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15. Starting from a point A you fly one mile south, then one mile east, then one mile north
which brings you back to point A. Point A is NOT the north pole. Which of the following
MUST be true?
1. You are in the Northern Hemisphere
2. You are in the Eastern Hemisphere
3. You are in the Western Hemisphere
4. You are in the Southern Hemisphere

16. A single celled spherical organism contains 70% water by volume. If it loses 10% of its water
content, how much would its surface area change by approximately?
1. 3%
2. 5%
3. 6%
4. 7%

17. Jar W contains 40 white marbles and jar B contains 40 black marbles. Ten black marbles
from Bare transferred to Wand mixed thoroughly. Now, ten randomly selected marbles
from W are put back in Jar B to make 40 marbles in each jar. The number of black marbl es in
W
1. would be equal to the number of white marbles in B
2. would be more than the number of white marbles in B
3. would be less than the number of white marbles in B
4. cannot be determined from the information given

18.

Two ants, initially at diametrically opposite points A and B on a circular ring of radius R, start
crawling towards each other. The speed of the one at A is half of that of the one at B. The
point at which they meet is at a straight line distance of
1. R from A
2. 3R/2 from A
3. R from B
4. 3R/2 from B

19. If

Then ?

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1. T
2. A
3. L
4. K

20. AB is the diameter of a circle. The chord CD is perpendicular to AB intersecting it at P. If

CP=2 and PB=1, the radius of the circle is

1. 1
2. 2.5
3. 2
4. 5

PART – B
21. Given a 4 × 4 real matrix A, let be the linear transformation defined by ,
where we think of as the set of real 4 × 1 matrices. For which choices of A given below, do
image (T) and Image ( ) have respective dimensions 2 and 1? (* denotes a nonzero entry)

1. [ ]

2. [ ]

3. [ ]

4. [ ]

22. The sum of the series equals

1.
2.
3.
4.

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23. Which of the following is a linear transformation from to ?

a. ( ) ( )

b. ( ) ( )

c. ( ) ( )

1. only .
2. only .
3. only .
4. all the transformations and .

24. Let T be a 4 × 4 real matrix such that . Let for . Which of the
following is NOT a possibility for the sequence ?
1. .
2. .
3. .
4. .

25. The limit

∫
1. does not exist.
2. is infinite.
3. exists and equals 1.
4. exists and equals 0.

26. Let A, B be matrices. Which of the following equals trace ( )?

1. ( ( ))
2. trace ( )
3. trace (( ) )
4. trace ( )

27. Let A be an m x n matrix of rank n with real entries. Choose the correct statement.
1. has a solution for any b.
2. does not have a solution.
3. If has a solution, then it is unique.
4. y' for some nonzero y, where y' denotes the transpose of the vector y.

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28. Let V be the space of twice differentiable functions on satisfying . Define
by ( ) ( ( ) ( )). Then is
1. one-to-one and onto.
2. one-to-one but not onto.
3. onto but not one-to-one.
4. neither one-to-one nor onto.

29. Which of the following subsets of is compact (with respect to the usual topology of )?
1. {( ) | | }
2. {( ) }
3. {( ) | | }
4. {( ) }

30. Let such that ( ( )) for all . Then

1. is one-to-one and onto.
2. is one-to-one, but not onto.
3. is onto but not one-to-one.
4. need not be either one-to-one or onto.

31. A polynomial of odd degree with real coefficients must have

1. at least one real root.
2. no real root.
3. only real roots.
4. at least one root which is not real.

32. The row space of a 20 × 50 matrix A has dimension 13. What is the dimension of the space of
solutions of ?
1. 7
2. 13
3. 33
4. 37

UNIT – 2
33. Let, for each , be the open disc in , with centre at the point ( ) and radius equal
to . Then
⋃ is
1. {( ) | | }
2. {( ) | | }
3. {( ) | | }
4. {( ) }

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∫
34.
| |
1. 0
2.
3.
4. 1

35. Let be a real valued harmonic function on , that is, satisfies the euqation .
Define the functions

Then
1. and are both holomorphic functions.
2. is holomorphic, but need not be holomorphic.
3. is holomorphic, but need not be holomorphic.
4. both and are identically equal to the zero function.

36. Let D be the set of tuples ( ), where { } and is an

even number for each with . Then the number of elements in D is
1.
2.
3.
4.

37. Let R be the ring [ ] (( )( )) and I be the ideal generated by 2 in R.

What is the cardinality of the ring R?
1. 27
2. 32
3. 64
4. Infinite

38. Up to isomorphism, the number of abelian groups of order 108 is:

1. 12
2. 9
3. 6
4. 5

39. The number of subfields of a field of cardinality 2 100 is

1. 24
2. 30
3. 32
4. 45

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40. How many elements does the set
{ | } have?
1. 24
2. 30
3. 32
4. 45

UNIT – 3
41. The integral equation ( ) ∫ ( ) ( ) with as a parameter, has
1. only one characteristic number
2. two characteristic numbers
3. more than two characteristic numbers
4. no characteristic number

42. Let be a polynomial of the form ( ) with , and

. If
∫ ( ) [ ( ) ( )],
∫ ( ) ( ( ) ( ) ( ))
and | | is the absolute value of , then
1. | | | |
2. | | | |
3. | | | |
4. | | | |

43. Let ( ) be a continuous solution of the initial value problem

( ) ( )
Where ( ) { .

Then ( ) is equal to
( )
1.
( )
2.
( )
3.
( )
4.

44. Let be such that . Then the Cauchy problem

( ) on
1. has more than one solution if either a or b is zero
2. has no solution
3. has a unique solution
4. has infinitely many solutions

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45. The singular integral of the ODE ( ) ( ) is
1.
2. ( )
3.
4.
46. The initial value problem
√ ( ) , has
1. a unique solution if
2. no solution if
3. infinitely many solutions if
4. a unique solution if

47. Consider two weightless, inextensible rods AB and BC, suspended at A and joined by a flexible
joint at B. then the degree of freedom of the system is
1. 3
2. 4
3. 5
4. 6

48. Consider the initial value problem ( ) . Then the value of

( ) is
1.
2.
3.
4.

UNIT – 4
49. Suppose are random variables such that converges in distribution to and ( )
also converges in distribution to . Then
1. must have a symmetric distribution.
2. must be 0.
3. must have a density
4. must be a constant

50. Ten balls are put in 6 slots at random. Then the expected total number of balls in the two
extreme slots is
1. 10/6
2. 10/3
3. 1/6
4. 6/10

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51. Assume that Binomial ( ) for some and and Poisson ( ) for some
. Suppose [ ] [ ]. Then
1. ( ) ( )
2. ( ) ( )
3. ( ) ( )
4. ( ) may be larger or smaller than ( ) depending on the values of and .

52. Suppose | ( ) are independently distribute. Under the prior distribution,

and are i.i.d ( ), where and are known. Then which of the following is true
about the marginal distributions of and ?
1. and are i.i.d ( ).
2. and are not normally distributed.
3. and are ( ) but they are not independent.
4. and are normally distributed but are not identically distributed.

53. { ( ) } is a Poisson process with rate . Let ( ) Which of the

following is correct?
1. { } is a transient Markov chain.
2. { } is a recurrent Markov chain, but has no stationary distribution.
3. { } has a stationary distribution.
4. { } is an irreducible Markov chain.

54. Let be independent and identically distributed random variables having an

exponential distribution with mean . Let and { }.
Then ( ) equals
1. 1
2.
3.
4.

55. Suppose there are strata of units each with size . Draw a sample of size with
replacement from the stratum and denote by the sample mean of the study variable
selected in the stratum, . Define
∑
∑ and
Which of the following is necessarily true?
1. is unbiased but is not unbiased for the population mean.
2. is not unbiased but is unbiased for the population mean.
3. Both and are unbiased for the population mean.
4. Neither nor is unbiased for the population mean.

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56. Let be independent random variables and let . If has characteristic function
and has characteristic function , then has characteristic function where
1. ( ) ( ) ( ).
2. ( ) ( ) ( ).
3. ( ) ( ) ( ).
4. ( ) ( ) ( ).

57. Consider the model where are independent with mean 0 and
variance respectively. Which of the following is the best unbiased estimate of ?
1.
2. ( )
3.
4.

58. Consider a Balanced Incomplete Block Design (BIBD) with parameters ( ). Which of
the following cannot possible be the parameters of a BIBD?
1. ( )
2. ( )
( )
3. ( )
4. ( )

59. Let be a random sample from ( ) where and are unknown. Consider
the problem of testing against . Suppose the observed values of
are . If we use the Uniformly Most Powerful test,
which of the following is true?
1. is accepted both at 5% and 1% levels of significance.
2. is rejected both at 5% and 1% levels of significance.
3. is rejected at 5% level of significance, but accepted at 1% level of significance.
4. is rejected at 1% level of significance, but accepted at 5% level of significance.

60. Let ( ) have the multivariate normal distribution ( ). Which of the

following is the covariance matrix of the conditional distribution of Y given ∑ ?
(n denotes the vector with all elements 1.)
1.
2.

3.

4.

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61. Let ( ) be a matrix where are integers. Then, we must have:

1. If there is a polynomial [ ] such that ( ) is the inverse of

( ) ( ) ( )
2. For each polynomial [ ] the matrix ( ) ( ( ) ( ))
( )
3. If for some positive integer then

4. A commutes with every matrix of the form ( ).

62. Let be a bounded function on and For let ( ) | ( ) ( )|

[ ] Then
1. ( ) ( ) if
2. ( ) for all
3. ( ) need not exist.
4. ( ) if and only if is continuous at

63. Let S be the set real matrices with ( ). Then the set contains

1. a nilpotent matrix.
2. a matrix of rank one.
3. a matrix of rank two.
4. a non-zero skew-symmetric matrix.

64. Consider non-zero vector spaces and linear transformation

such that Ker ( )={0}, Range ( ) = Ker ( ), Range ( )=
Ker ( ), Range ( ) = Then
1. ∑ ( )
2. ∑ ( )
3. ∑ ( )
4. ∑ ( )

65. For let ( ) ( ) [ ) and ( ) ∫ ( ) Then

1. { } converges pointwise to a function on [0, ), but does not converge uniformly on [0, ).
2. { } does not converges pointwise to any function on [0, ).
3. { } converges uniformly on [0, ].
4. { } converges uniformly on [0, ].

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66. Let be given by ( ) for a fixed
Let be a linear transformation such that { } is a set of linearly
independent eigen vectors of Then
1. The matrix of will respect to is diagonal.
2. The matrix of (T - S) with respect to B is diagonal.
3. The matrix of T with respect to B is not necessarily diagonal, but is upper triangular.
4. The matrix of T with respect to B is diagonal but the matrix of (T - S) with respect to B is not
diagonal.

67. Let be the function ( ) 〈 〉 where 〈 〉 is the standard inner

product of and is an real matrix. Here denotes the total derivative. Which of the
following statements are correct?
1. ( ( ))( ) 〈 〉 〈 〉
2. ( ( ))( )
3. ( ) may not exist for some ( )
4. ( ) does not exist at ( ) ( )

68. Which of the following are subspaces of the vector space

1. {( ) }
2. {( ) }
3. {( ) }
4. {( ) }.

69. An complete matrix satisfies the identify matrix, where is a positive

integer > 1. Suppose 1 is not an eigen value of Then which of the following statements are
necessarily true?
1. ia diagonalizable.
2. then zero matrix.
3. ( ) ( ) ( )
( )
4.

70. Let be a real vector satisfying where is the transpose of Define

th
where is the n order identity matrix. Which of the following statements are
true?
1. is singular
2.
3. ( )
4.

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71. Let be a positive real number. Which of the following integrals are convergent?
1. ∫
2. ∫
√
3. ∫

4. ∫ ( )

72. Let be an invertible real matrix. Which of the following are NOT true?
1. Rank
2. For every vector , has exactly one solution.
3. dim (nullspace )
4. 0 is an eigenvalue of

73. For f let . Then

1. The sequence { } is convergent.
2. The series ∑ is convergent.
3. The series ∑ is convergent.
4. The series ∑ ( ) s is convergent.

74. Which of the following sets in have positive Lebesgue measure?

[ ]
{ | }
1. {( )| }
2. {( )| }
3. {( )| } {( )| }
4. {( )| } {( )| }

75. Let ( ) for and let { }. Then

1. is the vector space of all real valued continuous functions on
2. is a subspace of all real valued continuous functions on
3. { } is a linearly independent set in the vector space of all continuous functions on
4. Trigonometric functions belong to

76. Which of the following sets of functions are uncountable? ( stands for the set of natural
numbers.)
1. { | { }}
2. { | { } }
3. { | { } ( ) ( )}
4. { | { } ( ) ( )}

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77. Let be a continuous function such that ∫ | ( )| Let be a real
invertible matrix and for let 〈 〉 denote the standard inner product in Then
〈 〉
∫ ( )
〈( ) 〉
1. ∫ ( )
| |
〈 〉
2. ∫ ( )
| |
〈( ) 〉
3. ∫ ( )
〈 〉
4. ∫ ( )
| |

78. Let { } be a sequence of real numbers. For any let ∑ Which of

the following statements are correct?
1. If exists, then ∑ exist.
2. If exists, then ∑ need not exist.
3. If ∑ exists, then exists.
4. If ∑ exists, then need not exist.

UNIT – 2
79. Let be an analytic function defined on the open unit disc in . Then is constant if
1. ( ) for all
2. ( ) for all | |
3. ( ) for all
4. ( ) for all ( )

80. Let be an entire function. Which of the following statements are correct?
1. is constant if the range of is contained in a straight line.
2. is constant if has uncountably many zeros.
3. is constant if is bounded on {z ( ) }
4. is constant if the real part of is bounded.

81. Let ([ ]) be the ring of all real valued continuous functions on [0,1]. Which of the following
statements are true?
1. ([ ]) is an integral domain.
2. The set of all functions vanishing at 0 is a maximal ideal.
3. The set of all functions vanishing at both 0 and 1 is a prime ideal.
4. If ([ ]) is such that ( ( )) for all [ ] for some then ( ) for all
[ ].

82. Let be a polynomial in 1-complex variable. Suppose all zeroes of are in the upper half plane
{ | ( ) } Then
( )
1. for
( )

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( )
2. for
( )
( )
3. for with
( )
( )
4. for with .
( )

83. Which of the following primes satisfy the congruence

mod 13?
1. 41
2. 47
3. 67
4. 83

84. Which of the following polynomials are irreducible in the ring [ ] of polynomials in one
variable with integer coefficients?
1.
2. ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
3.
4.

85. Consider the set of integers, with the topology in which a subset is closed if and only if it is
empty, or or finite. Which of the following statements are true?
1. is the subspace topology induced from the usual topology on
2. is compact in the topology
3. is Hausdorff in the topology
4. Every infinite subset of is dense in the topology

86. Let { } { } be a permutation (one-to-one and onto function) such that

() ()
Then which of the following are true?
1. () for all
2. () ( ) for all
3. The set { ( ) } has an even number of elements.
4. The set { ( ) } has an odd number of elements.

87. Determine which of the following polynomials are irreducible over the indicated rings.
1. over
2. over .
3. over .
4. over .

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88. If and are elements of a group such that then
1.
2.
3.
4.

89. Which of the following cannot be the class equation of a group of order 10?
1.
2.
3.
4.

90. Consider the following subsets of the complex plane:

{ [̅ ]
Is non-negative definite

( )}

{[̅ ]
̅ ̅
is non negative definite

( )}

Let ̅ { || | } Then
1. ̅ ̅
2. ̅ ̅.
3. ̅ ̅.
4. ̅ ̅

91. Let be a continuous fuction on and W the Wronskian of two linearly independent solution
and of the ODE:
( ) ( ) Let (1) = , W(2) = b and ( )
Then
1. and
2.
3. | | | | | |
4.

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92. The critical point of the system
is an
1. Asympototically stable node
2. Unstable node
3. Asymptotically stable spiral
4. Unstable spiral
93. The external of the functional ∫ ( ) that passes through (0,0) and (a, 0) has a
1. Weak minimum if
2. Strong minimum if
3. Weak minimum if
4. Strong minimum if

94. For the initial value problem

( )
The largest interval of existence of the solution predicted by Picard’s theorem is:
1. [0.1]
2. [0, ½]
3. [0, 1/3]
4. [0,1/4]

95. Which of the following are complete integrals of the partial differential equation
?
1.
2.
3. ( )
4. ( ) ( )
96. The function
( ) {
Is a Green’s function for subject to being bounded as and ( )
( ), if
1.
2.
3.
4.

97. The second order partial differential equation

is
1. Elliptic for
2. Hyperbolic for
3. Elliptic for
4. Hyperbolic for

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98. For an arbitrary continuously differentiable function f, which of the following is a general
solution ( )
1. ( )
2. ( ) ( )
3. ( )
4. (( ) )

99. A particles of mass is constrained to move on the surface of a cylinder

1. The angular momentum about z-axis is constant
2. The angular momentum about z-axis is not constant
3. The motion is simple harmonic in z-direction
4. The motion is not simple harmonic in z-direction

100. The extremal of the functional ∫ ( ) that passes through (0,0) and ( ) is
1. A constant function
2. A linear function of
3. Part of a particle
4. Part of an ellipse

101. The following numerical integration formula is exact for all polynomials of degree less than or
equal to 3
1. Trapezoidal rule
2. Simpson’s rule
3. Simpson’s rule
4. Gauss -legendre 2 point formula
102. For the integral equation ( ) ∫ ( ) ( ) with kernel ( ) the
iterated kernel ( ) is
1. ( )
2. ( )
3. ( )
4. ( )

UNIT-4
103. Let X and Y be random variables with joint cumulative distribution function F(x, y). Then which
of the following condition are sufficient for ( ) to be a point of continuity of F?
1. ( )
2. Either ( ) ( )
3. ( ) ( )
4. ( ) and ( )

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104. Suppose X has density
( | ) where is unknown. Define Y as follows:

Then the distribution of Y is

1. Normal
2. Binomial
3. Poisson
4. Geometris

105. Suppose X has density ( | ) where is 0 or 1. Also

( | ) and 0 otherwise
( | ) and 0 otherwise
√
To test versus at level , the most Powerful test
1. Rejects if
2. Rejects if
3. Rejects if √
4. His power √

106. Let (X, Y) have the joint discrete distribution such that = Binomials (y, 0.5) and
poisson ( ) where is an unknown parameter. Let ( ) be any uθnbiased
estimator of Then
1. ( ) ( )
2. ( ) ( )
3. ( )
4. ( ) ( )

107. Consider a sample of size one, say X from a population with pdf
( ) ( )
=0 otherwise
Which of the following is/are conference intervals (s) for with confidence coefficient ?
1. [ ]
√

2. [ ]
√ √

3. [ ]
√

4. [ ]
√ √

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108. Consider a Markov chain with state space S = {0, 1, 2, 3} and with transition probability matrix
P given by. Then
1. 1 is a recurrent state
2. 0 is a recurrent state
3. 3 is a recurrent state
4. 2 is a recurrent state

109. Let X and Y be independent normal random variables with mean 0 and variance 1. Let the
characteristics function of XY be denoted by Then
1. ( )
2. is an even function
3. ( ) ( ) | |for all
4. ( ) ( )

110. Let be independent and identically distributed normal random variables with mean
0 and variance 1. Let be independent and identically distributed ( ) random
variables independent of . Define Z= then
√

1. ( )
2. ( )
3. Z is standard Cauchy
4. ( )

111. Consider the pdf ( ) ( ) ( ). Where and are

unknown parameters and denotes the pdf of N(0,1). Let be a random sample
from this probability distribution. Then which of the following is (are) correct?
1. This model is not parametic
2. Method of moments estimators for and exists
3. An unbiased estimators of exist
4. Consistent estimators of do not exist

112. Suppose are independent random variables. Assume that are identically
distributed with mean and variance . Let . Then coverges is
distribution to N(0, 1) if
( )
1. and √ √
( ) ( )
2. and
( )
3. ( ) and √

4. ( ) and √ √

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113. Consider the linear model ( ), where X is a n x (k + 1) matrix of rank .

Let and respectively. Then which of the following statements are true?
1. ( )
2. ̂ and ̂ are independently distributed
3. ̂ is sufficient for
4. ̂ where A is a suitable matrix of rank ( )

114. Let ne i.i.d standard normal variables. Which of the following has Wishart
distribution with 2.d.f?

1. [ ]

2. [ ]

3. [ ]

4. [ ]

115. To check whether a premium version of petrol gives better fuel efficiency a random sample of
10 cars of a single model were tested with both premium and standard petrol. Let the mileages
obtained be denoted by ( ) ( )where denotes the mileage from standard
th
and from the premium for the i car. We want to test There is no difference in fuel
efficiency between the two version of petrol
Versus
Premium petrol gives better fuel efficiency Let ̅ ̅ = Rank of when
| | are ordered. It is felt that fuel efficieny measurement are not normally distributed and
hence a nonparametric test is to be proposed. Then which of the following can be considered
suitable for this purpose?
1. ̂ ̂
2. Numbers of positive
3. Sum of corresponding to positive
̅
4.
√∑( )
116. Let ∑ (( )) be an n x n symmetric and positive definite matrix such that for all .
Which of the following matrixes will always be the convariance matrix of a multivariate normal
randon vector?
1. ∑
2. The matrix with the ( ) the element for the each
3. The matrix with ( ) the element for each
4. ∑

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