TN-SET 2012 PAPER – II & III (MATHS) + KEY

PAPER – II

MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
Note : Attempt all the questions. Each question carries two (2) marks.

1. Let X be a metric space and A, B be subsets of X. Which one of the following is not
true?
(A) A B A B
(B) A B A B
(C) A B A B
(D) Int A B Int A Int B
2. Which one of the following is correct?
(A) Every closed subset of a compact metric space is compact
(B) Every closed subset of a complete metric space is complete
(C) A closed and bounded subset of a metric space is compact
(D) Every compact metric space is complete
3. Every continuous function f : a, b R is
(A) one to one
(B) onto
(C) not onto
(D) bijective
4. Which one of the following is dense in R ?
(A) x Q x is rational

(B) x x Q

(C) x 2 x Q

(D) p p is prime
n
Lt log n
5. is equal to
n n
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) –1
(D)
6. Which one of the following is not true?
(A) In R with usual metric every singleton set is closed
(B) Q is closed in R
(C) Z is closed in R
(D) Every subset of a discrete metric space is closed
7. In any metric space M , d the diameter of the empty set is
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C)
(D)
1 6 1 2
8. Let A and B . Then rank AB
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(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 4
(D) 0
0 x
9. Let A . Then A 3 A 0 if
y 0
(A) xy 2
(B) xy 2
(C) xy 1
(D) xy 1
1 2 3
10. The rank of the matrix 2 1 0 is
0 2 4
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 3
11. If aij 1 for all i, j, then rank A is
(A) 4
(B) 2
(C) 1
(D) 0
12. The vectors 1, 2, 0 , 1, 0, 2 , 0, 0, 1 and 1, 0, 1 in R 3 are
(A) linearly independent
(B) linearly dependent
(C) generators of R 3
(D) elements of a basis of R 3
13. Let V be an n-dimensional vector space over Zq (q is a prime). Then the number of
elements in V is
(A) nq
(B) nq
(C) qn
(D) n
14. Let V1 and V2 be two disjoint vector spaces with bases B1 and B2 respectively. Then
a basis of V1 V2 is
(A) B1 B2
(B) B1 B2
(C) x y x B1 , y B2
(D) x y x B1 , y B2
cos z
15. The integral dz equals
z 2
z3
(A) i
(B) i

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(C) i
(D) 2 i
16. The function f z z satisfies Cauchy-Riemann equations for
(A) no point z
(B) all points z
(C) z 0
(D) z 1
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1 i
17. If x iy, then
1 i
(A) x 1, y 0
(B) x 1, y 1
(C) x 1, y 1
(D) x 1, y 0
18. Every bilinear transformation maps circles or straight lines into
(A) straight lines or circles respectively
(B) circles or straight lines respectively
(C) circles
(D) straight lines
19. The number of 3-Sylow subgroups in S3 is
(A) 1
(B) 3
(C) 2
(D) 4
20. The number of conjugate classes in Sn is
(A) n!
(B) n 1 !
(C) number of partitions of n
(D) none of these
21. Which one of the following is not true?
(A) Every non-zero element in a finite ring having no divisor of zero is a unit
(B) Every non-zero element in an infinite ring having no divisor of zero is a unit
(C) Every finite division ring is a field
(D) Every finite integral domain is a field
22. A group of order 2 is
(A) cyclic
(B) normal
(C) abelian
(D) none of these
23. Let f z e z z 3 if z 0 . Then the residue of f at z 0 is
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2 i
(D) 12
24. Let X, d be a complete metric space and f : X Y be such that
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(A) f has a fixed point

(B) f is bounded
(C) f need not be continuous
(D) f is continuous
25. All subsets , R, 0, 1 and 0, 1 of R with the usual metric are
(A) compact
(B) connected
(C) bounded
(D) complete
26. Every metric space is
(A) Separable
(B) Lindelöf
(C) Second countable
(D) First countable
27. A population grows at the rate of 5% per year. Then the population will be doubled in
(A) 10 log 2 years
(B) 20 log 2 years
(C) 30 log 2 years
(D) log 2 years
28. The differential equation of all parabolas whose axes are parallel to the axis y is
d3 y
(A) 1
dx 3
d3 y
(B) 1
dx 3
d3 y
(C) 0
dx 3
d3 y
(D)
dx 3
29. The differential equation of all ellipse centred at the origin is
(A) xyy2 xy12 yy1 0
(B) xyy2 xy12 yy1 0
(C) yy2 xy12 yy1 0
(D) yy2 xy12 yy1 0
30. The partial differential equation of z xy f x2 y2 is
(A) py x2 qx y2
(B) py x2 qx y2
(C) px y2 qy x 2
(D) px y2 qy x 2
31. The general integral of the Lagrange’s equation z xp yq y2 x 2 is
(A) x2 y2 z2 f xyz
(B) x2 y2 z2 f yz
(C) x2 y2 z2 f xy

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(D) x2 y2 z2 f xz
32. To find the largest eigen value of a square matrix one should use
(A) Givens method
(B) Power method
(C) Householder method
(D) Rutishauser method
33. To solve log e x x 2 1 0 by iterative procedure starting with x 0 and x k 1 xk ,
k 0, 1, 2,  , one should use x
(A) 1 loge x
2
(B) ex 1
(C) 1 loge x x
(D) none of the above
34. If f x f x 1 f x, E f x f x 1 , f x f x f x 1 then the
incorrect statement is
(A)
(B) E2 1
(C) 1 E
2 2
(D) 1 1
35. A and B start in ring with ten other persons. If the arrangement of 12 persons is at
random the chance that there are exactly three persons between A and B is
(A) 1/66
(B) 2/11
(C) 4/11
(D) 5/11
36. A fair coin is tossed three times, the probability function p x of the number of heads
x is
(A) x : 0 1 2 3
p x : 2/8 2/8 3/8 1/8
(B) x: 0 1 2 3
p x : 1/8 3/8 3/8 1/8
(C) x: 0 1 2 3
p x : 3/8 3/8 1/8 1/8
(D) x: 0 1 2 3
p x : 2/8 3/8 1/8 2/8
37. If the probability density function of a variable x is defined as
f x 3x 0 x 1
0 otherwise
then the p.d.f. of y 4x 3 is
3
(A) y 3
16
4
(B) y 2
9
3
(C) y 3
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(D) y 3
9
38. Out of 20 employees of a company 5 are graduates. 3 employees are selected at
random. The probability of all the three are graduates is
(A) 1/64
(B) 1/125
(C) 1/114
(D) 1/82
39. An M M 1 queue with arrival rate and service rate , the underlying queueing
process is
(A) Poisson process with rate
(B) Poisson process with rate
(C) Birth-Death process with birth rate and death rate
(D) Yule-Furry process with rates and
40. If X and Y are two independent Poisson variates such that X ~ P 1 and Y ~ P 2 ,
the probability P X Y 3 is
3
(A) e
3
(B) 3e
3
(C) 4e
(D) 8.5e 3
41. If the sample size n 2 then the student’s t-distribution reduces to
(A) normal distribution
(B) F-distribution
(C) Cauchy distribution
(D) Chi-square distribution
42. The Cramer-Rao inequality can be used to find an estimator which is
(A) most efficient
(B) sufficient
(C) consistent
(D) unbiased
43. The relative efficiency of non-parametric test is the ratio of
(A) power of the tests
(B) size of two tests
(C) size of samples
(D) all the above
44. When the number of treatments in Kruskal-Wallis test is two, the statistic H reduces
to
(A) Mann-Whitney U Statistic
(B) Wilcoxon-U Statistic
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) Neither (A) nor (B)
45. The linear model with dichotomous response variable Y
Y 0 1 X1 2X2  K XK
2
where ~ N 0, is called
(A) logistic regression model
(B) factor model
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(D) canonical correlation model

1 2
46. In canonical variables the number of non-zero rotos of 21 11 12 22 0 is
equal to the rank of
(A) 21

(B) 12

(C) 11

(D) None of the above

47. With usual notation Y ~ Nn , then the necessary and sufficient condition that
Y A Y has chi-square distribution is
(A) A A A
(B) A A A
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above
48. A sample of 25 units from an infinite population with standard deviation 10 results
into a total score of 450. Then the mean of the sampling distribution is
(A) 45
(B) 50
(C) 18
(D) 1.8
49. In sampling with probability proportional to size the units are selected with
probability in proportion to
(A) the size of the unit
(B) the size of the sample
(C) size of the population
(D) none of the above
50. For the linear programming problem
Max. Z 4 X1 10 X 2 80 X 3 15 X 4 10 X 5
subject to : X1 3X 2 X 3 6 X 4 X 5 120
and X1 , X 2 , X 3 , X 4 , X 5 0
the optimal solution involves
(A) X 5
(B) X4
(C) X3
(D) X2
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PAPER – III

MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
Note : Attempt all the questions. Each question carries two (2) marks.
1. Which of the following is incorrect?
(A) Q is of second category
(B) R is of second category
(C) lz is of second category
(D) Every discrete metric space is of second category
2. A incorrect statement is
(A) a finite set is closed
(B) the set of all integers is closed
(C) the set of all complex numbers is perfect
(D) the set of all integers is perfect
3. Which one of the following is correct?
1
(A) lim p 1 if p 0
n n
(B) lim n p 0 if p 0
n

1
(C) lim 0 if p 0
n np
(D) lim n n
n

4. Suppose an 0 , sn a1 ..... an and an diverges. Then a convergent series is

an
(A)
1 an
an
(B)
sn
an
(C)
1 nan
an
(D)
1 n 2 an
5. Which one of the following is not true?
(A) A totally bounded subset of a metric space is bounded
(B) The closure of a totally bounded set is totally bounded
(C) A non empty subset of a totally bounded set is totally bounded
(D) Bounded totally bounded
6. Which one of the following functions is continuous at the origin?
x 2 if 3 x 2
(A) f ( x ) x 2 if 2 x 0
x 2 if 0 x 1
1
sin if x 0
(B) f (x ) x
0 if x 0

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x if x is rational
(C) f (x ) 2
1
if x is irrational
2
x if x is rational
(D) f (x )
0 if x is irrational
7. Let fn ( x ) xn , 0
x 1 . This is a sequence of functions with
(A) continuous limit
(B) discontinuous limit
(C) uniformly continuous limit
(D) bounded convergent limit
8. The integral representation of Riemann - Zeta function is given by ( s) ( s)
s s 1
x
(A) x
dx
0
e 1

xs 1
(B) dx
s
ex 1

xs 1
(C) x
ds
0
e 1

xs 1
(D) dx
0
ex 1
9. V f ( a , b) 0 if and only if
(A) f is continuous on a,b
(B) f is bounded on a,b
(C) f is constant on a,b
(D) f is differentiable on a,b
10. Two subsets of a metric space X are separated if
(A) A B
(B) A B
(C) A B and A B
(D) A B and A B
11. Let V be a vector space of polynomials in t with an inner product defined by
1
p, q p(t ) q(t ) dt
0
2
Let p( x ) x 2 . The p is
27
(A)
3
29
(B)
3
19
(C)
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(D)
3
12. A vector of unit length which is orthogonal to (1, 3, 4) in V3 (R) with standard product
is
1 1 1
(A) , ,
2 2 2
1 1 1
(B) , ,
2 2 2
1 1 1
(C) , ,
3 3 3
1 1 1
(D) , ,
3 3 3
13. Consider the subspaces U and W of R 4 given below
U ( a, b, c, d )|b c d 0
W ( a,b, c, d )|a b 0, c 2d
Then dimension of U , W and U W are respectively
(A) 2, 3, 1
(B) 3, 2, 1
(C) 2, 2, 2
(D) 1, 2, 3
1 2 3
14. The quadratic form associated with the matrix 2 1 4 with respect to the
3 4 1
standard basis in R3 is
(A) x12 2x1x 2 3x 22
(B) 2x1x 2 4 x 2 x3 5x1x3
(C) x12 x 22 x32 4x1x 2 6x1x3 8x 2 x 3
(D) x12 5x 22 7x32
15. Let T : V2 (R) V2 (R) be the reflection through the line y x . Then the matrix of T
with respect to standard basis is
1 0
(A)
0 1
1 0
(B)
0 1
0 1
(C)
1 0
0 1
(D)
1 0
16. A linear transformation T : U V is non-singular if and only if
(A) nullity (T ) 0
(B) nullity (T ) 0
(C) rank (T ) 0

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(D) nullity (T ) rank (T )

17. Which one of the following statement is incorrect?
(A) Any square matrix satisfies its characteristic equation
(B) Similar matrices have the same characteristic roots
(C) The characteristic roots of a real symmetric matrix are real
(D) The non-zero characteristic roots of a real skew symmetric matrix are real
18. Consider the basis {(1, 1, 1), (1, 1, 0), (1, 0, 0)} of R3 and let T : R3 R2 be a linear
transformation such that T (v1 ) (1, 0), T (v2 ) (2, 1), T (v3 ) (4, 3) . Then T (2, 3, 5)
is
(A) ( 1, 5)
(B) (3, 4)
(C) (0, 0)
(D) (9, 23)
19. Which one of the following is not linear?
(A) T : R2 R2 defined by T ( x , y) (2x y, x )
3 2
(B) T :R R defined by T ( x , y, z ) ( z, x y)
2
(C) T :R R defined by T ( x ) (2x, 3x )
(D) T : R3 R2 defined by T ( x , y, z )
( x 1, y z )
20. The minimal polynomial of the Jordan canonical form
2 1 0 0 0
0 2 0 0 0
0 0 2 1 0 is
0 0 0 2 0
0 0 0 0 –7

(A) ( x 2)3 ( x 7)2

(B) ( x 2)4 ( x 7)
(C) ( x 2)2 ( x 7)
(D) (x 2)4
21. In the complex plane e z assumes
(A) every value excepting zero
(B) every negative value
(C) every value
(D) every positive value
22. Let f be an entire function such that
f (iy) exp(iy), 0 y 1 . Then
(A) f (x iy) exp ( x iy) for every x and y
(B) f (x iy) exp(iy)
(C) f (x iy) exp(x iy) for every x and 0 y 1 only
(D) f (x iy) is constant
23. The value of the integral
sin z 2 cos z 2
dz , where C is the circle z 3 and integration is taken
C
( z 4 ) ( z 2 )
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(A) 2 i
(B) i
(C) i
(D) 2 i
1 e z
24. For the function f ( z ) , the point z 0 is
z
(A) an essential singularity
(B) a pole of order zero
(C) a pole of order one
(D) a removable singularity
nn n
25. The radius of convergence of z is
n 1n !

(A) e
1
(B)
e
(C) 1
(D) 0
26. Let G be an infinite cyclic group. Then the automorphism group A(G ) is
(A) the symmetric group S 3
(B) a cyclic group of order 2
(C) a non-abelian group
(D) the Klein’s four group
27. Which one of the following is not true?
(A) C is a finite extension of R
(B) R is a finite extension of Q
(C) Q 2, 3 is a finite extension of Q
(D) C is an infinite extension of Q
28. The Galois group of x 2 1 over Q is
(A) Z 2
(B) S3
(C) S4
(D) D6
29. Which one of the following is not true?
(A) x 2 x 1 is irreducible over Z 2
(B) x 2 1 is irreducible over Z 7
(C) x3 9 is reducible over Z11
(D) x3 9 is reducible over Z 31
30. Let G be a group. Suppose G has subgroups of order 24 and 60 and O(G) 200 . Then
O(G)
(A) 12
(B) 120
(C) 180
(D) 60

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31. Let G be a non cyclic abelian group for which all proper subgroups are cyclic. Then
G
(A) Z 2
(B) Z 2 S3
(C) Z 2 Z3
(D) S3
32. Let I x be an ideal of Z x . Then
(A) I is not a coprime ideal
(B) I is a prime ideal but not maximal
(C) I is a maximal ideal but not prime
(D) I is a subring of Z x
33. Let m be a prime number. Then the number of maximal ideals in Zm 4 is
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) m
(D) m 4
34. Let X be a compact Hausdorff space. Then X is metrizable if
(A) X has a countable basis
(B) X has no countable basis
(C) X is closed
(D) X is not closed
35. Let f , g : X Y be continuous and Y be a Hausdorff space. Then x / f ( x ) g ( x ) is
(A) open in X
(B) open and closed in X
(C) closed in X
(D) neither open nor closed in X
36. Let X be a locally path connected space and Y a connected open set in X. Then Y is
(A) compact
(B) connected
(C) not connected
(D) path connected
37. Let X 0,3  4,6 with the subspace topology induced by the usual topology on R .
Let g : X R be defined by
x if 0 x 3
g( x )
4 if 4 x 6
Then
(A) g (G ) is open in R for every open set G in X
(B) g(H ) is closed in R for every closed set H in X
(C) g is a continuous function
(D) g is a discontinuous function
38. Let X 0, 1 (2, 3) R . Which of the following is true?
(A) 0, 1 and 2,3 are open in X
(B) 0,1 and 2,3 are open in X
(C) 0,1 and 2,3 are closed in X
(D) 0,1 and 2,3 are closed in X

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dy
39. The initial value problem x y , y(0) 0, x 0 has
dx
(A) no solution
(B) uncountable number of solutions
(C) a unique solution
(D) two solutions
40. The eigen value of the Sturm Liouville system y y 0, 0 x , y(0) 0,
y ( ) 0 are
1
(A) (2n 1)2
4
1
(B) (2n 1)2 2
4
1 2
(C) x
4
1 2 2
(D) n
4
dy
41. The differential equation y 0, y(0) 1 has
dt
(A) finite number of solutions
(B) infinite number of solutions
(C) unique solution
(D) no solution
42. Characteristic curve of the partial differential equation x 2uxx y2uyy x 2 y2 x, x 0
and y u( x,t ) is a
(A) hyperbola
(B) parabola
(C) straight line
(D) circle
43. The solution to the Dirichlet problem for the unit disc, with the boundary function
2
f (x ) , , is
4
2 r n cos n
(A) w(r, ) ( 1)n
1 n2
( 1)n r n cos n
(B) w(r, )
1 n2
2
( 1)n r n sin n
(C) w(r, )
12 1 n2
2
( 1) n r n cosn
(D) w(r, )
12 1 n2
1
44. The Euler equation relevant to the determination of extremals of y2 k 2 cos y dx is
0
2
(A) 2y k sin y 0
2
(B) 2y k sin y 0
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(D) y cosy 0
x1

45. Sufficient conditions for a minimum of the functional v y( x ) F ( x , y, y ) dx ;

x0

y( x 0 ) y0 , y( x1 ) y1 is
d
(A) Fy Fy 0
dx
(B) Jacobi condition
(C) Fy y 0 on the extremal under study
(D) All of the above
x
1 2
46. The differential equation corresponding to y( x ) ( x ) y( ) d x is
0
2
2
d y
(A) 0 , y(0) y ( 0) 0
dx 2
d2 y
(B) x 1 , y(0) y ( 0) 1
dx 2
d2 y
(C) y 0 , y(0) y ( 0) 1
dx 2
d2 y
(D) xy 1 , y(0) y ( 0) 0
dx 2
2
47. The characteristic values for the equation y( x ) sin ( x t ) y(t ) dt are
0

(A) ,
1
(B) ,

1 1
(C) ,

1
(D) ,

48. The variation of action is given by the formula s

B
B
(A) p q H t A p dq q dp Hdt t dH
A
B
B
(B) p q H t A p dq qdp Hdt H dH
A
B
B
(C) p q H t A p dq q dp Hdt t dH
A
B
B
(D) p q H t A p dq q dp Hdt t dH
A

49. For a conservative system, the Hamiltonian H is a

(A) function of ql alone
(B) function of pl alone
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(D) constant of the motion

50. Which of the following is a positive definite matrix?
2 1
(A)
1 2
1 2
(B)
2 2
1 2
(C)
2 1
1 2
(D)
2 1
51. Let the matrix A be given as
1 0 1 0 1
0 2 2 1 0
1 1 1 0 0
1 0 1 1 1
1 0 1 2 0
The rank of A is
(A) 6
(B) 6
(C) 5
(D) 5
52. Let be the difference operator, fi fi 1 fi . Then ( fi / gi ) is given by
(A) gi 1 fi fi 1 gi / gi gi 1

(B) gi fi 1 fi gi 1 / gi gi 1

(C) gi fi fi gi / gi gi 1

(D) gi fi fi gi / gi 1 gi
53. An urn contains 5 white and 3 black balls and B contains 4 white and 4 black balls.
An urn is selected and a ball is drawn from it, the probability that the ball is white is
(A) 9/8
(B) 9/16
(C) 5/32
(D) 5/16
54. According to Jenson inequality on expectation, if is a continuous and convex
function and X is a random variable having finite mean then which of the
following is true
(A) E ( x ) E ( x )
(B) E (x ) E( x )
(C) E (x ) E( x )
(D) None of the above
55. If the probability density function of a random variable X is defined as
f ( x ) ax (2 x ) 0 x 2
then the value of a is
(A) 1/4
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(C) 3/8
(D) 3/4
56. For a Markov chain with tpm P ( pij ) , it is given that pij p ji . The stationary
distribution of P is
(A) a uniform distribution
(B) a binomial distribution
(C) has atleast one zero value
(D) cannot be determined
57. A Markov chain has tpm with elements
0 1 0 0 0
0 .6 0 0 .4 0 0
0 0 .6 0 0 .4 0
0 0 0 .6 0 0 . 4
0 0 0 1 0
(A) the chain is reducible
(B) the chain is aperiodic
(C) the chain is periodic
(D) all states are recurrent null
58. If X and Y are two independent gamma variates with parameters n1 and n2 , then
the distribution of X / Y is
(A) 1 ( n1 , n2 )

(B) F (n1 , n2 )
(C) 2 ( n1 , n2 )

(D) F (n2 , n1 )
59. The moment generating function of a chi-square distribution with n degrees of
freedom is
(A) (1 2t )n / 2
n/2
(B) (1 2t )
(C) (1 2t )n / 2
n/2
(D) (1 2t )
60. If t distribution has n degrees of freedom and F has (1, n) degrees of freedom then
which of the following is true
(A) tn2 F (1, n)
(B) tn2 F 1, 1 / n
(C) tn2 F (n,1)
(D) tn2 F 1 / n, 1
61. The skewness of a binomial distribution will be zero if
1
(A) p
2
1
(B) p
2
1
(C) p
2
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2 2
62. Let X be an observation obtained from N (0, ) . The sufficient statistic for is
(A) X
(B) X 2
(C) X if X 0
(D) X
63. A test which is atleast as powerful as any other test of some size is called
(A) best test
(B) unbiased test
(C) most powerful test
(D) uniformly most powerful test
64. Mann-Whitney test statistic U depends on the fact that
(A) how many times Y precede X’s
(B) how many times X precede Y’s
(C) both (A) and (B)
(D) none of (A) and (B)
65. The significance of rank correlation is tested by
(A) F-test
(B) t-test
(C) chi-square test
(D) none of the above
66. If the sample size in Wald-Wolfowitz run test is large, the variate R is distributed
with variance
2mn(2mn m n)
(A)
(m n) (m n 1)
2mn(2mn m n)
(B)
(m n)2 (m n 1)
mn(2mn m n)
(C)
(m n) (m n 1)
mn(2mn m n)
(D)
(m n)2 (m n 1)
67. The product of geometric mean of regression coefficients and geometric mean of
variances is
(A) Correlation ratio
(B) Square of covariance
(C) Covariance
(D) Correlation coefficient
68. In a regression equation Y X where ~ N (0, 2 ) the standard error of ˆ is
given by
2
(A) /n
2 2
(B) /
(C) /n
(D) / n
69. The principal components are all
(A) uncorrelated
(B) correlated
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(D) none of the above

70. The arithmetic mean of two regression coefficients can have the value
(A) Less than –1
(B) Between –1 and 1
(C) Greater than 1
(D) in ( , )
71. If the number of population units N is an integral multiple of sampling size n, then
the systematic sampling is called
(A) linear systematic sampling
(B) circular systematic sampling
(C) random systematic sampling
(D) all the above
72. If we have a sample of size n from a population of N units, the finite population
correction is
N 1
(A)
N
n 1
(B)
N
N n
(C)
N
N n
(D)
n
73. A function of variates for estimating a parameter is called
(A) an estimate
(B) an estimator
(C) a frame
(D) a statistic
74. List P and List D has solution status of primal and associated dual problem. Match
them.
List P List D
(a) Optimal (1) Not optimal
(b) Unbounded (2) Unbounded
(c) Infeasible (3) Infeasible
(d) Feasible (4) Optimal
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (1) (2) (3) (4)
(B) (2) (3) (4) (1)
(C) (3) (1) (2) (4)
(D) (4) (3) (2) (1)
75. For a M / M / C : GD / / queuing model the arrival rate is 110 customers per hour
and service rate is 50 customers per hour. In order to have a steady state solution for
probability distribution for number of customers in the system, it is required that
(A) C 1
(B) C 2
(C) C 3
(D) Cannot be determined
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Paper – II Answer

1 C 16 A 31 C 46 B
2 C 17 D 32 B 47 A
3 C 18 B 33 A 48 C
4 C 19 A 34 D 49 A
5 D 20 C 35 B 50 D
6 B 21 B 36 B
7 D 22 C 37 A
8 B 23 D 38 C
9 D 24 A 39 C
10 C 25 B 40 D
11 C 26 D 41 C
12 B 27 B 42 A
13 C 28 C 43 C
14 B 29 A 44 C
15 C 30 B 45 A

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Paper – III Answer

1 A 16 A 31 D 46 D 61 C
2 D 17 D 32 B 47 C 62 B
3 C 18 D 33 A 48 C 63 C
4 D 19 D 34 A 49 D 64 C
5 D 20 C 35 C 50 A 65 B
6 D 21 A 36 D 51 A 66 B
7 B 22 A 37 C 52 C 67 C
8 D 23 C 38 A 53 B 68 D
9 C 24 D 39 B 54 B 69 A
10 C 25 A 40 A 55 D 70 B
11 C 26 B 41 D 56 A 71 A
12 C 27 B 42 A 57 C 72 C
13 B 28 A 43 D 58 C 73 B
14 C 29 D 44 B 59 B 74 D
15 D 30 B 45 D 60 A 75 C

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