Tu Question
Tu Question
Tu Question
Section I
Each correct answer will fetch 2 marks and for
every wrong answer 1 (one) mark will be
deducted.
1. What is the next number in the series – 121, 169, 289, 361, 526, _ ?
(A) 841 (B) 625 (C) 784 (D) 729 (E) none of these
Section II
In this Section answer questions in either Group A or
Group B Group A
Each correct answer will fetch 2½ marks and for every wrong answer 1 (one) mark will
be deducted.
1. A circle passes through the points (0,0), (a,0) and (0,b). The co-ordinates of its centre are –
(A) ( a/2, b/2 ) (B) ( b/2, a/2 ) (C) ( a, b ) (D) ( b, a ) (E) none of these
2. The square root of 49 + 20 6 is
(A) 2 3 (B) 7 3 (C) ( 5 + 2 6 ) (D) ( 7 – 2 6 ) (E) none of these
3. The term independent of x in the expansion of ( x 2 - 1/x ) 4 is
(A) 1 (B) -1 (C) 48 (D) 0 (E) none of these
4. If 1/ (b-a) + 1/ (b-c ) = 1/a + 1/c then a, b, c are in
(A) AP (B) HP (C) GP (D) HP and GP both (E) none of these
5. If f(x) = Sin[x] / [x] for [x] 0
=0 for [x] = 0
([x] is the largest integer less than or equal
to x ) then lim f(x) equals –
x 0
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) -1 (D) 0.81 (E) none of these
6. If the complex numbers Z1, Z2, Z3 represent the vertices of an equilateral triangle such
that
| Z1 | = | Z2 | + | Z3 | = 3 then | Z1 + Z2 + Z3 | is equal to –
1. Assuming normal rules of precedence, the equivalent postfix form of the arithmetic
expression a + b * c / d - e * f is
(A) a + ((b * c) / d ) - (e * f) (B) a b c * d / + e f * -
(C) - + a / * b c d * e f (D) a b c d e f + * / - *
2. The 8-bit 2's complement binary representation of -35 is
(A) - 00100011 (B) 11100011
(C) 110111101 (D) 10110001
3. An EPROM with 16-bit address bus and 4-bit data bus contains –
(A) 32 KB (B) 64 KB (C) 256 KB (D) 128 KB
4. Each surface of a disk in hard-disk pack containing 10 double-sided disks has 20 tracks and
each track has eight sectors. The number of cylinders in the hard disk is - (A) 160 (B) 3200
(C) 20 (D) 8
5. The output of the following C program is – main ()
{
int i = 10 ;
for ( i - = 1 ; i <= 18 ; i ++ )
printf (" % d", (i % 3 ? i : ++i ));
}
(A) -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
(B) 10111314161719
(C) 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
(D) 101113141617
6. If four processes with individual processing time requirements of 10, 8, 12, 14 respectively,
are scheduled in the sequence without being descheduled, then the average turn around
time will be –
(A) 25.5 (B) 11 (C) 92 (D) 14.5
7. The output of the following C program is – int f ( int x)
{
char i
for ( i = 0 ; x ; x >>= 1 )
if ( x & 1)
i ++;
return ( (int) i );
}
(A) tests if x is very much larger than 1. (B) calculates the square of x.
(C) calculates the number of bits in x. (D) calculates the number of '1' bits in x.
Section III