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21. Let fn : [1,2]  [0,1] be given by fn ( x )  (2  x )n for all non-negative
integers n. Let f ( x )  lim fn ( x ) for 1  x  2 . Then which of the following
n 
is true?
(a) f is a continuous function on [1, 2]
(b) fn converges uniformly to f on [1, 2] as n  
2 2
(c) limn  1 fn (x)dx  
1
f (x)dx

(d) for any a  (1,2) we have nlim fn ( a )  f ( a )



Exp: Given f n :[1, 2, ]  [0,1] be given by fn ( x)  (2  x)n V n  0

f ( x )  lim f n ( x )
n

If 1  x  2;0  2  x  1 nlim (2  x) n  0

2
f ( x )  0, 1  x  2
 1, x  1
  f ( x)dx  0
1
2 2
 (2  x ) n 1  1
 f n ( x )  (2  x) n dx  
 
 n  1  n 1
1 1
2

n 
 Lim f n ( x)dx  0
1
Ans: (c)
22. For a fixed positive integer n  3, let A be the n  n matrix defined as
1
A I J , where I is the identity matrix and J is the n  n matrix with all
n
entries equal to 1. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
(a) A k  A for every positive integer k.

(b) Trace ( A )  n  1
(c) Rank (A ) + Rank (1  A )  n .
(d) A is invertible.

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 1 0 0 1 1 1
1   1 
Exp: A  I  J Suppose take 3 × 3 matrix A  0 1 0  1 1 1
n 3
0 0 1 1 1 1
 2 1 1 
 3 3 3

  1 2  
1
 3 3 3
 1 1 
  3  3 2 
3
2 4 1 1  2 1 1 1 2
det( A)        =0
3  9 9  3  9 9  3  9 9 
 A is not invertible.
Ans:(d)
23. Let A be a 5 × 4 matrix with real entries such that A x  0 if and only if x  0
where x is a 4 × 1 vector and 0 is a null vector. Then, the rank of A is
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 1
Exp: A be a 5 × 4 matrix
Ax  0 iff x  0 . If there are no free variables rark ( A)  n  column . Then
only solution is x = 0.  rank ( A)  4
Ans:(a)
 sin x
 if x  0
24. Let f (x)   x . Then f is
1 if x  0
(a) discontinuous (b) continuous but not differentiable
(c) differentiable only once (d) differentiable more than once
sin x
Exp: f ( x )  if x  0 = 1, x = 0 
x x2n  2
The Taylor series for sin x is sin x   (1)n
n 0
(2n  1)!
 n 2n
sin x (1) x
 f ( x) 
x
 
n 0
(2n  1)!
Putting x  0 in the above series we get 1 which agrees with the definition of f.
( 1) n x 2 n
Let f n ( x ) 
(2n  1)!
Then easily we can show that f n converges uniformly to f on [1, –1] and
f n also converges uniformly on [–1, 1] and f n also converges uniformly
on [–1, 1] and so on. Hence f is infinitely times differentiable.
Ans:(d)
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25. Consider the following row vectors : a1  (1,1,0,1,0,0 ), a2  (1,1,0,0,1,0) ,
a3  (1,1,0,0,0,1) a4  (1,0,1,1,0,0), a5  (1,0,1,0,1,0) , a6  (1,0,1,0,0,1)
The dimension of the vector space spanned by these row vectors is
(a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 3
1 1 0 0 0
 
1 1 0 1 0
1 1 0 0 1
 
Exp:The vectors 1 ,  2 , 3 ,  4 are linearly independent 1 0 1 0 0
1 0 1 0 0
 
1 0 1 0 1 
Also    4   1  (0, 1,1, 0, 0, 0)
Satisfies 5  1   &  6   3  
Thus vector (1, 2 , 3 , 4 )  vector(1, 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ) & (1 ,  2 , 3 ,  4 ) is a
basis. The space has dimension 4.
Ans:(c)
26. Let An  n  (( a ij )), n  3 , where aij  (bi2  b 2j ), i , j  1 , 2 , . . . , n
for some distinct real numbers b1 , b2 ...bn . Then b1 , b2 ...bn . Then det(A ) is
(a)  i  j (bi  b j ) (b)  i j (bi  bj ) (c) 0 (d) 1
Exp: Ann  (aij ) n  3
Suppose n = 3
a11  b12 b22 a12  b12 b22 a13  b12 b32
a21  b22 b12 a22  b22  b22 a23  b22 b32
a31  b32 b12 a32  b32 b22 a33  b32 b32
 0 b12  b22 b12  b32 
 
A   b22  b12 0 b22  b32 
 2 
 b3  b12 b32  b22 0 
 
det( A)  (b12  b22 )((b32  b12 ))(b22  b32 )  (b12  b32 )(b22  b12 )(b32  b22 )
 (b12  b22 ) (b32  b12 ) (b22  b32 )  (b12  b32 ) (b22  b12 ) (b32  b22 ) =0
Ans:(c)
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27. Let { an }, {bn } be sequences of real numbers satisfying an  bn for all n  1 .
Then
(a) n an converges whenever nbn converges
(b) n an converges absolutely whenever nbn converges absolutely
(c) nbn converges whenever n an converges.
(d) nbn converges absolutely whenever n an converges absolutely
Ans:(b)

28. If a is absolutely convergent, then which of the following is NOT
n 1 n
true?


(a)  am  0 as n   (b)  n 1 an sin n is convergent
m n

 
(c)  n1 ea n
is divergent (d)  n1 a2n is divergent
Exp: Given an converges absolutely an2 is not divergent.

 a n   , we have lim an  0

Hence  k  N  an  1 V n  k
 
2
 an
2
 an V n  k  
n k
an  a
n k
n 

 
2 2
 
k 1
an   a
n1
n is divergent.

Ans: (d)
29. Let A be an n  n matrix with real entries. Which of the following is correct?
(a) If A 2  0, then A is diagonalisable overcomplex numbers
(b) If A2  I , then A is diagonalisable over realnumbers
(c) If A 2  A, then A is diagonalisable only overcomplex numbers
(d) The only matrix of size n satisfying thecharacteristic polynomial of A is A
Exp: (a) It is not true in general

0 1
For example A   
0 0

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 (b) True, if a matrix is annihilated by a polynomial with single roots,
then it is diagonalizable and its eigenvalues are roots of the
polynomial.
(c) They are diagonalizable as the polynomial x n  1 has only single
1 0 
roots. But not necessarily over complex numbers (ie.) A   0 1 
 
0 1 0 0
(d) Not true A   0 0  & B   0 0  satisfy p( x)  x 2 which is their
   
characteristic polynomials.
Ans: (b)
30. Let f : [0,1]  [0,1] be any twice differentiable function satisfying
f (ax  (1  a ) y )  af ( x )  (1  a ) f ( y) for all x, y  [ 0,1] and any a  [0,1] .
Then for all x  (0,1)
(a) f ( x )  0 (b) f ( x )  0 (c) f ( x )  0 (d) f ( x )  0

Exp:Given f :[0,1]  [0,1] be twice differentiable.

f (ax  (1  a) y)  a f ( x)  (1  a) f ( y) V x, y [0,1] V a [0,1]

 f is a convex function, we know that f is convex iff f ( x)  0 .

Ans:(b)
31. Let A be a 4 × 4 invertible real matrix. Which of the following is NOT
necessarily true?
(a) The rows of A form a basis of R4
(b) Null space of A contains only the 0 vector
(c) A has 4 distinct eigenvalues
(d) Image of the linear transformation x  Ax on R 4 is R 4
Exp: Given A to be a 4 × 4 invertible matrix then (c) is not correct as if we

1 0 0 0
 
0 1 0 0
take A to be  0 0 1 0  . Then eigen values of A are 1, 1, 1, 1
 
0 0 0 1

Ans: (c)

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 u  2u
32. The partial differential equation   u can be transformed to
2 t x 2
v  v
 . For
t x 2
(a) v  e tu (b) v  e tu (c) v  tu (d) v  tu
v u
Exp: V  e t u u  et v   e t u  e  t
t t
v u  2v  2u
 e t 2
 e t 2
x x x x
u  2u u  2u
e  t u  e  t  e t 2 u  
t x t x 2
u  2u
 u
t x 2
Ans: (a)
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33. The integral equation ( x )  f ( x )  0 K ( x, y)( y)dy For K (x, y)  xy2 has
a solution
(a) ( x )  f ( x ) (b) ( x )  K ( x, x )
4 1 2
(c) ( x )  x 3 (d) ( x )  f ( x )  x 0 x f ( x )dx
3
1 1
2 2

Exp: ( x)  f ( x)  xy ( y )dy = f ( x)  x y ( y )dy
0

0
( x)  f ( x)  xc
1 1
2

where c  y ( y )dy c  y 2 ( f ( y )  y 3c ) dy

0 0
1 1 1
2 3 c

 y f ( y ) dy  y cdy  c  y 2 f ( y ) dy 
 4
0 0 0
1 1
c 4 2
c  y 2 f ( y ) dy
 c 
y f ( y )dy
4 3
0 0
1
4x 2
 ( x )  f ( x ) 
3 y
0
f ( y ) dy

Ans:(d)
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34. For any integers a, b let N a,b denote the number of positive integers
x  1000 satisfying x  a(mod 27 ) and x  b (mod 37 ) . Then,
(a) there exist a, b such that N a,b  0 .

(b) for all a, b, N a,b  1

(c) for all a , b , N a , b  1
(d) there exist a, b such that N a,b  1 , andthere exist a, b such that
N a,b  2

Exp: Given N a , b is the number of positive integers x  1000 ; satisfying

x  a (mod 27)
x  b (mod 27)

 gcd (27,37)  1
x0  x0  a(mod 27)
By Chinese - remainder theorem. There exist a integer
x0  b (mod 37)
and all the solutions are given by x0  k 37.27  x0  999k where k  Z .
Hence N a , b = 1
Ans:(b)
35. Let 1 be the product (standard) topology on R2 generated by the base.
B1  {(s, t )  (u, v ) : s  t , u  v where s, t,u,v  R } ( B1 is the collection
of product of open intervals) Given r, R  R with 0  r  R and
a  ( a1 , a2 )  R 2 ,
Let C ( a, r, R )  {( x1 , x2 )  R 2 } r 2  ( x1  a1 ) 2  ( x2  a2 ) 2  R 2 }

Let B2  {C ( a, r , R ); a  R 2 , r, R  R,0  r  R }
Let  2 be the topology generated by the base B2 . Then
(a)  1   2 ,  1   2 (b) 2  1 , 1   2
(c) 1  2 (d) 1  2 , 2  1
Exp: 1 is generated by open rectangles and 2 is generated by open annuluses.

Consider any open rectangle say

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 Take any point inside it x

Then we can get an open annulus inside it. x easily,

x
Centre of annulus
x
Then we can get an open rectangle arrow inside it
Centre of annulus
Then we can get an open rectangle arrow x inside the open rectangle
x
Centre of annulus
Ans:(c)
36. The number of group homomorphisms from the symmetric group S3 to the
additive group Z / 6 Z is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
Exp: Let  : S3  Z 6 be a homomorphism. Then ker  is a normal subgroup
of S3 . The possible normal subgroups of S3 are e, S3 ,{e, (1, 2,3), (1,3, 2)} . If
kernel   (e) , then by first isomorphism theorem, S3 and Z6 will be
isomorphic which is not true. If ker   S3 then ( S3 )  0 . It is a
homomorphism. If ker   {e, (1, 2,3), (1,3, 2)} then O((1,2,3)) O((1, 2))  2 .
Hence O((1,2)) = 1 or 2.
If it is 1, then (1, 2) = 0. Since S3 is generated by (1,2 ) & (1,2,3)
0.
Hence O ((1, 2))  2  (1, 2)  3 .
Similarly ((1, 23))  ((3,1))  3
We can easily check that this is a homomorphism
Ans:(b)
37. If f : [0,1]  (0,1) is a continuous mapping then which of the following is
NOT true?
(a) F  [0,1] is a closed set implies f (F ) is closed in R.
(b) If f (0)  f (1) then f ([0,1]) must be equal to [ f (0), f (1)] .
(c) There must exist x  (0,1) such that f ( x )  x .
(d) f : ([0,1]  (0,1) .

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 Exp: If f (0)  f (1) then f ([0,1]) may not be [ f (0), f (1)] consider f given

½
1 1
by, f (0)  , f (1) 
3 2 3

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Ans:(b)
38. How many normal subgroups does a non-abelian group G of order 21 have
other than the identity subgroup {e} and G?
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 7
Exp: G  21  3.7
No. of sylow 3 subgroups 1 + 3k dividing 7 is 1 or 7
No. of sylow 7 subgroups 1 + 7k dividing 3 is 1
So we have a unique sylow 7 subgroup and so it is normal. Sylow 3 subgroups
is not normal. G has only one non trivial normal subgroup.
Ans:(b)
39. Suppose X 1 , X 2 ....., X n are independent and identically distributed random
variables each having an exponential distribution with parameter   0 .
Let X (1)  X ( 2)  ...  X ( n ) be the corresponding order statistics. Then the
probability distribution of ( X ( n )  X ( n 1) ) / nX (1) is
(a) Chi-square with 1 degree of freedom
(b) Beta with parameters 2 and 1
(c) F with parameters 2 and 2
(d) F with parameters 2 and 1.
Ans:(c)
40. A population contains three units u1 , u 2 and u3 . For i  1, 2, 3 let Yi be the
value of a study variable for ui . A simple random sample of size two is
drawn from the population without replacement. Let T1 denote the usual
sample mean and let T2 and T3 be two other estimators, defined as follows :
 1
 2 (Y1  Y2 ) if u1 , u 2 are in the sample

1 2
T2   (Y1  Y3 ) if u1 , u3 are in the sample
 2 3
1 1
 2 Y2  3 Y3 if u 2 , u3 are in the sample


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 1
 2 (Y1  Y2 ) if u1 , u2 are in the sample

 1
T3   Y1  Y3 if u1 , u3 are in the sample
 2
1 1
 2 Y2  2 Y3 if u 2 , u3 are in the sample


If Y is the population mean, then which of the following statements is true ?

(a) All the three estimators T1, T2 , T3 areunbiased for Y .

(b) T2 and T3 are biased estimator for Y but T1 is not.

(c) T1 and T2 are unbiased for Y but T3 is not.

(d) T1 and T3 are unbiased for Y but T2 is not.
Ans: (c)

41. Let X 1, X 2 ,..., X n be a random sample from N (,  2 ) where  2  0 is known.

1
2
1     
Suppose  has the Cauchy prior with density.. 1   ,     
     

with  and  known. Then with reference to the posterior distribution of 
(a) the posterior mean does not exist and theposterior variance is 
(b) the posterior mean exists but the posteriorvariance is 
(c) the posterior mean exists and the posteriorvariance is finite
(d) the posterior variance is finite but theposterior mean does not exist
Ans:(c)
42. In a 2 × 2 contingency table if we multiply a particular column by an integer
k (  1) , then the odds ratio
(a) will increase
(b) will decrease
(c) remains same
(d) will increase if k  2 and will decrease if k  2 .
Ans:(c)
43. A popular car comes in both a petrol and diesel version. Each of these is
further available in 3 models, L, V and Z. Among all owners of the petrol
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 version of this car, 50% have model V and 20% have model Z. Among diesel
car customers, 50% have model L and 20% model V, 60% of all customers
have bought diesel cars. If a randomly chosen customer has model V, what is
the probability that the car is a diesel car?
(a) 3/8 (b) 3/5 (c) 1/5 (d) 2/3
Ans:(a)
 1 1
44. Let X 1 , X 2 ,..., X n be a random sample from uniform    ,    .
 2 2
1 1
Consider the problem of testing H0 :    against H1 :   . Define
2 2
X (1)  min { X 1 , X 2 ,..., X n } . Consider the following test : Reject H 0 if
X (1)  0 , accept otherwise. Which of the following is true?

(a) power of the test = 0, size of the test = 0.

(b) power of the test = 0, size of the test = 1.
(c) power of the test = 1, size of the test = 0.
(d) power of the test = 1, size of the test = 1.
Ans:(c)
45. Suppose the cumulative distribution function of failure time T of a component
is 1  exp( ct  ), t  0,   1, c  0 Then the hazard rate of (t ) is
(a) constant
(b) non-constant monotonically increasing in t.
(c) non-constant monotonically decreasing in t.
(d) not a monotone function in t.
Ans: (b)
46. Let X1 , X 2 ,... be a Markov chain with state space {1, 2, 3, 4}. Let the
 1/ 3 0 0 2 / 3
 
 1/ 4 1/ 4 1/ 4 1/ 4 
P
transition probability matrix P be given be  0 0 1 0 
 
2/3 0 0 1/ 3 
Which of the following is a stationary distribution for the Markov chain?
(a) 1/ 4 1/ 4 1/ 4 1/ 4  (b) 1 / 3 0 0 2 / 3

(c) 0 1 / 4 1 / 2 1/ 4 (d) 1 / 3 0 1/ 3 1 / 3
Ans: (d)

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47. A factorial experiment involving 4 factors, F1 , F2 , F3 and F4 each of 2 levels,
0 and 1, is planned in 4 blocks each of size 4. One of these blocks has the
F1 F2 F3 F4
0 0 0 0
0 1 0 1
followiong contents : 1 0 1 1
The confounded factorial effect are
1 1 1 0
(a) F1 F2 , F1 F3 , F2 F3 (b) F1 F 3 , F1 F 2 F 4 , F 2 F3 F 4
(c) F1 F4 , F1 F2 F3 , F1 F2 F4 (d) F1 F4 , F2 F3 , F1 F2 F3 F4
Ans: (b)
48. Let X 0 , 1 ,  2 ,  3 and  4 be independent and identically distributed normal
random variables with mean 0 and variance 2  0. Define

X i 1   X i   
1   2  i 1 where 0    1, for i  0, 1, 2, 3. Let  ij . k

denote the partial correlation between X i given X j given X k . Then p14.2 =

(a)  3 (b)  2 (c)  (d) 0
Ans: (d)
49. Consider the following probability mass function P1 ,2 ( x ) where the
parameters ( 1 , 2 ) take values in the parameter space
( 1 , 2 )  1   1   1   1 
 3 , 3   2 , 2   2, 2   3, 3 
x        
1 1 / 11 1/ 7 1/ 8 1/ 9
 1   1   1   1   2 1 / 11 1 / 14 1 / 16 1/ 9
 ,3  ,  , 2  ,  2,  ,  3,   ;
 3   2   2   3   3 8 / 11 5/ 7 3/ 4 2/3
4 1 / 11 1 / 14 1 / 17 1/ 9
Let X be a random observation from the distribution. If the observed value of
X is 3, then
(a) MLE of 1  1 / 3, MLE of 2  3
(b) MLE of 1  1 / 2, MLE of 2  2
(c) MLE of 1  2, MLE of 2  1 / 2
(d) MLE of 1  3, MLE of 2  1 / 3 .
Ans: (c)

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