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1 (c) 5/18
2 (a) 44%
3 (a) y(x-z)^2 is even
4 (a) (-1, 13)
5 (a) x^2 - 2cx + (c^2 - b^2)
6 (a) (-7, ∞)
7 (c) |a - b| ≤ 2
8 (b) 10
9 (a) straight lines
10 (c) 1/2
11 (d) None of the above
12 (b) 16.5
13 (d) 18
14 (d) 150
15 (d) 20%
16 (d) None of the above (aL* = 32000)
17 (b) 4 (Use: P = m(W/Y), W + R = PY, 1000 + 0.8W + 0.6R + I = PY and m = 4/3)
18 (a) 0.83 (approx.)
19 (d) 25%
20 (a) 0%
21 (c) 20%
22 (b) Increases by 1/8
23 (b) 9000
24 (d) None of the above
25 (c) 27
26 (a) Yes
27 (b) -1250
28 (a) 2.8
29 (a) 9%
30 (b) fall in the price of bread; fall in the price of apple
31 (d) x(1) = 300; x(2) = 0
32 (b) increasing returns to scale
33 (b) agricultural prices respond to changes in demand-supply balances faster than industrial prices
34 (d) the balance between saving and investment
35 (b) increases industrial costs of production
36 (c) can produce a rise in the general price level
37 (b) China is responsible for the highest total (but not per capita) emissions.
38 (b) Rs 600
39 (b) 2.5% per annum
40 (b) Dadabhai Naoroji
41 (c) better training of employees
42 (c) there exists an integer n such that P(n, m) is false for all integers m
43 (a) both X and Y are true
44 (b) X is false
45 (c) all X are Z, and all Y are W
46 (d) half
47 (d) None of the above
48 (d) None of the above
49 (d) No conclusion can be drawn on the basis of the given information
50 (c) Rs 1,36,763.1
51 (c) Expenditure on X will rise by 2.2%
52 (c) 3/4
53 (c) 1.37; 1.2731
54 (c) 900000
55 (d) Events E1 and E4 are mutually exclusive
56 (b) 1
57 (a) 5
58 (b) |x|
59 (c) m = 5
60 (d) log-normal distribution
61 (d) none of the above
62 (a) x < xy/2 < y
63 (b) 7
64 (c) do not intersect
65 (d) 0, 2 and 5
66 (b) log 2
67 (c) 5500
68 (d) 0
69 (c) 1/216
70 (a) (-∞,-2)
71 (c) mean = 15, standard deviation = 1
72 (d) 5350
73 (c) 4536
74 (b) 952
75 (c) 12.30
76 (a) 2.60
77 (b) 3.99
78 (b) 7
79 (c) {y, z}
80 (a) there is underconsumption in the free market
81 (b) A ≥ 25π
82 (d) -4, 4
83 (a) the liquid cash that banks have to maintain with the RBI a certain percentage of their demand and time deposits.
84 (c) equal to 1/3 (assuming independence is implicit)
85 (d) the fiscal deficit less the interest outgo in the budget
86 (c) increase in banking habit of the population
87 (b) Market demand = 2000 - 100 p, if p < 20; and Market demand = 0, if p ≥ 20.
88 (c) 16 < p* < 17
89 (d) None of the above
90 (b) The numbers 1, 5, 7, 9 have a smaller standard deviation than the numbers 1231, 1235, 1237, 1239.
91 (d) D
92 (b) B
93 (b) B
94 (a) 1620
95 (c) the marginal cost curve above the average variable cost curve
96 (a) 12
97 (b) -p/q
98 (a) Tuesday
99 (b) Sociology
100 (a) Monday

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1. (c) less than 2%

2. (a) has a mean 0 and a standard deviation of 1
3. (a) indicates a one-tailed test with a rejection area in the right tail
4. (b) Increase (Reason: Since time deposits have become less liquid, people will hold more money for
transactions)
5. (d) A non-resident Indian visiting India purchases rice, goes back to his country of residence, makes a dosa
and then sells it to his neighbor.
6. (d) (4, 4) or (4, 0) or (-2, 2)
7. (a) The other corners are (1, 1, 0), (1, 0, 1), (0, 1, 1) and (1, 1, 1)
8. (d) None of the above
9. (a) The volume of the cube is 1
10.(b) The area of the cube is 6
11.(a) 0.10
12.(d) 1.10
13.(d) None of the above
14.(c) 16.16
15.(c) wages should rise and rents should fall in country A
16.(c) $2500 and 2000 computers
17.(b) 1600 computers, increase, decrease
18.(b) increase, decrease (Note: We are asked to compare quota situation with no trade situation)
19.(b) f'(x) > 0
20.(d) a=b
21. (d) None of the above
22. (a) S=G
23. (c) 4
24. (b) 2.5
25. (d) None of the above
26. (a) 0.5
27. (b) 1-(1-p(1))(1-p(2))(1-p(3))
28. (c) 1/2
29. (c) Situation (i) is at least as likely as situation (ii)
30. (d) None of the above
31. (b) 72 x 0.00001
32. (d) None of the above
33. (c) C's weight or E's weight
34. (b) the average of B's weight and E's weight
35. (b) 2
36. (c) greater than unity
37. (a) greater with replacement than without' replacement
38. (c) less than 1/16
39. (c) 76
40. (b) B
41. (d) 0
42. (b) Chemistry
43. (a) P
44. (b) hockey team
45. (a) A
46. (c) more output and has a lower price
47. (b) shorter than
48. (d) None of the above
49. (a) 11 5
50. (b) 6
51. (c) 20
52. (b) 12 years
53. (d) 17
54. (c) 10 meters
55. (d) None of the above (47 days)
56. (b) x = 1.5, y=1.5
57. (a) x = 1, y = 2
58. (d) either x = 2, y = 1 or x = 1, y = 2
59. (b) Output y/2 is produced in plant 1 and output y/2 is produced in plant 2.
60. (a) y = 3
61. (d) None of the above
62. (a) x(1) + x(2)
63. (c) x* = 0 or x* = 1 or f '(x*)=0
64. (c) To prove that f is not a function, it is necessary to demonstrate (i) or (ii)
65. (c) Demonstration of (i) and (ii) is sufficient to prove that f is not a function
66. (a) The range of the surjective function is always equal to its codomain
67. (d) None of the above
68. (a) 0
69. (c) 4
70. (b) After two years
71. (b) After two years
72. (b) After two years
73. (a) Today
74. (a) Today
 75. (a) Today
76. (b) 1980-85
77. (d) 1990-95
78. (c) 3
79. (a) 1
80. (d) The substitution effect is negative and there are no income effects
81. (a) The Slutsky equation says that the total change in demand is exactly equal to the sum of the substitution
effect and the income effect
82. (a) continuous at all points in the domain but not differentiable at some points in the domain
83. (c) At the optimum, the consumer should consume 50 units of commodity 1 and 50 units of commodity 2
84. (a) the optimum consumption of commodity 1 increases by 1/3 and the optimum consumption of commodity
2 increases by 1/3
85. (d) 0
86. (b) 25
87. (c) x(1) = x(2)
88. (a) 4
89. (b) 2
90. (c) 4
91. (b) 6 (Assuming that the question asks you to determine the tax rate
that implements purchase of exactly two cows that we found in Q 89)
92. (a) Rs. 10
93. (b) 0
94. (d) None of the above
95. (a) -4
96. (a) f(x) has a minimum value but no maximum value
97. (b) 2
98. (b) climate change
99. (c) put hurdles in the way of poverty eradication
100.(d) None of the above

ISI 2013 ME1 ANSWER KEY

1 d
2 c
3 a
4 b
5 a
6 c
7 a
8 c
9 a
10 a
11 c
12 b
13 d
14 d
15 d
16 c
17 c
18 a
19 c
20 d
21 c
22 d
23 a
24 c
25 c
26 a
27 b
28 d
29 b
30 d