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INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CALCUTTA

Mathematics (Qualifying) - 2013
Attempt-II

Duration: 2 Hours Total Marks: 50

Instructions:
1. Clearly write your Name and Registration Number on both the question
paper and the answer sheet. Not writing your Name or Registration Num-
ber will attract a penalty of 5 marks.
2. This paper contains 25 multiple choice questions, please mark your answer
in the space provided in the answer sheet by encircling the correct option.
Answers written elsewhere will NOT be evaluated.
3. Use of calculators is permitted but the use of laptop computers is not
permitted.
4. At the end of the examination, submit both the question paper and the
answer sheet.

1. For subsets X and Y of a given universal set S, the relative difference

X Y or X \ Y is NOT equal to (2 marks)
(a) X (X Y )
(b) (X Y ) Y
(c) (X Y ) (X Y )
(d) (S X c ) (S Y c )
dy
2. For y = log(ex +ax ), dx = (2 marks)
dy ex +ax loge a
(a) dx = ex +ax
dy ex +ax loga e
(b) dx = ex +ax
dy
(c) dx = (ex + ax loge a) log(ex + ax )
dy
(d) dx = (ex + ax loga e) log(ex + ax )
3. Consider a real function f (x) such that f 0 (x) = 0 at x = a and x = b. If
f (a) > f (b), then which of the following statements is necessarily true?
(2 marks)
(a) x = a is a local maximum of f and x = b is a local minimum of f .
(b) x = a is a local minimum of f and x = b is a local maximum of f .
(c) x = b can not be a local maximum of f .
(d) x = a and x = b are stationary points of f .

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4. Consider the graph of the function y = x2 6x + 13. The distance of the
vertex of this function (i.e. the lowest point on the graph) from the origin is
(3 marks)
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5

(d) 85
5. The equations to be used for determining the inverse of an n n matrix A
using elementary row transformations and elementary column transforma-
tions are (3 marks)
(a) AI = A, IA = A, respectively.
(b) IA = A, AI = A, respectively.
(c) AI = A, AI = A, respectively.
(d) IA = A, IA = A, respectively.
6. 10xe2x dx =
R
(3 marks)
(a) 5x2 e2x + 20xe2x + C
(b) 5x2 e2x + 5xe2x + C
(c) 20xe2x 40e2x + C
(d) 5xe2x 52 e2x + C
x log y
7. For the function f (x, y) = yex , the second order mixed partial derivative
2
f
yx is (3 marks)
1
(a) ex (x 1)(1 log y )

(b) ex (x1)
x2
(log y1)
(log y)2

(c) ex (x1)
x2 (1
1
log y )

(d) ex (x 1) (log y1)

(log y)2

x2
8. The real function f (x) = x2 x2 is (4 marks)
(a) continuous at x = 2.
(b) discontinuous at x = 2 because limx2 f (x) 6= limx2+ f (x).
(c) continuous at x = 1.
(d) discontinuous at x = 1 because the limits limx1 f (x), limx1+ f (x)
do not exist, and f (x) is not defined at x = 1.
9. Consider the following statements about sets A and B. (4 marks)
(i) x B, i.e. x belongs to B.
(ii) A B, i.e. A is a proper subset of B, where A = {x}.
Which of the following statements is necessarily true about sets A and B?

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 (a) Statement (i) implies Statement (ii) but Statement (ii) does not imply
Statement (i).
(b) Statement (ii) implies Statement (i) but Statement (i) does not imply
Statement (ii).
(c) Statement (i) implies Statement (ii) and Statement (ii) also implies
Statement (i).
(d) None of the above.
R x
10. 1+x dx = (4 marks)
p
(a) 23 (1 + x)(x 2) + C
2
(b) x tan1 x + x
2 1+x
+C
(c) 1 + 1
2(1+x)3/2
+C
2 (1+x)

(d) 2x 1 + x 23 (1 + x)3/2 + C
R 2
11. xx23x+12
3x+2 dx = (4 marks)
x1
(a) x + 10 log x2 + C
(b) x + 10 log | x1
x2 | + C
x2
(c) x + 10 log x1 + C
(d) x + 10 log | x2
x1 | + C

12. What is the area of the region enclosed between the lines y = 4, y = 9, and
the parabola y = x2 ? (4 marks)
(a) 38/3
(b) 76/3
(c) 665/3
(d) 1330/3

1 0 x
13. If the eigen values of the real matrix A = 0 1 0 are 1, 3, and 5,
1 0 y
then the determinant |A| is equal to (4 marks)
(a) 0
(b) 9
(c) 15
(d) 23
14. Product of two odd functions is
(a) an odd function.
(b) an even function.
(c) neither an odd nor an even function.
(d) cant say, depends on the function.

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15. Let f (x) be a cubic function of the form f (x) = ax3 + bx2 + cx + d with
a 6= 0 such that x1 , x2 , and x3 the roots of the equation f (x) = 0. Which
of the following statements is NOT true?
(a) x1 , x2 , x3 can be such that x1 6= x2 6= x3 .
(b) x1 , x2 , x3 can be such that x1 = x2 = x3 .
(c) x1 , x2 , x3 can be such that f (x1 ) = f (x2 ) = f (x3 ).
(d) x1 , x2 , x3 can be such that f (x1 ) > f (x2 ) > f (x3 ).
16. Let E1 , E2 and E3 be three sets. If E1 E2 = E1 , then which of the
following is NOT true?
(a) E1 E2
(b) E1 E2
(c) E1 = E2
(d) E1 E2
ax ax
17. The expression ax ax , a 6= 0 represents a function. The statement is
(a) true.
(b) false.
(c) true only if a 6= 1.
(d) true or false depending on the value of x.
18. For matrices A, B, and C defined below, which of the following statements
is true?

  6 11
2 17  
A= ; B = 3 2 ; C = 2
9 5
1 7
(a) A B is defined.
(b) AB is defined.
(c) AB T is defined.
(d) CA is defined.
19. For a square matrix A, which of the following statements is true?
(a) A + AT is a matrix which is skew-symmetric.
(b) A AT is a matrix which is symmetric.
(c) If A = AT , then the inverse matrix A1 is symmetric matrix.
(d) A scalar is a matrix of order 1 1.
20. Let f and g be two functions defined on the Real Number set R such that
(
1
if x 6= 1;
f (x) = x1
1 if x = 1.
(
1
if x 6= 0;
g(x) = 2x
1 if x = 0.
1 1
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 (a) x = 1.
(b) x = 0.
(c) for x 6= 1 and x 6= 0.
(d) for all values of x.
21. Let f and g be two functions defined on the Real Number set R such that
(
1
if x 6= 1;
f (x) = x1
2 if x = 1.
(
1
2x if x 6= 0;
g(x) =
1 if x = 0.
Then f og(x) = 2 only if
(a) x = 2.
(b) x = 1.
(c) x = 0.
(d) x = 0 and x = 1/2.
22. Let f and g be two functions defined on the Real Number set R such that
(
1
if x 6= 1;
f (x) = x1
2 if x = 1.
(
1
2x if x 6= 0;
g(x) =
1 if x = 0.
The range of f og(x) is ........

(a) R, the set of all real numbers.

(b) R+ , the set of all positive numbers.
(c) R \ {0}.
(d) none of the above.
23. Let f and g be two functions defined on the Real Number set R such that
(
1
if x 6= 1;
f (x) = x1
2 if x = 1.
(
1
2x if x 6= 0;
g(x) =
1 if x = 0.
The domain of f og(x) is ........

(a) R, the set of all real numbers.

(b) R+ , the set of all positive numbers.

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 (c) R \ {0}.
(d) none of the above.

24. Let f and g be two functions defined on the Real Number set R such that
(
1
if x 6= 1;
f (x) = x1
2 if x = 1.
(
1
2x if x 6= 0;
g(x) =
1 if x = 0.
The domain of f g(x) is ........

(a) R, the set of all real numbers.

(b) R+ , the set of all positive numbers.
(c) R \ {0}.
(d) none of the above.
25. Let f and g be two functions defined on the Real Number set R such that
(
1
if x 6= 1;
f (x) = x1
2 if x = 1.
(
1
2x if x 6= 0;
g(x) =
1 if x = 0.
The range of f g(x) is ........

(a) R, the set of all real numbers.

(b) R+ , the set of all positive numbers.
(c) R \ {0}.
(d) none of the above.