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Msqe Mqek Mqed Pea 2014
Msqe Mqek Mqed Pea 2014
2014
• For each of the 30 questions, there are four suggested answers. Only
one of the suggested answers is correct. You will have to identify the
correct answer to get full credit for that question. Indicate your choice
of the correct answer by darkening the appropriate oval completely on
the answer-sheet.
3. f ( x) = x − 2 + x − 4 . Then f is
(a) continuously differentiable at x = 2
(b) differentiable but not continuously differentiable at x = 2
(c) f has both left and right derivatives at x = 2
(d) none of these
a b
5. The square matrix of the matrix is a null matrix if and only if
c 0
(a) 𝑎𝑎 = 𝑏𝑏 = 𝑐𝑐 = 0
(b) 𝑎𝑎 = 𝑐𝑐 = 0, 𝑏𝑏 is any non-zero real number
(c) a = b = 0 , c is any non-zero real number
(d) a = 0 and either 𝑏𝑏 = 0 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑐𝑐 = 0
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10. The sum of two positive integers is 100. The minimum value of the sum
of their reciprocals is
3 6 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) none of these
25 25 25
3 3
(a) , ∞ (b) , ∞ (c) (7, ∞ ) (d) [7, ∞ )
4 4
7n 7(n + 1) 7 n (n + 1)
(a) (b) (c) (d) 7 n (n + 1)
2 2 2
3
1
15. In a sequence the first term is . The second term equals the first term
3
divided by 1 more than the first term. The third term equals the second
term divided by 1 more than the second term, and so on. Then the 500th
term is
1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) none of these
503 501 502
16. In how many ways can three persons, each throwing a single die once,
make a score of 10?
17. Let a be a positive integer greater than 2. The number of values of x for
𝑥𝑥
which ∫𝑎𝑎 (𝑥𝑥 + 𝑦𝑦)𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑 = 0 holds is:
19. Let (𝑥𝑥 ∗ , 𝑦𝑦 ∗ ) be a real solution to: 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚(𝑥𝑥,𝑦𝑦)∈ℜ2 √𝑥𝑥 + 𝑦𝑦 subject to 𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝 + 𝑦𝑦 ≤
𝑚𝑚, where 𝑚𝑚 > 0, 𝑝𝑝 > 0 and 𝑦𝑦 ∗ ∈ (0, 𝑚𝑚). Then which one of the
following statements is true?
(a) 𝑥𝑥 ∗ depends only on p (b) 𝑥𝑥 ∗ depends only on m
(c) 𝑥𝑥 ∗ depends on both p and m (d) 𝑥𝑥 ∗ is independent of both p and m.
20. Let 0 < 𝑎𝑎1 < 𝑎𝑎2 < 1 and let 𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥; 𝑎𝑎1 , 𝑎𝑎2 ) = −|𝑥𝑥 − 𝑎𝑎1 | − |𝑥𝑥 − 𝑎𝑎2 |. Let X
be the set of all values of x for which 𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥; 𝑎𝑎1 , 𝑎𝑎2 ) achieves its maximum.
Then
𝑎𝑎 1+𝑎𝑎2
(a) 𝑋𝑋 = {𝑥𝑥|𝑥𝑥 ∈ � 21 , �} (b) 𝑋𝑋 = {𝑥𝑥|𝑥𝑥 ∈ {𝑎𝑎1 , 𝑎𝑎2 }}
2
𝑎𝑎1 +𝑎𝑎2
(c) 𝑋𝑋 = {𝑥𝑥|𝑥𝑥 ∈ �0, , 1�} (d) 𝑋𝑋 = {𝑥𝑥|𝑥𝑥 ∈ [𝑎𝑎1 , 𝑎𝑎2 ]}.
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21. Let A and B be two events with positive probability each, defined on the
same sample space. Find the correct answer:
(a) P(A/B) > P(A) always (b) P(A/B) < P(A) always
(c) P(A/B) > P(B) always (d) None of the above
22. Let A and B be two mutually exclusive events with positive probability
each, defined on the same sample space. Find the correct answer:
(a) A and B are necessarily independent
(b) A and B are necessarily dependent
(c) A and B are necessarily equally likely
(d) None of the above
23. The salaries of 16 players of a football club are given below (units are in
thousands of rupees).
100, 100, 111, 114, 165, 210, 225, 225, 230,
575, 1200, 1900, 2100, 2100, 2650, 3300
Now suppose each player received an extra Rs. 200,000 as bonus. Find
the correct answer:
(a) Mean will increase by Rs. 200,000 but the median will not change
(b) Both mean and median will be increased by Rs. 200,000
(c) Mean and standard deviation will both be changed
(d) Standard deviation will be increased but the median will be
unchanged
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(a) 𝜇𝜇2𝑛𝑛 = 2 (b) 𝜇𝜇2𝑛𝑛 = 0 (c) 𝜇𝜇2𝑛𝑛 > 0 (d) None of the above
25. Consider a positively skewed distribution. Find the correct answer on the
position of the mean and the median:
(a) Mean is greater than median (b) Mean is smaller than median
(c) Mean and median are same (d) None of the above
26. Puja and Priya play a fair game (i.e. winning probability is ½ for both
players) repeatedly for one rupee per game. If originally Puja has a rupees
and Priya has b rupees (where a > b), what is Puja’s chances of winning
all of Priya’s money, assuming the play goes on until one person has lost
all her money?
27. An urn contains w white balls and b black balls (w > 0) and (b > 0). The
balls are thoroughly mixed and two are drawn, one after the
other, without replacement. Let Wi denote the outcome 'white on the i-th
draw' for i = 1, 2. Which one of the following is true?
(a) P(W2) = P(W1) = w/(w+b)
(b) P(W2) = P(W1) = (w-1)/(w+b-1)
(c) P(W1) = w/(w+b), P(W2) = (w-1)/(w+b-1)
(d) P(W1) = w/(w+b), P(W2) = {w(w-1)}/{(w-b)(w+b-1)}
28. A bag contains four pieces of paper, each labeled with one of the digits 1,
2, 3, 4, with no repeats. Three of these pieces are drawn, one at a time
without replacement, to construct a three-digit number. What is the
probability that the three-digit number is a multiple of 3?
29. Consider two random variables X and Y where X takes values -2,-1,0,1,2
each with probability 1/5 and Y=|X|. Which of the following is true?
(a) The variables X and Y are independent and Pearson's correlation
coefficient between X and Y is 0.
(b) The variables X and Y are dependent and Pearson's correlation
coefficient between X and Y is 0.
(c) The variables X and Y are independent and Pearson's correlation
coefficient between X and Y is 1.
(d) The variables X and Y are dependent and Pearson's correlation
coefficient between X and Y is 1.
30. Two friends who take the metro to their jobs from the same station arrive
to the station uniformly randomly between 7 and 7:20 in the morning.
They are willing to wait for one another for 5 minutes, after which they
take a train whether together or alone. What is the probability of their
meeting at the station?