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MODEL QUESTION PAPER – 1

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1.Find the sum of the eigen values of A = 8. If A = fxx(a, b), B = fxy (a, b) and C = fyy (a,
3 10 5 b) then f(x, y) has minimum at (a, b) if fx
−2 −3 −4 =0,fy=0 and
3 5 7 1)AC<B2andA<0 2)AC>B2andA<0
1) -3 2) 4
3)AC<B2andA>0 4)AC>B2andA>0
3) 7 4) 9
9. Form a partial differential equation
1 2
2.Let A =
3 1
. Then fromx2+y2+(z-c)2=a2
1) A3+3A2-4I = 0 2) A4-3A2+4I=0 1)xq+yp=0 2)x+y+pq=0
3)4I+A+A2+A3=0 4)A2-2A-5I=0 3)xpq+yq-2=0 4)yp-xq=0
1
3.If all the eigen values of a matrix A of a 10. ∇ =
𝑟
quadratic form are positive then the quadratic 1
1) r 2) r
form is
r
1) Positive definite 3) −r 3 4) 0
2)Negativedefinite 11. IfFissolenoidalthencurlcurlcurlcurlF is
3)PositiveSemidefinite
1)F 2)F2
4)Negativesemidefinite
4.In a square matrix A of order 3, 3)∇2 F 4)∇4 F
a1 = sum of its leading diagonals 12. If F =(z+3y)i+(x-
a2=sumoftheminorsofitsleadingdiagonalsa3=| 2z)j+(x+az)kissolenoidalthena=
A|=determinant of A=detA 1)0 2)1
ThenthecharacteristicequationAis 3)3 4)2
1)𝜆3-a1𝜆2+a2𝜆2-a3=0 13. ThetemperatureatanypointinspaceisgivenbyT
2)𝜆2+a1𝜆2+a2𝜆1+a3=0 =xy+yz+zx.Determinethedirectionalderivativ
3)𝜆2-a1𝜆2+a2𝜆+𝜆=0 eofTinthedirectionofthevector 3 i -
4)a1+a2𝜆+a3𝜆2=0 4katthepoint(1,1,1)
2 2
5.For the function 2(x2-y2)-x4+y4, the point (0, 0) 1) 5 2) − 5
is a 2 2
3) 7 4) − 7
1) maximum 2) minimum
dz
3)saddlepoint 4)noneofthese 14. Evaluate c 𝑧 2𝑒 𝑧
whereCis|z|= 1
6.Particular integral of (D -4D+13)y=e2x
2
1)2πi 2)-2πi
e 2x e 2x
1) 2) 3)3πi 4)πi
9 3 z
ex x 15. Findtheresidue 2 of at z = 2
3) 4) e z−2 z+1
4 2 2
7. 2
Solve (D -1)y = 0 1) 9 2) − 9
1) y = ex + c 2) y = ex + e2x 3) 3
4 3
4) 11
3)y=Aex+Be-x 4) y = 1 + x + ex 1+i
16. 0
𝑥 2 − iy dzalongthepathy= x
5 5
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5 i 5+i 1 1 1
3) 6 − 6 3) probabilities 3
, 6
and 2
respectively.Obtain
7
17. Thecriticalpointofthetransformz2+6z F(1) where F(X) is the distribution function
1)3 2) -3 of X.
1 1
3)2 4)6 1) 2 2) 3
18. Ifonlythemagnitudeoftheangleispreservedthe 1 1
3) 4 4) 6
nthetransformis called
1)conformal 2)isomorphism 25. Ifarandomvariable‘X’hasthep.d.f.
𝑥+1
3)uniform 4)isogonal 𝑖𝑓 − 1 < 𝑥 < 1
2 -2
𝑓 𝑥 = 2
19. ThevalueofL(t e t)is 0 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒
1 2 Findthemean
1) 2)
s+2 2 s+2 2 2 1
2 2 1) 3 2) 3
3) 4) s+2
s+2 3 4 1
2 3) 5 4) 4
20. s L[f(t)]-sf(0)-f'(0)=
1) f'(0) 2) L(f''(0)) 26. Momentgeneratingfunctionofabinomialdistri
3) L (f''(t)) 4) L(f(t)) butionaboutmeanis
21. FindL(sin3t) 1)(qe-tp+petq)n 2)(pet+qet)np
3 s 3)(pet+qe-t)n 4)Noneofthese
1)s 2 +9 2)s 2 +9
27. IfE(X)=2andE(X )=4thenE(X-2)2=
2
1 3
3) s 2 +9 4)s 2 +3 1)8 2)2
22. Theinverselaplacetransformforthedifferential 3)0 4)4
equation y" + 2y' - 3y = sint given y=0, y'(0) 28. Iftheprobabilitydensityfunctionofarandomvar
= 0 when t = 0 iableXisf(x)=2x(0<x<1)thenvarianceofXis
1 1)1 2)2
1) L-1 s+1 s+2 s+3 5 1
1 3)12 4)3
2) L-1 (s−1)(s+3)(s 2 +1)
29. Abinomialdistributionhasmeanis4andvarianc
-1 1
3) L eis3findn.
s+1 s−3 s2−1
-1 𝑠 2 +1 1)10 2)12
4) L 𝑠 2 −1 𝑠 3 +1 𝑠−1 3)121 4)16
pth
23. Newtonsalgorithmforfindingthe rootofanu 30. Momentgeneratingfunctionofthepoissondistri
mberNis butionis
𝑝 𝑒 𝑡 −1 𝑡 −𝜆
1) 𝑥𝑘𝑝 + 𝑁 2)
𝑥 𝑘 +𝑁 1) 𝑒 𝜆 2) 𝑒 𝑒
p −1 𝑡 −1
px k
𝑝 𝑝
3) 𝑒 𝜆𝑒 4) 𝜆𝑒 𝑡 − 𝑒 𝜆
p−1 𝑥 𝑘 +𝑁 𝑝−1 𝑥 𝑘 +𝑁
3) 4) 𝑥𝑘+1 = 𝑝 −1
2p k 𝑝𝑥 𝑘
24. Suppose that the random variable ‘X'
assumes three values 0,1 and 2 with
ANSWERS
1. 3 2. 4 3. 1 4. 1 5. 3 6. 1 7. 3 8. 4 9. 4 10. 3
11. 4 12. 1 13. 2 14. 2 15. 1 16. 3 17. 2 18. 4 19. 3 20. 3
21. 1 22. 2 23. 4 24. 1 25. 2 26. 1 27. 1 28. 3 29. 4 30. 1

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=4(-4) – 0
DETAILED SOLUTIONS =16<0
1. (3) i.e.,AC-B2<0
Sumoftheeigenvalues=traceofA Therefore(0,0)isasaddlepoint.
=sumofthemaindiagonalelementsofA 6. (1)
=3+(-3)+7 e 2x
P.I. = D 2 −4D+13
=7
𝑒 2𝑥
2. (4) = 2 2 −4 2 +13
CharacteristicpolynomialofA 𝑒 2𝑥
=
1−𝑥 2 9
𝐴 − 𝑥𝐼 =
3 1−𝑥 7. (3)
(1 -x)2-6=x2+ 1 -2x-6 Auxiliaryequationism2 – 1 =0= 0 ⇒m=±1
=x2 – 2x – 5 ∴Solutionisy = Aex+Be-x
ByCayley- 8. (4)
HamiltontheoremeverynonsingularmatrixAs f(x,y)hasminimumat(a,b)if fx=0,fy=0andAC-
atisfiesitscharacteristicequation. B2>0andA>0⇒ AC>B2and A>0
⇒A2 – 2A – 5l =0 9. (4)
3. (1) x2+y2+(z-c)2=a2 … (1)
Thequadraticformispositivedefiniteifalltheei ∂z
2x+2(z-c)∂x =0
genvaluesarepositive.
x+(z-c)p=0
4. (1) x
Requiredcharacteristicequationis (z-c) = − p …(2)
𝜆3 − 𝑎1 𝜆2 + 𝑎2 𝜆 − 𝑎3 = 0 Alsodifferentiating(1)partiallyw.r.toy
5. (3) ∂z
2y+2(z-c)∂y =0
𝑢 = 2 𝑥2 − 𝑦2 − 𝑥4 + 𝑦4
⇒y+(z-c)q=0
∂u y
= 4x − 4x 3 ⇒ (z-c)=-q … (3)
∂x
∂2 u From(2)and(3)
= 4 − 12x 2 𝑥 𝑦
∂x 2 −𝑝 = −𝑞
∂u
= −4x + 4y 3 ⇒yp-xq=0
∂y
10. (3)
∂2 u
= −4 + 12y 2 ∇𝑓 𝑟 = 𝑓 ′ 𝑟
𝑟
∂y 2 𝑟
∂2 u ∴∇
1
= − 𝑟2 . 𝑟
1 𝑟
=0 𝑟
∂x ∂y 𝑟
= − 𝑟3
∂2 u
𝐴 = 2 0,0 = 4 11. (4)
∂x
∂2 u ∇ × ∇ × F = ∇ ∇. F − ∇2 F
𝐵= 0,0 = 0 = −∇2 F
∂x ∂y
∂2 u (∵Fissolenoidal⇒∇. F=0)
𝐶 = 2 0,0 = −4 LetV=∇×∇×F
∂y
NowAC-B 2 thenV=−∇2 F
Now∇×∇×∇ × ∇ ×F
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=∇ × ∇ ×V=∇ (∇.V) - ∇2V

=∇ (∇.(∇×∇× F))-∇2V
=∇ (div(curl∇×F))-∇2V
= -∇2V[∵ div curl F=0]
=-∇2(-∇2F)
=∇4F
12. (1)
AvectorFissolenoidalif∇.F=0 dz e −z dz
=
∂ ∂ ∂ c 𝑧 2𝑒 𝑧 c 𝑧−02
∇×F = 𝑖 + ∂y 𝑗 + ∂z k -z
∂x Letf(z)=e
[(z+3y)i+(x-2z)j+ (x+az)k] f'(z)=-e-z
=0 f'(0)= -e-0=-1
∂ ∂
⇒ ∂x z + 3y + ∂y 𝑥 − 2𝑧 + z=0liesinside|z|=1
∂
∴ByCauchy’stheorem
x + az = 0 e −2 dz f z dz
∂z =
i.e.,0+0+ a =0 c 𝑧−0 2 𝑧−0 2

i.e.,a=0 = 2𝜋if’(0)
13. (2) = 2𝜋i(-1) = -2𝜋i
T=xy+yz+zx 15. (1)
∂ ∂ ∂ lim
∇𝜙 = 𝑖 ∂x + j ∂y + k ∂z 𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦𝑧 + 𝑧𝑥 Residueoff(z)atz=ais
z⟶a
(z-a)f(z)

=i(y+z)+j(x+z)+k(x+y) ∴Residueat z=2 is

∇𝜙 (1,1,1)=2i+2j+2k lim 𝑧 2 2
𝑧 − 2 𝑧−2 𝑧+1 2 = =9
e=unitvectoralong 3i-4k z⟶a 2+1 2

3𝑖−4𝑘
16. (3)
= z=x+iy⇒dz=dx+idy
9+16
3𝑖−4𝑘 1+i 1+i
= 0
x 2 − iy dz = 0
x 2 − iy dx + idy
5
∴Directionalderivativeat(1,1,1)inthedirection [puty=x;dy=dx]
1
of3i-4k = 0
𝑥 2 − 𝑖𝑥 𝑑𝑥 + 𝑖𝑑𝑥
3𝑖−4𝑘 1
=(2i+2j+2k) 5 = 𝑥 2 − 𝑖𝑥 1 + 𝑖 𝑑𝑥
1
=5(6-8) 0
1
−2 𝑥3 𝑥2
= = 1+𝑖 −𝑖
5 3 2
14. (2) 0
1 𝑖
Cauchy’sintegralformulaforhigherderivatives = 1+𝑖 −
3 2
: 5 𝑖
Ifafunctionf(z)isanalyticwithinandonasimple = −
6 6
closedcurveCandaisanypointlyinginit then 17. (2)
1 f z dz
f'(a)=2πi 𝑧−𝑎 2
Let W = f(z) = z2+6z
thenf'(z)=2z+6
Critizalpointsof w = f(z) is givenbyf'(z)=0
⇒2z+6=0

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⇒z+3=0 f'(x)=pxp-1
⇒z=-3 Newton’sformula:
18. (4) 𝑓 𝑥𝑘
𝑥𝑘+1 = 𝑥𝑘 −
Ifonlythemagnitudeoftheangleispreservedthenthetr 𝑓 ′ 𝑥𝑘
𝑝
ansformiscalledisogonal. 𝑥𝑘 − 𝑁
= 𝑥𝑘 −
19. (3) 𝑝𝑥𝑘𝑝−1
Formula:
𝑝 − 1 𝑥𝑘𝑝 + 𝑁
L[e-aif(t)]=F(s+a)where =
𝑝𝑥𝑘𝑝−1
F(s)=L[f(t)]
Heref(t)=t2 24. (1)
2 F(x)= P(X≤x)
∴L(f[t))=s 3
∴F(1)= P(X≤1)
2
∴ 𝐿 𝑒 −2𝑡 𝑡 2 = 3
=P(0)+P(1)
𝑠+2 1 1 1
20. (3) = + =
3 6 2
L[f''(t)]=s2L[f(t)]-sf(0)-f'(0) 25. (2)
21. (1) 1
a
Mean= −1
xf x dx
L(sinat)=s 2 +a 2 1
1
3
∴ L (sin 3t) = s 2 +32 = 𝑥 𝑥 + 1 𝑑𝑥
2 −1
3 1
1
= = 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 𝑑𝑥
𝑠2 + 9 2 −1
22. (2) 1
1 𝑥3 𝑥2
y"(t)+2y'(t)-3y(t)=sint = +
2 3 2 −1
TakingLaplacetransform
L(y"(t))+2L(y'(t))-3L(y(t)) = L(sin t) 1 1 1 −1 1
= + − +
⇒ s2L[y(t)]-s y(0)-y'(0)+2[s L[y(t)]-y(0)]-3L[y(t)] 2 3 2 3 2
1 1 1
1 = +
= 2 2 3 3
𝑠 +1 1 2
⇒s2L[y(t)]+2sL[y(t)] - 3L[y(t)] = ×
1 2 3
= 2 1
𝑠 +1 =
1 3
⇒(s +2s-3)L[y(t)]=𝑠 2 +1
2
26. (1)
1 m.g.f. ofabinomialdistributionaboutmean
𝐿𝑦 𝑡 = 2
𝑠 + 2𝑠 − 3 𝑠 2 + 1 =(qe-tp+petq)n
1 27. (1)
=
𝑠 − 1 𝑠 − 3 𝑠2 + 1 E(X-2)2=E(X2-2X+4)
1 =E(X2)-2E(X)+E(4)
∴ 𝑦 𝑡 = 𝐿−1
𝑠 − 1 𝑠 + 3 𝑠2 + 1 =4-2×2+4
23. (4) [∵E(4) = 4]
p
Letx= N =8
Xp=N 28. (3)
1
Letf(x)=XP-N E(X)= f x dx
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1 4
= 𝑥. 2𝑥𝑑𝑥 ∴𝑛=
0
𝑝
1 4
=2 2
𝑥 𝑑𝑥 =
1/4
0
1 = 4 × 4 = 16
𝑥3
=2 30. (1)
3 0
MomentgeneratingfunctionforPoisson distribution
1 2 =Mx(t)=e𝜆(et-1)
=2 =
3 3
1
𝐸 𝑥2 = 𝑥 2 𝑓 𝑥 𝑑𝑥
0
1
= 𝑥 2 2𝑥𝑑𝑥
0
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1
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=2 =
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29. (4)
Mean=np = 4 … (i)
variance=npq=3 … (ii)
𝑖𝑖
⇒
𝑖
𝑛𝑝𝑞 3
=
𝑛𝑝 4
3
⇒𝑞=
4
∴𝑝 = 1−𝑞
3
= 1−
4
1
=
4
∴ (1) ⇒
np = 4