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A three-dimensional velocity field is given by $V=5x^2y \: i + Cy \: j-10xyz \: k$, where $i,j,k$ are the unit vectors in $x,y,z$ directions, respectively, describing a c...
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Two unbiased dice are thrown. Each dice can show any number between $1$ and $6$. The probability that the sum of the outcomes of the two dice is divisible by $4$ is _____...
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A system of $n$ homogeneous linear equations containing $n$ unknowns will have non-trivial solutions if and only if the determinant of the coefficient matrix is$1$$-1$$0$...
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The product of the eigenvalues of the matrix $\begin{pmatrix} 2 &3 \\ 0& 7 \end{pmatrix}$ is ____________ (rounded off to one decimal place).
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The value of the complex number $i^{-1/2}$ (where $i=\sqrt{-1}$) is $\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\left ( 1-i \right )$$-\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}i$$\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}i$$\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}...
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The function $\cos(x)$ is approximated using Taylor series around $x=0$ as $\cos(x) \approx 1 + ax + bx^2 + cx^3 + dx^4$. The values of $a,b,c$ and $d$ are$a=1, \: b=-0....
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For the matrix $A=\begin{bmatrix} \cos\theta &-\sin\theta \\ \sin \theta & \cos\theta \end{bmatrix}$ if $\det$ stands for the determinant and $A^{T}$ is the transpose of ...
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The solution of the ordinary differential equation$\frac{dy}{dx}+3y=1$, subjects to the initial condition $y=1$ at $x=0$, is$\frac{1}{3}\left ( 1+2e^{-x/3} \right )$$\fra...
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An ordinary differential equation $\text{(ODE)}, \: \dfrac{dy}{dx}=2y$, with an initial condition $y(0)=1$, has the analytical solution $y=e^{2x}$.Using Runge-Kutta secon...
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The maximum value of the function $f(x)=-\dfrac{5}{3} x^3 +10x^2-15x+16$ in the interval $(0.5,3.5)$ is$0$$8$$16$$48$
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Which one of the following methods requires specifying an initial interval containing the root (i.e., bracketing) to obtain the solution of $f(x) =0$, where $f(x)$ is a c...
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The Newton-Raphson method is used to determine the root of the equation $f(x)=e^{-x}-x$. If the initial guess for the root is 0, the estimate of the root after two iterat...
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Let $i$ and $j$ be the unit vectors in the $x$ and $y$ directions, respectively. For the function $F\left ( x,y \right )=x^{3}+y^{2}$ the gradient of the function. i.e.. ...
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The marks obtained by a set of students are: $38,\:84,\:45,\:70,\:75,\:60,\;48$.The mean and median marks, respectively, are$45$ and $75$$55$ and $48$$60$ and $60$$60$ an...
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A box has $6$ red balls and $4$ white balls. A ball is picked at random and replaced in the box, after which a second ball is picked.The probability of both the balls bei...
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If $x,y$ and $z$ are directions in a Cartesian coordinate system and $i$, $j$ and $k$ are the respective unit vectors, the directional derivative of the function $u\left ...
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The value of $\underset{x\rightarrow 0}{\lim}\:\frac{\tan\left ( x \right )}{x}$ is ________________.
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The Laplace transform of $e^{at}\sin\left ( bt \right )$ is$\frac{b}{\left ( s-a \right )^{2}+b^{2}}$$\frac{s-a}{\left ( s-a \right )^{2}+b^{2}}$$\frac{s-a}{\left ( s-a \...
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Consider the following two equation:$\frac{dx}{dt}+x+y=0$$\frac{dy}{dt}-x=0$The above set of equations is represented by$\frac{d^{2}y}{dt^{2}}-\frac{dy}{dt}-y=0$$\frac{d^...
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If $a$ is a constant, then the value of the integral $a^{2}\int^\infty_0 xe^{-ax}dx$ is$1/a$$a$$1$$0$
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Sum of the eigenvalues of the matrix $\begin{bmatrix} 2 & 4 & 6 \\ 3 & 5 & 9 \\ 12 & 1 & 7 \end{bmatrix}$ is ______ (round off to nearest integer).
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The Newton – Raphson method is used to find the roots of the equation $f(x) = x- \cos\pi x$ $0\...
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If $y=e^{-x^{2}}$ then the value of $\underset{x\rightarrow \infty }{\lim}\frac{1}{x}\frac{dy}{dx}$ is __________
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Let $A$ be a square matrix of size $n \times n (n>1)$. The elements of $A=\{a_{ij}\}$ are given by $$a_{ij} = \begin{cases} i \times j, & \text{if } i \geq j \\ 0, & \tex...
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The value of the expression $\underset{x\rightarrow \frac{\pi }{2}}{\lim}\: \mid \frac{\tan\:x}{x} \mid $ is $\infty$$0$$1$$-1$
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Consider the following unit step function.The Laplace transform of this function is$\dfrac{e^{-3s}}{s} \\ $$\dfrac{e^{-3s}}{s^2} \\$$\dfrac{e^{-3s}}{3s} \\$$\dfrac{e^{-6s...
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If $i = \sqrt{-1}$, the value of the integral $$\oint_{c}\dfrac{7z + i}{z(z^2 + 1)}dz \quad\quad\quad\quad|z|<2$$,u...
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For the matrix $\begin{pmatrix} 4 & 3\\ 3& 4 \end{pmatrix}$, if $\begin{pmatrix} 1\\ 1 \end{pmatrix}$ is an eigenvector, the corresponding eigenvalue is __________ .
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In a box, there are $5$ green balls and $10$ blue balls. A person picks $6$ balls randomly. The probability that the person has picked $4$ green balls and $2$ blue balls ...
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The Laplace transform of a function is $\frac{s+1}{s\left ( s+2 \right )}$The initial and final values, respectively, of the function are $0$ and $1$$1$ and $\frac{1}{2}$...
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The Lagrange mean-value theorem is satisfied for $f\left ( x \right )=x^{3}+5$, in the interval $\left ( 1,4 \right )$ at a value (rounded off to the second decimal place...
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Evaluate ${\displaystyle \int \frac{dx}{e^x – 1}}$(Note: C is a constant of integration)$\frac{e^x}{e^x -1}$ + C$\frac {In(e^x -1)}{e^x}$ + CIn$(\frac {e^x}{e^x -1})$ ...
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The decay ratio for a system having complex conjugate poles as $\left ( -\frac{1}{10}+j\frac{2}{15} \right )$ and $\left ( -\frac{1}{10}-j\frac{2}{15} \right )$ is $7\ti...
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The number of positive roots of the function $f(x)$ shown below in the range $0<x<6$ is ___________________.
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In rolling of two fair dice, the outcome of an experiments is considered to be the sum of the numbers appearing on the dice. The probability is highest for the outcome of...
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Consider the following dataset.$$\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline x & 1 & 3 & 5 & 15 & 25 \\ \hline f(x) & 6 & 8 & 10 & 12 & 5 \\ \hline \end{array}$$The value of the ...
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Given $\dfrac{dy}{dx}=y-20$, and $y \mid_{x=0}=40$, the value of $y$ at $x=2$ is _________ (round off to nearest integer)
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Values of $f\left ( x \right )$ in the interval $\left [ 0,4 \right ]$ are given below.$\begin{array}{|cl|cI|cI|cI|cI|cI|}\hline&{x} & \text{0} & \text{1} & \text{2} & \t...
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Consider the following set of linear algebraic equations $x{_1} + 2x{_2} + 3x{_3} = 2$ ...
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Consider the following two normal distributions$f_{1}\left ( x \right )=exp\left ( -\pi x^{2} \right )$$f_{2}\left ( x \right )=\frac{1}{2 \pi}exp\left \{ -\frac{1}{4\pi ...