FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Roll Number

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR

RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2014
PURE MATHEMATICS, PAPER-I
TIME ALLOWED:
MAXIMUM MARKS: 100
THREE HOURS
NOTE:(i) Attempt FIVE questions in all by selecting THREE questions from SECTION-A and TWO
questions from SECTION-B. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(ii) Candidate must write Q.No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q.No. in the Q.Paper.
(iii) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must
be crossed.
(iv) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
(v) Use of Calculator is allowed.

SECTION-A

If G is a group in which (a  b)  a  b for three consecutive integers i for all

Q. No. 1. i i i (10)
(a)
a, b  G , show that G is abelian.
(b) The center Z of a group G is defined by Z  {z  G / zx  xz all x  G} . Prove (10)
that Z is a subgroup of G .

Q. No. 2. (a) If f : G  G  be a homomorphism. Prove that Ker f is a normal subgroup of (10)

G. (10)
(b) Prove that any group of order 15 is cyclic.

Q. No. 3. (a) If in a ring R with unity, ( xy ) 2  x 2 y 2 for all x, y  R , then show that R is (10)
commutative.
(b) Prove that the set Z 7  {0,1, 2,3, 4,5, 6} forms a commutative ring with unit (10)
element under addition and multiplication module 7.

Q. No. 4. (a) Prove that a non empty subset W of a vector space V ( F ) is a subspace of V if (10)
and only if  x   y  W for  ,   F , x, y  W .
(b) Show that the vectors
v1  (1,  1,  4, 0), v2  (1, 1, 2, 4), v3  (2,  1,  5, 2), v4  (2, 1, 1, 6) are linearly (10)
dependent in 4 ( ).

Q. No. 5. (a) A company produces three products, each of which must be processed (10)
through three different departments. Given table summarizes the hours
required per unit of each product in each department. In addition, the
weekly capacities are stated for each department in terms of work-hours
available. What is desired is to determine whether there are any
combinations of the three products which would exhaust the weekly
capacities of the three departments.
Product
Department 1 2 3 Hours Available
per Week
A 2 3.5 3 1,200
B 3 2.5 2 1,150
C 4 3 2 1,400
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2bc  a 2 c2 b2 (10)
(b) Show that c2 2ca  b 2 a2  (a 3  b3  c 3  3abc ) 2
b2 a2 2ab  c 2

SECTION-B
Q. No. 6. (a) Find the equation of the straight line joining two points on the ellipse (10)
x2 y 2
  1 whose eccentric angles are given. Hence find equations of the
a 2 b2
tangent and normal at any point  on the ellipse.

(b) Find the angle of intersection of the cardioids r  a (1  cos  ) and (10)
r  b (1  cos  ) .

Q. No. 7. 7 (10)
(a) Find the equation of the line L through the point (5, , 5) and intersecting at
2
right angles the line M with parametric equ ations
x  4  3t , y  1  t , z  3t .
(10)
(b) Find the equation of the tangent plane at any point P( x1 , y1 , z1 ) of the elliptic
paraboloid z  x 2  4 y 2 .

Q. No. 8. (a) Find the volume of the solid obtained by revolving the area enclosed by one arc (10)
of the cycloid x  a (   sin  ) , y  a (1  cos  ) about x  axis .

(b) Discuss the surface and make a sketch, x 2  y 2  z 2  1 . (10)

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 FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Roll Number
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR
RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2014
PURE MATHEMATICS, PAPER-II
TIME ALLOWED:
MAXIMUM MARKS: 100
THREE HOURS
NOTE:(i) Candidate must write Q.No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q.No. in the Q.Paper.
(ii) Attempt FIVE questions in all by selecting THREE questions from SECTION-A and TWO
questions from SECTION-B. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must
be crossed.
(iv) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
(v) Use of Calculator is allowed.

SECTION-A
Q. No. 1. (a) Prove that if n is a positive integer which is not a perfect square, then n is an (10)
irrational number.
(b) Show that every non-empty set of real numbers which has a lower bound has (10)
the infimum.

Q. No. 2. (a) For what value of a, m, and b does the function (10)
 3 x0
 2
f(x) =  x  3 x  a 0  x 1
 mx  b 1 x  2

Satisfy the hypotheses of the Mean Value Theorem on the interval 0, 2 ? (10)
(b) For what value of a is
x 2  1 x  3
f(x) = 
 2ax x  3
Continuous at every x?

Q. No. 3. (a) Find the area of the surface generated by revolving r  2aSin about the polar (6)
axis.
(b) Find the area enclosed by the graph of the cardioid r  a (1  Sin ). (7)
10 dx
(c) Evaluate the integral  2 (7)
(x  2 ) 3
1

Q. No. 4.  (6)
1
(a) Find the sum of the series  n(n  1) .
n 1
(b) For what value of x does the series converges absolutely, converges (7)
conditionally and diverges?

(1) n x n
n 0 n2  3

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 x3 (7)
 3 if ( x, y )  (0, 0)
x  y3
(c) Let f(x,y)= 
 if ( x, y )  (0, 0)
 0
Show that f is not continuous at the origin.

Q. No. 5. (a) Let x be a non-empty set and define (10)

d : Xx X→ R by
1 if a  b
d ( a, b)  
0 if a  b
Show that d is a metric on X
Also describe open and closed balls in this metric space.
(b) Prove that a function f from a metric space (x, d) into a metric space (Y, d1) is (10)
continuous if and only if f -1(A) is a closed subset of X for every closed subject
A of Y.

SECTION-B
Q. No. 6. (a) Using De Moivre’s Theorem evaluate (10)
6
 1 i 
 
 3 i
(b) Find real constants a, b, c and d so that the given function is analytic (10)
f ( z )  x 2  axy  by 2  i (cx 2  dxy  y 2 )

dz (10)
Q. No. 7. (a) Evaluate  c z  1
2 , where c is the circle z  4.

Expand  z  
1
(b) . in a Laurent series valid for 1  z  2  2. (10)
z ( z  1)

Find the Fourier transform of f z   e

Q. No. 8. x (10)
(a) .
1
(b) Evaluate  c ( z  1) 2 ( z  3 )
d z , where the contour C is the rectangle (10)

defined by x= 0, x 4, y= -1, y=1

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