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NOTE: There are 9 Questions in all.
· Question 1 is compulsory and carries 20 marks. Answer to Q. 1. must be written in the space provided for it in the answer book supplied and nowhere else.
· Out of the remaining EIGHT Questions answer any FIVE Questions. Each question carries 16 marks.
· Any required data not explicitly given, may be suitably assumed and stated.
Q.1 Choose the correct or best alternative in the following: (2x10)
a. The complex numbers Z = x +
iy, which satisfy the equation
lie on
(A) the x-axis.
(B) the line y = 5.
(C) A circle passing through the origin.
(D) None of these.
b. If
,
then
(A)
(B)
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(C) Z=0 (D)
, with x
real
c. If
and
are two unit
vectors and
is
the angle between them, then
is equal to
(A)
(B)
0
(C)
(D)
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d. A vector which
makes equal angles with the vectors
,
and
is
(A)
(B)
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(C)
(D)
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e. If
is a cube root of
unity and
,
then
(A)
x = 1 (B)
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(C)
(D)
none of these
f. If
, then
is equal to
(A) (a+b) (b+c) (c+a) (B) bc + ca + ab
(C) 2abc (D) none of these
g. If A is a
skew-symmetric matrix and n is a positive integer, then
is
(A) a symmetric matrix.
(B) skew-symmetric matrix for even n only.
(C) diagonal matrix.
(D) symmetric matrix for even n only.
h. The period of the function sin x + sin 2x + sin 3x is
(A)
(B)
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(C)
(D)
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i. The
Laplace transform of
is
(A)
(B)
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(C)
(D)

j. The solution of
the differential equation
is
(A)
(B) ![]()
(C)
(D) ![]()
Answer any FIVE Questions out of EIGHT Questions.
Each question carries 16 marks.
Q.2 a. Simplify
. (8)
b. Find all the
values of
. (8)
Q.3 a. If
and
are two complex
numbers, prove that ![]()
If and only if
is purely
imaginary. (8)
b. A
vector
satisfies
the equation
.
Prove that
provided
and
are not
perpendicular. (8)
Q.4 a. Using vector methods prove that the diagonals of a parallelogram bisect each other. (8)
b. The constant forces 2i – 5j + 6k, -i+2j-k and 2i + 7j act on a particle which is displaced from position 4i – 3j – 2k to position 6i + j – 3k. Find the total work done. (8)
Q.5 a. Show that
(8)
b. Write
the following equations in the matrix form AX = B and solve for X by finding
.
(8)
Q.6 a. Test the consistency of the following equations and if possible, find the solution
(8)
b. Obtain the
characteristic equation of the matrix
and use Cayley-Hamilton theorem to
find its inverse. (8)
Q.7 Find the Fourier series expansion for the function
. (16)
Q.8 a. Find the Laplace transform of
. (8)
b. Find
the Inverse Laplace transform of
(8)
Q.9 a. Solve the differential equation
. (8)
b. By using Laplace transform solve the differential equation
with initial conditions
, when t
= 0. (8)