) x – 0.9. Various solutions are written in the
(C) e(1i ) x , e(1i ) x (D) e(1i ) x , e(1i ) x following groups. Match the type of solution
with the correct expression.
B [GATE-EE-2010-IITG]
Group-I Group-II
124. For the differential equation
d2x dx P. General solution (1) 0.1 e x
2
 6  8 x  0 with initial conditions of
dt dt
Homogeneous
 dx  equations
x(0) = 1 and    0 the solution
 dt t 0
Q. Particular (2) e x [A
(A) x(t )  2e 6 t
e 2 t
integral cos10 x  B sin10 x ]
(B) x(t )  2e 2t  e 4 t R. Total solution (3) e  x co s 1 0 x  0 .1e x
satisfying
(C) x (t )   e 6 t  2 e 4 t
boundary
(D) x (t )   e 2 t  2 e 4 t conditions

B [GATE-ME-2006-IITKGP] Codes:
2
d y dy
125. For 2
4  3 y  3 e 2 x , the particular (A) P – 2, Q – 1, R -3
dx dx
integral is (B) P -1, Q -3, R – 2
1 2x 1 2x (C) P – 1, Q – 2, R – 3
(A) e (B) e
15 5
(D) P -3 , Q – 2, R – 1
(C) 3e 2 x (D) c1e  x  c 2 e 3 x
AB [GATE-EC-2015-IITK]
A [GATE-PI-2009-IITR] 130. The solution of the differential equation
126. The homogeneous part of the differential d 2 y 2dy
  y  0 with y(0)  y '(0)  1 is
d2y dy dt 2 dt
equation 2
 p  qy  r (p, q, r are
dx dx t t
constants) has real distinct roots if (A) (2  t)e (B) (1  2 t)e
2 2 (C) (2  t )e  t (D) None
(A) p  4q  0 (B) p  4q  0
2 2 A–3 [GATE-EE-2015-IITK]
(C) p  4 q  0 (D) p  4 q  r 131. A solution of the ordinary differential
d2y dy
B [GATE-EC-2005-IITB] equation 2
5  6y  0 is such that
127. A solution of the differential equation dt dt
1  3e
d2y dy y(0) = 2 and y(1)   3 . The value of
5  6 y  0 is given by e
dx 2 dx
dy
(t=0) is _____
(A) y  e 2 x  e  3 x dt

(B) y  e 2 x  e 3 x AC [GATE-ME-2015-IITK]
d2 y
132. Find the solution of  y which passes
(C) y  e  2 x  e 3 x dx 2
3
(D) None of these. through the origin and the point (ln2, ).
4

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1 x AA [GATE-MT-2017-IITR]
(A) y  e  ex 137. For the second order linear ordinary
2
d2y dy
differential equation,  p  qy  0 ,
1 x x dx 2 dx
(B) y  e  e
2 the following function is a solution :
y  e x
1

(C) y  e x  e  x
2
 Which one of the following statement is NOT
TRUE ?
(D) None (A)  has two values : one complex and one
AA [GATE-EC-2017-IITR] real
133. The general solution of the differential 2
(B)   p   q  0
equation
(C)  has two real values
d2y dy (D)  has two complex values
2  5y  0
dx 2 dx
AB [GATE-PE-2017-IITR]
in termsl of arbitrary constants K1 and K2 is 138. The roots of the equation
d3y d2y dy
( 1 6) x
 K2e ( 1 6) x  6  11  6 y  0 are :
(A) K1e dx 3 dx 2 dx
( 1 8) x (A) 1, 1, 2 (B) 1, 2, 3
(B) K1e  K2e(1 8) x
(C) 1, 3, 4 (D) 1, 2, 4
( 2 6) x ( 2 6) x
(C) K1e  K2e A0.81 to 0.84 [GATE-PH-2018-IITG]
139. Given
( 2 8) x
(D) K1e  K2e(2 8) x .
d 2 f ( x) df ( x )
2  f ( x)  0 ,
A1 [GATE-BT-2017-IITR] dx 2
dx
d2 y dy
134. For y  f  x , if 2
 0,  0 at x = 0, and boundary conditions f (0)  1 and
dx dx
and y = 1 at x = 1, the value of y at x = 2 is f (1)  0 , the value of f (0.5) is ______ (up
_______ to two decimal places).

AA [GATE-CE-2017-IITR] A4.52 to 4.56 [GATE-PI-2018-IITG]

135. Consider the following second-order 140. Consider the differential equation
differential equation:
d2y
2  8y  0
y " 4 y ' 3 y  2t   3t 2 dt 2
with initial conditions :
The particular solution of the differential
equation is dy
at t  0, y  0 and  10 .
dt
(A)  2  2 t  t 2 (B)  2 t  t 2
The value of y (up to two decimal places) at t
(C) 2 t  3 t 2
(D)  2  2 t  3t 2 = 1 is _______.

AA [GATE-ME-2017-IITR] A1.45 to 1.48 [GATE-ME-2018-IITG]

2
d y 141. Given the ordinary differential equation
136. The differential equation  16 y  0 for
dx 2 d 2 y dy
y ( x) with the two boundary conditions   6y  0
dx 2 dx
dy
 1 and dy  1 has with y(0)  0 and
dy
(0)  1 , the value of
dx x 0 dx x   dx
2
y (1) is _______ (correct to two decimal
(A) no solution places).
(B) exactly two solutions AA [GATE-AG-2018-IITG]
(C) exactly one solution 142. The general solution to the second order
linear homogeneous differential equation
(D) infinitely many solutions y " 6 y ' 25 y  0 is

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(A) e 3 x ( a cos 4 x  b sin 4 x ) AC [GATE-PI-2015-IITK]
148. The solution to x2y''+ xy'– y = 0 is :
(B) e 3 ix ( a cos 4 x  b sin 4 x ) (A) y=c1x2+c2x-3
(C) e 4 x ( a cos 3 x  b sin 3 x ) (B) y=c1+c2x-2
c
(D) e 4 ix ( a cos 3 x  b sin 3 x ) (C) y  c1 x  2
x
4
A–0.23 to –0.19 [GATE-EC-2018-IITG] (D) y=c1x+c2x
143. The position of a particle y (t ) is described by
AD [GATE-PE-2016-IISc]
the differential equation : 149. For the differential equation
d2y dy 5 y d2y dy
2
  . x2 2
 2x  2 y  0
dt dt 4 dx dx
The initial conditions are y (0)  1 and the general solution is
x
dy (A) y  C1x  C2e
 0 . The position (accurate to two
dt t 0 (B) y  C1 sin x  C2 cos x
decimal places) of the particle at t   is x x
_______. (C) y  C1e  C2e
2
T 3.2 A0 T3.2 [GATE-XE-2019-IITM] (D) y  C1x  C2 x
144. Let y1 ( x) and y2 (x) be two linearly 5
independent solutions of the differential A( ) [GATE-ME-1998-IITD]
8
d2y dy 150. The radial displacement in a rotation disc is
equation x 2 2  x  4 y  0, x  0 . If
dx dx governed by the differential equation
2
y1 ( x)  x , then lim y2 ( x) is ______. d 2 u 1 du u
x     8x where u is the
dx 2 x dx x 2
AC T3.2 [GATE-PI-2019-IITM] displacement and x is the radius. If u = 0 at x
145. General solution of the Cauchy-Euler = 0 and u = 2 at x = 1. Calculate the
d2y dy 1
equation x 2 2  7 x  16 y  0 is displacement at x  .
dx dx 2
2 4
(A) y  c1 x  c2 x C [GATE-EE-2014-IITKGP]
151. Consider the differential equation
2 4
(B) y  c1 x  c2 x 2
d y dy
x2 2  x  y  0 . Which of the
4 dx dx
(C) y  (c1  c2 ln x) x following is a solution to this differential
4 4 equation for x  0 ?
(D) y  c1 x  c2 x ln x
(A) ex (B) x2
A5.9 to 6.1 T3.2 [GATE-CE-2019-IITM] (C) 1⁄x (D) ln x
146. Consider the ordinary differential equation
d2y dy D [GATE-CE-1998-IITD]
x 2 2  2 x  2 y  0 . Given the values of 152. The general solution of the differential
dx dx
equation
y (1)  0 and y (2)  2 , the value of
d2y dy
y(3) (round off to 1 decimal place), is _____ x2 x  y  0 is :
dx 2 dx
A5.24 to 5.26 T3.2 [GATE-EC-2019-IITM] (A) Ax + Bx2 (A, B are constants)
147. Consider the homogeneous ordinary (B) Ax + B logx (A, B are constants)
differential equation (C) Ax + Bx2logx (A, B are constants)
d 2 y2 dy (D) Ax + Bxlog (A, B are constants)
x2 2
 3x  3 y  0 , x0
dx dx AA [GATE-ME-2012-IITD]
153. Consider the differential equation
with y ( x ) as a general solution. Given that
d2 y dy
x2 2  x  4y  0 with the boundary
y (1)  1 and y (2)  14 dx dx
conditions of y(0) = 0 and y(1) = 1. The
the value of y (1.5) , rounded off to two
complete solution of the differential equation
decimal places, is ______. is :

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2  x  AA C [GATE-EE-1998-IITD]
(A) x (B) sin   2
 2  157. Let f  y . What is  f at x = 2, y = 1?
x

xy
x  x  x x  (A) 0 (B) ln 2
(C) e sin   (D) e sin  
 2   2  1
(C) 1 (D)
ln2
AC [GATE-AE-2017-IITR]
d2y dy AC [GATE-CE-2010-IITG]
154. The equation x 2  5x  4 y  0 has a
dx 2 dx 158. The partial differential equation that can be
solution y ( x) that is : formed from z = ax + by + ab has the form
(A) A polynomial in x  z z 
 w ith p  and 
(B) Finite series in terms of non-integer  x y 
fractional powers of x
(C) Consists of negative integer powers of x (A) z = px + qy (B) z = px + pq
and logarithmic function of x (C) z= px + qy + pq (D) z = qy + pq
(D) Consists of exponential functions of x.
AC [GATE-PI-2016-IISc]
********** 159. For the two functions

MISCELLANEOUS f  x, y   x3  3xy 2 and g  x, y   3x2 y  y3

which one of the following options is correct?
T4.1 AB [GATE-MT-2018-IITG]
155. Consider the following Ordinary Differential f g f g
Equation: (A)  (B) 
x x x y
d  dc 
c 0 f g f g
dx  dx  (C)  (D) 
In a domain 0  x  t , with boundary y x y x
conditions c(0)  0.5 and c (t )  1.0 , pick
AD [GATE-AE-2016-IISc]
the appropriate choice for c( x) from the 160. The partial differential equation
following options : u 2u
 , where  is a positive
t x 2
constant, is
(A) circular (B) elliptic
(C) hyperbolic (D) parabolic
AA [GATE-TF-2016-IISc]
161. The following partial differential equation
Uxx  Uyy  0 is of the type
(A) Elliptic (B) Parabolic
(C) Hyperbolic (D) Mixed type
AA [GATE-IN-2013-IITB]
162. The type of partial differential equation
(A) P (B) Q f  2 f
(C) R (D) S  is,
dt x 2
T 4.2 AD [GATE-CE-2018-IITG] (A) Parabolic (B) Elliptic
156. The solution at x  1 , t  1 of the partial
(C) Hyperbolic (D) Nonlinear
 2u  2u
differential equation  25 subject to
x 2 t 2 A-0.01 [GATE-TF-2016-IISc]
x 1
initial conditions of u (0  3 x and (0)  3 163. Let f  x, y, z   . The value
is _____
t x 2  y2  z2 
 2f  2f  2f
(A) 1 (B) 2 of   is equal to ________
(C) 4 (D) 6 x 2 y2 z2

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AC [GATE-CE-2016-IISc] AB [GATE-ME-2017-IITR]
164. The type of partial differential equation 169. Consider the following partial differential
equation for u ( x , y ) with the constant c  1 :
2 P 2 P 2 P P P
2
 2 3  2   0 is
x y xy x y u u
c 0
(A) elliptic (B) parabolic
y x
(C) hyperbolic (D) none of these
Solution of this equation is :
AC [GATE-ME-2005-IITB]
(A) u ( x , y )  f ( x  cy )
165. If f  a 0 x  a1 x n 1 y  .....  a n 1x n 1  a n y n ,
n

where a i (i = 0 to n) are constants, then (B) u ( x , y )  f ( x  cy )

f f
x y is : (C) u ( x , y )  f ( cx  y )
x y

f n (D) u ( x , y )  f ( cx  y )
(A) (B)
n f A10.0 [GATE-MN-2018-IITG]
(C) nf (D) n f 170. For the given function
f f
AB [GATE-CE-2016-IISc] f ( x, y )  (3  x )(4  y ) , the value of 
x y
166. The solution of the partial differential
at x  2 and y  1 is ____________.
u  2u
equation   2 is of the form
t x AD [GATE-IN-2018-IITG]
171. Consider the following equations
(A) C cos( kt )  C1e ( k / )x
 C2e( k / ) x 
  V ( x , y )
 px 2  y 2  2 xy
(B) Ce  C1e 
kt ( k/ ) x ( k/ )x
 C2 e x
 
(C) Ce kt  C 1 cos  k /   x  C 2 sin(  k /  ) x  V ( x , y )
   x 2  qy 2  2 xy
y
(D)
C sin ( kt )  C 1 cos  
k /  x  C 2 sin (  k /  ) x  where p and q constants. V ( x , y ) that
 
satisfies the above equations is
A40 [GATE-EE-2017-IITR]
x3 y3
167. Consider a function f(x, y, z) given by (A) p  q  2 xy  6
3 3
f ( x , y , z )  ( x 2  y 2  2 z 2 )( y 2  z 2 )
x3 y3
The partial derivative of this function with (B) p q 5
3 3
respect to x at the point, x = 2, y = 1 and z = 3
is _______ . x3 y3
(C) p  q  x 2 y  xy 2  xy
AC [GATE-CE-2017-IITR] 3 3
168. Let w  f  x, y  , where x and y are x3 y3
(D) p  q  x 2 y  xy 2
functions of t. then, according to the chain 3 3
dw
rule, is equal to A4.4 – 4.6 [GATE-EC-2018-IITG]
dt 172. Let r  x 2  y  z and z 3  xy  yz  y 3  1 .
dw dx dw dt Assume that x and y are independent
(A)  variables. At ( , , ) = (2, −1,1), the value
dx dt dy dt
r
(correct to two decimal places) of is
w x w y x
(B) 
x t y t _________ .

w dx w dy T 4.3 AA [GATE-MN-2016-IISc]
(C)  2 2
x dt y dt 173. The differential of the equation, x  y  1 ,
with respect to x is
dw x dw y
(D)  (A) -x/y (B) x/y
dx t dy t
(C) -y/x (D) y/x

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C [GATE-PI-2010-IITG]
174. Which one of the following differential
equations has a solution given by the function
 π
y  5 sin  3 x  
 5
dy 5
(A)  cos(3 x )  0
dx 3
dy 5
(B)  (cos3 x)  0
dx 3
2
(C) d 2y  9 y  0
dx
2
(D) d 2y  9 y  0
dx

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95. 7.0 to 7.5
Answer :
96. TRUE
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 102. 34 to 36

B B B A B D D B C C 111. y  1e  t  3te  t
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 119. 0.53 to 0.55
139. 0.81 to 0.84
B A 1.0 B A D D B A B
140. 4.52 to 4.56
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
141. 1.45 to 1.48
D A * * A C C D D B 143. –0.23 to –0.19
31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 146. 5.9 to 6.1
147. 5.24 to 5.26
D D B D C 0.5 C B A B
5
41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 150.
8
D B C A C C D A D A
163. –0.01
51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 172. 4.4 to 4.6
A A D A D C C 6 D D

61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70.
2.3 C C A 2.4 A B C D D

71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80.
C A * A 0 C C * B B

81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90.
D D B D A * A A B D
91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100.
C C * A * * C # C D

101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110.
A * B B C # # D # C
111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 120.
* A A C D C C B * C

121. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130.
D A A B B A B A A B

131. 132. 133. 134. 135. 136. 137. 138. 139. 140.
–3 C A 1 A A A B * *

141. 142. 143. 144. 145. 146. 147. 148. 149. 150.
* A * 0 C * * C D *

151. 152. 153. 154. 155. 156. 157. 158. 159. 160.
C D A C B D C C C D
161. 162. 163. 164. 165. 166. 167. 168. 169. 170.
A A * C C B 40 C B 10.0

171. 172. 173. 174.

D * A C

23. 0.51 – 0.53

24. 10.50 to 12.50
73. TRUE
78. –1.05 to –0.95
86. 14.55 to 14.75
93. 93 to 95

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Complex Variable
C [GATE-IN-1994-IITKGP]
Basic Problems 6. The real part of the complex number z  x  iy
T 1.1 AD [GATE-CH-2016-IISc] is given by
1. What are the modulus (r) and instrument    (A) Re( z )  z  z * (B) Re( z ) 
z  z*
of the complex number 3 + 4i? 2
4 z  z*
(A) r  7 ,   tan 1   (C) Re( z )  (D) Re( z )  z  z *
3 2
3 D [GATE-IN-2009-IITR]
(B) r  7 ,   tan 1   7. If Z = x + jy where x, y are real then the value
4
of | e jz | is
1 3
(C) r  5,   tan  
4 (A) 1 (B) e
x2  y 2

1 4 y
(D) r  5,   tan   (C) e (D) e
y
3
D [GATE-PI-2009-IITR]
AD T4.2 [GATE-PI-2019-IITM] 8. The product of complex numbers (3 – 21) & (3
2. For a complex number z  1  4i with + i4) results in
z3
i  1 , the value of is (A) 1 + 6i (B) 9 – 8i
z 1
(C) 9 + 8i (D) 17 + i 6
(A) 0 (B) 1/ 2
B [GATE-PI-2008-IISc]
(C) 1 (D) 2  5  i10
9. The value of the expression
AA T4.2 [GATE-PE-2019-IITM] 3  4i
3. Let r and  be the modulus and argument of (A) 1  2i (B) 1  2i
the complex number z  1  i , respectively.
Then ( r , ) equals (C) 2  i (D) 2  i
  C [GATE-CE-2005-IITB]
(A) ( 2 , ) (B) (2, )
4 2 10. Which one of the following is Not true for the
 complex numbers z1 and z2?
(C) (2, ) (D) ( 2, )
3 (A) z1  z1 z 2
2
z2 | z2 |
AB [GATE-MN-2016-IISc]
4. Sinh(x) is (B) | z1  z 2 | | z1 |  | z 2 |
x x x x
e e e e
(A) (B) (C) | z 1  z 2 | | z 1 |  | z 2 |
4 2
e x  e x e x  e x (D)
(C) (D) | z 1  z 2 |2  | z 1  z 2 | 2  2 | z 1 |2  2 | z 2 | 2
2 4
A10 [GATE-EC-2015-IITK] AA [GATE-ME-2015-IITK]
az  b 11. Given two complex numbers z1  5  (5 3)i
5. Let f (z)  . If f (z1 )  f (z 2 ) for all
cz  d 2
and z 2   2i , argument of z1 in degrees
z1  z 2 , a = 2, b = 4 and c = 5, then d should 3 z2
be equal to ___. is :

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(A) 0 (B) 30 e i  e  i
(C) sin  
(C) 60 (D) 90 2i
AC [GATE-ME-2014-IITKGP] e i   e  i
(D) cos  
1 i 2i
12. The argument of the complex number ,
1 i AD [GATE-PE-2017-IITR]
where i   1 is : 30
3i  i 19

19. z , where i  1 , would simplify

 2i  1
(A)  (B)
2 to :
 (A) 1  i (B) 1
(C) (D) 
2
(C) i (D) 1  i
AA [GATE-ME-2011-IITM]
T 1.2 AD [GATE-PE-2016-IISc]
13. The product of two complex numbers 1 +i and
2 – 5i is : 1 3 
20. For a complex number Z    , the
 2 2 i 
(A) 7-3i (B) 3 - 4i  
(C) - 3 – 4i (D) 7 + 3i value of Z 6 is

AB [GATE-CE-2014-IITKGP] 1 3 
(A)    (B) -1
2  3i  2 2 i 
14. Z can be expressed as  
5  i
1 3 
(A) -0.5 – 0.5i (B) - 0.5 + 0.5i (C)   (D) 1
 2 2 i 
(C) 0.5 – 0.5i (D) 0.5 + 0.5i  
AD [GATE-CE-1994-IITKGP] AA T4.2 [GATE-CH-2019-IITM]
15. cos  can be represented as 21. The value of the complex number i 1/ 2 (where
e i  e  i e i  e  i i  1 ) is
(A) (B)
2 2i 1 1
i  i i  i
(A) (1  i ) (B)  i
e e e e 2 2
(C) (D)
i 2
1 1
(C) i (D) (1  i)
AA [GATE-PE-2017-IITR] 2 2
16. If 5 x  2 iy  ix  7 y  2  3 i , where i   1 ,
the values of two real numbers ( x , y ) are, B [GATE-ME-1996-IISc]
i
respectively : 22. i , where i =  1 is given by

(A) (-1, 1) (B) (1, -1) (A) 0 (B) e  π / 2

(C) (1, 1) (D) (-1, -1) π
(C) (D) 1
2
AC [GATE-PE-2017-IITR]
17. Pick the INCORRECT inequality, where z , z 1 2 A [GATE-EC-2012-IITD]
and z are complex numbers.
3
23. If x   1 , then the value of x x is
π/2
(A) | z 1  z 2 |  | z1 |  | z 2 | (A) e  π / 2 (B) e
(B) | z 1  z 2 |  | z1 |  | z 2 | (C) x (D) 1
(C) | z 1  z 2 |  | z1 |  | z 2 | D [GATE-IN-2007-IITK]
24. Let j =  1 . Then one value of j j is

(D) | z1  z 2  z 3 |  | z1 |  | z 2 |  | z 3 |
(A) 3 (B) 1
AD [GATE-PE-2017-IITR]
18. Which of the following is NOT true ? 1 π
(C) 2 (D) e 2
(i  1)
e i   e  i B [GATE-PI-2007-IITK]
(A) cos   3 1 4
2 25. If a complex number z =  i then z is
2 2
(B) e i  cos   i sin 

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1 3 – plane if the following is TURE everywhere
(A) 2 2  2i (B)   i
2 2 in the region for all integers n
(A) Re(s) = 0
3 1 3 1
(C) i (D) i (B) I m  s   n 
2 2 8 8
n
AD [GATE-CE-2007-IITK] (C) Im  s  
3
26. Let j   1 . Then the value of j j is:
(D) Im  s  
 2n  1 
(A) j (B) -1 2

 
 AB [GATE-IN-2009-IITR]
(C) (D) e 2 32. One of the roots of the equation x 3  j , where
2
j is the positive square root of -1, is
T 1.3 B [GATE-EE-2014-IITKGP]
27. All the values of the multi-valued complex 3 1
(A) j (B)  j
function 1 i , where i  1 , are 2 2
(A) purely imaginary. 3 1  3 1
(C) j (D) j
(B) real and non-negative. 2 2 2 2
(C) on the unit circle.
AC [GATE-CE-2005-IITB]
(D) equal in real and imaginary parts.
33. Let z3  z, where z is complex not equal to
B [GATE-CE-1997-IITM] zero. Then z is a solution of
z
28. e is a periodic with a period of (A) z 2  1 (B) z 3  1
(A) 2π (B) 2πi (C) z 4  1 (D) z 9  1
(C) π (D) i π AA [GATE-PI-2010-IITG]
AD [GATE-EC-2008-IISc] 34. If a complex number  satisfies the equation
29. The equation sin (z) = 10 has 1
2  1 , then the value of 1   is :

(A) No real (or) complex solution
(A) 0 (B) 1
(B) Exactly two distinct complex solutions
(C) 2 (D) 4
(C) A unique solution
(D) An infinite number of complex solutions AD [GATE-EE-2017-IITR]
35. For a complex number z,
AB [GATE-EC-2013-IITB] 2
z 1
30. Square roots of i, where i   1 , are lim 3 is

z i z  2z  i z 2  2

(A) i, -1
(A) -2i (B) -i
(B) cos      i sin     , cos  3  
 4  4  4  (C) i (D) 2i

 3  AB [GATE-IN-2017-IITR]
 i sin  
 4  36. Let z = x + jy where j   1 . Then cos z 
(A) cos z (B) cos z
(C) cos     i sin  3   , cos  3  
4  4   4  (C) sin z (D) sin z
 T1.4 AA [GATE-IN-2016-IISc]
 i sin  
4 37. In the neighborhood of z = 1, the function f(z)
3   3   3 
has a power series expansion of the form
(D) cos    i sin    , cos    f ( z )  1  (1  z )  (1  z ) 2  …………
 4   4   4 

 3  Then f(z) is :
 i sin  
 4  1 1
(A) (B)
AD [GATE-CE-2013-IITB] z z2
31. The complex function tanh(s) is analytic over z 1 1
a region of the imaginary axis of the complex s (C) (D)
z 1 2z  1

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A5.9 to 6.1 T4.1 [GATE-PI-2019-IITM] Analytic Function
38. If z is a complex variable with i  1 , the
length of the minor axis of an ellipse defined T 2.1 AA T4.2 [GATE-ME-2019-IITM]
by | z  (1  i)|  | z  (9  i) |  10 is _____ 43. A harmonic function is analytic if it satisfies
the Laplace equation.
C[GATE-EE-2014-IITKGP] 2 2
If u( x, y)  2 x  2 y  4xy is a harmonic
39. Let S be the set of points in the complex plane
function, then its conjugate harmonic function
corresponding to the unit circle. (That is, S =
v ( x , y ) is
{Z: | Z | = 1}). Consider the function f (z) = z
z* where z* denotes the complex conjugate of 2 2
(A) 4xy  2x  2 y  constant
z. The f (z) maps S to which one of the 2
following in the complex plane (B) 4 y  4 xy  constant
2 2
(C) 2 x  2 y  xy  constant
(A) Unit circle
2 2
(D) 4xy  2 y  2 x  constant
(B) Horizontal axis line segment from origin
to (1, 0) AB T4.2 [GATE-ME-2019-IITM]
44. An analytic function f ( z ) of complex
(C) The point (1, 0)
variable z  x  iy may be written as
(D) The entire horizontal axis f ( z )  u ( x, y )  iv( x, y ) . Then u ( x , y ) and
B [GATE-IN-1997-IITM] v( x, y ) must satisfy
40. The complex number z  x  jy which satisfy u v u v
(A)  and 
the equation | z  1 | 1 lie on x y y x
(A) a circle with (1, 0) as the centre and u v u v
(B)  and 
radius 1 x y y x
(B) a circle with (-1, 0) as the centre and u v u v
(C)  and 
radius 1 x y y x
(C) y – axis u v u v
(D)  and 
(D) x – axis x y y x

B [GATE-EC-2006-IITKGP] AB [GATE-CE-2010-IITG]
41. For the function of a complex variable w = l nz 45. If f  x  iy   x 3  3xy 2  i  x, y  , where
(where w = u  jv and z  x  jy ) the u = i   1 and f  x  iy  is an analytic function,
constant lines get mapped i the z – plane as
then   x, y  is
(A) Set of radial straight lines
(A) y3  3x 2 y (B) 3x 2 y  y 3
(B) Set of concentric circles (C) x 4  4x 3 y (D) xy  y2
(C) Set of co focal hyperbolas
AD T4.2 [GATE-CE-2019-IITM]
(D) Set of co focal ellipses 46. Consider two functions : x   ln  and
y   ln  . Which one of the following is the
A [GATE-IN-2002-IISc]
z 1 
42. The bilinear transformation w = correct expression for ?
z 1 x
x ln  x ln 
(A) Maps the inside of the unit circle in the z (A) (B)
– plane to the left half of the w - plane ln  ln   1 ln  ln   1

(B) Maps the outside the unit circle in the z – ln  ln 

(C) (D)
plane to the left half of the w – plane ln  ln   1 ln  ln   1
(C) maps the inside of the unit circle in the z
AA [GATE-CE-2005-IITB]
– plane to right half of the w – plane
47. The function
(D) maps the outside of the unit circle in the z 1 y
– plane to the right half of the w – plane w  u  iv  log  x 2  y2   tan 1  
2 x
**********
is not analytic at the point.

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(A)  0,0 (B)  0,1 A0.0 [GATE-EC-2016-IISc]
53. Consider the complex valued function
(C) 1,0  (D)  2,   f ( z )  2 z  b | z |3 where z is a complex
3

variable. The value of b for which the function

AC [GATE-ME-2014-IITKGP] f(z) is analytic is ________
48. An analytic function of a complex variable
z  x  iy is expressed as AB [GATE-EE-2016-IISc]
f  z   u  x, y   iv  x, y  where i   1 if 54. Consider the function f ( z )  z  z * where z is
a complex variable and z* denotes its complex
u  x, y   2xy , then v  x, y  must be :
conjugate. Which one of the following is
(A) x 2  y 2  constant TRUE?
(B) x 2  y 2  constant (A) f(z) is both continuous and analytic
(B) f(z) is continuous but not analytic
(C)  x 2  y2  constant
(C) f(z) is not continuous but is analytic
(D)  x 2  y2  constant (D) f(z) is neither continuous nor analytic
AC [GATE-ME-2014-IITKGP] B [GATE-EC-2014-IITKGP]
49. An analytic function of complex variable 55. The real part of an analytic function f (z)
z  x  iy is expressed as where z = x + jy is given by e-y cos (x). The
f ( z )  u ( x , y )  j v ( x , y ) where i   1 . If imaginary part of f (z) is
2 2
u  x, y   x  y , then expressed for v  x, y  (A) e y cos  x  (B) e  y sin  x 
in terms of x, y and a general constant c would (C)  e y sin  x  (D)  e  y sin  x 
be :
x 2  y2 AB [GATE-MA-2017-IITR]
(A) xy + c (B) c 56. Let f  z    x  y 2   i2xy and
2
2
2 g  z   2xy  i  y 2  x 2  for z  x  iy  .
(C) 2xy + c (D)
 x  y c Then, in the complex plane
2
(A) f is analytic and g is not analytic
AA [GATE-ME-2016-IISc] (B) f is not analytic and g is analytic
50. f  z   u  x, y   iv  x, y 
is an analytic (C) neither f nor g is analytic
function of complex variable z  x  iy where (D) both f and g is analytic
i 1. If u  x, y   2xy , then v  x, y  may
AB [GATE-ME-2017-IITR]
be expressed as 57. If f ( z )  ( x  a y )  i b x y is a complex
2 2

2 2
(A) x  y  constant analytic function of z  x  iy , where
i   1 , then
2 2
(B) x  y  constant (A) a = –1, b = –1 (B) a = –1, b = 2
2 2
(C) a = 1, b = 2 (D) a = 2, b = 2
(C) x  y  constant
AB [GATE-ME-2018-IITG]
(D)   x 2  y 2   constant 58. F ( z ) is a function of the complex variable
z  x  iy given by
A–1.1 - -0.9 [GATE-ME-2016-IISc]
F ( z )  iz  k Re( z )  i Im( z ) .
51. A function f of the complex variable x = x +
iy, is given as f  x, y   u  x, y   iv  x, y  , For what value of k will F ( z ) satisfy the
2 2 Cauchy-Riemann equations?
where u  x, y  2kxy and v  x, y   x  y .
The value of k, for which the function is (A) 0 (B) 1
analytic, is______ (C) –1 (D) y
AA [GATE-PH-2016-IISc] AB [GATE-IN-2018-IITG]
52. Which of the following is an analytic function 59. Let f1 ( z )  z 2 and f 2 ( z )  z be two complex
of z everywhere in the complex plane? variable functions. Here z is the complex
* 2
(A) z 2 (B) z  conjugate of z. Choose the correct answer.
(A) Both f1 ( z ) and f 2 ( z ) are analytic
2
(C) | z | (D) z
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(C) Only f 2 ( z ) is analytic Cauchy’s Integral & Residue
(D) Both f1 ( z ) and f 2 ( z ) are not analytic Cauchy Integral
T2.2 AD [GATE-PI-2016-IISc] T3.1 A81.60 to 81.80 [GATE-PH-2018-IITG]
z2 1 66. The absolute value of the integral
60. The function f  z   2 is singular at
z 4 5 z3  3z 2
 z 2  4 dz ,
(A) z  2 (B) z  1
over the circle | z  1.5 |  1 in complex plane,
(C) z  i (D) z   2i
is ______ (up to two decimal places).
AC T4.2 [GATE-XE-2019-IITM]
2 AB [GATE-ME-2016-IISc]
61. Let f ( z )  ze| z| , where z is the complex 3z  5
conjugate of z. Then, it is differentiable on 67. The value of   z  1 z  2 dz

along a

(A) | z |  1
closed path  is equal to  4i  , where z = x
(B) | z |  1 +iy and i   1 . The cor12rect path  is

(C) | z |  1

(D) the entire complex plane

D [GATE-CE-2009-IITR] (A)
62. The analytical function has singularities at,
z 1
where f(z) =
z2  1
(A) 1 and -1 (B) 1 and i
(C) 1 and – i (D) i and – i
AB T4.2 [GATE-EE-2019-IITM]
63. Which one of the following functions is
analytic in the region | z |  1 ? (B)
z2  1 z2  1
(A) (B)
z z2

z2 1 z2 1
(C) (D)
z  0.5 z  j 0.5

AD T4.2 [GATE-EC-2019-IITM] (C)

64. Which one of the following functions is
analytic over the entire complex plane?
(A) e1/ z (B) ln(z)
1
(C) (D) cos(z)
1 z
T2.3 AB [GATE-CE-2007-IITK]
(D)
sin z
65. For the function of a complex variable
z3
z, the point z = 0 is:
(A) A pole of order 3
A–0.0001 to 0.0001 T4.2 [GATE-EC-2019-IITM]
(B) A pole of order 2 68. The value of the contour integral
2
(C) A pole of order 1 1  1
  z   dz evaluated over the unit
(D) Not a singularity 2j  z
circle | z | 1 is _____.
**********

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A0.039-0.043 [GATE-MA-2016-IISc] A–1 [GATE-IN-2016-IISc]
69. Let    z  :| z | 2 be oriented in the 1 z2 1
2j C z2 1
74. The value of the integral dz where
counter-clockwise direction. Let
1 1 z is a complex number and C is a unit circle
I  z7  2  dz with center at 1  0 j in the complex plane is
2i   z 
_____.
Then, the value of I is equal to________
AB [GATE-EE-2016-IISc]
AB [GATE-EE-2017-IITR] 75. The value of the integral
Consider the line integral I  ( x  jy )dz 2 2 2z  5
70.  C  1  2 dz
 
c z  z  4 z  5

where z  x  iy . the line c is shown in the  2
figure below. over the contour |z| = 1, taken in the anti-
clockwise direction, would be
24  i 48  i
(A) (B)
13 13
24 12
(C) (D)
13 13
C [GATE-EC-2014-IITKGP]
76. C is a closd path in the z-plane given by |z| =3.
The value of the integral z2  z  4 j
The value of I is :  d z is
C z2j
1 2 (A) 4(1  j 2) (B) 4(3  j 2)
(A) i (B) i
2 3 (C)  4(3  j 2) (D) 4(1  j 2)
3 4 A [GATE-EC-2006-IITKGP]
(C) i (D) i
4 5 77. Using Cauchy’s integral theorem, the value of
the integral (integration being taken in contour
A–136 - –132 [GATE-EC-2016-IISc] clock wise direction)
71. In the following integral, the contour C
z3  6
encloses the points 2  j and 2j  dz is where C is |z| = 1
C
3z  i
1 sin z
  dz
2 C
( z  2 j ) 3 2π π
(A)  4 πi (B)  6πi
81 8
The value of the integral is ________ 4π
(C)  6 πi (D) 1
AA T4.1 [GATE-EE-2019-IITM] 81
72. The closed loop line integral
B [GATE-EC-2007-IITK]
z  z 8
3 2

 z 2
dz evaluated counter- 78. The value of

1
dz where C is the
| z | 5
C
(1  z 2 )
clockwise, is : contour | z  i / 2 |  1
(A) 8 j (B) 8 j (A) 2 π i (B) 
(C) 4 j (D) 4 j (C) tan  1 ( z ) (D) π i tan  1 z

AB [GATE-EC-2016-IISc] A [GATE-EC-2007-IITK]
z
1 e 79. If the semi – circulator contour D of radius 2 is
73. The values of the integral  dz along as shown in the figure. Then the value of the
2j c z  2
integral 1 ds is :
a closed contour c in anti-clockwise direction s
D
2
1
for
(i) the point z0 = 2 inside the contour c, and
(ii) the point z0 = 2 outside the contour c,
respectively, are
(A) (i) 2.72, (ii) 0 (B) (i) 7.39, (ii) 0
(C) (i) 0, (ii) 2.72 (D) (i) 0, (ii) 7.39

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(A) iπ (B) i π 1
(A) 0 (B)
(C) π (D) π 10
4
C [GATE-IN-2011-IITM] (C) (D) 1
1 5
80. The contour integral e z dz with C as the

C AD [GATE-EC-2009-IITR]
counter clock – wise unit circle in the z – 1  f  z
plane is equal to 86. If f  z   c0  c1z 1 , then  dz is
unit
z
(A) 0 (B) 2 π circle

(C) 2 π 1 (D)  given by

(A) 2 c1 (B) 2  1  c 0 
AD [GATE-EC-2015-IITK]
81. Let Z = x + iy be a complex variable consider (C) 2  jc 1 (D) 2  j 1  c 0 
continuous integration is performed along the
unit circle in anti clockwise direction. Which AC [GATE-EE-2014-IITKGP]
one of the following statements is NOT 87. Integration of the complex function
TRUE? z2
f z   , in the counterclockwise
z 1 z2  1
(A) The residue of 2 at z = 1 is direction along is :
z 1 2 z 1 1
2
(B)  z dz  0 (A) i (B) 0
C

1 1 (C) i (D) 2  i
(C)  C z dz  1
2 i AA [GATE-EC-2013-IITB]
2
(D) z (complex conjugate of z) is an z 4
88. z dz evaluated anticlockwise around
analytical function 2
4
the circle z  i  2 , where i   1 is
AB [GATE-IN-2015-IITK]
1 (A) 4 (B) 0
82. The value of  2 dz , where the contour is
z (C) 2   (D) 2 + 2i
the unit circle traversed clockwise, is :
AA [GATE-ME-2008-IISc]
(A)  2  i (B) 0
89. The integral  f  z  dz evaluated along the
(C) 2i (D) 4i
unit circle on the complex plane for
AB [GATE-EC-2015-IITK] cos z
f z   is:
83. If C is a circle of radius r with centre z0, in the z
complex z-plane and if n is a non-zero integer, (A) 2i (B) 4i
then dz equals
 C (z  z 0 ) n 1 (C)  2  i (D) 0

(A) 2  n j (B) 0 AC [GATE-CE-2008-IISc]

90. The value of the integral co s 2 z 
nj   2 z  1  z  3 
(C) (D) 2  n C

2 (where C is a closed curve given by z 1 ) is:

AC [GATE-EC-2012-IITD] i
(A) i (B)
1 2 5
84. Given f  z    . If C is a
z 1 z  3 2i
counterclockwise path in the z-plane such that (C) (D) i
1 5
z  1  1 , the value of  f  z  dz is
2 j C AC [GATE-CE-2006-IITKGP]
91. The value of the integral of the complex
(A) -2 (B) -1
function f (s )  3s  4 . Along the path
(C) 1 (D) 2  s  1  s  2 
AA [GATE-EC-2011-IITM] | s | 3 is :
85. The value of integral 3z  4 (A) 2j (B) 4j
d z where
 z
C
2
 4z  5
(C) 6j (D) 8j
C is the circle z 1 is given by

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D [GATE-EC-2010-IITG] (A) 2/5 (B) 1/2
92. The contour C in the adjoining figure is
(C) 2 (D) 4/5
described by x 2  y 2  16. Then the value of
AB [GATE-EE-2018-IITG]
z2  8
98. If C is a circle | z | 4 and
 (0.5) z  (1.5) j
dz
C z2
f ( z)  , then  f ( z ) dz is
(A) 2 π j (B) 2 π j ( z 2  3z  2)2 C

(C) 4 π j (D) 4 π j (A) 1 (B) 0

AB [GATE-PI-2011-IITM] (C) –1 (D) –2

z AA [GATE-EE-2018-IITG]
93. The value of  4 dz using Cauchy’s
z 1 z 1
99. The value of the integral  2 dz in
integral around the circle , | z  1 | 1 where z C z 4

= x + iy, is counter clockwise direction around a circle C

i of radius 1 with center at the point z  2 is
(A) 2i (B)
2 i
(A) (B) 2i
2
 3 i
(C) (D) 2i i
2 (C)  (D) 2i
2
AD [GATE-EC-2017-IITR]
94. An integral I over a counter-clockwise circle C A6 [GATE-MA-2018-IITG]
is given by 3 z2
100. Let f ( z )  z e for z  and let  be the
z2 1 z circle z  ei , where  varies from 0 to 4 .
I  e dz
C
z2 1 Then
If C is defined as |z| = 3, thten the value of I is 1 f '( z )
 dz = _______.
2 i  f (z)
(A) i sin(1) (B) 2i sin(1)
(C) 3i sin(1) (D) 4i sin(1) AC [GATE-MA-2018-IITG]
101. Let  be the circle given by z  4ei , where
AC [GATE-EE-2017-IITR]  varies from 0 to 2 . Then
95. The value of the contour integral in the ez
complex-plane   z 2  2 z dz 
z3  2z  3
 dz (A) 2 i ( e 2  1)
z2
along the contour |z| = 3, taken counter- (B) i (1  e 2 )
clockwise is
(C) i (e 2  1)
(A) 18i (B) 0
(D) 2 i (1  e 2 )
(C) 14i (D) 48i
A3 [GATE-MA-2017-IITR] Residue
96. Let C be the simple, positively oriented circle T3.2 A1.0 [GATE-EC-2016-IISc]
of radius 2 cantered at the origin in the
sin( z )
complex plane. Then 102. For f ( z )  , the residue of the pole at z
z2
2  1/ z z 1  = 0 is __________
 
i C 
 ze tan    dz
 2   z  1 z  3  
AC [GATE-EC-2010-IITG]
equals____________. 103. The residues of a complex function
1  2z at its poles are
AA [GATE-ME-2018-IITG] X z  
z  z  1  z  2 
97. Let z be a complex variable. For a counter-
clockwise integration around a unit circle C , 1 1 1 1
(A) ,  and 1 (B) , and -1
centred at origin, 2 2 2 2
1
 C 5 z  4 dz  Ai , (C)
1
,1 and
3
(D)
1
,  1 and
3
2 2 2 2
the value of A is

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AD [GATE-EC-2006-IITKGP]
104. The value of the contour integral
1
 2
d z in positive sense is
z j 2 z 4
j 
(A) (B)
2 2
 j 
(C) (D)
2 2
AD [GATE-EC-2008-IISc]
105. Given z with z  a , the
X z  
 z  a 2
residue of X  z  z n 1 at z = a for n  0 will
be
(A) a n 1 (B) a n
(C) na n (D) na n 1
AB [GATE-ME-2014-IITKGP]
3i
106. If z is a complex variable, the vector of dz

5 z
is:
(A) – 0.511 – 1.57i
(B) – 0.511 + 1.57i
(C) 0.511 – 1.57i
(D) 0.511 + 1.57i
AB [GATE-EC-2017-IITR]
107. The residues of a function
1
f ( z) 
( z  4)( z  1) 3
are
1 1 1 1
(A) and (B) and
27 125 125 125
1 1 1 1
(C) and (D) and
27 5 125 5
A [GATE-EC-2008-IISc]
108. The residue of the function f(z) =
1 at z = 2 is :
( z  2) ( z  2)2
2

(A)  1 (B)  1
32 16

(C) 1 (D) 1
16 32

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Answer :

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
D D A B 10 C D D B C

11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
A C A B D A C D D D

21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
A B A D B D B B D B

31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
D B C A D B A * C B
41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
B A A B B D A C C A

51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60.
* A 0.0 B B B B B B D

61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70.
C D B D B * B * * B

71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80.
* A B –1 B C A B A C

81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90.
D B B C A D C A A C
91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100.
C D B D C 3 A B A 6

101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108.

C 1.0 C D D B B A

38. 5.9 to 6.1

51. –1.1 to –0.9
66. 81.60 to 81.80
68. –0.0001 to 0.0001
69. 0.039 to 0.043
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(A) Independence of P and Q implies that
Probability Problems
probability  P  Q   0
Combined Problems
(B) Probability  P  Q   probability (P) +
T1.1 AC [GATE-EC-2015-IITK]
1. Suppose A & B are two independent events probability (Q)
with probabilities P(A)  0 and P(B)  0. (C) If P and Q are mutually exclusive then
Let A & B be their complements Which of they must be independent
the following statement is FALSE?
(D) Probability  P  Q   probability (P)
(A) P(A  B)  P(A)P(B)
AC [GATE-CS-1999-IITB]
(B) P(A / B)  P(A)
6. Consider two events E1 and E 2 such that
(C) P(A  B)  P(A)  P(B) 1
probability of E1 , P( E1 ) = probability of
2
(D) P(A  B)  P(A)  P(B)
1
E 2 , P( E 2 ) = and probability of E1 and
A0.75 T5.2 [GATE-BT-2019-IITM] 3
2. In pea plants, purple colour of flowers is 1
determined by the dominant allele while E 2 ,P ( E1 and E 2 ) = . Which of the
5
white colour is determined by the recessive following statements is/are true?
allele. A genetic cross between two purple
flower-bearing plants results in an offspring 2
(A) P  E1 or E 2  is
with white flowers. The probability that the 3
third offspring from these parents will have
purple flowers is _____ (rounded off to 2 (B) Events E1 and E 2 are independent.
decimal places). (C) Events E1 and E 2 are not independent
AC [GATE-ME-2015-IITK]
 E1  4
3. If P(X) = 1/4, P(Y) = 1/3, and (D)  
P(X Y)=1/12, the value of P(Y/X) is :  E2  5
1 4 AA [GATE-EC-1988-IITKGP]
(A) (B)
4 25 7. Events A and B are mutually exclusive and
have nonzero probability. Which of the
1 29 following statement(s) are true?
(C) (D)
3 50
(A) P  A  B   P  A   P  B 
AA [GATE-CE-2016-IISc]
4. X and Y are two random independent events. C
 
(B) P B  P  A
It is known that P(X)=0.40 and
P  X  Y C   0.7 . Which one of the (C) P  A  B   P  A  P  B 

following is the value of P  X  Y  ? C

 
(D) P B  P  A
(A) 0.7 (B) 0.5
D [GATE-CS-2000-IITKGP]
(C) 0.4 (D) 0.3 8. E1 and E2 are events in a probability space
satisfying the following constraints
D [GATE-EE-2005-IITB]
P(E1)  P(E2 ); P(E1 Y E2 ) 1 : E1 & E2 are
5. If P and Q are two random events, then the
following is true independent then P(E1) 

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1 {1,2,….,13}. The probability (rounded off to
(A) 0 (B) 3 decimal places) that their 4-bit (unsigned)
4
binary representations have the same most
1 significant bit is _______.
(C) (D) 1
2 A0.135-0.150 [GATE-MT-2016-IISc]
D [GATE--2003-IITM] 15. A coin is tossed three times.
9. Let P(E) denote the probability of an event It is known that out of three
1 tosses, one is a HEAD. The
E. Given P(A) = 1, P(B) = the values of probability of the other two
2 tosses also being HEADs is :
P(A/B) and P(B/A) respectively are
AC [GATE-EC-2012-IITD]
1 1 1 1
(A) , (B) , 16. A fair coin is tossed till a head appears for a
4 2 2 4 first time. The probability that a number of
1 required tosses is odd, is :
1
(C) ,1 (D) 1,
2 2 1 1
(A) (B)
A0.06 [GATE-EE-2016-IISc] 3 2
10. Candidates were asked to come to an 2 3
interview with 3 pens each. Black, blue, (C) (D)
3 4
green and red were the permitted pen colours
that the candidate could bring. The D [GATE-CE-1995-IITK]
probability that a candidate comes with all 3 17. The probability that a number selected at
pens having the same colour is _____. random between 100 and 999 (both
inclusive) will not contain the digit 7 is
AD [GATE-EE-2015-IITK]
11. Two players, A and B, alternately keep 16  9 
3

rolling a fair dice. The person to get a six (A) (B)  

25  10 
first wins the game. Given that player A
starts the game, the probability that A wins 27 18
the game is (C) (D)
75 25
(A) 5/11
AA [GATE-IN-2006-IITKGP]
(B) 1/2 18. Two dices are rolled
(C) 7/13 simultaneously. The probability
that the sum of digits on
(D) 6/11 the top surface of the two
A0.66-0.67 [GATE-MN-2016-IISc] dices are even, is:
12. Two persons P and Q toss an unbiased coin (A) 0.5 (B) 0.25
alternately on an understanding that whoever
gets the head frist wins. If P starts the game, (C) 0.167 (D) 0.125
then the probability of P winning the game is
_______ A10 [GATE-CS-2014-IITKGP]
19. Four fair six sided dice are rolled. The
AA T5.1 [GATE-AG-2019-IITM] probability that sum of the results being 22 is
13. The relay race there are five teams A, B, C, X/1296. The value of X is............
D and E. Assuming that each team has an
equal chance of securing any position (first, A0.18-0.19 [GATE-AG-2016-IISc]
second, third, fourth or fifth) in the race, the 20. The maximum one day rainfall depth at 20
probability that A, B and C finish first, year return period of a city is 150 mm. The
second and third, respectively is probability of one day rainfall equal to or
greater than 150 mm in the same city
1 1 occurring twice in 20 successive years
(A) (B)
60 20 is________ .
1 3 B [GATE--1998-IITD]
(C) (D)
10 10 21. The probability that two friends share the
same birth-month is
A0.502 to 0.504 T5.1 [GATE-CS-2019-IITM]
14. Two numbers are chosen independently and (A) 1/6 (B) 1/12
uniformly at random from the set (C) 1/144 (D) 1/24

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AA [GATE-CS-2011-IITM] (A) 1/8 (B) 3/8
22. If two fair coins are flipped and at least one (C) 1/2 (D) 7/8
of the outcomes is known to be a head, what
is the probability that both outcomes are A0.13 TO 0.15 [GATE-EE-2014-IITKGP]
heads? 28. Consider a dice with the property that
probability of a face with n dots showing up
1 1 is proportional to n. The probability of the
(A) (B)
3 4 face with three dots showing up is
_________.
1 2
(C) (D) AC [GATE-CE-2010-IITG]
2 3
29. Two coins are simultaneously tossed. The
B [GATE--2001-IITK] probability of two heads simultaneously
23. Seven car accidents occurred in a week, appearing is :
what is the probability that they all occurred 1 1
on same day? (A) (B)
8 6
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
77 76 4 2
1 7 AB [GATE-ME-2014-IITKGP]
(C) (D)
27 27 30. You are given three coins : one has heads on
both faces, the second has tails on both faces
A
and the third has a head on one face and a
24. probability that it will rain today is 0.5, the
tail on the other. You choose a coin at
probability that it will rain tomorrow is 0.6.
random and toss it, and it comes up heads.
The probability that it will rain either today
The probability that the other face is tails is :
or tomorrow is 0.5. What is the probability
that it will rain today and tomorrow? 1 1
(A) (B)
(A) 0.3 (B) 0.25 4 3
(C) 0.35 (D) 0.4 1 2
(C) (D)
2 3
D [GATE-EC-2005-IITB]
25. A fair dice is rolled twice. The probability AD [GATE-ME-2013-IITB]
that an odd number will follow an even 31. Out of all the 2-digit integers between 1 and
number is : 100, a 2-digit number has to be selected
random. What is the probability that the
1 1 selected number is not divisible by 7?
(A) (B)
2 6
13 12
1 1 (A) (B)
(C) (D) 90 90
3 4 78 77
(C) (D)
AA [GATE-IN-2013-IITB] 90 90
26. What is the chance that a leap year, selected
at random, will contain 53 Sundays? AD [GATE-ME-2011-IITM]
32. An unbiased coin is tossed five times. The
2 outcome of each toss is either a head or a
(A) tail. The probability of getting at least one
7
head is :
3
(B) 1 13
7 (A) (B)
32 32
2
(C) 16 31
3 (C) (D)
32 32
3
(D) AB [GATE-CE-2014-IITKGP]
4 33. A fair (unbiased) coin was tossed four times
D [GATE-IN-2009-IITR] in succession and resulted in the following
27. If three coins are tossed simultaneously, the outcomes. (i) Head,(ii) Head, (iii) Head, (iv)
probability of getting at least one head is Head. The probability of obtaining a ‘Tail’
when the coin is tossed again is :

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1 AD [GATE-PI-2005-IITB]
(A) 0 (B) 38. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. The
2
probability that the sum of numbers on both
4 1 exceeds 8 is :
(C) (D)
5 5 4 7
(A) (B)
AD [GATE-CE-2013-IITB] 36 36
34. A 1 hour rainfall of 1cm has return period of 9 10
(B) (D)
50 year. The probability that 1 hour of 36 36
rainfall 10 cm or more will occur in each of
two successive years is : A0.26 [GATE-CS-2014-IITKGP]
39. The probability that a given positive integer
(A) 0.04 (B) 0.2 lying between 1 and 100 (both inclusive) is
(C) 0.02 (C) 0.0004 NOT divisible by 2, 3 and 5 is _________

AA [GATE-CE-2008-IISc] AB [GATE-CS-2012-IITD]
35. A person on a trip has a choice between 40. Suppose a fair six-sided dice is rolled once.
private car and public transport. The If the value on the dice is 1, 2 or 3, the dice
probability of using a private car is 0.45. is rolled a second time. What is the
While using a public transport, further probability that the sum total of values that
choices available are bus and metro, out of turn up is at least 6?
which the probability of commuting by a bus 10 5
is 0.55. In such a situation, the probability (A) (B)
21 12
(rounded upto two decimals) of using a car,
bus and metro, respectively would be 2 1
(C) (D)
(A) 0.45, 0.30 and 0.25 3 6
(B) 0.45, 0.25 and 0.30 AA [GATE-CS-2010-IITG]
(C) 0.45, 0.55 and 0.00 41. What is the probability that a divisor of
1099 is a multiple of 1096
(D) 0.45, 0.35 and 0.20
1 4
AC [GATE-CE-2004-IITD] (A) (B)
625 625
36. A hydraulic structure has four gates which
operate independently. The probability of 12 16
(C) (D)
failure of each gate is 0.2. Given that gate 1 625 625
has failed, the probability that both gates 2
AB [GATE-CS-2009-IITR]
and 3 fail is :
42. An unbiased dice (with 6 faces, numbered
(A) 0.240 (B) 0.200 from 1 to 6) is thrown. The probability that
(C) 0.040 (D) 0.008 the face value is odd is 90% of the
probability that the face value of even. The
A0.890 TO 0.899 [GATE-IN-2014-IITKGP] probability of getting any even numbered is
37. The figure shows the schematic of a the same.
production process with machines A, B and If the probability that the face is even given
C. An input job needs to be pre-processed that it is greater than 3 is 0.75, which of the
either by A or by B before it is fed to C, following options is closest to the
from which the final finished product comes probability that the face value exceeds 3?
out. The probabilities of failure of the (A) 0.453 (B) 0.468
machines are given as:
(C) 0.485 (D) 0.492
P  A   0.15,P  B   0.05, P  C   0.01
AC [GATE-CS-2008-IISc]
43. Aishwarya studies either computer science
or mathematics everyday. If she studies
computer science on a day, then the
probability that she studies mathematics next
day is 0.6. If she studies mathematics on a
day, then the probability that she studies
Assuming independence of failures of the computer science next day is 0.4. Given that
machines, the probability that a given job is Aishwarya studies computer science on
successfully processed (up to third decimal Monday, what is the probability that she
place) is ___________. studies computer science on Wednesday?

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(A) 0.24 (B) 0.36 A0.083 [GATE-CH-2013-IITB]
49. For two rolls of a fair dice, the probability of
(C) 0.4 (D) 0.6
getting a 4 in the first roll and a number less
AC [GATE-IN-2006-IITKGP] than 4 in the second roll, upto 3 digits after
44. You have gone to a cyber-cafe. You found the decimal point, is___________
that the cyber-café has only three terminals.
A191 TO 199 [GATE-BT-2014-IITKGP]
All terminals are unoccupied. You and your
50. If an unbiased coin is tossed
friend have to make a random choice of
10 times, the probability that
selecting a terminal? What is the probability
all outcomes are same will be
that both of you will not select the same
terminal ? __________ 105 .

1 1 A0.075 - 0.085 [GATE-BT-2013-IITB]

(A) (B) 51. One percent of cars manufactured by a
9 3
company are defective. What is the
2 probability (upto four decimals) that more
(C) (D) 1 than two cars are defective, if 100 cars are
3
produced?
A0.93 [GATE-CS-1994-IITKGP]
45. Let A, B and C be independent 0.65to0.68 [GATE-EC-2014-IITKGP]
events which occur with 52. In a housing society half of the families have
probabilities 0.8, 0.5 and 0.3 a single child per family while the remaining
respectively. The probability half have two children per family the
of occurrence of at least one of probability that a child picked at random has
the event is ____________. a sibling is -----

[GATE-CS-1994-IITKGP] AC [GATE-EC-2014-IITKGP]
46. The probability of an event B is P1 . The 53. An unbiased coin is tossed an infinite
number of times. The probability that the
probability that events A and B occur
fourth head appears at the tenth loss is
together is P2 , while the probability that A
(A) 0.067
and B occur together is P3 . The probability
of the event A in terms of P1 , P2 and P3 is (B) 0.073
____________. (C) 0.082
P3 (D) 0.091
ANS : P(A) 
1  P1 0.43to0.45 [GATE-EC-2014-IITKGP]
54. Parcels from sender S to receiver R pass
AC [GATE-IT-2007-IITK] sequentially through two post offices. Each
47. Suppose there are two coins. The first coin
1
5 post office has a probability of losing an
gives the heads with probability when 5
8
tossed, while the second coin gives the heads incoming parcel, independently of all other
parcels. Given that a parcel is lost the
1
with probability . One of the two coins is probability that it was lost by the second post
4 office is -----------.
picked up at random with equal probability
and tossed. What is the probability of A [GATE-CS-2004-IITD]
obtaining heads? 55. If a fair coin is tossed 4 times, what is the
probability that two heads and two tails will
7 1 result?
(A) (B)
8 2
3 1
7 5 (A) (B)
(C) (D) 8 2
16 32
5 3
A7 [GATE-CH-2014-IITKGP] (C) (D)
8 4
48. In rolling of two fair dice, the outcome of an
experiment is considered to be the sum of C [GATE-IT-2004-IITD]
the numbers appearing on the dice. The 56. In a class of 200 students, 125 students have
probability is the highest for the outcome taken programming language course, 85
of___________ students have taken data structures course,
65 students have taken computer

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organization course, 50 students have taken 3 6
both programming languages and data (A) (B)
23 23
structures, 35 students Have taken both
programming languages and computer 3 3
organization, 30 students have taken both (C) (D)
10 5
data structures and computer organization,
15 students have taken all the three courses. AB [GATTE-ME-2015-IITK]
How many students have not taken any of 62. The chance of a student passing an exam is
the three courses? 20% The chance of a student passing the
(A) 15 (B) 20 exam and getting above 90 % marks in it is
(C) 25 (D) 35 5%. Given that a student passes the
examination, the probability that the student
C [GATE-EC-2007-IITK] gets above 90 % marks is :
57. An examination consists of two papers,
paper 1 and paper 2. The probability of 1 1
(A) (B)
failing in probability of failing in paper 1 is 18 4
0.3 and that in paper 2 is 0.2.Given that
student has failed in paper 2, probability of 2 5
(C) (D)
failing in paper 1 is 0.6. The probability of a 9 18
student failing in both the papers is :
A0.07-0.08 [GATE-EC-2016-IISc]
(A) 0.5 (B) 0.18 63. The probability of getting a “head” in a
(C) 0.12 (D) 0.06 single toss of a biased coin is 0.3. The coin is
tossed repeatedly till a “head” is obtained. If
D [GATE-EC-2010-IITG]
the tosses are independent, then the
58. A fair coin is tossed independently four
probability of getting “head” for the first
times. The probability of the event “The
time in the fifth toss is ______.
number of times heads show up is more than
the number of times tails show up” is : A0.027 [GATE-EC-2017-IITR]
(A) 1/16 (B) 1/8 64. Three fair cubical dice are thrown
simulataneously. The probability that all
(C) 1/4 (D) 5/16 three dice have the same number of dots on
the faces showing up is (up to third decimal
D [GATE-ME-2011-IITM]
place)_______.
59. An unbiased coin is tossed five times. The
outcome of each loss is either a head or a A0.37-0.38 [GATE-AG-2017-IITR]
tail. 65. The probability of getting two heads and two
Probability of getting at least one head is tails from four tosses of the same coin is
_______ . _______ .

1 13 AC [GATE-AG-2017-IITR]
(A) (B) 66. A couple has 2 children.
32 32
The probability that both
16 31 children are boys if the
(C) (D) older one is a boy is
32 32
(A) 1/4 (B) 1/3
AD [GATE-ME-2005-IITB]
(C) 1/2 (D) 1
60. A single dice is thrown twice. What is the
probability that the sum is neither 8 nor 9? A90 [GATE-BT-2017-IITR]
67. The angle (in degrees) between the vectors
1 5  
(A)
9
(B)
36 x  iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ and y  2iˆ  ˆj 1.5kˆ is
__________.
1 3
(C) (D) A0.5 [GATE-CE-2017-IITR]
4 4
68. A two faced fair coin has its faces designed
B [GATE-IT-2004-IITD] as head (H) and tail (T). This coin is tossed
61. In a population of N families, 50% of the three times in succession to record the
families have three children, 30% of families following outcomes: H, H, H. If the coin is
have two children and the remaining tossed one more time, the probability (up to
families have one child. What is the one decimal place) of obtaining H again,
probability that a randomly picked child given the previous realizations of H, H and
belongs to a family with two children? H, would be __________.

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AD [GATE-PH-2017-IITR] A0.59 to 03.61 T5.1 [GATE-MT-2019-IITM]
69. There are 3 red socks, 4 green socks and 3 75. The probability of solving a problem by
blue socks. You choose 2 socks. The Student A is (1/3), and the probability of
probability that they are of the same colour solving the same problem by Student B is
is : (2/5). The probability (rounded off to two
decimal places) that at least one of the
(A) 1/5 (B) 7/30
students solves the problem is _________.
(C) 1/4 (D) 4/15
A0.24 to 0.26 T5.1 [GATE-CH-2019-IITM]
A0.75 [GATE-ME-2017-IITR] 76. Two unbiased dice are thrown. Each dice
70. Two coins are tossed simultaneously. The can show any number between 1 and 6. The
probabilty (upto two decimal points probability that the sum of the outcomes of
accuracy) of getting at least one head is the two dice is divisible by 4 is _______
_____. (rounded off to two decimal places).
AC [GATE-TF-2018-IITG] Problems on Combination
71. If A and B are two independent events such
1 2 AA [GATE-ME-2014-IITKGP]
that P ( A)  and P ( B )  , then
4 3 77. A box contains 25 parts of which 10 are
P( A  B) is equal to defective. Two parts are being drawn
simultaneously random manner from the
11 1 box. The probability of both the parts being
(A) (B)
12 12 good is
3 5 7 42
(C) (D) (A) (B)
4 6 20 125
A0.49 to 0.51 [GATE-PI-2018-IITG] 25 5
(C) (D)
72. The probabilities of occurrence of events F 29 9
and G are P(F) = 0.3 and P(G) = 0.4,
respectively. The probability that both events A0.244 to 0.246 T5.2 [GATE-AG-2019-IITM]
occur simultaneously is P(F  G)  0.2 . The 78. Two cards are drawn at random and without
replacement from a pack of 52 playing cards.
probability of occurrence of at least one
The probability that both the cards are black
event P(F  G) is _______.
(rounded off to three decimal places) is
A0.76 to 0.80 [GATE-PE-2018-IITG] ____.
73. A box contains 100 balls of same size, of A0.19 to 0.35 T5.1 [GATE-EY-2019-IITM]
which, 25 are black and 75 are white. Out of 79. A beaker contains a large number of
25 black balls, 5 have a red dot. A trial spherical nuts of two types, one with radius
consists of randomly picking a ball and 1 cm and the other with 2 cm, in the ratio
putting it back in the same box, i.e., 2:1. A squirrel picks one nut from a random
sampling is done with replacement. Two point in this beaker. Assuming that the
such trials are done. The conditional beaker is well-mixed, the probability of
probability that no black ball with a red dot picking the smaller nut is ___ (round off to 1
is picked given that at least one black ball is decimal place).
picked, is __________. (in fraction rounded-
off to two decimal places) A11.9 [GATE-CS-2014-IITKGP]
80. The security system at an IT office is
A0.49 to 0.51 [GATE-EY-2018-IITG] composed of 10 computers of which exactly
74. A plant produces seeds that can be dispersed four are working. To check whether the
by birds or mammals. The probability that a system is functional, the officials inspect
seed is dispersed by a bird is 0.25, and by a four of the computers picked at
mammal is 0.5. The bird can disperse a seed random(without replacement). The system is
to three patches A, B, or C with a probability deemed functional if at least three of the four
0.5, 0.4 or 0.1, respectively. On the other computers inspected are working. Let the
hand, the mammal disperses a seed to the probability that the system is deemed
same patches A, B, or C, with a probability functional be denoted by P. Then 100p = ......
0.15, 0.8 and 0.05, respectively. The
probability that a given seed is dispersed to AC [GATE-EE-2010-IITG]
patch B is ___ (answer up to 1 decimal 81. A box contains 4 white balls and 3 red balls.
place). In succession, two balls are randomly
selected and removed from the box. Given

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that first removed ball is white, probability the probability that only one of the defective
that the second removed ball is red is : calculators will be included in the
1 3 inspection?
(A) (B) 1 1
3 7 (A) (B)
1 4 2 3
(C) (D) 1 1
2 7 (C) (D)
4 5
AD [GATE-ME-2012-IITD]
82. A box contains 4-red balls and 6-black balls. AA [GATE-CS-2011-IITM]
Three balls are selected randomly from the 87. A deck of 5 cards (each carrying a distinct
box one after another, without replacement. number from 1 to 5) is shuffled thoroughly.
The probability that the selected set contains Two cards are then removed one at a time
one red ball and two black balls is : from the deck. What is the probability that
the two cards are selected with the number
1 1
(A) (B) on the first card being one higher than the
20 12 number on the second card?
3 1 1 4
(C) (D) (A) (B)
10 2 5 25
AD [GATE-ME-2006-IITKGP] 1 2
(C) (D)
83. A box contains 20 defective items and 80 4 5
non-defective items. If two items are
selected at random without replacement, AC [GATE-CS-1995-IITK]
what is the probability that both items are 88. A bag contains 10 white balls and 15 black
defective? balls. Two balls are drawn in succession.
The probability that one of them is black and
1 1 other is white is :
(A) (B)
5 25 2 4
20 19 (A) (B)
(C) (D) 3 5
99 495 1 2
(C) (D)
AD [GATE-ME-2003-IITM] 2 1
84. A box contains 5 black and 5 red balls. Two
A0.8145 [GATE-ME-2014-IITKGP]
balls are randomly picked one after another
89. A batch of hundred bulbs is
from the box, without replacement. The
inspected by testing four
probability for both balls being red is:
randomly chosen bulbs.
1 1 The batch is rejected even
(A) (B) if one of the bulbs is defective.
90 2
A batch typically has 5 defective
19 2 bulbs. The probability that
(C) (D)
90 9 the current batch is accepted
is_____________.
AC [GATE-ME-1997-IITM]
85. A box contains 5 black balls and 3 red balls. AC [GATE-CS-1996-IISc]
A total of three balls are picked from the box 90. The probability that top and bottom cards of
one after another, without replacing them a randomly shuffled deck are both aces in
back. The probability of getting two black 4 4 4 3
balls and one red ball is (A)  (B) 
52 52 52 52
3 2 4 3 4 4
(A) (B) (C)  (C) 
8 15 52 51 52 51
15 1 AB [GATE-IT-2005-IITB]
(C) (D)
28 2 91. A bag contains 10 blue marbles, 20 black
marbles and 30 red marbles. A marble is
AB [GATE-CE-2006-IITKGP] drawn from the bag, its colour recorded and
86. There are 25 calculators in a box. Two of it is put back into the bag. This process is
them are defective. Suppose 5 calculators are repeated three times. The probability that no
randomly picked for inspection(i.e each has two of the marbles drawn have the same
the same change of being selected), what is colour is

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1 1 A0.50-0.55 [GATE-PE-2016-IISc]
(A) (B) 97. A box has a total of ten identical sized balls.
36 6
Seven of these balls are black in colour and
1 1 the rest three are red. Three balls are picked
(C) (D)
4 3 from the box one after another without
replacement.
D [GATE-EE-2004-IITD]
92. From a pack of regular playing cards, two The probability that two of the balls are
cards are drawn at random. What is the black and one is red is equal to ______.
probability that both cards will be kings, if
the card is NOT replaced? A0.39-0.43 [GATE-ME-2016-IISc]
98. The probability that a screw manufactured
(A) 1/26 (B) 1/52 by a company is defective is 0.1. The
(C) 1/169 (D) 1/221 company sells screws in packets containing
C [GATE-EE-2003-IITM] 5 screws and gives a guarantee of
93. A box contains 10 screws, 3 of which are replacement in one or more screws in the
defective. Two screws are drawn at random packet are found to be defective. The
with replacement. The probability that none probability that packet would have to be
of the two screws is defective will be : replaced is _______
(A) 100% (B) 50% AA [GATE-IN-2016-IISc]
(C) 49% (D) None of these 99. An urn contains 5 red and 7 green balls. A
ball is drawn at random and its colour is
C [GATE-ME-2010-IITG] noted. The ball is placed back into the urn
94. A box contains 2 washers, 3 nuts and 4 bolts. along with another ball of the same colour.
Items are drawn from the box at random one The probability of getting a red ball in the
at a time without replacement. The next draw is :
probability of drawing 2 washers first
followed by 3 nuts and subsequently the 4 65 67
(A) (B)
bots is : 156 156
(A) 2/315 (B) 1/630
(C) 1/1260 (D) 1/2520 79 89
(C) (D)
156 156
AA [GATE-PI-2015-IITK]
95. A product is an assemble of 5 different AB [GATE-AG-2017-IITR]
components. The product can be sequentially 100. A box contains three white and four red
assembled in two possible ways. If the 5 balls. Two balls are drawn randomly in
components are placed in a box and these are sequence. If the first draw resulted in a red
drawn at random from the box, then the ball, the probability of getting a second red
probability of getting a correct sequence is : ball in the next draw is :

2 (A) 0.33 (B) 0.50

(A)
5!
(C) 0.67 (D) 0.75
2
(B) A0.59 to 0.61 T5.1 [GATE-PE-2019-IITM]
5 101. A box contains 2 red and 3 black balls.
2 Three balls are randomly chosen from the
(C) box and are placed in a bag. Then the
(5  2)!
probability that there are 1 red and 2 black
2 balls in the bag, is _____.
(D)
(5  3)! AB [GATE-CS-2017-IITR]
102. A test has twenty questions worth 100 marks
AA [GATE-ME-2016-IISc] in total. There are two types of questions.
96. Three cards were drawn from a pack of 52 Multiple choice questions are worth 3 marks
cards. The probability that they are a king, a each and essay questions are worth 11 marks
queen, and a jack is each. How many multiple choice questions
16 64 does the exam have ?
(A) (B)
5525 2197 (A) 12 (B) 15
3 8
(C) (D) (C) 18 (D) 19
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AB [GATE-MT-2018-IITG] AB [GATE-MA-2018-IITG]
103. A classroom of 20 students can be 109. An urn contains four balls, each ball having
categorized on the basis of blood-types: 5 equal probability of being white or black.
students each with “A”, “B”, “AB”, and “O” Three black balls are added to the urn. The
blood-types. If four students are selected at probability that five balls in the urn are black
random from this class, what is the is
probability that each student has a different
(A) 2/7 (B) 3/8
blood-type?
(C) 1/2 (D) 5/7
(A) 0.2500 (B) 0.1289
AB [GATE-CE-2018-IITG]
(C) 0.0625 (D) 0.0156 110. Each of the letters arranged as below
represents a unique integer from 1 to 9. The
A0.0019 to 0.0021 [GATE-EY-2018-IITG] letters are positioned in the figure such that
104. The probability that a bush has a cricket is (A  B  C), (B  G  E) and (D  E  F)
0.1. The probability of a spider being present are equal.
on a bush is 0.2. When both a spider and a
cricket are present on a bush, the probability Which integer among the following choices
of encountering each other is 0.2. The cannot be represented by the letters A, B, C,
probability of a spider consuming a cricket it D, E, F or G?
encounters is 0.5. Assuming that predation A D
only occurs on bushes, the probability that a
cricket is preyed on by a spider is ____ B G E
(answer up to 3 decimal places).
C F
AC [GATE-ME-2018-IITG]
105. A six-faced fair dice is rolled five times. The (A) 4 (B) 5
probability (in %) of obtaining“ONE” at (C) 6 (D) 9
least four times is
AC [GATE-CE-2018-IITG]
(A) 33.3 (B) 3.33 111. Which one of the following matrices is
singular?
(C) 0.33 (D) 0.0033
2 5 3 2
AB [GATE-ME-2018-IITG] (A)   (B) 
1 3 2 3 
106. Four red balls, four green balls and four blue
balls are put in a box. Three balls are pulled 2 4 4 3
out of the box at random one after another (C)  (D) 
without replacement. The probability that all 3 6  6 2 
the three balls are red is
AC [GATE-CE-2018-IITG]
(A) 1/72 (B) 1/55 112. For the given orthogonal matrix Q,

(C) 1/36 (D) 1/27  3/ 7 2/ 7 6/ 7 

Q   6 / 7 3 / 7 2 / 7 
AB [GATE-IN-2018-IITG]
 2 / 7 6 / 7 3 / 7 
107. Consider a sequence of tossing of a fair coin
where the outcomes of tosses are The inverse is :
independent. The probability of getting the
head for the third time in the fifth toss is  3/ 7 2/ 7 6/ 7 

(A)  6 / 7 3 / 7 2 / 7 

5 3
(A) (B)
16 16  2 / 7 6 / 7 3 / 7 
3 9
(C) (D)  3 / 7 2 / 7 6 / 7 
5 16  
(B)  6 / 7 3 / 7 2 / 7 
A0.272 to 0.274 [GATE-MA-2018-IITG]  2 / 7 6 / 7 3 / 7 
108. Let X be the number of heads in 4 tosses of a
fair coin by Person 1 and let Y be the number
 3 / 7 6 / 7 2 / 7 
of heads in 4 tosses of a fair coin by Person  
2. Assume that all the tosses are (C)  2 / 7 3 / 7 6 / 7 
independent. Then the value of P( X  Y )  6 / 7 2 / 7 3 / 7 
correct up to three decimal places is _____.

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 3 / 7 6 / 7 2 / 7  AC [GATE-PI-2016-IISc]
  118. A fair coin is tossed N times. The probability
(D)  2 / 7 3 / 7 6 / 7 
that head does not turn up in any of the
 6 / 7 2 / 7 3 / 7  tosses is
N 1 N 1
AC [GATE-CS-2018-IITG] 1 1
113. A six sided unbiased die with four green (A)   (B) 1   
faces and two red faces is rolled seven times.  2 2
N N
Which of the following combinations is the 1 1
most likely outcome of the experiment? (C)   (D) 1   
 2  2
(A) Three green faces and four red faces.
(B) Four green faces and three red faces. AD [GATE-CS-1996-IISc]
119. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. The
(C) Five green faces and two red faces. probability at least one of them will have 6
(D) Six green faces and one red face. facing up is :

Problems from Binomial (A)

1
(B)
1
36 3
AB [GATE-EE-2014-IITKGP]
114. A fair coin tossed n times. The probability 25 11
(C) (D)
that the difference between the number of 36 36
heads and tails is (n - 3) is
AD [GATE-ME-1997-IITM]
n
(A) 2 (B) 0 120. The probability of a defective piece being
 n 3 produced in a manufacturing process is 0.01.
(C)
n
Cn 3 2 n (D) 2 The probability that out of 5 successive
pieces, only one is defective, is
AA [GATE-TF-2019-IITM]
115. Let X be a binomial random variable with (A)  0.99 4  0.01 
3
mean 1 and variance . The probability that (B)  0.99  0.01  4
4
X takes the value 3 is : (C) 5   0.99  0.01 4
3 3 (D) 5   0.99 4  0.01 
(A) (B)
64 16
AB [GATE-ME-2015-IITK]
27 3 121. The probability of obtaining at least two
(C) (D)
64 4 ‘SIX’ in throwing a fair dice 4 times is
AA [GATE-CS-2007-IITK] (A) 425/432 (B) 19/144
116. There are n stations in a slotted LAN. Each (C) 13/144 (D) 125/432
stations attempts to transmit with a
probability p in each time slot. What is the AD [GATE-CE-2012-IITD]
probability that ONLY one station transmits 122. In an experiment, positive and negative
in a given time slot? values are equally likely to occur. The
probability of obtaining atmost one negative
(A) np 1  p n 1 (B) 1  p n 1 value in five trials is :
(B) p 1  p  n 1 (D) 1  1  p n 1 1 2
(A) (B)
32 32
AA [GATE-CS-2010-IITG] 3 6
117. Consider a company that assembles (C) (D)
32 32
computers. The probability of a faulty
assembly of any computer is p. The 0.27 [GATE-ME-2014-IITKGP]
company therefore subjects each computer to 123. Consider an unbiased cubic dice with
a testing process. This testing process gives opposite faces coloured identically and each
the correct result for any computer with a face coloured red, blue or green such that
probability of q. What is the probability of a each colour appears only two times on the
computer being declared faulty? dice. If the dice is thrown thrice, the
(A) pq + (1 - p)(1 - q) (B) (1 - q)p probability of obtaining red colour on top
face of the dice at least twice is
(C) (1 - p)q (D) pq _____________.

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AB [GATE-EE-2005-IITB] 1 3
124. A fair coin is tossed three times in (A) (B)
6 8
succession. If the first toss produces a head,
then the probability of getting exactly two 1 1
(C) (D)
heads in three tosses is : 8 2
1 1
(A) (B) B [GATE-ME-2005-IITB]
8 2 130. A lot had 10% defective items. Ten items are
3 3 chosen randomly from this lot. The
(C) (D)
8 4 probability that exactly 2 of the chosen items
are defective is
AA [GATE-ME-2008-IISc]
125. A coin is tossed 4 times. What is the (A) 0.0036 (B) 0.1937
probability of getting heads exactly 3 times? (C) 0.2234 (D) 0.3874
1 3 AA [GATE-ME-1993-IITB
(A) (B)
4 8 131. If 20 percent managers are technocrats, the
1 3 probability that a random committee of 5
(C) (D) managers consists of exactly 2 technocrats
2 4 is:
AD [GATE-ME-2001-IITK] (A) 0.2048 (B) 0.4000
126. An unbiased coin is tossed three times. The
probability that the head turns up in exactly (C) 0.4096 (D) 0.9421
two cases is AC [GATE-CH-2018-IITG]
1 1 132. A watch uses two electronic circuits (ECs).
(A) (B) Each EC has a failure probability of 0.1 in
9 8
one year of operation. Both ECs are required
2 3 for functioning of the watch. The probability
(C) (D) of the watch functioning for one year
3 8
without failure is
AA [GATE-CS-2006-IITKGP]
(A) 0.99 (B) 0.90
127. For each element for a set of size 2n, an
unbiased coin is tossed. The 2n coin tosses (C) 0.81 (D) 0.80
are independent. An element is chosen if the
corresponding coin toss is head. The Problems on Bay’s
probability that exactly n elements are
chosen is: C [GATE-PI-2010-IITG]
133. Two white and two black balls, kept in two
2n 2n
Cn Cn bins, are arranged in four ways as shown
(A) (B) below. In each arrangement, a bin has to be
4n 2n
chosen randomly and only one ball needs to
1 1 be picked randomly from the chosen bin.
(C) 2n
(D)
Cn 2 Which one of the following arrangements
has the highest probability for getting a
AB [GATE-BT-2012-IITD] white ball picked?
128. A disease is inherited by a child with a
1 (A)
probability of . In a family with two
4
children, the probability that exactly one
sibling is affected by this disease is:
1 3 (B)
(A) (B)
4 8
7 9
(C) (D)
16 16 (C)

B [GATE-CS-1998-IITD]
129. A die is rolled three times. The probability
that exactly one odd number turns up among (D)
the three outcomes is

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A0.25 to 0.27 T5.2 [GATE-EE-2019-IITM] given day in the rainy season, what is the
134. The probability of a resistor being defective probability it has not rained on the day?
is 0.02. There are 50 such resistors in a 3 9
circuit. The probability of two or more (A) (B)
10 11
defective resistors in the circuit (round off to
two decimal places) is ____. 14 27
(C) (D)
17 41
0.65 [GATE-ME-2014-IITKGP]
135. A group consists of equal AD [GATE-ME-2013-IITB]
number of men and women. 140. The probability that a student knows the
Of this group 20% of the correct answer to a multiple choice question
men and 50 % of the is is 2/3. If the student does not know the
women are unemployed. If a answer, then the student guesses the answer.
person is selected at random from the group, The probability of the guessed answer being
the probability of the selected person being 1
employed is_____________. correct is . Given that the student has
4
AB [GATE-ME-2012-IITD] answered the question correctly, the
136. An automobile plant contracted to buy shock conditional probability that the student
absorbers from two suppliers X and Y. X knows the correct answer is
supplies 60% and y supplies 40% of the 2 3
(A) (B)
shock absorbers. All the shock absorbers are 3 4
subjected to a quality test. The ones that past 5 8
the quality test are considered reliable of (C) (D)
‘X’ s shock absorbers, 96% are reliable of
6 9
‘Y’ s shock absorbers, 72% are reliable AC [GATE-CH-2013-IITB]
The probability that a randomly chosen 141. In a factory, two machines M1 and M2
shock absorber, which is found to reliable, is manufactures 60% and 40% of the auto
made by Y is components respectively. Out of the total
production, 2% of M1 and 3% of M2 are
(A) 0.288 (B) 0.334 found to be defective. If a randomly drawn
0.48 TO 0.49 [GATE-CE-2014-IITKGP] auto component from the combined lot is
137. 10% of the population in a town is HIV+. A found defective, what is the probability that
new diagnostic kit for HIV detection is it was manufactured by M2?
available, this kit correctly identifies HIV+ (A) 0.35 (B) 0.45
individuals 95% of the time, and HIV- (C) 0.5 (D) 0.4
individuals 89% of the time. A particular AA [GATE-EE-2017-IITR]
patient is tested using this kit and is found to 142. An urn contains 5 red balls and 5 black balls.
be positive. The probability that the In the first draw, one ball is picked at
individual is actually positive is ________. random and discarded without noticing its
AC [GATE-CE-2011-IITM] colour. The probability to get a red ball in
138. There are two containers, with one the second draw is :
containing 4 Red and 3 Green balls and the 1 4
(A) (B)
other containing 3 Blue and 4 Green balls. 2 9
One ball is drawn in random from each 5 6
container. The probability that one of the (C) (D)
9 9
balls is Red and other is Blue will be
1 9 A0.65 to 0.68 [GATE-MA-2017-IITR]
(A) (B) 143. Let E and F be any two events with
7 49
P[E]= 0.4,P(F) = 0.3 and P(F|E) =3P(F|Ec ) .
12 3
(C) (D) Then P(E|F) equals (rounded to 2 decimal
49 7
places)_______.
AD [GATE-PI-2014-IITKGP]
139. In a given day in the rainy season, it may AB [GATE-IN-2018-IITG]
rain 70% of the time. If it rains, chance that 144. Two bags A and B have equal number of
village fair will make a loss on that day is balls. Bag A has 20% red balls and 80%
80%. However, if it does not rain, chance, green balls. Bag B has 30% red balls, 60%
that the fair will make a loss on that day is green balls and 10% yellow balls. Contents
only 10%. If the fair has not made loss on a of Bags A and B are mixed thoroughly and a
ball is randomly picked from the mixture.

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What is the chance that the ball picked is If it is known that P ( H G )  0.2 ,
red? P ( M G )  0.5 , and P ( LG )  0.3 , then the
(A) 20% (B) 25% probability (correct to two decimal places)
that Guwahati has high temperature given
(C) 30% (D) 40%
that Delhi has high temperature is _____.
AC [GATE-EC-2018-IITG] **********
145. A cab was involved in a hit and run accident
at night. You are given the following data Probability Distribution
about the cabs in the city and the accident.
(i) 85% of cabs in the city are green and
Statistics
the remaining cabs are blue. AD [GATE-ME-2014-IITKGP]
(ii) A witness identified the cab involved in 147. In the following table, X is a discrete
the accident as blue. random variable and p(x) is the probability
(iii) It is known that a witness can correctly density. The standard deviation of x is
identify the cab colour only 80% of the X 1 2 3
time.
P(x) 0.3 0.6 0.1
Which of the following options is closest
to the probability that the accident was (A) 0.18 (B) 0.36
caused by a blue cab? (C) 0.54 (D) 0.6
(A) 12%
A2.5 [GATE-IN-2016-IISc]
(B) 15%
148. A voltage V1 is measured 100 times and its
(C) 41% average and standard deviation are 100 V
(D) 80% and 1.5 V respectively. A second voltage V2,
which is independent of V1, is measured 200
A0.60 to 0.62 [GATE-CS-2018-IITG] times and its average and standard deviation
146. Consider Guwahati (G) and Delhi (D) whose are 150 V and 2 V respectively. V3 is
temperatures can be classified as high (H), computed as: V3 = V1 + V2. Then the
medium (M) and low (L). Let P ( H G ) denote standard deviation of V3 in volt is ____.
the probability that Guwahati has high
temperature. Similarly, P ( M G ) and P( LG ) AD [GATE-EC-2006-IITKGP]
149. Three companies X, Y and Z supply
denotes the probability of Guwahati having
computers to a university. The percentage of
medium and low temperatures respectively.
computers supplied by them and probability
Similarly, we use P ( H D ), P ( M D ) and of those being defective are tabulated below
P( LD ) for Delhi.
% of Probability of
Com-
The following table gives the conditional computers being
pany
probabilities for Delhi’s temperature given supplied defective
Guwahati’s temperature. X 60% 0.01
Y 30% 0.02
HD MD LD Z 10% 0.03
Given that a computer is defective, the
HG 0.40 0.48 0.12 probability that it was supplied by Y is:
(A) 0.1 (B) 0.2
MG 0.10 0.65 0.25 (C) 0.3 (D) 0.4
AC [GATE-EE-2007-IITK]
LG 0.01 0.50 0.49 150. A loaded dice has following probability
distribution of occurances
Consider the first row in the table above. The
first entry denotes that if Guwahati has high Dice Value Probability
temperature ( H G ) then the probability of 1 1/4
Delhi also having a high temperature ( H D ) 2 1/8
is 0.40; i.e., Similarly, the next two entries 3 1/8
are P(M D | H G ) = 0.48 4 1/8
and P ( LD | H G )  0.12 . Similarly for the 5 1/8
other rows. 6 1/4

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If three identical dice as the above are k 1 2 3 4 5
thrown, the probability of occurrence of
P(X = k) 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.1
values 1, 5 and 6 on the three dice is
(A) Same as that of occurrence of 3, 4, 5 (A) Both the student and the teacher are
(B) Same as that of occurrence of 1, 2, 5 right
(B) Both the student and the teacher are
1
(C) wrong
128
(C) The student is wrong but the teacher is
5 right
(D)
8 (D) The student is right but the teacher is
A128 to 130 T5 statistics [GATE-BT-2019- wrong
IITM] AC [GATE-ME-2004-IITD]
151. A new game is being introduced in a casino. 155. The following data about the flow of liquid
A player can lose Rs. 100, break even, win was observed in a continuous chemical
Rs. 100, or win Rs. 500. The probabilities process plant
(P(X)) of each of these outcomes (X) are
given in the following table : Flow 7.5 7.7 7.9 8.1 8.3 8.5
to
rate(litre/sec) to to to to to
X (in Rs.) -100 0 100 500 7.7 7.9 8.1 8.3 8.5 8.7
P(X) 0.25 0.5 0.2 0.05 Frequency 1 5 35 17 12 10
The standard deviation ( ) for the casino Mean flow rate of liquid is:
payout is Rs. ______ (rounded off to the (A) 8.00 litres/sec (B) 8.06 litres/sec
nearest integer). (B) 8.16 litres/sec (D) 8.26 litres/sec
AC [GATE-PI-2014-IITKGP] A3 T5 [GATE-ME-2019-IITM]
152. Marks obtained by 100 students in an 156. If x is the mean of data 3, x, 2 and 4, then the
examination are given in the table mode is ______.
Number of
No. Mark obtained A20 T5 Statistic[GATE-BT-2019-IITM]
students
157. The median value for the dataset (12, 10, 16,
1. 25 20 8, 90, 50, 30, 24) is ______.
2. 30 20 A5.26 to 5.28 T5 Statistics [GATE-AG-2019-
3. 35 40 IITM]
158. The mean absolute deviation about the
4. 40 20 median for the data 3, 9, 5, 3, 12, 10, 18, 4,
What would be the mean, median and mode 7, 19, 21 (rounded off to two decimal places)
of the marks obtained by the students? is _____.

(A) Mean: 33; Median: 35; Mode: 40 AA [GATE-ME-2014-IITKGP]

159. A machine produces 0, 1 and 2 defective
(B) Mean: 35; Median: 32.5; Mode: 40 pieces in a day with associated probability of
(C) Mean: 33; Median: 35; Mode: 35 1 2 1
, and respectively. The mean value
(D) Mean: 35; Median: 32.5; Mode: 35 6 3 6
and the variance of the number of defective
A54.49-54.51 [GATE-CE-2016-IISc] pieces produced by the machine in a day,
153. The spot speeds (expressed in km/hr) respectively are
observed at a road section are 66, 62, 45, 79,
32, 51, 56, 60, 53 and 49. The median speed 1 1
(A) 1 and (B) and 1
(expressed in km/hr) is ________. 3 3
(Note: answer with one decimal accuracy) 4
(C) 1 and (D) None
AB [GATE-EC-2009-IITR] 3
154. A discrete variable X takes values from 1 to
A [GATE--2000-IITKGP]
5 with probabilities as shown in the table. A
160. In a manufacturing plant, the probability of
student calculates the mean X as 3.5 and her
making a defective bolt is 0.1. The mean and
teacher calculates the variance of X as 1.5.
standard deviation of defective bolts in a
Which of the following statements is true?
total of 900 bolts are respectively

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(A) 90 and 9 (B) 9 and 90 distributed. If the mean value of beak size is
6 mm, standard deviation is 25 mm and
(C) 81 and 9 (D) 9 and 81
kurtosis is 10, then the median is ____ mm.
C [GATE-CE-2007-IITK]
AD [GATE-IN-2018-IITG]
161. If the standard deviation of the spot speed of
169. X and Y are two independent random
vehicles in a highway is 8.8 kemps and the
variables with variances 1 and 2,
mean speed of the vehicles is 33 kmph, the
respectively. Let Z  X  Y . The variance of
coefficient of variation in speed is
Z is
(A) 0.1517 (B) 0.1867
(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) 0.2666 (D) 0.3646
(C) 2 (D) 3
74 TO 75 [GATE-ME-2014-IITKGP]
162. Demand during lead time with associated Expectation
probability shown below:
A25 TO 25 [GATE-CE-2014-IITKGP]
Demand 50 70 75 80 85 170. In any given year, the probability of an
earthquake greater than Magnitude of 6
Probability 0.15 0.14 0.21 0.20 0.30
occurring in the Garhwal Himalayas is 0.04.
Expected demand during lead time The average time between successive
is_________________. occurrences of such earthquakes is
__________ years.
AC [GATE-ME-2017-IITR]
163. A sample of 15 data is as follows : 17, 18, A11 T5.2 [GATE-EC-2019-IITM]
17, 17, 13, 18, 5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 20, 17, 3. The 171. If X and Y are random variables such that
mode of the data is E[2X+Y] = 0 and E[X+2Y] = 33, then
E[X]+E[Y] = _____ .
(A) 4 (B) 13
(C) 17 (D) 20 A3.88 [GATE-CS-2014-IITKGP]
172. Each of nine words in the sentence “The
A6.4 to 6.5 [GATE-MN-2018-IITG] quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” is
164. The sample standard deviation for the written on a separate piece of paper. The
following set of observations is _______. 40, nine pieces of paper are kept in a box. One
45, 50 and 55 of the pieces is drawn at random from the
box. The expected length of word drawn
AC [GATE-PI-2018-IITG] is................
165. In a mass production firm, measurements are
carried out on 10000 pairs of shaft and hole. (The answer should be rounded to one
The mean diameters of the shaft and the hole decimal place.)
are 37.53 mm and 37.59 mm, respectively.
AD [GATE-CS-2004-IITD]
The corresponding standard deviations are
173. A point is randomly selected with uniform
0.03 mm and 0.04 mm. The mean clearance
probability in the x, y plane within the
and its standard deviation (both in mm),
rectangle with corners at (0, 0) , (1, 0), (1, 2)
respectively, are
and (0, 2). If p is the length of the position
(A) 0.06 and 0.07 2
vector of the point, the expected value of p
(B) 0.06 and 0.06 is :
(C) 0.06 and 0.05
2
(D) 0.07 and 0.01 (A) (B) 1
3
A3.49 to 3.51 [GATE-PI-2018-IITG]
4 5
166. Weights (in kg) of six products are 3, 7, 6, 2, (C) (D)
3 and 4. The median weight (in kg, up to one 3 3
decimal place) is _______. AD [GATE-CS-2014-IITKGP]
A99-101 [GATE-EY-2018-IITG] 174. An examination paper has 150 multiple-
167. If the mean of a sample is 5, and the choice questions of one mark each, with
variance is 25, the PERCENT coefficient of each question having four choices. Each
variation is ___. incorrect answer fetches -0.25 mark.
Suppose 1000 students choose all their
A5.9 to 6.1 [GATE-EY-2018-IITG] answers randomly with uniform probability.
168. The frequency distribution of beak sizes of a The sum total of the expected marks
bird species is symmetric but not normally obtained by all these students is:

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(A) 0 (B) 2550 A0.25 [GATE-CS-2014-IITKGP]
182. Suppose you break a stick of unit length at a
(C) 7525 (D) 9375
point chosen uniformly at random, then the
2.9to3.1 [GATE-EC-2014-IITKGP] expected length of shorter stick is...........
175. A fair coin is tossed reqeatedly
A2.4-2.6 [GATE-EC-2017-IITR]
till both head and tail appear at
183. Passengers try repeatedly to get a seat
least once. The average number
reservation in any train running between two
of tosses required is ----------.
stations until they are successful. If there is
A6 [GATE-EC-2015-IITK] 40% chance of getting reservation in any
176. A fair die with faces {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} is attempt by a passenger, then the average
thrown repeatedly till ‘3’ is observed for the number of attempts that passengers need to
first time. Let X denote the number of times make to get a seat reserved is _____ .
the dies is thrown. The expected value of X
A3.5 [GATE-ME-2017-IITR]
is _____.
184. A six-face fair dice is rolled a
D [GATE-ME-2007-IITK] large number of times. The
177. Let X and Y be two independent random mean value of the outcomes
variables. Which one of the relations b/w is _______ .
expectation (E), variance (Var) and
A2.1 to 2.1 [GATE-BT-2018-IITG]
covariance (Cov) given below is FALSE?
185. The probability distribution
(A) E(XY) = E(X) E(Y) for a discrete random variable
(B) cov (X, Y) = 0 X is given below.
(C) Var(X + Y) = Var(X) + Var(Y)
(D) E(X2Y2) = (E(X))2(E(y))2 X 1 2 3 4

AB [GATE-EC-2014-IITKGP]
178. Let X be a real-valued random variable with P(X) 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.1
E[X] and E[X2] denoting the mean values of
X and X2, respectively. The relation which The exceptation value
always holds of X is (up to one decimal place) ______.
(A) (E[X])2 > E[X2] A0.25 [GATE-EC-2018-IITG]
(B) (E[X2])  (E[X2]) 186. Let X 1 , X 2 , X 3 and X 4 be independent
(C) E[X2] = (E[X]) 2 normal random variables with zero mean and
(D) E[X2] > (E[X]) 2 unit variance. The probability that X 4 is the
smallest among the four is _______.
AA [GATE-PI-2007-IITK]
179. The random variable X takes on the values Normal Distribution
1, 2 or 3 with probabilities
 2  5P  , 1  3P 
5 5 49 TO 51 [GATE-ME-2014-IITKGP]
1.5  2P  , respectively. The values of 187. A nationalized bank has found that the daily
and balance available in its savings accounts
5 follows a normal distribution with a mean of
P and E[X] are respectively Rs. 500 and a standard deviation of Rs.50.
(A) 0.05, 1.87 (B) 1.90, 5.87 The percentage of savings account holders,
(C) 0.05, 1.10 (D) 0.25, 1.40 who maintain an average daily balance more
than Rs.500 is_______________.
A1.5 [GATE-EC-2015-IITK]
180. Let the random variable X 0.79-3.01 [GATE-EC-2014-IITKGP]
represent the number of times 188. Let X be a zero mean unit variance Gaussian
a fair coin needs to be tossed random variable. E[|X|] is equal to _______
till two consecutive heads appear
for the first time. The expectation B [GATE-IN-2008-IISc]
of X is _____. 189. Consider a Gaussian distributed random
variable with zero mean and standard
49.9 TO 50.1 [GATE-EC-2014-IITKGP] deviation  . The value of its cumulative
181. Let X be a random variable distribution function at the origin will be
which is uniformly chosen
from the set of positive odd (A) 0 (B) 0.5
numbers less than 100. The (C) 1 (D) 4
expectation, E[X], is ____.

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AC [GATE-IN-2010-IITG] (A) 1  2  (B) 1  
190. The diameters of 10000 ball bearings were
measured. The mean diameter and standard

(C) 1  (D) 2 
deviation were found to be 10mm and 0.05 2
mm respectively. Assuming Gaussian
AD [GATE-ME-2015-IITK]
distribution of measurements, it can be
195. Among the four normal distribution with
expected that the number of measurements
probability density functions as shown
more than 10.15 mm will be :
below, which one has the lowest variance?
(A) 230 (B) 115
(C) 15 (D) 2
AA [GATE-CE-2012-IITD]
191. The annual precipitation data of a city is
normally distributed with mean and standard
deviation as 1000mm and 200mm,
respectively. The probability that the annual
precipitation will be more than 1200 mm is:
(A) <50% (B) 50%
(A) I (B) II
(C) 75% (D) 100%
(C) III (D) IV
AD [GATE-CE-2006-IITKGP]
192. A class of first year B.Tech. students is AB [GATE-ME-2013-IITB]
composed of four batches A, B, C and D, 196. Let X be the normal random variable with
each consisting of 30 students. It is found mean 1 and variance 4. The probability P{X
that the sessional marks of students in < 0} is :
Engineering Drawing in batch C have a (A) 0.5
mean of 6.6 and standard deviation of 2.3. (B) greater than zero and less than 0.5
The mean and standard deviation of the
(C) greater than 0.5 and less than 0.1
marks for the entire class are 5.5 and 4.2
respectively. It is decided by the course (D) 1.0
instructor to normalize the marks of the
AC [GATE-EC-2001-IITK]
students of all batches to have the same
197. The PDF of a Gaussian random variable X is
mean and standard deviation as that of the
given by
entire class. Due to this, the marks of a
student in batch C are changed from 8.5 to 1
p x ( x)  exp[( x  4)2 /18]. The
(A) 6.0 (B) 7.0 3 2
probability of the event {X = 4} is
(C) 8.0 (D) 9.0
(A) 1/2 (B) 1 / (3 / 2  )
AB [GATE-XE-2016-IISc]
193. A company records heights of all employees. (C) 0 (D) 1/4
Let X and Y denote the errors in the average A99.6-99.8 [GATE-ME-2016-IISc]
height of male and female employees 198. The area (in percentage) under standard
respectively. Assume that X ~ N  0,4 and normal distribution curve of random variable
Z within limits from -3 to +3 is ______
Y ~ N  0,9 and they are independent. Then
AB [GATE-PI-2016-IISc]
the distribution of Z   X  Y  / 2 is
199. A normal random variable X has the
(A) N(0, 6.5) (B) N(0, 3.25) following density function
2
(C) N(0, 2) (D) N(0, 1)  x 1 
 
1  8 
f X  x  e ,   x  
AA [GATE-PI-2008-IISc] 8
194. For a random variable X    x    
 f X  x  dx 
following normal distribution, the mean is 1

  100 . If the probability is P   for 1

(A) 0 (B)
X  110. Then the probability of X lying 2
between 90 and 110, i.e, P  90  X  110  1
(C) 1 (D) 1
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A0 [GATE-TF-2016-IISc] A1.0 to 1.4 T5.2 [GATE-MT-2019-IITM]
200. Let X be normally distributed random 206. The standard deviation (rounded off to one
variable with mean 2 and 4. Then, the mean decimal place) of the following set of five
x2 numbers is ______.
of is equal to________
2 6, 8, 8, 9, 9
AD [GATE-AG-2016-IISc] A0.AA [GATE-EE-2011-IITM]
201. The function f(x) represents a normal 207. A zero mean random signal is uniformly
distribution whose standard deviation and distributed between limits –a and + a and its
mean are 1 and 5, respectively. The value of mean square value is equal to its variance.
f(x) at x = 5 is Then the r.m.s value of the signal is
(A) 0.0 (B) 0.159 a a
(A) (B)
(C) 0.282 (D) 0.398 3 2

AB [GATE-CE-2014-IITKGP] (C) a 2 (D) a 3

202. If X is a continuous, real valued random
AC [GATE-EE-2008-IISc]
variable defined over the interval  ,   208. X is uniformly distributed random variable
and its occurrence is defined by the density that takes values between 0 and 1. The value
2 3
1   
1  x a 
of E[ X ] will be :
function given as: f (x)  e 2 b  1
2 * b (A) 0 (B)
where ‘a’ and ‘b’ are the statistical attributes 8
of the random variable X. The value of the 1 1
2
(C) (D)
a
1
1  x a 
   4 2
integral  e 2 b 
dx is :
 2 * b AB [GATE-EC-1992-IITD]
209. For a random variable ‘X’ following the
(A) 1 (B) 0.5 probability density function, p(x), shown in
 figure, the mean and the variance are,
(C)  (D) respectively.
2
AA [GATE-EC-1997-IITM]
203. A probability density function is given by
p(x) = K exp( x 2 / 2),   x   . The
value of K should be

(A) 1/ 2 (B) 2/  (A) 1/2 and 2/3 (B) 1 and 4/3

(C) 1 and 2/3 (D) 2 and 4/3
(C) 1/ 2  (D) 1/  2
AD [GATE-CS-2007-IITK]
AB [GATE-CE-2017-IITR] 210. Suppose we uniformly and randomly select a
204. The number of parameters in the univariate permutation from the 20! Permutations of 1,
exponential and Gaussian distributions, 2, 3,............,20. What is the probability that
respectively, are 2 appears at an earlier position than any
(A) 2 and 2 (B) 1 and 2 other even number in the selected
permutation?
(C) 2 and 1 (D) 1 and 1 1 1
(A) (B)
Uniform Distribution 2 10
9!
A [GATE-ME-2009-IITR] (C) (D) None of these
20!
205. The standard deviation of a uniformly
distributed random variable b/w 0 and 1 is AA [GATE-IN-2008-IISc]
1 1 211. A random variable is uniformly distributed
(A) (B) over the interval 2 to 10. Its variance will be
12 3
16
7 (A) (B) 6
5 3
(C) (D) 12 256
12 (C) (D) 36
9

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AB [GATE-MN-2017-IITR] Pick the correct match between the (n, p) set
212. F(y) and f(y) are the probability distribution and the plotted distribution.
function and density function respectively of
a continuous variable Y in the interval (A) Set I – D1, Set II – D2, Set III – D3
(0,  ). Which one of the following is (B) Set I – D3, Set II – D1, Set III – D2
TRUE ?
 (C) Set I – D2, Set II – D3, Set III – D1
(A) F ( y )   f ( x ) dx
y

y (D) Set I – D2, Set II – D1, Set III – D3

(B) F ( y )   f ( x ) dx
0
A [GATE-ME-2018-IITG]
df ( y ) 216. Let X 1 and X 2 be two independent
(C) F ( y ) 
dy exponentially distributed random variables
with means 0.5 and 0.25, respectively. Then
(D) F ( y )  1  f ( y ) Y  min( X 1 , X 2 ) is

A0.325 to 0.365 [GATE-TF-2018-IITG] (A) exponentially distributed with mean 1⁄6

213. Let X be a random variable following the
binomial distribution. If E(X) = 2 and (B) exponentially distributed with mean 2
Var(X)= 1.2 , then P(X = 2) , accurate to (C) normally distributed with mean 3⁄4
three decimal places, is equal to ________.
(D) normally distributed with mean 1⁄6
AB [GATE-PI-2018-IITG]
214. In a service centre, cars arrive according to AB [GATE-ME-2018-IITG]
Poisson distribution with a mean of 2 cars 217. Let X 1 , X 2 be two independent normal
per hour. The time for servicing a car is random variables with means 1 , 2 and
exponential with a mean of 15 minutes. The
standard deviations 1 , 2 , respectively.
expected waiting time (in minute) in the
queue is Consider Y  X 1  X 2 ; 1   2  1 , 1  1 ,
 2  2 . Then,
(A) 10 (B) 15
(C) 25 (D) 30 (A) Y is normally distributed with mean 0
and variance 1
AB [GATE-PE-2018-IITG]
215. The probability density for three binomial (B) Y is normally distributed with mean 0
distributions (D1, D2, and D3) is plotted and variance 5
against number of successful trials in the (C) Y has mean 0 and variance 5, but is
given figure. NOT normally distributed
(D) Y has mean 0 and variance 1, but is
NOT normally distributed
A0.1 [GATE-MA-2018-IITG]
218. Let X1, X 2 , X 3 , X 4 be independent
exponential random variables with mean
1,1 / 2,1 / 3,1 / 4, respectively. Then
Y  min( X 1 , X 2 , X 3 , X 4 ) has exponential
distribution with mean equal to ______.

Each of the plotted distributions AC [GATE-MA-2018-IITG]

corresponds to a unique pair of (n, p) 219. Let  X i  be a sequence of independent
values, where, n is the number of trials and Poisson ( ) variables and let
p is the probability of success in a trial. 1 n
Three sets of (n, p) values are provided in W n   i 1 X i . Then the limiting
n
the table.
distribution of n Wn    is the normal
Set (n, p) distribution with zero mean and variance
I (60, 0.3) given by
II (60, 0.2) (A) 1 (B) 
III (24, 0.5) (C)  (D) 2

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AC [GATE-MA-2018-IITG] A0.32 to 0.32 [GATE-BT-2018-IITG]
220. Let X 1 , X 2 ,...., X n be independent and 223. The variable z has a standard normal
identically distributed random variables with distribution. If P(0  z  1)  0.34 , then
probability density function given by P ( z 2  1) is equal to (up to two decimal
places) ______.
e( x 1) , x  1,
f X ( x; )  
AB T5.2 [GATE-CE-2019-IITM]
0 otherwise
224. The probability density function of a
1 n continuous random variable distributed
Also, let  X i . Then
X 
n i 1
the
uiniformly between x and y (for y > x) is
maximum likelihood estimator of  is
1 1
(A) (B)
(A) 1/ X (B) (1 / X )  1 x y yx

(C) 1 / ( X  1) (D) X (C) x  y (D) y  x

AA [GATE-CE-2018-IITG] Combined Continuous Dist.

221. The graph of a function f(x) is shown in the
figure. A0.65-0.71 [GATE-MA-2016-IISc]
225. Let X be a random variable with the
following cumulative distribution function:


 0 x0

 1
0x
 x 2
2
F  x  
 3 1
 x 1
 4 2


 1 x 1
For f(x) to be a valid probability density
function, the value of h is Then P  1  X  1  is equal to__________
4 
(A) 1/3 (B) 2/3
A0.5 [GATE-CS-2016-IISc]
(C) 1 (D) 3 226. A probability density function
on the interval [a, 1] is given by
AC [GATE-CE-2018-IITG]
1 / x 2 and outside this interval
222. A probability distribution with right skew is
shown in the figure. the value of the function is zero.
The value of a is __________.
AB [GATE-CE-2016-IISc]
227. If f(x) and g(x) are two probability density
functions,
 x
 1 : a  x  0
a

 x
f  x     1 :0  x  a
 a
 0 : otherwise


The correct statement for the probability  x
distribution is  a : a  x  0

 x
(A) Mean is equal to mode g x   :0  x  a
 a
(B) Mean is greater than median but less 0 : otherwise
than mode 

(C) Mean is greater than median and mode Which one of the following statements is
true?
(D) Mode is greater than median

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(A) Mean of f(x) and g(x) are same; A0.5 to 0.7 T5.2 [GATE-MN-2019-IITM]
Variance of f(x) and g(x) are same 232. The random variable X has probability
density function as given by
(B) Mean of f(x) and g(x) are same;
Variance of f(x) and g(x) are different 3 x 2 , 0  x  1
f ( x)  
(C) Mean of f(x) and g(x) are different;  0, otherwise
Variance of f(x) and g(x) are same 2
The value E ( X ) (rounded off to one
(D) Mean of f(x) and g(x) are different; decimal place) is
Variance of f(x) and g(x) are different
AA [GATE-EE-2016-IISc]
A1.99-2.01 [GATE-TF-2016-IISc] 233. Let the probability density function of a
228. Let X be a continuous type random variable random variable, X, be given as :
with probability density function
1 3
f X ( x ) e 3 x u ( x )  ae 4 x u (  x )
 1  x  3 2
f  x  4 . When
 0 otherwise where u ( x ) is the unit step function.

P  X  x   0.75 , the value of x is equal to Then the value of ‘a’ and Prob{ X  0} ,
_________ respectively, are

AA [GATE-CE-2016-IISc] 1 1
(A) 2, (B) 4,
229. Probability density function of a random 2 2
variable X is given below 1 1
(C) 2, (D) 4,
0.25 if 1  x  5 4 4
f ( x)  
 0 otherwise A6 [GATE-EC-2015-IITK]
234. The variance of the random variable X with
P ( X  4) is probability density function
1
3 1 f ( x)  | x | e| x| is ________.
(A) (B) 2
4 2
A5.2-5.3 [GATE-MA-2016-IISc]
1 1
(C) (D) 235. Let the probability density function of a
4 8 random variable X be
AA T5.2 [GATE-IN-2019-IITM]  1

 0 x
230. The function p ( x ) is given by p( x)  A / x x 2

where A and  are constants with   1 and  1
f  x   c  2 x  1
2  x 1
1  x   and p( x)  0 for   x  1 . For 2
p ( x ) to be a probability density function, 

the value of A should be equal to  0 otherwise

(A)   1 (B)   1
Then, the value of c is equal to _______.
(C) 1 / (  1) (D) 1 / (  1)
AA [GATE-EC-2008-IISC]
AB T5.2 [GATE-EE-2019-IITM] 236. Px(x) = M exp(–2|x|) + N exp(–3|x|) is the
231. The mean-square of a zero-mean random probability density function for the real
kT random variable X, over the entire x axis. M
process is ,where k is Boltzmann’s
c and N are both positive real numbers. The
constant, T is the absolute temperature, and c equation relating M and N is
is a capacitance. The standard deviation of
the random process is 2
(A) M  N 1
3
kT kT
(A) (B) 1
c c (B) 2M  N  1
3
c kT
(C) (D) (C) M  N  1
kT c
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AA [GATE-PI-2005-IITB] (A) 0.5 (B) 1
237. The life of a bulb (in hours) is a random (C) 0.5a (C) a
variable with an exponential
 at
distribution f  t   e , 0t. The D [GATE-PI-2007-IITK]
243. If X is a continuous random variable whose
probability that its values lies between 100
probability density function is given by
and 200 hours is,
(A) e100  e200 k (5x  2 x2 ), 0 x2
f ( x)   Then P(x
100 200 0, otherwise
(B) e e
> 1) is :
(C) e100  e 200
(A) 3/14 (B) 4/5
200 100
(D) e e (C) 14/17 (D) 17/28
AB [GATE-CE-2008-IISc] 0.35 to 0.45 [GATE-EE-2014-IITKGP]
238. If the probability density function of a 244. Let X be a random variable with probability
random variable x is : density function
x 2 ,  1  x  1 0.2, for | x |  1
 
 0 elsewhere f ( x)   0.1, for1  | x |  4
 0, otherwise
Then, the percentage probability 
 1 1 The probability P (0.5  X  5) is ____.
P   x   is :
 3 3
2 to 2 [GATE-IN-2014-IITKGP]
(A) 0.274 (B) 2.47 245. Given that x is a random variable in the
range[0,∞]with a probability densityfunction
(C) 24.7 (D) 247 
x
e 2
A6 [GATE-CE-2013-IITB] , the value of the constant K
K
239. Find the value of  such that function f(x) is___________.
is valid probability density function is
A [GATE-IN-2007-IITK]
f  x     x  1 2  x  for 1  x  2 246. Assume that the duration in minutes of a
 0 otherwise telephone conversation follows the
1  x /5
A0.4 [GATE-CE-2014-IITKGP] exponential distribution f(x) = e , x  o.
240. The probability density function of 5
The probability that the conversation will
evaporation E on any day during a year in a
exceed five minutes is
watershed is given by
 1 1 1
 0  E  5mm / day (A) (B) 1 
f E  5 e e
 0 otherwise 1 1
(C) (D) 1 
The probability that E lies in between 2 and e2 e2
4 mm/day in the watershed is(in
0.4 TO 0.5 [GATE-EE-2014-IITKGP]
decimal)__________
247. Lifetime of an electric bulb is a random
AA [GATE-EE-2013-IITB] variable with density f  x   kx 2 , where x is
241. A continuous random variable X has a measured in years. If the minimum and
probability density function f  x   e x . Then maximum lifetimes of both are 1 and 2 years
P{ X > 1 } is respectively, then the value of k is
________.
(A) 0.368 (B) 0.5
AB [GATE-ME-2006-IITKGP]
(C) 0.632 (D) 1.0 248. Consider the continuous random variable
AC [GATE-EC-2006-IITKGP] with probability density function
242. A probability density function is of the form f  t   1  t for  1  t  0
p  x   Ke  a x , x   ,   . The value f K  1  t for 0  t  1
is: The standard deviation for the random
variable is

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1 1
(A) (B)
3 6
1 1
(C) (D) (C)
3 6
AA [GATE-EC-2008-IISc]
249. Px  x   Me  Ne 3 x is the probability
2 x

density function for the real random variable

X over the entire x axis. M and N both
positive real numbers. The equation relating
M and N is :
2 1
(A) M  N  1 (B) 2M  N  1
3 3 (D)
(C) M  N  1 (D) M  N  3
A0.25 [GATE-EE-2015-IITK]
250. A random variable X has probability density
function f(x) as given below:
a  bx for 0  x  1 A1/8 [GATE-EC-1993-IITB
f (x)  
 0 otherwise 253. The function shown in the figure can
represent a probability density function for A
If the expected value E[X] = 2/3, then Pr[X
____________.
< 0.5] is ___________
A4 [GATE-IN-2015-IITK]
251. The probability density function of a random
variable X is px(x) = e–x for x  0 and 0
otherwise. The expected value of the
function gx(x) = e3x/4 is ________.
AA [GATE-EC-2008-IISC]
252. The Probability Density Function (PDF) of a
radon variable X is as shown below AA [GATE-IN-2006-IITKGP]
254. Probability density function differential
function p(x) of a random variable X is
shown below. The value of  is:

The corresponding Cumulative Distribution

Function (CDF) has the form

(A) 2
(A)
c
1
(B)
c
2
(C)
 b  c
1
(D)
(B)  b  c
AD [GATE-EC-2004-IITD]
255. The distribution function Fx ( x ) of a random
variable X is shown in the figure. The
probability that X = 1 is :

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A6.80 to 7.20 [GATE-AG-2018-IITG]
261. In a box, there are 2 red, 3 black and 4 blue
coloured balls. The probability of drawing 2
blue balls in sequence without replacing, and
then drawing 1 black ball from this box is
______%.
AD [GATE-CH/AR/CY-2018-IITG]
262. To pass a test, a candidate needs to answer at
least 2 out of 3 questions correctly. A total of
(A) zero (B) 0.25 6,30,000 candidates appeared for the test.
Question A was correctly answered by
(C) 0.55 (D) 0.3 3,30,000 candidates. Question B was
A1 [GATE-BT-2017-IITR] answered correctly by 2,50,000 candidates.
0.5x Question C was answered correctly by
256. For the probability density P  x   0.5e , 2,60,000 candidates. Both questions A and B
 were answered correctly by 1,00,000
the integral  P  x dx  ________
0 candidates. Both questions B and C were
answered correctly by 90,000 candidates.
AB [GATE-CE-2017-IITR] Both questions A and C were answered
257. For the function f  x   a  bx,0  x  1 , to correctly by 80,000 candidates. If the
be a valid probability density function, number of students answering all questions
which one of the following statements is correctly is the same as the number
correct? answering none, how many candidates failed
to clear the test?
(A) a = 1, b = 4
(A) 30,000 (B) 2,70,000
(B) a = 0.5, b = 1
(C) 3,90,000 (D) 4,20,000
(C) a = 0, b = 1
A0.021 to 0.024 [GATE-CS-2018-IITG]
(D) a = 1 and b = -1 263. Two people, P and Q, decide to
independently roll two identical dice, each
AB [GATE-PE-2017-IITR] with 6 faces, numbered 1 to 6. The person
258. The value of constant a for which : with the lower number wins. In case of a tie,
 ax 2 0  x  5 they roll the dice repeatedly until there is no
f ( x)   is a valid
 0, otherwise tie. Define a trial as a throw of the dice by P
probability density function, is (given, and Q. Assume that all 6 numbers on each
a0): dice are equi-probable and that all trials are
independent. The probability (rounded to 3
1 3 decimal places) that one of them wins on the
(A) (B) third trial is _____.
125 125
6 9 AB T5.2 [GATE-ST-2019-IITM]
(C) (D) 264. A fair die is rolled two times independently.
125 125
Given that the outcome on the first roll is 1,
A0.25 [GATE-MA-2018-IITG] the expected value of the sum of the two
259. Let the cumulative distribution function of outcomes is
the random variable X be given by (A) 4 (B) 4.5
0, x0 (C) 3 (D) 5.5
 x, 0  x  1/ 2

FX ( x)   Poisson Distribution
(1  x) / 2 1/ 2  x  1
1, x  1. 0.265 [GATE-CE-2014-IITKGP]
265. A traffic officer imposes on an average 5
Then P ( X  1 / 2) = _________. number of penalties daily on traffic
violators. Assume that the number of
A0.5 [GATE-CE-2018-IITG] penalties on different days is independent
260. Probability (up to one decimal place) of and follows a Poisson distribution. The
consecutively picking 3 red balls without probability that there will be less than 4
replacement from a box containing 5 red penalties in a day is__________.
balls and 1 white ball is ______.

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A0.36 to 0.38 T5.2 [GATE-EC-2019-IITM] 8 9
(A) (B)
266. Let Z be an exponential random variable  2e 3   2e 3 
with mean 1. That is, the cumulative
distribution function of Z is given by 17 26
(C) (D)
 2e 3   2e 3 
1  e x if x  0
Fz ( x)  
if x  0 A0.17 to 0.19 T5.2 [GATE-CE-2019-IITM]
0
273. Traffic on a highway is moving at a rate of
Then Pr (Z > 2 | Z > 1), rounded off to two 360 vehicles per hour at a location. If the
decimal places, is equal to _____. number of vehicles arriving on this highway
follows Poisson distribution, the probability
AB [GATE-ME-2014-IITKGP] (round off to 2 decimal places) that the
267. The number of accidents occurring in a plant headway between successive vehicles lies
in a month follows Poisson distribution with between 6 and 10 seconds is ______.
mean as 5.2. The probability of occurrence
of less than 2 accidents in a plant during a A54 [GATE-CS-2017-IITR]
randomly selected month is : 274. If a random variable X has a Poisson
distribution with mean 5, then the expression
(A) 0.029 (B) 0.034 2
E   X  2   equals________.
 
(C) 0.039 (D) 0.044
AB T5.2 [GATE-XE-2019-IITM]
A0.27 [GATE-CE-2014-IITKGP] 275. Let X be the Poisson random variable with
268. An observer counts 240veh/h at a specific parameter   1 . Then, the probability
highway location. Assume that the vehicle
P(2  X  4) equals
arrival at the location is Poisson distributed,
the probability of having one vehicle 19 17
arriving over a30-second time interval (A) (B)
24e 24e
is____________.
13 11
(C) (D)
AD [GATE-PI-2010-IITG] 24e 24e
269. If a random variable X satisfies the
Poisson’s distribution with a mean value of Miscellaneous
2, then the probability that X  2 is
A0.32-0.34 [GATE-EC-2016-IISc]
2 2 276. Two random variables x and y are distributed
(A) 2e (B) 1  2e
according to
(C) 3e 2 (D) 1  3e2
( x  y), 0  x 1 0  y 1
AA [GATE-EC-2014-IITKGP] f X ,Y ( x, y)  
270. If calls arrive at a telephone exchange such  0, otherwise.
that the time of arrival of any call is The probability P( X  Y  1) is ________
independent of the time of arrival of earlier
or future calls, the probability distribution AD [GATE-EC-2003-IITM]
function of the total number of calls in a 277. Let X and Y be two statistically independent
fixed time interval will be : random variables uniformly distributed in
the ranges (–1, 1) and (–2, 1) respectively.
(A) Poisson (B) Gaussian
Let Z = X + Y. Then the probability that
(C) Exponential (D) Gamma (Z  2) is :
A0.9-1.1 [GATE-EC-2016-IISc]
1
271. The second moment of a Poisson-distributed (A) zero (B)
random variable is 2. The mean of the 6
random variable is _____ . 1 1
(C) (D)
AC [GATE-CS-2013-IITB] 3 12
272. Suppose p is the number of cars per minute
passing through a certain road junction A0333 [GATE-EC-2014-IITKGP]
between 5 PM, and p has a Poison’s 278. Let X1 ,X 2 and X 3 be independent and
distribution with mean 3. What is the identically distributed random variables with
probability of observing fewer than 3 cars the uniform distribution [0, 1]. The
during any given minute in this interval? probability P X1 is the larg est is_______.

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A0.16 [GATE-EC-2014-IITKGP] if, regressing y upon x gives the fitted line y
279. Let X 1 , X 2 and X 3 be independent and = ax + b; and regressing x upon y gives the
identically distributed random variables with fitted line x = cy + d, then
the uniform distribution on [0, 1]. The (A) The two fitted lines must coincide
probability P  X 1 ,  X 2  X 3  is ………..
(B) the two fitted lines need not coincide
0.15to0.18 [GATE-EC-2014-IITKGP] (C) It is possible that ac = 0
280. Let X1, X2, and X3 be in dependent and
identically distributed random variables with (D) a must be 1/c
the uniform distribution on [0, 1]. The B [GATE-IN-2009-IITR]
probability P {X1, + X2 < X3} is ----------. 286. Using given data points tabulated below, a
AB [GATE-EC-2013-IITB] straight line passing through the origin is
281. Let U and V be two independent zero mean fitted using least squares method. The slope
of the line
1
Gaussian random variables of variances
4 x 1 2 3
1 y 1.5 2.2 2.7
and respectively. The probability
9 (A) 0.9 (B) 1
P(3V  2U) is :
(C) 1.1 (D) 1.5
(A) 4/9 (B) 1/2
A [GATE-ME-2008-IISc]
(C) 2/3 (D) 5/9
287. Three values of x and y are to be fitted in a
AC [GATE-EC-2009-IITR] straight line in the form y  a  bx by the
282. Consider two independent random variables method of least squares. Given
X and Y with identical distributions. The 2
 x  6,  y  21,  x  14,  xy  46, the
variables X and Y take values 0, 1 and 2
values of a and b are respectively
1 1 1
with probabilities , , and respectively. (A) 2, 3 (B) 1, 2
2 4 4
What is the conditional probability (C) 2, 1 (D) 3, 2
P ( X  Y  2 | X  Y  0) ? AD [GATE-EC-1987-IITB]
1 2
(A) 0 (B) 288. The variance of a random variable x is  x .
16 Then the variance of –kx (where k is a
1 positive constant) is
(C) (D) 1
6 2
(A)  x (B) -k  x
2

B [GATE-EC-2012-IITD] 2 2 2
283. Two independent random variables X and Y (C) k  x (D) k  x
are uniformly distributed in the interval [-1,
AC [GATE-ME-2002-IISc]
1]. The probability that max[X, Y] is less 289. A regression model is used to express a
than ½ is : variable Y as a function of another variable
(A) 3/4 (B) 9/16 X. This implies that
(C) 1/4 (D) 2/3 (A) There is a causal relationship between
X and Y.
AB [GATE-MT-2017-IITR]
(B) A value of X may be used to estimate a
284. The mean of a numerical data-set is X and
value of Y.
the standard deviation is S. If a number K is
added to each term in the data-set then the (C) Value of X exactly determine values of
mean and standard deviation become : Y.

(A) X , S (B) X  K, S (D) There is no causal relationship between

Y and X.
(C) X , S  K (D) X  K , S  K
AD [GATE-CE-2005-IITB]
B [GATE-ME-1999-IITB] 290. Which one of the following statements is
285. Four arbitrary points ( x1 , y1 ) , NOT true?
(x2 , y2 ),(x3 , y3 ) , ( x4 , y4 ) , are given in the (A) The measure of skewness is dependent
xy – plane using the method of least squares, upon the amount of dispersion.

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(B) In a symmetric distribution, the values
of mean, mode and median are the
same.
(C) In a positively skewed distribution:
mean > median > mode.
(D) In a negatively skewed distribution:
Mode > mean > median
AC [GATE-CS-2012-IITD]
291. Consider a random variable X that takes
values + 1 and – 1 with probability 0.5 each.
The values of the cumulative distributive
function F(x) at x = -1 and +1 are
(A) 0 and 0.5 (B) 0 and 1
(C) 0.5 and 1 (D) 0.25 and 0.75
A 0.332 to 0.A1 [GATE-MA-2018-IITG]
292. Let X and Y have joint probability density
function given by
 2, 0  x  1  y , 0  y  1
f X , Y ( x, y )  
 0 otherwise.
If fY denotes the marginal probability
density function of Y , then f Y (1 / 2)  ___.

A–0.5 [GATE-EC-2018-IITG]
293. A random variable X takes values −0.5 and
1 3
0.5 with probabilities and ,
4 4
respectively. The noisy observation of is
= + , where has uniform probability
density over the interval (−1, 1). and are
independent. If the MAP rule based detector
outputs X̂ as
 0.5, Y  
Xˆ  
 0.5, Y  ,
then the value of  (accurate to two decimal
places) is _______.

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Answer : 12. 0.66 to 0.67
14. 0.502 to 0.504
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 15. 0.135 to 0.150
C 0.75 C A D C A D D 0.06 20. 0.18 to 0.19
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 28. 0.13 to 0.15
D * A * * C D A 10 * 37. 0.890 to 0.899
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 49. 0.083
B A B A D A D * C B 50. 191 to 199
51. 0.075 to 0.085
31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
52. 0.65 to 0.68
D D B D A C * D 0.26 B
54. 0.43 to 0.45
41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 63. 0.07 to 0.08
A B C C 0.93 # C 7 * * 64. 0.027
51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 65. 0.37 to 0.38
* * C * A C C D D D 72. 0.49 to 0.51
61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 73. 0.76 to 0.80
B B * * * C 90 0.5 D 0.75 74. 0.49 to 0.51
71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 75. 0.59 to 03.61
C * * * * * A * * * 76. 0.24 to 0.26
78. 0.244 to 0.246
81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90.
79. 0.19 to 0.35
C D D D C B A C * C
80. 11.9
91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. 89. 0.8145
B D C C A A * * A B 97. 0.50 to 0.55
101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110. 98. 0.39 to 0.43
* B B * C B B * B B 101. 0.59 to 0.61
111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 120. 104. 0.0019 to 0.0021
C C C B A A A C D D 108. 0.272 to 0.274
121. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130. 123. 0.27
B D * B A D A B B B 134. 0.25 to 0.27
131. 132. 133. 134. 135. 136. 137. 138. 139. 140. 135. 0.65
137. 0.48 to 0.49
A C C * * B * C D D
143. 0.65 to 0.68
141. 142. 143. 144. 145. 146. 147. 148. 149. 150.
146. 0.60 to 0.62
C A * B C * D 2.5 D C 151. 128 to 130
151. 152. 153. 154. 155. 156. 157. 158. 159. 160. 153. 54.49 to 54.51
* C * B C 3 20 * A A 158. 5.26 to 5.28
161. 162. 163. 164. 165. 166. 167. 168. 169. 170. 162. 74 to 75
C * C * C * * * D 25 164. 6.4 to 6.5
171. 172. 173. 174. 175. 176. 177. 178. 179. 180. 166. 3.49 to 3.51
11 3.88 D D * 6 D B A 1.5 167. 99 to 101
181. 182. 183. 184. 185. 186. 187. 188. 189. 190. 168. 5.9 to 6.1
* 0.25 * 3.5 2.1 0.25 * * B C 175. 2.9 to 3.1
181. 49.9 to 50.1
191. 192. 193. 194. 195. 196. 197. 198. 199. 200.
183. 2.4 to 2.6
A D B A D B C * B 0
187. 49 to 51
201. 202. 203. 204. 205. 206. 207. 208. 209. 210. 188. 0.79 to 3.01
D B A B A * A C B D 198. 99.6 to 99.8
211. 212. 213. 214. 215. 216. 217. 218. 219. 220. 206. 1.0 to 1.4
A B * B B A B 0.1 C C 213. 0.325 to 0.365
221. 222. 223. 224. 225. 226. 227. 228. 229. 230. 223. 0.32 to 0.32
A C * B * 0.5 B * A A 225. 0.65 to 0.71
231. 232. 233. 234. 235. 236. 237. 238. 239. 240. 228. 1.99 to 2.01
B * A 6 * A A B 6 0.4 232. 0.5 to 0.7
241. 242. 243. 244. 245. 246. 247. 248. 249. 250. 235. 5.2 to 5.3
244. 0.35 to 0.45
A C D * 2 A * B A 0.25
247. 0.4 to 0.5
251. 252. 253. 254. 255. 256. 257. 258. 259. 260.
261. 6.80 to 7.20
4 A 1/8 A D 1 B B 0.25 0.5 263. 0.021 to 0.024
261. 262. 263. 264. 265. 266. 267. 268. 269. 270. 265. 0.265
* D * B * * B 0.27 D A 266. 0.36 to 0.38
271. 272. 273. 274. 275. 276. 277. 278. 279. 280. 271. 0.9 to 1.1
* C * 54 B * D * 0.16 * 273. 0.17 to 0.19
281. 282. 283. 284. 285. 286. 287. 288. 289. 290. 276. 0.32 to 0.34
B C B B B B A D C D 278. 0.33
291. 292. 293. 294. 295. 296. 297. 298. 299. 300. 280. 0.15 to 0.18
293. –0.5
C 1 *

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Numerical Methods
Basic Problems C [GATE-EC-2005-IITB]
4. Match the following and
B [GATE-EC-2014-IITKGP] choose the correct combination
1. Match the application to appropriate
numerical method.
Application
P1: Numerical integration E. Newton – (1) Solving non-
P2: Solution to a transoandental eqution Raphson linear equations
method
P3: Solution to a system of linear equations
P4: Solution to a differential equation F. Runge-Kutta (2) Solving linear
method simultaneous
Numerical Method
equations
M1: Newton-Raphson Method
M2: Rurge katta Mathod G. Simpson’s (3) Solving ordinary
Rule differential
M3: Simpson’s 1/3-rule equations
M4: Gauss Elimination Method
H. Gauss (4) Numerical
(A) P 1  M 3, P 2  M 2 , P 3  M 4 , P 4  M 1
elimination intergration
(B) P1  M 3, P2  M 1, P3  M 4, P4  M 2 method
(C) P1  M 4, P2  M1, P3  M 3, P4  M 2 (5) Interpolation
(D) P1  M 2, P2  M1, P3  M 3, P4  M 4 (A) E – 6, F – 1, G (B) E – 1, F – 6, G –
– 5, H – 3 4, H – 3
B [GATE-ME-2013-IITB]
2. For solving algebraic and transcendental (C) E – 1, F – 3, G (D) E – 5, F – 3, G –
equation which one of the following is used? – 4, H – 2 4, H – 1
(A) Coulomb’s theorem
C
(B) Newton-Raphson method 5. Matching exercise choose the correct one out
(C) Euler’s method of the alternatives A, B, C, D

(D) Stoke’s theorem Group-I Group-II

AD [GATE-ME-2013-IITB] P. 2nd order differential (1) Runge – Kutta

3. Match the CORRECT pairs equations method

Numerical Integration Order of Fitting Q. Non-linear algebraic (2) Newton –

Scheme Polynomial equations Raphson
P 1 First method
3
Simpson’s Rule
8 R. Linear algebraic (3) Gauss
equations Elimination
Q Trapezoidal Rule 2 Second
R 1 3 Third
Simpson’s rule S. Numerical (4) Simpson’s Rule
3 integration
(A) P-2, Q-1, R-3 (B) P-3, Q-2, R-1 (A) P-3, Q-2, R-4, S-1
(C) P-1, Q-2, R-3 (D) P-3, Q-1, R-2 (B) P-2, Q-4, R-3, S-1

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(C) P-1, Q-2, R-3, S-4 The correct matching of the methods and
properties is :
(D) P-1, Q-3, R-2, S-4
(A) Q-II, R-IV, S-III, T-I
AD [GATE-ME-2006-IITKGP]
6. Match the items in columns I and II (B) Q-III, R-II, S-I, T-IV
Column I Column II (C) Q-II, R-I, S-IV, T-III
P Gauss-Seidel 1 Interpolation (D) Q-I, R-IV, S-II, T-III
method
AC [GATE-CH-2016-IISc]
Q Forward Newton- 2 Non-linear
9. Which one of the following is an iterative
Gauss method differential
technique for solving a system of linear
equations
algebraic equations?
R Runge-Kutta 3 Numerical
method integration (A) Gauss elimination

S Trapezoidal Rule 4 Linear algebraic (B) Gauss-Jordan

equation (C) Gauss-Seidel
Codes:
(D) LU decomposition
P Q R S
AD [GATE-TF-2016-IISc]
(A) 1 4 3 2 10. Which of the following is a multi-step
(B) 1 4 2 3 numerical method for solving the ordinary
differential equation?
(C) 1 3 2 4
(A) Euler method
(D) 4 1 2 3
(B) Improved Euler Method
AB [GATE-CS-1998-IITD]
(C) Runge-Kutta method
7. Which of the following statements applies to
the bisection method used for finding roots (D) Adams-Multon method
of functions:
AC [GATE-PE-2017-IITR]
(A) Converges within a few iterations. 11. The numerical method used to find the root
(B) Guaranteed to work for all continuous of a non-linear algebraic equation, that
functions. converges quadratically, is :
(C) Is faster than the Newton-Raphson’s (A) Bisection method
method. (B) Regula-Falsi method (Method of False
(D) Required that there be no error in Position).
determining the sign of the function. (C) Newton-Raphson method.
AB [GATE-IT-2004-IITD] (D) None of the above
8. Consider the following iterative root finding
methods and convergence properties: B [GATE-EE-1998-IITD]
12. In the interval [0,  ] the equation x  cos x
Iterative root finding Convergence properties
has
methods
(A) No solution
Q False position I Order of convergence =
1.62 (B) Exactly one solution
R Newton- II Order of convergence = (C) Exactly 2 solutions
Raphson’s 2 (D) An infinite number of solutions
S Secant III Order of convergence = C [GATE-EC-2009-IITR]
1 with guarantee of 13. It is known that two roots of the non-linear
convergence
equation x 3  6 x 2  11x  6  0 are 1 and 3.
T Successive IV Order of convergence = The third root will be
approximation 1 with no guarantee of
(A) j (B)  j
convergence
(C) 2 (D) 4

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AA [GATE-CE-2007-IITK] e xn
14. Given that one root of the equation (C) x n 1  1  x n 
1  e x n
x 3  10x 2  31x  30  0 is 5. The other two
roots are: x 2n  e  x n 1  x n   1
(D) x n 1 
x n  exn
(A) 2 and 3 (B) 2 and 4
(C) 3 and 4 (D) -2 and -3 A [GATE-CE-2009-IITR]
21. The following equation needs to be
AA [GATE-CS-2014-IITKGP] numerically solved using the Newton –
15. A non-zero polynomial f(x) of degree 3 has Raphson method x3  4x  9  0. The iterative
roots at x = 1, x = 2 and x = 3. Which one of equation for this purpose is ( k indicates the
the following must be TRUE? iteration level)
3
(A) f  0 f  4  0
3
(A) xk 1  2xk  9 (B) xk 1  3xk  9
2 2
3xk  4 2xk  9
(B) f  0 f  4  0 2
(C) x k 1  x k  3 k2  4 (D) x  4xk  3
k 1 2
(C) f  0  f  4  0 9xk  2

(D) f  0  f  4  0 AA [GATE-CE-2011-IITM]
22. The square root of number N is to be
A2 [GATE-MA-2016-IISc] obtained by applying the Newton-Raphson’s
16. The number of roots of the equation iterations to the equation x 2  N  0 . If i
denotes the iteration index, the correct
x2  cos  x   0 in the interval    ,   is iterative method will be :
 2 2
equal to ___________ . 1 N
(A) x i+1 =  x i + 
2 xi 
AC [GATE-EC-2016-IISc]
17. How many distinct values of satisfy the
1 2 N 
equation sin( ) = /2, where is in radians? (B) x i 1   xi  2 
2 xi 
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 3 (D) 4 or more 1 N2 
(C) x i 1   x i  
2 xi 
AC [GATE-BT-2018-IITG]
18. Which one of the following is the solution 1 N
(D) x i 1   x i  
for cos 2 x  2cos x  1  0 , for values of x in 2 xi 
the range of 00  x  3600 ?
AB [GATE-IN-2014-IITKGP]
(A) 450 (B) 90 0 23. The iteration step in order to solve for the
cube roots of a given number ‘N’ using the
(C) 1800 (D) 2700
Newton-Raphson’s method is
AC [GATE-AG-2018-IITG] 1
19. Solution of (A) xk 1  xk 
3
 N  x3k 
4 3 2
f ( x)  x  2 x  4 x  3x  1  0 is
 
(A) 0.333 (B) 0.646 (B) x k 1  1  2x k  N2 
3 xk 
(C) 0.658 (D) 1.000
1
********** (C) x k 1 
3
 N  x 3k 
Roots Finding Methods  
(D) x k 1  1  2x k  N2 
Newton Raphson Method 3 xk 

AC [GATE-EC-2008-IISc] A8.50 to 9.00 T6.2 [GATE-MT-2019-IITM]

20. The recursion relation to solve x  ex using 24. The estimated value of the cube root of 37
Newton-Raphson’s method is: (rounded off to two decimal places) obtained
xn from the Newton-Raphson method after two
(A) x n1  e
interactions (x2 ) is ______.
 xn
(B) x n 1  xn  e [Start with an initial guess value of x0  1 ].

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AA [GATE-IN-2007-IITK] (C) square root of R
25. Identify the Newton-Raphson’s iteration
(D) logarithm of R
scheme for finding the square root of 2.
1 2  A [GATE-EE-2009-IITR]
(A) x n 1   xn   2
2 xn  30. Let x 117  0. The iterative steps for the
solution using Newton – Raphson’s method
1 2  given by
(B) x n 1   xn  
2 xn 
1 117 
2 (A) xk 1   xk  
(C) x n 1  2 xk 
xn
117
(D) x n 1  2  x n (B) xk 1  xk 
xk
AA [GATE-CS-2007-IITK] xk
26. Consider the series (C) xk 1  xk 
117
xn 9
x n 1   , x 0  0.5 obtained from the 1 117 
2 8x n (D) xk 1  xk   xk  
Newton-Raphson’s method. The series 2 xk 
converges to
A [GATE-EC-2009-IITR]
(A) 1.5 (B) 2 31. Newton-Raphson formula to find the roots of
(C) 1.6 (D) 1.4 an equation f ( x )  0 is given by
f ( xn )
AA [GATE-CS-2002-IISc] (A) xn 1  x n 
27. The Newton-Raphson’s iteration f 1 ( xn )
x   1 
x n 1   n   3  can be used to solve f ( xn )
 2 (B) xn 1  x n 
  2x n  f 1 ( xn )
the equation :
(A) x 2  3 (B) x 3  3 f ( xn )
(C) xn 1 
2 3
xn f 1 ( xn )
(C) x  2 (D) x  2
(D) none of the above
C [GATE-CE-2005-IITB]
28. Given a > 0, we wish to calculate it C [GATE-PI-2009-IITR]
1 32. The Newton-Raphson iteration formula for
reciprocal value by using Newton – 3
a finding c , where c > 0 is
Raphson method for f (x)  0. The Newton-
2 xn3  3 c
Raphson algorithm for the function will be : (A) xn 1 
3xn2
1 a 
(A) xk 1   xk  
2 xk  2 xn3  3 c
(B) xn 1 
3xn2
a 2
(B) xk 1  xk  xk
2 2 xn3  c
(C) xx1 
(C) x k 1  2 x k  ax k2 3xn2

(D) xk 1  xk 
a 2 2 xn3  c
xk (D) xn 1 
2 3xn2
C [GATE-CS-2008-IISc] AC [GATE-ME-2016-IISc]
29. The Newton-Raphson iteration 3
33. The root of the function f  x   x  x 1
1 R
xn 1   xn   can be used to compute obtained after first iterations on application
2 xn  of Newton-Raphson scheme using an initial
the guess of x 0  1 is :
(A) square or R (A) 0.682 (B) 0.686
(B) reciprocal of R (C) 0.750 (D) 1.000

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A0.49-0.51 [GATE-MT-2016-IISc] (A) x1  0.5 (B) x1  1.406
34. Solve the equation x  e  x using Newton- (C) x 1  1.5 (D) x 1  2
Raphson method. Starting with an intial
guess value x0  0 , the value of x after the AB [GATE-ME-1999-IITB]
first iteration is ________ 42. We wish to solve x 2  2  0 by Newton-
Raphson’s technique. Let the initial guess be
A0.355-0.365 [GATE-CE-2016-IISc] x 0  1.0 . Subsequent estimated x1 will be :
35. Newton-Raphson method is to be used to
find root of equation 3 x  e x  s in x  0 . If (A) 1.414 (B)`1.5
the initial trial value for the root is taken as (C) 2.0 (D) 3.0
0.333, the next approximation for the root AC [GATE-IN-2011-IITM]
would be _________ (note: answer up to 43. The extremum (minimum or maximum)
three decimal) point of a function f(t) is to be determined by
AB [GATE-PI-2016-IISc] df  x 
solving  0 using the Newton-
36. To solve the equation dx
2sinx = x Raphson’s method. Let f  x   x3  6x and
by Newton-Raphson method, x 0  1 be the initial guess of x. The value f x
the initial guess was chosen to after two iterations  x 2  is
be x = 2.0. Consider x in radian only. The
value of x(in radian) obtained after one (A) 0.0141 (B) 0.4142
iteration will be closest to (C) 1.4167 (D) 1.5000
(A) -8.101 (B) 1.901 AB [GATE-CE-2005-IITB]
44. Given a > 0, we wish to calculate its
(C) 2.099 (D) 12.101
reciprocal value 1/a by using Newton-
A0.56-0.58 [GATE-AE-2016-IISc] Raphson’s method for f(x) = 0
37. Use Newton-Raphson method For a = 7 and starting with x 0  0.2 , the first
to solve the equation: xe x  1 . two iterations will be :
Begin with the intial guess
(A) 0.11, 0.1299 (B) 0.12, 0.1392
x 0  0.5 . The solution after
one step is x = _______. (C) 0.12, 0.1416 (D) 0.13, 0.1428

A0.06 [GATE-EE-2014-IITKGP] AA [GATE-CS-2014-IITKGP]

38. The function f(x) = e x  1 is to be solved 45. In the Newton-Raphson’s method, an initial
using Newton-Raphson’s method. If the guess of x 0  2 is made and the sequence
initial value of x 0 is taken 1.0, then the x0 ,x1,x2 ,.......... is obtained for the function
absolute error observed at 2nd iteration is __.
f  x   0.75x3  2x2  2x  4  0
AC [GATE-EE-2013-IITB] Consider of the statements
39. When the Newton-Raphson’s method is
applied to solve the equation (I) x3  0
3
f  x   x  2x  1  0 , the solution at the (II) The method converges to a solution in a
end of the first iteration with the initial guess finite number of iterations.
value as x 0  1.2 is : Which of the following is TRUE?
(A) -0.82 (B) 0.49
(A) Only I (B) Only II
(C) 0.705 (D) 1.69
(C) Both I and II (D) Neither I nor II
A0.543 [GATE-ME-2014-IITKGP]
A0.73 [GATE-CS-2014-IITKGP]
40. The real root of the equation 2
46. If the equation sin  x   x is solved by
5x – 2cosx –1 = 0
Newton-Raphson’s method with the initial
(upto two decimal accuracy) guess of x =1, then the value of x after 2
is_______________. iterations would be____________
AC [GATE-ME-2005-IITB] D [GATE-EE-2008-IISC]
41. Starting from x 0  1 , one step of Newton- 47. The Newton-Raphson method is to be used
Raphson’s method in solving the equation to find the root of the equation and f '( x ) is
x3  3x  7  0 gives the next value  x1  as the derivative of f the method converges

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(A) Always
Solution of Differential
(B) Only is f is a polynomial
(C) Only if f (x0 )  0
Equation
(D) None of the above Eulers Method
A4.3 [GATE-EC-2015-IITK] AB [GATE-CE-2006-IITKGP]
48. The Newton-Raphson method is used to dy
55. The differential equation  0.25y2 is to
solve the equation f(x)  x3  5x2  6x  8  0 . dx
Taking the initial guess as x = 5, the solution be solved using the backward (implicit)
obtained at the end of the first iteration is Euler’s method with the boundary condition
_____. y = 1 at x = 0 and with a step size of 1. What
would be value of y at x = 1?
AA [GATE-IN-2006-IITKGP]
(A) 1.33 (B) 1.67
49. For k = 0, 1, 2,............, the steps of Newton-
Raphson’s method for solving a non-linear (C) 2.00 (D) 2.33
2 5 A0.6-0.7 [GATE-EC-2016-IISc]
equation is given as x k1  x k  x k2 .
3 3 56. The ordinary differential equation
Starting from a suitable initial choice as k
dx
tends to  , the iterate x k tends to  3x  2 , with x (0)  1
dt
(A) 1.7099 (B) 2.2361
(C) 3.1251 (D) 5.0000 is to be solved using the forward Euler
method. The largest time step that can be
A0.65-0.72 [GATE-EC-2017-IITR] used to solve the equation without making
50. Starting with x = 1, the solution of the the numerical solution unstable is ________
equation x 3  x  1 , after two iterations of
Newton-Raphson’s method (up to two AA [GATE-IN-2010-IITG]
decimal places) is ________. 57. The velocity v(in m/s) of a moving mass,
dv
A5.95 to 6.25 [GATE-TF-2018-IITG] starting from rest, is given as vt.
dt
51. Starting from the initial point x0  10 , if the Using Euler forward difference method (also
sequence  xn  is generated using Newton known as Cauchy-Euler method) with a step
Raphson method to compute the root of the size of 0.1 s, the velocity of 0.2 s evaluates
to
equation x 4  600  0 , then x2 , accurate to
(A) 0.01 m/s
two decimal places, is equal to ________.
(B) 0.1 m/s
A1 [GATE-CE-2018-IITG] (C) 0.2 m/s
52. The quadratic equation 2 x 2  3 x  3  0 is to (D) 1 m/s
be solved numerically starting with an initial
guess as x0  2 . The new estimate of x after AD [GATE-IN-2006-IITKGP]
58. A linear ordinary differential equation is
the first iteration using Newton-Raphson
method is ______. d2 y dy
given as 2
 3  2y    t  . Where
dt dt
Other Methods   t  is an impulse input. The solution is
A10 TO 10 [GATE-EE-2017-IITR] found by Euler’s forward-difference method
53. Only one of the real roots of that uses an integration step h. What is a
f  x   x 6  x  1 lies in the interval suitable value of k?
1  x  2 and bisection method is used to (A) 2.0 (B) 1.5
find its value. For achieving an accuracy of (C) 1.0 (D) 0.2
0.001, the required minimum number of
iterations is _____.(Give the answer up to A [GATE-PI-2011-IITM]
two decimal places.) 59. Consider a differential equation
dy ( x )
A0.74-0.76 [GATE-MT-2017-IITR]  y ( x )  x with initial condition
54. Using the bisection method, dx
the root of the equation y (0)  0. Using Euler’s first order method
x 3  x  1  0 after three with a step size of 0.1 then the value of
iterations is _____ y(0.3) is :
(answer up to two decimal places) (A) 0.01 (B) 0.031
(C) 0.0631 (D) 0.1
(Assume starting values of x = –1 and +1)

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AA [GATE-IN-2013-IITB] 0.060-0.063 [GATE-EC-2016-IISc]
60. While numerically solving the differential 65. Consider the first order initial value problem
dy y '  y  2x  x2 , y(0)  1,(0  x  )
equation  2xy2  0, y  0   1 using
dx
2 x
Euler’s predictor corrector (improved Euler- with exact solution y(x)  x  e . For x =
Cauchy) method with a step size of 0.2, the 0.1, the percentage difference between the
value of y after the first step is exact solution and the solution obtained
(A) 1.00 using a single iteration of the second-order
(B) 1.03 Runge-Kutta method with step-size h = 0.1
is ________ .
(C) 0.97
(D) 0.96 A3.12 to 3.26 [GATE-PE-2018-IITG]
66. Solve the given differential equation using
A10.5-11.5 [GATE-PE-2017-IITR] the 2nd order Runge-Kutta (RK2) method:
dy dy
61. Solve   y numerically from x = 0 to 1  t  y ; Initial condition: y (t  0)  4
dx dt
using explicit, forward, first order Euler
Use the following form of RK2 method with
method with initial condition of y (0)  1 and
an integration step-size, h = 0.5:
step size (h) of 0.2. The absolute value of
error in y(1) calculated using analytical and k1  f (ti , yi ); k2  f (ti  0.5h, yi  0.5k1h )
numerical solution is _____ % (calculate the yi 1  yi  k2 h
error using analytical solution as the basis
The value of y (t  0.5)  =_____________.
and use three decimal places).
(rounded-off to two decimal places)
A0.78 to 0.80 [GATE-CE-2018-IITG]
62. Variation of water depth ( y ) in a gradually AD [GATE-CH-2018-IITG]
67. The fourth order Runge-Kutte (RK4) method
varied open channel flow is given by the
to solve an ordinarydifferential equation
first order differential equation
dy

10
ln( y )
 f ( x , y ) is given as
dy 1 e 3 dx
 1
dx 250  45e3ln( y ) y ( x  h)  y ( x )  ( k1  2 k 2  2 k 3  k 4 )
6
Given initial condition : y ( x  0)  0.8 m .
k1  h f ( x, y )
The depth (in m, up to three decimal places)
of flow at a downstream section at x = 1 m  h k 
k2  h f  x  , y  1 
from one calculation step of Single Step  2 2
Euler Method is _____.
 h k 
A k3  h f  x  , y  2 
 2 2 
63. During the numerical solution of a first order
differential equation using the Euler (also k4  h f  x  h, y  k3 
known as Euler Cauchy) method with step For a special case when the function f
size h, the local truncation error is of the depends solely on x, the above RK4 method
order of reduces to
2 3
(A) h (B) h (A) Euler’s explicit method
4 5
(B) Trapezoidal rule
(C) h (D) h (C) Euler’s implicit method
Runge Kutta Method (D) Simpson’s 1/3 rule
**********
AD [GATE-ME-2014-IITKGP]
64. Consider an ordinary differential equation Numerical Integration
dx
dt
 4t  4 . If x  x0  0 at t = 0, the Trapezoidal Rule
increment in x is calculated using Runge- A0.175-0.195 [GATE-ME-2016-IISc]
Kutta fourth order multi step method with a 68. The error in numerically computing the
step size of  t  0.2 is : 
integral   sin x  cos x dx using the
(A) 0.22 (B) 0.44 0

trapezoidal rule with three intervals of equal

(C) 0.66 (D) 0.88 length between 0 and  is _________.

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69. The numerical value of the definite integral dx
1
x
75. A differential equation  e2t u (t ) has to
e dx using trapezoidal rule with function dt
0

evaluations at points x  0 , 0.5 and 1 is be solved using trapezoidal rule of

integration with a step size h = 0.01s.
____ (round off to 3 decimal places)
Function u(t) indicates a unit step function.
A1.32 to 1.34 T6.4 [GATE-PE-2019-IITM]
70. The values of a function f ( x) over the
 

If x 0  0 , then value of x at t = 0.01s will
be given by
interval [0,4] are given in the table below :
x 0 1 2 3 4 (A) 0.00099 (B) 0.00495
f(x) 1 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.06 (C) 0.0099 (D) 0.0198
Then, according to the trapezoidal rule, the A1.1 [GATE-ME-2014-IITKGP]
4
value of the integral f ( x) dx is ______ 76. Using the trapezoidal rule and dividing the
 0
interval of integration into the three equal
(round off to 2 decimal places). 1
subintervals, the definite integral  x dx
1
A2.20 to 2.50 T6.4 [GATE-BT-2019-IITM]
1
is_________________.
71.  f ( x) dx calculated using trapezoidal rule
1
A1.7532 [GATE-ME-2014-IITKGP]
for the values given in the table is 4
_____(rounded off to 2 decimal places). 77. The value of  In  x dx calculated using
2.5
x -1 -2/3 -1/3 0 1/3 2/3 1 the trapezoidal rule with five subintervals
f(x) 0.37 0.51 0.71 1.0 1.40 1.95 2.71 is_______________.
A1.16 [GATE-ME-2013-IITB]
31
A1.820 to 1.830 T6.4 [GATE-AG-2019-IITM] 78. The definite integral  dx
1 x
72. Using trapezoidal rule, the value of
5.2
is evaluated using Trapezoidal
I   ln( x) dx (rounded off to three rule with a step size of 1.
4.0

decimal places) is ______. The correct answer is _______.

x 4.0 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.8 5.0 5.2 AA [GATE-ME-2007-IITK]
y = ln(x) 1.386 1.435 1.482 1.526 1.569 1.609 1.648 79. A calculator has accuracy upto 8 digits after
2
decimal place. The value of  sin xdx ,
A1.8-1.9 [GATE-PE-2016-IISc] 0

73. For a function f(x), the values of the function when evaluated using this calculator by
in the interval [0, 1] are given in the table trapezoidal method with 8 equal intervals to
below. 5 significant digits
x f(x) (A) 0.00000 (B) 1.0000
0.0 1.0 (C) 0.00500 (D) 0.00025
0.2 1.24
AA [GATE-CE-2006-IITKGP]
0.4 1.56 80. A 2nd degree polynomial, f(x) has value of 1,
4 and 15 at x = 0, 1 and 2 respectively. The
0.6 1.96 2

0.8 2.44 integral  f  x dx

0
is to be estimated by

1.0 3.0 applying the trapezoidal rule to this data.

What is the error(defined as “true value –
1
approximate value”) in the estimate?
The value of the integral  f  x  dx
0 4 2
(A)  (B) 
according to the trapezoidal rule is 3 3
______________.
2
AD [GATE-AG-2016-IISc] (C) 0 (D)
3
74. Integration by trapezoidal method of lo g 1 0 ( x )
with lower limit of 1 to upper limit of 3 AD [GATE-CS-2013-IITB]
using seven distinct values (equally covering 81. Function f is known at the following points.
the whole range) is _______________ .

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x F(x) The estimated volume of the reservoir in m3
using Simpson’s rule is _______ .
0 0
A0.24 to 0.28 T6.4 [GATE-TF-2019-IITM]
0.3 0.09
6  / 2 cos 2 x
0.6 0.36 87. The value of the integral  dx
 0 1  sin x
0.9 0.81 1
obtained using Simpson’s rule (rounded
3
1.2 1.44 off to 2 decimal places) is ________.
1.5 2.25
A94.5-94.8 [GATE-CH-2016-IISc]
1.8 3.24 88. Values of f(x) in the interval [0, 4] are given
below.
2.1 4.41
X 0 1 2 3 4
2.4 5.76 f(x) 3 10 21 36 55
2.7 7.29 Using Simpson’s 1/3 rule with a step size of
1, the numerical approximation (rounded off
3.0 9.00 4

3 to the second decimal place) of  f  x  dx

The values of  f  x  dx computed using the 0
0
is________.
trapezoidal rule is :
(A) 8.983 (B) 9.003 C [GATE-CE-2013-IITB]
(C) 9.017 (D) 9.045 1 3
89. The integral  dx when evaluated by
x
1
AD [GATE-CS-2011-IITM] rd
1
 x2
using simpson’s 1/ 3 rule on two equal
82. The value of e 0
dx , using trapezoidal sub intervals each of length 1, equal to
rule for 10- trapezoids, is equal to (A) 1.000 (B) 1.008
(A) 0.6778 (B) 0.7165 (C) 1.1111 (D) 1.120
(C) 0.6985 (D) 0.7462
A0.53 [GATE-CE-2013-IITB]
C 90. The magnitude as the error (correct to two
83. The trapezoidal rule for integration give decimal places) in the estimation of integral
exact result when the integrand is a 4
 x  10 dx using Simphson 1/3 rule
4
polynomial of degree 0

(A) but not 1 (B) 1 but not 0 is____________.[Take the step length as 1]
(C) 0 (or) 1 (D) 2
AD [GATE-CE-2012-IITD]
A0.70-0.80 [GATE-MT-2017-IITR] 1.5 dx
1 91. The estimate of  obtained using
 x2 0.5 x
84. The definite integral, e dx is to be
0
Simphson’s rule with three-point function
evaluated numerically. Devide the
evaluation exceeds the exact value by
integration interval into exactly 2 (h=0.5)
subintervals of equal length. Applying the
trapezoidal rule, the approximate value of (A) 0.235 (B) 0.068
the integral is ___________ (answer up to (C) 0.024 (D) 0.012
two decimal places)
AA [GATE-CE-2010-IITG]
A1.95 to 2.05 [GATE-MT-2018-IITG] 92. The table given below gives values of a
85. Using the trapezoidal rule with two equal function F(x) obtained for values of x at
intervals ( n  2 , x  1 ), the definite intervals of 0.25
4 1 x 0 0.25 0.5 0.75 1.0
integral  dx  ________ (to two
2 ln( x )
F(x) 1 0.9412 0.8 0.64 0.50
decimal places).
The value of the integral of the function
Simpsons Rule between the limits 0 to 1 using Simphson’s
A14760 [GATE-AG-2017-IITR] rule is:
86. The areas of seven horizontal cross-sections
(A) 0.7854 (B) 2.3562
of a water reservoir at intervals of 9 m are
210, 250, 320, 350, 290, 230 and 170 m2. (C) 3.1416 (D) 7.5000

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93. Simpson’s rule for integration gives exact 98. The order of error is Simphson’s rule for
result when f(x) is a polynomial degree: numerical integration with a step size h is:
(A) 1 (B) 2 (A) h (B) h
2

(C) 3 (D) 4
3 4
(C) h (D) h
AD [GATE-CS-2008-IISc]
94. If interval of integration is divided into two AC [GATE-CS-2014-IITKGP]
equal intervals of width 1.0, the value of the 99. With respect to numerical evaluation of the
3 b
definite integral  log e xdx , using Simpson’s
1
definite integral, K   x2dx ,, where a and b
a
one-third rule, will be are given, which of the following statements
(A) 0.50 (B) 0.80 is/are TRUE?
(C) 1.00 (D) 1.29 (I) The value of K obtained using the
trapezoidal rule is always greater than
AC [GATE-PI-2018-IITG]
1
or equal to the exact value of the
95. In order to evaluate the integral x definite integral.
 e dx
0
with
(II) The value of K obtained using the
Simpson’s 1/3rd rule, values of the function Simpson’s rule is always equal to the
e x are used at x  0.0,0.5 and 1.0. The exact value of the definite integral.
absolute value of the error of numerical (A) Only I
integration is (B) Only II
(A) 0.000171 (B) 0.000440 (C) Both I and II
(C) 0.000579 (D) 0.002718 (D) Neither I nor II
A25.80 to 25.90 [GATE-AG-2018-IITG] AA [GATE-ME-2017-IITR]
96. The velocity (v) of a tractor, which starts 100. P(0, 3), Q(0.5, 4) and R(1, 5) are three points
from rest, is given at fixed intervals of time on the curve defined by f(x). Numerical
(t) as follows : integration is carried out using both
t (min) v (m min-1) Trapezoidal rule and Simpson’s rule within
limits x = 0 and x = 1 for the curve. The
0 0
difference between the two results will be :
2 0.8 (A) 0 (B) 0.25
4 1.5 (C) 0.5 (D) 1
6 2.1 **********
8 2.4
Miscellaneous
10 2.7
T5.1AA [GATE-CE-2009-IITR]
12 1.7 101. In the solution of the following set of linear
14 0.9 equation by Gauss elimination using partial
pivoting 5x + y + 2z = 34, 4y – 3z = 12, amd
16 0.4 10x – 2y + z = -4.
18 0.2 The pivots for elimination of x and y are:
20 0 (A) 10 and 4 (B) 10 and 2
Using Simpson’s 1/3rd rule, the distance (C) 5 and 4 (D) 5 and -2
covered by the tractor in 20 minutes will be
A–6 [GATE-ME-2016-IISc]
____m.
102. Gauss-Siedel method is used to solve the
Mixed following equations (as per the given order):
x1  2 x2  3 x3  5
AC [GATE-ME-2003-IITM]
97. The accuracy of Simphson’s rule quadrature 2 x1  3 x2  x3  1
for a step size h is 3 x1  2 x 2  x3  3
(A) O h 2
(B) O h  3
Assuming initial guess as x1  x2  x3  0 ,
the value of x3 after the first iteration is
(C) O h 
4
(D) O h 
5
_______

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2
103. The model y  mx is to be fit to the data
given below.
x 1 2 3
y 2 5 8
Using linear regression, the value (rounded
off to the second decimal place) of m is
______ .
AD [GATE-ME-2004-IITD]
104. The value of the function f(x) are tabulated
below
X 0 1 2 3
f(x) 1 2 1 10
Using Newton’s forward difference formula,
the cubic polynomial that can be fitted to the
above data is
(A) 2x 3  7x 2  6x  2
(B) 2x 3  7x 2  6x  2
(C) x 3  7x 2  6x 2
(D) 2x 3  7x 2  6x 2  1

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78. 1.16
Answer :
84. 0.70 to 0.80
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 85. 1.95 to 2.05
B B D C C D B B C D 86. 14760

11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 87. 0.24 to 0.28
88. 94.5 to 94.8
C B C A A 2 C C C C
96. 25.80 to 25.90
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
103. 2.25 to 2.72
A A B * A A A C C A

31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
A C C * * B * 0.06 C *
41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
C B C B A * D 4.3 A * **** END OF THE BOOKLET ****
51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60.
* 1 10 * B * A D A A

61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70.
* * A D * * D * * *

71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80.
* * * D C 1.1 * * A A

81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90.
D D C * * * * * C 0.53
91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100.
D A B D C * C D C A

101. 102. 103. 104.

A –6 * D

24. 8.50 to 9.00

34. 0.49 to 0.51
35. 0.355 to 0.365
37. 0.56 to 0.58
40. 0.543
46. 0.73
50. 0.65 to 0.72
51. 5.95 to 6.25
54. 0.74 to 0.76
56. 0.6 to 0.7
61. 10.5 to 11.5
62. 0.78 to 0.80
65. 0.060 to 0.063
66. 3.12 to 3.26
68. 0.175 to 0.195
69. 0.640 to 0.650
70. 1.32 to 1.34
71. 2.20 to 2.50
72. 1.820 to 1.830
73. 1.8 to 1.9
77. 1.7532

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