Centre for Advanced Mathematics and Physics (CAMP), National University

of Sciences and Technology(NUST), Campus of College of Electrical and

Mechanical Engineering, Peshawar Road, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Sample paper 2006
Note: Attempt all questions, Time 45 minutes
Linear Algebra
Question 1. The dimension of the solution space of linear equations x + y + z + t = 0,
x − y − z − 3t = 0,−x + y − 2z = 0, is
(a) 1;
(b) 2;
(c) 3;
(d) 4.
Question 2. Which of the following is NOT a basis of R3 ?
(a) (0, 2, 0), (0, 0, −3), (7, 0, 0);
(b) (3, 0, 0), (0, 3, 0), (0, 0, 3);
(c) (0, 0, 5), (2, −1, 0), (4, −2, 0);
(d) (1, 2, 3), (0, 4, 5), (0, 0, 6).
Differential Calculus
1−2x
Question 3. Find y 00 (x) if y(x) = x(1−x)
(a) 0;
2
(b) x23 − (1−x)3;
x2
(c) x(1−x)(1+x)
;
4
(d) x3
.

Question 4. Find y 0 (x) if y(x) − 12 cos y(x) = x

y
(a) y 0 = x2 +y 2;
2
(b) y 0 = 2+sin y ;
4
(c) 2−cos y
;
cos y
(d) 2x2 +y2 .

Integral Calculus
Question 5. The gamma function Γ(x) is defined for x > 0, by the definite integral
Z ∞
Γ(x) = tx−1 e−t dt.
0

This integral converges for x > 0. The value of Γ(2) is

(a) 0;
(b) 1;
(c) −1;
(d) e.

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Question 6. What is the value of
Z 1
x x2 x3 (−1)n xn
[1 − + − + ... + + ...]e2x dx?
0 1! 2! 3! n!
(a) 0;
(b) e − 1;
(c) −e;
(d) e.
Differential Geometry
Question 7. The nearest point on the plane 2x − 3z = 2 to the point (1, −1, 2) is
(a) (0, 0, 1);
(b) (25/13, −1, 8/13);
(c) (1/13, 0, 2/13);
(d) (8/13, 25/13, −1).
Question 8. In the theory of surfaces the second fundamental form measures;
(a) the height of the surface above the tangent plane;
(b) the length of the curve from the tangent plane to the given point;
(c) the area of the surface contained within the curve;
(d) none of these.
Computational Mathematics
Question 9. If f (x) is three times differentiable and f 0 , f 00 are not zero at a solution s
of f (x) = 0, then for the initial approximation x0 sufficiently close to s, error s − xn in
Newton’s method goes
(a) linearly;
(b) quadratically;
(c) cubically;
(d) there is no error.
Question 10. For the initial value problem,
y 0 = f (t, y), a ≤ t ≤ b, y(a) = α,
using the notation:
w0 = α,
h k1
k1 = hf (ti , wi ), k2 = hf (ti + , wi + ),
2 2
h k2
k3 = hf (ti + , wi + ), k4 = hf (ti+1 , wi + k3 ),
2 2
b−a
where h = N , i = 0, 1, 2, ...N − 1, the iterative scheme for the fourth order Runge-Kutta
method is,
1 1
(a) wi+1 = wi + [k1 + 2k2 + 2k3 + k4 ], (b) wi+1 = wi + [k1 + k2 + k3 + k4 ],
6 4
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(c) wi+1 = wi + [k1 + 2k2 + k3 ], (d) none of these
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 Topology

Question 11. Given the set X = {1, a, 2, c, 3, d} and its subsets A = {1, 2, 3}, B = {a, c, d}
(a) their union forms a topology;
(b) their intersection forms a topology;
(c) their set difference forms a topology;
(d) none of these.

Question 12. The real line and the circle are

(a) homeomorphic to each other;
(b) both countable sets;
(c) not homeomorphic to each other;
(d) one of the sets contains the other.

Complex Analysis

Question 13. The analytic function with real part u(x, y) = x3 − 3xy 2 − y is
(a) f (z) = z 3 − z;
(b) f (z) = z 3 + z;
(c) f (z) = z 3 − iz;
(d) f (z) = z 3 + iz.

sin z
Question 14. The residue of f (z) = z 2 (z−π)3
at z = 0 is
(a) −1
π3
;
(b) π34 ;
(c) 2πi;
(d) 0.

Group Theory

Question 15. A cyclic group has order 24. How many elements of this group can generate
this group?
(a) 12;
(b) 6;
(c) 8;
(d) 1.

Question 16. H is a subgroup of a group G. Which of these conditions does NOT guarantee
the normality of H?
(a) gH = Hg for all g ∈ G;
(b) H contain the conjugates of all its elements;
(c) gH = Hg for all g ∈ H;
(d) H = g −1 Hg for all g ∈ G.

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 Functional Analysis

Question 17. Let us consider real linear space of continuous functions on [a, b]. Which
formula can beR taken as a scalar product?
b
(a) f (x, y) = (a x(t)y(t)dt;
0 if x = y
(b) f (x, y) =
1 if x 6= y;
(c) f (x, y) = maxt∈[a,b] (x(t)y(t));
(d) f (x, y) = x + y.

Question 18. The set of all limit points of any set is

(a) a closed set;
(b) an open set;
(c) both closed and open;
(d) neither a closed nor an open set.

Ordinary differential equations

dx
Question 19. The solution of the Cauchy problem dt
= x2 for t > 0, x(0) = c where c is a
constant
(a) exists for all t > 0 for any c;
(b) blows up in finite time;
(c) exists for all t > 0 and c < 0;
(d) does not exist.
dy 2x−y−5
Question 20. The equation dx
= x+2y−10
has the singular point
(a) x = 0, y = 0;
(b) x = 2, y = 4;
(c) x = 1, y = −3;
(d) x = 4, y = 3.

Partial differential equations

∂2u ∂2u
Question 21. Which of the initial value problems for the D’Alambert equation ∂t2
= ∂x2
is
well posed?
(a) u(x, 0) = cos x;
(b) u(x, 0) = 0, ∂u
∂t
(x, 0) = ex ;
(c) u(x, 0) + ∂u
∂t
(x, 0) = 1;
2
(d) u(x, 0) = cos x, ∂∂t2u (x, 0) = 0.
2 ∂2u
Question 22. The equation y ∂∂xu2 + ∂y 2
= 0 in the whole plane x, y is
(a) elliptic;
(b) parabolic;
(c) hyperbolic;
(d) of mixed type.

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 Classical Mechanics
Question 23. A particle moves in space along the path whose parametric equations are
x = 2 cos(2t), y = 2 sin(2t), z = 1,
where x, y, and z are measured in meters and time t is measured in seconds. The speed of
particle is
(a) 2t m/sec;
(b) 4√m/sec;
(c) 5 m/sec;
(d) 4t m/sec.
Question 24. The work done in moving an object along a path from the point (x0 , y0 , z0 ) =
(0, 0, 0) to the point (x1 , y1 , z1 ) = (2, 3, −5) under the applied force
F = (Fx , Fy , Fz ) = (−1, 2, −1)
is given
(a) 4 N·m;
(b) 9 N·m;
(c) 10 N·m;
(d) 13 N·m.