Vidya Jyothi Institute of Technology

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I B.Tech I Semester (2024-25)

QUESTION BANK
MATHEMATICS-I
UNIT-I: Matrices and Linear System of Equations

UNIT-I Very Short Answer Questions

1 Define symmetric, skew-symmetric and orthogonal matrices with examples
2 Define Hermitian, skew-Hermitian and unitary matrices with examples
3 Define rank of a matrix
4 If the rank of the matrix A is 4 then rank of AT  ..................
1 2 3 
5

The rank of the matrix A  3 4 4  is …………….
 
7 10 12 
1 2 3 
6
 
If the rank of the matrix A  2 k 7 is 2 then k  .................
 
 3 6 10 
7 If I k is an identity matrix of order k then   I k   .............
8 The non-homogeneous system AX  B is said to be consistent if ……………
 2 1 2
9 
The inverse of the orthogonal matrix A  1 2 2 1  is ………………
3
 1 2 2 
I p O
10 If an m  n matrix A is equivalent to the normal form   , then   A  .............
 O O 
11 Which of the following statement is FALSE
A) The homogeneous system AX  O has a non-trivial solution if A  0
B) If A and B are equivalent matrices then   A    B 
C) Rank of a null matrix is 0
D) A non-homogeneous system AX  B is always consistent
12 If A is a non-zero matrix of order 5  6, then which of the following is always true
A)  ( A)  4 B)  ( A)  4 C)  ( A)  5 D)  ( A)  5

13 A real matrix A  aij  is defined as aij  i. j i, j then rank of A  ...................

nn
A) n 1 B) n C) 1 D) n  2
14 Which of the following matrix is Skew-Hermitian?
 1 2  3i   i 1 i   2i 3  4i   1 2  3i 
A)  B)  C)  D) 
2  3i 4  
1  i 0   3  4i 0  2  3i 4 
15 Which of the following matrix is Hermitian?
 1 2  3i   i 1 i   2i 3  4i   1 2  3i 
A)  B)  C)  D) 
2  3i 4  
1  i 0   3  4i 0  2  3i 4 
 2022 2022 2022 2022 
 2022 2022 2022 2022 
16 The rank of the matrix  is …….…….
 2022 2022 2022 2022 
 
 2022 2022 2022 2022 
A) 2022 B) 2021 C) 4 D) 1
17 If the system of equations x  2 y 3z  2, 3x  y  4 z  3,6 x  5y   z  3 have an
infinite number of solutions then   ..............
A)  5 B) 5 C) 7 D)  7
18 If every minor of order r of a matrix A is zero, then rank of A is ................
A) less than r B) equal to r C) greater than r D) less than or equal to r
1 1 1 1

If the rank of the matrix A  3 1 0 1 is 2 then p  ..............
19  
1 1 p 1
A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 5
20 To solve the non-homogeneous system AX  B by Gauss elimination method, the
coefficient matrix A is reduced to …….………. matrix
A) Identity B) Diagonal C) Upper triangular D) Lower triangular
UNIT-I Long Answer Questions
1 Find the rank of the following matrices by reducing them into echelon form:
0 1 3 1  1 4 3 2 1  1 2 3 4
1 0 1 1  2 3 1 4 3  2 3 1 2
(a)   (b)   (c)  
3 1 0 2  1 6 7 2 9  3 4 5 8
     
1 1 2 0   3 3 6 6 12   1 3 10 14 
2 Find the rank of the following matrices by reducing them into normal form:

2 1 3 5 1 1 1 1 
1 3 4 5  1
4 2 1 3 2 3 4 
(a)   (b) 1 2 6 7  (c) 
8 4 7 13   2 3 5 5
  
1 5 0 10   
8 4 3 1   3 4 5 8 
3 Find whether the following system of equations are consistent and solve them, if consistent.
a) x  y  z  6; 2 x  3 y  2 z  2; 5x  y  2z  13
b) x  2 y  2 z  2; 3x  2 y  z  5; 2 x  5 y  3z  4; x  4 y  6 z  0
4 Test for consistency and solve 5 x 3 y 7 z  4; 3x 26 y 2 z  9; 7 x 2 y 10 z  5
5 Discuss for what values of and  the simultaneous equations
x  y  z  6; x  2 y  3z  10; x  2 y   z  , have (i) no solution (ii) a unique
solution and (iii) an infinite number of solutions.
6 Solve the following system of equations:
a) x  y  w  0; y  z  0; x  y  z  w  0; x  y  2z  0
b) x  3 y 2z  0; 2x y  4z  0; x  11y  14z  0
7 Determine whether the following equations will have a non-trivial solution. If so, solve them
4 x  2 y  z  3w  0; 6 x  3 y  4 z  7 w  0; 2 x  y  w  0
8 Show that the only real number  for which the system
x  2 y  3z   x; 3x  y  2 z   y; 2 x  3 y  z   z has non-zero solution is 6 and
solve them when   6
9 Solve the following system of equations by using Gauss elimination method
a) 2 x  y  z  10; 3x  2 y  3z  18; x  4 y  9 z  16
b) 2 x1 x2  2 x3 x4  6; x1 x2  x3 2 x4  6; 4 x1 3 x2  3 x3 3 x4  1; 2 x1 2 x2  x3 x4  10
10 Solve the following system of equations by using LU decomposition method
a) 2 x  y  z  2; x  3 y  2 z  2; 3x  y  2 z  2
b) x  y  z  1; 3x y  3z  5; x  2y  5z  10
UNIT-II: Eigen Values and Eigen Vectors
UNIT-II Very Short Answer Questions
1 State Cayley-Hamilton theorem
 4 1
2 If the matrix A    is similar to the matrix B , then trace of B  ..............
 2 3
2 2 3
 
3 The sum of the eigen values of the matrix A   2 1  6  is …………
 1 2 0 

3 1 4
 
4 If the product of the eigen values of the matrix A  0 2 6  is 30 then k  ..............
0 0 k 

5 If 1, 2 are eigen values of a matrix A33 such that det  A   10 then eigen values of matrix
AT are ……………
2 1
6 The characteristic equation of A   is …………
4 5
7 If 1, 2, 3 are eigen values of matrix A then the eigen values of A2  A  I are ……………
8 The symmetric matrix of the quadratic form 2 xy  4 yz  8 zx is ……………
 1 2
9 The quadratic form corresponding to the matrix A    is.…………
  2 5 
10 If the eigen values of matrix A of a quadratic form X T AX are 0, 1, 2 then the nature of the
quadratic form is ………………
11 If 1, 3 are eigen values of a matrix A2 2 then A 1  ..............
A) 13  A  2 I  B) 13  A  2 I  C) 13   A  2 I  D) 12  A  3 I 
12 Which of the following set of vectors represents the linearly independent eigen vectors
corresponding to the 3 distinct eigen values of a real symmetric matrix
 2   1 1   1   1  1   1   1 1   1  0   1 
A)  1 ,  0  ,  2  B)  1 ,  0  ,  2  C)  0  ,  1  , 1  D)  1 ,  1  ,  0 
                       
 1   2   0   1   1  1   1   1   0   1  1  1 
13 Which of the following set represents the spectrum of a unitary matrix
A) 1, 1 i 
B) 1, 1
2
 i
2  C) 1, 1  i D) 1  i, 1  i

14 Which of the following represent the eigen values of skew-Hermitian matrix

A) 0, 1  i B) 1,  i C) 0,  2i D) 0,  1
15 Which of the following statement is FALSE
A) The algebraic multiplicity of an eigen value of a matrix is always equal its geometric
multiplicity
B) The eigen values of a skew-Hermitian matrix are either 0 or purely imaginary
C) Similar matrices have the same eigen values
D) If  is an eigen value of an orthogonal matrix then 1 is also its eigen value

1 0 0
 
16 If A  0 2 0  then the eigen values of adj A are …………
0 0 3 

A) 1, 2, 3 B) 2, 4, 6 C) 6, 3, 2 D) 2, 3, 4
 4 1
17 The eigen values of the matrix A    are…………..
 2 3
A) 1, 6 B) 3, 4 C) 2, 5 D) 1, 8
18 If  2  5  0 is the characteristic equation of a matrix A2 2 then A 6  ..............
A) 25I B) 50I C) 75I D) 125I
2 2
19 The nature of the quadratic form x  4xy y is ……….
A) Positive definite B) Negative definite C) Indefinite D) Positive semi-definite
2 2 2
20 If p, q are index and signature of the QF 2 x  3 y  7 z respectively, then p  q  .....
A) 0 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4
 UNIT-II Long Answer Questions
1 Find the eigen values and corresponding eigen vectors of the following matrices:
1 1 3  2 2 3 

(a) A  1 5 1 (b) A   2 1  6 
 
3 1 1  1 2 0 

2 Find the characteristic roots and characteristic vectors of the following matrices:
 4 2 2  2 1 1

(a) A   5 3 2 (b) A  1 2 1
 
 2 4 1  0 0 1

3 If 1, 2 , ..... , n are eigen values of a matrix A, then prove that A m has the eigen values
1m , 2m , ..... , nm ( m being a positive integer)
4 Prove that the eigen values of a Hermitian matrix are real
 1 2 1
 
5 Verify Cayley-Hamilton theorem for A   3 1 0 and hence find A 1 and A4
 2 1 4


1 2 3
Find A and A by using Cayley-Hamilton theorem, where A   2 5 
1 4
6 4
 3 5 6 
2 1 1
7 Find the characteristic equation of the matrix A   0 1 0  and hence compute A1. Also

 1 1 2 
find the matrix represented by A8 5 A7  7 A6  3 A5 A4  5 A3 8 A2  2 A  I .

 5 6 6 
8

(a) Diagonalize the matrix A  1 4 2
 
 3 6 4 
19 7 
(b) Reduce the matrix A    to the diagonal form
42 16
1 0 1
 
9 Find the matrix P which transforms the matrix A  1 2 1 to the diagonal form. Hence
2 2 3

4
calculate A
10 Reduce the following quadratic forms into canonical form by orthogonal transformation.
(a) 3x2 5 y 2 3z 2 2 yz  2 zx  2 xy

(b) 8x  7 y  3z 12xy  4 xz  8 yz
2 2 2

(c) 2 x1 x2  2 x1x3 2 x2 x3
 UNIT-III: Sequences and Series
UNIT-III Very Short Answer Questions
1 State limit comparison test
2 State D’Alembert’s Ratio test
3 State Raabe’s test
4 State Cauchy’s nth Root test
5 Sate Leibnitz’s test
6 Define absolute convergence and conditional convergence of an alternating series

     
1 2 3
If un is the nth term of the infinite series 1  2  3  ......... then u  ...............
7 4 7 10 n

8 If  vn be the auxiliary series chosen to test the convergence of the series  n1 sin  n1  by
limit comparison test then vn  ..............

9 Let  un be a positive term series such that lim un  0 then  un is said to be …………
n

10 The nature of the series  1

is …………
nn
11 Which of the following sequence is not bounded?
A) n1  
B) 1  (1)n 
C) (1)n   D) 2n 
12 Which of the following statement is FALSE?
A) Every convergent sequence is bounded
B) Every bounded sequence is convergent
 
C) The sequence (1)n oscillates finitely

D) The sequence 1  n1   is convergent

n

13 Which of the following series is convergent?

    23 
n n
A)  n 1 B)  32 C)  1n D)
14  n2
Which of the following test is best suited to test the nature of the series  1  n1  
A) Ratio test B) Raabe’s test C) Comparison test D) Cauchy’s nth root test
15 The series  11 is convergent if …….
n
A)   1 B)   2 C)   1 D)   2
n
16 The geometric series   2  ………
A) converges B) diverges C) oscillates finitely
D) oscillates infinitely
2
Which of the following test is best suited to test the convergence of the series  ( n!)
17 ( 2 n )!
th
A) Ratio test B) Leibnitz test C) Integral test D) Cauchy’s n root test

 
n
18 The series  2x is convergent if ………
A) x  2 B) x  2 C) x  2 D) x  2
19 Which of the following series is absolutely convergent?
( 1)n1 ( 1)n1 ( 1)n1 ( 1)n1
A)  n B)  n C)  n2
D)  4 n 1
20 Which of the following series is conditionally convergent?
( 1)n1 ( 1)n1 ( 1)n1 ( 1)n1
A)  n B)  2 n1
C)  n2
D)  n3 1

UNIT-III Long Answer Questions

1 Determine the nature of the following series:

(a) 1  4 
4710
  
71013
9  .......
 
101316
(b)  n 1
n4  1  n4  1

Examine the convergence of the following series:



 n1 sin  n1 
2 2 1 3 1 4 1
(a) 3  3  3  ....... (b)
3 1 4 1 5 1 n 1

3 Test for convergence the following series:

2 25  258  25811
  ....... x  x 2  x3  x 4  ....... ( x  0)
(a)  (b)
1 15 159 15913  1 2 3  4 5 6 7  8

x2n
4 Test for convergence the series 
n1 (n  2) n 1

1  4  7 10  ......  (3n  2)
5 Test for convergence of the series 
n1 3  6  9 12  ..............  3n

4  7 10  ......  (3n  1) n
6 Test the convergence of the series 
n 1 1  2  3  ...........  n
x ( x  0)
1 2 3
 2   3   4 
7 Show that the series  22  2    3 3  3    44  4   ....... is convergent
1 1   2 2 3 3

    
2 3 4
8 Discuss the nature of the series 2 x  3 x 2  4 x3 5 x 4  ....... ( x  0)
3 4 5 6
9 Discuss the convergence of the following series:
(a) 1  1  1  1  ....... (b) 5  7  9  11  .......
12 34 56 78 2 4 6 8
10 Examine the following series for absolute convergence/conditional convergence

cos n 
( 1) n 1
(a) 
n 1 n  1
2
(b) 
n 1 2 n  1

UNIT-IV: Improper Integrals and Mean Value Theorems

UNIT-IV Very Short Answer Questions

1 State Rolle’s theorem
2 State Lagrange’s mean value theorem
3 State Cauchy’s mean value theorem
4 If f ( x )  x 2  2 x  3 satisfies the conditions of Rolle’s theorem on  1,  then   ............
5 The value c of Lagrange’s mean value theorem for f ( x )  x 3  5 x in [1,4] is ...........
The value of c of CMV theorem for f ( x)  e and g ( x )  e in  a, b is ...........
x x
6
7 The Maclaurin’s series expansion of log(1  x)  ........................
8  
 52  ...........
 10 18
x x
9 0 (1 x)30 dx  .........
10   14    43   ........

11   3, 4   ............
12  
  12  .........
A)  B) 2  C) 2  D)  
1
0 x (1- x) dx  ........
5 3
13
A)   6, 4  B)   5,3 C)   7, 5  D)   6,3
 6 x
14 0 x e dx  .........
A) 4! B) 6! C) 5! D) 7!
 y4
15
0 (1 y)8
dy  .......
A)  (4, 5) B)  (5, 3) C)  (5, 9) D)  (4,8)
16 
 x2
0 e dx  .........
A)  B) 2
 C) 2  D) 4

 /2
17 2 sin11 cos13 d  ...........
0
A)   5, 6  B)  12,14  C)   6, 7  D)  11,13 
18 The value c of Rolle’s theorem for f ( x )  x in [1,1] is………..

A) 0 B) 1 C) 3 D) doesn’t exist
2 4
19 CMV theorem reduces to LMV theorem when g ( x )  .......
A) 1 B) 1 C) x x D) x 2
20 Which of the following theorem is known as higher mean value theorem?
A) Rolle’s theorem B) Lagrange’s mean value theorem
C) Cauchy’s mean value theorem D) Taylor’s theorem
UNIT-IV Long Answer Questions
1 Verify Rolle’s theorem for the following functions:
(a) f ( x)  ( x  a)m ( x  b)n in [a, b], where m, n are positive integers
(b) f ( x)  sinxx in  0,  
e
 2 
(c) f ( x)  log  x  ab  in  a, b , where 0  a  b
 x(a b) 
 ba ba
2 (a) If 0  a  b  1, prove that  sin 1b  sin 1a  and hence deduce that
1  a2 1  b2
  1  sin 1 3    1
6 53 5 6 8

53 5
(b) Prove that   1  cos 1 3    1 using Lagrange’s mean value theorem
3 3 8
ba ba
3 (a) If 0  a  b, prove that 2
 tan 1 b  tan 1 a  . Hence deduce that
1 b 1  a2
  3  tan 1 4    1
4 25  3 4 6
(b) Prove that ba  log b
b
b a
  1 6 1
a  a for 0  a  b. Hence deduce that 6  log 5  5  
4 (a) Verify Cauchy’s mean value theorem for the functions e x and e  x in  a, b
(b) Prove that the value c of Cauchy’s mean value theorem for the functions f ( x)  x
and g ( x )  1x is the geometric mean between a and b, where 0  a  b

(c) Verify Cauchy’s mean value theorem for the functions sin x and cos x in 0, 2 
5 Prove the following

 
(a)  1  
2
(b)  (m, n) 
 ( m) ( n )
 ( m  n)
, where m, n  0

1 m n ( 1) n n !
6 Show that  x  log x  dx  n 1 ,
where n is a positive integer and m  1. Hence
0
 m  1
1 3
evaluate 0 x  log x  dx
 4  x2
3
 y n1
7 Show that (a)  0
x e dx 8
(b)   m, n   
0 (1 y )mn
dx
 /2  /2
1
x2 1
dx  d
8 Prove that (a) 
0 1  x4
dx  
0 1  x4

4 2
(b) 
0 sin 
 
0
sin  d  

p 1
  p
 
1
9 Show that  y q 1 log 1y dy   p, q  0 
0 qp
 /2 a
10 Evaluate (a) 
0
sin 3 cos5/2 d (b)  x 4 a 2  x 2 dx
0
UNIT-V: Functions of Several Variables
UNIT-V Very Short Answer Questions
1
2
 2
x 
If z  log x  y then z  ..........
2
2 If u  x3 xy 2  x2 y then the value of  u2 at 1, 1  ...................
x
3
y
 
If z  x tan 1 x then z  .............
y
  (u ,v)
4 If u  2 x  3 y, v  4 y  5 x then  ...................
 ( x, y )
(u,v,w) ( x, y, z)
5 If u  1 ( x, y, z ), v  2 ( x, y, z), w  3 ( x, y, z ) then   ...........
( x, y, z ) (u,v,w)
 (u ,v )
6 If u, v are functions of r , s and r , s are functions of x, y then  ...................
 ( x, y )

7 If u  x  y  z , v  xy  yz  zx, w  x 2  y 2  z 2 are functionally dependent then

the functional relation between them is ……………
8 The necessary conditions for f ( x, y) to have extremum at  a, b are …………..
9 The stationary point of f ( x, y )  x 2  y 2  6 x  12 is……………..
5 xyz
If the function u 
10 x2 y 4 z has maximum value at the point (4, 2,1) subject to the
condition xyz  8 then the maximum value of u  .........
(u,v,w)
11 If u  x  y, v  y  z, w  z  x then ( x, y, z )  ........
A) 2 B) 0 C) 1 D)  2
2
12 If u  x3 xy 2  x2 y then the value of  u at (1, 2)  ........
xy
A) 6 B) 4 C) 2 D) 1
13 If u  xy , v  xx y
 y are functionally related then the relation between them is …. …..
A) v  u 1
u 1 B) u  vv 1
1
v
C) u  11 v
u
D) v  11 u
(u,v,w)  ( x, y , z )
14 If u , v, w are functions of x, y , z such that  ( xyz )1 then  .......
( x, y, z ) (u,v,w)
A) ( xyz )2 B) ( xyz ) 2 C) xyz D) 1
 ( x, y )
15 If x  u cos v , y  u sin v then  .........
 (u ,v)
A) v B) u 2 C) u D) v 2
16 If r  f xx ( a , b ); s  f xy ( a , b ); t  f yy ( a , b ), then f (x, y) will have maximum value at ( a , b ) if

 
A) rt  s  0 and r  0
2
 
B) rt  s  0 and r  0
2

C)  rt  s   0 D)  rt  s   0
2 2

17 If r  f xx ( a , b ); s  f xy ( a , b ); t  f yy ( a , b ), then f (x, y) will have minimum value at ( a , b ) if

 
A) rt  s  0 and r  0
2
 
B) rt  s  0 and r  0
2

C)  rt  s   0 D)  rt  s   0
2 2

18 If (0, 0), (2, 0) are extreme points of f ( x, y)  x3 3xy2 3x2 3 y2 7 then fmin.........
A) 7 B) 8 C) 2 D) 3
19 If the function f  cos A cos B cos C has maximum value in an equilateral triangle ABC
then the maximum value of f  .........
A) 383 B) 1 C) 18 D) 85
2 2
20 Which of the following statement is TRUE
A) Every stationary point of f ( x , y ) is an extreme point
 (u ,v,w)
B) If  0 then u , v and w are said to be functionally dependent
 ( x, y , z )
C) If f ( x , y ) has neither maximum nor minimum at ( a , b ) then ( a , b ) is said to be
an extreme point of f ( x , y )

D) The total differential of u  f ( x , y , z ) is defined as du   u dx   u dy   u dz

x y z
UNIT-V Long Answer Questions
 ( x, y, z )
1 (a) If x  y  z  u , y  z  uv, z  uvw, evaluate
 (u,v,w)
yz xy  (u ,v,w)
(b) If u  x , v  zx
y , w  z , then find  ( x, y , z )

(c) If x   cos , y   sin , z  z , show that ((x,,y,, zz))  

( x, y, z )
2 If x  r sin  cos  , y  r sin  sin  , z  r cos then show that  r 2sin 
 (r , ,  )
 (u ,v)
3 If u  x 2  y 2 , v  2 xy and x  r cos  , y  r sin  , show that  4r 3
 ( r , )

4 (a) If x  r cos , y  r sin  , evaluate  ( x, y ) and (r , ) . Also show that

 (r , ) ( x, y )
 ( x, y ) (r , )
 1
 (r , ) ( x, y )
(b) If x  u(1  v), y  uv, prove that  ( x, y )   (u, v)  1
 (u , v)  ( x, y)
5 Show that the following functions are functionally dependent and find the functional
relation between them.
x y
(a) u  1 xy , v  tan 1x  tan 1 y
(b) u  x  y  z , v  xy  yz  zx, w  x 2  y 2  z 2
(c) u  3 x  2 y  z , v  x  2 y  z , w  x ( x  2 y  z )
6 Find the minimum and maximum values of the following functions:
(a) f ( x, y )  2( x 2  y 2 )  x 4  y 4

(b) f ( x, y )  x3 3xy 2 15 x 2 15 y 2 72 x

(c) f ( x, y)  x 4  y 4  2 x 2  4 xy  2 y 2
7 (a) Given x  y  z  a, find the maximum value of x m y n z p

(b) Find the minimum value of x 2  y 2  z 2 given that xyz  a3

(c) Find the maximum value of u  x 2 y 3 z 4 if 2 x  3 y  4 z  a

(d) Find the minimum value of x 2  y 2  z 2 given that a x  b y  cz  p

8 (a) A rectangular box open at the top is to have volume of 32 cubic ft. Find the
dimensions of the box requiring least material for its construction.
(b) Find three positive numbers whose sum is 100 and whose product is maximum
9 (a) Find the points on the surface z 2  xy  1 that are nearest to the origin
(b) Divide 24 into three parts such that continued product of the first, square of the
second and cube of the third is maximum
10 Find the volume of the greatest rectangular parallelepiped that can be inscribed in the
2
ellipsoid x2
2
 y2  z22  1.
a b c