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MH SET 2015: 6 September, Paper II, Mathematical Sciences

  • Date: 6 September 2015
  • Paper code: AUG-30215
  • Language: Bilingual
  • 28 pages
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Test Booklet No.
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                                          MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE
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                      MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE
                                     Paper II
Time Allowed : 75 Minutes]                                    [Maximum Marks : 100
Note : This Paper contains Fifty (50) multiple choice questions, each question
        carrying Two (2) marks. Attempt All questions.


1.   Let f : R    R and g : [a, b]      R       2.   Let {an} be a sequence of positive


     be defined as f(x) = x2   x   R and             numbers. Which of the following is


     g(x) = x2    x    [a, b]. Then :                true ?


     (A) f and g both are uniformly                                           an
                                                     (A) Convergence of            implies
                                                                              n

         continuous                                      the convergence of        an


     (B) f is uniformly continuous and g                                      an
                                                     (B) Convergence of            implies
                                                                               n

         is continuous
                                                         the convergence of        an

     (C) f is continuous and g is
                                                     (C) Convergence of    an implies the

         uniformly continuous                                                 an
                                                         convergence of
                                                                              n

     (D) f and g both are continuous but
                                                     (D) Convergence of    an implies the

         not uniformly continuous                                             an
                                                         convergence of
                                                                              n

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3.   If S1 =          2 and Sn+1 =             2   Sn ,       5.   Let the linear transformation

     n = 1, 2, 3...... , then {Sn} converges                       T : R3           R 4 be such that

     to :                                                          T(1, 0, 0) = (1, 2, 0, 4), T(0, 1, 0) =

                                                                   (2, 0, –1, –3), T(0, 0, 1) = (0, 0, 0, 0).
     (A) 2
                                                                   Then :


     (B) 2        2                                                (A) T(x, y, z) = (x + 2y, – x, y, 4x + 3y)

                                                                   (B) T(x, y, z) = (x + 2y, 2x, –y, 4x – 3y)
     (C)      2       2
                                                                   (C) T(x, y, z) = (x – 2y, – x, y, 4x + 3y)

     (D)      2
                                                                   (D) T(x, y, z) = (x – 2y, x, –y, –4x – 3y)

4.   The interval of convergence of the                       6.   Dimension of the vector space 2 =

                      ( 1)n n 2 x n                                {( x , y )| x and y are complex
     series                 n       5   is :
              n   1     5       n
                                                                   numbers} over the field of reals

     (A) (–5, 5]                                                   is :


                                                                   (A) 4
     (B) [–5, 5]
                                                                   (B) 2

     (C) [–5, 5)
                                                                   (C) 3


     (D) (–5, 5)                                                   (D) 1


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7.   Let C(R) be the vector space of all                      9.   If P(D|F) > P(E|F) and P(D| F ) >

     continuous real functions over R.
                                                                   P(E| F ), then the relation between
     Then which of the following sets is
                                                                   P(D) and P(E) is :
     linearly independent in C(R) ?
                                                                   (A) P(D) < P(E)
     (A) {1, cos 2x, sin2 x}
                                                                   (B) P(D) = P(E)

     (B) {1, ex, e2x}
                                                                   (C) P (D) < P(E)

     (C) {1, x2 – 2x + 1, x2, (x – 2)2}
                                                                   (D) P(D) > P(E)


     (D) {1, log(1 + |x|), log((1 + |x|)2)}                   10. Let X be a degenerate random

                                                                   variable such that P(X = 2) = 1. Then
8.   Which of the following is a subspace

     of the vector space C[a, b] ?                                 which of the following statements is

                                                                   true ?
     (A) {f       C[a, b] | f(a) = 1}

                                                                   (A) EX = 1, V(X) = 2
                                 b
     (B) {f       C[a, b] |          f (x) d x       0}
                                 a
                                                                   (B) EX = 2, V(X) = 1
                                     a       b
     (C)      f    C[a, b] | f                   1
                                         2                         (C) EX = 2, V(X) = 0


     (D) {f       C[a, b] | f(0) = 0}                              (D) EX = 2, Variance does not exist


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11. Chebyshev’s inequality can be                13. The set of feasible solutions to a
    applied to the distribution if it is :
                                                     linear programming problem is a :
    (A) Any distribution regardless of
                                                     (A) Concave set
          its shape
                                                     (B) Non-empty set
    (B) Normal

    (C) Exponential                                  (C) Bounded set

    (D) Gamma                                        (D) Convex set

12. Let X1, X2 be iid rvs with common            14. In graphical solution method of
    pmf
                                                     LPP, the redundant constraint is
                1
    P[X = ±1] =   . Let X3 = X1X2.
                2                                    one :
    Then which of the following
                                                     (A) Which forms the boundary of
    statements is correct ?
                                                         feasible region
    (A) X1, X2 and X3 are mutually

          independent                                (B) Which does not form boundary

    (B) X1, X2 and X3 are pairwise                       of feasible region

          independent but not mutually
                                                     (C) Which does not optimize the
          independent
                                                         objective function
    (C) EX1 = EX2 = EX3 = 1
                                                     (D) Which optimizes the objective
    (D) X1, X2 and X3 are not mutually
                                                         function
          independent

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15. In graphical solution method of             17. Which of the following functions is
    LPP, if two constraints do not
                                                    a metric ?
    intersect in the positive quadrant of
                                                    (A) d ( x , y ) = Min {| x |, | y |},
    the graph, then :
                                                           x, y     R
    (A) one of the constraints is
                                                    (B) d(x, y) = |x2 – y2|,      x, y     R
         redundant
                                                    (C) d(x, y) = |x3 – y3|,      x, y     C
    (B) the solution is infeasible
                                                                    1    1
    (C) the solution is unbounded                   (D) d(x, y) =          ,   x, y    R\{0}
                                                                    x    y

    (D) the solution is optimum                                     Or

16. Which of the following is the optimal           Which of the following statements

    solution to the LPP of maximizing               is true, if y = –3x – 7 is the line of

             z = x1 + 2x2                           regression of y on x ?

    subject to                                      (A) The y-intercept is 7

             x1 – x2 < 1                            (B) The value of y is expected to

             x1 + x2 > 3                                decrease by 3 when x increases

                 x1, x2 > 0                             by 4 units

    (A) (4, 3)                                      (C) The slope of the line is 3

    (B) (2, 1)                                      (D) The value of y is expected to

    (C) Unbounded solution                              decrease by 3 when x increases

    (D) Infeasible solution                             by 1 unit

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18. The set R of reals with usual metric                     19. Which of the following sets is a
    is :                                                         perfect set in R2 ?

    (A) Connected and complete                                   (A) The set of complex numbers

    (B) Compact
                                                                 (B) The set of all complex numbers
    (C) Compact and connected                                        z such that |z| < 1

    (D) Complete but not connected
                                                                 (C) The set of all complex numbers

                            Or                                       z such that |z| > 1

    The simplest linear regression model                         (D) Q × Q, where Q is the set of
    is y =          +       X +       , where     is a
                                                                     rational numbers
    random variable with mean µ = 0
                                  2 =       2 . Let X*
                                                                               Or
    and variance

    denote a particular value of the                             The lines of regression of Y on X and

    independent variable X. Which of                             X on Y are given as X + 2Y – 5 = 0

    the following statements is true                             and 2X + 3Y = 8. Then the mean

    regarding the variance of Y when                             values of X and Y respectively
    X = X* ?                                                     are :
           2            2
    (A)    y| x *                                                (A) 1 and 2

           2                            2
    (B)    y| x *                x*                              (B) 2 and 1

           2                      2
    (C)    y| x*        x*                                       (C) 2 and 5

           2            2    2
    (D)    y| x *                                                (D) 2 and 3
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20. Consider            the      set     A    =        21. Which of the following functions is

             1
     x sin         x    (0, 1)   as a subset of            not of bounded variation on !0, " ?
             x                                                                         # 2$

   R. Then :                                               (A) f(x) = sin 2x

   (A) A is closed                                         (B) f(x) = sin x + cos x

   (B) A is compact                                        (C) f(x) = sin (cos 2x)

   (C) A is connected
                                                           (D) f(x) = x2 sin       2
                                                                               x
   (D) A is not bounded
                                                                         Or
                        Or
                                                           If P1 and P2 are two probability
   Let A and B be any two events in
                                                           measures defined on a measurable
   a probability space such that
                                                           space (%, F ), then which of the
   P(Ac      B) = 0.2, P(Bc            A) = 0.1,
                                                           following statements cannot be true
   P(A           B) = 0.4. Which of the
                                                           always ?
   following statements is correct ?
                                                           (A) P1(A) = P2(A) for some A         F
   (A) P(A) = 0.3
                                                           (B) P1(A) = 0 & P2(A) = 0
   (B) P(Ac            Bc) = 0.6
                                                           (C) Both (A) and (B)
   (C) P(A         B) = 0.7
                                                           (D) P1(A) > P2(A)           A   F
   (D) P(B) = 0.5

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22. Let u and d be the usual metric and                 Z(() = (          (   %

    discrete metric on R, respectively.                 Then which of the following is

    D efi n e I = ( R, u)     (R, d) as I(x)            true ?
    = x for all x        R. Then :
                                                        (A) All the functions X, Y and Z are

    (A) I is bounded                                          random variables

    (B) I is not continuous                             (B) Only X and Y are random

    (C) I    is   continuous      but   not                   variables

         uniformly continuous                           (C) Only X is random variable

    (D) I is uniformly continuous                       (D) Only Y is random variable

                    Or                              23. Let z and w be any two complex

    Consider a measurable space (%, F)                  numbers. Then which of the

    where % = {1,2, 3, 4}, A = {1, 2} and               following is not true ?


    F = {', A, A c , %} and define                      (A) |zw| = |z| |w|

    functions :                                         (B) z     w   z   w

    X(() = 1       (     %                              (C) |z| + |w| < |z + w|

              0        if (   A                               z     | z|
             )                                                           ,w +0
    Y(() =                                              (D)
                                                              w    | w|
             )1        if ( * A


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                    Or                                                Or

    Which of the following statements                 Characteristic function of X is

    is not true ?                                     '(u) then characteristic function of

                         1                            b + cX is :
    (A) E(X + Y)2 >        {EX2 + EY2}
                         2
                                                      (A) eib'(–uc)
    (B) If X is integrable, then |X| is

        also integrable                               (B) eiu'(ub)


    (C) E(X) may not exist                            (C) eiub'(uc)


    (D) Moments of even order always                  (D) 1– eiub'(uc)

        exist
                                                  25. Let C be the circle |z| = 1. Then the

24. The number of zeros of z7 – 4z3 +                                                   2z        3
                                                                                                          dz
                                                      value of the integral         2
                                                                              C z            2z       5
    z + 1 which lie in the interior of the
                                                      is :
    unit circle |z| = 1 is :
                                                      (A) –1 – 2i
    (A) 7
                                                      (B) –1 + 2i
    (B) 1

                                                      (C) 0
    (C) 3

                                                      (D) 2 + 3i
    (D) 0


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              Or                           26. Let r : [a, b]     C be a Lipschitz


                                               function. Then :
A random sample of 15 people is


                                               (A) f is absolutely continuous and
taken from a population in which


                                                   of bounded variation on [a, b]
40% favour a particular political


                                               (B) f is absolutely continuous and
stand. What is the probability that


                                                   not of bounded variation on
exactly 6 individuals in the sample

                                                   [a, b]
favour this political stand ?


                                               (C) f is of bounded variation but not
(A) 0.5000

                                                   absolutely continuous on [a, b]

(B) 0.4000

                                               (D) f   is   neither      absolutely

(C) 0.2066
                                                   continuous nor of bounded


(D) 0.1600                                         variation on [a, b]


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                      Or                                        Or

     A business evaluates a proposed
                                                  One of the effects of flooding a lake
     venture as follows. It stands to make
                                                  is that mercury is leached from the
     a profit of Rs. 10,000 with

     probability 3/20, to make a profit of        soil, enters the food chain, and

     Rs. 5,000 with probability 9/20, to          contaminates the fish. Suppose that

     break even with probability 1/4, and         the concentration of mercury in an
     to incur a loss of Rs. 5,000 with
                                                  individual fish follows an aproximate
     probability 3/20. The expected profit
                                                  normal distribution with a mean of
     is :
                                                  0.25 ppm and a standard deviation
     (A) Rs. 3,000
                                                  of 0.08 ppm. Fish are safe to eat if
     (B) Rs. 3,250
                                                  the mercury level is below 0.30 ppm.
     (C) Rs. 10,000
                                                  What proportion of fish would be safe
     (D) Rs. 15,000
                                                  to eat ?
27. T h e v al u e of l og(2 – 3 i) is :

                                                  (A) 23%
     (A) log     13    i arc tan (3/2)

                                                  (B) 63%
     (B) log     13    i[ – arc tan (3/2)]

     (C) log     13    i arc tan (3/2)            (C) 73%


     (D) log     13    i[ – arc tan (3/2)]        (D) 27%

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28. Suppose G is open and connected in            29. Let G be a group of order 29.
    C and f : G   C is differentiable with
                                                     Then :
    f '(z) = 0 for all z in G. Then :
                                                     (A) G need not be abelian
    (A) f strictly increasing
                                                     (B) G is cyclic
    (B) f is not bounded

                                                     (C) G is abelian but not cyclic
    (C) f is not constant

    (D) f is constant                                (D) G has at least one proper

                                                         subgroup
                  Or

                                                                    Or
    A professional basketball player

    sinks 80% of his foul shots in the               Marks in a chemistry test follow a

    long run. If he gets 100 shots during            normal distribution with a mean of

    a season, then the probability that              65 and a standard deviation of 12.

    he sinks 75 and 90 shots (inclusive              Approximately what percentage of

    of both) is approximately given                  the students would score below

    by :                                             50 ?


    (A) P[–1.25 < Z < 2.50]                          (A) 22%


    (B) P[–1.125 < Z < 2.625]                        (B) 11%


    (C) P[–1.375 < Z < 2.375]                        (C) 15%


    (D) P[–1.375 < Z < 2.635]                        (D) 18%

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30. Let G be a finite group and p|O(G),                           Or


                                                  Let X1, X2, ....... Xn be a random
    where p is a prime. Then :

                                                  sample from N(µ, 2), where , and

    (A) if pk|O(G) and H is a subgroup
                                                   2 are unknown. Then which of the


        of G of order pk, then H is cyclic        following statements is not correct ?


                                                  (A) ( Xi, X12) is jointly sufficient
    (B) for every integer i such that

                                                      for (,-    2)

        pi|O(G), G has a subgroup of

                                                  (B) X is sufficient for µ and S2 is
        order pi
                                                      sufficient for   2


    (C) G has a normal subgroup of
                                                  (C) (X, S 2 ) is jointly sufficient for

                                                      (µ,   2)
        order p


                                                  (D) if    2 is known, then
                                                                             X is
    (D) if k is largest integer such that

                                                      sufficient for µ and (Xi – µ0)2
        pk|O(G), then G has a normal
                                                      is sufficient for    2 if µ = µ is
                                                                                     0

        subgroup of order pk
                                                      known


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31. The      number             of       all       group
                                                                   32. Which of the following is false ?
   homomorphisms from the group Z8
   into the group Z20 is :
                                                                       (A) Every PID is UFD
   (A) 8
   (B) 1                                                               (B) Every UFD is Euclidean
   (C) 4
   (D) 0                                                                   domain

                        Or
                                                                       (C) Every Euclidean domain is
   Let X1, X2, ....., Xn be a random
   sample from Poisson distribution                                        UFD
   with parameter .. Then T = Xi is
   sufficient for .. The distribution of                               (D) Every Euclidean domain is PID
   X1 given T = t is :

            t      1
                       x1
                                 1
                                     t x1
                                                                                      Or
   (A)      x1
                            1                  ; x1 = 0, 1,
                   n             n
                                                                       If X1, X2 are distributed as B(n, p),
          2 ......n

            n      .
                       x1
                                 .
                                     n    x1                           n known and 0 < p < 1, the number
   (B)      x1
                            1                  ; x1 = 0,
                   n             n
                                                                       of unbiased estimators of p is :
          1, 2, ......n

                   1
                       x1
                                 1
                                     t x1                              (A) 2
            t
   (C)      x1
                            1                  ; x1 = 0, 1,
                   n             n
                                                                       (B) infinity
          2, ......t
                       x1            n    x1
            n      1             1                                     (C) 4
   (D)                      1                  ; x1 = 0,
            x1     .             .

          1, 2 ......n                                                 (D) 6

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33. Which of the following groups has          34. The mapping ' : Z5                      Z5 satisfying

    trivial centre ?                               '(2) = 3 is a group homomorphism.

                                                   Then :
    (A) A non-abelian simple group
                                                   (A) '(1) = 1
    (B) A group of order prime
                                                   (B) '(1) = 2
    (C) A group of order p3 where p is
                                                   (C) '(1) = 0
        prime
                                                   (D) '(1) = 4
    (D) The group of non-singular n × n
                                                                          Or
        matrices over R
                                                   For a large n (> 30), the confidence
                   Or                                                                                                 2)
                                                   interval for mean µ of a N(µ,

                                                   distribution when                2 known, is :
    Let X1, X2, ...... Xn be a random

    sample from U(/, / + 1). The number                                       2                                 2

                                                   (A) ! X   Z                    ,X           Z                  "
    of maximum likelihood estimators of                !#        1
                                                                      2
                                                                              n                    1
                                                                                                        2
                                                                                                               n "$

    / is :
                                                   (B) ! X   Z                    ,X       Z                      "
                                                       !#     1
                                                                      2       n                1
                                                                                                       2       n "$
    (A) Infinity
                                                                          2                                2
    (B) 2                                          (C) ! X   Z                 ,X      Z                   "
                                                       !#         2       n                    2        n "$

    (C) 5

                                                   (D) ! X   Z                ,X       Z                  "
    (D) 7                                              !#        2        n                2           n "$


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                                                  36. Which of the following polynomials
35. Let V be the set of all n × n skew-
                                                      is the characteristic polynomial of a
    symmetric matrices over R. Then V                 matrix that is not invertible ?

    is a real vector space of dimension :             (A) x3 + 2x – x + 1

                                                      (B) x3 + x
          n (n       1)
    (A)
                 2                                    (C) x4 + x3 – 2x2 + 5

          n (n       1)                               (D) (x + 1) (x – 2) (x + 2)
    (B)
                 2
                                                                      Or
    (C) n 2                                           Let X1, ......, X n1 and Y1, ....., Yn2 be

    (D) n2 – n                                        two independent random samples
                                                      from two normally distributed
                          Or                          populations with parameters (µ1,
                                                        2              2
    Let X1, X2, ......, Xn be iid rvs from             1 ) and (µ2,   2 ) respectively. Then
                                                      the null distribution of the usual test
    U(0, /). Then which of the following
                                                      statistic for testing the equality of
    statements is true ? Let                            2          2
                                                       1 and      2 , when µ1 and µ2 are
              X(n) = Ma x Xi                          unknown, is :
                               i
                                                      (A) Standard normal
    (A) X (n ) is consistent estimator
                                                      (B) F-distribution with (n1 – 1,
          for /
                                                           n2 – 1) degrees of freedom
    (B) X(n) is unbiased estimator for /              (C) t with n1 + n2 – 2 degrees of
                                                           freedom
    (C) X(n) is not sufficient for /
                                                      (D) square of Chi-square random
    (D) X(n) is not maximum likelihood                     variable with n1 + n2 –1 degrees
          estimator of /                                   of freedom
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37. Let Pn(x) be the vector space of all          38. Which of the following statements
    polynomials of degree atmost n with
                                                      is false ?
    real coefficients. Then its dimension
                                                      (A) Consider vector space C over C.
    is :
                                                          Then for any scalars           , ;    .1
    (A) n – 1
                                                          +   .i = 0 if and only if            = 0
    (B) n

    (C) n + 1                                             and       = 0.

    (D) n 2
                                                      (B) The set M = {f        C[0, 1] | f 1
                                                                                            2
                    Or
                                                          = 0} is a subspace of the real
    In 2×2 contingency table to test

    independence of two attributes, if                    vector space C[0, 1].

    only one of the cell frequency is less
                                                      (C) Let V(F) be any vector space.
    than 5, then :
                                                          Then for any a         F and for any
    (A) Pooling of cell frequencies is
                                                          vector x         V;    x   0 if and
           used to carry out the test

    (B) Fisher’s correction is used to                    only if     = 0 or x       0

           carry out the test
                                                      (D) The class of all polynomials with
    (C) Yates’ correction is used to carry
                                                          real coefficients is a real vector
           out the test
                                                          space.
    (D) The test cannot be carried out

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                   Or                                          Or

    A test for testing H0 against H1 is          If the form of the distribution from
    called level     test if :
                                                 which the sample is drawn, is known
    (A) size of the test does not exceed
                                                 completely except the unknown

                                                 parameter /, which of the following
    (B) size of the test is exactly equal
                                                 statements is true ?
        to

                                                 (A) MLE, the maximum likelihood
    (C) the hypothesis of the test is

        simple hypothesis                            estimator of / exists only if

    (D) the test is unbiased                         support of the random variable


39. Let u and v be vector spaces of                  is free from /

    dimensions m and n, respectively.
                                                 (B) MLE of / exists only if / is a
    Then dimension of the space
                                                     real valued parameter
    Hom(v, u) is :

    (A) m + n                                    (C) MLE of / exists only if the


    (B) nm                                           distribution belongs to the

                                                     exponential family
    (C) m n

    (D) mn                                       (D) MLE of / always exists


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40. The general solution of the PDE                41. The particular integral of the

                                                       equation r – 2s + t = cos (2x + 3y)
           (y – z)p + (z – x)q = x – y
                                                       is :
    is :
                                                       (A) cos (2x + 3y)
    (A) '(x2 – y2 – z2, x – y – z) = 0

                                                       (B) sin (2x + 3y)
    (B) '(x + y + z, x2 + y2 + z2) = 0

    (C) '(xyz, x2 + y2 + z2) = 0                       (C) – cos (2x + 3y)


    (D) '(x + y + z, x2 + y2 + z2) = 0                 (D) – sin (2x + 3y)

                    Or                                                   Or

    A single observation from N(µ, 1)                  In probability sampling, all units
    resulted in 2.33. It is decided to test            get :
    the hypothesis that H 0 : µ = 0
                                                       (A) always unequal chances to be
    against H1 : µ > 0 using this single
                                                              selected
    observation. What will be the

    p-value in this case ?                             (B) always an equal chance to be

    (A) 0.05                                                  selected


    (B) 0.95                                           (C) a chance to be included in the

    (C) 0.99                                                  sample


    (D) 0.01                                           (D) always selected using SRSWOR


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42. The characteristic curve of the PDE                 43. The solution of the equation

                2        2
               0 z      0 z                                 (1 + y2)dx = (tan–1 y – x)dy
                    2        2
                                 0
               0x       0y
                                                            is :
    is :
                                                                                                           tan 1 y
                                                            (A) x = tan–1 y – 1 + c e
    (A) u = y – x, v = y – x2
                                                                                                       1
                                                            (B) y       tan 1 x           c e tan          x
    (B) u = y + x, v = y – x2                                                        1

                                                                                               1

    (C) u = y – x, v = y2 + x                               (C) x       tan 1 y      c e tan       y


                                                                                               1
    (D) u = y + x, v = y – x                                (D) y       tan 1 x      c e tan       x



                        Or                                                      Or

    Sampling error :                                        In SRSWOR of size n from a

    (A) arises because of wrongly                           population of size N, the number of
           reported data
                                                            distinct samples which will contain
    (B) arises due to mistakes made by
                                                            a specific population unit is :
           field workers
                                                                    N–1
                                                            (A)     n 1
    (C) increases with increase in
           sample size                                             N
                                                            (B)    n
    (D) may         arise        due   to   non-
                                                                        N
           representativeness of the                        (C)     n       1
           samples and the inadequacy of
                                                            (D) n !
           sample size

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44. If y1(x) and y2(x) are solutions of the        45. Under usual notations, variance of
     equation y" + 2y' + (1 – x)y = 0 such
                                                       estimator of population mean based
     that y1(0) = 0, y'1(0) = 1, y2(0) = 1,
                                                       on stratified random sample is :
     y'2(0) = 1, then the value of the
                                                                           L
                                                                                   1      1
     Wronskian W(y1, y2) on R is :                     (A) V(Yst ) =                         s h2 w h2
                                                                       h       1   nh     Nh
     (A) –1
                                                                           L
                                                                                   1      1
     (B) 0                                             (B) V(Yst ) =                         s h2 ch2
                                                                       h       1   nh     Nh
     (C) 1
                                                                           L
                                                                                 1         1
     (D) 2                                             (C) V(Yst ) =                          s2w 2
                                                                       h       1 Nh        nh h h
                    Or
                                                                           L
                                                                                   1       1
     In stratified sampling with stratum               (D) V(Yst ) =                          s 2N 2
                                                                       h       1   Nh      nh h h
     sizes N 1 = 800, N 2 = 300 and
                                                                           Or
     stratum variances s12 = 144, s22 =
                                                       If there are n jobs to be performed,
     400, under Neyman allocation, the

                           n1                          one at a time, on each of m
     ratio of sample sizes n is given by :
                            2                          machines, the possible sequences
           8                                           would be :
     (A)
           5
         8                                             (A) (n!)m
     (B)
         3
                                                       (B) (m!)n
           3
     (C)
           4                                           (C) (n)m
           3
     (D)                                               (D) (m)n
           8

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46. If C is the initial cost of an item,        47. For M/M/1 queueing system, the

    then the discounted value (d) of all            expected number of customers in the

    future costs associated with the                system are (Here µ service rate and

    policy of replacing the item after n            . arrival rate) :

    years is given by :                                           ,
                                                    (A) L = ,         .
    (A) Dn = c/(1 + d)n
                                                              .       ,
                                                    (B) L =
                                                                  .
    (B) Dn = c/(1 + dn)
                                                                  .
                                                    (C) L = ,         .
    (C) Dn = c/(1 – d)n
                                                                      .
    (D) Dn   = c/(1 – dn)                           (D) L = ,(,           .)

                  Or                                                  Or


    In Latin square design, there                   What is the error degrees of freedom

    are :                                           in Latin square design (assuming

                                                    there are p treatments) :
    (A) Four sources of variability
                                                    (A) (P – 1)
    (B) Three sources of variability
                                                    (B) P2 – 1
    (C) One source of variability
                                                    (C) (P – 2) (P – 1)
    (D) Two sources of variability
                                                    (D) P – 2


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48. Find the value of p, q and r if the        49. For a transportation problem,
    primal problem is
                                                  choose the statement which is not
    Maximize Z = px1 + 2x2
    Subject to                                    correct :
               x1 + x2 < q
               x1 – x2 < 2                        (A) The ui + vj – Cij value of an
                 x1, x2 > 0                           unoccupied cell indicates the net
    and the corresponding dual problem
                                                      change in cost of re-allocating
    is
    Minimize Z* = 3w1 + 2(2                           one unit through the route
    Subject to
                                                      involved
              w1 + w2 > 4
              w1 – w2 > r                         (B) Any of m + n – 1 number of
                 w1, w2 > 0
                                                      occupied cells would allow
    (A) (4, 1, 3)
    (B) (3, 4, 2)                                     determining whether a given
    (C) (2, 4, 3)                                     solution is optimum or not
    (D) (4, 3, 2)
                    Or                            (C) The maximum quantity that
    In 22 factorial design, let A and
                                                      can be re-allocated in a closed
    B be two factors each having
    two     levels each with    single                path is equal to the minimum

    replication and interaction effect                quantity in the cells bearing
    is included. Then error degrees
                                                      negative sign
    of freedom is :
    (A) 1                                         (D) In time minimization problem,
    (B) 2
                                                      the cost Cij is replaced by the
    (C) 3
    (D) 0                                             unit time tij

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                                           50. In game theory, which of the
               Or                              following is not correct ?

                                              (A) The constant value, if added to
                                                  each element of the pay off
In BIBD, the number of blocks                     matrix to formulate the given
                                                  problem as an LPP, should be
                                                  substracted from the value of
is :
                                                  the game, determined from the
                                                  solution to the LPP

(A) greater than or equal to                  (B) Every two person zero sum
                                                  game cannot be represented by
                                                  a pair of LPP’s with primal dual
       number of plots                            relationship

                                              (C) Any two person game can be
                                                  formulated and solved as an
(B) greater than or equal to                      LPP

                                              (D) In a 2×n and m×2 game, each
       number of treatments                       of the players can mix at most
                                                  two strategies if the multiple
                                                  optimum solutions do not
                                                  exist
(C) less than or equal to number of
                                                            Or

       plots                                  In BIBD, if the number of
                                              treatments is equal to the number
                                              of plots in a block, then BIBD :

(D) less than or equal to number of           (A) reduces to CRD
                                              (B) reduces to RBD

       treatments                             (C) reduces to LSD

                                              (D) reduces to Graeco LSD
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