IMA BSC Entrance 2009

ADMISSION TEST-2009
B. Sc. (Hons.) in Mathematics and Computing

INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS AND APPLICATIONS
BHUBANESWAR
DATE : 28.06.2009
FULL MARKS : 200 TIME : 2 Hours
Answer as many questions as you can. Circle the correct answer(s) in the answer
book. (Do not guess as there is a penalty for wrong answer.)
1. Which of the following are correct ?
(a) A A
c
, if and only if A = .
(b) A
c
A, if and only if A = X, where X is the universal set.
(c) If A B = A C, then B = C.
(d) A = B is equivalent to A C = B C and A C = B C.
2. For real numbers x and y, dene a relation R by xRy, if and only if xy +
2 is an irrational
number. Then the relation R is
(a) reexive.
(b) symmetric.
(c) transitive.
(d) an equivalence relation.
3. If A = B = [1, 1], C = [0, ), R
1
=
_
(x, y) AB : x
2
+y
2
= 1
_
and
R
2
=
_
(x, y) AC : x
2
+y
2
= 1
_
, then
(a) R
1
denes a function from A into B.
(b) R
2
denes a function from A into C.
(c) R
2
denes a function from A onto C.
(d) R
2
denes a one-one function from A onto C.
4. The locus of the points z satisfying the condition |z +i| +|z i| = k is an ellipse, provided
(a) k (2, 2).
(b) k (2, 0) (0, 2).
(c) k (0, 2).
(d) k (2, ).
5. If
(1 +i)x 2i
3 +i
+
(2 3i)y +i
3 i
= i, then the values of x and y are given by
(a) x = 3, y = 1.
(b) x = 3, y = 1.
(c) x = 3, y = 1.
(d) x = 1, y = 3.
6. If z is a complex number, then the system of equations |z + 1 i| =
2 and |z| = 3 has

(a) no solution.
(b) one solution.
(c) two solutions.
(d) none of these.
7. Two students while solving a quadratic equation in the variable x, one copied the constant
term incorrectly and got the roots 3 and 2. The other copied the constant term and the
coecient of x
2
correctly and got the roots as 6 and 1, respectively. The correct roots of
the equation are
(a) 3 and 2.
(b) 3 and 2.
(c) 6 and 1.
(d) 6 and 1.
8. If A is an n n non-singular matrix, then adj(adj(A)) =
(a) |A|
n1
A.
(b) |A|
n2
A.
(c) |A|
n1
A.
(d) |A|
n2
A.
9. If a, b, c are non-zero real numbers such that
bc ca ab
ca ab bc
ab bc ca
= 0, then
(a)
1
a
+
1
b
+
1
c
2
= 0.
(b)
1
a
+
1
b
2
+
1
c
= 0.
(c)
1
a
+
1
b
2
+
1
c
= 0.
(d) All the above are true.
10. The system of equations: x + y + z = 6, x + 2y + 3z = 10, x + 2y + mz = n have innite
number of solutions, if
(a) m = 3 and n R.
(b) m = 3 and n = 10.
(c) m = 3 and n = 10.
(d) none of these.
11. If x, y and z are positive real numbers such that x +y +z = , then
(a)
1
x
+
1
y
+
1
z

9
.
2
(b) ( x)( y)( z) 8 xyz.
(c) ( x)( y)( z)
8
27
3
.
(d) All the above are true.
12. If a, b, c R and a +b +c = 0, then the quadratic equation: 4ax
2
+ 3bx + 2c = 0 has
(a) one positive and one negative root.
(b) imaginary roots.
(c) real roots.
(d) None of these.
13. If a function f satises the condition f
_
x +
1
x
_
= x
2
+
1
x
2
(x = 0), then f(x) equals
(a) x
2
2 for all x R.
(b) x
2
2 for all x = 0.
(c) x
2
2 for all x satisfying |x| 2.
(d) x
2
2 for all x satisfying |x| < 2.
14. Two non-zero distinct numbers a, b are used as elements to make determinants of third order.
The number of determinants whose value is zero for all a, b is
(a) 24.
(b) 32.
(c) a +b.
(d) none of these.
15. If the sum of the coecients in the expansion of (x
2
2x + 1)
37
is equal to the sum of the
coecients in the expansion of (x y)
37
, then is equal to
(a) 0.
(b) 1.
(c) may be any real number.
(d) no such value exists.
16. lim
x0
_
1
csc
2
x
+ 2
csc
2
x
+ 3
csc
2
x
+ +n
csc
2
x
_
sin
2
x
=
(a) 0.
(b)
n
2
.
(c) n.
(d) none of these.
17. If f(x) =
_
sin[x], [x] = 0
0, [x] = 0
, where [x] is the greatest integer x, then lim
x0
f(x) =
(a) 0.
(b) 1.
(c) 1.
(d) does not exist.
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18. The values of and such that lim
x0
x(1 + cos x) sin x
x
3
= 1 are
(a)
5
2
,
3
2
.
(b)
5
2
,
3
2
.
(c)
5
2
,
3
2
.
(d)
5
2
,
3
2
.
19. If f(x) =
_
1
1 x
2
, then f is
(a) continuous on [1, 1] and dierentiable on (1, 1).
(b) continuous on [1, 1] and dierentiable on (1, 0) (0, 1).
(c) continuous and dierentiable on [1, 1].
(d) None of these.
20. If f(x) =
_
x
2
sin
1
x
, x = 0
0, x = 0
, then
(a) f and f
are continuous at x = 0.
(b) f is dierentiable at x = 0.
(c) f is dierentiable at x = 0 and f
is not continuous at x = 0.
(d) (b) and (c) are true.
21. If x +|y| = 2y, then y as a function of x is
(a) dened for all x.
(b) continuous at x = 0.
(c) such that
dy
dx
=
1
3
for x < 0.
(d) such that (a), (b) and (c) are true.
22. On which of the following intervals is the function f(x) = 2x
2
log |x| (x = 0) increasing ?
(a)
_
1
2
,
_
.
(b)
_
,
1
2
_
_
1
2
,
_
.
(c)
_
,
1
2
_
(0, ) .
(d)
_
1
2
, 0
_
_
1
2
,
_
.
23. All points on the curve y
2
= 4a
_
x +a sin
x
a
_
at which the tangents are parallel to the X-axis,
lie
(a) on a circle.
(b) on a parabola.
(c) on a straight line.
(d) on an ellipse.
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24. The value of tan 1
tan 2
tan 3
tan 89
is
(a) 0.
(b)
1
2
.
(c) 1.
(d) 1.
25. The value of for which cos +
3 sin = 2 is
(a)

3
.
(b)
2
3
.
(c)
4
3
.
(d)
5
3
.
26. 2 Tan
1
_
1
3
_
+Tan
1
_
1
7
_
=
(a) Tan
1
_
49
29
_
.
(b)

2
.
(c)

4
.
(d) 0.
27. The largest term in the sequence a
k
=
k
k
2
+ 100
is
(a) a
5
.
(b) a
7
or a
8
.
(c) a
10
.
(d) a
99
.
28. The number of positive unequal integral solutions of the equation x +y +z = 6 is
(a) 3!.
(b) 4!.
(c) 5!.
(d) 2 4!.
29. The number of ways in which 6 red roses and 3 white roses can form a garland so that all the
white roses come together is
(a) 2170 (b) 2165 (c) 2160 (d) 2155
30. A point is selected at random from the interior of a circle. The probability that the point is
closer to the centre than the circumference of the circle is
(a)
1
4
.
(b)
1
2
.
5
(c)
3
4
.
(d) none of these.
31. For two events A and B, if P(A) =
1
3
, P(B) =
1
4
and P(A B) =
1
2
, then P
_

A
B
_
is
(a)
3
4
.
(b)
2
3
.
(c)
1
6
.
(d)
1
8
.
32.
_
sin 2x
sin
4
x + cos
4
x
dx =
(a) Tan
1
(tan
2
x)+constant.
(b) Tan
1
(cot
2
x)+constant.
(c) Cot
1
(tan
2
x)+constant.
(d) Cot
1
(cot
2
x)+constant.
33. The value of the integral
_
3/2
0
[x
2
] dx is
(a) 2 +
2.
(b) 2
2.
(c) 4 + 2
2.
(d) 4 2
2.
34. The area of the region bounded by the curve |x| +|y| = 1 is
(a)
1
2
sq. unit.
(b) 1 sq. unit.
(c)
3
2
sq. unit.
(d) 2 sq. unit.
35. The dierential equation for all family of lines which are at a unit distance from the origin is
(a)
_
y x
dy
dx
_
2
= 1
_
dy
dx
_
2
.
(b)
_
y +x
dy
dx
_
2
= 1 +
_
dy
dx
_
2
.
(c)
_
y x
dy
dx
_
2
= 1 +
_
dy
dx
_
2
.
(d)
_
y +x
dy
dx
_
2
= 1
_
dy
dx
_
2
.
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36. If the axes are rotated through an angle of 45
in clockwise direction, then the new equation

of x
2
y
2
= a
2
is
(a) xy a
2
= 0.
(b) xy 2a
2
= 0.
(c) 2xy a
2
= 0.
(d) 2xy +a
2
= 0.
37. Consider the circles x
2
+ (y 1)
2
= 9 and (x 1)
2
+y
2
= 25. They are such that
(a) these circles touch each other.
(b) one of the circle lies entirely inside the other.
(c) each of these circles lies outside the other.
(d) they intersect in two points.
38. A line is such that it is inclined to the Y -axis and Z-axis at 60
, then at what angle is it

inclined to the X-axis ?
(a) 45
.
(b) 30
.
(c) 75
.
(d) 60
.
39. The equation of the plane which passes through the points (2, 1, 1), (1, 3, 4) and perpen-
dicular to the plane x 2y + 4z = 0 is
(a) 18x + 17y + 4z = 49.
(b) 18x 17y + 4z = 49.
(c) 18x + 17y 4z = 49.
(d) 18x + 17y + 4z = 49.
40. If (2, 3, 5) is one end of the diameter of the sphere x
2
+y
2
+z
2
6x12y 2z +20 = 0, then
the co-ordinates of the other end of the diameter are
(a) (4, 3, 5).
(b) (4, 3, 3).
(c) (4, 9, 3).
(d) (3, 9, 3).
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