CSIR NET Mathematical Sciences Paper With Solution

CSIR NET 30 November 2020 Question Paper with solution
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General Aptitude:
1. Dots are placed at the intersections of a grid.
How many triangles one can draw by joining these dots?

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(a) 74
(b) 76
(c) 78
(d) 84
2. The shaded circles having diameter of 1, 0.5, 0.25 and 0.125 cm are inside squares of side 1 cm. The
ratio of shaded area in A and B is one. The ratio of shaded area in C and D would be
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(a) 0.75
(b) 1
(c) 1.25
(d) 1.5
3. The first day of the year 2020 was a Wednesday. The first day of 2021 would be a
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(a) Wednesday
(b) Thursday
(c) Friday
(d) Monday
4. Milk rises rapidly at boiling point because

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(a) it becomes hotter than the vessel at boiling point
(b) its temperature rapidly increases at boiling point
(c) its bulk density rapidly decreases and it becomes more buoyant at boiling point
(d) its vapour pressure rapidly decreases at boiling point
5. The number of unit squares that can be fitted inside a circle of some finite diameter d is at the
most
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(a) πd2 /4 − 1
(b) πd2

(c) πd2 /4

(d) π(d − 1)2 /4
6. Which combination of square tiles shown below can produce the given pattern on the floor?
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(a) and
(b) and
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(c) and
(d) and
7. Along the common radial direction from the center of two concentric circles of radii 100 m and
150 m, point A is on the circumference of the inner circle and point B is on the circumference of
the outer circle. The points A and B start moving on the respective circles with a speed of 8 m/s,
at the same instant, but in opposite directions. After how many seconds, approximately, would
they again cross each other along a common radial direction?
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(a) 31
(b) 37
(c) 47
(d) 53
8. The coding genes form a tiny fraction of about 2% of the total human genome. If the total human
genome is written on a pack of 50 cards, the number of cards corresponding to coding genes would
be
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(a) One card

(b) Two cards
(c) Three cards
(d) Four cards
9. In an examination, each of the two brilliant students got 100 out of 100 and each of the remaining
six students scored less than 12. There is no provision of getting negative marks. If N = Median
score of the students and M = Mean score of the students, which of the following is true?
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(a) M > 2N
(b) 3N/2 < M ≤ 2N
(c) N ≤ M ≤ 3N/2
(d) From the above information nothing can be said about the relationship between the Median
score of the students and the Mean score of the students.
10. Fifteen females participate in a singles badminton tournament. If a player is eliminated as soon as
she loses a match, how many matches are required to determine the winner?
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(a) 30
(b) 29
(c) 15
(d) 14

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11. A tap takes 6 hours to fill a water tank, a second tap takes 5 hours, a third 4 hours and a fourth
3 hours. How long, approximately, would it take to fill the tank if all the taps are used together?
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(a) 1 hour
(b) 1.5 hours
(c) 2 hours
(d) 2.5 hours
12. A 3.1 m × 2.2 m × 2.1 m block of granite is cut to have maximum number of 3 m × 2 m sized
slabs having thickness of 4 cm. These slabs are used to make a 1.5 m wide pavement. What is the
maximum length (in meters) of pavement that can be made using these slabs?
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(a) 200
(b) 220
(c) 400
(d) 440
13. A fair coin is tossed 8 times independently. What is the probability that the third toss results in
a head?
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(a) 1/8
(b) 1/4
(c) 1/2
(d) 3/28
14. A box contains 3 white and 5 black balls. What is the probability of choosing 1 white and 1 black
ball, if two balls are drawn at random, one by one, with replacement?
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(a) 15/64
(b) 15/32
(c) 3/32
(d) 3/28
15. Suppose the standard deviation of the body temperatures of 17 persons measured in degrees Fahren-
heit is 2.7 . Which of the following is the standard deviation of the above 17 temperatures measured
in degrees Celsius?
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(a) 3.5
(b) 2.7
(c) 2.5
(d) 1.5

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16. Three liquids, A, B and C having densities of 3, 2 and 1 g/cc respectively, are mixed in the volume
proportion of 1 : 2 : 3 to form a 6 ml solution. What will be the density (in g/cc) of the solution?
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(a) 1.7
(b) 2.0
(c) 2.5
(d) 3.0
17. Probability of selection of Alex for a post is 8/11 and for Gafoor it is 5/14. The selection of one is
independent of the other. What is the probability of selection of only one of them for the post?
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25
(a) 72
67
(b) 154
87
(c) 154
15
(d) 72
18. A girl is running at a constant speed along a straight path to catch a bus that is some distance
away from her and stationary. Before she reaches the bus, it accelerates away from her. Which of
the following graphs is a possible depiction of their motion?
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(a)
(b)

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(c)
(d)
19. An isosceles triangle, ABC, is inside a square of side of 1 cm where AD = DB.

Which one of the following graphs represents cumulative area cm2 of the square and the triangle
when moving from A to B ?
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(a)
(b)

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(c)
(d)
20. Four locations A, B, C and D are along a straight road. Distance between A and C is 30 km. From
A, a bus starts at 8 am to reach B, and another bus from C starts at 8 : 30 am to reach D. The
buses move away from A, in the same direction with speed of the first being double of the second.
They meet at 9am, at a place covering 80% of the respective distances they are to travel. Then
what is the distance between B and D?
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(a) 37.5 km
(b) 25.0 km
(c) 12.5 km
(d) 7.5 km

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Part - B
1. Suppose that A and B are two non-empty subsets of R and C = A ∩ B. Which of the following
conditions imply that C is empty?
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(a) A and B are open and C is compact
(b) A and B are open and C is closed
(c) A and B are both dense in R
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2. Let M be a 5 × 5 matrix with real entries such that Rank(M ) = 3. Consider the linear system
M x = b. Let the row-reduced echelon form of the augmented matrix [M b] be R and let R[i, :]
denote the i-th row of R. Suppose that the linear system admits a solution. Which of the following
statements is necessarily true?
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(a) R[3, :] = [0 1 0 ∗ ∗ ∗]
(b) R[5, :] = [0 0 1 0 ∗ ∗]
(c) R[4, :] = [0 0 0 1 ∗ ∗]
(d) R[4, :] = [0 0 0 0 0 0] Click here for demo solution
3. Which of the following is an inner product on the vector space of all real-valued continuous functions
on [0, 1]?
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Z 1
(a) ⟨f, g⟩ = f (t)g(t) dt
0
Z 1
(b) ⟨f, g⟩ = |f (t)g(t)| dt
0
(c) ⟨f, g⟩ = f (0)g(0) + f (1)g(1)
Z 1
(d) ⟨f, g⟩ = f (t)g(t) dt
0
4. Let Y = {1, 2, 3, . . . , 100} and let h : Y → Y be a strictly increasing function. The total number
of functions g : Y → Y satisfying
g(h(j)) = h(g(j)), ∀j ∈ Y
is
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(a) 0
(b) 100!
(c) 100100
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1 1 1 1
5. The sum of the finite series S = − + − + . . . is equal to
2 3 × 1! 4 × 2! 5 × 3!
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1
(a) 2 −
e
2
(b) 1 −
e
2
(c) − 1
e
1
(d) − 2
e
6. Let A be an n × n matrix of rank 1. Let α = det(I + A), where I is the identity matrix, and let
β = trace(A). Which of the following is true?
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(a) β − α = 1
(b) α − β = 1
(c) α < β + 1
(d) α > β + 1
7. Let f be a nonconstant polynomial of degree k and let g : R → R be a bounded continuous function.
Which of the following statements is necessarily true?
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(a) There always exists x0 ∈ R such that f (x0 ) = g(x0 )
(b) There is no x0 ∈ R such that f (x0 ) = g(x0 )
(c) There exists x0 ∈ R such that f (x0 ) = g(x0 ) if k is even
(d) There exists x0 ∈ R such that f (x0 ) = g(x0 ) if k is odd
8. Let a, b, and c be distinct integers. Let A be the matrix
 2
b2 c2

a
A =  a5 b5 c5 
a11 b11 c11
Which among the following is the set of all possible ranks of A?

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(a) {3}
(b) {2, 3}
(c) {1, 2, 3}
(d) {0, 1, 2, 3}

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9. Let us define a matrix A ∈ Mn (R) to be positive if for every column vector v ∈ Rn we have
⟨Av, v⟩ ≥ 0, where ⟨·, ·⟩ is the standard inner product on Rn . Let
 
α 1 1
Aα,β =  1 0 0 
1 0 β
Let S = {(α, β) ∈ R2 : Aα,β is positive}. Which of the following statements is true?

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(a) S is empty
(b) (α, β) ∈ S if and only if αβ > 0
(c) (α, β) ∈ S if and only if α + β + 4 > 0
(d) S = R2
10.
((n + 1)(n + 2) . . . (n + n))1/n
lim
n→∞ n
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e
(a) Is equal to 4
4
(b) Is equal to e
(c) Is equal to e
(d) Does not exist
11. Let S = {u1 , . . . , uk } be a subset of non-zero vectors from Rn . Now, consider the two statements
given below:
I. If S is linearly dependent in Rn then uk is a linear combination of u1 , . . . , uk−1 .
II. If S is linearly independent set in Rn then k < n.
Which of the following statements is true?
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(a) Statement I is FALSE and Statement II is TRUE
(b) Statement I is TRUE end Statement II is FALSE
(c) Both Statement I and Statement II are FALSE
(d) Both Statement I and Statement II are TRUE

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12. An infinite binary word a is a string (a1 a2 a3 · · · ), where each an ∈ {0, 1}. Fix a word
s = (s1 s2 s3 · · · ), where sn = 1 if and only if n is prime.
Let S = {a = (a1 a2 a3 · · · ) | ∃m ∈ N such that an = sn , ∀n ≥ m}. What is the cardinality of S?
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(a) 1
(b) Finite but more than 1
(c) Countably infinite
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13. Suppose f : [0, 1] × [0, 1] → (0, 1) × (0, 1) is a continuous non-constant function. Which of the
following statements is NOT true?
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(a) Image of f is uncountable

(b) Image of f is a path connected set
(c) Image of f is a compact set
(d) Image of f has non-empty interior
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14. Define f : C → C by f (z) = ||z|2 − 1| . Which of the following statements is true?
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(a) f is complex differentiable at all complex numbers except for z ∈ {0, 1}

(b) f is complex differentiable only at z = 0
(c) f is complex differentiable only at z = 1
(d) f is complex differentiable only for z ∈ {0, 1}
15. Let G be a group of order 2020. Which of the following statements is necessarily true?
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(a) G is not a simple group
(b) G has exactly four proper subgroups
(c) G is a cyclic group
(d) G is abelian
f (z) g(z)
16. Let f, g be entire functions such that limz→∞ n = limz→∞ n = 1 for some fixed positive
z z
integer n. Which of the following statements is true?
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(a) f = g
(b) f − g is necessarily a polynomial of degree at most n − 1
(c) There exist f, g with these properties such that f − g is a polynomial of degree n
(d) There exist f, g with these properties such that f − g is not a polynomial.
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17. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
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(a) The polynomial ring Z[x] is a Principal Ideal Domain (PID)
(b) The polynomial ring Q[x] is a Principal Ideal Domain (PID)
(c) The polynomial ring Z[x] is a Unique Factorization Domain (UFD)
(d) The polynomial ring Q[x] is a Unique Factorization Domain (UFD)
18. The last two digits of 32019 are
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(a) 27
(b) 37
(c) 57
(d) 67

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19. A function f : C → C is said to be analytic at ∞, if the function g defined by g(w) = f is
w
analytic at 0 with an appropriate value given for g(0). Which of the following statements is true?
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(a) Any non-constant polynomial is analytic at ∞
(b) If f is analytic at ∞ then f is bounded
1
(c) For any z0 in C, the function f (z) = e z−z0 is analytic at ∞
(d) Any entire function can be extended to an analytic function at ∞
20. Let f be a holomorphic function on the disc {z ∈ C : |z| < 2}. Assume that the only zero of f in
the closed unit disc {z ∈ C : |z| ≤ 1} is a simple zero at the origin. Let γ be the positively oriented
circle {z ∈ C : |z| = 1}. The integral Z
dz
equals
γ (z)
f
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(a) 2πif ′ (0)

(b) 2πif ′′ (0)
(c) 2πi/f ′ (0)
(d) 2πi/f ′′ (0)
21. Which of the following is solution to: ux + x2 uy = 0 with u(x, 0) = ex ?

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(a) ex
3 1/3
(b) e(x +y)
3 1/3
(c) e(x −3y)

(d) x2 y + 1 ex

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22. Consider the differential equation
x2 y ′′ − 2x(x + 1)y ′ + 2(x + 1)y = 0
If a polynomial is a solution then the degree of the polynomial is equal to

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(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
23. Consider the Newton-Raphson method applied to approximate the square root of a positive number
α. A recursion relation for the error √
en = xn − α
is given by
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1 α
(a) en+1 = en +
2 en

1 α
(b) en+1 = en −
2 en
1 e2n
(c) en+1 = √
2 en + α
e2n
(d) en+1 = √
en + 2 α
24. Consider continuous solutions f of the following integral equation is [0, 1].
Z t
f 2 (t) = 1 + 2 f (s)ds, ∀t ∈ [0, 1]
0
Which of the following statements is true?

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(a) There is no solution
(b) There is exactly one solution
(c) There are exactly two solutions
(d) There are more than two solutions
25. For λ ∈ R, consider the system of differential equations
x′1 = x1 + 2x2 + 2x3 ,

x′2 = 2x1 + x3 ,
x′3 = −x3 + 2x2 + λx3 .
⃗ te2t (for some ⃗a ) is a solution of the system then the value of λ is equal to
If ⃗x(t) = α

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(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 6
(d) 1
26. The Euler equations satisfied by the extremals of the functional
Z 5
y + x3 y ′ dx
2
J(y) =
0
define a solution curve in the (x, y) plane which is

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(a) linear
(b) quadratic
(c) cubic
(d) trigonometric
27. Consider the ODE

1
tẏ − 3y = t2 y 2 , y(1) = 1
Find the value of y(2).
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(a) 14
(b) 16
(c) 0
(d) 8
28. A body moves freely in a uniform gravitational field. The trajectory lies on which of the following
curves in phase space?
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(a) Straight line in phase space

(b) Parabola in phase space
(c) Hyperbola in phase space
(d) Ellipse in phase space
29. Consider the following Linear Programming Problem.
Maximise: 4x + 5y
subject to

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2x + 3y ≤ 14
x + 2y ≤ 9
x+y ≤6
x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0
What is the optimal value of the objective function?

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(a) 24
(b) 26
(c) 27
(d) 25

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Part - C
1. Let A be a 3 × 3 nilpotent matrix. Which of the following statements are necessarily true?
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(a) (I + A)n = I for some n > 0 where I is the identity matrix
(b) The column space of A is {0}
(c) The eigenvalues of A are roots of 1
(d) A3 is diagonalizable
2. Let f (x, y) = (u(x, y), v(x, y)) : R2 → R2 be a differentiable function. Let A denote the matrix of
the derivative of f at the origin (0, 0) with respect to the standard basis of R2 . Assume
f (y, −x) = (v(x, y), −u(x, y)) for all (x, y) ∈ R2 . Which of the following statements are possibly
true?
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1 0
(a) A =
0 1

0 −1
(b) A =
1 0

1 2
(c) A =
−1 −2

2 1
(d) A =
−1 2
3. Let C0 (R) be the space of all continuous functions on R such that limx→±∞ f (x) = 0. Let C0 (R)
be equipped with the norm of uniform convergence. Let (fn ) be a sequence in C0 (R) and f ∈
C0 (R). Which of the following statements are correct?
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(a) If fn → f uniformly on compact sets then ∥fn − f ∥ → 0
(b) If ∥fn − f ∥ → 0 then fn → f uniformly on compact sets
(c) fn → f uniformly on compact sets if and only if ∥fn − f ∥ → 0
(d) Neither of the two statements fn → f uniformly on compact sets and “∥fn − f ∥ → 0“ imply
the other
4. Which of the following functions are uniformly continuous on (0, 1) ?
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1
(a)
x
1
(b) sin
x
1
(c) x sin
x
sin x
(d)
x

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5. Let x, y be real numbers such that 0 < y ≤ x and let n be a positive integer. Which of the following
statements are true?
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(a) ny n−1 (x − y) ≤ xn − y n
(b) nxn−1 (x − y) ≤ xn − y n
(c) ny n−1 (x − y) ≥ xn − y n
(d) nxn−1 (x − y) ≥ xn − y n
6. Let A be an m × n matrix. Let A(1, :), A(:, 1) and A(1, 1) be the matrices obtained from A by
deleting row 1, deleting column 1, and deleting both row 1 and column 1 respectively. Which of
the following hold?
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(a) (rank A) − 2 ≤ rank A(1, 1) ≤ rank A

(b) rank A(1, :) = rank A(:, 1)
(c) If rank A = rank A(1, :) = rank A(:, 1), then rank A = rank A(1, 1)
(d) rank A(1, :) + rank A(:, 1) + 2 ≥ 2 rank A
7. Let f : [0, 1] → (0, 1) be a function. Which of the following statements are FALSE?
[QID : 7720331072]
(a) If f is onto, then f is continuous

(b) If f is continuous, then f is not onto
(c) If f is one-to-one, then f is continuous
(d) If f is continuous, then f is not one-to-one
8. A 100 × 100 matrix A = (ai,j ) is such that ai,j = i if i + j = 101 and ai,j = 0 otherwise. Which of
the following statements are true about A ?
[QID : 7720331070]
(a) A is similar to diagonal matrix over R
(b) A is not similar to a diagonal matrix over C
(c) One of the eigenvalues of A is 10
(d) None of the real eigenvalues of A exceeds 51
9. Let {xn } be a sequence of positive real numbers. Which of the following statements are true?
[QID : 7720331057]
(a) If the two subsequences {x2n } and {x2n+1 } converge, then the sequence {xn } converges
(b) If {(−1)n xn } converges, then the sequence {xn } converges
xn+1 n
1/n
o
(c) If limn→∞ exists then (xn ) is bounded
xn
(d) If the sequence {xn } is unbounded then every subsequence is unbounded

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10. Let M ∈ Mn (R) with M ̸= 0, In but M 2 = M . Which of the following statements are true?
[QID : 7720331067]
(a) Null(M ) is the eigenspace of M corresponding to the eigenvalue 0
(b) Let x ∈ Col(M ) with x ̸= 0. Then x is an eigenvector of M corresponding to the eigenvalue
1
(c) Let x ∈
/ Null(M ). Then x is an eigenvector of M corresponding to the eigenvalue 1
(d) Rn = Col(M ) + Null(M )
11. For any two non-negative integers n, k define fn,k (x) on [0, 1] by
( π
xn sin − xk x ̸= 0
fn,k (x) = 2x
0 x = 0.
In which of the following cases is the function fn,k a function of bounded variation?
[QID : 7720331062]
(a) for all n ≥ 1 and for all k ≥ 0

(b) for all n ≥ 1 and k = 0
(c) for all n ≥ 0 and for all k ≥ 2
(d) for all n ≥ 2 and for all k ≥ 0
12. Let {v1 , v2 , v3 } be an orthonormal basis of R3 . Let V be the 3 × 3 matrix whose columns are
v1 , v2 , v3 . Which of the following statements are necessarily true?
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(a) V V T = I
(b) V T V = I
(c) V = V T
(d) Determinant of V is not zero
13. Let f (x) = ex for x ∈ R. Which of the following statements are correct?
[QID : 7720331058]
(a) There is a real C > 0 such that |f (x) − 1 − x| ≤ Cx2 for all x ∈ R
x2
(b) There is a real C > 0 such that f (x) − 1 − x − 2 ≤ C|x|3 for all x ∈ [−1, 1]
x2 x3
(c) There is a real C > 0 such that f (x) − 1 − x − 2 − 3! ≤ Cx4 for all x ∈ R
x2 x3
(d) There is a real C > 0 such that f (x) − 1 − x − 2 − 3! ≤ Cx4 for all x ∈ [−1, 1]

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14. Consider the identity function f (x) = x on I := [0, 1]. Let Pn be the partition that divides I into
n equal parts. If U (f, Pn ) and L (f, Pn ) are the upper and lower Riemann sums, respectively, and
An = U (f, Pn ) − L (f, Pn ), then:
[QID : 7720331061]
(a) limn→∞ nAn = 0
P∞
(b) n=1 An is convergent
(c) An is strictly monotonically decreasing
P∞
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15. Let W1 = : a, b ∈ R and W2 = : a, b ∈ R be two subspaces of
−b 2a −b −a
M2 (R). Which of the following statements are true?
[QID : 7720331068]

0 0
(a) W1 ∩ W2 =
0 0

0 0
(b) is a proper subset of W1 ∩ W2
0 0
(c) W1 + W2 = M2 (R)
(d) W1 + W2 is a proper subset of M2 (R)
16. Let {y1 , y2 , y3 , y4 } be an orthonormal basis of R4 . Which of the following are orthonormal bases?
[QID : 7720331073]
(a) {y1 + y2 , y1 − y2 , y3 , y4 }
(b) {y3 , y4 , −y1 , y2 }

y1 + y2 y1 − y2
(c) , , y3 , y4
2 2

3y1 + 4y2 4y1 − 3y2
(d) , , y3 , y4
5 5
17. Which of the following functions f admit an inverse in an open neighbourhood of the point f (p)?
[QID : 7720331064]

(a) For p = (1, 0) and f (x, y) = x3 exp y + y − 2x, 2xy + 2x
(b) For p = (1, π) and f (r, θ) = (r cos θ, r sin θ)
(
x + 2x2 sin x1 if x ̸= 0
(c) For p = 0 and f (x) =
0 if x = 0
(
x2 sin x1 if x ̸= 0
(d) For p = 0 and f (x) =
0 if x = 0

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18. Let N = {1, 2, 3, . . .} be the set of natural numbers. Which of the following functions from N × N
to N are injective?
[QID : 7720331056]
(a) f1 (m, n) = 2m 3n
(b) f2 (m, n) = mn + m + n
(c) f3 (m, n) = m2 + n3
(d) f4 (m, n) = m2 n3
19. Let X = N ∪ {∞, −∞}. Let τ be the topology on X consisting of subsets U of X such that either
U ⊂ N or X\U is finite. Let A = N ∪ {∞} and B = N ∪ {−∞}.
Which of the following subsets are compact?
[QID : 7720331085]
(a) A
(b) X\A
(c) A ∪ B
(d) A ∩ B
20. Which of the following statements are true for α ∈ R?
[QID : 7720331082]
(a) If α3 is algebraic over Q, then α is algebraic over Q.
√
(b) α could be algebraic over Q[ 2] but may not be algebraic over Q.
(c) α need not be algebraic over any subfield of R.
√
(d) There is an α which is not algebraic over Q[ −1].
21. Let D ⊂ C be the open unit disc. Consider the family F of all holomorphic maps
f : D → D such that f (0) = 1/2. For f ∈ F, the possible values of |f ′ (0)| are
[QID : 7720331077]
(a) 7/8
(b) 5/6
(c) 3/4
(d) 1
22. For positive integers m and n, let gcd(m, n) denote their greatest common divisor. Let m > n be
such that gcd(m, n) = 1. Which of the following statements are true?
[QID : 7720331080]
(a) gcd(m − n, m + n) = 1
(b) gcd(m − n, m + n) can have a prime divisor
(c) There exist integers x, y such that nx − my = 3
(d) gcd(m − n, m + n) can be an odd prime

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23. Let N = {1, 2, . . .} denote the set of positive integers. For n ∈ N, let
An = (x, y, z) ∈ N3 : xn + y n = z n and z < n .

Let F (n) be the cardinality of the set An . Which of the following statements are true?
[QID : 7720331078]
(a) F (n) is always finite for n ≥ 3
(b) F (2) = ∞
(c) F (n) = 0 for all n
(d) F (n) is non-zero for some n > 2
24. Let G be the cyclic group of order 8 and H = S5 be the permutation group of 5 elements. Which
of the following statements are necessarily true?
[QID : 7720331081]
(a) There exists no nontrivial group homomorphism from G to H
(b) There exists no injective group homomorphism from G to H
(c) There exists no surjective group homomorphism from G to H
(d) There are more than 20 different group homomorphisms from G to H

25. Consider the set S := {exp(2πiθ) : θ is a rational number}. For each z ∈ S the set z n! : n is a positive integer
is:
[QID : 7720331074]
(a) countable
(b) countably infinite
(c) uncountable
(d) finite
26. Which of the following statements are true?
[QID : 7720331084]
(a) Any compact topological space is metrizable
(b) Any continuous image of a Hausdorff topological space is Hausdorff
(c) If f : X → Y is continuous and one-to-one, and Y is Hausdorff, then X is Hausdorff
(d) Intersection of two connected subsets of R with the usual topology is either empty or connected
27. For z ∈ C let ℜz denotes its real part. Let f be an entire function satisfying |f (z)| ≤ |z||ℜz| on C.
Which of the following statements are true?
[QID : 7720331076]
(a) f (0) = 0
(b) f ′ (0) = 0

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(c) The only entire function satisfying the given property is f (z) ≡ 0
(d) There exists a non-constant entire function satisfying the given property.
28. Fix a positive real number c. Consider the locus of all points z ∈ C such that
z−i
=c
z+i

[QID : 7720331075]
(a) If c > 1, the locus is a circle centered on the imaginary axis

(b) If c < 1, the locus is a circle centered on the real axis
(c) If c = 1, the locus is a straight line parallel to the imaginary axis
(d) If c = 1, the locus is a straight line not passing through the origin.
29. For a positive integer n, let φ(n) be the Euler’s φ-function. Which of the following statements are
true for n > 3?
[QID : 7720331079]
(a) φ(n) can never divide n
(b) φ(n) | n ⇒ there exist integers x, y such that nx + 6y = 1
(c) φ(n) | n ⇒ n can have at most two distinct prime divisors
(d) φ(n) | φ(nk) for every positive integer k
30. Let p > 2019 be a prime number. Consider the polynomial
f (x) = x2 − 3 x2 − 673 x2 − 2019

How many roots can f possibly have in the finite field Fp ?

[QID : 7720331083]
(a) 0
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 6
31. Let f : R2 → R be a locally Lipschitz function. Consider the system of ODEs given by
ẋ1 = sin (ex2 ) , ẋ2 = f (x1 , x2 ) with initial condition (x1 (0), x2 (0)) = (1, 1). Which of the following
statements is true?
[QID : 7720331088]
(a) There is at most one local solution at time 0
(b) There always exists a global solution defined in [0, ∞)
(c) There might not be any solution around the time 0
(d) There is at least one solution around time 0

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32. Consider a body of unit mass moving under an attractive central force. At a certain radius R, the
body moves in a circular orbit. Which of the following are true?
[QID : 7720331097]
L2
(a) The force must be equal to − where L is the angular momentum of the body
R3
(b) The force can be any strictly negative valued function of R
(c) The force can only be of the inverse square law form
(d) The force cannot be of the form −kR
33. Let K(x, y) be a kernel in [0, 1] × [0, 1], defined as
(
x(1 − y) 0 ≤ x ≤ y ≤ 1
K(x, y) =
y(1 − x) 0 ≤ y ≤ x ≤ 1
and K be the associated integral operator. Then K : L2 ([0, 1]) → L2 ([0, 1])
[QID : 7720331095]
(a) is positive definite
(b) is self-adjoint
(c) has a non-zero null space
(d) is onto
34. Which of the following are solutions of the Laplace equation uxx + uyy = 0 in the unit disk
D = {(x, y) : x2 + y 2 < 1}?
[QID : 7720331089]
(a) x5 + 2x2 y 3 − y 5
(b) x2 + 2xy − y 2
(c) cos(y)ex + sin(x)ey
1+x
(d)
1 + 2x + x2 + y 2
35. Let S be the set of all continuous functions f : [0, 1] → [0, ∞) that satisfy
Z 1 Z 1
1 1
x2 f (x) dx = xf 2 (x) dx +
0 2 0 8

[QID : 7720331092]
(a) S is an empty set
(b) S has at most one element
(c) S has at least one element
(d) S has more than two elements

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36. Let K(x, y) be a kernel in [0, 1] × [0, 1], defined as K(x, y) = sin(xy). The integral equation
Z 1
u(x) = sin(x) + K(x, y)u(y) dy
0
[QID : 7720331096]
(a) is uniquely solvable and the solution is differentiable

(b) has more than one differentiable solution
(c) has no solution
(d) is solvable and the solution is not differentiable
37. Consider the partial differential equation (PDE)

2 2
∂u ∂u ∂u ∂u ∂u ∂u
x +y + (x + y) −u + +1=0
∂x ∂y ∂x ∂y ∂x ∂y

[QID : 7720331090]
(a) The general solution of the PDE can be expressed in the form
1
u(x, y) = ax + by + , where a and b are arbitrary constants.
a+b
(b) The general solution of the PDE can be expressed in the form
1
u(x, y) = f (ax+by)+ , where a and b are arbitrary constants and f is an arbitrary function.
a+b
(c) The Charpit’s equations are
dx dy du dp dq
= 2 = = =
p2 + pq q + pq 2 2
p(p + pq) + q(p + pq) 0 0
(d) The Charpit’s equations are
dx dy du dp dq
= = = =
2xp + (x + y)q − u 2yq + (x + y)p − u p(2xp + (x + y)q − u) + q(2yq + (x + y)p − u) 0 0
38. Let x and y be continuously differentiable functions on [0, ∞) that satisfy the respective initial
value problems (ODEs)
dx
+ (sin t − 1)x = log(1 + t), x(0) = 1
dt
dy
+ (sin t − 1)y = t, y(0) = 2.
dt
Define z(t) = y(t) − x(t) for t ≥ 0. Which of the following statements are true?
[QID : 7720331087]

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(a) z(1) ≤ 1
(b) z(2) > z(1)
(c) z(1) > 1
(d) z(2) ≤ z(1)
39. Let B be the unit ball in R3 centered at origin. The Euler-Lagrange equation
Z Z
1 1
corresponding to the functional I(u) = |∇u|2 dx − |u|5 dx is
2 B 5 B
[QID : 7720331094]
(a) ∆u = u4
(b) ∆u = −u4

(c) det D2 u = u4
(d) ∆u = −|u|3 u
40. Consider the numerical integration formula

Z 1
g(x)dx ≈ g(α) + g(−α)
−1
where α = (0.2)1/4 . Which of the following statements are true?

[QID : 7720331091]
(a) The integration formula is exact for polynomials of the form a + bx.for all a, b ∈ R
(b) The integration formula is exact for polynomials of the form a + bx + cx2 , for all a, b, c ∈ R
(c) The integration formula is exact for polynomials of the form a + bx + cx2 + dx3 , for all
a, b, c, d ∈ R
(d) The integration formula is exact for polynomials of the form a + bx + cx3 + dx4 , for all
a, b, c, d ∈ R

41. Let f (x, y) = y + x 1 − x2 − y 2 , −x + y 1 − x2 − y 2
and consider the ODE (ẋ, ẏ) = f (x, y) with initial condition (x(0), y(0)) = 0, 21 .


[QID : 7720331086]
(a) x2 (t) + y 2 (t) → ∞ as t → ∞
(b) x2 (t) + y 2 (t) → 0 as t → ∞
(c) x2 (t) + y 2 (t) remains bounded as t → ∞
(d) x2 (t) + y 2 (t) → 1 as t → ∞

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42. Consider the problem of extremising the functional
Z 3
J(y) = y(3x − y)dx with boundary conditions y(1) = 1 and y(3) = 2. Which of the following
1
statements are true?
[QID : 7720331093]
(a) There is a unique extremal
3x
(b) y(x) = is an extremal
2
x 1
(c) y(x) = + is an extremal
2 2
(d) There are no extremals
43. (Xn , n ≥ 0) is a Markov chain with state space (1, 2, 3, 4.5) and transition matrix
(pij )1≤i,j≤5 given by
 
1/2 0 0 0 1/2

 0 1 0 0 0 

 0 1 0 0 0 
 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 
1/3 0 0 0 2/3
Which of the following are true?

[QID : 7720331100]
(a) states 2 and 3 are absorbing
(b) state 3 is recurrent
(c) {1, 5} form a recurrent class
(d) state 4 is transient
44. Consider a Markov chain on a finite state space S. Suppose that the transition probability matrix
P is such that the transpose of P is also a stochastic matrix. Then which of the following is
necessarily true?
[QID : 7720331101]
(a) All states have the same period
(b) The chain admits at most one stationary distribution
(c) All states are recurrent
(d) At least one state has period 1

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CSIR NET 30th November 2020 Answer Key
PART A PART B PART C
1 B 1 A 1 D
2 B 2 D 2 A,B,D
3 C 3 D 3 B
4 C 4 C 4 C,D
5 A 5 B 5 A,D
6 A 6 B 6 A,C,D
7 C 7 D 7 A,C,D
8 A 8 C 8 A,C,D
9 A 9 B,C
9 A
10 D 10 A,B,D
10 B
11 A 11 D
11 C
12 B 12 A,B,D
12 C
13 B,D
13 C 13 D
14 C,D
14 B 14 D 15 B,D
15 D 15 A 16 B,D
16 A 16 B 17 A,B
17 D 17 A 18 A
18 C 18 D 19 A,B,C
19 A 19 C 20 A,B,D
20 D 20 C 21 C
21 C 22 B,C
22 A 23 A,C
23 C 24 B,C,D
24 C 25 A,D
25 A 26 C,D
26 B 27 A,B,C
27 B 28 A
28 B 29 C,D
29 B 30 B,D
31 A,D
32 A,B
33 A,B
34 B,C,D
35 A,B
36 A
37 A,D
38 B,C
39 D
40 A,D
41 B,C
42 D
43 C,D
44 C

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x2 y ′′ − 2x(x + 1)y ′ + 2(x + 1)y = 0

If a polynomial is a solution then the degree of the polynomial is equal to

Which of the following statements is true?

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define a solution curve in the (x, y) plane which is

27. Consider the ODE

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