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MH SET 2011: 27 November, Paper II, Mathematical Sciences

  • Date: 27 November 2011
  • Paper code: 27NOV_Mathematical_Sciences_PII
  • Language: Bilingual
  • 24 pages
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                                Mathematical Sciences
                                       Paper II
Time Allowed : 75 Minutes]                           [Maximum Marks : 100
Note : This Paper contains Fifty (50) multiple choice questions. Each question
       carries Two (2) marks. Attempt All questions.

1.   Let f(z) = sin z, z  C
                           | . Then f(z) :       3.   Let the sequence {a n } be given

     (A) is bounded in the complex plane              by

                                                                      1       1       1
     (B) assumes all complex numbers                  1, 2, 3, 1 +      , 2 +   , 3 +   ,
                                                                      2       2       2

     (C) assumes all complex numbers                         1      1     1
                                                      1 +      , 2 + , 3 + , ....... .
                                                             3      3     3
            except i
                                                      Then
     (D) assumes all complex numbers                              lim sup an
                                                                 nof
            except i and –i
                                                      is :
2.   The radius of convergence of the
                                                      (A) 3
     series
                                                      (B) f
                       n ! zn
                  ¦     nn                            (C) 1

     is :                                             (D) –1

                                                 4.   If I z E  F  [R , then :
     (A) 1
                                                      (A) inf E d inf F
     (B) f
                                                      (B) inf E > inf F
     (C) 1/4
                                                      (C) inf E t inf F
     (D) e
                                                      (D) inf E < inf F

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5.   If a and b are real numbers, then       7.   The matrix R(T) associated with the

     inf {a, b} =                                 rotation by T = S/4 is :

                                                      ª 2 2           2 2º
         ab ab
     (A)                                          (A) «                    »
            2                                         «¬  2 2         2 2»¼


           ab ab                                   ª0     1º
     (B)                                          (B) «         »
              2
                                                      «¬1    0 »¼

           ab ab                                   ª 1     0º
     (C)
              2                                   (C) «          »
                                                      «¬ 0     1»¼

           ab ab
     (D)                                              ª 2 2          2 2º
                                                  (D) «                    »
              2
                                                      «¬ 2 2          2 2 »¼

6.   The dimension of the space of
                                             8.   Let W be a subspace of a vector
     n × n matrices all of whose
                                                  space V and let T : W o Vc be a
     components are 0 expect possibly
                                                  linear map, then :
     the diagonal components is :
                                                  (A) T can be extended to a linear
     (A) n 2                                          transformation from V to Vc

                                                  (B) T is necessarily linear map from
     (B) n – 1
                                                      V to Vc
     (C) n2 – 1
                                                  (C) Ker T is not a subspace of V

     (D) n                                        (D) Im T is a subspace of V

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9.   Let S, T  L(V1, V2), V1, V2 are            11. A sample space consists of five

     finite dimensional vector spaces.               simple events E1, E2, E3, E4 and E5.

                                                     If P(E1) = P(E2) = 0.1, P(E3) = 0.4
     Then :
                                                     and P(E4) = 3P(E5). Then P(E4)
     (A) rank S + rank T d rank (S + T)
                                                     and P(E5) :

     (B) Im (S + T) = Im S + Im T
                                                     (A) are 0.06 and 0.02, respectively

     (C) Im (S + T) Ž Im S + Im T                    (B) cannot be determined from the

     (D) min{rank S, rank T} d rank ST,                   given information

         where V1 = V2                               (C) are 0.6 and 0.2, respectively

10. Let A be a matrix similar to a square            (D) are 0.3 and 0.1, respectively

     matrix B. Then which one of the             12. If      independent       binomial

     following is false ?                            experiments are conducted with

                                                     n = 10 trials. If the probability
     (A) If A is self-adjoint then so is B
                                                     of success in each trial is P = 0.6,
     (B) If A is non-singular then so                then the average number of
         is B                                        successes per experiment is :

     (C) Determinant of A is the same                (A) 4

         as the determinant of B                     (B) 6

     (D) Trace of A is the same as the               (C) 8

         trace of B                                  (D) 10

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13. The joint distribution of r.v.s X and       15. The objective ‘Linear’ in Linear
    Y is given by :
                                                    Programming Problem implies :

           X\Y    2    0   2                       (A) The objective function and the

                   1    1   1                           constraints are both linear in
              0
                   4    4   4                           the variables
                   1    1                           (B) The constraints are linear but
              2             0
                   8    8
                                                        not the objective function

    Then P[X + Y = 0] is :                          (C) The objective function alone is
    (A) 3/4                                             linear in the variables
    (B) 1/4
                                                    (D) None of the above
    (C) 3/8
                                                16. The optimal solution to the Linear
    (D) 5/8
                                                    Programming Problem :
14. Let X and Y be two r.v.s such
    that E[X] = 2, E[X2] = 5, E[Y] = 4,             Maximize :          Z = 2x1 + x2
    E[Y2] = 16 and E[XY] = 12.
    Consider the statements :                       Subject to : x1 + x2 d 1 o (1)
    (I)    The r.v.s X and Y are                                 3x1 + x2 d 2 o (2)
           independent
    (II)   The r.v. Y is degenerate                              x1 + 2x2 d 3 o (3)
    (III) Given expected values are not                            x1, x2 t 0 o (4)
          compatible
    Then :                                          (A) lies at the intersection of (1)

    (A) Only statements I and II are                    and (3)
        correct
                                                    (B) lies at the intersection of (2)
    (B) Only statements II and III are
                                                        and (3)
        correct
    (C) Only statements I and III are               (C) lies at the intersection of (1)
        correct                                         and (2)
    (D) All three statements are
        correct                                     (D) cannot be determined
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17. If an = (–1)nn, for n = 1, 2, 3, 4, .......,       18. If I z E  F  [R , then :

     then :                                                (A) sup E d sup F

                  lim sup an                               (B) sup E t sup F
                 nof
                                                           (C) sup E < sup F
     is equal to :
                                                           (D) sup E > sup F
     (A) 1
                                                                            Or

     (B) f                                                 The characteristic function of a

     (C) –1                                                standard Cauchy distribution :

                                                           (A) is e–|t|
     (D) –f
                                                           (B) is eit
                         Or
                                                           (C) is eSt
     Let F and G be probability
                                                           (D) does not exist
     distribution functions. Which of
                                                       19. Radius of convergence of the
     the following may not be a
                                                           series :
     probability distribution function ?
                                                                            n ! zn
                                                                        ¦    nn
     (A) H(x) = F2(x)G3(x)
                                                           is :
     (B) H(x) = F(G(x))
                                                           (A) 1
                     x
                                                                  1
     (C) H(x) =      ³ G u dF u                            (B)
                                                                  4
                    f
                                                           (C) e
                F x G x
     (D) H(x) =
                    2                                      (D) f

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                  Or                                                 Or

    The p.d.f. of the random variable
                                                   Let the random variables X1, X2
    X follows f(x), where :
                                                   be distributed as N(T, 1). Then
           1      ª xTº
    f(x) =    exp «    »,
           2T     ¬   T ¼                          number of unbiased estimators of

                              –f < x < f           T is :

    Mean of the distribution is :
                                                   (A) infinity
           1
    (A)
           T
                                                   (B) 3
    (B) 2T
                                                   (C) 2
    (C) T

    (D) 0                                          (D) 4


20. The interval of convergence of the         21. In   order       that   f   defined   by
    series
                                                   f(x) = (1 + x)cot x x z 0 be continuous
          x 2 x3 x 4
       x           .........                   at x = 0, how f(0) be defined ?
          2    3   4

    is :                                           (A) f(0) = 0

    (A) –1 < x d 1                                              1
                                                   (B) f(0) =
                                                                e
    (B) –1 < x < 1
                                                   (C) f(0) = e
    (C) –1 d x < 1

    (D) 0 d x d 2                                  (D) f(0) = 1

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                   Or                                                 Or


     Let the random variables X1, X2 are             For testing H0 : FX(x) = HY(y), when

                                                     two independent random observations
     Poisson variates with parameter O.
                                                     on X and Y are available, which of
     Then which of the statements is
                                                     the following non-parametric test
     true ?
                                                     cannot be used ?
     (A) X1 is sufficient for O
                                                     (A) Mann-Whitney test

     (B) X1 – X2 is sufficient for O
                                                     (B) Sign test

     (C) X1 + 2X2 is not sufficient for O            (C) Kolmogorov-Smirnov test

     (D) X2 is sufficient for O                      (D) Wald-Wolfowitz run test


22. If g(x) = sin x and f(x) = cos x, then       23. If f(x) is continuous on [a, b], then

                                                     the incorrect statement among the
     the point at which the conclusion of
                                                     following is :
     Cauchy’s Mean Value Theorem
                                                     (A) f(x) is bounded on [a, b]
     holds in [–S/4, S/4] is :

                                                     (B) f(x) assumes all values between
     (A) S/6
                                                          f(a) and f(b)
     (B) 0
                                                     (C) f(x) is increasing on [a, b]
     (C) S/4
                                                     (D) f(x) is uniformly continuous on

     (D) –S/6                                             [a, b]

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                    Or                                               Or

    Let X1, X2, ........, Xn be a sample              If, for a given D, 0 d D d 1, non-
    from N(P, 1). Then the shortest                   randomized Neyman-Pearson and
    confidence interval based on                      likelihood ratio tests of a simple
    TP(X) =     n XP       is :                      hypothesis     against      a   simple

        §     Z1  D / 2       Z1  D / 2 ·           alternative exist, then :
    (A) ¨ X             , X             ¸
        ©         n                n ¹
                                                      (A) They are equivalent
        §     Z1  D / 2       ZD / 2 ·
    (B) ¨ X             , X         ¸               (B) They are one and the same
        ©         n              n ¹

                                                      (C) They are exactly opposite
        §     ZD / 2      Z    ·
    (C) ¨ X         , X  D/2 ¸
        ©       n           n ¹
                                                      (D) One can’t say anything about
        §     ZD / 2       Z1  D / 2 ·                     it
    (D) ¨ X         , X             ¸
        ©       n              n ¹
                                                  25. Let
            C o |
24. Let f : |   C be a complex valued
                                                            1                    1
    function. If f(z) and f z are both                x       1  i 3 , y        1i 3 .
                                                            2                    2
    analytic, then :
                                                      Then :
    (A) f(z) is a constant function
                                                      (A) x2 + y2 = 1
    (B) f(z) is the identity function
                                                      (B) x2 – y2 = x – y
    (C) f(z) is unbounded
                                                      (C) (xy)2 = xy
    (D) f(z) is a non-constant entire

         function                                     (D) x3 = x, y3 = y

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                                            26. If |z1 + z2| = |z1| + |z2| for
                      Or
                                                z1, z2  C
                                                         | , then :

Let y1, y2, y3 be three independent
                                                (A) One of z 1 or z 2 is positive
observations having expectations,
                                                     multiple of the other
E(y1) = E0 – E1 + E2, E(y2) = E0 –
                                                (B) z1 and z2 have the same length
2E 2 , E(y 3 ) = E 0 + E 1 + E 2 and

V(yi) = V2 for i = 1, 2, 3. The least           (C) z1 is real and z2 is imaginary

squares estimates of E0, E1 and                 (D) z1, z2 are real

E 2 are Ê0 = (y 1 + y 2 + y 3 )/3,
                                                                 Or
Ê1 = (–y1 + y3)/2, Ê2 = (y1 – 2y2
                                                For the two way ANOVA model :
+ y 3)/6. Which of the following

                                                y ijk = P + D i + E j + J ij + e ijk
statements is false ?
                                                i = 1, ....., 4; j = 1, ....., 5; k = 1, 2,
(A) Variances of Eˆ i are unequal
                                                the error degrees of freedom are :
(B) Eˆ i ’s are unbiased estimators
                                                (A) 20
      of Ei

                                                (B) 24
(C) It is possible to obtain unbiased

      estimator of V2                           (C) 12


(D) cov Eˆ i , Eˆ j    = 0                      (D) 27

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27. For z  C
            | the inequality :                    28. Consider the statements :

           |z + 1| > |z – 1|                          (a) If a function is analytic in a

    is :                                                  bounded domain, then it is

    (A) always true                                       bounded.

    (B) never true                                    (b) If u(x, y) is harmonic in a

                                                          domain D, then there exists a
    (C) true iff Re z > 0
                                                          harmonic function v(x, y) such
    (D) true iff Im z > 0
                                                          that u(x, y) + iv(x, y) is analytic.
                      Or
                                                      Then :
    Let y 1 , y 2 be two independent
                                                      (A) both (a) and (b) are true
    observations having expectations
                                                      (B) both (a) and (b) are false
    E(y1) = T1 + T2, E(y2) = T1 – T2 and

    V(y1) = V(y2) = V2. Let ˆTi be least              (C) only (a) is true

    squares estimate of Ti. Which of the              (D) only (b) is true

    following statements is correct ?                                  Or
               y1  y2                  V2
    (A) Tˆ 1               and V Tˆ 1                 A block design is said to be
                 2                       2
                                                      connected if :
               y1  y2                  V2
    (B) Tˆ 2               and V Tˆ 2                 (A) R(C) < v – 1
                  2                     4

               y1  y2                  V2            (B) R(C) = v
    (C) Tˆ 1               and V Tˆ 1
                 2                       2
                                                      (C) R(C) < v – 2
               y1  y2                  V2
    (D) Tˆ 2               and V Tˆ 2                 (D) R(C) = v – 1
                 2                      4
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29. The value of (i)i – (–i)–i is :                                   Or

    (A) zero                                          Layout of a block design with 4
                                                      blocks and four treatments A, B, C,
    (B) non-zero real
                                                      D is given below :
    (C) purely imaginary
                                                      Block 1 : A, B, C, x
    (D) simply a chaos
                                                      Block 2 : A, B, D, y
                   Or
                                                      Block 3 : A, C, D, w
    A RBD is :
                                                      Block 4 : B, C, D, z
    (A) Connected and balanced
                                                      Identify x, y, w and z so that given
    (B) Connected but not balanced                    design is RBD.

    (C) Not connected but balanced                    (A) x = D, y = C, w = B, z = A

    (D) Not connected not balanced                    (B) x = B, y = A, w = B, z = A

                          | o C
30. Define a function f : C   | by                    (C) x = B, y = C, w = B, z = A

    f(z) = |z|. Then f(z) is :                        (D) x = D, y = B, w = B, z = A

    (A) continuous everywhere but not             31. Which of the following ring is
         differentiable at the origin                 isomorphic to the field of complex

    (B) continuous everywhere but                     numbers ?

         differentiable only at the origin            (A) R[x]

    (C) continuous and differentiable                     C ª¬ 5iº¼
                                                      (B) |

         everywhere                                   (C) Q[i]

    (D) analytic at the origin                            | [x]
                                                      (D) C
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                   Or                             33. Let R, S be rings and R     S be the
    For any two events A and B, which                 direct product of R and S. Then
    of the following are always true ?                which of the following is not true ?

    (A) P(A or B) = P(A) + P(B)                       (A) If R and S are commutative

    (B) P(A or B) = P(A) + P(B) –                         then so is R      S
        P(A and B)                                    (B) If R and S are non-commutative
    (C) P(A or B) = P(A) . P(B)                           then so is R      S

    (D) P(A and B) = P(A) . P(B)                      (C) If R and S are with identity then

32. Let A, B be ideals of a ring R :                      so is R     S

    (A) AB = A ˆ B                                    (D) If R and S are integral domains
                                                          then so is R      S
    (B) AB Ž A ˆ B
                                                                    Or
    (C) AB  A ˆ B

    (D) AB = A ˆ B if A = B                           The least squares regression line is
                                                      the line :
                   Or
                                                      (A) for which the sum of the
    Given that we have collected pairs
                                                          residuals about the line is zero
    of observations on two variables X
    and Y, we would consider fitting a                (B) which has the largest sum of the
    straight   line     with   X   as   an                squared residuals of any line
    explanatory variable if :                             through the data values
    (A) the change in Y is an additive                (C) which is determined by use of
        constant
                                                          a function of the distance
    (B) the change in Y is a constant                     between the observed Y’s and
        for each unit change in X                         the predicted Y’s
    (C) the change in Y is a fixed                    (D) which has the smallest sum of
        percent of Y                                      the squared residuals of any line
    (D) the change in Y is exponential                    through the data values
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34. Let G be a group, a  G a fixed              35. Let I be an ideal of a ring R, such

    element and f : G o G be a mapping                      R
                                                     that     # Z2, Then which of the
                                                            I
    given by f(x) = axa–1. Which of the
                                                     following is true ?
    following is not true ?
                                                     (A) Both R and I are finite
    (A) f is an automorphism
                                                     (B) R is finite iff I is finite
    (B) f is not a homomorphism
                                                     (C) Both R and I are infinite
    (C) f is onto
                                                     (D) If R is infinite, then I is finite
    (D) f is one-to-one
                                                                    Or
                    Or
                                                     A survey of college students taking
    In a single-factor ANOVA problem
                                                     the professional exam to be certified
    involving five treatments, with a
                                                     as public school teacher shows that
    random sample of four observations
                                                     15 percent fail. On a national exam
    from each one, it is found that :
                                                     day, 12,000 students take the test.
    SSTr = 16.1408 and SSE = 37.3801.                Let X denote the number who fail.

    Then the value of test statistic is :            The mean value of X is :

    (A) 1.522                                        (A) 12,000

    (B) 1.619                                        (B) 1,800

    (C) 2.316                                        (C) 1,500

    (D) 0.432                                        (D) 10,200

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                                               37. Let v and w be eigen-vectors of
36. Let A, B be ideals of a ring R.
                                                   T corresponding to two distinct
    Suppose that A + B = A ‰ B. Then               eigen-values O1 and O2 respectively.
                                                   Then :
    which of the following is true ?
                                                   (A) for non-zero scalars D1, D2, the
    (A) A + B = A                                        vector D1v + D2w is not an
                                                         eigen-vector of T
    (B) AB = A ˆ B
                                                   (B) for all scalars D1, D2, the vector
                                                         D1v + D2w is not an eigen-vector
    (C) AB = A ‰ B
                                                         of T

    (D) Either A Ž B or B Ž A                      (C) D1v + D2w is an eigen-vector of
                                                         T if D1 = D2
                   Or
                                                   (D) D1v + D2w is an eigen-vector of
                                                         T if D1 = D2
    Which of the following is not
                                                                  Or
    example of a variable ?
                                                   The      initial    solution   of   a

    (A) Gender of a high school                    Transportation problem can be
                                                   obtained by applying any known
        graduate                                   method. However, the only condition
                                                   is that :
    (B) Number of major credit cards a
                                                   (A) The rim conditions are satisfied
        person has
                                                   (B) The solution must be optimum

    (C) Type of automobile transmission            (C) The solution should be non-
                                                         degenerate
    (D) Capital city of a country                  (D) All of the above
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38. Let S and T be two diagonalizable          39. Let W be a subspace of a finite
    linear operator that are similar.
                                                   dimensional vector space V. Then :
    Then :
    (A) Eigen-values of S and T are                (A) Linearly independent subset
          conjugates                                   of W need not be Linearly
    (B) S     and      T   have   same
                                                       independent in V
          characteristic polynomial
    (C) Eigen-vectors of S and T are               (B) W    need      not   be    finite
          conjugates                                   dimensional
    (D) S and T are triangulable
                    Or                             (C) dim W = dim W0, where W0 is
    You are given a two server queueing                the annihilator of W
    system, in a steady-state condition
                                                   (D) dim V = dim W + dim W0, where
    where the number of customers in
    the system varies between 0 to 4.                  W0 is the annihilator of W
    The probability that there are
                                                                 Or
    exactly n customers in the system
    is P n and the values of P n are               The problem of replacement in the
             1             4                       replacement theory is not concerned
    P0 =       = P4; P1 =    = P3 and
            16            16
                                                   about the :
          6
    P2 =    then Expected number of
         16                                        (A) items     that       deteriorate

    customers in the queue Lq is :                     graphically

    (A) 1                                          (B) items that fail suddenly

        3                                          (C) determination of optimum
    (B)
        8
                                                       replacement interval
        3
    (C)
        4                                          (D) maintenance of an item to work
    (D) 2                                              out profitability
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40. Let N be a nilpotent matrix :                                       Or

    (A) I-N is invertible                                Probability     sampling      is   the
    (B) Eigen-values of N are non-zero                   procedure that gives all units :

    (C) N is diagonalizable
                                                         (A) an equal, calculable and non-
    (D) Eigen-vectors are orthogonal                           zero chance to be selected

                    Or
                                                         (B) a chance to be included in the
    A sequencing problem involving six                         study
    jobs and three machines requires
                                                         (C) an equal chance to be selected
    evaluation of :
                                                         (D) an equal chance to be selected
    (A) (6!)3 sequences
                                                               or not to be selected
    (B) (6! + 6! + 6!) sequences

    (C) (6 × 6 × 6) sequences                       42. Let T be a linear operator on a finite

                                                         dimensional vector space V and let
    (D) (6 + 6 + 6) sequences
                                                         W be a subspace of V. Then :
41. Let D be the derivative d/dt,
    f(t) = 3sin t + 5cos t. The co-ordinates             (A) dim W = dim V = dim V/W

    of Df(t) with respect to the basis
                                                         (B) every basis of V/W can be
    {sin t, cos t} are :
                                                               constituted with only elements
    (A) (–5, 3)
                                                               of W
    (B) (5, 3)
                                                         (C) dim V t dim W + dim V/W
    (C) (3, 5)
                                                                  W
                                                         (D)             # T(W)
    (D) (3, –5)                                                W ˆ ker T
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                       Or                                                     Or

                                                               A researcher chose the respondents
    In stratified sampling, the strata :
                                                               of his study by interviewing a few

    (A) are equal in size to each other                        available couples and by obtaining
                                                               names of new couples from the
    (B) are proportionate to the units                         previous     respondents.      This

         in the target population                              procedure is called :

                                                               (A) Systematic Sampling
    (C) are disproportionate to the units
                                                               (B) Convenient Sampling
         in the target population
                                                               (C) Quota Sampling
    (D) can       be    proportionate           or
                                                               (D) Snowball Sampling
         disproportionate to the units in                  44. If the number of constants to be

         the target population                                 eliminated from the given relation
                                                               is greater than the number of
43. Let V be an inner product space
                                                               independent variables, then the
    over F and u, v  V, then which one                        equation obtained is a :

    of the following is false ?                                (A) linear equation of first order

                                                               (B) non-linear equation of second
    (A) __u + v__2 + __u – v__2 = 2__u__2 + 2__v__2
                                                                   order

    (B) _<u, v>_ d __u__ . __v__                               (C) second order partial differential
                                                                   equation
    (C) __u__ – __v__ d __u – v__
                                                               (D) non-linear partial differential
    (D) __u – v__ t __u__ + __v__                                  equation of first order

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                   Or                                                Or
                                                      The sampling distribution of the
     A wholesale distributor has found                mean refers to :
     that the amount of a customer’s                  (A) the distribution of various
                                                           sample sizes which might be
     order is a normal random variable
                                                           used in a given study
     with a mean of Rs. 2,000 and a
                                                      (B) the distribution of different
     standard deviation of Rs. 500. What                   possible values of the sample
                                                           mean together with their
     is the probability that the total
                                                           respective probabilities of
     amount in a random sample of 20                       occurrence

     orders is greater than Rs. 45,000 ?              (C) the distribution of the values of
                                                           the items in the population
     (A) 0.1915
                                                      (D) the distribution of the values of
                                                           the items actually selected in a
     (B) 0.3085
                                                           given sample
     (C) 0.0125                                   46. Let W(I1, I2) (x) be the Wronskian
                                                      of   two   linearly    independent
     (D) 0.0228
                                                      solution I1, I2 of constant coefficient
                                                      equation L(y) = 0 on I. Then :
45. The order of the differential equation
                                                      (A) W(I1, I2) (x) = 0 Ÿ
     of the family of all ellipses is :
                                                           W(I1, I2) (x 0) = 0 for some

     (A) 1                                                 x0  I
                                                      (B) W(I1, I2) (x0) = 0 Ÿ
     (B) 2                                                 W(I1, I2) (x) = 0  x  I
                                                      (C) W(I1, I2) (x) = 0 œ
     (C) 3
                                                           W(I1, I2) (x0) = 0
     (D) 4                                            (D) (A), (B) and (C) are not true
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                  Or                             48. Let y = x2 sin x be a solution of a
    Principal component analysis will                homogeneous initial value problem.
    not be affected if :
                                                     Then the least possible order of the
    (A) variables are standardized
                                                     differential equation is :
    (B) variables are studentized
    (C) there is a change of origin but              (A) 3
        not a change of scale
                                                     (B) 4
    (D) variables are subjected to a
        linear transformation                        (C) 5

47. The solution of the differential                 (D) 6
    equation ycc + 4yc + 3y = 0 is :
                                                                   Or
    (A) continuous and        infinitely
        differentiable                               Which of the following statements
    (B) continuous and unbounded                     is not true about a Poisson
    (C) continuous but not differentiable            Probability Distribution with
    (D) unbounded but         infinitely             parameter O ?
        differentiable
                                                     (A) The mean of the distribution
                  Or
                                                         is O
    Hotelling T2 test can be used for
    testing :                                        (B) The standard deviation of the
    (A) a general linear hypothesis in                   distribution is the positive
        the mean vector
                                                         square root of O
    (B) an arbitrary hypothesis about
        the mean vector                              (C) The parameter O must be
    (C) simultaneous hypotheses about                    greater than zero
        the mean vectors
                                                     (D) The parameter O is coefficient
    (D) two-sided hypothesis in the
        mean vector                                      of variation

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49. Let f(x, y, z, p, q) = 0 be a first order        50. For the differential equation :

     partial differential equation. Then
                                                             1  x2 ycc  2 xyc  y   0
     the relation between the variables
                                                         (A) x = 1 is a regular singular point
     involving      as many      arbitrary
                                                             and x = –1 is irregular singular
     constants as there are independent
                                                             point
     variables is called :

     (A) general integral                                (B) x = 1 and x = –1 are regular

                                                             singular points
     (B) singular integral

     (C) complete integral                               (C) x = –1 is a regular singular

     (D) particular solution                                 point and x = 1 is irregular

                     Or                                      singular point

     Suppose the sequences {Xn} and {Yn}                 (D) x = 1 and x = –1 are ordinary
                                d                            points
     of r.v.s are such that Xn o X,
         P
     Yn o Y as n o f and suppose                                      Or

     P[Y = 3] = 1. Which of the following                The mean and variance of 25 is :
     is correct ?
                                                         (A) Mean = 25, Variance = 1
                  P
     (A) Xn + Yn o X + 3 as n o f
                                                         (B) Mean = 25, Variance = 0
               P
     (B) XnYn o 3X as n o f
                                                                                          1
                     d                                   (C) Mean = 25, Variance =
     (C) Yn cos(Xn) o 3cos(X) as                                                        25

          n o f                                          (D) Mean = 25 and Variance cannot
                  d                                          be found
     (D) Yn X 2n o 3X2 as n o f
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