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Q#1 Calculus GATE EE 2025 (Set 1) NAT +2 marks -0 marks

Let . The rate of change of the real valued function,

 

at the origin in the direction of the point  is __________ (round off to the nearest integer).

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Q#2 Calculus GATE EE 2024 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

Consider a vector , where  represent unit vectors along the coordinate axes  respectively. The directional derivative of the function  at the point  in the direction of  is

0

7

21

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Q#3 Calculus GATE EE 2024 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

Let  be a real-valued function whose second derivative is positive for . Which of the following statements is/are always true?

 has at least one local minimum.

 cannot have two distinct local minima.

 has at least one local maximum.

The minimum value of  cannot be negative.

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Q#4 Calculus GATE EE 2024 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

Consider the function  for , where  denotes the maximum of  and . Which of the following statements is/are true?

 is not differentiable.

 is differentiable and its derivative is continuous.

 is differentiable but its derivative is not continuous.

 and its derivative are differentiable.

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Q#5 Calculus GATE EE 2023 (Set 1) MSQ +2 marks -0 marks

Consider the following equation in a 2-D real-space.

Which of the following statement(s) is/are true.

When , the area enclosed by the curve is .

When  tends to , the area enclosed by the curve tends to 4.

When  tends to 0, the area enclosed by the curve is 1.

When , the area enclosed by the curve is 2.

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Q#6 Calculus GATE EE 2023 (Set 1) NAT +2 marks -0 marks

The closed curve shown in the figure is described by , where ;

. The magnitude of the line integral of the vector field  around the closed curve is __________ (Round off to 2 decimal places).

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Q#7 Calculus GATE EE 2023 (Set 1) NAT +2 marks -0 marks

A quadratic function of two variables is given as

The magnitude of the maximum rate of change of the function at the point  is ________ (Round off to the nearest integer).

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Q#8 Calculus GATE EE 2022 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

Let . Then  decreases in the interval.

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Q#9 Calculus GATE EE 2022 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

Let . The direction in which the function  increases most rapidly at point  is

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Q#10 Calculus GATE EE 2022 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

Let  be a region in the first quadrant of the  plane enclosed by a closed curve C considered in counter-clockwise direction. Which of the following expressions does not represent the area of the region  ?        

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Q#11 Calculus GATE EE 2021 (Set 1) MCQ +1 mark -0.33 marks

Let  be a real-valued function such that  for some  and  for all . Then  has

two distinct local minima in

exactly one local minimum in

one local maximum in

no local minimum in  

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Q#12 Calculus GATE EE 2021 (Set 1) NAT +1 mark -0 marks

Suppose the circles  and  intersect each other orthogonally at the point (u,v). Then   __________.

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Q#13 Calculus GATE EE 2021 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

In the open interval , the polynomial   has

three real roots

two real roots

one real root

no real roots

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Q#14 Calculus GATE EE 2020 (Set 1) MSQ +1 mark -0 marks

 is a polynomial on real  over real coefficients  wherein. Which of the following statements is true?

No choice of coefficients can make all roots identical.

a, b, c, d can be chosen to ensure that all roots are complex.

d can be chosen to ensure that  is a root for any given set .

c alone cannot ensure that all roots are real.

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Q#15 Calculus GATE EE 2020 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

For real numbers,  and  with , the maximum and minimum value of  for  are respectively _________.

7 and

7 and 1

-2 and

1 and

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Q#16 Calculus GATE EE 2020 (Set 1) NAT +2 marks -0 marks

Let  and  be unit vectors along  and  directions, respectively. A vector function is given by .

The line integral of the above function,  along the curve , which follows the parabola  as shown below is __________. (rounded off to 2 decimal places).         

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Q#17 Calculus GATE EE 2019 (Set 1) NAT +1 mark -0 marks

If  , the value of line integral . dr evaluated over contour C formed by the segments  is ______________.

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Q#18 Calculus GATE EE 2019 (Set 1) NAT +2 marks -0 marks

If then div(uA) at (1, 1, 1) is ____________.

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Q#19 Calculus GATE EE 2018 (Set 1) NAT +1 mark -0 marks

Let f be a real-valued function of a real variable defined as, where denotes the largest integer less than or equal to x. The value ofis _______ (up 0.25 to 2 decimal places).

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Q#20 Calculus GATE EE 2018 (Set 1) MCQ +1 mark -0.33 marks

Let f be a real-valued function of a real variable defined as for, andfor x < 0. Which one of the following statements is true?

f (x) is discontinuous at x=0.

f (x) is continuous but not differentiable at x=0.

f (x) is differentiable but its first derivative is not continuous at x=0.

f (x) is differentiable but its first derivative is not differentiable at x=0.

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Q#21 Calculus GATE EE 2018 (Set 1) MCQ +1 mark -0.33 marks

The value of the directional derivative of the functionat the point in the direction of the vectoris

0

0.95

0.93

0.9

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Q#22 Calculus GATE EE 2018 (Set 1) NAT +2 marks -0 marks

Let. The maximum value of f(x) over the interval [0, 2] is _____ (up to 1 decimal place).

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Q#23 Calculus GATE EE 2018 (Set 1) NAT +2 marks -0 marks

As shown in the figure, C is the arc from the point (3, 0) to the point (0, 3) on the circle. The value of the integral  is ________ (up to 2 decimal places).

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Q#24 Calculus GATE EE 2017 (Set 1) NAT +1 mark -0 marks

Let, where R is the region shown in the figure and. The value of I equals __________. (Give the answer up to two decimal places).

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Q#25 Calculus GATE EE 2017 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

A function f(x) is defined as        . Which one of the following statements is TRUE?          

f(x) is NOT differentiable at x = 1 for any values of a and b.

f(x) is differentiable at x = 1 for the unique values of a and b.

f(x) is differentiable at x = 1 for all values of a and b such that a + b = e.

f(x) is differentiable at x = 1 for all values of a and b.

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Q#26 Calculus GATE EE 2017 (Set 2) NAT +1 mark -0 marks

Consider a function f(x,y,z) given by . The partial derivative of this function with respect to x at the point, x = 2, y = 1 and z = 3 is __________ .         

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Q#27 Calculus GATE EE 2017 (Set 2) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

Let

Consider the composition of f and g. i.e., . The number of discontinuities in  present in the interval is:         

0

1

2

4

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Q#28 Calculus GATE EE 2016 (Set 1) NAT +1 mark -0 marks

The maximum value attained by the function  in the interval [1, 2] is ______________.

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Q#29 Calculus GATE EE 2016 (Set 2) MCQ +1 mark -0.33 marks

The value of the line integral  along a path joining the origin (0, 0, 0) and the point (1, 1, 1) is

0

2

4

6

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Q#30 Calculus GATE EE 2016 (Set 2) NAT +2 marks -0 marks

The line integral of the vector field  along a path from (0, 0, 0) to (1, 1, 1) parametrized by  is ______________.

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Q#31 Calculus GATE EE 2015 (Set 1) MCQ +1 mark -0.33 marks

If a continuous function f(x) does not have a root in the interval [a, b], then which one of the following statement is TRUE?

f(a) . f(b) = 0

f(a) . f(b) < 0

f(a) . f(b) > 0

f(a)/f(b)

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Q#32 Calculus GATE EE 2015 (Set 1) MCQ +1 mark -0.33 marks

Consider a function  , where r is the distance from the origin and  is the unit vector is the radial direction, the divergence of this function over a sphere of radius R, which includes the origin, is

0

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Q#33 Calculus GATE EE 2015 (Set 2) MCQ +1 mark -0.33 marks

Given , where f, g, h are complex valued functions of a complex variable z. Which one of the following statements is TRUE?

If f(z) is differentiable at , then g(z) and h(z) are also differentiable at .

If g(z) and h(z) are differentiable at , then f(z) is also differentiable at .

If f(z) is continuous at , then it is differentiable at .

If f(z) is differentiable at , then so are its real and imaginary parts.

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Q#34 Calculus GATE EE 2015 (Set 2) NAT +2 marks -0 marks

The volume enclosed by the surface  over the triangle bounded by the lines    x = y; x = 0; y = 1 in the xy plane is _________.

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Q#35 Calculus GATE EE 2014 (Set 1) MCQ +1 mark -0.33 marks

Let . The maximum value of the function in the interval  is

e

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Q#36 Calculus GATE EE 2014 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

The line integral of function F=yzi, in the counter clockwise direction, along the circle  at z = 1 is

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Q#37 Calculus GATE EE 2014 (Set 2) MCQ +1 mark -0.33 marks

Minimum of the real valued function  occurs at x equal to

0

1

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Q#38 Calculus GATE EE 2014 (Set 2) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

To evaluate the doubled integral, we make the substitution  and . The integral will reduce to

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Q#39 Calculus GATE EE 2014 (Set 2) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

The minimum value of the function  in the interval [-3, 3] is

20

28

16

32

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Q#40 Calculus GATE EE 2014 (Set 1) NAT +1 mark -0 marks

A particle, starting from origin at t = 0s, is travelling along x-axis with velocity

At t = 3s, the difference between the distance covered by the particle and the magnitude of displacement from the origin is ___________.

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Q#41 Calculus GATE EE 2014 (Set 3) MCQ +1 mark -0.33 marks

Let , where f and v are scalar and vector fields respectively. If , then  is

2xy + 2yz + 2zx

x + y + z

0

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Q#42 Calculus GATE EE 2013 (Set 1) MCQ +1 mark -0.33 marks

The curl of the gradient of the scalar field defined by  is

0

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Q#43 Calculus GATE EE 2013 (Set 1) MCQ +1 mark -0.33 marks

Given a vector field , the line integral ∫F.dl evaluated along a segment on the x-axis from x=1 to x=2 is

-2.33

0

2.33

7

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Q#44 Calculus GATE EE 2013 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

A function is defined over an open interval x= (1, 2). At least at one point in this interval,  is exactly

20

25

30

35

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Q#45 Calculus GATE EE 2012 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

The maximum value of  in the interval [1, 6] is

21

25

41

46

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Q#46 Calculus GATE EE 2012 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

The direction of vector A is radially outward from the origin, with  where  and k is a constant. The value of n for which  is

-2

2

1

0

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Q#47 Calculus GATE EE 2011 (Set 1) MCQ +1 mark -0.33 marks

Roots of the algebraic equation  are

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Q#48 Calculus GATE EE 2011 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

The function  has

a maxima at x = 1 and a minima at x = 5

a maxima at x = 1 and a minima at x = -5

only a maxima at x = 1

only a minima at x = 1

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Q#49 Calculus GATE EE 2011 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

The two vectors [1, 1, 1] and , where , are

Orthonormal

Orthogonal

Parallel

Collinear

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Q#50 Calculus GATE EE 2010 (Set 1) MCQ +1 mark -0.33 marks

The value of the quantity P, where. Is equal to

0

1

e

1/e

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Q#51 Calculus GATE EE 2010 (Set 1) MCQ +1 mark -0.33 marks

Divergence of the three-dimensional radial vector field  is

3

1/r

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Q#52 Calculus GATE EE 2010 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

At t = 0, the function  has

a minimum

a discontinuity

a point of inflection

a maximum

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Q#53 Calculus GATE EE 2009 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

f (x, y) is a continuous function defined over.  Given the two constraintsand  , the volume under f(x, y) is        

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Q#54 Calculus GATE EE 2009 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

A cubic polynomial with real coefficients        

Can possibly have no Extrema and no zero crossings

May have up to three Extrema and up to 2 zero crossings

Cannot have more than two Extrema and more than three zero crossings

Will always have an equal number of Extrema and zero crossings

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Q#55 Calculus GATE EE 2009 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

It's line integral over the straight line from  evaluates to        

−8

4

8

0

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Q#56 Calculus GATE EE 2008 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

Consider function  where x is a real number.  Then the function has

Only one minimum

Only two minima

Three minima

Three maxima

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Q#57 Calculus GATE EE 2007 (Set 1) MCQ +1 mark -0.33 marks

Divergence of the vector field

is

None of these

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Q#58 Calculus GATE EE 2007 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

The integral equals

0

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Q#59 Calculus GATE EE 2006 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

The expression  for the volume of a cone is equal to

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Q#60 Calculus GATE EE 2006 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

A surface S(x, y) = 2x + 5y − 3 is integrated once over a path consisting of the points that satisfy.  The integral evaluates to

0

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Q#61 Calculus GATE EE 2005 (Set 1) MCQ +1 mark -0.33 marks

If , then S has the value

1

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Q#62 Calculus GATE EE 2005 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

For the function, the maximum occurs when x is equal to:

2

1

0

–1

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Q#63 Calculus GATE EE 2005 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

For the scalar field , the magnitude of the gradient at the point (1,3) is:

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