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HYDERABAD CENTRAL UNIVERSITY (HCU)
M.Sc. Mathematics Entrance - 2014
Time : 2 Hours Max. Marks: 100
Instructions:
(i) There are a total of 50 questions in Part-A and Part-B together.
(ii) There is a negative marking in Part-A. Each correct answer carries 1 mark and each wrong answer carries
–0.33 mark. Each question in Part-A has only one correct option.
(iii) There is no negative marking in Part-B. Each correct answer carries 3 marks. In Part-B some questions
have more than one correct option. All the correct options have to be marked in OMR sheet other wise
zero marks will be credited.
PART-A
sin cos
1. Let 0 v 2 . For 0 , let A . Then the angle between v and Av is
cos sin
(a) (b) (c) (d) 0
2
2. Let A M n () . If A2 I (where I is the identity matrix), then
(a) n is even (b) A I
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(c) all the eigen values of A are in (d) A is a diagonal matrix
3. Let f (u, v, w) be a vector field which is solinoidal. If curl(curl f ) 0, then
(a) curl ( f ) 0 (b) grad ( f f ) 0
2 u 2u 2u 2 u 2 u 2u
(c) 1 (d) 2 2 2 0
x 2 y 2 z 2 x y z
4. Let v , w 3 . Then a sufficient condition for v w 0, is
(a) both v and w are non-zero
(b) dimension of the linear span of {v , w, v w} is 2
(c) either v or w is non-zero
(d) none of the above
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5. Let f : be a function such that | f ( x) | | x 2 | for all x . Then
(a) f is continuous but not differentiable at x 0
(b) f is differentiable at x 0
(c) f is an increasing function
(d) f is a decreasing function
| x 2 1| if x is irrational,
6. The number of points of continuity of the function f
0 if x is rational
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) infinite
7. The number of words formed by permuting the letters L, O, C, K, U, P such that neither ‘LOCK’ nor ‘UP’
appears in any such arrangement is
(a) 6! 4! 2! 1 (b) 6! 5! 3! 2 (c) 6! 5! 3! 1 (d) 6! 2! 1
1 1
8. The domain of the real-valued function f ( x) is
x 1 6 x
(a) ( , ) \{1, 6} (b)
(c) ( , 6) ( 1, ) (d) (–1, 6)
9. Let G be a group with identity element e, and N be a normal subgroup. Let the index of N is G be 12,
i.e., [G : N ] 12 . Then
(a) x12 e for all x N
(b) x12 e, the identity element in G, for all x G
(c) x 24 N for all x G
(d) none of the above
a , if n is odd,
10. If {an } is a sequence converging to l. Let bn 2n . Then the sequence {bn }
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(a) need not converge (b) should converge to 0
(c) should converge to 2l or to 3l (d) should converge to l
11. Two fair dice 1 red and 1 blue are rolled. The probability that the sum of the numbers that show up on
the two dice is a prime number is
(a) 7/18 (b) 7/36 (c) 15/36 (d) 29/72
12. Let V be a vector space of dimension n over and {v1 ,..., vn } be a basis of V. Let be a permutation
of the numbers {1,..., n} , i.e., :{1,..., n} {1,..., n} is a bijective map. Then the linear transformation
defined by T (vi ) v (i ) is
(a) 1-1 but not onto (b) onto but not 1-1
(c) neither 1-1 nor onto (d) an isomorphism on V
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13. Let {xn } and { yn } be two sequences in such that lim xn 2 and lim yn 2 . Then
n n
(a) xn yn for all n
(b) xn2 yn for all n
(c) there exists an m such that | xn | yn2 for all n m
(d) there exists an m such that | xn | | yn | for all n m
14. Let {xn } be an increasing sequence of irrational numbers in [0, 2]. Then
(a) {xn } converges to 2 (b) {xn } converges to 2
(c) {xn } converges to some number in [0, 2] (d) {xn } may not converge
15. Let X be a set. For A X , let Ac X \ A . The correct statement for A, B X is
(a) A \ B B c \ Ac , always
(b) If A \ B B c \ Ac then A B or B A
c c
(c) If A \ B B \ A then A B
c c
(d) If A \ B B \ A then A X or B X
2
2
16. The value of | x
0
| dx is
(a) 2 (b) 2 (c) 2 (d) none of the above
17. Let r xiˆ yjˆ zkˆ and be a homogeneous function with degree 3. Then div( r ) is
(a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 9 (d) 27
18. Let f :[ 2,5] be the function given by f ( x) x 6 3x 2 60 . Then
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(a) f is a bounded function
(b) there exists a c [2,5] such that f (c ) 0
(c) f is increasing
(d) f is decreasing
19. Write the logical negation of the following statement about a sequence {an } of real numbers:
“For all n there exists an m such that m n and am an
(a) There exists an n such that am an for all m n
(b) For all n there exists m such that m n and am an
(c) There exists n such that am an , for all m n
(d) There exists n such that am an , for all m n
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20. Let G be a group of order 6. Then
(a) G has 2 possibilities (upto isomorphism)
(b) G is cyclic
(c) G is abelian but not cyclic
(d) there is not sufficient information to determine G
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x 2 x3 (1) n x n
21. The value of (1 x ... ...)e x dx is
0 2! 3! n!
(a) 0 (b) e (c) 1 (d) not defined
22. The general solution of the differential equation y 5 y 8 y 4 0 is
(a) ae 2 x bxe2 x ce x (b) e 2 x xe 2 x e x
x 2x 2x
(c) ae 2x be x (d) ae b(e xe )
23. The number of common tangents t o the spheres x 2 y 2 z 2 2 x 4 y 6 z 13 0 and
x 2 y 2 z 2 6 x 2 y 2 z 5 0 is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 1
sin x
, if x 0
24. Let f ( x ) x . Then,
cos x, if x 0
(a) f is continuous but not differentiable at 0
(b) f is differentiable at 0
(c) f is not continuous at 0
(d) f is neither integrable nor continuous 0
25. The least positive integer n such that every integer is greater than n is of the form 2a 11b for some positive
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(b) 23 (c) 35 (d) 44
PART-B
26. Let f ( x ) max{sin x, cos x}, for x . Then
(a) f is discontinuous at (2n 1) / 4, n
(b) f is continuous everywhere
(c) f is differentiable everywhere
(d) f is differentiable everywhere except at (4n 1) / 4, n
1 1 1
27. lim ...
n n
n 1 3n
(a) 0 (b) log 2 (c) log 3 (d)
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28. Let f : such that ( f ( x )) 2 1 f (t )dt . Then f ( x)
0
x x x x
(a) 1 (b) 1 (c) (d) 1
2 2 2 2
29. Let A I be a 2 × 2 matrix over whose square is I. Then which of the following statements are
correct
(a) A is a diagonal matrix (b) sum of diagonal elements of A is 0
(c) there are infinitely many such matrices (d) 1 must be an eigen value
30. Let f : (0, / 2) given by f ( x ) sin x cos 2 x is
(a) increasing in (0, / 4) (b) decreasing in (0, / 4)
(c) has a minimum in (0, / 4) (d) has a maximum in (0, / 4)
31. The numbers 0, 1, 2, ..., 9 are arranged randomly (without repetitions) in a row to get a 10-digit number
greater than 109. What is the probability that the number so obtained is a multiple of 5?
8 8! 2 9! 2 9! 8 8! 9!
(a) (b) (c) (d)
9 9! 9 9! 10! 9 9! 9 9!
x
32. Let f, g be Riemann integrable on [ a, b] . Define, h( x) : min( f ( x ), g ( x)) and l ( x ) : f (t )dt for
a
x [ a, b] . Then
(a) h need not be Riemann integrable but l always is
(b) l need not be Riemann integrable but h always is
(c) h, l are Riemann integrable, always.
x
(d) whenever h and l are Riemann integrable, h(t )dt l ( x) for all x ( a, b)
a
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Let f : be a continuous function. Which of the following are sufficient conditions for f to have a
fixed point in [0, 1]?
(a) f (0) f (1) (b) f (1) 0 f (0)
(c) 0 f (1) f (0) (d) f (0) 0 1 f (1)
34. Let xn such that x n 5 . Then
n 1
(a) lim xn 0
n
(b) there exists an m such that xn 0 for all n m
(c) | x
n 1
n | 5
(d) | xn | 5 for all n
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35. Which of the following series are convergent?
(1) n 12 n
(a) (b) e n2
n 1 n n 1
1 2 ... n
1.2.3 7.8.9
(c) 1
n 1
2
22 ... n 2
(d) 4.5.6 10.11.12 ...
n 1
36. In a class with 200 students, all the students know either Hindi, English or Telugu (and no other language).
Of them, 100 know English, 150 know Telugu, 80 know Hindi, 50 know both Telugu and Hindi, 40 know
only Telugu and no other language, 10 know all the three languages. Which of the following statements are
correct
(a) 30 students know only English and no other language
(b) 110 know atleast two languages
(c) 60 know Hindi but not English
(d) 110 know exactly two languages
37. For a group G, which of the following statements are true?
(a) If x, y G such that order of x is 3, order of y is 2 then order of xy is 6.
(b) If every element is of finite order in G then G is a finite group
(c) If all subgroups are normal in G then G is abelian
(d) If G is abelian then all subgroups of G are normal
38. Let V be the vector space of all polynomials with coefficients in , i.e., V [ X ] . Then which one of
the following T : V V are not linear transformations: for f ( X ) in V, define T ( f ( x)) as
(a) f ( X 2 ) (b) f ( X )2 (c) X 2 f ( x ) (d) f ( X 2 1)
39. Let S, T and U be three sets of horses. Let U be the set of all white horses. If all the horses in the set
S are white and if no horse in the set T is black, then it necessarily follows that
(a) S and T are disjoint (b) S U
40.
(c) U T
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For the real number system, which of the following statements are true:
(a) let x, y such that 0 x y then there exists an n such that y nx
(b) let x, y such that x y then there exists an r such that x r y
(c) let x, y such that x y then there exists an \ such that x y
(d) For y such that y 0 there exists an n such that n y n 1
41. The value of such that the sum of the squares of the roots of x 2 ( 2) x 1 is minimum is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 1/ 2 (d) 4
42. An integrating factor for ydx ( x 2 x 2 y 3 )dy 0 is
1 1 1
1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
x y2
2
x y ex y
2 2
x y2
2
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43. Let r xiˆ yjˆ zkˆ, which of the following statements are true:
(a) There exists a non constant vector valued function f such that f is both irrotational and solinoidal
(b) div(curl(r | r |2 ) 0
(c) curl(grad (| r |6 )) 0
(d) If f is solinoidal then div(| r |2 f ) 2r f
44. Let B be the unit sphere in 3 . The value of ( x
2
2 y 2 3z 2 )dS is
B
4
(a) 4 (b) (c) 6 (d) none of the above
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45. Let A, B [0,1] be two uncountable sets. Which of the following are false statements
(a) If A B , then either sup( A) inf B or sup B inf A
(b) If A B , then [0,1] \ ( A B ) is countable
(c) If inf A inf B and sup A sup B, then A B
(d) If A B, then B\A is countable
46. The value of such that the plane 2 x y z 0 is a tangent plane to the sphere
x 2 y 2 z 2 2 x 2 y 2 z 2 0 is
(a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) –2
47. The distance between the straight lines
x y 1 z 1 x 1 y 1 z 1
and is
2 1 1 2 1 1
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(c) 0 (d) impossible to find from the given data
48. Let V be a 3-dimensional vector space over . Let T : V V be a linear transformation whose characteristic
polynomials is ( X 2)( X 1)( X 1) . Let B be a basis of V. Then which of the following are correct?
2 0 0
(a) The matrix of T w.r.t. B is conjugate to 0 1 0
0 0 1
1/ 2 0 0
(b) The matrix of T w.r.t. B is conjugate to 0 1 0
–1
0 0 1
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2 1 0
(c) The matrix of T w.r.t. B is conjugate to 0 1 1
0 0 1
2 1 0
(d) The matrix of T w.r.t. B is conjugate to 0 1 0
0 0 1
49. Let S be the group of all permutation of the letters U, N, I, V, E, R, S, I, T, Y such that the letter ‘I’ is
fixed. Then
(a) There exists elements of order 21 and of order 11
(b) There exists an element of order 21 and no element of order 11
(c) There is an element of order 11 and no element of order 21
(d) There are no elements of order 11 or or order 21
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50. The least positive integer r such that is a multiple of 10 is
r
(a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 11 (d) 14
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HYDERABAD CENTRAL UNIVERSITY (HCU)
M.Sc. Mathematics Entrance - 2014
ANSWER KEY
PART-A
1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (d) 4. (b) 5. (b)
6. (c) 7. (b) 8. (d) 9. (__) 10. (a)
11. (c) 12. (d) 13. (c) 14. (a) 15. (a)
16. (b) 17. (b) 18. (a) 19. (a) 20. (a)
21. (c) 22. (a) 23. (__) 24. (a) 25. (b)
PART-B
26. (b, d) 27. (c) 28. (a, b, d) 29. (b, c, d) 30. (d)
31. (d) 32. (c) 33. (b, d) 34. (a) 35. (b)
36. (c, d) 37. (d) 38. (b) 39. (b) 40. (a, b, c)
41. (b) 42. (d) 43. (a, b, c, d) 44. (d) 45. (a, b, c, d)
46. (__) 47. (__) 48. (a, b) 49. (d) 50. (__)
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