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Two $n \times n$ matrices $A$ and $B$ have a common eigenvalue $2$, and the same corresponding nonzero eigenvector.Which of the following options is/are correct?(Note: $I...
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Consider the system of linear equations: $A \boldsymbol{x}=\boldsymbol{b}$, where $A$ is an $n \times n$ matrix, and $\boldsymbol{x}$ and $\boldsymbol{b}$ are $n$-dimensi...
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Which one of the following vector functions represents a magnetic field $\overrightarrow{B}$?$\text{($\hat{X}, \hat{Y}$ and $\hat{Z}$ are unit vectors along x-axis, y-axi...
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The integral\[\frac{1}{\pi} \int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{x^{2026}}{\left(1+x^{2026}\right)\left(1+x^{2}\right)} \mathrm{d} x\]evaluates to $\_\_\_\_$(Round off to two decimal ...
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Let $(x, y) \in \Re^{2}$. The rate of change of the real valued function,$V(x, y)=x^{2}+x+y^{2}+1$at the origin in the direction of the point $(1,2)$ is $\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_...
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Let $f\left ( x \right ) = \int_{0}^{x} e^{t}\left ( t-1 \right )\left ( t-2 \right )dt$. Then $f\left ( x \right )$ decreases in the interval$x \in \left ( 1,2 \right )$...
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Given a system of equations: $x+2y+2z=b_1$ $5x+y+3z=b_2$ Which of the following is true regarding its ...
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Let $v_{1}$ and $v_{2}$ be the two eigenvectors corresponding to distinct eigenvalues of a $3 \times 3$ real symmetric matrix. Which one of the following statements is tr...
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Consider the following differential equation:\[t^{2} \frac{d^{2} y}{d t^{2}}+7 t \frac{d y}{d t}+8 t y=10 \sin (t)\]Which one of the following options is correct?It is a ...
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$A$ is an $m \times m$ skew-symmetric matrix with real-valued entries, and $\boldsymbol{x}$ is an $m$-dimensional column vector with real-valued entries such that $\bolds...
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Which one of the following statements is ALWAYS correct about a collection of $p$ column vectors, each having $n$ real-valued entries?If $p>n$, then the column vectors mu...
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Consider the second-order differential equation\[\frac{d^{2} y}{d x^{2}}+\frac{d y}{d x}+y=0\]with initial conditions\[y(0)=1,\left.\quad \frac{d y}{d x}\right|_{x=0}=1\]...
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Consider an $n \times n$ orthogonal matrix $A$ with real entries and each column having unit Euclidean norm.Which of the following statements is/are correct?The value of ...
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The magnitude of the contour integral\[\oint_{C}\left(\frac{(z+1)^{2}}{(z-i)(z-2)}\right) d z\]over the contour $C:|z-2-i|=3 / 2$ is $\_\_\_\_$(Round off to two decimal p...
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Let $\text{X}$ and $\text{Y}$ be two real-valued random variables with $\mathrm{E}(\mathrm{X})=1, \mathrm{E}(\mathrm{Y})=2, \mathrm{E}\left(\mathrm{X}^{2}\right)=4, \math...
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Let $\boldsymbol{A}=\left[\begin{array}{ccc}1 & 1 & 1 \\ -1 & -1 & -1 \\ 0 & 1 & -1\end{array}\right]$, and $\boldsymbol{b}=\left[\begin{array}{c}1 / 3 \\ -1 / 3 \\ 0\end...
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For a given vector $\mathbf{w}=\left[\begin{array}{lll}1 & 2 & 3\end{array}\right]^{\mathrm{T}}$, the vector normal to the plane defined by $\mathbf{w}^{\mathrm{T}} \math...
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The sum of the eigenvalues of the matrix $A=\left[\begin{array}{ll}1 & 2 \\ 3 & 4\end{array}\right]^{2}$ is ____________(rounded off to the nearest integer).
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Let $P=\left[\begin{array}{ccc}2 & 1 & 0 \\ -1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1\end{array}\right]$ and let $I$ be the identity matrix. Then $P^{2}$ is equal to$2 P-I$$P$$I$$P+I$
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Consider a matrix $A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 & 0\\ 0 & 4 & -2\\ 0 & 1 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$.The matrix $A$ satisfies the equation $6A^{-1} = A^{2} + cA + dl$, where $c$ and ...
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Let $A= \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 & -1 \\ -1 & 2 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & -2 \end{bmatrix}$ and $B=A^3-A^2-4A+5I$, where $I$ is the $3 \times 3$ identify matrix. The determinant of $B$...
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The inverse Laplace transform of $H(s)=\frac{s+3}{s^{2}+2s+1}$ for $t \geq0$$3te^{-t}+e^{-t}$$3e^{-t}$$2te^{-t}+e^{-t}$$4te^{-t}+e^{-t}$
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If a continuous function $f(x)$ does not have a root in the interval $[a, b]$, then which one of the following statements is TRUE?$f(a) . f(b)=0$$f(a) . f(b) < 0$$f(a) . ...
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The maximum value of $f(x) = x^3-9x^2+24x+5$ in the interval $[1,6]$ is$21$$25$$41$$46$
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Let $f(x)=xe^{-x}$ . The maximum value of the function in the interval $(0,\infty)$ is$e^{-1}$$e$$1-e^{-1}$$1+e^{-1}$
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The minimum value of the function $f(x)=x^3-3x^2-24x+100$ in the interval $[-3,3]$ is$20$$28$$16$$32$
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Minimum of the real valued function $f(x)=(x-1)^{2/3}$ occurs at $x$ equal to$-\infty$$0$$1$$\infty$
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The maximum value attained by the function. $f(x) = x(x-1) (x-2)$ in the interval $[1, 2]$ is ___________.
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Let $f(x) = 3x^3-7x^2+5x+6$. The maximum value of $f(x)$ over the interval $[0,2]$ is ________ (up to one decimal place).
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For real numbers, $\text{x}$ and $\text{y}$, with $y=3x^{2}+3x+1$, the maximum and minimum value of $\text{y}$ for $\text{x}$ $\in \left [ -2,0 \right ]$ are respectively...
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Let $f\left ( x \right )$ be a real-valued function such that ${f}'\left ( x_{0} \right )=0$ for some $x _{0} \in\left ( 0,1 \right ),$ and ${f}''\left ( x \right ) 0$ fo...
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A function $f(x)$ is defined as$f(x)= \begin{cases} e^{x}, & x < 1 \\ \text{In } x+ax^{2}+bx, & x\geq 1 \end{cases}$, where $x \in \mathbb{R}$Which one of the followin...
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Consider discrete random variables $X$ and $Y$ with probabilities as follows:$$ \begin{array}{l} P(X=0 \text { and } Y=0)=\frac{1}{4} \\ P(X=1 \text { and } Y=0)=\frac{1}...
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Let $X$ and $Y$ be continuous random variables with probability density functions $P_{X}(x)$ and $P_{Y}(y)$, respectively. Further, let $Y=X^{2}$ and$$P_{X}(x)=\begin{cas...
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Consider ordinary differential equations given by$\begin{array}{l} \dot{x}_{1}(t)=2 x_{2}(t) \\ \dot{x}_{2}(t)=r(t) \end{array}$with initial conditions $x_{1}(0)=1$ and $...
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Let $C$ be a clockwise oriented closed curve in the complex plane defined by $\mid z \mid =1$. Further, let $f(z)=j z$ be a complex function, where $j=\sqrt{-1}$. Then, $...
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Given that $\textbf{A}= \begin{bmatrix} -5 & -3 \\ 2 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$ and $\textbf{I} = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$, the value of $A^3$ is$15 \: \text...
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A fair coin is tossed till a head appears for the first ime. The probability that the number of required tosses is odd, is$1/3$$1/2$$2/3$$3/4$
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If $x=\sqrt{-1}$, then the value of $x^x$ is$e^{- \pi/2}$$e^{\pi/2}$$x$$1$
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​​​​Which one of the following matrices has an inverse?$\left[\begin{array}{ccc}1 & 4 & 8 \\ 0 & 4 & 2 \\ 0.5 & 2 & 4\end{array}\right]$$\left[\begin{array}{lll}1 & 2 & 3...
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