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Course: IIT JAM 2021 Module-:Real Analysis

DPP2:- Real Number System
1. Find the supremum and infimum of each of the
following set of real numbers:- 6. The least upper bound of the set
 ( n + 1)
 
(a) All numbers of the form 2
 is
2 − p + 3− q + 5..r , where p, q and r take on  n
: n  
 2
 

all positive integer values.
(a) 7 4 (b) 2
(b) S :=  x : 3x 2 − 10 x + 3  0
(c) 9 4 (d) 5 2
(c) S := x : ( x − a )( x − b )( x − c )( x − d )  0,
7. Let A = cos ( x ) + sin ( y ) x, y   then.
where a  b  c  d
(a) sup ( A) = 2
 ( −1)
 
n

(d) S := 1 − ,n  (b) inf ( A) = 0

 n 

(c) sup ( A) does not exists.
2. Let A and B be bounded nonempty subset of
, and let A + B := a + b : a  A, b  B then (d) inf ( A) does not exists.
(a) sup ( A + B )  sup A + sup B 8. The greatest lower bound of the
 n 1

(b) inf ( A + B )  inf A + inf B ( + ) : n   (round off to 2 decimal
n n
e 2
 
(c) sup ( A + B ) = sup A + sup B
places) is _____________(JAM MA 2019)
(d) inf ( A + B ) = inf A + inf B 9. Let sn  be sequence of real numbers given by
3. The set A = x :1  x  3 contains:  1  n
sn = 2( −1) 1 −  sin
n
, n  . then the least
(a) g.l.b and l.u.b both  n 2
(b) g.l.b but does not contain l.u.b upper bound of the sequence sn 
(c) l.u.b but does not contain g.l.b is________________ (JAM MA 2016)
10. The minimum value of 4sin x + 4cos x is ?
2 2
(d) Neither g.l.b nor contain l.u.b
4. If N stands for the set of natural numbers, then (a) 4 (b) 8
which of the following are unbounded set. (c) 2 (d) None of these
(a) x : x = 1/ n, n  N
11. Let x 2 − 3x + P = 0 has two positive roots ' a '
(b) x : x = 1/ 2 , n  N 
n
4 1
and ' b ' then inf  +  is
(c)  x : x = 2n , n  N  a b
(a) 2 (b)1
(d) None of these
(c) 3 (d) 4
5. If u is an upper bound of a set A of real
numbers and u  A, then u is:  1

12. inf  2 x + 2 x , x  0  is equal to ……?
(a) Infimum of A  
(b) Both infimum and supremum of A (a) 2 (b) 4
(c) Supremum of A (c) 6 (d) 10
(d) Neither infimum nor supremum of A

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13. The supremum of the set 19. The set x + x−1 : 0  x  2 is
 1 1 1 1 1 1 
S = 1,1 + ,1 + + 2 ,...,1 + + 2 + ... + n−1 ,..... (a) Bounded below but not bounded above.
 2 2 2 2 2 2  (b) Bounded above & Bounded below both.
(c) Both unbounded above & below.
(a) 1 (b) 2 (d) Bounded set.
(c) 3 (d)
1
2
20. Let Set A = ( x + y ) ( x −1

+ y −1 ) x, y  0 . Then
(a) Inf A = 4, Sup A does not exist.
14. Which of the following sets satisfying the (b) Inf A & Sup A both does not exist.
condition that for every positive integer n (c) Inf A = 2 and Sup A exist.
there is some a in A such that a  n ? (d) Inf A = 2 and Sup A does not exist.
(a) A = −1,5 (b) A = 21. Let A be a nonempty subset of the real
(c) A is empty set (d) Ax =  x  x  10 numbers. Define the set A to be
A =  x : x  A . Then which of the following
3n + 2
15. Let S = 

n   . Then statement(s) is/are true?
 2n + 1  (a) If A is bounded above, A is necessarily
3 5 bounded above.
(a) inf S = (b) inf S =
2 3 (b) If A is bounded, A is also bounded.
5 3
(c) sup S = (d) sup S = (c) If the maximum of set A exists. A have
3 2
also maximum.
 1
 (d) If the supremum and infimum of A exist,
  n
1  then supremum and infimum of A need
16. For the set A =   , n  , n  3
n  not exists.
 
(a) inf A  A, Sup A  A 22. For n  , which of the following is true?
(b) inf A  A, Sup A  A (a) n + 1 − n 
1
for all , except possibly
(c) inf A  A, Sup A  A n
(d) inf A  A, Sup A  A finitely many n


17. The set S = e( −1) n : n   is ….? 1
n

(b) n + 1 − n  for all, except possibly

n
(a) Bounded above and bounded below both. finitely many n
(b) Bounded above but not bounded below.
(c) Bounded below but not bounded above. (c) n + 1 − n  1 for all, except possibly
(d) Unbounded below and above both. finitely many n
1 1  (d) n + 1 − n  2 for all, except possibly
18. For the set S =  − : m, n   .
n m  finitely many n
(a) Inf S = Sup S = 1 (NET June 2019)
(b) Inf S = −1, Sup S = 1
(c) Inf S = 0, Sup S = 1
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 1  2  (d)  has no periodic decimal expansion.
23. Let A = t sin   | t   0,   . which of the
 t     (NET JUNE 2017)
following statements are true? 27. Let s  ( 0,1) . Then decide which of the
2 1 following are true? (NET DEC.2016)
(a) sup ( A )  + for all n  1
 n (a) m   n  such that s  m n
−2 1 (b) m   n such that s  m n
(b) inf ( A)  − for all n  1
3 n (c) m   n such that s = m n
(c) sup ( A) = 1 (d) inf ( A) = −1
(d) m   n such that s = m + n
(NET JUNE 2018)
28. The number 2ei is
 
24. Let S = x   −1, 4 sin ( x )  0. Which of the (a) A rational number
following is true? (b) A transcendental number
(a) inf ( S )  0 (b) sup ( S ) does not exist (c) An irrational number (d) An imaginary
number
(c) sup ( S ) =  (d) inf ( S ) =  2
( NET JUNE 2012)
( NET DEC 2017) 29. Let an = sin ( n ) . For the sequence a1 , a2 ,....
25. Let denote the set of real numbers and the supremum
1 (a) 0 and it is attained
the set of all rational numbers. For 0  ,
2 (b) 0 and it is not attained
let A be the open interval ( 0,1− ) . Which of (c) 1 and it is attained
the following are true? (d) 1 and it is not attained
(a) sup 1 sup ( A )  1 ( NET JUNE 2012)
0
2 30. A complex number c  is called algebraic if
there is a non-zero polynomial P ( x )   x
(b) 0 1 2 
1
( )
 inf A1  inf Ae2 ( )
2 with rational coefficients such that P ( a ) = 0 .
1
( )
(c) 0 1 2   sup A1  sup A2
2
( ) Which of the following statements is true?
(a) there are only finitely many algebraic
(d) sup ( A ) = sup ( A ( )) numbers
(NET DEC 2017) (b) All complex numbers are algebraic
26. Let  = 0.10110111011110... be a given real  
number written in base 10, that is the n-th (c) sin   + cos   is algebraic
3 4
digit of  is 1 unless n is of the form
(d) None of the above (TIFR 2015)
k ( k + 1)
− 1 in which case it is 0. Choose all the 31. Let S be the set of all tuples ( x, y ) with x, y
2
correct statements from below. non-negative real numbers satisfying
(a)  is a rational number x + y = 2n, for a fixed n . Then the
(b)  is an irrational number ( )
supremum value of x2 y 2 x2 + y 2 on the set
(c) For every integer q  2 there exists an S is
r r +1 (a) 3n6 (b) 2n 6
integer r  1 such that    .
q q (c) 4n 6 (d) n 6 (TIFR 2014)

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32. An algebraic number is one which occurs as 38. A complex number  is said to be algebraic
the root of a polynomial with rational integer if it satisfies a monic polynomial
coefficients. Which of the following numbers equation with interger coefficients. Which of
are algebraic? the following is not an algebraic integer?
1
(a) 2
(a) 5 + 3 (b) 7 + 2 3
1
2 (b)
(c) cos , where n  (d) None of these 2
n
(NBHM 2009) 1− 5
(c)
33. A real number is said to be algebraic if it is the 2
root of a non-zero polynomial with integer (d)  , is an algebraic integer (DU 2016)
coefficients. Which of the following real
numbers are algebraic?

39. The subset A = x  : x  4 of
2
is

2 1
log 2
(a) Bounded above but not bounded below
(a) cos (b) e 2 (b) Bounded above and sup A = 2
5
1 1
(c) Bounded above but does not have a
(c) 5 + 77 5 supremum
(NBHM 2008) (d) Not bounded and does not have a
34. Let x =  − 0.01814 and y = e + 0.40517. If supremum. (DU 2016)
z = 3.123456789101112 then 40. For the real number system, which of the
(a) z = x following statements are true:
(b) z = y (a) Let x, y  such that 0  x  y then there
(c) z is rational exists an n  such that y  nx
(d) z is irrational, z  x and z  y (b) Let x, y  such that x  y then there
(IISc 2004) exists an r  such that y  rx
n 2
 (c) Let x, y  such that x  y then there exists
35. The supremum of the set  n , n  
2  an   \ such that y   x
9 (d) For y  such that y  0 there exists an
(a) is (b) is 1
8 n  such that y  n
(c) is 0 (d) does not exist (HU 2014)
(IISc 2003) 41. Let A.B  0,1 be two uncountable sets.
36. Let f : → be defined by Which of the following are false statements:
f ( x) =
x2
, x  . Then f attains its (a) If A B   , then either sup ( A)  inf B or
1 + x2 sup B  inf A
supremum…. (T F ) (CMI 2011)
(b) If A B =  , then 0,1 \ ( A  B ) is countable

37. For 0  x  , let f ( x ) = sin ( x ) + cos ( x ) . Find (c) If inf A = inf B and sup A = sup B, then
4
A B 
the infimum of f ( x ) over the interval
(d) If A  B, then B \ A is countable
 
x  0,  ....... (CMI 2010) (HU 2014)
 4

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42. If m and M are respectively the greatest lower 44. Let A = cos ( x ) + sin ( x ) x   then.
bound and the least upper bound of the set
(a) sup ( A) = 2
 2x + 3 
S = , x  0 then
 x+2  (b) inf ( A) = 0
(a) m  S , M  S (b) m  S , M  S (c) sup ( A) does not exists.
(c) m  S , M  S (d) m  S , M  S
(d) inf ( A) does not exists.
(HU 2012)
43. Let x  − 0 then the correct statement is :
 ( −1) 
n

(a) If x 2  , then x 3  45. For the sequence  n +  of real

(b) If x 3  , then x 2   n 
numbers
(c) If x 2  and x 4  then x 3  (a) The greatest lower bound and least upper
(d) If x 2  and x 5  then x  bound exist
(HU 2011) (b) The greatest lower bound exist but not least
upper bound
(c) The least upper bound exist but not the
greatest lower bound
(d) Neither the greatest lower bound nor the
least upper bound exist
(HU 2010)

Answer Key

31 1 1
1. (a) inf = 0 sup = (b) inf = sup = 3 (c) inf = a sup = d (d) inf = sup = 2
30 3 2
2.A,B,C,D 3.B 4.C 5.C 6.C 7.A 8. e
9.1/2 10.A 11.C 12.B 13.B 14.A 15.A,C
16.C 17.C 18.B 19.A 20.A 21.B 22.B
23.A,B 24.C 25.C,D 26.B,D 27.A,B 28.C 29.C
30.C 31.B 32.A,B,C 33.A,B,C 34.C 35.A 36.false
37.1 38.B 39.B 40.A,D 41.A,B,C,D 42.A 43.D
44.A 45.B

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