UGC NET Computer Science Solved Paper -II Dec 2014
1. Consider a set A = {1, 2, 3, …….., 1000}. How many members of A shall be divisible by 3 or by 5 or by both 3 and 5 ?
(A) 533 (B) 599
(C) 467 (D) 66
2. A certain tree has two vertices of degree 4, one vertex of degree 3 and one vertex of degree 2. If the other vertices have degree 1, how many vertices are there in the graph ?
(A) 5 (B) n – 3
(C) 20 (D) 11
3. Consider the Graph shown below :
This graph is a __________.
(A) Complete Graph (B) Bipartite Graph
(C) Hamiltonian Graph (D) All of the above
4. A computer program selects an integer in the set {k : 1 ≤ k ≤ 10,00,000} at random and prints out the result. This process is repeated 1 million times. What is the probability that the value k = 1 appears in the printout atleast once ?
(A) 0.5 (B) 0.704
(C) 0.632121 (D) 0.68
5. If we define the functions f, g and h that map R into R by :
f(x) =x 4 , g(x) =√ x 2 + 1 , h(x) =x 2 + 72, then the value of the composite functions ho(gof) and (hog)of are given as
(A) x 8 – 71 and x 8 – 71 (B) x 8 – 73 and x 8 – 73
(C) x 8 + 71 and x 8 + 71 (D) x 8 + 73 and x 8+ 73
6. The BCD adder to add two decimal digits needs minimum of
(A) 6 full adders and 2 half adders
(B) 5 full adders and 3 half adders
(C) 4 full adders and 3 half adders
(D) 5 full adders and 2 half adders
7. The Excess-3 decimal code is a self-complementing code because
(A) The binary sum of a code and its 9’s complement is equal to 9.
(B) It is a weighted code.
(C) Complement can be generated by inverting each bit pattern.
(D) The binary sum of a code and its 10’s complement is equal to 9.
8. How many PUSH and POP operations will be needed to evaluate the following expression by reverse polish notation in a stack machine (A * B) + (C * D/E) ?
(A) 4 PUSH and 3 POP instructions (B) 5 PUSH and 4 POP instructions
(C) 6 PUSH and 2 POP instructions (D) 5 PUSH and 3 POP instructions
9. The range of representable normalized numbers in the floating point binary fractional representation in a 32-bit word with 1-bit sign, 8-bit excess 128 biased exponent and 23-bit mantissa is
(A) 2 -128 to (1 – 2 -23) × 2 127 (B) (1 – 2 -23) × 2 127 to 2 128
(C) (1 – 2 -23) × 2 -127 to 2 23 (D) 2 -129 to (1 – 2 -23) × 2 127
10. The size of the ROM required to build an 8-bit adder/ subtractor with mode control, carry input, carry output and two’s complement overflow output is given as
(A) 216 × 8 (B) 218 × 10
(C) 216 × 10 (D) 218 × 8
11. What will be the output of the following ‘C’ code ?
main ( )
{ int x = 128;
printf (“\n%d”, 1 + x ++);
}
(A) 128 (B) 129
(C) 130 (D) 131
12. What does the following expression means ?
char *(*(* a[N]) ( )) ( );
(A) a pointer to a function returning array of n pointers to function returning character pointers.
(B) a function return array of N pointers to functions returning pointers to characters
(C) an array of n pointers to function returning pointers to characters
(D) an array of n pointers to function returning pointers to functions returning pointers to characters.
13. Which of the following is not a member of class ?
(A) Static function (B) Friend function
(C) Const function (D) Virtual function
14. When an array is passed as parameter to a function, which of the following statements is correct ?
(A) The function can change values in the original array.
(B) In C, parameters are passed by value, the function cannot change the original value in the array.
(C) It results in compilation error when the function tries to access the elements in the array.
(D) Results in a run time error when the function tries to access the elements in the array
15. Which of the following differentiates between overloaded functions and overridden functions ?
(A) Overloading is a dynamic or runtime binding and overridden is a static or compile time binding.
(B) Overloading is a static or compile time binding and overriding is dynamic or runtime binding.
(C) Redefining a function in a friend class is called overloading, while redefining a function in a derived class is called as overridden function.
(D) Redefining a function in a derived class is called function overloading, while redefining a function in a friend class is called function overriding.
16. Division operation is ideally suited to handle queries of the type :
(A) customers who have no account in any of the branches in Delhi.
(B) customers who have an account at all branches in Delhi.
(C) customers who have an account in atleast one branch in Delhi.
(D) customers who have only joint account in any one branch in Delhi
17. Which of the following is true ?
I. Implementation of self-join is possible in SQL with table alias.
II. Outer-join operation is basic operation in relational algebra.
III. Natural join and outer join operations are equivalent.
(A) I and II are correct. (B) II and III are correct.
(C) Only III is correct. (D) Only I is correct.
18. What kind of mechanism is to be taken into account for converting a weak entity set into strong entity set in entity-relationship diagram ?
(A) Generalization (B) Aggregation
(C) Specialization (D) Adding suitable attributes
19. The best normal form of relation scheme R(A, B, C, D) along with the set of functional dependencies
F = {AB → C, AB → D, C → A, D → B} is
(A) Boyce-Codd Normal form (B) Third Normal form
(C) Second Normal form (D) First Normal form
20. Identify the minimal key for relational scheme R(A, B, C, D, E) with functional dependencies
F = {A → B, B → C, AC → D}
(A) A (B) AE
(C) BE (D) CE
21. Convert the following infix expression into its equivalent post fix expression
(A + B^ D) / (E – F) + G
(A) ABD^ + EF – / G+ (B) ABD + ^EF – / G+
(C) ABD + ^EF / – G+ (D) ABD^ + EF / – G+
22. You have to sort a list L, consisting of a sorted list followed by a few ‘random’ elements. Which of the following sorting method would be most suitable for such a task ?
(A) Bubble sort (B) Selection sort
(C) Quick sort (D) Insertion sort
23. The directory can be viewed as ________ that translates filenames into their directory entries.
(A) Symbol table (B) Partition
(C) Swap space (D) Cache
24. Consider an array A[20, 10], assume 4 words per memory cell and the base address of array A is 100. What is the address of A[11, 5] ? Assume row major storage.
(A) 560 (B) 565
(C) 570 (D) 575
25. A full binary tree with n leaves contains
(A) n nodes (B) log2 n nodes
(C) 2n –1 nodes (D) 2 n nodes