Questions by Arjun - GATE Overflow

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ISI2014-DCG-1
Let $(1+x)^n = C_0+C_1x+C_2x^2+ \dots + C_nx^n$, $n$ being a positive integer. The value of $\left( 1+\dfrac{C_0}{C_1} \right) \left( 1+\dfrac{C_1}{C_2} \right) \cdots \left( 1+\dfrac{C_{n-1}}{C_n} \right)$ is $\left( \frac{n+1}{n+2} \right) ^n$ $ \frac{n^n}{n!} $ $\left( \frac{n}{n+1} \right) ^n$ $ \frac{(n+1)^n}{n!} $

asked Sep 23 in Combinatory | 129 views

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ISI2014-DCG-2
Let $a_n=\bigg( 1 – \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \bigg) \cdots \bigg( 1 – \frac{1}{\sqrt{n+1}} \bigg), \: n \geq 1$. Then $\underset{n \to \infty}{\lim} a_n$ equals $1$ does not exist equals $\frac{1}{\sqrt{\pi}}$ equals $0$

asked Sep 23 in Calculus | 92 views

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ISI2014-DCG-3
$\underset{x \to \infty}{\lim} \bigg( \frac{3x-1}{3x+1} \bigg) ^{4x}$ equals $1$ $0$ $e^{-8/3}$ $e^{4/9}$

asked Sep 23 in Calculus | 127 views

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ISI2014-DCG-4
$\underset{n \to \infty}{\lim} \dfrac{1}{n} \bigg( \dfrac{n}{n+1} + \dfrac{n}{n+2} + \cdots + \dfrac{n}{2n} \bigg)$ is equal to $\infty$ $0$ $\log_e 2$ $1$

asked Sep 23 in Calculus | 94 views

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ISI2014-DCG-5
Consider the sets defined by the real solutions of the inequalities $A = \{(x,y):x^2+y^4 \leq 1\} \:\:\:\:\:\:\: B=\{(x,y):x^4+y^6 \leq 1\}$ Then $B \subseteq A$ $A \subseteq B$ Each of the sets $A – B, \: B – A$ and $A \cap B$ is non-empty none of the above

asked Sep 23 in Calculus | 79 views

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ISI2014-DCG-6
If $f(x)$ is a real valued function such that $2f(x)+3f(-x)=15-4x$, for every $x \in \mathbb{R}$, then $f(2)$ is $-15$ $22$ $11$ $0$

asked Sep 23 in Calculus | 52 views

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ISI2014-DCG-7
If $f(x) = \dfrac{\sqrt{3} \sin x}{2+\cos x}$, then the range of $f(x)$ is the interval $[-1 , \sqrt{3}{/2}]$ the interval $[-\sqrt{3}{/2}, 1]$ the interval $[-1, 1]$ none of these

asked Sep 23 in Calculus | 40 views

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ISI2014-DCG-8
If $M$ is a $3 \times 3$ matrix such that $\begin{bmatrix} 0 & 1 & 2 \end{bmatrix}M=\begin{bmatrix}1 & 0 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$ and $\begin{bmatrix}3 & 4 & 5 \end{bmatrix} M = \begin{bmatrix}0 & 1 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$ ... $\begin{bmatrix} -1 & 2 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$ $\begin{bmatrix} 9 & 10 & 8 \end{bmatrix}$

asked Sep 23 in Linear Algebra | 74 views

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ISI2014-DCG-9
The values of $\eta$ for which the following system of equations $\begin{array} {} x & + & y & + & z & = & 1 \\ x & + & 2y & + & 4z & = & \eta \\ x & + & 4y & + & 10z & = & \eta ^2 \end{array}$ has a solution are $\eta=1, -2$ $\eta=-1, -2$ $\eta=3, -3$ $\eta=1, 2$

asked Sep 23 in Linear Algebra | 39 views

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ISI2014-DCG-10
The number of divisors of $6000$, where $1$ and $6000$ are also considered as divisors of $6000$ is $40$ $50$ $60$ $30$

asked Sep 23 in Numerical Ability | 65 views

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ISI2014-DCG-11
Let $x_1$ and $x_2$ be the roots of the quadratic equation $x^2-3x+a=0$, and $x_3$ and $x_4$ be the roots of the quadratic equation $x^2-12x+b=0$. If $x_1, x_2, x_3$ and $x_4 \: (0 < x_1 < x_2 < x_3 < x_4)$ are in $G.P.,$ then $ab$ equals $64$ $5184$ $-64$ $-5184$

asked Sep 23 in Numerical Ability | 26 views

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ISI2014-DCG-12
The integral $\int _0^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \frac{\sin^{50} x}{\sin^{50}x +\cos^{50}x} dx$ equals $\frac{3 \pi}{4}$ $\frac{\pi}{3}$ $\frac{\pi}{4}$ none of these

asked Sep 23 in Calculus | 63 views

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ISI2014-DCG-13
Let the function $f(x)$ be defined as $f(x)=\mid x-1 \mid + \mid x-2 \:\mid$. Then which of the following statements is true? $f(x)$ is differentiable at $x=1$ $f(x)$ is differentiable at $x=2$ $f(x)$ is differentiable at $x=1$ but not at $x=2$ none of the above

asked Sep 23 in Calculus | 38 views

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ISI2014-DCG-14
$x^4-3x^2+2x^2y^2-3y^2+y^4+2=0$ represents A pair of circles having the same radius A circle and an ellipse A pair of circles having different radii none of the above

asked Sep 23 in Others | 14 views

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ISI2014-DCG-15
Let $\mathbb{N}=\{1,2,3, \dots\}$ be the set of natural numbers. For each $n \in \mathbb{N}$, define $A_n=\{(n+1)k, \: k \in \mathbb{N} \}$. Then $A_1 \cap A_2$ equals $A_3$ $A_4$ $A_5$ $A_6$

asked Sep 23 in Set Theory & Algebra | 31 views

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ISI2014-DCG-16
The sum of the series $\dfrac{1}{1.2} + \dfrac{1}{2.3}+ \cdots + \dfrac{1}{n(n+1)} + \cdots $ is $1$ $1/2$ $0$ non-existent

asked Sep 23 in Numerical Ability | 49 views

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ISI2014-DCG-17
$\underset{x \to 2}{\lim} \dfrac{1}{1+e^{\frac{1}{x-2}}}$ is $0$ $1/2$ $1$ non-existent

asked Sep 23 in Calculus | 18 views

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ISI2014-DCG-18
$^nC_0+2^nC_1+3^nC_2+\cdots+(n+1)^nC_n$ equals $2^n+n2^{n-1}$ $2^n-n2^{n-1}$ $2^n$ none of these

asked Sep 23 in Combinatory | 46 views

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ISI2014-DCG-19
It is given that $e^a+e^b=10$ where $a$ and $b$ are real. Then the maximum value of $(e^a+e^b+e^{a+b}+1)$ is $36$ $\infty$ $25$ $21$

asked Sep 23 in Calculus | 27 views

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ISI2014-DCG-20
If $A(t)$ is the area of the region bounded by the curve $y=e^{-\mid x \mid}$ and the portion of the $x$-axis between $-t$ and $t$, then $\underset{t \to \infty}{\lim} A(t)$ equals $0$ $1$ $2$ $4$

asked Sep 23 in Others | 22 views

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ISI2014-DCG-21
Suppose that the function $h(x)$ is defined as $h(x)=g(f(x))$ where $g(x)$ is monotone increasing, $f(x)$ is concave, and $g’’(x)$ and $f’’(x)$ exist for all $x$. Then $h(x)$ is always concave always convex not necessarily concave None of these

asked Sep 23 in Calculus | 16 views

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ISI2014-DCG-22
The conditions on $a$, $b$ and $c$ under which the roots of the quadratic equation $ax^2+bx+c=0 \: ,a \neq 0, \: b \neq 0 $ and $c \neq 0$, are unequal magnitude but of the opposite signs, are the following: $a$ and $c$ have the same sign while $b$ has the ... $c$ has the opposite sign. $a$ and $c$ have the same sign. $a$, $b$ and $c$ have the same sign.

asked Sep 23 in Numerical Ability | 27 views

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ISI2014-DCG-23
The sum of the series $\:3+11+\dots +(8n-5)\:$ is $4n^2-n$ $8n^2+3n$ $4n^2+4n-5$ $4n^2+2$

asked Sep 23 in Numerical Ability | 33 views

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ISI2014-DCG-24
Let $f(x) = \dfrac{2x}{x-1}, \: x \neq 1$. State which of the following statements is true. For all real $y$, there exists $x$ such that $f(x)=y$ For all real $y \neq 1$, there exists $x$ such that $f(x)=y$ For all real $y \neq 2$, there exists $x$ such that $f(x)=y$ None of the above is true

asked Sep 23 in Calculus | 12 views

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ISI2014-DCG-25
The determinant $\begin{vmatrix} b+c & c+a & a+b \\ q+r & r+p & p+q \\ y+z & z+x & x+y \end{vmatrix}$ equals $\begin{vmatrix} a & b & c \\ p & q & r \\ x & y & z \end{vmatrix}$ ... $3\begin{vmatrix} a & b & c \\ p & q & r \\ x & y & z \end{vmatrix}$ None of these

asked Sep 23 in Linear Algebra | 38 views

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ISI2014-DCG-26
Let $x_1 > x_2>0$. Then which of the following is true? $\log \big(\frac{x_1+x_2}{2}\big) > \frac{\log x_1+ \log x_2}{2}$ $\log \big(\frac{x_1+x_2}{2}\big) < \frac{\log x_1+ \log x_2}{2}$ There exist $x_1$ and $x_2$ such that $x_1 > x_2 >0$ and $\log \big(\frac{x_1+x_2}{2}\big) = \frac{\log x_1+ \log x_2}{2}$ None of these

asked Sep 23 in Numerical Ability | 34 views

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ISI2014-DCG-27
Let $y^2-4ax+4a=0$ and $x^2+y^2-2(1+a)x+1+2a-3a^2=0$ be two curves. State which one of the following statements is true. These two curves intersect at two points These two curves are tangent to each other These two curves intersect orthogonally at one point These two curves do not intersect

asked Sep 23 in Others | 20 views

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ISI2014-DCG-28
The area enclosed by the curve $\mid\: x \mid + \mid y \mid =1$ is $1$ $2$ $\sqrt{2}$ $4$

asked Sep 23 in Calculus | 12 views

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ISI2014-DCG-29
If $f(x) = \sin \bigg( \dfrac{1}{x^2+1} \bigg),$ then $f(x)$ is continuous at $x=0$, but not differentiable at $x=0$ $f(x)$ is differentiable at $x=0$, and $f’(0) \neq 0$ $f(x)$ is differentiable at $x=0$, and $f’(0) = 0$ None of the above

asked Sep 23 in Calculus | 28 views

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ISI2014-DCG-30
Consider the equation $P(x) =x^3+px^2+qx+r=0$ where $p,q$ and $r$ are all real and positive. State which of the following statements is always correct. All roots of $P(x) = 0$ are real The equation $P(x)=0$ has at least one real root The equation $P(x)=0$ has no negative real root The equation $P(x)=0$ must have one positive and one negative real root

asked Sep 23 in Numerical Ability | 21 views