CUSAT CAT 2018 Question Paper MCA LET

Subject Code : 502 Section Code : -Select- Difficulty: 1

Subject Answer
Q Id Questions
Code Key

In Unix, Which system call creates the new process?

(A) fork

502 2251 (B) create (A)

(C) new

(D) signal

Full form of IMAP is

(A) None of these

502 2252 (B) Internet Message Access Protocol (B)

(C) Intranet Message Access Protocol

(D) Internet Message Application Protocol

You are given pointers to first and last nodes of a singly linked list, which of the following operations are
dependent on the length of the linked list?

(A) Delete the first element
502 2253 (C)
(B) Insert a new element as a first element

(C) Delete the last element of the list

(D) Add a new element at the end of the list

A Priority-Queue is implemented as a Max-Heap. Initially, it has 5 elements. The level-order traversal of the
heap is given below: 10, 8, 5, 3, 2 Two new elements ”1‘ and ”7‘ are inserted in the heap in that order. The
level-order traversal of the heap after the insertion of the elements is:

(A) 10, 8, 7, 5, 3, 2, 1
502 2254 (D)
(B) 10, 8, 7, 2, 3, 1, 5

(C) 10, 8, 7, 1, 2, 3, 5

(D) 10, 8, 7, 3, 2, 1, 5

If queue is implemented using arrays, what would be the worst run time complexity of queue and dequeue
operations?

(A) Ο(n), Ο(n)
502 2255 (D)
(B) Ο(n), Ο(1)

(C) Ο(1), Ο(n)

(D) Ο(1), Ο(1)

In binary heap, whenever the root is removed then the rightmost element of last level is replaced by the root.
Why?

(A) It is the easiest possible way.
502 2256 (B)
(B) To make sure that it is still complete binary tree.

(C) Because left and right subtree might be missing.

(D) None of the above

502 2257 ‘C’ variable cannot start with (C)

(A) A number

(B) A special symbol other than underscore

(C) Both of the above

(D) An alphabet

……………. sorting is good to use when alphabetizing large list of names.

(A) Merge

502 2258 (B) Heap (C)

(C) Radix

(D) Bubble

It is not the layer of the Operating system.

(A) Kernel

502 2259 (B) Shell (D)

(C) Application program

(D) Critical Section

Mutual exclusion

(A) if one process is in a critical region others are excluded

502 2260 (B) Prevents deadlock (A)

(C) Requires semaphores to implement

(D) Is found only in the Windows NT operating system

The post order traversal of a binary tree is DEBFCA. Find out the pre order Traversal.

(A) ABFCDE

502 2261 (B) ADBFEC (C)

(C) ABDECF

(D) ABDCEF

502 2262 (B)

(A) simple

(B) regular

(C) complete

(D) multi

502 2263 URL is short form for (B)

(A) Universal Resource Loader

(B) Uniform Resource Locator

(C) None of these

(D) Uniform Resource Loader

502 2264 (A)

(A) 0, 0 and 0, 1

(B) 0, 0 and 1, 0

(C) 0, 1 and 0, 0

(D) 1, 0 and 0, 0

Which data communication method is used to transmit the data over a serial communication link?

(A) Simplex

502 2265 (B) Half-duplex (C)

(C) Full duplex

(D) All of above

What is the maximum number of edges in an acyclic undirected graph with n�vertices?

(A) n–1

502 2266 (B) n (A)

(C) n + 1

(D) 2n–1

If a member needs to have unique value for all the objects of that same class, declare the member as

(A) Global variable outside class

502 2267 (B) Local variable inside constructor (A)

(C) Static variable inside class

(D) Dynamic variable inside class

Given an array arr = {5,6,77,88,99} and key = 88; How many iterations are done until the element is found in
binary search?

(A) 1
502 2268 (D)
(B) 3

(C) 4

(D) 2

502 2269 In OSI model dialogue control and token management are responsibilities of? (A)

(A) Session Layer

(B) Network layer

(C) Transport layer

(D) Data link layer

502 2270 (A)
(A) 2k T(n/2k) + kn

(B) 2k T(nk/2) + kn

(C) nk T(n/2k)

(D) T(n/2k) + kn

502 2271 (D)

(A) 11

(B) 12

(C) 13

(D) 14

What is meaning of following declaration? int(*p[5])();

(A) p is pointer to function

502 2272 (B) p is array of pointer to function (B)

(C) p is pointer to such function which return type is array

(D) p is pointer to array of function

502 2273 (C)

(A) 12

(B) 5

(C) 13

(D) error

502 2274 (C)

(A) 5

(B) 6

(C) Error

(D) 0

502 2275 (A)

(A) a

(B) c

(C) 97

(D) Run time error

How long is an IPv6 address?

(A) 32 bits

502 2276 (B) 128 bits (B)

(C) 128 bytes

(D) 64 bits

What protocols are used to configure trunking on a switch?

(A) VLAN Trunking Protocol

502 2277 (B) VLAN (B)

(C) 802.1Q

(D) ISL

Which protocol does Ping use?

(A) TCP

502 2278 (B) ARP (C)

(C) ICMP

(D) BootP

502 2279 Which class of IP address provides a maximum of only 254 host addresses per network ID? (C)

(A) Class A

(B) Class B

(C) Class C

(D) Class D

Which of the following syntax is correct for command-line arguments?

(A) int main(int var, char *varg[])

502 2280 (B) int main(char *argv[], int argc) (A)

(C) int main() { int argv, char *argc[]; }

(D) Both (A) and (B)

Web Crawler is also called as

(A) Link Directory

502 2281 (B) Search Optimizer (C)

(C) Web Spider

(D) Web Manager

What are the different types of real data type in C ?

(A) float, double

502 2282 (B) float, double, long (C)

(C) float, double, long double

(D) float, real, double

Value of a in a = (b = 5, b + 5); is

(A) Junk value

502 2283 (B) Syntax error (B)

(C) 5

(D) 10

Which of the following statements is correct?

(A) Base class pointer cannot point to derived class

502 2284 (B) Derived class pointer cannot point to base class. (B)

(C) Pointer to derived class cannot be created.

(D) Pointer to base class cannot be created.

A Neural Network can answer

(A) For Loop questions

502 2285 (B) what-if questions (B)

(C) IF-The-Else Analysis Questions

(D) None of these

What is shallow copy?

(A) A shallow copy creates a copy of the dynamically allocated objects too.

502 2286 (B) A shallow copy just copies the values of the data as they are. (B)

(C) A shallow copy creates a copy of the statically allocated objects too

(D) Both b and c above

502 2287 A shopkeeper was reported to be selling adulterated mustard oil. Course of Action: I. He should be fined and his (A)

shop sealed. II.He should be asked to leave the town and open a shop elsewhere. Options:

(A) Only I follows����

(B) Only II follows��

(C) Either I or II follows����

(D) Neither I nor II follows

Which of the following cannot be used with the keyword virtual?

(A) class

502 2288 (B) member functions (C)

(C) constructor

(D) destructor

Say True or false (i) Redefining a function in a friend class is called function overriding while Redefining a
function in a derived class is called a overloading (ii) Overloading is a static or compile-time binding and
Overriding is dynamic or run- time binding

(A) True, True
502 2289 (B)
(B) True, False

(C) False, True

(D) False, false

What is the correct value to return to the operating system upon the successful completion of a program?

(A) 1

502 2290 (B) –1 (C)

(C) 0

(D) Program do no return a value

Which of the following devices translates hostnames into IP addresses?

(A) DNS Server

502 2291 (B) Hub (A)

(C) DHCP Server

(D) Firewall

The child process completes execution, but the parent keeps executing, then the child process is known as

(A) Orphan

502 2292 (B) Zombie (B)

(C) Body

(D) Dead

A system program that combines the separately compiled modules of a program into a form suitable for
execution

(A) Assembler
502 2293 (B)
(B) linking loader

(C) cross compiler

(D) load and go

502 2294 Which of the following addressing modes, facilitates access to an operand whose location is defined relative to (C)
the beginning of the data structure in which it appears?

(A) register

(B) immediate

(C) index

(D) indirect

The principle of locality of reference justifies the use of

(A) virtual memory

502 2295 (B) interrupts (C)

(C) cache memory

(D) gates

Thrashing can be avoided if

(A) the pages belonging to the working set of the programs are in main memory

502 2296 (B) the speed of CPU is increased (A)

(C) the speed of I/O processor is increased

(D) virtual memory is used

Which is/are the application(s) of stack?

(A) Function calls

502 2297 (B) Large number Arithmetic (D)

(C) Evaluation of arithmetic expressions

(D) All of the above

The number of possible ordered trees with three nodes A,B,C is?

(A) 16

502 2298 (B) 12 (B)

(C) 6

(D) 10

Which of the following is the internal memory of the CPU?

(A) CPU register

502 2299 (B) Cache (A)

(C) Main memory

(D) All of these

Which of the following devices assigns IP address to devices connected to a network that uses TCP/IP?

(A) DHCP Server

502 2300 (B) NIC (A)

(C) Gateway

(D) Hub

502 2301 The term TSR is an abbreviation for (D)

(A) Terminate Stay Ready

(B) Testing System Read

(C) Terminal Still Ready

(D) Terminate Stay Resident

A process stack does not contain

(A) Function parameters

502 2302 (B) Local variables (D)

(C) Return addresses

(D) PID of child process

Which one of the following is not true?

(A) kernel is the program that constitutes the central core of the operating system

502 2303 (B) kernel is the first part of operating system to load into memory during booting (C)

(C) kernel is made of various modules which cannot be loaded in running operating system

(D) kernel remains in the memory during the entire computer session

When a process communicates with processes in different systems using message based communication, is
called

(A) Local Procedure Call
502 2304 (C)
(B) Inter Process Communication

(C) Remote Procedure Call

(D) Remote Machine Invocation

Banker's algorithm for resource allocation deals with

(A) deadlock prevention

502 2305 (B) deadlock avoidance (B)

(C) deadlock recovery

(D) mutual exclusion

What is the difference between a declaration and a definition of a variable?

(A) Both can occur multiple times, but a declaration must occur first.

502 2306 (B) A definition occurs once, but a declaration may occur many times. (D)

(C) Both can occur multiple times, but a definition must occur first.

(D) A declaration occurs once, but a definition may occur many times.

Collecting personal information and effectively posing as another individual is known as the crime of

(A) spooling

502 2307 (B) identity theft (B)

(C) hacking

(D) None of the above

502 2308 Companies use which of the following vendors to provide access to software and services rather than (C)
purchasing the applications and maintaining the applications themselves?

(A) Open source vendors

(B) Alliances

(C) Application service providers

(D) All of the above

When a computer is first turned on or restarted, a special type of absolute loader is executed called

(A) "Compile and GO" loader

502 2309 (B) Boot loader (C)

(C) Boot strap loader

(D) Relating loader

Which application we will use to make program more portable?

(A) Windows API

502 2310 (B) Window App (A)

(C) MFC

(D) None of these

Relocation bits used by relocating loader are specified by

(A) Relocating loader itself

502 2311 (B) Linker (B)

(C) Assembler

(D) Macro processor

Merge sort uses?

(A) Divide and conquer strategy

502 2312 (B) Backtracking approach (A)

(C) Heuristic search

(D) Greedy approach

Which of the following is a valid IP address?

(A) 192.168.111.1111

502 2313 (B) 192.168.1.1 (B)

(C) 192.168.900.1

(D) 192.900.168.1

The Operating System Manages

(A) Processes

502 2314 (B) Memory (D)

(C) Disks and I/O devices

(D) All of the above

In the Many to Many model when a thread performs a blocking system call

(A) other threads are strictly prohibited from running

502 2315 (B) other threads are allowed to run (B)

(C) other threads only from other processes are allowed to run

(D) all threads are blocked.

502 2316 If the number of bits in a virtual address of a program is 16 and the page size is 0.5 K bytes, the number of (D)
pages in the virtual address space is

(A) 16

(B) 32

(C) 64

(D) 128

........... disk scheduling algorithm causes the disk arm to move back and forth across the disk surface in order to
service all requests in its path

(A) FCFS
502 2317 (C)
(B) SSTF

(C) Scan

(D) FIFO

Which of the following statements are true ? I. Shortest remaining time first scheduling may cause starvation II.
Preemptive scheduling may cause starvation III. Round robin is better than FCFS in terms of response time

(A) I only
502 2318 (D)
(B) I and III only

(C) II and III only

(D) I, II and III

A procedure that calls itself is called

(A) Illegal call

502 2319 (B) Reverse polish (C)

(C) Recursive

(D) None of the above

Which of the following algorithm cannot be desiged without recursion

(A) Tower of Hanoi

502 2320 (B) Fibonacci Series (D)

(C) Tree Traversal

(D) None of the above

Grant and revoke are ................. statements.

(A) DCL

502 2321 (B) DML (A)

(C) DDL

(D) DRL

Access time is the highest in the case of

(A) Floppy disk

502 2322 (B) Cache (D)

(C) Swapping devices

(D) Magnetic disks

502 2323 In a paged memory, the page hit ratio is 0.35. The required to access a page in secondary memory is equal to (C)
100 ns. The time required to access a page in primary memory is 10 ns. The average time required to access a
page is

(A) 3.0 ns

(B) 68.0 ns

(C) 68.5 ns

(D) 78.5 ns

At a particular time of computation the value of a counting semaphore is 7.Then 20 P operations and 15 V
operations were completed on this semaphore. The resulting value of the semaphore is

(A) 42
502 2324 (B)
(B) 2

(C) 7

(D) 12

For Mutual exclusion to prevail in the system

(A) at least one resource must be held in a non sharable mode

502 2325 (B) the processor must be a uniprocessor rather than a multiprocessor (A)

(C) there must be at least one resource in a sharable mode

(D) A process must be not be holding a resource, but waiting for one to be freed

A system has 12 magnetic tape drives and 3 processes : P0, P1, and P2. Process P0 requires 10 tape drives, P1
requires 4 and P2 requires 9 tape drives. Process P0 is allocated 5 tape drives, P1 is allocated 2 and P2 is
allocated 2 tape drives. Which of the following is a safe sequence?

(A) P0, P1, P2
502 2326 (D)
(B) P1, P2, P0

(C) P2, P0, P1

(D) P1, P0, P2

Which of the following is not a property of transactions?

(A) Atomicity

502 2327 (B) Concurrency (B)

(C) Isolation

(D) Durability

Data integrity means that

(A) the data contained in database that is non redundant and consistent

502 2328 (B) the data contained in database that is accurate and consistent. (B)

(C) the data contained in database that is non-redundant and secured.

(D) the data contained in database that is accurate and non-redundant

In SQL the statement select * from R, S is equivalent to

(A) Select * from R natural join S.

502 2329 (B) Select * from R cross join S. (B)

(C) Select * from R outer join S.

(D) Select * from R inner join S

502 2330 Which of the following in true regarding Referential Integrity? (C)

(A) Every primary-key value must match a primary-key value in an associated table

(B) Every primary-key value must match a foreign-key value in an associated table

(C) Every foreign-key value must match a primary-key value in an associated table

(D) Every foreign-key value must match a foreign-key value in an associated table

What is the possible relation depicting the relationship of an employee and supervisor: in a relational model?

(A) Supervisor (SupervisorID, BirthDate, Salary, Name(FirstName, MiddleName, LastName),
Employee(Name))
502 2331 (C)
(B) Supervisor (SupervisorID, BirthDate, Salary, Name(FirstName, MiddleName, LastName), EmpID)

(C) Employee (EmpID, BirthDate, Salary, Name(FirstName, MiddleName, LastName), SupervisorID).

(D) Employee (EmpID, BirthDate, Salary, Name(FirstName, MiddleName, LastName), Supervisor(Name))

Which of the following is not a consequence of non-normalized database?

(A) Update anomaly

502 2332 (B) insertion anomaly (D)

(C) redundancy

(D) lost update problem

502 2333 (D)
(A) Only tuples from second part

(B) Only tuples from the first part which has the tuples from second part

(C) Tuples from both the parts

(D) Tuples from first part which do not have second part

................ will undo all statements?

(A) Redo

502 2334 (B) Flashback (B)

(C) Rollback

(D) Abort

Which of the following can be a multivalued attribute?

(A) Phone_number

502 2335 (B) Name (A)

(C) Date_of_birth

(D) account_number

Considering pincode attribute in Employee (empcode, name, street, city, state,pincode). Employee is in

(A) 1 NF only

502 2336 (B) 2 NF and hence also in 1 NF (B)

(C) 3NF and hence also in 2NF and 1NF

(D) BCNF and hence also in 3NF, 2NF and 1NF

502 2337 If in an ER model, Y is the dominant entity and X is the subordinate entity, which of the following is incorrect? (B)

(A) operationally if Y is deleted, so is X

(B) X existence is dependent on Y

(C) Operationally if X is deleted, so is Y

(D) Operationally if X is deleted, Y remains the same.

What is the minimum time complexity of the iterative method used to find the sum of the first n natural
numbers?

(A) O(1)
502 2338 (B) O(n) (B)

(C) O(n2)

(D) O(n3)

What is the minimum time complexity of the iterative code used to find the smallest and largest element in a
linked list?

(A) O(1)
502 2339 (B) O(n) (B)

(C) O(n2)

(D) O(n3)

When the Depth First Search of a graph is unique?

(A) When the graph is a Binary Tree

502 2340 (B) When the graph is a Linked List (B)

(C) When the graph is a n-ary Tree

(D) When the graph is bipartite

In simple uniform hashing, what is the search complexity?

(A) O(n)

502 2341 (B) O(logn) (D)

(C) O(n logn)

(D) O(1)

What is the time complexity when using linked list is used to perform insertion sort on ‘n’ elements?

(A) O(n)

502 2342 (B) O(n2) (B)

(C) O(n3)

(D) O(n logn)

If each element in lower triangular matrix (L) is a 32-bit signed integer, how much memory would be needed to
store all the nonzero elements of matrix L

(A) 16(n2 + n) bits.
502 2343 (A)
(B) (32 n) bits

(C) 16(n2) bits

(D) check the key

502 2344 What is the number of unlabeled simple directed graph that can be made with 1 or 2 vertices? (B)

(A) 2

(B) 4

(C) 5

(D) 9

(A) Syntax error

502 2345 (B) 10 20 (C)

(C) 20 10

(D) 20 20

(A) A B E D C F

502 2346 (B) A B D C F E (C)

(C) A B D C F

(D) F D C B A

To implement a stack using queue(with only enqueue and dequeue operations), how many queues will you
need?

(A) 1
502 2347 (B)
(B) 2

(C) 3

(D) 4

The compiler checks the type of reference in the object and not the type of object in

(A) polymorphism

502 2348 (B) inheritance (A)

(C) abstraction

(D) encapsulation

How do we declare an abstract class?

(A) By providing at least one pure virtual method (function signature followed by ==0;) in a class

502 2349 (B) By declaring at least one method abstract using the keyword ‘abstract’ in a class (A)

(C) By declaring the class abstract with the keyword ‘abstract’

(D) It is not possible to create abstract classes in C++

Which of the following functions below can be used to allocate space for array in memory?

(A) calloc()

502 2350 (B) malloc() (D)

(C) Realloc()

(D) Both (A) and (B)

502 2351 Paint: Artist : : Wood: ? (D)

(A) Furniture

(B) Forest

(C) Fire

(D) Carpenter

Which number does not belong in the series below? 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 37, 50, 64

(A) 17

502 2352 (B) 37 (C)

(C) 64

(D) 26

Of the following units, which would be most likely to measure the amount of sugar needed in a recipe for 2
dozen cookies?

(A) Milliliters
502 2353 (D)
(B) Quarts

(C) Kilograms

(D) Cups

Pick the odd one from the following options.

(A) CADBE

502 2354 (B) JHKIL (D)

(C) XVYWZ

(D) ONPMQ

Given below are the words with different spellings. Select the one which you consider to be correctly spelled.

(A) Referigerator

502 2355 (B) Refrigerator (B)

(C) Referigrator

(D) Refrigrator

A cube is built using 64 cubic blocks of side one unit. After it is built, one cubic block is removed from every
corner of the cube. The resulting surface area of the body (in square units) after the removal is

(A) 56
502 2356 (D)
(B) 64

(C) 72

(D) 96

Ramesh ranks 13th in the class of 33 students. There are 5 students below Suresh rankwise. How many student
are there between Ramesh and Suresh?

(A) 12
502 2357 (B)
(B) 14

(C) 15

(D) 16

502 2358 P can do a work in 30 days and Q in 40 days. If they work on it together for 4 days, then the fraction of the work (D)
that is left is

(A) 7/120

(B) 7/30

(C) 2/3

(D) 23/30

502 2359 (A)

(A) 1

(B) 2

(C) 3

(D) 4

If in a certain language, SACHIN is coded as RZBGHM, how is ROGER coded in that code?

(A) QNFEQ

502 2360 (B) QNEDQ (D)

(C) QNFFQ

(D) QNFDQ

The salaries A, B, C are in the ratio 2: 3: 5. If the increments of 15%, 10% and 20% are allowed respectively in
their salaries, then what will be new ratio of their salaries?

(A) 0.12719907407407
502 2361 (C)
(B) 0.42453703703704

(C) 0.98194444444444

(D) Cannot be determined

What is the next number in the series 8, 10, 7, 9, 6, 8, ...

(A) 6

502 2362 (B) 9 (C)

(C) 5

(D) 7

Pointing at a photo, Dinesh said, "His father is only son of my mother." The photo belongs to?

(A) Dinesh

502 2363 (B) Dinesh's brother (D)

(C) Dinesh's father

(D) Dinesh's son

502 2364 (A)

(A) 9

(B) 2

(C) 10

(D) 7

Given below are two premises, with four conclusions drawn from them (taking singly or together); which
conclusions are validly drawn ? Select the correct answer from the codes given below : Premises : (i) All bats
are mammals. (ii) Birds are not bats. Conclusions : (a) Birds are not mammals. (b) Bats are not birds. (c) All
mammals are bats. (d) Some mammals are bats.

(A) (a), (b) and (d)
502 2365 (B)
(B) (b) and (d)

(C) (a) and (c)

(D) (b), (c) and (d)

502 2366 (B)

(A) 6

(B) 1

(C) 2

(D) 5

A bag contains 6 black and 8 white balls. One ball is drawn at random. What is the probability that the ball
drawn is white?

(A) 3/4
502 2367 (B)
(B) 4/7

(C) 1/8

(D) 3/7

502 2368 (B)

(A) 5:39

(B) 5:19

(C) 5:09

(D) 4:59

Free notebooks were distributed equally among children of a class. The number of notebooks each child got was
one-eighth of the number of children. Had the number of children been half, each child would have got 16
notebooks. Total how many notebooks were distributed?

(A) 256
502 2369 (C)
(B) 432

(C) 512

(D) 640

**** CASE QN ****

502 2370 (C)

**** CASE QN ****

Approximately how many people are in the production and transportation sector of the workforce?

(A) 9 million

(B) 12 million

(C) 21 million

(D) 18 million

**** CASE QN ****

502 2371 (C)

**** CASE QN ****

Approximately what fraction of the workforce in the food service area of the service sector consists of males?

(A) 1/4

(B) 1/3

(C) 3/7

(D) 4/7

502 2372 **** CASE QN **** (A)

**** CASE QN ****

In the workforce, the ratio of the number of males to the number of females is the same for the sales sector as it
is for the protective service area of the service sector. Which of the following is closest to the number of females
in the sales sector?

(A) 2.9 million

(B) 3.6 million

(C) 10.4 million

(D) 11.1 million

A train running at the speed of 60 km/hr crosses a pole in 9 seconds. What is the length of the train?

(A) 120 meters

502 2373 (B) 180 meters (D)

(C) 320 meters

(D) 150 meters

Two trains running in opposite directions cross a man standing on the platform in 27 seconds and 17 seconds
respectively and they cross each other in 23 seconds. The ratio of their speeds is

(A) 2:1
502 2374 (B)
(B) 3:2

(C) 3:4

(D) 4:3

502 2375 (A) Rs.460 (B)

(B) Rs.484

(C) Rs 550

(D) Rs.664

502 2376 (B)

(A) 1

(B) 2

(C) 3

(D) 4

What is probability of drawing two clubs from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards?

(A) 13/51

502 2377 (B) 1/17 (B)

(C) 1/26

(D) 13/17

Look at this series: 1.5, 2.3, 3.1, 3.9, ... What number should come next?

(A) 4.2

502 2378 (B) 4.4 (C)

(C) 4.7

(D) 5.1

Three unbiased coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting at least 2 tails?

(A) 0.75

502 2379 (B) 0.5 (B)

(C) 0.25

(D) 0.2

Look at this series: 22, 21, 23, 22, 24, 23, ... What number should come next?

(A) 22

502 2380 (B) 24 (C)

(C) 25

(D) 26

502 2381 (A) 36 (B)

(B) 53

(C) 5

(D) 20

FOX : CUNNING :: RABBIT : ?

(A) Courageous

502 2382 (B) Dangerous (A)

(C) Timid

(D) Ferocious

502 2383 (A)

(A) Diagram A

(B) Diagram B

(C) Diagram C

(D) Diagram D

Ice : Coolness : : Earth : ?

(A) Ocean

502 2384 (B) Forest (D)

(C) Weight

(D) Gravitation

A sum fetched a total simple interest of Rs. 4016.25 at the rate of 9 p.c.p.a. in 5 years. What is the sum?

(A) Rs. 4462.50

502 2385 (B) Rs. 8032.50 (D)

(C) Rs. 8900

(D) Rs. 8925

502 2386 (B)

(A) A

(B) B

(C) C

(D) D

502 2387 The width of a rectangular hall is � of its length. If the area of the hall is 450 sq.m, what is the difference (D)
between its length and breadth?

(A) 8m

(B) 10m

(C) 12m

(D) 15m

A trader mixes 26 kg of rice at Rs. 20 per kg with 30 kg of rice of other variety at Rs. 36 per kg and sells the
mixture at Rs. 30 per kg. His profit percent is:

(A) No profit, no loss
502 2388 (C)
(B) 0.08

(C) 0.05

(D) 0.1

There are 28 stations between Ernakulam and Chennai. How many second class tickets have to be printed, so
that a passenger can travel from one station to any other station?

(A) 800
502 2389 (D)
(B) 820

(C) 850

(D) 870

A clock is started at noon. By 10 minutes past 5, the hour hand has turned through:

(A) 155�

502 2390 (B) 150� (C)

(C) 145�

(D) 160�

In how many ways can a committee consisting of 4 men and 5 women be formed from a group of 7 men and 9
women?

(A) 7C4 �9C5

502 2391 (B) 4C7 �5C9 (A)

(C) 7C5 �9C4

(D) 9C4 �7C5

If BOY is coded as ACNPXZ. What will be the code for LIFE?

(A) KMHJEGDF

502 2392 (B) LMGHEGDF (A)

(C) LMHJGEFD

(D) None of these

Two ships are sailing in the sea on the two sides of a lighthouse. The angle of elevation of the top of the
lighthouse is observed from the ships are 30� and 45� respectively. If the lighthouse is 100 m high, the
distance between the two ships is

(A) 173 m
502 2393 (C)
(B) 200m

(C) 273m

(D) 300m

502 2394 The Look at this series: 53, 53, 40, 40, 27, 27, ... What number should come next? (B)

(A) 12

(B) 14

(C) 27

(D) 53

(51+52+53+………+100) is equal to

(A) 2525���

502 2395 (B) 2975 (D)

(C) 3225

(D) 3775

Find� the� 15th� term� of� an� arithmetic� progression� whose� first� term� is� 2� and�the�
common� difference� is� 3.

(A) 45
502 2396 (C)
(B) 38

(C) 44

(D) 40

If ax = by, then

(A) log a/b= x/y � �

502 2397 (B) log a/ log b = x/y��� (B)

(C) log a/ log b = y/x���

(D) log b/a = x/y

Raju who is facing east, turns 1000 in the anti-clock-wise direction and then 1450 in the clock-wise direction.
Which direction is he facing now?

(A) South-East�����
502 2398 (A)
(B) South����

(C) North-West����

(D) West

A monkey starts climbing up a tree 20ft. tall. Each hour, it hops 3ft. and slips back 2ft. How much time would it
take the monkey to reach the top?

(A) 21 hours
502 2399 (C)
(B) 12 hours

(C) 18 hours

(D) 15 hours

Introducing a man to her husband, a woman said, “His brother’s father is the only son of my grandfather.” How
is the woman related to this man?

(A) Mother
502 2400 (C)
(B) Aunt

(C) Sister

(D) Daughter