Question 1: What is curl of the vector field 2x2yi + 5z2j - 4yzk? [2019 : 1 Mark, Set-ll]
(a) -14zi-2x2k
(b) 6zi + 4x2j - 2x2k
(c) - 14zi + 6yj + 2x2k
(d) 6zi - 8xyj + 2x2yk
Answer: (a)
Solution:
Question 2: Euclidean norm (length) of the vector [4 -2 -6]r is [2019 : 1 Mark, Set-ll]
Answer: (b)
Solution:
Euclidean norm length
Question 3: The following inequality is true for all x close to 0.
What is tha value of [2019 : 1 Mark, Set-ll]
(a) 1
(b) 0
(c) 1/2
(d) 2
Answer: (d)
Solution:
Question 4: Consider the functions: x = y In φ and y = φ In y. which one of the following the correct expression for [2019 : 2 Mark, Set-l]
Answer: (a)
Solution:
......(i)
Question 5: Which one of the following is NOT a correct statement? [2019 : 2 Marks, Set-I]
(a) The functionhas the global minima at x = e
(b) The function has the global maxima at x = a
(c) The function x3 has neither global minima nor global maxima
(d) The function |x| has the global minima at x = 0
Answer: (a)
Solution: Let y = x1/x
log y = logx/x
y maximum (or) minimum when,
is maximum (or) minimum
Question 6: For a small value of h, the Taylor series expansion for f(x +h) is [2019 : 1 Mark, Set-I]
Answer: (c)
Solution: Taylor series of f (x + h) at x.
f(x + h) = f(x) + (x + h - x)
Question 7: Which of the following is correct? [2019 : 1 Mark, Set-I]
Answer: (d)
Solution:
Question 8: The value (up to two decimal places) of a line along C which is a straight line joining (0, 0) to (1, 1) is _____. [2018 : 2 Marks, Set-II]
Solution:
(0, 0) to (1, 1) line is y = x
Question 9: The value of the integral [2018 : 2 Marks, Set-I]
(d) ∏2
Answer: (b)
Solution:
Question 10: At the point x = 0, the function f(x) = x3 has [2018 : 1 Marks, Set-I]
(a) local maximum
(b) local minimum
(c) both local maximum and minimum
(d) neither local maximum nor local minimum
Answer: (d)
Solution:
Question 11: Consider the following definite integral:
The value of the integral is [2017 : 2 Marks, Set-II]
Answer: (a)
Solution:
Question 12: The tangent to the curve represented by y = x In x is required to have 45° inclination with the x-axis. The coordinates of the tangent point would be [2017 : 2 Marks, Set-II]
(a) (1,0)
(b) (0,1)
(c) (1,1)
(d)
Answer: (a)
Solution:
tan 45° = In x + 1
1 = lnx + 1
⇒ Inx = 0
∴ x = 1
Putting x = 1 in the eq. of curve, we get y = 0.
Question 13: The divergence of the vector field V = x2i + 2y3j + z4k at x = 1, y = 2, z = 3 is _________. [2017 : 1 Mark, Set-II]
Solution:
Question 14: Let w= f(x, y), where x and yare functions of t. Then, according to the chain rule dw/dt [2017 : 1 Mark, Set-II]
Answer: (c)
Solution: W = f(x, y)
By Chain rule,
Question 15: Let x be a continuous variable defined over the interval (-∞, ∞), and The integral is equal to [2017 : 1 Mark, Set-I]
Answer: (b)
Solution:
Let e-x = t
Question 16: [2017 : 1 Mark, Set-I]
Solution: (Applying L'Hospital rule)
=
Question 17: The quadratic approximation of
f(x) = x3 - 3x2 - 5 a the point x = 0 is [2016 : 2 Marks, Set-II]
(a) 3x2 - 6x - 5
(b) -3x2 - 5
(c) -3x2 + 6x - 5
(d) 3x2 - 5
Answer: (b)
Solution: The quadratic approximation of f{x) at the point x = 0 is,
Question 18: The area between the parabola x2 = 8y and the straight line y = 8 is______. [2016 : 2 Marks, Set-II]
Solution: Parabola is x2 = 8y
and straight is y = 0
At the point of intersection, we have,
⇒
Question 19: The angle of intersection of the curves x2 = 4y and y2 = 4x at point (0, 0) is [2016 : 2 Marks, Set-II]
(a) 0°
(b) 30°
(c) 45°
(d) 90°
Answer: (d)
Solution: Given curve,
x2 = 4y .......(i)
and y2 = 4x ........(ii)
Question 20: The area of the region bounded by the parabola y = x2 + 1 and the straight line x + y = 3 is
(a) 59/6
(b) 9/2
(c) 10/3
(d) 7/6
Answer: (b)
Solution: At the point of intersection of the curves,
y = x2 + 1 and x + y = 3 i.e., y = 3 - x , we have,
x2 + 1 - 3 - x ⇒ x2 + x - 2 = 0
⇒ x = -2, 1 and 3 - x > x2 + 1
Question 21: The value of [2016 : 2 Marks, Set-I]
(a) π/2
(b) π
(c) 3π/2
(d) 1
Answer: (b)
Solution:
(Using "division by x")
(Using definition of Laplace transform)
Put s - 0, we get
Question 22: What is the value of [2016 : 1 Mark, Set-II]
(a) 1
(b) -1
(c) 0
(d) Limit does not exit
Answer: (d)
Solution:
(i.e., put x = 0 and then y = 0)
which depends on m.
Question 23: The optimum value of the function f(x) = x2 - 4x + 2 is [2016 : 1 Mark, Set-II]
(a) 2 (maximum)
(b) 2 (minimum)
(c) -2 (maximum)
(d) -2 (minimum)
Answer: (d)
Solution:
f'(x) = 0
⇒ 2x — 4 = 0
⇒ x = 2 (stationary point)
f"(x) = 2 > 0
⇒ f(x) is minimum at x = ?
i.e., (2)2 - 4(2) + 2 = -2
∴ The optimum value of f(x) is -2 (minimum)
Question 24: While minimizing the function f(x), necessary and sufficient conditions for a point x0 to be a minima are [2015 : 1 Mark, Set-II]
(a) f' (x0) > 0 and f" (x0) = 0
(b) f'(x0)< 0 an d f"(x0) = 0
(c) f' (x0) = 0 and f" (x0) < 0
(d) f' (x0) = 0 and f" (x0) > 0
Answer: (d)
Solution: f(x) has a local minimum at x = x0
if f'(x0) = 0 and f''(x0) > 0
Question 25: is equal to [2015 : 1 Mark, Set-II]
(a) e-2
(b) e
(c) 1
(d) e2
Answer: (d)
Solution:
⇒
Which is in the form of
To convert this into 0/0 form, we rewrite as,
⇒
Now it is in 0/0 form.
Using L’Hospital’s rule,
∴ y = e2
Question 26: The directional derivative of the field u(x, y, z) = x2 - 3yz in the direction of the vector at point (2, - 1, 4) is _________. [2015 : 2 Marks, Set-I]
Solution:
Directional derivative
Question 27: The expression is equal to [2014 : 2 Marks, Set-II]
(a) ln x
(b) 0
(c) x ln x
(d) ∞
Answer: (a)
Solution:
Question 28: [2014 : 1 Marks, Set-I]
(a) -∞
(b) 0
(c) 1
(d) ∞
Answer: (c)
Solution: Put
Question 29: The value of [2013 : 2 Marks]
(a) 0
(b) 1/15
(c) 1
(d) 8/3
Answer: (b)
Solution:
⇒
Alternative Method:
Question 30: For the parallelogram OPQR shown in the sketch, The area of the parallelogram is [2011 : 2 Marks]
(a) ad - bc
(b) ac + bd
(c) ad + bc
(d) ab - cd
Answer: (a)
Solution:
The area of parallelogram OPQR in figure shown above, is the magnitude of the vector product
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