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22nd June 2015, 08:09 AM
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Indian Statistical Institute of Kolkata
Can anyone please give me the details of getting in UG courses in the Indian Statistical Institute of Kolkata?
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22nd June 2015, 09:11 AM
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Re: Indian Statistical Institute of Kolkata
Indian Statistical Institute of Kolkata was established back in the year of 1931 and at that time it was having an expenditure of Rs 250 and now it is having expenditure of over Rs 15,000,000. Courses Offered: B.Stat. (Hons.) B.Math. (Hons.) Important Dates for Entrance Exam: On-line Application Starts: 03 February 2015 On-line Application Ends: 03 March 2015 Payment of Application Fee at SBI Branches Starts: 06 February 2015 Payment of Application Fee at SBI Branches Ends: 10 March 2015 ISI Admission Test: 10 May 2015 These dates for the year 2015 have been passed so these dates can be taken as tentative for the year of 2016 Entrance Exam Centers: SL TEST CENTRE CODE SL TEST CENTRE CODE 1 AGARTALA AG 2 AHMEDABAD AD 3 BALURGHAT BL 4 BENGALURU BG 5 BHOPAL BP 6 BHUBANESWAR BH 7 CHANDIGARH CH 8 CHENNAI CN 9 COCHIN CO 10 DELHI DH 11 DHANBAD DB 12 DIBRUGARH DG 13 DURGAPUR DP 14 GUNTUR GT 15 GUWAHATI GH 16 HYDERABAD HY 17 IMPHAL IM 18 JAIPUR JP 19 KHARAGPUR KH 20 KOLKATA CC 21 LUCKNOW LU 22 MANGALORE MN 23 MUMBAI MB 24 NAGPUR NG 25 NAINITAL NL 26 PATNA PT 27 PUNE PU 28 RAIPUR RP 29 SHILLONG SL 30 SILIGURI SG 31 SRINAGAR SR 32 SURAT ST 33 TEZPUR TZ 34 VARANASI VN 35 VISAKHAPATNAM VP Application Fees: Rs 600.00 for all applicants in the general category and Rs 300.00 for SC/ST/OBC/Physically Challenged candidates Eligibility Criteria: B.Stat (Hons): Candidates must have passed Higher Secondary (10+2) or equivalent with Mathematics and English B.Math (Hons): Candidates must have passed Higher Secondary (10+2) or equivalent with Mathematics and English Previous year question papers of entrance exam for B.Stat Hons and B.Math Hons 1. The system of inequalities a − b2 ≥ 1 4 , b − c2 ≥ 1 4 , c − d2 ≥ 1 4 , d − a2 ≥ 1 4 has (A) no solutions (B) exactly one solution (C) exactly two solutions (D) infinitely many solutions. 2. Let log12 18 = a. Then log24 16 is equal to (A) 8 − 4a 5 − a (B) 1 3 + a (C) 4a − 1 2 + 3a (D) 8 − 4a 5 + a . 3. The number of solutions of the equation tan x+sec x = 2 cos x, where 0 ≤ x ≤ _, is (A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3. 4. Using only the digits 2, 3 and 9, how many six digit numbers can be formed which are divisible by 6? (A) 41 (B) 80 (C) 81 (D) 161 5. What is the value of the following integral? Z 2014 1 2014 tan−1 x x dx (A) _ 4 log 2014 (B) _ 2 log 2014 (C) _ log 2014 (D) 1 2 log 2014 6. A light ray travelling along the line y = 1, is reflected by a mirror placed along the line x = 2y. The reflected ray travels along the line (A) 4x − 3y = 5 (B) 3x − 4y = 2 (C) x − y = 1 (D) 2x − 3y = 1. 7. For a real number x, let [x] denote the greatest integer less than or equal to x. Then the number of real solutions of __ 2x − [x] __ = 4 is (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4. 8. What is the ratio of the areas of the regular pentagons inscribed inside and circumscribed around a given circle? (A) cos 36◦ (B) cos2 36◦ (C) cos2 54◦ (D) cos2 72◦ 1 9. Let z1, z2 be nonzero complex numbers satisfying |z1 + z2| = |z1 − z2|. The circumcentre of the triangle with the points z1, z2, and the origin as its vertices is given by (A) 2 (z1 − z2) (B) 1 3 (z1 + z2) (C) 1 2 (z1 + z2) (D) 1 3 (z1 − z2). 10. In how many ways can 20 identical chocolates be distributed among 8 students so that each student gets at least one chocolate and exactly two students get at least two chocolates each? (A) 308 (B) 364 (C) 616 (D) _8 2__17 7 _ 11. Two vertices of a square lie on a circle of radius r, and the other two vertices lie on a tangent to this circle. Then, each side of the square is (A) 3r 2 (B) 4r 3 (C) 6r 5 (D) 8r 5 • 12. Let P be the set of all numbers obtained by multiplying five distinct integers between 1 and 100. What is the largest integer n such that 2n divides at least one element of P? (A) 8 (B) 20 (C) 24 (D) 25 13. Consider the function f(x) = ax3 + bx2 + cx + d, where a, b, c and d are real numbers with a > 0. If f is strictly increasing, then the function g(x) = f ′(x) − f ′′(x) + f ′′′(x) is (A) zero for some x ∈ R (B) positive for all x ∈ R (C) negative for all x ∈ R (D) strictly increasing. 14. Let A be the set of all points (h, k) such that the area of the triangle formed by (h, k), (5, 6) and (3, 2) is 12 square units. What is the least possible length of a line segment joining (0, 0) to a point in A? (A) 4 √5 (B) 8 √5 (C) 12 √5 (D) 16 √5 15. Let P = {ab c : a, b, c positive integers, a2 + b2 = c2, and 3 divides c}. What is the largest integer n such that 3n divides every element of P? (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 16. Let A0 = ∅ (the empty set). For each i = 1, 2, 3, . . . , define the set Ai = Ai−1 ∪ {Ai−1}. The set A3 is (A) ∅ (B) {∅} (C) {∅, {∅}} (D) {∅, {∅}, {∅, {∅}}} 17. Let f(x) = 1 x − 2 • The graphs of the functions f and f−1 intersect at (A) (1 + √2, 1 + √2) and (1 − √2, 1 − √2) (B) (1 + √2, 1 + √2) and (√2,−1 − 1 √2 ) (C) (1 − √2, 1 − √2) and (−√2,−1 + 1 √2 ) (D) (√2,−1 − 1 √2 ) and (−√2,−1 + 1 √2 ) 18. Let N be a number such that whenever you take N consecutive positive integers, at least one of them is coprime to 374. What is the smallest possible value of N? (A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7 19. Let A1,A2, . . . ,A18 be the vertices of a regular polygon with 18 sides. How many of the triangles △AiAjAk, 1 ≤ i < j < k ≤ 18, are isosceles but not equilateral? (A) 63 (B) 70 (C) 126 (D) 144 20. The limit lim x→0 sin_ x x exists only when (A) _ ≥ 1 (B) _ = 1 (C) |_| ≤ 1 (D) _ is a positive integer. 21. Consider the region R = {(x, y) : x2 + y2 ≤ 100, sin(x + y) > 0}. What is the area of R? (A) 25_ (B) 50_ (C) 50 (D) 100_ − 50 22. Consider a cyclic trapezium whose circumcentre is on one of the sides. If the ratio of the two parallel sides is 1 : 4, what is the ratio of the sum of the two oblique sides to the longer parallel side? (A) √3 : √2 (B) 3 : 2 (C) √2 : 1 (D) √5 : √3 23. Consider the function f(x) = (loge 4 + √2x x !)2 for x > 0. Then, (A) f decreases upto some point and increases after that (B) f increases upto some point and decreases after that (C) f increases initially, then decreases and then again increases (D) f decreases initially, then increases and then again decreases. 24. What is the number of ordered triplets (a, b, c), where a, b, c are positive integers (not necessarily distinct), such that abc = 1000? (A) 64 (B) 100 (C) 200 (D) 560 25. Let f : (0,∞) → (0,∞) be a function differentiable at 3, and satisfying f(3) = 3f′(3) > 0. Then the limit lim x→∞ f _3 + 3 x_ f(3) x (A) exists and is equal to 3 (B) exists and is equal to e (C) exists and is always equal to f(3) (D) need not always exist. 26. Let z be a non-zero complex number such that ____ z − 1 z ____ = 2. What is the maximum value of |z|? (A) 1 (B) √2 (C) 2 (D) 1 + √2. 27. The minimum value of __ sin x + cos x + tan x + cosec x + sec x + cot x__ is (A) 0 (B) 2√2 − 1 (C) 2√2 + 1 (D) 6 28. For any function f : X → Y and any subset A of Y , define f−1(A) = {x ∈ X : f(x) ∈ A}. Let Ac denote the complement of A in Y . For subsets A1,A2 of Y , consider the following statements: (i) f−1(Ac 1 ∩ Ac 2) = (f−1(A1))c ∪ (f−1(A2))c (ii) If f−1(A1) = f−1(A2) then A1 = A2. Then, (A) both (i) and (ii) are always true (B) (i) is always true, but (ii) may not always be true (C) (ii) is always true, but (i) may not always be true (D) neither (i) nor (ii) is always true. 29. Let f be a function such that f′′(x) exists, and f′′(x) > 0 for all x ∈ [a, b]. For any point c ∈ [a, b], let A(c) denote the area of the region bounded by y = f(x), the tangent to the graph of f at x = c and the lines x = a and x = b. Then (A) A(c) attains its minimum at c = 1 2 (a + b) for any such f (B) A(c) attains its maximum at c = 1 2 (a + b) for any such f (C) A(c) attains its minimum at both c = a and c = b for any such f (D) the points c where A(c) attains its minimum depend on f. 30. In △ABC, the lines BP, BQ trisect \ABC and the lines CM, CN trisect \ACB. Let BP and CM intersect at X and BQ and CN intersect at Y . If \ABC = 45◦ and \ACB = 75◦, then \BXY is A B C M N P Q X Y ? (A) 45◦ (B) 471 2 ◦ (C) 50◦ (D) 55◦ Short-Answer Type Test Time: 2 hours 1. A class has 100 students. Let ai, 1 ≤ i ≤ 100, denote the number of friends the i-th student has in the class. For each 0 ≤ j ≤ 99, let cj denote the number of students having at least j friends. Show that 100 Xi=1 ai = 99 Xj=0 cj . 2. It is given that the graph of y = x4+ax3+bx2+cx+d (where a, b, c, d are real) has at least 3 points of intersection with the x-axis. Prove that either there are exactly 4 distinct points of intersection, or one of those 3 points of intersection is a local minimum or maximum. 3. Consider a triangle PQR in R2. Let A be a point lying on △PQR or in the region enclosed by it. Prove that, for any function f(x, y) = ax+ by +c on R2, f(A) ≤ max {f(P), f(Q), f(R)} . 4. Let f and g be two non-decreasing twice differentiable functions defined on an interval (a, b) such that for each x ∈ (a, b), f′′(x) = g(x) and g′′(x) = f(x). Suppose also that f(x)g(x) is linear in x on (a, b). Show that we must have f(x) = g(x) = 0 for all x ∈ (a, b). 5. Show that the sum of 12 consecutive integers can never be a perfect square. Give an example of 11 consecutive integers whose sum is a perfect square. 6. Let A be the region in the xy-plane given by A = {(x, y) : x = u + v, y = v, u2 + v2 ≤ 1} . Derive the length of the longest line segment that can be enclosed inside the region A. 7. Let f : [0,∞) → R be a non-decreasing continuous function. Show then that the inequality (z − x) z Zy f(u)du ≥ (z − y) z Zx f(u)du holds for any 0 ≤ x < y < z. 8. Consider n (> 1) lotus leaves placed around a circle. A frog jumps from one leaf to another in the following manner. It starts from some selected leaf. From there, it skips exactly one leaf in the clockwise direction and jumps to the next one. Then it skips exactly two leaves in the clockwise direction and jumps to the next one. Then it skips three leaves again in the clockwise direction and jumps to the next one, and so on. Notice that the frog may visit the same leaf more than once. Suppose it turns out that if the frog continues this way, then all the leaves are visited by the frog sometime or the other. Show that n cannot be odd. 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