10.

Numerical Methods

2005 IIT Bombay

10.1 The function f ( x ) satisfies the equation f ( x)  0 at x  xe . The Newton-Raphson iterative
method converges to the solution in one step, regardless of the initial guess, if
(A) f ( x ) is a linear function of x
(B) f ( x ) is a quadratic function of x
(C) f ( x ) is a cubic function of x
(D) f ( x ) is a an exponential function of x

2006 IIT Kharagpur

b
10.2 The trapezoidal rule of the integration when applied to 
a
f ( x) dx will give the exact value of

the integral
(A) if f ( x ) is a linear function of x
(B) if f ( x ) is a quadratic function of x
(C) for any f ( x )
(D) for no f ( x )
10.3 The Newton-Raphson method is used to solved equation ( x  1)2  x  3  0 . The method will
fail in the very first iteration if the initial guess is
(A) Zero (B) 0.5
(C) 1 (D) 3

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10.4 A nonlinear function f ( x ) is defined in the interval 1.2  x  4 as illustrated in the figure
below. The equation f ( x)  0 is solved for x within this interval by using the Newton-
Raphson iterative scheme. Among the initial guesses ( I1 , I 2 , I 3 and I 4 ), the guess that is
likely to lead to the root most rapidly is

(A) I1 (B) I 2
(C) I 3 (D) I 4
10.5 Using Simpson’s 1/3 rule and FOUR equally spaced intervals (n  4), estimate the value of
/ 4
sin x
the integral  cos
0
3
x
dx

(A) 0.3887 (B) 0.4384

(C) 0.5016 (D) 0.5527
10.6 The following differential equation is to be solved numerically by the Euler’s explicit method.
dy
 x 2 y  1.2 y with y (0)  1
dx
A step size of 0.1 is used. The solution for y at x  0.1 is
(A) 0.880 (B) 0.906
(C) 1.000 (D) 1.100
2009 IIT Roorkee
10.7 Using the trapezoidal rule and 4 equal intervals  n  4  , the calculated value of the integral

(rounded to the first place of decimal)  sin  d  is
0

(A) 1.7 (B) 1.9

(C) 2.0 (D) 2.1

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 2010 IIT Guwahati

10.8 A root of the equation x 4  3 x  1  0 needs to be found using the Newton-Raphson method. If
the initial guess x0 , is taken as 0, then the new estimate, x1 after the first iteration is
1 1
(A) (B) 
3 3
(C) 3 (D) 3

2012 IIT Delhi

10.9 The Newton-Raphson method is used to find the roots of the equation
f ( x)  x  cos x ; 0  x  1
If the initial guess for the root is 0.5, then the value of x after the first iteration is
(A) 1.02 (B) 0.62
(C) 0.55 (D) 0.38
2013 IIT Bombay
0.5

 e  x dx evaluated by Simpson’s rule using 4 sub-intervals (up to 3

3
10.10 The value of the integral
0.1

digits after the decimal point) is ______.

2014 IIT Kharagpur
10.11 Consider the following differential equation
dy
 x  ln( y ); y  2 at x  0
dx
The solution of this equation at x  0.4 using Euler method with a step size of h  0.2 is
_______ .
2015 IIT Kanpur
10.12 The solution of the non-linear equation
x3  x  0
is to be obtained using Newton-Raphson method. If the initial guess is x = 0.5, the method
converges to which one of the following values :
(A) − 1 (B) 0
(C) 1 (D) 2

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10.13 Values of f ( x ) in the interval [0, 4] are given below.
x 0 1 2 3 4
f ( x) 3 10 21 36 55
Using Simpson’s 1/3 rule with a step size of 1, the numerical approximation (rounded off to
4
the second decimal place) of  f ( x)
0
is _______.

10.14 Which one of the following is an iterative technique for solving a system of simultaneous
linear algebraic equations?
(A) Gauss elimination
(B) Gauss-Jordan
(C) Gauss-Seidel
(D) LU decomposition
2017 IIT Roorkee
10.15 Match the application to appropriate numerical method.
Applications Numerical Method
P1 Numerical integration M1 Newton-Raphson’s Method
Solution to a transcendental
P2 M2 Runge-Kutta Method
equation
Solution to a system of 1
P3 M3 Simpson’s rule
linear equations 3
Solution to a differential
P4 M4 Gauss Elimination Method
equation
(A) P1 - M3, P2 - M2, P3 - M4, P4 - M1
(B) P1 - M3, P2 - M1, P3 - M4, P4 - M2
(C) P1 - M4, P2 - M1, P3 - M3, P4 - M4
(D) P1 - M2, P2 - M1, P3 - M3, P4 - M4

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 2018 IIT Guwahati
10.16 The fourth order Runge-Kutta (RK4) method to solve an ordinary differential equation
dy
 f ( x, y ) is given as
dx
1
y ( x  h)  y ( x)  (k1  2k2  2k3  k 4 )
6
k1  h f ( x, y )
 h k 
k2  h f  x  , y  1 
 2 2
 h k 
k3  h f  x  , y  2 
 2 2
k4  h f ( x  h, y  k3 )
For a special case when the function f depends solely on x, the above RK4 method reduces to
(A) Euler’s explicit method
(B) Trapezoidal rule
(C) Euler’s implicit method
1
(D) Simpson’s rule
3
2019 IIT Madras

10.17 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 iteration is _______
(rounded off to three decimal places).
2020 IIT Delhi
10.18 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 continuous non-linear
algebraic function?
(A) Regula falsi method
(B) Newton- Rephson method
(C) Secant method
(D) Fixed point iteration method

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10.19 Consider the hyperbolic function in Group 1 and their definitions in Group 2.
Group 1 Group 2
e x  e x
P. tanh x (i)
e x  e x
2
Q. coth x (ii)
e  e x
x

2
R. sech x (iii)
e  e x
x

e x  e x
S. cosechx (iv)
e x  e x
The correct combination is
(A) P – IV, Q – I, R – III, S – II (B) P – II, Q – III, R – I, S – IV
(C) P – IV, Q – I, R – II, S – III (D) P – I, Q – II, R – IV, S – III
10.20 Consider the following data set.
x 1 3 5 15 25
f ( x) 6 8 10 12 5
25 rd
1
Calculate the value of 
1
f ( x) dx by Simpson  
3
method _______.

2021 IIT Bombay

10.21 To solve an algebraic equation f ( x)  0 , an iterative scheme of the type xn1  g ( xn ) is

f ( x)
proposed, where g ( x)  x  . At the solution x  s, g '( s )  0 and g "(s)  0 .
f '( x)
The order of convergence for this iterative scheme near the solution is ______.

2022 IIT Kharagpur

10.22 The area of a circular field is 25m2 . The radius, r, is to be determined using the Newton-
Raphson iterative method. For an initial guess of r  2.500 m , the revised estimate of r after
one iteration is ______ m (rounded off to three decimal places).

dy
10.23 The equation  xy 2  2 y  x  4.5 with the initial condition y ( x  0) =1 is to be solved using
dx
a predictor-corrector approach. Use a predictor based on the implicit Euler’s method and a
corrector based on the trapezoidal rule of integration, each with a full-step size of 0.5.
Considering only positive value of y, the value of y at x = 0.5 is _______ (rounded off to three
decimal places).

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1
10.24 Simpson’s one-third rule is used to estimate the definite integral I   (1  x 2 ) dx with an
1

interval length of 0.5. Which one of the following is the CORRECT estimate of 𝐼 obtained
using this rule?
1 1 1 2
(A)  (B) 
3 3 3 3
1 1 1 2
(C)  (D) 
3 3 3 3

Answers Numerical Methods

10.1 A 10.2 A 10.3 B 10.4 C 10.5 C

10.6 A 10.7 B 10.8 A 10.9 D 10.10 0.384

10.11 2.33 10.12 A 10.13 94.67 10.14 C 10.15 B

10.16 D 10.17 0.566 10.18 A 10.19 C 10.20 242

10.21 2 10.22 2.841 10.23 0.875 10.24 B

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