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PAPER : IIT-JAM 2013

MATHEMATICS-MA

(CODE–A)
(OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS)
Q.1-Q.10: Only one option is correct for each question. Each question carries (+2) marks
for correct answer and (–0.5) marks for incorrect answer.

1 1 1
1. Let A  3 1 1 and V be the vector space of all X   3 such that AX = 0. Then dim(V) is
 
1 5 3

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

 
r  
2. The value of n for which the divergence of the function F   n , r  xiˆ  yjˆ  zkˆ, r  0 , vanishes
r
is
(a) 1 (b) –1 (c) 3 (d) –3

3. Let A and B be subsets of  . Which of the following is NOT necessarily true?

0 0
(a)  A  B   A0  B 0 (b) A0  B 0   A  B 
(c) A  B  A  B (d) A  B  A  B

4. Let [x] denote the greatest integer function of x. The value of  for which the function
 sin[ x 2 ]
 ,x 0
f ( x)   [ x2 ]
  ,x0

is continuous at x = 0 is
(a) 0 (b) sin ( 1) (c) sin 1 (d) 1
5. Let the function f  x  be defined by

 e x , x is rational
f  x    1 x
 e , x is irrational
for x in (0, 1). Then
(a) f is continuous at every point in (0, 1)
(b) f is discontinuous at every point in (0, 1)
(c) f is discontinuous only at one point in (0, 1)
(d) f is continuous only at one point in (0, 1)
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6. The value of the integral  x 2  y 2 dx dy , D  {( x, y )   2 ; x  x 2  y 2  2 x} is

D

(a) 0 (b) 7/9 (c) 14/9 (d) 28/9

2
2

2 2

 1  1  1  1 
7. Let xn   1    1    1   ...  1  , n  2. Then lim xn is
 3  6   10   n (n  1)  n

 2 

1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) 0
3 9 81
8. Let p be a prime number. Let G be the group of all 2×2 matrices over  p with determinant 1
under matrix multiplication. Then the order of G is
(a)  p  1 p  p  1 (b) p 2  p  1

(c) p3 (d) p 2  p  1  p
9. Let V be the vector space of all 2 × 2 matrices over  . Consider the subspaces

 a a    a b  
W1     ; a, c, d    and W2     : a , b, d    .
 c d    a d  
If m  dim(W1  W2 ) and n  dim(W1  W2 ) , then the pair (m, n) is
(a) (2, 3) (b) (2, 4) (c) (3, 4) (d) (1, 3)
10. Let Pn be the real vector space of all polynomials of degree at most n. Let D : Pn  Pn 1 and
T : Pn  Pn 1 be the linear transformations defined by

D ( a0  a1 x  a2 x 2  .....  an x n )  a1  2a2 x  .....  nan x n 1 ,

T ( a0  a1 x  a2 x 2  .....  an x n )  a0 x  a1 x 2  .....  an x n 1 ,

respectively. If A is the matrix representation of the transformation DT  TD : Pn  Pn with respect

to the standard basis of Pn, then the trace of A is
(a) –n (b) n (c) n + 1 (d) –(n+1)

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Q.11-Q.20: Each question carries (+3) marks for correct answer. There is no negative marks.
dy
11. The equation of the curve satisfying sin y  cos y (1  x cos y ) and passing through the origin
dx
is_______.

2 x2
2
12. Let f be a continuously differentiable function such that  f (t )dt  e cos x for all x  (0, ) . The
0

value of f ( ) is_______.
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y 2  x2 z2  y2
13. Let u  , v  for x  0, y  0, z  0 . Let w  f (u, v ) , where f is a real valued
x2 y 2 y2 z2

function defined on  2 having continuous first order partial derivatives. The value of
w w w
x3  y3  z3 at the point (1, 2, 3) is_______.
x y z

14. The set of points at which the function f ( x , y )  x 4  y 4  x 2  y 2  1, ( x , y )   2 attains local maxi-
mum is_______.
15. Let C be the boundary of the region in the first quadrant bounded by y  1  x 2 , x  0 and y  0 ,

oriented counter-clockwise. The value of 

C
( xy 2 dx  x 2 y dy ) is_______.

 0, 1  x  0 n
f ( k ) (0) k f ( n  1) ( ) n 1
16. Let f ( x )   4 . If f ( x )   x  x is the Taylor’s formula for f
x , 0  x  1 k 0 k! ( n  1)!
about x = 0 with maximum possible value of n, then the value of  for 0  x  1 is_______.

17. Let F  2 ziˆ  4 x ˆj  5 ykˆ , and let C be the curve of intersection of the plane z  x  4 and the
 
cylinder x 2  y 2  4 , oriented counter-clockwise. The value of  F  d r is_______.
C

1 x 1
18. Let f and g be the functions from  \ 0, 1 to  defined by f  x   and g  x   for
x x
x   \ 0, 1 . The smallest group of functions from  \ 0, 1 to  containing f and g under
composition of functions is isomorphic to_______.
x2
19. The orthogonal trajectory of the family of curves  y 2  c , which passes through (1, 1)
2
is_______.


n 1
20. The function to which the power series  ( 1) n x 2 n  2 converges is_______.
n 1
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(DESCRIPTIVE QUESTIONS)
Q.21-Q.30: Each question carries (+5) marks.
a 1
21. Let 0  a  1, s1  and for n   , let sn 1   sn2  a  . Show that the sequence {sn} is convergent,
2 2
and find its limit.
1 x
x2  y 2
22. Evaluate   dy dx by changing the order of integration.
1/4 x  x 2
x2
23. Find the general solution of the differential equation

d3 y d2y dy y x ln x  1
x2 3
 x 2
6 6  ,x 0
dx dx dx x x2
24. Let S1 be the hemisphere x 2  y 2  z 2  1, z  0 and S2 be the closed disc x 2  y 2  1 in the xy-plane.
 
Using Gauss’ divergence t heorem, evaluate   dS ,
F
S
where

  y3 
F  z 2 x iˆ    tan z  ˆj  ( x 2 z  y 2 )kˆ and S  S1  S2 .
 3 
 
Also evaluate  F  dS .
S1

 2  x3  y3 
 , ( x, y )  (0, 0)
25. Let f ( x , y )   x 2  2 y

 0, ( x, y )  (0, 0).
Show that the first order partial derivatives of f with respect to x and y exist at (0, 0). Also show that
f is not continuous at (0, 0).
26. Let A be an n × n diagonal matrix with characteristic polynomial ( x  a ) p ( x  b) q , where a and b are
distinct real numbers. Let V be the real vector space of all n × n matrices B such that AB = BA.
Determine the dimension of V.
27. Let A be an n × n real symmetric matrix with n distinct eigenvalues. Prove that there exists an
orthogonal matrix P such that AP = PD, where D is a real diagonal matrix.
28. Let K be a compact subset of of  with nonempty interior. Prove that K is of the form [a, b] or of the
form  a, b \  I n , where I n  is a countable disjoint family of open intervals with end points in K.
29. Let f : [a, b]   be a continuous function such that f is differentiable in (a, c) and (c, b), a < c < b.
If lim f ( x ) exists, then prove that f is differentiable at c and f (c )  lim f ( x ) .
xc xc

30. Let G be a finite group, and let  be an automorphism of G such that   x   x if and only if
x  e , where e is the identity element in G. Prove that every g  G can be represented as
g  x 1  x  for some x  G . Moreover, if    x    x for every x  G , then show that G is
abelian.
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