====== PPSC Paper 2011 (Lecturer in Mathematics) ====== {{ :ppsc:ppsc-maths-2021.jpg|PPSC Paper 2011 (Lecturer in Mathematics)}} On this page, we have given question from old (past) paper of Lecturer in Mathematics conducted in year 2011. This is a MCQs paper and answers are given at the end of the paper. At the end of the PDF is also given to download. This paper is provided by Ms. [[:people:iqra-liaqat]]. We are very thankful to her for providing this paper. - A ring $R$ is a Boolean Ring if for all $x\in R$.\\ - $x^2=x$ - $x^2=-x$ - $x^2=0$ - $x^2=1$ - The group of Quaterminons is a non-abelian group of order --------- \\ - $6$ - $8$ - $10$ - $4$ - Every group of prime order is ------- \\ - an abelian but not cyclic - an abelian group - a non-abelian group - a cyclic group - Any two conjugate subgroup of a group $G$ are \\ - Equivalent - Similar - Isomorphic - None of these - If $H$ is a subgroup of index ------ then $H$ is a normal subgroup of $G$ \\ - $2$ - $4$ - Prime number - None of these - $nZ$ is a maximal ideal of a ring $Z$ if and only if $n$ is ------\\ - Prime number - Composite number - Natural number - None of these - Let $G$ be a cyclic group of order $24$ generated by $a$ then order of $a^{10}$ is ------ \\ - $2$ - $12$ - $10$ - None of these - If a vector space $V$ has a basis of $n$ vectors, then every basis of $V$ must consist of exactly ----- vectors. \\ - $n+1$ - $n$ - $n-1$ - None of these - An indexed set of a vectors $v_1,v_2,v_3,....,v_r$ in $R^n$ is said to be ------ if the vector equation $x_1v_1+x_2v_2+.....+x_pv_p=0$ has only trivial solution. \\ - Linearly independent - Basis - Linearly dependent - None of these - The set $C_n$ of all, $nth$ roots of unity for a fixed positive integer $n$ is a group under ----- \\ - Addition - Addition modulo $n$ - Multiplication - Multiplication modulo $n$ - Intersection of any collection of normal subgroups of a group $G$ ------ \\ - is normal subgroup - may not be normal subgroup - is cyclic subgroup - is abelian subgroup - $\mathbb{Z}/ 2\mathbb{Z}$ is a quotient group of order ------- \\ - $1$ - $2$ - infinite - none of these - A group $G$ having order -----------, where $p$ is prime, is always abelian. \\ - $p^4$ - $p^2$ - $2p$ - $p^3$ - The number of conjugacy classes of symmetric group of degree $3$ is ------------ \\ - $6$ - $2$ - $3$ - $4$ - ------------ is a set of all those elements of a group $G$ which commutes with all other elements of $G$ \\ - commutator subgroup - centre of group - automorphism of $G$ - None of these - What are zero divisors in the ring of integers modulo $6$\\ - $\bar{1},\bar{2},\bar{4}$ - $\bar{0},\bar{2},\bar{3}$ - $\bar{0},\bar{2},\bar{4}$ - $\bar{2},\bar{3},\bar{4}$ - If $H$ is a normal subgroup of $G$, then $Na(H)=$ ------------ \\ - $H$ - $G$ - $\{e\}$ - None of these - An $n\times n $ matrix with $n$ distinct eigenvalues is ------------- \\ - Diagonalization - Similar matrix - Not diagonalizable - None of these - Let $T:U\longrightarrow V$ be a linear transformation from an $n$ dimensional vector space $U(F)$ to a vector space $V(F)$ then \\ - $\dim N(T)+\dim R(T)=0$ - $\dim N(T)+\dim R(T)=2n$ \\ - $\dim N(T)+\dim R(T)=n^2$ - $\dim N(T)+\dim R(T)=n$ - The dimension of the row space or column space of a matrix is called the ------- of the matrix. \\ - Basis - Null space - Rank - None of those - $\underline{a}\times (\underline{b}\times\underline{c})$ is a vector lying in the plane containing vectors\\ - $\underline{a},\underline{b}$ and $\underline{c}$ - $\underline{a}$ and $\underline{c}$ - $\underline{b}$ and $\underline{c}$ - $\underline{b}$ and $\underline{a}$ - The square matrix $A$ and its transpose have the -------- eigenvalues. \\ - Same - Different - Unique - None of these - The set $S=\left\{ \left[\begin{array}{c} 1 \\ 2 \end{array}\right], \left[\begin{array}{c}2\\ 2\end{array}\right],\left[\begin{array}{c}0\\ 0\end{array}\right] \right\}$ of vectors in $\mathbb{R}^2$ is ------------ \\ - linearly independent - linearly dependent - basis of $\mathbb{R}^2$ - none of these - Let $X$ and $Y$ vectors spaces over the field \(F\) with \(\dim X=m\) and \(\dim Y=n\) then the \(\dim Hom(X,Y)=\)\\ - \(mn\) - \(n\) - \(n^m\) - \(m^2\) - All subgroups of an abelian group are ----------- subgroups. \\ - cyclic - normal - characteristic - None of these - The set of all solutions to the homogenous equation \(Ax=0\) when \(A\) is an \(m \times n\) matrix is --------- \\ - Null space - Column space - Rank - None of these - If \(7\) cards are dealt from an ordinary deck of \(52\) playing cards, what is the probability that at least \(1\) of them will be a queen? \\ - \(0.4773\) - \(0.4774\) - \(0.4775\) - \(0.4776\) - Let \(G\) be an abelian group. Then which one of the following is not true. \\ - every commutator of \(G\) is identity\\ - iF \(m\) is divisor of order of \(G\) then \(G\) must have subgroup of order \(m\)\\ - centre of \(G\) is \(G\) itself\\ - every subgroup of \(G\) is cyclic - Every group of order \(\leq5\) is \\ - cyclic - abelian - non abelian - none of these - Number of non-isomorphic groups of order \(8\) is ------ \\ - $4$ - $2$ - $3$ - $5$ - Centre of the group of quaternions \(Q_8\) is of order \\ - $1$ - $2$ - $8$ - $4$ - \(\underline{a}\cdot (\underline{b}\times\underline{c})\) is not equal to \\ - \(\underline{a}\cdot(\underline{c}\times\underline{b})\) - \((\underline{a}\times\underline{b})\cdot\underline{c}\) - \(\underline{b}\cdot(\underline{c}\times\underline{a})\) - \(\underline{a}\cdot(\underline{a}\times\underline{b})\) - Let \(G\) be a group. Then the derived group \(G^{'}\) is subgroup of \(G\) \\ - cyclic - abelian - normal - none of these - Let \(G\) be a group. Then the factor group \(G/G\) is ------- \\ - abelian - cyclic - normal - none of these - Finite simple abelian group are of order\\ - $4$ - prime power - power of \(2\) - prime number - Set of integers \(Z\) is\\ - Field - group under multiplication - integral domain - division ring - Set of integers \(\mathbb{Z}\) is ------- of the set \(\mathbb{Q} \) of rationals. \\ - prime ideal - sub ring - maximal ideal - none of these - Solution set of the equation \(1+\cos x=0\) is\\ - \( \{\pi+n\pi:n\in \mathbb{Z}\}\) - \( \left\{2n\pi:n\in \mathbb{Z}\right\}\) - \( \{\dfrac{\pi}{2}+n\pi:n\in \mathbb{Z}\}\) - \( \{\pi+2n\pi:n\in \mathbb{Z}\}\) - Non-zero elements of a field from a group under \\ - addition - multiplication - subtraction - division - Let \(\mathbb{Q}\) be the set of rational numbers. Then \(\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{3})=\{a+b\sqrt{3}:a,b \in \mathbb{Q}\}\) is a vector space over \(g\) with dimension \\ - $1$ - $2$ - $3$ - $4$ - Let \(W\) be a subspace of the space \(\mathbb{R}^3\). if \(\dim W=0\) then \(W\) is a \\ - line through the origin \(0\) - plane through the origin \(0\) - entire space \(R^3\) - a point - Let \(P_n(t)\) be a vector space of all polynomials of degree \(\leq n\). Then\\ - \(\dim P_n(t)=n-1\) - \(\dim P_n(t)=n\) - \( \dim P_n(t)=n+1\) - \(2\) - A one to one linear transformation preserves --------------- \\ - basis but not dimension - basis and dimension - dimension but not basis - none of these - In a group \((\mathbb{Z},\circ)\) of all integers where \(a \circ b=a+b+1\) for \(a,b\in \mathbb{Z}\), the inverse of \(-3\) is \\ - \(-3\) - \(0\) - \(3\) - \(1\) - The set \(\mathbb{Z} \) of all integers is not a vector space over the field \(\mathbb{R} \) of real numbers under ordinary addition `$+$', multiplication `\(\times\)' of real numbers, because \\ - \((\mathbb{Z},+)\) is a ring - \((\mathbb{Z},+,\times)\) is not a field - \((\mathbb{R},\times)\) is not a group - ordinary multiplication of real numbers does not define a scalar multiplication of \(\mathbb{Z}\) by \(\mathbb{R}\). - Let \(G\) be an abelian group. Then \(\varphi:G\longrightarrow G\) given by ----------- is an automorphism. \\ - $\varphi(x)=x^3$ - $\varphi(x)=e$ - $\varphi(x)=x^2$ - $\varphi(x)=x^{-1}$ - Let \(G\) be a group in which \(g^2=1\) for all \(g\) is $G$. Then \(G\) is ---------- \\ - Abelian - cyclic - abelian but not cyclic - non abelian - Let \(G=\langle a,b:b^2=1=a^2,ab=ba^{-1} \rangle\). Then the number of distinct left cosets of $H=\langle b \rangle$ in $G$ is ------------ \\ - 1 - 2 - 4 - 3 - A linear transformation \(T:U \to V \) is one-to-one if and only if kernel of $T$ is equal to \\ - U - V - \( \{ 0\}\) - $\Im (T)$ - For a scalar point function $\varphi(x,y,z)$, $text{div grad} \varphi $ is \\ - scalar point function - vector point function - guage function - neither - A particle moves along a curve \(F=(e^{-1},2\cos 3t,2\sin 3t)\), where \(t\) is time. The velocity at \(t=0\) is \\ - $(-1,0,6)$ - $(-1,-6,0)$ - $(1,2,0)$ - $(-1,2,2)$ - The coordinates surface for the cylindrical coordinates \(x=r\cos \varphi\),\(y=r\sin \varphi,z=z\) are given by \\ - \(r=c, \varphi=c\) - \(r=c_1, \varphi=c,z=c_3\) - \(r=c_1, z=c_3\) - \(\varphi=c_2,z=c_3\) - The metric coefficients in cylindrical coordinates are \\ - \((1,1,1)\) - \((1,0,1)\) - \((1,r,1)\) - neither - The value of the quantity \(\delta_ix_ix_j\) is \\ - \(x_i\) - zero - \(x_{ij}\) - \(x_ix_j\) - A tensor of rank \(5\) in a space of \(4\) dimensions has components\\ - $5$ - $4$ - $625$ - $1024$ - A vector is said to be irrational if\\ - $\bigtriangledown \bar{F}=1$ - $\bigtriangledown \bar{F}=0$ - $\bigtriangledown \times\bar{F}=0$ - none - The moment of inertia of a rigid hemisphere of mass \(M\) and radius \(a\) about a diameter of a base is\\ - $Ma^2/5$ - $Ma^2/2$ - $2Ma^2/5$ - more information needed - Radius of gyration of a rigid body of mass \(4gm\) having moment of inertia \(32gm(cm)^2\) is:\\ - $8(cm)^2$ - $2\sqrt{2}cm$ - $\sqrt{2}$ - $2\sqrt{2}gm$ - Equation for the ellipsoid of inertia for a rigid body having moments and products of inerti \(1_{xx}=18\)units, \(1_{yy}=18\)units, \(1_{zz}=36\)units, \(1_{xy}=-13.5\)units, \(1_{xz}=0\), \(1_{yz}=0\)\\ - \(18(x^2+y^2+z^2)-27xy=1\) - \(18(x^2+y^2+2z^2)-27xy=1\) - \(18(x^2+y^2)+2z^2-27xy=1\) - more information needed - The neighbourhood of \(0,\) under the usual topology for the real line \(r\), is\\ - $]\frac{-1}{2},\frac{1}{2}]$ - \(]-1,0]\) - \(]0,1]\) - $[0,\frac{1}{2}[$ - Let\(A=[0,1]\) be a subset of \(R\) with Euclidean metric Then interior of \(A\) is\\ - $[0,1[$ - $]0,1[$ - $[0,1]$ - $]0,1]$ - Number of non-isomorphic groups of order \(8\) is\\ - \(5\) - \(2\) - \(3\) - \(4\) - Suppose \(a\) and \(c\) are real numbers, \(c>0\), and \(f\) is defined on \([-1,1]\) by \[f(x)=\left\{ \begin{array}{c} x^a\sin(x^{-c}) \\ 0 \end{array} \right.\begin{array}{l} (if\,\, x\neq 0), \\ (if\,\, x=0). \end{array}\] \(f\) is bounded if and only if \\ - \(a>1+c\) - \(b>2+c\) - \(a\geq 1+c\) - \(a\geq 2+c\) - Let \(M_{2,3}\) be a vector space of all \(2\times 3\) matrices over \(R\). Then dimension of \(Hom(M_{2,3},\mathbb{R}^4)\)\\ - \(12\) - \(6\) - \(8\) - \(24\) - Let \(X=\{a,b,c,d,e\}\). Which one of the following classes of subsets of \(X\) is a topology on \(X\).\\ - $T_1=\{X,\phi,\{a\},\{a,b\},\{a,c\}\}$ - $T_2=\{X,\phi,\{a,b,c\},\{a,b,d\},\{a,b,c,d\}\}$ - $T_3=\{X,\phi,\{a\},\{a,b\},\{a,c,d\},\{a,b,c,d\}\}$ - $T_4=\{\phi,\{a\},\{a,b\},\{a,c\}\}$ - Let $T=\{X,\phi,\{a\},\{a,b\},\{a,c,d\},\{a,b,c,d\},\{a,b,e\}\}$ be a topology on \(X=\{a,b,c,d,e\}\) and \(A=\{a,b,c\}\) be the subset of \(X\). Then interior of \(A\) is\\ - \(\{a,b,c\}\) - \(\{a,b\}\) - \(\{a\}\) - \(\{b,c\}\) - The value of \(\sin(\cos^{-1}\dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{2})\) is\\ - $\dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{2}$ - $\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$ - $\dfrac{1}{2}$ - $1$ - The smallest field containing set of integers \(\mathbb{Z}\) is\\ - \(\mathbb{Q}\sqrt{2}\) - \(\mathbb{Q}\) - \(\mathbb{Q}\sqrt{6}\) - \(\mathbb{Q}\sqrt{3}\) - Let $\mathbb{R}$ be the usual metric space. Then which of the following set is not closed. \\ - Set of integers - Set of rational numbers - \([0,1]\) - \(\displaystyle \left\{1,\frac{1}{2},\frac{1}{3},...\right\} \) - Let $\mathbb{R}$ be the usual metric space and \(\mathbb{Z}\) be the set of integers, then clouser of $\mathbb{Z}$ is\\ - \(\mathbb{Z}\) - set of rational number \(\mathbb{Q}\) - set of real number \(\mathbb{R}\) - set of natural number \(\mathbb{N}\). - A subspace \(A\) of a complete metric space \(X\) is complete if and only if \(A\) is\\ - $X$ - open - closed - empty set - A subset \(A\) of a topological space \(x\) is open if and only if \(A\) is\\ - $A$ is neighbourhood of each of its point - $A$ is neighbourhood of some of its point - $A$ contain all of its limits points - $A$ contain all of its boundary points - Non-zero elements of a finite filed form ------------ group.\\ - non-cyclic - An abelian group but not cyclic - Non-abelian - a cyclic - Let \(R\) be the co-finite topology. Then \(R\) is a\\ - $T_0$ but not \(T_1\) - $T_1$ but not \(T_2\) - $T_2$ but not \(T_3\) - $T_3$ but not \(T_1\) - Let $f(x)=\dfrac{x+5}{(x-1)(x-2)}$ then range of \(f\) is\\ - set of all real numbers $R$ - $R-\{1,2\}$ - $R^+$ - $R^-$ - The value of \(\displaystyle \int_{0}^{1}xe^ydx\) is \\ - $-1$ - $1$ - $c$ - $2c$ - The solution of the congruence \(4x\equiv5 \pmod{9}\) is \\ - $x\equiv6\pmod{9}$ - $x\equiv 7 \pmod{9}$ - $x\equiv8\pmod{9}$ - $x\equiv2\pmod{9}$ - The series \(x-\dfrac{x^2}{2}+\dfrac{x^3}{3}-\dfrac{x^4}{4}+...\) is convergent for\\ - \(|x|<1\) only - \(|x|\leq 1\) - \(-10\), and \(f\) is defined on \([-1,1]\) by \[f(x)=\left\{ \begin{array}{c} x^a\sin(x^{-e}) \\ 0 \end{array} \right.\begin{array}{c} (\text{if } x\neq 0), \\ (\text{if } x=0). \end{array}\] \(f\) is continuous if and only if \\ - $a\geq 1$ - $a>1$ - $a\geq 0$ - $a>0$ - The value of $\displaystyle\int_{0}^{\infty}\frac{dx}{1+x^2}$ is \\ - $\dfrac{\pi}{2}$ - $\dfrac{\pi}{4}$ - $0$ - $\infty$ - Which of the following function is a bijection from \(\mathbb{R}\) to \(\mathbb{R}\). \\ - $f(x)=x^2+1$ - $f(x)=x^3$ - $f(x)=\dfrac{(x^2+1)}{(x^2+2)}$ - $f(x)=x^2$ - $f(z)=\dfrac{1}{z}$ is not uniformly continuous in the region \\ - $0\leq|z|\leq1$ - $0\leq|z|<1$ - $0<|z|<1$ - $0<|z|\leq1$ - $f(z)=z^3+3i$ is ................. \\ - analytic everywhere except $z=3i$ - analytic everywhere except $z=0$ - analytic everywhere except $z=-3i$ - analytic everywhere - If \(C\) is the circle \(|z|=3\), then \(\displaystyle \int_{c}\frac{dz}{1+z^2}\) is equal to\\ - $3$ - $2$ - $0$ - $1$ - The series \(\displaystyle \sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\dfrac{n^1}{(2i)^n}\) is\\ - convergent - absolutely convergent - divergent - none of these - The radius of convergence of \(\sinh z\) is \\ - $R=\infty$ - $R=0$ - $R=1$ - $R=2$ - Four married couples have bought \(8\) seats in a concert. In how many different ways can they be seated if each couple is to sit together?\\ - $24$ - $96$ - $384$ - None of these - A coin is biased so that a head is twice as likely to occur as a tail. if the coin is tossed \(3\) times, then the probability of getting \(2\) tails and \(1\) head is\\ - $\dfrac{1}{9}$ - $\dfrac{2}{9}$ - $\dfrac{4}{9}$ - none of these - If \(X\) represents the outcome when a die is tossed. Then the expected value of \(X\) is\\ - $\dfrac{1}{2}$ - $\dfrac{5}{2}$ - $\dfrac{7}{2}$ - $\dfrac{3}{2}$ ====Answers==== 1-a, 2-b, 3-d, 4-c, 5-a, 6-a, 7-b, 8-b, 9-a, 10-c, 11-a, 12-c, 13-b, 14-c, 15-b, 16-d, 17-b, 18-a, 19-d, 20-c, 21-a, 22-a, 23-b, 24-a, 25-b, 26-d, 27-d, 28-d, 29-b, 30-d, 31-c, 32-a, 33-c, 34-a, 35-d, 36-b, 37-c, 38-d, 39-b, 40-b, 41-d, 42-c, 43-b, 44-c, 45-d, 46-b, 47-c, 48-c, 49-c, 50-c, 51-a, 52-a, 53-d, 54-d, 55-d, 56-c, 57-c, 58-b, 59-b, 60-a, 61-b, 62-a, 63-a, 64-d, 65-c, 66-b, 67-c, 68-b, 69-c, 70-a, 71-a, 72-a, 73-b, 74-b, 75-a, 76-b, 77-c, 78-a, 79-a, 80-a, 81-b, 82-d, 83-c, 84-b, 85-a, 86-a, 87-a, 88-c, 89-c, 90-d, 91-a, 92-b, 93-a, 94-d, 95-c, 96-c, 97-a, 98-c, 99-d, 100-d ==== Download ==== * **{{ :ppsc:ppsc-paper-2011-mathcity.org.pdf |Download PDF}}** %%|%% View Online {{gview noreference>:ppsc:ppsc-paper-2011-mathcity.org.pdf}} **{{:ppsc:ppsc-paper-2011-mathcity.org.pdf|Download PDF ~ :ppsc:ppsc-paper-2011-mathcity.org.pdf}}** {{tag>PPSC Iqra_Liaqat}}