End-term mock Solutions

Jan 2022
Mathematics for Data Science - 1
Max Marks: 50

1 Instructions:
• There are some questions which have functions with discrete valued domains (such as
day, month, year etc). For simplicity, we treat them as continuous functions.

• For NAT type question, enter only one right answer even if you get multiple answers
for that particular question.

• Notations:

• R= Set of real numbers

• Q= Set of rational numbers
• Z= Set of integers
• N= Set of natural numbers

• The set of natural numbers includes 0.

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1. Choose the most relevant representation of the following function from the given options
f (x) = log(−x2 + 14x − 45).
(MSQ)(Ans: (option 2)) [Marks:3]

f (x)

1.

f (x)

2.

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 f (x)

3.

f (x)

4.

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2. Rahul wrote 12 assignments. His score in each assignment R(n) is represented as
n2
R(n) = −( 1000 ) (n3 − 15n2 + 50n) + 50, where n represents the assignment number i.e.,
n ∈ {1, 2, ..., 11, 12}. He should score 50 or above in order to pass the assignment. Based
on this information answer the following questions

(a) How many times did Rahul score exactly 50?

(NAT)(Answer: 2) [Marks: 2]

(b) In total, how many assignments did Rahul pass?

(NAT)(Answer: 6) [Marks: 2]

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3. Which of the following statements are correct.
(MSQ)(Answer: Option 1, 2, 3, 4) [Marks: 3]
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1. The domain of f (x) = − (x − 2) (x − 3) (x − 4) (x − 5) is [2, 3] ∪ [4, 5].
2. If f ◦ g(x) = g ◦ f (x) = x then f and g are inverses of each other.
3. f (x) = x3 + 5 has a critical point which is not a point of local extremum.
4. If the polynomials x3 + ax2 + 5x + 7 and x3 + 2x2 + 3x + 2a leave the same remainder
when divided by (x − 2), then the value of a is −32
.

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4. Two highways perpendicular to each other are considered as the coordinate axes. Arpita’s
house is at the point (−3, a) and her friend Puja’s house is at the point (−3, 10). The
distance between their houses is 6 km. Sofi’s house is at (b, 10). The distance between
Puja’s and Sofi’s houses is 8 km. If a and b are real numbers, then what is the distance
between Arpita’s and Sofi’s house? (Consider the unit length to be 1 km on both the
axes)
(NAT)(Answer: 10) [Marks: 2]

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5. A company wants to manufacture iron rods. Before they start production, they estimated
the total cost(C) for producing x number of iron rods is C(x) = 0.2x + 1000 and the
total revenue(R) for selling x number of iron rods is R(x) = 2.5x. They are also sure
that every iron rod produced will be sold. Find the minimum number of iron rods the
company should manufacture to get a profit.
(NAT) (Answer: 435) [Marks: 2]

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6. The value of a quadratic function f (x) increases over the interval (−∞, −10) and de-
creases over the interval (−10, ∞). Also, f (0) = f (−20) = 30. Which of the following
statements about f (x) can be true?
(MSQ) (Answer: Option b, c) [Marks: 2]
⃝ f (x) is an injective function.
⃝ D ≥ 0, where D is the discriminant of f (x).
⃝ f (x) can be −0.1 (x + 30) (x − 10).
⃝ f (x) can be −0.1 (x − 30) (x + 10).

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7. Let A = maximum (5 log10 (100| sin 2x|)), and B = minimum(log10 (10x2 − 40x + 50)). If
the functions are well defined, choose the set of correct options.
(MSQ)(Answer:(a), (b), (c)) [4 marks]
⃝ logAB (A−B) > 0
⃝ logA+10B (A+B) > 0
⃝ logA+10B (B−A) is not defined.
⃝ A + B = −11.

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8. Define a function (
|x2 −4x+3|
x−3
if x ̸= 3
f (x) =
2 if x = 3
(a) Choose the set of correct options.
(MSQ)(Answer: Option a, c) [Marks: 3]
⃝ lim+ f (x) = f (3).
x→3
⃝ lim− f (x) = f (3).
x→3
⃝ f (2) = −1.
⃝ f is continuous at x = 3.
(b) Choose the set of correct options.
(MSQ)(Answer: Option a, b, d) [Marks: 3]
⃝ f ′ (5) = f ′ (−5) = 1.
⃝ f is not differentiable at x = 1.
⃝ f is differentiable at x = 1.
⃝ f ′ (2) = −1.

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9. Let f (x) : [−11, 9]\{−10} −→ R, given that there is only one saddle point. Answer the
following questions based on the graph of f (x) shown in Figure: 1 where the symbol ◦
signifies the point is excluded and the symbol • signifies the point is included.

f (x) (9, 9)

(−11, 8)
(−7, 5)

saddle point

−10
x

(−5, −6)

Figure: 1

(a) Choose the set of correct options.

(MSQ)(Answer: Option a, c) [Marks: 2]
⃝ Global minimum value of the function doesn’t exist.
⃝ Global minimum value of the function is -7.
⃝ Global maximum value of the function is 9.
⃝ Global maximum value of the function doesn’t exist.
(b) The number of critical points in restricted domain (−5, 9) are
(NAT) (Answer: 8) [Marks: 2]

(c) The number of points where f (x) has local minimum in restricted domain [−7, 9]
are
(NAT)(Answer: 5) [Marks: 1]

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 R2
10. Let f (x) = 4x3 + 3x2 + 2x, then find the value of the integral 0 f (x) dx using limit
of Riemann sums as n → ∞, for the given partition P = {0 = x0 , x1 = n2 , . . . , xi =
2×i
n
, . . . , xn = 2}, i = 1, 2, . . . , n and x∗i ∈ [xi−1 , xi ], where x∗i = 2×i
n
.
(NAT)(Answer: 28) [Marks: 2]

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11. What is the weight of the minimum spanning tree of the graph given below?

C1
2 2

C2 1 C6
3 5

1 C0 3

8 6
C3 4 C5

7 7
C4

(NAT)(Answer: 13) [Marks: 3]

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12. Let G be a simple graph with the vertex set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}. Suppose two distinct
vertices, say i and j, of G are adjacent if and only if i + j is a multiple of 3. Find the
number of edges in the graph G?
(NAT)(Answer: 7) [Marks: 3]

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13. A vertex u is called a root vertex of a directed graph if there is a directed path from
u to every other vertex in the graph. Below is a directed graph G with the vertex set
{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}. Find the root vertex of G.
(NAT)(Answer: 2) [Marks: 2]

1 2

3 0

5 4

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14. The BFS (Breadth First Search) tree of a graph G is shown below. Choose the option
which may represent the original graph G.
(MCQ) [Marks: 3]

1 2 3

4 5 6 7

8 9 10

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Options:

1 2 3

4 5 6 7

8 9 10

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1.

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 0

1 2 3

4 5 6 7

8 9 10

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2.

1 2 3

4 5 6 7

8 9 10

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3.

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 0

1 2 3

4 5 6 7

8 9 10

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4.

Answer: Option 2.

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15. Which of the following statements are correct w.r.t the below given DAG?
(MSQ) [Marks: 3]

E F

A B C D

G H

1. A possible topological sequence is E, F, C, B, A, G, H, D.

2. The longest path in the DAG has length 4, in terms of number of edges.
3. A possible topological sequence is E, F, C, B, G, A, H, D.
4. A possible topological sequence is E, F, C, B, G, H, D, A.

Answer: Option (3), Option (4)

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16. Find the vertex colouring of the below given graph?

(NAT)(Answer: 4) (3 marks)

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