Math Aptitude Indicator

This is a Multiple Choice Test. For each question only one answer is correct.
Please use separate sheets of paper for calculations, and submit that along
with your solutions as it will assist us in evaluating your performance if you get
any questions wrong.
1. The second order derivative
d
2
)
dr
2
of ) (r) = rexp(r) is
(A) c
x
_
r
2
1
_
(B) c
x
(r 1) (C) ) (r) + 2c
x
(D) ) (r) 2c
x
(E) ) (r) c
x
2. Given j = lnj1 rj, nd an expression for
dj
dr
+ r
d
2
j
dr
2
(A)
1
(1 r)
(B)
1
(1 r)
2
(C)
r
(1 r)
2
(D) 1r (E)
1
(1 r
2
)
2
3. What is the value of the limiting problem lim
h!0
(r + /)
3
r
3
/
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 1 (D) 3r
2
(E) None of the given
answers
4. Calculate lim
x!0
2r + sinr
r(r 1)
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) 1 (E) 3
5. If
1 =
_
1
0
rexp
_
r
2
_
dr
Then 1 =
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D)
1
2
(E)
1
2
6. Evaluate the integral
_
1
0
dr
r
2
+ 3r + 2
(A) ln
2
3
(B) 1 (C) 0 (D) ln
3
4
(E) ln
3
4
1
7. What is the :
th
order term in the Taylor series expansion of the function
) (r) = expr about r = 3
(A)
c
3
:!
(r + 3)
n
(B)
c
3
2
n
(r + 3)
n
:!
(C)
c
2
n+1
(r 3)
n+1
(: + 1)!
(D)
c
3
2
n
(r + 3)
n1
:!
(E)
c
3
2
n
(r 3)
n1
(: 1)!
8. Given the Taylor series expansion for
1
1 + r
= 1 r + r
2
r
3
+ .... =
1

n=0
(1)
n
r
n
Obtain the series for ln(1 + r)
(A)
1

n=0
:
2
(1)
n1
r
n1
(B)
1

n=0
(1)
n+1
(: + 1) r (C)
1

n=0
(1)
n
r
n+1
: + 1
(D)
1

n=0
:(1)
n1
r
n1
: + 1
(E)
1

n=0
(1)
n
r
n1
: 1
9. Let A be a continuous random variable with distribution
j (r) =
_
/
_
1 r
3
_
0 r 1
0 otherwise
Evaluate /
(A)
3
4
(B)
4
3
(C)
4
3
(D)
3
2
(E) 2
10. Consider the probability density function (pdf)
j (r) =
_
3
4
_
1 r
2
_
if jrj 1
0 otherwise
which a random variable A follows. Find the probability that 0 A
1
2
(A)
3
32
(B)
9
32
(C)
12
88
(D)
1
8
(E)
11
32
11. Let A be a Normally distributed random variable with mean (j) = 4 and
standard deviation (o) = 2. If E[A] denotes the expectation of A, then
the value of E
_
A
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
2
13. A Normally distributed random variable with mean j has a probability
density function given by

p
2o
exp
_

2
o
(r j)
2
2
_
Its standard deviation is given by
(A)

2
o
(B)
o

(C)
p
o

(D)

p
o
(E)
p
o
2
14. If ) (r, j) = r
2
4rj + j
3
+ 4j, the sum )
xx
+ )
yy
is given by
(A) 2 6j (B) 0 (C) 2r + 4 (D) 4 (r + j)
(E) None of the above
15. Obtain the solution to the dierential equation
dj
dr
=
1 + j
2
1 + r
2
(A)
Cr
1 Cr
(B)
Cr
1 + Cr
(C)
C r
1 Cr
(D)
1 Cr
r + C
(E)
r + C
1 Cr
16. The rst order dierential equation
dj
dr
rj = r
has the solution j =
(A) exp
_

1
2
r
2
_
(B) exp
_

1
2
r
2
_
1 (C) exp
_
1
2
r
2
_

(D) exp
_
1
2
r
2
_
1 (E) exp
_
1
4
r
2
_
1
17. Solve j
00
4j
0
+ 13j = 0 to obtain j =
(A) c
2x
(cos 3r + 1 sin3r) (B)c
3x
fcos 2r + 1 sin2rg (C) c
2x
+1c
3x
(D) c
3x
( + 1r) (E) c
2x
( + 1r)
18. Solve r
2
j
00
4rj
0
+ 6j = 0 to obtain j =
(A) r
3
(cos (2 lnr) + 1 sin(2 lnr)) (B) r
2
+1r
3
(C) r
2
( + 1 lnr)
(D) r
3
( + 1 lnr) (E) r
2
(cos (3 lnr) + 1 sin(3 lnr))
19. Determine those values of / for which

/ /
8 4/

= 0
(A) 0 & 2 (B) 2 & 4 (C) 0 & 2 (D) 2 & 4 (E) There is
no solution
3
20. Consider the following problem
2r + j . = 1
r 2. = 5
r 2j + 3. = 6
What are the values of r, j & . in turn?
(A) A solution does not exist (B)
_
_
r = 0
j = 0
. = 0
_
_
(C)
_
_
r = 1
j = 2
. = 3
_
_
(D)
_
_
r = 1
j = 0
. = 2
_
_
(E) There are several solutions
21. Obtain the determinant of the matrix
_
_
2 0 1
3 2 3
1 3 5
_
_
(A) 0 (B) 5 (C) Does not exist (D) 10 (E) 24
22. Consider the vectors u = (1, 0, /) and v = (6, 4, 2). What is the
value of / for which the two vectors are orthogonal?
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D)
1
2
(E) They can never be orthogonal
23. If r = 2 3i is a complex number, then its size is
(A)
p
13 (B)
p
5i (C) 3 (D) 2 (E)
_
2
3
24. Consider the function ) (r, j) = r
2
+j
2
where r = sin20 and j = cos 20.
d)
d0
is given by
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) 1 (E) None of those given
25. Given the matrix
_
2 2
1 3
_
, the value of the largest eigenvalue is
(A) 4 (B) 1 (C) 1 (D) 4 (E) the eigenvalues are com-
plex
26. Evaluate
_
1
2
jrj dr
(A)
1
2
(B)
1
2
(C)
3
2
(D)
5
2
(E)
5
2
4