2016
MATHEMATICS
Full Marks: 100
Pass Marks: 30
Time: 3 hours
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
1. Answer the following questions: 1x10=10
- Let
. For
, let
if and only if
. Write down
as a subset of
.
- What is the domain of the function
?
- If
, find
.
- For what value of
, the matrix
is not invertible?
- If A is a square matrix of order 3 such that
, find
.
- A function
is defined as follows
Which one of the following is true?
is continuous at 0 and 1.
is continuous at 1 and 2.
is continuous at 0 and 2.
is continuous at 0, 1 and 2.
- Which one of the following is true? For the function
is strictly decreasing in
is strictly increasing in
is neither increasing nor decreasing in
- What is the unit vector along the vector
?
- What are the direction cosines of the normal to plane
?
- What is the equation of the
?
2. Show that the relation R in the set Z of integers given by, 3+1
Or
A function
is defined by
,
. Examine if
is one-one and onto. 2+2
3. If
, prove that
. 4
Or
Prove that,
4. If
, show that
. Hence find
. 2+2=4
Or
Using elementary row operations, find the inverse of the matrix
5. Show that
is continuous but not differentiable at
. 2+2=4
Or
If
, find
. 4
6. Find the point at which the tangent to the curve
has its slope
. Also find the equation of the tangent at that point. 2+2=4
Or
State Rolle’s Theorem and verify it for the following function. 1+3=4
7. Evaluate the following integrals: 4x2=8
Or
Or
8. Solve: 4
Or
From a differential equation by eliminating the arbitrary constants a and b from 4
9. Show that the family of curves for which the slope of the tangent at any point
on its is
, is given by
. 4
10. Find the area of the parallelogram whose diagonals are given by the vectors
and
. 4
Or
If
, show that
and
are perpendicular to each other. 4
11. Find the shortest distance between the lines whose vector equations are given by
Or
Find the acute angle between the planes whose vector equations are
12. Two cards are drawn successively, without replacement from a well-shuffled pack of 52 cards. Find the probability distribution of the number of aces. 4
Or
A box contains 2 told and 3 silver coins. Another box contains 3 gold and 3 silver coins. A box is chosen at random and a coin is drawn from it. If the selected coin is a gold coin, find the probability that it was drawn from the second box. 4
13. Prove that 6
Or
Show that 6
14. Answer any one:
- Find the maximum and minimum values, if any, of the following functions. 3+3=6
- Find the intervals in which the function
is
- Increasing.
- Decreasing.
15. Find the area of the region in the first quadrant enclosed by the
, the line
and the circle
. 6
Or
Find the area of the region common to the two circles
and
. 6
16. Evaluate
as a limit of a sum. 6
17. Find the vector equation of the plane passing through the intersection of the planes
and
and perpendicular to the vector
. 6
Or
Find the equation of the plane that makes intercepts a, b and c on x, y and z-axes respectively. Also, if p is the length of the normal from the origin to this plane, prove that:- 3+3=6
18. Solve the following linear programming problem graphically. 6
Maximize and minimize 
Subject to constraints 
Or
Maximize the minimize
6
19. The sum and the product of the mean and variance of a binomial distribution are 24 and 128 respectively. Find the distribution. 6
Or
If a fair coin is tossed 10 times, find the probability of getting 2+2+2=6
- Exactly six heads.
- At least six heads.
- At most six heads.