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Instruction: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only 12. Let A and B be non-empty sets and f : A B be a function. This function is
one answer for each item by shading the box corresponding to the letter of your injective if
choice on the answer sheet provided. A. n(A) n(B) * C. n(A) n(B)
Strictly no erasures allowed. Use pencil no. 1 only.
B. n(A) n(B) D. n(A) n(B)
NOTE: Whenever you come across a caret (^) sign, it means exponentiation.
13. The output Y in the figure below is always 1 when

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1. If R is a relation from a finite set A having m elements to a finite set B having
n elements, then the number of relations from A to B is
A. 2mn C. 2mn *
B. mn D. 2mn - 1 A. two or more of the inputs P,Q,R are 0
B. two or more of the inputs P,Q,R are 1 *
2. Which are subsets of which: A x : x satisfies x 8 12 0 , C. any odd number of the inputs P,Q,R is 0
D. any odd number of the inputs P,Q,R is 1
B 2,4,6, C 2,4,6.8, D=6
A. DABC * C. CABD 14. Which of the following symbolic form represents the statement Jeff speaks
French but not English, if p be Jeff speaks French and let q be Jeff speaks
B. ABDC D. BACD English.
3. The statement, If a triangle is equilateral, then it is not scalene, is logically A. ~p ~q C. p ~q *
equivalent to which of the following?
B. p q D. ~(~q)
I. If a triangle is not scalene, then it is equilateral.
II. If a triangle is not equilateral, then it is scalene. 15. The biconditional p q is true when both the implications p q and q p
III. If a triangle is scalene, then it is not equilateral. are ______________.
A. I only C. III only* A. True * C. Either true or false
B. II only D. I and II only B. False D. None of the above

x2 , x 0 16. Let p denote He is poor and let q denote He is unhappy. What is the
symbolic form using p and q of the statement Being rich is a necessary and
4. The function f(x) 1 , x 0 has sufficient condition to being happy?
x 1 , x 0
A. p q C. ~p q *
A. Jump discontinuity at x=0 B. ~p q D. p q
B. Removable discontinuity at x=0
17. ((a + c) (b + c)) = (a + c) + (b + c) = ac + bc is the transformation of which
C. Discontinuity at x=0* of the following into a sum of products?
D. Point Discontinuity at x=0
A. ((a + c)(a + c)) C. ((a + c)(b + c)) *
5. In this notation n(A B) = n(A) + n(B), n(A) and n(B) is also known as B. ((a + b)(b + c)) D. None of the Above
____________. 18. Let R , , , , , , 1 ,1 , ,1 , , , ,1 , , be a
A. Combination C. Permutation relation on the set , , , 1 . The relation is
B. Cardinality * D. All of the above A. reflexive and symmetric only C. an equivalence relation
B. reflexive only D. reflexive and transitive only*
6. Let the universal set U whole numbers 10 , A x U| x is odd ,
19. What is the 17th term of the Fibonacci sequence?
B x U| x is prime . Find A B .
A. 4597 C. 1597*
A. {3,5,7}* C. {2,3,5,7} B. 3427 D. 1287
B. {1,2,3,5,7} D. {1,2,3,5,7,9}
20. Determine -3.1 , where x denotes the floor function of x.
7. If X and Y are two sets such that n(X) =17, n(Y)=23 and n(XUY)=38, find
n( XY) A. -2 C. -3
B. -4* D. 3
A. 25 C. 40
B. 1 D. 2 * 21. Two teams A and B play in a tournament. The first team to win three games
wins the tournament. In how many ways can the tournament occur?
8. If p and q are propositions then the propositions p and q, is true when both p
and q are true and is false otherwise. This condition is called A. 8 C. 20*
as____________. B. 31 D. 12

A. Negation of p C. Disjunction of p and q 22. Arrange the following steps involved in deducing an expression while
B. Conjuction of p and q * D. Negation of q simplifying logical function using K-Map:
1. Prepare the truth table of the given Boolean expression.
9. Which of the following is logically equivalent to p p q
2. Group the adjacent ones in the K-map and cancel out variables that
A. p q C. p q * undergo a change of state.
B. p q D. p q 3. Draw the skeleton K-map based on the given expression. [ skeleton K-
10. Find the conjunction of the propositions p and q where p is the proposition map refers to a K-map in n variables without any values filled with respect
Today is Sunday and q is the proposition It is raining today. to the given expression.]
4. Fill in the cells of the K-map based on the values obtained from the truth
A. It is raining today and today is Sunday.
B. Today is Sunday and it is not raining today. table.
C. Today is Sunday or it is raining today A. 3,1,4,2 * C. 2,4,3,1
D. Today is Sunday and it is raining today * B. 1,3,2,4 D. 3,2,1,4
11. Let A, B, and C be non-empty sets. Simplify the expression A B C .
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION 1 & 2: THEORIES AND APPLICATIONS

A. C B A * C. A B C
d2y dy
3
y 4 e 1
B. C B A
D. A B C 23. The order of the differential equation
dr 2 dt

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A. 0 C. 2 * 34. Find the equation of the curve which passes through points (1, 4) and (0, 2) if
B. 1 D. 3 d2y
1.
24. Which of the following equations is an exact DE? dx2

A. x2 1 dx xydy 0
C. 2xy dx 2 x2 dy 0 * A. 2y x2 + 3x 4 * C. 4y 2x2 + x 4

B. xdy 3x 2y dx 0 D. x2ydy ydx 0 * B. 5y x2 2x 2 D. 3y 2x2 + x 4

35. An RCL circuit connected in series has R = 10 ohms, C = 10-2 farad, L = 0.5
25. Determine the integrating factor of the differential equation
henry, and an applied voltage E = 12 volts. Assuming no initial current and no
dy
1 x y 1 x 2 initial charge at t = 0 when the voltage is first applied, find the subsequent
dx current in the system.
A. 1 x C. e1 x 12 10t 12 10t
1 A. I e sin10t * C. I e cos10t
B. * D. e x 5 5
x 1 12 12
B. I e 10t cos10t D. I e 10t sin10t
26. A differential equation is said to be linear if 5 5
A. the dependent variable and its differential coefficient occur in the second 36. Find the Wronskian function of e x , e2x , e3x

degree
B. the dependent variable occurs in the first degree A. e 6x C. 2e 6x *
C. the dependent variable and its differential coefficient occur only in the first B. 5e 6x D. 3e 6x
degree *
37. Which of the following is elliptic?
D. the independent variable occurs in the first degree
A. Laplace equation * C. Wave equation
27. In a tank are 100 liters of brine containing 50 kg. total of dissolved salt. Pure
water is allowed to run into the tank at the rate of 3 liters a minute. Brine runs B. Heat equation D. uxx 2uxy 4uyy 0
out of the tank at the rate of 2 liters a minute. The instantaneous concentration
in the tank is kept uniform by stirring. How much salt is in the tank at the end 38. A person places $5000 in an account that accrues interest compounded
of one hour? continuously. Assuming no additional deposits or withdrawals, how much will
be in the account after seven years if the interest rate is a constant 8.5 percent
A. 15.45 kg C. 12.62 kg for the first four years and a constant 9.25 percent for the last three years?
B. 19.53 kg* D. 20.62 kg
A. $ 9272.33 C. $ 2972.33

28. Solve the equation 4xy 3y 2 x dx x x 2y dy 0 B. $ 9271.44 * D. $ 2971.44
39. An object falls from rest in a medium offering a resistance. The velocity of the
2 2
A. x 4xy 4y x c
C. x3 4xy 4y 2 x c object before the object reaches the ground is given by the differential
dv v
B. x2 4xy 4y 2 x c D. x3 4xy 4y 2 x c * equation
dt 10
32 ft / sec . What is the velocity of the object one
second after it falls?
29. Find the particular solution of the nonhomogenous differential equation
A. 40.54 C. 30.45*
y y 4y 8e t cos t
B. 38.65 D. 34.12
10 t 2 10 2
A. y e cos 2t e t sin 2t * C. y e t cos 2t e t sin 2t 40. A tank contains 200 liters of fresh water. Brine containing 2 kg/liter of salt
13 13 13 13 enters the tank at the rate of 4 liters per min, and the mixture kept uniform by
5 7 5 7 stirring, runs out at 3 liters per min. Find the amount of salt in the tank after 30
B. y e t cos 2t e t sin 2t D. y e t cos 2t e t sin 2t
13 13 13 13 min.
30. ccording to Newtons law of cooling, the rate at which a substance cools in A. 196.99 kg* C. 312.69 kg
air is directly proportional to the difference between the temperature of the B. 186.50 kg D. 234.28 kg
substance at that of air. If the temperature of the air is 30 deg C and the d3 f f d2 f
substance cools from 100 deg C to 70 deg C in 15 minutes, how will it take to 41. The Blasius equation, 3 0 , is a
cool 100 deg C to 50 deg C? dn 2 dn2
A. 45.30 min. C. 43.50 min. A. second order nonlinear ordinary differential equation
B. 35.59 min. D. 33.59 min.* B. third order nonlinear ordinary differential equation *
C. third order linear ordinary differential equation
31. During a certain epidemic, the number of people that are infected at any time D. mixed order nonlinear ordinary differential equation
increases at a rate proportional to the number of people that are infected at
that time. If 1,000 people are infected when the epidemic is first discovered,
and 1,200 are infected 7 days later, how many people are infected 12 days ADVANCE MATHEMATICS 1: COMPLEX NUMBERS & MATRICES
after the epidemic is first discovered?
42. If A is SkewHermitian, then iA is
A. 343 C. 1,367*
A. Symmetric C. Skewsymmetric
B. 1,343 D. 2,057
B. Hermitian* D. SkewHermitian.
d2i R di 1 44i is
32. The equation + + i=0 represents a current i flowing in an electrical 43. The real part of the principal value of
dt 2 L dt LC
A. 256 cos(ln4)* C. 64 cos(ln4)
circuit containing resistance R, inductance L and capacitance C connected in
B. 16 cos(ln4) D. 4 cos(ln4)
series. If R 00ohms, L 0. 0 henry and C 0 10 farads, solve the
equation for i given the boundary conditions that when t = 0,i=0 and di =100.
44. Evaluate tanh j
A. i=100te -500t * C. i=50te -500t 3
B. i=10te -500t D. i=5te -500t A. 0.5 + j0.732 C. j1.732*
33. Solve the equation: y '' y ' 2y 0 B. j0.866 D. 0.5 + j0.866
2 1 1 1
x 2x x 2x
A. y c1e c 2e * C. y c1e c 2e 1 2 2 3
45. Solve for the determinant of the matrix
x
B. y c1e c 2e
2x x
D. y c1e c 2e
2x 3 1 1 2
2 3 1 4

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A. 43 C. 86*
B. -43 D. -86 57. If x 1 , then the value of x x is
1 2 9 A. 1 C. x
46. Find the inverse using Gauss Jordan Method 2 4 19

B. e 2 * D. e 2
0 1 2
3i
11 5 2 1 5 2
A. 4 2 1 * C. 6 1 1
58. Evaluate 2z 3 dz
1 2i
2 1 0 1 1 0
A. 17+19i* C. 19+17i
11 5 2 0 5 2 B. 17-19i D. 19-17i
B. 6 6 1 D. 6 0 1 59. For a square matrix A, it is given that I, then is
1 1 0 1 1 0
A. Idempotent matrix C. Orthogonal matrix*
47. Eigen values of a real symmetric matrix are always B. Symmetric matrix D. Diagonal matrix

A. positive C. negative 6 2 2 9 4 4
B. real * D. complex 2
60. Evaluate : A AB BA B Given: A 2
10 3 1 B 4 7 0
48. Find the principal root of z 1 j
2 j 10 5 1 4 0 11

A. z 1.4900 j4.1257 * C. z 4.1257 j1.4900 3 132 29 3 132 92

B. z 1.4900 j4.1257 D. z 4.1257 j1.4900 A. 4 129 12 C. 24 129 21
49. Which of the following statement about matrix is FALSE? 0 48 143 0 94 143
A. A matrix is invertible if and only if its determinant is zero.*
B. A matrix is said to be singular if its determinant is zero. 3 132 29 3 140 92
C. A matrix is invertible if and only if its determinant is not zero. B. 4 129 112 D. 24 119 22 *
D. A matrix is invertible if and only if it is nonsingular.
0 48 143 0 94 143
50. If i 1 , then all of the following expressions are equivalent EXCEPT
61. Which of the following is not the cube root of the complex number i?
A. i4 C. i8
A. -i C. -i
B. (i4)4 D. i4 + i4*
3 i 3 i
3 4i B. D. *
51. The modulus of the complex number 2 2
is
1 2i
A. 5 C. 1 1 a bc
B. * D. 1/5 62. The value of the determinant 1 b c a is
52. Which of the following matrices is a singular matrix? 1 c ab
3 11 3 21
A. C. * A. 0 * C. 1
4 2 4 28 B. a+b+c D. 3
3 1 3 21
B. D. ADVANCE MATHEMATICS 2: VECTOR CALCULUS
3 8 3 28
F1 4i 7j 6k
T
53. An n x n complex matrix A is _____ if and only if . 63. What is the resultant, R, of the vectors F1, F2, and F3? F2 9i 2j 11k
A. Unitary C. Singular
F1 5i 3j 8k
B. Hermitian* D. SkewHermitian
A. R 18i 6j 9k C. R 18i 6j 9k
54. The matrix x P1 , y P2 , z P3 is an B. R 18i 6j 9k D. R 18i 6j 9k *
0 1 0 i 1 0
1 0 i 0 0 1 64. Find the area of the triangle with vertices at P(2,3,5), Q(4,2,-1) and
R(3,6,4).
application of quantum mechanics. This matrix is classified as
A. 10.32* C. 21.25
A. Sparse Matrix C. Stochastic Matrix B. 12.11 D. 25.43
B. Shear Matrix D. Pauli Matrix*
65. Find an equation of the tangent plane to the ellipse paraboloid
55. Which of the following is true? 4x2 y 2 16z 0 at the point (2,4,2).
A. The product of the eigen values of a matrix is equal to the trace of the A. 5x 2y 2z 6 0 C. 3x y z 4 0
matrix. B. 2x y 2z 4 0 * D. x y 2z 2 0
B. The eigen values of a skew - symmetric matrix are real *
C. A is a non zero column matrix and B is a non zero row matrix , then rank of 66. Find the volume of parallelepiped with sides A 3i j , B j 2k and
AB is one. C i 5j 4k .
D. A system of linear non-homogeneous equations is consistent if and only if
A. 34 C. 12
the rank of the coefficient matrix is less than or equal to the rank of the B. 18 D. 20*
augmented matrix.
67. Stokes theorem connects
56. The 5th root of -1 are
A. a line integral and a surface integral*
A. cis( ), cis( ), cis(- ) and cis(- ) B. a surface integral and a volume integral
B. cis(+ ), cis(+ ), -1* C. a line integral and a volume integral
C. cis(+ 10), cis(+ 10), -1 D. gradient of a function and its surface integral
D. -1,i,i+1,-i, and -i-1

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68. What is the magnitude of the gradient of the function f xyz 3 at (1, 0, x2 x3
79. Find the interval of convergence of the series x ...
2). 2 3
A. 0 C. 8* A. 0<x<2 C. -1<x<1*
B. 3 D. B. 1<x<2 D. -1<x<1
69. Determine the divergence of the vector function 80. n inductance of L Henries and a resistance of 10 are connected in series
with an emf of 100 V. If the current is initially zero and is equal to 9 A after 1
F x,y,z xzi e yj 7x yk
x 3
second, find L.
A. z+ex* C. z+yex+21x2y
B. x+y D. x+yex A. 4.34* C. 3.44
B. 5.95 D. 9.55
70. The curl of vector V x,y,z 2x 2i 3z 2 j y 3k at x y 1 is: 81. Which of the following can be used to calculate the root-mean-square (rms)
A. -3i * C. 3i-4j value of a Fourier series that has been truncated after N terms?
B. 3i D. 3i+4j A. Eulers approximation C. Newtons method

71. Consider a vector field A r , the closed loop line integral A dl can B. Parsevals equality* D. LHospitals rule
82. When the product of Fourier transforms is considered, a new concept is called
be expressed as
A. Convolution* C. Conjugation
A. xA ds over the closed surface bounded by the loop * B. Time Scaling D. Translation

B. xA ds over the open surface bounded by the loop

83. What is the inverse kernel of a Laplace transform?
eut
C. eut
C. xA ds over the open volume bounded by the loop
A. *
2i

D. xA ds over the open surface bounded by the loop B. u t D.

euit
2
72. Which of the following row vectors is a probability vector?
3
A. (3/4,0,-1/4,1/2) C. (3/4,1/2,0,1/4) (3)
2
B. (1/4, 0,1/4, 1/2)* D. (1/4, 1/8, 1, 1/8, -1) 9
84. Evaluate:
73. Determine the work done by a force of F Newtons acting at a point A on 2
a body, when A is displaced to point B, the coordinates of A and B A. 15/165 C. 16/105 *
being (2, 5,3) and (1,3, 0) meters respectively, and when F = 2i 5j B. 12/187 D. 18/124
+ 4k Newtons.
85. Find the Fourier series of
A. 54 J C. 48 J
B. 65 J D. 50 J* 0 for 5 x 0
f x
74. xxP where P is a vector, is equal to 3 for 0 x 5
A. PXXP 2P C. 2P P 3 6 x 1 3x
A. f x 2 sin 5 3 sin 5

2
B. P XP D. P P * 2

2 6 x 1 3x
ADVANCE MATHEMATICS 3: SERIES AND TRANSFORMS B. f x 3 sin 5 3 sin 5

1
75. The unilateral Laplace transform of f(t) is . The unilateral Laplace 3 6 x 1 3x
s2 s 1 C. f x 2 sin 5 3 sin 5 *
transform of tf(t) is
2s 1 2s 2 6 x 1 3x
D. f x 3 sin 5 3 sin 5
A. C.

s
2 2
s2 s 1 2
s 1
2s 1 2s 1 x a
B. * D. 86. Find the Fourier transform of f x
x a
s2 s 1 s2 s 1
2 2 0
2 sina 1 sina
76. The Laplace transform of i(t)is given by A. F * C. F

2
I s 2 sina 1 sina
s s 1 B. F D. F
At t , The value of i(t)tends to
A. 0 C. 2* 87. In the network shown below, all initial condition are zero. The damping
B. 1 D. exhibited by the network is
77. Find the Laplace transform of the equation with the given boundary conditions.
f "(t) f(t) sint
f '(0) 0
f(0) 0
A. Over damped C. Under damped *
1 1 B. Critically damped D. NOTA
A. F(s) * C. F(s)
1 s2 s2 2 1 s2 s2 2
88. Laplace transform of F s t 2 2t 3 is
1 1
B. F(s) D. F(s) 1 3 2 31 2
1 s2 s2 2 1 s2 s2 2 A. f t C. f t
s3 s s2 s3 s s2
78. Laplace Transform of e t f t is 2 3 2 2 3 2
B. f t 3 2 * D. f t 3 2
F s s s s s s s
A. F s e s C. a
s
B. F s a * D. F s a

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