Math Aptitude Indicator

This is a Multiple Choice Test. For each question only one answer is correct.

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1. The second order derivative of f (x) = x exp ( x) is
dx2
(A) e x x2 1 (B) e x (x 1) (C) f (x) + 2e x
(D) f (x) 2e x (E) f (x) e x

dy d2 y
2. Given y = ln j1 xj, …nd an expression for +x 2
dx dx
1 1 x 1
(A) (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) 1 x (E) 2
(1 x) (1 x) (1 x) (1 x2 )

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(x + h) x3
3. What is the value of the limiting problem lim
h!0 h

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 1 (D) 3x2 (E) None of the given

answers

2x + sin x
4. Calculate lim
x!0 x (x 1)
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) 1 (E) 3

5. If Z 1
I= x exp x2 dx
0

Then I =
1 1
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) (E)
2 2
Z 1
dx
6. Evaluate the integral
0 x2 + 3x + 2
(A) ln 23 (B) 1 (C) 0 (D) ln 34 (E) ln 43

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 7. What is the nth order term in the Taylor series expansion of the function
f (x) = exp x about x = 3
n n+1
e 3 n e 3 (x + 3) e (x 3)
(A) (x + 3) (B) (C)
n! 2n n! 2n+1 (n + 1)!
n 1 n 1
e 3 (x + 3) e 3 (x 3)
(D) (E)
2n n! 2n (n 1)!

8. Given the Taylor series expansion for

1
X
1 n
=1 x + x2 x3 + :::: = ( 1) xn
1+x n=0

Obtain the series for ln (1 + x)

P
1
n 1 n 1 P
1
n+1 P
1
n xn+1
(A) n2 ( 1) x (B) ( 1) (n + 1) x (C) ( 1)
n=0 n=0 n=0 n+1
P
1 n 1 P
1 n 1
n 1 x n x
(D) n ( 1) (E) ( 1)
n=0 n+1 n=0 n 1

9. Let X be a continuous random variable with distribution

k 1 x3 0 x 1
p (x) =
0 otherwise

Evaluate k
3 4 4 3
(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 3 (D) 2 (E) 2

10. Consider the probability density function (pdf)

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4 1 x2 if jxj 1
p (x) =
0 otherwise

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which a random variable X follows. Find the probability that 0 X 2
3 9 12 1 11
(A) 32 (B) 32 (C) 88 (D) 8 (E) 32

11. Let X be a Normally distributed random variable with mean ( ) = 4 and

standard deviation ( ) = 2. If E[X] denotes the expectation of X, then
the value of E X 2 is
(A) 16 (B) 20 (C) 4 (D) 2 (E) 3

12. A random variable is uniformly distributed over [0; 1] : What is its skew?
(A) 3 (B) None of those listed (C) 6 (D) 2 (E) 4

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13. A Normally distributed random variable with mean has a probability
density function given by
!
2 2
(x )
p exp
2 2

Its standard deviation is given

p by p
2
(A) (B) (C) (D) p (E)
2

14. If f (x; y) = x2 4xy + y 3 + 4y, the sum fxx + fyy is given by

(A) 2 6y (B) 0 (C) 2x + 4 (D) 4 (x + y)
(E) None of the above

15. Obtain the solution to the di¤erential equation

dy 1 + y2
=
dx 1 + x2
Cx Cx C x 1 Cx
(A) (B) (C) (D)
1 Cx 1 + Cx 1 Cx x+C
x+C
(E)
1 Cx

16. The …rst order di¤erential equation

dy
xy = x
dx
has the solution y =
1 2 1 2 1 2
(A) A exp 2x (B) exp 2x 1 (C) exp 2x A
1 2 1 2
(D) A exp 2 x 1 (E) A exp 4x 1

17. Solve y 00 4y 0 + 13y = 0 to obtain y =

(A) e2x (A cos 3x + B sin 3x) (B)e3x fA cos 2x + B sin 2xg (C) Ae2x +Be3x
(D) e3x (A + Bx) (E) e2x (A + Bx)

18. Solve x2 y 00 4xy 0 + 6y = 0 to obtain y =

(A) x3 (A cos (2 ln x) + B sin (2 ln x)) (B) Ax2 + Bx3 (C) x2 (A + B ln x)
(D) x3 (A + B ln x) (E) x2 (A cos (3 ln x) + B sin (3 ln x))
k k
19. Determine those values of k for which =0
8 4k
(A) 0 & 2 (B) 2 & 4 (C) 0 & 2 (D) 2&4 (E) There is
no solution

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 20. Consider the following problem

2x + y z = 1
x 2z = 5
x 2y + 3z = 6

What are the values of x, y & z in turn?

2 3 2 3
x=0 x=1
(A) A solution does not exist (B) 4 y = 0 5 (C) 4 y = 2 5
z=0 z=3
2 3
x= 1
(D) 4 y = 0 5 (E) There are several solutions
z=2
0 1
2 0 1
21. Obtain the determinant of the matrix @ 3 2 3 A
1 3 5
(A) 0 (B) 5 (C) Does not exist (D) 10 (E) 24

22. Consider the vectors u = ( 1; 0; k) and v = (6; 4; 2): What is the

value of k for which the two vectors are orthogonal?
1
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) (E) They can never be orthogonal
2
23. If x = 2 3i is a complex number, then its size is
r
p p 2
(A) 13 (B) 5i (C) 3 (D) 2 (E)
3

24. Consider the function f (x; y) = x2 +y 2 where x = sin 2 and y = cos 2 .

df
is given by
d
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) 1 (E) None of those given

2 2
25. Given the matrix ; the value of the largest eigenvalue is
1 3
(A) 4 (B) 1 (C) 1 (D) 4 (E) the eigenvalues are com-
plex

26. Evaluate Z 1
jxj dx
2

1 1 3 5 5
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
2 2 2 2 2