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The edges of a parallelepiped are of unit length and are parallel to non-coplanar unit vectors  such that . Then the volume of the parallelepiped is

a)

b)

c)

d)

If  P =  , A =  and Q = PAP^T

then P^T (Q²⁰⁰⁵) P is equal to

a)

b)

c)

d)

Consider three planes
P₁ : x – y + z = 1

P₂ : x + y – z = −1

P₃  : x – 3y + 3z = 2

Let L₁, L₂, L₃ be lines of intersection of planes P₂ and P₃, P₃ and P_1, and P₁ and P₂ respectively.

Statement 1 – At least two of the lines L₁, L₂, L₃ are non parallel

Statement 2 – The three planes do not have a common point.

a) Statement 1 is true. Statement 2 is true. Statement 2 is a correct explanation of statement 1.

b) Statement 1 is true. Statement 2 is true. Statement 2 is not a correct explanation of statement 1.

c) Statement 1 is true. Statement 2 is false.

d) Statement 1 is false. Statement 2 is true.

Show that the system of equations
3x – y + 4z = 3
x + 2y − 3z = −2
6x + 5y + λz = −3
has at least one solution for any real number λ ≠ −5. Find the set of solutions if λ = −5

a)

b)

c)

d)

The solution of primitive equation
 is . If  and  then is

a)

b)

c)

d)

If  then prove that

If M is a 3 x 3 matrix where det (M) = 1 and MM^T = I, then prove that det (M – I) = 0.

Let f(x) be defined for all x > 0 and be continuous. If f(x) satisfies  for all x, y and f(e)=1 then

a) f(x) is bounded

b)

c) x f(x) → 1 as x → 0

d) f(x) = lnx

The number of values of x where the function  attains its maximum is

a) 0

b) 1

c) 2

d) infinite

The domain of the definition of the function y given by the equation  is

a) 0 < x < 1

b) 0 ≤ x ≤ 1

c) ∞ < x ≤ 0

d) ∞ < x ≤ 1

Solution of the differential equation is

Let A =

If U₁, U_2, U₃ are column matrices satisfying
AU₁ =  , AU₂ =  and AU₃ =

and U is a 3 x 3 matrix whose columns are U₁, U_2, U₃  then the value of [ 3  2  0 ] U  is

a)

b)

c)

d)

Let f(x) =   , x ≠  then for what value of α, f(f(x)) = x

a)

b)

c)

d)

If  and  then f is

a) One-one and onto

b) One-one but not onto

c) Onto but not one-one

d) Neither one-one nor onto

If
and
Then f – g is

a) Neither one to one nor onto

b) One to one and onto

c) One to one and into

d) Many one and onto

Let a, b, c, d be real numbers in geometric progression. If u, v, w satisfy the system of equations

 
 
 
Then show that the roots of the equation
 
 
and  are reciprocal of each other.

Subjective Problems
Let f (x + y) = f (x) . f (y) for all x, y. Suppose f (5) = 2 and  = 3. Find f (5).

Find the natural number a for which  where the function f satisfies the relation f(x + y) = f(x) f(y) for all natural numbers x and y and further f(1) = 2.

The interior angles of a polygon are in Arithmetic Progression. The smallest angle is 120° and the common difference is 5. Find the number of sides of the polygon.

If where a > 0 and n is a positive integer then f(f(x)) = x.

a) True

b) False

A vector a has components 2p and 1 with respect to a rectangular cartesian system. This system is rotated through a certain angle about the origin in the counter clockwise sense. If with respect to new system a has components p + 1 and 1 then

a) p ≠ 0

b) p = 1 or p =

c) p = −1 or

d) p = 1 or p = −1

e) None of these

The domain of the function  is

If f is an even function defined on (−5, 5) then the four real values of x satisfying the equation  are

Let a₁, a₂, … a_n be positive real numbers in Geometric Progression. For each n let A_n, G_n, H_n be respectively the arithmetic mean, geometric mean and harmonic mean of a₁, a₂, .  .  .  ., a_n. Find the expressions for the Geometric mean of G₁, G₂, .  .  .  .G_n in terms of A₁, A₂, .  .  .  .,A_n; H₁, H₂, .  .  .  .H_n

Let  , 0 < x < 2 are integers m ≠ 0, n > 0 and let p be the left hand derivative of |x − 1| at x = 1. If , then

a) n = −1, m = 1

b) n = 1, m = −1

c) n = 2, m = 2

d) n > 2, n = m