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General Aptitude
Q.1 Q.5 Carry ONE mark Each

Q.1 Ravi had ______ younger brother who taught at ______ university. He was widely
regarded as ______ honorable man.

Select the option with the correct sequence of articles to fill in the blanks.

(A) a; a; an

(B) the; an; a

ce
(C) a; an; a

(D) an; an; a

ra
am
Ex

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Q.2 ✁✂ ✄☎✆✝✞ ✟✂✠✡✞✡☛☞ ✌☛ ✟☛✍☞✞✡✎✂ ✌✁✂ ✍☛✏✑✒☛✏✠✂ ✍✓✞ ✠☛☞✞✡✟✂✏✂✟ myopic because it
sacrificed long-term stability to accommodate short-term gains.

Select the most appropriate option ✌✁✓✌ ✠✓☞ ✏✂✔✕✓✠✂ ✌✁✂ ✍☛✏✟ ✖✗✘☛✔✡✠✙ ✍✡✌✁☛✚✌
changing the meaning of the sentence.

(A) visionary

(B) shortsighted

ce
(C) progressive

(D) innovative ra
am
Ex

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Q.3 The average marks obtained by a class in an examination were calculated as 30.8.
However, while checking the marks entered, the teacher found that the marks of one
student were entered incorrectly as 24 instead of 42. After correcting the marks, the
average becomes 31.4. How many students does the class have?

(A) 25

(B) 28

(C) 30

ce
(D) 32
ra
am
Ex

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Q.4 Consider the relationships among P, Q, R, S, and T:

P is the brother of Q.
S is the daughter of Q.
T is the sister of S.
R is the mother of Q.

The following statements are made based on the relationships given above.

(1) R is the grandmother of S.

(2) P is the uncle of S and T.

(3) R has only one son.

(4) Q has only one daughter.

ce
Which one of the following options is correct?
ra
(A) Both (1) and (2) are true.
am

(B) Both (1) and (3) are true.

(C) Only (3) is true.

Ex

(D) Only (4) is true.

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Q.5 According to the map shown in the figure, which one of the following statements is
correct?

Note: The figure shown is representative.

☛✝
✎✡✏✏✓✏✘ ✡ ✄✓☞✌✂✂☞
✠
✞✟✝
✑✁✘✞✡✠✞ ✎✓✏ ✆ ✒☛✞✔✡✌✓✕
☎✄
✂

✌✁ ✄✏☛✞✞ ✁☛✓✟

ce
✒☛✞✌✂✕✞ ✄✁✂✗✡✞✌✏✘
✎✓✏
☞
✄✕✓✞✞✏☛☛✗✞
ra
✌ ☎

✍
am

(A) The library is located to the northwest of the canteen.

Ex

(B) The hospital is located to the east of the chemistry lab.

(C) The chemistry lab is to the southeast of physics lab.

(D) The classrooms and canteen are next to each other.

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Q.6 Q.10 Carry TWO marks Each

Q.6 ✖ ✔✚✌ ✌✁✂ ✏✏☛✍☞ ✔✓✔✂✏ ✡☞ ✗✘ ✔☛✠✑✂✌ ✓✕☛☞✁ ✍✡✌✁ ✌✁✂ ✠✁✓✕✑✞✂ ✓☞✟ ✔☛✞✞✡✏✕✘ ☛✌✁✂✏ ✌✁✡☞✁✞✄
I suppose every one must have reflected how primeval and how poetical are the
✌✁✡☞ ✁✞ ✌✁✓✌ ☛☞✂ ✠✓✏✏✡✂✞ ✡☞ ☛☞✂✝✞ ✔☛✠✑✂✌☎ ✌✁✂ ✔☛✠✑✂✌-knife, for instance the type of all
human tools, the infant of the sword. Once I planned to write a book of poems
entirely about the things in my pocket. But I found it would be too long: and the age
☛✒ ✌✁✂ ✁✏✂✓✌ ✂✔✡✠✞ ✡✞ ✔✓✞✌✄✙

✆✝✏☛✗ ✞✄✟✄ ✄✁✂✞✌✂✏✌☛☞✝✞ ✖✠ ✑✡✂✠✂ ☛✒ ✄✁✓✕✑✙✡

Based only on the information provided in the above passage, which one of the
following statements is true?

ce
(A)
ra
The author of the passage carries a mirror in his pocket to reflect upon things.
am
(B) The author of the passage had decided to write a poem on epics.

(C) The pocket-knife is described as the infant of the sword.

(D) Epics are described as too inconvenient to write.

Ex

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Q.7 In the diagram, the lines QR and ST are parallel to each other. The shortest distance
between these two lines is half the shortest distance between the point P and line
QR. What is the ratio of the area of the triangle PST to the area of the trapezium
SQRT?

Note: The figure shown is representative.

✆ ✁

ce
(A) ✄ ra
(B) ✄
✁
am

(C) ✂
☎

✄
Ex

(D)
✂

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Q.8 A fair six-✒✓✠✂✟ ✟✡✠✂✂ ✍✡✌✁ ✌✁✂ ✒✓✠✂✞ ✕✓✏✂✕✕✂✟ ✁✝✂ ✂✝✂ ✄✝✂ ☎✝✂ ✝✂ ✓☞✟ ✆✝✂ ✡✞ ✏☛✕✕✂✟
✌✁✏✡✠✂✄ ✌✁✓✌ ✡✞ ✌✁✂ ✔✏☛✏✓✏✡✕✡✌✘ ☛✒ ✏☛✕✕✡☞✁ ✆✝ ✂✝✓✠✌✕✘ ☛☞✠✂✞

(A) ✟☎
✂✄✠

(B) ✄
✠

(C) ✄
✄✡

ce
(D) ✂☎
✂✄✠
ra
am
Ex

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Q.9 A square paper, shown in figure (I), is folded along the dotted lines as shown in the
figures (II) and (III). Then a few cuts are made as shown in figure (IV). Which one
of the following patterns will be obtained when the paper is unfolded?

Note: The figures shown are representative.

✁✂ ✁✁✂ ✁✁✁✂ ✁✄✂

(A)

ce
ra
(B)
am

(C)
Ex

(D)

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Q.10 A shop has 4 distinct flavors of ice-cream. One can purchase any number of scoops
of any flavor. The order in which the scoops are purchased is inconsequential.
If one wants to purchase 3 scoops of ice-cream, in how many ways can one make
that purchase?

(A) 4

(B) 20

(C) 24

ce
(D) 48
ra
am
Ex

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Q.11 Q.35 Carry ONE mark Each

Q.11 Let
✁☛ ✄
✞ ✌ ✁ ✌ ✂✁✄ ✆ ✝ ✟☎ ✠ ✂ ✡ ✆ ✒✁☛ ✁✄ ✁☎ ☞ ✍✎ ✏✍✑✓✔✕✑✖✍✗✑✘✖✙ ✑✕✏ ✚✁ ✚ ✌ ✄✛✜
✁☎ ✂
✥
where ✚✁✚ ✌ ✢✁☛✄ ✣ ✁✄✄ ✣ ✁☎✄✤✦ ✧ Then, which one of the following is TRUE?

(A) ✞ is compact and connected

ce
(B) ✞ is neither compact nor connected

(C) ✞ is compact but not connected ra

(D) ✞ is connected but not compact
am

Q.12 Given that the Laplace transforms of ★✩ ✢✪✤ ✜ ★✩✫ ✢✪✤ ✑✕✏ ★✩✫✫ ✢✪✤ exist, where ★✩ ✢✪✤ is
the Bessel function. Let ✬ ✌ ✬✢✭✤ be the Laplace transform of the Bessel function
★✩ ✢✪✤✧ Then, which one of the following is TRUE?
Ex

(A) ✮✬ ✂✭✬
✣ ✌ ✯✜ ✭ ✰✯
✮✭ ✭✄ ✣ ✄

(B) ✮✬ ✂✭✬
✡ ✌ ✯✜ ✭ ✰✯
✮✭ ✭✄ ✣ ✄

(C) ✮✬ ✭✬
✡ ✄ ✌ ✯✜ ✭ ✰✯
✮✭ ✭ ✣ ✄

(D) ✮✬ ✭✬
✣ ✄ ✌ ✯✜ ✭ ✰✯
✮✭ ✭ ✣ ✄

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☎
Q.13 To find a real root of the equation ✪ ☎ ✣ ✁✪ ✄ ✡ ✄✯ ✌ ✯ in the interval ✒✄✜ by
✄
using the fixed-point iteration scheme, consider the following two statements:

☛✩
S1: The iteration scheme ✪☛✁☛ ✌ ✌ , ✞ ✌ ✯✜ ✄✜ ✂✜ ☎ ✜ converges for any initial
✂✁✄☞
☎
guess ✪✩ ✝ ✒✄ ✜ ✧
✄
☛
S2: The iteration scheme ✪☛✁☛ ✌ ✌✄✯ ✡ ✪☛☎ , ✞ ✌ ✯✜ ✄ ✜ ✂✜ ☎ ✜ diverges for some
✄
☎
initial guess ✪✩ ✝ ✒✄✜ ✧
✄

Then, which one of the following is correct?

ce
(A) S1 is TRUE and S2 is FALSE
ra
(B) S2 is TRUE and S1 is FALSE
am

(C) both S1 and S2 are TRUE

(D) neither S1 nor S2 is TRUE

Ex

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Q.14 For the linear programming problem:

Maximize ✞ ✌ ✂ ✪☛ ✣ ✁✪✄ ✣ ✁✪☎ ✡ ✪✂

Subject to ✪☛ ✣ ✪✄ ✣ ✪☎ ✌ ✁ ✜
✪☛ ✣ ✁ ✪✄ ✣ ✪✂ ✌ ✡✜
✪☛ ✜ ✪✄ ✜ ✪☎ ✜ ✪✂ ✌ ✯ ,

consider the following two statements:

S1: If ✌ ✂ ✑✕✏ ✁ ✌ ✄✜ then ✢✪☛ ✜ ✪✄ ✤☛ forms an optimal basis.

S2: If ✌ ✄ ✑✕✏ ✁ ✌ ✁✜ then ✢✪☎ ✜ ✪✄✤☛ forms an optimal basis.
Then, which one of the following is correct?

(A) S1 is TRUE and S2 is FALSE

ce
ra
(B) S2 is TRUE and S1 is FALSE
am

(C) both S1 and S2 are TRUE

(D) neither S1 nor S2 is TRUE

Ex

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Q.15 Consider the following subsets of the Euclidean space ✟✂ :

✞ ✌ ✒ ✢✪☛ ✜ ✪✄ ✜ ✪☎ ✜ ✪✂ ✤ ✝ ✟✂ ✠ ✪☛✄ ✣ ✪✄✄ ✣ ✪☎✄ ✡ ✪✂✄ ✌ ✯ ✜

✞ ✌ ✒✢✪☛ ✜ ✪✄ ✜ ✪☎ ✜ ✪✂ ✤ ✝ ✟✂ ✠ ✪☛✄ ✣ ✪✄✄ ✣ ✪☎✄ ✡ ✪✂✄ ✌ ✄ ✜ ✑✕✏

✁ ✌ ✒ ✢✪☛ ✜ ✪✄ ✜ ✪☎ ✜ ✪✂ ✤ ✝ ✟✂ ✠ ✪☛✄ ✣ ✪✄✄ ✣ ✪☎✄ ✡ ✪✂✄ ✌ ✡✄ ✧

Then, which one of the following is TRUE?

(A) ✞ is connected, but ✞ and ✁ are not connected

ce
(B) ✞ and ✁ are connected, but ✞ is not connected

(C) ✞ and ✁ are connected, but ✞ is not connected

ra
(D) ✞ and ✞ are connected, but ✁ is not connected
am

Consider the system of ordinary differential equations

Q.16
✮✂
Ex

✌ ☎✂ ✜
✮✄

where ☎ is a ✠ ✌ ✠ skew-symmetric matrix with entries in ✟. Then, for this system,

the origin is a stable critical point for

(A) any such matrix ☎

(B) only such matrices ☎ whose rank is 2

(C) only such matrices ☎ whose rank is 4

(D) only such matrices ☎ whose rank is 6

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Q.17 Let ✂ ✌ ✒✞ ✝ ✒✯✜ ✄ ☞ ✠ ✞ ✢✯✤ ✌ ✯ ✌ ✞ ✢✄✤ with the norm ✚✞✚☛ ✌ ✎✁✂ ✆✞ ✢ ✄✤ ✆,
✩✄☎✄☛
where ✒✯✜ ✄☞ is the space of all real-valued continuous functions on ✒✯✜ ✄ ☞.
✥
☛ ✦
Let ✬ ✌ ✒✯✜ ✄ ☞ with the norm ✚✞✚ ✄ ✌ ✒✝✩ ✆✞ ✢✄✤ ✆✄ ✮✄ . Let ✁✟ and ✁✠ be the
closed unit balls in ✂ and ✬ centred at the origin, respectively. Consider ✞ ✡ ✂ ☞ ✟
and ✞✡ ✬ ☞ ✟ given by
☛ ☛
✞✞ ✌ ✝✩ ✞ ✢✄✤ ✮✄ and ✞✞ ✌ ✝✩ ✞ ✢✄✤ ✮✄.
Consider the following statements:

S1: ✎✁✂ ✆✞✞✆ is attained at a point of ✁✟ .

✌✍✎✏

ce
S2: ✎✁✂ ✆✞✞ ✆ is attained at a point of ✁✠ .
✌✍✎✑ ra
Then, which one of the following is correct?
am

(A) S1 is TRUE and S2 is FALSE

(B) S2 is TRUE and S1 is FALSE

Ex

(C) both S1 and S2 are TRUE

(D) neither S1 nor S2 is TRUE

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Q.18 Let ✞✢✪✜ ✤ ✌ ✞ ✢✪✜ ✤✁ ✄✄✁ ☎☛ be defined in ✟ ✄ ✜ where ✞ ✢✪✜ ✤ is a continuously

differentiable non-zero homogeneous function of degree ✁ ✧ Then,
✂✄ ✂✄
✪
✂☎ ✣
✂✆ ✌ ✯ ✝✔✖✏✎ ✟✔✠

(A) ✑✖✖ ✂✔✍✕✡✎ ✢✪✜ ✤ in ✟✄

(B) ✑✖✖ ✂✔✍✕✡✎ ✢✪✜ ✤ on the line given by ✂ ✪ ✣ ✣✁✌✯

ce
(C) ✑✖✖ ✂✔✍✕✡✎ ✢✪✜ ✤ in the region of ✟✄ except on the line given by ✂✪ ✣ ✣✁ ✌ ✯

(D) ✑✖✖ ✂✔✍✕✡✎ ✢✪✜ ✤ on the line given by ✂ ✪ ✣ ✌✯

ra
am

Q.19 The partial differential equation

☞✌ ✍ ☞✌ ✍ ✄✤ ☞
✌✍ ☞✍ ✄✤ ☞✍ ✌ ✯
✢✄ ✣ ✪ ✄✤ ✣ ✂ ✪✢✄ ✡ ✄✤ ✣ ✢✄ ✡ ✣✪ ✣ ✢✄ ✡
☞✎✌ ☞✏☞✎ ☞✏✌ ☞✎ ☞✏
Ex

is

(A) elliptic in the region ✒✢✪✜ ✤ ✝ ✟✄ ✡ ✆ ✆ ✑ ✄

(B) hyperbolic in the region ✒✢✪✜ ✤ ✝ ✟✄ ✡ ✆ ✆ ✰ ✄

(C) elliptic in the region ✒✢✪✜ ✤ ✝ ✟✄ ✡ ✆ ✆ ✰ ✄

(D) hyperbolic in the region ✒✢✪✜ ✤ ✝ ✟✄ ✡ ✆ ✆ ✒ ✄

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Q.20 Let ✞ ✢✪✜ ✄✤ be the solution of the following initial-boundary value problem

☞✍ ☞✌ ✍
✡ ✌ ✌ ✯✜ ✪ ✝ ✢✯✜ ✁✤✜ ✄ ✰ ✯✜
☞ ☞✎
✞ ✢✯✜ ✄✤ ✌ ✞✢✁ ✜ ✄✤ ✌ ✯✜ ✞ ✢✪✜ ✯✤ ✌ ✎✍✕ ✁✪ ✂✔✎ ✪ ✧

Then, for each ✄ ✰ ✯, the value of ✞ ✒☞✂ ✜ ✄ is

ce
(A) ✁ ☛✂✄☎
✢✁ ✂✆☎ ✡ ✄✤
✂☎✂

✁ ☛✂✄☎
(B)
ra ✢✄ ✡ ✁ ✂✆☎ ✤
✂☎✂
am

(C) ✁ ☛✂✄☎
✢✄ ✣ ✁ ✂✆☎ ✤
✂☎✂

(D) ✁ ☛✂✄☎
✢✄ ✡ ✁ ✂✆☎ ✤
Ex

✁☎✂

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Q.21 Consider the function ✞ ✡ ✟✄ ✍ ✟✄ given by

✞✢✪✜ ✤ ✌ ✢✪ ☎ ✡ ✪ ✄ ✡ ✪ ✜ ✪ ✄ ✡ ☎✡ ✤✧

Then, for the function ✞✜ the inverse function theorem is

(A) applicable at all points of ✟✄

(B) not applicable at exactly one point of ✟✄

not applicable at exactly two points of ✟✄

ce
(C)

(D) not applicable at exactly three points of ✟✄

ra
am
Ex

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Q.22 Let the functions ✞✡ ✟✄ ☞ ✟ and ✞✡ ✟ ✄ ☞ ✟ be given by

✪☛✄ ✣ ✪✄✄ ✡ ✂ ✪☛ ✪✄ ✜
✞ ✢✪☛ ✜ ✪✄ ✤ ✌ ✑✕✏

✞✢✪☛✜ ✪✄✤ ✌ ✂ ✪☛✄ ✣ ✂✪✄✄ ✡ ✪☛✪✄✧

Consider the following statements:

S1: For every compact subset ✞ of ✟, ✞ ☛☛ ✢ ✞✤ is compact.

S2: For every compact subset ✞ of ✟, ✞☛☛ ✢✞✤ is compact.

Then, which one of the following is correct?

ce
(A) S1 is TRUE and S2 is FALSE ra
(B) S2 is TRUE and S1 is FALSE
am
(C) both S1 and S2 are TRUE

(D) neither S1 nor S2 is TRUE

Ex

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Q.23 Let ✞☛ ✢✪✤ denote the characteristic polynomial of a square matrix . Then, for
☎
which of the following invertible matrices ✜ the polynomial ✞✁ ✢✪✤ ✡ ✞✁☞✥✢✪✤ is
constant?

(A) ☎ ✌ ✒ ☎✂ ✟✂

(B) ☎ ✌ ✒✁ ✄✂
✂

(C) ☎ ✌ ✒ ✄✂ ✡✄ ✂

ce
(D) ☎ ✌ ✒ ☎✂ ✡✡✡ ✂ ra
am
Ex

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Q.24 Consider the balanced transportation problem with three sources ✞☛ ✜ ✞✄ ✜ ✞☎ ✜ and four
destinations ✞☛ ✜ ✞✄ ✜ ✞☎ ✜ ✞✂ ✜ for minimizing the total transportation cost whose cost
matrix is as follows:

✞☛ ✞✄ ✞☎ ✞✂ Supply

✞☛ ✂ 6 20 11 ✣ ✄✯

✞✄ 12 7 4 10 ✣ ✌ ✄✯

✞☎ 8 14 16 11 5

ce
Demand ✣☎ ✄✯ ✁✣☎ ✣✁
ra
where ✜ ✁ ✰ ✯ . If the associated cost to the starting basic feasible solution obtained
by using the North-West corner rule is ✂✄✯ , then which of the following is/are
correct?
am

(A) ✄ ✣ ✁✄ ✌ ✄✯✯
Ex

(B) ✄✣ ✁ ✌ ✄☎✯

(C) The optimal cost of the transportation problem is ✂✠✯

(D) The optimal cost of the transportation problem is ✂✄✯

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Q.25 Consider the following regions:

✞☛ ✌ ✒✢✪☛ ✜ ✪✄✤ ✝ ✟✄ ✠ ✂✪☛ ✣ ✪✄ ✑ ✁✜ ✪☛ ✣ ✂ ✪✄ ✑ ☎✜ ✪☛ ✜ ✪✄ ✌✯ ✜

✞✄ ✌ ✒✢✪☛ ✜ ✪✄✤ ✝ ✟✄ ✠ ✂ ✪☛ ✡ ✪✄ ✑ ☎ ✜ ✪☛ ✣ ✂ ✪✄ ✑ ☎✜ ✪☛ ✜ ✪✄ ✌ ✯ ✧

Then, which of the following is/are TRUE?

(A) The maximum value of ✪☛ ✣ ✪✄ is on the region ✞✄

(B) The maximum value of ✪☛ ✣ ✪✄ is ☎ on the region ✞✄ ✡ ✞☛

ce
(C) The maximum value of ✪☛ ✣ ✪✄ is on the region ✞☛ ✆ ✞✄

(D)
ra
The maximum value of ✪☛ ✣ ✪✄ is ✁ on the region ✞☛ ✞✄
am
Ex

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Q.26 Let ✞✡ ✟✄ ✡ ✒✢✯✜✯✤ ✍ ✟ be a function defined by

✪✄ ✡ ✄ ✄
✞ ✢✪✜ ✤✌ ✒ ✣ ✪ ✎✍✕ ✌ ✁✧
✪✄ ✣ ✄ ✪✄ ✣ ✄

Consider the following three statements:

S1: ✂✄☎ ✂✄☎ ✞ ✢✪✜ ✤ exists.

✄ ✆✩ ☛✆✩

S2: ✂✄☎ ✂✄☎ ✞ ✢✪✜ ✤ exists.

☛✆✩ ✄✆✩
S3: ✂✄☎ ✞ ✢✪✜ ✤ exists.
✝✄✞☛✟✆✝✩✞✩ ✟
Then, which of the following is/are correct?

ce
(A) S2 and S3 are TRUE and S1 is FALSE
ra
(B) S1 and S2 are TRUE and S3 is FALSE
am

(C) S1 and S3 are TRUE and S2 is FALSE

(D) S1, S2 and S3 all are TRUE

Ex

Q.27 Let ☎ be a ✟ ✌ ✟ matrix with entries in ✟ and having the characteristic polynomial

✠✁ ✢✪✤ ✌ ✢✪ ✡ ✄✤☞ ✢✪ ✡ ✂✤✡ ✢✪ ✡ ✤✄ ✜ ☛✝✙✠✙ ✰ ✁✧

Let ✠✑✕✍✢☎ ✡ ✎✏ ✤ ✌ ✠✑✕ ✍✢☎ ✡ ✂✎✏ ✤ ✌ ✠✑✕✍✢☎ ✡ ✎✏ ✤ ✌ ☎✜ where ✎✏ is the ✟ ✌ ✟
identity matrix. If ✑✁ ✢✪✤ is the minimal polynomial of ☎, then ✑ ✁ ✢☎✤ is equal to
_____ (in integer)

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Q.28 Let ✌ ✞☛ ✢✪✤ be the unique polynomial of degree satisfying the Legendre
differential equation

✢✄ ✡ ✪ ✄✤ ✫✫ ✡ ✂✪ ✫ ✣ ✢ ✣ ✄✤ ✌✯ ✑✕✏ ✢✄✤ ✌ ✄✧
✫ (1) is equal to _____ (in integer)
Then, the value of ✞☛☛

Q.29 Let ✟
✌ be a unit vector parallel to the tangent at the point ✞✁✄✜ ✄✜ ☎✂ ✂ to the curve
of intersection of the surfaces ✂✪ ✄ ✣ ✄ ✡ ✄ ✄ ✌ and ✪ ✄ ✣ ✄ ✌ ✄ ✄ .

ce
☎✝✙✕✜ ✡✝✙ ✑✘✎✔✖✁✡✙ ✆✑✖✁✙ ✔✟ ✡✝✙ ✏✍✠✙✂ ✡✍✔✕✑✖ ✏✙✠✍✆ ✑✡✍✆ ✙ ✔✟

✞ ✢✪✜ ✜ ✄✤ ✌ ✪ ✄ ✣ ✂ ✄ ✡ ✂☎✄✄ ✄

✑✡ ✞ ✍✕ ✡✝✙ ✏✍✠✙✂ ✡✍✔✕ ✔✟ ✟

✌
ra
✍✎ _____ (in integer)
am

Q.30 The volume of the region bounded by the cylinders ✪ ✄ ✣ ✄ ✌ ✁ and ✪ ✄ ✣ ✄ ✄ ✌ ✁

Ex

is _____ (rounded off to TWO decimal places)

Q.31 Let ✝ be the vector space (over ✟) consisting of all bounded real-valued solutions
of the differential equation

✮✂ ✮✄
✣ ✂ ✄✣ ✌✯✧
✮✪ ✂ ✮✪

Then, the dimension of ✝ is _____ (in integer)

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Q.32 Let ✞✆ ✌ ✢ ✡ ✄✤ ☛✁ ✣ ✢✄ ✡ ✪✤ ✁ ✣ ✢✪ ✡ ✤ ✟
✌ be a vector field, and let ✞ be the surface
✄
✪ ✣ ✄ ✄
✣ ✢✄ ✡ ✄✤ ✌ ✄✜ ✄ ✑ ✄ ✑ ✁ . If ✂ ✌ denotes the unit outward normal vector
to ✞✜ ✡hen the value of

✄ ✆✌✞
✆✂ ✝ ✂
✍✄✁ ✒☎ ✌ ✮✞✍
✁
✞

is equal to _____ (in integer)

ce
ra
Q.33 Consider
✄ ✎✍✕ ✄
am

✎ ✌ ✡ ✮✄ ✜
✂✁✠ ☞ ✄ ✡ ✂ ✔✎✢✄ ☎✤
where ✌ ✒✄ ✝ ✎ ✠ ✄ ✌ ✪ ✣ ✠ ✜ ✆✪ ✆ ✣ ✆ ✆ ✌ ✄✜ ✪✜ ✝ ✟ is oriented positively
as a simple closed curve. Then, the value of ✄✂✯✎ is equal to _____ (in integer)
Ex

Q.34 Let ✜ ✁ ✜ ✏ ✜ ✑ ✝ ✟ be such that the quadrature formula

☛
✓ ✞ ✢✪✤ ✮✪ ✌ ✞ ✢✡✄✤ ✣ ✁✞ ✢✄✤ ✣ ✏✞ ✫ ✢✡✄✤ ✣ ✑✞✔✢✄✤
☛☛
is exact for all polynomials of degree less than or equal to .
Then, ✄✢ ✄ ✣ ✁ ✄ ✣ ✏ ✄ ✣ ✑ ✄✤ is equal to _____ (in integer)

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Q.35 Let ✢✪✤ be the solution of the initial value problem

✮
✮✪ ✌ ✎✍✕✁✁✢✪ ✣ ✤✂✜ ✢✯✤ ✌ ✯✧
Using ☎✚✕✂✏✝✞ ✗✂✌✁☛✟ ✍✡✌✁ ✌✁✂ ✞✌✂✔ -size ✞ ✌ ✯✧☎✜ the approximate
✂ value of
✢✄✧☎✤ ✣ ✂ ✢✄✤ is equal to _____ (in integer)

ce
ra
am
Ex

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Q.36 Q.65 Carry TWO marks Each

Q.36 Consider the linear system ✟✌ ✜ where ✌✌✞☛✁ ✂✜ ✠✜ ✄ ✌ ✄ ✜ ✂✜ ✜ and ✞ ☛☛ ☎ ✯ for

✞☛☛ ✯ ✯
✠ ✌ ✄✜ ✂✜ ✜ ✍✎ a matrix with entries in ✟✧ For ✞ ✌ ✂ ✯ ✞ ✄✄ ✯ ✆, let
✯ ✯ ✞ ☎☎
✄ ✄ ✡✂ ✁
✞ ☛☛ ✌✂ ✄ ✂✆ and ✞ ☛☛ ✌✂ ✁ ✆✧
✄ ✄ ✄ ✄
Consider the following two statements:

S1: The approximation of ✟ after one iteration of the Jacobi scheme with initial
vector ✟✡ ✌ ✒✄ ✄ ✄☞☛ is ✟✆ ✌ ✒☎ ✡ ✄ ✡ ✄☞☛ .

S2: There exists an initial vector ✟ ✡ for which Jacobi iterative scheme diverges.

ce
Then, which one of the following is correct?
ra
(A) S1 is TRUE and S2 is FALSE
am

(B) S2 is TRUE and S1 is FALSE

(C) both S1 and S2 are TRUE

Ex

(D) neither S1 nor S2 is TRUE

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Q.37 Let ✢✪✤ be the solution of the differential equation

✪ ✄ ✫✫ ✣ ✟✪ ✫ ✣ ✄ ✌ ✪ ☛☎ ✖✔✓ ☛ ✪✜ ✪ ✰ ✯✜

✫✢ ✤
✎✑✡✍✎✟ ✍✕✓ ✢✄✤ ✌ ✯ ✑✕✏ ✄ ✌ ✯. Then, the value of ✢✁✤ is equal to

(A)
✄ ✂☎
✞
✁

(B)

ce
✄ ✂☎
✞
✆

(C)
ra ✝ ✂☎
✞
✁
am

(D)
✄ ✂☎
✞
✝
Ex

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Q.38 Let ☛ ✢✪✤ and ✄ ✢✪✤ be the two linearly independent solutions of the differential
equation
✫✫ ✡ ✪ ✫ ✣ ✂ ✄ ✪✤
✢✄ ✣ ✪ ✄✤ ✢ ✔✎ ✌ ✯✜

satisfying the initial conditions

✫ ✫
☛ ✢✯✤ ✌ ✜ ☛ ✢✯✤ ✌ ✡✄ ✑✕✏ ✄ ✢✯✤ ✌ ✡☎ ✜ ✄ ✢✯✤ ✌ ✂✧

Define ✝ ✢✪✤ ✌ ✒
☛ ✢✪✤
✫
✄ ✢✪✤
✫
✒✧ Then, the value of ✝ ✒☛✄ is
☛ ✢✪✤ ✄ ✢✪✤

(A) ☎☎

ce
✁

(B) ☎☎
ra ✂

(C) ✂
am

☎☎

(D) ✁
☎☎
Ex

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Q.39 Let be the curve of intersection of the surfaces ✄ ✄ ✌ ✪ ✄ ✣ ✄ and

✁✪ ✣ ✄ ✌ ✟. If ✞ is a point on at a minimum distance from the ✪ -plane, then the
distance of ✞ from the origin is

(A) ✟
☎

(B) ✟☎✂
☎

ce
(C) ✄✁
☎

(D) ✄✁☎✂
ra ☎
am
Ex

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Q.40 Let ✞ ✢✪✜ ✄✤ be the solution of the initial-value problem

☞✌ ✍ ☞✌ ✍ ✞✞
✡ ✄ ✌ ✯✜ ✪ ✝ ✟✜ ✄ ✰ ✯✜ ✞ ✢✪✜ ✯✤ ✌ ✁✄ ✜ ✢✪✜ ✯✤ ✌ ✎✍✕ ✪✧
☞✌ ☞✎✌ ✞✄
☞ ☞
Then, the value of ✞ ✒ ✜
✄ ☛ is

(A) ✄ ☞ ✄
✌✁ ✡ ✁
✂

(B) ✄ ☞ ✄

ce
✌✁ ✣ ✁
✂

(C) ✄ ☞ ☎
✌✁ ✣ ✁
ra ✂

(D) ✄ ☞ ☎
✌✁ ✡ ✁
am

✂
Ex

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☛
Q.41 Let ✞ be the M✔✒ bius transformation that maps the points ✯✜ ✑✕✏ ✄ conformally
✄
onto the points ✡ ✜ ✄ ✑✕✏ ✂ , respectively, in the extended complex plane.
If ✞ maps the circle centred at ✄ with radius ✞ onto a straight line given by the
☛ ✁☞✂☎✆✂✝
equation ✪ ✣ ✁ ✣ ✏ ✌ ✯ , then the value of is equal to
☞✂☎✞☛ ✝

(A) ✄
✟

(B) ✂
✟

ce
(C) ✄
ra
(D) ✂
am
Ex

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Q.42 Let ✁ ✌ ✒✄ ✝ ✎ ✠ ✁✢✄✤ ✰ ✯ and ✞ ✌ ✒✄ ✝ ✎ ✠ ✆✄✆ ✒ ✄ , where ✁✢✄✤ denotes

the imaginary part of ✄ . Let ✞ be the set of all bijective analytic functions
✞✡ ✁ ☞ ✞ such that ✞ ✢✠✤ ✌ ✯ . Then, the value of ✂✄☎ ✆✞ ✢✁ ✠✤ ✆ is
✌✍✞

(A) ✯

(B) ✄
✁

(C) ✄

ce
✂

(D)
ra ☎
am
Ex

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Q.43 Let ✂ be a non-empty open connected subset of ✎ and ✞✡ ✂ ☞ ✎ be a non-constant

function. Let the functions ✞ ✄ ✡ ✂ ☞ ✎ and ✞ ☎ ✡ ✂ ☞ ✎ be defined by
✄ ☎
✞ ✄ ✢✄✤ ✌ ✁✞ ✢✄✤✂ ✑✕✏ ✞ ☎ ✢✄ ✤ ✌ ✁✞ ✢✄✤✂ ✜ ✄✝ ✂✧
Consider the following two statements:

S1: If ✞ is continuous in ✂ and ✞ ✄ is analytic in ✂✜ then ✞ is analytic in ✂✧

S2: If ✞ ✄ and ✞ ☎ are analytic in ✂✜ then ✞ is analytic in ✂.

Then, which one of the following is correct?

ce
(A) S1 is TRUE and S2 is FALSE

(B) S2 is TRUE and S1 is FALSE

ra
(C) both S1 and S2 are TRUE
am

(D) neither S1 nor S2 is TRUE

Ex

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Q.44 In the following, all subsets of Euclidean spaces are considered with the respective
subspace topologies.
Define an equivalence relation ✄ on the sphere

✞ ✌ ✒ ✢✪☛ ✜ ✪✄ ✜ ✪☎✤ ✝ ✟☎ ✠ ✪☛✄ ✣ ✪✄✄ ✣ ✪☎✄ ✌ ✄

by ✢✪☛ ✜ ✪✄ ✜ ✪☎ ✤ ✄ ✢ ☛ ✜ ✄ ✜ ☎ ✤ if ✪☎ ✌ ☎ , for ✢✪☛ ✜ ✪✄ ✜ ✪☎✤✜ ✢ ☛ ✜ ✄ ✜ ☎✤ ✝ ✞.

Let ✒✪☛ ✜ ✪✄ ✜ ✪☎ ☞ denote the equivalence class of ✢✪☛ ✜ ✪✄ ✜ ✪☎✤, and let ✂ denote the set
of all such equivalence classes. Let ✟ ✠ ✞ ✂ be given by ☞
✟✁✢✪☛✜ ✪✄✜ ✪☎✤✂ ✌ ✒✪☛ ✜ ✪✄ ✜ ✪☎ ☞. If ✂ is provided with the quotient topology induced
by the map ✟, then which one of the following is TRUE?

ce
(A) ✂ is homeomorphic to ✒✪ ✝ ✟ ✠ ✡✄ ✑ ✪ ✑ ✄

(B) ✂ is homeomorphic to ✒✢✪☛ ✜ ✪✄ ✤ ✝ ✟✄ ✠ ✪☛✄ ✣ ✪✄✄ ✌ ✄

ra
(C) ✂ is homeomorphic to ✒✢✪☛ ✜ ✪✄ ✤ ✝ ✟✄ ✠ ✪☛✄ ✣ ✪✄✄ ✑ ✄
am

(D) ✂ is homeomorphic to ✒✢✪☛ ✜ ✪✄ ✜ ✪☎✤ ✝ ✟☎ ✠ ✪☛✄ ✣ ✪✄✄ ✌ ✄ ✑✕✏ ✡ ✄ ✑ ✪☎ ✑ ✄

Ex

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Q.45 Consider the following two spaces:

✂✌✢ ✒✡✄ ✜ ✄☞✜ ✆✝✆☛ ✤, the space of all real-valued continuous functions defined on
✒✡✄ ✜ ✄ ☞ equipped with the norm ✆ ✞ ✆☛ ✌ ✎✁✂ ✆✞ ✢ ✄✤ ✆.
☎✍✒☛☛ ☛
✞

✬ ✌ ✢ ✒✡✄✜ ✄☞✜ ✆ ✝✆✄✤ , the space of all real-valued continuous functions defined on
☛ ☛✂ ✄
✒✡✄ ✜ ✄ ☞ equipped with the norm ✆ ✞ ✆✄ ✌ ✒ ✝☛☛✆✞ ✢✄✤ ✆✄ ✮✄ ✧

Let ✝ be the linear span over ✟ of all the Legendre polynomials. Then, which one
of the following is correct?

✝ is dense in ✂ but not in ✬

ce
(A)

(B) ✝ is dense in ✬ but not in ✂ ra

(C) ✝ is dense in both ✂ and ✬
am

(D) ✝ is dense neither in ✂ nor in ✬

Ex

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Q.46 Consider the metric spaces ✂ ✌ ✢✟✜ ✮☛✤ and ✬ ✌ ✢✒✯✜ ✄☞✜ ✮✄✤ with the metrics
defined by ✮☛ ✢✪✜ ✤ ✌ ✆✪ ✡ ✆✜ ✪✜ ✝ ✟ and ✮✄ ✢✪✜ ✤ ✌ ✆✪ ✡ ✆✜ ✪✜ ✝ ✒✯✜✄☞,
respectively. Then, which one of the following is TRUE?

☛
(A) ✒✯✜ is open in ✂ but not in ✬
✂

☛
(B) ✒✯✜ is open in ✬ but not in ✂
✂

☛
(C) ✒✯✜
✂
is open in both ✂ and ✬

ce
☛
(D) ✒✯✜ is open neither in ✂ nor in ✬
✂ ra
am

Q.47 Let ✞ be an algebraically closed field containing a finite field ✞ . Let ✞ be the
subfield of ✞ consisting of elements of ✞ that are algebraic over ✞.

Consider the following statements:

S1: ✞ is algebraically closed.

Ex

S2: ✞ is infinite.

Then, which one of the following is correct?

(A) S1 is TRUE and S2 is FALSE

(B) S2 is TRUE and S1 is FALSE

(C) both S1 and S2 are TRUE

(D) neither S1 nor S2 is TRUE

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Q.48 Let ☎✄ ✢✟✤ be the vector space (over ✟) of all ✂ ✌ ✂ matrices with entries in ✟ .
Consider the linear transformation ✞ ✡ ☎✄ ✢✟✤ ☞ ☎✄ ✢✟✤ defined by ✞ ✢✂✤ ✌ ✂✞ ,
where ✌ ✒✄ ✡✂
✂ and ✞ ✌ ✒ ✠ ☎ ✂ . If ✞ is the matrix representation of
✄ ✁ ✡✂ ✡✄
✞ with respect to the standard basis of ☎✄✢✟✤, then which of the following is/are
TRUE?

(A) ✞ ✍✎ ✑✕ ✍✕✆ ✙✠✡✍✘✖✙ ✁✑✡✠✍

(B) ☎✝✙ ✡✠✑✂ ✙ ✔✟ ✞ ✍✎ ✂☎

ce
(C) ☎✝✙ ✠✑✕ ✍ ✔✟ ✢✞✄ ✡ ✁✎✂✤ ✍✎ ✁✜ where ✎✂ is the ✁ ✌ ✁ identity matrix
ra
(D) ☎✝✙ ✕✁✖✖✍✡ ✔✟ ✢✞ ✡ ✂✎✂ ✤ ✍✎ ✯✜ where ✎✂ is the ✁ ✌ ✁ identity matrix
am
Ex

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Q.49 Consider the linear programming problem (LPP):

Maximize ✞ ✌ ✪☛ ✣ ☎✪✄

Subject to ✪☛ ✣ ✪☎ ✌ ✁ ✜
✂ ✪✄ ✣ ✪✂ ✌ ✄✂✜
✪☛ ✣ ✂✪✄ ✣ ✪☛ ✌ ✄✡✜
✪☛ ✜ ✪✄ ✜ ✪☎ ✜ ✪✂ ✜ ✪☛ ✌ ✯✧
Given that ✪ ✌ ✢✪☎ ✜ ✪✄ ✜ ✪☛✤ ☛ forms the optimal basis of the LPP with basis matrix
✁ ✡✁
✞ and respective ✞ ☛☛ ✌ ✂ ✯ ✏ ✯✆✧ If ✢ ✞✜ ✞ ✜ ✁✤ is the optimal solution of the
✯ ✡✁ ✁
dual of the LPP, then which of the following is/are TRUE?

ce
(A) ✣ ✁ ✣ ✂✏ ✌ ra
(B) ✡ ✁ ✣ ✁✏ ✌ ✄
am

☛
(C) ✞✣✞✣✁ ✌ ✄

☛✏
(D) ✞✄ ✣ ✞ ✄ ✣ ✁ ✄ ✌ ✂
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Q.50 Let ✯ ✒ ✒ ✄. Define

✆✞ ✢✄✤ ✡ ✞ ✢✭✤✆
☞
✒✯✜ ✄☞ ✌ ✒✞✡ ✒✯✜ ✄☞ ☞ ✟ ✠ ✎✁✂
☛ ☎ ✆✄ ✡ ✭ ✆
☞
✒ ✄✁ ✧
☛ ☎✍ ✩ ☛ ✞ ✒ ✞

It is given that ☞
✒✯✜ ✄☞ is a Banach space with respect to the norm ✚✝✚ given by ☞

✆✞ ✢✄✤ ✡ ✞ ✢✭✤✆
✚✞✚ ✌ ✆✞ ✢✯✤✆ ✣ ✎✁✂ ✧
☞
☛ ☎ ✆✄ ✡ ✭ ✆
☞

☛ ☎✍ ✩ ☛✞ ✒ ✞

Let ✒✯✜ ✄☞ be the space of all real-valued continuous functions on ✒✯✜ ✄ ☞ with the
norm ✚✞✚☛ ✌ ✎✁✂ ✆✞ ✢✄✤ ✆. If ✞ ✡ ✒✯✜ ✄ ☞ ☞ ✒✯✜✄ ☞ is the map ✞✞ ✌ ✞ ✜
☞

✩✄☎✄☛
✞✝ ☞
✒✯✜ ✄☞, then which of the following is/are TRUE?

ce
(A) ✞ is a compact linear map
ra
(B) Image of ✞ is closed in ✒✯✜ ✄ ☞
am

(C) Image of ✞ is dense in ✒✯✜ ✄☞

(D) ✞ is not a bounded linear map

Ex

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Q.51 Let ✞ ✢✪✜ ✄✤ be the solution of the initial value problem

☞✍ ☞✍
✣ ✌ ✞ ✜ ✪ ✝ ✟✜ ✄ ✰ ✯✜ ✞ ✢✪✜ ✯✤ ✌ ✂ ✔✎ ✪✜
☞ ☞✎
and let ✞✢✪✜ ✄✤ be the solution of the initial value problem

☞ ☞
✣ ✌ ✞ ✄ ✜ ✪ ✝ ✟✜ ✄ ✰ ✯✜ ✞✢✪✜ ✯✤ ✌ ✂ ✔✎ ✪✧
☞ ☞✎
Then, which of the following is/are TRUE?

✆✞ ✢✪✜ ✄✤ ✆ ✑ ✁ ☎ for all ✪ ✝ ✟ and for all ✄ ✰ ✯

ce
(A)

(B) ✞✢✪✜ ✄✤ is not defined for certain values of ✪ ✝ ✟

ra
(C) ✞✢✪✜ ✄✤ is not defined for any ✪ ✝ ✟
am
☞
(D) ✞ ✢✂✁ ✜ ✁✤ ✌ ✡✁
Ex

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Q.52 Let ✞ ✢✪✜ ✄✤ be the solution of the initial-boundary value problem

☞✍ ☞✌ ✍
✌✂ ✌ ✜ ✯ ✒ ✪ ✒ ✄✜ ✄ ✰ ✯✜
☞ ☞✎
✞ ✢✯✜ ✄✤ ✌ ✞ ✢✄✜ ✄✤ ✌ ✯ , ✞ ✢✪✜ ✯✤ ✌ ✂✪✢✄ ✡ ✪✤.
Then, which of the following is/are TRUE?

✑ ✞✢✪✜ ✄✤ ✑ ✂ for all ✄ ✌ ✯ and ✪ ✝ ✒✯✜ ✄☞

(A) ☛
✯

ce
(B) ✞ ✢✪✜ ✄✤ ✌ ✞ ✢✄ ✡ ✪✜ ✄✤ for all ✄ ✌ ✯ and ✪ ✝ ✒✯✜ ✄☞

☛ ✄
(C) ✝✩ ✁✞✢✪✜ ✄✤✂ ✮✪ is a decreasing function of ✄
ra
☛ ✄
(D) ✝✩ ✁✞✢✪✜ ✄✤✂ ✮✪ is not a decreasing function of ✄
am

Q.53 Consider the function ✞✡ ✟✄ ☞ ✟✄ given by

Ex

✞ ✢✪✜ ✤ ✌ ✢✁ ✄☞✄ ✂ ✔✎ ✂✁ ✜ ✁ ✄☞✄ ✎✍✕ ✂✁ ✤✧

Then, which of the following is/are TRUE?

(A) If ✞ is open in ✟ ✄ , then ✞ ✢✞ ✤ is open in ✟✄

(B) If ✞ is closed in ✟✄ , then ✞ ✢✞ ✤ is closed in ✟✄

(C) If ✞ is dense in ✟✄ , then ✞ ✢✞ ✤ is dense in ✟✄

(D) ✞ is surjective

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Q.54 Let ✒✪☛ ☛

☛ ☛☛ be an orthonormal set of vectors in a real Hilbert space ✂ with inner
product ✒✝ ✜ ✝ ✰✧ Let ✝ ✆, and let ✬ be the linear span of ✒✪☛ ☛☛☛☛ over ✟ .
For ✪ ✝ ✂ ✜ ✖✙✡ ✞☛ ✢✪✤ ✌ ✄☛☛☛ ☛ ✒ ✪✜ ✪☛ ✰ ✪☛ . Then, which of the following is/are
TRUE?

(A) ✞☛ ✢✪✤ is the orthogonal projection of ✪ onto ✬

(B) ✞☛ ✢✪✤ is the orthogonal projection of ✪ onto ✬

ce
(C) ✢✪ ✡ ✞☛ ✢✪✤✤ ✍✎ ✔✠✡✝✔✓✔✕✑✖ ✡✔ ✞☛ ✢✪✤ for all ✪ in ✂

✄☛☛☛☛✆✒ ✪✜ ✪☛ ✰✆✄ ✌ ✚✪✚✄ for all ✪ in ✂

(D)
ra
am

Q.55 Consider the sequence ✒ ✞☛ of continuous functions on ✒✯✜ ✄ ☞ defined by

✪ ✄ ✄
✞☛ ✢✪✤ ✌
✂
✜ ✞☛✁☛ ✢✪✤ ✌ ✞☛ ✢✪✤ ✡ ✂ ✒ ✁✞☛ ✢✪✤✂ ✡ ✪ ✜ ✌ ✄✜ ✂✜ ✜ ☎ ✧
Ex

Then, which of the following is/are TRUE?

(A) The sequence ✒ ✞☛ converges pointwise but not uniformly on ✒✯✜ ✄☞

(B) The sequence ✒ ✞☛ converges uniformly on ✒✯✜ ✄☞

✄✁✄
(C)
☎✪ ✡ ✞☛ ✢✪✤ ✰
✄✁ ☛✁✄
for all ✪ ✝ ✒✯✜ ✄☞ and ✌ ✄✜ ✂✜ ✜ ☎

(D) ✯ ✑ ✞☛ ✢✪✤ ✑ ☎ ✪ for all ✪ ✝ ✒✯✜ ✄☞ and ✌ ✄✜ ✂✜ ✜ ☎

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Q.56 For ✞ ✆ ✒✄✁ ✂✁ let ☎☛ ✒✞✂ ✌ ✝✟✠☞☛☛✡ ✁ ✍ ✌ ✄✁ ✝✁ ✁✁ ✎ . Then, which of the

following is/are TRUE?

(A) ✄☛☛☛☛ ✞☛ ✢✪✤ converges uniformly on ✢✄✁ ✤

(B) ✄☛☛☛☛ ✞✫☛ ✢✪✤ converges uniformly on ✒✄✁ ✂

ce
(C) ✄☛☛☛☛ ✞☛ ✢✪✤ converges pointwise but not uniformly on ✒✄✁ ✂

(D) ✄☛☛☛☛ ✞☛ ✢✪✤ converges uniformly on every compact subset of ✒✄✁ ✂

ra
am

Q.57 Let ✟☛ and ✟✄ be provided with the respective Euclidean topologies, and let

✞ ☛ ✌ ✒✢✪☛ ✜ ✪✄✤ ✝ ✟ ✄ ✠ ✪☛✄ ✣ ✪✄✄ ✌ ✄

be assigned the subspace topology induced from ✟✄ . If ✞✡ ✞ ☛ ☞ ✟☛ is a non-constant
Ex

continuous function, then which of the following is/are TRUE?

(A) ✞ maps closed sets to closed sets

(B) ✞ is injective

(C) ✞ is surjective

(D) There exists ✁ ✝ ✟ such that ✞ ✢✂✔✎ ✁ ✜ ✎✍✕ ✁✤ ✌ ✞ ✢✡ ✂ ✔✎ ✁ ✜ ✡ ✎✍✕ ✁✤

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Q.58 Let ✂ be an uncountable set. Let the topology on ✂ be defined by declaring a subset
✁ ✝ ✂ to be open if ✂ ✡ ✁ is either empty or finite or countable, and the empty set
to be open. Then, which of the following is/are TRUE?

(A) Every compact subset of ✂ is closed

(B) Every closed subset of ✂ is compact

✂ is ✞☛ (singleton subsets are closed) but not ✞✄ (Hausdorff)

ce
(C)

(D) ✂ is ✞✄ (Hausdorff) ra
am
Ex

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Q.59 All rings considered below are assumed to be associative and commutative with
✄ ☎ ✯. Further, all ring homomorphisms map ✄ to ✄.
Consider the following statements about such a ring ✞ :

P1: ✞ is isomorphic to the product of two rings ✞☛ and ✞✄ .

P2: ✆ ✁☛ ✜ ✁✄ ✝ ✞ such that ✁☛✄ ✌ ✁☛ ☎ ✯ ☎ ✁✄ ✌ ✁✄✄✜ ✁☛✁✄ ✌ ✯ and ✁☛ ✣ ✁✄ ✌ ✄.
P3: ✆ ideals ✎☛ ✜ ✎✄ ✝ ✞ with ✞ ☎ ✎☛ ☎ ✢✯✤ ☎ ✎✄ ☎ ✞ such that ✞ ✌ ✎☛ ✣ ✎✄ and
✎☛ ✝ ✎✄ ✌ ✢✯✤ .

P4: ✆ ✞ ✜ ✝ ✞ with ✞ ☎✯☎ such that ✞ ✌ ✯ .

Then, which of the following is/are TRUE?

✞☛ ✍ ✞✄

ce
(A)
ra
(B) ✞✄ ✍ ✞☎
am

(C) ✞☎ ✍ ✞✂

(D) ✞✂ ✍ ✞☛
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Q.60 Let ✞ ✝ ✞ and ✞ ✝ ✞ be field extensions which are not algebraic. Let ✝ ✞ be
algebraic over ✞ and ✆ ✞. Let ✞ be the subfield of ✞ generated over ✞ by the
coefficients of the monic polynomial of minimal degree over ✞ which has as a
zero. Then, which of the following is/are TRUE?

(A) ✞✢ ✤ ✞✢ ✤ is a finite extension if and only if ✞ ✞ is a finite extension

(B) The dimension of ✞ ✢ ✤ over ✞ is greater than the dimension of ✞✢ ✤ over ✞

(C) The dimension of ✞ ✢ ✤ over ✞ is smaller than the dimension of ✞✢ ✤ over ✞

ce
(D) ✞✢ ✤ ✞✢ ✤ is an algebraic extension if and only if ✞ ✞ is an algebraic
extension ra
am

Q.61 Consider the inner product space of all real-valued continuous functions defined on
✒✡✄ ✜ ✄ ☞ with
the inner product
Ex

☛
✁✞ ✜ ✞✂ ✌ ✓ ✞ ✢✪✤✞✢✪✤ ✮✪✧
☛☛
If ✞✢✪✤ ✌ ✣ ✁ ✪ ✄ ✡ ✯✪ ✂ ✜ ✜ ✁ ✝ ✟ is orthogonal to all the polynomials having
degree less than or equal to ✜ with respect to this inner product, then ✣ ☎ ✁ is
equal to _____ (in integer)

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Q.62 For ✂ ✌ ✢✪☛ ✜ ✪✄ ✜ ✪☎✤ ☛ ✝ ✟☎ ✜ consider the quadratic form:

✞ ✢✂ ✤ ✌ ✂✪☛✄ ✣ ✂ ✪✄✄ ✣ ✪☎✄ ✣ ✁✪☛ ✪✄ ✣ ✂✪☛ ✪☎ ✣ ✂ ✪✄ ✪☎ ✧

Let ☎ be the symmetric matrix associated with the quadratic form ✞✢✂✤ with
respect to the standard basis of ✟☎ . Let ✬ ✌ ✢ ☛ ✜ ✄ ✜ ☎✤☛ ✝ ✟☎ be a non-zero vector,
and let

✬ ☛ ✢☎ ✣ ✎☎✤ ☛✁ ☛✬
✞☛ ✌ ✬ ☛ ✢☎ ✣ ✎☎✤ ☛✬
✜ ✌ ✄ ✜ ✂✜ ✜ ☎ ✜

where ✎☎ ✍✎ ✡✝✙ ✌ ✍✏✙✕ ✡✍✡ ✁✑✡✠✍ ✧ Then, the value of ✂✄☎

✆✄
✞☛ is _____
(in integer)

ce
Q.63 Let ✜ ✁ be distinct non-zero real numbers, and let ✞✢✄✤ be a polynomial of degree
less than ☎. If the function
ra
☛ ✎✍✕ ✁✄ ✡ ✁☛✢✁ ✄☞☞ ✡ ✞✢✄✤✤
✞ ✢✄✤ ✌
✄☛
am
☞
s✓✌✡✞✒✡✂✞ ✁ ☛✏✂✏✓✝✞ ✌✁✂☛✏✂✗ ✡☞ ✎✂✒✯ , then the value of ☛☎
is equal to
____ (in integer)
Ex

Q.64 Let ✞ be a group with identity element ✁ ✜ and let ✞✜ ✞ ✝ ✞ be such that the following
hold:

(i) ✞ ☎ ✁ ✜ ✞✄ ✌ ✁ ✜
(ii) ✞ ☎ ✁ ✜ ✞ ✄ ☎ ✁ ✜ and ✞✞ ✞☛☛ ✌ ✞ ✄ .
Then, the least positive integer for which ✞ ☛ ✌ ✁ is _____ (in integer)

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Q.65 Let ✢✟✄ ✜ ✮☛ ✤ and ✢✟✄ ✜ ✮✄✤ be two metric spaces with

✮☛✁ ✢✪☛ ✜ ✪✄✤ ✜ ✢ ☛ ✜ ✄✤✂ ✌ ✆✪☛ ✡ ☛ ✆ ✣ ✆✪✄ ✡ ✄ ✆

and

✮☛✁ ✢✪☛ ✜ ✪✄✤✜ ✢ ☛ ✜ ✄ ✤✂

✮✄✁ ✢✪☛ ✜ ✪✄✤ ✜ ✢ ☛ ✜ ✄✤ ✂ ✌ ✧
✄ ✣ ✮☛ ✁✢✪☛ ✜ ✪✄✤✜ ✢ ☛ ✜ ✄ ✤✂

☛
If the open ball centred at ✢✯✜✯✤ with radius in ✢✟ ✄ ✜ ✮☛✤ is equal to the open ball
☛
centred at ✢✯✜✯✤ with radius in ✢✟✄ ✜ ✮✄✤✜ ✡✝✙✕ ✡✝✙ ✆ ✑✖✁✙ ✔✟
☞
is _____ (in integer)

ce
ra
am
Ex

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ra
ce