OInterview questions at IISER Pune and IIT Guwahati

(Anonymously received).

Ihad given an interview at |T Guwahati and IISER Pune in

the June session. In l|SER Pune, they asked questions from
linear algebra, ordinary differentialequations, real
analysis. They are as follows.

1.What is the minimal polynomial. What is the

characteristic polynomial.
2. What are the relationship between minimal polynomial
and charactestic polynomial. Can you proof those
relationships between minimal polynomial and
charactestic polynomial.
In ordinary differential equations, they asked questions
from uniqueness and existence theorem. Statement
and example of uniqueness theorem.
3. What is the reimann integration. They asked some
examples of reimann integration.
4. What is the uniform convergence in sequence of
functions.
5. Is continuity implement the uniform convergence of
sequence and series of functions. Can you proof it.

During IIT Guwahati, they asked questions from partial

differential equations.

1. Write down the general equations of secondorder pde.

2. What is the heat equations. In heat equations, what are
the parameters.
3. Can you proof the heat equations, from where it is
derived.
O NBHM PhD 2022 Interview Questions shared by Bittu
Singh.

NBHM INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:

Itold my preferences and gave them brief intro.(according
to me first question will be the most important factor for
your interview)
Linear algebra:
Anticlockwise 90- rotation> what is the corresponding
linear transformation?
Matrix representation? Is it diagonalisable?(yes: as +/- i are
eigen values)
R² can be written as direct summand of R Module?
Topology:
A
distance different from Euclidean in R^n?
Are those Equivalent?
Equivalent metric criterion in terms of open set? Also in
terms of convergence of sequence( both metric has same
convergent sequence iff those are equivalent)? (Note: norm
inequality criterion imply equivalent Converse is not true for
general metric space with distance)
Two equivalent metric gives same topology?
Which properties willbe preserve: open sets, closed sets,
compactness, (yes)
Completeness(no) ex (0,1) homeomorphic to R
One point compactification
R(xy)=d(x,y)/(1+d(xy)
Equivalent why?
Torus and sphere are not homeomorphic! Why?(Z and {1)
are corresponding fundamental groups)
He asked prove without using this(removing a circle
connectivity not preserved)
(They'll give you enough hints, just you have to thought
according)
best wishes :)
CMIPhD Interview experience

(Anonymously Shared)

Student: 1

R is commutative ring with unity

" which one is bigger - ideal generated by i that is (i) or (?)
" j)and (ij) - which one is bigger ?
" if (0). = R then (i²,j=?

" Do you know the ring of functions C[0,1]=R

" Is it an Euclidean domain?
" Is it an Euclidean ring ?
" example of an ideal in R
" is {f: f(1/2)=0} maximal ? Prove it.
" Is there any other prime ideal which is not maximal ?
" Is it compact ?
" Is it connected ?

" relation between limsupla_n), limsup(b_n) and limsup(a_n + b_n)

" if a_n is apositive sequence, b_n =max {a_1,a_2,..,a_k}
limsup(a_n/b_n)<1 then a_n is bounded
" if limsup(a_n/b_n)= 0 then a_n converges to zero

Student: 2

1. If two transformations have the same char. Poly, then are the matrices similar ?
2. Obtain a bound on the rank of a matrix Ast A^2=0
3. If f is differentiable, then f satisfies ivp.
4. Are Z,Q finitely generated ? If G is gen by two elements of finite order, then is G finite.
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O PhD Interview/Admission Questions IITB, IITK &IITM

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July 2, 2022

IITB 19/05/22

1. A andB are nxl matrix.What can you say about diagonalizability of AB ? what is the condi
tion?
yes diagonalisable provided trace is nonzero.
2. symmnetric positive definite matrices are convex set?
Ar > 0 and it's done.
3. nilpotent matrices are pathconnected or not? why so?
Take the map 0,1] to nilpotent matrices given by f(t) =tA which connect 0 and the nilpotent matrix

4. A1,., A,+ are n+1nby n matrices. can there exist aj ,On+)such that aj Aj +...on+jAn+l
is singular matrix?yes, why?
they gave hint only to consider fist column.and done
5. Arzella ascoli? don't know
6.can you show roots of unity are dense in unit circle ?
you can take closed interval 0,1] correspondence with unit circle now all roots correspond to ratio
nal hetween (0.1] and done.
7.weierestrass approx thn?
8. so what is lipschitz function? are dense in contnuos fn?
9. given that g= 0 for all lipschitz function g, then what can you say about f? zero function,
why?
they give many hints and i was closer to the proof, but i failed.
They will give yo enough hints. You just have to think in friont of them and will he asked to
think loudly.

IITK 03/22

1. X= R- ((0,0}
Y = ((r. y.*): +y= 1,:> 0} are those two topological space bomeonorphic?
2.(0,1) and (0.1] are homeomorphic? can you find a continuous bijection fron (0,1) to (0.1)? why
ot

3. topology question from normal spce! ...

4.solve the pde u + ku, 0? what is charecterestics curve here?
5. give an example of nilpotent operator?
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Hello!l attended the PhD interview at IIT Dharwad
this year. I'm sharing the questions below.

(Anonymous Shared)

1. What is the order ofA_n ? Prove your claim.

2. What group is the quotient GI_n(R)/SI_n(R) isomorphic
to? What about Gl_n(C)/Sl_n(C)?
3. What group is the quotient M_n(R)/H isomorphic to ?
(H is the set of matrices in M_n(R) with trace o.)
4. Let H be the group of all1oth roots of unity under
multiplication. What group is the quotient (C*,)/H
isomorphic to?
5.G isa finite group such that allits non-identity elements
are of order 2. What can you say about G?
6. Prove that the additive group of a field of order pAn is
isomorphic to Zp xZp x...*Zp (n times).
7. What is the order of Sl_n(Zp) ? Prove it.
8.Vis a real vector space. f&gare linear functionals on V
such that ker(f) C ker(g). How are fand grelated?
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NidhiShukla, Download the PDF file (17Pages).
SNUPhD test

1. The least value of nfor which Sn has abelian subgroup

of order 30?
2.Co-Variance of two random variable lies between o and
1?

3. How to find connected set if set contains element in the

form of matrix?

4. ASet containing (x y) such that Xsquare +y square is

equalto 1and xy is not equal zero_ compact?
5. Tis a mapping from Vito V2 where v1 and V2 are finite
dimensional vector spaces letS be a subset of V1 then
the relationship between dimension of T(Si) and
dimension of S1?

6. The set of all matrices of order n by n, then find the

connected matrices in this set??
1.AA=AA=|
2. trA=1
3. =>ofor all x

7.Ifa function is given in terms of series then how to find

its continuity &Differentiability?
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PhD Interview 2021 Questions asked at VIT Bhopal

Sir, Ihave appeared for an Interview for VIT Bhopal on 8th

december and also got selected. Iam attaching the file of
questions here. Also big thanks to you sir as the collections
of interview questions is very helpful for me. and also lam
following your study material of many topics for preparing
for CSIR &GATE. Regards Suneel Kumar

Interview Questions VIT Bhopal (selected)

gh December 2021
> Firstly they told to introduce yourself and present the PPT file.
I have present the PPT on mathematical modelling
After that they asked questions regarding PPT and differential equations:
Regarding PPT:
1. Where will you get motivation of this
2. Objectives of COVID-19 model
3. Will you continue do work on epidemic model or want to do work on any other model
And lastly
1. Degree &order of DE
2. Definition of linear DE
3. Homogeneous DE
4. Name of the books you have read
5. Also they have asked how many windows and their names in MATLAB

Suggestions: If institute asked for PPT presentation then main focus of interview will be on Presentation
and content of PPT..keep content short and useful.
And thanks to P kalika sir ...your collections of interview questions &study material helped me a lot &
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OF DELHI

Hey, I have given Interview at UNIVERSITY OF DELHI. The

interview questions are follows:
First we have to make a presentation on any of our
favourite topic in not more than 8 minutes. My topic was
"FundamentalTheorem of Finite Abelian Groups"
The questions asked are as follows:
1) What are elementary divisors? Give an example.
2) Given two finite Abelian Groups Gand H. How can we
check whether they are isomorphic or not with the help of
elementary divisors?
3) What are the future plans that you would like to work
with the theorem that you presented?
4) What is the partial converse of Lagrange theorem for
Non-Abelian groups that we have from "Fundamental
Theorem of Finite Abelian Groups"?
s) How many groups upto isomorphism are there of order
15?
6) What is Cauchy theorem?
7) With the help of Sylow theorem, show that the group of
order15 is Cyclic?
8) Do you know Free Abelian group?
9) What is Commutator group?
10) What are the derived series?
11) With the help of derived series can we define Solvable
group?
12) What is Characteristic subgroup?
13) Relation between Characteristic subgroup and Normal
subgroup?
14) Why is every characteristicsubgroup normal?
15) What is the Commutator subgroup of GL_n(R). Why?

PhD Interview 2021Questions asked at l|SER MOHALI

Hey, Ihave given an interview at IISER MOHALI. The

questions are as follows:
1) What is the unit group of Z_n? (in terms of n)
2) What are the maximal ideals of Z? ( said of type pZ
where p is prime)
3) Prove that Maximal ideals of Zare only oftype pZ where
pis prime?
4) Consider the complex polynomial ring C[X]. What are its
irreducible elements? What are its maximal ideals?

) Consider C[xyl, what are its maximal ideals?

6) Are the ideals <X-a> and <x-b> in the ring C[x] same? For
what condition on a' and 'b' willthey be same?
7) Is the space L²[a,b] a Hilbert space?
8) Consider [o,1]. As every point in [o,1] can be written in
decimal expansion. Consider the set of al points in [o,1]
whose decimalexpansion do not include the numbers.
What is its measure?
(Added on 17-12-2021)

VIT VELLORE PhD Interview 2021 Questions

Me Nowshad Ali Mir from Jammu and Kashmir. Ihave appeared

forinterview on 2oth ofOct, 2021at VIT
VELLORE. INTERVIEWERS asked me simple questions:

1.What is Differential Equation?

2. what is Order of D.E?
3. Solution of D.E

1.General Solution
2. particular Solution
3.Singular Solution
4. Parts of Solution of D.E
1.Complementary function
2. Particular Integral
5. Can C.Falone can be a solution of D.E?
6. Can Pl alone can be asolution of D.E?
7. How many arbitrary constants are in General Solution of
D.E?

8. and some questions about my Research Proposal.

GiIT Kanpur, Madrash, BHU &IISER Berhampur PhD
Interview Dec 2021Questions (Anonymous Share)
(Added on 10-12-2021)

My Name is and I got selected in PhD at IIT

Madras for 2022 January session, Here l am attached the
following interview questions of mine. Click on the linkto
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IT Kanpur PhD Interview December 2021Questions

(Anonymous Share)

1. What can we say about group Gif its order is 27?

2. How many non-abelian groups are up to isomorphism
of order 27? What about its center?
3.If|G|= p^3(p is prime), showthat Ghas asubgroup of
order pa2?
4. Let Vbe a vector space over Cand T:VtoVis a linear
operator such that for v in Vthere exists n in N(naturals)
satisfying TAn (v) =V. What can be said about the linear
operator T? [Hint: Show that Tis diagonalizable]
IIT Bombay PhD Interview Dec 2021Questions
(Anonymous Share)

1. Consider the polynomial f(x) with rational coefficients,

then how many homomorphisms are there from
Qx/<f()> to Cwhich maps1 to 1?
2. Is (Q,+) finitely generated? Explain.
3. Consider the function f(z) =1/(Z^2+1). Is the function
entire? Why/Why not. Are there any
singularities? Classify them.
4. Consider f(z) =1/(ZA2+1). What is the radius of
convergence for the power series about z=100?
5. Give the entire function fsuch that Re(f(z)) tends to o
and z tends to infinity.
6. What is a Lipschitz function? Is it continuous?
7. Is the set of all Lipschitz continuous function on [o,1]
dense in C[o,1]?
8. Can C[o,1] be approximated by polynomials?

T BHU PhD Interview Dec 2021Questions

(Anonymous Share)

1.Consider the 2x2 matrix that rotates each vector by an

angle alpha, then what can be said about its
eigenvectors?
2.Can there be a continuous function f:[a,b] to
Q(rationals) ?
T Kharagpur PhD Interview2021 Questions
(Anonymous Share)

"Thank you sir for youreffort for making us available such

questions!"

The interview was for 30 mins. Area of interest: graph

theory.

1st 10 mins,they show the 1st 5questions which Ihad to

solve in 1omins. Next few questions they asked verbally.

Note: These are the memory based questions. Some small

differences may be there.

What is planar graph?

" K_4 is planar?
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Every graph is tree?
" How can one represent graph in a computer?

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@IISc Banglore PhD Interview 2021Questions

(Anonymous Share)

1. Let Gbe a finite group and G/Z(G) is cyclic then show

that G is Abelian.
2. Is the series (n=1 to infinity) (2+sin(n)]/n converge?
3. Iff:[o,1]to Ris continuous function and Integral from
to1f(x) dx =o. Then, does there exists xin [o,1] such
that f(x) =0?
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Share) (This Student got selected in NBHM).

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2) What is the Characteristic Polynomial of a matrix?
3) What is the Rank of the matrix? Howdo we find it?

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(Anonymous Share) (This Student got selected).
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Interviewer: Tell me about your mathematical interest.

My reply: Basically Ilove pure mat heatics, particularly Linear algebra and Analysis.
Interviewer: Ok. then let us begin with Linear algebra.
Consider the set of all linear operator in R" which maps v to w, where v and w are non zero
vectors. What is the dimension of the vector space ?

My reply: It willbe n? -n.

Interviewer: Prove it.
Igave the proof using matrix.
Interviewer: Can you prove it using linear operator ?
My reply: Sir, I feel comfortable to think transfornations as matrices.
Interviewer: Ok, that's not a big issue. Is another linear algebra question okay for you ?
My reply: Yes sir, it will be okay for me.
Interviewer: Let J be a real n x n matrix such that J² = -1. For which value of n it is
posible ?

My reply: For n =2 it is possible.

Interviewer: Can you give such an example :
My reply: Yes sir.
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Interviewer: Very good. Now let J be another matrix satisfying the previous condit ion. Is J
will be conjugate to your mnatrix ?
My reply: Ithink they will be.
Interviewer: Yes your intuition is right. Can you proof it ?
My reply: I don't think I can.
Interviewer: Now is a little bit of analysis will be okay for you ?
My reply: Yes sir, it will be okay for me.
Interviewer: Let f be areal valued differentiable function. Consider A = {reR: fr) = 0}
and B= (reR: f(r) = 0). Now if AnB=o. then what can you say about the set A.

Iwas thinking and my interviewer told me to think loudly and ask me to give an example.
My reply: If Itake f(r) = sin r then it will work for ne.
Interviewer: Very good. Now take idea fronm this exanuple and answer the question.
My reply: Sir, I think it will be countable.
Interviewer: Yes. your intuit ion is right again. Now proof it and again think loudly.

Using their hints l was able to prove it.

Interviewer: Excellent. Ithink it is enough. You may leave now.
My reply: Thank you.

Note: Throughout the interview they were very polite and gave me hints to complete the
proof.
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Admission 2021 Interview Questions (Anonymous Share)
(This Student got selected in NBHM).
(Added on 22-10-2021

Ihave appeared for BITS Pilani lInterview and have been

selected in it as well. Idon't remember the questions, but
they were just 3-4 and one of them was what is the
Nilpotent Group? Interview was very easy.

Ihave also appeared for the NBHM Phd Scholarship

Interview and have been selected.

The questions are as follows:

1. Ifthe order of agroup Gis >3, then find two

automorphisms of G.
2.Can we always find a realpolynomial f() such that f()
=2 and f(4) =7? What if f(a) =band f(c) =d (a,b,c,d are all
real)? [Hint: Vandermonde Matrix]
3.Can we always find a real polynomial f(y) such that
f(1,2) =2 and f(4.7) =9? What if f(a,b) =cand f(d,e) =f
(a,b,c,d,e,f are allreal)? [Hint: Chinese Remainder
Theorem]
4.Given a continuous function f.R to Rsatisfying
f(x+y)=f(x) +f(y). Find f(x). Justify.